it's very challenging on the ground at huge fires here in south australia and also. curry's of a dream that this. science. this plane is honest and i was 700 arms lost and it's outstretched it would be but not sure here it is i saw you have a 20 maybe wanted to die and it really senses 'd. that houses. destroyed all the files to attend a loss of property loss we've heard reports of these fires are so intense that they're creating their own weather patterns is there any indication of how long these fires in extreme temperatures will continue. in the south last. trawlermen so this is right follow it which. we have here where only if. they're going to try to get. this forecast you know what it race again this weekend and into next wait so i never really worried about getting troll cause the serious. jai o'toole from the red cross emergency services in south australia appreciate you making time thank you. let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world a fierce storm battering spain and portugal has killed at least 5 people strong winds and to

hello there the heat is back on across the south australia but the some better news because it really is just a spike in the temperatures so no say heat wave not these prolong spells of hot weather though we have seen in the preceding weeks that is very very warm look at this 40 celsius adelaide on monday 43 in melbourne and 40 celsius in hobart now from melbourne and hope at least how much is all of 20 celsius above the average boss it is short lived meanwhile out at schools the west 26 celsius and then there's a front just sliding through the great behind and as it comes through it will finally change direction of the winds bringing some and so temperatures coming back down to much more normal levels want to like his well across into high boss and maybe a few showers into mild them but it's looking fine and dry for the next couple of days into both islands of new zealand fairly cloudy on monday and at the south on them but not cold will sunshine view that on tuesday and a warm day or 2 and with a high of 24 degrees celsius all the colder than that further to the north are going to m

fire warnings have been issued in victoria south australia and new south wales. turkey's president is fast tracking legislation that would allow the deployment of troops to libya present egypt type are the ones government is expected to submit a motion to parliament on monday libya's u.n. recognize government requested the forces to stop the military push on tripoli by forces loyal to ward khalifa haftar aren't other one had reports from tripoli. the fight for tripoli is collating now the foreign ministry is calling on the united nations and the international criminal court to intervene the un recognized government accuses forces fighting for warlord flee for hefted of committing crimes against humanity and their campaign to capture the capital and not know another unwisdom and we are asking the international community to perform its role after it doesn't have any legitimacy and has been destroying tripoli for the past 8 months yet the international community has not moved to stop him only now as we have a new ally regional and international powers are rising aga

fires are also burning across south australia. in parts of the state, temperatures rose above a0 degrees celsius, marking the start of a new wave of heat in the continent's south. over the past two weeks, hundreds of people in south australia have needed medical attention for heat—related illnesses. look out for the signs and symptoms that are generally associated with dehydration, and they include headaches, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, and ultimately, potentially, collapse. authorities in new south wales are also worried about protecting water infrastructure, which could be damaged or contaminated by ash, including the warragamba dam, which supplies the majority of sydney's water, a city home to 5 million residents. what that means, when it rains again, what sort of run—off will there be? what sort of siltation will there be? ash soil, all of that stuff getting into the waterways. the situation is also affecting tourism. visitors to a famous rock formation in the blue mountains took photographs in front of the sign, after th

jai o'toole from the red cross emergency services in south australia appreciate you making time. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. a fierce storm battering spain and portugal have killed at least 5 people strong winds and torrential rains have damaged buildings and roads and cut power lines across the iberian peninsula but the words warn that conditions are likely to get worse as another powerful storm is headed for the region in istanbul thousands of people have marched in support of china's mainly muslim rieger minority they're calling for an end to the crackdown that is seen upwards of a 1000000 people sent to detention camps in northwestern china the protests followers social media posts from turkish german football star made suit who condemns china's actions poland's lower house of parliament has passed legislation that allows punishment of judges who make rulings considered unfavorable to the government opponents have demonstrated for weeks against the charge changes the european union urged poland to suspend the bill the e.u.

i think the conditions by sfard south australia victoria and new south wales are the result of a very extensive period of drought probably over decade of drought where we just have not had soil moisture we've had a very early onset of high temperatures adelaide for instance 3 days ago i was the hottest capital city in the world. so extreme temperatures very draw a and there's been very little humidity in the year and no running form of aints you put all that together and vegetation he's kinda drawing across the something and southeastern part of the whole of the straw area and really we must include western australia by that catastrophic fall as is well over a light to the impact of drought on a vegetation and we need to recognize that this part of a stride it is a naturally a far cry an area even in a good year right do you think there's that direct link between these wildfires and climate change. there's a direct link between these fawas drought draw of vegetation high fuel lloyd's and high temperatures but if you look across the sort of 100 year history of fall as a strong idea we

wales, south australia and victoria. deadly bushfires have destroyed more than four million hectares in five australian states since september. courtney bembridge reports. almost 3,000 firefighters have been working around the clock since the bushfire crisis started in september. many of them are volunteers who've given up their christmas break to try to contain the fires and to save homes. sporadic rain over parts of eastern australia has done little to help extinguish the flames but firefighters have taken advantage of cooler temperatures in recent days to try and contain fire fronts. but the cool change won't last long. this is the forecast for monday, temperatures building up to 38 celsius or higher across most of the country. so that's going to elevate fire dangers, and we know the winds are going to start turning around to the west and the north—west, which is why so much work has been going on over this last week while conditions are more mild. the crucial work involves strengthening containment lines to stop th

past few days in new south wales and south australia and millions of zimbabweans have been living with severe power cuts for months now the worst drought in a century is causing the zambezi river that powers a hydroelectric dam to run dry you have to say it had lines on al-jazeera coming up next year it's inside story stay with us. during a moment in time. snapshots of the law. provided into someone else's one. witness on al-jazeera. defiant the indian prime minister defends his controversial citizenship the deaths of angry protests to sweeping the country the bullet by modi change his mind how followers the undermine secularism in india this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm stan grant a secular state where all religions are welcome and equal before the law now that idea is at the core of india's constitution but many believe it's under threat hindu nationalism has been emboldened by prime minister narendra modi since he was elected in.

wales, south australia and victoria. since september, the fires have destroyed more than 4 million hectares — that's an area about twice the size of wales. courtney bembridge reports. almost 3000 firefighters have been working around the clock since the bushfire crisis started in september. many of them are volu nteers september. many of them are volunteers who have given up their christmas break to try to contain the fires and to save homes. sporadic rain over parts of eastern australia has done help to extinguish the flames, but firefighters have ta ken extinguish the flames, but firefighters have taken advantage of cooler temperatures in recent days to try and contain fire fronts. but the cool change won't last long. this is the forecast for monday temperatures building up to 38 celsius or higher across most of the country. we will see the temperatures up in the low 40s across a lot of areas, but it will drink —— bring a dry area as well, that will elevate fire dangers and we know the winds will start turning th

and bushfires in south australia have killed at least 2 people and destroyed homes the state of new south wales is also facing water described as catastrophic conditions as soaring temperatures and high winds continue to fuel the flames. now more than $50000.00 guns have been handed in 0 in new zealand since a ban was imposed on assault weapons the government started buying back the weapons 6 months ago it's part of reforms since the mass shooting at 2 mosques back in march when 51 people were killed gun owners were also given the option of modifying their firearms to make them compliant with tougher laws you have heard countless free bit from mini of the local boy big events it was all going good really $32000.00 clearly separate to suppose the most so little shoes there are about 15 percent of the year of the gun only community with a license can read or should say if he did in the weapons and i think that feels about right a court in pakistan has sentenced a university lecturer to death for blasphemy janetta fees was arrested and 2013 accused of insulting the prophet mohammed on facebo

as far as the far as concerned, here in new south wales, australia's most populous state, 110 fires are burning and 59 of those are out of control, and there are concerns a mega fire burning to the north—west of sydney could threaten a power station that supplies new south wales with 10% of its electricity. later in the week we are expecting this mass of hot air that has been moving across the australian continent from west to east to bring heatwave conditions to many parts of the fire zone, worth noting, too, that in south australia they are expecting back—to—back days later this week of 49 and potentially 50 celsius. and the authorities in south australia have issued a code red for vulnerable people in that part of australia. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: around £50 million worth ofjewellery is stolen from the home of formula 1 heiress tamara ecclestone. saddam hussein is finished because he killed our people, our women, our children. the signatures took only a few minutes, but they brought a formal end to 3. 5 years of conflict, a conflict that has claimed more than

bushfires in south australia have killed at least one person and destroyed homes the state of new south wales is also facing what are described as catastrophic conditions are soaring temperatures and high winds fueled the flames. 3 people have been killed in libya and the latest round of drone strikes by warlords 24 have studied his forces attacked the town of the northwest of libya the internationally recognized government says the drones are being piloted by the united arab emirates which supports the warlords last week have to announce what he called a final offensive to take the capital of tripoli. meanwhile turkey's parliament has ratified a deal increasing cooperation with libya's tripoli government the agreements could see turkish troops deployed to defend tripoli from the warlords 24 have to edit the u.s. is calling that deal unhelpful and provocative let's bring in mohammed ali joining us more from istanbul now that this has been ratified by the parliament what happens next well daryn there is a whole process involved before we can see turkish troops on libyan soil in all of th

temperatures aceve 40 degrees ius are expected in several states, including new south wales, south australia, and victoria. fires have destroyed areas in more than five state since september. >> almost 3000 firefighter have been working around the clock since the firstarted in september. many volunteers have given up their christmas break to try to contain the fires. sporadic rain in parts of eastern australia has helped -- has done little to help extinguish the flames. firefighters have tried to take advantage of recent temperatures, but this is the forecast for monday. temperatures up to 38 celsius or higher across most of the country. mid-40's across a lot of areas, and dry air ago well. that ig to elevate fire danger. so much work is being done over the last week while temrares are mild. >> the crucial work involves back burning of dry grass,. that is seen as a last resort and an indication of how desperate the situation is getting. in new south wales, there are more than 100 fires burning, the largest just west of sydney. fires are also burning in southwest australia. temperatures are a

fires are also burning across south australia. in parts of the state, temperatures rose above a0 celsius, marking the start of a new wave of heat in the continent south. over the past two weeks, hundreds of people in south australia have needed medical attention for heat related illnesses. we're encouraging people to make sure that they look out for the signs and symptoms that are generally associated with dehydration, and that includes headaches, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, and ultimately, potentially, collapse. authorities in new south wales are also worried about protecting water infrastructure, which could be damaged or contaminated by ash, including the dam, which supplies the majority of sydney's water. a city home to 5 million residents. what that means, when it rains again, what sort of runoff will there be, what sort of siltation will there be? ash soil, all of that stuff getting into the waterway. the situation is also affecting tourism. visitors to a famous rock formation in the blue mountains took photographs in front

australia's possible break a record an all time record summer in south australia whereas the east coast looks coated distinctly coders as our melbourne search where you're probably going to be very pleased with that now for new zealand that's a different story it's yet more right this is what has happened the cloud falls across the high ground streams off it in the sea but on the windward side it's a lot of right and there's more rain to come along that it's warm enough in oakland at $22.00 because of that breeze coming in from the north but this entire system is just tracking steadily towards new zealand and to say look so wet one more or less what have you are not cold but persistently wet. it. among the top stories you know how to 0 a cop 25 climate summit in madrid presented with some agreement on pushing for greater ambition the greenhouse gases cops but there was no decision on a key target about carbon limits trading. indian police batons and tear gas to break up thousands of protesters in capital new delhi as unrest over a controversial citizenship law continued for a 5th day. s

in south australia, one person has died overnight in a blaze east of adelaide. the prime minister scott morrison, widely criticised for being on holiday during the crisis, is expected back in australia over the weekend. i got the latest from our reporter phil mercer. we have, as you say, a catastrophic fire warning for three large areas here in new south wales. more than 100 fires are burning across australia's most populous state. roads have been closed, rail services have been disrupted, and what with just a few days left until christmas, summer holidaymakers hoping to go north, south, and west of sydney have been urged to stay at home today and to delay their trip until tomorrow, because conditions are very, very dangerous, as you say, very hot temperatures in parts of new south wales. we also have a prediction of very strong winds later. so that is a real menace for firefighters. hot temperatures, very dry conditions underfoot, and those winds will make those fires increasingly unpredictable. fires burning to in the state of victoria, also in south australia

and bushfires in south australia have now killed at least 2 people and destroyed homes the state of new south wales is also facing water described as catastrophic conditions as soaring temperatures and high winds continue to fuel the flame. for the final of the fifo club world cup is just about to get underway here in doha liverpool are playing flamengo with both sides trying to win the trophy for the very 1st time well let's cross now to our correspondent andy richardson who's live for us outside khalifa international stadium and you give us a sense of the atmosphere there just before kick off. yes looking good and what's really interesting is that we're at the semifinal 3 days ago involving liverpool you could sense that a lot of the liverpool fans that were following that game were people from this part of the worlds you saw liverpool that got such a huge global. system might that probably get around 5000000 fans in the u.k. and around 300000000 globally. very much domestic from bikes but they of course a huge number of fans are from brazil 101-5000 fans inside. at that stadium they'

in south australia, one person has died overnight in a blaze east of adelaide. the prime minister scott morrison — widely criticised for being on holiday during the crisis — is expected back in australia over the weekend. phil mercerjoins me now from sydney. before we talk about anything else, update me on the latest in terms of the bushfires. we have a catastrophic fire warning for three large areas here in new south wales, more than 100 fires are burning across australia's most populous state. roads have been closed, rail services have been disrupted, and what with just a few days left until christmas, summer holidaymakers are hoping to go north, south and west of syd ney hoping to go north, south and west of sydney have been urged to stay at home today, and delete their trip until tomorrow, because conditions are very very dangerous, until tomorrow, because conditions are very very dangerous, as until tomorrow, because conditions are very very dangerous, as you say, very hot temperatures in parts of new south wales, we also have a prediction of very stron

seasons with almost $200.00 homes damaged in the past few days alone in new south wales and south australia scott morrison says he won't engage in quote reckless and job destroying cuts to the country's coal industry jessica washington is in new south wales. i'm here in bell moral in sydney's south standing in front of just one of the around 100 houses which were destroyed this weekend as bushfires tore through parts of new south wales which is a strangely is most populous state take a look at this house it's absolutely been decimated by a fire storm which tore through this area because the bushfire has reached such a huge size and such intense hate that it actually created its own weather system and that is the result of what happened this weekend this community has been absolutely torn apart by these bushfires it's a small community of just 400 people so you can imagine that this is having a huge impact on residents here take a look around and you see these blackened trees some residents have been allowed to return to their houses to assess the damage but others haven't one of the reasons

ok let's go now to a gyro tool he's the right course manager for emergency services in south australia thanks so much for coming in. i 1st off allow me to extend our sympathies for the loss of your 2 colleagues both we understand sound fathers of young children and can you give us a sense of the scale of the fires these men and thousands of all their volunteers and professional firefighters are dealing with right now. yeah thanks for having me the size of having out here it's very solemn and it's an astrolabe i guess would be considered the president has typically the salient of what we consider a fire season. i think burning awakes now change property losses that it occurred as a result and huge number off odd is that there are very cross paths and no way out trond is the thought that by and red cross they've got the top of the pool boy sitting at the bar they. really didn't even pause the. impacting you know i run across southern australia at the moment ok the images were getting you know over the days now last weeks and and months even showed how distant liesl this situation can be

shows fires burning over the past 3 days there have been major blazes in south australia are essential to hunt for destroyed pfizer also threatening communities in new south wales victoria and queensland since september australia's bushfire emergency has killed at least 9 people. i'm going to scott morrison has returned to australia off to taking a family holiday in hawaii and apologized for his absence during the crisis but has also rejected calls to change his government's climate change policy under schapelle has mall. he's long been criticised for failing to directly link climate change to the bushfires in australia but as prime minister scott morrison visited areas affected by fires on sunday that changed our government as a was and i have always acknowledged the connection between those weather events in these broader far events and the impacts globally of climate change but his critics say he's let australia fall behind and then there's his decision to take a family vacation in hawaii as a stray burnt morrison cut short the trip after 2 volunteer firefighters died in new south w

firefighters in south australia and new south wales are continuing to battle out—of—control bushfires on boxing day, before a heatwave brings extreme temperatures to many parts of australia later in the week. since september, close to 3000 firefighters have been out battling blazes in new south wales. now on bbc news one of our highlights of 2019.

anticipating the pause here in south australia particularly the cuddly courage by which is saying in my view on the things. they're trying to kind of been very late then 10 to 3 to board i did this study but they were really worried about the chinese conditions just starting to get had light is now so should be the fog rather than an hour. to a forest from the red cross in australia thanks very much for coming and thank you . let's get a brief down some of the other stories making the news at this hour the gambling hub of macau as celebrated 205 years since 20 years rhodes this is its transfer to chinese rule the ceremony marking the anniversary chinese president xi jinping said china would not allow foreign interference in macau or hong kong both regions with the one country 2 systems model she also has won a new beijing government for mco. hundreds of thousands of people have marched in cities across the dam to celebrate the 1st anniversary of the uprising that toppled former president omar al bashir the campaigners promised to continue their program of political reform in their pu

dangerous fire conditions and extreme heat are forecast for south—eastern australia from tomorrow. the fires are also having a devastating effect on wildlife. professor david lindenmayer leads a team of ecologists at the australian national university. he's in canberra, near the area where many of the fires are burning. just august through the impact that these buyers are having ecosystems and the wildlife. these are no doubt unprecedented fires. in a0 years, i've never seen anything like this where we have a fire season in south—eastern australia which starts in september and is still blazing and we know that in east gippsland, on the border between new south wales and the courier, we will have catastrophic fire conditions today so the impacts on ecosystems is enormous. “— so the impacts on ecosystems is enormous. —— victoria. we are seeing places that shouldn't earn burning at high severity and the impact on wildlife is massive. which ecosystems 7 wildlife is massive. which ecosystems? a whole range of ecosystems. in northern new south wales, sub tropical rain forests t

past few days in new south wales and south australia and millions of zimbabweans have been living with severe power cuts for months now the worst drought in a century is causing the zambezi river that powers a hydroelectric dam to run dry you have to say it had lines on al-jazeera coming up next year it's inside story say with its. troop movements and. snapshots of the law it's. divided into someone else's with. the witness on al-jazeera. defiant indian prime minister defends his controversial citizenship the deaths of angry protesters sweeping the country the book i'd like modi change his mind how far is the undermine secularism in india this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm stan grant a secular state where all religions are welcome and equal before the law now that idea is that the core of india's constitution but many believe it's under threat hindu nationalism has been emboldened by prime minister narendra modi since he was elected in 2014 his government has taken measures that have raised fears among muslims in particular a new citizenship law officers illegal mig

are in place in the states or victoria south australia and new south wales many residents have been told it's too late to leave as bush fires burn out of control and crispus victoria's emergency management committee commissioner he says conditions will worsen throughout the day . what we've seen up until today is more than 70 new fires in the state more than 20 of those are going far as at the moment. we have got a long way to go we're only part way through the day in terms of the fire risk to the state and to our communities. we know the changes start to move through the the southwest of the state and we would see into melbourne to about 77 pm this evening and it won't be till closer to midnight they will see the fog we'll see the change on air force in east keep slowed. libya's un recognized governments as calls on the united nations and the international criminal court system for the $24.00 have to is offensive on tripoli hundreds of civilians have been killed or wounded since have to launch that his campaign back in april. ukrainian government forces and russian backed separatis

dangerous fire conditions and extreme heat are forecast for south—eastern australia from tomorrow. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. the fires are also having a devastating effect on wildlife. professor david lindenmayer leads a team of ecologists at the australian national university in canberra. some people have estimated that we have directly lost to half a billion individual animals but i think people need to recognise that, not only are animals directly burnt in fires but also habitats change was often made it is unsuitable for animals to continue occupying the places they used to and, u nfortu nately places they used to and, unfortunately in australia, we have also have problems with feral animals like cats. wildlife has to deal with the direct effects of fire, the loss of habitat and also the impacts of these feral animals so the impacts of these feral animals so quite catastrophic effects on a range of animals. we're talking about huge of reptiles, native birds, large number of animals, upwards to 8000 or more and koalas and other animals such as the greater glider which is es

that includes south australia, victoria, tasmania and new south wales, where more than 80 fires continue to burn. volunteers are a vital part of the emergency effort. many have been fighting the flames for weeks. the government says they'll be able to apply for about £3,000 in compensation — for taking time off work to battle the blazes. good morning, ladies and gentlemen. this is a very prolonged fire season. this is putting additional demands on ourfirefighters in particular, and it means that the turnouts and the callouts have been far more extensive than in previous years, going well and beyond and above what is normally expected of those who are engaged in volunteer service. the money and the gesture from the government are broadly welcomed by the volunteers on the front line. it's tough. the payment isjust a recognition of what we're doing. it doesn't compensate us for what we're losing, but it's recognition. when your brigade is tired and exhausted and you're seeing people going out again and again and again, and you're doing 12—hour shifts and it's really strenuous, hard wor

in south australia, in adelaide, they have temperatures of over a0 celsius. these heatwave conditions are expected to affect all of the australian states currently fighting major fires, south australia, victoria and here in new south wales. 0ver victoria and here in new south wales. over the weekend we expect the heat here to start developing. monday and tuesday expected to be particularly dangerous. in new south wales about 75 are still burning and more than 30 are uncontained. this is amount for courier in the blue mountains, —— mount victoria. the smoke you can see behind me is coming from the ruined castle bushfire which has been burning for weeks and weeks and driving up from syd ney weeks and weeks and driving up from sydney earlier today, one major hwy up sydney earlier today, one major hwy up into the blue mountains and when you get here, it is smothered in smoke, you can feel it, you can swell it and the smoke is everywhere and sometimes it feels pretty overpowering. we are quite close to the town of keith and they have been serious fires in the

south australia too and hearing new south wales, this is the epicentre of australia's bushfire crisis. today, conditions are better and the authorities are trying to use this to contain more than 30 fires that still burn out of control in this state and another 30 or so are under control. so call the conditions are allowing the authorities to try to get the upper hand on his fires before more hot and windy weather comes back and we expect that in the next few days —— cooler conditions. so it is a lull today but we expect there will be more dangerous days ahead in the weeks to come. there will be more dangerous days ahead in the weeks to comem there will be more dangerous days ahead in the weeks to come. itjust feels relentlessly with the weather adding to the problems. phil, thank you so much. the royal navy skipped yesterday's festive celebrations to monitor a russian ship as it made its way through the english channel. the hms tyne was sent at short notice from portsmouth to monitor the vessel over the past 48 hours. the commander thanked his crew, and said national security did

much of the heavily populated parts of australia, that include south australia, victoria, tasmania and new south wales where more than 80 fires continue to burn. dangerous fire conditions and extreme heat are forecast for south—eastern australia from tomorrow. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come — where scottish and hindu culture meet in harmony. how an indian pipe band is taking a community in north—west england by storm. george harrison the former beatle is recovering in hospital after being stabbed in his 0xfordshire home. a man from liverpool is being interviewed by police on suspicion of attempted murder. interviewed by police on suspicion of attempted murderlj interviewed by police on suspicion of attempted murder. i think it was good. just good? no, fantastic. that's better. this is bbc world news today. i'm lewis vaughan jones. the latest headlines: president trump has urged unity in the fight against anti—semitism, following a knife attack on the house of a rabbi in new york state, in which five people were injured. ukraine and

dangerous fire conditions and extreme heat are forecast for south—eastern australia from tomorrow. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. the fires are also having a devastating effect on wildlife. professor david lindenmayer leads a team of ecologists at the australian national university in canberra. you are near the area where many of the fires are burning. thank you for speaking to us here at bbc news, professor. first off then, talk us through the impact these fires are having on ecosystems and the wildlife? well, these are no doubt unprecedented fires in a0 years i've never seen unprecedented fires in a0 years i've never seen anything like this, where we have a pharisees and in south—eastern australia that starts in september. and it's still blazing. we know in east gippsland, on the border between new south wales and victoria, we will have catastrophic fire conditions today. the impact on ecosystems is enormous, we are seeing some systems that should never burn being burnt at very high severity. and the impact on wildlife is also massive. which ecosystems? would you talk as do tha

wales and also into southern queensland so that juror and these are very serious fires in south australia to mostly be a chill to live here although a lot say they can't remember a time when the fires have been so extensive and so intense it's almost unprecedented that they say we've got some big fires in the blue mountains west of sydney now fortunately this isn't a particularly habited area in a lot of people live there but you still got quite a few little villages and small towns that fires there are a number of fires burning in it in this area and the danger is that the beginning to join up to full one great mega blaze a conflagration if you like and the fire commissioner that was talking this morning of the possibility of that far moving further towards city and if that of course then a lot of people would be at risk. and brief if you can climate change you mention that scott morrison had mentioned it has how is that played into this conversation . well i think he's all the see it does route reflect of tipping point in the way that this government is viewing climate change scott morr

fire warnings have been issued in victoria south australia and new south wales. a sudanese court has sentenced 29 members of the security services to death they were convicted of torturing and murdering a protester in february the death of the teacher who was an important moment in the uprising against the former president omar bashir him a morgan is in sudan's capital where people are celebrating the verdict hundreds of people erupted in joy outside the courtroom here in undermanned the tent city of sudan's capital khartoum they're celebrating the very dick that the judge issued when he sentenced 29 members afghan security services to death over the killing of a protester in february now the story of the schoolteacher who was killed in february i gripped the nation especially when witness testimonies came out detailing how he was tortured to death by the security forces protesters have been demanding in february now for then president almost. to step down now he was ousted by the military in april and a transitional government was formed in august but the demons

much of the heavy parts, including south australia, tasmania and new south wales were more than 80 fires continue to burn. in a place called east gives land, an area in victoria to the east of melbourne, the authorities are urging all residents and all visitors to leave now ahead of predicting the extreme fire conditions on monday so it seems safe to presume that the last few days of 2019 for many parts of australia promised to be very dangerous. well, let's talk to linda mccormick who set up the petition to stop the new years eve fireworks display. she joins me now fromt the magnetic island in north queensland. why do you want to stop the fireworks display? many would say it is perhaps the most iconic new year's eve fireworks display in the world. it is the most iconic fireworks in the world and we are the first to see it in part ijust feel it's a sign of respect, they have to have some respect for the people of australia who are really suffering. it's not ideal send more smoke into the air. i am really getting angry. money has been spent 15 months prior to planning this, so just have s

the fire threat is high in the states of new south wales south australia and for turia tens of thousands of people including turrets have been told it's too late to leave as out of control fires burn year by they've been advised to immediately seek shelter police and far already very strong to get people out of those environments get the wife from the bush environment but as you know once you go on holiday sometimes you just can it from you telephones you just connect from listening to the right yeah you actually enjoy yourself. fires in prolonged droughts are common in australia but this year the fire season started earlier than usual millions of hectors have burned over the past few months and more than a 1000 homes have been destroyed the government has been criticized for not tackling the fires fast enough. the pfizer very quickly encroaching on. areas and rural areas where people are living their livelihoods through agriculture or they where they actually live. volunteers are also struggling to save wild animals under threat the birds could get away so the birds are still around but

australia. the bushfires have had a devastating effect on communities, destroying more than 800 homes since the fire season began in september. sydney's mayor says that although she shares her deep sympathies with victims, the fireworks event will still go ahead. briony sowden, bbc news. us democratic presidential hopeful joe biden has tried to clarify comments in which he appeared to rule out testifying at donald trump's impeachment trial. mr biden told reporters in iowa he had always complied with legitimate requests from congress in the past. but he insisted the trial should focus on president trump's conduct. the whole point of this is, anyone subpoenaed relating to this investigation of a president has to be able to have some knowledge to share on whether or not he committed the offences he's accused of committing. i have no first—hand knowledge, there's no basis to that, so my point was, it would be no basis on which to call me as a witness. joe biden. 0ur north america correspondent chr

crews struggling to tame wild bushfires in south australia rule teams are doing their best to contain the threat in multiple locations but it's perilous work especially for those on the ground. on thursday to volunteer firefighters were killed battling flames just south of sydney and road wire and jeffrey keeping died after a burning tree fell on their truck these 2 brave young men who lost their lives that represent for us the thousands and thousands of volunteers on the ground today tomorrow and in the days coming in put their own life their own safety on the line to protect others sydney meanwhile has been envelop than a shroud of smoke with fires raging near the state capital only it's taller structures remain visible its famous landmarks kasten an epochal looked like light . on the ground a few dared to venture outside without facemasks air pollution in sydney is now several times what experts believe to be hazardous the fires are being fuelled by drought and record temperatures which scientists say a result of climate change. and many are angry at the smell prime minister scott