this is d.w. new satellites and australians are welcoming in the new year with a spectacular fireworks display in sydney. you can see here live pictures of the harbor bridge where more than a 1000000 people have come to watch it. but while some a celebration others are spending the new year traps on the beach is off to fleeing brayden wildfires sweeping the country authorities struggling to keep the firestorms after today as flames claimed 2 more lives. also coming up

can also go now is gong li for monday sound boss flees japan where he face trial for financial misconduct he says he is escaping persecution. i'm on your kids mackinnon thank you so much for joining us shelob ration is to welcome in the new year have kicked off in australia spectate says packing sydney's shoreline to watch the spectacular fireworks display over the hobbit braids hundreds camped out for arrive for dawn to grab the best spots to see the sydney sky lights up with 100000 but i was. but the decision to go ahead with the fireworks display has been hugely controversial. many have

called for the celebrations to be counselled given the devastation bush saw is that all currently sweeping australia. now faces all growing for residents and tourists trapped by raging fires in several coastal towns people have sought shelter on the waterfront and are preparing for possible evacuation by sea now it's an on precedented situation across the country the areas worst affected are astray is to most populous states in the south east new south wales and victoria and the town of moloch just over there is where 4000 people have fled the fire to the beach now the blazes have claimed 2 more victims a father and a son trying to protect their home and several of the people are still missing. stranded by the sea side. of tourists and locals being held hostage

by raging wildfire in the town. it's too late to leave so they can do is wait along the beach for help to come. along. and we have a look at. those across the region have made the difficult decision to stay behind but. they're now on their own. communities.

temperatures on tuesday. in some places the places are so intense the thick smoke turnkey tonight and aerial reconnaissance and water bombing have to be hold that the fires are causing dry lightning storms that themselves are starting fires. when fawaz arkwright in there on whether you have a super hot columns that go up to 131415 kilometers in the air it's not saif then there is obviously the the very common sense issue of not being out of the city so much might sound much so much impact in terms of moving around australia has been battling huge bushfires for several months mostly on the eastern coast on tuesday almost $300.00 fires were registered and the places have consumed more than 40000 square kilometers of land. with more on this bushfire as of joined now by

journalist raja may not in sydney raja sites for joining us sa was of australian stranded on beaches to escape these fall is do they have enough food and water are they getting any help at all. well it's difficult to say the least i think food supplies in that have to be flown in and a water supply is to eat because these people totally cuddle for the moment it's really been a horrid day in australia fires have raged right from east get slammed up to the south sydney south wales the following is stretched an estimated 500 kilometers it's the day started almost early enough in the molecule to the down and victoria the small country town which is inhabited by a lot of tourists at this time of year in the middle of summer they will work on a breakfast and by sirens sounding an alarm people woke to up a black evening 8 o'clock in the morning but sky those who turn to a deep bridge and there's the bushfires hatred towards town full 1000 people fled

to the beach to escape what they feared was going to be a of a fiery end but fortunately at the very last minute the wind changes direction and the the the town escaped the flames although a few properties were destroyed in the process but even so those 4000 people were cut off by the fires and still can't get out because the roads in and out of the town closed but far as service people are telling me stranded it's hope that they will be rescued either by army any got disney or one of the navy but it could take some days to organize to organize 4 people are still missing if there are grave fears for their safety and as the winds picked up the fun while it's gone to a new cell of the world's consuming does the small property is in its plot and again many people fled to the beach in the same way they've done. that they are being consumed by the flames now people are looking to to nothing short of

armageddon as a wall of flame as well as high as 100 metres swept along the road seizing further said they'd seen nothing like it in their career. that was journalist roger may not speaking to me a little from sydney. now 2 people have died off to angry protesters broke into the u.s. embassy in baghdad to stop had to evacuate the building dozens of angry iraq in shiite militia supporters smashed a main door and set fire to the reception area security forces fired tear gas and gunshots were heard thousands have been demonstrating against american astronauts the targeted and iranian backed militia in iraq on monday. the former renaissance c.e.o. carlos ghosn has jumped bail in japan where he was awaiting trial on financial misconduct misconduct charges he is now in lebanon after arriving on

a private aircraft go on hold lebanese citizenship and they also talk hoon said in a statement that he was seeking to avoid injustice and persecution by what he called a rigged japanese justice system. this is the house in beirut where carlos ghosn is believed to have fled but there is no sign of him and the security guards outside so he's not here but it may bruise shown up wanting to welcome him to live with a card. many lebanese feel the former neeson c.e.o.'s a successful businessman and is a symbol of the country's large diaspora but in tokyo the unexpected turn of events has sparked outrage. from like him i think he fled because he did something wrong. but whoever escapes wins you know. people with money. go as main lawyer says he heard about his clients flight via media his entire defense team has lost

face in japan as they repeatedly said there was no risk to go and would run away. we were going to completely by surprise i'm dumbfounded personally i don't yet even know how to make contact with him. to skate to lebanon as the latest stunning twist in a roller coaster journey that saw him fall from boardroom to detention center. here he spent more than 100 days in spartan conditions far removed from his sometimes extravagant lifestyle. the automotive tycoon stands accused of underreporting is salary to the tune of $85000000.00 prosecutors also allege he skimmed off millions of dollars from the company for his personal use. go on has repeatedly denied all accusations in a statement the 65 year old said the japanese justice system was quote rigged and

that he escaped injustice japan does not have an extradition treaty with lebanon so it's unclear what steps tokyo might take next. all right let's take a look at some of the of the stories making news around the world he 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 is fighting for its survival against the forces of the powerful board. and of course in slovakia has sentenced a man to 50 is in jail over his role in the mud of an investigative journalist. confessed to acting as a go between in the killing of young and his fiance them in 2018 spock's a political crisis in the country now germany's chancellor angela merkel has warned of the threat posed by climate change and her traditional

new year's address the past decade has seen 9 of the 10 hottest years on record here in germany experts say temperatures could rise even further in coming years knuckle cold action to tackle the climate crisis. global warming is real it threatens us it is caused by human activity as are 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 no it's just nuke and. you can watch the chancellor's address in full later today on d w. now this year. the world of the athletics by running the 1st marathon distance in under 2 hours however his final time of one hour 59 minutes and 40 seconds won't count as an official world record because a team of pace such as we used and the race was

a time trial with being the only competitor some have also put the athletes record breaking performance down to his foot. the secret to the success of the shoe nike markets is vapor fly lies in the soul the technology appears to help runners break fruit previously in some mountable boundaries. cho gay wore them in october when he made marathon history. had just the man to run under 2 hours you know that inspired him at many people to tell people that there are no human is limited in the same type of shoe and a day later to get cost i brought the women's willed record jeffrey come wore a previously run a world's best in the half marathon critics say the high tech shoes make too much of a difference for all 3 the governing body of world athletics has launched an investigation it's not rocket science this use for the you notice that.

i don't even notice that it's an arm or suit but the person although this is a man. beyond gustafson sees it differently the sports scientist an expert in motion analysis has been testing running shoes for 20 years the nike vapor fly he says is again changer. but it was. above all the difference is this carbon plate which runs through the saw here to take the roll back more from the point of the big toe joint under the front toe area. and then again a distance of 2 centimeters. that means a shoe helps lengthen every stride by the length of the big toe for minute stuff one also so if you assume that could choke it takes 21000 steps with this effect he gains 420 meters in distance stance does the vapor fly work for every runner

d.w. reporter peter viles is an active marathon runner and attempted a 20 kilometer test but he weighs 25 kill. grams more than keep an says he's running technique is different to professionals on the test run his feet in tendon started to early on after 10 kilometers he had to give up because he can't even drive here for you can see doing 345 kilometer runs with issue but i recommend that amateurs who want to do a marathon train sufficiently. and explicitly train with the shoe to prepare. because the shoe affects the legs calf muscles very differently and. if you want to keep up even as an amateur you may need to really learn how to run nike's competitors are announcing models similar to the vapor fly the big money of letting the powerful firms are betting that the rule makers of track and field will

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