hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. it is safe to say that the palisades fire is one of the most destructive natural disasters in the history of los angeles. disasters in the history of los an . eles. , , disasters in the history of los anaeles. , , , angeles. their embers flying one half to — angeles. their embers flying one half to two _ angeles. their embers flying one half to two miles - angeles. their embers flying one half to two miles ahead | angeles. their embers flying i one half to two miles ahead of the fire — one half to two miles ahead of the fire with a 75% chance that it will— the fire with a 75% chance that it will ignite a new fire and so, — it will ignite a new fire and so, we _ it will ignite a new fire and so, we are caught in a very difficult _ so, we are caught in a very difficult situation. 30 so, we are caught in a very difficult situation.- difficult situation. so many memories _ difficult situation. so many memories that _ difficult situation. so many memories that cannot - difficult situation.

earlier my colleague christian earlier, my colleague christian fraser spoke with matthew ahearn fromnew orleans. it's just around the corner from where the incident took place. we are inside the perimeter that's been sealed off. they won't even tell us. nobody can walk a bit in the street. they are not letting any of the businesses be open. i assume people are in their houses are stuck, but they have shutdown all activity. have you spoken to any of your employees or anybody local who was there last night? no, most locals like us no better than the be down here in the middle of the night on new year's eve. yeah, no, none of our employees were down here. we were all home. we closed early. can you reflect on what has happened in the security situation in the french quarter and do you think questions should be asked about how to the security was? no, actually the security down here in new orleans has improved dramatically. it is something that we have been a lot of proud of that there has been a lot of work done with the state troopers and the new orleans concert who presented our amazin

that was found, and we are working on confirming if this is a viable device or not. lam i am christian fraser, welcome to the programme. we continue our coverage from the us city of new orleans where authorities have confirmed ten people have been killed and at least 35 people are in local hospitals after a deliberate attack in a pick—up truck. authorities told reporters the truck was intentionally driven into a crowd in the tourist area of bourbon street before its driver exchanged shots with police, two of whom were injured. the attack happened at 3:15am on new year's day on bourbon street. police superintendent anne kirkpatrick said the driver was "trying to run over as many people as he could". and was "hellbent on creating the damage and carnage that he did". these are recorded pictures. now you can see the yellow tape. this is the live scene. an eight—block cordon has been set up around the scene with the fbi taking over the investigation. afp has told us, quoting us media, saying the suspect was killed at the scene. an fbi special agent, alathea duncan, said improvised explosive device

hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. he was just flying down and we weren't paying attention, and he was going really fast and everything happened so, so quickly. let me be very clear about this point. this was an act of terrorism. it was premeditated and an evil act. this is a lone actor. therefore, we are confident - that we can open bourbon street and the rest of our city. we're going to continue to relentlessly pursue isis and other terror organisations where they are, and they'll find no safe harbour here. the next few days. snow and ice is forecast over the weekend. it comes as people are still working to clear up the damage caused by widespread flooding across much of the north—west of england. 12 people were killed in a shooting in montenegro on new year's day — in a series of shootings by a single gunman. authorities said the man — a 45—year—old — had been drinking heavily, before getting into an altercation with a guest at a restaurant in the southern city of cetinje. he later returned to the restaurant with a

speaking to us earlier, he told my colleague christian fraser about the immediate aftermath which heorrific is the word that immediately comes to mind. with the fence like this, big events like new year's eve, city and state officials will put out information about concerns about gun violence. being in the united states that can be front and centre of mind. but with the idea of the fbi investigating of them investigating a potential incident of terrorism or using a vehicle to drive through the crowd, it's not something that anyone would expect to happen. who did you speak to when you were on the scene? did you come across people who had been there? i across people who had been there? ., ., across people who had been there? ., ,, ., ., there? i did. i talked to two eyewitnesses. _ there? i did. i talked to two eyewitnesses. they - there? i did. i talked to two eyewitnesses. they were i eyewitnesses. they were visiting from iowa. a lot of people are in town right now notjust people are in town right now not just for the events people are in town right now notjust for the events of peop

hello, i'm christian fraser. and this is the context. he travels here in his coffin today, to the navy memorial just up the road from here, and then he will be brought just across the road into the capitol building. carter represents, for many americans, a sense of decency and respect and integrity that americans want to believe is still possible. i got to see his warmth - and kindness, his humanity, but he was also somebody who never failed _ to follow through on what were | his most important convictions. a very good evening. the flag—draped casket ofjimmy carter, the 39th president of the united states, has arrived this evening in washington, dc, where it is being transferred to the us capitol. over the next hour, the longest—lived of the us presidents will be taken up the steps of the us capitol to the rotunda, where he will lie in state until the funeral service on thursday at the national cathedral. the family, of course, is travelling with the casket. it left the carter center in georgia earlier this afternoon. the bad weather mea

announcer: and now, "bbc news" christian: hello, i'm christian fraser. "the context." >> it is safe to say the palisades fire is one of the most destructive natural disasters in the history of los angeles. >> there are embers flying one and a half to two miles ahead of the fire with a 75% chance that will ignite a new fire, so they were caught in a very difficult situation. >> so many memories in here that cannot be replaced. so many things are just lost forever. i know i'm safe but -- i don't understand. christian: apocalyptic scenes in california. one of the most destructive natural disasters in the history of l.a. county with fires still burning tonight uncontained. we will hear from our reporters on the ground and we will speak to altadena resident peachy keen and among those evacuated. elon musk tells german voters to choose the hard right afd. trump's man has been interviewing the afd's co-leader who told him germany's leaders are either stupid or they hate their country. and what does 2025 have in store when it comes to artificial intelligence? ai

hello, i'm christian fraser. and this is the context.e, and then he will be brought just across the road into the capitol building. carter represents, for many americans, a sense of decency and respect and integrity that americans want to believe is still possible. i got to see his warmth - and kindness, his humanity, but he was also somebody who never failed _ to follow through on what were | his most important convictions. a very good evening.

i'm christian fraser, and this . is the context. p.m.i intend -- trudeau: i intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister. after the party selects its next leader. >> in june when the liberals lost a very key, very strong house see that they've had for a long time, they then lost another seat in montreal, and that relay signals for most other liberals that the prime minister's time is up. >> it is not being helped justin trudeau being mocked by donald trump, america's tsitsipas states, and -- tsitsipas states, and referring to trudeau as "governor trudeau," instead of prime minister. ♪ christian: justin trudeau steps down as prime minister. the end of an era in canada. an anti-populist, a feminist. we will hear from canada's former environment minister. also on the program, sir keir starmer tells elon musk he has crossed the line. the debate which refuses to go away. and snow and floods continue to affect much of the country. major issues in leicestershire and lincolnshire. new warnings issued. we will bring those to you. good even

earlier my colleague christian fraser spoke to a coffee shop owner to just run the corner from wheretook place, and he described his experience. >> we are just around the corner from where it has been sealed off. christian: for how long? matthew: they will not tell us how long. my employees are turned away. they will not let anyone walk up and down the streets. no businesses are open. i assume people in their houses are stuck. but they have shut down all activity. christian: have you spoken to any of your employees or anybody local who was there last night? matthew: no. they know better than to be down here in the middle of the night on new year's eve. you know, none of our employees are down here. we were all home. we closed early. christian: what has happened and the security situation in the french quarter, do you think questions should be asked about how tight that security was? matthew: no, actually the security down here in new orleans has improved dramatically. it is something we are all proud of. it has been a lot of work with the state troopers. they have done an amazing job

announcer: and now, "bbc news" christian: hello, i'm christian fraser. "the context." >> i am directed by the vote of that conference to present for election to the office of the speaker of the house of representatives for the 119th congress. the name of the honorable mike johnson. >> house democrats are united behind the most powerful legislative leader in this chamber, hakeem jeffries brooklyn. [applause] >> the honorable mike johnson of the state of louisiana having received a majority of the votes cast is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives for the 119th congress. christian: joining me tonight, abel maldonado, republican and former lieutenant governor of california, and attica green, former staffer for george w. bush and mitch mcconnell. we will talk to abel and attica shortly. big night in washington. let me bring you the latest headlines. the republican congressman like johnson has narrowly won reelection for the most powerful seat in the u.s. house of representatives. mr. johnson was donald trump for house speaker but in a tense f

announcer: and now, "bbc news" hello, i'm christian fraser.'re watching the context on bbc news. this is where the attack began. that white pick-up truck moving down the street moving towards the directions we're in before moving down towards this junction here. let me be very clear about this point. this was an act of terrorism. it was premeditated and an evil act. this is a lone actor. therefore, we are confident that we can open bourbon street and the rest of our city. new orleans pauses to remember - tonight, a minute's silence at the superdome to remember the victims of the new year's day massacre. the fbi say the driver of the truck that killed 14 people on burbon street, was 100% inspired by isis. we will bring you reaction from the city, including the eye witness account from two very lucky survivors. also tonight - the flood waters subsiding in northern england but freezing temperatures hampering the clean-up and rescue, with new snow and ice alerts in place for large parts of the country. and 166 million years old - the enormous dino

hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context.rough a robust, nationwide competitive process. injune when the liberals lost a very key, a very strong held seat that they have had fo a long time, they then lost another seat in the liberal heartland of montreal and that really signalled other liberals that prime minister's time is up. it's not been helped _ byjustin trudeau being mocked by donald trump, who has been jocking — recently about canada - being america's 51st state and referring to trudeau as governor— instead of prime minister. justin trudeau steps down as prime minister. the end of an era in canada, an anti—populist, a feminist. what finished him? and what era now starts? also on the programme, sir keir starmer tells elon musk he has crossed a line. but no question he has stirred a debate which refuses to go away. and the snow and floods continue to affect large parts of the country. major incidents declared tonight in leicestershire and lincolnshire with new weather warnings issued. good evening. the us congress conven

hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news.les — and parts of scotland. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's tanya. rangers have thumped celtic three nil in the old firm derby, but still trail them by 11 points in the scottish premiership. rangers made a bright start when yanis hagi drove in past kasper schmeichel. celtic never gained any mometum as rangers dominated. robin propper squeezed in a second after half—time before substitute danilo swept in the third. it's the first old firm victory for rangers manager philippe clement, and celtic�*s first loss of the domestic season. real madrid head coach carlo ancelotti has refused to deny his club are trying to sign trent alexander—arnold from liverpool. we understand the spanish side had made an approach — which liverpool pushed back on. spanish media also reported real are willing to buy the england international this month — but ancelotti wouldn't be drawn on the situation. it is very difficult to talk about it in this context. we

hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news.ing. we will get to all of that very shortly, but first let's get a check on the sport. here is gavin. thanks very much indeed, christian. let's get the latest from monday's premier league encounter between nottingham forest and wolves. we're about 30 minutes in — and it's a big match for both sides. it's 1—0 to forest at molineux — morgan gibbs—white with the goal against his former club. forest can take advantage of a slip—up by second—placed arsenal, who drew with brighton on saturday. a win for forest can move them level with the gunners on points. wolves, down in 17th, above the relegation zone courtesy of their goal difference. 1-0, i—0, though, to forest at the moment. newcastle manager eddie howe says he will wait to decide whether sven botman can start again on tuesday night against arsenal. the dutchman returned at the weekend after nine months out with a knee injury, replacing the suspended fabian schar, who will also miss the first leg of the carabao cup semifinal. it's not

hello, i'm christian fraser. the fbi says it's investigating the incident in new orleans in which a driver deliberately ploughed into a crowd of people, killing ten people, as "an act of terrorism". the bureau says the driver exchanged fire with local law enforcement and is now dead. authorities say ten people died and at least 35 were taken to local hospitals after the incident at 3.15am this morning in bourbon street in the french quarter of the city. the local police chief says the driver was "hell—bent on creating the carnage and the damage that he did". she says two police officers were injured in the exchange of fire. this picture from social media, checked by bbc verify, shows law enforcement — many heavily armed — surrounding a white pick—up truck in the aftermath of the incident. here's that same scene from the opposite angle. you can see the pick—up's bonnet bent upwards just behind a large red vehicle. president—elect trump has just released a statement saying the trump administration will fully suppor

hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. tech giant apple agrees to pay $95 million to settle a court case alleging some of its devices were listening to people without their permission. for more than six hours on friday morning, police tried to detain the suspended south korean president yoon suk yeol, but in the end, they left without him. yoon�*s security team had formed a human wall around the residence and used vehicles to block the path of the team that had come to exercice the warrant. the right—wing leader still has a strong support base. thousands of them were outside his home on friday morning to oppose his arrest. that warrant expires on monday, so we are watching keenly tonight to see whether they will make another attempt. if they come again, i will come again, and i will stop them. they'll have to kill me first before they arrest president yoon. that will not happen, never again. i'm not exaggerating. i'm ready to lie down and be killed by the communist elements. gi—wook shin is professor of contemporary korea,

hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. the us tech giant meta has announced it'll be removing the body of the 39th president jimmy carter to pennsylvania avenue and isjust jimmy carter to pennsylvania avenue and is just standing and waiting at the moment in vehicles drawing up behind the casket carrying members of the family and former staff of the president and some of the clergy that have former staff of the president and some of the clergy that have accompanied former staff of the president and some of the clergy that have accompanied the former staff of the president and some of the clergy that have accompanied the casket here to washington, a military honour is lining pennsylvania and constitution avenues secretary of the navies standing by and in a short moment, we will see the casket transferred from the motorcade to the horse drawn carriage which will then move down pennsylvania avenue to the capital building to the rotunda where it will lie in state for two days. in the studio, laura smith, the us presidential his

hello, i'm christian fraser. breaking news from the us city of new orleans on our developing story on the pick—up driver who, police say, deliberately ploughed into a crowd of people, killing ten and injuring dozens of others. the fbi has released a statement in the past hour, saying it's investigating the incident as "an act of terrorism". the federal bureau of investigation says the driver exchanged fire with local law enforcement and the suspect is now dead. the incident happened at 3.15 am local time new years day in the tourist area of bourbon street in the french quarter. police superintendent anne kirkpatrick said the driver was "trying to run over as many people as he could". and was "hell—bent on creating the damage and carnage that he did". she says two police officers were injured in the exchange of fire. these are the pictures in the immediate aftermath of the incident. multiple emergency service vehicles. an eight—block cordon has been set up around the scene. earlier fbi assistant special agent alet

hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. coming up on al decoded, we'll be finding out why this man, the chief executive of tech giant nvidia, says we're on the brink of revolutionising robots through artificial intelligence. sport now... we will start with football and everton have sacked their manager sean dyche, the toffees have won just one of the last 11 games. sean dyche was appointed injanuary 11 games. sean dyche was appointed in january 2023 11 games. sean dyche was appointed injanuary 2023 and has kept the club in the top flight for the first two terms. in a statement the club said the appointment to get a new manager is under way. leighton baines and seamus coleman are taking charge on an interim basis, starting with their fa cup match against peterborough. how strange is it to be asked to do this in these circumstances? it to do this in these circumstances? , ' circumstances? it is different but it's football, _ circumstances? it is different but it's football, the - circumstances? it is different but it's footba

hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. still to come... with under two weeks until trump enters the white house, we consider what the relationship between ukraine and the us could look like. president volodymyr zelensky says donald trump's return to the white house could open a new chapter in russia's long—running war with ukraine. he was speaking at a meeting of kyiv�*s allies at the ramstein air base in germany. it was the last such gathering before trump takes office in less than two weeks�* time, and the us secretary of defense used that opportunity to urge ukraine's supporters to stay the distance. i'm leaving this contact group not with a farewell, but with a challenge. the coalition to support ukraine must not flinch. it must not falter. and it must not fail. ukraine's survival is on the line. but so is all of our security. jenny, they announced another $500 million aid package today which includes defence, ground musicians, equipment for the fighterjets,. musicians, equipment for the fighter jets,. —— musicians, equipment forthe fi

hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news.nson ahead of tomorrow's crucial vote. he'll need almost all hands on deck to secure his fate as speaker of the house. but will trump's backing be enough to persuade them? reporting that police in seoul korea are en route to execute an arrest warrant against the south korean president. hundreds of people outside of the presidential residence and we knew ahead of this that an arrest warrant had been issued for president yoon suk yeol which had to be executed in the next 2&48 hrs in reuters reporting that police are en route to the presidential palace and clearly, his presumably opponents, although he has some supporters, president yoon but those who are waiting outside of the presidential residence in presumably are encouraging the authorities to make that arrest. will keep an eye on that and will bring news on that and will bring news on that as we get to it. the president—elect donald trump says he is willing to make calls to lawmakers tomorrow to drum up support for mikejohnson, shou