when you're going. to. read the book mobility show. this is deja news live from bahrain the new year begins with australia's bushfires claiming more lives of its rescues and evacuations these firefighters are made house of life but others have not been so ducky several more deaths have been confirmed since monday including people who stayed behind to save the hunters also on the program north korean leader kim jong un says the world will soon see and you

should change it swept up but he leaves the door open to further told with the u s. i'll call the police and fire tear gas to disperse filing time to government protesters and arrest hundreds this after hundreds of thousands took to the streets to call for greater democracy. i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. as wildfires rage through australia 7 people have been confirmed dead over the last 2 days and nearly 200 homes destroyed this brings a death toll from this season's blazes to 17 the biggest faster spread across 2 states in australia southeast at victoria and new south wales authorities an hour delivering a food and water to thousands of people who fled the town. on the on the coast they

took refuge on the beach and with weather conditions expected to worsen this weekend the crisis is far from over. fuelled by searing temperatures and fast moving winds more than 200 fires continue to consume a strain southeastern states of new south wales and victoria. fire fools these rescue volunteers to take shelter in that 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 also lighter communities where we've got reports of of injuries and burn injuries to members of the public we haven't been able to get access via roads all of our aircraft that's been socked in or to digress and we simply can't access nor can the people in these areas get out. in some places the blazes are saying 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 any use trying to save the house and you're always worried that it's more important save your family than the actual property itself. some people who've returned home have found there's not much left. for so you know it's. gone this is the other you know. i'm on the roof trying to stop it. astray 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. journalist of raja main audience here said there we asked him whether very thousands of people stranded on malik kuta beach are getting help

a little but not on up the early hours a day a police bird arrived with. water on or but apart from that there's a brutal in the work food and that problem is being replicated further north in the south coast of new south wales where that thousands of people are still stranded some shops have been open and of course there's been a run on supplies but i'm telling by and and queues forming long long queues forming at the supermarket and outside supermarkets you know just know that you're going to bed was wise to a many carriages a report it running out of door or on the other hand they can't pump the petrol because there's no power no electricity at the pumps so a real crisis developing at the government trying to urge people to get out as soon as possible but that of course is easier said than done given that the roads are open and it may be some time before the before they have the opportunity to get out

even if they have enough fuel in their car to do so. over may not in say a north korea supreme leader says the world will soon get a glimpse of aussie cold in a new strategic weapon speaking at a conference of the ruling workers' party kim jong un expressed frustration of a stalled nuclear talks and said his country was no longer bound by a moratorium on nuclear and missile tests the suspension had begun at the center of discussions between north korea and the united states the north korean leader accuse the u.s. of hostility it appeared to leave the door open to further talks. correspondent frank smith in seoul joins us for the welcome frank so no traditional new year's statement from came john own but this speech at the party conference that was broadcast on states and t.v. what does that tell us well i think we need to consider that this speech was for

a domestic audience the workers party after that that plenary meeting of of worker parties officials it's addressed to them it's addressed to the to the north korean public as well as of course the international community and and certainly u.s. president all of trump the message there was that north korea needs to pursue self-reliance what they call the ideology of judiciary and stop waiting according to came from the united states to change its attitude and also to restart its development of nuclear and missile technologies so how seriously is the u.s. and indeed the international community taking this talk of a new strategic weapon in the near future. well given what north korea has done over the past few months in in 2019 restarting its short range missile testing and also a new weapon was tested there potentially a submarine launched ballistic missile that has

a sort of caught in the international community and analysts but i surprise and is raising concern here in south korea kim's comments were greeted with kind of disappointment as lead like to see and gauge went restarted with north korea. kim also said that i mean you clear test would depend on the u.s. is attitudes of desists sound like the door is still open yes the door is definitely still open to dialogue there were some. meetings between the u.s. and north korea in sweden in october those broke down quite quickly what north korea is seeking here is a step by step process toward denuclearization it's not going to go for that one shot deal that was presented in one noise vietnam early in 2019 however it would be willing to see some step by step toward denuclearization that would have to include relief from those u.s.

led united nations security council sanctions talking to times for joining us from smith in seoul. now we'll take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world losing candidates in the vote off vote for guinea-bissau his presidency says he will contest the results with the country's supreme court domingo's simo as the pereira told supporters in the west african nation of the votes have been rigged the electoral commission has declared former prime minister mario c. soco and the winner of last friday's ballot with 54 percent of the vote. india has approved its 3rd lunar mission just months after its last failed to successfully land on the moon the head of the country's space program said the challenge riaan 3 mission would happen this year or next for astronauts have also been selected to train for india's 1st crude mission into obits scheduled for 2022 . fires in the western german city of

a craft and has killed more than 30 animals including most of its apes he said the blaze broke out shortly after midnight police are investigating whether it was caused by a flame in a skyline to launch for the new year's celebrations awesome has not been ruled out . now to iraq where the army says all protesters have now left the u.s. embassy complex in baghdad after militia leaders called on them to disperse american forces guarding the compound 5 tear gas to repel demonstrators angered by u.s. airstrikes washington deployed deployed more troops to guard the embassy after the compound was breached by iranian backed shia militia men on tuesday. has begun with a fresh political crisis in baghdad more clashes broke out between pro running protesters and u.s. troops after a crowd stormed into the facility last night the anger of protests is that the americans who may seize occupies is real and it is wrong.

this small act is for the marchers so many of us were killed i will this is not the 1st time that the us has hit us we were bombed before protests as outraged by the u.s. airstrikes in iraq and syria that killed more than 2 dozen his bluff either as the strikes came after the militia groups killed an american citizen. on wednesday a u.s. rapid response team arrived in baghdad president ronald tromp who choose to run of orchestrating the attacks said the situation was now under control. well i think it's been handled very well the british came in we had some great warriors come in and do a fantastic job and they were there instantaneously as soon as we heard. use the word immediately they came immediately and it's in great shape as you know she says attack was one of the worst on the u.s. diplomatic mission in years it raises questions about how protests is managed to

breach security and the huge heavily guarded facility. and one of the biggest news stories of 29 teams hong kong's pro-democracy demonstrations there's no sign of them ending in this new year police say they've arrested around 400 people for a local assembly and carrying offensive weapons is followed a massive pro-democracy rally hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets for the largely peaceful protest against china's growing influence on the erosion of civil liberties in its territory. correspondent mathias a building has been following the protests and such as this. protest is have made clear that they are planning to continue their protests in 202-2020 is an election year the legislative council will be free elected and the protesters are demanding universal suffrage for these elections among other 3 months that include an

independent investigation into the operetta police operations during. the protest movement today's march started largely peacefully but then at around 6 o'clock clashes broke out after protesters vandalized the branch of a bank and police responded with tear gas now the police have made a large number of arrests and 2020 is beginning the same way that 2019 has ended. but to spoil him now and so i rest say in this and peter's square in the vatican or what would cause the scene that led to that that the pope to slap and rebuke pope francis had been shaking hands with people in the crowd was turning to leave behind that woman suddenly grabbed his hand and pulled him towards the movie theater course the 84 year old pontiff says some pain caused him to slap a hand away and tell her off visibly annoyed he moved away he since apologized saying he shouldn't have set a bad example. but people around the world are celebrating the 1st day of the new

year and a new decade. thousands gathered at the brandenburg gate to bring in 2020 couples annual fireworks extravaganza in new york revelers squeezed into times square to join the countdown. after parties and fireworks not before january the 1st is a public holiday for lots of us of a to offer some welcome relaxation and a chance to think about new year's resolutions new year's day also brings its own special traditions many if which seem to involve water. new year's day and for people in northern france the party goes on. 6 some in swimsuits wading into the chilly waters of the north sea.

in rome a few hearty souls plunged into this hyper river as part of an annual tradition in the italian capital. they say it clears the head. but most people still just prefer to watch. people in japan also agree waters a fine way to usher in the new year but they like it a little bit warmer. bay there isn't a spot west of tokyo took in the morning vista of mt fuji. locals believe making new year's resolutions while watching the 1st sunrise over the mountain will bring good luck. it's a bad way to spend the morning as a reminder of the top story of the death toll in australia's wildfires has risen to the further 7 people confirmed to have killed since monday conditions are expected to deteriorate of the weekend the return of high temperatures and strong winds.

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