authorities have declared an emergency. jessica parker has this report. this was a worst case scenario that s now unfolding in front of the world s eyes. a wave of molten rock is carving its way into what was a thriving fishing town. grindavik s been evacuated, again, but abandoned homes and businesses lie in the path of an overwhelming natural force. this, it appears, was the first house to fall. translation: while this i is a bit surreal to watch your family home just disappear, i m still realising what s happening. trucks building defensive barriers against the lava suddenly found it surging towards them. fiery liquid burst out into the open on sunday morning. another fissure then tore up through the earth. the icelandic president tonight addressed the nation. translation: today is a black day for grindavik and today - is a black day for iceland. but the sun will rise again. together, we will deal with this shock, whatever may happen. we reported from grindavik back in nov
this follows a similar eruption in the same area last month this time, it s much closer to the fishing town of grindavik. people living nearby have already left the area and local authorities have declared an emergency. jessica parker has this report. this was a worst case scenario that s now unfolding in front of the world s eyes. a wave of molten rock is carving its way into what was a thriving fishing town. grindavik s been evacuated, again, but abandoned homes and businesses lie in the path of an overwhelming natural force. this, it appears, was the first house to fall. translation: while this i is a bit surreal to watch your family home just disappear, i m still realising what s happening. trucks building defensive barriers against the lava suddenly found it surging towards them. fiery liquid burst out into the open on sunday morning. another fissure then tore up through the earth. translation: today is a black day for grindavik and today - is a black day for iceland.
this time, it s much closer to the fishing town of grindavik. people living nearby have already left the area and local authorities have declared an emergency. jessica parker has this report. this was a worst case scenario that s now unfolding in front of the world s eyes. a wave of molten rock is carving its way into what was a thriving fishing town. grindavik s been evacuated, again, but abandoned homes and businesses lie in the path of an overwhelming natural force. this, it appears, was the first house to fall. translation: while this is a bit surreal to watch your family - homejust disappear, i m still realising what s happening. trucks building defensive barriers against the lava suddenly found it surging towards them. fiery liquid burst out into the open on sunday morning. another fissure then tore up through the earth. tonight, iceland s president addressed the nation. translation: today is| a black day for grindavik and a black day for iceland. but the sun will rise
national attention. late last night the state s supreme court ruled to temporarily block kate cox s attempt to obtain an emergency abortion. cox says her unborn baby has a fatal genetic condition that results in the baby not living more than a few days outside the womb. that s according to the lawsuit she has filed against texas. cnn s camila bernal is following this story. how big of a setback is this for her? reporter: it s very significant, fred, and that s because kate cox is 20 weeks pregnant at the moment. she s just 31 years old. as you mentioned, her fetus has a fatal genetic condition, and she says the complications of this pregnancy have essentially put her life in danger, and she says not only is her health at risk here, but she also says that her future fertility is also at risk if she doesn t get an abortion. so that is why she sued the state of texas asking for her to be allowed to get a legal abortion in the state of texas. a judge in the state granted that a
Were reported to the police. One reason might be that its illegal to ride private E Scooters on roads or pavements in the uk. Trials of rental E Scooters in dozens of towns and cities are ongoing. Youre live with bbc news. Chinas top diplomat has warned that any steps towards Taiwans Independence will be severely punished. It follows the election of William Lai as the islands new president hes viewed by beijing as a dangerous separatist. Speaking during a visit to egypt, Chinas Minister of foreign affairs, wang yi, had this to say. Translation Taiwans Election is a regional. Affair within china. No matter what the results of the election are, they cannot change the basic fact that there is only one China And Taiwan is a part of it. Taiwan has never been a country. It wasnt in the past, and it certainly wont be in the future