Geo answer
For today’s Geo Quiz, we asked you to identify the region where the Volga and Oka rivers converge. It’s one of the Russian regions that have been hit by wildfires. The answer is Niznhy Novgorod.
Anchor David Baron gets an update on the wildfires from the BBC’s Rafael Saakov who can see the smoke from his office in Moscow.
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