this is bbc news, i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: president trump visits the site of californa's deadliest wildfires, as the death toll and numbers unaccounted for continues to rise. 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. fire authorities in california say five more bodies have been recovered, bringing the total number of dead in from the california wildfires to 76. the number of people unaccounted for is at more than 1,200. president trump has been

to california to see the damage, saying everybody had done incredible work to respond to the disaster. dave lee reports from chico. this is just this isjust a glimpse of this is just a glimpse of the this isjust a glimpse of the kind ofa this isjust a glimpse of the kind of a very shown by those tackling california's fires. this footage was taken from a security camera outside a house in southern california. 0n saturday, president trump visited affected areas to see the devastation for himself. he began his trip in the north, where most of those killed by this via have then found so far. he was met on the tarmac by california's governor, jerry brown, and the man who would ta ke jerry brown, and the man who would take over from him jerry brown, and the man who would take overfrom him injanuary, the governor elect. both men, who clashed publicly with the president for what he said was poor forest

management for offering any condolences to the dead. the president struck a much more conciliate return in person. to see what happened here, nobody would have ever thought this could have happened. so the federal government is behind you, we are all behind each other. i think we can truly say, jerry. and jerry and i have been speaking, and gave in and i have now got to know each other, and we are all going to work together, and we will do a realjob. but this is very sad to see. as far as the lives are concerned, nobody knows quite yet. we are up to a certain number, but we have a lot of people that are unaccounted for. president trump's visit was not appreciated by eve ryo ne trump's visit was not appreciated by everyone here. well, the forests have been mismanaged? well, it is federal. it is the bureau of land management. it is taken care of by the feds. he doesn't understand california, he doesn't appreciate california, he doesn't appreciate california, he doesn't like california, he doesn't like california, thinks we should cut

down all our trees are not that any water go into the pacific ocean, and ijust don't agree water go into the pacific ocean, and i just don't agree with him water go into the pacific ocean, and ijust don't agree with him a lot of those sensors. but, despite that animosity, many others we spoke to seemed to appreciate at least that the president's visit would sustain attention on the plight of those looking to get back on their feet. the next few days provide new challenges. those fighting the blaze are welcoming the forecast of rain. but those taking care of recovery effo rts but those taking care of recovery efforts worry it could make their work even more difficult. is on tonight, the current list of unaccounted for individual stands at 1276, which is an increase today of 265 over yesterday. that is due in large part to our continuing effort to mine the data. meanwhile, others in the state continued to suffer from dangerously poor air quality, spending the day outside, experts have said, is like smoking half a packet of cigarettes. well, a little earlier i spoke to tojoe greco, who is a member of butte county sheriff sea rch—and—rescue team

from chico, close to the destroyed town of paradise. i asked him what the process is when trying to locate missing people. yes, thanks for having me. now, let's see. the process is a long one, and it's difficult. we start with missing persons reports that the public has called in, and we're looking into every single one of those leads, every single one of them. thousands of calls have come in, on 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's difficult. it's bones, at this point. how are you actually finding this process personally? was this a job you expected to be doing? it's difficult.

this is very emotional. i was up there on thursday morning with another colleague of mine, and our marching orders were to help evacuate a hospital. the fire came through extremely hot and extremely quickly, with winds of about 65 mph just blowing tornadoes of fire around the whole community. it's been surreal, it's been something that i'm not really trained to do. i'm a volunteer. our group of about 51 volunteers have really come together, and we're 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 you? 0h, absolutely. our first responders up here in butte county have been incredible. the 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 or are looking for people who are still missing? how are they handling it? well, you can imagine it's 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 for family. there are people putting up families they've 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're just gathering together right now.

the community has been incredible. it's, you know, a very sad situation, but there appears to be some kind of a silver lining in this, where humanity is still intact. joe is taking part in looking for the many who are missing and unaccounted for in the california wildfires. 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. 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 has 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. let's look at some other stories in brief: 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. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: politics casts a shadow over the chinese 0scars, with controversial calls for taiwan's independence. 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 california to survey the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in the state's history. he praised the efforts of the local police and the teams searching for survivors. more than 250,000 people have taken to the streets of france to protest at rising fuel prices. let's get more 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 about his experience. 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. was the wilson who shared his experience with us. he lost his house in the californian wildfires. let's get some other news police in athens have used teargas and stun grenades against anarchists who threw firebombs on the forty—fifth 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. tensions over trade and china's growing influence in the pacific have overshadowed the final day at the apec summit in papua new guinea. in a veiled reference to the us‘s trade war against china — chinese president xi jinping warned against countries pursuing a path of unilateralism and protectionism. taiwan has played host to the 55th

golden horse film festival — commonly referred to as the chinese 0scars. the star—studded event brings together the best in chinese—language films, from taiwan and mainland china. but strained relations between the two meant the night was as much about politics as picking up awards. cindy sui's report from taipei, contains flash photography. this is what the golden horse is supposed to be about. glamour, talent and great films. the award, founded in 1962, brings together filmmakers and celebrities from taiwan, mainland china and hong kong. the relations between beijing and taipei have been tense. this

documentary which portrays the island's sunflower movement to restrict china's influence won the best documentary award. it's taiwanese director dropped a bombshell when she said in her a cce pta nce bombshell when she said in her acceptance speech that her greatest wish was for her country to be recognised and treated as a truly independent entity one—day. former mainland chinese best actor winner then raced more eyebrows by saying he was honoured to present an award in china taiwan, a phrase many taiwanese people object to. he added that the two sides were like a close family. 0scar award winning director ang lee tried to defuse tension by calling for politics to stay out of the awards. but a leading hong kong

actress declined to stand on stage with him, reportedly because the tie when his dog to mentri winner's pro—independence comments. many mainland chinese celebrities reportedly did not attend the after ceremony party and left taiwan early. given the controversy this year, it is unclear what will happen toa year, it is unclear what will happen to a climax next year. —— what will happen to golden horse next year. 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. on a glacier high above 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 are 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. stay with us. we have much more coming up on bbc world news. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @regedahmadbbc. 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 in to 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. 1a 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 thin 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 throughout the 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 visited california to survey the damage from the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in the state's history. he praised the efforts of local police, politicians and the teams searching for survivors. the camp fire in northern california has killed at least 76 people.

about 250,000 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 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.