the british government is under renewed pressure to stop migrants crossing the sea in small boats — after six people drowned in the channel. ukraine claims "partial success" in its counter—offensive against russia. and a stargazers' delight — the annual perseid meteor shower lights up skies across the world. hello, i'm anjana gadgil. we start in hawaii, whose governor is warning that the death toll — following the wildfires on the island of maui — is likely to rise still further. 93 people are now known to have died as the inferno razed most of the historic town of lahaina to the ground. so far, only a tiny fraction of the worst—hit area has been searched for bodies. more than 2,200 structures —

homes and businesses — were damaged or destroyed. recovery crews continue to comb through the charred ruins and hundreds of people remain unaccounted for. there is growing anger on maui — over both the lack of warning about the wildfires — the worst to hit a state in america in over a century — and the response by officials to the thousands left without homes — and in some cases adequate food and water — as sophie long reports from the island. this is what remains of lahaina. cars abandoned as people ran and jumped into the sea to escape the flames. homes and businesses reduced to charred remains. president biden promised immediate help and said every available asset should be used to provide it, but, days later, people here say it's not yet reaching those most in need and people like felicia are desperately trying to get supplies into lahaina themselves. i'm frustrated. people are... we're all together.

we're one family, we need to take care of each other. no—one�*s feeding everyone. they're traumatised. they're upset. no—one�*s giving hugs. they need mental help. what do you need for me? to hear people in the same pads since the fire on thursday. kids in the same diapers since thursday. people without food. they haven't drank since before the fire. what are we doing? hundreds of thousands flock to maui's stunning coastline every year and thousands ofjobs here are dependent on tourism, but the jarring contrast between those holidaying and those hurting is difficult to bear with so many still unaccounted for. the same waters that our people just died in three days ago are the same waters the very next day these visitors, tourists were swimming in and that says a lot about where their heart and mind is through all of this and where our heart and mind is through all of this, as well.

you don't see our people swimming, snorkelling, surfing. nobody is having fun in tragedy and continuing their lives like nothing has happened. there is two hawaiis right now. there is the hawaii we're living in and the hawaii they're living in, they're visiting in. as search and recovery teams continue their difficult task of sifting through the remains, people queue for hours to get back to what were their homes. confusion is leading to frustration. at 8.30am, we went there. they said, "go to the other side." so we went to the other side and same thing. there's, like, a line and it's not even moving so we came back here. so we got here at 9.30 and it's 12.30 right now. they're not telling us what to do. the cops arejust going back and forth. but the authorities are asking for patience. we know we've got to go quick, but we've got to do it right, so when we pick up the remains and they fall apart... so when you have 200 people running through the scene yesterday,

and some of you, that's what you're stepping on. i don't know how much more you want me to describe it. that's what you're stepping on. give us a little bit of time to contain that, please. people already know this is the deadliest disaster in hawaii's history and the death toll is still climbing. sophie long, bbc news, maui. the bbc caught up with the governor of hawaii, josh green, and asked him about the lack of warning to residents of lahaina about the approaching wildfires and what went wrong: i think really what it was was an incredibly overwhelming circumstance, which was a hurricane and hurricane force winds simultaneously with fire. and we've not experienced anything like that in the region in a town before.

there was a lot of response going on amongst the firefighters all across the island. i think that was the greatest confounding issue. but my team is doing a thorough review. we've begun it with our attorney general, and that's the important piece for us now. of course, most of our efforts are going to be on recovery, finding a way to reunite families with either those that they've lost so that they have closure or getting them housing and survival. these processes normally come much after an incident like this, but we're doing it in parallel because we want to be safer and learn right now. while the authorities continue the difficult work of searching for and identifying the dead after the devastating fire in the town of lahaina, some residents are taking relief efforts into their own hands. john sudworth went out with one group of volunteers taking relief supplies by boat. we are on board the ocean spirit, a boat owned by the pacific whale foundation, a marine conservation charity. but today staff and volunteers on board are on a different mission.

if you look down here, these are full fuel cans. a lot of people inside the disaster zone depend on generators for cooking. this, of course, is a vital lifeline. over here, something else badly needed... ..fresh drinking water. we can quite clearly see the town of lahaina now and what you can make out is the blackened landscape above the town where the grass was burning. and what happened with the hurricane blowing way off to the south, the pressure brought the wind over the top of the island, picking up speed on the way down the mountainside and picking up sparks from the fire and bringing them directly into the town. they didn't stand a chance. as well as the devastated town of lahaina, which is a short distance that way, there are communities like this one. they were not directly affected by the wildfire but have nonetheless been cut off without road access, power

and communication for days. so this is vital aid and all of it delivered by volunteer effort. that was our reporter on the relief effort in hawaii. that was our reporter on the relief effort in hawaii. there's growing pressure on the uk government to do more to tackle people smugglers operating small boats crossing the channel — after six people drowned in a vessel off the coast of france. the opposition labour party says people smugglers are �*running rings' around government efforts to tackle the problem. more than 500 people crossed in boats on saturday. ministers are trying to get tougher laws through parliament, which would make it illegal for people to claim asylum in the uk, if they've arrived on small boats. simonjones has the latest. despite the deaths yesterday in the channel the crossings have continued. 500 more people were brought to shore on saturday after being picked up in flimsy boats. in dover, thoughts remain with the six men who did not make it.

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died seeking sanctuary in the uk. six more men will be added to that list. joining me live now are our correspondents, simonjones, who's in dover and bethany bell in calais. simon first of all, we heard in your report some of the government's response to this, but 500 people crossing the channel on saturday alone, clearly the danger is not deterred itself. what is the government saying they are going to do to tackle this problem? if}? do to tackle this problem? 509 eo - le do to tackle this problem? 509 peeple arriving _ do to tackle this problem? “sig people arriving on ten boats, do to tackle this problem? l525 people arriving on ten boats, more than 50 boats per boat. you can see how dangerously overloaded they are. some of the survivors from the incident yesterday morning when six people died were brought here to dover, others were brought to calais. this really has focused the political debate. the big issue for the government here in the uk is it wants to be able to send some asylum—seekers to rwanda to act as a deterrent. thousands of miles away

from here. but so far, the attempts have been blocked by the courts. at is facing an ongoing legal challenge and so that key plank of its policy has yet to be enacted. the government believes that really would be a deterrent, saying to people, once you arrive in the uk, if you come by the illegal roots you will not be able to stay here, you will not be able to stay here, you will be detained and deported and denied the right to claim asylum here in the uk. although that legislation has been approved no one has been sent to wanda. there are big problems and the government really is not seeing a big deterrent effect of this rwanda deal. bethany, we heard the — effect of this rwanda deal. bethany, we heard the government _ effect of this rwanda deal. bethany, we heard the government say - effect of this rwanda deal. bethany, we heard the government say in - effect of this rwanda deal. bethany, we heard the government say in the | we heard the government say in the report that it is working closely with french authorities. how close he aligned are the approaches of the uk and the french government on this

issue? , ,., , , uk and the french government on this issue? , ,, , ., ., ~ issue? they say they are working ve , issue? they say they are working very. very _ issue? they say they are working very. very closely _ issue? they say they are working very, very closely together - issue? they say they are working very, very closely together and i issue? they say they are working i very, very closely together and also we know _ very, very closely together and also we know that french rescue workers say they— we know that french rescue workers say they are — we know that french rescue workers say they are on alert and in fact, last night, — say they are on alert and in fact, last night, there was another rescue that took_ last night, there was another rescue that took place about ten km off the coast _ that took place about ten km off the coast of _ that took place about ten km off the coast of calais where i am now. they found _ coast of calais where i am now. they found a _ coast of calais where i am now. they found a boat— coast of calais where i am now. they found a boat with 54 migrants on it who were _ found a boat with 54 migrants on it who were in — found a boat with 54 migrants on it who were in trouble and they brought those _ who were in trouble and they brought those migrants back to france. we have _ those migrants back to france. we have been— those migrants back to france. we have been told just by workers who work along — have been told just by workers who work along here they say that there does seem — work along here they say that there does seem to have been an increase in the _ does seem to have been an increase in the number of migrants coming to the region— in the number of migrants coming to the region in— in the number of migrants coming to the region in recent weeks. some of them _ the region in recent weeks. some of them are _ the region in recent weeks. some of them are living rough along the coastlines here. and those aid workers — coastlines here. and those aid workers have told us that they have warned _ workers have told us that they have warned the — workers have told us that they have warned the migrants of the dangers of crossing — warned the migrants of the dangers of crossing the channel, just how dangerous— of crossing the channel, just how dangerous that is and also have

warned — dangerous that is and also have warned them about the reception they are likely— warned them about the reception they are likely to face once they get into the — are likely to face once they get into the uk. we were told that if someone — into the uk. we were told that if someone is determined to try and make _ someone is determined to try and make it _ someone is determined to try and make it across the channel, it is very— make it across the channel, it is very difficult to stop them. bethany, what do we know about the six people who died in the tragic incident on saturday and the people were rescued by the french and uk coastguard?— were rescued by the french and uk coastauard? 1 ., ., , ., coastguard? what we have been told b the coastguard? what we have been told by the authorities _ coastguard? what we have been told by the authorities here _ coastguard? what we have been told by the authorities here is _ coastguard? what we have been told by the authorities here is that - coastguard? what we have been told by the authorities here is that most l by the authorities here is that most of the _ by the authorities here is that most of the people on the boat appeared to have _ of the people on the boat appeared to have been from afghanistan. 0r sudan _ to have been from afghanistan. 0r sudan we — to have been from afghanistan. 0r sudan. we also understand that there were children among them. we know that the _ were children among them. we know that the french authorities have been _ that the french authorities have been speaking... that dangerously overcrowded boat in which _ that dangerously overcrowded boat in which those people died. the investigation is continuing, we are

waiting _ investigation is continuing, we are waiting to — investigation is continuing, we are waiting to hear in the next few days exactly _ waiting to hear in the next few days exactly what the french authorities will say _ exactly what the french authorities will say about that. we understand that they _ will say about that. we understand that they are in the process of interviewing people.— that they are in the process of interviewing people. simon, you told us about 509 — interviewing people. simon, you told us about 509 people _ interviewing people. simon, you told us about 509 people who _ interviewing people. simon, you told us about 509 people who arrived - interviewing people. simon, you told us about 509 people who arrived on | us about 509 people who arrived on saturday. what is happening to those people when they arrived to dover? what happens is people get picked up in the channel, if they are halfway across the channel in uk waters, they become the responsibility of they become the responsibility of the uk government. 0ften they become the responsibility of the uk government. often when we see an incident like yesterday, the two authorities british and french authorities british and french authorities were carefully. when people are routinely picked up in the channel in uk waters, they are brought back to dover, just down at the port behind me and they begin their initial processing. initially, they will have their photographs taken, their identities will be asked, they will be asked why they have come here and then they will go

on forfurther have come here and then they will go on for further processing at a centre a few kilometres from here. and there they might stay for a day orso and there they might stay for a day or so before being dispersed around the country. most of them will claim asylum in the uk, they actually want to be picked up in uk waters because they want to be brought here to begin the process. there is a huge asylum backlog in the uk, cases are not being processed quickly and that is putting a huge strain on accommodation with even more people arriving. accommodation with even more people arrivinu. ,, ., , ., arriving. simon jones in dover and bethany itell— arriving. simon jones in dover and bethany bell in _ arriving. simon jones in dover and bethany bell in calais. _ arriving. simon jones in dover and bethany bell in calais. thank - arriving. simon jones in dover and bethany bell in calais. thank you | bethany bell in calais. thank you both. let's get some of the day's other news now. china says it will respond forcefully to a visit to new york by taiwan's vice president. this was william lai in new york on a brief stop—over en route to paraguay, one of the few countries that maintains diplomatic relations with taiwan. china claims the island as its own territory and reacts angrily to any meetings between taiwanese and us officials.

the wife of the assassinated ecuadorian presidential candidate fernando villavicencio says she blames the state for his murder. arriving at a news conference wearing a bulletproof vest and helmet, veronica sarauz accused police of not adequately protecting him. ecuador has been under a state of emergency since mr villavicencio was shot dead after a rally in quito on wednesday. in afghanistan, the taliban say universities are ready to readmit women — but a final decision is up to the group's supreme leader. the hardline islamists banned female students from campuses last year. the ban triggered protests by afghan women and prompted condemnation from around the world. now it's time for a look at today's sport with gavin ramjaun. thank you very much. we have the football on the way.

the day's football on the way, and we start with harry kane, who's facing the media formally for the first time as a bayern munich player. in a press conference in the last hour — he said it was always a tough decision to leave tottenham after 19 years but wanted to reach new levels as a professional and wasn't fazed by missing out on breaking on the all—time premier league goalscoring record for now. iama i am a professional and i have always pushed myself to my limits and ifelt like always pushed myself to my limits and i felt like the time was right, i needed to be playing at the highest level, champions league, playing... trying to win titles every year. when i thought about it and obviously they got in touch, it was a decision i wanted to make. of course people will talk about a record, but i've got plenty of football left in my career. for now, i'm going to concentrate on trying to achieve things here, pushing myself, pushing the team and trying to reach new levels with this club. and that is where my focus is right now. so no harry kane for spurs. son heung—min will captain

the side at brentford today. he takes that role over from hugo lloris, who is linked with a move away. guglielmo vicario makes his debut in goal, and there are three more debutants. james maddison — who replaces kane in the number 10 shirt, destiny udogie and micky van de ven, as life under ange postecoglou gets under way. richarlison leads the line up front. later, chelsea host liverpool, both teams are battling to sign ecuador international moises caceido from brighton and as both missed out on champions legaue football this season, they will be looking to get off to a good start. we've got very good football teams, two very talented football teams will face each other. a lot of good things. you can see that it's a very talented team. that is what we have to prepare for. it's the first home

game after a long break and after a disappointing season. 0ur players want to show up. definitely knew manager, and they will show up. we have to be ready. kylian mbappe is back in the first team fold at paris st—germain after his contract disagreement with the club led to him being left out of the squad for their preseason tour and the opening game of the french league season, which he watched from the stands. the defending champions could only draw 0—0 with lorient and psg say afer very constructive and postitive disucssions before the game, the france international was reinstated in first team training. mbappe has made clear he won't sign a new contract. that has a year left to run, but also won't leave the club now, meaning psg could lose him for free in 2024. some breaking news to bring you — roberto mancini has resigned as head coach of the italian national team. the former manchester city manager leaves just ten months before the european championship in germany, with italy defending champions. mancini took charge in 2018, and guided them to euro success two years ago

by beating england at wembley, but failed to qualify for last year's world cup in qatar. anthonyjoshua could be on course for a lucrative fight against another former heavyweight champion deontay wilder after winning his latest contest with a seventh—round knockout in london. but it wasn't a perfect night forjoshua, who was also booed by the crowd during the fight with robert helenius. one step at a time. remember, it is competitive boxing. everything i do, my opponent is trying to shut down every advance i'm trying to make and vice versa. so, yes, itjust took seven rounds. if i could have done it earlier, i would've. it is a breaking downjob, you know? there are many ways to skin a cat and... i've done it in the end, so, yeah, we are here now. there hasn't been a home winner of the women's 0pen golf for five years. the final round is under way at walton heath in the south of england and britain's charley hull leads. she tees off in an hour and will be hoping to still be out in front, where she finished yesterday. nine under par alongside american lilia vu. hull hit six birdies

in her third round 68. now a pre—match drink is the order of the day for a lot of football fans in england, but not many visiting a pub near birmingham city's st andrews stadium would have expected a seven time superbowl champion to bejoining them. there is though a reason for tom brady turning up at the roost. the former quarterback is involved with the club's new owners and stayed on to watch them beat leeds 1—0 in the championship. what a sight. and that's all the sport for now. tom brady in birmingham, that really is a sight. thank you very much. thank you very much. to ukraine now and the government has claimed "partial success" in its counter—offensive in the zaporijia region. the ukrainian general staff says that its forces have gained ground around the village of robotyne and have successfully repelled russian counter attacks elsewhere along the front line. it is now over two months since ukraine started its counter offensive. in that time, they have retaken several villages and advanced

several kilometres but have yet to achieve a significant breakthrough. current ukrainian gains have come at a heavy cost and medical aid is playing a vital role in saving lives both on the front lines and in ukrainain cities hit by russian missiles. earlier i spoke to daniel whitehead from the charity medical life lines ukraine — which buys and sends ambulances and other medical aid to the country. we were established immediately after the full—blown invasion of ukraine in february of last year by a local lady. since then, we have grown ridiculously quickly, i think, and have delivered 33 aid—filled ambulances, i7 generators, one crane that will be used to lift rubble off people who've been trapped under buildings brought down by the russian bombardment and a huge amount of outher aid, medicalaid. everything from nappies to crutches, defibrillators, all manner of things. what kind of a difference is it making on the ground? it is remarkable. we are very well—connected with a lot the regional governments

and we get feedback from them, photographs and so on, expressions of thanks. we can see how the aid is being used and it is... i don't want to use hyperbole, but you know that what you are doing is saving lives, the impact that it has on people is massive. they do not have ambulances in the numbers they need them. after we have delivered them, they have a few more. we see footage, for example, of ambulances being destroyed or we get photographs from hospitals that we are connected with, including one in kherson last week that got hit. and a young doctor was killed, we understand, on his first day. and you can see the impact not only on those individuals, but also on the infrastructure of the hospitals and what they need. being able to do something that redresses that balance is an amazing feeling.

that was daniel whitehead from the charity medical lifelines ukraine seeking to me earlier. britain's defence ministry says there's a realistic possibility that russia no longer funds the activities of the mercenary group, wagner. these are wagner fighters training soldiers in belarus. in its daily bulletin, the british defence ministry says the wagner group is "likely moving towards a downsizing and reconfiguration process". it adds that the russian state has acted against some other business interests of wagner owner yevgeny prigozhin after he led a failed mutiny against the russian military leaders in june. it says if the russian state is no longer paying the mercenary group — the second most plausible source of funding is belarusian authorities. before we go, just time to bring you some images of the perseid meteor shower, which was visible across much of europe overnight, where cloud permitted.

this is a timelapse from croatia's lastovo island. the phenomenon is one of the highlights of the year for star—gazers and happens when debris from a comet, called swift?tuttle, enters the earth's atmosphere and burns up. as the skies turned dark and into the early hours of sunday morning, up to 100 shooting stars could be seen an hour. that is beautiful, isn't it? stay with us here on bbc news. hello, good afternoon, it is still blustery for this time of year, but that south westerly wind is falling lighter and yesterday. shower clouds are building here it. a lot of

sunshine recorded by our weather watchers. the general theme isjust set to continue, but the showers will be less heavy and less frequent for most places than yesterday. still some sharp and thundery showers are still possible out towards the north of scotland. there is another system approaching from the southwest by the time we get to the southwest by the time we get to the end of the day. it will be clouded by the end of the afternoon. the showers will gradually fade away as we go into the afternoon. some brightness out towards eastern parts and it will lift the temperature to 23 or 24. it will be cloudy across western scotland. a rumble of thunder is always possible. 0vernight tonight, a large area of rain will push farther towards the north and east. it will cross into northern england as well. it would be very wet across wales tonight. it will be mild and muggy underneath the rain. clear spells in northern ireland and for scotland a little bit of showers. the rain will continue to push farther north and

east over monday. there is a lot of uncertainty about the timing of the clearing of the rain. there is some met office weather warnings in force for the rain. rainfall will be around 13 or 14 mm. brightness will develop in that later end of the day. it will be warm out towards the eastern parts of england with brightness here. we should see sunshine and showers across much of northern ireland and scotland on monday. it will be quieter. windy in the south, but it will be less on tuesday. a quieter day. that system will now push off into scandinavia. may be a few showers breaking out in the afternoon, but also some sunshine on tuesday. temperatures will rise for most areas to the low 20s. then high pressure will build in from the south, toward the south of england and south wales, temperatures could rise into the mid—20s. a little bit cooler and showery in the north. still some

sunshine here.

this is bbc news. the headlines: more expert resources have been sent to hawaii, where forensic work is continuing to identify victims of devastating wildfires. at least 93 people are known to have died, but hundreds remain unaccounted for.

it's the deadliest disaster of its kind in the us for more than a century. the british government is under renewed pressure to stop migrants crossing the channel in small boats, after six people drowned off the french coast. officials say 59 people, many of them afghans, were rescued by french and british coastguards. the taliban says afghan universities are ready to re—admit women, but the final decision is up to the group's supreme leader. the hardline islamists banned female students from campuses last year. the ban triggered protests by afghan women and prompted condemnation from around the world. now on bbc news, the travel show: how does a blind girl go on safari? part one. good girl! wow, molly! straight on. my name is lucy edwards, and nine years ago, i lost my eyesight completely.

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