hello from the bbc sport centre. we were expecting to hear from the west ham manager julen lopetegui today, previewing friday's fa cup tie at aston villa. however, that press conference was cancelled, fuelling speculation that the spaniard is about to lose his job. west ham have won just two of their last eight games and are 7 points above the relegation zone. should lopetegui leave, it's a decision many fans saw coming. i wasn't having him from the

moment he arrived, really. i thought it was a bad decision for the club to let david moyes go. it didn't seem like the right appointments from the off, never endeared himself to the supporters. lots of fans who watched lots and lots of football games, don't need a uefa pro licence to say when their team isn't playing well. that is what we have seen all year long from him, never looked good. we have been too weak in the back. he was too stubborn, the new players he brought in made our midfield hugely worse. it never looked to me like it was going to work out. it is a shame, really, we have wasted all this time. it's another big night in the efl cup with premier league leaders liverpool travelling to tottenham for the first leg of their semi—final.

liverpool won 6—3 at spurs in the league only last month and, despite the one way traffic in that game, arne slot knows what ange postecoglou's side are capable of. large parts of the away game two weeks ago, we could show our identity but they were passing the game where they showed how good a team they are, scoring three goals against us. it is also an accomplishment. i know we scored six, but scoring three against us, not many teams have done that until now. if against us, not many teams have done that until now.— done that until now. if we get to a final and we happen - done that until now. if we get to a final and we happen to i done that until now. if we get. to a final and we happen to win a tmphy, — to a final and we happen to win a trophy, we will look back at atrophy, we will look back at this_ a trophy, we will look back at this period and with a small group — this period and with a small group of— this period and with a small group of players had to rise above — group of players had to rise above and beyond to get there. i think— above and beyond to get there. i think that will be as where the an— i think that will be as where the an achievement as actually winning — the an achievement as actually winning it. didier deschamps has

announced he will leave his role as france head coach after next yea r�*s world cup. the 56—year—old is the country's longest serving coach, having been in charge since 2012. he led the side to three finals in that time, including victory over croatia at the 2018 world cup. deschamps is only the third man in history to win the world cup as both a player and a manager, having captained his side to victory in 1998. the inaugural tomorrow golf league, the new technology—led indoor venture, got underway in florida last night. a six—team league event, which will take place every week until a winner is crowned in march, with fantasy holes featuring lava fields, cliff—top island fairways and rotating greens. the biggest names in the sport are behind it, including tiger woods, who claims it will "take golf into "another stratosphere." tiger is the one who stirs the drink here, he has brought this altogether. getting those guys together and seeing them in somewhat of a different element, they are still hitting

shots, seeing them in a different element brings more people, the public, more in tune with who they are and what they are doing. let's be honest, golf is a niche sport. if you don't get people engaged through other vehicles instead of watching them play 72 holes every week, you are going to lose them eventually. you need to get, tighter broaden the base a little. and that's all the sport for now. we are keeping an eye on what is going on in california at the moment. tens of thousands of people evacuated from their homes. this is the scene live in los angeles at the moment. look at the home that is on

fire. there are four wildfires. it has grown to 1000 acres. there is another one, north of san fernando. the main one as well is the palisades fire, tens of thousands in evacuation there. that is the main one. we have heard of a fourth fire, called the tyler fire which is in riverside county. look at how dramatic it is, the middle of the night, or early morning now, as the sun comes up. many people have evacuation centres or have gone to friends and family. they have been told to leave their homes. 11100 firefighters are there at the moment and they are having to get reinforcements in from other states in the us as well.

it is so exhausting for them and the demands on them are so great. cbs reporter, jonathan vigliotti is at the scene. he says firefighters are trying their best to stop the fire from spreading. that is proving to be incredibly difficult. here in the pacific palisades in a neighbourhood that is a total loss. you've got a home here. i'm going to flip over here. another home lost when we go over this way. homes down this street gone. this one completely levelled. the firefighters here, they're not trying to save these structures. they're trying to prevent these flames from jumping to other neighbourhoods. you see all these embers. in some cases, they're being carried more than a mile in advance of these stores. flames lighting other homes on fire. jennifer colby is a public information coordinator for the city of pasadena where mandatory evacuation orders are in place. in most recent updates that i've received,

we have evacuated more than 5,000 people. it has significantly impacted us in northeastern portion of pasadena and surrounding areas. this is a unified command between pasadena fire, los angeles county fire, and the angeles national forest. and on the public safety side, we have the pasadena police department and la county sheriff's department working tirelessly to maintain this. so it is a very active effort at this time. we are utilising all resources that we have. we are absolutely working very actively on this. so we do have, as i mentioned, multiple fire units on this. we've also requested 50 strike teams statewide. and so we're putting all efforts in to make sure we address this as quickly and as effectively as we can. forecasters are warning the worst is yet to come. with me is chris fawkes from bbc weather. i'v e i've interviewed a few people over the past few hours and sometimes i have seen for

myself the effect the wind is having. myself the effect the wind is havinu. ., .., myself the effect the wind is havinu. ., .. , myself the effect the wind is havinu. ., , , ., having. you can see it blowing strove strongly, _ having. you can see it blowing strove strongly, particularly i strove strongly, particularly up strove strongly, particularly up hills and places that are exposed. up hills and places that are “posed-— up hills and places that are exosed. ~ . , , ., ., exposed. what is the situation? we aet exposed. what is the situation? we get these — exposed. what is the situation? we get these when _ exposed. what is the situation? we get these when several - exposed. what is the situation? | we get these when several times a year, it can happen any time of the year. they are caused by an upper area of high pressure in the atmosphere and you get a sinking air moving downwards through the atmosphere. the air gets warmer and drier, and what we have then is an area of high pressure building to the east of the mountains and relatively low pressure over the pacific side. that difference in atmospheric pressure, or a pressure gradient, that is what makes winds blow for the winds go from the high pressure to the eastern mountains to the low pressure, we get the win is accelerating down the mountains, as they go down to lower elevations there is further compression of the air, so the air heats up and it becomes a lot drier. the

dryness of the air, the low humidity, that is a key feature of the wind. it is that that makes these wildfires back up. i saw one fire chief describe it as a torn knee don't like wind. 15 it as a torn knee don't like wind. , ., ., , ., , wind. is that how strong they are? they — wind. is that how strong they are? they can _ wind. is that how strong they are? they can be _ wind. is that how strong they are? they can be really- wind. is that how strong they l are? they can be really strong. this win, at low elevations, they have been gusting up to 50 mass per hour. up in the higher elevations, i have seen top guests of 99 mph. if you imagine the winds that are strong, they are taking embers with them and blowing them away. potentially, even a long way from the fire fronts of the firefighters are battling and starting off new blazes, miles away downwind. that is what makes them so dangerous. find away downwind. that is what makes them so dangerous. and so hard to contain. _ makes them so dangerous. and so hard to contain. is _ makes them so dangerous. and so hard to contain. is this _ makes them so dangerous. and so hard to contain. is this going - hard to contain. is this going to no hard to contain. is this going to go on _ hard to contain. is this going to go on for— hard to contain. is this going to go on for long? _ hard to contain. is this going to go on for long? these - hard to contain. is this going i to go on for long? these winds will last through today, this coming night will be difficult and probably into thursday as well. they should start a day off on friday and give the

firefighters a better chance of containing these devastating wildfires. any rain on the forecast? nothing in the forecast? nothing in the forecast so far but that is the strength of the way the firefighters will be concerned about. the top wind gusts, i have seen gusts of 170 mph. in the grand scheme of things, this is kind of like more average wind development. but it is proving devastating. 0nce it is proving devastating. once these wildfires have initiated, it isn'tjust these wildfires have initiated, it isn't just the these wildfires have initiated, it isn'tjust the winds that will blow the embers and start new fires, the wildfires themselves can create their own winds and that makes battling these wildfires to so hazardous. the low humidity, the dry vegetation we've got in place, the ingredients needed for the wildfires to spread. not a very good picture the moment. good to get your thoughts was to stay with us on bbc news. we will have continuing coverage from los angeles.

hello. there are many areas of the uk and the forecast is straightforward. we have wintry showers in the north areas, cold for the bulk of the uk. an area of low pressure is moving into front, rain at the moment was the south coast but as the winds turn more easterly direction, widely, this is going to be turning actually to snow. most of us will see some flakes of snow falling this afternoon and into this evening. but before we get too excited, probably a centimetre or two in places, over dartmoor they will be a bit more. some localised disruption there. certainly some tricky conditions on the roads and pavements were any of that snow starts to settle. 0therwise pavements were any of that snow starts to settle. otherwise it is good to be a cold day,

temperatures struggling to get over freezing. temperatures struggling to get overfreezing. 0vernight, after over freezing. 0vernight, after the overfreezing. 0vernight, after the shower is all the rain, sleet and snow has moved through, we have icy conditions developing with another widespread and sharp frost. 0verall, temperatures similar to what we had last night, minus seven in glasgow. cold as we head into thursday morning. we are still into the cold air, another day of sunshine and wintry showers, the showers was continuing to run around coastal areas where, towards the coast itself, you might see rain and sleaze but inland, more accumulations of snow possible. icy conditions lasting into the day. temperatures are really struggling, 2—3 celsius. the sky is clear on thursday night for much of the country and we are looking at a very cold night indeed. difficult to know exactly how low temperatures will go but part of scotland and northern england will be plumbing the depths, lows between minus 15 and mean that

mike may be minus 20. into friday, freezing fog patches clearing. some slightly less cold air starts to move its way in. temperatures up to 7 degrees in plymouth. into the weekend and next week, we are going to see some milder winds pushing ends of the story is, through the weekend it will turn less cold, mild air arriving into next week with temperatures returning into double figures for many.

live from london, this is bbc news. firefighters are battling and failing to control huge wildfires in california in and around los angeles. evacuation orders are in place, 30,000 people are told to leave their homes, firefighters say, there's "no possibility" of bringing the fires under control. these wind gusts are at time hurricane force wind gusts, they pick up the burning hot embers and spread them a mile or more away at times. those things are catching fire. these the live pictures. we'll get the latest from our correspondent on the ground, we'll also hear from a woman who's had to leave her home, we'll talk to officials organising the evacuations and to a us meteorologist about how long the fires are expected to burn. also on the programme... here, the prime minister and leader of the opposition clash over whether there should be a national inquiry into child sexual abuse

by grooming gangs.