thought to be on board. the plane was one of three aircraft and around 100 firefighters battling the fires on the island. the prime minister has warned of tough days ahead. fires continue to burn on several of greece s islands as well as parts of the mainland. these are the latest pictures from roads that give you a sense of the intensity of what we firefighters are dealing with. emergency teams fighting flames nonstop on dozens of france, the largest greek island of crete has been put on high alert. these are the pictures from italy where the main island on the island of sicily was closed as smoke began to approach the runway. an international group of scientists has said the current conditions would have been virtually impossible without human caused climate change. let s start from hearing from greece s prime minister. translation: the next few days, especially today, tomorrow and i thursday, will be difficult days. after that, i hope the conditions will help us more and t
and coming up on bbc news: a famous victory for the philippines at the women s world cup but what could it mean for the co hosts new zealand? good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. we will have more on our top story about homelessness in just a few moments. first, let s start this lunchtime with the situation in greece and beyond. firefighters have reported new blazes on the greek island of rhodes, and fires are raging on a number of other islands and some parts of the mainland. the holiday island of crete has been put on high alert, with residents being warned of an extreme risk of fire there. thousands of tourists have fled hotels greece s prime minister is expected to meet his cabinet today to discuss the crisis. our correspondent richard galpin has the latest. the fires in rhodes have not diminished. instead, more have broken out over night and there are concerns the winds could get stronger, fanning the flames even more. for local people living and working
it by showing last october. coming home from school. since the attack, the boys world has shrunk. they no longer go to classes. their physical wounds may have healed, but their trauma remains, like the danger. conflict echoes around them. do you hear a lot of sounds from the war? bullets, explosions, air strikes, shells, he says. hashim, is it very scary when you hear the explosions and the gunfire? i feel scared and run. there s a lot of explosions. badr wants to be a doctor when he s older. he wants to help people. first, the brothers need to return to school. i want to go back, he tells me, but my leg has been cut off. how can i go out of the house? and right next door, another little life upended. amir was maimed on the same day last october in a second round of shelling. it killed his cousin and his uncle in their own home. amir s father, sharif al amri, shares his pain. he says his sleeping son, who s just three, needs another operation and has deep wounds of
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
sunshine and showers. some of those showers should be thundery and heavy, but they will ease from the south west. it s tuesday the 25th july. wildfires on the greek island of rhodes have now forced almost 20,000 people to abandon their homes. hundreds of holiday makers have left the island, with more repatriation flights set to take place. evacuation orders have also been issued in corfu and evia. louisa pilbeam reports. with the tourists gone, this is all that s left on some beaches in rhodes. for a holiday island, it s greek livelihoods that have gone up in flames. in the restaurants and bars that remain, greeks are left to pick up the pieces. 0ur houses maybe not to be there tomorrow, maybe now we are on fire, we don t know what to do. it s very, very bad, the situation. we need help. send us help from everywhere. but wildfires aren t uncommon in greece. this bar owner is ready to rebuild. eh, we lost the business. we have good health, and we are hopeful to fix it again.