Parts of california are dealing with their hottest weekend on record. Intensifying, devastating wildfires raging across the state. And the governor has now declared a state of emergency in five counties. Los angeles county just west of where the el dorado fire is burning recorded its highest ever temperature on sunday, 121 degrees fahrenheit. Thats close to 50 degrees celsius. San bernardinos cal fire unit says Law Enforcement has determined this fire was caused by smoke generating pyrotechnic device used during a gender reveal party. Wildfires have burned more than 2 million acres this year. Thats a state record and were only in september. Now, this video is from a lake in Central California are authorities there warned people on boats about the dangerous smoke and ash. And here this satellite imagery shows the smoke emergency facing much of the American West with several major fires still burning on the sun. On sunday. Now, the triple threat of heat, smoke and flames is a major chall
And is mainly among young people. A minutes silence as the Public Inquiry into the Manchester Arena terror attack, which killed 22 people, gets underway. The worlds number one Novak Djokovic apologises for hitting an official with a ball and is disqualified from the us open. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Police in birmingham have arrested a 27 year old man on suspicion of murder and seven counts of attempted murder, in connection with a series of stabbings in the city centre yesterday morning. The man was arrested in the selly oak area of the city at around 4am this morning. The attacks happened at four different locations across the city centre over 90 minutes early in the early hours. Phil mackie reports. Its 36 hours since the Emergency Services answered countless 999 calls from Birmingham City centre. During little more than an hour and a half, one person was killed and seven more were injured. West Midlands Police said they believed there had been a lone attacker and rel
Among young people. A minutes silence, as the Public Inquiry into the Manchester Arena terror attack, which killed 22 people, gets under way. And the worlds number one, Novak Djokovic, apologises for hitting an official with a ball and is disqualified from the us open. And coming up in sport on bbc news. Now in self isolation, manchester citys riyad mahrez and his teammate Aymeric Laporte test positive for coronavirus. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. Police in birmingham have arrested a 27 year old man on suspicion of murder and seven counts of attempted murder in connection with a series of stabbings in the city centre yesterday morning. The man was arrested in the selly oak area of the city at around 4am this morning. The attacks happened at four different locations across the city centre over 90 minutes in the early hours. Phil mackie reports. It is 36 hours since the Emergency Services answered countless 999 calls from Birmingham City centre. During little more
Morning. Some in person, others remotely. That includes big city districts like chicago, houston, dallas, and baltimore. Over 7 million kids will start school online. As large labor day crowds trigger new fears of another surge in cases across the country. Cnns athena jones has more. I worry that any new surges will be potentially quite catastrophic. Reporter Labor Day Weekend seems like this dance party in San Francisco raising concerns among Health Experts and Public Officials that a surge in covid19 cases could soon follow just like they did after previous holiday weekends. We have seen, as we mentioned, spikes after long weekends, after spring break so thats certainly a concern. Reporter in fact, new Coronavirus Infections are averaging around 40,000 a day, double the daily average going into memorial day. With cases on the rise in the northeast and florida while states like north dakota, south dakota, iowa, missouri, tennessee lead the nation in a sevenday average of new cases per
Tomorrow. All the details here on brea kfast. Good morning full of your holiday its wednesday may have been put on hold but with the 16th of september. Our top story. Plans to prioritise who can access a coronavirus test are being drawn up, as the government cargo the planes keep coming and is being warned time is running out going. Iam cargo the planes keep coming and going. I am at the east midlands to fix the system. Its thought staff and patients airport. In the nhs and social care will be first in line could gareth bale be making a fairytale return to the premier to receive the tests. League . Greg mckenzie reports. The welsh star is in talks to return to tottenham seven years after leaving the signs are clear, the testing system is struggling for real madrid. To cope, with reports that some in desperation are turning up at accident and emergency seeking coronavirus tests. It is led to this and we hit 31 degrees again warning in bolton which yesterday. Still warm across the curren