Homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed. Recovery crews continue to comb through the charred ruins and hundreds of people remain unaccounted for. There is growing anger on maui over both the lack of warning about the wildfires the worst to hit a state in america in over a century and the response by officials to the thousands left without homes and in some cases adequate food and water as sophie long reports from the island. This is what remains of lahaina. Cars abandoned as people ran and jumped into the sea to escape the flames. Homes and businesses reduced to charred remains. President biden promised immediate help and said every available asset should be used to provide it, but, days later, people here say its not yet reaching those most in need and people like felicia are desperately trying to get supplies into lahaina themselves. Im frustrated. People are. Were all together. Were one family, we need to take care of each other. No one s feeding everyone. Theyre traumatised.
barbara, you have covered the pentagon for a long time, can you put this incidence and some of those details they are into perspective. how unprecedented is this kind of lack of transparency, notjust in terms of the government, but also when it comes to the military chain of command? when it comes to the military chain of command? well, the secretary chain of command? well, the secretary of chain of command? well, the secretary of course chain of command? well, the secretary of course is - chain of command? well, the secretary of course is a - secretary of course is a civilian right now, even though he spent decades on active duty, and the important thing is he knows, he knows exactly what procedures are and what needs to be done to keep the flow of information, the flow of decision making all authorities in place. the pentagon insists things were never interrupted within a day or so, never interrupted within a day orso, but never interrupted within a day or so, but a day or so
on forfurther have come here and then they will go on for further processing at a centre a few kilometres from here. and there they might stay for a day orso and there they might stay for a day or so before being dispersed around the country. most of them will claim asylum in the uk, they actually want to be picked up in uk waters because they want to be brought here to begin the process. there is a huge asylum backlog in the uk, cases are not being processed quickly and that is putting a huge strain on accommodation with even more people arriving. accommodation with even more people arrivinu. ,, ., , ., arriving. simon jones in dover and bethany itell arriving. simon jones in dover and bethany bell in arriving. simon jones in dover and bethany bell in calais. arriving. simon jones in dover and bethany bell in calais. thank - arriving. simon jones in dover and bethany bell in calais. thank you | bethany bell in calais. thank you both. let s get some of the day s other news now. ch
affordable. but as we move forward, if inflation starts to come down from hope for the government is it well, the chancellor said he wants wages to stretch further, his target is to halve inflation over the coming year, get it down to around 6% or 7% but we still have some big hurdles to clear. it s very cold outside, the government is providing money to support energy bills, that adds up to a lot, puts pressure on inflation. we have supply chain issues from places like china, that puts pressure. and half the country it feels like is on strike so that is last days of productivity, it hits gdp. and if the work you do manage to get big pay rises, the rights that leads to an inflation spiral and adds to that pressure. just briefly, what are the headline figures in other countries, how do we compare? figures in other countries, how do we comare? ~ , ., we compare? about similar compared to euroe, we compare? about similar compared to europe, germany we compare? about similar compared to
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