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
Americans were moved from tehrans Notorious Eivin Prison to a hotel guarded by iranian officials earlier today. Cnns Christiane Amanpour was first to break the story. She also spoke with one of the Iranian American detainees in an unprecedented interview from the prison back in march. She joins us now. Christiane, Siamak Namazi took a huge risk talking to you, but it does seem his message has been heard. Reporter well, lets hope so because he was desperate. And youre absolutely right. He told me desperate times, you know, mean you have to take desperate measures. And it was an extraordinary thing for somebody to be able to take a phone call out of eivin. He had been in nearly eight years, so he had some privileges like the ability to use a phone. But never had this been allowed to the press, and he didnt get permission. He just did it. But it just goes to show how desperate they were and how they absolutely wanted to get their message in front and center of the Biden Administration to
let s begin by reflecting on that preliminary ruling from the international court ofjustice last week in the hague. you in the south african government were hailing it as an historic victory. but i would put it to you that a few days later, it has changed nothing. would you agree? it is indeed a historic victory. it has affirmed an international rules based order, which has also brought to an end to israel s exceptionalism when it comes to the gaza strip. and we believe that the state of israel will have to be put under pressure by the international community, by the multilateral forums across the globe, including the un, to abide by the. ..by the court order. and indeed, as you have said, the.on the ground, the situation has not changed much, but we believe that with time the needle will definitely move for the benefit of the children of gaza and the elderly women and women in general and all the people that are based in gaza. you were the opening voice, if you like, when yo
have you on the programme. let s begin by reflecting on that preliminary ruling from the international court ofjustice last week in the hague. you in the south african government were hailing it as an historic victory. but i would put it to you that a few days later, it has changed nothing. would you agree? it is indeed a historic victory. it has affirmed an international rules based order, which has also brought to an end to israel s exceptionalism when it comes to the gaza strip. and we believe that the state of israel will have to be put under pressure by the international community, by the multilateral forums across the globe, including the un, to abide by the. ..by the court order. and indeed, as you have said, the.on the ground, the situation has not changed much, but we believe that with time the needle will definitely move for the benefit of the children of gaza and the elderly women and women in general and all the people that are based in gaza. you were the opening
i m in alaska s state capital ofjuneau. it s a place dominated by nature, which can have a big impact here as i m about to find out. i ve been reliably informed that, given the terrain around here, these things are basically like taxis. got an eight minute flight. i ve never been in a helicopter! let s go! i m meeting up with university of alaska southeast scientists, eran hood and abby watts. oh, man, i m so excited! they ve invited me to tag along as they conduct their research on the changing environment here. oh, yes, here we go! just look out there. 0h, we re going to be in for such a fun time. so, we re just coming into view now of mendenhall glacier, which is about 13 miles wide incredible. and it s one of the many thousands of glaciers in alaska. this basin that we re coming into all this area that s collapsed this was completely full of water. and it all rushed out underneath the glacier down into juneau. last summer, water amounting to about 30,000 0lympic s