new guinea we re that were made by papua new guinea were not honoured stopping the resources given, the infrastructure given went on it, so now that is a chance and we will have to see political leaders will deliver on these things. the people will be watching very carefully, and the post referendum task force, which we have been helping as well, sets out how they should proceed from here, but it will be not without challenges that we will just but it will be not without challenges that we willjust have to watch how it plays out. she's the youngest individual ever to be named time's person of the year, and there's no denying that greta thunberg is making an impression. she's calling out world leaders for making excuses to avoid taking action on climate change. at a climate conference in madrid, she accused world powers of always finding loopholes to avoid making real change. 0ur science editor david shukman reports. ms greta thunberg. a global celebrity at the age of 16, greta thunberg was here to energise the talks, not with emotion, but with a calm reminder to world leaders that t

new guinea. they set up two camps, one in manus island and one in the one of the islands of micronesia, nauru, and that is where all of these would—be asylum seekers ended up after 2013. what were your feelings when you arrived in manus island? you use this word, i think we should make it clear, "boat people", it is one of the main concepts that the australian government is using for describing us, and they call us "boat people", and you know, it is like a negative meaning in australian political context. so australia is using this word just to create fear and people are scared of us. you know, i call this policy "exile policy", the australian government and the media called this "pacific solution." but for me, innocent people who arrive in australia by boat, it is an exile policy and i was exiled to manus island. and the way they did that, it was a big humiliation and deep humiliation. so of course, i never forget that. i describe that in the book about how they were treating us. so, definitel

the capital city of papua new guinea to australia, then transit and fly to new zealand. but i was scared that if i did that they would deport me from australia. so that's why i flew to the philippines. i was in the philippines. i was in the philippines for 19 hours in transition, then flew to new zealand. interesting that you didn't feel you could possibly take the risk of going into australia, even in transit, and you call it a long journey but it is nothing like the many years of journeying journey but it is nothing like the many years ofjourneying that journey but it is nothing like the many years of journeying that you have had to endure to get to where you are today. let us go back in time to pick up this story when you we re time to pick up this story when you were still a young man in iran, of kurdish origin. you decided to get involved in activism, both political and cultural activism as a kurdish in around. what happened to you to make you feel you had to leave? —— in iran. iwas make you feel you had to leave? —— in iran. i was born in war and i grew up

i'm heading out to papua new guinea to find out where palm oil comes from. excited. and how we can make it more sustainably. i've never flown further than europe before, so this is a huge adventure for me. just so many new palms that have been planted. a huge area. a huge, huge area. and here's the thing. palm is actually the most productive oil around. for the same amount of sunflower or coconut oil, which are the main alternatives, you need up to ten times more land than for palm. so, why does palm oil have such a bad reputation? despite being so productive, the main reason is deforestation. it is said to have been responsible for the loss of 8% of the world's forest between 1990 and 2008. papua new guinea is home to the third largest rainforest in the world, after the amazon and the congo basin. this is one of the largest palm oil plantations in the country. to make way for it, the forest has been cut down huge chunks at a time. nobody sees this. we don't appreciate kind of what goes into putting things on ourface. love me. i love. what we use to, like, wash with,

while filming a show called "killing zac efron" in papua new guinea, reports say zac efron was nearly killed by a sudden illness. ephron was reportedly airlifted to australia for treatment after a bacterial infection possibly typhoid transmitted to patients by contaminated food or water. before the infection hit, ephron was seen in this photo with a tour guide in papua new guinea after his battle caught possibly in the jungle. his doctors reportedly gave him the green light to fly home to the u.s. for the holidays. he will star and executive produce in the new adventure series called "killing zac efron" writing he was very thankful for everyone who has reached out adding i did get sick in papua new guinea but bounced back quick. i'm home for the holidays with my friends and family. thanks for all your love and concern. see you in 2020. glad he's doing well. ephron has not commented on the actual diagnosis. >>> coming up, the final piece of the nfl flayoff puzzle. >>> but first the challenge for investigators trying to determine the cause of this plane crash that killed five people inc

efron also said he did finish his three weeks in papua new guinea. "killing zac efron," featuring an apparently very much alive zac efron, claims efron will carve a name for himself in expedition history. so much to look forward to there. he's lucky he got the health care he did being airlifted to australia. typhoid is very dangerous, can be deadly. one of the big three bacterial infections. >> we're glad he's okay. >> absolutely. >> thank you so much. >>> we turn overseas now to the deadly wildfires that are sweeping through australia. 30,000 ordered to evacuate on the coast as more than 100 fires are blazing across the country. all this as questions now grow and some criticism about sydney's famous new year's eve fireworks show. matt gutman has the latest, and a lot of people questioning if that show should go on in the first place. >> reporter: t.j. good morning. but other cities in australia including canberra, the capital, canceling theirs. this morning, the tenth australian firefighter lose his life as they continue to battle to try to rescue t

a south pacific island, bougainville, have voted to break from papua new guinea, paving the way for to become the world's newest country. more than 98% of voters said yes to independence. india's parliament has passed a controversial new law that offers citizenship to undocumented migrants from its neighboring countries as long as they are not muslims. the upper house past the bill 125 votes-105. the bill has already been approved by the lower house and is now set to be signed into law. the legislation has sparked protests in various parts of the country with opponents saying it discriminates against muslims and violates india's secular principles. dw's correspondent has been following the story for us. >> the controversial citizenship amendment bill has been passed by the indian parliament. the lower house debate on this bill extensively monday and today the upper hououse in parliament has given its ascene. this comes in the midst of massive proteststs broke out in the northeastern states of the country. the northeastern states are concerned about the bill because they would make citi

the south pacific islands of view have voted overwhelmingly to break away from papua new guinea the boat paves the way for it to become the world's newest nation or that 98 percent of voters backed independence. giant sinkhole has swallowed up at least 4 cars in the capital of brazil it happened when a road next to a building site in brasilia partially collapsed the cars fell into the sinkhole had been parked on the street time and there were no injuries. u.s. president donald trump has come one step closer to becoming the 3rd u.s. president in history to be impeached democrats in the house of representatives have set the process in motion by announcing 2 articles of impeachment against. at a campaign rally in hershey pennsylvania donald trump was not amused the democrats had unveiled their articles of impeachment and in defense of the president deployed his usual strategy of insult. the house democrats announced these 2 flimsy pathetic ridiculous articles of impeachment that as democrats are walking back from everything they claimed with today's announcement they're now admitting there

new guinea the vote paved the way for to become the world's newest nation more than 98 percent of voters backed independence. tens of thousands of people returned to the streets of prague to demand the czech prime minister. resign the latest protest was fueled by the chief prosecutor's decision to reopen an investigation into allegations of fraud involving european union subsidies. and a giant sinkhole has swallowed up at least 4 cars in the capital of brazil it happened when a road next to a building site in brasilia partially collapsed the cars that fell into the sinkhole have been parked on the street at the time and there were no injuries. in new zealand police say any attempt to recover bodies from monday's volcanic eruption must wait because the island of phuket is too dangerous to set foot on poisonous gases are venting from the volcano in the island discovered in a city gosh the bodies of 9 people are thought to be on for caare 22 survivors are being treated in hospital many of them with severe burns. joining us now from auckland new zealand is journalist caruso paramita how are

tv show in papua new guinea about surviving the dangers of the jungle. efron is believed to have contracted typhoid. he was flown to brisbane in australia for treatment. he thanked his fans for reaching out and said he still managed to have three amazing weeks in the remote island nation. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of my team on twitter... thank you for watching today. hello. it has been another mild day across hello. it has been another mild day a cross m ost hello. it has been another mild day across most of the uk. but in the short term we are expecting a touch of frost tonight across the northern half of the uk, scotland, northern ireland and northern england. the last 2a hours we have seen this weather front streaming in out of the subtropics, pushing a mild air in our direction which has been spreading across many parts of europe but now this weather front will be sinking southwards and the colder air that is in the north atla ntic colder air that is in the north atlantic will push into scotland, northern ireland and also th

s last february it allowed doctors to request patients to be transferred from camps on papua new guinea and nauru the senate overturned the law by 37 votes to 35 china has warned that a new u.s. law critical of beijing's treatment of its we are muslim minority will impact relations and education which still needs to be passed by the senate demands a tougher u.s. response to detention camps in china's province the bill frightens sanctions against communist party officials blame for abuses asian brown reports. at 1st china's government denied their existence but then last year state television released pictures of what were described as vocational training centers where ethnic muslim weekers a learning new skills in the remote western region of shin jang human rights groups estimate that more than a 1000000 a week is a being held in what they describe as a 21st century good leg where inmates of being brainwashed and forced to renounce their religion. now the united states house of representatives has decided it's time to act it voted overwhelmingly to call on president donald trump to app

move the result the result is nonbinding in the final say rests with papua new guinea's parliament the vote was promised as part of a peace agreement. groundling keeps recovery crews from reaching new. hello again welcome back to your international weather forecast well we do have a few clouds pushing through iraq right now making their way towards iran you can see it on the satellite image right here and that is going down here towards the southeast more towards the arabian sea and we're going to be seeing some rain showers here for karate here on one say maybe $28.00 degrees but the snow is going to increase in the higher elevations by the time we get towards thursday we do have a storm system that we are going to be watching very closely over the next few days comey and off the mediterranean making its way towards the east and that is going to bring some very heavy rain not only for turkey for a cyprus for parts of syria as well as into lebanon as well for beirut expect your conditions to start to deteriorate as we go to the next couple of days we have seen flooding there already so

before filming in papua new guinea. they are ironically called the killing zac efron. he fell seriously ill but he says, he finished out his three weeks and made it home in time for the holidays. >> when it comes to popping the big question, everything has to be perfect. >> this firefighter had to dress up. with his christmas list. he got down there on one knee. and, with a santa stop program. taking holiday pictures with the kids. and they popped the question. >> very cute. >>> according to a poll, there are a few words that nobody wants. >> it's official. here's the most annoying word of 2019. whatever. depends on how you say it. the word has been at the top of the list for more than a decade. in other words and phrases, no offense, but. and, dude. a new runner-up, a customer service saver. please wait, i'll be right with you. and talking to people ages 45 and older found that more irritating than people who are younger than 45. >>> 625. for the new year. the conditions you can expect. if you are heading to the mountains. >>> the san francisco 49ers wrap up their unb

they go back to the guys who went to london they went back to papua new guinea there's one thing they wanted to take back with them. one thing they had seen in the western world that really impressed them it was the idea you could put feathers on arrows to fly straighter. that's what they found clever a good invention it is an interesting point because we are trained to thank you have to leave a legacy and change the world. are we changing it for the better who change the world? columbus and hitler. good job hitler. a lot of people who changed it should have left it alone as far as i'm concerned. people say your book i say i don't care and has no value to me so this idea that we are put here on earth to build a company or a brand or i don't know what people are doing with these ambitions. i've always been very suspicious of an organization they are trying to get me to extract my energy from somebody else's benefit our purpose here is to take care of each other and have a damn good time i don't see anything beyond that. and i think that's enough progress at least for me. >> you had a g

. >>> zac efron is confirming reports he became sick while filming in papua new guinea. >> efron was hospitalized with a reported case of typhoid or a similar bacterial infection. he didn't confirm what made him sick. he thanked family, friends, and fans for their concern. >>> coming up, we're revisiting one of my hottest assignments of the year. >> you may remember this, what kenneth taught us all about those happy chemicals. you're watching "world news now." hd 5. hd 5. mauh, was justou think going to drive home. ah-ah-ah. there are several warning signs present that you shouldn't be driving. like hearing voices? like your text-to-emoji ratio. oh, man. the selfies! selfie! nailed it. man: we all have warning signs that let us know that we're probably not ok to drive. mine is pretending to be your subconscious. kevin: greg! come on, man. let's split a ride home. [door shuts] ♪ oh it's too hot too hot lady ♪ got to run for shelter got to run for shade ♪ >>> appropriate song for this story. we've been taking a look back at some "world news now's" biggest and hottest stories of t

the united states and papua new guinea. i remember when i was pregnant with my first child and i asked my offices about leave policy. and do you know what they said? leave, what leave? women just leave. we expect you to leave. and i said i didn't intend to leave, i intended to come back to work and they said it's the only time it's ever happened. that was an unacceptable answer then and it's an unacceptable answer now for families across the country. there are some basic and fundamental questions we need to face as a society. for example, if a young woman, a hardworking and promising employee wants to have a child and spend a few weeks caring for her newborn, should she be forced to go without any paid maternity leave at all? or should we as a nation finally recognize that having a child is a wonderful and predictable part of our employees's lives that we should support. if a father's two-year-old daughter is diagnosed with cancer, should he be forced to take leave without pay and face financial hardship in order to take hi