Transcripts For BBCNEWS Outside Source 20240713

Deadline switches to this january, u nless deadline switches to this january, unless the Parliament Passes a brexit deal. That is looking very unlikely, however. The driver of the lorry in essex in which 39 people died appears in court charged with their manslaughter. And well be live in california, where two wildfires, one of them in the heart of los angeles, have forced thousands of people from their homes. Another mind bending day in british politics, and ill take on this multi headed hydra so you dont have to. Sitting comfortably . Right. First, mps have rejected Boris Johnsons proposal of an general election on december 12. He needed two thirds of mps. The Opposition Labour Party abstained, so this happened. The ayes to the right, 299. The ayes to the right, 299. The noes to the left, 70. The ayes to the right, 299. The noes to the left, 70. So the ayes have it, the ayes have it. The ayes have it, the ayes have it. The ayes have it, but the motion does not obtain the majority required under the fixed term parliaments act 2011. So, as you can see, the government very easily won, but did not get to the two thirds mark, 135 votes short. That, however, not that hearing the Prime Minister. He is going to try again tomorrow. Here he is. We will not allow this paralysis to continue, and one way 01 paralysis to continue, and one way or another, we must proceed straight to an election, so later on this evening, the government will give notice of presentation for a short bill for an election on december 12, so bill for an election on december 12, so that we can finally brexit done. And there is no support in the house, as we heard earlier on, from the benches opposite, for the bel air proceed, but mr speaker, this has cannot any longer keep this country hostage. For the wab to proceed. The wab is the Withdrawal Agreement bill. And yes, you heard that right, having a lost a vote for an election on december 12, tomorrow the Prime Minister will being a vote for an election on december 12. This plan will only need 51 support. We will explain exactly why in a minute or two. All the while, the leader of the opposition, who in the last two years has repeatedly said he prefers an election to a second referendum to resolve the brexit crisis, has to keep explaining why he wont support one. Jeremy corbyn spoke straight after the Prime Minister. I understand. Iunderstand. I i understand. I understand a bill will be tabled tomorrow. We will obviously look and scrutinise that bill, and we look forward to a clear, definitive decision that no deal is absolutely off the table, and there is no danger of this Prime Minister not sticking to his word, because he has some form on these matters, and taking this country out of the eu without any deal whatsoever, knowing the damage it will do twojobs whatsoever, knowing the damage it will do two jobs and industries all gcioss will do two jobs and industries all across this country. Heres Something Else which appears to be off the table. Our Political Editor Laura Kunz Berg saying tonight. Number 10 confirming they will not try to bring the wav back. It is all fiendishly complicated. Iommi grimley will help us through this. Why do you need to thirds today but 51 tomorrow . It all goes back to the constitutional reforms, rather complex reforms, passed by David Camerons government, the fixed term parliaments act, if you want the technical term for it. And that basically took out of the Prime Ministerial armoury this ability to call a snap election when a Prime Minister might feel good and riding high in the opinion polls, and instead, it requires a two thirds majority of the house of commons. Borisjohnson failed majority of the house of commons. Boris johnson failed to majority of the house of commons. Borisjohnson failed to get that tonight, as you rightly pointed out, so tonight, as you rightly pointed out, so hes going to try it tomorrow with a more conventional method of passing a one line bill through parliament, naming the day, and again, the same day, december the 12th, and seeing if he can get there through both the house of commons at the house of lords without it being amended. Laura what about the date . We have the two Opposition Party saying december the 9th. It is just three days, but i think it isa it is just three days, but i think it is a sign of the distrust in parliament at the moment but opposition parties suspect some kind of trap. They dont trust Boris Johnson to stick to his word. In the end, they might end up doing a deal, because it certainly looks like the Scottish National party and liberal democrats both think a general election is in their interest, and the reason for that is, they believe that a new parliament might be the best way to secure a second referendum. By the way, that is diametrically opposed to Boris Johnsons reasons for having an early election. He believes he can get a majority to then steer through his Withdrawal Agreement bill. Thank you, naomi. Will you stay with us thank you, naomi. Will you stay with us to help us through the different elements of the story . And before we race onto the next deadline, its worth reflecting that of course the borisjohnson pushing for a december election is the same borisjohnson whose headline policy has been this. Id rather be dead in a ditch. Come out of the eu on with the 31st. Now ifs abouts. We are coming out of the eu on october the 31st come what may. But the october 31 brexit deadline is gone, replaced by the eu with january 31, 2020. Tom newton dunn is the suns Political Editor. He confirms this. And so, just as the Prime Minister said he wouldnt ask for a brexit extention and then did, and denied hed suspend parliament and then did, and said hed never seek to put customs checks between Northern Ireland and the rest of the uk and then did, so the Prime Minister who said again and again and again that brexit would happen on october 31 in all circumstances, and that his approach rather than that of theresa mays would guarantee it, will be in charge of a country on november1 that is definitely in the European Union. He confirmed it in writing to the eu a few hours ago in this letter. In it, he writes. The eu at the moment has done no such thing. In fact, brexit could in theory happen sooner. The eu is calling this deal a flextension, meaning the uk can leave before january 31 if borisjohnsons brexit deal gets through parliament. Thats a very big if. We dont even know if Boris Johnson will try. Heres a tweet from katya adler to manage expectations. Here is more from katia. Dont forget, this is in the back of three years a brexit process. The eu has negotiated three brexit deals, has negotiated three brexit deals, has spoken to three Prime Ministers, and if brexit is going to happen, the eu really wants to get on with it. In katya adlers latest brexit blog, she describes the extension from the eus point of view as an excruciatingly long and confusing political dance to get there. And the dance is not over yet. The final decision was made in brussels today. Heres the eus chief brexit negotiator afterwards. It was a very short and efficient and constructive meeting, and i am very happy that the decision should be taken. Was the extension to long . Will this drag on and on . Lets bring on naomi again. I want to understand what borisjohnsons best Case Scenario is. He gets his election, does well in it and then thinks he has time to get his deal through before the new deadline. Is that its . That is it, and i think that its . That is it, and i think that does call into question, even if things went to plan and he came out of the election with a majority, would he have enough time or what events conspire to mean that another extension was required . Its also worth thinking about the dissenting voices around the Prime Minister, because many cabinet ministers think the optics of this arent very good, and that perhaps it would be better to knuckle down and at least try to pass his withdrawal bill rather than be seen to rush onto the other issue ofan be seen to rush onto the other issue of an election. So its definitely the case that in both parties, both of the main parties, there are some who fear that an early election could actually be a tactical error. One of the you about naomi. A practical thing, really. One of the you about naomi. A practicalthing, really. I one of the you about naomi. A practical thing, really. I found practicalthing, really. Ifound out today that the uk has not had a december election since 1923. Here is and expert on why they are so rare. There are shorter evenings, so campaigning after work as hard. There are questions about do as many people turn out to vote, and that could be a challenge for both sides, the opposition and also the government. I dont think its necessarilyjust an issue for the government. There has also been the sort of thing of, the places where we vote will be rented out for christmas plays and christmas parties, and there are practical, logistical sides to it which can be challenging. And by and ifi and if i bring you and again, naomi, i know there are Civil Servants who are not thrilled about this idea, but if the government says it is to happen, it has to happen . but if the government says it is to happen, it has to happen . If Boris Johnson gets his way through parliament, it will have to happen. There have been december elections before. You mention one. There was another in 1910, and another in 1918, so there are precedents for holding them at this time of year, but yes, even britains top Civil Servant has mentioned politely to the parties involved that it might be hard to get hold Village Halls for polling stations because of activities and pa ntomimes for polling stations because of activities and pantomimes already being booked in the run up to christmas. Some might say all of it has turned into a bit of a pantomime now quite thank you very much, naomi. A very complicated day, and useful to get naomis help guiding us through it. I hope that has brought you through it. Later of the programme, we will look at the position of the liberal democrats, the labour party and the snp and how they fit into Boris Johnsons and the snp and how they fit into borisjohnsons idea and the snp and how they fit into Boris Johnsons idea of and the snp and how they fit into borisjohnsons idea of how to get an election in december. That is in about 20 minutes. Lots more on the bbc news website and brexit. Inafew bbc news website and brexit. In a few minutes, we will talk about instagram. Its promising to remove images, drawings and even cartoons showing methods of self harm or suicide after the suicide of a young girl in england. We will hear what her father has been saying. After 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have concluded a after 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have no luded a after 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have no morei a after 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have no mo each ignition and and ition and and one and and one american legend. This is beautiful. A milestone in human history. Born today, this girl in india is the 7,000,000,000th person on the planet. This is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. Our lead story borisjohnson is to try again for a december 12 general election after mps rejected his plan. Here in the uk, the driver of the lorry in which 39 people were found dead last week has appeared in court via video link. This is morice robinson. Maurice robinson is 25 and from County Armagh in Northern Ireland. He faces 39 counts of manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people. He wasnt asked to indicate a plea, and has been remanded in custody. Hell appear in court again in four weeks time. Todays hearing was in chelmsford in essex, which is around 40 kilometres from where the bodies were found on wednesday. Apologies. We will talk about vietnam in a minute. Its near the local council offices, which Prime Minister borisjohnson and his home secretary visited today. They signed a book of condolence. Boris johnson wrote we learned over the last few days that some of the victims may have been from vietnam, and today the vietnamese government said that. Jonathan head is in the district of yen thanh, where many of the victims are believed to have come from. Hes spoken to some of those still waiting for news about their loved ones. Ina in a vietnamese front room, a family endured an agonising wait. Its ten days since they last heard from 26 year old wing. A month ago, i heard him talking of a business idea with a friend, says his father. But he never asked for money, so i didnt think he was going overseas. He called us several times after arriving in germany, explained his uncle. But not in the past ten days. They began to hear news that something had gone terribly wrong. Then the police came, asking for samples of fingernails and hair. The awful possibility that he was inside the container is beginning to hit home for this family. His mother pleads for the british authorities to be quick. Please help us, and find my son, she says. Its been said that its poverty driving young people to leave here and go overseas, but thats not quite true. Much of vietnam is poor, but here theyve seen just how well you can do after only a few years living in britain. Theyve seen the new houses and the shiny cars, and its that thats inducing the bright and ambitious young people to make thatjourney west. Lets talk about the journey some more. Too fan is from the bbcs vietnamese service. She explains why people in vietnam are willing to risk dangerous journeys to the uk. They can find work very easily in establishments such as restaurants, nail bars, opportunities to work for families as nannies or housekeepers, and also as workers in Illegal Cannabis farms. Now, the second reason for this is also because there is a network of vietnamese families and friends that they have here who would help them to find work and sort of settle in when they first arrive, and another reason for this is also because the salary in the uk is considered a bit higher than that in countries such as germany or france. Too has also been telling us about what families in vietnam have been telling her and her colleagues. Some of them have set up sort of makeshift altars and organised prying ceremonies for their loved ones, because frankly, they have very little hope that they are still alive. Praying ceremonies. Yesterday, we interviewed the brother of a young man who sent a very poignant message to those who are still thinking of going to the uk, in this way. He said, you know, the risk for this journey is so high. The chance of survival is 5050, high. The chance of survival is 50 50, so why take it . Consider it very carefully before you embark on such a journey, and its ok to stay back home and just earn enough money for yourself and have a sort of normal life. You dont have to go and get rich quick. As always, many thanks to our collea g u es as always, many thanks to our colleagues from bbc world service. Lets begin the business by talking about about lvmh, big luxury goods company, has confirmed its in talks with tiffany co for a takeover worth 14. 5 billion. Samira hussain in new york. So, why do they want to do it . This would get the house of Louis Vuitton into the american market, and also, more importantly, it would get them into the jewellery market. If you look at luxury goods, jewellery is the Fastest Growing area, and that is something that this house would want to try to invest in. On the flip side, why would tiffany even say yes . It is no secret that they have been struggling for a long time with the fa ct struggling for a long time with the fact that they have not had as many Chinese Tourists coming and purchasing tiffany goods. They have struggled for a long time. They were trying to get some lower priced items to try and get younger millennials to come and shop at their stores, and its getting a bit difficult for them. So it is totally adding enticing offerfrom tiffanys perspective. An enticing offer. Explain why it is that tiffany would fix some of those problems you listed by hooking up with this big multinational . Then, it ends up being this big multinationals problem, no longer tiffanys. That is what would happen. And look, they also have a lot of brands, a lot of different brands under this one umbrella, and so, it would really give them an opportunity to sort of use that kind of expertise. And the fa ct use that kind of expertise. And the fact is that they are offering something that is 22 higher than what the company is valued at right 110w. What the company is valued at right now. Thats pretty sweet, given that we are not going to see things are getting any easier for the company in the next four years, especially when you consider a possible reference recession in the United States and what is happening with china. So that is one thing i wanted to ask you about, this is another. You have been interviewing Richard Branson. The space firm Virgin Galactic has launched on the new york stock exchange. The company is hoping to send its first customers into space next year. And samira, youve been speaking to Richard Branson about this. What did he tell you . What did he tell you . |j what did he tell you . I spoke to sir richard on the floor of the new york stock exchange, and i spoke to him with the ceo of Virgin Galactic, george whitesides. And they also spoke with a few sceptics, some people who really question this whole adventure. Listen to what we talk about. Why would i want to go to space . Ooh who wouldnt want to go to space . I think the reason you would wa nt space . I think the reason you would want to go to space is the fact that they do with the 500 people who have been to space combat completely transformed. They say its the most incredible experience of their life. come incredible experience of their life. Come back completely transformed. It isa come back completely transformed. It is a hefty price tag. If i had the money, yeah. Maybe it will be cheaperin the money, yeah. Maybe it will be cheaper in ten years |j the money, yeah. Maybe it will be cheaper in ten years ijust the money, yeah. Maybe it will be cheaper in ten years i just think it is kind of pointless. I think the price will go up a bit, because we have kind of realised it is underpriced for what it is. In the longer term, we will reduce the price, and enable many thousands of people, ten there were tens of thousands of people, to experience the wonder of space. The demand for people wanting to get into space will away outstrip supply for decades to come. There is no way i am going to space. Are you not . I have seen all the movies. It is too scary. Are you still on track to get people into space by 2020 . We are we had better be, because i am going to be on the first space flight. Would you pay 12 a share to invest in the company yes, i would. I would doing this . Yes, i would. I would have to see the stats for the company first. This is a chance for anybody now to invest in a commercial space flight company. There are no other pure commercial space flight companies. You have got to go and see the light on the other side, you know . So, two questions, really, samaria. Would you buy shares and would you go would you buy shares and would you 9 up would you buy shares and would you go up to space . I will leave the shares out of it, because we are bbc reporters. But do you fancy at . |j was blown away by anybody he was saying that they were really keen to go saying that they were really keen to 9 up saying that they were really keen to go up in space. There is no part of me that would even want to get onto one of those spaceships at all not at all but it was interesting you asked whether you they thought they would meet the deadline. That question will not go away either, willet . They have made it very clear that they are going to keep pushing ahead to get people into space by 2020. Remember, there is a lot of competition in this space by lots of other big names. So the head of amazon, jeff bezos, has his company, blue origin, and then you have spacex, the company of elon musk. So it is on in the space race. Nice to talk to you, some era. Thank you. We will finish outside source business by talking about instagram. It has made a pledge today to remove cartoons, pictures and illustrations featuring suicide. It is part it follows the suicide of molly russell, who killed herself after using the platform. And more on that story will be on our website. You can find back down on the story of that interview with mollys father on the Victoria Derbyshire programme. So in case you are not watching at the beaming of the programme, the lead story is a confusing situation in british politics even by the standards of the last few months. Borisjohnson was defeated today in an effort to get two thirds of mps to support him to call an election in december the 12th. And he has come back within minutes and said, 0k, come back within minutes and said, ok, we are going to do it tomorrow using a different bill, and guess what im proposing . An election in december the 12th. But according to this bill, and the way it works, we dont have to get into the parliamentary mechanics right now, but he simply requires 51 of the vote rather than the two thirds which he was unable to get earlier. To throw into the mix that the opposition liberal democrats and snp may or may not support the situation, and things are moving. We will turn to it again in a few minutes. Good evening. Time for our nightly look at some of the weather conditions we have been looking at around the world, and we will start with california and the wildfires. U nfortu nately, with california and the wildfires. Unfortunately, the weather pattern which is partially responsible for fanning the wildfires in california is not expected to shift in the coming days. High pressure across the pacific, and also the rockies, slightly different here because it is colder, but essentially no low pressures or any rainfall expected across this part of the world, which is, of course, bad news. Elsewhere across the us, some storms in the deep south and south east, but here, on the pacific side, you can see from canada, from British Columbia all the way down to la, High Pressure, dry weather, not great for those wildfires. Across the pond, we have also seen some shifts in the weather in the last couple of days or so. Just a week or so ago, in many major cities across central europe, we saw temperatures of 12 celsius, but now a colder speu of 12 celsius, but now a colder spell has moved on from the arctic, towards the uk, poland, germany, certainly in scandinavia, below freezing, even in the daytime, and this is broadly weather cold front is on tuesday, so places like london, berlin, warsaw, feeling the chill in the air. Temperatures around single figures for some, but to the south of that, we still have warmer weather. Temperatures in madrid around 20 22. Over to the arabian peninsula. This is super cyclonic storm. It is a very powerful storm, the equivalent of a category four in the atlantic. Very rare to get such vicious and powerful storms here like this one. There was initially a worry that it would head towards the oman coastline, but now, the thinking is it will drift in the direction of the arabian peninsula, and then quite possibly had roughly towards the gulf of aden here, where it will fizzle out. So fingers crossed, the storm turns and fizzles out. So here it is. Even though it is way out to sea, it is making its presence felt around the entire coastal region, because it is generating a big waves. Some areas have experienced flooding from the search associated with the system. Another area we are watching is south of india. This mass of storm us around Southern India and sri lanka could also at least potentially form to a Tropical Cyclone in the coming days. On the story of rain,japan cyclone in the coming days. On the story of rain, japan has had a lot of rainfall in the last few days. U nfortu nately of rainfall in the last few days. Unfortunately on tuesday, still some weather fronts affecting japan. Here on bbc news, the weatherfor weather fronts affecting japan. Here on bbc news, the weather for the week ahead in the uk coming up soon. Goodbye. Hello, im ros atkins. This is outside source. Borisjohnson has failed in one attempt to get a december election. But hes going to try another way. There will be a separate vote on tuesday. A different approach, same date in the liberal democrats and the snp one something similar but a different date, it is getting confusing and then we are still waiting on it. The government will give notice of presentation for a short bill for an election on the 12th of december so that we can finally get brexit done. We look forward to a clear, definitive decision that no deal is absolutely off of the table. Earlier today the European Union formally offered a brexit extension meaning the uk will stay in the eu until the 31st of january, unless Parliament Passes a brexit deal. Also on outside source a day after the us announced it killed the leader of the Islamic State Group Another Senior Member has reportedly been killed in Northern Syria. And well be live in california, where two wildfires one of them in the heart of los angeles have forced thousands of people from their homes. A day after the us announced it had killed the leader of the Islamic State Group Another Senior Member has reportedly been killed by us air strike in Northern Syria. These are pictures from the site of the air strike. Is has been under pressure for months having lost all of its territory in iraq and syria. And so far the group has not acknowledged the death of abu bakr al baghdadi. But lets look further at its response. Mina al lami is a specilist in jihadist media with bbc monitoring. Jihadist groups would often delay confirming any reports of the death of their leadership figures, but sometimes it might come within a week, or sometimes take longer, but i think in the case of baghdadi, there is the issue of who succeeds him and i think the group needs to really craft that statement and it is not uncommon for them to delay. The so called Islamic State in particular is very secretive about its leadership figures, its makeup, and that is for security reasons but also so that when one of its figures is killed, is not a big deal because the group had not spoken about him anyway, so currently we dont know, is never publicly advertised or spoke about a successor for baghdadi, so it is really kind of a wait and see. Even their supporters and jihadist rivals are not speculating at the moment. More details are emerging about al baghdadis death. He was near a town called barisha, five kilometres from the turkey syria border. Its an area dominated by a rivaljihadist group. This is an aerial image of the ruins of the compound. And this is what weve heard from the americans today. The us forces discovered baghdadi hiding in a tunnel. The Assault Force closed in on baghdadi and ended when he detonated a suicide vest. Baghdadis remains were then transported to a secure facility to confirm his identity with forensic dna testing. The disposal of his remains has been done and is complete and was handled appropriately. The success of this complex operation is an incredible testament to the professionalism of the many women of the joint force to the professionalism of the men and women of the joint force and our interagency partners and their courage and their bravery. Lets look at the significance of al baghdadis death. Chatham houses dr lina khatib describing it as symbolic victory at a time when tensions in Northern Syria may be aiding a resurgence of is. And this is the analysis of the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for scholars director and former congresswoman jane harman on where this leaves is. Apologise. We can see her but we cant hear it. The clip has not played. Maybe we can play the any moment. Now, no doubt, this is a triumph for President Trump. It would have been at any time but while hes facing criticism for pulling us troops out of Northern Syria and facing an impeachment inquiry all the more so now. Mr trump watched the special forces operation from the white house situation room. He gave this description of what happened. He will never again harm another innocent man, woman, or child. He died like a dog. He died like a coward. The world is now a much safer place. God bless america. Thank you. In the past few hours, President Trump has tweeted. Lets bring in chris buckler. One is how this reflexive relationship between america and the different groups in the north of syria given all of those relationships that have been shaken up the last few weeks. All of those relationships that have been shaken up the last few weekslj been shaken up the last few weeks. dont think there is any dying of those relationships have been damaged in the last two weeks. Any doubt that those. Yet, ironically, it seems to have been the curtis forces who gave some of the curtis forces who gave some of the information that led to the ca ptu re the information that led to the capture of baghdadi. Curtis wetzel. The white house have known for weeks have been struggling to articulate exactly what his strategy is in the middle east. Listening to that briefing today in the pentagon, it was clear they were saying that they still recognise that Islamic State is a threat and still concerned about the group reorganising or somehow trying to find new leadership and if President Trump isa find new leadership and if President Trump is a member talking about the idea that they have identify potential successors to baghdadi. But at the same time, there was this real suggestion, time and time again, they would listen to President Trump and going to get american troops out of syria and out of the middle east which is what he is demanding. The only troops that will be left behind will be to protect oil, perhaps that is the current strategy in syria to protect oilfields for other current strategy in syria to protect oil fields for other people. Im interested in how the arguments player at the us media because donald trump in recent weeks has been saying we can handle is from distance and with the help of our allies, i guess he can use this as evidence that is possible. Yes, but he can also have the argument back that ultimately, being there and having a position that has been a very important and actually having that close relationship with the Kurdish Forces i think probably led him to baghdadi itself. Ultimately there will be democrats who say there will be democrats who say there is a danger of taking their eye off of the ball here. But donald trump may be saying that he doesnt wa nt trump may be saying that he doesnt want american troops putting their lives in danger abroad and there is no doubt that for some of his base, that will be something that gained a lot of traction, they dont want to see american soldiers be put in harms way. But there is the wider thread, this question about whether america is needed as some kind of international policeman, certainly lead to address issues like this. Other President Trump, they are less a policeman and much more an observer. Under President Trump. Thank you. Here is that clip i was trying to play of the former congresswoman. What we need to understand, he was not the founder of isis. That fellow was killed some years ago and yet it still has lethal force. He doesnt have territory. It has lethal force and the other thing it has is it is not a top down organisation. It is loosely affiliated horizontal groups, which means that one can act in the name of isis without getting approval from big daddy, so if we have taken off the top guy, which we did, and i think ourforces both military and intelligence deserve enormous credit and applause for the president for authorising the mission, but that does not mean that we have ended their instinct and interest in attacking and it also means that there could be revenge attacks to revenge the death of baghdadi. We switched from washington to california. A state wide emergency has been declared in california because of the wildfires there. This is a new fire in los angeles which started near to the getty centre arts complex this morning. Its threatening several neighbourhoods and the la mayor is drafting in emergency resources to help. And this is Sonoma County in north california. Almost 200,000 people have been evacuated and winds of more than 100 Miles Per Hour are speeding the spread of the fire. These pictures are from los angeles. Wind is a problem there too. Power companies have turned off Electricity Supply to try and stop damaged cables triggering new fires in some areas. But the main focus on evacuations. Heres one la city official. If you are in the mandatory evacuation zone, and you are still there watching this, you are an idiot. Get the hell out. It is way too dangerous. People that stay behind are endangering themselves. And not helping. There are two regions worst affected. In northern california, the kinkade fire is burning to the north of santa rosa. Its burned through 50,000 acres of land and damaged or destroyed 400 buildings. Fires are also near to santa monica in los angeles this is the getty fire which broke out this morning causing thousands to evacuate. Those enclude nba star lebronjames. He tweeted had to emergency evacuate my house and ive been he tweeted. The bbcs peter bowes has seen this fire first hand from his house in Santa Clarita 30 miles north of la. He tweeted. We spoke to peter a short while ago. My closest neighbours, three of those houses are completely destroyed. Everyone literally had just had to get out of their homes within seconds and flee for their life. There was absolutely no warning because the winds were so strong. The winds are still quite strong as you can hear. They are due to die down in the next few days. But for a few moments, it was an absolutely terrifying situation. We can cross now to california and join sophie long. Tell us more about the state of the fires in los angeles please. Im just standing in the Brentwood Hills and you can see the fire still burning behind me. You see the smoke coming up there behind that is the getty centre, that is become known as the get the fire. Beyond that, is the four or freeway and the only thing stopping those flames from jumping over that freeway into the mansions of bel air and the sprawling city of los angeles. 405 freeway for some quite a fretful morning here in los angeles today, this fire broke out about 1 30am this fire broke out about 1 30am this morning, it is now moving across at least 600 acres, thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes and as you rightly say, thatis their homes and as you rightly say, that is really the priority here to get people out of their homes and into a safe area as we heard lebron james it this morning and also arnold schwarzenegger, the former governor did as well. Most people are heeding those warnings, but as you heard from peter, things change very quickly. We have heard people fighting into local radio stations this morning saying i will stay and i have an industrial strength hose pipe and i have an industrial strength hose pipe and i think i can fight it off us pipe and i think i can fight it off us up the message here is very clear. Get out of your homes and move to safety. Suddenly it is not just the fire that is cost disruption here. There was huge disruption here. There was huge disruption and a lot of are going to be close and people finding it difficult on their commute to work, and a number of schools closed also in this area. In the north of california, that huge fire a stub now burnt up to 66,000 acres command of the 12,000 overnight. That fire in the wine country has been burning since wednesday. It is still only 5 contained. Firefighters working around the clock across california and very difficult conditions. The weather at the moment is actually working briefly in the favour of firefighters. They can only be for either the 24 hours. We still have this a very hot dry heat and when the wind gust calm, that is what makes it very difficult to fight these fires. It lives some in prison can deposit them starting new fires up can deposit them starting new fires up to two miles away. It lists them up and the embers and they can deposit them. Thank you. Stay with us on outside source still to come. Boris johnsons conservative governement has failed to force election on december 12, but will try again tomorrow. Labour is still saying no. But the Scottish National party and the liberal democrats want an election on december ninth. Well explain why. The government has been asked to close a loophole, which its claimed, leaves cosmetic surgery patients at risk from so called fly in fly out surgeons. Some patients say theyve suffered serious complications, and been unable to pursue the doctors, because theyve left the country. Lucy adams reports. Catherine works as a hairdresser in thornton in fife. In 2010, she decided to get surgery to reshape her nose. What followed was four operations, none of which gave her the results she wanted. By the end of the process she had to visit a specialist in london to repair the damage. They said that my nose was like someone whod been in a bad car crash, and that they had to rebuild it using part of my ribs. They also used some liquid from my scalp to rebuild the nose. This is the surgeon who performed the first four operations, italian antonio ottaviani. Catherine booked him through this uk company, transform. Catherine chose to get her operation done in the uk because she thought it would be much safer. What she didnt know was that her surgeon was whats come to be known as fly in, fly out. Transform told the bbc catherines care was not what they would expect, and that they had funded her revision surgeries and expenses. Mr ottaviani said he couldnt comment on individual cases and insisted he had been available to catherine when asked by transform. Mr ottaviani still owes catherine compensation he agreed to pay. So i wanted to ask him why he hadnt done what he said he would. Mr ottaviani . I wanted to know why, why you havent paid Catherine Roan, mr ottaviani . Why have you paid Catherine Roan . I just want to ask that. Would you apologise to her now . No, sorry, i dont want to speak to you. She wants to know why you havent apologised. I dont want to speak with you, sorry. Or why whether your after care was good enough, mr ottaviani. This is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. Our lead story is . Borisjohnson is to try again for a 12 december general election after mps rejected his plan. Borisjohnson has seen his proposalfor an election on december 12 defeated. And he wants to bring the bill back tomorrow again but through a different route. We dont know the details of that as yet. But the liberal democrats and the Scottish National party heresjo swinson the leader of the lib dems explaining why. We put forward a very clear plan which would have a general election at the earliest possible date, with would prevent the Prime Minister having any wriggle room at all to force his bad brexit deal through the commons before an election, which is of course what hes said is his preferred plan was to do. He evidently seems tabling a bill which still has the 12th of december wish just raises the question and suspicion as to when we presented a lib dem snp plan that said look if you give time for this specific bill, this specific plan, we will get that through, because that would be coming to back our plan. Actually, hes gone for Something Different so that raises that suspicion and this is a man who we just cannot trust. One of the things they want is Boris Johnson and not to bring back his brexit deal before any election they may agree to. Earlier we talked about this tweet. You might think that would satisfy the liberal democrats and the snp. But theyre not happy. Heres the snps leader in westminster explaining why. We dont trust as Prime Minister for good reason. So the Prime Minister, if he is going to bring forward the bill must give a absolute casts are in assurance that up until the passage of the bill in the right a polymer, there will be no attempt to bring forward the Withdrawal Agreement. And the right of parliament. This times article offers some reasons why these two parties have joined forces. It argues their political interets are best served with an election before brexit. That might play to the clarity of their respective brexit positions. But and you may need your diaries out for this the lib dems dont want an election on december 12 they want it on, wait for it, december nine. You are well within your rights to ask why. Here you go. There are various reasons why that makes more sense. Clearly, it is three further days away from christmas and i understand that the public appetite for an election around christmas is not necessarily high, so i think from the point of view of the economy and retailers, keeping it as far away as possible is helpful, we also have the consideration that there will be many people that will be moving around the country around that time, many students who live in two places but only be registered to vote in one place, we wouldnt want to see people disenfranchised, so having it earlier rather than closer to the end of term time for them i think it makes sense as well. Naomi grimley, westminster. Could they put one built to be voted on by the government brings another . How does work . I think it is more likely that perhaps behind the scenes, they might come to some agreement, perhaps a mile, we will discover the government actually moves it to a date in between the two. The tenth of the 11th. Because ultimately, all three of these parties, the conservatives and government and the two small opposition parties, the liberal democrats in the snp, believe it or send their best interest to have an early election and you talked earlier about the fact that they are very clear remain aligns that they believe that helps them to have an election before a brexit deal goes through parliament. Rather than after. So if they are serious about it, they will surely come to an agreement and not let three days either way get in the way of this early election. I think a lot will come down to whether as we heard in blackford to say there is a cast iron guarantee for a borisjohnson. As we heard ian blackford. That he will not try to get his bill through the house of commons in a rush. Lets talk about labour now. The biggest Opposition Party by far is labour its leader has called the snp and libs dems pact a stunt. Labours chair, ian lavery, added. Ok but the votes arent there to trigger a second referenudm. And also labour been repeatedly calling for an election since the last election. Heres a few examples. Our priority is to get a general election. We absolutely support an election. I have been calling for an election ever since the last one. We want an election and we look forward to turfing this government out now labour says itll back an election when a no deal brexit is ruled out which it has been at least until the end ofjanuary during which time an election could happen. Heres labours John Mcdonnell at the weekend explaining why thats not enough. We have got to have an assurance that no deal is ruled out. What im interested in is that we want the no deal ruled out during the period in which we have the extension of course, but we want to try and get it off the agenda completely. Im interested in what Philip Hammond has been saying in recent weeks and again this morning, he was again expressing his concern about having no deal on the agenda at the end of the transition period and if we got the legislation back from what i heard him say, he is looking at amendments that might be able to enable that to happen, to rule out the no deal and not have the cliff edge. That is why you want the bill brought back. To have proper time for scrutinising and debating and amending and in that way you will get a better bill. Naomi grimley. If the conservatives in the snp in the lib dems line up, does that get the lib dems line up, does that get the Prime Minister to 51 . Yes, it went. I think if you add all of those parties together, he comes out with a majority of 46. However, this bill will have to go through the house of commons and the house of lords, and it is possible that some mps may try to amended, for example, by saying that eu nationals should be eligible to vote, or by saying that they want to widen the franchise to allow votes for 16 and 17 year old. Now if that happens, it could get very bogged down and guess what, i think we might find there is no Brexit Christmas after all. No election in the run up to christmas. Thing still very unsure for Boris Johnson, this is not the ideal way to go about trying to find a general election. Thank you. Earlier naomi was expanding to pantomimes booked in the Village Halls, one of the obstacles that a re the Village Halls, one of the obstacles that are in the way of an election to christmas. I couldnt draw a election to christmas. I couldnt drawa link election to christmas. I couldnt draw a link between pantomimes and what im about to read you. Those 50 pes will be big moments in history, but their moment is past. The eu has accepted the bread that extension, borisjohnson the eu has accepted the bread that extension, Boris Johnson has acknowledged that front of the deadline now if the 31st of january and in theory, tomorrow we should get a very clear indication as to whether there will be in election before christmas. See you tomorrow. Goodbye. Hello there. A thoroughly wet start to the weekend. For england and wellsboro conditions improved as we reach part two of the weekend and into the start of the new working week. Which much colder and drier city or conditions winning down from the north. We started the day off on monday with a proxy node, mist and fog but once they cleared, we saw some glorious sunshine. For the next few days, we should hold onto dish dry and largely sandy theme. With a cold weather set to continue but all changing towards the end of the week. Blood pressure invade from the south west of High Pressure bring the dominant factor the last few days, it will be again on tuesday, bringing more fine conditions throughout and a frosty start, some showers and eastern coast again. To the southwest, low pressure trying to push them to bring more breezy cloud and outbreaks of rain. Another cold day with temperatures reaching highs of nine to 12 degrees. Change is heading into wednesday. We see the High Pressure move over towards the High Pressure move over towards the north sea in that allows this low pressure the north sea in that allows this low pressure system and the weather front to push a bit further and northwards and eastward through the day. It could be that parts of scotla nd day. It could be that parts of scotland and northeast of england will hold the sunny weather after a cold start and further south, sunshine hazy and cloudy skies for Northern Ireland and wales. With outbreaks of rain here. Quite breezy, a bit malty moving again across the southwest otherwise another cold day for most northern and eastern areas. Then it looks like heading into thursday this area low pressure begins to invade his High Pressure retreats back to the near continent. Thursday, a cloud is through most areas come outbreaks of rain, quite patchy in places. It looks like he could stay here and a dry air. Once again it will be end chilly day in highs of 9 degrees here but further south. 11 to maybe 15 degrees. Then heading into friday, we have low pressure, i think well and truly dominating to bring stronger winds and are bricks of rain and some odd air arriving across the southwest, and eventually when he and pushing all the way into northern scotland. The friday picture, brightness, quite a bit of cloud, with the next batch of rain, more energy and have your downpours and parts of england and wales. It will be breezy or in much milder. 15 and 16. Heading into saturday it looks very unsettled. We start to see deeper areas of low pressure moving again, wet and windy spill on saturday followed by another one on sunday so yes, next week and is looking unsettled with windy and but on the plus side, if you like, it is going to be mild. Then beyond that we can, and to next week, start temperature contrast across north america. A stark temperature contrast. It will allow the jet strea m contrast. It will allow the jet stream to power across the atlantic. Diving just to the south of the uk and it will stay a low pressure system towards our shores. Meeting next week could be pretty unsettled. So spells of wet and windy weather are on the cards, it will be a little bit of sunshine in between but it is going to remain unsettled i think throughout much of the week thanks to the powerfuljet stream but on the plus side, it will be generally mild across the south and they could be some colder influxes at times across more Northern Areas for stay tuned to the forecast. This programme contains scenes of repetitive flashing images. Tonight at ten, the Prime Minister accepts an extension to the brexit process, despite repeated pledges not to do so. He writes to the European Council president accepting a three month extension finally ruling out his promised brexit at the end of this month. Mrjohnson went to ask mps to agree to a general election on december 12th, but labour wants a specific guarantee before it says yes. The ayes to the right, 299. The noes to the left, 70. Despite todays failure for the Prime Minister, he says hell try again tomorrow putting labours position under pressure. We look forward to a clear, definitive decision that no deal is absolutely off the table. We will not allow this paralysis to continue, and one way or another, we must proceed straight