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 for the first results to see who will be the next prime minister. live from the spanish conservative party headquarters in madrid, some of their supporters are already gathering here, hoping their party will get enough votes to get back in power. the first results will come in very shortly. and australia retains the ashes after rain ensures the fourth test ends in a draw.

hello i'm lewis vaughanjones. 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. this is the damage from one village. you can see houses destroyed there. three hotels have been burnt down and many others still in danger. 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.

many people spent the night in temporary accommodation like this after being evacuated from hotels. spreads saws and other buildings as well being used. i've also been speaking with a british holiday—maker stranded at rhodes airport — charliejohnson told me about her current situation. we've just been moved from the departure gate down to arrivals, where we were told we could collect our suitcases, but that is not actually true, so we are without our baggage. still no sign of easyjet, and no clue what is going on. absolutely no communication. all we have heard of flights to take us out are from the news. we have not heard anything from the airline. we feel completely stranded. you are due to fly out on saturday night, is that right? and you arrived at the airport as normal. yes, due to fly out at 910 on saturday, and we have been at the airport for 26 hours

sleeping on the floor, and we have only had four euros 50 voucher from easyjet, which can't even buy as a coffee. what it is how you when the flight was first cancelled? tough long waits there for many passengers. let's talk more about these evacuations. let's talk more about these evacuations with our news reporter courtney bembridge who's in our newsroom. we been hearing from a lot of the stranded passengers. let's run through what some of the major airlines here in the uk are doing. at this point, jet two say no terrorists are being sent to rhodes this week, but they are sending empty planes there to help get people home. cancelling flights until at least wednesday, next, people home. cancelling flights untilat least wednesday, next, easy jets, who we heard criticised and that the most recent interview, they are saying that they are running off lights as normal. that's flights in and how but they have cancelled

package holidays, and in the past few hours, we have heard from the company that they are sending three repatriation flights there to help get their passengers out. british airways, ryan air are flying is normal, as our air france and the german carrier, condor. some companies still flying into roads, despite the situation at this stage. let's have a look at what has happened to some passengers. we have been sent this video by some of the passengers that were on this easy jet flight. you can see them here fanning themselves with the in—flight menus, trying to keep cool in—flight menus, trying to keep cool, because they were on the tarmac for about three hours. this flight did eventually take off, but much delayed. this is a situation for people trying to get home, but of course, many people not yet making it onto flights. still stuck in the airports. some of them will be facing very long waits, sitting on the floor, waiting for those flights to go out, because as we say, they are all backed up. if we

have a look at what the foreign office is saying, they have sent a rapid deployment team, and that team will be supporting british nationals by assisting with travel documents, many people try to get to the airport as soon as possible, left behind baggage and passports. that will need to be set to the neck sorted out. liaising with travel operators and of course greek authorities who are running this emergency response. the other thing to show you is the map of the islands, and you can see marked in orange here, this is where the fires are currently burning. all of these towns marked in black—and—white here are where there have been evacuations. 19,000 people both tourists and locals have been evacuated from hotels and homes. you can see just how close here the flames have got to the beach. 0bviously flames have got to the beach. obviously a lot of the resorts and hotels are in this area, many people had to get onto boats, things like commercialfairies were had to get onto boats, things like commercial fairies were brought in along with the greek army to try to get people out. of course, most

people will be heading up here to the airport to try to get out in the coming days. the airport to try to get out in the coming dam-— the airport to try to get out in the coming days. the airport to try to get out in the cominu da 5. ., , ., ~ i. much for that. i want to bring you these live pictures we are getting thorough from rhodes. to give you an example, readily of what is still being faced here. so we are on day five heading into day six of these wildfires. you can see on the map that courtney was just showing us there, the extent of them through there, the extent of them through the middle of the island of rhodes, you can see these pictures mean it is still very much a live battle for those firefighters trying to bring them under control. back to the evacuation efforts, earlier i spoke to the ministerfor evacuation efforts, earlier i spoke to the minister for tourism. 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 everybody was safe. 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 is 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 speaking to me a little earlier. of course, we will be keeping across developments there. to spain now, though. polls have closed there in that general election. it appears spain may be set for a change of government after the polls have closed. 0pinion polls released after voting suggest the centre—right popular party led by alberto nunez feijoo are in the strongest position although they may not have an outright majority.

let's look at what's been happening. the snap election — that means earlier than scheduled — has been called by the prime minister pedro sanchez. mr sanchez is from the centre—left socialists who leads a minority coalition government which looks as if it's on the way out. alberto nunez feijoo's centre—right people's party appears to have come out ahead. but if he is to form a government he may need a coalition partner. it could well be santiago abascal�*s vox party. that would be significant because it would place a spanish far—right party in power for the first time in 50 years. we're unlikely to know soon though. the formation of a new government depends on complex negotiations that could take weeks or months and may even end in fresh elections. live now to madrid with sergi forcada.

talk as to what has been happening. so, we already got the first result, preliminary results, and i have to say that with 10% of votes counted, the socialist party is the largest party as of now, obviously ijust 10% if we need to take this with a pinch of salt. we need to wait a bit longer to get a clearer picture, but as of now, checking the unofficial app as of now, checking the unofficial app that counts the results, the socialist party would be leading. as i said, this is not necessarily what will happen throughout the night. things may change a lot. people actually tend here in the conservative party headquarters are already gathering. 0pinion polls, four weeks, even today, are suggesting that the conservative party will be the largest party in parliament. we don't know yet that they will be able to form a majority, if not with the vote of the far right. this is something that we have to wait and see and see

what happens tonight with the results. here, people already gathering to try to celebrate the fact that the conservative party could potentially be back in power after having been in opposition since 2018. just after having been in opposition since 20113-— after having been in opposition since 2018. , ., ~ ., ., , since 2018. just mark it out for us, is not counting _ since 2018. just mark it out for us, is not counting him _ since 2018. just mark it out for us, is not counting him it _ since 2018. just mark it out for us, is not counting him it seems - since 2018. just mark it out for us, | is not counting him it seems pretty quick, certainly quicker than what we are used to hearing the uk. mark on card for us, when can we get a bit of a better idea of the vote actually cast and when will we get a results? ,, ., actually cast and when will we get a results? �* , , a results? so, it's very quick. even thou:h it results? so, it's very quick. even though it is _ results? so, it's very quick. even though it is a _ results? so, it's very quick. even though it is a folly _ results? so, it's very quick. even though it is a folly manual- results? so, it's very quick. even i though it is a folly manual process, it starts once a polling station closes and the first results are released an hour later, which is basically now. so in order to get a better picture, wejust basically now. so in order to get a better picture, we just need to wait for an hour, better picture, we just need to wait foran hour, an better picture, we just need to wait for an hour, an hour and a half. better picture, we just need to wait foran hour, an hourand a half. it obviously depends on how tight the race is, because it's important in these elections to look at what can make a majority. as any of the party going to be able to form a

government with the support of one of the minority parties, whether that's in the right or in the left. so maybe this year we will have to wait a bit longer to do these, but counting is very quick, and and a matter of 90 minutes or so, we can get a very good understanding of what spaniards have voted for this time. . , . . what spaniards have voted for this time. . ,. . , ' . ~' i., time. fascinating stuff. thank you for that. time. fascinating stuff. thank you for that- we _ time. fascinating stuff. thank you for that. we will _ time. fascinating stuff. thank you for that. we will be _ time. fascinating stuff. thank you for that. we will be back - time. fascinating stuff. thank you for that. we will be back with - time. fascinating stuff. thank you for that. we will be back with you | for that. we will be back with you in the next hour to see how much further along we are. looking 110w now at the potential outcomes that could be. let's get some analysis now from pablo calderon martinez, associate professor in politics & ir at the northeastern university in london. thank you so much for coming on the programme. thank you so much for coming on the programme-— thank you so much for coming on the rouramme. ., ~ i. ., ., programme. thank you for having me. so what does — programme. thank you for having me. so what does that _ programme. thank you for having me. so what does that mean _ programme. thank you for having me. so what does that mean then, - programme. thank you for having me. so what does that mean then, if, - programme. thank you for having me. so what does that mean then, if, and | so what does that mean then, if, and it is still an f at the stage, the opinion polls leading up to these elections are right, and the centre—right party the authority start forming a coalition. what do you think that would i think that is

almost they needed that and they've been clear for a few weeks that the conservative party was going to be the largest party in congress but the largest party in congress mt the problem there, of course, is then being the largest party, doesn't necessarily mean that you have the capacity to form government. and i think because of the way spanish politics are playing out that they perhaps have fewer natural allies within congress and some are parties that can help them form government. it may well be that they don't need that because they've formed an alliance at the far—right party and enough seats to form a majority, but even then, the best case scenario for then, that is still going to be a very slim majority and it may come down to two or three seats. so it's really going to take a little while to get a full picture of who is going to be able to form government right now. interesting. but given the fact that we have had these opinion polls and this which suggests that the

centre—right party will get the most votes, it is natural to ask why did the prime ministerfrom votes, it is natural to ask why did the prime minister from the centre laughed because they snap election in the first place. i laughed because they snap election in the first place.— in the first place. i think it was a calculated _ in the first place. i think it was a calculated gamble, _ in the first place. i think it was a calculated gamble, really. - in the first place. i think it was a calculated gamble, really. a - in the first place. i think it was a | calculated gamble, really. a very bad results in a relatively bad results, the left had in the local elections sort of pushed the hand of the prime minister, basically what he said isn't going to call your bluff. i'm going to call your bluff on the spanish people, if you really want to have a right—wing coalition in government, then you have to go to a general election to back that “p to a general election to back that up to have a change of government. and i think his own experience in the past is always been the underdog and he's managed to sort of defy the odds many, many times before. i thought he thought he could do that and it doesn't necessarily look like he's failed entirely. i think the vote is closer than maybe we would have predicted a few weeks ago. so we have to wait and see. it may go

down as a great political miscalculation or one of the greatest political moves in the last 50 years in spanish politics. it all depends on the result i do love how you have raised the stakes there, and we haven't got long to wait until we get the results. but as you have said, actually, we are waiting for the results which will come through in the next couple of hours. but even when we know that result, we won't have a final government, a new prime minister, because all of that depends on that negotiation that depends on that negotiation that you're talking about a little earlier. fascinating stuff. to stay with us. we will be back with you throughout the evening. thank you for the moment for that. we will take a little bit of a break from spanish politics and head to the sport with our correspondent. australia's records have maintained the ashes. the final day of the fourth test was a complete wash—out at old trafford which means that england cannot win the series. after losing the first two tests they were attempting to become the first england team to come from 2—0 down to win an ashes series

and they were in a strong position to level the series, australia trailing by 61 runs with only five wickets in hand . but the weather put a stop to any hope of that. the final test starts on thursday at the 0val. yeah, it feels a bit weird. it's really nice to retain its, obviously not in the circumstances we would like, but he kind of look back at the last series and the first two games here and get ourselves into this position, yeah, i'll be at the rain might have helped us out. a great result. i think we look at the cricket that was played. a score of 570 at five and a _ was played. a score of 570 at five and a half— was played. a score of 570 at five and a half run sudden over. we have australia _ and a half run sudden over. we have australia five — and a half run sudden over. we have australia five down, then we get three _ australia five down, then we get three hours play after that. i think regardless — three hours play after that. i think regardless of what we did we would've still ended up in the same position. _ would've still ended up in the same position, and sometimes the weather 'ust position, and sometimes the weather just gets _ position, and sometimes the weather just gets the better of you. it's unfortunate, you know, we could moan about— unfortunate, you know, we could moan about it. _ unfortunate, you know, we could moan about it. but _ unfortunate, you know, we could moan about it. but it— unfortunate, you know, we could moan about it, but itjust is what it is

and _ about it, but itjust is what it is and it's— about it, but itjust is what it is and it'sjust _ about it, but itjust is what it is and it'sjust unfortunate, obviously after— and it'sjust unfortunate, obviously after the _ and it'sjust unfortunate, obviously after the cricket that we did play, we find _ after the cricket that we did play, we find ourselves here drying this game _ we find ourselves here drying this game when we thought we were in a great _ game when we thought we were in a great position to be able to win. brian harmon is the new open champion. the 36 —year—old american finished 6 shots clear of the field at hoylake to claim his first major title. he started the day with a five shot lead and though he had a shaky start with 2 bogeys in the first five holes, a round of 70, 1 under par, saw him finish on 13 under as no—one mounted a serious challenge on the leaderboard. world number threejon rahm was joint second with sepp straka, tom kim and jason day. rory mcilroy was tied for sixth. but what a week for harman, ranked 26th in the world, and 6 years after he last won a tournament. we've had three more matches at the women's world cup in australia and new zealand, jamaica held france to a goaless draw. the runners—up four years ago — the netherlands beat portugal and sweden left it late in their win over south afgrica patrick gearey reports.

very much wellington weather. in new zealand, sweden officially the world's third best team, came into this world cup through a storm and a scare. courtesy of south africa who so surprised the swedish keeper that she queued up the player who both scored and netted. sweden were in a bigger tangle. for them, what a relief when they squeezed in a equaliser. the first time in this tournament that both teams had scored. south africa were headed for a precious point until the 90th minute when they rose above the rest. with that, sweden were home, if not dry. further south from wellington to dunedin where portugal's first world cup appearance was low—key. beaten by a flying dutch woman. stefanie van der gragt header enough to secure victory for the netherlands. france have recently found peace. gone are the rows and rancour,

a new spirit and new manager. not enough to beatjamaica. they came as close as anyone but despite having their star khadija shaw sent off late on, jamaica picked up theirfirst ever world cup point. for france it seems you can have too much calm. patrick gearey, bbc news. and that's all the sport for now. lots more on the bbc sport website including details of the second tour de france victory. but that is all for now. 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 least1 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 0desa's main cathedrals in southern ukraine. it has ties to moscow, yet this morning was hit by a russian missile. translation: this was our favourite place to walk, my children and i. - this was the centre 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 defences. but the damage here is colossal, as the mayor sees for himself. |translation: | think 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 is 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 is 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. twitter�*s logo might change as early as leader today, that's if we are to believe the platform's current owner, elon musk. mr musk says that "soon we shall bid due to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds". adding that "if a good enough x logo is posted tonight, will make go live worldwide

tomorrow", the billionaire tech entrepreneur did not provide any further details. its opening weekend for two of the most talked about films this year. both are doing their part to revive cinema. uk cinema chain view international said it had the biggest weekend for uk cinema ticket sales in four years, the fit of customers purchasing tickets to watch both films and a double bill dubbed by social media as barbenheimer. barbie is already on track to become the biggest film in 2023, possibly even one of the top ten highest grossing films of all time. that is at. 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.

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