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Watch: Aircraft deployed to fight burning Bryson fire in MalibuEvacuation orders in California are in effect due to a rapidly growing wildfire that has already burned six homes south of Los Angeles. The Norte Fire erupted on Friday in Orange County and quickly grew to 465 acres by the evening. By Saturday morning, it spread to 570 acres (2.3 sq km), with 5% containment. One firefighter suffered heat exhaustion while battling the blaze. Officials say the fierce Santa Ana winds will blow until Saturday, bringing further risk of more conflagrations. The Norte Fire is one of 10 burning across the…
How to see the Orionid meteor shower One of the best-known meteor showers peaks this week and will remain active until 7 November.1 hr ago
Watch: How does music on The Traitors manipulate your emotions?Suspicion, intrigue, treachery, Claudia Winkleman. The Traitors has it all.But the shadowiest of the show’s shadowy secrets is its music.Have you ever noticed how the soundtrack manipulates your perception? A sinister orchestral flourish hints at a double cross. A cheeky chord injects humour into a kitchen conflab.As ever, though, you shouldn’t trust what happens in the castle. The music can provide emphasis or act as misdirection, all at the producers’ behest.”I remember the BBC was quite reluctant to even think about a show with murder as a main feature, so I…
Every scrap of paper checked: Police hunting for synthetic drugs in Chicago jailBBC News hears from users, dealers, prison and recovery workers as America battles with a deadly new drug epidemic. 1 hr agoUS & Canada
Alan Westmanifest performed their first UK concert at Wembley ArenaWhen I first meet Turkish girl group manifest, we’re on a boat cruising down the River Thames.The six band members are clutching Union jack umbrellas as they pose for press photographs and mingle with British pop acts, including K-pop-trained boyband dearALICE.Netflix cameras are filming the evening for a six-part documentary. The group are in London hoping to build on their success in Turkey and reach an international audience. Their ambitions come after a turbulent year at home, during which the band were prosecuted for public indecency over their outfits and dance…
The BBC’s Quentin Sommerville joins officers at Cook County as they carry out an early morning raidWarning: This story contains descriptions of drug-taking from the start and discusses suicideThe few grains of fentanyl sit in the silver foil as a straw, held between Mike’s lips, hovers above; a cigarette lighter below. The 48-year-old army veteran is crouched low in an alleyway in Columbus, Ohio’s Linden neighbourhood.”This drug will damn near make you do anything, unfortunately,” he says.The hit he’s smoking cost three or four dollars.He burns the foil and inhales. As the opioid takes hold, he grips the fence behind…
Getty Images”Football’s Gone Round the Spend!” screamed The People newspaper one Sunday in July 1995. It reported breathlessly that three clubs between them were set to pay out more than £20m on new players.The highlight that summer was the transfer of Stan Collymore from Nottingham Forest to Liverpool for a British record fee of £8.5m.That number might not seem too impressive today, in an age when £100m transfers are almost commonplace. But at the time it was seismic stuff, and it symbolised the conversion of football from sport into big business.All of this had been made possible in the early…
Getty ImagesDefence Minister David McGuinty says there are casualties but did not go into detailsA large fire near a Canadian military base in Alberta has killed and injured some people, the defence minister said, without confirming the number of casualties.The Canadian Armed Forces were working with local authorities to manage the fire and were looking into what caused it, David McGuinty said, describing the situation as “very, very active and delicate”.Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney said on X that a “serious incident creating a major fire” had occurred, adding his “thoughts are with all the brave women and men affected”.Canadian…
Getty ImagesBillionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk is once again pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into a US election – this time with the aim of helping Republicans maintain their control of Congress.Musk donated upwards of $200m (£150m) in the quarter that ended on 30 September, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings reviewed by the BBC.The fillings were released with just over two weeks until the 2026 midterm election, where many races for the House of Representatives and Senate are close and Republicans risk losing their majorities in both the House of Representatives and Senate. Musk also put significant…
Watch: Moment historic French town hall spire collapses in flames amid protestsAn historic town hall in the southern French city of Limoges was set ablaze during national protests.59 mins agoEurope