These grainy images from a chill surveillance camera captured one of the last days of Madeleine Pickens life what do we know about madeleines final hours day suffer greatly suffer greatly nobody came to her. On april 17th 2014 madeline was booked on a drug charge at a jail in oregon. Thats her slumped down and struggling to stand as her body goes through heroin withdrawal. She died 3 days later after pleading for help from the chelles for profit medical contractor a Company Called caracas and. She and the chaplain from the jail and another Police Officer came to my door are. My life not expecting that she will they would tell me she was dead thats for sure. Cries and settled a lawsuit accusing them of wrongful death gross negligence and reckless misconduct she could have been saved with a simple i be a bag assailing solution would have saved Madeline Pickens life. As gels in the us struggle to treat inmates with addictions or chronic medical conditions there creasing we turning to for
President guillermo lasso. Mr lasso vowed that this crime will not go unpunished. He called for an an urgent meeting of his top officials to address the killing. The countrys attorney general s office said on social media that the suspect in the attack had died from injuries sustained in a shootout with police. Ecuador s election is scheduled to take place on august 20th. Well have more on this story as it develops. Wildfires are raging across the us state of hawaii. Officials there say that at least six people have died and many are injured, with some in a critical condition. These are the scenes out of maui and the big island. The Historic Town of lahaina was one of the hardest hit, with reports that its now mostly reduced to ash. Crews there and across the islands are engaged in Search And Rescue, with evacuations underway for more than 13 thousand people. But as residents try to escape, some are finding that many of the major roads are blocked and too dangerous to use. Lieutenant g
Just beatenjamaica i o. Later in the hour on the bbc news channel, well round up the latest action, hear key interviews and discuss the days biggest Talking Points from here at the bbc sport centre. Good morning. 140,000 pupils across scotland have been getting their exam results this morning for their nationals, highers, and advanced highers. The Scottish Qualifications Authority has warned that teaching and learning still havent fully recovered from the covid pandemic. It says its taken a sensitive approach to awarding results this year. Pupils are finding out how theyve done by a combination of text messages, email and post. 0ur scotland correspondent, james shaw reports. Its The Moment Of Truth for thousands of pupils across scotland. Holly. Yeah, thats me. Thank you. 0k, and chloe. And the end of an educational experience hit hard by covid. But these pupils at Hamilton Grammar School have shown resilience in the face of difficulties that previous generations did not have to endure
The amazon from reaching, quote, a point of no return. The lengthy roadmap outlined in the city of belem promotes sustainable development, an end to deforestation, and fighting the organised crime that fuels it. Lets take a look at whats at stake the amazon stretches nearly Seven Million square kilometres, or nearly Three Million square miles. About two thirds of that is in brazil. Another seven countries and one terrority share the remaining third. Under brazils former president jair bolsonaro, years of deforestation in the amazon worsened. The orange on this map shows the areas of deforestation between 2019 and 2022 in the state of para, where the summit is being held. But new data shows a positive shift. Deforestation in the amazon fell by 66 last month compared to the year before. Its now at its lowest rate in six years. Our correspondent katy watson is at the summit in the amazon, and has more. We have had day one of the summit and already the countries participating have issued a