the storm has just been downgraded to a category 2 hurricane, with winds of up to 110 miles per hour. it's expected to make landfall soon in mexico. locals are preparing for the storm, here in the resort of cabo san lucas. there are warnings of "potentially catastrophic" flooding, although forecasters think the storm will lose some of its wind speed as it reaches southern california. preparations are also under way there, including work to shore up hillsides. officials there are worried about landslides and majorflooding. nearly 26 million people in the south—western us are now under a tropical storm warning as hurricane hilary makes its way up the pacific coast. mexico's government has placed 18,000 soldiers on standby to assist in potential rescue efforts. the head of the us federal

emergency management agency says the agency has already deployed an assistance team. we expect it to make landfall in the next few hours in a very remotely populated part of baja california in mexico. tijuana, the border city in mexico is in the path — concerns it could cause some serious damage there. before moving north into california as a tropical storm, and that is the unusual part of this, that a hurricane come tropical storm would get to california. and its expected to continue moving north as opposed to west, which is what a hurricane would generally do, and then dissipate over the ocean. so the likely consequences are going to be extremely heavy rain in california, some of the neighbouring

states as well. to put that in perspective, palm springs, the desert resort, searing temperatures, a0 degrees plus, this time of year very dry, is expected to get maybe ten or 12 centimetres of rain over the next 12 hours. we are just not used to heavy rain here, although last winter we had quite a lot of rain, but not like this, over a short period of time. so as you mention, people trying to shore up hillsides, all those vulnerable areas that we know, when we have floods here in the past, there are certain areas that are very vulnerable to strong winds. attempting to bring in reinforcements, rocks and stones to make hillsides stronger. the army has been brought in, stationing vehicles in certain parts of los angeles county, to rescue people if they get into danger. there are people on the streets advising homeless people to move to safer areas. homeless people often sleep in river beds at this time of year.

that would be one of the most dangerous places to be. a fast—moving wildfire in canada, which has rapidly expanded in just one day, is threatening tens of thousands of people in the western province of british columbia. more residents have been told to be ready to evacuate at any moment. on friday, british columbia declared a state of emergency. the airspace around the town of kelowna has been closed and there are travel restrictions in place. some embers from the blaze are thought to have leapt across a nearby lake, fanned by strong winds, sparking even more fires. jason brolund is a local fire chief. yesterday again was one of the most difficult days of fire fighting our department has everfaced. 0ur crews were sent to a street in west kelowna and they found three houses burning all next to each other. the fire was expanding up the hill. it was threatening hundreds of homes above those three.

we had multiple fire engines involved in combating three single—family—house fires, which on a normal day for us is a massive operation. earlier, i spoke to brady strackan, a reporter with canada's national broadcaster cbc. he's currently in fire—affected west kelowna. bring us up to date with the latest where you are. just brings some shivers hearing the fire chief talk about the firefight going on here, trying to save homes. i am at an evacuee reception centre, where people are coming to check in, to get a hotel if possible or food vouchers. now there are more than 3,000 properties that have been forced to be evacuated because of this very aggressive fire. it sparked they believe on tuesday and then,

with the hot temperatures we've had, 35 celsius and higher, and the strong winds, it exploded in size, just burning into many neighbourhoods. we've lost a lot of properties here, and other buildings. an iconic resort on the lakefront, pictures of it burning down. a very catastrophic situation here in the interior of british columbia. and as you mention, it's believed the winds were so strong and the fire was so hot, embers went more than two kilometres across the lake to kelowna on the other side, a bigger city, and sparked fires there, burned structures there. we are dealing with this fire emergency on both sides of the lake. it's not the only place in british columbia experiencing this fire disaster. theyjust announced 3,000 more people in the community an hour and a half east of here are under evacuation because of a fast—growing fire

there, so it's all hands on deck in bc interior. you mentioned people being evacuated and all these folks having to flee their homes. how much danger are these communities in the area facing? yeah, it's a good question. we have heard of no loss of life yet. that is the main priority, of course. people are kind of used to, unfortunately, fire emergencies in the interior bc. many people have been through evacuations before. the fires have been so aggressive and dramatic that when people are told to go, they have gone, and a very well co—ordinated effort to get people out of the danger areas. many people sleeping in their cars because they don't have enough hotel rooms. the government has put a state of emergency, the provincial government, and they've ordered people not to come to this area. it's a very popular tourist

area, and they have told tourists to leave, to keep hotel rooms open for the local residents who need them as there are so many homes here under evacuation orders. we've been seeing the evacuations in other areas of canada as well. we saw long lines of people waiting for aerial evacuations. authorities obviously have a lot on their plates. hundreds of fires burning in the general area there. does it seem to you that there are enough resources to get these blazes under control? yeah, that is a very good question. the answer is no, because there's just so many catastrophic fires and there are only so many resources to put at them. we had a first nations chief in a community about an hourfrom here, he was very vocal in his complaints over two lightning strike fires from last month, several weeks ago, that were in a remote area.

they didn't have the resources to tackle them. of course the heatwave came and they exploded in size and forced evacuations there, burned many homes in that community. not only him, but others have said, look, we need more resources. but they are really stretched thin, only so many wildlife firefighters. we do have crews from other countries, from australia, mexico and some other countries, here as well. as well as out—of—province firefighters. but it hasn'tjust been british columbia, there are other areas in canada. it's been a really catastrophic year for wildfires. just to put it on perspective, i've been looking at this graph from the website and it shows how much area has burned this year, 15 million hectares, about three times worse than previous fire seasons. can you briefly give us a sense of how you would describe

the fire season you are going through in canada this year? we have fire seasons everywhere in the area i'm in, but nothing like this before — a record number of hectares burned, as you mentioned. with the intense heatwaves we have had, it is the winds driving those flames. what we saw on thursday night, it's unlike anything i've ever seen before and i've been here for ten years covering these fires. 20 years ago, we had a very big fire in the kelowna area, where 230 homes were lost. that is the fire of record in this region that everybody talks about. this time around, people are sayin, is this as bad as that one? we don't yet have the numbers of properties that have been lost. but it's safe to imagine it is in the many dozens if not in the hundreds already. this year is worse than anything i have seen before.

just the fact that these fires are in communities, notjust burning in the vast forests of british columbia. a bit of a long answer, but it is a very catastrophic year here. brady, reporterwith the cbc, in west kelowna, thank you so much. thanks for having me. the death toll from the devastating wildfires on the hawaiian island of maui has risen to 114. many people are still unaccounted for, with search and rescue dogs scouring the rubble for more victims. as of saturday, at least two—thirds of the search has been completed. as authorities continue their efforts, residents are coming to terms with what's happened. 0ur our house is still standing, everything else is gone. trying to make — everything else is gone. trying to make do with what we have left _ i grew up in this neighbourhood here. what does it make you feel seeing it like this now?

i just feel sad, a lot of people, a lot of families they lost everything, people lost their lives over here, you know? and this all could have been prevented. among the destroyed businesses is the world famous restaurant and music venue, fleetwood's, owned by musician mick fleetwood. 0ur correspondent sophie long reports. calculating the human cost could take many months. so much was lost here. man, lahaina was the capital before it was honolulu. the kings and queens used to live in lahaina, it was a sacred place. lahaina town and the community of lahaina epitomises that culture of the hawaiian story. it's a crazy, vibrant town that actually was

alive and wasn'tjust a tourist attraction. all the surroundings of that town was a real community that lived and breathed way before creatures like me even knew about this island. so many buildings burned, but one had a special place in the hearts of locals and of people around the world. they all flocked to fleetwoods on front street. it may have been owned by a non—native who happened to be a rock star, but it had hawaiian culture at its heart. chanting. it was myjob, my responsibility tojust keep the hawaiian culture there. that was one of the first things i feel that mick wanted to do since opening, he always wanted to have a hawaiian presence there.

he would do a chant and talk about the connections - of the hawaiian islands - from the hawaiian perspective and i had the blessingl of being able to do so. notjust playing the bagpipes but as a bard to share - the amazing connections i between the uk and these hawaiian islands. and people come and look at. the hawaiian flag and say, "ah, why is the unionjack in it?" and then, they go . on with their holiday and don't think about it. but this is the only - place in the world where the union jack flies - and was never officially a british territory. all those who worked at fleetwoods, more than 120 of them, have been accounted for. but many have lost everything — they've all lost their jobs and place they called home. for a lot of people, it was notjust a job, it was a second home. what will you miss most about fleetwoods? everything, the smell of the wood, to the sun on my back standing there with the wool, and the sound of the crowd, the interaction,

the smiles between people who know each other extremely well. as a family. the whole place, it really was magic. lahaina town has gone, - but the culture has not gone, in fact, it's being reminded i of it and how important it is. what it will be, i don't know. but it has to have a sense of history to it, and havel a hallowed vibration. hallowed tribute to i what happened there. people here are overwhelmed by grief, and the journey towards healing will be slow. but they hold onto hope and the breathtaking beauty that remains.

the acting mayor of the ukrainian city of chernihiv has condemned a deadly russian missile attack on a theatre as yet another war crime against civilians. the un has described strike as heinous. a ballistic missile hit the building in the city, killing at least seven people, and injuring more than 130. the theatre was hosting a gathering of drone manufacturers. russia says it successfully hit a military target. ukraine's president zelensky has been on an official visit to sweden, where he spoke about the attack. translation: our bright city of chernihiv. - this morning, russia launched missiles at the city, at the very centre of it where the national drama theatre is located, as well as many residential homes. there were many people in the theatre at the time and many were at home, too. more than 90 people were injured, 12 children among them. they were just taking a walk in the central square with their parents.

among the dead a six—year—old child whose mother is seriously injured and is in intensive care. my condolences to those who lost their loved ones in this russian, obviously terrorist, attack. 0ur ukraine correspondent james waterhouse has more. the moment of impact captured on film. a typical saturday, suddenly one this woman won't forget. the injuries and deaths reflect the timing and brutality of this strike. chernihiv�*s theatre bore the brunt of this russian missile. its surroundings felt the immense force from the blast. anna's restaurant was just next door. translation: | saw two girls | here, there was a lot of blood. one had her leg wounded. there was no skin. we put a tourniquet on and we were waiting for an ambulance, but it took a long time. another girl was screaming loudly. it turns out a drone

exhibition had been staged here this morning. military volunteers were among the guests. it does suggest a motive. moscow usually says it's targeting military areas. but look, there is an overarching reason behind russian missiles landing in ukrainian cities, and that is its continued invasion. it tries to harm the areas it can't necessarily occupy. hanging ukrainian and european union flags represent the country's continued alignment with the west. the surrounding devastation is another reminder of how much moscow wants to pull it the other way. james waterhouse, bbc news, chernihiv. the leader of last month's coup in niger, general abdourahamane tchiani, says there will be a three—year transition plan for the country. in a televised address, mr tchiani said his country doesn't want a war, but warned that it would defend itself against any foreign intervention.

his comments came after a first meeting with mediators from the west african group ecowas. the bloc says it's set a date for a military operation if negotiations fail. the delegation also briefly met ousted president, mohamed bazoum. russia's space agency says an "emergency" has been detected on its luna—25 probe, two days before its planned moon landing. these are pictures of the spacecraft prior to its launch. roskosmos says the "abnormal situation" happened during a maneouvre as the craft prepares for a pre—landing orbit. 0ur europe regional editor paul moss has been following developments. the russian space agency roskosmos only a few hours ago was showing off photographs it had taken of the lunar surface. it said the instruments on board luna—25 had already made chemical analysis of the soil so they were obviously feeling pretty pleased. now what happened ? they say they were firing

thrusters to put luna—25 into what's called a pre—landing orbit. and then there was an emergency. russia hasn't said what, but i don't think they would have acknowledged any problem unless it was serious. it's important to everybody for scientific reasons, because the spaceship was going to try to have the first ever soft landing on the moon's south pole, and it hopes to find evidence of water there, which would be very useful, perhaps necessary if there was ever to be a permanent human base on the moon. however, other reasons why the mission is important, and that is all about prestige. the mission was launched when russia was under sanctions and it couldn't get some of the normal technical parts. when it launched, some people said it had a lower chance of success because of that.

if russia can carry out the first soft landing on the south pole under sanctions without those parts they can say, look how strong this country is, vladimir putin can show off about it, we can do that even with sanctions. however, if the mission was to fail, russia might look bad, and certainly not good for the prestige of the president vladimir putin. anticipation is building in england and spain, with the two countries going head to head in sunday's women's world cup final. neither team has ever made it this far in the tournament. 0ur reporter in madrid, sergi forcada, filed this report. excitement is building ahead of spain's first final in the world cup and during the match, there will be parties and fan zones across the country and possibly the biggest one will be here in madrid with 6,000 fans watching the final together. already, one of the main fountains in the city has been lit up and yellow and yellow, the colours of the spanish flag.

interest in women's football, it's already been rising in spain for the past few years and many believe that victory will give it a boost and it will be a turning point. despite the controversies between the managers and the squad. the players like putellas are seen as idols for many. i was raised here in spain and if when i was kid you'd asked my classmates to name a female football player, we wouldn't have been able to give you a single answer. now, things are changing. now they can give you a list of a few female players. and football in terms of salaries and coverage and today, those making the headlines are the women and what's more important for the spanish fans, they are just 90 minutes away from bringing the world cup home.

shaimaa khalil now takes a look at spain's dramaticjourney to the final. and done! gabi lopez has been following his national team's phenomenal rise in the women's world cup down under. as a former player in spain's second division, this final hits very close to home. i've been watching the tv in spain, the radio, and everybody�*s talking about the final. everybody. my family were commentating. i've never seen that before. i'm still playing, i'm a coach, and i can say now, i can see aitana, alexia, jennifer and i can say, wow, they are amazing. so i think for the kids, for the coaches, for the players, it's amazing that women's football is that big. you wouldn't notice it at first glance, but this team, now one win away from world cup glory, has been marred by so much tension and unrest. at the centre of that is head coachjorge vilda. tensions followed last yea r�*s euros defeat against england, with 15 players threatening to quit over concerns about his training methods and inadequate game preparation. cracks were obvious after their

humiliating loss against japan. all through the tournament, the deep divisions threatened to spill over on the pitch. it has been a rough yearforthem, between the players, with the coach. and i think they have just understood that they have to just lay that on one side and just be focused on the world cup, trying to get the best of themselves on the pitch, and i think they have really achieved it. spain managed to write a different story on the pitch. it's a squad that delivers beautiful football, a team chock full of talent who mostly come from barcelona's dominant women's team. the teenage star salma paralluelo, a former runner, has scored in the quarter and semifinals and is now one of the standout players of this tournament. salma paralluelo, i think it's crazy that she's just 19 years old, and she'sjust been fully committed to football for one year. committed to football probably she will be one of the best players

in the next years. spain's team has exceeded expectations at every crucial junction of this tournament. they've managed to put deep differences aside and create memorable moments on the pitch. they now face england, a formidable foe, for a chance to lift that trophy for the first time. but no matter what the result is, this women's world cup has inspired a whole new generation of young players. it's a testament to how far the women's game has come that many of the players who grew up with only male role models have now themselves become idols. now there's a real opportunity to get into soccer, like there's somewhere to go afterwards. i think that women's popularity has improved a lot. it'sjust been really- inspiring to watch them break so many records. the countdown to the final is on, and there are some very strong opinions here. spain. england. spain. england! shaimaa khalil, bbc news, sydney. stay with us here on bbc news.

that's all from us here in washington, we leave you with these live pictures of london as we hand off injusta injust a few in just a few hours, many people will be watching the world cup final there. hello there. it certainly was quite an eventful start to our weekend, with storm betty pushing north, bringing heavy rain and strong winds. a pretty grey and blustery start in northern ireland. here, we had 46 millimetres of rain from storm betty. but the story improved and, actually, we had some sunshine and some warmth coming through. by the end of the afternoon, temperatures in lincolnshire peaking at 25.9 celsius. so this was the story, then, on saturday, with storm betty anchored to the north—west, starting to drift its way a little bit further westward. so as we go through the day on sunday, we will have more cloud the further north and west and a few scattered showers to begin with. and then into the afternoon, perhaps some more showers developing across the western

half of england and wales. further east, drier, settled with some sunshine. and temperatures, well, 17 to 21 degrees for scotland and northern ireland, perhaps peaking at 2a or 25 degrees — 77 fahrenheit — for england and wales. into the first part of next week, low pressure will move in from the north and it will bring showers or longer spells of rain across scotland and northern ireland. some blustery winds as well. for england and wales, it stays largely dry with showers fairly isolated, and with a south—westerly wind direction, those temperatures will start to climb. it'll feel quite pleasant, in actual fact. temperatures peaking at 26 degrees here, 16 to 21 under the cloud and the rain. a similar story as we move into tuesday, always the risk of some showers continuing into the far north and west and a few along west—facing coasts. but there'll be plenty of sunshine and plenty of warmth. it will feel quite pleasant. once again, those temperatures peaking widely into the mid—20s across central and southern england.

but by the middle part of the week, we are expecting a change. a weather front could potentially bring some wetter weather, and as this drifts its way steadily eastwards, the wind direction will swing around to a fresher north—westerly. so that means that we're going to lose some of that warmth. the russet tones disappear back to the near continent. it will be a cooler story towards the end of the working week. so further north, it looks likely it will stay cool and showery at times, with temperatures mid—to—high teens. but even across england and wales, a noticeable difference to the feel of the weather, although we might not see that much rain in the far south—east.

when you can't get water from taps, life revolves around where the water is. india's villages house 200 million families. only a fraction have tap water.

it's very hard to carry pots of water repeatedly on your head from that source of water to the village, which is almost a kilometre from here. from the hot desert... ..to the cold mountains... ..and dry, arid plains. it's backbreaking. i want to find out, when will the walk be over? when will water come home? in 2019, prime minister narendra modi made a promise. to bring water through taps to each home in

every village by 202a.