he allane guest. this is d w news from berlin tonight to california burning the u.s. states of deadliest wildfires have claimed dozens of lives along with a town called paradise hundreds of people are still missing and california's governor says that this is the new abnormal also coming up tonight palestinians bury their dead and gone after exchanges of fire with israel to kill almost

a dozen times and one hundred years after german women won the right to vote new figures show that they are still under represented in the corridors of power. it's good to have you with us we begin tonight at the gates of hell in california that is how residents are describing wildfires in the north and south of the state one blaze sweeping through the city of paradise and surrounding areas has now killed at least twenty nine people putting the blaze among the deadliest in the state's history the death toll statewide tonight stands at thirty one and as dry winds fanned the flames officials are warning that more than two hundred people remain unaccounted for. from paradise to the inferno prayers were no protection against the wall of flame which swept through

this town in the sierra nevada foothills. these nasa images show the fire that engulfed paradise the most destructive in california's history currently there are two hundred twenty eight individuals. who have to be unaccounted for. located on hundred seven people after receiving in excess of five hundred fifty calls from people looking for loved ones the state's governor offered this stark prediction this is not the new normal this is the new ad normal and this new abnormal continue certainly in the next ten to fifteen to twenty years and unfortunately the best science is telling us that dryness warmth drought all those things.

they're going to intensify. meanwhile to fire fronts in southern california i worsening after a weekend lull in the winds which have fanned the flames there picking up speed again. we're starting to see another series of santa ana winds. blowing here and working their way south for san diego. very concerned we have over eight thousand federal state local firefighters on the front. with thousands on the ready prepared for the next of. the california fire department has warned of explosive fire behavior with gusty winds overnight and into monday morning. well i'm joined now by journalist jason donia he is in los angeles good evening to you jason you are rather close to malibu and it's one of those california coastal

communities iconic known around the world how are people there coping with these fires. all be honest with you we're frustrated and a lot of people who live in the malibu in thousand oaks area this very affluent area they have been homeless for several days now and it's unclear when they're going to be able to get back into the area to see if they're all is nothing but a pile of lumber or if their home made it through the fire's fire response teams are saying that it's still too dangerous to get into those areas because it's really a tight community there's tight and narrow streets in that area so if the flare up does happen fire crews won't be able to save anybody well what are the plans of firefighters are they playing simply to try to extinguish the flames or are they hoping to contain them until the fires burn themselves out. right now containment

is the number one priority they're using helicopters and fixed wing aircraft to drop fire retardant on a massive footprint around the malibu area about one hundred forty square miles worth of terrain is what they're trying to. to encompass into the footprint of the rules lea fire that is burning down here and everything that's inside that footprint if a flare up happens they'll get to it but as long as the fire stays within this containment line and they're making some progress but not much but as long as that fire sees within that line they're making progress according to the fire response team and we want our viewers to be aware that there are fires in the south where you are the south of california and also in northern california hundreds of people are still missing further north in butte county where the town of paradise used to

be what's the latest from there. complete another devastation of people's homes cars power lines anything in the fire's path was chewed up and incinerated in moments the number of people missing is really hard for people to comprehend but people were sitting at home and law enforcement officials jumped in their cars they knocked on their doors and they said you've got to go and you've got to go now people don't have cell phones there's no cell service and people don't have identification because they had to get out at a moment's notice so it's extremely scary for those people up there. jason care but only our reporting tonight from los angeles jason thank you very much thank you. eleven people have been killed in exchanges of fire between israel and palestinians in gaza fighting was sparked by an israeli forces special operation on sunday

that's reported to have left seven palestinians and an israeli officer dead this was followed by israeli airstrikes gaza's ruling hamas responded by firing rockets into israel. the response from hamas is comes thick and fast the billowing black smoke a telltale sign of another mortar attack the israeli military says more than eighty rockets have been fired into its territory today one mortar reportedly struck a bus injuring a nineteen year old man. this is what's prompted the attacks according to israel sunday's operation was supposed to be covert but the remains of a car apparently used by israeli special forces point to a mission gone wrong. the math says the forces shot and killed a local commander both sides then exchanged fire and the israeli soldiers were evacuated by air. i saw explosions and lights and then

isaura helicopter it came down in this area here it was only here for seven or eight minutes and then it took off again and left after it took off the israeli army struck the area they hit the car here and there explosions they struck the entire area. seven palestinians killed in the operation were buried on monday the procession attended by thousands a mix of grief and raw anger the mourners demanded revenge scenes like this don't bode well for fragile peace efforts in the increased crucial financial aid necessary to pay these people has been flowing in from qatar in recent weeks but israel controls the access the rich hands are under arrest could jeopardize that as well as talks with egypt and the u.n. . at least is an open battle between us and the zionist enemy only it is

responsible for this crime and its ramifications that it. rocket fire is filling gaza and skies again israel maintains sunday's operation was intended as an abduction or assassination or separate was violence looks to have returned to the region. or one hundred years ago women in germany received the right to vote today germany's chancellor angela merkel marked these in turn are of women suffrage here in berlin she paid tribute to the people who have fought to change the law a century ago but today women remain under represented in the german parliament and elsewhere in society. at the ceremony women were once over represented it only a few men more on hand at the german historical museum to celebrate the centennial of the women's suffrage movement chancellor merkel was at the center of the celebrations she's the first or when she says she wants to be

a minister or chancellor. at the end of last year this. is those of us some were asking the question of whether a man should be allowed to do it. so i think that's all it's about i didn't make that out. however symbolically significant it may be to have a woman at the helm women are still under represented in german parliament and when it comes to the economy science and culture women count for hof the population that make up only thirty percent of the members of parliament within government there's growing demand for laws that would increase the number of women in parliament. then the year i lament and. also when we have a parliament and large committees that represent the people. then it's a good goal to say half of them should be women. and those that all taught though it is about the population is fairly represented never. see i'm with goal must be

parity parity everywhere. germany still has a long way to go on that front. but chancellor merkel didn't want to be pinned down about how to get there. where human rights organizations are campaigning for the release of activists in chechnya now his name is all you but today he was arrested while documenting human rights abuses in chechnya and overseeing humanitarian projects now he's on trial for drug possession but he says police planted the drugs on. the trial of human rights activist or you have is underway in the town of challis not far from the chechen capital grozny filming witness testimony is forbidden. sixty one year old to have has been in investigative custody for ten months authorities accuse him of drug possession

which he denies foreign observers at the trial are skeptical. but i have grave doubts about jew process and this trial have been hence the witnesses have been influenced that marijuana was squarely planted on mr to t.f. by the police and because of all that he doesn't have a fair chance to feel atrocities in full form or you have managed to grozny office of the human rights organization memorial for seven years during that time he challenged constitutional legality and advocated human rights he criticized the abuse of power by police and authorities in chechnya and would not be silenced by threats then he was arrested human rights organizations and russian opposition groups want western countries to put pressure on the chechen government well we will of course like western countries to support our utility of to support

me more because this is not just attack against a city of as an individual human rights defender this is attack against me more your human rights center against human rights going is asians who work in the region. the court could decide to simply release to have but it closely follows the government line which has taken a tough stance on human rights activists in recent years. t.f. supporters hope the trial will go quickly. sure because good for them they arrested the man and that everything would go smoothly if they planted drugs on him but but sharing that process they made a lot of mistakes which they announce trying to cover up. if you wish you could muster in the end the trial was adjourned and will continue next week. sports news now lewis hamilton has won the brazilian grand prix clinching the win for his team were say. here is how milton fought off an early attack from valtteri bottas and

sebastian vettel to hold on to the lead heading into the first corner he kept his advantage until midway through the race by which time max missed up and had caught up to him the dutchman was flying around the track at this stage and he overtook hamilton to grab the lead which he held on to until disaster struck. stop and went to not esteban the force in the apollo failed to give way forcing this collision. comes mistake ended what could have been a fight to the finish between for stopping on how to drive this champion continue to the line unopposed to win the race and clinch the constructors' championship they miss a days but that's the double white this is what i was before the whole you know it will wake up go to work every day and try to bring the best out himself i really pull together as a unit and i've always told you how much you want to is there to drive for them and

today was like the best style that we could do it because we were struggling. hamilton celebrates his tenth race win of the season while for st louis hamilton there in brazil our job watching news live from berlin i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day. why don't we walk when we were. eighty percent americans at some point and i was really experienced timeship i listen.