Hello, youre watching afternoon live im simon mccoy. Today at 2 a week long state of emergency in australia with a warning that a heatwave forecast for the weekend could make the bushfires worse. There are fears of fuel shortages thousands take to their cars to flee the areas under threat. Australias Prime Minister Scott Morrison cuts short a visit to one devastated community as people there heckle him. How come we only have four trucks to defend our time . We dont have much money. Delays and cancellations on the railways but most fares still go up an average of 2. 7 from today. Artificial intelligence outperforms doctors in diagnosing Breast Cancerfrom mammograms according to the latest study. Coming up on afternoon live
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Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with Charlie Stayt and sally nugent. Our headlines today the Royal Australian navy is evacuating around 1,000 people from a ring of fire on the victorian coast, with more extreme fire conditions forecast for the weekend. Us forces kill the head of the Iranian Revolutionary guards elite quds force with an airstrike in iraq. Who was to blame for the blackout . Millions of homes were left without power, and chaos was caused on the trains in the summer. The Energy Regulator will deliver its verdict on what went wrong and whether it should have been stopped. First illness, now injury hits the england cricket camp. Rory burns is out of the test series in south africa, after he was injured playing football in training. After the tv star, ricki lake posted a picture of herself with a shaved head talking about the quiet hell of hair loss. Well look at the impact it can have on womens confidence. And it is a wet but mild start for many in england and wales this
Today at 5 a state of emergency is declared as australias bush fires rage and the death toll rises. There are fears that a heatwave forecast for this weekend could make the crisis even worse. Australias Prime Minister Scott Morrison cuts short a visit to one devastated community as people there heckle him. How come we only had four trucks to defend our town and . We dont have a lot of money but we have hearts of gold, mr Prime Minister is julias army and navy are evacuating as thousands flee from the flames. The other stories on bbc news at 5. Delays and cancellations on the railways but fares still go up from today by an average
of nearly 3 . More accounts emerge of the deaths of the three family members who drowned in a pool in spain. Researchers say Artificial Intelligence can be better than doctors at diagnosing Breast Cancer from scans. Its 5 oclock our main story is that a seven day state of emergency declared in the australian state of New South Wales as the bushfires there clai
Campus. Ainsley earhart is here with the latest. Thats right, sean. The school heard complaints loud and clear and made a few changes. The muslim call to prayer was originally supposed to be amly fied over the duke Campus Chapel bell tower starting tomorrow and it was going to continue each friday. Well, today duke released a statement saying Muslim Students will instead gather at the campus quad before heading into a room inside the chapel for the weekly prayer service. The schools Vice President for Public Affairs and Government Relations says this duke remains committed to fostering an inclusive, tolerant and welcoming campus for all of its students however it was clear that what was conceived as an effort to unify was not having the intended effect. The universitys change of heart comes after several people spoke out about that initial plan. In fact, the son of billy graham and the president of the evangelistic posted this before that reversal as christianity is being excluded from
Relations says this duke remains committed to fostering an inclusive, tolerant and welcoming campus for all of its students however it was clear that what was conceived as an effort to unify was not having the intended effect. The universitys change of heart comes after several people spoke out about that initial plan. In fact, the son of billy graham and the president of the evangelistic posted this before that reversal as christianity is being excluded from the Public Square and followers of islam are raping, butchering and beheading christians, jews and anyone who doesnt submit to their sharia islamic law, duke is promoting this in the name of religious pluralism. Duke called on others to pressure them not to give money to the university and asked them to hold off on all the donations until the policy is reversed. Sean, weve made several attempts to reach out to Duke University but weve gotten no response. Well continue to try to reach out to them. Seems like now theyve backed off a