Significantly after the worst wildfires to hit an american state in more than a century. Our North America correspondent John Sudworth reports from the island. Vital supplies being loaded onto a boat that would normally be taking tourists whale watching. Theyre now making multiple daily trips into the Disaster Zone with a growing sense of frustration. We are all wondering, why was there no help sent from oahu . Pearl harbor is a 20 minute flight away, right . Why are the limited resources of police on this island left alone . Where is the support for them . Why are we taking supplies on a boat instead of helicopter . We do this because we have to. An hour into the journey and the devastation along the shoreline comes into view. We can quite clearly see the town of lahaina now and you can make out is the blackened landscape above the town where the grass was burning and what happened with the Hurricane Blowing away off to the south, the pressure brought the wind over the top of the isla
Reporter on the ground in maui, helena humphrey. Helena, youve been following the developments for us there, bring us up to date with the latest. Im here on the road to lahaina. This is as close as we can get to the community full up can get to the community full up and what i want to show you right now is the scene here. If we just move over here i want to give you a picture of these dry conditions here on the island of maui. You can see the dry grass, the drought here, which has been a persistent problem for many months. You can also see the high winds. In these high winds really have been an issue in fanning those flames and they are leading to more concerns, ever present concerns from authorities about the prospect for flareups in these places. Im going to move out of the way so you can look over my shoulder here. What you can see is this is the last Police Check Point here on the road to lahaina here, everyone on the road he is stopped and asked questions about why they are going
Plenty of questions, and here to offer some answers for the next half an hour or so are mike prendergast, leader of the conservative opposition on Sefton Council ballots have been cast over three days. There has been some vandalism and a number of arrests at Polling Stations, but the final result is not in doubt as mr putin has no credible opponent. It comes as supporters of the late opposition leader, Alexei Navalny,have urged people to turn out en masse at midday in each time zone and vote for any Candidate Other than mr putin or spoil their ballot papers. The Rolling Protest has been dubbed noon against putin. Icame to i came to vote for a man to make sure that our country prosperous and there is no fascism in any country, not in ukraine or any other part of the world. , not in ukraine or any other part of the world the world. Steve rosenberg is in moscow and the world. Steve rosenberg is in moscow and gave the world. Steve rosenberg is in moscow and gave his assessment this was pr
In each time zone and vote for any candidate other than mr putin or spoil their ballot papers. The Rolling Protest has been dubbed noon against putin. One of the main issues that voters are thinking about, is the war in ukraine. On that, here are two voters from an area just north of moscow. I wish this special operation would end as soon as possible. It is a pity people are dying, she says. Can you imagine how many people died, and now ourfront line regions are suffering . I am an elderly person but im really worried about this. I came to vote for a man who does everything to ensure there is no war in the world, this man says, that our country lives and prospers and that there is no fascism in any country, not in ukraine or any other part of the world. Our russia editor, Steve Rosenberg is in moscow and gave his assessment of the calls from kremlin critics for protests across russia. This was an idea that was proposed by russian Opposition Figures abroad in exile, it was supported by
Bryne is a small place, but a warm place, a place where everyone knows each other. The people in bryne, in time kommune, in the jaeren, as we call it here, is, yeah, friendly people, but working, hard working people. Bryne is the biggest place in an area called jaeren, which is a very agriculture heavy place, theres a lot of farms. Right outside of the city, you can see green grass everywhere, so were very proud that we have so many good, hard working farmers. We can get the best food on the table and being strong as erling only 12,000 lives here. People quite friendly, but quiet. We wont use ten words i or if one word is sufficient, or even a meaningful pause. You can see that in erling. He doesnt speak long sentences, and thats normal here. Growing up in bryne is very much about football. Its basically been the one thing that this town is all about. The Football Team bryne were in the top divisionl for a very long time, they finished second twice in the 805, they won the cup in 1987.