let's go live now to our reporter on the ground in maui, helena humphrey. helena, the governor of hawaii, josh green, has been speaking again today. what has he been saying? he has been giving up statement in that update he warned once again as he appears to be doing daily now that the death toll which is already significant is likely to rise. he has also been speaking about how it was that these wildfires were able to move so quickly and he said authorities now believe that one of the fires they believed to be extinguished in fact was not and when we saw high winds of a 70 mph, that allow them to take hold. he said at one moment they believe that these fires were moving at a frightening pace of one mile every minute, leaving residents of lahaina with very little time to escape. he has also spoken with the federal response he says the us health department is now involved in more tree services and are receiving more us assistance to remove toxic waste in the area of lahaina. he has also been given update and a comment from the point of view as a physician, he is a trade physician, he is a trade physician as well as governor about what people are finding when they go into communities. listen to what he said. hi listen to what he said. i'll tell you — listen to what he said. i'll tell you this _ listen to what he said. i'll tell you this as a physician, it is— tell you this as a physician, it is a — tell you this as a physician, it is a harrowing site. when those — it is a harrowing site. when those providers, the police and this division do come across scenes_ this division do come across scenes in_ this division do come across scenes in houses or businesses, it is very— scenes in houses or businesses, it is very difficult for them because _ it is very difficult for them because they know ultimately they will share with our people that therapy more fatalities i expect— that therapy more fatalities i expect numbers to rise. | that therapy more fatalities i expect numbers to rise. i know ou've expect numbers to rise. i know you've also _ expect numbers to rise. i know you've also spoken _ expect numbers to rise. i know you've also spoken with - you've also spoken with residence there. so many affected by the blaze. what have they been telling you? every person you speak to hear on maori mark might know someone who is impacted or about themselves —— maui. we begin down here at the harbour today because many volunteers have," to get aid to lahaina with growing criticism about the speed and scale of the response they are receiving from federal authorities. i've spoken to people who have lost everything and i met a man down here today, a young man called delaney, who held that his hands his hat and he said he lost everything in lahaina, and that was the only thing he could recoverfrom that was the only thing he could recover from the that was the only thing he could recoverfrom the rubble. i wasn't able to guard my truck. _ iwasn't able to guard my truck. so— i wasn't able to guard my truck, so grab anything from my house — truck, so grab anything from my house i— truck, so grab anything from my house. i was busy running up and _ house. i was busy running up and down _ house. i was busy running up and down the block telling everybody it's time to go because i saw the smoke coming and i_ because i saw the smoke coming and i knew— because i saw the smoke coming and i knew the wind was strong enough — and i knew the wind was strong enough that it would likely take — enough that it would likely take out the town. the hardest thing _ take out the town. the hardest thing about that for the owners of houses, luckily i am a renter, _ of houses, luckily i am a renter, but the owners of the houses — renter, but the owners of the houses don't want to accept their— houses don't want to accept their houses have burnt down so it's hard — their houses have burnt down so it's hard for— their houses have burnt down so it's hard for people to get out of the — it's hard for people to get out of the house. lahaina is a small— of the house. lahaina is a small town, everybody is strong so it _ small town, everybody is strong so it hard — small town, everybody is strong so it hard to get somebody out of the — so it hard to get somebody out of the house until the house will llum— of the house until the house will burn down. this heart was the only— will burn down. this heart was the only thing that made it of mind — the only thing that made it of mind i— the only thing that made it of mind. i recently started to ride — mind. i recently started to ride balls as it was a big sign that— ride balls as it was a big sign that i— ride balls as it was a big sign that i should keep doing what i want _ that i should keep doing what i want to— that i should keep doing what i want to do and keep pushing through— want to do and keep pushing through no matter what. it was in my— through no matter what. it was in my truck— through no matter what. it was in my truck in my truck was not to the — in my truck in my truck was not to the ground.— to the ground. i've seen you here with — to the ground. i've seen you here with your— to the ground. i've seen you here with your friends - to the ground. i've seen you here with your friends and i to the ground. i've seen you i here with your friends and the truck and you've lost everything, yet here you are trying to get help to other people which is just absolutely remarkable. is enough help getting into lahaina? absolutely not. there should be organisations from all over the world — organisations from all over the world coming in and that everybody is on it but like i said. — everybody is on it but like i said. we _ everybody is on it but like i said, we help now. we're the ones — said, we help now. we're the ones that— said, we help now. we're the ones that can do that, we're the — ones that can do that, we're the ones _ ones that can do that, we're the ones they can put forth the effort — the ones they can put forth the effort and do the little we are for the — effort and do the little we are for the community which we can try and — for the community which we can try and take as much gas, food and water— try and take as much gas, food and water in every day and thank— and water in every day and thank you to all the hawaiian guys — thank you to all the hawaiian guys that get us through the cops— guys that get us through the cops because without them we wouldn't — cops because without them we wouldn't be able to get through lahaina — wouldn't be able to get through lahaina. hawaii and maui is strong _ lahaina. hawaii and maui is stronu. ~ �* lahaina. hawaii and maui is stronu. �* ., . ., strong. we've noticed that the wind where — strong. we've noticed that the wind where you _ strong. we've noticed that the wind where you are _ strong. we've noticed that the wind where you are has - strong. we've noticed that the wind where you are has been i wind where you are has been picking up my bed again. is it possible that the weather could play a factor again on the island? ., , ., , island? there are these moments when the wind — island? there are these moments when the wind picks _ island? there are these moments when the wind picks up _ island? there are these moments when the wind picks up and - island? there are these moments when the wind picks up and of- when the wind picks up and of course that is causing dynamite concerns the they could be the possibility of any of these blazes reigniting, flaring up again. we did feel very briefly today some raindrops which of course we'll see welcome relief to many people here especially when the island has seen such significant drought for many months, but i have to say that with the prospect of any rain particularly heavy rain, here on maori, it could potentially further collocate recovery efforts because were there to be significant rainfall in lahaina, that can essentially wash away the debris, the rubble, which is likely containing more human remains. adding another layer of complication to the rescue efforts. helena humphries on the ground for us in maui. thank you very 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 correspondent, john 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 0ahu? 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 rebuiling in paradise and now reliving their grief as they see what's happened in hawaii. earlier i spoke to the mayor of paradise, california greg bolin. thank you further being with us tonight. you must be following the tragedy in lahaina closely. what's been your reaction and what are your feelings as the events play out in hawaii? 0ur events play out in hawaii? our hearts break. it isjust heart—wrenching to watch and so similar when we first saw the visual of what was going on, it took you right back to that time and they are going through exactly the stuff we went through and everybody i talk to, there is heartbreakfor them and offer prayers go to each and every one of them. i each and every one of them. i can only imagine what that must be like to have gone through that fire in the 18 analyses something so similar, the camp fire killed 35 people, many people in your city of paradise lost things similar to what's happening in lahaina. how do tragedies like this affect these kinds of communities? benefactor in many different ways. you have emotions in every direction. ito your reporting and it takes time for the resources to come. when you are out there with nothing, you've left your home and you have one gentleman had a heart, you have nothing. you don't have underwear, you don't have a toothbrush, you don't have all the essentials, so everything is needed at that point in time. it is very difficult. it takes time for the different organisations to get their stuff together and get their stuff together and get over there. i know they are 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 a dad. we really had to close off the area so people could have the time to really search and search thoroughly for people that perished in the fire, but that's very hard when you're at your home and you want to go back to see if there's anything left, anything varied, and it's very difficult. some people are finding that their homes are fired and they are having problems because why did my house not and why is it ok here i am living in a disaster zone now? i was living in paradise. they are living in paradise. now does not look like paradise anymore, it does not look like hawaii anymore and the emotions go from to z, it is all over the board. go from to 2, it is all over the board.— go from to 2, it is all over the board. ~ ., ., , ., the board. what was the moment like? i the board. what was the moment like? i know _ the board. what was the moment like? i know you _ the board. what was the moment like? i know you are _ the board. what was the moment like? i know you are living - the board. what was the moment like? i know you are living in - like? i know you are living in paradise in 2018 when the fire swept through your child. what was it like when he returned to find what was left? i was it like when he returned to find what was left?— find what was left? i had rotten find what was left? i had gotten reports, - find what was left? i had gotten reports, i - find what was left? i had gotten reports, i knew. find what was left? i had i gotten reports, i knew our house was lost. it was very interesting, we went around and looked at other people's homes so we could report to them whether they house medical not because a lot of people didn't know. i unfortunately heard that mine didn't make it but it was just getting dark, that mine didn't make it but it wasjust getting dark, the skies were dark anyway because the black smoke hung around for many, many days. as i got out of my truck and walked over, even though you know it, even though you know that it is gone, and your head, your heart has a different feeling like maybe there is something and when you see the total devastation that everything, we had a two story house and it was down to 16—18 inches of rubble, but all it was with a concrete ground. it is very emotional, it's very tough, and all the things you want to pass onto your kids from the generations before you, you will not be able to pass the money involved. they are gone. so many things run through your mind at that time. it is so many things run through your mind at that time.— mind at that time. it is still obviously _ mind at that time. it is still obviously early _ mind at that time. it is still obviously early days - mind at that time. it is still obviously early days in - mind at that time. it is still. obviously early days in lahaina mark with some of the fire still burning there but if you had a message to lahaina mark about the recovery and the rebuilding that will be taking place, what message would you send to residents there? you need to take _ send to residents there? you need to take care _ send to residents there? you need to take care of- send to residents there? ym. need to take care of yourself and get rest. you are going through so many emotions, your mind is going crazy but if you don't take care of yourself people get very sick afterwards because of the anxiety and everything that happened. somehow find rest for yourself and then you've got to, you need help. everybody needs help in situations. hopefully they can find friends, relatives or something they can stay with for a while or a place they can stay where people come and take care of them and help them. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bringing you different stories from across the uk. from the plane, grey expansive wall. the gable end of this house on the a6 has been completely transformed. now depicting a kingfisher, magnolia and a mill wheel, the design gives a nod to the town's industrial heritage with owner stealth walsh hoping the mural will brighten up the town. i walsh hoping the muralwill brighten up the town. i think it will really _ brighten up the town. i think it will really if _ brighten up the town. i think it will really if people - brighten up the town. i think it will really if people are - it will really if people are sensible or and wonder and inspiration and as as they drive through town —— awe. the drive through town -- awe. the artist is sarah _ drive through town —— awe. the artist is sarah yates who painted peregrines on the museum in derby. hopefully it will encourage _ museum in derby. hopefully it will encourage artists - museum in derby. hopefully it will encourage artists to - museum in derby. hopefully it will encourage artists to be - museum in derby. hopefully it will encourage artists to be a l will encourage artists to be a bit more expressive in the community on this type of level. ,, , ., , community on this type of level. ,, , ., level. steph has funded part of the product — level. steph has funded part of the product -- _ level. steph has funded part of the product -- project with - the product —— project with donations from the community. any donations to gofundme will be donated to derbyshire wildlife trust. you're live with bbc news. the nation of ecuador is still in a state of shock after presidential candidate fernando villavicensio 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 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. environmentalist andrea gonzalez was his running mate. she's agreed to take his place and keep his legacy going. "i never thought this would be permanent," she said. fernando villavicencio was well aware of the risks he was taking by speaking out against corruption and organised crime. just a few days before his murder, he'd said he'd been warned. keep mentioning the choneros gang, and they would break him. at dawn today, one of the gangs leaders, jose adolfo macias, also known as fito, was transferred to another prison, an operation involving thousands of police and soldiers. but then these videos surfaced. warnings behind bars sent from different prisons and a simple message for ecuador�*s president, guillermo lasso. he says the move is a smoke screen to hide his own connections with criminal gangs. and then came the threat — keep fito alive for the well being of ecuadorians. if not, thousands will die. more evidence is needed to showjust how powerful organised crime is in ecuador. this used to be one of the more peaceful countries in south america. now, mexican and colombian cartels vying for territory have taken over. this is a battle of power between cartels and politicians, but who ultimately wins? there's a great deal of fear as the campaign enters its final week. katy watson, bbc news. 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. it's owner and editor say it's done nothing wrong 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 say it's done nothing wrong and is expected to file a federal lawsuit over the matter. marion's police chief defended the raid. earlier i spoke to media law attorney with the kansas press association, max kautsch. max, thank you for being here. can you put what took place in kansas into perspective here? how common are these kinds of raids on newspapers in the united states? it's 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. —— pushback. kansas has a shield law that makes the subpoena of journalists very difficult and, you know, until last week that's where the contentious issue was in the 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 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 were 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. 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? for one thing we do not have, the authorities have not disclosed the affidavit in support of the probable cause statement that would havejustified the issue 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's the intent of the newspaper to report matters of public interest. and to make matters worse there was nothing even reported. all of 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 then it was not a public matter. so it's hard to imagine how the paper could be involved in disseminating information under these circumstances in that would have violated the law. on sunday there were more 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? well, the crime that is charged, that is potentially to be charged here about identity theft, what we have here is an unconstitutional application, or what appears to be 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 wasn't, prior to the meeting, to the open meeting, is 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 and so the record, the driving record of the owner of someone applying for a liquor license in 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. 0k, we'll have to leave it there. max kautsch, media law attorney with the kansas press association, take you very much, max. before we go —— let's re—cap our top story. at least 93 people have been killed in the maui fire that razed hawaii's historic town of lahaina — the most deadly us fire in a century. in the past few hours, hawaii's governor — josh green — warned residents to expect the death toll to rise. stay with us on bbc news. we can hand off to our colleagues in london. alive look there at a rainy city of london. inks for watching bbc news. —— thanks for watching. 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 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. place, what message would you send to residents there? this is bbc news. we will have the headlines which is straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. the struggle between the chinese state and hong kong's pro—democracy activists makes david's fight with goliath look like an even match. despite its one country, two systems pledge, beijing has found ways to stamp out dissent in the territory, and now, china is actively seeking to apprehend activists in overseas exile. my guest today is one of them, nathan law, the hong kong student leader who fled his home in 2020 and advocates for democratic reform from the uk. has china proved it knows how to make repression work?