by eliud kipchoge of kenya, the defending champion and world record holder. there are other gold medals up for grabs in track cycling and boxing. and thousands take to the streets of amsterdam as the city marks the 25th anniversary of its first gay pride festival. hello, and welcome to the programme. thousands of residents and tourists have been evacuated from towns north of athens, as wildfires spread across the country. more than 150 wildfires are burning out of control some now close to the northern suburbs of the greek capital itself. two people are known to have died, and at least 20 others have been injured. greece, like many other parts of europe, has been grappling with extreme weather conditions this summer. widespread flooding, and colder than average temperatures in central europe and now baking hot weather in the south. our europe correspondent, bethany bell, reports from athens. greece is in the grip of an emergency. wildfires have been blazing out of control
including in track cycling, basketball and boxing. tea m team gb win the men s kieran, bringing the gold to seven. and thousands take to the streets of amsterdam as the city marks the 25th anniversary of its first gay pride parade. welcome to bbc news. thousands of people have been evacuated from towns and villages in greece, as wildfires spread to many parts of the country. more than 150 wildfires are burning out of control, some now close to the northern suburbs of the greek capital itself. two people are known to have died, and at least 20 others have been injured. greece, like many other parts of europe, has been grappling with extreme weather conditions this summer. widespread flooding, and colder than average temperatures in central europe and now baking hot weather in the south. our europe correspondent, bethany bell, reports from athens. greece is in the grip of an emergency. wildfires have been blazing out of control for days. extreme heat means these forests near at
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 grace s 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 -
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 the i
acting debut in the west end. it isa it is a completely different experience. it is much scarierfor me anyway. it is much scarier for me anyway. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. now to afghanistan, where the taliban have seized a second provincial capital within 2a hours. the deputy governor of sheberghan injawzjan province says government forces have retreated to the airport on the outskirts of the city, where they re preparing to defend themselves. shebhergan in northern afghanistan is the stronghold of former afghan vice president abdul rashid dostum whose supporters fight against the taliban. the militants earlier captured zaranj in nimroz, close to the border with iran, in a major escalation of their offensive. they ve made sweeping gains since foreign forces started withdrawing from the country. in both cities, the taliban freed hundreds of inmates from prisons they d captured. the us and the uk have asked their citizens in afghani