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Firefighters are still struggling to contain the wildfires raging across Los Angeles for four days.

The US National Guard has been deployed and nightime curfews announced in some areas, to prevent looting. President Biden has said the city resembles a 'war scene.'

Around 10 thousand homes and buildings have been destroyed. Early estimates suggest the cost of the damage may amount to $150 billion dollars.

Fire authorities are admitting they do not have enough resources to tackle the biggest wildfires ever seen in the Los Angeles area.

Powerful winds and parched ground after months with little rain have contributed o the disaster. Scientists studying climate change have confirmed that 2024 was the hottest ever recorded, with temperatures 1.6 degrees higher than the pre-industrial average.

Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Emma Vardy, John Sudworth and Justin Rowlatt.

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The planet has moved a major step closer to warming more than 1.5C, new data shows, despite world leaders vowing a decade ago they would try to avoid this.

The European Copernicus climate service said on Friday that 2024 was the first calendar year to pass the 1.5C threshold, as well as being the world's hottest year on record.

This does not mean the international 1.5C target has been broken, because that refers to a long-term average over decades.

But does bring us nearer to doing so, as fossil fuel emissions continue to heat the atmosphere.

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Today, we look at Donald Trump avoiding jail, and any punishment, over charges of fraud relating to hush money paid to adult-film star Stormy Daniels.

Adam is joined by Caitriona Perry, the BBC’s chief presenter in Washington, and Gary O’Donoghue, the BBC’s senior North America correspondent. And, 2024 was the first year to exceed the key global warming threshold of 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures.

Adam talks to Emma Pinchbeck, CEO of the Climate Change Committee, which marks the UK government’s homework on… climate change.

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A night-time curfew has been imposed in areas impacted by the devastating wildfires blazing across Los Angeles.

The rule will be in effect in the Pacific Palisades and Eaton Fire areas as police warn that anyone involved in "despicable" looting will be arrested.

At least 10 people have been killed in the fires so far and it's estimated 10,000 homes and other structures have been destroyed.

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US President-elect Donald Trump has been spared jail time or a fine in New York in the hush-money case.

Last May, Trump was convicted on 34 counts relating to hush money paid to adult-film star Stormy Daniels.

On Friday, he was sentenced to "unconditional discharge" on all counts.

Paying hush money is not illegal in New York, but the charges stem from how Trump reimbursed his lawyer, who paid Daniels.

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Wildfires in Los Angeles have killed at least 10 people, as officials warn more high winds could further fan the flames.

The wind forecasts and drought conditions mean a red flag warning, indicating critical fire conditions, is in place across Southern California.

Five fires are still burning and a man has been detained on suspicion of starting the latest fire.

However, the local fire chief said there is currently no "conclusive evidence" that the wildfires were started deliberately.

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The US Supreme Court has rejected President-elect Donald Trump's last-minute bid to halt his sentencing on Friday in the criminal hush-money case.

Trump had urged the top court to consider whether he was entitled to an automatic stay of his sentencing, but the justices rejected the application by 5-4.

Trump was found guilty of falsifying records to disguise reimbursements for a $130,000 hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels as legal expenses in 2016.

Justice Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the case, has indicated he will not consider a jail term for Trump.

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Wildfires in Los Angeles have killed at least ten people, the city’s medical examiner confirms on Thursday evening.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna says it hasn't been safe to reach many hard-hit areas and the death toll is "absolutely going to change”.

Forecasters have warned more high winds may fan the flames further.

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The devastating wildfires in California are continuing to spread despite the efforts of firefighters. More than 10,000 homes and other buildings have been destroyed with entire neighbourhoods reduced to ashes.

180,000 people have been told to leave their homes with hundreds of thousands more on high alert.

Arson investigators are looking into the cause of one of the major fires, in the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood of Los Angleles. Five people are known to have died and the authorities say if fires were started deliberately deaths will be treated as murder. There are some reports of looting with more than 20 arrests.

Fire authorities are admitting they do not have enough resources to tackle the biggest wildfires ever seen in the Los Angeles area. Strong winds and a shortage of water are hampering efforts to control the flames.

Sophie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Emma Vardy and John Sudworth.

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Tech millionaire Elon Musk has interviewed the co-leader of the German party Alternative for Germany (AfD), Alice Weidel.

Musk praised Weidel as “very reasonable” on Thursday, urging Germans to vote for the far-right party.

The AfD party is currently polling at about 19% in the run up to Germany's elections next month.

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