played. such a. place . to play. 50 w. news that live in the evacuations and rescues training as bushfires claimed the lives of these firefighters made it out alive and badly although people have not been sighted lucky 71 has been confirmed dead since monday among them those who stayed behind to save the home. coming up the north korean leader kim jong un says

the world will soon see a new strategic weapon but she leaves the door open to further talks with the u.s. but also what to make of his warning. plus the rings in a new year and a new decade in welcomes the 20 twentieth's with fireworks over the brandenburg gate and in new york huge crowds to celebrate on times square the 2. i knew thank you so much for joining us. the ruins left behind by wildfires raging in australia a further 7 people have been confirmed dead over the last 2 days and nearly 200 homes destroyed now the fires have fanned out across 2 states in the south east of australia authorities and now delivering food and water to thousands of people who

fled the town of kuta and took refuge on beaches and the danger is not even close to being over conditions are expected to deteriorate this weekend with the return of high temperatures and strong winds. fueled by searing temperatures and fast moving winds more than 200 fires continue to consume a strain southeastern states of new south wales and victoria. they saw a fool these rescue volunteers to take shelter in their truck as flames surrounded them. the crew made it out safely we also have a very real challenge at the moment with a couple of loss a lot of communities where we've got reports of of injuries and burn injuries to members of the public we haven't been out to get access of our roads all of our aircraft that's been socked in or to digress and we simply can't access nor can the

people in those areas get here and. in some places the blazes are so intense that the thick smoke turned day to night. the fires a causing dry lightning storms that themselves are starting new fires. is pretty scary that wall of fire that we saw earlier i don't know whether we'd be trying to save the house and you're always worried that it's more important save your family than the actual property itself with. some people who've returned home found there's not much left. first so you know it's. gone. this is the other unit that i was i'm on the roof now trying to stop it. a stray has been battling huge bushfires for several months mostly on its east coast but every state has battled blazes that have raised more than 40000 square kilometers of land stranding people and displacing wildlife. now earlier we

spoke with correspondent rajan menon he's following the story in sydney and we often whether there are any signs at all that the fires will subside. rumor is all this is just the news that we're going to have a repeat performance of what happened yesterday this weekend if that's the case that no one really knows what's going to happen. but the new far as likely to center on the south coast area. wells and you know it could spread anywhere to be honest fire conditions are going to be horrendous apparently. winds will accompany gun and. it will be very easy for the situation to get out of control the world said today the conditions on saturday will be equally as bad as they were yesterday so that's a very very bright new warning for people in australia and of course we've still

got another couple months of summer to go and that was roger may now speaking to us earlier from sydney. now the north korean leader kim jong un says the world will soon get a glimpse of what he called a new strategic weapon he was speaking at a conference of the ruling workers' party expressing frustration over stalled nuclear talks kim said his country was no longer bound by a moratorium on new clear and missile tests the suspension had been at the center of diplomacy between north korea and the united states came accuse the us of hostility but he left the door open to further talks with the trump administration . for more on this i'm joined by journalist frank smyth from seoul frank thanks for joining us now can didn't give a traditional new year's statement instead his speech at a party conference with what was broadcast on state t.v. what message was he trying to send with this. well i think we need to consider the

audience of his comments those being 1st the workers' party congress 2nd the domestic audience inside north korea and thirdly and perhaps of no less importance for us of course is the international community and then us president donald trump but his comments did represent a turning inward of north korean leader kim jong un's concern and a message to his constituency that he wants to see them continue to develop the north korean economy and to concentrate on jus chait which is self-reliance rather than depend on a change in the international community's perspective in terms of its nuclear development and sanctions and particularly a message to the united states that it wasn't waiting now his speech included threats of as we mentioned earlier a new strategic weapon in the near future but it was life on details of how seriously these was being taken internationally and especially in the u.s.

. well given that the the north korea had conducted many nuclear tests about half a dozen nuclear tests and and several long range missile tests especially as late as 2017 before instituting that moratorium that's lasted 2 years that really has exasperated north korea now saying that you know the u.s. had until the end of the year to change its attitude and to offer some relief from these biting u.s. led u.n. sanctions so it is being taken seriously in the international community the u.s. president himself commented that he trusted north korean leader kim jong un to keep his word to keep his promise made in june of 2018 that he would address the issue of denuclearization but again the north korean leader made clear in his comments that he didn't feel unilaterally balland by the promise that he made to the united states so we're likely to see some type of increase some type of change from north

korea certainly abandoning that moratorium that they had provided the u.s. without they feel any results coming out of it in the negotiations that took place over the last couple of years frank and i from self thank you so much all right time now to take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world for a 2nd day forces guarding the u.s. embassy in baghdad have fired tear gas to disperse protesters and get it by us as strikes washington has deployed more soldiers to god the compound after dozens of iraqis she and initial men breached the complex on chance day president donald trump is accusing iran of orchestrating the arm rest. francis has called for more dialogue and reconciliation in his knee as day 7 as part of the vatican's well the day of peace the roman catholic leader also spoke out against violence against women including discrimination against women immigrants. a fire at

a zoo in western germany has killed more than 30 animals including most of its apes or storage he said the blaze broke out shortly off to midnight but they said there's no confirmation that the fire was caused by is fireworks. now one of the biggest news stories of 2019 was the pro-democracy protests in hong kong and there's no sign of an end to the demonstrations going into the new year and anti-government march has been broken up by police officer scuffles broke out between protesters and riot police tens of thousands of demonstrators had taken to the streets for a largely peaceful new year's day rally against china's growing influence and the erosion of civil liberties in the city. all right let's cross straight now to our correspondent here spelling and his covering the rally in hong kong this has been a mainly peaceful demonstration but now we're seeing these violent clashes what is

going on over there. this is not an unusual pattern it was one of the bigger marches today protesters the numbers probably going into the hundreds of thousands again then as far as we know scuffles broke out when protesters vandalized a branch a branch of his b.c. the bank and then police decided to meet them with tear gas later police withdrew. the letter of no objection the permit to have the rally and demanded the organize this to to to tell people to go home many people went home the peaceful protesters went home but the radicals they stayed on the street they reacted barricades and now we are seeing these running battles between the police and the protesters that we've witnessed. uncountable times during 2019 remind us why

people os still taking to the streets off to 6 months of protesting. yes there has been. an escalation in these protests that was going out from both sides both sides have ask elated their actions but many people are very angry with the police whom they accuse of being behind the escalation of having used unnecessary violence from the very beginning that has driven people's anger and nor their all project that was at the beginning of the protests that would have allowed extraditions to china has been withdrawn and has been withdrawn after 3 months which was quite late but the demand of the protesters now is much broader they want an investigation into the police violence 1st and foremost then they want an amnesty for many of those who have been arrested and they demand democratic

elections universal suffrage and the government has sat it is not going to compromise on any of these issues so this is why the protests are going on 2020 is an election year and protesters. are getting ready for this election year and they demand universal suffrage for these elections all right and that's here spending and hong kong thank you very much. now people around the world have been ringing in the new year and the new decade of colson here in berlin thousands gathered at a brandenburg gate in new york's iconic times square the crowd said hello to 2020 and one of the world's favorite new is spectacles have a look. i am new here in new york. i crowds gathered in times square to ring in 2020.

in berlin thousands welcomed the new decade at the iconic brandenburg gate with fireworks company by beethoven's 9th symphony. 12 hours earlier auckland new zealand was the 1st major city to see in the new year with pyrotechnics erupting from the city's sky tower and over the water. in australia the fireworks from sydney's harbor bridge went ahead despite calls for the show to be cancelled because of the devastating bushfires the country is experiencing. in hong kong the traditional fireworks display was replaced with

a toned down light show this year with authorities citing security concerns following months the pro-democracy protests. the. north koreans were treated to a televised spectacle from the capital pyongyang thousands of people had gathered in kim il sung square to usher in the new year. can do. the world's tallest building the burj khalifa was the center of a display featuring fountains projections and fireworks from the 800 meter tower. london's big ben rang in the new year in the british capital. the familiar chimes were accompanied by and the labrat pyrotechnic display from the london eye lighting up the river thames and the thousands of revelers celebrating the arrival of 2020. 6 send us a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you the death toll in

australia as well as has risen the fate of the 7 people confirmed killed since monday and conditions are expected to deteriorate this weekend with the return of high temperatures and strong winds. you're watching t.v. news live from berlin up next a d w don't film was the latest in lunar research aimed at surviving on the moon i mean you could just mckinnon on behalf of the whole team here thanks for joining us and happy new year. but. your link to news from africa the world your link to exceptional stories and discussions continuing locum to do some cooking program tonight from fun germany uses easy to our web site to dump the cold .