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The Latest Breaking News from Rhodes

First flights due to rescue British holidaymakers fleeing Rhodes wildfires

Airline easyJet announced it will operate two rescue flights totalling 421 seats on Monday.

The Independent UK

Morning Mail: New rights coming for casual workers, Australia retain Ashes, Greece wildfires spread

Casuals to be given new rights to full-time employment to boost job security; rain ends England’s Ashes fightback; evacuations on the island of Rhodes

The Guardian - AU

Greece is ‘at war’ says country’s PM as wildfires rip through Corfu and Rhodes

Airlines are due to deploy repatriation flights to bring home trapped British holidaymakers on Monday

Evening Standard

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Residents, tourists flee wildfire on Greece’s Rhodes island

Authorities transport some 16,000 people across land, with 3,000 evacuated by sea as firefighters battle blaze.

Al Jazeera

Travel operators urged to refund UK holidaymakers who call off trips to Rhodes

‘Unconscionable’ to penalise travellers, says Which?, as firms cancel holidays to wildfire hit Greek island

The Guardian - UK

easyJet sending repatriation flights to bring holidaymakers home from Rhodes

The airline announced it will operate two rescue flights on Monday and a third on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Greece carries out its biggest ever evacuation as wildfires rage on Rhodes

Fire department says 19,000 people have been moved on island where blazes are spreading uncontrollably

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Thomas Cook cancels holidays to Greek island along with Jet2 and Tui

THOMAS Cook has cancelled all holidays to areas of Rhodes most affected by the wildfire until July 31.

The National (Scotland)

Greek authorities evacuate thousands as fires scorch island of Rhodes

High winds forecast for Sunday are expected to hamper firefighters' battle to contain a blaze burning out of control on the Greek island of Rhodes, where some 30,000 people have been forced to evacuate.

Radio France Internationale

19,000 people have been evacuated as a wildfire rages on the Greek island of Rhodes

Scores of wildfires are burning across Greece. A wildfire burning on the Greek island of Rhodes has forced authorities to order an evacuation of sites including seaside resorts full of tourists.

WEKU

Greek authorities evacuate some 19,000 people as wildfire blazes on the Greek island of Rhodes

Some 19,000 people have been evacuated from the Greek island of Rhodes as wildfires continued burning for a sixth day on three fronts, Greek authorities said on Sunday

The Independent UK

Rhodes wildfires: UK monitoring situation as holidaymakers evacuated from hotels

Jet2 Holidays and Tui have both cancelled bookings to the island while easyJet confirmed all flights would continue as normal

Evening Standard

Greece fires - live: Jet2 and Tui scrap Rhodes flights as firefighters in race to stop inferno spreading

Temperatures to remain high in Italy, Greece and across the Balkans even as heatwave eases in France and Spain

The Independent UK

Rhodes wildfires: Terrified tourists evacuated from Greece hotels amid Europe heatwave chaos

Temperatures to remain high in Italy, Greece and across the Balkans even as heatwave eases in France and Spain

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Fire causes travel chaos for British holidaymakers on Greek island

British tourists described ‘terrifying’ scenes as the five-day fire continued to rage on the Greek island of Rhodes

The Guardian - UK

Greece: thousands evacuated as wildfires ravage Rhodes

Britons among those forced to flee homes and hotels on Greek holiday island

The Independent UK

A wildfire is raging out of control on the Greek island of Rhodes, forcing tourist evacuations

A large blaze burning on the island of Rhodes for the fifth day has forced authorities to order an evacuation of four locations, including two seaside resorts

France 24

In pictures: Greece faces longest heatwave on record as wildfires force evacuations

Greece was undergoing its hottest July weekend in 50 years, with temperatures forecast to soar above 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit). An emergency operation took place on the island of Rhodes on Saturday to evacuate over 1,500 people to safety from the wildfires raging for five days running.

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The Independent UK

Wildfires on Greek island of Rhodes force thousands of holidaymakers to evacuate

200 firefighters and 40 fire engines are trying to control the blaze, which has been burning for five days

Reuters

Earthquake shakes Greek island of Rhodes, felt in Cyprus

A strong earthquake shook the Greek island of Rhodes in the Aegean Sea on Wednesday and was felt as far away as Cyprus, witnesses said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Türkiye Again Threatens Greece for Arming Aegean Islands

Türkiye’s foreign minister on Tuesday again threatened to “take action” against Greece if it continues to arm its Aegean islands which Ankara says should remain demilitarized in line with international treaties. Mevlut Cavusoglu’s comments follow reports of military exercises by Greece on the Aegean islands of Rhodes and Lesbos. Turkish…

Birmingham Post

easyJet launches Rhodes flight from Belfast International Airport

It said the move will create 40 jobs

The Independent UK

British woman, 31, ‘gang-raped on Greek island of Rhodes’

The alleged victim told authorities she was attacked and raped by four men

Daily Mirror

Family-of-eight left fuming and stranded abroad as EasyJet flight axed with no warning

Unhappy John Mounsey and his seven family members were left with nowhere to go after EasyJet pulled the plug on their flight from Rhodes, Greece, to Edinburgh, Scotland, at the last minute

Edinburgh Live

Remains found amid search of missing Scottish woman who vanished two years ago

The grim discovery was made on the Greek island of Rhodes, by a hunter in mountains inaccessible to the public on Saturday, January 29.

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