carried out in our country. that was a fire services team in greece. 0ur correspondentjenny hill is at rhodes international airport. well, what really strikes you hear is just how exhausted and how well, what really strikes you here is just how exhausted and how emotional people are. there must be several hundred people at rhodes airport. there is very limited seating so most of them are just squatting or even trying to sleep on the floor. some of the people have told us they have been here since the early hours of the morning, waiting for a handful of flights back to britain tonight. although actually, i ve just met a woman who sat very, very tearfully telling me that she hasn t got a flight home until wednesday but she doesn t want to go to a evacuation centre, doesn t want to try another hotel and they are very booked up because she is worried that the fires will simply spread further. the greek minister for tourism is here at the airport. we had a very brief word with her earli
this was the largest safe transport operation for residents and tourists ever carried out in our country. 0ur correspondentjenny hill is at rhodes international airport. what really strikes you here is just how exhausted and how emotional people are. there must be several hundred people at rhodes airport. there is very limited seating, so most of them are just squatting, or even trying to sleep on the floor. some of the people here told us they ve been here since the early hours of the morning, waiting for a handful of flights back to britain tonight. although actually, i have just met a woman who sat very, very tearfully, telling me that she hasn t got a flight home until wednesday, but she doesn t want to go to an evacuation centre, doesn t want to try another hotel and they re very booked up because she is worried that the fires will simply spread further. the greek minister for tourism is here at the airport. we had a very brief word with her earlier. she told us that 19,000 pe
rights on our web page. graphic accounts are emerging of further atrocities in the indian state of manipur during an outbreak of ethnic violence. there s already been pain and anger over a video showing two women being paraded naked and assaulted by a mob. several other incidents have now come to light. internet restrictions have slowed the release of information. 0ur reporter divya arya has more from manipur. shops are shut in this part of manipur s capital city imphal because another violent incident was reported here. this road leads to the airport, so you do see some vehicles going from here. but mostly residents in this area are staying indoors, stepping out only if they need some essentials. now, what really strikes you when you come to manipur is that the city and the state has seen no internet for more than two and a half months now. so while some areas might be returning to normalcy, it is really hard to communicate and resume normal life. and despite the fact that there is no
tuigroup says it s also cancelled flights to rhodes until tuesday night. thomas cook has cancelled all holidays to areas of rhodes until 31stjuly. a spokesperson for the greek fire services gave an update on the evacuation of residents and tourists in rhodes. translation: according to initial estimates by the greek police, - the precautionary evacuation involved some 19,000 people. 16,000 of them were evacuated by ground means, and 3,000 by watercraft. this was the largest safe transport operation for residents and tourists ever carried out in our country. that was an update from the fire services in greece. 0ur correspondentjenny hill is at rhodes international airport. what really strikes you here is just how exhausted and how emotional people are. there must be several hundred people at rhodes airport. there is very limited seating, so most of them are just squatting, or even trying to sleep
in congress and elect a new prime minister. to india now. graphic accounts are emerging of further atrocities in the indian state of manipur, during an outbreak of ethnic violence. there s already been anger over a video showing two women being paraded naked and assaulted by a mob. several other incidents have now come to light. internet restrictions have slowed the release of information. 0ur reporter divya arya has more from manipur. shops are shut in this part of manipur s capital city imphal because another violent incident was reported here. this road leads to the airport, so you do see some vehicles going from here. but mostly, residents in this area are staying indoors, stepping out only if they need some essentials. now, what really strikes you when you come to manipur is that the city and the state has seen no internet for more than two and a half months now. so while some areas might be returning to normalcy, it is really hard to communicate and resume normal life.