connelly and he is in paris for the talks and joins us for more hi nick this will be the 1st ever meeting between ukraine's president selenski and president putin what do you think we can expect when these 2 meet. well to meet the expectations of very high indeed basically everyone has been waiting for this meeting since he was elected to ukraine's presidency earlier this year you'll have selenski the man who this time last year was a comedian and not in politics it's all up against that image putin who's been in charge of russia for almost 20 years that's longer than any recent russian leader since stalin the question is how he is political newbie will do in those talks williams lenski for his part has put a lot of work into getting this mission to happen a lot of legwork and he seems to think that the personal chemistry and that contact could actually really help to change things. change the political dynamics in a way that original negotiations haven't but very very tense situation here in paris lots of press all eyes and europe on paris today and this meeting very tight security and a

that report from our correspondent nick connelly he is in paris now for the top find nic this will be the 1st ever meeting between ukraine's president selenski and president putin what can we expect when these 2 meet. the expectations are colossal everyone's being counting down to this meeting since president solecki was elected earlier this year on the one hand you have the former comedian who wasn't in politics this time last year up against vladimir putin who's been in charge of russia for almost 20 years longer than any russian leader since stalin there's a real despondence there selenski it seems is expecting a whole lot he's put in a lot of legwork to make this meeting happen he thinks that kind of meeting that personal chemistry can somehow change the political rules the political dynamics of all of this in a way that traditional negotiations can't. tickle we'll have to see some tree is never very exact science but we're going to be here all day to see what comes of this make you mention that lead break that's all i've put in he's actually made really significant concessions he

connelly sent us this report. close enough to see what the other side having for lunch that's how these ukrainian troops have spent the last few years just 300 meters from the russian backed separatists facing them the whole night without a single shot i don't remember a day like that maybe on the 1st night of the cease fire it's a strange and there's no fi at all you get all nervous we're used to the shooting at us and. the conflict may have fallen out of the headlines but the shooting and the death continues less than a 10 minute drive away a young woman out walking with a child was severely wounded by a stray bullet just last week our guide through the trenches on xander was in his 2nd year cadet school when the conflict broke out when he unrolled he could hardly have imagined that he would soon find himself by 1000 kilometers from home fighting a trench war the. tide of the war has parents wives warrant about them back home but if the politicians can sort this out by talking why not if we withdraw from here it

connelly reporting for us there in paris thank you nick. in australia authorities have issued warnings of dangerous fire conditions as temperatures rise across large swaths of the country already ravaged by bushfires in sydney australia largest city usually unmistakeable structures like the harbor bridge and the opera house are blanketed in a cloud of smoke weather forecasters expect the situation worse with temperatures predicted to soar above 40 degrees celsius now environmental officials say the conditions in sydney over the last month have been unprecedented the hot weather combined with gusty winds are making every day life a struggle for people across the state of new south wales. desperate and helpless before the ruins of their lives 4 weeks ago a bushfire barden through. taking everything. the knew it was a risk zone. is far from normal they're angry at their government for not teaching climate change seriously it just makes me bloody angry because. they were saying this is going to happen this is going to happen it's going to happe

connelly traveled there and he sent us this report. close enough to see what the other side having for lunch that's how these ukrainian troops have spent the last few years just 300 meters from the russian backed separatists spacing them that whole night without a single shot i don't remember a day like maybe on the 1st night of the see saw and it's a strange when there's no financial you get all nervous we used to the shooting at this and. the conflict may have fallen out of the headlines but the shooting and the death continues less than a 10 minute drive away a young woman out walking with her child was severely wounded by a stray bullet just last week. through the trenches on xander was in his 2nd year cadet school when the conflict broke out when he unrolled he could hardly have imagined that he would soon find himself a 1000 kilometers from home fighting a trench war. right off the war has parents wives about them back home but if the politicians can sort this out by talking why not if we withdraw from here it's not a disaster as

our correspondent nick connelly is in paris he was following the talks for insight and joins us for more hi nick so these 2 leaders have agreed to a prisoner swap and also to implement a cease fire how significant are these developments well sumi this is not the big bang so maybe we're expecting this is i think in reality as much as could be expected these are measures that will create goodwill bring prisoners back for the new years holidays trying to aim for a stable ceasefire something that hasn't been achieved in years after dozens of attempts the real sticking point is the same as it has been since the beginning of this conflict who makes the 1st step who has to compromise 1st is a ukraine the compromise 1st by giving an autonomous status to those regions and allowing elections to take place before it regains control of those territories which effectively would turn those separatists into ukrainian politicians or does russia step back and allow ukraine to re going control of its eastern border with russia and make sure that those elections happen according to ukrainian laws that is t

towards deescalating the situation in eastern ukraine as well as easing tensions in our correspondent nick connelly is in paris and he's been covering those talks nic the russian and ukrainian leaders have agreed to a prisoner swap i understand and they say they'll implement a cease fire now but how much progress was actually made on ending the conflict in eastern ukraine. well good morning terry i think if they manage to converge on those promises alone that already will be a big step after all over these 5 years of conflict 20 attempts been made to create a lasting cease fire none of those have been successful none of those have stopped for more than a couple of days at best in terms of the prisoner exchange that is obviously a deeply emotive act especially ahead of the new year's celebrations and christmas in russia and ukraine so that deep symbolism in that if those prisoners are able to return to families in time for those holidays on the real sticking points on the crunch points and that's basically about who compromises 1st does ukraine give the separatist regions and autonomy statu

nick beake, bbc news, the hague. aaron connelly is a south—east asia expert at the international institute for strategic studies what has been requested this week and the hearings ongoing has been effectively an emergency injunction to prevent myanmar from violating further the rights of the rohingya people and further acts of genocide. if they get that, it will be legally binding on rohingya but rohingya has not complied with a number of international efforts to protect the rohingya in recent years. but from now until a decision is made, could more sanctions be imposed? certainly the international community could respond to the court's ruling by imposing sanctions. but there has been a relu cta nce sanctions. but there has been a reluctance in the security council, where china and russia have been protect in myanmar from international scrutiny. unlikely to be multilateral united nations sanctions. before aung san suu kyi became the de facto leader of myanmar, she criticised the abuse of the military on the burmese