this is the day of the news live from bali and the deadly wildfires in greece a firefighter describes the scene of horror. there were groups of three in full it looked like they were friends and families trying to protect themselves and at least seventy four people died as fast moving fast get close to the capital triggering a national emergency we'll bring you the latest from athens also on the program fatalities hundreds missing and thousands homeless as a dam collapses in laos releasing billions of liters of water. and

pakistan deploys troops to polling stations on the eve of national elections but are they there to intimidate or to protect the military's accused of trying to influence the election and attacking press freedom. i'm phil gayle welcome to the program greece has declared a state of emergency as wildfires fanned by strong winds right through residential areas around the capital athens the official death toll has risen to at least seventy four with almost two hundred injured the government has declared three days of national mourning and asked the european union for systems. they're the worst wildfires grace has seen in a decade the flames moved quickly and took many by surprise and coastal towns

residents and holiday makers scramble to the ocean the shock still visible on their faces hours after being rescued. or a little boy what can i say. it's over there alive your whole crew should leave if the cause of them is out of the flames were chasing us all the way to the water it was like going to our backs and we dive into the sink it was helpless. for others the fire moved too fast in the seaside town of marty and unspeakable tragedy was revealed as daylight broke in after to see me all. this morning we discovered this place with twenty six people. men women and unfortunately children. they were found in the courtyard of a villa huddle together hugging the image is too graphic to show.

mothers don't carry on they were in groups of three and four it looked like they were friends and families who are trying to protect themselves. or in the level. of . the devastation is evident everywhere and marty abandoned cars litter the streets some with the keys still in the ignition the cleanup will have to wait. multiple fires are still batting around tack and too many for great fire fighters to tackle a line stay in cypress and other european countries to have a fit assistance. they don't because for them to younis pop dimitrios on the line from athens close to where there was a russian welcome to be honest we've been hearing about horrific incidents of people fleeing the fire towards the say. yes. finally the fire contained more or less today but i have to say there were some revival

fires in the holy they would sort of clean it up today on the western coastline and that's where the fire started yesterday now coming to the eastern coastline of the regime. the greeks our department said today there were at least four dead about hundred eighty stealing a hospital among them many children unfortunately the rescue groups are working through the area they are searching every single house they are searching bagle so probably call away the rising in the next hours a greece has suffered a sort of forest fires before how have all thought his coped. well it's not easy to handle or to prevent this disaster first of all many regions in greece have no development to guide things like housing all protection against fire secondly in recent years there have been caps to public services and local authorities and then

yesterday we had an unusual situation to make things even worse just a few hours before the fires on the eastern coastline there was another fire on the western coast and the fire service gave priority to the west and from that point this decision was appearing right and finally the fire on the eastern coast broke out in the late afternoon before sunset and this is crucial because after sunset fire planes the water bumblers cannot operate so it seems quite impossible to to handle the situation. let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world they're also fast on the northeastern coast of sicily high temperatures and strong winds on the italian island are not only strengthening the fires but making the job firefighters more difficult threatening homes and businesses north of the city of katanning. israel has shut down

a syrian fire suggests the israeli military says it five to surface to air missiles after the plane strayed into its aspace over the israeli occupied golan heights syria disputes this and the plane was conducting operations against you harvests in southern syria. the democratic republic of congo has declared its outbreak over the disease is believed to have killed thirty three people since april but the last reported case was forty two days ago the world health organization congolese authours is distributed an experimental vaccine to more than three thousand three hundred people. the mayor of syria that twat is in the message and state of chihuahua says the bodies of thirty five people and thirty five men and five women have been discovered most of them unidentified all are believed to have died between twenty sixteen and twenty eighty mainly of violent causes through our has the highest rate of drug trafficking and violence in the whole of mexico.

state media in laos are reporting that people have been killed and hundreds are missing after a hydroelectric dam collapsed that was under construction in the province of a pool in the country's south east when it collapsed late on monday releasing five billion cubic metres of water more than six thousand people are reported to be homeless after several villages were flooded many have been moved out of the area but thousands remain stranded the dam which showed you to begin operating this year journalist frederick shore is the modern the situation from bangkok welcome how did this happen. well right now it's rainy season or monzon season in southeast asia and especially in the disaster area and the days before there were lots of rain storms and according to one company that was participating or there was shareholder of the there was simply too much water in the reservoir and not the actually dam but. i think called settle down which can be

considered or which can be imagined as a supply dam or supplants dam and this support them broke and yeah that cost the flats wave that destroyed so many villages so too much water in the dam is that so was this a problem because the dam was poorly designed all was it not finished yet. well the dam hasn't been finished of course even a mountainous dam should hold the water too so. from the from right now it seems there has been some engineering mistake or that hasn't been has been enough controls the engineers made mistakes. but this needs to be seen but that what will be clear is that this disaster will put a new spotlight on the dam issue in laos because it has been always

a controversy in the country and also outs at the country they were and remain till issues and concerns they were also safety issues and concern just last year also accident happened luckily nobody died but it was kind of a shock moment so a lot of activists also some local activists but they have to be careful because laos is a communist regime and that doesn't tolerate any opposition really but there has been always concerns and and issues with that tell us about the government response . well the prime minister rushed to the disaster area he took some cabinet members with him they want to coordinate the rescue efforts for them it's clearly a very important issue now because yeah as a said this dam issue is a very important topic in laos and it's also very important for the whole development of the country because it's it's really one of the main switch each

week key sectors that is. supported by the government. french for the bangkok thank you pakistan is deploying troops to polling stations as it prepares for national elections on wednesday the government says the soldiers are necessary to ensure the vote is free and fair critics say the military's backing former cricketer iran card for prime minister and the troops event to boost his chances journalists who report on comes main rival say they face intimidation t.w. correspondent nomi conrad who was in the hole where she spoke to journalists about the challenges they face. in pakistan second largest city in the whole election campaigning is in full swing but behind the scenes many fear strings are being pulled to favor one candidate imran khan. his

party p.t.i. is in a neck and neck race with the pakistani muslim league run by one of the country's most high profile politicians now once sharif sharif angered the country's powerful military with his attempts to improve relations with pakistan's archrival india and rein in the army support a visit mists earlier this month he was jailed on corruption charges. and now journalists like zari julio are bearing the brunt of the standoff those who dared to openly criticize the p.t.i. or appear to support now while sharif risk the wrath of the security agencies. and the party of the talk about the pm alone if you speak for it in any way which we are supposed to the we are in a very balanced manner to speak for it there's going to be trouble brewing somewhere down the line previously like i said there were there were certain areas you can speak about but it was never about political parties not to death of stern

that you just kind of reported a balanced mother and here you're out and you know they're at it they're after you and this this was really startling to many of the editors but but then of carrying on some of us some of us are really really struggling. many of her colleagues have received intimidating calls and threats on social media and journalists know all too well which stories editors want to afraid to run but on the record few data point their fingers. aren't. well. i'll take the safest route out of this with. their human rights international human rights organizations and the local human rights organizations have repeatedly called out the military for doing this and the military would mean the intelligence agencies that are associated with the military and this illegal rights

organizations and i'm quoting them i mean quoting them on this that defeated the bill of too much power over the civil demat government a democratic government a democratic set up and often real this power to get the you know we. thing that serves don't speak more about those. just to be on the safe so. in pakistan the generals have always pulled the political strings and dictated the red lines that journalists trust in peril but talk to human rights activists and they agree that the degree of meddling in this election is unprecedented the military has a record of in defeating. each and every election that has been held in pakistan they have part of. i really think. we wanted to confront the military with the accusations but our interview requests

were turned down in the post the generals have denied any involvement in pakistani politics with the p.t.i. in neck and neck the outcome of the elections is far from certain. but turkish president roger talk has praised him as a decision to resign from germany's national football team the star midfielder made the announcement at the weekend who has to shreds was heavily criticised in may for being photographed with a turkish presence during the country's referendum campaign but he says that person is quickly turned into racism and disrespect from the public on the media the streets in the capital ankara has already been renamed aves president told reporters he respected those decision. we're going. to keep. i'd like to express my admiration and my respect to him and it's good to. push it

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