on a fire risk at all, it is wayland columbia. on al jazeera, the desperate situation in california has 5 fighters tried to stop the spread of multiple awhile fires, and most people are being told to leave their homes in the valley and the smoke scholars of, of los angeles, west bias was still flooding. hundreds of thousands of people across the site, the width of the hello, i'm down, jordan, this is out as they are a life. and also coming out of school sheltering just based on a sims in northern gauze that is hit in on his writing. the strike of these people a table so downs, army retakes, a specific town into 0 state, but it's rival time and the 2 rapids support forces says the bottle is not yes,

i snatched in broad daylight blindfolded, unhelpful weeks. why can't he? those governments being accused, i cannot think that sounds citizen, the number of people who have died in the los angeles well, far as has now arisen to 16. it comes a city all farkas, older, more people to leave their homes due to the threat of a wall of fi, racing towards densely populated neighborhoods. the palisades fires threatening several areas including brentwood. the fire department says cruise, i'm making progress and containing a while 5. but it's expecting wind speeds to pick up on just a was phil available, got a 1st time look at the danger and devastation from the he is what the bottle to save. los angeles looks like this one is being split from the app, but only while weather conditions allow a best. the problem with these british set to pick up

a lot over the coming guy. you spoke us, there's a folding that this could be about to get a lot was here. the palisades via has already claims mold and, and hector's more houses light and it's past the flames. approach. menacing lights almost the whole thing. homeowners, as they wonder if this is an they've watched this dozens of times this week on tv, how different it must feel when it's your how the pacific palisades was. it did it up market and buzzing was life this time last week from the at, at now looks like a pump side. what you get from this perspective play up high is a sense of just how much they just eliza had because the palace sites via has to be moving towards densely populated areas like brentwood, like the san fernando valley, which has millions of people living in it. 3 and a half 1000 firefights is a bustling the palisades fly around like it is strategic, coordinated to planes, fly together. a scouts identifies with

a drop needs to be done and sends out a signal to a tanka which dumps the ritz hot and power to write on the spot. every post to refute needs critical minutes, lots of folks. but what else can they do? machines have their limits, i'd like by the nature. i've never seen a situation where helicopters were lined up to drop water. there was a traffic jam on the $45.00 of helicopters. myself says this is the most extreme file he has ever seen. and he's seen a lot before them here, but 23 years. firefighting is the most craziest game of chest you've ever seen, right? just when you think you have it blocked off. mother nature changes everything on you. and you have to basically pivot in, adjust your tactics. the flames are also threatening, iconic landmarks like the gets you sensor not to mention the thousands of homes around it. the santa monica pay at a place usually filled with fun and laughter. now, against a backdrop of sadness and ruin,

hollywood can see the smoke from the palisades via i'm from the east and fire behind it. that is still burning too, in a place that has made so many disaster movies. this is mazda is happening right here in real time, but nobody knows when this one will be over. fill of out. i'll just say era, los angeles. well, let's bring it in cost of a phone bug. he's the founding partner of consulting from beacon economics. he joins us live now from los angeles christ about some of the projections of a cost of these. why fi is i watering up, ma'am. and the most recent to somewhere between a $125.00 and a $150000000000.00. christabel who pays for the sun is that likes to be a lost and negative impact on the brought out why the economy right, well, of course, for the most part, hold orders in town. here are insured and united states. if you have a mortgage, you have to have proper sure insurance. now the insurance has gotten very pricey in the last few years, largely because of the risk is a wildfire such as this. but homeowners have been basically feeling that through

a variety of state programs. so i'm fairly confident the most folks are going to be able to get the insurance. they need to go ahead and rebuild. yes. um, as far as the consequences, not really me. look, california has the mediterranean climate and what that means is fires are an ongoing risk. none of like they are in, in greece, in portugal. and we know those places have had some tragic fires in the last decade or so. and indeed in california 2017 and 2018 were 2 of the worst fire years ever, significantly worse, of course. and then what we saw last year. so i'm not worried about line where it affects the real issue here, of course is why we're authorities caught off guard. after all, as noted, this is an ongoing risk in california, and really we should have been ready for this. yeah. but, but, but some people won't be sufficiently covered that, of course. and then what about the impact then on the thousands of people have lost their homes, lost everything. what sort of baffled did they face with mortgage and insurance companies or? well again, if you have

a mortgage you have to have enough sure. just to cover the rebuilding of the house, the insurance industry here is, is pretty strong. most of the folks who've been in back in this by so far, actually come from relatively uh, wealthy neighborhoods. and again, they're going to have additional resources. by the way, none of this is the diminish the individual loss. obviously my heart bleeds for these folks. we are happen, my i happen to live in the evacuation warranty area as a matter of fact. so we 2 are on pins and needles, but people are resilient. the cities are resilient we've, we've seen these kind of things before. i mean, this is the home with the northridge quake back in 1994, which was a similar catastrophe. and, and again, the city will bounce back. i'm quite sure that, yeah, i'm some experts say that's likely to be a boost of the local economy. christopher as insurance, money floods in the rebuilding thoughts. this is where the building contract to start to like a ton of money, isn't it?

absolutely, but we've got to be careful about that surgeon economic output. you know, there's a concept in economics known as the broken window fallacy, which is, you know, how do you make the economy grow faster or you run down the street and break everybody's windows. the problem with that kind of thinking is it doesn't acknowledge the loss that is currently happening with all these, these homes that have so tragically burned down. obviously, that's a, an infinite amount of value to those families. they've lost those memories that can never be fully replaced. but yes, in the short run, this going to be a nice market for contractors and home builders. and the hoss truth is about fine as all parts of the california landscape. so i guess people buy into that, but there's been a huge political for lots of it is christopher with, with criticism. but as you mentioned, the local government perhaps just wasn't prepared and they were, they were a tumbling look once the surprise was, was,

was overcome. right. once we caught up in this city is prepared for this because buyers are part of our landscape. we have systems built. we brought in phenomenal resources, the story about the helicopters. i watch those go over ad today. you've never seen anything like it. we can fight this when we're ready. the question is why, where we ready? and the answer is, is really since the pandemic began, you've seen this turn in local politics towards social justice and environmental justice really very much at the expense of public safety. hopefully this will wake people up uh to get them local government officials back to their or who job, which is public safety and making sure with the infrastructure to keep this the, the, the, the, the, the residents of this community healthy and happy and safe. just just a final, a personal question to christopher you, would you, you've touched on it earlier, you live in bel air, one of the evacuation of oil zones. what does that mean?

i mean, how, why did you about the possibility of leaving or even losing your house? you know, i tell you last night we, when we got the evacuation warning, i was, i was very worried and we didn't start to pack. but go back to what i said to it's unbelievable about how they've hit that fire. they've got it. and on the other side of manual canyon and really honestly, it was amazing. we drove by it tonight and you can't even see the smoke of the fires the way you can see it earlier today. we're out of the woods right now. it's monday that everybody's worried about because that's what our santa ana winds return, and that's when the dangers will tucked up again. right now, fire officials have 36 critical hours to get ahead of this. get these sparks out and prepare for monday because monday to get really ugly again, course on the phone, but when it gets get your thoughts, christopher on these fires. thank you very much. need for talking to us. thank. it's my pleasure news

. on his run, the astral icon, a school sheltering forcibly despised palestinians in gauze that has killed at least 8 people. children are among the dead. the attack was in jabante and the north of the script doesn't as have been injured in taken to allow the hospital in kansas city, nor a con ripples. this young girl has seen too much blood shed in her shorts life. and she surrounded by chaos. and it's ready me so drunk, have a school which is providing shelter to thousands of palestinians displaced into a body of children were among those killed in the building once hughes was sentenced to education and who for the future. good god, no, but i was sitting with my children and we were 18 when suddenly we were targeted, but the rocket, me and my children were blown away. my son was thrown and i found my daughter is lying here in the sense the outside of the war and goes to the same pattern has

been consistent. you repeat, it's a place for nodding has become a place for shelter. and the one of destruction is harrowing. loss for somebody in the u. n. says the situation for posting is adult garza continues to deteriorate after heightened his way the siege and systematic attacks. these right always says that the, her mazda is operating, cool, aligned, often repeated when buildings shelters be in, just have a rushed 6 kilometers south to on the hosp to and going to come up attacking and targeting the schools or ongoing crimes committed by the is really forces the entire world is watching side and t as l shelters and schools, which host displays people are being targeted in gaza. back in the school, people search to this storage rooms to the sea belongings. they have a problem with children and women were hit by dismissal. what have these children

done? they killed children and women heading them to pieces. the question, the so by the here is a deal with a grief is where will they find shelter next door come out to 0. mean, all of us president elect donald from special envoy to the middle east is in israel . steam with coff has met prime minister benjamin netanyahu as diplomatic efforts to secure a ceasefire and gaza from tom. when that yahoo sending a high level delegation to go on to join the negotiations, i'll just 0 time to salute has been following developments from jordan's capital mine because as well, the bottom douches era from operating in the country is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu has announced that he's sending a high level of delegation to the country, capital doha, to meet with mediators in hopes of securing a ceasefire deal. now this delegation will be made up of the head of israel's most on that's the x terminal security agency machine, best the internal security agency, and the representative from these really military. it's worth mentioning that the

last time, all 3 of them were dispatched together for talks was the last year in august of 2024. but these really say that they still have heavy sticking points, even if there is a ceasefire deal that is a cheap, they say that until they achieve all of the goals and objectives of the war, they're going to continue no matter how long the pause in the fighting is secured for now how much says they're only going to agree to with deal if the war ends. and there is a complete withdrawal of israeli troops. and these rarely public has been protesting for more than a year, against benjamin netanyahu, against whose government saying that they are neither capable, nor willing to get a deal more than 15 months since israel's war on guns began to set forth. i just eat off a man the the

limit on this can take up prime minister has met siri as new nita in damascus, where they promised a strength from that board as in territories is the latest in a flurry of diplomatic visits to syria, as governments around the world what to form relations with its new administration, momma jump to him as the latest on the campus. i mean the flurry of diplomatic activity that's been taking place in damascus. the last few weeks comes another high level visit to syria. this one, the caretaker prime minister of 11 on this evening thought the who was in damascus meeting for over an hour behind closed doors with they had a serious due administration. how much a shut off now both men talked about how one of the relations we're going to be between 11 on and syria going forward, trying to present a united front and turning to a new chapter for the future of both countries top on the agenda as far as discussions between both men, several issues, one of them, of course, the issue of syrian refugees and lebanon. there are more than 1000000 syrian

refugees. they fled to lebanon during the syrian civil war, remain in lab, and on both men agreed to set up a committee to try to look at some type of long term solution and a potential return of syrian refugees to syria. also, on the agenda for the 11 east care take, are prime minister the issue of lebanese detainees in syria, and wanting to know more about their fates beyond that, but most important step, both meant was the issue of border security between both countries. here's more of what both man had to say, because that felt like the other we discussed the situation on the borders between both countries and ways of boosting the joint efforts to protect the security in both countries, fedex, and to prevent anything that can hits the security and safety of both countries, this visit bodes well for the future way to most of the shuttle dr. young menu. we shouldn't forget that we've only been in power for one month and some days. there are many issues that need a lot of time to deal with the priority. now in syria,

it's considered the situation inside the country, the weapons inside syria. and this was our 1st meeting, and we will be having more meetings. many topics will be discussing the upcoming days at the top of those comes to board a situation young argument also discussed in the meeting was the issue of the economies of both 11 on and syria. the economy 11 on has been in ruins for years. and of course in syria, the economy is in a dire condition, suffering under crippling international sanctions. of course, over the course of the past several weeks, the due administration, syria, many of the officials here have urge the international community to lift those sanctions. how much i'm just out of damascus official product here. and i'll just say about when we come back, mexico's president, it's about to mock up 1st. a 100 days in office with us are sort presidents each sent a lot more than the

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hotels on algebra. the gold and i'm told stories from asia and the pacific on the hello again. you're watching. i'll just click on mine and on top storage here, this uh, the number of people who died in the los angeles wildfire since now isn't a 16 comes as further evacuations of order due to the threat of a wildfire urging closer to densely populated neighborhoods and is really striking a school with sheltering for somebody despised, promised indians and guns that has killed at least 8 people to talk to placed in

giovanni in the spring human rights groups. and can you say at least 18 people have been abducted since unto government protest? often in june last year, the abductions increased in december, when photos generated by artificial intelligence, showing the president in the coffin were widely shed. i'll just say it was catherine solely has more now from the capital, directly to the college brothers and the theme and demille show us where they were abducted by on demand who they believe what police officers. this is the claim, do a blindfolded strip to make it imported for 32 days a year to better, but every time that will open the case, my hardwood thing because i will be beaten and i'll think the will kill me. there were other people where i was like we have them screaming, put a duck house, painted black all over. with some dim lights. does that come that was inside the else that kid just like for dogs?

every cause our kids get put in a cage, a 100 costs on the floor. the price group said people who disappeared appear to be cartoonist social influences. 6 and other canyon seen as critical of how the country is being run images generated by artificial intelligence like this one, showing president william roots or not coughing have been widely shed online and n good state officials. police said none of those who disappeared are being held in police stations. but activists are skeptical. you kind of depth people in broad daylight, you know, do you been afraid of c, c, a t, v coverage? because up, open the, you know, being seen, you're not even doing it in success. and the way these people are doing the abductions, the, every indications that they have state protection. the abduction

started doing protests that went on for weeks across the country. in june. last year they started watching data tons violence more than 60 people was killed by security forces. property was destroyed and part of the parliament building system fire is opposed to dozens of young people are still allegedly adapted by police. some have been found down in different parts of the country. families of those who are still missing, say they are in this bad. but it's not just protest is where being abducted canyon is like use of ahmed a county assembly representative from nothing? kenya, he said to have been snatched in r o b. he's relatives say they've tried all they can to find him. but 4 months later, he's still missing. if he is not in any government. eh, got fitted, says they are holding him as well. and they know ways just i'm,

it's family members say they want him back home, even if he's dead. cathy slowly all just sierra nairobi. sedans, government says it's army has liberated the strategic city of what my dani, that south of a capital costume. it's sold as a now advancing to pay a pockets of the foreign ministry rapids support forces. soldiers were carried on the shoulders of crowds and fought for them as people celebrate to the armies biggest game in any 2 years of fighting. one, madonna, is the capital of desirous state and has been under control of the recess since december 2023 to 0. is he but morgan has no, not from a capital call to. it's the sitting, these armies gain of what am i the need, the capital of a to z to states comes of the back of advances from the army from various axis to work the capital of data over the past few days. now we've been seeing the army

taken over villages in the south and south east port parts of south eastern parts off and does ita stayed with. let's look at the significance of wouldn't let any the capital of data space. first of all, it lives in the center of the country and control of it. give the army or web was in control off the i wouldn't make any of the capital, nobody does eat them access to other parts of the country. when the receptors over wouldn't make any in december 2023. that gave us the ability to be able to move to other parts of the country, such as in, not in the southeast new nile in the, in the east and west nile and the south as well. now that last, that territory, that program was able to make will not be possible and it forces in those areas will be trapped between forces office with the needs army wouldn't. bethany is also where the army 1st infantry division is located. so that is going to give the army a moral booth, especially when you look at the fact that when the recess took over with money, there were

a lot of complaints among officers and soldiers saying that the leadership was not meeting the standards almost to the needs army and that they should be replacements, all the leadership. now that's what admitting is now back under the control of the to move army. the army is likely to gain, especially if the leadership is likely to gain more support. not just from the soldiers and offices, but also from the to the needs citizens as well. hey, bill morgan onto vera cartoon. now ukraine says captain 2 wounded north korean soldiers and russians cask region is believed to be the 1st time the ministry has been able to question north korean captives off the several seas. last month died of their wounds. mexico's 1st female presidents expected to deliver a speech this sunday to monica 1st, 100 days in office, out issuing bomb, took the helm of the country 3 months ago, determined to reduce crime linked to the illegal drug trade and address economic challenges. but with us president elect donald trump about to take off a 2nd. you'd have to contend with his threats of mass deportation and terrace.

obviously it was drawn home and as more now from a capital mexico city the stall club would be a shame, dams, presidency is becoming trends equally linked to the beginning of another. this is a great job. donald trump, is the model prescient. they liked all the most from the moment she took office. she's been countering threats from the us president elect of 25 percent terrorist new mexican impulse. that's huge for a country about 80 percent vit textbooks go to the us. but she's taking a phone line on that on said to one tariff will come another and so on. until we put our common companies at risk of the she's coupled that line in the sand, we're trying to smooth things over with trump by phone. if we're not going to assess him, we're merging it was a really nice conversation between us. both. we agreed that there will be a good relationship to the, to avoid the terrace. trump demanded the mit screwed,

cut off the flow of migrants. i'm fentanyl, into the us. showing them since signals in december, mexico's congress passed a new law or gain expense, new production. it security full season. so it may directly caesar up the drug in the state of slower. she's been working in general on a new plan to start met, screws, violence. she's inherited call to conflicts in chapters i can put this in. the lower co tell in particular is imploding into a civil will bring that piece will be tough. i think in terms of the cartels, i've been very happy with reaction of her being more acknowledging the fact that we confront a problem i. i liked the fact that i had a foolish who's in charge of security issues has gotten to see my lo uh, i think from a mexican perspective, taking the situation of the car towels more seriously. is something i think is a positive step in the right direction. that she's taken, you know, that every same time. so for, for the plan is a pre decision or

a mental under as manuel lopez over the door tearing through. he's controversial, judicial ripple. this is thing mad. yeah. you know, great thing, stretches of a tourist train, which is side for jungling, the se, she's also carried on the sorry, feel, programs that helped make lopez over the door so popular. and at the end of the 1st 3 months in charge. one poll has her approval right here, almost 80 percent, least for now. things seem to be going well. this is a 6 year term. difficulties are ready on the horizon, not just trump, a lot of money in the public coffers. it could full set to raise taxes if she wants to expand the countries social programs that she's promised to do. it's early days yet, the president, shame them, john, home and make out zeta mexico city. so he will need them. okay, well that's it for me down in jordan for now. you kind of course find me much more information on our website. i'll just say we're done. com. there it is on the

screen and the weather is coming up next. and that's followed by inside storage site jump into watching the the hello that will stop by looking at the earlier satellite image for southern africa . and you can see tropical fi icon, decal it a, and mean for the northern tip of madagascar. now it's going to bring some very wet and windy weather to that area. we are expecting some heavy rain and possible land slides. metal gasket has issued a yellow warning full that cycling it's expected to move to the south of may or before working. it's wait for the soft down the mos and beat channel, bring a threat of a flooding to the likes of books, one of pots of south africa, and mozambique as it intensifies that reign of the next few days. after the north

of this, it is a quiet picture. we have got some, i'm settled whether however, effecting algeria to new z a and libya, thanks to a storm working his way east, across the mediterranean, there's gonna be more unsettled weather to come for the middle east angle events, particularly for western parts of iran. so wintery weather expected here, west of weather across central parts of saudi arabian is temperature. pick up across the events. on monday, we're expecting them to come down across those gulf states as when the conditions pick up, it is going to get cooler in doe hot 21 on monday. the venezuela columbia. bu jeff has become a stomping grounds for trespasses as desperate people transgress and illegal passage to feed an emerging fuel trafficking market. we followed the

powerless journey unguarded through the line of fire risk, and it'll send as wayland columbia on al jazeera is ready. will things start pm and on friday, with the house station posts and residential area amongst the talk is the same day . people say say they attacked to us, i had called the carrier enabled vessels, and the red sea was the risk of, uh, the escalation. this is odd story, the hello and welcome to the program. i'm in wrong, con is all launch day right across him. and on friday, the same day who's the fi to say they attacked to us navy targets in the red seats .