firefighters trying to contain the blaze near an industrial area in a suburb of the great capital in south west turkey. as far as fire is getting closer to to power stations, winds and temperatures about 40 degrees celsius of fanning several, 5 in the area. 5 fighting planes from spain and corporation have flown in to help. those of the headlines stay to now for once upon a time in punch bowl. ah, i came to us from live on to get away from the war that was happening at the time. and they came to restart a life as a migraine, when i was trying to i, i struggled. it was very difficult. i wanted to give us every data that was in the beginning. i'm like, my parents sick for the last 2 decades. lebanese families come to australia to build a better life and escape the destruction of war. but many a demonized in the new land, only live beneath it, rid of this multi culturalism that is dividing a full service. and then after 15 years of immigration from lebanon, anglo, and arab, australia is divided by the 1st gulf there being confronted with a choice between being either arab or restraint. it's up to now the

three five—star hotels were evacuated and tourists have been moved away from beaches across south—west turkeyios in los angeles which has produced la la land and zoolander has teamed up with an investment company to buy a 90—acre site at broxbourne in hertfordshire. the scottish health secretary humza yousaf has reported a nursery in dundee to the care inspectorate, alleging possible racial or religious discrimination after his two—year—old daughter was refused a place. mr yousaf says that after his family was turned down, his wife asked a white scottish friend to put in an application and it was accepted within 2a hours. let's speak to our scotland correspondent alexandra mckenzie who's in glasgow. humza yousaf said he is furious about this, so far he has told his story on social media and to the newspaper the daily record, he said his daughter, his two—year—old daughter, was refused a place twice at little scholars day nursery and was told there were no places available but then a white scottish friend of his wife's also applied and 2a hours later that the child had a place. and then the da

a power plant in south—west turkey has been been evacuated because of the threat from a major wildfire firefighters, police cars and locals were seen fleeing the site as flames lapped at the edges of the power station. the mexican government is suing major us gun companies, accusing them of failing to stop the illegal flow of weapons across the border. it's filed a lawsuit in a court in boston against 15 firms. they claim the unscrupulous selling of guns had armed drug cartels, who kill large numbers of people and cause extensive economic damage. let's go back to the olympics now, and japan has some new young heroines after they secured medals in the park skateboarding. sakura yozozumi took the gold. she's just 19 years old, but she's a boarding veteran compared to the silver medallist. kokona hiraki is not even a teeanger yet. she's just 12! the average age of the skateboarders in the final wasjust 17, and the bronze was taken by british 13—year—old sky brown. so, why arejapanese women so good at skateboarding at such a young age? who better to ask than mariko oi? good morning. how po

a power plant in south—west turkey has been been evacuated because of the threat from a major wildfireone of 16 currently raging across the country. firefighters, police cars and locals were seen fleeing the site as flames lapped at the edges of the power station. now the sprinter from belarus, krystina timanovskaya, who refused orders to fly home from the olympics early because she feared for her safety has arrived in poland this evening after being granted a humanitarian visa by the polish government. earlier today, the most prominent opposition leader left in belarus, maria kolesnikova, made a defiant appearance as she stood trial for trying to overthrow president lukashenko. from minsk, sarah rainsford reports. krystina timanovskaya left japan with her olympic dreams shattered, but her route to safety secured. the belarusian athlete says she just wants to run. her life was sports, not politics until a row with her coaches left her too scared to go home. but here inside belarus, state television has slammed her claims as cheap hype. "the only thing timanovskaya won in tokyo," this p

now we have correspondence monitoring the situation in turkey and greece in basra, be in athens 1st to wrestle solder in mid last in the south, west of turkey, close to the power plant that was under threat wrestle. so do they feel that they've managed to push back against the flames? yeah, peter, we are in, in, in the village of cameras and mill us where the power plant is. and you can see that behind me, that is the maximum distance that we can approach. because the security p at the security forces are $100.00 people from getting closer to the power plants, but it is still too risky that has been report of the wildfires in the surrounding areas of the polar plans through the last couple of days. but yesterday, that was at the blames, the blazes came to a very critical distance early in the morning, and then it has been taken under the console. but at afternoon the flames returned back and the firefighters managed to put them also out. but at the nighttime, the, the, towards the wave came and it was the most critical one. because for the 1st time, the fires got into the thermal power plant. so it has been through the heart, a fo

holiday—makers queued for boats to take them away from parts of the holiday resort of bodrum in the south—west of turkeyek, more than 100 forest fires have broken out across the country. local teams — but also those from iran, russia and ukraine — deployed to tackle them, fighting on the ground and from the air. this man said his home was almost overwhelmed. translation: the fire started 400 | metres from here and it took onlyl five minutes to reach us. everybody here was crying and screaming for help. we haven't slept the past three days. the country's been hit by record high temperatures and numbers of wildfires this summer. signs of climate change, warn experts, which demand urgent action. president erdogan, here visiting one affected area, has been criticised for not doing enough to prepare the emergency services. and the hot weather is set to continue — tomorrow in the south hitting a0 degrees celsius. with bone dry forests and no prospect of rain, this summer of fire may not yet to be over. angus crawford, bbc news. it's was a thrilling formula one hungarian grand prix, with lewis hamilton battlin

yeah, there are a tourist resorts there. russell said, is in the province of adrian in south west of turkey. there are 5 active fires that are still burning in fire in fire in 2 provinces, moolah, and either know, or the most active provinces that are still suffering from the blades is the good news is that in which was one of the worst hit problems of turkey the station is remarkable there still, but the good news is that the long expected rain finally has arrived today. and it seems that the weather for forecast says that the particular that the evening time gained or much. and also my now got which are the, are the most, were seated places by the wife i will receive more and more rain with that is the good news for the, for the country and the minister of foreign affairs who himself is also pro mantell . he says that all the y 5 in the province has been brought under the counter. however, here where we are in the province of i then did a really difficult to get that good news because right behind me, you can see that a, just a new fire broke out there. and this is ben generously approach

i'm sure the wildfire that threatened a power plant in the south west of turkey has finally been contained after aging. for more than 11 hours, strong winds drove the fire towards the chemical power plant. in the province of navy landing craft deployed to help evacuate residents by sea, at least 8 people have been killed in dozens of wildfires. across turkey. russell said is near that power plant in the area called me last. he says the authorities are doing everything they can stop the power plant from catching fire. we are in, in, in the village of cameras. and mill us where the power plant is. and you can see that behind me, that is the maximum distance that we can approach because the security p at the security forces are 100 people from getting closer to the power plant. but it is still too risky that has been report of the wildfires in the surrounding areas of the power plants through the last couple of days. but yesterday that was at the blames. the blazes came to a very critical distance early in the morning, and then it has been taken under the control. but at afternoon the flames

province of nuclear, with our tourist resorts, russell set up as in the province of idaho in the south west of turkey. he says, most of the wildfires across the country are now under control that are 5 active fires that are feel burning in fire in fire in 2 provinces. moolah, and either now or the most active provinces that are still suffering from the blades is the good news is that in that which was one of the word problems of turkey, the station is remarkable. there still, but the good news is that the long expected rain finally has arrived today. and it seems that the weather for forecast says that the particular that the evening time grinned or bush and also my now got which are the the most was seated places by the wife by will receive more and more rain with that is the good news for the for the country and the minister of foreign affairs who himself is also pro monthly, says that all the why 5 in the, on the progress. how being brought under the control, how ever here, where we are in the province of i then did a really difficult to get that good news because right behind me you can see that

and holidaymakers queued for boat to take them away from parts of the holiday resort in the south—west of turkeykraine deployed to tackle them. fighting on the ground and from the air. this man said his home was almost overwhelmed. translation:— was almost overwhelmed. translation: , ., translation: the fire started 400 metres — translation: the fire started 400 metres from _ translation: the fire started 400 metres from here - translation: the fire started 400 metres from here and - translation: the fire started 400 metres from here and it i 400 metres from here and it took only five minutes to reach us. everybody here was crying and screaming for help. we have not slept the past three days. the country has been hit by record high temperatures and numbers of wildfires this summer. the president, visiting one affected area here, has been criticised for not doing enough. and the hot weather is set to continue. in the south tomorrow it is expected to hit 40 celsius with bone dry forests and no prospect of rain. this summer of fire may not yet be over. the australian military has deployed 300 unarm

and fire crews have been getting help from volunteers from turkey and abroad. resource, other reports from the south west and province divided syrians, no tragedy, all too well. more than 3000000 people have flat war and destruction. find the shelter here in turkey. and now, as turkey faces some of the worst white wires in its history, some of those refugees have warrant here to help fight the blazes. the ceiling and rescue team includes arabs, kurtz, turk, men, answer captions. they come from cities across the country. origin littering to have other refugees and the way the relief work along the turret to sit in board there they have joined a wouldn't tears from all over the world to support more than 6000 personnel fight in the fires that have the course sell to turkey. for the past 11 days, the steering wouldn't here say turkey has been a safe haven for them and they wanted to return the jester volunteer of the city that he can and syria when they were helicopters above us we would be very frightened because they were dropped bombs on us, but here these helicopters are to save the nature and people. w

seeking refuge from wildfires in turkey's south west, hundreds forced into journeys like this just tormal power plant storing thousands of tonnes of coal. authorities desperately trying to contain it and remove chemicals, coal and other flammable materials. they say its main units are not seriously damaged. are not seriously damaged, despite being part of the worst wildfires in the country's history, according to the president. translation: as we continue our efforts on the eighth day, - for example, today we have faced a a power plant. hopefully we will get over this before it spreads entirely. there have been dozens of places across turkey's south, there have been dozens of blazes across turkey's south, many now under control, but some remain heartbreakingly alight. translation: we are not making a movie here. - this is not hollywood. it is turkey and turkey is burning furiously. as you see, all the crew here are working voluntarily with our own efforts. but we are helpless and there is nobody relieving us. we are so desperate. in greece, in the grip of its own heatwave, more flames

we'll find crews have been getting help from volunteers from turkey on abroad were suicide reports from the south west province of aden. syrians, no tragedy, all too well more than 3000000 people. how full of war and destruction find this shelter here in turkey. and now as turkey faces some of the worst. busy white wires in its history, some of those refugees have warrant here to help fight the belief that the syrian rescue team includes arabs kurtz, turn, men, answer captions. they come from cities across the country, origin littering to have other refugees. and the way the relief work along the turtles sit in board there. they have joined the woodland tiers from all over the world to support more than 6000 personnel fighting the fires that have the course sell to turkey for the past 11 days. the steering wouldn't you say turkey has been a safe haven for them and they wanted to return the jester volunteer the city, the head cook, and syria. when they were helicopters above us we would be very frightened because they were dropped bombs on us. but here, these helicopters are to save the nature and peop

south—west? it is now the fifth day in the series of fires that turkey has seen, to the largest extent in its historyarea through helicopters and planes that were given by russia, ukraine and azerbaijan. so far more than 100 fires have been going on in 32 cities. however, five or six of them are still going on in bodrum and marmara is, and it is affecting the tourists in the tourism in a very bad way. hotels have been evacuated, people have left the summerhouses, whole villages have completely burnt down. for example, i have talked to a couple last night, and i have been in contact since. they have evacuated their summerhouse and were waiting on show, waiting for the officials to give them, to provide them with boats, so that they can evacuate the shore, because the fire kept coming towards them. so they get on the boat... not many of the stories coming from the region that magnifier is still strong —— the fire is still strong. the weather forecast and conditions are not helping, dry for the week, until at least friday. so we are following the news. ., ., , ., ., ., the news. you mentioned is an area

south, west, saudi and bits of western german. there are some showers and eastern side of turkey down through us by john and northern iraq. otherwise it's hot, dry not particularly windy, either near 50 degrees, still nice inside of, of iraq and west and iran. we'd been used to that. the shower that brought the flooding in the some sort of gas and they're just a few showers. now there's nothing significant coming out the sky. the real heat that we saw in turkey is only just tempering a little bit. i have to say we're still near record levels and tallies records about 43 degrees and the average is 34. so what above ray should be, this is true for all the southern circuits. truth agrees to, and the breeze isn't changing so particularly strong, but it's a very dry one, which will do nothing to help put out the 5 pack the might, even in courage them. now the heat drops away, as you get towards the tropics because you introduce more humidity, are typically talking about terms in thirty's. the most places at about higher sir 19 degrees, but seasonally the shadows are still building regularly stretching back as far west probably

flames in greece and italy, while in turkey, 8 people have been killed in west fine, not country is seen in years. more than 2 dozen wildfires burning in the south of the country and their affairs of a larger disaster if one of them reaches a power station with its reserves of coal, high temperature's low humidity and strong winds are all making the situation worse . were falling developments in afghanistan, where the capital kabul was shaken by another explosion. after a larger talk on the home of the defense minister. this milan mohammed the on tuesday, caliban his claim responsibility for that attack. and they warned of more attacks against top afghan government officials. the last happened close to the cities heavily fortified green zone, whether a government buildings and embassies. i'll have laurel news out for you in half an hour time. i'll see you then. i know all you know, katie social not your name your home or for sure she social or no john? sure she social all voting or not you one day or 2 more you know so you will not want to have to miss bonnie turney. i think she missed one on the night or so you know for sure when you were in su

seeking refuge from wildfires in turkey's south west, hundreds forced into journeys like this just to efforts on the eighth day, for - efforts on the eighth day, for example, today we have faced a a power plant. hopefully we will get over this before it spreads entirely. over this before it spreads entirely-— over this before it spreads entirel . . , ., , ., entirely. there have been dozens of laces entirely. there have been dozens of places across _ entirely. there have been dozens of places across turkey's _ entirely. there have been dozens of places across turkey's south, - entirely. there have been dozens of places across turkey's south, many| places across turkey's south, many now under control, but some remain heartbreakingly alight. translation: we heartbreakingly alight. tuna/mom- heartbreakingly alight. translation: ., ., ., translation: we are not making a movie here- — translation: we are not making a movie here. this _ translation: we are not making a movie here. this is _ translation: we are not making a movie here. this is not _ translation: we are not making a movie her

ancient root of the south road connects china to eastern and western europe through central asia and west asia. and the countries of chris extend cause expand is becca been around turkey, ukraine. it includes poland, belgium, france, and finally italy, right? and, you know, things are happening quickly in that region. he got the new pipeline, nordstrom to going where i from russia to germany. so we can see a direct link there. and as you point out those european countries on the eastern side of europe falling into the new land mass economics down, which will be bigger than the e u, which is currently the biggest economic sound in the world. so this would eclipse the considerably. and you know, as horace greeley tall young man in america go west young man. i think today the mattress should be go east if you're looking for opportunity. got to his becca stamp. i. well, this is what mac inder said. a 100 years ago, more than 115 years ago. so this is been the goal for the entire time of geo politics. he found a geo politics. we have a whole geo politics thing. tank industry and industrial complex in america. and they all got it wrong, they all get it wrong. they've had it

south and west of the country. the taliban have made rapid gains since it was announced that almost all foreign troops would leave by september. thousands of people have fled their homes in southern turkeyat least six people have died, and hundreds have been injured. parts of the tourist city of bodrum have been evacuated. that's all for now. you can follow all the latest from the olympics, and the day's other stories, on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at six o'clock. bye for now. this is the you're watching the bbc news with lukwesa burak. what an olympics it's been for team gb in the swimming pool, with eight medals — a record for britain in a single games. lucy hockings has been speaking to former gb swimmerjazz carlin, who won two silvers in the pool at the rio olympics. oh, it's been absolutely fantastic and i can't say i've had too much sleep this week, as we've had to get up in the middle of the night. the finals have been starting in the uk at 2:30 in the morning, so i can't say i've had much sleep but i've just been blown away by the success of the swimmers, how they've performed against the best in the world and coming away with so many medals and, yeah, the

south—west france. welcome to you both. first of all, christine from cambridge says, despite low figures and a vaccination programme, turkeye way that the - have with the way that the government are allocating countries to our traffic light system. at the moment, there is no clarity, we do not understand exactly which metrics the government are using. we know generally that they are looking at the number of people vaccinated, number of cases, variants of concern, and the way that those variants are being genomic lay sequenced. it must be that the government feels that the way the turkish government are currently handling the pandemic does not give them the confidence to actually turn from red to amber. there was a thought at one point that... this latest traffic light, the likes of the uae, bahrain and qatar are all big airport hub countries, they have aptly made from red to amber. people have every right to be quite baffled as to why that has remained the case. the government do not seem to be giving the exact metrics they are using to make these decisions. we are a little bit in the dark.- are a little bit in the dark. t