hello and welcome to the programme. with temperatures in the high 40s, advancing wildfires on the greek island of evia have forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents. thousands of locals and tourists have also been evacuated from athens northern suburbs and others have had to abandon their homes elsewhere. the greek army has been deployed to help fight the blazes and several countries including britain and germany have sent emergency aid teams to help. helena wilkinson has the latest. this is grace s second august ireland, evia. are devastating. wildfires are continuing to break out on this island. dozens of residents have had to leave their homes. i residents have had to leave their homes. . .,, residents have had to leave their homes. . ., ., , , homes. i closed all the windows but the ut homes. i closed all the windows but they put their homes. i closed all the windows but they put their water homes. i closed all the windows but they put their water around -
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into a letter she wrote about racism for the observer newspaper. and back to london. the dutch siffan hassan and the kenyan kelvin kiptum have won the race for female and male categories in the london marathon. hello. i m lukwesa burak. british diplomats and their families have been airlifted to safety from the sudanese capital, khartom, as fighting between rival factions of the army enters a second week. the ministry of defence has confirmed embassy staff were removed under the cover of darkness. the united states has carried out a similar operation. there s no word yet, on how other british nationals are supposed to leave. with the latest here s our africa correspondent, andrew harding. in war torn khartoum this morning, dramatic moves to rescue at least some trapped foreigners. overnight, american military helicopters flew into sudan, heading for the capital in the centre of the country. in a short but successful operation, nearly 100 us embassy staff and their families we