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the foreign office says there are between 7,000 and 10,000 british tourists on the greek island of rhodes where wildfires have forced many people from their homes and hotels. they're being urged to take advice from tour companies about what to do, and holiday firms are sending planes to pick up those who may be stranded. some have had to sleep at the airport or in sports halls, conference centres and and even out on the street. and today there are evacuation orders in place because of spreading wildfires for parts of corfu and evia. zoe conway has the latest. the seaside resort of kiotari this morning on the south coast of rhodes. it was engulfed by fire on saturday. the flames, the smoke spread so quickly that people had to be evacuated from the beaches. we were trapped on the beach. we could see the fire. we could see the fire — it was coming down. there was nowhere for us to go. the beach was a dead end, and the struggle to get on the boat, it was very, very traumatic

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Nicky Campbell

get in touch and tell us what is happening with your family members, with yourself. it is a question this morning, the wildfires, what an out is happening? more to come. —— what on earth is happening? and here is the news. the foreign office says there are between 7000 and 10,000 british tourists on the greek island of rhodes where wildfires have forced thousands from their hotels and homes. holiday firms are sending empty planes to pick up stranded holidaymakers. the metropolitan police say the radical preacher awem police say the radical preacher anjem choudary has been charged with three terror offences, the 56—year—old from east london is due to appear before westminster magistrates on charges including

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BBC News

horrendous. absolutely... i've never been so scared in my entire life. travel chaos as a number of holiday firms cancel outbound flights and holidays to rhodes. polls have now closed in spain's general election— the country now awaits for the first results to see who will be the next prime minister. live from the spanish conservative party headquarters in madrid, some of their supporters are already gathering here, hoping their party will get enough votes to get back in power. the first results will come in very shortly. and australia retains the ashes after rain ensures the fourth test ends in a draw.

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BBC News

horrendous. absolutely... i've never been so scared in my entire life. travel chaos as a number of holiday firms cancel outbound flights and holidays to rhodes. counting is under way in spain's snap general election, the centre—right have a narrow lead. and australia retains the ashes after rain ensures the fourth test ends in a draw. hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. the greek authorities have declared a state of emergency in southern rhodes, as firefighters continue to battle wildfi res. greek police say 19—thousand people have been evacuated from homes and hotels on the island. the british foreign office has deployed a rapid deployment team, including the british red cross,

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BBC News

battle against wildfires burning out of control. horrendous. absolutely... i've never been so scared in my entire life. travel chaos as a number of holiday firms cancel outbound flights and holidays to rhodes. polls have closed in spain's general election — the first results suggest a tight race. i'm live from the spanish conservative party headquarters in madrid. initial enthusiasm here has now turned into nerves as the race is very, very tight between the conservative party and the socialists. and australia retains the ashes after rain ensures the fourth test ends in a draw. hello.

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BBC News

police say 19,000 people have been moved to safety in the country's largest ever evacuation. travel chaos as a number of holiday firms cancel outbound flights and holidays to rhodes, as they try to repatriate tourists. voters take to the polls for a snap election in spain. prime minister pedro sanchez and his main rival alberto nunez cast their votes in the capital madrid. iam i am alive at a polling station in madrid where voting will end in just three hours. spaniards are deciding today whether to give four more years to socialist prime minister pedro sanchez or bring the right back to power. as anger grows in manipur over a sexual assault case, there's been more accounts of further atrocities. the ruling party in cambodia says it's on course

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Newsday

in the sea and hope for the best. holiday firms have now cancelled inbound passenger flights. instead, they'll send empty planes to bring people home. even so, many tourists here told us they felt abandoned. as we filmed, the greek tourism minister arrived at the airport, keen to defend this country's vital industry. a small part of the island has been affected. - everything else operates very regularly. _ so, you know, at this point, i we just want to make sure that everybody is safe and that - whoever needs to get back home can get back home safely. tonight, though, many are bedding down where they can. all our belongings are still in the hotel, in the apartment. so it's a case of... but it's one of those things. people have lost

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Newsday

their homes and hotels. it's not the way emily thought her wedding party would end. horrible. it's just like, the sky was just black. and then it was just like just getting rained on with ash and all sorts. and then, yeah, it was just not nice. we've had to come home a week early. you could literally see the fire and it was really scary. at rhodes airport, some wait forflights home. others just didn't know where else to go. everyone is exhausted. so we got what we could. just pinched... passports, electronics. left everything else. go down and everybody onto the beach and theyjust tell you to walk and walk and walk away. my husband wasn't very well, so we told these guys to just carry on, just go. so we had to leave them on the beach and we had to keep walking with the idea that if the fire came down to them, they'd pretty much get in the sea and hope for the best. holiday firms have now cancelled inbound passengerflights. instead, they'll send empty planes to bring people home.

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Breakfast-20220315-06:22:00

furthermore, while we knew that the passenger locator form, which has been _ passenger locator form, which has been widely derided, the boss of klm said he _ been widely derided, the boss of klm said he would ask is assistance to complete — said he would ask is assistance to complete his 20 page online form, and she _ complete his 20 page online form, and she asked for a pay rise afterwards because it was so incoherent and complex, while we are expecting _ incoherent and complex, while we are expecting that to go, the biggest news _ expecting that to go, the biggest news the — expecting that to go, the biggest news the transport secretary had yesterday — news the transport secretary had yesterday was that unvaccinated travellers would face no restrictions coming into the uk. so we've _ restrictions coming into the uk. so we've seen— restrictions coming into the uk. so we've seen quite a lot of celebrations from the ferry companies, from airlines, from three holiday— companies, from airlines, from three holiday firms, working in this news. but i _ holiday firms, working in this news. but i am _ holiday firms, working in this news. but i am also hearing the boss of one airline — but i am also hearing the boss of one airline saying it was absolutely lamentable that these rules have been _ lamentable that these rules have been in _ lamentable that these rules have been in place for so long. as the world _ been in place for so long. as the world health organization says, they may have _ world health organization says, they may have stemmed the flow by a couple _ may have stemmed the flow by a couple of — may have stemmed the flow by a couple of days or a couple of weeks, but they— couple of days or a couple of weeks, but they have not made any difference other than with destroying a once great industry. that industry —— interesting. we are seeing different nations thinking, i

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World Business Report-20210805-04:30:00

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