we have already teams deployed by laos red cross in the area. rom nearby provinces water purification equipment, so these will be there today and will provide fresh water. we are also utilising the warehouses of the thai red cross in nearby border areas where today we are sending 500 families food kits. these packages will be on trucks today and they will head to the laos border from thailand today. we are also shipping from our regional office shelter equipment and tents and blankets and other necessities to reach hopefully by today or tomorrow. survivors have been describing their desperate battles to escape the wildfires that swept through parts of coastal greece earlier this week. many were trapped in homes and vehicles with others forced to seek refuge in the sea. at least 80 people are now known to have died. from the coastal town of mati our correspondent mark lowen reports. they had hope, until now. but the family of 88—year—old angeliki giannopoulos have just heard the worst. that she was the 80th person killed by the wildfires. her char

we have already teams deployed by laos red cross in the area. vinces water purification equipment, so these will be there today and will provide fresh water. we are also utilising the warehouses in the thai red cross in nearby border areas were today we are sending 500 families of food kits. these packages will be on trucks today and they will head to the laos borderfrom thailand today and they will head to the laos border from thailand today. we are also shipping from our regional office shelter equipment and tense and blankets and other necessities to reach totally by today or tomorrow. indeed. they need immediate help. thank you so much for joining immediate help. thank you so much forjoining us. and good luck. marwinjilani from forjoining us. and good luck. marwin jilani from the red forjoining us. and good luck. marwinjilani from the red cross joining us from bangkok. survivors have been describing their desperate battles to escape the wildfires that swept through parts of coastal greece earlier this week. many were trapped in homes and vehi

we're here to be working with the lao red cross and. until there are actually to discuss no review of their law tomorrow on his ass or management but unfortunately that is news and there are all of these you know what their response so from the news that we got from the local branch of our across the immediate needs with. shelter i will certainly rescue primarily and then shelter emergency tents. i think right now lao red cross was able to send what your purification unit about two hundred units it was already two hundred. pieces of clothing and. i think the secretly thought goods are on their way. but with the level of water still high how difficult does that make any rescue attempt any rescue operation and how challenging is it going to be. very challenging so for a government we heard that they are using helicopters to get into the area where the branch of red cross in at the pool we are not sure how they are doing it but they're usually they have well it's a stockpile in these areas and in terms of any numbers that you are getting r

laos. the local red cross said today workers have found 24 boes so far. today, survivors gathered in shelters. they're among the more than 6,000 made homeless after walls of water smashed their villages. back in this country, extremeth heat kepsouthwest on the broil. power demand hit new recor around phoenix, arizona, and temperatures headed into the tr several states. across ecst yesterday, death valley, california hit ad high of 127 degrees. and, on wall street, stocks rose on hopes for easing trade tensions. the dow jones industrial average gained 172 points to close at 25,414. the naaq rose 91 points, and the s&p 500 added 25. still to come on the newshour: senators grill secretary of state mike pompeo abssia. the secret recording of president trump and a larger question of truth telling. a kind of liquid water lake found on mars, and much more. >> woodruff: the trump y ministration's foreign policy came under fire to capitol hill. for the first time since president trump met with leaders from north korea and russia,cr ary of state mike pompeo was gri

new research in indonesia, laos and the philippines shows that the risk of sexual and gender based violence rises after disasters. the red cross the three south—east asian countries found that risks include sexual harrassement and assualt, child marriage, domestic violence and trafficking. dr priyanka bhalla is the project lead and primary author of this report. she's also a sexual— and gender—based violence advisor. i asked her why the risks increase after disasters. there are a couple of factors that are very specific to both disasters and emergencies that make the risks arise. 0ne and emergencies that make the risks arise. one is that there has been a breakdown in services, such as health, legal, psychosocial and security services that are functioning in normal times. there isa functioning in normal times. there is a rising economic hardship because a lot of people lose their homes and livelihoods. finally, you also have a lot of bad shelter design, where you don't have safe spaces and separate spaces for women and men, you don't have separate toilets and there tends to be a lack of lighting. finally, you also have a lack o