an aerial attack on the enormous palisades fire, which is menacing brentwood, one of la's most exclusive neighbourhoods. calls to sack the uk treasury secretary because she's been named in a corruption investigation in bangladesh. in the uk, a police officer dies after being hit by a lorry in north yorkshire. detectives issue an appeal for witnesses. the nobel peace prize winner, malala yousafzai, urges muslim leaders not to legitimise the taliban administration. welcome to bbc news. hello, i'm kasia madera. the wildfires emergency that's engulfed parts of los angeles shows no sign of letting

up this hour. while firefighers have made progress in some areas, the winds that have been a huge factor in spreading the flames, remain strong. four fires are blazing and 16 people are confirmed to have been killed in the fires, 11 in the eaton fire and 5 in the palisades with 13 people missing. the largest fire — the palisades is now spreading east, threatening the wealthy suburb of brentwood where the vice president kamala harris has a home. crews have been dropping fire retardent blankets in a desperate bid to stop the fires�* spread. and as firefighters struggle to contain the flames, those winds are picking up again and the forecast is for strong gusts across much of the week. six days are necessity devastating places began and this is what firefighters are still facing as they make an all—out assault to and keep the

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quickly as possible. for these fires and put them out as quickly as possible.— quickly as possible. for now, all hands _ quickly as possible. for now, all hands on _ quickly as possible. for now, all hands on deck _ quickly as possible. for now, all hands on deck and - quickly as possible. for now, all hands on deck and five i l all hands on deck and five i just know that if their winds gets worse, it could wipe out their hides —— hard—won progress seen. george whitesides is a congressman from california, representing the 27th district, which includes parts of northern los angeles county, including the hurst fire area. he gave me an update on what is happening in his district. we have been relatively lucky and the amazing firefighters of our community have been able to contain the highest fire as well as a numberfire, a little north of here. so far, the fire has not caused widespread structural damage as you seen in the catastrophic images from the palisades and from the eaton fire. we note that forecasts are that

winds are expected to intensify and are spreading so quickly. what kinds of measures are put in place with this district ahead of monday and tuesday one those winds are due to rise? you are exactly right. we are not to be the thing and have many days left to go. there are stronger winds last night and tonight, it is still in the evening here. we have bought from monday until wednesday and we're telling everyone that they need to stay alert and have their bag ready and need to be paying close attention to credible new source and other applications like the watch duty app which give people a really good, quick sense of when they need to be ready to leave their homes and switch back and that's very unfortunate circumstance. are all of those alert systems are working? we know that at the beginning of all of these things, in those initial days, alerts were going to the wrong people.

are you confident that that is all sorted now? authorities as saying that this is all sorted out now. we need to make sure that they pay attention to multiple new stories we've been is seeing very good reporting from the television in los angeles who have been doing a greatjob with staying up—to—date with all it this and i do recommend going directly to the la fire county news sites and to this application, watch duty, a nonprofit group and has experienced massive growth. millions of people are now using it in los angeles to stay up to date with this fire. you've got an absolutely catastrophic situation on the ground. when it comes to finger pointing and the blame game, we have missing fingers being pointed.

—— rock we are seeing a fingers being pointed. we know that the head of the la fire department has been criticising the la mayorfor approving the budget cut to the fire department but help us to understand where we are with those budget cuts because my understanding was that when the final budget was approved, the la fire department was up by nearly $60 million. can you help clarify what is factually correct here? yes. i am not an expert on the la city budget but i do understand that they were two pieces to the fire department budget and when you add them up together in some way, they added up to a moderate increase in the budget. of money and will take a lot of effort and will take a lot of people. unfortunately, this terrible tragedy, i hope, is what is going to help us do what we have to do. i think the main thing

here is that we need to have a national conversation about how western communities like los angeles and many others in the american west are going to protect their cities from the threat of catastrophic wildfires. this is something that i have been talking about for many years and we know what to do, but it would take a lot of money and will take a lot of effort and will take a lot of people. unfortunately, this terrible tragedy, i hope, is what is going to help us do what we have to do. obviously, you're going to be dealing with people who are in trauma, people who have lost their lives, people who have lost absolutely everything. are you speaking to insurance companies, showing that some kind of payout will be potentially be happening? it that's what we are seeing on the ground is just insurmountable in terms of what people have lost. it is heartbreaking and catastrophic. every family has lost a home, it is absolutely heartbreaking situation. there will be literally thousands, potentially over 10,000 families like that. we are working hard to begin the conversation around insurance, as you say, the california fire insurance market was already shaky

footing before this event and now, no one knows exactly where things are going to go. i guess that the main thing is that we put in place measures to enable protection and insurance going forward. we were having insurers leaving the states and reducing their coverage across the state, and this is going to make a somewhat difficult situation even worse now. that was congressmen for the 27th district which includes the hurst area. we are hoping to speak to our colleague who is their live imminently as well. just stay with us for the regulators are not what is happening across la —— for the very latest for what is happening in la. we know that at least 16 people have been killed in this absolute tragedy taking place in los angeles. will be back with that story

shortly. here in the uk another difficult story... a police officer was killed when she was hit by a lorry. constable rosie prior had pulled over on the side of a motorway in north yorkshire to help at the scene of a crash when she and two others were struck by a heavy goods vehicle. constable prior and the man involved in the first collision both died at the scene. a teenage boy who was a passenger in the car is in hospital, in a serious but stable condition. six people have died in a suspected gas explosion at a restaurant in the czech republic. 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. a british government minister is facing calls to resign. treasury minister tulip siddiq has denied wrongdoing

over her use of london properties linked to allies of her aunt, sheikh hasina, who was overthrown as the prime minister of bangladesh last year. but speaking to laura kuensberg, science secretary peter kyle said she should keep herjob until an investigation was carried out. here's our political correspondent, tom symonds with more. well, this has been going on for a long time. tulip siddiq faced a run of stories alleging that she effectively used properties obtained by herfamily, possibly as a result — and i say possibly as a result — of corruption in bangladesh. her aunt was the former premier of bangladesh and was deposed last year as a result of a corruption scandal. today, kemi badenoch, the conservative leader, has said it's time for keir starmer to sack tulip siddiq. he says that she has become a distraction for a government which should be looking at the problems of this country and that the pm not sacking her, makes it clear he's not as bothered by integrity as he claims. so cue peter kyle, who arrived on the laura kuenssberg programme this morning.

he was asked what should happen given that siddiq has herself sent her case off to the prime minister's standards adviser to be assessed. tulip has referred herself to the authorities to be investigated. that needs to be completed. but the thing you can guarantee with this government and keir starmer as prime minister, is he will abide to the outcome of that inquiry. so if laura magnus finds that she is heard, she will be out? keir said numerous times he has respect for these institutions. he has given them more independence. more authority to do their own inquiries. i'm pretty sure that he will adhere to what comes out. and so far, sir keir starmer is saying he is backing his ministerfor now. ok, so that's that issue there. we've also had mel stride, the shadow chancellor. five he was also speaking to laura kuenssberg and he was going after the rachel reeves who is at the moment actually in china. yes.

so all sorts of things happening on the economy this week, the cost of borrowing has gone up. rachel reeves has gone to china to try and start some discussions with the government there about how britain and china improve their trade. she's obtained about 600 million, which is quite a small amount in benefits over the next five years. mel stride said she shouldn't be there, cap in hand, as he put it, but it was put back to him that the trouble that the government is facing on the economy at the moment partly comes from the fact that they inherited a very difficult situation when they took over six months ago, won the election. and mel stride, the shadow chancellor, said that the previous governments, liz truss and rishi sunak and what they did and rishi sunak and what they did on the economy could not on the economy could not be blamed for what is be blamed for what is happening now and labour happening now and labour is dealing with. this is what he said. is dealing with. this is what he said. the first thing they did the first thing they did when they came into office when they came into office was to talk the economy down was to talk the economy down in order to pitch roll, in order to pitch roll, for reneging on the promises as i say, where the cost for reneging on the promises they made, particularly on tax they made, particularly on tax and spending during and spending during the general election. they then ramped up all the general election. they then ramped up all these taxes on business, these taxes on business, which has had the consequences which has had the consequences that i've set out. that i've set out. they're borrowing huge they're borrowing huge amounts of money, some of which is inflationary. amounts of money, some of which is inflationary.

and we're now in a position, and we're now in a position, as i say, where the cost of servicing our debt under this government, which is an additional 12 billion a year, you could actually employ 300,000 nurses for that amount of money. and rachel reeves may say, well, i've gone to china, and i managed to get £120 million per year additional injection into the uk economy. that's got to be set against £12 billion of additional payments simply to service our debt. so i think the government are finding it harder to push off those accusations, push off those claims

from the conservatives and find colleague sport and join my colleague mark edwards. hello from the bbc sport centre. the fa cup weekend continues with some cracking ties on sunday, the pick of them is at the emirates as arsenal welcome defending champions manchester united to north london. meanwhile tottenham hotspur are at non—league tamworth. but which premier league clubs could join brentford in being dumped out at the 3rd round stage? newcastle, crystal palace, southampton and ipswich — all facing opponents lower down the football pyramid.

as we said, the most eye—catching contest of the weekend arsenal against manchester united, and the holders fresh from a morale—boosting 2—2 draw at liverpool last week. it's been a tough start to life though at united for ruben amorim. however 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, and there is a big reason why he is where he is at - the moment and he fully deserves to be there. i 2 matches in the scottish premiership on sunday rangers trying to somehow reel in celtic who lead by 18 points at the top of the league

rangers are at home to stjohnstone, while aberdeen host hearts. 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. there are a few things that we could definitely work on. 0bviously, australia worked in very well and we dropped in a few important moments for forward, there are a few places that we can work on and really focus on in the next game. as a whole, we can take a fair amount of confidence into the game. we are one game into a really long series but we are to— zero down and we have got to— zero down and we have got to start for the next game and imagine that it is 0—0 and come back and that is beauty of the game. —— obviously, we are too— down. india's injured fast bowlerjasprit bumrah will miss the five—match t20 international series with england, while mohammad shami has returned to the squad after more than a year out with an ankle injury. bumrah was the highest wicket—taker in the recent test series with australia which india lost 3—1 but had

back spasms during the final test in sydney. india host england in their t20 series later this month before three one day internationals ahead of next month's champions trophy. the australian open is underway, but the first day has been affected by downpours and bad weather 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. and that's all the sport for now. as always, many thanks, mark.

back to our main story. we know that when speeds are picking up. now we're going to kosovo live to our colleague. just bring us up to date on the situation. —— we are going to cross over i live. 0ur colleague. cross over i live. our colleague.— cross over i live. our colleague. cross overi live. our colleauue. , , colleague. this is a was ackley with the weather _ colleague. this is a was ackley with the weather forecasters . with the weather forecasters have been saying that those wings that we have been experiencing at the last few days, the santa anna windass, who come into this area every year about this time but these conditions or fries are so serious with a lot of dry brush because it has been a long, hot dry summerand has because it has been a long, hot dry summer and has not been any rain here for about 18 months, that perfect storm of conditions and that is why these fires are burning. the prospect of these winds, i can feel them right around to me, they are growing and the danger is that it wing aircraft and helicopters will not be able to get into the sky to douse the

flames with fire retardant chemicals and water as well. this is as they have been doing over the last few days it was seen how effective this can be as a firefighting tactic. they are hoping that the winds were not to be as bad, and are hoping that they are not will be the almost hurricane forced winds that we had a few days ago. they are still burning largely out of control, specifically especially the one in the pacific palisades. brentwood area, home to the getty centre, the famous getty museum and priceless artwork and also the san bell and 0'reilly, the neighbourhood to the north of hollywood, people in those areas are in rip —— at risk —— but also the san bernardo value. people are being warned and the winds are

blowing up again. hopefully it is not affected my sound here. the mic is blowing around. it is really difficult to operate here. people are poised to evacuate their homes again are comments you get to safety and evacuation centres and perhaps moving to friends homes in nearby neighbourhoods to take shelter for a few days. we have had sadly that is why people are out of their homes, there are out of their homes, there are several cases of looting and a number of arrests, people going in. allegedly some people disguised as firefighters going into these areas to break into people's homes and try to steal their property while the inhabitants of those homes are evacuated. so problems on all fronts, there apolitical brow during between state officials and donald trump who has not responded yet to see the devastation from for himself but has been invited. he is

social media has criticised the firefighting effort in california. he has been asking why the fires have not been put out already, saying what is wrong with them? really, this is the person that state officials in a matter of a week or so, we have to deal with on a federal and national level to get assistance for california for the months and years ahead for the months and years ahead for the months and years ahead for the recovery. figs for the months and years ahead for the recovery.— for the recovery. as always, thank you — for the recovery. as always, thank you so _ for the recovery. as always, thank you so much - for the recovery. as always, thank you so much for- for the recovery. as always, thank you so much for your | thank you so much for your porting, peter. join us live from la. —— foryour porting, peter. join us live from la. —— for your reporting. we heard some of that winter night on peter's microphone. lots more on bbc news and on our website. you got 11 page monitoring all of the latest developments in california there in los angeles —— but we've got a live patient monitoring all of the latest developments in california. —— life page.

the leader of sudan's paramilitiary rapid support forces has admitted losing a key city to their army rivals, one of its biggest setbacks since the civil war began. these images are from wad madani, where celebrations broke out after the sudanese army officially announced the capture of the city. but in an angry audio message, the rsf's general mohamed hamdan dagalo vowed to continue fighting until victory, even if it took another 20 years. the group had held wad madani for the past year. since the start of the war in april 2023, tens of thousands of people have been killed and more than 11 million people displaced. the nobel peace prize winner, malala yousafzai, has urged muslim leaders not to legitimise the taliban government in afghanistan. speaking in islamabad, the campaigner told a summit on girls education that the taliban didn't see women as human beings. she called on the muslim world to show true leadership on the issue. ms yousafzai was evacuated from pakistan as a 15

year—old after being shot by the pakistani taliban on her school bus. recognise that the taliban regime as perpetrators of gender apartheid. do not legitimise them. do not make compromises on ourfaith. 0ur reporter, azadeh moshiri, is at the conference in the pakistan capital and sent this report. the muslim world league and pakistan's education minister have told us that the taliban government were invited, but they did not attend this summit. when we spoke to the head of the muslim world league that is directly with the taliban government, he said, they speak to everyone and that there was no solid evidence in islam to bar girls from education. when approached, the taliban declined to comment to the bbc. had they attended the last two days, they would have been in the same room as malala yousafzai. this is one of a handful of trips she's made to the country since 2012.

back then, she was a young girl riding a school bus when she was shot by the pakistani taliban. she was targeted because she spoke out about girls education. now, muslim leaders and scholars are doing the same. 0ur correspondent speaking at that conference where malala yousafzai was speaking in a slamming thread at a conference on the education on women and girls. —— speaking in a slammer badi girls. —— speaking in a slammer bad i do conference on the education of women and girls. we are monitoring the developing situation in la where winds are increasing in strength which will be a huge concern to firefighters doing their upmost to buy two of the raging places. you are watching bbc news. —— to battle the raging blazes.

hello there. temperatures above freezing. mind for some of us through the week and mostly dry thanks to high pressure and we will have some issues with mist and fog, particularly at night where winds will be lighter under this area of high pressure across england and wales, england and wales. these are conditions, bringing milder air, that rapid snow and ice and outbreaks of rain. if you week by the fronts. a breezy, cloudy mouth 90 but england and wales, lighterwinds. cloudy mouth 90 but england and wales, lighter winds. variable cloud, little bit of mist and fog but another cold that is cold at his as it has been. very different as it is going to be scotland and northern ireland. a rabid thought of snow, could lead to localised flooding as we head into monday and further rain falling on that snow and ice out as well. weather is weakening as it pushes into the area of high pressure. england and wales,

mostly dry, variable cloud, bit of sunshine and turning less cold. 5—7 but double figures across scotland and northern ireland. weather through monday night... cloudiertheme for night... cloudier theme for most. night... cloudiertheme for most. good see last cold night here but double figure values which you can see for glasgow and for belfast. i looked milder here. tuesday, variable cloud and breeding conditions. scotland and northern ireland, could be mostly dry apart from a drizzle on western hills. could be mist and fog across england and wales, later went up england and wales, later went up as of high pressure. milder day and has cold 48—13 from south to north across uk. as we head to through 30 on friday, similar conditions, weather fronts always grazing the far north—west where it will always be a bit breezy and will always stay milder here. you can see from the darker orange colours

further south. close it a the seasonal norm but still colder than what we have had. but of mist and fog was in and i was, myjust north and west weather. a little bit of rain at times. take care.

this is bbc news, the headlines: the death toll from the los angeles wildfires rises to 16. at least another 13

people are missing. winds are expected to pick up again — strengthening the flames — and a further 166,000 people have been warned they may have to leave. the uk's prime minister has been urged to sack anti—corruption minister tulip siddiq after she was named in a corruption investigation in bangladesh. ms siddiq was appointed economic secretary to the treasury injuly and her responsibilities include tackling corruption. she has insisted that she's done nothing wrong. the nobel peace prize winner, malala yousafzai, urges muslim leaders not to legitimise the taliban government in afghanistan. she says the taliban doesn't see women as human beings.

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