the us supreme court has denied a last—minute bid by donald trump due to a halt sentencing on his hushey case. it will go ahead later today. tiktok will make a final play at the us supreme court today to block a new law which could shut it down in america. the first event to mark bradford's status as the uk city of culture begins tonight, despite the icy temperatures. let's return to the devastating wildfires. officials have confirmed at least ten people have been killed, double the number reported earlier. around 180,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes, and many neighbourhoods have been left unrecognisable. let's get the latest from david willis, who has been on the scene. it willis, who has been on the scene. , , . scene. it is 'ust after midnight, _ scene. it isjust after midnight, seeking i scene. it isjust after midnight, seeking to scene. it isjust after - midnight, seeking to shut off gas valves to prevent any further fires from breaking gas valves to prevent any furtherfires from breaking out here. neighbourhoods like this have been almost devastated by the fires.

tiktok�*s last chance — the social media platform will make a final plea at the us supreme court todayock a new law which could shut it down in america. and clamping down on touts — the uk unveils a plan to put a price limit on re—sold event tickets. welcome to business today, i'm tadhg enright. the british government has been defending its handling of the economy after a turbulent day on the markets on thursday saw the pound drop to its lowest level in more than a year and government borrowing cost surge to a 16—year high. today, sterling is down once again as pressure mounts on chancellor rachel reeves. she's on her way to china with a delegation of city executives, as labour seeks closer economic links with beijing as part of its quest for growth. our asia business reporter sura njana tewari has more. rachel reeves under quite a bit of pressure over this trip to china, given what's going on on the uk markets. but the goal could actually ultimately benefit the uk economy, with her defenders saying the trip is important for uk trade and investment. china is the uk's fifth largest trad

tiktok will make its final appeal to the supreme court on friday at a potential ban in the us.to residents and insurers as they brace for losses in the billions of dollars. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. the us supreme court is set to hear arguments on friday on an impending law that would force the chinese company bytedance, to sell social media platform tiktok to an american company, or be banned in the us. the bbc�*s north america technology correspondent has more on how this could unfold. congress passed that law in april on national security grounds. lawmakers expressed concerns that tiktok�*s chinese ownership, bytedance, means that the data of millions of americans could be compromised, and that they are also prone to manipulation by china's communist party.

so we'll see what bytedance chooses to do if the us supreme court decides to do that.government is considering plans to clamp down on ransomware by making it illegal for companies and services providing critical national infrastructure in the uk — to pay a ransom in the event of a cyber attack. it would include hospitals, data centres and ultility firms. let's get more on this with our technology reporter chris vallance give us a sense of how significance it would be because it sounds counterintuitive, don't pay a ransom, but it's maybe to stop them demanding a ransom in the first place. them demanding a ransom in the first place-— first place. please explain. it is designed. _ first place. please explain. it is designed, in _ first place. please explain. it is designed, in a _ first place. please explain. it is designed, in a sense - first place. please explain. it is designed, in a sense to . is designed, in a sense to remove the financial incentive from out ransomware attacks on critical national infrastructure or public sector bodies. according to the government, l

after his last ditch attempt to suspend the sentencing of his hush—money case was blocked by the us supreme courtd new figures show 2024 was the hottest year since records began. hello, i'm tadhg enright. we start in the us, where at least 5 people have been killed in the devastating wildfires in los angeles. these are live pictures of la, where around 180,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes. many neighbourhoods have been left unrecognisable. residents have described the firestorm as "apocalyptic". officials say thousands of homes and other structures have been damaged or destroyed. accuweather estimates the damage is expected to be at least $135 billion and up to $150 billion. and the national guard has been deployed amid reports of looting. the biggest fires have been burning into a third night but fierce winds have eased, giving firefighters some respite. police say they believe one of the blazes in the west of the city was started deliberately. they're treating it as a crime scene. a suspect is in custody and set to be questioned. let's speak to our north america correspondent d

otherwise, this follows the us supreme court. the rejection of drums motion to health proceedings. earlier this week, a job has jobs almost jost in 2023, with falsifying records related to a quote hosted by the payment to american actress. stormy donald over relies to effect claims. now these latest developments are on folding with just over a week to go before trump a shuttle to be inaugurated in washington. but let's cross live to a former pennsylvania states senator lawyer. bruce box is nice to have you join me right now, bruce. now, psalms conviction make certain the 1st for the us president to be convicted the office set on a felony by an american court, which what impact do you think this will have on his political career may be? and maybe his image in general? i don't think it's going to have any impact at all. i think the voters of the united states realized this is what we call law fair. that it was a political prosecution of political conviction by the district attorney of new york. it was absolutely a tragedy. and i think that is very likely that either the new york cour

thank you for sharing i your thoughts with us and we await the decision from the us supreme court. astating fires that are destroying large parts of los angeles are on track to be among the costliest in us history. the private forecaster accuweather said it expected losses of between $135 billion to $150 billion as the blazes rip through an area that is home to some of the most expensive property in the world. fire authorities say more than 5,300 structures have been destroyed by fire in the palisades area. and between four and 5,000 structures have been damaged or destroyed by the fire in eaton. here's our north america business correspondent, ritika gupta. wildfires engulfing swathes of los angeles are expected to be one of the nation's costliest natural disasters. the blazes around santa monica and malibu are consuming some of the most pricey real estate in the us, affecting areas where the median home value is more than $2 million. and in addition to the human costs and property damage in la, there's likely to be longer lasting health impacts and medical costs due to acrid smoke

these are live pictures showing the us supreme court, where tiktok is making a last—ditch legal bid toan in america. and the uk home office is monitoring elon musk�*s social media posts — and accounts who engage with them — as a possible security risk. welcome to bbc news. we're monitering three major live stories on the programme. major live stories we'll bring you the latest on the widfires in california. fire chiefs say they are still tackling five major blazes. the scale of the damage is collosal — we'll be on the ground in a moment. let me also take you live to new york. donald trump is about to be sentenced in the hush money case. he's appearing virtually. we know thejudge is not planning a custodial sentence. donald trump says the hush money case has been a tremendous step back from new york and the new york court system. —— for new york. and the other major news story happening as we go on air — the us supreme court is hearing a last ditch appeal by tik tok, against a law banning the app in the country, unless it's sold by its chinese owners. we'll hear some of the legal arguem

the us supreme court appears poised to uphold a law that bans tiktok in the us over national securitycerns unless its china—based parent company sells the platform ahead of a 19january deadline. let's return to our top story and those fires in los angeles, fire crews are continuing to battle six blazes that have torn through los angeles, leaving thousands of people without homes and power. at least 11 people have been killed— and officials fear that number will rise. there are at least five fires still raging across the city and it's surrounding area — and any progress in containing them is very limited. we understand that the palisades fire is only 8% contained. palisades fire is only 896 contained.— palisades fire is only 896 contained. ~ ., ~ ., contained. when we talk about the containment _ contained. when we talk about the containment of _ contained. when we talk about the containment of these - the containment of these enormous fires, we are talking about the area around which an effective barrier has been created to stop the fire from spreading. we believe that only 8% of the

the us supreme court appears poised to uphold a law that bans tiktok in the us over national securityss its china—based parent company sells the platform ahead of a 19january deadline. representatives from tiktok appeared before the court on friday, as the us government argued that without a sale, the app could be used as a tool for spying and political manipulation by the chinese government. an official decision by the court is due in the next few days. president—elect donald trump is critical of the ban saying he could negotiate a �*political resolution�* to keep the app legal once he takes office. earlier, i spoke to dr eleanor drage, who is a senior research fellow at the university of cambridge and co—host of the good robot podcast on whether the app could be used as a means for spying and political manipulation. this narrative has been around for a very long time, and it's part of what we call the ai arms race, which is a fabricated narrative that the us has been pushing for many years to boost their sinophobic rhetoric. so, they're pretty anti—china, they always have been. ther

the us supreme court is set to hear arguments on friday on an impending law what would force the chineseompany, or bebanned in the us. the bbc�*s north america technology correspondent has more on how this could unfold. congress passed that law in april on national security grounds. lawmakers expressed concerns that tiktok�*s chinese ownership, bytedance, means that the data of millions of americans could be compromised, and that they are also prone to manipulation by china's communist party.

earlier in the day the us supreme court rejected the incoming president's request to block criminal proceedings in his henchmen a case in new york. with that ruling donald trump's sentencing hearing will proceed as planned. >> hello, everybody. >> good to see you all. >> probably ask a couple questions. >> you think so. in the back. >> hello, mr. president. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> professional politicians, we can take some questions. [inaudible conversations] >> in honor to have the press, they are not afraid of the press. would like to ask a couple questions, you may. we had a very beautiful day celebrating a very nice man, a good man, great humanitarian, jimmy carter, funeral, i thought was a beautiful service and it went very well. we had some very good victories today as you probably heard. go ahead. any questions. >> just a few minutes ago the supreme court ruled they are not going to slow down the sentencing that is on for tomorrow, now what? >> they called for an appeal and as you know they acknowledge wha

and — the us supreme court appears poised to uphold a looming us ban on tiktok., i'm carl nasman. firefighters are still battling to contain wildfires which have been raging across los angeles for four days. let's show you the latest pictures from the city. forecasters say more high winds are expected in the coming days, which could stoke an already perilous situation. at least 11 people are now known to have died and about 10,000 homes and buildings are either destroyed, damaged or at risk. a night—time curfew is in effect in the worst—affected areas to protect abandoned homes from looting. there are five fires still burning — and fire crews have only made limited progress in containing them. the biggest fire, palisades, which was completely out of control yesterday — is now 8% contained. the california governor, gavin newsom, has ordered an investigation into the loss of water supply by some firefighters. he said it had probably hindered the effort to protect homes. the eaton fire, in the altadena neighbourhood, is just 3% contained. 0ur los angeles corresponde

tiktok will make a final plea at the us supreme court today, to block a new law which could shut it downn america. tiktok will make a final plea at the us supreme court today, to block a new law which could shut it down in america. hello, i'm martine croxall. we begin with the developing story of those devastating wildfires in los angeles. 10 people are now confirmed to have been killed — double the number reported earlier. these are live pictures from la where it has just gone 2am. the biggest fires are burning for a third night. the los angeles county sheriff says it hasn't been safe to reach many hard—hit areas and the number people who have lost their lives is "absolutely going to change". weather forecasters are warning that more high winds may fan the flames further. but a fire chief has now told the bbc that — although investigations are continuing — there is, as yet, no "conclusive evidence" that the wildfires have been deliberately set. officials say as many as 10,000 homes and other structures have been damaged or destroyed. accuweather estimates the damage is expected to be at

the us supreme court is set to hear arguments on friday on an impending law what would force the chinese company bytedance, to sell social media platform tiktok to an america company, or bebanned in the us. the bbc�*s north america technology correspondent has more on how this could unfold. congress passed that law in april on national security grounds. lawmakers expressed concerns that tiktok�*s chinese ownership, bytedance, means that the data of millions of americans could be compromised, and that they are also prone to manipulation by china's communist party. tiktok has consistently denied those allegations. they have expressed confidence that they will get the outcome that they seek from the supreme court. president—elect donald trump, meanwhile, has weighed in, despite once trying to ban the app himself. he has now filed a brief in this case asking the supreme court to temporarily block the law so that he can try to save it. tiktok has repeatedly denied any potential influence by the chinese communist party and has said that the law violates the first amendment free speech rights o

tiktok will make its final appeal to the supreme court on friday at a potential ban in the us. and as wildfires in la continue, we look at the hefty cost to residents and insurers as they brace for losses in the billions of dollars. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. the us supreme court is set to hear arguments on friday on an impending law that would force the chinese company bytedance, to sell social media platform tiktok to an american company, or be banned in the us. the bbc�*s north america technology correspondent has more on how this could unfold. congress passed that law in april on national security grounds. lawmakers expressed concerns that tiktok�*s chinese ownership, bytedance, means that the data of millions of americans could be compromised, and that they are also prone to manipulation by china's communist party. tiktok has consistently denied those allegations. they have expressed confidence that they will get the outcome that they seek from the supreme court. president—elect donald trump, meanwhile, has weighed in, despite once trying to ban th

the us supreme court rejected donald trump's request to hold his centres in his hush money quest in newg will now go ahead as planned on friday morning in new york. the president—elect had urged the

to tiktok now, because the us supreme court will hear closing arguments today in a case over whetherry, if it remains under the ownership of the chinese company bytedance. the split is required by a biden administration law, set to take effect in 9 days' time, which says it's necessary to protect national security. our technology correspondent lilyjamali has more. well, congress passed that law in april on national security grounds. lawmakers expressed concerns that tiktok�*s chinese ownership, bytedance, means that the data of millions of americans could be compromised, and that they are also prone to manipulation by china's communist party. tiktok has consistently denied those allegations. they have expressed confidence that they will get the outcome that they seek from the supreme court. president—elect donald trump, meanwhile, has weighed in despite once trying to ban the app himself. he has now filed a brief in this case, asking the supreme court to temporarily block the law so that he can try to save it. back to us and to the devastating fires that are destroying large parts of

the us supreme court decides next week whether the social media giant can continue operating in americaect has asked the court to delay an upcoming ban while he works on a "political resolution". as things stand, a us law requires tiktok�*s chinese owner, bytedance, to sell the social media company to an american firm or face a ban on the 19th ofjanuary — a day before trump takes office. the legislation is the result of concerns about national security. but russ shaw from london tech advocates told us he thinks trump will succeed in heading off the ban. i think donald trump will get his way and that the supreme court will extend the stay that is currently in place beyond his inauguration. clearly, donald trump has changed his position last year on tiktok. he was adamantly against it and then decided that he liked the platform. he was very popular on the platform and that one of his key donors, is actually an investor in the parent company of tiktok. so trump is clearly behind keeping tiktok intact and i think is going to keep a lot of pressure on the supreme court to let him resolve thi

tiktok has long framed this debate as being about free speech, but here at the supreme court on friday the usns tiktok and that is the chinese company bytedance. the justices here at the supreme court, most of them, anyway, seem to accept that framing. the argument goes that because of that chinese affiliation there is the potential for the chinese government to manipulate the types of content that people see here in the us on the platform and there is also the opportunity for data harvesting that the chinese government could effectively try to spy or blackmail people using the data that they can glean from the app. the justices seemed animated by that argument and the consensus view is that they are most likely to side with the us government and uphold this law. that would mean that the ban on tiktok would in fact take effect on 19january, if tiktok does not divest, salto you aspire, which it has made very clear that it will not stop one alternative outcome is for the supreme courtjustices to grant an injunction, an emergency hold to the law, which would mean that president—elect donald trum

in the us, the supreme court will hear closing arguments today in a case over whether tiktok should berom its chinese owner bytedance. the split is required by a biden administration law which says it's necessary to protect national security. tiktok and some its content creators have argued the ban would violate their first amendment rights to free speech. tiktok says it's used by around 170 million americans. the new law is set to take effect in nine days' time. let's speak to dr eleanor drage. she's a senior research fellow, university of cambridge and co—host of the good robot podcast. thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc news. the government in the us argues that tiktok could be potentially used for spying and political manipulation. how credible are those claims? 50 credible are those claims? so there is credible are those claims? sr there is no evidence to suggest that there is anything different that is happening now than in 2020. the ai arms race narrative that the us had created to make china less competitive is a myth. there is no evidence to suggest that china is do

these are live pictures showing the us supreme court, where tiktok is making a last—ditch legal bid to posts — and accounts who engage with them — as a possible security risk.

next week, the us supreme court will consider the fate of the social media app tiktok if it's to continue states. president—elect donald trump has asked the court to delay an upcoming ban while he works on a "political resolution". as things stand, a us law requires tiktok�*s chinese owner, bytedance, to sell the social media company to an american firm or face a ban come the 19january — a day before trump takes office. let's explore this more with russ shaw of london tech advocates. hello to you, russ, happy new year to you as well. this is really interesting, isn't it, the supreme court is going to consider arguments about this case on 10 january. what do you think will happen? 1 case on 10 january. what do you think will happen?— think will happen? i think donald trump _ think will happen? i think donald trump will - think will happen? i think donald trump will get - think will happen? i think donald trump will get his think will happen? i think - donald trump will get his way and that the supreme court will extend the stay that is currently in place beyond his inauguration. clearly do

it's as us supreme court justices are due to rule they say they are working on making it friendly foreadline of the end of this week to either sell its us operations or be banned in the country. tiktok�*s china—based parent company bytedance has repeatedly said it won't sell, arguing a ban will violate free speech protections for it's the 170 million american users. let's speak to paul armstrong, emerging technology adviser at tbd group. thank you forjoining us, paul, tell us a little bit about rednote, i think that literal translation from the chinese is little red book, isn't it?- little red book, isn't it? yes, it launch _ little red book, isn't it? yes, it launch in — little red book, isn't it? yes, it launch in 2013, _ little red book, isn't it? yes, it launch in 2013, is - little red book, isn't it? yes, it launch in 2013, is valued i little red book, isn't it? yes, it launch in 2013, is valued a| it launch in 2013, is valued a little bit over $3 billion in the moments, recently got1 billion in funding and it is making runabout $1 billion in profit, good for an app of that size.

behind tiktok has moved to reassure its staff that they'll still be paid next week, even if the us supreme courtclosed down. the law comes into effect on sunday. for more, mariko oi is in our asia business hub for us. you can't blame employees for being worried. absolutely, we keep talking about tiktok users in america, but by dance, the parent company, also employs 7000 staff in the us and there were reports about how they have been voicing concerns aboutjob have been voicing concerns about job security and have been voicing concerns aboutjob security and in an internal memo that has been reviewed

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the us supreme court appears poised to uphold a law that bans tiktok in the us over national securitynd everton appoint david moyes as managerfor the second and everton appoint david moyes as manager for the second time. hello. in los angeles, firefighters are still battling to contain the devastating wildfires and there's no real sign yet that they're turning the corner. here are the key developments this hour. overall, at least least 11 people have been killed and the number of homes and structures that have been destroyed stands at 12,000. an evacuation order for the palisades fire — one of the worst — has actually expanded to take in the suburbs of brentwood and encino, and the area that includes the getty museum. at least six fires are burning and the forecast is for more strong winds, which won't help the situation at all. president biden has called it a "war scene". a public health emergency has been declared for the los angeles area because of the risk from smoke. california's governor has called for an investigation into how critical fire hydrants ran out of water, impeding t

the us supreme court rejected donald trump's request to halt his sentencing in his hush money case inead as planned on friday morning in new york. president—elect trump has been convicted in new york court. two conservative judges joined the two liberals. donald trump is a ready expressed his anger at the decision. they have called for an appeal and as you know they acknowledged what the judge said, no penalty and there is no penalty but we're going to appeal anyway just psychologically because frankly it is a disgrace, it is a judge that should not have been on the case, he is a highly conflicted judge and they called for an appeal so i read it and i thought it was a fair decision, actually, so i'll do my little thing tomorrow, they can have fun with their political opponent. as you know i am under a gag orderfrom a judge — this is a first. this was an attack of a political opponent, and if you take a look at it, i'm not supposed to be talking about it, so i won't. after the news broke, we spoke to sarah krisoff. i am not particularly surprised this is where they handed out. the ruli

then that goes up to the us supreme court. the us supreme court says find the sentencing can go forward. but what's their reasoning? and i'm not talking about the for now. i'm talking about the five justices that said it could go forward. they said it could go forward, in part because, number one, there won't be any consequence. number two, he doesn't have to show up in person. number three, it won't take too much of his time. i mean, the only thing we left out is like giving him, you know, parking validation and a and a and, you know, making sure he didn't have to pay congestion pricing to travel to the courthouse. i mean, was there anything more we could have done, perhaps to make this convenient for, for, for donald trump? and so then the judge does the sentencing. and what does donald trump do? he again trashes this, this, this, this system. and what does the prosecutor do? the prosecutor agrees there should be no consequence. i mean, andrew, how many cases have you prosecuted? how many cases are you aware of where you or s

and the us supreme court appears poised to uphold a looming us ban on tiktok.ldfires which have been raging across los angeles for four days. let's show you the latest pictures from the city. forecasters say more high winds are expected in the coming days which could stoke an already perilous situation.

justices at the us supreme court have signalled that they are minded to uphold a law that would ban tiktoksn't sold by its chinese parent company. (boxed representatives of the social media platform representatives of the social media platform have been appearing before the court in a last—ditch effort to overturn a ban. the us government argues that without a sale, tiktok could be used by china as a tool for spying and political manipulation. tiktok says it's being unfairly targeted and the measure violates free speech. a decision by the court has to be made within days. president—elect trump — who will return to the white house in just over a week — is now arguing against the ban. joanne molinaro has built a brand around her profile, the korean vegan and has racked up more than three million followers across tiktok and instagram. shejoisn me now from los angeles. before we talk about tiktok, i know that you have had to flee from your home, so i want to ask you first of all how you are and what state is your home in? ., , ., , , in? no, my home is 'ust fine, thank you t in? no, my home is

the us supreme court is hearing an appeal by tiktok against a law that will ban the platform in nine* time. and the uk home office is monitoring elon musk�*s social media posts and accounts who engage with them as a possible security risk. welcome back. let's return to the us. thousands of firefighters are still trying to control five blazes, that have devastated los angeles, burning down swathes of the city and reducing some of the world's most expensive and sought after properties to ashes. there's been some progress in containing the wildfires, but firefighters say changes in wind strength and direction could make things more difficult over the course of the day. more than 150,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes, a further 160,000 have been warned to be ready to evacuate quickly. the los angeles county sheriff told the bbc — the city's suburbs looked as if they'd been hit by an atomic bomb. many neighbourhoods have been left unrecognisable. the destruction is expected to cost up to $150 billion and the national guard has been deployed. a night—time curfew has been im

this idea, dominic came out of this era colon as us present to elect donald trump as us the us supreme court to call the fraud a sentencing. in a blackmail case involving, i don't phone back to stormy daniels, trump was convicted last year of covering up his former though his payments to daniel's just before the 2016 election. he denies. he bought a southern subject to sexual encounter. details of federal investigations into donald trump will only be possibly available to the public. the justice department says a report on his retention of classified documents will be made available to certain members of congress. but the 1st, the section of the report, detaining his attempt to overturn the 2020 present election moving publicly released. that's it to, for me, carried on some of these continue say of the people in power. stay with us. the in 2001, the us invaded afghanistan, stating its intention to build a stable stage. and the minutes are you able to overcome the tyler bond. united states military has begun strikes, but off to 2 decades, trillion spend on countless lives lost submission fai

just walk us through your arguments against this law, now being considered, of course, by the supreme courtus? yes, we represent a non—profit organisation that uses tiktok to reach a young, gen z audience, with its message of individual liberty and free markets, that they can't reach anywhere else. and if this platform shuts down, we say that's a violation of their right to free speech because they won't be able to speak there and they won't be able to reach this unique audience. and the government, to justify this, then says, well, we need to shut this down for national security — two national security reasons. one of them is protecting americans�* data privacy and the other is ensuring that china can't lean on bytedance to alter the content on tiktok in a way that would go against the us government's interests. the second one, we say, is totally illegitimate because there, the government is essentially saying that it doesn't like the combination of ideas that might be put in front of people and thinks that would be harmful. the whole point of the first amendment is that the government can

you as president elect donald trump, has all the us supreme court to cool law fridays sentencing. in a case involving adult film. star stormy daniels, trump lawyers tend to america's highest quote. often appeals court rejected his 2nd attempt of a ton the case and just use the trump was convicted last year of covering all of his formulas payments to donald just before the 2016 election. he denies, he both has silence about his sexual encounter. the details of cetera investigations into donald trump will only be partly available to the public. the justice department says a report on his retention of classified documents will be made available to such a members of congress. the 1st section of the report detailing his attempt to over time, the 2020 presidential election will be publicly released. and finally, donald trump has visited the costs good of the late us president jimmy carter, whose body lays in state on capital hill, trump and his wife milan. he had joined a stream of people paying that respect to the sassy 9th president costa, died at the age of 100 last month. a funeral

and — the us supreme court appears poised to uphold a looming us ban on tiktok.days, which could stoke an already perilous situation. at least 11 people are now known to have died and about 10,000 homes and buildings are either destroyed, damaged or at risk. a night—time curfew is in effect in the worst—affected

donald trump is set to be sentenced shortly in his hush money trial, despite the us supreme court blockingast minute attempts to suspend it. the national gallery in london says it will stay open all night next friday to give art lovers a final chance to see its vincent van gogh exhibition. hello, welcome to bbc news now. this is the scene in los angeles. the fire is still raging relentlessly. ferociously. they had been burning down parts of the city, reducing some of the most expensive and sought—after properties to ashes. the la county sheriff said it is like an atomic bomb has hit the city. ten people are now confirmed to have died — that's double the number reported earlier — and nearly 10,000 structures destroyed. 0ne firefighter has been frustrated by fire hydrant is running out of water and their operations have been hindered by that. these are some of the latest pictures from la. the los angeles county sheriff says it hasn't been safe to reach many of the hardest—hit areas and the number of people who have lost their lives will definitely change. the biggest of the fires are clearly

tiktok�*s legal team gave theirfinal plea in hopes of overturning the ban at a us supreme court hearinge platform as a means of income. they were joined by content creators, many of which rely on the platform as a means of income. president—elect donald trump has also argued against a ban. and while more than a third of americans use tiktok, some us lawmakers and supreme courtjustices are wary of potential surveillance or interference from the chinese government. tiktok accusses the us of unfairly targetting the rapidly growing social media company and says that implementing a ban violates free speech. for more now, let's speak to jacob huebert, president of the liberty justice center. walk us through these arguments against these laws. yes, we represent nonprofit organisations that use it tiktok to reach a young gen z audience with his message of individual liberty and free markets. they can't reach anywhere else. if this platform shuts down, we say that's a violation of their right to free speech because they won't be able to speak there and they won't be able to reach this unique aud

the president—elect has asked the us supreme court to put a ban on the app on hold, while he works onn ends the right to work from home for corporate staff, welcome to business today. we begin with europe's energy security, because the era of cheap russian gas has formally come to an end. russian gas stopped flowing to the eu via ukraine on wednesday, after a five—year deal expired, and kyiv refused to renew the transit agreement, which has been in place for decades. the european commission says the eu has prepared for the change and most states will cope. but hungary and slovakia have remained heavily dependent on russian gas. slovakia's prime minister says his country's interests have been �*trampled'. here's the wider context though, at the time of russia's invasion of ukraine

the us supreme court appears poised to uphold a law that bans tiktok in the us over national securityso here we are with flexicast, or newscast as we like to call it.

and the us supreme court appears poised to uphold a law that bans tiktok due to security concerns unlesss chinese company sells the platform ahead of the deadline. let's return to our top story and those fires in los angeles, where a night—time curfew has come into force in parts of los angeles to stop people looting areas that have been abandoned due to the wildfires. let's return to our top story and those fires in los angeles, there are at least five fires still raging across the city and it's surrounding area, and any progress in containing them is very limited. at least 11 people are now known to have died. there is concern that number will rise given the level of devastation. meanwhile, california's governor gavin newsom has called for an investigation into how water shortages have hampered firefighting efforts. one of the areas which has been badly hit by the fires is pacific pallisades. our los angeles correspondent emma vardy sent this update from there. we've come for a morning walk today down what is basically the local high street in pacific palisades. this is the bank. cash

now this follows the us supreme court's rejection of drums motion to hold proceedings. earlier this week, a trump was charged in 2023 with falsifying records related to a quote, past money payments to american address told me donald, over the last fac planes. now these latest developments are on folding with just over a week to go before trump is suddenly to be not debated in washington for myself with the pennsylvania state senate, a bruised, mach says, a legal actions against the drum, with man's to divert public attention from the democrats that he is, i don't think it's going to have any impact at all. i think the voters of the united states realized this is what we call law fair. that it was a political prosecution of political conviction by the district attorney of new york. it was absolutely a tragedy, and i think that is very likely that either the new york courts or if not the u. s . supreme court is going to vacate the verdict in this case. so i think one of the purposes of this whole case was to divert attention away from the failures the by that administrati

option that could see its business in america being sold to the world's richest person if the us supreme courtre due to rule on a law that set ajanuary 19 deadline for tiktok to either sell its us operations or face a ban in the country. i'm joined now by sam biddle, senior technology reporter at the intercept. he joins us from los angeles. firstly, thank you forjoining us. i want to know if you are safe in los angeles. have you been affected by the fires? 0nly been affected by the fires? only by some really horrendous error that has luckily cleared up error that has luckily cleared up as of today —— air. not near the actualfires up as of today —— air. not near the actual fires but the air has been horrible up until now. thank you. talk about tiktok and what has been happening. tiktok have dismissed claims that musk will buy the platform, but what do you make of the claim? i think it would certainly be surprising, especially given the extreme polarisation around mask and the country. it would be a pretty enormous development —— musk. i would be surprised only because tiktok �*s parent company

let me also ask you about tiktok because l ask you about tiktok because the us supreme court is todayy its chinese owners. this is very important, isn't it? some see it as a matter of national security, the chinese interference in america, some see it as a matter of freedom of speech?— see it as a matter of freedom of speech? yes, that is exactly ri . ht was of speech? yes, that is exactly right was at — of speech? yes, that is exactly right was at the _ of speech? yes, that is exactly right was at the biden - right was at the biden administration, which backed the ban, argues that there are too grave national security implications to allowing this app, implications to allowing this app, which is owned by chinese company, to have such wide access to a massive american user base. they are worried about data being harvested or propaganda messages being disseminated to the american population. defenders of tiktok argue the opposite was at this rate is very popular, it is used by more than 160 million americans and they can turn that because of that, suppression of it but ended amount and

justices on the us supreme court have heard arguments from tiktok�*s legal team as well as content creatorss the us. the us government argues that without a sale, the app could be used by china as a tool for spying and political manipulation. tiktok says it's being unfairly targeted, and that the measure violates free speech. representatives of the social media platform appeared before the court on friday in a last—ditch effort to overturn a ban. president—elect donald trump has also argued against a ban. one of the co—authors of the bill is democratic congressman raja krishnamoorthi, and i spoke with him a short while ago. i know you are a co—author of the bill that was being challenged today, you are listening to some of those arguments taking place in the supreme court. how confident are you that your bill will be upheld by the supreme court? iam very i am very confident, i think the court will uphold the law. i'm hoping it is a big majority, just the same way that the lower dc circuit court of appeals unanimously upheld the law. i hope it sends a strong message to the chinese communist

in fact, even appealed to the us supreme court, which has been friendly to him in the past to try and get this such and stop. they declined, so it happened. he is now a convicted felon. and as you mentioned, he's going to be the very 1st president to have that title as well. let me take you back to what this was all about. this was right. it's just as the 2016 election against hillary clinton was about to take place. he got word that a adult film actress with the screen named stormy daniels, was trying to sell her story, alleging that she had had a very unfair with donald trump while he was married. now the jury found the trump did, in fact order his fix, or michael cohen, who also went to jail, who did go to jail uh, to pay her a $130000.00 to show it to basically squash the story. and at the same time, use the jury so that he falsified records to try and cover that up. so months ago, jerry unanimously found him guilty. 34 felony counts that the judge had a couple of options. you could have given him probation a fine, he could have faced for years in jail. the judge said if he had be

before inoculation day trumps teen wanted this case to be dismissed altogether. arguing that the us supreme court issued an opinion saying that trump would be have presidential immunity. now that he's going back to the white house, well, the judge dismissed that argument in his a ruling today. but surprisingly, he also dismissed what prosecutors had asked where, which was to push back the center, the thing to after trump finishes the 2nd term in the white house. that was a surprise to all the reasoning the judge gave, as he said that this rapid sentencing would allow trump then to file an appeal of his conviction, which he has indicated he wants to do. but in fact, his team has already indicated they would likely can appeal that this sentence even takes place at all on january 10th. so whether or not this happens is really all up in the air and a case that the judge himself described in his ruling today as i'm president, it and likely never should be repeated legal scenario. all right, thank you so much for that. heidi, heidi drug house throw live for us from washington dc. i still had the knowle

the us supreme court rejected donald trump's request to hold his centres in his hush money quest in newk and it means the sentencing will now go ahead as planned on friday morning in new york. the president—elect had urged the court to consider whether he was entitled to an automatic stay of the sentencing. the justices rejected this 5—4. john roberts and amy coney barrettjoined the three rebels in the majority and the judge overseeing the case it did indicate in a recent ruling that he would not consider a jail term for donald trump but he was found guilty of falsifying records to disguise reimbursement for a hush money payment to the adult film star stormy daniels made back in 2016. we have seen a reaction for the president—elect tonight. he has been meeting with gop governors and said the following, "he thought it was a disgrace that the judge overseeing the case should not have been under the case but he did indicate he would comply with this ruling. he said, "i will do my little thing tomorrow. they can have fun with their political opponents." those was a reaction to the refusal t