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Unpunished. The Bbc World Service Latin America regional editor Leonardo Rocha reports. Mr villavicencio was shot dead as he finished a rally in the capital, quito. He was approached by a gunman who shot him in the head three times be or they escape. He was a former union leader, a former journalist who clashed with other politicians in the past for his role as an investigative journalist, and he was a current member of congress. He was running on an Anti Corruption and Pro Environmental campaig...

And the soil is waterlogged. One farmer in wiltshire says the losses are heart breaking. Our reporter liz beacon has the story. So this is our wheat thats been damaged by the wind and the rain, as you can see. For a farmer, august should be one of the busiest times of year, harvesting crops. This year, the Unrelenting Rain has put paid to that and everythings ground to a halt. Its pretty depressing and its pretty heartbreaking because weve gone to lot of effort to grow this wheat and, of course,...

President guillermo lasso. Mr lasso vowed that this crime will not go unpunished. He called for an an urgent meeting of his top officials to address the killing. The countrys attorney general� s office said on social media that the suspect in the attack had died from injuries sustained in a shootout with police. Ecuador� s election is scheduled to take place on august 20th. Well have more on this story as it develops. Wildfires are raging across the us state of hawaii. Officials there say th...

We start in hawaii, and apocalyptic scenes as wildfires sweep across the islands. At least 36 people are known to have died and others are still unaccounted for. Large parts of the Tourist Town Of Lahaina on the island of maui have been burned to the ground. This is what it looked like overnight when flames spread rapidly, forcing some people tojump into the sea to escape. Multiple areas have been burnt to the ground and the western side of the island is almost cut off. Officials say, the Hospit...

Be a blow, but we have seen in other times, other teams have lost their talisman, and they have adapted by changing the team and bring other players in, and that will be ange �*s job to do. what is not idealfor him is that he has used cane in pre—season, and he is coming up to quite close to the first game on sunday, and he will have wanted to have the situation sorted. he has always said the transfer window for end of the month, is played quite laid—back. if} end of the month, is played q...

Days to repair it according to the highways act. mike is not alone in failing to get compensation from the council for pothole damage. out of 548 claims since january, only 25 have received compensation. potholes can be dangerous and are very much a source of concern to motorists. nottinghamshire county council says it is doing what it can with its programme of inspections and repairs but for motorists like mike, its not enough. rachael royce, bbc east midlands today, nottinghamshire. taylor swi...

>> absolutely. i heard there were 21,000 people in the arena earlier tonight. you know, families, young children who you know this could have been their first concert, their first experience in that kind of live music event. its horrifying to think that that is what they will take away from this experience, if as horrifying if they even survived it. >> michael worrall from itv in the uk reporting from the streets of manchester. michael, thank you very much. ariana grande has indeed put out a sta...