Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Good morning. Its 8 00am in singapore, midnight in london, and 11 00am in australia where a state of emergency has been declared in New South Wales and now also queensland. Dozens of bushfires continue to burn in the region. Earlier, authorities issued the highest level of warning in some areas known as catastrophic for the First Time Since new fire warnings were introduced a decade ago. For more heres the bbcs phil mercer in sydney. Well, we have heard that 850,000 pairs of bushland has been burnt in New South Wales since the start of this years fire season hectares. So that is a huge area of land. Today we have heard that both New South Wales and queensland have declared a state of emergency. What that does, gives the fire authorities greater powers to protect life and property. So that just gives you an indication as to how serious this is. Dozens of fires are burning in both Eastern States and the fo
Of the day, the new stage of the ukrainian counteroffensive really begins the United States has officially approved the sending of the first batch of abrams tanks to ukraine, according to tin, citing their sources in the first house. It is known that american tanks will be delivered through europe along with ammunition with spare parts , equipment for refueling repairs, a total of 31 combat vehicles will receive the apu. As expected in early autumn, we will conclude. The new phase in the counter offensive will be already september. However. Even those vehicles that someday reach ukraine will be deprived of secret armor based on the combined uranus and advanced electronics. But, that is, the ukrainian nazis will receive steel coffins, but in kiev they are grateful for this, and so very grateful. You wont believe that ukraine has unofficially supplemented the list of holidays by defining october 22 as thanksgiving day. Well, that is, the north is an american holiday, which is celebrated
Russian occupied crane. Despite more reports of finding plus a return to middle earth fans of the lord of the rings. Finally, get a glimpse of then youve made for tv. Pretty cool. Look at one of the most expensive series ever made. Ah, ive been fizzle and welcome from bad to worse. After weeks of extraordinary monsoon, rain and devastating floods in pakistan. The humanitarian situation in the country is expected to get even more drastic. A wave of water is flowing down the in dose river, heading toward the Southern Province of cent. Already the west effected area. Millions of people waiting to be evacuated there. In the north, several cities remain inundated a week after the last reign stalked thousands bill without food and shelter. So far more than 1200 people have died in the funds that crossover too. As if surety hes the country director for pakistan of the agency is la mac relief, and joins us from islamabad in the north. Evacuations in the south or underway, but seem to be diffic