people, continue to burn. our 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.

in los angeles firefighters are still battling to contain those massive devastating wildfires. they've been dropping water onto the fires. in the last few hours more mandatory evacuation orders have been issued as the palisades fire continued to burn toward the 405 freeway and san fernando valley. one of the warnings is in brentwood where the us vice president, kamala harris, has a home. at least 11 people are now known to have died, and about 10 thousand 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 is still the palisades one. 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 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. our first report this hour is from helena humphrey in la.

they got out. that's what matters most. amid the ash and ruin, a hug from dad promises everything will be all right. even if this family doesn't yet know how. when the fires tore through altadena in the dead of night, daisy and keith bundled their young children into the back of the car. they had no official warning, just instinct. my husband was very positive, like, if we have to leave, we should be getting like a text message. we should be getting like some sort of alert. the sheriff's department will come with, you know, with the... loudspeakers and everything. they would they would tell us and i'm like, well, you know, i'm waiting for that. i'm waiting to get some sort of like urgency that we got to leave because it's getting more dangerous. but we didn't get anything. it was just my gut feeling that said, we have to go. it was 1.30 in the morning and when i saw more flame going up, i said, we have to get out. like so many here, all this family has left is each other. the dream home they worked day and night for gone in an instant. it was absolutely

terrifying to see that. i've lived through fires up in the foothills before that got really close, but never got into the houses so much. but this one, it moved so quickly. it was, you know, on a distant ridge one minute and then ten minutes later, it was like right on top of us. it was crazy how fast it moved with the winds blowing it. traces of christmas still linger, but it feels like a lifetime ago. all the gifts are gone. the rare toy rescued from the rubble now seems like a miracle. i found this and this. and my brother found this. how do you explain to children so young that the only place they've ever known, a place meant to be safe, is no more? i loved that swing set and i wanted to play. with it every day. it's things like this swing set which is still smouldering, which really bring it home. what the next generation has lost here. and with an ever—warming

planet, what they'll have to worry about in the future. for now, authorities are focussed on the immediate crisis. california governor gavin newsom is calling for an independent investigation into reported water shortages that hampered firefighters efforts. and with the hardest hit areas still burning. president biden has warned that things could get worse before they get better. mr president, have you been told that the loss of life is likely to increase significantly in california? it is likely it will increase, whether significantly or not. we don't know yet. there are still a lot of people that are unaccounted for. we don't know where they are. i think the toll is likely to go up whether it's significant or not. pray god it's not. but it could be. the duke and duchess of sussex have visited a fire relief centre, where they met first responders and those impacted by the fires. we went to visit some - of the families in the impacted area, and then they wanted

to go visit the first - responders and personally thank them for their efforts _ to help our familiesl and our neighbours. forfamilies like daisy and keith's, all they can do is cling on to each other. looking for a glimmer of hope through the lingering smoke. 0ur north america correspondent david willis is in altadena. he gave this update on the fire that is continuing to spread — and what the firefighters make of it. they have been hoping for a break provided by a lull in those very high winds, and that break only really exists until monday night, when they're expected to return with a vengeance. but within the last couple of hours, the pacific palisades fire, the biggest fire that has been raging since earlier this week, took a turn and is now heading, as you mentioned, towards the san

fernando valley and the densely populated cities of encino and tarzana, and as well the upscale town of city of brentwood, which is home to, amongst other people, the american vice president, kamala harris. that is a very bad sign if firefighters fail to get it under control. and as i say, there was a lot of hope today that they would be able to do so, that they would be able to make use of this break in the weather by virtue of the water dropping planes that have been brought in. they've been dropping water, gallons of it and flame retardant from helicopters and planes overhead, and it has clearly made something of a difference. but this was a crucial period, as i mentioned. and that turn of events isn't what the firefighters had been hoping for, to say the very least.

behind me and behind the burnt out cars and behind the burnt out homes that lie behind the burnt out cars are national guard officers, members of the california national guard, hundreds of whom have been drafted in here over the course of the last 2a hours to protect sites such as this from looters. and already we are told about 20 people. would you believe, have been arrested for looting. and in a bid to clamp down on that, they have also imposed officials here a dusk to dawn curfew. it's extraordinary to think that, given the heartbreak that some people here have experienced, that they could then eventually return to their homes to find that some of the most valuable possessions that remain have been stolen. so officials clamping down on that very hard indeed. richard weintraub

is a resident of la, who was among those who battled to save his home. he's been telling us how he defended his home. so in 1993, my wife and i had lost our home in a fire in malibu. ironically, and i didn't, i saw that how that played out, and i did not like the end of that story. and so i decided against advice to stay and to fight the fire. and i got three hoses going with powerful nozzles to wet down all the foliage around us and to wet the ground and to put out the embers. the smoke was incredibly thick. you could not breathe. but i was there for many, many hours alone. and by grace of god and a lot of blessings and prayers, our home was was saved. but it was not without danger in doing so.

stefan doerr, professor of wildland fire science at swansea university, gave his assesment the fires. yeah. the main problem here has been the combination of meteorological conditions. so we've had these really strong santana winds. they're not unusual this time of the year, but they have been very strong. but the more critical factor here is that we haven't had any winter rainfall. this is a mediterranean area. this is drought is normal in the summer. but this time of the year, you would have expected winter rains to wet the vegetation. and this hasn't happened. so essentially we are dealing with a tinderbox and these conditions that make it extremely difficult to fight the fires, like we've heard. earlier and in previous years, there was a lot of rainfall, which arguably ensured that that vegetation that you're talking about grew very, very strongly. but then with the drought and with the lack of rain, as you were saying, it

made that really dry and just a tinderbox. and this is what we're seeing now, the flames of all of that vegetation. yes, that's exactly right. so we basically had two relatively wet winters that allowed very good growing conditions. and we're actually seeing this more around the world, these seesaw conditions where we have very strong rainfall and very wet conditions. and then later on we have very dry conditions. and that combination is essentially the worst case scenario you can imagine for fires. and unfortunately that is increasing notjust in california but in many places around the world. and so arguably the consequence of that is that we're seeing just the unimaginable pictures. of course, this is an area that they're used to wildfires. but what's your assessment of the scale of what we're seeing? of course, in this case the scale is almost, as you say, unimaginable. the number of evacuations, the number of buildings destroyed. in fact, the number of buildings destroyed isn't actually greater than what we've seen in 2018, in california. but, of course, you know, a lot of the buildings are very expensive here. so the insurance losses are likely to be the greatest, at least in this century.

but in terms of the overall movement of the fire, we do see this in other areas as well. for example, in australia, we see this in eucalypt forests. we've seen this in greece, in mati and the disaster some years ago. we've seen this in hawaii. but of course we have that combination of a lot of buildings and an interface between vegetation that is very flammable and many, many houses that lie in the path of the wind. so really, again, it's the worst case scenario we have here. and don't forget — you can continue to follow developments from southern california on our app and website — we are running a live page with continuous updates from our team of reporters.

now it's time for a look at today's sport. a big football date today. david moyes has made a return to goodison park as everton�*s next manager... moyes left the club 12 years ago, after over a decade at the helm, to take over from sir alex ferguson at manchester united, where it didn't work out. he has since had two spells at west ham, which included winning the europa conference league in 2023, but has been out of work since leaving the hammers at the end of last season, but goodison park, and everton has always been like his spiritual home...

there are 17 fixtures in the third round today, with plenty ofjeopardy for premier league sides. wolves and brighton, are both away to championship clubs, bristol city and norwich. now the first game of the day is one that really has a sense of nostalgia... but despite being the subject of a famous milk advert — accrington stanley, and the who are they line, this will be the first competitive meeting between liverpool and the current accrington stanley clu i think every team that plays against us, it's a special occasion for every team we face. but but especially for a lower league team, so they will be all up for it. they've, they've they've lived towards this game for many weeks, probably nine out of ten times. all players are fit, then there's no one suspended. so, uh, and the challenge is always to bring the best out of ourselves. it'll be special, won't it? it might never happen again. you the club have waited 60—odd

years to play liverpool again, are so to walk out at anfield, being an academy coach there myself, i've put on a few soccer schools and took the academy kids there to play on the pitch at the end of the season. so to go there in a competitive way, it's surreal, really. there's another great back story at manchester city, they host salford of league two...just 5 miles up the road and club run by a host of former manchester united players. . . .who would just love to upset their neighbours, in this historic first meeting of the 2 clubs. i'm living in salford the last eight years. so while we play against my neighbourhood, so my hometown, i would say no hometown, you know my where i'm living. and the last six games. six clean sheets, six victories. so huge respect for them. what they do, the intensity and. yeah, take it seriously. of course like always have been in this club since i arrived.

and hopefully we can do a good game and make the three victories in a row. a long time didn't happen. it's the start of a huge few weeks for the england women's cricket team, who are in australia, trying to win the ashes for the first time in a decade...it all starts with the first one day international, in sydney tonight and while the talk there is all about the ashes, the england captain, heather knight, has commented on the recent controversy surrounding the men's match against afghanistan in pakistan next month. some mp�*s want england to boycott the match due to many issues under the taliban, including the treatment of women. pleased to come from the top and it needs to be a really clear message, i also think it's really complex, i know that cricket and afghanistan has given a huge amount of hope to people in the country and people that have fled the country, it's not as simple as boycott and then things will

change. and that's all the sport for now. so he quoted the lad in the advert, if i don't drink the milk, i'll only be good enough to play for accrington stanley, and the lan comebacks, who are they... in a liverpudlian accent, which i want to do. the british chancellor has been defending her visit to beijing which coincides with the cost of government borrowing soaring in the uk. 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 cooperation 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. speaking in beijing, rachel reeves said the trip was about opening doors to british business. the outcomes we've 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 while 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. a major search is continuing for two sisters who were last seen in aberdeen city centre on tuesday. eliza and henrietta hoostee�*s brother has told the bbc they seemed "fine" in the days running up to their disappearance. 0ur correspondent catriona renton is in aberdeen and sent us this update. they were last seen on two o'clock in the morning, we are now into saturday morning. we've seen some police officers in the last few minutes walking along the banks here on the

very icy river dee, i don't know if you can see the chunks of ice floating on the surface of ice floating on the surface of the water, that gives you an idea of how bitterly cold it is here. sisters having gone for such a long time now, we are hoping for some updates their safety and we hope that they are still safe and well. people are still safe and well. people are searching, there was this enormous surge yesterday, the police divers looking in the river, and in the land around. a lot of industrial units in this area of aberdeen, people have been asked to check their cctv footage, drivers have been asked to check their dash cam footage in case there are any clues on where these girls could be. they were last seen here at around two o'clock in the morning of tuesday. the women are triplets, they are originally from a small village in eastern hungary, the bbc has

spoken to their sister. she said that she spoke to them on new year's eve and that they seemed happy and cheerful. their brother was also spoken to the bbc, he said that their mother spoken to them on saturday for a0 minutes long, there was nothing out of the ordinary that came up. yesterday, police told us that extensive inquiries were continuing to try and find the women. as i said, businesses, drivers, anyone with any footage that might have been film on the early hours of tuesday morning or ended after that, they are hoping that people will get in touch. it is unusualfor people will get in touch. it is unusual for these women to be out at this time of night. of course, concern is growing. police have said that there is nothing to said anything suspicious has happened. mentioned how the temperatures have dropped, i can tell you that temperatures...

temperatures in a hamlet in northern scotland dropped to —18.9c on friday — the uk's coldest january night in 15 years. it is the coldest january overnight temperature since 2010, when they dropped below —15c several times at locations across the uk, including —22.3c on 8 january in altnaharra. across the uk — temperatures were widely around —a to —10c on saturday morning, with some freezing fog in parts of the midlands and eastern england. very cold across the uk, do take care if you've been affected. it was the biggest rape trial in french history. gisele pelicot waived her right to anonymity and became a global icon. dominque pelicot was found guilty of drugging and raping his wife, and inviting 50 men into their home to abuse

her while she slept. gisele s daughter caro—leen darian stood alongside her mother in court and told herfather that he would die alone like a dog. caro—leen believes that her father also drugged and abused her. she's spoken to the bbc in herfirst broadcast interview since the trial. anna collinson has more. don't really remember the father that i thought he was. i looked straight to the criminal, to the sexual criminal he is. caroline darian received a phone call from her mother in november 2020 that changed her life forever. she's been speaking to the bbc�*s emma barnett. it was like an earthquake or like a tsunami in my own living room. caroline�*s father, dominic pelicot, had been drugging and raping her mother for over a decade and had encouraged dozens of other men to abuse her, too. i was so close from my father.

you can't imagine how hurts it is. you know, it was a nightmare. that nightmare became even darker when police told caroline they'd found semi—naked pictures of her on her father's laptop. and i was shown two pictures of me totally unconscious. with pants, which is not mine. so, you know, i was in shock. as the world watched france's largest rape trial unfold, she hoped herfather would finally admit he'd sexually abused her. but he's always denied it. i'm convinced that he raped me. yes. the only difference between my mom and me,

i don't have any evidence like she did. gisele pelicot has been hailed as a feminist icon, while her ex—husband, along with dozens of other men, is in prison, including for the indecent images he took of his daughter caroline. he was always a sexual pervert. always. there's no way you can wake up in the morning saying, "0k, i'm going to drug my wife for rape her". he should die in prison. he is a dangerous man. he is dangerous. caroline is now working to raise awareness about chemical submission, where drugs or alcohol are used to assault victims. she says she will never see pelicot again or call him dad. i don't want to think that i'm dominique�*s daughter. i want to be proud of our of the rest of our family. i think we all have a

responsibility to speak up. if you are in the uk, you can see herfull interview, it if you are in the uk, you can see her full interview, it is going to be shown on monday at seven in the evening on bbc two, it will also be available on bbc iplayer. if you've been affected by any of those difficult issues, details of health and support are available, just go to our website. we are going to end with the ongoing fires that are raging across los angeles, it is night time there, it is the middle of the night, a curfew have been imposed, firefighters are continuing to battle as those fires rage.

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, south—westerly 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, perhaps 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, those south—westerly 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 off 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. bye— bye.

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