this one is dropping fire retardant right on top of the fire there in a desperate bid to stop these claims. also tonight — ukraine says it's captured two north korean soldiers fighting against them for russia. —— these flames. rachel reeves announces trade agreements worth £600 million during a visit to china, but is criticised for the timing of her trip. hello, i'm carl nasman. welcome to the programme. more evacuation orders have been issued in los angeles where crews continue to battle multiple wildfires. the largest blaze is now bearing down on a new area — the wealthy neighbourhood of brentwood. here are live pictures from the scene right now.

at least 11 people have been killed so far and 13 others are missing. police sniffer dogs are now helping the search for victims. several blazes have devastated parts of los angeles. control efforts are now being supported by firefighters from canada and mexico. there've been dramatic scenes of aircraft dropping thousands of gallons of bright red fire retardant on the hills in an attempt to put out the blazes. more than 12,000 homes and other buildings have been destroyed. now there are fears that the fierce winds that fanned the flames are likely to pick up again and continue for several more days. there are still four active fires — as two blazes were fully contained earlier today. the hurst and kenneth fires are now 75% contained, with the eaton fire,

hitting the north of the city, is only 15% contained. high winds and other dry conditions have been working against firefighters battling the palisades fire — the largest of blazes. five days on, it's still only 11% contained, and is on track to become the most destructive in california history. 0ur correspondentjohn sudworth has more from los angeles. they're throwing everything they've got at these fires. in multiple waves, the aircraft swoop in the helicopters, dropping thousands of gallons of water every run. in multiple waves, the aircraft swoop in — the helicopters dropping thousands of gallons thousands of gallons of water every run. so, we've seen these planes now coming in time and time again. this one is dropping fire retardant right on top of the fire there. right on top of the fire there in a desperate bid to stop these flames reaching the communities on the other side of the hill there.

this latest flare—up poses a major threat to new neighbourhoods. new evacuations have been ordered, with more property and lives in the reach of this disaster. this is what they're trying to prevent. 0n the other side of the city, an eerie silence. but amid the devastation and grief, questions are being asked, too. how were firefighters left without water? did budget cuts hamper the response? the city's fire chief has directly criticised city officials. in her latest press conference, though, the mayor pushed back. let me be clear about something. the fire chief and i are focussed on fighting these fires and saving lives, and any differences that we might have will be worked out in private. but right now, our first and most important obligation to angelenos is to get through this crisis.

for the past few days, the weather's been on their side, but winds are forecast to pick up again, and this city's fight is far from over. john sudworth, bbc news, los angeles. 0ur correspondent helena humphrey is there for us on the ground in altadena. 0ne one of the areas that have really been hit hard by this fire. what's the latest where you are? that's right, carl. the working is that the death toll very sadly could and to climb further. we know at least 13 people are still missing and that grim morning from authorities today that essentially they are sending cadaver dogs out

into some of the hardest hit areas to try and recover people's love ones. the fires growing in the �*palisades area. here in altadena, this housejust another �*palisades area. here in altadena, this house just another example. �*palisades area. here in altadena, this housejust another example. as you can see, this family didn�*t even have time to take their car as they were fleeing. 0ver have time to take their car as they were fleeing. over in this direction, i want to show you this chimney, because this is so symbolic of what we�*re seeing process landscape. christian means that this is where a house once the — almost a gravestone. —— christening remain. a buddha here in this garden, a peace

sign that is all that is left. everyone has their individual story of getting on tuesday night, some people fleeing with their pets, and of course now they have nowhere for their animals as well if they did manage to get out. we�*re also hearing reports of animals also being injured in this wildfire. a little earlier today, i was at the pasadena humane society, who already taken in over a50 animals. they say they�*ve never seen anything like this. i was talking to kevin mcmanus from the pasadena humane society about how distressing it is to see all these animals coming in. it must be difficult to see so many animals having to come in in these circumstances. those families thought

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know who the owner is, somebodyjust brought him in. everything is going great and yesterday, his owner came in and identified, yes, this is my dog — which is a superhigh. but of course, we know that home is gone. the dog is still here in our care, still receiving treatment. but the owner is kind of left thinking... i�*m glad the dog a safe, but then what happens next? 0ur correspondent there. we do have that extreme delay. a50 animals affected, reallyjust striking

numbers. as officials look ahead, what are they saying and what are they concerned about when it comes to conditions we know they�*ve been battling? they�*ve been battling some high winds for many days. carl, it is a little tricky to hear you right now, so i�*m not exactly sure what you did ask. just to give you an update of thejump up a here, we know that palisades fire continues to grow. particularly in areas like brentwood, for example, home to the likes of the vice president kamala harris. a little more control here in this... sound cuts out we have lost the signal there for helena humphrey. clearly an area where communication can be

difficult. we�*ll be checking back in with helena in the coming hours. in the meantime... a task force has been set up involving several local and national agencies to determine if the separate blazes are linked. officials are also defending their response to the incident, saying it was not a lack of preparation that led to the fires but rather, the cause of "a natural disaster". kathryn barger, a member of the los angeles county board of supervisors, is calling on the federal government to do more. we need all level of support, both at the _ we need all level of support, both at the local county level, the state level in _ at the local county level, the state level in the — at the local county level, the state level in the federal level, and we needed _ level in the federal level, and we needed immediately. today, i read a letter— needed immediately. today, i read a letter to— needed immediately. today, i read a letter to trump him to engage in every— letter to trump him to engage in every effort to see the impact first—hand on every social economic individual— first—hand on every social economic individual in — first—hand on every social economic individual in this county. —— i wrote — individual in this county. —— i wrote a — individual in this county. —— i wrote a letter to president—elect trumd —

wrote a letter to president—elect trump. the white house makes the way for the _ trump. the white house makes the way for the rapid _ trump. the white house makes the way for the rapid deployment of federal resources — and we can speak now withjohn harabedian, he�*s a california state assembly member for district a1, representing altadena, among other areas affected by the blazes. thank you forjoining us. our condolences to you into your community of course. the eaton fire has destroyed large parts of altadena. have you been back there? what are you hearing from the community?— what are you hearing from the community? what are you hearing from the communi ? ,., ., ., ., ,, community? good evening, and thank ou for community? good evening, and thank you fervour— community? good evening, and thank you for your words _ community? good evening, and thank you for your words and _ community? good evening, and thank you for your words and for _ community? good evening, and thank you for your words and for your - you for your words and for your sympathy, carl. i have not left. we are here at the command centre. i am in and out of altadena and the affected area every day. i will tell you that it is a disaster. it looks like a war zone. so many of our friends and family members have lost everything. i was born and raised in this community, i grew up here. many of the parts that i laid sports at argonne, many of the homes that my

friends lived in —— that played sports at our gone. we are now all of altadena, standing with them and helping them. but on the ground, it�*s devastating. so many tears have been shed between all of us and as a community, we are hurting.— community, we are hurting. we've 'ust been community, we are hurting. we've just been seeing — community, we are hurting. we've just been seeing so _ community, we are hurting. we've just been seeing so many - community, we are hurting. we've just been seeing so many devastating images coming out of altadena. for the residents who lost their homes, where people finding shelter? how are they dealing with this disaster and in the next days and weeks to come? ., ., ., ., come? right now, there are formal evacuation — come? right now, there are formal evacuation centres _ come? right now, there are formal evacuation centres that _ come? right now, there are formal evacuation centres that have - come? right now, there are formal evacuation centres that have been l evacuation centres that have been set up. let�*s be honest, most people are going to friends and family members, sleeping in their cars and trying to do whatever they can to get the help immediately with friends and family. i think going forward, we are going to see weeks and months and even years where

people are going to feel displaced. but the message and really the reality is at the state—wide level, at the federal level, we are going to do everything we can to bring resources here and we will have a plan and we will rebuild, and altadena will be stronger than ever and it will be better than ever. i want people to know that, that their elected officials, their leaders, are 100% pushing for them and are here to help them in every way. without a reporter there on the ground who�*s been speaking with some families who did lose their homes —— we have a reporter. what they told her was they didn�*t get a warning about the advancing wildfires. they made the decision of their own to evacuate. you have a sense of whether residents there did get enough of a warning to move to safety? enough of a warning to move to safe ? ~ ., ., ., enough of a warning to move to safe ?~ ., ., ., ., safety? we have to go back and look at everything — safety? we have to go back and look at everything that — safety? we have to go back and look at everything that transpired, - safety? we have to go back and look at everything that transpired, and i at everything that transpired, and we will make an assessment of the proper time. we will make an assessment of the propertime. right we will make an assessment of the

proper time. right now, we will make an assessment of the propertime. right now, i we will make an assessment of the proper time. right now, i am focused on making sure that people are safe going forward, that this fire which is only 15% contained attended to with as many fire personnel and resources as possible. making sure this active disaster is attended to and accomplished so that less structures and devastation happens. there will be time to look back to see an answer, but right now, the time is really to help our neighbours, ourfamily members and our community that are effective and make sure more members are not negatively affected by this.- negatively affected by this. these fires still burning, _ negatively affected by this. these fires still burning, and _ negatively affected by this. these fires still burning, and crews - fires still burning, and crews working as hard as they can. what are concerns on the ground? we know there was a bit of a low with the wins, but we know that could pick up —— a lull. wins, but we know that could pick up -- a lull. �* ., i. , ., wins, but we know that could pick up -- a lull. �* . ,, , ., . -- a lull. i'm glad you brought that u, carl, -- a lull. i'm glad you brought that up. carl. they're — -- a lull. i'm glad you brought that up, carl, they're going _ -- a lull. i'm glad you brought that up, carl, they're going to - -- a lull. i'm glad you brought that up, carl, they're going to be read | up, carl, they�*re going to be read flood warnings again. we�*re hoping they don�*t get to the hurricane type

levels that folks saw a few days ago. strong winds are coming. because of that, people need to be very careful. if there�*s an evacuation order, heed it. if there�*s any sort of order that comes your area, take heed of it, evacuate immediately and find a friend or family to stay with or come to us for a voucher of some kind of housing. but we are not out of this. this is a peerless situation and this remains an active disaster zone. it�*s going to take time to repopulate, to zone. it