At least 44 people killed in Hong Kong fire

At least 44 people have been killed in a major fire that engulfed public housing apartments in Hong Kong yesterday. More than 270 people are still not accounted for. Three construction company executives have been arrested. We speak to a journalist in Hong Kong.

The US Department of Homeland Security says it has stopped processing all immigration requests from Afghan nationals indefinitely, after two National Guard soldiers were shot and critically wounded in Washington. President Trump has said the suspect in Wednesday's shooting is a man who entered the country from Afghanistan in 2021.

As negotiations aimed at ending the war in Ukraine gather pace in multiple capitals, sustained attacks continue on the ground. We hear from a resident of in the south-eastern city of Ziporizhzhia.

Presenters: James Copnall and Anne Soy

(Photo: A drone view shows flames and thick smoke rising from Wang Fuk Court housing estate during a major fire in Hong Kong. Credit: Tyrone Siu/Reuters)