this is deja vu news live from berlin mass evacuations in australia as people flee deadly bushfires tens of thousands are on the road right now trying to get to safety as gas and food supplies run out hot dry and windy conditions are expected to get worse over the coming days we'll go live to sydney for the very latest. ran back protesters leave the u.s. embassy compound in iraq's capital baghdad patrol comes after 2 days of clashes with american security forces there but tensions remain high. and turkey

edges closer to sending troops to war torn libya lawmakers are due to vote on a proposal for military intervention that couldn't up escalating the conflict in a country that's a major transit point for mike brooks. also coming up creating a more sustainable future germany designates 2020 as the year of the bio of qana make more on the campaign to promote green products and services. i brought in thomas great to have you with us has ordered mass evacuations of coastal communities as bush fires rage across the nation now at least 18 people have been killed naval ships and aircraft are delivering food and water to thousands who fled the town of molecules are taking refuge on local beaches

emergency services say this summer's wildfires are already the worst on record. another devastating $24.00 alice and this is what's left of the coastal town of monaco. with cooler conditions on wednesday firefighters and residents took a moment to count the costs at once a popular holiday distillation now looks like a war zone. all of my position. is just simply. military ships and aircraft have been deployed to provide humanitarian assistance bringing in much needed food and medical supplies. at least 18 people have been killed in the fires so far and almost 1300 homes destroyed. a few residents stayed

behind determined to save their properties. and for side anybody died. in my eyes and i had tyrants tied to scared just. just. over 2 days put you off at risk now just just get out and get going to say that for new just going out meant to be just. 240 kilometers along australia's southeastern coast is now a designated evacuation sold people have been told to leave as soon as possible as authorities warn the worst is yet to come. the reason every to ensure the conditions on saturday will be as bad or worse the resort yesterday. the winds are expected to be very strong that the food was good grace to just count

with far in the last guy that we can time. the fire has now more than $5000000.00 hexes an area bigger than denmark all the netherlands. the massive clouds of smoke i'm now also visible from new zealand almost 2000 kilometers and we. ok let's get the very latest now let's go straight to sydney and journalist roger maynard standing by for us roger good day to you when's the navy going to start boarding the evacuees at the beaches outside mallika. the lady i arrived a few hours it goes h.m.s. shoots is no positioning just all sure. it's going to carry much needed supplies to the mainland food will that sort of thing and the actual event. the full 1000 people stranded in america is that will begin 1st thing in the

morning but they can all go up once course ok now how long will this evacuation process take we're talking about 4000 people that we know about but we're also hearing that more and more people are arriving at the beaches why how long is this going to take well this is the full 1000 people. of the ship can you tell you time and so when she leaves school a little 17 or 180 boy it's all on the victorian coast before it can deposit people back on the mainland to make a return trip so it will triple thousands of people trying to get out it's going to take you know several days for the operation to be completed but the good news is that the family is anyway pets dogs and cats will be allowed on the label vessel but it's going to take some time so that it will this operation is completed run ok we would like to get an idea of the scope of what's happening in new south wales

right now emergency orders have been placed on that state thousands of people are evacuating how many people are we talking about on the road right now and will supplies hold out for them gas supplies for example. well the estimate is there are about 5055000 people stranded in the area at the moment we're only holiday makers and tourists that people live in the area too and they're all being urged to get out as quickly as possible our problem is that fuel supply has been running very very low over the past couple of days some people stations run out altogether the good news is that of 12 petrol tankers that managed to get back into the main towns in the past 4 or 5 hours so supplies have been replenished again but it's still going to take a long time for all these people to get out of the main fire zone but only a limited number of roads they can use which are open at the moment but the police are saying get out now while you can and do wait until tomorrow because tomorrow is going to be dreadful ok this is very much all about logistics right now it's

a very fast moving story roger manere for us thanks very much for that much from. well reining in back militia men have left the u.s. embassy compound in baghdad after 2 days of clashes with american security forces they've stormed that compound in protest at american air strikes which killed $25.00 pro rata militia men in iraq washington sent in extra troops hundreds of them and secretary of state might pump a 0 has postponed an overseas trip. the new year has begun with a fresh political crisis in baghdad more clashes broke out between pro running demonstrators and u.s. troops. lyta protesters pulled back but they were a god they were trained is a victory of the united states. we achieved exactly what we intended so we pulled back triumphantly and we rubbed america's nose in the. 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 choose day's events the president has accused iran of ocus training 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 and already difficult relationship. it's to turkey now where parliament will be voting later today on whether to send troops to libya turkish troops would be deployed to back up the forces of the internationally recognized government in libya's capital tripoli that city is surrounded by soldiers loyal to the powerful warlord khalifa haftar his troops are fighting in the suburbs and have yet to launch a general assault on the capital some 2000 people have been killed in the fighting so for. all turkey's fine deployment is meant to protect its investments in libya and boost its claims to oil and gas in the mediterranean but the u.n. is worried about an escalation in the libyan conflict russia egypt and saudi arabia support general hoft are let's get more about this now from dorian jones who's following the story for us in istanbul good day to you dorian water turkish

lawmakers likely to do are they going to back a military intervention by turkish troops in libya today well president one is expected to get support from parliament for he's called for deployment of turkey soldiers to libya even though all the opposition parties are strongly opposed to such a move warning that turkey risk being sucked into or quote my main opposition c.h.p. party saying that the promus he should be given more of a chance rather than going to a military action the president one is on equivocal he says that turkish should teach interests are at stake and turkey should be prepared to deploy soldiers to protect those interests what are those strategic interest story and what does turkey have a stake nationally in libya. what along with signing a security protocol with the government of national cold turkey is also signed in agreement which is given control of

a large swathe of the eastern mediterranean sea which is at the center of a competition from regional countries searching for hydrocarbons also control of the territory also it gives turkey control over the distribution of pipelines which are proposed to be being built from already discovered that gas fields in the eastern mediterranean so turkey says that this deal is crucial to teach interest in its growing efforts to project its influence across the region ok now across the region goes all the way to europe this is being watched very closely here in europe as turkey is involved with the e.u. to guarantee that migrant flows are controlled and it has an agreement in place of brussels and libya is a major staging point for migrants heading to europe as well how does this factor in with the military intervention. well i think a lot of regional countries including europe are concerned that any to point to

turkish forces for is a thorough escalation in this conflict risking other countries also being drawn into it more conflict would likely lead to more refugees seeking refuge in europe countries like italy which have have received large amounts of libyan refugees the fear is that more refugees could be triggered by such a move and particular also that there are several european countries in particular france are believed to be supporting the house and they are concerned that turkey getting involved in it would also risk their interests as well we understand that the french president has been trying to hold talks with her is turkish counterpart italy too is also concerned and even the german chancellor colors also believe that held talks with recently with president over these plans for deployment of turkish forces into libya but turkey also has a trump card because it's also a gatekeeper to refugees coming from the region into europe and turkey have made it

very clear they are prepared to use that card if it feels it's been pressurised by europe so we'll have to tread very carefully in this latest point of tension potentially between brussels a lot of play here dorian jones thanks so much for being bring us up today in istanbul. let's get you briefed on some of the other stories making the news at this hour authorities in indonesia say at least 21 people have been killed in severe flooding tens of thousands of others have been evacuated in around the capital jakarta. now it's being called the worst rainfall in decades it hit the region on wednesday it's close rivers to overflow and buildings to collapse. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is asking parliament for immunity from corruption charges this would protect him from prosecution while he remains in office and yahoo was indicted november and charges of bribery fraud and breach of trust. austria's conservatives have struck

a coalition deal with the green party after 3 months of negotiations so bossy and course will remain chancellor with the greens entering national government for the very 1st time the conservatives previous alliance with the far right freedom party it collapsed over across the sky. well violence has accompanied the 1st pro-democracy rally of 2020 in hong kong as skirmishes broke out police used tear gas to disperse protesters hundreds of people were arrested. 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 march shows there is still significant public support for the pro-democracy movement have . you know whether we can i hope this march can reunify every want to come out and protest and buy into it is it time for us to get there today here again and here

tell the world that we haven't given up yet how much money how we teach on the ground and by sheer force of numbers we'll show the government how many of us a still going to fight for kong's freedom with one hand on that. the rally was largely peaceful that 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 course was now as part of our look back at some of the top reports filed by d.w. correspondents last year we're going to stall bard in norway now it's one of the most northern human settlements in the world and it's home to a man attempting something considered impossible growing food in the 3 month long polar wonder. this is not a u.f.o. it's a greenhouse inside it drops to minus 20 degrees celsius during the dark polar night only when the polar day begins will benjamin vidmar see things growing here we have some days you know with the during the midnight sun there's sun in theory 24 hours a day so it just moves around in the sky and it can get like $2530.00 degrees in here i really like to do some root vegetables carrots potatoes would be nice. finally a bit of sunlight and darkness prevails for months in winter it's minus $25.00

degrees celsius the tundra here is permanently frozen there are more polar bears in small part than people of all places benjamin did mark gross food here the world's northernmost settlement. this one i think looks good too and then this 13. for the 4th one is on the table so it's an experiment together with his colleague benjamin works in what they call their lab the seeds only sprout when the climate is nearly tropical they've planted basil parsley crust lettuce cucumbers and chili peppers. and. if you see that we've got the humidity up now off to remove the tower and it was yeah yeah because we lifted it from a blanket rule 45 so yeah definitely. there polar

garden is still in the test phase they're gathering data at 1st that mark just wanted to be able to eat fresh vegetables that's how he came up with the idea by 3 o'clock in the afternoon it's pitch black again benjamin has gotten used to this although he's from florida this former ship's cook got stranded on the icy archipelago 10 years ago actually enjoy the dark season when the light comes back we get very busy and you have to run all of the time so that's the challenge is you don't know how to shut it off but for me the dart season is just take it easy whether it's dark or light out benjamin's gardening business is booming his stock is in high demand and his capacity is limited sol bart is about a 1000 kilometers from norway's north cape ordinarily all foods must be flown in which is expensive and not become logically sound. that's all the surface of so. there was some good news for it and. that's why benjamin vidmar wants to

prove that things can be done differently. in the photo to show so also on was a tremendous promise to do so given for sure you know. it's amazing to have this for sure it's a small but the science being delicious. the soil they grow in gets recycled. to figure everything out if you take care you can start yes thank you. benjamin fit mark thinks a circular economy can work and he wants to prove it right here and start. or here in germany each and every year the government promotes the sciences with exhibitions and competitions to raise interest in scientific research and development this year 2020 it's all about the bio economy our reporter derek williams takes a closer look at what that exactly means. bio economy describes any part of the economy that could benefit from renewable biological resources it's about promoting

materials or energy based on living things like crops forests or microorganisms. one big aspect of the bio economy is improving environmental sustainability for example in areas like aviation the use of biofuels based on crops or crop waste rather than oil could dramatically reduce the sector's carbon footprint but to be an option the technology has to get cheaper as of today biofuels are more expensive than fossil fuels it's a magnitude of 4 times more expensive and that's another reason why we talk about the need for large scale production to get the unit cost down to meet the cost of fossil fuel another area is improving quality and food and agriculture and the industrial production of chemicals replacing materials like conventional plastic made from fossil resources with sustainable alternatives grown by microbes. in the

bioreactor we grow our microbes in the process is very similar to producing beer in a brewery. using our directors we can produce lots of different molecules polymers. but form carry costs. 3rd area is health care has populations rise the only way to meet soaring demand for vital medicines will be to optimize the bio based systems that make pharmaceuticals and 2018 researchers in this key field received a nobel prize for pioneering work that helped drive the bio economy forward. what our laureates this year have done is that they have used this this principle of evolution but they have adapted it to have. applied at to their experiments to test tubes and been able to evolve new types of proteins very fast the ultimate goal of the bio economy is to create what's called circularity and consumption that

means eliminating waste saving fossil resources beating the world's burgeoning population and taking medical technology to the next level. felix eckart joins us now he's the founder of the research center for sustainability and climate policy thanks so much for coming in and joining us today. we just heard about what the bio economy is how do you want to get there what do you and your institute want to do to get to the bio. well the overall question in germany and europe is are we really this kind of ecological role model that we belief all day long and face facts given the normative standards that be accepted on the international level in terms of climate law in terms of biodiversity law we have to admit we are still among the countries with the highest ecological per

capita footprint in the world so we are no role models by now but of course ok let me let me jump in there and he and let me jump in there and say germany should be a role model but what do you want to do to get there to get to this bio economy. the overall idea has to be free to cut down 4 fossil fuels to 0 in about 2 decades to address the reduced emissions from let's talk pro diet etc etc because given the normative standards from for instance the paris climate agreement or the un by. invention we need that because these convention produce an obligation for all states and delegate scale to come to a for instance greenhouse gas emissions case ok. if it's got. 3 guys instruments we need for instance instruments to go through our fossil fuels in about 2 decades ok does that mean raising on

a drastic price of if i could jump in there i understand we do need the conventions does that mean we need drastic price increases for fossil fuels to get consumers to move away from them is that something you would support for example. basically yes but we don't have to do this on a national level on nation national scale we only it's have these debates in germany and britain etc on national scale but what you really need is more action forward on that you will level and i'm kind of optimistic that the new and you're commission. try at least try to move in this direction for instance we need address thickly improved you emissions trading scheme that does not only focus on some sectors but all fossil fuels and really establish a cap and a normative target to cut to cut out of all.

of. it ok felix eckhart founder of research center for sustainability in climate policy thanks very much for coming in today. this is the news these are our top stories at the hour australia has ordered mass evacuations of coastal communities as bush fires raged across that country at least 18 people have been killed navy ships and aircraft are delivering food and water to thousands who've taken refuge on beaches. a rainy and backed militia men have left the u.s. embassy complex in baghdad after 2 days of clashes with american security forces a mob that stormed the compound in protest against u.s. airstrikes that killed $25.00 fighters washington has sent in hundreds of extra troops. authorities in indonesia say at least 21 people have been killed in severe flooding tens of thousands of others have been

evacuated in and around the capital jakarta what's being called the worst rainfall in decades hit the region on wednesday cause rivers to overflown buildings to collapse. of violence has marred the 1st pro-democracy rally of 2020 in hong kong as skirmishes broke out police used tear gas to disperse protesters 400 people were arrested organizers say more than 1000000 people took to the streets. this is deja vu news from berlin we have more at our twitter feed of course and you can also go to our website e.w. dot com. well you might have seen these spectacular new year's eve fireworks around the world but probably nothing like this these are not fireworks but some 2000 roans flying together in the night sky over shanghai and the drones are programmed to create different formations shapes even taxes are for the end of the year

countdown the show ended with the groans of forming the chinese characters of streaming meaning dream tricks. mark jones joining you next time brian thomas for the entire news team thanks peter.

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