Joining us. Is the us facing a Mental Health crisis . The joining us. Is the us facing a Mental Health crisis . The us has been facing Mental Health crisis . The us has been facing a Mental Health crisis . The us has been facing a crisis Mental Health crisis . The us has been facing a crisis for Mental Health crisis . The us has been facing a crisis for quite Mental Health crisis . The us has. Been facing a crisis for quite some time even prior to the covid 19 pandemic. We saw a rates of depression and anxiety increased, but the most challenging thing was that people were not able to access various Mental Health supports due to financial constraints but also due to the shortage that was in place with psychiatrists and therapists who were available. And so given the fact that the pandemic was emotionally challenging for so many faults, also the social and Political Climate that many people in america were facing in a number of other challenges, it certainly has made it such that Mental
Donald trump is put on notice by a judge about what he can post on social media about his upcoming trial. The uk economy grew ever so slightly in the Second Quarter of the year but is it a sign that things are turning around, or was itjust a consequence of some Summer Sunshine . And to fly or not to fly . A bbc investigation has revealed that rishi sunak has been using raf jets and helicopters as much as once a week during his first seven months in office. More than the uks previous three prime ministers. First, lets focus in on the situation in hawaii. The death toll from wildfires there has risen to 55. But hundreds more are stll missing on the island of maui, and its feared that the number of dead could still rise significantly. The historic seaside town of lahaina has been almost completely burned to the ground. Officials say it will take years to recover from the fires, which were fanned by the winds of a hurricane. My colleague Mishal Husain has more on the scale of the disaster
And the Saudi Super League has kicked off with some of the worlds top footballers but its come with controversy. Critics say the country is using sport to distract from its human rights record. We begin with the continuing tragedy in hawaii. The death toll from wildfires there has risen to 55. But hundreds more are still missing on the island of maui, and its feared that the number of dead could rise significantly. Governorjosh green has called the fires catastrophic and the largest in the states history. President biden proclaimed the fires a major disaster, freeing up federal funding for rescue and Recovery Efforts. Meanwhile firefighters continue to battle the flames. The bbc has been speaking to survivors sharing dramatic stories of escape and destruction. You can follow our live page for some of those stories, images, and the latest developments. We are now expecting a Press Conference shortly. And we will bring that too you as soon as it starts. Joining me now is Mojtaba Sadegh a
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
Papers obtained by bbc panorama show drax took timberfrom papers obtained by bbc panorama show drax took timber from rare forest in canada that it had claimed were no go areas. It comes as the government decides whether to give the firms yorkshire side billions more in environmental subsidies, funded by energy bill payers. Drax says its wood pellets are sustainable and illegally harvested. Lets get more on this from our reporter who conducted that investigation. What did you find . This is about a Power Station in england. This is the worlds biggest woodfired Power Station. It does say by burning wood pellets. It receives a huge amount of public subsidy, as you just mentioned, because these wood pellets, when you burn for electricity, that is counted as renewable energy. The Power Station gets through an awful lot of wood pellets each year, about 6. 5 million tonnes. All of these are imported into the uk from overseas, many of them coming from the us and canada, where drax runs 17 pell