the attorney general�*s office said one of three suspected gunmen had also been killed.dent guillermo lasso said the crime would not go unpunished. the bbc world service latin america regional editor leonardo rocha reports. mr villavicencio was shot dead as he finished a rally in the capital, quito. he was approached by a gunman who shot him in the head three times be or they escape. he was a former union leader, a former journalist who clashed with other politicians in the past for his role as an investigative journalist, and he was a current member of congress. he was running on an anti—corruption and pro— environmental campaign. he was one of several candidates running for president. the first round of the election will take place on august 20, he was opinion polls put in third orfourth place but he had a chance because there would be a second round of votes probably later this year. he is the latest victim of this crime wave in ecuador, he survived an attempt on his life before, and ecuador is going through a serious crisis, triggered mainly by the increasing involve

the country's attorney—general�*s office said on social media that the suspect in the attack had diedinjuries sustained in a shootout with police. ecuador�*s election is scheduled to take place on august 20th. we'll have more on this story as it develops. wildfires are raging across the us state of hawaii. officials there say that at least six people have died and many are injured, with some in a critical condition. these are the scenes out of maui and the big island. the historic town of lahaina was one of the hardest hit, with reports that it's now mostly reduced to ash. crews there and across the islands are engaged in search and rescue, with evacuations underway for more than 13 thousand people. but as residents try to escape, some are finding that many of the major roads are blocked and too dangerous to use. lieutenant governor sylvia luke, who's serving as acting governor issued an emergency proclamation, saying officials are working day and night to contain the fires. we'd never anticipated in this state that a hurricane which did not make impact on our islands would cause this

the country's attorney general�*s office said on social media that the suspect in the attack had diedjuries sustained in a shoot—out with police. ecuador�*s election is scheduled to take place on august 20th. live now to samantha schmidt, washington post bogota bureau chief. what is the latest you are learning about this attack? this is a really abrasive assassination that is stunning ecuador. it is unprecedented in this country which is a historically peaceful country that has recently begins doomed by drug trafficking and violence, in the aftermath of this attack two other presidential candidates said they are suspending their campaigns. in response to this, to the security threats, but also to respect this event and the president is meeting with all of the security cabinet right now and trying to decide what comes next. whether he will call for a nationwide state of exception, it is still unclear, we are seeing reports from mr villavicencio's campaign, the campaign offices in quito are also under attack by armed men. clearly this is still ongoing and developing incident, that is sh

the texas attorney general�*s office has filed an appeal with the state supreme court, effectively blockingabortions. the temporary injunction would have allowed doctors to exercise their own medical judgment about when patients need abortions to protect their lives or health. the injunction applied to pregnancies with fatal fetal anomalies, which are not explicitly mentioned in texas's abortion bans. a general election in pakistan later this year will be based on a new census, which could cause the results to be delayed. the announcement fuelled opposition fears that a caretaker administration could be set up to oversee the vote, causing the polling day to be pushed back by months. opposition leader imran khan says this is the latest move by prime minister shahbaz sharif to avoid facing a general election. let's turn to the women s world cup now where, for the first time, three african countries have made it to the group of 16 stage of the tournament. morocco, nigeria and south africa have all qualified ? this has not happened before in a men's or women's world cup. spain has also made it

the attorney general�*s office said one of three suspected gunmen had also been killed.

a complaint has also been filed to the prosecutors office in madrid and the state attorney general�*s officehould given the pressure he is facing. definitely it. thankfully things are moving really quickly on this and i'm here from colleagues in spain, yes, he has had to hand in a resignation letter and would actually step down tomorrow. he would no longer be eligible to run for president again but things were looking bleakfor for president again but things were looking bleak for him anyway. it has been handled in the appropriate manner and he could have been facing up manner and he could have been facing up to a 15 year band so thankfully pressure are not only football stars, but spain's on her ministry saying it was not irritable and the abilityjust saying it was not irritable and the ability just was saying it was not irritable and the abilityjust was not enough and thankfully that pressure has come through and he has had to resign because what i was hearing was up until very recently, he was refusing to budge, to resign, to leave his post. so thankfully things are moving in the right dir

. >> the state attorney general's office, the fbi and the contra costa d.a.'s office are investigating the department. dozens of officers have been suspended. at least one has been fired. >>> a federal judge has ordered a hearing this week to settle a dispute over the handling of evidence in a case against former president trump. trump's lawyers are pushing back on the justice department's request for a protective order, attempting to limit what trump can share regarding evidence tied to charges he tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election. "today in the bay"'s drew petrimoulx is live in washington this morning with the latest on this investigation. >> reporter: good morning, laura. this case is already creating challenges that courts have never dealt with in the history of the country, how to handle the prosecution of a presidential candidate in the middle of an election. in the late-night filing monday the judge overseeing the prosecution of former president trump overhis alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election calling for a hearing before the en

. >>> california attorney general's office, the fbi and the contra costa d.a.'s office, investigating the antioch's police department department practices. one has been fired. >>> a new leader has been named to replace the outgoing police chief, steven ford. he is retiring. he was included in the racist texts with a gorilla emoji used to refer to him. the acting captain will serve as acting chief beginning on saturday. he started with the sacramento police department. he worked as a sergeant with the richmond p.d. >>> san jose police are asking for people to check the surveillance cameras after a young boy and his great grandmother were killed in their apartment last friday. police say both were stabbed in the early morning hours at an apartment complex on parkmore avenue. police say they don't have information on a suspect or know the motive for the killings. they are asking anyone in the area or have cameras in the area, to share information with sjpd. >>> the most recent shooting victim on 580 is expected to survive. the man was driven to the san leandro polic

who before he showed up at olivia's door was appointed the state attorney general's chief prosecutor. the a. g.'s officections handle big cases. >> how did you get involved in this particular case? i had come to the attorney generals office and there was another chief prosecutor at that time. he simply didn't think there was enough evidence. i then took her position and i told my team let's look really hard at this. and months later, after a very hard look, i thought it was a great case. i thought circumstantially it was overwhelming. >> then brant met with susie's family. as for their patients, he promised he would issue an arrest warrant for the man he was now convinced was the killer. marty larsson. >> i saw my family in their family. a good, strong family. and to have this death occur. to have her get out of the car and then never make it to the front door, 20 steps, and we can explain to them what happened in those 20 steps. i thought they deserve to find out. >> in february, 2012, almost four years after susie's murder, a phoenix swat team descended on marty larson as he walked out of his apartmen

office. the former president denies any wrongdoing. you're live with bbc news. in a surprise announcement friday, us attorney general merrick garland named a special prosecutor in the investigation of president joe biden�*sd named david weiss, a trump—appointed us attorney for delaware, who has been leading the inquiry into hunter biden�*s business dealings. mr weiss will now continue overseeing the hunter biden probe in delaware — independent from the day—to—day supervision of the justice department. now, a special counsel appointment usually comes about when the justice department feels it has a conflict of interest or wants to avoid political entanglement. mr weiss will now be provided with extra resources. he'll also be able to issue subpoenas, search warrants and indictments. he can bring further charges beyond the state of delaware and has already filed papers seeking to do so. once he concludes his investigation, mr weiss will submit a report explaining any prosecutorial decisions. our north america correspondent anthony zurcher shared his analysis with me a short while ago. anthony, what's the significance of the appointment of this special counsel? i think, first of all, it shows that this case

lawyers for the new york attorney general's office allege that donald trump inflated his net worth by as much as $2.2 billion all-in-one year. this is part of the new york a.g.'s. his adult sons and the trump organization. cnn is following this. explain the legal ramifications of that. >> so this is the new york attorney general civil fraud lawsuit, where they allege trump inflated his value of his golf course, his properties, including mar-a-lago, in order to obtain more favorable loan rates and insurance rates from lenders and insurers. so they are laying out additional details in the court file ing today in which they allege that in 2014, trump had inflated the value of his net worth by $2.2 billion. they also say that over a ten-year period from 2011 to 2021 that based on their corrections of what they say were inaccurate, that would reduce the net worth by 17 to 39% in each year or between $812 million to $2.2 billion, depending on the year. they also go on to say the documents leave no shred of doubt that the statements of financial condition do not even remotely reflect the estimated current value of his assets as they would trade between market partici