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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
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to battle the wildfires that have destroyed huge swathes of the city. the number of people killed has risen to 16 and a dozen are missing after five days of the devastating fires. the two biggest blazes in the city remain largely uncontained, and more strong winds are forecast over the coming days. those two fires have destroyed an area more than twice the size of new york's manhattan. no cause has yet been established for the fires. firefighters have made some progress against the worst of the infernos, the palisades fire, which has scorched nearly 35 square miles. it's11% contained, which means barriers or firebreaks have been placed around 11% of its perimeter. the palisades fire is now threatening brentwood, one of la's most exclusive neighbourhoods, where arnold schwarzenegger and basketball star lebronjames have homes. there've been dramatic scenes of aircraft dropping thousands of gallons of fire retardant on the hills
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and scrub in an attempt to put out the blazes. but if the winds do pick up, it will be harder to get those aircraft and helicopters into the air. more than 12,000 homes and other buildings have been destroyed. the second—biggest blaze, the eaton fire, has destroyed more than 20 square miles and was 15% contained. firefighters have mostly contained two smaller blazes, the kenneth and hurst fires. but the national weather service warned that the santa ana winds that whipped up the fires at the outset would increase again this weekend. also into monday and tuesday. seven neighbouring states, the federal government
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and canada and mexico have sent resources to california. our first report is from helena humphrey who's in la. still the fires grow, hungry and unrelenting, as firefighters remain locked in a battle against nature's fury. from the sky, it's an all—out assault to keep the largest of these deadly wildfires in the pacific palisades from spreading any further, bombarding the flaming hills with water and fire retardant. meanwhile, on the ground, the national guard out in force and a night—time curfew is in effect to clamp down on those profiting from the chaos. a lot of crime, a lot of people trying to to steal things, but if you protect yourself and yourfamily... i mean, i have to be there to protect my wife, my son, my kids, my mom and i cannot even go and see them. i've been in this street for three days. luckily, my sister lives down the street or else, i'd end up in the streets. but this unprecedented crisis is also bringing out
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the best in humanity. at a local shelter in pasadena, volunteers are caring for more than a50 animals, dropped off by evacuees orfound wandering amid the destruction. others who escaped with only the clothes on their backs are desperately searching for the beloved pets they lost in the scramble to get out. survivors here have lost everything, entire homes reduced to rubble. and with days of winds now forecast, it's a race against time to stop these fires from spreading further. los angeles knows it needs all the help it can get and with a change of administration looming in washington, local officials say they've yet to hear from the incoming president. i wrote a letter to president—elect trump, inviting him to engage in wildfire recovery efforts and to visit the county to see the impact first—hand that it has on every socio—economic individual in this county.
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for now, it is all hands on deck. firefighting crews have arrived from across the united states, with mexico and canada sending in battle—tested teams of their own. they know that any pick—up in the now—notorious santa ana winds could wipe out their hard—won progress in an instant. here's the governor of california gavin newsom talking about the new help efforts. this is what friends do. this is what relationships are all about, friends in need being there for one another. we want to be there for the people of mexico in times of need and disasters and we're incredibly humbled and grateful that the president was willing to send the crew you see behind me. they'll be out on the lines in the next 24, 36 and we're very, very grateful. 0ur north america
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correspondent david willis is in the altadena area and spoke to nicky shiller earlier who asked david about the evacuation order extending into the brentwood area. that's an area that includes the university of california and also the getty centre, which is home to thousands of priceless works of art. it's a very nerve—racking time, and this is also something that affects other, less populated but nonetheless quite quite busy areas encino, tarzana and so on. it's a very, very difficult time for the firefighters because they thought they were starting to get the edge on this. the biggest blaze, the pacific palisades fire, and it was just this twist in the wind last night, which caused the fire to grow a thousand acres in size overnight. that's the sort of challenge that firefighters are up against at the moment, because it is just down
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to the elements. ultimately, they're bombing these fires from the air or pouring water, gallons of water, flame retardant and so on. you've seen pictures of that, of course, and it's having an effect, but they can only do it when it's safe to get those aircraft up in the air. and of course, as soon as the winds change, they're not able to do that. and there is a very small window because monday night into tuesday, the winds are expected to pick up very violently once again, perhaps up to 70 or 80 miles an hour, almost hurricane—speed winds. and that will mean that the challenge for firefighters is all the greater. the grim prospect that the authorities face of trying to piece together what happened here, what caused these wildfires. you're absolutely right. teams with cadaver dogs due to go into worst affected areas such as this one pasadena, altadena and of course, the area that was completely destroyed in pacific palisades.
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we heard today from the la coroner's 0ffice that i6...identified 16 different human remains. and of course, identifying those will be almost impossible because of the state of them. and the sheriff's deputies here have been hinting for days that the death toll could rise considerably. there was reports a few days ago of a man, the body of a man being found in his driveway with a hosepipe in his hand, just a sign of the terrible tragedy that has befallen this part of southern california. it's going to be very difficult. i mean, the question rises as well — do people want to go back to these communities? i spoke to one person the other day whose house
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had survived the fires, but it was the only one in the street that had done so. so he lost as well as his neighbours houses. gone was the local church, the local grocery store, and so on. so it begs the question — are these communities going to want to want to rebuild, and if so, at what cost? and where does the manpower come from? because there aren't enough construction workers, you wouldn't have thought, to rebuild the size of the area around here — altadena, pasadena — where i'm speaking to you from, let alone the area along the coast there. so a lot of questions really, and these are questions that will be dogging officials here and residents here for years, probably to come. one thing i would say is this is a part of the world that has seen natural disasters in the past, seen earthquakes and riots and floods and so on, and has a reputation as the capital of reinvention, if you like.
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this is a place where people come to chase their dreams, and those dreams can be quite durable. the people here are quite durable, and i think a lot of them won't be put back to for too long by the terrible disaster that has unfolded and continues to unfold here over the last few days and weeks. we are continuing to monetise that story. you've got a live page on our website. we'll be monitoring that. —— we are continuing to monitor that story. a suspected gas explosion at a restaurant in the czech republic has killed six people. eight others were injured in the blast in the northern city of most. it's believed to have been caused by a gas cylinder attached to a portable heater. rescue workers say they evacuated dozens of people as the flames rapidly spread to surrounding buildings.
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we arejust keeping we are just keeping an eye on that in the czech republic. here in the uk, the government's been looking at how to advance artificial intelligence in ways that could help strengthen the economy — while also protecting us from the worst excesses of the online world. the technology secretary, peter kyle, hasjust been discussing this with laura kuensberg on her sunday morning show. 0ur political correspondent tom symonds has been listening to that interview. just bring us up—to—date. this has been going on for a long time she has been been in a run of stories saying that she used a range of properties obtained by herfamily as a range of properties obtained by her family as a result, possibly, of corruption in bangladesh. heraunt possibly, of corruption in bangladesh. her aunt is the
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former premier of bangladesh and was deposed because of the corruption scandal. kemi badenoch said it is time for to sack tulip siddiq, she could bring fibre to the country and the prime minister not to sack and how it makes it clear that he is not as clear that —— makes it clear that he is not bothered by integrity as he claims. ,, ., , , bothered by integrity as he claims. ,, , claims. siddique has sent off herself to — claims. siddique has sent off herself to the _ claims. siddique has sent off herself to the prime - claims. siddique has sent offj herself to the prime minister advised to be assessed. tulip siddiq has denied wrongdoing over her use of london properties linked to allies of her aunt, he is giving them more independence and authority to do more — independence and authority to do more inquiries. i am
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of those claims and say that it is harder... they will be talking about the government and artificial intelligence, that'll be the theme of the three days. that'll be the theme of the three days— that'll be the theme of the three da s. ., ~ . three days. thank you so much. let's three days. thank you so much. let's now _ three days. thank you so much. let's now turn _ three days. thank you so much. let's now turn to _ three days. thank you so much. let's now turn to sport - three days. thank you so much. let's now turn to sport and - let's now turn to sport and turn to the bbc sport centre with my colleague gavin. the fa cup weekend continues with some cracking ties on sunday, the pick of them, arsenal against manchester united at the emirates. but all eyes will be at the lamb ground in tamworth as the non—league side, try to claim what would be the biggest upset of the round so far, and would be up there as one of the biggest in the competition's history. premier league side tottenham are the visitors, and the home manager andy peaks appreciates how far his national league team have come. the first game we had, macclesfield here, was very good test, that could have gone either way against robbie savage's team. they were full—time,
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a lot of good players. and then huddersfield here on friday night, the live game, and then obviously burton away. then to play tottenham, like you say, it is a completely different level altogether and that's not disrespectful to the teams we've already played but tottenham, premiership, one of the top teams, massive challenge. seven more fixtures later today, the most eye—catching being arsenal against manchester united, a classic tie over the years. it's the first time the two sides have met in the third round, though. it's been a tough start to life at united for ruben amorim, but the arsenal boss mikel arteta is a big fan of the new united head coach. i will choose the best team to win because we want also to win the cup. and like you said, in the cup, you never know. so let's win. sometimes it's better to win this kind of game and then you have less time to rest. but your mind is so different that you can cope with the physical aspect of the game. when you look especiallyl about the big teams, how they perform and the results i that they got, very impressive. i know him well. i followed him a lot - while he was in portugal,
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and there is a big reason why he is where he is at - the moment and he fully deserves to be there. i 0r or that succumb 0rthat succumb in or that succumb in a few hours —— back all that to come in a few hours' time. a big talking point after manchester city's 8—0 thrashing of salford — the future of their defender kyle walker. city boss pep guardiola had some interesting things to say, revealing that the england right back, who wasn't in the team for yesterday's game, had asked to explore the options of going to play abroad at the end of his career we cannot understand the success that we had this these years without kyle. it's impossible. having our right—back and give us something that we didn't have and have been amazing. but now, in his mind, he would like to explore already, to go to another country, to play the last years for many reasons. and for that reason, i prefer, you know, playing players his mind is here. that's all.
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it's not been a good start for england in the women's ashes, beaten by australia in the opening one—day match in sydney. ash gardner punished them with the ball and the bat. gardner took 3 wickets as england were bowled out for 203, and then scored an unbeaten 42 to lead australia to victory with more than 11 overs to spare. it's a relentless schedule to this multi—format series, the second one—day match takes place in melbourne tomorrow. the australian open is under way, but the first day has been affected by downpours and bad weather. this is for the outside courts. no issues for aryna sabalenka on rod laver arena though. the two—time defending champion beat sloane stephens 6—3, 6—2 to make the second round. the 26—year—old is aiming to become just the seventh player to claim a third straight australian open women's singles title, and the first since martina hingis in1999. just some news to bring you into golf, great britain and i live has beaten continental
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europe in the team cup in abu dhabi. an 11—4 lead with 13 points and tommy fleetwood and another place it was a victory in the early days at�* play. good to see you. thank you very much, gavin. turning back to the ongoing disaster in los angeles, firefighters raising to fight the biggest of the deadly fires, reaching brentwood, one of the city �*s at most exclusive areas. with strong winds forecast to return, the palisades fire is continuing to spread. sixteen people are now known to have died during the past five days. let's cross over to the pacific palisades area and cbs news
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correspondentjoins us, china, we can see the —— shyly, we can see the instruction there. just give us a sense of the intensity of the palisades fire. that wreck we can see the destruction. fire. that wreck we can see the destruction-— destruction. tragically, that ste - h destruction. tragically, that steph told _ destruction. tragically, that steph told is _ destruction. tragically, that steph told is expected - destruction. tragically, that steph told is expected to i destruction. tragically, that| steph told is expected to go destruction. tragically, that. steph told is expected to go up as you can see. that —— gas death toll is expected to go up. it is really hard to imagine and we see cars what side down to his twisted metal. of course, the wind that has of course, the wind that has been the big story. firefighters had a good chance to get ahead and said that they had made progress on the palisades fire, the largest fire and they have been attacking it this fire on the ground. more importantly, in the air, or see no shots with helicopters and tankers and fighter planes dropping water, one after another trying to get a handle on this fire. the
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winds were calm for much of yesterday much late —— but late yesterday, into today... just 11% contained right now and it is already banned over 23,000 acres so a really widespread fire, such a challenge to firefighters and this has been an international effort, there have been at planes capable of dropping water flowing have been at planes capable of dropping waterflowing in have been at planes capable of dropping water flowing in from canada and just yesterday, a number of firefighters from mexico were flown in to join it this fight. mexico were flown in to 'oin it this fiuht. . mexico were flown in to 'oin it this fightfi this fight. charlie, when you are there — this fight. charlie, when you are there talking _ this fight. charlie, when you are there talking to - this fight. charlie, when you are there talking to people | this fight. charlie, when you i are there talking to people who have lost absolutely everything. the sense of shock must be absolutely overwhelming. it must be absolutely overwhelming. must be absolutely overwhelmina. . , , must be absolutely overwhelmina. ., , , ., overwhelming. it really is hard to ut overwhelming. it really is hard to put into _ overwhelming. it really is hard to put into words _ overwhelming. it really is hard to put into words when - overwhelming. it really is hard to put into words when people| to put into words when people come into these neighbourhoods. we are just about a block from the iconic sunset boulevard which in movies and i'm sure
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you have heard of and if you have been to california, it is a beautiful street that runs through the pacific palisades with multi million dollar homes surrounding it. it really is and —— an idyllic place to live, one of the most expensive places of real estate across the country, notjust here in california. in talking people, they let their neighbourhoods on fire and their homes up unrecognisable. we are talking to people who were not sure that these were their homes. they said i'm looking at my home and everything matches up, and i'm at the address, but i'm sure. it is really hard to put into words what these people are going through. when people come to their homes, they are going to want to try and sift through the rubble here but leaders are urging people not to because this may contain
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lead, arsenic and other harmful materials. it lead, arsenic and other harmful materials-— materials. it also because is about air— materials. it also because is about air quality. _ materials. it also because is about air quality. charlie, i about air quality. charlie, just in terms of the blame game because we know that the la fire department, the head of the fire department has been criticising the la mayorfor approving budget cuts to the fire department. where are we with theirs because it is not as clear as that is it?- as clear as that is it? there has been — as clear as that is it? there has been a _ as clear as that is it? there has been a lot _ as clear as that is it? there has been a lot of— as clear as that is it? there has been a lot of finger - has been a lot of finger pointing at thus far, creating some anger amongst people and right now they need a unified front. yesterday, officials here, the mayor and if chief did put on a united front and spoke publicly for the first time together, trying to guide people through such an awful tragedy here. there has been some issues about why the fire department's budget was quite by millions of dollars. the fire chief says that she has fire chief s
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