Through an agreed route through the black sea, it then announces a humanitarian corridor without any kind of acknowledgement from russia, which has continued to target commercial vessels. Yet we have a cargo ship leave the Port Of Odessa this morning. It had been trapped there since before the invasion, and it continues to make its way south towards turkey. There are some in the insurance and Shipping Industry that are rightfully nervous about this because russia enjoys quite a lot of dominance on the southern ukrainian coast. It uses its vessels to blockade ukrainian ports. And yet this vessel seems to have made its way through. More could follow but there is a big if here on whether russia decides to leave the vessels alone and it is a big if because it continues to strike ukrainian ports with drone strikes. Earlier, i spoke with john allen, a retired Us Marine Corps Four Star General and former commander of the Nato International Security Assistance force, about that bbc reporting a
A search for answers. The atf now in maui investigating what sparked a catastrophic wildfire, as crews search for more than a thousand people still missing. And in the aftermath of the disaster, a top Emergency Management official stepping down even as he defends the response to the fires. Plus, delay, delay, delay. Donald trumps legal team testing the limits of that legal strategy, proposing to start one of his special counsel trials in april of 2026. Will the judge buy their reasons for the setback . And serious skepticism from the white house to the pentagon about ukraines current strategy and where kyiv is targeting its fight against russia. We are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. We start this afternoon with major growing questions on the cause and the response to the deadly maui wildfires. Right now, the atfs National Response team is joining the investigation. The death toll remains at 111. But a thousand people
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And an agonizing wait for news of their loved ones. And a new twist in the hunter biden program. U. S. Attorney general announcing its Special Counsel to investigate president bidens son. History taking shape at the womans world cup stage, now set for a first time winner, after japan was knocked out in the quarterfinals. Live, from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom we begin in hawaii, and wouldve another evacuation on maui. The Police Department just posted that there is a fire in west maui, and residents in the area are currently being evacuated. That comes as a whites Attorney General says she will lead a comprehensive review of the decisions officials made, as Deadly Wildfires broke out earlier on maui. More criticism is now growing over how authorities handled things in the early stages. As flames quickly spread and destroyed the iconic area. Hawaii Emergency Management says mauis Warning Sirens were not turned on after the fires broke out. But many people were unaware of just how b
staying power. he is still making a bad bet that the conviction and the unity among united states and our allies and partners will break down. he still doesn t understand that our commitment, our values, our freedom is something he can never, never, ever ever walk away from. it s who we are. [applause] i mean it, it s who we are. it s who we are. throughout this horrific war, the people with lithuania and the brethren, champions of ukraine s right of a future to its own choosing, one that is free because you live so long with freedom denied. many of you who are older know better than anyone how precious the right to determine your own future is. precious to people everywhere, everywhere. not just in ukraine, belarus, muldova, georgia, and all the places around the world people continue to fight to make their voices heard. so my message, my message to all of you tonight is keep it up, keep it going, keep reminding the world of hope that lithuania embodies and that s what you e