is a time for the west to lean in more? good evening. we re going to start tonight with a report from yemen where there s no sign of an end to the eight year long conflict in the arab world s poorest country. these boys hashim, bader and amir arejust some of the children who ve grown up in the firing line in a country where more than 11,000 children have been killed or maimed in the fighting. there s been less violence since last year when a temporary un truce was brokered. but it s still not peace. iranian backed houthi rebels seized the capital sanaa in 2014 and still control this area in purple. in 2015 a saudi led coalition backed by the uk and the us? intervened, aiming to reinstall the internationally recognised government and now control the grey areas. but as you can see, the country is still fragmented, all the different colours on the map representing the multiple armed groups vying for influence all over yemen. caught in the middle of it all is the city
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the number of people who are homeless in england is at its highest level since records began 25 years ago. and that figure doesn t include people sleeping rough on the streets. at the end of march almost 105,000 households were living in temporary accommodation funded by a local council. that s up 10% from a year ago according to new government figures and includes more than 130,000 children. and for many, living in cramped conditions has taken its toll. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports from plymouth. born into homelessness, five week old jack has spent his entire life living in a hotel room. his 17 month old sister, lily, learned to walk here. the family say they were made homeless through a no fault eviction as the landlord wanted the property back. they all now live in the one room. he wakes up crying, it wakes her up. so some nights i ve been down here, about three in the morning, rocking him in
Home office, desperate to cut the cost of hotel bills for asylum seekers, so in some parts of the country, particularly in london, they are outbidding local councils for properties that those councils could have used to house some of the people who are homeless, so the system is quite dysfunctional. and it all means that what you saw today is record numbers of people in temporary accommodation. michael, thank ou. two pilots have died in greece after their water bombing plane crashed on the island of evia north of athens while they were trying to put out a forest fire. it s a grim reminder of the dangers faced by those battling to control wildfires, which continue to rage on several greek islands. rhodes is the worst hit, with more evacuation flights under way to rescue stranded tourists. in a moment we ll look at the impact that climate change is having, with our climate editor justin rowlatt, but first, our correspondentjenny hill reports from greece. unrelenting, unforgiving
The fires are raging on. firefighters battling to contain them. notjust here on rhodes, but on the islands of evia and corfu, too. it s desperate, dangerous work. this afternoon on evia, a terrible reminder of the risks taken. a firefighting aircraft dumps its water, appears to clip a tree and loses control. we ve chosen not to show the moment of impact. so many are putting themselves in harm s way, like volunteer firefighter panagiotis, who takes us to see what this fire can do. his team s camping nearby, still on high alert. their village is just down the road. translation: you can understand our annuish. we were running to put out the fire. we were desperate to save the forest, but we were also desperate to save our
The fires are raging on. firefighters battling to contain them. notjust here on rhodes, but on the islands of evia and corfu, too. it s desperate, dangerous work. this afternoon on evia, a terrible reminder of the risks taken. a firefighting aircraft dumps its water, appears to clip a tree and loses control. the two pilots on board were killed. so many are putting themselves in harm s way, like volunteer firefighter panagiotis, who takes us to see what this fire can do. his team s camping nearby, still on high alert. their village is just down the road. translation: you can | understand our anguish. we were running to put out the fire. we were desperate to save the forest, but we were also