Questions are also being asked about whether power to the island should have been cut. For more, heres our correspondent in hawaii, sophie long. This is what remains of lahaina. Cars abandoned as people ran and jumped 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 one s feeding everyone. Theyre traumatised. Theyre upset. No one s giving hugs. They need mental help. What do you need for me . To hear people in the same pads 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
we can speak now to simon in dover. simon, the authorities have confirmed there was another rescue in the channel overnight. can you bring us up to speed on what happened? bring us up to speed on what hauened? , ,., , ., . happened? yes, it is a sign once aaain happened? yes, it is a sign once again that happened? yes, it is a sign once again that despite happened? yes, it is a sign once again that despite what - happened? yes, it is a sign oncel again that despite what happened yesterday, the tragedy in the channel, when at least six people lost their lives, the crossings had continued nevertheless. we heard from the french authorities late yesterday evening that they had come to the aid of another boat which had around 50 people also on board. in terms of what happened early yesterday morning, and the boat that capsized, the search operation has now been called off. that will not resume unless any new information comes to light. that will be a recovery operation because there is
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 tr
social media companies to try to stop smugglers advertising journeys online. the new deal with turkey to try to stop the export of both parties to make the journeys across the channel. all of the announcements were derailed by the fact last week we reached the 100,000 figure, the number of people who have reached the uk and small boat since 2018 when this phenomenon really started in earnest. yesterday it was all very much overshadowed by the tragedy in the channel. if anything it is focusing minds on what can be done about this. because once again for renewed cooperation with french authorities. the uk has given france millions of euros to increase patrols on beaches in france. those patrols have been stepped up. the crossings to continue. yesterday, despite tragedy in the channel, many did manage to arrive in uk waters.
investigation, there is a lot for the authorities on both sides of the channel to do now. a key priority would be to establish the identities of the six people who lost their lives. we know they were all from afghanistan and believed to be in their 30s. afghanistan and believed to be in their30s. finding afghanistan and believed to be in their 30s. finding out exactly who they were and where exactly they came from may be tricky. if you cast your mind back to december, when we last saw loss of life in the channel, four people drowned when their boat capsized. 0f channel, four people drowned when their boat capsized. of the four people only one has been identified. the identities of the three and this remains a mystery and that is why it can be so tricky for the authorities. another thing they will be desperate to do is to speak to survivors. some of the survivors were brought here to go there, others were taken to calais. that will have to be a gentle process because those people will h