welcome to newsday. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: by land and by sea — tens of thousands of australians are evacuated as bushfires rage on. the fireball just came through at about 80 kays an hour, hit the house, and then we ran into the lake, and all the embers and everything were hitting us, burnt her hair a little bit. the bushfires‘ impact is felt as far as new zealand — where smoke fills the air and glaciers are coated in soot. i'm nuala mcgovern in london. also in the programme: flooding and landslides claim dozens of lives in the indonesian capital jakarta after the most intense

rainfall in quarter of a century. the us bans some e—cigarette flavours amid concerns about teen vaping. but how much of a drag is it really for manufacturers? live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, midnight in london and ham in new south wales where a state of emergency has been declared — that's the area worst affected by australia's bushfire crisis. the emergency status allows the authorities to carry out forced evacuations. many thousands have already left their homes.

australia is bracing itself for a weekend heatwave with more extreme conditions and strong winds that will further fan the flames. our correspondent shaimaa khalil is there for us. state of emergency has now come into effect in new south wales. the rural fire services, the power to mobilise resources on a federal level across the country that also people. the commissioner there said conditions we re commissioner there said conditions were going to be as bad or worse on saturday and people are now leaving, and it's been described as the worst and it's been described as the worst and largest mass evacuation in australia's history. a mass exodus from the devastation on the southern coast and a race to escape the dangerous fire conditions to come. thousands of holiday—makers have been given 48 hours to escape the blazes before conditions worsen, but it hasn't been easy.

families have heeded the calls to evacuate, but, because the conditions on the road are still very dangerous, there have been closures in different directions and now they tell us they feel stranded having evacuated those fire—raged towns, now unable to get home. you kind of have a feeling that you can't go forwards, you can't go backwards. and, really, you know, stuck between a burning rock and a burning rock, aren't you? just have to sit it out and hopefully, you know, don't get caught in the middle of a fire. some families were able to get away early in the morning before the road closures. this couple lost their house and had to take refuge in the lake across the road. the fireball came over the hill just opposite the lake. we thought we had a few minutes at least. we were hosing down the house and everything, doing the gutters, what they say to do, and, within two or three minutes, the fireball just came through at about 80 kays an hour, hit the house, and then we ran into the lake and then all the embers and everything were hitting us, burnt our hair a little bit, and we were in there for about an hour before

we got rescued. this is what they're escaping. burning since september, these bushfires have destroyed more than 1,200 homes. the prime minister, who has been a staunch supporter of fossil fuels, insisted that government policy struck the right balance between supporting the economy and protecting the environment. how come we only have four trucks to defend our town? because our town doesn't have a lot of money, but we have hearts of gold, mr prime minister! but he got an angry reception from the residents of cobargo when he visited their town. no, you're an idiot, mate. lake conjola is a popular holiday destination. now it looks like a conflict zone. when kim harper came back to her house, she couldn't recognise the neighbourhood. it feels like i'm in the middle of the apocalypse. like, i think someone's dropped a bomb on us, basically. that's what it feels like. in the neighbouring state of victoria, the navy has been helping evacuate those people

stranded in mallacoota. a series of committee meetings have been held to decide who will get to leave the area by ship first. so far, 18 people have lost their lives in the fires. volunteer firefighter geoffrey keaton was one of them. today was his funeral, where his 19—month—old son harvey was presented with his father's medal for bravery. gusty winds and temperatures soaring above a0 degrees are set to create hazardous fire conditions in the coming days. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, lake conjola, new south wales. let's stay with this story and as shaimaa reported there, the australian navy has begun an operation to move hundreds of people trapped in the fire—ravaged town of mallacoota. around 4,000 people have been stranded on a beach since monday night after

fires cut off roads. 130 kilometres up the coast in the town of bega, evacuation centers are still taking in people. journalist adriane reardon, from australian broadcasting corporation, is at an evacuation centre in beega town with the latest. it's essentially the calm before the storm. as you can see, there is a fair bit of smoke behind me but it's nothing compared to what we saw on new year's eve when the smoke was so—and—so brown and people were walking around with facemasks. today is an opportunity for people to evacuate their homes and evacuation centre here in bega isjust one that's been established in the lead—up to saturday where we understand conditions will take a turn the worst. so talk to me a little bit about about how people are feeling and perhaps the atmosphere that is there. i see a lot of people have trailers, the type of caravans they've arrived in. what is expected 7 type of caravans they've arrived in. what is expected? yes, this

evacuation centre has really transformed over the last few days. 0n transformed over the last few days. on new year's eve, there was a combination of local residents and tourists but the past few days, with a cooler and calmer conditions, people have been urged to leave if they are in other areas of the status if you don't live getting out 110w status if you don't live getting out now is your estimate. if you are here, there is advice to take to the evacuation centre in bega on saturday so as you can see, you can see tents and caravans behind me, people are preparing for the day ahead. there is a lot of anxiety in the airand ahead. there is a lot of anxiety in the air and anticipation and tension and nervousness but with that said, there is a lot of preparedness and determination to get through tomorrow and although it is an anxious wait, people are preparing for the worst but they are doing that with a strength and resilience that with a strength and resilience that you often see in regional and remote communities. i'm also wondering, food, water, is that all

supplied, how many people are expected to actually arrive? indeed, we do expect more people to come, a couple of hundred people here already but there is plenty of food, there is plenty of water and we understand that petrol, even though it's been short in some parts of the region the last few days, we understand they have been topped up a different petrol stations across the region so there are enough resources here at the moment and there is enough space, there is more room and people can squeeze in here behind me. also making news today: turkey's parliament has approved a bill allowing the deployment of military forces to libya. president erdogan is hoping to shore up its ally, the un—backed government in tripoli. the vote was expected to pass despite all major opposition parties voting against it, as the governing turkish coalition has a majority in parliament.

julian castro has suspended his campaign for the us democratic party's presidential election nomination. the former mayor of san antonio in texas was the only latino in the race. the white house race begins in earnest next month with the iowa caucuses. a mother and her two grown—up daughters have handed themselves in to police in germany, over a fire that killed more than 30 animals — including rare apes and monkeys — in a zoo on new year's eve. the blaze is thought to have been caused by sky lanterns which the women allegedly bought online without knowing they were illegal. western norway is experiencing a rare heatwave at a time when temperatures normally stay well below freezing. record after record has been falling, with the highest temperature of nineteen degrees, more than twenty—five above january's average. it makes this norway's warmest day injanuary since records began. the number of dead in the jakarta

floods has risen to 26, with tens of thousands of people forced from their homes. the indonesian capital is the one of the fastest sinking cities in the world and faces frequent flooding during the rainy season. the bbc‘s indonesia reporter, liza yozephine, joins me now from jakarta. this year ‘s floods were the worst since 2013 and the national meteorological agency mentioned the numbers of rainfall recorded this year we re numbers of rainfall recorded this year were at the highest since 1996. 26 years ago and the numbers of rainfall has actually been actuating but this is the highest. and in an area near an but this is the highest. and in an area nearan airport but this is the highest. and in an area near an airport in east jakarta, there was up to 337

millimetres of rainfall and the agency has noted that 150 millimetres average rainfall per day is already high. we know the 26 deaths have already been reported. just how bad is the situation on the ground, do the authorities have the ability to try and help people and to de—escalate or mitigate some of the damage? the latest numbers from thursday evening, actually, the number has risen to 30 people who have died. search and rescue have in action all over the city and there has been no comments from them about being overwhelmed howeverfrom the 65,000 people that were evacuated since new year's day, about 20,000 are still not able to return to their homes. several areas have already seen bud waters receded.

some of those have returned to their homes, however with the water is receding, it is also revealed the damage done with the roads, covered in mud as well as we are seeing pictures of vehicles being turned over due to being dragged by the strong currents of the floodwaters. as you mentioned earlier, jakarta is one of the fastest sinking cities in the world and many experts have also commented on how the city has not done enough in its action to prevent these floods because of waste management that have been lacking since waste has also been inundating storages and blocking water systems which has also led to these floods, including this year's. thank you for

bringing us up—to—date with this dire situation in jakarta bringing us up—to—date with this dire situation injakarta stop the former nissan boss carlos ghosn has insisted that he acted alone, in fleeing from japan to lebanon, despite seven people being detained in turkey for helping him escape. mr ghosn had been under house arrest in tokyo awaiting trial on charges of alleged financial misconduct — there's now an interpol arrest warrant for him. 0ur middle east correspondent quentin somerville has more from the lebanese capital beirut. well, the lebanese authorities responded to that interpol arrest warrant today, saying carlos ghosn may be summoned, he could be interrogated, but thejustice minister then made the point that lebanon simply doesn't extradite its citizens. so how did he pull off this caper? that's the big question everyone is asking.

his home in tokyo was under 2a hours surveillance and all three passports he had were under lock and key in his lawyer's office, and there was the suggestion he could have been smuggled out of his home in a musical instrument box. tokyo, japan, has no record of him leaving and the turks have no record of his private jet landing and departing, so hence we saw the arrests of the aircrew in turkey today. carlos ghosn is the only person who can answer all these questions and he will do so in a press conference here in beirut later this week but the fact of the matter is, for the moment, as long as he is in lebanon, carlos ghosn is a free man. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: smoke from australia's bushfires is blanketing parts of new zealand — and the impact could speed up the melting of its glaciers. also on the programme: new research suggests artificial intelligence can spot breast cancer more accurately than doctors. —— combating high levels of violence

against north american native women, special report from our correspondence. the japanese people are in mourning following the death of the emperor. thousands converged on the palace when it was announced. good grief. after half a century of delighting fans around the world, charlie brown and the rest of the gang are calling it quits. paul simon starts his tour of south africa tomorrow despite protests and riots from some black activist groups. they say international artist should continue to boycott south africa until majority rule is established. teams we re majority rule is established. teams were trying to scoop up lumps of oil as france recognises that faith is

an ecological crisis. authorities had assured this area that oil from the broken tanker would head out to see. it didn't. world's tallest skyscraper opens later today, easily overtaking its closest rivals. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm nuala mcgovern in london. our top stories: bushfires force the largest mass evacuation in australian history. emergency powers are in force in both victoria and neighbouring new south wales. flooding and landslides have claimed dozens of lives in the indonesian capitaljakarta, after the most intense rainfall in 2a years. we have been reporting on the

australian players and the devastating impact they are having there, but they are also having a terrible effect on glaciers as far away as new zealand. instead of the normal white that you'd expect a glacier to be — many have now turned brown from the smoke coming across the tasman sea. south island settlements have been covered in a thick haze that has turned the skies orange and obscured the once white glaciers. andrew gutsell is a tour pilot and has just flown over the region. i have just arrived i havejust arrived back i have just arrived back from a flight i have just arrived back from a flight in the helicopter in the head of the tasman glacier and what we are seeing there is a huge visual impact on the national park. the glaciers here are usually pristine and white, but today after two days of heavy smoke engulfing the national park we have seen that there is quite a brown tinge to the ice and it is affecting the aesthetic quality, you might say, of the glacier. you say they have

turned brown. is this something you have ever seen before and all your yea rs of have ever seen before and all your years of flying over the glacier? we know that australia's bushfires happen fairly frequently, is this something you have seen before with yellow it is something that happens quite a lot. the glaciers are a bit ofa time quite a lot. the glaciers are a bit of a time capsule. whenever we get a big event like this whether it is a volcanic eruption or bushfire, those layers will be on the glacier and they will stay there for hundreds if not thousands of years for scientist to look at in the future. what has it been doing to your business? have you had cancellations from travellers wanting to go? yeah, we have. 0ne travellers wanting to go? yeah, we have. one of the key things with a scenic light as it has got to be scenic. for the first two days of 2020 we have cancelled all of our scenic flights because of its. tha nkfully scenic flights because of its. thankfully we woke up this morning to beautiful blue skies and clear mountain's, so all of our aircraft are back in the sky and operating

today. very interested to see those pictures. let's turn to a different story. "it should have been done a long time ago." those were the words of president trump when he signed an executive order last week, establishing a task force to address violence against american indian and alaskan native women. it was official recognition that indigenous people suffer from disproportionately high levels of violence. but some native women are critical — saying the president has tasked the same federal agencies responsble for negligence to investigate the problem. sophie long reports. the words they sing and the drums they beat on other women and girls lost from the community. the murdered and missing indigenous women of alaska. this woman was 32 when she was last seen in october

2012. this woman was 31 years old when she went missing and 2016. tracy day was 43 when her daughter last saw her in february last year. they are just a few of the thousands of native women who have gone missing across the united states and who have never been found. actually johnson— bart wasjust who have never been found. actually johnson— bart was just ten years old when she was last seen. she was found, dead, and a vast meadowjust a few miles from the home she shared with her six siblings. herfather no worries for his other children. just wa nt to worries for his other children. just want to say sorry to her and stuff like that. what do you want to say sorry for? not being there for her stopping her. as a parent, not protecting her. eight excruciatingly long days later, his worst fears

we re long days later, his worst fears were confirmed. actually had been sexually assaulted and murdered. —— ashley. at a tribal gathering at the state capital there are shocking stories revealing the prevalence of violence against girls and women in native communities has. there is not one of my sisters who i'd don't know that has experienced some sort of violence, sexual assault, so that has experienced some sort of violence, sexualassault, so it that has experienced some sort of violence, sexual assault, so it is highly prevalent in my opinion. this woman has compiled a database documenting the thousands of missing women and girls across north america. law enforcement in this country has a very deep culture of racism, a very deep culture of sexism, and that kind of good old boys mentality is really strong. we see that in law enforcement at all different levels and different

states. it is an incredibly serious allegation and i would say uniformly there is no basis for that belief. understanding the cause of this is complicated, its causes are complex, but the voices of the women gathered here are now starting to be heard. has been a somewhat dismissive attitude. if it is a native woman that has gone missing, well, maybe she's just out and about. maybe she brought it upon herself. that is absolutely unacceptable anywhere at any time. ashley's abduction did stir hearts across the united states. a 41—year—old man has been charged with her murder. herfather can hope that he might see some kind of justice. hundreds of can hope that he might see some kind ofjustice. hundreds of others, though, continue to wonder where their daughters are and you could have happened to them.

the trump administration has said it will ban certain flavours of vaping devices ws food and drug administration say that companies do that do not stop selling the band products will face punishment. it's already being tipped as one of the biggest movies of the year — called "1917", it's an epicjourney across some of the bloodiest battlefields of the first world war. the plot is based on the real experiences of director sam mendes' own grandfather. and it's the expertise and advice of military historian andy robertshaw that has helped make the film so true to life. robin gibson has been to meet him. a film which sees the first world war through soldiers eyes. you have

a brother in the second battalion. yes sir. they are walking into a trap. to tommy's have to carry a vital message on a terrifying journey through the battlefield. watching the film, its a rollercoaster, because you are waiting for a whole lot of things to happen that you didn't spot to appear. and if you can get through it without physically feeling sick, it without physically feeling sick, it has gone 0k. his obsession with military history has taken andy robertshaw from teacher to freelance consultant. he is brought into align fiction with factual detail in making movies. he was hired for this film by word of mouth. making movies. he was hired for this film by word of mouthlj making movies. he was hired for this film by word of mouth. i had been recommended by steven spielberg and by peterjackson.

recommended by steven spielberg and by peter jackson. the recommended by steven spielberg and by peterjackson. the veteran of warhorse found himself on set for 1917. my job was one of getting historical details, and at the same time working with costume, working with the builders, and being on location every day for what seemed like months, i think probably it was about six weeks. with other projects in the pipeline he must be the envy of history teachers across the globe. how did i get here? this is so exceptional. 1917 goes on general release at the end of next week. robin gibson reporting there. you have been watching newsday. i'm nuala mcgovern in london. and i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. stay with us. coming up, how to

clean up space junk? we will be looking at how one japanese firm is trying to find new solutions to the increasing amount of satellite's debris polluting our cosmos. that's all for now, stay with bbc world news. hello there. for many we started the year on a cloudy but quiet note, didn't we? but it was all change my day to with rain, some of it heavy across scotland stopping not one weather front but too. its buy one get one free and bought some heavy rain as it drifted its way steadily south and east. so much so that we had a0 metres by eight o'clock at the end of the day on thursday in the end of the day on thursday in the highlands of scotland stopping all change as we move into friday's weather because it looks likely that today will be colder and will be a

little more in the way of sunshine around, and that is because those two with affronts continue to drift away south and east and then they allow the door to open to the colder arctic air stopping the isobars a lwa ys arctic air stopping the isobars always cruising together and they a lwa ys always cruising together and they always stay pretty windy in the northern isles with gail. 0f winds here but it is going to be a chilly old start in scotland first thing this morning, compare that to double—digit down into the south—east corner. unfortunately that means that we keep cloud and outbreaks of rain has to be hopefully by coffee time, certainly by lunchtime that should have eased away. we will have more sunshine coming through for friday, but instead coming through for friday, but i nstea d we nt coming through for friday, but instead went into the far north, thatis instead went into the far north, that is going to drive and some showers on exposed north—west coast and hurst struggling a little, just highest of 6—9d. moving out of friday into the start of the weekend and it looks likely that high pressure will build from the south and stay with us for saturday and sunday. at the same time, frontal systems drift

sunday. at the same time, frontal systems d rift across sunday. at the same time, frontal systems drift across the high and that means more cloud here and more ofa that means more cloud here and more of a breeze, so sheltered eastern areas thing the best of any brightness on saturday, the more cloud the further west and just a little bit of light, shall refrain into the far north—west with highest argues on saturday of 7— 10 degrees. it's almost a case of spot the difference as we move into sunday, still under the influence of high—pressure foremost, still lives with affronts toppling across that high introducing more cloud and rain but more of a south—westerly feed, slightly less colder air across the country, and temperatures widely back into double figures, 9— 11 degrees for many. but, that means that the high—pressure is likely to drift its way off into the net continent, so for the start of the new working week as everybody is starting to get back into the routine after christmas and new year, there is some more rain to come in the forecast, wet and windy weather will arrive for monday into tuesday so this is how it is looking, pretty unsettled, umbrellas close at hand, i'm afraid. take

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i'm nuala mcgovern with bbc world news. our top story: two australian states have declared emergencies to allow forced evacuations in the face of raging bushfires. dangerous weather conditions are expected to return at the weekend, raising the risk of new fires. the australian navy is beginning the evacuation of more than eight—hundred people from the town of mallacoota in victoria, which has been almost encircled by wildfires. at least 26 people have died and tens of thousands have been evacuated in the indonesian capital jakarta after flooding following the most intense rainful in 2a years. and this video is trending on bbc.com — western norway is experiencing a rare heatwave at a time when temperatures normally stay well below freezing. record after record has fallen, with the highest temperature of nineteen degrees, more than 25 above january's average. that's all. stay with bbc world news.