across now to sydney and speak to journalist. hi andrea we've been looking at these pictures from sydney we know it's a city that's normally so proud of its clean air and clear skies but it's looking almost apocalyptic what's it like being there right now living there. well loss really is changing jared here at the moment papal staying inside schools making sure that the kids don't go out at lunch sports events canceled and just generally that very strange watch that's caused by tons and tons of smoke about the city for a number of weeks now so it's certainly different for those people living in the middle of the city people are wearing mosques around the city as they go to work but obviously on the far fronts especially south waste of sydney who are fighting to defend their own homes obviously it's even more pressing and even more demanding for them over these weeks andrea bring us up to speed with this so-called make a fire that's burning north of sydney how's it traveling and how many other fires are burning well this is the g

some 70 fires are burning near sydney new south wales more than 1000 firefighters and now the military are in action across the state trying to contain the fires and prevent them from reaching more and how to areas. where just putting it back in time and law in detroit prevent the far from hitting towards coastal villages already more than $850.00 homes have been raised in new south wales. authorities are also working to protect infrastructure surrounding a vital dam west of sydney that provides water to around 4000000 people in the city but which could be at risk if the fires spread. over more a journalist roger maynard joins us now from sydney so roger worse hearing more extreme heat windy conditions are in the forecast in the coming days in australia what is that going to mean for firefighting efforts. well that's the 60000 dollar question interestingly the far or it was of no use the word catastrophic conditions as they did last week so it's just possible that these new conditions may not be as bad this time around that the fires may not be quite so extensive but just in case they

use live from berlin burning out of control bushfires in astronomy are combined to form a mc if i'm a sydney reach crusade is to peak to put out the country's largest city is shrouded in a cloud of toxic smart we'll cross the short way also coming up german chancellor i'm going to medical mates what makes her a 1st official visit to the auschwitz death cab she says remembering the nazis bob barrie converter of millions of jews in august is a responsibility that never a. swedish climate activist critic joins thousands of young people on the march through vitriol demanding world leaders take on real action on climate change . and fronts crisis berth food of kabul destruction with yellow vests protest is expected to join striking transport workers the government insists it will not back down from its planned pension reform. jarred raid welcome in a strategist several bushfires have joined together north of sydney to form what's being called a make a fire the huge blaze is burning out of control in an area stretching some 60 kilometers authorities say the fire is just too big to put out bushfire

function denouncement just sydney's fireworks display would still take place despite the bushfires has sparked outrage a quarter of a 1000000 people signed a petition to scrap the celebration plans is banned just for this here. this is all happening but this is the 1st time. that it's been like this in sydney and it's not going to be the next you know what does labor day here and do it again next here while the bigger ring over sydney's fireworks continues volunteer firefighters are battling the blaze with little success let's get the latest now from sydney we're joined by journalist roger maynard good day to you roger can you bring us up to date on the situation where you are including on these new fires that we're hearing about in the state of a. for brown we begin with an even more tragic news or news just seems that there's been another push by the tallet city law until a firefighter was killed and 2 of his colleagues injured when their vehicle overturned it was apparently the result of strong winds which overturned the vehicle it had a lonely at all near allbery only new south wal

and do it again next year while bigger ing over sydney's fireworks continues volunteer firefighters are battling the blaze with little success. on the bush folks ality their own story the news. service has confirmed that while it was killed and 3 others seriously injured when the trucks rolled during player williams. all grew in the new still close order so that brings the total death toll so far during this bush focuses to tune of course this will only add to the on the grief still $1000000.00 australians as continue to rage along much of the country's eastern seaboard and for the attention to do it is being only east gives land area which is to the east of the tour real melbourne. towards the new selfless border about 750 kilometers south of sydney now fuzz multiple fires have been raging there all day and they're readily spreading across the region prompting the evacuation of thousands of people although many of them were on whole eleven's have decided to stay here and take their chance with the weather temperatures we will have soared to 40 degrees plus and the fires of already

laid waste in the town of lythgoe 80 kilometers west of sydney. and. the fire storm all but wiped the village of balmoral southwest of sydney off the map the flames came so fast that steve harrison had no time to escape. the day before. getting there for. saturday was catastrophic sunday. it was cooler and firefighters could make some progress in containing the flames but the crisis is far from over. we've got to keep in mind that we're not expecting any rainfall to make any meaningful difference to those farmers until january january february. still talking 4 to 6 weeks at best before we start to see a meaningful reprieve in the weather committee. has already been fighting wildfires for months extreme heat and drought gave this year's fire season an early start. prime minister scott morrison returned from a vacation in hawaii after widespread public criticism earning the nickname smoke for not being present during the country's worst ever fire in the agency he said he was sorry if his absence it caused offense a response that many have branded as inad

and you know a new save the world looks at sydney every single year and i look at our vibrancy by look at our passion i look at our success. but for the last 3 months australia has been battling some of the worst bushfires in decades the blazes are predicted to peak on new year's eve despite the growing forecast the city of sydney confirmed on monday it would go ahead with this year's fireworks show as planned but i remember a time when we've had total fall bans in place in the greatest in the region where we haven't been i would accommodate the risk elements for conducting the news a far worse in the in the sydney harbor area particularly we just thought now level of of coverage to ensure a safe and effective. function. denouncement at sydney's fireworks display would still take place despite the bushfires has sparked outrage a quarter of a 1000000 people signed a petition to scrap the celebration plans the deputy premier of new south wales john the barrie laro tweeted that the fireworks should be cancelled in a show of solidarity. authorities said they would wait until later on monda

blue mountains area and south sydney 2 which are really big and which are really suffering not only the firefighters suffering but also of course the people who live that interest in the mayor of the blue mountains admitted today that the crisis is really taking its toll on families he said the whole community was stressed because the fire season it started so early and shows no sign of ending not only out leaving of course with the daily threat to their homes but they're also having to suffer from the smoke which is envelop much of new south wales and it makes a big problem this for those suffering from the heart conditions and learn conditions so it's very tense in that part the world the other point to make of course is and this is holiday time in australia this is the middle of summer school was breaking out and people go to the beach to the coast and to the countryside the swimming in camping all of it is a lot of those holidays and now had to be put on hold because people fear getting caught up in the bushfires and the route closures that inevitably follow so at the moment peo

and do it again next year while bigger ring over sydney's fireworks continues volunteer firefighters are battling the blaze with little success. over on the bushfires i'm joined now by journalist roger may not in sydney roger bring us up to date with the latest. they haven't 1st for the details of the words to say externality as their own story the new southward fire service has confirmed that wildfire light was killed and 3 other seriously injured when their trucks rolled during a player wins at a place near albany on the new celt wells with tauriel order so that brings the total death toll so far during this bushfire crisis to 10 of course this will only add to the concern and the grief still $1000000.00 australians as far as continue to rage along much of the country's eastern seaboard the main focus of attention has to do it is being only east gives land area which is to the east of victoria will towards new south wales border about 750 kilometers south of sydney now fires multiple fires have been raging there all day and they're readily spreading across the region prompting the

thousands of firefighters are struggling to contain catastrophic places across several states will go to sydney for the latest. germany and the e.u. take the u.s. to task for sanctions on a pipeline project to supply western europe with russian gas look at what if any impact those sanctions may actually have. and leipzig top the german football league heading into the winter great. one. out spurred was enough to guarantee their lead in the mood to sleep we'll have all that action and. i'm so glad you could join me through. australia's prime ministers scott morrison has been forced to apologize for taking a holiday at the height of the devastating bushfire crisis emergency crews are struggling to contain hundreds of blazes around sydney a combination of record temperatures drought and powerful winds is fueling the inferno at least 8 people have been killed since the fires began but there's hope of a winter of a break in the weather. the reality of the fight against the flames told mensing australia the false of nature overwhelming. ever hear of. just a handful of firefighters here more than 3000

short his holiday to tackle a bushfire crisis to find crews are battling dozens of blazes closing in on sydney fueled by drought and record temperatures people are demanding immediate action on climate change also coming up. deadly attack in moscow now russia's intelligence headquarters a gunman opens fire causing people to run for cover a state security officer is shot dead before the gunman is neutralized. and the spacecraft that should get nasa back into the minds flight's race the star lineup finally prepares for a test flight to the international space station after a 2 year delay. i'm told me a lot of both thanks for joining us. we begin in australia where a bushfire emergency is showing little sign of easing emergency crews have paid tribute to 2 firefighters killed when their truck crashed into a tree 3 others a seriously injured the men who are among thousands of firefighters battling to contain over $100.00 fires raging across the state of new south wales all smoke from the fires is also spreading across australia south east and cities and prime minister scott morrison is under growi

country leslie reporting for us from sydney we appreciate it. well staying on the topic of climate change is coming that's the message teenage activist going to work has for world leaders who she says are not taking the threat of global warming seriously enough she was speaking to a rally of demonstrators in the spanish capital madrid that's where the u.n. has been holding the latest round of talks on implementing the landmark 2015 paris climate accord. a clear demonstration of anger on the streets of madrid. tens of thousands of people gathered to demand politicians do more about the climate crisis. among them indigenous people from latin america including the from chile. the climate conference was due to be held there but moved to madrid following social unrest. and he was glad i was that women are a missed cliff politicians need to be more ambitious and listen to the people that it's all about is this would settle a man it was nice about china it's in crisis we need a solution as quickly as possible and there's. the outcome of the 1st few day

thousands of residents and tourists several people are feared dead as fires right across the country sydney. fireworks will go with it also on the show. in iraq provoked angry reactions in baghdad and. american warplanes hit targets belonging to an iran supported militia could be a tree braids provoke more hot. and cold small phillip's daily as india shivers through its culture that day in more than a century toxic focus creating health problems and transport from. a math and held welcome to the program fears a growing for residents and tourists trapped by raging fires in several coastal towns in australia people are sheltering on the waterfront readying for possible evacuations by sea several a missing feet did but sydney says its new year's eve fireworks display will go ahead even as fires blaze across the country. the bushfires have reached the northern edge of melbourne. here in the suburb of boone dura emergency workers try desperately to keep the raging far away from homes. but as the wall of flames bears down residents have been told to get out while they still can. evacuate and he s

news live from berlin burning out of control bushfires in australia combined to form a mega fire near sydney which crews say is too big to put out the country's largest city is shrouded in a cloud of toxic smoke we speak to a correspondent in sydney also coming up swedish climate activist gratitude burger joint thousands of young people on a march through madrid which is hosting a un climate conference there demanding that world leaders take real action on climate change. france braces for a 3rd day of travel disruption with yellow bus protesters expected to join striking transport workers the government insists it will not back down from its planned pension reforms. plus in german politics a shake up at the top germany's social democratic party formally endorses its new left leaning leaders their critics of their party's coalition with merkel's conservatives we take a look at the impact that could have on germany as government. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us. we begin in australia where several bushfires have joined together north of the country's largest cities sydne

holiday to face the country's unprecedented bushfires to volunteer firefighters battling a blaze near sydney have been killed crews are working to canteen more than 100 fires fueled by record temperatures and high winds also coming up. this gushes have been long and intense but now russia ukraine and the e.u. every choice a tentative gas deal that means russian gas can now continue to flow through ukraine territory into europe. and a spacecraft that should get nasa back into the manned flight race us a star liner prepares for a test flight to the international space station after a 2 year delay. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us australia's prime minister scott morrison has apologized for going on holiday as the nation contends with a worsening bushfire emergency he also paid tribute to the 2 firefighters volunteers killed in a road accident while deployed to a blaze near sydney 3 others were seriously injured the men were among thousands of firefighters battling to contain some 100 blazes raging across the state of new south wales. now smoke from the fires is also spreading across

it's been like this in sydney and it's not going to be the next you said you know what just labor the here and do it again next year while bigger ring over sydney's fireworks continues volunteer firefighters are battling the blaze with little success. on the bushfires i'm now joined by journalist raja may not in sydney roger bring us up to date with the latest. 1st a tragic development in the past couple of hours the new south wales rural fire service there's a bill that will until it was killed and 2 others injured when their up trucks 2 trucks collided. on the new south wales dictorial border so that brings the total death toll so far in this witch fire crisis to 10 because all this will only add to the concern the gloom of the stress being felt by a stray and as fires continue to rage along much of the country's eastern seaboard there's no news of the developing crisis in the northern millburn suburbs with fires breaking out in several locations there it's a very well populated area and the reports and claims of being again as high as 20 to 30 meters in the air of the sea it's a cr

journalist roger may not is in sydney and sends us this update. this is turning into probably the worst bushfire season that anybody can remember in australia in terms of the scale and intensity of the fires thousands of firefighters are working around the clock to try to kill them from spreading but there really is very little they can do automatically it's a long list impossible task here in new south wales there are 100 major fires still burning half of them are still out of control and tomorrow looks like being the worst day of the violent season so far we've got record high temperatures predicted very strong dry winds and funds already started to break out to the south of sydney down on the south coast of new south wales where many people go there all of it at this time of year so you know it's it right now the crisis is unfolding and we probably won't know the full impact of the situational conditions until tomorrow. that's roger mine out in sydney now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. military

thousands of firefighters are struggling to contain catastrophic blazes across several states will go to sydney for the very latest also coming up hong kong police crackdown on a 16 rally as activists try to call attention to china's alleged abuse of its weak muslim minority. and a youngster saves by at munich again 18 year old you just sure it's a scene scored for the late to germany's record champion the games will spill. on many people's mackinnon thanks so much for joining us australia's prime minister scott morrison has been forced to apologize for taking a holiday at the height of the devastating bushfire crisis emergency crews are struggling to contain hundreds of blazes around sydney a combination of record temperatures drought and powerful winds is fueling the end thought i least 9 people have now been killed since the fires began but there is hope at last all of a break in the wet. the air is acrid the pall of smoke dense the impact on people's health can be serious smoldering ruins and the town of lift go in the blue mountains. there's a. lot of. logs lost. you. know. the village of

thousands of firefighters are struggling to contain catastrophic places across several states to go to sydney for the latest also coming up. europe takes the u.s. to task for sanctions on a pipeline transporting russian gas to western europe the measures could push up costs and delay construction. and a provocative new piece by banksy is unveiled the artist creates a nativities scene that draws attention to israel's barriers around the occupied west bank. i'm michael good to have you with us australia's prime minister scott morrison has been forced to apologize for taking a holiday at the height of the devastating bushfire crisis emergency crews are struggling to contain hundreds of blazes around sydney a combination of record temperatures drought and powerful winds is fueling the inferno at least 9 people have been killed since the fires began but there is hope at last a break in the weather. the reality of the fight against the flames tormenting australia the force of nature overwhelming. here in europe. just a handful of firefighters here more than 3000 others are on the front lines in new

and journalist roger may not joins me now from sydney roy just sunday did bring some relief from the extreme heat but has that helped the firefighters much. well to a certain it's in the air some of the weather is a lot cooler here today and that's given firefighters a much needed breather and doesn't mean the emergency is over but it's certainly looking a little bit easier to control a strong southerly wind sydney over the weekend cool temperatures and also dissipated much of the smoke we've been suffering here for the past few weeks but that's the good news is the bad news is that omega fire in the blue mountains west of sydney continues to reach through bush land and this morning there are also details of the merging of another major fire loss in south australia. cuddly creek in the adelaide hills it's now known that 70 homes have been destroyed there and $227.00 motor vehicles and in another major fire which you were alluding to were just now wist of sydney the small community of moro has been literally devastated by a ferocious blaze overnight which seems to have destroyed much

news live from berlin burning out of control bushfires in australia combined to form a mega fire near sydney which crews say is too big to put out the country's largest city is shrouded in a cloud of toxic smoke and speak to a correspondent in sydney also coming up swedish climate activists gratitude and word joint down thousands of young people on the march through madrid which is hosting a u.n. climate conference there demanding that world leaders take real action on climate change. and france braces for a 3rd day of travel disruption with yellow bus protesters expected to join the striking transport workers the government insists it will not back down from its planned tension performs. omarion evanston welcome to the program we begin in australia where several bushfires have joined together north of the country's largest cities sydney they formed what's being called a mega fire it's burning out of control in an area roughly 60 kilometers across and authorities say it's just too big to put out bushfires are common in australia but meteorologists say climate change is an exacerbating the fi

phil mercer is in sydney. phil, this row appears to show the tensions in australia as the country battles these bushfires? a quarter of a million people signing this petition, what does this tell us about the extent of trauma that australia is going through at the moment? well, this is an unprecedented bushfire crisis. and in the next 2a hours a vast swathe of south—eastern australia, including the states of south australia, victoria, tasmania, new south wales are expected to face extreme fire dangers and also extreme fire dangers and also extreme heat. and we are hearing that one particular part of the state of victoria, a place called east gippsland, the authorities down there are urging all residents and all tourists to leave as soon as they can because of that extreme fire danger that is forecast for monday. here in new south wales more than 80 fires are still burning. here in sydney, that petition has attracted almost 300,000 signatures. we are on sydney harbour. we are not showing you at its best. ther

winds and scorching temperatures could make the emergency even worse we'll get the latest live from sydney also coming up what caught on a natural gas pipeline from russia to germany grinds to a halt to the u.s. president signs off on sanctions we'll look at why washington doesn't want the project completed. and the antarctic treaty turn 60 we'll look at what's next for the frozen continent that has seen a shop rise in tourism in recent years. now my new coops mackinnon thanks for joining us all sorry in australia are warning that powerful winds could fan massive the bushfires towards major cities in the country's southeast fire crews a struggling to contain the spread of blazes around sydney a combination of record temperatures drought and powerful winds has powered the inferno on thursday it claimed the lives of 2 firefighters. the smoking remains of a home after bushfires swept through the area. these residents in new south wales fought the fire as well as they could before firefighters arrived and took over it happened quickly. we saw this mark and flop basically rushing towards us ove

journalist roger maynard ease in sydney following the blazes there roger prime minister scott morrison has apologised after returning from vacation is there likely to be any political fallout for him in other words are australians buying what he's selling. not really being rather cynical i think at this stage in his absence overseas sunning himself in hawaii while much of australia and certainly didn't go down too well and he's been and salute pilloried in the press and on the social media as a result of that he is under a lot of pressure to politically to pull out all the stops to try to restore his image this morning and went immediately to the rural fire service headquarters in sydney to major officials and also to discuss a strategy with them also there were up fighters from america and canada who arrived in australia over the weekend to try to offer a helping hand during his press conference scott morrison accepted the criticism levelled at him and apologise for any offense corps has done here period to concede that climate change might have been a contributory factor in all this

some 70 fires are burning near sydney new south wales more than 1000 firefighters and now the military are in action across the state trying to contain the fires and prevent them from reaching more inhabited areas. where just putting it back in time and law in detroit prevent the fallout from hitting towards coastal villages already more than $850.00 homes have been raised in new south wales. authorities are also working to protect infrastructure surrounding a vital dam west of sydney that provides water to around 4000000 people in the city but which could be at risk if the fires spread. and for more on this journalist roger manor joins us from sydney roger the weather forecast for you is hot and windy what does that mean for fighting the fires well it doesn't bode well i must say as you mentioned just now those are sort of burning across new south wales alone and the hull of still yet to be contained and the situation will is certainly get worse at the weekend as we see a return to those heat wave conditions we experienced earlier this week and also the strong winds which accompanied

joining me now from sydney is james morris he's the spokesperson for the new for the new south wales rural fire service james thanks so much for joining us authorities say things have reached a catastrophic level sydney which is where you are is surrounded by raging bushfires can you describe to us what this means for people living in the affected areas. good evening and you look terrible conditions he for areas across new south wales tonight as you mentioned catastrophic fire danger declared for parts of new south wales for us that means it eases about as it gets we still soaring temperatures today up in the mid to high forty's winds in excess of id to 100 kilometers after a southerly buster southerly wind chimes coming through a number of areas which even at the moment i was doing new fawzi not central and northern new south wales flaring up threatening homes due to that wind chimes we've seen a number of areas threatened right across areas in western sydney and through the blue mountains up through northern sydney through our whole 3 area and even down on our new south wales south

up australia's struggles to contain catastrophic bushfires and the worst may not be over we'll go to sydney for the latest. and leipzig top the german soccer league heading into the winter break a 31 win at home to almost bird was enough to guarantee their lead in the bow to speak up we'll have that action and much more later in the show. i'm way a good craft glad to have you with us germany has objected strongly to u.s. sanctions against the north stream 2 gas pipeline from russia to germany the sanctions target companies involved in the construction of the pipeline which runs under the baltic sea washington says north going to will give russia too much power over europe and it's offering its own gas as an alternative. the gas pipeline has just 300 kilometers to go this signature aims to stop it dead in the water the new u.s. law imposes sanctions against companies building the pipeline washington says north stream 2 will make germany too dependent on russian energy none of your business says german vice chancellor scholtz. so all these sanctions constitute serious interference in the inte

phil mercer in sydney. the lawyer representing the family of a british father and his two children who drowned in a resort swimming pool in spain on christmas eve wants a more detailed investigation into their deaths. the hotel on the costa del sol insists the pool was working normally, but the mother of the children says all three could swim. helena wilkinson has more. this is gabriel diya with his nine—year—old daughter, comfort. they both died, as did her brother, praise emmanuel. mr diya's wife and the children's mother, 0lubunmi diya, says all three could swim and suggested there was something wrong with the pool. police say there was nothing wrong with it, but the family lawyer has questioned that. translation: if the spanish police can give us a possible cause for this tragic incident, we might do a parallel investigation with experts to find out what happened. it's very rare for three people to die in the centre of a swimming pool — especially in the case of a tall, hefty man. earlier, the res

function denouncement of sydney's fireworks display would still take place despite the bushfires has sparked outrage a quarter of a 1000000 people signed a petition to scrap the celebration plans i think i should spend up to this here. this is all happening but this is the 1st time. that it's been like this in sydney it's not going to be like that but next you say you know what just labor the and do it again next year while bigger ring over sydney's fireworks continues volunteer firefighters are battling the blaze with little success. for the sake of it now some of the other stories making news around the world the turkish government says that it's fast tracking legislation in parliament aimed at approving the deployment of turkish military forces to libya now. the country's foreign minister may have little trouble sure no announce the move after meeting with opposition leaders seeking support the plan a vote on the bill could now take place as early as thursday. cautions you don has sentenced 27 members of the national intelligence services to death the torturing and killing a prote

sydney's new year firework display. but now the city's authorities are facing growing calls to cancel the event and divert the money it costs, around £3 million, towards tackling both severe drought conditions and the dozens of bushfires which are raging across australia. close to 300,000 people have signed an online petition, which says the fireworks may traumatise some people who are dealing with enough smoke in the air. sydney's lord mayor has said the show, which is planned and paid for months in advance, must go on. however, there are reports the display could still be cancelled at the last minute because of the risk that it may spark new bushfires. if they do change their mind it won't be the first fire—related u—turn by the australian authorities. the prime minister, scott morrison, has now approved plans to pay compensation of around £3,000 to some volunteer firefighters in new south wales — an idea he initially rejected. will bachelor, bbc news. well our correspondent phil mercer is in sydney — and se

some 70 fires are burning near sydney new south wales more than 1000 firefighters and now the military action across the state trying to contain the fire as prevent them from reaching more inhabited areas. way just putting it back in time and law in detroit prevent a far from hitting towards coastal villages already more than $850.00 homes have been razed a new south wales. authorities are also working to protect infrastructure surrounding a vital dam west of sydney that provides water to around 4000000 people in the city but which could be at risk if the fires spread. and joining us now from sydney is james morris he's a spokesman for the new south wales rural fire service james the weather forecast for you is hot and windy what does that mean for fighting the fires. good afternoon nick obviously that means challenging conditions and certainly somewhat erratic fire behavior expected across a large area of a far grounds some i do you want pushing grass fires continue to burn across new south wales with around $35.00 of those still yet to bake in time and that still a lot of fog that we

that was journalist roger may not speaking to me a little from sydney. now 2 people have died off to angry protesters broke into the u.s. embassy in baghdad to stop had to evacuate the building dozens of angry iraq in shiite militia supporters smashed a main door and set fire to the reception area security forces fired tear gas and gunshots were heard thousands have been demonstrating against american astronauts the targeted and iranian backed militia in iraq on monday. the former renaissance c.e.o. carlos ghosn has jumped bail in japan where he was awaiting trial on financial misconduct misconduct charges he is now in lebanon after arriving on a private aircraft go on hold lebanese citizenship and they also talk hoon said in a statement that he was seeking to avoid injustice and persecution by what he called a rigged japanese justice system. this is the house in beirut where carlos ghosn is believed to have fled but there is no sign of him and the security guards outside so he's not here but it may bruise shown up wanting to welcome him to live with a c

joining me now from sydney is james morris he's a spokesman for the new south wales rural fire service james like so much for joining us now a weather front has moved through the state of new south wales overnight it's brought high winds with it can you tell us how bats have affected firefighters efforts. good evening once again and you are those winds that we've same move through are coming from the southerly direction have really impacted our far grounds we've seen very erratic behavior was obviously earlier in the day they pushing in very much of an a silly direction and now with a very large forefront to the north once these winds from the south have picked up they've really saying they are ready conditions move towards properties to the north which is obviously calls significant property protection being required from now far far does from right across new south wales which are focusing on it on areas rather a rotter around the blue mountains west of sydney and northern sydney around the hawks free area and down on the south coast of new south wales around joe spy in sussex inlet

labor day here and do it again next year well bigger ring over sydney's fire. ric's continues volunteer firefighters are battling the blaze with little success. one has taken to the mountain the other stories making news around the world a court in sudan has sentenced 27 members of the national intelligence services big day for torturing and killing a protester early this year now it is the 1st time a sudanese court has handed down convictions were related to the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations earlier this year. the government of ukraine a russian backed separatists of exchange prisoners captured here in the country's 5 year conflict it is the 2nd major prisoner exchange this year the conflicts in eastern ukraine has claimed more than 13000 lives since 24. of course in cyprus is found a 19 year old british woman guilty of lying about being gang raped by 12 israeli may she was found guilty of the charge of public mischief which carries a fine and up to years imprisonment she'll be sentenced in just over a week. churchgoers in the u.s. state of texas w

phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. two people are in a critical condition in hospital in new york state after a man wielding a machete, attacked people attending hanukkah celebrations. three others are also being treated for stab wounds. eyewitnesses said the attacker entered the home of a rabbi in monsey, with his face covered and began stabbing people. leigh milner has this report. it was supposed to be a night of celebration at this rabbi's house in monsey, just north of new york city, then this happened. someone came in, face covered with a scarf, started stabbing people. five people, in total, were stabbed. two of them were taken from the scene in a critical condition. equally, one of them is senior and in a very critical condition. according to the 0rthodoxjewish public affairs council, one of the victims was stabbed at least six times. it comes just a day after new york city police said officers were stepping up patrols in heavily jewish districts like monsey, after a spate of anti—semitic threats and attacks.

phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. the cabinet office is contacting all those named in the new years honours list after their home addresses and contact details were accidentally published online. it has now apologised and referred the data breach to the regulator. the list included the addresses of politicians, military figures and counter terrorism officials, as well as celebrities such as sir eltonjohn. our correspondentjohn mcmanus said over 1,000 address were published. some of them are people who really need to keep their details private, for example former military people, counterterrorist people, the former director of public prosecutions, all people who do not want their details in the public eye and also celebrities who will be unhappy about this, like eltonjohn and ben stokes as well. the cabinet office has apologised and referred itself to the data watchdog. the ico may investigate and could levy a large fine on the government if it so chooses. its powers were upgraded last year in 2018. they can now, as in