Washington, d. C. Im fredricka whitfield. We begin this morning with the apocalyptic destruction in hawaii, the deadliest National Disaster in state history. At least 80 people are dead. And thousands more displaced from the wildfires. And now, rescue crews are bringing in cadaver dogs to help search what is left of burned buildings. Devastation from the lahaina fire, costing an estimated 5. 5 billion am in mountainy county. One lawmaker tells cnn the statement unestimated the possibility of wildfires and failed to plan for emergency issues with the government alert center. The governor has looked at a comprehensive review of the states response all of this developing as we are seeing more videos of harrowing escapes. We got to walk somewhere. Over there. By the beach. [ bleep ]. No, no, no not like this. Not like this. No. [ bleep ]. Oh, my gosh. I mean that family did eventually make it to an evacuation shelter, after taking refuge on rocks, by the ocean. Lets go now to cnns mike val
Zac, lord goldsmith, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you here. Just a couple of months ago, you left rishi sunak s government, and, as you left, you lobbed a political grenade in his direction. Why did you do that . My concern is that, you know, im maybe a rare thing, a minister who cares passionately, or cared passionately about my portfolio. And ifound myjob was becoming untenable, it was becoming impossible for me to go forward. It was becoming virtually impossible to prevent government from sliding back. And the key issue is this pledge which was made by borisjohnson, repeated by liz truss, repeated a few times by rishi sunak around International Climate finance, from which so much of what the uk has done over the last few years flows, and that pledge was being broken. You say, because it was a pledge of something over. £11. 6 billion over five years. Over five years to be invested in International Climate change programmes and efforts. Yes. Yo
Developing Artificial Intelligence like robotic and Quantum Computing are important for long term growth. A senior strategist gave us his highlights. I strategist gave us his highlights. Strategist gave us his highlights. Strategist gave us his hiuuhlihts. ~. Highlights. I think that there are two things highlights. I think that there are two things that highlights. I think that there are two things that really. Are two things that really catch my attention. One is the governments emphasis on improving Co Ordination between governments, local governments and local governments and the central government. Now, not many people talk about this. But i think this that this is quite important, because if this Co Ordination programme or plan is implemented effectively, it will go a long way to improve Policy Implementation in china. Because very often, governments dont really talk to each other much, and that really slows down government implementations. This is very important for me. And the
To try and rein in soaring prices. So where is the Economy Heading . Im joined now by Salomon Fiedler whos an economist at berenberg bank. Better than expected numbers . More thanjust better than expected numbers . More than just a Coronation Weekend you alluded to, june was the strongest month. The coronation was in may. Domestic spending is relatively strong at the moment or has been in 02. Strong at the moment or has been in q2. Consumers have spent and we see that in the figures now. 02. Consumers have spent and we see that in the figures now. That in the figures now. There are concerns for that in the figures now. There are concerns for the that in the figures now. There are concerns for the longterm that in the figures now. There are| concerns for the longterm health that in the figures now. There are i concerns for the longterm health of concerns for the Long Term Health of the uk economy, what is going on there . , ,. , the uk economy, what is going on there . ,. ,. There . May
The Parker Review found 12 of ftse 100 bosses are from an ethnic minority up from 7 in 2022. But its still short of the 18 of people in the uk who are from a non white ethnic group according to the most recent census. Joining me now is soumen das, the co chair of the Parker Review. Hes also the chief financial 0fficerfor segro, a ftse 100 listed Real Estate Investment trust. So, some progress as we said, but not enough. What is Holding Back Progress on this front . figs not enough. What is Holding Back Progress on this front . Not enough. What is Holding Back Progress on this front . As we talk about this this progress on this front . As we talk about this this morning, progress on this front . As we talk about this this morning, there progress on this front . As we talk about this this morning, there is l about this this morning, there is reasons for optimism, weve come a long way, part of the review has been running for nine years, and the number of ethnic minority directors of boar