by sea from the island of rhodes, as fires there intensify for a fifth day. a mass march in protest against the israeli government's planned judicial reforms reaches the parliament injerusalem. russian officials in occupied crimea say a ukrainian drone has attacked an amunition depot. and england take a narrow win against haiti in their opening match at the women's world cup — we'll take a look at the day's results. hello, i'm lewis vaugthones. in greece, wildfires are burning out of control on the island of rhodes. according to the latest figures from the greek fire service, more than 2,000 people have been evacuated by sea and over

1,500 by road and other means. three hotels on rhodes have reportedly burnt down, and many others are in the danger zone. private boats have joined the greek coastguard — picking people up from beaches on the east of the island. the greek army has also been helping get tourists to safety. no injuries have been reported. plumes of smoke can be seen blanketing the island with its many resorts. this map shows the affected areas where fires are burning — right in the centre of the island. and in these pictures, you can see here where fires have already burnt through. the fires have been burning for five days. the country's deputy fire chief says the fires in rhodes are the most difficult greece is facing. it comes as greece is suffering its hottest weekend in 50 years.

0ne climate expert says the current heatwave could last 16 or 17 days — making it the longest since records began. katie piercefield—holmes is on holiday in rhodes and told me about her experience. it is all a little bit chaotic, really. last night, you could see there were fires off in the distance, there was ash falling but everything was normal and today was normal up until about lunch time when the sky turned orange. i had gone to the gym and came up to find the reception full of people with suitcases not really knowing what was going on. we had a national alert saying the area was being evacuated but we were being told at that time that our hotel wasn't. we locked ourselves up in our room, we had people running past on the road, hundreds of people filing down to the beach asking for water, wet towels.

but we were being told to stay, at that point. at some point, the hotel has been evacuated. other people who are on holiday in your hotel, have been evacuated, they have gone, have they? yes, i think there is a handful of us here, but we are currently being told by the staff and the firefighters that here is safe and to stay where we are now. what does it look like? does it look safe out of the windows? are you 0k? out of the window that i can see, it looks quite safe. my husband went up and looked behind the hotel where the hills are and you can very much see the fire, it is bright orange, the sky is lit up. but at the moment, the wind is blowing around the hotel and behind us rather than into the hotel resort, so at the moment it feels quite safe in our room and out the front it is clear and we can get to the beach if we need to.

great, so your plan tomorrow is stay there and wait and see? at the moment, yes. we are getting no information from our tour operators, getting blanked on messages, hour delays in getting back to us with generic messages, so we don't really know what's going on but at the moment it seems the safest place to be, as opposed to wandering around in the dark smoke trying to find out what is happening. yes, of course. how long have you been there? have you managed to have any kind of holiday? we arrived in the early hours of thursday morning so two days. oh, dear! and i presume when you do hear anything, you will make a decision about whether you have got to get out of there and fly home or whether you are going to stay? yes, we just don't have any information at the moment so it is just minute by minute, hour by hour, waiting to see what happens, really. but as long as it seems safe in the room, it seems safer in the room than outside

with all the smoke. yes, of course. what was it like? talk us through again the sky turning orange, is that what you say you could see? it was around lunchtime and it was a very weird colour to the sky, it was like a sunset in the middle of the day, just very orange is the only way to describe it. all the staff were looking up and saying, this is strange. and then i would say about an hour after that is when we got the national alert through saying the areas were being evacuated and we could see people further up in the hills, like i say, walking past the hotel, and it all felt quite surreal, to be honest. we've been hearing from some travel companies who have clients on the island of rhodes. courtney bembridge is in the newsroom.

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to operate and customers will be told should their holidays be affected. next, jet2, who said they were asking any affected customers to follow the advice of local authorities or their hoteliers. and the last body we want to hear from is of course the foreign office, who said it was in touch with local authorities and that there were staff on demand ready to help any british nationals and that that operates 21w. so, there are supports under way, according to the companies that run a lot of these package holidays, of course that includes hotels, flights, everything, all in one, but we have been hearing from a lot of customers who say they are not getting enough information and many of them have had to take shelter in other hotels and other areas while they await different plans.— and other areas while they await different plans. courtney, thanks for that. those fires in greece come as leading scientists have told the bbc they are concerned by the recent run

of new climate records being set, saying the speed and timing of them is unprecedented. some fear we're already witnessing worst—case scenarios. georgina rannard explains. sweltering temperatures in spain and dangerous wildfires in greece. millions have struggled through powerful heatwaves around the world in recent days. now scientists are poring over a run of climate records that have not only been broken, but smashed, and alarm bells are ringing. it's true to say that the models, the climate models that we have, do a very good job of predicting the climate system, but in the kind of larger scale. so, the fact that we're seeing the world warming because of greenhouse gases is not unexpected. but seeing some of these records being broken, you know, these marine heatwaves in the north atlantic, the severe decrease in antarctic sea ice was not expected, and is something that we're going to have to work to try and understand. and this is why they're worried. for decades, the global average temperature has been getting higher and higher. then, injuly this year,

it broke through 17 degrees for the first time. the record for the hottest day on earth fell notjust once, but three times in a week. and it's notjust the land that's hot. the oceans, which take up most of the world's heat, are seeing unprecedented temperatures. the north atlantic and seas off the uk coast are up to five degrees hotter than average. and there's another worrying abnormality. sea ice in the antarctic is extremely low for the time of year — 10% lower than usual. we know that the planet is warming because of greenhouse gases pumped into the atmosphere by humans burning oil, coal and gas. the world will also be hotter because of el nino, a powerful, naturally occurring weather pattern that started in june. but scientists say these records constantly being broken are not yet a sign that the climate is in collapse. they say there is time to use the solutions we have to keep the planet as liveable as possible.

georgina rannard, bbc news. in the uk, how quickly to take action on climate — and who pays for it — is becoming a party political issue. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has said his party must learn the lesson from the narrow defeat it suffered on thursday in a by—election. the conservatives won after a campaign focused on the decision by the labour mayor of london to introduce extra charges for the most polluting vehicles. mr starmer was speaking to the party's national policy forum. that result in uxbridge demonstrates there is never any reason to be complacent and never a reason to rest on our laurels. it's a reminder, as danny said, that in an election, policy matters and we are doing something very wrong if policies put forward by the labour party end up on each and every tory leaflet. we've got to face up to that and to learn the lessons. a mass march by thousands of israeli protesters has reached

the parliament injerusalem, where mps are due to pass the first bill in the government's planned overhaul of the judiciary. tens of thousands of people have joined the march since it set off from tel aviv earlier this week. they plan to set up tents at the knesset as they stage a last ditch effort to try to prevent or delay the final votes on a bill that would curb the supreme court's ability to render void decisions by the government that it deems unreasonable. to the war in ukraine — and russia's proxy governor in occupied crimea. has said an ammunition depot in the centre of the peninsula has been hit in an attack by ukrainian drones. he said people within a radius of five kilometres were being evacuated. rail traffic across crimea has been suspended. the ukrainian army has taken responsibility for the attack, saying ukrainian defense forces destroyed an oil depot and warehouse of the russian army

in the temporarily occupied 0ktyabrskyi in crimea. here's the ukrainian president. translation: the crimean bridge, today, this is not just _ a logistical road. this is the road used to feed the war with ammunition. and this is being done on a daily basis — the militarisation of the crimean peninsula. therefore, for us, it's an understandable enemy object which was built outside the law, outside international law and all norms respectively. and that is why it is our objective. any target bringing war not peace must be neutralised. gregory zhygalov from bbc ukrainian told me earlier exactly what is know about the attacks on crimea at this stage. ukraine forces confirmed they had destroyed a few facilities and weapon depot in crimea and that's not happening often when ukrainian forces are confirming this kind of attacks. but today they are not going into any further details

and also they're not clarifying how or which way they attacked these targets. the attack was on krasnogvardeisky district which is actually directly in the centre of crimea. it's known there was an old air base abandoned which was in the past but is now apparently used by russian forces and there are still not so many details about how massive was the impact of this attack. in the morning, people from crimea started to post on social media photos and videos of explosions. the footage was showing heavy smoke rising into the sky at the site of the attack and also military vehicles with the letter z on them, which russians are often using as a symbol of this war. russians are claiming that ukrainian combat drones attacked the peninsula —

these are the words of the moscow—installed governor, he also confirmed that as a result, there were detonations at the ammunition depot. according to him, no one was injured but local authorities decided to evacuate the area around the facility. it's important to add that, yes, both rail services and road traffic across the kerch bridge were suspended for several hours. we understand from the official announcements the bridge is open for cars but it is still operating with severe limits after the previous attack because this is the third attack on the crimean peninsula in recent days. in the beginning of the week, the attack damaged the kerch bridge which connects russia with the peninsula. later, there was another attack later on a military facility, and experts say this may look

like an attempt to damage russian supply lines as the ukrainian counteroffensive is going on. here in the uk, rail strikes are disrupting travel plans today, as many families begin their summer holiday getaway. members of the rmt union employed by 1a companies, have walked out again, in their dispute over pay and conditions. passengers are being urged to check before they travel. here's katy austin. as the school summer holidays get going for millions of people in england and wales, in many places, the trains have come to a halt. today is the latest strike by members of the rmt at 1a train companies, and it's the last day of the current overtime ban by train drivers in the aslef union. it's not good really when family days out and things like that, because you do need to plan ahead when you have got young children. we left manchester at nine o'clock this morning, and we have had an hour

wait in york. normally it is a direct train. the level of disruption will vary around the country. many services will end for the day much earlier than usual. another strike is expected next saturday. the rmt at the moment seems to be concentrating its strikes more at weekends, so the aim is to affect leisure travel. so today's strike on a saturday and next weekend's again will have a big impact on people who are thinking of taking days out, and there'll be a real skeleton service operating. these strikes are happening after progress in the national dispute stalled in april. the rmt says plans to close hundreds of ticket offices have now added to its members' anger. separately, strikes on the london underground, which were scheduled to begin tomorrow, have been called off. the summer getaway is traditionally a busy time on the roads, and the train strike could add to congestion as more people take to their cars instead. the travel association abta thinks over two million british holiday—makers will head overseas this weekend.

the port of dover will be under scrutiny again, after long delays before easter and last summer. the port says it's made changes to ease the queues, but there could still be waits of up to two and a half hours at border controls. after last year's disruption, because of staff shortages, airports and airlines insist they've done as much as possible to ensure things go smoothly, although worries persist about congested european airspace and air traffic control issues. the coming days will be a test at what's expected to be their busiest time since before the pandemic. katy austin, bbc news. i want to take you back to greece and the wildfires there that are spreading, the island of rhodes is the particular focus, spreading, the island of rhodes is the particularfocus, you can see people trying to get away from the smoke and the fires. we believe more than 2000 people have been evacuated from beaches in the south of the island, fire is getting closer to

the seafront there, coastguard vessels, private boat, navy, or helping people there as you can see get off the beaches and get away to safety. we are getting plenty mod of elements, though, as the eye is ticked by and we can cross to azadeh moshiri who is live there for us. talk us through the latest. here in athens, i talk us through the latest. here in athens. i spoke — talk us through the latest. here in athens, i spoke to _ talk us through the latest. here in athens, i spoke to the _ talk us through the latest. here in athens, i spoke to the fire - talk us through the latest. here in athens, i spoke to the fire service and they said that they apologise for any mess with these operations that they are human, that these are very difficult conditions, and that they are trying their best. and she told me, the spokesperson told me that it told me, the spokesperson told me thatitis told me, the spokesperson told me that it is exactly the reason why tourists are so attracted to rhodes thatis tourists are so attracted to rhodes that is making it so difficult to get a handle on displays that has lasted five days now. it is the tall pines, the greenery that covers the

island, and so whatever holiday escape these two arrests were looking for, those blue skies are now range haze in southern roads. the skies are covered with smoke, hotels, a few of them have burnt down now, as have homes and therefore residential privileges and locals are very much affected by this as well. i asked him, do you think the situation will be better tomorrow, will they be better news for rhodes? and he said not only for rhodes but for the mainland, given the rising temperatures and the difficult weather conditions, he doesn't think so. find difficult weather conditions, he doesn't think so.— difficult weather conditions, he doesn't think so. and what is the advice peeple — doesn't think so. and what is the advice people there, _ doesn't think so. and what is the advice people there, for - doesn't think so. and what is the advice people there, for two - doesn't think so. and what is the l advice people there, for two rates, particular, because we have been speaking to some who are in a hotel, i spoke to one woman in a hotel, some people have been evacuated away from the hotel and others have been told to stay, we know other people are moving from different hotels, what is the advice, what are people to do? ,, ., ., ,

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respite? i get an idea when they will be any resite? . r' get an idea when they will be any resite? . w ., w respite? i asked him that exact auestion respite? i asked him that exact question and — respite? i asked him that exact question and he _ respite? i asked him that exact question and he said _ respite? i asked him that exact question and he said that - respite? i asked him that exact question and he said that it - respite? i asked him that exact question and he said that it is l respite? i asked him that exact i question and he said that it is very difficult to say but that he is pessimistic about the future right now because the temperature iso— but also because of all the forecasts when it comes to wins and humility. he also said the mainland is likely to be affected again tomorrow. today they were largely under control, but as you well know, in the past few days, the mainland has seen wires as well and given that temperatures could hit 45 celsius tomorrow and the winds and the humidity will be difficult as well, he expects not the best outlook for across greece. he also said that rhodes in particular has often been a problem for firefighters because those pines, at greenery has always been there and while this is so hard to tackle, they aren't surprised that it is so difficult.—

it is so difficult. azadeh moshiri, thank ou it is so difficult. azadeh moshiri, thank you so _ it is so difficult. azadeh moshiri, thank you so much _ it is so difficult. azadeh moshiri, thank you so much for— it is so difficult. azadeh moshiri, thank you so much for bringing l it is so difficult. azadeh moshiri, l thank you so much for bringing us up—to—date with the situation. let's take a look at the sport and england beat haiti, a penalty from georgia stanway was enough to get a victory for the lionesses. but the performance was underwhelming with haiti ranked just 53rd in the world. after the game, the england manager was full of praise for her side. == was full of praise for her side. -- for her side _ was full of praise for her side. » for her side for mac opponents. they were really quick and very athletic and we had to play quicker to start of the jewels so they were quicker so lots of credit haiti for the first time in the world cup and having a performance like that, i think the other two countries will really struggle with them. elsewhere, the usa opened their campaign with a 3—0 win over vietnam. sophia smith struck twice.

the usa arrived in new zealand as favourites for the tourists —— tournament. denmark beat china 1—0 and it took a last—minute goal for denmark to the victory. emily bremner is a co—founder of the danish women supporters club and she shared herfeelings danish women supporters club and she shared her feelings after denmark secured the late win. it shared her feelings after denmark secured the late win.— secured the late win. it was very hectic, secured the late win. it was very hectic. very _ secured the late win. it was very hectic, very nervous, _ secured the late win. it was very hectic, very nervous, just - secured the late win. it was very hectic, very nervous, just a - secured the late win. it was very hectic, very nervous, just a pure opener from hectic, very nervous, just a pure openerfrom denmark, the first hectic, very nervous, just a pure opener from denmark, the first world cup in 60 years and it showed. i think it was a big task for the danish team to really take on this very important match. —— the first world cup in 16 years. especially the first half was not pretty but after we got there in the end. cricket, and day four of the fourth test between england and australia was blighted by rain, australia are trying to save the game and preserve their lead in the series by close of

play they had reached 214 for five. the batter was finally out after a fighting century. england lead by 63 runs but rain is forecast for tomorrow. engulf, big names climb up the leaderboard, one of the highlights was a round of 63 by spaniard jon rahm, it took him to six under par, third overall. the final round takes place tomorrow. the american brian harman has extended his lead to 12 under after shooting an excellent 69. so, let's take you back finally to our main story. the wildfires in greece are spreading, with the island of rhodes badly affected. we have been getting pictures from social media and teens on the

ground. the wildfires have been burning for five days now and given the wind and the climate, it is very, very serious, thousands of people are having to evacuate their hotels. we have been speaking to people who have been moving from one hotel to another but of course i haven't been alone so lots of people waiting to check into new hotels, other people who have been given the advice to stay in the hotel where they are, knowing that other people in that same hotel had been evacuated elsewhere, so a very uncertain time for so many tourists and of course people who live there on the island of rhodes. and, unfortunately, our reported their informing us that the weather conditions don't look like they will be improving anytime soon. that is it for the moment, i'm lewis vaughan jones, this is bbc news.

the weekend started off on a soggy note, plenty of brain around. there weren't many sun—worshippers on the beach, eight is pretty dismal, not much on china around at all. there were extensive outbreaks of rain but in northern scotland, we had temperatures as high as 22 degrees in the sunshine. this beach kind of looked like the caribbean in the sunshine. back to the wet weather story, more of the rain to come over the next few hours, medically for northern ireland, across northern england, the rain heavy, the rain easing off for a time in the south of england, southern parts of wales, but they will still be patches of drizzle around, felt as well, for the most part not too cool but temperatures dipping to single figures in scotland. the rain band still with us for sunday morning,

the rain starting to fizzle off for northern ireland but particularly wet across a swathe of northern england, 20 to 30 mil metres of rain, double that over the cumbrian fells, the north york moors and across the pennines, there could be surface water flooding. across the pennines, there could be surface waterflooding. brighter across the pennines, there could be surface water flooding. brighter in southern england, and with the wind is coming up from the south—westerly direction, temperature is getting to the 20s so it will feel pleasant in the 20s so it will feel pleasant in the sunshine, cooler in scotland, sunny spells, yes, but passing showers as well. for monday, our area of low pressure has brought the wet weather but clears up into the near continent but before it does, rain starts of the day in the midlands and east anglia and south—east england on monday morning, that will clear away and thenit morning, that will clear away and then it will be sunny and a few showers, some longer spells of rain coming to the north—west of scotland but overall, a slightly better kind of weather day, temperatures still below average for the time of year

with the north—westerly winds. tuesday, more showers are forecast, and in a live anyway, here is another area of low pressure, you know what that means, more maine on the way. so, no sign of any prolonged nice sunny weather, it stays unsettled, showers on tuesday, longer spells on the ash longer spells of rain later in the week.

this is bbc news, the headlines: wildfires rage in greece — more than 2,000 people are evacuated by sea from the island of rhodes, as fires there intensify for a fifth day. a mass march in protest against the israeli government's planned judicial reforms reaches the parliament injerusalem. russian officials in occupied crimea say a ukrainian drone has hit an ammunition depot. sir keir starmer says labour must learn the lessons of the party's uxbridge by—election defeat, which he blamed on plans to expand london's ultra low emissions zone.