venice, leaving st mark s square and other central areas under water. high water has always been a part of venetian life but the tide peak usually affects venice in the autumn and winter. 0nly five times in the past has the city looked like this, in the summer months. the taliban has captured three more provincial capitals, this time in northern afghanistan, as they intensify their offensive to seize power. it follows the withdrawal of western troops. the cities appear to have fallen within hours of each other. the biggest is kunduz. it has a population of more than a quarter of a million. 0ur south asia correspondent, anbarasan ethirajan, who is following events from delhi, gave us this update.
abandoned. they said the government should have known that wildfires happen here regularly and that they have failed to put the proper protections in when it comes to saving the forests and combating wildfires. meanwhile, a huge wildfire in the north of california is now the second largest in the state s history. five people are missing after the dixie fire swept through two towns and forced the evacuation of thousands. it covers an area bigger than the city of los angeles. in peru, more than 500 firefighters are battling blazes in the country s south. the wildfires have destroyed more than ten square kilometres of land since they began on thursday. there are no reports of fatalities or injuries so far. a flood defence system has failed in the italian city of venice, leaving st mark s square and other central areas under water.
ADAMS â The Berkshires Academy for Advanced Musical Studies is the proud owner of two churches; the problem is, it only needs one.
So, the academy, which was given the former First Baptist Church this summer, has put its current home, the former St. Markâs Church, on the market.
Don Sommer, one of the organizers, emphasized that the academy was not closing; activities eventually will move to the new space just down the street.
âThe Baptist church is much more conducive to a performance and music venue,â Sommer said. âItâs going to make a perfect concert space.â
The academy purchased St. Markâs, at 39 Commercial St., in December 2019 for $150,000, and then spent an additional $125,000 on refurbishing the structure and renewing the heating system.
mud and wood. st mark s square with its bell tower stands 110-0000 foot in piles. the foundations of the realtor bridge rest on $12000.00 pounds. i m to more than 1000000 wooden tiles were driven into the lagoon for the impressive last salute to basilica which is built of marble. there are between $8.10 wouldn t piles for square meter this entire city stands on an incredible number of the. it s rather like the opposite of a forest. here the trunk is a function like roots it is. all in all an estimated 10000000 wooden piles have been driven into the
the south asian nations 1st major poll since it was rocked by easter sunday bombings that killed more than 250 people the vote was largely split along ethnic lines. the people of belarus have voted in a parliamentary election that opposition groups say was neither free nor fair president president alexander alexander lukashenko dismissed those allegations after voting in the capital minsk many prominent opposition figures were ruled ineligible as candidates. floodwaters have exceeded the 1.5 meter mark in venice for the 3rd time in a week some urging famous sites like st mark s square in need water more than 70 percent of the city is under water damaging monuments shops and homes the crisis is expected to cost italy hundreds of millions of euros. cuba is marking its capital s founding about which was established 500 years ago by spanish