i did not realise the severity of the situation until i arrived and i was in canberra and adjusting ond are just seeing on the news every day. it is so sad. sport can seem pretty trivial at times like these, but it has been affecting preparations ahead of the australian open. how different have your preparations had to be as a result? yeah, i think, like you said, when you look at what other people are having to deal with at the same, it is not a big deal for us. —— at this time. we are playing a sport we love, but there are definitely bigger things going on in the world. for me, preparing for that term it was always rough because i arrived in chelsea manning andi because i arrived in chelsea manning and i did not get to practice until friday afternoon once we had moved to —— friday afternoon once we had moved to——i friday afternoon once we had moved to —— i arrived in australia on tuesday morning. it is not a big deal compared to other things that are going on. katie swan speaking to me from melbourne where she's in australian open qualifying next week. 18 months ago bobby madley was

smoke has completely blanketed canberra. and as brutal.throat and it makes it really ha rd to the throat and it makes it really hard to breathe. it makes it worse with this winter picking up. as the fires continue to rage, the air carries it through and it hangs heavily on the city. now, on any given day, display, parliament house would be visible from any direction. now you can hardly see them. and i am standing right in front of it. and this is holiday season as well. this is the time when people come and they visit the capital, but it is virtually empty. it is quite airy. eye caught up with one family and they ask what it was like to be in canberra in this kind of weather. we just arrived today because we had come from golden, where we were evacuated from tathra to get away from the fires and to go somewhere safe. it is really smoky so it is whole to brett —— hard to breathe times. and also it was raining ash. we would like to stay another day here and then we will head back home. but there are a few fires on the way, in 0meo, i think p

some further rainy times in sydney but whilst it's dryer in melbourne, adelaide, and canberra, tempersman in the moment at break, heavy rain set there. friday, saturday you can see tojammies there. friday, saturday you can see to jammies with the rain. flash flood developing which will work its way eastwards across iran producing huge amounts of stone —— sell for afghanistan, the mountains of northern pakistan, and some torrential rain will sweep its way eastwards a cross torrential rain will sweep its way eastwards across the rest of pakistan sunday into monday drop in temperature here once more. and it is all about the big tip to drop across the western portion and canada. fighting it out with warm air pushing up from the golf, in between through thursday night into friday, the battle ground is this weather front, torrential rain storms developing on it anywhere from texas all the way through to new england. after the latter stage of friday as the storms get going, friday night into saturday, this area here and read a real risk of tornadoes, unusual for this time of year. texas, loui

my sister is down in canberra at the moment, and she's also saying, you know, we're having to use face. thanks to frances. switching to new york, time for outside source business. donald trump says he's going to sign a long—awaited trade agreement with china on 15th january. michelle fleury is in new york. hgppy happy new year. i am slightly scarred by last year with donald trump saying one thing would happen and then another, half the things he said never came to pass, is this definitely on? look, this was issued ina definitely on? look, this was issued in a tweet, donald trump saying there would be the signing of a trade deal in january there would be the signing of a trade deal injanuary the 15th, that is pretty much as close as one can get to a formal confirmation but we are still waiting for more details, though, from the commerce department, from america's trade representative, from the chinese themselves, for confirmation of this. however, when this deal was agreed in may to december, there was talk about signing sometime in early january, so it does seem likely that is the date

we might head to canberra oi’ how we go. we might head to canberra or sydney ina how we go.few days. see how we go. do you think they have been enough firefighters to deal with that? the problem is, there are so many fires. where do the firefighters go? every town has a brigade but you have 300 fires across two states, where do they all go? prioritising people's safety, i guess, and it is really very frightening. anna clark describing the fires in new south wales. the authorities in lebanon say the former nissan boss, carlos ghosn, entered the country legally. mr ghosn was on bail injapan, awaiting trial on financial misconduct charges, and his passports had been confiscated. reports in lebanon suggest a group of musicians who played at his house in tokyo smuggled him out in an instrument case. rupert wingfield—hayes has more. last march, carlos ghosn disguised himself as a construction worker as he attempted to slip past the waiting media on his release from jail. now, he has succeeded in slipping out ofjapan, perhaps in another disguise. even his own defence team have been

ina johnson addressing the canberra in a speech broadcast at 11pm where he is hailing the dawn of a era and a moment of real national renewal —— camera. the beginning of what? at this stage we don't know. it's a good point, we don't know but it is honing in on that was it ever to of a new era and a new dawn. it comes with, he mentions here, a tax break of up mentions here, a tax break of up to 3! million people. this is honing in on the idea that this is a new era for the uk. the tax break is looking to increase the threshold with which taxpayers pay their anr, a £104 benefit, so this is focusing on how the uk can take this forward and, as i said, with this lovely, positive attitude. a very different take here on the guardian, a picture ofa here on the guardian, a picture of a sandcastle, very traditional picture, calling this the biggest gamble in a generation. of course, today will be a celebration for some and commiseration for others and commiseration for others and a resignation for lots of people that we perhaps need to get on with it now. this has been really interesting acro

smoke has completely blanketed canberra.d it is really hard to breathe and it is made worse by this when picking up. as the fires continue to rage, the airjust carries it too and it hangs very heavily on the city. on any given day, this flag at parliament house will be visible from any direction. now you can hardly see them and i am standing right in front of it. this is holiday season as well and this is holiday season as well and this is the time when people come and visit the capital. but it is virtually empty, quite eerie. i did catch up with one family and asked them what it was like to be in camera in this kind of weather? we have just arrived today because we have just arrived today because we have just arrived today because we have just come from coalburn, to get away from the fires and go somewhere safe. it is really smoky, it is hard to breathe at times if you don't have the mask on, so the mask really helps. also, it was raining ash. we would like to stay another day and then we will head back home. there isa then

and saturday night into sunday, they will hit canberra. week. notice melbourne, from low 40s to just 17 degrees on monday. that is one change and a half. and not far away, big things happening in new zealand. after a fine day on friday, rain starts to pile into the south and west of the south island. so if you‘ve been there, around the areas of westland, we could see as much as 500 mm of rain. quite a mountainous area, but the winds piling across those mountains could reduce severe gales to the east but these will be like hairdryer winds. they will be pushing in increasingly humid and hot air to eastern parts of new zealand — where, on sunday, it‘s chucking it down with rain in the west — we could see 3a, 35 degrees in the east. bit closer to home, it‘s all been about temperatures rising here, not to those sort of levels, but also the impact that‘s having on rainfall amounts in norway. we‘ve not quite finished january — already, records have been broken in many western areas, well over 500 metres of rain. and that‘s because our weather in

weekend will only spread the blaze out of control south of the city it is the worst fire threat canberra has seen in 2 decades. the combination of extreme heat weaned and a dry land sky poor play suburbs in cambridge set off at risk in the coming dice. the auroral fire has now grown to itin a half 1000 hc tears that's 195 square kilometers or nearly i percent of the total land mass of the australian capital territory. funny nasa has decommissioned its spitzer space telescope after 16 years of service spitzer was one of the 4 observatories orbiting the earth sending back all those images and information we see about our galaxy the spitzer was launched in 2003 apparently had enough liquid helium to keep it going for 6 years scientists managed to keep it going for another decade mike hanna with this report this is the last image the spitzer transmitted back to earth the tarantella nebula named after the filaments of gas that resembles spiders legs stretched out across the cosmos. it was one of the telescopes 1st observation targets when it was launched 16 years ago spencer allowed us to aga

smoke billowing towards the australian capital canberra bushfires in a national park to the south post the most serious threat to the australian capital territory or in nearly 20 years. government officials fear that strong winds blowing over parched land combined with high summer temperatures can make the fires even more unpredictable and difficult to control. the i say is now facing the worst push for threat since the devastating fires of 2003. the combination of extraneous hate weened and a dry land sky poor place suburbs in camber say off at risk in the coming dice. the auroral for has now grown to i turn a half 1000 hectors that's 195 square kilometers or nearly i percent of the total land mass of the australian capital territory. people preparing for the worst and stalking up on water many remember the 2003 bushfires that killed 4 people the canberra and destroyed hundreds of homes on concern that the ice and does not have really put out 2003 at a little small fire burned for. that were given to what and then when other results of that the unpredictable weather through the summer

reporter: i just arrived in canberra and it's been blanketed bymoke. on any given l day --k over here. this is parliament house. this is the city's most iconic building and normally you can see from every direction. you can probably see it and i'm standing in front of it. the driveas here w also very, very smoky. that's because fires are ragingu all ars. in the southn coastal of new south wales but realln i eastern australia and the air brings i here. it hangs heavily on the city. it's brutal. it makes it very hard t breathe. it's worse because the win are picking up, as well. and people say, it's outdoors, indoors, homes a centers.g there are health conce about respiratory problems. no one knows how long it will last. as it stands, the air iuality he among the worst in the world. ros: at the center of the story are firefighters. most are volunteers and sevngal are ahe 24 people who have died since the fire crisis began.re this pic was widely shared from last week, a 1-year-old receiving ary bra medal on behalf of his father who died in september. sinc

shaimaa then moved on to the australian capital canberra.ajor city in the world. that's meant government buildings have had to be closed. here's shaimaa. so i've just arrived so i'vejust arrived in so i've just arrived in canberra and it has been blanketed white smoke. on any given day... this is parliament house, the city's most iconic building. i'm standing right in front of it. the drive here was very smoky because fires are ranging all around us. in eastern and southern australia. the printed here and it hangs heavily on the city. it is brutal and makes it hard to breathe. the wind is picking up. it's not just outdoors, breathe. the wind is picking up. it's notjust outdoors, it's indoors, in homes and offices and shopping centres. there are health concerns about those with respiratory problems. no one knows how long this is going to last because the fire is burning. as it stands, the equality in australia's capital is one of the worst in the world. —— the air quality. worth mentioning the firefighters. some are professional — most are vo

smoke billowing towards the australian capital canberra bushfires in a national park to the south coast the most serious try to the australian capital territory or in nearly 20 years. government officials fear that strong winds blowing over parched land combined with high summer temperatures can make the fire has even more unpredictable and difficult to control. the i say to a is now facing the worst bushfire threat since the devastating fawaz of 2003. the combination of extraneous hate weened and a dry land sky poor place suburbs in camber say off at risk in the coming dies. the oral fire has now grown to itanium a half 1000 hectors that's 195 square kilometers or nearly i percent of the total land mass of the striking capital territory. people preparing for the worst and stalking up on water many remember the 2003 bushfires that killed 4 people the canberra and destroyed hundreds of homes on concern that the ice and does not have relief for 2003 had been a little small fire burned it was either candidate no attention given to what then and we know the result of that the unpredictable

temperature records have been broken in canberra and sydney, which experienced 48.9 celsius.to become the party's next leader. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, england will be looking to their bowlers in cape town, as they hope to stay in contention against south africa, in the second test. they got off to a great start — taking three wickets before lunch... stuart broad with two of those, and james anderson with the other. south africa currently on 119—3 after bowling england out for 269 this morning. england 1—0 down in this four match series. you can follow the action with the cricket social via the bbc sport website. there's a feast of football in store this afternoon — as the fa cup third round gets under way. 20 matches in total, and several are about to kick off. this, the time of year where smaller teams can get the better of a bigger side — perhaps one from the premier league. manchester city, the holders, will be hoping that doesn't happen to them. they're preparing for the visit of league two side port vale this evening. vale enjoyed a comf

bush fires have once again reached crisis levels with temperatures soaring above forty degrees in canberrad no rain in sight fires a spreading from the forested south of the region nortrth towards the capital. authorities said the blaze could become uncontrollable. the i. city has now facing the worst push five threat to since the devastating fall as of two thousand and three. the combination of extreme hate we end and the dry land skype will play suburbs in c camber itself at risk in the coming dice. itit's the first time a state of emergency has been declared in the australian capital territory since two thousand three when fires killed four people and destroyed almost five hundred homes. residents say they're doing what they can to prepare i think w we're prety i que right now we were here in two thousand and trace always saying what can pay when it comes right. which is fine yeah getting everything ready getting water in every receptacle we cacan find i control at tanks a full. others say they're concerned that the government hasn't done enough to prevent fires from spreading but the l

that we had a huge traffic jam going up from the south of the world toward sydney and across to canberra as well but the evacuation seems to have worked and people seem to have got enough fuel to or to get out of that area and breathe a bit of a sigh of relief but a lot of people are staying to it has to be said a lot of the locals the residents are designed to stay and try to protect their home which have a way they can you know with out with a hose pipe or whatever and they're just taking the risk it was more important to protect the lead at this stage ok the prime minister scott morrison is coming in for a lot of criticism and right now what kind of pressure is he under a lot of pressure i mean you've probably seen the extraordinary footage of him being lambasted by locals in one of the villages which was badly hit in the fires a couple of days ago he was really abused by a by one or 2 people to such an extent that he made a hasty exit to his limousine and got out of the area pretty quickly i mean he's come under a lot of stick in for a lot of stick because of the perception that he h

in fact canberra is one of the most polluted cities in the world right now.w. there has been the brain as i mentioned but it hasn't been nearly enough to contain the fires. it's also adding to some of the smoke and haze here in australia. i spoke to a meteorologist who was in melbourne andi meteorologist who was in melbourne and i asked her what the forecast was for the coming days. it's a hazy day in melbourne, perhaps in drizzle around as well which is contributing to reduced visibility and thus notjust which is contributing to reduced visibility and thus not just the case for melbourne. but indeed much of south—east australia at the moment. smoke and drizzle around, cutting conditions and that is reducing visibility which is hampering those firefighting efforts at the moment. and why is that? we have seen a cold front moved through so have seen a cold front moved through so quite a bit of rainfall across the area of the past 2a hours, within about five 15 millimetres for fire affected areas so a little bit ofa fire affected areas so a little bit of a break

residents in suburbs of canberra have been urged to "remain alert" for potential evacuations.hment trial continues in washington, four republican senators have become the focus of attention to see if they will vote to call witnesses. the democrats need all four to back their call for witness testimony to win the vote, which is expected to take place on friday. amnesty international has criticised the greek government over its plan to build a floating barrier in the sea to stop migrant boats from reaching land. the rights group said the proposal would make it more dangerous for those desperately seeking safety. prince harry has lost a complaint against the mail on sunday's use of photographs of african wildlife from his instagram account. the duke of sussex accused the british newspaper of misleading readers by suggesting he'd deliberatly neglected to reveal that the animals had been tranquilized and tethered. the press watchdog said the article wasn't misleading. the stay with us on bbc news. taking on the old guard. who will face novak djokovic in the australian open men's fi

so as promised we've got our panel of experts from australia to talk about this on skype from canberra that is tom swan he is a senior researcher at the australian institute and from melbourne we've got julian vincent who is the executive director of a group called market forces gentlemen great to have both of you with us tom we'll start with you the climate change debate in australia is clearly alive i see that in the public i see that in the protests that are happening and in the anger directed towards in particular scott morrison is scott morrison and his government catching up do you feel that it's starting to sink in i know he did admit or maybe i could have handled this differently but is there any shift in policy you're absolutely right that there's been a big shift in the rhetoric and in some of the political positions taken by that the commonwealth government over the last month just a few weeks ago scott morrison was saying this is purely an issue for the state governments and he's deputy prime minister was saying that only raving in a city lunatics would link climate change

australia has crashed killing 3 crew members before the crash contact was lost near the cap for canberra under thomas reports. filmed by al jazeera 2 weeks ago this is believed to be the plane that's crashed the c. 130 hercules is the biggest firefighting plane used by australia's rural fire service is capable of dumping 15000 liters of water all retardant each flight 3 i'm eric and crew members were on board contractors from a us aerial firefighting company all believed to have died it's impacted heavily with the ground and initial reports are that there was a large fall ball associated with the impact of the plan as it hit the ground we've got a number of forefathers and a number of crew that are in the area and working to contain and work around the far it is still an active far ground. and and it did take some time with the use of ground crews and a number of aerial surveillance platforms to try and locate the wreckage of the flying today is a reminder. of how every single person who is defending life and property is at risk because of the dangers 2nd stances in the firefighting comm

state of emergency has been declared in australia's capital as bushfires threatened to take over canberra and the surrounding region of the i.c.t. the israelian capital territory there are concerns hot weather and strong winds this weekend would only spread a fire south sydney out of control this is the worst threat facing the canberra area in 2 decades it's funny nasa has decommissioned its spitzer space telescope up to 16 years of service. for observatories orbiting the earth sending back all those images and information we see about our galaxy and beyond launched in 2003 with enough liquid helium to keep it going for 6 years but scientists managed to keep the spitzer mission going for an extra decade this report from mike hanna. this is the last image the spits are transmitted back to earth's the tarantella nebula named after the filaments of gas that resembles spider's legs stretched out across the cosmos. it was one of the telescopes 1st observation targets when it was launched 16 years ago spencer allowed us to feel the gang look at things lift the cosmic they'll and see the super m

residents in suburbs of canberra have been urged to "remain alert" for potential evacuations.scrapping the scheme. it was was ordered by the government because of concerns about the ballooning cost of the high—speed line. it has concluded the final bill could be more than £100 billion, but says cancelling the northern half of the line doesn't make sense. democrats in the united states have been dealt a major blow in their push to call witnesses at president trump's impeachment trial. they have failed to secure enough support in their bid to allow witnesses to give evidence. it means the president could be acquitted by the senate later today. the democrats had wanted to hear from mr trump's former national security adviser, john bolton, who is reportedly backing the claim that the president sought political favours from ukraine in exchange for us military aid. back to brexit now. and there are more than a million uk citizens living in eu countries. the exit deal reached with the eu has secured some, but not all, of the rights they've enjoyed. 300,000 uk passport holders live in

and authorities in australia's capital have declared a state of emergency as bushfires threatened canberra and the surrounding region there are concerns the hot weather in the strong winds this weekend will only spread to fire south of the capital which is already out of control you have to deal with the headlines on al-jazeera inside story is coming up next in the philippines the black market for gold is with hundreds of millions but not everyone is reaping the rewards to sound the ultimate price when i went east investigates why people like dying for gold on al-jazeera. the u.s. secretary of state lobbies britain once again for a ban on wall away is the chinese tech giant a threat to cyber security or are there other reads in washington's opposition this is inside story. hello welcome to the show i'm sam is a than the u.s. is pressuring allies in the west to band while away the chinese tech giant provides world leading technology for the next generation of mobile networks called 5 g. but the trumpet ministration has long accused beijing of using it for spying the u.s. secretary of state

bushfires threatened to take over canberra and the surrounding region straining capital territory there are concerns the hot weather in the strong winds this weekend will spread a fire south of the city out of control it is the worst threats to face the strain in capital in 2 decades. on the nasa has decommissioned its spitzer space telescope after 16 years of service spitzer is one of the 4 observatories that all but the sending back images and information about the galaxy and beyond it was launched back in 2003 apparently with enough liquid helium to keep it going for 6 years scientists that manage to keep it going for an extra decade mike hanna has our report. this is the last image the spits are transmitted back to earth the tarantula nebula named after the filaments of gas that resembles spiders legs stretched out across the cosmos. it was one of the telescopes 1st observation targets when it was launched 16 years ago and spitzer allowed us to again look at things lift the cosmic veil and see the super massive black holes that we couldn't see previously since then it has revealed t

says he will not shut down the coal sector despite large bush fires burning around the south of canberra and smoke covering parts of the capital. the only thing that matters is the cumulative impact of all countries emissions you will also not reduce the number of qualified pass stations in the world to die by forcing the shut down of australian coal mines in strange jobs that go with them other countries will just buy the coal from somewhere else often poorer quality with greater environmental and climate impacts and are thomas has more now on scott morrison speech from tampa . this was his chance to reset the data and lay out his priorities for the year and the response to the fires was front and center of his speech and he talked a lot about how australia needs to adapt and to mitigate for way essentially described as inevitable climate change hotter drier summers are going to cause more fires in the future he said and climate action in his words was about mitigation and tasting to the inevitable he talked less about addressing climate change when he did he said that australia was doi

state of emergency is declared as bushfires threatened the southern suburbs of australia's capital canberra. democrat impeachment managers are again appealing to republicans in the u.s. senate to allow witnesses and additional evidence in the impeachment trial of president donald trump in total they have 4 hours to debate before the crucial vote to decide the future of the trial democrats need at least 4 republicans to vote for additional witnesses but that looks highly unlikely after 2 key republican senators confirmed they would not meaning the senate will not hear from former national security adviser john bolton he reportedly claims trump asked him to help pressure ukraine into investigating his political opponents will trump could now be acquitted in the coming hours and in the last hour house impeachment manager and congressman adam schiff made an 11th hour plea for the senate to hear bolton's testimony so here you have the president saying john bolton is not telling the truth let's find out let's put john bolton under oath let's find out who's telling the truth the trial is supposed

it was due to be held in the capital canberra but the players weren't able to train there due to the and it had to be moved to melbourne. we were advised not even to go outside. they told us to try and buy masks, so that whenever we were outside, we could breathe, basically, not on hell all the smoke. they were able to move the tournament to a different city, so we ended up staying in canberra for three days without being able to practice or merely use the gym, because the smoke was inside as well as outside. world number two novak djokovic has led serbia to the semi finals of the atp cup. he did it the hard way, coming from a set down to beat ca nada's denis shapovalov in their singles tie winning the match in a third set tie break. serbia won the doubles too for a 3—0 overall win. they'll meet russia in tomorrow's semi final. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. jane dougall will have more througout the afternoon. i'll have more for you in the next hour. more now on our top story — and iran has strongly denied claims we have

our website and facebook page today will leave you with pictures of new year's eve celebrations in canberra nairobi until next time i might. take it personally i do it. with a little wonderful one story that makes the dream so special. for all true friends battling. much. more than sword on line actually written readers just shows the strength of shows. the certain way to get her. lead. realty show. on. the 1st. and of very warm welcome to a brand new year of news from the world of arts and culture we'll be looking at some of the cultural highlights coming up in 2020 and also. beethoven only wrote one opera for davy oh and i'm sure he never imagined it being staged with puppets. scott fitzgerald's novel the great gatsby now being performed as an immersive play. and an exhibition and from showing the huge influence of the work of charlie chan has had . lands. first of all though let's have a look into our cultural crystal ball and see some of the highlights coming up this year there's lots of anniversaries and we'll be covering them with a big emphasis on the 250th anniversary of beethoven's

that's right nic i'm standing at the entrance of the original canberra streets one as it's now normally known and you know this is a place where thousands were incarcerated and many people were murdered but 75 years after the liberation of auschwitz incredibly enough some of the survivors who experienced what this place was like under the nazis are still coming back every year we believe around 200 auschwitz survivors of different nationalities from countries around the world many of them jews will be coming here and want to tell their stories remind people of the brutality of the horrors of auschwitz and warn future generations about what the semitism is and what the holocaust was and d.-w. had the opportunity within the last few days to speak to and ask for it survivor he won't be coming this year she lives in israel and for her the pain of what she experienced here. too deep but she still wants to let the world know of her suffering and he's. not interested. this is me. in the back of. my number 73200 and i. had to shout twice daily and counting. a pin. number then tipped 1000 the 10

our website and facebook page today will leave you with pictures of new year's eve celebrations in canberra nairobi next time i might. go africa. the bigger animals around don't want of attention but don't overlook. and do something to protect. free success stories from south africa. i didn't mind. them. no one. for. 16. people for information part. of me want to express g.w. on facebook and twitter up today in touch. how do you do it japan and turkey try to unravel carlos goes fugitive flight to beirut but will the justice system in levanon take any action against the former auto executive we'll take a look. also on the show another year another record day on wall street the bull market is charging into 20 twentieth's full speed and we'll discuss what's behind the optimism. and high retailers kick off the new year with a ban on single use plastic bags.

our website and facebook page today will leave you with pictures of new year's eve celebrations in canberra nairobi till next time i might. say that people. informations are part. of the want to express. on facebook and twitter facebook today in touch. 50 years of religion is for jews and people so many different states are working together toward a common goal the peaceful resolution of religious conflicts. in our female members or for religions for peace from the middle east or demanding a larger. chain mail peacemakers stores training where we shift. very warm welcome to our brand new year of news from the world of arts and culture we'll be looking at some of the cultural highlights coming up in 2020 and also. beethoven only wrote one off profit daimio and i'm sure he never imagined it being staged with puppets. scott fitzgerald's novel the great gatsby being performed as mercy of play. and an exhibition of from showing the huge influence of the work of charlie chan has had on lands. first of all though let's have a look into our cultural crystal ball and see some of the highlights comin

they have a journey, they get to near canberra and then they work out what they will be doing. but you will concentrate on the weather here through the weekend now. just to add into that previous piece that mentioned canberra, they have just smashed there all—time temperature record, 42.2 recorded in 1968, 43.6 today. so nearly 1.5 degrees above where they have ever been before. so thatjust puts it into context and why today is such a desperate day in that south—eastern quarter of australia. closer to home, it is much quieter thanks to the influence of a high pressure. pretty cloudy i have to say and mainly dry, i say mainly because you will see why in the second but that is the high pressure doing its stuff took two—thirds of the british isles. the weather front isn't1 million miles away, running up the western flank, increasing the cloud into the north—western quarter of scotland. rain on and off through the day here pretty much. for the shetland isles, sunshine this morning but it will be lost by three pm and the best of the sunshine, such as it is, probably to the eastern s

if you weeks ago we had a big match in canberra affected by smoke. it was absolutely hideous.not only for players but supporters as well. i would imagine if we have that sort of situation at the sydney cricket ground, swift action would be taken by the umpires. they would be well aware that this smoke is a horrible toxic haze that can be extremely uncomfortable and health officials say it can be quite dangerous as well so one would have thought umpires will be extremely wary of the threat of the smoke and the smoke could affect visibility. when it comes to balls being bowled at the ferocity of these test match players, visibility is extremely important. let's have a quick look at some of the day's other sports stories. and staying with the australian bushfires, nick krgios has pledged to donatejust over £100 for every ace he hits this month, to help those affected. the australian player also called on tennis australia to do more with fundraising. england's james vince top scored for sydney sixers, in cricket's big bash. they beat melbourne renegades by six wickets. vince hit 4

half a billion animals killed since the fires began in september, and air quality in the capital canberra was this weekend rated the worst in the world. thousands are homeless. the new south wales rural fire service says around 1,400 homes have been destroyed so far across the state with many more lost in victoria, south australia and queensland. almost 4,300 insurance claims totalling over us$200 million have been lodged since the main fires began in november and the bill is set to climb further as the full extent of damage is uncovered. in sydney, the cost of the fire has been estimated to be us$35 million a day while its air quality is currently rated as the worst of any city in the world. let's talk this through. joining me now live from sydney is campell fuller, spokesperson from the insurance council of australia. welcome to the programme. at this point, is a very difficult to try and estimate the costs of this disaster could be? it is a near impossible task at the moment. many of the fire grounds are still inaccessible to insurers and of course the property owners themselves. 0ur e

assisting with the bushfire crisis in australia have been killed in a plane crash south of the capital canberra the premier of new south wales state said the hercules aerial water tanker like this one from file video outfitted to battle bushfires crashed in the mountains of the snow we will narrow region. in the impeachment trial of u.s. president all the impeachment managers from the democratic controlled house of representatives presented opening statements in the republican controlled senate is charged with abuse of power in his dealings with ukraine. wrongdoing. and the german government has banned a neo nazi group that calls itself combat 18 the ban comes after a surge of far right violence including the murder of a politician in the city of consul and a deadly attack on a synagogue in the city of hama. ensure bruce of world leaders have gathered ahead of international holocaust remembrance day of on monday they're also marking 75 years since the liberation of the of its concentration camp before today's ceremonies germany's president func. met holocaust survivors and their families. spoke

because australian officials have declared a state of emergency for the capital city of canberra and surrounding regions as soaring temperatures and strong winds threaten to worsen a large bushfire burning out of control it's the 1st state of emergency in the capital since fatal wildfires in 2003. opponents of brecht's that have been rallying on the eve of the united kingdom's departure from the european union the u.k. is due to depart the block at 11 pm on friday local time london and brussels now half until the end of the year to hammer out their future relationship. the l.a. lakers basketball team will return to the court friday night for their 1st game since former teammate kobe bryant was killed in a helicopter crash the lakers are planning to hold a pre-game tributes bryant it's 13 year old daughter giana and 7 others who die in sunday's accident each of us public reported from los angeles. a memorial in the making to kobe bryant and his daughter giana. this los angeles artist known as cable has been working on it for only a few days he's not sure when he'll finish it. cable ha

and hailstorms have swept across australia's capital canberra helping the city with chunks of ice the size of golf balls or than a 1000 homes are in the region were left without power a hail stones dented cars and smashed windows. in lebanon on clashes between protesters and police over the weekend left hundreds injured largely peaceful anti-government protests broke out 3 months ago in lebanon as participants demand an overhaul of the political system and a solution to the country's economic crisis but in recent days the unrest has intensified. i it's being called the most violent weekend since lebanon's mass protests began in october. demonstrators threw stones and projectiles at police officers fired water cannon rubber bullets and tear gas in response. sunday's clashes brought the total of protesters injured to some $500.00 this weekend. 2 on the theme of the one that and violence only breeds violence at the end of the day after all these months the protesters just want to prove they exist i don't blame them the 2 there's a horse race late one of the many months on the most import

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

the canberra city to hoist that trophy, that would cement that idea. -- kansas city.ou for joining that idea. -- kansas city. thank you forjoining us. the super bowl is on the 2nd of february in miami. we are all looking forward to watching it. and it was a special weekend for the four time bdo women's world champion, lisa ashton. she made history by becoming the first woman to win a pdc tour card, and she'll now play in the players championship for the next two years. iam i am pleased to say she is joining us how. i am pleased to say she is joining us now. thank you for coming onto the sofa. can you tell us how hard it is to get a two card? it is 520 men and you have to go down, play every day and get points system. and you have made history by becoming the first women to do so. how proud are you of the achievement?” the first women to do so. how proud are you of the achievement? i am so proud and so happy. i am so proud to get that card. so exciting. it was a tough competition, 500 men were in the field. how tough was that to deal with that and the surrounding of th

our website and facebook page today will leave you with pictures of new year's eve celebrations in canberra nairobi until next time. we present you're ok that's most amazing at its most exciting. most creative colorful. trendy tasteful innovator clearly and charming. why did. he resist a bold. move. on the w. coach of british. surely screw africa the world sure links to exceptional stories and discussion. is easy our website deputed come so much for joining us on facebook. or come to. the. very warm welcome to our brand new year of news from the world of arts and culture we'll be looking at some of the cultural highlights coming up in 2020 and also. beethoven only wrote one off profit daimio and i'm sure he never imagined it being staged with profits. scott fitzgerald's novel the great gatsby being performed as the mercy of play. an exhibition in front showing the huge influence of the work of charlie chan has had . first of all though let's have a look into our cultural crystal ball and see some of the highlights coming up this year there's lots of anniversaries and we'll be covering them

forestales, lluvias recientes han favorecido mÁs, pero se han reportado muertos y casas destruidas, canberra, 7 de enero de 2020, disfrutando de cielos mayormente soleados, pero habrÁ cambio drastico en los prÓximos dÍas, al llegar al anochecer, precipitaciÓn al norte aquÍ nuestro satÉlite radar a las 7, 8 de la noche ingreso de lluvias al norte del estado, ciudades como... napa y sonoma, verÁn esta precipitaciones, luego estas cÉlulas a avanzan hacia la bahÍa donde veremos lluvia en la penÍnsula y cielos mayormente nublado en la regiÓn, que van continuar a partir de este miÉrcoles a jueves, luego leve reces, vea no mÁs este miÉrcoles, estaremos viendo condiciones lluviosas, chubascos en gran parte de la regiÓn, acumulados de lluvia entre un cuarto a media pulgada en la regiÓn, al norte de la bahÍa, estaremos pendientes, hablamos de este leve reces que llegarÁ a partir de viernes, vea no mÁs, cielos despejados mientras avanza el reloj, sÁbado mas precipitaciones incluso acumulados de nieve, cerca de 30 pulgadas en altas elevaciones en la sierra nevada, si es amante de polvo blanco verÁ basta