�* national service issuing the us national service issuing the first ever tropical storm warning. hurricane hilary is on its way in the storm is just been downgraded to a category two hurricane with winds up to 110 mph. it is expected to make landfall soon in mexico. locals are preparing for the storm here in the resort town and there are warnings of potentially catastrophic flooding and forecasters believe the storm will lose some of its wind speed as begins to reach southern california. preparations are also under way, including shrink up some of the hillsides and officials are worried about and officials are worried about and majorflooding. nearly 26 million people on the southwestern us are now under a tropical storm warning as routine hilary begins to make its way up the pacific coast and you can see on this map that its expected path, mexico's government has placed soldiers on standby to assist a potential rescue effort in the

head of the us emergency management agency says the agency is a redeployed an assistant team. a correspondent is in los angeles and does the latest. ~ . , . ., latest. we are expecting to make landfall _ latest. we are expecting to make landfall in _ latest. we are expecting to make landfall in the - latest. we are expecting to make landfall in the next i latest. we are expecting to l make landfall in the next few hours in a very remotely populated part of california and mexico. tijuana, the border city, the tourist city in mexico is certainly in the path there the hurricane to their grave concerns that can cause some serious damage there before moving north into california has a tropical storm and that is the unusual part of this hurricane and tropical storm can get to california and is expected to continue moving north as opposed to moving west which is what hurricane would generally do and then dissipate over the ocean. the likely consequences are going to be extremely heavy rain in california and some of the neighbouring states as well and

to put that into perspective, palm springs, the desert resort with searing temperatures, a0 degrees plus integrate temperatures, very dry and expected to get maybe ten or 12 cm of rain over the next 12 hours or so. we're is not used heavy rain here are the last winter, we had quite a lot of rain but not like this or for that short period of time. so, people trying to shore up hillsides and other vulnerable areas that we know we have floods here in the past, certain areas that are very vulnerable to strong winds and trying to bring in reinforcements to bring in rocks and stones to submit your site stronger, the army has been brought in stationing vehicles in certain parts of los angeles county to rescue people begin to danger. advising homeless people to move to safer areas and people often sleep in riverbeds at

this time of year and they'll be one of the most interest places to be of the next 2a hours. places to be of the next 24 hours. ., ., ., hours. the death toll from the wildfires on _ hours. the death toll from the wildfires on the _ hours. the death toll from the wildfires on the hawaiian - wildfires on the hawaiian island have risen to 11a. many people are still unaccounted for with search and rescue dogs scouring the rubble for more victims is a saturday, at least two thirds of the search of been completed and is the parties continued their efforts, residents are coming to terms with what is happening. 0ur our house is still standing, everything else is gone, there are few people trying to make do with what we have left stoplight prep in this neighbourhood here, over here. and what happens we see it like this crisply play feel sad, i know a lot of families who lived here, they lost everything and people lost their lives _ everything and people lost their lives over _ everything and people lost their lives over here. - everything and people lost their lives over here. and the soul— their lives over here. and the soul could _ their lives over here. and the soul could been prevented.

among _ soul could been prevented. among the destroyed businesses raising money for the relief efforts there. calculating the human cost could take many months. so much is lost. lahaina was the capital before it was honolulu. the kings and queens used to live here, it was a sacred place. lahaina town in the community of lahaina epitomises the culture of the hawaiian storx _ it is a crazy, vibrant town that was alive and was just that was alive and wasn't just a tourist attraction. all the surroundings

of the town was a real community that lived and breathed way before creatures like me even knew about this island. so many buildings burned, but one had a special place in the hearts of locals and of people around the world. they all flocked to fleetwoods on front street. it may have been owned by a non—native who happened to be a rock star, but it had hawaiian culture at its heart. it was myjob, my responsibility tojust keep the hawaiian culture there. it was one of the first things i feel that nick things i feel that nick wanted to do since opening, he was wanted to have a hawaiian presence they are. he would do a chant-

and talk by the connections of the hawaiian islands - from the hawaiian perspective and i had the blessings . of being able to do so not of being able to do so. notjust play the bagpipes put show the amazing - connections between the uk and is hawaiian islands - and people with the hawaiian flag and say why is the union| jack there and this - is the only place where the union jack flies but _ was never officially a british territory. i many have been accounted for but many have lost everything they've all lost theirjobs in the place they've called home. for a lot of people, it was notjust a job, it was a second home. will you miss most about fleetwood? everything, the smell of the wood to the sun everything, the smell of the wood, to the sun on my back and the sound of the cloud, the interaction,

the smiles from people who know each other extremely well. as a family. the whole place, it really was magic. lahaina town has gone, but the culture has not gone and i'm being reminded of it and how important it is. what it will be, i don't know. but it has to hvae a sense of history to it and, have a hallowed vibration. hallowed tribute to what happened there. people here are overwhelmed by grief and the journey towards healing will be slow. but they hold onto hope and the breathtaking that remains. sophie long, bbc. maui. expanding in one day is

threatening many people in the western province of british columbia, many residents have been evacuate at any moment on a friday. british columbia declared a state of emergency around the airport which is been closed and travel restrictions put in place and some members thought to of leapt across nearby some members thought to of lea pt across nearby lakes lea pt across nearby la kes fanned lea pt across nearby lakes fanned by strong winds sparking even more fires. jason is a local fire chief. yesterday was one of the most difficult days my department is of her face. 0ur christmas into a street in west and found three houses were burning. and it was expanding up the hill. it was threatening hundreds of homes above those three and we of homes above those three and we had multiple fire

engines involved in combating three single family house fires which, under normal day for us is a massive operation. in the western area, brady, bring this up to date with the latest where you are.- latest where you are. during the fire chief— latest where you are. during the fire chief talk _ latest where you are. during the fire chief talk about - latest where you are. during the fire chief talk about the l the fire chief talk about the flyers in the fight that's going on in trying to save homes and the reception centre where people are coming to checkin where people are coming to check in and get a hotel in possible food vouchers. there are more than 3000 properties that have been forced to evacuate because of this period aggressive fire and on tuesday, with the hot temperatures we've had, 35 celsius and higher in the strong winds exploding in size and burning into many neighbourhoods and we've lost a

lot of properties here and of the buildings and burning down and very catastrophic situation here in the interior of british columbia and as you mentioned, it is believed that the wind was so strong in the fire was so hot that embers went as first two km across the lake to the other side and a bigger city here sports fires there, per instructions there we are dealing with this emergency on both sides of the lake and it's not the only place in british columbia that is experiencing the fire disaster they announced 3000 more people in the communityjust east of europe an hourand the communityjust east of europe an hour and a half or under evacuation because of the fast—moving fire there. it is all hands on deck here and this interiors. ., ., ., interiors. you mentioned that many peeple _ interiors. you mentioned that many peeple are _ interiors. you mentioned that many people are being - interiors. you mentioned that - many people are being evacuated and all these people and flee

their homes. how much danger these communities facing? we heard of no — these communities facing? - heard of no loss of life yet thatis heard of no loss of life yet that is the main priority and people are used to per emergencies here many people are evacuating before and luckily, i think the fires have been so aggressive and dramatic that when people are told to 90, that when people are told to go, they have gone and well coordinated effort to get people out of the danger areas. many people are sleeping in the cars and they don't have enough hotel rooms, the government is for the state of emergency and have ordered people not to come to this area. it's very popular tourist area and leaving it hotel rooms open for the local residents here as there's so many homes here under evacuation orders. referred

them to place _ evacuation orders. referred them to place in _ evacuation orders. referred them to place in other - evacuation orders. referred| them to place in other areas and he found these long lines of people waiting for area evacuations and authorities have a lot on the plate and hence the fires are burning in the general area there. doesn't seem to you that there enough resources to try to get displays is under control? that is a very good _ displays is under control? that is a very good question - displays is under control? twat is a very good question and the answer is no. there'sjust is a very good question and the answer is no. there's just some many catastrophic fires and there's only so many resources to put at them. we had a first nations chief about an hour here and he was very vocal, his complaints over to lightning fires in several weeks ago, they were in the area and the resources to tackle them in the heat wave came and exploded inside and were forced to evacuate their important many

communities and not only him but others of said we need more resources here. but the really stretched thin, there's only so many firefighters and we do have crews from other countries, austria, mexico, and other countries that are here as well and out of province fighters. but it's notjust british columbia, there are other areas in canada and it's been a really catastrophic year for wildfires. i been a really catastrophic year for wildfires.— for wildfires. i been looking at a graph _ for wildfires. i been looking at a graph on _ for wildfires. i been looking at a graph on a _ for wildfires. i been looking at a graph on a website - for wildfires. i been looking at a graph on a website and for wildfires. i been looking l at a graph on a website and it showsjust how much at a graph on a website and it shows just how much area has burned, 15 million hectors burned, 15 million hectors burnedis burned, 15 million hectors burned is about three times worse than previous fire seasons continue briefly give us a sense of how you would describe the fire season that you're going to their in canada this year? we you're going to their in canada this year?— you're going to their in canada this ear? ., , , this year? we have fire seasons everywhere _ this year? we have fire seasons everywhere in _ this year? we have fire seasons everywhere in the _ this year? we have fire seasons everywhere in the area - this year? we have fire seasons everywhere in the area that - this year? we have fire seasons everywhere in the area that i i everywhere in the area that i meant but nothing like this before. a record number of factors have been burned and

with the intense heat waves you had in wings that are driving those flames, we saw thursday was only anything we'd ever seen before covering these fires. 20 years ago, we had a very big fire in the area for 20 or 30 homes were lost and thatis 20 or 30 homes were lost and that is the fire of record here in this region that everybody talks about in this time around, people are single, is this is bad is that one? we don't have the numbers yet of properties that have been lost here and it's safe to imagine that it here and it's safe to imagine thatitis here and it's safe to imagine that it is in the many dozens or hundreds already in this year is worse than anything i have seen in just the fact that these are in communities, not just burning in the vast forests of british columbia. along with a dancer but yes,

it's a very catastrophic year here. , ., ~ , here. the reporter in west kelowna- _ here. the reporter in west kelowna. thank _ here. the reporter in west kelowna. thank you - here. the reporter in west kelowna. thank you very l here. the reporter in west - kelowna. thank you very much. the acting mayor of the ukrainian city of chernihiv has condemned a deadly russian missile attack on a theatre as yet another war crime against civilians. the un has described strike as heinous. the ballistic missile hit the building in the city centre, killing at least seven people, and injuring about 130. the theatre was hosting a gathering of drone manufacturers. russia says it successfully hit a military target. ukraine's president zelensky has been on an official visit to sweden, where he spoke about the attack. it will make our bright city is morning russian it will make our bright city is morning russiar_ morning russian missiles launched _ morning russian missiles launched on _ morning russian missiles launched on the - morning russian missiles launched on the city. - morning russian missiles| launched on the city. with morning russian missiles- launched on the city. with the drum theatre is located. as well as many residential homes. there were many people in the theatre at the time. there were many people at home too. more

than 90 people were injured, 12 children among them. theyjust taking a walk in the central square with her parents. among the dead is a six—year—old child whose mother is seriously injured and in intensive care. my injured and in intensive care. my condolences to those lost their loved ones in this russian, obviously, terrorist attack. 0ur ukraine correspondent has more. the moment of impact captured on film. a typical saturday, suddenly one this woman will not forget. the injuries and deaths reflect the timing and brutality of this strike. boreing the brunt of this russian missile, its surroundings of the immense force from the blast.

the restaurant was just next door. there was a lot of blood, one person at the lead wanted and there was no skin. we put a tourniquet on and are waiting for an ambulance, but it took along time. another girl was screaming loudly. a drone exhibition had been staged here this morning. military volunteers were among the guests. it does suggest a motive, moscow says it's targeting military areas but there is an overarching reason behind russian missiles landing in ukrainian cities and that is its continued invasion. it tries to harm the areas that it cannot necessarily occupy. hanging ukrainian and european union flag represents the country's continued alliance with the west. the surrounding devastation is another reminder of how much moscow wants to pull it the other way. mediators in the west

african group, mediators from the west african group ecowas have held their first meeting with coup leaders in niger and with the president they toppled. ecowas has warned of military action if diplomacy fails. the delegation held talks with military officers, including general tchiani, in the capital niamey. they were also briefly able to meet the ousted president, mohamed bazoum. the visit coincided with a military recruitment drive at a stadium in the city. thousands of people, mainly young men, signed up tojoin a volunteerforce in the event of outside military intervention in niger. russia's space agency says an �*emergency�* has been detected on its luna—25 probe two days before its planned moon landing. these are pictures of the spacecraft prior to its launch. roskosmos says the �*abnormal situation�* happened during a maneouvre as the craft prepares for a pre—landing orbit and experts are now analysing the situation. the luna—25 is due to land on the south pole of the moon on monday. 0ur europe regional editor, paul moss, has been following developments. only a few hours ago, they were showing photographs of the lunar surface and instruments on board had already made chemical analysis of the soil and they were feeling pretty pleased. what happened is that they were

firing thrusters to put it into what is called a pre—landing orbit and then, there was an emergency. russia tends to be very serious about these things and secretive about these things. they haven't said what. but i don't think they would've acknowledged any kind of problem less was serious. just stay put it into this kind of orbit. for scientific reasons, that is because the spaceship is going to try and what is the first of a soft landing on the moon's south pole and it helps to find evidence of water there. there will be very useful perhaps necessary useful perhaps necessary if there's going to be a permanent location based on the moon that has nothing to do with this prestige.

the mission was launched while russia was under section and it cannot get some of the technical parts and needs with things like this when the rocket was launched, it is slow chance success and if could carry out the first soft landing on the south pole under sanctions without those parts, they considered the strongest country is, that putin can show off about it and we can do this in the sections. however, conversely, if the mission was to fail, russia really might look bad and it's certainly not good for the prestige of the president, vladimir putin. the two countries going head—to—head on sundays women cup final. neither team has ever made this far in the tournament and the reporter filed this report. excitement is building ahead of the first vinyl in the world cup and during the match, there will be parties and fan zones across the country and possibly the biggest one will be here in madrid with 6000 fans watching the finals together. already, but of the main fountains in the city has been lit up and yellow and yellow and the colours of the spanish flag.

a women's football, it's already been rising in spain for the past few years and many believed that victory will give it a boost and will be a turning point, despite the controversies between the managers in the squats. and the squads. the players are seen as idols for many. i was raised here in spain and if when i was kid in us of my classmates to name a female football player, we would not of been able to give you an answer. now, things are changing if he has the same question the boys and girls club of been able to give you an answer. now, things are changing if he has the same question the boys and girls club of been able to give you an answer. now, things are changing if he has the same question to boys and girl, they can give you the name of the list, of at least a few female players. and football in terms of salaries and coverage and today, those making the headlines of the women and what's more important

for the spanish fans, they are just 90 minutes away from bringing the world cup home. sergi forcada in madrid. now, behind the scenes, there's been plenty of turmoil at la roja. shaimaa khalil now takes a look at spain s dramaticjourney to the final and how this tournament has inspired the younger generation. and done! gabi lopez has been following his national team's phenomenal rise in the women's world cup down under. as a former player in spain's second division, this final hits very close to home. i've been watching the tv in spain, the radio, and everybody was talking about the final. everybody. my family were commentating. i've never seen that before. i'm still playing, i'm a coach, and i can say now, i can see aitana, alexia, jennifer and i can say, wow, they are amazing. so i think for the kids, for the coaches, for the players, it's amazing that women's football is that big. you wouldn't notice it at first glance, but this team, now one win away from world cup glory, has been marred by so much tension and unrest. at the centre of that is head coachjorge vilda. tensions followed last yea r�*s euros defeat against england, with 15 players threatening

to quit over concerns about his training methods and inadequate game preparation. cracks were obvious after their humiliating loss against japan. all through the tournament, the deep divisions threatened to spill over on the pitch. it has been a rough yearforthem, between the players, with the coach. and i think they have just understood that they have to just lay that on one side and just be focused on the world cup, trying to get the best of themselves on the pitch, and i think they have really achieved it. spain managed to write a different story on the pitch. it's a squad that delivers beautiful football, a team chock full of talent who mostly come from barcelona's dominant women's team. the teenage star salma paralluelo, a former runner, has scored in the quarter and semifinals and is now one of the standout players of this tournament. salma paralluelo, i think it's crazy that she's just 19 years old and she'sjust been fully committed to football

for one year. probably she will be one of the best players in the next years. spain's team has exceeded expectations at every crucial junction of this tournament. they've managed to put deep differences aside and create memorable moments on the pitch. they now face england, a formidable foe, for a chance to lift that trophy for the first time. but no matter what the result is, this women's world cup has inspired a whole new generation of young players. it's a testament to how far the women's game has come that many of the players who grew up with only male role models have now themselves become idols. now there's a real opportunity to get into soccer, like there's somewhere to go afterwards. i think that women's popularity has improved a lot. it'sjust been really- inspiring to watch them break so many records. the countdown to the final is on, and there are some very strong opinions here. spain. england. spain.

england! shaimaa khalil, bbc news, sydney. the excitement starting to build that final, stay with us right from bbc news. right here on bbc news. hello there. certainly was quite an eventful start to our weekend with storm betty pushing north, bringing heavy rain and strong winds. a pretty grey and blustery start in northern ireland. here we had a6 millimetres of rain from storm betty, but the story improved and actually we had some sunshine and some warmth coming through by the end of the afternoon, temperatures in lincolnshire peaking at 25.9 celsius. so this was the story then on saturday with storm betty anchored to the north west, starting to drift its way a little bit further westward. so as we go through the day on sunday, we will have more

cloud the further north and west and a few scattered showers to begin with. and then into the afternoon, perhaps some more showers developing across western half of england and wales. further east, drier settled with some sunshine and temperatures, well, 17 to 21 degrees for scotland and northern ireland, perhaps peaking at 2a or 25 degrees, 77 fahrenheit for england and wales into the first part of next week. low pressure will move in from the north and it will bring showers or longer spells of rain across scotland and northern ireland. some blustery winds as well. for england and wales, it stays largely dry with showers fairly isolated and with a south—westerly wind direction, those temperatures will start to climb and to feel quite pleasant. in actual fact, temperatures peaking at 26 degrees here, 16 to 21 under the cloud and the rain. a similar story as we move into tuesday. always the risk of some showers continuing into the far north and west and a few along west facing coasts. but there'll be plenty of sunshine and plenty of warmth. it will feel quite pleasant. once again, those temperatures peaking widely into the mid 20s across central and southern england. but by the middle part

of the week we are expecting a change of weather front could potentially bring some wetter weather and as this drifts its way steadily eastwards, the wind direction will swing around to a fresher northwesterly. so that means that we're going to lose some of that warmth. the russet tones disappear back to the near continent. it will be a cooler story towards the end of the working week. so further north it looks likely it will stay cool and showery at times with temperatures mid to high teens. but even across england and wales and no small difference to the feel of the weather, although we might not see that much rain in the far south east.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour straight after this programme. hello, everybody! a very warm welcome to talking business weekly, with me, aaron. let's go and take a look at what's on the show. a new great game, how the race for critical minerals is pitting china and the rest of the world against each other, chasing the raw materials to build the technology of the future. just this month, china curbed the exports of gallium and germanium. they're widely used in our smartphones and many other applications, including high tech weaponry. china describes that step as a warning shot to the united states.

it's after america introduced a ban on its top chips being sent to china. i'm going to be discussing all of that with these two, there they are. jose fernandez, a us undersecretary at the state department, he's the leader of the transnational mineral security partnership. and from beijing, einartangen, who's a seniorfellow at the taihe institute. also on the show, i'm going to hear from the big boss of hologic. it's the health care company that found a way to make a difference at the height of the pandemic. wherever you'rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. what does it take to get your smartphone from the drawing board to your pocket? well, of course, oodles of ingenuity and billions of dollars in research and development, and that's before the raw materials are even stitched together in the right order to build your device. and it's only possible because of our interconnected world.

you know, an iphone sold in the us or europe might be