across the arab world. an incident later in the war illustrated this clearly. the british captured seven hundred iraqi soldiers in one thousand nine hundred seventy eight and sent them to egypt. the british offer to free the person as if they'd support an arab revolt against the ultimate led by sorry for saying of mecca but few iraqis accepted most were uneasy at the idea of challenging the kale of. books such as the one thousand nine hundred thirty eight work by george antonius the arab revolt exaggerated the support of sharif hussein's one thousand nine hundred sixteen revolt against the ottomans and exaggerated and painted a very negative image of on him in a rule of four hundred years of ottoman rule and even many european colonialists tended to denigrate the ottoman past and to the point of referring to it as so

despotic and backward that it almost welcomed the arrival of european colonialism. the ottoman army was also diverse in november nine hundred fourteen up to three hundred thousand of their troops were arabs from greater syria. of the army's nine most senior commanders two were all bamian two from the caucasus and two arab . and in politics saeed halim pasha the grand vizier all prime minister was from egypt. the british had to find a way to challenge this holy bond between the kaleb in istanbul and his loyal arab muslim citizens. they approached hussein bin ali the sheriff of mecca he was a descendent of the prophet muhammad leader of the hushing my people and ruler of islam's most holy place. the brute. thought he alone could challenge the kayleigh

from istanbul. but it would not be straightforward. on the eve of world war one most arabs who were largely supportive of the ottoman empire. they regarded it as a protector of the an islamic identity in an era of expanding european colonialism even many arab christians and jews especially after one thousand nine hundred eight welcomed the liberal reforms and wrote glowingly hand out the of these reforms have these iraqi and rarely ever call for independence for the arab people. tonight in a way it was a significant here in this unfolding story that was when the new leaders of the committee of union and progress the young turks staged a coup removing sultan are both from me the second from power. they started out in ninety eight with

a project of trying to. get there on the basis of course. but it is same time found themselves in the position of trying to defend it maintain them. it gains more reporting to actions and it is new nationalist a presence from within. when the young turks reconvened parliament they created optimism in the arab world but this soon turned to disillusionment. although they may not have intended it that they found themselves fighting to me and petri. from one thousand nine hundred eleven on it's from italy's in the asian only on once then came the balkan wars and then there came the great. to this change this chance phones the issue. promising

and bringing freedom to not peoples into one of the nineteen in. defeat in the balkans hard in the young turks and they tighten their grip on their arab possessions the market of one thousand nine hundred thirteen and catastrophe defeat and finally the action from what'd be the alkaloids brought about an enormous fun to jump in the development and education of turkish nationalists and also they became more and more dictatorial. the young turks had hoped to stay out of the war and ally themselves with britain and france but neither of these two countries would go against russia so they were not an option. besides the ultimate and germany had a history of friendship. vilhelm the second first visited istanbul in eight hundred eighty nine to befriend sultan. nine years later he landed

a fifer on a state visit to the ultimate east. he made a ceremonial entry into jerusalem. and visited the tomb in damascus of salahuddin the famous mediæval muslim oreo who defeated the crusaders. there was mass celebration when he announced the germany would pay for the renovation of his grave. the kaiser also declared his friendship of the world's three hundred million muslims and gained the nickname haji vilhelm so germany was a natural ally. but the young turks were also gambling that the european war might be over quickly. at

the time there were theories and. prospect of voice in europe that in fact the civilized european powers would not fight each other for very long that just was a crisis but a cry for that might. come to an end funeral rather than later ultimately that there would be able to favor the alliance with germany which they had signed for seven years not necessarily protection but an alliance with germany that would help the ottoman state to consolidate its. its borders its institutions and to restrain from in that period under which they would have germany as an ally . however germany needed this deal as much as the ultimates. and. they were

outnumbered on the ground in europe i could open a new eastern front against russia and the british. the german general eric luden doff wrote that ultimate entry into the war enabled the central powers to soldier on for another two years otherwise the war might well have been over by nine hundred sixteen. this is the house in istanbul of an world pasha he led the secret negotiations with germany on behalf of the young turk or unionist government. here on the night of the first of august one thousand nine hundred fourteen he secured his treaty of alliance. and wapato was a fan of everything german he spoke the language trained in military college there

and admired the way chancellor autobahn bismarck had modernized the state. they had enormous admiration for passion is for be spark in is and for the germans on that rick germany had to follow its own special path and it was envisioned as and it became a path in which the german military the german army played god to the nation and the state it was perceived and it really was true to a large extent that the german nation and the german state were called for in a very strong sense by prussia and the pression army and this is what the spark in his was all about the union ists perceive themselves as poor shewing a kind of pressure. path in the context of feltham an empire. i did it wasn't just the young turks who had ma germany some arabs were impressed by its achievements

national unity military expansion scientific research and economic development. the lebanese wanted to slay month idea wrote a poem called a twentieth century book. well in a minute more he said told me to get to sit. down in fear and if you gave me a small. lead few would leave that in your own. face seems to me for whom one looks to solve the problem with food more stab. in august one hundred fourteen on one person's treaty was still a secret. but in the second week of november came the formal ultimate entry into the war. and the grand mufti has called for muslims to join

a jihad against the own powers. a mosque in istanbul. it was a call for a holy war to old listenings including arabs who supported the king and. the germans believed that this cold could undermine their enemies war efforts. there were millions of muslims in the british and french colonies where the germans hoped for mass uprisings. they launched a campaign to influence muslims fighting for the allies. it was led by german lawyer diplomat and ancient historian. of his obviously very dear to his heart because of his german pictures and so on. and his interest in the middle

east but in a very specific way by eight hundred ninety nine. was it had a reputation as an experienced and really very well informed travel are. open haim was an adventurer and archaeologist but was also involved in planning the route of the balland to baghdad railway. the german government wanted to build the line to compete with the british to give them access to oil and bring the region under stronger influence. nothing unusual about the fact that siemens who was then the director of the dogshit bank which was largely in charge of the financing of the car into baghdad railway should contact him about the extension of the line from a low. to mosul has fought that particular strange and he asked him if he would do

some prospecting and advise them on what was the best route and he wrote about all the advantages that the best and most efficient lining to fall for the railroad and all the advantages that would accrue from following this route rather than that route. after troubleshooting for siemens at deutsche bank he made a historic archaeological discovery in northern syria in one thousand nine hundred nine. it was in a certain sense by accident that he made the greatest discovery of his career that you discovered tell how tough. because really what he was trying to do was do this prospecting on his own. i'm officially for the village of baghdad really and she did write he did write a brief to report and devoted many more pages of that their poor it to boot from all it put towards who'll then he did it to that he had discovered to tell how

often. open haim returns to excavate laugh in one thousand and eleven and discovered a city built in six thousand b.c. . the bell into baghdad will be took thirty seven years to complete by which time the europe would be at war again. still to come the devastating impact of the war on greater syria and its people. we think about world war one we think about the british and french and the germans but really the ottoman empire suffered far more than any of the continental powers . the terror. all effects of the ottoman repression of arab nationalists cut the law and delusions along the way. and

a modern greek city and eight story of one of the founders of israel. and jordan centuries of ultimate all of this was mainly the jewish city it was called the jerusalem of the baltics. after one of greece's deadliest forest fires turned a blissful coastal town into a budding film people in power asks whether the flames will find point institutional incompetence the number one responsibility could be god is protecting the citizens was not an accident it was a crime or maybe the mind is the real symbol the book recently come up to date but still staring at the phone on al-jazeera.

however we've got some rather disturbed weather just pushing across the southwestern parts of australia easing into south australia little clump of cloud here filtering into the west assad of the country and it will just make its way further east which as we go through the next few days so that saturday's picture the right start it's not into south australia for the southeast is generally dry might just see want to coastal for showers just around new south wales up towards the gold coast maybe a little further north to both east and pasta queensland for a time could see some wet weather twenty three celsius the four melbourne sunshine bursting through sunshine also coming back into perth by sunday time just here at around twenty degrees you can see that wetter weather not too far away is making its way through the bite we've had some wet weather recently into new zealand that's now making its way further a switch and as we go on through the weekend it will brighten up which is it turning lossie five and dry thirteen cell just across seventeen for two and plenty

of dry weather warmest in as we go on into sunday at least in alton temperatures getting up to around nineteen thousand is just a little bit a fair weather cloud coming through. but a bit of class still in place across eastern parts of japan as we go on through saturday but for most it is fine and dry at a warm up the other as we go through sunday. a disease so stigmatized that those suffering a still shunned by society people is drunk on the penley from the realty from their wives and their little teleplays in the war can be done so that they are no longer outcasts in their own community al-jazeera meets the health workers who are challenging al qaeda attitudes and working tirelessly to combat leprosy in india lifelines ancient enemy on al-jazeera. she's the head of four generations of family and the bearer of forty years of suffering fools

a heart or a hinge a refugee in her ninety's has fled persecution in me and mark three separate times in her life first in one thousand nine hundred seventy then one nine hundred ninety one and finally in two thousand seventy. one the war they'd be tez they kidnapped as they detained as. ghoul and her family span almost a century in age bonded through blood and displacement they now all live in a single hut located in the world's largest refugee camp in many ways what's happened to this particular extended family really mirrors what's happened to so many other rohinton who face decades of repression and abuse the range of aren't just the world's largest group of stateless people they're also among the world's most persecuted minorities. a journey of personal discovery about how the soviet

rule has shaped the present day georgia issued devotion to the past you will never have a future in government buildings and then one you meant they seemed to inspire indoors always them in your own people they are small algis there is time enough to me it's a examines the cultural influences of the soviet union al-jazeera correspondent the soviet scar. hello i'm maryanne demasi in london just a quick look at the top stories for you now trying because president has dissolved the parliament clearing the way for snap elections as follows a two week long power struggle after my tree policy is saying and fired the prime minister and replaced him with former strongman mahinda rajapaksa min elfin and as

has more from colombo two weeks ago it was the removal of the prime minister and the swearing in of the former president and the rajapakse of tonight it's a fact that parliament has been dissolved by the president now the nineteenth amendment of the constitution which is brought in a by president by through policies in and he's government expressly removed the ability of the president to dissolve parliament less than four and a half years into its term and this disillusion falls way short it's one year three months before that four and a half year time limit is completed the un refugee agency says the u.s. must ensure migrants fleeing violence will persecution a given protection promptly and without obstruction is comes after the u.s. president signed a proclamation to deny asylum to migrants who cross the southern border illegally on all trump says they must arrive through an official port of entry but until now asylum seekers have been entitle to a hearing in the united states regardless of how they enter the country the

american civil liberties union says it will file a lawsuit to block trump's order now at least twenty one people have been killed in the somali capital mogadishu after a series of attacks in the heart of the city suicide attack is that of two car bombs at a hotel near the headquarters of somalia's criminal investigations department a third explosion then hit the street around twenty minutes later. turkish police say they're officially ending the search for jamal khashoggi body but the criminal investigation into his murder will continue sources have told out as there are traces of acid were found at the saudi consul general's residence in istanbul. five people have died in northern california as firefighters continue to battle a fast moving blaze which quadrupled in size overnight it's engulfed an area around the town of paradise in the northeast all the one hundred fifty seven thousand people have been evacuated from their homes fire services a struggling to contain the blazes are going to bring you more on that story and

everything else in the news hour in about twenty five minutes time do join me then see a bit later of now. the tune is even wiser than broadcast is looking at the ottomans role in the first world war. when istanbul entered the war in mid november one thousand nine hundred fourteen arab troops were forced to fight on both sides. of the ultimate means and as conscripts for the european allies occupying egypt morocco algeria and gymnasia. hundreds of thousands died. egypt was still technically part of the ottoman empire but had been under british

occupation since one thousand eighty two. when the ultimate to the war britain declared a protective over egypt. the most populous arab country offered britain one million two hundred thousand recruits in different roles during the war across three continents. five hundred thousand all of them died. ordinary arab people knew this war had little to do with them but were caught up in it. the jordanian capital amman was then in greater syria. malik went in search of what happened there. or should he have a say bath of

a they here and already look at how to move out of that in a so that album yet a jew or a new or a then of a different more war one less your land and a how to be and the house at the corner where. alan been there army if you give me an one hundred dollars or other man here. in the hall at the end how to cut our own could be a dollar. and sherry for saying was proved right the young took government appointed passion as governor of greater syria he acted ruthlessly against anyone suspected of arab nationalist sympathies. his nickname was all. the bloodshed. there kenya and of their. general better. to show what kind of her luck they were she was here on little barrier what kind of. a new york hamlet kind of scary at the end really must have been an active party. in late january one nine hundred

fifty. marched alterman troops from greater syria into the sinai peninsula. in february they tried to cross the suez canal east to west. but the british troops guarding the canal good peled the attack and the ottomans withdrew but it was another just war love mary and you're going to just as well appear how it is a player a junkie for the moment all of. a willingly is rich but often not going to be argued over there. as jamal pasha and the ultimates face defeat it sue is sheriff who seems revolt was gaining momentum. the british who promised hussein and his family feud to control over the greater arab state in present day syria lebanon palestine and jordan.

and the edge of the city to you by a little bit here but a lot of. us about how do you walk us apart. let me guess marley. a thing about. it don't let the money and i back when. i'd be about a. mile and with a lot of men. one would you be going to. burn with a. morning. come home and. well i do assure you i have done or did know. during the nine hundred fifteen. condemned dozens to death in beirut and damascus

he sentenced hundreds to long jail times and sent thousands more into exile. mentioned it was less will settle magazine who said should i move at all but as i've done behind come in visit blood yanni. cut the law loses a lot of weight. but the war did not just affect arab nationalists thousands of men were conscripted crops and livestock were requisitioned arabs suffered disastrously in egypt iraq and bill of the shunned greater syria.

you know when we think about world war one we think about the western front in the trenches and the british and french and the germans but really the ottoman empire suffered far more than any of the continental powers about nine percent of the german population died about eleven percent of the french population guide but anywhere from between forty percent and twenty five percent of the arctic population guy. then they'll disappear in mid to them as well didn't. will tell. you any as well meghann said i'm a little iffy yolland of them. did the guardian well i became a. bad man and. now had a lot of well to be done.

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definitely like. an illusion or diane. thank you i don't see that physical gemini. moon under me is lebanese she's over one hundred years old. the war also left its mark on her she still remembers how men used to hide or even dress up as women to avoid conscription. but her most painful memory is of the terrible famine. or. that you could do it. you have not yet.

but family was not the only holder the war inflicted on the arab world. let's start with mesopotamia or iraq with the arrival of six hundred thousand colonial soldiers so these soldiers coming in from for example to other port cities they're all carrying to see typhus cholera dysentery something called a wasting fever which was devastating to seizures and coma what a lot of people suffered without ever having gone front was contagious and casualty rate from epidemic is much higher than the casualty rate for being at the front of the front page that played a role especially as refugees fled from the front and mesopotamia and the caucasus in particular they brought with. us and the fleas on lice of course carry typhus

and malaria was also a concern. on the battlefield however i'm to the surprise of the european powers the ultimate has proved a valuable german. they'd attack the british if this is can all. defeated the deliberately in one nine hundred fifty. three force this. render of the indian expeditionary force in mesopotamia in one thousand nine hundred sixteen. they contain challis for sayings arab revolt along the his as railway line. and they force the british to fight every step of the way in palestine in one thousand nine hundred eighteen. but ultimate military commanders also committed catastrophic arrow's. minister

for war and government leader on what pasha sent tens of thousands of soldiers to fight the russians at sonic amish in eastern anatolia during the winter of one nine hundred fourteen and early one nine hundred fifty. he wanted to regain territory in lost to russia in eight hundred seventy eight. few of his troops had proper weapons or even boots to march in. as many as sixty thousand alterman troops died of whom two thirds are likely to have perished from frostbite and typhus rather than fighting the russians. the disaster and sad accommodation is still marked by local people.

prayers as sad every friday for the third autumn an army. some of the older members of the community like this village elders recall a popular poem from the time it accuses on what pasha of betraying his own men a betrayal they say that bordered on treason. wishing in your salgado i've said all to la la da. yellow gold ladder and shuttle to seek out the. el up washable a mile up not to be gay south they. blamed the defeat on armenians who he claimed had sided with the russians. in april nine hundred fifteen the government rounded up two hundred fifty armenian intellectuals and community leaders in istanbul. armenian men were killed and army conscripts put into labor battalions.

women children and the elderly were deported and forced onto alone marches into the syrian desert. the facts are still hard to agree on but some historians believe that the young told government the unionists forced up to a million and a half armenians from their homes and that as many as eight hundred thousand dollars. already at the time of the celica champagne. we had and that cabling that's the stamp is trust it's sacred charge interest the russians. are pushing out all these muslim populations from caucasians towards our minds and they're causing destruction far more effort do you think we should in turn we should be exiled and armenians into russia intended she's u.s.

troops you know in revenge and in not going to cause a similar degree of economic and incentive destruction that's is on let's let's think about this it's in time this german on it will be converted into the mass deportations towards that happened ten years towards the end and maybe in south. and armenians all jews in uniform are separated into forced labor. but the idea has firmly and is that the armenians have become totally undeniable hostile population it seems that and that and come at more that jemma. he's an eminence. treacherous nation and let's not wait for it to happen this time let's act first and then undertake a massive preemptive.

hundred years on these events are still a matter of debate. but one of the lasting effects of the armenian exodus to the arabian sun has been the racial diversity it brought to the region. in the twenty first century their descendants are now part of the advance rich social fabric in areas like bush the mood in beirut. was a whole. team. a system built on high at the moment what was the. link i had been on or how book but but you know how did i was not months of him home. i thought i was a kid i had an idea before so what

a whole mess. and some us madison were. really has it all make but i don't kill an economy. bob thought about or assess why the certain. ethnic diversity has also characterized this city and the northeast of the ottoman empire and the alley nine hundred. vessels on the quay salonika in modern greece. after very expulsion along with the muslims from and then you see your southern spain in fourteen ninety two as a father to jews found refuge here in salonika edge. in the center is an ottoman at all of this was mainly the jewish city it was called the jerusalem of the balkans. salonica was one of the cities that benefited from

a series of autumn reforms in the mid nineteenth century these included equality with muslims for both jews and christians. the nationalist leader of modern turkey most of our kamaal was born and raised in this house it's now a turkish museum. the story of utter talk as the founder of modern turkey is often told. less well known is salonica spot in the life of another nationalist leader. one who would change the map of the middle east. polish jewish student there walked along here nine hundred eleven he wore affairs like any other ottoman citizen he was here to learn ottoman turkish before going on

to study law at the university always stumble his name david been guardian all would become the first prime minister over there are. only. been good ian was a student in salonica and istanbul he actively supported the ottoman army and encouraged around forty jews to join a pro-government militia in jerusalem. he visited america to drum up support for the ottoman empire travelling via egypt and gori and toured thirty five u.s. cities and hope to recruit some ten thousand men in support of the ottoman calls. but he failed and a major british military advance changed his loyalties. in august one thousand nine hundred sixty the british went on the offensive against the autumn is in suez under general edmund alamy.

by early one nine hundred seventeen that removed the autumn ones from the sinai peninsula and continued their march towards palestine. in december allonby entered jerusalem on food out of respect for the holy city. the bloodshed of greater syria was forced out alabang pressed on to take the whole of the levant and force a complete ottoman retreat. the signing of the armistice of mood ross took place on the thirtieth of october nine hundred eighty a month later the whole war was over. once jerusalem fell david ben gurion joined the jewish regiment of the british army in london before returning to palestine to pursue his political career.

ben-gurion story typifies how the war presented opportunity it wasn't so much the speed at which he transferred his allegiance it was more that he recognized that a time of radical and far reaching change was dawning in the region. a new world order was about to take shape and he wanted to be one of its architects . the first world war gave birth to three nationalist movements turkish zionist and i. and the relationship between the turks and arabs changed forever as for centuries of autumn rule or ended by four years of conflict.

the awakening of consciousness that grew out of this shift in power was a foretaste of the arab nationalism that was to come. in the next episode. britain's contradictory promises that proved impossible to deliver. the secret agreements between britain and france that carved up the middle east for generations they see into these peoples couldn't possibly believe that when the british and the french talked of national freedom that it actually meant political independence. the hopes of that independence that were ignited by the war. and the

crushing disappointment as these hopes were dashed by colonial self interest in lots of fear and it was an untruth is it in their minds that a. lot of. in the final episode of world war one through our of the i. wish the world innovation summit for health one community of two thousand health care experts in of ages and policy makers from one hundred countries. one experience sharing best practices and innovative ideas. one goal a healthier world through global collaboration.

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welcome to the program our top story the u.n. refugee agency says the united states must ensure migrants fleeing violence will persecution a given protection promptly and without obstruction it's in response to a proclamation signed by the president on a trump which denies asylum to migrants who cross the southern border illegally the move comes as a so-called migrant caravan of thousands of people from central america makes its way towards the u.s. order our white house correspondent can really help get our ports. for years u.s. law allowed those fleeing persecution to seek asylum in the united states were guard lists of how they entered the country no longer i just signed. the proclamation on asylum but again i reiterate we need democrats to vote using executive power as president donald trump has reduced the number of asylum claims now mandating a claim can only be considered if a person entered the united states through

a legal checkpoint. the presidential proclamation is trumps latest response to a caravan of migrants headed to the united states thousands of u.s. soldiers have been deployed to the border to discourage a flood of illegal entries trumps also cast doubt on claims migrants are fleeing persecution in their home countries a condition of asylum and the reason this is happening is we've created such a successful country's economic police that everybody is flooding used to our country. refugees the white house is defending what immigration activists say is trump's latest draconian immigration policy but like the travel ban implemented early and presidency the white house argues the changes are necessary for u.s. national security the travel ban was tossed out of the lower federal court challenges but ultimately prevailed at the supreme court the highest court in the united states the white house argues after decades of congressional failures to

reform immigration the expansion of executive power is justified or he can't accomplish what he wants to accomplish simply by his unilateral decree to go to congress. unilaterally change the landscape of. the white house is already preparing for more legal challenges but believes it will ultimately win with the support of the president's new a supreme court justice brett kavanaugh the. now on the bench the president's effort to end an obama era program for the children of illegal immigrants now adults to go to school and work is also mired in the courts the president says as it heads now to the supreme court he is hopeful for what he calls a fair decision on his hardline immigration policy kimberley health at al-jazeera the white house. joan hodges was executive director of the asylum seeker assistance

project she joins me live now from washington thank you very much for speaking to us so under this proclamation by u.s. president donald trump all immigrants arriving legally would automatically be denied asylum how unprecedented a step is this in relation to u.s. immigration law this is entirely unprecedented and there are years and years of legal precedent that determined that this is quite frankly illegal and the president's proposed policy is ultimately meant to vilify a central american asylum seekers you work a great deal with asylum seekers and migrants those that might be fleeing violence all secu ssion. is a move likely to deter asylum seekers from coming to the united states.

i don't think so even beginning with president trump's inauguration. there has been . an increase in the fear is that asylum seekers express fears that they are asylum cases will not be taken seriously because of the anti immigrant sentiment the president trump and genders the problem though is that asylum really is a last a last resort and so for the individuals who are who essentially raise their hand to the u.s. government and say i'm here and i have nowhere else to go to begin a long complex and protracted legal process no one would want to do this this is an absolute last resort and ministration officials are saying that the aim of this proclamation is to essentially crack down on those trying to enter the country illegally why not why why not why did migrants not arrive at

official entry points official border crossings what is the difficulty with that. well to begin there is no such thing as an asylum seeking visa so. both international and domestic law affirm the right to seek asylum it has nothing to do with point of entry. we have to remember that. not every asylum seeker can. afford an airplane ticket there are a number of circumstances that come into play and so to seek asylum through a legal or through point of entry is is an unfair criteria in order to. in order to justify one's asylum case and asylum is someone who applies for refugee status from the safety of the united states these cases need to be decided on merit not on technicalities and speaking of merit another argument administration

officials have made is that migrants could potentially seek all the protections if they can prove they have suffered from violence or torture sic you should in the countries it is possible and this is also why the united states has its reputation as a leader of human rights but again the processes are very long complex and there is no guarantee at the end. they are a last resort measures for people who have exhausted all other options well thank you for sharing your thoughts and views with us john hodges woo from the asylum seeker assistance project joining us from washington thank you marion. when all the developments in the united states five people have died in northern california as firefighters continue to battle

a fosse moving blaze which quadrupled in size overnight more than one hundred fifty seven thousand people have been evacuated from their homes the blaze is ripping through the area so fost that fire services are struggling to contain it well rob reynolds is live for us now in westlake village rob describe the situation there for us well this is really the edge of the wildfire and you can see here that there's smoke the and some fire up on the ridge over here however where those large houses are you can see the trees and foliage burning in the background now we know there are firefighters up there. this is a group of some of the thousands of firefighters who have deployed to cover and try to control this blaze as well as the other blazes in northern california have unfortunately cost at least five lives so far just want to go up here and you'll

see even though this area is under mandatory evacuation there's. there's a couple of gentlemen here with a hose it looks like they've just stopped their own private firefighting efforts but ok they're moving over to hit another hot spot in any event this has been a disaster for california and it follows on from a year and months of other forest fires and wildfires all around the the state result a very hot and dry weather conditions and this intense hot wind. fire is ripping through southern california with high winds driving columns of flame and smoke from the mountains to the sea. tens of thousands of

homes are threatened many have already been destroyed and approximately ninety thousand people have been evacuated residents of the wealthy seaside enclave of malibu are fleeing under a mandatory evacuation order the fires sprang up thursday night the source is still not known but intense wind gusts rapidly spread the blaze through bone dry chaparral and brush into communities and i'm going to ignore hammers and like hailing let me knowing how we got the bag and i said no i'm not going to remember going as if. you think you became a good parent a huge tower of smoke rose thousands of meters into the sky and the smoke made air quality hazardous for people with respiratory problems firefighters are working desperately to keep up with the fast moving widespread blazes when you have forty fifty sixty mile an hour winds blowing fire at your heels the importance is to get

people out of harm's way and get them to safety. in northern california the town of paradise turned to hell overnight these incredible pictures show a tornado of fire raging there the entire town is believed to have been destroyed twenty seven thousand people fled the area twenty year old colton person field shot this cell phone video as he drove through hellish conditions outside paradise he somehow made it to safety authorities say most people did obey evacuation orders. and you see here local resident david he's deploying his own firefighting techniques with a garden hose spraying hot spots of burning brush but just up there there's more fire and you know it's just.