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and tests as the countdown to new year celebrations begins. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. wildfires in the american state of colorado have destroyed hundreds of homes and prompted the evacuation of 30,000 people in two towns north of denver. the national weather service described it as a life threatening situation and ordered the residents of louisville and superior to leave. here s the sheriff of boulder county, joe pelle, at an earlier news conference. it has been a harrowing day in boulder county with two significant fires fuelled by dry conditions and very high winds. we currently have thousands of individuals in the south part of our county and in the areas of superior and louisville who have been evacuated. we know that there are structures, both homes and businesses, that have been burned and lost. i m speaking about hundreds of structures. we know that people are anxiously waiting for word about the conditions of their homes and ....
hello and welcome. wildfires in the american state of colorado have destroyed hundreds of homes and prompted the evacuation of 30,000 people in two towns north of denver. the national weather service described it as a life threatening situation and ordered the residents of louisville and superior to leave. here s the sheriff of boulder county, joe pelle, at an earlier news conference. it has been a harrowing day in boulder county with two significant fires fuelled by dry conditions and very high winds. we seem to have lost the sound forjoe pelle. we will try and get that later. christina sanjuan is a meterologist in colorado. she told me more about the situation on the ground. the latest update from officials have told us that they believe this fire was actually caused by a downed powerline. however, we have very strong wind gusts right now and the wind actually got up to about 110mph earlier this afternoon and it doesn t look to let up, really as we head into the overn ....
hello and welcome to bbc news. wildfires in the american state of colorado have destroyed hundreds of homes and prompted the evacuation of 30,000 people in two towns north of denver. the national weather service described it as a life threatening situation and ordered the residents of louisville and superior to leave. here s the sheriff of boulder county, joe pelle, at an earlier news conference. it has been a harrowing day in boulder county with two significant fires fuelled by dry conditions and very high winds. we currently have thousands of individuals in the south part of our county and in the areas of superior and louisville who have been evacuated. we know that there are structures, both homes and businesses, that have been burned and lost. i m speaking about hundreds of structures. we know that people are anxiously waiting for word about the conditions of their homes and their neighbourhoods, and want to assure you that our fire personnel are working as hard as ....
in the english channel. and snow from storm arwen cuts off a pub in northern england. we ll be there as customers spend their third night at the bar. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in south africa, where president cyril ramaphosa has condemned the decision by countries including the us, europe, and parts of asia to ban flights from southern africa after the confirmation of the presence of the new omicron variant of covid 19. the variant was first identified by south african scientists, although it isn t known where it originated. mr ramaphosa has called the moves unjustified. he said increased vaccination was the best way to tackle the new variant. these restrictions are completely unjustified and unfairly discriminate against our country and our southern african sister countries. the prohibition of travel is not informed by science, nor will it be effective in preventing the spread of this ....
the creative director of louis vuitton dies from cancer aged 41. we look at the life and the work of the trailblazer virgil abloh. snowed in, but keeping their spirits up. how a quick drink down the local s turned into a three night lock in for punters at a pub in yorkshire. a very warm welcome to the programme. japan s prime minister says most foreign visitors will not be allowed to enter the country, in response to the spread of the new omicron variant of the coronavirus. it s the latest country to announce restrictions on entry after south african scientists identified the new variant last week. early evidence suggests omicron has a higher risk of re infection. health ministers from the g7 group of the world s richest countries will hold an emergency meeting later to discuss its spread. courtney bembridge reports. of these are 600 passengers who landed in amsterdam on friday, more than 60 have tested positive for coronavirus and a quarter of those cases are the omicr ....