Britons on a beach in tunisia in 2015 hears that the shooting could have been stopped sooner. And a young woman abducted as a baby 18 years ago has now been reunited with both her biological parents. Its five oclock. Our main story is the political crisis in Northern Ireland, where the Power Sharing Executive has collapsed following sinn feins refusal today to nominate a new Deputy First Minister to replace Martin Mcguinness. The First Minister and dup leader, Arlene Foster, has accused sinn fein of risking Northern Irelands stability for political Self Interest by forcing an election. The Northern Ireland secretary is expected to make a statement within the hour. The crisis was provoked by the mishandling of an Energy Scheme which could cost the taxpayer half a billion pounds. Sinn fein have accused Arlene Foster of failing to take responsibility for it. My colleague Annita Mcveigh is in stormont for us. Thank you very much. Good evening from stormont, where in the last few moments, t
At least 55 people have been killed and about 1000 are unaccounted for. the governor of hawaii said the blazes are probably his state s largest ever natural disaster, and that 80% of the town of lahaina had been destroyed. 0ur correspondent richard galpin has the latest. my gosh! the scale of what has happened on the island of maui has stunned all those living here. unbelievable. and the thousands of tourists who were on holiday. the wildfire is fanned by destroying almost everything in their path. and taking many lives. this person was on holiday with his family from california and had a lucky escape from the flames. we left our vehicle and myself and my wife and ourfive kids got in the ocean, we found a floating board that we hung onto and we were out there floating and it was so surreal, everything was burning around us, explosions, cars blowing up.
Extraordinary professionals working on thejob. we have also seen many hundreds of homes destroyed and that s going to take a great deal of time to recover from. the healing process will be long and difficult but this disaster will never be forgotten. richard galpin, bbc news. you heard a little bit from the governor of hawaii in richard galpin s report. later in the day the governor toured the devastated town of lahaina and sent this powerful message. you can see the devastation behind me. ijust walked the entirety of this road, it is extraordinary, it is tragically gone. we know people are suffering, the fertility numbers will climb somewhat today. we ll have those numbers. everybody, love your neighbours, support them, because
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? it s 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
As well as the deaths, dozens of people have been injured since the fires began burning on tuesday, and hospitals on the island are treating patients for burns and smoke inhalation. the primary focus is to save lives and to prevent human suffering, and mitigate great property loss. so that s exactly what the counties are doing and have been doing. there s still wind and still fire going on, lives being saved, so please follow your local officials, listen to their message and make sure you re safe, make sure you have a plan. the white house has issued a message of condolence from presidentjoe biden, praising the work of firefighters and ordered all available federal assets on the island to help with the response. for many people on maui, though, any response may well be too little, too late. richard galpin, bbc news.