tv Breakfast BBC News January 13, 2025 6:00am-9:01am GMT
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wildfires rises to 2a, strong winds threaten further destruction across the city. the government sets out plans to use artificial intelligence to boost growth and transform public services. as a new generation of weight loss drugs is made available on the nhs, we have exclusive access to one of the hospitals rolling out the treatment. a bbc investigation finds people in china making clothes for the fast fashion giant shein are working for more than 75 hours a week, in breach of labour laws. after almost seven years of delays, a ferry in western scotland is due to make its first passenger voyage between the mainland and the isle of arran. in sport, drama in the fa cup — a penalty shoot—out gives manchester united the win over arsenal and a place in the fourth round. good morning. we have got some rain in the
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north—west slowly moving southwards and eastwards. ahead of it, fairly cloudy, some brighter breaks, but are generally less cold than it has been. details coming up. good morning. it's monday, 13th january. our main story. the number of people known to have died in the los angeles wildfires has risen to 24. with high winds forecast over the coming days, fire crews are now facing a race against time to avert further destruction. but from the ashes, many remarkable stories are rising, as people battle to stop their neighbourhoods from burning down. helena humphrey reports. oh, my house! for 36 years, fighting fires was rich snyder's profession. now retired, when flames tore through his community in pasadena, it was personal. armed with a hose, and with his bare hands, suddenly, he wasn't just saving strangers. he was saving his neighbours and their homes. lord help us.
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lord, with your hands. whether it was divine intervention, or rich's sheer determination, their lives were saved. among them, a neighbour with additional needs, confused amid the chaos. no, no! greg, your house is on fire. your house is... greg, greg! you have to come with me. i've still got to process it. yeah, my neighbour needed, needs assistance, and we told him early on to leave, and he said, no, i'll stay. 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. you know, we got him out and we looked back in his house was fully engulfed. across la county, some 60 square miles of land now scorched earth. firefighters have gained ground against the two largest blazes, the palisades and eton fires. but the devastation left behind is staggering.
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this is malibu. normally, you wouldn't be able to see the pacific ocean from here. but all of those multi—million dollar mansions are gone. it is destruction as far as the eye can see, and the road to recovery will be long. and with forecasters warning that the fierce santa ana winds could return, the battle is far from over. residents in the fires�* path face a cruel waiting game, fearing that the nightmare will strike again. i am terrified because if it does change, i actually don't know where i would go, to be honest. like, i don't have family here. i have friends, but they're all affected. so i don't have a set plan in mind and it's terrifying. amid the terror, a political storm brews. president—elect donald trump has criticised what he calls incompetent california politicians for the crisis. injust over a week, it will be one he inherits. is the incoming president expected to come here?
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i believe so. what awaits donald trump, if he comes, may reveal an even bleaker reality than what is known so far, as the number of missing continues to grow. helena humphrey, bbc news, los angeles. our north america correspondent david willisjoins us now from los angeles. david, can you tell us what the latest is where you are? this david, can you tell us what the latest is where you are? this is the new front line _ latest is where you are? this is the new front line if _ latest is where you are? this is the new front line if you _ latest is where you are? this is the new front line if you like _ latest is where you are? this is the new front line if you like in - latest is where you are? this is the new front line if you like in the - new front line if you like in the fight against the large fire, the pacific palisades fire, which advanced towards this, the upscale neighbourhood of brentwood, over the weekend. power is out in parts this area. it is home to celebrities including gwyneth paltrow, arnold schwarzenegger, and it is now part of the evacuation zone from the
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pacific palisades fire. in general the winds died down over the weekend, although they did prove tricky in this particular area. but they are expected to pick up again later today. they are expected to pick up again latertoday. possibly they are expected to pick up again later today. possibly going up to hurricane force, which caused such problems with these fires last week. and that has prompted officials here to insist that the evacuation zone remain in place in areas such as this, until thursday of this week, which means an agonising wait for the thousands of people who have been displaced from their homes, and in many cases are very anxious to get back to see what, if anything, remains of those homes. a short while ago the county coroner's office increased the number of human remains discovered at the sites of the main fires to 24. i6 remains discovered at the sites of the main fires to 24. 16 people are said to be missing. and it is
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thought of the death toll could rise even further. grim news indeed. david, thank you very much, the latest from los angeles from david willis. at six minutes past six, roger has more of the news. a multi—billion pound plan to develop artificial intelligence in the uk is being announced today. the government says it wants al to allow the public sector to spend less time on admin and more time delivering services. we're joined by our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman. this is something that all governments have said they want to, less admin, more services. how do they think a! will help? less admin, more services. how do they think ai will help?— they think ai will help? more aenerall they think ai will help? more generally this _ they think ai will help? more generally this is _ they think ai will help? more generally this is a _ they think ai will help? more generally this is a massive i they think ai will help? we generally this is a massive embrace of ai generally this is a massive embrace of a! from sir keir starmer in his speech today. he says he wants the uk to be the best state partner in the world to ai companies. he hopes that can help the uk public sector. he hopes that will free up doctors
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to spend more time on health work, teachers to spend more time teaching, but also that al teachers to spend more time teaching, but also that a! can do things as mundane but important as help to spot potholes. but i think there is also a broader economic issue the government is focusing on here. firstly, of course, if a! is used in the public sector, they hope that will help the public sector spend money. but also, they want to attract ai companies to the uk because the uk government wants a piece of one of the fastest growing industries in the world and some of the most exciting companies in the world. and the context for that is the fairly bleak, and from the point of view of the government, worrying economic news of the last few days and weeks. uk government borrowing costs at a nearly 16 year high. those are raising questions for rachel reeves, the chancellor, about whether in march she might have to adjust the plans she unveiled in her first budget as recently as october, whether she might have to reduce
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government spending. so you can see why the government is looking desperately for growth. they hope it might come from al. they hope that al might also help the public ai might also help the public sector. at the same time the stakes are pretty high. they are. thank you. inquests are expected to begin today into the deaths of five people in a helicopter crash at leicester city s football stadium more than six years ago. the club's owner, pilot, co—pilot, and two other passengers were all killed when the aircraft span out of control shortly after taking—off from the pitch. a 37—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a nurse was stabbed at a hospital. the woman, in her 50s, was left with life—changing injuries in the attack at royal oldham hospital on saturday night. health secretary wes streeting said nurses should be able to care for patients without fear of violence. mps are set to discuss later today whether parents should be able to access their children's social media accounts if they die.
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currently, coroners are able to access data from platforms when investigating the death of a child, but parents cannot. it's something ellen roome has been campaigning to change since her teenage sonjools took his own life in 2022. she believes his social media could hold the answers. after multiple delays, blue origin — the space company owned by amazon founderjeff bezos — is finally launching its brand new rocket. (pres)the rocket, called �*new glenn', is named afterjohn glenn, the first american astronaut to orbit the earth. jeff bezos hopes this mission will shake up the commercial space race. our science correspondent pallab ghosh reports. jeff bezos�* new rocket on launch pad. if all goes well it will hurtle into orbit for the first time, hurtling at nearly five miles a second. it has a lot of catching up
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to do with his rival elon musk�*s spacex leak. spacex is sent rockets into orbit more than 400 times. and last october it did this. catching the first stage of its rocket booster on the launch pad. but blue origin is building more rockets for a series of test launches and they hope to take on spacex. what a series of test launches and they hope to take on spacex.- a series of test launches and they hope to take on spacex. what we are auoin to hope to take on spacex. what we are going to see — hope to take on spacex. what we are going to see is _ hope to take on spacex. what we are going to see is these _ hope to take on spacex. what we are going to see is these two _ hope to take on spacex. what we are going to see is these two companiesl going to see is these two companies are going to start challenging each other to make even greater strides. so, it's a classic case of competition driving the technology forward. we hope for the taxpayer is we will get more bang for our book and the cost of space exploration will continue to come down. blue oriuin has will continue to come down. blue origin has been _ will continue to come down. blue origin has been sending in —— people in the space for ten years. but not into orbit. among them, the star trek actor william shatner. here,
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expressing his thanks tojeff bizos after coming back to earth. what expressing his thanks to jeff bizos after coming back to earth. what you have civen after coming back to earth. what you have given me _ after coming back to earth. what you have given me is _ after coming back to earth. what you have given me is the _ after coming back to earth. what you have given me is the most _ after coming back to earth. what you have given me is the most profound l have given me is the most profound experience. have given me is the most profound exoerienoe-— experience. until now, blue origin has been using — experience. until now, blue origin has been using a _ experience. until now, blue origin has been using a rocket _ experience. until now, blue origin has been using a rocket system i has been using a rocket system called new shepherd. it is 19.2 metres high, and although it can get into space briefly, it is not powerful enough to get into lower orbit. the new system, 98 metres, is gigantic by comparison. and it can get 45 tonnes into lower earth orbit. it is not as big as elon musk�*s starship, at 121 metres. it eventually will be able to take up 200 into space. butjeff bezos has big plans. here, unveiling his prototype for a moon lander. he is against elon musk, whose spacex has already received billions of dollars
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in contracts from the government. it is the only reason we can now send american astronauts into space. his close relationship with the next us president, here on the campaign trail together in october, could strengthen his hand. i’d trail together in october, could strengthen his hand.— strengthen his hand. i'd like to think there _ strengthen his hand. i'd like to think there is _ strengthen his hand. i'd like to think there is room _ strengthen his hand. i'd like to think there is room enough - strengthen his hand. i'd like to think there is room enough in l strengthen his hand. i'd like to i think there is room enough in the world _ think there is room enough in the world for— think there is room enough in the world for two more multiple multimillionaires to find their own corner_ multimillionaires to find their own corner and — multimillionaires to find their own corner and to not sort of end up siogging — corner and to not sort of end up siogging it _ corner and to not sort of end up slogging it out in a ring. that is known — slogging it out in a ring. that is known because my best interests. i would _ known because my best interests. i would like — known because my best interests. i would like to think they will kind of manoeuvre around each other and find they're — of manoeuvre around each other and find they're sort of respective niches — find they're sort of respective niches el— find they're sort of respective niches. �* .,. find they're sort of respective niches. �* .. . _, . niches. a race which could reduce the cost of _ niches. a race which could reduce the cost of space _ niches. a race which could reduce the cost of space travel _ niches. a race which could reduce the cost of space travel and - the cost of space travel and eventually see people lived and worked on the moon. nude line is currently sitting on the launch pad. it is expected to launch from florida in the next half an hour. hopefully we will see it when it does.
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changing a light bulb may sound like an easy enough task, but according to new research it's something young adults are hiring people to do for them instead. the survey of 18 to 27—year—olds, carried out by halfords, found that nearly a quarter could not change a light bulb on their ceiling, with many saying it's because going up a ladder was too dangerous. and one in five did not know what a spanner is. do you believe that? yeah, well, maybe. ithink you should be able to change a light bulb. it has got to be a life skill. you would think so. maybe it is the fault of parents for not teaching them. i am guilty as charged, probably. 14 minutes past six. here is carol.- 14 minutes past six.
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here is carol. _, ., ., 14 minutes past six. here is carol. ,., ., ., , here is carol. good morning. this mornin: here is carol. good morning. this morning there — here is carol. good morning. this morning there is _ here is carol. good morning. this morning there is a _ here is carol. good morning. this morning there is a real— here is carol. good morning. this morning there is a real difference| morning there is a real difference in temperatures. at the moment it is 12 degrees in inverness. at luton airport it is only one degree. as we go through the rest of this week it is not going to be as cold as it was last week. much milder conditions. it would be mostly dry. weak weather fronts crossing us. in the south we are prone to some fog patches and also a touch of frost at times where the cloud does break. this morning that we have got a weather front coming in at the moment to the north—west, slowly sinking southward and eastward through the day. and as it arrives in northern england it won't have the same intensity as it is going to have further north. brighter skies but some showers. i of it, quite a bit of cloud. some breaks developing in central parts of england, down the midlands, possibly into the south east. it is going to be windy today as well across the north west. through the irish sea and to the east of the pennines. temperatures today, again there is quite a contrast. 13 in
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