shock and disbelief in gran canaria these villages were forced out of their homes as large wildfires burn out of control across the spanish island they started spreading across mountainous areas on saturday as high temperatures strong winds and low humidity fuel the flames this headline reads the unstoppable catastrophe that they told me i had to move accommodation and to get out immediately because the fire and especially the smoke was descending it was so so hot. i think the risk youth team saved me because i did exactly what they told me on the one hand it's good news because they contain the fire in the town on the other hand it's bad news because of the disaster that is happening. one of the biggest deployments of firefighters in recent spanish history is under way a crew of 1000 is working around the clock to control the fires the flames as high as 50 meters have made their jobs harder was really got preventing water dropping planes from operating in some areas. the fire is still beyond our extinguishing capabilities when the weather conditions start to change that's when we ca

shock and disbelief in gran canaria these villages were forced out of their homes as large wildfires burn out of control across the spanish island they started spreading across mountainous areas on saturday as high temperatures strong winds and low humidity fuel the flames this headline reads the unstoppable catastrophe that oh they told me i had to move accommodation and to get out immediately because the fire and especially the smoke was descending it was so so hot. when i think the risk you team saved me because i did exactly what they told me on the one hand it's good news because they contain the fire in the town on the other hand it's bad news because of the disaster that is happening. one of the biggest deployments of firefighters in recent spanish history is under way a crew of 1000 is working around the clock to control the fires the flames as high as 50 me says have made their jobs harder. then go preventing water dropping planes from operating in some areas. the fire is still beyond our extinguishing capabilities when the weather conditions start to change that's when we c

us from his home in the capital, las palmas de gran canaria, via webcam now.he island‘s bedrock. that is 60 kilometres away. so this is a problem affecting rural areas and is not really of concern to people coming to stay on the island as a tourist. today in the capital, the soundtrack to my working day has been planes flying overhead. there we re been planes flying overhead. there were 1a planes trying to put out the fire. the third one is proving the most resistant. obviously we are very concerned that it‘s affecting locals more than tourist. in terms of trying to control it, what effo rts of trying to control it, what efforts are being made? we are requesting help from the mainland. we are 1700 kilometres away from the spanish mainland. the military are helping, we have 700 firefighters on the ground trying to combat it. the fa ct the ground trying to combat it. the fact it‘s a caring and mountainous areas is proving very difficult to put it out and they are not giving a time, an estimate when they think it will be fully extinguished. we are showing some pi

the wildfire is sweeping across the popular holiday destination, gran canaria. mountainous region close to the town of tejeda. we are facing a fire that has not stabilised or controlled. if i has two planks on the left and right side, meaning it has a head and a tail. it is a raging fire that is seriously affecting the island. firefighting resources have been sentin firefighting resources have been sent in by boat and water bombers fly above, as crews work around the clock to douse the flames. nobody is reported to have been heard, and authorities hope it will stay that way. they have urged everybody left on the island to remain vigilant and stay alert. spain says a rescue ship stranded off the italian island of lampedusa can take the migrants on board to a spanish port closer to italy, such as palma de mallorca or menorca. the offer came after the charity open arms, which operates the ship, rejected an offer to take them to southern spain, saying conditions on board were now so bad, the voyage would be too long. here's leigh milner. crying and screaming. chaos

raging out of control and devouring parts of gran canaria, the wildfires are so fierce, thousands ofhe evolution of the fire but it doesn't mean at all that the fire will be extinguished in the next 48 hours. unfortunately, a fire like this has several stages and it will last several days but it's evident we are in a critical situation. authorities have called the fires an unprecedented environmental tragedy. they've been burning since saturday and advancing on two fronts in a mountainous area of the island. around 1,000 firefighters including 200 from the military along with more than a dozen planes and helicopters are fighting the blaze but theirjob is being made more difficult because of a dangerous combination of high temperatures, strong winds and low humidity. translation: they told me i had to move accommodation and get out immediately because the fire and especially the smoke was descending and it was so, so hot. so far, the tourist hotspots along the coast have been spared but the fire is tearing through some of the island's unesco biosphere reserve and a previously untouche

well in all the stories are following firefighters on the spanish holiday island of gran canaria say they are making progress battling a series of huge wildfires that are forced 9000 people to evacuate their homes where wind is now dropped and some residents will be allowed to return home but it's our hierarchs reports the fires are causing major environmental concerns. shock and disbelief in gran canaria these villages were forced out of their homes as large wildfires burn out of control across the spanish ireland they started spreading across mountainous areas on saturday as high temperatures strong winds and low humidity fuel the flames this headline reads the unstoppable catastrophe that only they told me i had to move accommodation and to get out immediately because the fire and especially the smoke was descending it was so so hot. i think the risk you team saved me because i did exactly what they told me on the one hand it's good news because they contain the fire in the town on the other hand it's bad news because of the disaster that is happening. one of the biggest deploymen

gran canaria in the canary islands is popular with tourists millions visit air. every year to enjoy its mountains and beaches more the spanish government has assured them the wildfires are only confined to higher grounds environmentalist concerns that spain could lose some of its most important nature reserves so to hide it. a man has been shot dead by brazilian security forces in rio de janeiro after he hijacked a commuter bus or than 30 people were on board the bus which was stopped on the. bay bridge for over 4 hours according to passengers on the bus the hijacker threatened to set the vehicle on fire and was armed with a pistol which was later established to be fake hijacker never explained the reasons for his actions which were broadcast live on television. a salvadoran rape victim at the center of a controversial abortion trial has been acquitted of all charges evelyn hernandez was charged with murder after she gave birth to a stillborn baby the case has drawn international criticism of the country's strict anti-abortion laws as catch as her diane reports.

but it is certainly having an impact on the firefighters battling wildfires in gran canaria.hy i will explain later on. also coming up. message in a bottle. the russian letter, thrown into the sea 50 years ago, is finally washed ashore. hello everyone, this is afternoon live. downing street has confirmed that rules allowing eu nationals to live and work freely in the uk will end immediately, in the event of a no deal brexit at the end of october. government sources said borisjohnson and the home secretary, priti patel, would pursue a tougher approach to ‘freedom of movement‘ than their predecessors. under theresa may, two options were being considered for eu citizens, wishing to come to the uk after october 31, if there's no deal. one was for freedom of movement to continue untiljanuary 2021 so eu citizens could come and work here until that point. the second option was for eu citizens to be allowed to stay for three—months, before having to apply if they wanted to stay for longer, for up to three years. with me is our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw. neither of those

wildfires in the spanish island of gran canaria have forced the evacuation of some 4000 people officials say several communities are threatened in all in an area already hit by fire days ago they say strong winds and high temperatures could spark fire from embers from the previous blazes. a spectacular controlled demolition look at that has been carried out in southern england 3 cooling towers at a decommissioned coal fired power station were brought down with explosives and it caught the huge structures have dominated the skyline of the oxford shire town since the 1960 s. in fact they were once voted one of britain's ugliest sites. or people in hong kong have once again filled the streets in the 11th straight weekend of mass pro-democracy protests but this weekend's demonstrations were all about what didn't happen little violence few clashes and no tear gas many in hong kong were holding their breath after a week of escalations marked by violence and 2 days of closures of the airport but today organizers say 1700000 people nearly one quarter of the population turned out to show their mo

a far far on the spanish island of gran canaria has forced evacuation of some 9000 people firefighters are struggling to get that blaze under control as strong winds fanned the flames this is the biggest fire fighting operation ever carried out in the canaries it's a popular tourist destination that sees millions of holiday makers every year. chance wrong machall is in iceland taking part in a climate summit with leaders of nordic countries she company iceland's prime minister on a visit to the stork national park and will visit a geothermal power plant later today. well for the very 1st time german authorities have taken in children born to former fighters of so-called islamic state the children were living in a refugee camp in syria in june a german court ruled that the country must take in children with german citizenship . departure for germany for children are traveling to the country of their parents who had once joined the so-called islamic state and died now for the 1st time and after tough negotiations with the kurdish head of ministration the german government is repatriating

more than a 1000 hectares of land have been devastated by fire and the spanish island of gran canaria around 400 residents and holiday makers were evacuated emergency services are battling to get the blaze under control. to hong kong now where police have again used tear gas in clashes with demonstrators it's the 10th weekend of increasingly violent protests in the territory the protests began an opposition to a law that would have allowed extradition to china but it says expanded into calls for more democracy and greater autonomy from the mainland and now it's not just the protesters and police who are on the front line workers from hong kong social services are also mobilizing. hong kong social workers preparing for a demonstration. they work his volunteers at the weekend protests i've met someone who watches 11 years old putting on all the years in a frontlines oh i think actually it's a lot lot only the 4 years. as an adult we should do something we should come out and protect the social workers help demonstrators and affected passers by alike with anything from the ministering i

wildfires are raging across the spanish island of gran canaria authorities have moved about $8000.00 people to safety since the places broke out on saturday hundreds of firefighters more than a dozen planes and helicopters are battling the flames emergency services of war the situation is very serious the fires remain out of control. and french president emanuel macro's hosting a rare bilateral visits to a major e.u. now the russian president vladimir putin and president putin arrived at present map for a summer retreat some francis' mediterranean coast the visit is part of mr macro's attempt to improve relations at a time of heightened tension between the russian and western eastern ukraine is a eugenics one seeks to trespass on to end the conflict and the meeting comes just days before mr natural world leaders of the g. 7 summit which was the g 8 before russia was excluded for forcings in crimea from ukraine. let's get more on this from c.w. correspondent emily sherman in moscow welcome emily how important is this matey. well russian state t.v. has been calling this a historical me

the world more than 1000 hectares of land have been destroyed by a fire on the spanish island of gran canaria around 400 residents and holiday makers have been evacuated from the area. emergency services officials say at least 154 people have been killed in severe monsoon driven flooding in india more than 1000000 people have been displaced or evacuated as water caused severe damage in homes and infrastructure the military has been deployed in the worst hit areas. and hong kong police have used tear gas as new clashes with protesters broke out across the city police a protest as ignored warnings to leave and hold bricks at offices before they responded by firing the gas it's the 10th consecutive weekend of increasingly violent clashes in the territory the demonstrations began in opposition to a law that would have permitted extradition to china and expanded into calls for more democracy and greater autonomy from the mainland. phoebe kong is in hong kong she joins me now phebe hi what's been happening where you are. stating outside police stations off home call for the whole day and today post

now at some of the other stories making news around the world wildfires on the spanish island of gran canaria have forced the evacuation of some 4000 people officials say several communities are threatened in a region already hit by fires some days ago they say strong winds and high temperatures could spark fire from embers from the previous blazes. as spectacular controlled demolition has been carried out in southern england 3 cooling towers at a decommissioned coal fired power station were brought down with explosives in did cut the huge structures have dominated the skyline of the oxfordshire town since the 19th sixty's they once boasted one of britain's ugliest sides. now what you see behind may no longer exists it's iceland's 1st place the a loss to global warming today the country's marking its disappearance opening a move morial the uk close to cap the capital reykjavik the satellite images taken in 1806 show large amounts of snow around the ark volcano today there's almost nothing left of it. to glacier is of iceland as seen from the air for years regnier axelson has been photographin

and wildfires on the spanish island of gran canaria have forced the evacuation of some 4000 people officials say several communities are threatened in a region already hit by fire just days ago they say strong winds and high temperatures could spark fire from embers from the previous blazes. in afghanistan the so-called islamic state is claiming responsibility for a deadly suicide attack at a wedding party in the capital kabul funerals are being held for the victims the attack left more than 60 people dead and dozens more injured many of the victims were women and children the explosions took place as more than a 1000 guests were celebrating a marriage in a shiite neighborhood of the city. islamic state considers muslim shiites to be heretics and has targeted them in many attacks in the past. couples huge wedding halls are centers of community life but the grand design and decor of this one belie the carnage of the attack the death toll detailed in part by what many of the victims left behind. throughout the night ambulances ferried the injured for treatment outside of a nearby hospital rela

more than a 1000 hectares of land has been devastated by fire on the spanish on and of gran canaria around 400 residents and holidaymakers were evacuated from the area emergency services are battling to get the situation under control. and to yemen now where saudi led coalition has launched airstrikes on southern separatists in aden after the separatists effectively took took over the port city the un says up to 40 people died in that fighting the coalition's calling the separatists action a coup and blaming the united arab emirates until now the u.s. had sided with saudi arabia in the fully a conflict it's a development that's apparently split the 2 middle east allies. fighters seeking independence from yemen south take control of the presidential palace the separatists backed by the united arab emirates claim they seized the compound without a fight. since 2014 they have been part of the saudi led military coalition fighting the who the rebels now the allies have turned on each other adding a further fault lines to the conflict tearing yemen apart but a lot of them got it all today we ac

pact with russia that banned all land based missiles a raging wildfire on the spanish island of gran canaria has forced thousands of people to flee some 1000 firefighters are struggling to get the blazes under control it is the biggest fire fighting operation ever carried out on the canary islands it's the 3rd well file since last week more than 1000 firefighters and soldiers are on shift work night and day to try and control a place in some areas flames from the fires reach 50 meters into the sky making new she drops from across the difficult work is now concentrated on keeping the outer limits of the fires contained so they don't reach an area as. mine you know from today and tomorrow are decisive then we'll know whether the fires are under control that doesn't mean they'll be out yet fires like these can last for days or even what are you of the several villages were evacuated as a precaution during the night and early hours of the morning around 9000 people left their homes they're staying with relatives or in emergency shelters. now there waiting for permission to return home to your gr

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we will be live in gran canaria as officials say a wildfire there is out of control.o for a thousand people have fled their homes. that is ahead on bbc news, now it is time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. headway, the brain injury charity, urges cricket to change it's rules on concussion after steve smith's injury. striking back tonight — how wolves will face a tougher united than the one they played last season. and why player welfare is at the heart of bolton's cancellation of tomorrow's fixture. also coming up in the programme: forget the new camp and the etihad, why fifa's goal of the it may have come clifton ladies. and putting friendship aside for getting to the tokyo olympics. it would be a dream thatis tokyo olympics. it would be a dream that is there to take. yes, steve smith a major doubt for the third test and today the brain injury charity headway urged the sport to introuce a compulsory period out for any player following a concussion injury. smith was struck by a bouncer travelling at 92 mph in the second test on saturday, but was cleared

emergency services of moved about a 1000 people from their homes as a wildfire on the canary island of gran canaria spreads and it's been burning since saturday it has so far charred about 1000 hectares of land and wildfires also threatening homes on the southern greek island of elephant sauce people were moved from a tourist camp and nearby houses on saturday strong winds and high temperatures of help dozens of fires broke out across greece since friday of the venezuelan president nicolas maduro has rallied to hundreds of supporters with an upbeat message of defiance against u.s. sanctions but his critics say it will do little to help people with severe shortages of essential goods was living on an island once dubbed the paradise reportedly trying to survive on just a few cents a month. it's as tourism reports many on the island of course are finding it hard to feed their families. the island of toss in the lake of magic i was in northwest venezuela was once a tourist destination. now its residents are struggling and people like pina are trying to help out we went with him to. house her brother ge

hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes on the spanish island of gran canaria due to of over 32 degrees celsius are hampering efforts to put out the blaze, which covers 10 square kilometres. a 50—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of starting the fire. the conservative candidate in guatemala's presidential election, alejandro giammattei, has claimed victory over his centre left rival, former first lady sandra torres. early results showed that mr giammattei, a former prisons minister, had taken nearly 60% of the vote. but turnout has been low. with the vote count over, it didn't ta ke very with the vote count over, it didn't take very long to establish was the winner. mainly because they were not many winner. mainly because they were not ma ny votes winner. mainly because they were not many votes to count, turnout was very low, 30% or less. those who did turn out to voted for the right—wing candidate, alejandro giammattei. he was the prisons minister and this is the fourth time he has stood for president. he will take over from the outgoing president, jimmy mo

hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes on the spanish island of gran canaria due toperatures of over thirty two degrees celsius are hampering efforts to put out the blaze, which covers ten square kilometres. a fifty—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of starting the fire. polls have closed in guatemala's presidential run—off election, where voters have been choosing between the centre—left former first lady, sandra torres, and the right—wing candidate alejandro giammattei. early indications suggest that mr giammattei is in the lead with nearly sixty per cent of the vote. i knew trading week begins in london. the british pound sterling is under constant pressure from the brexit uncertainty. on friday it hit a two—year low against the dollar — and there are even those who say it could reach parity with the greenback, should the uk leave the eu without a deal. david buik, market commentator from core spreadsjoins me now. you have been a city veteran, the pound under a lot of pressure. it is seen pound under a lot of pressure. it is seen as pound under a lot of

wildfires have contiued to rage on the spanish island of gran canaria.ced hundreds of locals and tourists to be evacuated from the area. a 55—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of starting the fires. labour has called for a review into grouse shooting — questioning its impact on the environment. the four—month grouse shooting season starts today — known as the glorious twelfth. shooters will be heading to moors in scotland and northern england. a scottish government review is already under way. lorna gordon is in angus now. campaigners who want to see an end to grouse shooting say there's nothing glorious about the 12th. estates like this say they work hard to maintain this landscape while at the same time bringing in money and jobs to relatively isolated parts of the country. now, labour is calling for a complete review of the sport under review in scotland is already under review in scotland is already under way. the first shoot of the season, in the angus glens. across the country hundreds of thousands of acres of moorland are actively manage

hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes on the spanish island of gran canaria due toand temperatures of over 32 degrees celsius are hampering efforts to put out the blaze, which covers ten square kilometres. a 50—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of starting the fire. floods have killed almost 150 people in southern india. nearly half the deaths happened in the southern state of kerala, where continuing heavy rain and landslides have also forced more than 100,000 people to take shelter in relief camps. 0ur reporter dipti batini is in kerala with the latest. here in this district, what we see in this relief camp is that most have shifted. about 150 people have lived in this relief camp, and they all belong to one village. and they are mostly all belong to one village. and they a re mostly essentially all belong to one village. and they are mostly essentially agricultural labourers, who work in the fields, and work as agricultural labourers. we have been speaking to some of them and most of them have been telling me that their houses have been washed away due

least 2000 people to leave their homes or than 250 firefighters working to tackle the blazes on gran canaria government says they began on saturday and could spread to at least 6 towns around 700 hectares have been burned forcing the closure of 11 roads spanish and it was hit by another devastating fire last week now 2 kayakers have narron e avoided being killed off to a glassy a collapsed in southern alaska this remarkable video here shows the moment part of the suspense a glass caved in just over a week ago now the collapse created a huge wave across the spencer lake which sent the kayak is fleeing as fast as they could bought the pen managed to escape with no injuries despite one of them being hit in the ribs with a piece of flying ice. meanwhile in iceland a pack has been unveiled to remember the 1st of the country's $400.00 glasses to be lost to climate change the okey doke last year used to cover 15 square kilometers of mountainside it was 50 meters thick now it's barely one square kilometer 2014 it was officially declared dead the memorial bears the inscription elected to the future w

hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes on the spanish island of gran canaria due tod and temperatures of over 32 degrees celsius are hampering efforts to put out the blaze, which covers 10 square kilometres. a 50—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of starting the fire. manchester united's first premier league game of the season has ended with a resounding 4—0 victory over chelsea. two goals from marcus rashford made it a miserable debut for chelsea manager frank lampard stop full details in sport today, in about 25 minutes. and the focus on this football match was a bit different. this is taking place at a festival in belarus. this is "swamp soccer," a tournament where the pitch is all mud. and the players are covered in it. the tournament attracted 2a teams from across belarus, all of them doing itjust for the love of the game. and even though it was played in a sporting spirit, everyone had to admit it was a bit of a dirty game. donald trump has been accused of promoting unfounded conspiracy theories about the apparent suicide ofjeffrey epstein. the us pre

2000 people to leave their homes more than 250 firefighters of working to tackle the blazes on gran canaria regional government says they began on saturday and could spread to at least 6 towns around 700 hectares have been burnt forcing the closure of 11 roads spanish island was hit by another devastating fire last week. migrants have attempted to swim ashore from the open arms rescue ship anchored off the coast of italy 4 men in life jackets made a break for the coast before being chased down by crewmembers italy won't let the rescue ship dock and the captain has turned down an offer from spain because of what he's calling an emergency situation on board the ship is carrying 107 people rescued from the mediterranean mainly from africa. a transitional government is expected to be formed in sudan in the coming days it follows the signing of an historic power sharing agreement between the military and the opposition but while the civilians have been celebrating a new democratic future the possibility of one there are many political challenges still ahead have a morgan reports now from khartou

hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes on the spanish island of gran canaria due tof over thirty two degrees celsius are hampering efforts to put out the blaze, which covers ten square kilometres. a 50—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of starting the fire. ukraine has described a visit by russia's president, vladimir putin, to the annexed crimean peninsula, as a "blatant violation of ukraine's sovereignty". mr putin, was the guest of honour of a right—wing nationalist bikers' group. crimea was annexed from ukraine by russia in 2014, violating international law. ramzan karmali reports. it's an image that the russian president likes to portray. vladimir putin dressed in leathers, writing a russian—made motorcycle, leading a convoy of bikers. but this bike ride has rolled ross a's neighbour ukraine. mr putin was attending the shutter available on international bike show. it was taking place near the crimean city of sevastopol. crimea was an act from ukraine by russia in 2014, violating international law. but the president was more focused on heaping praise on

wildfires on the spanish island of gran canaria have forced some 4000 people to be evacuated from their homes officials say a number of communities are threatened in an area hit by the fire they say tackling new blazes is being complicated by a combination of high temperatures strong winds and low humidity. now the iranian oil tanker seized off the british territory of drawl to house set sail after a court there released at the greece one was held on suspicion of smuggling oil to syria that contrary to e.u. sanctions has been renamed eatery and darya one and as raised in a rain in flight before it sets as expected that tehran will now release a british flag tanker that it sees in retaliation there is more. to life 4th moments that further inflame to the west's tensions with iran british royal marines and gibraltar officials seize a tanker carrying iranian oil accusing it of plans to deliver its cargo to syria they halted the ship off of the coast of gibraltar the british territory located on spain's southern tip 2 weeks later iran responded in kind it also seized a ship a british tanker

around 9,000 people have now been evacuated from their homes, on the spanish island of gran canaria,for more than a week, advancing on two fronts in a mountainous area. officials have described the fires as causing "an unprecedented environmental tragedy". three years after the measles virus was virtually wiped out in the uk, the world health 0rganization says it's back, and has removed the country's "measles—free" status. last year there were almost 1,000 cases in england and wales, three times as many as the previous year. the disease can be stopped through two doses of the mmr vaccine, but immunisation rates have been falling. stay with us on bbc news — still to come on the briefing: he won't take "no" for an answer — how donald trump has hinted he still wants to buy greenland. washington, the world's most political city, is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed i did have a relationship with ms lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa, 97 people have been killed today, in one of the worst days of violence be

it started ina destination gran canaria.t has a head and tail. it is a raging fire and it seriously affecting the island. firefighting resources have been sent in and water bombers fly above as workers tried to fight the finds. nobody is reported to have been hurt and authorities hope it will stay that way. they have urged eve ryo ne will stay that way. they have urged everyone left on the island to remain vigilant and stay alert. canada has accused the british government of off—loading its responsibilities after it stripped uk citizenship from a muslim convert who fought for the islamic state group. jack letts' father is canadian, which allowed the british government to withdraw his citizenship without making him stateless. he was captured by kurdish forces two years ago and is currently being held in prison in northern syria. audrey macklin is a law professor at the university of toronto, who specialises in citizenship and migration. she gave us her reaction to the uk's decision. think about this question. ifjack letts is

been evacuated, as forest fires devastate a mountainous region, on the spanish holiday island of gran canariaing the blazes. it's the second time residents have had to leave their homes because of forest fires in the last week. in afghanistan, a suicide bomber has killed 63 people at a wedding, and left close to 200 others injured. it happened in the capital kabul, as the country prepares to celebrate independence day. owleya trafi has more. a tragic end to a family celebration. wedding guests are burying the dead. here, 13 friends and families buried in one mass grave. translation: in this attack, i myself lost two family members, my brother and my nephews. you could never imagine that such an incident could happen at a wedding. the feast was abandoned, as people ran for safety. the bombs went offjust as the marriage ceremony was ending. the couple survived, but mirwais, the groom, said he and his wife felt guilty that so many people had died at their wedding. translation: i have lost hope. i've lost my brother and my friends who came tojoin my wedding party. the celebration of independence

one of cyrus there's been more evacuations on the spanish island of gran canaria as a wild fire threatened several towns of already is hard to clear the fire contained on sunday but high winds caused it to flare up again overnights more than $200.00 firefighters are battling the blaze as it spreads towards a national park police believe it was started by someone using welding equipment and have arrested one man. south korea has dropped from its trade white list as a rift between the 2 countries deepens their big protests and so after tokyo removed it from its own preferential list that followed the tightening of for strictures on south korea by japan on crucial exports of high tech materials the moves been seen as retaliation for a south korean court ruling ordering japanese firms to pay for forced labor during world war $2.00. it's one of the world's most endangered species but the mountain gorillas of central africa are making a slow and fragile return from the brink of extinction stephanie tucker reports from the mountains in rwanda the center of the conservation efforts what you didn't

high temperatures and strong winds are hampering efforts to tackle massive wildfires on gran canariao put out the fire, with thousands of residents evacuated. let's speak now to alex bramwell, a british expat living in the island's capital, las palmas. i'm assuming you are safe and sound and yourfamily is as i'm assuming you are safe and sound and your family is as well? yes, i'm living where most people on the island live, down on the coast, so we are a long way from the fire. perfectly safe. what have you seen? what can you tell us? this particular fire started two days ago with a huge column of smoke and it started on a weekend when it was particularly hot. 40 degrees, winds gusting up to 80 kilometres an hour and itjust got out of control. it was unviable, basically. it's been going for 48 hours. yesterday afternoon, or the day before, it was burning for three days. 0vernight, we seem to have had some news. we went to bed worried that the fire was going to keep advancing but it does seem from the last information we have that it slowed down overnight. we had a lot of hope. we wil

around 9,000 people have been evacuated from their homes, on the spanish island of gran canaria, becauses area. in some places, the flames have been so high, aircraft have been unable to fly, to drop water. officials have described the fires as causing "an unprecedented environmental tragedy". a leading consultant is claiming that the failure by doctors to identify and treat a rare spinal condition, is costing condition is costing the nhs hundreds of millions of pounds a year. cauda equina syndrome requires specialist surgery within 2a hours to avoid severe damage to a patient‘s organs and lower limbs. missing it can mean huge complications. here's our legal correspondent, clive coleman. i picked my bag up and something happened in my back, it was excruciatingly painful. i had never even heard of cauda equina syndrome. i didn't know there was a ticking clock above my head. i woke up a couple of hours later struggling to move my legs, with numbness and pins and needles, and eventually unable to urinate. i'm catriona and nine years ago i picked up a bag and damaged the nerves in my back. m

around 9,000 people have now been evacuated from their homes on the spanish island of gran canaria because a mountainous area. officials have described the fires as causing an unprecedented environmental tragedy. three years after the measles virus was wiped out in the uk, the world health organization says it is back, it has removed the uk's measles free status. last year there were three times as many as the previous year. the disease can be stopped through two doses of the mmr vaccine, but immunisation rates have been falling. prince andrew has attempted to distance himself from his former friend jeffrey epstein, as further questions are raised about his association with the convicted paedophile. a buckingham palace statement says the prince is appalled by new allegations epstein faced of sexual abuse and trafficking in young girls. it is a response to new video that has emerged of the prince at epstein‘s home, after the financier had already served a prison sentence for a sex offence with a child. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has the latest. they are images which will haun

2000 people to leave their homes more than 250 firefighters are working to tackle the blaze on gran canaria the regional government says they began on saturday it could spread to at least 6 times the spanish and it was hit by another devastating fire just last week. our plant has been unveiled in iceland to remember the 1st of its 400 glasses to be lost to climate change or. used to cover 15 square kilometers of mountainside now barely one square kilometer less than 15 meters deep in 2014 it was officially declared dead but now this memorial bears the inscription of a letter to the future warning that all of iceland's glasses are expected to disappear in the next 200 years. and 2 kayakers have narrowly avoided being killed after a glassy a collapse this is in southern alaska as the moment part of spencer caved in just over a week ago it creates a huge wave across spencer lake since the fleeing as fast as they could but did escape with no injuries even though one was hit in the ribs by a piece of flying ice. now the woodlands of mexico. have received a large urban parks gold or wart remember

and at least 9000 people have been ordered to leave villages on the spanish holiday island of gran canaria because of a wildfire 16 aircraft and more than a 1000 firefighters are tackling the blaze which has flames as high as 50 meters. hello again the headlines on al jazeera turkey is condemning an airstrike that marilee missed its convoy in the last rebel held province in syria's northern syrian government and russian warplanes have been found in the area in ras syrian forces say they've taken control of a checkpoint to move that would give them access to the strategic town of. sudan's former president ahmed of this year says he received millions of dollars from saudi arabia's royal family during his presidency investigators also told the court the funds were not included in the country's financial records revelation came during his 1st hearing on corruption and bribery charges hong kong's chief executive says she hopes the weekend's nonviolent protests mean the territory is on its way to peace sunday's protest was the calmest in recent weeks almost 2000000 people turned out as the city