to save the summer. for a lot of consumers, they already made their plans and while we have seen an increase, literally, from the next day we have seen an increase, it is marginal, and when you think most businesses are trading 80% down you need a huge amount of volume to make up anywhere near the shortfall that they re experiencing. those who do now want to book a getaway will still need to check what the rules are for holiday makers arriving at their destination. katy austin, bbc news. with temperatures in the high 40s advancing wildfires on the greek island of evia have forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents. thousands of locals and tourists have also been evacuated from athens northern suburbs and others have had to abandon their homes elsewhere. the greek army has been deployed to help fight the blazes and several countries including britain and germany have sent emergency aid teams to help. helena wilkinson has the latest. this is greece s second biggest island, evia
over the hypocrisy of the expansion of fossil fuels. the task will become clearer tomorrow when the intergovernmental panel on climate change releases a report which alex sharma says he expects to be a wake up call. sharma says he expects to be a wake-up call- sharma says he expects to be a wake-u call. . ., . . . , . wake-up call. jonathan, many thanks, jonathan blake. wake-up call. jonathan, many thanks, jonathan blake, our wake-up call. jonathan, many thanks, jonathan blake, our political jonathan blake, our political correspondent there. let s take a look at some of today s other news. wildfires continue to rage on greece s second largest island, evia, where firefighters and residents who haven t been evacuated are trying to save properties from the flames. dozens of settlements have had to be evacuated in the past couple of days, with boats being used to rescue people from the coast. taliban fighters in afghanistan have fought their way into the northern city of kunduz, as th
first situation worst situation since the pandemic began. thank you ve much since the pandemic began. thank you very much for since the pandemic began. thank you very much for that. since the pandemic began. thank you very much for that. rupert very much for that. rupert wingfield hayes, live in tokyo. hundreds more people have been forced to leave their homes in parts of greece as wildfires continue to blaze out of control. the country s most intense heatwave in 30 years has made woodland tinder dry, creating perfect conditions for the fires to burn. the region north of athens and evia, greece s second largest island, are among the worst affected areas. ferries are helping evacuate residents and holidaymakers. our europe correspondent, bethany bell, has sent us this report from evia. exodus from evia. fleming forests on the island of evia. firefighters struggling to stop the fires in the north of the island. and it has caused an exodus. there are long queues at the port. people
of its first gay pride parade. hello and welcome to bbc news. with temperatures in the high 40s advancing wildfires on the greek island of evia have forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents. thousands of locals and tourists have also been evacuated from athens northern suburbs and others have had to abandon their homes elsewhere. the greek army has been deployed to help fight the blazes and several countries including britain and germany have sent emergency aid teams to help. helena wilkinson has the latest. this is greece s second biggest island, evia. the scenes are devastating. wildfires are continuing to break out on this island. dozens of residents have had
closer. people are desperately trying to put out the fires in any way they can. thousands of people have been evacuated. this woman in athens told me she is worried for her family. a big national tragedy. do you live here? i don t live here. my sister lives here. it s horrible, for the whole of greece. this was the scene on the island of avia last night. ferries carried hundreds of people to safety after they fled to the beaches. safe on board, one man filmed the inferno on his phone. the fire burned through a vast area of pine forest, only the sea could stop it. tonight, evia is still burning and the flames are spreading towards one of the island s largest towns.