South Africa
A devastating wildfire, reported to have been started deliberately, has been sweeping across Table Mountain in Cape Town since Sunday. Hundreds of nearby residents were today evacuated. According to this Al Jazeera piece, some 400 hectares of vegetation has been destroyed. Several buildings at the University of Cape Town were also set ablaze and historic books and scripts are believed to have been lost in the fires.
India
This story was covered in the newsletter a few days ago but it is tragically deteriorating. The COVID-19 situation in India is spiraling out of control.
More from BBC here.
Syria-Denmark
"Syria is not safe, and will not be safe no matter what city it is, as long as a dictator rules it."
In what most observers see as a sign of a continued rightward tilt in its politics, Denmark is planning to strip some Syrians of residency and send them back to Syria. CNN has a very detailed piece on the move, and the background to it, here.