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
britain, what do you think of it? do you still have trust in the police? are you getting what you need from the police? give us a call, give us a text. we will about that. right now, here is the news. a 15 year old boy who died after being followed by police whilst riding an e bike has been named locally as saul cookson. the incident happened yesterday afternoon in salford. he collided with an ambulance. north west ambulance service has told the bbc the vehicle was moving at the time, but it was not on an active call. the incident has been referred to the independent office for police conduct. the chief inspector of constabulary, andy cooke, has warned public trust in policing is hanging by a thread. he s blamed a series of scandals and the failure to get the basics right. mr cooke wants to have the ability to order police forces to make changes when there are serious public safety concerns. the treasury says the windfall tax on energy firms will remain until march 2028. but
it s goodnight. after multiple racist incidents involving uk police officers newsnight learns that the initiative set up to tackle racism in policing in england and wales is now facing allegations of racism itself. some ethnic minority staff who used to work for the unit tell this programme they believed they were seen as troublemakers or difficult . i was treated differently my white colleagues by a lack of support when the workload increased. i increasingly felt my voice and at times might lived and professional experience were being ignored. we ll ask the chair of the body tasked with oversight of the programme where this leaves the police race action plan. also tonight south africa grants diplomatic immunity to world leaders attending a conference in august. president putin himself has outstanding arrest warrants for war crimes, so will he now turn up injoburg? the message is that south africa would have been showing is that it prefers its relationship with mr puti
of 46 weeks after the british band announced a comeback tour. coming up, we speak to a pioneering sri lankan author who has written a memoir tracing herfamily history, beginning with her great grandmother being allowed to go to school. we start with reports on russian state media that an american journalist has been formally charged with spying. evan gershkovich, who works for the newspaper the wall streetjournal, was arrested last week, taken to court and detained. the kremlin said at the time he d been caught red handed . gershkovich has denied he s done anything wrong. with me is sergei goryashko from bbc russian. mac this is deeply worrying bring us up to date on the situation. the? up-to-date on the situation. they have been up-to-date on the situation. they have been formally up to date on the situation. tie: have been formally charged up to date on the situation. ttez1. have been formally charged today up to date on the situation. tt3:1 have been formally charge
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