exercises around taiwan. it comes after a visit to the us this week by the frontrunner to become the self—governing island's president. beijing claims taiwan as its own and said the drills were aimed at discouraging taiwanese independence. the islands foreign minister has accused china of acting like a "bully next door". a leading member of the opposition in pakistan, shah mahmood qureshi, has been detained in islamabad. he's vice chairman of the pti, the party of the former prime minister, imran khan, who's currently injail on corruption charges. mr qureshi's arrest by a large police contingent at his home came shortly after he held a news conference in which he said the pti would challenge any delay in holding elections in line with the constitution. the western canadian province of british columbia has declared a state of emergency as the country deals with its worst wildfire season on record. the city of kelowna is under threat after embers blew across a lake from neigbouring west kelowna.
the western canadian province of british columbia has declared a state of emergency as the country deals with its worst wildfire season on record. the city of kelowna is under threat after embers blew across a lake from neigbouring west kelowna. residents of the remote northern city of yellowknife, which is threatened by a huge wildfire, have been scrambling to leave. an official deadline to evacuate has already passed. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. the scale of the emergency facing yellowknife and its 20,000 residents can be seen in these satellite images. smoke billowing over the remote city as fire rages all around. everyone is trying to get out. there have been long queues at petrol stations and for buses to ferry people to safety.
threatening kelowna and british columbia is growing at terrifying speed. there are more than 1,000 active fires burning — half of them out of control. canada's worst ever wildfire season is showing no sign of letting up. peter bowes, bbc news. now to the women's world cup. it was disappointment for the co—hosts australia, as they were beaten 2—0 by sweden, who claimed third place. and now attention turns to sunday's final. earlier, i spoke to our sports correspondent, jane dougall, who is looking ahead to that epic match between england who face spain, with both sides hoping to lift the trophy for the first time. but of course, it's spain who find themselves in the final tomorrow against england. now, that is a bit of a turn up for the books because spain have had a really turbulent time in the lead up to this tournament. just before the tournament,
a separate blaze in the west threatening kelowna and british columbia is growing at terrifying speed. there are more than 1,000 active fires burning — half of them out of control. canada's worst ever wildfire season is showing no sign of letting up. peter bowes, bbc news. britney spears has made herfirst public comments since news of her divorce from husband sam asghari. posting on instagram, britney said she was a "little shocked" as six years was a long time to be with someone. the singer said she wasn't there to explain why because it was "honestly nobody�*s business" but did say "i couldn't take the pain anymore." the pair had been married from 14 months and the divorce petition cited "irreconcilable differences" between the couple.
dozens of planes have left the city over the past few days and more flights are being arranged by the canadian military. the federal government has promised that no—one will be left behind. scary. i keep crying. i don't even know how long we are going to be away. it is a race against time for yellowknife. officials fear strong winds could fan the flames towards the outskirts of the city within hours. this is a country under siege from wildfires — a separate blaze in the west threatening kelowna and british columbia is growing at terrifying speed. there are more than 1,000 active fires burning — half of them out of control. canada's worst ever wildfire season is showing no sign of letting up. peter bowes, bbc news. remarkable and terrifying scenes there from canada. dolly parton has teamed up
of british colombia has declared a state of emergency as the country deals with its worst wildfire season on record. the city of kelowna is under threat after embers blew across a lake from neigbouring west kelowna. residents of the remote northern city of yellowknife, which is threatened by a huge wildfire, have been scrambling to leave. an official deadline to evacuate has already passed. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports the scale of the emergency facing yellowknife and its 20,000 residents can be seen in these satellite images. smoke billowing over the remote city as fire rages all around. everyone is trying to get out. there have been long queues at petrol stations and for buses to ferry people to safety. there is just a few belongings and their pets, but how to get out is the problem. air is going to become the only option at some point if the fire keeps encroaching further and further toward yellowknife. there is just the one road south to the rest of canada. it's a small road — one lane in either direction for about 400 miles, 600 or so kilometres. it is a huge distance. there is virtually no infrastructure to get people out by road.
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so every time it rains in some of these places, these washes which are basically dry rivers or dry riverbeds, they activate. suddenly you have these rivers and streams where they really haven't been in a long time. the western canadian province of british columbia has declared a state of emergency as the country deals with its worst wildfire season on record. the city of kelowna is under threat after embers blew across a lake from neigbouring west kelowna. residents of the remote northern city of yellowknife, which is threatened by a huge wildfire, have been scrambling to leave. an official deadline to evacuate has already passed. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. the scale of the emergency facing yellowknife and its 20,000 residents can be seen in these satellite images. smoke billowing over the remote city as fire rages all around. everyone is trying to get out. there have been long queues at petrol stations and for buses to ferry people to safety.
the western canadian province of british colombia has declared a state of emergency as the country deals with its worst wildfire season on record. the city of kelowna is under threat after embers blew across a lake from neigbouring west kelowna. residents of the remote northern city of yellowknife, which is threatened by a huge wildfire, have been scrambling to leave. an official deadline to evacuate has already passed. earlier i spoke to our north america correspondent peter bowes about what is happening on the ground... there is a glimmer of positive news on two fronts. and the first positive news is that in yellowknife, this remote city, the capital of the northwest territories, a population of 20,000 — more than 19,000 people over the last couple of days have been evacuated. they've managed to get out of their homes, out of the city to safety, mostly down the single road that is open to them, a single carriageway road to the south.
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