emma: no.t is mostly because most of the businesses that i touched early in the days didn't turn to gold. [laughter] i love this idea of like, overnight success and i feel i would love to continue to perpetuate that myth, but i have just done a lot, and there has been a lot of trial and error along the way. and i feel like i have probably done every job imaginable, from having a paper route when i was 12, to working in a deli, to working in shops, to starting things that were less successful, to starting things that had medium success. i feel like there has been a long journey and i am really thankful that now i am 41 years old and i am starting to see this type of success, which is really great. francine: you were always starting the journey, you always wanted to succeed. is that what actually makes your success? emma: you know, i think so. i also think, you know, there is an element of luck in any of these things, right? but then when you kind of take apart what luck means, i really believe t

that's the bbc�*s emma vardy and you can hear the wind on emma's microphone as she was speaking to usanks tojonathan and to emma. to analyse the media come —— coverage of these fires wannell speak to allison agsten, director of the university of southern california's annenberg centre for climate journalism and communications. alison, thank you for your time. i wonder what your assessment has been of the media coverage of this story. of the media coverage of this sto . ~ , u, , of the media coverage of this sto . ~ , , ., of the media coverage of this sto. , story. well, because of my role, story. well, because of my role. i'm — story. well, because of my role, i'm thinking - story. well, because of my role, i'm thinking a - story. well, because of my role, i'm thinking a lot - story. well, because of my i role, i'm thinking a lot about climate change and whether or not it has been communicated with these fires and so far, i feel it has been pretty strongly underreported and some of my preliminary analysis and finding that in a selection of five outlets, i looked up, all of them but on

that's the bbc�*s emma vardy. we can hear the wind on emma's microphone as she's talking to us.eard from jonathan hunt from fox news. many thanks to jonathan and to emma. well, to analyse the media coverage of these fires, we're now going to talk to allison agsten, director you know, maybe perhaps a little more accepted here. although, you know, people have started to raise questions about this being a little more controversial. so there's a cultural difference between the uk and the american sort of society that always strikes me when i'm talking to a british audience compared to when i talk to my american colleagues. so there's some of that, as well. and alsojust a place like la, it's a place like no other. it's a unique place. it's world—famous. you cannot experience. the disparity between rich and poor here is huge. and so, watching extremely rich places that you might think of as being untouchable also being destroyed in this fire, it's just something we just have never really seen before. and that's extraordinary, too. and something we've been communicating, um, not to tak

that's the bbc�*s emma vardy. we can hear the wind on emma's microphone as she's talking to us.rom jonathan hunt from fox news. many thanks to jonathan and to emma. well, to analyse the media coverage of these fires, we're now going to talk to allison agsten, director of the university of southern california's annenberg center for climatejournalism and communication. allison, thank you very much for your time. i wonder what your assessment has been of the media coverage of this story? well, because of my role, i'm thinking a lot about climate change and whether or not it's being communicated with these fires. and so far, i feel it's been pretty strongly underreported, in some of my preliminary analysis. i'm finding that in a selection of five outlets i looked at, all of them but one were mentioning climate change in less than 10% of instances. the one outlet that really showed difference is — perhaps, not surprising to you in the uk — the guardian. what would you like news media to be doing that it's not doing at the moment when it's covering a story like this? i think it's actu

that was emma vardy.y is where the blaze started. thousands of buildings have been destroyed in the hills between santa monica and malibu. john sudworth is there and he's been speaking to those affected. late into the night, we watch one of america's wealthiest neighbourhoods burn. the flames so intense the fire crews are powerless to stop them. so if i very quickly take my mask off, the air is absolutely thick with smoke. the fire crews here tell us they have a shortage of water. and in many instances they're having to stand and watch these properties burn. it is a losing battle. they're using what little they have sparingly, trying to contain the spread. defying the evacuation orders, some residents are defending their own homes. with all the surrounding properties burning, i helped tony and his neighbours, scooping water out of the swimming pool and dousing the flames at their boundary. since 1993 i've seen a couple of fires, but nothing like this. i wouldn't see this in my nightmare. i never thought i

emma vard with some way of being over yet. emma vardy with the _ some way of being over yet.. emma vardy with the latest from - some way of being over yet. emma vardy with the latest from los - vardy with the latest from los angeles, thank you. as you can see los angeles is being hit by the most destructive wind storm in decades with wins of between 80—100 mph. this area has been hit by the devastation from wildfires before but how much of a role has climate change played in the extreme weather we are seeing now. here's our climate editorjustin rowlatt. still images show the fury and the horror of the fires engulfing parts of california. wildfires are a year—round threat in this state, but this year, it experienced its hottest summer on record. we know climate change is making the kind of hot, dry weather california has experienced in recent months more likely, and scientists say that is increasing the number of what are known as fire weather days. now, this graph shows the increase in the area burned by fires in the us since 1983. as you can see, it appears to have been grow

emma, we've got - you say. it is very difficult. emma, we've got to - you say.it emma, we�*ve got to leave it there because we are out of time but thank you so much for joining us and happy national pie day. that is all from business today, more business news on our website and the bbc news app. inafew in a few hours�* time, the oscar nominations will be announced in los angeles, an event which has been postponed twice because of the wildfires and among the film is expected to do well is the vatican thriller conclave which has already collected 12 bafta nominations. tom brooke has been speaking to the film�*s cast and director. the pope is dead. conclave is a film about political intrigue in the vatican. the cardinal presides over the election of a new pope and finds himself at the centre of intense politicking.— politicking. this is a conclave, _ politicking. this is a conclave, aldo, - politicking. this is a conclave, aldo, it i politicking. this is a j conclave, aldo, it is politicking. this is a - conclave, aldo, it is not a war. , ., ., ., , ., conclave, al

emma, thank you for that. indeed. all right. emma, thank you forthat. emma indeed. all right.mma vardy reporting from the pacific palisade area. this is a pivotal week in the battle against wild fires with the winds expected to pick up tuesday morning into wednesday, why is that important? well, if the winds are anything from 50—60mph, then planes that are drop offing water orfire 50—60mph, then planes that are drop offing water or fire retardant they can fly. anything above that, 70—80, those winds can fan the flames and make this whole thing even words thanit make this whole thing even words than it already is, so that is why this week is so, so important in the battle to contain the fires here. you can watch los angeles on fire — a bbc news special — on iplayer and bbc one, from 8:30pm tonight. that is it from us here, now it is back to you sophie in london. that is it from us here, now it is back to you sophie in london. sir keir starmer has pledged to make the uk one of the world's artificial intelligence "super powers. " the prime minister has set out plans to use the te

caitriona: emma vardy, thank you for that. donald trump also sought to dramatically restrict immigration on his first day back in the white house, signing a series of executive orders aimed at tightening border control. shortly after taking office on monday, president trump declared illegal immigration a national emergency and ordered officials to repel, repatriate, or remove unauthorized markets. -- migrants. he also order to refuse citizenship for those in the u.s. whose parents are here illegally or on visas. i will face legal challenges. the administration has also barred migrants from using the u.s. customs and border protection act. let's get more details on all of this now. we are joined from chicago by our correspondent carl. president trump has an act many measures in the field of immigration, but that is the impact of the main changes. what already is being felt? [indiscernible] -- national guard being sent they and canceling of that -- people actually claim asylum trying to enter the united states. [indiscernible] -

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emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles.d the la fires as the most devastating in california's history. have a look at these before and after images of the devastation the flames have left behind. this was someone's home in altadena and this is what it looks like now. north of there, the pasadena jewish temple and center has been completely gutted. and this business in the pacific palisades — where the largest fire has been burning — was not spared either. 0ur correspondentjohn sudworth has been to the palisades and spoken to some of those people who have been affected. late into the night, we watch one of america's wealthiest neighbourhoods burn. the flames so intense the fire crews are powerless to stop them. so if i very quickly take my mask off, the air is absolutely thick with smoke. the fire crews here tell us they have a shortage of water. and in many instances they're having to stand and watch these properties burn. it is a losing battle. they're using what little they have sparingly, trying to contain the spread. de

so they lizzie and emma just call bridget, their new maid, maggie. anyway, even though her name is bridget. all right now let me, here's our here's where happened. just follow this. not to write it all down. but it's a csi kind of person. august 2nd, 1892, the entire including bridget, the maid, suffering from intense stomach problems, vomiting, cramping, diarrhea. and they had been eating all the mutton leftovers. i'm going to move fast here. just follow a story in your head. okay. august 3rd, the next day, lizzie goes to a pharmacy in a working class, part of town where she normally wouldn't go and tries to buy from the pharmacist. a man named eli bentz, who will later testify about these events that she came in to buy prozac acid in low doses, plus a gas that was used to make a bitter almond water treat consumption or tuberculosis or diseases of the lungs. so that's why a pharmacy she would have it. but in higher it is both a fumigant and a deadly poison. and lizzie says, i'm not getting this for consumption. want to get it because i want to get m

correspondent emma va rdy speaking correspondent emma vardy speaking to shelley sykes.ther headline stories. it is a revolution that is coming — whether we like it or not. artificial intelligence may have the potential to transform the world and the uk intends to be at the forefront of that transformation. the prime minister sir keir starmer has been setting out his government's intentions what's called the ai opportunities action plan. leading tech firms are said to be investing £14 billion — or $17 billion — in various projects. they include plans for so—called growth zones, where development will be focused. the aim is for a twentyfold increase in britain's computing power. the hope is improved ai could lead to multiple benefits — everything from improving medical treatment to speeding up the filling of pot holes. let's speak to daniel polani, the professor of artificial intelligence at the university of hertfordshire. professor, welcome to the programme. the uk prime minister says we are in a global race, can the uk be at the forefront, leaders of this race, do you

they track blood throughout house and they allow lizzie emma bridget to stay in the house. plus, morse. and it's going to be a compromised crime scene. so we will pick up the story and place our boarding story in context of times and then get to the trial next tuesday. okay everyone, welcome back. this is history. 134 spies assassins, martyrs and witches, famous trials in american history at the university of maryland and this is the second part of two part lecture on the lizzie trial from the nineties a trial that comes as the result of a horrific murder where a prominent fall river, massachusetts businessman andrew borden and, his wife abby are murdered. and in the middle of the day in horrific ways, 18 blows to the head with a hatchet or ax to abby borden and 11 to the face of andrew borden. all wall. andrew borden's daughter is home in the house. as long as as their housekeeper in broad daylight and no sign of a robbery. the fall river police arrive at the crime scene and depending on which newspaper you're reading, these are either official police who did as much as th

emma vardy is in the palisades now.er seen anything like this before directions and emergency services have become overwhelmed as homes and businesses are being destroyed. for those who haven't yet evacuated, they are being urged to conserve water as fire crews are battling hard but haven't managed to contain these fires yet. as dawn broke, la awoke to an apocalyptic site. smoke blocking out the skies over santa monica beach after a terrifying 2a hours. the fire grew at an extraordinary speed, flames raging out of control as hurricane force winds battered the coast. and the fire continues to grow with 0% containment. we have over 500 personnel assigned and unfortunately, we have two reported fatalities to civilians. la county and all 29 fire departments in our county are not prepared for this type of widespread disaster. there are not enough firefighters in la county. along this coastal road we have been seeing the fires destruction. there is power lines down, patches still smouldering and the air is so thick with smoke

what a in extraordinary shot from emma on the ground. == from emma on the ground. -- what an from emmaordinary shot. the district attorney warned people that looting would meet a severe response. looting is a despicable crime. of looting is a despicable crime. of the — looting is a despicable crime. of the people of been arrested of the people of been arrested already. — of the people of been arrested already, i know this is not going _ already, i know this is not going to _ already, i know this is not going to end well. you will be punished _ going to end well. you will be punished to the full extent of the law— punished to the full extent of the law and i'm sending this warning _ the law and i'm sending this warning wes is out again. if you — warning wes is out again. if you want_ warning wes is out again. if you want to go and take advantage of people who are tragically suffering enormous losses — tragically suffering enormous losses in this county, the district _ losses in this county, the district attorney's office working with law enforcement make — working with law enforcement m

emma hardy, bbc news, los angeles. —— emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles.ground in los angeles say the devastation is clear to see wherever you look. our correspondent helena humphrey sent this update from pacific palisades. fire came through and if you take a look in every direction, it is 360 degrees worth of destruction here. and this is a scene being played out right across la county — tens of thousands of acres that have been destroyed like this with all of these houses razed to the ground. now, as we've been here in the area, we've been feeling those now notorious santa ana winds picking up once again. these are the enemy of those fire crews that are working so hard to try to control those fires but essentially, they could whip up the flames once again — that is the concern — and those fire crews are stretched to the limit right now. we know today that president zelensky of ukraine has offered to send fire teams from ukraine to help in the effort. here in this area today, we've had aerial drops of water which have been effective — over 500 million gal

emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles.you with us, blue skies behind you, how is it looking? are those wings there yet? looking? are those wings there et? , ., , ., looking? are those wings there et? , . , ., ., yet? the winds are starting to ick u - , yet? the winds are starting to pick up. and _ yet? the winds are starting to pick up, and speaking - yet? the winds are starting to pick up, and speaking with - yet? the winds are starting to| pick up, and speaking with our report as of the accuweather headquarters, they said the santa ana wind event has not reached its peak yet, the wind direction coming from an easterly direction right now, the concern is it could get into that northeasterly direction which fornals the winds through the canyons, over the mountains, hugs and enhances speed and increase the fire risk, we are here in malibu, and it looks like it beautiful afternoon, clear blue sky, much of the smoke in the area has cleared, but we are starting to feel the winds pick up, we know the average in the 40 up, we kn

emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles. emma with the very latest on the pacific coast highway.nse of the scale of the damage from these photographs. before... ..and after the fires. well, the emergency crews have been working round the clock to calm the blazes, and the danger still hasn't passed. los angeles, the city of angels, is still threatened by fiery demons. in the hills above, a taste of what might come. and in the thick of it, fire officer erin alexander. the wind and the... i mean, that the kind of stuff we were dealing with. wow. is that you? that was me. there's certain weather factors that we can't control. obviously, the winds were some like i've never seen. and we put one fire out and another one right down the down the way is starting again. you have these houses that catch fire, that send off embers, that catch other houses on fire. and we didn't have enough water to put the fires out. and it was, you know, there's only so much you can do. here is erin with colleagues on the day she became a firefighter, saving lives in people's homes her calling. but the scale

there are plenty of good correspondents out there, including emma vardy.e asked bbc news for a response and they told us the la wildfires are an important story for audiences in the us, uk and around the world. we mentioned last week another concern newswatch viewers had about the coverage from los angeles, about the wisdom of reporting from close to the fires. here are a couple of examples. despite days of hard work, it's up here in the hills where the fires are still raging and with the winds picking up once again, there are real fears about its spread. and they're facing an uphill battle to try to contain it. so if i very quickly take my mask off, the air is absolutely thick with smoke. the fire crews here tell us they have a shortage of water, and in many instances, they're having to stand and watch these properties burn. it is a losing battle. although bbc news told us last week that the safety of reporters was paramount, that they were taking all necessary precautions, working closely with the authorities and using the appropriate safety masks and eq

emma was in end—stage liverfailure. her only hope lay in a liver transplant. to prove sobriety for six months before you're eligible to go on the transplant list. i was told the likelihood of me surviving the six months was very minimal, but i gave it a go. i got my transplant on the 7th ofjuly, 2023, 15 months ago. yeah. how has things been? how do you feel? yeah, i feel incredible. um... but there's. .. it's a different life. so obviously you've got your scar. luckily for me, i relish my scar. i love it, but you've got a lifetime of hospital visits, and i will be on anti—rejection tablets for the rest of my life. the guilt is unreal. but i've been given a second chance at life, so i'm definitely making the most of it. so, when you hear about people having end—stage liver disease, you think that they've been heavy, heavy drinking for a number of years. i know that my own drinking was exacerbated during lockdown, so to have things turn so bad so quickly puts that into perspective, and that's terrifying. meeting emma and talking with professor debbie shawcross

emma vardy reports from the red carpet.y of a—listers were out to dazzle on the red carpet. baby reindeer. baby reindeer, the british drama about stalking and sexual abuse picked up two awards. its creator, richard gadd, called for more of life's darker tales to make it onto screen. any story, when done right, is universal, and all the weird, idiosyncratic struggles we go through on a daily basis are just as worthy of being committed to screen as any. so, commissioners, streamers, when you're totting up the numbers and putting together the budgets for this year, remember to keep some back for the little person to tell their story. thank you so much. but it was the japanese drama shogun that won the most tv awards of the night. emilia perez. the unusual musical about a mexican drug lord was one of the big winners in the film categories. emilia perez and its transgender star karla sofia gascon accepted one of its four awards with an emotional speech about the trans experience. you can maybe put us injail. you can beat us up.

that was our la correspondent, emma vardy, speaking to shelley sykes.fe has been found guilty of assault and prolonged domestic violence but cleared of her manslaughter. ryan wellings, from bispham in lancashire, became the first defendant to be tried before a jury accused of the unlawful killing of his partner after kiena dawes, 23, took her own life following domestic violence. the 30—year—old landscape gardener was found not guilty of manslaughter and guilty of assault and coercive and controlling behaviour between january 2020 and july 2022 after a trial at preston crown court. he will be sentenced on thursday. our correspondent nick garnett had this update outside preston crown court. it was so scared for corrosive and destructive relationship. she suffered from years of abuse at the hands of ryan wellings. she called the police to her house on a number of occasions. one day she left her baby with a friend and went away and took her own life. after a six week long trial at preston crown court, ryan wellings was convicted of coercive and controlling

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emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles.t has said it intends to spearhead talks aimed at ending the crisis in sudan. speaking during a visit to the sudanese border with chad, the foreign secretary, david lammy, said he would convene a meeting with sudan s neighbours and other international players to try and find a solution to the 21—month civil war. the conflict pitting two generals against each other has resulted in the world's largest humanitarian crisis. our senior africa correspondent anne soy has been travelling with mr lammy and sent this report. a long and perilous journey is coming to an end for these families, at least for now. they arrive here weary, but relieved. the british foreign minister was here to see for himself the impact of 21 months of the sudan civil war and speak to those affected by it. the stories are heart—rending — the most horrific things mr lammy says he's ever heard or seen. i just sat with a woman who showed me the burn marks. she had been burnt by soldiers up and down her arms. she had been

and emma, a battle also expected in the best film female actor in a drama movie category.e. i'm sure everyone is going to be looking at who wins that category. that's right. it's your classic hollywood heavyweights, isn't it? but we've had this sort of return to hollywood, a bit of a throwback for the likes of pamela anderson and demi moore — both of them up for acting awards tonight. pamela anderson, it would be herfirst golden globes nomination. she's up for her role in the last showgirl. so a real star—studded line—up to come tonight. there are so many journalists waiting to talk to the celebrities. we are hoping that they stop for a little chat with us. and emma, just give us a sense of the mood there. i watched your report a little earlier. it's also about how stars appear on the red carpet and how sometimes it can change people's career. change people's career if you do have a great photo at the golden globes. yeah, absolutely. look, this is a shallow world at the end of the day, of the day, isn't it? there's a lot of pressure on how you look, on what dress you wear

in antioch, emma goss, nbc, bay area news. so, did anyone see anything?the search for answers continues after that deadly new orleans truck attack. the fbi has now posted fliers like this one throughout the city. it features two images of the suspect. a little more than an hour before the attack, as well as a picture of one of the coolers that had an ied in it, which h he place n the french quarter. tonight, some looming questions are being answered, including whether the suspect had help. the answer, we're told, is no. the army veteran carried out the grisly attack alone, killing 14 people who were just trying to ring in the new year. tonight, bourbon street is back open and not far away. tens of thousands filled the superdome for college football's sugar bowl. this all happening under the shadow of a massive police presence. here's nbc's tom llamas. tonight, this new video showing the high speed terror attack in the early hours of new year's day. we got a white light. i need canett on bourbon now. people celebrating on bourbon street in new orleans scra

emma reporting there. you can almost hear that the smoke is affecting her breathing there.r, we heard from lindon pronto, a senior wildfire management expert at the european forest institute. lindon started his career as a firefighter in california with the us forest service. 15 years fire management experience across ten countries. he explains whether he's ever experienced something of this magnitude. of course, this is a tragedy of immense proportions. in urban conflagration, this is a new type of fire that we've been seeing. also in european countries as well, just very large fires being blown directly into very urban areas with very catastrophic losses. and just talk us through the firefighters on the ground now, they're desperately trying to contain these fires. how do they do that? it's a combination of tactics. i mean, first priority is, of course, saving lives, helping people get safely evacuated. that's what complicates, particularly an urban situation versus a wildland fire burning out in an unpopulated area. so there's a lot of, you know, first priority on life,

emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles. the pacific palisades is already the most destructive fire in the history of los angeles. 0ur correspondent david willis is in the pacific palisades and joins me live. tell us what the conditions are like at this hour?— like at this hour? well, 'ust five o'clock in i like at this hour? well, 'ust five o'clock in the i like at this hour? well, just five o'clock in the evening l five o'clock in the evening here and the winds are already starting to pick up. you can see behind me are the hillside behind me and perhaps, in an acknowledgement of the fact that they are fighting a losing battle in combating this wildfires, officials are sure a ago that sought to reassure anxious residents, telling them that help was on its way and machinery and urging patients saying that they would get the situation under control but it might take time. now, last night, the bridgejust behind me here, hundreds of luxury ocean run homes were reduced to match would and on that hillside, there was once about 17

emma—louise amanshia, bbc news, auschwitz—birkenau.ut the day of the ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz. my colleague lucy hockings will be talking to some of the survivors. of course, we will be watching those ceremonies as they take place. do stay with us here on bbc news for that. the un security council has condemned what it called the unauthorised presence of external forces in the east of the democratic republic of congo. at the council meeting in new york, the united states, france and britain said rwandan troops had supported the rapid advance of m23 rebel forces into the centre of goma. the rebels say they now control the city, and have urged its over one million inhabitants to remain calm. after several hours of gunfire on sunday night, the streets were reported quiet on monday with no reports of serious bloodshed. let's speak to our africa correspondent barbara plett usher, who is following the events from nairobi. what more can you tell us about what has been happening in the last 2a hour

let's go back to emma vardy.about fears that the situation might get worse before it gets better? there is now 3000 firefighters battling the palisades fire above us but they are stretched, they are fatigued and the fear is that with those winds picking up that any progress that is being made can be reversed very quickly and down here of course we are under no illusions as to what the consequences are when the fire starts spreading once again and moves incredibly fast. these buildings, once luxury beachfront properties, they are still smouldering, but gradually people have started to come down here themselves to look at the damage, but now there is this curfew in place from 6pm at night until 6pm in the morning to try to prevent looting while this crisis continues. emma vardy, thank you very much, reporting from the pacific coast highway. powerful winds and parched ground after months of no rain — a deadly combination which has allowed the california fires to spread. today, it was confirmed that last year was the

emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles.�*s clive myrie has been speaking with emergency crews who've been working around the clock to stop the fires. los angeles, the city of angels, is still threatened by fiery demons. in the hills above, a taste of what might come. and in the thick of it, fire officer erin alexander. the wind and the... i mean, that the kind of stuff we were dealing with. wow. is that you? that was me. there's certain weather factors that we can't control. obviously, the winds were some like i've never seen. and we put one fire out and another one right down the down the way is starting again. you have these houses that catch fire, that send off embers, that catch other houses on fire. and we didn't have enough water to put the fires out. and it was, you know, there's only so much you can do. here is erin with colleagues on the day she became a firefighter, saving lives in people's homes her calling. but the scale of this disaster has been tough for all the emergency crews. can't even imagine what you wou

because all he did was hand over to emma vardy, who did herjob, handed back to him.ry we've lost - the connection to clive there. maybe that is technical karma working for you, but really, is this what he gets paid the big bucks for? is this why he flew 6,000 miles? what was the point of him being there? bronwyn foxen had the same question. why on earth did the bbc send clive murray to la to cover the devastating fires? it came across as almost voyeuristic and an

emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles. # 0hh—hhhhh! thanks to emma for that. during sunday morning already, and we've got more disruptive wintry weather on the cards over the next 2a hours or so. amber warnings in force still for snow and ice so we could see disruption to travel. potential for power cuts as well. first amber warning is in force across north wales and the north midlands, that expires at midday, but this one across northern england, that's going to be in force right until midnight tonight. there could be as much as a0cm of snow over the highest ground in the north pennines, for instance. we'll see snow continuing for the rest of the day for the pennines, cumbrian fells, southern uplands as well. it will tend to gradually turn back to rain though further south into the midlands, north wales too. northern ireland, seeing a bit of wintriness too, and icy conditions really chilly in the north but very mild in the south. big contrast in temperature, 13 in london, just a degree above freezing though for aberdeen, where we might see a bit of sunshine,

emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles.earlier i spoke our senior north america correspondent gary 0'donoghue who was in los angeles. you have to remember that these fires, the two main fires, are still burning and that while the the fire department has managed to contain a little bit more of each of one, there's still most of those perimeters aren't contained. now, fortunately, yesterday, we've now learned that the death toll has not risen from that 24. they've been searching through the remains of people's houses, and they haven't happily found any more, uh, corpses or dead people at this stage. but that could easily change. i'm going to bring in now sheila kelleher, who's a captain at the la fire department. sheila, we were expecting bigger winds this morning. starting to gust a little bit, but may get worse later on. yes, there's definitely potential for 45 mile an hour upwards gusts, so we're prepared for that. we have strike teams deployed out throughout los angeles county because this is an impacted area also north o

emma vardy reports from la. burn — the most catastrophic fires los angeles has ever seen. overnight, the hollywood hills resembling a disaster movie. a huge crescent of flame engulfing an iconic community of california. more than 130,000 people have been told to evacuate their homes. here just one of many properties engulfed turned to a shell. at least five major fires have been burning across los angeles county. the scale and spread has stretched firefighting crews on the ground, and in the air. 16,000 acres and counting consumed by the inferno. one street filmed by a local resident moments before he left. i thought maybe i would be able to get some extra stuff that we didn't take and come to see that the whole street is just gone. it's like a war zone. and we had so many memories in here that cannot be replaced. i had these great old pictures of my grandfather from world war two, both grandfathers, and i was going to get them framed. and now they're gone and they're lost. and i had so many things that are just

emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles.e, let's speak to ken pimlott, retired director of the california department of forestry and fire protection, or cal fire. thank you forjoining us and for your time today. have you seen fires like this move this quickly before? i seen fires like this move this quickly before?— seen fires like this move this quickly before? i think this is really showing _ quickly before? i think this is really showing the _ quickly before? i think this is really showing the extreme l really showing the extreme conditions that we face here in california with the impacts of drought and you know, climate change on weather patterns. certainly, california, and especially southern california, is no stranger to big wind events over the decades. but what we're really seeing is that the extremes are becoming more extreme. the mayor talked about the strength of the winds and the dryness of the vegetation due to the drought. we're seeing those level of conditions that we haven't seen before. �* ., , conditions th

let's cross to our los angeles correspondent who's there — emma vardy.ere, on the red carpet, some of those 80— list * is there, arriving for the 82nd golden globe competition, and will hopefully be speaking to emma vardy in a short while, in the meantime we turn to other important news around the world. ukraine is on a fresh offensive incurs, the region of russia partially occupied since its non—state large country and region five months ago. it forces find out in three directions from their main base. the ukrainian president chief of staff said that russia is getting what it deserves. austria is president says it will hold a meeting tomorrow with the far right leader whose freedom party came first in the general election after september. 0n first in the general election after september. on saturday negotiations between the conservative party and the democratic party broke down. the president, alexander van der bellen, said the conservatives had now softened their opposition to talks with the far—right. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has arr

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emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles. am joined by pat morrison, columnist at the los angeles times. thank you forjoining me. the wind is expected to pick up this evening. that put you under some form of evacuation order? i you under some form of evacuation order?- evacuation order? i 'ust received an evacuation order? ijust received an evacuationl evacuation order? ijust - received an evacuation alert from los angeles county fire department. i don't know whether it is legitimate or not, but bags have been packed for days, things are ready to go. this is like an earthquake reversal except with fire. thank you for taking some time to talk to us. if you do need to talk to us. if you do need to go, please do. in the meantime, can i ask you about the response to these fires, not so much the actual physical response, but there has been quite a bit of criticism of the authorities of how they have handled the wildfire, the aftermath as well, and some of that criticism coming from beyond los angeles. we have seen two _ beyond los

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emma vardy reports. the race to stay ahead of the deadly fires enters a sixth day.ove the smoke. below, the flames rage. butjust as progress is made, other areas ignite. in the fires�* wake, residents continue to journey back to where their houses once stood. for one, the reality is overwhelming. oh, my god... oh, my god! she cries. i felt like a zombie since tuesday. can't sleep. you literally cannot sleep, you just replay. sabrina, another palisades resident, picks through what is left of her childhood home. my bedroom was in 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's all gone. there have been repeated warnings for people to stick to night—time curfews — police urging the need for order. i saw a gentleman that looked like a firefighter and i asked him if he was ok because he was sitting down. i didn't realise we had him in handcuffs. we were turning him over to the lapd because he was dressed like a fireman and he was not. he'd just got caught bur

emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles.t joined by eleanor for the latestjoined by eleanor humphreys in altadena. it is now 6pm the city. what has been going on as firefighters continued to fight these blazes?— firefighters continued to fight these blazes? firefighters are very much _ these blazes? firefighters are very much continuing - these blazes? firefighters are very much continuing their - very much continuing their battle, notably because the warnings from the authority is that we're not out of the woods, far from that we're not out of the woods, farfrom it in that we're not out of the woods, far from it in fact. that we're not out of the woods, farfrom it in fact. we see 0% containment in some of those blazes right now. have seen fire crews, even ourselves today, doing, as they've been coming into communities like this in altadena, trying to put out the hotspots because the concern is today is have had a bit of a lyle in the santa ana winds but they could be coming back tonight over the weekend next week and they c

shelley sykes speaking to our correspondent emma vardy.pressed sympathy but denied her claims saying that the water service remained available and uninterrupted to her property and the surrounding communities throughout the fire. we will of course be following the story of the la fires throughout the day. there are reports this morning that israel and hamas have been given a final draft of a ceasefire and hostage release deal to end the war in gaza, according to the reuters news agency. a breakthrough was reportedly reached in doha after midnight following talks between israel's spy chiefs, president elect trump's middle east envoy and the prime minister of qatar. it comes as president biden and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu held talks over the phone for the first time in three months. for more on this let's speak to our middle east correspondent who is injerusalem for us. obviously negotiations have stalled numerous times so why optimism this time round? if is optimism this time round? it is uuite optimism this time round? it