The world in brief

Thirty thousand people were forced to flee a wildfire around Los Angeles. The blaze, fed by a windstorm, threatened to engulf the hillside neighbourhood of Pacific Palisades, home to 24,000 people. Nearly 3,000 acres of land have so far been incinerated. No serious injuries have been reported, although California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, said the worst may be yet to come.

Donald Trump repeated his suggestion that Greenland and the Panama Canal should become part of America. When asked if he would consider using military force to acquire the territories, he did not rule it out. Mr Trump also said that an American annexation of Canada “would really be something”. Justin Trudeau, Canada’s outgoing prime minister, responded that there was not a “snowball’s chance in hell” of that happening.