absolutely, i've gotta say, we've had significant queensland emergency response during this fire., local indigenous rangers, we've had support from new south wales with their crew and a large aerial tanker. any support that we have asked for, we have gotten, but because it is a complex environment, there is only so much you can do with crews on the ground because at the same time we don't want to put our crews at risk. some of these areas, literally you cannot get into them so we are going to have to get in from the airand run going to have to get in from the air and run crews can only work in the space they can get to. we are hoping today we're going to hit it with everything we've got, and try to sort of control that fire, and we are hoping by close of business today we may have it under control. we certainly hope so, too. brian cox, thank you very much for your time and we wish you and your crew the best. brazil has the third worst coronavirus outbreak in the world. it means christmas celebrations will look quite different there this year. but as sophia tran—thomson reports, th

the state coordinator of queensland fire and emergency services, brian cox, joined me with an updateable to gain the upper hand later today, but for now the threat remains with the township of happy valley. the fire has reached around 700 metres short of the township itself. we've asked people to leave, some have chosen to stay and fight for their homes. we have emergency response crews there as we speak now, supporting them on the ground with those fires. it is a very complex environment, it's the world's largest sand island, so some of those burns of sand make it very difficult to get into, so we are using increasingly more air operations to support them. yesterday, we actually dropped over a million litres of water in the fraser island area to try to contain these fires. we have also increased our air assets today, so we've got over 2a aircraft, that includes two large air tankers, one from new south wales, so we have asked them to come up today to help us. and the plan is, we are trying to do some controlled burns in that area, so on the ground with we've got additional crews, ov

especially in the central portions of queensland, temperatures in the mid to upper 30s once again.ow pressure will be moving in, and it'll bring thunderstorms with a high of 33. still seeing the hot weather pattern as we go through wednesday. meanwhile, we have a deep depression located near sri lan lanka, and this system is expected to continue into wednesday. be on the lookout for that. heavy amounts of rain with strong winds, all a part of the story there. over into the philippines, we have a tropical roll rolling through, and it'll bring a chance for some rain as we go through wednesday. manila with a high of 30. colom colombo, 31 with rain as we go through the day. acrossas et asia, we have high pressure really being the dominant story, coming in from the north. we have a sea effect pattern across the northern portions of japan. hokkaido dealing with a lot of snow as we went through tuesday. now, this high pressure system is going to sink temperatures quite dramatically and keeping it there. cold the next 24 hours. we're seeing this blue coloration, indicating that cold air is

coast in queensland, swapping their flow for jetskis and breaking a new world record for it.9. the event raised more than $10,000 for children's charities. that's it for now. thanks so much for watching. hello there. we've started this week on a relatively quiet note. quite a lot of grey, gloomy weather around, too, although scotland didn't fare too badly with some sunshine. during the course of monday. but for the rest of this week, things are set to turn much colder and a lot more unsettled. as low pressure takes over, we'll see some rain, sleet and snow in places. now, we've got this ridge of high pressure building in early on tuesday. fairly strong winds down the east coast. a cold front which spreads southwards across the country during the overnight period allowed the skies to clear. a chilly start but bright with some very welcome sunshine across many parts of central southern, eastern parts of england, but cloud will be thickening up again, this time against northern and western areas into the afternoon. it's going to be a chilly day, pretty much wherever you are. but

the state coordinator of queensland fire and emergency services brian cox is optimistic they may be ablehreat remains to the township of happy valley. the fire has reached around 700 metres short of the township itself. we've asked people to leave. some have chosen to stay and fight for their homes. we have emergency response crews there as we speak now, supporting them on the ground with those fires. it is a very complex environment. as you know, it's the world's largest sand island, so some of those burns of sand make it very difficult to get into, so we are using increasingly more air operations to support them. our correspondent shaimaa khalil gave me this update. she is in sydney. the firefighters have been battling those blazes for weeks now — for about six weeks — because of that illegal campfire that started in mid october, as you mentioned. the fire warnings have now been raised to emergency level and the people of happy valley have been urged to leave immediately and some have chosen to stay, as we heard from brian cox there, 35 households have decided to defend their homes and

we may well see flooding across parts of queensland over the next few days some rather stormy weather across northern parts of australia the top 10 pushing into the gulf of carpentaria easing across a good part of queensland the area of low pressure here somewhat to weather to for good measure into new south wales so that will bring some lively storms over towards save me to the north of that as well pushing up towards the gold coast there's that west of weather persisting across the northern half of queensland in particular and it stays in place as we go on into wednesday the west the weather will gradually ease away from sydney still a few storms around as we go on through wednesday temperatures around 25 celsius the settled a hot weather i will continue down towards the south and southwest perth around 39 degrees celsius what's about the clearing away from new south wales will gradually push over towards new zealand so some rain is beginning to set in across the south and meanwhile it's going to be snow setting in across northern parts of china through the korean peninsula easing a

the state coordinator of queensland fire and emergency services, brian cox, is optimistic they may bee threat remains to the township of happy valley. the fire has reached around 700 metres short of the township itself. we've asked people to leave. some have chosen to stay and fight for their homes. we have emergency response crews there as we speak now, supporting them on the ground with those fires. it is a very complex environment. as you know, it's the world's largest sand island, so some of those burns of sand make it very difficult to get into, so we are using increasingly more air operations to support them. our correspondent shaimaa khaliljoins me now from sydney. we got a sense there of the conditions that the crews are having to work in. and we heard earlier a warning that those conditions are so bad that they may have to sort of admit defeat and not be able to stop the spread? i think that's it. the firefighters have been battling those blazes for weeks 110w. battling those blazes for weeks now. and for about six weeks, because of that illegal campfire that started in mid—o

we may well see flooding across parts of queensland over the next few days some rather stormy weather across northern parts of australia the top 10 pushing into the gulf of carpentaria easing across a good part of queensland the larry of low pressure here so what's the weather to for good measure into new south wales so that will bring some lively storms over towards save me to the north of that as well pushing up towards the gulf coast as out west or whether persisting across the northern half of queensland in particular and it stays in place as we go on into. whedon's day the west the weather will gradually ease away from sydney still a few storms around as we go on through wednesday temperatures around 25 celsius the settled a hot weather i will continue down towards the south and southwest perth around $39.00 degrees celsius what's a weather clearing away from new south wales will gradually push over towards new zealand so some rain is beginning to set in across the south meanwhile this could be snow setting in across northern parts of china through the korean peninsula easing acr

the state of queensland is reopening now to the whole of new south wales and the state of victoria.than 250 days that clea ns time in more than 250 days that cleans lands's borders have been fully open. as you say, other restrictions in other parts of the country are now being lifted. in the last hour or so we have heard from the western australian state government and they are to reopen their borders with a victoria and new south wales in a weak‘s time. many internal borders in this country were closed in an attempt to curb the spread of covid—19. it wasn't universally popular, the federal government said those state border closures where necessary but state and territory leaders were adamant they need to protect their populations. if you look at australia's numbers, this is a country that has recorded about 28,000 coronavirus cases, just over 900 people have died. we understand they are just over 60 active coronavirus cases across the entire country. so australia is now opening up fragmentation brought by covid—19 is being eased and australia now looking forwards to what is being

years wettest year actually and still more rain to come but not much but it's now focused up in queensland some more to come i think in northern territory further south the sun is not very warm melbourne still a 4 or 5 degrees below average where is perth when up to 40 knots a wreck or body about 4 degrees off the heat stays in the west the showers develop in tropical queensland and they get slightly warmer than in melbourne. and new perspectives can change a wild. the one chin is ian what began as a hobby has grown into a passion a way of life. teaching the next generation to strive for a higher level. and in so instilling in his country a sense of freedom and strength. new heights my chin is on al-jazeera. the. again i'm the star let's remind you of our top stories this hour u.s. president donald trump is suggesting he will not sign a massive coronavirus relief bill unless it's amended by congress he says he wants congress to raise stimulus payments to individual americans from $600.00 to $2000.00. and trump has also announced presidential pardons for 15 people may include food in minute

with migrants in australia emergency services are evacuating homes in the path of a bushfire in queensland people on trains. island have been told to leave after the fire burnt large parts of the northeastern coast the blaze was sponsored by an illegal count fire 7 weeks ago and scorching temperatures are making the situation worse but this far in fraser all it is a marathon not a sprint is not a significant rain in the forecast and really rain is the only thing that's going to put this for us so we'll continue our fall falling if it's for the coming days and perhaps even weeks ahead of us demonstrators in moldova are demanding early parliamentary elections thousands gathered in support of incoming president my asunder she's accusing the government of trying to block her ability to fight corruption politicians noire her predecessor voted to strip her of her power over the intelligence services the largest party in parliament is aligned with the former leader and is led by a businessman convicted of fraud by chinese moon probe has successfully docks with another craft in lunar orbit the pro

the gulf of carpentaria we have got some rather wet weather in the forecast for a good part of queensland over the next few days and some severe storms also affecting new south well sydney looking very unsettled as we go through choose day on and see where to stay that wetter weather just not just a little further east which is still there nevertheless and a good part of the eastern side of queensland also seeing some very heavy showers elsewhere across australia story remains about the hate perth getting up to 39 degrees celsius well she back down towards the southeast by the time we come to what wednesday temperatures in hobart in melbourne around 22 or 23 degrees because somewhat to weather gravity making its way to new zealand. from fossil fuels to modern day renewables as societies develop the energy demands increase requiring innovative solutions to meet such demands as a global power development of investment company nebraska power is uniquely positioned to deliver against these developments we provide business growth promote social economic benefits and provide innovative safe and

about some here talk about 90 degrees in melbourne the rain continues in the 4 showers through queensland and all this time perth is probably about the hottest place that's $39.00. an award winning investigation i mean a worker's room right behind it has been factory when we operate for less and we buy for less we can pass those savings all your customers into the supply chains that produce cheap clothing. with little regard for workers' lives the remains of the fire still everywhere rewind made in bangladesh on al-jazeera. hello again i'm a star let's remind you of our top stories here the salah the us congress has passed a 900000000000 dollars stimulus package to help american businesses and families struggling touring this pandemic and comes as the number of recorded coronavirus cases exceeds 18000000. health officials in south africa say a resurgence of cases there is being driven by a different kind of a 1000 variant from the strain that's emerged in the u.k. several countries have halted air travel to and from south africa. and now at last count will than 40 countries have close the

so the northeast of new south wales pushing into the southeast of queensland and here we have developing system that's going to bring some very heavy rain towards praise but we are likely to see flooding here river flooding and flash flooding as a result of the big downpour so the set in place for saturday sunday and going on through monday night are going to further south which as we go on through monday whether they're pushing across a good part that eastern side of new south wales. and . they have been doing it with the money that it's boring we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world leaving the scene as congress is debating a bill seeking to raise billions of dollars for the super rich poor families hit hard by the damage counting the cost on al-jazeera really understand the differences on the similarities in cultures across the world and i'm not someone we've been using kind of for. does that matter to you what war the unfortunate . the at. talladega on the top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. has become the latest country to approve the pfizer bio

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after studies ran into problems, csl and the university of queensland say they will not accelerate trialseir shots after some medical participants produced hiv false-positive's. agreements to has by three other shots. boris johnson is warning the u.k. and global partners to prepare for a no deal brexit. last-minute talks failed to produce a breakthrough so far. negotiations will continue in brussels there the weekend at the prime minister says the e.u.' currents conditions are unacceptable and he prefers wto rules. sterling fell as the much touted deal with canada also hit the brakes. the ecb is stepping up its campaign to shield the market from a possible double dip recession. adding new stimulus but staying it may not deploy all its firepower. christine lagarde says the 600 -- lisicki hundred billion dollars -- the comments are seen as relatively restrained and helped to push the euro higher. nba superstar lebron james is time magazine's appellee of the year after helping the lakers to the title and being prominent in the fight for social justice and black lives matter. his fourth baske

as of monday the neighboring states of victoria and queensland opted to ban all travel from city. the country's prime minister -- from sydney. the prime minister acknowledged restrictions are frustrating for many. >> of course we want everything to be open but the virus had a different idea about that, and that is a practical reality. i should say, in seven states and territories, we certainly will be having christmas in this country like few countries in the world are. and while there are frustrations and disappointment and disruptions this christmas, i think here in australia we have a lot to be think before. >> in spite of the flare up, australia has flicked -- fared comparatively well, thanks to a combination of border controls, lockdowns and widespread testing. until this week, australia had gone two weeks without any local transmission of covid. the country has reported just over 900 deaths since the pandemic began. >> president-elect joe biden has received the covid-19 vaccine. the democratic president to be has made fighting coronavirus is top priority when he takes office

we have this front that's moving off wean queensland and new south whals.that's going to bring showers. and we're looking at showers and thunderstorms on thursday. it will have the tail end moving to the east wind. so be on the lookout for that. in the southern areas and the concern is this general area saw a storm just the other week. so this is going to bring heavy rain here. as it moves over the area the next three days. we look at the possibility of seeing close to 600 millimeters of rainfall in some locations. that's going to compound any of the flooding area that's going to be in place. meanwhile, we had a low pressure system located down south of tokyo. that brought some showers into the area as we went through wednesday. we're going to see a drier pattern coming up on thursday as the low moves out to the area. another low will be moving across the sea of japan. that's going to reinvisit rate the flow into japan, which means the mountains will be seeing snow. drier as we go into thursday. hope you have a good day wherever you are. edition of nhk "new

we have a report of over 200,000 lightning strikes in portions of queensland tuesday afternoon. meanwhile western australia had heavy rainfall. over 110 millimeters in the northern areas. that's significant for the region. more rain is possible due to the tropical low and another tropical low back behind it. so back to back tropical lows will drop heavy rainfall over western australia. moisture will reach southern australia has well. temperatures on thursday are 24 in sydney. it's going to be calm and mind this week. and 32, it's expected to continue over the next couple days. now they have been dealing with heavy rainfall, heavy snowfall and a tornado. significant weather events have been happening in italy and more wet weather is expected to pound italy and the peninsula for the next couple days. we might see additional 90 centimeters of snowfall in the higher elevation. this is your four-day forecast. we'll continue to see snow and rainy weather into the weekend. before we go, i want to show you the biggest in the world. the world's largest christmas tree according to the boo

stormy weather for the southeast parts of queensland. that's it for your weather. stay tune for more later. >>> that's all for this hour. thank you for watching nhk "newsline." hope you will join us again. ♪ >>> welcome to "newsline in depth." i'm yanaka marie. in today's story, we pick up two books that have begun hot topics. first a japanese novel that looks into homelessness and inequality on the dark side of japan's economic growth. "took reno station" is a novel by a japanese-born south korean writer. in november, it won the u.s. national book award for translated literature. one of the country's most prestigious literary prizes. >> reporter: "reno station" is a bustling crowded commuter head. it's where people get out to see world class museums, grab an ice cream, and walk around the park. but the station is also home for some of tokyo's homeless population. it's these people who are the focus of the book. >> this year's national book award for translated literature goes to "tokyo reno station. " reporter: he was inspired to write a novel by the personal exch

let's bring in professor lydia murawski from the science and engineering faculty at the queensland university of technology in brisbane professor oscar welcome to the show you've been warning about the dangers of airborne transmission of cova 1004 months now how does that make you feel to hear the young man in the report we just saw say he simply doesn't want to be forbidden from partying. something which i come truly understand that at this stage of pandemic someone can say something like this of course that person can individually take up take a risk and say i'm going to be infected it's my business but it's not it's really a super responsibility top consider this if you're an picked it and you are going to go around infecting others who potentially can die because of this it's not just your personal issue now at the beginning of the pandemic the prevailing advice that's just wash your hands and keep your distance but you are among those early on who recognise that this may not be enough to prevent infection what's the latest research telling us. everybody's asking about their latest resear

about some here took about 90 degrees in melbourne the rain continues in the 4 showers through queenslandand all this time perth is probably about the hottest place at $39.00. still ahead on the al-jazeera news hour finding extreme pot ending extreme poverty excuse me we'll look at whether china's multi-billion dollar plan is working plus a bleak forecast from a top u.n. official on prospects for a 2 state solution for palestine and in sport the n.b.a. could soon expand to more than the current 30 teams peter will explain in sports. from fossil fuels to modern day renewable as societies develop the energy demands increase requiring innovative solutions to meet such to mounds as a global power developed into the basement company nebraska power is uniquely positioned to deliver against the state we provide business growth promote social economic benefits and provide innovative safe and firemen to sound energy solutions for future generations the breastpin pioneering future energy. the silence has been the. belief this. is one of scandinavia some largest iron ore deposits. and it's driving a

let's bring in professor lydia murawski from the science and engineering faculty at the queensland university of technology in brisbane professor oscar welcome to the show you've been warning about the dangers of airborne transmission of covert 1004 months now how does that make you feel to hear the young man in the report we just saw say he simply doesn't want to be forbidden from hurting something which i come truly understand that at this stage of pandemic someone can say something like this of course that person can individually take up take a risk and say i'm going to be infected it's my business but it's not it's really a super responsibility top consider this if you are in picked it and you are going to go around infecting others who potentially died because of this it's not just your personal issue now at the beginning of the pandemic the prevailing advice that's just wash your hands and keep your distance but you are among those early on who recognise that this may not be enough to prevent infection what's the latest research telling us. everybody's asking about their latest research

home to unusual spectacle stormy weather has whipped up sea foam that's covered beaches along the queensland coastline in usual phenomenon was a hit with younger residents who quickly took to the sea for a foam bath experts say that it's not dangerous and slightly made of from degraded organic matter not that in turbulent waters australia has been battered by storms as last year's wildfires in white to tropical cyclones and heavy rainfall this summer. now yet you can always get a d w news on the go just download from google play from the app store i will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news. story you can also use it to sentence photos and videos of the action. it's a chill up today up with talk of the hour coming up next i'm going to sleep the show kick off with the weekend good. she comes. to see enjoy it men's have enough. the democrats against stuttgart was not without consequences. moods much merrier in the labor comes in with 4 goals against johnson hind the rhine lame to shoot their way to the top of the table

emergency services are working against the clock to evacuate people in the path of a bushfire in queensland residents of fraser island were told to leave their homes on sunday and those are the headlines these continues here on al-jazeera after about half an hour after talked to al-jazeera go by. the world food program will receive the nobel peace prize for fighting against hunger and the use of starvation as a weapon of war we ask executive director david beasley how the challenge of combating global hunger will be met in the age of the coronavirus pandemic the nobel interview on al-jazeera. the landscape of chile's south-central at our penya region is breathtaking. but behind these seemingly dormant volcanoes a social eruption is taking place. an indigenous reawakening of pride and demands for justice times expressed with violent. bullet holes and graffiti marked this vast area as indigenous my puja territory its original inhabitants call it while not. only on the conflict has been simmering for years but in the last 10 months young and more radical not groups have been launching nonstop

crews are battling to control the fire on fraser island which is a heritage site off the coast of queenslandas sparked by an illegal campfire in mid-october. here's our correspondent. reporter: it has been going for a while n, since mid-october, because of the illegal campfire. i ehink what is makinryone nervous now, the reason why the alert level has gone to emergency and people have been urged to leave, is because simply, when you get the right weather condition for a fire, the fire becomes uncontrollable. and we have been getting really, really high to mergers, really, really dry lan and all it takes is a gust of wind and you get thisli fire tra at a reeed that frank, fifighters have been struggling with. and this is why we are gting these fire warnings. this is why they have been trying for weeks now. ♪ katty: doctors in turkey are g accusing ternment of covering up the true scale of the pandemic in the country. amid a surge in infections, they eware now restrictions in place including weekend lockdowns and nightly curfews. om istanbul, here's our correspondent. reporter:ul she wasof lif

more than 150 centres took to the shores in queensland swapping nestle for a jet ski and making a worldevious record for most centres on jetskis which was 129. the event raised more than $10,000 for children charities which is much needed, i would imagine. we have the top is the story is coming up here next and will see you in a moment. hello there. we've started this week on a relatively quiet note. quite a lot of grey, gloomy weather around, too, although scotland didn't fare too badly with some sunshine. during the course of monday. but for the rest of this week, things are set to turn much colder and a lot more unsettled. as low pressure takes over, we'll see some rain, sleet and snow in places. now, we've got this ridge of high pressure building in early on tuesday. fairly strong winds down the east coast. a cold front which spreads southwards across the country during the overnight period allowed the skies to clear. a chilly start but bright with some very welcome sunshine across many parts of central southern, eastern parts of england, but cloud will be thickening up again, this

through and the forecast for wednesday in house is the showers in north and greens and tropical queensland but look here to the northwest this is significant whether this is a tropical depression being followed by a potential tropical cyclone coming to the northwest of australia there are flood warnings in this general area and that is the great sandy desert. his memory and present reality is. that camera is a tool. and off to. one of his most deprived areas children who have nothing. now have a voice. part of the viewfinder latin america series. the. coverage on the top stories on al-jazeera the world's 1st approved coronavirus vaccine is being rolled out in the u.k. 800000 doses of pfizer by untag facts ian are now available in 70 hospitals elderly people and health workers are being prioritized. us health experts are warning of dark times ahead in its fight against cope with 19 it's reported its deadliest week since april there are fears the worst is yet to come as people celebrate the upcoming holiday season. an inquiry into last year's mass shooting at 2 mosques in new zealand has fou

days got a couple of areas the showers just pushing up cross new south wales i'm also the northern queensland across the top end up towards darwin the showers continuing as we go on through sunday but look at the wet weather that into the southeast and showers there pushing towards melbourne there's a cricket weather 33 celsius fine and dry for sunday but as we go on and see where monday that will sweep through somewhat of weather making its way through at least it does go quickly 19 celsius it will be 5 it's going to be noticeably fresher by this stage temperatures in sydney around 30 celsius with a child's of showers meanwhile the heat continues for the west at 35 degrees just a somewhat weather for a time making its way to new zealand but the fog in dry here over the next couple of days is largely fought in try to across a good part of china alone we have got some western weather pushing out of the eastern side of china as feeding somewhat wet weather into south korea heaviest showers along the spells of rain gradually pushing through q.c. and the possibility of some localized flooding for

soaking that is likely to lead to some flooding at times out west a weather affecting parts of queensland in areas of new south wales seeing some very heavy rain as well and we'll see some western weather just to the north of sydney for tom again it could lead to some flooding wish i was to. pushing through victoria. the virus is indiscriminate get those living in poverty are far more vulnerable to the dangers of covert 19 ali re-examine the reasons for this disparity the social and economic inequalities that surround us are much deeper and much more problematic than we thought i'd ask whether lessons learned from the global pandemic could lead to positive change. or fix the him or we all hail the lock down exposing privilege and poverty during a crisis on. the . program. that's remind you of our top stories here this hour israel has begun its covert 1000 vaccination campaign the government is aiming to inoculate 60000 people a day but that doesn't include palestinians living in the occupied west bank and gaza. british prime minister barak johnson has announced stricter restrictions in lo

the developers of the vaccine — the university of queensland and the biotech firm csl — stressed therey concerns. it is one of four coronavirus vaccines which australia's government has committed to purchasing. prime minister scott morrison says it was not a wasted investment. every cent we have invested in getting the best and most early available and safe vaccines for australians in the middle of the covid—19 pandemic has been money well spent. every single cent. i mean, there are no guarantees when it comes to vaccine development and if you don't put the investment in across a range of opportunities and options, then you don't get one come out the other end. and i think the expectation that there would be a 100% success rate across these is naive. it is just not true. australia's prime minister speaking there. time magazine has announced its person of the year for 2020 — the award has gone to president electjoe biden and his running mate kamala harris. the pair were chosen ahead of three other finalists — frontline health care workers and anthony fauci, the racialjustice movement, a

the developers of the vaccine — the university of queensland and the biotech firm, csl — stressed thereus safety concerns. it is one of four coronavirus vaccines which australia's government has committed to purchasing. prime minister, scott morrison, says it was not a wasted investment. every sense, we have invested in getting the best and most early available and safe vaccines for australians in the middle of the covid—19 pandemic has been money well spent copy every single cent copy i mean, there are no guarantees when it comes to vaccine development and if you don't put the investment in across a range of opportunities and options, then you don't get one come out the other end and i think the expectation that there would be a 100% success rate across these is naive. it isjust a 100% success rate across these is naive. it is just not true. scott morrison there. let's get some of the day's other news. israel and morocco have agreed to establish diplomatic relations. the israeli prime minister, benjamin neta nyahu, described the deal as extraordinary. morocco is the fourth arab country

it's been raining heavily recently in queensland the land doesn't accept that amount of rain this is still the drive draft and hard ground so rescues were necessary this is one successful rescue that the rains receding to the coast of b. tropical queens in particular top and where it's particularly wet i think that circulation near townsville will be telling of the flooding here and make sure breeze for new south wales victoria means it's increasingly cloudy sherry not really an ideal view of some of the heat even in perth is going away you have 39 you know down to 32 or thereabouts in western australia particularly we'll see a few showers this is not a particularly brilliant view of summer whereas this is a particularly brilliant view of winter this is south korea yes it did snow in south korea and there is more to come the extreme cold you see in siberia north and char has been coming out over the open waters and that's yet more snow for holland sure how hard it could be up to 2 metres certainly half to one metre bit more study for the western side of south korea but it eventually

nature of bubble bath stormy weather has whipped up sea foam that has covered beaches along the queensland coastline the unusual phenomenon was a hit with younger residents look at that and who took quickly to the sea for a phone bath experts say that sea foam is not dangerous it's largely protein from degrading organic matter that's been lathered up by turbulent waters whatever you can do to get that bubble that. day is almost done the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either news or you can follow me of t.v. and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see that everybody. thought about a sharing economy instead. of. the change in thinking is changing the economy to create something. economics magazine made in germany. next. once the secret behind this classic. music the sound. or the story behind the music was a hit for the ages reduced. cost. tens night symphony for the world. in 45 minutes on t.w. . i think is everything channing 1st on how to be a muslim. so much different culture between here and there so a challenge in court

some flooding just around alice we'll see some wet weather coming in here southwestern parts of queensland seeing some heavy rain northern parts of new south wales also looking very disturbed western areas 2 showers there just coming in across poor ferry pushing into that western side of victoria moving further east as we go through chews day lots of rain in the full cost as you can see but we just point a finger but you why it's was the southwestern corner 35 celsius there in perth on shoes they could touch 39 by wednesday within a very warm christmas here then fine in try for the time being into these in a bit some bits and pieces of cloud of rain pushing into central areas we got some unsettled weather still continuing meanwhile across a good part of northern japan hopefully we're seeing the snow grassy tended to rain as the wind starts pushing for more westerly direction but we have still got a few flurries as we go on through cheese day dry amp right behind. an invitation to bear witness to all that life office. the heidi's lives the trials and tribulations. and everything miracles th

the really, no surprise then that western australia, tasmania, queensland, victoria and south australiaer restrictions and quarantine measures to prevent travellers from spreading the virus. —— australia's most populous city. stay—at—home orders in the place that is most badly affected, the northern beaches area, will continue up to midnight wednesday. this is a region that includes a popular seaside suburbs where for instance the australian television soap opera home and away is filmed. the metropolitan sydney, household gatherings are going to be limited to ten visitors until at least 11:59pm on wednesday, according to the state's health department, after which a decision will be made about what residents can do on christmas day, so it may be that christmas won't be cancelled but it could well be curtailed this year. after months of wrangling, republicans and democrats in the us congress have finalised agreement on a 900 billion dollar coronavirus relief package. the measure includes increased unemployment benefits and stimulus payments for millions of workers who lost their jobs beca

battling to control the fire on fraser island, a unesco world heritage site, off the east coast of queenslandal campfire in mid—october. i'm joined now by councillor george seymour, mayor of fraser coast regional council. thank you for being on the programme. i know you have talked to people who are on the island, how are they faring amidst this emergency? the people who live on the island are very resilient, they are very well prepared and we have over 100 personnel over there fighting this fire as well as about 20 aeroplanes in the air so about 20 aeroplanes in the air so it is a massive fight, more than a million litres of water have been dropped every day on this fire but it is really, really difficult conditions. 82,000 hectares of land, some of the most special environmental land in the world, so it is an emergency, and we are telling people to get off the island to be on the safe side. this fire has been burning for weeks now, do you think more should have been done sooner yellow this fire has been burning for over seven weeks now, there will be reviewed to work out if there should bee

through friday as that was the weather pushing into central parts quite a few showers there into queensland with some showers to the north of sydney for friday afternoon. from mother to daughter an ancient craft kept alive by a bustling matriarch. from start to finish. all traditions intertwined with new designs making this family's place unique into an easy as rich tapestry. thread on a. i got the headlines on al jazeera this hour u.s. president elect joe biden has laid out how he plans to bring america spiraling corona virus outbreak under control infections past 15000000 he's promising 100000000 vaccine shots within his 1st 100 days in office strict health risers have been enforced at polling stations across indonesia as around a 100000000 people voted in local and regional elections with the worst coronavirus outbreak in southeast asia some health experts worried the large voter turnout could make things worse. campaigners are warning that 9 out of 10 people in nearly 70 poor countries will knock at the globe in 1000 vaccine next year the people's vaccine alliance says rich countries ha

divergence the services are working against the clock to evacuate homes in the path of a bushfire in queensland residents of fraser island have been told to leave after fire burnt large parts of the north east coast the blaze was sparked by an illegal come fires of weeks ago and scorching temperatures are making the situation worse those are the headlines you can follow the stories on our website to dodge dot com and back with more news in half an hour next i'll just it's the listening post for so many al-jazeera london broke. 2 special guests in conversation people think that racism is having personal vitriol towards black people and there's no understanding of what does that make racism unprompted uninterrupted success comes with opposition if you're not upsetting people you're not saying anything f. 100. and there is not a family in britain i believe that has not been touched by empire be unscripted it's on al-jazeera. i don't claim to have kind of china relations. with other places to. be on the show this is something that's calculi could go through and you got to wonder what the chinese tr

is of for the 6th straight week on friday the index struggled on news the university of queensland and c.s.l. stopped kovan one team vaccine trials this came after data showed it could interfere with hiv diagnosis c.s.l. lost 3 percent on the news in south africa the all share is down with a big drop in manufacturing the rand hit 10 month highs earlier this week after data showed a better than expected recovery in the 3rd quarter of 2020 in europe we start in london where the footsie is green the pan here p. and stocks $600.00 fell one percent on friday after british prime minister boris johnson said there is a strong possibility of a no deal drugs it but pfizer and biotechs 1st stage vaccine rollout helped push those markets up the german dax and the the french cac however there in the red on friday both fell on e.u. u.k. concerns and that lack of us stimulus germany's inflation rate fell to negative point 3 percent in november that's the 4th month this year the number has been negative over to brazil that hugo best buy in the green the real rallied on thursday after the country's cen

well plenty of storms around blowing away here it was shield of cloud just pushing over towards queensland and we've got these heavy showers still going on as we go on through saturday rumbling away big downpours possible here the risk of some localized flooding a few showers too just into that east side of australia still warm there in south australia adelaide at 34 degrees celsius in the simplest temperature that's a full path as we go on through the next couple of days the west of weather will slide through the bite heading towards victoria so turning increase the weight just close port fairy with some a very wet weather coming into tasmania. but . the stories of abuse in aged care homes in the west to shock the world but there's you know it's noticeable when i want to speak for those sending elderly loved ones to thailand to leave out they tacked on which is the. be the hero world needs right. washer. this is al jazeera a quick reminder of our top stories this hour. passengers are meeting to discuss the new trade deal with the u.k. they are expected to endorse the heads of ratification

australian emergency services are evacuating homes in the path of a bushfire in queensland people on fraser island have been told to leave after the fire burned large parts of the northeastern coast victoria he reports. the view from a helicopter over straightly is inferred the bush guys on fraser island have been burning for 7 weeks they've destroyed half of the us go listed world heritage site now people living in the town of happy valley have been told to leave as the fires closed in a look where they are preparing for the worst yet over the ng and we're going to try to hit it with everything we've got today we're pulling out all stops we're trying to stop these 4 impacting on that happy valley township as well as managing the other numerous far as accounting course for his role in the blaze was sparked by an illegal campfire but it's been fueled by high winds record low rainfall and record high temperatures it's been a warm day been a tough tough day when it comes to far farting and we have been dividing significant resources to far in the far on fries or on. the spot fires go do

nature of bubble bath stormy weather has whipped up sea foam that has covered beaches along the queensland coast lot the unusual phenomenon was a hit with younger residents look at that and who took quickly to the sea for a phone bath experts say that sea foam is not dangerous it's largely protein from degrading organic matter that's been lathered up by turbulent waters whatever you can do to get that bubble that. the day is almost done the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either at u.w. news or you can follow me of brant goff t.v. and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see that if. 100000 kilometers an hour to reach mars. the whole mission of the united arab emirates. 80 percent of the mission the scientists all women. the country is entering a new era the young female scientists are reaching new heights all 3000. next month d w s. in the far north. beyond the inhabitable world. it's lonely. barren. and breathtakingly beautiful the arctic powerful expansive bitter cold. and the sound of global warming. to the journey around