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showers near coasts and moving away but there will be some areas of fog developing and it's going to be another cold night for many of us. temperatures in inland scotland could get as low as —16 degrees. different sort of winter hazard, though, overnight and into tomorrow — freezing fog could linger through the midlands and eastern england into the afternoon and make for some hazardous travelling conditions. outside of the fog, many parts of scotland, northern england, down the midlands and eastern england will see some sunshine, but there is more cloud coming into the west. that rain clears away from northern ireland, pushes into the far west of scotland with a bit of wintriness over the hills. so, the higher temperatures will be mainly northern ireland, west wales and the southwest of england. elsewhere, it's still another cold day. temperatures 1 or 2 degrees. that cold air is underneath that area of high pressure, and it's doing its best to keep these weather fronts from impacting the uk. and it's also doing its best
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to prevent the milder air coming in as well. so it's only really across northern ireland and western scotland that we'll see higher temperatures on sunday. some early fog in northern ireland before the wind picks up, increasing the cloud. that cloud pushes into scotland. still the risk of some mist and fog patches across the midlands and eastern england. otherwise, some sunshine on sunday. for many areas it's going to be cold — 4 or 5 degrees, but milder in the far west.
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welcome back to bbc news. let's turn to our main headlines. deadly wildfires continue to rage across los angeles — ten people have been killed and officials warn more high winds could fan the flames. la's county sherriff says the suburbs look like they've been hit by an atomic bomb. 10,000 structures have now been destroyed. donald trump has been charged to an unconditional discharge over his hush money case. the us will ban it tiktok in it nine days�* time. let's suite in a bit of sport first. good
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afternoon, gavin. lot's to come in the football to come boss will be david moyes is in talks over a possible return to goodison park after sean dyche was sacked by the club on thursday. we understand from a well—placed source that the scot is the frontrunner. negotiations are continuing on friday. moyes managed everton from 2002 to 2013, before leaving for manchester united. he had two spells at west ham and guided them to the europa conference league title in 2023, but has been out of work since leaving them last season. there are 2 more fa cup games tonight, and all eyes will be on villa park, as graham potter takes charge of west ham for the first time as they face aston villa. by chelsea in april 2023. his first league games will be against fulham and crystal palace, but he starts with with the thrills and spills of the fa cup third round. the australian open gets underway in melbourne this weekeend. but the defending men's
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championjannik sinner still has a potential doping ban hanging over him. sinner was initially cleared of charges. but could yet face a ban, after the world anti—doping agency appealed the ruling at the court of arbitration for sport. sinner has been defending his right to play in the tournament, and didn't have much time for criticism from home player nick krygios. in my mind, i know exactly what happened and that is how i block it now. i have not done anything wrong and that is why i'm still here and that is why i'm still playing. i do not want to respond what other players say. i think the most important part is to have my people around me. that is all the sport for now.
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i know you are very busy so thank you for taking the time out to speak for us. just give me a sense of the regulators. right now, we are out in the pacific palisades fire and we have approximately 30,000 acres but so far. we have 20,000 firefighters on scene is still battling this fire so we have some of the most erratic when conditions that we have ever seenin conditions that we have ever seen in my 25 years. the fighting direction it numerous times in our firefighters were having to actively firefight or through the night so we are still having some red flag wind conditions until tomorrow night so we still have all crews on deck standing by.— so we still have all crews on deck standing by. your teams are working — deck standing by. your teams are working around _ deck standing by. your teams are working around the - deck standing by. your teams are working around the clock| are working around the clock and that has been the case day after day. just give me a sense of what that is like. fiur
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of what that is like. our firefighters _ of what that is like. our firefighters have - of what that is like. our firefighters have been l of what that is like. oi" firefighters have been getting very little to no sleep, especially the two, three nights. as far as the eye can see, we're down the pacific coast highway and for the firefighters, this is what we trained for but what we have not seen are these erratic winds, the way that it has spread through this entire communities so our firefighters are tired but this also what we trained to do and we are going to be remaining on scene until we get 100% containment of this fire. figs we get 100% containment of this fire. �* , , ., we get 100% containment of this fire. �* , ,, . we get 10096 containment of this fire. a ., ., ~ fire. as you are talking, we are seeing _ fire. as you are talking, we are seeing pictures - fire. as you are talking, we are seeing pictures of - fire. as you are talking, we i are seeing pictures of pictures of some of the biggest fire is still burning. just tell me, give me more a sense of what the fundamental difficulties of this is. the size and area this is cover and also the speed, presumably, all of that is
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making it so difficult to bring it under control.— it under control. yes, on the first coume _ it under control. yes, on the first couple days _ it under control. yes, on the first couple days of - it under control. yes, on the first couple days of this - it under control. yes, on the first couple days of this fire, i first couple days of this fire, the rate at which the wind was blowing, people only had a ministry evacuated so we knew that this went event was coming and we alerted the people in the community and we had pre—deployed ourfire the community and we had pre—deployed our fire resources standing by for this but nothing could have prepared i swear how fast and erratic this fire spread. we are fighting fire spread. we are fighting fire from one direction and we are spraying water and it is going 90 degrees to the side and as soon as we put the buyout, we have ember cast, we some spreading the fire out through the entire community. the ember stars another fire. it also have evacuation issues so everyone is trying to evacuate at one time and we have some checkpoints and people had to get out of their
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vehicles and were running for safety. now, these vehicles have to be branded and they are creating a good look which has to be removed. that's what these vehicles have to be abandoned and upgraded would look which had to be removed. we are having lots of issues. you talked about a gridlock. —— talked about ember class, they're almost like small fireballs, one or two mothers ahead of the main fire line so meaning that you are having to deal with new potential fires. —— michael you measured ember class. there's also the problem of a lack of water so explain why there is a water problem as well. ~ , ., ., ., ., well. whenever you have a large fire, it only _ well. whenever you have a large fire, it only have _ well. whenever you have a large fire, it only have so _ well. whenever you have a large fire, it only have so much - fire, it only have so much water inside the main pipe so if you are fighting fire in an entire community from all different angles and everybody
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is read out, you sometimes have some water issues so as firefighters, we are trained how to deal with that and we have firefighters supplying our firefighters. this month was a tank supplying our five that —— with a tank supplying our firefighters. we had to be ready for anything. in firefighters. we had to be ready for anything. in terms of some of the — ready for anything. in terms of some of the big _ ready for anything. in terms of some of the big fires, - ready for anything. in terms of some of the big fires, the - some of the big fires, the eating and palisade fires, what level of containment are you at at the moment?— level of containment are you at at the moment? right now, 696 containment _ at the moment? right now, 696 containment with _ at the moment? right now, 696 containment with the _ at the moment? right now, 696 containment with the palisades | containment with the palisades fire which is where we out now. the eating fire, i speak on the containment fire there by the factory have multiple fires in southern california area, we are fighting the palaces in los angeles city and other fires breaking out in the city. while
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we are fighting fire last night, we had one break—out in the loss angeles valley and deploy their assets and drop right retarded on that and that's one quickly from a 50,000 to 80,000 acres and we had to put a quick stop to that, we are fighting our many friends out here. just that, we are fighting our many friends out here.— friends out here. just looking at the department _ friends out here. just looking at the department of - friends out here. just looking| at the department of forestry and fire protection, they have exact figures are on that. is a containment of 6% of the palisades fire and up they are saying 0% containment on the other fire saying 0% containment on the otherfire and if saying 0% containment on the other fire and if those figures stay the same for the next day or two days, what does that mean for the potential spread of these major fires? mean for the potential spread of these majorfires? indie mean for the potential spread of these major fires?- of these ma'or fires? we are anticipating— of these major fires? we are anticipating that _ of these major fires? we are anticipating that our - of these major fires? we are anticipating that our went. anticipating that our went event is going to end at six o'clock so ashley went event help us to increase our
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containment numbers —— icy winter events there's damn, that's going to help us increase our... we should start to see the containment numbers coming up after we get out of our ready flood condition and the wind started to decrease. this final couple of thoughts. i still coming across people that have defied the evacuation orders that you have to rescue and in terms of dealing with this enormous tragedy and event, have quite rag how does it compare with anything that you had to deal with over the years? in you had to deal with over the ears? , , ., , years? in my 25 years, there are very — years? in my 25 years, there are very few— years? in my 25 years, there are very few fires _ years? in my 25 years, there are very few fires that - years? in my 25 years, there are very few fires that i - years? in my 25 years, there are very few fires that i am l are very few fires that i am desperate they are very few firefighters that have had to deal fires of this magnitude. we lost about two and 50 homes in a fire recently and that was
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a staggering flyers that rent to own a 50 homes by the number of firms this fire and these are multiple fires throughout the region, it is unlikely anything that we have ever seen. we are still in the act of fire fighting so once we start seeing this containment numbers, this is going to be a whole different scenario when we start moving into recovery. we have taken up a lot of your time, but thank you for giving us that time speaking to us that live here on bbc news. we are very grateful.— let's speak to traci park. she's the council member for district 11 which runs the entire coastline from lax airport to malibu border and surrounds santa monica. welcome back unto the programme. we talked a couple of days ago and he said that he had seen nothing like it. it has gotten significantly worse from then, hasn't it? it has gotten significantly worse from then, hasn't it?- from then, hasn't it? it has and i
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from then, hasn't it? it has and i really _ from then, hasn't it? it has and i really want _ from then, hasn't it? it has and i really want to - from then, hasn't it? it has i and i really want to commend our firefighters and i really want to commend ourfirefighters for and i really want to commend our firefighters for their efforts on the ground. this has been nothing short of a heroic effort and the challenges that our firefighters had to confront with the dry vegetation, the wind conditions, the lack of water resources, it has come branded things. the look on the ground at the scope and the scale of this devastation, it feels apocalyptic and the entire pacific palisades argon. {singe pacific palisades argon. give me an idea _ pacific palisades argon. give me an idea because - pacific palisades argon. give me an idea because i - pacific palisades argon. give me an idea because i know. pacific palisades argon. give me an idea because i know i stiffen stages, you you have been going out there and as you drive around, give me a sense of what you have seen. it is absolutely city is astonishing. the police chief said that it is like seeing as suburbs that have had an atomic bomb dropped
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on it. everyone is using similar language so give me a sense of what you see as you drive around. it sense of what you see as you drive around.— drive around. it is hard to describe. _ drive around. it is hard to describe. the _ drive around. it is hard to describe. the air - drive around. it is hard to describe. the air is - drive around. it is hard to describe. the air is toxicl drive around. it is hard to - describe. the air is toxic with smoke, just rubble and burned debris everywhere. it is eerie and terrifying, it is heart breaking. everywhere you look and what's used to be a beautiful, thriving, vibrant beautiful, thriving, vibra nt part beautiful, thriving, vibrant part of los angeles is absolutely decimated. this fire spared nothing in its pathway and on tuesday, as the fire was burning at its peak is within night on wednesday, it looked as though a volcano had erupted in los angeles, like la vie was pouring down the hillsides to our queue —— —— —like lover was pouring down the hillsides. the
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