On the program devastating wildfires force one of the largest evacuations in australias history tens of thousands fleeing the flames by land and sea full cost as war not halt weather and strong winds could lead to catastrophic conditions use weekends. Class Computer Programming can be childs play out china as we use kids are coding the future. Welcome to the program we begin with fresh fears of another war in the middle east after u. S. Drone strike killed a top iranian general a short while ago u. S. President trump defended the attack at Baghdad Airport in iraq that killed a general soleimani. Me he was the head of irans elite could force and was seen as the architect of to rounds military operations in the middle east the strike also killed 200 us and Iraqi Paramilitary groups weve close ties to iran the countrys Supreme Leader ayatollah ali common has warned the United States that it faces quote hosh retaliation the u. S. Has ordered its citizens to leave iraq and is sending thousa
Well. Not so great. Good morning. Its 8 00am in singapore, midnight in london and 11 00am in New South Wales in australia where a state of emergency has been declared. On wednesday, for the second day in a row, australia set a new record for its hottest ever day. And bushfires are continuing to cause havoc. Two volunteer firefighters have been killed in a road crash near sydney. The australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison has been criticised for being on holidays as the crisis unfolds. A short time ago, he released a statement saying, i express my sincere condolences and sympathies to the families of the firefighters who have so tragically been killed these most recent events, i will be returning to sydney from leave as soon as can be arranged. For more on the bushfire emergency, heres the bbcs david shukman. A roar like a jet engine as the flames advance. A line of trees is suddenly ablaze. In record heat and parched conditions, at least 50 of the fires are out of control. Lets get
But the critics arent so sure about the movie version of cats. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and midday in New South Wales, in australia, where a state of emergency has been declared. On wednesday, for the second day in a row, australia set a new record for its hottest ever day, and bushfires are continuing to cause havoc. Two volunteer firefighters have been killed in a road crash near sydney. The australian Prime Minister, scott morrison, has been criticised for being on holiday as the crisis unfolds. A short time ago, he released a statement saying, i express my sincere condolences and sympathies to the families of the firefighters who have so tragically been killed overnight. Given these most recent events, i will be returning to sydney from leave as soon as can be arranged. For more on the bushfire emergency, heres the bbcs david shukman. A roar like a jet engine as the flames ad
Degree. A Record Number of migrants crossing the channel. Record numbers of stores disappeared from britains high streets in the first half of this year, according to a report from a leading accounting firm. A 5 3 win for england, who were four goals up at half time but conceded two without reply to kosovo. Coming up a warning from car insurers on Driverless Cars they say theyll cause more accidents without proper regulation. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9 00. Labours deputy leader is to call on the party to prioritise another brexit referendum over winning a general election, putting him in odds withJeremy Corbyn. In a speech this morning, tom watson will warn there is no such thing as a good brexit deal, and labour should campaign unequivocally to remain. Jeremey corbyn said that the Party Supports a second referendum with both leave and remain options on the ballot paper if the party wins the next general election. In other brexit developments, borisjohnsons brexit ne
Safely. We are learning more tonight about the 11 people who were killed friday night when a skydiving plane crashed and burned in hawaii. It went down shortly after takeoff on the island of oahu. Jonathan vigliotti is there. Reporter those who saw the skydiving plane plummet to the ground looked on in horror. All 11 onboard were killed. I saw it hit. I was right there, man. I was right there. Reporter Carlos Zapato drove denver tourists brian and Ashley Weikel to the doomed flight. They were celebrating their oneyear wedding anniversary. If you knew them for five minutes or five years, they touched your life. You couldnt ask for any two better people in your life. Reporter the ntsb have their work cut out for them. The impact of the crash and the massive fire that happened afterwards reducing this aircraft to just charred and mangled pieces. Witnesses say just after takeoff, the plane reached only about 100 feet, spun twice, and clipped trees before hitting the ground nose first. The