Welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. We start with apocalyptic scenes in hawaii. Us soldiers have joined search and recovery efforts. At least 36 people are known to have died in wildfires others are still unaccounted for. Large parts of the tourist town of la highna on The Island Of Maui have been burned to the ground. This is what it looke 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 burned to the ground as
Kilometres up, and the rocket will cause go to the Edge Of Space, where there is zero gravity and weightlessness for a few moments. Those are the live pictures as they start that 90 minute live lets bring in dr stefania soldini, senior lecturer in space engineering. She is in liverpool and also watching these pictures. Is in liverpool and also watching these ictures. ,. ,. , these pictures. How excited are you to see a mission these pictures. How excited are you to see a mission like these pictures. How excited are you to see a mission like this these pictures. How excited are you to see a mission like this get these pictures. How excited are you to see a mission like this get off to see a mission like this get off the ground . It is always very exciting to see and witness such an exciting flight, so for people, all eyes are on the tv at the moment, really. find so for people, all eyes are on the tv at the moment, really. Tv at the moment, really. And it terms of a tv at the moment, r
a few people, if any, about what they do for a living. one woman told the bbc that she hadn t even told her children what she does for a job in case they told someone else. of course, police officers know of the dangers and threats that they face in being a police officer in northern ireland, but what they wouldn t have expected, of course, is for their own employer to reveal their identities online. the latest from belfast. the vss unity rocket ship blasted off from spaceport america in new mexico and has just separated from the vms eve carrier plane,
kind of, the mission of space is between 80 kilometres all started 100 commenters, so basically they will not be in orbit, they will fall back to the earth and that is the difference between being an orbit or not, so it is a brief experience of. zero gravity for five minutes, but still it is very exciting. we are looking but still it is very exciting. we are looking at but still it is very exciting. we are looking at the pictures and we have a really close shot now and you can see the vss unity rocket ship underneath the main carrier plane and at some stage in the next little while, as i say, it is a little above 15 kilometres, those two will separate and the rockets then will kick in and that is when they then have this 92nd climb at close to 4000 kilometres per hour as they head towards that edge of space. how long will be people on board have that weightlessness?
the owners of the pub for comment, but has not received a response. some historical organisations have called for it to be reconstructed. but others believe that s unrealistic and that this damage is too severe to pick up the pieces now. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. a special edition 50 pence coin has been created to mark the coronation of king charles. 5 million coins will be issued, with a design based on westminster abbey, where the coronation took place. there are currently 27 billion coins in circulation from the queen s reign. before we take a break, let me take you back to the edge of space and show those life pictures that are still coming in of the virgin galactic, that space mission that took off 25 minutes ago and of course we are waiting for the pictures of the separation, where the vss unity rocket ship separates