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time because were not seen in time because there's— were not seen in time because there's not_ were not seen in time because there's not enough doctors and we are not_ there's not enough doctors and we are not asking for the ransom of a king _ are not asking for the ransom of a king £20 — are not asking for the ransom of a king £20 an— are not asking for the ransom of a king. £20 an hour, well below the global— king. £20 an hour, well below the global market value, well below! that is_ global market value, well below! that is all— global market value, well below! that is all we are asking for. the government _ that is all we are asking for. the government says _ that is all we are asking for. tue: government says they that is all we are asking for. tte: government says they have that is all we are asking for. "tte: government says they have given that is all we are asking for. tte: government says they have given you what they call a fair and reasonable pay offer so is there an end point? the dispute will rumble on unless we -et a the dispute will rumble on unless we get a credible offer. the government cannot_ get a credible offer. the government cannot impose upon us a deal. it is a two-way— cannot impose upon us a deal. it is a two—way conversation that needs to be had, _ a two—way conversation that needs to be had, our— a two—way conversation that needs to be had, our doors are always open to converse _ be had, our doors are always open to converse with the government, the offer they— converse with the government, the offer they have given us is derisory, _ offer they have given us is derisory, inadequate and quite frankly— derisory, inadequate and quite frankly insulting.— derisory, inadequate and quite frankly insulting. thanks so much for talkin: frankly insulting. thanks so much for talking to _ frankly insulting. thanks so much for talking to us. _ frankly insulting. thanks so much for talking to us. you _ frankly insulting. thanks so much for talking to us. you have - frankly insulting. thanks so much for talking to us. you have had i frankly insulting. thanks so much l for talking to us. you have had the strength of feeling and you can hear the strength of feeling behind me as well. the government insists no more talks will take place, they said the 6% rise offered with an additional consolidated £1250 increase was fair and reasonable and above what most in the public and private sectors
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are receiving. the health secretary steve barclay says patients are bearing the brunt of the impact of continuous strikes, the doctors here obviously do not agree on the strikes will run until tuesday. thank you for that update live in central london. more now on our top story in hawaii where 55 people are known to have died on the island of maui. it is probably the largest national disaster in the history and the death toll is likely to rise further. around 1000 people are still missing. let's talk to cbs news correspondent who is a new york speaking to people who have left help hawaii. these people must be traumatised. what are they telling you? traumatised. what are they telling ou? ., ., , , traumatised. what are they telling ou? . . , traumatised. what are they telling ou? . ., you? traumatise is an overarching feelin: you? traumatise is an overarching feeling here _ you? traumatise is an overarching feeling here when _ you? traumatise is an overarching feeling here when you _ you? traumatise is an overarching feeling here when you are - you? traumatise is an overarching
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feeling here when you are looking | you? traumatise is an overarching i feeling here when you are looking at some of the people who had to really make some dire moves to escape the flames. one family, a father, his wife and theirfive flames. one family, a father, his wife and their five children, they jumped into the pacific ocean to escape the flames, the flames were coming too close to their vehicle, they could not move because there was traffic, they got into the water and he starts to cry when he is in the airport talking about the wave started to sweep his children away. fortunately, all seven of them made it to the airport and they are going to be on their way back to california. some really tough moments. a lot of the tourists who have been able to leave are bringing this back to the people who are not going to be able to leave maui, who have their lives there, for them, this might be a weird story that they can tell for the next couple of years but there are people whose lives are changed for ever. and?
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when people arrive in the us, what support are the given? horse when people arrive in the us, what support are the given?— when people arrive in the us, what support are the given? how are they bein: support are the given? how are they being greeted? _ support are the given? how are they being greeted? are _ support are the given? how are they being greeted? are you _ support are the given? how are they being greeted? are you seeing - being greeted? are you seeing injuries or anything like that? ? from what we are seeing if there are people with significant injuries they would have been in her way. we are they would have been in her way. , are seeing people with cuts and bruises trying to escape along the way and by and large they are able to go about their lives as normal. there are some questions when it comes to whether people had to leave luggage behind or belongings that were lost, some of those processes, whether it is with insurance or whoever, but right now, a lot of it is getting people safe back here, stateside back here on the mainland so that resources can be utilised for people who need it on the ground in maui. .,, for people who need it on the ground in maui. , . . , for people who need it on the ground in maui. .,, , . . , . in maui. those researchers, federal aid is being — in maui. those researchers, federal aid is being released, _ in maui. those researchers, federal aid is being released, how- in maui. those researchers, federal aid is being released, how quickly l aid is being released, how quickly is it getting to the island gay one
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ofthe is it getting to the island gay one of the bi is it getting to the island gay rrr'te: of the big things that has been happening is trying to quash the fires, a significant amount of them have been put out in the past two or so days but there are hotspots. federal aid has allowed for military helicopters to go to maui and start dousing the flames left behind with water. also potential smouldering hot spot so nothing else picks back up. another one is going to be long—term, whether it comes to housing, temporary housing for people whose homes were destroyed, we are not talking about a house... some of these houses have been burnt to the ground. there is nothing left. temporary housing for them and also getting the assistance and whatever other insurance insistence they might need to rebuild. again, we have been hearing from local officials that that is something that could potentially take years.
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thank you very much for that update. this is an evolving situation, we are expecting the numbers of date to rise, we will keep across that throughout the day as and when we get more information. let's go to another of the big stores today. let's go back to the strikes byjunior doctors in england — the latest in their long—running pay dispute. it isa it is a four day walk out. live now to.... dr tal ellenbogen, a representative of the bma doctors committee . thank you forjoining us. can you give us your view on the strikes? good morning. it is disappointing that we are here for the first time with no end in sight because we have got a prime minister who refuses to enter the negotiating room let alone negotiate in good faith. i have come
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back from the picket line, doctors are defiant, my colleagues are ready for the long haul because our feeling is that no strike could ever be as damaging to the nhs as the rishi sunak pushing tens of thousands of us out of the nhs to go to australia, canada, new zealand and other industries as my friends and other industries as my friends and colleagues have already done. one of the tough questions to doctors, it is patients who have had their appointments cancelled, maybe surgery, postponed, what would you say to those people a few i tee]! say to those people a few i feel really sorry _ say to those people a few i feel really sorry for _ say to those people a few i feel really sorry for patients - say to those people a few i feel really sorry for patients who - say to those people a few i feel l really sorry for patients who have those operations postponed on any day of the year, not only strike days, and i echo theirfrustrations because it is not good enough that this government is giving them a raw deal, not providing them the health care service that used to get back in 2008 when the waiting list was 2.5 million compared to 7.6 million
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today. i am 2.5 million compared to 7.6 million today. lam having 2.5 million compared to 7.6 million today. i am having these conversations regularly, sometimes patients are having their appointments postponed to three times, and that is of the government's own making. directly anger at the government, make rishi sunak respect the citizens of this country enough to get any room and negotiate with us. make as a credible author and invert the strikes at any point. that is all we need. we need him to fix this retention crisis so we can get back to giving patients high quality care, it pains me have to start every consultation with an apology. the government is saying they are offering junior doctors is 6% pay rise and it is fair and effect final offer. why is that not good enough? inflation is 11.3%. he's offered us another pay cut on top of 1a years real terms pay cut. what rishi sunak is saying with this imposition is
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that doctors were overpaid during covid—19. doctors who went in with bin liners and simple masks into the pandemic against an unknown virus, they risk their lives and families lives and they were overpaid because he has cut mp3 time since then. how can doctors ever take that and think that's ok? how can i look at my colleagues and tell them they are worth 30% less than someone who was doing the exact same job or an easierjob back in 2008? ijust don't think i can. what i am seeing is that have had a friend leave to australia this week and another one going to new zealand a week after. might surgical registrar, who has 1a years of experience, hugely talented surgeon, is going to australia with a couple of months without plans to return. i am a couple of months without plans to return. lam not a couple of months without plans to return. i am not going to be able to give patients the care i want to because there are not enough of us around. . , .,
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because there are not enough of us around. . i. . ,, , ., around. can you make ends meet on our around. can you make ends meet on your current — around. can you make ends meet on your current salary? _ around. can you make ends meet on your current salary? we _ around. can you make ends meet on your current salary? we are - around. can you make ends meet on your current salary? we are in - around. can you make ends meet on your current salary? we are in it - your current salary? we are in it because of living crisis, prices are going up wherever you look. personally, i can make ends meet, but this is not about me. we need doctors from all aspects of society to be able to be in that profession because we need a workforce that reflects the population they care for. we cannot have medicine as a profession that is only sustainable for you to pay down 100 grant of date if you have familial help. it is not acceptable to expect doctors to start on £14 an hour. we are asking for £20 an hour, even if that is given, that would mean that a first year doctor would still get paid less than a first year physician assistant. that seems fair and reasonable to me and if rishi sunak thinks otherwise, i challenged him to speak to an actual doctor. thank you so much for coming and
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sharing your thoughts and insights with us. their chief executive of the nhs has been talking how hospitals have been coping with the strike action. 50 coping with the strike action. so far, coping with the strike action. sr far, we coping with the strike action. 5r far, we are into our nine month of strike action, around 900,000 appointments have had to be stood down as a consequence of that and that has an impact on patients in terms of longer waits and so on. trust do their best to do as much as they can during the strike period but inevitably a lot of activity stood down.— but inevitably a lot of activity stood down. �* . _, , stood down. are health correspondent rive us stood down. are health correspondent give us more — stood down. are health correspondent give us more details _ stood down. are health correspondent give us more details on _ stood down. are health correspondent give us more details on junior- give us more details onjunior doctors pay. pay is at the centre of the dispute but it is fiendishly complicated. let's look at two real—life examples, let's start with
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this doctor. he isjust finishing his first year as a junior doctor. he graduated last summer. he works full time, approximately 48 hours a week, in the infectious disease unit of a big london hospital. we asked him to talk us through his payslip. you will see he has a basic rate of pay of just over £14 you will see he has a basic rate of pay ofjust over £14 and i were but are additional payments, for working in london, for night shifts and weekends. he gets a couple of extra £100 for that. bringing his total take—home pay engine to just over £2000 after tax, and his student loan payment. it will bring his annual salary to approximately £37,000, including those extra payments. he says he is looking to work abroad for a while, possibly in australia. i work abroad for a while, possibly in australia. . , ., work abroad for a while, possibly in australia. . , . ., .,
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australia. i always wanted to do that, australia. i always wanted to do that. even _ australia. i always wanted to do that, even when _ australia. i always wanted to do that, even when i _ australia. i always wanted to do that, even when i was _ australia. i always wanted to do that, even when i was in - australia. i always wanted to do | that, even when i was in medical school, what has changes i am not confident that the pay here is going to improve as much as i would like it too, and if that is not the case, then i would really strongly consider staying in australia. he is finishin: consider staying in australia. he is finishing his _ consider staying in australia. he is finishing his first _ consider staying in australia. he is finishing his first year _ consider staying in australia. he is finishing his first year as _ consider staying in australia. he is finishing his first year as a - consider staying in australia. he is finishing his first year as a junior doctor but as they get more skill and experience, they can't move up the pay grades you can see here. and this is what this dispute is all about. the government says under its current final offer, it will increase these by approximately 8.8% on average full this year. the bma, the doctors union says it is not enough. they have been acting for 35% increase to make up for what it says our years of below inflation rises. let's talk about it doctor thatis rises. let's talk about it doctor that is further along in her career. this doctor graduated from medical school in 2011, more than ten years ago. she currently works part—time,
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three days a week because she has a young family. she has taken three years out of her nhs training over the last decade to have children and go on maternity leave. she is what is called a paediatric registrar. in hospital, she can be in charge of the whole children. ward, or in charge of paediatric a and e. let's look at her wage slip. she earns a basic wage of £28 an hour. that is double what robert earns who we were talking about earlier on. extra payments for night shift and weekends. that would bring her take home pay injuly to just over £2000, bearing in mind she is part—time, she works three days a week. if she was working full time give you a comparison, she would earn approximately £69,000 in total each year. she says this dispute is not about wages, but widerjob and working conditions. i
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about wages, but wider “ob and working conditions._ about wages, but wider “ob and working conditions. i have seen a decfine working conditions. i have seen a decline in morale, _ working conditions. i have seen a decline in morale, in _ working conditions. i have seen a decline in morale, in the - working conditions. i have seen a decline in morale, in the working j decline in morale, in the working environment, in the safety of our working environment, in our working conditions, in my own living practice. this is not something i can see oh, maybe it never used to be... i have seen it deteriorate, the team the team morale. the exam - le the team the team morale. the example of— the team the team morale. the example of two _ the team the team morale. the example of twojunior the team the team morale. the example of two junior doctors. the team the team morale. the example of twojunior doctors. the example of two junior doctors. the government says the latest pay offer is final and bounces they need to keep inflation in check while recognising the important work that junior doctors do. if you want to find out any more on these strikes head to our health pages on the bbc news website, you will get the latest news on the strikes and the answers to many questions you may have when it comes to junior doctors. you are watching bbc news. welcome to viewers who are joining us on bbc two.
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students in scotland have been allowed to sit their exams using british sign language since two thousand and four, but until recently, many crucial scientific terms were missing. almost twenty years since the exams were first introduced, more than 200 new signs have been added to the bsl dictionary to help deaf students learn about environmental science. our science editor victoria gill has more. an afternoon learning about the science of climate change. true orfalse? plants and ocean. remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. this is a lesson taught in british sign language, a language that until recently was missing crucial scientific vocabulary. at this secondary school in glasgow, deaf children are learning newly created signs that have just been added to the bsl dictionary. so this is a sign for greenhouse gases and that's a new one. i didn't know that one before. so in physics, for example, some of the concepts are really abstract.
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and sign language can help children understand because it's a visual language. so this is a sign for photosynthesis. so here we have a leaf. and this is the sun. it's light energy and it's absorbed into the leaf, which then creates something. it creates food. back in 2004, but students in scotland were officially allowed to do their exams in british sign language. but the scientific terms for science exams just didn't exist. so they're being created still here at edinburgh university. deaf scientists, educators and sign language experts work together to create the new signs. today, the focus is human biology. you've got the brain, the spinal cord, and then the branching out
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from the spinal cord. spinal, spinal cord and central nervous system would also include the brain. yes. so then you would add to that that hands, that symbol, you would add to that sign to include the brain? yes. that becomes a central nervous system, but we need to make sure that we're all in agreement. the scientist leading this project wants to break down the language barriers that she faced in her early career. i was involved in research for 11 years and although i went to numerous meetings but was never truly involved because i couldn't understand what people were saying, the interpreters weren't qualified. in the last decade, dozens of descriptive scientific signs have been added to the official british sign language glossary. that hasjust been so important. it's had a huge impact on me. i've been able to have conversations using this vocabulary and it's helped me with my teaching. so i'm passionate about continuing this work, as are the whole team.
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once it's been agreed on, each new biological sign is recorded for the video dictionary. for deaf students, these are more than just words. they're visual explanations. i really like science and i love learning it. and it's easier to learn when we have the signs. it's language that's helping some of the next generation of scientists to understand and talk about the world around them. victoria gill, bbc news in glasgow. the bristol balloon fiesta is taking place once again this weekend — it's an important event for thousands of people. hundreds of fans were up early to see the first mass ascent from ashton court more than 50 balloons are floating over bristol heading north—east over the city centre towards filton and winterbourne. the fiesta is entering its second day after thursday evenings
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flight was called off due to wind conditions. our reporter, john maguire reports. if ever anyone was born to fly, it was pete gregory. a third—generation hot air balloonist and also an airline pilot, he lived his life in the skies. since the age of three, pete and his brother dan often flew with their father, andrew. ballooning is a field and he was passionate about aviation as a job and ballooning as his hobby and his passion. i guess you could say we were born into hot air ballooning. pete gained his licence at the age of 17, i gained mine at 19, and we've flown in many countries around the world and been very lucky to do so. the brothers took up competitive flying. here they are winning thejunior world championships in poland two years ago. they were both involved in a contest in worcestershire injune when pete's balloon crashed and he was killed. dan's ground crew that day was andrew, with his wife louise doing the same for pete.
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losing your son is just... yeah, it's just horrific. people say, oh, he was doing something he loved when he sort of left the planet. but that's sort of bittersweet in reality. it really is. i mean, i think it's also a lot harderfor his mother because she was on the marker cross to actually...where they were all dropping the markers, and she was basically there, so it's very, very raw. an air accident investigation will seek to discover what happened and, crucially, what, ifany, lessons can be learned. dan is determined to carry on flying. i know for a fact if i was just sat on the sofa at home, pete would be like knocking on my shoulder, being like, "why are you doing that, dan? "you need to go out and compete and do the best you can." and hopefully that's what i can do for him over this summer and also the years ahead. but andrew has reservations. because pete can't fly any more, sort of, so why should i, in a way?
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but i'd like to think i will get back into it. but i think it willjust be a bit...a bit longer. hot air balloons are more than a pastime for this family. it's their profession, their passion. so in pete's name, they've set up a trust to buy a balloon that trainee pilots will be able to use. encouraging the next generation of balloonists was an ambition of pete's. he aimed to become an instructor. i want pete to be there, everywhere i go. and i'll always be asking the question, like, "what would pete be doing here?" because that's what he'd be asking about me, i'm sure. pete was such a friendly and happy chap, and ijust want people to always think about him. and what we do going forward is thinking like, "yeah, "pete would be so proud of what we're doing here." nothing can replace him, but keeping his name alive, keeping pete gregory flying, will at least offer the family some solace.
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with that report wasjohn maguire and we can speak to him now live in bristol.. ican sieger are very close to a balloon basket there, did you hop in and go for a flight? we balloon basket there, did you hop in and go for a flight?— and go for a flight? we had a slight error on this _ and go for a flight? we had a slight error on this morning, _ and go for a flight? we had a slight error on this morning, the - and go for a flight? we had a slight error on this morning, the first - error on this morning, the first time we had a mass ascent from the international balloon fiesta which takes place over this weekend. in the morning or the evening the winds are more predictable. we flew for 45 minutes, made nine miles across land, it is an extraordinary experience, so serene and so quiet, apart from when they use the burners to fire the gas up into the building to fire the gas up into the building to create the left. that is extremely noisy, but in between that, it is quiet, everyone waves from their houses. it is wonderful. a hiatus here in the arena until this evening. the balloon part, the
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envelope is now all packed up inside that bag there. and you can see over here, talking about pete, it has been a theme of the festival, the pilot rethinks this morning were talking about the family because they are so well known. all of the baskets that are flying this weekend have pink ribbons because beat�*s first balloon was pink, a colour thatis first balloon was pink, a colour that is very important to the family. neverfarfrom people's family. never far from people's thoughts. family. neverfarfrom people's thoughts. it is an international lymph fiesta, people from taiwan, australia, america and europe. it is a small family, a small pursuit, especially the competitive flying that pete and his brother dan are involved in. everybody knows the family. the crew i flew with this morning knew them very well because pete and his dad andrew were pilots for that company. very much in the
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forefront of people's mines and the community wants to come together to raise the money to buy a balloon like this, the old with her basket just like it was when the french started this 150 years ago, the camp —— the canopy too, and the burners, £40,000, they will need to raise that money. they are all very committed to do so. to make sure, as we said in the film, pete gregory's name is kept alive and his legacy will prove to do some good for future generations of people who want to get involved in hot air ballooning. want to get involved in hot air laallooning-— ballooning. what a wonderful tribute. thank _ ballooning. what a wonderful tribute. thank you _ ballooning. what a wonderful tribute. thank you for - ballooning. what a wonderful tribute. thank you for that. l ballooning. what a wonderful tribute. thank you for that. if ballooning. what a wonderful- tribute. thank you for that. if you are in bristol, look up, it looks like there are incredible since they are today. the winner of this year's comedy pet photo has been bagged by a pair of rescue
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kittens from lebanon this image — called "a life changing moment" — shows max in the middle of a leap onto his brother alex, who seems blissfully unaware of what's about to happen. this action shot of a border collie in new york won the dog category. the photographer is still trying to trace the dog's owner to say thank you. and this picture won the junior category. it was taken by monique, who is 13, and it shows her dog louis at home in brazil. some brilliant pictures there to put a smile on your face. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon king hello there. yesterday was a very warm day. temperatures got to 28 celsius. today is not going to be quite as hot as that for most of us. a fresh feel to things. there will be some showers around today, but, equally, some sunny spells as well. that was the scene this morning in stoke—on—trent. not a bad start to the day. some early morning rain affecting the far north—east of
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scotland. you can see the associated cloud with that. and this swirl of cloud here, this is the weekend's weather. in between that, for most of us today, it is looking mostly dry. yes, there will be some showers developing across northern ireland, scotland, and one or two across northern england, wales and in the south west of england, a bit more cloud here into the afternoon with the odd shower moving in. still actually quite warm in the south—east. 25 or 26 degrees. elsewhere, you notice those temperatures are a good few degrees lower than yesterday, 21 to 24 celsius. through this evening tonight, we start to see this weather system moves its way in. this cloud brings rain across northern ireland, some showers ahead of that as we go into saturday morning. temperatures will be lower than last night, it will feel fresher, a more comfortable night for sleeping with overnight lows of 12 to 14 degrees. during saturday, an area of low pressure moving gradually eastwards. some rain affecting northern and western areas but as we go through saturday, it will be a case of sunny spells and showers.
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those showers could pop up across eastern and south—eastern areas, but there will be some lengthy dry spells with that sunshine. some of the showers, again, could be on the heavy side as well, but temperatures, 19 to 24 celsius. where you get those long spells of sunshine, it is actually going to feel quite pleasant, i think, on saturday afternoon. by sunday, again some showers, most likely focused on northern and western areas. eastern and south—eastern parts staying mostly dry throughout the day on sunday. temperatures about 18 to 23, 24 celsius, that is the average really for this time of year. how about next week? we have an area of low pressure that moves away on monday and tuesday and high pressure looks like it is going to build in and that will keep things more settled, certainly for the second half of that week. while there are showers around earlier on, things are looking largely dry later and temperatures starting to rise again as well.
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live from london. this is bbc news. the death toll from wildfires in hawaii rises to 55 — around a thousand people are still missing.
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new figures suggest there's been a sharp increase in the number of people crossing the mediterranean — to enter the european union illegally. junior doctors in england begin their latest strike — a four—day walkout — over pay and conditions. hello and welcome to the programme. im frankie mccamley. we start in hawaii, where at least 55 people are now known to have died in wildfires on the island of maui. hawaii's governor says it's probably the largest natural disaster in the state's history — and he's warned that the death toll is likely to rise further. about 1,000 people are still missing, mainly from the town of lahaina on maui's west coast. the authorities there say it will take many years and billions of dollars to repair the damage. this report from our
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north america correspondent, sean dilley.

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