Live from washington. this is bbc news. wildfires kill 18 people in greece. officials say they re likely migrants crossing from turkey. a high wire drama plays out in pakistan. authorities and locals scramble to save schoolkids from a broken cable car. and building a case for the brics alliance leaders of brazil, russia, india, china and south africa try to present a united front injohannesburg. hello, i m sumi somaskanda. we begin in greece, where 18 bodies have been found in a national forest where wildfires have been raging for days. they were found in the evros region of north east greece, outside the village of avantas.
Have been killed in a wildfire in northeastern greece. their bodies were found in a forest not far from the turkish border, outside the village of avantas, in the evros region of north east greece. efforts are being made to try to identify them. 0ur senior international correspondent 0rla guerin is on the turkish side of the border and hasjust sent this report. and has just sent it is an inferno and it s leaving little in its wake. firemen have been battling the flames night and day, but the wildfires are spreading. they have come bearing down on avantas, a village where local people are counting their losses. translation: it has reached the entire village. our own house up there, where the fire started, has completely burned down. there is nothing. fire, only fire that s what we could see. the wind was so strong. high winds and soaring temperatures have created a perfect storm. and, beneath the smoke, a terrible discovery in the forest
Forms of social media here in the government as i said is used to getting warnings out when there are wildfires like this,. no fatalities and hopefully people able to get back to their homes but the particular row between the canadian government between meta what is to be known as facebook needs to be resolved because social media warnings are really crucial as early warning systems when there are forest fires like this. forest fires like this. thank ou forest fires like this. thank you very forest fires like this. thank you very much. the greek authorities say 18 people, thought to be migrants, have been killed in a wildfire in northeastern greece. their bodies were found in a forest not far from the turkish border, outside the village of avantas, in the evros region of north east greece. efforts are being made to try to identify them. our senior international correspondent orla guerin is on the turkish side of the border and has just sent this report. it is an inferno and it is
They were found in the evros region of northeast greece, outside the village of avantas. initial reports suggest the victims are migrants and an investigation is under way. our senior international correspondent orla guerin is on the border between turkey and greece with more. what is rediscovered in a forest area across the border in the greek region of evros illegal coronets at all 18 were male and two were younger, possibly miners. autopsies will be held in a few hours time for the before that, dna samples will be taken to try and begin the process of identifying the dead. at bbc news spoke to one man, a syrian who is worried his cousin was among the group. he says the young man was 27. had travelled here to turkey, with a group of other syrians, afghans and iraqis and their plan was to cross the border illegally from turkey as many
Wildfires kill at least 18 people in greece. officials say they re likely migrants crossing from turkey. the first of donald trump s co defendants surrender themselves to authorities in georgia. and seven students and teachers are recused from a dangling cable car in pakistan. we begin in greece, where 18 bodies have been found in a nationalforest where wildfires have been raging for days. they were found in the evros region of north east greece, outside the village of avantas. initial reports suggest the victims are migrants, and an investigation