lucy hockings is in the state of new south wales for us. hi, of new south wales for us. lucy. fire hi, lucy. fire crews have been readying themselves all week for today because hot and windy conditions are set to return to new south wales. there are 100 fires are still burning in the state. they are worried about the alpine areas and those near the state of the tory aware the state of emergency has been extended. south australia and kangaroo island are closely watching, where there is also a of emergency. i'm in a very beautiful pa rt emergency. i'm in a very beautiful part of new south wales, the kangaroo valley, and if i can show you some pictures of me arriving to where i am now, the kangaroo valley bush retreat. the currowan fire ripped through this property over the weekend and in 45 minutes, at the weekend and in 45 minutes, at the damage it did. the charred remains of buildings, trees, everything that you can see, and the trees are still smouldering. there are still embers in some of the trees and it is quite staggering. i am at trees and it is quite staggering. i amata

shaimaa khalil, bbc news, on the southern coast of new south wales. a short time ago ben shepherd from the rural fire service gave me an update from their headquarters in sydney. still across new south wales more than 140 fires continue to burn covering an area 3.4 million hectares. thankfully today a bit more favourable weather but we continue to see the fires move, particularly in the south—east of the state, the far southern coastline of new south wales where we see fires across the border from victoria into new south wales burning in a northerly direction towards smaller villages and towns like eden where we are currently still advising people to leave and to seek shelter indoors, as a fire purchase. over the coming days we will see more favourable weather where we can start back burning on a number of these fires to try to bring them under control, but towards the end of the week it is likely we will see again hot, dry and windy conditions return to many parts of new south wales and we won't have all of those fires contain by that time. we have

of new south wales. thousands have already had the road as bushfires close in. pro—iranian militia and their supporters have pulled back from the us embassy in baghdad, after a second day of violence. let's get more on that situation now. lieutenant general david deptula is a retired us air force commander who controlled some of america's biggest air combat operations in iraq and afghanistan. he is now dean at the mitchell institute for aerospace studies. he joins me now from arlington virginia. do you have any information or a theory about why these protesters have withdrawn as quickly as they have withdrawn as quickly as they have arrived? i would suggest to you that i think the iraqi leadership understands the significance and the importance of needing to control these militants, who is i think your audience can see from the clip that you showed, they are not really protesters at all, they are militants of the hezbollah brigades that are really an iraqi paramilitary group. but i think the iraqi lead

of new south wales. thousands have already hit the road — as bushfires close in. pro—iranian militia and their supporters have pulled back from the us embassy in baghdad, after a second day of violence. lets get more on the situation on those fires in australia. i'm joined now byjames findlay, his parents home in bateman's bay was completely destroyed by the bushfires just before new years eve. james, thank you so much for your time. i know this is a really difficult time, if you can describe to me how you found out about your family home? my mother received a call from my neighbour on new year's eve morning and the neighbour asked how my mother was, and she said we are fine, we are in new zealand on holiday, why are you asking? and they said, because you've lost everything, and my mum said, you're kidding? 0ur everything, and my mum said, you're kidding? our house just went up everything, and my mum said, you're kidding? 0ur housejust went up in fla mes kidding? 0ur housejust went up in flames and i

shaimaa khalil, bbc news, balmoral, new south wales. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: celebrations continue around the globe as millions welcomed the new decade with fireworks. the most ambitious financial and political change ever attempted has got under way with the introduction of the euro. tomorrow in holland, we're going to use money we picked up in belgium today. and then we'll be in france and again, it will be the same money. it's just got to be the way to go. george harrison, the former beatle, is recovering in hospital after being stabbed at his oxfordshire home. a 33—year—old man from liverpool is being interviewed by police on suspicion of attempted murder. i think it was good. reporter: it was just good? no, fantastic! that's better! big ben strikes the hour this is bbc news. the latest headlines: london welcomes in the new decade to the chimes of big ben as thousands watch a spectacular fireworks display along the banks of the river thames. the us is sending reinforcements to help defend its embassy in baghdad,

new south wales has dec sred a weeklote of emergency. at is partly because of the calculatio that the threat level is likely to increase. another way of viewing the scale of this is this satellite image which shows the volume of smoke. or you can look at the crisis in terms of figures. the amazon bushfires of last year burned 900,000 hectares. the california wildfires of 2018, 800,00hectares. in just new south wal, re than 4 million hectares have been burnt in the last six months. that has brought devastating hun cost and devastating environmentacost. ologists are estimating 480 million anils hav been killed by these fires. koalas have been terribl affected 8000 estimated to have died. that is around one third of the kabbalah population in new south wales. let's hear more from australians who have been caught up in the story. >>e the fireball just c through, if the house, and we n and all the embers and everything were hitting us. we were there for about an hour before we got rescued. >> it is very frightening. i would like to thank ever

there are people in the southern parts of new south wales who don't wa nt to parts of new south wales who don't want to leave but have heard in the last couple of hours of fire authorities are extending this evacuation zone to go further inland to ta ke evacuation zone to go further inland to take on more mountainous areas and also national park as well. and we also hear that from friday a state of emergency will be imposed across new south wales for seven days. that gives the authorities, fire authorities additional powers to cope with what they expect to be more ferocious conditions. and it's ha rd to more ferocious conditions. and it's hard to comprehend when we not there. just how tough these conditions are for the fire services, for those who are facing the threat of the fire. took us through the pressure on the government, the prime minister scott morrison, as he tries to handle this situation. i think this pressure on the federal government, on the said government, and the fire authorities to the firefighting effort in so many instances has been truly erotic, that emergency lin

south wales and we will be monitoring that for you here in south wales. —— new south wales. -- new south wales. we will continue to have update on the unfolding developments in australia and the bushfires on bbc world news. the fugitive businessman, carlos ghosn, has been banned from leaving lebanon after he fled there from japan last month to avoid trial for financial misconduct. the former nissan boss, who dramatically skipped bail, said he was prepared to face justice in lebanon if neccessary but that he would not return to japan. he has been talking to to our world affairs editor, john simpson. hello. very nice to see you. thank you. even though the lebanese courts have said he can't leave the country, carlos ghosn has lost none of his bounce. i'm free to receive my family, i'm free to see my wife, to live with my wife. these are all things which were forbidden when i was injapan. he's consistently refused to talk about his escape from japan by private jet, hiding in a box for musical equipment. even so, i gave it my best shot. it must have been a pretty unpleasant experience, mustn'

you can see new south wales is taking the brunt of this. there was arief respite over the weekend, lig city rain well received in sydney. theering] ros: i'm afrai hot, dry weather is due to return and the prime minister warns that the emergency could last months. here a some of the latest pictures we have. extraordinary, from a militg plane tryo land in victoria amid a haze of bush fire smoke. the military is involved in evacuation efforts. we have aerial pictures shong th devastation to one community in new south wales. there are terrible environmental consequences of what's happening, too. kualas get theirat intake from leaves and are gettingat hp he moment. this is home to several threatened species, with the fear that several coulde wiped out. next, let's focusn the coastal town of eden in the far southeast of new south wales. many residents have had to evacuate. reporter: iedem north became a makeshift evacuation center this weekend. people sheltering in boats and cars andome in the open air. we have a lull in the weather now. haveratu

fires in new south wales. we will keep you up—to—date as the situation continues to develop in both new south wales and victoria. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: we'll have more on the us and plans to send reinforcements to help defend its embassy in baghdad. the most ambitious financial and political change ever attempted has got under way with the introduction of the euro. tomorrow in holland, we're going to use money we picked up in belgium today. and then we'll be in france and again, it will be the same money. it's just got to be the way to go. george harrison, the former beatle, is recovering in hospital after being stabbed at his oxfordshire home. a 33—year—old man from liverpool is being interviewed by police on suspicion of attempted murder. i think it was good. reporter: it was just good? no, fantastic! that's better! big ben strikes the hour this is bbc news. the latest headlines: rio dejaneiro has welcomed in the new decade with over a million people gathering on copacabana beach t

welcome to nowra in new south wales. it's midnight in london and ham here in new south wales. i'm in the town of nowra the nerve centre for the regional response to the bushfire crisis here. the fires are right around the country, but among the worst are here in australia's most populated state, new south wales. there are still 150 fires burning gci’oss there are still 150 fires burning across the state. 2a people have now died in this bushfire disaster, thousands of homes have been destroyed and it's been estimated that half a billion animals in this state alone, have perished. australians are waking up to another day of devastation and emotions are running high. there is some reprieve for firefighters here today though because it s been raining. that is a psychological boost for people here, to have a cooler day and rainfalling. but people here, to have a cooler day and rain falling. but you need about 200 millilitres of rain initial space of time to effect the fires. so it is not enough, but it is providing a bit of reprieve for people battling the flames. as i mentioned

coast of new south wales but inland use in parts of in the new south wales as well to be truthful nobody really knows how extensive this fire is going to be but it's obviously going to be extremely dangerous journalist roger may not in sydney many thanks i grant and. now to some of the other stories making news around the world people in the indonesian capital jakarta have begun returning to their homes off the severe flooding forced tens of thousands to evacuate at least 30 people were killed others are still missing monsoon rains and rising rivers inundated thousands of homes and cut off of a pretty over a wide area. a key cattle and separatist party has agreed to help break the deadlock in spanish politics and abstain in a confidence vote in parliament next week allowing spanish prime minister paid for essential is to win sanchez the socialist party reached a coalition deal last month with another left wing party that pollinate still needs to confirm him as prime minister. well turkey his mike is rather have passed a bill allowing the country to deploy troops to war torn libya of movi

south wales. for example, the authorities estimate that almost 1,300 homes have been destroyed in this fire crisis. as you say in the last few days, we know that eight people have died. so there has been a significant impact on life and property, and the danger is far from over. there are milder conditions today and probably tomorrow, but on saturday we are expecting a return of those hot, windy conditions that are so devastating and do conspire to whip up the flames that raced through so many communities on the new south wales south coast. and the authorities are so worried about the conditions over the weekend, they have ordered tourists to leave vast areas of the coastline. it's about a 180 kilometre stretch from the town of batemans bay, all the way down to the victorian state border. so thousands of people are heeding that warning and there are many many reports of gridlock on the roads as people try to get out as soon as they can. that's right, phil, and we are being told that of course, the

of new south wales. thousands have already hit the road — as bushfires close in. let's stay with this story. i've been speaking to james findlay, whose parents‘ home in batemans bay was completely destroyed by the bushfires just before new year's eve. yeah, my mother received a call from my neighbour on new year's eve morning and just — the neighbour asked how my mother was, and she said we're fine, we are in new zealand on holiday, why are you asking? and they said, well, because you've lost everything, and my mum said, "you're kidding?" our house just went up in flames and it's all gone. what did your neighbour say about how the fire started and how the fires approached your family home and what happened? yeah, so, we had some friends staying in the house and they were told to evacuate early in the morning, and my neighbours decided to stay, and protect their property. it wasn't long, it was only a couple of hours until embers started flying from the nearby fire, and then all of a sudden my neigh

well that was 5 victims in the village of cobol go in at the south east of new south wales confronting australian prime minister there scott morrison tearing his visit there on thursday 2 people are reported dead in the village whose historic sent a bone to the ground on new year's eve this is how the prime minister responded to the residents and. i understand the very strong feelings people have that i've lost everything and there's still you know some very dangerous days ahead we understand that that's what we're going to do everything we can to ensure that i have every every support but by removing. now the response and i was not an isolated incident a firestorm of anger is raging across the country with many. citizens fed up with what they say is a lack of leadership from the australian government. many here in the studio with more call we just saw that much of that anger was directed at the australian prime minister scott morrison that yeah that's right i mean and much of this really comes from missteps on his part of and you probably remember just a couple of weeks ago morrison w

of new south wales and victoria that the one of the 5 is on the south coast of new south wales and another across the border in victoria may join up to form what is so cold being korda a super fire front struggling bud state borders so as you can see the potential threat that would of course for this stretch firefighting resources during what is already a very relentless fire season across much of the strength of a green felicity davey reporting live from sydney for the city but it's pretty. we're going to weather update next here on al-jazeera that the u.n. to cleanse the central african republic scarpa to a weapons free zone as it tries to recover from days of violence. ethnic council tax shelter her experiences from detention camps in china. hello there we've been watching this big winter storm across all the sections of the united states is beginning to work its way for the beginning to weaken but plenty of cat as you can see here and it's also brought a fed dumping of snow up into new hampshire 10 centimeters of poland and at the town of exeter and you can see had tried to keep those

south wales on new year's eve, you can understand why people are anxious to leave as quickly as they can. what is hampering the evacuation, lack of fuel and also in many areas, a lack of mobile phone and internet

australia's new south wales fire service warns people to leave the coast while they can. bushfires have killed eight and destroyed hundreds of homes since monday. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, seeks immunity from prosecution over charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust. i'm nuala mcgovern in london, also in the programme. hong kong police make 400 arrests, as anti—government protests and violence spill into a new year. all this started, more than six months ago, few could have imagined it would last this long. today, very few ca n it would last this long. today, very few can imagine how this is all going to end. and challenging stereotypes in singapore. we meet the working women rewriting the rules. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, midnight in london and ham in south—eastern australia where the fire service in new south wales has warned people to leave the south coast if they don't need to be there, ahead of possibly more ferocious fires that are forecast on saturday. the bushfires in that part of the country have now killed at least eight peo

earlier, he was heckled in cobargo in new south wales. two people died there this week, many homes have been lost. here, the guardian compares its main street before and after the fires. and its residents wanted to talk to the prime minister. you're out, son! you are out! beep. bye! beep. what about the people who have nowhere to live! here he was meeting another angry resident who wanted to talk about more support for the rural fire service. how are you? i'm only shaking your hand if you give more funding to our fire service. so many people have lost their homes. we need more help! so, there's the prime minister walking away as one resident says they need more help. he then encountered a firefighter who was equally unenthused at the idea of shaking his hand. all right, how are you? after those encounters, scott morrison said he's "not surprised people are feeling very raw". this crisis bringing incredible pressure on many australians. these are some of the latest pictures. this is victoria. you can see the scale of the fires. the volume

south wales right across the state border out sorry home north face of victoria parts of new south wales that are really suffering from a security far as look a getting in melbourne thank you and you time now to take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world from around on this embossed callus going is in lebanon after skipping bail in japan where he was awaiting trial for 5 financial misconduct in a statement gone claimed he was not fleeing justice but it was a scathing political persecution its legal team said it was shocked by the client skate lebanon up. and goal has frozen the assets of the daughter of the former president the move against isabelle to santos as part of an anti corruption drive known as africa's wealthiest woman she in asked a fortune taking stakes in angola companies during her father's term in office she denies any wrongdoing. musicians from the paris opera have given an impromptu performance on the steps of the city's famous bel steal oprah as part of a protest against president emmanuel pension reforms a union spokesman said the reforms wou

shaimaa khalil, bbc news, on the southern coast of new south wales. at least 28 people have been killed and many others wounded in an air raid against a military school in the libyan capital, tripoli. it's thought forces loyal to the militia commander khalifa haftar may be behind the attacks. violence has intensified in libya since last month, when general haftar announced a new phase in his forces‘ advance on the capital, which is held by the un—recognised government. the death toll in the worst flooding to hit indonesia's capital, jakarta, in over a decade has risen to 53, according to the kyodo news agency. indonesian authorities say over 170,000 people are taking refuge in shelters. the wet weather is forecast to continue until sunday with the possibility of more extreme rains in the coming weeks. let's get more on the assasination of iranian general qasem soleimani. sarah parkinson is assistant professor of political science atjohns hopkins university, in washington and joins me now. professor, where do you think this is going to lead, becaus

more than 125 fires continue to burn in new south wales. since september, the blazers have killed 19 people. the authorities say about 28 others are unaccounted for in the state of victoria. this is a nationwide crisis. fires are also burning in western australia, south australia and tasmania. and there is no end in sight. the blazers have been so big and have arranged with such intensity about the smoke haze has drifted across the tasman sea to new zealand. philjoins us now from nowra in new south wales. phil, what's the latest there? well, to the south and west of where we are in nowra, this is a regional city about 120 miles to the south of sydney, there is a major bushfire burning, and the authorities fear those extreme conditions forecast for tomorrow could make fires like this more intense, and that is why there has been this widespread evacuation order. vast areas of southern new south wales are being evacuated. we have spent some time today on the main highway, the princes highway between the south coast and cities like sydney to th

he was speaking and new south wales. let's cross back to charles livingstone who was on holiday in mallacoota. thanks so much for waiting good to hear what the australian prime minister had to say they're stopping you were talking about 30 or so homes lost, can you put into words some of the devastation you have seen first hand, people you know who have lost everything. the main problem is that there are so many of them now that it is hard track of them, but basically we had a friend who has lived in this area for 44 years and is well established, family hair even longer than that, and she was well prepared and she was prepared to be defend her home, they were ready, they were there until midnight and then they saw the state of the fire and they packed up and came back to this shelter before they realised that their efforts we re they realised that their efforts were in vain. we saw them when they came in at about two in the morning and my partner went over and talked to her, and she wasjust completely shellshocked. vomi

8 lives in new south wales me 2 in victoria and we do we have had an update recently from victoria to say that 28 people are missing still unaccounted for in victoria so the only thing is forced evacuation is to get people out of harm's way it's all about the preservation of life in the advance of these forecasts for potentially catastrophic conditions tomorrow peter we played that videotape felicity of the prime minister being heckled how strong is that feeling clearly very strong in that one particular location but across the entire region all the regions the states affected by the flames. be able to tempers and anger is is flaring in astray people are suffering $500.00 pages because these fires have been burning now since october in that particular town that scott morrison the prime minister visited yesterday kabongo they had lost 2 of their local residents in those new year's eve fires so locals were angry and the prime minister certainly received that event of of their anger which he said was understandable he said that that's the reason why he'd gone there was to give comfort an

south wales hundreds of properties are thought to have been destroyed across new south wales and victoria and the death toll this fire season has now risen to 24 of the one man was killed while defending a property but authorities say mass evacuations prevented major loss of life jessica washington has this update now from batemans bay on the new south wales south coast. condition have eased in many parts of this trial but of course crews are still battling 5 in new south wales in south australia and in victoria but they are making the most of these cooler temperatures and lighter winds to take control of some of the fires which are across the area now yesterday here on saturday and it's really a was described as a horrific day the damage is yet to be assessed but it detonated that at least hundreds of homes would have been destroyed this particular region of his trailer it's not just new south wales which is suffering but victoria surely there are also 5 burning in queensland and tasmania although not as severe as what is happening in the 3 day now we do understand that conditions all fa

will be back live wales we will be back live in new south wales in a moment. the japanese people are in mourning following the death of emperor hirohito. thousands converged on the imperial palace to pay their respects when it was announced he was dead. good grief! after half a century of delighting fans around the world, charlie brown and the rest of the gang are calling it quits. the singer paul simon starts his tour of south africa tomorrow in spite of protests and violence from some black activist groups. they say international artists should continue to boycott south africa until majority rule is established. teams were trying to scoop up lumps of oil as france recognises it faces an ecological crisis. three weeks ago, the authorities confidently assured these areas that oil from the broken tanker erika would head out to sea. it didn't. the world's tallest skyscraper opens later today. the burj dubai has easily overtaken its nearest rivals. welcome back. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stori

clive myrie, bbc news, in new south wales. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: china urges the international community to oppose taiwanese independence, after president tsai ing—wen‘s landslide re—election victory. day one of operation desert storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen the most intense air attack since the second world war. tobacco is america's oldest industry and one of its biggest, but the industry is nervous of this report. this may tend to make people want to stop smoking cigarettes. there is not a street that is unaffected. huge parts of kobe were simply demolished, as buildings crashed into one another. this woman said she had been given no help and no advice by the authorities. she stood outside the ruins of her business. tens of thousands of black children in south africa have taken advantage of laws passed by the country's new multiracial government and enrolled at formerly white schools. tonight sees the 9610th performance of the long—running play, the mousetrap. when they heard about her de

fill in at nowra in new south wales. thank you. still to come on the bbc, lots more on the bushfires are also going to have a little bit more on the royal family and going to have a little bit more on the royalfamily and mental health stop see you soon. the japanese people are in mourning following the death of emperor hirohito. thousands converged on the imperial palace to pay their respects when it was announced he was dead. good grief! after half a century of delighting fans around the world, charlie brown and the rest of the gang are calling it quits. the singer paul simon starts his tour of south africa tomorrow in spite of protests and violence from some black activist groups. they say international artists should continue to boycott south africa until majority rule is established. teams were trying to scoop up lumps of oil, as france recognises it faces an ecological crisis. three weeks ago, the authorities confidently assured these areas that oil from the broken tanker erika would head out to sea. it didn't. the world's tal

south wales border which is a fire within traveling to the south coast of new south wales to be fanned by that that strong wind at the same time so people are being very nervous at the moment about one or may not be happened it may be that we escaped any group the danger but there the fire service the fire chiefs are saying you know that the chances of you know catastrophic conditions emerging are very high and the people are extremely nervous and we are reading about these mass evacuations that have been taking place is it feasible that all the people who need to get out of the way of these fires will actually be able to. well i think most of them who want to go have got we've had about 50000 people trip down to the south because of new south wales over the past few days now a lot of those were tourists on the thousands of people have meant to get out our understand this morning the road to quite clear so obviously not many other people had to get out of this state the people staying behind or the locals the residents who want to protect their homes and they say they're doing the thin

south wales hundreds of properties are thought to have been destroyed across new south wales and also in victoria and the deciles i was into 25 after one man was killed while still hunting his property but authorities say mass evacuations have prevented major loss of life. this is the most significant this is the most comprehensive and the most dramatic in terms of discussion of response government that we've seen to a disaster such as this and i believe that's where we need to focus our attention and we are seeking obviously to communicate that directly to a strike it's to ensure that i can have confidence that the response is matching the maid well jessica washington has this update now from batemans bay on the new south wales south coast condition have eased in many parts of this trailer but of course crews are still battling 5 in new south wales in south australia and in victoria but they are making the most of these cooler temperatures and live to wind to take control of some of the fires which ending across the area now yesterday here on saturday and it's really a was described

new year's eve, south coach of new south wales flames putting up flames essentially they create their own weather system which can have devastating impacts as it causes havoc for firefighters on the ground. unfortunately, due to one of those fires, where these took place, the down burst and the winds a result of that weather event ended up causing one of our fire trucks to be literally turned on its head and unfortunately one of our own firefighters lost his life in that accident. so it is very dangerous conditions that we find ourselves facing sometimes where we have faced really bad weather day. >> so sorry about that. extraordinary when you watch everyone running to get out of town and have firefighters brave firefighters running towards the flames. so many towns in these small areas oftentimes it's one road in, one road out. how are evacuations, how is is that process even going? >> that's right. the area of concern, for us, particularly down that south post of new south wales, a lot of those towns are as you say one road in, one road out and those roads are surrounded by bush. ov

coast of new south wales but inland use in parts of india new south wales as well to be truthful nobody really knows how extensive this fire is going to be but it's obviously going to be extremely dangerous. journals roger may not in sydney many thanks. now to some of the other stories making news around the world people in the indonesian capital jakarta have begun returning to their homes after severe flooding forced tens of thousands to evacuate at least 30 people were killed others are still missing on certain runs and rising rivers inundated thousands of homes and cut off electricity to a wide area. if you can't land separatist party has agreed to help break the deadlock in spanish politics and abstain in a confidence vote in parliament next week allowing spanish prime minister pedro sanchez to win sanchez the socialist party reached a coalition deal last month with of and with another left wing party of parliament still needs to confirm him as prime minister. who is in paris have used tear gas to disperse protesters from a memo party headquarters as the standoff over the president'

of new south wales but inland in parts of in new south wales as world to be truthful nobody really knows how extensive this fire is going to be but it's obviously going to be extremely dangerous. journalist roger may not in sydney many thanks i grant and. hong kong's chief of police has defended his office's actions against protesters during a new year's day rally question when's comments come amid allegations of disproportionate use of force to restrain the crowds activists are eager to support the pro-democracy demonstrations but fear for their future reporter ts bootlegger has been speaking with one of them we've changed her name to protect her identity. the new year in hong kong has begun just like the old year ended with hundreds of thousands of people marching for political reforms the less said choice has been active in the pro-democracy movement since the outset i'm. now did see how yeah it's changed my life shouldn't be a moment the protest movement has let me move forward and become a positive i had seen how i am like i am that if i missed this i wouldn't have another chance to

coast of new south wales but inland abuse in parts of in a new south wales as well to be truthful nobody really knows how extensive this fire is going to be but it's obviously going to be extremely dangerous journals roger may not in sydney many thanks and grant and. now to some of the other stories making news around the world people in the indonesian capital jakarta have begun returning to their homes after severe flooding forced tens of thousands to evacuate at least 30 people were killed others are still missing monsoon rains and rising rivers inundated thousands of homes and cut off electricity of world wide area. cattle and separatist party has agreed to help break the deadlock in spanish politics and abstain in a confidence vote in parliament next week allowing spanish prime minister pedro sanchez to win sanchez the socialist party reached a coalition deal last month with another left wing party but parliament still needs to confirm him as prime minister. police in paris have used tear gas to disperse protesters from a man room party headquarters as the standoff over the president

of new south wales to thousands of people remain in small ball of the resorts in tiny communities and all the beach and didn't serve to try and try to find some temporary accommodation until they're rescued that might be some days away because the roads are likely to remain close to some time and in the meantime the. air force and the levy trying to get to these people are either to evacuate them by sea or to bring them out by helicopter but that is taking some time to organize and it may well be that these people who stay there until saturday if they can't get out of all are ok you mentioned the australian norm terry roger are they going to be playing a major role now what are they going to be doing to help alleviate the situation in the country. well too this was hope departed in the past few hours one from sydney and one from jervis clay which is south of sydney they're heading down towards the north you self worth the tour of the border so that they can closely evacuate these people at miller cooter there was a taking supplies as well and supplies it very very important at the mom

south wales hundreds of properties are thought to have been destroyed across new south wales and victoria and the death toll has now risen to 25 after one man was killed was defending a property but authorities say mass evacuations have prevented a major loss of life. this is the most significant this is the most comprehensive and the most dramatic in terms of this collision of response park a move government that we've seen to disasters such as this and i believe that's where we need to focus our attention and and we're seeking obviously to communicate that directly to australians to ensure that they can have comfort that the response is matching the need jessica washington has this update now from batemans bay on the new south wales south coast. conditions have eased in many parts of this trailer but of course crews are still battling 5 in new south wales in south australia and in victoria but they are making the most of these cooler temperatures and live to wind to take control of some of the fires which of burning across the area now yesterday here on saturday and it's really a was de

south wales to help recovery efforts as the bushfire crisis worsens and states of new south wales and victoria are expected to see temperatures of more than 40 degrees celsius on friday wind speeds are also rising at least 27 people have been killed and more than 2000 homes have been destroyed since september. well those are your headlines your firming up today the news continues here of course on al-jazeera after one whole one east see you a bit later. trade tensions could cut global economic growth by north point 8 percent we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in to what extent will china be a drag on the global economy in 2020 counting the cost. made a new identity. if the name for you. might cook for. him. he's known as the doctor. told. me they were. and he's helped criminals and terrorists move freely across the border. often to deadly effect. going on kong. what are 18 the hunt for the mafia forger.

that was when 3 million hectares of new south wales alone had burned. now that figure is nearer to 5 million hectares and that means the number of animals, mammals, birds and reptiles likely to have been affected is closer to 800 million and that's just new south wales. if you extend and make the assumption that average densities of various species are similar in other states, you're looking at even bigger numbers still, perhaps as many asi billion. what are the implications, then, for the ecosystem in those parts of australia that have been most severely affected by bushfires? it's quite likely that many of them will recover in the long term rather than shorter term because the fires have been particularly severe and extensive in the coverage, but it may be that for some of the species that have smaller populations and smaller ranges that have been mostly wholly burnt by the fires, unless there have been refuge populations that managed to survive, we might be looking at species that actually go extinct in these current fires. that's a sobering thought.

there is a really strong sense here in new south wales, eve ryo ne sense here in new south wales, everyone in australia wants to do something to help. there is a sense of despair amongst many people, a sense of helplessness, so everyone is doing what they can to help those affected and, of course, the firefighters who are really seen as heroes here. some of them haven't had a day off for weeks, fighting fires. there are more than 150 still burning in new south wales and we are watching these two big fires in victoria that people worry willjoin together to form one giant laser. this stay with us on bbc news from all the latest in australia on the bushfire crisis. hello. roadside —— sky for some on sunday night but not a huge amount of delight for the savadori did the rest of us for the next few days. quite a turbulence well with the potential for disruption from not just heavy rain but gales or severe gales, particularly to the north and west. it will bring with it some mild conditions before things turn chilly out later in the week. first comes from this area of low pressure from icela

dead and least 200 homes have been raised in the states of new south wales and victoria authorities are now delivering food and water to thousands of people taking refuge on beaches and the danger is far from over. field by searing temperatures and fast moving wins more than 200 fires continue to consume australia's south eastern states of new south wales and victoria a fire forced these rescue volunteers to take shelter in their truck as flames surrounded them the crew made it out safely. we also have a very real challenge at the moment with a couple of loss a lot of communities where we've got reports of injuries and burn injuries to members of the public we have been out to get access of our roads all of our aircraft it's been socked you know to digress and we simply can't access nor can the people in these areas. and some places the blazes are so intense that they smoke turned day into night the fires are causing dry lightning storms that themselves are starting fires. and it's pretty scary that wall of fire that we saw earlier i don't know whether we'd be trying to save the hou

the weeklong state of emergency has just begun in new south wales. eight people have been killed this week. the death toll is expected to rise with 28 people still missing. towns ravaged by fire, the prime minister was heckled by residents furious over the government response. >> our town does not have a lot of money, mr. prime minister. >> i understand the very strong feelings people have the have lost everything. there are still very dangerous days ahead. we understand that. we are going to do everything we can. sydney.now to the forecast for the weekend is terrible. what are people preparing to do? what are authorities planning to do? as you just have seen and heard, there is a relocation of people underway. making their way from coastal in new southwns wales and victoria. evacuating people out of fire zones to get away from these hot conditions. high 40's, more than 100 degrees fahrenheit. low humidity. authorities are fearing conditions could be worse tomorrow. then they were on new year's eve. these fires have ravaged coastal communities in new

south wales to help recovery efforts as the bush far crisis worsens the states of new south wales and victoria are expected to see temperatures of more than 40 degrees celsius on friday at least 27 people have been killed more than 2000 homes destroyed since september . hear from him today those are your headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after inside story we'll see a bit later but by. taiwan's president takes a 2nd town they say how are you advocates restoring to such areas in our group the selection of beyond inclusive to the mainland who continue to resist regions beyond the creation of taiwan's trying to trying to get into the next one and just iraq. he's a strong critic of nato yet donald trump said he'll be asking realigns to be more involved in the middle east but if the ongoing tension between tehran and washington wants nato able to offer this is inside story. hello there very warm welcome to the program i'm julie wentzell president donald trump says the u.s. doesn't need middle east oil so what's his country's wool in the region well the president is calling on nato

a 1000000000 have been killed we are absolutely stretched right across new south wales we've got falls booming from the queensland border although i down to the victorian border across the great dividing range. and the heat of summer is utah rife bellus. well stephan is a climate change specialist with the national university in canberra he joins us now via skype from there well good to have you with us is there any doubt that climate change is responsible for the extent and severity of these fires. well look i think the evidence is very very strong that climate change has made these fires much much worse than far as we would have at 30 or 40 years ago they still are not in a couple of ways one is the extreme temperatures well we've already had summer like temperatures the last couple of months in the upper thirty's to forty's and as one of the people who was affected by the fire said it's been dry up there the normal winter time cool season rain that we expect in southeastern still has failed 3 years in iraq and it's set up the forests the bush are in really really dry conditions so i

south wales. house democrats have begun trying to convince the senate sort of move president from office they open their argument in this impeachment trial on wednesday with 2 warnings saying that the opposition because we're public and majority history is watching and so are the american people heidi jocasta reports from washington d.c. please be seated this was the 1st of 3 days the impeachment managers have to present their case that president trump tried to pressure ukraine to get dirt on joe biden and withheld u.s. security aid as leverage nevertheless the documents and testimony that we were able to collect paints an overwhelming and damning picture of the president's efforts to use the powers of his office to corruptly solicit foreign help in his reelection campaign if this conduct is not impeachable. then nothingness i would rather go the long way from switzerland president trump again called his impeachment a partisan witch hunt he said he could live with having new witnesses testify in t

we'll be live with the latest from new south wales. hello and welcome to bbc news. new year celebrations are taking place around the world with many cities holding spectacular firework displays to welcome in the new decade. the first to welcome 2020 included the tiny pacific island of kiribati. the celebrations in sydney also went ahead despite calls for it to be cancelled due to australia's bushfire crisis. and tens of thousands of people gathered in london to watch the fireworks over the river thames. gareth barlow reports. crowd: five, four, three, two, one... big ben strikes the hour midnight in london, big ben welcoming in the new decade, the iconic london eye sparkling on the south bank. in france, saluts and salutations. parisians partied along the champs—elysees. the arc de triomphe triumphantly hailing 2020 had arrived. in dubai, the world's tallest building, the burj khalifa, was transformed into a tower of lights and pyrotechnics. it was a similar site in taiwan as taipei 101 sparked into a kaleidoscope of lights against an inky night sky. as parts of a

south wales hundreds of properties are thought to have been destroyed across new south wales and victoria and the death toll has now risen to 25 after one man was killed whilst defending his property but authorities say mass evacuations have for the most part prevented major loss of life this is the most significant this is the most comprehensive and the most dramatic in terms of its collection of response barca move government that we've seen to a disaster such as this and i believe that's where we need to focus our attention and and we're seeking obviously to communicate that directly to a strike it's to ensure that they can have comfort that the response is matching the need well jessica washington has this update now from batemans bay on the new south wales south coast. condition have eased in many parts of this trailer but of course crews are still battling 5 in new south wales in south australia and in victoria but they are making the most of these cooler temperatures and live to wind to take control of some of the fires which across the area now yesterday here on saturday and it's

south wales went down badly with a lot of calls. on the lot of the world as it was well over half the band down the viet nam don't have a lot of money 7 but we have the don't meet the prime minister now you know if you or your real. life. body or group like your other on your. 7 good note. australian prime minister scott morrison well the reaction in cobol go is not an isolated incident and raging across the country with many australians fed up with what they say is a lack of leadership. would you say with more welcoming so we just saw that much of the anger being directed at the prime minister yeah absolutely and a lot of that really does come from some of his own major missteps i'm sure you remember a couple of weeks ago morrison was actually on vacation in hawaii during one of the high points of this fire crisis and now there's been another similar incident during new year celebrations morrison was accused of ringing in 2020 with a party at his residence and many australians are not exactly happy about that here's one of them he

that'sjust new to have been affected is closer to 800 million. that's just new south wales. if you extend and make the assumption average densities of the various species are similar in other states, also burned, you are looking at even bigger numbers still, as many as a billion. what are the implications for the ecosystem in those parts of australia that have been most severely affected by these fires? it's quite likely that many of them will recover in the long term, rather than the shorter term, because the fires have been particularly severe and extensive in their coverage, but it may be that for some species that have smaller populations, smaller ranges, mostly burned by the fires, maybe we are looking at, well, unless they have been refuge populations have managed to survive, we could look at species going extinct in these current files. that's a sobering thought, isn't it? quite understandably, the immediate effort is focused on protecting human life and protecting property as far as it's possible. although mostly property is allowed to burn. keeping life is the most

holidaymakers stranded on the south coast of the new south wales were today given a window to get out of the danger zone. food and fuel supplies were dwindling and those able to drive out, faced long queues. australia's abc news correspondent philippa mcdonald reports. it was an order to leave that stretched from batemans bay on the new south wales south coast to the victorian border. we want to go, like, we've been told to leave, but we can't leave if we don't have fuel. getting petrol or diesel proved a challenge for thousands stranded since before new year's eve. they queued overnight and for hours today. i'm trying to get my son and daughter—in—law back to canberra. yeah, in two days, i've been stuck. i thought we'd better get a bit of fuel while we can. a precious resource in an emergency, where power is still out in much of the region. we've basically evacuated the whole part, as i advised earlier? yes, yes. the others, some of them haven't got anywhere to go and probably the oval is the safest place. the rural fire services' priority is to evacuate tens of thousands of holi

south wales hundreds of properties are thought to have been destroyed across new south wales and victoria and the death toll has now risen to 25 after one man was killed while defending a property but his side mass evacuations prevented major loss of lives this is the most significant this is the most comprehensive and the most dramatic in terms of escalation of response by kamel government that we've seen to a disaster such as this and i believe that's where we need to focus our attention and and we are seeking obviously to communicate that directly to a strident to ensure that they can have comfort that the response is matching the need we'll just go washington has this update now from a on the new south wales south coast. conditions have eased in many parts of this trial but of course crews are still battling 5 in new south wales. and in victoria but they are making the most of these temperatures and live to wind to take control of some of the fires which across the area now yesterday here on saturday and it's really a was described as a horrific day the damage is yet to be assessed bu