Flames. This is one of the worst affected areas. 0fficials flames. This is one of the worst affected areas. Officials say they are struggling to assess the full extent of the damage, and warn the death toll may rise further. Is anybody still out here . Its time to go these are the desperate calls for people still in the historic City Of Lahaina on the island of maui, as the flames on the marina gets closer and closer. Many neighbourhoods were burned to the ground as the western side of the island was nearly cut off with only one highway open, and thousands trying to evacuate as officials told of widespread devastation in the town, its harbour and surrounding areas. Some people fled into the ocean to escape the smoke and flames. I was the last one off the dock, when the firestorm came through the banyan trees and took everything with it. And ijust ran out to the beach and i ran south, and ijust helped everybody i could along the way. Youve got to know when you can. The cause of all this
us financal watchdogs target two more big names, the exchange genesis, and the crypto lender gemini. plus, pack your bags, travel is back. but where are people going? we ll hear from the boss of hotel booking site trivago. we start here in the uk, where we could get confirmation, in the next hour or so, that the economy is heading into recession. figures for november are expected to show a fall in britain s gdp, gross domestic product or economic output, after growth ofjust 0.5% in october. we already know the uk economy shrank in the three months to september, two quarters in a row of negative growth means a recession. businesses and consumers are feeling the pressure of soaring energy bills and rising interest rates, as one company owner has been telling the bbc. from our point of view, we can feel that yeah there is probably a recession coming on. people are finding it difficult, they are kind of worried about their basic of heating and fuel and all the rest of it in the w
rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor, is there and they promise they will bring back the rate of interest tax to fund nhs staff. other news this afternoon. a moment of history in italy georgia meloni looks set to become its first far right leader since the second world war and its first female prime minister. a school shooting in russia has left at least 13 people dead, seven of them children. and nasa prepare to crash a space probe into an asteroid to find out how hard it would be to save the planet. welcome to bbc news, very good to have your company and it is going to be a busy afternoon. the pound fell overnight to its lowest level against the dollar for half a century. asian markets were reacting in part to the government s announcement last week of tax cuts and increased borrowing to pay for them. of course, that had come too late for their trading week on friday. at one stage, sterling plunged to around $1.03, before regaining ground. a weaker pound raises the cost
Holiday bookings at hotels and resorts in Malaysia have increased manifold in the last two months since the Malaysian government introduced Visa-free entry. Tourists from Kolkata and other cities are booking hotels just a few days before their arrival. Kuala Lumpur and Langkawi continue to be popular destinations for Indian tourists, but there has been a rise in tourist footfall at places like Shah Alam, Sarawak, and Saba islands.