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Scientists say climate change, driven by fossil fuel use, has led to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//21//summer-of-extremes-is-climate-change-to-blame-for-heatwaves-and-flooding/">more frequent and more powerful extreme weather events<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7813726,7826640\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//08//17//locals-beg-tourists-to-stay-away-from-maui-as-they-start-to-rebuild-after-devastating-wild/">Locals beg tourists to stay away from Maui as they start to rebuild after devastating wildfires<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//10//the-worst-disaster-ive-ever-seen-residents-dived-into-the-ocean-as-wildfires-ripped-throug/">'The worst disaster I've ever seen': Residents dived into the ocean as wildfires ripped through Maui<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Maui wildfires: Were fallen power lines the cause?<\/h2><p>As the death toll climbs, there is increasing discussion of what role downed power lines may have played in starting or exacerbating the fires.<\/p>\n<p>Hawaiian Electric Co. faces criticism for not shutting off the power amid high wind warnings and keeping it on even as dozens of poles began to topple.<\/p>\n<p>A class-action lawsuit has been filed seeking to hold the company responsible for the deaths of more than 100 people.<\/p>\n<p>It claims that power lines blown over by Hurricane Dora led to the spread of the Lahaina wildfire.<\/p>\n<p>\"These power lines foreseeably ignited the fast-moving, deadly, and destructive Lahaina Fire, which destroyed homes, businesses, churches, schools, and historic cultural sites,\" it alleges.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//82//16//72//808x454_cmsv2_b52aa80f-19f6-55ee-9259-df44ceabf373-7821672.jpg/" alt=\"REUTERS&#47;Mike Blake&#47;File\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/384x216_cmsv2_b52aa80f-19f6-55ee-9259-df44ceabf373-7821672.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/640x360_cmsv2_b52aa80f-19f6-55ee-9259-df44ceabf373-7821672.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/750x422_cmsv2_b52aa80f-19f6-55ee-9259-df44ceabf373-7821672.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/828x466_cmsv2_b52aa80f-19f6-55ee-9259-df44ceabf373-7821672.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/1080x608_cmsv2_b52aa80f-19f6-55ee-9259-df44ceabf373-7821672.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/1200x675_cmsv2_b52aa80f-19f6-55ee-9259-df44ceabf373-7821672.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/1920x1080_cmsv2_b52aa80f-19f6-55ee-9259-df44ceabf373-7821672.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Workers repair utility lines in the fire ravaged town of Lahaina on the island of Maui in Hawaii, U.S., August 15, 2023.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">REUTERS&#47;Mike Blake&#47;File<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Why was the power not shut off in Maui?<\/h2><p>The lawsuit cites the utility\u2019s own documents showing it was aware that preemptive power shutoffs such as those used in California were an effective strategy to prevent wildfires but never adopted them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody likes to turn the power off - it\u2019s inconvenient - but any utility that has significant wildfire risk, especially wind-driven wildfire risk, needs to do it and needs to have a plan in place,\u201d says Michael Wara, a wildfire expert who is director of the Climate and Energy Policy Program at Stanford University. \u201cIn this case, the utility did not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt may turn out that there are other causes of this fire, and the utility lines are not the main cause,\u201d Wara said. \u201cBut if they are, boy, this didn\u2019t need to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hawaiian Electric declined to comment on the accusations in the lawsuit or whether it has ever shut down power before due to high winds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But President and CEO Shelee Kimura noted at a news conference Monday that many factors go into that decision, including the possible effect on people who rely on specialized medical equipment and firefighters who need power to pump water.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven in places where this has been used, it is controversial, and it\u2019s not universally accepted,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<h2>Why didn't emergency sirens go off in Hawaii?<\/h2><p>Hawaii has one of the world&#039;s largest emergency siren systems. But, as <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//08//13//as-death-toll-from-maui-fire-reaches-89-authorities-say-effort-to-count-the-losses-is-just/">the deadly wildfires broke out<\/strong><\/a>, it remained silent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Officials have said that the 400-siren system wasn&#039;t activated.\u00a0Some residents have said they didn&#039;t receive an official text or phone warning either.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Many were taken by surprise as fires spread at an astonishing speed. Some say that the blaze may simply have moved too quickly for a formal response.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency has confirmed that mobile phone alerts and messages on televisions and radio stations were activated. As wildfires spread on Tuesday, power and most communication services - including emergency calls and cell phones - were cut off.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Officials had to resort to public radio stations and posts on official websites and social media to update residents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez has called for an official review of the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//23//alert-alert-early-warning-systems-have-saved-10000s-of-lives-as-extreme-weather-takes-hold/">emergency response<\/strong><\/a> to the wildfires with the hope of \"understanding the decisions that were made before and during\".\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>What is driving Hawaii's wildfires?<\/h2><p>Winds from Hurricane Dora, hundreds of miles southwest of the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean, have fanned the flames across the US state, officials say.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//08//13//as-death-toll-from-maui-fire-reaches-89-authorities-say-effort-to-count-the-losses-is-just/">The Lahaina fire on Maui<\/strong><\/a> travelled at an incredible speed of around \"one mile every minute,\" according to Governor Green. He blamed high winds for the speed of the spread.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7504132231404959\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//82//16//72//808x608_cmsv2_4338e11a-6204-5644-a174-23883ef86d87-7821672.jpg/" alt=\"Erin Hawk&#47;via REUTERS\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/384x288_cmsv2_4338e11a-6204-5644-a174-23883ef86d87-7821672.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/640x480_cmsv2_4338e11a-6204-5644-a174-23883ef86d87-7821672.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/750x563_cmsv2_4338e11a-6204-5644-a174-23883ef86d87-7821672.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/828x621_cmsv2_4338e11a-6204-5644-a174-23883ef86d87-7821672.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/1080x810_cmsv2_4338e11a-6204-5644-a174-23883ef86d87-7821672.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/1200x900_cmsv2_4338e11a-6204-5644-a174-23883ef86d87-7821672.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/1920x1441_cmsv2_4338e11a-6204-5644-a174-23883ef86d87-7821672.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A view of flames as wildfires engulfed the historic town of Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii on 9 August.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Erin Hawk&#47;via REUTERS<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In addition to Dora, a low-pressure system to the west near Japan is also contributing to the high sustained winds. Dry vegetation is also a factor.<\/p>\n<p>The spread of flammable non-native grasses such as Guinea grass in areas of former farmland and forest has created large amounts of small, easily ignited materials that increase the risk and severity of fire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Such grasses comprise 26 per cent of Hawaii, according to Pickett.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7811324,7806982\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//07//in-pictures-slovenia-faces-worst-ever-natural-disaster-after-extreme-flooding/">In pictures: Slovenia faces \u2018worst-ever natural disaster\u2019 after extreme flooding<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//09//volcanoes-shipping-and-dust-what-else-could-be-fuelling-this-summers-heatwaves/">Volcanoes, shipping and dust: What else could be fuelling this summer\u2019s heatwaves?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Where are the fires and how contained are they?<\/h2><p>The fires have caused widespread devastation in Lahaina, a beach resort city of about 13,000 people on northwestern Maui that was once a whaling centre and the Hawaiian Kingdom&#039;s capital. It now draws 2 million <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//08//07//disaster-is-on-the-horizon-for-travel-and-tourism-if-we-dont-start-doing-things-differentl/">tourists a year.<\/p>\n<p>As of Sunday evening, the Lahaina fire was 85 per cent contained, while the Pulehu fire, burning to the east, has remained 100 per cent contained. The Upcountry fire in the mountainous centre of the eastern mass of the island is now 60 per cent contained.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The fires have also scorched parts of the Big Island.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7504132231404959\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//82//16//72//808x608_cmsv2_dbeddfe5-1d6e-524f-916e-2ea562b24657-7821672.jpg/" alt=\"Erin Hawk&#47;via REUTERS\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/384x288_cmsv2_dbeddfe5-1d6e-524f-916e-2ea562b24657-7821672.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/640x480_cmsv2_dbeddfe5-1d6e-524f-916e-2ea562b24657-7821672.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/750x563_cmsv2_dbeddfe5-1d6e-524f-916e-2ea562b24657-7821672.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/828x621_cmsv2_dbeddfe5-1d6e-524f-916e-2ea562b24657-7821672.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/1080x810_cmsv2_dbeddfe5-1d6e-524f-916e-2ea562b24657-7821672.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/1200x900_cmsv2_dbeddfe5-1d6e-524f-916e-2ea562b24657-7821672.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/1920x1441_cmsv2_dbeddfe5-1d6e-524f-916e-2ea562b24657-7821672.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A view of the charred remains after wildfires engulfed the historic town of Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Erin Hawk&#47;via REUTERS<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Some 271 structures were destroyed or damaged, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser said, citing official reports from the US Civil Air Patrol and Maui Fire Department.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//08//14//as-maui-rescue-continues-families-and-faith-leaders-cling-to-hope-but-tackle-reality-of-lo/">Hawaii is an archipelago about 3,200km west of the US mainland. It is made up of eight main islands, including Hawaii, known as the Big Island.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The island of Maui lies to the north and west of the island of Hawaii.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692010070,"publishedAt":1692017336,"updatedAt":1692266307,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2023\/08\/14\/hawaii-wildfires-what-caused-the-deadly-blazes-and-is-climate-change-to-blame","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_d227cf66-a9aa-550b-b5f8-b7aacf5656da-7821672.jpg","altText":"A view of damage cause by wildfires in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii.","caption":"A view of damage cause by wildfires in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii.","captionCredit":"Mike 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populist Javier Milei is the biggest vote-getter in Argentina's presidential primary","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Argentina: Populist Javier Milei gets most votes in primary election","titleListing2":"Far-right populist Javier Milei is the biggest vote-getter in Argentina's presidential primary","leadin":"Far-right populist Javier Milei rocked Argentina\u2019s political establishment Sunday by emerging as the biggest vote-getter in primary elections to choose presidential candidates for the October general election in a nation battered by economic woes.","summary":"Far-right populist Javier Milei rocked Argentina\u2019s political establishment Sunday by emerging as the biggest vote-getter in primary elections to choose presidential candidates for the October general election in a nation battered by economic woes.","url":"far-right-populist-javier-milei-is-the-biggest-vote-getter-in-argentinas-presidential-prim","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Milei, an admirer of former US President Donald Trump, says Argentina\u2019s Central Bank should be abolished, thinks climate change is a lie, characterizes sex education as a ploy to destroy the family, believes the sale of human organs should be legal and wants to make it easier to own handguns. \n\n\nVotes were still being counted late Sunday, but analysts agreed that the upstart candidate who gained notoriety - and a rockstar-like following - by angrily ranting against the \u201cpolitical caste\u201d did much better than expected and is a real contender for the presidency in this South American country. \n\nWith around 92 per cent of polling locations reporting, Milei had around 30 per cent of the total vote, according to official results. The candidates in the main opposition coalition, United for Change, were at 28 per cent and the current governing coalition, Union for the Homeland, had 27 per cent. \n\nCelebrating in his election headquarters, Milei vowed to bring \u201can end to the parasitic, corrupt and useless political caste that exists in this country.\u201d \n\n\u201cToday we took the first step toward the reconstruction of Argentina,\u201d he said. \u201cA different Argentina is impossible with the same people as always.\u201d \n\nBefore the election, analysts had warned that a better-than-expected showing for Milei, 52, would likely upset financial markets and lead to a sharp plunge in the value of Argentina\u2019s peso amid uncertainty about what economic policies he might implement if he became president. \n\nThough Sunday\u2019s voting was officially to pick candidates for various political blocs, it was also viewed as a nationwide poll on where candidates stand with Argentines going into the October election. \n\nMilei, who has been a lawmaker in the lower house of Argentina\u2019s Congress since 2021, did not have a competitor in the presidential primary of his Liberty Advances party. \n\nThe initial results suggested Argentina has become the latest country in the region where voters are looking to an outsider candidate as a way of expressing anger against traditional politicians. \n\nDiscontent is widespread in Argentina, which is struggling with annual inflation of more than 100 per cent, rising poverty and a rapidly depreciating currency, Milei attracted support by calling for the country to replace the peso with the US dollar. \n\n\u201cI\u2019m very happy, we\u2019re looking for a change. We\u2019re tired of living like this,\u201d Franco Lesertessur, 19, said as he celebrated outside Milei\u2019s election headquarters in downtown Buenos Aires. \u201cAll the countries that have been dollarized ended up moving forward and stopped having inflation.\u201d \n\nIn the main opposition coalition, United for Change, voters also appeared to be ready to move more to the right as former Security Minister Patricia Bullrich handily beat a more centrist contender, Buenos Aires Mayor Horacio Rodr\u00edguez Larreta. \n\nBullrich made clear she would work with her competitor ahead of October. \n\n\u201cAs Argentines we live with distress, with fear, unable to dream, plan or live a normal life. But today we have reasons to work together, to guide and lead a profound change in Argentina, a change that leaves corruption behind forever, paving the way for austerity,\u201d Bullrich said. \n\nThe governing coalition, Union for the Homeland, took a beating from voters over the poor state of the economy, finishing in third place for total votes. As expected, Economy Minister Sergio Massa became the coalition\u2019s presidential candidate, easily defeating leftist Juan Grabois. \n\n\u201cWe have 60 days to turn this election around,\u201d Massa told supporters. \n\nBut in the big result for Milei, many voters sent a message that they are tired of the two coalitions that have dominated Argentina\u2019s political scene for years. \n\nThe results \u201creflect people\u2019s fatigue on the political leadership, and the lack of solutions within the spaces that have been in power consecutively,\u201d said Mariel Fornoni, director of Management and Fit, a political consulting firm. \n\nFornoni said that during the campaigns, the political establishment was \u201cfocused on their own group dynamics rather than addressing the actual needs of the people,\u201d \n\nAt Milei\u2019s electoral headquarters, party leaders were ecstatic while people celebrated outside, expressing optimism that their candidate\u2019s support would only grow in the run-up to October. \n\n\u201cI like his ideas about freedom. His ideas don\u2019t scare me. People are free to choose what they want,\u201d said Orlando S\u00e1nchez, 26, a retail worker. \u201cIf criminals walk around with guns on their belts, why can\u2019t an ordinary citizen have one lawfully and with the proper documentation? People are clearly tired of politics, being constantly lied to.\u201d \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Milei, an admirer of former US President Donald Trump, says Argentina\u2019s Central Bank should be abolished, thinks climate change is a lie, characterizes sex education as a ploy to destroy the family, believes the sale of human organs should be legal and wants to make it easier to own handguns. <\/p>\n<p>Votes were still being counted late Sunday, but analysts agreed that the upstart candidate who gained notoriety - and a rockstar-like following - by angrily ranting against the \u201cpolitical caste\u201d did much better than expected and is a real contender for the presidency in this South American country.<\/p>\n<p>With around 92 per cent of polling locations reporting, Milei had around 30 per cent of the total vote, according to official results. The candidates in the main opposition coalition, United for Change, were at 28 per cent and the current governing coalition, Union for the Homeland, had 27 per cent.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6650390625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//82//06//44//808x539_cmsv2_a2d8796a-3d4c-5f2e-bf65-c9ed7e452576-7820644.jpg/" alt=\"AP Photo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/06\/44\/384x255_cmsv2_a2d8796a-3d4c-5f2e-bf65-c9ed7e452576-7820644.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/06\/44\/640x426_cmsv2_a2d8796a-3d4c-5f2e-bf65-c9ed7e452576-7820644.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/06\/44\/750x499_cmsv2_a2d8796a-3d4c-5f2e-bf65-c9ed7e452576-7820644.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/06\/44\/828x551_cmsv2_a2d8796a-3d4c-5f2e-bf65-c9ed7e452576-7820644.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/06\/44\/1080x718_cmsv2_a2d8796a-3d4c-5f2e-bf65-c9ed7e452576-7820644.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/06\/44\/1200x798_cmsv2_a2d8796a-3d4c-5f2e-bf65-c9ed7e452576-7820644.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/06\/44\/1920x1277_cmsv2_a2d8796a-3d4c-5f2e-bf65-c9ed7e452576-7820644.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Followers of Javier Milei, presidential candidate of the Liberty Advances coalition, cheer outside his campaign headquarters in in Buenos Aires, Argentina.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Celebrating in his election headquarters, Milei vowed to bring \u201can end to the parasitic, corrupt and useless political caste that exists in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday we took the first step toward the reconstruction of Argentina,\u201d he said. \u201cA different Argentina is impossible with the same people as always.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before the election, analysts had warned that a better-than-expected showing for Milei, 52, would likely upset financial markets and lead to a sharp plunge in the value of Argentina\u2019s peso amid uncertainty about what economic policies he might implement if he became president.<\/p>\n<p>Though Sunday\u2019s voting was officially to pick candidates for various political blocs, it was also viewed as a nationwide poll on where candidates stand with Argentines going into the October election.<\/p>\n<p>Milei, who has been a lawmaker in the lower house of Argentina\u2019s Congress since 2021, did not have a competitor in the presidential primary of his Liberty Advances party.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7516970,7331202\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//04//07//homeless-in-argentina-seek-refuge-in-unofficial-shelter-in-buenos-aires-airport/">Homeless in Argentina seek refuge in unofficial shelter in Buenos Aires airport<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//01//24//proposed-brazil-argentina-common-currency-is-met-with-doubts/">Proposed Brazil-Argentina common currency is met with doubts<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The initial results suggested Argentina has become the latest country in the region where voters are looking to an outsider candidate as a way of expressing anger against traditional politicians.<\/p>\n<p>Discontent is widespread in Argentina, which is struggling with annual inflation of more than 100 per cent, rising poverty and a rapidly depreciating currency, Milei attracted support by calling for the country to replace the peso with the US dollar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very happy, we\u2019re looking for a change. We\u2019re tired of living like this,\u201d Franco Lesertessur, 19, said as he celebrated outside Milei\u2019s election headquarters in downtown Buenos Aires. \u201cAll the countries that have been dollarized ended up moving forward and stopped having inflation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the main opposition coalition, United for Change, voters also appeared to be ready to move more to the right as former Security Minister Patricia Bullrich handily beat a more centrist contender, Buenos Aires Mayor Horacio Rodr\u00edguez Larreta.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//82//06//44//808x539_cmsv2_8a2cfec9-b9ff-5022-9924-6f9b36fcc872-7820644.jpg/" alt=\"Gustavo Garello&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/06\/44\/384x256_cmsv2_8a2cfec9-b9ff-5022-9924-6f9b36fcc872-7820644.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/06\/44\/640x427_cmsv2_8a2cfec9-b9ff-5022-9924-6f9b36fcc872-7820644.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/06\/44\/750x500_cmsv2_8a2cfec9-b9ff-5022-9924-6f9b36fcc872-7820644.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/06\/44\/828x552_cmsv2_8a2cfec9-b9ff-5022-9924-6f9b36fcc872-7820644.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/06\/44\/1080x720_cmsv2_8a2cfec9-b9ff-5022-9924-6f9b36fcc872-7820644.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/06\/44\/1200x800_cmsv2_8a2cfec9-b9ff-5022-9924-6f9b36fcc872-7820644.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/06\/44\/1920x1281_cmsv2_8a2cfec9-b9ff-5022-9924-6f9b36fcc872-7820644.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Voters look for their voting polling station during primary elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Gustavo Garello&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Bullrich made clear she would work with her competitor ahead of October.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Argentines we live with distress, with fear, unable to dream, plan or live a normal life. But today we have reasons to work together, to guide and lead a profound change in Argentina, a change that leaves corruption behind forever, paving the way for austerity,\u201d Bullrich said.<\/p>\n<p>The governing coalition, Union for the Homeland, took a beating from voters over the poor state of the economy, finishing in third place for total votes. As expected, Economy Minister Sergio Massa became the coalition\u2019s presidential candidate, easily defeating leftist Juan Grabois.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have 60 days to turn this election around,\u201d Massa told supporters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//82//06//44//808x539_cmsv2_0ac6e7d2-10df-563e-91c2-a6348dff2edc-7820644.jpg/" alt=\"Daniel Jayo&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/06\/44\/384x256_cmsv2_0ac6e7d2-10df-563e-91c2-a6348dff2edc-7820644.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/06\/44\/640x427_cmsv2_0ac6e7d2-10df-563e-91c2-a6348dff2edc-7820644.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/06\/44\/750x500_cmsv2_0ac6e7d2-10df-563e-91c2-a6348dff2edc-7820644.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/06\/44\/828x552_cmsv2_0ac6e7d2-10df-563e-91c2-a6348dff2edc-7820644.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/06\/44\/1080x720_cmsv2_0ac6e7d2-10df-563e-91c2-a6348dff2edc-7820644.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/06\/44\/1200x800_cmsv2_0ac6e7d2-10df-563e-91c2-a6348dff2edc-7820644.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/06\/44\/1920x1281_cmsv2_0ac6e7d2-10df-563e-91c2-a6348dff2edc-7820644.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Presidential candidate Patricia Bullrich, centre, former hopeful Horacio Rodr\u00edguez Larreta, right, and former President Mauricio Macri.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Daniel Jayo&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>But in the big result for Milei, many voters sent a message that they are tired of the two coalitions that have dominated Argentina\u2019s political scene for years.<\/p>\n<p>The results \u201creflect people\u2019s fatigue on the political leadership, and the lack of solutions within the spaces that have been in power consecutively,\u201d said Mariel Fornoni, director of Management and Fit, a political consulting firm.<\/p>\n<p>Fornoni said that during the campaigns, the political establishment was \u201cfocused on their own group dynamics rather than addressing the actual needs of the people,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At Milei\u2019s electoral headquarters, party leaders were ecstatic while people celebrated outside, expressing optimism that their candidate\u2019s support would only grow in the run-up to October.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like his ideas about freedom. His ideas don\u2019t scare me. People are free to choose what they want,\u201d said Orlando S\u00e1nchez, 26, a retail worker. \u201cIf criminals walk around with guns on their belts, why can\u2019t an ordinary citizen have one lawfully and with the proper documentation? People are clearly tired of politics, being constantly lied to.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1691989091,"publishedAt":1692001838,"updatedAt":1692002528,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/14\/far-right-populist-javier-milei-is-the-biggest-vote-getter-in-argentinas-presidential-prim","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/06\/50\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_44d4c0ca-8266-5d54-ba70-f5e3930fbbab-7820650.jpg","altText":"Javier Milei, presidential candidate of the Liberty Advances coalition, embraces his sister Karina after polling stations closed during primary elections.","caption":"Javier Milei, presidential candidate of the Liberty Advances coalition, embraces his sister Karina after polling stations closed during primary elections.","captionCredit":"ALEJANDRO PAGNI\/AFP or licensors","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":682},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/06\/44\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_0ac6e7d2-10df-563e-91c2-a6348dff2edc-7820644.jpg","altText":"Presidential candidate Patricia Bullrich, centre, former hopeful Horacio Rodr\u00edguez Larreta, right, and former President Mauricio Macri.","caption":"Presidential candidate Patricia Bullrich, centre, former hopeful Horacio Rodr\u00edguez Larreta, right, and former President Mauricio Macri.","captionCredit":"Daniel Jayo\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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Furter, played by Tim Curry. \n\nIt was the British actor\u2019s first film role and his arrival on screen, singing the endlessly catchy \u2018Sweet Transvestite\u2019 could be the greatest debut by an actor in film history. \n\nRocky Horror started its life as a stage play, opening in London\u2019s West End in 1973 to rave reviews. \n\nThe Jim Sharman and Richard O\u2019Brien-penned musical gained huge popularity in Los Angeles the following year, which inspired 20th Century Fox to quickly purchase the film rights. \n\nFollowing a premiere in London, the film bombed in most locations in Europe and the United States. \n\n20th Century Fox made plans to pull the movie from cinemas but, after seeing its success at one location in Los Angeles, executives began to rethink how to rerelease the film. \n\nAt the the United Artists Theater in LA\u2019s Westwood neighbourhood, moviegoers had been selling out every showing of Rocky Horror , with some singing and dancing along to the catchy songs, including the seminal 'Time Warp' . \n\nInspired, film executives initially sent the film to college campuses in the US as a double bill with Brian De Palma\u2019s 1974 rock and roll horror spoof Phantom Of The Paradise . \n\nAudiences were initially small but grew after a second film poster was created using a set of red lips with the tagline \u2018A Different Set of Jaws\u2019, a spoof of the poster for the film Jaws, released the same year. \n\nRocky Horror \u2019s release coincided with the 1970s trend for \u2018midnight movies\u2019. \n\nCinemas screened non-mainstream films at 12am, with the aim to build a cult film audience, by encouraging repeat viewing and discussion in a countercultural setting. \n\nFollowing in the footsteps of classics like Harold and Maude and Pink Flamingos , Rocky Horror began screening again at midnight, starting in New York City on April Fools' Day, 1976. \n\nThe next month, it was the \u2018secret\u2019 movie at the Seattle International Film Festival, cementing its place as a cult picture. \n\nAt the Waverly Theatre in New York, some of the Rocky Horror fandom\u2019s biggest traditions were born. Fans would watch the film in full costume and a \u2018shadow cast\u2019 of actors would dress as the film\u2019s characters, mimicking their lines and actions and talk back to the personas on screen. \n\nBy October 1976, the tradition of audience callbacks was in full swing, with one notable example aimed at the character of Janet, when she places a newspaper over her head to protect herself from the rain. \n\nAn audience member called out: \u201cBuy an umbrella you cheap bitch!\u201d to the delight of the crowd. \n\nFrom its cult following in New York and Los Angeles, the cult of Rocky Horror soon spread, making it a huge smash hit. \n\nDespite its terrible opening, it\u2019s technically still in its initial theatrical release. That\u2019s thanks to a 20th Century Fox policy that made archival films available to cinemas at any time.\u00a0 It\u2019s never been pulled from its original 1975 release and continues to play in cinemas to this day. \n\nIn 2019, after the the Walt Disney Company acquired 20th Century Fox, Rocky Horror was saved from the archival Disney Vault, with executives deciding to allow the traditional midnight screenings to continue. \n\nIn spite of a rocky launch, the film now has a huge, international cult following and is considered by many to be one of the greatest musical films of all time.\u00a0 In 2005, that was made official when it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being \"culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant\". \n\n","htmlText":"<p>On 14 August, 1975, <em>The Rocky Horror Picture Show<\/em> had its premiere, almost immediately turning viewers off.<\/p>\n<p>But 48 years later, it remains a cult classic and the longest-running theatrical release in film history.<\/p>\n<p>The quirky horror-comedy musical movie follows Brad Majors (Barry Bostwick) and Janet Weiss (Susan Sarandon), who find themselves trapped in the castle of mad scientist Dr. Frank N. Furter, played by Tim Curry.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7911547911547911\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//67//58//808x641_cmsv2_89f7cc7b-cf9d-5d21-bee5-290d04f2c46f-7816758.jpg/" alt=\"Movie Poster Image Art&#47;Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/384x304_cmsv2_89f7cc7b-cf9d-5d21-bee5-290d04f2c46f-7816758.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/640x506_cmsv2_89f7cc7b-cf9d-5d21-bee5-290d04f2c46f-7816758.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/750x593_cmsv2_89f7cc7b-cf9d-5d21-bee5-290d04f2c46f-7816758.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/828x655_cmsv2_89f7cc7b-cf9d-5d21-bee5-290d04f2c46f-7816758.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/1080x854_cmsv2_89f7cc7b-cf9d-5d21-bee5-290d04f2c46f-7816758.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/1200x949_cmsv2_89f7cc7b-cf9d-5d21-bee5-290d04f2c46f-7816758.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/1920x1519_cmsv2_89f7cc7b-cf9d-5d21-bee5-290d04f2c46f-7816758.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Tim Curry as Dr Frank-N-Furter pictured with Richard O&apos;Brien as Riff Raff and Patricia Quinn as Magenta, pictured on a lobby card for the film<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Movie Poster Image Art&#47;Getty Images<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It was the British actor\u2019s first film role and his arrival on screen, singing the endlessly catchy \u2018Sweet Transvestite\u2019 could be the greatest debut by an actor in film history.<\/p>\n<p><em>Rocky Horror<\/em> started its life as a stage play, opening in London\u2019s West End in 1973 to rave reviews.<\/p>\n<p>The Jim Sharman and Richard O\u2019Brien-penned musical gained huge popularity in Los Angeles the following year, which inspired 20th Century Fox to quickly purchase the film rights.<\/p>\n<p>Following a premiere in London, the film bombed in most locations in Europe and the United States.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6678266371401456\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//67//58//808x539_cmsv2_1cff5300-060e-50c8-9ca6-ef382e596894-7816758.jpg/" alt=\"Michael Ochs Archives&#47;Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/384x256_cmsv2_1cff5300-060e-50c8-9ca6-ef382e596894-7816758.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/640x427_cmsv2_1cff5300-060e-50c8-9ca6-ef382e596894-7816758.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/750x501_cmsv2_1cff5300-060e-50c8-9ca6-ef382e596894-7816758.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/828x553_cmsv2_1cff5300-060e-50c8-9ca6-ef382e596894-7816758.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/1080x721_cmsv2_1cff5300-060e-50c8-9ca6-ef382e596894-7816758.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/1200x801_cmsv2_1cff5300-060e-50c8-9ca6-ef382e596894-7816758.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/1920x1282_cmsv2_1cff5300-060e-50c8-9ca6-ef382e596894-7816758.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Tim Curry, Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon in a scene from the cult movie<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Michael Ochs Archives&#47;Getty Images<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>20th Century Fox made plans to pull the movie from cinemas but, after seeing its success at one location in Los Angeles, executives began to rethink how to rerelease the film.<\/p>\n<p>At the the United Artists Theater in LA\u2019s Westwood neighbourhood, moviegoers had been selling out every showing of <em>Rocky Horror<\/em>, with some singing and dancing along to the catchy songs, including the seminal &#039;Time Warp&#039;<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Inspired, film executives initially sent the film to college campuses in the US as a double bill with Brian De Palma\u2019s 1974 rock and roll horror spoof <em>Phantom Of The Paradise<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.515527950310559\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//67//58//808x1224_cmsv2_22cdeda3-a0e3-5400-970d-1d4d9b1e0864-7816758.jpg/" alt=\"LMPC via Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/384x582_cmsv2_22cdeda3-a0e3-5400-970d-1d4d9b1e0864-7816758.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/640x970_cmsv2_22cdeda3-a0e3-5400-970d-1d4d9b1e0864-7816758.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/750x1137_cmsv2_22cdeda3-a0e3-5400-970d-1d4d9b1e0864-7816758.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/828x1255_cmsv2_22cdeda3-a0e3-5400-970d-1d4d9b1e0864-7816758.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/1080x1637_cmsv2_22cdeda3-a0e3-5400-970d-1d4d9b1e0864-7816758.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/1200x1819_cmsv2_22cdeda3-a0e3-5400-970d-1d4d9b1e0864-7816758.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/1920x2910_cmsv2_22cdeda3-a0e3-5400-970d-1d4d9b1e0864-7816758.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The revamped, Jaws-inspired poster, featuring the lips of former Playboy model Lorelei Shark<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">LMPC via Getty Images<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Audiences were initially small but grew after a second film poster was created using a set of red lips with the tagline \u2018A Different Set of Jaws\u2019, a spoof of the poster for the film <em>Jaws,<\/em> released the same year.<\/p>\n<p><em>Rocky Horror<\/em> \u2019s release coincided with the 1970s trend for \u2018midnight movies\u2019.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7378048780487805\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//67//58//808x594_cmsv2_3795542d-b9c5-5f55-a0e8-6edb625d1e72-7816758.jpg/" alt=\"Bromberger Hoover Photography&#47;Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/384x283_cmsv2_3795542d-b9c5-5f55-a0e8-6edb625d1e72-7816758.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/640x472_cmsv2_3795542d-b9c5-5f55-a0e8-6edb625d1e72-7816758.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/750x553_cmsv2_3795542d-b9c5-5f55-a0e8-6edb625d1e72-7816758.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/828x611_cmsv2_3795542d-b9c5-5f55-a0e8-6edb625d1e72-7816758.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/1080x797_cmsv2_3795542d-b9c5-5f55-a0e8-6edb625d1e72-7816758.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/1200x885_cmsv2_3795542d-b9c5-5f55-a0e8-6edb625d1e72-7816758.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/1920x1417_cmsv2_3795542d-b9c5-5f55-a0e8-6edb625d1e72-7816758.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Perfomers smiling as they get ready before a screening of the film &apos;The Rocky Horror Picture Show,&apos; in Hayward, California, 1985<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Bromberger Hoover Photography&#47;Getty Images<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Cinemas screened non-mainstream films at 12am, with the aim to build a cult film audience, by encouraging repeat viewing and discussion in a countercultural setting.<\/p>\n<p>Following in the footsteps of classics like <em>Harold and Maude<\/em> and <em>Pink Flamingos<\/em>, <em>Rocky Horror<\/em> began screening again at midnight, starting in New York City on April Fools&#039; Day, 1976.<\/p>\n<p>The next month, it was the \u2018secret\u2019 movie at the Seattle International Film Festival, cementing its place as a cult picture.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.8656666666666667\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//67//58//808x697_cmsv2_af815151-a7cc-56cd-ba22-94145660c357-7816758.jpg/" alt=\"Bobby Bank&#47;2008 Bobby Bank\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/384x332_cmsv2_af815151-a7cc-56cd-ba22-94145660c357-7816758.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/640x554_cmsv2_af815151-a7cc-56cd-ba22-94145660c357-7816758.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/750x649_cmsv2_af815151-a7cc-56cd-ba22-94145660c357-7816758.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/828x717_cmsv2_af815151-a7cc-56cd-ba22-94145660c357-7816758.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/1080x935_cmsv2_af815151-a7cc-56cd-ba22-94145660c357-7816758.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/1200x1039_cmsv2_af815151-a7cc-56cd-ba22-94145660c357-7816758.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/1920x1662_cmsv2_af815151-a7cc-56cd-ba22-94145660c357-7816758.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Patricia Quinn (R) poses with a fan dressed as her character Magenta in Rocky Horror at a 2008 screening in New York City.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Bobby Bank&#47;2008 Bobby Bank<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>At the Waverly Theatre in New York, some of the <em>Rocky Horror<\/em> fandom\u2019s biggest traditions were born. Fans would watch the film in full costume and a \u2018shadow cast\u2019 of actors would dress as the film\u2019s characters, mimicking their lines and actions and talk back to the personas on screen.<\/p>\n<p>By October 1976, the tradition of audience callbacks was in full swing, with one notable example aimed at the character of Janet, when she places a newspaper over her head to protect herself from the rain.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7882136279926335\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//67//58//808x636_cmsv2_aaeead26-53ab-5002-b9d7-7b6d27cafaa0-7816758.jpg/" alt=\"LMPC via Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/384x303_cmsv2_aaeead26-53ab-5002-b9d7-7b6d27cafaa0-7816758.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/640x504_cmsv2_aaeead26-53ab-5002-b9d7-7b6d27cafaa0-7816758.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/750x591_cmsv2_aaeead26-53ab-5002-b9d7-7b6d27cafaa0-7816758.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/828x653_cmsv2_aaeead26-53ab-5002-b9d7-7b6d27cafaa0-7816758.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/1080x851_cmsv2_aaeead26-53ab-5002-b9d7-7b6d27cafaa0-7816758.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/1200x946_cmsv2_aaeead26-53ab-5002-b9d7-7b6d27cafaa0-7816758.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/1920x1513_cmsv2_aaeead26-53ab-5002-b9d7-7b6d27cafaa0-7816758.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The Rocky Horror Picture Show lobbycard, featuring L-R: Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Nell Campbell, Patricia Quinn, Tim Curry and Richard O&apos;Brien<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">LMPC via Getty Images<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>An audience member called out: \u201cBuy an umbrella you cheap bitch!\u201d to the delight of the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>From its cult following in New York and Los Angeles, the cult of <em>Rocky Horror<\/em> soon spread, making it a huge smash hit.<\/p>\n<p>Despite its terrible opening, it\u2019s technically still in its initial theatrical release. That\u2019s thanks to a 20th Century Fox policy that made archival films available to cinemas at any time.\u00a0It\u2019s never been pulled from its original 1975 release and continues to play in cinemas to this day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5720081135902637\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//67//58//808x462_cmsv2_b4cd184d-d131-54af-bd65-bfa9ad78f315-7816758.jpg/" alt=\"Frank Lennon&#47;Toronto Star via Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/384x220_cmsv2_b4cd184d-d131-54af-bd65-bfa9ad78f315-7816758.jpg 384w, 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","url":"has-texas-installed-a-floating-barrier-with-chainsaws-to-injure-migrants","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The viral video was originally posted on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, by the Democrat Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia. \n\nShe had recently traveled to the US-Mexico border to document the new anti-immigration measures taken by the Republican Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott.\u00a0 \n\nMultiple politicians in the US and abroad are now claiming that these orange barrels are not only meant to deter migrants but also to injure and even kill them due to what they claim are circular chainsaws attached to the buoys.\u00a0 \n\n\"Clothing stuck on razor wire where families got trapped. Chainsaw devices in the middle of buoys,\" explained Joaquin Castro , the Democrat Texas Congressman on his X account. \n\n\"Razor wire. Buoys meant to inflict harm. Helicopters. Military vehicles. This is equipment designed for war, not to help process asylum seekers at the southern border,\" tweeted the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. \n\nThis floating barrier was installed in July close to the town of Eagle Pass located on the bank of the Rio Grande River, bordering Mexico and the United States.\u00a0 \n\nIt\u2019s part of the state\u2019s operation called \u201cLone Star\u201d to fight illegal immigration. \n\nIn a press release published in August, Texas authorities said the operation was a success claiming to have arrested nearly 402,000 illegal immigrants in the last two years.\u00a0 \n\nHowever, the razor-like blades seen on the orange barrels aren\u2019t technically circular chainsaws because they aren\u2019t motor-powered.\u00a0 \n\nInstead, these razor-like blades are more like floating barbed wire.\u00a0 \n\nAccording to a report by Texas Public Radio , \u201cThere are serrated metal plates that look like circular saw blades between each buoy to deter anyone from climbing over it.\u201d \n\nHowever, a Texas state trooper deployed as part of Operation Lone Star had told a superior the razor wire and buoys are \"nothing more than an inhumane trap.\" \n\nSince the installation of this barrier, bodies of migrants have been discovered in the river. \n\nTexas officials say the men likely drowned upstream. One body was caught in the buoys, according to the New York Times. \n\nOfficials from the Texas Department of Public Safety said the body appeared to have floated there after having drowned. \n\nIn mid-July, the US Department of Justice sued Greg Abbott over the floating device claiming it threatens public safety and violates treaties with Mexico.\u00a0 \n\nBut Greg Abbott remained defiant and in a letter to the US President Joe Biden said Texas \u201cwill see you in court.\" \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The viral video was originally posted on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, by the Democrat Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia.<\/p>\n<p>She had recently traveled to the US-Mexico border to document the new anti-immigration measures taken by the Republican Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Multiple politicians in the US and abroad are now claiming that these orange barrels are not only meant to deter migrants but also to injure and even kill them due to what they claim are circular chainsaws attached to the buoys.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1688964826582638593\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"Clothing stuck on razor wire where families got trapped. Chainsaw devices in the middle of buoys,\" <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//JoaquinCastrotx//status//1689015922202132480/">explained Joaquin Castro<\/strong><\/a>, the Democrat Texas Congressman on his X account.<\/p>\n<p>\"Razor wire. Buoys meant to inflict harm. Helicopters. Military vehicles. This is equipment designed for war, not to help process asylum seekers at the southern border,\" <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//HispanicCaucus//status//1688992394362949632/">tweeted the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This floating barrier was installed in July close to the town of Eagle Pass located on the bank of the Rio Grande River, bordering Mexico and the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s part of the state\u2019s operation called \u201cLone Star\u201d to fight illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>In a press release published in August, Texas authorities said the operation was a success claiming to have arrested <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////gov.texas.gov//news//post//operation-lone-star-stops-criminals-at-president-bidens-open-border/">nearly 402,000 illegal immigrants<\/strong><\/a> in the last two years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, the razor-like blades seen on the orange barrels aren\u2019t technically circular chainsaws because they aren\u2019t motor-powered.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Instead, these razor-like blades are more like floating barbed wire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.tpr.org//border-immigration//2023-08-06//up-close-look-at-gov-greg-abbotts-floating-wall-in-the-rio-grande/">report by Texas Public Radio<\/strong><\/a>, \u201cThere are serrated metal plates that look like circular saw blades between each buoy to deter anyone from climbing over it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, a Texas state trooper deployed as part of Operation Lone Star <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////theweek.com//greg-abbott//1025267//justice-department-sues-texas-over-mexico-border-buoys/">had told a superior<\/strong><\/a> the razor wire and buoys are \"nothing more than an inhumane trap.\"<\/p>\n<p>Since the installation of this barrier, bodies of migrants have been discovered in the river.<\/p>\n<p>Texas officials say the men likely drowned upstream. One body was caught in the buoys, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nytimes.com//2023//08//03//us//texas-border-buoys-bodies.html/">according to the New York Times.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Officials from the Texas Department of Public Safety said the body appeared to have floated there after having drowned.<\/p>\n<p>In mid-July, the US Department of Justice sued Greg Abbott over the floating device claiming it threatens public safety and violates treaties with Mexico.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Greg Abbott remained defiant and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//GregAbbott_TX//status//1682451375324647433/">in a letter<\/strong><\/a> to the US President Joe Biden said Texas \u201cwill see you in court.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1691756855,"publishedAt":1691985609,"updatedAt":1691986151,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/14\/has-texas-installed-a-floating-barrier-with-chainsaws-to-injure-migrants","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/70\/92\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_e402f71e-4cb3-58aa-8635-c060a75626e6-7817092.jpg","altText":"A kayaker walks past large buoys being used as a floating border barrier on the Rio Grande Tuesday","caption":"A kayaker walks past large buoys being used as a floating border barrier on the Rio Grande Tuesday","captionCredit":"Eric Gay\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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It's already the deadliest US wildfire for over a century.","summary":"As the death toll from a wildfire that razed a historic Maui town reached 93, authorities warned Saturday that the effort to find and identify the dead was still in its early stages. It's already the deadliest US wildfire for over a century.","url":"as-death-toll-from-maui-fire-reaches-89-authorities-say-effort-to-count-the-losses-is-just","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Crews with cadaver dogs have completed just three per cent of the search area, Maui Police Chief John Pelletier said. \n\n\u201cWe\u2019ve got an area that we have to contain that is at least 5 square miles and it is full of our loved ones... Today we identified two,\u201d noting that the death toll is likely to grow and \u201cnone of us really know the size of it yet.\u201d \n\nHe spoke as federal emergency workers picked through an ashen moonscape left by the fire that razed the centuries-old town of Lahaina. Teams marked the ruins of homes with a bright orange X for an initial search and HR when they found human remains. \n\nPelletier said that identifying the dead is extremely challenging because \u201cwe pick up the remains and they fall apart... When we find our family and our friends, the remains that we\u2019re finding is through a fire that melted metal.\" \n\nDogs worked the rubble, and their occasional bark - used to alert their handlers to a possible corpse - echoed over the hot and colourless landscape. \n\n\u201cIt will certainly be the worst natural disaster that Hawaii ever faced,\u201d Gov. Josh Green remarked Saturday as he toured the devastation on historic Front Street. \"We can only wait and support those who are living. Our focus now is to reunite people when we can and get them housing and get them health care, and then turn to rebuilding.\u201d \n\nAt least 2,200 buildings were damaged or destroyed in West Maui, Green said, of which 86 per cent were residential. Across the island, he added, the damage was estimated at close to $6 billion. He said it would take \u201can incredible amount of time\u201d to recover.\" \n\nAt least two other fires have been burning in Maui, with no fatalities reported thus far: in south Maui\u2019s Kihei area and in the mountainous, inland communities known as Upcountry. A fourth broke out Friday evening in Kaanapali, a coastal community in West Maui north of Lahaina, but crews were able to extinguish it, authorities said. \n\nGreen said the Upcountry fire had affected 544 structures, of which 96% were residential. \n\nEmergency managers in Maui were searching for places to house people displaced from their homes. As many as 4,500 people are in need of shelter, county officials said on Facebook early Saturday, citing figures from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Pacific Disaster Center. \n\nPelletier said the police are bringing in more dogs, but the search for remains is still in the early stages. \n\nHe encouraged those with missing family members to go to the family assistance centre. \n\n\u201cWe need you to do the DNA test. We need to identify your loved ones,\u201d Pelletier said. He noted that the death toll is likely to grow and \u201cnone of us really know the size of it yet.\u201d \n\nThose who escaped counted their blessings, thankful to be alive as they mourned those who didn't make it. \n\nRetired fire captain Geoff Bogar and his friend of 35 years, Franklin Trejos, initially stayed behind to help others in Lahaina and save Bogar's house. But as the flames moved closer and closer Tuesday afternoon, they knew they had to get out. Each escaped to his own car. When Bogar's wouldn't start, he broke through a window to get out, then crawled on the ground until a police patrol found him and brought him to a hospital. \n\nTrejos wasn't as lucky. When Bogar returned the next day, he found the bones of his 68-year-old friend in the back seat of his car, lying on top of the remains of the Bogars' beloved 3-year-old golden retriever Sam, whom he had tried to protect. \n\nTrejos, a native of Costa Rica, had lived for years with Bogar and his wife, Shannon Weber-Bogar, helping her with her seizures when her husband couldn't. He filled their lives with love and laughter. \n\n\u201cGod took a really good man,\u201d Weber-Bogar said. \n\nThe newly released death toll surpassed the toll of the 2018 Camp Fire in northern California, which left 85 dead and destroyed the town of Paradise. A century earlier, the 1918 Cloquet Fire broke out in drought-stricken northern Minnesota and raced through a number of rural communities, destroying thousands of homes and killing hundreds. \n\nThe wildfires are the state\u2019s deadliest natural disaster in decades, surpassing a 1960 tsunami that killed 61 people. An even deadlier tsunami in 1946, which killed more than 150 on the Big Island, prompted the development of a territory-wide emergency alert system with sirens that are tested monthly. \n\nHawaii emergency management records do not indicate the warning sirens sounded before fire hit the town. Officials sent alerts to mobile phones, televisions and radio stations, but widespread power and cellular outages may have limited their reach. \n\nFueled by a dry summer and strong winds from a passing hurricane, the wildfires on Maui raced through parched brush covering the island. \n\nUS Fire Administrator Lori Moore-Merrell said the Lahaina fire moved quickly. \u201cIt was a low-to-the-ground fire. It was grass-fed by all evidence that we could observe today,\u201d she said. \n\n\u201cIt outpaced anything firefighters could have done in the early hours,\u201d she said, adding that it moved horizontally, structure to structure and \u201cincredibly fast.\u201d \n\nThe most serious blaze swept into Lahaina on Tuesday and destroyed nearly every building in the town of 13,000, leaving a grid of grey rubble wedged between the blue ocean and lush green slopes. \n\nMaui water officials warned Lahaina and Kula residents not to drink running water, which may be contaminated even after boiling, and to only take short, lukewarm showers in well-ventilated rooms to avoid possible chemical vapor exposure. \n\nThe danger on Maui was well known. Maui County\u2019s hazard mitigation plan updated in 2020 identified Lahaina and other West Maui communities as having frequent wildfires and several buildings at risk. The report also noted West Maui had the island\u2019s second-highest rate of households without a vehicle and the highest rate of non-English speakers. \n\n\u201cThis may limit the population\u2019s ability to receive, understand and take expedient action during hazard events,\u201d the plan stated. \n\nMaui\u2019s firefighting efforts may have been hampered by limited staff and equipment. \n\nBobby Lee, president of the Hawaii Firefighters Association, said there are a maximum of 65 county firefighters working at any given time, who are responsible for three islands: Maui, Molokai and Lanai. \n\nGreen said officials will review policies and procedures to improve safety. \n\n\u201cPeople have asked why we are reviewing what\u2019s going on and it\u2019s because the world has changed. A storm now can be a hurricane-fire or a fire-hurricane,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s what we experienced, that\u2019s why we\u2019re looking into these policies, to find out how we can best protect our people.\u201d \n\nRiley Curran said he fled his Front Street home after seeing the oncoming fire from the roof of a neighbouring building. He doubts county officials could have done more, given the speed of the onrushing flames. \n\n\u201cIt\u2019s not that people didn\u2019t try to do anything,\" Curran said. \u201cThe fire went from zero to 100.\u201d \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Crews with cadaver dogs have completed just three per cent of the search area, Maui Police Chief John Pelletier said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got an area that we have to contain that is at least 5 square miles and it is full of our loved ones... Today we identified two,\u201d noting that the death toll is likely to grow and \u201cnone of us really know the size of it yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He spoke as federal emergency workers picked through an ashen moonscape left by the fire that razed the centuries-old town of Lahaina. Teams marked the ruins of homes with a bright orange X for an initial search and HR when they found human remains.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//90//90//808x539_cmsv2_c173f942-3484-51ec-9250-f7081c13197b-7819090.jpg/" alt=\"Rick Bowmer&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/90\/90\/384x256_cmsv2_c173f942-3484-51ec-9250-f7081c13197b-7819090.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/90\/90\/640x427_cmsv2_c173f942-3484-51ec-9250-f7081c13197b-7819090.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/90\/90\/750x500_cmsv2_c173f942-3484-51ec-9250-f7081c13197b-7819090.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/90\/90\/828x552_cmsv2_c173f942-3484-51ec-9250-f7081c13197b-7819090.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/90\/90\/1080x720_cmsv2_c173f942-3484-51ec-9250-f7081c13197b-7819090.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/90\/90\/1200x800_cmsv2_c173f942-3484-51ec-9250-f7081c13197b-7819090.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/90\/90\/1920x1281_cmsv2_c173f942-3484-51ec-9250-f7081c13197b-7819090.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Wildfire damage is shown, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Rick Bowmer&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Pelletier said that identifying the dead is extremely challenging because \u201cwe pick up the remains and they fall apart... When we find our family and our friends, the remains that we\u2019re finding is through a fire that melted metal.\"<\/p>\n<p>Dogs worked the rubble, and their occasional bark - used to alert their handlers to a possible corpse - echoed over the hot and colourless landscape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will certainly be the worst natural disaster that Hawaii ever faced,\u201d Gov. Josh Green remarked Saturday as he toured the devastation on historic Front Street. \"We can only wait and support those who are living. Our focus now is to reunite people when we can and get them housing and get them health care, and then turn to rebuilding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At least 2,200 buildings were damaged or destroyed in West Maui, Green said, of which 86 per cent were residential. Across the island, he added, the damage was estimated at close to $6 billion. He said it would take \u201can incredible amount of time\u201d to recover.\"<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7813726\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//10//the-worst-disaster-ive-ever-seen-residents-dived-into-the-ocean-as-wildfires-ripped-throug/">'The worst disaster I've ever seen': Residents dived into the ocean as wildfires ripped through Maui<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>At least two other fires have been burning in Maui, with no fatalities reported thus far: in south Maui\u2019s Kihei area and in the mountainous, inland communities known as Upcountry. A fourth broke out Friday evening in Kaanapali, a coastal community in West Maui north of Lahaina, but crews were able to extinguish it, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Green said the Upcountry fire had affected 544 structures, of which 96% were residential.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency managers in Maui were searching for places to house people displaced from their homes. As many as 4,500 people are in need of shelter, county officials said on Facebook early Saturday, citing figures from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Pacific Disaster Center.<\/p>\n<p>Pelletier said the police are bringing in more dogs, but the search for remains is still in the early stages.<\/p>\n<p>He encouraged those with missing family members to go to the family assistance centre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need you to do the DNA test. We need to identify your loved ones,\u201d Pelletier said. He noted that the death toll is likely to grow and \u201cnone of us really know the size of it yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Those who escaped counted their blessings, thankful to be alive as they mourned those who didn&#039;t make it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//90//90//808x454_cmsv2_2a8bd9bd-c89b-565a-a0f3-7f04fa85623c-7819090.jpg/" alt=\"Rick Bowmer&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/90\/90\/384x216_cmsv2_2a8bd9bd-c89b-565a-a0f3-7f04fa85623c-7819090.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/90\/90\/640x360_cmsv2_2a8bd9bd-c89b-565a-a0f3-7f04fa85623c-7819090.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/90\/90\/750x422_cmsv2_2a8bd9bd-c89b-565a-a0f3-7f04fa85623c-7819090.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/90\/90\/828x466_cmsv2_2a8bd9bd-c89b-565a-a0f3-7f04fa85623c-7819090.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/90\/90\/1080x608_cmsv2_2a8bd9bd-c89b-565a-a0f3-7f04fa85623c-7819090.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/90\/90\/1200x675_cmsv2_2a8bd9bd-c89b-565a-a0f3-7f04fa85623c-7819090.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/90\/90\/1920x1080_cmsv2_2a8bd9bd-c89b-565a-a0f3-7f04fa85623c-7819090.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Governor of Hawaii Josh Green, center, points to damage as he speaks with FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell during a tour of wildfire damage on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Rick Bowmer&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Retired fire captain Geoff Bogar and his friend of 35 years, Franklin Trejos, initially stayed behind to help others in Lahaina and save Bogar&#039;s house. But as the flames moved closer and closer Tuesday afternoon, they knew they had to get out. Each escaped to his own car. When Bogar&#039;s wouldn&#039;t start, he broke through a window to get out, then crawled on the ground until a police patrol found him and brought him to a hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Trejos wasn&#039;t as lucky. When Bogar returned the next day, he found the bones of his 68-year-old friend in the back seat of his car, lying on top of the remains of the Bogars&#039; beloved 3-year-old golden retriever Sam, whom he had tried to protect.<\/p>\n<p>Trejos, a native of Costa Rica, had lived for years with Bogar and his wife, Shannon Weber-Bogar, helping her with her seizures when her husband couldn&#039;t. He filled their lives with love and laughter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod took a really good man,\u201d Weber-Bogar said.<\/p>\n<p>The newly released death toll surpassed the toll of the 2018 Camp Fire in northern California, which left 85 dead and destroyed the town of Paradise. A century earlier, the 1918 Cloquet Fire broke out in drought-stricken northern Minnesota and raced through a number of rural communities, destroying thousands of homes and killing hundreds.<\/p>\n<p>The wildfires are the state\u2019s deadliest natural disaster in decades, surpassing a 1960 tsunami that killed 61 people. An even deadlier tsunami in 1946, which killed more than 150 on the Big Island, prompted the development of a territory-wide emergency alert system with sirens that are tested monthly.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7797436,7796218\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//02//climate-change-made-july-hotter-for-4-out-of-5-humans-on-earth/">Climate change made July hotter for 4 out of 5 humans on Earth<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hawaii emergency management records do not indicate the warning sirens sounded before fire hit the town. Officials sent alerts to mobile phones, televisions and radio stations, but widespread power and cellular outages may have limited their reach.<\/p>\n<p>Fueled by a dry summer and strong winds from a passing hurricane, the wildfires on Maui raced through parched brush covering the island.<\/p>\n<p>US Fire Administrator Lori Moore-Merrell said the Lahaina fire moved quickly. \u201cIt was a low-to-the-ground fire. It was grass-fed by all evidence that we could observe today,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt outpaced anything firefighters could have done in the early hours,\u201d she said, adding that it moved horizontally, structure to structure and \u201cincredibly fast.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-euronews\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"auto widget__ratio widget__ratio--16x9\">\n <iframe type=\"text\/html\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//embed//2343934/" width=\"100%\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen seamless>\n <\/iframe>\n <\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The most serious blaze swept into Lahaina on Tuesday and destroyed nearly every building in the town of 13,000, leaving a grid of grey rubble wedged between the blue ocean and lush green slopes.<\/p>\n<p>Maui water officials warned Lahaina and Kula residents not to drink running water, which may be contaminated even after boiling, and to only take short, lukewarm showers in well-ventilated rooms to avoid possible chemical vapor exposure.<\/p>\n<p>The danger on Maui was well known. Maui County\u2019s hazard mitigation plan updated in 2020 identified Lahaina and other West Maui communities as having frequent wildfires and several buildings at risk. The report also noted West Maui had the island\u2019s second-highest rate of households without a vehicle and the highest rate of non-English speakers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis may limit the population\u2019s ability to receive, understand and take expedient action during hazard events,\u201d the plan stated.<\/p>\n<p>Maui\u2019s firefighting efforts may have been hampered by limited staff and equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Bobby Lee, president of the Hawaii Firefighters Association, said there are a maximum of 65 county firefighters working at any given time, who are responsible for three islands: Maui, Molokai and Lanai.<\/p>\n<p>Green said officials will review policies and procedures to improve safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople have asked why we are reviewing what\u2019s going on and it\u2019s because the world has changed. 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Trains, law enforcement, tourism and infrastructure projects have already been put under their command. \n\nThat includes one tourist ferry line serving the Isla Marias islands that is staffed by navy personnel. \n\n\nThe new airline could service\u00a020 potential routes between Mexico City and large and mid-size Mexican cities, some of which have limited service at present, as well as tourist resorts like Cancun. \n\nWhat will it be like to fly with Mexico's army-run airline? \n\nOn the new Mexicana airline, you won\u2019t have to worry about being told to \u201cFasten your seatbelt, and that\u2019s an order!\u201d \n\nDespite being run by the army , it will not feature soldiers as flight attendants. \n\nThe Defense Department said the airline will lease 10 Boeing 737-800 jets from the manufacturer, which will also provide pilots and cabin crew. \n\nTickets could be cheaper than normal - Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval\u00a0promised prices would be 18 to 20 per cent below private competitors.\u00a0 \n\nHe was unsure if the airline would profitable, however.\u00a0If not, it is speculated that it would have to operate with government subsidies. \n\nSandoval originally said the contract with Boeing would be for $4 billion (\u20ac3.65 billion), but later corrected himself to say he meant 4 billion pesos, or about \u20ac214 million. \n\nThe airline will utilise Mexico City's military-led airport \n\nMexicana will boost traffic at\u00a0the new Felipe Angeles airport in Mexico City . Operated by a\u00a0military-led company, the underused airport was built by the president as a third hub serving the capital. \n\nThe company is also constructing a new airport at the Caribbean coast resort of Tulum . \n\nThe airline will also apparently provide flights to feed passengers into the president's Maya Train tourism project. The army is building that train line, which will connect beach resorts and archaeological sites on the Yucatan Peninsula . \n\nThe army, which has no experience running commercial flights, has created a subsidiary to be in charge of Mexicana . \n\nL\u00f3pez Obrador has suggested the new airline might also serve one of the classic roles of state-owned carriers: providing service to provincial airports on routes considered unprofitable by commercial airlines. That idea could contradict regulations that now prohibit airlines from running Mexican airports, or vice versa. \n\nThe airline is named after a former\u00a0state-owned carrier \n\nThe airline has been named Mexicana after a partly state-owned carrier that went into bankruptcy in 2010 and closed. \n\nThe 8,500 laid-off former employees of Mexicana are longtime supporters of the president. His administration agreed to pay them almost $50 million (\u20ac45.5 million) for the commercial rights to the old airline 's brand name and some decrepit properties. Experts have said the amount far exceeded the market value. \n\nThe new airline combines L\u00f3pez Obrador\u2019s love of state-owned companies - he has criticised decisions by previous administrations to sell off once-extensive government companies - and his near-total reliance on the armed forces , which he views as honest and a bulwark against corruption. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Mexico is launching its army-run &#039;Mexicana&#039; airline in September.<\/p>\n<p>The country&#039;s armed forces are becoming increasingly powerful under President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador. Trains, law enforcement, tourism and infrastructure projects have already been put under their command.<\/p>\n<p>That includes one tourist ferry line serving the Isla Marias islands that is staffed by navy personnel. <\/p>\n<p>The new airline could service\u00a020 potential routes between Mexico City and large and mid-size Mexican cities, some of which have limited service at present, as well as tourist resorts like Cancun.<\/p>\n<h2>What will it be like to fly with Mexico's army-run airline?<\/h2><p>On the new Mexicana airline, you won\u2019t have to worry about being told to \u201cFasten your seatbelt, and that\u2019s an order!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite being run by the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//10//glaring-gap-why-dont-militaries-have-to-report-their-greenhouse-gas-emissions/">army, it will not feature soldiers as flight attendants.<\/p>\n<p>The Defense Department said the airline will lease 10 Boeing 737-800 jets from the manufacturer, which will also provide pilots and cabin crew. <\/p>\n<p>Tickets could be <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//08//10//italy-flight-price-cap-where-will-it-apply-and-will-it-really-make-airfares-cheaper/">cheaper than normal - Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval\u00a0promised prices would be 18 to 20 per cent below private competitors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was unsure if the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//07//28//this-us-airline-has-made-its-flights-more-accessible-with-braille-signage-inside-cabins/">airline would profitable, however.\u00a0If not, it is speculated that it would have to operate with government subsidies.<\/p>\n<p>Sandoval originally said the contract with Boeing would be for $4 billion (\u20ac3.65 billion), but later corrected himself to say he meant 4 billion pesos, or about \u20ac214 million.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7801688,7646690\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//06//02//heatwaves-torrential-rain-and-forest-fires-is-climate-change-coming-for-your-summer-holida/">Heatwaves, torrential rain and forest fires: Is climate change coming for your summer holiday?<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//08//06//cartels-and-canyons-this-rail-route-offers-fearless-travellers-an-alternative-side-of-mexi/">Cartels and canyons: This rail route offers fearless travellers an alternative side of Mexico<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>The airline will utilise Mexico City's military-led airport<\/h2><p>Mexicana will boost traffic at\u00a0the new Felipe Angeles airport in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//07//31//overtourism-as-digital-nomads-flock-to-mexico-city-locals-face-rising-rents/">Mexico City<\/strong><\/a>. Operated by a\u00a0military-led company, the underused airport was built by the president as a third hub serving the capital.<\/p>\n<p>The company is also constructing a new airport at the Caribbean coast resort of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//08//15//pristine-beaches-in-mexico-and-belize-are-covered-in-carpets-of-foul-smelling-seaweed/">Tulum./n

The airline will also apparently provide flights to feed passengers into the president&#039;s Maya Train tourism project. The army is building that train line, which will connect beach resorts and archaeological sites on the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//04//20//pueblos-magicos-what-are-mexico-s-132-magical-towns-and-are-they-worth-visiting/">Yucatan Peninsula<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The army, which has no experience running commercial flights, has created a subsidiary to be in charge of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//10//31//love-horror-films-mexicos-creepy-island-of-the-dolls-could-be-your-dream-destination/">Mexicana./n

L/u00f3pez Obrador has suggested the new airline might also serve one of the classic roles of state-owned carriers: providing service to provincial airports on routes considered unprofitable by commercial airlines. That idea could contradict regulations that now prohibit airlines from running <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//video//2022//08//10//going-to-mexico-this-summer-heres-why-you-should-skip-the-mezcal-round/">Mexican airports, or vice versa.<\/p>\n<h2>The airline is named after a former\u00a0state-owned carrier<\/h2><p>The airline has been named Mexicana after a partly state-owned <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//05//11//emirates-announces-180-million-fund-to-help-airlines-reach-net-zero-emissions/">carrier that went into bankruptcy in 2010 and closed.<\/p>\n<p>The 8,500 laid-off former employees of Mexicana are longtime supporters of the president. His administration agreed to pay them almost $50 million (\u20ac45.5 million) for the commercial rights to the old <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//03//30//sweden-rebuked-for-backwards-climate-policy-despite-wind-power-record/">airline&#039;s brand name and some decrepit properties. Experts have said the amount far exceeded the market value.<\/p>\n<p>The new airline combines L\u00f3pez Obrador\u2019s love of state-owned companies - he has criticised decisions by previous administrations to sell off once-extensive government companies - and his near-total reliance on the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//03//22//us-mexico-airport/">armed forces<\/strong><\/a>, which he views as honest and a bulwark against corruption.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1691741756,"publishedAt":1691751843,"updatedAt":1691751914,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2023\/08\/11\/fact-check-will-mexicos-new-army-run-airline-feature-soldiers-as-flight-attendants","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/63\/16\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_eea147bb-10b2-5915-bb14-c7290de2b6b6-7816316.jpg","altText":"Mexico has announced its army-run airline will start up in September 2023, but flight attendants won\u2019t be soldiers.","caption":"Mexico has announced its army-run airline will start up in September 2023, but flight attendants won\u2019t be soldiers.","captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Marco Ugarte File","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":4,"slug":"airlines","urlSafeValue":"airlines","title":"Airlines","titleRaw":"Airlines"},{"id":189,"slug":"mexico","urlSafeValue":"mexico","title":"Mexico","titleRaw":"Mexico"},{"id":4687,"slug":"army","urlSafeValue":"army","title":"Army","titleRaw":"Army"},{"id":7306,"slug":"military","urlSafeValue":"military","title":"Military","titleRaw":"Military"},{"id":13028,"slug":"flight","urlSafeValue":"flight","title":"flight","titleRaw":"flight"},{"id":12523,"slug":"airport","urlSafeValue":"airport","title":"Airport","titleRaw":"Airport"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[],"technicalTags":[{"path":"euronews.just-in"},{"path":"euronews"}],"video":0,"videos":[],"externalPartners":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"isLiveCoverage":0,"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"sourceId":2,"sources":[],"externalSource":"APTN","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Euronews Travel","freeField1":"","freeField2":null,"type":"","program":{"id":"travel-news","urlSafeValue":"travel-news","title":"Travel News","online":0,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/travel-news\/travel-news"},"vertical":"travel","verticals":[{"id":7,"slug":"travel","urlSafeValue":"travel","title":"Travel"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":7,"slug":"travel","urlSafeValue":"travel","title":"Travel"},"themes":[{"id":"travel-news","urlSafeValue":"travel-news","title":"Travel News","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/travel-news"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":21,"urlSafeValue":"travel-news","title":"Travel-news"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":189,"urlSafeValue":"mexico","title":"Mexico","url":"\/news\/america\/mexico"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'gv_safe','gb_safe','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','pos_ukraine-russia','pos_ukrainecrisis','gs_travel','gs_science','gs_busfin','gs_travel_misc','gs_science_geography','gs_travel_locations','gs_travel_locations_na','gs_travel_holidays','sm_politics','neg_facebook_2021','neg_facebook','progressivemedia','neg_saudiaramco','gt_negative'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"path":"\/travel\/2023\/08\/11\/fact-check-will-mexicos-new-army-run-airline-feature-soldiers-as-flight-attendants","lastModified":1691751914},{"id":2344034,"cid":7816740,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"230811_NWSU_52729637","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Restoration begins in Louisiana years after the world\u2019s largest marine oil spill, but will it work?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"How rising sea levels could affect oil spill restoration in Louisiana","titleListing2":"A billion-dollar coastal project begins in Louisiana. Will it work as sea levels rise?","leadin":"Works are underway to restore damage done by the world's biggest marine oil spill in 2010, but rising sea levels are likely to complicate efforts.","summary":"Works are underway to restore damage done by the world's biggest marine oil spill in 2010, but rising sea levels are likely to complicate efforts.","url":"restoration-begins-in-louisiana-years-after-the-worlds-largest-marine-oil-spill-but-will-i","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A massive ecosystem restoration project has begun in Louisiana, US, 13 years after its coastline was devastated by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. \n\nNearly $3 billion (over \u20ac2.7 billion) in settlement money from BP\u00a0is being funnelled into southeastern Louisiana\u2019s Plaquemines Parish, where the biggest ever oil spill\u00a0devastated the Gulf Coast and killed hundreds of thousands of marine animals. \n\nThe flat, sparsely populated land divided by the Mississippi River delta is marbled by bayous and bays. Farms, fishing camps and shrimp boats share the region with oil rig supply vessels and industrial storage. And it's about to host a vast undertaking meant to mimic Mother Nature: Enormous gates will soon be incorporated into a flood protection levee. \n\nA 'first-of-its-kind project' \n\nThe aim is to divert some of the river's sediment-laden water into a new channel and guide it into the Barataria Basin southeast of New Orleans. \n\nIf it works, the sediment will settle out in the basin and gradually restore land that has been steadily disappearing for decades. State coastal officials call it a first-of-its-kind project they are certain will work, even as climate change-induced rising sea levels threaten the disappearing coast. \n\nGovernor John Bel Edwards called it the largest such ecosystem restoration project in the state's history. \"Quite frankly I\u2019m not aware of one on this scale any where in the country and there are few in the world that can match the size of this project,\u201d he said at Thursday's groundbreaking. \n\nBren Haase, chair of Louisiana's Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, estimates the project will build anywhere from 52 square kilometres to 104 square kilometres over the next 30 to 50 years. \n\nSubsistence and rising sea levels make net loss of land likely \n\nThe US Army Corps of Engineers, which permitted the project last year, projected creating as much as 54 square kilometres by 2070. Subsidence \u2013 the natural sinking of land - and sea level rise will diminish the returns, so much so that a net loss of land remains likely. But that can be seen as a factor increasing the importance of the effort. \n\n\u201cAs land loss accelerates due to sea-level rise and subsidence, more of the remaining wetland area would be attributed to diversion operations,\u201d the statement\u2019s executive summary said. \n\nCoastal experts say south Louisiana was built by sediment deposited as the powerful river continuously altered its own crooked, meandering course over thousands of years. \n\nHuman efforts to constrain the river with flood protection levees and huge flow-control structures safeguarded cities and communities that developed along the banks as the river became a medium of navigation and commerce. But the development also stopped the millennia-old process of building land naturally. \n\nThat is a major reason Louisiana's marshy coastal wetlands have given way to growing swaths of open water, posing a myriad of environmental concerns. Those concerns include worry about the erosion of land that serves as a natural hurricane buffer for New Orleans. \n\n\u201cThe Mississippi River built Louisiana \u2013 and finally reconnecting it with coastal areas that are currently starved of freshwater and sediment will ensure our future,\u201d US Rep Garrett Graves, a Republican, said in a news release. 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Awards officially pushed back to next year as Hollywood strikes rage on ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Emmy Awards pushed back to next year as Hollywood strikes rage on ","titleListing2":"The high profile ceremony has been postponed until January, a move not taken since 9\/11.","leadin":"The high profile ceremony has been postponed until January, a move not taken since 9\/11.","summary":"The high profile ceremony has been postponed until January, a move not taken since 9\/11.","url":"emmy-awards-officially-pushed-back-to-next-year-as-hollywood-strikes-rage-on","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The Emmy Awards ceremony has been postponed, as Hollywood writers and actors continue their strike. \n\nSet to air on 18 September, the ceremony has now been pushed back to 15 January 2024. \n\nThe 75th iteration of the event is the latest of a number of industry happenings affected by the ongoing labour disputes with major studios. \n\nNominations for the highest honours in television were 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The picket lines opened up after negotiations between the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and major studios came to an impasse. \n\nHBO\u2019s smash hit Succession leads the pack in the nominees for television's Emmy awards, alongside dystopian favourite The Last of Us , Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon and the second season of The White Lotus . \n\n2023\u2019s strike marks the first time both the writers' and actors' unions have picketed since 1960.\u00a0 It has effectively halted production of scripted television shows and films, causing significant impact across the entertainment world. \n\nThe rescheduled Emmy Awards will be broadcast live from the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles and the sister ceremony, the Creative Arts Emmys, is set to take place on 6 and 7 January. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The Emmy Awards ceremony has been postponed, as Hollywood writers and actors continue their strike.<\/p>\n<p>Set to air on 18 September, the ceremony has now been pushed back to 15 January 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The 75th iteration of the event is the latest of a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//07//25//how-will-viewers-be-affected-by-the-continuing-hollywood-strikes/">number of industry happenings<\/strong><\/a> affected by the ongoing labour disputes with major studios.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//07//13//emmy-nominations-hbos-succession-and-the-last-of-us-dominate-as-actor-strike-looms/">Nominations for the highest honours<\/strong><\/a> in television were announced last month, shortly before the dual work stoppage kicked off.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//63//76//808x539_cmsv2_94544424-6f7a-514d-89e9-2bee52123b3b-7816376.jpg/" alt=\"Alexi Rosenfeld&#47;Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/63\/76\/384x256_cmsv2_94544424-6f7a-514d-89e9-2bee52123b3b-7816376.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/63\/76\/640x427_cmsv2_94544424-6f7a-514d-89e9-2bee52123b3b-7816376.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/63\/76\/750x500_cmsv2_94544424-6f7a-514d-89e9-2bee52123b3b-7816376.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/63\/76\/828x552_cmsv2_94544424-6f7a-514d-89e9-2bee52123b3b-7816376.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/63\/76\/1080x720_cmsv2_94544424-6f7a-514d-89e9-2bee52123b3b-7816376.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/63\/76\/1200x800_cmsv2_94544424-6f7a-514d-89e9-2bee52123b3b-7816376.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/63\/76\/1920x1280_cmsv2_94544424-6f7a-514d-89e9-2bee52123b3b-7816376.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Members of the Writers Guild of America East and SAG-AFTRA walk the picket line in New York<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Alexi Rosenfeld&#47;Getty Images<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In July, Hollywood actors joined film and television writers who have been on strike since May. The picket lines opened up after negotiations between the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and major studios came to an impasse.<\/p>\n<p>HBO\u2019s smash hit <strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//04//12//succession-season-4-episode-3-three-takes-on-why-it-may-be-the-best-tv-you-see-all-year/">Succession leads the pack in the nominees for television&#039;s Emmy awards, alongside dystopian favourite <strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//02//02//why-the-third-episode-of-hbos-the-last-of-us-will-be-2023s-most-memorable-piece-of-televis/">The Last of Us<\/a><\/strong>, Game of Thrones prequel <strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//12//08//best-of-culture-2022-day-8-house-of-the-dragon/">House of the Dragon<\/a><\/strong> and the second season of <strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//12//09//best-of-culture-2022-day-9-the-white-lotus-season-2/">The White Lotus<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.5004830917874397\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//63//76//808x1206_cmsv2_70a2a841-4f99-5882-83ba-f6325f06128a-7816376.jpg/" alt=\"Evans Vestal Ward&#47;NBC&#47;Getty\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/63\/76\/384x576_cmsv2_70a2a841-4f99-5882-83ba-f6325f06128a-7816376.jpg 384w, 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Maui","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Hawaii wildfires: 1,000 people reportedly missing in Maui","titleListing2":"Hawaii wildfires: 1,000 people reportedly missing in Maui","leadin":"The number of people killed in devastating fires on the US island state has risen to 55. ","summary":"The number of people killed in devastating fires on the US island state has risen to 55. ","url":"hawaii-wildfires-1000-people-reportedly-missing-in-maui","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Catastrophic wildfires in Hawaii have killed at least 55 people, with thousands more missing or evacuated.\u00a0 \n\nWhipped up by winds from a distant hurricane, flames have devastated Lahaina on the island of Maui, with 80% of the historic town destroyed, according to Governor Josh Green. \n\nHe called the fires the \"largest natural disaster in Hawaii state history\", which will take many years and billions of euros to recover from.\u00a0 \n\nAuthorities estimate 1,000 people are still missing, yet this could be due to the fact that communication lines are down.\u00a0\u00a0 \n\nFirefighters are still struggling to contain Maui's wildfires, which began on Tuesday. None are currently 100% contained, they say.\u00a0 \n\nThe neighbouring Big Island is also grappling with blazes, though officials say these are now under control.\u00a0 \n\nTens of thousands of visitors have been evacuated while 11,000 people remain without power on the western side of Maui, home to around 166,000 year-round. \n\nUnited Airlines has stopped inbound flights to Kahului Airport and is now assisting in evacuation efforts.\u00a0 \n\nTourists and local residents were forced to jump into the sea and tread water for hours in Lahaina, a town that was once the capital of the Hawaiian kingdom and dates back to the 1700s.\u00a0\u00a0 \n\nGreen said on Thursday more than 1,700 buildings had been reduced to ashes.\u00a0 \n\n\"It's going to take many years to rebuild,\" he told a news conference, as officials outlined plans to shelter the newly homeless in hotels and tourist rental properties. \n\nLahaina draws in two million tourists each year - some 80% of Hawaii's visitors. \n\n\"It will be a new Lahaina that Maui builds in its own image with its own values,\" Green added, trying to strike a more upbeat tone.\u00a0 \n\nThe flames have wiped away generations of history in the town, ravaging its 150-year-old banyan tree that was once a meeting place for the ocean community.\u00a0 \n\nSorched, the sprawling tree's survival now hangs in the balance.\u00a0 \n\nGreen said the magnitude of the disaster surpassed that of 1960 when a tsunami killed 61 people on the Big Island of Hawaii. This came one year after Hawaii became a US state. \n\nUS President Joe Biden has issued a \"major disaster declaration\" which releases funds for recovery from the federal government.\u00a0 \n\nHurricane Dora off the islands\u2019 coast has made spurred the fires on.\u00a0The storm was moving west across the Pacific Ocean hundreds of miles south of Hawaii on Wednesday. \n\nScientists say extreme weather events, such as wildfires and hurricanes, are linked to climate change, which is making them more intense, frequent and longer.\u00a0 \n\nThings will get worse unless people and governments drastically cut their carbon emissions, they say. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Catastrophic wildfires in Hawaii have killed at least 55 people, with thousands more missing or evacuated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Whipped up by winds from a distant hurricane, flames have devastated Lahaina on the island of Maui, with 80% of the historic town destroyed, according to Governor Josh Green.<\/p>\n<p>He called the fires the \"largest natural disaster in Hawaii state history\", which will take many years and billions of euros to recover from.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Authorities estimate 1,000 people are still missing, yet this could be due to the fact that communication lines are down.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//59//44//808x539_cmsv2_51229e74-470a-51ca-98bd-8718cfb3fea4-7815944.jpg/" alt=\"Rick Bowmer&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/59\/44\/384x256_cmsv2_51229e74-470a-51ca-98bd-8718cfb3fea4-7815944.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/59\/44\/640x427_cmsv2_51229e74-470a-51ca-98bd-8718cfb3fea4-7815944.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/59\/44\/750x500_cmsv2_51229e74-470a-51ca-98bd-8718cfb3fea4-7815944.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/59\/44\/828x552_cmsv2_51229e74-470a-51ca-98bd-8718cfb3fea4-7815944.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/59\/44\/1080x720_cmsv2_51229e74-470a-51ca-98bd-8718cfb3fea4-7815944.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/59\/44\/1200x800_cmsv2_51229e74-470a-51ca-98bd-8718cfb3fea4-7815944.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/59\/44\/1920x1281_cmsv2_51229e74-470a-51ca-98bd-8718cfb3fea4-7815944.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Wildfire wreckage is seen Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Rick Bowmer&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Firefighters are still struggling to contain Maui&#039;s wildfires, which began on Tuesday. None are currently 100% contained, they say.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The neighbouring Big Island is also grappling with blazes, though officials say these are now under control.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tens of thousands of visitors have been evacuated while 11,000 people remain without power on the western side of Maui, home to around 166,000 year-round.<\/p>\n<p>United Airlines has stopped inbound flights to Kahului Airport and is now assisting in evacuation efforts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tourists and local residents were forced to jump into the sea and tread water for hours in Lahaina, a town that was once the capital of the Hawaiian kingdom and dates back to the 1700s.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//60//70//808x539_cmsv2_9f68b86e-4ad8-5a37-bff4-bfcce015c312-7816070.jpg/" alt=\"Ty O&apos;Neil&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/60\/70\/384x256_cmsv2_9f68b86e-4ad8-5a37-bff4-bfcce015c312-7816070.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/60\/70\/640x427_cmsv2_9f68b86e-4ad8-5a37-bff4-bfcce015c312-7816070.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/60\/70\/750x500_cmsv2_9f68b86e-4ad8-5a37-bff4-bfcce015c312-7816070.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/60\/70\/828x552_cmsv2_9f68b86e-4ad8-5a37-bff4-bfcce015c312-7816070.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/60\/70\/1080x720_cmsv2_9f68b86e-4ad8-5a37-bff4-bfcce015c312-7816070.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/60\/70\/1200x800_cmsv2_9f68b86e-4ad8-5a37-bff4-bfcce015c312-7816070.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/60\/70\/1920x1281_cmsv2_9f68b86e-4ad8-5a37-bff4-bfcce015c312-7816070.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A wildfire burns in Kihei, Hawaii late Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ty O&apos;Neil&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Green said on Thursday more than 1,700 buildings had been reduced to ashes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"It&#039;s going to take many years to rebuild,\" he told a news conference, as officials outlined plans to shelter the newly homeless in hotels and tourist rental properties.<\/p>\n<p>Lahaina draws in two million tourists each year - some 80% of Hawaii&#039;s visitors.<\/p>\n<p>\"It will be a new Lahaina that Maui builds in its own image with its own values,\" Green added, trying to strike a more upbeat tone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The flames have wiped away generations of history in the town, ravaging its 150-year-old banyan tree that was once a meeting place for the ocean community.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//60//70//808x539_cmsv2_821d3575-899f-500c-be4d-5779fce0a380-7816070.jpg/" alt=\"Tiffany Kidder Winn&#47;AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/60\/70\/384x256_cmsv2_821d3575-899f-500c-be4d-5779fce0a380-7816070.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/60\/70\/640x427_cmsv2_821d3575-899f-500c-be4d-5779fce0a380-7816070.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/60\/70\/750x500_cmsv2_821d3575-899f-500c-be4d-5779fce0a380-7816070.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/60\/70\/828x552_cmsv2_821d3575-899f-500c-be4d-5779fce0a380-7816070.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/60\/70\/1080x720_cmsv2_821d3575-899f-500c-be4d-5779fce0a380-7816070.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/60\/70\/1200x800_cmsv2_821d3575-899f-500c-be4d-5779fce0a380-7816070.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/60\/70\/1920x1281_cmsv2_821d3575-899f-500c-be4d-5779fce0a380-7816070.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Wildfire wreckage is seen Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Tiffany Kidder Winn&#47;AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Sorched, the sprawling tree&#039;s survival now hangs in the balance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Green said the magnitude of the disaster surpassed that of 1960 when a tsunami killed 61 people on the Big Island of Hawaii. This came one year after Hawaii became a US state.<\/p>\n<p>US President Joe Biden has issued a \"major disaster declaration\" which releases funds for recovery from the federal government.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hurricane Dora off the islands\u2019 coast has made spurred the fires on.\u00a0The storm was moving west across the Pacific Ocean hundreds of miles south of Hawaii on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists say extreme weather events, such as wildfires and hurricanes, are linked to climate change, which is making them more intense, frequent and longer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Things will get worse unless people and governments drastically cut their carbon emissions, they say.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1691737408,"publishedAt":1691739989,"updatedAt":1691739993,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/11\/hawaii-wildfires-1000-people-reportedly-missing-in-maui","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/60\/70\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_6d7bf9bc-ac44-5b04-a303-8f7f8552547b-7816070.jpg","altText":"FILE - A wasteland of burned out homes and obliterated communities is left on Aug. 10, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii.","caption":"FILE - A wasteland of burned out homes and obliterated communities is left on Aug. 10, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii.","captionCredit":"Rick Bowmer\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/60\/70\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_821d3575-899f-500c-be4d-5779fce0a380-7816070.jpg","altText":"Wildfire wreckage is seen Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii.","caption":"Wildfire wreckage is seen Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii.","captionCredit":"Tiffany Kidder Winn\/AP","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/60\/70\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_9f68b86e-4ad8-5a37-bff4-bfcce015c312-7816070.jpg","altText":"A wildfire burns in Kihei, Hawaii late Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023.","caption":"A wildfire burns in Kihei, Hawaii late Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023.","captionCredit":"Ty O'Neil\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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Are you very hungry?\u201d \n\nIt\u2019s the newest patient at her apartment in Mexico City where she has nursed hundreds of the tiny birds back to health over the past decade. \n\nUnder Lattouf\u2019s caress, the bird relaxes little by little, allowing her to evaluate it. A young man who rescued it after it fell from a nest onto his patio watched attentively. \n\n\u201cIt is a broad-billed hummingbird,\u201d the 73-year-old Lattouf said, as she moved an eyedropper to its beak. \u201cOh, mama, you want to eat!\u201d \n\nThis is often how Lattouf\u2019s days have gone since she turned her apartment in Mexico City\u2019s Polanco neighbourhood into a clinic for sick, injured or infant hummingbirds, about 60 of which currently flit around. \n\nLattouf, who studied French literature, has become a reference source for bird lovers, amateur and professional alike, across Mexico and other parts of Latin America. \n\nHer improvised clinic also supports more formal institutions like the Iztacala campus of Mexico\u2019s National Autonomous University, which sometimes refers cases to her due to a lack of resources, time and space, said one of its researchers, the ornithologist Mar\u00eda del Coro Arizmendi. \n\nArizmendi said there are 22 species of hummingbird in Mexico\u2019s sprawling capital, of which the broad-billed and the berylline hummingbird are the most common. In Mexico, there are some 57 species and around 350 across the Americas. \n\nThe injured hummingbird that started it all \n\nWith dozens of the tiny birds buzzing overhead, along walls and the window of her bedroom, Lattouf explained that she began caring for them a year after surviving colon cancer in 2011. It started with one hummingbird that had an eye injured by another bird. \n\nA veterinarian friend encouraged her to try to help it. She named it Gucci after the brand of the glasses case she kept it in. The bird became her inseparable companion , perching on her computer screen while she worked. \n\n\u201cIt wrote me a new life,\u201d she said of the nine months the bird lived with her. \n\nIt helped pull Lattouf out of the sadness and loneliness she had experienced after her husband\u2019s 2009 death followed by her own bout with cancer . Her illness had pushed her to sell her five high-end boutiques to focus on her recovery. \n\nHow do you care for hummingbirds? \n\nLater, friends and acquaintances began bringing her more hummingbirds. She began studying how to better care for the birds that are native to the Americas and usually weigh just 4 to 6 grams) and are about 10 to 12 centimetres long. \n\n\u201cMost come to me as babies. Many come to me broken,\u201d she said. \n\nSome have injuries to wings after colliding with things or falling from nests. Some have infections from drinking contaminated water from hummingbird feeders, which are popular in the city. \n\nSince May, the demand for her services has jumped. Someone put a video about her work on the social platform TikTok that has been viewed more than 1.5 million times. \n\nLattouf says she never turns away a bird. Together with her collaborator Cecilia Santos, who she calls the \u201chummingbird nanny,\u201d they care for the birds in long days that stretch from 5am into the night. \n\nMost of the hummingbirds are in the bedroom where Lattouf sleeps. They stay there until they are strong enough to fly and feed themselves. Then she moves them to a neighbouring room to prepare them to eventually be freed. Their release comes in a wooded area on the city\u2019s southside. \n\nMany of them do manage to return to the wild, but the ones who die under Lattouf\u2019s care are buried near her building between small plants. \n\nWhy are hummingbirds under threat in Mexico City? \n\nThe city is filled with threats to hummingbirds. There are the sleek black grackles that attack the smaller birds and destroy their nests , as well as constant construction projects that replace flower gardens with concrete. \n\nBut Lattouf remains optimistic and is betting on other bird lovers planting more flowers to feed the great pollinators . \n\n\u201cNothing is guaranteed,\u201d she said. \u201cI believe God gives life and God takes it, but we do everything possible.\u201d \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Gently holding a baby hummingbird between her hands, Catia Lattouf says, \u201cHello, cute little guy. Are you very hungry?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the newest patient at her apartment in Mexico City where she has nursed hundreds of the tiny <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//04//14//they-compensate-birds-can-adapt-to-climate-change-by-speeding-up-migrations-study-finds/">birds back to health over the past decade.<\/p>\n<p>Under Lattouf\u2019s caress, the bird relaxes little by little, allowing her to evaluate it. A young man who rescued it after it fell from a nest onto his patio watched attentively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a broad-billed hummingbird,\u201d the 73-year-old Lattouf said, as she moved an eyedropper to its beak. \u201cOh, mama, you want to eat!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7478833490122295\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//45//04//808x603_cmsv2_9fd33401-89fb-5223-b2d9-08ac074f55d8-7814504.jpg/" alt=\"Fernando Llano&#47;AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/45\/04\/384x287_cmsv2_9fd33401-89fb-5223-b2d9-08ac074f55d8-7814504.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/45\/04\/640x479_cmsv2_9fd33401-89fb-5223-b2d9-08ac074f55d8-7814504.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/45\/04\/750x561_cmsv2_9fd33401-89fb-5223-b2d9-08ac074f55d8-7814504.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/45\/04\/828x619_cmsv2_9fd33401-89fb-5223-b2d9-08ac074f55d8-7814504.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/45\/04\/1080x808_cmsv2_9fd33401-89fb-5223-b2d9-08ac074f55d8-7814504.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/45\/04\/1200x897_cmsv2_9fd33401-89fb-5223-b2d9-08ac074f55d8-7814504.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/45\/04\/1920x1436_cmsv2_9fd33401-89fb-5223-b2d9-08ac074f55d8-7814504.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1330px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Catia Lattouf evaluates a baby hummingbird that was rescued after falling from its nest and brought to her apartment this week.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Fernando Llano&#47;AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This is often how Lattouf\u2019s days have gone since she turned her apartment in Mexico City\u2019s Polanco neighbourhood into a clinic for sick, injured or infant hummingbirds, about 60 of which currently flit around.<\/p>\n<p>Lattouf, who studied French literature, has become a reference source for bird lovers, amateur and professional alike, across <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//16//mexican-heatwave-hundreds-of-washed-up-birds-starved-by-el-nino-as-temperatures-soar-above/">Mexico and other parts of Latin America.<\/p>\n<p>Her improvised clinic also supports more formal institutions like the Iztacala campus of Mexico\u2019s National Autonomous University, which sometimes refers cases to her due to a lack of resources, time and space, said one of its researchers, the ornithologist Mar\u00eda del Coro Arizmendi.<\/p>\n<p>Arizmendi said there are 22 species of hummingbird in Mexico\u2019s sprawling capital, of which the broad-billed and the berylline hummingbird are the most common. In Mexico, there are some 57 species and around 350 across the Americas.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7660966,7038016\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//08//vaquita-are-survivors-worlds-rarest-marine-mammal-clings-on-at-the-edge-of-extinction/">/u2018We can\u2019t stop now\u2019: Baby vaquita gives hope for species, but extinction \u2018inevitable\u2019 unless nets go<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//09//25//meet-the-villagers-who-have-formed-deep-bonds-with-migrating-white-storks/">Meet the villagers who have formed deep bonds with migrating white storks<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>The injured hummingbird that started it all<\/h2><p>With dozens of the tiny <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//08//19//world-photography-day-xavi-bous-photos-show-the-magical-traces-birds-leave-in-the-sky/">birds buzzing overhead, along walls and the window of her bedroom, Lattouf explained that she began caring for them a year after surviving colon cancer in 2011. It started with one hummingbird that had an eye injured by another bird.<\/p>\n<p>A veterinarian friend encouraged her to try to help it. She named it Gucci after the brand of the glasses case she kept it in. The bird became her inseparable <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//01//31//australia-s-fuzzy-companion-insects-offer-hope-for-a-threatened-species/">companion, perching on her computer screen while she worked.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6670627847098435\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//45//04//808x539_cmsv2_27d55fc7-0100-5b2c-8239-1625d1ce62e3-7814504.jpg/" alt=\"Fernando Llano&#47;AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/45\/04\/384x256_cmsv2_27d55fc7-0100-5b2c-8239-1625d1ce62e3-7814504.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/45\/04\/640x427_cmsv2_27d55fc7-0100-5b2c-8239-1625d1ce62e3-7814504.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/45\/04\/750x500_cmsv2_27d55fc7-0100-5b2c-8239-1625d1ce62e3-7814504.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/45\/04\/828x552_cmsv2_27d55fc7-0100-5b2c-8239-1625d1ce62e3-7814504.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/45\/04\/1080x720_cmsv2_27d55fc7-0100-5b2c-8239-1625d1ce62e3-7814504.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/45\/04\/1200x800_cmsv2_27d55fc7-0100-5b2c-8239-1625d1ce62e3-7814504.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/45\/04\/1920x1281_cmsv2_27d55fc7-0100-5b2c-8239-1625d1ce62e3-7814504.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Hummingbirds recover in the home of Catia Lattouf.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Fernando Llano&#47;AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt wrote me a new life,\u201d she said of the nine months the bird lived with her.<\/p>\n<p>It helped pull Lattouf out of the sadness and loneliness she had experienced after her husband\u2019s 2009 death followed by her own bout with <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//06//28//10-of-cancer-cases-in-europe-due-to-pollution-says-groundbreaking-new-study/">cancer. Her illness had pushed her to sell her five high-end boutiques to focus on her recovery.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7409922\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//02//17//why-are-endangered-birds-being-killed-for-sport-uk-government-defends-hunting-licences/">Skylarks, starlings and mistle thrushes: Endangered songbirds licensed to be killed for sport in UK<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>How do you care for hummingbirds?<\/h2><p>Later, friends and acquaintances began bringing her more hummingbirds. She began studying how to better care for the birds that are native to the Americas and usually weigh just 4 to 6 grams) and are about 10 to 12 centimetres long.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost come to me as babies. Many come to me broken,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Some have injuries to wings after colliding with things or falling from nests. Some have infections from drinking <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//08//04//rainwater-everywhere-on-earth-unsafe-to-drink-due-to-forever-chemicals-study-finds/">contaminated water<\/strong><\/a> from hummingbird feeders, which are popular in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Since May, the demand for her services has jumped. Someone put a video about her work on the social platform <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//01//28//meet-the-tiktok-stars-using-viral-videos-to-save-the-planet/">TikTok that has been viewed more than 1.5 million times.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6824931255728689\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//45//04//808x550_cmsv2_a022d6ed-76dd-5bc8-b97f-103934293565-7814504.jpg/" alt=\"Fernando Llano&#47;AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/45\/04\/384x262_cmsv2_a022d6ed-76dd-5bc8-b97f-103934293565-7814504.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/45\/04\/640x437_cmsv2_a022d6ed-76dd-5bc8-b97f-103934293565-7814504.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/45\/04\/750x512_cmsv2_a022d6ed-76dd-5bc8-b97f-103934293565-7814504.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/45\/04\/828x565_cmsv2_a022d6ed-76dd-5bc8-b97f-103934293565-7814504.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/45\/04\/1080x737_cmsv2_a022d6ed-76dd-5bc8-b97f-103934293565-7814504.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/45\/04\/1200x819_cmsv2_a022d6ed-76dd-5bc8-b97f-103934293565-7814504.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/45\/04\/1920x1310_cmsv2_a022d6ed-76dd-5bc8-b97f-103934293565-7814504.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1330px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Cecilia Santos uses an eyedropper to feed a hummingbird.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Fernando Llano&#47;AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Lattouf says she never turns away a bird. Together with her collaborator Cecilia Santos, who she calls the \u201chummingbird nanny,\u201d they care for the birds in long days that stretch from 5am into the night.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the hummingbirds are in the bedroom where Lattouf sleeps. They stay there until they are strong enough to fly and feed themselves. Then she moves them to a neighbouring room to prepare them to eventually be freed. Their <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//17//meet-the-cattle-breeders-turned-conservationists-protecting-colombias-amazon-wildlife/">release comes in a wooded area on the city\u2019s southside.<\/p>\n<p>Many of them do manage to return to the wild, but the ones who die under Lattouf\u2019s care are buried near her building between small plants.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7665642,7298588\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//11//magicians-engineers-or-agents-of-chaos-on-the-rewilding-estate-giving-refuge-to-beavers/">Magicians, engineers or agents of chaos? On the rewilding estate giving refuge to beavers<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//07//here-are-all-the-positive-environmental-stories-from-2023-so-far/">Here are all the positive environmental stories from 2023 so far<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Why are hummingbirds under threat in Mexico City?<\/h2><div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6727272727272727\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//45//04//808x542_cmsv2_48f14bdd-6309-5fa5-adc0-8a2dbcdc2441-7814504.jpg/" alt=\"Fernando Llano&#47;AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/45\/04\/384x258_cmsv2_48f14bdd-6309-5fa5-adc0-8a2dbcdc2441-7814504.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/45\/04\/640x431_cmsv2_48f14bdd-6309-5fa5-adc0-8a2dbcdc2441-7814504.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/45\/04\/750x505_cmsv2_48f14bdd-6309-5fa5-adc0-8a2dbcdc2441-7814504.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/45\/04\/828x557_cmsv2_48f14bdd-6309-5fa5-adc0-8a2dbcdc2441-7814504.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/45\/04\/1080x727_cmsv2_48f14bdd-6309-5fa5-adc0-8a2dbcdc2441-7814504.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/45\/04\/1200x807_cmsv2_48f14bdd-6309-5fa5-adc0-8a2dbcdc2441-7814504.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/45\/04\/1920x1292_cmsv2_48f14bdd-6309-5fa5-adc0-8a2dbcdc2441-7814504.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A hummingbird hovers inside the home of Catia Lattouf.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Fernando Llano&#47;AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The city is filled with threats to hummingbirds. There are the sleek black grackles that attack the smaller birds and destroy their <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//12//24//make-your-garden-a-safe-haven-for-robins-this-christmas-with-these-expert-tips/">nests, as well as constant construction projects that replace flower gardens with concrete.<\/p>\n<p>But Lattouf remains optimistic and is betting on other bird lovers planting more flowers to feed the great <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//01//25//1-in-3-bees-butterflies-and-hoverflies-are-disappearing-can-a-new-eu-deal-save-our-pollina/">pollinators./n

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order restricting US investments in Chinese technology","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"President Joe Biden restricts US investments in Chinese technology","titleListing2":"Biden issues an executive order restricting US investments in Chinese technology","leadin":"President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday to block and regulate high-tech US-based investments going toward China - a move the administration said was targeted but it also reflected an intensifying competition between the world's two biggest powers.","summary":"President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday to block and regulate high-tech US-based investments going toward China - a move the administration said was targeted but it also reflected an intensifying competition between the world's two biggest powers.","url":"biden-issues-an-executive-order-restricting-us-investments-in-chinese-technology","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The order covers advanced computer chips, microelectronics, quantum information technologies and artificial intelligence. Senior administration officials said that the effort stemmed from national security goals rather than economic interests and that the categories it covered were intentionally narrow in scope. The order seeks to blunt China's ability to use U.S. investments in its technology companies to upgrade its military while also preserving broader levels of trade that are vital for both nations' economies. \n\nThe Chinese Ministry of Commerce responded in a statement early Thursday that it has \u201cserious concern\u201d about the order and \u201creserves the right to take measures.\u201d \n\nThe United States and China appear to be increasingly locked in geopolitical competition with a conflicting set of values. Biden administration officials have insisted that they have no interest in \u201cdecoupling\u201d from China, yet the US also has limited the export of advanced computer chips and kept the expanded tariffs set up by President Donald Trump. And in its response, China accused the US of \u201cusing the cover of \u2018risk reduction\u2019 to carry out \u2018decoupling and chain-breaking.\u2019\u201d China has engaged in crackdowns on foreign companies. \n\nBiden has suggested that China's economy is struggling and its global ambitions have been tempered as the US has reenergised its alliances with Japan, South Korea, Australia and the European Union. The administration consulted with allies and industry in shaping the executive order. \n\n\u201cWorry about China, but don\u2019t worry about China,\u201d Biden told donors at a June fundraising event in California. \n\nThe officials previewing the order said that China has exploited US investments to support the development of weapons and modernize its military. The new limits were tailored not to disrupt China's economy, but they would complement the export controls on advanced computer chips from last year that led to pushback by Chinese officials. The Treasury Department, which would monitor the investments, will announce a proposed rulemaking with definitions that would conform to the presidential order and go through a public comment process. \n\nThe goals of the order would be to have investors notify the US government about certain types of transactions with China as well as to place prohibitions on some investments. Officials said the order is focused on areas such as private equity, venture capital and joint partnerships in which the investments could possibly give countries of concern such as China additional knowledge and military capabilities. \n\nJ. Philip Ludvigson, a lawyer and former Treasury official, said the order was an initial framework that could be expanded over time. \n\n\u201cThe executive order issued today really represents the start of a conversation between the US government and industry regarding the details of the ultimate screening regime,\" Ludvigson said. \u201cWhile the executive order is limited initially to semiconductors and microelectronics, quantum information technologies, and artificial intelligence, it explicitly provides for a future broadening to other sectors.\" \n\nThe issue is also a bipartisan priority. In July by a vote of 91-6, the Senate added as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act requirements to monitor and limit investments in countries of concern, including China. \n\nYet reaction to Biden's order on Wednesday showed a desire to push harder on China. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., said the order was an \u201cessential step forward,\" but it \u201ccannot be the final step.\u201d Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, a former US ambassador to the United Nations, said Biden should be more aggressive, saying, \u201cwe have to stop all US investment in China\u2019s critical technology and military companies - period.\u201d \n\nBiden has called Chinese President Xi Jinping a \u201cdictator\u201d in the aftermath of the US shooting down a spy balloon from China that floated over the United States. Taiwan's status has been a source of tension, with Biden saying that China had become coercive regarding its independence. \n\nChina has supported Russia after its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, though Biden has noted that the friendship has not extended to the shipment of weapons. \n\nThe US Chamber of Commerce said it met a number of times with the White House and federal agencies as the order was being prepared and said its goal during the comment period will be \u201cto ensure the measure is targeted and administrable.\u201d \n\nUS officials have long signalled the coming executive order on investing in China, but it's unclear whether financial markets will regard it as a tapered step or a continued escalation of tensions at a fragile moment. \n\n\u201cThe message it sends to the market may be far more decisive,\u201d said Elaine Dezenski, a senior director at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. \"US and multinational companies are already reexamining the risks of investing in China. Beijing\u2019s so-called \u2018national security\u2019 and \u2018anti-espionage\u2019 laws that curb routine and necessary corporate due diligence and compliance were already having a chilling effect on US foreign direct investment. That chilling now risks turning into a deep freeze.\u201d \n\nIn its statement, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said the executive order \u201cseriously deviates from the market economy and fair competition principles the United States has always advocated. It affects the normal business decisions of enterprises, disrupts the international economic and trade order and seriously disrupts the security of global industrial and supply chains.\u201d \n\nChina's strong economic growth has stumbled coming out of pandemic lockdowns. On Wednesday, its National Bureau of Statistics reported a 0.3% decline in consumer prices in July from a year ago. That level of deflation points to a lack of consumer demand in China that could hamper growth. \n\nSeparately, foreign direct investment into China fell 89% from a year earlier in the second quarter of this year to $4.9 billion, according to data released by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange. \n\nMost foreign investment is believed to be brought in by Chinese companies and disguised as foreign money to get tax breaks and other benefits, according to Chinese researchers. \n\nHowever, foreign business groups say global companies also are shifting investment plans to other economies. \n\nForeign companies have lost confidence in China following tighter security controls and a lack of action on reform promises. Calls by Xi and other leaders for more economic self-reliance have left investors uneasy about their future in the state-dominated economy. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The order covers advanced computer chips, microelectronics, quantum information technologies and artificial intelligence. Senior administration officials said that the effort stemmed from national security goals rather than economic interests and that the categories it covered were intentionally narrow in scope. The order seeks to blunt China&#039;s ability to use U.S. investments in its technology companies to upgrade its military while also preserving broader levels of trade that are vital for both nations&#039; economies.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese Ministry of Commerce responded in a statement early Thursday that it has \u201cserious concern\u201d about the order and \u201creserves the right to take measures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The United States and China appear to be increasingly locked in geopolitical competition with a conflicting set of values. Biden administration officials have insisted that they have no interest in \u201cdecoupling\u201d from China, yet the US also has limited the export of advanced computer chips and kept the expanded tariffs set up by President Donald Trump. And in its response, China accused the US of \u201cusing the cover of \u2018risk reduction\u2019 to carry out \u2018decoupling and chain-breaking.\u2019\u201d China has engaged in crackdowns on foreign companies.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7808534,7784676\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//07//28//china-likely-supplying-russias-war-in-ukraine-alleges-us/">China likely supplying Russia's war in Ukraine, alleges US<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//08//08//china-sees-sharpest-drop-in-exports-since-2020-amid-sluggish-global-demand/">China sees sharpest drop in exports since 2020 amid sluggish global demand<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Biden has suggested that China&#039;s economy is struggling and its global ambitions have been tempered as the US has reenergised its alliances with Japan, South Korea, Australia and the European Union. The administration consulted with allies and industry in shaping the executive order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorry about China, but don\u2019t worry about China,\u201d Biden told donors at a June fundraising event in California.<\/p>\n<p>The officials previewing the order said that China has exploited US investments to support the development of weapons and modernize its military. The new limits were tailored not to disrupt China&#039;s economy, but they would complement the export controls on advanced computer chips from last year that led to pushback by Chinese officials. The Treasury Department, which would monitor the investments, will announce a proposed rulemaking with definitions that would conform to the presidential order and go through a public comment process.<\/p>\n<p>The goals of the order would be to have investors notify the US government about certain types of transactions with China as well as to place prohibitions on some investments. Officials said the order is focused on areas such as private equity, venture capital and joint partnerships in which the investments could possibly give countries of concern such as China additional knowledge and military capabilities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//33//18//808x539_cmsv2_ec5a1df6-f185-576e-8857-5683602d76d8-7813318.jpg/" alt=\"Alex Brandon&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/33\/18\/384x256_cmsv2_ec5a1df6-f185-576e-8857-5683602d76d8-7813318.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/33\/18\/640x427_cmsv2_ec5a1df6-f185-576e-8857-5683602d76d8-7813318.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/33\/18\/750x500_cmsv2_ec5a1df6-f185-576e-8857-5683602d76d8-7813318.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/33\/18\/828x552_cmsv2_ec5a1df6-f185-576e-8857-5683602d76d8-7813318.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/33\/18\/1080x720_cmsv2_ec5a1df6-f185-576e-8857-5683602d76d8-7813318.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/33\/18\/1200x800_cmsv2_ec5a1df6-f185-576e-8857-5683602d76d8-7813318.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/33\/18\/1920x1281_cmsv2_ec5a1df6-f185-576e-8857-5683602d76d8-7813318.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">President Joe Biden speaks at the Arcosa Wind Towers, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, in Belen, N.M.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Alex Brandon&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>J. Philip Ludvigson, a lawyer and former Treasury official, said the order was an initial framework that could be expanded over time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe executive order issued today really represents the start of a conversation between the US government and industry regarding the details of the ultimate screening regime,\" Ludvigson said. \u201cWhile the executive order is limited initially to semiconductors and microelectronics, quantum information technologies, and artificial intelligence, it explicitly provides for a future broadening to other sectors.\"<\/p>\n<p>The issue is also a bipartisan priority. In July by a vote of 91-6, the Senate added as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act requirements to monitor and limit investments in countries of concern, including China.<\/p>\n<p>Yet reaction to Biden&#039;s order on Wednesday showed a desire to push harder on China. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., said the order was an \u201cessential step forward,\" but it \u201ccannot be the final step.\u201d Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, a former US ambassador to the United Nations, said Biden should be more aggressive, saying, \u201cwe have to stop all US investment in China\u2019s critical technology and military companies - period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden has called Chinese President Xi Jinping a \u201cdictator\u201d in the aftermath of the US shooting down a spy balloon from China that floated over the United States. Taiwan&#039;s status has been a source of tension, with Biden saying that China had become coercive regarding its independence.<\/p>\n<p>China has supported Russia after its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, though Biden has noted that the friendship has not extended to the shipment of weapons.<\/p>\n<p>The US Chamber of Commerce said it met a number of times with the White House and federal agencies as the order was being prepared and said its goal during the comment period will be \u201cto ensure the measure is targeted and administrable.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-euronews\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"auto widget__ratio widget__ratio--16x9\">\n <iframe type=\"text\/html\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//embed//2340412/" width=\"100%\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen seamless>\n <\/iframe>\n <\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>US officials have long signalled the coming executive order on investing in China, but it&#039;s unclear whether financial markets will regard it as a tapered step or a continued escalation of tensions at a fragile moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe message it sends to the market may be far more decisive,\u201d said Elaine Dezenski, a senior director at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. \"US and multinational companies are already reexamining the risks of investing in China. Beijing\u2019s so-called \u2018national security\u2019 and \u2018anti-espionage\u2019 laws that curb routine and necessary corporate due diligence and compliance were already having a chilling effect on US foreign direct investment. That chilling now risks turning into a deep freeze.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In its statement, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said the executive order \u201cseriously deviates from the market economy and fair competition principles the United States has always advocated. It affects the normal business decisions of enterprises, disrupts the international economic and trade order and seriously disrupts the security of global industrial and supply chains.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>China&#039;s strong economic growth has stumbled coming out of pandemic lockdowns. On Wednesday, its National Bureau of Statistics reported a 0.3% decline in consumer prices in July from a year ago. 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","summary":"At least 36 people have died in the Lahaina fire in Hawaii, Maui County wrote in a statement posted to the county website Wednesday evening. ","url":"at-least-36-people-have-died-in-fires-burning-through-hawaii-county-reports","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Wildfires, whipped by strong winds from Hurricane Dora passing far to the south, took the island of Maui by surprise, leaving behind burned-out cars on once busy streets and smoking piles of rubble where historic buildings had stood. Flames roared throughout the night, forcing adults and children to dive into the ocean for safety. \n\nOfficials said earlier that 271 structures were damaged or destroyed and dozens of people injured. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Wildfires, whipped by strong winds from Hurricane Dora passing far to the south, took the island of Maui by surprise, leaving behind burned-out cars on once busy streets and smoking piles of rubble where historic buildings had stood. Flames roared throughout the night, forcing adults and children to dive into the ocean for safety.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said earlier that 271 structures were damaged or destroyed and dozens of people injured.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1691609257,"publishedAt":1691655814,"updatedAt":1691661063,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/10\/at-least-36-people-have-died-in-fires-burning-through-hawaii-county-reports","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/32\/58\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_3f3b9223-224d-5d1f-b659-6552c13067a1-7813258.jpg","altText":"The hall of historic Waiola Church in Lahaina and nearby Lahaina Hongwanji Mission are engulfed in flames along Wainee Street on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. ","caption":"The hall of historic Waiola Church in Lahaina and nearby Lahaina Hongwanji Mission are engulfed in flames along Wainee Street on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. 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","summary":"Already the state's deadliest natural disaster since a 1960 tsunami killed 61 people on the Big Island, the death toll will likely rise further as search and rescue operations continue, officials say. ","url":"the-worst-disaster-ive-ever-seen-residents-dived-into-the-ocean-as-wildfires-ripped-throug","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Wildfires fanned by winds of a distant hurricane have killed at least 53 people and devastated much of the resort city of Lahaina on Hawaii's Maui island. Thousands have had to evacuate as some fled into the ocean to escape the smoke and flames. \n\nMultiple neighbourhoods were burnt to the ground as the western side of the island was nearly cut off with only one highway open.\u00a0 \n\nOfficials told of widespread devastation to Lahaina, its harbour and surrounding areas. \n\n\u201cLahaina, with a few rare exceptions, has been burned down,\u201d Hawaii Gov. Josh Green told The Associated Press. More than 1,000 structures were destroyed by fires that were still burning, he said. \n\nAlready the state's deadliest natural disaster since a 1960 tsunami killed 61 people on the Big Island, the death toll will likely rise further as search and rescue operations continue, Green added. \n\n\u201cWe are heartsick,\u201d Green said. \n\nSome 271 structures were damaged or destroyed, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported, citing official reports from flyovers conducted by the US Civil Air Patrol and the Maui Fire Department. \n\n\"We just had the worst disaster I've ever seen. All of Lahaina is burnt to a crisp. It's like an apocalypse,\" said Lahaina resident Mason Jarvi, who escaped from the city. \n\nFires in Hawaii are unlike many of those burning in the US West. They tend to break out in large grasslands on the dry sides of the islands and are generally much smaller than mainland fires. \n\nWildfires bring death and injury \n\nAmong those injured were three people with critical burns who were flown to Straub Medical Center\u2019s burn unit on the island of Oahu, officials said.\u00a0 \n\nAt least 20 patients were taken to Maui Memorial Medical Center, officials said, and a firefighter was hospitalised in stable condition after inhaling smoke. \n\nRichard Bissen Jr., the mayor of Maui County, said at a Wednesday morning news conference that he didn't have details on how or where on the island the deaths occurred.\u00a0 \n\nHe said officials hadn't yet begun investigating the immediate cause of the fires, but officials did point to the combination of dry conditions, low humidity and high winds. \n\nMore than 2,100 people spent Tuesday night in evacuation centres. Another 2,000 travellers sheltered at Kahului Airport after many flights were cancelled. Officials were preparing the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu to take in thousands of displaced tourists and locals. \n\nHow has the US responded? \n\nA state of emergency was declared on Thursday. \n\nPresident Joe Biden said he'd ordered all available federal assets to help with the response. He said the Hawaii National Guard had mobilised Chinook helicopters to help with fire suppression as well as search and rescue efforts on Maui. \n\n\u201cOur prayers are with those who have seen their homes, businesses, and communities destroyed,\" Biden said in a statement. \n\n'Like a blowtorch' \n\nMauro Farinelli, of Lahaina, said the winds had started blowing hard on Tuesday and then somehow a fire had started up on a hillside. \n\n\u201cIt just ripped through everything with amazing speed,\u201d he said, adding it was \u201clike a blowtorch.\u201d \n\nThe winds were so strong they blew his garage door off its hinges and trapped his car in the garage, Farinelli said. So a friend drove him, along with his wife Judit and dog Susi, to an evacuation shelter. He had no idea what has happened to their home. \n\n\u201cWe\u2019re hoping for the best,\u201d he said, \u201cbut we\u2019re pretty sure it\u2019s gone.\u201d \n\nWildfires were also burning on Hawaii\u2019s Big Island, Mayor Mitch Roth said, although there had been no reports of injuries or destroyed homes there. Roth said firefighters had needed to extinguish some roof fires and there were continuing flareups of one fire near the Mauna Kea Resorts. \n\nThe National Weather Service said Hurricane Dora, which was passing to the south of the island chain, was partly to blame for the strong winds. \n\nAbout 14,500 customers in Maui were without power early Wednesday. With cell service and phone lines down in some areas, many people were struggling to check in with friends and family members living near the wildfires. Some were posting messages on social media. \n\nTourists try to leave \n\nAt least 4,000 tourists were trying to leave western Maui on Wednesday, said Ed Sniffen of the Hawaii Department of Transportation. Though at least 16 roads were closed, Maui airport was operating fully and airlines were dropping fares and offering waivers to get people off the island, Sniffen said. \n\nPanicked evacuees posted images on social media showing clouds of smoke billowing over once-idyllic beaches and palm trees. \n\n\"I was the last one off the dock when the firestorm came through the banyan trees and took everything with it. And I just ran out and helped everyone I could along the way,\" said Dustin Johnson, who was in Lahaina Harbor working for a charter boat company that offers two-hour tours. He spoke from Kahului Airport, normally a 25-minute drive east of Lahaina. \n\n\"Local people have lost everything. They've lost their house. They've lost their animals. It's devastating,\" said Jimmy Tokioka, director of the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. \n\nWhat caused the Maui wildfires? \n\nThe cause has yet to be determined but the National Weather Service said the fires were fueled by a mix of dry vegetation, strong winds, and low humidity. \n\nOfficials said the winds from Hurricane Dora fanned the flames across the state. The storm was about 860 miles (1,380 km) southwest of Honolulu as of 11 a.m. local time (2100 GMT), the National Hurricane Center said. \n\nThe Hawaii Emergency Management Agency said late on Wednesday that the National Weather Service has cancelled the Red Flag Warning and High Wind Advisory for all Hawaiian islands. \n\nThe Coast Guard said it rescued 14 people who jumped into the water to escape flames and smoke, including two children. \n\nSummer of wildfires \n\nThe fires were the latest in a series of problems caused by extreme weather around the globe this summer. Experts say climate change is increasing the likelihood of such events. \n\nThe situation in Hawaii recalled scenes of devastation elsewhere in the world this summer, as wildfires caused by record-setting heat forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people in Greece, Spain, Portugal and other parts of Europe, and western Canada suffered unusually severe fires. \n\nHuman-caused climate change, driven by fossil fuel use, is increasing the frequency and intensity of such extreme weather events, scientists say, having long warned that government officials must slash emissions to prevent climate catastrophe. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Wildfires fanned by winds of a distant hurricane have killed at least 53 people and devastated much of the resort city of Lahaina on Hawaii&#039;s Maui island. Thousands have had to evacuate as some fled into the ocean to escape the smoke and flames.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple neighbourhoods were burnt to the ground as the western side of the island was nearly cut off with only one highway open.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Officials told of widespread devastation to Lahaina, its harbour and surrounding areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLahaina, with a few rare exceptions, has been burned down,\u201d Hawaii Gov. Josh Green told The Associated Press. More than 1,000 structures were destroyed by fires that were still burning, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Already the state&#039;s deadliest natural disaster since a 1960 tsunami killed 61 people on the Big Island, the death toll will likely rise further as search and rescue operations continue, Green added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are heartsick,\u201d Green said.<\/p>\n<p>Some 271 structures were damaged or destroyed, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported, citing official reports from flyovers conducted by the US Civil Air Patrol and the Maui Fire Department.<\/p>\n<p>\"We just had the worst disaster I&#039;ve ever seen. All of Lahaina is burnt to a crisp. It&#039;s like an apocalypse,\" said Lahaina resident Mason Jarvi, who escaped from the city.<\/p>\n<p>Fires in Hawaii are unlike many of those burning in the US West. They tend to break out in large grasslands on the dry sides of the islands and are generally much smaller than mainland fires.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//37//26//808x454_cmsv2_84fde207-1949-53ae-bea6-1d493bd7ca53-7813726.jpg/" alt=\"Jeff Melichar&#47;TMX&#47;via REUTERS\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/37\/26\/384x216_cmsv2_84fde207-1949-53ae-bea6-1d493bd7ca53-7813726.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/37\/26\/640x360_cmsv2_84fde207-1949-53ae-bea6-1d493bd7ca53-7813726.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/37\/26\/750x422_cmsv2_84fde207-1949-53ae-bea6-1d493bd7ca53-7813726.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/37\/26\/828x466_cmsv2_84fde207-1949-53ae-bea6-1d493bd7ca53-7813726.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/37\/26\/1080x608_cmsv2_84fde207-1949-53ae-bea6-1d493bd7ca53-7813726.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/37\/26\/1200x675_cmsv2_84fde207-1949-53ae-bea6-1d493bd7ca53-7813726.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/37\/26\/1920x1080_cmsv2_84fde207-1949-53ae-bea6-1d493bd7ca53-7813726.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Smoke billows near Lahaina as wildfires driven by high winds destroy a large part of the historic town of Lahaina, Hawaii, US. 9 August, 2023.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Jeff Melichar&#47;TMX&#47;via REUTERS<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Wildfires bring death and injury<\/h2><p>Among those injured were three people with critical burns who were flown to Straub Medical Center\u2019s burn unit on the island of Oahu, officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At least 20 patients were taken to Maui Memorial Medical Center, officials said, and a firefighter was hospitalised in stable condition after inhaling smoke.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Bissen Jr., the mayor of Maui County, said at a Wednesday morning news conference that he didn&#039;t have details on how or where on the island the deaths occurred.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said officials hadn&#039;t yet begun investigating the immediate cause of the fires, but officials did point to the combination of dry conditions, low humidity and high winds.<\/p>\n<p>More than 2,100 people spent Tuesday night in evacuation centres. Another 2,000 travellers sheltered at Kahului Airport after many flights were cancelled. Officials were preparing the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu to take in thousands of displaced tourists and locals.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7793552,7637566\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//05//hurricane-clips-and-white-roofs-how-hawaiis-homeowners-are-preparing-their-homes-for-el-ni/">Hurricane clips and white roofs: How Hawaii\u2019s homeowners are preparing their homes for El Nino<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//29//profiting-off-a-cultural-practice-hawaiians-go-to-court-over-concerns-about-artificial-wav/">'Profiting off a cultural practice': Hawaiians go to court over concerns about artificial wave pool<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>How has the US responded?<\/h2><p>A state of emergency was declared on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden said he&#039;d ordered all available federal assets to help with the response. He said the Hawaii National Guard had mobilised Chinook helicopters to help with fire suppression as well as search and rescue efforts on Maui.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur prayers are with those who have seen their homes, businesses, and communities destroyed,\" Biden said in a statement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//37//26//808x454_cmsv2_8bd2f9ee-a59c-5348-865d-5c1dafa94da5-7813726.jpg/" alt=\"Mason Jarvi&#47;HANDOUT\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/37\/26\/384x216_cmsv2_8bd2f9ee-a59c-5348-865d-5c1dafa94da5-7813726.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/37\/26\/640x360_cmsv2_8bd2f9ee-a59c-5348-865d-5c1dafa94da5-7813726.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/37\/26\/750x422_cmsv2_8bd2f9ee-a59c-5348-865d-5c1dafa94da5-7813726.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/37\/26\/828x466_cmsv2_8bd2f9ee-a59c-5348-865d-5c1dafa94da5-7813726.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/37\/26\/1080x608_cmsv2_8bd2f9ee-a59c-5348-865d-5c1dafa94da5-7813726.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/37\/26\/1200x675_cmsv2_8bd2f9ee-a59c-5348-865d-5c1dafa94da5-7813726.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/37\/26\/1920x1080_cmsv2_8bd2f9ee-a59c-5348-865d-5c1dafa94da5-7813726.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A charred boat lies in the scorched waterfront after wildfires fanned by the winds of a distant hurricane devastated Maui&apos;s city of Lahaina, Hawaii, US. 9 August, 2023.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Mason Jarvi&#47;HANDOUT<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>'Like a blowtorch'<\/h2><p>Mauro Farinelli, of Lahaina, said the winds had started blowing hard on Tuesday and then somehow a fire had started up on a hillside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt just ripped through everything with amazing speed,\u201d he said, adding it was \u201clike a blowtorch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The winds were so strong they blew his garage door off its hinges and trapped his car in the garage, Farinelli said. So a friend drove him, along with his wife Judit and dog Susi, to an evacuation shelter. He had no idea what has happened to their home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re hoping for the best,\u201d he said, \u201cbut we\u2019re pretty sure it\u2019s gone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wildfires were also burning on Hawaii\u2019s Big Island, Mayor Mitch Roth said, although there had been no reports of injuries or destroyed homes there. Roth said firefighters had needed to extinguish some roof fires and there were continuing flareups of one fire near the Mauna Kea Resorts.<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service said Hurricane Dora, which was passing to the south of the island chain, was partly to blame for the strong winds.<\/p>\n<p>About 14,500 customers in Maui were without power early Wednesday. With cell service and phone lines down in some areas, many people were struggling to check in with friends and family members living near the wildfires. Some were posting messages on social media.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7511736,5984048\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//05//03//hawaiian-overtourism-residents-beg-tourists-to-stop-visiting-amid-post-pandemic-boom/">Hawaii overtourism: Residents beg tourists to stop visiting amid post-pandemic boom<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//05//05//hawaii-overtourism-new-visitor-fee-targets-tourists-visiting-delicate-eco-sites/">'The idea is not dead': Visitor fee to protect Hawaii's delicate ecosystems rejected by lawmakers<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Tourists try to leave<\/h2><p>At least 4,000 tourists were trying to leave western Maui on Wednesday, said Ed Sniffen of the Hawaii Department of Transportation. Though at least 16 roads were closed, Maui airport was operating fully and airlines were dropping fares and offering waivers to get people off the island, Sniffen said.<\/p>\n<p>Panicked evacuees posted images on social media showing clouds of smoke billowing over once-idyllic beaches and palm trees.<\/p>\n<p>\"I was the last one off the dock when the firestorm came through the banyan trees and took everything with it. And I just ran out and helped everyone I could along the way,\" said Dustin Johnson, who was in Lahaina Harbor working for a charter boat company that offers two-hour tours. He spoke from Kahului Airport, normally a 25-minute drive east of Lahaina.<\/p>\n<p>\"Local people have lost everything. They&#039;ve lost their house. They&#039;ve lost their animals. It&#039;s devastating,\" said Jimmy Tokioka, director of the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism.<\/p>\n<h2>What caused the Maui wildfires?<\/h2><p>The cause has yet to be determined but the National Weather Service said the fires were fueled by a mix of dry vegetation, strong winds, and low humidity.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the winds from Hurricane Dora fanned the flames across the state. The storm was about 860 miles (1,380 km) southwest of Honolulu as of 11 a.m. local time (2100 GMT), the National Hurricane Center said.<\/p>\n<p>The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency said late on Wednesday that the National Weather Service has cancelled the Red Flag Warning and High Wind Advisory for all Hawaiian islands.<\/p>\n<p>The Coast Guard said it rescued 14 people who jumped into the water to escape flames and smoke, including two children.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7791776,7779474\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//01//what-are-the-health-effects-of-wildfires-and-how-can-i-protect-myself/">What are the health effects of wildfires and how can I protect myself?<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2023//08//02//wildfire-prevention-how-europe-plans-to-handle-blazes-in-the-years-ahead/">Wildfire prevention: How Europe plans to handle blazes in the years ahead <\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Summer of wildfires<\/h2><p>The fires were the latest in a series of problems caused by extreme weather around the globe this summer. Experts say climate change is increasing the likelihood of such events.<\/p>\n<p>The situation in Hawaii recalled scenes of devastation elsewhere in the world this summer, as wildfires caused by record-setting heat forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people in Greece, Spain, Portugal and other parts of Europe, and western Canada suffered unusually severe fires.<\/p>\n<p>Human-caused climate change, driven by fossil fuel use, is increasing the frequency and intensity of such extreme weather events, scientists say, having long warned that government officials must slash emissions to prevent climate catastrophe.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1691652401,"publishedAt":1691655466,"updatedAt":1691729097,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2023\/08\/10\/the-worst-disaster-ive-ever-seen-residents-dived-into-the-ocean-as-wildfires-ripped-throug","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/37\/26\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_05019f4f-39ea-5c36-aae4-954fc60ee3e2-7813726.jpg","altText":"Smoke billows near Lahaina as wildfires driven by high winds destroy a large part of the historic town of Lahaina, Hawaii, US, 9 August, 2023.","caption":"Smoke billows near Lahaina as wildfires driven by high winds destroy a large part of the historic town of Lahaina, Hawaii, US, 9 August, 2023.","captionCredit":"Dustin Johnson\/HANDOUT","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/37\/26\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_8bd2f9ee-a59c-5348-865d-5c1dafa94da5-7813726.jpg","altText":"A charred boat lies in the scorched waterfront after wildfires fanned by the winds of a distant hurricane devastated Maui's city of Lahaina, Hawaii, US. 9 August, 2023.","caption":"A charred boat lies in the scorched waterfront after wildfires fanned by the winds of a distant hurricane devastated Maui's city of Lahaina, Hawaii, US. 9 August, 2023.","captionCredit":"Mason Jarvi\/HANDOUT","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/37\/26\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_84fde207-1949-53ae-bea6-1d493bd7ca53-7813726.jpg","altText":"Smoke billows near Lahaina as wildfires driven by high winds destroy a large part of the historic town of Lahaina, Hawaii, US. 9 August, 2023. 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but without concrete pledges ","titleListing2":"Amazon summit agrees roadmap to protect forest but without concrete commitments","leadin":"Speaking to reporters after Wednesday\u2019s meeting, Brazil's President Lula da Silva said developed nations must make good on their pledges to provide monetary support for forest protection.","summary":"Speaking to reporters after Wednesday\u2019s meeting, Brazil's President Lula da Silva said developed nations must make good on their pledges to provide monetary support for forest protection.","url":"amazon-summit-agrees-conservation-roadmap-but-lacks-concrete-commitments","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Brazil\u2019s Amazon Summit closed Wednesday with a roadmap to protect tropical rainforests that was welcomed as an important step in countering climate change, but without the concrete commitments sought by some environmentalists to end deforestation. \n\nLeaders and ministers from eight Amazon nations signed a declaration Tuesday in Belem, Brazil, that laid out plans to drive economic development in their countries while preventing the Amazon\u2019s ongoing demise \u201cfrom reaching a point of no return.\u201d \n\nSeveral environmental groups described the declaration as a compilation of good intentions with little in the way of measurable goals and timeframes. However, it was lauded by others, and the Amazon\u2019s umbrella organization of Indigenous groups celebrated the inclusion of two of its main demands. \n\n\u201cIt is significant that the leaders of the countries of the region have listened to the science and understood the call of society: the Amazon is in danger, and we do not have much time to act,\u201d the international group WWF said in a statement. \u201cHowever, WWF regrets that the eight Amazonian countries, as one front, have not reached a common point to end deforestation in the region.\" \n\nJoining the summit Wednesday were the presidents of the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo, an emissary from Indonesia\u2019s president, and France\u2019s ambassador to Brazil, representing the Amazonian territory of French Guiana. An emissary of Norway, the largest contributor to Brazil\u2019s Amazon Fund for sustainable development, also attended. \n\nThe national representatives on Wednesday signed a similar, but much slimmer, agreement to that of their counterparts the prior day; it likewise contained no concrete goals and mostly reinforced criticism of developed nations for failure to provide promised vast climate financing. \n\nThe eight nations attending on Tuesday \u2014 Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela \u2014 are members of the newly revived Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, or ACTO, who hope that a united front will give them a major voice in global environment talks ahead of the COP 28 climate conference in November. \n\n'Nature needs them to pay'\u00a0 \n\nThe summit reinforces Brazilian President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva's strategy to leverage global concern for the Amazon\u2019s preservation. Emboldened by a 42% drop in deforestation during his first seven months in office, he has sought international financial support for forest protection. \n\nSpeaking to reporters after Wednesday\u2019s meeting, Lula railed against \u201cprotectionist measures poorly disguised as environmental concern\u201d that restrict imports from developing nations, and said developed nations must make good on their pledges to provide monetary support for forest protection. \n\n\u201cNature, which industrial development polluted for 200 years, needs them to pay their part so we can revive part of what was ruined. Nature is in need of money,\u201d Lula said. \n\nNot fully aligned \n\nThe Amazon stretches across an area twice the size of India. Two-thirds of it lies in Brazil, with seven other countries and the territory of French Guiana sharing the remaining third. Governments have historically viewed it as an area to be colonized and exploited, with little regard for sustainability or the rights of its Indigenous peoples. \n\nAll the Amazon countries have ratified the Paris climate accord, which requires signatories to set targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. But cross-border cooperation has historically been scant, undermined by low trust, ideological differences and the lack of government presence. \n\nThe members of ACTO \u2014 convening for only the fourth time in the organization\u2019s 45-year existence \u2014 demonstrated Tuesday they aren\u2019t fully aligned on key issues. \n\nForest protection commitments have been uneven. And their joint declaration didn\u2019t include a shared commitment to zero deforestation by 2030, as some had hoped. Brazil and Colombia have already made that commitment. \n\nSome scientists say that when 20% to 25% of the forest is destroyed, rainfall will dramatically decline, transforming more than half of the rainforest to tropical savannah, with immense biodiversity loss. \n\nThe Climate Observatory, a network of dozens of environmental and social groups, as well as Greenpeace and The Nature Conservancy, lamented the lack of detailed pledges in the declaration. \n\n\u201cThe 113 operating paragraphs of the declaration have the merit of reviving the forgotten ACTO and recognize that the biome is reaching a point of no return, but doesn\u2019t offer practical solutions or a calendar of actions to avoid it,\u201d the Climate Observatory said in a statement. \n\nRights to traditional territories \n\nColombian Indigenous leader Fany Kuiru, from the Coordinating Body of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin, praised the declaration for fulfilling two of their primary requests \u2014 an acknowledgement of their rights to traditional territories and the establishment of a mechanism for the formal participation of Indigenous peoples within ACTO. \n\nBruna Santos, director of the Brazil Institute at the Woodrow Wilson Center, said the summit demonstrated \u201can effort to treat the Amazon as a regional agenda,\u201d but that it also highlighted ambiguities in the priorities of Brazil\u2019s government, including with respect to oil exploration. \n\nColombia\u2019s president spoke forcefully about the hypocrisy of pushing for Amazon preservation while pursuing oil, equating it to betting \u201con death and destroying life.\" \n\nLula has refrained from taking a definitive stance on oil, citing the decision as a technical matter. Meanwhile, Brazil\u2019s state-run Petrobras company has been seeking to explore for oil near the mouth of the Amazon River. \n\nDespite disagreements, there were signs of increased regional cooperation and growing global recognition of the Amazon\u2019s importance in arresting climate change. A collective voice \u2014 along with funnelling more money into ACTO \u2014 could help it serve as the region\u2019s representative on the global stage ahead of the COP climate conference, leaders said. \n\nAnders Haug Larsen, the head of international advocacy at Rainforest Foundation Norway, said that the Amazonian nations are correct to demand more money from developed nations and that their political will to protect the rainforest represents a historic opportunity. \n\n\u201cWith the plan from this summit and continuous reduced deforestation, this is where the international community should put its climate money,\u201d he said. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Brazil\u2019s Amazon Summit closed Wednesday with a roadmap to protect tropical rainforests that was welcomed as an important step in countering climate change, but without the concrete commitments sought by some environmentalists to end deforestation.<\/p>\n<p>Leaders and ministers from eight Amazon nations signed a declaration Tuesday in Belem, Brazil, that laid out plans to drive economic development in their countries while preventing the Amazon\u2019s ongoing demise \u201cfrom reaching a point of no return.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several environmental groups described the declaration as a compilation of good intentions with little in the way of measurable goals and timeframes. However, it was lauded by others, and the Amazon\u2019s umbrella organization of Indigenous groups celebrated the inclusion of two of its main demands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is significant that the leaders of the countries of the region have listened to the science and understood the call of society: the Amazon is in danger, and we do not have much time to act,\u201d the international group WWF said in a statement. \u201cHowever, WWF regrets that the eight Amazonian countries, as one front, have not reached a common point to end deforestation in the region.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6552734375\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//31//66//808x528_cmsv2_b19f5c64-5d22-5a93-8b06-0b4faca86581-7813166.jpg/" alt=\"Eraldo Peres&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/31\/66\/384x252_cmsv2_b19f5c64-5d22-5a93-8b06-0b4faca86581-7813166.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/31\/66\/640x419_cmsv2_b19f5c64-5d22-5a93-8b06-0b4faca86581-7813166.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/31\/66\/750x491_cmsv2_b19f5c64-5d22-5a93-8b06-0b4faca86581-7813166.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/31\/66\/828x543_cmsv2_b19f5c64-5d22-5a93-8b06-0b4faca86581-7813166.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/31\/66\/1080x708_cmsv2_b19f5c64-5d22-5a93-8b06-0b4faca86581-7813166.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/31\/66\/1200x786_cmsv2_b19f5c64-5d22-5a93-8b06-0b4faca86581-7813166.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/31\/66\/1920x1258_cmsv2_b19f5c64-5d22-5a93-8b06-0b4faca86581-7813166.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Amazon Summit at the Hangar Convention Center in Belem, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Eraldo Peres&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Joining the summit Wednesday were the presidents of the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo, an emissary from Indonesia\u2019s president, and France\u2019s ambassador to Brazil, representing the Amazonian territory of French Guiana. An emissary of Norway, the largest contributor to Brazil\u2019s Amazon Fund for sustainable development, also attended.<\/p>\n<p>The national representatives on Wednesday signed a similar, but much slimmer, agreement to that of their counterparts the prior day; it likewise contained no concrete goals and mostly reinforced criticism of developed nations for failure to provide promised vast climate financing.<\/p>\n<p>The eight nations attending on Tuesday \u2014 Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela \u2014 are members of the newly revived Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, or ACTO, who hope that a united front will give them a major voice in global environment talks ahead of the COP 28 climate conference in November.<\/p>\n<h3>'Nature needs them to pay'<\/h3><p>The summit reinforces Brazilian President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva&#039;s strategy to leverage global concern for the Amazon\u2019s preservation. Emboldened by a 42% drop in deforestation during his first seven months in office, he has sought international financial support for forest protection.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters after Wednesday\u2019s meeting, Lula railed against \u201cprotectionist measures poorly disguised as environmental concern\u201d that restrict imports from developing nations, and said developed nations must make good on their pledges to provide monetary support for forest protection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNature, which industrial development polluted for 200 years, needs them to pay their part so we can revive part of what was ruined. Nature is in need of money,\u201d Lula said.<\/p>\n<h3>Not fully aligned<\/h3><p>The Amazon stretches across an area twice the size of India. Two-thirds of it lies in Brazil, with seven other countries and the territory of French Guiana sharing the remaining third. Governments have historically viewed it as an area to be colonized and exploited, with little regard for sustainability or the rights of its Indigenous peoples.<\/p>\n<p>All the Amazon countries have ratified the Paris climate accord, which requires signatories to set targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. But cross-border cooperation has historically been scant, undermined by low trust, ideological differences and the lack of government presence.<\/p>\n<p>The members of ACTO \u2014 convening for only the fourth time in the organization\u2019s 45-year existence \u2014 demonstrated Tuesday they aren\u2019t fully aligned on key issues.<\/p>\n<p>Forest protection commitments have been uneven. And their joint declaration didn\u2019t include a shared commitment to zero deforestation by 2030, as some had hoped. Brazil and Colombia have already made that commitment.<\/p>\n<p>Some scientists say that when 20% to 25% of the forest is destroyed, rainfall will dramatically decline, transforming more than half of the rainforest to tropical savannah, with immense biodiversity loss.<\/p>\n<p>The Climate Observatory, a network of dozens of environmental and social groups, as well as Greenpeace and The Nature Conservancy, lamented the lack of detailed pledges in the declaration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 113 operating paragraphs of the declaration have the merit of reviving the forgotten ACTO and recognize that the biome is reaching a point of no return, but doesn\u2019t offer practical solutions or a calendar of actions to avoid it,\u201d the Climate Observatory said in a statement.<\/p>\n<h3>Rights to traditional territories<\/h3><p>Colombian Indigenous leader Fany Kuiru, from the Coordinating Body of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin, praised the declaration for fulfilling two of their primary requests \u2014 an acknowledgement of their rights to traditional territories and the establishment of a mechanism for the formal participation of Indigenous peoples within ACTO.<\/p>\n<p>Bruna Santos, director of the Brazil Institute at the Woodrow Wilson Center, said the summit demonstrated \u201can effort to treat the Amazon as a regional agenda,\u201d but that it also highlighted ambiguities in the priorities of Brazil\u2019s government, including with respect to oil exploration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.69140625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//31//66//808x557_cmsv2_53bdc309-6591-53d1-b648-e77a2b185be9-7813166.jpg/" alt=\"Eraldo Peres&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/31\/66\/384x266_cmsv2_53bdc309-6591-53d1-b648-e77a2b185be9-7813166.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/31\/66\/640x443_cmsv2_53bdc309-6591-53d1-b648-e77a2b185be9-7813166.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/31\/66\/750x519_cmsv2_53bdc309-6591-53d1-b648-e77a2b185be9-7813166.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/31\/66\/828x572_cmsv2_53bdc309-6591-53d1-b648-e77a2b185be9-7813166.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/31\/66\/1080x747_cmsv2_53bdc309-6591-53d1-b648-e77a2b185be9-7813166.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/31\/66\/1200x830_cmsv2_53bdc309-6591-53d1-b648-e77a2b185be9-7813166.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/31\/66\/1920x1328_cmsv2_53bdc309-6591-53d1-b648-e77a2b185be9-7813166.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Indigenous Peoples Minister Sonia Guajajara attends the Amazon Summit at the Hangar Convention Center in Belem, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Eraldo Peres&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Colombia\u2019s president spoke forcefully about the hypocrisy of pushing for Amazon preservation while pursuing oil, equating it to betting \u201con death and destroying life.\"<\/p>\n<p>Lula has refrained from taking a definitive stance on oil, citing the decision as a technical matter. Meanwhile, Brazil\u2019s state-run Petrobras company has been seeking to explore for oil near the mouth of the Amazon River.<\/p>\n<p>Despite disagreements, there were signs of increased regional cooperation and growing global recognition of the Amazon\u2019s importance in arresting climate change. A collective voice \u2014 along with funnelling more money into ACTO \u2014 could help it serve as the region\u2019s representative on the global stage ahead of the COP climate conference, leaders said.<\/p>\n<p>Anders Haug Larsen, the head of international advocacy at Rainforest Foundation Norway, said that the Amazonian nations are correct to demand more money from developed nations and that their political will to protect the rainforest represents a historic opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the plan from this summit and continuous reduced deforestation, this is where the international community should put its climate money,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1691607228,"publishedAt":1691612808,"updatedAt":1691613543,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/09\/amazon-summit-agrees-conservation-roadmap-but-lacks-concrete-commitments","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/05\/58\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_bcb870ba-93cd-5dfd-b424-944d349ed58c-7810558.jpg","altText":"Leaders of South American nations pose for a group photo during the Amazon Summit, at the Hangar Convention Center in Belem, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023.","caption":"Leaders of South American nations pose for a group photo during the Amazon Summit, at the Hangar Convention Center in Belem, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023.","captionCredit":"Eraldo Peres\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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","leadin":"Following a wildly popular release of Astro Boy-style boots, art collective MSCHF is launching a yellow successor, in collaboration with Crocs - but why do these quirky pieces grab our attention to such an extent? ","summary":"Following a wildly popular release of Astro Boy-style boots, art collective MSCHF is launching a yellow successor, in collaboration with Crocs - but why do these quirky pieces grab our attention to such an extent? ","url":"how-have-crocs-boots-become-a-summer-footwear-hit","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"First Astro Boy-style big red boots, then \u201890s influence frog clogs, and now chunky crocs like you\u2019ve never seen them before... What is going on in the world of footwear? \n\nModelled by pop culture icon Paris Hilton , the Brooklyn-based art collective MSCHF have collaborated with polarising footwear brand Crocs. \n\nThe result? A pair of oversized, bright yellow boots with Crocs\u2019 distinguishing holes. \n\nCalled, appropriately, Big Red Boots (Yellow), the quirky shoes are the latest release of the oversized boots designed by MSCHF. \n\nEarlier this year, the red version took the internet by storm when they released a cartoon-like pair, inspired by those worn by the manga character Astro Boy. \n\nThe new yellow boots not only feature the same cartoony shape, but also have the addition of the recognisable holes which define Crocs\u2019 clogs. \n\nDropping today (9 August), Big Red Boots (Yellow) will set you back a cool \u20ac410 but are likely to sell out, just like their red cousins. \n\nAs well as adorning Paris Hilton\u2019s feet, they were worn by Tommy Cash during the Rick Owens Spring Summer 2024 menswear show at Paris Fashion Week in June. The Estonian rapper paired them with a outlandish mime artist look, drawing attention from the action on the catwalk. \n\nMSCHF has long been known for its boundary-pushing creations, including a collaboration with Lil Nas X. The result was a limited edition range of Nike trainers customised with human blood called \u2018Satan Shoes\u2019. Costing a staggering \u20ac927, they sold out in less than a minute but resulted in Nike suing them for trademark infringement. \n\nWhy is footwear becoming weirder? \n\nThe art collection aren\u2019t the only footwear creators making a statement with their designs. \n\nCentral Saint Martins graduate Kiki Grammatopoulos recently went viral with her running shoes, designed to help spread plants and seeds in cities as part of a project she's titled Rewild the Run. \n\nOn a more nostalgic, rather than practical front, one shoe was donned by fashionistas all over this year\u2019s fashion weeks in Milan and Paris. \n\nFrog Clogs are inspired by the frog-detailed Wellington boots the late Princess Diana dressed her sons William and Harry in during the 1980s and '90s. \n\nA collaboration between British designer JW Anderson and Wellipets saw a line of unorthodox shoes, featuring frog faces, yellow eyes and red mouths. \n\nAvailable in green, yellow and blue, they retail for \u20ac395 and have been in constant demand since their release. \n\nTo the casual fashion fan, the rise in unusual footwear is slightly baffling - but it\u2019s deeper than weird aesthetics for the sake of it . \n\nWe\u2019re all living in an often frightening period of geopolitical warfare and facing growing climate and cost of living crises.\u00a0As a result, people are turning to novelty footwear and clothing which offers a dopamine hit and a chance to focus on something other than the doom and gloom surrounding us. \n\n\u201cThe world of fashion is getting a little ridiculous, but that\u2019s the point,\u201d consumer behavioural specialist J\u2019Nae Phillips from Canvas8 tells Euronews Culture, adding, \u201cfashion is puffed up, proud, and it\u2019s making a statement. It\u2019s viral, it\u2019s show-stopping, and it\u2019s as attention-hogging as it is surreal\u201d. \n\nIs there more to these 'weird' shoes than guaranteed social media success? \n\nWhile MSCHF\u2019s latest collaboration is designed to go viral on social media, Phillips explains that there\u2019s more to the rise of weird footwear than meets the eye - or the foot, in this case. \n\n\u201cIt\u2019s meant to cause commotion and subvert footwear norms by injecting a little bit of life \/ personality back into the fashion space - all stemming from people wanting to have fun and experiment with fashion in ways that are less conventional\u201d, she says. \n\nAt a time when we all need a little more colour in our lives, many fashionistas are choosing unusual pieces to reflect their identities, using fashion as a form of entertainment. \n\nThese collaborations don\u2019t come cheap, though, which means the outlandish styles created by MSCHF and their ilk are out of the reach of many consumers. \n\nPeople who can afford to spend hundreds on what is effectively a novelty are in a different league. \n\n\"Fashion-goers that are able to successfully deviate from conventions are those who have high status and the social capital to challenge norms. They\u2019re the people who have enough reputational capital to bear the costs and face criticism if they choose to go down the viral style route\u201d, says Phillips. \n\n\u201cWho better to show off their \u2018social capital\u2019 by wearing absurd novelty footwear (and getting away with it) than celebs and content creators eager for attention?\u201d \n\nWith the richest in society constantly photographed or filmed, whether at fashion shows, sitting courtside at prestigious sporting events or on private jets, the constant sharing on social media means the novel styles will filter down to the very lowest point of the fashion industry. \n\nThe real winners of the trend for peculiar footwear are, of course, the brands behind them raking in cash and the individuals gaining followers and celebrity for wearing them. \n\nIn the end, though, if our interest is piqued by a pair of giant yellow boots or frog faces on a clog, it\u2019s a nice escape from the trauma of daily life. Long live the novelty shoe! \n\n","htmlText":"<p>First Astro Boy-style big red boots, then \u201890s influence frog clogs, and now chunky crocs like you\u2019ve never seen them before... What is going on in the world of footwear?<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//05//27//renaissance-woman-the-resurgence-of-paris-hilton-and-her-faithful-followers/">Modelled by pop culture icon Paris Hilton<\/strong><\/a>, the Brooklyn-based art collective MSCHF have collaborated with polarising footwear brand Crocs.<\/p>\n<p>The result? A pair of oversized, bright yellow boots with Crocs\u2019 distinguishing holes.<\/p>\n<p>Called, appropriately, Big Red Boots (Yellow), the quirky shoes are the latest release of the oversized boots designed by MSCHF.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.4989231873653983\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//79//42//08//808x1206_cmsv2_b4958d73-1e37-5f09-bdcc-8fbf4c19a1f1-7794208.jpg/" alt=\"MSCHF\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/42\/08\/384x576_cmsv2_b4958d73-1e37-5f09-bdcc-8fbf4c19a1f1-7794208.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/42\/08\/640x959_cmsv2_b4958d73-1e37-5f09-bdcc-8fbf4c19a1f1-7794208.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/42\/08\/750x1124_cmsv2_b4958d73-1e37-5f09-bdcc-8fbf4c19a1f1-7794208.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/42\/08\/828x1241_cmsv2_b4958d73-1e37-5f09-bdcc-8fbf4c19a1f1-7794208.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/42\/08\/1080x1619_cmsv2_b4958d73-1e37-5f09-bdcc-8fbf4c19a1f1-7794208.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/42\/08\/1200x1799_cmsv2_b4958d73-1e37-5f09-bdcc-8fbf4c19a1f1-7794208.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/42\/08\/1920x2878_cmsv2_b4958d73-1e37-5f09-bdcc-8fbf4c19a1f1-7794208.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">German content creator Dani Verdari wears her MSCHF boots to the premiere of &apos;Get-Up&apos; in June<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">MSCHF<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//02//24//who-are-mschf-the-nyc-art-collective-behind-the-big-red-boots-that-broke-the-internet/">the red version took the internet by storm<\/strong><\/a> when they released a cartoon-like pair, inspired by those worn by the manga character Astro Boy.<\/p>\n<p>The new yellow boots not only feature the same cartoony shape, but also have the addition of the recognisable holes which define Crocs\u2019 clogs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.8004908835904628\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//79//42//08//808x646_cmsv2_18b0d231-bbf3-5570-a56a-fdeb329f9acd-7794208.jpg/" alt=\"MSCHF\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/42\/08\/384x307_cmsv2_18b0d231-bbf3-5570-a56a-fdeb329f9acd-7794208.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/42\/08\/640x512_cmsv2_18b0d231-bbf3-5570-a56a-fdeb329f9acd-7794208.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/42\/08\/750x600_cmsv2_18b0d231-bbf3-5570-a56a-fdeb329f9acd-7794208.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/42\/08\/828x663_cmsv2_18b0d231-bbf3-5570-a56a-fdeb329f9acd-7794208.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/42\/08\/1080x865_cmsv2_18b0d231-bbf3-5570-a56a-fdeb329f9acd-7794208.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/42\/08\/1200x961_cmsv2_18b0d231-bbf3-5570-a56a-fdeb329f9acd-7794208.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/42\/08\/1920x1537_cmsv2_18b0d231-bbf3-5570-a56a-fdeb329f9acd-7794208.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The latest MSCHF collaboration features all of Crocs&apos; controversial hallmarks<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">MSCHF<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Dropping today (9 August), Big Red Boots (Yellow) will set you back a cool \u20ac410 but are likely to sell out, just like their red cousins.<\/p>\n<p>As well as adorning Paris Hilton\u2019s feet, they were worn by Tommy Cash during the Rick Owens Spring Summer 2024 menswear show at Paris Fashion Week in June. The Estonian rapper paired them with a outlandish mime artist look, drawing attention from the action on the catwalk.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Cty4iyqMNK4\/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.instagram.com//reel//Cty4iyqMNK4//?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\%22 style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.instagram.com//reel//Cty4iyqMNK4//?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\%22 style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by TOMM\u00a5 \u20acA$H (@tommycashworld)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async src=https://www.euronews.com/"////www.instagram.com//embed.js/"> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>MSCHF has long been known for its boundary-pushing creations, including a collaboration with Lil Nas X. The result was a limited edition range of Nike trainers customised with human blood called \u2018Satan Shoes\u2019. Costing a staggering \u20ac927, they sold out in less than a minute but resulted in Nike suing them for trademark infringement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.563\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//79//42//08//808x454_cmsv2_022ab79f-5a2d-593d-8975-950cc71d9359-7794208.jpg/" alt=\"MSCHF\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/42\/08\/384x216_cmsv2_022ab79f-5a2d-593d-8975-950cc71d9359-7794208.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/42\/08\/640x360_cmsv2_022ab79f-5a2d-593d-8975-950cc71d9359-7794208.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/42\/08\/750x422_cmsv2_022ab79f-5a2d-593d-8975-950cc71d9359-7794208.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/42\/08\/828x466_cmsv2_022ab79f-5a2d-593d-8975-950cc71d9359-7794208.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/42\/08\/1080x608_cmsv2_022ab79f-5a2d-593d-8975-950cc71d9359-7794208.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/42\/08\/1200x676_cmsv2_022ab79f-5a2d-593d-8975-950cc71d9359-7794208.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/42\/08\/1920x1081_cmsv2_022ab79f-5a2d-593d-8975-950cc71d9359-7794208.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">MSCHF&apos;s collab with Lil Nas X was a limited run of 666 shoes containing a drop of human blood<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">MSCHF<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2><strong>Why is footwear becoming weirder?<\/strong><\/h2><p>The art collection aren\u2019t the only footwear creators making a statement with their designs.<\/p>\n<p>Central Saint Martins graduate Kiki Grammatopoulos recently went viral with her running shoes, designed to help spread plants and seeds in cities as part of a project she&#039;s titled Rewild the Run.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CvCwiiuIKl9\/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.instagram.com//reel//CvCwiiuIKl9//?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\%22 style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Kiki Grammatopoulos (@studio_kiks)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async src=https://www.euronews.com/"////www.instagram.com//embed.js/"> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>On a more nostalgic, rather than practical front, one shoe was donned by fashionistas all over this year\u2019s fashion weeks in Milan and Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Frog Clogs are inspired by the frog-detailed Wellington boots the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//07//01//the-eternal-style-icon-princess-dianas-legendary-fashion-sense-explored/">late Princess Diana dressed her sons William and Harry<\/strong><\/a> in during the 1980s and &#039;90s.<\/p>\n<p>A collaboration between British designer JW Anderson and Wellipets saw a line of unorthodox shoes, featuring frog faces, yellow eyes and red mouths.<\/p>\n<p>Available in green, yellow and blue, they retail for \u20ac395 and have been in constant demand since their release.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666707859614434\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//71//57//12//808x539_cmsv2_a2a51197-6e71-5a9b-a80e-3fb69e1300a0-7715712.jpg/" alt=\"Edward Berthelot&#47;Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/71\/57\/12\/384x256_cmsv2_a2a51197-6e71-5a9b-a80e-3fb69e1300a0-7715712.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/71\/57\/12\/640x427_cmsv2_a2a51197-6e71-5a9b-a80e-3fb69e1300a0-7715712.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/71\/57\/12\/750x500_cmsv2_a2a51197-6e71-5a9b-a80e-3fb69e1300a0-7715712.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/71\/57\/12\/828x552_cmsv2_a2a51197-6e71-5a9b-a80e-3fb69e1300a0-7715712.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/71\/57\/12\/1080x720_cmsv2_a2a51197-6e71-5a9b-a80e-3fb69e1300a0-7715712.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/71\/57\/12\/1200x800_cmsv2_a2a51197-6e71-5a9b-a80e-3fb69e1300a0-7715712.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/71\/57\/12\/1920x1280_cmsv2_a2a51197-6e71-5a9b-a80e-3fb69e1300a0-7715712.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Fashionable frogs: The clogs were worn at Milan Fashion Week, cementing them as a must have piece<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Edward Berthelot&#47;Getty Images<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>To the casual fashion fan, the rise in unusual footwear is slightly baffling - but it\u2019s deeper than weird aesthetics for the sake of it .<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re all living in an often frightening period of geopolitical warfare and facing growing climate and cost of living crises.\u00a0As a result, people are turning to novelty footwear and clothing which offers a dopamine hit and a chance to focus on something other than the doom and gloom surrounding us.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">\u201c[Novelty shoes are] a fashionable escape from reality.\u201d<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n J'Nae Phillips\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Consumer behavioural specialist, Canvas8\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe world of fashion is getting a little ridiculous, but that\u2019s the point,\u201d consumer behavioural specialist J\u2019Nae Phillips from Canvas8 tells Euronews Culture, adding, \u201cfashion is puffed up, proud, and it\u2019s making a statement. It\u2019s viral, it\u2019s show-stopping, and it\u2019s as attention-hogging as it is surreal\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Is there more to these 'weird' shoes than guaranteed social media success?<\/strong><\/h2><p>While MSCHF\u2019s latest collaboration is designed to go viral on social media, Phillips explains that there\u2019s more to the rise of weird footwear than meets the eye - or the foot, in this case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s meant to cause commotion and subvert footwear norms by injecting a little bit of life \/ personality back into the fashion space - all stemming from people wanting to have fun and experiment with fashion in ways that are less conventional\u201d, she says.<\/p>\n<p>At a time when we all need a little more colour in our lives, many fashionistas are choosing unusual pieces to reflect their identities, using fashion as a form of entertainment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CovFhCFuyG8\/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.instagram.com//reel//CovFhCFuyG8//?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\%22 style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Ciara (@ciara)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async src=https://www.euronews.com/"////www.instagram.com//embed.js/"> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>These collaborations don\u2019t come cheap, though, which means the outlandish styles created by MSCHF and their ilk are out of the reach of many consumers.<\/p>\n<p>People who can afford to spend hundreds on what is effectively a novelty are in a different league.<\/p>\n<p>\"Fashion-goers that are able to successfully deviate from conventions are those who have high status and the social capital to challenge norms. They\u2019re the people who have enough reputational capital to bear the costs and face criticism if they choose to go down the viral style route\u201d, says Phillips.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho better to show off their \u2018social capital\u2019 by wearing absurd novelty footwear (and getting away with it) than celebs and content creators eager for attention?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//79//42//08//808x808_cmsv2_9a252d1e-efc2-50dd-af95-40b25ef0b11a-7794208.jpg/" alt=\"MSCHF\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/42\/08\/384x384_cmsv2_9a252d1e-efc2-50dd-af95-40b25ef0b11a-7794208.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/42\/08\/640x640_cmsv2_9a252d1e-efc2-50dd-af95-40b25ef0b11a-7794208.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/42\/08\/750x750_cmsv2_9a252d1e-efc2-50dd-af95-40b25ef0b11a-7794208.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/42\/08\/828x828_cmsv2_9a252d1e-efc2-50dd-af95-40b25ef0b11a-7794208.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/42\/08\/1080x1080_cmsv2_9a252d1e-efc2-50dd-af95-40b25ef0b11a-7794208.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/42\/08\/1200x1200_cmsv2_9a252d1e-efc2-50dd-af95-40b25ef0b11a-7794208.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/42\/08\/1920x1920_cmsv2_9a252d1e-efc2-50dd-af95-40b25ef0b11a-7794208.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">It was all yellow: Paris Hilton models the MSCHF x Crocs boots<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">MSCHF<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>With the richest in society constantly photographed or filmed, whether at fashion shows, sitting courtside at prestigious sporting events or on private jets, the constant sharing on social media means the novel styles will filter down to the very lowest point of the fashion industry.<\/p>\n<p>The real winners of the trend for peculiar footwear are, of course, the brands behind them raking in cash and the individuals gaining followers and celebrity for wearing them.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, though, if our interest is piqued by a pair of giant yellow boots or frog faces on a clog, it\u2019s a nice escape from the trauma of daily life. 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Sharon Tate murdered by the Manson Family","titleListing2":"On this day in 1969, Sharon Tate and four others were killed by followers of cult leader Charles Manson, horrifying Hollywood and the wider world.","leadin":"On this day in 1969, Sharon Tate and four others were killed by followers of cult leader Charles Manson, horrifying Hollywood and the wider world.","summary":"On this day in 1969, Sharon Tate and four others were killed by followers of cult leader Charles Manson, horrifying Hollywood and the wider world.","url":"culture-re-view-hollywood-star-sharon-tate-murdered-by-the-manson-family","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"In the early hours of 9 August 1969, Valley of the Dolls actress Sharon Tate was at her rented house in Los Angeles with celebrity hairstylist Jay Sebring, writer Wojciech Frykowski and his girlfriend Abigail Folger, heiress to the Folgers coffee fortune and daughter of Peter Folger. \n\n26 year old Tate was more than eight months pregnant with her first child, following her marriage to filmmaker Roman Polanski the previous year. \n\nThe Rosemary\u2019s Baby director was abroad at the time of the murders, leaving his wife in the care of Frykowski and Folger. \n\nCharles Manson was familiar with the house on Cielo Drive, as its former tenant, music producer Terry Melcher, had previously considered and then decided against giving the cult leader a recording contract. \n\nManson had formed his \u2018Manson Family\u2019 cult earlier in the 1960s. Consisting of around 100 followers, the group lived an unconventional lifestyle, using psychoactive drugs like Benzedrine and hallucinogens including LSD. \n\nMost of his followers were young women from comfortable backgrounds, attracted by the hippie culture and communal living on offer at the infamous Sphan Ranch in California, and were soon radicalised by Manson. \n\nMany of the cult members were convinced he was a manifestation of Jesus Christ on earth and fully believed his preaching that an apocalyptic race war was imminent. \n\nIn spectacularly un-Christ-like behaviour, Manson and the Family committed countless crimes, including murders, assaults, theft and street vandalism. \n\nThe night of the murders \n\nOn 9 August, Manson ordered his follower Charles \u201cTex\u201d Watson to go to Tate\u2019s property with several other cult members, ordering them to kill everyone present \u201cas gruesome[ly] as you can\u201d. \n\nWatson, Susan Atkins and Patricia Krenwinkel made the journey to the house along with fellow Family member Linda Kasabian. While she was present, she didn\u2019t actively take part in the murders. \n\nWhen the cult members arrived at the house, they shot dead 18-year-old Steven Parent who had been visiting his friend William Garretson, the estate\u2019s caretaker. \n\nFollowing the shooting, Watson, Atkins and Krenwinkel broke into the property, leaving Kasabian to stay outside as a lookout. \n\nInside, they forced their victims to gather in the living room, tying ropes around Tate and Sebring\u2019s necks, slinging them over the ceiling beams. Sebring was shot and stabbed multiple times, resulting in his death. \n\nFrykowski and Folger managed to flee the house, but were soon chased down and killed by Krenwinkel and Watson. \n\nInside the house, Tate begged the Family members to be allowed to live long enough to give birth to her unborn child, but her pleas fell on deaf ears. Atkins and Watson stabbed her 16 times, ending her life. \n\nAs the murderers left the property, Atkins used Tate\u2019s blood to write the word \u201cpig\u201d on the front door, apparently in response to Manson\u2019s request to \"leave a sign - something witchy\". \n\nThe Manson's family's next killing - and the aftermath \n\nThe next night, Manson took Watson, Atkins, Krenwinkel and Kasabian as well as other Family members Leslie Van Houten and Steven \u201cClem\u201d Grogan in search of more people to murder. \n\nThey targeted the Los Angeles home of grocery store executive Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary. \n\nAfter Manson and Watson tied the couple up and robbed them, Manson left the scene with Atkins, Kasabian, and Grogan. \n\nWatson, Van Houten and Krenwinkel stayed put, acting on orders from Manson, stabbing the couple to death and leaving words written in their victim\u2019s blood on the walls. \n\nThe two gruesome crimes created a panic in Los Angeles, but investigators initially failed to make the connection between the two murder scenes. \n\nThe violent killings effectively put an end to the carefree nature of the Swinging Sixties and their ritualistic nature has been credited as the foundation for the rise of Satanic panic. \n\nDespite slightly lacking police work, by year\u2019s end, all of the killers had been arrested, following detainment on unrelated charges. \n\nMany of them explained that the motive for the murders was not the identity of the victims, but rather the house at that address, previously occupied by Terry Melcher, believed to have slighted Manson. \n\nThe trial of the Manson family members - and Sharon Tate's legacy \n\nThe trial, which combined the Tate and LaBianca murders, began in June 1970. \n\nLinda Kasabian, who had been granted immunity, acted as the main prosecution witness. \n\nManson, Atkins, Van Houten, and Krenwinkel were eventually found guilty in January 1971, with Watson tried and convicted later that year. \n\nAll of the guilty received the death penalty, but the sentences were commuted to life in prison after California abolished capital punishment in 1972. \n\nUp until this year, all of the jailed cult member\u2019s petitions for parole were denied. That was until 11 July 2023, when 73-year-old Leslie Van Houten was released after spending 53 years in prison, following 20 failed attempts at parole. \n\nSharon Tate was buried on 13 August in the Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California. She held her unborn son in her arms, posthumously\u00a0named Paul Richard Polanski. \n\n\n","htmlText":"<p>In the early hours of 9 August 1969, <em>Valley of the Dolls<\/em> actress Sharon Tate was at her rented house in Los Angeles with celebrity hairstylist Jay Sebring, writer Wojciech Frykowski and his girlfriend Abigail Folger, heiress to the Folgers coffee fortune and daughter of Peter Folger.<\/p>\n<p>26 year old Tate was more than eight months pregnant with her first child, following her marriage to filmmaker Roman Polanski the previous year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.1995201919232308\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//80//95//00//808x973_cmsv2_1c49db68-f7e0-5067-a8ee-57cb48c9d6b7-7809500.jpg/" alt=\"Eddie Worth&#47;Copyright 1968 The AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/384x461_cmsv2_1c49db68-f7e0-5067-a8ee-57cb48c9d6b7-7809500.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/640x768_cmsv2_1c49db68-f7e0-5067-a8ee-57cb48c9d6b7-7809500.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/750x900_cmsv2_1c49db68-f7e0-5067-a8ee-57cb48c9d6b7-7809500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/828x993_cmsv2_1c49db68-f7e0-5067-a8ee-57cb48c9d6b7-7809500.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/1080x1295_cmsv2_1c49db68-f7e0-5067-a8ee-57cb48c9d6b7-7809500.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/1200x1439_cmsv2_1c49db68-f7e0-5067-a8ee-57cb48c9d6b7-7809500.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/1920x2303_cmsv2_1c49db68-f7e0-5067-a8ee-57cb48c9d6b7-7809500.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski skip downstairs after their wedding in London, 1968<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Eddie Worth&#47;Copyright 1968 The AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The <em>Rosemary\u2019s Baby<\/em> director was abroad at the time of the murders, leaving his wife in the care of Frykowski and Folger.<\/p>\n<p>Charles Manson was familiar with the house on Cielo Drive, as its former tenant, music producer Terry Melcher, had previously considered and then decided against giving the cult leader a recording contract.<\/p>\n<p>Manson had formed his \u2018Manson Family\u2019 cult earlier in the 1960s. Consisting of around 100 followers, the group lived an unconventional lifestyle, using psychoactive drugs like Benzedrine and hallucinogens including LSD.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7821732598898348\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//80//95//00//808x631_cmsv2_3eb4f233-9b0e-5eb8-92cf-cadddf4c7c0f-7809500.jpg/" alt=\"AP Photo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/384x300_cmsv2_3eb4f233-9b0e-5eb8-92cf-cadddf4c7c0f-7809500.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/640x501_cmsv2_3eb4f233-9b0e-5eb8-92cf-cadddf4c7c0f-7809500.jpg 640w, 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Sharon Tate murder case, 1969<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Most of his followers were young women from comfortable backgrounds, attracted by the hippie culture and communal living on offer at the infamous Sphan Ranch in California, and were soon radicalised by Manson.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the cult members were convinced he was a manifestation of Jesus Christ on earth and fully believed his preaching that an apocalyptic race war was imminent.<\/p>\n<p>In spectacularly un-Christ-like behaviour, Manson and the Family committed countless crimes, including murders, assaults, theft and street vandalism.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.584\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//80//95//00//808x473_cmsv2_ba56d1d6-d53a-5d30-8fb6-25a6495a8a0a-7809500.jpg/" alt=\"Reed Saxon&#47;AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/384x224_cmsv2_ba56d1d6-d53a-5d30-8fb6-25a6495a8a0a-7809500.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/640x374_cmsv2_ba56d1d6-d53a-5d30-8fb6-25a6495a8a0a-7809500.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/750x438_cmsv2_ba56d1d6-d53a-5d30-8fb6-25a6495a8a0a-7809500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/828x484_cmsv2_ba56d1d6-d53a-5d30-8fb6-25a6495a8a0a-7809500.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/1080x631_cmsv2_ba56d1d6-d53a-5d30-8fb6-25a6495a8a0a-7809500.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/1200x701_cmsv2_ba56d1d6-d53a-5d30-8fb6-25a6495a8a0a-7809500.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/1920x1121_cmsv2_ba56d1d6-d53a-5d30-8fb6-25a6495a8a0a-7809500.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">10050 Cielo Drive, the scene of the murders<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Reed Saxon&#47;AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>The night of the murders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On 9 August, Manson ordered his follower Charles \u201cTex\u201d Watson to go to Tate\u2019s property with several other cult members, ordering them to kill everyone present \u201cas gruesome[ly] as you can\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Watson, Susan Atkins and Patricia Krenwinkel made the journey to the house along with fellow Family member Linda Kasabian. While she was present, she didn\u2019t actively take part in the murders.<\/p>\n<p>When the cult members arrived at the house, they shot dead 18-year-old Steven Parent who had been visiting his friend William Garretson, the estate\u2019s caretaker.<\/p>\n<p>Following the shooting, Watson, Atkins and Krenwinkel broke into the property, leaving Kasabian to stay outside as a lookout.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.39558232931726905\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//80//95//00//808x319_cmsv2_b98a4382-48a0-51db-b73f-4ccf721e49f7-7809500.jpg/" alt=\"AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/384x152_cmsv2_b98a4382-48a0-51db-b73f-4ccf721e49f7-7809500.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/640x253_cmsv2_b98a4382-48a0-51db-b73f-4ccf721e49f7-7809500.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/750x297_cmsv2_b98a4382-48a0-51db-b73f-4ccf721e49f7-7809500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/828x328_cmsv2_b98a4382-48a0-51db-b73f-4ccf721e49f7-7809500.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/1080x427_cmsv2_b98a4382-48a0-51db-b73f-4ccf721e49f7-7809500.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/1200x475_cmsv2_b98a4382-48a0-51db-b73f-4ccf721e49f7-7809500.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/1920x760_cmsv2_b98a4382-48a0-51db-b73f-4ccf721e49f7-7809500.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Manson&apos;s victims: (L-R) Wojciech Frykowski, Sharon Tate, Stephen Parent, Jay Sebring, and Abigail Folger<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Inside, they forced their victims to gather in the living room, tying ropes around Tate and Sebring\u2019s necks, slinging them over the ceiling beams. Sebring was shot and stabbed multiple times, resulting in his death.<\/p>\n<p>Frykowski and Folger managed to flee the house, but were soon chased down and killed by Krenwinkel and Watson.<\/p>\n<p>Inside the house, Tate begged the Family members to be allowed to live long enough to give birth to her unborn child, but her pleas fell on deaf ears. Atkins and Watson stabbed her 16 times, ending her life.<\/p>\n<p>As the murderers left the property, Atkins used Tate\u2019s blood to write the word \u201cpig\u201d on the front door, apparently in response to Manson\u2019s request to \"leave a sign - something witchy\".<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6671368124118476\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//80//95//00//808x539_cmsv2_9ee5a7a3-4459-5df8-a766-9efa1a260b81-7809500.jpg/" alt=\"AP1969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/384x256_cmsv2_9ee5a7a3-4459-5df8-a766-9efa1a260b81-7809500.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/640x427_cmsv2_9ee5a7a3-4459-5df8-a766-9efa1a260b81-7809500.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/750x500_cmsv2_9ee5a7a3-4459-5df8-a766-9efa1a260b81-7809500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/828x552_cmsv2_9ee5a7a3-4459-5df8-a766-9efa1a260b81-7809500.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/1080x721_cmsv2_9ee5a7a3-4459-5df8-a766-9efa1a260b81-7809500.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/1200x801_cmsv2_9ee5a7a3-4459-5df8-a766-9efa1a260b81-7809500.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/1920x1281_cmsv2_9ee5a7a3-4459-5df8-a766-9efa1a260b81-7809500.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Sharon Tate&apos;s body removed from her rented house on Cielo Drive after the murders<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP1969<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>The Manson&#039;s family&#039;s next killing - and the aftermath<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The next night, Manson took Watson, Atkins, Krenwinkel and Kasabian as well as other Family members Leslie Van Houten and Steven \u201cClem\u201d Grogan in search of more people to murder.<\/p>\n<p>They targeted the Los Angeles home of grocery store executive Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary.<\/p>\n<p>After Manson and Watson tied the couple up and robbed them, Manson left the scene with Atkins, Kasabian, and Grogan.<\/p>\n<p>Watson, Van Houten and Krenwinkel stayed put, acting on orders from Manson, stabbing the couple to death and leaving words written in their victim\u2019s blood on the walls.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.0331491712707181\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//80//95//00//808x833_cmsv2_4cce8029-943a-521a-84c1-990538fba6e2-7809500.jpg/" alt=\"Getty&#47;Bettmann Archive\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/384x397_cmsv2_4cce8029-943a-521a-84c1-990538fba6e2-7809500.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/640x661_cmsv2_4cce8029-943a-521a-84c1-990538fba6e2-7809500.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/750x775_cmsv2_4cce8029-943a-521a-84c1-990538fba6e2-7809500.jpg 750w, 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<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The two gruesome crimes created a panic in Los Angeles, but investigators initially failed to make the connection between the two murder scenes.<\/p>\n<p>The violent killings effectively put an end to the carefree nature of the Swinging Sixties and their ritualistic nature has been credited as the foundation for the rise of Satanic panic.<\/p>\n<p>Despite slightly lacking police work, by year\u2019s end, all of the killers had been arrested, following detainment on unrelated charges.<\/p>\n<p>Many of them explained that the motive for the murders was not the identity of the victims, but rather the house at that address, previously occupied by Terry Melcher, believed to have slighted Manson.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.8048048048048048\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//80//95//00//808x652_cmsv2_b5ffee8c-3fe0-5403-9470-f071e448ce3f-7809500.jpg/" alt=\"AP1971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/384x309_cmsv2_b5ffee8c-3fe0-5403-9470-f071e448ce3f-7809500.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/640x515_cmsv2_b5ffee8c-3fe0-5403-9470-f071e448ce3f-7809500.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/750x604_cmsv2_b5ffee8c-3fe0-5403-9470-f071e448ce3f-7809500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/828x666_cmsv2_b5ffee8c-3fe0-5403-9470-f071e448ce3f-7809500.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/1080x869_cmsv2_b5ffee8c-3fe0-5403-9470-f071e448ce3f-7809500.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/1200x966_cmsv2_b5ffee8c-3fe0-5403-9470-f071e448ce3f-7809500.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/95\/00\/1920x1545_cmsv2_b5ffee8c-3fe0-5403-9470-f071e448ce3f-7809500.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten, laugh as they walk to court in Los Angeles for sentencing, 1971<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP1971<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>The trial of the Manson family members - and Sharon Tate&#039;s legacy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The trial, which combined the Tate and LaBianca murders, began in June 1970.<\/p>\n<p>Linda Kasabian, who had been granted immunity, acted 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That is a similar number to those seen in the last such expedition in 2021. \n\nBecause they are so small and elusive, many of the sightings through powerful binoculars are categorised as probable or likely. The animals also emit \u201cclicks\u201d that can be heard through acoustic monitoring devices. \n\nHopes were raised by the sighting of at least one and probably two young vaquita calves . Dr Lindsay Porter, the vice-chair of the IWC\u2019s scientific committee, says this signals that the individuals are healthy. \n\n\n\u201cThere is at least one brand new baby vaquita\u201d said Porter. \u201cThey haven\u2019t stopped breeding. If we can take away this one pressure, the population may recover. We can\u2019t stop now.\u201d \n\nWhy are vaquitas being killed? \n\nFishermen set gillnets to catch totoaba, a fish whose swim bladder is considered a delicacy in China and can fetch thousands of euros per kilogram. \n\nWhile the Mexican government has made some efforts to stop net fishing - like sinking concrete blocks with hooks to snag nets - the fishermen still enter the protected area to fish on a daily basis and even sabotage monitoring efforts. \n\nAccording to the report, \u201cfishermen have begun removing the acoustic devices (CPODs) used to record vaquita clicks. The data recorded on each device is lost, and it is expensive to replace the stolen CPODs.\u201d \n\n\u201cUnless enforcement of the fishing ban is effective and the theft of equipment is stopped, acoustic monitoring cannot collect data as it has in the past,\u201d the report states. \n\nWhat needs to be done to save these endangered mammals? \n\nResearcher Barbara Taylor called on Mexico to sink more concrete blocks to snag nets, because some of the vaquitas were seen outside the protected area. \n\nThe expedition took place from 10 to 26 May, crisscrossing a corner of the gulf where the few remaining vaquitas had last been seen. \n\nAlex Olivera, the Mexico representative for the Center for Biological Diversity, said it is \u201cencouraging news and it shows that vaquita are survivors. But we still need urgent conservation efforts to save these tiny porpoises from extinction.\u201d \n\nOlivera, who was not part of the expedition, estimated that \u201ceven in a gillnet-free habitat, it will take about 50 years for the population to return to where it was 15 years ago.\u201d\u00a0 \n\n\"We need Mexico to urgently comply with existing regulations to prevent the vaquita from disappearing forever,\u201d he added. \n\nPresident Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador\u2019s administration has largely declined to spend money compensating fishermen for staying out of the vaquita refuge and not using gillnets. It also doesn't monitor their presence or the areas they launch from. \n\nIllegal fishing harms vaquitas and efforts to track them \n\nSea Shepherd has been working in the Gulf alongside the Mexican Navy to discourage illegal fishing in the area known as the \u2018zero tolerance zone', where fishing is supposedly banned. However, illegal fishing boats are regularly seen there, and so Mexico has been unable to completely stop them. \n\nPritam Singh, Sea Shepherd\u2019s chairman, said that patrols with the Mexican Navy have reduced the number of hours that fishing boats spend in the restricted zone by 79 per cent in 2022, compared to the previous year. \n\nThe last vaquita sighting expedition in 2021 yielded probable sightings of 5 to 13 vaquitas, a decline from the previous survey in 2019. \n\nIllegal fishing itself has impeded population calculations in the past. \n\nAccording to a report by experts published in 2022, both the 2019 and 2021 surveys \u201cwere hindered by the presence of many illegal fishing boats with gillnets in the water.\"\u00a0 \n\n\"Some areas could not be surveyed at all on some days due to the density of illegal fishing.\u201d \n\nThe government\u2019s protection efforts have been inconsistent at best, and also often face violent opposition from local fishermen. \n\nThe IWC said it has issued the extinction alert - the first in its 70-year history - because it believes that the vaquita\u2019s extinction is not yet inevitable.\u00a0 \u201cWe wanted [...] to send the message to a wider audience and for everyone to understand how serious this is,\u201d said Dr Porter. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The International Whaling Commission has issued its first ever \u201cextinction alert\u201d for the smallest animal under its care: the critically endangered vaquita.<\/p>\n<p>Around 10 of the little porpoises are still clinging on in their only habitat in the Gulf of California in Mexico, according to a recent research expedition.<\/p>\n<p>Their main threat comes from entrapment in illegal \u201cgillnets\u201d - flat fishing nets suspended vertically in the sea - which have caused the population to plummet from nearly 600 individuals in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe extinction of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//01//30//the-worlds-smallest-porpoise-is-on-the-brink-of-extinction-can-operation-miracle-save-them/">the vaquita<\/strong><\/a> is inevitable unless 100 per cent of gillnets are substituted immediately with alternative fishing gears that protect the vaquita and the livelihoods of fishers,\u201d the IWC said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>If this doesn\u2019t happen now, it will be too late.\u201d<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7808696,7799074\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//03//great-barrier-reef-avoids-in-danger-threat-but-unesco-warns-of-serious-risk-from-climate-c/">Great Barrier Reef avoids \u2018in danger\u2019 threat but UNESCO warns of serious risk from climate change<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//08//the-worlds-biggest-heatwave-happened-in-antarctica-last-year-what-does-this-mean-for-our-p/">The world\u2019s biggest heatwave happened in Antarctica last year - what does this mean for our planet?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Calf sighting raises hopes for the survival of vaquitas<\/h2><p>Experts from Mexico, conservation group Sea Shepherd and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) embarked on a research expedition in the gulf, also known as the Sea of Cortez, in May.<\/p>\n<p>During nearly two weeks of sailing, they counted between 8 to 13 of the tiny, shy elusive porpoises. That is a similar number to those seen in the last such expedition in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Because they are so small and elusive, many of the sightings through powerful binoculars are categorised as probable or likely. The animals also emit \u201cclicks\u201d that can be heard through acoustic monitoring devices.<\/p>\n<p>Hopes were raised by the sighting of at least one and probably two young <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//05//19//vaquitas-what-are-the-smiling-pandas-of-the-sea-and-why-are-they-going-extinct/">vaquita calves<\/strong><\/a>. Dr Lindsay Porter, the vice-chair of the IWC\u2019s scientific committee, says this signals that the individuals are healthy. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is at least one brand new baby vaquita\u201d said Porter. \u201cThey haven\u2019t stopped breeding. If we can take away this one pressure, the population may recover. We can\u2019t stop now.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//66//09//66//808x454_cmsv2_85a70458-6736-5a73-95cf-8e5c677e7e95-7660966.jpg/" alt=\"Sea Shepherd Conservation Society&#47;Handout via REUTERS\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/66\/09\/66\/384x216_cmsv2_85a70458-6736-5a73-95cf-8e5c677e7e95-7660966.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/66\/09\/66\/640x360_cmsv2_85a70458-6736-5a73-95cf-8e5c677e7e95-7660966.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/66\/09\/66\/750x422_cmsv2_85a70458-6736-5a73-95cf-8e5c677e7e95-7660966.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/66\/09\/66\/828x466_cmsv2_85a70458-6736-5a73-95cf-8e5c677e7e95-7660966.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/66\/09\/66\/1080x608_cmsv2_85a70458-6736-5a73-95cf-8e5c677e7e95-7660966.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/66\/09\/66\/1200x675_cmsv2_85a70458-6736-5a73-95cf-8e5c677e7e95-7660966.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/66\/09\/66\/1920x1080_cmsv2_85a70458-6736-5a73-95cf-8e5c677e7e95-7660966.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Scientists meet at the bridge of the Seahorse vessel of the non-governmental organisation Sea Shepherd during a research expedition on the vaquita porpoise.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Sea Shepherd Conservation Society&#47;Handout via REUTERS<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Why are vaquitas being killed?<\/h2><p>Fishermen set gillnets to catch totoaba, a fish whose swim bladder is considered a delicacy in China and can fetch thousands of euros per kilogram.<\/p>\n<p>While the Mexican government has made some efforts to stop net fishing - like sinking concrete blocks with hooks to snag nets - the fishermen still enter the protected area to fish on a daily basis and even sabotage monitoring efforts.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, \u201cfishermen have begun removing the acoustic devices (CPODs) used to record vaquita clicks. The data recorded on each device is lost, and it is expensive to replace the stolen CPODs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnless enforcement of the fishing ban is effective and the theft of equipment is stopped, acoustic monitoring cannot collect data as it has in the past,\u201d the report states.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7439938\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//07//we-must-end-this-war-on-nature-europes-most-endangered-species-to-protect-on-world-wildlif/">/u2018We must end this war on nature\u2019: Europe\u2019s most endangered species in need of protection<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>What needs to be done to save these endangered mammals?<\/h2><p>Researcher Barbara Taylor called on <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//03//27//is-climate-change-to-blame-for-the-8000km-long-seaweed-blob-floating-toward-florida-and-me/">Mexico to sink more concrete blocks to snag nets, because some of the vaquitas were seen outside the protected area.<\/p>\n<p>The expedition took place from 10 to 26 May, crisscrossing a corner of the gulf where the few remaining vaquitas had last been seen.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Olivera, the Mexico representative for the Center for Biological Diversity, said it is \u201cencouraging news and it shows that vaquita are survivors. But we still need urgent <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//05//06//brink-of-extinction-these-are-the-10-fastest-declining-species-in-the-world/">conservation efforts<\/strong><\/a> to save these tiny porpoises from extinction.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//66//09//66//808x454_cmsv2_1cf1a076-bea5-55ca-8964-46464c93040b-7660966.jpg/" alt=\"Sea Shepherd Conservation Society&#47;Handout via REUTERS\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/66\/09\/66\/384x216_cmsv2_1cf1a076-bea5-55ca-8964-46464c93040b-7660966.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/66\/09\/66\/640x360_cmsv2_1cf1a076-bea5-55ca-8964-46464c93040b-7660966.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/66\/09\/66\/750x422_cmsv2_1cf1a076-bea5-55ca-8964-46464c93040b-7660966.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/66\/09\/66\/828x466_cmsv2_1cf1a076-bea5-55ca-8964-46464c93040b-7660966.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/66\/09\/66\/1080x608_cmsv2_1cf1a076-bea5-55ca-8964-46464c93040b-7660966.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/66\/09\/66\/1200x675_cmsv2_1cf1a076-bea5-55ca-8964-46464c93040b-7660966.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/66\/09\/66\/1920x1080_cmsv2_1cf1a076-bea5-55ca-8964-46464c93040b-7660966.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The Seahorse vessel of the non-governmental organisation Sea Shepherd is seen at dusk.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Sea Shepherd Conservation Society&#47;Handout via REUTERS<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Olivera, who was not part of the expedition, estimated that \u201ceven in a gillnet-free habitat, it will take about 50 years for the population to return to where it was 15 years ago.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"We need Mexico to urgently comply with existing regulations to prevent the vaquita from disappearing forever,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador\u2019s administration has largely declined to spend money compensating fishermen for staying out of the vaquita refuge and not using gillnets. It also doesn&#039;t monitor their presence or the areas they launch from.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7653216,7638340\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//30//russian-spy-whale-spotted-off-swedish-coast/">Beluga whale spotted off the Swedish coast previously accused of spying for Russia<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//05//the-eagles-have-landed-widowed-white-tailed-eagle-finds-new-partner-in-ireland/">The eagles have landed: widowed white-tailed eagle finds new partner in Ireland<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Illegal fishing harms vaquitas and efforts to track them<\/h2><p>Sea Shepherd has been working in the Gulf alongside the Mexican Navy to discourage illegal fishing in the area known as the \u2018zero tolerance zone&#039;, where fishing is supposedly banned. However, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//10//27//ocean-calls-podcast-inside-the-murky-world-of-illegal-fishing/">illegal fishing boats<\/strong><\/a> are regularly seen there, and so Mexico has been unable to completely stop them.<\/p>\n<p>Pritam Singh, Sea Shepherd\u2019s chairman, said that patrols with the Mexican Navy have reduced the number of hours that fishing boats spend in the restricted zone by 79 per cent in 2022, compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>The last vaquita sighting expedition in 2021 yielded probable sightings of 5 to 13 vaquitas, a decline from the previous survey in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//06//21//how-a-european-project-is-reducing-illegal-fishing-in-the-western-indian-ocean/">Illegal fishing<\/strong><\/a> itself has impeded population calculations in the past.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">Some areas could not be surveyed at all on some days due to the density of illegal fishing.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>According to a report by experts published in 2022, both the 2019 and 2021 surveys \u201cwere hindered by the presence of many illegal fishing boats with gillnets in the water.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Some areas could not be surveyed at all on some days due to the density of illegal fishing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The government\u2019s protection efforts have been inconsistent at best, and also often face violent opposition from local fishermen.<\/p>\n<p>The IWC said it has issued the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//26//this-extinct-earless-dragon-lizard-has-been-spotted-in-a-secret-location-after-50-years-mi/">extinction alert - the first in its 70-year history - because it believes that the vaquita\u2019s extinction is not yet inevitable.\u00a0\u201cWe wanted [...] to send the message to a wider audience and for everyone to understand how serious this is,\u201d said Dr Porter.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1686208553,"publishedAt":1691494271,"updatedAt":1691494341,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2023\/08\/08\/vaquita-are-survivors-worlds-rarest-marine-mammal-clings-on-at-the-edge-of-extinction","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/66\/09\/66\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_fede5afd-5233-577a-9c79-7dca3a46c668-7660966.jpg","altText":"Vaquitas extinction is not inevitable, says the International Whaling Commission in its first ever alert. 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Friedkin, Oscar-winning director of 'The Exorcist', dies aged 87 ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Oscar-winning director of 'The Exorcist' William Friedkin dies aged 87","titleListing2":"The release of 'The French Connection' and 'The Exorcist' in quick succession during the 1970s led critics to hail Friedkin as a leading member of a new generation of Hollywood filmmakers.","leadin":"The release of 'The French Connection' and 'The Exorcist' in quick succession during the 1970s led critics to hail Friedkin as a leading member of a new generation of Hollywood filmmakers","summary":"The release of 'The French Connection' and 'The Exorcist' in quick succession during the 1970s led critics to hail Friedkin as a leading member of a new generation of Hollywood filmmakers","url":"william-friedkin-oscar-winning-director-of-the-exorcist-dies-aged-87","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The Oscar-winning director who shot to global stardom with the release of the 1973 film, 'The Exorcist,' William Friedkin, has died at the age of 87. \n\nThe US filmmaker died on Monday in Los Angeles, his family and representatives confirmed to the press.\u00a0 \n\nThe Exorcist was a Hollywood blockbuster based on William Peter Blatty\u2019s best-selling novel about a 12-year-old girl possessed by the devil. \n\nThe harrowing scenes of the girl\u2019s possession and a splendid cast, including Linda Blair as the girl, Ellen Burstyn as her mother and Max Von Sydow and Jason Miller as the priests who try to exorcise the devil, helped make the film a box-office sensation.\u00a0 \n\nIt was so scary for its era that many viewers fled the theatre before it was over and some reported being unable to sleep for days afterwards. \n\nThe film received 10 Oscar nominations, including one for Friedkin as director, and won two, for Blatty\u2019s script and for sound. \n\nBut it was two years prior that he won his first Oscar for 'The French Connection'. \n\nThe movie, based on a true story, deals with the efforts of maverick New York City police Detective James \u201cPopeye\u201d Doyle to track down Frenchman Fernando Rey, mastermind of a large drug pipeline funnelling heroin into the United States. It contains one of the most thrilling chase scenes ever filmed. \n\nThe movie also won Academy Awards for best picture, screenplay and film editing and led critics to hail Friedkin, then just 32, as a leading member of a new generation of filmmakers. \n\nBorn in Chicago on 29 August 1939, Friedkin began working in local TV productions as a teenager. \n\nFriedkin continued working until his death. His new film, 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial,' starring Kiefer Sutherland is set to premiere at the Venice Film Festival next month. \n\n\"Working with William Friedkin was one of the great honours of my career,\" Sutherland said in a statement. \"My condolences go to [his wife] Sherry and his family.\" \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The Oscar-winning director who shot to global stardom with the release of the 1973 film, &#039;The Exorcist,&#039; William Friedkin, has died at the age of 87.<\/p>\n<p>The US filmmaker died on Monday in Los Angeles, his family and representatives confirmed to the press.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Exorcist was a Hollywood blockbuster based on William Peter Blatty\u2019s best-selling novel about a 12-year-old girl possessed by the devil.<\/p>\n<p>The harrowing scenes of the girl\u2019s possession and a splendid cast, including Linda Blair as the girl, Ellen Burstyn as her mother and Max Von Sydow and Jason Miller as the priests who try to exorcise the devil, helped make the film a box-office sensation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-youtube-embed\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"auto widget__ratio widget__ratio--16x9\">\n <iframe type=\"text\/html\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//embed//jyW5YXDcIGs/" width=\"100%\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen seamless>\n <\/iframe>\n <\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It was so scary for its era that many viewers fled the theatre before it was over and some reported being unable to sleep for days afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>The film received 10 Oscar nominations, including one for Friedkin as director, and won two, for Blatty\u2019s script and for sound.<\/p>\n<p>But it was two years prior that he won his first Oscar for &#039;The French Connection&#039;.<\/p>\n<p>The movie, based on a true story, deals with the efforts of maverick New York City police Detective James \u201cPopeye\u201d Doyle to track down Frenchman Fernando Rey, mastermind of a large drug pipeline funnelling heroin into the United States. It contains one of the most thrilling chase scenes ever filmed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-youtube-embed\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"auto widget__ratio widget__ratio--16x9\">\n <iframe type=\"text\/html\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//embed//T76K3RxJY0A/" width=\"100%\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen seamless>\n <\/iframe>\n <\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The movie also won Academy Awards for best picture, screenplay and film editing and led critics to hail Friedkin, then just 32, as a leading member of a new generation of filmmakers.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Chicago on 29 August 1939, Friedkin began working in local TV productions as a teenager.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1688629052813549568\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Friedkin continued working until his death. 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heatwave: Temperatures in this South American country have hit 37C","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Chile suffers \u2018extraordinary\u2019 37C winter heatwave","titleListing2":"Winter heatwave: Temperatures in this South American country have hit 37C","leadin":"Winter heatwaves could become \u2018more and more normal\u2019, climatologists say, as temperatures soar 15C above average.","summary":"Winter heatwaves could become \u2018more and more normal\u2019, climatologists say, as temperatures soar 15C above average.","url":"winter-heatwave-temperatures-in-this-south-american-country-have-hit-37c","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A winter heatwave is bringing historically high temperatures to Chile. \n\n\"Having temperatures of 37 degrees in the middle of southern winter is extraordinary,\" says Raul Cordero, a climatologist at the University of Santiago.\u00a0\"It is a temperature anomaly of almost 15 degrees above typical values.\" \n\nThe phenomenon is a \"window\" to an increasingly warm future, according to scientists. \n\n\"Unfortunately it is not a local problem, it is a global problem ,\" Cordero continues. \n\nGlobally, July was the hottest month on record and, in many places, this extreme weather has continued into August. \n\nChile is experiencing spring-like weather in winter \n\nThe first days of August brought a heatwave to parts of northern and central Chile , with Santiago experiencing\u00a0spring-like weather in the middle of winter. \n\n\"In a way, this is a window into the future, we are seeing conditions that are going to normalise,\" says Martin Jacques, a climatologist and professor at Chile's University of Concepcion. \"What now seems very extreme could gradually become more and more normal in a few years.\" \n\nJacques says that while some of the temperature increase is expected during this time of the year due to atmospheric circulation, these extreme temperatures have been exacerbated by El Nino - when waters in the central and eastern Pacific are warmer than usual -\u00a0and an increasingly warming planet.\u00a0 \n\nHe adds that while it's often hard to establish a connection between extreme weather events and climate change, temperatures in parts of Chile have been breaking records year after year. \n\n\"It's a pretty robust sign of warming ,\" Jacques says. \"The connection between temperature and long-term climate change is much more evident.\" \n\nChile also faced intense rainstorms this winter \n\nThe winter season has been eventful in Chile, with the most intense rainstorms in decades leaving thousands homeless, isolated towns and blocked roads in the south-central area of the country. \n\nMany hope the rains would help the replenish the country's water reservoirs after more than a decade-long drought , but Jacques describes the situation as \"quite fragile\" as long as snow in the Andes isn't being replaced. \n\n\"Winter high-temperature events do affect the spring flow rate that can be expected from melt ,\" Jacques says. \n\nAccording to the latest service reports, high temperatures in the north and centre of the country will last all week. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>A winter heatwave is bringing historically high temperatures to Chile.<\/p>\n<p>\"Having temperatures of 37 degrees in the middle of southern winter is extraordinary,\" says Raul Cordero, a climatologist at the University of Santiago.\u00a0\"It is a temperature anomaly of almost 15 degrees above typical values.\"<\/p>\n<p>The phenomenon is a \"window\" to an increasingly warm future, according to scientists.<\/p>\n<p>\"Unfortunately it is not a local problem, it is a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//25//north-africa-heatwave-wildfires-kill-dozens-and-force-over-1500-people-to-evacuate/">global problem<\/strong><\/a>,\" Cordero continues.<\/p>\n<p>Globally, July was the <a 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href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//18//hottest-temperatures-ever-how-do-countries-in-europe-compare/">extreme could gradually become more and more normal in a few years.\"<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7768874,7760334\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//21//summer-of-extremes-is-climate-change-to-blame-for-heatwaves-and-flooding/">/u2018Summer of extremes\u2019: Is climate change to blame for heatwaves and flooding?<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//18//in-pictures-europe-scorched-by-blistering-temperatures-as-second-heatwave-hits/">In pictures: Europe scorched by blistering temperatures as second heatwave hits<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jacques says that while some of the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//05//hurricane-clips-and-white-roofs-how-hawaiis-homeowners-are-preparing-their-homes-for-el-ni/">temperature increase<\/strong><\/a> is expected during this time of the year due to atmospheric circulation, these extreme temperatures have been exacerbated by <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//07//el-nino-is-back-heres-what-it-means-for-extreme-weather/">El Nino<\/strong><\/a>- when waters in the central and eastern Pacific are warmer than usual -\u00a0and an increasingly warming planet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He adds that while it&#039;s often hard to establish a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//16//cyclone-mocha-how-many-were-killed-in-myanmar-and-bangladesh-and-is-climate-change-to-blam/">connection between extreme weather events and climate change, temperatures in parts of Chile have been breaking records year after year.<\/p>\n<p>\"It&#039;s a pretty robust sign of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//19//global-warming-is-advancing-faster-than-expected-in-europe-wmo-report/">warming,/" Jacques says. \"The connection between temperature and long-term climate change is much more evident.\"<\/p>\n<h2>Chile also faced intense rainstorms this winter<\/h2><p>The winter season has been eventful in Chile, with the most intense <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//10//japan-sees-heaviest-rain-ever-is-climate-change-making-downpours-more-extreme/">rainstorms in decades leaving thousands homeless, isolated towns and blocked roads in the south-central area of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Many hope the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//28//washed-away-pakistans-melting-glaciers-threatens-millions-with-dangerous-flooding/">rains would help the replenish the country&#039;s water reservoirs after more than a decade-long <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//20//extreme-heatwave-exposes-submerged-church-and-triggers-water-shortages-in-mexico/">drought, but Jacques describes the situation as \"quite fragile\" as long as snow in the Andes isn&#039;t being replaced.<\/p>\n<p>\"Winter high-temperature events do affect the spring flow rate that can be expected from <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//28//washed-away-pakistans-melting-glaciers-threatens-millions-with-dangerous-flooding/">melt,/" Jacques says.<\/p>\n<p>According to the latest service reports, <a 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Amazon summit to focus on climate change and human rights","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Two-day Amazon summit set to focus on climate change and human rights","titleListing2":"Two-day Amazon summit set to focus on climate change and human rights","leadin":"Eight South American countries are meeting in Brazil to thrash out co-ordinated policies for the Amazon basin.","summary":"Eight South American countries are meeting in Brazil to thrash out co-ordinated policies for the Amazon basin.","url":"two-day-amazon-summit-to-focus-on-climate-change-and-human-rights","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is hosting a regional summit this week with planetary stakes, as leaders of the countries that share the Amazon seek a roadmap to save the world's biggest rainforest. \n\nThe meeting of the eight-nation Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation on Tuesday and Wednesday in Belem, capital of the Amazon state of Para, will serve as something of a dress rehearsal for the COP30 UN climate talks, which the city will also host in 2025. \n\nIt is the 28-year-old organisation's first summit since 2009, as Lula seeks to deliver on his pledge that \"Brazil is back\" in the fight against climate change after a period of surging destruction in the Amazon under his far-right predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro. \n\nWith its hundreds of billions of carbon-absorbing trees, the Amazon is a key buffer against global warming. \n\nBut scientists warn deforestation is pushing it dangerously close to a \"tipping point,\" beyond which trees would die off and release their carbon stores back into the atmosphere, with catastrophic consequences for the climate. \n\nAlready, carbon emissions from the Amazon increased by 117% in 2020 compared to the annual average for 2010 to 2018, according to the latest figures from researchers at Brazil's national space agency, INPE. \n\nVeteran leftist Lula, who returned to office in January, said he planned to work together with the group's other members - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela - to develop the Amazon basin \"without destroying\" it. \n\nLeaders are due to discuss strategies to fight deforestation and organised crime, and seek sustainable development for the region, home to 50 million people - including hundreds of Indigenous groups seen as crucial to protecting the forest. \n\nThe summit will conclude with a joint declaration, expected to be \"ambitious\" and set out \"an agenda to guide countries in the coming years,\" said Brazilian foreign ministry official Gisela Padovan. \n\nCrime in the jungle \n\nBrazil, which holds around 60% of the Amazon, has pledged to eradicate illegal deforestation by 2030, and is pushing other countries to follow suit. \n\nDeforestation is driven mainly by cattle ranching, though it is fueled by a murky mix of corruption, land-grabbing and organised crime whose tentacles extend to the illegal traffic in drugs, arms, timber and gold. \n\nIn Brazil, the world's top exporter of beef and soy, the destruction has already wiped out around one-fifth of the rainforest. \n\nBut after a 75% jump in average annual deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon under Bolsonaro (2019-2022) versus the previous decade, there are signs of progress. \n\nFrom January to July, deforestation fell by 42.5% from the same period last year. \n\nAhead of the summit, more than 50 environmental groups called on the region's governments to adopt a plan \"to stop the Amazon from reaching a point of no return.\" \n\nThe petition, published by the Climate Observatory, calls on countries to join Brazil's pledge for zero illegal deforestation by 2030, strengthen Indigenous rights and adopt \"effective measures to fight environmental crimes.\" \n\nLula said Thursday he was confident that \"for the first time, jointly and cohesively,\" the region would \"accept its responsibility\" to fight rampant crime in the rainforest. \n\nThe world's problem \n\nLula insists responsibility for saving the Amazon extends worldwide. \n\n\"The world needs to help us preserve and develop the Amazon,\" he said Wednesday. \n\n\"Investing is cheap if it's a matter of saving the rainforest.\" \n\nPaola Arias, a climate scientist at the University of Antioquia in Colombia, underlined that the cattle and crops produced in the Amazon are often exported abroad. \n\nDeforestation \"is not just the Amazon countries' fault,\" she said. \n\n\"It's leveraged by a world agro-industry that generates profits for the global north. Those connections to Europe, North America and Australia have to be part of the debate.\" \n\nSix presidents are due to attend the summit, with Ecuador and Suriname represented by cabinet ministers. \n\nNorway and Germany, key contributors to Brazil's Amazon Fund to protect the rainforest, are also invited, along with France, which has a share of the Amazon via the territory of French Guiana. \n\nBrazil also invited tropical rainforest nations Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is hosting a regional summit this week with planetary stakes, as leaders of the countries that share the Amazon seek a roadmap to save the world&#039;s biggest rainforest.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting of the eight-nation Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation on Tuesday and Wednesday in Belem, capital of the Amazon state of Para, will serve as something of a dress rehearsal for the COP30 UN climate talks, which the city will also host in 2025.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//80//79//32//808x539_cmsv2_07d6381c-ad1f-573d-be50-e86d9c16490d-7807932.jpg/" alt=\"Eraldo Peres&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/79\/32\/384x256_cmsv2_07d6381c-ad1f-573d-be50-e86d9c16490d-7807932.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/79\/32\/640x427_cmsv2_07d6381c-ad1f-573d-be50-e86d9c16490d-7807932.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/79\/32\/750x500_cmsv2_07d6381c-ad1f-573d-be50-e86d9c16490d-7807932.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/79\/32\/828x552_cmsv2_07d6381c-ad1f-573d-be50-e86d9c16490d-7807932.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/79\/32\/1080x720_cmsv2_07d6381c-ad1f-573d-be50-e86d9c16490d-7807932.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/79\/32\/1200x800_cmsv2_07d6381c-ad1f-573d-be50-e86d9c16490d-7807932.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/79\/32\/1920x1281_cmsv2_07d6381c-ad1f-573d-be50-e86d9c16490d-7807932.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The sun rises in Belem, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. Belem will host the Amazon Summit, a meeting by the nations that are part of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty:<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Eraldo Peres&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It is the 28-year-old organisation&#039;s first summit since 2009, as Lula seeks to deliver on his pledge that \"Brazil is back\" in the fight against climate change after a period of surging destruction in the Amazon under his far-right predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro.<\/p>\n<p>With its hundreds of billions of carbon-absorbing trees, the Amazon is a key buffer against global warming.<\/p>\n<p>But scientists warn deforestation is pushing it dangerously close to a \"tipping point,\" beyond which trees would die off and release their carbon stores back into the atmosphere, with catastrophic consequences for the climate.<\/p>\n<p>Already, carbon emissions from the Amazon increased by 117% in 2020 compared to the annual average for 2010 to 2018, according to the latest figures from researchers at Brazil&#039;s national space agency, INPE.<\/p>\n<p>Veteran leftist Lula, who returned to office in January, said he planned to work together with the group&#039;s other members - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela - to develop the Amazon basin \"without destroying\" it.<\/p>\n<p>Leaders are due to discuss strategies to fight deforestation and organised crime, and seek sustainable development for the region, home to 50 million people - including hundreds of Indigenous groups seen as crucial to protecting the forest.<\/p>\n<p>The summit will conclude with a joint declaration, expected to be \"ambitious\" and set out \"an agenda to guide countries in the coming years,\" said Brazilian foreign ministry official Gisela Padovan.<\/p>\n<h2>Crime in the jungle<\/h2><p>Brazil, which holds around 60% of the Amazon, has pledged to eradicate illegal deforestation by 2030, and is pushing other countries to follow suit.<\/p>\n<p>Deforestation is driven mainly by cattle ranching, though it is fueled by a murky mix of corruption, land-grabbing and organised crime whose tentacles extend to the illegal traffic in drugs, arms, timber and gold.<\/p>\n<p>In Brazil, the world&#039;s top exporter of beef and soy, the destruction has already wiped out around one-fifth of the rainforest.<\/p>\n<p>But after a 75% jump in average annual deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon under Bolsonaro (2019-2022) versus the previous decade, there are signs of progress.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//80//79//32//808x539_cmsv2_9a46e43a-e9b6-5bf3-9e4f-028a01af0c0d-7807932.jpg/" alt=\"Eraldo Peres&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/79\/32\/384x256_cmsv2_9a46e43a-e9b6-5bf3-9e4f-028a01af0c0d-7807932.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/79\/32\/640x427_cmsv2_9a46e43a-e9b6-5bf3-9e4f-028a01af0c0d-7807932.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/79\/32\/750x500_cmsv2_9a46e43a-e9b6-5bf3-9e4f-028a01af0c0d-7807932.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/79\/32\/828x552_cmsv2_9a46e43a-e9b6-5bf3-9e4f-028a01af0c0d-7807932.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/79\/32\/1080x720_cmsv2_9a46e43a-e9b6-5bf3-9e4f-028a01af0c0d-7807932.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/79\/32\/1200x800_cmsv2_9a46e43a-e9b6-5bf3-9e4f-028a01af0c0d-7807932.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/79\/32\/1920x1281_cmsv2_9a46e43a-e9b6-5bf3-9e4f-028a01af0c0d-7807932.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">An activist shows a sign that reads in Portuguese &quot;Stop killing us. No to oil in the Amazon&quot;, on the eve of the summit in Belem, Brazil. August 7, 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Eraldo Peres&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>From January to July, deforestation fell by 42.5% from the same period last year.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the summit, more than 50 environmental groups called on the region&#039;s governments to adopt a plan \"to stop the Amazon from reaching a point of no return.\"<\/p>\n<p>The petition, published by the Climate Observatory, calls on countries to join Brazil&#039;s pledge for zero illegal deforestation by 2030, strengthen Indigenous rights and adopt \"effective measures to fight environmental crimes.\"<\/p>\n<p>Lula said Thursday he was confident that \"for the first time, jointly and cohesively,\" the region would \"accept its responsibility\" to fight rampant crime in the rainforest.<\/p>\n<h2>The world's problem<\/h2><p>Lula insists responsibility for saving the Amazon extends worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>\"The world needs to help us preserve and develop the Amazon,\" he said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\"Investing is cheap if it&#039;s a matter of saving the rainforest.\"<\/p>\n<p>Paola Arias, a climate scientist at the University of Antioquia in Colombia, underlined that the cattle and crops produced in the Amazon are often exported abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Deforestation \"is not just the Amazon countries&#039; fault,\" she said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//80//79//32//808x539_cmsv2_ca45cd08-0a0f-586e-b99d-de43b961e710-7807932.jpg/" alt=\"Eraldo Peres&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. 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All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"It&#039;s leveraged by a world agro-industry that generates profits for the global north. 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WATCH: Hollywood mourns The Exorcist director William Friedkin

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