because the crew had timed out. so these people still not home, their destination was london. another thing to show you is the amount of people that are in the airport waiting for flights. people that are in the airport waiting forflights. some people that are in the airport waiting for flights. some of them may be waiting for some time for the reasons we have outlined. and we know that the uk foreign office is sending a support team to help british nationals at the airport. some of the things they will be focusing on is getting people emergency documents, many of these people may have headed to the airport without those documents, not able to go back to the resorts and hotels where they were staying to pick up luggage and passports, things like that. so that s also under way. this is an important thing to look at, this is where the fighters are. this is the area that people have been evacuated from. 19,000 people we know have so far had to leave. now, that includes tourists and locals
you is the amount of people that are in the airport waiting for flights, and some of them may be waiting for some time for the reasons we ve outlined. and we know that the uk foreign office is sending a support team to help british nationals at the airport. some of the things they ll be focusing on is getting people emergency documents. many of these people may have headed to the airport without those documents, not able to go back to the resorts and hotels where they were staying to pick up luggage and passports, things like that. so that s also under way. and this is an important thing to look at. these here are where the fires are and these are the areas that have been where people have been evacuated from. 19,000 people we know have so far had to leave. now, that includes tourists and locals as well. and we ve seen images of hotels that have been damaged in this area. now, this is rhodes. you can see the aegean sea marked here. but i also want to show you some pictures from another
being affected. i there about 10% of the island is being affected. being affected. i have the mac behind me- being affected. i have the mac behind me. these being affected. i have the mac behind me. these areas - being affected. i have the mac behind me. these areas in - being affected. i have the mac - behind me. these areas in orange are the fires. and you can see that while it is a small percentage of the island, it is right up to the coastline here, where of course, a lot of these tourist spots are, and a lot of these hotels are. many local residents have also been evacuated from these areas. these areas we have marked in white are all the areas where evacuations have taken place. you can see in the north, is where the airport is. i want to show you the scene of one hotel from this area here. it currently looks like this, and i know we ve been looking at pictures like this, but it bears repeating. this is the situation at a hotel just a few days ago, tourists were flocking the
thing to show you is the amount of people in the airport waiting for flights. some may be waiting for some time for reasons we have outlined. we know the uk foreign office is sending a support team to help british nationals at the airport. some of the things they will be focusing on is getting people emergency documents, many people emergency documents, many people may have headed to the airport without those documents and unable to go back to hotels and resorts where they were staying to pick up luggage and passports and things like that. so that is also under way. this is an important thing to look at. these here are bread the fires are in these are the areas that have where people have been evacuated from. 19,000 people we be no have so far had to leave. that includes tourists and locals as well. we have seen images of hotels that have been damaged in this area. this is rhodes you can see the marketeer but i will also show you some pictures from another island.
of paris where ukraine s, president zelensky is due to arrive shortly he ll be meeting french president macron at the elysee palace where they ll be having a working dinner tonight. the leaders are due to discuss france s military and humanitarian support to ukraine, according to a statement from the french presidency. he was in germany earlier of meeting the chancellor. live now to france where we can join hugh schofield our paris correspondent for more on zelensky s visit. we arejust we are just watching images there of the airport waiting for him to land. this was an unannounced visit, i suppose these sorts of things don t necessarily get mentioned before hand all the time when involves resident zelensky. hand all the time when involves resident zelensky. indeed although his italian and resident zelensky. indeed although his italian and german resident zelensky. indeed although his italian and german troops - resident zelensky. indeed although his italian and german troop