i'm in the, in the city center of athens right now. but in the, in the affected areas that are several of the residents are still there, trying to protect property, fire forces operating there and it's still very, very tens. um, everything seems not under control. by now, at least now, the athens metropolitan area has over 3000000 residents. is the capital prepared for the fires to come even closer? well prepared to um, to react to the situation when it comes to cleaning vegetation to, to setting up a fire breaks. however, that has been a criticism, especially by residents and not only by the affected areas to make a long term plan in order to react as this is not something unusual during the summer months. now the greek government has requested help from you partners what, what kind of support is needed as well, a different kinds of support. of course, on the one hand, i ariel fire forcing and such of equipment such as water bombing, airplanes, helicopters, of course. and on the other side of course, ground troops. so people specializ

, athens as a city know much green. so this is very important. those they proceed in comparison to, to last 2 years, 5 years or the previous years, and also what's upcoming when we think of climate change. so they try to call type a very dangerous, especially inside off, i'm sorry, you know, to, i'm sorry, just outside i, athens and as the fire reach, so, so deep into those suburbs, those aren't melisha is a neighborhood in athens where people live. those are not summer houses and the things that people leave here and therefore everyone everyone tries to um, to bring sources to your. however, some people told us that they couldn't reach by forces. and that's why people have to stay and also um that's what makes it so important that volunteers state to you in order to help the residence or protect their properties themselves. so here, thank you so much for your report and you take care. now that is our correspondence . so click sophia class talkie us and we are going to take a look now at some other world news headlines,

north of athens. residents are also doing that bit to help keep the plays at bay phenomena. so most of the big randy hurts as far as this where we grew up. it makes us very sad and angry. the narrow veil risks to guessing to close the flight and surround it. man, i could see i hit the pine tree and this happened to dry conditions and strong winds have helped the fire spread easily. it is already engulfed. lots waves of woodland and olive groves over night. police have been helping elderly and vulnerable people evacuate from the west, effected there is a blanket of smoke from the fire is covering this often sub where residents are told to stay inside with windows locked grease is currently experiencing the whole to some of the on record creating the perfect conditions for science to spread this week alone off of the country is on the red deluxe for wild foil has its to have these corresponded to sophia class. talkie is in athens where she's been reported on those wildfires up close. she gave us this updates the situation clear where i'm standing right now is literally out of

jessica parker, bbc news, in athens. un—habitat and former deputy mayor of athens. how bad is it? pretty dismal. it is ve bad. how bad is it? pretty dismal. it is very bad- it _ how bad is it? pretty dismal. it is very bad- it is _ how bad is it? pretty dismal. it is very bad. it is been _ how bad is it? pretty dismal. it is| very bad. it is been as mentioned, it has been a really hot year, 2023 roll it into a really hot winter, 2024, we had consecutive months of breaking records and it was try and hot month after month and we are very worried about the summer and what was going to happen and does not really come as a surprise but i do not think people understand how much this is linked to rising heat globally and how much we really have to understand that we have to prepare and build resilience towards climate change and extreme weather phenomenons that we are going to be dealing with from now on. deeds increases just _ dealing with from now on. deeds increases just going _ dealing with from now on. deeds increases just

so definitely i, john, this definitely tell us in athens. thank you. and the governor of russia's cook region has told president, posted on the other officials that ukrainian troops now controlled 28 settlements inside russia. the russian president accused the ukraine of trying to destabilize these country, but said they would not succeed. as russian troops scrambles to try and repel re ukrainian cross bordering caution with arches have widened evacuation what is into boarder regence belgrade and cost of the surprised move, which began an incurs come box, the largest you finding the attack on russian. so since the stats of russia's full scale invasion of ukraine, a lot corresponding economy in cuba gave us these updates on the crating and offensive. we were expecting that almost the weekend. we would have a better handle on what exactly is going on and could reason. but it seems more or less to be the opposite situations. we've had to clamp down from russian authorities on civilians posting stuff, social media. so those videos we had in the 1st few day

the problem is not only in athens.es. do you feel pessimistic or optimistic that solutions can be found? no, i'm pessimistic. i'm pessimistic because the problem the high temperatures and forest - fires, is that the implication i is cultural, and also on health. these are fresh scars on this landscape, but mark a familiar agony for greece. jessica parker, bbc news, in athens. with the us presidential campaign well under way, the momentum of the democratic nominee kamala harris continues. and it's putting more pressure on donald trump and how he campaigns against her. last night he spent two hours on x, the social media platform that used to be known as twitter, in conversation with its owner elon musk. here's our north america editor sarah smith. this technicalfailfor this technical fail for over a0 minutes was a poor start for a candidate badly in need of a hard reset. forthe candidate badly in need of a hard reset. for the last three weeks donald trump has struggled to adapt his campaign to his new opponent, kamala h

so definitely, i, john, this definitely tell us in athens, thank you. that's a russia where president putin has told top officials that your training and troops inside the country must be squeezed out. but forces of why the evacuation what is into boarder regence, as russian troops scrambled to repel the ukrainian cross border incursion. governor of belgrade regions has told the residents of one district to relocate and evacuation orders in neighboring costs could be an expanded. russia says ukrainian troops of advance 30 kilometers across the board. the surprise move, which regarding cross mocks, the largest, you claim the, an attack on russian soto since the south of russia's full scale invasion of ukraine. law correspondence inc kidney, commonly asset base updates on the ukranian defensive, or we were expecting that almost the weekend. we would have a better handle on what exactly is going on in court reasons, but it seems more or less to be the opposite situations. we've had a clamp down from russian authorities on civilians posting stuff. social me

jessica parker, bbc news, in athens. 0ur europe correspondent jess parker is in athens, and brought us. just behind me — in fact, you can probably, i'm sure, see the smoke rising — that is a northern suburb of athens. and of course, these blazes have been making their way from the north and east areas of the region of attica, towards the capital city. so, firefighters engaged in fighting lots of different hotspots, lots of different flare—ups. but, just while we've been here in this spot, not only can we really smell the smoke that's presumably coming overfrom there, but also, we heard some explosions. we looked over to the distance, and i actually at one point saw a ball of fire — a smallish ball of fire, but a ball of fire nonetheless — and there have, of course, been reports that cars and fuel tanks have been caught up in the blaze, and have been exploding as the fire has reached them. so we certainly heard explosions from where we were just a few moments ago. in terms of what civil protection are saying, they've been updating people throughout the day. another general hospital has

or if they are left hockey, reporting from athens and that's it for now. i'm next close. it looks at the struggle for democracy on tick tock station for that article further. thank you so much for the on the long voyage through the ocean. another how well with the comp for a long time they had to be humans on the journey. now the trenches has become very protective of whales and tassels. the results of the ocean conservation start september full dw, the chick fil a because become a political battlefield with this population. my algorithm.

and so coming up was size raged in athens, focusing thousands of people from the homes and the evacuation of the children's hospital plus i'm definitely decker in mombasa, where the tile is under way of the leader of one of the deadliest religious cults in the world. the israel continues to carry out the tanks across the gallons a strip. at least 25 people have been killed and just the past 24 hours and this right estrada k. the house in kansas city is shake rod one neighborhood on sunday, killing at least one person. meanwhile, in the south, tens of thousands of palestinians have been told by his ready forces to evacuate the eastern pods of con unice. many of them sleeping on the straits as they are left with nowhere else to guard since central gaza and is rarely striking a home and looks around the refugee camp people's lives seem digging through the rubble of the building. it gets released by the palestinian central bureau of sophistic show is there any forces have killed 1.8 percent off because of strips population since october the 7th on saturday and is ready as try call. the school

watching the, the news coming to you live from berlin, emergency crews, bottle wild hires, threatening athens, greece, ask your opinion for help us firefighters warrant the blazes are spreading like lightning. thousands have been forced to flee to safety. also coming up on the show, the leader of a canyon doomsday, sax goes on trial, over the depths of hundreds of followers, he allegedly convinced to starve himself to death. vladimir putin at mid ukrainian forces are operating inside russia and orders his army to fight off the biggest for an attack on russian soil since the 2nd world war. plus your wes sends a battle groups to the middle east as fear as grow that iran could attack. israel is really defense minister. you'll have to launch says the country is visual intense. prepare. we'll take a look at how events could unfold the glare. richardson, thank you. so much for joining us, greece has asked for european union for help of battling wildfires that are threatening the capital athens. thousands of people have been forced to flee as of firefighters and military personnel use helicopters to

the problem is not only in athens.t of climate change, | we will have big forest fires. do you feel pessimistic or optimistic that solutions can be found? no, i'm pessimistic. i'm pessimistic because the problem the high temperatures and forest - fires, is that the implication i is cultural, and also on health. these are fresh scars on this landscape, but mark a familiar agony for greece. jessica parker, bbc news, in athens. 0ur correspondent azadeh moshiri in pendeli, a suburb of athens. if you were here with me, you'd be able to smell the ash around me, the smell of charred ground. and there's still this dry heat here in athens. which is why you can see some of the smoke right there behind me. and just to give you a sense of how close we are to homes there, right there behind me. now, this is a northern suburb of athens. that's how close the fires have come this year. and we've passed through the area, seen homes that have been devastated by the flames, cars that have been completely consumed. now, as you can see, th

we can cross live now to athens and speak to achilles frangos, a resident of north athens.a relief to know that they are managing to get this fire under control. can you still now smell the fire in the air? what is happening around you? as you can see behind me, this skies have cleared, but in fact we can't smell the smoke still. a lot of the ashes that came from the fire, and the debris, which is the fire, and the debris, which is the result of this devastating fire which has wrought havoc across the suburbs of athens. has it been a frightening couple of days? definitely. i would say i have been lucky insofar as i come at the fire was not in my neighbourhood, however, the fire has destroyed many of the houses of my friends and relatives. people had to flee. we are talking about the suburbs of athens. this is not a remote area. this is very central. within areas where people feel safe. where people feel like they have a lot of security. in addition to that, there were a lot of power outages, and there were a lot of technical issues, which came along with it, which meant tha

,, ~ ., , athens. translation: complete destruction. the fire _ athens. translation: complete destruction. the fire was - destruction. the fire was coming from all sides for 48 hours. as soon as we call the fire department, the firemen came right away. i fire department, the firemen came right away.— came right away. i could not believe it. _ came right away. i could not believe it. as _ came right away. i could not believe it. as the _ came right away. i could not believe it. as the blaze - believe it. as the blaze reached the outskirts of greece plasma capital, look at this, a thick cloud over the acropolis, the ancient citadel covered by a smoky mist. residents have been hauled from their homes, schools, hospitals and businesses abandoned too. people who have had to flee tell of that era. translation: the flames _ tell of that era. translation: the flames surrounded - tell of that era. translation: the flames surrounded me. . tell of that era. translation: the flames surrounded me. i l the flames su

azadeh moshiri in one of the athens suburb is affected, i of the athens suburb is affected, thank youstributed sweets laced with a potentially lethal amount of methamphetamine. police are trying to trace the sweets, which as many as a00 people may have received as part of food parcels. it's believed criminals may have packaged the drugs as sweets to avoid detection. animal welfare campaigners are warning that more beef and dairy cows could be kept indoors for the whole of their productive lives, amid a rise in so—called "mega—farms". the bbc found more than 915,000 cows are now being housed on large—scale farms, something the group compassion in world farming describes as "deeply concerning". the former british prime minister, liz truss, has walked off stage after becoming the latest target of the political activist group led by donkeys. ms truss, whose time in office was famously so brief that it was less than the life span of a lettuce, was at an event in suffolk. she was delivering a pro—donald trump speech when a banner was lowered behind her. i have no idea where that has come fr

just to confirm, the wildfire now approaching the northern outskirts of athens.keeping a close eye on the story here on bbc news. stay with us. hello again. we've had some heavy thundery downpours, especially in parts of the north and the west this morning, and also some high temperatures to start the day. it's going to be hot and humid once again in parts of the south eastern quarter, with some areas potentially reaching 35 celsius. that will make it the hottest day of this year so far. now, as we go through the course of this morning into the afternoon, what you'll find is all those thunderstorms will clear away. there'll be a lot of dry weather, a lot of sunshine. there's a chance you could catch the odd thunderstorm in parts of lincolnshire or yorkshire and the odd shower moving from the midlands towards the south east, but they will be the exception rather than the rule. fresher in the north and west, hot and humid with highs up to 35 in the south east and quite windy too across the northwest. that will ease as we go through the evening and overnight period.

so definitely, i just definitely call us in athens. thank you. to define the dash we have political upheaval, has crazy new problems for neighboring india border officials on monday. so they directed thousands of bangladesh. she's trying to answer and escape the unrest. austin lee, the shaken statement has fled in exile to india. she had been a strong ally to the country as a prime minister under under moody is government must not decide how to approach relations with bank, but that's just a new interim government student protests. and we come street's demonstrations against the government led to the posing of bangladesh, lead, shake, se not. and as he now face to india for safety, after 15 years of increasingly autocratic rule, nobel peace prize, we know how much eunice takes the reins of power. but these are peebles and doesn't rest, could threaten stability in neighboring countries, particularly india or bangladesh. she has a 4100 kilometer long porous border with india, which has long been concerned with threats of human trafficking and terro

the, the, the news line from funding. thousands play is wildfire as threatened, the greek capital athens 5 fights as one of the dangerous conditions as the place spreads like lightning. also on the program leader of a canyon doomsday, sex goes on trial over the deaths of hundreds of follow whiskey, allegedly convinced to stop themselves to death, especially as president uprooted admits ukrainian forces operating inside of his country and orders his army to push back the biggest ukrainian cross border offensive since the war began. dw jonathan crayton looks back on the highs and lows at the power of selling picks, 2 weeks of high quality port, and now are you better? how will these power stain be remembered? take a look at the heroes, the comic sites and the control offices of a pollution agenda. the i'm from the welcome to the program, made a wild fires of spreading out of control on the outskirts of athens, forcing thousands of people to move to safety. hundreds of 5 fighters and military personnel of boxing the plays which started on sunday afternoon. strong winds and high temperatures

at the moment, i am based in athens. the| moment, iam based in athens. the city... smoke over.shut. the reports... in the surrounding area of athens, there has been... hospitals have had to be evacuated... i hospitals have had to be evacuated. . ._ hospitals have had to be evacuated. . . evacuated... i am sorry to interrupt _ evacuated. .. i am sorry to interrupt. i— evacuated... i am sorry to interrupt. i hope - evacuated... i am sorry to interrupt. i hope that - evacuated... i am sorry to interrupt. i hope that you | evacuated... i am sorry to i interrupt. i hope that you can evacuated... i am sorry to - interrupt. i hope that you can hear me clearly. we are having issues hearing you. the line is cutting out. it is every other second or so. we will try again. let's try again and see if it improves. he spoke about the smoke over the city, people being told to keep their windows and doors closed. you mentioned hospitals being evacuated. are you concerned you may have to move? apologies, we have lost the line entirely. we will try to get back to him and see if that situation imp

been visible and welcome breaks, has ordered the evacuation of hospitals and homes near the capital athens. as wild fires continue to spread hundreds of find, find it as a bad thing. the flames, which have breached more than 25 meters high in some places, private estate, katiano, goldsmiths of targets has cut short his holiday in return to the capital. to deal with the prices raises exceptionally vulnerable to file fires. the country has now seen its hardest summer on record, with many regions experiencing no significant brain full in months from athens, journalist and they got us out, gave us the latest on the wi fi split is scary and higher, and yet again, at least 10 communities have been with thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate from their homes near the region of knob, which is the main, a front line of this ferocious wildfire. and that is some 40 kilometers, just north of the greek capital, more than for other communities. and further south of that are on stand by its residents, been notified by the authorities to be ready to push out and move further south. the story is

for this time of year. 50 would expect in athens for this time of ear, .., would expect in athens for, ., , of year. so delicate conditions. what is the _ of year. so delicate conditions. what is the wider _ of year. so delicate conditions. what is the wider picture - of year. so delicate conditions. | what is the wider picture across europe? we what is the wider picture across euro e? ~ ., ., what is the wider picture across euroe? ~ ., ., what is the wider picture across euro e? . ., ., ,., ., , europe? we have had some really widespread _ europe? we have had some really widespread heat _ europe? we have had some really widespread heat recently - europe? we have had some really widespread heat recently in - europe? we have had some really. widespread heat recently in europe, record—breaking august heat in parts of the south—west of france, 43 degrees. some areas, you can see the red area across central europe, currently 10 degrees above where they should be. we have red warnings are parts of croatia, serbia, into bulgaria as well. it does balance out, some areas not as hot as averag

athens itself covered in smoke. fires tend to be just north of athens.rs coming into us now. 670 firefighters are involved. 27 forestry teams, 183 vehicles, 32 aerial units, 17 aircraft and 15 helicopters, all involved in trying to bring these wildfires under control. hospitals have been evacuated and lots of people being urged to leave their homes there as well. so we are keeping across those scenes there just north of athens. the paris olympics drew to a close on sunday night. more than two weeks of sporting excellence ending with a spectacular ceremony at the stade de france. there were fireworks — jubilant athletes — and even a hollywood cameo. our sports editor — dan roan — reports. french swimming sensation leon marchan, a four—time gold medallist here, carrying the flame on the start of its finaljourney, while at the stadium, more than 70,000 enjoyed the start of proceedings. the presidents of france and the international olympic committee introduced. before the true stars of the last 16 days of action began to arrive for the traditional parade. g

find reaching the suburbs of athens. welcome home!— reaching the suburbs of athens. welcome home!rn home _ welcome home! and a triumphant return home for _ welcome home! and a triumphant return home for team _ welcome home! and a triumphant return home for team gb - welcome home! and a triumphant return home for team gb after- welcome home! and a triumphant| return home for team gb after the olympics as diver tom bailey —— tom daly announced his retirement. hello — i'm catherine byaruhanga. ukraine's army claims it now controls a thousand square kilometres of russian territory after the launch of its surprise offensive last week. it's pushed russia to move thousands of people from cities near the border with ukraine. russian state television said 11,000 had been moved from belgorod. the governor of the kursk region says more than 120,000 people have been evacuated. belgorod lies next to kursk — where ukrainian troops, here shown in yellow, have been operating up to 20 miles inside russia. kyiv�*s plan seems to be to draw russian forces away from the front line in ukraine where mos

i'm in northern outskirts of athens, hospitals, and homes. we have a great capital of being evacuated under the 55 has, and military personnel approximately the place. flat richardson will have more world news at the top of the our next on the w global us looks at the place of mike or domestic workers in spain will often explore the this is a modern day slavery women from less than america watching as amazed and most makes hours of the day, no labor rights, i'm only paying one thing to financially support this time and these back. they end up losing them in the process. a life in europe comes as a high price. global next dw, the crimes of the nazis who is systematically planned to near atrocities towards the end of the war was also systematic noon as operation. 1005 western new crane researches are uncovered a lesser known chapter of the war crimes. so that the victims and their families can finally find some, he's in 45 minutes on d, w, the on the each to the ocean and mother come back well with a comp time to answer the humans on that journ

that was sophia clift, talking from athens. take a look now at some other stories making news around the world today. authorities have a rest of the 18 year old man after a stabbing at a mosque in northwestern turkey. the attack injured 5 people leaving 2 of them in a critical condition. turkey's interior minister described the attack as random and has vouch to investigate the coast guard in costa rica has intercepted a semis, submersible best, sol carrying 2 tons of cocaine off the country, southern coast to colombians and one ecuador and citizen, help interested the suspect attempted to sink the vessel once authorities corner them around. foreign ministry has called on european countries to quote, stand against the war and gaza. the statement comes after a ron dismissed calls from france, germany and the u. k. to exercise restraint, amend warnings of an eminent iranian attack on israel. iran blames israel for the killing of a mass political chief and tear on last month. the united states reason, the deployment of a submarine

and there's still this dry heat here in athens.hind me. and just to give you a sense of how close we are to homes there, right there behind me. now, this is a northern suburb of athens. that's how close the fires have come this year. and we've passed through the area, seen homes that have been devastated by the flames, cars that have been completely consumed. now, as you can see, the winds have dissipated. the fire service have told us that the next 2a hours are crucial in determining what will happen in the next few days. so far, we know that these flames have already taken a life. one 63—year—old woman — her body was found another northern suburb of athens. people have been injured, mostly through smoke inhalation. animals have been burnt. and on top of all of that, more than 100,000 acres of land have been consumed by the flames, and yet the fire service is poured a lot of resources into this. more than 700 firefighters have been fighting the flames this week. 199 fire engines, 35 aircrafts. and yet they've still asked for more

and there's still this dry heat here in athens.nd me. and just to give you a sense of how close we are to homes there, right there behind me. now, this is a northern suburb of athens. that's how close the fires have come this year. and we've passed through the area, seen homes that have been devastated by the flames, cars that have been completely consumed. now, as you can see, the winds have dissipated. the fire service have told us that the next 24 hours are crucial in determining what will happen in the next few days. so far, we know that these flames have already taken a life. one 63—year—old woman — her body was found another northern suburb of athens. people have been injured, mostly through smoke inhalation. animals have been burnt. and on top of all of that, more than 100,000 acres of [and have been consumed by the flames, and yet the fire service is poured a lot of resources into this. more than 700 firefighters have been fighting the flames this week. 199 fire engines, 35 aircrafts. and yet they've still asked for more he

let's get across to athens to speak with our correspondents, sophia class talk. he has been out all day reporting on these wildfires as of it. so if you're can you give us an update on the situation at this hour? the situation remains extremely difficult, clear. they're called something new outbreaks, the fires spreading rapidly because of the very strong wind since yesterday. and right now the 5 forces are facing several problems, right. outside of athens. so in the, in the area and then my, the phone, us in, in release. yeah. in the, on the shows and just to give you an idea that the fire had burned about 100 square kilometers by now, according to estimates by the national him is, are logical service of athens and the local media. talk about a mega fire. tell us a little bit more about what you saw in your reporting and, and how important the wind is as a factor here. i understand that that's important to the spread of these fires. as absolutely the wind is the most important factor right now. as due to a strain, the fire spread so exceedingly rapid that the fi

joining us on the line from athens isjoseph mcavoy.er. there were problems with the line. hopefully the comms are good now. what you can see, what you can smell, describe it for us. at see, what you can smell, describe it for us. �* ., ., for us. at the moment, i am in the southern part _ for us. at the moment, i am in the southern part of— for us. at the moment, i am in the southern part of the _ for us. at the moment, i am in the southern part of the capital. - for us. at the moment, i am in the southern part of the capital. and . southern part of the capital. and basically the city is just covered in smoke and cloud, dark cloud, black cloud. you can't really see much further than, you know, what you normally see. there is a strong smell of smoke. people are being advised in this area and other parts of the cd to obviously keep their doors and windows closed to stop the smoke from coming into the homes. some of the fire started in the north, the outskirts of athens and has spread very quickly. and there is a bit of a breeze which has

dawn in the hills around athens.d as the fires close in on the greek capital. from the city's famous monuments you get a sense of how close the danger is. hundreds of fire fighters are struggling to contain the fires. and around athens, police have ordered thousands of people to flee their homes. translation: it hurts. we have grown up in the forest. we feel great sadness and anger. but some are reluctant to go. "my family have all left," iannis says, but i am staying nearby so that i can keep an eye on my house. just to the north of athens, a children's hospital had to be evacuated overnight. and the elderly are particularly vulnerable. with some having to be rescued from their homes. the army has been brought in to help with the evacuation. translation: the| situation is chaotic. our military unit has been here from the beginning and we are trying to help the fire unit and volunteer teams. we are surrounded by fire here. the fires are being fuelled by strong winds and temperatures close to a0 degrees. after the hot

of doherty's home. commer conditions will also help firefighters and residence on the outskirts of athens were thousands have been forced to sleep. the welcome to the show on the cold, fairly residents of russia as border towns have been fleeing their homes and seeking accommodation as far away as the capital law scale. following the incursion by ukraine. tens of thousands have been told by russian authorities to leave their homes to avoid the fighting. he says it has now claimed a 1000 square kilometers of russian territory. the premiums have also been forced to evacuate safety from border areas. many are heading to humanitarian centers in the sumi region in the north east of the country. w. eastern europe editor rowland . gotcha ranko told me about the psychological effect the incursion is having on ordinary russians as well. yes. well, things are still developing and i think it takes, sometimes for most rushing to digest what is really happening. especially if we take into consideration that they're asking us authorities. i've tried to downplay the fact and still trying to downplay it.

north east of the capital athens. by monday, the blaze was set to be moving like lightning across the 20 kilometers of front, apparently beyond the control of firefighters. large pots of mount been deadly. are also a blaze. see the fine up, what am i got along the front of the fire is really huge and it's, i'm controllable, right now the high and they're all the all have guides. all of the, all of the bonus this here was a good year for oil. for now, we really don't know what is coming next. we don't know if and when the firewall in the back. by mid morning, monday, residents with 11 villages and towns had been ordered to evacuate with volunteers unofficial. scrambling to assist the ancient town of marathon is also at risk with residence, the told to head towards the coast above the mobile foot. many remain doing whatever they can to save their homes and possessions for the equipment. it hurts. we have grown up in the forest, we feel great sadness and anger for the flames surrounded me. i couldn't see he'd a pine tree

jessica parker, bbc news, in athens.nd a woman who's 3a have been stabbed in leicester square in london. the girl's injuries are not life threatening, while the woman suffered minor injuries. a 32—year—old man has been arrested. 0ur correspondent frankie mccamley is in leicester square for us now. what more do we know? good evening. this is an area — what more do we know? good evening. this is an area that _ what more do we know? good evening. this is an area that many _ what more do we know? good evening. this is an area that many who _ what more do we know? good evening. this is an area that many who have - this is an area that many who have visited the capital will know. it is usually a phone, family friendly tourist attraction, leicester square. but today, that has changed. part of this area is now a crime scene. there is a chord and in place and just behind me there is still bloodstains on the floor. this evening, it is packed full of people, similar to what it would have been at 11.30 this morning when the police w

but climates of athens and greece as a whole, and it is expected to just get worse on a yearly basis this season alone, authorities tell us that 100,000 hectares have already been burned. you're talking about forest areas would makes this particular season along with difficult, is that it's just so close to athens a suburbs. it's destroyed homes. >> many animals have been caught in the middle of this. >> dogs and cats have been killed one woman has lost her life as well. it's really tragic to see they're still collating a lot of the data. christina, but right now, it's just lot of alerts you've got thousands of people that are still under evacuation orders and the big fear is that it could start up once again, we also saw so many efforts, circulating, efforts as it is every single year to try and put these fires out, not only from the firefighters on the ground working through the night but also, you have the air assistance through our helicopters and also airplanes bringing water and to daniels out the flames. today, it seems a bit better karma, lot of residents returning to their h

she feeds officer you inhabitant was athens, deputy mayor. she joins us from lack of us in greece that we pick up on the point that our correspondence was making, that he's just reporting from outside degree capital, a great deal of anger and disappointment among the residents. how do you explain that lack of preparedness for this? a mega fires? hello. hello. by the way of mega fires or something that is in a new phenomenon that you've, we've been witnessing for the past few years, or for the past decade, all around the world. it's not an easy thing to, to deal with. it's a big monster. and a lot of people that have decades of experience in firefighting are saying that they've never seen this type of fires that they've seen the last 2 years. and this is, i'm talking from a global perspective now, i'm not talking just for greece. and, and this, of course is linked to the fact that due to climate change ends to the condition of our forests. which are, you know, increasingly amassing of bio mass like dead leaves that branches, dead, dead trees t

she joins us now near athens from near athens, there in greece. so eleni, we are hearing that firefighters have been able to contain some of this wildfire. what more are you learning? >> yeah. so this morning, as of this morning, rosemary, we know that the last front has been put out and right now, the fire department tells us that they are currently monitoring for any danger zones where i am right now has been daily. >> it's one of the hardest hit areas in south eastern attica. and you can see behind me the devastation asian at this particular business. this was a woods storage factory for people that would buy word over the winter season, completely razed to the ground and you can actually see fire truck there as well periodically putting out flames that are of course, at risk of spreading even further, we took a drive around we saw around 40 to 50 homes that have been impacted. the official number in terms of how much destruction has been, has not been announced yet. what we do know is one woman lost her life. there have been numerous reports o

wildfires in greece which are threatening northern athens. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. welcome to the programme. us secretary of state antony blinken is scheduled to travel to the middle east on tuesday — his ninth to the region since the october 7 attacks. his visit comes as president biden joined four european leaders in urging iran to de—escalate tensions — amid fears tehran could soon launch a retaliatory strike on israel. the joint statement warned of "serious consequences" for regional security if there were to be an attack. british prime minister sir keir starmer spoke on the phone to iran's new president masoud pezeshkian — asking him to refrain from attacking israel, saying the war was not in anyone�*s interest. it comes as white house national security spokesperson john kirby warned that iran or its proxies could launch a �*significant�* attack as early as this week. in preparation, the us has beefed up its regionalforces over the past few days. sending a guided missile submarine to the middle east on sunday to support israel as it braces for a potential attac

so if you had left talk is covering the story and joins us now from athens. so if you, what's the situation with the fires today, it's this situation remains crucial. i'm right now in the least you have the most affected areas where several houses, cars are burned down, you can see it behind me. and as we speak, assets are still falling down. uh so the situation is still uh, crucial. however, um most affected areas as we speak are put under control. but as the fire is not completely pulled out, everyone remains on high alert. and also there was a warning, especially for the upcoming hours where the winds are expected to stay as they are right now. very strong or even stronger. so um everything is still uh tends. um, what i see here in boucher is that people that have been evacuated yesterday and this morning starts coming back to their houses to check the damage and to see if their houses and homes are still there. are people generally following evacuation orders uh, what's being done to assist evacuated as well? what we saw and especially yesterday is the pe

and there's still this dry heat here in athens.some of the smoke right there behind me. and just to give you a sense of how close we are to homes there, right there behind me. now, this is a northern suburb of athens. that's how close the fires have come this year. and we've passed through the area, seen homes that have been devastated by the flames, cars that have been completely consumed. now, as you can see, the winds have dissipated. the fire service have told us that the next 2a hours are crucial in determining what will happen in the next few days. so far, we know that these flames have already taken a life. one 63—year—old woman. her body was found another northern suburb of athens. people have been injured, mostly through smoke inhalation. animals have been burnt. and on top of all of that, more than 100,000 acres of land have been consumed by the flames, and yet the fire service is poured a lot of resources into this. more than 700 firefighters have been fighting the flames this week. 199 fire engines, 35 aircrafts. and ye

jessica parker, bbc news, in athens.ut her passion took her all the way to the olympics in paris, competing for team gb in the marathon on sunday. but it wasn't to be a dream ending to herjourney, with the 31—year—old now revealing that she ran with a broken leg. here's sophie raworth. this was not the way rose harvey wanted her olympic debut to end. her training had been going perfectly, she was in the best shape of her life, but three weeks ago, her hip suddenly felt tight, and despite treatment, it didn't get better. it was going to get worse in the marathon. we knew that, we knew the risk, but there was a good chance that it would get me through and i would be able to run a pretty decent race and actually do my training justice. so that was the glimmer of hope that i was holding onto going into the olympics. ..as the women's olympic marathon gets under way. two miles in, it started to hurt. by six miles, rose was falling behind the pack, and she was on her own. already, rose harveyjust dropping off that group, that b

a forest fire in the suburbs of athens , the capital of greece, has reached 10 km from the city. this is the largest forest fire in greece this year. athens, the capital of greece, is surrounded by the fire of the surrounding forests, which erupted again 3 days ago. a forest fire started in the varnavas region, 65 km from athens, and has now reached the villisia region, which is only 10 km from the capital. greek prime minister misotakis, who has returned to athens halfway through his vacation , ordered the aerial fire brigade to use all their power to prevent the fire from entering the capital . so far, one greek citizen has died in the fire, and the greek government has the czech republic and turkey sent troops and equipment to extinguish the fires in the greek forests. according to greek media, this is the largest forest fire of the year. it is in this country. but in the summer of the last 5 years, forest fires have continued in greece and so far more than a hundred citizens of this country have died due to the fires. hamid sada and sima news agency's turkey and eastern europ

the smoke from the spread of the fire has darkened the sky in parts of athens. the wind and the heat of the air cause the flames to spread the firemen's efforts to put out the fire have failed, medical centers and hospitals in athens are on full alert. following the spread of the fire, the authorities of athens ordered the immediate evacuation of the historic site of marathon . since two days ago, 40 forest fires have been reported in greece. greece is always involved in forest fires due to the high temperature. last year, 20 people lost their lives due to fire. and the landslide at zabane burial ground in the capital of uganda killed at least 21 people . so far, 14 people have been pulled out alive. rescuers continue to search the missing continue. the exact details of the incident are not known, but kampala city officials announced. the structural failure of the tabe mass was the cause of this accident. the site of this tabe is located on a steep slope in the poor part of the capital of uganda, and women and children who collect plastic tabs were present there

as near athens, thousands have to flee to safe stay, but it's home. commer conditions will now allow some to return to their homes at a court in bangladesh, it opens a murder inquiry against the altitude. prime minister shakes has seen a over the police killing of a shopkeeper during last one student protests. the welcome to the show on the call for at least ukraine says, it does not want to permanently occupied russia's curse grow region after launching a major offensive into the territory. last week. russian authorities have ordered more than a 100000 people to evacuate curse on the neighboring vulgar road region to avoid the finding. your green says it's cross border incursion. aims to fort russian attacks on its territory and pull russian military resources away from the ukraine in front line. keeps as it has now claimed a 1000 square kilometers a russian territory. and our eastern europe editor rowland gone to ranko, told me about the psychological effect. the incursion is having on ordinary russians. well, yes, well things are still developing and i think it takes, sometimes fo

. -- a wildfire rages on the outskirts of athens.warm welcome to "world news america." ukraine's commander-in-chief says his troops control about 1000 square kilometers following their surprise attack a week ago. it has been described as the biggest incursion into russia since world war ii. local authorities are evacuating some 11,000 residents from a second region situated next to where the ukrainian offensive began last tuesday. the acting governor of the region said ukraine was in control of 28 villages. the russian president vowed to kick the enemy out. >> apparently, the enemy with the help of its western masters is fulfilling their will, and the west is fighting with us with the hands of ukrainians. so apparently, the enemy is striving to improve its negotiating positions in the future, but about what kind of negotiations can we even talk about? if these are people who indiscriminately strike at civilians, civilian infrastructure, or try to create threats to nuclear facilities, what is there to talk about with them? >> meanwhil