brings a bumper crop for wine producers. hello, i'm frankie mccamley. we start in hawaii, where the number of people confirmed dead following devastating wildfires has risen to 96. five days after fires hit the state, hundreds of people remain unaccounted for. hawaii's attorney general is conducting a "comprehensive review" into how the authorities responded. it's the worst us disaster of its kind in more than a century. the military is helping to look for victims in the town of lahaina. but so far only a tiny fraction of the affected area — less than 5% — has been searched.

authorities say they expect the death toll to rise significantly. wildfires are still burning and firefighters are working to bring them under control. these pictures are from the us national guard which is providing assistance. hawaiians are donating supplies to be sent to the worst affected areas. but locals on the island of maui say much more help is needed. hawaii's governor gave this update. it is a harrowing sight in maui. when those providers, the police in this division, do come across scenes in houses or businesses, it's very difficult for them because they know ultimately they'll be sharing with our people that there have been more fatalities. i do expect the numbers to rise. our north america correspondent sophie long, who's on maui, has been hearing from some of the bereaved and survivors who have lost everything. she sent this report. the fire left more than a city devastated, and charred black buildings behind.

existential questions hover above the emptiness. how can you rebuild from this? what will exist here in the future? a now churchless congregation gathers at a coffee shop to share their pain. one of the police officers sent me pictures. it used to be my house. i wept, but weeping is not a lack of faith. god gave us tears. # amazing grace... there are so many questions that remain without answers. why did one survive to sit in a makeshift church when their neighbour didn't? what will become of their community so crippled by a loss that's still being counted? i don't think it will ever be the same.

i hope it will be better. that's my prayer. and i believe that, i think one day, you know, it can be an even better lahaina than it was hopefully, that is what i hope at least. how do they explain to those too young to understand what their parents can't comprehend? children live in a moment when they're young. so you may have to explain it more than once with them. but all you can do isjust be straightforward, tell them the fire took the house. the terrible thing is that, it's going to be hard because the next fire, you know, the next time they hear fire, that fear is going to come back. we actually had one lady beating on our window, "save me, save me." these people may have lost their homes but they have not lost their hope. we are going to build ourselves up,

shake ourselves up, keep going forward, we are not broken. that place might be for now but it won't stay that way. and even the elderly with other places they could go will stay and rebuild. family on the mainland are trying to get me to move back, and my son told my daughter, he said, "you don't get it. dad is going to die there. because that's his home." it's our home. but we'll come back. we'll survive, we'll get through this. they'll tell their children that there has been mass death and destruction, but out of it came heroes and hope. our correspondent helena humphrey sent this update from maui a short while ago.

fresh warnings from the governor josh green that the death toll here on maui is likely to rise further and also more details from the governor about why this wildfire was able to take hold of the island with the ferocity that it did. the governor saying that they now believe they thought this blaze was under control when, in fact, it hadn't been extinguished. 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. we will be following that story throughout the day. the health service in england is set to change its cancer waiting time targets — which have often been missed in recent years. it's thought nine performance standards will be reduced to three, with the aim of making diagnosis and treatment timelines easier. our health editor hugh pym has more details. nhs england says the aim is to simplify and update cancer standards with advice from clinical leaders. most cancer targets have been missed for some time. a consultation exercise was started last year and the outcome is set to be published imminently, subject to final approval by ministers. three targets would be maintained. diagnosis of cancer within 28 days of referral, the start of treatment within two months of an urgent referral, and treatment starting one month after a decision to treat.

but other targets, for example, a two—week wait from an urgent gp referral to see a consultant, including for breast cancer patients, will be dropped. an nhs spokesperson said the changes would remove the need for unnecessary outpatient appointments in order to comply with waiting time rules and allow more patients to get a faster diagnosis. but a spokesperson for the catch up with cancer campaign said while chasing too many targets could be disruptive, the real truth was not enough was being invested in treatment capacity, and tinkering at the edges with sound bites would not put this right. hugh pym, bbc news. american fbi agents have arrived in ecuador to help in an investigation into the killing of the presidential candidate fernando villavicencio — who was killed less than two weeks before elections were due to take place. his campaign had focused on tackling drug gangs and corruption. fbi agents have met with ecuadorean police and prosecutors after the current president requested assistance from the us.

security was tight in quito, as a debate took place between the remaining presidential candidates. ana maria roura salazar from bbc mundo told me more about the murder investigation. this definitely has shaken the country. president lasso said the assassination of villavicencio was an attempt to sabotage this election. we are nowjust six days away from anticipated election in ecuador and one of the candidates is dead. just to put this in context, this is unprecedented in ecuador thatjust a few years ago was one of the safest countries in the latin american region and that was before the boom of the production of cocaine.

let's remember that ecuador is kind of sandwiched between colombia and peru, which are the biggest producers of cocaine in the world. in recent years, ecuador has become more and more attractive, not only for transit but also for stock and distribution of cocaine from south america to europe and to the us. reports claim that big cartels are working in alliance with local gangs in the country. as a result, violence hasjust spread in ecuador and 2022 was one of the most violent in the history of the country. and we are seeing this rise in violence. three politicians killed since february this year. will elections go ahead as planned? is there more security being put in place? how is this latest murder going to impact them? well, there's no change on the election date itself. it's going to be held next sunday as planned.

the political movement of the assassinated candidate has nominated another candidate to replace him, who was a friend and also a journalist. his name is christian zurita. but things now are so unpredictable. the security of the people voting, that there is also a concern, and president guillermo lasso has declared another state of emergency in all the country that will be in place before the election date. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. a five—year—old girl has suffered significant facial injuries after being attacked by a dog outside a corner shop. the attack happened in norton, stockton—on—tees, on saturday. cleveland police said the child was taken to hospital for treatment and a dog had been seized. the dogs owner remained

at the scene after the attack. scotland's biggest teaching union says new recruits are leaving the profession because they aren't being offered secure jobs. the eis is calling on the scottish government to increase council funding, to reduce the number of teachers being employed on short term—contracts. the scottish government says it's been taking "strong action" to protect teacher numbers. and have you been offered a pay rise to stop you from moving jobs? a survey suggests companies are increasingly making "counter offers" to keep staff who are tempted by higher wages from rival firms. the chartered institute of personnel and development found that 40% of them had made such offers over the past year. you're live with bbc news. landslides and flash floods have killed at least 16 people in india's northern state of heemahkall pradesh. this video from the scene shows

rescuers trying to free those trapped under the debris. homes were washed away after a sudden cloudburst. local officials have warned people to stay at home, with more heavy rainfall expected over the coming days. plett�*s head to delhi and our reporter is there for us. bring us up—to—date, what do we know so far? this is of course an evolving situation?— this is of course an evolving situation? ~ , , ., �* , situation? well, yes, that's right, not one but _ situation? well, yes, that's right, not one but multiple _ situation? well, yes, that's right, not one but multiple landslides i situation? well, yes, that's right, i not one but multiple landslides and homes have been washed away in different places. this impact began yesterday, on sunday night when seven people died, including a child. today is monday and monday this is currently the month of lord shiva and people go to temples to offer prayers every monday. and

there was a lot of rush at a temple in one area where this particular incident happened. people are still stuck under the debris. the chief minister is there, a few people have already died, but a few are still there and rescue efforts are on to save them. the officials are there, the entire machinery is there. but at the same time the situation continues to be grim. the roads have been shut for instance and i'm getting alerts from the police saying roads have been closed, because of landslides. and the forecast is also equally grim, because the department has said that there is a yellow warning for heavy rains on tuesday as well. and a wet speu rains on tuesday as well. and a wet spell has been predicted until 18th august. there have been rains in

many areas. these are different places in pradesh which have received heavy rain fall since yesterday and there has been an alert, luckily the administration, the government, they shut down schools and all educational institutions, but today and tomorrow will be a holiday in any case in india. but otherwise the situation continues to be grim. rescue efforts are on to save while we speak we have the figure that is coming from the officials, it is... at least 29 people according to the officials have already died in the area and 15 people at least 15 people, are feared trapped under the debris of the temple, because of this particular season, this particular auspicious day of people visiting to

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gathered the necessary evidence to prosecute the ousted president and his local and foreign accomplices before the national and international authorities for high treason and undermining the internal and external security of niger, following his exchanges with the nationals of foreign heads of state and the heads of international organisations. so where is president barzoum being held and in what conditions? we asked our correspondent nkechi ogbonna. we know that the president and his top government officials are being held, the president is believed to be at the palace while others among his officials are being held in other parts, but we do not know what this new evidence that the army has said they have gathered is. but this could be linked closely

to the general who on saturday said in a statement that the coup was well intended and in that, staving off an imminent threat that would have affected niger and its neighbour nigeria, although he did not say specifically what that threat was, but we would only find out probably in the next coming days. have we had any response from the ousted president orfrom ecowas, the union that is calling for the reinstatement of president bazoum? at the moment, we have not heard anything from ecowas or any of the other international organisations but we do know that the african union's peace and security council is due to have a meeting today to discuss this development and the entire niger crisis — also, they are expected to resume talks today with the junta leaders today ever since they expressed their willingness to enter

into talks but this new development of the evidence as claimed by the junta could very well undermine the process of peace, because we do not know what the army has up their sleeves, and it could actually stall the entire peaceful negotiation talks that are expected to happen in the coming days. let's get some of the day's other news now. a russian drone and rocket attack on the port city of odesa has set fire to a supermarket. video released by ukraine's state emergency services showed firefighters trying to put out a huge fire which destroyed most of the structure. a landmark defence deal between australia and japan has come into force. it's only japan's second defence agreement following its longstanding alliance with the us.

it means australian and japanese forces will now be able to operate in each others' countries with japanese f35 fighters due to be deployed to northern australia soon. the agreement was signed in 2022 due to concerns over an increasingly assertive china. two people have been killed after a tornado hit eastern china. state broadcaster cctv showed these pictures of the tornado tearing through farmland, leaving roofs damaged. 15 other people were reported to have been injured in jiangsu province. here, the government is considering putting messages inside cigarette packets to encourage smokers to quit. warnings have been printed on the outside of boxes for 50 years — but now ministers will consult on plans to go further in an attempt to get more people to stop smoking. the inserts are already in use in other countries — including canada and israel. matt cole has more details.

images like this have been on cigarette packets since the late noughties. written warnings have been around even longer, but now the plan is to think inside the box. messages could be popped into packets which would set out the health and financial benefits of giving up and offer information on support for quitting. the grim warnings on the outside are warnings about the harm. and they help prevent children from starting to smoke and they help encourage smokers to think about why they should quit. but you can't put much information on them. so the pack inserts can give you a lot more information about how best to quit. the department of health says a similar scheme in canada found those exposed to the inserts multiple times were significantly more likely to try to give up smoking. the uk government believes smoking places a huge burden on the nhs, claiming it is the single leading preventable cause of illness

and mortality in the uk, resulting in nearly 4% of all hospital admissions at an annual cost to the nhs of £2 billion a year. the government wants to drive those figures down, having pledged to have fewer than 5% of britain smoking by 2030. earlier this year, experts predicted that target would be missed without further action. but if the idea to put inserts into packets is taken up, the government believes they could help an additional 30,000 smokers to quit their habit. the consultation on this new approach will run until october. matt cole, bbc news. the wash—outjuly in the uk may not have been great for holiday—makers, but it's come at the right time for wine producers in england. the mixed weather this summer — means 2023 is promising to be a great year for the grape harvest. steve humphrey gave us this update

from a vineyard in chichester. there are now 915 vineyards across the uk. five years ago they were producing something like 5 million bottles of wine a year. last year, that had increased up to 20 million bottles of wine a year and it's on an upward slope at the moment. and also, interestingly, exports of uk wine are also increasing. so, what is it about the weather this year which has made these grapes so good? let's have a chat to the owner here at the timwood vineyard now. art, they're looking great at the moment, why are they so good? it's all to do with the weather, steve. so, yeah, like i said, perhaps not good for tourists, but we had a cool wet start at the beginning of the year for april and beginning of may, but most importantly, no frost. and then through the second half of may, the rest ofjune, fantastic sunny weather, one of the hottestjunes on record. and that's really when these vines were going through flowering, fantastic fruits that they stuck

to the top of their canopy. and just, of course, as it was starting to get a little bit too dry, then the rain came in the rest ofjuly. so it looks as though there's going to be a bumper crop, but the all important question is, are they going to be good quality grapes? i hope so, and it's looking that way so far. the next six weeks are going to be really important. if we can get some sunshine for the rest of august, if we get an indian summer in september, we'll really get a fantastic ripeness, get great quality grapes, because we want to make the best sparkling wines in the world here. of course, you're sounding excited at the prospect of harvesting these grapes. well, we work hard all year, all with my life! we are living here and working and breathing on the vineyard, the most exciting time of the year, of course, is our harvest. and that comes end of september, first two weeks of october, we'll start to pick all the grapes, make some amazing wines, because, again, like i said, we want to make these amazing wines. people come here to our tasting room, get to try all of our wines

and once you pour them a glass of this sussex english sparkling wine, it's fantastic. this is an industry which is expanding? absolutely, it's doubling in size every four years. and it's a real success story. there's we're winning awards, one gold medal an iwc last year fantastic. puts in the top i% of the worldwide wines here in west sussex. psg have agreed to sell neymar to the saudi club alhillal. this week the weather is going to be mixed. we are starting off the week with low pressure in charge, so we have some heavy rain pushing north and east. 0n either side of that sunshine and showers. but high pressure will build across us from tomorrow. turning drier and brighter

with some sunshine and warming up towards the latter part of the week. this is the low pressure that is driving our weather currently, pushing north and east. it will bring some heavy and persistent rain across north wales and northern england. for scotland and northern ireland it is sunshine and showers and behind the rain bright spells and behind the rain bright spells and some showers. temperatures 15 in the north, 2a in the south. as we head through the evening and the low pressure pulls away into the north sea, taking the rain with it, leaving us with a dry night with a few showers dodt around. not particularly cold. 11 to 14. is there. and the high pressure will settle things down tomorrow. a lot of dry weather. some scattered showers through the day. but they

will be hit and miss. many of us will be hit and miss. many of us will miss them. temperatures about 15 in the north to 23 in the south. feeling much better across northern england and north wales compared to today. as we move from tuesday into wednesday, high pressure is ensconced across us and we are in between low pressures and we start off on a misty note with some showers. but things will remain fairly settled. a lot of dry weather. some lengthy sunny spells and warmer in the south. we could reach 25. further north, 15 to 20. towards thursday we will cling on to that high pressure. but we are in between areas of high and low pressure and we will suck up this warmer airfrom the pressure and we will suck up this warmer air from the continent. so as we head through thursday a lot of warm weather and sunshine. but on

friday rain coming into the south—west.

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business report. coming up today... gas workers in australia will vote on whether to strike threatening a surge in prices in europe and asia. and russia's rouble slumps to a i6—month low against the dollar, as the economy reels from western sanctions. and action also in ukraine of course. let's start in australia, where workers at the country's lng plants — those that produce liquefied natural gas — will decide this week if they'll go on strike over pay and employment rights. why is this important? european natural gas prices surged almost 40% last wednesday, when the threat of strike action was first announced. demand and reliance on lng has grown especially since the russian war in ukraine has made countries seek out alternative energy supplies,

rather than russia's.