an aerial attack on the enormous palisades fire, which is menacing brentwood, one of la's most exclusive neighbourhoods. in the uk — a police officer is struck by a lorry and dies. detectives issue an appeal for witnesses. the nobel peace prize winner, malala yousafzai, urges muslim leaders not to legitimise the taliban administration. , 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 five 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 retardant to stop the 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. leigh milner reports. six days on since the devastating blazes began and this is what firefighters still face as they make an all—out assault to keep the largest of these deadly wildfires in pacific palisades from spreading any further. i felt like a zombie - since tuesday, can't sleep, literally can't sleep. you just replay. standing in the rubble of her parents' house, sabrina can't believe what is left of her childhood home which

has been burnt to the ground. my bedroom was not at the front over there, with my sister. you know, it wasn't that big of a house, but it had everything we needed. it's really sad. i feel so bad for my parents. it is all gone. aerial crews have been bombarding the flaming hills with water and fire retardant to hold back the palisades fire from spreading into one of la's most exclusive neighbourhoods. the fire has expanded an additional 1000 acres and is now threatening brentwood. firefighting crews have arrived from across the united states, with mexico and canada sending in battle—tested teams of their own. this is what friends do. this is what relationships are all about. friends in need, we are there for one another, and we want to be there for the people of mexico in times of need and disasters. we are incredibly humbled and grateful that the president was willing to send the crew you see behind me. they will be out on the lines in the next 24—36 hours.

los angeles needs all the help they can get, and with a change of administration looming in washington, local officials say they have yet to hear from the incoming president. with winds expected to pick up again overnight, there are fears it would further fan the flames that have left at least 16 people dead. we are at high levels of containment. but i would say if the weather conditions are going back to worse with the santa ana winds, we will probably see more of the same. hopefully the extra resources come in and the preparedness level they are at the moment, they can contain all these fires as much as possible. for now, it's all hands on deck. firefighters know if the winds get worse, it could wipe out their hard—won progress in an instant. leigh milner, bbc news. let's speak to our correspondent peter bowes live from los angeles.

brings up to date with the latest efforts to contain these files. it latest efforts to contain these files. , . ., files. it is a real battle, especially _ files. it is a real battle, especially in _ files. it is a real battle, especially in pacific - especially in pacific palisades, still burning out of control, and there was a danger that it control, and there was a danger thatitis control, and there was a danger that it is spreading towards those other communities, brentwood and the san fernando valley, the sprawling neighbourhood just to the north of hollywood, and the real problem for the next few days as the wind. i have been outside for the last couple of hours, just after six in the morning, i can see the wind picking up again. this is what the weather forecasters said we should expect. and it is these strong gusts that are a real problem if they persist. everybody hoping that they do not get as strong as we saw three or four days ago, the almost hurricane force winds that prevented the fixed wing aircraft and helicopters getting airborne to douse the flames with a fire retardant chemicals, and with the water that they can scoop up from

local lakes in the ocean. hopefully that will continue over the next days during these strong winds, but for their firefighters involved it is safety first, and it might be impossible to do that, and there is a firefighting effort on the ground as well but that aerial attacking is so effective that everybody has their fingers crossed that that can continue.— can continue. tell us about that idea — can continue. tell us about that idea of _ can continue. tell us about that idea of containment, i can continue. tell us about. that idea of containment, they give us statistics about how much the fire is contained, do they try to draw a line effectively with the fire retardant is, what are the mechanics of putting out these enormous files? it mechanics of putting out these enormous files?— mechanics of putting out these enormous files? it can be quite complicated — enormous files? it can be quite complicated sometimes. - enormous files? it can be quite| complicated sometimes. people in los angeles are well used to fires, and the containment figures are the numbers that people look at all the time but when you hear that a fire was 15% contained, that means that around the circumference of the fire, there was a barrier, they

have got bulldozers in, they are put in fire retardant chemicals and they are confident the fire will not progress even if the firefighters left the area, they would be confident that they would be confident that the fire would not spread further. when you hear 50% contained, give some optimism that they are getting control of situation. complicated because, occasionally, firefighters might let a fire burn, if they are confident it is burning away from homes, and there is nobody in any danger so the pictures might be very dramatic, you might see flames engulfing an area, usually on a hillside, but they are being left to burn because at least if it is burned, it cannot ignite again and potentially cause embers that will fly over to other areas and start new files. there is a lot of science that goes into fighting these files, and he firefighters in los angeles in california are very experienced, probably the most

experienced, probably the most experienced in the world at fighting these wires, and they really know what they are doing, so the science that goes into it can be —— fighting these fires. the science can be baffling but there a method to is this. ~ ., baffling but there a method to is this. ~ . ., ., is this. we have heard about celebrities _ is this. we have heard about celebrities affected, - is this. we have heard about celebrities affected, but - is this. we have heard about celebrities affected, but tell| celebrities affected, but tell us about those who have not got that kind of money, you have to go and stay in hotel or haven't got another to go to. file does not discriminate. _ got another to go to. file does not discriminate. rich, - got another to go to. file does not discriminate. rich, pool, l not discriminate. rich, pool, famous, these fires are affecting everyone. and there are some mixed communities in terms of the type of housing that people live in, in apartments, in condominiums, in houses alongside the wealthier communities like pacific palisades, and people are left sometimes with the clothing on their back, when they are forced to evacuate then they tragically find that their homes have been destroyed so they have been supplied with clothes, people are donating in

huge numbers across los angeles, providing a bed and a roof, and the gyms across the city have opened their doors so that people can go in and get a shower, basic things that you might not usually think about, but just everyday living might not usually think about, butjust everyday living that people are concerned about. just getting through to the next day, whilst at the same time hopefully they have still got a mobile phone, they can try to contact people, relatives, and authorities and insurance companies, to try to get through the process of rebuilding their lives, knowing that they have got a home to rebuild, and trying to navigate all of those complexities by just getting on with providing themselves with food and shelter. and that is, it has been gratifying to see how the city has come together to offer any assistance that they can. peter bowes in los

angeles, thank you. 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 us an update on what is happening in his district. 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. there are stronger winds last night and tonight, it is still in the evening here. we have more from monday until wednesday and we're telling everyone that they need to stay alert and have their go bag ready and need to be paying close

to credible new source like yours 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 in that very unfortunate circumstance. 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. dean ferreira is a former firefighter and the managing director of the ncc group, which was set up to promote the idea of sustainable environments. he told me how things need to change in response to wildfires in urban environments.

what i think should be happening and what we should have been saying for a long time. i'm a firefighter, not a town planner, but we now need to put more effort into our educational component. and that looks at educating town planners. so when they start planning communities planning, individual residents start looking at at taking fire into cognisance not just your electrical demands and your access and egress, but what about wildfires? so that's the first part. where do you place these communities on a landscape, knowing that these communities could become a fire? so what we're seeing now, we usually see these big wildfires in the natural environment. those fires also occur, as we see now in communities. and this is a wildfire in an urban area. this is not a structural fire any more. this is a wildfire. moving through a landscape like a wildfire would do. and we need to take that into account when planning these, these communities, but also what type of building materials we put in place, how we landscape our gardens, and how each homeowner builds their own defence for their own properties. we cannot always leave this up to the responders. a man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted

murder after a woman, believed to be a nurse, was seriously injured in a stabbing in royal 0ldham hospital's a&e department. it is believed a member of the public attacked a member of staff with a bladed article or sharp instrument, which was not a knife. the woman, who is in her 50s, suffered life—changing injuries and remains in hospital for treatment. a 37—year—old man was arrested at the scene. a police officer in north yorkshire has died when she and another man were hit by a lorry while helping at the scene of a crash. a man's been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. chief constable of north yorkshire police tim forber spoke a little earlier. it is really important that any witnesses to what happened yesterday to come forward. i would just appeal to anyone who was driving southbound, northbound, on the a19, about 8:55am yesterday, please get in contact with us, if you have any dash cam footage or you saw anything that may help.

i would just like to finish again by thanking again the many members of the community who have sent let's speak to our correspondent, 0livia richwald. tell us more about what happened in this case. we know that pc rosie _ happened in this case. we know that pc rosie pryor _ happened in this case. we know that pc rosie pryor was - happened in this case. we know that pc rosie pryor was off- that pc rosie pryor was off duty when this happened. she stopped to help some motorists just before nine o'clock in the morning here on the a19 just south of thirsk in north yorkshire, that is when she and ryan belford, a man from knaresborough were hit by a lorry. more details are emerging about pc prior. she was a mother. she had joined north yorkshire police about two and a half years ago. her force said she was an exemplary officer and they are absolutely devastated. she was hit and killed alongside 41—year—old ryan belford, from

knaresborough in north yorkshire. he was involved in the early accident. he was in one of those vehicles. pc prior�*s family despite has a loving mum, wife, daughter, sister and aunt you will be deeply missed. the family of mr welford say that he was a loving son, father and brother who will be greatly missed by family and friends. a teenage boy who was in his cart remains in hospital. his condition is described as serious but stable. a 65—year—old lorry driver from stable. a 65—year—old lorry driverfrom berwick—upon—tweed has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. this is a very busy a road, it was closed for most of the day yesterday and police have made that heartfelt appeal to try to find out exactly what led up to this collision, which killed two people yesterday. they are looking for any kind of dash cam footage which could give them any idea of what

happened?— give them any idea of what ha ened? . , ., happened? that is right. that is what they _ happened? that is right. that is what they are _ happened? that is right. that is what they are hoping - happened? that is right. that is what they are hoping to - is what they are hoping to find. this is a busy road. the traffic is very fast. we are standing quite a way back from the road but it is a fast moving and potentially dangerous road. they will need more information to find out exactly what led up to the crash. there have been other tributes, yvette cooper the home secretary has said this brave officer's passing serves as a reminder of the risks are dedicated police officers face every single day in the line of duty. she added, i want to express my heartfelt gratitude to the responders who attended the tragic incident, as well as police officers across the country for their dedication and the sacrifices they make every day, to keep us all safe. 0livia richwald, thank you. now it's time for a look at today's sport with mark edwards. starting with football, 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. and the magic of the fa cup is you never know what's going to happen. the kick off delayed this time as part of the net had come off the goal. but nothing two tamworth players and some sticky tape couldn't fix. the real question is do we have the ultimate cup upset on the cards? with less than six minutes to 90, with less than six minutes to go, the semiprofessional outfit tamworth are more than holding their own. it is goalless, is 0-0 their own. it is goalless, is 0—0 right now. we will keep a close eye on that. six other fa cup ties on sunday 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 earlier, 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 —

and not the easiest first taste of the world's oldest cup competition. 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. two 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. some big european fixtures taking place on sunday including the final of the spanish super cup between real madrid and barcelona in saudi arabia. back in la liga, atletico madrid can move top if they beat 0sasuna. a couple of notable games in serie a too. inter will move above atalanta into second with a win at venezia. it's currently 0—0. napoli can stretch their lead at the top if they beat

the australian open is under way — 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 in 1999. in the men's draw, second seed alexander zverev cruised through his opening round tie with french wildcard lucas pouille. the 27—year—old, who reached the semi—finals in with a convincing 6—4 6—4 6—4 win. the bigger story of the day though, qualifier hady habib making history as the first player from war—damaged lebanon to win a grand slam match. the world number 219 was aready the first man to represent his nation in a major singles tournament, but he beat china's bu yunchaokete 7—6, 6—4, 7—6 to etch his name in the

history books. probably one of the best days of my career, honestly. such an incredible feeling to get this victory not only for myself but for lebanon and lebanese dennis. the crowd there was absolutely wild, making it even more special —— lebanese tennis. 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 three 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.

inter have taken the lead against venezia. and that's all the sport for now. 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. car horns blare 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. 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 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 the taliban regime as perpetrators of gender apartheid. do not legitimise them. do not make compromises. 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 engaging 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. 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 rinne 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, for us two, we were just like, well, why are 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 — 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, _ occupational- therapists and people to assist with that. 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. some breaking news on the fires in los angeles, fema have said that active military rule stand ready to be deployed, and she said that they have the funding to support this response there is the possibility that acting military may be deployed in the response against the fires. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. for most of us it's been another very cold start this morning. widespread frost across eastern areas but less cold across the west — temperatures above freezing,

and we're starting to see a thaw of the snow and the ice. and that's the theme to come for this upcoming week. it will be turning less cold or even milderfor some of us through the week. mostly dry thanks to high pressure, but 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. but breezier conditions across scotland and northern ireland through today and that's bringing the mild air in here, that rapid snow and ice thaw too, and outbreaks of rain with a few weak weather fronts. so a breezy, cloudy mild night to come here. but for england and wales, lighter winds, variable cloud, a little bit of mist and fog, and again it will be another cold one. not as cold as it has been but again a touch of frost here. very different to how it's going to be across scotland and northern ireland. and that rapid thaw of snow and ice could lead to some localised flooding as we head on into monday here. further rain falling on that snow and ice melt as well. that weather front weakening as it pushes into the area of high pressure. england and wales, i think monday mostly dry, variable

cloud, a bit of sunshine and turning less cold. 5 to 7 celsius here, but double figures across scotland and northern ireland. that weather front through monday night fizzles out as it moves into the area of high pressure across england and wales. it leaves a legacy of cloud. a milder theme for most away from the very far south and south—east, which could see the last cold night here, but double figure values, as you can see, for glasgow and for belfast, so a lot milder here. tuesday, variable cloud, breezier conditions in scotland and northern ireland. i think it will be mostly dry apart from a bit of drizzle across western hills. could see a little bit of mist and fog across england and wales where we'll have lighter winds thanks to that area of high pressure, but a milder day, less cold for all. 8 to 13 celsius from south to north across the uk. as we head through wednesday, thursday, friday, that area of high pressure continues to bring similar conditions. these weather fronts always grazing the far north—west, where it will always be a bit breezier and it will always stay milder here as well, as you can see, from the darker orange colours. further south, we're closer to the seasonal norm, but still less cold

than what we've had of late. so there's the outlook, then. a lot of fine weather around, bit of mist and fog in england and wales. mildest for the north and the west where there'll be a little bit of rain at times.

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 and a further 166,000 people have been warned they may have to leave. the lawyer in charge of two federal investigations into donald trump resigns. us special counseljack smith departs amid a dispute over the release of his report into the findings of trump's classified documents case. a police officer is killed by a lorry in north yorkshire. pc rosie prior had pulled over to deal with a motorway collision. police have arrested the lorry driver. 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. she calls on the muslim world to show true leadership on the issue. now on bbc news, my infertilityjourney.