Know that there are several factors that have played a role. When we talk about wildfires, we tended to talk about wildfires, we tended to talk about wildfires, we tended to talk about three ingredients. We do know when it comes to whether, in hawaii, strong womens have fans the flames. Strong winds. Its red area represents severe drought in the structure and the orange areas moderate drought. They represent 14 of the state. These larger yellow areas are abnormally dry conditions. This sucks the moisture out of vegetation, which means in turn, these areas are more likely to catch fire. On top of all of this, scientists have recorded 90 less rainfall than a century ago. When you talk about a spark in fuel, scientists have also said that some parts of hawaii have grasses that are not native to the state and are far more flammable than some of the native plants they are. Couple that with those dry conditions, and it means those area are more likely to catch fire and spread. Hawaiis govern
convened her final cabinet meeting afterjust seven weeks in office, making her the shortest serving prime minister in british history. i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. i have therefore spoken to his majesty the king to notify him that i am resigning as leader of the conservative party. this is the easy bit, they will appreciate the transition from one prime minister to the other. after that, in tough road lies ahead with rising inflation, rising bills and rising inflation, rising bills and rising interest rates. we will bring you more throughout another momentous day in british politics. do stay with us on bbc news. it has been a period of immense instability in british politics, the transitions between two prime ministers in a matter of months. a busy summer, a long contest to decide who would become the leader of the conservative party, the ruling party in the uk at the moment. they have been in office first with coalition partn
the outlook for the uk economy may be brightening after figures showed a growth of 0.2% between april and june, which is slightly more than analysts were expecting. it s thoughtjune s warm weather encouraged more people to go to pubs and restaurants, and there was increased activity in manufacturing. the prime minister rishi sunak said the figures showed the government s plan for the economy was starting to work. but labour responded that growth is still on the floor. our economics correspondent dharshini david reports. another beep, another pair of leggings sold in a boost to the health of the nation over the spring. health of the nation over the s-irin. , , health of the nation over the s-irin. , , ., , health of the nation over the s-irin. fl , ., , spring. it s been really good. reau spring. it s been really good. really grateful spring. it s been really good. really grateful we spring. it s been really good. really grateful we had i spring. it s been really good. really gr
lets talk about one other aspect of this, which is the options in terms of taxation. there has been a big push, a concern in the conservative party that under rishi sunak, and after all, we should not forget he was chancellor until he resigned from boris johnson s was chancellor until he resigned from borisjohnson s cabinet, precipitating borisjohnson s own resignation, and that s enough for some conservatives to think you should never have been allowed to become prime minister and that he has to deal with that legacy potentially among some in the party membership. let s put that aside, he was chancellor, the man who put up taxes to their highest level we are told, you told us, in nearly 70 years. the trust plans to cut some of the tax increases, and some have already been restored byjeremy hunt the liz truss plant. can he go back to where he was when he delivered his own budget back in the spring? the delivered his own budget back in the s-urin ? . delivered his own budget back in