welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: president trump has met with emergency workers and victims of california's worst ever wildfires. 76 people are now known to have died in the blaze. more than 250,000 people have joined protests across france in anger at rising fuel prices. a senior member of theresa may's cabinet calls for changes to her brexit plans, piling more pressure on the british prime minister. message in the snow. the world's largest postcard aims to highlight europe's shrinking glaciers. president trump has been to california to see the damage caused by the us state's worst ever wildfires. visiting the town of paradise, which was largely destroyed,

mr trump said everybody had done incredible work to respond to the disaster. he also revisited his claim that poor forest management was to blame. the death toll has now gone up to 76 people and about 1,000 are still unaccounted for. dan johnson has this report from paradise. in the ruins of paradise, the president got his own clear view ofjust how devastating this fire was, and he offered his sympathy to the people of this town, and the families of those still missing. this is very sad to see it. as far as the lives are concerned, nobody knows quite yet. we're up to a certain number, but we have a lot of people that aren't accounted for. and this is the kind of destruction — in fact, they're telling me this is even not as bad as some areas. some areas are even beyond this, they're just charred. a week ago, while this earth was still hot, the president sparked a debate

about forest management. he had threatened to cut government funding, but after the anger of his initial reaction, today he met some of those who responded and have been searching what is left. he was asked if any of this made him think differently about climate change. no, no. i have a strong opinion. i want great climate. we're going to have that, and we're going to have forests that are very safe. the president has shown paradise, like so many other places, that his words can be divisive and controversial, before they are unifying and supportive. but his message here today is that he stands with the people here. meanwhile, they stand in line to fill in the forms for federal government help. people need to re—establish their identity before they can rebuild their lives, and not all gave the president a welcome. i mean, he's saying that — you know, that the forests have been mismanaged.

well, it's federal, it's the bureau of land management. it's taken care of by the feds. he doesn't understand california, he doesn't like california. he thinks we should cut down all our trees and not allow any water to go into the pacific ocean, and ijust don't agree with him on a lot of those things. paradise must be seen to be believed. the president has viewed a fraction of what has been lost. the full extent of the destruction, and what caused it, is still being revealed. we can speak tojoe greco, who is a member of butte county sheriff search and rescue team. hejoins us from chico, close to the destroyed town of paradise. thank you so much forjoining us at a time when you are doing quite a difficultjob. first of all, can you explain to us the process of trying to find that many people that are missing? yes, thanks for having me.

the process is a long one, and it is difficult. we start with missing persons reports that the public has called in. and we are looking into every single one of those leaves, every single one of those leaves, every single one of those leaves, every single one of them. thousands of calls have come in reporting missing people. we've got about 500 plus search and rescue teams out there, paired with canine units and cadaver dogs and anthropology groups combing through rubble right now, looking for anything, any sign of humans. and right now it is difficult, it is bones at this point. how are you actually finding this process personally? was this a job you expected to be doing? this process personally? was this a job you expected to be doing7m this process personally? was this a job you expected to be doing? it is difficult. this is very emotional. i was up there on thursday morning with another colleague of mine, and are marching orders were to help

evacuate a hospital. the fire came through extremely hot and extremely quickly, winds of about 65 miles an hour just blowing quickly, winds of about 65 miles an hourjust blowing tornadoes of fire around the whole community. it has been surreal, it has been something that i am not really trained to do. iama that i am not really trained to do. i am a volunteer. 0ur that i am not really trained to do. i am a volunteer. our group of about 51 volunteers have really come together, and we are running overhead operations right now for this operation. are you getting help, perhaps, from people who are trained to do this sort of thing, coming in and supporting new? absolutely. 0ur coming in and supporting new? absolutely. our first responders here in butte county have been incredible. fire, the local law enforcement, very soon after that we got about 250 search and rescue teams from around our state. we got mutual aid requested very quickly to bring in red cross, the national

guard. the response has been unbelievable. and what about the community, those people who have lost many all looking for people who are still missing? how are they handling it? well, you can imagine it is an extremely difficult, sad, sad situation right now. many of those people who did get out and do have family are down here in chico right now. there are hundreds of locations of, you know, many, many people gathered with family, looking forfamily. there people gathered with family, looking for family. there are people gathered with family, looking forfamily. there are people putting up forfamily. there are people putting up families they have never met in their homes. there are trailers out in parking lots, and trailers in the backs of some of these people's properties, where they are just gathering together right now. the community has been incredible. it is, in, a very sad situation, but there appears to be some kind of a silver lining in this, where

humanity is still intact. well, joe, we wish you luck at this difficult time and doing the difficult work you are doing. more than 250,000 people have taken to the streets of france in protests over high fuel prices and the rising cost of living. one person was killed when a woman taking her child to see a doctor tried to drive through a blockade. more than 200 others have been injured. lucy williamson reports from paris. car horns beeping. there are those in france who say they feel invisible to their leaders. not today — high—visibilityjackets the new uniform of a leaderless nationwide movement, blocking roads across the country in protest at rising fuel taxes and the rising cost of living. translation: i am a nurse, and i'm tired of being so heavily taxed. translation: the little people are fed up with it, and that's why they've

come out today. anger meant for the government spilt out at some sites. 0ne protester was killed, and among more than 200 people injured, this policeman, who simply got in the way. priscillia ludosky‘s petition against the price rises helped spark this movement. she gathered 800,000 signatures, but got no response from the government. translation: we are not listened to. we are not understood. we are not even consulted on big decisions. we see the president talking to people on the street, but the government is not at all connected to reality. the government this week announced 500 million euros of energy aid for poorer households, but many here feel that business and industry should be paying more. emmanuel macron — no friend of the struggling, but president of the rich, according to some. president macron came to power promising to heal the rift between voters and their leaders, his campaign image based on a new kind of grassroots democracy. but, across the country today,

protesters are accusing him of continuing france's economic divisions, and the distrust that many still feel towards their politicians. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. let's get some of the day's other news: the killer of saudi critic jamal khashoggi will be known within the next two days, according to president donald trump. mr trump was speaking to reporters in malibu when he said a full report on who did it would be completed by monday or tuesday. it follows media reports that the cia believes crown prince mohammed ordered the killing. the murder and international outcry has frayed ties betwen washington and riyadh. protesters blocked five major bridges in central london, demanding that the uk government takes greater action on climate change. it followed a week of action by the campaign group extinction rebellion.

the group said 6,000 people had joined the demonstrations, and there had been 45 arrests. a war crimes suspect in the central african republic has been detained and handed over to a tribunal in the netherlands. alfred yekatom, who was once nicknamed rambo, led a christian militia in the anti—balaka movement. it is accused of murdering and torturing members of the car's muslim community between 2013 and 2014. police in athens have used teargas and stun grenades against anarchists who threw firebombs on the 45th anniversary of a student revolt. hooded youths put up barricades in the greek capital, where a former military government killed 2a people during student protests in 1973. democrat andrew gillum has conceded defeat to republican ron desantis in florida's governor race, as a recount of ballots neared its end. the democrat congratulated republican former congressman ron desa ntis on becoming the state's next governor.

a senior member of the british prime minister's cabinet has called for changes to her brexit plans. andrea leadsom, who is the leader of the commons, said there was potential to improve a draft deal before the prime minister presents it to european leaders next week. mrs leadsom is among five brexit—supporting cabinet ministers said to be demanding significant changes. however, alterations to the draft have been described as a fantasy by another government minister. this report from our political correspondent iain watson contains some flash photography. even in an era of political turmoil, the events of the past few days have been remarkable. this is a decisive step, which enables us to move on and finalise the deal in the days ahead. on wednesday, theresa may announced she had the backing of her top team for a deal with the eu. reporter: is no-dealjust a bluff?

but by thursday, there were two cabinet resignations, including the loss of her second brexit secretary, and the prime minister's own position was under threat when this leading leave campaigner called for her to stand down. what we need is a leader who will say to the european union, it is impossible to divide up the united kingdom. then another blow — some who said they supported the prime minister began to attach strings. and today, just listen to this cabinet minister talking about the eu deal. you know, i think — as i've said on a number of occasions, i think that the uk cannot be trapped in a permanent customs arrangement, and i think that it's really important that we get some sort of clarity, and some improvement on that particular aspect of it. so who really is running the government? michael gove and three other brexiteer cabinet ministers arejoining andrea leadsom in calling for further changes to the prime minister's deal, though not yet for a change of prime minister.

i'm totally supportive of the prime minister. i think she's doing a fantasticjob. though he could still be gearing up for some arguments behind closed doors. the eu aren't keen to unpick a 585—page withdrawal agreement, and some ministers believe it is unreasonable to ask. just because some cabinet ministers make demands of the prime minister, that the details are going to change is, i think, fantasy. but without any changes, this mp who voted to leave believes the prime minister may be ousted, and the deal will definitely be defeated. over the weeks to come, people are going to see that the deal that the european union have offered us, and which theresa may said is the best deal she's been able to secure, is simply infinitely worse than the option of moving to a clean, global brexit. so tonight, the prime minister is fighting both for her deal and for her leadership. stay with us on bbc world news.

still to come: anguish for the relatives of an argentine submarine crew after the vessel was found at the bottom of the atlantic. the government says it does not have the means to retrieve it. benazir bhutto has claimed victory in pakistan's general election. she has asked pakistan's president to name her as prime minister. jackson's been released on bail of $3 million after turning himself in to police in santa barbara. it was the biggest demonstration so far of the fast—growing european antinuclear movement. the south african government has announced that it's opening the country's remaining whites—only beaches to people of all races. this will lead to a black majority government in this country, and the destruction of the white civilisation. part of the centuries—old

windsor castle, one of the queen's residences, has been consumed by fire for much of the day. 150 firemen have been battling the blaze, which has caused millions of pounds' worth of damage. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: president trump has visited paradise, the us town in california worst affected by the recent wildfires. he praised the efforts of the local police and the teams searching for survivors. more than a quarter of a million people have taken to the streets of france to protest at rising fuel prices. let's stay with our top story now. earlier i wasjoined by brandon wilson, whose home near malibu was destroyed by the fires. he spoke to us from the coastal town of del mar near san diego. well, we got run off

the mountain pretty much, and just grabbed the animals and the fire came up so quick that we had to leave the ranch and loaded up the dogs and ran down. by the time we got down, the fire had pretty much come across mulholland and engulfed the ranch behind us. it was pretty fast and it moved quicker than we expected. it was out of, kind of a bad movie. so did you know as you were evacuating that your home was in peril? we knew, yeah, we knew right away. we got chased off the mountain by the fire, we didn't know if it was going to come back and we looked back at the house, the only thing that was left was a 1930s chimney and the propane tank. it engulfed everything on the ranch, the two houses and the entire setup there, pretty quickly. there are a lot of people

who are experiencing what you are experiencing and having to be evacuated and not able to go back to homes they have lost. how has your experience been of authorities helping people such as yourself? it'sjust all devastating, you know, and it hits everybody, it's been a rough ride. nobody expects it and when it happens, i think everybody doesn't realise how quick it comes and when it does a lot of emotions and trauma hit. at the same time people come together and try to help each other out, and it's an overwhelming emotion to lose all of your belongings at the same time when everybody is being engulfed by flames quicker than you expect. so as you can see, it's a lot to deal with. it's nice to see people come together and help during the fires and make sure that everybody is in safety and malibu came together in a way that was monumentalfor a community

to hang on to what we had and see what we could do. a lot of famous people's homes, gerard butler, to many others, that were taken by the fire and with the kind of community that we have, it is nice that the community can come together and help each other. how have you been coping in terms of making sure you've got food and shelter and things like that? well, you know, we got out pretty quick and i know others that came through had boats and jet skis that showed up with water and supplies, the pacific coast highway was cut off by the highway patrol. they had emergency services come in and i saw a lot of people coming in by boat and dropping things off to people that were still there and stranded. from pepperdine all the way up to ventura was pretty much taken out by the fires and especially in the canyons. where we were near mulholland, safari ranches, they have a giant giraffe there and exotic animals that i know they had a tough time getting those out. horses running wild on the streets. it was chaotic, at the same time they got the animals out pretty safely and they ran to the beach and they got the giraffe out,

george, a famous giraffe from the movie the hangover. today people have been talking about donald trump's visit to some of the fire affected regions. people have had things to say, what is your feeling on president trump's visit? i think his first initial comments were not sensitive enough to the community at the time and if he wants to make changes i think he should wait until an appropriate time that people can process the fire, recuperate and get through it and come back. then we will come back and talk about these issues. now he is saying stuff after the fact, if he comes

in and helps now and later on makes changes, now is not the time to make comments when people's lives have been destroyed and are trying to rebuild. i think that is where californian people stand and i think a lot of people think that. in terms of people rebuilding their lives, i wonder what are your long—term plans? do you plan to go back to malibu? yes, we will go back to malibu and we are going to rebuild and go through the insurance policy and see what can be done. just see — i think you come back and you start over again, you make it better than it was before, and you try to just rehash anything that's left and hopefully you know, just come back. that's all you can really do. argentina's government says it does not have the means to retrieve a submarine that's just been found at the bottom of the atlantic, a year after it went missing with 44 crew members on board. the submarine disappeared

in november last year after reporting an electrical fault. the government will declare two days of mourning for the victims and says it's a new phase in the investigation into the accident. nichola carroll reports. 366 days since the ara sanjuan submarine went missing with 44 crew on board, and finally, an announcement from the authorities. translation: the submarine is located in a deep place, at a depth of 870 metres. and there is a dip to 907 metres, which is where the submarine is. that dip hit the submarine from the sonars. at a news conference, the defence ministry said that it seemed impossible to recover what was left of the submarine. translation: we also don't have a remotely operated vehicle to go down to those depths, to check the sea bed, and we don't have the equipment to extract a vessel with those characteristics. news that the vessel had been found 800 metres below the surface

of the ocean offered little comfort to the families of the dead. the sanjuan was returning from a routine mission to ushuaia, around 400 kilometres off the patagonian coast, when it reported an electrical breakdown on 15 november 2017. a massive international search and rescue operation found no trace of the missing sub. for a year, nothing. the failed search raised questions about the state of the argentinian armada, which was one of latin america's smallest defence budgets relative to the size of its economy. at the one—year commemoration held on thursday, relatives were still asking questions. translation: i do not wish the loss of a child on anyone, not my worst enemy. we want to have news, we wantjustice to be done,

for the truth to be known, and for the guilty to pay. a day later, relatives received the news that the vessel had been found. it had been located by a private company hired by the government. the question now is whether the vessel can actually be retrieved. nichola carroll, bbc news. next month world leaders meet in poland for the united nations yearly conference on climate change. now thousands of young people have found a rather unique way to make sure their message is heard, whilst trying to set a world record for the biggest postcard of all time. lebo diseko has more. 0na on a glacier high up in the swiss alps, something unusual unfolds. 125,000 cards and drawings from children all around the world, each with a message on climate change. they're put together to make one giant postcard, which organisers say, at 205,000 square metres, is the largest ever.

next month the governments of the world are going to get together in poland for the next conference of the parties on climate change. this is going to be the place where the actual plan of action to implement the paris agreement on climate change is going to be negotiated. we need ambition. we need ambition from every government that is going to be there. 1.5 celsius is a message that is hard to miss. that is what scientists say the limit for global warming needs to be if we want to keep the earth habitable. last month the united nations report warned that without drastic action there will be even sharper temperature rises, but with doubts over whether countries can even meet the two degrees cap agreed at the paris climate conference three years ago, activists are demanding global leaders do more. we expect acts, decisions, and urgent actions.

we are done with the talking, we don't want to wait any more, we want to do this transition and decarbonise the economies and societies in order to save the climate and all live on this earth as one in peace. the aletsch glacier this giant postcard was put together on is also significant. it's melting at an alarming speed. it could disappear altogether within the next 80 years. activists say it is just another example of the increasing threat posed by global warming. i will be back soon with some headlines. you can reach me on twitter. i'm at reged ahmad bbc. hello there.

the second half of the weekend is looking fine and sunny for most areas of the uk, with a chilly wind out and about. yesterday we had some sparkling visibility, clear blue skies across the highlands of scotland. we had a number of beautiful weather watch pictures sent into us. but you know what? 0ur weather patterns are all interlinked. what happens to the north—west of us, near the arctic circle, north iceland, we had to temperatures up to 17 celsius. just astonishing. 14 degrees above normal. it has set in place a chain reaction. the warm air will go in to the arctic and the arctic responds by chucking cold air out across northern europe. that ultimately is heading to our shores in the next couple of days. a change in the weather is just around the corner. before we get that it will be a chilly start to the day this morning because we have had these clear skies for most of the night. that has allowed temperatures to plunge. because the breeze has stayed up there is not too much frost out and about. temperatures in the towns and cities have got down into low single figures. in some of the deeper valleys in the highlands of scotland,

the grampians, there are patches of frost where the winds have managed to fall light. here is a weather chart through the rest of the day today. high pressure still influencing the weather, dragging the dry air in from europe. that is significant because that is why we are not seeing much in the way of cloud. that said, there may be patches of cloud through the vale of york and eastern areas of scotland to start the day. these will probably be in and break up to give sunshine. a much sunnier day for northern ireland. most of us it will be fine, settle, and sunny. a chilly breeze blowing through out day. temperatures near normal for the time of year, 10—12 degrees, perhaps feeling cool around the coastline of east anglia, southern parts of england as well. we start to see those changes taking place with the weather as we look at the chart for monday. more cloud moving in. it will be thick enough to bring light rain or drizzle around some of the western coasts of scotland. the western areas of england. lots of cloud around, cool winds. temperatures starting to edge down a little bit. but the really cold air doesn't arrive until we get on into tuesday. temperatures will be struggling. six degrees or so in london. notice we still have some spots of blue on the charts. some rain and drizzle across england and wales. a cool down for scotland and northern ireland.

the coldest bit will be further southwards. this is the outlook. not a bad day for today. a downward spiral with temperatures. looking into the middle of the week, cardiff, just five degrees by wednesday. winter is coming. this is bbc news. the headlines: president donald trump has set a california to check out the most destructive wildfire in the states history. he praised the efforts of local firefighters, police and the tea m local firefighters, police and the team searching for survivors. the fire has killed at least 76 people. about a quarter of a million people have taken part in demonstrations across france against a further increase in fuel tax and the rising cost of living.

0ne demonstrator was killed when a panicking driver drove into protesters. there were more than 100 injuries nationwide. a senior member of the british prime minister's cabinet has called for changes to her brexit plans. andrea leadsom who's the leader of the commons, said there was "potential to improve" a draft deal, before the prime minister presents it to european leaders next week.