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For more, heres our correspondent in hawaii, sophie long. This is what remains of lahaina. Cars are banned peoplejumped into the sea to escape the flames. Homes and businesses reduced to charred remains. President biden promised immediate help and said every available asset should be used to provide it, but, days later, people here say its not yet reaching those most in need and people like felicia are desperately trying to get supplies into lahaina themselves. Im frustrated. People are. Were all together. Were one family, we need to take care of each other. No ones feeding everyone. Theyre traumatised. Theyre upset. No ones giving hugs. They need mental help. What do you need from me . To hear people in the same pants since the fire on thursday. Kids in the same diapers since thursday. People without food. They havent drank since before the fire. What are we doing . Hundreds of thousands flock to mauis stunning coastline every year and thousands ofjobs here are dependent on tourism, but the jarring contrast between those holidaying and those hurting is difficult to bear with so many still unaccounted for. 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 through all of this and where our heart and mind is through all of this, as well. You dont see our people swimming, snorkelling, surfing. Nobody is having fun in tragedy and continuing their lives like nothing has happened. There is two hawaiis right now. There is the hawaii were living in and the hawaii theyre living in, theyre visiting in. As search and recovery teams continue their difficult task of sifting through the remains, people queue for hours to get back to what were their homes. Confusion is leading to frustration. At 8. 30, we went there. They said, go to The Other Side. So we went to The Other Side and same thing. Theres, like, a line and its not even moving so we came back here. So we got here at 9. 30 and its 12. 30 right now. Theyre not telling us what to do. The cops are just going back and forth. But the authorities are asking for patience. We know weve got to go quick, but weve got to do it right, so when we pick up the remains and they fall apart. So when you have 200 people running through the scene yesterday, and some of you, thats what youre stepping on. I dont know how much more you want me to describe it. Thats what youre stepping on. Give us a little bit of time to contain that, please. People already know this is the deadliest disaster in hawaiis history and the death toll is still climbing. Sophie long, bbc news, maui. As well as the high death toll, thousands of people have been left homeless and in need of help from the authorities. Helena humphrey has been speaking to some of those seeking assistance in maui and also to the governor of hawaii. So many people are still unaccounted for when we were at the shelters today. So many people were coming looking for loved ones that had no cell phone reception. They havent been able to get in touch. And some of the first things we asked them after asking, are you 0k . Is how did you get out . Did you hear a siren . Did you get a Text Message Alert . And every time the answer was no. We only got out because we saw a wall of flames coming towards us. We felt the heat. We heard our neighbors banging on our doors. And you really saw the testament of that in terms of essentially the walking wounded at times coming into that shelter, people with bandages on their feet, on their legs, on their hands, having essentially had to run from the flames. So, of course, one of the questions front and foremost at that press Conference Today was about those Early Warning systems. No questions were taken in the room, but i did put it to the governor in an exclusive interview. Take a listen to what he told me. Thats it. Governor green, thank you for being with us. Out of every Single Person that weve spoken to today, every person that weve met, not one person has said that they heard a siren or received a Text Message Alert. Are you clearer in understanding what went wrong . Was it human error or was maui unprepared . I think really what it was was an incredibly overwhelming circumstance, which was a hurricane and Hurricane Force winds simultaneously with fire. And weve not experienced anything like that in the region in a town before. There was a lot of response going on amongst the firefighters all across the island. I think that was the greatest confounding issue. But my team is doing a thorough review. Weve begun it with our attorney general, and thats the important piece for us now. Of course, most of our efforts are going to be on recovery, finding a way to reunite families with either those that theyve lost so that they have closure or getting them housing and survival. These processes normally come much after an incident like this, but were doing it in parallel because we want to be safer and learn right now. What do you say to those people who received no alert whatsoever, whove lost everything, their loved ones . Absolutely everything. Id say this is something that were aware of, that the tragedies like these occur. We have volcanic eruptions and sometimes only minutes to alert people. We have earthquakes and tsunamis that come within minutes. This is something that actually those of us in hawaii have long been tragically familiar with. And this is one of the great challenges of living 3,000 miles away from any other landmass with modest resources. But we will be able to give people much more answer in the future once our review is thoroughly done. Do you know how youll make sure that it doesnt happen again . Well, my administration started just six months ago, so weve just begun to govern. And among the many things were doing is preparing for natural disasters. And usually that is hurricane related. That means preparedness along the shoreline, having the ability to get resources to our people. So were early in our term and weve just begun to prepare our state for the future. Governor green, thank you. So that is then the twin challenge for authorities right now, recovery efforts, whilst also conducting investigations as well. But in terms of the response from this island, what were seeing is so many volunteers getting involved. People have lost everything. But anyone who has anything coming to shelters, donating food, water supplies, Baby Supplies and so on, because were meeting people who cant even find a space in shelters, who are sleeping out in the open right now. And it continues to be very hot. It continues to be very windy. But when you speak to people, what really comes through is something that people in here in hawaii pride themselves on and its bittersweet to witness. It is a spirit of aloha, of warmth and generosity and coming together in the face of what is the biggest challenge that this island probably has ever seen in terms of natural disasters. So the long is also in hawaii. She explained the situation for people currently looking for access to lahaina. There is a confusion on the road into lahaina. Theres a lot of confusion and a lack of information. But ive spoken to some of the people who were trying to get back into lahaina and one woman was speaking to me. She said that they did move out as the fire engulfed the city but were able to get back in. She said her house was gone, but the one right opposite her was still standing. So there are some buildings that did survive. About 80 of them were razed to the ground. But she was saying there have been reports of looting of the of the buildings that are remaining. Of the buildings that are remaining. But when i asked her about that, she said, no, not at all. She said shes been there over the past few days and there is a huge sense of community amongst those who are still in lahaina. And she said there are people who are cooking outdoors and just saying, come, come and eat with us. So there are still people who are there. They dont have any power. They its very difficult for them to get water. This particular woman was saying she had come out in order to get supplies, to get water and food, and she was struggling to get back in. She was staying with a friend. And there are surrounding areas of the that houses did survive and there are people who are refusing to leave. There are also people who are trying to get back in. Some people are going because they are still looking for loved ones. They dont yet know what has happened to them. And there are others who want to go and see for their own eyes. Of course, theyve seen the pictures like we all have the aerial shots that show the level of devastation, but its important for them to go back and see for themselves whats happened to their property. We were actually travelling with one woman, liz domanski. We werent able to get in. We waited for several hours and were turned around. Shes going to try and do that again tomorrow, but there is confusion that people are finding frustrating. In you hear that the road has been opened. There really is only one main road that provides land access to la haina. Theres what they call the back route, but that was closed for many months ahead of this due to a landslide or a rockslide. So theres only one route that locals really regard as being safe, and thats the one thats been closed and opened again. But you will have heard probably from the chief of police in maui, and he has asked for peoples patience. He said there is a reason that they are limiting access. And youve got the impression for him that there was some frustration that people were going in and going into places that hadnt been searched yet. And, of course, people need to be very respectful of the fact that there remain people unaccounted for and they could be in those places that they dont want people treading. So they the authorities are asking for patience. They say they are working as fast as they can. And whilst theres a confusion and frustration, there is also a huge amount of sympathy with the work that they are doing. This is a very difficult task. 89 people we know so far were killed in that wildfire. But we heard from the governor of hawaii, josh green, that that number will climb. The British Government is coming under renewed pressure to stop migrants crossing the sea from france in small boats after six people drowned in the channel. Opposition parties and campaigners have called for urgent action. The french Authorities Say all the victims of saturdays disaster were afghan men. Nearly 60 others were rescued from the water. Simonjones reports from dover. Just hours after yesterdays tragedy in the channel, more migrants were being brought to dover after being picked up at sea, undeterred by the evident risks of taking to the water in overcrowded, flimsy boats. It was just such a boat that sank, prompting a huge emergency response. The survivors said some of them had been trying to bail out water with their shoes. Others were in the sea pleading for help. A harrowing incident for the lifeboat crews. The french minister responsible for safety at sea visited some of those involved in the Rescue Operation in calais, keen to talk about the people who were helped to safety. This terrible event shows that thanks to cooperation between france and britain we managed to save lives. Thats what we have to focus on. Last december, at least four people died when their boat capsized. There are now renewed calls for increased cooperation between britain and france. It is absolutely essential the authorities are able to cooperate to prevent people making these dangerous journeys. The fact that this is continuing is an indication of, up to now, the failure of cooperation. There have been frequent attempts over recent years for the french and british authorities to Reach Agreement on a more effective means of policing the channel and stopping people embarking on these deadly and dangerousjourneys, but we are not seeing the results of that. The British Government has described the deaths as devastating. It says the incident is another reminder of the dangers of crossing the channel in small boats and the need to break the Business Model of the people smugglers who are organising the journeys. More than 16,000 people have made the crossing so far this year, despite the government promising to stop the boats. Charities say this latest tragedy needs to focus minds on both sides of the channel to try to prevent further loss of life at sea. Simonjones, bbc news, dover. Well, in the past hour, the authorities have confirmed another rescue in the channel overnight. 5a migrants were picked up by french coast guards after a boat capsized off the coast of calais. The authorities were alerted by a commercial ship. Some were taken to the port of dunkirk. Joining me live now are our correspondents, ian palmer, whos in dover and bethany bell in calais. The first of all, ian, can you bring it up to date on this latest development . I it up to date on this latest development . It up to date on this latest development . It up to date on this latest develoment . ,. ,. , development . I can tell you that the wind had picked development . I can tell you that the wind had picked up development . I can tell you that the wind had picked up this development . I can tell you that the wind had picked up this morning. Development . I can tell you that the wind had picked up this morning. I. Wind had picked up this morning. I can no longer see the coastline of france, which means it is unlikely there will be any more attempts to cross the channel in small boats today. The optimum time is between four oclock in the morning and nine oclock in the morning and the wins are probably a little bit too strong for the attempts to be made. We know there were two people who were still missing yesterday. There was a search that was called off yesterday by the french authorities. Those two people remain missing. If the search does resume, it will of course be a recovery operation. We also understand there are five people being treated in hospital, the William Harvey hospital in ashford, when doctors believe them to be well enough to be discharged, they will be released back into the hands of border force offices here be released back into the hands of Borderforce Offices here in dover. This has been a tragedy that has not been seen since december of last year, when four people lost their lives and in 2021, 27 people lost their lives in the deadliest tragedy we have seen so far since these small boat started to come across. That is the human tragedy. Of course, the only thing that will self this is politics. Right now, that politics isnt working. Sold this. I that politics isnt working. Sold this. ,. ~. , that politics isnt working. Sold this. ~. , that politics isnt working. Sold this. ,. , this. I will come back to you on that and get this. I will come back to you on that and get reaction this. I will come back to you on that and get reaction from this. I will come back to you on that and get reaction from the | that and get reaction from the British Government. Lets speak to bethany bell in palais. Can you talk us through how events unfolded on saturday in a tragic incident where six people lost their lives . An six people lost their lives . In investigation is currently six people lost their lives . Fifi investigation is currently under way into exactly what happened. We have been told french authorities are speaking to survivors of the incident, those who were well enough to speak to them, to try to establish the facts. We know that most of the people on board were afghan. We understand there were also children among them. The french Prime Minister has praised the work of the rescuers. She has also said her thoughts go out to the victims. Then of course we had this news overnight from the french coastguard that another ship, another boat got into trouble off the coast here in palais. They rescued 5a people and took them to the port of dunkirk. We have also been talking to aid workers, who are operating along this stretch of coast. They say there has been an increase in the number of migrants coming here in recent weeks and many of them are living rough along the coastlines hoping to get across the channel. The aid workers have told us they do warn the migrants of the dangers of crossing the channel and also about the reception that is likely to wait for them in the uk but they also say it is very difficult to stop people if they are determined to try to get across. ~ ~. ,. ,. , across. Indeed. We know as of thursday. Across. Indeed. We know as of thursday. The across. Indeed. We know as of thursday, the number across. Indeed. We know as of thursday, the number of across. Indeed. We know as of i thursday, the number of people crossing the channel in small boats reached 100,000 since 2018. As you said before, there is huge pressure on the government to tackle the problem. What to they say they are doing here in the uk . Rifihi problem. What to they say they are doing here in the uk . Doing here in the uk . Rishi sunak has ut all doing here in the uk . Rishi sunak has put all of doing here in the uk . Rishi sunak has put all of his doing here in the uk . Rishi sunak has put all of his eggs doing here in the uk . Rishi sunak has put all of his eggs into doing here in the uk . Rishi sunak has put all of his eggs into this. Has put all of his eggs into this illegal migration bill. That basically means it will be illegal for anyone to get into this country illegally. It gives the Home Secretary Powers to detain and send back anyone who comes in by small boat. We also know that the rwandan policy are stuck in courts at the moment. That is a to deport and turn people to ruan dreyer and be rehomed. That is not working. Of course we had the problem of the bibby stockholm, the boat that is moored off the dorset coast, which had to be evacuated yesterday because of a legionnaires outbreak. The government has got policies, it has tactics, it has a strategy. At the moment it has to be said none of them seem to be really tackling this problem head on. Problem head on. What is the situation in problem head on. What is the situation in france . Problem head on. What is the situation in france . What problem head on. What is the situation in france . What are| situation in france . What are Authorities Saying they will do to tackle this growing problem . Weill. Tackle this growing problem . Well, the french secretary tackle this growing problem . Well, the french secretary of tackle this growing problem . 11 the french Secretary Of State for safety at sea blamed the traffickers for this tragedy. He said they seem to have no scruples about putting people on tiny boats in dangerous conditions to cross the channel, which of course is extremely busy and dangerous. It is interesting also, we know from previous reporting the bbc has done along this coastline, the french authorities have said it is a long stretch of coastline, very difficult to patrol with small numbers of people. Every migrant he might be trying to. From the age groups who help migrants here, you try to look after them, they say they do warn people about the dangers but if people about the dangers but if people are determined to try and cross they are determined to try to cross. ~ cross they are determined to try to cross. ~ ,. , y. Britains Defence Ministry says theres a realistic possibility that russia no longer funds the activities of the mercenary group, wagner. These are wagner fighters Training Soldiers in belarus. In its daily bulletin, the british Defence Ministry says the wagner group is likely moving towards a downsizing and reconfiguration process. It adds that the russian state has acted against some other Business Interests of wagner owner Yevgeny Prigozhin after he led a failed mutiny against the russian armys top brass injune. It says if the russian state is no longer paying the mercenary group, the second most plausible source of funding is belarusian authorities. Lets get some of the days other news now. The authorities in ecuador have carried out a huge operation to move a gang leader accused of threatening the murdered president ial candidate, fernando villavicencio, to a maximum securityjail. About 4,000 soliders and police took part in the transfer ofjose Adolfo Macias known as fito and two other inmates. Ecuador has been under a State Of Emergency since Mr Villavicencio was shot dead after a rally on wednesday. In afghanistan, the taliban say universities are ready to readmit women but a final decision is up to the groups supreme leader. The hardline islamists banned female students from campuses last year. The ban triggered protests by afghan women and prompted condemnation from around the world. Thousands of protesters against planned legal reforms in israel have returned to the streets for the 32nd week in a row. These pictures are from Saturday Night in tel aviv. The protestors say 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. They try to reduce the power of the Supreme Court may try to make the government the only source of power in israel and by that we will not have democracy. This is my second Saturday Night here. I am here because of what the government is doing. It is dangerous. I think our democracy instead. Now to the drive to reduce Plastic Pollution. Here in the uk, charges have been introduced for single use plastic bags, first in wales, then northern ireland, scotland and finally in england, where a charge was extended to all businesses in 2021. Our reporter gemma dawson has been to find out how the changes have affected peoples day to day lives. When it comes to shopping bags, you either need to bring them from home or buy them. Have you brought your bags with you . Yes. Some of our bags are about eight years old . Oh, yeah. I normally always bring my own bag. Nine and ten times they break halfway home. I dont drive, so when i walk, i get halfway home and then itjust splits. Get a trolley. You can reuse it time and time again without causing any litter. So weve had six this week, we had four last week. At the seafront i meet lianne from the local beach clean up team. She says the number of plastic bags yhey� re picking up is going down. I think theyve dropped over the last couple of years, generally, the plastic bags. It has been a good thing they brought in the charges. It has decreased their use and were finding less. England has become the last part of the uk to introduce a mandatory charge for the use of plastic bags. Since the charge was first introduced, usage has dropped by more than 98 at seven of the leading supermarket chains, according to new government figures, but environmental campaigners point out the stats dont include bags for life. You all right packing . They call them bags for life, dont they . But i must have two dozen of them in the boot of the car. They should call them bags for the drive home back in sutton on sea, some retailers are trying to make a difference. At the beach shop they stopped giving out practic bags altogether. To be honest, weve never really been in favour of plastic bags because they blow everywhere and you, know, the beach is literally feet away, but now its just paper. Generally, theyre not the highest amount of Plastic Pollution any more. They were. Maybe up to two years ago we had a very big, high content of plastic bags, but it has gone down. Lianne now hopes octobers ban on single use items such as plates and cutlery will have similar results, but when it comes to bags, its better to pack them rather than pay for more. Gemma dawson, bbc news. I hate it when i forget to take it back to a shop. You end up cramming a lot of stuff in your handbag instead. Stay with us. You are watching bbc news. Hello. Once again, its a rather unsettled looking Weather Picture for sunday. With low pressure so close by there will be quite a number of showers around. Some places will escape, but its difficult to say exactly where. The winds are a notch down compared with yesterday, but theres still a breeze out there. You can see theres tightly packed isobars and weve got another area of rain moving in later this evening and overnight. Closest to that low pressure across the north and west, so scotland and northern ireland, will see the most frequent showers. Some heavy with rumbles of thunder. Weve had a few sharp showers through the morning hours, perhaps fewer across wales and the south west this afternoon, but equally, one or two sharp ones could develop just about anywhere. Temperatures are similar to those of saturday, so feeling pleasant enough in the sunshine. It is all change, then, as we go through this evening and overnight. The showers give way to longer spells of rain for much of england and wales. Some quite heavy rain for wales and northern england, as you can see. With the high moisture content, the humidity is higher. A warm night. A Scattering Showers continues because weve got low pressure across scotland and northern ireland, but a little bit chillier here, or fresher, as we start monday. For monday, some good spells of sunshine across scotland and across northern ireland, but that rain fringes close by to the borders. It takes its time to clear out of the way. We may well brighten with a few showers rolling in across wales and the west of england later, but its uncertain how quickly that rain will clear from eastern areas and, actually, It Mightjust Brighten up in some places and so still 2a degrees. But, on the whole, a lot of cloud and rain on monday. That low pressure clears away into tuesday, although that low pressure is still close enough to our shores to give us a few slow moving showers. The winds ease off considerably on tuesday, so when the showers come along, heavy and thundery, but slow moving, so lasting quite some time. Some places will escape altogether and stay dry, but again, the devils in the detail when it comes to showers as to exactly where, but there will be some lengthy spells of sunshine around. Certainly so on wednesday and thursday because this High Pressure starts to build in. It will draw in some southerly winds, so we start to see the temperatures lifting once again. But low pressure is never too far away, so although our temperatures are lifting late week, we still run the risk of that next area of low pressure coming back in, bringing with it a spell of showers once again. This is bbc news. The headlines more Expert Resources have been sent to hawaii, where Forensic Work is continuing to identify victims of devastating wildfires. At least 89 people are known to have died, but hundreds remain unaccounted for. Its the deadliest disaster of its kind in the us for more than a century. The British Government is under renewed pressure to stop migrants crossing the channel in small boats after six people drowned off the french coast. Officials say 59 people, many of them afghans, were rescued by french and british coastguards. The taliban say afghan universities are ready to re admit women, but the final decision is up to the groups supreme leader. The hardline islamists banned female students from campuses last year. The ban triggered protests by afghan women and prompted condemnation from around the world. Now on bbc news, windrush portraits of a generation. Can you see me in here . Yeah. Oh, yeah. Laughter. Ruining anothercamera

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