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
Hi there, thank you for being with us. We begin with an ongoing tragedy in hawaii. At least 36 people have died in wildfires and President Joe Biden has issued a major Disaster Declaration. Hawaiis governor says it was the deadliest Natural Disaster for hawaii for generations and he expects the number of deaths to go up significantly. Thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes and hospitals are treating patients for burns and smoke inhalation. Our North America correspondent nomia iqbal has this report. 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, leaving burnt out cars on once busy streets, and instead of historic buildings, there are Smoking Piles of rubble. Everybody still out here, its time to go for
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the fires over the island. a state nicknamed the paradise of the pacific is now paradise lost. nomia iqbal, bbc news. megan moseley is a journalist who s covering the story for pacific media group. i used to live in lahaina. now i live on the big island in kona. and i m actually visiting my parents in ohio. so, like, when the news came out and i still am reporting on big island issues which, they also experienced a fire and heard what happened in lahaina, where i used to live, i immediately, like, started reaching out and contacting people and, like, it s definitely something that s never happened. like, this has never happened before to this scale, magnitude, so it s a huge devastation. yes, it must be really difficult for you to see