much more stark. residents are now for the first time being allowed to return as you can see from these dramatic shots. but they won't be able to stay, with a curfew coming into force at 10pm local time. meanwhile, hawaii governor josh green says he's ordering a comprehensive review of the state's response, including why sirens didn't alert maui residents to the danger. hawaii's emergency service administration says based on its records, no one at the state or county level attempted to activate the sirens. much has been made about the speed of the fires and just how quickly lahaina became engulfed on tuesday. here's what we know so far about what happened. at 6:37 am local hawaiian time on tuesday, maui county reports that a brush fire began near lahaina. by 9:55, the county issued a statement on its website declaring that �*the lahaina brush fire is 100% contained shortly before 09:00 today.�* then just under an hour later, another update said firefighters remained on the scenes of two fires: one which was reported atjust after midnight, and another which led to evacuations of residents in the kula 200 and hana—mu road areas. then, at 3:20pm in the afternoon, maui county posted on facebook with the news of another threatening wildfire, advising residents to evacuate. by 3:30pm, the lahaina bypass was closed due to a flareup in the area. by early tuesday evening, there were multiple evacuation orders in place for the lahaina and upcountry fires. here's the latest update from bbc digital reporter max matza, who's in maui. thanks forjoining us. ijust wanted to start by asking you what the situation right now where you are at the moment? there are still thousands of people _ there are still thousands of people seeking shelter in the emergency shelters, some are still living in their cars, hotels _ still living in their cars, hotels are mostly full, some people — hotels are mostly full, some people are sleeping outside but there _ people are sleeping outside but there are lots of people and very— there are lots of people and very few _ there are lots of people and very few have been able to go back— very few have been able to go back to — very few have been able to go back to lahaina, and they have no idea — back to lahaina, and they have no idea when that is possible, and even _ no idea when that is possible, and even though some residents are being — and even though some residents are being allowed back, many people — are being allowed back, many people lost everything they own, — people lost everything they own, including identification documents which prove their residence which is required to -et residence which is required to get back— residence which is required to get back into town. you residence which is required to get back into town.— get back into town. you have been speaking _ get back into town. you have been speaking with - get back into town. you have been speaking with some - get back into town. you have - been speaking with some people at a temporary shelter, what have they been telling you, many of these people like you said have lost their homes and everything?— everything? yeah, they are startin: everything? yeah, they are starting to _ everything? yeah, they are starting to hear— everything? yeah, they are starting to hear rumours i everything? yeah, they are starting to hear rumours of| everything? yeah, they are - starting to hear rumours of who is among the dead, they have not been identified yet officially, so it really is just rumour at this point. i would say that many people believe the death toll will continue to climb for quite a while, it might even take months to find some of these bodies, to find them in the water or under the rubble and cars, so it's unofficial of course, it's not known what we will wind up at but most people think the death toll is going to claim at least over 100. we have also _ to claim at least over 100. we have also been _ to claim at least over 100. we have also been hearing a lot of discussion about these emergency sirens that were supposed to be sounding to warn people about the wildfire, emergency officials have now said those sirens were not activated. what have you been hearing from people you have been speaking to? did they get any advanced warning before the wildfire advanced onto the town there? ., ., ., , ., there? now, and that is a source of _ there? now, and that is a source of frustration - there? now, and that is a source of frustration for l source of frustration for people here. i spoke to one tourist from oregon in the us who says that that has been the most upsetting part about all of this for her, there was no warning, the winds came in, not power out and there was no communication so people did not know the fires were coming into town. another resident i spoke town. another resident i spoke to who was staying in a shelter told me that once a month they sound that siren just to test and prove it works, so people want to know what went wrong, what started the fire, but at this point, people do want to know who has died, that's probably the biggest source of frustration, the fact that it is still unknown who is among the dead. is still unknown who is among the dead-— the dead. hundreds if not thousands _ the dead. hundreds if not thousands of _ the dead. hundreds if not thousands of houses - the dead. hundreds if notj thousands of houses have the dead. hundreds if not - thousands of houses have likely been destroyed in lahaina. you have been speaking with people who are temporarily in a shelter, but more long—term, is there any kind of plan or set “p there any kind of plan or set up in place for people to be able to move into once those temporary shelters close? i’m temporary shelters close? i'm not aware _ temporary shelters close? i'm not aware of _ temporary shelters close? i'm not aware of any _ temporary shelters close? i�*m not aware of any official plan from the government at this point but i would say people here are hopeful that the federal government in washington will be able to step in and help. there is a rumour going around the department of housing, the state department of housing, they're going to help people find a more long—term solution in public housing projects or something like that. but i have not heard of any sort of official plan in the next weeks or months. excellent reporting therefrom max, thank you so much for joining us. you heard max there talking about some of the individual stories coming out of this disaster. our online team has been speaking to one man who filmed his own escape. the wind was blowing so hard it looked like hellfire, that's the only way to the scribe at. amber is blowing through the wind, catching anything it could to burn. i have been q. tipping my ears for the past three days and still getting stuff out of my years, that's are engulfed we were when we decided to leave. this are engulfed we were when we decided to leave.— decided to leave. this is between _ decided to leave. this is between 6- _ decided to leave. this is between 6- seven - decided to leave. this is i between 6- seven o'clock, decided to leave. this is - between 6- seven o'clock, rain between 6— seven o'clock, rain just becoming coming through in clearing the smoke and you can almost see the sunshine, it was very apocalyptic. share almost see the sunshine, it was very apocalyptic— very apocalyptic. are going to t to very apocalyptic. are going to try to head — very apocalyptic. are going to try to head back _ very apocalyptic. are going to try to head back today, - very apocalyptic. are going to try to head back today, i'm i try to head back today, i'm hearing to the grapevine and local sources that they are letting local residents in, so i'm very hopeful and we will just have to figure out as best we can. it is home to me and i don't plan on leaving, i plan on helping to rebuild in the community here is very tight knit and i've met a lot of great people and i feel like i am here for a reason. a massive logistical effort is under way as government agencies mobilising resources to send to hawaii. earlier i spoke to us congresswoman jill tokuda from hawaii's second congressoinal district about the federal government's response to the fires, as well as what the government could do to mitigate the effects of climate change on natural disasters. thank you for being here in this difficult time, i understand you havejust returned to your home state of hawaii. what have you been hearing from your constituents and members of your community that have been affected by these wildfires? i will just tell you that it has been heart—wrenching and as you can imagine, not being able to get home fast enough adds to the angst but literally, constant streams of text messages, calls, watching these video footage images and pictures of a town we all love completely wiped out and destroyed, just in a flash. and i have heard from individuals who lost loved ones, i have heard from individuals who are looking for loved ones and we're trying to help find them, connect them up, people who have lost their homes and have nothing but the clothes on their back. the businesses, their livelihoods. there is so much shock and loss — i think the one thing that we take away as comfort is we have all pulled together so mightily to support and surround each other, but there is definitely just a deep, deep feeling of loss and pain, and i can tell you that the heartbreak is felt by absolutely every single one of us. you mentioned there that hawaii and maui and all of these communities are so tightknit, it feels like, over there. what have you seen in terms of the response from people coming together to help each other? you know, it doesn't matter what island you are on, where you live, we all have family who live on every island. i trace back my family roots and my grandfather spent his childhood on maui, all of us have some kind of connection and tie to each other. and so we're looking at our state capitol right now, the last two days they have been taking a massive amounts of donations and things coming in. i just got the plane from san francisco and i will tell you that on the belt with the luggage was literally two or three large boxes taped up that said "maui relief donations". and so, just overwhelming response of people giving what they can, supporting people in ways that they can, it is just inspiring, it is moving, but it does also speak to the great need that exists right now in the community in maui. there is a lot of need and there has been a lot of damage, and now tragically we are hearing that this is officially now hawaii's deadliest natural disaster as well. in your mind and what you have seen and heard, how prepared do you think the state was for an event like this? you know, when it comes to hurricane season we worry about the hurricanes. we don't think about winds whipping up dry conditions and red flag warnings and creating wildfires. wildfires that in this case literally trapped a community between the fire and the ocean. so it was absolutely catastrophic. the thing is, after we are done really supporting this community, supporting ourfamilies and friends, assessing the damage, there is a lot of work to be done in terms of making sure this absolutely never happens again. if we think back in our history, hurricane lane did the same thing but it didn't come after a town, it took out large acreages of dry grass but we have to remember the way our towns are configured, we are along the coastline, this can happen again and so we need to have as many take away the lessons learned from this, because it absolutely must not, must not happen again, it is absolutely tragic. it was a perfect storm of catastrophic events, but that is not going to bring any lives back, that's not going to bring any homes back or businesses back. so bottom line, we have to be better next time and we have two... crosstalk there was a warning system in place that there was dozens and hundreds of these warning sirens across hawaii, but we have heard from reports and officials there that the sirens didn't go off. do you have any sense of what might have happened and whether residents were given enough time, enough warning to get to safety? every person living in hawaii, we are familiar with those warning sirens — the beginning of every month you hear them go off at noon, like clockwork, to test it out, to make sure it works. so there is going to be a lot, there are a lot of unanswered questions into why that warning signal did not go out. what kind of failsafes do we have to have, if in fact the situation is that it burnt down? we know that a lot of alerts went out through cellphones, but unfortunately from the day prior as we know, the cellphones were actually out. so these are things that we have to create redundancies for, to make sure at the end of the day every person who needs to be warned to get to safety can get the alerts that they need. so there is still a lot of outstanding questions and i can tell you right now for many of us, the focus is, there is still a huge recovery effort. we are talking about looking for loved ones, with the casualty counts that could definitely go up from here. really going out there and recovering, assessing the damage and the lost homes and businesses and the entire community. so a lot of questions, but right now we have some very big arms that we have to wrap around our community, that is absolutely suffering and many still don't even know the fate of our loved ones and they are still looking for them. and just briefly, as a congresswoman, what would you like to see the federal government do to try to help states like hawaii and the other states we have seen affected by wildfires, continue to adapt to these disasters and the effects we are seeing from climate change? absolutely. you can ask anyone who lives here — it doesn't take a hurricane to bring down utility poles, to bring waves over roadways and take out bridges and roadways, we are seeing this all the time throughout the year and in increasing frequency. we are seeing drought conditions, torrential rains, so the reality is we have to start looking at how we are going to mitigate and adapt to this kind of climate chaos we are seeing across the country. hawaii is not unique when it comes to wildfires, when it comes to torrential storms coming out of nowhere in many cases. so this is going to be about how we put resources and support, and change policies, so that we are both adaptive to climate change and we prevent this kind of massive loss of life, loss of property, from ever happening again anywhere else. us congresswomanjill tokuda, thank you so much forjoining us during this time. and for more on the hawaii wildfires, check out our website. we have the latest headlines, plus reporting from our team on the ground. that's all at bbc.com/news. turning to some other news now, and former ftx boss sam bankman—fried will stay behind bars until his 0ctober trial after a judge in new york revoked his bail. us districtjudge lewis kaplan agreed with prosecutors that he attempted to tamper with witneses. he has plead not guilty to charges relating to the theft of billions in consumerfunds. in a surprise announcement friday, us attorney general merrick garland named a special prosecutor in the investigation of presidentjoe biden's son, hunter biden. garland named david weiss, a trump—appointed us attorney for delaware, who has been leading the inquiry into hunter biden's business dealings. now a special counsel appointment usually comes about when the justice department feels it has a conflict of interest, or wants to avoid political entanglement. mr weiss will now be provided with extra resources . he'll also be able to issue subpoenas, search warrants, and indictments. he can bring further charges beyond the state of delaware and has already filed papers seeking to do so. once he concludes his investigation, mr weiss will submit a report explaining any prosecutorial decisions. earlier, my colleague caitriona perry asked our north america correspondent anthony zurcher about the significance of this move. first of all, it shows that this case is not going away any time soon. there was a certain amount of debate after that plea deal was announced that this would be wrapped up and this is something that would reach a conclusion, even when they had the plea deal hearing just last month. but, in fact, this is going to go on now. and in the court filing where weiss�*s team announced that they were going to possibly change the venue to some place else, whether it's dc or california, where the crimes occurred, they said that this was because the plea negotiations with hunter biden's legal team had reached an impasse. and it's now the investigators' — the prosecutors' — belief that this could go or will go to trial. so we're looking at an extended investigation that could expand into other charges and then ultimately a trial where the president's son is before a jury, facing what could be a prison sentence if he's convicted. so has there been any reaction from the president, from the biden administration, to this latest development? you know, the white house has had a policy of trying not to comment about this investigation ongoing. now, hunter biden's legal team, however, has come forward and said that they still view their client as innocent, that he is going to be exonerated once the investigation is concluded and that the framework of the plea deal — what he said he was willing to admit to as far as guilt — will ultimately prevail. so, they are going to perhaps wait for their day in court now to fight this out. so, what does this all mean, then, for those republican—led investigations that we've seen? has there been any response from anyone in the republican party today? well, there's been concern in republican members of congress, starting with kevin mccarthy, the speaker of the house on down that this was an attempt somehow to block the congressional investigations because all of a sudden, now you have a special counsel who's going to continue to investigate and he won't be willing to testify because there was talk about weiss coming and testifying before congress next month. he's not going to do that now that the investigation is ongoing. and they have said that their investigations are not going to be stymied by the special counsel investigation going along alongside it, that they still want to look into any possible ties betweenjoe biden and his son hunter's business dealings. now, republicans on the whole, honestly, they've been pretty sceptical, suspicious of this announcement. they have soured on david weiss. you mentioned that he had been appointed by donald trump originally but they viewed that plea deal as what they call a sweetheart deal, that he's been too easy on hunter biden and that the investigation has not been aggressive enough. so, they think, by and large, that someone else should be put in charge of this investigation — someone who doesn't have the same history as david weiss. they don't think that david weiss is going to be able to bring this fully investigation fully intojoe biden, where they think the real crimes and the real political implications might be. there's been so much discussion about the politicisation of the department ofjustice, with all the full gamut of investigations that are going on. what's happened today — how does it feed into that? well, you know, i think that it makes it a little easier for democrats to counter the republican accusations that there's some sort of two—tier standard ofjustice, that donald trump has a special counsel who has been investigating him and has brought now multiple indictments against donald trump whilejoe biden and his family have been treated differently. now there's a special counsel, with all the powers that you discussed of special counsels, investigating — notjoe biden directly, but, i mean, it could lead up to him if they find something, but hunter biden, the president's son, and his business dealings, and hunter biden very clearly was talking about his connections to his father when he was making these business deals. so, maybe that makes it a little easier for the democrats to say, "no, look, thejustice "department has handed all these off, the "investigations are all happening independently," but it's still going to be a headache for the white house. it's still going to be a distraction. this is going to drag on now clearly into 2024, the presidential election cycle, maybe even after the election. it's going to be something that they're going to have to deal with for the time forward. all right, anthony, thanks for bringing us up to speed with all those details. ukraine's president zelensky ordered the dismissal of all the directors of regional military recruitment centers. the 30 enlistment officers face allegations of taking bribes and smuggling people out of the country. in a video message on friday, zelensky vowed to clamp down on corruption in military recruitment. translation: we are dismissing all re . ional translation: we are dismissing all regional military _ all regional military commissars. the system should be run by people who know exactly what war is, and no cynicism and bribery at a time of war is high treason. instead, soldiers have been through the frontal cannot be in the trenches because they have lost their health or lost their limbs but have retained their limbs but have retained their dignity and have no cynicism can be entrusted with the recruitment system. 0ur correspondentjames waterhouse in kyiv has more on the president's decision. this is quite the clampdown from president zelensky. in an announcement that few predicted, 33 regional recruitment heads from every province in ukraine has been fired. now, the allegations president zelensky makes are quite serious. he accuses them of accepting bribes, through either cash or cryptocurrency, in exchange for helping men who've been mobilised be smuggled across the border. now, there is a bit of tension here when it comes to ukraine's military recruitment centres because we've spoken to those involved, and they say they feel like they're doing the dirty work of the military, the unpopular side of things, and that the whole process in general needs modernisation. but as far as the government's concerned, they say, that is an unpopular decision. and now, we have these allegations from president zelensky. with this clampdown, it seems the government might be engaging on these issues but we've heard allegations of heavy—handed tactics being used, where men have been physically smuggled to recruitment centres. and so, this is a delicate issue as well because, yes, there are sizeable proportions of the population who are motivated to fight. they have either volunteered or they have become professional soldiers. but the issue of mobilisation is a tricky one because there are those who don't want to fight, who have tried to avoid the draft and so, there is a conflict this between the state and its population in some areas. and it's notjust about soldiers getting called up to replace those who have been killed, it's also about ukraine replacing those who have been fighting on the frontline in unimaginable conditions for several months now. a well—known norwegian mountaineer has denied accusations that her team climbed over an injured guide during a bid to break a world record. the porter, mohammed hassan, had fallen off a ledge on the world's second—highest mountain, k2, in pakistan, injuly. video on social media appears to show a group pass by mr hassan, who died reportedly a few hours later. 0ur correspondent bethany bell reports. k2 is one of the world's most dangerous and challenging mountains. the norwegian climber kristin harila went there in a bid to secure a world record — the fastest climber of all the highest peaks. but tragedy struck. mohammed hassan, a porter on the mountain, fell off a ledge. you can see him here, his body lying on the narrow ridge known as the bottleneck. someone is with him. two climbers from austria and germany were on the mountain that day, taking some different footage with a drone for a documentary. one of them, wilhelm steindl, says their pictures show that no—one tried to rescue mohammed and take him down the mountain. we saw the drone shots and suddenly, we were seeing this guy alive, people stepping over him, and nobody started a rescue mission. how did that make you feel? really sad and also a little bit angry, because you don't behave like this on the mountain. but kristin harila said she and her team tried for hours to help mohammed in treacherous conditions. she says it would have been too dangerous to turn the whole team back. so, he wasn't left alone — and not from our team — and when this thing is filmed — and it's from many hours after that. and it's not like it's possible to just turn everyone around there. it's very hard to do a rescue up there and it's notjust like to carry him down from there. mohammed worked as a porter to earn money to educate his children. wilhelm went to visit them and is trying to raise money to help them, now that their father is gone. bethany bell, bbc news. that's all from us here in washington. we leave you with these live pictures of london where the weekend isjust beginning. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. it is shaping up to be yet another unsettled weekend of weather but that doesn't mean it's going to be raining all the time — far from it. while it will be showery and quite breezy, there'll be some drier spells, too. in fact, parts of the south and the east are going to see the driest of the weather, furthest away from the centre of this area of low pressure — that is what will be driving the showers over the weekend. and see all the white lines, the isobars squeezing together? that shows that we are going to have some quite brisk winds, particularly around western coasts. a band of rain through the morning pushing its way northwards and eastwards across scotland. northern england seeing some of that, maybe parts of wales. behind that, sunny spells and showers, some of them heavy and thundery. a few showers breaking out down towards the south—east corner but actually, a decent amount of dry weather to be had here. so, there's confirmation of what will be a breezy, indeed quite windy day around some western coasts. temperatures a little down on where they have been. the warmest weather in eastern england at 2a degrees, more generally around 16—22. operational will be reviewed operational and then, as we head through saturday evening, we'll continue to see some showers, particularly across the north and the west of the uk. some areas of cloud, some clear spells, too, and another relatively warm night — 12—15 degrees. so, for sunday, our area of low pressure just continues to swirl, centred close to the north—west of scotland, so that will be driving the showers. this frontal system here to the south—west, that'll be running in later in the day. and will agree so, some spells of sunshine to be had but also some showers, maybe some longer spells of rain at times for northern ireland and western parts of scotland. and then, late in the day, some cloud and perhaps some rain into the far south—west of england, maybe the far south—west of wales. temperatures between 18 and 23 degrees. breezy again — perhaps not quite as windy as on saturday. now, through the coming week, low pressure will be with us initially but then, it looks like high pressure will build for a time and, actually, as that high shifts eastwards, it may be that we start to pick up a feed of slightly warmer air from the near continent. the big question mark is about how quickly this area of low pressure then swirls in from the west to turn things unsettled once again. but signs are that as we head through the coming week, there will at least be some drier and warmer weather on the way for many of us. he v0|ceover: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. reporters speak in spanish. it was once the murder capital of the world. cries. for decades, rival gangs ruled the streets of el salvador through violence, extortion and fear. until now. for a year, the country's young, media—savvy president has declared war on the gangs... ..imposing emergency security measures and giving police sweeping powers of arrest. thousands are now behind bars. and the country is transforming before people's eyes. but there's a dark underside hidden from view. human rights groups are dismayed, as are relatives,