ends. this is deja vu news live from berlin no letting up australia continues to battle wildfires in much of the country the government is sending in the army to help head of another extreme heat wave and more strong winds also coming up a passenger plane crashes in kazakstan killing at least 12 people shortly after takeoff a becket air jet slammed into a 2 story building in the city of al not despite the impact dozens walked to safety from the wreckage.

and to our viewers around the world thanks for joining us on the exposure the australian government has called up the army to help fight wildfires burning out of control near the country's largest city sydney authorities are bracing for an extreme heat wave this weekend following a few days of cooler weather fire has destroyed vegetation on millions of hectares of land across the country over the last 6 weeks at least 9 people have been killed . not just thought you might expect at one of australia's most popular tourist sites visitors to the pretty mountains west of sydney forced to wear face masks as the smoke from nearby pushed fills the ad. the iconic rock formations are barely visible in the haze. it's really disappointing to really looking forward

to seeing that you always want to see the great not such a shame when we kind of all know it's like this. but that problem is small compared to the challenge firefighters in new south wales are set to face at the weekend. after a brief or spite securing a few days of damp a weather over christmas temperatures there again expected to soar bringing new risks. that's going to bring not just the heat of the central australia we're going to see the temperatures up into the larger mid forty's across a lot of areas but it's going to bring a very dry year as well so that's going to elevate far dangers and we know the winds are going to start turning around to the west in the northwest which is war so much work has been going on over this last week while conditions are more more out. some 70 fires are burning near sydney new south wales more than 1000 firefighters and now the military action across the state trying to contain the fire as prevent them from reaching more inhabited areas. way just putting it back

in time and law in detroit prevent a far from hitting towards coastal villages already more than $850.00 homes have been razed a new south wales. authorities are also working to protect infrastructure surrounding a vital dam west of sydney that provides water to around 4000000 people in the city but which could be at risk if the fires spread. and joining us now from sydney is james morris he's a spokesman for the new south wales rural fire service james the weather forecast for you is hot and windy what does that mean for fighting the fires. good afternoon nick obviously that means challenging conditions and certainly somewhat erratic fire behavior expected across a large area of a far grounds some i do you want pushing grass fires continue to burn across new south wales with around $35.00 of those still yet to bake in time and that still

a lot of fog that we've got in the landscape giving that predicted a full cost conditions over the next $3.00 to $4.00 days and what have firefighters done to prepare for these worsening conditions. is that there is certainly some work that we can do our forefathers have taken advantage of those 5 routing conditions for the last 4 to 5 days being undertaking back burning hakan time and utilizing heavy machinery to construction timelines but we've also had far far as in the field using pain tools create in time and lines down some very rugged and state trying especially through the blue mansions to try and hold up to the west and saw it in time and launch a lot of hard work done over the last 3 to 4 days and i guess in the last in the next 3 to 4 days it will certainly go to show whether that hard work pays off or unfortunately without we do say that far in timelines you know hard work i imagine

and it's also dangerous is stressful and tiring for many of the firefighters many volunteers among them how how are they and the volunteers generally holding up. a living going for probably close to 6 months now in was wrought across new south wales so they are getting tired but they are still out there they're still fighting this still fighting that could fought for the communities across new south wales we still do have a long faucets and to go we're only towards the end of the 1st month 3 months of summer he said we're not expecting any significant rainfall in the near future we are thankfully saying cruzan far far as coming from right around a strong yeah we've also got crews coming in from new zealand from america as well as from canada a lot of support for like rules giving them a well and right one of them did have a break up of christmas but we still did say quite

a large number close to 2004 fathers out in the field by phone christmas day and boxing day to assist in working to contain these flaws ahead of these listening conditions and just briefly if you would to give us an idea of how how bad this is how does this firefighting season compared to previous ones. all of this is the worst season waves as they are experienced t. in new south while some of the more prominent seasons being such as the 20012002 fall i was on the black christmas far as they did back in 9094 and even as far as. i. was especially. through the blue mountains i lost. today on that 1100000 hits his. we ran 3 fatalities. sorry fox at 3500000 hate heads we've seen.

it as we said we're only still early on into us on a period without worsening air is already january and february still to come. from the news rural fire service thanks for that. thanks very much. and it's time now to take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. russia's defense minister says its new intercontinental hypersonic. 27 times the speed of sound and can make sharp turns allowing them to evade intercept systems. iran has begun naval exercises with its russian and chinese allies. are taking place near. the world's oil tankers. as the drills show the country will not be isolated on the high seas.

muslims in indonesia have been protesting outside the chinese embassy in jakarta demanding an end to the. government run internment camps china calls these prison camps reeducation facilities. the world's largest muslim population. authorities in the central asian country of kazakstan are trying to determine what caused an airliner to crash shortly after takeoff from nazi as extends largest city the bekka air jet was bound for the capital nor seoul town was 98 passengers and crew on board 12 were killed in the crash more than 50 have been heard besta gators have found the aircraft's black box and are analyzing its contents. it's amazing that anyone survived d.s. . and it's a miracle that most of those on board made it out alive seconds off to takeoff

something went terribly wrong on this early morning back after lie passengers say the plane struggled to gain attitude and soon came crashing down. grew up with the plane hit the ground hard then the light came flooding in. i didn't know if i was dead or alive. cried out then i saw a man next to a door i told him to open it and we got out through that over the wing of the jet. i do want to. but many went that lucky passengers at the front of the plane suffered the would see injuries for their loved ones the white outside the emergency room was agonizing. but families and survivors a traumatized. psychologists are working with base relatives and patients we don't have any unnamed patients all

of the names have been identified the ones in the scale of this disaster has touched kazakhs. many stood in long lines to give blood at clinics and hospitals with people donating on behalf of the injured. the government has also responded with a moment's silence. and promises to help survivors and the victims' families as occur from the families of the deceased and injured will receive financial assistance the government will deal with this issues. but many kazakhs want to know how this accident could have happened that's the task of investigators to find out they'll be looking at whether pilot error or mechanical fault caused this plane to plummet out of the sky on that key a sunny morning. and the year is of course coming to an end and

so we're taking a look back at reports filed by our correspondents from around the world this one looks at how russia is keeping alive the memory of the battle of stalingrad when soviet troops halted nazi germany's invasion of russia to honor this victory russia constructed one of the largest statues in the world near the site of the battle and as yuri russia to reports from russia it is now being restored. to arms against hitler army a cry of victory of a nazi germany. the motherland towering at 85 meters commemorates a world war 2. is the view from up here it's a breathtaking coal stock tallest in europe and it's reconstruction now here in volgograd it's in the most extensive reconstruction it's meant to be and has had

its unveiling in the 1967. the monument has aged quite a bit since then winton to as i have taken their toll and since chunks of concrete have fallen off in some places this data you could have been to visitors. extensive for innovation work began 3 years ago. this project is unique so all the work here is unique to the statue was female so we treat her like a real person which i. think you did for us that she's a woman who's suffering from various illnesses that we're healing after 50 years. like anyone her age she needs a range of doctors who can help her in different ways to somebody i mean when you believe. what visitors can see this done to skeleton. the gigantic structure is supported by a hand-written steel cables that the way it can withstand strong winds. also have

to be replaced. of a memorial. formerly known as stalin grat. it was here that one of the bloodiest battles ended in 1943. with 810-0000 that. the battle of stalingrad a victory for the soviets marked the turning point in the bill to vote to. lead. this isn't just any construction site. it's a symbolic place for russia. working here is a big on our for all of us and it requires a very specific approach which that's why we're busy around the clock.

over. the motherland cold sma still covered by scaffolding but had to be will be unveiled in time for this 75th anniversary of the soviet union's allied to victory of a nazi germany. to football now veteran strikers like tan abraham image is returning to his former club ac milan now that is contract with the l.a. galaxy has ended the 38 year old swede just signed a deal with the italian outfit until the end of the season with the option to extend for another year uber have a vigil played a key role in the lads 2011 syria a title he scored $56.00 goals for them in 85 appearances the club is currently stuck in 11th place. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you the australian army has been

called in to help fight wildfires raging near the country's largest city sydney forecasters expect an extreme heat wave in the next few days to raise the fires just. stay tuned for visits up to date with kate ferguson that's coming up next. 1st girls too could have. should all of us are. in support of. what's a big what's able. to deliver. d. to know that 77 percent. are younger ben thinks. that's me and me.