parts of the tourist city of bodrum, including several hotels, have been evacuated.als and holiday—makers queued for boats to take them away from parts of the holiday resort of bodrum in the south—west of turkey. wildfires which started five days ago burned their way through hillsides towards the city. in less than a week, 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

however, five or six of them are still going on in bodrum and it is affecting the tourists, the tourismted, people have left their 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 shore, 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... and were spending the night in another place. many of the stories coming from the region, the fire is still strong. the wind and weather conditions are not helping at all, the forecast is dry for the week, until at least friday. so we are following the news. you mentioned it is an area popular with foreign tourists. how important is tourism to that part of turkey? yes. with covid, turkey took a huge toll, because last year and this year, there was a sharp decrease in foreign tourists coming to the country. especially the uk tourists, as turkey is on the red list still. so these area

marmaris and bodrum are popular sites for both local and foreign tourists and thousands have had to flee marmaris. helicopters have been dropping water on the flames ripping through trees and undergrowth but with limited success as one local volunteer explains. translation: we have received reinforcements _ translation: we have received reinforcements from _ translation: we have received reinforcements from firefighters | reinforcements from firefighters from many regions, but because of the height of the mountains, which are steep and with very thick forests, the firefighters cannot intervene. the air reinforcements are too weak. there fires into many places in turkey at the moment, and we cannot respond to them. officials say that while more than 120 fires have been brought under control, nine continue to burn. seven of the eight people who have been killed so far in the fires have been in the city magnavat — and here you can see the sort of situation both locals and firefighters are facing. strong winds continue to hamper efforts to get the situation under control. translation: the fi

in the turkish holiday resort of bodrum tourists were told to wait for rescue boats last night to escapedent, esra yalcinalp. what's the situation in the south—west? it is now the fifth day in the series of fires that turkey has seen, to the largest extent in its history. firefighters are trying to put out the flames, both on land, and also an area through helicopters and also an area 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

this is bodrum. homes in this village are completely destroyed.nts have been forced to flee. one of them is scottish woman amy hutchinson — who works in a resort town. she has been describing her experience. in been describing her experience. in about ten minutes we were completely surrounded by red fire. i have never been so scared. there was a big army truck coming down the road. when you look back, it looked like a war zone. that is what i can describe it as. this guy was just completely red, the ash was like snow falling on to the ground.— red, the ash was like snow falling on to the ground. next, let's hear from the bbc's _ reporter in a holiday destination hard hit. we reporter in a holiday destination hard hit. ~ . ., ., hard hit. we are here in one of the relief centres _ hard hit. we are here in one of the relief centres operated _ hard hit. we are here in one of the relief centres operated solely - hard hit. we are here in one of the relief centres operated solely by i relief centres operated solely by volunteers. you can see lots of clo

in the turkish holiday resort of bodrum tourists were told to wait for rescue boats last night to escapend, as you have mentioned, most of them have affected the tourist areas, which is taking a big toll on tourism. some hotels have been evacuated. tourists cannot come into their reservations for the new week. as the tourism sector was already punished, affected with covid—19 throughout the year, it is now struggling with the fires that are happening in anatolia, in marmaris, as well as in bodrum. so tourism is definitely on top of the list that is affected by fires, as well as the people there who are dealing with husbandry, who have their own goats, sheep, cattle, beekeepers — people who live in the forest there are all very badly affected. since the start of the fires, people have been mentioning that it could be an act of terrorism, a deliberate arson for starting the fire. this was mentioned a lot on social media, but for the first time yesterday president tayyip erdogan mentioned that they may have some evidence regarding that this is am act of terrorism and there have been some ar

this is also in bodrum.e skyline — as people flee in their cars. over 100 wildfires are burning — all but 10 have been brought under control. the flames are threatening homes, hotels and also boats. three five—star hotels have reportedly been evacuated. then this is the resort town marmaris — along the turkish riviera. you can see just how close the flames are to the hotels. according to reuters — residents and tourists later evacuated to safer area. here's one volunteer on the rescue effort. in the middle of a nightmare and for the last four days is still_ nightmare and for the last four days is still not _ nightmare and for the last four days is still not under control. and i can say— is still not under control. and i can say it's _ is still not under control. and i can say it's now over 12,000 hectares — can say it's now over 12,000 hectares of pine forest burned. five of the _ hectares of pine forest burned. five of the villages are evacuated and i can talk— of the villages are evacuated and i can talk a

panicked tourists in the aegean sea resort of bodrum had to flee hotels as a new fire erupted there.oast guard asked private boats and yachts to help with evacuations. almost 100 fires are burning across that region. to france now. tens of thousands protested in paris and other cities today. it's the third weekend of demonstrations against a government-required health pass to enter restaurants and other public places. but so far, it hasn't kept the tourists from paris. cbs' elaine co t the champs elysees, the montmarte-- all places american fans of paris have been dreaming of during the pandemic. >> the eiffel tower. >> obviously, the main attractions. >> shopping. >> we are looking forward to eating more food here because we love the food. >> reporter: as soon as france opened its borders to vaccinated or covid-negative americans in early june, they started traveling. heather nowak and morgan priestley from chicago made paris their first stop. >> first time in paris, yeah. we've been other places in europe, but this is definitely super unique and-- >> long overdue. >> yeah, yeah, lo

parts of the tourist city of bodrum have been evacuated. that's all for now.e 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, there's so much more to come. so, it was a brilliant weekend — i've absolutely loved it. jazz, there's obviously such incredible individual talent in the pool but what else do you put team gb�*s suc

fires blazing on the hillside resorts near bodrum and marmaris.s are closing in on the kemerkoy power station. strong winds and low humidity and scorching temperatures, the weather conditions that help the fire spread. they are likely to continue into next week. so far over 130 fires have been extinguished. many new ones have risen up. these spanish planes are part of the latest efforts to get the flames under control. criticism of the government's handling of the situation is growing, but it insists it is doing everything it can. translation: | answered i the allegation that we do not help coming from abroad. once again, i would like to reiterate that notjust today, notjust during such a disaster, but it is out of the question to reject offers coming to us because of pride and arrogance as our forests are burning. but turkey is not the only country in the region fighting these wildfires. in this suburb of northern athens, more than 500 firefighters have been deployed. homes are burnt down, with many being forced to evacuate, as greece experiences

in bodrum, three five—star hotels were evacuated and tourists have been moved away from beaches acrosscompany. sunset studios 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 pl

have destroyed huge swathes of forest and are threatening tourist resorts including marmaris and bodrume scottish health secretary, says that after his two year old was refused a place, a white friend put in an application and it was accepted within 24 hours. the nursery strongly denies all claims of discrimination. our correspondent alexandra mackenzie, is in glasgow, tell us more. well, humza yousaf and his wife say that they tried twice to get their daughter into the little scholars nursery near dundee and were told there just were no places available. but mr yousaf said that when a white friend applied, they were offered a place. they said their two—year—old daughter had been discriminated against and they wanted to test this out. so they applied again with another two names, one of them a muslim name and humza yousaf said that this application was rejected. and the other was offered a place. he said a newspaper reporter then put in two fake applications, one for an applicant that was rejected and somebody called susan blake was given a place. we have had a statement from little sch

video of smoke and flames in a forest near the beach in bodrum. more than 100 fires have broken out in the past week. at least eight people have died. more than 1100 people have been evacuated. and it's not juin danger, farmers are worried about their animals. this is video of a turkish firefighter carrying a turtle to safety. he later gave the turtle some water. >>> the uk is lifting some covid travel restrictions today fully vaccinated americans will not have to quarantine upon arrival. >> we are very excited to see the american tourists coming back to london. it has been a long time. and we missed you guys. >> visitors will need to show proof of vaccination and a negative covid test is still required before departure and shortly after arrival in england. now despite the change in restrictions, the u.s. is still recommending americans not travel there because of concerns over the delta variant. and this morning there is uncertainty around summer travel because of the delta variant. on average more than 2 million people are flying every day. airl

fires blazing on the hillsides and in the forests near the coastal resorts of bodrum and marmaris. andly to continue into next week. so far, over 130 fires have been extinguished, but many new ones have broken out. these spanish planes are part of the latest effort to get the flames under control. criticism of the government�*s handling of the situation is growing. it insists it is doing everything it can. translation: i answer the allegation that we do not accept _ help coming from abroad. once again, i would like to reiterate that notjust today, notjust during such a disaster, but it is out of the question to reject offers coming to us because of pride and arrogance as our forests are burning. turkey is not the only country in the region fighting wildfires. in this suburb of northern athens, more than 500 firefighters have been deployed. houses have burnt down, many have been forced to evacuate, as greece experiences its worst heatwave in 30 years. translation: in the area where the fire broke out, | temperatures reached 45 celsius with less than 10% air humidity. these extreme condi

have destroyed huge swathes of forest and are threatening tourist resorts including marmaris and bodrum 100 blazes have broken out. volunteers have been working night and day to try to do what they can, providing food and drink for exhausted firefighters and helping them with local knowledge. translation: while there are these fires and this disaster, _ many residents, including myself, cannot put our heads on the pillow and fall asleep peacefully. we must be responsible for our land to prevent our future from burning. but the situation is really bad now. that is evident from these pictures showing the scorched earth. if the blazes come down the ridge the coastal suffered great damage which is why we started evacuating. we are helping those who do not have any vehicles. the police are trying to establish whether some of the fires were started deliberately. the turkish government is facing criticism for the shortage of firefighting aircraft in the country, it insists it will do everything to help those affected by the flames rebuild their lives. it says the majority of the fires have bee

fires blazing on the hillside resorts near bodrum and marmaris.to us because of pride and arrogance as our forests are burning. but turkey is not the only country in the region fighting these wildfires. in this suburb of northern athens, more than 500 firefighters have been deployed. homes are burnt down, with many being forced to evacuate, as greece experiences its worst heatwave in 30 years. translation: in the area where the fire broke out, temperatures reached a5 celsius with less than 10% humidity. these extreme conditions are due to the intense heatwave which has been affecting our country for the last week. and in israel, firefighters also used planes and helicopters to battle the wildfires raging in forests west ofjerusalem, with the police evacuating the area. the fear for many, as extreme scenes like these have become more normal, is the impact if climate change takes hold. ramzan karmali, bbc news. a sharp rise in violence by insurgents has left the western backed government of afghanistan fighting to survive. lashkar gah is the capital

fires blazing on the hillsides and in the forests near the coastal resorts of bodrum and marmaris.it really helps to engage a city that might not have the same opportunities that glasgow and edinburgh does. we asked people in aberdeen what they thought of the new pieces. it looks nice. obviously, aberdeen's just declined since covid and all that, a lot of places are shutting down, but it's nice that people are making improvements and making it more of a nice destination to come to. it is stunning, really, really nice, yeah. i think it brings a lot of visitors to the city, yeah. it's smart. it's nice to come across them when you aren't expecting it. j yeah, like little hidden secrets. some pieces of art are hard to find — well hidden until you stumble across them. meanwhile, others loom a bit larger. i like that it's so... 0ut there? yeah, i love how random it is but also that there's so much to it. i think it's just so cool. i think it is really nice, - it's definitely really good to see artwork out in public places rather than hidden and kept away - in galleries that people might