good afternoon. intense wildfires are sweeping through parts of california. thousands of buildings have been destroyed, enire towns evacuated. nine people are known to have died. officials say five were found dead in their cars. in northern california one 80—square—kilometre blaze has devastated the town called paradise, from where james cook sent us this report. well, the devastation here in paradise is almost complete. houses for block after block have been destroyed. it's actually quite difficult to identify a lot of the debris that's lying around, such was the intense ferocity of this blaze. power cables are down, trees, as you can see here, are down and still smouldering. we have seen a few emergency workers here, we have seen police picking through the rubble, checking. soon we expect search teams to be coming through and looking to see if anyone was left here. there are concerns that people are missing. it is eerie and frankly

pretty awful to be walking here in the ashes of people's lives. 27,000 people lived in paradise and as they fled from this community, which is up on a ridge, they were jammed onto roads not designed to get people out in a hurry. some people had to abandon their cars and flee on foot with children and animals in theirarms, flee on foot with children and animals in their arms, carrying their pets. not all of them got out, we are learning about bodies found in charred cars. the fear is we will learn more about that in the coming days. my colleaguejames cook reporting there in northern california. jo johnson, the former transport minister, has suggested that more members of the government may quit over theresa may's brexit plans. mrjohnson, a remain supporter, resigned yesterday, calling for another referendum. he told the bbc this morning that the leave campaign, which included his brother boris, had offered a "fantasy set of promises".

president trump has arrived in paris to attend events to commemorate 100 years since the end of the first world war. but he's already engaged in a twitter spat with his french counterpart emmanuel macron. the two men are meeting today ahead of events to mark the armistice. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, is in paris for us now. as you can see, the president and his cavalcade arejust as you can see, the president and his cavalcade are just leaving the meeting at the elysee palace. this weekend was meant to be commemoration of the remembrance. the two men met during a twitter spat as emanuel macron suggested help with defence. today, both men are smiling, trying to emphasise their agreements and play down their differences, but there is a

fundamental difference between both men. this afternoon president macron will go to a site north of paris where he will meet tonsillar angela merkel from germany and he will be at the site where the first world war armistice was signed. his argument is that this conflict was created by nationalism and we should be cautious about nationalism again. the problem is president trump and his team is an avowed nationalist, he is distrustful of multilateral cooperation. one large, one meeting and a few smiles at the elysee palace here this morning will not cover up palace here this morning will not cover up those differences. our apologies for technical difficulties with the sound on that line from paris and james landale. as well as in commemorations in france a remembrance ceremony has also taken place at the st symphorien military cemetery near the belgian town of mons. britain's ambassador to belgium attended the event to remember canadian troops who lost their lives. the cemetery also has the graves of british and german casualties. turkey says it has given recordings

related to the killing of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi to four western countries including britain and the us. turkey accuses saudi arabia of being behind the murder of the journalist in its consulate in istanbul last month. officials in turkey have previously said they have audio recordings of the killing. today marks the date when women across the uk effectively start working for free for the remainder of the year when compared to male salaries on a like—for—like basis. that's the message from the charity the fawcett society, which campaigns for gender equality. they also warn the gender pay gap is not closing. lauren moss has been taking a look at the numbers. lauren. the charity the fawcett society says there is still an unacceptable difference in pay between men and women. they say the gap is 13.7%, a slight improvement on last year. but that is not by much.

others estimate the gap to be smaller by crunching the numbers differently. but if we take the fawcett society's reading of this, in real terms it means women are earning 86.3 pence for every pound that a man earns. and that means from today women are effectively working for free until the end of december. an important point to make though, this is not the same as pay discrimination as it's average pay differences rather than how much men and women are paid for?the same job. and there's no one specific cause. the fawcett society says it's down to a number of factors — for instance many more women work part time and more men being in better paid roles. they want companies to have regular audits and face penalties if they don't report pay gaps, and for women to be better encouraged into those higher paying positions. lauren moss, thank you very much. thousands of plug—in hybrid cars, bought with government grants,

are burning as much fuel as regular cars, according to new research shown to the bbc. many drivers never charge their vehicles and rely instead on their petrol or diesel engines. subsidies for new plug—ins were scrapped last month, but drivers still pay less car tax and benefit from free parking. joe miller has more. thanks to a subsidised charging point, tech workerjosh‘s plug—in hybrid always has enough electric power to do the school run or pick up groceries. butjosh might be the exception. the vast majority of plug—ins are sold to commercial fleets, whose drivers are not as diligent. when they're regularly charged, plug—in hybrids should be able to do around 130 miles per gallon of fuel, but data compiled for the bbc shows that many such cars, bought by large companies with the help of government grants, were only doing around a0 miles per gallon. in other words, they were about as efficient as your regular petrol motor. for seven years, buyers of plug—in hybrids were entitled to a subsidy of up to £a,500,

but this incentive has sometimes backfired. there are actually some examples where employees aren't actually even charging these vehicles up and the charge cable is still in the boot, in the cellophane wrapper, not actually doing anything. it is ridiculous. the miles consultancy says more charging points would help prevent such misuse, but the trade body which represents fleets says higher taxes on diesel cars are to blame. unfortunately, you've got a situation where a poorly—designed tax regime is driving some poor behaviours. i think we've got some situations where company drivers are choosing a vehicle based on their tax liability, rather than having the right vehicle for the rightjob. the government says it still believes plug—in hybrid bring significant environmental benefits, but the uk's plan to reduce emissions will depend more on drivers like josh. joe miller, bbc news. leicester city will play

their first home game today since the death of the club's owner and four others in a helicopter crash two weeks ago. ahead of the match against burnley, thousands of fans are set to join a memorial walk from the city centre to the stadium. bosses have also announced they plan to erect a statue outside the ground to honour the late vichai srivaddhanaprabha. with all the sport now, here's mike bushell at the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. england's rugby union side have a first chance in four years to beat the world champions new zealand at twickenham. we are less than two hours from kick—off, and our sports editor dan roan is already in place for us. dan, victories against the all blacks don't come very often, do they? that is right. it is hard in sport these days, with so many fixtures it

seems like saturation. but not when it comes against the all blacks. the first time in 2012 perhaps that england have the chance to beat new zealand. they played in 2014, but not for six years have they tasted victory. they have had to wait four yea rs victory. they have had to wait four years to play them again. less than a year away from the world cup could give that extra significance. you could make the case for england playing the best team in rugby and the best team in world sport because everybody knows how impressive the all blacks brahma record is. in this year they have won all but one of the 11 test matches so far. they are averaging 42 points and match. they are in tremendous form and their record against england is very impressive. they have played 40 times and won all but seven. all the pressure will be on england to try and win the game, but they come into this match with things having shifted. they may have been dreading

this game up until last week's victory against south africa, they squeezed out a victory, and that confidence will be high. eddiejones says his players are relishing it. shields is a new zealand born player whose diets for england. ben taylor was also born in new zealand, but i am sure they would love nothing more than to get something over on their original countrymen. chris ashton plays his first test match for four yea rs, plays his first test match for four years, a mouthwatering prospect, england against new zealand here at twickenham later on today. it's a three o'clock kick—off at twickenham and there's commentary on radio 5 live, plus highlights on bbc two at 7:30pm. now, it's been an unlucky 13 defeats in a row for wales against australia, but the welsh are enjoying a winning streak against other teams and after brushing aside scotland last saturday, they're eyeing their first win over the wallabies for ten years. and you can watch it live on bbc two. and scotland against fiji is on bbc one. the scots will be glad to be back on home turf — they've won eight games

in their last nine there — and they'll be smarting after that defeat to wales last weekend. and flanker sean o'brien is back for the six nations champions, ireland, a year after his last cap. they're on a nine—game, winning run at home going into their match against argentina. third practice for the brazilian grand prix starts in around half an hour. valtteri bottas led lewis hamilton in a mercedes one—two yesterday. there was only three—thousandths of a second in it, with sebastian vettel not far behind in his ferrari. there's much more on the bbc sport website, including a guide to the women's world t20 cricket. england are starting their campaign against sri lanka later. back to you, sean. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 5:20pm. bye for now. you're watching the bbc

news channel with shaun ley. it is now 12 minutes past one o'clock. more now on the resignation of the former transport minister, jojohnson, who has suggested more ministers could quit over theresa may's brexit plans. speaking to the bbc, mrjohnson repeated his call for another referendum, saying voters had been offered a "false prospectus" and a "fantasy set of promises" in 2016. he said it was now "up to mps to take a stand". our political correspondent, tom barton, is following developments. we need, he says, another referendum because the deal, which appears to be on the table, it's so different from what was promised by the brexit campaigners during the referendum. it would be in his words, a big travesty not to put it to the people. well, the prime minister has been negotiating the terms of our exit from the european union.

they are, in my view, and in the view of others, so radically different from the brexit that was billed during the referendum that i think it would be a democratic travesty if we did not go back to the people and seek their consent for our departure from the eu on this basis. so different you say from what was billed during the referendum. so different you say from what was the idealised brexit. i have to point out, there's one person who did that, your brother. borisjohnson told us what it would be. what you're saying is, i think what you would appear to be saying, is that he lied. he got us to vote to leave and he had no plan for getting us out. look, i mean, in the campaign, there were undoubtedly promises made that have shown to be undeliverable. no one can dispute that. we were promised a brexit that would enable us to strike trade deals around the world. we are far from that with the deal the prime minister is going to produce. we were promised a brexit that was going to unleash our economy as a sort of low tax, singaporean tiger on the edge of europe, on the contrary

we are signing up to all the rules and regulations that bind us to the eu. is that an elegant way of saying that we were lied to? and we're going to... and we are going to end up ceding sovereignty, not taking back control. look, it was a false prospectus, it was a fantasy set of promises that have been shown up for what they were. we are now faced with the reality of that in the form of the deal the prime minister is about to bring back before parliament. my view is that this is so different from what was billed that it would be an absolute travesty if we do not go back to the people and asked them if they do want to exit the eu on this extraordinarily hopeless basis. so that is a pretty direct challenge to those who supported the leaves, including of course his own brother. but we haven't heard from him on camera. but we have heard from another leading member. an insight really into how negotiations are going. liam fox and the international trade secretary speaking this morning saying

that the government is caught, in the middle of a difficult part of negotiations. saying that the bits that remain to be agreed are very contentious and saying that we may or may not be able to get an agreement. and, of course, if they do get an agreement then the big question for mrs may is whether she can get that deal through the house of commons, joe johnson's resignation, along with big questions from the dup whether from a brexiteer standpoint they would support any deal, big questions about whether she is going to be all to do that. leicester city are playing their first home game today since the club's billionaire thai owner and four other people died in a helicopter crash two weeks ago. thousands of fans are walking together from the city centre to the stadium, to honour vichai srivaddhanaprabha. let's talk to navtej johal who's at the king power stadium in leicester.

iam i am sorry the weather has turned against you. 20,000 people started marching from the city centre around half an hour ago. they were led by leicester city players, including harry maguire. after a fortnight of mourning, this memorial march marks a chance by the fans to show their solidarity to do what football fans do better, to support their club and city what —— after what has been a difficult time and to pay respect to the five people who died in that helicopter crash two weeks ago including the club director, vichai srivaddhanaprabha. the man so instrumental in helping the club when the league in 2016. this march has been dubbed the 5000 to one march. it started here in the city

centre about one hour ago, it will go for one mile, winding through the city to the stadium where this afternoon there will be a tribute video shorn of vichai srivaddhanaprabha. there will be a commemorative badges and also a programme that has when produced for fa ns to ta ke programme that has when produced for fans to take away and they are expecting that in the next few months as well, perhaps a statue of the club was my corner to be erected outside the stadium, a more permanent memorial. and despite the rain, plenty of emotion. i have also seen rain, plenty of emotion. i have also seen fans chanting, singing, showing their solidarity for the club, for their solidarity for the club, for the city after what has been a difficult time. thank you very much. hope you carry on keeping dry there. four people — including a one year old boy — died following a car crash in sheffield last night. a vw golf was involved in the collision with a people

carrier in the darnall area of the city. three other passengers in the people carrier were also injured one is in a critical condition. three men have been arrested and remain in custody. as we've been hearing tomorrow marks the centenary of armistace day. we often hear stories of the intense fighting and unimaginable injuries sustained by those fighting on the front line. those who survived were left with devestating and life—changing injuries. the first world war and the techniques used to treat those were pioneering at the time and paved the way for today's treatments in maxillofacial and plastic surgery. doctor emily mayhew, a military medical historian, explained why ww1 was such an important time in the history of reconstructive surgery. there's a plastic surgery family tree, if you like. archibald mcindoe was the surgeon that treated pilot in the second world war and he was the cousin of harold gillies, who really started the whole rustic surgery —— plastic surgery. ball rolling in the first world war. i think a lot of people think about plastic surgery today and they are really thinking about cosmetic surgery. but plastic surgery doesn'tjust

reconstruct faces, it saves lives, often before it has to get to that point. where we see this happening is the first world war. plastic surgeons make a significant difference to saving lives and then rebuilding them after the fighting's over. we are going to see just a shot of the building of the hospital where some of the men were treated. what sort of conditions were the surgeons having to operate in, firstly, actually, as close to the front as they could safely be? the remarkable thing is that they are as close to the front as they can safely be. before the first world war, hospitals were hours and hours away and people didn't really die on the way, because they have different conditions. in the first world war, you are seeing really big blast injury, the thing that we look at at imperial. and what you need to do with blast injury, with that kind of trauma, is you need to treat it quickly. so you trade a white tiled hospital with bright lights and sepsis for quick treatment at point of wounding. even back in 1914, i remember reading a letter by a plastic surgeon, and he writes home to colleagues and says,

when you come here, be ready to do plastics, because that is what they are going to need. do it as close to the point of injury as possible, because that is how you will save lives. one of the statistics i was really struck by, given that it can be a downbeat thing to talk about, the first world war, in our mind, it is the image of the trenches and carnage and all the rest of it. but around 88% of the british men who went to fight came back, but it is the condition they came back in and how their lives could be made as tolerable as possible. these guys were working magic. they were really working magic. and it was part of this idea that people were unexpected survivors. this was the first time that people did survive in these numbers. this is a real tribute to the medical system, but also a real challenge that they came back and we had to worry about a lifetime of the consequences of those injuries. i'm a historian of wounding, not of death, because in a way, death is the quick thing to deal with, but wounding is a lifetime. not just survival,

but life beyond survival. so people are often improvising on the battlefield, but they improvise when people get home. recognising that people will need a lifetime of care, that is still our biggest challenge. in terms of the treatment that was available, how extensive was it? if you were an average tommy, what were your chances of getting this treatment? your chances were pretty good. you had people out there who were very experienced, who wanted to deliver the care that they knew how to give and a system that was ready for them from about 1917. we had the very first facial repair hospital in britain from 1917, where they are doing pioneering work. they were repairing soft tissue and hard tissue. the surgeons understand that if they don't do this, people's lives are going to be ruined, it isn'tjust a question of that you can't go outside, because your face has been blown to pieces, but also how you breathe, how you can close your eyes, the kind of food you will be able to eat, how you're going to be able to get married and go back to work.

so they know what the stakes are. so everybody who has a big hole blown in theirface, whether they are an officer or an ordinary tommy, is going to get the same level of treatment. just finally, when you reflect on this and when you go to commemorations over the course of the weekend, what is the optimistic message you hope people will take from what were terrible experiences for so many men? i'm partly optimistic, because i see this issue that we are less good at remembering all of these consequences, there is a life beyond survival. survival in itself is remarkable, but securing life beyond survival is the most important thing. quite often, that is about chronic pain. but i know that if we pay attention to the military cohort, there are a lot of things that we can solve. so i think there is real hope there. pay attention to the military cohort, it goes out into civilian life. that is what makes me optimistic and gives me hope. tomorrow, bells will be rung across the world to commemorate the anniversary of the end of the first world war. a church in northern ireland has had

bells specially installed for the occasion — and new bell ringers recruited and trained. our correspondent, chris page, has been to the parish church of kilmood in county down. (tx) a century—old tradition brought to this church for the first time. to commemorate the events of 100 years ago. never before has this sonic splendour run through saint mary's parish and the church hopes it will bring together families, communities and generations. on sunday, we will be lighting a beacon here, as there will be many across the uk. we will have a bugler and we will be ringing the bells as well, because bells were never rung during the great war and the 11th of november is the first time they were rung, so that is what we will do with our armistice bells. when the bells peeled in 1918, everyone knew the fighting was over. that sound will be recreated worldwide for the centenary. in kilmood, there has been months of planning.

six bells have been installed in this tower. but before the bells are rung into action, the ringers have been learning the ropes. according to the teacher at bangor parish, it is far from easy. it's to do with the rhythm and coordination, which some people take longer to get to grips with. which is why this can take months, years, depending on the individual. however, these ringers are now fully qualified and are making their debut this weekend. the church wants to look ahead as well as back. phase two is welcoming schools from right across the community to learn about the great war and also to learn about the art of bell—ringing. hopefully also to encourage kids to think about the things that make for peace. the hope is the bells will have a lasting legacy, reminding people of the value of reconciliation and the cost of conflict. we are going to go across the

newsroom and onto the balcony to join then rich. tell us what it is looking wait for tomorrow's important commemorations. lots of people will be outside. it is a mixed picture. it is one of those weekends where you could be outside enjoying the sunshine and the next minute downpour comes and drenches you. angry skies for this weather watcher in dorset. this is what brought the strong winds last night. all this clumpy cloud behind it coming in from the west. the rain, we have had showers are ready, thundery winds in the south—west and into the wales area. creeping into northern ireland and the far south—west of scotland now. they

will become more widespread in the afternoon and some developing in eastern parts. northern ireland and scotla nd eastern parts. northern ireland and scotland seeing fewer showers, more in the way of dry weather. whenever you are, between the showers there could be some sunshine. quite breezy but not as windy as last night, 11-14d. but not as windy as last night, 11—14d. tonight, more of the same. clu m ps of 11—14d. tonight, more of the same. clumps of rain across the map, clear spells. we are skies clear across scotla nd spells. we are skies clear across scotland and winds while wait, there could be a touch of frost and places but most sports holding up between four and but most sports holding up between fourand 10 but most sports holding up between four and 10 degrees. tomorrow, armistice day, more of the same. bright spells and showers as well. hard to predict where the showers will be but they will organise themselves into bands. one pushing through parts of england and wales through parts of england and wales through the morning. you will see further showers exposed to the south—westerly breeze. the south coast of england and south coast of wales could catch showers. a band of

rain bringing showery rain to south—west scotland as well. 411 o'clock, if you are out to commemorations, northern ireland and northern scotland, some of the mora lively well whether. through this afternoon, this band of showers creep across north—east england and scotland. the showers behind could turn quite wet. temperatures between 10-14 turn quite wet. temperatures between 10—14 celsius. into the start of the next week, low—pressure spinning out to the west we will see further showers feeding into the south—westerly flow. this weather front could bring more rain to the south east on monday. then as sunshine and showers story but that brings with it the risk of some fog. hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines... four people, including a one—year—old baby,

have died after a people carrier was hit by a car in sheffield. four other people were injured, one is critically ill. three men have been arrested. after his shock resignation, former transport ministerjo johnson insists he's not seeking the removal of theresa may — but takes another swipe at the prospective brexit deal. president trump meets emmanuel macron for talks in paris — ahead of events to mark the centenery of the end of the first world war. at least nine people are killed and a quarter of a million forced to flee their homes — as wildfires burn out of control across california. in leicester — thousands of city fans are marching through the city to the king power stadium in memory of the five people who died in a helicopter crash at the club two weeks ago. thousands of plug—in hybrid cars bought with government grants are burning as much fuel as regular cars — but drivers still pay less car tax and benefit from free parking. those are the headlines so far.

thank you for your company through the morning. chris rogers will be here at 2pm to guide you through the afternoon. now though, here on bbc news, it is time for inside out. this remembrance sunday, at war memorials across the country we'll be paying tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice.