Welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. We start with apocalyptic scenes in hawaii. Us soldiers have joined search and recovery efforts. At least 36 people are known to have died in wildfires others are still unaccounted for. Large parts of the tourist town of la highna on The Island Of Maui have been burned to the ground. This is what it looke like overnight when flames spread rapidly forcing some people to jump into the sea to escape. Multiple areas have been burnt to the ground and the western side of the island is almost cut off. Officials say, the Hospital System is overwhelmed, with many people suffering burns and smoke inhalation. Our correspondent Richard Galpin has this report. Is anybody still out here . Its time to go these are the desperate calls for people still in the historic City Of Lahaina on The Island Of Maui, as the flames on the marina gets closer and closer. Many neighbourhoods were burned to the ground as
Goes into administration. Three, two, one, release, release, release. And a mother and daughter and an 80 year old man with parkinsons become Space Tourists with sir richard branson s virgin. On newsnight at 10 30pm a a star hotel in leafy llanelli. The government says it will not put migrants into such places, but here, they are trying very hard to do just that. Is there a Coherent Policy On Migration . Good evening. An Hawaiian Paradise has been turned into an inferno by wildfire. President biden has declared a major disaster on the island of maui. At least 36 people have lost their lives so far with the coastal Tourist Town Lahaina razed to the ground. Thousands have had to flee and as you can see most houses have been destroyed. People have told how they ran into the ocean as the fire swept through the town. Its not know how the fires started, but the ground is tinder dry after recent hot weather and the flames have been fanned by strong winds from hurricane dora, cutting across th
Worth over £85 million. Its now down to kane to decide whether to leave. Hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. At least 36 people are known to have been killed by wildfires sweeping across hawaii. Large parts of the Tourist Town Of Lahaina on the Island Of Maui have been burned to the ground. This was the scene overnight, when flames spread rapidly, forcing some people to jump into the sea to escape. Daylight revealed devastation, with multiple areas burnt to the ground and the western side of the island almost cut off. Officials say the Hospital System is overwhelmed, with many people suffering burns and smoke inhalation. 0ur correspondent Richard Galpin has this report. Is anybody still out here . If anybody is still out here, its time to go. Anybody is still out here, its time to no. ,. ,. , anybody is still out here, its time toao. ,. ,. , to go. These are the desperate calls for eole to go. These are the desperate calls for peeple still to go. These are the desperate calls fo
Where most of those killed lived. Josh green called it a heartbreaking day and likely the worst Natural Disaster in the states history. There will be active recovery over the coming days and weeks of the bones of those who have been lost. So it will take time. To give perspective, it is going to take many years to rebuild lahaina. When you see the full extent of the destruction of lahaina it will shock you. It does appear like a bomb and fire went off, if i may say. And all of those buildings, virtually, are going to have it will be a new lahaina. This is all happening as the extent of the devastation becomes clearer, as our North America correspondent nomia iqbal reports. Much of the Hawaiian Island of maui is now scorched earth. A pilot can hardly believe what hes seeing. Oh, my gosh look at the harbour this looks like baghdad or something. The Historic Town of lahaina barely exists any more. Since the fire began on tuesday, it has ripped through, fuelled by Hurricane Force winds, le
And coming up on bbc news. Bayern munich s latest bid for harry kane is enough to get a yes from spurs but will they get the same answer from the england captain himself . Hello. The nhs achieved an unwelcome milestone today that nobody wanted. The number of people waiting to start routine Hospital Treatment in england is at a record high nearly 7. 5 Million People. The figures are from the end ofjune, and mean 1 in 7 of the population is waiting for hospital care. Nhs providers, which represents Health Trusts in england, says the numbers arent surprising, given the diffculties the nhs has been facing. This includes backlogs made worse by the pandemic, and strikes by health care workers. Yet rishi sunak has made cutting nhs Waiting Lists one of his key priorities this year. The government today says there are positive signs in the figures, including a drop in those waiting for more than 18 months, and improved Ambulance Response times. To dig into the figures and look at when they migh