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Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Good morning. Its 8 00am in singapore, midnight in london, and 11 00am in australia where a state of emergency has been declared in New South Wales and now also queensland. Dozens of bushfires continue to burn in the region. Earlier, authorities issued the highest level of warning in some areas known as catastrophic for the First Time Since new fire warnings were introduced a decade ago. For more heres the bbcs phil mercer in sydney. Well, we have heard that 850,000 pairs of bushland has been burnt in New South Wales since the start of this years fire season hectares. So that is a huge area of land. Today we have heard that both New South Wales and queensland have declared a state of emergency. What that does, gives the fire authorities greater powers to protect life and property. So that just gives you an indication as to how serious this is. Dozens of fires are burning in both Eastern States and the fo
The worst of the flooding at the moment. Living with hiv in pakistan weather warnings in force, details on our website. Time now to go live to singapore if youre concerned about more rain we find out how families are coping in a part of the country where you are, you do really need to keep across the forecast where infection rates are growing. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. As we go through this week. We begin with breaking news. Police in hong kong have used live ammunition during clashes with protesters. Footage broadcast on social media appears to show an officer shooting a demonstrator in the chest at point blank range. The masked man is seen collapsing to the floor. Pro democracy activists have been trying to disrupt transport in hong kong by setting up barricades. Months of demonstrations in the territory have turned increasingly violent. On sunday, an International Panel of experts expressed support for an independent inquiry