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Lightning triggers wildfires in British Columbia

04/07/2021 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Lightning triggers wildfires in British Columbia

Canada heatwave: Lightning triggers wildfires in British Columbia.

Emergency teams in the Canadian province of British Columbia say the number of wildfires burning there, following an unprecedented heatwave, is now more than a hundred and seventy.

Also, Americans abroad and the burden of tax. Why are expat Americans increasingly unhappy with US citizenship tax rules?

And how an all-women Kurdish militia took on the Islamic State in Syria and won. We’ll hear the story as told by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon in her new book, “The Daughters of Kobani”.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Colleen Graffy, former United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and law professor at Pepperdine University's Caruso Law School in the US; and Nigar Goksel, Turkey project director for the International Crisis Group - an independent conflict prevention organisation.

(Image: A wildfire burns on the side of a mountain in Lytton, British Columbia, Canada. Credit: Canadian Press/REX/Shutterstock)

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