11 people have been killed and more than 150,000 residents have been ordered to evacuate. la county officials say the suburbs look like they've been "hit by an atomic bomb". more than 55 square miles have burned. donald trump is sentenced in his new york hush—money case — he avoids jail but he'll become the first us president to serve as a convicted felon. hello, i'm carl nasman. firefighters are still battling to contain wildfires which have been raging across los angeles for four days. let's show you the latest pictures from the city. forecasters say more high winds are expected in the coming days, which could stoke an already perilous situation.

at least 11 people are now known to have died, and about 10,000 homes and buildings are either destroyed, damaged or at risk. you can see there on your screen, the fire burning and the helicopters still circling above the affected areas. a night—time curfew is in effect in the worst—affected areas to protect abandoned homes from looting. we have seen some incidents of that so far. there are five fires still burning, and fire crews have only made limited progress in containing them. the biggest fire, palisades, which was completely out of control yesterday, is now 8% contained. the california governor, gavin newsom, has ordered an investigation into the loss of water supply by some firefighters. he said it had probably hindered the effort to protect homes. the eaton fire, in the altadena neighbourhood, is just 3% contained. as we continue to look at live images here. 0ur los angeles correspodent emma vardy reports.

a fourth gruelling day holding the line in the face of la's inferno as tens of thousands of acres continue to burn. right, you guys on radio? we'll meet you up at tcc? some communities have taken the disaster response into their own hands. love you, bro! in topanga canyon, with fires burning all around, a group of locals calling themselves the heat hawks have sprung into action. initially, everyone felt a bit abandoned, but i understand why. we have a very tight community that's very connected and so, the local knowledge is really essential. well, these guys are just taking a look around the neighbourhood to see if they can see any spot fires orjust anything they can help with, using whatever resources they can get their hands on — water supplies, fire extinguishers. the emergency services are just so stretched that people like this want to do what they can. we don't have any left anyway.

there's more coming. check at the library. despite an evacuation order, here, some residents are staying as long as they can to try to protect properties. there's just not enough people, not enough crews, you know, enough people. what i think is they're undermanned. i think budgets have been cut. around 10,000 buildings have been destroyed across the city but every now and then, by some miracle, one has been spared. there's been anger at city leaders over the fire response. now, pledges are being made that la will rebuild. with so many homes and businesses lost, we are already putting plans in place to make sure that we aggressively rebuild. i don't believe that there is anything that angelenos cannot do if we stand together. the risk of crime poses a new threat. security has been stepped up in abandoned neighbourhoods and curfews are now being enforced. you cannot be in these affected areas. if you are, you are

subject to arrest. that is important. we're not doing this to inconvenience anybody, we're doing it to protect the structures, the houses that people have left because we ordered them to leave, and i want them to feel confident that we are doing everything we can to secure that. along the pacific coast highway is the exclusive la suburb of malibu. this once embodied the californian dream. home to some of the most expensive real estate in america. now, ashes. at least ten people have now died, and it's warned the death toll is expected to increase. despite days of hard work, it's up here in the hills where the fires are still raging. and with the winds picking up once again, there's realfears about its spread. and they're facing an uphill battle to try to contain it.

with a red flag warning for strong winds at the weekend, it's now a race to try to limit the danger. emma vardy there. earlier we heard from our correspondent, helena humphrey, who's on the ground in altadena. what's the latest where you are? the warning from president biden is a grim one — the number of fatalities is growing and he said that it is likely to grow further. that's because local authorities here on the ground say that they haven't yet been able to reach the hardest—hit areas — which is pretty difficult to wrap your head around, really, when you just take a look at the level of destruction behind me here. this is altadena. this was the methodist church. and when we were taking a look inside, tentatively walking amid this destruction, there is nothing inside that resembles a church anymore — not a single pew to be found. and it's a similar situation over in this direction as well. this was a neighbouring church, also razed to the ground.

earlier today, we also saw thejewish centre had burnt down, another church in town also now rubble. and when you speak to people here, what they will tell you is some of them are people of faith and they are relying on that faith right now to get through this disastrous situation, but they don't have anywhere they can come for comfort, norfor shelter right now. just a little bit further up the road, i was speaking to a family who got out on tuesday night, relying only on their own instincts. they didn't receive any official warnings, so instead they bundled their two young kids and their two dogs into the back of the car in the dead of night and just got out, and thank goodness they did because the level of destruction there was just horrifying. and the mother was telling me that the reason she wanted to bring her children back was to try and explain to them that their home, that place of safety, had gone. how do you get little children to understand that? and those kids as well, they were explaining to me what happened on that night. take a listen

to what they told me. so, it was really terrifying when we got out and i — my cousin was in an uber and she said when she was at the plane, she saw people throwing up because she saw — because everybody was, like, seeing the fire down the mountain and that — and i remember that was called the eaton fire. like, it was going really fast. um, i wanted to go to our hotel, to go — that's where my mum's work is and then um, that, um, um, uh — the fire was getting really close here and at 5am, there was a french teacher — like, he woke up at sam, the fire woked him up, it was so close, so he ran out of the house and then, he went somewhere else and then, suddenly,

then our house fired and then itjust burned and stuff. that was sad. i'm so sorry. you managed to find just one of your toys, didn't you? can you show me? what did you find here? so, i found this. and this. — and my brother found this. i'm so sorry. that is all that remains of... they had so many toys that were out here. . there's — that littlel trash can thing over there was overflowing with toys and everything'sjust gone. - it's heartbreaking. i wasjust thinking when we were leaving, they were like, you know, if i'm bringing their toys. i'm like, "there's no space for toys. "we just gotta go." so i grabbed pillows to — just in case we had to sleep in the car — because i didn't know — and, you know, luckily my husband went and bought them a new toy and they were happy about that. i did grab one toy for each of them, so at least they have a sense of comfort and some sort of enjoyment. sure.

but right now, they — you know, they — i don't think they understand the concept of their home no longer being there. just so heartbreaking to speak to that family. in terms of the situation with regards to the fires right now, in the palisades fire, we're looking at about 8% contagion, so some progress. here at the eaton fire, 3% contagion, and you can see the winds have died down slightly. and families like that one we werejust speaking to and everybody in these communities are just hoping, some of them are praying, that it stays that way and that there aren't these risks of a second wave of fires — forecasters saying that could still be a possibility. as scary as it must be for everybody involved, you hate to think about what kids there are going through as well. helena, there is a nighttime curfew that has now been imposed in some areas — walk us through some of the concerns around safety there. there is, and one of those curfews will be in place

here as well, also in the pacific palisades neighbourhood. around 12 arrests have been made for people who were looking to profit from the chaos. the county authorities say that anybody found doing so will feel the full weight of the law but certainly, there is an anxiety there about that as well. you know, we've been out and about and people have been coming back to their houses, trying to just find the odd few belongings, but they've also been just looking around, making sure, you know, who is coming into neighbourhoods. the national guard's also deployed on that front because the worst, worst thing you could see in a tragedy like this one, of course, is people profiting from the utter devastation. donald trump has avoided prison or a fine after being found guilty of 3a counts of falsifying business records in connection to hush money paid to an adult film actress. while he's avoided any major penalty, the sentence means

he'll be the first us president to serve as a convicted felon, ten days before he returns to the white house. 0ur correspondent nada tawfik sent this report from new york. donald trump appeared virtually on a monitor at the defence table. he was sentenced to unconditional discharge on all 3a criminal counts. that is the most lenient sentence possible, and means that his guilty verdict goes on his record, that the case is concluded, but then he faces no punishment — no jail, no probation, not even a fine. judgejuan merchan limited his remarks to explaining his decision, saying it was the only lawful sentence he could impose that wouldn't encroach on trump's imminent role as president. he then wished the president—elect "godspeed" as he assumes his second term. the sentencing here at manhattan's criminal court marks the culmination of an historic criminal trial — the first one ever brought against a sitting orformer president. because it's a state case

and one with a verdict, donald trump could not get it stopped like the other criminal cases against him. trump says he plans to appeal. he spoke in court and repeated his claims that the case was politically motivated. in the end, though, enough voters didn't feel it was disqualifying, and he will be sworn in as president onjanuary 20. justices on the us supreme court have heard arguments from tiktok�*s legal team as well as content creators just nine days before the app is set to be banned across the us. the us government argues that without a sale, the app could be used by china as a tool for spying and political manipulation. tiktok says it's being unfairly targeted, and that the measure violates free speech. representatives of the social media platform appeared before the court on friday in a last—ditch effort to overturn a ban. president—elect donald trump has also argued against a ban.

one of the co—authors of the bill is democratic congressman raja krishnamoorthi, and i spoke with him a short while ago. i know you are a co—author of the bill that was being challenged today, you are listening to some of those arguments taking place in the supreme court. how confident are you that your bill will be upheld by the supreme court? iam very i am very confident, i think the court will uphold the law. i'm hoping it is a big majority, just the same way that the lower dc circuit court of appeals unanimously upheld the law. i hope it sends a strong message to the chinese communist party and bytedance to divest itself of tiktok and allow it to flourish and survive. allow it to flourish and survive-— allow it to flourish and survive. ~ . , ., ., ~ allow it to flourish and survive. ~ . .,~ ., survive. what did you make of the arguments _ survive. what did you make of the arguments that _ survive. what did you make of the arguments that tiktok - survive. what did you make of the arguments that tiktok put forward today saying that this law basically forcing it to other divest from bytedance or cease operations altogether, is an assault on freedom of speech here in the us?

as you know, none of the justices believe that bytedance, as a ccp—controlled company, has first amendment rights. of course, its users have first amendment rights. however, there is no first—amendment right and that's why congress acted in the way it did, which is allow tiktok to continue to survive but not under ccp control. because if ccp continues to control it, it will have access under its national security laws to the data of 170 million people. we know that it has repeatedly stolen tens of millions of americans' records, data, including in the anthem, equifax and office of personnel management hacks, and it's only a matter of time before they did the same with tiktok — and so that's why congress acted. there are other apps owned by chinese companies operating in the us, look at something like

temu for example, they are looking at —— they are also collecting data on americans, so why single out tiktok, why not ban all chinese apps? figs not ban all chinese apps? as noted in not ban all chinese apps? is noted in the supreme not ban all chinese apps? sis noted in the supreme court argument today, congress decided to act with regard to this thread, the social media app this thread, the social media app that has hundred and 70 million years in the —— uses in the us, with tiktok, and incredibly data intensive and its algorithm survives because of the data intensive nature of the social media app. and so congress decided to act with regard to this particular threat, and perhaps in future congress will act in regard to others. ~ others. we saw some demonstrations - others. we saw some j demonstrations today others. we saw some - demonstrations today outside the supreme court, you mentioned 170 million users of tiktok, they will be some pretty unhappy people if this app pretty unhappy people if this app goes away. what do you have to say to the people that love this out and don't want to see it disappear? i this out and don't want to see it disappear?— this out and don't want to see it disappear? i would ask them to do what _

it disappear? i would ask them to do what i — it disappear? i would ask them to do what i am _ it disappear? i would ask them to do what i am doing, - it disappear? i would ask them to do what i am doing, which l it disappear? i would ask them | to do what i am doing, which is asking bytedance to sell tiktok. there are buyers lining up tiktok. there are buyers lining up as we speak to buy tiktok, including frank mccourt of liberty group, kevin riley of shark tank fame and so forth, and bytedancejust shark tank fame and so forth, and bytedance just needs to pick up the phone.— pick up the phone. how satisfied _ pick up the phone. how satisfied are _ pick up the phone. how satisfied are you - pick up the phone. how satisfied are you that i pick up the phone. how satisfied are you that putting an app into the hands of a very rich person like we have seen with elon musk, we have seen some changes now made by mark zuckerberg, how confident are you that that will be a better situation than what we see now? they are within the reach of us law. the ccp is not within the reach of us law, and neither is bytedance. that is the critical difference. that is why almost 370 members of congress, on a bipartisan basis, acted the way they did because this is a unique national security threat. �* ., unique national security threat. ., .,

threat. before i let you go, we know that _ threat. before i let you go, we know that 19 — threat. before i let you go, we know that 19 january _ threat. before i let you go, we know that 19 january is - threat. before i let you go, we know that 19 january is the - know that 19 january is the deadline, 20 january donald trump comes into office. how confident are you that the incoming trump administration will actually enforce this law if it does go into effect? i think they will. i have met with incoming trump administration officials including mike wallace who is my colleague and friend from congress, who will be the national security adviser, and they see this threat the same way we do, which is, they want tiktok to survive, but not under chinese control, not under chinese control, not under ccp control. so i am hopeful that even now, donald trump can encourage folks to do a deal. and make sure that tiktok can continue to flourish but not under the thumb of the ccp. nadya 0kamoto is a tiktok influencer and the cofounder of a period care lifestyle brand, august. she explained how the ban

could effect her company. i think they are frustrating to hear as a content creator where this platform has been such a powerful tool for positive change, and even work around reproductive rights especially for me over the last few years, i think it has been an extremely positive platform in my own experience. i'm not an expert on national security but i think that from a user point of view, there are millions of young americans who use this app to find community, to be able to express their ideas. i don't think these ideas around data privacy are related not just to tiktok, we are a generation who has grown up on social media and i think in many ways from creating our first accounts we know what we're getting into, and i think that to have a blanket goodbye to tiktok is quite destabilising for the many, many users who use it on a daily basis.

in israel, the inauguration of donald trump as the next us president is seen by many israeli settlers as an opportunity to press ahead with annexation of the occupied west bank. israeli settlements there have almost doubled in the past five years, and are now home to more than 500,000 settlers. most countries, and the world court in the hague, see those settlements as illegal under international law, but israel disputes this — and the country's far—right finance minister marked donald trump's election by saying 2025 must be the "year of sovereignty" in the territory, which many israelis refer to by its biblical name of "judea and samaria". 0ur middle east correspondent lucy williamson has this report. for half a century, annexation of the west bank has remained a dream for israeli settlers, even as settlement after settlement has become a reality on the ground. the world court says this is an illegal occupation. we first came here in 1982. but settlers like sondra baras

stake their claim on an ancient jewish presence here, and they think america's next president may support them. i was thrilled that trump won. the evangelical christian community in the united states is 100% in favour of israeli sovereignty in judea and samaria. then what happens to palestinians who say, "i don't want to live under israeli sovereignty?" they can go wherever they want. but this is where they live. so? i'm not kicking them out. but things change. you know what? how many wars did they start? and they lost. the last time donald trump was president, he caused controversy by recognising jerusalem as israel's capital and israeli sovereignty over the occupied golan heights. this his new pick for ambassador to israel has said he supports settler claims to the west bank. when people use the term "occupy", i say, "yeah, israel is occupying the land," but it's the occupation

of a land that god gave them 3,500 years ago. it is their land. but supporting annexation here could alienate washington's other key ally, saudi arabia, and complicate mr trump's bid for a wider regional deal. mohaib�*s hopes for a palestinian state here are already shattered. his family home, built on private palestinian land, was ruled illegal by an israeli court last year and demolished. israel controls planning laws in 60% of the west bank, and while settlements are expanding, permits for palestinian homes are almost never granted. translation: this is all part of policies - to force us to leave. it's a policy of forced migration. what difference does it make to the israelis if i build here or not? we pose no threat to them. palestinians are also being forced off their land by violent israeli settlers — many of them sanctioned by the us and the uk, but left unchallenged

by israeli police and courts at home. house demolitions, planning laws, expansion of settlements, restricted access to grazing land and few consequences for settler violence — all the ways palestinians here say israel is annexing the west bank in practice, even without a formal declaration. israel's government has long denied that its settlements are illegal, and it sees donald trump as a friend. but america's next president is also a man who likes closing deals and avoiding conflicts. lucy williamson, bbc news, the occupied west bank. the united states has increased its reward for information leading to the arrest of venezuela's president nicolas maduro to $25 million. the announcement came as mr maduro was sworn in for a third six—year term as president. venezuela's political opposition condemned his inauguration as a coup.

it insists its candidate, edmundo gonzalez, was the real winner of last year's election. he is urging the military to ignore maduro's orders. the us and the euorpean union both recognise gonzalez as president—elect. here's the white house's response to maduro's swearing in today. maduro once again demonstrated his complete disregard for democratic norms and proceeded with his illegitimate inauguration. as president biden emphasised in his meeting with the president—elect, we believe it is essential that the will of the venezuelan people is respected. in co—ordination with our partners we have given maduro and his representatives every opportunity to restore democracy, but they haven't. let's turn to some other important news around the world. the israeli military says it has struck a power station and two ports

on the red sea controlled by the houthis in yemen. it said the attacks were in response to dozens of houthi missile and drone attacks against israel. the united states has announced sweeping sanctions against russia's energy sector, days beforejoe biden leaves the white house. the targets include two major oil companies, dozens of traders and smaller firms, and more than a hundred —— 180 ships. the treasury secretary, janet yellen, said the measures would hit a key source of funding for russia's war against ukraine. the uk chancellor rachel reeves is in china, where she will meet the country's finance minister. her visit to beijing will explore trade and investment opportunities in a bid to achieve the government's goal of growing the uk economy. conservative mps said reeves had "fled to china" as borrowing costs hit a 16—year high — but the government has defended her trip. before we go, let's take you back to los angeles, we can show you live pictures of the scene there. you can see those fires are still continuing to burn, and of course that

firefighting efforts still very active. 0n firefighting efforts still very active. on this exact image we have seen helicopters flying around the area, dropping water onto some of those fires that are still burning, of course there are still several fires, five of them, that are pretty much out of control, only about 8% contained, one of them, others around 7%, around 3% for the fire in the altadena neighbourhood. this is a very active firefighting seen. the other battle in los angeles has to do with safety concerns, there have been reports of looting in areas affected by these fires. the national guard has been called into some areas, there has also been a curfew imposed during nighttime to try and make sure those neighbourhoods are safe and secure. we will keep following those images and developments in los angeles. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there.

well, temperatures struggling to get much past freezing by day and once again, it is the coldest night of the winter so far. now, lots of lying snow, particularly for the northern half of the uk, and there could be some issues with snow melt over the next few days or so as the air turns gradually milder from the north and the west. lots of flood warnings still in place. not too much rain falling out of the sky. it is going to be mostly dry but other issues will include icy stretches and freezing fog. but this is the temperature anomaly map as we head through the next few days, so you can see marked in blue here on the map — this is where it's colder than average at the moment. then it turns milder, warmer across northern ireland and scotland into sunday. eventually, the milder air will push further southwards and eastwards for the start of next week, but it's a slow process. and as we head through saturday, this cloud gradually pushes further eastwards, freezing fog patches across many parts of england and wales slow to lift and clear, reducing visibility on our roads. bit a patchy light rain and drizzle into parts of western scotland with the wind picking up for some irish sea coasts, but some sunshine later on in the day

for northern ireland. sunny skies, too, with the colder air further east but again, temperatures for many won't make it much past low single figures. and it stays cold, too, on saturday night into sunday. perhaps not quite as cold as on friday night but temperatures still well below freezing for many, particularly towards the eastern half of the uk. for these western coasts, it is turning milder. and if we just take a look at the pressure chart, you can see the high pressure gradually retreats further eastwards, taking the colder air with it, just allowing these weather fronts to introduce milder conditions across northern ireland and again for scotland this time on sunday, where temperatures will start to pick up. watch out for that snow melt, though, of course. so, the winds pick up towards these irish sea coasts. there will be some outbreaks of rain pushing across the western isles into western scotland. further south, this is where we'll see the best of the sunshine and temperatures here won't make it much past four or five celsius, but ten in western scotland, in northern ireland and towards south—west england, too. and that milder air will eventually win out,

pushing further southwards and eastwards as we head through monday and tuesday. so, if we take a look at our outlook for our capital cities, then you can see that by the time we get to tuesday, we're back up into double figures across the board. mostly dry in the south. some rain, though, at times further north. bye— bye.

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