u. s. days of california unveiled the nation strict just meshes yet to tackle plastic pollution. ah. has been on rest and east and libya overnight with protesters storming a building that houses one of 2 rival parliament buildings in the city of to broke people angry about a worsening living condition and ye is long political deadlock. it happened off to recent you and media talks to hold elections failed to achieve any results. also protests in the capital triply in other cities. libya's been in kale since the full of mama gadhafi back in 2011. it's hard to compete, and governments one based and triply, and the other in the east elections were meant to be held last december, but the 2 sides haven't been able to resolve their differences. grandmother said we, the youth came out today to demand the end of the transitional period. we want to elections. this is the right, the lithium street, people on the right of the youth. the street is the basis of legislation. enough transitions. we want legislative and presidential election. well, the you on saturday general special advice on libya

u. s. california has introduced the nation's toughest laws to reduce plastic use. companies will need to cut down on the plastic material they use in their products . a legislation also requires all single use plastic items and packaging to be recyclable. by 2030 to 3rd aaron's president has approved a law to legalize abortion. they will now go to parliament. president julius mother buyer may the announcement during his closing remarks at the africa conference and sexual health and rights on friday, saying that out of town in the world, when sexual reproductive health rise for women are either being overturned or threatened, we are proud that syria leone can once again lead with progressive reform in ghana, the imposition as tax on electronic transactions has left to both merchants and consumers concerned. the govern admits the t month old policy is not brought in the expected revenue. i'm at the address reports, it's been a chaotic 2 months for gunners will buy money, merchants after the introduction of tax on electronic financial transactions, fear and uncertainty are keeping customers awa

u. s. says most people know, but california does something right. other states follow the u. s. supreme court decision i had to do with power plants when you mention it keeps ebay from regulating power plants. power plants are the 2nd major emitter of greenhouse gases after transportation. plastics is after power plants a. so i don't think that unless the supreme court decision has expanded or congress cedar beans at some way, they, they supreme court decision. well that effect this, this legislation, richard chuck are really good to get your thoughts. thanks very much. indeed for talking to loud as they were. thank you, richard. that no critics of tennessee, as president chi side of accused him of giving himself royal powers. it comes after he released a new draft constitution. it'll further expand the president's powers and limit the role of parliament. opposition leaders have described it as a force, but side says the changes are needed to save tennessee of may prolonged political and economic crisis. a referendum on the proposal is scheduled for later this month . airport

u. s. is in the grips of an extreme heat wave. parts of california are seen temperatures close to 40 degrees celsius. are joining me now is meteorologist matthew could produce in washington method. good to see you at the u. s. is no stranger to wildfire, but what are the, what is it about these particular fires that a so hard to contain? one of the challenges that challenges that these days we're seeing extreme while our behavior. thanks large human change. now we've got these big, high pressure sitting over the lower 48 begging much of the country with well, of average temperatures. pushing asked, 40 almost 45 boss. now here's the thing for every degrees celsius, the air tension recent, the air home about 7 percent more walk in california where there is no water. suddenly that means you're desecrating the landscapes checking all the moisture out of the ground, right. and that much more dry fuel requires to work with at the same time. so when you have is extremely more air masses, you're say leaking the ceiling of the lower atmosphere, meaning fire,

u. s. is in the grips of an extreme heat wave. parts of california are seen temperatures close to 40 degrees celsius. now earlier i spoke to meteorologist bachelor co, caput she in washington, i asked him how much the current conditions across the us are diverging from their summer norms. that's a really good question so far ago say we're about $510.00 plus degrees celsius above where we should be this time of year. we think, yeah, it's summer time we're used to high conditions, but really we've had 3 major heat waves this summer. the instigator, of course, a heater or a stagnant tim of high pressure that is sitting there, languishing and refusing to budge desk how many areas at or above $100.00 degrees fahrenheit. it's roughly about $38.00 and a half celsius for weeks on end. so far this year, houston and austin, texas rather austin in san antonio, texas. both by more than $42.00 days at or above the triple digits fahrenheit. again, $3839.00 plus sales you some area seen $45.00 degrees celsius. all time records in jeopardy in a few low pals, and rea

u. s. is in the grips of an extreme heat wave. parts of california are seen temperatures close to 40 degrees celsius. also grease has been badly major while fires amid a heat wave that's expected. last for days on the island of less boz, hundreds of residents and tourists have been evacuated from a popular resort. fierce flames have also raged for 4 days. the country's national park is a border with turkey. a village near by was evacuated over night. he wave began on saturday and is expected to last for days and could reach temperatures of 42 degrees celsius. we asked he w, corresponded florence schmidt and tesla nicky to update us on the latest there. what we are looking back on a very difficult week with very strong lasers, more than 50 of them just during the past 36 hours. you already mentioned the most critical one, everyone in that the yes of protected forest that has been on fire or the past war days and for weeks very strong winds at the very end, temperatures make it very hard to control the buyers and the strategy at the moment seems to be

u. s. state of california. as wildfire spreads, the oak fire, as it's been named broke out, need somebody national park. it's threatening thousands of homes and some of the world's largest and oldest trees. this fire is closing in on the largest wealth of giant sequoias in yosemite national park. fire fighters are hoping to protect these ancient trees. some of the largest in the world homes, businesses, cars, the flames are devouring everything. fixed smoke has darkened the parks, scenic views. more than 6000 people, including campers, have been told to get out. they came by about 1520 minutes ago and told us that everybody's got to go about 4 o'clock power one out. and the fiery been coming towards us fast food, faster. weeks ago, firefighters installed sprinklers in the murray potter grove to keep the trunks moist in a bit to keep the flames away from the sequoias, including one of its most famous attractions. this 3000 year old sequoia known as the grizzly giant in recent years, california wildfires have des

u. s. state of california. this year, the region has been hit by increasingly large and destructive wildfires attribute to climate change in recent years. the latest called the oak fire had threatened the yosemite national park has been partially contained, but is not yet fully under control. d. w. respond stefan z months is in the sierra nevada mountains where firefighters are still harder, work. driving through the hills and into the mountains surrounding small town. mariposa on the southwest corner of yosemite park feels almost like entering a different world to fire fighters. we accompany liking it often to wear lunar landscape. some fire crews are swarming the chart grounds. the oak fire left behind their mopping up as they say, reoccurring hotspots, attending, smouldering tree trunks. others are assigned to check on, establish so called lines or to expend them. jo amador a fire captain from san diego and the press inflammation officer assigned to us explains what they're trying to do. they're trying to bu

u. s. state of california say they're making good progress and bringing a huge wildfire near yosemite national park under control the blaze and mariposa county has forced thousands of people to evacuate their houses and destroyed dozens of homes. but favorable weather conditions are helping fire crews to slowly get the upper hand just some of the destruction after fi ripped through mariposa county. the huge blaze has caused major damage in many areas. but more moist air moved into the region on tuesday. a huge help for the 3000 firefighters battling the oak fire. read a really good day to day. oh, we got a lot of work done this morning. we reported 10 percent containment on the fire, but tonight we're reporting 16 presenting so you know, it's not a huge number, but it's a pretty big percentage. um, if you look at it that way, the flames erupted last friday and quickly got out of control. the ferocious blaze was fed by tend to dry conditions the region and seeing its worst drought and decades. thousands of people were forced to evacuate their homes, dozens of which have been destroyed. these im

u. s. state of california this year, the so called oak fire, which had threatened the yosemite national park has now been partially contained, but it's not yet fully under control. dw correspondent stephan simons is on the ground. in mariposa county, firefighters are still hard at work driving through the hillson into the mountain surrounding small town. mariposa on the southwest corner of yosemite park feels almost like entering a different world. the fire fighters we accompany liking it often to wear lunar landscape. some fire crews swarming the chart grounds, the oak fire left behind their mopping up as they say, reoccurring hotspots, attending, smouldering tree trunks. others are assigned to check on establish so called lines, or to expend them jo amador, a fire captain from san diego, and the press inflammation officer assigned to us explains what the trying to do. they're trying to build a parameter around this burn here, right, to keep it from spreading. and that's what this protection line is doing. so the leave that here, they leave that here in case this come the fire, another

u. s. state of california. every summer firefighters are making progress in containing a giant blaze and yosemite national park. this was so threatening a giant sequoia trees and endangering animals favorable weather conditions have slowed its advance, but the blazes already destroyed the dozens of homes and force thousands of people to leave just some of the destruction after fi ripped through mariposa county. the huge blaze has caused major damage in many areas, but more moist air moved into the region on tuesday. a huge help for the 3000 fire fighters battling the arc fire. we had a really good day to day. we got a lot of work done. this morning we reported 10 percent containment on the fire to night were reporting 16 present containment. so, you know, it's not a huge number, but it's a pretty big percentage. um, if you look at it that way, the flames erupted last friday and quickly got out of control. the ferocious blaze was fed by tend to dry conditions the region and seeing its worst drought and decades.

u. s. state of california, at least 6000 people, had been evacuated as a blaze threatens homes near the yosemite national park. notice it crews had been working to contain a bush fire since friday. well, those were the headlines. the news continues here. now jazz era, after earth rise station, thanks for watching bye for now. ah . it should be pretty straightforward. it grows we eat, digest excretes, and any new trends our bodies don't use, go back into the soil. and so the cycle begins all over again. simple. so why that is all global food systems. so topsy turvy it emits greenhouse gases from fuels climate change, the grades land, pollute soul in water, whiteside wildlife, including insights from other animals, a polonaise whole process. so it's actually robbing us of our ability to feed ourselves. and at the same time, we're wasting what we've got a whopping 1300000000 tons of perfectly edible food gets been d chair, while nearly 700000000 people go hungry. so it's a real conundrum, but there are simple fix, it basically produce food sustainably. and so i wasted a market like this on

u. s. state of california. the so called oak fire started on friday and has destroyed houses and remote communities. the blazes moving towards the nearby yosemite national park in grease fire. fight is also battling wildfires that have forced hundreds to leave their homes. a large fire has broken out in the south near the archaeological side of ancient olympia. it has destroyed houses and forced people to evacuate from several villages. schools or fires have been burning across the country and mythology, so expecting the heat wave increase to last until the beginning of august. and joining me now from greece is dw correspondent floor and a schmidt's flow and give us an update. what's the latest on the fires? well, these are indeed very critical moments for the country. 141 blazes were counted during the past 3 days, only. we still see a very critical situation in ambros, where a national park has been on fire for the past by days. the latest on that is that reinforcements have arrived to support people on the g

u. s. state of california. the so called oak fire started on friday and has destroyed houses in remote communities. the place is moving to the near by 17 national park tennesseans, a voting and a referendum on a new constitution that could expand the president's powers. major political policy is bound to boycott, the vote. critics say that the changes would give the president k, you said almost total power residents. i asked the elected government last year and at least 17 people are dead after a boat carrying dozens of haitian migrants capsized off the coast of the bahamas. rescue workers were able to save 25 people, but believe up to 60 people could have been on board. the boat was believed to be on route to miami. and pet francis is in canada where he is expected to apologize to members of the indigenous community. there for abuses, can the head i catholic lackey, a canadian government commission found that generation was of indigenous children, suffered horrific physical and sexual abuse in fate funded scho

u. s. state of california, the governor has declared a state of emergency as a fast moving blaze threatens homes near the yosemite national park. emergency crews have been working to contain the bush fast since friday. 6000 people have been evacuated, 10 buildings destroyed. pal has been cut to thousands of homes and businesses in the area and europe has been in the grip of a punishing heat way. breaking record temperatures on driving, devastating wildfires from london to lisbon. the world health organization says the heat wave and gulping spain and portugal this year has killed at least 1700 people so far on the odd beer in peninsula people living in affected communities say, life will never be the same. same as robbie has more from chip read us in central space. the quiet of a dead forest. a reason perhaps to give up hope. europe's wild fires are the continents worst in a 100 years. but nature is resilient, and where the earth is scorched, life is returned, though it will almost certainly never be the same. a few days ago, subarus in spain of your province was surrounded by fires. celia

u. s. state of california has introduced the nation's toughest restrictions on plastic packaging, and efforts to reduce the impact of plastic pollution. it will require that all single use plastic packaging be recyclable, or composter bought by 20. 32 and accountability groups will also be put in place to run a new recycling program that was signed by governor governor newson on thursday. day trip is to venice thought to be charged a compulsory fee to visit the italian city from next january. 3rd, to choose not to stay overnight in hotels or other accommodation will have to sign up for 9. pay a charge of between $3.00 and $10.00 and trying to ease over terrorism. this court trying to dodge the fee will risk a fine of all the $300.00 i this is also here on these other top stories now, protested a stormed, libby is parliament. the eastern city of brook angry about deteriorating living conditions and the political deadlock. witnesses say security forces left upon the premises. in the crowd arrived, ukraine's president vladimir lensky has denounced a russian miss south strike on an apartment bloc

u. s. state of california, at least 6000 people have been evacuated as a fast moving blaze threatens homes near the yosemite national park. notice a cruise of and working to contain the bush fire since friday is destroyed at least 10 buildings and cut out a thousands of homes and businesses in the area. another blaze is threatening some of the world's oldest giant sekoya trees. high temperatures in northern mexico. i'm making sees no drought even worse in seo does what is people are dealing with power outages and water shortages. a local governance, a set of hydration points. and europe has been in the grips of a punishing heat way. breaking temperature records and driving devastating wildfires from london to lisbon. the world health organization says the heat wave and gulping spain and portugal this year has killed at least $1700.00 people so far on the our beer in peninsula. people living in affected community say, life will never be the same again. same bus robbie has more from sept, rattles in central space. the quiet of a dead forest. a reason perhaps to give up hope. europe's wildfir

u. s. state of california have grown rapidly in size, do too hot and windy conditions overnight. the fast moving the kidney fire has set burn some 160 square kilometers of land and burned down at least a dozen homes. governor gavin newsome declared a state of emergency on saturday in response. dozens of people have died in flooding in the u. s. state of kentucky and i was expected to rise as the search for survivors continues. flash floods destroyed roads, bridges, and disrupted cellphone service, which is hampering rescue efforts in one of the poorest parts of the united states and jesse resemble swaby rebels. torrential rains and flash floods sweeping away homes up brooding trees, tearing families apart. at least 4 children are among the dozens killed in the us state of kentucky. siblings, the oldest 8, the youngest, just to mother nature's fury has left behind. little more than debris and destruction. my him? oh ross, i even say no. no, no, he that nathan mat, weather forecasting models that governments have used for decades are obsolete in an ever warming world. this is what

u. s. stays of california unveils the nation strictest measures to tackle plastic pollution. ah, has been unrest an eastern libya overnight with protesters storming a building. that house is one of 2 rival parliament buildings in the city to book. people are angry about worsening living conditions and years long political deadlock, it happened off to reset un mediated talks to hold elections failed to achieve any results. i've also been processed in the capital triply as well as of the cities. libya has been in cale through the whole of mile and gadhafi back in 2011. it's hard to compete in government, one based on chipley and the other in the east elections were meant to be held last december. but the 2 sides haven't been able to resolve their differences. her grandmother, so we the youth, came out today to demand the end of the transitional period. we want elections. this is the right, the live him, street people on the right of the youth street is the basis of legislation. enough transitions. we want legislative and presidential elections will the you and like to general s

u. s. state of california working 24 hour shift to keep the oak fire under control. they managed to dump and about a quarter of the blaze which has been burning since friday is destroyed more than 2 dozen homes and for thousands of people into temporary shelters. california while farseason becoming longer and more severe each year. you know, some days are harder than others. some days are exhausted. especially days where you're working throughout the night on that 24 hour shift and you have no sleep. it's the next season. it's worse than the one before it. so it's, it's, it's been, it's been busy. russia now says it will remain part of the international space station at least until 2028, when it hopes to have its own outposts in orbit. the head of russia space agency had said on tuesday, the country would end space partnership with us. after 2024 international space station has been orbiting the earth for more than 2 decades. it's one of the last co operative projects between russia and the u. s. and the jacket warned by astral buzz aldrin on his 1st trip to the moon

u. s. state of california, at least 6000 people have been evacuated as a fast moving blaze threatens homes near the semitic national park. emergency crews have been working to contain the bush fast since friday is destroyed at least 10 buildings and cut out a thousands of homes and businesses in the area. another blaze is threatening some of the world's oldest giant sequoia trees. but europe's been in the grip of a punishing heat wave breaking temperature records and driving devastating wildfires from london to lisbon. the world health organization says the heat wave heat wave and gulping spain and portugal this year has killed at least 1700 people so far on the odd beer in peninsula people living in affected communities say, life will never be the same. same was robbie has mona from separate us in central spain, the quiet of a dead forest. a reason perhaps, to give up hope. europe's wildfires are the continents worst in a 100 years. but nature is resilient and where the earth is scorched, life is returned. though it will almost certainly never be the same. a few days ago, sabrina, in spai

u. s. state of california has introduced the nation's toughest restrictions on plastic packaging, and efforts to reduce the impact of plastic pollution. it will require that all single use plastic packaging be recyclable, or composter, bought by 20. 32 and accountability groups will also be put in place to run a new recycling program that was signed by governor governor newsome on thursday. day trip is to venice thought to be charged a compulsory fee to visit the italian city from next january 3rd to choose not to stay overnight in hotels or other accommodation will have to sign up for 9 pay a charge of between $3.00 and $10.00. and trying to ease over tourism this court trying to dodge the fee will risk.

u. s. state of california, the governor has declared the state of emergencies ablaze at friends homes in the cemetery national park. 6000 people evacuated, 10 buildings been destroyed in the pals been cut to thousands of homes and businesses. those the headlines. the news continues on al jazeera after our investigations. ah l g. there is investigative unit goes undercover in cypress. we reveal how the specter of corruption hangs over the islands, passport by investment scheme, a little help with it. and we show how a convicted criminal might obtain a european passport for the right price. a. people take us with our investigation leads to one of the highest offices of state, the president of the parliament. i see. busy that in all i have to prepare binders when we show how a criminal with a golden passport could change his identity to evade justice. consequences for a foreign is to invest of 2 and a half $1000000.00. often in luxury homes can obtain a separate passport under the cypress investment program. the holder of a cypress passport has the right to live and work across the european

u . s. is in the grips of an extreme heat wave parts of california are seen temperatures close to 40 degrees celsius. meteorologist matthew capuchin told us how the current conditions around the u. s. a diverging from the summer norms. so it's, we're used to warm weather in the summer a little bit much. and one thing that really struck me is that we've had it for weeks at a time with very standard weather and temperature, about $510.00 result more than what we normally expect. we're really it just how long it plays, it can reestablish the sit there. again, there are 3 ways so far the most, the lower 48. now i want to talk briefly about why you are sitting in place. we think about what happens when you have a stone, you know, kind of on long a place that's exactly what's happening with a kind of the neat crest of the gesture. mickey will allow her to sit here and you know, just moving along the sides just sitting in place. and if you're not going anywhere anytime soon, i think so record temperatures over there. but also here in europe, similar similar situations, record set in temperatures as

u. s. with 1300 cases reported that california is not far behind, though with 800 more than a quarter of which are in san francisco. mike conner is in washington with more on the u. s. government's response. what it means is that, for example, in new york state, the public emergency has been declared. this allows the state to permit paramedics nurses, for example, to administer doses of the vaccine. it also opens up the door to greater federal assistance. now it is interesting in terms of the fact that you have had observed to say that it's very difficult to coordinate on the basis of the 7 entities. now that is the u. s. s. 50 states plus the 7 regions and major cities that are involved in san francisco, for example, which is the 1st city to declare public health emergency. once again, that opens up the avenues of assistance from the state as well as from federal level. so it is a bit of a hodgepodge response in terms of the health departments way of dealing with this and what i must note as well. very importantly, on wednesday, the cdc said that there was some 4500 cases reported last night.

california. generally in the u. s. west means that the level of lake me which supplies water to california, you top arizona is really low. fat is the lowest the quarter since it was initially filled at 1937. and that, in addition to the heat, is very hot down in the southwest corner, that heat runs up through california and right up towards, well, more, less washington. so the combination of heat and lack of rain if resulted in this driving. of course, the 1000 yosemite, there's nothing to change in the next day or so possibly a week or so that are big showers around. and they are coming up over the dry part, which is part of the monsoon season for the southwest, the u. s. otherwise, the storms more recently been a lot further off and they've been concentrating around the great lakes, for example, there again, but also wandered around the southern states. a combination of that week from coming south and lower gulf air, which means anywhere really from georgia down to texas. you could see some pretty flooding range in th

u. s. state of california spreading quickly. g too hot and windy conditions overnight. the fast moving mckinney fire has scorched 160 square kilometers of land and burned down at least a dozen homes of neck avenue, some declared a state of emergency on saturday. a spot is coming up after the break. we'll go live to london, a head of the women. is it european? the championship funnel a were mistaken. ah . august on al jazeera, kenya, braces for a title contested votes. as the country goes to the poles and the elections that will shape its future. the listening post examines and dissects the wealth media, how they operate to the stories they cover up to 5 years on the since me, on mars, muslim minority were forced from the country. we look at the plight of the rocking out. is there a well show cases the best documentary from across the network, including a new 3 part series, the sixty's in the arab world. as protest continue following the swearing in the new president could sri lanka, economic and political crisis, lead to humanitarian 1 august on which is iraq power divi

u. s embassy in mexico has issued a warning to americans considering a trip south of the border. one of mexico's top drug lord has been taken into custody in baja california s. state department issued a statement saying americans are putting themselves at quote serious risk by traveling to baja california or tijuana during the next few days. there are concerns americans could get caught in the middle of violent confrontations between mexican security forces and other drug dealers. the senate. clara county sheriff's department is investigating after a car slammed into a coffee shop. this happened yesterday afternoon at the starbucks on homestead in cupertino. two people inside the store were hurt taken to the hospital. the driver was not hurt and is cooperating with the investigation. in los angeles police say they arrested a man who was impersonating a police officer when he kidnapped a 13 year old boy, police say at eight o'clock wednesday morning, the boy was riding his bike when 38 year old antonio mendoza ran into him. in our investigation revealed that following the collision, this individual identified himself as a police officer, and he is not a po

u. s. and certainly california in the coming hours. but for the moment, richard. good, steve, thanks very much for your time. of course. thank you. well, plenty morehead, here on the out there, renews are including phase of recession in the arizona business activity. take they dramatic tumble and delete the recordings that are shifting iraq's political deadlock for social media over it's full set of gal forward study. i'm on a win for african for all of the those stories after the break. ah, well just blanket wes, security forces are rated the main anti government protest camping colombo, just hours after running away from a single was sworn in as president protests to say that they planned to vacate the area by friday afternoon. become a singer, has threatened to cut down on what he calls the undemocratic demonstrators who toppled his predecessor well shortly after the protest site was cleared to nash gonna one denay was born in answer lying because the prime minister, he's not of the full, the president goes to bio roger pack, so banal fernandez has moved from c

u. s. state of california has introduced the nation's toughest law aimed at reducing plastic use. companies will need to come down of the plastic material that they use in products. the legislation also requires all single use plastic items and packaging to be recyclable by 2032, which a charter is from the ocean foundation. and he says that the new law is an important step forward. this is very substantial. it's the 1st ever really it's legislation that was signed into law. that requires in by january 1st 2048, at least 30 percent of the plastic items sold or distributed or imported. in the state of california, they have to be recyclable. and by 2032, that number rises to 65 percent and it all calls for a 25 percent reduction and signal use plastic waste by 2030 who. and in the case of play expanded polystyrene that phone be white staff. that number needs to reach 25 percent. i 2025 or else that stuff's going to be banned. this is based on what's called the extended producer responsibility, which shifts the responsibility for plastic waste from the consumers, towns and cities. play the com

u. s state of california have grown in size due to hosted windy conditions overnight. the fast moving mckinney fire, the scorched 160 square kilometers of land and bond, at least a 1000 homes. governor gavin newsome decay the state of emergency on saturday in response. let's make the stuff on dora, who is a professor for wildfire science. it's once a university, he specializes it while far trends that impacts and he joins us out by from swansea in the u. k. could have you with us a professor on this latest far in california. why have a spread so rapidly in such a short space of time? here the landscape is already pre condition to read is with the stream fi behavior because we've now had a very long season with below ever rain ever and rainfall. that means the alignment and vegetation is very powerful on top of this. now we have a very strong wind, perhaps the most important ingredient in moving this fi and very rapidly across the landscape. we also have a lot of fuel in this landscape. it hasn't been for quite some time. and we have steep terrain in places, all of whic

u. s. said they're making progress as the battle. california's largest wildfire this year, nearly a quarter of the fire near yosemite national park is not contained and began burning and fighting, and it's destroyed more than $6000.00 hector's of land, rob reynolds reports. i'm not, of course, a county aftermath of an inferno. this house was completely incinerated by the huge wildfire that ripped through mar posts, a county in california, sierra nevada mountains. the heat was so intense, it melted aluminum parts and cars, turning them into shiny dribbles of metal. the fire broke out on friday and quickly exploded in size and gulping thousands of hector's and forcing thousands of people to evacuate. dozens of structures have been destroyed. fire fighters say, years of drought, extreme heat, and millions of dead trees killed by invasive bark beatles turned a small blaze into a monster where in a dramatically major drought. so what you see yourself or do you know, mostly dry condition is not to mention the beetle bark period with that killed the lot of these trees that are now dead. standing a

u. s embassy in mexico has issued a warning to americans now considering a trip south of the border. one of mexico's top drug lords has been taken into custody in baja california. s. state department. has issued a statement saying americans are putting themselves at serious risk by traveling to baja california or tijuana. during the next few days. there are concerns americans could get caught in the middle of violent confrontations between mexican security forces. and other drug dealers. the head of the world health organization, says he's becoming increasingly concerned about the rising number of monkeypox cases. across the world that has now been more than 6000 cases recorded in 58 countries. the organization's latest report found the number of confirmed global cases has climbed 30% in just the past two weeks. that same report found new york city is now the epicenter of the monkey pox fires here in the us, the number of probable cases has grown to about 120 san francisco now has 40 confirmed monkeypox cases and the second case in santa clara county was announced late yesterday. the food and drug administration is making it easier for people to get a covid-19

u. s have been diagnosed. one is a toddler in california. the other is an infant who is not a u. s resident, according to the cdc. both of those children are said to be in good health and receiving treatment. officials suspect they caught the virus through household transmission here in california , san francisco accounts for more than half of the states monkeypox cases so far, there are 141 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the city and about 260 cases statewide. san francisco city leaders have requested 35,000 doses to try to meet their demand. only about 7700 have been received so far, health officials say. there's no telling when the next batch of vaccines will be delivered to the city nationwide. there are more than 2400 confirmed cases of monkeypox predictions about how big the u s outbreak will get this summer very widely from 13,000 to, perhaps more than 10 times that number right now, the c d. c believes that 1.5 million men here in the us are considered at high risk for infection. polio virus we rarely even hear about until now. the first case in almost 10 years has been d

california. generally in the u. s. west means that the level of lake me which supplies water to california, you top arizona is really low. fat is the lowest. the court has since it was initially filled at 1937. and that in addition to the heat, that is very hot, down in the southwest corner, that heat runs up through california and right up towards, well, more, less washington. so the combination of heat and lack of right if resulted in is driving a cost a $1000.00 yosemite. there's nothing to change in the next day or so. possibly wico, sir, that all big showers around. and they are coming up over the dock dry pot, which is part of the monsoon season for the southwest, the u. s. otherwise, the storms more recently had been a lot further off and they've been concentrating around the great lakes, for example, there again, but also wandered around southern states, a combination of that week from coming saves a lot of gulf a, which means anywhere really from georgia down to texas, you could see some pretty flooding rains i

california. tripoli expects 42 million people across the u. s will take to the roads over the weekend. california highway patrol wants you to know extra officers are on duty this weekend, looking out for bad drivers. 43 people died in crashes on california roads during last year's independence day weekend. that same weekend, chp officers issued nearly 10,000 tickets. and we already see drivers running into some major traffic tie ups today. a big rig and vegetation fire shut down traffic in both directions of highway 50 this afternoon. this happened just east of khyber is, as you see these photos that's on the way to lake tahoe. one way traffic control is in effect at the moment, but chp officers are advising drivers to find alternate routes. long delays are still a problem. fortunately we don't see major problems at bay area airports tonight. this is a live look at sfo. ktvu is christian captain. talk to families travel traveling into and out of the bay. he joins us live in san francisco, where people are ready to celebrate the fourth of july, christian yeah, absolutely guys, folks, ver