i'm married to evanston welcome to the program australia is bracing for another week of bushfires as temperatures are expected to soar and winds are picking up firefighters have been trying to contain the fires since september 8th people have died 2 of them firefighters many of those on the front line are volunteers and now the australian government says it will pay them for their efforts. it's one of australia's worst bushfire season is over. with so many blazes to basle it's often volunteers who answer the call for help. giving their time and paying the costs. of. 1516 hour shifts in a row you're exhausted at the end of that you might have one day break and then they want you to go again. it just takes its toll physically and emotionally on the family they don't see you and me it means i use my annual leave maine said i you know i use my time in leech time. now there is help for the helpers some volunteers to be compensated for about 20 days worth of income lost while fighting the recent fires. as very prolonged for sleaze this is putting additional demands on our firefighters in p

america evanston welcome to the program the leaders of china japan and south korea have agreed to work together to promote dialogue between the united states and north korea. in a bid to ease tensions over pyongyang's nuclear program chinese premier li ke chunk japanese premier shinzo abi and south korean president hu in held a summit in chengdu in china against the backdrop of increasing threats from pyongyang north korea has said it will take unspecified action if sanctions against it are not lifted by the end of the year. well to talk more about all this i'm joined in the studio now by good of a correspondent bob encroachments who is based in beijing and good to see you so what is likely to come out of this summit to will we see any new initiatives to ease u.s. north korea tensions will there be concrete steps taken now well so far what we've seen coming out of the summit is more a symbolic message namely that all 3 nations one piece and didn't do cruise ation of north korea however i mean concrete steps i don't expect anything that is a breakthrough but we could see low level commu

omarion evanston welcome to the program ukrainian government forces and russian backed separatists have begun a prisoner exchange. these are live pictures of that prisoner exchange underway right now the swap is part of an agreement that was reached earlier this month at a summit between the leaders of ukraine and russia brokered by germany and france the swap is taking place at a checkpoint in the separatist wrong hold of done netsky. forces as separatists have been fighting in eastern ukraine since 2014 the conflict has claimed more than 13000 lives. russia and ukraine swap prisoners last september raising hopes of a wider settlement but fighting continues despite a cease fire agreement. a major prisoner exchange with russia i'm pro russian separatists in september it broke inmates harm and fostered hundreds of the war nice to meet crime could soon be ending it was an early victory for ukraine's new president followed him is a lengthy. middle morally we have agreed the 1st step to one block dialogue or not it is returning our soldier was probably a little prisoner's. to more than 5 ye

i'm there in evanston welcome to the program. a deadly typhoon has struck the central philippines at least 16 people have been killed and the fear is that the death toll could rise many buildings and other properties have been flattened law. arge areas are without internet or electricity telephone found phone brought severe rain and wind speeds of up to 195 kilometers an hour on christmas day. the extent of the damage caused by the typhoon is beginning to emerge. fun phone destroyed many homes leaving families to spend christmas sheltering in the open air authorities evacuated tens of thousands of people ahead of the storm's arrival as a precaution. sun phones powerful winds wrecked havoc conservative provinces in central philippines the same part of the country where thousands of people died when it was hit by typhoon haiyan around 6 years ago. damage from fan phone blocked roads and cut communication lines there are reports of people taking shelter in the region's airports. now that the storm has passed for those who are return

omarion evanston welcome to the program we begin in the somali capital mogadishu where authorities say at least 30 people have been killed by a massive car bomb dozens of others were injured in the attack and there are fears that the death toll will rise a government spokesman says the bomb was detonated during the morning rush hour at a busy security checkpoint local broadcaster radio dial son cited the mayor is saying that several university students were among the dead no group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. well for more we're joined now on the line by somali journalist abdul aziz bilal abdul aziz what is the latest you can tell us about this attack. just as you've mentioned the impact of these it's awkward behind all across mogadishu surrounding everything's on the objective was to cause and ready. to put together. a large scale was able to take place during rush hour now on saturday is the cost of the week in the sauna comfort all under course most part of the country and that is a deadly attack targeted a position checkpoint that is the last defense barrell for m

i'm mary in evanston welcome to the program christians around the world are celebrating christmas marking the birth of jesus more than 2000 years ago at the vatican pope francis led the midnight mass at st peter's basilica his blessing emphasized forgiveness not just for sinners but for the church itself after a difficult year in which sexual abuse scandals continue to rock the catholic church francis urged christians to keep the faith. anything short of i he does a ritual that dates back to the 1st centuries of the catholic church the midnight mass at some pages is a spiritual gathering there the pope is said to confide the would of god to the faith. of. god of that he may god who by the incarnation brought together the earth and the heavenly realm fill you with the gift of his peace and favor and may you share it with the church in heaven this was. for the pontiff and followers of the catholic faith it has been a trying him scandal has reached the very top of the church in many places. so in his sermon the pope appealed for believe is to maintain the faith. may we not wait for our neigh

omarion evanston welcome to the program we begin in australia where several bushfires have joined together north of the country's largest city sydney they formed a what's being called a mega fire is burning out of control in an area roughly 60 kilometers across and authorities say is just too big to put out bushfires are common in australia but meteorologists say climate change is exacerbating the fire season and they're forecasting more hot dry and windy conditions in the coming days. some of the flames the 30 meters high this footage was taken by a fireman on his phone east in australia has been plagued by bushfires for weeks now at least 8 smaller fires have merged into a mega fire 16 kilometers long fire patrols are being tested to the limit. for this there's a 3rd rate of fire bores. bushfires are not uncommon in australia but this year they've started unusually early for years large parts of the country have suffered extreme drought in such conditions fires start easily and spread rapidly. communities that far away. sydney's famous skyline is envelop in a veil of smoke the city is ju

omarion evanston welcome to the program we begin in the somali capital mogadishu where authorities say at least 30 people have been killed by a car bomb explosion injured dozens of others and there are fears that the death toll will rise a government spokesman says the bomb was detonated during the morning rush hour at a busy security checkpoint local broadcaster radio doll son cited the mayor is saying that several university students were among the dead and no group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. well joining us now on the line is somali journalist. below so what is the latest you can tell us about this attack. well the government of somalia is not just commenting officially on though the exact call from a senator is actually a conscious version of subsidies junction on the outskirts of mogadishu but so far we know that 90 people have been hospitalized. on that medical emergency. to figure the death toll bob of 60 double the number at this amount of government initially said dundas also comments from opposition lawmakers are saying that the government is not giving th

american evanston welcome to the program. pro-democracy demonstrators in hong kong are staging their largest anti-government rally in months thousands of people are thronging the streets in what's the 1st large scale march to be approved by the city since august after half a year of protests demonstrators say they want to show the world they are not giving up city authorities and protest organizers have called for calm ahead of the rally police announced that arrested several people on weapons charges. a correspondent jill is in hong kong and she joins us now for the latest hello to you charlotte so it does seem like in the last couple of months things have quieted down at least since the city's elections recently they've been far fewer demonstrations we can see a lot of people behind you there how big are today's demonstrations. mounts into the streets to join protests over the last couple of weeks since the results of that district council election which we know you saw a landslide victory for pro-democracy candidates peopl

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