Wildfires are still burning and firefighters are working to bring them under control. These pictures are from the us national guard. We also know that hawaiians are Donating Supplies to be sent to the worst affected areas. Locals on the island of maui say much more help is needed though. Hawaiis governor gave this update earlier. It is a harrowing sight in maui. When those providers, the police in this division, do come across scenes in houses or businesses, its very difficult for them because they know ultimately theyll be sharing with our people that there have been more fatalities. I do expect the numbers to rise. Questions are being asked now about whether hawaiis Early Warning system worked properly. The states Attorney General is conducting a comprehensive review of what happened. Our Correspondent, sophie long, sent this report from maui. The fire left more than a city devastated, and charred black buildings behind. Existential questions hover above the emptiness. How can you re
thick cloud and a mild westerly breeze across the uk, heavier rain in parts of the western isles and look at the temperatures, possibly up look at the temperatures, possibly up to 14 degrees in some places feeling relatively mild midweek. thursday into friday, a cold front sweeps southwards across the uk, opening up the gates to stronger and colder winds from the north, and these white blobs are wintry showers sweeping across the scottish hills but elsewhere, a case of crisp sunshine so a crisp end to the week with a cold air and temperatures around low single figures, maybe eight or nine in the south. thanks, tomasz. that s bbc news at ten. newsnight isjust newsnight is just starting with victory on babies too but now the prime minister says tax cuts are coming . when, how might that affect you, and will it mean the overall tax burden is going to come down in the short term or not? this parliament has seen the biggest tax burden in peacetime. rishi sunak claims he s a low t
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — The Argentine peso plunged Monday after a shaggy-haired 52-year-old anti-establishment candidate who admires former President Donald Trump came first in primary elections that will help determine
among his supporters. mr millei won more than 30% of the vote, promising to put an end to what he s called a parasitic political class that has sunk argentina . the 52 year old economist often appeared in campaign rallies singing rock songs. matias zibell garcia of bbc mundo outlined some of the factors behind mr milei s triumph. and this victory is an economic situation that is really, really serious with an inflation level over 100% annually. and his idea that we can dollarise the economy, that we can adopt the american currency as the official currency of our country. tell us a bit more about him. he started as a journalist, economics journalist, really colourful, with some extremes ideas, and he started to draw attention because the tv loves him and he started to got more airtime. and suddenly he was so popular that he decided to jump from the tv studio to the national arena.