north america correspondent, sean dilley. a community in smouldering ruins. many homes here in lahaina burnt to charred wrecks. the church and the harbour among the historic sites wiped out by the flames that tore indiscriminately through the formerly picturesque tourist town. the us marines and national guard among the emergency workers on the ground. the us president, joe biden, has declared the situation as a major disaster. we are seeing loss of life here. as you know, the number has been rising and we will continue to see loss of life. but we have extraordinary professionals working on this job. we also have seen many hundreds of homes destroyed. and that is going to take a great deal of time to recover from. lahaina has felt the biggest impact from the wildfires. the death toll is rising. most fires are under control, but authorities are still working on a number on maui and the neighbouring big island. here in lahaina, rescue efforts are moving more quickly now that wi
know that there are several factors that have played a role. when we talk about wildfires, we tended to talk about wildfires, we tended to talk about wildfires, we tended to talk about three ingredients. we do know when it comes to whether, in hawaii, strong women s have fans the flames. strong winds. it s red area represents severe drought in the structure and the orange area s moderate drought. they represent 14% of the state. these larger yellow areas are abnormally dry conditions. this sucks the moisture out of vegetation, which means in turn, these areas are more likely to catch fire. on top of all of this, scientists have recorded 90% less rainfall than a century ago. when you talk about a spark in fuel, scientists have also said that some parts of hawaii have grasses that are not native to the state and are far more flammable than some of the native plants they are. couple that with those dry conditions, and it means those area are more likely to catch fire and spre
hello. pakistan s former prime minister, imran khan, has been arrested after a court sentenced him to three years in prison on corruption charges. he was found guilty of failing to declare money he d earned from selling gifts he received while in office. mr khan s previous arrest in may triggered violent protests and the army was deployed. our pakistan correspondent, caroline davies has the latest. sirens blaring, police truck after police truck, arresting former prime minister imran khan. the judgment came from here. police filled every corner in islamabad s session court. mr khan says the case is politically motivated. the court said he s dishonest. this is after months and months of waiting. we now finally have an announcement, imran khan has been found guilty and has been sentenced to three years in prison. outside court, shouts of, your show is over, khan! minutes later, we heard he d been arrested. this was what happened the last time mr khan was arrested. protests, s
a warm welcome. pakistan s former prime minister and the one time international cricketer imran khan has been arrested after a court sentenced him to three years in prison on corruption charges. he was found guilty of failing to declare money he d earned from selling gifts he received while in office. mr khan s previous arrest in may triggered violent protests and the army was deployed. our pakistan correspondent, caroline davies has the latest. sirens blaring, police struck after police truck, resting former prime minister imran khan. thejudgment came from here, police are filled every corner in islamabad s session court. mr khan says the case is politically motivated. the court said he is dishonest. this is after months of waiting. now finally an announcement, imran khan has been found guilty and has been sentenced to three years in prison. outside court, shouts of, your show is over! minutes later we heard he had been arrested. this was what happened the last time mr
we will get more analysis on this. good to have you on the programme. to begin with, just tell us more about what you understand happen at this event. , ~ . event. yes. we are entering into pakistan s event. yes. we are entering into pakistan s election - event. yes. we are entering i into pakistan s election season with likely told national and provincial elections sometime in the fall and you have the jui f, a major islamist party, a right wing party that is part of the ruling coalition holding a normal political rally, large rally, and we are seeing for the first time in recent history a suicide bomber attacking civilians. at this political rally. it is pretty remarkable, as you said the death toll will likely rise above the reported 44 right now, we have over 200 wounded. no one has really taken credit for it but it is interesting that the pakistani tell about responsible for most of the recent violence in pakistan, most of the terrorist violence, and has disavowed this