we ll have the tributes to bbc news reader george alagiah, who s died at the age of 67. and we ll look at what s going on at twitter why is it being rebranded as x? start in greece. strong words from prime minister. he says the climate crisis is already here and greece is at war. more than 80 wildfires burning right now. he says the mediterranean region would face even greater disasters as a result of climate change. the islands of rhodes, corfu and evia have been worst hit. parts of the mainland are on high alert. tens of thousands of locals and tourists have been evacuated. the european union has sent firefighter reinforcements to help. from lindos, our correspondent jenny hill sent this report. it seems like a miracle no one was hurt. fire swept through this resort. not much left behind. those were once water skis. so much of this island still looks. well, idyllic. and then you take a few steps and you come across a scene. well, like this. it s still smouldering. that, o
was always expected to do well. globally it s estimated to have made around $337 million during its opening weekend. in north america, barbie made $155 million alone, which makes it the fourth highest grossing film debut ever in the north american market. it s only behind two instalments of the avengers franchise and a star wars film. oppenheimer also delivered, it made $174 million worldwide, which was much higher than it was expected to rake in. earlier, i spoke to orlando parfitt, senior online editor at screen international magazine. he said it s been an exceptional weekend. in the uk, the uk box office had its biggest weekend in over four years, so the biggest weekend since cinemas were shut for covid. another good stat, i guess, is that never in the history of hollywood have two films opened with one making more than 100 million, and one making more than 50 million. so what is interesting about this, the barbenheimer phenomenon, is not that they have done as well as the
checking out the truth behind them. let s start in greece where new fires have been reported in rhodes. more than 80 wildfires are now burning in greece, with tens of thousands of residents and tourists forced to flee. the greek government says it s launched the biggest rescue of its kind in response to the emergency. this footage was filmed in island of corfu on sunday evening. over 2000 people have been evacuated from the island. this video was filmed in a corfu hotel, as guests were dining. the government says it has sent boats to evacuate residents by sea, if required. the greek emergency services are deadling with several fires including two in areas east and south west of the capital, athens. the eastern island of rhodes which has been badly hit, one fire brigade officials there says that around one in ten of the hotels in the central and southern parts of that island have been affected. ministers in the uk say they are reviewing the situation in rhodes. and our repor
army in khartoum since mid april. i ve been speaking to ted chaiban, deputy executive director of humanitarian action and supply operations at unicef. he told me what the situation in sudan is like after more than 3 months of conflict. 100 days into this conflict in sudan, what has happened to children and theirfamilies is unimaginable. 2a million sudanese are in need of assistance, that s 14 million children in need of dire support. since the beginning of the conflict, 435 children have been killed. more than 2000 have been wounded. that s only what s reported. the actual numbers are much higher. it is a severe violation, a killing or injuring of a child every hourfor 100 days. it is an extraordinary set of numbers that you gave us there. what is the kind of support that is most needed? unicef and partners on the ground are making a difference. we ve reached 3 million children with health supplies throughout the country, it s a lot harder in darfurand khartoum. 1.7 million p
corfu and evia and on the greek mainland. more than 80 wildfires are now burning and tens of thousands of residents and tourists have been forced to flee. this footage was filmed in island of corfu on sunday evening. over 2,000 people have been evacuated from the island. and this video was filmed in a corfu hotel, as guests were dining. the government says, it has sent boats to evacuate residents by sea, if required. the greek emergency services have been dealing with several fires including two in areas east and south west of the capital, athens. firefighters on rhodes say around one in ten of the hotels in the central and south eastern parts of the island have been affected. british travel companies are putting on more repatriation flights for people trying to leave the area. a short while ago the travel operator tui announced it was cancelling all outbound flights to rhodes up to and including friday. 0ur reporter, azadeh moshiri, is on rhodes and sent this update. well,