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 campaign. He was one of several candidates running for president. The first round of the election will take place on august 20, he was Opinion Polls put in Third Orfourth place but he had a chance because there would be a second round of votes probably later this year. He is the latest victim of this crime wave in ecuador, he survived an attempt on his life before, and ecuador is going through a serious crisis, triggered mainly by the increasing involvement of mexican drug gangs in the country. There h
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, weve spent all the costs on it, so were completely cost stacked now, and without selling it, we cant, you know, we cant reclaim those costs. So we are. Yeah, its actually a lot worse than i thought. Tom collins is a fourth generation farmer here on his family farm. He knows it can rain in august but, after one of the wettestjulys on record, he believes Climate Change is having huge consequences for his business. What we really want is a level price at a time like this. If you worked in a shop a
Minute holiday somewhere hot im in cheshire, where there is a beautiful sunrise this morning. Bookings at campsites like this are down because of that bad weather. We will be hanging out with people who have braved the weather and are staying here No Matter What, and my goodness they are looking for some goodness they are looking for some good news from carol. find goodness they are looking for some good news from carol. Good news from carol. And we are lookin at good news from carol. And we are looking at a good news from carol. And we are looking at a dry. Good news from carol. And we are looking at a dry, sunny good news from carol. And we are looking at a dry, sunny and good news from carol. And we are looking at a dry, sunny and warml good news from carol. And we are i looking at a dry, sunny and warm day for most of us. There could be some showers later onto the west then a more unsettled period with sunshine and showers for the next few days. Its thursday the 10th august. Our m
Limiting investment by American Companies in the chinese tech sector because of Serious National Security risks. It would require us firms to disclose investments in sensitive areas such as Artificial Intelligence and ban some investment altogether. Beijing has reacted angrily saying it is gravely concerned about the order. A spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in washington says the curbs seriously undermine the interests of chinese and American Companies and investors. Republicans have said they do not go far enough. This is a new front in the tech war between two global superpowers, the restrictions prevent American Private equity and Venture Capital firms from investing in high tech sectors investing in high tech sectors in china, such as quantum computing, Artificial Intelligence and advanced semiconductors. The goal is to stop us capital in know how speeding up the development of technologies that could help china develop weapons for use against america in a military conflict. I
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 Hospital System is overwhelmed, with many people suffering burns and smoke inhalation. 0ur correspondent Richard Galpin has this report. If anybody is still out here, it is time to go is anybody still out here . Its time to go these are the desperate calls for people still in the historic City Of Lahaina on the island of maui, as the flames on the marina gets closer and closer. Many neighbourhoods were burned to the ground as the western side of the island was nearly cut off with only one highway open