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Canada fire chief recounts wildfire devastation

Thousands have been evacuated as the fires sweep British Columbia

This week Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ordered the deployment of the army to fight hundreds of wildfires in British Columbia. We speak to the fire chief of West Kelowna, whose entire population of 36,000 has been evacuated.

Also on the programme: The secret rise of women in Latin America’s drug cartel; and Spain’s Me Too moment? We’ll speak to Pedro Malabia Sanchis, Chief Strategy Officer at the Spanish Women's Football League on the furore over a non-consensual kiss at the Women’s World Cup Final.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss all this and more are Mark Kersten, Assistant Professor of Human Rights at the University of the Fraser Valley in Canada, and Kate Clark, Co-Director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network.

IMAGE: Evacuees board a Royal Canadian Air Force C-130J in NT, 25 AugustCREDIT: Paul McCahon/Canadian Forces/Handout via REUTERS.

50 minutes

Broadcast

  • Sun 27 Aug 202307:06GMT