hello, i'm annita mcveigh. you're watching the context on bbc news. and the context on bbc news. as we look at these live pictures and as we look at these live pictures coming to us from los angeles, we will have the latest for you from the city. four wildfires burning out of control, two people have been killed and at least 70,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes. before that, it is time for a sports round—up, and from the bbc sport centre, here's hugh ferris. hello to you. liverpool's attempts to retain the english league cup continue with the first leg of their semifinal against tottenham. they got under way around half an hour ago at the spurs stadium. it was delayed after an

incident involving dispersant filter rodrigo bentancur, receiving a significant amount of substitution delete mac medical attention. —— amount of substitution. no goals. newcastle beat arsenal 2—0 in the first leg of the other semifinal on tuesday. afterjust six months in charge, julen lopetegui has been sacked by west ham and will be replaced by former chelsea boss graham potter. the spanish manager won just seven of his 22 matches in charge and leaves a club in 14th, just seven points above the premier league relegation zone. saturday's 4—1 defeat by manchester city was a ninth loss in 20 league games so far this season. it has been quite an interesting day, really. i think that the writing has been on the wall for a while for julen lopetegui. i think that we thought that he might be under pressure it little while ago, in december, but then results stabilised. he was unbeaten in four. and since then, he has lost heavily to

manchester city in liverpool, so i think this put hisjob back under the spotlight, back under pressure and, yeah, today culminated in his sacking. potter has already agreed a two—and—a—half—year deal to take over at the london stadium, where he'll hold a media conference early on thursday morning. the former chelsea and brighton boss has been out of work since leaving stamford bridge nearly two years ago. and his first game will be against aston villa in the fa cup on friday. they might be about to renew one of cricket's most bitter rivalries, but an australian and englishwoman are both on the same page about one thing — that they want their ashes to last longer. the two sides will contest the women's series over six white ball games and one test match. and a player from each of the teams agrees that the longest format should provide three matches. i would love to see three, three, three. i i would love to see three, three, three.— i would love to see three, three, three. i think the best thing about— three, three. i think the best thing about the _ three, three. i think the best thing about the ashes - three, three. i think the best thing about the ashes is - three, three. i think the best thing about the ashes is the | thing about the ashes is the narrative, the rivalry, how would build over time, and actually you saw in the india australia men's test series that the narratives billed in a

five match series, and even in three match series, the kind of things with bumrah getting the same people out or things like that, and as it opening better, that, and as it opening better, thatis that, and as it opening better, that is part of why you love the game, is that battle of maybe trying to get one up on an opening bowler, and i think it builds even more in test cricket and that is why i love getting the lights on. and, yeah, i would love to see more of it. i know personally i would love to play— i know personally i would love to play more test cricket against _ to play more test cricket against england. playing the one test feels like a bit of a novelty— one test feels like a bit of a novelty sometimes, sol one test feels like a bit of a novelty sometimes, so i guess being — novelty sometimes, so i guess being up— novelty sometimes, so i guess being up to find out more of a test _ being up to find out more of a test championship, we had some good _ test championship, we had some good white ball games against england, and other nations around _ england, and other nations around the world, but i think the way— around the world, but i think the way that our two teams match _ the way that our two teams match up i think it would be a really— match up i think it would be a really cool test series to see who — really cool test series to see who would come out on top for that _ who would come out on top for that but — who would come out on top for that but i _ who would come out on top for that. but i don't think that's probably— that. but i don't think that's probably going to changing times— probably going to changing times in. —— change anytime soon — with its fantasy holes featuring lava fields and cliff top island fairways, the inaugural tomorrow golf league started in florida on tuesday night — with the new technology—led indoor venture backed by rory mcilroy and tiger woods,

who claims it'll take the sport "into another stratosphere". the players hit their drives and long irons at a five—story high screen while, for the short game and putting, there is a green that rotates and changes its contours to mix things up. while the contest lacked a little suspense — one of the teams involved had an easy overall victory — those involved seem to enjoy the experience. it was pretty cool experience to bid all happens quite quickly when you're out there because it is loud and you are not used to that, but, they are, i enjoyed it. look, not used to that, but, they are, ienjoyed it. look, i not used to that, but, they are, i enjoyed it. look, i had an amazing two hours this evening. it's a lot of fun out there and something like we are not used to, but it was cool. follow the live football on our website, if you are in the uk, it is on the radio as well, but thatisit it is on the radio as well, but that is it for now. back to you. thank you very much. let's go straight back to los angeles, looking at these live features coming into us, another scene

of someone's or homes succumbing to the flames as firefighters continue to battle a series of devastating wildfires gripping the city in the areas around it. raging in and around the city. us presidentjoe biden says he has injected the us military to provide extra assets to help. mr biden was speaking during a visit to a fire station in santa monica where he was briefed on efforts to contain the blazes. to date little progress has been made against the fire, driven by combination of strong winds which are making an really difficult for the fire crews to actually contain any of these places as well as low humidity. two people have been killed, more than 1000 buildings destroyed, and tens of thousands of residents have had to leave their homes. let's talk now to brie loskota. she chose to evacuate from her home in la canada flintridge, north of los angeles. shejoins me now. thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us after

such a bruising experience over the last number of hours. tell us that you and who else has left your home? my us that you and who else has left your home?— us that you and who else has left your home? my husband and our three children _ left your home? my husband and our three children and _ left your home? my husband and our three children and dog - left your home? my husband and our three children and dog left i our three children and dog left last night. we got a notification for my power, and he would be losing power, and it would likely stay out for a number of days, so we thought best to head out early. be the rush of our town getting evacuated if it was going to be, and we headed to my parents house, which is about 15 minutes away but out of the foothills of southern california.— foothills of southern california. ~ ., , ., , california. were lots of people in our california. were lots of people in your neighbourhood - california. were lots of people in your neighbourhood making j in your neighbourhood making that decision to get out early, to get ahead of the situation? 0nce to get ahead of the situation? once we got a notification, a lot of messages were flying around our neighbourhood, friends and community boards, with people starting to prepare, and then when the notification for the power outage went out, people started to leave, which i think was a good call for so the roads were really dicey, a lot of downed trees in the way to my parents

place, a lot of really bad driving as well, people... there is a lot of panic in the air and so it was a lot better to leave rather than be evacuated, which of the evacuation order came in the middle of the night, early in the morning for our whole town. and i've you had to do this before? 0bviously los angeles no stranger to wildfires, but i wonder how this situation compares to any other evacuations that you have been through. evacuations that you have been throu~h. ., ~ ., ., through. you know, we had in our mind _ through. you know, we had in our mind the _ through. you know, we had in our mind the line-up - through. you know, we had in our mind the line-up fire - through. you know, we had in our mind the line-up fire in i our mind the line—up fire in maui and... those were firestorms, they moved through at such a piece people did not have the option to get out —— lena. so we left before needing to leave, which we are glad we did. we have been in the same area since 2007, but i lived in this part of california since the early 80s, and so we have had many fires. none have been like this. we left our home

because of smoke, not necessarily because of fire danger. in 2009, the station fire. but this is pretty unprecedented. my in—laws were within 20 minutes of the fire starting packing up and leaving. starting packing up and leavinu. ., , starting packing up and leaving-— starting packing up and leavinu. . , . ., leaving. that is too close for comfort. _ leaving. that is too close for comfort, really, _ leaving. that is too close for comfort, really, isn't- leaving. that is too close for comfort, really, isn't it, - comfort, really, isn't it, brie? and how is your house at the moment? is it ok, do you know? ., ., ., know? so we are looking at two ma s, know? so we are looking at two maps. one _ know? so we are looking at two maps. one by — know? so we are looking at two maps, one by nasa _ know? so we are looking at two maps, one by nasa and - know? so we are looking at two maps, one by nasa and watch l know? so we are looking at two| maps, one by nasa and watch by watch duty, an app, and both of them so billy metro the fire moving towards our house so we are... it is getting pretty red right by where we live and we don't know what it looks like, and presumably you're feeling these winds? they were so strong that when were talking to our correspondent a little earlier, presumably you're being blasted, buffeted by these winds as well was we we re we were yesterday. in la

canada, _ we were yesterday. in la canada, it _ we were yesterday. in la canada, it was _ we were yesterday. in la canada, it was 55 - we were yesterday. in la canada, it was 55 mph. l we were yesterday. in la - canada, it was 55 mph. right now, it feels a bit calm or where we are. the winds are very different. la has a lot of microclimates. it is very different in different parts of la, and it sound like he was make have died on a little bit because they are using aerial, helicopters to fight the fires, which means that they have the ability to fly them, so it means the conditions might be improving? but we will take any sign and turned into a ray of hope at the moment. absolutely, and brie could _ hope at the moment. absolutely, and brie could i _ hope at the moment. absolutely, and brie could i know— hope at the moment. absolutely, and brie could i know you - hope at the moment. absolutely, and brie could i know you are - and brie could i know you are involved with a local emergency preparedness committee, but in a situation like this, how do you decide what you're going to grab and take with you when you have not got very much time to do that? was that something you had already got in mind or not? anybody who lives with fire season should know that they

should have their essential documents in a folder ready to 90, documents in a folder ready to go, and so we had that. we have our birth certificates, our marriage certificate, our passports already to we took a couple of people billy —— we took a couple pieces of our... 0ur —— we took a couple pieces of our... our kids grab some stuffed animals and that's really about it. everything can be replaced and it does not really matter, you just need to get out, so we took things that would get us to the next couple of days and then a few things that felt sentimental, my husband this morning was saying he was to grab more, but none of it really matters. qm. he was to grab more, but none of it really matters.— of it really matters. 0k, brie, we hone _ of it really matters. 0k, brie, we hone your— of it really matters. 0k, brie, we hope your house - of it really matters. 0k, brie, we hope your house is - of it really matters. 0k, brie, we hope your house is ok, i of it really matters. 0k, brie, l we hope your house is ok, but good luck to you and your family. stay safe. thank you so much for talking to us about brie loskota, who chose to evacuate along with her family from their home well ahead of any risk from the fires. and of course we will have more on that fire story for you throughout the programme. in other news...

mps in the uk have voted to reject the conservative party's demands for a new national inquiry into grooming gangs. the ayes to the right were 111, the noes to the left, 364, see the noes to the left, 364, see the noes to the left, 364, see the noes have it, the noes have it. unlike! —— unlock! the labour government won by a majority of 253 votes. the move by the tories would have blocked the government's children's wellbeing and schools bill. at prime minister's questions this afternoon, sir keir starmer again insisted that holding another inquiry would delay action on tackling child sexual abuse. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticas joins me now. indeed, earlier in the day, keir starmer had called on the conservatives to stop, in his words, mudslinging over this issue just tell us a little bit more about the debate that went on this evening, uk time.

0bviously on this evening, uk time. obviously the government was always going to win that because of its majority. because of its ma'ority. yes, it was, because of its ma'ority. yes, it was. and h because of its ma'ority. yes, it was, and it _ because of its ma'ority. yes, it was, and it is _ because of its majority. yes, it was, and it is worth - because of its majority. yes, it was, and it is worth saying j it was, and it is worth saying that even if the conservatives had succeeded in getting their amendment through and backed by mps, that would not actually have led to a national inquiry, it isjust a have led to a national inquiry, it is just a call for one, have led to a national inquiry, it isjust a call for one, so what we have seen here is this issue, and this goes back many years in the uk, in some cases, decades, these cases of grooming gangs, many of them including men of pakistani origin, who had groomed and then sexually abused girls in towns around england stretching backin towns around england stretching back in some cases 40 years but in many cases 20 years or so. there been a number of inquiries into some local inquiries, one big national inquiry into child sexual abuse which reported two years ago. this issue rose up again the

agenda, it was picked up by elon musk, who was treating about it, and that propelled all this back to the top of the political agenda this week. so the conservatives have been arguing in this debate about this piece of legislation which is about children but not on this issue, they want added to it because they said a new inquiry, a national inquiry should be held to focus on this case, on this delete mac these issues, to look back and see about any failings in the police, the prosecution services, those who should have been protecting these girls stop the government's position, the argument, was that, there has been inquiry, their recommendations sitting there that need to be implemented that need to be implemented that some of those survivors and the people who experienced that abuse want an inquiry, but some and many do not want an inquiry, so it is better to get on with practical changes now... �* , ., on with practical changes now... �* i. ., on with practical changes now... �* , ., ., now... briefly on that, sarge interrunted _ now... briefly on that, sarge interrupted my _ now... briefly on that, sarge interrupted my want - now... briefly on that, sarge interrupted my want to - now... briefly on that, sarge interrupted my want to ask l now... briefly on that, sarge i interrupted my want to ask you, so where does this go? is the

government under more pressure, because of this debate to get on and introduce some of those recommendations —— start to interrupt you, but i wanted to ask. ., , interrupt you, but i wanted to ask. . , . . interrupt you, but i wanted to ask. . , ., ., ., ask. certainly, and what we had seen is because _ ask. certainly, and what we had seen is because this _ ask. certainly, and what we had seen is because this issue - seen is because this issue gained traction on social media and then in the tv and newspapers this week, and the opposition parties picked up on it as well, the government's response to that was to come forward and say it is going to press ahead with the recommendations that are already there from that happened, and it is promising to do some of those in the coming months, 20 recommendations in all, including the key one is that anybody who is a teacher or someone working with children, in a position of trust, who becomes aware of potential abuse must report that to the authorities, and if they don't, it is a criminal offence to not report it. that's the key one. they are promising that you come in legislation later in

the year, so, yes, this has increased the pressure on that. separately for this question about a national inquiry, it is whether the conservatives get more public backing for that idea and put more pressure on the government in the coming weeks. ., ~ , ., weeks. 0k, damien, thank you very much- _ weeks. 0k, damien, thank you very much. damien _ weeks. ok, damien, thank you very much. damien regret- weeks. 0k, damien, thank you very much. damien regret a . —— damian grammaticas. let's take you live to washington. people are taking the time to pay their respects to america's 39th president, jimmy carter, who is lying in state at the us capitol. members of the public perhaps filing past or taking a moment to pause and pay their respects. visits to —— visits expected by representatives from what's described as the breadth of the former

president's life and career, both during and after the white house. these include the middle east, environmentalism, human rights and the panama canal, among others. a huge area of interest he did work on. and all through this, a military guard of honour keep vigil. let's talk to amber roessner, professor at the university of tennessee and jimmy carter expert. professor, thank you very much for taking the time to talk to us this evening on the context, and a really solemn moment. we were witnessing that in georgia, wherejimmy carter's georgia, where jimmy carter's amines georgia, wherejimmy carter's amines were at the carter center, and out of the capital building, and what does this mean, this moment in america? is a really important moment in american history in which we have an opportunity to think about the importance of character and integrity in the presidency. character and integrity in the

presidency-— character and integrity in the residen . �* ., ., presidency. and also looking at how jimmy _ presidency. and also looking at hoinmmy carter _ presidency. and also looking at hoinmmy carter went - presidency. and also looking at hoinmmy carter went about l presidency. and also looking at. hoinmmy carter went about his work and how he conducted himself in his work as well, i assume?— himself in his work as well, i assume? , . . , ., , assume? yes, certainly, he was assume? yes, certainly, he was a tremendous _ assume? yes, certainly, he was a tremendous man _ assume? yes, certainly, he was a tremendous man of _ assume? yes, certainly, he was a tremendous man of faith - assume? yes, certainly, he was a tremendous man of faith and. a tremendous man of faith and integrity who, honestly, it served as our country's lou during an incredibly tumultuous time in our history after vietnam and watergate —— served as our country's glue. he offered us a government as good as the american people and promised never to tell a lie and really lived by that promise in terms of offering a credible government and offering more reform in washington.— offering more reform in washington. offering more reform in washinuton. �* , , ~ washington. any people think that what he _ washington. any people think that what he should _ washington. any people think that what he should be - washington. any people think that what he should be best i washington. any people think i that what he should be best are for is what he did after he left the white house rather than during his time there, although some commentators say as a president he was unlucky with timings and some of the big issues that he was dealing

with. what is your view? that's an interesting _ with. what is your view? that's an interesting question. - with. what is your view? that's an interesting question. i - an interesting question. i think that certainly in the immediate aftermath of his presidency, most people considered him a week or failed presidency, ion the other hand think that many of the successes of his presidency, such as passing at proximally 70% of the legislation that he put before congress, founding the department of energy and education, that those were unheralded elements of his legacy, in large part due to the way that saturation news coverage of major crises during the last year of his presidency overshadowed those successes. 0k, professoramber overshadowed those successes. 0k, professor amber roessner, thank you very much for your time. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

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the most robust evidence yet that a large glass of milk a day may protect against bowel cancer. uk researchers analysed the diets of more than half a million women over 16 years and found dark leafy greens, bread and non—dairy milks containing calcium also had a protective effect. bowel cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the uk, with about 44,000 cases every year. although most of these are in older people, rates of the cancer are rising among younger adults under 50, but there is no clear reason why. let's talk now to keren papier, senior nutritional epidemiologist at the medical sciences division of the university of oxford. thank you very much for your time on the programme. so let's dig in behind his headline other more and how you discovered that calcium, which is what we most associate with milk, is the important factor,

actually, in this protective effect. ~ . ., actually, in this protective effect. . ., ., , effect. we conducted a really larae effect. we conducted a really large study- _ effect. we conducted a really large study. so _ effect. we conducted a really large study. so what - effect. we conducted a really large study. so what we - effect. we conducted a really large study. so what we did i effect. we conducted a really i large study. so what we did was we followed up or than half a million women over 17 years on average, and we looked at their diets, we looked across several different foods and nutrients, and we saw that in about 12,000 cases of bowel cancer, the strongest risk factors for bowel cancer were alcohol, which is well established and which is well established and which increases the risk as well as read and processed meat, and after this we saw that calcium really came up as protective cover really brusquely protected, it shows that because -- it —— it has a protective factors. and what is that protective factor? can you quantify it? taste factor? can you quantify it? we found that _ factor? can you quantify it? - found that women who are consuming more calcium had a lower risk compared to women who are consuming less calcium, and we saw that for every 300

mg higher intake of calcium, we saw 17% lower risk of developing bowel cancer. 17%? what is the _ developing bowel cancer. 17%? what is the best _ developing bowel cancer. 17%? what is the best way _ developing bowel cancer. 17%? what is the best way to - developing bowel cancer. 17%? what is the best way to get - what is the best way to get that calcium. interesting part of the study was that we saw that the type of calcium, or ready calcium came from, from your diet, did not matter with regard to the protection. so whether the calcium was from derry or whether it was not from derry, it still had a protective effect, so that means if you consume derry, that is a way to get calcium, but also if you are consuming bread with flour, thatis are consuming bread with flour, that is that calcium added, or green the few vegetables, or for example soy milk with added calcium, these are all going to provide calcium —— derry dairy. keren papier thank you very much — dairy. keren papier thank you very much for— dairy. keren papier thank you very much for that. _

egypt has unveiled a series of newly discovered artefacts, dubbed by archaeologists as "the most beautiful they've ever seen". the relics were found in the funerary complex of queen hatshepsut, one of the few female pharaohs. the collection includes artworks depicting the queen and other tools thought to be use in sacred ceremonies. they were found during a three—year—long excavation of the burial ground of the ancient city of thebes, near luxor in southern egypt. let's speak to dr alexandra morris, lecturer in classical studies at the university of lincoln. thank you for coming to talk about this really interesting story. so tell us a little bit more about exactly what was found and is in its of it. thank you for having me. this fight is exciting because it gives us, in building our temple programme, dating from the first kingdom for the first time, which gives us insights into religious practices from this time period for served also as you said links to two important arrows and queens,

and possibly rewrites what we know about powers for both. with hatshepsut it potentially shows her son actually restored her temples and instead of trying to erase her from history. it also shows her... the restoration of egyptian from 300. .. how unusual — egyptian from 300. .. how unusual is _ egyptian from 300. .. how unusual is it _ egyptian from 300. .. how unusual is it to _ egyptian from 300. .. how unusual is it to find - egyptian from 300. .. how. unusual is it to find artefacts relating to female pharaohs? it is fairly unusual. there were only seven female pharaohs that we know of in the egyptian history. we know of in the egyptian histo . we know of in the egyptian history. fik. that isjust we know of in the egyptian history. fik. that is just one history. ok. that is 'ust one of them. i history. ok. that is 'ust one of them. pretty _ history. ok. that isjust one of them. pretty unusual, i history. ok. that isjust one i of them. pretty unusual, then, and do you _ of them. pretty unusual, then, and do you have _ of them. pretty unusual, then, and do you have a _ of them. pretty unusual, then, and do you have a sense - of them. pretty unusual, then, and do you have a sense of- of them. pretty unusual, then, | and do you have a sense of how much is out there that might be undiscovered? i much is out there that might be undiscovered?— undiscovered? i think there is a lot more — undiscovered? i think there is a lot more that _ undiscovered? i think there is a lot more that we _ undiscovered? i think there is a lot more that we have - undiscovered? i think there is a lot more that we have yet . undiscovered? i think there is| a lot more that we have yet to discover that we have not found

yet, to be honest. bud discover that we have not found yet, to be honest.— yet, to be honest. and what would you — yet, to be honest. and what would you most _ yet, to be honest. and what would you most be - yet, to be honest. and what i would you most be interested yet, to be honest. and what - would you most be interested in finding? what do you think might be out there that you would most love to know more about? ., ., about? 0k, what i would actually _ about? 0k, what i would actually most _ about? 0k, what i would actually most love - about? 0k, what i would actually most love to - about? 0k, what i would i actually most love to know about? 0k, what i would - actually most love to know more about is, actually, more about the everyday lives of disabled people from ancient egypt, because that is what my speciality area is and what i research. speciality area is and what i research-— speciality area is and what i research._ i i speciality area is and what i - research._ i would research. tell us more. i would love to know — research. tell us more. i would love to know more _ research. tell us more. i would love to know more about - research. tell us more. i would love to know more about the i love to know more about the everyday people. bud love to know more about the everyday people. and looking at the history _ everyday people. and looking at the history of — everyday people. and looking at the history of egyptology, - everyday people. and looking at the history of egyptology, have | the history of egyptology, have we discovered much more about the pharaohs, the ruling classes, ratherthan the pharaohs, the ruling classes, rather than the ordinary people? to classes, rather than the ordinary people?- classes, rather than the ordinary people? to a degree, es, and ordinary people? to a degree, yes, and that's _ ordinary people? to a degree, yes, and that'sjust _ ordinary people? to a degree, yes, and that'sjust because i ordinary people? to a degree, j yes, and that'sjust because of yes, and that's just because of the representation of the evidence we have found, the stuff from the ruling class potentially better preserved because they had better preserving techniques then those who were in egypt's history because they did not have the materials to be able

to preserve things quite as well. , ~ ., ., , well. 0k, dr alexandra morris from the university _ well. ok, dr alexandra morris from the university of- well. 0k, dr alexandra morris| from the university of lincoln, thank you very much.- from the university of lincoln, thank you very much. thank you for having _ thank you very much. thank you for having me. _ let's return to live pitchers coming into us now from los angeles, where we have been reporting from all day as these four major wildfires gripped the city and surrounding areas. we have heard from senior firefighters that crews are stretched to their absolute limit with the main focus for them at the moment being on getting people to safety, tens of thousands of people either forced to already leave their homes or under a warning that they may have to leave their homes, and these flames being fanned and making it really difficult for the fire crews buying fairly strong winds. do stay with us here on bbc news, and you can see much more on the bbc news website and app.

do stay with us here. hello. many parts of the uk had a quiet weather day on wednesday, with the best of the sunshine across northern areas. although we had some wintry showers for northern scotland and into northern ireland as well. further south, a band of rain readily started to turn to snow here in the hills of devon. of course, a few issues on the a38 and the met office have issued an amber snow warning for this over over the high ground, we could be looking at around 5 to 10cm of snow in places, and that warning remains in force till 9:00 tonight. now, over the next few hours, it's notjust the hills of south—west england that will see snow. i think much of this precipitation is going to come in as snow. so many of us will see some flurries. accumulations generally quite small, maybe a centimetre or two. more, though, across the high ground

of south—west england, and maybe across the high ground of the south downs as well. that lot starts to clear away overnight, but there will be some further showers for parts of northern and western scotland, northern ireland and the north—west of both england and wales. and with temperatures plummeting overnight tonight, where we see those showers overnight, expect some pretty slippery surfaces and tricky travelling conditions first thing tomorrow morning. slippery on the pavements as well. those showers will continue on and off through the day, draped around our coastal areas. inland areas, it's a mostly fine, dry, sunny day with sparkling blue skies and fantastic visibility. but it will be cold again, with temperatures struggling to get much above freezing. and then as we go through thursday night, this is going to be the coldest night of the winter so far and could be our coldest night of the whole winter. it's difficult to know how low temperatures will go, but across parts of scotland and northern england, this is where we'll see the lowest temperatures, over snow cover in the valleys. somewhere between —15 and —20 celsius is perfectly possible. so a freezing cold start to the day friday. some freezing fog patches that could linger all day in places,

keeping temperatures well below freezing where they do, even where the sunshine pops out. it's not going to do much for the temperatures, although it will start to turn slightly less cold in the far south—west. and that's a trend we can follow into this coming weekend and next week, as ultimately milder south—westerly winds are set to move in, and that will bring a big boost to our temperatures into next week. most of us will see those temperatures return above average into double figures. bye for now.

hello, i'm annita mcveigh. you're watching the context on bbc news there are still four fires burning, zero containment of those, so very dangerous situation continues for los angeles. together, these fires are stretching the capacity of emergency services to their maximum limits. the scope and scale of the loss | is just absolutely devastating. | joining me tonight are nathalie tocci, italian political scientist and international relations expert and chris bruce, policy director for the american civil liberties union of georgia first, the latest headlines the head of the los angeles

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