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Firefighters are still tackling a huge fire in the lake hughes area of california, as record high temperatures in continue to fuel wildfires. hundreds of people have been forced from their homes. a surge in household electricity consumption, as people try to keep cool, has also led to localised power cuts. in australia, a man has taken on a great white shark, apparently punching it to save his wife during an attack. chantelle doyle was attacked by a shark, thought to be up to three metres long, ...

Emergency, the highest level, was declared, due to increased use of electricity that has not been done in almost two decades. and means the states 40 million residents could face rolling blackouts. our meteorologist derek van dam is joining me now to talk about the fire and sweltering heat. and who wants to have a rolling blackout when air conditioner is needed, derek, hello. >> yeah, thats when consumption is at its greatest, natalie. its important to note that the outages that theyve experienc...

In mexico, the popocatepetl volcano is starting to show signs of eruption. here it is sending massive ash columns 600 meters into the sky. its name comes from the aztec word for "smoking mountain" and is one of the countrys most active volacanos. most of its eruptions are small and cause little damage. one of the countries hit earliest in the coronavirus pandemic was south korea. the authorities there were praised for their quick and efficent response to the outbreak. public transport is a poten...

The systematic abuse. they need, human rights activists need to be supported, they could be injeopardy, we have seen authorities go after human rights activist in the past in the wake of these crackdowns so these people need to be protected. in mexico, the popocatepetl volcano is starting to show signs of eruption. here it is sending massive ash columns 600 meters into the sky. its name comes from the aztec word for smoking mountain and is one of the countrys most active volacanos. most of its e...

>> the smoke cloud that this has created is absolutely enormous. >> reporter: going from a spark to more than 10,000 acres in less than three hours. hundreds of firefighters on the front lines battling steep terrain to save communities. racing to get out, randy miller grabbed his cats and left. >> got in the car, it was so hot with the flames around me, i thought i was going to blow tires. >> reporter: millers home is okay, but kenny reynolds is not as fortunate. >> it looked like fire departmen...

Company blamed for a series of blazes with liability lawsuits pushing them into bankruptcy. like the families burned into homelessness in the middle of a housing crisis and towns like paradise, struggling to rebuild. >> it should not be a state of haves and have nots that can protect themselves. its incumbent upon elected officials of all political stripes to protect the most vulnerable. were prioritizing the most vulnerable. >> to put it in figures, how much the u.s. the campfire cost? to futur...

Fireworks reportedly struck up a palm tree that set an apartment building on fire, eight units destroyed and five people injured. here is a bit of good news in california, wineries are opening up once again, hoping for a fruitful summer after month-long shutdown, amy kellogg has a story from italy. >> we can have strawberries, violet, nutmeg and spice. reporter: even if the tasting is virtual. this on the slopes of mount etna, europes highest active volcano she tried to stay in touch with custom...

Todd: amy kellogg joining us as wineries reopened this week. you got the best assignment of everybody at fox this entire week. >> reporter: that is true and as people at home are thinking about firing up their barbecues, possibly throwing back a few beers this weekend, who knew that sicilian red hamburgers, that brings me to the point that italian wineries are roaring back to life after for many months they too had to simply deal with their clients remotely. >> we have the wineries. >> even if t...

Europes solar orbiter probe will make its first close pass of the sun on monday, tracking by at a distance of just over 77 million kilometres. the probe was launched in february and is on a mission to understand what drives the suns behaviour. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: austria to test up to 65,000 hotel employees a week for coronavirus in hopes to bring back tourists this summer. there you there was a bomb in the city centre. a code word known to be one used by the ira was given. ...

And the magnetic field drives what we call the solar wind out into space and out towards the earth and other planets. thats a very gusty wind. occasionally there are major injections of solar material towards us injections of solar material towards us that can cause some pretty hefty disruption to the earth space and technology in it. we are trying to get close to the sun carrying a set of instruments that will look at the corona be able to view it in different ways of light. also carrying a set...