Lightning triggers wildfires in British Columbia

Emergency teams in the Canadian province of British Columbia say the number of wildfires burning there, following an unprecedented heatwave, is now more than a hundred and seventy.

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Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Colleen Graffy, former United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and law professor at Pepperdine University's Caruso Law School in the US; and Nigar Goksel, Turkey project director for the International Crisis Group - an independent conflict prevention organisation.

(Image: A wildfire burns on the side of a mountain in Lytton, British Columbia, Canada. Credit: Canadian Press/REX/Shutterstock)