you are watching you stay on the bbc. -- you are watching you stay on the bbc. —— newsday. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines. by [and 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? good morning. it's 9:00am in singapore, 1:00am in london and noon 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.

a mass exodus from the devastation on the southern coast and a race a state of emergency has now come into effect in new south wales. this is the —— gives the rural fire service the power to mobilise resources on a federal level across the country but also to evacuate people. the commissioner said these conditions are going to be just as bad, if not worse, on saturday. people are now leaving, it has been described as the worst and largest mass evacuation in australian 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. 130km up the coast in the town of bega, evacuation centers are still taking in people. journalist adriane reardon, from the australian broadcasting corporation, is at an evacuation

centre in bega town with the latest. well, it is essentially the calm before the storm. as you can see, there is a fair bit of smoke behind me. it is nothing compared to what we saw on new year's eve, when the smoke was so thick and brown and people were walking around with facemasks. today is an opportunity for people to evacuate their homes. the evacuation centre here in bega is just the evacuation centre here in bega isjust one the evacuation centre here in bega is just one that was established in the lead up to saturday, when we understand conditions will take a turn for the worst. talk to me a little bit about how people are feeling or perhaps the atmosphere thatis feeling or perhaps the atmosphere that is there. i see lots of people have trailers and caravans they have arrived with. what is expected? 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 the caller and calm conditions, people have really been urged to leave. if you are still here, you have been advised to take refuge here at the evacuation centre in bega ahead of saturday. as you said, you can see tense and caravans behind me. people are basically preparing for the day ahead. with that said, there is a lot of anxiety in the hour, lots of anticipation and apprehension, lots of nervousness, but there is also a lot of preparedness and determination to get through tomorrow, and although it is an anxious wait, people are preparing for the worst. they are doing so with a strength and resilience that you often see in regional and remote communities. food, water, is that all supplied? how many people are expected to actually arrive? indeed, we expect

more people to come, no doubt. there area more people to come, no doubt. there are a couple of hundred people here already but there is plenty of food and plenty of water, and we understand that petrol, even though it has been short in some parts of the region in the last few days, we understand that has been topped up at different petrol stations across the region. so there are enough resources here at the moment, there is enough space. as packed as it looks behind me, there is more room and people can squeeze in. 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. reports from iraq say at least eight people have been killed in a missile strike on baghdad airport. the iranian—backed popular mobilisation forces said one of its top officials was among the dead and blamed the us for the attack.

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 broken, with the highest temperature of 19 degrees, more than 25 above january's average. it makes this norway's warmest day injanuary since records began. dozens of people have died in floods in jakarta, with tens of thousands 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. resty woro yuniar reports.

flooding. the city recorded its most intense rainfall in 2a years on new year's eve. dozens of people have lost their lives. translation: this is the worst flooding i have ever experienced in my 22 years living here. it has never been like this before. public transport is disrupted as some parts of the city are submerged. the electricity has also been switched off in many districts as a precaution. jakarta has 13 rivers running through it. trains are blocked, rivers full of plastic, and residents are pumping out groundwater, causing flooding as sea out groundwater, causing flooding as sea levels rise. here is one of the

worst flooded neighbourhoods in jakarta. as you can see behind me, workers are cleaning the mud off the streets. residents were evacuated when two metres of water hits their houses on new year's eve. while this neighbourhood is regularly flooded, residents have no other choice than to come back to this area wants the water disappears. the indonesian president has said he wants to move the capital to a new location, but people don't want to leave. this is the biggest flood i have ever seen since 2002. it looks like an ocean. the rain was very heavy. this is the new year, and we are greeting 2020 with a massive flood. but i want to continue to live here, because when the flood hits my neighbours and i are in it together, not alone. there have been many plans over the years to try to improve the situation in jakarta, from cleaning up rivers to digging drains, but none have been big enough to really tackle the

problem. it is highly likely that this is not the last time children will spend their new year at a shelter. 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. our 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. the most ambitious financial and political change ever attempted

the japanese people are in morning following the death of emperor hirohito stop thousands converged on the imperial palace to pay their respects when it was announced he was dead. good grief! after half a century of delighting fans around the world, charlie brown and the re st of the world, charlie brown and the rest of the gang are calling it quits. the singer paul simon starts his tour of south africa tomorrow in spite of protests and violence from some black activist groups. they say international artists should continue to boycott south africa until majority rule is established. teams were trying to scoop up lumps of oil, as france recognises it faces an ecological crisis. three weeks ago the authorities confidently assured these areas that oilfrom the broken confidently assured these areas that oil from the broken tanker erica would head out to sea. it didn't. the world because my tallest skyscraper opens later today. the burj dubai is easily overtaken its nearest rivals.

this is newday 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. dozens of people have died and tens of thousands have been evacuated from buildings injakarta after the heaviest rain in a quarter of a century caused flooding and landslides. the australian fires are having a detrimental effect on glaciers that are as far away as new zealand's south island. the japan times has new details on what we were reporting on, how former car boss carlos ghosn escaped prosecutors. the paper says he had two french passports and was allowed to keep one while out on bail before fleeing to lebanon. the straits times carries a

heartbreaking photo of a toddler being rescued during the catastrophic flooding in jakarta. being rescued during the catastrophic flooding injakarta. as you can see, a really heartbreaking photo and we've been hearing about the torrential rainfall over the new year has triggered landslides and severe flooding, which has killed over 20 people. that brings you up—to—date with some of the papers. we've been talking about the australian is and the devastating impact it is having in that country, but it's also having a detrimental effect on glaciers that are as far away as new zealand's south island. 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've just arrived back from a flight in the helicopter to 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've 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've turned brown. is this something you have ever seen before from all your years of flying over the glacier? we know that australia's bushfires occur fairly frequently, is this something you have seen before? it is something that happens quite a lot. the glaciers are like a bit of a time capsule. whenever we get a big event like this, whether it's a volcanic eruption or a bushfire,

sometimes dust storms do the same thing, those layers are locked up on the glacier and they will stay there for hundreds if not thousands of years for scientists to look at in the future. the us have announced a ban applying to mintand the us have announced a ban applying to mint and fruit flavoured e—cigarettes. menthol and tobacco flavours will still be allowed as well as fruit flavours delivered in other ways. laura trevelyan reports. flavoured e—cigarettes are very popular with teenagers and many pa rents a re popular with teenagers and many parents are concerned about the impact these products could have on their children's health, so the trump administration has banned kid friendly mint and fruit flavours in cartridge e—cigarettes but will still allow those flavours to be sold by the tank vaping system is often found in vape shops. this policy was dictated by the e—cigarette industry. policy was dictated by the e-cigarette industry. the band doesn't restrict the sale of... president donald trump has always been clear about his goals. we have to protect our families.

been clear about his goals. we have to protect ourfamilies. at been clear about his goals. we have to protect our families. at the same time, it's a big industry, we want to protect the industry. while it's unclear what the long—term effects of vaping are, there are worries about the potential impact on the lungs of those who vape, so how effective will this partial pan be? it will have a slight effect but i don't think it will completely stop this amazing epidemic of youth vaping, but it is one step in the right direction to try and start stemming the tide. ultimately this ban on some flavours of e—cigarette cartridges is a compromise. between the goal of cracking down on teenager vaping and the e—cigarette industry, which has lobbied hard for exemptions. laura trevelyan with that report. "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 trump administration has announced that it will ban a number the words they sing and the drums they beat honour the women and girls lost from their community — the murdered and lost indigenous women of alaska. mary anne alexie was 32 when she was last seen in october, 2012. lori dee wilson was 31 went she went missing in 2016. tracy day was 43 when her daughter last saw her in february last year. they're just a few of the thousands of native women who have gone

missing across the united states and have never been found. ashleyjohnson—barr was just ten years old when she was last seen. she was found, dead, here in a vast meadowjust a few miles from the home in kotzebue she shared with her six siblings. her father now worries for his other children. i just want to say sorry to her and stuff like that, you know. what do you want to say sorry for? not being there for her, not protecting her as a parent. not protecting her. scottie takes me to the place ashley had been playing with herfriends. eight excruciatingly long days later, his worst fears were confirmed. ashley had been sexually assaulted and murdered. at a tribal gathering in the state capital,

there are shocking stories revealing the prevalence of violence against girls and women in native communities here. not one of my sisters that i don't know that hasn't experienced some sort of violence, some sort of domestic abuse, rape, sexual assault. it runs the gamut, molestation for children. so it's highly prevalent in my opinion. anita has compiled a database documenting the missing girls across north america. law enforcement in this country has a very deep culture of racism, sexism and that kind of "good old boys" mentality is really strong. we see that in law enforcement at all different levels and all different states. it's an incredibly serious allegation, and i would say uniformly there is no basis for that belief. understanding because of this epidemic and abuse is complicated, its causes are complex, but the voices of the women gathered here are now starting to be heard. there has been a somewhat

dismissive attitude, if it is a native woman that has gone missing. well, maybe she is just out and about. maybe she brought it upon herself. that is absolutely unacceptable — anywhere at anytime. ashley's abduction and death 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 ofjustice. hundreds of others, though, continue to wonder where their daughters are and fear what could happen to them. sophie long, bbc news, kotzebue, alaska. turning to a new film. 1917 is an epicjourney across turning to a new film. 1917 is an epic journey across the turning to a new film. 1917 is an epicjourney across the 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 have helped make the film so true to life. robin gibson has been to meet him. in your own time, gentlemen. 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. your orders are to deliver a message calling off tomorrow morning's attack. two tommies have to carry a vital message on a terrifying journey through the battlefield. i've got orders to cross here. that is the german frontline. watching the film, it's a rollercoaster, because you are waiting for a whole lot of things to happen that you didn't spot to appear. to go, oh no! and if you can get through it without physically feeling sick, it has gone ok. his obsession with military history has taken andy robertshaw from teacher to freelance film consultant. he's brought in to align fiction with factual detail in making movies. he was hired for this film by word of mouth. i'd been recommended...

wait for it, by steven spielberg and by peter jackson. the veteran of war horse found himself on set for 1917. myjob really was one of getting historical details, and at the same time working with costume, working with the trench building that needed to be built, 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. but one day, someone's going to rumble me, i'm sure. 1917 goes on general release at the end of next week. sounds like a fascinating film. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. don't

go away, coming up: how do you clean up go away, coming up: how do you clean up space junk? we will be talking about that with a company that is trying. i'll be watching. for now, goodbye. hello there. for many we started the year on a cloudy but quiet note, didn't we? but it was all change by day two with rain, some of it heavy across scotland. not one weather front but two. it must be january — it's buy one get one free and it brought some heavy rain as it drifted its way steadily south and east. so much so that we had 40mm by 8pm at the end of the day on thursday in the highlands of scotland. all change as we move into friday's weather because it looks likely that today will be colder and there will be a little more in the way of sunshine around, and that is because those two weather fronts continue to drift their way south and east, and then they allow the door to open to the colder arctic air. the isobars always squeezing

together and they always stay pretty windy in the northern isles, with galeforce gusts of winds here, but it's going to be a chilly old start in scotland first thing this morning, compare that to double—digits down into the south—east corner. unfortunately, that means that we keep cloud and outbreaks of rain here. hopefully by coffee time, certainly by lunchtime, that should have eased away. we will have more sunshine coming through for friday, but it stays windy into the far north and that's going to drive in some showers on exposed north—west coast and those temperatures struggling a little. so despite the sunshine, highest values ofjust 6—9 degrees. 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 across the high and that means more cloud here and more of a breeze, so sheltered eastern areas seeing the best of any brightness perhaps on saturday, the more cloud the further west and just a little bit of light, showery rain into the far

north—west, with highest values 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 for most, still those weather fronts 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 near continent, so for the start of the new working week, as everybody‘s starting to get back into a routine after christmas and new year period, 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 care.

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 royal australian navy is beginning the evacuation of more than 800 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 19 degrees, more than 25 above january's average.