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 broken 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. sudan's army says it has captured a key city, in one of its biggest gains in an almost two—year war against rebel forces. nobel peace prize winner, malala yousafzai, urges muslim leaders not to legitimise the taliban administration. the remarkable story of baby luca. removed from the womb at 27 weeks for life changing, and then born naturally atjust under nine months.

there is still no respite from the extreme conditions fueling california's wildfire emergency. the threat of fire in los angeles remains �*very high�*, with strong winds forecast and "critical weather conditions to continue until wednesday". the authorities have been giving fresh updates on the disaster. 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, and we're told to expect that number to rise. 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. as these 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 1a deaths and that is in our specific la countyjurisdiction. 11 at eaton 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. we know that elevated critical fire conditions will continue through wednesday. the los angeles county fire department is prepared. these winds, combined with low relative humidities and low fuel moisture is, will keep the fire threat in los angeles county very high. i asked our county residents in wildfire—prone areas to understand that the necessary public safety power shut offs are important for our collective safety in preventing the next wildfire natural disaster. we will be prepared. we will get through this, but it takes i the unity and the spirit that i saw yesterday to make - sure that los angeles comes out of this a much better city. as we fight these fires, my office . is already working to make sure

that we can rebuild as fast as i we can by cutting through the l bureaucracy that holds us back even in normal times. i want tojoin in- thanking the governor for his action this morning. that will go a long way - to making los angeles stronger than ever. we've seen the continual drone and helicopterfootage we've seen the continual drone and helicopter footage of the devastation. we have been looking at all different parts of the most devastated areas. that was the eating fire in the part of the eton fire which has been so destructive. these whole neighbourhoods have been raised. there is almost nothing left in street after street and the fires that have been fuelled by the strong winds that have been raging in los

angeles and the los angeles area since tuesday at least are still being propelled and fuelled by those wins and the dryness of the land and the vegetation around that. those winds are forecast to stay strong until wednesday and that is a real worry because, obviously, we have seen emergency services and first responders working around the clock and those flames are continuing to be fuelled by those combinations of strong winds and very, very dry terrain. the strong winds had been really, really impeding the ability of firefighters to bring these fires under control but let's get a summary of the current situation. but let's get a summary of the current situation. with a summary of the current situation, here's leigh milner. six days on since the devastating blazes began six days on since the devastating blazes began

an all—out assault to keep the largest of these deadly wildfires in pacific palisades from spreading any further. ifelt 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 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. 0ur correspondent in los angeles, peter bowes, has more on the spread of the fires. 0n the positive side, about the outpouring of assistance that we have seen across the city from people providing money, food, clothing to those who had been evacuated and tragically lost everything. it is interesting - lost everything. it is interesting you - lost everything. it is - interesting you mention the police response. some of what emerged was the sheer scale of what they are having to deal with here. 1200 personnel, the sheriff was talking about but the firefighters in the palisades area. more than 4000

firefighters and 3000 firefighters and 3000 firefighters at another fire. the scale is quite extraordinary, isn't it? these are huge _ extraordinary, isn't it? these are huge numbers _ extraordinary, isn't it? these are huge numbers and - extraordinary, isn't it? these are huge numbers and not i extraordinary, isn't it? these l are huge numbers and not only do we have local firefighters, california fighters from the north of the state is 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. this was the request for help was initiated, we were told earlier, before the fire really took hold. the authorities were aware that this was a potentially very, very serious situation footbed and think anyone is able to predictjust how widespread these fires would be. how intense and how many. and that is what has caused the problems. there are so many fires in widely separate areas. 50 or 60 miles between these

fires. the firefighters have to deal with. the authorities here, officials and indeed the governors of this 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 had not been put out so far. a lot of these fires have taken 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 are those people will face tremendous financial hardships in terms of moving forward. there is a move, we havejust heard moving forward. there is a move, we have just heard this in the last 24 hours, to essentially stall and perhaps

backdate the ending of insurance policies and in other words, the insurance companies will be forced to honour those policies that they had otherwise told people that they would be ending and they will backdate that to this current disaster so there could be a glimmer of hope that the people who, for one moment my thought that they were not insured but may build to get some assistance moving forward. we had the latest on the winds affecting the fires.- had the latest on the winds affecting the fires. they have lessened a — affecting the fires. they have lessened a little _ affecting the fires. they have lessened a little bit - affecting the fires. they have lessened a little bit here - affecting the fires. they have lessened a little bit here in i lessened a little bit here in the last 24—hour west but there is going to be what we call another event. that is the winds coming in out of the east or north—east. that is going to begin late sunday but it is really going to get going monday into tuesday. the wind is a specific and a very dangerous wind for southern california because the wind, when it comes out of the north—east, is bringing desert air. airfrom the north—east, is bringing desert air. air from the south—western deserts, brings it over the

mountains in california. it drives further and it accelerates, like water through accelerates, like water through a pipe, and if you restrict that pipe the wind where the water comes up faster, that is what happens to those southern california mountains. the wind event that started this was an unprecedented set up. the wind was notjust me at the canyons and passes, mostly north of los angeles, nearany and passes, mostly north of los angeles, near any of the mountain ranges. but it was a widespread event throughout southern california and that is where you had the fires burning throughout the most populous county in los angeles. you have to remember about southern california, your guest was just talking about this. the rainy season for california, where they get about 95% of the rain, is only from december to march. during the spring and summer california does not get a drop of rain. there is no drought in california. that is incorrect. there is no drought in california. it has been so wet the last couple of years a lot

of the greenery, a lot of the shrubs and the trees have now grown and what happens when you don't get a drop of rain, which is normal during the spring months, that area dries out. the shrubs and the greenery dries out and that becomes fuel for the fires to burn and unfortunately, when the winds. .. unfortunately, when the winds... i have been doing this for 35 years. whenever the winds blow from the north—east, when you get that, you will have a 100% chance of fire starting in california. it is just reality, unfortunately. this event earlier in the week certainly was unprecedented, with the wind being so widespread. let's have a look at the aerial shots of the devastation left after the fire raged through this area which was hit catastrophically by the fire which has been proving and proved so hard to contain but this is what it left in its

path and almost complete destruction of entire neighbourhoods. very much people seeing that what they knew, the whole district where they lived has been totally wiped out. and they're shot above the mountainous terrain, you can see where houses have been built up the mountainside and how vulnerable they are to fires burning, wild fires burning in the brush and the vegetation that is so dry at this time of year and also, as we were hearing from the meteorologist, fuelled by the strong winds. continuing to blow, to change direction, really strong winds. winds that created firestorms, almost via hurricane is being described in the last few days in los angeles in various parts of it. but this is the picture, you can see, partially, still there, some parts of this area and other places where the fire

has consumed the house is completely. but that is one of the scenes. we are watching these all the time and we are continuing to watch the development of the fires on the progress that firefighters are making in containment. we will be back to the situation in los angeles shortly. 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. here's the chief constable of north yorkshire police, tim forber. 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, husband 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. 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. 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. unfortunately, with the civilian government after the revolution ousted the former president, the are sf was revolution ousted the former president, the rsf 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 troops so it became, you know, the people who took over from bashir aligned themselves with the rsf, which was a militia, and almost it became a second army, so when that happened, and you have two armies in a country, many people so this is almost inevitable that they would turn on each other and, unfortunately, they had so many troops and already in the capital which is where almost the entire economy of the country is based so when that happened and they turned on each other in an instant, you had a war that happened in every part of the country and every army base. they turned on each other and it was almost instantaneous. there was no warning, so the war happened very quickly. people had to stay where they were for almost ten days without water, without electricity, without food. when in hospital, they had to stay there and, after ten days, they were allowed to leave and we

saw pretty much a mass exodus of everywhere in the capital and many other cities. and the capital is still the focus of the fighting. there is still a lot of areas controlled by the rsf. the army is making grounds, but this is seen as a key battleground so it is a gateway to the capital, so people are very happy, it is very significant, in terms of the economy of the country. and having people return home and try to rebuild. the nobel peace prize winner, malala yousafzai, has urged muslim leaders not to legitimise the taliban government in afghanistan. speaking in the pakistani capital 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. look at the taliban regime as perpetrators of gender

apartheid. do not legitimise them. do not make compromises on ourfaith. do not make compromises on ourfaith. 0ur pakistan correspondent, azadeh moshiri, was at the conference in islamabad 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 the ukrainian president has said that kyiv is ready to hand over north korean soldiers to their leader if he can organise their leader if he can organise their exchange for ukrainians captive in russia. he their exchange for ukrainians captive in russia.— captive in russia. he said, in addition to — captive in russia. he said, in addition to the _ captive in russia. he said, in addition to the first - captive in russia. he said, in addition to the first captured | addition to the first captured soldiers from north korea, there will undoubtedly be more. it is only a matter of time before our troops managed to capture others. now, he said that on social media platform and it is because north korean soldiers have been brought in to help russia with their war in ukraine and there is an unknown number of north korean soldiers fighting on the russian side, thought to be several thousand but with regards to those who may be captured by ukraine, vladimir zelensky has said that kyiv will exchange those north korean prisoners with russian

prisoners held by ukraine and give them back to their leader should that happen. so we will bring you any more developments on that news. 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. 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 can. 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, occupationall therapists and people to assist with that. i 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. i'll be back with more news very soon. i'll be back with

more news very soon. 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 two 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. take care.

this is bbc news. officials warn that "dangerous and strong" winds will continue for days, pushing fires in los angeles further into residential areas. the death toll from the disaster is at least 16. tributes are being paid to an off—duty police constable, who died when she was hit by a lorry. rosie prior had pulled over to help at the scene of a motorway collision in north yorkshire. police have arrested the lorry driver. the army in sudan says it has captured a key city in one of its biggest gains yet in an almost two—year war against rebel forces. the leader of the paramilitary group acknowledged the loss in an audio message. nobel peace prize winner, malala yousafzai, urges muslim leaders not to legitimise the taliban government. speaking at a summit on girls�* education in islamabad in pakistan, the campaigner says the taliban doesn�*t see

girls as human beings.