live from washington. this is bbc news. thousands are forced to evacuate from the island of rhodes as wildfires rage in greece for a fifth day. cambodia's longstanding prime minister casts his ballot — in an election he's guaranteed to win. and former president donald trump's on—going legal battles now center on the us state of georgia. hello, i hello, lam hello, i am carl nasman, welcome to bbc news. 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. in the past hour, i spoke to the bbc�*s warren muggleton, who himself has had to evacuate from the wildfires in rhodes. you have been staying there in rhodes. you be near the fires themselves to make yourself. you're in a hotel. can you take as to what is happening there? —— near the fires yourself. ifind myself six miles south of the capital, rhodes, in the north of the island.

so that our position is where the wildfires have torn through this area. that is south of the coast on these. that is about ten kilometres away, where the wildfires started off, which weren't controlled through the weekend together. you saw the pictures earlier in the week. we are two hours ahead of the uk, so it is three o'clock in the morning over here. you can probably see by me some tired bodies from hotels from all around the island, they have all come to this place, taking towels and even to my right shoulder there are some people on medical beds. we got the alert on our phone, the emergency alert, atabout 11:30pm our time, then we are on the bus at midnight at the time, and what you could see, is we got on this bus and there was a red glow over the top of the hills, where you could see the fires that these firemen

and the army have been trying to battle. you can see the glow and since it was close but with the operation by everyone was able to get everyone away from the areas that are a danger on the southeast coast of the island into was this area where we find ourselves now. there are more people coming into the hotel and there will be more people resting here, and i walk you around here, carl. warren, let me ask you, as you walk us around, there are many people there, it is three in the morning, how people are holding up, what is the sense there in the hotel? it is a mixture of exhaustion and high emotion as well. there are young families here, and there are elderly couples as well. people come to rhodes to get sunshine, to get an escape, to get a bit of hospitality as well, from five star resorts like this one, that have kindly open the doors to a lot of people. sorry to hop in, but we see

people sleeping on the floor. is this hotel so full of people now that have had to leave in these areas where the fires are burning that they are having to sleep on the floor and in the lobby, what is the situation with beds? let me pan around so you can see, families — and this was actually like this earlier when coaches were arriving as well. there was no room already. they already had to get these beds out and put them in position, so even before people started to arrive in masses, they were already having to put these beds out. if you can still hear me, you mentioned that you got a lot on your phone warning that you might have to leave the area. just curious as to what response you have several

authorities and from locals in the area? i did, i did. the response has been strict and fast and very efficient, very brave as well. even as we were making our way away from the area that there were buses going towards the area to pick up people on holiday who were still of course up there. if you imagine very ancient, gridlocked systems, they had to cut the system and there was a massive run of people, there were police all the way down the roads. i think these tourists were weary from soaking up the sun, but also from this high emotional moment, you can see behind me families as well. there were forest fires back there in 2008, so this is a government that knows what the situation is like, but they have been as this one very well. while maybe the army and the firefighters are battling the fires, the tourists are being kept safe, even if they have to bunk up on the floor. warren, i want to ask you one more question, and many people are there as you mentioned on holiday commodification, hoping to relax and people living and many people are there as you mentioned on holiday

—— warren, i want to ask you one more question, and many people are there as you mentioned on holiday or on vacation to relax and people living there as well under threat by the wildfires, but what comes next for tourists where they are, will people had home, or what comes next? certainly for myself i am trying to get home as soon as i can. i was meant to be flying home on monday, i have put myself in an earlier flight. lots of people have been speaking to around here have been getting on the easyjet websites, talking to their providers like jet2, trying to get on earlier flights. a lot of the flights were already booked up. i was lucky i was travelling alone and was able to get a flight. lots of people are waiting until monday and just hoping that the fire stays under the control. there are lots of emotions around here. and then all sorts — people travelling to different reasons, some travelling as families, a couple i spoke to just got engaged 2a hours ago. they had a wonderful moment out in lindos, but it hasn't ended the way they want. it is exhaustion taking over for a lot of people now,

and just getting some rest. but some still scouring those websites, trying to get the flight home. i hope that you are able to get some rest, warren, and everybody is safe. the bbc�*s warren muggleton reporting for us, very close to where the wildfires are taking place in rhodes, greece. thank you very much. one of the world's longest—serving political leaders has just cast his ballot in an election he is all but guaranteed to win. hun sen has been cambodia's prime minister almost continuously for a0 years, now, and sunday's vote is mostly for show. the opposition has been barred from running, making mr hun�*s victory a foregone conclusion. but mr hun may nevertheless be on his way out — in an interview with a chinese tv station broadcast on thursday, he said his eldest son — and annointed successor — hun manet, could take over as prime minister injust a few weeks�* time. our southeast asia correspondent, jonathan head,

is in cambodia's capital, phnom penh. this is almost a foregone conclusion, so what are people there saying? they be careful about what they say because they have to be here. there are 17 smaller parties running against the ruling cambodian people's party but they are so small they never got more than a fraction of the vote in the past. it is very likely that the cpp which has all of the 125 seats in the current assembly, a i—party assembly, will repeat that performance. it is something the prime minister hun san cares about. many people are dismissing the election as a sherrard because the candlelight party, the main opposition party, which i suspect many of these people might have chosen, they did well in local elections last year, had it not been barred on this technicality, unable to run. everybody knows the result. i think there is an air of resignation. when you have a prime minister in power as long as hun sen out of political

culture where those who oppose the prime minister are being at risk of being harassed, beaten up, many in exile as well, people know this goal. hun sen has been running on his long record of delivering business ability and in some ways it is very impressive. given what cambodia was like as i do in 19805, cambodia was like as i do in 1980s, with the khmer rouge, the countries had fantastic economic growth since the 19905, economic growth since the 1990s, there was obscene luxury hair, dire poverty, those are things at a party in opposition may have been able to capitalise on if they were able to run. a lot of cambodians don't remember the badges that hun sen refers to because it is a young population. it is difficult for the prime minister to run on that record. he wanted to be a really good turnout because in the end he needs to look strong as he prepares to hand over to his son, hun manet, which could otherwise be challenged. it is important for him, the

selection, even if the prediction to outcome is predictable.— prediction to outcome is predictable. our southeast correspondent _ predictable. our southeast correspondent jonathan . predictable. our southeast. correspondent jonathan head, correspondentjonathan head, thank you very much. —— even if the outcome is predictable. 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. 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. in addition to those existing charges, there are also reports that federal prosecutors have been in contact with georgia's governor,

brian kemp, about alleged efforts by mr trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election. reports in the washington post say a spokesperson for the governor confirmed investigators working for special counseljack smith had contacted mr kemp's office. trump notably allegedly attempted to pressure mr kemp and georgia's secretary of state brad raffensperger to help him overturn the results of that state in 2020 during a phone call. thank you for taking the time to speak with us. ijust thank you for taking the time to speak with us. i just want to speak with us. i just want to start off with speaking about the state of georgia. we heard dad that special counsel jack smith's offers have been reaching out to the governor about what might have taken place around those results for the 2020 election. —— office. how key do you think georgia will be when it comes to the legal threats that the former president is facing?- legal threats that the former president is facing? thank you. as hearing _ president is facing? thank you. as hearing their _ president is facing? thank you. as hearing their comments - president is facing? thank you. as hearing their comments 70| as hearing their comments 70 layers to the cases and pending cases against the former

president, some criminal. some of the state and some of the federal level. george is crucial because it was a pivotal state. also because as we have heard there is, on tape commit the former president asking the secretary of state to find him enough votes to win. and so it shows a couple of things. it does not have bolster the idea that jack smith very interested in donald trump's role in seeking to overturn the electoral results. he also seems to have been focused on the fossil actors, essentially the idea that the former president and his team were testing multiple passes, whether it is pressuring elected officials, or having people cast votes in the electoral college to gently vote they were supposed to cast. this is happening is the place is picking up and there is a weight expectation that

indeed another indictment could come, you know, perhaps in the coming days. —— wide expectation. investigators at state and federal level can be looking at the same things. one doesn't preclude the other. what about politically? georgia is looking a little more purple thanit is looking a little more purple than it ever has in terms of blue or red, we have seen a couple of democratic lawmakers elected in the 2020 election. how could this kind of investigation taking place and a possible indictment of the state affecting republicans, politically, going into the election? it politically, going into the election?— election? it is a really interesting _ election? it is a really interesting question. | election? it is a really - interesting question. once you get into talking about the general election, the changing demographics of the state matters, so does abortion law and the claimant around abortion law and how bidon and red states have presented on these issues. voters mind that and maybe more important than relitigating 2020. but in terms of the republican primary, early polling shows that donald

trump has a, you know, a lead that has doubled that of the second person closest to him, and there is this conventional wisdom that maybe he is too far gone for anyone to catch him. one of the big question marks, particularly around an indictment from jack smith around the 2020 election, if that happens, is, you know, that happens, is, you know, that it that happens, is, you know, thatitis that happens, is, you know, that it is easy to say "well, this is baked indicate now" but it could change things. with civil trials you don't need to turn up to testify. inguinal proceedings you do. it will take attention away from, you know, the former president, and give my minister do his critics in a very large gop primary field. ——in criminal proceedings you do. georgia is incredibly important to elections, and increasingly so. let's talk about some of the

field. we have about a minute left. the programme is slimy and as he would qualify. he has some buzz around him. could that be a candidate to watch in that be a candidate to watch in that kind of field? —— vivek ramaswamy. . that kind of field? -- vivek ramaswamy.— that kind of field? -- vivek ramaswamy. that kind of field? -- vivek ramaswam . ., , , ramaswamy. , ron desantis has not managed _ ramaswamy. , ron desantis has not managed to _ ramaswamy. , ron desantis has not managed to lock _ ramaswamy. , ron desantis has not managed to lock up - ramaswamy. , ron desantis has not managed to lock up the - not managed to lock up the number two spot in a way that wipes everyone else out. so there is a new candidate was a lot of talk and buzz who will join a lot of republicans with a lot of donor support. people like ron and chris and nikki and tim. he's different because he is an entrepreneur. he is part of the political class and he has used a number of gimmicks and appeals to stand out from the rest of the pack. there is a buzz around him but how enduring it will be and how

real his candidacy could be, i think it is too early to say but he came onto the scene spent essentially out of nowhere and people are talking about him this year. thank you margaret for your insight. a major review of pregnancy loss services in england says women should have access to specialist miscarriage care 2a hours a day, seven days a week. it's estimated there are around 500 miscarriages every day in the uk, but many women lose their babies at home, with very little support or pain relief. and a warning: there are some graphic descriptions of baby loss in tulip mazumdar�*s report, which some viewers may find upsetting. rachel has been documenting her pregnancy journey on tiktok. she suffered four miscarriages. her second was particularly traumatic.

it was, unfortunately, i believe, over a weekend period. and so, the advice i was really kind of given was, it seems like you're having another miscarriage, have plenty of bed rest, and take some pain relief if needed, and kind ofjust wait it out. at one point i went to the bathroom, and as i went and pulled down my underwear, my baby fully intact in its sac with a tiny little placenta, which was literally no bigger than a £2 coin, fell and sat into my underwear. rachel's is sadly not an uncommon story, which is why the review is calling for a miscarriage helpline and 24—hour access to specialist early pregnancy units, developing a container to store the baby's remains if a loss happens at home, and support and advice offered after one miscarriage instead of three. 250,000 women a year

experience a miscarriage. in a lot of cases, we can't prevent a miscarriage. but what we can do is try and make that process that women and their partners are going through less traumatic in order to limit the ongoing effects. another key recommendation in this review is to start offering certificates to parents whose babies die before 2a weeks. at the moment, some families are given little notes, like this one. but from october, the plan is to offer them an official government document to acknowledge their loss. i want to see people stopping having to hit google to find out what care should i be receiving? where should i be going for support? this support should be easily available to every single person, and it should be offered to every person who is suffering. it's notjust the mother who's carrying the child. it needs to be also offered to their partner. the government says it's looking into all 70 recommendations and starting to take action on some of them.

a year since her last miscarriage, rachel is now mum to baby thomas. i would love to tell him about the siblings he could have had. i want to educate him that pregnancy and creating life and children isn't as simple as getting that positive pregnancy test. and it's why i created my tiktok account, to support and make people aware of what can happen and make them not feel alone. tulip mazumdar, bbc news. in other news: 47 people have died and four people remain missing after heavy rainfall has battered south korea, triggering landslides and flooding in several areas. the state weather agency warns that monsoon rains of up to 100 millimetres or nearly four inches are expected to fall over the weekend. 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 hospitalized back in april for a medical complication. foxx 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. tennessee state representatives justin jones and justin peerson raised more than $2 million 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. 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 defense forces destroyed an oil depot

and warehouse of the russian army in the temporarily occupied 0ktyabrskyi in crimea " translation: the crimean brid . e, translation: the crimean bridge. today _ translation: the crimean bridge, today it _ translation: the crimean bridge, today it is _ translation: the crimean bridge, today it is not - translation: the crimean bridge, today it is notjust l translation: the crimean bridge, today it is notjust a logistical road. this is a road used to feed the war with ammunition and this is being done on a daily basis the militarisation of the crimean peninsula. and there for, for us, it is an understandable enemy which was built outside the law, outside international law in all norms respectively. and that is why this is our objective. any target that is bringing war, not peace, must be neutralised. uk prime minister rishi sunak issued an historic apology to lgbtq+ veterans who were abused and mistreated under the armed forces so—called �*gay ban�* which prevented troops from openly discussing their sexuality while in the military. take a listen to what he had to say on the floor of the commons.

the ban on lgbtq people serving in our military until the year 2000 was an appalling failure of the british state. decades behind the law of this land. as today's report makes clear, in that period, many endured the most horrific sexual abuse and violence, homophobic bullying and harassment, all while bravely serving this country. today, on behalf of the british state, i apologise. today, on behalf of the british state, iapologise. and i hope all those affected will be able to feel proud part of the veteran community that is done so much to keep our country safe. mr speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in this house and i shall have further such meetings later today. it's a box office showdown as barbie and oppenheimer both debut this weekend. movie—goers across the globe

are flocking to theatres. barbie raked—in over $70 million on its opening day and it is on its way to shattering the record for the biggest box office weekend of 2023. and — oppenheimer made a estimated $33 million as of friday. our daniel rosney went to leicester square in london to speak to filmgoers. the plots of oppenheimer 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. oppenheimer 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. that is all for now. stay tuned for more news coming at the top of the hour.

hello there. well, the weekend certainly started off on a soggy note. plenty of rain around. not that it 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, you 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 highland scotland, and this beach in tiree kind of looked caribbean esque 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. on into monday's forecast our area of low pressure that's brought us the wet 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. fortuesday, 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 it is staying unsettled. showers around on tuesday. longer spells of rain later in the week.

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