the flight recorder from yevgeny prigozhin's private jet is recovered as the kremlin denies involvement in his death. �* denies involvement in his death. , ,, , denies involvement in his death. , ,, denies involvement in his death. ,, ,., death. away publishes a list of the missing. — death. away publishes a list of the missing, and _ death. away publishes a list of the missing, and donald - death. away publishes a list of| the missing, and donald trump seeks to make the most of his historic georgian mugshot with the campaign branded items now being sold. thank you forjoining us. russian authorities say they have recovered ten bodies and flight recorders from the site where yevgeny prigozhin�*s private plane crash two days ago. they added that hess would be carried out to identify the victims. the kremlin has denied ordering his death, describing such speculation a complete lie. i was on a conference call

earlier, with president putin's spokesman, these happen almost every day, where you can more or less ask any question you want to and i asked him for his reaction to accusations from western officials that the kremlin may have had something to do with that plane crash two days ago that reportedly killed yevgeny prigozhin, and it's not just western officials who think this, there are many russians who believe it as well. mesca —— mr pascoe said those claims were an absolute lie, saying that when we talk about this issue we should be guided only by facts. we don't have many facts at the moment, the facts need to be clarified during the official investigation being carried out now, and he was echoing some of those earlier remarks by president putin who called on people to await the results of that official investigation. now, will that convince people at home and abroad, who believe

that there is some sort of link between russian authorities and the death of the wagner boss? i don't think it well and this is why. time and again when accusations are levelled against the kremlin, there is only one tactic, and that is to deny. if we cast our minds back to the beginning of last year when there was that buildup of russian troops on the border with ukraine, then there were accusations levelled at the russian president that he was preparing to invade ukraine. what was the response then from the kremlin? yet again, another denial. in the wake of yevgeny prigozhin�*s presumed death, questions swell about the future of the organisation that he led. one african country where wagner is active is mali. the group is thought to have 1000 soldiers there. they have filled the gap left by french forces who ended their military

operations in the country about a year ago. a correspondence from bbc arabic is the firstjournalist to travel to northern mali since then, and he sent this report. the start of a i,000—mile journey across vast deserts to an unseen conflict where wagner fighters clash with jihadists and separatist groups. it is impossible to operate here without a convoy of heavy security. it is the only way to reach camps like this one. this is the only school in the area. these children are being taught to recite verses from the koran. it's the only education they are ever likely to receive. they are orphans who lived in an area controlled by al-qaeda. anti—muslim extremists attacked and killed their parents. these children's stories may have been hidden from the world, but they are another generation whose lives were destroyed by the

so—called islamic state. fatima, along with her daughter and grandchildren, walked hundreds of miles from the village they lived in to reach the camp. translation: islamic state forced us to come here. they forced us to come here. all the men were killed. they burned all our food. there is little in the way of medicine or food, and some of the children are suffering from fever. jihadists may be in retreat in the middle east, but their grip in the african sahara region is growing, and it has had a big impact here. last year aid from the west was pushed aside as support on the streets for russia grew, and the intervention of the french ended as wagner fighters took up arms against them. just days ago prigozhin appeared in this video, promising to rescue them from islamists.

some claimed he was hiding in africa, possibly even mali. translation: we terrify islamic state, al-qaeda i and other gangsters. we are forjustice we are for justice for the african people. but the west has accused wagner of human rights violations in africa. these pictures released by the french military before they left allegedly show fighters burying bodies in a mass grave in eastern mali. this month, un bases like this one started pulling out, leaving more areas in mali under the jihadists' influence. the big question now is what role can wagner play in africa, and who else is left to stand up to islamist threat? authorities in hawaii have

published the names of almost 400 people who have been missing since wildfires swept the island earlier this month. they want any survivors on that list to come forward so the number of people unaccounted for can be reduced. teams are still searching the charred remains of the historic town of lahaina and other areas, 150 people are known to have died. officials held a press conference a short time ago, the police chief saying the publication of the missing list has seen hundreds of people call police. has seen hundreds of people call police-— call police. recovery efforts are at 99%- _ call police. recovery efforts are at 9996. we _ call police. recovery efforts are at 99%. we will- call police. recovery efforts are at 99%. we will finish . call police. recovery efforts l are at 99%. we will finish up with the urban search and rescue here today and we will begin any re— tax we need to do with some of the other processes we have. we know that we have had hundreds of contacts come in, and that is great news for those who have come off the list and it's heartbreaking for those that don't. ~ . ., , don't. meanwhile tourism operators _ don't. meanwhile tourism operators and _ don't. meanwhile tourism operators and unaffected | don't. meanwhile tourism - operators and unaffected parts

are reporting a downturn in business after the wildfires. one of hawaii's us senators posted to social media on thursday urging tourists to visit south maui, the part of the island not directly affected, seeing people were on the brink of losing or being from theirjobs. earlier i spoke to sean quinlan, a member of the house of representatives of the house of representatives of hawaii and i spoke about the government's response of the wildfires and the tourist influence in the area. i want to start with where things are at the moment, hawaiian officials releasing a list of almost 400 people who are still missing. how are recovery efforts going? we are still very much in assessment and recovery mode. we have sent home about half of the cadaver sniffing dogs, and we still have portions of lahaina that we have to search. and how have locals been adjusting as they have been unable to go home?

i don't know that we will ever adjust to this. it's been incredibly difficult. because there are so many toxic chemicals contained in the ash that has just blanketed lahaina, we have been really reluctant to let people go back to their homes because we're worried about the health effects, and that's been incredibly difficult. to not even be able to sift through your belongings and try to pull something out of the wreckage is very hard to bear. yes, it is hard to imagine, isn't it? i just want to come to that tweet that we read from a senator schatz urging people to come to south maui resorts and telling tourists not to cancel their visits. do you agree with his message? i couldn't agree more. this is such a tough time. the people on maui are grieving right now. there is not anybody in the state who has not been affected, who has not lost a loved one or lost their home. and we're going to give them the space to grieve, and they should take all the time they need. but while they grieve,

we have a responsibility to maintain the economic engine that powers maui. 77% of alljobs on the island of maui are directly or indirectly related to tourism. so there was, as you know, a lot of frustration among locals in the immediate aftermath of these wildfires, while some fires were still burning, about tourists coming to maui. i want to play you a clip of what one local told the bbc. let's listen. 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 in all of this and where our heart and mind is. you don't see our people swimming, snorkelling, surfing. nobody is having fun in tragedy and continuing their lives like nothing has happened. there are two hawaiis right now. there is the macroeconomic hawaii we are living in and the hawaii they are visiting. so you see a local saying that there are two hawaiis.

do you worry that asking tourists to come to south maui could alienate locals? yes, i do. the resentment to tourism has been growing for the last decade. it's notjust on maui, you can see it in all the islands. i think in some cases we may have brought in too many tourists. i think we haven't done a very good job at addressing the hotspots that lacked infrastructure that have drawn many tourists. but at some point we have to get people back to work, and they need jobs to support theirfamilies, to pay their rent, to put food on the table. the situation in maui — our economic situation is, i think, even more precarious than many people in maui realise. hotels can't run at 30% or 50% occupancy. they're just going to start laying people off, and a lot of other businesses are going to start laying people off because the cancellations are approaching 90% or 95% for august and september. and if we can't get the tourists back quickly then

we lose our flights, we lose our airlift. if we don't have flights, we can't get people back. so we're sort of trying to skirt the edge of this canyon, this chasm, where on one side we're trying to deal with this incredible grief and on the other side we understand that we have to keep visitors coming to maui, because it's our entire economy, and we have to have jobs for people when they're ready to get back to work. you said it is a precarious economic situation. what is the government doing about that? everything we can. i think the immediate need is to get money into the hands of the people who have lost everything so that they can pay for their immediate needs, to find them housing. but people have to understand that although the federal government is going to assist us a lot, and fema has boots on the ground, fema is a cost sharing, reimbursement programme. so the state and the county

is going to front the money for the vast majority of expenses that we encounter, and if we don't have revenue, we don't have the cash, we can't front the money. so we have to keep our tax collections going. in other words, the best thing i think that we can do for the people of lahaina right now is to keep our economy is strong as possible while being as respectful as possible, while giving them their space, but to keep the economy strong so that we do have sufficient funds to rebuild lahaina. and last question — how are you personally, as a representative and the chair of the tourism committee, going to go about walking that line between recovery and rebuilding? well, i'vejust come from a meeting on maui with a lot of the small businesses that are a part of the visitor industry, and they would like to take the lead. they would like the message to come from them, to come from those small business owners, to say, this is how we feel as a maui small business owner. we want to share our island

with the visitors, and please come and visit us, because we depend on you. interesting to get your perspective on the story. as you mentioned, hawaiian an authority saying today that most 400 people are still missing on the island of maui. sean quinlan, great to have you with us on bbc news. thank you forjoining us. canada is experiencing its worst wildfires season on record with tens of thousands of people evacuated from their homes. the federal government has had to deploy the military to several regions, and more than a thousand fires still burn across the country. our correspondence reports. that's my house on fire, and i think that's yours.— think that's yours. joanna and duncan have _ think that's yours. joanna and duncan have been _ think that's yours. joanna and duncan have been friends - think that's yours. joanna and duncan have been friends and neighbours for decades. i think that's us- -- _ neighbours for decades. i think that's us... the _ neighbours for decades. i think that's us... the residents - neighbours for decades. i think that's us... the residents had i that's us... the residents had never seen anything like the inferno that tore through their communities. destroying almost everything in its path, including their homes. it was

blindingly — including their homes. it was blindingly bright _ including their homes. it was blindingly bright and - including their homes. it was blindingly bright and then - including their homes. it was blindingly bright and then we -et blindingly bright and then we get into a house and then you have — get into a house and then you have this _ get into a house and then you have this raging fire with this kind — have this raging fire with this kind of— have this raging fire with this kind of skeleton eyes dwelling in the — kind of skeleton eyes dwelling in the forefront of it, and it was — in the forefront of it, and it wasjust— in the forefront of it, and it wasjust moving from one to the next _ wasjust moving from one to the next and — wasjust moving from one to the next and then at one point there _ next and then at one point there were just dozens. there were 'ust dozens. duncan lost most — there were just dozens. duncan lost most of — there were just dozens. duncan lost most of what _ there were just dozens. duncan lost most of what he _ there were just dozens. duncan lost most of what he had - there were just dozens. duncan lost most of what he had built i lost most of what he had built and owned, including his dad 's war medals but his family is safe in the yorkshire native remains positive. i’m safe in the yorkshire native remains positive.— remains positive. i'm very philosophical— remains positive. i'm very philosophical about - remains positive. i'm very philosophical about this i remains positive. i'm very - philosophical about this stuff, it happens and it's terrible, in my case, i wish that i had thought it through better to get stuff out and put it a pickup truck. it get stuff out and put it a pickup truck.— get stuff out and put it a pickup truck. it is still too risky for _ pickup truck. it is still too risky for residents - pickup truck. it is still too risky for residents to - pickup truck. it is still too i risky for residents to return here, but from the lake the devastation is clear. this shows how indiscriminate these fires are. here you have three orfour fires are. here you have three or four waterfront properties that have been completely

gutted and just above them, apparently right in the middle of the fire, all the houses are safe, completely pristine. in some places the fire line is right up to the front door. via security cameras, some residents watched helplessly in real time as their houses burned. others witnessed firefighters saving their properties. is a testament to local rescue services that no lives were lost.— lives were lost. there were situations _ lives were lost. there were situations where _ lives were lost. there were situations where our - lives were lost. there were situations where our staff i lives were lost. there were - situations where our staff were surrounded on all sides by fire, there was no question it was dangerous, we saw fire behaviour, winds that ripped trees are by their roots and laid them down like toothpicks. on a visit to a local evacuation centre, i asked the regional premier david eby if he thought climate change might be to blame for the record number of wildfires. without a doubt. the ferocity of the fires,

the extent of the burning, the historic nature of the forest fires we're seeing — notjust here in british columbia — just devastating fires that are clearly linked to human—caused climate change. the biggest fires may have been tamed but there's still a significant threat. well, if the speed of the fires has been relentless, so has the response of the emergency services. chopper after chopper dropping buckets in the lake here to take water up to the hill to douse out fires that are continuing to burn. cheering and applause this crisis has undoubtedly strengthened the bond between the fire crews and a grateful public, but most here expect these events to become much more common in the future. wyre davies, bbc news, kelowna.

british people are investigating the deaths of 88 people who are suspected to have ingested a poisonous substance to end their lives. a warning, this contains disturbing details. bright and kind, tom parfitt was just 22 when he ended his life using a chemical he bought from a website in canada. his father, david, distraught and angry, says tom should never have had access to it. i've been able to discuss with many other families the impact on them and their own lives. and, of course, also focused on us trying to get some justice for the deaths of our sons and daughters. but also try and ensure that other families aren't impacted by similar. this is the man tom bought it from — kenneth law, arrested in canada and charged with two counts

of aiding suicide. we're aware that packages were shipped to over 40 countries. we're aware of 1200 packages that have been shipped. the national crime agency now says 272 people in the uk bought from the canadian. 88 of them later died, and although it's not possible to say the chemical was the cause of death in every case, the nca has launched a criminal investigation. but how did they know about kenneth law and the chemical? here's the answer — a pro—suicide website. we have been investigating this world for two years. users encourage suicide. they swap tips on methods and suggest sellers like law. accessible to anyone with a couple of clicks. we found one supplier who offered us a package of chemicals and pills.

he even sent us a picture, told us he often shipped to the uk. and new sellers appear all the time. i know how much the people on there are struggling. another death too soon. holly's brother michael, one more of kenneth law's customers, another victim of the suicide forum. right now, i'm a bit of a mess 'cos this is all i seem to be talking about, but i'm not going to stop. like, ijust can't... i can't live in a world knowing this stuff exists without trying to stop it. michael and tom parfitt, two of the many who looked for help online and instead found poison. angus crawford, bbc news. donald trump continues to protest his innocence after the release of his mugshot on thursday. hours after the former president was processed

at the fulton countyjail in atlanta, his campaign website began selling mugshot—branded mugs, t—shirts and wine coolers. our correspondent barbara plett usher has the latest. donald trump is making the most of his mugshot — he's already turned it into a symbol for his campaign, and that will almost certainly galvanise even more republican support because it has already increased after each indictment. and the mugshot might be particularly effective at drumming home his campaign message, which is that he is a victim of the washington establishment, he's a political martyr and he will never surrender. but when it comes to how the campaign will play out, there's no question that trump's legal cases will force him to burn more cash, but also create nearly impossible logistics because it's hard enough to run a campaign, never mind when you're also facing 91 felony counts in four different jurisdictions. and the georgia case is particularly complicated because of all the defendants. there's all sorts of legal manoeuvring. for example, the location —

already, a number of defendants have said that they are requesting the trial he moved from a state to a federal court. trump's also expected to do the same. and also the size — trump's lawyer has indicated that he plans to request a separate trial, so that they're not all lumped together, and one of the defendants has already got such a deal. so, you're looking at the possibility of multiple trials in different locations. now, all this legal wrangling can probably be wrapped up into trump's campaign message as he goes along, but it seems that his goal is to try to delay the trials for as long as he can in hopes he might be able to win the white house before any possible convictions. but the next most immediate step in the georgia case is the arraignment, which is when trump will be able to formally enter his plea of not guilty, and that is expected to happen in early september. barbara plett usher reporting. new figures seen by the bbc

suggests the uk has increasingly boughtjet fuel in recent months from refineries in india which use crude oil from russia. britain and the other g7 economies banned direct russian energy imports six months ago. the numbers calculated by the campaign group global witness highlight a practice that is legal but which raises ethical questions, as emir nader reports. we're here in the peloponnese region in southern greece. the picturesque laconian gulf is a home to fishermen and an international tourist destination. but all is not as it seems. this idyllic location has now become a key artery for russian oil. we're just leaving greek territorial waters and we're approaching a number of tankers that have left russia and we believe they're here to exchange russian crude. and here they are. we find two tankers in the middle of a ship—to—ship transfer. these two boats that you can see behind me here are oil tankers. the boat in the distance is from russia, and it's moving

oil to the boat that's nearest to us. here in international waters, this practice is legal, and it's one of the ways by which russian oil continues to be exported throughout the world. and some of the millions of barrels of oil that passes through this area will ultimately find its way to countries that have bans on russian oil, including the uk. bbc newsnight has had exclusive access to numbers calculated by the campaign group global witness. since the g7, eu and australia introduced a ban on importing oil directly, in the first six months of 2023, the numbers show the amount of russian energy that's been processed in indian refineries and made its way to the uk legally since then, with its origins changing to india. in the six months since january, the uk imported 6.2 million barrels of refined energy from three indian refineries, made with an estimated 2.33 million barrels of russian crude. the diesel is used to power uk planes. the figures are equivalent to one in eight of our flights

using fuel from these refineries, or one in 20 british flights being powered purely by russian crude. so, how much is this all worth to russia? according to the figures, in the first six months of 2023, the energy bought by the uk generated more than $122 million in revenue for russia, of which at least $50 million went directly to the kremlin in tax revenues. so, russia has essentiallyjust skirted around the sanctions. it is selling as much oil as it was before the war, and that is as a result of this circumvention. big british firms like bp and shell are buying this jet fuel. bp said: shell told us: while the uk government said: bp said: shell told us:

while the uk government said: refining energy in a third country changes its legal origin, but this energy we're purchasing is still being produced with russian oil. emir nader, bbc news. thank you for watching, that's all from us here in washington. we'll leave you with some live pictures of london at this hour as we hand off to our colleagues there.

hello. we'll take a look at the forecast for the weekend in a moment but i want to look back first of all at some of the dramatic weather we saw during friday because in parts of scotland, vicious thunderstorms spawned some funnel clouds — this one here in fife looking like it touched down on the ground, making it a tornado, and you can see the extent of those intense thunderstorms across eastern, central and southern parts of scotland through friday but there were plenty of showers and storms elsewhere as well. now, there are more showers in the outlook for the weekend but i think they will tend to become a little less intense, a little less potent. there'll be some spells of sunshine, too. low pressure in charge of the scene. around the western flank of the low, some quite brisk winds coming down from the north. you'll feel the effects of that across north—west scotland, parts of northern ireland. some rain in the north of scotland tending to spill southwards as the day wears on. cloud amounts increasing for northern ireland. again, some showers here.

for england and wales, sunny spells, scattered showers and, particularly for central and eastern parts of england, some of those showers will be heavy and possibly thundery. 22 in the south—east corner, cooler than that further north and west. at reading and leeds forfestival—goers, i think some showers will be in the forecast but there'll be some spells of sunshine in between. and as we go through saturday night, it's actually going to be quite a cool and fresh affair. some showers will continue, particularly in western areas. temperatures even in the towns and cities down to 9 or 10 degrees. and then, we will see a band of cloud and rain starting to push in across northern ireland. now, this will make very slow progress eastwards. it's also going to peter out as it goes, so just turning cloudy and damp for northern ireland. elsewhere, sunny spells and showers but the showers should be a little bit less intense by this stage. and temperatures north to south 14—21, maybe 22 degrees in the south—east. so, for the notting hill carnival on sunday, a chance for a shower — i think there should be some lengthy dry gaps in between any showers — and monday looks like being a largely dry day because this area of high pressure is going

to try to build in. so, monday — which is a bank holiday for most of us, of course — looks like a mostly dry day. there will be one or two showers, some spells of sunshine too, and temperatures in the high teens or low 20s.

voice-over: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. that surfing dream. the perfect wave. the perfect look. but beneath the surface lies a murkier side. for every pristine peak, broken boards and piles of cheap polystyrene dumped on our beaches. it's really disheartening to see this amount of waste come forward. surfers may enjoy the fresh sea air, but the industry relies on toxic chemicals, producing suits and boards derived from oil. and living that dream of being at one with nature is getting more and more difficult. we do want to encourage people to get outdoors, and living that dream of being at one with nature

is getting more and more difficult.