tell us what the situation is in greece right now. we still see quite unfortunately, pushed back from the parliament and especially from the conservative new democracy, government on whistleblower protections. why is that? why isn't this something on which everyone can agree? oh, so this the sufficiency of a complex issue, john goose is facing make demons. but political, ethical, judicial, and cultural, i mean the government's proud d, as in producing high volumes of investments and advertising every cover because i mean, well, at least on facebook, the corruption inspection face, in conjunction with an alarm is rising and living expenses, as well as high tech station next to keep people very unhappy. the fact that the market is up, the public sector is one of the largest in ju, replaced the country size. and in my opinion, the most corrupt is enough to be sending you. and, you know, add while its purpose is to secure votes throughout the government of the favorites, and just before the elections, i'm talking about the public sector,

we start in greece with the latest on the wildfires. there is a new evacuation order, this time for a seaside area to the east of athens. helicopters are back up in the air after being grounded overnight for safety reasons. that is as they try to tackle the hundreds of fires with trucks and hundreds of fires with trucks and hundreds of fires with trucks and hundreds of firefighters. european countries are sending help. firefighters, trucks and planes. so far, we know that one person has been killed in these fires. with all of the latest, here isjoe inwood. sometimes, faced with flames reaching up to 25m high, all you can do is stand and watch. but thousands have fled the wildfires that have now reached the outskirts of athens. others, like 64—year—old anna, have decided to try and stay and protect their properties. translation: early in the morning, we were constantly receiving - messages telling us to evacuate. we were terrified. we thought the fire would go elsewhere, but suddenly it came to our homes. we panicked and evacuated then,

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we start in greece with the latest on the wildfires. there is a new evacuation order, this time for a seaside area to the east of athens. helicopters are back up in the air after being grounded overnight for safety reasons. of the live pictures, you can see some of the damage done from this series of wildfires burning around the suburbs of athens. hundreds of firefighters trying to control them. european countries are sending help. firefighters, trucks and planes. so far, we know that one person has been killed in these fires. firefighters have been out battling these different outbreaks to the north east of the capital since sunday. conditions are expected to remain dangerous over the next few days, but a drop in wins does offer some hope. joe inwood reports. sometimes, faced with flames reaching up to 25m high, all you can do is stand and watch. but thousands have fled the wildfires that have now reached the outskirts of athens. others, like 64—year—old anna, have decided to try and stay and protect their properties. translation: earl

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there's also a heat wave at the moment. greece has been having these heat waves all summer as early as june this year. it's something common. we know it every summer in greece, but you know, now that there is extended period where this heat lingers on for, for longer time, for a longer period. and there's dry conditions. we haven't very warm winter, not so much rate, actually very little rate. so all these, all these factors play into a, on the activity and how the fire behaves, which is a, i'm at the moment raging, and it will keep on, according to the fire officials and the mature ologist, the wind is strong and will be strong all day today and might be a bit better tomorrow, but we have to wait and see today is a very difficult way for right depth, difficult day for, for agrees. and people are doing us as i told all they they are leaving when told to leave well, most are, but in the cases there are no, there's police officers and units of the police. the go uh, door by door and they actually ask people to leave or they order them to leave and tell them you have to evacuate. now you

it is another difficult day today for greece, the attic go | today for greece, the attic go region ina. we expect some intense north—easterly winds between six and seven kilometres per hour in terms of the speed. we also have this very dry weather which contributes to the rapid spread of the fire. and the chance of incinerating a wide area. i would say it is a very difficult day and the situation right now in terms of the fire spread and behaviour is externally difficult for controlling.— behaviour is externally difficult for controlling. we'll expecting these? weather _ for controlling. we'll expecting these? weather conditions? i for controlling. we'll expecting l these? weather conditions? we for controlling. we'll expecting - these? weather conditions? we were exectin: these? weather conditions? we were exoecting these _ these? weather conditions? we were expecting these conditions. _ these? weather conditions? we were expecting these conditions. in - these? weather conditions? we were expecting these conditions. in the - expecting these conditions. in the middle of the past week,

wild fires are not uncommon to greece, _ over the years?greece, they - over the years? wild fires are not uncommon to greece, they hit. over the years? wild fires are not | uncommon to greece, they hit the islands as well, i was here last year, hundreds of tourists fleeing from hotel rooms in rhodes. six years ago there was a devastating summer where more than 100 people were killed in a seaside town where the fire consumed homes, cars, people killed as they swam to safety. the temperatures, the hottestjuly on record, what scientists say is that these sorts of conditions, the dry heat, wind, these are what are contributing to these are what are contributing to these wildfires and global warming, climate change, could be contributing to the severity and frequency of these fires. if you speak to people in greece, residents themselves, they say these temperatures, the way they have to live there summers, they say it is not normal. live there summers, they say it is not normal-— not normal. thank you, azadeh moshiri. here in the uk, the latest

the, the, this is the, the news live from the thousands players. wildfires threaten athens, greece asked the european union for help as 5 fighters warm. the places are spreading like lightning bolts of on the program. the leader of a canyon and doing the stay sex goes on trial over the death of hundreds of follow us. he allegedly convinced to stock themselves to that precious president proved him to admit ukrainian forces operating inside his country and orders his army to push back the biggest ukrainian cross for the offensive since the war began. dw is jonathan craig and looks back on the highs and lows of the power of southern takes 2 weeks of high parties for an hour of us. or how will these power stay to be remembered? take a look at the heroes, the iconic sites, and the control offices of a pollution agenda. the i'm feel very welcome to the program. greece has asked for your p and union for help in bossing, while fires were just threatening the capital assets. thousands of people have been moved to safety as firefighters and military personnel using helicopters to tackle the blaze.

let's move on to greece.s near athens, which have encroached on the suburbs of the capital. the body of a woman was discovered on monday in a shop in the town of vrilissia. the blazes now stretch for a0 kilometres. four eu countries are sending firefighters, aircraft and trucks to greece. asjoe inwood reports. sometimes, faced with flames reaching up to 25 metres high, or you can do is stand and watch. but thousands have fled the wildfires, that have now reached the outskirts of athens. 0thers, reached the outskirts of athens. others, like 64—year—old anna, have decided to try and stay and protect their properties. translation ellow their properties. translation yellow early _ their properties. translation yellow early in _ their properties. translation yellow early in the - their properties. translation yellow early in the morning, their properties. translation . yellow early in the morning, we were constantly receiving messages telling us to evacuate, we were terrified, with all the fire would go elsewhere

greece is no stranger to wildfires.ust experienced its hottestjuly on record. we also have this very, very dry fuels, which contribute to the rapid spread of the fire and also they increase the chance of having a spot fire, generating away and quickly expanding wildfire. i would say it is another very difficult day, and the situation right now in terms of the fire spread and the fire behaviour is extremely difficult from the point of view of controlling it. people are continuing to be evacuated from their homes. these scenes were filmed north of the capital as officers tried to bring residents to safety. medics are urging people to be cautious, especially the elderly, pregnant women, young children and those with respiratory or heart problems. high winds have fuelled these flames, and there is no relief forecast from the searing heat over the coming days. thick clouds have been hanging over the ancient acropolis, a city under siege. jessica parker, bbc news, in athens. 0ur europe correspondent jess parker is in athens,

the hottestjuly on record in greece came after a warm winter.ire, and also they increase - the chance of having spot fires generating and very| quickly expanding wildfires. overall, i would say that it's another very difficult day, l and the situation right now in terms of the fire spread and the fire - behaviour is extremely difficult from the point of view - of controlling the fire. the searing heat is set to continue here over the coming days. help is being sent from other countries as greece defends its people and its capital. as we mentioned earlier — this afternoon the sporting heroes of team gb arrived back in london — with thousands at st pancras station there to welcome them. the team managed a haul of 65 medals throughout the course of the games. one of them was a silver belonging to diver tom daley. it'll be his last — with the 30—year—old confirming his retirement from the sport in a bitter—sweet interview with the bbc's meghan owen. why the decision now and how do you feel? it's, yeah... hard to talk about. it's, yeah... hard to tal

the hottest july on record in greece came after a warm winter.fter a warm winter. we also have this very, _ after a warm winter. we also have this very, very - after a warm winter. we also have this very, very dry - after a warm winter. we also have this very, very dry fuell have this very, very dry fuel that contributes to the rapid spread of the fire and also increases the chance of having spot fires and generating quickly expanding wildfires. 0verall quickly expanding wildfires. overall i would say it is another very difficult day and the situation right now in terms of the fire spreading and behaviour is extremely difficult from the point of view of controlling the fire. the searing heat is set to continue here over the coming days. help is being sent from other countries as greece defends its inaudible and its capital. —— people. we've often reported on newsday on how plastic waste is creating problems around the world — particularly in some parts of asia. finding a solution — isn't easy, but a 12 —year—old from new delhi has created her own

the hottestjuly on record in greece came after a warm winter.e this very, - very dry fuels, which contribute to the rapid spread of the fire, and also they increase - the chance of having spot fires generating and very| quickly expanding wildfires. overall, i would say that it's another very difficult day, l and the situation right now in terms of the fire spread and the fire - behaviour is extremely difficult from the point of view - of controlling the fire. the searing heat is set to continue here over the coming days. help is being sent from other countries as greece defends its people and its capital. now, there is anger and grief in greece tonight, including in this region, that this is happening yet again. now, the cause of these places isn't yet known, but we have had an update from the fire service tonight. they say the situation, overall, is improving a little bit. they are no longer tackling one major fire front, but rather lots of individual pockets of fire. but they do say that conditions remain dangerous or potentially new fires, no

it's a general phenomenon in greece and annual fires have become one of greece's biggest problems in the attica region that includes the entire athens metropolitan area in the last eight years, wildfires destroyed more than 700,000 hectares here climate change has increased the risk of wildfires in greece high temperatures, drier forest stronger winds well, goodbye you know, the climate has changed, the temperature has definitely risen. there is no vegetation anywhere. so even the stones are scorching, hot many point the finger at the government expecting more action. >> climate change is a reality, but it's not just the greek reality why have we? the not seeing this in other european capitals, including in our zone are latitude so it's truly something too who consider particularly because we have been the recipients of a lot of eu funds and the question is, where have those gone? cnn's requests to the greek government have not been returned. greece's prime minister told reuters that it is constantly improving devoting almost $2 to tackle fires. >> and he says seven newly board firef

has experienced.— the ones that greece has exerienced. �* ., ~ ., experienced.iri in one of the athens suburb _ experienced. azadeh moshiri in one of the athens suburb is _ experienced. azadeh moshiri in one of the athens suburb is affected, i of the athens suburb is affected, thank you very much. three people have been taken to hospital after a food bank in new zealand unintentionally distributed sweets laced with a potentially lethal amount of methamphetamine. police are trying to trace the sweets, which as many as a00 people may have received as part of food parcels. it's believed criminals may have packaged the drugs as sweets to avoid detection. animal welfare campaigners are warning that more beef and dairy cows could be kept indoors for the whole of their productive lives, amid a rise in so—called "mega—farms". the bbc found more than 915,000 cows are now being housed on large—scale farms, something the group compassion in world farming describes as "deeply concerning". the former british prime minister, liz truss, has walked off stage after becoming the

so of course we had a very cold winter in greece. we had no very little rain and we were all really, really scared about what was going to happen in the summer. so to kind of close this, i think that it's really, really hard to, to, to, to, to deal with these with these fires and finally say the saying, but it's not possible to prepare an adequate response or that i know governments, he's, i'm making, i'm working on that contingency plans, and i think there's always, there's always we can always do better. and i think that the government should have and should, in the future give much more attention to prevention when they did some stuff this year, which was for the 1st time asking people to make sure that they clean their um, their pieces of land from dried up a brush and, and dried leaves, etc, etc. but there should be a much, i think, a really much more engaged approach in managing the forest and the dry, the dr parts of the forest. so a lot of prevention and looking into solutions from other countries that have been to are starti

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

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

greece's interior ministry has allocated more than five million dollars to help the affected areas.eak now to chloe brimicombe, who is heatwave scientist at the wegener centre at university of graz in austria. thank you for coming on the programme. what is going on? what is the reason behind these wildfires? we have seen an area over 1000 metres squared bone in greece this season so far, and we know that conditions like high wind speeds, dry soil conditions and high temperatures are becoming more likely in the region with our changing climate. so this is really a concern, as it is for the world in general, but it isn't something that has been encouraging is we have seen a year—on—year a growing understanding of what the greek government needs to do, and i think we definitely have seen that in this case. �* . we definitely have seen that in this case. ~ ., ., ,., , we definitely have seen that in this case. �* ., ., ,., , case. and what about trends here? how is it looking _ case. and what about trends here? how is it looking over _ case. and what about trends here? how is it looking

the hottestjuly on record in greece came after a warm winter. also they increase the chance - of having spot fires generating and very quickly- expanding wildfires. overall, i would say that it's another very difficult day, l and the situation right now in terms of the fire spreadl and the fire behaviour is extremely difficult i from the point of view of controlling the fire. the searing heat is set to continue here over the coming days. help is being sent from other countries as greece defends its people and its capital. scientists say they have discovered proof that there is a huge reservoir of liquid water on mars. the finding comes after a new analysis of data from a nasa probe, which touched down on the red planet in 2018. but — where the water is located means it may be all but impossible to access. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill reports. the red planet. for years, scientists have searched for the secrets of its watery past. its surface is marked by channels from ancient rivers, but it's now a desert. this latest study has finally

and now greece can also block these negotiations. the question arises, how many years does this continue? 10. 10 years since macedonia is a candidate for membership of the european union. what about her negotiations? nothing, how much longer can this go on? that's another 25. i sincerely wish the macedonians that it ended quickly for them, but i still do not see objective grounds. and what fate awaits ukraine? maybe so. and it's very dangerous, it's true. and it is not... safe not only for our neighbors, but also for us, because i always remind, if we sit like this in front of the doors of the european union, we will conduct negotiations, our neighbors, whether they are poles, whether they are hungarians, or the slovaks, or the romanians, will demand from us something that we cannot do in order not to disturb our public opinion, then in the end the post-war russian influence will increase here, and the majority of society will say, listen, we have been waiting for the european union for 15 years. well , we had a war with russia 15 ye

. >>> from greece tonight, the images coming in. the out of control wildfires burning near athens. tens of thousands of people forced to evacuate. american tourists there to see ancient ruins, witnessing a country in flames. >>> here in the u.s., the major move tonight from president biden. his cancer moonshot. on a personal mission to cut cancer deaths in half. >>> the largest nuclear power plant in the u.s. issuing an alert. >>> on heightened alert tonight as taylor swift plans to resume her tour following that foiled terror plot. >>> and tonight, the first look, a fully reconstructed dinosaur believed to be a new species found here in the u.s., 150 million years old. and you'll see it right here. >>> good evening and it's to have with us here. we do begin tonight with tropical storm ernesto, set to become a hurricane. and just hours now from reaching puerto rico, where the governor has activated the national guard tonight. now warning everyone to shelter inside until the storm passes. at this hour, ernesto is moving with sustained winds of 60 miles an hour, expected to reach pue

greece has experienced its hottest june and july on record., dry weather accompanied by strong winds to fan the flames. shouting. thousands of residents have been told to leave their homes in the region north of athens, including residents of the historic town of marathon, and in nearby varnavas, police go door—to—door to get people out. while many have fled, some can't bear to leave. "my family have all left," yannis says. "but i'm staying nearby so i can keep an eye on my house." the army has also been on hand to help. translation: the| situation is chaotic. 0ur military unit's been here from the beginning and we're trying to help the fire unit and the volunteer teams. we're surrounded by fire here. the night will be very hard. as night falls, fires continue to rage. local farmers coming to terms with the loss of their livelihoods. translation: the front of the fire is really huge and it's _ uncontrollable right now. behind these mountains are all the olive groves, all the olives are burned. hundreds of wildfires have broken out across greec

also, coming up, european union sends help to greece and can come soon enough for firefighters and residents on the outskirts of athens as the plains rage for a 3rd day. the alarm terry martin, good to have you with us. ukraine says it now controls around a 1000 square kilometers of russian territory. keyed surprise offensive is the largest attack on russians foils since the 2nd world war is prompted president vladimir putin to send tank and troop reinforcements to, to the course region where more than a 120000 people have been evacuated. thousands of people moving to say for places as you crane in troops seize control of dozens of russian villages. i was reporting to russian president vladimir putin, the governor of curse set ukraine had widened its area of control on the stage showed image. thoughts of the situation in the cost region is difficult with you understand $28.00 such a minute. so on the enemy control was what somebody said on the, on the best, the best for you. there is no clear front line. and the problem we have is understanding where the enemy combat units on to around a 100

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greece's interior ministry has allocated more than five million dollars to help the affected areas.ho is heatwave scientist at the wegener centre at university of graz in austria. we know that conditions like high wind speeds, dry soil conditions and high temperatures are becoming more likely in the region with our changing climate. so this is really a concern, as it is for the world in general, but something that has been encouraging is that we have seen year—on—year a growing understanding of what the greek government needs to do, and i think we definitely have seen that in this case. and what about trends here? how is it looking over the past few years? we have seen wildfires in the region year—on—year for probably the last ten years now. this year was not really as remarkable as in some of those other years. if we think about the late teens, so if we are thinking about 2017, �*18 and �*19, those were record—breaking fires in greece and also parts of spain and portugal, where we saw historic farmland that had been in families for generations being completely destroyed. this year

name was coming to you live from berlin, emergency crews, and battle wildfires threatening athens. greece asks me european union for help as firefighters warrants of places are spreading like lightning. thousands have been forced to flee to safety. also ahead on the program, us send a battle group to the middle east as fear is grow, that iran accrued attack israel is really defense minister jo, i've go on to says the country is vigilant and prepared to take a look at how events could on the inquiry, richardson, welcome to the show. greece has asked the european union for health and bottling wildfire is a threatening the capital athens. thousands of people have been forced to flee as firefighters and military personnel use helicopters to tackle the blaze. strong winds are fueling the flames and the attic origin. north east of the capital warehouses have caught fire, and hospitals and schools have been closed. firefighters bottle abreast of wild fires as they sweep across forest and suburbs. newest of athens residents also doing that bit to help keep the blaze at bay phenomena. so most of t

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and it's obvious that after greece is all just winter, we are now seeing holidays. greece is record temperatures here, especially in june and july that have contributed to climate change that have created this really that pop. tell me um that is feeding this fire. i think can we expect to see any relief in the coming days, considering officials a warning that hosp the country is at high risk? absolutely, half the country is at high risk because of these high temperatures. and because of gale force winds that show no sign of abating in the next couple of days. so it really comes down to those firefighters on the ground volunteers soldiers. everyone has been mobilized means to be seen. also, the, the government would be calling on obviously, you assistance to come to come in, i think, how does, how about with the latest for grace? thank you very much. authorities in another bus and border region have ordered evacuations over ukraine's cross border incursion. the governor of one district of belgrade has told presidents to print the tags, process as ukrainian troops of advanced by optics, so he'd ki

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

marina despairs that greece goes through this time and again.l responsibility and everything to do with how the government is handling this. and the answer is that it's simply not. it's not handling it. the authorities say their response was rapid in the face of extreme conditions, including drought. down there, you can see the path of the fire as it burned its way to the city of athens, the heat and high winds the perfect conditions to allow the blaze to spread. this is a city that, over decades, has sprawled its way into the hills and forests. unwise, say some, in an area populated with highly flammable pine trees, while countries like greece also grapple with rising temperatures. the whole mediterranean is a hotspot of climate change. we have an estimate that more than 100 square kilometres were burned by this fire during the last two days. i think it is among or maybe the largest wildfire in the greater athens area in the last ten years. as layers of ash blanket the ground, the fire service says there are now no active blazes here, but the w

greece appealed to the eu for help.y, turkey, canada, france and the czech republic. in total, more than 700 firefighters, as well as waterbombing planes and helicopters, have been sent to battle the fires. 0ur correspondentjessica parker is in athens and sent this report. through the dense smoke, they battle a blaze that's reached the outskirts of athens. a path burned from the north and east, towards the greek capital. homes, businesses, even hospitals have been evacuated. translation: it hurts. we've grown up in the forest. we feel great sadness and anger. the fight against the expanding blaze comes from the sky and from residents on the ground. people who've had to flee tell of their terror. translation: the flames - surrounded me, i couldn't see. i hit a pine tree and this happened. greece is no stranger to wildfires, but scientists warn things are getting worse because of climate change. this is a nation that just experienced its hottestjuly on record. we also have this very, very dry fuels, which contribute to th

nato, because it could not settle the issue of its constitutional name with greece, and greece clearlythat as long as macedonia is called macedonia, it will not join any nato or european union. in the end, macedonia found a moment, maybe we too will find this moment someday, when there was a government in power in greece that was so unconventional for greece, i would say very left, even i would say left-radical government of prime minister tsipros.

this year in greece was remarkable because it was the earliest heatwave that they had had in records, have been building up over the period and that is a trend that's likely to continue unless we have this, you know, transition to net zero. so we have a reduction in emissions that we know is causing the rise in likelihood of the weather conditions that are conducive for wildfires to spread. what scientists are telling us is that climate change increases the risk of this dry, hot weather that is likely to fuel wildfires like the one that greece has seen this past week. and they also say that the globe, the world has warmed by about 1.1 c since the industrial era began, and that if we want to stop climate change from having this sort of role in these natural disasters that we see, governments have to make steep cuts to emissions. to a big political story out of japan. the prime minister, fumio kishida, says he will not stand in his party's leadership contest next month, clearing the way for a new premier. mr kishida — who came to power in 2021 — said it was important to show the public

greece is no stranger to wildfires.hings are getting worse because of climate change. this is a nation that just experienced its hottestjuly on record. we also have this very, very dry fuels, which contributed to the rapid spread of the fire and also they increase the chance of having a spot fire, generating away and quickly expanding. i would say it is another very difficult day, and the situation right now in terms of the fire spread and the fire behaviour is extremely difficult from the point of view of controlling it. people are continuing to be evacuated from their homes. these scenes were filmed north of the capital as officers tried to bring residents to safety. medics are urging people to be cautious, especially the elderly, pregnant women, young children and those with respiratory or heart problems. high winds have fuelled these flames, and there is no relief forecast from the searing heat over the coming days. thick clouds have been hanging over the ancient acropolis, a city under siege. jessica parker, bbc ne

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marina despairs that greece goes through this time and again.thing to do with personal responsibility and everything to do with how the government is handling this. and the answer is that it's simply not. it's not handling it. the authorities say their response was rapid in the face of extreme conditions, including drought. down there, you can see the path of the fire as it burned its way to the city of athens, the heat and high winds the perfect conditions to allow the blaze to spread. this is a city that, over decades, has sprawled its way into the hills and forests. unwise, say some, in an area populated with highly flammable pine trees, while countries like greece also grapple with rising temperatures. the whole mediterranean is a hotspot of climate change. we have an estimate that more than 100 square kilometres were burned by this fire during the last two days. i think it is among or maybe the largest wildfire in the greater athens area in the last ten years. as layers of ash blanket the ground, the fire service says there are now no activ

assistance from greece's neighbour, turkey, is also expected.eady been evacuated from their homes. more than 60 people have had to flee at a hospital, and a school has also been burned. just some latest lines seeing as well from our team saying that two fire trucks have been burned. a firefighter has suffered burns. 31 people treated for breathing problems say the ambulance services, the smoke from the burning has reached the southern suburbs of athens. a human chain of firefighters, police officers and citizens trying to put down the fire with everything they have, in some cases with tree branches. that's being reported. the eu president saying, "we stand with greece as it battles devastating fires." joining us on the line from athens isjoseph mcavoy. i know we tried to talk to you a little earlier. there were problems with the line. hopefully the comms are good now. what you can see, what you can smell, describe it for us. at see, what you can smell, describe it for us. �* ., ., for us. at the moment, i am in the southern part _ for us. at the

let's turn our attention to greece now.that claimed one life, forced thousands to flee their homes and took three days to control. greece's prime minister kyriakos mitsotakis has promised swift support for those affected by the fires. meanwhile, the country's fire service has warned against complacency as high temperatures and winds risk flare—ups of wildfires. let's now speak to our correspondent, azadeh moshiri, who's in one of the affected suburbs in the north—east of athens. how is the situation they are? well, i am here how is the situation they are? well, i am here and _ how is the situation they are? well, i am here and as _ how is the situation they are? well, i am here and as you _ how is the situation they are? well, i am here and as you mentioned - how is the situation they are? -ii i am here and as you mentioned it is in one of the affected suburbs. as you can see, some of the fire ripped through the area in this neighbourhood. you mentioned there at least one woman has died from this wired fire —— wildfire. her

wildfires are not uncommon to greece.nds as well and when rhodes in particular, hundreds of tourists fleeing from their hotel rooms as the fires approached. and of course six years ago there was a devastating summer where more than 100 people were killed in the seaside town of mati where the fires consumed homes, cars, people were even killed as they were trying to swim away to safety. so none of this is uncommon to greece. but the temperatures have been rising. it's been the hottest june and july on record and what scientists say is that these sorts of conditions, the dry heat, the wind, these are what are contributing to these wildfires. and global warming and climate change could be contributing to the severity and the frequency of these fires. and if you speak to people in greece, residents themselves say these temperatures and the way they have to live their summers, they say it's not normal. freddie flintoff has opened up about his life since he had a high—speed car crash while filming an episode of top gear two yea