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our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. someone would do to other people and they don�*t deserve it. the police said family liaison officers were helping edward pettyfer�*s family with the process of returning his body to the uk. frances reid, bbc news. donald trump has dismissed as an �*illegitimate political attack�* a manhattan judge�*s order for him to be sentenced onjanuary 10th in the hush money case, ten days before his inauguration. mr trump was convicted in may on 3a felony counts. his lawyers had argued the president—elect was protected by presidential immunity. justicejuan merchan rejected this, but indicated he was not inclined to impose a jail sentence and he was likely to give donald trump an unconditional discharge. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. let�*s get more from our he was not the judge said that he was not going to impose a jail sentence. don�*t trouble extremely angry about this case because it means that you will become the first sitting president as a criminal. —— donald trump w

peter bowes, bbc news.d in montenegro after a gunman killed 12 people, including two children, in a series of shootings in a town in the south of the country. police have issued this picture of the suspect — who they've identified as aleksander martinovic, who was 45 years old. he took his own life after the shootings. police say he had been drinking heavily before becoming involved in an argument at a bar. he later returned with a weapon and opened fire, with the bar's owner among the dead. he then killed further victims, including members of his and the bar owner's family, at three other locations. several other people suffered life—threatening injuries in his attack. montenegro's prime minister says he will take steps to tighten his country's laws on gun ownership. south korean police say they've raided muan airport and the offices ofjeju air in the capital seoul as they continue their investigation into sunday's plane crash. local media say a warrant was issued to the airline on charges of professional

peter bowes, bbc news.e next few hours to get an update on the situation in new orleans. we are expecting a police update in about 45 minutes, if it begins on time, and we will carry that live. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. now more on the story that came in short time ago. a man who was hit by a car in central london on christmas day has died. 25—year—old aidan chapman, was amongst four people who were hurt by a vehicle which was driven on the wrong side of the road in shaftesbury avenue. the met police said he passed away from his injuries in hospital on new years eve. a 30—year—old man has been charged with four counts of attempted murder and will appear at the old bailey later this month. officials in india have removed hundreds of tonnes of toxic waste from a chemical factory in bhopal — which was the scene of one of the world's deadliest gas leaks a0 years ago. thousands of people died after poisonous fumes leaked from the union carbide factory in 1984. the site was closed — bu

peter bowes, bbc news.ng after severe flooding in some areas. hundreds of people have been rescued from their homes in north—west england. greater manchester police declared a major incident — with bolton, wigan and stockport among the places worst affected. some areas had the equivalent of almost a month's rain in 48 hours. our reporterjessica lane has more from stockport. here in stockport, which is in greater manchester in the north west of england. like you said, they say that a month's worth of rain fell in about 48 hours. it started on new year's eve, late afternoon and then just did not stop. and of course, that meant that lots of the waterways became overwhelmed and led to flooding. this is an old converted mill here in stockport. it's now got about 200 flats inside and as we understand it, the waterjust came in to this ground floor here. you can't really see through the windows because of the condensation, because of all that water. but you might be able to make out there the line that's going acro

peter bowes, bbc news.cutive ofjeju air has been banned from leaving the country as they continue their investigation into sunday's deadly plane crash. it follows a police raid of muan airport and the airline's offices in the capital seoul. local media say a warrant was issued on charges of professional negligence resulting in death. 179 people were killed when the passengerjet crash—landed and slid into a wall, bursting into flames. investigators have started the process of extracting data from the plane's black box. aviation expert geoffrey thomas explained why these flight and voice recorders are so important. the two black boxes are absolutely critical to most investigations and especially this investigation. there are two black boxes which for the viewers, are actually orange or red. one is the cockpit voice recorder which records the last two hours of conversation and the digital flight data recorder is the heartbeat of the aeroplane and monitors basically every major system on the aircraft. and that

peter bowes, bbc news.lection to the most powerful seat in the us house of representatives. mrjohnson was donald trump's pick for house speaker but in a tense first round of voting, three fellow republicans cast ballots for someone else. at the very last minute, two of them switched their votes to support him, just before the gavel went down. let's take a listen. house will be in order. mr norman, johnson. mr self, johnson. applause and in his maiden speech mikejohnson thanked members of congress for re—electing him. today, my friends, our nation is the envy of the world. why? because we have been marked by a spirit and a people who are explicitly that. we are explicitly american. we do not try to be like other nations and we recognise that a strong america is good for the entire world, and everybody around the globe knows that. that's right. our north america correspondent rowan bridge sent this update from washington. this was always going to be a day of high drama. and so it turned out. you could feel th

peter bowes reporting from los angeles.nding and pacific palisades and he has given us this update. == has given us this update. -- has given us this update. -- has a has given us this update. —— has a corresponding, in pacific palisades. tragically, that death toll is expected to rise as the clean—up begins here in los angeles. this destruction that you see behind me, this is home after home in the pacific palisades neighbourhood where we are today. and it is really hard to imagine. i mean, you see these cars burned out, brought down just to twisted metal. firefighters have been busy attacking this fire. of course, the wind. that has been the big story. firefighters had a good chance to really get ahead. they said that they made progress on the palisades fire, which is the largest fire. they, of course, have been tackling, attacking this fire on the ground. but more importantly, in the air. we have seen those shots where we have seen helicopters and tankers and fighter planes dropping water one after another, trying to get

our north america correspondent peter bowes has the latest.vegas. smoke was seen coming from the electric vehicle shortly after it stopped by the glass entrance early on new year's day. it had been carrying fuel canisters and large fireworks. when a 2024 tesla cybertruck pulled into the area of the trump international hotel, very quickly thereafter that the driver, who was the sole occupant of the truck, we saw what looked like maybe some sort of smoke, and then the truck exploded. the driver was killed and seven other people suffered minor injuries. the blast happened hours after the vehicle attacked new orleans, raising the question of a possible connection. we believe this is an isolated incident. we do not believe there are folks out there supporting this or helping this, and we don't believe there is any other danger to the community right now. elon musk, the boss of tesla, posted on x to clarify the cause of the inferno. the police said questions remained, given that the explosion involved a tesla vehicle outside a trump hotel. elon musk

peter bowes in los angeles, thank you.ressman from california, representing the 27th district, which includes parts of northern los angeles county, including the hurst fire area. he gave us an update on what is happening in his district. so far, the fire has not caused widespread structural damage as you seen in the catastrophic images from the palisades and from the eaton fire. there are stronger winds last night and tonight, it is still in the evening here. we have more from monday until wednesday and we're telling everyone that they need to stay alert and have their go bag ready and need to be paying close to credible new source like yours and other applications like the watch duty app which give people a really good, quick sense of when they need to be ready to leave their homes in that very unfortunate circumstance. we've been is seeing very good reporting from the television in los angeles who have been doing a greatjob with staying up—to—date with all it this and i do recommend going directly to the la fire county n

peter bowes, bbc news.st round of voting, three fellow republicans cast ballots for someone else. at the very last minute, two of them switched their votes to support him, just before the gavel went down. let's take a listen. house will be in order. mr norman, johnson. mr self, johnson. applause and in his maiden speech mikejohnson thanked members of congress for re—electing him. today, my friends, our nation is the envy of the world. why? because we have been marked by a spirit and a people who are explicitly that. we are explicitly american. we do not try to be like other nations and we recognise that a strong america is good for the entire world, and everybody around the globe knows that. that's right. now it's time for a look at today's sport with hugh ferris. one darts reporter wrote that in the future... the sport will have been split into two eras. pre luke littler... and post luke littler. the 17 year old's impression on darts... and his influence in growing it now includes a first world title won b

looking for a glimmer of hope through the lingering smoke. 0ur correspondent peter bowes is in los angeles giving us the latest developments. it is extremely difficult. 0ne it is extremely difficult. one moment there is a glimmer of hope, because you havejust been talking about in terms of getting these fires under control, these are the numbers that everyone are looking out for constantly. how much of the fire has been contained. the firefighters are convinced it will not spread further but those numbers are still very low. the two big fires, the pacific palisades especially, is still spreading and it is moving towards the densely populated areas, brentwood, to the west of los angeles, also the west of los angeles, also the san fernando valley which is a spawning area to the north of hollywood. i am just north of hollywood. i am just north of the san fernando valley and there have been fires close to here, to the west and east as well. extraordinary situation where you have all of these fires right across this sprawling city. that is a big part of the problem in terms of resources being s

let's speak to the bbc�*s peter bowes, who's in los angeles.ho'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 again, not quite as critical as they almost had force winds we had

our north america correspondent peter bowes has the latest on the big wins.will start with some of the tv winners and successful asian actors in shogun, the hugely popular series that did so well at the emmys last year, won best lead actor, and supporting actor, hiroyuki sanada. and tadanobu asano they both won in their respective categories. very popular wins, mr sanada, saying to the audience you don't know me but i am an actor from japan and they cheered and they obviously did know him, a very popular winner. he said the award itself was a very big present to him and he was very happy and i think this could be the beginning of many more awards for shogun. talking of tv success and the emmys last year, the bear, the restaurant drama picking up another victory forjeremy alan white the lead actor in that series. then we had lots of wins so far in the movie categories, zoe saladana was the first name out of the hat for her performance, beating a couple of one of her co—stars selena gomez and adriana, ariana grande one of the styles of wicked. a popular win may

let's cross to our correspondent in los angeles, peter bowes.un? it has, yes, and, of course. — for shogun? it has, yes, and, of course, the _ for shogun? it has, yes, and, of course, the golden - for shogun? it has, yes, and, of course, the golden globes| for shogun? it has, yes, and, i of course, the golden globes on a television as well as movies. a lot of the attention is on the movies but you are right to highlight shogun because three of its actors, no less than three, winning in their respective categories but also one of the biggest television awards of the night, best series as well, so really a success now at the global —— with the golden globes echoing exercise that we saw at the emmys a few months ago here in los angeles and i think there are many more accolades for this fascinating series with all the bits politicaljapanese intrigue and mystique. i think it has really hit a nerve or certainly the voters of the golden globes. in terms of the movie categories, been talking about the two most nominated films of the night, amelia parez

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

helena humphrey, bbc news, los angeles. 0ur correspondent peter bowes is in los angeles.us the latest developments. it's extremely difficult. and, you know, one moment there's a glimmer of hope because, and you've just been talking about the, in terms of getting these fires under control, the containment percentages, that these are the numbers that everyone across the city are looking out for constantly. how much of the fire has been contained? the firefighters are convinced that it's not going to spread any further, but those numbers are still very, very low. and the two big fires, pacific palisades, especially, the first one to start last tuesday, is still spreading and it's moving towards other densely populated areas. brentwood, again to the west of los angeles. also the san fernando valley, which is a sprawling area to the north of hollywood and i'm right nowjust north of the san fernando valley, and there have been fires close of getting these fires under control, the containment percentages, that these are the numbers that everyone across the city are looking out f

leigh milner, bbc news. 0ur correspondent in los angeles, peter bowes, has more on the spread of theitive side, about the outpouring of assistance that we have seen across the city from people providing money, food, clothing to those who had been evacuated and tragically lost everything. it is interesting - lost everything. it is interesting you - lost everything. it is - interesting you mention the police response. some of what emerged was the sheer scale of what they are having to deal with here. 1200 personnel, the sheriff was talking about but the firefighters in the palisades area. more than 4000 firefighters and 3000 firefighters and 3000 firefighters at another fire. the scale is quite extraordinary, isn't it? these are huge _ extraordinary, isn't it? these are huge numbers _ extraordinary, isn't it? these are huge numbers and - extraordinary, isn't it? these are huge numbers and not i extraordinary, isn't it? these l are huge numbers and not only do we have local firefighters, california fighters from the north of the state is well, neighbouring states, washington, oregon, ar

let's speak to our north america correspondent peter bowes. he has been watching it all for us. went to the brutalist, which is a 3.5 hour epic starring adrian brody who plays a hungarian architect, also a holocaust survivor, who moved to america after the second world war, and it is the film that filmmakers were told at some point in hollywood it would never get made, that people wouldn't go and see a story like this and certainly wouldn't watch a 3.5 hour picture, but they succeeded, and they have created quite a masterpiece and it has gone away now with the top award of the night. in the musical stroke comedy category, amelia perez, the most nominated of all the films, ten nominations to start with, this is a mostly spanish—language crime musical about a mexican drug lord who changes gender, selena gomez is one of the stars, it had a really good night. it tells of these two pictures along with conclave which was named best screenplay, it is the film set in the vatican about the cardinals and the skullduggery that goes on behind the scenes, the choosing of a new pope, these are

palisades has consumed more than 23,000 acres, and is still only 14% contained. 0ur correspondent peter bowesires and the returning santa ana winds. ican i can tell you that those wins have indeed returned. strong gusts around me right now and we're just gusts around me right now and we'rejust hoping here gusts around me right now and we're just hoping here that they won't be as fierce as last week. we are told the weather forecasters that there will be more traditional santa ana winds, the kind of wins that people here are used to at this time of year. and perhaps not as hurricane force as we experienced last week but time will tell. the next 2a hours will tell. the next 2a hours will be critical and of course the big danger is that if they are incredibly strong again they could fan the flames further. there are now four fires that are still burning, the two big ones that we have heard about. pacific palisades and the fire around pasadena further inland. still burning largely out of control. 0vernight there is a new fire in another coastal community about 60 miles, about 100 kilometres to th

bows of europe. the welcome back across stock were all things are considered on peter roosevelt's remind you were discussing ukraine. the okay, when it go back to j jim in um pittsburgh unfortunately. um i had to cut you off we, we had to go to a break, but what you were saying is very interesting. and again, going back to the word had gemini, it either you have it or you don't, and that is the dilemma. the west is created for itself, and it's a bi partisan issue in the us. the elections don't have consequences when it comes to the empire. here, but that's a craven choice on the part of the west. russia wants security. does it want victory? are you suppose so, but it wants security, they want and security at mince a one and security in december 21. it wants security now, that is never changed, but for the west, they need a strategic defeat of russia, which russia is denying. and that's the dilemma jim. well, i was going to say, look, when they invoke mintz, i think what they want to do is minutes, 3 or minutes before i think they think they can get the russians to go along with them on the basis of oh, that

peter? do we know what he's going to say tonight? reporter: yes, we do, stu. president biden plans to put a bow years in washington, and even though the most recent election showed americans don't really feel good about the economy, he is going to tell a primetime audience they should feel good about the economy in a letter released ahead of these remarks he's going to say, something like wages are up, inflation continues to come down, the wealth gap is lowest its been in 20 years, we're rebuilding our entire nation, urban, suburban, rural and tribal communities. manufacturing is coming back to america. according to this letter, the president is also going to say something along the lines of, i ran for president because i believed the sole of america was at stake. the very nature of who we are was at stake at that's still the case. again americans decided they didn't want more of president biden or the kamala harris version of half biden half next generation democrat so the white house communications director says that this is going to be a big picture look. >> it's not going to be a laundry li

who, as peter baker reports, famously banned plane hail to the chief and insisted on carrying his own luggage and air force one. he never cared for the culture of the u.s. capitol and never bowed to the conventions of it. other outsider presidents eventually acclimated to washington but not mr. carter. we are covering today's happenings from capitol hill and joining us is an msnbc contributor and author of his very best, jimmy carter, a life. ryan, before he arrives to the u.s. capitol, we will see his funeral procession and it will make a nod to his famous walk when he exited the limousine. tell us about that and what we see today. >> there will be two important symbolic moments that will happen as his casket makes his way up here to capitol hill. this is when they will park the hearse which carries the presidents remains at the u.s. navy memorial down the street from where we are standing right now. it is significant because of course the former president was a graduate with the naval academy and a lieutenant in the united states navy and actually assigned the bill into law that established the memorial when he was president of the united states and it is there where it will

peter bowes, bbc news.ally elon musk in support of a jailed far—right activist. elon musk has called for anti—islam campaigner stephen yaxley—lennon — better known as tommy robinson — to be released from prison. mr farage said despite disagreeing with mr musk�*s comments, he was a "hero" for free speech and believes he remains "very helpful" to the party's cause. a record number of electric cars were sold in the uk last year, but the total still fell short of the government's target. a trade body is now calling for more support, as our reporter esyllt carr explains. the greatest on electric. looking good, no? whether it is flashy advertisements or big discounts, enticing people to purchase a new electric vehicle is a key challenge for car makers. but while the latest figures suggest a positive direction of travel, the industry body behind them says it was a challenging year. the society of motor manufacturers and traders says around 382,000 pure electric vehicles were sold last year. he was a "hero" for fre

our north america correspondent peter bowes reports.eo shows the tesla cybertruck engulfed in flames after exploding outside the trump international hotel in las vegas. smoke was seen coming from the electric vehicle shortly after it stopped by the hotel's glass entrance early on new year's day. it had been carrying fuel canisters and large fireworks. when a 2024 tesla cybertruck pulled into the area, valet of the trump international hotel, very quickly thereafter that, the driver, who was the sole occupant of the truck, we saw what looked like maybe some sort of smoke, and then the truck exploded. the driver was killed, and seven other people suffered minor injuries. the blast happened hours after the vehicle attacked new orleans, raising the question of a possible connection. we believe this is an isolated incident. we do not believe there is a bunch of folks out there supporting this or helping this, so we don't believe there is any other danger to the community right now. elon musk, the boss of tesla, posted on x to clarify the caus

our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. donald trump and stormy daniels.e president—elect is accused of having a sexual encounter in 2006. a decade later in the final days of the 2016 election campaign the then republican candidate attempted to buy her silence with a so—called hush money payment of more than $100,000. his conviction last year was for falsifying business records to try to cover up the payment. he has always denied any wrongdoing but the guilty verdict meant that donald trump was facing a possible jail sentence or a hefty fine. he attempted to use his second presidential election victory to have the case thrown out. but the judge refused. to have the case thrown out. but thejudge refused. instead, he said understand unconditional discharge so no jail time and unconditional discharge so no jailtime and no unconditional discharge so no jail time and no fine. but the guilty verdict remains. donald trump is appealing it but it means he will be in as president later this month as a convicted felon. —— sworn in. �*s spokesman said that the lawless

peter bowes, bbc news. montenegro, after a gunman killed 10 people — including two children — in a series of shootings in the town of cetinje. police say the suspect, who later took his own life, had been drinking heavily before becoming involved in an argument at a bar. he later returned with a weapon and opened fire, with the bar's owner among the dead. the proportion of patients in england being diagnosed with cancer at an early stage has risen to its highest ever level, according to new nhs figures. the latest data on 13 of the most common cancers, such as breast, prostate and lung cancer, shows that nearly three in five patients are now being diagnosed at the earliest stages of the disease, when it is far easier to treat. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports: in a bradford city centre car park this van represents the latest front in the battle against cancer. this is trevor. the use of mobile scanners like this is just one way the nhs is trying to catch more cases of liver and lung cancers e

let's get the latest on the ground from our correspondence, peter bowes.ere you are, but i was showing some of the live pictures from other areas and a huge black cloud. tell me first where you are and what is happening around you. i where you are and what is happening around you. i am to the north _ happening around you. i am to the north of— happening around you. i am to the north of the _ happening around you. i am to the north of the city _ happening around you. i am to the north of the city of- happening around you. i am to the north of the city of los - the north of the city of los angeles, about 32 miles north of hollywood, an area known as santa clarita, just north of sylmar, which is where one of those big fires burning. as i look at these guys around me just getting light in the last 30 minutes or so here, i can see that hazy, red looking atmosphere above the mountains, the clouds that are really a dirty sort of ready brown colour, just indicating to me thatjust colour, just indicating to me that just over the colour, just indicating to me thatju

our correspondent peter bowes has been following developments from los angeles. hejoins me now.ged from that news conference, on containment but still a very dangerous situation. yes. it was a news conference with some positive news but also some disturbing information. it seems the firefighters are indeed making some progress on the two biggest fires that are still burning, especially the palisades fire which was the first to start last tuesday and it is encroaching, yes, and other neighbourhoods. but at a much slower pace than it was even 2a hours ago so that is good. there is still a tremendous amount of work to do. still burning largely out of control and many, many people in the city remain under evacuation orders. and that means that they have to get out of their home. evacuation warnings also that fire is possibly going to engulf their homes and they may have to leave at a moment's notice but, in the disturbing respect, there were a lot of details about some of the activities that have been going on, especially in those evacuated areas where, as we heard during the news c

i will briefly bring in peter bowes from la.ire chiefs have been saying we are now at a fork in the road of how this could go. it's a critical point. the next couple of days will determine whether the situation gets better or worse with these winds coming in from the east, the santa ana winds, which are forecast to peak at some point over the next 2a to 36 hours. what we are looking for from this news conference, all ears and eyes will be on the containment numbers. 18% at the palisades and the other big fire the eaton fire about 33% contained at the moment. we are looking for those numbers to rise and that will show that around the circumference of the fire that the firefighters are confident of controlling them further. , . ., . further. the news conference has “ust further. the news conference has just got _ further. the news conference hasjust got under— further. the news conference hasjust got under way. - further. the news conference hasjust got under way. we i hasjust got under way. we cained hasjust got under way. we gai

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