there into residential areas. are still active fires burning there are still active fires burning within the area, making it extremely, extremely dangerous for the public. there is no power. there is no water. there are a spoken gas lines and we have unstable structures. a police officer dies on a uk 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 leaders not to legitimise the taliban administration. hello, i'm lauren taylor. we start again this hour in los angeles where the authorities have been given fresh updates on the wildfires emergency. three fires are blazing, the kenneth fire has been contained.

the coroner's office tells us at least 16 people are confirmed to have been killed in the fires. at least 16 people are missing. the largest fire, the palisades is now spreading east, threatening the suburb of brentwood where the vice president kamala harris has a home. anotherfire, the hurst fire, is now 89% contained. the federal emergency management agency, fema, says us military personnel are ready tojoin the crisis team. and as firefighters struggle to contain the flames, those santa ana winds are present and expected to last through wednesday. humidity levels remain low. here are some key clips from the news conference, starting with the la county mayor on what they're finding when they enter burned out homes. as the searches continue, i unfortunately anticipate that those numbers will increase. we will start a similar operation in the northern side of the county here very soon so the numbers i have and again, it is

going to change, unfortunately, we have confirmed 14 deaths and thatis we have confirmed 14 deaths and that is another specific la countyjurisdiction. ii at county jurisdiction. 11 at another fire countyjurisdiction. ii at another fire and three in our jurisdiction of the palisades fire. that is in addition to so when you hear the coroner reporting numbers, that is a little bit different. missing persons, i cannot emphasise, because i'm getting texts and calls, if you believe somebody is missing, please report it to your local law enforcement agency. your local law enforcement auen .~ ~ ., ., ., agency. we know that elevated critical fire _ agency. we know that elevated critical fire conditions _ agency. we know that elevated critical fire conditions will - critical fire conditions will continue through wednesday. the los angeles county fire department is prepared. these winds, — department is prepared. these winds, combined with low relative _ winds, combined with low relative humidity is and low fuel— relative humidity is and low fuel moisture is, will keep the fire threat in los angeles county— fire threat in los angeles county very high. i asked

tarrant_ county very high. i asked tarrant county residents in wildfire _ tarrant county residents in wildfire prone areas to understand that the necessary public — understand that the necessary public safety power shut offs are important for our collective safety in preventing the next — collective safety in preventing the next wildfire natural disaster.— the next wildfire natural disaster. ~ , , disaster. we will be prepared. we will get — disaster. we will be prepared. we will get through _ disaster. we will be prepared. we will get through this - disaster. we will be prepared. we will get through this but i disaster. we will be prepared. we will get through this but it| we will get through this but it takes — we will get through this but it takes the _ we will get through this but it takes the unity _ we will get through this but it takes the unity and _ we will get through this but it takes the unity and the - we will get through this but it takes the unity and the spiritl takes the unity and the spirit that— takes the unity and the spirit that i— takes the unity and the spirit that i saw— takes the unity and the spirit that i saw yesterday- takes the unity and the spirit that i saw yesterday to - takes the unity and the spirit that i saw yesterday to make sure — that i saw yesterday to make sure that _ that i saw yesterday to make sure that los _ that i saw yesterday to make sure that los angeles - that i saw yesterday to make sure that los angeles comes that i saw yesterday to make - sure that los angeles comes out of this— sure that los angeles comes out of this a — sure that los angeles comes out of this a much— sure that los angeles comes out of this a much better _ sure that los angeles comes out of this a much better city. - sure that los angeles comes out of this a much better city. as - of this a much better city. as we fight _ of this a much better city. as we fight these _ of this a much better city. as we fight these fires, - of this a much better city. as we fight these fires, my- of this a much better city. asl we fight these fires, my office is already— we fight these fires, my office is already working _ we fight these fires, my office is already working to - we fight these fires, my office is already working to make . we fight these fires, my office i is already working to make sure that we — is already working to make sure that we can _ is already working to make sure that we can rebuild _ is already working to make sure that we can rebuild as - is already working to make sure that we can rebuild as fast - is already working to make sure that we can rebuild as fast as i that we can rebuild as fast as we can— that we can rebuild as fast as we can by— that we can rebuild as fast as we can by cutting _ that we can rebuild as fast as we can by cutting through - that we can rebuild as fast as| we can by cutting through the bureaucracy— we can by cutting through the bureaucracy that _ we can by cutting through the bureaucracy that holds - we can by cutting through the bureaucracy that holds us - we can by cutting through the l bureaucracy that holds us back even _ bureaucracy that holds us back even in — bureaucracy that holds us back even in normal— bureaucracy that holds us back even in normal times. - bureaucracy that holds us back even in normal times. i- bureaucracy that holds us back even in normal times. i want l bureaucracy that holds us backi even in normal times. i want to join _ even in normal times. i want to join in — even in normal times. i want to join in thanking _ even in normal times. i want to join in thanking the _ even in normal times. i want to join in thanking the governor. join in thanking the governor for his— join in thanking the governor for his action _ join in thanking the governor for his action this _ join in thanking the governor for his action this morning. i for his action this morning. that— for his action this morning. that will— for his action this morning. that will go— for his action this morning. that will go a _ for his action this morning. that will go a long - for his action this morning. that will go a long way - for his action this morning. that will go a long way to i that will go a long way to making _ that will go a long way to making los _ that will go a long way to making los angeles - that will go a long way to - making los angeles stronger than — making los angeles stronger than ever _ than ever. our correspondent peter bowes has been following developments from los angeles. hejoins me now. thank you for being with us. some progress, it has emerged

from that news conference, on containment but still a very dangerous situation. yes. it was a news conference with some positive news but also some disturbing information. it seems the firefighters are indeed making some progress on the two biggest fires that are still burning, especially the palisades fire which was the first to start last tuesday and it is encroaching, yes, and other neighbourhoods. but at a much slower pace than it was even 2a hours ago so that is good. there is still a tremendous amount of work to do. still burning largely out of control and many, many people in the city remain under evacuation orders. and that means that they have to get out of their home. evacuation warnings also that fire is possibly going to engulf their homes and they may have to leave at a moment's notice but, in the disturbing respect, there were a lot of details about some of the activities

that have been going on, especially in those evacuated areas where, as we heard during the news conference, several people have been arrested, accused of looting, including a number of people who, according to the authorities, where dressed as firefighters but where there are two burglarised peoples homes. indeed, we heard the fire chief saying that he was in one area and he saw someone who looked like a firefighter actually sitting on the curb by the road. he asked that person if they were all right and then realised that they were actually in handcuffs and had been detained because they were involved in this kind of activity. for many people here, thisjust of activity. for many people here, this just beggars of activity. for many people here, thisjust beggars belief that some people would attempt to steal property from people who have been evacuated from their homes. we also heard, on their homes. we also heard, on the positive side, about to be out pouring that we have seen across the city from people providing money, food, clothing

to those who have been evacuated and, tragically, lost everything. evacuated and, tragically, lost everything-— evacuated and, tragically, lost everything. you mentioned the olice everything. you mentioned the police response _ everything. you mentioned the police response and _ everything. you mentioned the police response and some - everything. you mentioned the police response and some of i police response and some of that emerge from the conference is the scale of what they are dealing with. 1200 personnel, the sheriff was talking about but also with the firefighters in the palisades area, more than 4000 firefighters and also 3000 firefighter said the scale of this is quite extraordinary, isn't it? , . isn't it? these are huge numbers _ isn't it? these are huge numbers and _ isn't it? these are huge numbers and not - isn't it? these are huge numbers and not only l isn't it? these are huge l numbers and not only do isn't it? these are huge - numbers and not only do we have local firefighters, california fighters from the north of the state as well, neighbouring states, washington, oregon, arizona all providing personnel and equipment and also we are hearing from mexico and canada that they have sent in personnel to help the local firefighters and this was a request from hell was initiated, we were told earlier, before the

firefighters really took hold. —— make a request for help. i don't think anyone was able to predictjust how widespread these fires would be, how intense are tammany and that is really what has caused the problems. there are so many fires in why the separate areas, 50 or 60 miles between some of these fires. that the firefighters have to deal with. and you were reporting only yesterday about the criticism that has come from president elect trump about the response dealing with these fires are now to imagine the news conference he has been invited but there is no clear picture yet about when he might come. well, or indeed, whether he will come. the authorities here, officials and indeed the governor's office have said that they have not had any response from the president—elect. they have invited him to come to see the devastation first hand but we know that he has been on social media criticising the response

of california officials, los angeles officials in particular, calling them incompetent in the way that they have dealt with questioning why the fires have not been put out so far. you mentioned _ not been put out so far. you mentioned in _ not been put out so far. you mentioned in passing - not been put out so far. you mentioned in passing the donations and the situation for people getting help from ordinary other people in los angeles. how difficult is it in this next stage for people to find out whether they will get any kind of insurance claim if they have insurance? and what do they do if they don't have insurance?— insurance? they don't have insurance _ insurance? they don't have insurance they've _ insurance? they don't have insurance they've got - insurance? they don't have insurance they've got a - insurance? they don't have insurance they've got a lot| insurance? they don't have i insurance they've got a lot of problems ahead of them. and thatis problems ahead of them. and that is the issue for so many people. that had insurance and then were denied insurance by their insurance companies. their policies were cancelled largely because a lot of these fires are taking place in high—risk areas, the insurance companies, for their own reasons, decided not to continue covering people and

that includes in areas where the fires have been burning in the fires have been burning in the last few days. so those people will tremendous financial hardship in terms of moving forward. there is a move and we had just heard this in the past 24 hours, to a stall and backdate the ending of insurance policies. in other words, the insurance companies will be forced to honour those policies that they'd otherwise told people that they would be ending. and they will backdate that to include this coming disaster. so there could be a glimmer of hope that the people who, for one moment, thought that they were not injured but might actually be able to get some assistance moving forward. thank you very much indeed for that update. thank you. thank you. cbs news correspondent charlie de mar is in the pacific palisades area of los angeles, one of the worst affected areas. he's given us this update. 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 to join 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 remaining when this is all said and done. 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 there. 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 up to date with this fire. 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 leader of sudan's paramilitiary rapid support forces has admitted losing a key city to its 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. 0pheera mcdoom was the former reuters head of office in sudan and now runs a school in khartoum. she explains why the rsf is such a strong force in the country. u nfortu nately, unfortunately, with the civilian government after the revolution ousted the former president, the are sf was brought to the capital. it was a militia mainly working in darfur. it was brought by the

former president to try to stop him being ousted and, unfortunately, when they came they brought many trips so it became, you know, the