worst—hit by devastating wildfires, which have killed at least 11 people. new evacuations have been issued in the area of the palisades fire as it continues to burn. rachel reeves becomes the most senior uk official to visit china for seven years. she says that agreements reached with china are worth £600 million to the uk over the next five years. and the us supreme court appears poised to uphold a law that bans tiktok due to security concerns unless its chinese company sells the platform ahead of the deadline. let's return to our top story and those fires in los angeles, where a night—time curfew has come into force in parts of los angeles to stop people looting areas that have been abandoned due to the wildfires. let's return to our top story

and those fires in los angeles, there are at least five fires still raging across the city and it's surrounding area, and any progress in containing them is very limited. at least 11 people are now known to have died. there is concern that number will rise given the level of devastation. meanwhile, california's governor gavin newsom has called for an investigation into how water shortages have hampered firefighting efforts. one of the areas which has been badly hit by the fires is pacific pallisades. our los angeles correspondent emma vardy sent this update from there. we've 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's where you'd come and get your petrol. just totally gutted.

everywhere, there's signs of things people have had to leave behind. a little note on this car here just says, "key melted in shell station." it is really hard to comprehend how life is ever going to get back to normal here. and here's the local supermarket where you come and do your shopping, grab a trolley. you can see all the shelves where the food would have been. still wearing this mask because, whether you can see or not, the air is still thick 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, thankfully, without the mass death. but it's really the only way to try to describe it.

mo farah there and we have a live page rolling on this as well. harlan boll has been telling the bbc of his escape from the wildfire that destroyed his altadena home. most of his trove of entertainment industry memorabilia, including from stars like bob hope and angela lansbury, was also lost in the eaton fire. he spoke to our chief presenter caitriona perry, who began by asking him what he did when the fire started rolling in. fortunately for me, i started packing up some things. my house was a pretty popular house in the neighbourhood, it had a lot of hollywood memorabilia from bob hope, carol channing, gerry herman, angela lansbury and a number of others. and they often used it as their own homes for the media in order to stay at home with, didn't want to use their own homes, so they used mine.

the neighbours often joked it was the celebrity home. i think i was very lucky i started getting things out early. i lost a lot of the memorabilia but i managed to get a great deal out. i felt for my neighbours who held out maybe too long. and some of them only got out with the shirts on their backs. i got out with five shirts, four pairs of pants and three shoes. my next—door neighbour's house is completely intact, nothing wrong with it and every other house on the block is gone. it's hard to explain. i'm happy for them, it'sjust everything it hits, it is levelled. there is no resemblance whatsoever to anything identifiable existing, except the fireplace. i'm really proud of my neighbours because they have all grouped together, supporting each other, calling each other.

our church, which was only three blocks away, is completely levelled. every church on a block of churches just disappeared. we're having services this sunday afternoon. again, i'm one of the lucky ones because — it's odd to say this way — one of my colleagues passed away and the family called me and said, would i like to use her house. it is furnished, and i was able to get my life back on track. you have to just focus on what's in front of you — expand your vision, you start losing it, crying, thinking about what you lost. if you just focus on what needs to be taken care of... just as we are talking to you, we're looking at some of the images you sent us of your lovely home there but as you say, you got out yourself safely. i don't want to upset

you by mentioning this but i believe your poor cat didn't...? yeah. cleo, i got him in a container and i drove him off because he was in a container already. my other half somehow didn't realise the bottom latch wasn't latched fully and cleo freaked out and pushed his way out and went back into the house. and in the dark, late at night, ash and smoke everywhere, power out, house completely dark, he spent 45 minutes looking, trying to find where he was hiding and he couldn't find a flashlight, i had the flashlight. so i've been contacting animal rescue, they haven't found any cats yet, they've only found dogs. apparently the humane society has discovered over 300 animals, we're going to go down tomorrow and see if by any chance cleo is one of them. we left the doors open in case

he wanted to get out. hopefully, you will be reunited. your home was quite an old one, as many in the area are, 100 years old. it would have been 100 years old this year. oh, gosh. is it surprising to you that the fire could have spread so fast and so far? honestly, when we saw the burning, i panicked a little, probably more than anyone else, and thank goodness in many ways. and we drove away at one point because we thought the fire was out and we drove down into pasadena so we could get our phones to work. and as we drove back, we realised fire had come back closer. at that point, when it hit the first homes on the ridge ahead of us, we realised the danger we were in.

i honestly, still, part of me thought there is no way the fire will make it this far. it not only made it to our house, it made it two blocks beyond ours. i went out there yesterday, made it past the police barricades just to check things out. and a number of homes that were gone was just unexplainable. there are many still on fire. it was like a bomb had just completely levelled the entire area. a couple of homes here and there survived. the neighbours have been great. i understand that looters have been a problem. they're calling people whose homes are still there, and they being asked if they are planning on staying around, if not, they will add them to the watch list, which is a scam. they are just trying to find out who's not going to be home.

that's the negative side. the positive side is the neighbourhood, which has always been supportive of each other, we have been to everybody�*s homes, there is no home i don't think i hadn't been in within a block, or perhaps two or three. we visited to each other, we went to parties, children's births, whatever, showers. we all knew each other. 0ne unfortunate, wonderful couple had just moved in a few months ago and we just met them and their little daughter three months ago and that house is gone. haaland they are telling our correspondent how his home was lost in altadena. we have a live page on our website meriting the latest on this and i can tell you that residents

in one particular zip codes, an area north of the van she sent area north of the van she sent a boulevard have been issued with a do not drink notice as the water is not safe, so that is facing what is already an ongoing disaster area across los angeles. much more on our website. since the start of this year, elon musk has made or shared posts on his social media platform x about uk politics, grooming gangs and child sexual abuse at a significant rate. now bbc verify has examined a 24—hour snapshot of his timeline and found a wave of misinformation amplified in the posts, as our analysis editor ros atkins explains. elon musk has had a lot to say about the grooming gangs scandal. this is his number of posts on the uk and grooming gangs, it's increased sharply in recent weeks and, on monday, without naming musk, sir keir starmer attacked those spreading lies and

misinformation on the response to the grooming gangs. we've analysed musk�*s timeline and on that same day, monday the 6th, from midnight until midnight gmt. there were 153 posts, this includes those written by musk and those by others that he shared. 33% of them were on us politics. 48% on the uk and nearly all of them about grooming gangs. and these posts contain a range of false information. at 8:12am on monday morning, musk posted that former prime minister gordon brown "sold those little girls for votes. " later, he posted, "starmerwas deeply complicit in the mass rapes in exchange for votes." a reference to when sir kier starmer led the crown prosecution service. there is no evidence that gordon brown or kier starmer sought to obstruct justice for political gain or for any other reason. at 12:16pm on monday, musk shared this screenshot. it says, "here is a list of mps who voted against deporting rapists."

he calls this unconscionable. but this is nothing to do with a vote, it's a letter signed by a group of mps in 2020 about the planned deportation of 50 jamaican nationals who had received sentences for various crimes, in some cases for rape or sexual offences. the mps wanted a postponement until a report on the windrush scandal had been published. there were concerns about the deportation of foreign—born offenders who came to the uk as children. later on monday afternoon, musk made reference to, "that time starmer called donald trump a racist." we can't find any evidence starmer has ever called trump a racist. those are four examples, we could have included others, and musk has continued to post about the uk. this is andrew mcintyre. on monday, he was jailed for his role in the summer riots. musk shared a post on this, adding, "0ver seven years prison for social media posts. "whoever gave that sentence deserves prison themselves." this is misleading. mcintyre�*s social media posts

included calls to attack muslims, jews and non—whites. he set up a telegram group that was used to organise the southport riot and shared multiple other targets for rioters. when detained, he was carrying a knife. when his home was searched, weapons and a copy of hitler's mein kampf were found. it's not seven years for social media posts, it's seven years for encouraging violent disorder and criminal damage and for possession of a knife in a public place. on monday, responding to a post about the grooming gang scandal, musk wrote, "utterly unacceptable." no—one disagrees with that but musk is amplifying a slew of misleading and incorrect information. his concern about the subject doesn't extend to being truthful when addressing it. ros atkins unai simon 2a hours

snapshots of elon musk�*s x timeline. here in the uk, experts are warning of more deaths and disfigurement caused by botched cosmetic procedures unless the government introduces new regulations to make the industry safer. thejoint councilfor cosmetic practitioners said, in the last year, it's dealt with an explosion in complaints from local authorities about poor practice. one woman has told the bbc she looks like a gargoyle after undergoing a procedure by a former tattoo artist who was claiming to be doctor, as caroline bilton reports. so, this is... this was me. this was what i looked like. i've been told, you know, i'll never look like it again, even with surgery. this was andrea in 2021. the photos that follow on her phone tell her story in a graphic way. i see a gargoyle. i see something horrible, disgusting. i wish i hadn't done it, i wish i hadn't trusted... this is a nightmare. i live a nightmare every single day. andrea says she still bears

the scars, both physically and mentally, of the treatment she received two years ago at the reshapeu cosmetics clinic in hull. she says she rarely leaves her house and this is what she wears when she does. i can't even take the bin out without a mask on. i've been called a freak. had faces pulled at me. she initially visited reshapeu for breast fillers, seeking the help of this man, sean scott. she says she did her homework, checking him out online, where he was described as dr sean scott, clinical director. videos at the time show the plaque on his door describing himself as dr sean scott. but our investigation has found he was a former tattooist who bought the doctor title online. did you believe that sean scott was a doctor? yes, and i trusted what he said. the doctorate was in business consultancy, which he said he had naively and regretfully

purchased and displayed the certificate in his clinic. he claims he did not portray himself as a medical doctor and he informed clients who asked that he was not medically qualified. but our investigation is aware of at least two other complaints made against him. we have received patient—reported complaints about this practitioner that relate to bad practice. ashton collins runs a national register of trusted practitioners. two of the people that have reported incidents to us were under the impression that this person was a doctor and that's why they chose to have treatments with him. despite repeated warnings for over a decade, the aesthetics industry remains unregulated. last year, the first death from a cosmetic procedure was recorded in the uk, and there's frustration at how long it's taking to bring regulation in. the last death should have | galvanised this government into really cracking on with it. - dr paul charlson is an aesthetic specialist in east yorkshire who's helped

to draw up new regulations that are waiting to be enacted. if the government said we want this in in six. months, it could be done. you need to get on with it. before there's more deaths and more disfigurement. the department of health has not responded to these criticisms, but issued a statement saying, "it's unacceptable people's lives were at risk from inadequately trained operators in the cosmetic sector." 0ver ten months, andrea says she's spent thousands of pounds after being encouraged by mr scott to have face fillers, threads and botox. but she says she kept reacting to the treatments. this picture was taken in a&e. she can barely open her eyes. this one simple procedure became a catalogue of procedures. i got these indentations, i got these lumps, i got... and he'd sit me in the chair and then he'd come along with a needle. boom, boom, "that hides those lumps and bumps." why didn't you just walk away? i wanted to.

i wanted to walk away so badly. but i couldn't because i was stuck. i was trapped because of these problems that were arising. sean scott strongly denies the allegations and says he didn't perform any treatments while the client was showing signs of swelling and bruising. he says whilst he's been investigated by two local authorities and humberside police, they concluded with no charges or sanctions brought. he added that... we've changed the way we present our company regarding who we are and our qualifications. and says... while we may have made mistakes in the beginning, we have always given 100% of our ability to our clients. we have learned valuable lessons. andrea has sought help from police, solicitors, the local authority and her local mp. everybody sympathises, but the one thing that comes up again and again is legislation. legislation. there is none. this is all from a needle. something that was supposed to build confidence has destroyed mine.

much more on that story on our website to. and we are still monitoring the ongoing fires across los angeles. the british chancellor has been defending her visit to beijing which coincides with the cost of government borrowing soaring in the uk. at a news conference after talks with the chinese vice—premier he lifeng, rachel reeves said many of the challenges facing governments could not be tackled by individual countries working alone. rachel reeves is the most senior british official to visit china for seven years. she described the trip as a significant milestone and has said it's in challenging times that practical co—operation between the world's major economies was most needed. 0pposition parties had urged her to cancel the visit to focus on problems at home. the visit comes as 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. following the first session of the uk—china economy and finance dialogue in beijing, rachel reeves speaks on the outcome so far. the outcomes we have agreed today represent pragmatic cooperation in action. they represent common ground being found on areas like financial services, trade, investment, and the climate. they support secure and resilient growth, providing mutual benefit for both the uk and china whilst safeguarding national security as the first duty of government. the total value of what we have agreed today is worth £600 million over the next five years for the uk economy. overall, this government's re—engagement with china already sets us on course to deliver up to £1 billion of value for the uk economy. this includes across our financial services, in which the uk is a global leader.

and these were the first remarks by china's vice premier. translation: this afternoon, chancellor reeves and i - co—chair the 11th china—uk economic financial dialogue. this is the first such dialogue in nearly six years' time. a dialogue to reconnect with the past and usher in the future. implementing the important consensus bridge between our leaders, who had constructive dialogue on the financial cooperation between the two countries. they set out the direction and priorities of future cooperation with joint effort, withjoint effort, we successfully finished our agenda items and reached 69 mutually beneficial outcomes.

0ur political correspondent, shelley phelps. what have they? the chancellor said they have _ what have they? the chancellor said they have reached - what have they? the chancellor said they have reached many . said they have reached many agreements were £600 million to the uk government over a number of years. one of things to talked about was lifting the barriers on market access to areas like agrifood. another areas like agrifood. another area was a financial services. it was quite a short press conference and will have to wait to get more details on those but the chancellor will be pleased to have some concrete outcomes that you can point to. that some people have been questioning how much was really going to come out of this trip and she said it was about to boosting the economy and trade. i thought it was interesting, it was quite warm, the press conference. under the new labour government they do seem to be taking a different approach on china, they have

talked about the three cs, cooperation, competition it where necessary but they said they will challenge where they must because they said tensions had been strained with china in previous years.— previous years. they want to im - rove previous years. they want to improve that _ previous years. they want to improve that relationship - previous years. they want to | improve that relationship and that may have felt like a warm press conference but when it comes to the criticism rachel reeves received proven going there given the turbulence in there given the turbulence in the uk markets, that hasn't died away?— died away? this trip was controversial _ died away? this trip was controversial before - died away? this trip was controversial before she | died away? this trip was - controversial before she even set foot on the plane. we have seen the turbulence in the uk markets with the rising cost of government borrowing and the fall in the value of the pound. expert status and you show these guys things happen at the same time. 0pposition parties had called for it her not to go. she has been accused of jumping on ajet go. she has been accused of jumping on a jet when she should be getting things in year at home. the liberal democrats are saying that she should be coming up with a plan can she brotherfor should be coming up with a plan can she brother for how she plans to address market

volatility. forthe plans to address market volatility. for the chancellor out there trying to sell uk plc, she is facing questions like this about these issues but she has defended her budget and said herfiscal but she has defended her budget and said her fiscal rules are non—negotiable, talking about how important economic stability is. but when she gets back on monday, there are likely to be more questions for her. . ~ likely to be more questions for her. ., ~ , ., likely to be more questions for her. ., ~ i. ~ . likely to be more questions for her. . ~ ~ . ., likely to be more questions for her. ., ~ ~ . ., ., her. thank you. much more on rachel reeves' _ her. thank you. much more on rachel reeves' trip _ her. thank you. much more on rachel reeves' trip to - her. thank you. much more on rachel reeves' trip to beijing i rachel reeves' trip to beijing on our website. temperatures in a hamlet in northern scotland dropped to minus 18.9 celsius on friday. it is the uk's code this january night in 15 years and the coaches january overnight temperatures since 2010, when the temperatures dropped below —15 degrees several times at various locations across the uk,

including —22.3 on the 8th of january, in at the heart. across the uk, temperatures were widely around —42 —1010 on saturday morning with some freezing in parts of the east midlands and eastern england. is a very low temperatures if you experienced them, hopefully, your 0k. a real contrast to what is happening in the united states because we are continuing to monitor those devastating fires across los angeles, where firefighters are continuing to battle them at. absolute devastation and there is a night—time curfew on going there because it is the middle of the night. will have much more updates across bbc news so do stay with us. hello again. it was a bitterly cold night across many parts of the uk. temperatures widely below freezing and we had scenes

like ths, a hard frost on ground and again the continuation of ice for some of us this morning as well. in fact, it was the coldest night of the winter so far. in northern scotland, the thermometer went down to —18.9 celsius. it will gradually get milder or less cold as we go into the early part of next week. for this afternoon, a bit of rain moving into scotland, northwest england and wales, that could fall temporarily as a bit of snow over higher ground. sunshine in eastern areas. still a really cold day for most of us, temperatures up to four celsius but less cold in northern ireland, west wales and southwest england, temperatures here up to six celsius. tonight, some cloud moving eastwards, temperatures dropping quickly but perhaps recovering slightly into the early part of sunday morning. regardless, towards eastern areas, another hard frost expected, temperatures widely below freezing. not as cold again towards western areas because we have

this milder, southwesterly wind bringing in some higher temperatures through the next few days. so for sunday, we will see those temperatures higher again for northern ireland and northern and western scotland. sunshine for most at first, perhpas more cloud in central and eastern areas on sunday afternoon, compared to this afternoon. and temperatures a smidgen higher than today, about four degrees but in the west again, up to nine celsius. on monday, thse southwesterly winds affecting more of us. it will bring a lot of cloud to scotland and northern ireland, into northern parts of england. outbreaks of rain here but temperatures rising. notice the greens and oranges whereas the far southeast of england still holding onto the colder conditions. through next week, this is the temperature compared to average. it iniitally starts of below average by the blues there but gradually, the oranges and reds here, above average

temperatures spread further southwards across the uk. so, temperatures coming up to around 12 celsius throughout the week. it will be gradual but with that, some risk of melting and thawing snow which could bring some flooding issues.

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more evacuation orders are issued as devastating wildlifes in los angelese, which have killed at least 11 people, continue to burn. 0ur neighbourhood and our neighbours have been eviscerated, it's really devastating to see generations of people's lives and livelihoods completely wiped out. rachel reeves becomes the most senior uk official to visit china for 7 years. she says that agreements reached with china are worth £600 million to the uk over the next five years. a french woman whose father was convicted last month in a mass rape trial tells the bbc he should never be released from jail. i was so close from my father, you can't imagine how hurt it is, it was a nightmare.