this is bbc news. i'm duncan golestani. officials in california are warning that historically strong winds expected this weekend are likely to fan the destructive wildfires that have taken hold. a state of emergency has already been declared in los angeles and sonoma counties. chris buckler reports. in several parts of california, families have been forced to flee as wildfires have learned through thousands of acres of dry land and into residential areas. we get a knock on the door at 3am

from the sheriffs telling us we needed to leave, and live now. the tick fire in los angeles county has already caused a huge amount of damage, but it's dwarfed in size by the kincaid fire, which has spread across the sonoma county wine region in northern california and now threatens homes in the san francisco bay area. 50,000 people there have been ordered to leave. we're evacuating because this fire is very dangerous. and it is expected to move towards healdsburg and windsor this evening. the winds that we are going to experience will be much like what we experienced in october of 2017. we already have a fire burning and we have advance notice now, and that is why we are taking these precautions. we want you to start evacuating now. water is continually being dropped by planes as firefighters try to contain the blaze on the ground. but days of forecast strong, hot, dry winds are going to make

theirjob much more difficult. we are potentially going to see a historical wind event, and it has us highly concerned that the vulnerable areas of california could see some explosive fire. so, that's why we are reiterating this kind of vigilance that we're preaching to everybody. power is expected to be cut to almost one million homes in the state as a precaution. there are concerns that sparks from electricity lines, combined with the extreme winds, could prove dangerous. but the power outages are causing their own problems. we believe that although the shutoffs are projected to be much shorter, everyone should be prepared for an extended shut—off, that is the worst—case scenario. that could be 5—7 days if they are not able to restore power right away due to challenges with inspection or with changes in the weather. smoke is rising spreading across california, and by the strengthening wind.

it's forecast they'll reach up to 70 miles an hour as so much of this state's land is scorched once more. chris buckler, bbc news. hundreds of thousands of catalans have marched through barcelona calling on the madrid government to free jailed separatist leaders. most of the demonstrations have been peaceful, although militant protesters have clashed with police in one part of central barcelona. 0ur correspondent, sarah rainsford, is there. the police have suddenly started putting people up the street, they are trying to get rid of this crowd. they've been firing rubber bullets at the protesters had staged a kind of sit—in to basically take positions in the streets and they have their hands in the air, showing they're no threat to the police but the police carried on firing rubber bullets up the street. they had warned the protesters that they are going to charge, there was an announcement

from police, now the crowd are building barricades and pulling metal barricades across the street. this was a peaceful protest at the beginning, a couple of hours ago around about 10,000 people were here on the streets in the centre of barcelona, just throwing insults at the police. then they began throwing rocks, they began throwing fireworks and eventually the police lost their patience. do you think the process will change anything? we hope so. if we don't do anything for sure it will stay the same. i think the only way is to do is to go out on the street and protest and do like this. this fire is burning right in the rich, smart part of barcelona. these bins set on fire. the pro—independence leaders here have called for today's rallies to be peaceful.

and the main rally was just that, some 350,000 people and the leaders on the stage are talking about how this independence movement is a peaceful one. but yet again here, in the centre of barcelona tonight, there are fires on the street and protesters clashing with the police. police have charged a man with 39 counts of manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people, after 39 bodies were discovered in a refrigerated lorry container in essex in the south east of england. maurice robinson, the 25—year—old driver, will appear in court on monday. four others remain in police custody. severalfamilies in vietnam have contacted the bbc, fearing relatives are among the dead. jon donnison reports. 25—year—old maurice robinson, from northern ireland. arrested on wednesday, he's now facing multiple charges, including 39 counts of manslaughter,

conspiracy to traffic people, and money laundering. he was the driver of the lorry. detectives say identifying those who died will take time, but the focus is now on the vietnamese community. i've met with the vietnamese ambassador and we are building a really good and rapid rapport. but underlying all that, of course, we don't know exactly the nationality of our individuals, but at the moment, i'm going to focus and engage as much as i possibly can within the vietnamese community. in vietnam, the family of nguyen dinh tu is already grieving. he was trying to reach the uk, while his wife and young son stayed behind at home. his father said he feels certain his son was inside the lorry. translation: he was on that truck, all 39 are dead and he must be one of them. he's gone now. father anthony dang huu nam s a vietnamese priest who has been

speaking to families whose relatives are missing. "they were on their way to a new life, but they lost their lives", he says. "the district is in sorrow. it's a tragedy for the whole country to bear." 21—year—old pham thi tra my is another feared victim. in glasgow, we managed to speak to a friend who was hoping to see her once she arrived in the uk. he didn't want to be identified and spoke to us through a translator. translation: i have spoken to some of the families. they told me their daughters and sons travelled on that day. they know about the news, but they don't want to believe it. they are waiting for a miracle. in central vietnam, a makeshift shrine has been set up at the home of bui thi nhung. her relatives are also fearing the worst. another heartbroken family, who can only wait for confirmation of what they think

they already know. this morning, at tilbury docks, more bodies were driven away by private ambulance. all 39 have now been removed from the container. they've been taken to broomfield hospital, in chelmsford, for postmortem examinations. jon donnison, bbc news, in grays, in essex. michael brosowski is founder and co—chief executive of blue dragon children's foundation which helps vulnerable children. as part of that, his team has rescued 902 people from human trafficking. he's in hanoi vietnam. first, if you could, who are the groups of vietnamese people looking to move to the west? the people

heading especially to europe tend to be from north central vietnam from specific areas. they are people who are very poor who are looking for an opportunity and they tend to be young adults, not children and not older adults but people in their 20s looking for opportunity and seeing nothing at home. if they are poor, who are they turning to the help? the smugglers who have set up these routes to europe also lend them the money to pay for it, and so in this way people are being tricked. they think they have got a lifeline and all they need to do is borrow this money and they will be able to back but of course it just money and they will be able to back but of course itjust becomes money and they will be able to back but of course it just becomes a money and they will be able to back but of course itjust becomes a debt and beads to them becoming enslaved. when these people reach the european countries that they want to get to, what to the families back home in vietnam know about what they are doing and how they are earning their money or do they still think they are living the dream? we are talking

here about people who may know very little about the world and that is why they are so vulnerable to exploitation. the families back home may not have no concept of what it is like back home, what the risks are. they may think everyone in the we st are. they may think everyone in the west is wealthy and if only they can get there they will be ok. so they may actually have no idea, and think that it may actually have no idea, and think thatitis may actually have no idea, and think that it isjust like their village but there is more money. and the introduction to your interview i just mentioned you have helped 902 people from human trafficking, a startling number. when you do rescue people, what kind of state are the end? every rescue operation is different but one thing is always the same, the people are traumatised. people who are trafficked do not go into it willingly. in the case we are talking about here, of course people

do set out willingly, they may pay a smuggler, but once things turn bad, they are not expecting it. they have put their trust in someone so trust has been severely damaged. they may be in very poor health at the time they are found or rescued because there is never adequate nutrition, never on access to medical care. people are forced to work sometimes 18 hours a day, even children and so at the time we met and rescue people who are trafficked, they are in need ofa who are trafficked, they are in need of a lot of care, a lot of one—on—one attention and certainly medical help as well. thank you very much for speaking to us. the democratic unionist party in northern ireland has vowed to oppose the prime minister's brexit deal in the coming weeks unless he negotiates changes. dup leader arlene foster told the party conference today her mps

would use their votes to defeat borisjohnson in westminster. here's our ireland correspondent emma vardy — and a warning, there's some flash photography in her report. what a difference! this time last year, it was boris johnson walking onto this stage to rapturous applause. today, he was scolded by the dup leader. rather than have boris with us today, we have had to send him to the naughty step in parliament twice in this last week. twice! the party has refused to back the government on crucial brexit votes, saying borisjohnson sacrificed commitments he made to the dup in order to get a deal. we will not give support to the government when we believe they are fundamentally wrong and acting in a way that is detrimental to northern ireland and taking us in the wrong direction. last year, borisjohnson was warmly welcomed when he said no government should put a border down the irish sea.

but his revised brexit deal requires new checks at northern ireland's ports to keep frictionless trade over the irish land border. it's a concession that, for the dup, undermines northern ireland's place in the united kingdom, which arlene foster has promised to uphold. now more than ever, let us stand strong for the union. thank you very much. arlene foster was keen to remind delegates the dup‘s votes in westminster have made a difference in recent days. and despite what members see as borisjohnson‘s betrayal of promises that he made here last year, they continue to hope the party can wield enough influence to get the prime minister to change course in the days ahead. just going to have to go back and think very hard about how he'll get back our ten votes. it's as simple as that, there's arithmetic to be played. if he don't, i don't see any future for boris, i have to say. the price for an agreement

with the eu has been losing the support of allies here. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. a vatican conference on the challenges facing the amazon region has concluded with a call for some married men to be ordained as priests — a move which, if acted upon, would overturn centuries of tradition within the catholic church. the suggestion at the synod on the amazon has been made as a way to tackle the problem of a shortage of priests in the region — but is highly controversial. john mcmanus reports: beautiful and remote, the catholic church has long held sway in the amazon region. but finding enough priests to minister to hard—to—reach communities is a growing problem. at the vatican over the past three weeks, bishops and laypeople from the region have been attempting to solve that. their solution could overturn centuries of tradition. priestly celibacy has been the norm in the catholic church for most

of its existence. though, it's always been viewed as a tradition rather than a matter of doctrine. this vote, to recommend the ordination ofjunior clergy — deacons — as full ministers, regardless of whether they're married or not could solve the problem that many remote communities being visited by a priest only a few times a year. but opponents of the idea fear it may spread throughout the global church and they see it as a further challenge of the orthodoxy extolled by the previous pope, benedict xvi. some highly—placed catholic officials have denounced the synod of the amazon, with one — cardinal raymond burke — accusing it of heresy. they're also angry at suggestion women should play a greater official role in church activities. pope francis says he's going to look again at that issue. translation: i would like to underline something, we have not yet realised what the woman in the church means. we talk about them only for the functional part, which is important, but the role of women in the church goes far beyond functionality,

and that is what must be followed. far beyond. a final decision on priestly celibacy will be the pontiff's alone to make, though the rules have been bent before the to fit local circumstances. when protestant vicars in britain, angry at the ordination of women as bishops left the church of england, pope benedict ordained many of them as catholic priests, even though they were already married. john mcmanus, bbc news. a reminder now of our top story. millions of californians face having their power cut as the state battles a surge in wildfires. let's stay with that story now. michelle wiley is a reporter with kqed public radio. she's in santa rosa california. ami am i right, you have been evacuated from a town that was under threat?

yes, i was staying in healdsburg, one of the town under an evacuation order area today so i went back to my hotel room and grabbed all my stuff and now i am in santa rosa which is a safe distance away the fire. so tell us exactly how does an evacuation order work? how do you get the message. there are many different ways. they have reverse 911 calls that will call your phone is, you can get alerts directly to your line, is, you can get alerts directly to yourline, and is, you can get alerts directly to your line, and also just bits is, you can get alerts directly to your line, and alsojust bits on is, you can get alerts directly to your line, and also just bits on the ground. police officers going up and down the roads with their sirens telling people, you have got to get out by apm, which was the order today. we were talking to the mayor of healdsburg earlier and it looks quite eerie with this town with absolutely nobody in it. give us an idea, the sense of the threat. what is the scale of the fires? to the kincaid fire in northern california has burned nearly 26,000 acres. it

is about 10% contained and that is this evening about 30 minutes ago. and all of this is happening in the context of what happened in 2017. explain to us the events then. the 2017 north bay fires also impacted this region but things went significantly differently. there we re significantly differently. there were not the same coordinated effo rts were not the same coordinated efforts towards evacuation. there are many lives lost and in a lot of ways, you look at what is happening now in the north bay as sort of a reflection of what happened then. people are more prepared, officials are more prepared than coordinated and they are more ready to take on the threat, as much as they can be with the scope of this fire. from what you have seen talking to people, our people facing this down bravely, if you like, or some must be quite upset to leave their homes,

which they might not come back to? yes, it's really on an individual basis. some people are still dealing with the trauma of the original fire, of leaving their homes not knowing if they would be able to come back. some people, their homes already burnt down or they rebuilt oi’ already burnt down or they rebuilt or bought new homes, so they are experiencing the same things over again, and we met some people today who were prepared. they were ready to go, they knew that something like this could happen so they got ready early and i think that is testament to the work the area has done to get their citizens ready. really good to talk to you. chile's president, sebastian pinera, has dismissed his whole cabinet in order to form a new government and introduce social reforms demanded by protesters. mr pinera said he'd heard the demands from the streets. more than a million people joined a peaceful rally on friday in the capital, santiago, calling for social justice. gareth barlow reports.

where people protested, now they paint. after days of demonstrations which have brought death and destruction, there is a greater sense of calm in santiago. translation: it is legitimate to protest, it is legitimate to want changes. we all want them but let's not destroy the things that affect all chileans. translation: we have to clean up, it's our city — we live here and destroying it is the worst way we can protest. on friday, a reported one million people marched through the capital, a largely peaceful demonstration despite some scuffles with police. in response, president sebastian pinera says the night—time curfew will be lifted and the cabinet will resign. translation: i asked all ministers to resign in order to form a new government and to be able to respond to these new demands

and take charge of these new times. in the past days, at least 17 people have been killed and over 7,000 arrested. chile is one of latin america's wealthiest countries but also one of the most unequal — deep—rooted issues that can't be swept away. gareth barlow, bbc news. at least three protesters have been killed in iraq. it means more than 200 people have now died in anti—government protests this month. the violence comes in spite of protest leaders announcing a pause in demonstrations until the new year, to give the government time to respond to their demands. our middle east correspondent tom bateman has the story. protesters were back on the streets in their thousands. they chanted "freedom!" they demanded jobs and an end to corruption. in the southern city of nasiriyah, a group of protesters tried to storm the house of a local official.

at least two people died in the violence. in the capital, baghdad, security forces were ready to protect the green zone — the fortified area that hosts iraq's parliament. protesters blame a political system put in place after the us—led invasion of 2003, where government jobs are handed out on religious and ethnic lines. they say it has impoverished the people, but enriched their leaders. "these are my brothers," this woman said. "if i don't protect them, i can't protect my country." more than 50 people died in clashes yesterday, as security forces used live ammunition to break up protests. today, they buried the dead. it is the second serious bout of violence this month, with the government's handling of the demonstrations only fuelling more unrest. iraq's prime minister, adil abdul—mahdi — in office for only a year — finds himself under growing pressure.

he has promised a cabinet reshuffle and a package of reforms, but it has done little to quell the anger. it's likely to take far more from the government to calm iraq's streets. tom bateman, bbc news. around 200,000 people have joined a gay pride march in taiwan — the first since the island legalised same—sex marriages. taiwan is the first place in asia to allow gay people to marry. rachel stanton reports. music. celebrating in style. the island has long hosted the region's largest pride marches, but this year, there is a difference. music. taiwan will now allow same—sex couples to get married. it is a first for asia, as same—sex marriages are not legal in other parts of the region. since the law was changed in may, more than 2000 couples have

taken advantage of this. translation: we hope everybody can understand that gay people are around them. they are your neighbours, families and friends. we can all be good neighbours and march together. despite this change in the law, the lgbt community says further steps need to be taken. translation: marriage equality's the beginning. it's not the end. we have to keep pushing for many other issues, including international gay marriage recognition, parental and adoption rights, as well as surrogacy. and most importantly, gender equality education. taiwan's foreign ministry posted its support for the parade online, urging people to put on their glad rags. with plenty of rainbows and music, this year's parade is a march of progress. rachel stanton, bbc news. a cardigan that was once worn by kurt cobain on stage has sold at auction for a record—breaking

$330,000. the late lead singer of nirvana wore the cardigan during the band's famous live performance on mtv unplugged back in 1993. 26 years later the garment remains unwashed, bearing stains and cigarette burns. julien's auctions say it's the most expensive sweater to be sold at auction in history. kurt created the grunge look and he didn't wear show clothes so this was a sweater he actually bought an ace thrift shop. made in the 1960s, heavily used with cigarette burns, so heavily used with cigarette burns, so it is easily identified because of the stains and burns and he wore it ata of the stains and burns and he wore it at a most important performance in my opinion so it is a holy grail of clothing that can come up for auction. millions of hindus, sikhs,

and jains across the world are taking part in diwali celebrations. the biggest celebrations are taking place in india, where public spaces are being lit up by candles and oil lamps. the annual festival of lights is said to mark the spiritual victory of "light over darkness, and good over evil". the festivities go on for a total of five days, with the main day of celebration taking place this tuesday. weather now with phil avery. if you are at the end of your tether with the cloudy, wet and windy weather, i have news for you. there is a significant change on the way and it can't come too soon. there are tens of flood warnings out across england and wales and no wonder when you see how much rain has fallen in parts of powys and into devon, notable amounts in derbyshire and also the midlands as well. and the reason for the changes, we are pushing away the

weatherfront, keeping low pressure close by in the north of scotland, a lot of isobars so it stays when they come effect of that front moving away to the south is taking away the mild air and we are all in a much fresher feeling regime as we start the new day on sunday. could be a touch of frost in some locations across the south of england but the skies are clear in the wind is light overnight but converts into a gloriously sunny day. still plenty of wind and some punchy showers across the north of scotland that may be in the north west of england. forget all about the 18 and 19 in kent, top of the day, 13 or so. into the start of next week, not a great deal of change as we say that iran's sunnier but noticeably colder by day and night. he does the pattern, it is very much the high pressure that is dominating the scene, this little ridge of high pressure bringing a fine unsettled, frosty start. not much in the way of winds

save perhaps for the north and north—east of scotland, 12 spots on the eastern shore is feeling the keenness of the wind. just a difference in far south—west, and enough cloud for the odd showery burst of rain. these are the highs on the day, about 6—7 up to 11—12 at the very best. not a great deal of difference from monday into tuesday, a lot of isobars squeezing up, so the wind, a keen one at that, squeezing in from the east and south—east. maybe a shower or two and the onshore breeze from the north sea. quite a bit of cloud across the eastern counties for both england and scotland but for the most part it will be dry but not warm, seven, eight up to around 11 or 12 at the very best. as far ahead as the middle part of the week, not a great deal changes for many of us although this set of fronts may cause a change for the second half

of the week across most parts of the british isles, we will keep you posted.

this is bbc news, the headlines: officials in california are warning that historically strong winds are likely to fan the destructive wildfires that have taken hold. a state of emergency has already been declared. millions of people face having their power cut as part of the emergency effort to control the fires. hundreds of thousands of catalans have marched through barcelona calling on the madrid government to free jailed separatist leaders. some of the protesters clashed with police following the peaceful protest — six people weretaken to hospital more rallies are planned for sunday. a 25—year—old man, maurice robinson, has been charged with 39 counts of manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people after 39 bodies were found in a refrigerated lorry trailer in britain.