as crews battle against wildfires burning out of control. horrendous. absolutely... i've never been so scared in my entire life. travel chaos, as a number of holiday firms cancel outbound flights and holidays to rhodes. polls have now closed in spain's general election. the country now awaits the first results. lam light i am light from outside the spanish conservative party headquarters in madrid. their leader has a good chance of becoming spain's next prime minister, according to polls, but socialist pedro sanchez says he hopes to win four more years in power. and australia retains the ashes, after rain ensures the fourth test ends in a draw.

the greek authorities have declared a state of emergency in southern rhodes, as firefighters continue to battle wildfi res. greek police say 19,000 people have been evacuated from homes and hotels on the island. it's said to be the biggest such operation greece has ever carried out. the british foreign office has deployed a rapid deployment team — including the british red cross — to rhodes. they will be based at rhodes international airport to assist with travel documents and liaise with greek authorities and travel operators on the ground. these are pictures from one village in rhodes where houses have been destroyed. three hotels there have reportedly burnt down, and many others are in the danger zone. this is the damage at one hotel.

here you can see cars, buildings and vegetation — all burnt out — going right up to the edge of the sea. and the fires are still burning. you can see in this video captured by a tourist, just how thick the smoke is down by the coast. all this mean many people spent the night in temporary accommodation like this after being evacuated from hotels. others have been forced to gather in public buildings like halls and schools. 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. i've been speaking to 0lga kefalogianni — greece's minister for tourism — who told me more about evacuation efforts. it has been a very difficult 72 hours for the greek authorities. but as already mentioned, we successfully evacuated almost 20,000 people in a matter of hours.

this has been the largest mobilisation of this scale in our history. we managed to evacuate 16,000 people by road, and 4,000 by sea. we wanted to make sure that... 0urfirst priority and concern is the safety and priority of everyone. i was at the airport earlier, and yes, it is true that there are people who don't have their travel documents. this is why the ministry of foreign affairs has a help desk at the airport, which from my understanding, is already in place, helping british citizens who don't have their documents to be able to fly safely back home.

at the same time, everybody who was evacuated is already accommodated. you understand, this is the peak of the summer period, and we didn't have enough rooms to host all 20,000 people. so we've tried to find hotel rooms, but at the same time, we also try to host people in conference halls, sports centres, schools. everybody was provided lodging. and everybody has access to water, food and medical supplies. and it is very important to stress that the locals have supported this procedure. that we have a lot of volunteers, and i think that rhodes has shown hospitality in extraordinary conditions. the best hospitality that you can find in rhodes any time of the year. one of the most attractive tourist destinations, and actually, right now, only a small area of the island

was affected, but of course, our concern is always the safety of everyone. so this is why people needed to be evacuated. of course, thank you. i'll just jump in there. i didn't want to interrupt, but as i say, the line is a bit difficult. but it is good enough that i think we can continue. i just want to ask about the airport and flights getting out of there. we are hearing from some people who are waiting a long time at the airport. 0thers waiting on board aeroplanes that aren't taking off for various reasons. what do you know about actually getting enough flights to leave and take people with them? i understand this could be a concern, but the airport never stopped operating. there was never disruption of the flights. flights were coming in and going out, because as i said before, it is only a small area of the whole island that has been affected. so overall, the island is operating as normal.

well, of course, when it comes to the flights, it is always for the tour operators to reschedule. as i understand, some of them are flying empty planes in order to take people out of the island, and in this way, to be able to accommodate everyone else who was coming afterwards. i think that we will not be having any problems flying people safely back to their home. and as i said before, the only problem with the travel documents is also, something that can be resolved at the airport help desk. thank you to the minister for talking to me earlier. i want to pick up on that last point of people waiting at the airport trying to get home from there. let's cross live to rhodes aiport where we can speak to charliejohnson. she was due to fly back to the uk on saturday night but has now been stranded at the airport for over 2a hours.

thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme-— thank you for coming on the rouramme. ., ~ i. ., ., programme. thank you for having me. what is the latest? _ programme. thank you for having me. what is the latest? what _ programme. thank you for having me. what is the latest? what is _ what is the latest? what is happening _ what is the latest? what is happening with _ what is the latest? what is happening with you - what is the latest? what is happening with you there? | what is the latest? what is - happening with you there? we've what is the latest? what is _ happening with you there? we've just been removed from the departure gate down to arrivals, where we were told we could collect our suitcases, but thatis we could collect our suitcases, but that is not actually true, so we are without our baggage. still no sign of easyjet, and not clear what is going on. absolutely no communication. all beef herd of flights to take us out this from the news. we have not heard anything from the airline. —— all we have heard. we have got completely stranded. ., ., ., heard. we have got completely stranded. ., . ., , heard. we have got completely stranded. ., ., ., , ., heard. we have got completely stranded. ., ., ., ., stranded. you are due to fly out on saturday night. _ stranded. you are due to fly out on saturday night, is _ stranded. you are due to fly out on saturday night, is that _ stranded. you are due to fly out on saturday night, is that right? - stranded. you are due to fly out on saturday night, is that right? and i saturday night, is that right? and you arrived at the airport as normal. , ., , ., ., ' ' :: normal. yes, due to fly out at 910 on saturday. _ normal. yes, due to fly out at 910 on saturday, and _ normal. yes, due to fly out at 910 on saturday, and we _ normal. yes, due to fly out at 910 on saturday, and we have - normal. yes, due to fly out at 910 on saturday, and we have been i normal. yes, due to fly out at 910 on saturday, and we have been atj normal. yes, due to fly out at 910 - on saturday, and we have been at the airport for 2h hours sleeping on the floor, and we have only had four euros 50 from easyjet, which can't even buy as a coffee.—

euros 50 from easyjet, which can't even buy as a coffee. what it is how ou when even buy as a coffee. what it is how you when the _ even buy as a coffee. what it is how you when the flight _ even buy as a coffee. what it is how you when the flight was _ even buy as a coffee. what it is how you when the flight was both - you when the flight was both cancelled? did they give you a reason? , ., , ., , ., ., reason? they told us it was due to a assen . er reason? they told us it was due to a passenger issue. — reason? they told us it was due to a passenger issue, but _ reason? they told us it was due to a passenger issue, but we _ reason? they told us it was due to a passenger issue, but we have - reason? they told us it was due to a passenger issue, but we have had i reason? they told us it was due to a | passenger issue, but we have had no information other than that. —— what did they tell you when the flight was. i think they are using the passenger issue for an excuse for management of the flights. by doing that, they don't have to pay compensation, because it counts as extraordinary circumstances. the fact is it has been so poorly managed, there have been easyjet flights leaving the country around flights. there has been no communication about our plight in particular. and there are... {shrew particular. and there are... given ou have particular. and there are... given you have seen — particular. and there are... given you have seen other— particular. and there are... given you have seen other flights - particular. and there are... given| you have seen other flights leave, you have seen other flights leave, you have seen other flights leave, you have been stuck therefore 26 hours or so. i suppose there is no way you can go, is there? you just have to sit and wait it out potentially a knob at night now? yes, we have absolutely no idea. —— potentially another night out. we have moved from the departure gate,

where we were told there was some information from easyjet, with potentially a hotel overnight. but we have been told there is no hotels available on the island, because everyone is being evacuated, and the hotels that have been affected by the fires, so understandably, there is no availability. but to are now being moved, and we are now sat in a different cold room, on a cold floor, with no water, no food. and floor, with no water, no food. and no information _ floor, with no water, no food. and no information whatsoever. charlie, i am so sorry. what a dreadful situation to be in, where you basically feel trapped and can't go any work even if you want to do. good luck with getting out of there. please do get in touch with us and let us know how you are getting on. for the moment, thank you so much for talking to us. thank you. we'll be keeping up—to—date with all the developments in greece, but we will now head to spain. the polls have just closed in spain's snap general election. neither the governing socialists nor the conservative people's party

are expected to win an outright majority — raising the possibility of a far—right party entering government, byjoining a coalition, for the first time since the fall of general franco. live now to madrid, where we canjoin news reporter sergi forcada freixas for an update on the spanish elections. were do we know about what has been going on? how have the spanish people been voting? —— what do we know? i'm so sorry, you are in full flow, but we can't hear a word of it. nothing to do with you. there is a technical issue with your microphone. we will come back to you. do stay there and we will get you... we will get that microphone sorted and come back to you. what i can tell you is that actually, there

are not formalised exit polls after the spanish elections, as there are for example, in the uk. but there are opinion polls, and those have started to release in just the last few minutes. they are in line with expectations going in to this election, which is this. we have a situation where none of the two major parties, that is the centre—left on the left, and the centre—right on the right, win enough seats to form an outright majority on their own, but potentially, if theyjoin with majority on their own, but potentially, if they join with far right parties or far left parties, in a kind of coalition, then they could form a government. therefore, the leader of the centre—left or the centre—right party would become prime minister. these are just opinion polls. all the usual caveats. this is based on a survey of thousands of voters, not the actual votes cast across the whole country. but that is the seeming state of play, as those votes

started to be counted across the country. let's cross now to barcelona. to talk to daniel cetra, senior researcher at the university of barcelona. thank you for coming on the programme. it seems that they have gonein programme. it seems that they have gone in line with predictions so far, which is that none of the two major parties will have enough votes to govern on their own.— to govern on their own. absolutely. sain to govern on their own. absolutely. spain seems _ to govern on their own. absolutely. spain seems to _ to govern on their own. absolutely. spain seems to be _ to govern on their own. absolutely. spain seems to be moving - to govern on their own. absolutely. spain seems to be moving to - to govern on their own. absolutely. spain seems to be moving to the i spain seems to be moving to the right, and the main issue remains whether or not the popular party will remain an absolute majority. —— obtain a majority. there have been to polls released in the last few minutes, one where the public television channel, suggesting the popular party won't have an absolute majority, another by a private organisation, suggesting the popular party will retain an absolute majority, i wouldn't have to form a coalition government with vox. that is the crucial — coalition government with vox. that is the crucial thing, isn't it? that has formed a big part of this campaign. the left saying that a

vote is more popular party, that conservative centre—right party, is effectively a vote for the far—right party. and the centre—right have been campaigning on, well, change and it's time to get right of the left. —— rid of the left. it and it's time to get right of the left. -- rid of the left.- left. -- rid of the left. it has been a polarised _ left. -- rid of the left. it has been a polarised campaign l left. -- rid of the left. it has i been a polarised campaign and left. -- rid of the left. it has - been a polarised campaign and we had a very polarised party system. there is no boat transfer system between the left wing block and the right—wing bloc. so much depends on mobilisation of the blocks being able to get their voters to turn out and vote, and the right seems to have been more active or more successful at this, given the polls, and given what we have seen so far. indeed, the major concern for many spaniards is that this party vox, which combines elements of the new far like nativism, and this position against immigration, especially coming from north africa, with elements that are typical of national catholicism in spain, so a strong element of spanish nationalism, spanish unity, completely against women is's

rights, particularly against the use of languages other than castilian, and many citizens are concerned that this party, which is likely to lose seats in this election, nonetheless will have the possibility perhaps to join the government. having said that, the party alreadyjoined a regional government in valencia and the balearic islands two months ago, after regional elections, and they've already shown what they are capable of. they have dismantled the ministries for the environment. they have dismantled the ministries for the protection of the catalan language across its territories. and they have also seen the language used to protect gender violence, so in this case, domestic violence. i just want tojump in this case, domestic violence. i just want to jump in, because in this case, domestic violence. i just want tojump in, because you just want to jump in, because you listed that long list of domestic policies that they have already enacted at a local regional level. butjust enacted at a local regional level. but just talk to is a enacted at a local regional level.

butjust talk to is a very briefly if you can, about the history. why is the significance, when you look back at spain's history. of course, i am thinking of things like general franco. it i am thinking of things like general franco. , , u, i am thinking of things like general franco. ,, , , franco. it is significant, because after the 1978 _ franco. it is significant, because after the 1978 constitution, - franco. it is significant, because | after the 1978 constitution, there has been a constitutional consensus across state—wide parties in spain. all of them define themselves as constitutionalists, they are aligned with the precepts of the spanish constitution. of course, it is different for basque and catalan nationalist parties, we want to become independent or maintain mall self—governance. the thing about vox is that it is not a constitutionalist party, and maintains positions that are anti—constitutional. for example, re—centralise in spain, which is unconstitutional, which is the possibility of political economy. for example, making the languages other than castilian illegal, or an unofficial. these are the measures. this is significant, it is new and

unprecedented since 1978, since the advent of democracy, after general franco's dictatorship, we have a party that ultimately defend those ideas, and may have lower support in this election compared to the previous, but paradoxically may enter a coalition.— enter a coalition. that is an interesting _ enter a coalition. that is an interesting paradox. - enter a coalition. that is an interesting paradox. we . enter a coalition. that is an | interesting paradox. we will enter a coalition. that is an - interesting paradox. we will wait and see, thank you for putting that all in a bit of historical context for us. stand by, because we will come back to you later. but i want to go back to my colleague, we saw in full flow minutes ago, but we couldn't hear. what has been happening with the voting? what has been happening with the votin: ? ., ,., what has been happening with the votina? ., , ., ., , what has been happening with the votina? ., ., voting? now, polling stations across sain have voting? now, polling stations across spain have closed _ voting? now, polling stations across spain have closed except _ voting? now, polling stations across spain have closed except for - voting? now, polling stations across spain have closed except for the - spain have closed except for the canary islands. they are an hour behind, so they have an extra hour of voting. counting is already under way, but we are not going to get the preliminary results up until the

canary islands has already finished voting. i am outside the spanish conservative party headquarters. here, they're preparing for a night of celebration. we know what will happen yet, but polling for the last two three months have been saying the conservative party of alberto nunez feijoo may get a good result tonight. the key is whether it will be good enough to make a majority in parliament, the boat from the conservative party and the vox party. we will have to wait and see, but in just three of four hours, we will have a good picture and understanding of how this is formed, and therefore, who can be spain's next prime minister. aha, and therefore, who can be spain's next prime minister.— and therefore, who can be spain's next prime minister. a busy evening ahead. next prime minister. a busy evening ahead- thank _ next prime minister. a busy evening ahead. thank you _ next prime minister. a busy evening ahead. thank you for _ next prime minister. a busy evening ahead. thank you for the _ next prime minister. a busy evening ahead. thank you for the moment, l next prime minister. a busy evening i ahead. thank you for the moment, but we will come back to you later, when we will come back to you later, when we start getting the results in, and by the sound of what you were saying, we won't have to wait too long for that. just the next few hours or so. next, we are going to

head to india. graphic accounts are emerging of further atrocities in the indian state of manipur during an outbreak of ethnic violence. there's already been anger over a video showing two women being paraded naked and assaulted by a mob. several other incidents have now come to light. internet restrictions have slowed the release of information. 0ur reporter divya arya has more from manipur. shops are shut in this part of manipur�*s capital city imphal because another violent incident was reported here. this road leads to the airport, so you do see some vehicles going from here. but mostly, residents in this area are staying indoors, stepping out only if they need some essentials. now, what really strikes you when you come to manipur is that the city and the state has seen no internet for more than two and a half months now. so while some areas might be returning to normalcy, it is really hard to communicate and resume normal life. and despite the fact that there is no internet,

when we travelled around the state, we found that the video that shows two women being disrobed, paraded naked and then sexually assaulted was still being shared widely. and people would just take out their phones and show that video to us. it has fuelled more anger, despair and discontent amongst both communities. thousands are still displaced and in relief camps, unable to go back to their homes after they were set on fire in the violence that happened in the month of may. while there have been arrests after the video came out and there has been condemnation from both communities, especially spearheaded by women, everybody has been pointing out that the state government and the central government hasn't done enough, that the prime minister has spoken, but spoken too little and too late. until there is a concerted effort to find a political resolution to the dispute, sporadic incidents of violence can continue. we've heard of reports of fighting across the border overnight.

curfew is clamped every evening and it will be very difficult for people to go back from relief camps and even think of rebuilding their lives. ukraine has accused russia of a war crime after the largest 0rthodox church in 0desa was badly damaged by missile strikes. the transfiguration cathedral is in 0desa's historic city centre, which is a world heritage site. at least one person was killed and 19 were injured in the attack. russia has been bombarding 0desa, after pulling out of an agreement allowing wheat exports to be shipped from the port. 0ur ukraine correspondentjames waterhouse is in 0desa.? not even places of worship are immune from the attrition of this invasion. one of 0dessa's main cathedrals in southern ukraine. it has ties to moscow, yet this morning was hit by a russian missile.

translation: this was our favorite l place to walk, my children and i. l this was the center of our city. a place dear to all of us. i think the russians are just taking revenge on us for notjoining them. this is a city showing its cracks after a week of sustained bombardment. moscow has blamed, without offering evidence, ukrainian air defenses. but the damage here is colossal, as the mayor sees for himself. translation: i think i russia has chosen 0desa as the main target. they want to stop the grain agreement and show that nothing will work without them. the most terrible thing is that in order to achieve their goal, they've attacked innocent people. the speed of the clean up is remarkable, and there's still the real risk of debris falling from the ceiling. russia is deliberately targeting ukrainian ports here, and of course, no building is safe. the consequences are far reaching and 0desa is at the sharp end.

tens of thousands of tonnes of grain have reportedly been destroyed this week. this was once an area which had a diplomatic shield. that protection is no more. after an initiative which allowed grain shipments to leave ukrainian ports ended, moscow pulled out to the anger of the west. the grain also feeds some of the world's poorest. the kremlin is frustrated with western sanctions. it's a decision which affects ukraine's economy, its farmers and the tens of millions of people who rely on its grain. it also means port cities like 0desa are targets again. james waterhouse, bbc news, 0desa. the israeli president, isaac herzog, is holding an emergency meeting with benjamin netanyahu at the hospital where the prime minister is recovering from an overnight operation to fit a pacemaker. it comes as thousands of israelis are continuing protests in a number of locations, most notably outside parliament,

where a debate is continuing on a controversial bill that's the first part of the government's planned overhaul of the judiciary. mps are due to vote on it on monday. here in the uk, a treasury minister has written to all major banks, warning them against closing customers' accounts because of their political views. it comes after the former right—wing ukip leader, nigel farage, claimed his account with coutts bank was closed for political reasons. the boss of natwest — which owns coutts — dame alison rose, has apologised to mr farage. here's our business reporter noor nanji. there has been a spotlight on all of this recently, because of the row involving nigel farage, who is the former ukip leader and brexit campaigner. now, his account was closed by coutts, which is the private bank that is run and owned by natwest. mr farage said that he thought his account had been shut because of his political views. he subsequently obtained a document

relating to his suitability as a coutts customer, and that document flagged concerns that mr farage was xenophobic and racist, and that there was a reputational risk in having him as a client. natwest�*s boss, which is dame alison rose, has since apologised to mr farage for these comments, which she said were deeply inappropriate. but mr farage says that she now needs to go in front of mps to explain what has happened here. sport now, and let's start with golf. brian harman has won the open championship. it's the first major for the american player who finished on 13 under par. his nearest rivals were six shots behind. the 36—year—old kept his composure with a final round of 70. afterwards, he admitted the course had been a real test. he also thanked his wife and family. cricket, and australia has retained the ashes. no play was possible on day five of the fourth ashes test match because of rain. that means australia — the current ashes holders — cannot lose this current series. with one test match left

to play, they lead england by two games to one. the final game takes place at the 0val. football, and the women's world cup has been continuing down under. france were surprisingly held byjamaica to a draw in group f. the match ended goaless. the jamaica manager hailed the result as the "greatest" in his country's football history. france were one of the pre—tournament favourites. elsewhere, sweden came back from a goal down to beat south africa 2—1 in group g. the winning goal coming in the last minute for the swedes, who are current 0lympic silver medallists. that is it. i am lewis vaughan jones, this is bbc news. hello. rain has been a big feature

of the weekend weather for many of us, but it wasn't a complete wash—out. there was a little bit of sunshine to be had. sunday afternoon brought some blue sky overhead for this weather watcher in cornwall. but on the earlier satellite picture, you can see this curl of cloud. an area of low pressure moving away. but this frontal system here left behind. it has been very, very wet again today across some parts of southern scotland, northern ireland, most especially northern england. and that rain will continue to push its way southwards through the night. 0nly moving quite slowly though into the midlands, wales, eventually the south west of england, parts of east anglia. behind it, we get into a northerly wind and that's going to make for a rather chilly night across some parts of scotland. i think some places will get down to around four or five degrees. tomorrow then, here's our slow moving weather front. still only moving slowly southwards and eastwards, but behind it, we get into that northerly wind, bringing some unusually cool air

for this point in july. so our weather front bringing clouds and outbreaks of rain across some eastern and southern counties of england first thing. it should pull away southwards. sunny spells and showers following on behind and then perhaps some more widespread showery rain into the far north west of scotland, particularly the western isles, as we head through the afternoon. temperature—wise, pretty disappointing actually for this time of year. 1a to 19, maybe 20 degrees. that is below the average for late july. and then as we head through tuesday, some spells of sunshine, a scattering of showers, not quite as breezy, but still rather cool with top temperatures between 15 and 20 degrees. now, as we head on into wednesday, the day should start on a mainly fine note, albeit with one or two showers. but we'll see cloud rolling in from the west and eventually some outbreaks of rain moving in during the afternoon. the further east you are, a better chance of staying mostly dry. and those temperatures again in a range between 1a and 19, maybe 21 degrees in the brighter spots in eastern england. but through wednesday night, we see this next frontal system

bringing another dose of rain. that should tend to clear during thursday to leave a mix of sunny spells and showers for the end of the week. but whichever way you slice it, it is an unsettled week ahead and broadly speaking, a rather cool one for the time of year.