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Hawaii death toll reaches 89
At least 89 people are now known to have been killed by wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui.
At least 89 people are now known to have been killed by wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui. We hear from the Red cross in Honolulu.
Also in the programme: migrants deaths at sea; and Barbie censored in Lebanon.
Joining Julian Worricker to discuss all this and more are Jacquelin Magnay, European Correspondent for The Australian newspaper and Dr. Hisham Hellyer, scholar at the Cambridge University Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
(Picture: Maui chief of police John Pelletier speaks about the Maui fire during a media conference in Kahului on Maui island, Hawaii, U.S., August 12, 2023. Credit: REUTERS/Mike Blake)
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