continued to more wildfires across the province of british columbia. emergency services say they are trying to control more than 170 fires. the canadian military is on standby to help more residents in british columbia leave their homes. canada recorded its highest ever temperature of 49.6 celsius on tuesday. tens of thousands of people in cities across brazil have been protesting against the government of jair bolsonaro, calling for his resignation, over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. the demonstrations were triggered by recent allegations of corruption involving the purchase of vaccines by the health ministry. jair bolsonaro denies any wrongdoing. 0liver stuenkel is professor of international relations at the getulio vargas foundation in sao paulo he says the president is coming increasingly under pressure. for the first time since bolsonaro has become president there is now serious pushback. he has actually governed largely
certainly a consequence of global warming. from edmonton, brandy yanchyk reports. the hotter temperatures across western canada have led to destruction in the small western canadian town of lytton in british columbia when a wild fire broke out causing an evacuation and then destroyed most of the town and damaging a nearby hydropower station. he won set a record of 49.6 celsius on tuesday. the previous high in canada was 45 celsius. in british columbia, at least 486 sudden deaths were reported over five days. according to the bc coroner s service that is nearly three times more than usual over that period. this prolonged, dangerous and historic heatwave has also affected the province of alberta. daytime high temperatures have been above 30 degrees celsius. in edmonton on thursday, which was canada day, residents flocked to spray packs, trying to cool off. so there have been some deaths in bc and any time you have people that
but still, the thought that under all this concrete, all this, still there is a person, maybe a little boy that is buried there, it s very difficult to fail to understand. the families of those still unaccounted for have been to visit the site. and some have told me that seeing the homes that they used to visit reduced to rubble with their own eyes, is helping them now to start to prepare for the worst. all of them, though, have one question. how long can someone possibly survive in there? it s a question no one can answer, but they were able to see what s being done to reach those trapped in the twisted metal and concrete before the hope they cling to fades completely. sophie long, bbc news, surfside, miami. more than a thousand people have been forced to flee a town in western canada because of fires caused by an unprecedented heatwave. according to the canadian authorities, lytton in british columbia has been almost completely destroyed by forest fires, after temperatures reached 49
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