reporter on the ground in maui, helena humphrey. helena, you've been following the developments for us there, bring us up to date with the latest. i'm here on the road to lahaina. this is as close as we can get to the community full up can get to the community full up 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 the dry grass, the drought here, which has been a persistent problem for many months. you can also see the high winds. in 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 flareups in these places. i'm 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 he is stopped and asked questions about why they are going on. many people are then forced to turn around in this lean here and essentially turned back, because right now they are only allowing emergency workers in. it's coming at a time when we're 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. they 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 keepin 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 ariha —— arriving behind you. additionally arisen. you have been speaking with residents, many affected in some way by the lease. what have they been telling you? == the lease. what have they been telling you?— telling you? -- blaze. everyone ou telling you? -- blaze. everyone you speak _ telling you? -- blaze. everyone you speak to — telling you? -- blaze. everyone you speak to knows _ telling you? -- blaze. everyone you speak to knows someone i you speak to knows someone impacted by what we have seen here. it was out of 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. waller down there i'm 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. 50 blake. we can listen to what he told me. , .,, �* blake. we can listen to what he told me. , �* .,, blake. we can listen to what he told me. , �* ., told me. so why wasn't able to crab m told me. so why wasn't able to grab my truck. _ told me. so why wasn't able to grab my truck, wasn't - told me. so why wasn't able to grab my truck, wasn't able - told me. so why wasn't able to grab my truck, wasn't able to l grab my truck, wasn't able to grab — grab my truck, wasn't able to grab anything out of my house. eye was— grab anything out of my house. eye was busy running up and down — eye was busy running up and down the _ eye was busy running up and down the block telling everybody it was time to go because _ everybody it was time to go because they saw the smoke coming — because they saw the smoke coming and i knew the wind was strong _ coming and i knew the wind was strong enough it was most likely— strong enough it was most likely going to take out the doubtful the hardest thing about— doubtful the hardest thing about that for the owners of the houses, likelyl about that for the owners of the houses, likely i am a rental, _ the houses, likely i am a rental, but the owners of the houses, _ rental, but the owners of the houses, they don't want to accept _ houses, they don't want to accept their house is going to burn— accept their house is going to burn down. so it's hard for the people — burn down. so it's hard for the people to _ burn down. so it's hard for the people to get out of the house. lahaina — people to get out of the house. lahaina is — people to get out of the house. lahaina is a small town, it has a strong — lahaina is a small town, it has a strong community, this on the songs— a strong community, this on the songs i've — a strong community, this on the songs i've ever seen in a sound, — songs i've ever seen in a sound, so— songs i've ever seen in a sound, so it is impossible to -et sound, so it is impossible to get out _ sound, so it is impossible to get out of— sound, so it is impossible to get out of the house. this hat is the — get out of the house. this hat is the chuy— get out of the house. this hat is the only thing that made it of mind _ is the only thing that made it of mind. i'vejust is the only thing that made it of mind. i've just recently started _ of mind. i've just recently started riding bulls, so it was a big — started riding bulls, so it was a big sigh— started riding bulls, so it was a big sign to me that i said just— a big sign to me that i said just keep doing what i want to do ann— just keep doing what i want to do ann king pushing through no matter— do ann king pushing through no matter what. that was in my truck— matter what. that was in my truck and _ matter what. that was in my truck and my truck was completely melted to the ground. completely melted to the round. , ., , i. completely melted to the i round, , ., , y., ., ground. they have seen you out here with _ ground. they have seen you out here with your— ground. they have seen you out here with your friends _ ground. they have seen you out here with your friends and - ground. they have seen you out here with your friends and the l 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 isjust people, which is just absolutely people, which isjust absolutely remarkable. enough help getting into lahaina? absolutely not. there should be organisations from all over the world — organisations from all over the world coming in. don't know everybody is working on it, but like is — everybody is working on it, but like is that _ everybody is working on it, but like is that lahaina needs the help— like is that lahaina needs the help how— like is that lahaina needs the help now and we are the ones they— help now and we are the ones they can — help now and we are the ones they can do that, we are the ones — they can do that, we are the ones that— they can do that, we are the ones that can put forth the effort _ ones that can put forth the effort and do the little that we are _ effort and do the little that we are for the community, we try to — we are for the community, we try to take _ we are for the community, we try to take as much gas and food — try to take as much gas and food and _ try to take as much gas and food and water as we can every day and — food and water as we can every day and a — food and water as we can every day and a big thank you to all the hawaiian guys who get us through— the hawaiian guys who get us through the cops, because without— through the cops, because without them we would not be able _ without them we would not be able to — without them we would not be able to get to lahaina. away is strong — able to get to lahaina. away is strong. maui is strong and we are going _ strong. maui is strong and we are going to stay maui strong. what — are going to stay maui strong. what i — 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, thank you so much. so as we've been hearing, there's desperate need foraid on maui. and some locals are asking what's taking so long? here's our north america correspondentjohn sudworth. vital supplies being loaded onto a boat that would normally be taking tourists whale watching. they're 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 didn't 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, that's 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 we've 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, that's what you're stepping on. i don't know how much more you want me to describe it. that's what you're stepping on. give us a little bit of time to contain that. please. five days on, the true scale of hawaii's disaster is becoming clearer. john sudworth, bbc news, maui. as we've 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 what's happened in hawaii. joining us now live is 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? . , the events playing out there in hawaii? ., , , ., ~ the events playing out there in hawaii? . , , a' v hawaii? our hearts break. it's 'ust hawaii? our hearts break. it's just heart-wrenching - hawaii? our hearts break. it's just heart-wrenching to - hawaii? our hearts break. it's| just heart-wrenching to watch. just heart—wrenching to watch. it's so similar. when we first saw the visual of what's going on, it took you right back to that time and they are going through exactly the stuff we went through and everybody i'd talk to just says our for them and our prayers go out to and every one of them.— every one of them. they can only imagine _ every one of them. they can only imagine what _ every one of them. they can only imagine what that - every one of them. they can only imagine what that must every one of them. they can i 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 kills people, many people lost everything similar to what is hard thing in lahaina. how do tragedies like this one effect these type of communities? it like this one effect these type of communities?— like this one effect these type of communities? it affected in many different _ of communities? it affected in many different ways. - of communities? it affected in many different ways. you've l of communities? it affected in l many different ways. you've got emotions going in every direction. i was listening to this before, what you are reporting, and it's very, it takes time for the resources to come and when you are out there with nothing, you've left your home and one gentleman had a hat, you have nothing, you don't have underwear, you don't have a toothbrush, you don't have a toothbrush, you don't have all the essentials, and so everything is needed at that point in time. and it's very difficult, i mean, it takes time for the different organisations to get their stuff together and get over there. i know they're 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 of that area so that people could have the time to really search and search thoroughly for people that perished in the fire. but that's very hard when that's your home and you want to go back and see if there is anything left, anything there. and it's very difficult. and some people are finding that their homes are fine and even they are having problems, because why did my house not burn and why is it ok and then heara burn and why is it ok and then hear a living burn and why is it ok and then heara living in burn and why is it ok and then hear a living in a disaster zone now? why was living in paradise, they were living in paradise. and now it doesn't look like paradise it doesn't look like paradise it doesn't look like paradise it doesn't look like away anymore. and the emotions go from to z. it is all over the board.- emotions go from to z. it is all over the board. what was that moment _ all over the board. what was that moment like, _ all over the board. what was that moment like, you - all over the board. what was that moment like, you know| 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 got in reports, i knew our house was lost. it was very interesting, we went around and looked at other people's home so we could report to them whether their house made it or not. because a lot of people didn't know. they had unfortunately heard that mine didn't make it, but it was just getting dark, the skies were dark anyway because the black smoke hung around for many, many days. as they got out of my truck and walked over, even though you know it, even though you know that it's gone, in your head your heart has a different feeling like maybe there's something you see the total devastation that everything, we had a two story house and it was down to 16—18 inches of rubble, that is all it was, with concrete all around. it's really emotional, it's 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.— many things run through your mind at that time. wow. and it still obviously _ mind at that time. wow. and it still obviously early _ mind at that time. wow. and it still obviously early days - mind at that time. wow. and it still obviously early days now l 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? , ., ' would you send to the residence there? , .,' i. ., there? first off, you need to take care — there? first off, you need to take care of _ there? first off, you need to take care of yourself - there? first off, you need to take care of yourself and - there? first off, you need to take care of yourself and get rest. find a way to get some rest. find a way to get some rest. you're going through so many emotions, your mind is going crazy, but if you don't take care of yourselfjust going crazy, but if you don't 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 something they can stay with fora while, ora place 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. we had a friend that we went to, we called them, and we said, hey, it is 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 cleanup, and everything else. it debris cleanup, and everything else. ., , , ., , debris cleanup, and everything else. ., ,, ., , else. it does seem to be a very lona else. it does seem to be a very long journey — else. it does seem to be a very long journey ahead _ else. it does seem to be a very long journey ahead and - else. it does seem to be a very long journey ahead and it - else. it does seem to be a very long journey ahead and it has l 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, joining us. california, “oining us. thank ou. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news. bringing you different stories from across the uk. , , . ., , the uk. this is the eco- museum tend a place _ the uk. this is the eco- museum tend a place to — the uk. this is the eco- museum tend a place to show _ the uk. this is the eco- museum tend a place to show off- tend a place to show off community projects that have been going on in preparation for the eisteddfod. these squares were knitted and crocheted by people in the area and then decorated by local schools to celebrate the place names. . , names. excitement across the generations _ names. excitement across the generations. it _ names. excitement across the generations. it has _ names. excitement across the generations. it has been - generations. it has been buzzing for months. everybody. you look around you and you see the signs on the banners and everything. it is amazing. but the welsh _ everything. it is amazing. but the welsh government says it is doing its bid to support this ledford with a quarter of £1 million and one of the grounds of £1.75 million towards making the festival more inclusive with free admission for low income families. sun was shining that make shining this morning and the weather is due to keep improving. the university hope that the wellingtons can stay in the car for a few days. you're live with bbc news. the nation of ecuador is still in a state of shock after presidential 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. villavicencio's 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 who'd exposed corruption, a man who said he wasn't 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 didn't protect him i as they should have. the state was in charge of fernando's 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. his team is not to be deterred. his team is not to be deterred. his running mate has agreed to take his place. she said i never thought this was to be permanent. fernando was aware of the risks he was taking and speaking out against corruption and organised crime. a few days before his murder he said he had been warned that he if he kept mentioning again he would regret it. at dawn today a man was transferred to prison. an operation involving thousands of police and soldiers. but then these _ of police and soldiers. but then these videos - of police and soldiers. but then these videos surfaced. warnings behind bars sent from different prisons with a simple message and for the ecuadorian president. he is hiding his own connections. thousands will die of a man is not kept alive. more evidence is needed to show just how powerful the organised crime is in ecuador. this is to be one of the more peaceful countries in south america. now mexican and colombian cartels are vying for territory. this is a battle of power between cartels and politicians but who wins is a great deal of fear as the campaign enters its final weeks. now to the us state of kansas, where events at a small town newspaper have sparked controversy over the first amendment. police raided the office of the marion county record friday, investigating how the paper obtained a document containing information about a local restaurant owner. police, who also searched the home of the paper's owner and a city council women, seized computers, servers, and phones belonging to reporters and editors. the marion county record, which has just seven employees, says the raid was due to tensions between the publication and government officials. its owner and editor says it's done nothing wrong and is expected to file a federal lawsuit over the matter. marion's police chief defended the raid. joining us now from lawrence, kansas is media law attorney with the kansas press association, max kautsch. thank you for being here. first could you put what took place into perspective for us? how common are these kinds of raids on newspapers in the united states? it on newspapers in the united states? , , states? it is unique in my career to _ states? it is unique in my career to have _ states? it is unique in my career to have a - states? it is unique in my career to have a search i states? it is unique in my - career to have a search warrant executed on a newspaper, on a news organisation in the state. there has even been pushed back in recent years about issuing subpoenas for journalists. kansas has a shield law that makes the subpoena of journalists very difficult and, you know, until last week that is where the contentious issue was in this state. because it was in this state. because it was just totally off the radar that this sort of search and seizure would be possible. that a search warrant would actually be executed. in the united states there was a notable instance in 2013 when the department ofjustice during the barack 0bama administration seized phone records of the associated press and executed a search warrant and after that there was fallout in the department ofjustice and department of justice and apologies department ofjustice and apologies were issued by the doj and standards were put in place so there had been hope among media law attorneys that these thoughts of search and seizures with things of the past because of the example that have been sent there by the doj in 2013. but we come to find out that that is not the case. ., find out that that is not the case, ., ., ., , find out that that is not the case. ., ., , case. local authorities say they obtained _ case. local authorities say they obtained a _ case. local authorities say they obtained a search - case. local authorities say - they obtained a search warrant for this raid. they say they believe that their actions were justified. what is your response to that?- justified. what is your response to that? justified. what is your resonse to that? ., ., response to that? for one thing we do not _ response to that? for one thing we do not have, _ response to that? for one thing we do not have, the _ response to that? for one thing we do not have, the authorities| we do not have, the authorities have not disclosed the affidavit in support of the probable cause statement that would havejustified probable cause statement that would have justified the probable cause statement that would havejustified the issue of a search warrant. what we do haveis of a search warrant. what we do have is the warrant itself and we can see two kansas laws that are alleged to have been broken. and, you know, the problem with both of those statutes is that, number one, there is an intent involved there, criminal intent in both these instances. and a newspaper it is the intent of the newspaper to report matters of public interest. and to make matters worse there was nothing even reported. all the information that came out about this, the trigger for that information was a public meeting in the city of marion in front of the city commission at which the restaurant owner herself is, disclosed information about this. until thenit information about this. until then it was not a public matter. it is hard to imagine how the paper could be involved in disseminating information under these circumstances in that would have violated the law. ,, ., , ., law. on sunday there were more than 30 major — law. on sunday there were more than 30 major news _ than 30 major news organisations including the new york times and the washington post who signed an open letter condemning this raid. why do you think national publications are paying such close attention to a small paper in kansas with just a handful of employees? the crime that is charged, that is potentially to be charged here about identity theft, what we have here is an unconstitutional application, a shoehorning, if you will, of a statute that is designed to protect against identity theft in the sense that someone's personal information is obtained and is then used to financially harm that person. what would happen, what happened here is that had the story been reported, which it was not, prior to the meeting, to the open meeting, we have a news organisation reporting matters in the public interest. the restaurant owner, there was a liquor licence that had to be applied for in the record, the driving record of the owner of someone applying for a liquor licensing kansas is a relevant concern and, you know, we deal with the business in town so the newspaper was in position to report something in connection with that and, again, i emphasise, chose not to report that and yet has been charged anyway. we to report that and yet has been charged anyway-— to report that and yet has been charged anyway. we will have to leave it there. _ charged anyway. we will have to leave it there. the _ charged anyway. we will have to leave it there. the media - charged anyway. we will have to leave it there. the media law i leave it there. the media law attorney with the kansas press association, take you very much, max. stay with us right here on bbc news. hello there. this upcoming week looks to be one of mixed fortunes. we're starting the week off with low pressure, much like we had over the weekend, but it could be really quite wet this across england and wales in particular on monday. then from tuesday onwards, high pressure starts to build in. that'll settle things down, it'll 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 we're 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 couldn't 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. it'll 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 there'll be plenty of sunshine. there could still be an isolated shower through central and northern areas, but it'll 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. that'll 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. china rolls out a new plan to attract local investors amid a slump in foreign investment and a slow recovery. and in taiwan, a slow recovery. and in taiwan, a firm has built the world's largest battery network to reduce the cost of going electric. hello and welcome to asia report. i'm monica miller. we begin in china, where over the weekend the government issued a new plan to secure foreign investment, the guidelines signal a willingness to protect the interests of local investors by offering tax and these are incentives. it comes at a time when beijing is struggling to attract foreign capital and its economic recovery is slowing down. last week, we learned china was seeing prices drop for the first time in more than two years. on tuesday we will get chinese industrial production and retail sales data forjuly. both will help fill in some of the gaps and how the country's export sector is faring and whether consumers are still spending. 0n the same day, another major asian economy, japan, releases gdp data for the second quarter. it could provide hints of whether