coming out of the break the state of western australia find this out between a rock and a hard place as wildfires threaten people down one day after the break. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics or business i'm show business. new york times says the wall street was one of the last bastions of power to be hopeful run by the populist movement because the high barrier to entry yes and that's right those barriers to entry have been eliminated because of free online trading because of all the stimulus tax that made a lot of people lots of free cash to have available to do something like this there's some apparently $65000000000.00 in the forecast of the biggest health plan in the world that which is right and wall street so they've got a lot. of energy and expertise to go after targets out there that they perceived to have stolen their money in 2008. welcome back with maxime demand also far outstripping supply us president joe biden has his work cut out dealing with the pandemic aussie america's found wrong flank looks at ho

after the break the state of western australia find this out between a rock and a hard place there's wildfire there are some people in lockdown coming up. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy going for indication let it be an. arms race is also a spearing dramatic development only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. time says the wall street was one of the last bastions of power to be hopeful run by the populist movement because of the high barriers to entry yes and that's right those barriers to entry have been eliminated because of free online trading because of all the stimulus checks that made a lot of people lots of free cash to have available to do something like this there's something apparently $65000000000.00 in the forecast of the biggest headline in the world which is right and wall street so they've got a lot. of energy and expertise to go after targets out there that they perceived to have stolen their money in 2008. welcome back where the vaccine dema

the state of western australia is county facing a disaster a double blow as raging bushfires threaten the homes of people currently on the cover and a virus locked down state officials have people to prioritise that mediate safety of the virus risk. western australia is currently in the midst of an unprecedented situation where fighting disasters on 2 fronts the devastating bush farms have a saying before. now for world news updates strangely a isn't the only country battling the elements the river rhine has burst its banks near the german city of cologne following heavy rainfall and melting snow shipping traffic in the area has been stopped as the bridges on the river are no longer high enough times that vessels are. hostile people are punished to make the most of the weather though new york city stories normally tranquil washington square park turned into something more closely resembling a battlefield as residents flocked to the area to have a snowball fight the city was hit by its biggest snowstorm in 5 years this week. and continually with our theme of natural phenomena mother na

over land but it certainly feeding itself so there's flood and gale warnings in this part of western australia but this is more like to be damaging lucas isn't particularly huge the winds have been scaled down a bit in the forecast from yesterday but the waves are quite high and it will spend all of wednesday and thursday going through new caledonia back in australia i think useful rain will for new western australia down through the wheat belt in particular but the rains of this way back in to adelaide then meldon. to. make a change. change your life for the path of a country challenge the accepted truth if you want to create something you 1st break you continue to remold up turn the status quo and fight injustice found out all month it in death and the found god is our. witness personal documentaries not photo deception on al-jazeera. well again this is al jazeera the headlines this hour the party of be on mars to take leader aung san suu kyi has called on the military to release and recognize its election victory cd a general online at this point it is only counted as a day out on forces se

western australia is currently in the midst of an unprecedented situation with financing disasters on 2 fronts the devastating bushfires. and the kind of an ongoing pandemic this is a situation along which we have never seen before. but if you'd like to comment on any of our stories then please do by following us on social media and leaving everything you have to say that we're back at the top of the out with the latest headlines see that. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy on foundation let it be an arms race is on offer and spearing dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe from. the isolation or community. are you going the right way or are you being. what is true what is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the death. or inmate in the shallow. dark industry comes to life in los angeles every night. dozens of women sell

following this controversy he's a professor of internet studies at curtin university in perth western australia and vice president of the international association of internet researchers thanks for joining us professor lieber what do you make of facebook's actions. so facebook because i just put out the big try to prove a point by blocking all news content on facebook in australia but in doing so they also wiped out a lot of web sites that were on facebook accidentally so they don't get emergency services and object health departments and i think if they were trying to make a political point about the importance of news on facebook that i think they lost the p.r. battle before he began because in accidentally deleting a whole lot of other things that how is the nature of this band really set a strategy is uses on the wrong foot i think that they actually angry with facebook than they would have been before they spend again tell us more about these other outlets that facebook has blocked because as you say you're talking about access to public information also health information charity informa

with the new ceo, there is a long way for him to go with rebuilding relationships, and western australiaraditional owners, and also trust with the community. we have also seen him outlining his changes with the management changes announced last month. we have seen a chief executive appointed for australia. we have the new chief executive for iron ore announced. he is very clear about the leadership team going forward in australia, to rebuild relationships. but it is also, it has put the miners on edge in western australia. shery: when it comes to the commodities outlook, are the risks on the supply side? in particular when it comes to iron ore what equity exposures would be best for iron ore? >> so, you know, for so much of the global recovery, it is a vaccine rollout and the shutdowns that could potentially occur globally, as mobility returns. iron ore benefited from the strengths of china but the future growth is premised on the rest of the world mobility returning, the return of europe, the return of southeast asia, to continue to feel that growth -- two fuel that growth. the risk is

fire engine urgency services which you know was quite dangerous when for example western australia a part of western the state of western australia was going through bushfire as recently as today shut down the the facebook pages of emergency services they also shut down the pages of. charities i think i mentioned and health services and government health services so like i said earlier at a time you know during a global pandemic when people are lying on facebook to to get their trusted news that news on health is not available that is very very worrying indeed journalist rochelle harrison plus speaking to us from said hey thank you so much for bringing us up to date. let's check in now in some other world news 2 journalists have been jailed in ballerinas for violating public order cut santina and daria chilled sold out were arrested in november during live coverage of a protest in minsk against authoritarian leader alexander lukashenko the u.s. has called for their release. the new italian prime minister mario draghi has survived his 1st vote of confidence in the senate he's vowed to

east was through victoria later on thursday and friday and still that circulation happens in western australia probably in name cycling by then. winter is in at the moment but the variation in temper isn't enough to stop it being mostly snow in japan particularly with warm sunshine behind rep to 6 in beijing and 12 temporarily in. that the tourist terraces of the football ultras what club loyalty come in violent confrontations when i was young when there was a football match we were crying because the fans would go crazy but in indonesia one group of revolutionary supporters has taken a stand against male aggression with a khan of alaska display of peace and unity defines who make football culture as an angels on al-jazeera. the roof. or. the amount of the top stories here now to 0 russian opposition leader and excitement around a has been sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison he breached parole terms for a previous conviction because he was in germany for treatment after a nerve agent poisoning 750 people have been arrested in moscow as protests followed the court's decision. has been pub

of western the state of western australia was going through bushfires recently they shut down the the facebook pages of emergency services they also shut down the pages of. charities i think i mentioned and health services government health services so like i said earlier at a time you know during a global pandemic when people are lying on facebook to to get their trusted news that news on health is not available that is very very worrying indeed journalists are shall harrison plus speaking to us from sydney thank you so much for bringing us up to date. now a 7 month journey by nasa as new rover comes to a thrilling climax later today there were over will attempt to land on mars the most intense part of that landing is the 7 minutes that come after perseverance hits the martian atmosphere and must slow down to land on the surface nasa describes those moments as 7 minutes of terror. 10 minutes to touchdown. the perseverance rover must separate from the spacecraft that has brought it to mars next it must position itself to enter the martian atmosphere the friction of which will heat up

security guard at a hotel used for quarantine to us that positive it's the 1st local case in western australia in 10 months drug maker pfizer has pledged an additional 75000000 vaccines to the european union for the 2nd quarter that brings the total number of doses for the block this year to 600000000 according to the european commission president ursula in the vaccine rollout has been slower than hopes in part due to supply issues. and has started its vaccination campaign with a russian made sputnik the vaccine i received initial shipments of 22000 says the deputy health minister was among the 1st to receive the job. has a population of 18000000 and it expects to roll out its own vaccine called ovid in march those are the headlines witness is up next on al-jazeera. 'd 'd my name is a sad londra. i use to be god's child i bitch a prison camp. irish never happened. i really did bad things would i be able to for gaev. somebody like me. guilty off a groove richo to the lack of motion for will for killing and then violation of the laws of. my. thoughts. as of lies a little shift in the as imprison

ends and out of control wildfire has destroyed thousands of homes close to the city of perth in western australia authorities have told many people living in this vicinity to be prepared to fight the blaze as it is now too late too dangerous for them rather to leave their properties. germany's vaccination program continues to be dogged by problems after a crisis meeting with regional leaders and representatives of the farming industry german chancellor angela merkel urged germans to be patient she said most would be offered a job by the end of summer in september. only around 2000000 people have so far received a coded vaccine in germany the rollout has got off to a slow start on monday political leaders spent the afternoon discussing with the bosses of medical firms how it can be speeded up but despite delays chancellor merkel repeated her clear promise does this by the end of the 3rd quarter by the end of the summer we'll be able to offer every citizen of vaccine. that said the manufacturers and also told us today that something that they can't foresee can always occur during production and the

on a range of digital platforms, the chilly vistas of iceland are replaced by the sunshine of western australia colin and les, neighbouring sibling rivals who haven't exchanged much more than a grunt in years. clicks tongue. when a cull of their prize stock is ordered to prevent infection, colin decides to bend the rules and height hide a few of his sheep in his house. but when the authorities come calling, can the estranged brothers bury their differences? bring her in... get behind, get behind! dog barks. good dog. there you go. bring her in, yeah, good, good dog. oh, come on, stop mucking around! this is a much warmer, jollier and ultimately frothier film than its predecessor, replacing the sometimes piercing truthfulness of the sublimely morose star with a more amiable but less memorable feel—good factor. miranda richardson and wayne blair make the most of broadly written supporting roles while neil and caton last of the challenge of characters whose beardy silence often speaks louder than words. it's all entertaining enough, but if you want the real deal, check out hakonarson's original, a

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into this with tom lever who's a professor of internet studies at curtin university in perth in western australia is also vice president of the international association of internet research is welcome to day w what do you make of facebook's actions. i think face that was trying to make a point that if the logo is 3 and they do have to pay for news that they may indeed block news on the services but to do it in advance is one thing but when they deployed the block this morning they didn't just capture traditional news they also catch the whole lot of other things as well including services including health sites and i think that overreach has made what was happening part of the strategy go terribly terribly wrong because the main thing that people noticed was that it wasn't just the news that was disappearing but things that they relied on every day through that platform including things like covert information and emergency notifications when there's. one end of the country and floods of the other. facebook is a commercial company what does it say about it all when a commercial company says yeah

and help coordinate relief efforts firefighters continue to battle a bushfire near perth in western australia at least 86 homes have been destroyed but no deaths have been reported. sparked on monday local authorities warn that strong winds still pose a risk comes about a year after the country experienced a catastrophic wildfire season if you $34.00 people dead. judges at the international criminal court in the hague have a have ruled it has it does have jurisdiction in the palestinian territories it could lead to investigations of alleged war crimes committed that israel which is not a member of the i.c.c. in but insists the court has no jurisdiction. to liverpool have been barred from entering the germany to play their champions league quarter final because of new travel restrictions to stop the spread of coronavirus the reds wish edgel to play leipsic on the 16th of february the german interior ministry has confirmed that federal police denied lives exact location to grant the team a special permission to enter the country and now exploring other options including the possibility of findi

if it sees things that looks like western australia, you can bet that scientists will get excited. >>300 billion miles away. how hard is what they are trying -- 300 million miles away. how hard is what they are trying to do? miles: this is the first stage of a very ambitious, long sought idea for nasa, a sample return. perseverance will go along, find some interesting samples. as capable as this rover is, it is still kind of limited how much it n do remotely on the surface of mars, all packed into a tiny rover. what it will do is drop a couple dozen samples on the surface. in a few years to come, in partnership with europeans, retriever rover will come to mars and conduct an easter egg hunt for the samples, pick them up. they get launched back to earth. by the 20 30's, we will have samples of mars bedrock back on earth. that will allow scientists to tease out the nuance of all of this. these organics are not smoking gun or easy. having them in an earthbound lab will be helpful. >> in the 20 30's, you know what your assignment will be. >> jobless claims work hi again this past week. mo

of western state of western australia was going through bushfires recent rain today shut down the the facebook pages of emergency services they also shut down the pages of. charities i think i mentioned and health services and government health services so like i said earlier at a time you know during a global pandemic with people are lying on facebook. to get their trusted news that news on health is not available that is very very worrying indeed journalist rochelle harrison plus speaking to us from sydney thank you so much for bringing us up to date. let's get a look now at some other headlines from around the world 2 journalists have been jailed in bellerose for violating public order. they. were arrested in november during live coverage of a protest in minsk against authoritarian leader alexander lukashenko the u.s. has called for their release. nigeria's president has ordered security forces to organize a hostage rescue operation after gunmen stormed a school and kidnapped 42 people among them were teachers relatives and students who were sleeping in dormitories one student was

east was through victoria later on thursday and friday and still that circulation happens in western australia probably in name cycling by then winters in at the moment but the variation in temptress and enough to stop it being mostly snow in japan particular in al-qaeda with warm sunshine behind rep to 6 in beijing and 12 temporarily in shia. for. what is the price of luxury. an undercover team travels deep into the illegal cocoa plantations of the ivory coast simple solutions are very hard to find for something as complicated as the child labor for the chocolates hearts of darkness and counters unpatrolled labor is working in a 100000000000 dollar industry where overhaul of the country's cocoa produces live below the poverty line on al-jazeera. as the global pandemic continues to spread will african nations manage to secure covert 19 vaccines african union leaders will also try to find peaceful resolutions to heighten regional tensions in ethiopia goes on and so manja the annual african union summit on al jazeera. this is al-jazeera. and who often are intended this is the under their news ho

more than 30 homes have been destroyed by a bushfire in western australia firefighters are battling the blaze on the outskirts of the city of perth but strong winds are hampering efforts to contain it hundreds have been forced to evacuate the area one firefighter is recovering in hospital from smoke inhalation but there's been no reports of serious injuries. so if a quick check of the headlines here al-jazeera there been public displays of anger against the military coup in manama. people banging pots the home the columns to show their anger against the generals who overthrew the civilian leader and son cinci and seized power so she has been placed under house arrest ali fall has more now from young gone. gto one of the m.l.t. strokes cousins has said on facebook that she is in good health and she is known to be in her house compound in aikido she's reportedly been seen by a neighbor walking around the grounds which she apparently does to show are those that she's in good health similar thing when she was under house arrest in young gone she would take regular walks ex obviously if you

. >>> so far nearly 26,000 acres have burned in western australia. authorities say 81 homes have been destroyed and thousands have been urgetod leave the devastation was, quote, almost too much to comprehend. we remember this time last year when the wildfires devastated the area and koalas as well. >> that's right. >>> we have a busy winter weather week and it's not showing any signs of slowing down let's get right to meteorologist janessa webb good morning. >> good morning. the nor'easter has pushed offshore and now it goes to the great lakes as a small system is making its way through we do have winter weather advisories and warnings in place for chicago and areas of the ohio valley. right now you're kind of seeing that wintry mix. that will be the case throughout your day for chicago where we could see 3 to 6 inches. higher totals for detroit as well but the warm front is lingering across the south it will bess all of the east coast with lingering snow for the next two days even. freeze watches across florida today. orlando, 66. man, it's cold in

into this with tom lever who's a professor of internet studies at curtin university in perth in western australia is also vice president of the international association of internet research was welcome to day w what do you make of facebook's actions. i think face but was trying to make a point that if the logo is 3 and they do have to pay for news that they may and date block news on the services but to do it in advance is one thing but when they deployed the block this morning they didn't just capture traditional news sites they also cache the whole lot of other things as well including an agency's services sides including health sites and i think that overreach has made what was happening part of the strategy a terribly terribly wrong because the main thing that table noticed was that it wasn't just the news that was disappearing but things that i relied on every day through that platform including things like ag covert information and emergency notifications when there's bushfires that one end of the country and floods and the other. facebook is a commercial company what does it say about it

>>yeah, pretty scary stuff and you know where your eye this is new video firefighters in western australia driving through a raging bushfire earlier today this is east of perth. clip shows a volunteer firefighter driving through the flames. and smoke narrowly avoiding another vehicle that just emerged from the smoke. so far at least 7 homes have been destroyed 2 firefighters have been injured. this video comes nearly a year after 2020's devastating bushfire season in which more than 46 million acres burned in that country at least 34 people were killed and 3 billion or so animals. they're said to be either killed or displaced. >>and for your health tonight, some scientists are sounding an alarm over a possible biological danger to smoke from wildfires. researchers at the university of idaho say that all that smoke can actually trap active bacteria from the air and as it falls it can bring such microbes down onto your skin, clothing and even into your lungs. they say the firefighters and residents alike could be breathing in something that could make them sick. now there's been no actual ev

they really scary moments for firefighters in western australia. they were driving a brush fire near perth. they narrowly avoid being hit when a police vehicle suddenly emerges through the flames and smoke, at least 7 homes have been destroyed in that fire 2 firefighters have been injured. this video here comes nearly a year after 2020's devastating bushfire season in which more than 46 million acres burned and at least 34 people died still ahead coronavirus relief negotiations. president biden just met with republicans to the white house. >>and next up a side-by-side look at their proposals. we are tracking the latest round of winter rain heading into the bay area as you can see it is stacked up offshore and moving right in on these are real people, not actors, who've got their eczema under control. with less eczema, you can show more skin. so roll up those sleeves. and help heal your skin from within with dupixent. dupixent is the first treatment of its kind that continuously treats moderate-to-severe eczema, or atopic dermatitis, even between fl

firefighters continue to battle a bushfire near perth in western australia at least 86 homes have been destroyed in the blaze but no deaths have been reported the fire flared up on monday local authorities warn that strong winds still pose a risk it comes about a year after australia experienced one of its worst wildfire seasons. of course in turkey has again rejected an appeal for the release of a prominent businessman and philanthropist also one cavalia has been in prison for more than 3 years accused of espionage and attempting to overthrow the government following a failed coup in turkey in 2016 human rights groups have denounced the proceedings as unjust and politically motivated and say his detention is aimed at silencing him . portraits of kabul or adorn his empty office. for over 3 years the turkish human rights activists has been behind bars in the meantime a senate you know has been running problems on a dollar couture foundation on his behalf. it promotes intercultural understanding and human rights projects even if that is becoming increasingly challenging. they fight peopl

and out of control wildfire has destroyed dozens of homes close to the city of perth in western australia authorities have told people living in the area to be pacified place themselves as it's now too dangerous to leave. workers conducting brags it checks on food and animal products at one of northern ireland's ports have been taken off duty amid concerns for their safety after graffiti appeared close to the port of lon describing staff as targets there's been an increase in tensions over recent weeks bracks it means custom checks and being moved away from the land border with the republic of ireland and into northern ireland's ports. airspace manufacture airbus is what a contract to build 3 service modules for the european space agency the space modules are part of an international project that they'll service the propulsion component of for nasa and arrive in spacecraft this comes as the european space agency and some pictures plans for future space travel including the possibility of sending astronauts to the moon and beyond let's take a closer look at this project with the european s

world and out of control wildfire has destroyed dozens of homes close to the city of perth in western australia authorities have told many people living in the vicinity to be prepared to fight the blaze as it as it is now too dangerous for them to leave their properties. turkish president breccia type area once said that he would discuss drafting a new constitution for turkey with his party's allies he criticised the current constitution for containing traces of military influence in 2018 turkey transition to a presidential system that concentrated power in air to one's hands. wark is conducting brags that checks on food and animal products at one of northern ireland's ports have been taken off duty or for safety or safety concerns graffiti appeared close to the alarm no ports saying that all staff are targets has been a rising tension in recent weeks writes it means that customs checks have shifted away from the land border with the republic of ireland and into northern ireland ports. while the coronavirus pandemic is pushing hospitals in portugal to the brink of collapse the country has the h

firefighters continue to battle a bushfire near perth in western australia at least 86 homes have been destroyed in the blaze but no deaths have been reported the fire flared up on monday local authorities warn that strong winds still pose a risk. to brazil now where the country's top prosecutor has opened an investigation into president jalal bolsa not all over his handling of the corona virus pandemic in the city of manassas a new more contagious variant of the virus has emerged there pushing up infections and driving hospitals to breaking point overwhelmed with covered 19 cases clinics lack beds and have little oxygen to give patients. we could at least according to a state government which made this video showcasing a new hospital ward with 80 fresh beds. but this is closer to the real situation in. a makeshift clinic with a couple of oxygen tanks patients fighting for breath and this is worrying that things could soon get even worse. we're most afraid of running out of oxygen. a lot of oxygen because so many people are. just bad in the isolated amazon the virus the 2nd wife is als

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hint of the circulation once more in the gulf of carpentaria there's still rain running through western australia always good to perth but not quite 28 degrees now is your forecast it's much warmer in south australia 36 actually adelaide slightly warmer than yesterday in melbourne up to about 32 the armchair breeze been showers and cooler weather for sydney and for brits been we might get some interior showers in queens and but it still looks like there were that many the picture for melbourne is consistently warm both by day and by night but largely sunny skies this is thursday still the onshore breeze more of the way of wet weather i think for sydney or rather bore for the north of australia for new zealand it's largely sunny but not very warm. to make a change. change your life for the path of a country challenge the accepted truth you want to create something you 1st break and then you remolded up turn the status quo and fight injustice found out all month you didn't run tests and. now the book is filled out to. witness personal documentaries up alter all deception on al-jazeera. on the way d

weather in the forecast into australia we have seen some very heavy rain recently just around western australia with this what is the remains of our old tropical low sinking further south which hopefully bringing some useful rain into perth and then we got this area of low pressure which has been sweeping across the southeast and colder easing out co-direct tucking in behind just 19 celsius there in melbourne on saturday star sunday going on into monday temperatures no hard amount 18 for the start of the tennis but it will be fine and dry. on counting the cost china could become the 1st country to issue a digital currency is it strains in the tech giants pacifies his rise despite tanking economies increasing the divide between generations and fishermen in the philippines struggle to make a living. counting the cost on al-jazeera. play an important role protecting it would. ringback. hello again this is al jazeera let's remind you of the main news this hour military rule is it cracking down further on social media they've now blocked twitter and instagram having stoked access to facebook earlier

south australia melbourne the 3137 in perth is a rather cooler 24 there are still showers in western australia as you can see the forecast of melbourne to the tennis players right up to the weekend is fine possible showery change by saturday finals are on sunday this is friday's picture typically for the east coast new south wales it's an increasing breeze more in the way of rain or shows novel effects sydney for new zealand nothing like as warm but pretty much settled this big circulation suggests high pressure so the sun's got to work to get at best 23 in christchurch. they may not be top of the take. they might not have the biggest stage. but they stand this tight in the face of the fascist movement. if you want to show the world that the good guys can win they are the force behind just simply. the fun she makes putting on the sea. org on the top stories on al-jazeera the the tension of myanmar as i was the leader is set to end on wednesday but there's no sign that she will be for you protesters are increasing pressure on the military by gathering in central yang gone and causing traffic ja

most we can ignore honors now over open water lucas is still over open water and behind me in western australia this one hasn't as yet been named to probably will turn into a cycle of next 24 hours or so now also we as a can ignore this thing here which is lucas is heading towards new caledonia worst light to make landfall probably something light wednesday as a significant side play a bit of rain most likely risks rather than the strength of winds would be around about $110.00 guineas brown mark over the mainland of australia it looks pretty stunning moment tropical showers in queensland very wet weather in the west and this potential cycle of course not quite standard when did what would be an understatement and the temps as melbourne come up to about $25.00 so yes some as a writer i suppose for this circulation means rain he's heading towards the east side of victoria or tasmania. going northwards again is a change in the fortunes is not deep winter anymore temperatures are temporarily below freezing in so once again the snow for japan those temps is slowly rising the walls going back to the

also a major competitor of amazon now more than 30 homes have been destroyed by a bushfire in western australia by fires as a battling the blaze on the outskirts of the city of perth a strong winds a hampering efforts to contain it hundreds have been forced to evacuate the area as of course it's all happening as passes on a coronavirus lockdown with 2000000 people confined to their homes. this is al jazeera these are your top stories that in public displays of anger against military coup in myanmar people in the largest city young poets to protest against the overthrow of elected leader aung san suu kyi the civil disobedience group says 70 hospitals and medical departments have stopped work in protest at a foul his will from young gone last night around the same time that the streets were deserted people flocked about the news they saw banging drums pans. people in the cars in the streets a humvee haulage in solidarity. and you could hear it right across the city it was quite an incredible spectacle moving a very moving moment showing how much dissent or how much do you suppose people there is

the real wet ones are pin drop queensland where you might expect and still a bit of rain it western australia but not as much as the walls person 28 now look at these temperatures 30 signal 833 in melbourne if you're a tennis player you might say it's a bit on the high side well it will change it's a look at forecast for melbourne for the weekend which is fine as we came we go the winds change after thunderstorms to 21 reason a southerly breeze and wanted to show was probably slightly better playing weather and also rather run innocent of the entire summer for melbourne to be honest there's a change going on in most of the stations well go all the snow showers by friday if you want to rain showers and rising all the temperatures shankar's at 60 and then it goes up to $21.00 cells at 13 tokyo's it's 17 already seoul represents again much higher than average values 5 is where you should be this time of the year not such major changes in india but there are a few shows showing up every now and again a little early in the year. but . hidden away in their rooms a 1000000 japanese shun the outside

and an out of control wildfire has destroyed dozens of homes close to the city of perth in western australia authorities have told many people living in the vicinity to be prepared to fight the blaze as it is now too dangerous for them to leave their properties. now to the corona virus crisis the pandemic is pushing hospitals in portugal to the brink of collapse the country has the highest number of new cases in the world mainly because the new variant of the virus 1st checked in in britain is spreading out of control the situation is so critical that other european countries are now coming to the countries aid spain and austria have offered portugal their help germany is sending a team of doctors and equipment this is the 2nd field hospital being built on this university campus and respond within a few days this time the basketball court is being converted into a temporary clinic for 150 covert patients. jawad ok usually runs the university's sports facilities but in recent weeks he has also been working as an emergency. sports facilities very flexible and it's very easy to adopt this sport

now in other news this afternoon the state of western australia is currently facing a double disaster raging bushfires there are threats being the homes of people currently under coronavirus lockdown state officials of urge people to prioritize their immediate safety over the risk of the virus. it's currently in the midst of an unprecedented situation where fighting disasters on 2 fronts the devastating bush wars. and the covert non-germane with endemic this is a situation which we have never seen before. ok some world news in brief now on the river rhine has burst its banks near the german city of cologne following heavy rainfall a melting snow that shipping traffic in the area has also been stopped since the bridges on the river and i long to high enough to let vessels 3. 100 some pictures here from new york city because people are enjoying the weather i would say normally tranquil washington square park turned into a snowboarding battlefield hundreds of residents taking an hour after the city was hit by its biggest snowstorm in 5 years this point. and also mother nature put on a su

out of control wildfires have destroyed dozens of homes close to the city of perth in western australia authorities have told many people living in the vicinity to be prepared to fight the blaze as it is now too dangerous for them to leave their properties the coronavirus pandemic is pushing hospitals in portugal to the brink of collapse the country has the highest number of new cases in the world as a new variant of the virus 1st detected in britain spreads out of control now the situation has become so critical that portugal is now asking for urgent help from other european countries a team of doctors and equipment from germany is expected to arrive today this is the 2nd field hospital being built on this university campus and respond with a few updates this time the basketball court is being converted into a temporary clinic for 150 covert patients. jawad ok usually runs the university's sports facilities but in recent weeks he has also been working as an emergency. sports facilities they are very flexible and it's very easy to adopt this sport sold to a field hospital modiste called

trivia but where it is likely to rain it's useful running something tropical queensland something western australia curling down towards the south us flash flood sort of weather but you can head towards perth beyond that is still fairly dry and it's actually quite warm so if you want to 33 melbourne to adelaide the onshore breeze ofa new south wales keeps sydney at about 26 now anyone playing tennis in melbourne mob interests know it's going to stay around 31 degrees and fine for the next few days or lightish breeze as for the showers in queens and they are probably going to fall in places where they haven't done for a while so i think that will be welcome as for new zealand may i just caught it before no thought and in particular there's a spinning storm to write off your tuesday you won't mind that very much once it's got out of the way you join the rest in not 30 warm weather but sunny weather. there was a. a lot of their in this community and others where they lived on the women they were going to look for to get all the while making want up when this is all men she worked with local women to s

discrimination that they see at the company at least 30 homes have been destroyed by a wildfire in western australia that's burning out of control near the city of perth with strong winds hampering efforts to contain it residents in one area near the well the in the national park open told that it's too late for them to leave others though have been told to evacuees. the world's 1st commercial rocket powered by biofuel has been launched in the u.s. state of maine. stardust $1.00 flew one mile into the sky before parachuting back to earth start up company blue shift aerospace says that in the future the technology could be used to launch small satellites a much cheaper cost of biofuel also helps to make space research more except accessible space x. is planning to send its 1st all civilian crew to space by the end of the year american billionaire jared isaac isaac months says that he'll take 3 of the no astronauts with him into orbit on board space x. dragon capsule he's looking to raise $200000000.00 from the trip to fund cancer research. this is al jazeera a very i'm sitting here with you in doha t

away now this is desert area so fresh that territory really and that rain is moving across to western australia and stretches to tropical queensland that savage are all it's quite nice summary weather late summer on shore breeze been a shower stuff in new south wales maybe eastern victoria tasmania temperature wise in melbourne for the tennis players for the australian open it's getting warmer in about 30 by the time we get to wednesday same is true in adelaide in much of south australia but the perth that southerly breeze means you back down to 23 to dry and probably still damp which is maybe a good thing now for new zealand plenty of great year for science out and it's creeping up the coast is heading towards north on a bit ahead of it is a bit of a furnace effect breeze which means it's really going to be feeling quite warm in christchurch on tuesday. after more than a decade of civil war life remains a challenge in sierra leone. we follow the citizens of this war torn nation as they push their limits. course avoid. risking years in sierra leone. on al-jazeera. the. other again you're watchi

the state of western australia a company facing a disaster as raging past fires threaten the homes of people currently on the coronavirus lockdown state officials have urged people to prioritize the immediate safety of the virus risk. what's going to strike you is currently in the midst of an on president situation where fighting disasters on 2 fronts the devastating bush laws. and the covert non-doing pandemic this is a situation blocks of which we have never seen before. many thanks for joining us this morning on r.t. international we're back at the top of the hour with all the latest wealthy. by the pandemic no certainly no borders i'm just glad to nationalities. as americans we don't have a charity we don't look like seeing the whole world needs to be. judging us coming every crisis sleaze system to times we can do better we should be. everyone is contributing each in our own way but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever the challenges crave the response has been masked so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we are in it together. a dar

quite as extreme as it has been the still plenty of rain around top end and coming down through western australia i think welcome showers formerly probably not flash flood territory now they become a little lighter $28.00 in perth warmer than that significantly in adelaide most of south australia victoria's in warm summer mode at the moment but the on shore breeze for sydney and the indeed brisbane will mean it's a little cooler and there are few showers particularly big ones i think were pier in tropical queen's less so dam in brisbane some of the shows might appear in the outback near a birdsville hoping because it's been bone dry here but not many i have to admit and heat carries on in melbourne for the tennis players the rain if anything intensifies in new south wales and we got into his vacation of snow temporarily in japan the head of the storm is slowly weakening now but it still could possibly be a blizzard for a while in our car i dare talk about wednesday now the wind will tend to ease what time we get to 30 any snow is falling on south korea's gone by this time and temperatures startin