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is you know redos live from berlin deadly inferno historic wildfires are ripping across northern california leaving a trail of death and destruction emergency services are struggling to contain the flames that have destroyed the very heart of california's wine country and reduced entire neighborhoods to ashes also coming up. president trump prepares to make a scathing critique of iran in the landmark nuclear deal and a long awaited speech outlining an aggressive new u.s. strategy. and the united states and israel are pulling out of the united nations' cultural organization unesco washington says it's anti israel and hasn't made sufficient reforms.

on little rock thanks very much for your company. we begin in the united states where thirty one people have been killed in wildfires raging across northern california the deadliest in these states history with hundreds of people still missing the death toll is expected to rise well dry conditions and fierce winds have been hampering efforts to bring the fires under control and conditions are forecast to get a whole lot worse over the weekend the blazes have been burning since sunday in wine country north of san francisco napa valley was the heart of california's wine industry but now napa and it surrounds the scene an unprecedented disaster. these men are among eight thousand firefighters who spent the last few days trying to bring the prices under control. some houses down the street knows

there's no better feeling now you know it's just there because they're everywhere you know there's little pockets there's there's. there's parts that we just can't get to dozens of fires have been burning in and around napa valley since last sunday they causes are uncertain but fanned by hot dry winds they've scorched an area the size of new york city and filled the air with acrid smoke. in a mask because i know i'm in there for two or three days now and i live here and starting to really affect my breathing and so there's no let up expected in the coming hours and already they say five ten much of napa valley from a tourist destination to a place where little more than scorched earth remains well earlier we had the opportunity to speak to my deval two is a journalist with case our radio in sonoma county where the fires seem to have hit the hardest he took a tour throughout his community and described the situation for us let's take

a listen. ok i was able to take a tour of some of the most badly damaged areas that city today for the first time with the highway patrol i can tell you that witnessing the devastation in person is far more striking and dramatic than the pictures that you see on t.v. . to two neighborhoods coffee park is a dense working class neighborhood leveled flat desolate in any direction you look at just flat ground where the upscale found growth neighborhood has more of the look of a war zone the burned out vehicles piles of rubble where some of the city's most historic landmarks once stood i can say that the recovery here is going to take a very long time mind of all there are journalists with case or radio in sonoma county california reporting for us a little earlier on well a natural disaster is also proving deadly in vietnam where at least fifty four people have been killed in severe floods and landslides affecting central and northern regions the infrastructure has been destroyed making rescue efforts very

very difficult and more than thirty thousand homes are submerged and many communities have lost all their crops and livestock at some of the worst flooding to hit the country in years and forecasters are warning it's not over yet with a nother major storm on its way. is u.s. president trump about to abandon the iran nuclear deal it's a cause for concern for the countries who are helping to help negotiate it well other than the u.s. staying clued britain france russia and china the un's security council's permanent members plus germany will gather with you the group broke at the iran nuclear agreement in the summer of twenty fifteen in the accord iran promised that its nuclear program is strictly peaceful in practice that means you're a human richmond is limited and the country stockpile is capped at three hundred kilograms while the reactor in iraq will be reconfigured so it can't produce any weapons grade plutonium and all this will be closely monitored by the international

atomic energy agency well in return for it all economic sanctions on iran were left it let's talk a little bit more about this with scott lucas he is an american studies professor at the university of burnham and he joins right now yes there is that there is so much a professor for joining us it's really really difficult to tell whether all the tough talk coming out of washington is real because on the one hand you've got president trump repeatedly saying that you know iran broke the deal the spirit of the deal but the i.a.e.a. says no they're complying and congress also agree with iran complying with the terms of agreement and then we've had today right before coming on air the new york times reporting that the u.s. will keep the deal so is this just all part of the art of the deal. ok well it's donald trump who wants to leave the deal getting to stage an appearance where he waves his fist furiously but it's a very small stick because his top advisors are telling him that the u.s.

needs to remain in the deal for the sake of relations with european partners like germany to prevent iran from having the excuse to quickly return to higher grade uranium twenty percent uranium and because the deal quite frankly has been successful in containing iranian programs so while trump may want to sabotage this mainly because president obama negotiated the deal this is actually just a step in a much longer maneuvering we have to see if congress will now reimpose sweeping sanctions against iran and if congress does so how the iranians react and talk to us a little bit about the u.s. u.s. is that credibility on the world stage how is china looking at this how are the europeans looking at this. well i think there's a difference between truck credibility and u.s. credibility i think no one actually thinks that the person to make the art of the deal with now is donald trump i think you have to go to his advisors defense

secretary matters such as state tillerson but that said i think the u.s. is at risk of isolating itself it is quite clear that china and russia will support terror on because iran has been complying with the deal and britain germany and france are now caught in a very tough position they do not see trump as being reliable they do not think it is a good idea to threaten to abandon the deal but do they actually began to renew more trading relationships with terror on even if this upsets others in washington let's let's talk about iran for a second we've got about forty seconds left they've said listen the negotiation stage is over we're not renegotiating so how are they taking all of this. all their talking loudly about how the deal must be adhered to and declaring that they have european support that means if the us does not leave the deal iran will not retaliate on last and this is a big don't last washington adopt new sanctions against the revolutionary guards

the leading military force into art scott lucas professor of american studies at the university of birmingham thank you. and here are some of the other stories i want to tell you about making news around the world. kenya police have shot two opposition protesters who attempted to storm a police station authorities have used tear gas to break up protests in several cities including the capital nairobi opposition demonstrators are calling for elop toral reforms ahead of a rerun of a presidential election in two weeks. ceremonies are being held in thailand to mark one year since the death of king billy paul that nation prepares to beat a final farewell to their much beloved monarch at an elaborate five day funeral later this month the day. death has now been declared a national holiday in thailand. police in both new york and london are looking into sexual assault allegations against hollywood film producer harvey

weinstein that says a fourth to women has come forward and accused him of rape while new york investigators are reviewing an assault case from two thousand and four and police meanwhile in london to receive a new claim of assault dating back to the 1980's. u.s. president donald trump has signed an executive order aimed at stripping back affordable health care act commonly known as obamacare well to make it easier for americans to buy cheaper health care plans with fewer benefits while critics say it could mean spiraling costs for people with existing health problems please the times by the time the ministration to repeal obamacare have been clocked by congress. the united states and israel announce that they're pulling out of unesco their stay un cultural organization that has been co-founded by the u.s. more than seven decades ago washington says the organization is anti israel has avoided reform and is too expensive while all of this comes at

a time when you next go is holding a very tense meeting to pick a new director general candidates from qatar and egypt among the leading contenders the organization's next chief will have to cope with losing its biggest source of financing power says unesco headquarters the site of the latest spat between washington and the united nations the u.n. agencies official mission is promoting education coach and human rights that include keeping a list of world heritage sites but the u.s. government says unesco is too political we'd like to see the politics kept out of it and we see with this anti israel bias that's long documented on the part of you know asco that that needs to come to an end to the united states made the decision after a long deliberative process to pull out the u.s. is angry because u.s. can recognize hebron the old city as a palestinian society even though the cities to me the patriarchs is also an important jewish holy land. it's also angry that syria was kept on the unesco human

rights committee in spite of the country's ongoing civil war. the u.s. already are as us go hundreds of millions of dollars now it's laving us because by doing so it's betraying american values. united states is a founding member of going to school the whole idea that you can build peace through education science a couch or communication there is basically an american idea it's not the first time the u.s. has pulled out of unesco it quit in the one thousand nine hundred to scrapping unesco is anti western impro so i view it a decision that took decades to reverse. this time around washington is planning to leave the door open to return and maintain observer status it's a position it hopes to use to reform the un's cultural i gin scene and we can take you now to paris where the us co is headquartered correspondent jake. is there a j the u.s.

has been unhappy with unesco for quite some time now why are we seeing washington make this move at this stage that's right you know the u.s. not on the u.s. going when eleven because of the. clause that allow us to completely cut off funding to any u.n. agency that excess house times all member obama tried and it was a reverse that restriction and then the u.s. lost its vote in two thousand and thirteen and unesco analysts say it's just yet another escalation by the u.s. and its criticism of human bodies another way for u.s. president trump to make a statement only international stage what do you vishal lines goes anti israel and so this declaration is also another way for the u.s. to double down on its pro israel policies and rhetoric now jake this all begs the question and you've already alluded to it the u.s. hasn't been paying its due since two thousand and eleven so really how big of a blow is this move to unesco because were they really still counting on that money

. right well the u.s. currently has about five hundred fifty million dollars in finance it and the state department spokesman says look first if you said it's also about whether the u.s. wants to pay that drunken spoken a lot about cutting government costs while back in two thousand and eleven when you have when the u.s. not only unesco it was paying about seventy million dollars a year to the organization now is about twenty two percent of the organization's annual budget time israel also said it would cut ties a loose funding marin's well in the decision to pull out or you know its goal is supposed to take effect at the end of twenty eighteen this decision is not exactly permanent the u.s. said it still wants to remain on board to get commentary back as a nonmember observer so it's not over quite yet not over yet but talk to us a little bit about the significance of unesco according to this current us administration but also the obama administration some of describe it as a talking shop is it just a talking shop or is or is there more to it well you know it's clear its impact is

not as immediate as relief agencies such as. the world program but it's still significant you know the scope of nascar's wide it promotes peace and and a clue see through science education and most people know you know school at the roots world heritage site program clearly this situation has become a proxy for diplomacy middle east and particularly as it pertains to israel and palestine relations all right take a second there and i paris thank you. and we have a lot more in store for you his word still ahead. the lufthansa air berlin takeover deal is set for takeoff but the city rivals and authorities say they may have to challenge the move stats coming up next and all your business headlines with your heart alford's. and i'll be happy to see you again at the top of the hour.