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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This is worklife from bbc news, with ben bland and tim willcox. Facebook is to hire 1,000 extra uk staff, with over half the newjobs set to target online abuse and harmful content. Live from london, thats our top story on tuesday the 21st of january. Facebook says it is going to invest more to tackle abuse, were going to be asking their uk boss if their plans go far enough. Also in the programme, combating Climate Change is set
to take centre stage at davos. Sally is there and will be joining us sally is there and will be joining us alive. And shares in chinese drug makers have soared as concerns grow over a new virus spreading across the country. And well be getting the inside track on an Award Winning campaign thats helping women make it to the top in business. As world and Business Leaders in davos discuss tackling Climate Change, how confident are you that they can do what needs to be done . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcworklife. Hello and welcome to worklife. Get those twee
Its not over yet after storm dennis, the flood waters are still rising. There are over 200 Flood Warnings, and river levels in some parts of the uk are expected to peak tonight. Im in total shock, disbelief. I just cant believe how my home. My home has been ravaged in the last couple of hours. Well be looking at the worst areas affected and whats still to come. Also tonight the last picture of Caroline Flack before she died. Itv prepares a tribute to her on love island tonight. The government says its considering flying home the british passengers quarantined on a cruise ship offjapan because of coronavirus. The bbc sees evidence of what appears to be mass state monitoring by the Chinese Government of the persecuted uighur muslim community. And how birds of prey are being
killed in increasing numbers and gamekeepers are being blamed. And coming up on bbc news. A legend of the game, harry gregg hero of the munich air disaster in 1958 has died, aged 87. Good evening and welcome to the bb
This is bbc news. The headlines at 4pm. Bushfires have killed at least eight people in south eastern australia since monday and destroyed more than 200 homes. We have a very real challenge at the moment with a couple of isolated communities, where weve got reports of injuries and burn injuries to members of the public. We havent been able to get access via roads or via aircraft. Two men and a woman are killed after a lorry collides with a car in stanwell in surrey on new years eve. The mother of the british teenager found guilty of lying about being raped in cyprus backs calls for tourists to boycott the country. In their new year messages, the Prime Minister says brexit will mark a new chapter for the uk, while the archbishop of canterbury urges people to heal the divisions of recent years. I was getting kind of used to being someone you loved. For the first time, more than 100 billion music tracks are streamed online in the uk in a single year. Join us, the brexitcast gang, in halfan
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