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Im here on the road to lahaina. This is as close as we can get to the community. 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 there the dry grass, the drought here, which has been a persistent problem for many months. You can also see the high winds. And 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 flare ups in these places. Im 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 here is stopped and asked questions about why they are going on. And many people are then forced to turn around in this lane here and essentially turned back, because right now they are only allowing Emergency Workers in. Its coming at a time when were increasingly desperate calls from residents, people who have Lost Everything In Lahaina for more aid to get in, food, clean drinking water, shelter, absolutely everything in that town has been completely decimated. Also operational in this area, we have been speaking to federal authorities who have been flying here on to maui. We have spoken to officers from the water control, they have been working, they say, as part of the recovery efforts. I asked them what the situation was like in lahaina, in one word, they said it was grim. They asked them about Co Ordination in terms of those Relief Evidence and they set at times it was a case of Hurry Up And Wait and you have got to keep in mind that those coming at a time when there is not only anger about the Early Warning system failure here, but also growing frustration about the speed of the humanitarian response as well. And it does look like we can actually see a car arriving behind you. Potentially a resident. You have been speaking with residents, many affected in some way by the lease. What have they been telling you . Everyone you speak to knows someone impacted by what we have seen here. I was down at the harbour earlier, because there are a lot of volunteers coming down, they were trying to get aid onto boats to get it into the community of lahaina. While i was down there i met one young man who was traumatised. He was standing there at the harbour, he had just in his hand his cowboy hat and he told me he Lost Everything In Lahaina and when he did eventually managed to go back that was his one possession which he could pull from the rubble. His name is blake. We can listen to what he told me. So i wasnt able to grab my truck, i wasnt able to grab anything out of my house. I was busy running up and down the block telling everybody it was time to go because they saw the smoke coming and i knew the wind was Strong Enough it was most likely going to take outthe town. The hardest thing about that for the owners of the houses, luckily i am a renter, but the owners of the houses, they dont want to accept their house is going to burn down. So its hard for the people to get out of the house. Lahaina is a small town, it has a strong community, this on the songs ive ever seen in a sound, so it is impossible to get out of the house. This hat is the only thing that made it of mind. Ive just recently started riding bulls, so it was a big sign to me that i said just keep doing what i want to do and keep pushing through no matter what. That was in my truck and my truck was completely melted to the ground. I have seen you out here with your friends and the truck and you have lost everything, and yet here you are trying to get help to other people, which is just absolutely remarkable. Is enough help getting into lahaina . Absolutely not. There should be organisations from All Over The World coming and i know everybody is working on it, but like i said, lahaina needs the help now and we are the ones they can do that, we are the ones that can put forth the effort and do the little that we are for the community, we try to take as much gas and food and water as we can every day and a big thank you to all the Hawaiian Guys who get us through the cops, because without them we would not be able to get to lahaina. Hawaii is strong. Maui is strong and we are going to stay maui strong. What i will say is there are so many people like blake and they are barely able to process or mourn their loved ones, because at the moment they are just trying to survive. They have such great humanitarian needs. Our reporter there on the ground in maui, Helena Humphrey therefore asks in maui. So as weve been hearing, theres desperate need foraid on maui. And some locals are asking whats taking so long . Heres our North America correspondentjohn sudworth. Vital supplies being loaded onto a boat that would normally be taking tourists whale watching. Theyre 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 oahu . 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 we taking supplies on a boat instead of helicopter . We do this because we have to. An hour into the journey and the devastation along the shoreline comes into view. We can quite clearly see the town of lahaina now and you can make out is the blackened landscape above the town where the grass was burning and what happened with the Hurricane Blowing away off to the south, the pressure brought the wind over the top of the island, picking up speed on the way down the mountainside and then picking up sparks from that fire and bringing them directly into the town. They didnt stand a chance. Inside, there is little left, but the remnants of shattered lives and livelihoods. A stark reminder of the deep humanitarian need here. As the aid is brought ashore, many of those helping out have also been affected by the fire. I was fighting for my life with my four year old boy in my hands. I was in the water for eight hours. There was a point that in my head i was thinking, thats it, you know. But my boy kept me going to survive. This footage shows the terror for those having to take shelter in the water that night. Scenes that once again prompt that same question. We were wondering, where is the help . When we want to get the help, we are waiting for it and we need it really bad. There are huge challenges for the authorities, not least searching for Human Remains while securing a site from the public and media. We know weve got to go quick and we have got to do it right. When we pick up the remains and they fall apart, and 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. Five days on, the true scale of hawaiis disaster is becoming clearer. John sudworth, bbc news, maui. As weve heard, this Natural Disaster is now the deadliest us fire in more than a century. The previous worst, the camp fire, happened in 2018, centred near a small city in Northern California called paradise. 85 people died. The similarities between that disaster and this one are stark both fires took place in remote communities, both were fast moving, leaving people little time to flee. Residents there are still rebuilding in paradise and now re living their grief as they see whats happened in hawaii. Earlier, i spoke to the mayor of paradise, california, greg bolin. Thank you so much for being here with us tonight. You must be following that tragedy in lahaina very closely. What has been your reaction and what are your feelings as you are seeing the events playing out there in hawaii . Our hearts break. Its just Heart Wrenching to watch. Its so similar. When we first saw the visual of what was going on, it took you right back to that time and they are going through exactly the stuff we went through and everybody i talk to just says our for them and our prayers go out to and every one of them. I can only imagine what that must be like to have gone through that fire in 2018 and now to see something so similar happening. The camp fire killed 85 people, many people in your city of Paradise Lost everything similar to what is happening in lahaina. How do tragedies like this one effect these type of communities . It affected in many different ways. Youve got emotions going in every direction. I was listening to this before, what you are reporting, and its very it takes time for the resources to come and when you are out there with nothing, youve left your home and one gentleman had a hat, you have nothing, you dont have underwear, you dont have a toothbrush, you dont have all the essentials, and so everything is needed at that point in time. And its very difficult, i mean, it takes time for the different organisations to get their stuff together and get over there. I know theyre coming. They came for us. And they were there for us. But it did take some time and it does take time to go through the rubble and find the dead and we had to just really close off that area so that people could have the time to really search and search thoroughly for people that perished in the fire. But thats very hard when thats your home and you want to go back and see if there is anything left, anything there. And its very difficult. And some people are finding that their homes are fine and even theyre having problems, because why did my house not burn and why is it ok . And then here am i living in a Disaster Zone now . I was living in paradise, they were living in paradise. And now it doesnt look like paradise it doesnt look like away anymore. And the emotions go from to z. It is all over the board. What was that moment like, you know you were living in paradise when the fire swept through your town. What was it like when you returned to find what was left . I had gotten reports, i knew our house was lost. It was very interesting, we went around and looked at other peoples home so we could report to them whether their house made it or not. Because a lot of people didnt know. I had unfortunately heard that mine didnt make it, but it was just getting dark, the skies were dark anyway because the black smoke hung around for many, many days. As i got out of my truck and walked over, even though you know it, even though you know that its gone, in your head, your heart has a different feeling like maybe theres something you see the total devastation that everything, we had a two storey house and it was down to 16 18 inches of rubble, that is all it was, with concrete all around. Its really emotional, its very tough. And all the things you wanted to pass on to your kids from the generations before you, you are not going to be able to pass them on anymore, they are gone. And so many things run through your mind at that time. Wow. And its still obviously early days now in lahaina, some of these fires are still burning there, but if you had a message to lahaina about the recovery and about the rebuilding that will be taking place, what message would you send to the residence there . First off, you need to take care of yourself and get rest. Find a way to get some rest. Youre going through so many emotions, your mind is going crazy, but if you dont take care of yourself just as people got very sick afterwards because of the anxiety and everything that happened. Somehow find rest for yourself. And then you need help, Everybody Needs help in these situations, hopefully they can find friends, relatives, or something they can stay with for a while, or a place they can stay where people come and take care of them and help them. And we said, hey, its me and my wife and my mum, you have any space for us . He said, absolutely, come in. He did not tell us he had already taken in four other couples before us. And there were five couples in that house that he made room for us. But you know what, it was a place that we could get rest, we could take a deep breath, and then, you know, after two days you start the long journey of all the work of insurances, debris clean up, and everything else. It does seem to be a very long journey ahead and it has been a long journey for you in the town of paradise but it is amazing to see how these communities can come together. The mayor of paradise, california, greg bolin, thank you forjoining us. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. You might know it as breakdancing but it is officially called breaking. This guy has seen it since his sword on top of the pops. Just desperately sword on top of the pops. Jut desperately trying, i think my mum appreciating 0k, it is time to take him to a dance class. Gradually built up from there. For the last couple of weeks he has been bringing together young muslim men in bradford. We have been running a two week lab to an intense period of growth, really. Both physical and mental as well, talking to guest speakers, all centred around hip hop and braking. Alamein is normally a youth and Community Worker but he has been learning to break here as well. ,. ,. Well. There are nostalgic because well. There are nostalgic because it well. There are nostalgic because it took well. There are nostalgic because it took me well. There are nostalgic because it took me back| well. There are nostalgic l because it took me back to Secondary School where i was trying to get into it but it never quite happened. Beth parsons. Never quite happened. Beth parsons, bbc never quite happened. Beth parsons, bbc look never quite happened. Beth parsons, bbc look north. Youre live with bbc news. The nation of ecuador is still in a State Of Shock after president ial candidate Fernando Villavicencio was killed, less than two weeks before elections were due to take place. His campaign had focused on drug gangs and corruption. Fbi agents have met Ecuadorean Police and prosecutors as they begin aiding the investigation into that assassination. Villavicencios running mate, 36 year old Andrea Gonzalez was tapped by his party to replace him. The danger of her new position visible in the bullet proof vest she now has to wear. 0ur South America Correspondent Katy Watson has this report. Two daughters remembering their father. A very personal goodbye after what was a very public murder. This was the moment, leaving a campaign event, that Fernando Villavicencio was gunned down. A man whod exposed corruption, a man who said he wasnt afraid. His supporters had enough of the violence. He says the police are hypocrites for failing to protect Fernando Villavicencio. Six colombians have been arrested and are now in jail. Meanwhile, the country is in a state of emergency. Just days on from losing her husband, his widow spoke out overnight. The bulletproof vest and helmet, a clear sign of the dangers she too faces. Translation they didnt protect him as they should have. The state was in charge of fernandos security. The state is directly responsible for the murder of my husband. The state still has to give many answers about everything that happened. His personal guards did not do theirjob. Environmentalist Andrea Gonzalez was his running mate. Shes agreed to take his place and keep his legacy going. I never thought this would be permanent, she said. Fernando villavicencio was well aware of the risks he was taking by speaking out against corruption and organised crime. Just a few days before his murder, hed said hed been warned. Keep mentioning the choneros gang, and they would break him. At dawn today, one of the gangs leaders, jose adolfo macias, also known as fito, was transferred to another prison, an operation involving thousands of police and soldiers. But then these videos surfaced. Warnings behind bars sent from different prisons and a simple message for ecuador� s president , guillermo lasso. He says the move is a smoke screen to hide his own connections with criminal gangs. And then came the threat keep fito alive for the well being of ecuadorians. If not, thousands will die. More evidence is needed to showjust how powerful organised crime is in ecuador. This used to be one of the more peaceful countries in South America. Now, mexican and colombian cartels vying for territory have taken over. This is a battle of power between cartels and politicians, but who ultimately wins . Theres a great deal of fear as the campaign enters its final week. Katy watson, bbc news. Nigers Military Leaders have announced plans to prosecute the deposed president Mohamed Bazoum for high treason and undermining the security of the country after toppling his democratically elected government in last months coup. In a Statement Read out on national television, the Army Spokesman said theyd been gathering evidence against the deposed leader and what they claimed were his local and foreign accomplices. It comes as a delegation of muslim scholars from nigeria says the Military Leaders in niger are willing to solve the crisis through dialogue not force. Meanwhile, president bazoum remains under house arrest. Speaking to the bbc the nigerien ambassador to the us says mr bazoum is being held in � inhumane and unacceptable conditions. He still has no access to any fresh food. Those who went to see him and brought him some canned food but he has no electricity, this is he has no contact with anybody whatsoever, so this is again inhuman and unacceptable conditions and even in our country, that a person legitimately elected by a majority of people has been taken into that so this is unacceptable. But really there detention, the world should realise what is at stake here. What is at stake is Global Security beyond our fate, beyond our democracy. The world should realise that what is at stake right now in need share is world security. Niger. The us only has invested half 1 billion in military, the us has 1100 soldiers in niger in a base from where they can monitor and gather vital intelligence against about isis, boko haram, alqaeda, who are operating in a region five times as large as afghanistan, who are plotting against women, against girl, against freedom, against girl, against freedom, against democracy, against education. An iranianjournalist who was sentenced to two years in prison for interviewing the father of mahsa amini has been freed. On her release from tehran� s evin prison, nazila maroufian, posted a picture of herself on social media without a headscarf, part of the islamic dress code mahsa amini had allegedly violated before her death in custody last september. This has all happened as iranian members of parliament have voted to review the controversial hijab law behind closed doors. Heres azadeh moshiri. The timing of this bill is what makes it so significant because were only one year from the anniversary of amasa aminis death, the Young Kurdish Woman who died in custody of the Morality Police after essential that make violating the countrys strict dress code. It led to a movement that the government struggled to contain. What were seeing now is a push and pull between a government that wants to protect the mandatory hijab and women in iran who are defying it. Because as you will see here, the streets of iran in places like the capital tehran, they dont look like they did a year ago before these protests erupted. Now, the bill itself is called the hijab and Chastity Belt and what it will do is enforce new punishments and hefty fines on women who violate this law, but what is also concerning is the fact that Irans Parliament has invoked article 85. That means that a Parliamentary Committee can now review the bill behind closed doors. And then ratify it. Once it is approved by irans powerful Guardian Council and mps will then vote on whether it will be enforced on whether it will be enforced on a 3 five year trial basis, what they call an experimental basis. All of this means that the particulars of a bill that further criminalises the mandatory hijab could go through without any open debate. Now, this isnt the first time or the first few steps of the iranians governments has been taking before this anniversary. They have made several moves to further enforce the hijab and in one of those moves you will remember will be bringing back the Morality Police. The same relatively they took off the streets of iran after the death of mahsa amini. We may not see protests on the scale of what we did before but women are still openly defying the mandatory hijab law despite a violent crackdown by the Islamic Republic. And that is going to worry the establishment there because they see any threat to the mandatory hijab as a threat to the Islamic Republic itself and they are going to want to stamp it out. And well leave you with some live pictures zookeepers in singapore are holding a Birthday Celebration for the first panda cub born in singapore. The panda party is for � le le as he turns 2 he is enjoying his presence. Presents. Stay with us here on bbc news hello there. This upcoming week looks to be one of mixed fortunes. Were starting the week off with low pressure, much like we had over the weekend, but it could be really quite wet across england and wales in particular on monday. Then from tuesday onwards, High Pressure starts to build in. Thatll settle things down, itll turn drier and also warm up by the end of the week, but also turn more humid. And there is an increasing chance of showers or thunderstorms as low pressure tries to push in off the atlantic. Back to the here and now, though, monday looks pretty unsettled for england and wales. A cloudy, wet start with the heaviest rain across wales. Northern england could see some localised flooding as this rain continues to move northwards and improvements across the rest of england and wales into the afternoon. Sunny spells, scattered showers and not a bad day for scotland and northern ireland. Fewer showers here, more in the way of sunshine, light winds here, but fresher across southern and southeastern areas. Those temperatures range from 18 23 degrees. And then as we head through monday night, that area of low pressure continues to pull out into the north sea. Many places will turn drier, one or two showers around, but lengthy clear skies and temperatures range from 11 14 degrees. So as we head into tuesday, then were in between Weather Systems and higher pressure trying to build in. So a much better day for most areas, certainly for england and wales on tuesday. Could just see the back edge of that low Pressure System Clipping east and scotland with stronger winds, outbreaks of rain. But that will clear away and into the afternoon. Many places will see sunny spells and just a few showers, mostly light, but the odd heavy one couldnt be ruled out. So it could be up to 22 or 2a degrees in the southeast with lighter winds, more sunshine. For wednesday, High Pressure sits on top of the country. Itll stay dry for most places and winds will be very light. So we could start off a little bit mist and fog, some low cloud central Northern Areas through the afternoon or therell be plenty of sunshine. There could still be an isolated shower through central and Northern Areas, but itll feel a little bit warmer at this point. We could be up to 25 degrees, the warmest spots of the south. And then thursday, friday, we see High Pressure to the east, lower pressure to the west. Thatll start to draw in some warm and humid air off the near continent on a southeasterly breeze. So it really will warm up across southern and eastern areas towards the end of the week. Could be the mid to high 20s, but there will be an increasing chance of showers and thunderstorms moving in from the west. This is bbc news. We will have the headlines for you at the top of the hour straight after this programme. Describe Erling Haaland in one word . � monster�. Ill give you two words hard working. Tall, strong, fast. Its surreal that one of the most famous footballers in the world has come out of this little place a child like erling is spotted from the first kick on the ball in fact. Every time erling changes club, this town changes colour. Fantastic guy, everybody liked him. He knew and we knew that he had a lot more in store for the future. When i was young, i wanted to become the best in the world. Dreams do come true. My name is andreas vollsund. Im mayor of time kommune. Bryne is the big city in this community. Bryne is a small place, but a warm place, a place

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