from european countries or nato. spain, italy, poland and the czech republic, issued similar statements. this afternoon, after howls of protest from the oppposition the french foreign minister stephane sejoure was forced to clarify mr macron s comments, that troops could be sent to ukraine for specific duties, without a combat role. translation: we need to consider new action to support ukraine. - these must meet very specific needs. i m thinking in particular of mine clearance, cyber, and the production of weapons on ukrainian territory. some of these actions, and i am answering the members question, some of these actions could require a presence on ukrainian territory without crossing the threshold of belligerence. nothing can be ruled out. this was, and still is, the position of the president of the republic. more generally there is frustration that while the french president was talking tough yesterday, the figures here, supplied by the kiel institute, suggest that franc
let s talk to our reporter in greece who is across this for us, daphne. give us a sense of what the authorities are up against. hello from athens. authorities are up against. hello from athens, the authorities are up against. hello from athens, the authorities - authorities are up against. hello from athens, the authorities have ordered the evacuation of the towns nearby, all areas in this region east of athens where the prius started this morning. around 12am local time where the fires started. this welfare began, spread over these other areas by the coast, most of them. around 17,000 residents in the three small towns, but in the summer they get much busier because of the coast, many people go there for summer holidays. also tourists visit the area. at the moment there are 150 firefighters with 40 moment there are 150 firefighters with a0 vehicles operating. there are some aircraft flying, though it is difficult to operate, government sources. there are near gale for
in sport, celtic did the treble and yet another fa cup trophy for arsenal and arsene wenger, but we won t find out until next week if he s staying on as manager. and darren has the weather. good morning. some warm sunshine developing today, watch out later on, though, because more storms arriving in the south, they will push northwards this evening, overnight and into toro. jointly later for overnight and into toro. jointly laterfor more details. overnight and into toro. jointly later for more details. tomorrow. good morning. first, our main story. police investigating the terror attack in manchester have released new images of salman abedi, the man who carried out the bombing, on the night of the attack. with 11 men under arrest and searches at addresses across the north west of england, police say they are putting together a picture of his last hours, as esyllt carr reports. in as esyllt carr reports. a crowd he would barely havi noticed. in a crowd he would barely ha
also ahead: british airways resumes flights in and out of heathrow and gatwick after an it failure leaves thousands of passengers stranded around the world. concern from senior dentists as new figure suggests that tooth decay is the single biggest cause of hospital admissions in england for the underfives. in sport.. celtic complete the treble, and yet another fa cup trophy for arsenal and arsene wenger, but we won t find out until next week if he s staying on as manager. and darren has the weather. good morning. some warm sunshine today but watch out later on, because more storms are arriving across the south, pushing northwards this evening, overnight and into tomorrow. more details later. first, our main story. police investigating the terror attack in manchester have released new images of salman abedi the man who carried out the bombing on the night of the attack. with 11 men under arrest and searches at addresses across the north west of england, police say they are