helena humphrey, thank you very l very long one i had. helena i humphrey, thank you very much. that transformation. the prime minister — sir keir starmer — setting out his government's intentions — what's called the ai opportunities action plan. leading tech firms are said to be investing leading tech firms are said to be investing $14 billion. let's listen to some of what the prime minister said. the investors. — the prime minister said. the investors, the _ the prime minister said. the: investors, the entrepreneurs, the researchers who will make those breakthroughs. they are looking around the world. they are choosing where to make their home. trillions of pounds worth of investment at stake. a battle for the jobs of tomorrow is happening today. joining me now is dr eleanor drage. she's a senior research fellow at the university of cambridge and co—host of the good robot podcast. the prime minister they are saying that is a vast potential for al to transform the way public services operate. do you agree? and to what extent is al already in use in our public services?— service

many thanks, helena humphreys reporting from - humphreys reporting from pasadena in california.er, former insurance commissioner, for his assessment. most people have insurance, but as has been widely reported, private insurers some time ago, and with increasing ferocity, began to non—renew homeowners. we do have what is called the california fair plan, which is the insurer of last resort to which homeowners and businesses can go if they can't get private insurance, and that is where many have gone. to give you some idea of when i left office in 2018, they had about 180,000 policyholders, and are now at about a50,000. the exposure of the fair plan in the pacific palisades alone is $5.8 billion, and that is a problem, because the fair plan has between its reinsurance and its reserves close to $3 billion in claims paying capacity. beyond that, what happens is, under new rules adopted last year, all policyholders in the state of california get assessed if the fair plan has a shortfall. we're not there yet, but that's where we might go. the overall insured losses are estimated to be

helena humphrey reports.s you walk in, you would be met with the living room, which is literally right here in this area. the only thing that's basically standing is the chimney. and, yeah, now it's nothing. a picture of utter devastation. the flames here are pitiless, sparing nothing in their path, not the glitzy houses of pacific palisades, nor the hillsides. hey, everybody. notjust this community, the community next door, i'm sure all the people up there have lost everything. it's just pretty devastating. i don't think la has seen anything like this before. the house, the house goes on fire. - our house will- definitely be next. with the fires still burning, more people are being told to evacuate their homes — faced with the agonising decision of what to take and what to leave behind. you look at something and you go, "you know what? i've had that for almost all my life. but you know what? i can let that go. i can let it go." and then i took photographs and things that meant something, a little...a little

sound cuts out we have lost the signal there for helena humphrey.ecking back in with helena in the coming hours. in the meantime... a task force has been set up involving several local and national agencies to determine if the separate blazes are linked. officials are also defending their response to the incident, saying it was not a lack of preparation that led to the fires but rather, the cause of "a natural disaster". kathryn barger, a member of the los angeles county board of supervisors, is calling on the federal government to do more. we need all level of support, both at the _ we need all level of support, both at the local county level, the state level in _ at the local county level, the state level in the — at the local county level, the state level in the federal level, and we needed _ level in the federal level, and we needed immediately. today, i read a letter— needed immediately. today, i read a letter to— needed immediately. today, i read a letter to trump him to engage in every— letter to trump him to engage in every effort to see the

our first report this hour is from helena humphrey.t of destruction. imean... there's no manual. there's no book. it's hard to put into words the level of devastation here, but the la county sheriff put it bluntly. in some areas, he said, it looks like a bomb had been dropped. so far land more than twice the size of manhattan lies in ruins. and still these fires rage out of control. on thursday, a brief lull in those fierce santa ana winds allowed aircraft to streak across the skies, dropping water and fire retardant onto the flames. but there's no guarantee that that calm will last, with forecasters warning more winds could fan these infernos even further. some residents have ventured back, bracing themselves for what they'd find, only to discover their homes reduced to little more than ash. many told us they're simply too devastated to speak on camera. these fires don't discriminate, tearing through every kind of neighbourhood from lavish mansions to humble bungalows, all of them once a place of safety for someone. i can't describe i

helena humphrey, bbc news, los angeles. to the bbc�*s peter bowes, who's in los angeles. just bowes, who's in los angeles. give us the latest by telling just give us the latest by telling us where you are under sort of activity around you? i am in santa clarita which is a suburb of greater los angeles, the northernmost tip of the la county. next to the san fernando valley. one of the threatened areas which is also next to hollywood which again has faced its dangers. to the west of me is the —— one of the two huge fires still burning around pasadena, the pacific palisades fire which is also still burning mostly out of control and as you can tell from the trees behind me the santa ana winds have returned. they are likely to increase in intensity over the next couple of days. the critical period will be between about this time tomorrow, tuesday morning, to wednesday afternoon. for better or worse things are going to change over the next few days. we hope for the better. but firefighters are prepared for these strong winds agai

annita: let's go live to los angeles to the altadena neighborhood joining with helena humphrey. ou. tell us what you been seeing today and what you been hearing. helena: the devastation as you can see behind me, is difficult to put into words. we know the l.a. county sheriff said it looked like a bomb had gone off in some areas, and this area except with eyes that. you can see over my shoulder, people getting out as quickly as they could, leaving behind their vintage cars. further on, you can perhaps make out a bathtub. what is so striking about this area, actually, much of it is unrecognizable, some of it still smoldering amid twisted metal. it is difficult to see what is still here at a time when warnings from authorities are growing. we know there are 10 confirmed fatalities but police say they expect that number to grow, because they have not been able to reach some of the hardest hit areas. difficult to even wrap your head around, there are areas even worse than this might now wear those blazes continue out of control right now. we have been speaking to some people who have

helena humphreys reporting the la.w by major anthony barnes — general secretary of the salvation army southern california division. thank you forjoining me and speaking to me about this today. tell us more about the people approaching your organisation for assistance. the people approaching us have been affected by this disaster many have lost times, so many don't know what the condition of their home is or neighbourhood because they have not been able to get back to the community, they are tired and need a place to rest and food and water, a few other neat supplies so we are providing that to them. where are ou providing that to them. where are you able — providing that to them. where are you able to _ providing that to them. where are you able to help _ providing that to them. where are you able to help them - providing that to them. where are you able to help them do | are you able to help them do they have to stay overnight? absolutely there is a number of them coming up and it continues to evolve and grow as more

helena humphrey, bbc news, los angeles.ible stories of rescues and bravery as people fled their homes. and many neighbourhoods now look like this — completely deserted for block after block. many people who escaped have talked of the speed with which the fire spread, including aaron sampson who helped this father—in—law get out — here is their story. we've just been evacuated. we've just been evacuated from this good samaritans car. you got it, dad. we're having to walk. this is crazy. there's a fire right outside our car. we got it. no, not that way. dad! my father in law has parkinson's. he can barely move. this was a heroic effort on his part. very wobbly. here, let me try to get you some help. which way do i go? this way. to the sidewalk. i went outside. i saw smoke and fire near my father in law's house and realised we need to go. the problem is, we didn't have a car. by circumstance, we had no car in the house. iran up and down the street where he was. glen haven, finally found a neighbour who was willing to swing by

helena humphrey, bbc news, los angeles.r california legislator and la resident mike gatto told us anger is mounting at how the authorities have reacted. there is a lot of anger here, i'm not going to lie to you. you know, i am a democrat, california is a state that is run by democrats. there's a lot of voters here who are democrats. but more and more i am hearing quite a bit of rage from people who live in los angeles at our democratic elected officials. the common phrase that's going around was that this was 50% weather and 50% incompetence. it's things like the response time, the preparation, did we heed the warnings? i mean, angelenos, to give you a sense of things, the other day we all got a frantic notice on our cell phones that said you need to evacuate. just about everybody in this county of 10 million thought that their house was on fire or their street was on fire. it turned out to be a false alarm. they announced it was a false alarm. and then a few hours later we got another evacuation notice that was another fal

helena humphrey sent this update.t one this is just one of the areas where the palisades fire came through, if you take a look in every direction it is 360 degrees worth of destruction here. 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 raised to the ground. as we have been here in the area we have been here in the area we have been feeling those notorious santa ana wind picking up once again these are the enemy of those fire crews fighting so hard to control those fires. essentially they could whip up the flames once again, that is the concern in those fire crews are stretched to the limit right now. we know today president zelenskiy of ukraine is offered to centrefire teams from ukraine to help in the effort, here in this area today we have ed aerial drops of water which have been effective, half a billion gallons of water dropped from the sky to try and control the blazers but it is a race against time now with the wi

helena humphrey, bbc news, los angeles.rby addresses have been bored to used only boiled or bottled water for cooking until further notice. as we have said, there are now at least five fires burning across the los angeles region. the woodley and 0livas fires have been contained. they are spread across a wide area — threatening coastal areas, communities near the hills, and two are close to central urban areas. 0ne is in the hollywood hills — which has led to scenes like this on the famous hollywood boulevard. the city's fire chief said as many resources as possible were being brought in to try to stop the spread of the fires, but so far, that task had proved impossible. the fire has been mapped this afternoon at 10,600 acres, and it is still growing. we have 0% containment. we have over 750 firefighting personnel assigned on the line, and mutual aid resources from out of state, including arizona, have arrived to assist us with this firefight. let's show you now the moment one man in the pacific palisades had to flee his hom

helena humphrey, thank you.veral local and national agencies to determine if the separate blazes are linked. meanwhile, officials are defending their response to the incident, saying it was not a lack of preparation that led to the fires but rather, the cause of "a natural disaster". kathryn barger, a member of the los angeles county board of supervisors, is calling on the federal government to do more. we need all level of support, both at the local county level, the state level and the federal level, and we need it immediately. today, i wrote a letter to president—elect trump him to engage in every effort to see the impact first—hand on every socioeconomic individual in this county. engaging the white house makes the way for the rapid deployment of federal resources. joining me now is jeffrey schlegelmilch, director of the national center for disaster preparedness at the columbia climate school. could have you on the bbc. california stated, that a course to wildfires. and has almost more resources. why have th

helena humphrey, bbc news, los angeles.ly in his new york hush money case. it comes after the president—elect lost a last—ditch appeal after the supreme court found he didn't have presidential immunity — because he isn't yet president. judgejuan merchan will now hand down a sentence that's he indicated will be an unconditional discharge. but the conviction holds, meaning mr trump will become the first occupant of the white house with a criminal record. 0ur north america correspondent nada tawfik has the very latest from new york. trump has really fought all the way to the supreme court to avoid this long delayed sentencing, because once it happens, he will formally be a felon. and it's happening just ten days away from his inauguration. so he wanted to avoid carrying that designation into the white house. but nevertheless, the supreme court rejected that emergency reprieve request. and this will go ahead as planned. but thejudge has really signalled that he will sentence donald trump without any punishment. so this is expec

our first report this hour is from helena humphrey.e burn down live on the news. yeah, this was a beautiful home. had a lot of good times here. it's hard to put into words the level of devastation here, but the la county sheriff put it bluntly. in some areas, he said, it looks like a bomb had been dropped. so far, land more than twice the size of manhattan lies in ruins. and, still, these fires rage out of control. there is a new fire, unfortunately, in west hills pushing into ventura county. and we are expecting this fire to rapidly spread due to high winds. this is a reminder that this is a very dynamic situation that can change quickly. on thursday, a brief lull in those fierce santa ana winds allowed aircraft to streak across the skies, dropping water and fire retardant onto the flames. but there's no guarantee that that calm will last, with forecasters warning more winds could fan these infernos even further. the wind definitely played the biggest part, especially with the flying embers. i mean, i rememberseeing embersjust shootin

helena humphrey, bbc news, los angeles.ck, a climate expert and former vice—mayor of arcata in california, says these fires bring back memories of his time there. i know exactly what this feeling is like, it is terrifying. i've been stuck in these fires, my cousin lost her house in this area a few years ago when it burned down, and even as a youth in this area i remember nearby fires, i was on the roof of our wooden shingled home with a garden hose, hosing down the roof so that flying embers with these big winds called santa ana winds would not catch my house, it was terrifying. so when we see fires on this scale, the worst in los angeles history, and we're told by climate change experts that the frequency is likely to increase, what needs to change, first of all, in terms of how emergency responses are organised, in your view? ok, the short—term thing for emergency response, there are some small things that we are learning from these lessons we are hearing in the news. the water planning needs to be done a bit better. they

helena humphrey in malibu, thank you.re, 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

helena humphrey reports from los angeles. they got out. that's what matters most.d ruin, a hug from dad promises everything will be all right, even if this family doesn't yet know how. when the fires tore through altadena in the dead of night, daisy and keith bundled their young children into the back of the car. they had no official warning. i'm waiting to get some sort of urgency that we've got to leave because it's getting more dangerous but we didn't get anything, it was just my gut feeling that said, "we have to go." it was 1.30 in the morning and when i saw more flames going up, i said, "we have to get out." like so many here, all this family has left is each other. the dream home they worked day and night for gone an instant. it moved so quickly. it was on a distant ridge one minute and then ten minutes later it was like right on top of us. it was crazy how fast it moved. for now, authorities are focused on the immediate crisis. california governor, gavin newsom, is calling for an independent investigation into reported water shortages that hampered firefigh

helena humphreys reporting the la. more on the fires and just a bit.somewhere that often makes the news. but is has ben thrust into the international spotlight after president—elect donald trump ramped up his rhetoric around taking 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. in light of his father's renewed interest, donald trump jr made a brief visit to the nation's capital nuuk this past week. located between the united states and russia, the world's largest island holds significant strategic value, and valuable 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 travelled to greenland and filed this report. it is one of the world's last wild frontiers. glimpsed in the short winter sunlight, we'r

helena humphrey in altadena in los angeles.e damage up close is tanner charles. he is a storm chaser who a few days ago helped his friend 0rly evacuate from his home in the palisades. that first fire started off. tanner joins that first fire started off. tannerjoins us now. thank you very much, and i know you and yourfriend filmed very much, and i know you and your friend filmed that dash from the burning home or come as it was about to be consumed by the flames and then running along a road where all the homes were on fire. tell us where you are now and how you are. . . ~' where you are now and how you are. . . ~ _, where you are now and how you are. . . ~ i. ., . are. yeah, thank you for having me. currently _ are. yeah, thank you for having me. currently i _ are. yeah, thank you for having me. currently i am _ are. yeah, thank you for having me. currently i am in _ are. yeah, thank you for having me. currently i am in the - me. currently i am in the palisades. i was brought up here by some other news agencies to do some inte

here's helena humphrey.h so many communities destroyed and evacuation orders still in place, you have to look around areas like this one to get clues as to people's story, how they got out when the fires came through here. as you can see here, for example, didn't even have time to flee in their cars, but some of them completely burnt out. and just the dichotomy of others that are relatively unscathed. and as you go through areas like this one here in altadena, what you'll see on the landscape time and time again is chimneys like this. essentially gravestones, really, of where these houses once stood. and of course, with people now in shelters, staying with family, of course, they've got nothing to come back to, you startjust to get to indications as to who might have lived here. in this home, for example, perhaps you canjust make out behind me here, that twisted metal of what appears to have been a home, personal gym. that is some of the destruction that we are seeing in these areas. of course, as firefighte

we can cross live to los angeles and my colleague helena humphrey who's in altadena: i was listeningese drought —like conditions arrived, there were two years of record rainfall over a two—year period and a crew the vegetation in the forest and then came the drought and that created this tender like condition that is adding fuel to the fire.— to the fire. that is exactly ri . ht in to the fire. that is exactly right in can _ to the fire. that is exactly right in can see _ to the fire. that is exactly right in can see the - to the fire. that is exactly | right in can see the tender conditions now and when you speak to people in southern california —— tinder, they are used to wildfires, seasonal wildfires but this eight months of very little rainfall that we saw a really exacerbated those conditions you could see some of those trees that are downed as well because those hurricane winds came through here of a mph and itjust want chaise in the devastations in this zone and we will see some of what is been left in just countless vehicles like this one completely charred and burned out as

hello, i'm helena humphrey. i'm glad you could join me. the body of the late us presidentjimmy carter has arrived at his presidential library in georgia, as america begins six days of funeral ceremonies to pay respect to its 39th president, who died last week at the age of 100. the cortege carrying mr carter's coffin, and members of his family, made its first stop saturday at the georgia state capitol building in atlanta, where he served as governor during the 19705. the procession then carried on to the carter presidential centre. mr carter's body will lie there in repose for the public to pay their respects over the next several days. but, far from the sprawling streets of atlanta, or the monuments of washington where his funeral will take place on thursday, mr carter's finaljourney began in the same tiny georgia town where he was born — in plains. our carl nasman was there. jimmy carter, returning for the final time to his childhood home. bell tolls 39 tolls for the 39th president at his family farm, now a museum. jimmy carter was born

our first report is from helena humphrey who's in la.till the fires grow, hungry and unrelenting, as firefighters remain locked in a battle against nature's fury. from the sky, it's an all—out assault to keep the largest of these deadly wildfires in the pacific palisades from spreading any further, bombarding the flaming hills with water and fire retardant. meanwhile, on the ground, the national guard out in force and a night—time curfew is in effect to clamp down on those profiting from the chaos. a lot of crime, a lot of people trying to to steal things, but if you protect yourself and yourfamily... i mean, i have to be there to protect my wife, my son, my kids, my mom and i cannot even go and see them. i've been in this street for three days. luckily, my sister lives down the street or else, i'd end up in the streets. but this unprecedented crisis is also bringing out the best in humanity. at a local shelter in pasadena, volunteers are caring for more than a50 animals, dropped off by evacuees orfound wandering amid the destruction. ot

let's cross live to helena humphrey.about the latest situation there.— talk to us about the latest situation there. you can see the scale — situation there. you can see the scale of _ situation there. you can see the scale of the _ situation there. you can see the scale of the need - situation there. you can see the scale of the need by - situation there. you can see i the scale of the need by taking a look at the scene behind me, 360 degrees of these donations that have come to an overflow car park here. so many people here have either lost everything in these wildfires or, instead, they are under evacuation orders right now some 90,000 people are under evacuation orders. they are waiting to see whether those winds pick up and whether they could be impacted. but of course these people, some of them have had to flee with very little notice, to sleeping with what they were wearing, what they could carry. so here they have the opportunity to pick up a change of clothes, also pick up a change of clothes, also pick up some g

hello, i'm helena humphrey.ns six days of funeral ceremonies to pay respect to its 39th president, who died last week at the age of 100. the cortege carrying mr carter's coffin and members of his family made its first stop saturday at the georgia state capitol building in atlanta, where he served as governor during the 19705. the procession then carried on to the carter presidential center. mr carter's body will lie there in repose for the public to pay their respects over the next several days. but far from the sprawling streets of atlanta or the monuments of washington, where his funeral will take place on thursday, mr carter's finaljourney began in the same tiny georgia town where he was born — in plains. our carl nasman is there.

. >> let's go to helena humphreys and -- in arcadia at a distribution center. more about what you have been seeing today. >> just take a look around me at the scene. so many people coming out, either to volunteer or pickup much needed supplies. 90,000 people right now are under evacuation orders. some have had to flee in dramatic circumstances, grabbing what they can. they could get whatever they may need in terms of clothing, supplies for children, hygiene products, water, those things they really need. they don't know how long they will be away from home. in terms of the situation on the ground, president biden set our hearts go out to the 24 victims, 23 people confirmed missing, and the warmer -- the warning from authorities not to go into impacted areas of people have to comb the rubble looking for those remains. in terms of where we are, earlier today we saw will arnett the actor from "arrested development" among those coming out to volunteer. i spoke with him about the community spirit. >> everybody is still reeling from it. it is nice to come together an

i'm helena humphrey.ary in georgia, as america begins six days of funeral ceremonies to pay respect to its 39th president, who died last week at the age of 100. these are live pictures from the carter center, in atlanta, where mourners are paying their respects to the president. the cortege carrying mr carter's coffin, and members of his family, made its first stop saturday at the georgia state capitol building in atlanta, where he served as governor during the 1970s. the procession then carried on to the carter presidential centre. mr carter's body will lie there in repose for the public to pay their respects over the next several days. but far from the sprawling streets of atlanta, or the monuments of washington where his funeral will take place on thursday,

let's speak to my colleague helena humphrey in malibu.s that the wind, as you might be able to see, is quite clearly picking up again. that is what we don't want to see. i want to show you the lecture here in malibu. in this direction we consume see the power companies are up and are trying to take down the remainder of these damaged power lines to secure the area. take a look in this direction. we are on the pacific coastal highway, one of the most iconic roads in the world. normally, you wouldn't be able to see this expanse of the pacific ocean. you can only see it now because of the level of disruption. because of the fact that so many of these multi—million dollar homes have been raised to the ground. looking in this direction, as you can see, after house are simply gone. destruction as far as they are conceived right now. we have had over half1 billion gallons of water dropped from the sky in this area to try to slow the spread of the fire. but we are now six days into this crisis. you can see the wind picking up. we have more storie

preliminary estimates suggest there could have been up to $150 billion of damage. 0ur correspondent, helena humphreydate from a donation centre in la. in the past few hours that i've been here, just more and more people coming, either donating things or people needing to pick things up — either they have lost their homes, lost everything, or they're in evacuation centres right now with very little. i just want to show you some of the things that we do have here for people. as you can imagine, so many of them fleeing in the dead of night, really, when they get those evacuation orders. they need things like clothes, shoes, basic essentials, water. beyond that, we've got an ultrasound van, perhaps for women who had to flee who still need pregnancy care, for example. the needs are just so great. i just want to show you some of the things that we do have here for people. as you can imagine, so many of them fleeing in the dead of night, really, when they get those evacuation orders. they need things like clothes, shoes, basic essentials, water. beyond that, we've got an ultrasound van, perhaps for women w

caitriona: helena humphrey on the ground in altadena, california. thank you for that.ll the latest developments on the fire on our live page, bbc.com/news. you can keep up-to-date with the story there. a new york judge has sentenced president-elect donald trump two and unconditional discharge over his criminal conviction last year on multiple charges of fraud. the sentence means mr. trump avoids prison or a fine, but it formalizes his status as the first u.s. president to be a convicted felon, 10 days before he returns to the white house. his lawyers argued unsuccessfully of presidential immunity after he was found guilty of falsifying business records to cover up a sex scandal. justice juan mershon said the unconditional discharge was the only lawful sentence without encroaching upon the highest office of the land. donald trump and his defense lawyers say they will appeal the ruling, arguing the case should be dismissed. pres. trump: this has been a very terrible experience. i thicket has been a tremendous setback for new york and the court system. it was a political

our correspondent helena humphrey sent this update from pacific palisades. fire came through and if youery 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 gallons worth of water dropped from the sky to try and control these blazes — but it is a race against time now with the wind. we've heard from the la mayor today, karen bass, saying she is confident t

caitriona: helena humphrey there for us in altadena. to olivia victoria, a palisades santa monica resident who has had to evacuate her home. she is in palm springs now appear thinking for being with us here on abc news. i'm sure this is a very difficult time for you. you tell us about your experience of the last couple of days and deciding to leave your home? oliva: of course. it has all been very confusing, overwhelming. i'm lucky -- i am just a renter. in the grand scheme of things, everything is fine. i went to my apartment when we realized that the fire was emerging close to where i live, and grab things that cannot be replaced, packed a bag, and went to venice, four miles down from where i live. and we decided that air quality was too bad to stay there as well. i'm here with a group of friends, we packed up our cars and headed to palm springs. again, the level of disaster is just ridiculous and i'm in such a lucky position to be a renter. i cannot imagine all of the families that have their homes, where they grew up and their child

hello, i'm helena humphrey.rrived at his presidential library in georgia as america begins six days of funeral ceremonies to pay respect to its 39th president, who died last week at the age of 100. these are live pictures from the carter center in atlanta, where mourners are paying their respects to the president. the cortege carrying mr carter's coffin and members of his family made its first stop saturday at the georgia state capitol building in atlanta, where he served as governor during the 1970s. the procession then carried on to the carter presidential center. mr carter's body will lie there in repose for the public to pay their respects over the next several days. but far from the sprawling streets of atlanta or the monuments of washington, where his funeral will take place on thursday, mr carter's finaljourney began in the same

helena humphrey, bbc news, los angeles. let's speak to the bbc�*s peter bowes who's in los angeles.bout the santa ana winds. what's happening at the moment and whether or not they are expected to strengthen? those winds are clearly _ winds are clearly strengthening, i can feel it only right now. the critical period will be the next two or three days. in terms of the strength of those wins, starting about 2k hours from now so early on tuesday morning local time to late on wednesday is when we can expect to feel those really critically dangerous winds that could hamper firefighters. dangerous winds that could hamperfirefighters. to give hamper firefighters. to give you hamperfirefighters. to give you an idea of how quickly things can change, two hours ago at four ami received a notification on my phone that there was a new vegetation fire a couple of miles down the road here which is a suburb in the northern part of los angeles —— los angeles county. there was a rapid response to that fire and i see now that they have made very good progress in putting it out. that is how quickly thin

my colleague helena humphrey spoke to the bbc�*s north america supervising editor courtney subramanianonstitutional duty, as you mentioned. it's a bit awkward. it's not the first time a candidate has had to oversee the certification of their opponent's win. but her aides have told me she wants things to run smoothly. she really wants to underline the point that she believes in upholding the rule of law. and in some ways, this is following through on her campaign promise to really try and restore dignity, to support american institutions, and that is something we will see tomorrow — which is, of course, is a departure from four years ago. yeah, of course. one of the big questions right now — and i think has been the question since november, really — is what is next for kamala harris? i wonder do we have any indication as to what the future could hold for her? yes, i spoke to more than a dozen people inside her camp about this and i think and the first thing they want to really emphasise is that she has a job to finish as vice president. so, we will see a more re—engaged harris over the

i'm helena humphrey. good to have you with us. the uk government has confirmed that a british citizen is among those killed in the attack in new orleans on new year's day. he's been named as 31—year—old edward pettifer from chelsea in london. the coroner said he died of injuries caused by blunt force. his family issued a statement, saying they were: an american college football player, an aspiring nurse, and a mother of a four—year old are among the other people who were killed when a car mowed down party—goers in the city's french quarter. 1a people died and dozens were injured. authorities say the man behind the attack — shamsud—dinjabbar — placed explosive devices near the area before driving a truck into the crowd. the fbi says the army veteran acted alone and had declared his support for the group calling itself islamic state. in videos he made before the deadly attack, the 42—year—old talked about killing his family as well. the white house says presidentjoe biden will visit the city on monday. one of the first funerals of t

earlier we heard from our correspondent, helena humphrey, who's on the ground in altadena.here you are? the warning from president biden is a grim one — the number of fatalities is growing and he said that it is likely to grow further. that's because local authorities here on the ground say that they haven't yet been able to reach the hardest—hit areas — which is pretty difficult to wrap your head around, really, when you just take a look at the level of destruction behind me here. this is altadena. this was the methodist church. and when we were taking a look inside, tentatively walking amid this destruction, there is nothing inside that resembles a church anymore — not a single pew to be found. and it's a similar situation over in this direction as well. this was a neighbouring church, also razed to the ground. earlier today, we also saw thejewish centre had burnt down, another church in town also now rubble. and when you speak to people here, what they will tell you is some of them are people of faith and they are relying on that faith right now to get through this disas

he spoke to the bbc�*s helena humphrey. before started building two houses in between miscarriages.it's got a hold of the structure, the # between two houses. . this has is. we couldn't go in. there was too much heat. eventually, this house, i walked down the side and looked up and saw get it on fire. my heart sank. in a world power, the attic goes, system. this house was burning, house was burning, it was going to take mine in the next one without fire engines of war. my nephew and i broke down the door, cut holes in the ceiling, but the fire out in the attic. that isn't something they normally would do anyway. i could. then we looked across and saw our neighbours houses burning. there was nothing we could do without a fire engine. all we can to go in an out all the houses. there were foreigners. we were going in, putting out fires, coming up, going to the next one. —— their work for us. the hedge was on fire.. just using garden hoses until the sun came up i don't know the time. eventually, a fire engine showed up. when shown up down here. by five in the morning we had four orfive

our first report this hour is from helena humphrey in la. going i am going to take you to beijing's. at press conference between the uk chancellor rachel reeves and the vice president of china speaking at the moment. i think we have got a translation so we can just dip into here the words from the chinese vice premier. translation:— the chinese vice premier. translation: , ' ., , ., translation: china's efforts to romote translation: china's efforts to promote peace _ translation: china's efforts to promote peace talks _ translation: china's efforts to promote peace talks and - promote peace talks and political settlement have been well recognised by the international community. facing global challenges only through solidarity and cooperation can we jointly opened up a bright future. china will work with the uk as strategic partners to uphold open cooperation and tap into corporation highlights to achieve results, adding new impetus and positivity to a development of our relationship. past experiences have shown as long as china and the uk r

i'm helena humphrey. good to have you with us.named as 31—year—old edward pettifer from chelsea in london. the coroner said he died of injuries caused by blunt force. his family issued a statement, saying they were: an american college football player, an aspiring nurse, and a mother of a four—year old are among the other people who were killed when a car mowed down party—goers in the city's french quarter. 1a people died and dozens were injured. authorities say the man behind the attack — shamsud—dinjabbar — placed explosive devices near the area before driving a truck into the crowd. the fbi says the army veteran acted alone and had declared his support for the group calling itself islamic state.