their home survived, but so many of the neighbors including 97-year-old ruth cook lost everything. everything that ruth cook had was in this mobile home and now it s basically all destroyed. she is alone at this red cross shelter kept for her dog, maggie. she just wants to lick. she s a good baby. aren t you, maggie? the volunteers are worried. they can t find a place for both ruth and maggie and say separating them would be devastating. you cannot separate elderly from their animals. tens of thousands like ruth were forced to evacuate the fire. now 30% contained and consuming 93,000 acres. the santa ana winds are still a worry. the winds are here and anticipated to stay until tuesday. this scene over the weekend in malibu. many narrowly escaping down fire-lined streets. emerging from the tunnel and hot embers pelling the windshield before driving to safety. dear god, let me get out of this! please! please! driving through a hell scape to get to her daug
hundreds of schools are failing to impr| for the force was with the hundreds of schools are failing to impr| forgecfi ; force was with the iii - from f; we will tram fz, we will be reviews from critics, and we will be talking to them shortly. good morning. it s wednesday 13th december. i m annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. there s been a huge political upset in the united states, where the republicans have been defeated in a us senate election in alabama for the first time in 25 years. it s a major blow for president trump who had supported the republican candidate, roy moore. during his campaign, mr moore eight women came forward to say he had been accused of sexual assault. one claim this had happened since she was 1a. his rival doug jones will now become the first democrat to represent the state in the us senate since 1992. the democrat victory narrows the republicans‘ majority in the upper house to 51 19, making it harder for president trump to get his le