i am. this is the news coming to you live from berlin australia's prime minister apologizes. to face the country's unprecedented bushfires 2 volunteer firefighters battling a blaze via sydney have been killed crews are working to contain more than 100 fires by record temperatures and high winds. coming out at least 3 people have been killed police in india crackdown on nationwide protests against a contentious new citizenship more than

a 1000 demonstrators have been arrested. and the british parliament is due to vote on the prime minister's plan to take on. morris johnson. is expected to pass because in fact election victory. the discussions have been long and intense but now russia ukraine and they have reached a tentative. russian gas. australia's prime minister scott morrison has apologized for going on holiday as the nation contends a massive bushfire emergency marson pay tribute to the 2 volunteer firefighters

killed while deployed to name 3 others the seriously injured the men were among thousands of firefighters battling to contain some 150 days is raging across the state of new south wales. 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 jeffery keeping died after a burning tree fell on the truck bays 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 cast in an apocalyptic light. on the ground 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 this man prime minister scott morrison is currently facing criticism for leaving the country to holiday in hawaii . protesters turned up at his empty home in sydney and accused him of not doing enough to end the country suppliants on fossil fuels the reality of climate change is upon us droughts and most of the heat wave. and most of the.

creeping into spring and. we are living in a dangerous climate and it is time for our prime minister to get out of the hole and the groups and stop thinking about the future. has responded to the crisis and cut short his holiday but while he has apologized for being absent he has yet to give in to demands to act on climate change. morris he's a spokesperson for the new south wales who are in fire service thank you very much for talking to us and firstly we want to say how sorry we are to hear about your 2 colleagues fathers of young children who've lost their lives fighting these days is can you give us a sense of the scale of the fires these men and thousands of other firefighters are facing. good evening and good morning to you emirates are obviously a very big loss for the roof or service and and the water for falling for eternity

here in new south wales 2 very loved well respected and dedicated men who gave a lot of time to protect a community i'm not only now but of the last 10 or so years of the same members of the route for service unfortunately they were killed in the early in the light i was rather of last night's i when they fought farting appliance was struck by trait and therefore rolled and unfortunately those 2 men did die at the same 3 firefighters who were in the back of the vehicle which transported to hospital via ambulance and thankfully they're in ny in a stable condition with non-life threatening injuries but obviously i has a want to fix for some time and now unfortunately obviously many visits by very well respected people to the whole the park brigade to die and obviously they're in a very date situs store. given the current situation that they're in now and the 5 forces almost entirely. what are the biggest dangers facing.

what the thinking is of these fires. this other new south wales self is made up of around 70000 volunteers fought hard as supported by a 1001000 staff members is one of 4 services here in new south wales vs a lot of effort as are volunteers and do a great job in protecting that community obviously they saw as that way have run across new south wales and have so since the oldest not have been a huge day in regards to the areas that they have been banning in their remarks in rugged terrain but certainly the biggest danger we have these days very erratic conditions that we are saying a very draw fuel lives coupled with temperatures drought conditions and strong winds are the dangers such as falling trees which unfortunately still kill 2 of our members lost not we have a saying quite a number of falling vehicles i have of the pasta months struck by trays with

a number of injuries to far far those but unfortunately none as severe as what we've seen in the last 24 hours and james finds the edging. toward steps being taken to isolate the fison stop them. look unfortunately they saw the banging burning in very very remark and rugged drying a lot of these areas do not have close can time lines that way can simply do a direct attack or declines can time and so are now strategies now to fall back to communities and want to err is to protect times as a fire has come out into habited areas now the biggest issue at this stage is that these fires asar large and with catastrophic fire conditions predicted for tomorrow across a number of areas the only thing that we will be out tomorrow is to protect law and try to protect property where we can under these conditions because it's simply too dangerous to be able to have far far as trying to control they said was under those

conditions james morris from the new south wales thank you very much and good luck in the efforts to contain those most phys thank you for you on turning now to india where there's no let up in mass protests against a new citizenship despite the pleas ban on large gatherings at least 3 people have died and causes have been detained up to 7 days a month and protests across the country the controversial new law office an easier path to indian citizenship from non muslim migrants from neighboring countries india's home minister has called a crisis meeting to discuss the tass. journalists s. and their rubbish on in the city of chennai to decide but why there was so much anger over the state just nation. there are a. lot of those protests in the northeast in the uk and i was. particularly. and these people don't want.

my dad to come into the media so all of our other guests are to ensure that there's no influx of migrants. into india that just don't want him as far as the muslim minority community. he knows the law gives you the money and this is the beginning of the store where. you know and maybe you could leap could be a justified when combined with the national it doesn't look here not just oil and the chances of progress so far and i think you know he. made it up to me up me last week. you know listen to this it is this and this is the discrepancy in the you know what he stands for to them and so on. and i don't think it's fair to say

they're against the money because you know it's not just the cd or so the citizenship act or you know the companies you know. that have no results who are not. that was. talking to us from the southern indian city of chennai let me now bring you up to date but some other stories making news around the world the gambling hub of macau has celebrated 20 years since its transfer to chinese room at a ceremony marking the anniversary chinese president xi jinping said china would not allow foreign interference in macau or hong kong regions with the one country 2 systems model she also wore the government in the us democratic white house hopeful spot in the 6 to bait of the race to pick a nominee for next is

a mission. hundreds of thousands of mosques in cities across the don to celebrate the 1st anniversary of the uprising that toppled former president. the campaign has promised to carry on their push for political reform and for charges being brought the killing of civilians during the uprising. down to the u.k. we have british lawmakers are due to vote today on prime minister barres johnson spline to take the u.k. out of the european union on january 31st and given johnson's decisive election which the last week the bill is widely expected to pass and johnson has made a few changes to the withdrawal agreement here's a look at some of the key points. after becoming prime minister boris johnson successfully lobbied for changes to the withdrawal agreement laying out the terms for britain's departure from the european union parliament held up final passage prompting early elections which gave johnson's proved brags that conservatives are

solid majority. the divorce deal settles the divisions of assets and liabilities it also guarantees the rights of e.u. citizens living in britain and yuki said to send any you countries and finally sets out the future for the vexed irish border di lemma that proved to be the main sticking point in negotiations how to handle trade along the northern ireland border between the u.k. and each member ireland the proposed backstop arrangement was removed in favor of a solution whereby northern ireland will maintain free movement of goods across the border avoiding a hard border with customs post was seen as essential for protecting peace in northern ireland under the good friday agreement but the future trading relationship between the u.k. and e.u. remains to be hammered out after britain leaves the block on january 31st 2020 it will adhere to e.q. rules during a transition period until the end of the year that means the risk of

a new deal hard bragg's it remains britain and the e.u. cannot agree and new trade deal by the end of 2020 e.u. diplomats one that's a process that normally takes several years. and just a short little famished to my stance and open the debate in parliament once again drumming up support for his banks again have a listen power is a time that together as one reinvigorated nation one united kingdom filled with a renewed confidence in our national destiny and determined at last take advantage of the opportunities the now lies before us and the whole purpose over our withdrawal agreements is to set this in motion and avoid any further. let me i'd join in to begin outside parliament in london following that crucial vote today they get done we've been here

a few times given that boris johnson now has an emphatic majority will getting this bill through just a breeze. well yes a reader that's indeed what we're expecting just to recapture the old parliament had really tried to influence the government they had tried to change the course of practice it now boris johnson has a huge conservative majority so effectively he can do in parliament what he wants of course there will be opposition and we know that the labor opposition is not in favor of this withdrawal agreement we have seen in the debate boris johnson said it's an exciting chapter for the country but then the leader of the opposition jeremy corbyn i said it's a battering ram for mood deregulation this is what laborous fearing and also for a trade deal with donald trump so we still have these competing views on greg sittin on the withdrawal agreement but presumably we'll have no problem in getting

his d. of this new deal through parliament this time but take it the original text for the briggs the bill has been altered since johnson won his majority last week how these changes being received. well the opposition the labor party traditionally supporting workers' rights they're particularly concerned that a passage on workers' rights that says that the u.k. in the future will not on the cards and the e.u. rights that workers here in the u.k. had this has been actually taken out of this bill the government says it will be done and some separate bill but of course labor and the opposition is suspicious whether this will really be the case and what form this bill and the future rights for the workers will hold also the government is saying that it's basically binding itself not to extend the transition period so boris johnson wants to send a signal he wants to say at the end of next year that's really it. will be

capable of negotiating a free trade deal with the european union just in a matter of months so he just less than one year should be in office what is it what he's saying we know there are critics here and also many trade experts say well normally that's not really enough for a free trade deal so normally it takes years so the question is will the government be really be able to stick to that but that's definitely the intention at this point right big outside of the parliament in the u.k. on a rainy day thank you very much for keeping us up to date with the latest developments there. as strikes in syria are claiming and greece number of civilian lives and that's according to a british based monitoring group it says at least 30 civilians have been killed by russian and syrian government and strikes in the past week alone the deaths come and syrian troops launch

a new offensive. that was pulled from under the rubble after as strikes hit. seems all too common in the province. since monday at least 30 people have been killed and dozens more injured by russian jets most if not all were civilians and many of them children. residents say their town has no military importance. is that it was the cause and this is an industrial area only civilians live here is not a single soldier here russia is worse than the syrian regime we civilians have no one who can help us. just sort of the colonel warplanes hit the area with missiles i left my motorcycle and ran for cover there were people on the rubble there.

was the conflict in northern syria escalated again earlier this year when the syrian government backed by russian at power began a large scale offensive against rebels in the region. caught in the crossfire civilians are fleeing their homes some 8000 people are said to have fled to areas near the syrian turkish border since tuesday a region and their idea home to many displaced by the war. and long as the offensive continues it's likely. still to come this fierce. back in. space race american. international space station. but 1st the u.s. president. to sign the bill for u.s. sanctions against the stream to gas pipeline today the white house wants to block

the completion of the pipeline that russia to deliver gas directly via the board to see washington. billions in. transit fees stream to. russia ukraine and the european commission have finally reached a tentative. the deal goes into effect on january the 1st. and. welcome to still so as to be on russia's promise to kind of continue using ukraine to transport the gas into europe but you korean has had its own share of problems dealing with russia and getting its gas supplies. there's been a number of disputes between russia and ukraine when it comes over gas the harshest one certainly being the one and generally of 2009 when moscow actually cut. gas

applies to ukraine and a row over the payment of transit fees and those bitter $3.00 weeks not only for people in ukraine but also in other european countries gas supplies have to be rationed actually we have to understand that gas deliveries play a key role in the ukrainian economy the country earns about 3000000000 dollars each year in transit fees from gas which runs from russia. towards europe and is very much intended to hang on to this business now the north stream to pipeline is a serious threat to this business as it runs through ukraine but underneath the baltic sea and even if the russian. president promises that you know gas will continue to run through ukraine we have to keep in mind russia annexed crimea a part of ukraine it has been stoking a breakaway conflict in the east of the country and that is a huge liability there on the word of the russian president and this wasn't mentioned this is a lot of controversy about this known history into gas pipeline but why is jimmy so

keen that it be completed well 1st of all because germany and other european countries would be excluded from any dispute between russia and ukraine in the future that's not to say that it's easier to to negotiate with russia or as it is but on top of that the pipeline doubles the amount of gas that is being delivered to your of through an already existing pipeline so for the german government this has long been a sollie economic issue but it is not we have to understand that eastern european countries have been opposing the north stream to pipeline for a long time along with ukraine fearing that they would simply be cut out from gas to live reese from russia giving the country too much leverage and that is something that the united states agreed to agrees with hence the sanctions that donald trump is likely to sign into law into law later today christopher from the business desk thank you for your insights on this issue. in just over to us a u.s.

aircraft make a boy is due to launch its star line the astronaut capsule on its 1st man journey to the international space station if successful the spacecraft will feel less reliance on russia to travel to the i s s but the project has been troubled by technical delays. heavy duty rocket is set to launch the starliner into space for its test flight and deposit it 180 kilometers above the earth's surface. from there the space capsule equipped with its own measurement sensors and thrusters is supposed to fly to the i access international space station and dock with it completely automatically. a few days later the starliner will decouple from the eye assess and part with that service module in order to return to earth. the unpiloted capsule should

then safely and gently land on the ground in new mexico but the help of parachutes and airbags if all goes to plan the starliner will soon be able to transport astronauts into space. the space shuttles were once readied for lift off and this hangar for the past few years it's where the starliner has been built. a man transport system for the next generation nasa is having it developed and built by boeing a private company. the starliner resembles the apollo spacecraft which once landed astronauts on the moon. its crew capsule can be reused after the flight it should complete 10 missions in total and carry up to 7 astronauts. into space at

a time. the crew will be seated an upper and lower rows when they lift off for their missions. at the beginning of november the starliner completed a simulated takeoff emergency a security system had to transport the man capsule out of the danger zone the test is deemed a success even if one of the 3 parachutes fails. in order to clear this important hurdle the rescue system's newly developed thrusters were fired on a test and. the crew members for the 1st blind to the eye assess were selected years ago christopher ferguson will lead the trio. the space shuttle era ended with his last flight his next one is hoped to open

a new chapter in american space travel if there are no further delays he and his crew could head to the i access in 2020. 5 are you call from an. american. this is news and these are the top stories 2 firefighters have died in australia as they were deployed to deal with bushfires thousands of firefighters are battling to contain over 105 across the state of new south wales prime minister scott morrison has cultural does holiday to respond to the tri says often. in india there's been no let up in mass protests against a new citizenship law despite a police ban on large gatherings several people have died in days of demonstrations against the law which makes it easier for non muslim migrants to get indian citizenship critics say the laws. threatens india's secular democracy.

so the british parliament is set to vote on the prime minister's plan for the ucas departure from the european union the passage of boris johnson's bill is expected to be a formality after the conservatives won a large majority at last week's general election. in the us democratic party white house hopeful spot in the 6th debate of the race to pick a nominee for next year's presidential election with just 7 of the remaining 15 candidates taking bought the stage allowed less unknown figures to shine the 1st round of voting will begin in iowa in february. this is news from bali and for more you can always follow us on twitter. oh visit a website that dot com. up next we have to still call what coming in with this is

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