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 closed in spain's general election — the first results suggest a tight race. i'm live from the spanish conservative party headquarters in madrid. initial enthusiasm here has now turned into nerves as the race is very, very tight between the conservative party and the socialists. and australia retains the ashes after rain ensures the fourth test ends in a draw. hello.

welcome to the programme. we will start to increase, authorities there 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. the british foreign office has deployed a rapid deployment team, including the british red cross, to rhodes. 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 in the town of kiotari. here you can see cars, buildings and vegetation all burnt out, going right up to the edge of the sea. and some fires are still burning — these pictures have come into us from the turkish ministry of agriculture, taken from one of their planes

which is helping to fight the fires. this means people are on the move. 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. this is tonight where in evacuation orders have been issued, the fire there is taking hold. i've also been speaking with a british holiday—maker stranded at rhodes airport — charliejohnson told me about her current situation. we have just been moved from the departure gate down to arrivals, where we were told we would be able to collect our suitcases, but that is not actually true. so we are without our baggage. still no sign of easyjet, no clue what is going on. there's been absolutely no communication. all we have heard of flights to take us out are from the news. we've not heard anything from any airline. yeah, we feel completely stranded.

so you where do to fly out on saturday night, is that right? ——so you were due to fly out on saturday night, is that right? and you arrived at the airport as normal? yeah, due to fly out at ten past nine on saturday, so we been at the airport now for 26 hours, sleeping on the floor. we've had 4 euros 50 in vouchers from easyjet, which doesn't even buy us a coffee. yeah, and we're still here. 26 hours and counting for some holiday—makers. i'v e i've been talking about this evacuation effort to the greek minister of 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. of course, when it comes to the

flights, for the operators to reschedule. as i understand, some of them are flying empty to take people out of the island. asi as i said before, the only problem with the travel documents is also something that can be resolved at the airport help desk. {into something that can be resolved at the airport help desk.— the airport help desk. onto the fires themselves, _ the airport help desk. onto the fires themselves, are - the airport help desk. onto the fires themselves, are they - the airport help desk. onto the fires themselves, are they still| the airport help desk. onto the - fires themselves, are they still out of control, are they still spreading? are we in a situation where more people need to evacuate? we remain very vigilant. 0ur where more people need to evacuate? we remain very vigilant. our very brave firemen, they are working around the clock to ensure that the fire doesn't get out of reach. as i said, currently, it is 10% of the island in rhodes that has been affected. so we remain vigilant.

actually, this is why we were able to have an immediate response, and it's also important to stress that greece has in place since 2019 this three digit number, 112, for protection. so this notifies anyone in any affected area for example, the evacuation. so greece has such a system in place. we are vigilant. 0urfiremen are fighting system in place. we are vigilant. 0ur firemen are fighting the fires, and i believe that... our firemen are fighting the fires, and i believe that. . ._ our firemen are fighting the fires, and i believe that. . .- we - 0ur firemen are fighting the fires, and i believe that... fik. .. we will and i believe that... ok... we will be able to — and i believe that... ok... we will be able to have _ and i believe that... ok... we will be able to have the _ and i believe that... ok... we will be able to have the island - and i believe that... ok... we will be able to have the island back. and i believe that... ok... we will be able to have the island back to 100% operating by a few days' time. a few days' time, can ijust 100% operating by a few days' time. a few days' time, can i just ask for the people who are sleeping in those conference calls in schools last night, are they going to be spending another night tonight and those conference calls in those schools? some of them are living, some of

them may be staying for one more night, at the same time, we are really, really trying to make sure they have access to food and water, they have access to food and water, they have access to food and water, they have showers convey air conditioning, so the volunteers that are really, really trying to accommodate them from a small children are having activities, so we are really, really trying to make it a very hospitable environment, despite it not really being the hotel room that they had booked. thank you to the minister for speaking to mejust thank you to the minister for speaking to me just a little thank you to the minister for speaking to mejust a little bit earlier. let's talk more about these evacuations with our news reporter courtney bembridge who's in our newsroom. conflicting reports we are hearing there from the tourism minister. it will be back to normal in a few days. on the other side, passengers who are saying they are not getting enough information and many of them are spending the night in the sports halls and other places like that. let's get another perspective from some of the tour companies and airlines that fly into rhodes. jet two and said that they will be

sending no interest there at least for the next week, but they are sending empty planes there to help get people home. tui has also cancelled flights until at least wednesday. easyjet has said they are running as normal but are sending extra flights to tomorrow and when the next day to try to help get people home. they have cancelled the package holidays, so those ones including the hotels and flights all including the hotels and flights all in one. and british airways and ryanair have said they are flying as normal, as have other airlines like air france. many airlines, again, operating as normal as the tourism minister said they are expecting to continue their operations. and another thing to show you, though, is what happened to these easyjet passengers. they were waiting on the tarmac for about three hours before their flight took off. you can see them they are fanning themselves with the in—flight safety instructions. and we have had worried that this flight, while it did take off, had to land in milan

because the crew had timed out. so these people still not home, their destination was london. another thing to show you is the amount of people that are in the airport waiting for flights. people that are in the airport waiting forflights. some people that are in the airport waiting for flights. some of them may be waiting for some time for the reasons we have outlined. and we know that the uk foreign office is sending a support team to help british nationals at the airport. some of the things they will be focusing on is getting people emergency documents, many of these people may have headed to the airport without those documents, not able to go back to the resorts and hotels where they were staying to pick up luggage and passports, things like that. so that's also under way. this is an important thing to look at, this is where the fighters are. this is the area that people have been evacuated from. 19,000 people we know have so far had to leave. now, that includes tourists and locals as well. and we have seen images of hotels that have been damaged in this area. now, this

is roads. you can see the agency. i also want to show you some pictures from another island. so this is just off the coast of albania here. not far away from italy. it is also experiencing fires. we have had these images shared in social media from people who are there and i can show you this video as well. you can see smoke and fire is burning in the distance. we know that there has been wildfires on the mainland as well, but certainly two islands tonight that are dealing with fires and many people trapped in the ensuing chaos as flights and hotels are closed and delayed.— are closed and delayed. courtney, thanks so much _ are closed and delayed. courtney, thanks so much for— are closed and delayed. courtney, thanks so much for that. - let's go to spain now where votes are being counted in the snap general election called by prime minister pedro sanchez. 0pinion polls had suggested that mr sanchez was trailing his rival, from the centre—right popular party, though its not clear whether the actual results will be bear that out. these are the latest

officially projected results. 53% in. the party of the socialist prime minister pedro sanchez has 129 seats. the rival centre—right popular party has 130 seats so it's looking close. but remember the winner is likely to have to form a coalition government. those numbers can go up and down when the event depending on when you look at it. live now to madrid. serjee forcada freixas. it is close. yes, it's really, really close. _ it is close. yes, it's really, really close. very - it is close. yes, it's really, really close. very tight - it is close. yes, it's really, l really close. very tight race. it is close. yes, it's really, - really close. very tight race. in the mood here in the conservative party headquarters changes in just a matter of minutes, because as of now, we have two thirds of the votes counted. the conservatives are leading, butjust with the majority of three over, and none of them

would be able to form a government even with the support of their allies even with the far—right party or on the left with another party. so as of now, if this was the end of the night, which it does not. their record of votes that need to be counted. we won't know who the next banister is because none of them have enough support to be able to form a government in congress. as i said, the mood keeps changing. the perfect example, a group of ladies, three women here, very upset ten minutes ago when the socialists were leading, now they are there, chanting and celebrating that their party, the conservative party is leading. but, as i said, very, very narrow. caution on what is going to happen at the end of the night. the end of the night, when is that? when do you reckon we could have the final results in?— final results in? well, it's been two hours _ final results in? well, it's been two hours since _ final results in? well, it's been two hours since polling - final results in? well, it's been| two hours since polling stations closed at 8pm local time. now, 70%

of the vote has already been counted. so i think that in the next hour or so, we should already have a photo finish. after that can usually what happens is the leaders come out and do their speeches. if they win, they will be up there in the case of... the conservative party or the same for pedro sanchez and the socialist party headquarters. if not, they will probably stay inside. it is also very interesting to listen to those speeches, especially in a scenario like this when no party is expected to be able to have a majority or even to form a government, to see where negotiations for the coming weeks can go. this is tonight, we may have the final photo of how the parliament is, but as i said, we may not know with the prime minister is, and that may take weeks, even months. . ~ and that may take weeks, even months. ., ~ , ., ., and that may take weeks, even months. ., ~' , ., ., ., and that may take weeks, even months. ., ~ , ., ., ., . months. thank you for that. we will cross back to _ months. thank you for that. we will cross back to you _ months. thank you for that. we will cross back to you when _ months. thank you for that. we will cross back to you when 100% - months. thank you for that. we will cross back to you when 100% of - months. thank you for that. we will

cross back to you when 100% of the | cross back to you when 100% of the votes are counted. not long to wait now. let's try and go over some of the permutations about what we do know. let's get some analysis now from alana moceri, international relations professor at ie school of politics, economics and global affairs. thank you very much for coming on the programme. my thank you very much for coming on the programme-— thank you very much for coming on the programme. my pleasure, thank ou for the programme. my pleasure, thank you for having _ the programme. my pleasure, thank you for having me. _ the programme. my pleasure, thank you for having me. it _ the programme. my pleasure, thank you for having me. it looks - the programme. my pleasure, thank you for having me. it looks like - the programme. my pleasure, thank you for having me. it looks like it. you for having me. it looks like it is close. you for having me. it looks like it is close- it _ you for having me. it looks like it is close. it looks _ you for having me. it looks like it is close. it looks like _ you for having me. it looks like it is close. it looks like none - you for having me. it looks like it is close. it looks like none of the| is close. it looks like none of the two major parties are going to get enough seats to form a government on their own. they will both have to work with coalition partners. so let's go through that. let's look first on the right, so say the conservatives, the centre—right party wins the most number of seats. they then worked potentially with vox, tell us why that is controversial. i5 vox, tell us why that is controversial. , ., , ., controversial. is controversial because vioxx _ controversial. is controversial because vioxx is _ controversial. is controversial because vioxx is the - controversial. is controversial because vioxx is the far - controversial. is controversial because vioxx is the far right | controversial. is controversial - because vioxx is the far right very extremist party that doesn't believe that there is still violence against women, doesn't believe in climate

change, that would like to take spain out of the paris agreement. they don't like migrants. so all of that, right, is obviously what upsets a lot of people particularly, obviously people on the left and even some of the people in the people's party, which is a much more moderate party. people's party, which is a much more moderate party-— moderate party. given spain 's histo , moderate party. given spain 's history. it _ moderate party. given spain 's history. it is — moderate party. given spain 's history, it is even _ moderate party. given spain 's history, it is even more - moderate party. given spain 's . history, it is even more significant in people's mind.— history, it is even more significant in people's mind. definitely. and so what i in people's mind. definitely. and so what i think— in people's mind. definitely. and so what i think is — in people's mind. definitely. and so what i think is important _ in people's mind. definitely. and so what i think is important to - what i think is important to remember is this has existed since spain �*s transition. there was always some people who liked the franco years, who supported him. people obviously supported him. people obviously supported him. people obviously supported him. there are still people like that, but for many, many years, they were pretty silent. they were basically part of his two party system where we had the socialists on the left and the people's party on the left and the people's party on the left and the people's party on the right. so they were part of the people's party and they were the extreme party, but they were mostly silenced by the party, by the overall party in their places where

heard. when they become the party in 2013 with the rights springing up all over europe and here in the us, they become more emboldened and they learned that there was definitely some reception to their message in fact that they are able to get some votes. something happened on the left. now, you know, they've become, they could pick the kingmaker here injoining with them, but they could pick the kingmaker here in joining with them, but that is what is really difficult about these results, even to they are probably not going to be, if nothing changes dramatically, which could, they are probably not going to have enough. let's look at the centreleft now. say that pedro sanchez i suppose, pulls off a bit of a surprise gets the most seats. what does that mean for him? who does he work with? well, so, sumer is a new party, it

is basically what was left of the last junior is basically what was left of the lastjunior coalition partner of the last junior coalition partner of the socialist lastjunior coalition partner of the socialist party, so it is sort of a combination of some leftist parties that have come together run by yolanda, a politician who has been a wildly popular politician in spain, but we haven't seen that much traction in terms of the voting. they are doing well. they are neck and neck also with the vioxx party, but either party will have to be part of a coalition. but there will have to be more. and that's what i think it's really interesting right now, this election has been a story of who is partnering with the more radical right or left wing group. but in order to get there, they are going to have to partner with some of these regional parties. so one of the things that is really important to understand in spanish politics are the regional parties particularly in catalunya and in the basque country. these parties are mostly parties that are separatist

parties that would like to leave spain, so i think that is what is particularly on the popular party's side, it is what is really difficult, if they cannot come along with vox, get their they are going to need to make some very difficult partnerships perhaps with separatists in catalunya, and that is really a no go for them. gets an absolutely — is really a no go for them. gets an absolutely fascinating _ is really a no go for them. gets an absolutely fascinating election - is really a no go for them. gets an absolutely fascinating election for| absolutely fascinating election for all of those reasons. thank you very much for talking us through them so clearly. thank you. mr; much for talking us through them so clearly. thank you.— a bit ofa a bit of a pause now from the politics and get the support. hello from the bbc sport centre. australia's cricketer�*s have retained 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—nil down to win an ashes series and they were in a really strong position to level it, australia trailing by 61 runs

with only five wickets in hand. but the weather put paid to any hopes that england had. the final test starts on thursday at the 0val. yeah, it feels a bit weird. it's really nice to retain it, 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 half run sudden over. we have australia five down, then we get three hours play after that. i think regardless of what we did we would've still ended up in the same position, and sometimes the weatherjust gets the better of you. it's unfortunate, you know, we could moan about it, but itjust is what it is and it's just unfortunate, obviously after the cricket that we did play, we find ourselves here drying this game when we thought we were in a great position to be able to win.

brian harman is the new 0pen champion. the 36—year—old american finished six 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 two bogeys in the first five holes, a round of 71 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 six years after he last won a tournament. iam very i am very aware of my own emotions, and they knew at some point that i would drop some shots. it was a really difficult day out today, but i haven't typically been a very good rain and player. so i was nervous starting today, so to make those two birdies on six and seven today was really good. it was rainy there and so to some of

the matches in australia and new zealand. 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. the bbc sport website is the best place to go to keep on top of the women's world cup. three more group games coming up on monday. italy, argentina the first of them. thank you for that. 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 correspondent james 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 odesa 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. taking you back to spain. waiting for the result of the snap general election there. we got live pictures. let's go first to the party's headquarters, this is the centre—right party. they were expecting to do pretty well to potentially form a government or at least form a coalition government. that's what opinion polls were suggesting leading up to tonight. however, the result isjust suggesting leading up to tonight. however, the result is just too tight. projections at the moment suggesting it's pretty much neck and neck with existing prime minister,

pedro sanchez�*s party, centreleft party, so not while it seems the celebrations there anytime soon, the election results, while they happened pretty quickly, polls have only been shut for a few hours, but we are already up to 50% of the vote counted, so we should expect to hear in the next couple of hours what the final result will be. it is really on a knife edge at the moment, but what does seem certain is that we won't be getting an outright winner. so none of the big two major centreleft or centre—right parties will win on their own. they will have to be coalition conversations. that means it could be weeks or months before we get an actual result. stay with us here. 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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a major evacuation operation a major evacuation operation has been taking place on the greek island of rhodes. thousands of locals and tourists are being moved to safety as wildfires which have been raging for days, continue to spread on three fronts.