this is the w.'s live from the new year begins with australia's bushfires climbing wall lives that made rescues and evacuations these firefighters main town to life but others have not been so lucky 7 more tests have been confirmed since monday including people who stayed behind to save their homes also on the program north korean leader kim jong un says the world will soon see a new strategic weapon despite this he leaves the door open to further talks with the us. hong kong police used tear gas to disperse valentine to government

protesters and arrest hundreds after hundreds of thousands take to the streets to call for greater democracy. i'm phil gale welcome to the program as wildfires right through australia 7 people have been confirmed dead over the last 2 days and if you 200 homes destroyed bring the death toll from this season's places to 17 the biggest faster spread across 2 states in australia southeast this is the victoria and new south wales or thorson are delivering food and water to thousands of people who fled the coastal town of malik and took refuge on the beach. but with weather conditions expected to worsen this weekend the crisis is far from over. fueled by searing temperatures and

fast moving winds more than 200 fires continue to consume a strain here southeastern states of new south wales and victoria. fire force 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 have been out to get access via roads all of our aircraft it's been socked you know to die interests and we simply can't access nor can the people in these areas get off. in some places the blazes are so intense that the thick smoke turned day to night. the fires are 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 that little property itself. some people who have returned home have found there's not much left. first so you know it's. gone this is the other year that i was i'm on the roof now trying to stop it. a strain 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. a journalist roger may notice in sydney we asked him why the v.a. thousands of people stranded on monaco to speech are getting help a little but not on alt. elise bergeron with. water but apart from that this brutal in the world food and that problem is being replicated

further north in the south because well as well thousands of people are still stranded some shops have been open and of course it's been around supplies. buy in and and queues forming long long queues forming at the supermarket and outside supermarkets in addition to that you go around it was lies to many you know it is a report that running out of true or on the other hand they can't public because there's no power no electricity at the pumps so a real crisis developing in the government trying to urge people to get out as soon as possible but that of course is easier said than done given that few roads are open and it may be some time before that before they have the opportunity to get out even if they have enough fuel in their car to do so. or tomato in sydney or north korea supreme leader has threatened that his country will soon demonstrate what he called a new strategic weapon speaking at

a conference of the ruling workers' party came joe or an expressed frustration over stalled nuclear talks and said his country was no longer found a moratorium on nuclear and missile tests the suspension had been at the center discussions between north korea and the united states the north korean leader accused the u.s. of hostility and appear to leave the door open to further talks. correspondent frank smith in seoul joins us for more welcome frank so no traditional new year statement from came john but this speech at the party conference that was broadcast on state 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 donald trump the message there was that north korea needs to pursue self-reliance what they call the ideology of june and stop waiting according to came for 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. on the d. 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 as 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 attitude so does this 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 noisy 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. take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world of the losing candidates in the runoff vote for guinea-bissau presidency says he will contest the

results with the country's supremes court during goes a similar as the pereira told supporters in the west african nation of the vote has been rigged the electoral commission has declared the former prime minister omarosa soco the winner of last friday's ballasts with 54 percent of the vote. threshold rainfalls a flooded indonesia's capital jakarta killing at least 9 people and forcing about $900000.00 to evacuate the power was cut off in hundreds of wars along the neighborhoods the floodwaters reaching up to 4 metres some train lines of the city's efforts have also been closed. india has approved its 3rd lunar mission just months after its 2nd failed to successfully land on the moon the head of the country's space programme said the chandra 3 mission would happen this year or next for astronauts have also been selected to train for india's 1st crude mission into

orbit settle for 2022. iraq's army says all protesters have now a left the u.s. embassy complex in the baghdad after militia leaders called on them to disperse american forces guarding the compound 5 tear gas to repel demonstrators and good bike u.s. airstrikes washington deployed more troops to guard the embassy after the compound was breached by iran backed shia militia men on tuesday. the new year has begun with a fresh political crisis in baghdad more clashes broke out between pro running demonstrators in u.s. troops. light protesters pulled back but they were a god they were trade is a victory of the united states that anger at those they regard as occupies is real and brought. down to how we achieved exactly what we. tended we pulled back triumphantly and we rubbed america's nose in the dirt. they may have had

little choice but to leave more u.s. troops moved into rain for security at the embassy early on new year's day washington deployed 750 rapid response forces to stop demonstrators again breaking the perimeter of the massive u.s. embassy. thousands of kilometers away more u.s. troops have been preparing to travel to the middle east it's a sign of just how seriously the trumpet ministration regards tuesday's events the president has accused iran of oka striking the embassy protest but terence's it see not it states it's acting aggressively because. they find some excuse to attack iraqi soil and martyr people i strongly condemn this crime by america and i do so on behalf of the government and the people of iran. she says attack was one of the worst on the u.s. diplomatic mission in years and it is further escalated tensions between washington and tehran with the relationship already at historic low. the hong kong streets

were packed with large crowds for an annual new year's protest which then spiraled into chaotic scenes after riot police deployed tear gas and water cannons against hardline protesters who broke off from the main group security forces arrested hundreds of demonstrators. it was the 1st authorized protest in several months and to hundreds of thousands of people. in recent weeks it's been mainly a smaller number of committee demonstrators on the streets but wednesday's munch shows there is still significant public support for the pro-democracy movement i. don't like i hope this march can reunify every want to come out and protest. it is a time for us to get there today here go. and let's here tell the world that we haven't given up yet how much money have feet on the ground and by sheer force of

numbers we'll show the government how many of us is still going to fight for hong kong's freedom with a handgun at. the rally was largely peaceful but then a small number of protesters began vandalizing local businesses. police responded with tear gas and water cannon and told organizers to end the march the vast majority soon fled leaving only a few 100 protesters to face off with the police as night fell the officers made around 400 arrests police were at pains to point out that they did not use force some peaceful demonstrators. unfortunately again rioters hijacked the procession today which resulted in the decision for the police to end a procession but organizers will want to focus on the huge turnout earlier in the day showing support for their cause. to arrest saying in st peter's

square in the vatican where a woman caused a scene that led to a papal slap on the rebuke pope francis have been shaking hands with people in the crowd starting to leave the woman suddenly grabbed his hand and pulled him towards a movie theater course the 84 year old son caused him to slap underway off and then moved away visibly annoyed he has since apologized saying that he shouldn't have set a bad example. they were on the world are celebrating the 1st day of the new year and the new decade. there are thousands gathered at the brandenburg gate to ring in 2020 of the german capitals annual fireworks extravaganza revel is in new york squeezed into times square to join the countdown. so after all the process and

fireworks on new year's eve january the 1st is a public holiday for lots of us. office some welcomed relaxation a new year's day also brings its own traditions many of which seem to involve borsa . 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 best of mt fuji. locals believe making new year's resolutions while watching the 1st sunrise over the mountain will bring good

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