stranded on a cruise ship off the australian coast after a potentially harmful case of bio foul . we speak to one of those onboard. we start with some breaking news from perth, in scotland. three people have died after a fire broke out at a hotel there. emergency services, including 21 ambulance crews and nine fire trucks, were called to the new county hotel on county place at about five am local time. let s get more on this with our correspondent, gareth barlow. a developing situation. we know three people have died. several emergency service vehicles remain on scene as well. there is a police cordon and the rest of the guests have been evacuated. the hotel is a 28 room and suite hotel, close to the railway station in the centre of perth, and at 5:10am this morning, the ambulance service of scotland and the fire service ending 21 ambulance vehicles and nine fire appliances to that incident. we have heard from the deputy first minister, john swinney, a local msp, on twitter,
hello, and welcome to bbc news. a sudden heatwave that has triggered foreign spies across europe has no signs of easing up. and you temperature records look to be on the way. the heat is thought to have claimed many lives, possibly hundreds, and our correspondent bethany bell has this report from malaga. fire crackles. wildfires are raging in spain after days of intense heat. firefighters battled the flames in extremadura in the west of the country. in the south near malaga, a popular tourist area, at least 3000 people have been evacuated from their homes. when we arrived, a new fire had just broken out in the woods. helicopter whirrs. 0verhead, helicopters carrying water returned again and again to try to put out the flames. fires keep breaking out in these hills, and it is a real struggle for the firefighters to try stop the blazes. the air is full of thick smoke which stings your eyes and makes you want to cough, and it s very hot. 0n the road we met sharon from england. s
superstar, tom cruise is filming in the british lake district. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a summer heatwave which has triggered devastating forest fires across southwest europe shows no signs of easing. firefighters in france, portugal, spain and greece are battling forest blazes. and new temperature records look to be on the way. the heat is thought to have claimed many lives possibly hundreds. our correspondent, bethany bell has this report from malaga. fire crackles. wildfires are raging in spain after days of intense heat. firefighters battled the flames in extremadura in the west of the country. in the south near malaga, a popular tourist area, at least 3000 people have been evacuated from their homes. when we arrived, a new fire had just broken out in the woods. helicopter whirrs. 0verhead, helicopters carrying water returned again and again to try to put out the flames. fires keep breaking out in these hills, and it is a real
and your mission should you choose to accept it is to find out if the hollywood superstar, tom cruise is filming in the british lake district. hello, and welcome to bbc news. a summer heatwave which has triggered devastating forest fires across southwest europe shows no signs of easing. firefighters in france, portugal, spain and greece are battling forest blazes. and new temperature records look to be on the way. the heat is thought to have claimed many lives, possibly hundreds. our correspondent, bethany bell reports from malaga. fire crackles. wildfires are raging in spain after days of intense heat. firefighters battled the flames in extremadura in the west of the country. in the south near malaga, a popular tourist area, at least 3000 people have been evacuated from their homes. when we arrived, a new fire had just broken out in the woods. helicopter whirrs. 0verhead, helicopters carrying water returned again and again to try to put out the flames. fires keep breakin