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North america correspondent, sean dilley. A community in smouldering ruins. Many homes here in lahaina burnt to charred wrecks. The church and the harbour among the Historic Sites wiped out by the flames that tore indiscriminately through the formerly picturesque tourist town. The us marines and National Guard among the Emergency Workers on the ground. The us president , joe biden, has declared the situation as a major disaster. We are seeing loss of life here. As you know, the number has been rising and we will continue to see loss of life. But we have extraordinary professionals working on this job. We also have seen many hundreds of homes destroyed. And that is going to take a great deal of time to recover from. Lahaina has felt the biggest impact from the wildfires. The death toll is rising. Most fires are under control, but authorities are still working on a number on maui and the neighbouring big island. Here in lahaina, Rescue Efforts are moving more quickly now that winds of up to 80 kilometres per hour have died down. Military resources opening up a path for rescuers to search for survivors and to recover those who have died. Authorities in lahaina say their 150 year old scorched fig tree should recover, but it may take far longer to regrow a community robbed of so many houses and hundreds of years of history. Sean dilley, bbc news. One of the most famous residents of maui island is Oprah Winfrey and she has been meeting residents and helping with the relief effort. 0ur reporter on the island, max matza, caught up with her. Its a little overwhelming, you know . But im really so pleased to have so many people, you know, supporting and, people are just bringing what they can and doing what they can. So i came earlierjust to see what people needed and then went shopping. 0h because often, you know, you make donations of clothes or whatever and its not really what people need, so i actually went to walmart and costco and. Got pillows. Shampoo. Oh, wow. Diapers. Thats great. Sheets. Oprah winfrey helping with the relief efforts. Earlier i spoke to dillon ancheta, a Local Reporterfrom hawaii news now. He gave us his assessment of the damage and the relief effort. Last check, earlier today, the official said that the fires were about 80 contained. Now, keep in mind, there are three fires burning there on the island of maui. But of course, the biggest and most severe is that lahaina fire that burnt out in west maui and completely erased the Historic Town of la haina. And like you said, this is a constantly changing situation. And dylan, were hearing that this could be one of the worst disasters on the island. Has anything like this ever happened before . Not on this scale. We have had other wildfires a year or two ago on hawaii island, which is the bigger island. There was a wildfire that burned thousands of acres and did destroy some structures, but most of that was ranch land. Most of that was dry, open grass. Of course, hawaii as a whole is no stranger to natural disasters. In 1996, Hurricane Nikki came through. That caused about six or six or eight deaths, i believe, around there. And then there was a tsunami in the early 1960s or so, but by far nothing compares to this. I mean, were already seeing that massive loss of life and to have an entire town wiped off the map, its unheard of, really. And like you say, really sad to hear that potentially another two deaths on the island, taking the number up to 55. Now, President Biden has announced a state of emergency, which means federal aid will begin to arrive. That money can be released to provide that. But how easy is it to get aid and to get those who can help with the situation to the island . Well, as you know, hawaii is an island place. And so getting anything here, first off, either takes a five hour plane ride from the mainland United States or by boat. It could take even longer. And even inter island, there is some delay. We did have a call out or as we call in hawaiian, a call out to the community for donations. There was someone who owned a boat today that said, i am leaving honolulu at two oclock. Bring whatever you can. Lets fill this boat and lets get things over there to the island. So even though the resources from the federal side, the us mainland may take some time to get here, inter island there is already that help. And i do understand as well that some of the federal resources in terms of manpower have already arrived here in state. The extra hands to fight the fires, the National Guard, they are already there on maui doing what they can. And i know were not at this stage at the moment yet, dylan. Were in the Emergency Response stage. But the pictures were seeing homes destroyed, history destroyed. When it comes to trying to rebuild this island, its going to take years, isnt it . It really is. Again, an entire town has been wiped off the map and for so many it so hard to believe. A lot of it is due to the fact that so many people have yet to even be allowed back into lahaina. So for them, theyre only seeing if they have Cell Phone Service at this time. Theyre only seeing the images that we are getting. Keep in mind, west maui is still without cell service. There are over 1,000 people still unaccounted for. And thats because those lines of cell towers, those lines of communication remain severed. And we heard from the officials earlier today that it will take weeks, if not months, to get it back, to get those lines of communication back. But in terms of rebuilding, Lahaina Town Governorjosh Green said that the new lahaina will take time. It will take billions of dollars, but nonetheless it will be a new lahaina in the vision of the residents of lahaina. But at the end of the day, you reallyjust cant replace what was lost. Were talking hawaiian history with lahaina used to be the capital of the kingdom of hawaii. The Old Lahaina Courthouse there had ancient hawaiian artifacts. It had a flag. A Whale Tooth Lei with human hair. Just those priceless artifacts there are lost forever. And its heartbreaking to see. Airports in hawaii are still packed with people trying to escape the fires. Flights carrying travellers who had been visiting maui have been arriving back on the us mainland. Ranji sinha, from the bbc� s us partner cbs news, spoke to travellers arriving in seattle. Actually, last night we were supposed to go to a luau on the way to the luau, the sky was just black. You could see the orange glow of the fires underneath the black smoke. Jules tonis trip to maui, a Destination Wedding turned into an Escape Effort as fires torched lahaina. Minutes away from where she was staying, there was no power. There was fire trucks everywhere. There was no gas anywhere. There was people lined up at gas stations. But the Whidbey Island native made it to sca but had to avoid flames to get to mauis airport with maui natives helping people get away. We had to go up all around the north side of the island, which took about three hours. Free water, free food, free bathroom, which was awesome because there was people that were ditching their rental cars all along the sides of the road because there was no gas. When we woke up on wednesday, it was obvious that it was a really very serious situation. And so we packed up our stuff, found whatever flight we could get out. Tonya nathan and Jason Padolnick from colorado are safe, but feel sadness, leaving the people and devastation behind. All the people working there were l doing their best to get everyonel through while they were also dealing with the terrible situations. This will be a really weird story for us to tell people, but its not devastating our lives. We should be helping them. Maui native samuel webb is still going on his summer road trip with friends, but he lamented that lahaina, the place he grew up visiting, is mostly gone. Its surreal because that place existed my whole life. I grew up there. I grew up going there and. And i did. I would not expect it to just burn down in one night. As you heard from some of the people, a somber mood on the flights back here to the mainland from maui. The people we spoke to glad that they were able to get to safety, but also saddened by the fact that many people on maui were not so lucky. That was the view from seattle. Cbs news Correspondentjarred Hill is in new york and has been speaking to people who have fled hawaii. Traumatises is definitely, i think, an overarching feeling here, especially when you are looking at some of the people who had to to really make some dire moves to try and escape the flames. Theres one family, a father, his wife and their five children. He says that theyjumped into the Pacific Ocean in order to escape the flames that were in their rental car. The flames were coming too close to the car. The car wasnt being able to move because there was so much traffic they got into the water. And he starts to cry when hes in the airport, talking about how the waves started to sweep his children away. Fortunately, all seven of them were able to make it to the airport and they are going to be on their way back to california. But some really, really tough moments. There are also, though, a lot of the tourists who have been able to leave are bringing this back to the people who are not going to be able to leave maui. The people whose lives are there saying that really, you know, for them, this might be a weird story that theyll be able to tell for the next couple of years. But there are people whose lives are changed forever. Absolutely. Jared, when people do arrive in the us, what kind of support are they being given . How are they being greeted . Many may, you know, may have injuries. Are you seeing anything like that . So from what we have seen so far, if there are people with significant enough injuries, they likely would have still been in hawaii. For the most part, what weve seen here are people with cuts and bruises trying to escape along the way. And by and large, theyre able to go about their their lives as normal. There are some questions, obviously, when it comes to whether people had to leave luggage behind or if there were belongings that were lost. They will go through some of those processes, whether its with insurance or whomever. But right now, a lot of it is just getting people safe. Back here stateside, back here, at least on the mainland, so that a lot of the resources can be utilized for people who need it on the ground in maui. And you talk about those resources that are needed. Federal aid, of course, is being released. How quickly do we know is that getting to the island . So one of the big things right now really has been trying to squash some of the fires that are still there. About a significant amount of the flames have been put out over the past two or so days. But there are a couple of hotspots. We know that some of that federal aid has allowed for Military Helicopters to go over to maui and start dousing the flames that are left behind with water. Also some of those potential smoldering hot spots so that nothing else picks back up. Another one, though, is going to be a bit more long term, and that is when it comes to housing, whether thats finding temporary housing for people whose homes were destroyed and were not talking about a house with some burns or anything like that some of these houses have been burned to the ground. Theres nothing left there. So finding temporary housing for them, but then also getting the fema assistance and whatever other insurance assistance they might need to start rebuilding. But again, we have been hearing from local officials that that is something that could potentially take years. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Lets look at some other stories making news. Police are investigating the death of a 10 Year Old Girl in surrey as murder. The girls body was found inside a home in woking in the early hours of thursday. Herfamily is being supported by specialist officers. Police say they have identified a number of individuals they would like to speak to. An ex Northern Ireland Police Officer whose husband is in the force has said the two data breaches that revealed the identities of thousands of Police Officers and staff floored her family. The woman left the police due to post Traumatic Stress disorder. She told the bbc she could not sleep after news broke and her medication had been increased. The Chief Constable of the psni has apologised for the breaches. A plane was forced to make an Emergency Landing on the a40 in gloucestershire after a suspected engine failure. The aircraft was on its way to Gloucestershire Airport when it landed on the busy main road but amazingly no one was hurt. An investigation into the cause of the incident is under way. youre live with bbc news. Here, the home office has confirmed that number of people crossing the channel in small boats in the past five years has reached more than 100,000. The government started the official count in 2018, but it doesnt include those who made it across without being intercepted by the authorities. 0ur Correspondent Simonjones is in dover on englands south coast. He gave us this update a little earlier. Weve seen the border force bring in two groups of migrants. The first boat had around 60 or 70 people on board. The second boat had even more. Thats going to take the figure for the past five years, when these crossings have really been taking place, to well over that 100,000 figure. We know that hundreds of people arrived yesterday. It was the first calm day weve had out in the channel for several weeks. Up until then, its been really wet, windy and miserable weather for this time of year. So it really shows how weather dependent this is. But for a government that has pledged to stop the boats, its an unwelcome milestone. This can be an extremely dangerous crossing. Yesterday, 17 people had to be pulled from the water. Four lifeboats went out off the coast of dungeness to help rescue those people after their boat started to sink. We also know from the french authorities that another boat carrying eight people got stuck by a sandbank. Now, initially, the eight people on board that boat refused to be rescued because they said they wanted to get to uk waters to be picked up by the border force or lifeboat and brought here to dover, but after several hours when their boat was clearly going nowhere and the situation was becoming more dangerous, they did agree to be taken back to france, but itjust shows how dangerous these crossings can be, but that these crossings continue pretty much every time we see calm weather out there in the channel. Simonjones reporting from dover. Meanwhile, new figures released today by the eus Border Agency suggest that the number of people who have crossed illegally into the European Union so far this year is 13 higher than the same period in 2022. The agency says the increase was entirely driven by the number of people who arrived after travelling across the mediterranean, which more than doubled. 0ur reporter in rome sofia bettiza explained why illegal crossings have been rising. What we are seeing is a new, dangerous trend of using very small, low quality metal boats and they tend to break during the journey crossing the Mediterranean Sea from north africa to italy. Its very easy for those boats to capsize. Thats exactly what happened a few days ago when a boat that was carrying 45 people on board capsized near sicily because of a wave. As a result, 41 people died. Thats why, according to the un, this route, the Central Mediterranean route, is by far the most dangerous migrant crossing in the world. Just to give you a number, frankie, this year so far more than 2,000 people disappeared in the Mediterranean Sea trying to reach europe. Now, what frontex predicts is that those deaths wont stop people who want to try and come to europe. Thats because, according to frontex, there is fierce competition between crime groups in tunisia and in libya. Because of that, People Smugglers are offering much lower prices for people who want to make the journey to europe, so the fear is that more people could die in the coming months trying to reach the eu, reach europe, searching for a better life. Sofia bettiza reporting from rome. In myanmar, the bodies of 23 rohingyas have been recovered off Rakhine State after their boat sank as they tried to reach malaysia. Dozens of others are missing. Survivors said theyd each paid Smugglers Thousands of dollars. 0ur asia regional editor, william leonardo, told us why the rohingyas were fleeing the country. Thousands were fleeing the country. Tried to make the crossin thousands tried to make the crossing in overcrowded fishing vessels. Normally they try to make the crossing between october and may when the Sea Conditions are a bit better and in terms of what they are fleeing, hundreds of thousands of them are in camps in bangladesh. In 2017, they fled Creswick Shisha and by the burmese army and the conditions in these camps have been described as terrible. Aid workers say the open air prison has little prospect of them leaving or going back to myanmar and little prospect of them having a better life which is causing so many to leave on these boats and it is also the fact that myanmar has been wracked by internal conflict since the coup there two years ago. Lets get more now on the politics of managing migration with our Historic Sites<\/a> wiped out by the flames that tore indiscriminately through the formerly picturesque tourist town. The us marines and National Guard<\/a> among the Emergency Workers<\/a> on the ground. The us president , joe biden, has declared the situation as a major disaster. We are seeing loss of life here. As you know, the number has been rising and we will continue to see loss of life. But we have extraordinary professionals working on this job. We also have seen many hundreds of homes destroyed. And that is going to take a great deal of time to recover from. Lahaina has felt the biggest impact from the wildfires. The death toll is rising. Most fires are under control, but authorities are still working on a number on maui and the neighbouring big island. Here in lahaina, Rescue Efforts<\/a> are moving more quickly now that winds of up to 80 kilometres per hour have died down. Military resources opening up a path for rescuers to search for survivors and to recover those who have died. Authorities in lahaina say their 150 year old scorched fig tree should recover, but it may take far longer to regrow a community robbed of so many houses and hundreds of years of history. Sean dilley, bbc news. One of the most famous residents of maui island is Oprah Winfrey<\/a> and she has been meeting residents and helping with the relief effort. 0ur reporter on the island, max matza, caught up with her. Its a little overwhelming, you know . But im really so pleased to have so many people, you know, supporting and, people are just bringing what they can and doing what they can. So i came earlierjust to see what people needed and then went shopping. 0h because often, you know, you make donations of clothes or whatever and its not really what people need, so i actually went to walmart and costco and. Got pillows. Shampoo. Oh, wow. Diapers. Thats great. Sheets. Oprah winfrey helping with the relief efforts. Earlier i spoke to dillon ancheta, a Local Reporterfrom<\/a> hawaii news now. He gave us his assessment of the damage and the relief effort. Last check, earlier today, the official said that the fires were about 80 contained. Now, keep in mind, there are three fires burning there on the island of maui. But of course, the biggest and most severe is that lahaina fire that burnt out in west maui and completely erased the Historic Town<\/a> of la haina. And like you said, this is a constantly changing situation. And dylan, were hearing that this could be one of the worst disasters on the island. Has anything like this ever happened before . Not on this scale. We have had other wildfires a year or two ago on hawaii island, which is the bigger island. There was a wildfire that burned thousands of acres and did destroy some structures, but most of that was ranch land. Most of that was dry, open grass. Of course, hawaii as a whole is no stranger to natural disasters. In 1996, Hurricane Nikki<\/a> came through. That caused about six or six or eight deaths, i believe, around there. And then there was a tsunami in the early 1960s or so, but by far nothing compares to this. I mean, were already seeing that massive loss of life and to have an entire town wiped off the map, its unheard of, really. And like you say, really sad to hear that potentially another two deaths on the island, taking the number up to 55. Now, President Biden<\/a> has announced a state of emergency, which means federal aid will begin to arrive. That money can be released to provide that. But how easy is it to get aid and to get those who can help with the situation to the island . Well, as you know, hawaii is an island place. And so getting anything here, first off, either takes a five hour plane ride from the mainland United States<\/a> or by boat. It could take even longer. And even inter island, there is some delay. We did have a call out or as we call in hawaiian, a call out to the community for donations. There was someone who owned a boat today that said, i am leaving honolulu at two oclock. Bring whatever you can. Lets fill this boat and lets get things over there to the island. So even though the resources from the federal side, the us mainland may take some time to get here, inter island there is already that help. And i do understand as well that some of the federal resources in terms of manpower have already arrived here in state. The extra hands to fight the fires, the National Guard<\/a>, they are already there on maui doing what they can. And i know were not at this stage at the moment yet, dylan. Were in the Emergency Response<\/a> stage. But the pictures were seeing homes destroyed, history destroyed. When it comes to trying to rebuild this island, its going to take years, isnt it . It really is. Again, an entire town has been wiped off the map and for so many it so hard to believe. A lot of it is due to the fact that so many people have yet to even be allowed back into lahaina. So for them, theyre only seeing if they have Cell Phone Service<\/a> at this time. Theyre only seeing the images that we are getting. Keep in mind, west maui is still without cell service. There are over 1,000 people still unaccounted for. And thats because those lines of cell towers, those lines of communication remain severed. And we heard from the officials earlier today that it will take weeks, if not months, to get it back, to get those lines of communication back. But in terms of rebuilding, Lahaina Town Governorjosh Green<\/a> said that the new lahaina will take time. It will take billions of dollars, but nonetheless it will be a new lahaina in the vision of the residents of lahaina. But at the end of the day, you reallyjust cant replace what was lost. Were talking hawaiian history with lahaina used to be the capital of the kingdom of hawaii. The Old Lahaina Courthouse<\/a> there had ancient hawaiian artifacts. It had a flag. A Whale Tooth Lei<\/a> with human hair. Just those priceless artifacts there are lost forever. And its heartbreaking to see. Airports in hawaii are still packed with people trying to escape the fires. Flights carrying travellers who had been visiting maui have been arriving back on the us mainland. Ranji sinha, from the bbc\ufffd s us partner cbs news, spoke to travellers arriving in seattle. Actually, last night we were supposed to go to a luau on the way to the luau, the sky was just black. You could see the orange glow of the fires underneath the black smoke. Jules tonis trip to maui, a Destination Wedding<\/a> turned into an Escape Effort<\/a> as fires torched lahaina. Minutes away from where she was staying, there was no power. There was fire trucks everywhere. There was no gas anywhere. There was people lined up at gas stations. But the Whidbey Island<\/a> native made it to sca but had to avoid flames to get to mauis airport with maui natives helping people get away. We had to go up all around the north side of the island, which took about three hours. Free water, free food, free bathroom, which was awesome because there was people that were ditching their rental cars all along the sides of the road because there was no gas. When we woke up on wednesday, it was obvious that it was a really very serious situation. And so we packed up our stuff, found whatever flight we could get out. Tonya nathan and Jason Padolnick<\/a> from colorado are safe, but feel sadness, leaving the people and devastation behind. All the people working there were l doing their best to get everyonel through while they were also dealing with the terrible situations. This will be a really weird story for us to tell people, but its not devastating our lives. We should be helping them. Maui native samuel webb is still going on his summer road trip with friends, but he lamented that lahaina, the place he grew up visiting, is mostly gone. Its surreal because that place existed my whole life. I grew up there. I grew up going there and. And i did. I would not expect it to just burn down in one night. As you heard from some of the people, a somber mood on the flights back here to the mainland from maui. The people we spoke to glad that they were able to get to safety, but also saddened by the fact that many people on maui were not so lucky. That was the view from seattle. Cbs news Correspondentjarred Hill<\/a> is in new york and has been speaking to people who have fled hawaii. Traumatises is definitely, i think, an overarching feeling here, especially when you are looking at some of the people who had to to really make some dire moves to try and escape the flames. Theres one family, a father, his wife and their five children. He says that theyjumped into the Pacific Ocean<\/a> in order to escape the flames that were in their rental car. The flames were coming too close to the car. The car wasnt being able to move because there was so much traffic they got into the water. And he starts to cry when hes in the airport, talking about how the waves started to sweep his children away. Fortunately, all seven of them were able to make it to the airport and they are going to be on their way back to california. But some really, really tough moments. There are also, though, a lot of the tourists who have been able to leave are bringing this back to the people who are not going to be able to leave maui. The people whose lives are there saying that really, you know, for them, this might be a weird story that theyll be able to tell for the next couple of years. But there are people whose lives are changed forever. Absolutely. Jared, when people do arrive in the us, what kind of support are they being given . How are they being greeted . Many may, you know, may have injuries. Are you seeing anything like that . So from what we have seen so far, if there are people with significant enough injuries, they likely would have still been in hawaii. For the most part, what weve seen here are people with cuts and bruises trying to escape along the way. And by and large, theyre able to go about their their lives as normal. There are some questions, obviously, when it comes to whether people had to leave luggage behind or if there were belongings that were lost. They will go through some of those processes, whether its with insurance or whomever. But right now, a lot of it is just getting people safe. Back here stateside, back here, at least on the mainland, so that a lot of the resources can be utilized for people who need it on the ground in maui. And you talk about those resources that are needed. Federal aid, of course, is being released. How quickly do we know is that getting to the island . So one of the big things right now really has been trying to squash some of the fires that are still there. About a significant amount of the flames have been put out over the past two or so days. But there are a couple of hotspots. We know that some of that federal aid has allowed for Military Helicopters<\/a> to go over to maui and start dousing the flames that are left behind with water. Also some of those potential smoldering hot spots so that nothing else picks back up. Another one, though, is going to be a bit more long term, and that is when it comes to housing, whether thats finding temporary housing for people whose homes were destroyed and were not talking about a house with some burns or anything like that some of these houses have been burned to the ground. Theres nothing left there. So finding temporary housing for them, but then also getting the fema assistance and whatever other insurance assistance they might need to start rebuilding. But again, we have been hearing from local officials that that is something that could potentially take years. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Lets look at some other stories making news. Police are investigating the death of a 10 Year Old Girl<\/a> in surrey as murder. The girls body was found inside a home in woking in the early hours of thursday. Herfamily is being supported by specialist officers. Police say they have identified a number of individuals they would like to speak to. An ex Northern Ireland<\/a> Police Officer<\/a> whose husband is in the force has said the two data breaches that revealed the identities of thousands of Police Officer<\/a>s and staff floored her family. The woman left the police due to post Traumatic Stress<\/a> disorder. She told the bbc she could not sleep after news broke and her medication had been increased. The Chief Constable<\/a> of the psni has apologised for the breaches. A plane was forced to make an Emergency Landing<\/a> on the a40 in gloucestershire after a suspected engine failure. The aircraft was on its way to Gloucestershire Airport<\/a> when it landed on the busy main road but amazingly no one was hurt. An investigation into the cause of the incident is under way. youre live with bbc news. Here, the home office has confirmed that number of people crossing the channel in small boats in the past five years has reached more than 100,000. The government started the official count in 2018, but it doesnt include those who made it across without being intercepted by the authorities. 0ur Correspondent Simonjones<\/a> is in dover on englands south coast. He gave us this update a little earlier. Weve seen the border force bring in two groups of migrants. The first boat had around 60 or 70 people on board. The second boat had even more. Thats going to take the figure for the past five years, when these crossings have really been taking place, to well over that 100,000 figure. We know that hundreds of people arrived yesterday. It was the first calm day weve had out in the channel for several weeks. Up until then, its been really wet, windy and miserable weather for this time of year. So it really shows how weather dependent this is. But for a government that has pledged to stop the boats, its an unwelcome milestone. This can be an extremely dangerous crossing. Yesterday, 17 people had to be pulled from the water. Four lifeboats went out off the coast of dungeness to help rescue those people after their boat started to sink. We also know from the french authorities that another boat carrying eight people got stuck by a sandbank. Now, initially, the eight people on board that boat refused to be rescued because they said they wanted to get to uk waters to be picked up by the border force or lifeboat and brought here to dover, but after several hours when their boat was clearly going nowhere and the situation was becoming more dangerous, they did agree to be taken back to france, but itjust shows how dangerous these crossings can be, but that these crossings continue pretty much every time we see calm weather out there in the channel. Simonjones reporting from dover. Meanwhile, new figures released today by the eus Border Agency<\/a> suggest that the number of people who have crossed illegally into the European Union<\/a> so far this year is 13 higher than the same period in 2022. The agency says the increase was entirely driven by the number of people who arrived after travelling across the mediterranean, which more than doubled. 0ur reporter in rome sofia bettiza explained why illegal crossings have been rising. What we are seeing is a new, dangerous trend of using very small, low quality metal boats and they tend to break during the journey crossing the Mediterranean Sea<\/a> from north africa to italy. Its very easy for those boats to capsize. Thats exactly what happened a few days ago when a boat that was carrying 45 people on board capsized near sicily because of a wave. As a result, 41 people died. Thats why, according to the un, this route, the Central Mediterranean<\/a> route, is by far the most dangerous migrant crossing in the world. Just to give you a number, frankie, this year so far more than 2,000 people disappeared in the Mediterranean Sea<\/a> trying to reach europe. Now, what frontex predicts is that those deaths wont stop people who want to try and come to europe. Thats because, according to frontex, there is fierce competition between crime groups in tunisia and in libya. Because of that, People Smugglers<\/a> are offering much lower prices for people who want to make the journey to europe, so the fear is that more people could die in the coming months trying to reach the eu, reach europe, searching for a better life. Sofia bettiza reporting from rome. In myanmar, the bodies of 23 rohingyas have been recovered off Rakhine State<\/a> after their boat sank as they tried to reach malaysia. Dozens of others are missing. Survivors said theyd each paid Smugglers Thousands<\/a> of dollars. 0ur asia regional editor, william leonardo, told us why the rohingyas were fleeing the country. Thousands were fleeing the country. Tried to make the crossin thousands tried to make the crossing in overcrowded fishing vessels. Normally they try to make the crossing between october and may when the Sea Conditions<\/a> are a bit better and in terms of what they are fleeing, hundreds of thousands of them are in camps in bangladesh. In 2017, they fled Creswick Shisha<\/a> and by the burmese army and the conditions in these camps have been described as terrible. Aid workers say the open air prison has little prospect of them leaving or going back to myanmar and little prospect of them having a better life which is causing so many to leave on these boats and it is also the fact that myanmar has been wracked by internal conflict since the coup there two years ago. Lets get more now on the politics of managing migration with our Political Correspondent<\/a> shelley phelps. One of rishi sunak\ufffd s key Policy Pledges<\/a> was to \ufffd stop the boats. How is the governments overall strategy working out . Rishi sunak has made a stop the boats one of his five key pledges. He clearly thinks this is going to be a key big issue at the next general election and an issue that he thinks that labour is weak on. Now, in terms of the policies around that, the government says it wants to cut that \u00a36 million per day cost of housing Asylum Seekers<\/a> in hotels. Now, this week the bbc got the stockholm barge operational, starting to board people on that. Another part of the strategy, the illegal migration bill, that involves the policy of deporting some Asylum Seekers<\/a> to rwanda while their claims are processed. And that is currently stuck in the courts. The government also wants to get down the asylum backlog. Now, it has had some success with that but it is not clear that that is a trend or that that will continue to fall. Now, The Big Question<\/a> here is in terms of is any of this going to be enough to deter people from making that dangerous crossing . We know people are prepared to put their lives on the line to try and come to the uk. Now, laboursay lives on the line to try and come to the uk. Now, labour say that the government was meant policies unless our gimmicks, headline chasing, they say a lot of it is unworkable. Interestingly, has also said that they would continue that policy of housing Asylum Seekers<\/a> on barges, at least in the short term. Is to be a huge amount policy differences between the two parties in this area. Perhaps labour wanted to be cautious here, not wanting to allow a gap to emerge between the two parties that the government can point to and accuse them of being weakened. 0k, thank you for your update from westminster. Junior doctors in england have begun their latest round of Strike Action<\/a> as part of a long running dispute about pay and conditions. These are some of the striking doctors outside a hospital in Central London<\/a> today. Health service bosses have warned that nearly a million appointments and procedures are expected to be postponed or cancelled over the next four days. The chief executive of the nhs providers, sirjulian hartley, has been speaking about how hospitals are coping. So far, cumulatively, since strikes began and were in our ninth month of Strike Action<\/a>, around 800,000 operations, procedures, appointments have had to be stood down and rearranged as a consequence of that. So that does have an impact on patients in terms of longer waits and so on. Now, trusts do their best to do as much as they can during that strike period, but inevitably, a lot of activity is stood down. Well, one of the doctors on strike is dr arjan singh from the british medical association. Hes been speaking to our reporter frances read. Well, none of us want to be on strike. Doctors are patients, my Family Members<\/a> are patients. Theyve had operations, procedures, appointments cancelled during these strikes as well as the last set. And all were asking from the government is a credible offer. And to put this into context, full pay restoration over the course of a year would cost \u00a31 billion net. Thats what were after, \u00a31 billion every year. These strikes have cost well over \u00a31 billion. So they are putting Party Politics<\/a> over, you know, common sense and logic right now. And to tell you what were after, in actual pounds terms, were asking for a doctor thats on \u00a314 an hour to get paid \u00a320 an hour. Thats \u00a320 an hour to start Life Saving Treatment<\/a> on our loved ones, \u00a320 an hourfor a doctor with Student Debts<\/a> of over \u00a3100,000, \u00a320 an hourfor a doctor thats going to sacrifice the next 15 years of their life moving up and down the country at the whim of the nhs, sacrificing friendships, relationships and Everything Else<\/a> in between \u00a320 an hour is very reasonable. And if the government are going to continue treating doctors with disdain, we are going to leave. There is a global shortage of doctors in australia, new zealand, canada. They are recruiting us aggressively. They are remunerating us appropriately, they are respecting us accordingly. And if the British Government<\/a> thinks a doctor is not worth \u00a320 an hour, youre going to end up losing us. Visitors to a beach on thejurassic coast had a narrow escape after part of a cliff above them collapsed. Video captured in west bay shows the moment a large section of rock fell near a number of beachgoers. Dorset council warned rockfalls and landslips are common in the region. More than 90,000 rubber ducks have splashed into the Chicago River<\/a> for a huge charity race. Thousands of people lined the banks of the river to get a glimpse of the annual spectacle. People pay to adopt a duck and the winning owner could take home a car if their one crosses the line first. The event raised half a million dollars. I cant tell you which duck won, but it was definitely a yellow one. Stay with us here on bbc news. Hello there. Yesterday was a very warm day. Temperatures got to 28 degrees celsius. Today, its not going to be quite as hot as that for most of us. A fresher feel to things. There will be some showers around today, but equally some sunny spells, as well. That was the scene this morning in stoke on trent. Not a bad start to the day. Some Early Morning<\/a> rain affecting the far north east of scotland. You can see the associated cloud with that, then this swirl of cloud here, this is the weekends weather, but, in between that, for most of us today its looking mostly dry. Yes, there will be some showers developing across Northern Ireland<\/a>, scotland, maybe one or two across northern england, wales. In the south west of england, a bit more cloudy here into the afternoon with the odd shower moving in. Its still actually quite warm in the south east with temperatures 25 or 26 degrees, but elsewhere you notice those temperatures are a good few degrees lower than yesterday at 21 to 2a celsius. Through this evening and tonight, we start to see this Weather System<\/a> moving its way in, this swirl of cloud, really. It does bring some rain in across Northern Ireland<\/a>, some showers just ahead of that, as we go into saturday morning. Temperatures will be lower than last night, so a fresher feel, a more comfortable night for sleeping, with overnight lows of 12 to 1a degrees. During saturday, weve got this area of low pressure moving its way gradually eastward. Some rain affecting northern and western areas, but then, as we go through saturday, it will be a case of sunny spells and showers. Those showers could pop up across eastern and south eastern areas, but there will be some lengthy dry spells with that sunshine. Some of the showers, again, could be on the heavy side, as well, but temperatures 19 to 2a degrees celsius. So when you get those lengthy spells of sunshine, its going to feel quite pleasant on saturday afternoon. By sunday, again, some showers, most likely focused towards northern and western areas. Eastern and south eastern parts staying mostly dry throughout the day on sunday. Temperatures, again, about 18 to 23, 2a celsius. Thats about the average for this time of year. How about next week, then . Well, weve got this area of low pressure that moves away on monday and tuesday, then High Pressure<\/a> looks like its going to build in. Thats going to keep things a bit more settled, certainly for the second half of the week, so while there could be some showers around earlier on, things looking largely dry later and temperatures starting to rise again, as well. Bye bye. The uk Economy Rebounds<\/a> official figures show a slight growth in the second quarter, boosted by the kings coronation. Golden boots europes wealthiest Football League<\/a> season kicks off later. With wages and Transfer Fees<\/a> continuing to soar, are the premier leagues finances getting out of control . Welcome to World Business<\/a> report. 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