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00:00 Almost 500 children have been killed and over 1,000 injured since Russia launched its full-scale
00:08 invasion of Ukraine.
00:11 They stress that the figures are incomplete because of the difficulty gathering data in
00:15 areas occupied by Russian forces.
00:18 Just today, an infant and a 12-year-old boy died in Russian shelling in the Kherson region.
00:26 Last month, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights reported that over 9,000 civilians
00:31 have been killed and 16,000 wounded since the start of the war.
00:38 At this moment in time, 7.5 million children in Ukraine are in grave danger of physical
00:43 harm, severe emotional distress and displacement.
00:49 Airstrikes and explosions have damaged essential services like schools and hospitals, warn
00:58 NGOs.
01:00 A shelter here in Maui, Hawaii, has been considered home for many over the past few days as wildfires
01:06 swept through the island.
01:08 Aid and food are distributed here for people who have lost virtually everything.
01:12 Some wait anxiously to hear news of missing friends and relatives.
01:15 At least 4,500 people have lost their homes.
01:19 For residents, rebuilding their lives and homes is unthinkable right now.
01:24 "We lost everything.
01:26 Thank God that we still have each other and we're all alive and safe and accounted for.
01:31 It's like we're the only things we have now because everything that we had in the past
01:36 is gone."
01:38 On top of the emotional turmoil, material losses are huge.
01:42 Early estimated costs of rebuilding stand at 5.5 billion US dollars, or 6 billion euros,
01:48 making the wildfires among the worst disasters in the state's history and the deadliest.
01:53 More than 90 people have died in the wildfires and authorities expect that number to rise.
02:00 Veronica Sarrao, the now widow of centrist presidential candidate Fernando Villaviencio,
02:05 killed last week allegedly by organized crime, has blamed the state for her husband's death.
02:11 She denounced a lack of protection measures after her husband was shot several times while
02:16 leading a rally at a school in Quinto on Thursday.
02:19 "They didn't protect him the way they should have.
02:22 The state was in charge of Fernando's safety.
02:25 The state is directly responsible for the murder of my husband, Fernando Villaviencio.
02:31 The state still has to give a lot of answers to everything that happened."
02:35 Currently, six Colombians have been ordered to preventive detention, accused of being
02:39 alleged hitmen.
02:41 It's still not clear who is behind the shooting.
02:44 Authorities moved gang leader Jose Adolfo Macias into a maximum security prison on Saturday.
02:50 Villaviencio had accused the Los Choneros boss of threatening him at his campaign just
02:55 days before he was killed.
03:01 Three people have died in a fire at a five-story building in the southern French town of Grasse
03:05 on Sunday.
03:06 The fire was quickly extinguished.
03:08 According to the firefighters, a security cordon has been set up in the town square
03:12 where the building is located.
03:14 In addition to the three victims, three people were seriously injured.
03:18 Four also have minor injuries, according to the emergency services report.
03:23 The Grasse prosecutor's office reported that an investigation is ongoing to determine the
03:28 origin of the disaster.
03:32 A 44-year-old Italian male prisoner was found dead in his cell at Rosano jail in Calabria
03:42 on Saturday.
03:43 Sources say the man is believed to have taken his own life.
03:46 His alleged suicide comes on the heels of the death of two female inmates at Le Valete
03:51 prison in Turin on Friday.
03:53 Detention centres are often cited as being overcrowded.
03:56 An issue Justice Minister Carlo Nordio wishes to tackle.
04:00 Prison suicides are all too common in Italy.
04:02 This year has seen 42 prison suicides, on top of 85 in 2022.
04:10 Italy coach Roberto Mancini surprisingly resigned on Sunday, ending an up-and-down five-year
04:16 tenure with the national team.
04:18 The 58-year-old was appointed after La Squadra Asurra failed to qualify for the 2018 World
04:24 Cup.
04:25 Mancini was able to get his players back to winning ways and wrote to a hard-fought win
04:29 on penalties against England during the final of the Euro 2020 at Wembley.
04:34 The national side went on a world record 37 game unbeaten run, but they failed to qualify
04:39 for the 2022 World Cup.
04:41 (whooshing)
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