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Canada wildfires: Yellowknife city evacuation deadline looms

Canada is having its worst wildfire season on record, with firefighters in Canada battling more than 1000 active fires burning across the country.

Canada's Northwest Territories continue to battle hundreds of wildfires: blazes approach the regional capital, Yellowknife, where residents have been told to evacuate - we speak to someone still in the city.

And in other parts of the world, authorities are bracing for fires that are still to come - we hear about concerns that 80 percent of Australia's Northern Territory could burn by early next year.

Also, members of the grand jury who indicted Donald Trump over election interference in the US state of Georgia have received threats - our correspondent has the latest.

50 minutes

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  • Fri 18 Aug 202304:06GMT