have been moved to safety, as wildfires burn out of control. with most votes counted in spain's general election — the make up of the new government still isn't clear. as anger grows in manipur over a sexual assault case, there's been more accounts of atrocities. brazil, italy and tournament debutants morocco are among those in action later at the women's world cup. welcome to the programme. we begin in greece where the island of rhodes is under a state of emergency. firefighters are battling wildfires raging across the island.

19,000 people have been moved from homes and hotels. first the fires — these are the latest pictures which show the flames lighting up the night sky as they burn out of control. and these are pictures of what those flames have done — entire hotels have been burned to the ground. this is what happened to some residents of those hotels who spent the night in temporary accommodation after being evacuated. this report from jenny hill in rhodes. unrelenting, unabated. strong winds have whipped up the wildfires. despite efforts to contain them, they're still blazing on three fronts. that's forced this country's largest ever fire evacuation. please, please, this way. 19,000 people have fled their homes and hotels. it's not the way emily thought

her wedding party would end. horrible. it's just like, the sky was just black. and then it was just like just getting rained on with ash and all sorts. and then, yeah, it was just not nice. we've had to come home a week early. you could literally see the fire and it was really scary. at rhodes airport, some wait forflights home. others just didn't know where else to go. everyone is exhausted. so we got what we could. just pinched... passports, electronics. left everything else. go down and everybody onto the beach and theyjust tell you to walk and walk and walk away. my husband wasn't very well, so we told these guys to just carry on, just go. so we had to leave them on the beach and we had to keep walking with the idea that if the fire came down to them, they'd pretty much get

in the sea and hope for the best. holiday firms have now cancelled inbound passenger flights. instead, they'll send empty planes to bring people home. even so, many tourists here told us they felt abandoned. as we filmed, the greek tourism minister arrived at the airport, keen to defend this country's vital industry. a small part of the island has been affected. - everything else operates very regularly. _ so, you know, at this point, i we just want to make sure that everybody is safe and that - whoever needs to get back home can get back home safely. tonight, though, many are bedding down where they can. all our belongings are still in the hotel, in the apartment. so it's a case of... but it's one of those things. people have lost

their livelihoods, you know, their homes. terrible situation. so, yeah, it's those we feel really sorry for. it's now almost impossible to find accommodation on this island. hotels have either been evacuated or they're booked up. so people are having to come to emergency shelters like this one. this is normally a basketball court. they reckon around 200 people will sleep here tonight. the lucky ones get mattresses. the rest are just on the floor. and it's extremely warm. it's going to be a very uncomfortable night. and an anxious one. those fires are still burning. now let's focus more on evacuations — here is our news reporter courtney bembridge. conflicting reports we're hearing there from the tourism minister. it'll be back to normal in a few days. and on the other side, passengers who are saying they're not getting enough information and many of them are spending the night in, as you said, sports halls and other places like that. let's get another perspective from some of the tour companies and airlines that fly into rhodes — jet2 have said that they'll be sending no tourists

there for at least 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 that they are running as normal, but they're sending extra flights to tomorrow and one the next day to try to help get people home. and they have cancelled package holidays. so those ones, including the hotels and flights all in one. and british airways and ryanair have said they're flying as normal as have other airlines like air france and condor. so many airlines, again, are operating as normal as the tourism minister said. they're expecting to continue their operations. another thing to show you, though, is what happened to these easyjet passengers. they were waiting on the tarmac for about 3 hours before their flight took off. you can see them there fanning themselves with the in—flight safety instructions. and we have had word 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, and some of them may be waiting for some time for the reasons we've 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'll 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. and this is an important thing to look at. these here are where the fires are and these are the areas that have been where 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've seen images of hotels that have been damaged in this area. now, this is rhodes. you can see the aegean sea marked here. but i also want to show you some pictures from another island.

so this is corfu, just off the coast of albania here and not far away from italy here. and it's also experiencing fires. we've had these images shared on social media from people who are there. and i can show you this video as well, where you can see smoke and fires burning in the distance. so we know that there's 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. let's go to spain now where the opposition conservatives appear to have fallen short of overall majority — with most votes counted. the leader of the popular party says he will try and form a government that would probably include the far right party vox. but it's far from clear whether he'll be able to do it. 0ur reporter sergi forcada, has

sent this update from madrid. despite being the largest party in actually winning the election, they have fallen short of a majority. even if they got the vote of the far—right party, vox the numbers just don't far—right party, vox the numbersjust don't add far—right party, vox the numbers just don't add up. their leader, alberto nunez feijoo has claimed victory and sang as largest party he should be the new prime minister but is unlikely that he will be able to form a government. 0n the other hand prime minister biden has also claimed victory for the whole of the left, not necessarily for his socialist party that came second in these elections. mathematically mr sanchez would still be elected as prime minister if you got all of the votes from the left and also from the catalan and basque nationalists. negotiations now will start in

the coming weeks, have enough support in parliament to secure majority, the country may end “p majority, the country may end up going to new elections again. so being, which is the largest fourth economy and the european union now has a new parliament. the country is still looking for their new prime minister. i'm joined now by ignacio hurado, associate professor at the universidad carlos tello—castrillon in madrid. thank you forjoining us. firstly what do you make of this quite eventful night for spanish politics? i this quite eventful night for spanish politics?— spanish politics? i think it has been _ spanish politics? i think it has been a _ spanish politics? i think it has been a very _ spanish politics? i think it has been a very exciting l spanish politics? i think it- has been a very exciting night. the result has been somewhat surprising so i think the polls and the majority of the popular party and vox was possible, not likely but in the end to the right fall short of the majority in the left also for

the short of majority. so i think we are heading to some months of negotiations, but it is unclear who is going to be able to form a government and i think the possibility of a new election is quite high now. that was going to be my next question. how long do negotiations go for and how likely that another election may be? likely that another election ma be? , ., may be? this can take long. peole may be? this can take long. peeple are _ may be? this can take long. people are saying _ may be? this can take long. people are saying that - may be? this can take long. people are saying that if- may be? this can take long. l people are saying that if there were in the election it would be no earlier than november. it is not possible to see exactly when because it depends on when after the regional parties decide to appoint a candidate. 0ne there is an investor sure vote if it fails, then we have basically two months to form a government or a new election will be called. so we basically need to be waiting to see when that vote happens and two months after will be the time

there is to form a government or have an election. we there is to form a government or have an election.— or have an election. we have seen the _ or have an election. we have seen the rise _ or have an election. we have seen the rise of— or have an election. we have seen the rise of far _ or have an election. we have seen the rise of far right - seen the rise of far right parties across europe including interleague germany and greece, the prime minister, pedro sanchez said this the defeat of the far—right party, vox, you agree with his assessment? i think it is not completely wrong. 0n the left has been quite centred around avoiding vox being a party in government. this is the way the left has mobilised its electorate. the selection was called in may because there was an important defeat for the government and in the local and regional elections and since then, the main motive of the left has been, let's have an election to avoid and rule out the possibility of the far right being part of the government. so as this has been the central motto of the campaign, somehow they have succeeded with that.— campaign, somehow they have succeeded with that. thank you so much for _ succeeded with that. thank you so much forjoining _ succeeded with that. thank you so much forjoining us - succeeded with that. thank you so much forjoining us today. i

so much forjoining us today. my so much forjoining us today. my pleasure. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news bringing you different stories from across the uk. time is ticking on the prime minister's pledge to halve inflation by the end of the year to slow down soaring average prices. when he made that promise, inflation had been at over 10%, so his target is to get it down to around five. richmond in north yorkshire is an historic market town and relies on tourism. with household budgets squeezed though, are people cutting back on things like mini breaks and eating out? doesn't it seem to be. 24—bed roomed hotel, 0ur occupancy levels are anything between 1900% most nights, including the weeknights. there is some good news.

food prices are not rising quite as fast as they were, but the average grocery shop is still costing significantly more than it did a year ago. and many are warily wondering when that pressure on household budgets will start to ease. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. to india now. graphic accounts are emerging of further atrocities in the indian state of manipur during an outbreak of ethnic violence. several other incidents have now come to light. internet restrictions have slowed the release of information. there's already been pain and anger over a video showing two women being paraded naked and assaulted by a mob. 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. jagannath panda is from the institute for security & development policy; a non—profit and non—partisan research and policy organisation. i asked him what he thought of the response by state authorities. i think let me start by saying that the images you are showing those are clearly disturbing. and this is not really a good state of affairs in manipur and we should condemn it. this is a sorry state of affairs, but i think the response of the local administration has been quite slow. instead of really trying to address the situation. i think the violence,

the ethnic violence, conflict, there has been quite a prolonged state of affairs for the last 2 to 3 months and the local government should have shown a lot of urgency, a lot of on the spot, many offerings to address the situation. and that has not really happened. and that's why i would say that this is a negligence on the part of the local administration and particularly at the police and the state administration are those who are responsible to address this situation. what about prime minister narendra modi's condemnation, in your view? did he go far enough? i don't think here it is wise to link it with the central leadership. i think if we look at india, almost every state has a unique ethnic configuration. and in every state, what we have seen since the post—independence of india over the last 70 years, ethnic violence has been a common feature of every state politics.

so i don't think the central leadership has to be brought here in terms of trying to link it. and i think prime minister modi has already reacted to the situation. that's a positive signal because we have seen that prime minister modi has not really spoken to the media, to the public on this kind of matters since he had assumed the power in from 2014 onwards. but this is one of the unique occasion where he has spoken and that should be welcomed. of course, as you said, state police have been accused of not doing enough to help the victims. they say they were outnumbered. what is stopping them from asking for more support from the central government? i think it's not only about the state government, i think it's about the coordination, it's about the response pattern. it's about how to deal with the situation here. the situation is quite dense. if we see what has been the root cause behind this behind this ethnic violence,

the the root cause has been about upholding the status when the local the multiple high court actually asks the state government to consider offering the scheduled tribe status for the meitei community, meitei community, which is the dominant community in manipur. so it's between the two communities, the meitei communities and the kuki communities. so it's a ethnic conflict where the state government should have actually played a strong role in terms of building the gap and bridging the gap and also trying to establish peace, even even though knowing the fact that it is there for last 2 to 3 months, the situation was unfolding. so to that effect, i will hold responsible to the local administration rather than trying to link it with the central government of india. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines.

the israeli president held 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 outside parliament, where a debate is continuing on the government's planned overhaul of the judiciary. security forces attempted to diffuse the demonstration with water cannons. the number of people who've died in a landslide in india's western state of maharashtra has risen to 27. more than 50 are still missing. the landslide was triggered by monsoon rains. rescue teams are looking for survivors under the mounds of earth and rubble. local media say whole families have been killed. its a hundred days since fighting broke out between sudan 5 army and its paramilitary rival, the rapid support forces. the war has devastated the capital khartoum and displaced more than three million people. there 5 still no sign that either side is ready to negotiate peace.

in cambodia prime minister hun sen has declared victory in a general election. but the main opposition party was banned — so it's been dismissed by some as a one—sided sham. jonathan head reports. the man who's held onto power here for nearly four decades was among the first to vote. hun sen had made sure his party faced no rival in this election. it was dismissed by many as a sham, but he still needed it to go well. and here's why. his son, hun manet, will soon succeed him in a once in a generation dynastic power transfer that's fraught with risk. the disqualification of the main opposition party left people with no real choices. the 17 others permitted to contest the election were either too small or too new to attract more than a handful of votes.

"it was a boring campaign for the people", said the spokesman for the banned candle light party, which was forced to sit out this election with no opposition. "it was like a soup with no flavour." the ruling party still campaigned hard, though its colourful rallies were the only ones that most cambodians got to see. the cpp was pushing for a strong turnout, and it looks like it got that. we've just finished counting the votes here in this polling station in phnom penh. quite a surprisingly number of spoiled ballots here. it's quite high, which is the only way people can really show their support for the opposition, which, of course, was banned from contesting. but once this is over, the bigger question really facing cambodia is how the planned transition of powerfrom hun sen, who's been there so long, to his son goes. that's expected to happen within a few weeks.

hun sen hopes that this will be seen as his legacy, a once war—torn country transformed under his rule. but all this glittering growth has come at a high price with levels of corruption, injustice and inequality that would certainly have cost him many more votes in a freer election. jonathan head, bbc news, phnom penh. it's day 5 of the women's world cup down under. three more fascinating fixtures to look forward to today. including italy versus argentiana — and also brazil taking on panama. let's speak to zoe george, a senior sports journalist with stuff, a news website based in new zealand. she joins us from wellington. thank you forjoining us again. a lot has been said about new zealand and a rugby nation and there was not a lot of expectation for new zealand's

women football team, but since the opening game, has the mood changed in the review?— changed in the review? 100%. new zealand _ changed in the review? 10096. new zealand is _ changed in the review? 10096. new zealand is very _ changed in the review? 10096. new zealand is very much - new zealand is very much getting behind the fee women's world cup. thursday night it was a record crowd for any football game in new zealand, men's or women's with 42,000. we saw a really big crowd for the usa, vietnam, 41,000. even yesterday i went to the game between seton and south africa and that crowds were great and evenin and that crowds were great and even in the pouring rain and really getting behind it —— as we did. we saw a surge after football fans won against norway. the 1—0 exciting win and they played again against the philippines tomorrow night. heart—warming to see new zealanders back not only the football fans but women in sport. football fans but women in sort. ., football fans but women in sort, ., ., , football fans but women in sort, ., .,, l, sport. you as you were telling us earlier— sport. you as you were telling us earlier the _ sport. you as you were telling us earlier the ticket _ sport. you as you were telling us earlier the ticket sales - us earlier the ticket sales were slow but now it is really picking up. do you think this

wide exposure would mean that more money would go into the sport and also more importantly, more people would actually play it? i importantly, more people would actually play it?— actually play it? i hope so. that is my _ actually play it? i hope so. that is my hope. _ actually play it? i hope so. that is my hope. but - actually play it? i hope so. that is my hope. but we i actually play it? i hope so. i that is my hope. but we have seen as well, this is our third world cup that new zealand has hosted at the last 18 months. first cricket, than from the ineffable. after last year's be world cup which the black ferns 16 time world champions, we saw a big surge of girls and women register to play the sport and we hope it will continue here. the thing here in new zealand, women were banned from playing football for 50 years. that was because the english and women there. so it was a flow on impact because we are a commonwealth country. so we have a lot of catching up to do. we also don't have the same amount of investment, opportunities. we have not had had to kit to fit us probably —— properly and even sports friends are expensive so there

is a broader conversation about the cost in investment that needs to go to girl and women football in sport in new zealand and i hope it will continue as a legacy after the break—up. continue as a legacy after the break-unm— break-up. how far can new zealand 90 _ break-up. how far can new zealand go in _ break-up. how far can new zealand go in the _ break-up. how far can new - zealand go in the tournament? all the way, i don't know? i reckon top 16 would be great but bring it on. there's a lot of hype here and tomorrow's game is sold out and will be a fantastic event and cannot wait. . ~ , ., fantastic event and cannot wait. . ~ . ., wait. thank you so much for “oininu wait. thank you so much for joining us — wait. thank you so much for joining us and _ wait. thank you so much for joining us and good - wait. thank you so much for joining us and good luck - wait. thank you so much for joining us and good luck to i joining us and good luck to everyone playing. that is it for this edition of newsday. 0f for this edition of newsday. of course a lot more on our website to check that out as well. thank you so much watching the programme. hello there. the full uk forecast in a moment — but first of all, the extreme heat continues

to affect parts of the mediterranean. and later on monday, we might actually see one of europe's highest ever temperatures — 48 celsius possible to the southwest of catania. now, the significance of that is the all—time european record currently stands at 48.8, so we'll be very, very close to that. on sunday, though, here in the uk, it was a very wet day across central portions of the uk. we have 91 millimetres of rainfall in preston, three—and—a—half inches — that's about a month's worth. these figures only go up to saturday, but even at that stage, there were a number of places that were getting close to double the july average rainfall. 0ur weather pattern, then, is a bit stuck at the moment, and it was this weather from the kind of rained off the cricket in greater manchester. the front itself is starting to push its way southwards, so the rain is going to eventually swing across wales, into the midlands and parts of east anglia, with the skies clearing behind. now for scotland, northern england, northern ireland, with those clearer skies, temperatures get down into single figures, so it'll be quite chilly air. but underneath the front into the south, it's

a relatively mild start to the day for monday. cloudy, though, with further rain — east anglia, south midlands selling hounds of england. the rain then pulls away to leave us with a day of sunny spells and showers. and, ok, the showers shouldn't last too long, there'll be large portions of the day that stay entirely dry. 0ur temperatures a little bit below average for the time of year, but still feeling 0k in thejuly sunshine. now, i think there should be a bit more of that sunshine to look forward to across england and wales, with not many showers here for tuesday. further north, though, for scotland and for northern ireland, there will be quite a few downpours developing through tuesday afternoon, so another fairly unsettled day. now, heading into wednesday and thursday, another area of low pressure will form in the atlantic and move towards our shores, so we have more rain on the cards. now wednesday, it might well be to the northeast of the uk that it stays largely dry with some sunshine. but certainly further west, the cloud will gather, outbreaks of rain will swing into northern ireland, and probably reach western parts of england, wales, and scotland.

certainly through wednesday night, it turns wet for most of us, with the rain still hanging around for thursday. might start to clear for western areas with, again, the weather brightening up. but on the whole, temperatures staying below average. the weather staying unsettled.

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