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
a man has been charged with murdering nine year old 0livia pratt korbel five weeks after she was shot in the chest at her home in liverpool. 34 year old thomas cashman is accused of killing 0livia, who died after convicted burglar joseph nee was chased into herfamily s property in dovecot in august. at a press conference in liverpool this evening, maria corr from the crown prosecution service outlined the charges. let s hear what she said. the crown prosecution service has authorised merseyside police to charge thomas cashman, 3a, from grenadier drive, west derby, with the murder of a nine year old 0livia pratt korbel. also, the attempted murder ofjoseph nee and cheryl korbel on the 22nd of august 2022. cashman additionally has been charged with two counts of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life. i have further authorised the police to charge paul russell, 40, from snowbury road west derby, with assisting an offender. i, on behalf of cps mersey cheshire, have
cuba says a major blaze at an oil storage depot has now spread threatening to worsen an energy crisis on the island. and a big finish in birmingham as the commonwealth games brings the curtain down on 11 days of competition. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the former us president donald trump has issued a statement saying that the fbi has carried out a raid on his florida home at mar a lago. he was not in the state at the time. mr trump said that a large group of agents arrived at the compound with a search warrant. they even broke into my safe! he said. with more here s our north america correspondent peter bowes. significantly, the fbi, thejustice department, are not saying anything about this at all. we know about it because donald trump released a statement, the one that you are referring to. it is quite a long statement. i lljust read a little bit more from it. he says, my beautiful home, mar a lago, in palm beach, florida, is curr
and japan declares war on retro technology after discovering almost 2,000 government processes are still carried out using mini disks, floppy disks and cds. hello and welcome to the programme. in the last couple of hours, police in argentina have arrested a man. the country s vice president, cristina fernandez de kirchner, was threatened with a gun outside her home in the capital, buenos aires. a gun was held just inches from her head, but no shots were fired and she was unharmed. argentina s economy minister has called the incident an attempted assassination. with me is our bbc reporter louisa pilbeam. tell us what happened. what we know is that video has emerged, and absolutely terrifying video if you are watching this, terrifying for anyone in public office for any politicians, and what happens in this video is that a gun is literally put to cristina fernandez de kirchner s face, her head, and it clicks as if somebody is pulling the trigger. so she then puts her hands to h
denounce political violence. figs denounce politicalviolence. as we denounce political violence. as we begin the election year, we must we begin the election year, we must be we begin the election year, we must be clear democracy is on the ballot must be clear - democracy is on the ballot- the ballot. your freedom is on the ballot. your freedom is on the ballot- applause later on friday, former president trump held a rally in iowa, where he responded to president biden s warnings about democracy. he called the speech a pathetic fearmongering campaign event and called president biden s record an unbroken streak of weakness, incompetence, corruption and failure. trump also repeated false claims that the 2020 election was rigged and that the fbi was involved in the january 6 attack. saturday s anniversary of the january 6th attack is once again sparking painful memories for those caught up in the riots among them, hundreds of capitol and washington, dc police officers.