Horrendous. absolutely. i ve never been so scared in my entire life. travel chaos as a number of holiday firms cancel outbound flights and holidays to rhodes. counting is under way in spain s snap general election, the centre right have a narrow lead. and australia retains the ashes after rain ensures the fourth test ends in a draw. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. the greek authorities have declared a state of emergency in southern rhodes, as firefighters continue to battle wildfi res. greek police say 19 thousand people have been evacuated from homes and hotels on the island. the british foreign office has deployed a rapid deployment team, including the british red cross,
In the sea and hope for the best. holiday firms have now cancelled inbound passenger flights. instead, they ll send empty planes to bring people home. even so, many tourists here told us they felt abandoned. as we filmed, the greek tourism minister arrived at the airport, keen to defend this country s vital industry. a small part of the island has been affected. - everything else operates very regularly. so, you know, at this point, i we just want to make sure that everybody is safe and that - whoever needs to get back home can get back home safely. tonight, though, many are bedding down where they can. all our belongings are still in the hotel, in the apartment. so it s a case of. but it s one of those things. people have lost
Battle against wildfires burning out of control. horrendous. absolutely. i ve never been so scared in my entire life. travel chaos as a number of holiday firms cancel outbound flights and holidays to rhodes. polls have closed in spain s general election the first results suggest a tight race. i m live from the spanish conservative party headquarters in madrid. initial enthusiasm here has now turned into nerves as the race is very, very tight between the conservative party and the socialists. and australia retains the ashes after rain ensures the fourth test ends in a draw. hello.
Police say 19,000 people have been moved to safety in the country s largest ever evacuation. travel chaos as a number of holiday firms cancel outbound flights and holidays to rhodes, as they try to repatriate tourists. voters take to the polls for a snap election in spain. prime minister pedro sanchez and his main rival alberto nunez cast their votes in the capital madrid. iam i am alive at a polling station in madrid where voting will end in just three hours. spaniards are deciding today whether to give four more years to socialist prime minister pedro sanchez or bring the right back to power. as anger grows in manipur over a sexual assault case, there s been more accounts of further atrocities. the ruling party in cambodia says it s on course
Their homes and hotels. it s not the way emily thought her wedding party would end. horrible. it s just like, the sky was just black. and then it was just like just getting rained on with ash and all sorts. and then, yeah, it was just not nice. we ve had to come home a week early. you could literally see the fire and it was really scary. at rhodes airport, some wait forflights home. others just didn t know where else to go. everyone is exhausted. so we got what we could. just pinched. passports, electronics. left everything else. go down and everybody onto the beach and theyjust tell you to walk and walk and walk away. my husband wasn t very well, so we told these guys to just carry on, just go. so we had to leave them on the beach and we had to keep walking with the idea that if the fire came down to them, they d pretty much get in the sea and hope for the best. holiday firms have now cancelled inbound passengerflights. instead, they ll send empty planes to bring people home.