A member of his Campaign Team told local media, villavicencio was about to get into a car when a man stepped forward and shot him in the head. His death was confirmed on social media by current president guillermo lasso. Ecuador� s president ial election is scheduled to take place on 20 august. Wildfires are raging across the us state of hawaii. Officials there say that at least six people have died and many are injured, with some in a critical condition. These are the scenes out in maui and the big island that locals are calling apocalyptic. Locals are calling apocalyptic. The Historic Town of lahaina was one of the hardest hit, with reports that its now mostly reduced to ash. Crews there and across the islands are engaged in search and rescue, with evacuations under way for more than 13,000 people. But as residents try to escape, some are finding that many of the major roads are blocked and too dangerous to use. Lieutenant governor sylvia luke, whos serving as acting governor, issued an emergency proclamation, saying officials are working day and night to contain the fires. We have never anticipated in this state that a hurricane which did not impact on our islands would cause this type of wildfires, wildfires that wiped out communities, wildfires that wiped out businesses, wildfires that destroyed homes. We are learning and gathering information more and more and wejust feel so sad information more and more and we just feel so sad and just great sympathy and prayers out to the people of maui. Intense winds from Hurricane Dora south of hawaii are helping the fires spread quickly. Crews are tackling wildfires across multiple sites, but the winds have grounded firefighting helicopters. The Us Coast Guard says it rescued 12 people who jumped into the ocean to escape the fast moving flames. Thousands are facing Power Outages and Mobile Phone Service is down across maui. Hawaiis Lieutenant Governor says shelters are overrun and resources are stretched thin. Meanwhile, us President Biden has ordered all available federal assets in hawaii to help with the response. Including providing us marine Black Hawk Helicopters to fight fires on the big island. The Department Of Transportation is working to evacuate tourists from maui by air, and the Department Of The Interior and Department Of Agriculture are ready to assist in post Fire Recovery efforts. The president also urged all residents to follow evacuation orders. Adam, thank you so much for taking the time during what must be a very stressful situation. If you could bring us up to date with what people are seeing on the ground. Us uptodate with what people are seeing on the ground. Are seeing on the ground. From what we have are seeing on the ground. From what we have understood are seeing on the ground. From what we have understood from | what we have understood from our contacts on maui and on the big island, we have confirmed six fatalities as a result of the wildfires as well as about 40 the wildfires as well as about a0 injuries, some of whom were airlifted to hospitals in honolulu and others who were treated on maui at the hospitals there. It looks like there is widespread damage. The fire risk continues because we do continue to have high winds and low humidity and the fire control activities are still under way. In control activities are still under way control activities are still under wa. , under way. In a briefing, the governor under way. In a briefing, the governor said under way. In a briefing, the governor said we under way. In a briefing, the governor said we are under way. In a briefing, the governor said we are doing l governor said we are doing whatever we can. How stretched our authorities right now . What our authorities right now . What do they need . Our authorities right now . What do they need . At our authorities right now . What do they need . At the our authorities right now . Wiegt do they need . At the moment we know that there are more than 2100 people in five shelters on maui overnight. About 2000 visitors who arrived at the airport yesterday. We anticipate that in order to free up space to accommodate the folks who live in the community who have experience fire damage, we will need to evacuate about a000 people from maui. This morning, our office, our Office Working with the State Department Of Trepidation and the American Red Cross and others began making arrangements to set up a travel Assistance Centre which will be at the Honolulu Convention centre and we expect that would be a clearinghouse where folks who either work in hotels and have to evacuate, arrived on maui and were not able to get to their hotels, or you may live in areas they are not able to return to until they have been secured, to make sure the faithfully out, we have completed evacuation operation, that they can be placed in temporary shelters in other islands or assist them to return to other destinations. 0ur return to other destinations. Our partners in the allies have added Additional Services and made some accommodations to bring in extra crews so they can bring in and assist with that effort. It can bring in and assist with that effort. That effort. It must be a terrifying that effort. It must be a terrifying situation. That effort. It must be a terrifying situation. You j terrifying situation. You mention some of the high winds furtherfanning the mention some of the high winds further fanning the flames. I know in some places power has been knocked down. You are in honolulu. 0ur been knocked down. You are in honolulu. Our people able to get to you, who need to evacuate . How difficult is actually evacuating people and will people be able to get on time . ~. , a, a, time . Well, fortunately here on wahoo, we time . Well, fortunately here on wahoo, we had time . Well, fortunately here on wahoo, we had scattered wahoo, we had scattered effects. There were Power Outages. The Neighbour Islands including maui have a more limited Transportation System and they were significant obstacles to accessing some of the areas they needed help. The weather did not help with that. It is only this we have been able to confirm with the firefighters in maui have been able to get aerial support. It was too windy yesterday to put helicopters to do aerial water drops. I know there was a lot of confusion, a lot of panic as people try to identify what was going on and a lot of First Responders were stretched very thinly yesterday on maui. Were still trying to assess a full picture of what happened because some of the communications on maui also went down. Were working with federal partners to bring in Additional Resources both the communications and with boots on the ground to help bring that situation under control. Of course, the fires are still of course, the fires are still burning. What do you anticipate happening in the coming days, what are you preparing for . Fortunately, our partners at the National Weather service tell us we should see the high winds start to reduce as we get into tonight and overnight we should return to a more normal trade wind pattern. Unfortunately not seeing a lot of evidence of rain showers in the focus. The low pressure System Associated with Hurricane Dora brought up went up Hurricane Dora brought up went up to 30 a0 miles an hour and some areas recorded gusts of 80 miles an hourand some areas recorded gusts of 80 miles an hour and that combined with the very dry fuel from the dry season in hawaii created a tinderbox and it did not take much to spark these wildfires. We have seen wildfires in california, in the west coast, becoming ever more present. Is it something hawaii is now going to be facing . We know there is Research Going to be facing . We know there is Research Suggesting | there is Research Suggesting that when you put Additional Energy into the climate system, it means youre a High Energy Event become more powerful and it means dries our dryer and storms are wetter and we are concerned that we may see some changes in the storm tracks we have typically experienced here. Were not sure if this is a normal seasonal variation or part of a pattern but clearly the extremes of climate are being felt here in the pacific. From the wine Emergency Management agency, thank you for taking time to be us, adam. Thank you. Talking to us. Widespread devestation is also hitting portugal, where residents are reeling from wildfires that have been burning there for days. A fire that started near 0demira on saturday was pushed further into algarve by strong winds. The fires are estimated to have destroyed nearly 17,000 acres of land, thats nearly 7,000 hectares. As firefighters work to control the flames, the heat could spark new blazes. The fires come amid a ferocious heatwave with temperatures reaching over 115 degrees fahrenheit, or a6 degrees celsius this week. 0ur Correspondentjenny Hill is in portugal with more. Scorched earth still smouldering. The fires consumed a0 square miles of land. Here, flames swept up the valley, right up to the southern town of 0deceixe. 0n the outskirts, destruction, but somehow the community itself was spared. They have been battling the fire for five days now. Its difficult, dangerous work. Earlier, the authorities announced it was under control, but the fire is still burning and the winds shifting too soon to say its over. For those who live here, traumatic times. Translation it was horrible, there was fire everywhere and we had to fend for ourselves. Nobody was there to help us. But luckily, i had Three Friends who came. The firemen who were there found themselves surrounded by fire and we asked them for help, but it wasnt possible. Today theyre harvesting grapes, but on monday, they were fighting to save this vineyard. They were fighting to save this vineyard. It was super dramatic. I have never experienced a fire so close before. You could actually hear it coming as a rolling ocean. And of course, you could see it on the sky enormous flames and lots of smoke. Thanks to self effort, we kept the fire out of this vineyard. It is perhaps too soon to assess the damage done. There is a really strong smell here. Its notjust the smoke. It is eucalyptus and pine those are the trees which line this landscape, and they have been consumed by the fire. After three heatwaves, the ground is now extremely dry and extremely vulnerable. And with temperatures set to stay high, uneasy days lie ahead. Jenny hill, bbc news, 0deceixe. Leaders representing eight countries in South America are wrapping up a two day environmental summit in the brazilian city of belaine to prevent the amazon from reaching a point of no return. Brazils president Luiz Inacio Lula da silva says that countries sharing the Amazon Rainforest will ensure that developed nations fulfill their financial pledges to combat climate change. Brazil, which houses 60 of the rainforest, has called for Ending Deforestation by 2030. On tuesday, the leaders signed a declaration agreeing to Work Together to fight illegal logging, mining and organised crime. But there was no concrete date set to end deforestation as brazils president had advocated for. Since Lula Da Silva took office at the beginning of the year, deforestation of the amazon dropped considerably, but thousands of Square Kilometres continue to be lost every year. The bbc� s South America correspondent katy watson, has been following the conference from belem. We have had day one of the summit and already the countries participating efficient a statement saying they are forming an alliance to Work Together and protect the environmental record and social record here in the amazon. Certainly the city of belgium is enjoying being in the spotlight and it is often in brazil. Belem. It is a bomber to the Cop Summit Which Belem will also host. Lula da silva as improved the record and just how viable his promises are . I have been travelling here in the state of pariah which is the highest Forestation Rate in brazil. Meanwhile, Climate Activists say the amazon deal doesnt go far enough and lacks concrete measures. A representative from the environmental lobby group, climate 0bservatory, said Around The World and across the uk, this is bbc news. Lets take a look at some other stories making news. A man who posted violent threats against us President Joe Biden and other officials online was shot dead during an fbi rai on wednesday. Agents were attempting to serve an Arrest Warrant at a home in utah, just hours ahead of a planned visit to the state by mr biden. The fbi has declined to give further details. American nurse Alix Dorsainvil and her daughter were freed on wednesday, nearly two weeks after they were kidnapped in haitis capital. Ms dorsainvil was working for a Christian Relief organisation when she and her daughter were taken. The Us State Department says it remains unclear who kidnapped the pair and why. Heavy rains on wednesday caused a norwegian dam to partially collapse, causing widespread flooding. More than 3,000 people have been evacuated as rivers in the country swell to their highest levels in 50 years. A powerplant on the glomma river was submerged by the waters and rendered inoperable. Youre live with bbc news. Its been nine years since 18 year old Michael Brown was fatally shot by a Police Officer while walking down the street with a friend in ferguson, missouri. The black, unarmed teenagers death sparked weeks of protests and marked the beginnings of the black lives matter movement. His family continues to call for accountability after a grand jury, saint louis prosecutors, and the Usjustice Department all declined to bring charges against the officer who killed brown. Earlier, i spoke with justin hansford, a law professor and director of the Thurgood Marshall civil rights center. Hes representing browns family and the family of rekia boyd, a 22 year old unarmed black woman who was also killed by police. Hansford is trying to bring their cases before an International Court of law. Justin hansford, thank you so much forjoining us here on the bbc. Today, as you know, is the ninth anniversary of the killing of Michael Brown. What are your thoughts on this day with regards to Michael Brown and also how Black Americans in this country encounter police, encounter the criminal Justice System was yellow well, first thanks for having me, i think nine years after mike brown was killed we have most reflect on. In my view, the uprising of 2020, after the killing of george floyd, was in many respects something that builds on the response to the killing of mike brown in 201a, so the organising, the creation of hashtags, the use of twitter to spread the message across the country and across the world, activists on the grounds leading protests and ultimately pushing for policy change, all of that really began in earnest in 201a on august night. And so i think that legacy is something we can reflect on as a meaningful, enduring legacy of that day nine years ago. Well, nine years on you are now representing the families of both Michael Brown and rekia boyd who have turned to International Law in a bid for accountability. Why did they do that . ~ ,. , that . Well, we began this process. That . Well, we began this process, actually, that . Well, we began this process, actually, even i that . Well, we began this i process, actually, even back that . Well, we began this process, actually, even back in 201a with the understanding that oftentimes when you are appealing forjustice that oftentimes when you are appealing for justice from that oftentimes when you are appealing forjustice from the same people who created the injustice in the first place, you are likely to run into a dead end. So we said that were going transcend what is happening locally, even nationally, and take our case to the global forum as part of the acknowledge of our ancestors, people like malcolm x and others have called for this approach for many years. Some people who have tried to do it, including randall robinson, charles 0akenden, some other Af