live from washington, if this is bbc news. 30,000 people evacuated from the los angeles neighbourhood of pacific palisades has a wildfire continues to spread. donald trump holds out the prospect of extending us territory and floods the idea of military action for control of greenland and the panama canal. former presidentjimmy carter funeral procession lies at the capitol where he will lying—in—state until thursday. where he will lying—in—state untilthursday. —— where he will lying—in—state until thursday. —— arrives. we begin with breaking news from los angeles where a rapidly evolving wildfire has

taken hold near the city. we can show you live pictures. huge smoke plumes can be seen rising above the pacific palisades area. around 30,000 people have been evacuated from that neighbourhood with fire official saying the blaze has taken hold of more than 1200 acres in a matter of hours. aircraft and fire engines have been trying to stop the spread but high winds of up to 160 kilometres per hour, as well as dry conditions, are continuing to flame the blaze. gridlock as well as residence rush with some having to abandon vehicles. we got this update earlier. , , earlier. currently, the fire is at 1261 acres _ earlier. currently, the fire is at 1261 acres and _ earlier. currently, the fire is at 1261 acres and growing i earlier. currently, the fire is - at 1261 acres and growing based on aerial reconnaissance. the fire has been fuelled by a combination of strong winds and

surrounded topography, which is making it extremely challenging for our personnel assigned to this incident.— this incident. the california governor — this incident. the california governor gary _ this incident. the california governor gary newsome i this incident. the california governor gary newsome is | governor gary newsome is wanting the conditions into the night would be extremely dangerous. bi; night would be extremely dangerous.— night would be extremely dancerous. j ., , . ., dangerous. by no stretch of the imagination _ dangerous. by no stretch of the imagination are _ dangerous. by no stretch of the imagination are we _ dangerous. by no stretch of the imagination are we out - dangerous. by no stretch of the imagination are we out of - dangerous. by no stretch of the imagination are we out of the i imagination are we out of the woods. 10pm tonight — 5pm tomorrow will be peak winds and having just quite literally an hour or so got having just quite literally an hour orso got up having just quite literally an hour or so got up the canyon and saw firsthand the impact of the swelling went on the ambers and the number of structures destroyed, not a few, many structures already destroyed, and the fact that people were still not evacuating, still denied head of the warning, we werejust coming down denied head of the warning, we were just coming down the canyon, it is a reminder of how serious this moment is and how important it is you listen to these evacuation orders. fiur

these evacuation orders. our correspondent _ these evacuation orders. 0ur correspondent david willis joins us. bring us up—to—date with the latest and what you are hearing right now. i with the latest and what you are hearing right now.- are hearing right now. i am about 20 — are hearing right now. i am about 20 miles _ are hearing right now. i am about 20 miles away - are hearing right now. i am about 20 miles away from | are hearing right now. i am i about 20 miles away from this fire in the pacific palisades area and this entire area is blanketed in a thick plume of smoke and if this fire has engulfed an area of more than 1200 acres and it is said to be burning at the rate of nearly four football fields a minute. 0fficials four football fields a minute. officials say this is a life—threatening situation and it is extremely challenging for the 250 firefighters who are combating this place at the moment. this started, we are told, as a fairly modest brush via at 10:30am but spread very rapidly, fanned by the santa

anna wins, seasonal winds that have been blowing at a rate of 100 miles an hour. a mandatory evacuation order was put in place in the pacific palisades area, that is an upmarket community, sandwiched between the santa monica mountains and malibu, affecting around 10,000 homes, 30,000 people. now, a number of homes are said to be destroyed by the fire already. several motor vehicles as well. and traffic, as you reported, and if this area is gridlocked because there is only one coastal hwy, the pacific highway, out of this particular area so a report suggest a lot of people have chosen instead to flee on foot, abandoning their cars and so officials have had to send in bulldozers to clear those cars so that rescue vehicles can get to the

scene. , , , rescue vehicles can get to the scene. ,, , ., scene. this is very scary. you are mentioning _ scene. this is very scary. you are mentioning the _ scene. this is very scary. you are mentioning the number. scene. this is very scary. you | are mentioning the number of the fire moving at the speed of four football fields a benefit. what kind of tools to do the authorities, firefighters have to tackle this? what response are we seeing?— are we seeing? amongst the arsenal of— are we seeing? amongst the arsenal of weapons - are we seeing? amongst the arsenal of weapons that - are we seeing? amongst the arsenal of weapons that they have at their disposal, as it were, to try to fight this very rapidly moving fire, they are dropping waterfrom the rapidly moving fire, they are dropping water from the air, they are scooping it up from they are scooping it up from the pacific ocean and dumping it on these flames. thousands of gallons of water so combating from the ground and in the air, but we heard from the california governor gary newsome, who is in the area, he came here to attend an event with president biden that that event was cancelled because of the situation with these fires.

he said, he has long maintained that climate change is playing a realfactor in that climate change is playing a real factor in the wildfire situation here in california. he said just a short while ago, there is no such thing as a fire season, fire season is now year—round. a, fire season, fire season is now year-munit— fire season, fire season is now ear-round. �* , ,, year-round. a stuck assessment. good to talk _ year-round. a stuck assessment. good to talk to _ year-round. a stuck assessment. good to talk to you. _ year-round. a stuck assessment. good to talk to you. thank - year-round. a stuck assessment. good to talk to you. thank you. l good to talk to you. thank you. meanwhile, on the ground is our correspondent emma fardy. she sent us this update should while ago. we have been watching some huge plumes of watching some huge plumes of watching the distance, covering a huge area and feeling if these really strong winds. it is the wind driving the spread of this fire and making it spread over hundreds of acres so so quickly and it is making life really challenging for the emergency services who have been trying to contain this for hours. about 30,000 people have been evacuated so far but that

number is expected to go up pretty quickly because of this fire spreading so rapidly and the peak of this winds is not over yet and is making conditions extremely challenging for the fire crews who are trying to keep people safe. now, a number of homes have been threatened by these flames. some homes have been damaged by the fire and it is impossible to say how many at the moment but people began leaving a number of hours ago but actually they were leaving in cars at first and then started to leave on food, just with suitcases and pets with mss became rapidly so much more risky for people who were close to it. in the pacific palisades area, it is very densely populated, it is a very expensive, wealthy area, huge homes, some celebrity homes, a number of well—known residents have been posting on social

media about the risk they are facing and it is a very frightening type of people who are having to leave their homes and they do not know if they're going to be there when they get back or what the damage is at the moment but in fact, the renowned millions of people under fire warnings across california because these conditions are so dangerous at moment. everything is so dry. the vegetation on the mountain has not had any rain, water, for a number of months and it has created dry conditions and combined with a win, it means a spark could set a fire off very quickly as it did today and thenit quickly as it did today and then it can spread so rapidly. the state of emergency has been declared in los angeles as they tried to get this under control. emma fardy in the vicinity of the blazer you can keep across this developing story on our live page, including the latest on those evacuation orders and of course you can also scan that qr code which you can see on your screen currently.

less than two weeks before his inauguration as us president, donald trump has repeated his desire to take control of both greenland and the panama canal and even floated the possibility of using military force. mr trump made his remarks during questions from reporters at his estate in florida. his son, donald trumer, was in greenland today on what he called a personal day trip to talk to people there. here is our north america editor sarah smith. this is a very deliberate signal of intent. of donald trump's genuine desire to take over greenland. it's no coincidence that his son donald junior landed there today. it may look like he has come for a property viewing before trying to buy the island. he says that is not the case. reporter: do you have a message from your— reporter: do you have a message from your father? my father says hello. he says hello to everyone in greenland. are you interested in buying greenland? greenland is controlled by denmark and their prime

minister says it is very much not for sale. its location sitting between the us and russia is why donald trump wants to take control. people don't even know if denmark has any legal right to it but if they do, they should give it up because we need it for national security, for the free world. i'm talk about protecting the free world. in a wide ranging freewheeling press conference he listed all the countries that are in his sights. we want to get along with everybody but they have to — it takes two to tango. revealing more of his global ambitions he said he wants control of the crucial shipping route, the panama canal, vital for america's security. the panama canal is vital to our country. it is being operated by china, china! we gave the panama canal to panama and not china, but they have abused that gift. he repeated his threat to put crippling tariffs on goods from canada and mexico if they do not tighten border security,

and he announced a unilateral plan to completely rename the gulf of mexico. we are going to be changing the name of the gulf of mexico to the gulf of america. it has a beautiful ring to it. it covers a lot of territory. the gulf of america, what a beautiful name. joined by his special envoy to the middle east, donald trump says there has already been a lot of progress on efforts to release about 100 hostages held by hamas in gaza and he wants them freed before his inauguration in less than two weeks' time. if those hostages are not back, i do not want to hurt your negotiation, but if they are not back by the time i get into office, all hell will break out in the middle east, and it will not be good for hamas and it will not be good frankly for anyone. all hell will break out. i don't have to say any more but that is it is. in under a fortnight history will repeat itself when donald trump is once again

sworn in as the us president. this time around he wants to use the power of his office to reshape the world in a way that puts america's and only america's interests first, threatening and warning other nations not to stand in his way. here in washington we have been following the funeral proceedings of the late jimmy carter. there's a life pictures from the capitol rotunda where mr carter is lying—in—state. which isjust open to members of the public to pay their respects. on wednesday, the state funeral for the former president will continue here in washington and in the state of georgia. mr carter will lying—in—state from 7am on wednesday until early thursday morning, when the visitation period ends. presidentjoe biden will deliver a eulogy at the national cathedral later on thursday, before the former president's body is returned to georgia and buried alongside his wife, rosalynn. mr carter served destination's 39th in late december, just days

before the new year. 0ur senior north american correspondent gary o'donoghue is at the capitol. it has been a day of ritual and ceremony. jimmy carter's body making its way from atlanta, all the way to the national capitol. a stop at the navy memorial, as a former naval officer, of course, and then hear to the us capitol where we saw a very simple service address by various congressional leaders including the republican speaker the republican speaker of the house mikejohnson, of the house mikejohnson, who described the former who described the former president as an extraordinary president as an extraordinary man. he said he was a man man. he said he was a man who knew the value who knew the value of a dollar and hated of a dollar and hated government waste. government waste. john thune, the republican john thune, the republican majority leader, majority leader, in the senate, also talking in the senate, also talking aboutjimmy carter in warm aboutjimmy carter in warm terms, saying he was a faithful terms, saying he was a faithful servant to his creator servant to his creator and his fellow man. and his fellow man. and then the vice president and then the vice president kamala harris talking kamala harris talking about his legacy from his time about his legacy from his time in the white house. in the white house. the environmental the environmental

legislation that he passed. legislation that he passed. the numbers of people of colour and women he appointed to the federal bench and on the international stage, his normalising of relations with china and his achievement of the camp david accords that brought peace between egypt and israel. tomorrow, of course, the public will get its chance to pay its respects tojimmy carter, throughout wednesday and into early thursday, before that service at the national cathedral wherejoe biden will give the eulogy wherejoe biden will give the eulogy and all former living presidents will be present. the finaljourney for president carter will be back

posting on x, which he owns, mr marks called ms phillips a "rape genocide apologist" after it emerged that she had declined a request from 0ldham council for a full enquiry into historical child sex abuse in the town. a 14—year—old boy has been stabbed to death on a double—decker bus in what police have described as a horrendous crime. the victim was killed on the 472 bus on woolwich church street in southeast london at around 2:30pm on tuesday afternoon. he died at the scene shortly after paramedics arrived. the uk set for more freezing weather as homes and businesses deal with flooding. snow and ice caused disruption to travel. more than 110 flood warnings remain in place in england, that includes one severe danger to life warning that are seen barrow upon soar in leicestershire. you are alive with bbc news.

metaverse says it will catch less bad stuff on facebook and instagram as it relaxes on policies contained users can post. it says it will stop using independent fact checkers, instead using a variation of community notes. currently used on x for the accuracy of post. donald trump accused fact checkers are being buys. lastly meta announced the resignation of the formally deftly promised of the uk, nikole, and he has been replaced by his number two, joel kaplan, who has been a vocal champion of conservative causes. for more i have been speaking to david gilbert covering misinformation and online extremism. david, i would like to start on a practical note. when you heard

this announcement from meta it would do away with these fact checkers on facebook, instagram, threads, what came to mind? what was your reaction?— to mind? what was your reaction? . _, , reaction? having covered this information _ reaction? having covered this information particularly - reaction? having covered this information particularly on . information particularly on facebook for the last decade i was flabbergasted. i could not believe they had taken this decision, having built up the system over the course of the last eight years since the 2016 election to throw it all away and adopt a community notes model which has been seen on x not to work very well, was just really surprising and it was something that weil had been signalled in some respects by mark zuckerberg and comments he made last year where he said he was done apologising, the fact they have completely eradicated third—party fact checking in

the us without any warning to those fact checkers was a major surprise. figs those fact checkers was a ma'or surrise. �* , ,, those fact checkers was a ma'or surrise. r ,, those fact checkers was a ma'or surrise. �* , ,, ., surprise. as you can hear, julia david's _ surprise. as you can hear, julia david's reaction - surprise. as you can hear, julia david's reaction that| surprise. as you can hear, l julia david's reaction that he was flabbergasted. but i wonder what the political reaction has been cross the political spectrum. it been cross the political spectrum-— been cross the political sectrum. .,, _, ., spectrum. it has come down alon: spectrum. it has come down along party _ spectrum. it has come down along party lines. _ spectrum. it has come down along party lines. you - spectrum. it has come down along party lines. you havel along party lines. you have democrats very much pushing back against this whereas republicans seem to be in support. it seems mark zuckerberg is taking a page out of elon musk�*s playbook on x and we even saw meta executives say that an mark zuckerberg essentially say that modelling this new strategy they are using half community notes. politically for quite some time or at least for the past few months, we have seen mark zuckerberg almost trying to curry favour with those on the right, where that president

trump himself or others the conservative influences, it is interesting to see that it is notjust interesting to see that it is not just mark zuckerberg, interesting to see that it is notjust mark zuckerberg, it is other major media moguls like jeff bezos, for example. we have seen this increased interest in president trump. in his policy, so i think you are saying that reflected in this decision by meta.— saying that reflected in this decision by meta. david, on that point— decision by meta. david, on that point with _ decision by meta. david, on that point with regard - decision by meta. david, on that point with regard to - that point with regard to reaction following along political lines, there is this argument and you touched on it with regard to community notes especially in conservative circles that it empowers users and can hand power back to them. what do you make of that? the idea of a more democratic and transparent system where the people using the platform are involved in making decisions about what is right and wrong is, in theory, a good idea and can work in some

specific situations. but as one fact checker pointed out to me today when speaking to them, they said you still need experts, especially in areas like medical misinformation all scientific misinformation where you really need experts to weigh in on these topics in order to have a system that works, that people can trust because, as we have seen happening on x, there are users who are using the system much more than other people because they have a very much part is on view and a lot of users are there to support elon musk, to prevent his posts. a lot of them which contains information from receiving such community notes. it will depend once again on how facebook implements the system but the fact they have quoted x as their primary example of what

they will do and sang effectively they will be implementing exactly the same system is a bit of a worry. find system is a bit of a worry. and as we know — system is a bit of a worry. and as we know elon _ system is a bit of a worry. and as we know elon musk, the ceo of x, close to president elect donald trump. julia, i wonder how you interpret the timing of all of this when we have seen meta for example donate over $1 million to donald trump's inauguralfund, mark zuckerberg inaugural fund, mark zuckerberg i inauguralfund, mark zuckerberg i believe recently visiting mar—a—lago? i believe recently visiting mar-a-lago?_ i believe recently visiting mar-a-lago? i believe recently visiting mar-a-laao? ., . , , mar-a-lago? you are seeing this fiaure is mar-a-lago? you are seeing this figure is trying — mar-a-lago? you are seeing this figure is trying to _ mar-a-lago? you are seeing this figure is trying to gain _ figure is trying to gain influence with donald trump and mark— influence with donald trump and mark zuckerberg looks at elon musk— mark zuckerberg looks at elon musk and see him spending the holidays — musk and see him spending the holidays with the trump family at mar—a—lago, donald trump coming — at mar—a—lago, donald trump coming to— at mar—a—lago, donald trump coming to spacex launches, must -et coming to spacex launches, must get into— coming to spacex launches, must get into call in with president—elect trump and foreign _ president—elect trump and foreign leaders and they all want — foreign leaders and they all want influence and that is what you are — want influence and that is what you are seeing reflect that. mark— you are seeing reflect that. mark zuckerberg very much trying — mark zuckerberg very much trying to _ mark zuckerberg very much trying to in some ways follow in elon— trying to in some ways follow in elon musk's footsteps or take — in elon musk's footsteps or take a _ in elon musk's footsteps or take a page out of it playbook.

i take a page out of it playbook. iwouid — take a page out of it playbook. i would caution, in terms of elon— i would caution, in terms of elon musk's relationship with donald — elon musk's relationship with donald trump, it is not necessarily going to be... may not be — necessarily going to be... may not be rosy forever. there has been — not be rosy forever. there has been chatter in trump circles around — been chatter in trump circles around mar—a—lago about whether elon around mar—a—lago about whether eion musk— around mar—a—lago about whether elon musk is in some ways overstaying his welcome. we know — overstaying his welcome. we know donald trump likes to be the centre of attention, likes to be — the centre of attention, likes to be the _ the centre of attention, likes to be the one calling all the shots — to be the one calling all the shots and does not like it when someone — shots and does not like it when someone could eclipse him and elon— someone could eclipse him and elon musk with how vocal he is online, — elon musk with how vocal he is online, with how... front and forward — online, with how... front and forward facing of a figure he has been for the trump transition team, that could potentially happen and we know in many — potentially happen and we know in many ways donald trump in the past — in many ways donald trump in the past has fallen out with allies. _ the past has fallen out with allies, so elon musk, a lot of our— allies, so elon musk, a lot of our sources say should definitely proceed with caution if he _ definitely proceed with caution if he wants to keep this relationship with donald trump.

the outgoing us secretary of state antony blinken says the support forces and its allied militia have committed genocide in sudan. mr blinken said the conclusion was based on the systematic murder of men and rape of women from certain ethnic groups where he said washington was now sanctioning the rsf leader. the wall between the rsf and the sudanese armed forces has killed tens of thousands of people and the united nations says famine in sudan has reached devastating levels. —— war. tibet rescuers are searching for survivors after an earthquake killed at least 126 people. the epicentre was in a remote area near the border with nepal around 50 miles from mount everest and close to one of the holy cities. and journos are not allowed to enter tibet without chinese government permission. so this report has been sent from beijing. fear has rattled

through the foothills of mount everest. the injured are still in shock. crouched in the rubble, they can barely call for help. and the cradle and clean to those who have been saved. the remote mountain homes are no longer shelters. their small brick houses crumbled in the strong and shallow quake. china's response has been swift — more than 1000 rescuers were sent to the region. the first few hours are critical to save lives and by brick, they searched for survivors, going from building to shattered building looking for signs of life. the chinese air force launched an unmanned drone across the himalayan plateau, the quickest way to discover the worst hit areas but the challenge for rescuers is clear this valley has

temperatures well below freezing. roads have been split by the shifting ground. foreign reporters cannot enter tibet without government permission. we are told the army have been dispatched to help and instructions have come from president xi. �* ,, �* ~ president xi. translation: we will do our _ president xi. translation: we will do our best _ president xi. translation: we will do our best to _ president xi. translation: we will do our best to investigate i will do our best to investigate and search for trapped people. we will help save the injured and wounded and assist those who need help to rebuild their lives. , ., , ., , ., lives. hundreds of people now need shelter _ lives. hundreds of people now need shelter in _ lives. hundreds of people now need shelter in villages - need shelter in villages scattered across the roof of the world. as temperatures dipped in 1918 celsius, they can huddle intends for now as the search for the missing goes on. —— —18. you are watching bbc news. i am helena on. —— —18. you are watching bbc news. iam helena humphrey. thank you for your company. our

colleagues in singapore take over. have a very good evening. goodbye for now. the rest of this week is going to remain cold at night and we have further risk of snow and ice for northern and western areas but as we head into the weekend something slightly less cold will begin to push in off the atlantic, temperatures are covering as we head into next week for some of us. we have some lower tier met office warnings for snow and ice. but as we head into the weekend, something slightly less cold will begin to push in off the atlantic with temperatures recovering as we head into next week for some of us. now we've got some lower tier met office yellow warnings

in force for snow and ice. northern and western scotland northern ireland, some significant accumulations of fresh snow over the highlands there and an ice warning. a yellow warning for ice for parts of north west england and north wales. also some freezing fog patches for northern ireland, northern england, north wales through the morning could be stubborn to clear, but a lot of sunshine away from the north coast of scotland. skies turning cloudier, though across the southern half of england and south wales, with some rain, maybe some hill sleet and snow getting into the higher ground of southern england later on. but a cold day wherever you are, two or three degrees at best. so we could see some sleet and snow over the tops of the moors, south wales, the hills there and across the downs for a time as we head through wednesday evening, eventually it will start to pull away, take the cloud and the rain with it. clearer skies again as we head into early parts of thursday. so temperatures falling like a stone and further wintry showers, northern scotland and northern ireland, again, there will be a risk of ice. temperatures could be down into minus double digits again across parts of northern england into scotland where we have lying snow. so we hold on to that run of cold northerly winds, with further snow showers feeding into northern parts of scotland. we remain very much in that cold air mass, so thursday

is another very cold day. lots of sunshine around, some ice to begin with. further wintry showers northern scotland, northern ireland, perhaps into northern western wales. northwest england few of these running into the midlands, again, ice could be a risk here, but for most it stays dry on thursday. cold and sunny, temperatures struggling to get much above two or three degrees. as we head through thursday night the wintry showers continue across northern areas. temperatures fall away sharply, some mist and fog forming once again. a bit of cloud, some rainjust pushing into the very far southwest, which could be wintry and temperatures could be down to —15 celsius or even lower as we head into friday morning. we will see a change as we move through friday. slightly less cold air begins to move in for the weekend, certainly in the north and the west of the country.

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