this is d.w. news live from buildings scrambling to escape the flames and mass evacuations are underway in australia as people flee deadly wildfire as thousands are on the road obvious whiting to be ferried to safety and the hot dry and windy conditions are expected to get worse also coming up as pro-democracy protests continue in hong kong we make one young protester who after being arrested fears for his future as she faces easy in jail and the loss of her dream of finishing her studies. plus

a new u.s. ritual with a difference in peru and i believe love is put on hold for a day when they have to and city of cusco going 1000 festival cities local disputes settled with old fashioned hand to hand combat. i'm anthony howard welcome to the program a struggling authorities have declared emergencies and ordered mass evacuations in new south wales and victoria the states hardest hit by some of the worst wildfires on record the evacuation orders likely to last for days as forecast as one 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 talents in the southeastern states of new south wales and victoria that have felt the fury of the latest wave of bushfires. side anybody diet's. demise now have talents. 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 yet another difficult day or 2 give us an update on the mass evacuation of thousands stranded in malik is that the while yet. it got under way a couple of hours ago there are about $4000.00 people were stranded in another cruiser and about $800.00 of them but managed to pull off being 3rd up to the naval vessel at this stage they now face of willing to provide 17 hours they can sell down the coast of georgia to those who will pull then the return on ship returns to work or cooter 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 night. roger people have also been ordered to leave many holiday town south of sydney ahead of the next think way of 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 in the south because in new south wales many of them of course are resistance 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 that 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 farms and then once they get the fuel they face a long long crew are home it's a massive tell that the cars are on the on the on 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 there are more catastrophic conditions that are forecast for this coming weekend what will that mean main for those evacuations. well the evacuations will continue if needs but they will come a time when. the 1st of this is correct it will be impossible 'd to deal with any more we're 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 witness to. not only a repeat of what happened a few days ago but a far worse situation developing not only in the south of new south wales but inland in parts of in new south wales as world 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. hong kong's chief of police has defended his office's actions against protesters during a new year's day rally question when's comments come amid allegations of disproportionate use of force to restrain the crowds activists are eager to support the pro-democracy demonstrations but fear for their future reporter ts bootlegger has been speaking with one of them we've changed her name to protect her identity. the new year in hong kong has begun just like the old year ended with hundreds of thousands of people marching for political reforms the less said choice has been

active in the pro-democracy movement since the outset i'm. now did see how yeah it's changed my life shouldn't be a moment the protest movement has let me move forward and become a positive i had seen how i am like i am that if i missed this i wouldn't have another chance to experience all of it. caught that's why it's so important that i'm here. today was i am i the president to join you in a little less a wrist a lot by protesting she was already arrested once 3 months ago and still awaits trial prospects would dim further if she's detained again. the protest movement includes all walks of society but the young are the most committed competitive school exams a race for the best universities and a tough job market in one of the most expensive cities in the world on comes you

face a lot of pressure. l.s.a. 16 she has struggled for years with anxiety and depression that she blames mainly on pressure in school because she. has sung the movement procol aimed to my life child like. so it made me feel my life is meaningful but that he always hate on my. since her arrest her anxiety has returned. although she says she hasn't been violent being at the site of clashes was enough for writing charge she faces 10 years in jail. the family has been under immense stress since then neither she nor her father use their real name. every time she goes out i worry a lot i'm anxious and i guess parents are like that but then i also can't lock her up. at the beginning that much stace peaceful but

suddenly the mood shifts i was fired tear gas in one char i please move slowly i'm 20 protesters leave this scene why the frontline us confront the police the less it is a mid-level she wants to support the frontline protestors she knows what's at stake . i know they are because i've been arrested before if i go to the frontline i need to be very very careful. i. nevertheless she decides to take a look but to get out as soon as it gets tense. the least rolled off the record number of people $400.00 all together but unless it is not a month. now to some of the other stories making news around the world. people in the indonesian capital jakarta have begun returning to their homes up to 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 hands and cut off electricity of a why the. 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 pedro sanchez to win sanchez the socialist party rates the coalition deal last month with another left wing party politics still needs to confirm him as prime minister. place in paris said use tear gas to disperse protesters from a man well. across party headquarters as the standoff of the president's planned pension reform continues trade unions have called on the public to step up their protests national train services have been disrupted bus strike action for $29.00 days now at the country's longest strike since $968.00. interpol

sent an international wanted notice to lebanese authorities requesting the arrest of colors going the former nixon boss keep biol in japan this week and fled to lebanon while the whiting trial on charges of financial misconduct japanese prosecutors righted his tokyo 100 reportedly looking for information on how he escaped. a woman and her 2 adult daughters have turned themselves in to authorities in western germany following a fire that devastated the zoo killing dozens of animals police say the women and knitted ordering paper sky lanterns on the internet it's believed the flames from those able and candles caused the blaze on easy. flowers and candles at craye felt zoo more than 30 animals were killed here after a fire broke out at the age enclosure many have come to express their sympathy. even clippard students work and everyone who knows the zoo is sad even outside of germany as well so it's always better 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 finally stream a decent and they have my respect. man was 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 creigh felt zoo remains closed investigators are examining how the blaze spread so quickly. and finally while while you may have rung in the new year with a glass of champagne and some good tidings residents of the andean city of cusco have a different more brutal tradition and action festival known as to kind of sees neighbors say goodbye to the troubles of last year with a bit of friendly fisticuffs. fighting for

a fresh start. disputes over land or love played out in front of their neighbors. and always ending in a hug. they resolve their problems this way until one falls to the ground and it ends there then they leave like good friends who have overcome their problems and life continues. to kamakura translates roughly to 2 people hitting each other and the tradition can be traced back at least to peruse colonial period over 200 years ago. that took on a quiz changing but it hasn't lost its essence the album i think. men and women of all ages are allowed to step into the ring. and everyone survives to live another year. except a few unfortunate animals who end their days as decoration. when it's done the fighters drink and dance away their pain ready to heal up for the year

ahead. and on that now you're watching day w. news from berlin coming up that documentary film africa rising looks at african pop culture half of all the theme here i'm anthony house thanks for watching. because time to take one step further and face the. time to search the. fight for the truth. time to overcome downed trees and connect the world it's time for t.w. . coming up ahead.