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Spells and showers, for scotland and Northern Ireland that is what you have, sunshine and showers. All of the details later in the programme. Its monday the 14th of august. Officials in hawaii say they expect the number of casualties to rise significantly as a result of the wildfires. 93 people are known to have died, with hundreds still missing in maui. Questions are now being asked about whether Early Warning systems were used or if they malfunctioned. The states Attorney General is conducting a comprehensive review. Our correspondent Sophie Long Reports from hawaii. The fire left more than ...

it's wednesday, 31st january. our main story. scotland's former first minister, nicola sturgeon is due to give evidence about the decisions she took during the pandemic, when she appears before the covid inquiry today. ms sturgeon, who led the scottish response to the coronavirus outbreak — is expected to face questions surrounding lockdowns, and missing whatsapp messages — as the inquiry continues sitting in edinburgh. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. 1,044 positive cases were reported yesterday. nicola sturgeon was at the helm throughout scotland's pandemic resp...

if the worst comes, that means the most effective way that i can bring the world's attention to hong kong — nothing that i'm going to suffer would be lost. fear is the most inexpensive and convenient way of ruling people and controlling people — you know, if they can induce fear in you, that's the easiest way to control you, that's the cheapest way to control you and the most effective way, and they know it, and they're very good at it. sebastien lai is living in self—imposed exile in taiwan. he's campaigning for his father's release. my one goal is to free my father, because h...

it has accused ukraine of deliberately targetting the plane. ukraine says kyiv had not been advised on this occasion to ensure the safety of airspace where it happened. according to moscow, the military plane crashed about 44 miles northeast of the russian city of belgorod. there are said to have been 7a people on board, including 65 ukrainian prisoners of wars. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, has the latest from moscow. caught on mobile phone, the moment a russian military transport plane fell from the sky. woman speaks russian "good god," she cries, as the consequence of what h...

sir nicholas winton, welcome to hardtalk. for most of your long life, your extraordinary story wasn't particularly well—known. but now it is known right around the world. do you like the fact that people now know exactly what you did in 1938 and �*39? i don't mind the story being told. i'm not so keen on the frills. what do you mean about the frills? well, you know as a journalist, better than i do, what i mean. well, it means you get attention and people want you to tell the story again and again. do you get sick of that? yeah, except that when they tell it again and again and a...