buildings like halls and schools. 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. the budget airline, jet2, says it s cancelled all flights that were due to go to rhodes today. tuigroup says it s also cancelled flights to rhodes until tuesday night. thomas cook has cancelled all holidays to areas of rhodes until sistjuly. a spokesperson for the greek fire brigade gave an update on the evacuation of residents and toursists in rhodes. translation: according to initial estimates - by the greek police, the precautionary evacuation involved some 19,000 people. 16,000 of them were evacuated by ground means and 3,000 by watercraft. this was the largest safe transport operation for residents and tourists ever
board, at rhodes international airport, you can see that there are still flights coming in or due to come in from all over europe. as jenny was saying, there is a desk set up now in the airport to help british nationals, people may not have their documents with them for example. there are civil servants, british diplomats, who will be helping and as i say, the british embassy has advised people to work with the greek authorities to take advice from them and to let them know that a special team from the foreign office is on its way.- foreign office is on its way. thank ou ve foreign office is on its way. thank you very much foreign office is on its way. thank you very much for foreign office is on its way. thank you very much for that foreign office is on its way. thank you very much for that update. . foreign office is on its way. thank| you very much for that update. our you very much for that update. 0ur correspondent in the newsroom over here. lots of people will be concerned
they are able to be in government or at least to influence a potential conservative government, is to scrap pretty much everything that prime minister pedro sanchez has done in the last few years. things related to gender issues, lgbt, they also have a tough stand on immigration. also towards catalonia. these are the policies that they will try to influence if they are able to have a coalition with the conservative party or somehow influence a potential prime minister who is the one leading the polls. everything is very tight and we have to see if the two minor parties from the right and the left which may be the king makers. ., ~ the left which may be the king makers. ., ,, , ., the left which may be the king makers. ., ~ , ., , the left which may be the king makers. ., ~ ,, , . the left which may be the king makers. ., ,, i. , . ., the left which may be the king makers. ., ~ , . ., . makers. thank you very much for that u date. makers. thank you very much for that undate- sergi m
thanks to a first half goalfrom stefanie van der gragt in dunedin. it was initially ruled out, but then given after a pitchside review from the referee handing portugal a defeat, in their first ever world cup match. jamaica held one of the top sides france to a goalless draw in sydney. france pushed for a late winner in their group f opener and hit the bar late on. jamaica had khadija shaw sent off in stoppage time. they d lost all their previous world cup games till now. they hold out a straw 0 0. big result for them. to draw 0 0. and an update on this crucial final day of the 11th ashes test from old trafford there s been no play at all so far due to rain. england need australian wickets but it s looking likely to be a draw, if this weather continues meaning australia would retain the ashes, they 2 1 up in the series with one to go. that s all for now. max verstappen has won the hungarian grand prix, his seventh win in a row
the association of british travel agents and you can read more about holiday cancellations on our web page, we have a live page going at the moment. also in greece a bridge has collapsed, killing one person ands injuring eight others. it happened in patras, west of athens. emergency services are at the scene. the bridge had been undergoing construction work. polls have opened in spain s snap election, which could see the far right winning a place in government, for the first time since democracy was restored, after the death of general franco almost 50 years ago. voters face a choice between a centre left government supported by the far left and a conservative led government, backed by the far right vox party . this was the prime minister, pedro sanchez, casting his vote as his party seeks to fend off the challenge from the far right. live now to madrid where we can join news reporter sergi forcada freixas for an update on the