in the united states california's governor has declared a state wide emergency as multiple wildfires burn out of control almost 200000 people have been ordered to leave their homes and i'd say is that hurricane force winds could help spread the fires kristensen me as the latest. wind gusts of around 140 kilometers an hour are fueling the flames in the heart of california's wine country the fire began wednesday and is only 10 percent contained putting people and property at risk dozens of structures have burned to the ground we've got rates of spread that are extremely dangerous at this point with erratic fire behavior and nearly 200000 people have been advised to leave home the largest evacuation the county has ever seen but the california highway patrol closed parts of a main evacuation route sunday morning due to 0 visibility and there's growing concern the fire will cross the highway to an area that hasn't seen fires in

decades and as a result is covered in dense drive vegetation that area hasn't seen any fire history since the 1940 s. so that the fuels in that area are extremely dense they're extremely old and decadent and they're extremely dry the so-called kinkaid fire along with the tick fire in suburban los angeles are the biggest of several blazes plaguing california during its traditional wildfire season when high winds and low humidity make for hazardous conditions the impact stretches far beyond evacuation zones california's pacific gas and electric the utility company is cutting power to nearly a 1000000 homes and businesses to minimize the risk of power lines sparking additional fires. as many as 3000000 people could be affected the company has already filed for bankruptcy in the face of lawsuits from last year's wildfire season while this year's may just be getting started kristen salumi

al-jazeera. time for a short break here al-jazeera when we come back we'll have much more on the death of license. baghdad. and libya's president agrees to on what intellectual results could get helped public anger on the state. had some rain showers across areas of iraq and iran over the last few days is a few more of the full streaming out from the west to the south and the rains any widespread across northern sections of iraq into the west of iran as to how much is a bit lower in toronto just 15 celsius maybe a scottish on the eastern end of the med that tends to clear on tuesday but some fairly widespread showers at this point working their way through southern and eastern areas of turkey and again maybe just across into northern areas of iraq.

across arabian peninsula we've got to mystically conditions until of course you look across into the arabian sea this is likely not it's a powerful storm system it is moving very slowly up towards the west so monday the seas beginning to become a little bit rough and sunny by cheese day as it gets closer to the coast of oman we will see increased winds along here and also some pretty rough seas at the moment the actual forecast track a little bit uncertain but we'll watch this very closely in the coming days and then down into southern africa this rain the you indicate on is feeding cooler on monday 15 celsius maybe a stray shower into durban and staying pretty woman to john as the cheese day a front slides through and it feels fresh 25. china is calling on taiwan to reunify with the my. advice the consequences sites

are one of 150 guides taiwan's determination to remain independent on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. where every. welcome back to the top stories here at this hour of world leaders warning the fight against isis isn't over yet despite the death of its leader. the u.s. president announced back that he died during a u.s.

military operation in syria. argentina's center left candidate alberto fernandez has defeated incumbent. to 47 percent of the votes compared to not useful to one percent of most of the votes counted and says he'll meet. the transition. statewide emergency has been declared in california as multiple wildfires burning out of control almost 200000 people at home as hurricane force winds for a spring. let's return to our top story now well i saw it may not controlled much of iraq and syria anymore but it's still maintains a covert network of supporters counter-terrorism officials brief the u.n. security council in august and revealed that the group has affiliates stretching from afghanistan to nigeria which is considered to be its strongest affiliate with more than 4000 fighters up 240000 foreign fighters who joined us along with their families up to 30000 of them survived the u.s. led campaign to topple the group and i still remains very rich with around

$300000000.00 at his disposal according to some estimates while the cole is a professor of history at the university of michigan he says trump's middle east policy seems to be at odds with some in washington. trump himself seems to want to disengage from the middle east he was happy to have an opportunity to pull troops out but the people around him were very afraid that i still would come back if there wasn't pressure on them from u.s. special operations forces and so have managed to convince trump to put back in some of the troops that were withdrawn into a different province pterosaur province in syria. so i think there's this tug of war in washington between neo isolationist like trump and the old washington establishment very much sees the u.s. as having head games in places like iraq and syria and is reluctant to simply give

those up trump is a former reality television star and one of the things that he's very good at is rhetoric and so his goal in that speech i think was to humiliate. the eisold remnants to make them feel ashamed of themselves on the one hand and then to pump up his own base i don't think in the end that either goal will be achieved the eisold guerrillas are not so fragile as to be harmed by some. insults aimed at their former leader although i think there will be a hit to eisele more owl and i think the ability of that organization to conduct terrorist operations has in general been much diminished. tens of thousands of people in lebanon that formed a human chain that's crossed the length of the country demonstrators say they want to present a unified front in the cold for the government to resign stephanie becker has more

from beirut. they came out in their tens of thousands connecting 170 kilometers of lebanon's coastline and breaking sectarian divides by holding hands so we're making this a human chain to show the full support of all the lebanese people from the north the south. the national anthem and people are linking hands all the way to the northern city of tripoli and stretching down south. there was i'm a great human chain that you have. to gather structure almost that's how i was touched. despite promises of economic reforms by prime minister saad how the people have not left the streets after 11 days of protests their message the same as on day one we want to fight the corruption that's happening in our country

that's been happening for the past 30 years so now this is the this is the people speaking this is our time we're all here basically for one thing it's just look at our basic rights and hopefully we'll get there what do you mean by basic right. if we can start by garbage on the street so if we can make up to a city water everything the core message from the protesters is that the government must resign people tell us they want a neat new faces i left lebanon in the in the ninety's and when i come back after 30 years still we have the same names the same government people nothing is changing look at the state of the infrastructure and you can't understand the people who are running or governing the country how about this was a show of solidarity of this fractious population standing together under the level . it's the 2nd sunday of these protests and their call for the entire government to resign has gone unheeded the question is will these protests maintain their

momentum and if they do how long will the government let them go on for stephanie decker al jazeera beirut at least 70 protesters have been injured in the iraqi city of karbala as they tried to storm a government compound security forces fired live rounds and tear gas and attempt to stop the demonstrators setting fire to the council building comes as the iraqi high commission for human rights says 74 protesters have been killed and more than 3000 injured in 3 days of the government demonstrations protests have been taking place in the capital as well as several southern cities. colombians a voted in the 1st regional elections as the country's 26th in peace deal with fog rebels the vote was largely seen as a referendum on president pays government. reports from 5 voters in colombia's capital elected a woman for the 1st time in the city's history was the united one and we made history was this an openly gay plea to sions running on

a centrist and take corruption platform with just one of many surprising results in sunday's local and regional contests in this usually conservative country of the world that there were 16 it's the defeat of the extremes both left and right but i think the biggest loser is the center of democratic party was the elections were a huge blow for the right wing grueling same through the party of korean president and his mentor former president. both fierce critics of the peace deal signed with fart rebels in 2016 their candidates not only came in last but also lost in traditional strongholds colombia 2nd city maybe yin and the province of. the outcome of local elections usually reflect the power of political families and the major parties but this time a number of independent candidates won where the issue of security used to be key

in maintaining traditional parties in power. if. we are thinking differently we are demanding changes in our institutions and we want our leaders to change their ways was elections show that security is not the only issue on the minds of colombia and that vote by that measure now. defeating corruption and traditional political machinery that have long controlled politics in the country which many here consider that it was. these were the 1st. local elections since the signing of the peace deal with dark rebels violence still marred to complain 7 candidates were killed and dozens attacked but on sunday voting was among the most peaceful in the country's history unfortunately political violence is common in colombia and it will continue to be common on the us we fill the vacuums of power

that were left by the former foreign fights the paramilitaries who are growing fight the drug trafficking organizations that are growing and that really needs a much more reliable attitude on the national government while colombia still has a long way to go to reduce politics of violence and corruption sunday's elections showed to many voters are ready for change i listen to them and just. spanish unionists have rallied in catalonia as regional capital barcelona tens of thousands gathered following days of separatist rallies divisions in the region have intensified after the supreme court sentenced catalan leaders to lengthy prison terms for their roles in an illegal secession referendum and 2017. but this president has agreed to an order of election results that sparked weeklong protests if moralez was named the outright winner of the presidential poll which would have given him a 4th term in office but the opposition accused is a fraud after 2 vote counts were halted john heilemann has more now from the past

for. a could build though in the powers a civil society meeting allowed by bolivia's constitution this one's been called by those angry over last sunday's election which gave 3 term president ever more oil is another outright victory the european union and the organization of american states but both expressed doubts over the electoral process and was. leading opposition candidate carlos messer went further alleging fraud elaine do you not target 20th we express the most important right that we have the right to vote it's the maximum expression of individual and collective will and once again even murali is mistaking him self like so many other times wanted to rob us of the election. those here decided to strike in the capital for monday to keep the pressure on the government protesters have already blocked roads for 3 days in the south of lapides

a strike in the industrial hub santa cruz is now in its 5th day. there are daily protests. but president moralists has strong support too few dispute that he won the election the question is if he had the temper simply necessary to avoid a 2nd round he spent his 60th birthday in his stronghold the district of cochabamba making a show of examining the. military has repeatedly called the protests a clue about the influence obama and the law try if you love your lot in the district of cochabamba to also believe your people as different social groups are preparing just in the next week but he also said that he was an agreement with the solution proposed by the organization of american states in order of the vote which would be binding whatever insults their investigation comes up with a. new position told 00 they agree with that plan to. start that by the minute we the people here expressed that.

if the government accepts the order it's because they already have everything modified and ready what we want is for them to know they selection and to have a really clean vote. on the result showing little more than half a percent between a 2nd ground and an outright win for president rallies everything here is still at stake. to homewood how does it look as the driver of a truck that contained the bodies of $39.00 people is set to appear in a u.k. court later on monday maurice robinson is facing charges of manslaughter people trafficking and money laundering the 25 year old was arrested shortly after the container truck was found last week the identities of the 39 people are still to be confirmed germany's far right party the a.d.f. has doubled its vote in regional elections in the eastern state of the india wasn't

enough to stop the incumbent fall of link up party holding on to the top spot at the elections were still seen as an indicator of the f.t.'s surging support in the region it also marks a setback the chancellor angela merkel's christian democrats which came 3rd. tens of thousands of protesters in pakistan are marching from karachi to islamabad calling on the prime minister to resign the demonstration was organized by conservative and religious groups. marchers are expected to reach the capital on thursday they accuse yemen town of rigging last year's general election and saying his government is illegitimate protests is also a show of solidarity with the residents and indian administered kashmir which is stripped of its autonomy in august now a rare renee stones masterpiece found in a woman's kitchen in france has become the most expensive medieval painting ever sold the 13th century piece christ mocked sold for 26 point $6000000.00 well over

the initial estimate it's the 1st time in decades a painting by a renascence master has gone under the hammer despite banging in a kitchen for years a small painting is said to be in excellent condition. donning costumes and parading props mexico has celebrated its annual day of the dead parade in a world of color and culture hundreds of people danced on the streets at this year's festivities in mexico city the festival of the souls of the dead spirits mexicans believe. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera world leaders are warning the fight against isolate isn't over yet despite the death of its leader abu bakr al baghdadi the us president announced back that he died during a u.s. military operation in italy province france and britain say his killing in northwestern syria is an important moment but they'll continue to work with allies in the middle east to defeat the group entirely argentina's center left candidate

alberto fernandez has defeated incumbent moderate see a mockery in a presidential election that was focused on the economy with most of the votes counted and and as had around 47 percent of the vote compared to makris 41 percent . fernandez says he will meet mark green monday to discuss the transition. to his abode has more now from the argentine capital. these have been very very difficult economic times for argentina times when people have been going to the banks changing their passes for u.s. dollars because they do not trust in the banking system taking their money out of the government is currently struggling with very high inflation poverty rates the possibility of a default for strategic most analysts and most economy faith that there is a clear plan for the next months because the next president takes over in 2 months and it's necessary to know what measures the next president is going to take in

order to bring some stability bolivian president evo morales says his political rivals are planning a coup in response to his reelection the opposition accuses morale is of fraud out the 2 vote counts were friends of the u.s. is but calls for a review or a 2nd round election a state wide emergency has been declared in california as multiple wildfires burn out of control almost 200000 people have been ordered to leave their homes as hurricane force winds threaten to spread the fire's drive a truck that contained the bodies of 39 people is set to appear in the u.k. court or is robinson is facing charges of manslaughter people trafficking and money laundering the 25 year old was arrested shortly after the container truck was found last week tens of thousands of protesters in pakistan are marching from karachi to islamabad calling on the prime minister to resign accuse him and can of rigging last year's general election the demonstration was organized by conservative religious groups so those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera

after one or one of these states have done so watching. although worked as a state with most unstable where was the rest internment and mass indoctrination all we got children are now in a process of reeducation or chinese assimilation forced labor and the use of high tech surveillance we're being complicit in the here rights abuses that are occurring in john an australian investigation into china's systematic repression of the weakest tell the world on al-jazeera. that the winds of forming in taiwan. for 70 years teil we need to live under self rule but now china is calling on the island to reunify with the my work or face the consequences lawyer or her. own who were finger to. be always sure of the lot. d.d.r.

she does if china is willing to use a miniature e means to go against taiwan i think the people understand that they are fighting the good china is the ordinary way to go. what i want to east investigates taiwan's results remain independent in the face of china's growing determination to regain control. og. a new generation of taiwanese nationalists dark want to sing along to a true written by communist china. leading the

charge for the limb front man of. independence activist from flying in china. also used to be a member of taiwan's parliament i. have a close to the so-called red line across that by taiwan declaring independence is to invite military invasion now the communist leaders and by confronted by death metal diplomacy. i tried to lead china and the world understand it was the young people in taiwan think it may be well peace china all.

pretty lame just the political power of a generation that increasingly identifies themselves as taiwanese not chinese. silden to the back of a 2014 mass protest called the some movement students fearing by genes influence successfully the government plans to close a tri taz with china. 2014 . move. these shows taiwan young people would never want to be a part of china in the future. i. like to be that. people. feel that i. feel that i can change the world. there it goes i

think the audience are with me. some of the taiwanese based final preparations for a very different kind of. leg. santa trailed by taiwan's military is a full dress rehearsal for catastrophe. fighting off and by china's people's liberation army. taiwan's being selfless 70 years since chiang kai shek and its national army fled

here after losing china's civil war to the communists. about aging be on an easy unfinished business. let's just say let's inscription is paying a price $5.00 fish an all volunteer force pilot seems some of the next gen troops does appeal to. much of his players now outdated the troops up numbers. the u.s. is promising billions of dollars worth of you tanks fighters and missiles but they'll still be no match for china. china is building more ships and i'm president of rights for peace time and it's

night he is now challenging us dominance. this is all about showing by doing that if i ever did really try to win by this it would be brutal it would be bloody and there would be a massive economic and political process but this is just one aspect is also the hearts and minds and the reason i've come here is to answer the question do the people of the cylons have the will to keep standing china's pressure. on. these guys rock stuff ready and lose to a very different. it's campaign season he's up for re-election in 2020 and needs to reach the generation gap.

guys illness is now down to 30. 8 i don't you know i don't know what i. am and i really i think most of the young people recognise me goes i'm a singer in a rock band and all their citizens may recognise me because i'm a politician as an independent freddie is part of the coalition that supports the democratic progressive party the government is the balancing support for independents with the diet consequences of pushing china. so you just so you see joseph who is taiwan's foreign minister if you believe in democracy i think the people here already say we are not interested in unification with china but of course we understand our responsibilities in preventing war from

taking place on our part and. current government ever since 2016 when we took over we are taking a very prudent approach toward china we tried to prevent china from having on this skews to go after taiwan miniature really. play loose on the streets of the capital type high a reminder taiwan's own security lately. i. least since the wall and the island still are pays for chinese attack. can you lay

right bills now have an emergency china's growing arsenal of missiles could have blizzard like the city with just a few minutes warning. this is really eerie i got to cite this bustling metropolis this just seems to a ghost town when they say right sorry again literally the tropical storm not a big part of driving everybody inside but when they are being told by the place that we need to go inside as well lynn you and practice. genuine fine clothes for lace woman spells out the rules. get. out that. lightning rod experience like you say really it was take it pretty seriously you're looking. live live their lives that

public hearing lip. everything is like a piece of wood. after half an hour the all clear sounds and life for most goes on. friday going to see you this is quite an office. expected to go. yeah i tried to remain as a musician to study liam has taken an unconventional path to politics aside from his death metal he also led amnesty international in taiwan. so you've got a rock star background. on your wall what on earth do you think in beijing they make. i don't think they're like me.

eh. pretty lame says the immediate threat comes not from beijing just soldiers storming out these pictures telling taiwan's open briefly in the media is one thing. as a member of parliament staff and some security committee he warns some news outlets with links to china. push but if they just miss each the unification is inevitable . i worry about it very much especially in the last 2 or 3 years that i can see the media who got billions of dollars from china they tried to brainwash taiwanese people and tried to. make images and china they try to avoid to people to know what happened in tibet

and she. in the course of last year. we have seen the chinese is also engaged in this information campaign against various government institutions to create distrust in the government and to create at this trust in the democratic institutions is it working you are we warry because it's being deeply entrenched. there's no doubt that is why gene and intense and minds can find here where according to the taiwanese weapons a fight and lots of mine land cash especially in the context i want to call is a former canadian intelligence officer who stepped out of the shadows. 5 high priced security and it's a huge intellectual challenge you know to try to connect the dots and make sense of what's going on.