At least 15 people dead and destroyed hundreds of houses. 20,000 people have fled their homes, and a state of emergency has been declared. California is no stranger to wildfires but these are some of the worst on record. A combination of dry weather and strong winds are fuelling the ferocious pace of the flames. The bbcs dave lee is on the scene. Its the vast scale of these wildfires thats most alarming. More than 15 major blazes raging across 73,000 acres, creating an apocalyptic landscape. The conditions were perfect dry tinder, ignited with the help of 50 mph winds. When the flames came up, we came down here, and you could not see your hand in front of your face. Fire was coming up over the houses, about 100 feet, both sides of the street. Firefighters say containment has been virtually impossible, so they have been concentrating on getting people to safety. These people in this car fleeing to escape, shocked by the mass destruction. Holy moly and in towns and cities north and south
The Spanish Government has rejected the offer of talks over the future status of catalonia, and will be holding an emergency Cabinet Meeting later to discuss the crisis. The regions leader, carles puigdemont, backed off from making an immediate declaration of independence on tuesday, to allow for negotiations. But spains deputy Prime Minister called his actions unacceptable and dismissed the offer. The government maintains that the independence referendum was illegal. Andrew plant reports. Confusion, consternation, and anger also. This crowd of people eager for catalonia to separate from spain watching as their leader first declared independence and then delayed taking any action. Translation the government and myself propose that this Parliament Suspends the effects of the independents without dialogue without which we cannot reach a solution. The many it was a disappointing and to almost two weeks of turmoil which started with a referendum and scenes of Police Brutality is spains Cen
Construction show. We are here to talk about housing off the back of the news that the Prime Minister wa nts the news that the Prime Minister wants us to build more social housing. In sport who do you need on your side when you are heading out of the world cup . Lionel messi scores a hat trick, to rescue argentina and send buenos aires wild. It was the tennis match that redefined the image of women in sport. Now, 44 years on, Billiejean King gives us her verdict on the new film based on the so called battle of the sexes. And matt has the weather. Good morning. A soaker of a start for some parts of the country, but conditions will improve. I have all the details in your full forecast coming up. Good morning. First, our main story the spanish Prime Minister will hold an emergency Cabinet Meeting this morning to discuss the catalan president s declaration of independence. Last night, Carles Puigdemont said catalonia had won the right to be an independent republic. But he suspended the mov
With another 65 centres opening across england, as more over 70s start to receive theirjabs. The education secretary says schools will be given a two week notice period before they reopen to pupils. And if you want to get in touch about any of the stories we are covering you can contact me on twitter, Annita Mcveigh and use the hashtag bbcyourquestions. We the hashtag bbcyourquestions. Will try to read 0 comments. Nearly 200 flood warnings are in place across Greater Manchester and north wales. Thousands were asked to evauate their homes. And coming up this hour, advantage united paul pogba helps Manchester United leapfrog Manchester City back to the top of the premier league. Hello and good morning to you and welcome to bbc news. There is no time to waste, those were the words ofjoe biden as he made his way to the white house for the first time, following his inauguration to become the 46th president of the United States. The work to undo some of Donald Trumps key policies began soon
Split screen between bidens inauguration and Donald Trumps senate trial . And a stark, new projection, as the nation continues to struggle with the covid crisis. The question is, could the u. S. Suffer close to 100,000 new deaths in just a few weeks . Its way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, january 15th. I dont know about you, i am very grateful it is friday. I am kasie hunt. Well start with the news. An extensive effort is under way to secure washington, d. C. , ahead of Inauguration Day with at least 20,000 members of the National Guard set to be deployed here in the nations capital. Fbi director chris wray says the agencys already seeing, quote, an extensive amount of concerning online chatter about potential threats to the inauguration. Wray also mentioned that the fbi had identified over 200 suspects from last weeks attack on capitol hill, warning, quote, we know youre out there, and fbi agents are coming to find you. Law enforcement a