that the 68 year old man had died. he hadn t been vaccinated. jon sopel, bbc news, in the deep south. algeria has observed the first of three days of national mourning as wildfires continue to burn across the north of the country. fanned by strong winds and searing heat, the fires have claimed 69 lives since monday. tanya dendrinos has the story. fla mes flames licking at the three tops. a wall of fire quickly swells. it is a devastating scene. villages in the front line, branches and shovels. translation: we have been fighting this fire for five days. there is no electricity, no water, no gas, no network. there is nothing here. we are tired. on the tarmac at the airport, a lifeline. the two water bombing planes chartered
care unit, despite our best efforts and measures they re just not getting better. a couple of hours after we had stopped filming, we were told that the 68 year old man had died. he had not been vaccinated. jon sopel, bbc news, in the deep south. new zealand s prime ministerjacinda ardern has said the country s border will remain closed until at least the end of the year. she said an elimination strategy was the best way to keep out covid and the economy open and stressed the priority was vaccinating the population by the end of this year. the head of the metropolitan police, dame cressida dick, said detectives will re examine allegations against prince andrew following the launch of a us civil case against him by a woman for alleged sexual abuse claims he has consistently denied. she said the force would review its position over the allegations, after previously opting not to open an investigation.
and in a rewriting of one of america s most famous gun supporting slogans, these people are defending the right not to bare their arms. but that has resulted in the king s daughters hospital in rural mississippi being inundated like never before with covid cases. the senior physician is wrung out. it s pretty dire. we are running out of beds, we are running out of staff. we are running out of the oxygen means that we give these patients. we re interrupted by him having to deal with an emergency in intensive care. we have a patient that is maxed out on life support in the intensive care unit, despite our best efforts and measures they re just not getting better. a couple of hours after we had stopped filming, we were told that the 68 year old man had died. he had not been vaccinated. jon sopel, bbc news, in the deep south.
rates are in districts where support for donald trump was highest. and in a rewriting of one of america s most famous gun supporting slogans, these people are defending the right not to bare their arms. but that has resulted in the king s daughters hospital in rural mississippi being inundated like never before with covid cases. the senior physician is wrung out. it s pretty dire. we re running out of beds, we re running out of staff. we re running out of the oxygen means that we give these patients. we re interrupted by him having to deal with an emergency in intensive care. we have a patient that is maxed out on life support in the intensive care unit. despite our best efforts and measures, they re just not getting better. a couple of hours after we d stopped filming, we were told that the 68 year old man had died. he hadn t been vaccinated. jon sopel, bbc news, in the deep south.
in the intensive care unit. despite our best efforts and measures, they re just not getting better. a couple of hours after we d stopped filming, we were told that the 68 year old man had died. he hadn t been vaccinated. jon sopel, bbc news, in the deep south. you re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: record breaking heatwaves, forest fires, and floods. trying to count the cost of weather disasters around the world. the big crowds became bigger as the time of the funeral approached. as the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a huge job of crowd control.