this is d.w. news live from berlin u.s. president donald trump visited california to see the impact of the worst wildfires interesting its history. through going to work together. to do real jobs this is very sad to see. more than a thousand people are now reported missing also coming up in france more than a quarter of a million people taking to the streets to protest rising fuel prices crowds turn out to block roads across the country many of them calling on president microland

to resign. and anger and grief in argentina as the government confirms that a submarine that went missing a year ago imploded at sea killing everyone on board. american evanston it's good to have you with us the death toll from the deadliest fires ever to hit california has risen to seventy one with more than one thousand people reported missing president donald trump is in northern california where he's been surveying the extent of the damage he's met the mayor of the worst hit town paradise and seen the devastation there. trump praised the work of the firefighters he repeated his belief that better forest management could minimize

the risk of such disasters in the future the statement that's disputed by many experts but trump promised plenty of federal funding for california as the state battles other problems related to the fire with the fire comes a new danger smoke. and it has reached san francisco where air pollution levels now rank among the highest in the world health warnings prompted widespread school closings even the city's main tourist attractions was shut. the smokes are jenna's some three hundred kilometers to the north the town of paradise has been reduced to ashes it's the epicenter of california's deadliest ever wildfire and the death toll is likely to rise. search and rescue workers are trying to find any sort of remains that could help identify those missing. where you've you feel terrible for these people it's been

devastating for them like could imagine coming back if this is my home. your whole proof that we if there are missing people we can find them and bring some closure to people that need that. those affected are in desperate need of assistance some hope denounce a visit by u.s. president donald trump will increase attention to their plight. we're going to present to bring the conversation we're going to take a look at the. partridge in a more airports are still going no time to relax if you want to understand what we're going through out here you got to be here and it's not something you can just see on t.v. you know others us get to kill off the president's intentions. i think is just showboating going to try to take credit for his insulted to firefighters. police the military handicap women. the campfire is only one of several blazes

still ravaging the state scientists believe the growing frequency and intensity of such wildfires is due to a prolonged drought which is symptomatic of climate change. earlier i spoke to journalist mike the waltons been covering president trump's trip to california i asked him what the people who'd been affected by the wildfires wanted to hear from trump. i think resident in this area really want to hear it at the from president trump and just that their story is being heard at the people in this area has gone through so much over the past weeks and. as you heard from some of the people care it doesn't do justice to see the clips on t.v. or to see photos to actually be on the ground and experience just what this devastation looks like i think more than anything else that politics aside people want to know that that their experience is being seen across the nation and

that help is on the way. while you are in the region that's worst hit by the fire and how are people coping with such devastation. it's really difficult and is especially now that most of the immediate fire danger is over it really begins the long process of what what's next for residents here some people returning to homes some people are returning to see their home burned down. the entire town burnt down so it becomes what happens next. going to theme of finding the resources just trying to get back to normal as fast as possible and the others that's going to be harder to start that process at the moment we know that it about seventy people died in the fires and yet the

number of those unaccounted for has jumped to more than a thousand why is that. it really is a staggering number that the could be county sheriff's office cautious to not get married too much to that number that is very much a group a target based on data there could be duplicate from there there could be names on there for one one calls it could be people who got. that said it's still very concerning number given the population that we're dealing with in paradise over a quarter of the population over sixty five a lot of the seven days the seems so far their seventy's eighty's and ninety's these are people who could live alone as living there wouldn't be disabled and i think that the kids are going forward there we're going to see that that said if you want to rise higher going forward why do wild at beale air force base near sacramento california thanks so much for your reporting. for closure the

u.s. state department says the government has yet to reach a final conclusion about who ordered the killing of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi this after multiple u.s. media outlets reported that the cia believes that saudi crown prince mohammad is in the solomon personally gave the order the state department says it will continue to seek all the relevant facts as to what happened to khashoggi while maintaining what it called the important strategic relationship with saudi arabia. well for more on this i'm joined now by d.w. correspondent michael can a guy who's in washington so michael we seem to have two very different statements coming from the u.s. why is there no consensus between the cia and the one hand and the state department on the other. well what is interesting about this state department statement is that actually no one had claimed that the u.s.

government had reached consensus or a final consensus on the show be killing us media only reported that the cia had concluded the saudi crown prince was behind the killing but they hadn't said that the government had reached a final conclusion on the killing so yes there seems to be a clear conflict between the white house and the state department on the one side and the cia and to a lot of members of congress on the other side while the. white house and the state department appear to kind of try to not blame directly many experts inside and outside the government think that the show is behind this killing that the saudi crown prince was behind because of the killing now why exactly is president trump so reluctant to place blame on the crown prince and solomon. well there seem to be several reasons for that

one is that the trumpet ministration the president particularly sees the saudis as a key ally in its in its fight to contain iran and iran's influence in the region and therefore if the trumpet misprision would be too hard on the saudis that what boost the iranians in that argument second the saudis are a key business partner for the us especially for the us defense industry they're good customer and they pay directly and that's why trump is also not eager to really offend them and thirdly there is also a personal connection reportedly the saudi crown prince and trump advisor and son in laws are of course in or get along very fine on a personal level and remember that the first country trump visited the first foreign country during his his administration was saudi arabia so there was also

apparently a personal connection that makes it hard for trump to to really punish the saudis strongly and yet we have heard vice president pence say that the u.s. would hold those whoever accountable was found to be behind killing but what kind of measures could the us take against the person who is responsible. well that is very difficult to say because it seems to be right now that president trump is really reluctant to really punish the saudis harshly having said that it seems also clear that the pressure on trump to do something against the saudis that is that is more than has been done now it's only growing stronger and what is being said is that that to punish the saudis the u.s. could restrict or totally call off arms sales to the saudis a lot of people members of congress also say that the u.s. should actually look hard at the at the whole relationship between both countries

all right michael can go reporting for us from washington thank you. to france now where president among a lot of chronos facing a backlash against his economic policies nearly three hundred thousand people took to the streets nationwide wearing the yellow vests that have come to symbolize public discontent over government tax hikes on fuel police even clashed with protesters right outside the presidential palace approval ratings for president micron have slumped reflecting mounting dissatisfaction with his government's economic program. a sit down strike in traffic it doesn't take much to shut things down one side is content the other isn't more than two hundred eighty thousand people took part in the grassroots movement called yellow vests across the country they also blocked toll booths or drove at a snail's pace on highways they're protesting about the increased taxes placed on fuel and basically about the reduction in their buying power while called it's

getting more and more expensive to fill up will soon be a two year as a leader that's horrible. mr mccollum treats us like cattle he's always pushing more texas and soon we won't have anything and this is the woman who started things off with a video which really touched a lot of people six million of them and i just. i represent those who need their car every day and practically live in it as well as those farmers if you send a seventy hour weeks and then. this grassroots movement began on social media which gave people a forum to express their displeasure with things despite that president mccall wants to continue on his economic course on a french aircraft carrier he showed understanding for citizens and also conceded making mistakes and who says i didn't succeed in convincing the french about my policy. today's protests certainly prove that yellow is the color of the day and might even be the one for to morrow the yellow vests say they will carry on.

argentina's navy has confirmed that a submarine that went missing a year ago imploded at seem the vessel had been carrying forty four crew members and was found on friday nine hundred meters below the surface of the atlantic ocean and thought that a leak of water caused the submarine to implode. i am grieving and angry the relatives of the missing submariners have spent months putting pressure on the argentinean governments. to give them more information and tell them what happened to their loved ones. and we were sitting at the dining table with my mom when the message from the submarine command for survived saying that an object that was detected yesterday was that our son one we couldn't believe it we turned on the television and media

said it was our son one. of. the submarine was returning from a routine mission off argentina's southernmost back in november last year it was ordered back to base after reporting an electrical break but the crew was never heard from again authorities gave up hope of finding survivors just two weeks later but their relatives didn't. i'm disappointed disappointed because we still thought they had all the information we get the illusion they would find the my life unfortunately or that's it. on thursday argentina marked one year since the sun one went missing it was then that the country's president reaffirmed his commitment to finding out what happened the next day the submarine was faint but the families are still looking for reasons as to why it feels so catastrophic lee.

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