1,500 by road and other means. three hotels on rhodes have reportedly burnt down, and many others are in the danger zone. private boats have joined the greek coastguard picking people up from beaches on the east of the island. the greek army has also been helping get tourists to safety. no injuries have been reported. plumes of smoke can be seen blanketing the island with its many resorts. this map shows the affected areas where fires are burning right in the centre of the island. and in these pictures, you can see here where fires have already burnt through. the fires have been burning for five days. the country s deputy fire chief says the fires in rhodes are the most difficult greece is facing. it comes as greece is suffering its hottest weekend in 50 years. 0ne climate expert says the current heatwave could last 16 or 17 days making it the longest since records began. katie piercefield holmes is on holiday in rhodes and told me about her experience. it is all a litt
now on bbc news the day that shook brazil. we re going to begin- with some breaking news. we re hearing that thousands of. supporters of the former president of brazil, jair bolsonaro, smashed their way. . have stormed. ..the country s national congress, stormed by shutting down the government compound, the government buildings. sunday, january 8th, 2023. around the world, people are waking up to the extraordinary events taking place in brasilia. demonstrators are refusing to accept that he lost last year s election and want the military to intervene. leaders from around the world condemn the storming of brazil s congress by supporters of jair bolsonaro. the events of january 8th, 2023, were born of both the global right wing populist movement and years of transformation in brazilian politics and society. a decade before, massive and unprecedented street protests against a long list of grievances from corruption scandals involving the incumbent workers party to the quality
This is bbc news, the headlines: wildfires rage in greece more than 2,000 people are evacuated by sea from the island of rhodes, as fires there intensify for a fifth day. a mass march in protest against the israeli government s planned judicial reforms reaches the parliament injerusalem. russian officials in occupied crimea say a ukrainian drone has hit an ammunition depot. sir keir starmer says labour must learn the lessons of the party s uxbridge by election defeat, which he blamed on plans to expand london s ultra low emissions zone. and england take a narrow win against haiti in their opening match at the women s world cup.