peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles.owing a fatal crash in sheffield which involved a car that was being pursued by police. a one—year—old boy is among four people who were killed in the incident on friday night. a three—year—old girl was also taken to hospital with life—threatening injuries. the independent 0ffice for police conduct has opened an investigation. labour's sir keir starmer says the government has no mandate for leaving the eu without a deal. writing in the sunday times, the party's brexit spokesman said it would be politically unsustainable for the prime minister to deliver a no—deal brexit without the consent of parliament. meanwhile, conservative brexiteers and the dup are warning they couldn't vote for the government's vision of brexit as it currently appears. a downing street source said the government aimed to conclude an agreement as soon as possible, but it would not be at any cost. for one woman, today is particularly poignant. gracejones is the oldest person in britain. she's 112 and was just a sc

peter bowes reports from los angeles. another vigil for victims of a mass shooting in america. in grief, a community struggling to come to terms with the senseless tragedy it is all too familiar. the people of thousand oaks are doing what they can but this is the latest shooting where no one has any a nswe i’s. shooting where no one has any answers. we are here today because we are born and raised here in thousand oaks and we want to give backin thousand oaks and we want to give back in our community and we had friends here last night and one of them passed away and we found out briefly, ten minutes ago, and it is shocking and sad and this shootings need to stop, we need to find a solution for this. the violence needs to end now is that we are here and we want to give back and this is the only way i feel i can help out. 12 people were killed when the gunmen with suspected mental health issues went on a rampage in the busy bar. ian david long was a former marine who was known to the local authorities. police say he used a legally owned the automatic handgun which had an extended

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles.azare in portugal. south african surfer grant ‘twiggy‘ baker took the title in the world surf league's big wave tour. he played it safe during the opening rounds and peaked atjust the right time to catch this massive 40—foot wave, riding it to victory. look at that, that's frightening. huge. it would have been a windy day. now it's time for a look at the weather. has it all looking? we have a south—easterly breeze today, a little stronger here than it has been for the past few days but it's been for the past few days but it's been bringing in dry and brightair, starting with cloud today which disappeared at the sun came out. the class has hung on to northern ireland today, parts of south west england, north—east england. forthe vast majority out there, blue skies and temperatures around 9—12d. the cloud in northern ireland disappears overnight. we hold onto some in eastern scotland but for the most part, dry, clear, enough ofa breeze to stop the temperature down as fired it would other

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles.now speak tojeremy kriss who had to escape from the city of chico. his wife works as a school administartor in paradise, that school has been completely destroyed. hejoins me from petaluma in northern california. jeremy, thank you for your time. given your wife's workplace has been destroyed, you've been very much affected by these fires? yes, we we re affected by these fires? yes, we were actually evacuated from our home. ratherfrightening were actually evacuated from our home. rather frightening situation to have the chico police department pound on your door with the words, get out now. have you ever experienced anything like this before? the fires and the viciousness of the flames? u nfortu nately, viciousness of the flames? unfortunately, as californians, we're getting used to this now. most people say zafira season is 12 months, now it is all year —— fire season. months, now it is all year —— fire season. last summer, a community and oui’ season. last summer, a community and oura

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. i think he found a new friend! week ahead, with nick miller. hello. plenty more sunshine to come before the weekend is done but the week ahead is looking cloudier and colder, much colderfor a time. here's some sunshine from saturday in scotland. parts of eastern scotland staying quite cloudy. northern ireland, too. but for many of us where you had cloud on saturday, sunday will be even sunnier. high pressure to the east and north—east of us, flow of air coming from the south—east. right now, it is quite dry air so not much moisture to make cloud. as we go through sunday, sunnier in northern ireland, still a bit of cloud at times for eastern scotland and parts of north—east england. still the same south—easterly breeze, still the same sort of temperatures for sunday so still on the mild side, where we are widely into double figures. don't get used to that. it is about to change because we go into monday and we are going to make a change to the wind direction. more of an easterly. we start to drag in these blue colou

peter bowes for us there. let's get some of the day's other news.the democratic of congo is the second biggest recording according to the health industry. 26 cases and probable cases are confirmed in and around the town of beni. 0nly probable cases are confirmed in and around the town of beni. only the epidemic of 2013 and 2016 was bigger. a man already imprisoned for murder has now confessed to 90 killings in the us, across four decades. samuel little, who's 78, is currently serving life. he was sentenced in 2014 for the murders of three women. the fbi believe he may be among the most prolific serial killers in american criminal history. a japanese airline pilot has been jailed for being about nine times over the legal alcohol limit just as he was about to fly a passengerjet out of heathrow. katsutoshi jitsukawa was stopped by security staff last month in the cockpit of the japan airlines flight to tokyo. he's been sentenced to 10 months in prison. there's been a big increase in the number of cases of measles around the world, with many countries h

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. jeremy kriss escaped from the city of chico. of people having to leave their homes, like jeremy. he told me it has been completely destroyed. yes, we were actually evacuated from our home, a rather frightening situation to have chico police department found on your door and say three words, which was "get out now." have you ever experienced anything like this before, the fires in the flames, the viciousness of the flames? unfortunately, as californians, we are getting used to this now and most people say fire season is a few months, but now it is all year and just this last summer, the community 1.5 hours to the north of us, reading, california, had one of the biggest fires and we know many families, lots of friends of there and we know people who lost loved ones and lost their homes so unfortunately, yes, we are aware and we know this is the reality. i believe you have been evacuated a couple of times now. but had to move, as the danger has followed you. what is it like to actually have to leave your home? what kind of things d

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles.h more sunshine than was the case yesterday, and beautiful pictures are being sent into us all day today. this was one of those from norfolk, showing this flock of birds taking to the sky, thanks to walking greyhound for

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. peter has waited a long time for that picture.

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. i think peta has found a new friend!ful day with plenty of sunshine, the early—morning cloud day with plenty of sunshine, the ea rly—morning cloud clearing day with plenty of sunshine, the early—morning cloud clearing away to give blow in sunny skies, a couple of exceptions, east scotland and northern ireland but as we go through this evening and overnight, the cloud is already breaking up in northern ireland and will start to thin and break a little in eastern scotla nd thin and break a little in eastern scotland as well. we're left with clear skies and a fairly brisk south—easterly wind and a cold one, much colder than recent nights, temperatures in towns and cities down to 2—4. tomorrow, notice northern ireland joins in on the sunny story and not much cloud for eastern scotland. what cloud we have in the morning should tend to fizzle out. in the sunshine, temperatures close to average for the time of year, highs of around 10—12, something like that. but then the weather over the next few days is going to turn cloudy.

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. he looks younger than he does!on huge waves at nazare in portugal. south african surfer grant 'twiggy‘ baker took the title in the world surf league's big wave tour. he played it safe during the opening rounds and peaked atjust the right time to catch this massive 40—foot wave, riding it to victory. sport and for a full round up, we go over to the bbc sport centre. good morning, catherine. that looks completely terrifying! were starting with cricket, and rain has brought an end to playjust that the point it was all getting very tense. england set sri lanka... some stoic batting from the sri lankans. they went off because of rain about an hourago, and play they went off because of rain about an hour ago, and play has been halted for the day. the hosts 226—7, 82 short of their target. england have been excellent in the field, taking a couple of stunning catches. keating jennings has produced probably two of the best short leg catches. being at short leg with a helmet on, you are close to the back, it is the one posit

our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. its motto, "winter is coming", president trump made his intentions clear. from monday, the day before congressional elections, sanctions described by the white house as the toughest ever imposed on iran, will be back on. mr trump withdrew from the iran deal in may, describing it as effective at its core. the announcement may well prove a vote—winner for the republicans. donald trump is focusing on what he sees as his achievements and issues that set him apart from his previous processor. we don't want to go back to the obama days of low wages, high unemployment, high crime, open borders, far leftjudges, oppressive regulations, horrible, horrible, horrible trade deals. disastrous foreign policy. look at the mess i inherited in north korea and at look how well we are doing now. barack obama is leading the charge for the democrats, without mentioning mr trump by name, questioning his honesty. what we have not seen, at least in my lifetime, is an approach in which folks in the highest lev

peter bowes in los angeles. heuir watching bbc news. —— you are watching. from the government over brexit. the dup leader arlene foster says her party can't support the government's current proposals to brussels, accusing theresa may of breaking promises. and the prime minister has laid wreaths at the graves of the first and last british soldiers killed in the first world war. police in australia say they're treating a knife attack in the centre of melbourne as an act of terrorism. one person was killed and two injured during the evening rush hour. the suspect, a man of somali origin who was known to the police, was shot by officers and died later in hospital. 0ur correspondent hywel griffith sent this report. face—to—face with an armed attacker. officers confront a man brandishing a knife who kept lunging at them until, moments later, they shot him in the chest. the police were called after reports of a vehicle on fire. gas canisters were later found at the scene. the attacker had driven into the heart of the city centre, to bourke street, in one of the bu

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles.ortugal. south african surfer grant ‘twiggy‘ baker took the title in the world surf league's big wave tour. he played it safe during the opening rounds and peaked atjust the right time to catch this massive 40—foot wave — riding it to victory. frightening. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello, if you didn't see the sunshine today, you are more likely to see it tomorrow before it turns cloudy and colder next week. now, as we go through this evening and tonight, it is mainly dry and clear, though there is still some cloud around eastern parts of scotland and north—east england. the cloud, though, clearing from northern ireland where it's been a rather grey day. the south—easterly breeze means temperatures don't fall as far as if they would if it was calm, but still close to freezing in the coldest spots and you could wake up to a touch of frost in the morning, you're more likely to wake up to a gloriously sunny start and for it to stay that way throughout the d

peter bowes reports.uth of downtown chicago. the police say it started with a row in the car park between people who knew each other. the gunman first shot a woman with whom he was in a relationship, and then headed inside the building, closely followed by several police officers. more shots were fired, apparently at random. it was like, "pow pow pow, pow pow pow, pow pow pow pow pow." it was extreme, it was very loud and it was close, so this is what happened. i don't know, after that, swat came and got us out of utility room and made us walk across the street. literally, as i'm stepping onto the pavement, i hear five shots, six shots. "bam, bam, bam, bam." i drop my groceries, i say, "head for the..." you know, "take cover." so we take cover, and at this corner there was really nowhere to seek shelter. and we heard about six more shots. a doctor, a pharmaceutical assistant and a police officer were all killed. the gunman is also dead. those officers that responded today saved a lot of lives, because thi

peter bowes, bbc news.at have died in the california wildfires has now risen to 79. heavy rain is expected, bringing much needed relief for firefighters trying to extinguish the deadliest wildfire in the state's history. there are also fears that the downpour could cause mudslides, and further hamper the search for the nearly 700 people who are still unaccounted for. fighting has broken out in the yemeni city of hudaydah despite both the saudi—led military coalition and houthi rebels agreeing to halt offensives. coalition warplanes resumed bombing following clashes between rebels and pro—government forces. the un is attempting to revive talks to end a three—year war that has caused a massive humanitarian crisis. the use of former legal highs has fallen dramatically since they were banned in 2016, according to a report by the home 0ffice. it also says the supply has gone underground and that fresh types of the drug are continuing to be produced. before the ban, legal highs were sold openly in specialist stor

peter bowes joins us with the latest from la. peter, with the latest from la. where are we up to.th fire peter, where are we up to. is the fire spreading or are they starting to contain it? they are slowly starting to contain these two huge fires in northern california and the south, closer to los angeles. there are south, closer to los angeles. there a re close south, closer to los angeles. there are close to the city of malibu, probably the most famous of all the cities affected, a favourite of celebrities, still completely evacuated as are several other neighbouring cities because the fire does continue to spread, it is about 10% contained which really isn't very much. further north to the town of paradise, where the vast majority of paradise, where the vast majority of people, 23, died so far but as recently as this morning, they were saving up to 110 people remained missing in that part of california and the operation to find potentially bodies in the degree, in the ashes, is extremely difficult because the fire was so fierce and it's a desolate land the firefighters are tryi

peter bowes, bbc news.een charged with assault in new york city after allegedly punching a man in a fight over a parking space. the incident allegedly occurred in the west village area of manhattan on friday. the 60—year—old has been ordered to appear in court on the 26th of november. the actor's been in the spotlight most recently for his impressions of president trump on nbc‘s long—running satirical show "saturday night live. " 0ne lucky ticket holder in the uk has won the entire jackpot in last night's euromillions draw, a total of more than £76 million. the national lottery is urging people to check their tickets to see if they've won. a spokesperson said they've got plenty of champagne on ice ready to celebrate. it's the biggest win sincejuly, when a couple from aberdeen scooped almost £58 million. just imagine. 0k? just imagine. ok? i am. back in the room, back to reality. it is 12 minutes past seven. the weather in a few minutes. in a few days' time, millions of voters across america will have their

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles.pokesman, sir kier starmer, has said that the government has no mandate for leaving the eu without a deal. writing in the sunday times, he says it would be politically unsustainable. let's get more detail now from our political correspondent, jessica parker, who is in our london newsroom. bring us up—to—date. the brexit story never stops. no letup for theresa may. the shadow brexit secretary sir keir starmer writing today that he rejects the notion is mps will have to take theresa may's deal or no deal. he says there is no duty on mps to surrender to a bad deal. perhaps what is worrying for the prime minister is a piece co—written by sammy wilson, dup's brexit spokesman, and a prominent eurosceptic tory mp, they have written they think the current plans from showing no border on the island of ireland will be a humiliation and they could not support it, this is afterjojohnson, they could not support it, this is afterjo johnson, transport minister, quit on friday, outlining profound conc

peter bowes reporting.agency, the gru, has died at the age of 62. general igor korobov was reportedly rebuked by the kremlin following the gru's botched attempt to kill the former double agent sergei skripal and his daughter in salisbury in march. a defence ministry source said the general had been ill for a long time. the board of the carmaker nissan are holding an emergency meeting to decide the fate of the firm's chairman, carlos ghosn. it comes days after the tycoon, who also works for mitsubishi and renault, was arrested for financial misconduct. he is accused of misusing company funds and understating his income. joining me in the studio is business reporter katie prescott. that meeting is under way. is there any news from it yet? no, it started recently. i think there will be a foregone conclusion. ghosn is accused of using company money for luxury homes around the world, and also the way in which nissan have been talking about it indicate that. his number two described him as a tyrant, the chief exe

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles.s "all options remain on the table", including another referendum, if mps vote down a brexit deal. on the andrew marr show, the shadow foreign secretary was asked aboutjeremy corbyn's comment to a german newspaper that brexit cannot be stopped. she said labour would prefer a general election but could campaign for "a people's vote" if it were not possible. let's start with the fact that we had a referendum and the results of the referendum to be abided by, we do need to have an injection of democracy in between the results of the referendum and as going any further, we have always said that. we wa nt further, we have always said that. we want a meaningful vote in theresa may is simply giving us a devil and the deep blue sea, she said you can either follow off a cliff or get on the bridge to nowhere and you have to vote on that and that is not a meaningful vote or injection of democracy, we see you better covers that, and we refuse to play that sort of game and frankly if you can come u

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles.an sir kier starmer has said the the government has no mandate for leaving the eu without a deal. writing in the sunday times, he says it would be "politically unsustainable". let's get more detail now from our political correspondent, jessica parker, who is in our london newsroom. good morning to you. the brexit noise that are quietened, does it? bring us up to date. no let up for theresa may. the threat of leaving isa theresa may. the threat of leaving is a political hope —— folks as claimed by keir starmer. there is no duty on mps to surrender to a bad deal, he says. the labour party doesn't look likely to support the government's brexit strategy. that is what is more worrying for theresa may is a piece that is being cowritten by the dup‘s a spokesman and steve baker, saying the current plan is ensuring no hardboard would bea plan is ensuring no hardboard would be a humiliation and could not be supported. theresa may relies on a tory backbenchers but the dup‘s for votes in parliamen

peter bowes reports... the scale of the devastation is overwhelming.t community to the north of sacramento. thousands and thousands of homes reduced to rubble. the charred remnants of household possessions, unrecognisable in the ashes. the roads are strewn with burned—out vehicles where some people were overcome by the flames trying to escape. others made it, but onlyjust. 0h oh my god, oh my god. i am so scared right now, so terrified. in southern california, many more homes have been destroyed or damaged in two majorfires close to thousand oaks, the city where a gunman went on the rampage earlier in the week, killing 12 people in a bar. it has been a brutal, hellish three days for the city of thousand oaks. we are still not where we need to be. i know firefighters from various agencies including our fire department, ventura county, have slept in the streets overnight to keep an eye on fires, embers, making sure that there are no additional homes burning or any other property. the authorities are still trying to assess how many homes have been destroy

peter bowes, bbc news.mouse, i do not if it is wrong to say so, latest respected him, was never my favourite cartoon character. i actually agree with you for once. donald duck was more my men. thinking reminiscing about favourite cartoon. my favourite was will 0wen the west. favourite cartoon. my favourite was will owen the west. yes, i do remember that. if you have a favourite you want to send this morning, feel free to dig up mickey mouse and his 19th if he is your favourite. what do you say? have you got a favourite? to the mouse. but i liked the whispers well. i once dressed up as evil edna for halloween. whispers well. i once dressed up as evil edna for halloweenlj whispers well. i once dressed up as evil edna for halloween. i see it. she was a television. it was a case of me in the box. let us it was a case of me in the box. let us talk weather. it is grey and misty. there will be some drizzle. but do not lose heart. this weekend will be one where many of you will be bathed in sunshine. things are set

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. has no mandate for leaving the eu without a deal. writing in the sunday times, the party's brexit spokesman said it would be "politically unsustainable" for the prime minister to deliver a no—deal brexit without the consent of parliament. meanwhile, conservative brexiteers and the dup are warning they couldn't vote for the government's vision of brexit as it currently appears. a downing street source said the government aimed to conclude an agreement as soon as possible, but it would not be at any cost. three men have been arrested following a fatal crash in sheffield which involved a car that was being pursued by police. a 1—year—old boy is among four people who were killed in the incident on friday night. a 3—year—old girl was also taken to hospital with life—threatening injuries. the independent office for police conduct has opened an investigation. the former chief executive of the house—building company persimmon is facing further criticism, despite giving up part of his £75 mill

peter bowes, bbc news. it's 9:16am. the headlines on bbc news...plans, after the democratic unionist party warned it was sending her a message by failing to back the government on a budget vote. the police condemn a walk on by culture, saying front line officers could let thugs go if they don't get help from the public. a doctor, a pharmacist and a police officer are killed after a gunman opened fire at a hospital in chicago. good morning, here are your sports headlines. the bond be a breakaway super league according to two of the most powerful people in european football. leaked documents claim secret talks have been helped to create a new competition involving the continent's because teams. a big night for scotland in the nations lee, a victory over israel at hamden park will earn them at least a play—off spot europe 2020. bad news for arsenal and england, jordan knobs could miss the world cup next summer after rupturing a knee ligament. we'll have all of the sports stories coming up in the next 30 minutes or so. see you then. thank you, sally. s

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. got something for you.that while matt is doing the weather. of course you will be listening intently to matt as well. come on, danger mouse. thank you. it is not a great start to the weekend. it is great, misty, drizzly in most areas. some areas have the sunshine but more will have the sunshine as we go through the day. if you don't get it today you certainly will tomorrow. the weekend brightens up before things turn chilly later on. the chilly clear air comes off continental europe, high pressure to the south of scandinavia. winds around the southern flank of that bringing this window is —— clear whether our way. jessie ware the morning cloud northwards and westwards. it will ta ke northwards and westwards. it will take time for some. it is misty and pogie, particularly over the hills. patchy rain and drizzle will start to melt away. the clearer skies worked their way northwards and eastwards. brightness in the west to begin with. more of it as we go into the afternoon. it will take time before we see the

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. peter has waited a long time for that picture. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello, if you didn't see the sunshine today, you are more likely to see it tomorrow before it turns cloudy and colder next week. now, as we go through this evening and tonight, it is mainly dry and clear, though there is still some cloud around eastern parts of scotland and north—east england. the cloud, though, clearing from northern ireland where it's been a rather grey day. the south—easterly breeze means temperatures don't fall as far as if they would if it was calm, but still close to freezing in the coldest spots and you could wake up to a touch of frost in the morning, you're more likely to wake up to a gloriously sunny start and for it to stay that way throughout the day. a bit of cloud still flirting with parts of eastern scotland and the far north east of england. still the same south—easterly breeze, still the same sort of temperatures as we've seen today, that's around 9—12d. now, the breeze is a noticeable feature

our los angeles correspondent, peter bowes told us the emergency services are making some progress.slowly starting to contain these two huge fires in northern california and the south, closer to los angeles. there are close to the city of malibu, probably the most famous of all the cities affected, a favourite of celebrities, still completely evacuated as are several other neighbouring cities because the fire does continue to spread, it is about 10% contained which really isn't very much. further north to the town of paradise, where the vast majority of people, 23, died so far but as recently as this morning, they were saving up to 110 people remained missing in that part of california and the operation to find potentially bodies in the degree, in the ashes, is extremely difficult because the fire was so fierce and it's a desolate land the firefighters are trying to work through now to dampen down the embers and continue fighting the fire which is about 25% contained. also making news today: israeli troops have clashed with hamas militants in gaza. the fighting took place east of th

our north america correspondent peter bowes told me this type of row is very rare.hat the chiefjustice would step in to what is a political argument that the president is making here. so when the chief justice of the supreme court makes a statement that clearly contradict what the president is saying, a lot of people are very surprised and he did not mince his words. trump said that this was an obama judge and that is true, he was appointed by president obama, the chiefjustice said we do not have bushjudges, clintonjudges, obama judges or trump judges. we have an extraordinary group of people, dedicated judges doing their level best to provide equal rights to those appearing before them. he said the independentjudiciary is something we should all be thankful for. and this in the same week that we hear the president thought, apparently, that he could order thejustice department to prosecute hillary clinton and james comey. the president has already hit back against this latest rebuke, hasn't he? yes, he has. the president has come back and he is doubling down on what

workers rights and civil rights, lgbt rights and immigrants rights. 0ur north america correspondent, peter bowess the president's latest campaign speech, hints at the posibility of the democrats doing better than he hopes this is the first we have heard this tone from the president, suggesting that his party would not win as many seats as he would like to see. specifically, talking to the house of representatives and the democrats have high hopes that taking control of the house, not something the president wants to see. he also wants to, of course, hang on to what is a slim majority in the senate, perhaps even clinch one or two seats from the democrats to increase that majority, which would certainly be hugely helpfulfor him over the next couple of years, as he tries to progress his agenda. but we are seeing, perhaps the presidentjust preparing his party for not doing quite as well, which of course would be traditional in a mid—term election. generally, the party of the sitting president doesn't do too well two years in, but this president has been campaigning extremely hard and clearly wants t

i asked our correspondent peter bowes if there is a suspicion mr trump might also have other things onevelations. yeah, a lot of suspicion because of the timing of that tweet, just really a few moments earlier, a few minutes earlier, before — as he was leaving the white house to make that long journey to argentina, he said that the meeting was still on with president putin. something seems to have changed in a short space of time leading up to that tweet saying that he wouldn't be meeting the russian president. certainly, nothing has significantly changed regarding the situation from last sunday and those ukrainian ships, what has changed a lot in the last 12 hours or so, of course, the russia investigation and his former lawyer admitting that he misled, that he lied to congress, about a deal involving russia and his former boss, donald trump. this all relates to the time just before the presidential election campaign, although of course, as we now know, the negotiations for that potential trump tower in moscow, in fact, continued up until the middle of 2016. so the timing of all this

earlier i spoke to out correspondent peter bowes, who's in los angeles, about whether there's any signres being brought under control. certainly not in the next few hours. these fires, if past experience is anything to go by, could be being battled for days before they are under control. at times, firefighters actually stop fighting the fire and focused entirely on getting people out of this most affected areas, like the talent paradise that we have just been hearing about and areas like malibu in the south of california, which is under a total evacuation order. this isa under a total evacuation order. this is a town of some approximately 20,000 people being told to get out of their homes for their own safety, so of their homes for their own safety, so you of their homes for their own safety, so you can of their homes for their own safety, so you can imagine the gridlock that thatis so you can imagine the gridlock that that is causing on the freeways and the roads just to the north of los angeles. and part of the problem seems to be the strong winds that are fanning the flames and caus

we speak now to our north america correspondent peter bowes.d the mueller investigation, where the cisco from now? well, this means that mr mueller now has the answers is looking for from the president. mueller now has the answers is looking forfrom the president. we don't know specifically what the a nswe i’s don't know specifically what the answers are, but we have at least got to that stage in what it suggests is that this enquiry is moving towards its final stages. it probably also tells us that mr trump will probably not be sitting down in person with mr mueller, which has been muffled debate for many months now. at one stage, the president saying he would be willing to do that and it is clear i think that the lawyers have advised against it. it really will depend on the mueller investigators's response and interpretation of what they have just been told by the president. we know from the president's lawyer rudy giuliani that as far as he was concerned it was unprecedented cooperation, he has also set an interview that the president had a

our correspondent peter bowes is in los angeles — he explained more about the vote.in a number of races, including florida, which is oi’ races, including florida, which is or is talked about the swing state, where it could go either way. north da kota, where it could go either way. north dakota, misery is another state where there is an extremely close race with the incumbent democrat. why would that be significant if he we re why would that be significant if he were to win a senate seat like that one? there is a wafer thin majority for the republicans in the senate at the moment. one or two extra senators would make so much difference to donald trump as he tries to move forward his agenda over the next couple of years. it may not be so easy for him in the house, where the democrats may well make some gains. they could sneak in with a majority, or have a close majority, perhaps existing continually with the republicans. the democrats are gaining seats here. assembling california, where there are seats in republican areas that are perhaps not so republican any more. t

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles.ime for a look at the weather, and chris fawkes has the weather. much more sunshine than was the case yesterday, and beautiful pictures are being sent into us all day today. this was one of those from norfolk, showing this flock of birds taking to the sky, thanks to walking greyhound for sending the picture in. we have the clear skies with us at the moment, already turning into at the moment, already turning into a chilly night with threat —— patchy frost forming in the highlands. but for the most part, wins will take 50 temperatures from just above freezing. will have clear skies, and northern ireland joining in on the sunshine. across the border we will see steady —— sunny skies, but there'll continue to be a chilly breeze growing around the east coastline of east anglia. temperatures will be nowhere near normal as we look at next week. look at this, 5 degrees in london, 4 degrees in cardiff? we have windy weather on the way, moving through tuesday and wednesday, targeting england an

police there are still looking for the gunman. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes has been followingy, another shooting. this time ata another city, another shooting. this time at a hospitaljust another city, another shooting. this time at a hospital just south another city, another shooting. this time at a hospitaljust south of downtown chicago. the police say it started with a row in the car park are twin people who knew each other. the gunmen first shot a woman with whom he was in a relationship, and then headed inside the building, closely followed by several police officers. more shots were fired, a p pa re ntly officers. more shots were fired, apparently at random. it was extreme and it was very loud and it was close, so this is what happened. i do not know after that, the swat tea m do not know after that, the swat team came and got us out of the utility room and made us walk across the street. literally, as i am stepping onto the pavement, 85 shots or six shots. i drop my groceries, ta ke or six shots. i drop my groceries, take cover. we take cover and were waiting to seek sh

peter bowes reports from los angeles. the world's most famous mouse. through his debut film steamboat willie in 1928. i only hope we never lose sight of one thing, but it was all started by a mouse. mickey mouse was created in the first drawn by walt disney himself. he went on to appear in more than 130 films. his distinctive appearance often changing with the times. they were cartoons that forever changed the entertainment landscape. some silent film comedians when animated is —— animations started to be popular said things like, charlie chaplin said things like, charlie chaplin said "how can we even compete? they don't have to stop to take a breath." and animation character can literally do anything that you can make physically believable. i think mickey is the embodiment of that. the first mickey mouse comic strips we re the first mickey mouse comic strips were published in the early 1930s and they were drawn at this desk by the legendary animator floyd got britain. —— gottfriedson. mickey mouse is far from britain. —— gottfriedson. mickey mouse is

workers rights and civil rights, lgbt rights and immigrants rights. 0ur north america correspondent, peter bowespresident's latest campaign speech, hints at the posibility of the democrats doing better than he hopes. this is the first time we have rarely heard this tone from the president, suggesting that his party may not win as many seats as he would like to see in three or four days. i think specifically he is looking at the house of representatives and the democrats have high hopes of taking control of the house. that is not something that the president wants to see. the president also wants to hold onto what is a slim majority in the senate. perhaps even clinch one or two seats from the democrats to increase majority which would be helpful to him over the next couple of years, as he tries to progress his agenda. but we are perhaps seeing the president preparing his party were not doing as well. they will be traditional in the mid—term election. usually the sitting president doesn't do well at year's end. but this president has been campaigning hard. clearly he wants to do as well as you can

let's get more from our north america correspondent, peter bowes.nt trump, that is the official reason he is giving. there is bound to be suspicion that frankly he just has too much else on his mind with the revelations about michael cohen. yeah, a lot of suspicion because of the timing of that tweet, itjust really a few minutes earlier, as he was leaving the white house to make that long journey to argentina, he said that the meeting was still on with president putin. something seems to have changed in a short space of time leading up to that tweet saying that he would not be meeting the russian president, certainly nothing has significantly changed regarding the situation from last sunday and those ukrainian ships, what has changed a lot in the last 12 hours or so, of course, the russian investigation and his former lawyer admitting that he misled, that he lied to congress, about a deal involving russia and his former boss, donald trump. this all relates to the timejust boss, donald trump. this all relates to the time just before the presidential

team colluded with russia to help win the presidential election. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowesg its final stages and clearly, mr mueller and his collea g u es clearly, mr mueller and his colleagues had the answers to the questions that they pose to the president. it tells us probably that the president will not be sitting down in person with the investigators or indeed mr mueller, that has been debated for many months now. at one stage, the president said he would be willing to do that, clearly the lawyers have advised against it. the next stage fully depends on mr mueller and his collea g u es fully depends on mr mueller and his colleagues and their interpretation of what the president is telling them, and whether it leads to other people being interviewed or whether this finally wraps up this enquiry and mr mueller can write his final report. china's president xijinping has called his visit to the philippines a "milestone". it was all aimed at boosting relations with the promise of billions of dollars in backing for mega—projects. he also said that china and the philippines h

earlier i spoke to our correspondent peter bowes in los angeles — who explained how the proposed bane original proposal, which would have been a blanket ban on transgender people serving in the military was essentially kicked out by the court. indeed, there are still some injunctions in force as they apply to that original scenario, which has since been modified, changed by the administration to include only those transgender people who suffer from a condition known as gender dysphoria. now, gender dysphoria is when an individual feels a conflict between their biological sex, assigned at birth, and the gender that they feel they are. now, that doesn't necessarily include all transgender people, but it's a significant group, and it's that group of people that are now being targeted by this rewording of the initiative by the trump administration. so why is the trump administration now going to the supreme court? is this a test, in effect, for the supreme court? well, it's certainly a test for the supreme court. but it's also, i think, an attempt by the trump administration simply to ge

our north america correspondent, peter bowes, says this process may be moving towards the end.ring its final stages. clearly mr mueller and his colleagues have got the answers to the questions they posed to the president. it tells us probably that the president won't be sitting down in person with the investigators, or indeed mr mueller. that has been debated for many months now. at one stage, the president said he would be willing to do that. i think clearly the lawyers have advised against it. the next stage clearly depends on mr mueller and his colleagues and the interpretation to the answers the president has given them. there have been hints quietly release that there may be new indictments coming, and there have also been strong suggestions that the new acting attorney general may shut the whole thing down. yes, we are into kind of new territory here with the possibility of him shutting down this investigation. certainly, it has been denied that that is the intention. and my hunch is that the investigation, the enquiry, is moving pretty quickly now, and we're likely to se

peter bowes has the latest from los angeles.geles. scale of the devastation is overwhelming. the scale of the devastation is overwhelming. this is all that remains of paradise, a quiet retirement community to the north of sacramento. thousands and thousands of homes reduced to rubble. the charred remnants of household possessions unrecognisable in the ashes. the roads are strewn with burned—out vehicles where some people were overcome by the flames trying to escape. others made it, but only just. trying to escape. others made it, but onlyjust. oh... oh, my god. oh, my god. i am so scared right now. so terrified. in southern california, many more homes have been destroyed oi’ many more homes have been destroyed or damaged in two majorfires close to thousand oaks, the city were a gunman went on a rampage earlier in the week, killing 12 people. as everybody knows, it's been a brutal and hellish couple of days for thousand oaks. we are still not where we need to beat. i know that firefighters from various agencies including ourfire

our correspondent peter bowes is in los angeles. so this is all slightly confusing, peter.uced this policy, it was controversial at the time, and he wa nts controversial at the time, and he wants another review of it. legally this is a little convoluted, but essentially what he is doing is going to the highest court in the land to get a review of lower courts that are in various stages of review of this policy. and as you say, it goes back a year or so, because they have been two versions of what the trump administration wanted to do. initially it was a blanket ban on transgender people serving in the military. that was kicked back by some of the lower courts. those are the decisions that are still in review. there are still injunctions as far as that first policy was concerned. then the policy was revised to include only those people with gender dysphoria. now, gender dysphoria is a condition where transgender people suffer conflict asa transgender people suffer conflict as a result of their biologically assigned sex and the gender that they believe that they are. now, tha

our north america correspondent peter bowes is in los angeles.ent was saying, shock and horror and despair, but really not surprised. yet again, another mass shooting. what more is emerging on this? well, you are right. these scenes are all too familiar, and what is happening right now, vigils are getting under way to remember those people who died, and again, that is an all—too—familiar scene in the hours after a mass shooting like this. we are beginning to learn more about the victims. the police officer who was there, he was close by, he ran in and is credited with saving the lives of many people because of his swift action. he lost his life, he died in hospital, that was ron helus, he was a 29 year veteran of the local police department and he was planning to retire next year. we have just heard from the father of cody coffman, 22 years old, he went to the buyer knows to most nights and apparently enjoyed line dancing. it was a country music evening, and another victim was 23 years old, a local, a victim of the local university, and it just l