0llie, thank you so much forjoining us, especially under these circumstances. Now, i understand youve been able to flee these fires. Just bring us up to date in terms of what took place, what happened and how youre coping where are you now . Yeah, so i am now in a small village called fort simpson, which is about 630 kilometres west of yellowknife. It probably sounds like a huge distance it really isnt in Northwest Territories terms. This place is twice the size of france, its got 16,000 people in it, so vast scales that were talking about. This is essentially three communities to the left of yellowknife. And you can just hear a float plane into the distance, by the way. This is the Mackenzie River behind me. Yellowknife under a full Evacuation Order, as you probably heard, yesterday. We came out here a day before because, to be frank, the writing has been on the wall for days that that wildfire was going to pose a grave threat. What were you seeing that led you to think, hey, i better
Northwest territories terms. This place is twice the size of france, its got 16,000 people in it, so vast scales that were talking about. This is essentially three communities to the left of yellowknife. And you can just hear a float plane into the distance, by the way. This is the Mackenzie River behind me. Yellowknife under a full evacuation order, as you probably heard, yesterday. We came out here a day before because, to be frank, the writing has been on the wall for days that that wildfire was going to pose a grave threat. Ok, so theres a huge lake called great slave lake. Yellowknife is on the top of it. Then, at the other side of that lake its a very large lake you have two communities called fort smith and hay river. Together, they have got about 7000 people in them. On saturday and sunday last weekend, they were both told to evacuate. Thousands of people fleeing down the highway to alberta, where they still are. We have no timeline for when people might be able to get back to
steve giffords. but first u.k. prime minister boris johnson is out or at least he s about to be. the scandal-plagued leader says his party doesn t believe in him anymore. themes the breaks, he said in front of 10 downing this morning. i tried to persuade my colleagues it would be eccentric to change governments when we re delivering so much and have such a vast mandate. but as we ve seen at westminster, the herd instinct is powerful. when the herd moves, it moves. my friends in politics, no one is remotely indispensable. johnson was touting his successes on brexit, the pandemic and support for ukraine. ultimately it was one too many scandals that did him him, accused of harassment and groping to a key leadership position and then denying he ever knew about that lawmaker s history of similar allegations. more than 50 ministers in his government resigned over johnson s shifting explanations, a mass exodus in the party intended to finally force the pm out. johnson blamed a
quite clear that that is turning to anger. minorities, including christians, are protected by law in pakistan, but many we spoke to felt that not enough was done to stop this. translation: when protesters| came here, they chanted slogans and i saw the police leaving from the other side. then, the protesters destroyed it all. the police argue they stopped the situation deteriorating. if we had better charged or started fighting, it could have subsided but it would have swept all over the country and the most important thing if we had killed any of the protesters, that would have created a ripple effect. the police have said they believe the violence was planned and arrested some individuals from two hardline religious parties. in stjohn s church, tears for what is lost and for how quickly their fragile peace was fractured. caroline davies,
we lost everything, she tells me. inside, blackened, overturned, smashed. she describes how her bed was thrown from the window and on her roof, how she heard an announcement from the mosque calling for people to come out to protest. translation: people came to our houses with their sticks. we were scared and we ran. we had small kids. if they had gotten hurt, what would we have done? the protest was called after two christians were alleged to have ripped pages from the quran, writing obscenities on them. thousands gathered. it turned violent. churches around the city burnt, homes ransacked. when we first got here, people were in a real state of shock but now, it s quite clear that that is turning to anger. minorities, including christians, are protected by law in pakistan, but many we spoke to felt that not enough was done to stop this.