this afternoon on evia, a terrible reminder of the risks taken.a tree and loses control. the two pilots on board were killed. so many are putting themselves in harm's way, like volunteer firefighter panagiotis, who takes us to see what this fire can do. his team's camping nearby, still on high alert. their village is just down the road. translation: you can | understand our anguish. we were running to put out the fire. we were desperate to save the forest, but we were also desperate to save our houses and our families. when we came to the top of a nearby hill, the scale of the challenge became obvious. up here, you really get a sense of how difficult the task is for firefighters. when we first arrived here, most of the smoke was coming from over there. but in the last few minutes, there's been a flare—up just down here. and of course, the strong wind is not only making things tougher for the people fighting the fires, but much more dangerous. this isn't the image this tourist island wants to project. earlier, the greek prime minister acknowledged

two pilots helping to fight wildfires in greece are killed in a crash on the island of evia.ations, the government says they are fighting on all fronts. the children on the front line of humans forgotten war after eight years of conflict. we have a special report. translation or i feel scared, there's a lot of explosions. republican presidential hopeful ron desantis is involved in a car accident, we'll be live in the us for the latest. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. and checking out we start in greece where in the last hour it's been confirmed that two airforce pilots helping to fight wildfires on the island of evia — have been killed in the crash, according to afp.

this afternoon on evia, a terrible reminder of the risks taken.efighting aircraft dumps its water, appears to clip a tree and loses control. we've chosen not to show the moment of impact. so many are putting themselves in harm's way, like volunteer firefighter panagiotis, who takes us to see what this fire can do. his team's camping nearby, still on high alert. their village is just down the road. translation: you can | understand our anguish. we were running to put out the fire. we were desperate to save the forest, but we were also desperate to save our houses and ourfamilies. when we came to the top of a nearby hill, the scale of the challenge became obvious. up here, you really get a sense of how difficult the task is for firefighters. when we first arrived here, most of the smoke was coming from over there. but in the last few minutes, there's been a flare up just down here. and of course, the strong wind is not only making things tougher for the people fighting the fires, but much more dangerous. this isn't the image this tourist island want

greek island of evia.ckle these wildfires. we will bring you the latest on this breaking story very soon. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> good afternoon. i'm alex deakin. this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. a mix of sun and showers today, but not everywhere. seeing the showers, the winds are lighter it the winds are lighter so it feels warmer, but it does feels a bit warmer, but it does mean are quite slow. mean the showers are quite slow. moving we're between weather systems this one systems at the moment. this one will bring some wet weather for much country tomorrow, much of the country tomorrow, particularly tomorrow but particularly tomorrow night. but back today , we do have some back to today, we do have some heavy scattered across heavy showers scattered across northeast england, southern scotland or elsewhere. but scotland, 1 or 2 elsewhere. but i think they'll tend to fade as we go throu

this afternoon on evia, a terrible reminder of the risks taken.s water, appears to clip a tree and loses control. we've chosen not to show the moment of impact. so many are putting themselves in harm's way, like volunteer firefighter panagiotis, who takes us to see what this fire can do. his team's camping nearby, still on high alert. their village is just down the road. translation: you can understand our annuish. we were running to put out the fire. we were desperate to save the forest, but we were also desperate to save our houses and our families. when we came to the top of a nearby hill, the scale of the challenge became obvious. up here, you really get a sense of how difficult the task is for firefighters. when we first arrived here, most of the smoke was coming from over there. but in the last few minutes, there's been a flare up just down here. and of course, the strong wind is not only making things tougher for the people fighting the fires, but much more dangerous. this isn't the image this tourist island wants to project. earlier, the g

this afternoon on evia, a terrible reminder of the risks taken.rcraft dumps its water, appears to clip a tree and loses control. the two pilots on board were killed. so many are putting themselves in harm's way, like volunteer firefighter panagiotis, who takes us to see what this fire can do. his team's camping nearby, still on high alert. their village isjust down the road. translation: you can | understand our anguish. we were running to put out the fire. we were desperate to save the forest, but we were also desperate to save our houses and our families. when we came to the top of a nearby hill, the scale of the challenge became obvious. up here, you really get a sense of how difficult the task is for firefighters. when we first arrived here, most of the smoke was coming from over there. but in the last few minutes, there's been a flare—up just down here. and of course, the strong wind is not only making things tougher for the people fighting the fires, but much more dangerous. this isn't the image this tourist island wants to project. earlier,

last hour it's been confirmed that two airforce pilots helping to fight wildfires on the island of evia — have been killed in the crash, according to afp. a government minister said emergency teams were fighting flames nonstop on dozens of fronts. fires are continuing to burn on several of the greek islands — as well as parts of the mainland. these are the latest pictures from rhodes — they give you a sense of the intensity of what firefighters are dealing with. the largest greek island, crete, has also been put on high alert. this is italy, where the main airport on the island of sicily was briefly closed — as flames and smoke began to approach the runway. an international group of scientists has said, the current conditions, would have been "virtually impossible" without human—caused climate change. and our reporter, azadeh moshiri, joins us now from rhodes. just describe what is like you are and what you are seeing and the stories people are telling you. i’m stories people are telling you. i'm not if ou stories people are telling you. i'm not if you can _ stories people are telling y

we bring more on evia.t the hour this , that throughout the hour this, of course, is gb news. we're live on tv , online live on tv, online and on digital nana akua. digital radio. i'm nana akua. i'm in fort patrick christys . i'm in fort patrick christys. keep your thoughts coming on the fires. peter says , i wanted just fires. peter says, i wanted just to remind you that actually europe did help out with the fires. by the way, just to correct that earlier because we didn't that helped didn't mention that they helped out were talking out last week. they were talking about still loads more about it, but still loads more to come here gb news, on tv, to come here on gb news, on tv, onune to come here on gb news, on tv, online on digital radio. to come here on gb news, on tv, onlirright on digital radio. to come here on gb news, on tv, onlir right here digital radio. to come here on gb news, on tv, onlir right here because dio. to come here on gb news, on tv, onlir right here because we've stay right here becau

the plane was helping to put out wildfires on the island of evia. if you're watching on television, you can see the plane dropping water over the fire before crashing behind a hillside . while wildfires have hillside. while wildfires have consumed parts of greece for seven days now, forcing residents to retreat to shelters along coastlines. the greeks prime minister, kyriakos mitsotakis , says there's no mitsotakis, says there's no magic defence against climate change in the next few days, especially today , tomorrow, especially today, tomorrow, thursday, will be difficult. >> days after that. i hope that the conditions will help us more and that is why we obviously remain on high alert and we know that things will probably get worse, not better, with warmer temperatures, more droughts, stronger winds, the morphology of our terrain makes putting out fires extremely difficult in many cases. so we have another difficult summer ahead of us. >> the fires aren't just affecting the islands in greece. south of that, in algeria, the number of deaths because

this afternoon on evia, a terrible reminder of the risks taken.efighting aircraft dumps its water, appears to clip a tree and loses control. the two pilots on board were killed. so many are putting themselves in harm's way, like volunteer firefighter panagiotis, who takes us to see what this fire can do. his team's camping nearby, still on high alert. their village isjust down the road. translation: you can | understand our anguish. we were running to put out the fire. we were desperate to save the forest, but we were also desperate to save our houses and our families. when we came to the top of a nearby hill, the scale of the challenge became obvious. up here, you really get a sense of how difficult the task is for firefighters. when we first arrived here, most of the smoke was coming from over there. but in the last few minutes, there's been a flare—up just down here. and of course, the strong wind is not only making things tougher for the people fighting the fires, but much more dangerous. this isn't the image this tourist island wants to proje

extreme weather conditions in greece have fuelled more wildfires on the islands of rhodes, corfu and eviaires impacting the mainland. this footage was filmed on the island of corfu on monday. more than 2,000 people have been evacuated from there. the island of rhodes is affected and the country's capital, athens, is under threat as fires rage to the east and south—west. it's peak tourist season in greece and there's been a major impact on travel. tui has become the latest travel company to cancel flights to rhodes. 0ur reporter azadeh moshiri was at the island's airport earlier and filed this update. our team and i have been here at rhodes airport throughout the day and one thing is clear. people are upset, they're disappointed with their airlines, they feel like they've been let down. we have heard of traumatic stories — stories of families who were rushed out to beaches, where people were fighting over boats, only to end up at another hotel where they had to sleep on sunbeds throughout the night. to come to an airport where they feel like their airline is simply nowhere to be found, as

corfu and evia become the latest islands to issue evacuation orders — as wildfires cause havoc in greecespain enters a period of political uncertainty after sunday's snap general election fails to produce a decisive winner. what role could cataln separtists now play? hello, you're watching bbc news. we start in israel, where talks aimed at finding a compromise over proposed legal reforms that have triggered some of the biggest protests in the country s history have collapsed. opposition members of parliament said earlier they d boycott a vote on the reforms if compromise talks failed. israel's president isaac herzog has said the country is in "a state of national emergency". police injerusalem deployed water cannons to disperse protesters blocking roads to the knesset as a series of votes got under way. president herzog said the citizens of israel are thirsting for hope and he called on elected officials to act with courage. so what exactly is it that the israeli government is proposing? well, under their plans, the supreme court would no longer have the power to overrule government or m

we start in greece where an air force plane helping fight wildfires on the island of evia has crashedt least two crew members are thought to be on board. the plane was one of three aircraft and around 100 firefighters battling the fires on the island. the prime minister has warned of tough days ahead. fires continue to burn on several of greece's islands as well as parts of the mainland. these are the latest pictures from roads that give you a sense of the intensity of what we firefighters are dealing with. emergency teams fighting flames nonstop on dozens of france, the largest greek island of crete has been put on high alert. these are the pictures from italy where the main island on the island of sicily was closed as smoke began to approach the runway. an international group of scientists has said the current conditions would have been virtually impossible without human caused climate change. let's start from hearing from greece's prime minister. translation: the next few days, especially today, tomorrow and i thursday, will be difficult days. after that, i hope the conditions will

and fire crews are still struggling to put out wildfires on the greek islands of rhodes, corfu and evia the mainland. other european countries like italy and croatia have also seen wildfires. and here in the uk experts have said that temperatures of more than 40c are becoming increasingly likely. here's our climate editor, justin rowlatt. july isn't over yet but it is set to be the hottest month on earth. say team of client scientists around the world. the head of the un announced, an era of global boiling has begun, but do not despair. the evidence is everywhere. humanity has unleashed destruction. this must not inspire despair, but action. we can still stop the worst. but to do so we must turn a year of burning heat into a year of burning ambition and accelerate climate action now. here in the uk, the met office has set last year's record—breaking temperatures where a taste of things to come if carbon emissions continue as expected, by 2060 in averagejuly in the uk will be as hot as 2022. month after month these records are being broken. we are seeing extreme weather events around the

the fire service in greece says one of its planes has crashed on the island of evia.ast two people have been reported to be on board. the plane was among at least three aircraft and around 100 firefighters battling with the flames on the island. the greek prime minister has warned of tough days ahead. these just the pictures of the moments before the plane actually came down. let me take you from that to these pictures from roads, it gives you a sense of the intensity of what they are dealing with. more emergency flights to repatriate tourists are expected to land. the largest greek island crete has been put on high alert. the prime minister said his country and others in the mediterranean were in the hotspot of climate change and warned it was a crisis the entire world would have to face. these are the scenes in italy where the main airport on the island of sicily was briefly closed. flames and smoke began to approach the runway. international panel of scientists has said the current conditions could not possibly have happened without human caused climate change. let

new wildfires brokered in greece, if firefighting plane crashes on the island of evia.n in england hits a record high including more than 130,000 children. without a permanent home. we start with the forgotten war — the long—running conflict — in yemen that grinds on, with children stuck in the firing—line. the un says at least 11,300 children have been killed or maimed since the conflict started nine years ago when the houthi rebel movement seized control of the capital, sanaa, forcing out the government and sparking a civil war.

let's start in greece where wildfires are causing havoc on the islands of rhodes, corfu and evia andgreek mainland. more than 80 wildfires are now burning and tens of thousands of residents and tourists have been forced to flee. this footage was filmed in island of corfu on sunday evening. over 2,000 people have been evacuated from the island. and this video was filmed in a corfu hotel, as guests were dining. the government says, it has sent boats to evacuate residents by sea, if required. the greek emergency services have been dealing with several fires — including two in areas east and south west of the capital, athens. firefighters on rhodes say around one in ten of the hotels in the central and south eastern parts of the island have been affected. british travel companies are putting on more repatriation flights for people trying to leave the area. a short while ago the travel operator tui announced it was cancelling all outbound flights to rhodes up to and including friday. 0ur reporter, azadeh moshiri, is on rhodes and sent this update. well, i spoke to the fire service earlier

berezovsky rhodes is on fire corfu is on fire, and the background is on fire cinnamon with luther's mantra eviae b-200 takes 12 tons of water in 14 seconds, but the government would rather burn all of greece than ask the planes that helped us before. the fact that the fires in greece cannot be put out without russian amphibious aircraft, the be-200 has already been said by the former minister of national defense of greece, panas kamenos. he literally urged to bow his head and ask for help, but the mitz of the attack will dampen, because athens hostage of economic subsidies from brussels the greek government is a hostage of the common european position in relation to russia, if athens moves away at least, in some way, from those brothers, declared in brussels , then all the huge economic assistance that e berlin and brussels, it turns out that greece will be curtailed, it was the external economic management that deprived the press of any sovereignty. that is, without the sanction, in fact , the approval of the demons of brussels and the eu, greece cannot make any serious political decisions. we

this afternoon on evia, a terrible reminder of the risks taken. firefighting aircraft dumps its water, appears to clip a tree and loses control. we've chosen not to show the moment of impact. so many are putting themselves in harm's way, like volunteer firefighter panagiotis, who takes us to see what this fire can do. his team's camping nearby, still on high alert. their village is just down the road. translation: you can understand our annuish. we were running to put out the fire. we were desperate to save the forest, but we were also desperate to save our houses and our families. when we came to the top of a nearby hill, the scale of the challenge became obvious. up here, you really get a sense of how difficult the task is for firefighters. when we first arrived here, most of the smoke was coming from over there. but in the last few minutes, there's been a flare up just down here. and of course, the strong wind is not only making things tougher for the people fighting the fires, but much more dangerous. this isn't the image this tourist island w

new wildfires brokered in greece, if firefighting plane crashes on the island of evia.he number of people living in temporary accommodation in england hits a record high including more than 130,000 children. without a permanent home. we start with the forgotten war — the long—running conflict — in yemen that grinds on, with children stuck in the firing—line. the un says at least 11,300 children have been killed or maimed since the conflict started nine years ago when the houthi rebel movement seized control of the capital, sanaa, forcing out the government and sparking a civil war. iran backed the houthi rebels, while saudi arabia backed the internationally—recognised government and launched a coalition, backed by the uk and us, to restore it to power. the effects of the fighting since then have been devastating. by the start of last year, an estimated 370,000 people had died as a result of both fighting and the effects of malnutrition. the un estimates that at least 11.5 million people have been displaced since the start of the conflict. and 24.1 million people — that'

the plane was helping to put out wildfires on the island of evia. if you're watching on television, you can see the plane dropping water over the fire before crashing behind a hillside . while wildfires have hillside. while wildfires have consumed parts of greece for seven days now, forcing residents to retreat to shelters along coastlines. the greeks prime minister, kyriakos mitsotakis , says there's no mitsotakis, says there's no magic defence against climate change in the next few days, especially today , tomorrow, especially today, tomorrow, thursday, will be difficult. >> days after that. i hope that the conditions will help us more and that is why we obviously remain on high alert and we know that things will probably get worse, not better, with warmer temperatures, more droughts, stronger winds, the morphology of our terrain makes putting out fires extremely difficult in many cases. so we have another difficult summer ahead of us. >> the fires aren't just affecting the islands in greece. south of that, in algeria, the number of deaths because

evacuations have also taken place on the island of evia . the prime minister, rishi evia.ssisted. >> my paramount priority is the safety of british nationals and that's why the deputy prime minister chaired a cobra meeting yesterday. he's been monitoring the situation closely. we've beenin the situation closely. we've been in touch with local authorities on the ground there and the foreign office have sent and the foreign office have sent a rapid deployment team the a rapid deployment team on the ground to assist people. i think the important thing is the most important thing is people remain in touch with their tour operators. there are lots of flights going and lots of flights going back and forth able to bring people forth to be able to bring people home. are in touch home. and if people are in touch with their tour operators, they'll get the information that they'll get the information that they michael they need. well, michael gove has to create has announced plans to create more the uk's inner more homes in the uk's inner cities by relaxing planning rules and cutting

the fire service in greece says one of its planes has crashed on the island of evia.

and evia.announced plans to create more homes in the uk's inner cities by relaxing planning rules. the housing secretary says he wants to make it easier to convert empty shops into new flats and to extend homes . it comes into new flats and to extend homes. it comes amid into new flats and to extend homes . it comes amid criticism homes. it comes amid criticism the government's previously failed to hit its target to build 300,000 new homes annually . train drivers are threatening fresh disruption at the height of the summer holidays, with a further ban on overtime. members of the aslef union will not work extra hours from monday the 7th to the 12th of august. the union claims none of the train companies employ enough drivers and is warning of serious disruption . more on all of our disruption. more on all of our stories on our website gb news dot com . dot com. >> direct bullion sponsors the finance report on gb news for gold and silver investment . gold and silver investment. >> quick look at

corfu and evia become the latest islands to issue evacuation orders — as wildfires cause havoc in greeceday's snap general election fails to produce a decisive winner. what role could cataln separtists now play? hello, you're watching bbc news. we start in israel, where talks aimed at finding a compromise over proposed legal reforms that have triggered some of the biggest protests in the country s history have collapsed. opposition members of parliament said earlier they d boycott a vote on the reforms if compromise talks failed. israel's president isaac herzog has said the country is in "a state of national emergency". police injerusalem deployed water cannons to disperse protesters blocking roads to the knesset as a series of votes got under way.

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it happened yesterday on the island of evia off southern greece. video showed the low flying plane disappearing into a canyon before a fireball was seen. a third successive heat wave and strong winds have fueled the evacuation of thousands. wildfires have also killed more than 30 people across the mediterranean. >>> british billionaire and the owner of the tottenham team has been indicted on insider trading charges. u.s. prosecutors say joe lewis passed confidential stock tips to his romantic partners, employees, private pilots, and friends. they say the transactions made millions of dollars. >> joe lewis is a wealthy man, but as we allege, he used inside information as a way to compensate his employees or to shower gifts on his friends and lovers. >> in one instance, lewis allegedly loaned his two private pilots $500,000 each to buy a biotech company's stock before the results of a clinical trial were made public. an attorney for lewis says that the u.s. government made an egregious error in judgment charging lewis. >>> the son of nba superstar le

a plane fighting wildfires in greece has crashed over the town of karystos on the island of evia, nearence against women are emerging in the north—east indian state of manipur, as the response to a video showing two women being paraded naked by a mob has encouraged others to speak. at least 130 people have died and 60,000 have been displaced since ethnic clashes started in may. 0ur correspondent divya arya reports from manipur. chiin sianching looks at police reports filed following her assault. when two kuki women were being paraded naked by meitei men in a village in manipur in a now notorious viral video, chiin and her friend were facing another mob outside their hostel in the state capital, imphal. she says they were shouting that they wanted revenge for attacks on their women. then they beat us, they beat us. we were going to die, i was thinking like that. i was scared and i was crying and i was praying to god. i can't do anything. i can't run away. there were a lot of people.

in 2021, the authorities of the island of evia, just a month and a half after the devastating fires,e construction of wind turbines, where until recently there was a forest, greece is one of the poorest countries in the european union, but persistently promoting the road and economically almost unjustified technology term wind turbine services. about two decades, after which huge blades. they don’t even dispose of them, they bury them, that is, as nature says, europeans don’t have to pay for expensive electricity at all. he will pay for the investment will. well, almost never. so he's going to pay for the environmental impact today of these burnt-out forests, and he's going to pay later for the uh disposal of all that junk. even in a country that seems ready to go to any lengths to fit into the green agenda in germany, a group of deputies from the federal state, brandenburg, is trying to save 370 hectares of healthy forest in the northeast of the country , but whose news the construction of the so-called solar park is planned. under it, trees have already begun to be cut down, on whi

fires are also burning on the islands of corfu and evia as well as rhodes.rfu as fires burn there. greece has been sweltering under a lengthy spell of extreme heat with daily temperatures well above a0 degrees.

extreme weather conditions in greece have fuelled more wildfires on the islands of rhodes, corfu, and eviaires impacting the mainland. this footage was filmed on the island of corfu on monday. more than 2,000 people have been evacuated from there. the island of rhodes is affected and the country's capital, athens, is under threat, as fires rage to the east and south—west. it's peak tourist season in greece and there's been a major impact on travel. tui has become the latest travel company to cancel flights to rhodes. as tourists try to leave, residents are left behind. their livelihoods rely on business from foreign visitors. 0ur correspondentjenny hill has been speaking with them. it seems like a miracle no—one was hurt. fire swept through this resort. not much left behind. those were once water skis. so much of this island still looks... ..well, idyllic. and then you take a few steps and you come across a scene... ..well, like this. it's still smouldering. that, of course, was someone's livelihood, completely destroyed. this is where there were sunbeds just a few days ago. it wasn't just

winds birch childbirth, corfu will burn, and the background will burn coristo with the mantra lutra evia tons of water in 14 seconds, but the government would rather burn the whole of greece than ask the planes that helped us earlier that the fires in greece cannot be put out without russian planes. amphibian, be-200 has already been spoken by the former minister of national defense of greece panas kamenos. he literally urged to bow his head and ask for help, but the ministry of foreign affairs will wet the attack, because athens is a hostage of economic subsidies from brussels if athens withdraws at least uh, in some way, that natural brussels then all the huge economic assistance that e berlin and brussels turns out to be in greece that external economic management will be curtailed. uh, has deprived hail of any sovereignty, that is, without the sanction, in fact, without the permission of the approval of brussels and the eu, greece cannot take any serious political decisions. but this is if, contrary to the policy of the west, and when, in unison, the foreign ministry literally sings

evacuation due to fires continues in the neighboring islands of corfu and evia. local residents and tourists are being taken away by sea and by land. the local police are informed that the fires started on july 17 due to high air temperature and are currently reaching 40 ° c due to the heat. fires also continue on the island of crete in the south, as well as turkey and italian sicily and palermo. read more about the situation . in greece we are talking with the consular advisor of the embassy of ukraine in greece oleksandr kravchenko joins us oleksandr good night to you but before we start there is an update on the air map sumy has joined zaporozhye's kharkiv region. you see, the situation is changing dynamically. well , crimea and luhansk are traditionally red. so let's go back to oleksandr oleksandr about the situation . first of all, what worries us is ukrainians in greece. territory of e-e good night e-e already the 12th day already 12 days in extreme conditions of heat and strong wind greece is constantly fighting dozens of forest fires almost throughout the territory, currently 82 cent

theories in 2021, just a month and a half after the devastating fires, the authorities of the island of eviaagreed on the construction of wind turbines, where until recently there was a forest , greece is one of the poorest countries in the european union but persistently promoting the road and economically almost unjustified technology , the life of windmills. about two decades, after which huge blades. even they don’t dispose of them, they bury them, that is, and the benefits of nature do not have to be said at all , european ones will pay. yes, expensive electricity, he will pay for the investment. that's because it will buy a lot of money. well, almost never , which means he will pay for the environmental consequences today for these burnt, uh, forests, and he will pay later for uh, disposal of all this junk to doubt that windmills and solar panels are better than trees. they even started in a country that would be ready to go to any absurdity, just to fit into the green agenda in germany, a group of deputies of the federal state, brandenburg. it is trying to save 370 hectares of healthy

fires have broken out on the islands of corfu and evia but the biggest evacuation order has been on rhodeshomes and holiday resorts. tour operators continue to send extra planes to the island to bring stranded tourists home, with travel agency company tui cancelling all flights there until friday. those who live on the island are trying to recover from the devastation — as our correspondent jenny hill reports. and for more, we are joined by benjamin horton. he's the director of the earth observatory of singapore and also actively contributed to the cop—26 conference, including leading a report on managing disaster risks from natural hazards in southeast asia. thank you forjoining us. greece is currently in the headlines, we have had a number of extreme weather incidents around the world recently. you are currently in indonesia, trying to make an agreement with the government to be more transparent. ourasian transparent. our asian governments in transparent. ourasian governments in your view starting to tackle this issue in practical and achievable ways? the first thing that i would like to

evacuation orders have also been issued in corfu and evia. louisa pilbeam reports.ts gone, this is all that's left on some beaches in rhodes. for a holiday island, it's greek livelihoods that have gone up in flames. in the restaurants and bars that remain, greeks are left to pick up the pieces. 0ur houses maybe not to be there tomorrow, maybe now we are on fire, we don't know what to do. it's very, very bad, the situation. we need help. send us help from everywhere. but wildfires aren't uncommon in greece. this bar owner is ready to rebuild. eh, we lost the business. we have good health, _ and we are hopeful to fix it again. fires still rage in the south—east of the island, and corfu has seen blazes too. another popular tourist island, crete, is on alert. thousands of british tourists are still at rhodes airport. more than 2,000 have been flown home, but many are still stuck. we've had to pay to come home, so i want that money refunded, and i want an explanation. i've had no texts, no nothing from them. where are they? the only help that we have had through this who

the islands of rhodes, corfu and evia have been worst hit. parts of the mainland are on high alert.s of thousands of locals and tourists have been evacuated. the european union has sent firefighter reinforcements to help. from lindos, our correspondent jenny hill sent this report. it seems like a miracle no—one was hurt. fire swept through this resort. not much left behind. those were once water skis. so much of this island still looks... ..well, idyllic. and then you take a few steps and you come across a scene... ..well, like this. it's still smouldering. that, of course, was someone�*s livelihood, completely destroyed. this is where there were sunbeds just a few days ago. it wasn't just tourists who scrambled to safety. i was crying. it was making me feel terrible. edisa and herfamily, who all work in the hotels here, had to get out, too. when we met them, they'd only just learned their house had survived the fire. for the tourists, it was a really terrifying and bad experience, but for us, i think it's worse, because we live here. everything is burned. not everything. this hotel

there is no end. >> reporter: and on the island of evia, a plane had just dropped water onto flames,crashed into a hillside, bursting into flames, killing both airmen. back in phoenix, as the concrete bakes, the concern grows over an effect known as the urban heat island. so much concrete and asphalt asorbing and retaining heat, it prevents the city from cooling overnight. and it's gotten worse over time. in july of 1993, the average low temperature was 81 degrees. ten years later, it was 87. this july, it's 91. there's a race to cool down rescue animals. many treated for burned paws. the heat is particularly hard on the elderly and the nearly 10,000 in maricopa county without homes, like 58-year-old jim workman, a u.s. army veteran who says he's lived on the streets for 20 years. >> it's 102 degrees at 1:00 in the morning, and it's still getting hotter. >> reporter: a new study by a group of international scientists finds extreme heat swells now burning much of the u.s. and southern europe would be virtually impossible without climate change. norah. >> nicole sganga, thank you very

we start in greece where an air force plane helping fight wildfires on the island of evia has crashed

fires have broken out on the islands of corfu and evia but the biggest evacuation order has been on rhodesto flee homes and holiday resorts. tour operators continue to send extra planes to the island to bring stranded tourists home, with travel agency company tui cancelling all flights there until friday. those who live on the island are trying to recover from the devastation, as our correspondent jenny hill reports. it seems like a miracle no—one was hurt. fire swept through this resort. not much left behind. those were once water skis. so much of this island still looks... ..well, idyllic. and then you take a few steps and you come across a scene... ..well, like this. it's still smouldering. that, of course, was someone's livelihood, completely destroyed. this is where there were sunbeds just a few days ago. it wasn't just tourists who scrambled to safety. i was crying. it was making me feel terrible. edisa and herfamily, who all work in the hotels here, had to get out, too. when we met them, they'd only just learned their house had survived the fire. for the tourists, it was a really te

fires are also burning on the islands of corfu and evia.orfu as fires burn there. greece has been sweltering under a lengthy spell of extreme heat, with daily temperatures well above 40 degrees. with the very latest here's our reporter azadeh moshiri. i am outside the village of masari and you can see behind me there's some charred trees. this is localised in southern roads. this is localised in southern roads. this is localised in southern roads. this is what is difficult for fire fighters to respond to, water bombers have come here several times and that fire truck is clearly trying to respond. the weather conditions are difficult. the winds have been fanning the flames. they were not so close before but are now. rememberthis were not so close before but are now. remember this is southern roads, officials say this is localised. these fires are affected less than 10% of hotels. but this is why the greek prime minister and officials have been saying there will be a hard time for the next few days. the difficulty fire fighters are having is

authorities say the outlook is improving for firefighters on the islands of rhodes, corfu and evia. 0urng us the latest from rhodes. itruffle our correspondent has been giving us the latest from rhodes.— the latest from rhodes. wee been told around _ the latest from rhodes. wee been told around 50 _ the latest from rhodes. wee been told around 50 new _ the latest from rhodes. wee been told around 50 new fires _ the latest from rhodes. wee been told around 50 new fires have - the latest from rhodes. wee been i told around 50 new fires have broken out, and although the situation is improving in general, firefighters, quite a large crew of firefighters is still hard at work here on rhodes and also on corfu and in the peloponnese tackling these blazes. some of them are new and some of them flare—ups of old fires because them flare—ups of old fires because the ground is still smouldering in many places in these forest areas and it doesn't take much for a spark to fly in these very windy conditions we have been seeing over the last few days and set off new blazes. so people here still very muc

make such comparisons out of love for theories conspiracy in 2021, the authorities of the island of eviath and a half after the devastating fires, agreed on the construction of wind turbines, where until recently there was a forest, greece is one of the poorest countries in the european union , but persistently promoting the road and economically almost unjustified technology , the service life of windmills. about two decades, after which huge blades. they don’t even dispose of them, they bury them, that is, and the benefit of nature does not have to be said at all , the european will pay. for expensive electricity he will pay for the investment, because it costs huge money will be bought. well, almost never, which means he will pay for the environmental consequences today for these burnt, uh, forests, and he will later pay for the uh disposal of all this junk , even in a country that would seem to doubt that solar panels are better than trees ready to go to any absurdity, just to fit into the green agenda in germany, a group of deputies of the federal land, brandenburg. tries to save 37

authorities say the outlook is improving for firefighters on the islands of rhodes, corfu and evia. 0urbell has been giving us the latest from rhodes. we have been told that around 50 fires, new fires have broken out, and although this situation is improving in general, firefighters, quite a large crew of firefighters is still hard at work here on rhodes, and also on corfu and the peloponnese, tackling these places, some of them new fires, some of them flare—ups of old fires, because you have to imagine that the ground is still smouldering in many places in these forest areas. it doesn't take much for a spark to fly in these very windy conditions that we have been seeing over the last few days, and set off new blazes. people here still very much on high alert but also beginning to count the cost of the fires that have ravaged parts of this island. we have been told that 50,000 olive trees were destroyed here, and around 2,500 animals and beehives destroyed. to west africa, where niger is grappling with the aftermath of a military coup. niger's democratically elected president, mohamed b

birch rhodes is on fire corfu is on fire, and the background is burning coristo with luther's mantra eviater in 14 seconds, but the government is better burn the whole of greece than ask the planes that helped us earlier that the fires in greece cannot be extinguished without russian amphibious aircraft. the be-200 has already been spoken by the former minister of national defense of greece panas kamenos. he literally urged to bow his head and ask for help, but the nurses will wet the attack, because athens is a hostage of economic subsidies from brussels, if athens withdraws at least uh, in some way, that natural brussels, then all the huge economic assistance that u berlin and brussels is provided greece will be rolled up namely external economic management. e, deprived the press of any sovereignty, that is, without the sanction, in fact, the demons of the permission of the approval of brussels and the eu, greece cannot make any serious political decisions. well, this is if it is contrary to the policy of the west. and when the mitzatake literally sings in unison, well, he said that he

. >> reporter: we were with firefighters near evia, greece's second-largest island, racing to stop the flames feeding on these hills. it's never-ending work and it's been going on for a better part of a week here and this appears to be one of the lines of fire that has been burning. this afternoon they've been able to get ahead of it. you see that white smoke there, but it seems whenever they put one fire out, another one flares back up. officials say the evacuation effort is the largest operation of its kind in the country's history. david, night has fallen here in greece, and you can see the flames in the distance still burning, threatening this small village that we are in. the hot, dry, windy conditions are expected to persist, meaning this could be another sleepless night for firefighters. david? >> david: marcus moore with the situation there in greece tonight. marcus, thank you. >>> meantime, back here in the u.s. tonight, and to the scene at the southern border. the justice department just a short time ago now suing texas after governor greg abbott refused to remove a 1,000-foo