not just leasing them from countries in the northern hemisphere. my question to the minister representing the minister of natural disaster. questions have been raised by a fire chief if australia's which isire aircraft 90% of the firepower. decade the number of aircraft at least has almost tripled. from 50 to two more than 140. these aircraft are a considerable cost. the new government has started acquiring its own aircraft such as the boeing 737. government it has least efficient aircraft for the summer? mckenzie. >> thank you. i can provide you an answer. aerial firefighting plays an important role in protecting communities and infrastructure. providing support to firefighters on the ground. aerial firefighting is one method of suppression, land management in jurisdictions view the combination of tactics prior to entering operation. the aerial firefighting center was formed inany 2003. it is that the business unit of the australia fire emergency services council. to represent the cost-effective method to deliver a critical emergency management ca

although some firefighting aircraft are shared with the northern hemisphere, the national aerial firefighting center will contract 141 specialized aircraft across the country, and over three quarters of these remain resident in australia year-round. the firefighting center acknowledges the potential challenge of longer fire seasons and the need to continue to closely manage international movement of resources. >> final supplementary question. >> in canada, the federal government owns a fleet of firefighting aircraft, which it leases out to provincial governments to support local resources. has the federal government determined the value and cost of , if it were to purchase a core fleet of firefighting aircraft futuretralia, for firefighting seasons? >> thank you. firefighting aircraft are generally linked due to the high cost of purchasing and maintaining specialist aircraft. the australian fire season typically occurs during the off-season for u.s., canada, and european firefighting aircraft. that gives us greater flex ability to adjust resourcing levels, and to cost-effectively introduce ne

landscape from western australia due south wiles' and they're also appearing at a time when the northern hemisphere is still experiencing fall and that might sit difficult for bite him as these to manage what's known as the aerial firefighting flaked we rely heavily on large attract is in severe crimes to come from the northern hemisphere traditionally by finished their fire season and they're available for us now is saying i think it's fees overlapping very. you know it can be conflicting and demanding times for far services across the world. now it's not just australia that suffering from a lack of rain the worst drought for decades in southern africa is affecting 45000000 people in 14 countries and wildlife is suffering to make us hot has the story from zimbabwe one of the worst affected countries and a warning some viewers may be distressed by the pictures and this report from. deep in zimbabwe is meant to belittle and people are dying of hunger margaret but gandhi and her 5 grandchildren are picking what will be their 1st and last meal of the day for the pumpkin leaves weekend play months of t

for affording flaked we rely heavily on large attract is in city of crimes to come from the northern hemisphere which traditionally by finished their fire season and they're available for us now we're seeing i think it's fees overlapping very. conflicting and demanding times for for services across the world and it's not just australia suffering from a lack of rain the worst drought in decades is impacting 45000000 people in 14 countries across southern africa some bad ways one of the worst affected and a warning some of the footage of reports from the tibet inland may be distressing to delist. deep in zimbabwe's multibillion and people are dying of hunger margaret magon then her 5 grandchildren are picking what will be their 1st and last meal of the day for the pumpkin leaves weekend play months of this diet but gunday worries the worst is yet to come with decorum and i know would be. when he and your wife there is no food anymore we are so hungry that i am losing the strength to go on sometimes i wish the ground underneath could open up and swallow us old. the united nations says southern afr

for affording flaked we rely heavily on large attract is and city of crimes to come from the northern hemisphere traditionally by finished their fire season and they're available for us now is saying i themas fees overlapping very. conflicting and demanding times for for services across the world it's not just australia suffering from a lack of rain southern africa has going for its west drought in a century with 45000000 people affected in 14 countries it's also taking its toll on precious wildlife it plus hack reports just now from zimbabwe one of the west affected countries. deep in zimbabwe is meant to belittle and people are dying of hunger. margaret my gunday and her 5 grandchildren are picking what will be their 1st and last meal of the day for the pumpkin leafs weekend by months of this diet by gunday worries the worst is yet to come. what do you and your wife they smell food in your. strength to go on sometimes i think long to underneath called. the united nations says southern africa is experiencing the worst drought in a century 45000000 people across 14 countries are in need of urgen

firefighting flaked we rely heavily on large attract is and erickson hate crimes to come from the northern hemisphere traditionally by finished their fire season and they're available for us now is saying. the lapping very. conflicting and demanding times for a faucet misses the will. still ahead on al-jazeera how west african leaders plan to find the cost for a time in fact in more countries plus i'm rob reynolds on the us mexico border where president trumps border wall is under construction in one of the most biologically diverse areas in north america. we've got the usual scattering of showers across southeast asia but we're looking out for another developing tropical storm you can see this area cloud just to the east of the philippines that's going to drive its way into central and southern parts of the country as you go on to is monday and shoes day shall is continuing through malaysia down into indonesia as we go on into tuesday you can start to see that heavier rain that circulation increasing winds coming in here damaging winds and the possibility of some flooding elsewhere as i said there i

firefighting flaked we rely heavily on large attract is and severe crimes to come from the northern hemisphere traditionally by finish their fire season and they're available for us now is saying i think it's feasible laughing very. conflicting and demanding times for right for services for us the world thank you for speaking to us and updating us on the situation brenton eden from australia's country fire save us joining us there from adelaide thank you very much for your time. now is not just australia suffering from a lack of rain the worst drought in a century is impacting 45000000 people in 14 countries in southern africa zimbabwe is one of the worst affected countries and a warning some of the footage in nicholas report from ben inland may be distressing to some the us. deep in zimbabwe's month and people are dying of hunger. margaret my gunday and her 5 grandchildren are picking what will be their 1st and last meal of the day for the pumpkin leaves weakened by months of this diet by gunday worries the worst is yet to come decorum in line with. what he and. there is no food any mom we ar

firefighting flaked we rely heavily on large attract is an erickson hate crimes to come from the northern hemisphere traditionally by finished their fire season and they're available for us now is saying i think it's fees overlapping very. you know it can be conflicting and demanding times for a faucet of us is for us the will. polls close in the next hour in a spec astounds parliamentary election the last one was in 2016 this time though there has been a lot of changes a new electoral called will cause 30 percent of party candidates to be women and people with a criminal record and not now allowed to vote or abdullah made reports from the capital tashkent. it's a show that at 1st done and then galvanized the country allows political debate unscripted and edited a 1st news because. there have been 29 others over the past 3 months where a wide range of topics were discussed often putting the candidates on the spot to the point that this party leader admitted it was big politicians lack courage bottom and some we didn't anticipate this level of success it was difficult at 1st because politicians went

well as temperatures in much of the northern hemisphere drop let me take you to hawaii where the temperatureand the cloudless skies if you see right there are perfect for the top surfers in the world they've been taking on big waves an event called vans or world cup of surfing of this is veteran kelly slater who last one i think it was 21 years ago but he's still at it and this right despite the wipeout i think it's coming out right there. put him into the 4th round in contention for the title one more time he's been doing this for 3 decades and telling young he looks nice to see you watching the news up next in business donald trump slams fresh tariffs on steel and elon minium imports from brazil and argentina it's the latest move by the president to protect us industries but it could hurt the already struggling american steel sector will be up next that story and more stick around. i'm secure that the world that hard and in the end is a me you are not a lot of the animal rules and of that. are you familiar with this. in the smugglers were lions of the what's your story.

temperatures in much of northern hemisphere drop let me take you to hawaii where the temperatures are cloudless skies are just about perfect for the top surface in the world they've been taking on they've been taking on the big though somewhat unruly ways just off the island of oahu in one event allen's world of surfing this is a veteran kelly slater who lost when the event 21 years ago but he still says this ride helped push him push him despite the high jump into every wipe out in the 4th round and in contention for the title on more time. now staying in the water nothing like a hot bath to warm your friend temperatures a plummeting outside what works for humans also have the votes for monkeys no staff at this hot spring resorts in the japanese island of hokkaido come from warm water into them again closer every winter some monkeys get to enjoy ice soak the horses out and will stay woman till the early by next year. they don't do business africa is up next in ethiopia as president i'll be at one this year's nobel peace prize not his country is hoping to further boost its reputation

now as winter sets in in the northern hemisphere let's take you to hawaii where the warm temperatures and cloudless skies there are the perfect backdrop for the top surfers in the world they've been taking on the big waves in the band's world cup of surfing this is veteran kelly slater his lungs the event 21 years ago on the 47 he's still on the top. just and this ride despite the wipe out help them put him into the 4th round and in contention for the title another time. that was a beautiful ride this is deja vu news live from berlin i'm brian thomas for the entire news team thanks so much for being with us and rita will be with you again at the top of the hour. welcome to the book is the game here. we have plenty to talk about in. this country. 3 more. little we have. let's have a look at some of the covenant books so you don't want to miss. p.w. .

it was temperatures in much of the northern hemisphere draw let me take you to hawaii where conditions are just about perfect for the world's top surface and i've been taking on the big waves in the fans world cup of surfing and you're looking at veterans kelly slater who last won the event 21 years ago now is 47 years old and he's still part of the top surface in the world this ride helped put him through to the 4th round despite the white house which means he's still in contention for a title for top just that was a beautiful. reserve mind of our top story french president emmanuel macro sense he's standing by his previous remarks questioning the health of nato in previously described the ministry alliance as brain dead i think the rebuke today from u.s. president donald trump last nato leaders coming not to talk 70 years since the founding of the odds. seem beardsley has all the business news from africa so stay tuned for that i'll be back at the top of it our good. earth. home. of species. worth saving. again those are big changes and most start with small steps. tell stories of cr

. >> the moment the northern hemisphere is tilted furthest from the sun. we experience the shortest amount of daylight. less than 12 hours. >> and the longest night of the year. from space. check it out. >> one upside after tomorrow we get to say good-bye to shorter days and every so slowly start to welcome back more sun. >> and with that, let's get to the 7-day forecast. >> it is the last weekend before the holiday. you have an opportunity to do it today and tomorrow. dry conditions. and tomorrow night things will be changing. we have clouds no rain yet. temperatures are in the 50s and 60s. this afternoon we got up into the mid-50s. after the heavy fog this morning. mist as well. now a view from the camera with those clouds over head. next storm arrives tomorrow night. winter begins at 8:19 p.m. tomorrow. and it unsettled pattern for the holiday. let me show you the travel forecast. bay area airport tomorrow. cloudy skies south wind 10 to 20 miles per hour. we look at hawaii tomorrow will be windy. scattered showers. warm 80. and l.a. 71 degrees. with som

firefighting flaked we rely heavily on large attract is in city of crimes to come from the northern hemisphere traditionally by finished their fire season and they're available for us now is saying i think it's fees overlapping very. you know it can be conflicting and demanding times for a faucet this is the will. more ahead for you this news hour including despite the rain. just water for just a trickle we report from zimbabwe on the drought affecting millions in southern africa. an exclusive report from mexico where al jazeera just how easy it is for cartels to from the us. suffer the heaviest league defeat in 20 is. now at least $25000.00 civilians have reportedly fled syria as a province for the takesh border as the syrian and russian forces intensify their strikes their russian backed syrian troops are advancing on the country's last rebel held area it's the biggest push in moves in 3 months and has resulted in the may just a bit in exodus the un refugee agency says that since the conflict began 80 years ago more than 6 and a half 1000000 people have been internally displaced and more tha

affording flaked we rely heavily on large attract is an ericsson here crimes to come from the northern hemisphere traditionally by finished their fire season and they're available for us now is saying i think it's fees overlapping very. you know it can be conflicting and demanding times for fire services. it's not just a stray you're suffering from a lack of rain the worst drought for decades in southern africa is affecting 45000000 people across 40 countries and wildlife is suffering too as some of us may be distressed by some of the pictures in this report from us about a land that has the story from one of the worst droughts affected. deep in zimbabwe's matabeleland people are dying of hunger margaret began then her 5 grandchildren are picking what will be their 1st and last meal of the day boiled a pumpkin leaves weakened by months of this diet but then they worries the worst is yet to come with decorum in line would be what do you and your wife they smell food in your into we asked songkran that tend to go on sometimes i think long to underneath called keepin up in asshole the united nations

as temperatures in the northern hemisphere drop, let me take you to hawaii. temperatures and cloudless skies are perfect for the top servers in the world. they have been taking part in van's workup of surfing. this is veteran kelly slater who last won the e event 21 years ago. he is still at it. this ride, despite the wipeout, helped put him into the fourth round and in contention for the title one more time. i do not think the age when they serve. -- when they surf. stick around, we will be right back. ♪ two hundred fonts twenty four correspondents around the world. be able to see watching fronts twenty full life in paris hi marco in these living world news headlines. francis paid its last respects to the thirteen soldiers who were killed in mali each received a poststhumous relational donnana france's highest honor. french president on american spoke of that sacrifice in the face of terrorism and in the eugene mac ansett freedom. often alas has the taste of spoke about. the us president is to snub the impeachment hearings against him. white house lawyers ci

in the warm you up as temperatures in much of the northern hemisphere drop let's go to hawaii where conditions are just about perfect for the world's top surface they've been taking on the big waves in the valleys world cup of surfing are you looking at the fashion kelly slater who last won the event 21 years ago a $47.00 still on top and despite a wipe out is right helped put him into the rock in contention for the title one more time. this is that day w coming up next on news asia the never ending fight for justice for the victims of the world's worst industrial accident. and ahead minority if you look at the disabled people in asia overcoming challenges in order to live a full life. balance we will have those stories and more and interview news asia in just a moment don't forget you can follow the latest news and information around the clock on our web site. on the back at the top of the hour have a good day. to . come. soon supposing and now i'm ok affectionately but as affectionately as you can. be fair from tim in the middle of his election campaign in 2000 the documentary was filmed for

now in the northern hemisphere it's that time of the hour when the oceans are at their most a turbulent ripped up by winter winds and the british photographer taleban has a love of the sea and especially the waves their hometown on the south east coast of england photos capture the power and the mystery of the sea have a look. when the sea churns and whales when the tides come in and gales whipped up the water that's when british way photographer rachel tons of art springs into action. that's going to wash away stress to make sure. on the beaches of england south east coast she takes spectacular photos at the scene as if she were out in the midst of it. photographing waves means dealing with a constantly changing subject. that if you can see that if you get one really big way the next to immediately after it at this beach and many beaches were forced to be big. so you get people who see the 1st before i take the picture and then they're looking at the camera there's 2 more cabbage. rachel tom the truth international attention with her photo series sirens she took the pictures during a s

has been commissioned by russia and china on a monday the ambitious project has united the northern hemisphere 2nd largest gas producer along with the world's 2nd largest gas consumer market economic unity and friendship between neighbors or russia and china. and for china it couldn't be more timely the country has been using increasing amounts of gas and it's a trend that looks set to stick around for. the she's a major strategic project for bilateral energy cooperation it is of great significance to deepening incorporation between the 2 countries and integrating our interests now russia is also quite pleased with this project when this name we have started with the biggest restructuring projects in the world there will be nothing bigger in the sphere for years to come because this is not about breaking records this is an extremely important project for this russia and china but we all know that energy is as stake it's all fake and there is no pleasing everyone especially when someone's been cut out of the deal now the world's largest producer and consumer of natural gas the united states is

shows that there is an increasing risk of synchronous drought in the main breadbaskets of the northern hemisphere and if that happens we are going to be in for a major food crisis then another thing that we worry a lot about is the tipping points in the earth system with self employed firing effects happen we already. see that out of the 15 tipping elements that have been identified in the climate system 9 active in this and that are moving towards a critical tipping point for example for the complete loss of the greenland ice sheet which would take a very long time but it could be triggered it below 2 degrees or we see a slowdown of the gulf stream system in the north atlantic which has been long predicted and we're now seeing evidence that it has slowed down already by about 15 percent which means that the northern atlantic is the only region on the globe that has actually been significantly cooling in the last one he is while the whole rest of the planet has been warming and there are major risks for our forests for example we see the amazon forest is under threat that we now see big wildfires

pipeline running through mountains swamps and on directors and i'm fishes project uniting the northern hemisphere is 2nd largest producer with the wilds 2nd largest gas consumer 3000 kilometers of pipe smoking economic unity and friendship between russia and china are launching today. and for china it couldn't be more timely the country has been guzzling increasing amounts of gas and with its powerhouse status showing no signs of slowing down it's a trend that looks set to stick around and it's a wonder then that the project has been welcomed with open arms or usual this is a major strategic project for bilateral energy cooperation it is of great significance to deepening all round corporation between the 2 countries and integrating our interests are pretty pleased at this town of events russia. we are starting the biggest construction projects in the world there will be nothing bigger in this sphere for years to come but this is not about breaking records this is an extremely important project for both russia and china but we all know that energy is a sticky topic and there's no pleasing everyon

tired of seeiny.so much beaut >> alcindor: and finally, winter ficially begins tonight in the northern hemisphere. that means both today and sttomorrow will be the lon nights of the year. on the bright side, the tays get longering monday; and if you're in the southern hemisphere, it's summer! that's allor this edition of pbs newshour weekend. i'm yamiche alcindor. thanks for watching. have a good nigh captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by media acss group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the cheryl and philip milstein family. rosalind p. walter, in memory of george o'neil. rbarbara hope zuckeg. charles rosenblum. we try to live in the moment, to not miss what's right in front of us. at mutual of america, we believe taking carof tomorrow can help you make the most of today. mutual of america financial group, retirement services and investments. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public badcasting, a private corporation funded by the american people. and by contribution

although it doesn't feel this way for many of us in the northern hemisphere right now, we are gettingky than average so the moon is not able to cover it completely leaving an annulus of light, hence an annular solar collapse. millions of people were able to see this. from astronomers in the uae, to schoolchildren and their teachers in mumbai. to these crowds in singapore, where people will not get another chance to see the ring of fire until 2063. it's an annular eclipse and the next one will be when i am in my 60s and so i might as well take my youth and look at this lovely ring of fire. it took around five hours for the path of the eclipse to move across the indian and pacific oceans. for those watching on the ground, the celestial show was even shorter. it's only two minutes but it's so intense that you talk about it with your friends and family for the next... month. whilst some places will have to wait decades for their next annular solar eclipse, others will not have to wait anywhere near that long. the good news is a very similar in fact even better eclipse will occur on the 21

it us president double trouble for the rest on a replay well as temperatures in much of the northern hemispheredrop off let me take you to hawaii where temperatures and cloudless skies are just about perfect for the top surfers in the world they've been taking on big waves in an event called van's world cup of surfing and this is veteran kelly slater if you last one the event 21 years ago but he's still at it and this ride the spike the wipeout helped put him into the 4th round and into contention for the title one more time i mean i don't think they age when they serve. we should put that in a bottle and sell it all right after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day stick around with the record . i'm not going to happen again well i guess sometimes i am but i stand up and with that the german thinks deep into the german culture of looking at the stereotypes aquatics put in here think the future of the country that i not. needed to be taken as grandma down to you it's all that a look i'm rachael join me for me the german sunday w. . post some time now to look at a section of me

now as temperatures in much of the northern hemisphere drop let me take you to hawaii where the temperature and cloudless sky are just a month perfect for the top surfers in the word and they've been taking on big waves in their vans. off surfing and this veteran kelly slater who last won the event 21 years ago at 47 he's still on top and this ride despite the wipeout helped put him into the in the 4th round and in contention for the title one more time. and good luck to him here's a recap of the top story that we're following for you and you present dampens attacked france's president mccraw for calling nato brain dead trump said from listening to the alliance more than any other member but he also said the u.s. benefited to or from nato which is backing its 70th anniversary. you're watching news up next kickoff to stay with us for that if you can. the phone. call. a devastating debut for jogging klinsmann kept in berlin couldn't keep up with dortmund's 10 men team and slid into relegation rankings. by a little close in takes down by a munich. tough luck for the variance to hit the woodwor