across the country since latejuly, fuelled by strong winds and the worst heatwave in decades. the biggest is in evia, an island north east of athens, which has been ablaze for a week. help has been flown in by other countries, including british firefighters. i haven t seen fires like this before in the uk, it s something that s completely new to me. i ve seen grass fires and open area fires, but this is just something on another scale. they are helping with manual tools, trying to put in fire breaks and stopping the fire from spreading. there has been public anger at the government response, something the greek prime minister has apologised for. but he says climate change is causing fires that last for weeks, speaking just hours after the un warned that human activity is making extreme weather events more common. something locals say they are experiencing first hand. we didn t see any rain to stop this fire. i used to run in this forest, i used to cycle, we used
latest on this firefighting efforts. reporter: look, we saw some horrific fires yesterday. this morning when we woke up, emergency services said there were no active fires but the big fear was rekindling. we are now in a village in evia and we have seen fire trucks moving towards villages. the fires have now moved back in and we also have been following the slovenian firefighting crew. they arrived this morning in evia to assist local authorities and they are also en route to try and put out the new fire that has just restarted. i want you to take a look at this landscape, rosemary. i cannot even describe how thick the air is. my eyes are watering. you have ash in the air and of course the smoke that is so difficult to breathe in evia,
a lawsuit is filed against prince andrew by a us woman who alleges she was trafficked to him by the convicted paedophile, jeffrey epstein, and then sexually abused . british firefighters are among more than 1,000 from across europe helping to battle wildfires on greece s second largest island, evia. thousands of people have been evacuated since the blaze started a week ago. meanwhile, in california, rescue workers are preparing for even higher temperatures, as they tackle the second largest fire in the state s history. lebo diseko reports. the apocalyptic scenes of what the greek prime minister has called a nightmarish summer. nearly 600 fires have broken out across the country since latejuly, fuelled by strong winds and the worst heatwave in decades. the biggest is in evia, an island north east of athens, which has been ablaze for a week.
fear of the rekindling. just moments ago before we spoke, we saw enormous fires ravaging. there are trees deliberately cut down to try to halt the spread. and we also have greek firefighters, solovenia firefighters that arrived in evia this morning. so many hands on deck to try to get the fire under control. this one has been put out. everyone is at this moment on very high alert for rekindling. it is very highly probable that could occur in many parts of evia because it is extremely hot. there is another heatwave coming and that has been compounding the impact of the fires that are raging in evia. the prime minister is talking about the lapses in efforts on the ground, the international assistance has been vital.
of forest have burnt in russia so far this year. earlier, nasa said smoke from the russian fires reached the north pole, 3,000 kilometres away, apparently for the first time. and firefighters in greece have spent an eighth day trying to control wildfires on evia, greece s second largest island. one of the world s greatest ever footballers lionel messi has been given a rapturous welcome in france as he arrived to finalise a two year deal with paris st germain. it s one of the biggest transfers in recent memory the argentinian star could earn more than half a million pounds or about $700,000 a week. messi left his club barcelona on sunday after 21 years he joined as a teenager. 0ur sports correspondent katie gornall reports. he was dressed a bit like a tourist. but this was no ordinary day tripper. lionel messi, one of the game s greatest players, had arrived