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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. this fire behind me isjust spreading all over the place. there is a big fla ....

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of vital democratic safeguards that the northern ireland assembly, when sitting, will be able to exercise, including the stormont break. and indeed when, and i use the word when, stormont begins to sit. i will be able to sign that stormont break legislation into law on the availability of it to be used will be there for the assembly as we move forward. when parliament passed the eu withdrawal act 2018 it was exercising its sovereignty, so that the uk eu withdrawal agreement could be implemented in domestic law. i m happy to give way. he be implemented in domestic law. i m happy to give way- happy to give way. he indicates that there are now happy to give way. he indicates that there are now and happy to give way. he indicates that there are now and he happy to give way. he indicates that there are now and he said happy to give way. he indicates that there are now and he said in - happy to give way. he indicates that there are now and he said in plural, | there ....

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the family with an alkaline substance. now, the police have been giving more details police this morning have confirmed some other key details about this incident including the age of the mother, she is 31. had two daughters are aged eight and three. the youngest daughter, the three year old and her mother have sustained, police say, what could be life changing injuries. police also say that the woman and the attacker were known to each other. last night, several people came to the aid of the woman and the two young children, including passers by and members of the police. they were taken to hospital with minor injuries. they have now been released from hospital. police say this is a targeted attack but they suspect appears to be a very dangerous individual, they say and they have launched a manhunt and they have launched a manhunt and they are appealing for people to come forward, anyone who has cctv, as they are in the early stages of this investigation. this investi ....

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about that decision, it is not that i took it that day, it is that i didn t take it days earlier. including in relation to the rugby international? | including in relation to the rugby international? international? i have tried to reflect on international? i have tried to reflect on my international? i have tried to reflect on my answers - international? i have tried to | reflect on my answers earlier international? i have tried to - reflect on my answers earlier the, i suppose what i am trying to reflect here is how difficult those decisions were and how to describe now, looking back with hindsight, something as, in very binary terms, right and wrong, i think is not always fair in the nature of the decisions we were taking at the time. but it is one of the decisions that yes, if i look back on and could take, you know, have my time again, may go the other way, but that was, that match was the weekend before that, so certainly, yes, i think that was. yes, if i have ....

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involvement in the 7 october hamas attacks against israel. an investigation has been launched into the claims, as our correspondent injerusalem, mark lowen reports. crushed from the air. lives, homes, families and now the very mission set up to help gaza s desperate is taking a hit too. the un agency for palestinian refugees, or unrwa, firing several employees for alleged involvement in hamas assault on israel. a body set up to protect, accused of attack. britain and a handful of other countries have now paused their funding. the handful of other countries have now paused theirfunding. the foreign office said it was appalled by office said it was appalled by claims of complicity in what it called a heinous act of terrorism. hamas stormed israel on the 7th of october, killing more than 1200 0ctober, killing more than 1200 people and abducting at least 240. israeli intelligence has reportedly passed on material set to show the participation of unrwa staff and the use of ....

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