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South lake tahoe. and at this point there have been 212,000 acres that have burned. i could tell you is what you see behind me here, is to the east. this is camhristmas valley wher theyve been spending a good amount of energy overnight, hand crews battling blazes. and if you look down into this valley. you could see that there are homes there. it is really smokey right now because that ridge behind me, i know it may look like im in a white canvas here. but it is burning down there and on the rid...

Lake tahoe. i know we talk about it being a resort town but there are a lot of people who enjoy the mountains who live here year round. down here in the valley it is dotted with homes down there. i can see fire trucks driving around on the streets. theres also a massive mountain ridge over here behind us. when we got here, you could see the flames from that. all of that creating the smoke which is leading to this really difficult air quality and that is part of the reason they are saying people ...

Thing. >> and the white house has now approved a request from california for a presidential emergency declaration for direct financial assistance. cnns stephanie elam is near lake tahoe with late details. >> reporter: i am standing in the midst of the caldor fire that is burning in northern california. and working its way towards the nevada border. this is echo lake and right now firefighters are using it as a source of water to take up and fight the blazes that we can see here up in the mountai...

Burning in northern california and working its way toward the nevada border. this is echo lake and right now firefighters are using it as a source of water to take up and fight the blazes that we can see here up in the mountainside. one thing that has made this fire very difficult to fight is the fact that so much of the terrain is very rugged. its very remote. its out there. also not all of this territory has seen fire. take a listen to the head of cal-fire explain to me how long its been since...

To fight the blazes. brought up the connection between the massive wildfire and climate change. >> if you dont believe in science, got to believe your own eyes. come here and experience the smashmouth realities >> peoples lives can never be brought back. >> that is our broadcast for this wednesday night, with our thanks for being with us, on behalf of all of my colleagues at the network of nbc news, goodnight. >> 1973 is when the united states supreme court guaranteed abortion rights nationwide,...

People are really concerned about the issue and the technology exists to move us towards net zero, but there is a problem with all these declarations, that companies and countries are often putting declarations of 2040 or 2050 or 2060 and we need action now to reduce emissions, so the united nations says we need to halve global emissions this decade and to be able to do that, companies and governments need plans in the here and now, over the next few years, to slash emissions and then get them d...

Sea coastline temperatures will be cooler. as we head into wednesday still very much high pressure with us and still the wind rotating around it from an author north—easterly direction. accentuating the cool feel along the north sea coastline. the brightest breaks across scotland and northern ireland but we will see a few along north—west wales as well. temperatures in the sunshine 20 degrees and with lighter blazes across parts of western scotland it will feel quite nice. this latest status...

More than 60 people have been arrested in Algeria for their alleged involvement in the murder of a man who had travelled 322km from his home to help put out forest fires but was instead burnt to death by a mob.

This is bbc news. im sally bundock with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. president biden says us troops could stay in afghanistan beyond the end of the month, if more time is needed to get every american out. the taliban strengthens its grip on power, as many afghans try to flee their country. who will help us? the people of haiti hit by saturdays powerful earthquake, say theres still no assistance. thousands are moved to safety as firefighters continue to battle ...

This is bbc news. im sally bundock with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. president biden says us troops could stay in afghanistan beyond the end of the month, if more time is needed to get every american out. the taliban strengthens its grip on power, as many afghans try to flee their country. who will help us? the people of haiti hit by saturdays powerful earthquake, say theres still no assistance. thousands are moved to safety as firefighters continue to battle ...