Two of the four Los Angeles wildfires have been contained, while the Palisades and Eaton Fires rage on. We hear the latest news from the city, as well as reports of landlords who are hiking rental prices as people who have had to leave their homes seek temporary housing. Also in the programme: the North Korean soldiers who have been captured in Ukraine; and a conversation with the renowned British artist Tracey Emin. (Photo: A firefighter battles the Palisades Fire in Mandeville Canyon, Los Angeles, California. Credit: REUTERS/Ringo Chiu)
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Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service.
We're coming to you live from London.
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I'm Krupa Party and it's very good to have you with us.
We begin this hour in Los Angeles where that death toll as a result of those wildfires still burning is now at least 16 thousands have fled their homes.
It is a rapidly changing situation and I want to walk you through the map of where this is all taking place.
Now, three fires continue to burn across la with one blaze fully contained.
That's the Hearst fire in the north.
The largest blade is in the Palisades area, one of the exclusive parts of the city in the west and that borders Santa Monica and the famous Malibu coast.
More than 23,000 acres have now burnt there.
If we move eastwards northeastwards rather to the second biggest fire, that's the Eaton fire and that's in a more working class area that's covered 13 and a half thousand acres and it's devastated the area of Altadena, home to more than 40,000 people.
With us now live from the ground is Chief Chad Augustin, the fire chief for the city of Pasadena, which sits just south of Altadena.
Thanks for being with us.
Can you give us an update on the situation where you are at the moment?
Thank you so much for having me here.