helena humphrey _ resilient people. helena humphrey there, - resilient people.re, live i resilient people. helena| humphrey there, live for resilient people. helena - humphrey there, live for us in maui, where we are expecting soon a press conference with local officials as well as the hawaii governor, governor greene, he will be speaking at the bottom of the hour, and we will be sure to come back to you, helena, and to bring you that press conferences live as we get it. as we've been hearing, shelters have been busy helping those who have been left homeless by this disaster. todd james is the national spokesman for the american red cross, which is on the front line of this. he spoke to the bbc earlier. the main focus of our work continues to be sheltering, working with our partners, the local and state government and our nonprofit partners in the area. because we've got to make sure that all of these families who have been displaced have a safe place to stay, have access to food, to medical care, as you heard there, to crisis counseling and of course, knowing t

helena humphrey on the round well. helena humphrey on the ground in _ well.ui. _ well. helena humphrey on the ground in maui. thank- well. helena humphrey on the ground in maui. thank you - well. helena humphrey on the ground in maui. thank you for| ground in maui. thank you for bringing us those updates and we will be coming back to you throughout the day as things continue to develop their in hawaii. returning out to us politics. a georgia grand jury is expected to hear evidence next week in an atlanta—area case against donald trump and his allies for alledgedly interfering in the 2020 election. on saturday the state's former lieutenant governor geoff duncan and an independent journalist confirmed that they both have been asked to testify before the grand jury on tuesday. fulton county district attorney fani willis is thought to be seeking more than a dozen charges against the former president, including conspiracy and racketeering. those charges could happen in the coming days. trump denies all wrongdoing. earlier i wasjoined by earlier i was joined by a s

helena humphrey _ as they come up. helena humphrey in _ as they come up.mphrey in maui, thank as they come up. helena - humphrey in maui, thank you for the update. as you've been hearing that search and recovery mission is painstaking as the responders involved search for those still unaccounted for. earlier i spoke to former fema associate administrator and director of disaster operations elizabeth zimmerman about these sorts of operations, she dealt with over 930 disasters, emergencies and fires while at fema. and she addressed what needs to happen to rebuild. fema likes to rebuild things to mitigate richer disasters. as they go to rebuild there are things they could do that could prevent these damages to happen in the future. you know a lot of what was lost our old historical buildings but when they go back to rebuild things and starting from scratch build things that are not only as much fireproof as possible but also looking at the ocean and the hurricane is as we know hurricane dorian played a role in this and so how those things can be brought in an

helena, the governor _ press conference. helena, the governor made _ press conference.d various rules relating to healthcare on the island to help authorities they deal with the crisis. extra healthcare workers come to the islands receiving licenses also the need for extra mental healthcare professionals. it was a really important point that he made there saying that they were going to be deploying hundreds of mental health workers onto the island to deal with the needs and that is certainly something we have seen come up time and time again. at the moment it has been done in a relatively, informal way that every shelter you go to see a sign saying mental healthcare, often it is the case of people sitting and listening to people telling their stories of escape, of survival, other people we spoke to say it is a case of hugs and tears and trying to convert people. but i think the recognition here is that with everything people have gone through to recover from this long—term trauma and the kinds of things that people have been expressing, a pillar of this healthcare respo

helena humphrey and maui. - recovery operation. helena | humphrey and maui.from georgia. the grand jury handed ten indictments there, judge robert burnie. not sure of ten of those indictments relate to the trump investigation. we are waiting to get more out of the courthouse, but it's run several hours over its usual sitting time, it's handed ten indictments to thejudge sitting time, it's handed ten indictments to the judge there and will bring that to you later in the programme. as soon as we get it. we'll bring that all back to you. let's go back to questions in hawaii about why there wasn't an alert to tell residents there was a fire. the bbc put that question to david paulison, a former federal emergency management agency administator. i surely hope what they will do is a full assessment of what did and didn't happen, put in is in place to, you know, perhaps do a betterjob next time. every disaster, every disaster we think there are things we could have done better and i am convinced they will do that. you already hear about people upset, angry, and we ho

helena humphrey live on the ground — happened. helena humphrey live on the ground in _ happened. the ground in maui, _ happened. helena humphrey live on the ground in maui, at - happened. helena humphrey live on the ground in maui, at the - on the ground in maui, at the temporary shelter, thank you so much for your report. welcome of the speed of the fire front on tuesday caught many people of god. —— well, the speed. our north america correspondent john said with has been meeting with some residents who have lost everything. —— our north america correspondent, john sudworth, has been meeting with some of the residents who have lost everything. it looks like doomsday, armageddon, basically. brian captured the destruction of his home town on his mobile phone. cars, propane or anything with gas, whatever, gas station was going boom, boom, boom. and it sounded like a war zone. he's one of 23 members of this extended family, all now refugees from lahaina, crammed into the home of a relative. this is what they've left behind — the line of cars burned, as people tried to escape, and th

helena, you have soken response here. helena, you have spoken to — response here.ave spoken to some _ response here. helena, you have spoken to some of— response here. helena, you have spoken to some of the _ response here. helena, you have spoken to some of the people . spoken to some of the people who have just lost everything. how are they coping? monica, everybody _ how are they coping? monica, everybody here _ how are they coping? monica, everybody here knows - how are they coping? monica, i everybody here knows someone who has lost everything. this is a very small, tightknit community. we were down at the harbour earlier because there were a lot of volunteers, people from the community, were using their votes to try to get aid into binar. we met a young man down there, blake, who was traumatised. he was holding a cowboy hat and when we spoke to me is that this is my sole possession, this is all they have left. he is a lahaina resident and he has lost everything in these fires. this is what he said to me. fin everything in these fires. this is what he said to m

helena humphries, _ dark after maui. helena humphries, thank - dark after maui.ena - humphries, thank you for the update. stay with bbc news we will have an update from us officials in about an hour on the situation. keani rawlins—fernandez is a member of the maui county council. she told me about her experience dealing with the fire. my my colleague lives in the area that i worked to support her however i can. some of the biggest challenges we've been facing is power went off and there has not been any medications. there is no self—service so committee getting with those that are in there to be able to co—ordinate, to bring the needs, to bring the things that people are needing, isjust really challenging. people are needing, is 'ust really challenging.�* people are needing, is 'ust really challenging. what is the thin . really challenging. what is the thin that really challenging. what is the thing that people _ really challenging. what is the thing that people need - really challenging. what is the thing that people need most l thing that people need most right

she's from the saint helena chamber of commerce.ies that have amazing art like hall wine and their sculptures. some of our hotels like alila, napa valley do art pop up. so we think bringing a mural to downtown melina is going to bring a lot of energy and make art accessible for everyone. smith there's also says once all applicants have applied, the committee will select 2 to 4 semifinalists at the box office. totals are in making it official . barbie is a billionaire. hey, barbie, can i come to your house tonight? sure i don't have anything big planned. just a giant blowout party with all the barbies and plant choreography and a bespoke song. you should stop by. so cool. warner bros. says as of this past weekend, the barbie movie has brought in more than $1 billion at the box office worldwide. after three weeks in the theaters that makes director greta gerwig the first solo female director with $1 billion movie. well, 49ers running back christian mccaffrey and his foundation are about to get a huge donation from a big name country m

iam i am helena iam helena humphrey i am helena humphrey at an emergency shelter here on maui, wherermer president donald trump stokes support at the iowa state fair, meeting fans in the crucial primary voting state. and the french coastguard calls off its search for the night after six migrants drowned in the english channel. hello, welcome to the programme. more resources are being sent to the hawaiian island of maui, as the search for victims intensifies, in the wake of that devastating wildfire. the historic town of lahaina — the worst—hit part of the island — has been burnt almost entirely razed to the ground. the death toll stands at 80, making it the deadliest natural disaster in hawaii's history. but the number of missing is far higher. and the search for bodies has onlyjust begun in earnest. fires do continue to burn there and helicopters

saint helena boyette is such a beautiful place.ite cities in napa county already offering so much to residents and tourists to enjoy. i think this public art display is just going to be something else for everyone to enjoy. so we put up those the information for anyone who is interested. if we can just show the audience one more time again , artists out there, if you are interested in having your work displayed in beautiful saint helena, just be sure to go to the website there. stephanie really appreciate it. and hope to follow up with you once you select the finalist. we'd love to see what's coming so much. do you think it's going to make santa even more iconic than it is? yeah, harvest is right around the corner, so it's such a beautiful time to visit napa valley. we hope to see you out here soon. that sounds great. thanks so much. appreciate it. thanks. have a good one. all right. it was probably a pretty beautiful weekend up in the napa valley just to say the least weather wise. but really hot temperatures for a lot of folks ov

helena humphries _ challenge here. helena humphries on - challenge here. helena humphries on maui.very much for that. tv personality oprah winfrey has been living part—time on the island for more than 15 years. she's in maui now, offering support to those affected by the fires. we are still just we are stilljust grateful to have each other so it is really, the spirit is about community and family and we have seen this year and weighs most people never get to imagine what that really looks like —— aloha spirit. but as we've been hearing, there's desperate need foraid on maui. and some locals are asking, what's taking so long? here's our north america correspondent, john sudworth. vital supplies being loaded onto a boat that would normally be taking tourists whale watching. they're now making multiple daily trips into the disaster zone with a growing sense of frustration. we are all wondering, why was there no help sent from 0ahu? pearl harbor is a 20—minute flight away, right? why are the limited resources of police on this island left alone? where is the support for them? why are w

iam i am helena iam helena humphrey i am helena humphrey in the hard—hit area of cedar key where propertiesed. a flurry of demonic activity - but destroyed. a flurry of demonic activity in - but destroyed. a flurry of demonic activity in china. but destroyed. a flurry of - demonic activity in china. we make sense of the revolving door of western officials visiting beijing this week. and the rare lunar sight you can see with just your eyes — a super blue moon takes to skies across the globe. voice-over: life voice—over: life from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. studio in singapore, this is bbc news-— hi there. thank you for being with us. we begin in florida, where hurricane idalia has hit the state, leaving a trail of destruction. it made landfall as a category 3 hurricane, bringing winds of 125 miles per hour, but it's weakened as it passed through florida, and so far there have been no confirmed

iam i am helena iam helena humphrey i am helena humphrey on maui whether death toll has now risen, nowat happens next with donald trump's legal proceedings in georgia. this comes a day after a grand jury brought a total of 41 charges against the former president and 18 of his allies. they have until friday august 25th to turn themselves mr trump and the others will be booked into fulton county's jail, either in person or virtually, as dictated by the presiding judge. at least one defendent has been pushing back — former white house chief of staff mark meadows, who faces racketeering charges in the georgia 2020 election probe, has filed a motion to move the case to a federal court. the 14—page filing argues that the indictment occurred during his tenure serving in the trump administration.

helena: it's slow going.horities say they have managed to comb through 25% of the area and have the asset they need in terms of cadaver sniffer dogs in teams coming in from fema. the warning from the governor is that it could take at least 10 days to know the full extent of the death toll. carl: bbc's helen humphrey reporting for us there in maui. thank you very much. wildfires like these could contribute to future health problems. new study out this week from the journal american federal association finding that 180 8000 dementia cases in the u.s. each year may have been caused by air pollution and the types of pollution most linked to those cases are wildfire. specific types of pollution linked to the likelihood of the -- developing dementia. other than other risk factors like diabetes and hypertension, air pollution can be decreased, calling it a prime target for wide large-scale prevention efforts. ukraine, now. local government officials say that a russian missile attack killed three people in a northwes

helena meyer is a fencer. she was a dominant fencer. she had already won a gold medal in the 1928 games had competed in los angeles in 1932 and then stayed in la rather than returning to germany in part. i think concern for her own safety once the nazis took power in in 1933. helena has one jewish parent and she wins a silver medal at the 1936 games in fencing. she's remembered. most for her moment on the podium here. she is on the right of this photo helena meyer had features that the nazis would have described as quote aryan features a blonde-haired woman and she's giving the nazi salute on the podium a jewish woman, which was expected of all german athletes and there's a lot of speculation about why helena meyer did this some people say that she did it to protect her family members who were still in germany. she was worried especially for her brothers who were still living in germany, so that that's possible others say that she did it to try to rehabilitate her own image in in germany. well, we'll never know but it's it's a troubling

well, helena, i can say what's _ of the day. well, helena, i can say what's striking _ of the day. helena, i can say what's striking about - of the day. well, helena, i can say what's striking about today is just the of generations represented at this march. we spoke to a 92—year—old woman who was here 60 years ago to be at the very first march on washington and here doctor king's i have a dream speech in person, and today she returned with four generations, going down to a great—granddaughter, just one—year—old. so that really speaks to the number of generations involved in this continuing movement, and that's another theme that we heard today across all the speakers. that is that the work continues, it's not done. doctor martin luther king jr. �*s dream has not fully been realised, and the march towards progress continues. and we also heard from his granddaughter. you played the clip of 15—year—old yolanda king. she also said she would tell her grandfather, i'm sorry that we still have to be here to rededicate ourselves to finishing your work and realising your dream. so the atte

helena, there have _ wildfires burning. helena, there have been - wildfires burning.nts about the response in terms of the federal government. what can you tell us about what's being offered to families that are still displaced by these wildfires.— are still displaced by these wildfires. . , ., wildfires. have spoken to so many peeple _ wildfires. have spoken to so many people who _ wildfires. have spoken to so many people who were - wildfires. have spoken to so many people who were in i many people who were in shelters. which were then flowing out into the open. people sleeping in backyards. it's fair to say amid the sadness, we also saw frustration going stop the speed of response, particularly coming in from the us mainland. community spirit. it's people pulling together to offer food, shelter and assistance and so on. increasingly we are seeing. more fema officers, for example. we are getting update from the police and hoping by the weekend, 85% of that area, and will be doing so. people are missing and unaccounted for and that's one of the reasons we expect the d

thank you, helena humphreys. _ around. thank you, helena humphreys, our _ around.reys, our correspondent and cedar key, florida for us. let's get some of the day's other news now. president zelensky has ordered a review of decisions by ukraine's medical boards to exempt certain individuals from military service. he suspects there could have been corruption involved in the decisions. cases found to be groundless will be referred for possible prosecution. earlier this month, mr zelensky purged all regional military recruitment chiefs. some officials have been accused of taking bribes and helping smuggle people of fighting age out of ukraine. north korea says it has fired two short—range tactical ballistic missiles to simulate nuclear strikes on south korea. state media has said the test was conducted as a warning against the us deployment of strategic bombers to the region. south korea reported two missiles landed in the sea. you may remember a ceremony at the us military academy west point earlier this week where a time capsule from the 1820s was opened and searched

hello, i'm helena humphrey. we begin in the us state of florida, where three people are dead in what authorities are calling a racially motivated mass shooting. we've just heard that president biden has been briefed on the situation. the attack took place at a discount store in the city of jacksonville. the city's sheriff says the suspected shooter was a white male in his 20s, who turned the gun on himself. he killed two women and one man, all black, with no other injuries reported. the gunman was carrying a handgun and an ar—is—style rifle, while wearing a mask and tactical vest. pursued had authored several manifestoes, one to his parents, one to the media and one to federal agents. portions of these manifestoes detailed the shooter's disgusting ideology of hate. plainly put, this shooting was racially motivated, and he hated black people. live now to ben ryan. he is a reporter at the jacksonville affilate of our news partner cbs. thank you for being with us. i understand that you arrived on the scene shortly

helena, thank you _ in uncharted territory. helena, thank you for— in uncharted territory.ead of the federal emergency management agency — or fema — says idalia is the strongest storm to hit an area known as florida's �*big bend' in more than 100 yea rs. this map shows the peak storm surge as idalia moves up the coastline. you can see in yellow where it could reach up to five feet high. the national hurricane center is warning that the risk of flooding, storm surge, and strong winds continues across georgia and the carolinas, even though idalia is now a tropical storm. earlier i spoke with deputy director of the national hurricane centerjamie rhome for what's expected next. deputy director of the national hurricane centre genie rhome, thanks forjoining us. what's the current situation with the idalia? it the current situation with the idalia? ., , ., idalia? it has transitioned into a tropical _ idalia? it has transitioned into a tropical storm - idalia? it has transitioned into a tropical storm but i into a tropical storm but unfortunately less dangerous thanit unfortunate

st helena have jumped hurdles to get here.heir tiny island is just 6,000 and they've travelled well over 4,000 miles to reach the competition. if it wasn't for the delay caused by covid, they might not have been here at all. the last games we came to was four years ago. . we onlyjust got here. if we're going to the island games in the next two years, _ it's almost going to be impossible for the football team to go. - yes, yes. but they made it this time and jacqui's got her photo. my husband said, "you're never going to do this." "you're never going to do this." and i've achieved it. so i'm very happy. i'm on the 4:00 ferry, so i've onlyjust done it by the skin of my teeth. all the teams we played were very competitive, i but they were very respectful. that's the competitors, but also - the people everywhere around here. they're very friendly people. we had about two schools. it's all these five, - six year olds come support. they were singing for a minute, one to minute 90, st helena i all through the game. all true. and that

and i literally have st helena to get my 24. so i've come to a football match.e of hours left before herferry home, jacqui's tracked down the missing team as they played their last game. now, we didn't know what to expect. we came into the unknown. so we only have six teams in a league and no international competition here. and that's probably if they come to the island, the navy or something come in once in a blue moon. yeah. and we play them and then we only play six months of the year because six months the field is used for cricket. so i've been following the football team. don't know nothing about football, but i'm following them just st helena have jumped hurdles to get here. the population of their tiny island is just 6,000 and they've travelled well over 4,000 miles to reach the competition. if it wasn't for the delay caused by covid, they might not have been here at all. the last games we came to was four years ago. . we onlyjust got here. if we're going to the island games in the next two years, _ it's almost going to be impossible for the football tea

iam i am helena iam helena humphries i am helena humphries on maui mark where there is growing criticism small kansas newspaper ignites a debate over freedom of speech. hello. i'm carl nasman. thanks forjoining us. at least 93 people are now known to have been killed by wildfires on hawaii's island of maui, making this the worst us disaster of its kind in more than a century. the military are now involved in the grim task of searching through the rubble for victims in the town of lahaina, which has been all but destroyed. wildfires in the area are still burning. firefighters working to bring the blazes under control. these pictures are from the us national guard, which is providing assistance. hawaiians are donating supplies to be sent to the worst—affected areas. maui locals are expressing gratitude, but also say much more help is needed. let's go live now to our reporter on the ground in maui,

helena humphrey, thank ou for as well., thank you for that _ the head of the federal emergency management agency, or fema, says idalia is the strongest storm to hit an area known as florida's big bend in more than 100 yea rs. this map shows the peak storm surge as idalia moves up the coastline. you can see in yellow the areas with surges of 5 feet high. the national hurricane center is warning that the risk of flooding, storm surge, and strong winds continues across georgia and the carolinas, even though idalia is now a tropical storm. earlier, i spoke with deputy director of the national hurricane center, jamie rhome, about what is still to come. deputy director of the national hurricane jamie rhome, thanks forjoining us. what's the current situation with the idalia? idalia has transitioned into a tropical storm but unfortunately no less dangerous than it was this time last night because of the very heavy rains and flood threat that appears to be unfolding as we speak over south—eastern georgia, eastern south carolina and

let's go live now to our reporter on the ground in maui, helena humphrey.

that was helena humphrey reporting there. that was helena humphrey reporting there.horities continue the difficult work of searching for and identifying the dead after the devastating fire in the town of lahaina, some hawaii residents are taking relief effort into their own hands. john sudworth went out with one group of volunteers taking relief supplies by boat. we are on board the ocean spirit, a boat owned by the pacific whale foundation, a marine conservation charity. but today staff and volunteers on board are on a different mission. if you look down here, these are full fuel cans. a lot of people inside the disaster zone depend on generators for cooking. this, of course, is a vital lifeline. over here, something else badly needed... ..fresh drinking water. we can quite clearly see the town of lahaina now and what you can make out is the blackened landscape above the town where the grass was burning. and what happened with the hurricane blowing way off to the south, the pressure brought the wind over the top of the island, picking up speed on the way down the mo

helena wilkinson is in woking at the scene. helena, what more can you tell us? murder investigation, after the death of ten—year—old sara sharif who was found in her home in the early hours of last thursday, in woking, as you have mentioned there, police have named herfather, urfan sharif, her stepmum and her uncle, as three people, they want to speak to in connection with this investigation, they travelled from the uk, the day before sara's body was discovered on wednesday, and travelled to islamabad and police have tonight revealed that sara's father made a 999 call after he landed in islamabad and that is what led police to the property in woking, a postmortem examination took place on tuesday. it is yet to reveal the cause how sara died but again tonight, police have revealed that the postmortem examination revealed she suffered multiple and extensive injury, likely to have been caused over a sustained period of time. and police are appealing to anyone who may know sara, to come forward, so they can build a picture of her lifestyle. helena, thank you for tha

i am not sure whether helena can hear us so let's try and get back to helena shortly. spoke to a special reporter with a tampa bay times who told us the latest there. inaudible. yes, we are seeing trivialities. neighbours today were taking out a break might ruin furniture and the neighbour industry was watching on unscathed. the flooding during the storm was worse than during ian but it's incredibly variable across the county. you mentioned _ variable across the county. you mentioned the _ variable across the county. you mentioned the other _ variable across the county. you mentioned the other storms like ian because florida does get her to fight these kind of storms and sometimes barricades but how does (speaks italian) compare to others you witnessed?— compare to others you witnessed? . , a, ., witnessed? lucy maunder than before and _ witnessed? lucy maunder than before and it _ witnessed? lucy maunder than before and it highlights - witnessed? lucy maunder than before and it highlights the - before and it highlights the storms are going to come, coming more quickly

i'm helena humphrey in washington, dc. rememberyou helena humphrey in washington, dc.bsite, bbc .com. thank as everfor your company. when used at the top of the hour. i will see you then. goodbye for now. —— more news at the top of the hour. hello there. heatwave conditions across the globe have been dominating weather headlines in recent weeks. and this week, we saw a return to heat across iberia. on wednesday afternoon in southern spain, we saw a high of aa degrees, 111 fahrenheit. we are tapping into some of that warmth across the uk — not as extreme. it was a pleasant day on wednesday. thursday, it will be warmer still, with temperatures perhaps peaking at 27, possibly 28 degrees. that's 82 fahrenheit. but widespread warmth is expected generally across the country, and that's because we've got high pressure with us for another day. however, this frontal system is going to start to push in late on thursday. a beautiful start, lots of blue sky, lots of sunshine coming through. little bit of cloud and mist and murk down to the south—west may linger first thing, a litt

iam i am helena iam helena humphries i am helena humphries on maori mark where there has been growingssure to stop migrants crossing the english channel in small boats after six people drowned in the sea between france and england. and a landmark defence deal between australia and japan comes into force. hello and welcome. i'm tadhg enright. the us state of hawaii is bracing itself for a significant rise in casualties from deadly wildfires. at least 93 people have been killed on the island of maui, making this the worst us disaster of its kind in more than a century. hundreds of people are still unaccounted for. the military is helping to search through the rubble for victims in the town of lahaina. but so far only a tiny fraction of the affected area, less than 5%, has been searched.

let's go live now to our reporter on the ground in maui, helena humphrey.elena, the governor of hawaii, josh green, has been speaking again today. what has he been saying? he has been giving up statement in that update he warned once again as he appears to be doing daily now that the death toll which is already significant is likely to rise. he has also been speaking about how it was that these wildfires were able to move so quickly and he said authorities now believe that one of the fires they believed to be extinguished in fact was not and when we saw high winds of a 70 mph, that allow them to take hold. he said at one moment they believe that these fires were moving at a frightening pace of one mile every minute, leaving residents of lahaina with very little time to escape. he has also spoken with the federal response he says the us health department is now involved in more tree services and are receiving more us assistance to remove toxic waste in the area of lahaina. he has also been given update and a comment from the point of view as a physician, he

iam i am helena iam helena humphrey i am helena humphrey on maui, as we await the governor, with questionsthe crucial primary voting state. more resources are being sent to the hawaiian island of maui as the search for victims intensifies in the wake of devastating wildfires. the historic town of lahaina, the worst—hit part of the island, has been burned almost entirely to the ground. for now the death toll stands at 80, making it the deadliest natural disaster in hawaii's history. the us government estimates that the fire has caused more than $5.5 billion of damage. meanwhile, fires continue to burn. helicopters are being sent to douse the flames, one bucket at a time. many people forced to flee at a moment's notice had

helena, thank you. helena humphries in maui.ental data breach is in the hands of dissident republican groups. the chief constable simon byrne said he believed they would use the information, which included the names of all serving officers, to generate fear and intimidation. simon jones has more. the worst fears officers realised. after days of worry and uncertainty, confirmation of the personal details of northern ireland employees mistakenly posted online have been obtained by people who might want to do them harm. news revealed by the fourth's chief constable. haste news revealed by the fourth's chief constable.— chief constable. we are now confident — chief constable. we are now confident that _ chief constable. we are now confident that the _ chief constable. we are now confident that the work - chief constable. we are now i confident that the work dataset is in the hands dissident republicans and it is therefore plenty assumption that they would use this list to generate fear and uncertainty as well as intimidating or targ

took us through what has been happening, helena. hi. what has been happening, helena.what has been happening, helena. h , i am here on the road to cedar key, this is community has been particularly hard—hit, particularly particularly ha rd—hit, particularly behind particularly hard—hit, particularly behind me the sign saying that this is the city limits. i want to take you over here to take a look at the storm surge. this is really what the warning has been all about. this morning when we saw those lashing winds coming in and all of that rain pushing that waterfrom winds coming in and all of that rain pushing that water from the gulf of mexico. this has really been the danger here. at times we have seen a storm surge of over seven feet, and a century, the result is what you can see behind me as a community which has been cut off by this hurricane. we understand from speaking to people that downtown cedar key, in fact some areas are completely submerged we have heard reports that one hotel which simply broke off. and then was washed into the goal. we have been speaking

. >> in maui, helena humphrey has been covering the latest.ave been speaking with volunteers that have been to the affected area. what have they been telling you? >> i and on the road to lahaina. just on the road here is where that community lies. the town has been out of the devastated, 80% of it gone. these volunteers have managed to gain access. these are people who grew up on the island. they told me when they arrived inside, they look for places they have memories of to try and orient themselves but it was unrecognizable. you can also see a military checkpoint. we are seeing more and more military checkpoints being set up. so many people are trying to get aid knowing. there are significant humanitarian needs, but because of the delicate situation there -- it is only emergency workers were being allowed in. that is because those recovery operations are underway. that warning from the governor that we can expect to see 20 people discovered a day and that the death toll is likely to significantly rise. we might not know the full extent of it

let's go live now to our reporter on the ground in maui, helena humphrey.elena, you've been following the developments for us there, bring us up to date with the latest. i'm here on the road to lahaina. this is as close as we can get to the community full up can get to the community full up and what i want to show you right now is the scene here. if we just move over here i want to give you a picture of these dry conditions here on the island of maui. you can see the dry grass, the drought here, which has been a persistent problem for many months. you can also see the high winds. in these high winds really have been an issue in fanning those flames and they are leading to more concerns, ever present concerns from authorities about the prospect for flareups in these places. i'm going to move out of the way so you can look over my shoulder here. what you can see is this is the last police check point here on the road to lahaina here, everyone on the road he is stopped and asked questions about why they are going on. many people are then forced to turn around

helena, thank you.heir 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 stoppi

. >> in helena, montana, it's 17-year-old sid beardslee's turn to cook dinner for the family. >> all come dish up? >> yep. when i was 12, i hit the point where my brain just like, you know, i don't really feel like a female. and then once i hit 14, i kind of hit the point of like, no, i'm definitely not a female. >> sid identifies as non-binary trans masculine. assigned female at birth, sid neither identifies as a boy nor a girl, but feels a connection to masculinity. >> they've never been the perfect version of any type of child. they've been every kid, they've been a mony climbing trees, they've been my rapunzel princess wearing the dress and the beautiful, long flowing hair. >> it wasn't really a surprise when sid came out. and i mean, i kind of always knew they were a little different. >> while they weren't exactly surprised when sid came out, it did take some time to adjust. >> it's definitely scary for five seconds, because it's like what does that mean? >> for the beardslees that meant getting treatment to affirm sid's gender identity. at 14, sid started taking puberty blocker

helena wilkinson, bbc news.gest displays at the national museum of scotland, is set to be returned to canada after nearly a century. indigenous researchers in british columbia say it was originally stolen and sold without the consent of local people. members of canada's nisga'a nation have taken part in a ceremony in edinburgh to prepare for itsjourney home. here's katie hunter. singing. this is a historic moment. people from the nisga'a nation at the national museum of scotland to prepare their totem pole for the journey home. today was probably one of the most happy days in my life, because i'm really, really emotional right now, and ifeel my ancestral grandmother. the nisga'a people believe this memorial pole is alive with the spirit of their ancestors. they say it was stolen almost a hundred years ago from the mass valley, and sold to what is now national museums scotland. an agreement to return it was reached last december. the totem pole will need to be brought out of the museum through a window in the mid

. >> in florida the bbc's helena humphrey is standing by in cedar key one of the hardest hit areas.t have you been seeing on the ground? >> the storm has passed this area, but now you can see we are starting to get limps of the destruction. it's bad. as you mentioned, this is one of the hardest hit areas. looking over my shoulder you can see these small structures by the coast. a brick structure completely hollowed out by hurricane wind. you can see all the bricks coming down. windows coming out. doors lifted off their hinges. if you just take a look around here you can see sensually what the scene must have been the early hours of the morning with this microwave just tossed out. a flatscreen tv here. remnants of people's lives in the areas that have just been rendered completely on emma habitable -- uninhabitable. in this area you can see flattened branches. looking over the area you can see destruction. completely flattened area. rather poignantly in the center of that shot it says for sale. perhaps, somebody's dream home in this very coveted area along the coast. as we look in th

helena humphrey - still missing? thank you. helena humphrey in - still missing?bc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the department for transport says it will cap next year's rail fare increase in england to below inflation. traditionally, tickets have gone up in line withjuly�*s retail prices index rate, which is expected to be about 9%. any rise in fares will also be delayed by two months until march. a watchdog has warned that anti—social behaviour is being left unchecked because many councils in england don't understand their own powers to address it. the local government ombudsman says it's upheld nearly three—quarters of complaints about failures to tackle behaviour like dog fouling, harassment and intimidation. madonna has announced rescheduled dates for her world tour, as she marks her recovery from a bacterial infection that left her in intensive care. the celebration tour will now kick off in london in october, three months after it was originally due to begin in vancouver. last month, the star said she was "lucky to be alive". good luc

helena wilkinson, bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. is driving this change? join me for last of albania �*s sworn versions. join me for last of albania �*s sworn versions. you're live with bbc news. a date has been set for the trial of former us president donald trump on charges of trying to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election. it will be the 4th of march, 2024 — in washington dc. that's one day before super tuesday when more than a dozen states vote in the republican primary to pick a candidate for the 2024 presidential election. mr trump has since said in a social media post that he'll appeal the trial start date — though legal experts say that's not usually possible to do. lawyers for mr trump have alread tried to have a date moved back, as sean dilley in washington explains. donald trump's legal team were hoping to push this back to 2026. they said they were ready to start injanuary next year, but those were unacceptable. seven months would be the appropriate time. the defendant was entitled to reasonable this is