and then these high winds, winds averaging 70 mph, reignited those flames and, at times, they now believe that that fire was moving at a speed of one mile every minute, leaving those residents of lahaina with little chance of escaping. now here at this harbour today, we've met volunteers who have been taking their boats, packing their boats with aid, trying to get over to lahaina to distribute much needed humanitarian aid. people still need food, water, clean drinking water, shelter. the absolute basics at the moment, which are in short supply. and, speaking to everyone, you get the sense that people are traumatised here. many people from lahaina in particular have lost absolutely everything but, because their humanitarian needs are so great, they're barely able to process the loss. they're barely able to grieve when essentially they are sleeping out in the open in some cases when they have such dire humanitarian needs. there are other concerns about the weather. you can see that at times we are seeing high winds here which always causes concerns about blazes being reunited, about blazes being reignited, potentially spreading further. we've had some much needed and much welcome rain briefly today, but then further concerns from residents saying that if there's too much rain, if there is the potential forflooding over in lahaina could that complicate recovery efforts further? because right now people are combing through the rubble to try and find their loved ones, to try and identify their loved ones, and there's the concern that that could be washed away. let's bring in professor stefan doeerr from the centre of wildfire research at swansea university. good to see you. when we think of hawaii, we don't often think about fires and wildfires but they do have them and yet this one has been so severe with devastating and tragic consequences. why was this one so much worse than others they've experienced? much worse than others they've exnerienced?— much worse than others they've exerienced? , ., ., ., experienced? fires are not uncommon on hawaii. experienced? fires are not uncommon on hawaii- but — experienced? fires are not uncommon on hawaii. but the _ experienced? fires are not uncommon on hawaii. but the wind _ experienced? fires are not uncommon on hawaii. but the wind speed - experienced? fires are not uncommon on hawaii. but the wind speed this - on hawaii. but the wind speed this time were so extreme and the landscape so dry that you had the perfect combination of fire that was spreading very fast. in fact, much of the area burned is dominated by grass. fires can move quickly through the landscape than in other situations so there was about 60 mile an hour winds, one mile per kilometre, and that is definitely possible so extremely fast moving fire. ~ . , possible so extremely fast moving fire.~ . , . ,, possible so extremely fast moving fire. . , , fire. what is happening globally in terms of the _ fire. what is happening globally in 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western united states and hawaii being one of these areas as well, we have more frequent days where we can expect fire and more days we can expect a very extreme fire and this trend is definitely going to increase, no question about this. is going to increase, no question about this. , ., going to increase, no question about this. , . , , ., going to increase, no question about this. , . , ., this. is that because of climate chance? this. is that because of climate change? absolutely, _ this. is that because of climate change? absolutely, this - this. is that because of climate change? absolutely, this is - this. is that because of climate| change? absolutely, this is the this. is that because of climate - change? absolutely, this is the most direct link between _ change? absolutely, this is the most direct link between the _ change? absolutely, this is the most direct link between the potential - direct link between the potential for fire to happen. direct link between the potential forfire to happen. it direct link between the potential for fire to happen. it doesn't mean the landscape will burn more frequently because it depends also on the fuel available and how flammable the landscape is and how we manage landscapes and unfortunately, on maui, a lot of their vegetation has not been managed for a long time so we have a very flammable grasses surrounding lahaina which meant fire could travel fast across large areas igniting many buildings and wiping out the whole time. i igniting many buildings and wiping out the whole time.— igniting many buildings and wiping out the whole time. i noticed when i read our out the whole time. i noticed when i read your bio _ out the whole time. i noticed when i read your bio you — out the whole time. i noticed when i read your bio you study _ out the whole time. i noticed when i read your bio you study the - out the whole time. i noticed when i read your bio you study the social i read your bio you study the social perceptions of wildfires. is that changing? perceptions of wildfires. is that chanauin? ., v perceptions of wildfires. is that chanuuin? . �*, ., ., , perceptions of wildfires. is that chanhin? . �*, . . , changing? that's a really good question- _ changing? that's a really good question- we _ changing? that's a really good question. we just _ changing? that's a really good question. we just published i changing? that's a really good question. we just published a| changing? that's a really good - question. we just published a study on the media and wildfires and it really does go up and down. wildfires are very concentrated disasters that are globally far less deadly than hurricanes but they are devastating relatively small areas with tragic consequences of course. from that perspective, the perception of fire is clearly that it's on the rise but the reality is also if you look at the last decades, for example 2020, the deaths per year, they are more than twice what we've seen in the last four decades and if we think about the improvements in communication and rescue efforts and firefighting we would expect a decrease in fire, so in that sense, there is clearly an awareness of fire, people are more aware of this in many places of the world, but it doesn't mean we necessarily have better preparation as we've seen now in hawaii. thank ou ve as we've seen now in hawaii. thank you very much _ as we've seen now in hawaii. thank you very much for _ as we've seen now in hawaii. thank you very much forjoining _ as we've seen now in hawaii. thank you very much forjoining us. - here, prime minister rishi sunak is coming under renewed pressure from the labour oppostion — over his "stop the boats" pledge, after six migrants drowned trying to cross the channel over the weekend. home office figures show 509 people were detained or rescued trying to reach the uk from france on saturday. that brings the total so far this year to almost 16,700. let's talk to kolbassia how—zoo, director at the charity, freedom from torture. shejoins us from she joins us from london. shejoins us from london. lovely she joins us from london. lovely to see you. you came here to the uk fleeing torture in chad on a small boat. can you tell us about that experience. boat. can you tell us about that exoerience-_ boat. can you tell us about that experience. boat. can you tell us about that exerience. ., ,, ., ., experience. thank you for having me. the exoerience _ experience. thank you for having me. the experience was _ experience. thank you for having me. the experience was torturous. - experience. thank you for having me. the experience was torturous. you're| the experience was torturous. you're not 100% sure you will make it through. the fear you leave behind is greater than the risk you take but during that time you hold dear to your life and you try to manage it as safely as possible, but it's a choice you take and risk you take in order to get somewhere you feel that's where i want to get to and that's where i want to get to and that's where i want to get to and that's where i'm going to find acceptance i need and try to repair my life. acceptance i need and try to repair m life. ~ ., , acceptance i need and try to repair m life. ~ ., acceptance i need and try to repair m life. . . , . . my life. was that the main thing in our mind my life. was that the main thing in your mind before _ my life. was that the main thing in your mind before you _ my life. was that the main thing in your mind before you broaden - my life. was that the main thing in your mind before you broaden thati your mind before you broaden that boat, that predominant thought? i think my dominant thought was that what opportunities i can give myself so i can be safe? that for me was the most important thing and also the most important thing and also the fear of being tortured again and prosecuted again. that was driving me forward in i hope i'm going to make it through. before getting here, i had moments where i almost lost my life, and unfortunately, you know, i managed to keep my life intact, fortunately.— know, i managed to keep my life intact, fortunately. that experience ou had us intact, fortunately. that experience you had us back— intact, fortunately. that experience you had us back in _ intact, fortunately. that experience you had us back in 2005. _ intact, fortunately. that experience you had us back in 2005. when - intact, fortunately. that experience you had us back in 2005. when youi you had us back in 2005. when you speak to people for your charity, who have made that crossing more recently, do they tell you similar stories or have their experienced changed? the stories or have their experienced chan . ed? , . ., , stories or have their experienced chanced? , . .,, ., changed? the experience has not chanced changed? the experience has not changed at _ changed? the experience has not changed at all. _ changed? the experience has not changed at all. that _ changed? the experience has not changed at all. that makes - changed? the experience has not changed at all. that makes the i changed at all. that makes the experience people have, and also people, i ask them did you hear about people before you try to cross who had died and they said yes, i know. i want to take that chance. and i hope i'm going to make it through because that's the only option i have and if i don't make it, i'm not giving myself any chance at all. it's a similar experience people have, even though i came here in 2005 to people coming recently. briefly we had from the prime minister rishi sunak about his pledges and when of his key pledges is to stop the boats but he also talks about creating deterrence for people. do those deterrence in any way work? people. do those deterrence in any wa work? ~ , ., , way work? absolutely not. i lost my uncle, as way work? absolutely not. i lost my uncle. as well. _ way work? absolutely not. i lost my uncle, as well, in _ way work? absolutely not. i lost my uncle, as well, in a _ way work? absolutely not. i lost my uncle, as well, in a similar- uncle, as well, in a similar circumstances in libya. but it did not deter me to attempt the same journey and we hear so much about people dying but it does not deter people dying but it does not deter people taking that risk. what the prime minister needs to do is have compassion to solve this, and finding solutions. the compassionate and welcoming and then we can make a decision, like in my case. at the end, i was put in a detention centre and after that i had the opportunity to present my case and after that, the home office decided i needed protection and allowed me to stay and build a life here and that's the approach we need. we need to give people opportunities and we can find out if somebody needs protection and protection will be given and if they don't need protection then people can be returned back but we need to have compassion. those are the people we are when we talk to everybody in the streets. thank you for sharin: everybody in the streets. thank you for sharing your _ everybody in the streets. thank you for sharing your experiences - everybody in the streets. thank you for sharing your experiences and i for sharing your experiences and your thoughts on this issue. good to talk to you. your thoughts on this issue. good to talk to ou. ., ~ your thoughts on this issue. good to talk to you-— some big news from the world of football. psg have agreed a deal with saudi side al—hilal for the brazilian superstar neymar. he signed for the french champions for a world record fee of 222 million euros back in 2017, but his time there now appears to be coming to an end. let's head to the bbc sports centre and get the latest from will perry. we kind of knew this was coming but the money is certainly very big but has neymar talked more about why he is leaving paris injermaine and heading to saudi arabia? is leaving paris in jermaine and heading to saudi arabia? hello, lu . heading to saudi arabia? hello, lucy- the _ heading to saudi arabia? hello, lucy- the money _ heading to saudi arabia? hello, lucy. the money is _ heading to saudi arabia? hello, lucy. the money is a _ heading to saudi arabia? hello, lucy. the money is a huge i heading to saudi arabia? hello, i lucy. the money is a huge incentive. if we are led to believe he is earning at the moment 25 million euros a year on his contract there, and al—hilal will be adding to that so plenty of personal incentives and add—ons in this deal as well, not just for him and his father and agent and family. neymar hasn't played any football since february, hampered with ankle injuries, but at 31 year sale, there is no doubt he is still a miraculous talent. we saw glimpses of out of the world cup and if he can get back to where he was a few years ago particularly in his days at barcelona it's a huge coup for the saudi company who brought in cristiano ronaldo, maine, and like it or not, the saudi pro league trajectory is going up and they are signing these huge stars not at the end of their careers and is still not a good three or four years left at the top, neymar, so a massive dealfor at the top, neymar, so a massive deal for saudi at the top, neymar, so a massive dealfor saudi arabia and psg are not too unhappy to get off their books as well given they've been paying in that sort of money. he did have reconstructive _ paying in that sort of money. he did have reconstructive surgery - paying in that sort of money. he did have reconstructive surgery on i paying in that sort of money. he did have reconstructive surgery on his l have reconstructive surgery on his ankle, the ligaments, and will have to pass a physical of course. do we know how he is?— to pass a physical of course. do we know how he is? he's been hampered with ankle surgeries _ know how he is? he's been hampered with ankle surgeries and _ know how he is? he's been hampered with ankle surgeries and injuries i with ankle surgeries and injuries for years and years and years going back to his days at santos and barcelona and paris injermaine which is why a lot paris saint—germain fans were keen to see the back of him. psg is trying to move away from the galactic hose models. he was left out of the squad to play laurent by the new coach enrico who is not going to be in favour and looking to make its debut semi is fit and ready to go and has had ankle surgery and looking to make his debut and it will be fascinating to see against cristiano ronaldo. taste fascinating to see against cristiano ronaldo. ~ , ., . ., ronaldo. we will be watching that one closely- _ ronaldo. we will be watching that one closely. thank _ ronaldo. we will be watching that one closely. thank you _ ronaldo. we will be watching that one closely. thank you so - ronaldo. we will be watching that one closely. thank you so much. l one closely. thank you so much. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. from driverless cars to 3d printing — artificial intelligence has been transforming how we live. but could ai — one day — be capable of reading our minds? lara lewington of bbc panorama — has been investigating the potential risks and benefits — of the ai revolution. hi, laura. hi, good to meet you. thank you for having us. come on in. thanks. neuroscientist alexander huth has spent a decade trying to understand how the brain works. if we want to build intelligent machines, maybe we want to make things that act more like human brains. so that's kind of what got me into neuroscience. this year, his team had a breakthrough. using ai technology that can understand language, they've built a computer that can read minds. we scan people's brains with an fmri scanner while theyjust listen to stories. so we track how their brains respond while they're listening to hours and hours of stories. the team has trained the al on their own brains. as they listen to stories inside the scanner, the computer watches what happens. what sort of brain activity are you looking for? we're looking for brain activity that's related to specific ideas or specific words that appear in the stories. so, for example, whenever you hear somebody talk about parking a car, there are certain patterns of activity in the brain that will be present that reliably correspond to that kind of idea. and we're trying to build up that mapping from this very large data set. the computer looks for patterns in the vast amounts of data from the scanner. with enough training, it can translate brain activity into words. so the lead scientist is listening to a story for us. the war of the worlds. the martians in the pit had turned the heat ray on. a deep, throbbing sound, a silver pencil of light... ..and a narrow ribbon of bracken and grass and trees and houses stretching as far as the eye could see, was scorched. and this is the text that the ai created from the brain scan. in the decoded version, which misses a lot of things, but it gets some of the good stuff, fired the bullets out of the clip he had on him as he ran. and then i heard a huge crack as a large piece of concrete hit my forehead and then a giant ball of fire. the general idea of "big noise, got hurt" is there in both of them. yeah. and then also the idea that something was on fire, the scorched versus a giant ball of fire, it captured all those things, but clearly not exactly the right words. so far, it's only analysed the brains of a handful of volunteers who've all spent 16 hours being scanned. but they hope it'll unlock the secrets of how our minds work. we are really pushing on and what a lot of our effort in the lab goes toward is using this to actually understand the brain better. that's our scientific goal. in the end, we want to know how does the brain work? how do our brains process language? how do we understand ideas? how do we think? sounds great, but what happens if it ends up in the wrong hands? some people are scared or think that the thought police is coming. i think it's a fair reaction to this to say, like, this is scary, i don't want this to happen. that was kind of our reaction too, like, the first thing that we thought when we got this working was like, this is fantastic, it's working. and then like, oh my god, this is working. are the thought place coming? not yet. none of the current technologies that we have would be effective at actually policing people's thoughts. and lara joins us now. we've got so many questions for you. my we've got so many questions for you. my mind is blown away by some of this technology. how soon could we see something like this rolled out, though? where are we at in terms of the development of this tech? i think what we've seen is really exciting but we also need to be realistic about it. right now, the people whose brains have been tracked have each spent 16 hours in an mri scanjust tracked have each spent 16 hours in an mri scan just collecting the data so that's a big step to start with. to have their mind read they need to be back in the mri machine so for most real—world purposes you might want to use this for example, people with medical conditions who are struggling to speak or losing their ability to speak, this could be really useful but we are a really long way from that being something plausible because it would need to be possible to be done in a wearable device. has be possible to be done in a wearable device. �* , ., . be possible to be done in a wearable device. �* , . . ., ., device. as we were watching, lara, we were chatting _ device. as we were watching, lara, we were chatting in _ device. as we were watching, lara, we were chatting in the _ device. as we were watching, lara, we were chatting in the studio i device. as we were watching, lara, we were chatting in the studio and | we were chatting in the studio and in the gallery as well because it feels slightly worrying and is always this existential risk that people talk about when we see technology like that. should we be worried? i don't think there's any reason to worry about this right now because of the fact you need to be in an mri scanner and they would be a lot of steps of technological advancement needed before this could become something where our thoughts would be read at random, where our minds be read as you walk down the street. but minds be read as you walk down the street. �* ~ , , ., street. but i think this is a natural reaction _ street. but i think this is a natural reaction to - street. but i think this is a natural reaction to a i street. but i think this is a natural reaction to a lot i street. but i think this is a natural reaction to a lot ofi street. but i think this is a i natural reaction to a lot of ai and something i see all the time. everybody leaps ahead to a worst—case scenario and what might happen in the future. there are some real worries right now, bias, disinformation, the idea if you ask an ai system to do something it doesn't have the human thought to avoid the things we would naturally avoid the things we would naturally avoid in what ever that end goal is, so there's a lot of risks out there and what we try to do in this programme is look at what the real risks are right now and potentially in the future but also the benefits because there is going to be great benefits especially in health treatment even drug discovery, so we are trying to cover a lot in a half—hour programme but they really are pros and cons out there and so much to think about as well as the fear people naturallyjump to. looking forward to seeing it. thank you so much. more now on those deadly wildfires in hawaii. we can bring you the story of one family's harrowing experience. akanesi vaa has been recalling how her husband and three children got stuck in traffic whilst trying to escape — recording part of their experience on their mobile phones. here's akanesi describing what happened. this year is where we were at before we made the decision. this is the electric cord which lit up at the mains. that's my husband and the passenger seat. mains. that's my husband and the passengerseat. he mains. that's my husband and the passenger seat. he kept getting in and out to hose down small fires which were starting. from our parking stall to the entrance of our apartment complex, it went from blue skies to grade two black and all we saw was a fire we had no idea what was going on. there was no siren. nothing. i mean come it was heartbreaking seeing our community... my neighbours... lots of elderly people. trying to make it down the stairs just to get into their cars. everything is coming so quickly you could feel the heat sitting in our car. and out of nowhere ijust hear banging on this window. and everything starts... i'm looking to my left and i'm literally next to this car with this grandmother yelling for help and she is just shouting, please grandmother yelling for help and she isjust shouting, please help me, i have a baby. at that time i'm like what do i do? of course ijump out andi what do i do? of course ijump out and i grabbed the baby, i ran around the car, opened up the back, the baby was on her side, right behind her i reached over and grabbed the baby. she was about three years old. i grabbed her, she was sitting in a blanket. i wrapped i grabbed her, she was sitting in a blanket. iwrapped in i grabbed her, she was sitting in a blanket. i wrapped in the blanket and i told my kids, run and don't turn around and look for me. my nine—year—old kept telling me, ma'am, i can't... nine—year—old kept telling me, ma'am, ican't... please, ma'am, in that time of not knowing this little child i was running with, for me to be scared and for her not to be able to see anything because i had her wrapped in this blanket and her to constantly tell me thank you, auntie. i knew she probably gave me some kind of hope. an incredible story there of trying to escape through the flames. if you go to the bbc news website we have some more eyewitness accounts of what people have been through there and the fact that lots of residents are saying the warning sirens never sounded. just 3% of lahaina, the town most affected, had been searched through so far so we are looking at about almost 100 people killed now but the real fear is the death toll will continue to go up so we are covering an awful lot on the website and its always dramatic when you see the before and after pictures. if you scroll down on the peace there you will see some quite dramatic comparisons of before the scene and there it is when the island was lit up and on fire. to italy now. flights serving the eastern sicilian city of catania have been halted after an eruption from nearby mount etna — the most active volcano in europe. the volcano burst into action on sunday night, firing lava and ash high over the mediterranean island. the lava flow subsided before dawn, but ash was still coming from one of the craters. to give you an idea of the disruption this is causing, the airport was scheduled to be the sixth busiest in italy today, with 235 flights scheduled to depart and arrive. it's a big tourist destination in sicily. but some of those flights might yet make it as the airport is currently scheduled to reopen at eight tonight local time. there's always time to show you pandas. zookeepers held a birthday celebration for the first panda cub born in singapore. here is le le receiving some special treats. having a good time. hello, for some of us it has been a thoroughly soggy start to the new working week with a low pressure in charge of our weather and this frontal system which has become quite slow moving across parts of northern england and north wales generating some very heavy bursts of rain and through the rest of the day it is north wales but perhaps more especially northern england and into the far south of scotland where we will see the wettest of the weather, could well be enough rain to cause localised transport disruption, may be a little bit of flooding and quite windy across southern and eastern parts. sunshine and showers away from our main rain band and temperatures generally in the low to mid 20s. as we head through tonight, that rain will lingerfor mid 20s. as we head through tonight, that rain will linger for a time across eastern scotland and north—east england. i think much of it will pull away by the end of the night. 0ne it will pull away by the end of the night. one or two showers out west but the majority will be dry with clear spells and certainly not a cold night. 11—15. for tomorrow, the last vestiges of that rainbow clear from eastern scotland and north—east england and then its sunshine and showers. some of the showers could be on the heavy side but there will be on the heavy side but there will be some decent dry gaps in between and some spells of sunshine. temperature wise, 19 degrees in aberdeen. 23 in norwich and in london. as we move out of tuesday into wednesday we start to see this quite weak area of high pressure building its way in so that will settle things down to some extent. underneath that high, we could see some quite dense fog patches to start particular across western parts of england, wales and northern ireland. some of that fog taking a while to clear but it should do quite readily through the morning and then some sunny spells, a chance of one or two showers, but signs of something perhaps a little bit warmer developing down towards the south—east. it does look like we'll see some warmer weather later in the week. it's going to be a one week generally across much of continental europe, but as we move through thursday and into the starting friday, we will start to develop a south easterly breeze bringing some of that warmer air our way but just how warm it gets depends on the progress of this frontal system swinging from the atlantic, because that will bring cloud and some heavy rain northwards and eastwards but before that arrives it looks like temperatures will, for some, get up into the middle 20s celsius but some very wet weather swinging eastward through friday and into the start of the weekend. today at one — two thirds of cancer waiting time targets are likely to be scrapped in the nhs in england. clinicians say simplifying the system will help catch the disease earlier, though some say more investment is needed in treatment capacity. everyone wants simpler targets, that will be easier for patients to understand. but the problem is, we're in the worst cancer crisis of my lifetime and simply changing targets won't cure patients. we'll ask why these changes are happening now. also on the programme... # amazing grace... after the hawaii wildfires, the congregation that's lost its church keeping the faith that its town can be rebuilt. we're going to shake ourselves up and we're going to keep going forward. you know? we're not broken. the place might be, for now, but you know, it won't stay that way. push—ups, texting and taking selfies, some of the dangerous activities which have been caught on camera at level crossings. could artificial intelligence read our minds using data from a brain scan? we visit a research project in texas. and fed up with wet staycations? we hear from the holiday company offering insurance against too much rain.