struggling to recover more than a week after hurricane ian devastated parts of the state. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. we begin with multiple development in ukraine that are unfolding right now. first, a fuel tanker exploded on a strategic and symbolic bridge linking russia with the crimean peninsula. the blast sparked a fire which emergency crews are trying to put out, according to pro russian officials. now they also say that two spans of the road to the bridge have collapsed. the 11-mile span is the longest in europe, and it was built after russia claimed its annexation of crimea in 2014. now on top of that, we re getting reports of a fire in ukraine s second largest city following a russian rocket strike. the mayor of kharkiv said the city was hit by several rockets causing flames to spread at a local medical facility. he says officials are still checking if there are any casualties. so stay with cnn for updates on both of those stories. meanwhile,
we are united in our shock. we are united in our anguish. we are united in our shock. we are united in ouranguish. an we are united in our shock. we are united in our anguish. an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us. welcome to this special edition of bbc world news as firefighters in west london are still at the scene of a horrendous fire that has killed at least 12 people. the blaze at the 2a storey tower block began in the early hours of wednesday morning. many people are still missing and the police have warned the number of dead is expected to rise significantly. our special coverage begins with this report from our uk home editor, mark easton. oh my god, they re screaming! it is a tragedy that plays to our darkest fears. there was smoke everywhere, literally everywhere. there was people downstairs, bits of the block, cladding, falling off the block. that was on fire. screaming. people screaming. it wasjust people jumping out, literally. and putting sheets down
ninan: good evening, i m reena ninan. it was when a fire in the world famous waikiki beach. at least three people were killed and a dozen injured. the building did not have fire sprinklers. reporter: reporter: at abousprinklers. at 32:15 smoke run through the high rise sending flames sky yard as flames ran down two stories including residents, and children and the elderly ran for their lives. it was horrendous. flames shooting out and black smoke. by night fall the fire had eaten its way through the 24 floor. voices screaming, constant screaming. help me help me, help me. three people died and a dollars werdozenwere injured bey scralabled and in some cases scrawled into position to control the flames. honolulu fire cheap nanny neves his a sprinkler system could have saved lives. if there were sprinklers in this apartment, the fire would be contained to the unit of origin. by the mid 1970 s u.s. building codes began to require sprinklers in all new high rises
solid, more than 11 million jobs have been created over the past eight years. the most recent employment reports show that at the end of 2016 the unemployment rate was 4.7% that was the lowest level to end the year in a decade and less than half of the roughly 10% peak in 2009. wages rose at their fastest clip since the great recession last year something american workers have been waiting a long time for. december 2016 almost marked the 75th straight month of job creation the longest streak in the 75 years that they have been reporting. and americans quitting their jobs is rising. confident that they can find a new better paying job quickly. the numbers look good. while every american is benefiting. job growth has been concentrated in some industries more than others and in some parts of the country more than others. and also because the development of new technologies. so we decided to look at not just the quantity but the quality of those newly created positions. the n
thousand manufacturing jobs at a furnace plant in indiana. more on that in a moment. first to the bigger picture. there were signs today that america s long suffering manufacturing sector isn t quite so long suffering anymore. factory activity expanded in november more quickly than in any month since early last year. the closely watched institute for supply management index showed a pickup in production and new orders, a sign that demand will likely remain solid. the positive news follows a rocky few years for manufacturing companies. they ve been hit by weak business spending, a sluggish energy sector, and a strong dollar. today s report is good news for the more than 12 million manufacturing workers in the united states. about 9% of the nation s workforce. and it comes ahead of the release tomorrow of the monthly employment report. that s the last major piece of data before the next fed meeting. but it was in indiana where manufacturing workers may have been the happiest.