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Jan 10

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News Wrap: Standoff over Senate impeachment trial to end next week

In our news wrap Friday, the impasse over a Senate impeachment trial of President Trump is ending. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she'll move next week to send the articles of impeachment to the Senate. Also, the final U.S. jobs…

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Jan 09

Watch 4:00
News Wrap: UK’s House of Commons approves Jan. 31 for Brexit

In our news wrap Thursday, Britain’s House of Commons gave final approval to the country’s leaving the European Union on January 31st. The bill will become law once the House of Lords gives its pro forma consent. Also, officials responding…

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Jan 08

Watch 6:45
News Wrap: Puerto Rico lacks power, running water after strong earthquake

In our news wrap Wednesday, half a million Puerto Ricans are without power and more than 250,000 have no running water a day after Tuesday’s earthquake -- the strongest the island has felt since 1918. Fearful of aftershocks, some residents…

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Jan 08

Watch 5:54
Australia’s catastrophic and relentless battle with bushfires

By Kylie Morris, Independent Television News

The devastation from wildfires in Australia is on a scale that is difficult to comprehend. More than 20 million acres have burned, destroying 2,000 homes and killing potentially hundreds of millions of animals, as well as 27 people. Although the…

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Jan 08

Watch 6:13
How Australia is fighting fires while also mounting recovery effort

As devastating bushfires continue to burn across Australia, how is the country’s government responding? William Brangham speaks with David Littleproud, Australia’s minister for natural disaster and emergency management, about fighting fires while also embarking upon a recovery effort, whether the…

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Jan 08

Storms bring relief to Australian wildfires, but also raise concerns

By Rod McGuirk, Associated Press

Around 2,300 firefighters in New South Wales state were making the most of relatively benign conditions by frantically consolidating containment lines around more than 110 blazes and patrolling for lightning strikes.

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Jan 07

Watch 6:21
News Wrap: Putin travels to Syria to meet with Assad, military officials

In our news wrap Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Syria to meet with its president, Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus. Syrian state media released images of the two leaders, who also met with military commanders. Also, the Justice Department…

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Jan 06

How to help the victims of Australia’s wildfires

By Rebecca Oh

The blazes are estimated to have burned an area double the size of the state of Maryland, and killed or displaced up to 480 million animals since September 2019.

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Jan 06

Australia to pay ‘whatever it takes’ to fight wildfires

By Nick Perry, Kristen Gelineau, Associated Press

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the government was committing an extra 2 billion Australian dollars ($1.4 billion) toward the recovery effort in addition to the tens of millions of dollars that have already been promised.

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Jan 04

‘Not safe to move’: Fire threats intensify in Australia

By Shonal Ganguly, Steve McMorran, Associated Press

The death toll in the worst wildfire season in Australian history is now up to 23 people, the prime minister said.

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