North america correspondent, sean dilley. A community in smouldering ruins. Many homes here in lahaina burnt to charred wrecks. The church and the harbour among the Historic Sites wiped out by the flames that tore indiscriminately through the formerly picturesque tourist town. The us marines and National Guard among the Emergency Workers on the ground. The us president , joe biden, has declared the situation as a major disaster. We are seeing loss of life here. As you know, the number has been rising and we will continue to see loss of life. But we have extraordinary professionals working on this job. We also have seen many hundreds of homes destroyed. And that is going to take a great deal of time to recover from. Lahaina has felt the biggest impact from the wildfires. The death toll is rising. Most fires are under control, but authorities are still working on a number on maui and the neighbouring big island. Here in lahaina, Rescue Efforts are moving more quickly now that winds of up
yet i need to have his allies have followed him to the exit. maybe it s not so much a master or an epic strop. that fan all five, boris johnson has defined our times. a man with an enormous ability to create and to destroy. his enemies can never truly be sure he is gone. so what his does his decision to walk me now for the conservatives? and does really matter to the country any? grant shapps is live with us along with labours david lammy who wants boris s old job as foreign secretary. we hear also with nigel barrage who pushed the tories further and further on brexit and ourfirst big interview further and further on brexit and our first big interview with the first minister of scotland after a rocky start in charge. and who make sense of this bout of madness? alan cumming performer and presenter of the new smash hit who swapped broadway for our big desk. michael howard once sacked boris johnson for lying. morning to all of you. you are very welcome to be with us. we were cha
welcome to the daily global, where we ll bring you the top stories from around the world. 2024 is shaping up to be a year of elections. two billion people one in four of the world s population will go to the polls this year in votes that could change the global political landscape. 50 nations will hold elections. starting with bangladesh, the polls include seven out of the world s ten most populous nations india, the united states, indonesia, pakistan, russia and mexico. and the uk will go to the polls at some point this year. british prime minister rishi sunak has said his assumption is that a general election will be held in the second half of this year, despite some speculation it could take place in the spring. opinion polls put mr sunak s conservatives well behind the opposition labour party. with the details, our political editor, chris mason. can i welcome to you this morning, rishi sunak, the prime minister? mansfield in nottinghamshire a town the conservative
snow remain in force across northern england and north east wales. an intriguing weather story. i will have all the details. an emotional call from the father of elle edwards, who was shot at a pub on christmas eve. he tells us how he wants the people of liverpool to take a stand agianst violent crime. justjoin us, come as one and we will get through it and we will win. delays to the h52 high speed rail line. the government says it will help save money, but not everyone is happy. i ll have the details. after humiliation comes some redemption for manchester united, who bounced back from their historic thrashing at anfield by beating real betis in the europa league, and put one foot in the quarter finals. it s friday the 10th of march. our main story a shooting in the german city of hamburg has left at least six people dead and several others injured. the attack happened inside a meeting hall forjehovah s witnesses. the gunman is believed to be dead, but police still have no
with incidents in the weeks leading up to her death. and one month since the devastating earthquakes killed more than 50,000 people in turkey and syria conditions are still desperate. we begin with the war in ukraine. the country s president, volodymyr zelensky, says military commanders support digging in further, and continuing to defend the eastern city of bakhmut. it follows reports ukrainian troops may have been preparing to withdraw from the city, which russia has been trying to capture for months. fierce fighting is seeing battles happening from street to street. this is where bakhmut is located. the all out assault here by russia has led to the loss of many thousands of men, that s despite the us pentagon saying victory is of little strategic importance. lets dive deeper, here s a detailed picture of the current situation from the think tank, the institute for the study of war. you can see bakhmut in the large circle in the top right of the screen. the red shaded a