which have killed at least 11 people. this is the scene live as fires burn for a fourth night. california's governor calls for an investigation into how water shortages impaired the fight against the wildfires. donald trump again insists he's innocent following his sentencing in his hush—money case. the president elect avoided prison or a fine. and will tiktok be banned in the us later this month? the app's fate is now up to the supreme court. hello, i'm nicky schiller. welcome to the programme. let's start in los angeles where it nine o'clock in the evening and firefighters are still battling to contain those massive devastating wildfires which have been raging forfour days.

let me take you to the life pictures. as you can see, there is still a lot of fire there thatis is still a lot of fire there that is into the night skye, as i say, just after 9pm. now, forecasters say more high winds are expected it 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. a night—time curfew is in force in the worst—affected areas to protect abandoned homes. police have warned that anyone involved in what they called "despicable" looting will be arrested. there are five fires still burning and only limited progress has been made 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. prince harry and his wife meghan have meeting some of the first responders and victims of the fires at a world central kitchen site where food is being distributed. the couple spoke to people who'd been affected by the eaton fire. it's believed they had already contributed clothing, children's items, and other essential supplies. let's speak to live to our north america correspondent david willis, who's in altadena. and, david, what is the latest where you are? we know a curfew has come into force.— has come into force. that's ri . ht. has come into force. that's right- we _ has come into force. that's right. we are _ has come into force. that's right. we are inside - has come into force. that's right. we are inside the - right. we are inside the evacuation zone of the pasadena

fire, as you say, and it is a dystopian site, streets, normal residential streets, normally buzzing with activity, and people, just now lined with burnt out cars. beyond them just there is a house that has been completely destroyed. you made the point about the national guard having been brought in and a curfew that is in place from dawn until dusk. the national guard has been drafted into both this site, to protect the site, and the one in pacific palisades. and as far as the operation is concerned to bring those fires under control, well, fire officials do seem to be making some progress. there certainly managing to control the spread of those two big fires, the one here and the one in pacific alice aides, and they are hopeful that they will be able to make even better, even further inroads thanks to this

water bombing, this dropping of large amounts of water and fire retardant from the air. now, of course, this evening we have had, as that has been going on, and it is going on as we speak, the most extraordinary roe breaking out between two of the principal city officials responsible for combating these fires, that is the mayor of los angeles, karen batt, ankersen cowley, the le fire chief. ms kelly came out in public today critical of karen bass, who a few months ago approved cuts in the fire budget here of $17 million. kristin cowley in interview with local media basically blames these fires on those cuts and there was a meeting behind closed doors between the two leaders behind closed doors and a few moments

ago the mayor's offers release this extremely terse statement. they are still protecting angelina's. hardly a statement of ringing endorsement from the mayor of america's second largest city for the person in charge of fighting the out—of—control fires. meanwhile, california's guvnor, gavin newsom, has called for an investigation into how water shortages may have impaired the firefighting efforts there. that's right. all part of an extraordinary blame game that has broken out in just four days after these fires started and you're absolutely right, gavin newsom making public the fact he is calling for an investigation of the city's water officials, the people in charge of the water system throughout this sprawling city.

and he has said that problems with the water supply may well have impeded the efforts of firefighters in combating particularly the blaze in the pacific palisades area. this extraordinary public scrap of what he is undertaking and what is happening between the mayor and the fire chief and you wonder what people caught up in the middle of this must be making of it all. absolutely, david willis _ making of it all. absolutely, david willis live _ making of it all. absolutely, david willis live there - making of it all. absolutely, david willis live there in - david willis live there in altadena, thank you very much. these are again the live pictures where it is 6:09 in the evening. the fires continue to burn. 0ne the evening. the fires continue to burn. one of the areas that has been particularly badly it is pacific palisades. 0ur los angeles correspondent emma vardy sent this update from there. we have come for a morning walk today down what is basically

the local high street in pacific palisades. this is the bank, cash machine, bank of america. here is where you would come and get your petrol. just totally gutted. everywhere there are signs of things people have had to leave behind, a little note on this carjust behind, a little note on this car just says behind, a little note on this carjust says "he melted in shell station". it is really hard to comprehend how life is ever going to get back to normal here. and here is the local supermarket, where you come and do your shopping, grab a trolley. you can see all the cells where the food would have been. i'm still wearing this mask because, whether you can see or not, there is still with toxic fumes and it stings your

eyes and it tastes awful. and you can see why people are comparing it to a war zone. i don't want to diminish the horror of a war zone, but that's what this feels like just without the, thankfully, without the mass death, but it is really the only way to try to describe it. emma vardy. as we mentioned, the california governor has called for an investigation into how water shortages impaired firefighting efforts. 0ne la firefighter confirmed to the bbc that he'd witnessed some crews run out of water completely, as they struggled with the supply to their hoses and fire hydrants. let's speak to dr peter gleick, climate scientist and co—founder of the pacific institute, which works to create solutions to global water challenges. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. can you outline for our viewers come in simple terms, why there doesn't seem to have been enough water for the firefighters in been enough waterfor the firefighters in la? been enough water for the firefighters in la?- been enough water for the firefighters in la? well, the very simplest _ firefighters in la? well, the very simplest reason - firefighters in la? well, the very simplest reason is - firefighters in la? well, the very simplest reason is that| firefighters in la? well, the i very simplest reason is that no urban water system is built to

handle tremendous wildfire of this scope and intensity and speed. you know, most of our urban water systems are designed, from a via perspective, to put out a couple of house fires at a time. and as you have already been seeing and hearing, thousands of structures were involved here. these wildfires are massive in scope and intensity and the water system is simply overwhelmed. pipes were damaged, people left hoses on and sprinklers on any hopes of saving their property. the pressure dropped as firefighters tried to pull water from the system. there simply wasn't enough water available in the system and able to be delivered. 50. available in the system and able to be delivered. so, what is the answer _ able to be delivered. so, what is the answer to _ able to be delivered. so, what is the answer to that? - able to be delivered. so, what is the answer to that? is - able to be delivered. so, whatj is the answer to that? is there no answer or do we have to look now with, for example, with climate change how we have supplies in other cities around the world, notjust los angeles? the world, not 'ust los angelesvh the world, not 'ust los angelegh the world, not 'ust los anueles? ~ �*, , ., angeles? well, let's start with what we know. _ angeles? well, let's start with what we know. we _ angeles? well, let's start with what we know. we know - angeles? well, let's start with

what we know. we know that i what we know. we know that human caused climate change is real. we know that temperatures are going up. yesterday the data was released for 2024, showing the last year was the hottest year on record, after a long series of increasingly hot years. we also know that climate change is going to cause more of these extreme event does flash floods and droughts and wildfires, and problems along the coast. in most of our infrastructure is not designed or billed for those kinds of extreme events. we have to think about resilience, we have to think about slowing the rate of climate change, but we also have to think about those impacts the canal no longer avoid, such as these terrible wildfires, and we have to about —— think about building resilience into the communities that are increasingly going to be a fact that.— that are increasingly going to be a fact that. and how do we do that practically? _ be a fact that. and how do we do that practically? so, - do that practically? so, depends _ do that practically? so, depends on _ do that practically? so, depends on the - do that practically? so, depends on the wrist, i do that practically? so, l depends on the wrist, of course, if we're talking about wildfires, one of the things we understand in los angeles is, first of all, it has barely reigned for ten months there. the soils were incredibly dry, the vegetation was incredibly dry, we have to think about

vegetation management, we have to think about the materials we use to build our homes, and if there's going to be rebuilding in these urban areas we are to have to think about the spacing between buildings, the materials used to build these buildings, and we are going to have to think about emergency response and figure out ways of improving the response to these kinds of disasters. there is not going to be anyway to prevent them. i not going to be anyway to prevent them.— not going to be anyway to prevent them. i suppose the bottom line _ prevent them. i suppose the bottom line is _ prevent them. i suppose the bottom line is that _ prevent them. i suppose the bottom line is that is - prevent them. i suppose the bottom line is that is going i bottom line is that is going cost a lot of money.- cost a lot of money. it is auoin cost a lot of money. it is going to _ cost a lot of money. it is going to cost _ cost a lot of money. it is going to cost a - cost a lot of money. it is going to cost a lot - cost a lot of money. it is going to cost a lot of- cost a lot of money. it is - going to cost a lot of money, but think aboutjust going to cost a lot of money, but think about just as we already think the cost of this particular wildfire, severe events, is probably going to be $50 million or $60 million alone and we haven't begun to fully tally up those costs. it will cost a lot less to prepare for these events than to suffer the consequence of these events. idr the consequence of these events. , , . ~ the consequence of these events. , ., ~ events. dr peter gleick, thank ou ve events. dr peter gleick, thank you very much _ events. dr peter gleick, thank you very much for _ events. dr peter gleick, thank you very much for your- events. dr peter gleick, thank| you very much for your insight. my you very much for your insight. my pleasure. most of the fires have been burning for days. have a look at this one street in altadena, where the eaton fire is burning. have a look at this one street

in altadena, where the eaton fire is burning. this is fair oaks avenue. this is what it looks like now after those flames tore through the neighbourhood. that's what fair oaks avenue looked like before house after house, street after street, it is all gone — almost nothing left of these homes. 0ur north america correspondent john sudworth reports from altadena. los angeles is a city in shock. thousands of people coming to terms with the once unimaginable. right around there are my diamond earrings. pete mitchell, an electrician at disneyland, and his wife angela have lived here for over ten years. oh, my god! ang, it survived.

what? your little elephant box from thailand. this was their home before the fire. altadena was a pleasant los angeles suburb — a middle—class district, a far cry from the mansions and celebrity lifestyles on the other side of the city. it's devastating, of course. we saw images of it before, our neighbours had come in here before, but it's also the opportunity to rebuild, which is a hard road. but it can be done. i think we will do it. i hope we're rebuilding here. and i hope that we'll have what we can find that can be memories of the good times we had in this home. it was a good home, it was a really good home. around them, fire crews are still patrolling the area, putting out spot fires. this is a city in deep crisis, with the emergency services

stretched to the limit and lives totally upended. just a few doors away, another family surveying the damage. this was stephanie's home for more than four decades. but she says she's now focused on the future. we were very fortunate that we were able to get out in time. yes. everybody is safe and we do plan to rebuild, bigger and better. so we're grateful. we are praying for everybody because this isjust devastating. altadena is one of the number one places to live. it's friendly, it's family—oriented. it'sjust a wonderful community. a block away, this house had recently seen new tenants move in. it would have been in the middle bit of the closet, her wedding ring. tavia wineman and her family are now picking through the wreckage, salvaging the few keepsakes to have survived the intense heat. it's, like, overwhelming right now...

..because it's like decades and decades of, you know, building things and it's all gone. these are scenes repeated across huge swathes of this city. and with the emergency far from over. john sudworth, bbc news, altadena. these again are the live pictures from across los angeles at 9:15 p.m., where the fires are still burning. a nighttime curfew in effect in the worst hit parts of la. we do now know that at least 11 people have died. police have warned against looting and criminality in those areas, abandoned by about 150,000 residents who are under that mandatory evacuation order. a reminder that we have a live page “p

reminder that we have a live page up and running on the bbc news website, 24 hours a day at the moment, with the very latest from our correspondence across the region. you can scan the qr code on the right—hand side of your screen and that will take you directly to that live page with the very latest. we will return to the wildfires later. but first some of the rest of the news. donald trump has protested his innocence after he was handed the most lenient possible sentence for covering up hush money payments to an adult film star. he becomes the first us president to have a criminal record. 0ur north america editor sarah smith reports from new york. donald trump, you are before the court for sentencing... being allowed to appear virtually on a video screen from florida was special treatment for donald trump, granted as he is just ten days away from becoming president again. he knew the sentence would be as lenient as possible but still fought hard, all the way to the supreme court, to avoid this moment. the prosecution said his behaviour during the trial had made the crimes more serious.

this defendant has caused enduring damage to public perception of the criminal justice system and has placed officers of the court in harm's way. the defendant sees himself as above the law and he won't accept responsibility for his actions. the president—elect again repeated his claims that he was deliberately targeted by political opponents. it has been a political witch—hunt. it was done to damage my reputation so that i would lose the election and obviously that didn't work. and i won in — got the largest number of votes by far of any republican candidate in history. the judge was in a unique, unprecedented position — caught between imposing punishment and respecting the office of the president. the only lawful sentence that permits entry of a judgement of conviction without encroaching upon the highest office in the land is an unconditional discharge,

which the new york state legislature has determined is a lawful and permissible sentence for the crime of falsifying business records in the first degree. donald trump was facing three other criminal cases. two have been dismissed and the third has stalled indefinitely, now that he has been re—elected president. and in office, he will have complete legal immunity for everything he does that's considered an official act. sarah smith, bbc news, new york. to china now, where the british chancellor rachel reeves on a trip aimed at improving trade and economic ties with the world's second biggest economy. ms reeves began her visit with a trip to a brompton folding bicycle shop and is expected to meet with other leading british brands while in beijing. she's the most senior british official to visit china in seven years, but comes as borrowing costs in the uk hit a 16—year high and the value of the pound fell to its lowest in over a year. the conservatives have accused

her of fleeing to beijing. speaking in beijing, rachel reeves said the trip was about opening doors to british business. it is the number—1 mission of government to make our country better. and that's why i am in china, to unlock tangible benefits for british businesses exporting and trading around the world to ensure that we have greater access to the second—biggest economy in the world. and when we have this pragmatic conversations with chinese leaders and, indeed, chinese leaders and, indeed, chinese businesses, we will always be acting in britain's national interest.— national interest. rachel reeves- _ national interest. rachel reeves. to _ national interest. rachel reeves. to the - national interest. rachel reeves. to the us. - president biden has criticised this week's announcement from meta that it is closing its fact—checking operations. mr biden described it as shameful. he made the comments during a wide—ranging press conference intended to highlight his record on the economy. let's take a listen. the idea that, you know, a billionaire can buy something

and say, "by the way, from this point on, we're not "going to fact check anything". and you know, when you have millions of people reading, going online, reading this stuff, it is — anyway... i think it's — i think it's really shameful. president biden there. let's head to the supreme court in washington now, where the future of tiktok in the us hangs by a thread. justices have indicated that they will support banning the social media app over national security concerns unless it severs ties with its chinese parent company, bytedance, before a deadline of the 19th of january. representatives from tiktok appeared before the court on friday as the us government argued without a sale the app could be used as a tool for spying and political manipulation by the chinese government. an official decision by the court is due

in the next few days. president—elect donald trump, however, is critical of the ban saying he could negotiate a political resolution to keep the app legal once he takes office. our technology correspondent lily jamali was at the us supreme court in washington and sent this update. tiktok has long framed this debate as being about free speech, but here at the supreme court on friday the us government said it is not about that, that this is about who owns tiktok and that is the chinese company bytedance. the justices here at the supreme court, most of them, anyway, seem to accept that framing. the argument goes that because of that chinese affiliation there is the potential for the chinese government to manipulate the types of content that people see here in the us on the platform and there is also the opportunity for data harvesting that the chinese government could effectively try to spy or blackmail people using the data that they can glean from the app. the

justices seemed animated by that argument and the consensus view is that they are most likely to side with the us government and uphold this law. that would mean that the ban on tiktok would in fact take effect on 19january, if tiktok does not divest, salto you aspire, which it has made very clear that it will not stop one alternative outcome is for the supreme courtjustices to grant an injunction, an emergency hold to the law, which would mean that president—elect donald trump would get his way. he wants extra time so that he can step in on the day after the ban, when he is inaugurated, and start working towards a political resolution towards a political resolution to save tiktok in the us. let's get some of the day's other news now. the venezuelan opposition leader, maria corina machado, has condemned the inauguration of nicolas maduro as president as a coup and a violation of the constitution. most countries do not recognise mr maduro's legitimacy. the us reacted to the inauguration by increasing

its reward for information leading to his arrest to $25 million. more than 60 german universities have left x in protest against what they say is the increasing radicalisation of the platform. among them are some of the most prestigious names in the field, like heidelberg university and the free university of berlin. now to a mystery in scotland: how did four lynxes come to be at large in the cairngorms national park? two of the wildcats have been captured just a day after two others were caught in the same area. all four are now in the care of the royal zoological society of scotland. aru na iyengar reports. when these two lynx were captured last night, roest ms hope their work was done, but strap —— traps remain sad, cameras rolling. strap -- traps remain sad, cameras rolling.— strap -- traps remain sad, cameras rolling. obviously we thou~ht cameras rolling. obviously we thought it _ cameras rolling. obviously we thought it was _ cameras rolling. obviously we thought it was a _ cameras rolling. obviously we thought it was a possibility, . thought it was a possibility, which is why we have surveillance out in the area, and of course we're hoping have and of course we're hoping have

a peaceful night and actually we had similar we had seen on the cameras and we mobilise straightaway and got traps out first thing this morning. earls; first thing this morning. early toda at first thing this morning. early today at 7:10 _ first thing this morning. early today at 7:10 a.m., _ first thing this morning. early today at 7:10 a.m. , another i first thing this morning. early i today at 7:10 a.m. , another two today at 7:10 a.m., another two appeared, tonight their time in the wild ended. we appeared, tonight their time in the wild ended.— appeared, tonight their time in the wild ended. we got an alert from the cameras _ the wild ended. we got an alert from the cameras and - the wild ended. we got an alert from the cameras and both - the wild ended. we got an alertj from the cameras and both lynx have gone into the trap so we have gone into the trap so we have a been able to go round, and they are there, they are in the back of a van and on their way to a wildlife park. so, great relief to everybody. farming unions say someone must have said the lynx free and should be prosecuted. they longer prose moves by conservationists to reintroduce lynx to the wild because of fears they would prey on lambs. police scotland say they think both releases of acro one are connected. they're trying to find out how they came to be that. it seems for now the scottish lynx effect has worn off. aruna iyengar, bbc news. finally this half—hour.

can you imagine being at your school assembly and this happening? yes, this is music superstar ed sheeran walking into an assembly at a school in cardiff. he sang his 2017 number one hit shape of you to the delight of the hundreds of pupils. it's part of his new foundation to promote the teaching of music in schools. britain has this kind of thing where it is pushing people towards bankers all working in tech or finance or towards bankers all working in tech orfinance or all towards bankers all working in tech or finance or all this sort of stuff, when actually the arts, and they know well is ours, there are some amazing music, amazing film, amazing painting that comes out of wales that, you know, doesn't happen unless you guys go i want to do that. ed sheeran. a reminder of our menus. you can see the qr code with the latest on fires in los angeles. these are the live pictures as we come up to 9:30pm where a nighttime curfew is in force.

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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a night—time curfew is in force in parts of los angeles worst—hit by devastating wildfires which have killed at least eleven people. california's governor calls for an investigation into how water shortages impaired the fight against the wildfires. president biden has described los angeles as a "war scene". donald trump again insists he's innocent following his sentencing in his hush—money case. the president elect has avoided prison or a fine, but he will still take office as the first us president with a felony conviction. and will tiktok be banned in the us later this month? the app's fate is now up to the supreme court. a lawyer for the us government argues the platform poses a grave threat for national security, while tiktok legal representatives say a posssible ban violates the free speech of its 170 million american users.