Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london, and one in the afternoon in new zealand, where the entire population of a town has been evacuated, as a large forest fire threatens the homes of over 3000 people. A state of emergency has been declared around the south island town of wakefield. Helicopters, planes, and more than 150 firefighters have been trying to contain the blaze. Katie silver reports. Its now been over a week, firefighters battling a blaze which has forced thousands from their homes. It started near the city of nelson, then with winds of 20km an hour, it has moved south and threatens the town of wakefield. Along with efforts on the ground, 26 aircraft have been deployed, making it the largest area firefight in new zealands history, firefighters are backburning as a last resort measure with small fires deliberately lit to stop the path of a wildfire. We are doing it in stages. It reduces the heat and the ferocity of the fire. Tens have been set up to help thousands of volunt
Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 2 in the afternoon in new zealand, where the entire population of a town has been evacuated, as a large forest fire threatens the homes of over 3,000 people. A state of emergency has been declared around the south island town of wakefield. Helicopters, planes and more than 150 firefighters have been trying to contain the blaze. Katie silver reports. Its now been over a week, firefighters battling a blaze which has forced thousands from their homes. It started near the city of nelson, then with winds of 20km h, it has moved south and threatens the town of wakefield. Along with efforts on the ground, 26 aircraft have been deployed, making it the largest area firefight in new zealands history. Firefighters are backburning as a last resort measure with small fires deliberately lit to stop the path of a wildfire. We are doing it in stages. That reduces the heat and the ferocity of the fire. Tents have been set up to help thousands of voluntary and pro
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Good morning mrs artys news at midnight live from moscow with. First the police offices. At rallies over a federal government Cabinet Meeting which had been relocated to be held in the city as a conciliatory measure. Do i who was was a who. Was. Was. Was some pretty heated scenes there earlier on extra police were drafted in at least thirteen protesters were arrested demonstrators threw rocks at offices and they started fires in the build barricades the police in turn responded with battered charges i spoke few hours ago to journalists to Evelyn Kaczynski shes in both slowness brought me up to speed with fridays events. Thousands of catalans took out of the streets today to protest against a meeting between the petro centers and their regional readers of catalonia normally the Cabinet Meeting its held in madrid that has federal centers that already and all of the actually also want to do it here in barcelona and people took it as a provocation because only one year ago catalonia declar