History since the 1940 s. So that the fuels in that area are extremely dense theyre extremely old and decadent and theyre extremely dry the socalled kinkaid fire along with the tick fire in suburban los angeles are the biggest of several blazes plaguing california during its traditional wildfire season when high winds and low humidity make for Hazardous Conditions the impact stretches far beyond evacuation zones californias pacific gas and electric the Utility Company is cutting power to nearly a 1000000 homes and businesses to minimize the risk of power lines sparking additional fires. As many as 3000000 people could be affected the company has already filed for bankruptcy in the face of lawsuits from last years wildfire season while this years may just be Getting Started kristen salumi aljazeera. Time for a short break here not just iraq when we come back german parties and opposite ends of the political spectrum some. Seen as a key test for the center ground. Growing up with guns and murder the challenges facing former child soldiers in saddam as they struggle to. Have those scenes of rain showers across areas of iraq and iran over the last few days is a few more the 4 calls paint a cloud streaming up from the west to the south and the rains any widespread all monday across northern sections of iraq into the west of iran as to how much is a bit lower in toronto just 15 celsius maybe a scottish through the eastern end of the med that tends to clear on tuesday but some fairly widespread showers at this point working their way through southern and eastern areas of turkey and again maybe just across into Northern Areas of iraq to the south across the raven peninsula weve got some mystically conditions until of course you look across into the arabian sea this is tropical cycle or not its a powerful storm system it is moving very slowly up towards the west so monday the seas beginning to become a little bit rough and certainly by choose day as it gets closer to the coast of oman we will see increased winds along here and also say some pretty rough seas at the moment the actual forecast track a little bit uncertain but well watch this very closely in the coming days and then down into Southern Africa some rain showers and calls the you indicate on is feeding cooler on monday 15 celsius maybe a stray shower into durban and staying pretty warm into john is that into long choose day a front slides through and it feels fresh 25. The weather sponsored by qatar in. Every weekly news cycle brings a series of breaking stories joining the listening post as we turn the cameras on the media when the entire service is control much of egyptian media it becomes an extension of the arm of the president and focus on how they would put on the stories that matter to them and still getting an accurate informative story out of there is not easy they pose it too late we already have the information theyre listening pounced on aljazeera. Welcome back at home out of our top stories here on aljazeera World Leaders are warning that the fight against arsenal isnt over yet despite the death of its leader. The u. S. President announced the bag that he died during a u. S. Military operation in syria is in the province. Argentina center left candidate out but often numbers have defeated the incumbent mario got into a mockery in the president ial election took 47 percent of the votes compared to michaels 41 percent with most of the votes counted and im to says hell meet matt brown monday to discuss the transition. Out of state what emergency has been declared in california as multiple wildfires burn out of control almost 200000 people have been ordered to leave their homes as Hurricane Force winds for it to spread the files. Were turning to our top story now Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi may not have been as well known to americans as a solid bin laden but his death is considered by u. S. Officials as a game changer in the war on terror and other reports on how he became the leader of one of the worlds most feared terror groups. It was july 2014 when the world got a glimpse of the man best known as abu bakar a bucket that he and iraqi whose real name is abraham a wide ibrahim. He walked out of the shadows to declare in islam it stayed in iraq and the levant from the great mosque in the iraqi city of mosul he led friday prayers after naming himself caliph or religious leader it was a show of power by an armed group which took over much of iraqs sunni heartland after the iraqi army all but collapsed 5 years later it was back daddys state that collapsed eisel once controlled 88000. 00 square kilometers of territory stretching from western syria to eastern iraq it lost its last stronghold in syria in march this year weeks after back that he made his 1st appearance in 5 years putting to rest many unconfirmed reports of his death in a video the ice a leader wanted to show he was still in charge and along with his group survived the territorial defeat back that he was behind the groups creation an expansion eisel originated in al qaida in iraq that he became its leader in 2010 he then capitalized on the unrest in neighboring syria exploiting the security vacuum it started to capture territory and changed its name to Islamic State in iraq and the levant before falling out with leader Ayman Alzawahiri eisel now challenges al qaida not only in syria and iraq but for the leadership of what it calls the global jihad this struggle but that he was once a prisoner in a us run jail in iraq he is believed to have been born near the iraqi city of samarra in 1971 and said to have a ph d. And islamic studies from an Iraqi University giving him religious credentials it isnt known what role baghdadi played in recruiting arab and foreign fighters or the. Orchestrating attacks abroad there have been questions about his grip on power and reports of dissent within the groups leadership but the man who declared himself caliph the would be successor of the prophet managed to elude death and capture for years and even though i still state in syria iraq crumbled under his rule the groups goals are not defined by borders or one man its appeal comes from harnessing the grievances of some new muslims in iraq syria and across the world. Tens of thousands of people in lebanon formed a human chain thats crossed the length of the country demonstrators say they want to present a unified front in their call for the government to resign. From beirut. They came out in their tens of thousands connecting a 170 kilometers of lebanons coastline and breaking sectarian divides by Holding Hands so were making this a human chain to show the full support of all the lebanese people from the north the south. The many people are linking the way to the Northern City of tripoli and stretching out. There im very human you have. To gather structure all of. This. Despite promises of Economic Reforms by Prime Minister saad the people have not left the streets after 11 days of protests their message the same as on day one we want to the corruption. Thats been happening for the past 30 years so now this is the this is the people speaking this is our time were all here basically for one thing just look at our basic rights and hopefully well get there what do you mean by basic right. If we can start by garbage on the street so if we can like electricity was. Everything the core message from the protesters is that the government must resign people tell us they want a neat new faces i left in the ninetys and when i come back after 30 years we have the same names. Nothing is changing the state of the infrastructure and you can understand the people who are running or governing the country how. This was a show of solidarity of this fractious population standing together under the lebanese flag its the 2nd sunday of these protests their call for the entire government to resign has gone unheeded the question is will these protests maintain their mentor and if they do how long will the government let them go on for Stephanie Decker al jazeera beirut polls have closed in colombias 1st local elections since its 2016 peace deal with fog rebels voters are choosing their local representatives but the polls being seen as a referendum on president even dukas government despite a peace deal struck between the government 3 years ago the violence has continued bolivian president evo morales has again warned his political rivals are planning a coup protest against Election Results continue the countrys electoral board name iran as the outright winner of the recent president ial vote but the opposition accuses the president of fraud of the 2 vote counts were halted also complained about irregularities in the count us secretary of state mike pompei as calls for review or a 2nd round election. Tens of thousands of protesters in pakistan are marching from karachi to islamabad calling on the Prime Minister to resign the demonstration was organized by conservative and religious groups marchers are expected to reach the capital on thursday accusing one can of rigging last years election and say his government is illegitimate the protesters also show solidarity with residents in indian administered kashmir which was stripped of its autonomy in august. Now the driver of a truck that contained the bodies of 39. 00 people is set to appear in a u. K. Court later on monday Morris Robinson is facing charges of manslaughter people trafficking and Money Laundering 25 year old was arrested shortly after the container truck was found last week the identities of the 39 people are still to be confirmed 3 of the 5 people arrested over the incident have been released on bail germanys far right party has served in elections in the eastern state of touring gear the contest seen as an indicator of the partys growing strength in the region but the support for the alternative Germany Party wasnt enough to stop the incumbent far left linker from maintaining the top spot dominic came reports from the regional capital of for the. First place for the far left and a personal triumph for this man for durham a little has given this state for the past 5 years now he thinks hes won another phone i wish to go to work for to ing and also to work for doing an important day for throwing a great day for 3 in the 38th anniversary of the border opening such an intense election and an option on which the people of the country decide for themselves other future of the country will be shaped. His main challenges have been from the far right a. F. D. Whose leader here is beyond her care a man who believes the National Holocaust memorial shames his country and who strongly opposed to immigration and multiculturalism those messages helped him more than double his partys vote share the sun is rising above the east and soon we will let the sun shine above all of germany we have made the east blue and in just a few years we will be a Peoples Party for the whole of germany. Collectively the vote for the 2 political extremes is more than 50 percent at a time when many in the old communist east germany feel disillusioned with what 30 years in reunited germany has brought them for the christian democrats this is a blow whose effect was clearly acknowledged by its lead candidate here. For flooring in the Democratic Center this is a bitter result we fought for this democratic senator in this Democratic Center did not get a majority all of which means finding a stable majority to govern this state for the next 5 years could be difficult one analyst believes the far left may try to govern alone but maybe theres a lucian should be a minority government and then more minority government could follow as an exit from this impasse created by the all against the a if the split in germany but so far at least all of the other parties maintained they are against the air. Although sundays vote was for this state parliament its message will resonate at the National Level many east germans are unhappy with the political process and theyre turning to the parties of the extremes to show it dominic. That the 3 in parliament. Now for years children have been recruited to fight in conflicts in many parts of sudan while some of these wars have ended reports by human Rights Groups say many children are yet to be demobilized by armed groups but even those released can struggle to rebuild their lives even horgan reports from could you believe in South Kordofan instead. This has become the way al had he has and spends most of his afternoons since the 21 year old returned home to casually 2 months ago he says growing helps him temporarily forget his 5 years as a child soldier which has scarred him mentally and physically. I used to hurt cattle and soldiers came up to me and said i will join the army they said i am no longer a civilian and thats how you became a soldier and if i dont defend the Village Women will be raped and killed or used to fire our produce and also record the documents for the group. And he says he was 15 when the armed opposition known as the sudans People LiberationMovement North forced him to join their ranks the espaillat has been fighting Sudanese Government forces since 2011 the conflict has killed tens of thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands more most fled to neighboring south sudan the conflict became one of 3 in sudan all marked by Human Rights Violations and atrocities theres no exact numbers on how many chelsea old as there are in sudan but Rights Groups say most are or have been part of opposition groups and while recent reports suggest that none are in the ranks of sudans army their reports show some are part of the Paramilitary Rapid support forces. Rights groups say the Rapid Support forces recruited children after the war in darfur where theyre accused of war crimes the New York Times also reported that child soldiers are employed to fight for the Saudi Led Coalition were in yemen some as young as 14 paid as much as 10000. 00. And the Rapid Support forces are accused of killing at least 100 prodemocracy protesters when their sitting was attacked in sudans capital which 4 months ago the our staff and sudans government deny recruiting children but weve conducted training within the ranks of the Rapid Support forces and have not recorded any use of child soldiers and to avoid being accused of recruiting them raised their enlistment age from 18 to 20 but some soldiers tend to have young looks and small bodies on the station for child soldiers the United Nations childrens Agency Unicef says that its working with sudans new Transitional Government to verify soldiers ages and will demobilize child soldiers if they find any there is a strong commitment in terms of the military of the nation that we as you said have been speaking with the r. S. S. And we have gotten the same assurances that we can come in that we can verify it has begun so it will be a question of access so where there is access will be able to verify. And how do says he wants to rebuild his life even though his recruitment meant his missed out on getting an education while hes yet to recover from his days as a child soldier hes hoping his future isnt hindered by his past hes going to aljazeera South Kordofan. Renee soames masterpiece found in a womans kitchen in france has become the most expensive medieval painting ever sold the 13th century piece christ mocked sold for 26600000. 00 well over the initial estimate its the 1st time in decades that a painting by one stones monster has gone under the hammer by painting in the kitchen for years a small painting is said to be in excellent condition. To have a quick check of the headlines here an aljazeera World Leaders are warning the fight against eisel isnt over yet despite the death of its leader Abu Bakar Al Baghdadi the us president announced of baghdad he died during a u. S. Military operation in. France and britain say his killing in northwestern syria is an important moment but theyll continue to work with allies in the middle east to feed the group entirely argentinas center left candidate Alberto Fernandez his defeated incumbent but its a matter in the president ial election that was focused on the economy with most of the votes counted fernandos had around 47 percent of the vote compared to mark was 41. 00 and under says he will meet on monday to discuss the transition to resume has more now from what desires this have been very very difficult Economic Times for argentina times when people have been going to the banks changing their passes for u. S. Dollars because they do not trust in the Banking System taking their money out of the government is currently struggling with very high inflation poverty rates the possibility of a default for strategic and most analysts and most economy faith that there is a clear plan for the next month because the next president takes over in 2 months and its necessary to know what measures the next president is going to take in order to bring some stability. The bolivian president evo morales says his political rivals are planning a coup in response to his reelectio