live from london, this is bbc news. a state of emergency has been declared, as 30,000 people are told to evacuate their homes due to wildfires. millions more are under a fire warning. police continue their search for the killer of a 14—year—old boy, who was stabbed to death on a bus in southeast london. a new report says state schools in england could face very tight budgets next year, with rising costs likely to outstrip the growth in school funding. campaigners have expressed concern about plans by meta to abandon independent fact checkers on facebook and instagram. later i will be joined by the

boss of rolls—royce as they deal with growing demand for ultra bespoke vehicles. a very warm welcome to the programme. i'm sally bundock. a huge wildfire is burning through thousands of acres in california, with tens of thousands of people evacuated from their homes. this is the scene live in pacific palisades, a neighbourhood in the hills near santa monica, in los angeles, where we've seen pictures of burning cars and destroyed buildings as the fire swept through. local fire fighters say the conditions are as bad as they get, with gusts of wind up to more than 100 kilometres per hour fanning the flames from ten acres to almost 3000 in just a matter of hours. the white house says

president biden is being briefed on the situation, whilst the governor of california has warned that fires there are no longer seasonal but a year—round threat. more now from our north america correspondent, david willis, who's in los angeles. as night fell here, concern grew that this failure might grow considerably in size. the forecast being for high winds overnight, between 80 and 100 miles an hourand overnight, between 80 and 100 miles an hour and the prediction of the worse windstorm in a decade. that, following a day of high winds which saw this very large fire broke considerably in size, after starting is a very small brushfire 10:30am and then exploding in size to taking thousands of acres. firefighters have called the

situation life—threatening and extremely challenging. 0ne resident who emerged from the pacific palisades area said it resembled a disaster movie. it started, as i mentioned, very early in the morning and are very rapidly spread and an evacuation order was promptly put in place for around 30,000 residents of the pacific palisades area, between santa monica and malibu. multiple homes nonetheless have been damaged or destroyed and 10,000 homes are said to be threatened by this fire. traffic in the area was gridlocked as people sought to escape the flames. there is only one main rd out of this particular area. some people decided to escape on foot, abandoning the cars, prompting officials to bring in bulldozers in order to clear

those abandoned cars so that rescue officials could reach the scene. let's speak to david latt, who was forced to evacuate from his home in the pacific palisades. thank you for talking to us on bbc news. what happened to you? this morning, early, my wife and i were very unaware of what was happening and a neighbour called and said, get out. this is about 10am and i went outside and saw what he was reacting to, which was a huge plume of black smoke about four blocks away from our house. i took out a ladder and went up on the roof because i saw they were fallen leaves and other debris and i wanted to make sure the fire, if it spread in our direction, did not have combustibles on the roof so i quickly swept that off and then over the next 30 minutes, i

watched as the fire got larger and moved in our direction and as you reporter indicated, the problem here is extreme wind coupled with no rain for half a year, so the conditions are primed for a very difficult situation. we were ordered to evacuate and the communication was extremely good. we received text messages saying you must evacuate immediately and i have to say, our mayor, karen bass, had prepared for the situation by assembling material and personnel to be within the area so the response was very quick and even as i was watching in some video that i shot you can see first observational helicopters analysing the area from the air, the situation from the air, the situation from the air, and i think you saw what you call service coopers, fixed wing aeroplanes

that go close to the surface of the ocean, pick up water, and drop it along with fire retardant to slow down the fire. the attack by city officials was very aggressive, the problem was and continues to be the wind and again, as you reporter mentioned, the concern now is what is going to happen tonight where the expectation is not hurricane force but extremely high winds and even though the personnel have been very aggressive in putting out the failures they can find, with the wind, it is very hard to know where the fires are going to be and spread ambers and they can go across streets and miles away. all of la is on alert. you can hear sirens. you can tell, there is a lot of smoke in the air, excuse me. we're staying

in a friends house in the middle adelaide. the problem with pacific palisades is that it is a relatively isolated area with just one ride it is a relatively isolated area withjust one ride in it is a relatively isolated area with just one ride in and out so the trafficjam, it took us two hours to get out of the area. ~ , ., . us two hours to get out of the area. ~ ,, ., ,, ., ~ area. while you are speaking, we were looking _ area. while you are speaking, we were looking at _ area. while you are speaking, we were looking at the - area. while you are speaking, we were looking at the videos j we were looking at the videos that you shot before you left your home. what goes through your home. what goes through your mind when you know you have to evacuate your home, you do not know what you will return to, what do you grab and the time pressure, i assume, you really had to act quickly? yes, well, first of all, i am a native from los angeles and there is, like earthquake, is just a natural fact of living in the area. you are taught over and over again to have what you have a grab and go box which means with your passport,

tax records, especially prized videos or still photographs and albums, so we already had that part of that pack and we were also ready to go out of town so we actually had suitcases packed with clothing so we just need to grab those but, you are right, the hard thing was, we have paintings, sun done by my wife's father who were no longer with us, they are wonderful but they are large, and by other artists we collected over the years and we knew we had to walk away from them and it is hard, it isjust hard to do. we took what we could, we focus on family, important artefacts, could, we focus on family, importantartefacts, meaning important artefacts, meaning photographs importantartefacts, meaning photographs largely and obviously passports and other essential documents. but you stand in a room and you say to

yourself, i may never see these things again. it yourself, i may never see these things again-— things again. it is very difficult. _ things again. it is very difficult. i _ things again. it is very difficult. i can - things again. it is very difficult. i can imagine extremely tough and we do appreciate you talking to us on bbc news and we wish you all the very best and hope you have a home to return to when you go back to your home and pacific palisades. let's show you the live pictures we are receiving now. you can see clearly now, this guy is absolutely field with smoke, —— the sky, as they grapple with the 2000 9000 acres across the area. a state of emergency has been declared in los angeles. we have a live page on the bbc news website and on the bbc news app which is updating all the times you can follow the latest developments and our coverage.

state schools in england could face very tight budgets next year,with rising costs likely to outstrip the growth in school funding. that's according to a new report from the institute for fiscal studies, which says the teachers pay increase for next year, as well as meeting the needs of pupils with special educational needs, could be challenging. here's our education editor, branwen jeffreys. the head teacher and school dog at the gate, this primary ones every child to enjoy school and this forest school is part of that. a breakfrom this forest school is part of that. a break from the classroom helps some children learn. fundraising led to a private donation to create this, the hope is other schools might pay to use it. despite these efforts, the school is struggling to balance its books. if struggling to balance its books. , ., struggling to balance its books. i., struggling to balance its books. y., ., , books. if you look at the needs of our children _

books. if you look at the needs of our children and _ books. if you look at the needs of our children and the - books. if you look at the needs of our children and the needs l of our children and the needs are here, but the money that we received from central government is here. received from central covernment is here. ~ ., ., government is here. what other choices facing _ government is here. what other choices facing schools _ government is here. what other choices facing schools now - choices facing schools now around the budget? the schools are looking _ around the budget? the schools are looking at _ around the budget? the schools are looking at those _ around the budget? the schools are looking at those budgets - are looking at those budgets and the really hard decisions that they are going to be faced with other things like stuff redundancy, are looking at what you might consider those optional extras psychotherapies, counselling services... sorry, the dog has come in. services... sorry, the dog has come in-_ come in. hang on, are you filmin: come in. hang on, are you filming me- _ come in. hang on, are you filming me. "my- come in. hang on, are you | filming me. --my daughter. thomas is— filming me. --my daughter. thomas is waiting _ filming me. --my daughter. thomas is waiting for - filming me. --my daughter. thomas is waiting for an - thomas is waiting for an assessment. for now, the school is paying for 1—to—1 support. his mother told me thomas can now manage school full—time. i do not know how they have done it. had they move money around to do it. and it is amazing because without that, thomas would not be here.—

because without that, thomas would not be here. without that 1-to-1. across _ would not be here. without that 1-to-1. across the _ would not be here. without that 1-to-1. across the school, - would not be here. without that 1-to-1. across the school, six i 1—to—1. across the school, six teachers are helping children with extra needs. that is £156,000 a year. staff make up most of any school's budget. the government is going up its plans for spending for the next few years and schools are going to have to compete against other priorities in a tight public spending round. at the same time, the government faces a decision over teachers pay and the unions have already made it clear they are not happy with the offer. schools are starting to nail down their budget plans for next year, not sure exactly what they are facing, how many staff they can afford. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. police in london are continuing to search for the killer of a 14—year—old boy, who was stabbed on a bus on tuesday. the attack happened

at about 2:30 in the afternoon in woolwich, in south—east london. the boy died at the scene, shortly after paramedics and an air ambulance arrived. 0ur reporter graham satchell has more. late into the evening, police forensic teams could be seen scouring the double—decker buses searching for evidence as once again this part of london mourns the death of a teenager. the attack happened in broad daylight, a 14—year—old boy stabbed on the 742 but in woolwich. local residents took these pictures as police and paramedics tried in vain to save his life.— paramedics tried in vain to save his life. ., , ., save his life. our thoughts are with the victim's _ save his life. our thoughts are with the victim's family - save his life. our thoughts are with the victim's family and i with the victim's family and friends. it is a horrendous crime and i cannot imagine what they are going through right now. no arrests have been made at this early stage that we are working apace to make an arrest of those involved. these road closures will remain in place while we continue to carry out

enquiries. while we continue to carry out enquiries-— enquiries. this is the second killini enquiries. this is the second killing of _ enquiries. this is the second killing of a — enquiries. this is the second killing of a teenager - enquiries. this is the second killing of a teenager in - killing of a teenager in woolwich in a matter of months. in september 15—year—old daejaun campbell was stabbed to death just metres away. the two boys knew each other. i death just metres away. the two boys knew each other.— boys knew each other. i believe that two weeks _ boys knew each other. i believe that two weeks ago _ boys knew each other. i believe that two weeks ago this - boys knew each other. i believe that two weeks ago this young | that two weeks ago this young man was paying tribute to a young man that passed in september, not knowing today he was going to be that person, it was going to be that person, it was going to be that person, it was going to be him. itjust shows again the impact of knife crime and what needs to be done. . . crime and what needs to be done. ., , ,, done. ten teenagers were killed in london last— done. ten teenagers were killed in london last year. _ done. ten teenagers were killed in london last year. the - done. ten teenagers were killed in london last year. the most i in london last year. the most recent figure suggests love crime in england and wales was up crime in england and wales was up 4% in the 12 months tojune. the government has pledged to half life crime in an executive but as another child is murdered, the community here is asking what can be done to stop the killings. —— half knife crime. graham satchell, bbc news.

the foreign minister of panama says of the sovereignty of the panama canal is non—negotiable, after donald trump refused to rule out using military force to take control of the key waterway. javier martinez—acha also denied claims of a financial offer by the us president—elect to take control of the canal. meanwhile an mp representing greenland in the danish parliament says its future should be decided by the people living there — also following donald trump's suggestions that he should take control of territory, using military or economic force. and in canada, the premier of ontario province dismissed mr trump's suggestions that the country should become part of the us. to the president, i will make him a counter offers, how about if we buy alaska and will throw in minnesota at the same time. it is not realistic. i know he likes making these comments and

he likes joking around, likes making these comments and he likesjoking around, i take that seriously. we he likes joking around, i take that seriously.— that seriously. we will be lookini that seriously. we will be looking at _ that seriously. we will be looking at that _ that seriously. we will be looking at that in - that seriously. we will be looking at that in more i that seriously. we will be - looking at that in more details in business today. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

0nline safety campaigners have expressed concern about plans by tech giant meta to abandon independent fact checkers on facebook and instagram. they'll instead by replaced by so called �*community notes�*, similar to the system used on x, where commenting on the accuracy of posts is left to users. the change wil happen in the us first, and meta says it has no immediate plans to get rid of third—party fact checkers in the uk or the eu. the company's chief executive, mark zuckerberg, explained the decision in a video post.

we have reached a point where there is too many mistakes and too much censorship. we're going to get back to our roots and focus on mistakes, simplifying a policies and restoring free expression on our platform. mr zuckerberg himself admitted the approach will mean his company catches less �*bad stuff', but supporters say it'll mean they can speak more freely it comes as tech bosses, including elon musk, try to improve relations with us president—elect donald trump, before he takes office later this month. let's speak to our north america technology correspondent, lily jamali. you join us from las vegas you are there for the consumer electronics show and i bet you this is a talking point, this race to win favour with president—elect donald trump? it absolutely is and meta ceo

mark zuckerberg has plenty of damage to repay. meta of course runs a number of very important and influential social media platforms. instagram and facebook and also it owns whatsapp, so there is a lot at stake here. but mark zuckerberg and president—elect donald trump have had a rocky relationship. almost exactly four years ago, trumpeter potter stormed the us capitol on january potter stormed the us capitol onjanuary six, potter stormed the us capitol on january six, 2021, potter stormed the us capitol onjanuary six, 2021, attach— trump supporters. after that donald trump was removed from facebook and that cause a rift. mark zuckerberg is trying to repair that wreathed on the idea of prioritising free speech over catching bad information is the kind of set of values that donald trump is going to agree with and this could go a long way to repairing the relationship. interestingly, at ces where you

are is the chief executive of ex— and of course the strategy that meta is following is already implemented at x present we tried to get a pop a comment with the boss of x look at what happened. iiiiuiith comment with the boss of x look at what happened.— at what happened. with respect to its content _ at what happened. with respect to its content moderation - to its content moderation policy, linda yaccarino was part of a fireside chat with the journalist. part of a fireside chat with thejournalist. she part of a fireside chat with the journalist. she said welcome to the party, this was a great move by meta but we wanted to ask about these allegations that elon musk is spreading misinformation and disinformation on the platform which she owns and she runs. there's a whole host of examples but one that has come up examples but one that has come up in recent days is misinformation and disinformation about european politics, uk politics and we got to speak to her very

briefly backstage. take a look. excuse me, linda, iam briefly backstage. take a look. excuse me, linda, i am sorry to interrupt. i am with the bbc in the uk... interrupt. i am with the bbc in the uk---_ interrupt. i am with the bbc in the uk... ., ., �* ., the uk... hang on, aman meeting riiht the uk... hang on, aman meeting right now- — the uk... hang on, aman meeting right now. that _ the uk... hang on, aman meeting right now. that that _ the uk... hang on, aman meeting right now. that that i _ the uk... hang on, aman meeting right now. that that i am. - the uk... hang on, aman meeting right now. that that i am. it - right now. that that i am. it is elon musk _ right now. that that i am. it is elon musk undermining . right now. that that i am. it | is elon musk undermining uk politics? is elon musk undermining uk olitics? ,., ., is elon musk undermining uk olitics? , ., , politics? good effort but clearly she _ politics? good effort but clearly she did _ politics? good effort but clearly she did not - politics? good effort but clearly she did not want| politics? good effort but l clearly she did not want to talk to about anything but quite a european leaders are starting to be very vocal about elon musk, what he's saying on x an interestingly on thursday elon musk will be using x to host the afd for a lengthy chat and they have elections in february in germany? that's ri . ht february in germany? that's right and _ february in germany? that's right and to _ february in germany? that's right and to critics, - february in germany? that's right and to critics, this - right and to critics, this invitation to the head of the afd, as you say the anti— immigrantfar afd, as you say the anti— immigrant far right but in

germany, smacks of potential political interference. that party happens to be running in second place in polls and so there is this thinking that invitation could give the party a boost in next month's collection.— a boost in next month's collection. ., ,, . collection. thank you so much and we shall _ collection. thank you so much and we shall talk _ collection. thank you so much and we shall talk to _ collection. thank you so much and we shall talk to you - collection. thank you so much and we shall talk to you again| and we shall talk to you again soon. rescue workers in tibet are working round the clock to search for survivors after a major earthquake killed at least 126 people. the magnitude 7.1 quake struck at around 9am local time on tuesday. the impact was felt across the shigatse region of tibet, although tremors were also felt in nepal and parts of india. a large—scale rescue operation has been launched, with survivors under additional pressure as temperatures as low as minus 16 degrees celcius overnight. chinese state media reported that around 3000 buildings had been destroyed, leaving thousands of people without shelter.

the casket containing the body ofjimmy carter has been brought into the us capitol building in washington, where the former president will lie—in—state for two days. these are live pictures from the capitol rotunda where members of the public are able to pay their respects. later today, the state funeral for the former president will continue in washington and georgia presidentjoe biden will deliver a eulogy on thursday, before the former president's body is returned to georgia and buried alongside his wife, rosalynn. jimmy carterdied on jimmy carter died on the 29th of december at the age of 100 in his home town of plains, georgia. hundreds of people came to pay respect at his funeral in georgia. now, i

mentioned it is a really busy programme, jampacked senex we have business today with loss of business stories but also live in the programme will be talking to the chief executive of rolls—royce motor cars. they have announced this morning that 2024 was actually one of best years in history so the luxury car maker recording their highest ever annual sales figures. the reason why? the ultra rich are ordering bespoke rolls—royce cars which are being made in goodwood so consequently they are expanding significantly their operations in goodwood. the boss will be talking to me live in around 15 minutes time. let's show you what is going on at the moment in los angeles, where they have declared a state of emergency as wildfires have exploded from

ten acres to more than 2900 acres. this happened in a matter of hours. you can see these pictures. the fire chief kristian croley said modern 50,000 people are now under evacuation orders. 13,000 buildings are under threat and you can see the footage showing clearly the plumes of smoke above the state. houses are on fire in the pacific palisades area. this is a very upmarket area. this is a very upmarket area near santa monica where residents have had to flee their homes. cars have been abandoned to flee the flames. the fire broke out at around 10:30am local time on tuesday in the morning. and from there, it was fanned by 50 mph wind

gusts and incredibly dry conditions. the top business stories are coming up next. stay with us. hello there. the rest of this week is going to remain very cold, certainly very cold at night. and we have further risk of snow and ice for northern and western areas primarily. 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.

barriers to entry — from today millions of travellers to the uk must jump through an online hoop and buy an electronic travel authorisation. as donald trumer drops into greenland, his father calls on denmark to give up the island for the free world. facebook owner meta will end fact—checking of its social media platforms in the us. its boss blames "too many mistakes" evenif even if they accidentally since the just 1% of posts, that is millions of people. and we have reached a point where they were just too many mistakes into much censorship. speaking to british mps,

the chinese fast—fashion retailer shein seems evasive on the origin of its cotton.