when we first arrived here, most of the smoke was coming from over there. but in the last few minutes, there s been a flare up just down here. and of course, the strong wind is not only making things tougher for the people fighting the fires, but much more dangerous. this isn t the image this tourist island wants to project. earlier, the greek prime minister acknowledged that difficult days lie ahead. they sing. which is why, even here, a birthday is worth celebrating, though the candle s unlit. you don t light candle? no, we don t light the fire. we only put out the fires, he jokes. we don t start them. dark humour in sobering times. jenny hill, bbc news, rhodes. after a month of speculation about his disappearance from public view, china has removed its newly appointed foreign minister oin gang, and replaced him with his predecessor, wang yi.
one of the warmest days of the week. and it must be very, very difficult indeed for those firefighters trying to bring all of this under control while wearing all of that heavy protective equipment. this, of course, is not the image that this tourist island wants the world to see at this time of year. this island should be full of holiday makers enjoying themselves, swimming in the sea, enjoying the warmth of the sunshine. instead, so many of them have had to move away from areas like this in central and southeastern roads. it s notjust europe experiencing extreme weather events. across the atlantic in canada, three people have died in massive flooding in the country s east. the flooding was caused by the heaviest torrential rains to hit nova scotia in 50 years. three months worth of rain fell in a matter of hours over the weekend, washing out vehicles, bridges and roads. with more on this, let s cross live to the bbc weather centre and sarah keith lucas. keeping a close eye on everyt
this fire behind me isjust spreading all over the place. there is a big flare up there. but if you come across with me here and look across the hillside behind me, you can see several really extensive flare ups. a moment to go, you can see the flames spreading it down at the hillside there. a helicopter just came up, presumably to dump water on to the flames below. this pie is moving back and forth crosses area. and you can see it has really been here. look at the scorched earth. down here, you can see the extent of the disruption. no curious no tourists here now, ordinarily this would be full of them enjoying the summer sun this would be full of them enjoying the summersun and this would be full of them enjoying the summer sun and the sparkling sea. that is what is really worrying the greek authorities. this is not the greek authorities. this is not the image that this tourist island once the world to see. jenny hill there.
houses and our families. when we came to the top of a nearby hill, the scale of the challenge became obvious. up here, you really get a sense of how difficult the task is for firefighters. when we first arrived here, most of the smoke was coming from over there. but in the last few minutes, there s been a flare up just down here. and of course, the strong wind is not only making things tougher for the people fighting the fires, but much more dangerous. this isn t the image this tourist island wants to project. earlier, the greek prime minister acknowledged that difficult days lie ahead. they sing which is why even here, a birthday is worth celebrating, though the candles unlit. though the candle s unlit. you don t light candles? no, we don t light the fire. we only put out the fires, he jokes. we don t start them. jenny hill, bbc news, rhodes. a group of international scientists
the forest, but we were also desperate to save our houses and ourfamilies. when we came to the top of a nearby hill, the scale of the challenge became obvious. up here, you really get a sense of how difficult the task is for firefighters. when we first arrived here, most of the smoke was coming from over there. but in the last few minutes, there s been a flare up just down here. and of course, the strong wind is not only making things tougher for the people fighting the fires, but much more dangerous. this isn t the image this tourist island wants to project. earlier, the greek prime minister acknowledged that difficult days lie ahead. which is why even here, a birthday is worth celebrating, though the candles unlit. you don t light candles? no, we don t light the fire. we only put out the fires, he jokes. we don t start them. jenny hill, bbc news, rhodes.