And the word peace is everywhere. Nevertheless the mood is far from euphoric. It remains unclear whether the former warring factions will have the will to follow the peace plan they laid out it was a seemingly endless war and it left people devastated. Its been over half a century since a marxist Guerrilla Group the revolutionary armed forces of colombia or fark took up arms in a bitter war against the colombian state. But the full force of the conflict took its toll not only on Government Troops and the guerrilla fighters but above all on the innocent rural population the war cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and left the country with more internally displaced persons than any other it was a bloody and tragic chapter in colombias history. Ive been to colombia many times before 2 years ago i witnessed the guns go silent finally the war was almost over but even then i sensed that the path to peace would be a long journey with an unknown outcome. 2016 was a year that woul
20 in bogota the capital of colombia for 2 years the country has officially been at peace there are fewer casualties the slogans of war it faded and the word peace is everywhere. Nevertheless the mood is far from euphoric. It remains unclear whether the former warring factions will have the will to follow the peace plan they laid out it was a seemingly endless war and it left people devastated. Its been over half a century since a marxist Guerrilla Group the revolutionary armed forces of colombia or fark took up arms in a bitter war against the colombian state. But the full force of the conflict took its toll not only on Government Troops and the guerrilla fighters but above all on the innocent rural population the war cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and left the country with more internally displaced persons than any other it was a bloody and tragic chapter in colombias history. Ive been to colombia many times before 2 years ago i witnessed the guns go silent finally
Summer 2018 in bogota the capital of colombia for 2 years the country has officially been at peace. There are fewer casualties the slogans of war have faded and the word peace is everywhere. Nevertheless the mood is far from euphoric. It remains unclear whether the former warring factions will have the will to follow the peace plan they laid out it was a seemingly endless war and it left people devastated. Its been over half a century since a marxist Guerrilla Group the revolutionary armed forces of colombia more far took up arms in a bitter war against the colombian state. But the full force of the conflict took its toll not only on Government Troops and the guerrilla fighters but above all on the innocent rural population the war cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and left the country with more internally displaced persons than any other it was a bloody and tragic chapter in colombias history. Ive been to colombia many times before 2 years ago i witnessed the guns go s
The governor addressed the rising number in his statement. 101 lives have now been lost, 27 of the survey have been completed. I spoke with the president this morning and we speak often. He and joe biden extend their absolute love and heartfelt wishes about the tragedy that has occurred. They are heartsick that we have lost these 101 souls. Joining us now from maui is our reporter, helena humphrey. Helena, the governorjust posted a video on social media with an update. He has confirmed a rising death toll, what else did he say . That is right and the message from the governor has been every time we see that death toll climb upwards, he said that our hearts are a little bit more broken. He has also been saying that residents of western maui can now start to go back into lahaina, although he did specify that would not be able to go into the impacted zone. In a bid to reconnect these areas of the island that have been completely disconnected with the wildfires. He also spoke about housing
In the trump administration. Some of the accusations against mr trump include violating georgias racketeering act. Racketeering is a type of organised crime where someone profits through dishonest or illegal activities. And the ex president s also accused of soliciting the violation of oath by a public officer. Also, Making False Statements and filing false documents. A reminder that these charges are all in connection to accusations of Election Meddling by trump. The bbc s Kayla Epstein has been following the events in georgia and has more on the legal view of the charges. Ive been speaking to legal experts about this all day and theyve told me they are not surprised that a Racketeering Charge was brought by fani wills. Its a Signature Charge brought in the past and we expected to see this, but weve still got indictment, which is nearly 100 pages, it names 19 defendants, including donald trump, i think a lot of people were struck by the breadth of the evidence she lays out. Almost 70