this is deja vu news live from berlin mass evacuations under way in australia as people there flee deadly bushfires tens of thousands are on the road at this hour trying to get to safety as gas and food supplies run out on dry and windy conditions are expected to get even worse over the coming days also on the show. catastrophic flooding in indonesia forces people from their homes in and around the capital jakarta officials warn more heavy rains are on the way. and

turkey edges closer to sending troops to war torn libya lawmakers are due to vote on a proposal for military intervention that could end up escalating the conflict in that country. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us australia has ordered mass evacuations of coastal communities as bush fires rage across the southeast navy ships and aircraft are delivering food right now in water as well to thousands who fled the town of molecules and took refuge on the local beaches the worst summer wildfires on record have left at least 18 people dead. and now the devastating $24.00 alice and this is what's left of the coastal town of.

with cooler conditions on wednesday firefighters and residents took a moment to count the costs a once popular holiday distillation now looks like a war zone. all of my position. is just simply nothing. 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 fire so far and almost 1300 homes destroyed. a few residents stayed behind determined to save their properties. and for side anybody. denies now had time to study the scared to.

just. or to do is put your lot at risk. just get out and get when you set up for a new just not going out meant to be just. 240 kilometers along australia's southeastern coast it's now a designated evacuation so people have been told to leave as soon as possible as authorities warn the worst is yet to come. really very sure the conditions on saturday will be as bad or worse the resort to. the winds are expected to be very strong that the 40 plus degrees to which is with far in the last guy that we can time. the fire has now more than $5000000.00 hectares is an area bigger than denmark all the netherlands. the message count of smoke i'm now also visible from new zealand almost 2000 kilometers and we.

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 malaga well the lady i arrived a few hours if you are h.m.s. should is now positioned just all sure. it's going to carry much needed supplies to the mainland 1st food will that sort of thing and the actual event. that 4000 people stranded in america will begin 1st thing in the morning but they call of course 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 there are an estimated 4000 people. at the

ship can you tell your time and so when she leaves it's got a little 17 or $18.00 oh boy it's only touring coast before it can deposit people back on the mainland to make a return trip so it will triple the hands 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 families anyway with pets the dogs and cats will soon be allowed on this school but it's going to take some time before this operation is completed don 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 air at the moment we're only holiday makers

and tourists that people live in the area too and they're all being used 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 states that run out altogether the good news is that of 12 petrol tankers that managed to get back into the main towns in the past 45 hours so supplies have been replenished again but it's still going to take a long time for all these people to get out 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 do it wait until tomorrow because tomorrow is can we do it for 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. it's to indonesia now where severe weather there has triggered catastrophic flooding in or around the capital jakarta officials say some 2 dozen people have been killed so

far thousands have been displaced by raging flood waters and fraud forecasters are warning of heavy rains and more flooding over the coming days. trapped on a tiny island in the floods. this man was lucky. a desperate rescue effort saved in. nearby the force of the floodwaters was overwhelming washing away everything in their power tens of people have been killed and tens of thousands more evacuated indonesia's president tried to offer reassurance. to the disaster agency needs to coordinate with provincial governments and search and rescue teams to give people who are affected by the floods a sense of safety and well yeah this is a good. muslim ummah but he also cautioned people to limit their expectations. but i but in terms of our ability to respond to flooding the central government is

still quite knew it was up in mine and they are still many projects left to complete. he. for hard hit residents in the capital jakarta life and death choices and long delays i see. when the want to reach the 2nd floor we decided to evacuate . we asked for help to be evacuated at 8 am but we could only move out at 2 pm. and a sense of a terrifying new normal. we hope this will never happen again because these floods keep coming back every 5 years and look at that. whether we like it or not we have to face this because we live here. but it is. everyone's working to clean and salvage what they can more rain is expected on the weekend. let's get your brief done now on some of the other stories made in the

news this hour taiwan's military chief of staff has been killed in a helicopter crash emailing was aboard a blackhawk chopper went down in mountains north of the capital taipei officials say 7 others aboard that craft died the air force general was in command of the island's defenses against china. arabian backed militia men have left the u.s. embassy complex in iraq's capital baghdad after 2 days of clashes with u.s. security forces. they stormed the compound in protest against u.s. airstrikes that killed $25.00 of its fighters washington has sent in hundreds of extra troops. all in turkey parliament will be voting later today on whether to send troops to libya turkish troops have been deployed to back up the forces of the internationally recognized government in libya's capital tripoli the city is surrounded by soldiers loyal to the powerful warlord khalifa haftar are his

troops are fighting in the suburbs and have yet to launch a general assault on the capital some 2000 people have been killed so far in the fighting. well 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 hospital 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 the appointment 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

a quagmire 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 unequivocal 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. well 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 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 turkish 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 with 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 3rd escalation in this conflict risking of a country's also being drawn into it more conflict would more than likely lead to more refugees seeking refuge in europe countries like italy which 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 all 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 merkel is also believed have 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 gate keeper 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 daryn jones thanks so much for being bring us up to date ines ball. sports now the former commissioner of the national basketball association the

n.b.a. david stern has died at age 77 after suffering a brain hemorrhage he was the league's along as serving commissioner spending 30 years in the job before ending the reigns the current commissioner adam silver is pictured on the left there stan was a credited with making the n.b.a. a global brand that oversaw the birth of 7 new franchises as well as the creation of the women's and. very probably saw some of the spectacular new year's fireworks around the world but now there is some competition for those fireworks these are nearly 2000 drones flying together in the night sky over shanghai and these drones are programmed to create different formations shapes even texts after the end of your countdown the show ended with the drones forming the chinese characters of shrink making it meaning dream chaser.

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