and in spain itself, this was the reaction at the fanzone in madrid as the whistle blew at full time. and this, the message from the spanish prime minister on x — formerly twitter: "you have made history. the only goal of the game came from the spanish captain olga carmona who got past goalkeeper mary earps in the first half. in london, there were tears, hugs and disappointment for the lionesses, who were looking to become the first england senior side since the men's team in 1966 to win the world cup. in a statement, king charles said: the tournament has broken attendance and tv records and raised hopes of a surge in interest for the women's game around the world. let's hear from the england coach, sarina wiegman. of course everyone was very disappointed that we didn't win the game. at the other hand i think we can be very proud of ourselves, only it doesn't feel that way at this moment, that takes a bit of time because now the most, the disappointment is the most what you feel, but everything we've done, how we have grown into the tournament, the challenges we had before the tournament, during the tournament, how we have adapted to situations, and we have given everything what we could, in this tournament, and also in this game. the bbc�*s shaimaa khalil was watching in sydney. still processing the momentous achievement. still processing the momentous achievement. i was looking at them as they watched la roja lift that world cup trophy, you could see the motion, you could see the emotion, some had tears in their eye, a little boy said i cannot believe that this has happened, this is a team that that has been through so much turmoil off the pitch, so much disagreement between coach and players, and yet, they have come through, they have gotten better in that tournament and here they are, world champions, new world champion, their name a new name is now etched on that world cup trophy. this fan zone has been the hub of so many motions throughout the tournament. huge heartbreaks, achievements, triumphs and celebrations, nail—biting penalty shoot—outs, that we have lived through, upsets that no—one expected. often the england fans were outnumbered here but today, they had a strong presence, you could hear the cheers and the jeers for the lioness, they leave disappointed. this is not the night they wanted yet they are very proud of their team. this is a tournament that has changed the game for women's sport, and for women's football, you can see kids now, with jerseys of the player, they have become household names, and the hope is that this will now gain momentum for more investment in women's football and women's sport. spanish fans have been celebrating, with passion, their team's victory for a few hours. it's spain's first women's world cup victory — joining only four other nations who've lifted the trophy, since the tournament began in 1991. jenny hill reports now from madrid. they dared to hope. and they got their dream. history made and a moment to savour. "we've won at last", he says. her words, "history, history, finally. "well, you can seejust how thrilled they are. you know, there are so many young people here. and for many, this is a moment which they'll remember for the rest of their lives. even the queen of spain couldn't contain her excitement, celebrating with the squad. their victory — all the sweeter after months of a very public falling out between coach and players. and back home, this win matters. spain's football—mad, but the men tend to steal the show. translation: the women are as good as the men. i they make the same effort. we should give them more support. they give us the same joy. it's a beginning that we are winning. more people are interested. today's the day the women can finally get the sport that they deserve. reveling in their triumph and hoping the spoils of victory extend far beyond the pitch. jenny hill, bbc news, madrid. our reporter was in the main square in madrid as the city returns to normal after the win. it will make spanish fans have been celebrating with passion, their teams victory for a few hours and things are back to normal at least into the winning team returns must with the trophy and the first world cup to the women's team and squad will fly from sydney to madrid in the next few hours and we are told that there will be a celebration cake on board and the plant is expected to land here on monday. it is unclear but whether there will be a winners parade or not. there was one and 2010 when the men's team won the world cup the local authorities have not announced any plans yet. after this victory, spain of women's road titles at senior and under 17 and under 20 levels in the hope for me here is that this new title will be a turning point for women's football into a professional players get more attention and more investment and it will also mean the gross injury football have players to look up to. polls have just closed in elections in ecuador, but they've taken place under a shadow of violence. ecuadoreans are voting to choose a president and legislature. earlier this month, anti—corruption candidate, ecuadoreans are voting to choose a president and legislature. earlier this month, anti—corruption candidate, fernando, was assassinated as he was leaving a campaign event. live now to our south america correspondent, katy watson, is in the capital, quito. there're eight candidates — but with another shooting, some 100,000 police and soldiers have been deployed to protect the polls. yes, the pulse of disclosed and the result should be coming through the next two hours. with this beloved security around these elections and is were going to the voting centres, checked our bags in the military is being deployed much earlier on them they would normally be involved during this selection and certainly what happened with the murder of fernando has certainly made people realise the dangers and candidates other team with bullet proof vest so they came with security details to make sure they can vote peacefully. so, it's been a new election for ecuadorians who a few years ago, some of the country is relatively peaceful but have seen increasing violence of the last few years. we've talked about violence but what else is on the agenda. you've written an article about narcotics politics as well. i written an article about narcotics politics as well.— politics as well. i think the problem — politics as well. i think the problem is _ politics as well. i think the problem is that _ politics as well. i think the problem is that ecuador i politics as well. i think the problem is that ecuador is| politics as well. i think the i problem is that ecuador is on politics as well. i think the - problem is that ecuador is on the border with peru and colombia and bolivia is nearby and visceral cocaine producing countries and this is an area of the world where lucrative cocaine drug routes are the cartels by those lucrative routes and what is seen here is of the cartels and the likes of mexico and colombia have taken advantage of weak politics and weaker economies since the pandemic, ecuador was recorded and will we have seen is that weakness take advantage of that and lack ofjobs and opportunities in a being strengthened. and fernando cho that the connection between politics and organised crime and he was threatened, a lot of candidates have been threatened on this campaign trail but he was one of the most vocal people to call out there in the connections and sadly, but we saw the result was, where the candidates lost their lives and that is something that people are thinking about. ecuadorians going to the polls worrying about what the implications will be.— the polls worrying about what the implications will be. from this part ofthe implications will be. from this part of the world. _ implications will be. from this part of the world, china _ implications will be. from this part of the world, china has _ implications will be. from this part of the world, china has close - implications will be. from this part of the world, china has close trade j of the world, china has close trade ties and watching the results, can you talk us through was leading the polls at the moment? we were just asking about trade ties with china and how closely beijing might be watching the results if you could talk us through was the frontrunner? frontrunner luisa gonzales, an ally of leftist ex—president rafael correa. this has been upended by fernando's death, but she has been looking like she's going to come out on top and she's going to come out on top and she is a protege of rafael was a former president who has a mixed legacy and it's very much, did very well during ecuador was a high commodity price and a legacy surrounding corruption. people here are watching the selections in china, which is at so much involvement in terms of mining in the terms of this, that was in the queueis the terms of this, that was in the queue is very big on. the us, which is such an important part of latin america and the big neighbour watching over has become less influential and ecuador looking to the likes of china for support and investment, much more than he used to. . ~' , ., investment, much more than he used to. . ~ . ., investment, much more than he used to. . . ., ., to. thank you so much for “oining us on tuesday. — thank you so much for joining us on newsday. back now to the women's world cup live now to rehanne skinner who was the assistant manager for the lionesses and is now manager for west ham united women. both england & spain have had their ups & downs in the tournament — what did you make of the final? i thought it was spectacular then for the women's world cup and i think it's beenjust for the women's world cup and i think it's been just superb and had the opportunity to work out there for months at his side first hand, to so much of the spectacle it is been an australian particular and obviously, it was difficult for england on the day in he being controlled the midfield and ultimately, they scored the goal that made the difference. a huge disappointment for the lionesses — but still a great achievement how can they build on this? i think the progress of the success of the team is had in the last 12 months has been phenomenal. it's been a lot of repair in the scenes of her ten years to try prepare the players for this type of opportunity for a lot of people and that is not undone by finishing second, i think it's still an outstanding achievement to be your pension plans world cup runners and ultimately, the elevation it gave the team in the elevation it gave the team in the country within our league last year was is phenomenal and it was to continue to inspire the players and also young players in different fans to come watch the game across the country, really. ithink to come watch the game across the country, really. i think it's at the tone for the way women's football is moving forward. the tone for the way women's football is moving forward-— tone for the way women's football is moving forward. the terminus of the lot of attention. _ moving forward. the terminus of the lot of attention. -- _ moving forward. the terminus of the lot of attention. -- tournament - moving forward. the terminus of the lot of attention. -- tournament hasl lot of attention. —— tournament has gained a lot of attention. lot of attention. -- tournament has gained a lot of attention.— you've been in australia during this tournament, would you say it was a success which women s football can continue on build on? i think that site is really important and that she can see, you've got debutantes with pt, morocco, the philippines, vietnam, it's opened up to collectively. people will drive the game within their country to help to keep elevating the state of the game and we think other side to it as well as how you create a foundation for players to develop in the younger ages and how do you set up teams, local leagues, expand that to the next level. it is so important to have opportunities and visibility in the investment is absolutely crucial. the game is not going away and the more people invest in it, the greater becomes you can see what can happen in such a short space of time when investment starts to happen within a country and its infrastructure for women's football. the spanish federation has confirmed that olga carmona — who scored the goal for spain — found out that her father had died after the full time whistle. a statement says: around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. surrey county council have confirmed that sara sharif, the 10 year girl found dead at a house in woking, was known to the authorities. police want to question sara's father, his partner and brother, who've all left the uk, for pakistan. surrey county council said it would "work tirelessly" to gain a "full understanding" of the situation. the descendants of former prime minister william gladstone are due to apologise for their family's role in the slave trade. the victorian era politician was the son ofjohn gladstone — a slave owner in the british west indies. john's great—great—great grandson and five other family members will travel to guyana to make an apology and pay reparations. passengers at stansted airport have been stranded on trains and planes after a powerfailure affected the entire airport site. the airport railway station was initially evacuated after its fire alarms went off.an airport spokesman said a "power after its fire alarms went off. an airport spokesman said a "power outage" affected the whole site and systems had to be rebooted. power has now been restored. you're live with bbc news. mexico's northwestern coast has been hit by high winds and heavy rains as storm hilary makes landfall. there's been flooding in santa rosalia in the ba—ha california region. some houses have been submerged. elsewhere, there have been landslides. the tropical storm is expected to cross into the us state of california on sunday. forecasters have warned it could dump 25 centimetres of rain — that's a year's worth — in southern california. in the past hour a magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit southern california north of los angeles. live now to our correspondent in los angeles, peter bowes. talk us through the latest on the earthquake that just talk us through the latest on the earthquake thatjust happened? mil earthquake thatjust happened? fill day in los angeles, emergency alerts have been on our mobile phones, warning people about the tropical storms and people shouldn't go out and is absolutely necessary. the only reason to go out today is if you were fleeing from a flooded area and have an hour ago, another emergency alert, as shaped alert the message was earthquakes, drop, cover, hold on and it happened 80 miles to the north of los angeles and the magnitude 5.1 in the town and the magnitude 5.1 in the town and astonishment in the city that we should have two major events like this in a once—in—a—lifetime tropical storm combined with an earthquake in the same moment the we are still waiting to see if there's been any significant damage in the earthquake, the reports as of yet but clearly, it is early days and people are still turning their attention to the potential tropical storm damage that hasn't happened yet because it's still moving except the pacific coast of mexico. i yet because it's still moving except the pacific coast of mexico.- the pacific coast of mexico. i want to ask about _ the pacific coast of mexico. i want to ask about the _ the pacific coast of mexico. i want to ask about the tropical - the pacific coast of mexico. i want to ask about the tropical storm i to ask about the tropical storm because it will be the first of it happens in 84 years, how prepared are the people? figs happens in 84 years, how prepared are the people?— happens in 84 years, how prepared are the people? as prepared as they can be, are the people? as prepared as they can be. people _ are the people? as prepared as they can be. people who _ are the people? as prepared as they can be, people who have _ are the people? as prepared as they can be, people who have been - are the people? as prepared as they i can be, people who have been warned to take an extremely seriously. one official earlier today toward people do not panic and the advice is been to prepare, if you live in the areas where there be wildfires or areas compromise because of the burned areas of those hills and making them more vulnerable to excessive quantities of water to shore up those areas, people are been given free sandbags from the local fire departments to protect the properties and businesses in their homes and a lot of people, heading out to local stores to get emergency reserves like extra water and batteries in case the power outages over the next coming hours. in batteries in case the power outages over the next coming hours.- over the next coming hours. in los anueles, over the next coming hours. in los angeles. thank _ over the next coming hours. in los angeles, thank you _ over the next coming hours. in los angeles, thank you so _ over the next coming hours. in los angeles, thank you so much - over the next coming hours. in los angeles, thank you so much for. angeles, thank you so much for joining us on new year's day. the canadian government is sending soldiers to tackle fast—spreading wildfires in the province of british columbia, where tens of thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate. there are currently more than four hundred wildfires burning across the area. firefighters warning the next few days, will be difficult, as wyre davies reports. oh my god. there are more than 1,000 wild fires raging throughout canada. desperate scenes in parts of the country, as homes and livelihoods are consumed by the advancing fire. there is particular concern in the western province of british columbia, where 30,000 residents have been ordered to leave their homes. even more, they have been told to be ready to evacuate at any moment. the town of kelowna to the west of vancouver is being threatened by an advancing inferno, the nearby lake no barrier to fire, as strong winds carry embers across the water, setting fire to homes and buildings on the other side. don't travel to the region is the advice from the local authorities. at this time, we are strongly recommending that people with plans to travel to fire affected areas throughout the central interior and south—east in the coming day, to cancel those plans. we need tourists and travellers to take this situation as seriously as the residents of these areas do. further north, the town of yellowknife has been evacuated. 20,000 people leaving in just two days, a huge effort, and some spoke of the devastation they had driven through to escape. when we are driving, most of the high way site it is burned down, so all the trees are black. i think it's the internet lines, the poles are down, and we still see smokes coming out. with more gusty winds forecast, towns across the region are still under threat. in a country well prepared for dealing with forest fires, resources are stretched to the limit. specialist firefighters from overseas are arriving to help, and for those who can't move freely, the canadian air force is airlifting people to safety. as officials urge residents in areas under threat to take immediate action to save their own lives, the canadian government said it was sending in the armed forces to help deal with the crisis. russia's luna—25 space craft has crashed into the moon after spinning into uncontrolled orbit. the bbc�*s will vernon reports russia's first mission to the moon for almost 50 years. luna, 25, blasted off on the 11th of august. hopes were high that russia would be the first country to land on the south pole of the moon. as a result, the russian space agency broke the bad news. luna, 25, had been lost. in a statement, roscosmos said the craft ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the moon. this is a humiliating blow for moscow. russia had hoped that this mission would reestablish it as one of the world leaders in space travel. but russia's space industry has been in decline for years, partly because of western sanctions, but also because for the kremlin, the priority is the military and not civilian space programmes. the war in ukraine has led to isolation after russia's full scale invasion last year. international agreements on space were torn up. you cannot buy certain electronics unless you have worldwide corporation. worldwide co—operation. and if the developers of the spacecraft work in isolation, even if they have 20 years like they had with the lunar globe and luna 25, it's still not enough. and india is in the race now, too. chandrayaan three is due to touch down on the moon on wednesday. if india succeeds, that will be another blow to russia's reputation in space. will vernon, bbc news, moscow. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. good morning. weekend may well have started off wet and windy, but we closed out the story with some sunshine and some warmth. in fact, in suffolk, we saw highs of 26 degrees on sunday afternoon. now mixed fortunes with our week ahead. in fact, we're going to start off monday for england and wales under this area of high pressure. but low pressure over the next few days will dominate further north and that will bring some rain, some of it heavy at times. early morning, patchy low cloud, mist and fog will quickly fade away across england and wales with a light south—westerly breeze, the sunshine will start to kick in and take over. but further north and west, some of that rain turning quite heavy through northern ireland and northwest scotland as we close out the afternoon here, only around 16 or 17 degrees, but at the highest values further south of 25 celsius, that's 77 fahrenheit. now, as we go through monday evening and over into tuesday, we'll see that rain turning quite patchy as it pushes its way steadily southwards with quite a lot of cloud around. we keep those temperatures around 14 or 15 degrees and clearing skies maybe around 12 or 13 celsius. but that weather front could bring a little spot or two of light rain across north wales, over into northern england. behind it, there will be some showers on tuesday, a breezier day, not quite as warm again, 19 to 21 degrees. but we keep the sunshine across central and southern england 25 celsius once again. now, as we push through the middle part of the week, there's another weather front that's going to be pushing in across the southwest, still under the influence of low pressure further north. so it's quite a messy story. through midweek, we could have a little bit of patchy rain through wales into the midlands, but this frontal system is the dividing line between some pretty humid air pushing up from the south, highs of 26 degrees quite possible and noticeably fresher air further north, 16 to 18 degrees at the very best. but it's the fresher air that's going to win out as we go through towards the end of the week. low pressure drifts just that a little bit further south and east, a northwesterly wind direction will take over and that's going to push that warm russet tones, the temperatures in the mid twenties, it's going to push it back over to the near continent so that fresher feel will arrive for all. so our week ahead will be rain at times into the north. warmer for the south until friday. this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. imagine a writer with a blank piece of paper. on the face of it, they're free to take their imagination in any direction they choose, tell any story they like. but it's not that simple. they need money, a commission. they need to win an audience, and for that, they must constantly adapt to changing tastes and technologies. my guest is one of the uk's leading playwrights and screenwriters, lucy prebble. she's had huge hits and one notable broadway miss. for a writer, how daunting can that blank piece of paper be? lucy prebble, welcome to hardtalk. hello, stephen. thanks for having me. it is a great pleasure to have you here. now you are very busy right now because a play that you originally wrote in 2012 and put on in 2012 has been revived at the national theatre in london in just the last few days. and it's got me wondering, as you have been heavily involved with the revival, how have you sort of seen the evolution of your own writing and what interests you?