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Australian PM Defends Climate Record As Bushfire Crisis Continues

Phil Mercer

   SYDNEY - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has apologized for
   going on vacation while the country struggled with a worsening bushfire
   crisis. Since September, the emergency has killed at least 10,
   destroyed more than 700 homes and scorched millions of hectares.
   Morrison is back in Australia, where his leadership is under scrutiny.

   A police officer said, "I am now directing you to move off this
   temporarily closed roadway so that we can reopen the road and warn you
   that should you fail to comply with my direction you may be arrested.
   Force may be used. Do you understand, Izzy?"

   Thirteen-year-old Izzy Raj-Seppings was told she could be arrested
   outside Morrison's official residence in Sydney. With her father, the
   Australian schoolgirl had joined hundreds of protesters demanding that
   Morrison take the threat of global warming more seriously.

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