Wildfires are still burning and firefighters are working to bring them under control. These pictures are from the us national guard. We also know that hawaiians are Donating Supplies to be sent to the worst affected areas. Locals on the island of maui say much more help is needed though. Hawaiis governor gave this update earlier. It is a harrowing sight in maui. When those providers, the police in this division, do come across scenes in houses or businesses, its very difficult for them because they know ultimately theyll be sharing with our people that there have been more fatalities. I do expect the numbers to rise. Questions are being asked now about whether hawaiis Early Warning system worked properly. The states Attorney General is conducting a comprehensive review of what happened. Our Correspondent, sophie long, sent this report from maui. The fire left more than a city devastated, and charred black buildings behind. Existential questions hover above the emptiness. How can you re
A new report, funded by the european union, has found that the worlds super rich are still able to pay low rates of tax, despite a decade of efforts to reduce evasion. The study says there are still too many loopholes and billionaires are able to pay less than half a percent of their wealth. The eu tax observatory, which is behind the report, is calling for a new global minimum tax on billionaires saying that if the richest 3000 people in the world paid 2 , then it would raise 250 billion a year. Lets speak now to one of the reports authors quentin parrinello, Senior Advisor at the eu Tax 0bservatory . What more can you tell us about what this report is calling for and whether its feasible . In this report we are trying to target tax evasion and mistakes have happened in the last decade in terms of tax evasion. Mainly focusing on the taxation of billionaires. We are asking to replicate the agreement on the global scale. For Global Billionaires. As you said, Global Billionaires. As you
They are trying their best to provide Essential Services to gazans trapped inside gaza, with very little food, water, medicine and fuel. So this is an important update to bring you. 17 more trucks apparently are carrying aid into gaza through that all important Rafah Crossing which you can see here. This is controlled by egypt and is often used to bring goods in and is often used to bring goods in and out of gaza. I will keep these live pictures and bringing our guest sarah davies, a Public Relations officer at the International Committee of the red cross. Thanks so much forjoining us on bbc news. As we watch these live pictures of the Rafah Crossing, i want to ask you to give the viewers an insight into how bad things are within gaza. Thank you so much for having me. As everyone has really seen over the last more than two weeks now, the humanitarian situation for people in that gaza is dire and only increasing. Their needs are increasing. Their needs are increasing. People have had. T
health workers are having to work in unimaginable conditions in a desperate effort to help civilians. our middle east correspondent yolande knell has the latest. an agonising goodbye. at least 14 people were killed in an israeli strike on a school where they had been seeking safety in khan younis in southern gaza, the family say. crushed by the rubble, mohammed lost his mum, dad and his unborn brother. what we want is to stop the bloodshed. every day we are losing our loved ones, says this bereaved man. those who lived and even though still in the womb. those who lived and even those still in the womb. nearby, the rumble of tank fire amid fierce street fighting continues. further south, the town of rafah is now a sprawling campsite for displaced palestinians, but even here by the egyptian border aid distribution is difficult. un officials are now warning of mass starvation and despite a us veto for a resolution on friday, they are demanding action by the security council. i r
tedros ghebreyesus warned health workers are having to work in unimaginable conditions in a desperate effort to help civilians. our correspondent, hugo bachega, has the latest. this is nasser hospital in khan younis, and the aftermath of another night of unrelenting israeli attacks. in the chaos, a father desperately searches for his son. mohamed abu shihab says a sniper opened fire when he was in his house, giving water to his two sons. the oldest was wounded. the youngest killed. the sniper killed my son, i want to see my son, he says. this footage from the israeli army shows its soldiers in gaza. in the south, israeli tanks are advancing on khan younis. hamas is fighting back and some of the battles are house to house. there is intense fighting also in the north. the humanitarian situation is catastrophic , in the words of the un. it says half of gaza s population is starving. aid agencies are warning that those who haven t been killed by bombs may not survive hunger an