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more fires, more heat, more evacuations — greece struggles to contain a crisis the prime minister says is going to get worse. a plane fighting the blazes crashes into a hillside. the greek air force says two of its pilots were on board. and after a big clean up, swimming is set to return to the river seine ahead of next year's paris olympics. more from paris later, now to the sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. there was a famous victory for the philipines over new zealand in the second round of matches in group a at the women's world cup. a headed goalfrom sarina bolden gave the debutants their first win in the tournament. new zealand, who themselves got a shock victory over norway in their opening game, now need to get a result in their final match to get
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through to the knock out stages. this has been a dream of mine as a little kid, tojust be here at this has been a dream of mine as a little kid, to just be here at the world cup, let alone everyone score, so, i couldn't have done it without my team—mates, the staff, the fans, the philippines as a whole. it is just amazing right now, to feel this way, this energy in this stadium, it isjust amazing. is just amazing. i know how much it means isjust amazing. i know how much it means for them to be here, _ i know how much it means for them to be here, and _ i know how much it means for them to be here, and to play in front of their_ be here, and to play in front of their friends and families and fans, so it is_ their friends and families and fans, so it is heartbreaking but this is not over— so it is heartbreaking but this is not over yet. we have still one game to go. _ not over yet. we have still one game to go. and _ not over yet. we have still one game to go, and we still have time to reset_ to go, and we still have time to reset and — to go, and we still have time to reset and refocus, and get ready for the game _ reset and refocus, and get ready for the game against select committee. —— switzerland. new zealand's final match will against switzerland who drew with norway, 0—0. norway suffered a huge blowjust before kick—off when star player
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arda hegerberg picked up an injury. switzerland top the group with four points, while norway are bottom with just one. columbia got their world cup off to the perfect start with a 2—0 win over south korea. catalina usme got the first from the penalty spot, the second was scored by 18—year—old linda kaicedo. that was enough to give columbia only their second win at a world cup. translation: i am very happy and i feel the team — translation: i am very happy and i feel the team wanted _ translation: i am very happy and i feel the team wanted this, _ translation: i am very happy and i feel the team wanted this, we - translation: i am very happy and i feel the team wanted this, we had i translation: i am very happy and i feel the team wanted this, we had a| feel the team wanted this, we had a little anxiety ahead of the game. i feel starting with that victory we are on the right foot and it gives us a lot of confidence and that positive energy we need to continue facing the world cup. it was a brilliant british one—two at the world aquatics championships in japan. matt richards, got the gold in the 200 metres freestyle, with olympic champion tom dean claiming silver. they're great britains first medals in the swimming. 20—year—old richards swam a lifetime best, and produced an outstanding final 50m, to pip dean to the gold.
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the final test of what has been an enthralling ashes gets under way at the oval on thursday. england were in charge at old trafford in the fourth test, before the rain in manchester scuppered their chances of winning it, and regaining the famous urn. they're now looking to at least draw the series, but there's no hiding their disapointment. it is a shame. like i said many times now, that the weather has ruined it for us. we would have been very confident going into this game had it been 2—2, and they could have been a little bit different going into this game, so it is a shame, but it has happened. the netball world cup gets under way in south africa in three days' time — england are hoping to improve on third place last time out. head coach jess thirlby feels she's strengthened her leadership group for the tournament, by appointing layla guscoth alongside natalie metcalf. nat has been a leader in this group
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over a number of year, certainly during my period of ten your ship and layla is an outstanding leader, i am spoiled for choice in this group. we have had a lot of attention to developing leader ship over the last three or four years, and ijust over the last three or four years, and i just felt like you over the last three or four years, and ijust felt like you know, leading and captaining a side is a big task in global netball and they complement each and they complement each other so well. and that's all the sport for now. thanks tania. returning to yemen. let us speak to orla, she is there for us, and or la, we were watching your report only a few minutes ago, incredibly distressing, because it underlined just the impact this war has had on so many young lives. it is just the impact this war has had on so many young lives.— so many young lives. it is a hard watch and _ so many young lives. it is a hard watch and it's _ so many young lives. it is a hard watch and it's a _ so many young lives. it is a hard watch and it's a very _ so many young lives. it is a hard watch and it's a very distressing | watch and it's a very distressing situation. we spent time on one
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street in one corner of this one city, and we found two very young amputees and heard about the case of another child who had been killed, and to give you some context, this is not only happening here in this sty which is a front line city and has... problem with sound . figures are from unicef and in the past six months alone in yemen, 90 boys and girls have been killed and about 150 have been wounded, and those wounds can be amputation, there are shot by sniper, many children who are victims of shelling, so there many different ways for children here to be at risk, to be affected, to be changed for life. this is in the context of a period where with the overall level of violence is lower than normal because we had the six month
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temporary ceasefire between the saudis and the houthis and since then the guns have been quieter but yet this is not a safe plain for children. and when you look at the number, those killeds, displaced, those in need of food. it is difficult to make sense of the numbers because they are so nor mousing, aren't they. the numbers are staggering. _ mousing, aren't they. the numbers are staggering, this _ mousing, aren't they. the numbers are staggering, this is _ mousing, aren't they. the numbers are staggering, this is a _ mousing, aren't they. the numbers are staggering, this is a country - mousing, aren't they. the numbers are staggering, this is a country ofl are staggering, this is a country of 32 million people which has know effective government which is being controlled now be a series of different armed groups with differing agenda, two thirds of the population, about 21 million people need humanitarian assistance, if you drill down further 2.2 children are severely malnourished and 500,000 are suffering from the worst form, severe mall notion, that means they are struggling to survive. so the needs are immense but you get a sense here, matthew, that people feel the international community has
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been tied up looking at the horrors of the ukraine, of what has happened the there since russia's invasion, we have had the earthquakes in turkey, the war in sudan, many other dissass terses but there has always been a sense among yemenis of feeling forgotten, now they feel more so, this is my seventh visit since 2015 when the conflict escalated when the saudi led coalition got involved. this time there is more despair, more hopelessness even at the time when the international community is talking about the possible of a peace process here, i haven't met anyone since i have been here who has talked with any confidence about a chance of peace.— a chance of peace. orla, that focus elsewhere. — a chance of peace. orla, that focus elsewhere, that _ a chance of peace. orla, that focus elsewhere, that you _ a chance of peace. orla, that focus elsewhere, that you have - a chance of peace. orla, that focus elsewhere, that you have been - elsewhere, that you have been describing, has that affected the money that has been raised and i potentially pays for the various leaf effort, what is the consequences of all of that been? it
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has had a very direct impact. the un appealfor yemen for this has had a very direct impact. the un appeal for yemen for this year, is only one quarterfunded, appeal for yemen for this year, is only one quarter funded, so 75% of the funding that the un says it needs has not been promise and not delivered, and even before that un agencies like the world food programme which is feeding millions here, has had to make deep cuts in the aid it is providing both in the north and in the south. now we have been told by the world food programme if they don't get additionalfunds by next programme if they don't get additional funds by next month they may have to cut rations to an additional three to five million people. so there is an acute sense here of the need growing but the international attention and the international attention and the international support and funding diminishing at the same time. orla guerin, thank you and we will have more from orla later china's foreign minister oin gang
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has been removed from office, according to reports from the country's state media. our china correspondent stephen mcdonell explained the details for us. well this is absolutely enormous news in china. oin gang, one of the most visible figures in this government, the foreign minister has been removed from office, and replaced by wang yi, the communist party's senior foreign affairs official, someone who has done the job, by the way, before of foreign minister, but i say it is enormous news, however, it was delivered with very little fanfare, just a couple of lines from the wire service which were read out on the 7pm evening news bulletin, just calm of sentences, know explanation, but you know, previously, about sort of a
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month ago, when he disappeared from his normal duties the official reason given was health concerns, some sort of unspecified health problem, slowly people started to wonder as the weeks when on and he wasn't reappearing could it be more of a political thing? there has been enormous speculation on social media and the like it is because of an alleged affair, he is said to have had with a tv anchor, now that wouldn't be against the law here, but it could be construed to be against party discipline rules. now, if you were to combine that with say, another grouping within the party, that wanted to get him, and they were going to use that as an excuse, well, it could be used to sort of move him to one side, especially given that he was seen as very close to xi jinping this is the most surprising thing. he was a rising star, coming through the party, just half a year ago xi
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jinping made him foreign minister and to have him so swiftly, suddenly removed, given he was seen as an acolyte of xijinping's removed, given he was seen as an acolyte of xi jinping's it with a year to go to the olympics, paris is in the final phase of a historic clean up which will soon see swimmers and divers back in the river seine. banned for a century because of health concerns over the quality of the water, there are hopes that city swimming could be a major legacy of the games. live now to our correspondent hugh schofield in paris. in terms of how they are doing it, take me through it?— in terms of how they are doing it, take me through it? well, legacy is the word, take me through it? well, legacy is the word. it's _ take me through it? well, legacy is the word, it's the _ take me through it? well, legacy is the word, it's the buzz _ take me through it? well, legacy is the word, it's the buzz word - take me through it? well, legacy is the word, it's the buzz word of- take me through it? well, legacy is the word, it's the buzz word of all. the word, it's the buzz word of all olympics, what will be left behind by the games once they are gone, what will the benefit be for the people of the city, well, the clear benefit, i think, for the people of paris will be after next year we
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will be able to swim in the the river seine. the games providing a last phillip if you like to a process of cleaning up the river which has been going on for some years now. a year from the paris olympics and here's a bit of a foretaste — a diving competition. you could say they're testing the water. it's more than 80 years since there have been competitive events in the river seine. now, thanks to the improved water quality, they're back. it wasn't just that swimming in the old seine was illegal — no one in their right mind would have taken the risk. and now... we try to not drink it too much, but a few sips, it's kind of ok. it's beautiful water — soft and hot. for us, it's the best. the story of paris is also the story of the seine. but, over a century, thanks to industry and human waste, it became little more than a picturesque channel.
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the turnaround began 20 or 30 years ago and, now, regular tests carried out by the city show bacteria levels well within safety norms. it's taken time, commitment and a lot of money. and here, just by austerlitz station, is the result in concrete. if you want an idea of the scale of the effort that the french are putting in to cleaning up the river seine, take a look at this. the depth of 20 olympic swimming pools, this massive underground reservoir is for storing storm water — the runoff in heavy rain that can otherwise carry human sewage into the river. operational next year, it will make the seine safe for swimming notjust in the olympics, but afterwards for the paris public. they see the guys, the athletes, coming in the river and swimming without any health problem — they will be confident to go
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themselves in the river seine. that's our massive legacy of the games. life in all its forms is returning. catfish — one of the 35 or so types of fish that can now be found in paris. in the �*70s, anglers reported just three species surviving. not only the fish, also aquatic insects, jellyfish, shrimps, crabs, sponges. a lot of life. for nearly 100 years, scenes like this have been banned. now, with the olympics around the corner, humans, too, are coming back to the seine. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. that is quite a transformation, now, we are what, a year out from the olympics, what is the sense of the mood there?—
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olympics, what is the sense of the mood there? well, i would say that --eole are mood there? well, i would say that people are expectant _ mood there? well, i would say that people are expectant and _ mood there? well, i would say that people are expectant and excited, l mood there? well, i would say that people are expectant and excited, i think people would be wrong outside of paris to they the city is trans forming itself in any major way, there is a limited amount of new work that is going on related to the olympics, there is a new aquatic centre, a new olympic village north of the city but in terms of the city as a whole, it is not changing much. there are changes afoot, a lot of more cycle lanes, there are new metro lines, but they were happening any way, without the games, part of the watch word of the games has been it would be one with a limited kind of environmental impact and that is a result of that, so i would say a year to go, the organiser, they say they are ready, focussed on three big challenges, transport, security, and the big issue of the russian presence, a boycott, a big issue that, none of those issues, transport, security, the russian question have a resolution, but they are in everyone's minds and i think the year anniversary which has just
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fallen today or tomorrow, is going to focus minds even more. mi fallen today or tomorrow, is going to focus minds even more. all right. live in paris. — to focus minds even more. all right. live in paris, thank _ to focus minds even more. all right. live in paris, thank you _ to focus minds even more. all right. live in paris, thank you would - around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. are you upset? look, they threw it here. she said i am upset, you shouldn't do that, don't put it on the floor, put evan and her mum are keen to set an
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example to inspire others.— example to inspire others. because, doinu example to inspire others. because, doing small — example to inspire others. because, doing small thing, _ example to inspire others. because, doing small thing, together, - example to inspire others. because, doing small thing, together, we - example to inspire others. because, doing small thing, together, we can | doing small thing, together, we can have a great impact, if a two—year—old knows how to, were to put the rubbish, maybe, other people will do the same, and, we will have you are live with bbc news. let us return to that story we touched on earlier, the number of households living in temporary accommodation. the number of people living in temporary accommodation in england has hit a record high. the latest official data shows that at the end of march, nearly 105,000 households were in temporary accomodation and in need of help with housing from their local council. michael buchanan reports. my old room was a lot bigger, this one is really small. but my old room, i could do stuff in, like i would usually like draw a picture and just nail it into the wall but i can't do that here.
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kayden is one of a record number of homeless children in england. this is temporary accommodation after the 12—year—old spent two months living in a hotel. the family cannot decorate, the furniture came with the flat and they could be moved at any minute. just not knowing. any day, this isn't secure, it's not like i'll be definitely going to live here? something could happen with this place. we could move on again. i'm giving you a quick call because i've - been given information - you homeless this evening? the homeless team at plymouth city council have never known it so busy. over 200 families are living at hotels or bed and brea kfasts. we get charged £95 a night... it is projected to cost the council nearly £700 million this year, ten times more than they spent five years ago. so the whole system is effectively broken? the whole system is broken at the moment, yes. when people are in temporary accommodation, there is nowhere for them to move to which means there
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is nowhere for people in bed and breakfast to move to so we have a silted up system. at the heart of the problem is a lack of affordable homes. housing benefit levels have been frozen for the past three years whilst rent has sought an analysis last month indicated just one in 20 private rented properties across england were affordable to people needing help to pay for housing foster fundamentally, the government need to get on with building and creating many more social homes and genuinely affordable home so people at the lower end of the private rented sector have affordable rents and it would also mean that councils have more homes in which people who have been made homeless to place them in. almost 111,000 households in england were living in hotels or bed breakfast, a near—record level, with many staying long after the statutory six week limit. i suffer from a lot of mental health problems, some days i won't come out my room. lisa has been living in a single
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hotel room for six months. it is a struggle because you don't have any cooking facilities. they provide you with a fridge and microwave when you get on the list but you just get given a kettle at the beginning and it's hard. radiographers have begun a strike in england. 37 nhs trusts are affected. the government insists it is 5% pay offer is reasonable but the society offer is reasonable but the society of radiographers say talks should re—open because other public sector workers have been offered more. picket lines outside hospitals in england again today, but this time it is radiographers showing their discontent. patients are coming through the door, not getting the care they deserve because we don't are the staff. it is estimated the vast majority of nhs patientsjunked go tests or therapy with a
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radiographer, including mri, ct and ultrasound scans and radiotherapy. i quadified in 2017 and since then 20% o manufacture i class has left radiography after doing a degree for three year, that is a great shame. 30—year—old john kelly works as radiographer in liverpool but he still lives with his parents because he says he can't afford to move out. he insists the pressure of the job and poor pay have made it intolerable.— and poor pay have made it intolerable. ., , ., , ., intolerable. not being able to give the care you _ intolerable. not being able to give the care you want _ intolerable. not being able to give the care you want to _ intolerable. not being able to give the care you want to patients, - intolerable. not being able to give the care you want to patients, the | the care you want to patients, the uk lags behind other countries, but we haven't got the staff, and that is where we need to invest in radiographers as a whole, that is why people are going on strike. the two day strike comes after radiographers rejected a 5% salary increase for this year, plus a one—off payment, but ministers say the rise is a final offer, and are calling for an end to the disruption so the nhs can focus on cutting the
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backlog of record delays for patients. delays in appoints, particularly for patients with cancer, who know how vital it is to be treated quickly, can cause huge anxiety, as centres like this know only too well. maggie centres provide support and advice for cancer patients across britain. ~ ., ., ., ., , britain. we have two or three group meet, britain. we have two or three group meet. men's _ britain. we have two or three group meet, men's group. _ britain. we have two or three group meet, men's group. helped - britain. we have two or three group meet, men's group. helped to - britain. we have two or three group meet, men's group. helped to you| meet, men's group. helped to you feel better? _ meet, men's group. helped to you feel better? it _ meet, men's group. helped to you feel better? it makes _ meet, men's group. helped to you feel better? it makes a _ meet, men's group. helped to you feel better? it makes a huge - feel better? it makes a huge difference. _ feel better? it makes a huge difference, but _ feel better? it makes a huge difference, but there - feel better? it makes a huge difference, but there are - feel better? it makes a huge l difference, but there are times feel better? it makes a huge - difference, but there are times you know. it difference, but there are times you know. .., , difference, but there are times you know. . . , . difference, but there are times you know-_ very - difference, but there are times you know._ very hard. it| know. it can be hard. very hard. it is a bit frightening _ know. it can be hard. very hard. it is a bit frightening really. - is a bit frightening really. what does that feel like if you are a cancer patient waiting and there is a delay. a cancer patient waiting and there is a dela . , ., , ., ., is a delay. very worry, i have had several appointments _ is a delay. very worry, i have had several appointments cancelled l is a delay. very worry, i have had| several appointments cancelled is and if you are waiting for results or a scan, thatjust lives you in limbo for longer. with a million people estimated to
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be waiting for radioify service, the strike will inevitably call further delay, radiographers have apologised but there could be more walk outs if their a project has been launched offering people cryptocurrency in exchange for a scan of their eyeballs. ai entrepreneur, sam altman, who runs the company behind chat gpt is offering people a0 pounds worth of a new digital currency to visit physical scanners in cities. more than two million people have volunteered so far for the project which aims to help confirm if someone is a human or a robot online. joe, tell us more about what this is about. it joe, tell us more about what this is about. , ., , .,, ., about. it is a problem on ger net which is only _ about. it is a problem on ger net which is only going _ about. it is a problem on ger net which is only going to _ about. it is a problem on ger net which is only going to grow - about. it is a problem on ger net i which is only going to grow because of companies like sam's chatgpt we don't know whether we are talking to a real human, we could be facing in
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the near future a real human, we could be facing in the nearfuture a period of time that we are talking to people who are bots or ai generated and this is about solving that problem, it is proof of person hood, the only way they think this is possible, is to get people to come in and to stare into a silver or, these are all over the world and they are getting people to scan irises to prove they are human, and then they get put in are human, and then they get put in a giant database, he thinks the only way is to encourage people with free coins. ., , , , way is to encourage people with free coins. . , , , ., way is to encourage people with free coins. . ,, , ., , . coins. one assumes there are basic riva coins. one assumes there are basic privacy issues. _ coins. one assumes there are basic privacy issues, what _ coins. one assumes there are basic privacy issues, what about - coins. one assumes there are basic privacy issues, what about take - coins. one assumes there are basic privacy issues, what about take up | privacy issues, what about take up as well? , ., . , privacy issues, what about take up aswell? , . , as well? yell, the privacy concerns are valid yuerz _ as well? yell, the privacy concerns are valid yuerz iradvice _ as well? yell, the privacy concerns are valid yuerz iradvice a _ as well? yell, the privacy concerns are valid yuerz iradvice a sensitive | are valid yuerz iradvice a sensitive part of your biometric data, as soon as the orfor part of your biometric data, as soon as the or for has scanned and given you a hash code they say it is deleted but there are worries about trust, the other issues it is a strange idea that, what the founder of a system say, he says it has
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dystopian vibes, he says there are elements that could face the problem about proving whether someone is human but jack dorsey said that this is really, hejoked about human but jack dorsey said that this is really, he joked about it on twitter saying if you don't visit an or, an or will visit you there, is concern this is the answer to the problem, orwhether concern this is the answer to the problem, or whether it is possible. you have to get the orbs to billion. only two million have signed up. joe, tidy, thank you, a fascinating story, we will take a break, when we are back we will have the latest from greece and leave you with the live pictures from rhodes and that is the scene, these are the live pictures from rhodes as the fires continue to spread across that island, we will get the latest from our correspondent on the ground, here injust it isa it is a day of scatters clouds with
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shower, cool compared to the med iranian, in some spots we had extreme temperature, highest in sardinia, 48.2. nota record extreme temperature, highest in sardinia, 48.2. not a record but close to it. i want to show you what will be happening in the next 24 hours, thejet will be happening in the next 24 hours, the jet stream will take a bit of a dive across europe and into the mediterranean, that means that the mediterranean, that means that the heat will be pushed away to eastern parts of the med, so huge drop for this central mediterranean region in palermo, it was 47 degrees on monday, by wednesday we are talking 39, so a huge drop in those value, let us luke at forecast for the rest of today, sunny spell, scattered showers, temperatures will be typically in the high teens for most, 17 in glasgow, about that in birmingham, and maybe nudging up to 20 or21 birmingham, and maybe nudging up to 20 or 21 degrees further south. now through this evening an overnight we will have more persistent showers moving through north—west parts of the country here, reaching the lake
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district, lancashire, across the pennines, and maybe into lincolnshire, but, most of us i think are in for a dry night and relatively bright if not sunny start to the day, on wednesday, ahead of this area of low pressure, so the weather front will be crossing ireland then reaching western parts of the uk here, let us look at that, so here is 9am, a lot of dry and bright weather, bar the odd shower but the bulk of that cloud and rain is out to the west, so this is 4.00 in the afternoon, it is raining in northern ireland, the rain is nudging into wales, the south—west, but look at many of these other parts of the country further east, it is going to be bright. then, through wednesday night into thursday, the weather front sweeps through, it will be heavy for a time and i think on thursday, it is a day of thick cloud with occasional sunny spells and showers, a quite muggy air so temperatures will be typically in the low 20, maybe
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pushing 23 or 24 degrees in the south—east. here is the outlook, into the weekend, it is once again a changeable picture and that is how it will remain really into early
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this is bbc news, the headlines. live from london, this is bbc news. more fires, more heat, more evacuations. the plane fighting the fire crashes into a hillside. the greek air force says two of its pilots were on board. clashes overnight as israel passes the first of its judicial reform laws. speculation mounts over kelly and mbappe's future, will he see him and over £50 million a month? we start in greece where an air force plane helping fight wildfires on the island of evia has crashed. at least two crew members are

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