listen to the governor and buffalo native kathy hochul. we are in a war. this is a war with mother nature. she has been hitting us with everything she has since the late hours of thursday into friday, saturday and now on christmas morning. i cannot overstate how dangerous the condition still are. we need people to stay off the roads. we will persevere. we will battle and we are not going anywhere. a war with mother nature. alexis mcadams live with the very latest on this. how s it looking out there now? here in new york, that death toll is expected to climb after that historic storm in buffalo, new york, just land the area with several feet of snow and they are still in that cleanup process. take a look here on your screen. the latest video coming out of buffalo new york just out of the past few hours. this is what the streets of buffalo are looking like again this afternoon. at least seven people have been killed during this massive winter blast. authorities found
hello and welcome to bbc news. there are fears of food shortages in pakistan, after the devastating floods washed away nearly half of the country s crops. so far around 1,200 people are known to have been killed but today unicef said many more children could die from a rapid spread of diseases lik cholera and malaria. our correspondent, pumza fighlani is in pakistan. meet this boy, he s two days old, her sixth child. as he sleeps under a tree that s become this family s only shelter, his mother is anxious. this is no place for a baby. translation: we don t even have a tent, just this tree. . we spent the whole night in the rain running away from the flood, trying to get to safety. when we arrived, this was the only space we could find here. it gets really hot and he starts crying and won t stop. it s very difficult. the baby was born in a nearby hospital, but she was forced to return to the river bank because she d left her husband and five young children. hundreds of familie
as the uk s next prime minister and leader of the conservative party. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. in france they re calling it a heat apocalypse . across much of europe excessively high temperatures, wildfires, and now water shortages, are having a devastating impact. northern spain has reached 43 degrees, and it s predicted the uk could see record temperatures on tuesday. we ll have more on that and the role of climate change in a moment. but nowhere has been more affected than southwest france where 30,000 people have been moved out of their homes for their own safety, as large areas of forest have been burned out. jessica parker has our first report. into the forest and the front line of an exhausting battle, and one that, today, we were given special access to. up in the woods, you can see guys tackling the fires. there s a huge amount of activity down here, and it is hot, it is smoky just look at the haze in the trees. the smoke thic
borisjoohnson as the uk s next prime minister and leader of the conservative party. in france they re calling it a heat apocalypse . across much of europe excessively high temperatures, wildfires and now water shortages are having a devastating impact. northern spain has reached 43 degrees, and it s predicted the uk could see record temperatures on tuesday. we ll have more on that and the role of climate change in a moment. but nowhere has been more affected than south west france where 30,000 people have been moved out of their homes for their own safety, as large areas of forest have been burned out. jessica parker has our first report. into the forest and the front line of an exhausting battle, one that, today, we were able to witness. up in the woods, you can see guys tackling the fires. there s a huge amount of activity down here, and it is hot, it is smoky just look at the haze in the trees. the smoke thickens the further in we go the flames suddenly all too appare
nicolas cruz pleaded guilty to gunning down 17 people, at his former high school. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in western france which is facing what experts are calling a heat apocalypse , as extreme temperatures continue to hit much of europe. they say temperatures could reach record levels in 15 regions of the southwest, with firefighters battling wildfires and thousands forced to evacuate. wildfires in spain, portugal and greece have forced thousands more to flee. our europe correspondent jessica parker has the latest. into the forest and the front line of an exhausting battle, and one that, today, we were given special access to. up in the woods, you can see guys tackling the fires. there s a huge amount of activity down here, and it is hot, it is smoky just look at the haze in the trees. the smoke thickens the further in we go the flames sudd