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2:30am in los angeles where firefighters are getting to battle those wildfires that destroys huge swathes of the city. the number of people killed has risen to 16 and a dozen are missing after five days of this devastating fires. we've also been taking a look at the devastation in another part of los angeles, the neighborhood of altadena. that's near the eaton fire — the second biggest fire — which has burned more than 111,000 acres. here's helena humphrey. with so many communities destroyed and evacuation orders still in place, you have to look around areas like this one to get clues as to people's story, how they got out when the fires came through here. as you can see here, for example, didn't even have time to flee in their cars, but some of them completely burnt out. and just the dichotomy of others that are relatively unscathed. and as you go through areas like this one here in altadena, what you'll see on the landscape time and time again is chimneys like this. essentially gravestones,

really, of where these houses once stood. and of course, with people now in shelters, staying with family, of course, they've got nothing to come back to, you startjust to get to indications as to who might have lived here. in this home, for example, perhaps you canjust make out behind me here, that twisted metal of what appears to have been a home, personal gym. that is some of the destruction that we are seeing in these areas. of course, as firefighters continue to battle those blazes, we just saw a fire crew from arizona coming in here trying to tackle some of the hot spots, otherfire crews are coming in from canada, mexico, for example, because the concern is that these winds could pick up once again, they could fan the flames further. and the warning from authorities is a grim one. the death toll is rising now in areas like this one. they are, very sadly, having to send in cadaver dogs to try and help people recover their loved ones as that death toll continues

to grow and authorities and fire crews really battle to try and get these blazes under control, with limited success. helena humphrey in the altadena region which is being threatened by the eaton fire. my colleague carl nasman has been speaking to california state senator ben allen. he represents the 24th district, which includes the pacific palisades and brentwood. i just got off the phone with a good friend of mine who's a firefighter. hejust came down from the mountain. the fire is tough up there. the winds, as you mentioned, are picking up again. we had a little bit of a lull. we also have very low humidity right now, so we're certainly concerned. that being said, we're hitting it with everything we have. we have a lot more assets now, a lot more firefighters in the area and planes. the winds are not so bad that we can't continue all these aerial drops that you've been looking at. i think they're feeling

cautiously optimistic, but it's a heck of a fight and and the conditions are not great. but they have a lot of resources there, a lot of firefighters all around, and they're just giving it everything they've got. yeah. i mean, it really does have a lot to do with the conditions there. the wind speeds, we saw earlier in the week how how strong those really were. just walk us through how concerning it would be if in the next hour or so we see those wind speeds pick up to, you know, 50, 60mph once again? yeah, that would be very problematic. i mean, part of why the fire was so devastating in the palisades, back on tuesday night, was because of the speed. the wind speeds at that time were over 90mph. and theyjust ran through the neighbourhood. i went there, i've been there a couple times over the last couple of days, its extraordinary to see the damage and the destruction

that it that it wrought. of course, what's interesting is because it was so ferocious, but also so fast. it's part of why structures that are right in the middle of the fire zone didn't get burned, even though many others were getting burnt to a crisp. and it's because of the speed the fire moved through so quickly it destroyed everything that it touched. but of course, it didn't touch everything. these are still going to be heavy winds tonight, though not as bad as they were on tuesday. and again, we have a lot more assets in place now and we've dropped a lot more retardant and water, so i'm just hopeful that that that will make a big difference and save those communities up there. we're looking at pictures right now of a fire that's continuing to burn in another area that you represent, around topanga, around pacific palisades — those obviously have been areas that really were hit so hard. what have you been hearing from people that have been affected by the blazes there? oh, gosh. i spoke at a service last night for a local community, local temple that that got together to to pray together and be together. and it was just so devastating. hundreds of people showed up. nearly all of them were at least evacuated, and maybe a third to a half of them had actually

lost their homes. and just to see the looks in their eyes, you know, familiesjust want, you know... they woke up on tuesday morning, a normal day, getting ready for work, going to school, and many of them left to go and literally weren't allowed back and then their houses were gone. it'sjust, you know, this is an area that's not used to this kind of fire, not used to this kind of destruction and it's it's nearly all gone now, at least certain neighbourhoods there. and it's just so devastating for our community. it's a community i know really, really well. and i and i've got so many friends who've lost their homes. it's really, really it's been its been just so heartbreaking. and, you know, we've heard these tensions over cuts to the firefighting budget. we know that there were some warning alerts that went out to the wrong people in the region. we've heard stories, of course, of there just not being enough water to meet the demands of firefighters. have you been hearing any of those frustrations from anyone in your area, the people you've been speaking with? of course. i mean, yeah, very much.

i'm aware of every single one of those issues. and like so mayn, there's absolute reason to be angry and frustrated. and then there's also a reason why things went the way they did. and i'm happy to talk about any of those issues, if you like. i just want to get your response. you know, we've seen so much commentary from people like elon musk, even the president—elect donald trump. we should say a lot of it is potentially misinformation or at least misinformed. what would you say to those who are spreading that kind of message right now, while these firefighting efforts are taking place? yeah, it's not helpful. i mean, let's be honest. there's going to be so much time for accountability for all of the people in charge. and i don't think any politician could ever try to excuse themselves from accountability. this is a massive catastrophe, there's going to be a lot of attention given to this

issue for a long time. but right now, we need to focus on fighting this fire and taking care of the people who are in the zone, making sure that everybody is safe. and that's really got to be where the focus is. many of the claims that have been amplified, even by very high profile people, have been false at worst, misleading at best. but there again, there are some things to be discussed and quite frankly debated and for people to be frustrated about. i mean, it's true, they did cut the budget from the fire chief. and, you know, the city of los angeles is really, you know, insolvent. it's not in a strong financial position. and it's part of why they did that. we need to have that discussion. why is that? it's a lot of, you know, massive legal payouts for all sorts of different things. and the mayor was trying her best to manage a very difficult budget and made this decision that, in retrospect, looks like a real mistake. that's a discussion i think we need to have coming out of this fire. but i will say that some of the rumours that have been out there are absolutely misleading, and the focus really needs to be on fighting this fire, getting all the resources we can

get to fight this fire. this is not about partisanship right now. there are lots of republicans up on that hill, there are lots of democrats up on that hill. these are americans. these are fellow human beings. and their homes deserve to be saved and their lives deserve to be saved. senator ben allen, represents the district of pacific palisades and brentwood. lots more on the fires coming up on the bbc here and there is a live page on the website. chaceller rachel reeves has been facing criticism, especially from the conservatives, for travelling to china during financial market turmoil at home. shadow chancellor mel stride has been speaking about this to laura kuensberg. let's listen to that interview. when this government came into office, at their fastest growth in the g7, near record levels of employment, low level of unemployment, real wages rising in each of 13 consecutive

months and were brought inflation down from over 11% at its peak right the way down to bandon 2%... its peak right the way down to bandon 296. . ._ bandon 296... after an absolutely _ bandon 296... after an absolutely horrible - bandon 296... after an i absolutely horrible time, record taxation, huge debts and liz truss blowing up the economy?— liz truss blowing up the economy? liz truss blowing up the econom ? ., , ., , , economy? the real story here is that the government _ economy? the real story here is that the government set - economy? the real story here is that the government set in - economy? the real story here is that the government set in the l that the government set in the general election they had no intention ofjacking up taxes, they done the opposite and put taxes onto businesses through the national insurance changes, that has led to an economic slowdown. be talked down the economy as soon as they came into office, that is damp the animal's spirits. we have now seen a fiscal splurge was selling out in the first two years, pushing up inflationary pressures, meaning interest rates being higherfor rates being higher for mortgages rates being higherfor mortgages costing more. and we are seeing unemployment rising and we are now seeing in the last five or six days, the markets are beginning to lose confidence in this government's's economic plan.

that is because they are not delivering growth and taking all the wrong decisions. i can see peeple — all the wrong decisions. i can see people shouting - all the wrong decisions. i can see people shouting at - all the wrong decisions. i can see people shouting at the i see people shouting at the telly, isn't a bit rich you saying this when under liz truss... you and ifind saying this when under liz truss... you and i find that either? i truss... you and i find that either? ., , truss... you and i find that either? . , ., truss. .. you and i find that either?— truss... you and i find that either? ., ., either? i was the head to the treasury _ either? i was the head to the treasury select _ either? i was the head to the treasury select committee . either? i was the head to the | treasury select committee at that time and had plenty to say about it on the public record that people can have a look at. but reality is, when this government took over... reminds us what you _ government took over... reminds us what you set — government took over... reminds us what you set about _ government took over... reminds us what you set about liz - us what you set about liz truss' behaviour when it came to the economy?— truss' behaviour when it came to the economy? growth in two can six months _ to the economy? growth in two can six months has _ to the economy? growth in two can six months has actually - can six months has actually contracted. the problem that means, combined with the spike in bond yields, additional spending billions of pounds servicing an ever increasing national debt, which is money which is not going into public services. and it is a result of these policies.—

these policies. you said yourself. _ these policies. you said yourself, is _ these policies. you said yourself, is chair - these policies. you said yourself, is chair of - these policies. you said yourself, is chair of the | yourself, is chair of the treasury select committee, have very critical thing is to say about liz truss so i will ask you again, is it notjust blatant opportunism to be trying to get this narrative going, suggesting that the government is responsible for an enormous market wobble and turmoil because of the decisions they've made with liz truss had the effect along with kwasi kwarteng on the markets a couple of years ago?— couple of years ago? whatever occur master _ couple of years ago? whatever occur master in _ couple of years ago? whatever occur master in the _ couple of years ago? whatever occur master in the mini - couple of years ago? whateverl occur master in the mini budget a couple of years ago is not the cause of confidence falling through the flaw. that is because the actions this government has taken the first thing they did when coming into office was to talk the economy down in order to patrol for reneging on the promises they made particularly on tax and spending in the general election. then wrapped up taxes on business which have had the consequences i set out. they are borrowing huge amounts of which is inflationary and were now now in position where we are at the cost of servicing

our debt under this government which is an additional 12 billion per year. you could employ 300,000 nurses that amount of money and rachel reeves my say, i've gone to china and managed to get £120 million per year additional injection into the uk economy — that we've got to be set against £12 billion of additional payments simply to service our debt. but additional payments simply to service our debt.— service our debt. but support for peeple — service our debt. but support for peeple to _ service our debt. but support for people to understand - service our debt. but support for people to understand this j for people to understand this is and as issue confined to the uk, countries like germany have also seen their cost of borrowing power up. aren't you misleading people by trying to suggest this is all about the uk government's decision�*s? where the highest borrowing costs now in 27 years, it is about 16 in the last 16 years. you have to look at the sprite with other countries but other countries _ with other countries but other countries are _ with other countries but other countries are experiencing - countries are experiencing similar issues?— countries are experiencing similar issues? that is true but we are _ similar issues? that is true but we are distinctly - similar issues? that is true but we are distinctly an - but we are distinctly an outlier. it is much, much worse

here. the spread on bond yields between ourselves and germany is the highest it's been in 30 years. that is the nature of the problem we have. so what would you _ the problem we have. so what would you do _ the problem we have. so what would you do if— the problem we have. so what would you do if you _ the problem we have. so what would you do if you are - the problem we have. so what would you do if you are in - would you do if you are in rachel reeves' seat and now kiki would you cut spending, raise taxes or change the rules on borrowing? i raise taxes or change the rules on borrowing?— on borrowing? i wouldn't have not here on borrowing? i wouldn't have got here in — on borrowing? i wouldn't have got here in the _ on borrowing? i wouldn't have got here in the first _ on borrowing? i wouldn't have got here in the first place. - got here in the first place. this is the kind of things the government should have done. when went into the last election we were clear in manifesto, that will make choices on tax that lent into growth and not dampen growth. we sickly made it very clear that productivity should lie right at the heart of any sustainable policy. that is something this government has not done. 14% for train drivers, 22% forjunior drivers, 22% for junior doctors, drivers, 22% forjunior doctors, those rices. drivers, 2296 forjunior doctors, those rices. but you not doctors, those rices. but you got flattened _ doctors, those rices. but you got flattened in _ doctors, those rices. but you got flattened in that - doctors, those rices. but you| got flattened in that election. what they should be looking at

is welfare spending. i was 6% of the department for work and pensions and i brought in reforms that will bring in, you can sate any of your scorecard, £5 billion worth of savings across the forecast period. that is good in the sense it's channelled into helping and getting people into work and off benefits and it's also good fiscally because it gives you extra firepower to meet the challenges we are now facing. are you suggesting everything should then come from a squeeze or changes to the welfare budget and people know liz kendall is sat in that chair and saying they will save money from welfare in a different way that you did but is that what you are suggesting, that the whole answer is a squeeze on welfare spending? i whole answer is a squeeze on welfare spending?— whole answer is a squeeze on welfare spending? i am so sad it is three _ welfare spending? i am so sad it is three things. _ welfare spending? i am so sad it is three things. i _ welfare spending? i am so sad it is three things. i sett - welfare spending? i am so sad it is three things. i sett wish . it is three things. i sett wish should have a different approach to economy that should not tax the daylights out of businesses, such that we have seen a dampening of the animal's spirits and a dampening of growth. which had something from discovering there was far more about

productivity, so that injeremy hunt's as budget, billions into the nhs for improving productivity, for example. and we should definitely be looking at improving welfare. we went into the last general election with a plan to saved 12 billion from the welfare budget. that is a huge amount of money that could be much better used to reduce taxes on businesses and get the economy going. but the government, very quickly, has talked about welfare for a very long time but they are not doing anything about it. that they haven't even said they will commit to the precise reforms are brought in that the 0beroi has great people that would save £5 billion against the next five years. there are not even in the position of saying, know how we are going to do that little and take the tough but necessary choices going forward.— going forward. one of the criticisms _ going forward. one of the criticisms you _ going forward. one of the criticisms you have - going forward. one of the criticisms you have made| going forward. one of the l criticisms you have made of rachel reeves in recent days as it should not have gone to china, the second biggest

economy in the world. but pure chance, would you go? because you are following in the footsteps of your former colleagues, there is david cameron, who went to china, theresa may went to china well, george osborne chancellor went and philip hammond also went to china. so would you go to china? , �* ., ., china? they weren't going to china? they weren't going to china point — china? they weren't going to china point when _ china? they weren't going to china point when our- china? they weren't going to | china point when our economy was in significant distress it is completely wrong for the chancellor, at a point when we have this stress in the bond markets with the consequences are five are set out for people right up and down the country, their living standards, businesses, livelihoods, the chancellor should be here at her station, chancellor should be here at herstation, reassuring chancellor should be here at her station, reassuring markets and trying to give some sense that this government gets the depths of the problem and it has some clear plans.- depths of the problem and it has some clear plans. there is a to see the — has some clear plans. there is a to see the chinese _ a to see the chinese government, you would have ditched out to see the chinese government and investors to

take care of what is happening in the market? i take care of what is happening in the market?— in the market? i would definitely _ in the market? i would definitely not - in the market? i would definitely not be - in the market? i would definitely not be in - in the market? i would . definitely not be in beijing in the market? i would - definitely not be in beijing or shanghai at the moment, talking to the chinese, cap in hand for some kind of deal or trade arrangement at a time when it is kind of momentous things are happening around the uk. that she needs to get a grip and you should be here in order to do that. �* ., . , ., , that. ben houchen said she was a fantastic _ that. ben houchen said she was a fantastic mel _ that. ben houchen said she was a fantastic mel stride _ that. ben houchen said she was a fantastic mel stride but - that. ben houchen said she was a fantastic mel stride but he - a fantastic mel stride but he said that people still don't trust us, few people see us as credible. is he wrong? he trust us, few people see us as credible. is he wrong?- credible. is he wrong? he is absolutely _ credible. is he wrong? he is absolutely right _ credible. is he wrong? he is absolutely right and - credible. is he wrong? he is absolutely right and the - absolutely right and the general election typifies this, that we have a huge mountain to climb but at the time to do it. do you? with nigel farage snapping at your heels? this snapping at your heels? as there will _ snapping at your heels? sis there will probably snapping at your heels? s there will probably not snapping at your heels? sis there will probably not be an election for another 11.5 years. we have to regain the trust in a number of areas, we have to regain the trust in a number ofareas, including most significantly the economy. i am absolutely confident that

under kemi badenoch this is leadership, she knows what conservative principles are, that will do the hard charger a cassette tape and fought for work to come up with the right policy platform that means we can get back into political contention. at these things take time, need to re—earn that respect from the electric and thatis respect from the electric and that is what we will do in the coming years. laura kuenssberg's programme is available on the bbc iplayer. up up to 400 rail managers at avanti west up to 400 rail managers at ava nti west coast up to 400 rail managers at avanti west coast have gone to strike today on the first of a series of rolling walk—outs on sundays. the dispute is over rest day working — with rmt union members walking out each sunday until the end of may. services between london euston and glasgow via manchester will be affected. the foreign secretary is in saudi arabia for talks on syria's future, one month

after the collapse of the assad regime. david lammy is expected to offer british help in organising humanitarian efforts during the talks in riyadh with the new syrian authorities, as well as arab countries and european allies. after doctors found that baby luca's spine wasn't forming properly in the womb, his mum was faced with a remarkable treatment option — effectively giving birth to him twice. he was removed from the womb at 27 weeks for an operation to help reduce his spina bifida. baby luca was then born naturally atjust under nine months. leanne rinnee has the story. meet cheeky little luca. he's just turned two and his favourite thing to do is play peek—a—boo. again! his parents were told early on during pregnancy that luca had spina bifida, which is when a baby's spine and spinal cord doesn't develop properly in the womb. at first, they thought terminating the pregnancy was their best option.

0n the day that we were going to go through with termination, instead, we had a scan and luca's foot was moving and his toes were moving as well, and they brought all the doctors in to have a look which took, for us two, we were just like, why, why were we going to terminate if...? because that shouldn't have happened. like, for what they were telling us. and then they spoke to us about surgery, how it would work, and we thought that would be the better option for us and hope for the best. when lisa was 27 weeks pregnant, doctors removed luca from her womb during surgery to repair some of the damage caused by spina bifida. he was then placed back into her uterus and was born naturally at 38 weeks and has been thriving ever since. luca has proven everyone wrong. he is learning to walk, but he can take steps and he shouldn't have been able to do that. obviously, the walking and the talking is a bonus, but ijust want him to have a great life.

that's all i care about, that's all i ever say. so, yeah, he does make me really proud. there are challenges when you have a baby with spina bifida. i obviously, that can affect people's mobility, it can. affect their bladder and bowel. however, there are lots and lots of services - there to help people, including shine. - all of our children are at clinics. - so, you know, there are always physiotherapists, occupationall therapists and people to assist with that. i and all of our adults are able to go on and lead very full i and individual lives. it's good to be supporting himself. luca is making huge progress with his mobility during physiotherapy sessions. and at home, he's also going from strength to strength and enjoys keeping everyone on their toes. inspirational story, congratulations and wishing

baby luca all the best. here's a story to give you a bit of a lift this sunday morning. for centuries, people have been picking up ancient stones as a show of strength, which often weigh hundreds of pounds. they're popular in ireland, scotland, and iceland, but what about england? 0ne farmerfrom cumbria has made it his mission to find as many as possible, asjonathan swingler reports. they're a part of history. it's a stone that generations of people had their hands on, have challenged themselves and their friends to lift. you're linking yourself through the stone to history, and ijust find that fascinating. it's euphoric when you get it off the floor. you've challenged yourself, you've challenged the stone. callum has become obsessed with finding historical lifting stones. he's discovered one

in someone's back garden in county durham. it's the first what you'd call a challenge stone that's been found in england. it's a lovely, 130kg lump that young men walking home from the pub would pass the blacksmiths and challenge each other to lift. we think potentially 1830s but it could well be older. the only person ever known who lifted it was my dad's brother, my uncle brian, in the late 605, but nobody had ever lifted it until callum got in touch. i think it's important that these stories are told and not lost. 0ral history's important, but it is weird! my drive is to revive the culture of stone lifting here in england. it's present in iceland, scotland, ireland, sweden, japan, and it must be present here, and i'm determined to build it up again and get it going. i thought, there must be that crossover of culture and we must have

lifting stones here. i started researching them and looking for them. callun's mission to find lifting stones means he's searching all over the north of england. we are not in county durham, any more, we're in the lake district national park. we are walking over to st kentigern's church, in mungrisdale. i've been sent a picture of these two stones outside a church thatjust stand out as out of place, as potential lifting stones. a lot of our history, oral history of the rural parishes and the rural people has been lost because it wasn't recorded. and i feel i'm here to save that history and potentially restore it and recover it for future generations. extraordinary story, i've never heard of that. rather then me!

a pair of glasses belonging to the late comedian eric morecambe have sold for £20,000 at auction. his distinctive tortoiseshell specs went under the hammer this weekend alongside his tail coat and trousers, writing desk and smoking pipes. that takes me back! due to stay with us here on bbc news, let's bring up to date the weather. hello again. it was another very cold start today across eastern areas of the uk. temperatures widely —3 to —8 celsius, but there's some sunshine. a lovely start to the day there in kent. furtherwest, it hasn't been as cold, temperatures are on the rise. a lot more cloud, though, for northern ireland, western scotland with some outbreaks of rain moving its way in. a bit of cloud around some central and eastern areas, with some freezing fog patches which could linger on into the afternoon. elsewhere, though, there will be some sunshine. maximum temperatures in the east still about two to four degrees. another cold day here,

but in the west, less cold, highs of about eight or nine celsius. and as we go through tonight, the cloud in the west will gradually move its way a little bit further into northern england. across wales, still a bit of cloud in the southeast of england as well, but with some clearer skies in the far southeast, here, we could still see a touch of frost into monday morning. but a very big difference in temperatures in northern scotland. look at that, 11 celsius on monday morning. very, very different compared to the last few days. but with those higher temperatures and with some rain moving its way through scotland, we could see a significant thaw, quite rapid, and that could lead on to some localised flooding. a bit of rain moving its way into the lake district as well. we'll see some pretty strong winds towards scotland and northern ireland. further south and east, though, some sunny spells, the winds a little bit lighter. temperatures about five or six celsius. so again, just a tad higher for many of us, especially so where it's going to feel really very mild compared to the last few days. temperatures of ten to 13 or 14 celsius. high pressure is gradually

moving away to the east as we go through into tuesday, and that allows the milder air to move its way a bit further eastwards. so you can see that, for all of us on tuesday, under the influence of those milder conditions. highest temperatures once again towards northern and western parts during tuesday, lots of cloud, could be a few spots of rain here. driest and brightest across the south, temperatures here about eight or nine celsius, but again, further north nine to 13 or 14 degrees. so the highest temperatures will always be across northern areas during the coming week, above average, whereas for england and wales, generally speaking around about average, but still lots of fine weather to come during this week, so the end of the cold snap. bye— bye.

live from london. this is bbc news. the number of people killed in the los angeles wildfires rises to 16 with firefighters battling to contain the two biggest blazes.

aerial crews have been bombarding the flames with water to hold back the palisades fire, which is menacing brentwood, one of la's most exclusive neighbourhoods. winds are picking up again — further fanning the flames — 166,000 more people have been warned they may have to flee. calls on the pm to sack the treasury minister, tulip siddiq, because she's been named in a corruption investigation in bangladesh. in the uk — a police officer has died after being hit by a lorry in north yorkshire. detectives issue an appeal for witnesses and motorists with dashcam footage. welcome to the programme. it's three in the morning in los angeles where

firefighters are continuing to battle the wildfires