this is the news live from berlin scrambling to escape the flames mass evacuations are on the way in australia as people flee did leave wildfires thousands are on the road on the soap waiting to be ferried to safety in the hot dry and windy conditions are expected to get worse also coming up. turkish lawmakers voted to send troops to war torn libya ankara says it's protecting its own interest but many fear the move could escalate the conflict. and 3 people come forward following a deadly fire at

a german soup with already believed the illegal sky lantern's fuck the news the place that killed dozens of animals in the town of credit. i'm anthony how would welcome to the program a struggling authorities have declared emergencies and ordered mass evacuations in new south wales and victoria the states hit hardest by some of the worst wildfires on record the evacuation order is likely to last for days as for cost as warn that high temperatures and strong winds are expected to return this weekend i think people have died in the crisis and thousands of homes have been destroyed. this is what firefighters in australia have been dealing with for months in some cases. and this is an example of the aftermath the town of moloch or what was

the town a blaze tore through here on new year's eve. since then thousands have been awaiting rescue relief anything the plan is for the navy to use ships and helicopters to bring them to melbourne about a 17 hour journey by water. and destruction devastation and this is just one of so many towns in the southeastern states of new south wales and victoria that have felt the fury of the latest wave of bushfires. side anybody die and. demise now had time to. just get it. people have died but a final count hasn't been tallied yet some are still listed as missing one of the dead is fireman jeff keaton who passed away battling a blaze just before christmas at his funeral on thursday his young son received an

award for bravery on behalf of his dead father. forecasters say it'll be the end of the month before there's any significant rain and a possible end to the crisis the next catastrophic conditions are forecast for this coming weekend with temperatures expected to top 40 degrees celsius. well let's go straight to journalist in sydney where strivings have been waking up to get another difficult day or 2 give us an update on the mass evacuation of thousands stranded in malick is that the while yet. it got under way a couple of hours ago apparently there are about $4000.00 people standing in a mile of kusa and about $800.00 of them who manage to being 3rd out to the naval vessel at this stage they now face a void about 17 hours they can sell down the coast of georgia to those who will pool then the return on the ship returns to malibu to i think and then more taken off the problem is there's no other way to get out apart from see the entire town

is surrounded by fire road is closed and locked up falling trees very dangerous to negotiate so they have no alternative but to either stay or go out only on the news . roger people have also been ordered to leave many holiday town south of sydney ahead of the next wave what progress like on that front well it's certainly been underway now for the past 12 hours and all the police have left them in no doubt they've got to get out and get out quickly about 50000 people stranded down in the south because of new south wales many of them of course are residents and some of them may well decide to stay behind and try to protect their own for the vast majority of tourists circuit the busiest time of year for all it is in january and a lot of them are trying to get out of town get back to their homes in canberra and sydney and other parts of australia well that's proving to go to because there's a lack of fuel and those petrol stations that do have fuel marl long queues to get

into those to get to the actual pumps and then once they get the fuel they face a long long crew are home is a massive tell that the cars are on the all the few roads that remain open but the evacuation is happening and by any luck by the end of today most of those who want to leave will have left with that in mind roger they are more catastrophic conditions that are forecast for this coming weekend what will that mean mean for those evacuations. well the evacuations will continue it needs it but there would come a time when if the the fire service is correct it would be impossible to deal with any more getting more people out because they fear that more fires will break out those existing files will get even worse the temperatures expected to be in the mid forty's centigrade and that's going to be accompanied by a very strong winds too so they fear not only a repeat of what happened

a few days ago but a far worse situation developing not only on the south coast of new south wales but inland use in parts of in the new south wales as well to be truthful nobody really knows how extensive this fire is going to be but it's obviously going to be extremely dangerous journalist roger may not in sydney many thanks i grant and. now to some of the other stories making news around the world people in the indonesian capital jakarta have begun returning to their homes off the severe flooding forced tens of thousands to evacuate at least 30 people were killed others are still missing monsoon rains and rising rivers inundated thousands of homes and cut off of a pretty over a wide area. a key cattle and separatist party has agreed to help break the deadlock in spanish politics and abstain in a confidence vote in parliament next week allowing spanish prime minister paid for essential is to win sanchez the socialist party reached

a coalition deal last month with another left wing party that pollinate still needs to confirm him as prime minister. well turkey his mike is rather have passed a bill allowing the country to deploy troops to war torn libya of movies i aimed at shoring up the u.n. recognize government in tripoli against rebel leader khalifa and the so-called libyan national army the bill passed despite objections from turkey as main opposition groups and there are fears that the turkish troops deployment could further destabilize libya. but let's work through and that is that the bill was expected to pass through parliament and eventually it did giving the government a green light for a one year military deployment. but not before heavy debate in the house with opposition parties arguing vigorously against it and that is libya's internationally recognized government the government of national accord based in tripoli is

a regional ally to turkey last friday turkish president regift type one confirmed had received a request for military assistance from the un backed administration for months on the outskirts of the capital the government has been facing off against the forces of rebel leader general khalifa haftar. a leads a rival administration to the east of the country and is said to be preparing an assault to take the capital. the general has already taken control of its outer suburbs and has support internationally from egypt and russia. the fighting is threatening to plunge libya and a violent chaos not seen since the 2011 al sting of long time dictator moammar gadhafi some 2000 people have been killed in the conflict so far. ankara says by intervening it wants to reduce the risk of further instability in the region and protect its cultural and commercial ties there. meanwhile nations on the other side of the mediterranean are concerned any foreign interference could lead to more

civilian deaths and a new wave of refugees making their way to europe. and johns is covering the story for us earlier we asked him why turkey is getting involved in libya well whole variety of reasons have been given by president heard one in the run up to this vote he's been campaigning very strongly to convince not only the political parties but also to white a country where they does appear to be a great deal of skepticism he says that turkey has historical ties to libya if it was part of turkey's wants ottoman empire one says it is still a large ethnic turkish population that needs to be protected on top of that turkey does have deep financial and business interests with libya and major $1000000000.00 contracts in the construction industry still remain open but the key factor behind turkey's involvement in libya is recent agreements signed with the libyan government one of which gives control of a large swathe of the eastern mediterranean which is the center of a competition between regional countries in the search for hydrocarbons and also

the question of how to distribute any recently found hydrocarbons through pipelines turkey and says he has to be part of this process and it ceases deal with libya ensuring its interests of that's why he's committed to supporting this government and the agreements that they have agreed to that was de dudley's daryn jones in stamboul well a woman and her 2 adult daughters have turned themselves into a storage he's in western germany following a fire that devastated the zoo killing dozens of animals the woman admitted ordering paper sky latins on the internet apparently unaware that they were illegal in germany it's believed flames from the airborne candles caused the blaze on new year's eve. flowers and candles at craye felt zoo more than 30 animals were killed here after a fire broke out at the ape enclosure many have come to express their sympathy. even clippard students work and everyone who knows the zoo is sad even outside of

germany it's always bad when something so terrible happens and no matter where it happens been gets interesting i was here almost all day yesterday because i couldn't bear the sadness alone. it helped to see so many mourners here and i cried i couldn't have stood it at home so. a total of 8 apes were killed including one called masa europe's oldest gorilla who was 48 years old the fire in the enclosure broke out shortly after midnight it was also home to fruit bats and birds they were all killed in the blaze police believe the fire was caused by a sky lantern launched 4 new year a mother and her 2 daughters turned themselves into authorities soon after the fire reportedly unaware of the fact that sky lanterns are banned across germany. because. the people wanted to set off these lanterns with good wishes and of course

they didn't think that could lead to what happened here. in this i must say i think it's courageous of them to go to the police and say yes we're responsible i find it extremely decent and they have my respect to a man who's picked the ape enclosure burned to the ground but 2 chimpanzees managed to escape the inferno but he brought him home to the 4 of the to survive the fire with minor burns we don't know how that happened they were then sedated and moved to another enclosure before it while cray felled zoo remains closed investigators are examining how the blaze spread so quickly and next report is about finding love on the dance floor made taiwan's paralympic wheelchair dances the 1st teamed up and then fell in love. they're a perfect match on the dance floor as well as in life. i.v.

one then vince and quot discovered their talent for wheelchair dancing on their own but it was finding each other that added the extra spark to them moves. this way. 5 years quit you murs. like a woman who has a sense of humor. and joy talking to each other. as we got to know each other better. i started like a girl a lot. and that chemistry has made them one of the most successful couples in wheelchair dance they're currently ranked number 2 in the world. but to perfect their dizzying moves also takes hours of training their trainers are able bodied volunteers who also perform with wheelchair users and what's called the combi

category. vincent and i.v. are part of taiwan's last generation of polio survivors dancing is a way to keep up their physical fitness and to help fight the effects of the illness. or espalier patients physical deterioration can happen quite quickly. to exercise we are hoping to stow down the speed of deterioration. we are hoping i will be able to dance for a long time and to hold on to our good rankings and. tend to them. a couple recently tied the knot. let's hope that married life sees them up together

as easily as they do on the dance floor. you're watching news from berlin coming up the deadly news africa with my colleague christine. on behalf of the whole team here for now thanks for watching. most girls took it over now live. in support of. what's a big what's said. to be about.