elevated to critical fire weather conditions are predicted to continue through wednesday. these winds combined with dry these winds combined with dry air and dry vegetation air and dry vegetation will keep the fire threat will keep the fire threat in los angeles county high. in los angeles county high. rachel reeves announces trade rachel reeves announces trade agreements worth £600 million agreements worth £600 million during a visit to china, during a visit to china, but is criticised for but is criticised for the timing of her trip. the timing of her trip. ukraine says it has captured ukraine says it has captured two north korean soldiers who'd two north korean soldiers who'd been fighting alongside russian been fighting alongside russian forces in the kursk region. forces in the kursk region. and tributes are paid to and tributes are paid to the american soul singer the american soul singer sam moore who has died at the age of 89. sam moore who has died hello.

to try to contain this flare up, with the nearby communities now under new evacuation orders, with the fight still far from over. la county had another night of unimaginable terror and heartbreak and even more angelenos evacuated due to the northeast expansion of the palisades fire. 0n the other side of the city, in the neighbourhood of altadena, amid the shock and grief, there's mounting anger too. the water issue. has something happened there? i mean, there was no water. not enough water. you turn on the hydrants and there's drips and drops coming out. it's not only residents. the city's fire chief is also demanding answers from politicians. was the budget cut? yes, it was cut. and it did impact our ability to provide service. -

the fires have affected the wealthy, burning the la homes of actors like anthony hopkins and the ordinary alike. and the priority is not the politics, but the crisis itself. at one of the evacuation centres, harry and meghan met with survivors and emergency workers. many thousands have been made homeless. for now, low wind speeds are helping contain the spread, but they are expected to pick up again later. john sudworth, bbc news, los angeles. let's speak to my colleague helena humphrey in california's pasadena city. the devastation is clear to see behind you. just talk us through what you have seen. what through what you have seen. wha- . through what you have seen. whau ., , through what you have seen. wha i ., , ., what that is right. that devastation _ what that is right. that devastation is - what that is right. that| devastation is becoming what that is right. that - devastation is becoming ever more apparent particularly as

we start to see containment but also with news that 11 people have been killed and 13 are still missing right now. authorities say that they will be sending cadaver dogs to check out the wreckage as people continue to look out for their loved ones. family assistance centres will also be set up and people have lost everything. they are looking for their loved ones. i also want to show you just by taking a walk down one street, how communities have also vanished. the first thing we come across down the street is this. it is all of that is left of a mosque here in pasadena. —— altadena. if we continue a little further down the street we go down a street that is so similar for all of us, you can find it anywhere around the world. this

is all that is left of a local chiropractic centre. if you head into this area, you can see some mangled furniture, filing cabinets, but really, nothing else. that is where people lived in homes which have also gone. a car park, a parking lot, coming further down this way we have what it was a local grocery store. it is completely charred and burnt out. beyond that, you know, we have been mapping it. on maps you can see there was a child care facility, a nursery facility. all of this is gone right now. just to give you a little update on the situation when it comes to those blazes, we do have some containment in the palisades area. it is on a containment area of 11%, but has also been growing in that brentwood area where we know

the vice president kamala harris has a home. just talking about the names, place names that people know all around the world like mulholland drive. they are all subject to evacuation orders. john said worth wasjust saying evacuation orders. john said worth was just saying in his report the concern is that the winds could pick up again. fire crews are coming in, notjust from other states like arizona and nevada, but also internationally as well. fire crews from mexico and canada, because it is all hands on deck here right now. they need all of the support that they can get. it of the support that they can net. , , . ., , get. it feels unpredictable with the possible - get. it feels unpredictable i with the possible resurgence get. it feels unpredictable - with the possible resurgence of those wins. is anyone talking about a timescale when people could perhaps start to return to the areas that have been devastated or where things could be more under control? there is nothing to go back to.

essentially. we are seeing acre after acre destroyed. there are no homes. if they were trying to rebuild them people are concerned about getting insurance for these places ever again. as you take a look at this area, you have shops, a chiropractic clinic all wiped out. this is where people would work again, so people will be worried about theirjobs. worried about their jobs. president worried about theirjobs. president biden has authorised these fire crews to come in from other states for 180 days to get on top of the situation. that perhaps gives you a little indication about how long firefighters think it will actually take to get these blazes, six of them now, under control. ., ~ , ., let's speak to morgan young, who had to evacuate her home in los angeles because of the fire. she is one of many who has found out that her home been destroyed by the flames.

thank you forjoining us on bbc news. i am desperately sorry to hear about your house. just talk us through the last few days. howeverthey talk us through the last few days. however they been for you since having to evacuate and now finding that there is nothing to go back to? yeah, it has been really _ nothing to go back to? yeah, it has been really challenging. i nothing to go back to? yeah, it| has been really challenging. on tuesday, we live near malibu and on tuesday we saw the fire starting because our house looks at the set. when we got the evacuation warning we decided to come down to san diego, but without any real understanding of the reality that could have happened of our house burning down. we took just really an overnight bag and ourjewellery. just a few valuable pieces. unfortunately, we found out on tuesday from neighbours who stayed to try to

save their homes that we lost our house. tuesday was when the winds were at the absolute worst and they couldn't fly any support, so we found out on tuesday night that we lost our house and everything. you say some of your _ house and everything. you say some of your neighbours - house and everything. you say. some of your neighbours stayed to try to save their houses. where you are ever thinking about staying behind? i think now we can see some pictures that you have sent us of the remains of your house. we are seeing it in flames, the remains of your house. were any of your neighbour's properties saved? , ., ., ., saved? yes, a few of our neighbours _ saved? yes, a few of our neighbours were - saved? yes, a few of our neighbours were able - saved? yes, a few of our neighbours were able to | saved? yes, a few of our- neighbours were able to save their homesjust by neighbours were able to save their homes just by fighting their homes just by fighting the fire with water on their property with pools and hoses and things like that. we never wanted to stay and take that risk. unfortunately, the house we lived in was from the 70s,

completely word and just really no protection at all for fires. we wanted to be as safe as we could be with myself, my husband and our dog. 0ur neighbours were able to save a few other houses in our neighbourhood. i few other houses in our neighbourhood.- few other houses in our neighbourhood. i know that there is some _ neighbourhood. i know that there is some history - neighbourhood. i know that there is some history of- neighbourhood. i know that l there is some history of your house, it has some memories that predate you living there and your family.— that predate you living there and your family. yeah, we are so fortunate. _ and your family. yeah, we are so fortunate. we _ and your family. yeah, we are so fortunate. we lived - and your family. yeah, we are so fortunate. we lived in - so fortunate. we lived in marvin gaye's house that he lived on in the 70s. it was just the most beautiful peaceful home that you could possibly imagine. the history there, he recorded some amazing music there and we were unbelievably blessed to have experienced that and it is heartbreaking that our home is lost, notjust because it was ours, but because of how most

history was in it. —— mike because of how much history was in it. 50 because of how much history was in it. . ,._ because of how much history was init. . ,, in it. so much history being lost because _ in it. so much history being lost because of the - in it. so much history being lost because of the fires. i lost because of the fires. where does this leave you now? you are safe. you are looking at no longer having a house to return to. what are you planning to do in the coming days and the longer term? we are really _ days and the longer term? - are really fortunate to have my older brother who lives in san diego. we are able to stay with him for the time being, but we really do want to return to the same area. it is our home, our community, ourfriends are community, our friends are there. community, ourfriends are there. so far it has been able to be protected, the majority of the community by so many firefighters and volunteers and we would love to be able to return. hopefully, once everything and the fires are put out. for the time being, i

think we will be residents of san diego with my brother and hopefully, you know, figure it out after. hopefully, you know, figure it out after-— out after. wishing you all of the very best _ out after. wishing you all of the very best and _ out after. wishing you all of the very best and very - out after. wishing you all of the very best and very sorry out after. wishing you all of. the very best and very sorry to hear what has happened to your house. i hope you are able to return to the area once it is all under control. thank you. here in the uk, chancellor rachel reeves has insisted that visiting china this weekend is "squarely in the national interest", and that agreements reached in beijing would be worth £600 million to the uk economy over the next five years. the conservatives, however, say the chancellor should have cancelled her trip, to focus on recent increases in government borrowing costs and a fall in the value of the pound. let's speak to visiting professor at the lau institute, kings college, london — isabel hilton. many thanks for joining many thanks forjoining us here

on bbc news. there has been some discussion of the timing of rachel reeves's trip should you have gone given the turmoil in the markets. in your mind, is there any doubt that she should have gone in principle? i think she should have gone in principle, yes. iam not sure that the outcomes are particularly stellar, but in going she is at least resuming a conversation that was interrupted by the pandemic and the deterioration of relations between britain and china. you know, given that we are facing a lot of uncertainty in the world and that donald trump is returning to the white house and who knows how that will play out, it is not a bad thing to go to china.— to go to china. keir starmer did come — to go to china. keir starmer did come under— to go to china. keir starmer did come under some - to go to china. keir starmer - did come under some pressure, didn't he? particularly from the conservatives on china and his attempts to really reach out to beijing. do you think these over chores can last

given president trump's new administration and his stance towards china? it administration and his stance towards china?— administration and his stance towards china? it is very hard towards china? it is very hard to sa . towards china? it is very hard to say- the — towards china? it is very hard to say. the uk _ towards china? it is very hard to say. the uk is _ towards china? it is very hard to say. the uk is in _ towards china? it is very hard to say. the uk is in the - towards china? it is very hard to say. the uk is in the reallyj to say. the uk is in the really difficult position of being nominally the united states's closest ally, but there is clearly no love lost between president elect trump and the labour administration, so the labour government in the uk. it is pretty uncertain. i think that and i guess that my concern about rachel reeves's visit to china is not so much that in the election campaign the labour party promised an audit of china relations. that audit of china relations. that audit has barely begun and what the uk does need to, in view of these geopolitical uncertainties, is a serious strategy towards china which uncertainties, is a serio