the channel after six deaths. labour says people smugglers are "running rings" around government policy. and a stargazer�*s delight — the annual perseid meteeor shower lights up skies across the world. hello, i'm monika plaha. in hawaii, volunteers helping communities recoverfrom deadly wildfires have appealed for more federal aid. local relief operations are working around the clock trying to supply food, water and shelter to survivors. the state's governor has warned people to expect the death toll to rise significantly. 93 people are now known to have died and hundreds remain unaccounted for, after the inferno swept through the historic town of la haina. so far, only a fraction

of the worst—hit area has been searched for bodies. john sudworth has this report from maui. these boats are now making multiple daily trips into the disaster zone with a growing sense of frustration. we are all wondering why there was no help centre. where are the resources? why are we taking supplies on the boat instead of a helicopter? we do this because they have do. fin helicopter? we do this because they have do. �* ., ., ., , have do. an hour into the “ourney and the devastation h have do. an hour into the journey and the devastation along - have do. an hour into the journey and the devastation along the - and the devastation along the shoreline comes into view. we can quite clearly see the town of lahaina now and you can make out the landscape above the town where the

grass is burning and what happened with the hurricane blowing away to the south, the pressure brought the wind over the top of the island, picking up speed on the way down the mountainside and then picking up sparks from that fire and bringing them directly into the town. they didn't stand a chance. inside, there is little left. just a remnant of shattered lives and livelihoods. a reminder of the deep humanitarian need here. as the aid is brought ashore, many of those helping out have also been affected by the fire. i was fighting for my life with my for a year old boy in my hands. in my head, i was thinking that's it.

my my head, i was thinking that's it. my boy helped me survived. this footaae my boy helped me survived. this footage shows _ my boy helped me survived. this footage shows the terror for those having to take shelter in the water. we were wondering where is the help? when we want to get the help, we are waiting for it and it's really bad. there are huge challenges for the authorities, not least searching for human remains while securing a site from the public and the media. we have got to go quick and we have got to do— have got to go quick and we have got to do it _ have got to go quick and we have got to do it right. when we pick up the remains _ to do it right. when we pick up the remains and — to do it right. when we pick up the remains and they fall apart, and so when_ remains and they fall apart, and so when you _ remains and they fall apart, and so when you have 200 people running through— when you have 200 people running through the scene yesterday and somebody, that's what you're stepping _ somebody, that's what you're stepping on. i don't know how much more _ stepping on. i don't know how much more you _ stepping on. i don't know how much more you want me to describe it. that's_ more you want me to describe it. that's what— more you want me to describe it. that's what you're stepping on. give us a little _ that's what you're stepping on. give us a little bit of time to contain that _

us a little bit of time to contain that. please.— us a little bit of time to contain that. please. , ., that. please. five days on, the true scale of hawaii's _ that. please. five days on, the true scale of hawaii's disaster _ that. please. five days on, the true scale of hawaii's disaster is - scale of hawaii's disaster is becoming clearer. and that wasjohn syed worth reporting there. focus is now on getting aid to survivors. my colleague helena humphrey is at the harbour in maui. here at the harbour in maui, you can see boats behind me. these are boats used by volunteers to get those much needed supplies into lahaina which you can see far over there behind me, which essentially has been decimated by this fire and we are hearing that residents here that have survived are in dire need of everything, from food to clean drinking water, all kinds of supplies and increasingly we are seeing frustrating growing that that aid isn't getting on. we know that

the road to lahaina has been blocked. in many cases, we are seeing that its volunteers that are trying anything they can to get aid. i want to bring in blake, he is from lahaina and he has lost everything. how are you doing? i’m lahaina and he has lost everything. how are you doing?— lahaina and he has lost everything. how are you doing? i'm from texas oriainall how are you doing? i'm from texas originally but _ how are you doing? i'm from texas originally but i _ how are you doing? i'm from texas originally but i have _ how are you doing? i'm from texas originally but i have a _ how are you doing? i'm from texas originally but i have a lot _ how are you doing? i'm from texas originally but i have a lot of - originally but i have a lot of friends _ originally but i have a lot of friends in _ originally but i have a lot of friends in lahaina. my house is in lahaina — friends in lahaina. my house is in lahaina i— friends in lahaina. my house is in lahaina. iwant friends in lahaina. my house is in lahaina. i want to send my regards to the _ lahaina. i want to send my regards to the family, thank you for everything. it's hard. iwas to the family, thank you for everything. it's hard. i was lucky enough — everything. it's hard. i was lucky enough to— everything. it's hard. i was lucky enough to get out of the with the family— enough to get out of the with the family and the rest of my block. excuse — family and the rest of my block. excuse me. a lot of people were not able to _ excuse me. a lot of people were not able to do— excuse me. a lot of people were not able to do so— excuse me. a lot of people were not able to do so so for now, we are going _ able to do so so for now, we are going to — able to do so so for now, we are going to do _ able to do so so for now, we are going to do what we can and hold our heads _ going to do what we can and hold our heads high _ going to do what we can and hold our heads high for those who can't. lahaina — heads high for those who can't. lahaina mean so much to me and i

'ust lahaina mean so much to me and i just want— lahaina mean so much to me and i just want to — lahaina mean so much to me and i just want to say thank you to everyone _ just want to say thank you to everyone he was helping out. it's beautiful— everyone he was helping out. it's beautiful to see everybody coming together — beautiful to see everybody coming together. if i had anything to add together. if i had anything to add to that _ together. if i had anything to add to that question, it would be on the inside, _ to that question, it would be on the inside, people need help. gas, people— inside, people need help. gas, people can't come back, everybody is stranded _ people can't come back, everybody is stranded. nobody has a cell service. they don't— stranded. nobody has a cell service. they don't even know was going on. people _ they don't even know was going on. peopie are _ they don't even know was going on. people are riding their bikes 20 miies— people are riding their bikes 20 miles to — people are riding their bikes 20 miles to get to the other side to even _ miles to get to the other side to even find — miles to get to the other side to even find out what's happening and 'ust even find out what's happening and just to _ even find out what's happening and just to see — even find out what's happening and just to see that everybody is living a normal— just to see that everybody is living a normal life on the other side the island, _ a normal life on the other side the island, it's— a normal life on the other side the island, it's hard to accept. so anybody— island, it's hard to accept. so anybody that's looking to donate, go to, try— anybody that's looking to donate, go to, try and _ anybody that's looking to donate, go to, try and do your research and go to, try and do your research and go to the _ to, try and do your research and go to the small— to, try and do your research and go to the small families and find a private — to the small families and find a private party, rather than the

bigger— private party, rather than the bigger organisations because that is -ood bigger organisations because that is good for— bigger organisations because that is good for long term and that money is much _ good for long term and that money is much appreciated, ordinations are much _ much appreciated, ordinations are much appreciated, ordinations are much appreciated but lahaina needs you right _ much appreciated but lahaina needs you right now and that money that's going _ you right now and that money that's going to _ you right now and that money that's going to these smaller organisations, the small families is directed _ organisations, the small families is directed that day. that money is spent _ directed that day. that money is spent that— directed that day. that money is spent that day. you directed that day. that money is spent that day-— directed that day. that money is sent that da . ., ., ., i. spent that day. you are holding your hat. i spent that day. you are holding your hat- i know— spent that day. you are holding your hat- i know you _ spent that day. you are holding your hat. i know you went _ spent that day. you are holding your hat. i know you went back _ spent that day. you are holding your hat. i know you went back to - hat. i know you went back to lahaina. just tell me what you find there. this is your cell belonging? i was able to get my truck, i was able _ i was able to get my truck, i was able to— i was able to get my truck, i was able to get— i was able to get my truck, i was able to get anything out of my house — able to get anything out of my house i— able to get anything out of my house. i was running up and down the block— house. i was running up and down the block telling _ house. i was running up and down the block telling everybody it was time to go _ block telling everybody it was time to go because i saw the smoke coming and i to go because i saw the smoke coming and i need _ to go because i saw the smoke coming and i need a _ to go because i saw the smoke coming and i need a win were strong enough, it was— and i need a win were strong enough, it was nfost— and i need a win were strong enough, it was most likely going to take out the time _ it was most likely going to take out the time. luckily, i'm a renter but the time. luckily, i'm a renter but the owners— the time. luckily, i'm a renter but the owners of the house is, they don't _ the owners of the house is, they don't want — the owners of the house is, they don't want to accept their house is going _ don't want to accept their house is going to _ don't want to accept their house is going to burn down so it's hard for those _ going to burn down so it's hard for those people to get out of the house — those people to get out of the house. lahaina is a small town, is a strong _ house. lahaina is a small town, is a strong community. it's almost

impossible to get some of the house and tell— impossible to get some of the house and tell them the house is going to -et and tell them the house is going to get down — and tell them the house is going to get down. this is the only thing i -ot get down. this is the only thing i got out — get down. this is the only thing i got out it— get down. this is the only thing i got out. it was a big side to me that— got out. it was a big side to me that i_ got out. it was a big side to me that i should just keep doing what i want to— that i should just keep doing what i want to do— that i should just keep doing what i want to do and keep pushing through no matter— want to do and keep pushing through no matter what. it was in my truck and my— no matter what. it was in my truck and my truck— no matter what. it was in my truck and my truck was completely melted to the _ and my truck was completely melted to the ground. i and my truck was completely melted to the ground-— to the ground. i see new out here with our to the ground. i see new out here with your friends _ to the ground. i see new out here with your friends and _ to the ground. i see new out here with your friends and you've - to the ground. i see new out here with your friends and you've lost l with your friends and you've lost everything and how you are trying to get help to other people which is just absolutely remarkable. it is enough help getting into lahaina? absolutely not. there should be organisations from all around the world _ organisations from all around the world coming in. like i said, lahaina— world coming in. like i said, lahaina needs to help now and we are the ones _ lahaina needs to help now and we are the ones i _ lahaina needs to help now and we are the ones i could do that. we are the ones _ the ones i could do that. we are the ones that— the ones i could do that. we are the ones that can put forth the effort and do _ ones that can put forth the effort and do the little that we are the community, try and take as much gas and food _ community, try and take as much gas and food and — community, try and take as much gas and food and water as we can every day. and food and water as we can every day a _ and food and water as we can every day a big _ and food and water as we can every day. a big thank you to all the hawaiian _ day. a big thank you to all the

hawaiian guys that get us through the cops— hawaiian guys that get us through the cops because without them, we won't _ the cops because without them, we won't be _ the cops because without them, we won't be able to get to lahaina. hawaii — won't be able to get to lahaina. hawaii is— won't be able to get to lahaina. hawaii is strong, maui strong and lahaina _ hawaii is strong, maui strong and lahaina are — hawaii is strong, maui strong and lahaina are strong. we hawaii is strong, maui strong and lahaina are strong.— hawaii is strong, maui strong and lahaina are strong. we wish you and all our lahaina are strong. we wish you and all your loved _ lahaina are strong. we wish you and all your loved ones _ lahaina are strong. we wish you and all your loved ones nothing - lahaina are strong. we wish you and all your loved ones nothing but - all your loved ones nothing but the best. thank you. blake's story there, moving and like so many other people in lahaina who have lost absolutely everything, the death toll is that 93. but what we've been told is that it is likely to go up further. 1000 people are still unaccounted for and in lahaina, people are still searching through the rubble to try and know more about their loved ones. it is an incredibly moving experience. helena, thank you. a lot of frustration and sadness there from local residents and we will bring you more on that story as we get it. and that was helena humphrey their reporting.

there's growing pressure on the uk government to do more to stop migrants crossing the english channel on small boats after six people drowned off the coast of france. labour says people smugglers are �*running rings' around government's efforts to tackle the problem. uk ministers have pushed tougher laws through parliament which make it illegal for people to claim asylum in britain if they've arrived on small boats. on saturday 509 people made thejourney across the channel to the uk. (ani) 509 people made thejourney across the channel to the uk. that has brought to the total number of people crossing this year to well over 16,000. the total number who have crossed the channel since 2018 is now over 100,000. more now from our correspondent simonjones. despite yesterday's deaths in the channel off the coast of france, the crossings continued. 500 more people were brought to shore this weekend. every boat arriving puts more pressure on a prime minister who has made stopping them one

of his top five priorities. labour says the people smugglers organising the journeys are "running rings" around the government and it accuses ministers of allowing the asylum backlog to get completely out of control. processed cases get decisions made as quickly as possible and then you can take action if people don't have a right to be in this country. and for those who do, you can make sure that they're allowed to get on and live the rest of their lives happily, but also action on these criminal gangs. the government says new legislation is beginning to have an impact on the exploitative business model of the smugglers. and it insists increased patrols on beaches in northern france alongside a new returns agreement with albania are delivering results. there are record numbers of people arriving in europe at the moment, but the actual numbers coming from france into the united kingdom have gone down. there's a lot of work that's been undertaken to achieve that. we're working very closely with the french government now to stop boats being launched. obviously, we haven't stopped them all. it's going to continue to be a problem.

but we have stopped a lot. today, the winds of whipped up meaning there have been no more crossings. but as soon as conditions improve, inevitably the people smugglers will be launching more boats from the beaches of northern france, bringing with them the further risk of tragedies in the channel. on the seafront in dover, a memorial to remember those who have died seeking sanctuary in the uk. six more men will now be added to that list. unfortunately, it was going to happen some time and we'll have another one before long. all the time, people are trying to cross the channel in these boats which are not designed for the purpose. then unfortunately things will go wrong. and politically, that may mean choppy waters ahead. simonjones, bbc news, dover. in ecuador, the wife of the murdered presidential candidate, fernando villavicencio, has blamed the state for his death. she said his personal guards should have prevented the killing.he she said his personal guards should have prevented the killing. he died earlier this week, less than two weeks before elections

were due to take place. he was a vocal critic of the corruption and drug crime that have beset ecuador. our south america correspondent katy watson has this report. two daughters remembering their father. a very personal goodbye after what was a very public murder. this was the moment leaving a campaign event that fernando villavicencio was gunned down by a man who'd exposed a man who'd exposed corruption, a man who said he wasn't afraid. the supporters had enough of the violence. he says the police are hypocrites for failing to protect fernando villavicencio. six colombians have been arrested and are now injail. meanwhile, the country is in a state of emergencyjust days meanwhile, the country is in a state of emergency. just days on from losing her husband, his widow spoke out overnight.

the bulletproof vest and helmet, a clear sign of the dangers she, too, faces. have protected him. the state was in charge of fernando's security. the state is directly responsible for the murder of my husband. the state still has to give many answers about everything that happened. his personal guards did not do theirjob. environmentalist andrea gonzalez was his running mate. she's agreed to take his place and keep his legacy going. i never thought this would be permanent, she said. fernando villavicencio was well aware of the risks he was taking by speaking out against corruption and organised crime. and organised crime. just a few days before his murder, he'd said he'd been warned. keep mentioning the tornado's gang, and they would break him.

at dawn today, one of the gangs leaders, jose adolfo macias, also known as fito, was transferred to another prison, an operation involving thousands of police and soldiers. but then these videos surfaced. warnings behind bars sent from different prisons and a simple message for ecuador�*s president, guillermo lasso. he says move is a smokescreen to hide his own connections with criminal gangs. and then came the threat, keep fito alive for the well—being of ecuadorians. if not, thousands will die. more evidence is needed to showjust how powerful organised crime is in ecuador. this used to be one of the more peaceful countries in south america. now, mexican and colombian cartels vying for territory have taken over. this is a battle of power between cartels and politicians, but who ultimately wins? there's a great deal of fear as the campaign enters its final week. katy watson, bbc news. iranian members of parliament have voted to review a controversial hijab law behind closed doors,

meaning it is likely there will be no public debate on the issue. the so—called hijab and chastity bill would impose new punishments on women who fail to wear the headscarf. the bbc�*s azaday moshiri explains. the timing of this bill is what makes it so significant, because we're only a month away from the one year anniversary of mahsa amini's death, the young kurdish woman who died in custody of the morality police after allegedly violating the country's strict dress code. now, that event led to protests across the country and led to a movement that the government struggled to contain. what we're seeing now is a push and pull between a government that wants to protect the mandatory hijab and women in iran who are openly defying it, because as you'll see here, the streets of iran in places like the capital tehran, don't look like they did a year ago before these protests erupted.

now, the bill itself is called the hijab and chastity bill. and what it would do is enforce new punishments and hefty fines on women who violate this law. but what is also concerning is the fact that iran's parliament has invoked article 85. that means that a parliamentary committee can now review the bill behind closed doors and then ratify it. now, once it's approved by iran's powerful guardian council, mps would then vote on whether it would be enforced on a three to five year trial basis, what they call an experimental basis. all of this means that the particulars of a bill that further criminalises the mandatory hijab could go through without any open debate. now, this isn't the first time or the first few steps that the iranian government has been taking before this anniversary. they've made several moves to further enforce the hijab. and one of those moves, you will remember, was bringing back the morality police, the same morality police

that they took off the streets of iran after the death of mahsa amini. now, we may not see protests on the scale of what we did before, but women are still openly defying the mandatory hijab law, despite a violent crackdown by the islamic republic. and that is going to worry the establishment there, because they see any threat to the mandatory hijab as a threat to the islamic republic itself. and they're going to want to stamp it out. and staying with iran. iranian media is reporting that at least one person has been killed, and several others wounded, in an attack on a shrine in shiraz. the shrine was the scene of another attack in october claimed by islamic state, when 13 people died. no group has immediately claimed this latest attack. in new zealand, there has been a dramatic rise in the number of teenagers vaping,

as cigarette smoking fell to its lowest ever levels. it's prompted the government there to ban most disposable vapes and vaping stores selling such products. our correspondent, shaimaa khalil, sent this report. there are probably more teens that do vape that don't at school and they pack out the bathrooms. coco was 12 when she vaped for the first time. she is now 15 and trying to quit. we've changed her name and voice to protect identity. it got more accessible for me so i got addicted. everyone around me was vaping at the time, and then that's when also the colourful flavours came out and thatjust got every kid on it. vaping is now the habit of choice for millions of young people around the world like coco. it's illegal to sell it to under 18s but she tells me that's never stopped her or her friends. the older kids sell to the younger kids and lots of shops don't check id.

you can just walk in there, you can even go in your uniform and they'll sell it to you. we're coming up here to the other vape shop, whichever gate the kids come out, there's a vape shop. there's one just here. like many mothers, marnie wilton is worried about how prevalent vaping has become. and this is the primary school, 60 metres away. she said new regulations which include keeping any new vape shops more than 900 feet from schools, failed to address the problem. absolutely does not go far enough to help our children. the law is that the government announced, the new laws, do nothing to affect existing stores that are already built. only a few weeks before the roles were due to come into effect, and other vapeshop opened near local school. parents take the streets saying their children being protected. pineapple ice is not

targeting a person who's been smoking for 30 years. vaughn keough has witnessed firsthand how schools have become the epicentre of vaping. a lot of which, he says, is targeted at youngsters. from a product marketing and trying to capture a market perspective. some genius work has gone on, but it's not, it's not helping young people. it might be helping people get off smoking and all good, carry on with that. but there's far too many young people that never would have even picked up or even thought about picking up a cigarette and have got two or three vapes in different pockets and different jackets. and that's just not cool. neighbouring australia has taken a hard line approach, banning recreational vaping. ben uddin says that new zealand, like the uk, is aiming for a more holistic method. there's no doubt that our smoking rates have benefited hugely from tens of thousands of people switching from smoking to vaping. we've seen smoking rates drop a third here. we need to talk to kids around, vaping exists. are you experimenting? how do you resist experimenting?

what are the skills to say no to somebody trying to sell it to you in the street or encourage you to try it? and then we need to treat the kids who are showing signs of dependence. it's a tough balance to strike. vaping may have started as a solution to smoking, but it has got its own uncontrollable problem. the annual perseeid meteor shower has lit up skies across the world to the delight of those hoping to catch a glimpse of a shooting star. this is a time lapse from croatia's lastovo island. it's one of the highlights of the year for stargazers, and happens when debris from a comet, called swift?tuttle, enters the earth's atmosphere and burns up. between dusk and the early hours of sunday morning, up to 100 shooting stars could be seen an hour. earlier i spoke to dr megan argo, an astrophysicist at the university of lancashire, and i asked her whether she was one of the lucky ones that saw this

spectacular display. i didn't see very many, it was quite cloudy where i was yesterday, so i didn't see too many, but i did see a lot of light pollution. you can get up to 100 or so per hour, as you say. they can be quite small between expected from shooting stars and meteors. unless you live somewhere or can get somewhere with the dark skies, with light pollution in the city, you're unlikely to see very many and that was the case with me last night, unfortunately. for anyone who doesn't know about the perseid, tell us a bit more about it. what is it and why exactly does it happen? it happens pretty much the same time every year as particles from the sun in its orbit is almost circular, and we pass through the debris that was left behind when comets pass through the solar system. this particular one doesn't come across very often, an orbital period of 133 years.

we will not see it again in our lifetimes, but as it goes through our system, it leaves behind a trail of debris, bits of rock in the comet belt, and the trail of debris is what passes through around this time of year. we see meteors as a result of the debris shooting around the atmosphere. it's actually active not just for the night of the 12th of august, you can actually see meteors all the way from the end ofjuly to the end of august, so if you missed it last night, if you can get somewhere with clear skies, you still have a reasonable chance of quite a few meteors, not as much as last night but still a good amount. what tips do you have for anyone who wants to catch a glimpse of this, to maximise the chances of spotting a meteor shower? the best way to see it is to go

as dark as possible. find somewhere safe to be in the dark and with friends, and blankets are good because they can get quite cold but after dark, the later the time, the better. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. this upcoming week looks to be one of mixed fortunes. we're starting the week off with low pressure, much like we had over the weekend, but it could be really quite wet across england and wales in particular on monday. then from tuesday onwards, high pressure starts to build in. that'll settle things down, it'll turn drier and also warm up by the end of the week, but also turn more humid.

and there is an increasing chance of showers or thunderstorms as low pressure tries to push in off the atlantic. back to the here and now, though, monday looks pretty unsettled for england and wales. a cloudy, wet starts with the heaviest rain across wales. northern england could see some localised flooding as this rain continues to move northwards and improvements across the rest of england and wales into the afternoon. sunny spells, scattered showers and not a bad day for scotland and northern ireland. fewer showers here, more in the way of sunshine, light winds here, but fresher across southern and southeastern areas. those temperatures range from 18—23 degrees. and then as we head through monday night, that area of low pressure continues to pull out into the north sea. many places will turn drier, one or two showers around, but lengthy, clear skies and temperatures range from 11—14 degrees. so as we head into tuesday, then we're in between weather systems and higher pressure trying to build in. so a much better day for most areas. certainly for england and wales on tuesday could just see the back edge of that low pressure system clipping east and scotland

with strong winds, outbreaks of rain. but that will clear away and into the afternoon. many places will see sunny spells and just a few showers, mostly light, but the odd heavy one couldn't be ruled out. so it could be up to 22 or 2a degrees in the southeast with lighter winds, more sunshine for wednesday. for wednesday, high pressure sits on top of the country. it'll stay dry for most places and winds will be very light. so we could start off a little bit mist and fog, some low cloud central northern areas through the afternoon or there'll be plenty of sunshine. there could still be an isolated shower through central and northern areas, but it'll feel a little bit warmer at this point. we could be up to 25 degrees, the warmest spots of the south. and then thursday, friday, we see high pressure to the east, lower pressure to the west. that'll start to draw in some warm and humid air off the near continent on a southeasterly breeze. so it really will warm up across southern and eastern areas towards the end of the week. could be the mid to high 20s, but there will be an increasing chance of showers and thunderstorms moving in from the west.

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 is 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. and the annual perseid meteor shower has lit up skies across the world. it gives star gazers the chance to see up to 100 shooting stars each hour now on bbc news — island games: one sporting family. this is vazon bay in guernsey. on a sunny day like this, it's easy to see why so many come to dip their toes into island life. scattered across the world, island communities don't often get

the chance to get together and show what they can achieve.