Was located roughly 400 miles thats 615 kilometres south of mexicos southern edge. President joe biden spoke about the preparations under way. I also want to note that my team is closely monitoring hurricane hilary, which has the potential to bring significant rain and flooding to southern california. Fema has repositioned personnel and supplies in the region, and they are ready to respond as needed. Repositioned. I urge everyone, everyone in the path of the store and to take precautions and listen to the guidance of state and local officials. Were tracking multiple wildfires in canada as the country faces what is being called its worst fire season on record. Fires in the kelowna region of british columbia, and 1,200 miles or 2,000 kilometres north in the countrys Northwest Territory capital of yellowknife are some of the more than 1,000 active wildfires across canada. 186,000 residents in both kelowna and west kelowna are under a State Of Emergency Afterfast Burning and unpredictable
$1.3 billion on the mega millions jackpot. and england stand on the brink of women s football history as they take on germany in the european championship the us state of kentucky has been hit by its worst floods for decades, killing at least 25 people. hundreds of homes and businesses have been flooded in the east of the state. president biden declared it a major disaster. the record flooding wiped out entire communities in some of the poorest places in america and the governor has warned it could take weeks to find the victims. our north america correspondent, peter bowes reports. flowing water, powerful enough to sweep away entire homes. torrential rain has wreaked havoc. some areas received more than 20 cm in a 24 hour period. swollen streams and mudslides have torn through several communities with devastating results. everything s gone. like, everything is gone. my whole life is gone. there s no words. it sjust hard to imagine. there s nothing, really, that you can
the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, has told the bbc his country will only enter peace talks after the last russian soldier has left ukraine . some ukrainian officials have expressed concerns their country may be pushed towards a peace deal with russia, as the war continues to put pressure on food and energy supplies. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, has meanwhile warned of what he called ukraine fatigue setting in. mrjohnson has just returned from a visit to kyiv on friday. our correspondent nick beake reports from kyiv. singing the russians killed roman ratushny on the ninth ofjune. today, his father buried him, before returning to the front line. a funeral for a 24 year old who answered the call to defend his country. his grandmother, joined by hundreds who came to bid him farewell. with so many young lives being lost every day, some now ask whether ukraine should make concessions to moscow. kyiv s mayor and former heavyweight boxing champion says it must not
months since you ve gotten last gotten a booster, you do have some vulnerability there, and it s important that you take advantage of the new booster when it becomes available and plan accordingly. some very good advice there. dr peter hotez, co director of the texas children s hospital centre for vaccine development and the dean of the national school of tropical medicine at baylor college of medicine, thank you so much. and we hope to bring that football this time, but across the goal line. thanks forjoining us. thank you. before we go, former us first lady rosalynn carter turned 96 on friday. carter who lives with her husband, 98 year old former presidentjimmy carter in plains, georgia is the second oldest first lady in american history. the couple marked their 77th wedding anniversary last month, extending their record as the longest married first couple. rosalynn, who has dementia, is credited with helping her husband defy the odds after he entered hospice care six months ago.
bbc news, in guayaquil. cases of covid 19 are on the rise again in the us, but they remain well below their pandemic levels. in august, more than 10,000 people were hospitalised for covid in the united states according to data from the us centre for disease control and prevention that s up 60% sincejuly. in the uk, positive covid cases are up 17% over the last seven days. this comes as a new 0micron subvariant eris has become the predominant covid strain in the us. while health agencies in the uk, us, denmark, and israel are have also detected the emergence of a new highly mutated strain of the virus. earlier, i spoke with dr peter hotez, co director of the texas children s hospital centre for vaccine development and dean of the national school of tropical medicine at baylor college of medicine. dr hotez, thank you so much for being here to discuss these new variants.