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00:00 Block after block of flattened homes and businesses, blackened hulks of burnt out cars, the pavement
00:08 streaked with melted chrome. The death toll from wildfires on Hawaii's Maui has risen
00:13 to 67 as officials seek to determine how the inferno spread so rapidly with little warning.
00:21 People are found in houses in a huddle holding each other because the fire surrounded their
00:25 homes before they could even get out. There was nowhere to go. And these are beautiful
00:29 homes that are very old and they're made of wood. Those went up like a matchstick. Nobody
00:33 had warning. Fueled by dry conditions, hot temperatures and strong winds from a passing
00:38 hurricane, at least three wildfires erupted on Maui this week, racing through parched
00:44 bush covering the island. Thousands have been displaced. Since Tuesday, aid organizations
00:51 and community-led groups have mobilized to provide assistance.
00:54 More than 100 trucks bound for Niger, blocked in Malanville, the border town between Benin
01:07 and Niger. The blockage has been going on for more than a week after Benin closed its
01:14 borders with the embattled country, following a decision by the Economic Community of West
01:18 African States. Tensions are escalating between Niger's new military regime and the West African
01:42 regional bloc that has ordered the deployment of troops to restore Niger's failing democracy.
01:48 Hundreds of people have marched towards the French military base in Niamey, waving Russian
01:53 flags and screaming "Down with France."
02:00 After weeks of increased Russian attacks on Ukrainian facilities vital for grain shipments,
02:06 Kiev has announced that it plans to create what it's calling a humanitarian corridor
02:10 in the Black Sea that would allow cargo ships that have been stuck in its ports since Russia's
02:14 war to finally leave. The repeated missile and drone strikes come after Moscow canceled
02:20 a landmark grain deal.
02:38 Meanwhile, Moscow claims to have improved its fighting positions in the northeast of
02:42 Ukraine. These pictures show its soldiers training in the Kemerovo region in Serbia.
02:47 This as Ukrainian citizens take part in a five-day course on civil defense, open to
02:53 men and women of any profession. It teaches techniques for handling weapons and first
02:57 aid as Russia's relentless war rages on.
03:02 Reverend Koval leads one of his first services in Turkey after the Russian Orthodox Church
03:07 decided to defrock him last September following his prayer for peace in Ukraine.
03:13 President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia's clergymen to pray for victory in the war,
03:18 but Reverend Koval replaced the word "victory" with "peace".
03:42 In February, Reverend Kordoshkin was suspended for three months in Madrid for his stance
03:48 against the fighting.
04:01 The Russian Orthodox Church explains the repressions as punishment for their so-called engagement
04:06 in politics.
04:36 In next week's semifinals, Spain and Sweden are up first on Tuesday, and the Matildas
04:41 will face the Lionesses in Sydney next Wednesday.
04:44 (upbeat music)