those are the live pictures from rhodes. it is another day of searing and potentially deadly heat for many people across southern europe. wildfires are burning in at least nine countries around the mediterranean. amongst the hardest hit is greece, which we ve been watching. plumes can be seen approaching this village on the island of rhodes. the greek armed forces are observing three days of mourning after two pilots died battling the flames. their aircraft crashed on tuesday. this is the italian island of sicily, where fires raged near the ancient sanctuary of tindari a popular tourist attraction. palermo airport also had to close for several hours. but the worst affected areas are the islands of rhodes and evia where the fires have been burning for days. the bbc s azadeh moshiri is in rhodes. the fire service thinks this could be the most dangerous situation experienced yet. the wind is not.
after a pedestrian suspension bridge collapsed in the western indian state of gujarat. hundreds were reported to be on the bridge in morbi city at the time plunging into the machhu river below. 0ur bbc south asia editor, anbarasan ethirajan, has more. a sunday outing turned into a nightmare, the pedestrian suspension bridge in morbi city collapsed, plunging hundreds into the river. within seconds, a popular tourist attraction became the scene of a disaster. people were desperately clinging on to the cables children, and the elderly. for diwali and they came here as tourists. all of them fell, one
the amazon region is recognised as one of the tipping point elements of the climate system, so the whole globe is dependent on the conservation of the amazon region, so i think that we can get a lot of international support, trying to improve the situation of the people there, and restore the confidence that brazil is able to protect the amazon, for the world. the authorities in the indian state of gujarat have promised a full investigation into the collapse of a pedestrian suspension bridge. at least 130 people are now known to have died in the disaster. it was only reopened last week after extensive renovations. 0ur bbc south asia editor anbarasan ethirajan has more. a sunday outing turned into a nightmare, the pedestrian suspension bridge in morbi city collapsed, plunging hundreds into the river. within seconds, a popular tourist attraction became
plunging into the machhu river below. our bbc south asia editor, anbarasan ethirajan, has more. a sunday outing turned into a nightmare, the pedestrian suspension bridge in morbi city collapsed, plunging hundreds into the river. within seconds, a popular tourist attraction became the scene of a disaster. people desperately clinging on to the cables and safety net to avoid falling into the river. a local official said most of those who died were women, children, and the elderly. and they came here as tourists. all of them fell, one on top of the other, the bridge collapsed due to overloading. people from nearby areas and emergency teams rushed in to rescue stranded people. the 230 metre colonial area bridge reopened to the public only last