Getty Images More than 100,000 people had to be evacuated due to the deadly wildfires Deadly wildfires have devastated parts of the city of Los Angeles and the wider county, destroying many homes and businesses, as well as schools and places of worship. Here are some of the most striking images of places seen before […]
Paris Hilton and Adam Brody among celebrities to lose homes in wildfires
Getty Images Paris Hilton and Adam Brody Paris Hilton, Billy Crystal and Adam Brody are among the celebrities who have lost homes in the deadly wildfires raging in the Los Angeles area. More than 1,000 structures have been destroyed as six separate blazes burn in and around the city, which is dotted with film stars’ mansions. […]
Politics content to be pushed on all Instagram and Threads users
Threads and Instagram users will no longer be able to opt out of being shown political content from people they do not follow, parent company Meta has announced. The firm says its part of its reorientation towards “free expression” – a move that saw it ditch fact checkers on Tuesday. The change will be introduced […]
What's the latest on the Los Angeles wildfires, and what caused them?
Moment house collapses in Studio City as LA wildfires rage on Out-of-control wildfires are ripping across parts of Los Angeles, leading to at least five deaths, burning down hundreds of buildings, and prompting more than 130,000 people to flee their homes in America’s second-largest city. Despite the efforts of firefighters, the biggest blazes remain totally […]
Russia keeping close eye on Trump's claim to Greenland
EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Earlier this week Donald Trump Jr amplified his father’s claims with a private visit to Greenland Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russia is closely monitoring the situation, after US President-elect Donald Trump refused to rule out military action to take Greenland from Denmark. Peskov said the Arctic was in Russia’s “sphere of national […]
ChatGPT creator denies sister's childhood rape claim
ChatGPT creator Sam Altman’s sister, Ann Altman, has filed a lawsuit alleging that he regularly sexually abused her between 1997 and 2006. The lawsuit, which was filed on 6 January in a US District Court in the Eastern District of Missouri, alleges that the abuse started when she was three and Mr Altman was 12. […]
BBC reporter surrounded by LA fire destruction
Emma Vardy assesses the damage along Pacific Coast Highway, as winds continue to worsen the fires in the area.source
Pacific Palisades: The celebrity LA area ravaged by wildfire
Getty Images The affluent Los Angeles neighbourhood of Pacific Palisades typically has strangers walking around, trying to catch a glimpse of celebrities’ houses. Now, though, its streets are filled with firefighters battling a 3,000-acre wildfire that is ravaging the area. Across the city, tens of thousands have been forced to evacuate their homes as winds […]
In pictures: Dramatic scenes as wildfires sweep through west LA
Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty Images The blaze started in the wealthy Pacific Palisades neighbourhood, and quickly spread with strong winds and dry conditions A wildfire that started in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles on Tuesday morning has spread across the west of the city at an alarming rate throughout Tuesday and overnight. High […]
Day two of LA fires: Inferno skies and charred homes
Residents in Los Angeles on Wednesday woke up to the aftermath of various fires that continue to burn throughout the city. At least two people have been killed, and dozens more injured. Video shows one resident watching as her home burned comparing her neighbourhood to driving through a “war zone”. LA Fire Chief Kristin Crowley […]