Hello, im matthew amroliwala. Welcome to verified live three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. We start in hawaii, and terrifying and apocalyptic scenes as wildfires sweep across the islands. At least 36 people are known to have died 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 to jump 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. Our correspondent, richard galpin, has this report. Is anybody still out here . Its 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 gets closer and closer. Many neighbourhoods were burn
I feel very happy for the players that they could perform at this level without getting adequate games to play so i am very pleased with them and they gave it everything tonight. They should be proud of themselves and i am very proud of them. Laurenjames will miss that game against colombia and has apologised for her red card for standing on nigerian defender michelle alozie. On social media she said to alozie, im sorry for what happened. Also, for our england fans and my team mates, playing with and for you is my greatest honour and i promise to learn from my experience. France are also through to the Quarter Finals, they comfortably beat morocco 4 0 in adelaide. They were never really troubled by the opposition, kadi diani opening the scoring after just fifteen minutes and further goals from kenza dali and two from Eugenie Le Sommer sealed the victory and a Quarter Final against hosts australia in brisbane on saturday. This game was a bit special for us, we just this game was a bit s
Four survivors originally from the ivory coast and guinea gave their accounts to coastguards after being brought ashore. The three men and a woman had initially been rescued by a cargo ship. On monday, according to a recent report from the International Organisation for migration at least 4m refugees drowned between january and march, marking the deadliest three month period since 2017. The report also reveals over the past decade, the Mediterranean Sea has claimed around 25,000 lives. These grim numbers do not fully capture the extent of the tragedy as the actual death toll might be even higher. In recent days there have been a number of rescues from the island and these pictures from the weekend Show Rescue Workers helping migrants in trouble on the lampedusa coast. 0ur rome correspondent sofia bettiza has been following the story. This is not the first tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea this year. As you mentioned, we do know that 41 migrants died, and they were killed in a shipwreck
In hawaii, hasjust given this update. Its a very, very sad day in hawaii. It is devastating. And i know many families on maui are struggling right now as well as many Family Members across the state. We want to send our heartfelt love to them and our prayers to them. I am going to talk with two hats on, from here at the Convention Centre, we set up to accommodate 2,000 people. As the planes were leaving from maui, we realised that some of the people, in fact, a lot of the people that were coming to 0ahu from maui had made their own accommodation. We have a set up here that would accommodate 2,000 people. I want to really thank the team here because terry 0rton from the Convention Centre was here at four oclock in the Morning Setting up. They are doing an incrediblejob. People have been up all night. I really want to thank them for all of the work that they did, the red cross has been here helping us, nicky from the red cross. Thank you to all of those people. John monaghan and jerry gi
At ten news of a major data breach, involving thousands of Police Officers and staff in Northern Ireland. Personal information about more than 10,000 individuals, has mistakenly been made public, including their surnames, ranks, and where theyre based. We are operating in an environment at the moment where there is a Severe Threat to our colleagues from Northern Ireland related terrorism and this is the last thing anybody in the organisation wants to be hearing this evening. The chair of the Police Federation for Northern Ireland says the data breach is of monumental proportions. Well have the very latest. Also tonight. Wildfires cut a devastaing path across southern portugal, heading to the popular algarve region. How best to protect the Amazon Rainforest South American leaders meet to discuss a plan of action. This was the famous Crooked House pub in the west midlands. Now bulldozed after a fire, the local mayor wants it rebuilt, brick by brick. And a finalfarewell to Sinead Oconnor.