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The Fire Chief of Los Angeles County said that two people had been killed and more than

1,000 buildings destroyed by wildfires.

The blazes, fed by fierce winds, devastated the hillside neighborhood

of Pacific Palisades and advanced into other residential areas around Los Angeles, forcing

tens of thousands of people to evacuate. Joe Biden, who was already in Los Angeles on a previously

scheduled trip, pledged federal help.

Denmark's foreign minister, Lars Luka Rasmussen, downplayed Donald Trump's refusal to rule out

using military or economic coercion to make Greenland a part of America.

Mr. Luca Rasmussen said that Mr. Trump's comments about the self-governing island, which is a part of America. Mr. Luca Rasmussen said that Mr. Trump's comments about the

self-governing island, which is a part of Denmark, had not sparked any foreign policy crisis.

Mr. Trump has repeatedly voiced his wish to acquire the island, which is a self-governing part of

Denmark, as well as the Panama Canal. Russia bombed a residential building in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizia,

killing at least 13 people and injuring 18 more.

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