where wildfires have been raging out of control. there are worries strong, dry winds may fan new outbreaks in a region already devastated by the blazes. more than 20 people are known to have died and more than 500 are missing amid large scale evacuations. cbs correspondent greg mills is in santa rosa, california. four days ago, three days ago sunday afternoon, this was filled with families. everybody had their home, nobody thought anything was happening and then suddenly sunday night, like that, you get the strong winds kicking in, a fire started somehow and investigators are trying to figure it out, but this all happened and much of this happened over sunday night. one person i was talking to grew up here in santa rosa and now works for the city and he and other city workers were talking and discussing the areas they cover and they believe there are about 1000 homes here in santa rosa alone that were lost due to this fire. most people did get out 0k. 21 people sadly were killed by this fire. they are still discovering bodies as they are checking more and more of these homes that lost the battle in the fire. they are now checking and finding more bodies. we are staying in a hotel that's maybe 12, 15 miles that way. you wouldn't know there was a fire except you smell the fire, you taste the fire, your clothes smell of fire, other than that other than that you wouldn't know there was a fire because you are seeing green vegetation that looks nice, the pool is nice at the hotel, that type of thing. you come 12 miles here and you see a different world. you can go five miles that way and see what we saw before. it's almost like it in a movie. it really is. you see smoke over all this, all this devastation. this is the wine country, so well—known for being wine country, but five wineries have burned down, others were damaged. so it's going to have an economic impact as well, but i think that's down the road. people are mostly concerned with what happens next. do you rebuild, what do you do? earlier i spoke to daniel berlant, who is the assistant deputy director of cal fire, in the state capital sacramento. and with so many people unaccounted for, i asked him to clarify the figures for us. right now we are battling 22 large wildfires across california. so far, over 170,000 acres have been destroyed and burned by this fire. as you mentioned, a lot of people still unaccounted for. 20,000 people evacuated by these fires and this is the sad number, at least 3500 homes and structures destroyed and 21 people have now been confirmed died in these fires. so a very tragic situation in california. we have over 8000 firefighters battling the fire, bringing in a lot of reinforcements to help slow down and stop these fast—moving fires being fanned by the winds. 8000 firefighters, are you getting to grips with this? in california, we have firefighters —— wildfires every year. we can call in local firefighters from los angeles, san francisco and the communities in between. we have called out to other states around us to send out their firefighting resources as well. we have a lot of equipment battling these fires but mother nature is working against us. when it comes to your advice to people on the ground, what do you tell them? this is so fast—moving and so incredibly localised as well? the key is always being prepared. we never know exactly where these fires are going to break out, but we make sure we are prepared ahead of time, we have defensible space, clearance around oui’ defensible space, clearance around our homes, we want people to have evacuation plans. even the fires that are broken out in the evacuation errors, we need to get them out and get them out of harm ‘s way. that is the priority now. the number one priority was getting people rescued out of their homes. these fires were so fast—moving, many residents didn't have the time because they were asleep when the broke out, they didn't have time to evacuate and firefighters are having to rescue them across a wide swathe of california. it must be terrifying for these people, is the weather changing, the winds are dying down somewhat, a little bit? the winds yesterday really died down and that allowed us to make good progress on allowed us to make good progress on a number of fronts. the unfortunate part, the winds are starting to pick back up. we will be under a red flag warning for high winds and low humidity. the combination will not only hamper our efforts on the current size, but raise the risk for new fires as well. mother nature is still not working in our favour and definitely will be changing in the next 2a hours. definitely will be changing in the next 24 hours. we will have updates on our website, but now let's look at what is making the news. the spanish prime minister, mariano rajoy, has set a monday deadline for catalan authorities to clarify whether they've declared independence from spain or not. he's also ruled out mediation, saying such a process cannot take place because the independence referendum was unconstitutional and therefore illegal. philippine lawmakers have asked the country's supreme court to halt president rodrigo duterte's war on drugs, calling it an illegal campaign that lets police kill. the injunction claims the practise of compiling lists of "drug personalities" was like drawing up a hit list. president trump says he could envisage a new trade pact with canada that might exclude mexico. speaking at the white house with canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, mr trump said us workers had to be protected. mexico's foreign minister has warned that if the us tore up the north american free trade agreement which covers the three countries, cross—border relations, including cooperation in the war on drugs, would suffer badly. have a look at these images from sydney, australia. yes this is a shark. this happened in a rock pool in sydney, where a woman noticed that this shark appeared to be in distress. she said although she was a little bit worried, it felt like a toddler. incredible stuff. the united nations human rights office has accused the burmese security forces of a systematic policy of brutal expulsion of the muslim rohingya minority that's designed to ensure they never return to myanmar. it says attacks against the rohingya, destruction of their homes, crops and livestock, render any return of the refugees to normal life in rakhine state almost impossible. the report is based on what the un says was consistent interviews with more than 60 of the more than half—million rohingya refugees who've fled to neighbouring bangladesh in recent weeks. joining us is the yangon based freelance journalist poppy mcpherson. thank you forjoining us on newsday. the un calls there is a cynical operation to expel the rohingya from myanmar, is that is how it is seen there? it's not seem like that here. the narrative here in the burnley ‘s media has focused on the perception that the rohingya, or some rohingya have joined that the rohingya, or some rohingya havejoined an that the rohingya, or some rohingya have joined an organisation which attacked the police in august, prompting this massive army crackdown. so people here are very much seeing the rohingya as extremists, that's the vocabulary being used. so, on this side, there isa being used. so, on this side, there is a lot of doubt about the alleged atrocities coming out on the other side. many people, this group have been persecuted for decades. many people are distrustful of the narrative. what is currently the credibility of the united nations because the bbc did an investigation and it revealed the un's top official in myanmar had suppressed top, internal discussion on the rohingya issue and tried to stop officials visiting the area? the un is seriously distrusted here so relations between the un and myanmar is extremely poor. it doesn't have anything to do with the replacement of the top official here but it is the accusations levelled against myanmar. people are distrustful of the un. the un official who was replaced, she had a close relationship with the government. she played down allegations. she has been accused of playing down the allegations taking more of a soft approach. what could be the real score right now? will the rohingya is across the board in bangladesh, ever return to their homes in myanmar? it is an extremely bad and worrying situation. i was there a couple of weeks ago and the people i spoke to were not talking about going home. the international community has been putting pressure on myanmar to say it will take people back. myanmar has said it will take people back. it said it is agreeing with bangladesh to repatriate people. but at this point, there has been documented clashes of violence, people continuing to flee fairly recently. so the talk of repatriating people seems quite early, but it is very important that myanmar makes it clear people can come back if they wa nt clear people can come back if they want to. and it should be voluntary. thank you so much for your insights. the wife of hollywood producer harvey weinstein has announced she's leaving him following a torrent of allegations of sexual harassment and rape from a number of actresses. she described her husband's alleged behaviour as "unforgivable". nick bryant reports. this time last week, harvey weinstein was at the centre of hollywood's in crowd, but now he's a virtual outcast. known not for the magnetism of his personality, but what accusers have described as the menace. a—list actresses, to women who just wanted to break into the movie and tv industry, all saying he sexually abused or harassed them, claims he denies. but now his wife of 10 years has decided to leave him, horrified by what she's been hearing. the british fashion designer, georgina chapman, described her husband's actions as "unforgiveable" and said "my heart breaks for all the women who suffered tremendous pain." the new zealand model, zoe brock, claims the producer harassed her at the cannes film festival in the late 1990s. harvey walked out of the room and came back in naked. he came back naked? naked. what did you say? and he said that he wanted a massage, could i give him a massage? isaid, no. weinstein claims many sexual encounters were consensual, not according to zoe brock. i hope he's watching. say that to my face, harvey! i would happily stand in a court room and testify. happily. tonight the british model and actress, cara delevingne, claimed he harassed her in a hotel room. he walked me to the door and tried to kiss me on the lips. i stopped him. i still got the part for the film and always thought he gave it to me because of what happened. some of hollywood's leading men have also distanced themselves from a friend who gave them their big breaks. george clooney described weinstein's behaviour as "indefensible." so how's your lady? ben affleck, who made his name the weinstein movie, good will hunting, said he was "angry." his co—star matt damon, said he was sick to his stomach and said he'd never seen this kind of behaviour or been part of an attempt to suppress stories about it in the past. this is the new york headquarters of the weinstein company, which sacked its co—founder on sunday. it's said to be considering a name change. the company faces the same questions as the industry as a whole — did it protect him? did it enable him? was this an open secret that friends and colleagues simply chose to ignore? those who worked with him speak of his immense power and career breaking influence. if you had been an actress who, let's say, harvey had groped your breasts while you were supposed to be auditioning for him, what are you going to do? you're not going to go to the police. they're not going to take that seriously. you're not going to call a journalist because at that point he had the whole media world in his pocket and no—one was going to go up against harvey weinstein. there is only a down side to reporting it — ie, harvey's going to destroy your career. there's no upside to doing that. why is anyone going to do that? bafta has suspended weinstein from its membership. the hosts of the oscars are now considering taking action. his beloved red carpet, a place where he used to parade his powerfor now, at least, seems out of bound. nick bryant, bbc news, new york. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... we visit a remote indian border region where villagers say they regularly see chinese troops inside india's territory parts of san francisco least affected by the earthquake are returning to life. but in the marine area, they are conscious about how much has been destroyed. he has gone from being a little—known revolutionary to inexperienced diplomatic operator. it was a bomb that exploded on the fifth floor of the grand hotel, ripping a hole in the grand hotel, ripping a hole in the front of the building. this government will not weaken, democracy will prevail. it fills me with humility and gratitude to know that i have been chosen as the recipient of this foremost on. this catholic nation held its breath for the men they call the 33. and then... belles told nationwide to announce the first rescue and chile let out an almighty roar. this is newsday on the bbc. our top stories: at least 21 people have died in wildfires in northern california and hundreds are reported to be missing. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. papers in the south china morning post leads with hong kong's chief executive's debut speech, after 100 days in office. carrie lam promised to cut profit tax, boost research and offer more housing options, but, the paper says, she steered clear of tricky political issues. 0n the front page of the the philippine daily inquirer the the philippine daily inquirer is this picture of the us navy destroyer uss chafee approaching a string of disputed islets in the south china sea, even as, the paper says, us president trump seeks chinese cooperation in dealing with north korea. and finally, the front page of the china daily has a report on a new test for liver cancer, developed by scientists in china. the paper says the test is expected to greatly improve accuracy in the diagnosis of one of the most common cancers in china. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? a puppy a puppy is sparking discussions online? well, a belated birthday present for vladimir putin has got a lot of attention online. the russian president is well known as a dog lover, so the president of turkmenistan thought this central asian shepherd puppy would be a great gift and mr putin seems to agree. we normally see him with ferocious animals. the puppy is called verny, which means "faithful" in russian. so cute! on an expedition last month scientists aboard the vessel joides resolution found more details of a submerged continent off australia's eastern coast, called zealandia. by drilling into the sea bed, they hoped to learn more about how the geography and climate of the area has changed over the past 70 million years. that same vessel is now at a new drilling site off the australian coast, somewhere between adelaide and perth. this latest expedition is focused on learning more about the history of plate tectonic movement in the region, or how the giant land masses ended up where they are. earlier i spoke with brian huber, who is the co—chief scientist of the expedition and currently on a ship off the coast of australia. i asked him what his team has discovered so far well, we are looking to study the birth ofan well, we are looking to study the birth of an ocean base. we started off drilling at about 83 million yea rs off drilling at about 83 million years ago. we are sitting 520 metres below the sea bed. we have gone down to about 91 million years ago. this shift is able to recover tremendous quality to give us history of that time. it tells us about the opening of the ocean base, but crosses a major time of climate change from extreme warmth to immense schooling. mr huber, tell us about how the world used to look and where we are now. “— world used to look and where we are now. —— cooling. world used to look and where we are now. -- cooling. from tectonic maps, we know we are in a poor location. we can analyse the chemistry of cells and mike roe organisms and reconstruct the temperature of the ocean bottom. this record tells us we we re ocean bottom. this record tells us we were much warmer in history because of the volcanoes. what impact has there's massive shifting of consonants had on the oceans, the climate and how we live today? for one thing, australia has shifted northwards. i am sure australians are glad because it is much warmer than where they used to be. but in the past, we had this high c02 weather were forest and dinosaurs. now we have ice sheets in antarctica are giving us the climate today. we are giving us the climate today. we are studying a lot of these records to understand the sourcing mechanisms, the triggers of warming. it is when there is a volcanic eruption, how fast is the climate react and how long does it take to draw down and take the c02 out of the atmosphere? what are we know from these kinds of studies, what humans are doing today is a far faster rate and a greater magnitude than anything the geological path we are aware of. only a few weeks ago, the media in china and india were full of talk of war, amidst a standoff at a disputed border area in the himalayan region. you may remember, there was some "eye—balling", "jostling" and "trespassing", before both countries eventually decided to pull troops back. butjust how tense are relations along the indian—chinese border? nitin srivastava has travelled to a remote village in india's north—eastern most state of arunachal pradesh, to find out. it's a tortuous mountain terrain with not a single soul in sight. you have to travel for more than two days on a dirt track to reach one of india's last villages before the border with china. this is just one of 50 families who live in this remote hamlet. farming is the only source of income. there's no internet or phone connection. nearest place to buy household goods is five hours away. popping across the border into china is the easier option. translation: there is a lot of development out there. unlike here, they have proper roads and infrastructure. their government has constructed homes for each family residing at the border. every second family in this remote part of the village has a relative on the other side, which is china. and some get to meet them once in awhile. but what is really usual for them is to see chinese troops at least once a year inside indian territory. this man, who lives nearby, has seen this with his own eyes. he works as a guide and translator. translation: i met the chinese soldiers almost 100 metres inside the indian border and they asked me how many indian troops were nearby. isaid 300. they went back a few hours later. india and china have a long—standing border dispute and the countries even went to a full—scale war in 1962. the stand—off was resolved peacefully but only after two months of intense media hype. the reality on the ground is very different for these villagers. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. fancy a cupper? fancy a cuppa? well it might not be that easy to come by in the future. we'll see why the tea industry could be under threat. i always need a cup of tea at the beginning of the day. sea 0tters are adorable creatures, but when a mother otter teaches her baby to swim the cuteness level is off the charts. and here you have it, this baby otter‘s first swimming lesson. according to the oregon zoo, sea otters are listed as threatened on the endangered species list. that's all for now, stay with bbc world news. good morning, the weather is much quieter. turning chilly under the clearer skies. 0n quieter. turning chilly under the clearer skies. on wednesday we had some severe weather in cumbria, heavy cloud and low cloud producing a lot of rain. feeding into the rivers as the water drained down from the higher ground. it was in the highest ground we had some of the highest ground we had some of the heaviest rain. 0ver the highest ground we had some of the heaviest rain. over 200 millimetres falling in about 24 hours. it was quite localised, heavy for awhile on what was a thick band of cloud on a more active weather fronts but that has swept its way south eastwards, so the cloud thinned and narrow down the weather front is out of the way. we are into a flat ridge, but this deepening low pressure is waiting to arrive by the end of the week. a quieter day on thursday. chile in the morning, early mist patches in the south. aof a of dry weather and sunshine as you had further north, the winds are that bit stronger and in scotland and northern ireland in particular, more cloud from the word go and a few showers, mainly around the highlands and islands and the heavier showers for the northern ireland. winds will be gusty in northern ireland and picking up in scotland. threat of rain in the far north—west. patchy cloud developing in england and wales but more sunshine than yesterday. fresh air temperatures will be similar to what we had on wednesday. it should be a decent day for most of us. the weather systems arrive overnight, thickening cloud and bringing outbreaks of rain and the winds will be picking up as well. the wettest weather will be over the hills and western scotland, more rain there which could push back into cumbria and north wales. temperatures will be close to 20 degrees, quite warm air across much of the uk. as we head into the weekend, we will draw up some warm airfrom iberia, the bay of biscay and into central and southern parts of the uk. quite a difference in temperature. the weather front, having moved southwards will move northwards again on saturday and initially not much rain on that at all, more drizzly rain over the hills. may turn wetter in the north—west later on. warming up in the south and temperatures getting up the south and temperatures getting up to 19 or20 the south and temperatures getting up to 19 or 20 degrees. heavy rain continues in the north—west of the uk. further south, get continues in the north—west of the uk. furthersouth, get some continues in the north—west of the uk. further south, get some sunshine particularly in the south east and could be 20 three. —— 22, 20 three. i'm kasia madera with bbc news. our top story. wildfires in california have killed at least 21 people and hundreds are missing. officials say winds and dry conditions could spread the fires, which are among the deadliest in the state's history. more than 3500 homes have been destroyed. the un human rights office has accused the burmese security forces of a systematic policy of brutal expulsion of the muslim rohingya minority that's designed to ensure they never return to myanmar. and this story is trending on bbc.com. allegations against the hollywood film producer harvey weinstein are mounting. a string of high—profile actresses and models have come forward to accuse the movie mogul of sexual harassment or assault. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk. the queen will not lay a wreath at the cenotaph as part of this year's remembrance sunday ceremony and has asked prince charles to take her place.

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