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Weekend: Residents of Lahaina allowed to return home

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Residents of Lahaina allowed to return home

12/08/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Residents of Lahaina allowed to return home

At least sixty-seven people killed by Maui wildfires

The number of people killed by wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui has risen to at least sixty-seven. It's the US state's deadliest ever natural disaster.  The authorities say the most devastating fire -- which all but destroyed the town of Lahaina -- hasn't yet been contained.   Parts of the island remain without power or water. Only those with proof of residency or a hotel reservation are being permitted entry, three days after flames engulfed the town.   

Also in the programme: Ukraine sacks heads of military recruitment; and reggae music from Japan. 

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss all this and more are Alex von Tunzelmann, a British historian, film and TV scriptwriter; and Samuel Ramani, an associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute defence and security think-tank here in London. 

(Picture: A burned tree is seen on a burned field caused by the south Maui fire. CREDIT: REUTERS/Mike Blake)

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