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 world's 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. it's tragic, isn't it? we've been here several times in the last few years _ and nothing changes. every time we're stood here, loss of life in the channel, i we call for this to be a catalyst for change and it never is. - and it'sjust, it's- another needless tragedy. rescuers say this is the seventh time in the past week that people have had to be pulled from the sea. it's 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 this evening. what more can you tell is about the people who were on board? weill. what more can you tell is about the people who were on board? well, we know art people who were on board? well, we know part of — people who were on board? well, we know part of these _ people who were on board? well, we know part of these people _ people who were on board? well, we know part of these people are - people who were on board? well, we know part of these people are now. know part of these people are now back here in calais. authorities say they were taking care of them. they were talking to police at that point. aid associations are now starting to walk around and find people who are may be related to them or brothers and sisters telling that their loved ones may have day in the sea. and they are trying to provide support as aid associations are going around trying to provide food and support. psychological support and give them shelter they can. we support and give them shelter they can. ~ ., ,., ., can. we were hearing some of the details about _ can. we were hearing some of the details about what _ can. we were hearing some of the details about what happened - can. we were hearing some of the details about what happened and l can. we were hearing some of the - details about what happened and also that two people are still missing and i understand the french coastguard is still looking for them. ~ , coastguard is still looking for them. , , .,. coastguard is still looking for them. , , .. ., them. absolutely, the search and rescue mission _ them. absolutely, the search and rescue mission is _ them. absolutely, the search and rescue mission is still _ them. absolutely, the search and rescue mission is still ongoing. i rescue mission is still ongoing. they are still hoping to find these two people. we heard from french authorities earlier that a chilly, they were alerted by a commercial vessel at about 4:20am local time, they then dispatched some of their vessels to the south and brought in two british vessels to bring as many people saved 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 they got there, the only thing they could do was drag dead corpses out of the water. they were really in shock and hoping other things, other event site that will not happen again. but aid workers have been telling us a lot of people have been coming to calais over the past 2 or 3 weeks. they estimate there are about 1,200 migrants now waiting to cross the channel and other domestic events could happen over the coming weeks again. == events could happen over the coming weeks again-— weeks again. -- dramatic events. thank you. _ weeks again. -- dramatic events. thank you, lisa _ weeks again. -- dramatic events. thank you, lisa louis, _ weeks again. -- dramatic events. thank you, lisa louis, from - weeks again. -- dramatic events. | thank you, lisa louis, from calais. the number of people killed by wildfires on the island of maui has now risen to 80. it's hawaii's deadliest ever natural disaster. this is drone footage from the all—but—destroyed town of lahaina. as you can see, structures are completely flattened, trees stripped, with the devastation reaching all the way to the shoreline. hawaii's attorney general has begun an investigation into how 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 state's history, and the number of those who died is still climbing. this was lahaina's historic seafront, now reduced to ashes. bustling streets and shops all razed to the ground. but it's 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 they're 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, hawaii's governor urged people to prepare themselves to witness destruction like they've 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 blowing up. even the world's 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't 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're 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 it's hard for some to even think about that, with so many unaccounted for and unrecovered. sophie long, bbc news, maui. let's cross live to maui and we can speak to helena humphrey, what is it like where you are?— like where you are? lucy, i am at one of the _ like where you are? lucy, i am at one of the evacuation _ like where you are? lucy, i am at one of the evacuation shelters i like where you are? lucy, i am at l one of the evacuation shelters here one of the evacuation shelters here on maui island at the war memorial complex. i want to show you the facility is to get a full picture of the challenges this community is facing. 0ver my shoulder, and we won't pan around too far because thatis won't pan around too far because that is the triage 10 for the red cross and we are still seeing medical emergencies, this is the medical emergencies, this is the medical check—in, people coming in with burns, smoke inhalation, some people have left bandaged, feet, arms and legs as they try to get away from the flames. clearly still away from the flames. clearly still a lot of pain. 0ver my shoulder, you can see this board that essentially shows all of the shelters on maui island, all six of them. at this complex, they are already full and some of the organisers have told me people don't even want to leave right now, even if they know they can go back to lahaina, they don't know what is left of their homes. probably not very much, 80% of that historic old town has been reduced to ash, essentially. planning further over here, i think this poignantly shows exactly what this community is going through. this is the missing persons report 10. because so many people, hundreds of people are still unaccounted for right now. they can't get in touch with loved ones. self—service is still down on parts of the island. people in western maui are being told they can to leave a note on their voice mail saying they are safe, because even they cannot get calls in outcome of their loved ones can know they are safe if they get any access at all. and seeing these volunteers, you sense the spirit and resilience. i have seen volunteers meeting each other outside of this complex, hugging each otherfor the first time and saying, i didn't know where you are, i didn't know you are here. people saying that maui is strong. but certainly, it is a very big challenge and we know the death toll has been climbing, at least 80 people and as ijust said hundreds of people are still unaccounted for. we will leave it there, thank you very much, helena humphrey, and sorry the picture froze at the end. we got the gist of what showers saying. —— what she was saying. we can hear now from speedy bailey now, the regional director for hawaii live flight, an air ambulance company. he said his team was quick to respond to the wildfires. so starting at about three o'clock on august 8th, the fires breached into the community and our teams went into action, and nothing short of amazing work was done. they are truly heroes. i think you've heard the stories of the fires. they were working tirelessly throughout the night and day and transported probably 30 patients to maui memorial medical center. under extreme duress for their own lives, with the fires in and around where they were working. they're truly heroes. eight of those patients were transported to honolulu for tertiary care by air teams who also did a stellar work throughout the night to make sure the most critical patients went to the burn centre in honolulu. so for about 16 hours, they handled those patients, and upon daylight, the devastation was truly remarkable. we're in another phase of operations now and it's going to be a marathon with the community and the state. we stand ready to do our part. how are the hospitals coping with all of the casualties? as you were saying, you've been flying patients to different medical facilities. but how are the hospitals coping? well, thank you, we work very closely with the hospitals and have daily calls to make sure that every hospital has the capacity to handle the patients that we're delivering. and so far, that communication has worked, so that no one hospital has been inundated with patients. have you yourself been flying over the islands? are you able to describe what it looks like from above? you know, the pictures that you see are completely, there are no words. all you have to do is see the pictures. i was on maui yesterday so, yes, the devastation is horrific. and the images we see, and we heard in the report earlier about how the road access has been so difficult, in terms of the roads being cut off. itjust shows how an air ambulance company like yours, how vital it is to be able to get in quickly and get people out quickly when there's no other means of getting to them. that's absolutely correct. and the one challenge during the event was this was impacted by the high winds from dora, hurricane dora. and as a result, the helicopters could not fly in those conditions. but as soon as there was an opportunity for those winds to die down, those helicopters have been invaluable to get access to the west side of maui, which has been at times cut off, via road. speedy bailey. live pictures now from israel, that is tel aviv, where thousands of protesters have ta ken to the streets. this is the 32nd week in a row that people have been out protesting against the planned legal reforms. this is the biggest demonstration taking place in tel aviv, but there are more than 100 others scheduled in towns and villages across the country. we have covered this throughout and you know protesters have argued forms being pursued by israel's right—wing government that involve curbing the powers of the supreme court will damage democracy there. but the ministers insist unelected judges have too much power over elected politicians. so the ongoing grail has deeply divided the nation and thousands upon thousands of people have been turning out every week for 32 weeks now —— ongoing grail. those are live pictures from tel aviv. russian officials say... two ukrainian missiles have targeted a bridge which links russia to the crimean peninsula. moscow says they were shot down and the kerch bridge remains undamaged. there are plumes of smoke rising nearby. kyiv has yet to comment. there have been at least two other attacks targeting the bridge — a key re—supply route for russian forces in the past few months. hundreds of south koreans have marched through the capital, seoul, in protest againstjapan's plan to release waste water from the fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean. the government in tokyo and the international atomic energy agency say the process is safe. but china and other countries in the region are worried it may harm the marine environment, including by contaminating food. in seoul, protesters called onjapan to abandon the plan and expressed their anger at the south korean government for endorsing it. pakistan will have a new interim prime minister, after the agreement between both the outgoing prime minister, shehbaz sharif, and the leader of the opposition, raja riaz. anwar—ul—haq kakar, a senator from balochistan province, will lead a caretaker government to oversee the election, which should be held within 90 days. england are through to the semi—finals of the women's world cup. they came from behind to beat colombia 2—1 in sydney, with goals from lauren hemp and alessia russo. the lionesses will now play australia on wednesday. after the co—hosts beat france 7—6 on penalties. 0ur correspondent shaimaa khalil was watching the australia versus france game at a fan zone in sydney. this has been one of the most entertaining, emotionally—charged, exciting and nerve—racking days of the whole tournament. australia will now face england, the lionesses versus the matildas. but to get there, my god! the drama! australia faced france, in one of the most dramatic games of the tournament. look, they've had such a roller—coaster ride, with this nervy win against ireland in their first game, their loss against nigeria, their win against canada and their win against denmark to bring them to this moment against france. they were neck—and—neck from the very first minute, until the penalty shoot—out. and you could just hear the collective gasps and intakes of breath with every hit and every miss. and then cortnee vine delivered that winning penalty for australia. and just the immensity of this moment, the fact that the matildas have made history, they've gone further than they've ever gone before in a women's world cup. you could see it, just people absorbing that moment and processing it and just erupting into cheers. and then, onto england and colombia. and some of the fans actually stayed to watch england, such is the love for the lionesses. and i think they also wanted to see if they were going to face them in a semifinal. the colombians were not an easy team to beat. they were the underdogs of this tournament, but they have really, really performed so well. they've had stellar performances all the way through, including into this game. they've pushed and pushed and pressed, theyjust could not get accurate when it came to the net. and then, of course, these two stellar goals from lauren hemp and then from alessia russo that delivered that win for england. as it stands, it's the lionesses versus the matildas. it's the semifinals that so many fans have told me that they wanted. and i can tell you right now, it's going to break records in terms of viewership. so many fans want to see this. and i think not only the stadiums will be packed, this fan zone will be packed — notjust inside, outside as well. wherever there is a screen, there are going to be people watching this game. shaimaa khalil. in sydney. we can speak to an australian sports journalist now. and football producer. i have been talking about that penalty shoot—out, 20 in all and australia beating france 7—6 in the end. it was one of the crazies penalty shoot—outs i've ever seen in my life, and australia has had a history of crazy shoot—out. a history of crazy shoot—outs. we qualified for world cups with penalty shoot—out, but this is now the greatest we have ever experienced. it came down to cortnee vine — a 25—year—old who had never scored a penalty in her professional career. she was the tenth of the 11 takers. before the tournament, she said she didn't know if she belonged at this level, she finds it weird she's a matilda and people come up to her on the street. but today, she belongs at that level. it was an incredible moment, the heart was racing collectively for the entire nation of australia. this is one of the biggest sporting moments we have ever had in our country, and we're so incredibly proud of this team that really represents australia in 2023. we should also talk about your goalkeeper, mackenzie arnold. she saved four penalties, and then she stepped up as well to take one. she is going to be the standout performer. but then she hit the bar, it was just unbelievable. and then every single shot that was taken, it was doing this roller—coaster of back and forward, it was extraordinary. it was incredible, even that moment for mackenzie arnold, who's had an incredible tournament again, for her to miss what would have been the winning penalty and to have the composure and relax herself to make further saves and not let her confidence be crushed by missing a crucial penalty was incredible. like you say, every single penalty felt like there was a dramatic moment, whether it almost hit the post, whether it got denied. both teams had multiple chances to win the penalty shoot—out, so it was absolutely incredible. but itjust sums up this team, this matildas. it's all about never say die, going to the end, and they had to go right to the end of 90 minutes, right to the end of 120 minutes, and right to the end of ten penalties to make it happen. in australia, there was talk of cardiologists being called because so many people had their heart rates racing. it really is a special moment in australia, both in terms of what this tournament has done, like your reporter was saying. this team is going to break records. this will be the most—watched sporting event, the australia match against england on wednesday, since cathy freeman ran at the 2000 olympics. it's incredible what this team and tournament has done to australia. a football journalist talking to me earlier. and you can watch the lionesses face the matildas live on bbc on wednesday at 11am uk time. that is on at 8pm at local time in australia. more on the top story now and the six migrants who drowned in the english channel. a french official said more than 60 people were on board the boat which capsized in most of them were from afghanistan. and some were sudanese. 0ur reporter 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 that is because of the hundreds of berries and tankers that pass through it every single day. and sadly, this latest incident didn't happen in isolation. so let's take a look at the numbers. according to the uk home office, in 2022, arrivals in small boats made up of 45% of applications. so that is a large number of people making a very dangerous journey. number of people making a very dangerousjourney. and if you look at the figures come in 2022 alone, more than 115,000 people crossed the english channel in small boats —— the figures, 2022. and this is when the figures, 2022. and this is when the number started being recorded on the number started being recorded on the government confirmed there have been more than 100,000 people crossing the english channel in small boats. yet the uk border force says this is not a record high if you take into account people crossing on trains and lorries. in 22 -- crossing on trains and lorries. in 22 —— in crossing on trains and lorries. in 22 -- in 2022 crossing on trains and lorries. in 22 —— in 2022 alone, there were more than 100,000 applications. people flee in places like iraq, somalia, afghanistan, because these numbers are affected by global conflicts around the world and that is well —— why in 2010, there was a 20 year low, but numbers picked up again as people started fleeing syria. because of that fact that these numbers are affected by global conflicts, it isn't 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, that is albania makes up the highest number. even though they are classified as a safe country by the uk home office. and by the uk government. that's 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 because they benefit from a special visa scheme which is why the home office didn't 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. having said all that, there is one constant and that is that no matter the danger, people keep trying to reach the united kingdom and these other countries, in hope of a better future. 0rganisers estimate more than 60,000 people have marched through prague in the city's annual gay pride parade. foreign diplomats also 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 that 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. so that is the 13th pride march. that's all from me, do stay with us. there's plenty more on all of the stories we are covering on our website. hello, good evening. with low pressure close by for yet another weekend, it's looking rather unsettled again. blustery for the time of year, with blue sky and sunshine, as captured in perth and kinross, and a good scattering of showers. another good scattering of showers, some heavy and thundery. similar tomorrow weather—wise. the showers will be fewer and further between. less sharp in nature, windy, but not as blustery as today. this is the satellite picture, showing us the area of cloud. low pressure very much dominant, gradually pushing further eastwards through the rest of the weekend. and we look out towards the south—west on sunday night, where there's some more rain approaching. but tonight, a lot of the showers fade away and there will be clear spells around. still some showery outbreaks of rain, cloud across northern ireland and approaching western scotland by the end of the night. a mild start to sunday morning, temperatures down to between 1a and 16 celsius. plenty of cloud around for many areas on sunday morning, but it should break up and we'll see brightness and spells of sunshine develop. but still watch out for showers — possibly thundery across the moray firth, but elsewhere, they should fall lighter. and largely dry across parts of east anglia, where it will tend to be brightest. highs here of 23 degrees. more cloud and rain approaching cornwall and the south of wales by the end of the day. and that rain will move further northwards and eastwards through the day on monday, into central and 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 showers across parts of east anglia. temperatures here still 22 celsius, in the best of that brightness. on tuesday, that area of low pressure is moving into scandinavia. tuesday looking largely dry, maybe a few showers across central and western areas of scotland, and a murky start to the day. but pressure builds towards the south of england. this is the position of the jet stream through next week. still a lot of debate about how far north it will be. but we expect that warm air from southern europe to move further northwards, on more of a south—easterly wind, so across south wales, likely to rise into the mid—20s, possibly across london and the south of england. as highs reach the high—20s. but further north, cooler and more unsettled. a group of migrants who drowned trying to reach england in an overcrowded dinghy have been identified as afghans. a french official said more than 60 people were on board the boat which size, most were from afghanistan with a few from sudan. hawaii's attorney general orders an investigation into the handling of wildfires on maui. 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. and england reach the semifinals of the women's world cup, beating colombia 2—1. they'll face australia, after the hosts beat france, in an incredible penalty shoot—out. and those of the latest headlines here on bbc news. and now it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun.