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
about 11 minutes. the volume is building through the east with moderate conditions for highway 4 which was very heavy. it is now back down to a normal ride so is interstate 580. otherwise we have light traffic on the peninsula. happening now. a 7.8 earthquake has hit southwestern pakistan. in the country s largest province. the earthquake happened a half an hour ago near the town of khuzdar. there was no immediate word on casualties. the province is prone to developing news out of oakland this morning where police are investigating a shooting that ended in a fatal car crash. it all started overnight with a shooting on the 11- hundred block of 82nd avenue in oakland. this is video from the scene. police responded as the gunman was fleeing the scene. the driver of the car then ran a red light, crashing into another car at the intersection of church street and bancroft avenue. the driver of the other vehicle died at the scene. two suspects have been arrested. an update now
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