it s six in the morning in singapore, and six in the evening in washington where president biden is expected to announce that federal workers will soon be required to confirm they are vaccinated orface more testing. the numbers of coronavirus cases are rising with the director of the us national public health agency. the cdc, saying cases have increased over 300% nationally since mid june. president biden has renewed his call for people to get vaccinated. so many people all over 630,000 americans have lost their lives because of covid 19 will stop and the press keeps wanting me to talk about covid 19 but i m going to mention this one thing, we still have a lot of people not vaccinated. in the pandemic we have now is a pandemic of the unvaccinated. so, please, please, please, if you are not vaccinated, protect yourself and the children out there. it is important. meanwhile the problem for many countries in asia which are experiencing a surge in coronavirus cases, is that man
hawaii, one of the towns devastated by the wildfires. cars are lined up behind me, there is roadblocks, curfew to lift at 6:00 a.m. these people waiting to see what is left of their homes. residents are being led in but it s a horrible sight to see. take a listen to one person we spoke to yesterday. i want people to know there are people suffering and we need donations and people shipping things out in families fed. we need so much help. home after home and lahaina gone, the property data aggregator core logic puts the estimator at destroyed homes at more than 3000, the rising death toll at 80 people as rescue crews search for more victims, thousands of people left the island in 1400 are currently stated emergency shelters. it is unclear how the fire started but when they did ignite the island was ripe for an inferno, dry conditions was 70 h passing hurricane dora fueled the flames in a challenging battle for the islands firefighters. residents say they were given little
those fighting from the air, but it s been a constant battle to contain the pockets of firejumping up, as temperatures reached 44 celsius in some parts of greece. near the capital, more than 1,000 children were forced to abandon their summer camp. there are about 1,500 kids who need to be bused to safety , a local official explained. saying they d been found emergency accommodation for the night. as dark plumes ominously filled the horizon, many decided to escape. at these stables, a race against time disorientated and distressed, but all rescued. there wasn t much in it. this is what they left behind. tonight, firefighters across the athens region are on high alert. greece s first major heatwave for the summer has now ended but another is on the way. nick beake, bbc news. and there are wildfires here in spain, too. 4,000 people had to be evacuated as 300 firefighters fought to control a blaze on la palma, in the canary islands. this man says if a friend hadn t phoned to w