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 graces 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 homes. I closed all the windows
Restrictions have come into force. And thousands take to the streets of amsterdam as the city marks the 25th Anniversary of its first gay Pride Parade. Hello and welcome. Reports from Northern Afghanistan say theres heavy fighting in the city of kunduz, where government forces are trying to push back taliban militants. In the city of kunduz, where government forces are trying to push back taliban militants. A taliban spokesman said their fighters had already captured some districts and were inching towards the centre of the city. Fierce fighting is also reported in the centre of another afghan provincial capital, sar e pol. Earlier, the taliban said they had taken control of Sheberghaan The Second Provincial Capital to have fallen in two days. On saturday us Central Command said it had intensified Air Strikes Richard Galpin reports. In this fast moving offensive the taliban are claiming a second province, sheberghaan, is in their hands. Here video film for the fighters appears to show
Of Its first gay Pride Parade. Hello and welcome to bbc news. 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 greeces second biggest island, evia. The scenes are devastating. Wildfires are continuing to break out on this island. Dozens of residents have had to leave their homes. I closed all the windows but they put the water around It. Firefighters are doing all they can under extreme condItions. But strong scorching winds have made the sItuation worse. Flames have ripped through vast areas destroying homes and burning forest. More than 2000 people from the island had to be
More than 200 are killed. New changes to the uks Covid Travel Restrictions have come into force. Thousands flee their homes in greece as Forest Fires burn out of control as the country faces its most intense heatwave in more than 30 years. And. Thousands take to The Streets of amsterdam as the city marks the 25th Anniversary of its first gay Pride Parade. And our Sunday Morning edition of the papers is at 9. 35. This mornings reviewers are journalist and author, Shyama Perera and ali miraj, a columnist at the article. Im ben boulos. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. The cyclist, Jason Kenny, has become britains greatest ever olympian, after winning his seventh Gold Medal on the final day of the tokyo games. The 33 year olds win in the Mens Keirin final also gave him a british record ninth olympic medal. On the final day of the games in tokyo. This is how the Medals Table stands. The united states has overtaken china to take the top spot. The Host Nation
Lightning has partially destroyed two properties in hampshire as the heatwave comes to an end in some parts of the country. Weather warnings are in place across Southern England and wales for flooding, hail and strong winds. Duncan kennedys report contains some Flashing Images from the storms. This is how the week long Heat Wave came to an end for the two houses in hampshire. The lightning struck one of the rooves, causing a fire, which then spread to the property next door. Neighbours say they were woken up by a huge noise. We heard an almighty bang, and i mean a really loud bang. And slowly, starting on this side, as you can imagine, where it got hit, and then slowly but surely then it worked its way across both of them. So, we watched the roof catch fire, we watched the whole thing collapse. And then, the Fire Tenders turned up and they did a greatjob at putting the fire out. Two women escaped unharmed, but this is what the destructive power of lightning can lead to. It is purely ra