this is d.w. news live from berlin in apology from australia's prime minister for vacationing in hawaii while parts of his country burnt. prime minister you have other responsibilities and. thousands of firefighters are struggling to contain catastrophic blazes across several states we'll go to sydney to get the latest on the crisis. in germany and the e.u. take the u.s. to task for sanctions on a pipeline project to supply western europe with russian gas will look at what if

any impact those sanctions may actually have. and live german soccer league heading into the winter break a 31 win. was enough to guarantee their lead in the bundesliga we'll have that action and a lot more later in the show. thanks for joining. bushfire crisis is going from bad to worse fire crews are struggling to contain the spread of blazes around sydney a combination of record temperatures drought and powerful winds has fueled the inferno at least 8 people have died since the fires began. the reality of the fight against the flames told. the false of nature overwhelming.

well there are. just a handful of firefighters here more than 3000 others are on the front lines in new south wales and one of the biggest fire disasters australia has seen to have lost their lives. and back in australia to help coordinate the response prime minister scott morrison and outrage by leaving for holiday in hawaii is a crisis peaked he's returned with repentance. obviously return from that has caused some great anxiety in australia and jenny and i acknowledge that. you had a time i ever again and you had the benefit of hindsight that would have made different decisions. the past 2 days have been desperate in new south wales the situation officially turned catastrophic as one official said as bad as it gets. exhaustion is setting in. for take management and the dry and the

relentless niter this season is certainly taking a toll on so too was a geographic spread of the activity those logistical challenges transport and and accommodation challenges spreading and moving people right across such a broad geographic area all add to the challenges of for to improve our ties and. maybe now though some rest pite the intensity of the fires has eased as cold wet weather moves in but still hundreds of fires are burning and the assessment of the damage caused has hardly started. earlier i spoke to said me based journalist roger may nod for more on the ongoing crisis well an enormous amount of flour has broken out right across much of the new south wales and also into southern queensland so that juror and these are very serious fires in south australia to mostly be a chill to live here although a lot say they can't remember

a time when the fires have been so extensive and so intense it's almost unprecedented that they say we've got some big fires in the blue mountains west of sydney now fortunately this isn't a particularly habited area in a lot of people live there but you still got quite a few little villages and small towns that fires there are a number of fires burning in it in this area and the danger is that the beginning to join up to full one great mega blaze a conflagration if you like and the fire commissioner that was talking this morning of the possibility of that far moving further towards city and if that of course then a lot of people would be at risk. and brief if you can climate change you mention that scott morrison had mentioned it has how is that played into this conversation . well i think he's all the see it does route reflect of tipping point in the way that this government is viewing climate change scott morrison the government has been very reluctant to link climate change to the bush or even to

the drought but now it seems that coming around thinking the problem is illustrated relies on an enormous amount on for 2. stations it makes on a $60000000000.00 a year from exporting its told us there's a lot to lose it will strain the. fossil fuels and tries to pursue more renewable energy but there are signs today that the government's mood might be changing they might get the message will right roger matter in sydney thank you very much for that update. germany has objected strongly to u.s. sanctions against the north trying to gas pipeline from russia to germany the sanctions target companies involved in the construction of the pipeline which runs under the baltic scene washington says north stream too will give russia too much power over europe and it's offering its own gas as an alternative. 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. actions constitute serious interference in the internal affairs of germany and europe and of our own sovereignty we have ject to them in the strongest terms moreover this behavior is entirely in comprehensible and is not at all appropriate between friends and nato allies. the sanctions target companies like swiss based all sees it operate ships that lay pipelines at sea but because the sanctions could threaten business the company does in the united states its announced its suspending work on north stream too many german politicians are outraged by the american measures deal with the u.s. just wants more markets for their fracking gas he they want to force europeans to

buy environment damaging fracking again. but the government in berlin says it won't retaliate but i'm hundreds we do not want to trade in warm weather on this issue or any other we believe that political differences should be resolved politically and shouldn't contribute to making the trade conflicts worse conflict. the consortium building north stream 2 says construction will continue but finishing the pipeline may now take longer and cost more. stories around the world in india the death toll from protests against a controversial new citizenship law has risen to at least 23 police say more than 600 people have been arrested demonstrators clashed with police across the country despite curfews and tough measures aimed at stopping the protests. in pakistan has sentenced a university lecturer to death for blasphemy junaid huffing. is accused of

insulting the islamic prophet muhammad on social media his lawyer says he'll appeal the south asian country has tough laws for insulting islamic figures which is punishable by death. police in berlin have given the all clear at a christmas market after briefly evacuating the area due to fear of suspicious activity despite initial reports no suspicious packages were found nor were any arrests made it is the same christmas market where in islamised attack a terrorist attack killed 12 people 3 years ago. at least 8 people have died after storm elsa battered spain portugal and southern france rail and air travel across the region has been disrupted in power lines were brought down else it has now weekend but another storm has brought fresh rounds of heavy rain and violent winds to southern europe. sports now german soccer are top of the bundesliga as the league goes into its

christmas break the team secured top spot with a $31.00 win at home to break. hausberg coach martin schmidt managed to smile as he greeted his counterparts in leonardo's mon. against leipzig of all teams philip max would have to sit out the match with a sore throat leaving it all up to his strike partner flossy i need a less now. and he rose to the occasion opening the scoring for the visitors with their 1st chance in just the 8th minute of the above the 8th goal of the season for the summer newcomer. who had checking video replay for possible offside took 2 and a half minutes which is better to feel the fire for opponents of the system who say it kills the mood. after that leipzig woke up to

a but they couldn't capitalise on any of their 1st half chances of a bit but that changed in the 68th minute when conrad lima got hold of the ball. the austrian netting the long overdue equaliser by it was like 6 sixteenth's shot in the game and they finally managed to take advantage of one. but save wanted to make sure they went into the winter break top of the table and that was guaranteed 12 minutes later when patrick shit i shipped off felix. and headed in to make it to what the who. might see it played a clever game the rest of the way stepped on the gas and set up substitute use of paulson 5 to tap in and round out the $31.00 scoreline in the final minutes. it's all very tight all the top teams are there in the mix they'll be

a lot of big things happening for us in spring. for things like this next year that. in the summer of 08 that's but 1st leipsic will be having a merry christmas at the top of the table. second place blood bath needed a win against head to berlin to keep them level on points with the league leaders but they found the going tough in the german capital they didn't get more than an ill nailed draw against a team led by former usa coach york in klinsmann. patches but in season has brightened up of late they were looking to spoil got back to christmas with a 3rd straight victory to pulling his best 1st off chance came from a free kick when he's counter-attack indeed in a foul on davies i made what move and stepped up. his effort crashed off the cross bar much to the relief of a stranded here in the club back nicked. up the other end the photos were

inaccurate markers to round was denied by the yosh try an offside throw your noise house school ended the rebound and the schools stage left. marco was a side not performing like credible contenders for the title. to direct posses in the 2nd half gave back the best shots of the game but obvious on clay our fight to make counts not a simple save for yosh. still trying to score on the one more opportunity before the whistle nuttiest kids as mischief huge shoulder swipe symbolic of got back struggled in front of the had to go marco rose's disappointment is you're going cleans man's part for rewards what got back now full 2 points behind lights and hats are heading to the winter break unbeaten in 4 games. by a minute continued their run of wins on saturday with a 2 nil victory

a result spec buy and have lost a number of 1st team players through injury that means opportunities for some up and coming stars such as 18 year old john. see. but i am down to the bare bones a midfielder to forward helps make up the back line as will spur came prowling for points the midfielder in question have you martinez was forced to limp off in the 1st half to an out of sorts jerome but saying his replacement at the back fire on top throughout fully could see me almost scoring with his stunning strike in the 51st minute couldn't cast deals with a miraculous save to keep things level. another example of defensive heroics or jerome roussel own picks thomas miller's pocket at the back post soon after the frenchman out of nowhere to save the day. the wolves they went close themselves might see on all shot deflecting just wide of the post all of a glass not knew that this was his side's best chance of stealing all 3 points. 10

minutes to go continue your she was a c. on could the 18 year old repeat wednesday's match winning debut heroics just 2 minutes later the youngster turned home a mother cross to win by 2nd consecutive game for by munich surged in every pushed aside now that confidence but cannot be put the game to bed late term slotting home of the robert leaven the ski team up for a simple finish. for cycles waved away as hands the flip side grabbed another victory but what of the interim coach future. will be our man to some or at least we'll see how things develop but he's doing a good job we're very happy with the development of the squad and we're very satisfied with him and with the way he's conducted himself in public since that suspension boy wonder does it again as boy get the points. that's all the news for this hour but don't go anywhere coming up after the break

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