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Firefighters say they’re struggling, and more lightning could make everything worse
California firefighters are struggling to contain massive wildfires that left at least four people dead and ruined neighborhoods — and approaching weather could make things worse for exhausted crews
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/22/us/california-wildfires/index.html
California fires: Governor asks Australia for help
California is struggling to contain huge wildfires burning forests and homes warned Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday as more than 12,000 fire-fighters battle the blazes that have killed six people.
DNC 2020: Biden depicts election as battle of light and darkness
Joe Biden said US Donald Trump has “cloaked America in darkness for much too long”, as he accepted the Democratic White House nomination.
DNC 2020: Kamala Harris blasts Trump ‘failure of leadership’
Kamala Harris has accepted her historic nomination as the US Democratic party’s vice-presidential candidate, running with Joe Biden for the White House.
Mueller report: FBI lawyer ‘altered email’ to wiretap Trump aide
An ex-FBI lawyer is expected to admit falsifying a document that was used as part of the inquiry into alleged Russian interference with the 2016 US presidential election.
Robert Trump: President’s younger brother dies in hospital
President Donald Trump has paid tribute to his “best friend” and youngest brother following his death at 71.
US suspends private charter flights to Cuba
The US administration has suspended all private charter flights between the United States and Cuba, to increase economic pressure on Havana.
Donald Trump calls Kamala Harris ‘meanest’ US senator
The US president says he likes his running mate, Vice-President Mike Pence, “much better”.
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris say Trump has left US ‘in tatters’
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and running mate Kamala Harris have attacked “whining” President Donald Trump as an incompetent leader who has left the US “in tatters”.
Brit on surfboard rescued at sea ‘spent 3 days adrift after falling off cruise ship’
August 25, 2020
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Linda Peacock
A 55-year-old man was reportedly suffering from severe hypothermia when he was picked up by coastguards off Marbella – amid mystery over how he ended up on a surfboard
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/brit-surfboard-rescued-sea-spent-22572606