Pro-Kremlin social media accounts and outlets have been spreading a baseless narrative that mansions belonging to Ukrainian officials burned down in Los Angeles.

A forecast of rising winds yesterday threatened the progress that firefighters had made to contain the destructive wildfires in Los Angeles. At least 24 people were reported to have died, and at least 16 people were missing in the areas of two of the blazes. Follow our live coverage here.

Biden: The departing president argued in a speech that he strengthened U.S. alliances while in office and that America’s adversaries were now weaker. Gaza: Cease-fire talks appeared to be gaining new momentum as mediators pressed for a halt in the fighting and the release of hostages before Donald Trump takes office.

Canada, Mexico, Ukraine and Iran have all offered support to Los Angeles as wildfires continue to destroy the Californian city's landscape and infrastructure. Newsweek has contacted the office of California Governor Gavin Newsom for comment and updates on help that has been sent to the state.

I can only confirm the validity of fears that Russia was planning acts of air terror,' says Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

A Reuters journalist visited Pacific Palisades to retrace a path taken by a YouTube videographer last year. Fire reduced the green, well-landscaped neighborhood to rubble.

Investigators are considering an array of possible ignition sources for the fires that have killed at least 10 people and destroyed thousands of structures in California.

Pro-Kremlin social media accounts and outlets have been spreading a baseless narrative that mansions belonging to Ukrainian officials burned down in Los Angeles.

In our news wrap Saturday, TikTok says it will go dark for its U.S. users on Sunday as Trump signaled he may give the app a 90-day reprieve, crews are working to move Trump’s inauguration into the Capitol Rotunda due to sub-freezing temperatures,

Ukraine proposes a prisoner exchange with Pyongyang after capturing North Korean soldiers; Zelensky offers aid to wildfire-hit Los Angeles; Russia intensifies its offensive in the east.

Russia claims it is repelling a new Ukrainian offensive launched in Kursk, releasing drone footage which the Kremlin claims shows them destroying Ukrainian tanks and de-mining machines.

LOS ANGELES—In the months before Los Angeles’s devastating fires, some of the city’s top political players urged the billionaire real-estate developer Rick Caruso to run for governor in 2026.