The scu fire is also in four counts. The three wildfires have burned more than 775,000 acres. All of these fires started by lightning one week ago. Reporter heather, good afternoon to you. Contain system up, which is good news. Also good ws, a large no longer in direct threat from the flames. But if you look screen left, off in the distance, thats smoke rising above the hilltops here in the santa rosa mountains. Those homes along the highway 9 corridor are still in danger, so crews are using an old technique in hopes 0 of making gains the firefight. Just north of felton, firefighters are taking advantage of higher temperatures higher humidity to work gains the fire. The weather is cooperating to help us get those containment lines around those communities that are involved. Reporter firefighters are using fire to fight the 78,000 acre fire. The difficult task burning the vegetation on the ground but preventing the flames from going up into the trees, because if they do that, they could
ah, hello there, i m the sounds he attained our how was the top stories here on al jazeera, but his prime minister bars johnson is fighting to stay in office as he faces at growing rebellion within his ruling party over a series of scandals. more than 40 members of his government, including senior ministers, have now resigned. another member of cabinet who had a judged johnson to step down, was also dismissed on wednesday. ho brennan reports. i am going going surely nearly gone on wednesday morning. the number of government resignations was still less than 10. by the afternoon, the dam had burst, and boris johnson support was draining away. missus picket was a very simple reason why they won t be out. at the regular session of prime ministers, questions, the commons chamber became a bare pit. the prime minister under attack from all sides. no. does the prime minister think there are any circumstances in which he should resign? ah, the day i ask him to do the honorable thing w
ah. hello, i m learned. adrian london, the top stories on al jazeera, after months of anti government demonstrations, shrank as president has agreed to resign on wednesday. a parliamentary speaker may denouncement just hours after tens of thousands of protesters stormed, go to buy a roger pack, says residence in central colombo demonstrations accuse him of mishandling the country s worst economic crisis since independence with widespread shortages. a few and basic goods catalogue has had a, an has more oh, they called saturday d date when protest through say, the president and his government would be forced to step down. they blamed, quote, a bio roger pasta for an economic crisis that made my unbearable for many of the countries 22000000 people. after breaking through barricades, yet another unprecedented moment, demonstrator stormed into the president s official residence in colombo. inside. this is what it looks like. what the president was moved by his security team to an
i got this complaint i, it was, it was something that i was only raised with me very cursorily. but i wish ago that we heard i in particular hood acted on it and that he had not continued in junk because he then okay in tone, i m afraid to behave as far as we can see. according to the obligations that we have very, very badly uncomfortable. i m in missouri for, for those who been badly affected by it or there is were a challenge has more this can be very difficult. it really is, sir, if not impossible for a prime minister to, to survive the double resignation. clearly coordinated between these 2 key ministers, one of whom is basically the 2nd most important minister in the land after the prime minister, himself, the chancellor of the exchequer. both of them launching personal attacks on boris johnson and questioning his leadership. so that may not resigning from the government because i disagree with the government there resigning because they disagree with him. and they thin
Antony blinken is meeting this morning with ukrainian president vladimir zelensky. Blinken arrived in kyiv early tuesday, local time, on an unannounced Diplomatic Mission to reassure ukraine it has american support as it fights back increasingly intense russian attacks. His visit comes less than a month after Congress Approved a long delayed foreign assistance package that sets aside 60 billion in aid for ukraine. During this mornings meeting, blinken told zelensky the new Weapons Package is already arriving and more is coming, stressing, quote, thats going to make a difference. Zelensky, in turn, thanked the u. S. For the latest Weapons Package. Fierce battles are taking place near the border in eastern and northeastern ukraine, with outgunned and outnumbered ukrainian soldiers trying to push back the significant Russian Ground offensive. Speaking sunday, blinken said, quote, if putin thinks he can outlast ukraine, outlast its supporters, he is wrong again. Us Secretary Of State Anton