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Out of Control bushfire in Perth destroys over 50 homes

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  Bushfire emergency in Wooroloo residents told it is ' too late to leave' “We were just sitting inside the house because of the lockdown and we smelt smoke outside, so we went out to see where the smoke came from and it was just across the road from us ” -Elaine Palfrey's family home in Wooroloo was one of the first homes lost in the massive Perth Hills blaze. (Supplied: Elaine Palfrey) more than 230 hectares burnt from a bushfire Wildfires are common during the current South Hemisphere summer. However, the season has been mild on Australia’s southeast coast which was devastated by massive fires last summer. Firefighters battling to control the fire still. A warning to other threatened areas told people to leave if they are not prepared to fight the blaze. The bushfire is unpredictable and weather conditions are rapidy changing, yet the cause of the blaze is still found to be unknown.

Donald Trump scrambling to assemble impeachment defense before the deadline

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Ex-president has hired new lawyers after the previous team quit US congressional Republicans face a week of reckoning ahead of Donald Trump's second impeachment trial as the former president contends with a deadline to respond to the charges and his party mulls whether to punish Representative Liz Cheney for backing impeachment.. Donald Trump is believed to want to base his defense on the lie that he won the 2020 presidential election. (AFP) “The House’s impeachment of Trump – like an indictment – occurred before he was out of office, and therefore requires a trial,” tweeted Daniel Goldman.” Trump is set to stand trial on the week of February 8 on a charge that he incited the riot inside the US Capitol. Republicans and Trump aides have made clear that they intend to make a simple argument: The trial is unconstitutional because Trump is no longer in office. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden urged his fellow members of the Democratic Party in the Senate to keep former President Dona...