In the last few minutes, we have been told that the search has been called off by the french authorities. Simonjones reports from dover. The sea has claimed several more lives. The french lifeboat had the grim task of bringing five bodies back to shore, a sixth person airlifted to hospital didnt survive. Some of those rescued were taken to dover after lifeboats from the uk joined the search operation. Many of the survivors had been in the sea, screaming for help. Others had been trying to bail out their sinking boat using their shoes. Translation they were in trouble. Some were suffering from seasickness and the boats are quite simply overloaded. They overload the boats and so the boats can no longer move forwards. The last boat was too full. These pictures taken earlier in the week showed just how many people can be crammed into flimsy boats in the worlds busiest shipping lane. The french Authorities Say they will only intervene at sea if a boat gets into difficulty. The mp for dover is calling for a new approach. This is an absolute tragedy today in the channel, and my thoughts and prayers are with all those affected. What we now really need to see is the french stopping these unseaworthy and overcrowded vessels getting into the channel in the first place, and a joint channel security zone. Charities supporting refugees say they have heard calls for change before. Its tragic, isnt it . Weve been here several times in the last few years and nothing changes. Every time were stood here, loss of life in the channel, i we call for this to be a catalyst for change and it never is. And itsjust, its another needless tragedy. Rescuers say this is the seventh time in the past week that people have had to be pulled from the sea. Its raised concerns that the smugglers organising the crossings are perhaps using a defective batch of boats, boats which are already dangerously overloaded, and that is making the crossing even more perilous. Butjust hours after the deaths were confirmed, more people from other migrant boats were being brought ashore, their desire to reach the uk undiminished. The Home Secretary said her thoughts and prayers were with all those affected by the tragic loss of life. Simonjones, bbc news, dover. Our correspondent lisa louis is in calais with the latest on the Rescue Operation. We heard from french authorities earlier that they were alerted by a commercial vessel at 420 local time and dispatch them of their vessels to the site and brought in the two british vessels to bring as many people save to sure as they could. We talked to some of these rescue staff earlier today and they told us it was really a grim scene. They were going there to save lives, but once i got there, the only thing they could do with actually drag dead corpses out of the water. They were really in shock and hoping other events like that will not happen again, but aid workers have been telling a lot of people have been telling a lot of people have been coming to calais over the past three weeks and the estimate there are hundreds of migrants waiting to cross the channel and other dramatic events could happen over the coming weeks again. Liza events could happen over the coming weeks again weeks again. Lisa louis ferres in calais. Weeks again. Lisa louis ferres in calais weeks again. Lisa louis ferres in calais for weeks again. Lisa louis ferres in calais. For us weeks again. Lisa louis ferres in calais. For us in weeks again. Lisa louis ferres in calais. For us in calais. A french official said more than 60 people were on board 0ur reporter Azadeh Moshiri has been looking at the wider trends in Asylum Applications here in the uk and in europe. The English Channel is one of the busiest and most dangerous Shipping Lanes in the world, and thats because of the hundreds of ferries and tankers that pass through it every single day. And sadly, this latest incident didnt happen in isolation. So lets take a look at the numbers. According to the Uk Home Office in 2022, arrivals in small boats made up 45 of applications. So thats a large number of people making a very dangerous journey. And if you look at the figures in 2022 alone, more than 45,000 people crossed the English Channel in small boats. And since 2018 thats when these numbers started being recorded the government confirmed that there have been more than 100,000 people crossing the English Channel in those small boats. And yet the Uk Border Force says this isnt a record high, not if you take into account people crossing on trains and lorries. And in fact, in 2002 alone, there were more than 100,000 applications. People fleeing places like iraq, somalia, afghanistan, because these numbers are affected by global conflicts around the world. And thats why while in 2010 youll see there was a 20 year low, those numbers picked up again as people started fleeing syria. And because of that fact, because of the fact these numbers are affected by global conflicts, it isnt surprising to see that in 2022, a large proportion of these applications are from people in afghanistan, iran, iraq, syria. Now, there are two surprising things here, and thats that albania makes up the highest number, even though theyre classified as a safe country by the Uk Home Office and by the uk government. But thats why they put into place so many measures to make those figures go down this year, which they have. Ukraine is also not listed here and thats because they benefit from a special visa scheme, which is why the home office didnt put them in this chart. But how do we compare to other countries . Is this a uk problem . Not according to the figures. In 2022, the uk received the fifth highest number of Asylum Applications. Germany was up top with more than 200,000. France, spain, austria followed, and then the United Kingdom. But having said all that, there is one constant, and thats that no matter the danger, people keep trying to reach the United Kingdom and these other countries in hope of a better future. The number of People Killed by wildfires on the Island Of Maui has now risen to 80. Its hawaiis deadliest ever natural disaster. This is Drone Footage from the town of lahaina. As you can see, structures are completely levelled, trees stripped the devastation reaching all the way to the shoreline. Hawaiis Attorney General has begun an investigation into how the authorities responded to the fires after some residents said they received no warning. 0ur North America correspondent Sophie Long Reports from maui. The historic city of lahaina, once the capital of the hawaiian kingdom, has been reduced to ruins. Almost everyone who lives here has lost everything. We already know this is the deadliest disaster in the states history, and the number of those who died is still climbing. This was lahainas historic seafront, now reduced to ashes. Bustling streets and shops all razed to the ground. But its too early to accurately assess the full extent and impact of this disaster. Buildings burned to the ground have not yet been searched. The fires that claimed them and the lives of Those Inside May be contained, but theyre still burning. Thousands have been left homeless by the ferocious flames, fanned by winds from an offshore hurricane. Thank you very much, yeah. They flocked to shelters, seeking food and water. The need for assistance is great but so too are the challenges to meeting it. The only land route to those most in need has been blocked. As road access to lahaina was opened and people started to make their way back to see what if anything remains, hawaiis governor urged people to prepare themselves to witness destruction like theyve never seen. Vic said his family were here on holiday from california. Caught by the flames, they almost lost their lives. We left our vehicle and myself, my wife and our five kids, we all got in the ocean. We found a floating board that we hung on to. And we were out there, floating. And this is so surreal. And everything was burning around, explosions, cars blown up. Even the worlds wealthiest have been touched by this tragedy. You need one . Oprah winfrey, who has a home on the island, has come to help. The Billionairejeff Bezos has pledged 100 million to help with the relief effort. This island, once a picture of paradise, is in pain. Questions are being asked about the preparedness of the authorities and whether adequate plans had been in place to meet the ever increasing threat of fire. This can happen again, and so we need to have as many takeaways and Lessons Learned from this, because it absolutely must not, must not happen again. This was absolutely tragic. Now they are focused on the immediate task at hand. There is talk of hope and strength and rising from the ruins, but it will cost billions to rebuild and its hard for some to even think about that with so many unaccounted for and unrecovered. Sophie long, bbc news, maui. Lets cross to maui and speak to our presenter helena humphrey. What is going on where you are . Most eole who what is going on where you are . Most peeple who are what is going on where you are . Most people who are here what is going on where you are . Ij� if . 3ii people who are here that there is a shelter have lost everything they own. They have escaped with only their lives. Anyone who does have anything remaining is donating it here at this shelter. Books, food, hygiene products, some food for animals, although people saying they were unable to take their animals with them. What we keep seeing time and again his moments when people just embrace. They hug and there is a moment ofjoy and then they break down because they are saying, i didnt expect to see you here. I didnt expect to see you here. I didnt know where you were. Further down, perhaps you can see over my shoulder people out in the open because the shelter is at capacity, people sleeping on inflatable mattresses outside and other people here saying they are unable to find no capacity capacity at shelter, sleeping out in the gardens and other peoples houses,. And the death toll has been climbing, hundreds of people unaccounted for. We are now going towards a tent for missing people, so people able to come here, report their loved one is missing, they feel any police firm, which is given to the sheriff at the end of the night, and they can then scan a qr code with the hope of learning something. The volunteers here saying it is as much about counselling, psychosocial support, hugs, tears, listening to their stories of survival is because they are horrendous, so many people saying they had to run towards the water to escape the flames. We are still seeing some severe injuries. If we can pan over here, you will be able to see the Emergency Red Cross tent and we are not showing it to match to preserve peoples dignity, because people are coming and injured still. There burns to their feet, their likes, their arms as they literally had to run for their lives. 0ther they literally had to run for their lives. Other people across the island now being treated for smoke inhalation, which can also prove deadly. In terms of lahaina, which is not farfrom here, residents yesterday started to go back in, most of them finding nothing at all. 80 of that town is gone. Now we understand more roadblocks up, people arent necessarily able to get back in, and we are hearing from Community Members here there could be concerns about safety with such old historical structure is raised to the ground. Old historical structure is raised to the ground. Old historical structure is raised to the round. ~. , , to the ground. What have people been tellin ou to the ground. What have people been telling you about to the ground. What have people been telling you about the to the ground. What have people been telling you about the alert to the ground. What have people been telling you about the alert system telling you about the alert system in place, because there has been criticism that people did not get any warning at all . And criticism about how prepared the authorities wear for something about how prepared the authorities wearfor Something Like about how prepared the authorities wear for Something Like this . About how prepared the authorities wearfor Something Like this . Old Historical Structures razed. We asked Historical Structures razed. Asked people, after we asked how they are, how did you know to get out . None reported Hearing Sirens or text messages, but they knew to get out because neighbours banged on the door in the middle of the night, one women gathering up her three children and driving for her life. 0ther children and driving for her life. Other people saying they felt this wall of heat coming toward them, so many people here are not receiving any warming. Any warning. How i had experienced wildfires in 2018 hawaii. Flying in, we could see that the earth was brown, drought has been an issue here. 15 of the island completely arid, that combined with the strong winds of Hurricane Dora over the pacific with those warming oceans are led to this absolute disaster we are seeing now. I will say that despite all this devastation, peoples response has been incredible. People talk about this spirit of the hawaiian aloha, of kindness, generosity, that is coming through, people experiencing their darkest day are saying that theyre a strong, we will rebuild. This is one of americas welfare state, it is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, and even here we are seeing the impact of Climate Change exacerbating natural disasters one of americas wealthiest states. Disasters one of americas wealthiest states. Disasters one of americas wealthiest states. Thank you for that. Earlier i spoke to todd james, National Spokesperson for the American Red Cross, whos in honolulu. I began by asking him what the Biggest Challenges are for people on the ground right now. For us, 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 weve 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 that theyve got a safe place to go and until they figure out what their next steps are. Weve had thousands of people coming through the shelters. Weve had over 2900 overnight stays so far, and a lot of folks who are coming into the shelter during the day they can charge their phones, they can get a meal, they can talk to some of the other partners we have in the shelters with us to get information. And if they need to stay, then they know theyre more than welcome to stay with us. So that is our big focus right now. Once its safe and we get the word from officials that we can begin going out, well assist with the Damage Assessment of the area and then well start distributing some of the emergency supplies that families will need when they start the cleaning process. And is it the case that some people havent been reached yet . I mean, were hearing that hundreds are thought to be uncontactable, they� re unaccounted for. Does that mean that they havent been reached . You know, i havent got any direct information. I wouldnt be surprised if there are some difficulties getting hold of some folks. You know, theres a lot of confusion. The infrastructure is down. The communications, electricity, water, all of that is not functioning or barely working in some areas affected by the fire, so that makes it very tough. So im sure the officials are doing all they can. Its still a search and Rescue Operation so thats why theyre restricting access, i believe. But whoever needs shelter, if theres still folks out there and they make their way to our shelter, theyre going to find a welcome arm from a red cross volunteer who will get them settled, get them a meal and make sure they have access to everything they need right now. And whats your assessment of how the medical facilities are coping with the Current Situation . I really havent had the opportunity to take a look or visit any of those myself. I do know our Disaster Health team in the shelter is doing a greatjob. You know, as folks come into the shelter, if they do have burns or injuries, making sure that we take a look at those, treat them immediately if possible, and if it needs further care, then working with the local officials to make sure we get them to where they can get that further care. Todd james from the American Red Cross talking to me a little earlier. Now its time for a look at todays sport with 0llie foster. What a dramatic date has been for the womens world cup. It has been cracking, well start with womens football. England are through to their third womens world cup semifinal in a row. They came form behind To Beat Colombia 2 1 In Sydney and will now return their to face the co Hosts Australia on wednesday. It was the first time that sarina wiegman� s side had fallen behind in this tournament, england goalkeeper mary earps caught out by lacy santos. The lionnesses struck back on the stroke of half time, lauren hemp making the most of a Goalkeeping Error and pouncing on the loose ball. And the winner camejust after the hour mark Alessia Russo capitalising on more poor defending, so they reach the semis again, and it should be an amazing occasion against australia. Its really exciting. Like now today was like an away game too. Now were going to play them. And, yeah, we are all excited that were going to play them, and for them, of course, its a very special moment too and its going to be full with australian people and hopefully some england fans too, and well see what happens. So its australia for england next wednesday back in sydney. The matildas are into their first world cup semifinal after a nervy night in brisbane. They knocked out france on penalties after the game had ended goaless, courtney vine with the winning spot kick that sent the home fans wild. Success is when you leave it all out there, no matter the result, you play with your heart and give it your best with a crest on your chest. And the players tonight, they represent so much more than 90 minute football. Seeing a nation unite, the way we were sent off at the hotel today, the stadium, the support we got, during the game the support we got, during the game the support we got, everyone united around these players. Im probably one of the proudest and happiest coaches ever right now because im so happy for so many other people. Its the Opening Weekend in the premier league. Weve had six matches on saturday. Last seasons runnersup, arsenal, beat Nottingham Forest 2 1. Bournemouth drew with west ham. Luton� s first match back in the top Division Since 1992 saw them lose 4 1 at brighton. There were wins for fulham and crystal palace, and Newcastle United beat aston villa 5 1. It was a strange scoreline because of a tight game, probably because we were ruthless in front of goal, and were ruthless in front of goal, and we could have scored at the end. Everything sort of click thursday, so a massive win. Clicked today. Englands charley hull shares the lead heading into the final round of the womens open, the last womens major of the year. It is held in South East England at walton heath. Shes on nine under alongside the american lilia vu. They have a one shot lead. I hit my drive really good, apart from the last hole, but it was destined. A good power and good momentum going in for the final round. The main key wasjust to keep in there, striking it well, and had a good finish, so im confident and looking forward to going back and having a bath the looking forward to going back and having a bath looking forward to going back and havin a bath . ,. , having a bath the england captain, owen farrell. Having a bath the england captain, owen farrell, they having a bath the england captain, owen farrell, they did having a bath the england captain, owen farrell, they did lose, having a bath the england captain, owen farrell, they did lose, but having a bath the england captain, owen farrell, they did lose, but he | 0wen farrell, they did lose, but he could. He was initially sent bend for a high tackle, but that was upgraded to radon review. In world rugby will now decide the length of any ban. England actually won the match 19 17 with george ford kicking the winning penalty, ending a run of three defeats in a row. Much more on that story on the bbc sport website. You can see how harry kane is getting on for bayern munich, he has come off the bench in the german super cup. They are losing against leipzig. That is all the sport for now. Thank you. Thousands of protestors against planned legal reforms in israel have returned to the streets for the 32nd week in a row. The biggest demonstration is taking place in tel aviv and more than 100 others are also scheduled in towns and villages across the country. The protestors argue that the reforms being pursued by israels right wing government which involve curbing the powers of the Supreme Court will damage democracy there. But ministers insist unelected judges have too much power over elected politicians. The ongoing row has deeply divided the nation. Russian Officials Say two ukrainian missiles have targeted a bridge that links russia to the annexed crimea peninsula. Moscow says the rockets were shot down and that the kerch bridge remains undamaged. Videos on social media show plumes of smoke rising nearby. Kyiv has yet to comment. There have been at least two other attacks targeting the bridge a key Resupply Route for Russian Forces in the past few months. Pakistan will have a new interim Prime Minister after an agreement between the outgoing Prime Minister, shehbaz sharif, and the leader of the opposition, raja riaz. Anwar ul haq kakar, a senator from the balochistan province, will lead a Caretaker Government to oversee the election, which should be held within 90 days. Global oil demand hit a record high injune. Thats according to an estimate by the International Energy agency, which said demand reached an all time high of 103 Million Barrels a day. And the agency suggests demand could reach a fresh peak in the month of august. Heres our Business Reporter david waddell. Global oil demand first passed through 100 Million Barrels a day in 2019. But the impact of the covid Pandemic Hit Demand hard. At one point in the april of 2020, the price of a barrel of brent crude fell to 22. 4. Its much higher now on friday, the market price closed at 85. 5. Thats a price that buyers are happy to accept on the world markets. June saw an estimated Aggregate Demand of 103 barrels per day. So why is demand so high . Thats a question i put to the independent energy analyst, cornelia meyer. The economy is doing a little bit better, the Global Economy, than was anticipated at the beginning of the year, especially the us is doing a lot better and even in europe where some economies arent doing too well, there is still that Revenge Travel and tourism from the covid era. People want to travel again and all the planes are full, and we see that across the globe. In fact, the International Energy agency says demand could reach a fresh peak this month and has pushed up its expectation for the whole of 2023, suggesting demand could reachjust over 102 Million Barrels per day across the whole year. That could push up prices even further, especially with recent supply cuts by saudi arabia and russia, the worlds second and third biggest oil producers. Of course, theres increasing pressure for all of us to move towards clean energies and there are more electric vehicles on the roads than ever before, but on the whole, the Global Economy is proving resilient and the population continues to grow rapidly, so despite ongoing environmental concerns, the demand to keep producing and burning oil is here to stay. The iea doesnt expect oil demand to plateau until 2032. A Business Reporter david waddell. 0rganisers estimate more than 60,000 people have marched through prague in the citys annual gay pride parade. A number of local politicians and foreign diplomats joined the lgbtq event which is now in its 13th year. Czech police say they were prepared to stop any attempt to disrupt the event and local reports say it passed off peacefully. The Czech Republic is far more tolerant towards gay people, unlike its conservative neighbours such as hungary, serbia and slovakia where there have been violent confrontations with far right groups at similar events. Stay with us here on bbc news. Hello there, good evening. With low pressure close by for yet another weekend, its been rather unsettled. Saturday, again, blustery for the time of year with some blue sky and sunshine, as captured by our Weather Watcher in perth and kinross, but also another good scattering of showers, some heavy and thundery. Very similar tomorrow weather wise, but the showers will be fewer and further between. Less sharp in nature. Still windy for the time of year, butjust not as blustery as today. And this is the Satellite Picture showing us where the areas of cloud have been, low pressure, very much dominant, gradually pushing further eastwards as we head through the rest of the weekend and we look out towards the south west on sunday night where theres some more rain approaching. But tonight then a lot of the showers will tend to fade away and there will be some clear spells around. Still some showery outbreaks of rain, plenty of cloud across Northern Ireland, approaching Western Scotland by the end of the night. A mild start to sunday morning, temperatures down to between 14 and 16 degrees celsius. Therell be plenty of cloud around for many areas on sunday morning, but it should break up and well see some brightness and spells of sunshine develop, but still watch out for some showers, possibly thundery across the moray firth, but elsewhere they should fall lighter and largely dry across parts of east anglia, i think, where it will tend to be brightest highest here of 23 degrees, more cloud and some Rain Approaching Cornwall and the south of wales by the end of the day. And that rain is set to move further northwards and eastwards through the day on monday into central southern england, as far north as northern england. Some showers breaking out across northern scotland, but largely dry across scotland perhaps and across Northern Ireland too. Bright spells, but watch out for a few showers across parts of east anglia. Temperatures here still 22 degrees celsius in the best on tuesday, that area of low pressure is moving away into scandinavia. Tuesday looking largely dry, maybe a few showers across central and Western Areas of scotland, and it could be quite a murky start to the day. But pressure starts to build towards the south of england. This is the position of the jet stream more or less as we head through next week. Still a lot of debate about how far north it will be, but were expecting that warm air from Southern Europe to move further northwards on more of a southeasterly wind. So temperatures across south wales likely to rise into the mid 20s, possibly across london and the south of england as high as the high twenties, but further north its cooler and more unsettled. This is bbc news, the headlines. The french coast has called off its search after six people drowned in the french channel. A french official said more than 60 people were on board the boat which capsized. Most were from afghanistan with a few from sudan. The Attorney General orders an investigation into wildfires on maui where at least 80 people are known to have died. The authorities are facing growing questions about whether they could have done more to warn residents on the Island Of Maui. Two games away from glory. The lionesses are through to the semifinals of the womens world cup, coming from behind to Beat Colombia 2 1 in the quarterfinals. They face australia on wednesday after the matildas beat france and those are the latest headlines here on bbc news. Now, it is time for windrush portraits of a generation. Can you see me in here . Yeah. Oh, yeah
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