aimed at tackling rising regional threats. as regional threats. we count down to sunday's women's as we count down to sunday's women's world cup final, we see how women's domestic league is being promoted. li’se how women's domestic league is being promoted.— being promoted. live from our studio in singapore, _ being promoted. live from our studio in singapore, this- being promoted. live from our studio in singapore, this is - studio in singapore, this is bbc news — it's newsday. welcome to the programme. we begin in canada, where emergency workers are evacuating thousands of residents of an entire city in the north west of the country, which is in the path of a huge wildfire. more than 20,000 people in yellowknife, the capital city of canada's northwest territories, have been told to leave by friday. authorities say the wildfires have taken a turn for the worse

and pose a real threat. yellowknife is now blanketed in smoke and fires are burning close to the one major road into and out of the city. rebecca alty is the mayor of yellowknife. she told us what things were like there. right now, its residents are evacuating by road. as many people as possible are doing that. there's also, for folks who don't have vehicles, we are starting the air evacuations, so flights. we still have commercial flights, so some people have booked onto a commercial flight, but we have the evacuation flights also starting at 1pm. so getting folks registered for that just began an hour ago. so folks have been good, there's long line—ups — i think there was kilometres' worth of a line—up, so a bit of a snail�*s place out of town, it's just one road in, one road out. that highway is where the fire is, so the highway can close.

but right now, it is open. if the conditions change, if the smoke gets too heavy, if the fire were to approach the highway, the highway would be closed and then the evacuation would be fully by air. it's a really big effort and i can't thank everybody working on this enough. i spoke to dale beguin, executive vice president of the canadian climate institute who explained how these new fires compared to others that have hit the region. well, this has been a summer of wildfires here in canada. we've seen levels of burnt area that is more — almost double what it's been in any other previous year in the last a0 years. and the north has been hit particularly hard all summer long. so we've seen smoke through the country. we've seen evacuations. this is the one that is coming close to a big city. obviously, the human and economic costs arejust staggering. now, i mean, how can canada

better prepare for wildfires? as you just said, this has been a historic summer, you know, and other climate—related disasters. well, i mean, it's really a combination of both continuing our efforts to reduce emissions, deliver on canada's climate objectives, to contribute to global efforts to stave off even worse impacts of climate change, while at the same time preparing for the climate that's already baked in, the impacts that are already coming from historical emissions. and that puts the imperative on adaptation and preparing for these kinds of climate shocks, and becoming resilient to them as best we can. those are both big to—dos and both big focuses of the canadian government right now. well, what can the canadian government do right now? some of these issues, as you said, are already baked in, but what can be done now? well, there's a new national adaptation strategy that the government has announced this year, and is working to implement. it needs some more funding, but it's already got measures like enhancing programmes to do natural burns,

to support indigenous groups in burning land and traditional ways that can help stop the spread of these wildfires. that being said, there's tonnes of work to do, and tonnes of land in canada. so this is a bigger problem than any of these smaller solutions really have, and it's something that canada will have to reckon with moving forward with. now — i'm sorry to say that the logging industry rather is a powerful one in the country. what can they do to slow down the spread of fires? yeah, interesting question. i mean, this is a thing that the logging and the forestry industry thinks about a lot, and they try to build in practices into their activities that both enable regrowth of forests, to sequester more carbon and contribute to emissions reductions, but also to develop those logging practices in ways that can contribute to avoiding the spread of these huge fires, so that there are fires that can be more localised rather than widespread. that takes effort —

just clear—cutting and widespread practices of logging can be exacerbating, rather than helpful. i mean, in 2019, canada ranked as the tenth—biggest emitter of greenhouse gases globally. in your professional opinion, what more can be done? canada is working really hard right now at reducing emissions. we've got a price on carbon that's due to rise, $270 per tonne by 2030. there are new regulations coming, earlier this year and more in the fall, for the electricity sector, for the oil and gas sector. so really, it is about implementation of those policies. it's about getting those policies in place, bending our emissions curve down even more, it's also about bringing certainty to those policies. some of the ways to reduce emissions are big, long—lived projects that depend not only on policy signals today, but policy signals on the future. and so, ongoing debate and contention around some of these policies is contributing to uncertainty and undermining efforts to reduce emissions, and attract capital to compete

in the new low—carbon economy. us presidentjoe biden said he will travel to hawaii. he has been criticised by political opponents who say he has been to state to see the devastation that has killed at least 110 people. many more are missing and just over a quarter of the disasters that has been searched so far. maui's fight continues. this pilot hovering over a swimming pool now being used to douse the flames further down the hill. these homes, some distance from the destroyed coastal town of la haina distance from the destroyed coastal town of lahaina are in the centre of the island where last week just before

the centre of the island where last weekjust before the pfizer cameras at this bird sanctuary captured a flash. staff believe it is a tree falling hitting the powerlines. ross heart saw something similar before his home burnt down. ~ u, similar before his home burnt down. ~ _, ., , down. we could hear some trees fallin: down. we could hear some trees falling here. _ down. we could hear some trees falling here, one _ down. we could hear some trees falling here, one big _ down. we could hear some trees falling here, one big one - down. we could hear some trees falling here, one big one fell- falling here, one big one fell here on the bridge and it knocked over the powerlines. and i could see the house begin to burn and that would not let me state to watch it. the ambers were coming over my truck. questions are now being asked about whether lives might�*ve been saved. should the power grid have been turned off? ., ~ ., ., power grid have been turned off? ., a, ., ., power grid have been turned off? ., ~ ., , ., off? could moore have been done to sound the _ off? could moore have been done to sound the alarm? _ off? could moore have been done to sound the alarm? for- off? could moore have been done to sound the alarm? for many - off? could moore have been done to sound the alarm? for many of| to sound the alarm? for many of those who escaped, alongside of the trauma, there is now a deep sense of anger. i

the trauma, there is now a deep sense of anger.— sense of anger. i hate it. i want this— sense of anger. i hate it. i want this people - sense of anger. i hate it. i want this people to - sense of anger. i hate it. i| want this people to explain sense of anger. i hate it. i- want this people to explain to me why we did not get an alarm when they have the most sophisticated system in the world. they practise every month and what in the world are they waiting for? the authorities _ they waiting for? the authorities have - they waiting for? the authorities have launched an investigation, although the priority for now is responding to the disaster. the wild fire risk, despite the devastation, is far from over. risk, despite the devastation, is farfrom over. this helicopter carrying water to fight the wildfire still smouldering right across this area. but some of those who have lost homes here pointed to something they say she already have been focusing the mind of the authorities. if it have been focusing the mind of the authorities.— the authorities. if it is not obvious — the authorities. if it is not obvious not _ the authorities. if it is not obvious not from - the authorities. if it is not obvious not from what - the authorities. if it is not| obvious not from what has happened here but all over the world, what could be more obvious that we are having disaster after disaster that is all as a result of climate

change?— all as a result of climate chance? ~ ., , all as a result of climate chance? ., _ ., change? with more bodies yet to be recovered, _ change? with more bodies yet to be recovered, this _ change? with more bodies yet to be recovered, this is _ change? with more bodies yet to be recovered, this is already - be recovered, this is already america's lethal wildfire in more than a century. few doubt that lessons need to be loaned. now to pakistan. after an angry mob burnt churches. in pakistan, more than a hundred people have been arrested in a city in the punjab province, after an angry mob burned churches and vandalised christian homes. the violence injaranwala was triggered by claims that two christian men had torn pages from a copy of the quran. those two men have now been arrested. 0ur pakistan correspondent caroline davies has more. narrow streets with destruction at every turn. you can see there... the enormous damage that has been done here. this is jaranwala's christian quarter. yesterday, angry protesters stormed these homes, including sonam's. "we lost everything," she tells me.

inside, blackened, overturned, smashed. she describes how her bed was thrown from the window and on her roof, how she heard an announcement from the mosque calling for people to come out to protest. translation: people came to our houses with their sticks. _ we were scared and we ran. we had small kids. if they had gotten hurt, what would we have done? the protest was called after two christians were alleged to have ripped pages from the koran, writing obscenities on them. thousands gathered. it turned violent. churches around the city burnt, homes ransacked. when we first got here, people were in a real state of shock but now, quite clear that that is turning to anger. minorities, including christians, are protected by law in pakistan but many we spoke to felt that not enough was done to stop this. translation: when protesters| came here, they chanted slogans and i saw the police leaving from the other side.

then the protesters destroyed it all. the police argue they stopped the situation deteriorating. if we had charged or started fighting, it could have subsided but it would have swept all over the country and the most important thing, if we had killed any of the protesters, that would have created a ripple effect. the police have said they believe the violence was planned and arrested some individuals from two hardline religious parties. in stjohn�*s church, tears for what is lost and for how quickly their fragile peace was fractured. caroline davies, bbc news, jaranwala. four people have been detained after a boat illegally carrying migrants to the uk sank into the english channel. six on board lost their lives and in the last week alone, more than

2000 people have tried to cross the channel in small boats. 0n wasteland close to dunkirk, the world's migrants continue to live in limbo. there's food, water, phone chargers, even lessons for the kids provided by aid agencies. but these tracks lead to the coast, to the small boats, to britain. karim, who asked not to be identified, paid people—smugglers 2000 euros for a place on the boat which then sank. he said they promised him they're going to send him to uk in good boat. in a good boat? did they say what a good boat was? translation: big boat, 10 metres, 15 metres. i but in the end, it was three metres or four metres. and how many people were on that boat? they put 70 people on the boat, but there was no space and they left 10 people behind. karim was one of them. two friends stayed on board. he thinks they're dead. but 22—year—old idris survived.

translation: there were far too many passengers. - the waves were very strong, and the boat split up. some people fell into the water and drowned. i never believed i would survive. i was fast losing the strength to swim, but i kept trying very hard to keep afloat. but when it comes to getting to britain, nothing has changed. will you try tonight? translation: last night, i tried, - and my boat was cut by the police. and tonight, i don't know. in the uk, some ask is enough being done in france to stop the boats? we went to several beaches discreetly at night, hoping to see migrants leaving. each time... bonjour, messieurs! ..we were immediately spotted by the police using night—vision gear. britain helps fund the officers and the equipment. teams in camouflage watched us from the shadows. a spotter plane flew overhead, and on the ground, they searched for the hiding places used by the traffickers. but the coast is more than 70 miles

long, and the traffickers have become experts at moving people. there are plenty of signs of how this works. the people—smugglers hide their clients here in the dunes at night, trying to evade the police who are watching out for them. and they keep their boats here, here's one, an inflatable boat. and they try and rush to the beach atjust the right moment. the police, well, they try and slash the boats so they can't be used. the police are not a deterrent to migrants like jalla and her family. she says they're fleeing gun attacks in iraq. they have tiny children, but they're repeatedly trying to get on a boat. you know that a boat sank last week. yeah, i know. what do you think about that? it's fate. if it happens, it happens? yeah. it's not dangerous for us. we come across so many difficulties in my country. this is better than shooting us, you know, shooting my kids in front of my house. that raw drive is why

stopping the boats is perhaps the government's most daunting challenge. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. just some of the 60 tons picked off beaches in the aisles of silly. in all, 12 islands have been cleaned by a dedicated team of volunteers who don't get paid and do it for love. it costs roughly a pound a kilo to kick a —— pick up these plastics, transported, and recycle it. so the 60 tons of rubbish we have picked up so far, we have had to find most of that ourselves. == far, we have had to find most of that ourselves.— of that ourselves. -- find. all sorts of— of that ourselves. -- find. all sorts of bits _ of that ourselves. -- find. all sorts of bits and _ of that ourselves. -- find. all sorts of bits and bobs, - of that ourselves. -- find. all sorts of bits and bobs, large l sorts of bits and bobs, large and small, have been found. the dean load them into dumping bags and kiacatoo the charity's vote, which will then be sailed to exeter to be recycled.

sustainability is key. but why does this stuff end up in the islands in the first place? it's not the locals that are littering here, in fact, anything we find that is identifiable has come from all over the world. for identifiable has come from all over the world.— over the world. for more stories — over the world. for more stories across _ over the world. for more stories across the - over the world. for more stories across the uk - over the world. for more | stories across the uk had over the world. for more i stories across the uk had to the bbc news website. —— had to. you're live with bbc news. it will be the first time they hold a standalone summit instead of a gathering on the sidelines of the event. the 200 ellaz in asia have often had a contentious relationship. recent diplomatic outrage has seen seoul and tokyo look to put their historic grievances aside in the face of challenges from north korea and china. i asked naoko aoki,

an associate political scientist at the rand corporation, whatjapan and south korea hope to get out of this meeting at camp david. thank you forjoining us on the programme. thank you for “oining us on the programme.— thank you for “oining us on the rouramme. ., ~ i. ., ., programme. thank you for having me. programme. thank you for having me- south _ programme. thank you for having me. south korea _ programme. thank you for having me. south korea as _ programme. thank you for having me. south korea as well- programme. thank you for having me. south korea as well as - me. south korea as well as jaan me. south korea as well as japan have _ me. south korea as well as japan have had _ me. south korea as well as japan have had an - me. south korea as well as i japan have had an acrimonious relationship for quite some time. it seems they have temporarily mended fences. what do they hope to get out of this meeting at camp david? i think this is a great opportunity for the three countries to foster a stronger, more stable partnership — which is good for deterrence and contingency planning at a time when china is acting assertively in the region, and north korea's continuing to improve its nuclear missile arsenals. i would be looking at whether these three countries can institutionalise some of the security cooperation measures that have been more ad hoc in the past, because that will send a political message, a strong political message to countries like china and north korea. , �* , , .,

korea. president biden seems to be drawing _ korea. president biden seems to be drawing on — korea. president biden seems to be drawing on these _ korea. president biden seems to be drawing on these allies i korea. president biden seems to be drawing on these allies even l be drawing on these allies even closer these days. what is it that president biden and the americans are hoping to get out of this this weekend? the security cooperation i of this this weekend? tue: security cooperation measures will benefit the united states as well. i think one of the challenges for this partnership is the three countries do not, should they be threat perceptions of the three countries give a little bit. south korea is more focused on north korea, for example, whereas the united states and japan are more worried about china. but all countries agree that they do not want revisionist powers to change the status quo using force. so that's what they can agree on and i think if they can focus on that and try to work on that that would be a good outcome of this meeting. that would be a good outcome of this meeting-— this meeting. china as well as north korea — this meeting. china as well as north korea aren't _ this meeting. china as well as| north korea aren't particularly happy when these three get together, especially when they talk about military exercises.

so should we expect any sort of reaction from beijing and pyongyang? reaction from bei'ing and pyongyanga_ reaction from bei'ing and mngyang?_ reaction from bei'ing and ' on: an:? , ., �* pyongyang? yes, i don't thing that either— pyongyang? yes, i don't thing that either china _ pyongyang? yes, i don't thing that either china or— pyongyang? yes, i don't thing that either china or north i that either china or north korea would be happy about it, but the point, part of this meeting, the point for the united states and south korea and japan is to show china and north korea that they cannot be divided and that would complicate the calculations were china and north korea, so that would be one element that is useful for the three countries, the us, japan, and south korea.— countries, the us, japan, and south korea. naoko aoki, thank ou so south korea. naoko aoki, thank you so much _ south korea. naoko aoki, thank you so much for— south korea. naoko aoki, thank you so much forjoining - south korea. naoko aoki, thank you so much forjoining us i south korea. naoko aoki, thank you so much forjoining us on i you so much forjoining us on the programme. malaysian authorities at least ten people were killed when a private jet crashed into a road in the capitol city of kuala lumpur. the small business jet have no mayday signal before it crashed minutes after being cleared land. it landed on a motorbike and a car and exploded, killing two motorists, six passengers, and

two crew. time now to talk about women's football, which is in the spotlight as we build up is in the spotlight as we build up to sunday's world cup final between england and spain in sydney. this tournament has smashed records for ticket sales and television audiences, as well as the women's game continues to grow. the challenge after the tournament will be building on this momentum and further promoting women's domestic leagues. 0ne women's domestic leagues. one person who will be heavily involved in that is our next guest, karen, she is the co—founder of angel city fc and also a unique investment fund that focuses solely on women's sports. she is currently at the world cup in sydney and joins us. thank you forjoining us on the programme. us. thank you for “oining us on the programme._ the programme. thank you for havin: the programme. thank you for having me. — the programme. thank you for having me, thrilled _ the programme. thank you for having me, thrilled to - the programme. thank you for having me, thrilled to be i the programme. thank you for| having me, thrilled to be here. you created a women's football club in los angeles in 2020, what inspired you to go out and do that? tt what inspired you to go out and do that? , ., do that? it started with the

2015 world _ do that? it started with the 2015 world cup. _ do that? it started with the 2015 world cup. they - do that? it started with the 2015 world cup. they can l do that? it started with the - 2015 world cup. they can trace my energy back to sitting in the stands as a fan with my three daughters and my house and really what happened is i felt this childlike joy that i hadn't felt in a long time and the crowd look different and the crowd look different and the stadium was filled with almost kind of what modern society look like, all genders, all races, it was fun. we will face meeting, we had thisjoy, and i wanted to take the joy and i wanted to take the joy and buy somejerseys, buy and i wanted to take the joy and buy some jerseys, buy some football shirts, which the content for the leagues that existed and in particular the one in the us and then no—one would take my money and so i got really curious, why won't anyone take my money? so the analogy i now make is it is as if you have what is the best be commercial in the world and 2 million people watch at this time, but there is no beer in the store forfour years. time, but there is no beer in the store for four years. that kicked off my angel city journey, i started kicked off my angel city journey, istarted is kicked off my angel city journey, i started is a fan and i've started doing research at i've started doing research at i got involved with the players union in the united states inviting for pay and ready and

ultimately through that journey, i've spoke to someone and she said why don't you start a team together, and coming out of the 2019 world cup and that was the beginning of angel city and i've brought in our third co—founder, julie, who is our president and we are now the most valuable women's franchise in the world and we have incredible supporters in community sponsors, etc, $50 million in sponsorship revenue, selling out stadiums, it has shown the world what is possible in women's football and is world cup isjust adding to that fire. and is world cup is 'ust adding to that fire.i to that fire. sure. one of the big issues — to that fire. sure. one of the big issues with _ to that fire. sure. one of the big issues with women's i big issues with women's football and women's sports in general is the pay discrepancy between what women are paid and man. so how do you fix that gap? man. so how do you fix that la n ? ., man. so how do you fix that r a n ? ., �* , man. so how do you fix that la n ? ., �* , ., man. so how do you fix that ta?- ., gap? yeah, it's a critical toic gap? yeah, it's a critical topic to _ gap? yeah, it's a critical topic to understand i gap? yeah, it's a critical topic to understand the | gap? yeah, it's a critical. topic to understand the full kind of universe, right? if you have 1 kind of universe, right? if you have1 billion, 2 billion people watching something, but it is a freebie broadcast

contract that is connected to the men's contract and you can't associate revenue with that or you can't buyjerseys or you can't really suspend your money to support these boards and athlete, is much harder to pay players, that's why got really interested in starting a team to show there was actually a lot more revenue and that people wanted to show up and that people wanted to show up and biting is notjust the world cup club games. so getting payers paid a living wage was critically important. getting payers paid millions of dollars really should come from the best talent in the world operating these teams and leagues and the revenue is all there, right? people are buying tickets, people are wanting to sponsor women, spend 80% of consumers spent, trillions of dollars, there is a whole lot of sponsors beyond the traditional cars, beers, and energy drinks, from make and beauty brands and things of this nature now coming into women's sports, and that is

ultimately how, in a sustainable way, you can pay players and that's why i got into this. players and that's why i got into this-— players and that's why i got into this. . , , ,., into this. there has been so much interest _ into this. there has been so much interest in _ into this. there has been so much interest in these i into this. there has been so i much interest in these matches. how do you build on this momentum?— how do you build on this momentum? ~ momentum? oh, well, i think the first thing is _ momentum? oh, well, i think the first thing is go — momentum? oh, well, i think the first thing is go buy _ momentum? oh, well, i think the first thing is go buy tickets, i first thing is go buy tickets, you know. if you love it, get curious and excited the way i was an safe oh, gosh, how can a love there's notjust every four years, love there's notjust every fouryears, but love there's notjust every four years, but who was my local club? every country, every city has a local club, buy tickets, go. buy tickets, by much, by angel city much. find funds like the collective in your home to come and ample capital into clubs and leagues, because you need to put capital into drive outcomes. but i think the energy coming out of this world cup feels really different than 2015 and 2019, because the world is now dreaming as as we were dreaming back then and so, honestly, the best thing to do is just to watch games and figure out who your local team is, get excited

about it, realise it's for our sons and daughters and that seeing these virtuoso women play is just a whole lot of fun in a world where we are facing a lot of difficult.— a lot of difficult. they hope ou a lot of difficult. they hope you enjoy _ a lot of difficult. they hope you enjoy the _ a lot of difficult. they hope you enjoy the final- a lot of difficult. they hope you enjoy the final the i you enjoy the final the incentive. that is we have for you now on newsday. i'm at monica miller. thank you for joining us this morning. hello. we're going to have all sorts of weather on friday — from morning thunderstorms across the south of the country, to sunshine in the lake district and scotland. so a real mixed bag on the way. so let's have a look at the big picture. here's the satellite picture — jet stream pushing along this developing area of weather. multiple areas of low pressure and multiple weather fronts heading our way. and yes, there'll be some storms, too. so let's have a look at the early morning forecast — showers already breaking out

across some southwestern parts of the country, possibly some rumbles of thunder, too. but further north and east, i think bright spells, if not cloudy skies across some of these north sea coasts. quite muggy in the morning. but let's have a look at the thunderstorms, then. so sweeping in from the south—west — this is around about 7am — the position of these storms very tricky to pinpoint, but we will see some downpours in places. frequent lightning, gusty winds, as well. some rain moving through northern ireland in the morning, too, then eventually, these thunderstorms will move into the midlands, move a little bit further northwards, and most of them should fade — so we're not anticipating any storms further north. now further north, it'll be a little bit cooler — around 17 in aberdeen, 19 in glasgow, further south across the country, around about 21—23 celsius. then friday night, the next era of rain sweeps across the country — this is a developing area of low pressure — with the risk of gales around some western and southwestern coasts. so very blustery weather for a time in the morning, especially out towards the south—west. the rain will move north, and then later in the day on saturday, it's actually better — it's quite a breezy day, but plenty of bright, if not sunny weather, and just a scattering of showers.

and the temperatures will rise a little bit, as well. now looking ahead to sunday, an area of high pressure is expected to build in from the south, extending all the way from these southwestern portions. and i think a pretty decent day on the way, just a scattering of showers, really pleasant temperatures — 25 in london, about 20 expected in glasgow, and about 21 in belfast. and the outlook is looking warm for many of us, not necessarily sunny all the time — i think the low 20s further north, and comfortably into the mid—20s across some southern areas. that's it for me, bye—bye.

evergrande files for bankruptcy in the united states. we will have the latest in the collapse of the world's most indebted developer and china's property crisis. plus the asean summit in jakarta. we have an interview with foreign minister. hello and welcome to asia business report. i am monica miller.

we begin with china evergrande because the slow motion collapse of the world's most indebted property developer has just entered a new stage. the embattled company has just filed for bankrupcy in the united states while its restructuring plans are being carried out elsewhere. meanwhile signs of trouble are spreading across china's broader property market with large housing units remaining unfinished and buyers who paid deposits skipping payments as a result. another major developer, country garden has warned it may not be able to make interest payments on bonds as it struggles to find the cash to finish projects around the country. stephen cochrane is the chief asia economist for economics research firm, moody's analytics. earlier he told me that to fix this problem china is facing in its property sector, it is going to take a long time. i think what it means is that it is going to be a kind of a long slow process in terms of resolving and restructuring this debt amongst the major property developers in china as they work this out both

through the us legal system and of course in china as well.