Hawaii

Crystal Hefner tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy about life at the Playboy Mansion as one of Hugh Hefner’s three live-in girlfriends, how he made her ‘feel small and afraid for so long’, and why she’s finally decided to speak out, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.

It’s been a month since Hawaii’s historic resort town of Lahaina was almost levelled to the ground, after America’s worst wildfires for more than a century. 

Hawaii’s erupting Kilauea volcano has now claimed more than 70 homes, and belched tens of thousands of tonnes of ash and noxious fumes into the air. Every night, it puts on a spectacular – and terrifying – show with powerful fountains of lava lighting up the sky.  After weeks of eruptions and lava flows, there are increased worries…

The Governor of Hawaii has apologised for a false alarm about a missile attack that sent the population of the American Pacific state into panic. Many ran for shelter after an emergency alert was put out on text messages that a ballistic missile was heading for the island.