because the air was unbreathable it had turned bright orange and black above our heads from the hotel so we left immediately. we are one of the very lucky ones. we managed to get on the authority boat and this is what we are living behind. that is the beach. thousands were evacuated by land and by sea as buildings were consumed by flames in the south. some hotels burnt down all together. and, yet, a number of tourists decided to shelter in place. we had a national of it saying, yeah, we was being evacuated, but we d been told at the time our hotel was not. we locked ourselves up in our room. we had people running past on the road, hundreds of people filing down to the beach, asking for water, wet towels. the fire services has told the bbc it apologises for what it called a mess, but insisted they are trying their best in difficult conditions. rhodes s abundance of trees makes it a popular destination
private boats have joined the coastguard, picking people up from beaches on the east of the island. the fires have been burning for five days now. the country s deputy fire chief says the blazes in rhodes are the most difficult greece is facing. jet2 airlines have cancelled fiveflights from the uk to rhodes schedulled for sunday. they are flying the empty planes to the island in order to bring customers schedulled to leave today back to the uk as planned. azadeh moshiri has more from athens. they came for blue skies but met orange haze. tourists have fled their resorts as fires engulfed parts of rhodes. we were told by the police that we had to evacuate the building because the, erm, the air was just unbreathable. it had turned bright orange and black above our heads from the hotel. so we were evacuating immediately. so we re one of the very lucky ones.
on the east of the island. the fires have been burning for five days now. the country s deputy fire chief says the blazes in rhodes are the most difficult greece is facing. azadeh moshiri reports from athens. they came for blue skies but met orange haze. tourists have fled their resorts as fires engulfed parts of roads. we were told by the police that we had to evacuate the building because the, erm, the air was just unbreathable. it had turned bright orange and black above our heads from the hotel. so we were evacuating immediately. so we re one of the very lucky ones. we managed to get on the authority boat and this is what we re leaving behind. that s the beach. thousands were evacuated by land and by sea as buildings were consumed by flames in the south. some hotels burnt down altogether. and yet a number of tourists decided to shelter in place.
good morning. welcome to breakfast with luxmy gopal and ben boulos. our headlines today: thousands of people on the greek island of rhodes are moved from their homes and hotels as wildfires burn amid soaring temperatures. the air was just unbreathable. it had turned bright orange and black above our heads from the hotel so we were evacuated immediately. warnings over a shortage of child care after more than a fifth of childminders have quit the profession over the past three years. good morning. england face two opponents today as they attempt to keep the ashes alive. the rain is back for the final day of the must win test at old trafford, and in the time available yesterday, australia only lost one wicket. good morning. it isa it is a sundae of sharp contrast across the country. some of us will have sunny spells and a few scattered showers and feeling just a bit warmer.
incident. what is this? before we go, a sweet little story. a young woman is giving her grandmother a makeover that she will never forget. this is called acid spill. so glad to know that. okay. pretty. you know what? i kind of like it. first of all, i love that the grandmother was willing to do it. it looks pretty fun. she is having a blast. super cute. she wore it outside, too, apparently. would you do that? okay, would do you that? i think you should do that. it will walk you right out the door. if we could do a twitter poll to see the colors i m thinking orange and black. all right, enough. okay, also, monday, this is a