wildfires have left a trail of destruction across parts of southern europe and the mediterranean region. in greece, emergency services have tried to prevent new wildfires in the central area. fires there triggered explosions at an air force ammunition depot in the town of nea akealos on thursday. authorities say the outlook is improving for firefighters on the islands of rhodes, corfu and evia. greece s climate crisis and civil protection minister told a news conference earlier there were more than 600 fires over a 10 day period. for more, foreign correspondent bethany bell sends this report from greece. temperatures have dropped somewhat and many of the fires that have been reaching over the country of the last two weeks or so have abated. as you can see there are still quite strong winds and that is a
have noticed the alert, adding that factors including internet access could affect the system. the ministry of defence in london has begun an investigation after officials accidentally sent emails which may contain classified information to mali, a close ally of russia, because of a typing error. the emails were actually intended for the pentagon, which uses the domain name .mil. but by mistake they missed out the letter i, and so the messages went instead to mali. greek authorities say the outlook is improving for firefighters trying to control wildfires in the centre of the country as well as on the islands of rhodes, corfu and evia. the fires triggered explosions at an air force ammunition depot on thursday. thousands of residents and tourists have been evacuated from the affected areas in recent days. the greek prime minister, kyriakos mitsotakis, says more action is needed to combat
the peloponnese are on high alert forfires the peloponnese are on high alert for fires today. the greek prime minister has said this country really has to improve its firefighting and fire protection measures and also step up its fight against climate change. yesterday evening there were explosions in one area and the greek mainland where, near an ammunition depot belonging to the air force. they had to evacuate that area. fortunately no one was injured there. this has really been a very, very difficult period for people in greece. yesterday, one funeral was held for a firefighting pilot, who died earlier this week on the island of abia and anotherfuneral earlier this week on the island of abia and another funeral of a second pilot will be held today. island of evia.
they have said that this is an absolutely tragic event which has resulted in the death of the child. we do know they are also trying to locate a and blue push bike and they say they are trying to determine the make and model of that motorcycle and that the 14 year old boy is still in custody. the greek authorities say the outlook is improving for firefighters trying to control wildfires in the centre of the country as well as on the islands of rhodes, corfu and evia. the fires triggered explosions at an air force ammunition depot on thursday. thousands of residents and tourists have been evacuated from the affected areas in recent days. the greek prime minister kyriakos mitsotakis says more action is needed to combat the effects of climate change. our correspondent, bethany bell, sent this update from rhodes.
improve its firefighting and fire protection measures and do more as well to combat the effects of climate change. yesterday evening, in one area on the mainland, there were explosions held when a fire reached an ammunition depot belonging to the air force. that area had to be evacuated. earlier this week, two pilots were killed fighting the fires over evia. the funeral was held for one pilot yesterday and another will be held today. yesterday and another will be held toda . ., ~ yesterday and another will be held toda . ., ,, ,, yesterday and another will be held toda . . ~ ,, , yesterday and another will be held toda. ., , . today. thank you very much. bethany live from the today. thank you very much. bethany live from the island today. thank you very much. bethany live from the island of today. thank you very much. bethany live from the island of rhodes. - essex police are appealing for help to find a miniature dachshund that was stolen from a family home on wednesday aftern