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Aug 2023
49m 34s

Hawaii fires: 80 people confirmed dead

Bbc World Service
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A senior official from FEMA tells Newshour that additional expert help has been deployed to Hawaii and that forensic work continues in the wake of devastating wildfires. Also on the programme, Armenia has written to the United Nations Security Council asking for an emergency session on the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in the disputed territo ... Show More
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