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Thank you. It's Thursday, 9 January. Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin.

I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

Let's get briefed.

Today, we'll begin with the devastating fires in Los Angeles, where firefighters are battling

to contain massive places tearing through the city.

Later in the show, we'll dig into reports that Israel is calling for an international summit,

or at least considering calling for an international summit, that would divide Syria into

different administrative divisions

in order to guarantee the safety and rights of Syrian ethnic groups. But first, the PDB afternoon

spotlight. I want to give you an update on the wildfires raging through Los Angeles. They've

destroyed entire neighborhoods and forced nearly 180,000 people

to evacuate. Let's start with the Palisades Fire. It first broke out Tuesday afternoon

and has already become the most destructive wildfire in L.A.'s history. This fire has already

ravaged the upscale Pacific Palisades neighborhood and is being

fueled by hurricane force winds with gusts of up to 100 miles per hour. Now, these are part of the

Santa Ana winds, which are common in Southern California during the cooler months. As of this morning,

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