are evacuated by sea from the island of rhodes, as fires there intensify for a fifth day. former president donald trump's on—going legal battles new centre on the us state of georgia. and the rise of �*barben—heimer�*— movie fans are rushing to see two very different films — �*barbie�* and �*0ppenheimer.’ hello i'm carl nasman, thanks for being here. we start tonight in greece — where wildfires are burning out of control on the island of rhodes. thousands of people have been evacuated from homes and hotels on the island. three hotels 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. the fires have been burning for five days now. the country's deputy fire chief says the blazes in rhodes are the most difficult greece is facing. it comes as the country suffers its hottest weekend in half a century. one climate expert says the current heatwave could last up to 17 days — making it the longest since records began. our reporter azadeh moshiri told us about the evacuation operations currently under way on the island of rhodes. well, here in athens. i just got off the phone with the fire service moments ago, and he told us that the fire service apologises for any mess, that this is a very difficult operation for them, that they're human and they're trying the best they can in difficult conditions. now, he explained that it's exactly the reason that makes rhodes so attractive to tourists that is making it so difficult for them

to contain these fires. it's the greenery, the tall pines that make these wildfires so easy to spread. and so that's why whatever holiday these tourists were looking for, blue skies are now orange haze, blanketed smoke over the south of the island. hotels have burnt down, some of them have, though he mentioned that it was a minority of hotels. it's about 10% is what he said of them. about 2,000 people have been evacuated by sea and the and about1,500 by land. and i asked him, is there hope for better news tomorrow? and he said, given the fact that temperatures are rising, that there will be worse weather conditions tomorrow, likely not. a mass march by thousands of israeli protesters has reached the parliament injerusalem, where lawmakers 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 void decisions by the government that it deems unreasonable. here's what some of those protesting had to say. i am here because the extremists are trying to change our regime. they got into power and they are trying to make us a weak democracy. half of the people are saying they don't want the rules, they are opressing and theyjust ignoring us. so we are here to show our voice and to and to do whatever we can. to the war in ukraine now — and the moscow—installed governor in occupied crimea — has said an ammunition depot in the centre of the peninsula has been hit by ukrainian drones. he said people within a radius of 3 miles were being evacuated.

rail traffic across crimea has also been suspended. the ukrainian army has taken responsibility for the attack, saying, "ukrainian defence forces destroyed an oil depot and warehouse of the russian army in the temporarily occupied 0ktiabrske in crimea." here's the ukrainian president. translation: the crimean bridge, today, this is not i 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.

this week, former us president donald trump said he'd received a letter notifying him that he was a "target" of a federal grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election. this marks the latest in trump's legal woes that could overshadow his standing in the 2024 elections. 0ur north america correspondent nomia iqbal breaks it all down. constitutionally, nothing stops donald trump from running for the white house again. and in fact, this could probably strengthen his bid because there is some evidence, certainly amongst republican voters, that his legal problems boosts his standing amongst them. now, in this trial, trump faces 37 counts over allegations of holding classified documents relating to national security at his home in florida. he's also accused of making false statements and conspiring to obstruct justice. he denies all of this. the date itself is on 20th of may, and that is right in the middle of the election campaign, is when the primaries will have pretty much wrapped up and he is likely to be

on his way to becoming the republican party's presidential nominee. but there are lots of other legal cases flying around. he's also going on trial for his first indictment. this is over allegations of falsifying business records in new york. there's a grand jury here in dc. that's imminently deciding whether to indict him over crimes, alleged crimes relating to the january six capitol riots. there's also another case in georgia is pretty hard to keep up, but donald trump and his legal team have made it quite clear that the only way that he is likely to be able to beat these charges is if he gets back into the house behind me, if he becomes president again. their strategy is to try and run down the clock and to kick this into the long grass. we know that presidential elections are very intense and historic, but next year is shaping up to be a truly extraordinary one. and here's just a few legal dates that will intersect

with trump's campaign calendar. in october, the new york attorney general�*s civil fraud trial against mr trump starts in new york. early next year, his second defamation trial brought by writer e jean carroll is set to open january 15th. that's the same day as the crucial iowa caucuses, which kick off the 2024 primary season. later that month, mr trump, his company, and three of his children will face a trial accusing them of luring people to invest in sham business opportunities. new york's criminal case against trump for falsifying business records as a part of hush money payments will begin in late march — around the same the largest bloc of voters cast their ballots for their party's nominee for president. and trump's classified documents trial will begin in may , just some 169 days out from election day in the us. despite his legal troubles — donald trump remains popular among republicans.

according latest quinnipiac poll — trump leads the republican field by 29 points with 54% of republicans supporting his nomination, behind ron desantis, nikki haley and former vice president mike pence. however — there are concerns about the prospect of a second trump presidency — even among some conservatives. i spoke with trump white house whistle—blower, miles taylor, former chief of staff for the department of homeland security and author of the book "blowback." thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us. now, your new book is titled blowback — a warning to save democracy from the next trump. why do you think that us democracy could be threatened by a politician like donald trump? well, i mean, people like me who went into the trump administration made a pretty catastrophic error. we assumed that donald trump was an aberration, that he was an anomaly, and that he was not representative

of the republican party. now, over the course of four years and since then, we've seen something very different transpire, which is instead of trump being the anomaly of the republican party, all of the republicans that led the party before him now look like anomalies because the maga movement, his movement has overtaken the republican party. and you don't have to believe me — if you cut the data and you try to understand the republican base, you see that core republican voters now really share a lot of the main views that are associated with trumpism. two things in particular. one, a belief that the authorities of the federal government, it's ok to use them for political purposes, for partisan purposes, and two, pretty hostile views toward the guardrails of democracy instead of guardrails. a lot of those base voters see them as impediments. i wanted to run past you some recent reporting by

the new york times. and they're saying that donald trump plans to increase the power of the presidency to bring some independent federal agencies under presidential control should he win the next election. i was going to ask you about your reaction to that, but it sounds like you wouldn't be surprised. well, not at all. in fact, really, the the new york times reporting from maggie haberman and jonathan swan is outstanding and it's just the tip of the iceberg. my book, blowback, is intended to be the full study below the water line of how big that iceberg really is. and i spent two years trying to map out what i can only call a playbook of persecution that trump's allies have been steadily trying to construct in preparation for either his return to office or a maga copycat. and the majority of the candidates in the republican field right now are kind of trying to out trump, donald trump. and so there's a very good likelihood, whether it's trump or someone else, that you'll see

those maga policies implemented. and they're heavily focused on retribution, political retribution, weaponising the levers of government to go against the political opposition and to advance the broader aims of the maga movement. that's not how government is supposed to operate. i mean, americans don't want their government focused on one man's personal preferences. it's about delivering services to them. but unfortunately, this has gone from, again, being an aberration to a systematic plan within the far right of the republican party. donald trump has been fairly outspoken in the past about his plans to shake up potentially the executive branch. and yet there is a lot of support for donald trump. he's the by far the republican frontrunner. what do you think is behind that support for donald trump? well, i think it's immense frustration overall with the american political system. i mean, i don't want to demonise maga voters because you go speak

to the average maga voter and it's someone who really feels like the federal government and the political system is unresponsive to them. and part of that at the core of that is the intense political polarisation and tribalism in our system, which really this is not a one year phenomenon or a four year phenomenon we're talking about for the last half century, this has been building up as the political extremes have increasingly taken control of the process. i mean, this is an oversimplification, but you could basically say statistically that less than 10% of america is deciding the candidates, that the other 90% of america votes on in the primary process. as that has gotten more and more polarised, people feel like their views aren't represented, and so they gravitate towards populists like donald trump. and now i worry we're on kind of a slow march into a pseudo—authoritarian period, which sounds like a really absurd thing to say. but when you hear donald trump go

on the campaign trail and say, "i am your revenge, i am "your retribution", and lay out plans to persecute his political rivals, you can only come to that conclusion. we know from a lot of reporting that we saw during the last trump administration that many of the things holding back some of the more extreme plans by president trump were essentially norms within democracy or people within the administration. are there any sorts of reforms or legislation that you would like to see put in place to try to restrict executive power no matter who wins in 202a? well, there really are and i hate to say it, it's too late. it's too late in advance of the 2024 election because it seems incredibly late. why do you think it's too late? well, we've got a divided congress that's really, really averse to passing some of those reforms so early, early in the biden administration, a number of bipartisan

groups in congress introduced different bills to try to do things like fortify the inspector generals and departments and agencies and make it harder to install political appointees and campaign operatives and really sensitive federal positions. a whole array of different reforms that could safeguard against a very populist president who wants to test democracy�*s guardrails. unfortunately, the political rancour in washington prevented most of that legislation from being passed. and now that we're in this window where unfortunately it's going to feel very soon, like the 2024 presidential race is really in full swing, it's going to be hard to get any legislation like that passed. and so at this point, i think we really have to rely on the voters as that final guardrail against installing someone who would, again, weaponise the powers of the federal government. and this is going to be a very complicated primary process because the lead contender on the gop side is facing an array of prosecutions around the country that he's so far been very successful in, persuading republican voters are mere retribution from the democratic side rather than what they are legitimate,

nonpartisan criminal investigations. miles, very briefly, if you can, if donald trump were to win the republican nomination, what do you think his chances would be of a second? what do you think his chances would be of a second term in offcie? i think they're very high. and that surprises folks when i say it. because, you know, as a as a conservative who's very worried about the prospect of a second trump presidency, i would i would hope he wouldn't take office again. but i'm willing to say i actually think he has a better chance of being the next president of the united states than he did of even winning in 2016. so there's a good chance we'll see him again. and i do think that our democracy needs to prepare for it. miles taylor, former trump administration official, whistle—blower and author of the recent book blowback. thank you so much for your time. thank you. in other news... academy award winning actor jamie foxx said in an instagram video that he is recovering from an undisclosed medical condition. the 55—year—old

comedian and singer was hospitalised back in april for a medical complication. he did not go into detail about the nature of his ailment, but he did say he is on his way to making a full recovery. his royal highness prince george has marked his 10th birthday. to celebrate the occasion kensington palace released a new photo of the second in line to the british throne sitting on the steps of windsor castle. the picture was taken earlier this month — by photographer millie pilkington. tennessee state representatives justin jones and justin peerson raised more than two million dollars combined after being expelled from the state house floor in april for advocating for gun reform. the two democratic lawmakers each raised more than a million dollars each from donations coming largely from outside the state. the women's world cup is in full swing in australia and new zealand. as reigning champions the united states kicked off the tournament with a victory against vietnam three — nil in the first match of the series.

also england, one of the tournament favourites, have beaten haiti — who were playing in the world cup for the first time. haiti produced a strong performance and the game was decided by a single goal. in the other games japan dominated zambia 5—0 in group c. most recently, denmark beat china 1—0 in group d. but it took a last minute goal for denmark to secure victory. amalie vangsgaard scored the vital goal. live now to sports journalist roberto rojas with dazn. he's been following all of the action. i want to start off by talking about this england— haiti match. england had not scored in the final two matches heading into the world cup and did not exactly look like they're best against haiti. how concerned should lionesses fans be? . , concerned should lionesses fans be? ., , ., ., ~' concerned should lionesses fans be? ., , ., concerned should lionesses fans be? ., ., ., be? certainly looking at how their changes _ be? certainly looking at how their changes were - be? certainly looking at how their changes were going - be? certainly looking at how| their changes were going into their changes were going into the world cup i think they understood that the challenge of being able to contend was there. i think there was always

going to be amongst the favourites with the us and many other countries but when you lose a lot of key players especially like williamson and beth i think it plays a part. so this result of course coming from a stanway penalty certainly was not a surprise and certainly they could have done much more but if you look at everything that happened to them in terms of the team that they had and heading into more difficult games and assuming that they will be qualified at the stage it certainly will not be as easy as one would expect. i think they can be said for many countries who are coming into the results, we are not seeing the big blow outs that many people were expecting especially from these these new countries coming in and performing the first time. they really are going for the challenge and i think it is the case for all of the other big challenges for the world cup. and lint of course also one of the sides suffering for some

key injuries. i want to take about haiti as well his as he mentioned they are making their world cup debut playing very well against england and they have this incredible 19—year—old dumornay who just went up the pitch. what you think of the plague? excellent and certainly _ think of the plague? excellent and certainly for _ think of the plague? excellent and certainly for heb's - think of the plague? excellent and certainly for heb's case i and certainly for heb's case first—ever time the world cup and looking into a tough group playing against china who are power houses in their confederations. everyone can get haiti as the site that will not be easy for everyone. looking at the performances that have had against england it will hopefully give them that reassurance to hopefully do better against denmark in china. and who knows the broke up china. and who knows the broke up as always full of surprises and i think we have seen that. certainly a result like this can boost a bit of confidence and maybe produce an upset coming in the next few matches.

with that expanded field, this year because he loves surprises. the us as you mentioned is probably the favourite here. they won their first match against vietnam. fairly comfortable although definitely some shots that could have gone in and did not. what did you make of the us�*s performance? i what did you make of the us's performance?— performance? i think we are seeinu performance? i think we are seeing a _ performance? i think we are seeing a team _ performance? i think we are seeing a team obviously - performance? i think we are seeing a team obviously get| seeing a team obviously get into a more transition. i think the expedition for them is always to become the favourites to win the world cup they have already won the last two and are now going for a three repeat no man or woman site has donein repeat no man or woman site has done in history. certainly if her slogans vietnam with this, they got the result needed and they got the result needed and they understood that perhaps it will be much more difficult than what one would expect may be from the casual sophia smith, obviously giving the brace and then the two goals in that performance. but certainly now, looking at things like

this, when they take on the netherlands now and portugal i think you have to understand that itjust gets more difficult. certainly if they can perform on that level to continue to advance in the competition and try to produce a level play that can allow them to be competitive amongst other bigger sites, i think they will have a good chance to feel very much more confident. but i think it is all about getting the result that they need and the group c chow against the lakes of portugal and netherlands and continue on this path. i and netherlands and continue on this ath. ., ., and netherlands and continue on this ath. . ., ., ~ and netherlands and continue on this ath. ., ., ., ~ ., this path. i want to talk about messi who — this path. i want to talk about messi who made _ this path. i want to talk about messi who made his - this path. i want to talk about messi who made his debut. this path. i want to talk about j messi who made his debut for inter—miami he was what else do we expect from him scoring the winning goal but that you make of his debut and the kind of impact that he could make on the lee? i impact that he could make on the lee? ~ ., , impact that he could make on the lee? ~ ., the lee? i think coming in as a sub and scoring _ the lee? i think coming in as a sub and scoring that _ the lee? i think coming in as a sub and scoring that last - sub and scoring that last nickel says enough. like you said, it is someone that obviously inter miami knows what they are getting and i

think the whole world already knows who we have been seeing for the last 20 years. someone who can produce a little level of magicjust like that in an instant and scoring at than a goal to help the inter miami said that desperately needed a win to boost the morale and obviously go into a consistent path of winning streaks. so i think getting someone like him and bring something like that shows that yes, i'm here, but also boosts that high team morale. and forfans also boosts that high team morale. and for fans as well to understand can he help the side, would you have messi on your site in comparison to other teams, your site in comparison to otherteams, i your site in comparison to other teams, i think it shows that and he is possible. so from what i have seen, nothing short of a surprise and i think a lot of fans who are going to watch inter miami now for the next few month i think are deathly going to be in for a treat —— or going to be in for a really good treat of one of the goats of software. b, a really good treat of one of the goats of software.- the goats of software. a fun few months _ the goats of software. a fun few months in _ the goats of software. a fun few months in weeks - the goats of software. a fun i few months in weeks watching this women's world cup as well. thank you so much forjoining

us. it s a box office showdown as "barbie" and "oppenheimer" both debut this weekend. movie goers across the globe are still flocking to theatres — "barbie" raked in over 70 million dollars on its opening day and it is on its way to shatter the record for the biggest box office weekend of 2023. "oppenheimer" made a estimated 33 million dollars as of friday. 0ur daniel rosney went to leicester square to speak to filmgoers. the plots of 0ppenheimer and barbie couldn't be more different. one is about a toy that millions have grown up with around the world. the other, the life of the father of the atomic bomb. but the two films do have similar themes. they look at changing worlds and consequences of decisions. and because of the hype of these two films, they're asking cinemagoers to make a tough choice themselves. which one should you see first? and here in leicester square, which is the home of a lot of film

premieres in central london, you can clearly see who's off to see barbie because they're wearing pink. pink is absolutely everywhere. pink, pink, pink. i clearly didn't get the memo. we just wanted to really feel barbie and live in her. her world, her dreamhouse today was special. today planning it four months. i can't lie. it sounds sad. it's the first live action film about barbie, and it was actually first announced 14 years ago. but in that time it's gone through many iterations to get to where we are now. the film starring margot robbie being shown in cinemas around the world. the critics broadly say it's a good film. it's been described as painfully funny. 0ppenheimer also received a lot of praise being described as clever and imaginative. but now that the critics, those film experts have had their say, it's up to the public and crucially, what the box office will say. while barbie—mania is sweeping the globe. many are also digging deeper into the man who inspired the movie, 0ppenheimer ? american theoretical physicist —j robert

0ppenheimer and how the man known as "the father of the atomic bomb" felt about its use. here s a clip of 0ppenheimer speaking to cbs news in 1965 on if he believed the use of the bomb by the us was necessary. we would have to fight our way to the main islands and that it would involve a slaughter of americans and japanese on a massive scale. it was arrived at by them. in good faith with regret and on the best evidence that they then had. to that alternative i think the bomb was an enormous relief. stay with us here on bbc news.

the weekend started off on a soggy note. plenty of rain around. not made much difference for these surfers enjoying the waves coming in at newquay. mind you, there weren't many sun worshippers on the beach. it was pretty dismal, wasn't it? not much sunshine around at all. most of us had extensive outbreaks of rain around, although it was a different story across northern scotland, poking out in the sunshine here. actually, we had temperatures as high as 22 degrees in the highlands, scotland, and this beach kind of looked caribbeanesque in the sunshine. now back to the wet weather story. we've got more of that rain to come over the next few hours, particularly for northern ireland. across northern england, the rain heavy. the rain easing off for a time over the next few hours for the south of england, southern parts of wales. but there'll still be some patches of drizzle around a bit

of mist and fog too. for the most part it's not too cool, but temperatures dipping down into single figures in scotland. but it is here where we'll start the day with a bit of sunshine. that rain band then still with us for sunday morning. the rain probably starting to fizzle off in northern ireland, but particularly wet across a swathe of northern england where we're looking at around 20 to 30 millimetres of rain, double that over the cumbrian fells, the north york moors and across the pennines could bring some localised surface water flooding south of that rain band. brighter weather for southern wales, southern england, sunny spells and just a few showers and with the winds coming up from a south westerly direction. temperatures do get into the twenties, so it will feel quite pleasant in the sunshine, cooler air though for scotland, sunny spells, yes, but there will be some passing showers as well. 0n into monday's forecast our area of low pressure that's brought us the weather through the weekend starts to clear off into the near continent. but before it does do we are looking at a bit of rain to start off the day particularly across the midlands, east anglia, south east england. monday morning that will clear away. and then it's a day of sunny spells and just a few showers, perhaps some longer spells of rainjust coming into the north west of scotland. but overall, i think a slightly

better kind of weather day. temperatures, though, still below average for the time of year with those north westerly winds for tuesday. more showers in the forecast. and then the middle of the new week sees another area of low pressure. well, you know what that means. a lot more rain on the way, so no sign of any prolonged, nice settled sunny spells of weather is staying u nsettled. showers around on tuesday. longer spells of rain later in the week.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let's go and take a look at what's on the show. the billion—dollar blast off — as more and more rockets and satellites head into orbit, the question is, "just how big "can the space economy become?"

yeah, the former astronaut tells me how important private companies will be as the us and china