this is the news live from verb it straight this bushfire crisis worsens skies turn oranges blazes around coastal towns trapping thousands of residents and tourists many are sheltering on the beach of whiting possible evacuation by sea as fires raging across the country sidney says it's new year's eve fireworks will go with it also on the show. us in strikes in iraq provoked angry reactions in baghdad and tehran warplanes hit targets belonging to an iran supported militia but could

things work how their rights provoke more violence. and cold small developes delhi as india shivers through its coldest december day in more than a century toxic folders creating health problems and transport from. a map and how it welcome to the program physic rowing for residents and tourists trapped by raging fires in several coastal towns in australia people are sheltering on the waterfront readying for possible evacuations by sea several missing feet did . stranded by the seaside thousands of tourists and locals are being held hostage by raging wildfires in the town of molecular it's too late to leave so all they can do is wait along the beach for help to come but rescue conditions are

dangerous when fars are creating their own weather and have their super hot columns that go up to 11415 kilometers in the air it's not saif then there is obviously the the very common sense issue of not going out of the sea so much my son much so much impact in terms of moving around access boss is also something else that we had well and truly forecast the most working with a whole range rover services to try and ensure that that happens australia has been battling huge bushfires for several months mostly on its east coast places have consumed more than 40000 square kilometers of land the disaster has prompted australia's capital canberra to cancel the new year's fireworks show in contrast to sydney which has decided to go ahead with their fireworks spectacle over the harbor bridge and the opera house despite a petition signed by more than a quarter 1000000 people to cancel b. event they want the money instead to go to emergency services and bushfire victims

for more on the bushfires i'm now joined by journalist roger may now in sydney roger welcome thousands have signed a petition to stop the sydney harbor fireworks other fireworks displays have been cancelled how thorough he's justifying this. well as it at the new year's eve fireworks on sydney harbor has been given the go ahead but amid a lot of criticism a lot of control has to be said today the lord mayor of sydney defended the decision to go ahead with fireworks and said that about $600000.00 would be donated by the organizers to bushfire related charities and to help victims of the book the fires. the it was difficult as it did like of course because you know the flow works extremely important to the local economy this annual spectacular is said we were them about $140.00 a 1000000 australian dollars to the local economy and it also attracts a t.v.

audience around the world of an estimated 1000000000 people it seems quite important and obviously the organizers 'd didn't really want it cancelled at this late stage because so much money is really being invested in the moment the fireworks then are still going ahead and already people are taking their positions around the harbor foreshore. are to many tragic accounts coming in from melbourne and the surrounding state of victoria what's the latest from there. it's a grave an increasingly alarming situation i must say the main focus of attention is still the east gets land area of victoria where apparently as many as 4 people are missing and there are genuine fears for their safety the little coastal community of mother kuta which is near the new south wales border is also going through a trying times at the moment that dozens of people are on the holy. and that the

fires are getting so close that many of them have been forced to flee to the beach in case the you know the planes get into the town many people have been ordered to wear life jackets and jump into the ocean if need be so there gives you an indication of the danger these people live in our reports from the area talk of a sky which is deep red in color and it looks increasingly onerous and some reports say that the there's a wall of fluff in the background between 50 and 100 meters high it serves here it is a very very dangerous situation and in the through the further north in new south wales the similar emergency as it is developing there we got reports of people fleeing to a showgrounds and to surf clubs to get away from the flames there are at least 4 or 5 emergency fires burning in this particular area and again the authority has had

fears for the safety of at least 3 people who are who are missing so you know really trying times and it's almost impossible to predict what's going to happen next right to main out in sydney thank you now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. turkey has moved a step closer to deploying troops in libya parliament is fast tracking a bill to authorize sending the military to back libya's internationally recognized government it's fighting for its survival against the forces of a rebel wallboard khalifa haftar. bolivia's interim president has expelled top mexican and spanish diplomats so the allegations they were attempting to help form a believe in officials to flee the country the bolivians have sought refuge in the mexican embassy since a change of government spying has expelled bolivian diplomats in response. to the

court has sentenced sentenced a man to 15 years in jail over his role in the middle of an investigative journalist sultan andrusco convinced confessed to acting as a go between in the killing of young could check and he's fiance a murder in 2018 sparked a political crisis in slovakia. foreman isn't right now boss has is in lebanon rather off the living in japan where he was on the house arrest in a statement juan said he was not fleeing justice but was quote escaping political persecution on was awaiting trial on charges of financial misconduct which he has to not. baghdad and tehran have condemned u.s. airstrikes against an iraqi militia supported by iran iraq says the strikes fire lighted sovereignty and could provoke more conflict in the region u.s. forces hit 5 targets belonging to a group called hizbullah as retaliation for

a rocket attack a killed a u.s. civilian contractor at an american advice. this has been based near the border between iraq and syria was one of find targets of u.s. fighter jets they destroyed the iran backed militias weapons caches and command and control centers in iraq and syria the strikes are but telling a nation for friday's killing of a u.s. civilian contractor near the northern iraqi city of kirkuk. iran's foreign minister condemned the u.s. airstrikes during a visit to moscow he said the targeted time hezbollah was part of an alliance against the so-called islamic state terror group officially the iran backed militia is under the command of the iraqi army. but hello from because at the recent actions by americans in iraq are unacceptable while the u.s. does this iran and russia are making efforts to establish peace both in syria and

in iraq i mean it was shielded maciek but the u.s. defense secretary views the operation as a success and hopes to discourage further attacks and i would note also that we will take additional actions as necessary to ensure that we act in our own self-defense and we deter further bad behavior from militia groups or from the wrong. u.s. soldiers and pro iranian fighters are in close proximity and politically unstable iraq there are reported to be about $150000.00 pro iranian militiamen in iraq. the u.s. has about 5000 soldiers deployed in the country. the iraqi prime minister has warned that a dangerous escalation could follow the most recent reprisal and the could tie of hezbollah militia has volunteer retaliate were to india now where the capital dili has registered its coldest december day in more than $100.00 use temperatures have

dropped to as low as one degrees celsius the unusual winter weather is affecting everything from traveling to breathing to saying that it's expected to stick around for days. it's a cold wave in northern india. after many days of this kind of cold weather we are prepared we were lots of layers of clothing at the bus stop. the capital delhi and the rest of the region have been gripped by conditions in this frigid since 1001 and not only has the mercury dropped so high as visibility low temperatures have collided with hazardous levels of air pollution causing a thick toxic blanket of smaug to hover over several states seeing through it is nearly impossible. when we go to school we're not able to see and front or behind us so we face problems going to school that's why they should be closed. just to

getting into delhi has been a challenge hundreds of flights have been delayed and train travel paralyzed person here temperatures have made breathing even harder. but it has increased costs and colds and has affected businesses because people are not leaving their homes to go out and shop. still in the middle of record cold a little more leeway going to visit all the places in delhi and enjoy this cold weather where having lots of fun the weather is also a. meteorologist predict the bitter cold will stick around through the new year. germany's chancellor angela merkel has warned of the threat posed by climate change in her traditional new year's address the past decade has say 9 of the 10 hottest years on record in german history experts say temperatures could rise further still over the coming years in her address the chancellor said global warming is real it threatens us as it is caused by human activity as the crises that arise out of

global warming so we must do all that is humanly possible to combat this challenge to humanity there is still time. that warning comes as germany debates whether to scale back its famous needs a fireworks celebrations by fireworks is allowed for the 3 days before the big guy set off in streets and pots causing excitement for some and the stress for others critics argue the cause serious injuries create pollution and while life the berlin night sky lit by cascades of fireworks over the brandenburg gate the new year's eve display has drawn legions of locals and visitors for decades some wonder if fireworks are still appropriate but many want to keep their tradition. no money off this is if they say we have to wait until 10 pm that might help a lot but if they limit or ban the whole thing that's wrong. that's finished i mean

. i don't think the environmental hama severe enough to ban the fireworks if it's it's terrible i don't care if i can't see the stars i'd rather look at the sky some other day when there is no fireworks so i'm against the ban like. fireworks in germany are big business at new year's 100000000 euros worth. some people like these fireworks fans near cologne are so passionate about them that they camp out the night before to make sure they can buy the biggest and the best but this year in germany over 30 cities have placed either a partial or a total ban on new year's fireworks. health experts warn that fire crackers and rockets release over 4500 tonnes of fine particle emissions on a single night. fine particles are extremely harmful to the lungs especially for small children and people with lung problems as

my patients and the elderly they can experience acute shortness of breath. but for the foreseeable future fireworks will continue to pollute the air while they dazzle the eyes it's no use holding one's breath until eco friendly rockets and fire crackers are available. the countdown to the countdown has started the cities around the world up preparing for their new using festivities in london big ben was tested for the midnight tolls to mark the start of 2020. 4 other 2 years due to pace. in rio de janeiro as with fireworks are being prepared for the big not copacabana beach where the center of brazil's celebrations with 2000000 revelers expected. and in new york the new the times square crystal ball has been given a practice from 32000 l.e.d. lots of door on the bow which is a whole mock of american museum celebrations

a lot of. you're watching to see more news coming at the top of the alpha now i'm anthony how it's thanks for watching. the adventures of the famous naturalist and explorer. truce in the breach of clicks on the phone books 250th birthday we remember going on a voyage of discovery. expedition good.