you're watching t w news ally of the from berlin australia struggles to contain catastrophic bushfires author and he's warned that high winds and scorching temperatures have been making the emergency even worse also coming up germany hit south of the u.s. up to the u.s. president signs off on sanctions against a pipeline that would bring russian gas to germany we'll look at why washington does not want the project completed. and the antarctic treaty turns 16 we'll look at what's next for the frozen continent though seen a shop rise and tourism in recent years.

i mean you could as mckinnon thank you for joining us australia's bushfire crisis is escalating with fire crews struggling to contain the spread of places around sydney a combination of record temperatures drought and powerful winds have powered at the inferno is at least 8 people have died since the country's began. to smoking remains of a home after bushfires swept through the area these residents in new south wales tried to fire as well as they could before firefighters arrived and took over this happened quickly. we saw this mark and for up basically rushing towards us over the hill and basically every minute it was probably another kilometer closer. before eventually it just hit a fence and pretty much they're finding their ass off. the fires are some of us

truly is most extensive ever they have left 30000 square kilometers of charred land in their wake since october over $800.00 homes have been destroyed several states are affected this blaze was raging in the country's south on the outskirts of the city of adelaide but the forest on fire wild life have nowhere else to go pushing the animals poster to people's backyards and into their homes record temperatures powerful winds and low humidity are creating the conditions for the fires to spread presidents say the constant danger is something they've learned to live with. we naive that it's probably only a matter of. days oh wait well we have another. that. will be definitely and ready late. the sheer scale of these bush fires is pushing fire and rescue services to their limits and the fires are still

getting worse. 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 there with a number of blazes continuing to burn threatening properties right across as far grounds can you give us an idea of how bad the damage has been over the past 24 hours look at this stage we're still trying to ascertain the damage certainly of the last 12 hours where were you saying reports of widespread property loss especially through the blue mountains and in some south western sydney around the the. area and the human heart eyesight will assess those overcoming dies we are largely talking in excess of $23.00 to potentially even 50 harms destroyed unfortunately we still have one person which is unaccounted for and hopefully tomorrow will form some some good news but certainly you know a grim harvest if for a number of reports from from that area in north western sydney secondly huge

pressure on the firefighters not to mention the people whose whose homes are being affected by this is there any relief in sight a whole. ulick think fully this in the is always a catastrophic fire danger is that we saw yesterday widespread across the sydney and southern parts of new south wales that has now east once we sold a southerly change comes through that dropped temperatures and very quickly some 20 degrees celsius we did say those winds on the sea continue to give us issues but i have since had bided in southern parts of new south wales which is really allowed crews to stop protecting himes us slowing the spread of far enough threat to hinds azan will have an opportunity for about 4 or 5 days now with 5 or will conditions to really work on those are close can time and lawns and unfortunately we have seen these fires now grow to in excess in some areas of 400000 hexes bedding in very rare mart and rugged trying and the army why we will contain these blazes now is

widespread rhein which at this stage isn't full cost until at least medora middle end of february all right james morris from the new south wales oral fire threat as thanks so much for talking to us and all the best. all right let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world now the u.s. has officially announced the funding of a new military branch focused on winning battles from space president announced a space 481-6000 troop military unit designed to defend american interests in space. french holiday travelers are facing major delays as well as cancellations as the nationwide transport strike continues paris rail travelers face long waits for crowded trains or the system running at hof capacity transport workers are part of a larger strike called over pension reforms. hotelling is in venice

say fears of new flooding of cut the number of hotel reservations by almost half restaurants also receiving far fewer bookings last month the highest tide in decades left parts of the italian canal city underwater. germany has condemned u.s. sanctions on the north stream 2 gas pipeline between russia and germany finance minister would have show it's called a quote a severe intervention in german and european internal affairs this comes as the sanctions prompted a company laying pipes for the pipeline to stop construction on friday president donald trump approved the move against firms involved in building north stream the u.s. has criticized the project for handing too much power to russia. the sanctions on the north stream 2 projects are included in a wide ranging us defense spending bill president signed the legislation into law

a ceremony held under full space just outside washington. now my honor to. sign the 2000 to $1.00 a marriage bill defense authorization act into law. the sanctions target companies involved in the almost 10000000000 euro project to double the pipeline capacity covering russian natural gas to europe's leading economy germany . most of the pipeline has been completed all seized the company building the unfinished section through danish territorial waters announced it was holding its work in anticipation of the new law washington had made it clear in advance that noncompliance would have consequences you know senator cruz who is the sponsor of the bill wrote a letter to the c.e.o. of all cs today basically saying as soon as this bill is signed into law you're out of compliance and you are subject to sanctions so it's a it's a it's a hot topic. the u.s.

move has angered germany a longtime ally. berlin rejects the idea that washington can legally impose sanctions on 3rd parties. next come up we have long been against extraterritorial sanctions we have the same problem with iran in my opinion the only solution is to hold talks very decisive talks. letting these extra territorial sanctions take effect. despite the anger in berlin germany is not planning any action against washington that's not the case with russia the other partner in the pipeline president vladimir putin has threatened retaliation moscow has made it clear it will go ahead and finish the project whatever the united states does. alright let's have a look at some sports now and it's the final weekend of bundestag of matches before german soccer takes its annual winter break on friday hoffenheim dortmund 21

scored 1st ashraf by kimi cross from our you got to make it one nil in the 17th minute of 9 had to wait until late in the match to reply that i mean in levelled at the score in the 87th minute and under a bridge scored the winner with just 3 minutes left eye. and premier league club everton have appointed italian color until aussie as their new manager giving him a for a half year contract a former napoli coach is a 3 time champions league winner and has also won several domestic titles in europe's top leagues including with bae and nick the last time he managed an england was with chelsea back in 2010 where he won the domestic double at the turn hope he can provide safety and stability they are just 4 points above the relegation zone. now it is 16 years since the treaty was

signed it. 195912 nations pledged to use the southernmost constant for peaceful purposes only and specifically for scientific research and the treaty has resulted in a sea research stations being set up and antarctica where thousands of scientists from all over the world well in their several monitoring the rapid increase in temperature in the region. approaching antarctica from the air on board are researchers from 10 different countries they'll be spending the antarctic summer season on various projects this year the team from belarus is especially large. says would be a program for scientists. will just cause more. joy of physics and now we build and go station india has also sent a large team members will be making their way to the country's antarctic research

stations claimer to study is the build up on. the study so it does not emerge off. so i'm a combination of the all the depth of the would be on that plane what is the condition of the. i thought example that is hitting all the glacier after observing the environment for many years researchers like russian alexi teton have been able to monitor the changes taking place. from any year you. know about. change sure. in. one it's. it's known that the moon's gravity force affects ocean tides but it's exact effect on weather has not yet been well explained. that. the russian team cooperate with the seismologists at the german noir my own research station it's. 700 kilometers away

perched on stilts not far from the continent's icy shore. mark heads the station's air chemistry observatory he's worried about the rise of c o 2 particles in the antarctic atmosphere he's also concerned that the untouched southern continent could fall victim to economic exploitation it's in a kind of gray zone when it comes to international law thus. it's hard to say what will happen and how things will develop especially if some areas become ice free and amazing raw materials are unearthed. 4 years ago the antarctic treaty was agreed and extended but. i see that as a good sign that it will continue to go in this direction just as in his original i

don't view. the main draw for researchers that know i are the emperor penguins the scientists want to examine the animals breeding behavior to protect possible threats caused by climate change. the international researchers share their results with each other. people always talk about the antarctic family all the conflicts that exist elsewhere in the world for by the way saudis everyone helps each other and people try to get along at times under truly inhospitable conditions it's nice to see that in spite of all the bad news in the world it can really work. does is it. successful collaboration on the most sparsely populated continent on earth. you are watching news live from but end up next wild stories reports on the indian swimming champion was no arms there forget you can avoid always get the latest news on our website that is

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