of the winds and the weather. bethany bell, bbc news, evia. if you want to get in touch with me i m on twitter @bbckarishma you re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. capturing the pain and beauty of the olympics one frame at a time we hearfrom three photographers who were there. the question was whether we wanted to save our people and japanese as well and win the war, or whether we wanted to take a chance on being able to win the war by killing all our young men. the invasion began at two o clock this morning. mr bush, like most other people, was clearly caught by surprise.
but it is under control for now though, who knows what will happen in the next few hours, but athens, things in athens are also better. it is still difficult in evia and it is still difficult in evia and this is the sixth day of wildfires. in terms of foreign help, because greece has had to call in other countries as well, is that making a big impact and how do people feel about the national effort in dealing with this crisis? people are angry because scientists had warned that due to climate change, south east europe would have longer and drier heat waves and they say, critics say, that fire zones maintained and new ones weren t created and international help is making a difference. we still have, right now theyjust announced that three
chris, who works on evia as a singer, says the wildfires are spreading and the authorities aren t doing enough. most people see that we don t have any help until yesterday. and they could save everybody. and it wasn t true. the people don t know where to go. the big problem is that we feel that they let us burn. this is what they re fleeing from. wildfires have been blazing out of control for almost a week now. houses and forests have been destroyed. this village is being evacuated. as thick, orange smoke fills the air, people wait nervously for the ferry to depart. it s like a scene from an apocalyptic movie, definitely. because there is no sky, the sun is red. it s quite scary. it s time to leave. the fires are getting closer
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of greece, as wildfires continue to burn out of control. this summer, scorching temperatures have blighted much of southern europe leaving woodland tinder dry and susceptible to fire. greece itself is experiencing it s worst heatwave, in 30 years. the region north of athens, and the island of evia, the country s second largest island, are among the worst hit areas from where ferries are helping evacuate residents and holidaymakers. our europe correspondent, bethany bell, has sent us this report from evia. exodus from evia. there are long queues at the port. people are waiting to get on ferries to the mainland. holiday makers and some locals are leaving, after villages and parts of the north of the island were evacuated. chris, who works on evia as a singer, says the wildfires are spreading and the authorities aren t doing enough. the most people see that we don t have any help until yesterday and they could save everybody