Hello, im matthew amroliwala. Welcome to verified live three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. We start in hawaii, and terrifying and apocalyptic scenes as wildfires sweep across the islands. At least 36 people are known to have died others are still unaccounted for. Large parts of the Tourist Town Of Lahaina on the island of maui have been burned to the ground. This is what it looked like overnight, when flames spread rapidly, forcing some people to jump into the sea to escape. Multiple areas have been burnt to the ground, and the western side of the island is almost cut off. Officials say the Hospital System is overwhelmed, with many people suffering burns and smoke inhalation. Our correspondent, richard galpin, has this report. 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 burn
there is only one place to start this hour, and that is with buckingham palace has announced that the king is being treated for cancer. he will continue with state duties but will step back from public engagements during his treatment.during the kings recent hospital procedure for benign prostate enlargement, a separate issue of concern was noted. subsequent diagnostic tests have identified a form of cancer. our royal correspondent daniella ralph has the latest there was little sign yesterday of the announcement about to be made. the king was pictured on the sandringham estate in norfolk walking to church with queen camilla. it was thought to be recovering after a hospital stay. exactly a week ago today, the king left a private hospital in central london, where he had spent three nights being treated for an enlarged prostate, and we now know during his stay here cancer was discovered. in a statement, released at six o clock this evening, buckingham palace said. although open
our top story this hour the us says there will be more attacks against houthi forces in yemen after overnight american and uk airstrikes, which hit more than thirty positions. the houthis, who are backed by iran, have been targetting vessels in the red sea since november they say this is in support of the palestinians in gaza. they are one of several militias in the middle east with iranian backing. the us targeted others in syria and iraq earlier this weekend and there have been funerals today in iraq s capital baghdad after 17 people were killed. our international editorjeremy bowen considers whether there is any chance of a cessation of the conflict at the heart of all this between israel and hamas in gaza. rfjust took off rf just took off from cyprus for the long flight to hit houthi targets in yemen. other western allies also affected by who the attacks on shipping decided not tojoin affected by who the attacks on shipping decided not to join the american air str
richard preston. we begin in the united states where eight people have been killed in the country s latest mass shooting. the incident took place at a shopping mall in allen, about 20 miles, 35 kilometres, north of the city of dallas. this is the moment police officers hurried shoppers out of the mall, eyewitnesses described a man dressed in black and armed with an assault rifle shooting apparently indiscriminate leave. the government has not been identified and was shot dead by police at the scene. has been no word about possible motive. three more people are currently in a critical situation in hospital. a short time ago emergency services gave this update. my name is jonathan this update. my name is jonathan boyd, - this update. my name is jonathan boyd, divisivel this update. my name is i jonathan boyd, divisive for this update. my name is - jonathan boyd, divisive for the jonathan boyd, divisive for the allen fire department. i want to speak to the medical part of a re
hello. welcome to bbc news, if you rejustjoining us, good timing, because we re about to head to washington to hear from the man leading the change to the way we all live. this is sam altman, the ceo and co founder of openai, the people who ve brought us the artificial intelligence tool chatgpt in the last few months, that has the potential, to revolutionise how people work, shop and interact. he s about to be questioned by lawmakers in the us, both about the huge benefits the technology could bring and the threat artificial intelligence could pose for humanity, plus the safeguards that will be needed. in march, elon musk and other tech leaders published an open letter calling for the development of ai systems to be paused. this the scene, all set for the start of that session. it s going to be fascinating. fascinating too is altman himself. those who know him describe him as a brilliant thinker, he s even been called a start up yoda. one of his first employers said, within m