>> this is dw news. tonight california burning. the u.s. states deadliest wildfires haveve claimed d dozef lives along with a town called paradise. hundreds of people are still missing. california's governor says this is the newew abnormal. also coming up tonight, palestinians bury their dead in gagaza after attacks with israel which claimed 11 lives. and 100 years after german women won the right to vote, new

figures show they are underrepresented in the corridors of power. ♪ i'm brent goff and berlin. 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 near second mentor has now killed 29 people. the blaze is among the deadliest in the state's history. the death toll statewide stands at 31. as winds fanned the flames, officials are warning that more than 200 people remain unaccounted for. the los angeles county fire chief says the firefighters are doing everything possible to bring the bleazes under control. >> although we have lost over 300 structures, we estimated

there were 57,000 structures at risk that are still here. i want to place emphasis on that. we're still in red flag weather right now. as mentioned, we are expected up to 40 mile per hour winds through tuesday. our primary focus right now are our firefighters and this incident is first life, then property protection and then line containment. right now we are 20% line containment of this fire. we'll be working all day and night to try to increase and reinforce that containment. brent: i'm joined by jason. he is in los angeles. good evening to you. you are rather close to malibu. it's one of those california coastal communities known all around the world. how are people there coping with these fires? jason: i'll be honest with y yo. we a are frustrarated. a l lot of people who live in te

malilibu and thousand oaks a arn this affffluent area, t they hae been h homeless fofor several ds now. it''s unclear when they are goig to be able to get back into the area to see if their home is nothing but t a pile of lumumber if their home m made it through the fireses. fire response teaeams are sayayg it is s still too dangerous to t into those areas because it is really a tight comommunity. there's narrow ststreets and tht eric. i-- in that area. brent: what are the plans for firefighters? are they plain and simply trying to extinguish the flames or are they hoping to containment tilde fifis burn thehemselves out? jason:n: right now containment s the number one priority. they are using helicopters, and six wiwing aircraft to drop fire retardant on a massive footprint around the malibu area, about 140 square miles worth of

terrain is what they are trying to, to encompass intoo the footprint of the woolsey fire that is burning down here. and everything that is inside that footprint, if a flareup happens, they will get you it, but as long as the fire stays within the containment line and they are making some progress but as long as that fire stays within that line they are making progress. brent: we, our -- we want our viewers to be aware there are fires in the south where you are, in the south of california and also in northern california. hundreds of people are still missing further north in bute county where the town of paradise used to be. what is the latest frorom there? jajason: completete and utter devastation. , peoples homes , cars, popowerlines, anythihing in the firere's path was chewswed up ad

incinerated in moments. the number of people missing is really hard for people to come brand. but people were sitting at home and law enforcement officials jumped in theheir cars and knocd on doors and said you have got to go now. people donon't hee celll phones. there is no service and people do not have identification because they had to get out at a moments notice. it is it's truly scary for those people up there. brent: reporting tonight frorom los angeles. jason, thank you very much. 11 people have been killed in an exchange of fire between israel and palestinians in gaza. it was sparked by an israeli forces special operation on sunday that reportedly left seven palestinians and an israeli officer dead. this was followed by israeli airstrikes and another one has been reported on a tv station run by the ruling hamas in the last few hours.

a barrage of rocketets into israel. reporter: the response from hamas has come thick and fast, the black smoke a telltale sign of another mortar attack. the israeli military says more than 80 rockets have been fired into his territory to. one reportedly struck a bus injuring a 19-year-old man. this is what prompted the attacks according to israel -- sunday's operation was supposed to be covert. but the remains of a car used by israeli special forces point to a mission gone wrong. hamas says the forces shot at and killed a local commander, both sides exchanged fire. the israeli soldldiers were evacuated by air. i saw explosions and lights. then i sell a helicopter. it came down in this area here. it was only here for eight

minutes and then it took often left. after it took off, the israeli army struck the area and hit the car. and their explosions, they struck the entire area." [sirens] reporter: 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 do not bode well for peace efforts in the enclave. crucial financial aid necessary to pay these people has been slowing and from qatar. but israel controls the access. a return to unrest could jeopardize that as well as talks with egypt and the u.n. this is an open battle between us and the zionist enemy. only it is responsible for this crime and its ramifications. procket fire is filling skies

again. israel maintains sunday's operation was not intended as an assassination whatever it was, violence looks to have returned to the region. brent: early response to our correspondent covering the story from gaza. we asked her about the situation on the ground. >> i can tell you that the situation is. extremely tense in the past hour, there have been constant rocket barrage. also a bus h has been apparently t byby mortars i in gaza.a. in retaliation, israel hasas sttedd -- in gaza. and palestinian factions have be en early -- said earlier tonight that this is -- a response to the incident from sunday night and they will escalate the rockets at israel will further respond to the strikes. brent: we asked her about the aim of the botched raid by

israeli security forces. >> that's exactly what we know. according to the army, this is a special operations, and intelligence mission but given the nature, we understand that an israeli special forces commander entered the gaza city with a car late on sunday evening. and apparently they were uncovered by members of hamas's military wing who guard the border. there was an exchange of fire followed by israeli airstrikes. a dozen, palestinians among them a commander of the military -- was killed. as a result of that rocket fire into southern israel. brent: here are some of the other stories making headlines around the world. several people are dead after a suicide bomber attacked a police chcheckpoi in the afghan capipil of kabulul.

hundreds of people gathered nearby to protest the government's failure to prevent attacks by the taliban. no group has claimed responsibility for the bombing. and if the international most prestigious human rights prize from aung san suu kyi. the group accuses the leader of perpetuating human rights abuses by keepiunng silent about violence against -- the muslim minority. stan lee, the men who created the avengers and black panther, has died at the age of 95. as the top writer at marvel and later its publisher, lee was consider the architect of the contemporary comic book. don't forget spiderman. you are wearing spiderman's colors today. let's talk about italy. i understand countdown is on. helen: the government in rome has got until tomorrow to come

up with a budget that will satisfy brussels. that budget for 2019. now, the european commission has kicked out the current budget, saying it flouts a commitment to reduce the country's debt. that debt is sizable. the second highest in the eurozone as a proportion of gdp. brussels says if rome does not come up withth the goods tomorr, it will start disciplinary steps against rome late this -- later this month. reporter: the italian government is not backing down over its budget, despite e.u. commission warnings to reduce its budgett deficit target. after talks with the your grorop presidenent, italy's finance minister said it would be political suicide to cede to the e.u.'s demands. >> we're going to reititerate or budget's fundamental characteristics and rationale. and we will continue to disiscus waways of bringiging our positin line with that of the european commission.

we'll also tatake the w worsenig economic forecast for europe and italaly into consideraration. that only confirms that our budget proposal makes sense. reporter: more debt for more growth? italian bags are not convinced that deficit spending will end well. a report says the countntry's fe biggest banks are considering opening a 2.34 billion eurocard at line purchase served to strengthen support for weaker lender's in the event of a banking crisis. helen: and, earlier we spoke to a germany economist the ecb's former chief economist and asked m what was likely to h happen next. >> at a certain point in time there will be a showdown. the question is whether the intel government will hit -- the italian government will hit the wall with the e.u. commission or other european institutions over the markets. i expect that the e.u.

organizations will standnd firm and not give in. second that rating downgrades will follow. and credit spreads will widen further. the the italian government will have no choice than to soften its stance, its position and to, at least to an extend to avoid the escalation of a national crisis. >> what are the chances of italy going bankrupt >> i hope this can be avoided. this would be the worst case. i hope that the signals coming from a european peers, other europe area member states come by also from the european institutions like the ecb, president mario draghi was very outspoken in his press conference arguing that italy cannot expect any support coming from the ecb. it is not within the mandate of the ecb to finance fiscal deficits. so, i think the message is coming from the peers of italy

are pretty clear. but i person expect that markets will behave more fiercely and signal to italy that it is a dead end, continuing this way of policymaking. helen: the view of the cheif economists, former chief economist at the european central bank. in the croatian seaside city of dubrovnik, two nations are sick -- are meeting to decide the fate of the tuna, a billion-dollar catch that has been overfishehed in recent yea. reporter: scientists shocked many in the fishing industry last month when they warn that stocks of fast swimming big eye tuna could crash h within a dece or two. big eye tuna is prize for -- in japan. and canned for supermamarket sales worldwide. >> so, at currerent catch levev, byby within the next 15 years, e stock is 60 times more likikelo

compleletely collapsed than to rerecover. and thatt is obvioususly very concerning. youu k know, the current catch level, the current allowable catch, would get us to that point. reporter: report in october show the population have fallen that must and 20% of levels. this is due to the catching of young tuna which depletes the stock before he can reproduce. -- it can reproduce. >> the catch has been very poor. and we believe this is because of the passing, the catching of the juvenilile big eye tuna, which adversely affects the status. rererter: experts calculating the cutting the catch to 50,000 tons. year -- per year, would give themem a 60% chance of recoveryy 2028 but some countries are not party to any quotas. and big eye hauls last year

topped 80,000 tons, high enough to drive the species to extinction. helen: over to brent now for a day to celebrate and a day to have a think. brent; we're going to talk about who 100 years ago won the right to vote. it wasn't me. 100 years ago women in germany won the right to vote. and today, angela merkel marked the centenary of women's suffrage. in berlin, she page of each of people who fought to change the law a century ago, but today women are still underrepresented in not only in germany's parliament. reporter: at the ceremony, women were for once overrepresented. only a few men were on hand at the german historical museum to celebrate women's suffrage movement. chancellor merkel was at the center of the celebrations. the first woman in germany to hold the post of chancellor and today that fact held special importance.

♪ >> no one laughs at a girl anymore wednesday that she says she wants to be a minister or chancellor. at the end of last year -- some were asking the question of whether a man should be allowed to do it. [laughter] so, i've been told. i did not make that up. however symbolically significant it may be to have a woman at the helm, women are still underrepresented in german parliamement. and, when it comomes to the economy, science and culture. women account for half the population but make up only 30% of the members of parliament. wuiithin government there is demand for laws that would increase the number of women in parliament. >> [speaking german] >> when we have a parliament and large committees that represent the people, then it's a good goal to say that half of them

should be women. so that a population is fairly represented. reporter: the goal must be parity, parity everywhere. germany still has a long way to go on that front. but chancellor merkel did not want to be pinned down about how to get there. brent: join me tonight at the big table is stephanie, from the european economy fo -- european academy for women. we'll talk about how germany can reach parity. let's start by listening to more of the german chancellor. >> the saying is one swallow alone does not yet mean it is summer. so, the fact that i'm around must not become an alibi. brent: i mean, a lot of people

around the world a look at the german chancellor and think germany has had a female chancellor for 13 years. how can it be then that parliament is so underrepresented when it comes to women and also other parts of society still don't have parity? >> in order to become chancellor, we had a few different -- raeasons, and one of them is also luck. the reason to be kam chancellor was, of course, because of a strategic thinking, but also because she was three at was so- that woman sort of won. and also, what the media, the

media, they were more talking about her haircut or her outfits. so, just exactly what she says. just just because she is there does not mean the structure has changed. brent: the german chancellor has announced she is leaving. the latest would be three years when her term rent out - her term runs out. one of the men that would like to replace her, he once was a rival of hers. it has been reported he has returned and that men want to returned to the locus of power. >> exactly. i mean, what merkel did is that she sort of, she has, she empowered women. like very specifically, like her most important advisers are female. and she, yeah, she tried, she was never pro-quota. brent: you mean having a certain number of women?

>> yeah. she was always but i think it had more to do with power politics, power plays than what she actually thought. brent: her speaker is a man. >> her speaker is a man but hers personal advisors are women. also, she's -- a woman she wants to be. brent: her productige. >> she did something and it is really interesting that now the old boys network sort of tries to push that away. brent: there is talk of there being a reflex. women come to power and then men push back when that happens. what about the need for support for men, for women, to be put in positions of leadership. >> well, of course, we need the support of everybody. it's not like, you have a gender, and then you are pro only your gender.

this has to do did with democracy, it has to do with what society you want to live in. and, of course, everybody who is against sexism, who is supporting the sort of riots and quotas and also in the past, i mean, we would not have this celebration if back in those days, men had not supported suffrage. brent: that is a very good point. a fascinating topic. we can talk the entire show if we had time. unfortunately, we are out of time. thanank you. the defense ministers of germany and france are in the west african state of mali tonight to shore up a peace accord and the troubled north of the country. now, germany contributes about 850 troops to a large u.n. peacekeeping force which has been buffeted by a jihadist revolt and ethnic violence. large swaths of northern

mali are the on the government's control. reporter: the presidential palace was a gift from mile marker dummy. -- from qadhafi. in a meeting, the german defense minister warned that the government must take more initiative. >> the government has to take complete responsibility. it's not only about the fight against terror. there are also many ethnic conflicts among various groups of the population as welll a as conflicts over resource distribution. and it's only the government here which knows the situation that's in a position to take mediating action and it really has to do so now. reporterer: the defense minister then visited the e.u. training mission nearby. germany is taking over its rotating leadership with 150

soldiers. the german military has trained more than 12,000 members of mali's army over the past five years but the defense minister is shocked to learn that some of soldiers confuted -- committed severe acts of violence against civilians. >> we expect the soldiers we trained to be guardians of human rights. to fully. fully commit themselves to protecting them. i have conveyed this in no uncertain terms. reporter: 850 german troops are participating in the mission which is responsible for maintaining peace in the restriv e no -- restive north. despite patrols and reconnaissance with drones, the secured situation has not approved. the opposite is true. now, even areas of central mali are consider dangers. besides the security problems in many parts of the country there is a lack of political progress. >> the 2015 peace treaty has not

been implanted yet. if the mali government refuses to become more active, the efforts of the international community will not show any result. brent: germany's alexander zverev won his opening match at the atp finals in london. the youngest player in the top 8 beat marin cilic in straight sets. the colorations po -- the cr oatian's poororm. continueses reporter: alexander zverevv beat cilic in his debut last year but it was cilic that got off to a flying start this time aroround. the croat s stormed into o an ey ththree-game they. but z zverev powered his way bak with a trademark backhandd winner.

in an earlrly second set both players dropd s serve. neither could gain the upper hand. and, once again, the set was decided in a tiebreak. zverev dominated. an another backhand winner down the linine earned him fiveatch points. the world number five sealed the tree with his first effort. his 55th match win, more than any other player on tour. brent: cambodia has built the world's longest dragon boat. theree it is. itit is made out of wood, 87 meters long and seats 180 rowers. the previously in his world record was set by china two years ago. cambodian celebrated the picture with a traditional dance and a spin in the boat.

here's a rememder of the top stories s we are followingng. at least 31 people have been killed in wildfires in california, 29 and a fire that destroyed the town of paradise in norththern c california. hundreds or on account of four. two more people died in a fire in the south of the state. you are watching dw news. after a short break i will be back to take you through the day. stick around for that.

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