We start in hawaii, and apocalyptic scenes as wildfires sweep across the islands. At least 36 people are known to have died and others are still unaccounted for. Large parts of the Tourist Town Of Lahaina on the island of maui have been burned to the ground. This is what it looked like overnight when flames spread rapidly, forcing some people tojump 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. 0ur correspondent Richard Galpin has this report. If anybody is still out here, it is time to go 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 the western side of the island was nearly cut off with only one highway open
And current Un Special Envoy for Global Education gordon brown tells us he believes they can. Well speak to the lawyer who prosecuted slobodan milosevic. Also on the programme. Joe biden issues an Order Banning Private Equity and Venture Capital investments in some Chinese Technology companies, escalating washingtons efforts to Prevent Beijing from developing Cutting Edge Technology for its military. But what effect will it have on the American Economy . And will the uk follow suit . First the latest in a series of extreme weather events around the world that experts say have been intensified by Climate Change. Firefighters continue to battle wildfires in hawaii. At least 36 people have been killed. The popular tourist town of lahaina, on the island of maui, has been largely burnt to the ground. Us President Biden has approved a Disaster Declaration for the state of hawaii. That makes federal funding available for people in maui county. Us soldiers have joined search and Recovery Effor
people understand that it is really the background conditions of creating immense amount of carbon pollution, burning coal oil and gas, we have to transition to renewables and we have to do it faster. especially in the united states we need to accept the idea that humans are causing these changes. the scientific evidence is completely conclusive that we are causing the air and the land in the oceans to heat up very quickly. when you heat up heat up very quickly. when you heat up the clinic you are going to eat more wildfires, heat waves and they will be deadly so we need to reduce our carbon pollution. our carbon pollution. thank you so much forjoining our carbon pollution. thank you so much forjoining us our carbon pollution. thank you so much forjoining us tonight. - afghanistan in a moment. but first. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let s look at some other stories making news. the overall nhs waiting list, has hit a new record high, though a&e times and c
the new tier will cost £4.99 per month in the uk, but existing customers face a £3 price rise to keep current perks. the overall nhs waiting list has hit a new record high, though a&e times and cancer referrals have improved. an estimated 7.6 million people were waiting to start treatment at the end ofjune, up from 7.5 million in may. these are the highest number since records began in august 2007. those are some of the story is making the headlines. you are watching bbc news. 0nce return to that news from belfast, where northern ireland s chief constable has apologised for the leaking of personal information. let s hear more from a news conference now. well, apologies,