Be live in the democratic republic of congo, the centre of a mpox outbreak a day after the country received its first vaccines. And the british indie rock band, English Teacher have won their Mercury Prize for their first album, this could be texas. A united Nations Fact finding mission has uncovered what it described as harrowing Human Rights Violations in sudan. The war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has triggered one of the worlds worst humanitarian crises. Thousands of people have been killed and millions forced from their homes. The un team said the violations by both sides since april last year may amount to War Crimes and crimes against humanity. We have found the sudanese warring parties that the Rapid Support Forces, reported a range of violations and as my Fellow Expert will further detail, we find reasonable grounds to believe that many of these Violations Amount to international crimes. Meanwhile the bbc has seen, first hand, the desperate condit
Hello, im geeta guru murthy, welcome to Bbc News now, 3 hours of fast moving News, interviews and reaction. At least 17 boys have died after a fire swept through their primary School Dormitory in Central Kenya. Local officials said the fire broke out at 11pm in a dormitory at Hillside Endarasha Primary School in Nyeri Countrywhere 156 boys were sleeping. More than 2,000 people tried to help rescue the boys, many of whom were sheltering under their beds. The cause of the fire is still not clear. President William Ruto called the fire horrific and devastating, and has ordered an investigation. Lets speak to Anne Soy who is in nairobi. Just tell us more details, what more is known on this. We understand more is known on this. We understand that more is known on this. Understand that about 300 children were boarding in that school, it has a population of just over 800. 156 were boys, and they were Ill Dicke in the ill fated dormitory. The area residents responded quickly and tried to save
Iran and moments ago in los angeles the president had this to say while standing next to the new named National Security adviser Robert Obrien. Just came out with a statement and well have an announcement. As we mentioned, Hostage Negotiator Robert Obrien was named this morning as the new National Security adviser. He will become trumps fourth National Security adviser replacing jerry nadler. He helped trump moderate the criminal case in sweden against rapper asap rocky and President Trump is now heading to san diego. Nbc news is on top of the breaking news and well keep you updated right here at nbc bay area. Just in, Current University u. C. President Janet Napolitano resigned from her post. She served for seven years and before that at the Homeland Security department from 2009 to 2012. While at u. C. She faced misappropriation of funding. Well have more later today on nbc bay area. Also testifying at this hour, the california strict admissions will be turned back in its if the Trum
The Deadly Wildfires devastating maui has now killed at least 36 people. Their bodies discovered in the ruins of the raging inferno. Officials held a News Conference just a short time ago. Primary focus is to save lives. Prevent Human Suffering and mitigate property loss. That is what the counties were and are doing. What we do anticipate is additional requests and were already providing support for trying to get the communications back up, water distribution. Were hearing they may need more Law Enforcement official for federal and state Law Enforcement. So were working through that. The damage to the infrastructure, it is not just buildings, i mean these were Small Businesses that invested in maui. These were local residents and we need to figure out a way to help a lot of people in the next several years. School was destroyed. Many of the businesses, a church was destroyed. It will take years. Devastation was most serious in the town of lahaina, a tourist and economic hub with 9,000
unable to off load patiently much out of ambulances. a meeting in downing st with energy bosses, but it provides no solution yet for households struggling with soaring bills. the police watchdog says forces in england and wales are failing victims of bulgaries, robberies and theft with too few suspects being charged. go! the crisis of local swimming pools, the bbc finds more than 60 have closed across the uk in the past three years. good evening and welcome to bbc news. an amber extreme heat warning has come into force in some parts of the uk to last four days, as temperatures are forecast to hit 37 degrees celsius in some areas. although temperatures are unlikely to reach last month s 40 degree high, this heatwave is much more prolonged and some temperatures could get close to local or regional records. there s concern about wildfires, pressure on water supplies, and transport problems. it s also expected that a drought will be officially declared tomorrow. sarah campbell re