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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 greece s 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 ....
reports from northern afghanistan say there s heavy heavy fighting fighting in the city of kunduz, where government forces are trying to push back taliban militants. new changes to the uk s covid travel restrictions come into force. double vaccinated people travelling from france to the uk will no longer have to isolate. thousands flee their homes in greece as forest fires burn out of control the country faces its most intense heatwave in more than 30 years. the argentine football star, lionel messi, is emotional as he confirms that he is leaving barcelona after 20 years at the club. the closing ceremony of the tokyo olympics is under way after a final day of competition. team gb have matched their medal total from london 2012 with 22 golds, and 65 medals in total. jason kenny won gold in the men s kieren cycling event in the velodrome. that makes him britain s most successful male athlete with a total of seven olympic gold medals under his belt, a total of nine olymp ....
earlier this month, she noticed the early signs of deterioration starting in her right ear and decided to act. she s been speaking to our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson. # suddenly i see this is what i want to be # suddenly i see.# kt tunstall has been playing live for three decades, often doing 200 shows a year. next week, she was to start a three month us tour with hall & oates, but what s happening to her hearing has caused her to pull out. it s almost like a siren goes off and you suddenly get this woo oo oo, and it s just a pulse of a noise. the other thing that you can get is that suddenly you can t hear anything and it feels like someone s put a vacuum over your head. her plan is now to space out live shows, allowing more recovery time, but the brit award winning singer has been struggling with her hearing since the end of 2007. i got off a long haul flight, and i was actually going to a spice girls concert, and i had a nap before i was going to go t ....
where we will have alternatives to isolation for people who have two doses of the vaccine. how we do like to be beside the seaside coastal towns are the biggest winners, as the uk economy bounces back from lockdown. and at euro 2020, the spotlight is on wales, who will be looking to seal their spot in the last 16 when they take italy in rome. hello and welcome to bbc news. one of the countries hit hardest by the pandemic, brazil, has recorded a total of more than half a million coronavirus deaths, making it the second country, after the us, to pass that figure. 2300 people have died of covid in the past day alone. as the virus continues to spread, president bolsonaro has refused to back measures like social distancing. experts say the outbreak could worsen with slow vaccination rates and the beginning of winter. mark lobel reports. as covid deaths reach 500,000 here, the painful goodbyes continue. translation: the death rate has been much higher recently, despite al ....
and things it will probably be easier if you have been vaccinated, things like that. how we do like to be beside the seaside. coastal towns are the biggest winners, as the uk economy bounces back from lockdown. and, at euro 2020 the spotlight is on wales, who will be looking to seal their place in the last 16 when they take italy in rome. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. one of the countries hit hardest by the pandemic, brazil, has recorded a total of more than half a million coronavirus deaths making it the second country, after the us, to pass that figure. 2,300 people have died of covid in the past day alone. as the virus continues to spread, president bolsonaro has refused to back measures like social distancing. experts say the outbreak could worsen with slow vaccination rates and the beginning of winter. mark lobel reports. as covid deaths reach 500,000 here, the painful goodbyes continue. translation: the death rate has been mu ....