the two biggest blazes. 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 dies on a motorway — struck by a lorry as she investigates a crash. detectives issue an appeal for witnesses. and nobel peace prize winner, malala yousafzai, urges muslim hello, i'm lauren taylor. 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 fire, 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 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 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. 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 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 1,000 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, being 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 levels 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. here's our correspondent peter bowes in los angeles with more on the spread of the fires.

the firefighters are continuing. it is a real battle, especially in pacific palisades, still burning out of control, and there is 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 is the wind. i have been outside for the last couple of hours, it's just after six in the morning, i can feel the wind it's 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 fire—retardant chemicals, and with the water that they can scoop up from local lakes and 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. 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 fires? 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, and when you hear that a fire might be 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 further even if the firefighters left the area,

they would be confident that the fire would not spread further. when you hear 50% containment, it gives 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 fires. there is a lot of science that goes into fighting these fires, and the firefighters in los angeles in california are very experienced, probably the most experienced in the world at fighting these fires, and they really know what they are doing, so the science that

the science can be baffling but there a method to is this. we have heard about celebrities affected, but tell us about those who have not got that kind of money, who have to go and stay in hotel or haven't got another to go to. what happens with them. fire does not discriminate. rich, poor, 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 clothes 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 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, 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 while just getting on with providing themselves with food and shelter. and that is, it has been gratifying to see how the city has pulled together to offer any assistance that they can. peter bowes reporting from los angeles. cbs news has a corresponding and pacific palisades and he

has given us this update. == has given us this update. -- has given us this update. -- has a has given us this update. —— has a corresponding, in pacific palisades. tragically, that death toll is expected to rise as the clean—up begins here in los angeles. this destruction that you see behind me, this is home after home in the pacific palisades neighbourhood where we are today. and it is really hard to imagine. i mean, you see these cars burned out, brought down just to twisted metal. firefighters have been busy attacking this fire. of course, the wind. that has been the big story. firefighters had a good chance to really get ahead. they said that they made progress on the palisades fire, which is the largest fire. they, of course, have been tackling, attacking this fire on the ground. but more importantly, in the air. we have seen those shots where we have seen helicopters and tankers and fighter planes dropping water one after another, trying to get a handle on this fire. the winds were calm for much of yesterday, but then late yesterday into today again picking up, so could be another challenge for firefighters. that largest fire, the palisades fire. as we mentioned, just 11% contained right now and it has already burned over 23,000 acres.

so a really widespread fire giving such a challenge to firefighters. and this has been an international effort. there have been planes that are capable of dropping water that have been flown in from canada. and just yesterday, a number of firefighters from mexico were flown in tojoin this fight. we are just about a block from the iconic sunset boulevard, which is in movies i'm sure you've heard of, or if you've been to california. it is a beautiful street here that runs through the pacific palisades with multi—million dollar homes surrounding it. it really is an idyllic place to live. it is one of the most expensive pieces of real estate, not only here in california, but across the country. talking to people returning, they left with their neighbourhoods on fire, returning, and their homes are unrecognisable. we've talked to people who weren't even sure if it was their home. they said, you know, everything matches up on looking

on their phone. this is my address, but it is so unrecognisable that it isjust it really is hard to put into words what these people are going through. and it is only natural that once people do come back to their homes, that they're going to want to try and sift through the rubble here. but leaders are urging people not to. that's because this ash may contain lead, arsenic, and other harmful materials. there has been some issues of why the fire department's budget was cut by millions of dollars. the fire chief says that she's been sounding the alarm leading up to this fire, and that ultimately, this should be the loudest alarm for the mayor and other officials here that they do need help. they do need resources that a fire of this magnitude, in some ways was predictable, and the fire chief said that she simply didn't have the resources to respond to something like this. there really is, uh, it is so widespread. it has affected so many people.

and as this fire continues to change directions with the wind again, firefighters can only do so much. they can only predict so much. mother nature is going to do the rest. and as you mentioned in the beginning, brentwood, the encino valley, those homes are now under evacuation orders. they left their homes yesterday and people are reallyjust glued to the television, hoping and waiting and wishing that the fire doesn't spread to their homes. it really is a helpless feeling for so many who are just left to watch and hope that their home is still 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. we have been so far relatively lucky. the amazing firefighters of our community have been able to contain the hurst fire, as well as another fire, the lydia fire. a little bit north.

and so, so far the fire has not caused widespread structural damage, as you have seen in the catastrophic images from the palisades and from the eaton fire. we are not all the way through this thing. we have many days left to go. there were stronger winds last night or tonight, it's still in the evening here. and we have more from monday through wednesday. we're telling everyone that they need to stay alert. they need to have their go bag ready. they need to be paying close attention to credible news sources like yours and other applications, like the watch duty app, that give people a really good, quick sense of when they need to be ready to leave their homes. in that very unfortunate circumstance. we have seen very good reporting from the television media, actually in los angeles. they've been doing a greatjob of staying up to date with all of this, and i do recommend going to the directly

to the la fire county, news sites, and this application watch duty, which is a nonprofit group, and it has experienced massive growth — millions of people are now using it in los angeles to stay we now know that the kenneth fire is 100% contained according to the california fire department. you can find the details on our website and 3pp, the details on our website and app, one of fourfires burning across los angeles, as we explained, that means that it is just in circle, they have contain the spread, it does not mean that the fire has stopped burning. we will have no details of that on our website. —— we will have more details. now it's time for a look at today's sport with chatan.

non—league tamworth have lost the next time to premier league giants tottenham hotspur. holding on through normal time but as the clock ticked about 100 minutes they conceded a heartbreaking own goal, then kulusevski and brennanjohnson kulusevski and brennan johnson making kulusevski and brennanjohnson making it 3—0. brentford so far the only premier league side to be dumped out of the fa cup but what other shocks could we see? forfear what other shocks could we see? for fear romly have taken the lead at st james' for fear romly have taken the lead at stjames' park, newcastle 1—0 down at home, 0—0 between arsenal and manchester united whilst crystal palace are 1—0 up against stockport county. there are two matches in the scottish premiership today, rangers trying to somehow reel in celtic who lead by 18 points at the top of the league. rangers are at home to stjohnstone 0—0, while aberdeen host hearts,

also 0—0 at the moment. some big european fixtures taking place today 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 osasuna. it's 0-0. 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—1. darmian with the only goal. napoli can stretch their lead at the top if they beat verona later on. 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, he 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 melbourne last year, 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. 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. to the nfl, where the road to the super bowl continues on sunday with three more fixtures in wild card weekend.

on saturday, there were wins for the houston texans and baltimore ravens who booked their place in next week's divisional round. three teams will be looking to join them starting with denver at buffalo. in the day's second game the packers travel to face the eagles before tampa bay host washington. commanders defensive end efe 0baba says his side are ready to go. eve ryo ne everyone is locked in preparation.- everyone is locked in preparation. everyone is locked in --rearation. ., ., _ preparation. we have obviously -la ed preparation. we have obviously played this _ preparation. we have obviously played this team _ preparation. we have obviously played this team before, - preparation. we have obviously played this team before, and i preparation. we have obviously| played this team before, and we won and we agree that we are totally different team and we are excited to get down there to tamper, and to play the showcase, with all of the hard work and the brotherhood and the growth that each player has made. —— two tampa. the growth that each player has made. -- two tampa. newcastle have equalised _ made. -- two tampa. newcastle have equalised at _ made. -- two tampa. newcastle have equalised at home - made. -- two tampa. newcastle have equalised at home to - have equalised at home to non—league bromley. and that's all the sport for now. a man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a woman, believed to be a hospital 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 their condolences

in to the force. thank you very much. 0ur correspondent 0livia richawald provided this update on the investigation. we know that pc rosie prior was off duty when this happened. she stopped to help some stricken 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 welford, a 41—year—old 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 welford, from knaresborough in north yorkshire. he was involved in the earlier accident. he was in one of those vehicles. pc prior�*s family despite has a loving mum, wife, daughter, sister and aunt who

will be deeply missed. the family of mr welford say that he was a loving son, husbnad father and brother who will be greatly missed by family and friends. a teenage boy who was in his car remains in hospital. his condition is described as serious but stable. a 65—year—old lorry driver from berwick—upon—tweed has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. this is a very busy a road. it opened after the accident, 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? that is right. that is what they are hoping to find. this is a busy road. the traffic is very fast. you can tell behind me. 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 reporting. 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 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. 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 on our fate. 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. a quick recap on the fires in

la. you can see the scale of the damage from the fires which have burnt whole neighbourhoods from the inland hills all the way to the pacific coast. 16 people have so far lost their lives. and the forecast is that perhaps that death toll may rise as people go in, authorities are using cadaver dogs to go through some of the houses where people may have perished. the biggest buyer the palisades fire, has expanded in the last while, even as they have made some progress to contain the spread, and the concern now is that the forecast is for further high winds in the next few days, as firefighters continue efforts to bring those blazes under control, one of them is contained. stay with us for the latest 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. amilder 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. take care.

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the death toll from the los angeles wildfires rises to 16. at least another 13 people are missing. strong winds are forecast to pick up again in california, hampering efforts to contain the wildfires. a further 166,000 people have been warned they may have to leave. the army in sudan says it has captured a key city in the east of the country in one of its biggest gains yet in an almost two—year—long war against rebel forces. the leader of the paramilitary group acknowledged the loss in an audio message. the remarkable story of baby luca, when doctors discovered his spine was not firing properly, he was removed from the web at 27 weeks for surgery, then burn properly at nine months. we will bring that story to you in just under half an hour —— born properly.