Good morning. We are 13 miles away from the town of lahaina. Next to a road block. Seeing heart breaking scenes of folks come out. Pleading with officers, wanting to be let in because they lost their friends and Family Members residents arent going to be let in for some time now. This is still an active Search And Rescue scene. They are still trying to get people out, busing people out of the Evacuation Zone this as the death toll unfortunately continues to climb. 55 people at least confirmed dead at this time. Several fires burning on the island of maui since tuesday. None of them yet fully contained by officials here. Yet unknown how they started. Most destructive on mauis west side ripped through the community of lahaina driven by fierce winds High Pressure to the north and Hurricane Dora as it passed hundreds of miles to the south. According to hawaiis governor the fire destroyed more than 1,000 buildings in lahaina and destroyed the towns ban i dont know tree the peaceful Island P
the ukraine accuses russia of blowing up a crucial dam on the dnipro river unleashing a flood of water. moscow denies involvement and says kyiv has sabotaged its own dam. a dramatic day in london as prince harry takes on the tabloid press at the high court. he says, the papers behaviour had put him into a downward spiral . and on patrol with the taliban the bbc finds evidence of major success in clamping down on opium poppy growing in afghanistan. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s jane dougal. dpj tour has agreed to merge with the the pga tour had a feud with lviv but it has now decided to merge with it. top professionals like phil mickelson left dpj tour but they were still permitted to play in the majors. players like rory mcilroy were highly critical of phil mickelson at the time but in a joint statement with the dp world tour, the former rival said they would implement a plan to grow these combined commercial businesses and dr
and act as a shock merger with the saudi backed rival liv golf, ending a bitter split in men s professional golf. announces a shock merger. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s jane dougal. hello from the bbc sport centre. astonishing news from the world of golf, the astonishing news from the world of golf, the pga astonishing news from the world of golf, the pga tour astonishing news from the world of golf, the pga tour has astonishing news from the world of golf, the pga tour has agreed astonishing news from the world of golf, the pga tour has agreed to merge with liv golf and it has been a difficult time for the last year in professional golf and the controversial breakaway league bankrolled by billions of dollars from saudi arabia s sovereign wealth fund led to the pga tour banning the golfers who joined it and personal feuds between players. we can speak to our bbc golf commentator. how significant is the news? hugely significant- si
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hello, i m lukwesa burak. there have been gunfire and explosions in sudan s capital khartoum, as the sudanese army clashes with paramilitary forces. witnesses report the fighting is close to the army headquarters in the centre of the city. smoke has been seen rising from khartoum airport and there are reports of clashes near the presidential palace. the two sides are in dispute over who governs the country. sudan has been run by the military since a coup in october 2021. international leaders have urged the two sides to return to talks aimed at returning the country to civilian rule. the us secretary of state antony blinken described the latest fighting as a tragic situation , and suggested forces opposed to a return to civilian rule may be responsible. we want to just play you what happened on sudanese state tv. the newsreader briefly appeared talking about clashes, but listen carefully and you can hear gunshots in the background. repeated gunshots as you can see, the pictu