A vast area of australias east coast, including sydney, is facing some of the worst threats from bushfires the country has ever seen. There are dozens of blazes across New South Wales and queensland. Authorities have predicted catastrophic conditions on tuesday. A state of emergency has been declared in both states. The head of the Rural Fire Service has warned that the fire danger will increase in the coming hours. We still have 52 fires burning gcioss we still have 52 fires burning across New South Wales. 30 of those are uncontained, and weve got 13 at watch and act alert level. We are certainly starting to see an increase in fire activity, and therefore the fire danger is increasing accordingly. The reality is conditions will simply continue to get worse and to deteriorate over the coming hours, and particularly into this afternoon, when the combination of the hotter temperatures, the drier atmosphere and the strengthening winds all come together to drive fire behaviour. 0ur corresp
And feeling stressed . Meet lilou the worlds first airport therapy pig. Shes hogging the limelight at San Francisco airport. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its one oclock in the morning in london and 9 oclock here in singapore and in hong kong where police have fired tear gas on a university campus. Protesters plan a second day of disruption after monday saw some of the worst unrest in five months of protests. It left two people in a Critical Condition in hospital. The first person, a protester, was shot by a Police Officer at point blank range. Later, a pro beijing supporter was soaked in flammable liquid and set alight after arguing with protesters. Our correspondent in hong kong, stephen mcdonnell, sent this report. This is how the day of extraordinary violence starts. A Police Officer, arresting the person in white, is approached by another protester, wearing black. Hes shot at point blank range. And its all capture
A vast area of australias east coast including sydney is facing some of the worst threats from bushfires the country has ever seen. There are dozens of blazes across New South Wales and queensland, authorities have predicted catastrophic conditions on tuesday. A state of emergency has been declared in both states. The head of the Rural Fire Service has warned that the fire danger will increase in the coming hours. We still have 52 fires burning across New South Wales. 30 of those are uncontained, and weve got 13 at watch and act alert level. We are certainly starting to see an increase in fire activity, and therefore the fire danger is increasing accordingly. The reality is conditions will simply continue to get worse and deteriorate over the coming hours, and particularly into this afternoon, when the combination of the hotter temperatures, the drier atmosphere and the strengthening winds all come together to drive fire behaviour. Our correspondent Shaima Khalil gave us this update fr
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