16 Aug 2024

Fires burning across Gallipoli Peninsula

From Checkpoint, 5:50 pm on 16 August 2024

Wildfires are raging in Turkey, in a place that's close to home. Fires are burning across Gallipoli Peninsula, threatening ANZAC graves and causing the closure of some memorials and cemeteries, WorldWatch's Niva Chittock speaks to Lisa Owen.

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