authorities have declared an emergency. jessica parker has this report. this was a worst case scenario that s now unfolding in front of the world s eyes. a wave of molten rock is carving its way into what was a thriving fishing town. grindavik s been evacuated, again, but abandoned homes and businesses lie in the path of an overwhelming natural force. this, it appears, was the first house to fall. translation: while this i is a bit surreal to watch your family home just disappear, i m still realising what s happening. trucks building defensive barriers against the lava suddenly found it surging towards them. fiery liquid burst out into the open on sunday morning. another fissure then tore up through the earth. the icelandic president tonight addressed the nation. translation: today is a black day for grindavik and today - is a black day for iceland. but the sun will rise again. together, we will deal with this shock, whatever may happen. we reported from grindavik back in nov
this follows a similar eruption in the same area last month this time, it s much closer to the fishing town of grindavik. people living nearby have already left the area and local authorities have declared an emergency. jessica parker has this report. this was a worst case scenario that s now unfolding in front of the world s eyes. a wave of molten rock is carving its way into what was a thriving fishing town. grindavik s been evacuated, again, but abandoned homes and businesses lie in the path of an overwhelming natural force. this, it appears, was the first house to fall. translation: while this i is a bit surreal to watch your family home just disappear, i m still realising what s happening. trucks building defensive barriers against the lava suddenly found it surging towards them. fiery liquid burst out into the open on sunday morning. another fissure then tore up through the earth. translation: today is a black day for grindavik and today - is a black day for iceland.
Were reported to the police. One reason might be that its illegal to ride private E Scooters on roads or pavements in the uk. Trials of rental E Scooters in dozens of towns and cities are ongoing. Youre live with bbc news. Chinas top diplomat has warned that any steps towards Taiwans Independence will be severely punished. It follows the election of William Lai as the islands new president hes viewed by beijing as a dangerous separatist. Speaking during a visit to egypt, Chinas Minister of foreign affairs, wang yi, had this to say. Translation Taiwans Election is a regional. Affair within china. No matter what the results of the election are, they cannot change the basic fact that there is only one China And Taiwan is a part of it. Taiwan has never been a country. It wasnt in the past, and it certainly wont be in the future
Dynamic . Beijing would like to. See a more firmer us government that sticks see a more firmer us government that sticks to the one China Policy that sticks to the one China Policy. And while youre thinking about strategic ambiguity, china would like the us to ambiguity, china would like the us to he ambiguity, china would like the us to be firmer about stopping taiwah us to be firmer about stopping taiwan from being too proactive on safeguarding autonomy, and to he on safeguarding autonomy, and to be honest, if you look at this to be honest, if you look at this election, one big lesson of this this election, one big lesson of this election is the taiwanese people are moving the palooka taiwanese people are moving the Palooka Party more towards the centre Palooka Party more towards the centre. The kmt try to stay away centre. The kmt try to stay away from talking about china, did the away from talking about china, did the dpp tried to stay away from did the dpp tried to stay away from
Term for his ruling democratic progressive party. Two former us official are Visiting Taipei for Post Election talks which underscores washingtons longstanding interest in peace across the taiwan strait. However, china views him as a dangerous separatist and warned any move towards independence will be severely punished. The taiwanese president has to deal with a complex treating environment but it also includes the self ruled the island as part of its own territory. For clues on how the new taiwanese government pans out, my Colleague Steve has