those fighting from the air, but it s been a constant battle to contain the pockets of firejumping up, as temperatures reached 44 celsius in some parts of greece. near the capital, more than 1,000 children were forced to abandon their summer camp. there are about 1,500 kids who need to be bused to safety , a local official explained. saying they d been found emergency accommodation for the night. as dark plumes ominously filled the horizon, many decided to escape. at these stables, a race against time disorientated and distressed, but all rescued. there wasn t much in it. this is what they left behind. tonight, firefighters across the athens region are on high alert. greece s first major heatwave for the summer has now ended but another is on the way. nick beake, bbc news. and there are wildfires here in spain, too. 4,000 people had to be evacuated as 300 firefighters fought to control a blaze on la palma, in the canary islands. this man says if a friend hadn t phoned to w
places on earth, temperatures reached 53.9 celsius on sunday. in a moment we ll hear from our climate editor justin rowlatt, but first, nick beake reports on the situation in greece. a thick blanket enveloped the hills outside of athens. wildfires powered by heavy winds. the flames rapidly advancing on homes. there were small victories for those fighting from the air, but it s been a constant battle to contain the pockets of fire jumping up, as temperatures reached 44 celsius in some parts of greece. near the capital, more than 1,000 children were forced to abandon their summer camp. there are about 1,500 kids who need to be bused to safety , a local official explained. saying they d been found emergency accommodation for the night. as dark plumes ominously filled the horizon, many decided to escape. at these stables, a race against time disorientated and distressed, but all rescued. there wasn t much in it. this is what they left behind. tonight, firefighters across the
here s one of the shop workers explaining what happened. translation: i was at work in the furniture section when there was a first hit. me and my colleague fell off our feet, went down and hit the floor. there was a second hit after which we were covered in rubble. we were covered in it, our faces, too. we started to dig our way up to the top. there, the extinguishing system had started working. we grabbed a few people and an emergency service guy who was shopping saved us. he was with a girl that was also shopping and he helped us to get out through the window. me, my colleague and another boy as well as the shopper and his girlfriend made it out. i spoke to cyrille amoursky, a journalist for la chaine info channel. he sjoined me from kharkiv, just in front of the shopping centre which was attacked today. we know that there are at least 16 people missing before it used to be 11. now it is 16. we know also that five people are dead, but there may be other people inside of
and other buildings in the city. the mayor of kharkiv says there are a large number of people missing following the strike. earlier this month, russian forces began a renewed offensive in the kharkiv region, in an attempt to break through a weakened ukrainian front line. here s one of the shop workers explaining what happened. translation: i was at work in the furniture section - when there was a first hit. me and my colleague fell off our feet, went down and hit the floor. there was a second hit after which we were covered in rubble. we were covered in it, our faces, too. we started to dig our way up to the top. there, the extinguishing system had started working. we grabbed a few people and an emergency service guy who was shopping saved us. he was with a girl that was also shopping and he helped us to get out through the window. me, my colleague and another boy as well as the shopper and his girlfriend made it out. i spoke to cyrille amoursky, a journalist for la chaine in
at scarlettjohansson s dispute with openai. the actress accuses the tech company of deliberately copying her voice for its new chatbot. hi. woman s voice: hi. well, we re going to start this week s programme by coming back to a story that actually we covered last week concerning netflix and the controversy around its latest hit, baby reindeer. now, katie, for people who didn t see the programme last week, who perhaps haven t been following all this, although it s been a high profile story, what is baby reindeer? why is it getting so much attention? well, baby reindeer first of all is a hit show across the world. many millions, tens of millions, i think up to 65 million people have watched it, probably more by now. and it is the story purporting to be a true story, because it says at the beginning, this is a true story and it is a story of a man who s played by richard gadd, but he s playing himself. so he s a british actor playing himself, and he is stalked in the progr