a re volunteer‘s fire service so fire crews are struggling. volunteer‘s fire service so fire crews are suppose many people at home are wondering, of course fires are common this time of yearin course fires are common this time of year in australia, but why are these ones particularly bad this year? fires do happen here, that is a fa ct, fires do happen here, that is a fact, the main cause of these particular fires is that there is a drought on in new south wales that has been going on for about 18 months so the fuel is incredibly dry. the air is dry, there is very little humidity in the air so that is really making these fires burn more ferociously than they would otherwise, and as they are in the coast of the state, that is where a lot of the dense foliage is, so that's what's causing these fires to be more horrific than usual. antoinette collins, thank you very much indeed. more than a million men, women, and children, most of them jewish, were murdered here. this is when new prisoners would arrive, and where ss officers decided who would live and who would die. we remember and comme

the public too have been showing their gratitude to the fire service as shiamaa khalil reports. back to the fire front lines. many of these firefighters have been working nonstop for weeks. despite a lull in the weather with cooling temperatures and predicted rain in some areas, the risk is not over. teams brace themselves for hot conditions later in the week. the new south wales rural fire service is the world's largest volunteer organisation, with more than 70,000 members. most are local volunteers who have taken on the task to project the rural communities. and many have been overwhelmed by how people responded to their work. just overwhelming support, like. obviously all the presents and stuff for the kids. that's just obviously all the presents and stuff for the kids. that'sjust what obviously all the presents and stuff for the kids. that's just what they need at the moment. i haven't even got my christmas shopping or anything for my daughter. she is about to turn one injanuary. just, thank you, thank you very much. last week plasma catastrophic fires have been fuelled by re

the sheer scale of these bush fires is pushing fire and rescue services to their limits and the fires are still getting worse. well joining me now from sydney is james morris he's a spokesman for the new south wales rural fire service james thank you for taking the time to talk to us out such a critical time now we understand the high winds have been complicating efforts what does that mean so your firefighters and their walk. good afternoon to you helena look as you mentioned those winds caused a lot of issues for us yesterday afternoon we saw those wind gusts in excess of i t 2100 kilometers per hour which caused very challenging and erratic fire behavior far far as to try and control and slow the spread of we say it's a very incredible footage coming out of they so far grounds of forefathers trying to defend harms and properties where they can some air is residents going down to the local fire station and forefathers are protecting those residents while they still continue to battle the fire as you mentioned unfortunately we've saying 8 people lose a lot of the season so far includ

james morris from the new south wales rural fire service. you so south wales rural fire service.to you as possible. likewise. merry christmas to you, mike, and all your viewers —— mary. there have been more violent clashes in hong kong between the police and anti—government protesters, who‘ve been holding christmas eve rallies in shopping malls and other areas popular with tourists. the city is reeling from its seventh straight month of protests, originally sparked by a now—scrapped extradition bill. the bbc‘sjon donnison reports. not much evidence of festive cheer in hong kong this year. security forces firing tear gas, once again squared up to anti—government protesters, doing their best to protect themselves with umbrellas. caught up in the chaos, tourists and families out and about to take in the christmas lights. demonstrators also occupied a number of shopping malls in kowloon. but it soon turned ugly. malls in kowloon. but it soon turned as malls in kowloon. but it soon turned ugly, as baton wielding plainclothes undercover police moved in. several protesters were arrested

and joining us now from sydney is james morris he's a spokesman for the new south wales rural fire service james the weather forecast for you is hot and windy what does that mean for fighting the fires. good afternoon nick obviously that means challenging conditions and certainly somewhat erratic fire behavior expected across a large area of a far grounds some i do you want pushing grass fires continue to burn across new south wales with around $35.00 of those still yet to bake in time and that still a lot of fog that we've got in the landscape giving that predicted a full cost conditions over the next $3.00 to $4.00 days and what have firefighters done to prepare for these worsening conditions. is that there is certainly some work that we can do our forefathers have taken advantage of those 5 routing conditions for the last 4 to 5 days being undertaking back burning hakan time and utilizing heavy machinery to construction timelines but we've also had far far as in the field using pain tools create in time and lines down some very rugged and state trying especially through the blue mansion

james morris from the new south wales world fire service we appreciate you taking the time to talk to us and wish all the best to you and your colleagues. all right we'd like to bring you some breaking news now there's been a stabbing attack at a jewish holiday celebration near new york city now authorities say 5 people have been hospitalized with injuries 2 are in critical condition the attack took place during a hanukkah party at a has civic rabbis home in the town of muncie which has a large jewish population local police say a vehicle and possible suspects have been apprehended of this attack is the latest in a string of hate crimes targeting the jewish community in the new york area this month . all right let's turn our attention to india now which has been engulfed in mass nationwide demonstrations ever since a controversial new citizenship law was passed in early december now the law makes it easier for religious minorities from neighboring countries to get indian citizenship but it excludes muslims protesters say the law threatens india's secular constitution and is discrimina

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massive bush fires are raging across australia is new south wales state with 2 blazes around sydney burning at sea levels and the sea services have now also confirmed that 2 firefighters died on thursday night high temperatures and strong winds have created catastrophic conditions with firefighters battling more than $100.00 fire as across new south wales several roads heading out of sydney are closed and asking people to delay travel plans at the start of the christmas season at least 3000000 hectares of land have been torched across the country in recent months people wildlife property that all in danger and there is no significant rainfall expected in the next couple of months. joining me now from sydney is james morris he's the spokesperson for the new of the new south wales rural fire service james thanks so much for joining us or thorazine say things have reached a catastrophic level sydney which is where you are is surrounded by raging bushfires can you describe to us what this means for people living in the affected areas. good evening and you look terrible conditions he for ferries across new south wales today as yo

the public too have been showing their gratitude to the fire service, as shiamaa khalil reports from stralia. taking a brief christmas break before heading back to the fire front lines. many of these firefighters have been working nonstop for weeks. despite a lull in the weather, with cooling temperatures and predicted rain in some areas, the risk is not over. teams brace themselves for hot conditions later in the week. the new south wales rural fire service is the world's largest volunteer organisation, with more than 70,000 members. most are local volunteers who have taken on the task to project the rural communities. and many have been overwhelmed by how people responded to their work. just overwhelming support, like. 0bviously all the presents and stuff for the kids. that's just what they need at the moment. i haven't even gone christmas shopping or anything for my daughter. she's about to turn one in january, on the 11th. just thank you, thank you very much. last week's catastrophic fires have been fuelled by record temperatures of more than 41 degrees. an extreme heat wave swept

and joining us now from sydney is james morrison he's a spokesman for the new south wales rural fire service thank you so much for being on our program well 1st like to ask you about these reports of further bush fires erupting overnight and yet we're also hearing that sydney harbor new year's eve fireworks display is still to go ahead as planned from your perspective is that a good idea. oh good afternoon look at this stage obviously way tight precautions working with the pyrotechnics i agencies and organizations are closely with them in regards to our total fire ban exemptions and and their requirements and at this stage given the full cost conditions we don't believe that there will be any she's at this stage in regards to the sydney harbor. going ahead . he continued to work with them and if we need to have a heart and level of response from our forefathers from both the r.f.s. and foreigner a few new south wales throughout the sydney area will do is to say working to the conditions but we are expecting a semi that southerly change to move through needs a number of hours to move through

see there, ambulances and fire service crew are currently at the scene. t has been hampered, though, the rescue operation, by the na rrowness of though, the rescue operation, by the narrowness of the roads. this is the area, a location where roads are narrow, they are lined with many small manufacture during and storage units. that has made it quite difficult for the fire crews and the rescu e rs difficult for the fire crews and the rescuers and ambulances to get there. but we do know that around about 25 fire engines have been sent to the area. the fire was reported at 5:22am local time, so it means that quite a lot of people in the vicinity was still asleep when the fire broke out. as a consequence, the assistant commissioner of the police has told reporters that most of those who have died died of asphyxiation in their sleep. now, the factory itself, what little we know about it is that it was a building filled with school bags and packing materials and the people who lost their lives tragically, according to fire officers, were labourers and factory wo

james morris from the new south wales world fire service we appreciate you taking the time to talk to us and wish all the best to you and your colleagues. now to some more stories making news around the world. 3 skiers were killed when they were buried by an avalanche on a ski slope in south to rule in italy the woman and 2 girls all german nationals died when the sheet of snow broke lose above the toys at 2400 meters elevation 2 other people were injured in the incident. algeria's president to whom has named an educator and diplomat as prime minister abdelaziz erasures said his top challenge would be to regain the confidence of algerian society protests against algeria's political establishment have persisted since to boone was elected earlier this month periods pro-democracy movement boycotted the election. just for its now with one of 29000 biggest success stories in german sports long jumper. she won gold at the world championships and doha but as we are about to see there's a lot more to her than just athletics. playing the piano just one of. many talents for me for me it's all a

and we spoke to see james morris of the new south wales the rural fire service we asked him about the decision not to cancel sydney's famous neophyte to spray despite outbreaks of further bushfires of the night look at the stage obviously way type precautions working with the current technique i didn't season organizations are closely with them in regards to our total fire ban exemptions and and their requirements and at this stage given the full cost conditions we don't believe that there will be any seas at this stage in regards to the sydney harbor thought i was going ahead we'll obviously continue to work with them and if we need to have a heart some level of response from our forefathers from both the artifice and pharmacy new south wales throughout the sydney area will. working to the conditions we are expecting. to move through needs a number of hours to move through from around to 7 pm on need ryall lockley to say those much cooler conditions on we certainly by the time we reach may not. be mentioned we do have a number of new starting from lightning down in the south eastern

that was james morris of the new south wales rural fire service speaking to us earlier now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world at least 10 people were killed when a missile hit military parade in a town in southern yemen the ceremony for new recruits was being held by a south yemen sits a script a spokes woman blamed who the rebels for the attack. more than a 1000 demonstrators have gathered in hong kong to mock a turbulent year in the samuel thomas region protests began in june over a proposed extradition law but grew to dumond's for democracy protesters say beijing and the local government all eroding freedom and democracy. a german rescue ship has stocks in sicily after rescuing more than 30 migrants in the mediterranean be alone could even reach the southern port of ports and on sunday the migrants were picked up off the libyan coast last week. new york's governor says a stabbing attack on a group of people celebrating the jewish end of the festival was an act of terrorism 5 people were wounded in the attack at a rabbi's home north of new yo

that was chains morris of the new south wales rural fire service speaking to us. now thousands of families in western kenya are coping with the aftermath of flooding and heavy rains that began on christmas eve many fear the flooding could get worse as they wait for aid to east africa is being battered by abnormally heavy rains to the indian ocean in warmer than usual. in the kenyan county of kisumu the water has crept everywhere residents struggle to find safe and dry places away from the muddy waters they are appealing to the government for help . children food went with the water school shoes and the books for the kids to my belongings outside here and i don't know where i will go to. there's no place to sleep we don't even have tents no water to drink and i have children in college as well as in secondary and primary schools. that don't support it started on christmas night has left homes and businesses sup merged this week's floods are the latest to hit kenya earlier heavy rains had already forced thousands of people to evacuate many had started to return to c

james morris from the new south wales rural fire service we appreciate you taking the time to talk to us and wish all the best to you and your colleagues. let's get a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world there's been a stabbing attack at a jewish holiday celebration near new york city authorities say 5 people were hospitalized with injuries 2 of them are in critical condition the attack appears to be the latest in a string of anti-semitic attacks in new york this month. in lebanon hundreds of protesters rallied outside the home of the country's new prime minister demonstrators fired flares and demanded the resignation of haasan dion who's backed by the islamist group hezbollah lebanon is facing its worst political crisis in decades protests against corruption and mismanagement have gripped the country since october. well india has been engulfed in mass nationwide demonstrations ever since a controversial new citizenship law was passed in early december the law makes it easier for religious minorities from neighboring countries to get indian citizenship b

we're joined now from sydney by james morris he's a spokesman for the new south wales fire service james thank you so much for talking to us now the weather forecast for us trail in the coming days is extreme heat windy conditions what does that mean for all of you fighting the fires. a local you say yeah good afternoon mariano these are the conditions that we we most fear obviously we're looking at severe and extreme far dangerous for our more populated areas certainly through the sydney area down in the new south wales south coast which of these time of year is a very popular i'll hold my location and we've got a large number of people in that area currently so i obviously are out there advice to them is particularly in regards to if you don't need to be in these areas on these more at risk daisy's to move away in and around the region and once those conditions of a's but far far as have worked significantly over the last week is out of commission it's like about oh yeah in regards to really bolstering and and not getting these can time and lawns in place before we say they say elevate

fire service commissioner particularly concerned about 8 fires now at emergency levels. saudi arabia state owned oil company is raise the largest initial public offering in history saudi aramco took in $25600000000.00 through the sale of $3000000000.00 shares that surpasses the record of chinese online trading group alibaba but it still falls short of saudi arabia. original target. 0 economics editor for analysis on this they brought in the biggest public offering part it's fallen short of their initial target of 2 trillion dollars why well that's absolutely correct so let's have a look at this 2016 mohammed bin some man said you know i want to want to i want a company which is going to be worth 2 trillion dollars well he didn't get that he wanted to raise $100000000000.00 he didn't get that and he wanted international investors to buy into the company and he didn't get that but what you do have is a $1.00 trillion dollar company he raised $25600000000.00 is still going to be the biggest i.p.o. in history so there is some success there but the reason why international in

the public, too, have been showing their gratitude to the fire service, as shiamaa khalil reports. spite a lull in the weather, with cooling temperatures and predicted rain in some areas, the risk is not over, as teams brace themselves for hot conditions later in the week. the new south wales rural fire service is the world's largest volunteer organisation, with more than 70,000 members. most are local volunteers, who have taken on the task to protect their rural communities. and many have been overwhelmed by how people have responded to the work. it's just overwhelming support, like, obviously all the presents and stuff for the kids, and i think that's just what they need at the moment. haven't even gone christmas shopping or anything for my daughter. she's about to turn one on january 11th. just thank you, thank you very much. last week's's catastrophic fires have been fuelled by record temperatures of over 41 degrees, as an extreme heatwave swept across the country, combined with strong winds and dry conditions. australia has been fighting wild fires for months. the early start t

the pubc have also been showing their gratitude to the fire service.ll hear from a family who lost their home. first, our correspondent. reporter: taking a brief christmas break before heading back to the front lines. any of these firefighters have been working nonstop for weeks. despite a low of the weather with cooling tratures and predicted rain, the risk is not over. teams brace themselves for hot conditions later in the week. the rul fire service is the world's largest volunteer organization of more than 70,000 members. most are local volunteers whoen have tn the task to protect the rural communities. many have been overwhelmed by the response to their work. >> presents for the kids, i asked what they athe moment. i haven't gone christmas shopping for my daughter. thank you. thank you very much. reporter: last week's fires have been fueled by record temperatures of over 41 degrees. as a heat wave swept across the couny combined with wins and dry conditions. australia has been figing wildfires for months. the early start to the fire season is stret

what would the fire service do differently in another g re nfell tower, service do differently in anotherfell tower, god forbid that should happen. it is clear they want the next commissioner into start working on the recommendation is to put people at ease if this was to happen again. some of the criticism was about the statement policy that was about the statement policy that was on that night. the mayor of london said he wants the next commissioner to start soon. "g re nfell tower was without doubt the worst fire we had ever experienced". that is what dany cotton said in response. we will go back to the dany response. we will go back to the da ny cotto n response. we will go back to the da ny cotton story in a few response. we will go back to the dany cotton story in a few minutes. sirjohn major has given his support to rebel candidates running against borisjohnson's conservatives in next week's general election. the former conservative prime minister has described brexit as ‘the worst foreign policy decision' in his lifetime. let's get more on that now from our political correspondent

the sheer scale of these bush fires is pushing fire and rescue services to their limits and the fires are still getting worse. joining me now from sydney is james morris he's a spokesman for the new south wales rural fire service james thanks so much for joining us now a weather front has moved through the state of new south wales overnight it's brought high winds with it can you tell us how that has affected firefighters efforts. yeah good evening once again those wings that we've same move through are coming from the southerly direction of really impacted our far grounds we're seeing very erratic behavior was obviously earlier in the day they pushing in very much of an a silly direction and now with a very large front to the north once these winds from the south have picked up they've really saying they are ready conditions move towards properties to the north which is of sequels significant property protection being required from our forefathers from right across new south wales which are focusing on it on areas rather around the blue mountains west of sydney and northern sydney ar

james morris is a spokesperson for the new south wales rural fire service, he explains that although es across the region, there is cause for some christmas cheer. thankfully we have seen a bit of respite care across the state. in the last 2a hours we have seen 30—15 millimetres of rain falling across much of northern new south wales, which will hopefully put an end and certainly for some time to fires across northern parts of new south wales. but certainly around the sydney area, central parts, and southern parts of new south wales we still have a long way to go with next to no moisture falling across those areas. currently we still have around 79 bush and grass fires burning across new south wales, with around 30 of them still to be contained. thankfully we do have much cooler conditions today, which is allowing ourfirefighters to get the upper hand, start really working on containment lines, and are doing direct firefighting, which we haven‘t been able to do for some time, due to those deteriorating conditions. james, we are hearing from some firefighters that a little bit of rain

was a lot riding on whether or not these club work should go off well earlier today the rural fire service said yes the father works in sydney probably could go ahead but that's about the only one that will lots of other display public displays in other parts of sydney and in regional new south wales has been cancelled there's going to be a lot of attention all on the one and on city hall but all right roger thanks very much for that from senator. let's get you a brief down some of the other stories making the news at this hour the united states says it has bombed 5 locations in iraq and in syria controlled by a paramilitary group with suspected ties to iran secretary of state on pails of the strikes were in response to earlier attacks that threatened u.s. forces in iraq didn't rock the authorities were people killed by the u.s. airstrike over the course of the last a chinese court has jailed a scientist who claims to have created the world's 1st gene edited babies whose young choir was sentenced to 3 years in prison for practicing medicine illegally last year he shocked the international

they were all eventually saved by the rspca and fire service in a rescue that took four hours.oday. but for many something better. it is dry and sunny. it will stay that way for the rest of today. isolated showers in the north of scotland. an isolated share in the west. swanson from dawn to dusk for most. temperatures between five and 9 degrees. levels they should be out for the time of the year. if you have got christmas day travel plans for this evening, across parts of central and northern england, and into central and southern scotland, the risk of dense fog patches. they will clear later as the breeze picks up. by the end of the night rain across much of northern ireland, wales and south—west. a milder end to the night. a touch of frost across parts of scotland and eastern england. wet in northern ireland to start. sunshine and showers for the rest of the day. the rain spreads its way into northern and eastern england, central and southern scotland. snow over the hills. all in all it is set to turn milder. hgppy in all it is set to turn milder. happy christmas. hello this

and james morris speaks for the new south wales rural fire service he told. us is doing to combat these mega blazes base for the bank burning in very very remote and rugged terrain a lot of these areas do not have close can time lines on the way can simply do a direct attack or do close can time and so are now strategies now to fall back to communities and want to areas to protect times as these fires come out into habited areas now the biggest issue at this stage is that these trials asar lauch and with catastrophic fire conditions predicted for tomorrow across a number of areas the only thing that we will be out do tomorrow is to protect law and try and protect property where we can under these conditions because it's simply too dangerous to be able to have far far as trying to control they said was under those conditions. there is morris from the new south wales rural fire service now let's get back to go back to our top story which is the vote in the u.k. prime minister boris johnson's. a you withdrawal bill has passed its 1st reading so let's join barbar

the public too have been showing their gratitude to the fire service, as shaimaa khalil reports. break before heading back to the fire front lines. many of these firefighters have been working nonstop for weeks. despite a lull in the weather, with cooling temperatures and predicted rain in some areas, the risk is not over, as teams brace themselves for hot conditions later in the week. the new south wales rural fire service is the world's largest volunteer organisation, with more than 70,000 members. most are local volunteers who have taken on the task to project taken on the task to protect the rural communities. and many have been overwhelmed by how people responded to their work. just overwhelming support, like. obviously all the presents and stuff for the kids. that's just what they need at the moment. i haven't even gone christmas shopping or anything for my daughter. she's about to turn one in january, on the 11th. just thank you, thank you very much. last week's catastrophic fires have been fuelled by record temperatures of more than 41 degrees. an extreme heat wave swept

well, sydney's iconic new year's eve fireworks will go ahead after the new south wales rural fire servicere ban. our sydney correspondent shaimaa khalil has more. here in the sydney harbour, preparations are well under way for new year's eve celebrations. thousands of tourists have packed the place, getting ready for the events. however, this year it has been particularly controversial. the issue of fireworks in particular, and this is because more than 300,000 people have signed a petition saying this is not the right thing to do. this is not the time, given the bushfire crisis and given the fact that nearly 100 fires are raging across new south wales, with the biggest one surrounding sydney. this as well as temperature is being expected to rise above a0 celsius across new south wales into tuesday, which is new year's eve, and more fires are expected with the worsening conditions. elsewhere in southern australia, specifically in the state of victoria, more than ten emergency fire warnings have been issued. the area that was under the most threat throughout the day has been the area of ea

ben shepherd from the new south wales rural fire service told us how they are preparing for yet another our volunteers have been out there on the fire line trying to get some level of containment on these fires before we see the onset of another heatwave, unfortunately, where we are expecting temperatures to climb into the a0 degrees and coupled with strong westerly winds, dry winds, from the centre of the continent which tend to drive these fires. so they are doing what they can. they understand this is going to be still another difficult time and the real thing that we obviously need is rain and there is just none of that really on the horizon so it's going to be a difficult few days and a difficult few weeks, while we continue to deal with more than 70 fires burning across new south wales. we are fortunate at this time of year, many of our members do take leave but they're using that leave to go out on the fire ground and actually assist where they can. but the community response this year has been amazing as well. to see people actually preparing their own homes, ensuring they are w

with the latest. 1st a tragic development in the past couple of hours the new south wales rural fire service there's a bill that will until it was killed and 2 others injured when their up trucks 2 trucks collided. on the new south wales dictorial border so that brings the total death toll so far in this witch fire crisis to 10 because all this will only add to the concern the gloom of the stress being felt by a stray and as fires continue to rage along much of the country's eastern seaboard there's no news of the developing crisis in the northern millburn suburbs with fires breaking out in several locations there it's a very well populated area and the reports and claims of being again as high as 20 to 30 meters in the air of the sea it's a crisis of great concern are but the main focus of concern is in the east gets land area of victoria in the south of it's origin or the new south wales border and there are the biggest of multiple fires of a broken out over the past 24 hours those fires are spreading road across the region prompting the evacuation of thousands of people many others have d

state of texas shot dead a gunman who opened fire at a sunday service killing 2 in attendance in september and you know came into effect in texas allowing licensed gun owners to carry weapons in places of worship. when a chinese court has jails a scientist who claims to have created the world's 1st gene edited babies to other researchers involved in the project received lesser sentences and far now last year jane quite shocks the international science community announcing that he had used a gene editing technology to alter the genes of 3 babies he came to edited their d.n.a. to prevent them from contracting a hiv the announcement was met with widespread london nation in china and feel around the world it's a fuel problem let's get more on this now with abi and schmidt from the science department he joins us from boston good to see you fabienne talk to us about the ethical issues at play here. you know basically the issue is is that we did a intervention what's called an intervention in the germ line which means that basically he changed the genetic composition of the embryo before it was c

church goers in the state of texas have shot at a gunman who opened fire at a sunday service police say the man or go the shotgun killed 2 parishioners but the attack ended quickly after 2 church members used their own weapons to shoot the assailant dead in september a new law came into effect in texas allowing licensed gun owners to carry their own weapons in places of worship for parishioners at the west freeway church of christ 11 50 am on sunday morning became a time to kill a man dressed in dark clothing stood up from the pews and opened fire within seconds a volunteer church security officer had shot and killed the assailant moments later several of the church goers had also drawn their guns. but to day evil war holy among us but let me remind you good people raised up and stopped it before it got worse. 2 victims died in the attack more than 200 others were shaken but spared churchgoers said they were grateful for the presence of armed worship as. well and you think how do you know i think that all congregations should have the people there to protect against or to do so it would

to want to see happening today i'm absolutely not brenton eden from south australia's country fire service thank you so much for your time thanks. thank you the un has sent a rapid response team to central african republic after violence between shop owners and fighter is demanding money at least 40 people were killed in the capital bangui on thursday and thousands of shops and homes were set on fire the trade was refused to pay one shop owner who didn't know who did not want to be identified said that he's fed up with the violence and shot for we've had enough every time they're asking for money sometimes they take things by force we can't continue like this when will are in with the. hundreds of indians have protested against police brutality in the capital is unrest continues over a controversial citizenship law that most state has war bandages to symbolize injuries inflicted by police on several student protesters at least 26 people have been killed in the unrest and there on the 1000 arrested and shove or has been following the demonstrations in new delhi and sent us this report. prot

the north south wales fire service says 70 fires have yet to be contained. and high to severe fire danger is likely early next week. the fires have killed 9 people and destroyed 800 homes since september. >>> six people are lucky to be alive after an avalanche hit a resort in the swiss alps. all six were rescued or freed themselves from the slopes at ski arena resort. two people with minor injuries were flown to the hospital. and rescue crews do not believe more people are trapped. an internal safety process declared the slopes safe but it will remain close as police get to the bottom of what happened. >>> police in brazil are investigating an attack on a comedy group after their film that jesus is guy debuted on netflix. molotov cocktails were thrown at their production house. a video of a group claiming responsibility is being investigated. the film, "the first temptation of christ," has sparked outrage in brazil, home to the world's biggest catholic population. more than 2 million people have signed a petition to have the film removed. there's been no com

the new south wales rural fire service is the world's largest volunteer organisation, with more than 70,000 members. most are local volunteers who have taken on the task to project the rural communities. and many have been overwhelmed by how people responded to their work. just overwhelming support, like. obviously all the presents and stuff for the kids. that's just what they need at the moment. i haven't even got my christmas shopping or anything for my daughter. she's about to turn one injanuary. 0n the 11th. just thank you, thank you very much. last week's catastrophic fires have been fuelled by record temperatures of more than 41 degrees. an extreme heat wave swept across the country, combined with strong winds and dry conditions. australia has been fighting wildfires for months. the early start to the fire season is stretching already scarce water resources. pictures of a thunderstorm in the north—eastern city of brisbane showed some respite in the hot weather. but firefighters say a lot more rain is needed in many more places, with not much for over the next few weeks. bumpy,