rylee carlson reports.g to uncomfortable highs. sydney hasn't been this hot for 79 years, leaving people struggling to stay cool. fans taking in the ashes cricket tournament ditched their shirts and dug out umbrellas to watch the test match in temperatures of 47 degrees celsius. not quite a record but still hot enough to fry an egg on the pavement. parts of the southern hemisphere are experiencing heatwaves. the south african weather service is issuing alerts and warnings for heatwaves for much of the country this weekend. we are expecting large parts of australia to be more than 40 degrees celsius this weekend, with very high risk of fire in parts of southern australia. that risk is becoming a reality, with fire crews stretched to the limit trying to get brushfires under control. 0ne crew had to take shelter in their trucks as the fast—moving fire burned over the top of them. there was minimal damage to the appliance and there are no injuries to the crew, whilst they are shaken. and strong winds are not he

rylee carlson has the story.est production of carmen. one of the world's most beloved operas, it has been performed thousands of times. but there is something special about this run of the show — a new ending. translation: carmen's desire for freedom becomes self defence. this is what is going to happen. there is no premeditation. it is simply self defence. carmen becomes the object of donjose's affection. when she falls for someone else, he becomes wild with jealousy. in the last act, carmen is stabbed to death by donjose, but not this time. the director says he was hesitant initially, but that it made sense the opera should change with the times. translation: we see carmen in the whole opera tormented by donjose's rather obsessive violence. he is not onlyjealous but also very possessive. in the final moment when she is certain she will die, she finds a way to defend herself with an extreme gesture. this time, the heroine survives... gunshot ..able to shoot her would—be killer instead of becoming his victim. it

rylee carlson reports.t temperatures are soaring to uncomfortable highs. sydney hasn't been this hot for 79 years, leaving people struggling to stay cool. fans taking in the ashes cricket tournament ditched their shirts and dug out umbrellas to watch the test match in temperatures of 47 celsius. not quite a record but still hot enough to fry an egg on the pavement. parts of the southern hemisphere are experiencing heatwaves. the south african weather service is issuing alerts and warnings for heatwaves for much of the country this weekend. we are expecting large parts of australia to be more than a0 celsius this weekend, with very high risk of fire in parts of southern australia. that risk is becoming a reality with fire crews stretched to the limit trying to get brushfires under control. one crew had to take shelter in their trucks as the fast—moving fire burned over the top of them. there was minimal damage to the appliance and no injuries to the crew, while they are shaken. and strong winds are not helpi

rylee carlson reports. these fans dug out their umbrellas to watch matches in 47 celsius.s of the southern hemisphere are experiencing heatwaves. the south african weather services issuing warnings for heat waves through much of the weekend. australia is expecting large parts of australia to be more than 40 celsius this weekend. with a very high risk of fire in parts of southern australia. that risk is becoming a reality, with fire crews stretched to the limit trying to get brush fires under control. 0ne crew had to take shelter in their trucks as the fast—moving fire burned over the top of them. there was minimal damage to the appliance and no injuries to the group. they are shaken. strong winds are not helping, fanning the flames across 8000 hectares of farmland so far. when i was trying to move out in the self—direction, itjumped in front so i had to turn back and come back to the house. terrified. surrounding me is smoke, it isjust very thick with smoke. in fact it has gone a bit dark so now the smoke is so thick in the sky it is blocking out the sun. the number of pro