(os live head) crews are working tirelessly to try and control the fires. plus — donald trump wants greenland. we hearfrom a danish lawmaker who says they don't want to be american. and from some greenlanders, who say they don't want to be danish either. hello, i'm carl nasman. fire crews in los angeles have made some progress in their battle to contain several fires still burning in the area, but the two largest are still raging largely unchecked.

the fires have burned through 40,000 acres and 12,000 buildings, killing at least 16 people. 16 others are missing. officials say high winds are forecast and the threat of more blazes is very high. at least 20 people have been arrested for looting, including two — who officials say — posed as firefighters. california's governor gavin newsom says 1a,000 people are working to fight the fires in what he says may be the worst natural disaster to hit the country. (map 00v) so far, firefighters have managed to contain one so far, firefighters have managed to contain one of the smaller fires in the west hills neighbourhood — the kenneth fire. that means it is no longer spreading. the 800 acre hurst fire, in the sylmar area of the city, is also mostly contained. but the largest fire — the palisades — is still expanding, threatening the suburb of brentwood where vice president kamala harris has a home. and the second largest, the 14,000—acre eaton fire, is only 27% contained. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky is offering to send fire crews to los angeles — saying that 150 firefighters "are prepared" for possible deployment. there are currently units

from canada and mexico fighting the blazes. in the last hour the city's fire chief said there's still more to be done to contain the blazes. we are grateful for someone everybody was here? with that, it's not over. we need everybody to stay safe, we need to stand for bed on google diversions voters here, we will keep fighting this fight and get the fire out and revealed. knight 0ur correspondent helena humphrey is there for us on the ground. knight is there for us on the ground. all is there for us on the ground. just over my we havt me alljust over my we have cruised of me to try to figure this area of influence the you may or may not ——

this area. you may or may not recognise this road. it is the pacific coast highway, one of the most famous specific stretches of land of the world. you can see one of those properties, but what is remarkable is the fact that what you're looking at, the pacific ocean, you would not see it. what 0cean, you would not see it. what you can see here is house after house after house 0llivon here. that is the extent of the destruction you could see. fire crews have been working tirelessly to get a handle on these fires. they've been dropping halfi billion gallons of water, but we are six days into this. we are sorry to hear remarkable stories from people fighting for their lives. earlier, remarkable stories from people fighting fortheir lives. earlier, i

spoke to rick snyder. he had no choice but to fight the flames with these their hands. —— his bare hands. i asked these their hands. —— his bare hands. iasked him these their hands. —— his bare hands. i asked him whether that had sunk in. you saved a lot of lives that night. how do you feel? i'm still processing it. i've still got to process it. yeah, my neighbor needed, needs assistance, and we told him early on to leave, and he said, no, i'll stay. early on to leave, and he said, "no, i'llstay." and he doesn't understand things. and at one point i looked over and i saw his car in his garage on fire, and my thought was his car. he didn't leave. so i ran up to his door, and just as i get to a door, he's coming out, and i says,

"we have to leave." and he said, "no, no, no." and he was yelling, and i grabbed him, and i was pulling on him, and he was fighting me because he was going to go back in his burning house and lock the door. and i saw a police officer, and i was yelling to help me, help me... the wind and everything — she couldn't hear me, and so i drug him. i finally got him to the police officer, and we got him out, and we looked back and his house was, was fully involved. inaudible ——. most of this turn the brought a response, what's been the response from politicians? the response, what's been the response from politicians?— from politicians? the progress from resident biotin _

from politicians? the progress from resident biotin is _ from politicians? the progress from resident biotin is that _ from politicians? the progress from resident biotin is that california - resident biotin is that california will have or think it needs to continue on the role —— president biden. he's promised fire crews from across the united states. we heard from the la mayor that she hadn't yet heard from the incoming president donald trump. she has said today that she is confident that the president—elect, when he is president, bubble up visit this area. donald trump said the response in california politicians have been incompetent. gavin newsom, for his part, on people to stay, to rebuild with the code. when you look behind me, there'll be questions whether others can afford to do that. on top of that, even if they do that with the threat of climate change

exacerbating these weather—related events, could they find themselves in harm's way below it sounds like fire crews were able to make some progress in some of those fires there is a the wounds will go —— depending on the winds was that what are we expecting? it's _ depending on the winds was that what are we expecting? it's a _ depending on the winds was that what are we expecting? it's a constant - are we expecting? it's a constant ebb and flow — are we expecting? it's a constant ebb and flow essentially. - are we expecting? it's a constant ebb and flow essentially. you - are we expecting? it's a constant| ebb and flow essentially. you get the news that firefighters have managed to put out and contain one blaze only to find that places like where i am in palisades, the blaze has actually grown. we are looking at some 60,000 square miles of scorched earth that is just god. i think everybody feels nervous when they feel those notorious wins. ——

that has just gone lives of those firefighters have been working to keep of those gains. to study how difficulties conditions are, i spoke to one per last night on the front line for a0 hours, getting 2a hours rest and back again for a 2a—hour shift. 50 rest and back again for a 24-hour shift. ~ rest and back again for a 24-hour shift. . ., rest and back again for a 24-hour shift, . . ., 4' rest and back again for a 24-hour shift. . ., ., ~ ., _ shift. so much hard work done by those firefighters _ shift. so much hard work done by those firefighters there. - shift. so much hard work done by those firefighters there. helena l those firefighters there. helena humphrey in malibu, thank you. one of the world's most visited art museums, the getty centre, home to painting by van gogh and rembrandt — by van gogh and rembrandt, is under an evacuation warning zone. joining me live is the president and ceo of thej. and ceo of thej paul getty trust, katherine fleming. great to have you here. the getty centre really not far from the front lines

of the palisades fire which is still burning there in brentwood — what's the latest you've been hearing from fire officials? i'm up at the getty centre right now. the most recent report is fairly optimistic to do with wind direction. the wind has not turned array —— the wind has now turned away. sorry, my phone is ringing off the hook here! i away. sorry, my phone is ringing off the hook here!— the hook here! i imagine you are bus ! the hook here! i imagine you are busy! one _ the hook here! i imagine you are busy! one thing _ the hook here! i imagine you are busy! one thing that _ the hook here! i imagine you are busy! one thing that has - the hook here! i imagine you are busy! one thing that has been i the hook here! i imagine you are busy! one thing that has been a| the hook here! i imagine you are - busy! one thing that has been a real challenaes busy! one thing that has been a real challenges we _ busy! one thing that has been a real challenges we have _ busy! one thing that has been a real challenges we have two _ busy! one thing that has been a real challenges we have two locations. i challenges we have two locations. the first location over and pacific palisades was under threat over tuesday night. facing the other side of the palisades fire. what tuesday night. facing the other side of the palisades fire. what happened with our of the palisades fire. what happened with your sister _ of the palisades fire. what happened with your sister that _ of the palisades fire. what happened with your sister that you're _ with your sister that you're mentioning? how close a call was that? i believe that was tuesday?

yeah, the fire broke out near the getty villa around i! yeah, the fire broke out near the getty villa around 11 o'clock in the morning on tuesday. we're working on her sixth day of this. it got very close, but we were tremendously fortunate and that our landscaping had been done in such a way that there really wasn't a whole lot on there really wasn't a whole lot on the grounds be burned. fix, there really wasn't a whole lot on the grounds be burned. pa, lat there really wasn't a whole lot on the grounds be burned.— the grounds be burned. a lot of lee's lessons _ the grounds be burned. a lot of lee's lessons -- _ the grounds be burned. a lot of lee's lessons -- these - the grounds be burned. a lot ofj lee's lessons -- these lessons, the grounds be burned. a lot of - lee's lessons -- these lessons, that lee's lessons —— these lessons, that is i believe a building that's been specifically designed to try to prepare for these kinds of wildfires.— prepare for these kinds of wildfires. ~ , ,., , ., prepare for these kinds of wildfires. ~ , , ., , , wildfires. absolutely, we are pretty rock-solid from _ wildfires. absolutely, we are pretty rock-solid from both _ wildfires. absolutely, we are pretty rock-solid from both fire _ wildfires. absolutely, we are prettyj rock-solid from both fire protection rock—solid from both fire protection standpoint to begin with the entire facility. it's made of marble which

is itself a very fire resistant substance. all of our landscaping goes well back from our structures and the galleries themselves, it's like something out of a james bond film. they are created for maximum safety, air can be recirculated within the galleries themselves. nor is our own soon. —— the doors are all sealed off. we can shut each part of the galleries off from each of the other ones the way one has compartments in submarine. but it's extremely unlikely that it would come to that. the safest place for a work or to be overture to say is an museum. ~ . ., , ., ., ,

museum. what are the protocols if the fire advances _ museum. what are the protocols if the fire advances to _ museum. what are the protocols if the fire advances to you? -- - museum. what are the protocols if the fire advances to you? -- a - the fire advances to you? -- a protocol- _ the fire advances to you? -- a protocol- we _ the fire advances to you? -- a protocol. we would _ the fire advances to you? -- a protocol. we would never - the fire advances to you? -- a . protocol. we would never remove the fire advances to you? -- —. protocol. we would never remove them from the building under the circumstances. we're back accumulative fear that we are the repository for the —— on behalf of the world. -- on behalf of the world. we have all sorts of— -- on behalf of the world. we have all sorts of protocols _ -- on behalf of the world. we have all sorts of protocols in _ -- on behalf of the world. we have all sorts of protocols in place. - -- on behalf of the world. we have all sorts of protocols in place. for. all sorts of protocols in place. for example, out in the palisades, with a four minutes with the hearing, we cleared out the galleries and kept the smoke out and did the sending of centre. frankly, the biggest concern we have is because we are confident about fire itself is smoke damage. star protocol have us defecting

against the very first whisper of dangerous. a close call. crossing our fingers we don't see anything similar. thank you for your time and will be watching those fires there in brentwood, and the ceo kathryn flew big, thank you. greenland is in the international spotlight this week — after president—elect donald trump said again that he wants to take control of the territory. he first raised the idea of buying greenland during his first term in 2019. but this time, he hasn't ruled out using economic — or even military pressure — to seize the land, which has been under danish rule for more than 300 years. with his father's renewed interest, donald trumer made a brief visit to the nation's capital nuuk this past week. greenland is equi—distant from both the us and russia. the world's largest island holds significant strategic value, and crucial natural resources. several european countries — including denmark — have warned against trump's plans, saying that the autonomous danish territory is not for sale. our special correspondent fergal

keane has the view from greenland. it is one of the world's last wild frontiers. glimpsed in the short winter sunlight, we're travelling into a place of pristine beauty... ..that�*s suddenly been overtaken by a diplomatic crisis. this place is so remote that it's hard to imagine it as the front line of a major geopolitical row. but up and down this fjord and isolated settlements, and across the island of greenland, they're talking about trump. those who live here know the strain of harsh weather and the demands of survival. you need to be hardy for this every day. but again and again, i would hear this is their land. welcome to...home! welcome to this wonderful place. angutimmarik hansen and his family hunt and raise sheep for a living. what do you feel about trump? what a stupid human in the world, like trump. those who live here know the strain of harsh weather and the demands of survival. you need to be hardy

for this every day. but again and again, i would hear this is their land. welcome to...home! welcome to this wonderful place. angutimmarik hansen and his family hunt and raise sheep for a living. what do you feel about trump? what a stupid human in the world, like trump. that's what you feel? yeah. i mean, we think about the us and trump. this is different. we need to maybe work together with us and not trump. there's worry here. an inuit culture that struggled against danish colonialism doesn't want any new power taking over. this man is a village pastor. our country as something that can just be bought. we don't view it as a purchasable land. we here for a long time. we're used to our ways of living. in the capital, nuuk, there's a feeling that the trump intervention has brought world attention to greenland's campaign for independence. and there's pragmatism. a desire for strong links and financial help from america and denmark. donald trump is a politician. he's a hard businessman and we know his rhetoric. and that rhetoric is something we have gotten used to since 2019. but what is necessary

here is that greenland, as a sovereign state, should negotiate directly with the united states and not denmark. translation: our country as - something that can just be bought. we don't view it as a purchasable land. we have been here for a long time. we're used to our ways of living. in the capital, nuuk, there's a feeling that the trump intervention has brought world attention to greenland's campaign for independence. and there's pragmatism. a desire for strong links and financial help from america and denmark. donald trump is a politician. he's a hard businessman and we know his rhetoric. and that rhetoric is something we have gotten used to since 2019. but what is necessary here is that greenland, as a sovereign state, should negotiate directly with the united states and not denmark. newsreel: the eskimo are very - primitive, and the danish government is doing its best to keep civilisation from spoiling them. to understand what greenlanders feel about the colonial past,

it's important to know about racism and abuses. ..when a ship comes in. hedvig frederiksen was only 1a when danish officials fitted her with a contraceptive coil without her permission in the 19705. she's one of over 100 women suing denmark for its efforts to limit greenland's population. translation: it was i a very awful experience. i was still a child. it wasjust awful. i i think the danish people lookedl down on us, especially back then. what do you need denmark to do? translation: iwant them to apologise. i however mighty, those wanting to control this land must reckon with an enduring struggle for dignity and self—determination. fergal keane, bbc news, greenland. with an enduring struggle for dignity and self—determination. fergal keane, bbc news, greenland. the vivienne was

the queen of uk drag. rasmus jarlov is the chairman of denmark's defence committee, and the spokesperson on greenlandic affairs for denmark's conservatives. he told me he was shocked about trump's recent comments. thanks thanks for taking the time. donald trump _ thanks thanks for taking the time. donald trump claimed _ thanks thanks for taking the time. donald trump claimed us - thanks thanks for taking the time. donald trump claimed us needs i thanks thanks for taking the time. | donald trump claimed us needs to agreement for security purposes. he did casting counts. wa nts to ta ke wants to take part of our territory. proven in the population does not want to be american that a single population in the unit that said this would be a good idea and there is of course no way that we can hand over 56,000 citizens if their well. this should hopefully be the end of it, but it's also weird that an important how i would do something

like this a good seberg. we are certainly not expected international treaties and borders and the nato treaty that says you should not threaten your allies. it's a very weird situation.— threaten your allies. it's a very weird situation. ., , ., , ., ., weird situation. you brought up nato and in the past _ weird situation. you brought up nato and in the past few _ weird situation. you brought up nato and in the past few days, _ weird situation. you brought up nato and in the past few days, donald - and in the past few days, donald trump was asked. he refused to rule out military option when it comes the territory. how do you view that and do you think that denmark would consider military force in order to defend? we consider military force in order to defend? ~ ., �* , . ., defend? we don't expected to come to that i would speak... _ defend? we don't expected to come to that i would speak... very _ defend? we don't expected to come to that i would speak... very strange. - that i would speak... very strange. i can't remember any times... of course, the redder it is not good or

constructive and we always have relations with the us. in greenland, where they haven't air force base, it protects them from nuclear missiles coming from russia. they used to have more of a presence. if they want to upgrade that, then all they want to upgrade that, then all they have to do is see. when it two minute minerals, you have to have a claim, and —— otherwise you can't have it. you're more than welcome to do that, but we're not handing over our citizens and this is not something that we think doesn't matter. i sear some americans talk about this very casually. this is

been under the crown for more than 65 years. it is an integral part of the network. they have members of our parliament, most of them speak danish. we have many thousand living in greenland. i'm not —— we're not just going to turn this into america. it's funny that when someone spends five hours, think they can travel better. crosstalk see in the us _ they can travel better. crosstalk see in the us is _ they can travel better. crosstalk see in the us is better. _ they can travel better. crosstalk see in the us is better. why - they can travel better. crosstalk see in the us is better. why do i see in the us is better. why do they think? may seem pretty happy? thea;t think? may seem pretty happy? they do have the desire _ think? may seem pretty happy? tue: do have the desire absolutely

think? may seem pretty happy? he do have the desire absolutely was the for many decades, it's been promised by various governments that they could just have a roof and go for them. they could just have a roof and go forthem. but they could just have a roof and go for them. but it's not easy because videography because various big and the challenges you have with small print relations. fundamentally, they still depend on demark. all those things. maybe they will be independent in the future, but i don't think it will be in independence selby completely without demark.— independence selby completely without demark. ., , , without demark. donald trump will be takin: office without demark. donald trump will be taking office in — without demark. donald trump will be taking office in a _ without demark. donald trump will be taking office in a matter— without demark. donald trump will be taking office in a matter of— without demark. donald trump will be taking office in a matter of days. - taking office in a matter of days. how prepared do you think demark is for the next four years and what is denmark fair to do to hold onto territory in greenland? it didn't seem like it's going to go away in time soon. it's hard from us. there's not a single politician or member of parliament wants in all

agreements to the united states. that's out of the question. if a hard know and for them, it's up to the americans. hopefully

they will hopefully we understand the us is a powerful country but they cannot take our territory, wejust country but they cannot take our territory, we just cannot agree that is possible. let's take a look at some other headlines... ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky said he's willing to negotiate the exchange of two north korean soldiers captured by ukrainian special forces.

the us estimates up to 12,000 north korean soldiers are deployed to the front lines. the croatian president zoran milanovic has secured a second term, winning the largely ceremonial role with about 7a—percent of the vote. he is a populist former prime minister known for clashing with the current government. he's previously been critical about western military support for ukraine. blue 0rigin's �*new glenn' rocket is set to launch in just a couple of hours from florida's cape canaveral.|f successful, it will place blue 0rigin in direct competition with spacex, with plans to carry satellites to orbit. iam carl i am carl nasman in washington, stay with us, more to come from bbc news. hello there. you'll be pleased to hear this really cold spell of weather is at an end. now, if i show you the temperature anomaly chart, any time you see oranges and reds, that's temperatures above average.

so it's getting really mild for scotland and northern ireland — temperaturesjumping up, the snow will be melting. for england and wales, temperatures generally getting back to where they should be for the middle ofjanuary. and quite a contrast really early in the morning. we've got the mild air in place for scotland and northern ireland. still a bit chilly, though, for england and wales — any mist and fog patches will be lifting and most places will be dry and bright with some sunshine. but we have more cloud in the north and that's bringing this rain down across scotland, northern ireland, eventually into northern england and north wales. and we've got the stronger south to south westerly winds for scotland and northern ireland — that's why temperatures could reach 12 or 13 degrees. for england and wales, still a little bit chilly, temperatures five or six degrees, but it is an improvement on what we've seen of late. the colder air is here more towards continental europe. most of us are in mild air, the winds coming in from the atlantic around the top of that area of high pressure. but as that's always going to be close to the south of the uk, here, it will be a bit chilly at times. we could well have some mist and fog

to start with on tuesday in southern england. 0n the whole, it's going to be dry, quite cloudy, the best of any breaks in the cloud where we've got a bit of shelter, so eastern scotland and the north east of england seeing some sunshine. and those temperatures again reaching 12, maybe 13 degrees in northern ireland and back, perhaps, into double figures across england and wales, so temperatures rising here. in northern ireland and back, perhaps, into double figures across england and wales, so temperatures rising here. but that area of high pressure is not going away at all. it's going to shift a little bit further north, pushing that weather front towards the north west of scotland, and with lighter winds overnight and some clear skies for a while across england and wales, we could start grey and misty with some areas of fog that could linger in the southeast through much of the day. otherwise, it brightens up with some sunshine and that weather front brings some rain into the north west of scotland, where again, temperatures are going to be double figures and typically 8—10 celsius across england and wales. but where we have some clear skies overnight, again, we could see temperatures falling close to freezing in england and wales. nothing to worry about, though, further north for scotland and northern ireland —

here the temperatures always going to be higher. but what a change this week, it's going to be much milder, a lot of dry weather. still some chilly, misty sort of weather at times across some southern parts of the uk.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. this is work. my loo. can we have a look? yeah, that's all right. yeah. this is you, obviously. yeah, it was one of my drawings. i also wrote on the door because i only wanted people with serious disabilities to be using this loo, and have the wonderful benefit of my drawing. so that's their bonus. and then, also, i drew the cat here. my wild bit of graffiti. yeah, and then, this is the tears area here. what are tears? tracey emin artist residency. so this is the communal area and the kitchen. so are these the studio spaces? these are the studios. you didn't have to have gone to art

school before, you didn't — but you have to be motivated, talented, and you have to know,