澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 为英国抗疫筹款数百万英镑的百岁老兵感染新冠离世

A bushfire emergency is continuing in the Perth hills this morning. Hundreds of firefighters are battling an out of control blaze that has already destroyed 59 homes. Authorities set up more evacuation centres overnight as the warning area for the Wooroloo fire continued to grow and residents were told it was too late to leave. The true scale of the damage is still being assessed, but it's believed about 80% of properties have been lost in the rural area of Tilden Park.

Collingwood president Eddie McGuire has conceded that he go???t it wrong when he described a report that uncovered historic racism¹ at the club as a historic and proud day. The comments sparked widespread criticism, including from AFLchief Gill McLachlan.

"I got it wrong. I said it was a proud day for Collingwood, and I shouldn't have. I did not — I did not mean we were proud of past incidents of racism, and the hurt that it caused."

Britain's lockdown hero, Captain Sir Tom Moore, has lost his last battle, dying in hospital after testing positive to COVID-19. The 100-year-old British world war II veteran captured the hearts of the nation when he raised millions of pounds for health workers by walking laps of his garden. The Queen has sent a private message of condolence to his family and the UK health minister says Captain Tom was a "great British hero".

今天上午，珀斯山区的森林大火仍在持续。数百名消防员正在与一场失控的大火搏斗，这场大火已摧毁了59所房屋。有关部门在夜间搭建了更多疏散中心，因为Wooroloo大火的警戒区不断扩大，居民被告知已经来不及撤离。损失的真实规模仍在评估中，但据信蒂尔登公园农村地区有约80%的房屋受损。

科林伍德俱乐部主席艾迪·麦奎尔承认他错了，因为他将揭露俱乐部历史性种族歧视的报告公布那天称为“历史性且值得自豪的日子”。此番言论引发了广泛批评，提出批评者包括澳大利亚澳式足球联盟（简称AFL）主席吉尔·麦克拉克兰。

“我错了。我说那是科林伍德值得自豪的一天，我不该这么说。我并不是说我们为过去的种族主义事件及其造成的伤害感到自豪。”

英国的封锁英雄，汤姆·摩尔上尉爵士，在最后一场战斗中失败，他在检测出新冠肺炎呈阳性后在医院死亡。这位100岁的英国二战老兵赢得了全英国人民的心，因为他通过在花园散步为卫生工作者筹集了数百万英镑。女王已向他的家人发出私人吊唁信，英国卫生部长称汤姆上尉是“英国伟大的英雄”。

1 racism   

n.民族主义；种族歧视(意识)

参考例句：

• He said that racism is endemic in this country.他说种族主义在该国很普遍。
• Racism causes political instability and violence.种族主义道致政治动荡和暴力事件。