of new south wales and victoria that the one of the 5 is on the south coast of new south wales and another across the border in victoria may join up to form what is so cold being korda a super fire front struggling bud state borders so as you can see the potential threat that would of course for this stretch firefighting resources during what is already a very relentless fire season across much of the strength of a green felicity davey reporting live from sydney for the city but it's pretty. we're going to weather update next here on al-jazeera that the u.n. to cleanse the central african republic scarpa to a weapons free zone as it tries to recover from days of violence. ethnic council tax shelter her experiences from detention camps in china. hello there we've been watching this big winter storm across all the sections of the united states is beginning to work its way for the beginning to weaken but plenty of cat as you can see here and it's also brought a fed dumping of snow up into new hampshire 10 centimeters of poland and at the town of exeter and you can see had tried to keep those

south wales hundreds of properties are thought to have been destroyed across new south wales and victoria and the death toll has now risen to 25 after one man was killed was defending a property but authorities say mass evacuations have prevented a major loss of life. this is the most significant this is the most comprehensive and the most dramatic in terms of this collision of response park a move government that we've seen to disasters such as this and i believe that's where we need to focus our attention and and we're seeking obviously to communicate that directly to australians to ensure that they can have comfort that the response is matching the need jessica washington has this update now from batemans bay on the new south wales south coast. conditions have eased in many parts of this trailer but of course crews are still battling 5 in new south wales in south australia and in victoria but they are making the most of these cooler temperatures and live to wind to take control of some of the fires which of burning across the area now yesterday here on saturday and it's really a was de

south wales hundreds of properties are thought to have been destroyed across new south wales and victoria and the death toll this fire season has now risen to 24 after one man was killed while defending a property but authorities say mass evacuations prevented major loss of life. this is the most significant this is the most comprehensive and the most dramatic in terms of escalation of response by commonwealth government that we've seen to a disaster such as this and i believe that's where we need to focus our attention and and we are seeking obviously to communicate that directly to a strident to ensure that they can have comfort that the response is matching the need just how washington has this update now from batemans bay on the new south wales coast. condition have been many. crews are still battling 5. tory about they are making the most of. life to take control of some of the 5 across the area now yesterday here on saturday and it's really it was described as a horrific day the damage is yet to be but it did that at least hundreds of homes would have been destroyed this particular

south wales hundreds of properties are thought to have been destroyed across new south wales and victoria and the death toll this fire season has now risen to 24 of the one man was killed while defending a property but authorities say mass evacuations prevented major loss of life jessica washington has this update now from batemans bay on the new south wales south coast. condition have eased in many parts of this trial but of course crews are still battling 5 in new south wales in south australia and in victoria but they are making the most of these cooler temperatures and lighter winds to take control of some of the fires which are across the area now yesterday here on saturday and it's really a was described as a horrific day the damage is yet to be assessed but it detonated that at least hundreds of homes would have been destroyed this particular region of his trailer it's not just new south wales which is suffering but victoria surely there are also 5 burning in queensland and tasmania although not as severe as what is happening in the 3 day now we do understand that conditions all fa

8 lives in new south wales me 2 in victoria and we do we have had an update recently from victoria to say that 28 people are missing still unaccounted for in victoria so the only thing is forced evacuation is to get people out of harm's way it's all about the preservation of life in the advance of these forecasts for potentially catastrophic conditions tomorrow peter we played that videotape felicity of the prime minister being heckled how strong is that feeling clearly very strong in that one particular location but across the entire region all the regions the states affected by the flames. be able to tempers and anger is is flaring in astray people are suffering $500.00 pages because these fires have been burning now since october in that particular town that scott morrison the prime minister visited yesterday kabongo they had lost 2 of their local residents in those new year's eve fires so locals were angry and the prime minister certainly received that event of of their anger which he said was understandable he said that that's the reason why he'd gone there was to give comfort an

south wales. house democrats have begun trying to convince the senate sort of move president from office they open their argument in this impeachment trial on wednesday with 2 warnings saying that the opposition because we're public and majority history is watching and so are the american people heidi jocasta reports from washington d.c. please be seated this was the 1st of 3 days the impeachment managers have to present their case that president trump tried to pressure ukraine to get dirt on joe biden and withheld u.s. security aid as leverage nevertheless the documents and testimony that we were able to collect paints an overwhelming and damning picture of the president's efforts to use the powers of his office to corruptly solicit foreign help in his reelection campaign if this conduct is not impeachable. then nothingness i would rather go the long way from switzerland president trump again called his impeachment a partisan witch hunt he said he could live with having new witnesses testify in t

south wales i mean want across into asia fairly unsettled through much of the northeast that they're fairly fast moving the shadows the snow flows through much of japan where we have got some stones on the is this mass here heading towards beijing so snow flow as you claiming to cloud on monday and the rain beginning to push into seoul and feeling cheetah with a high of just 4 degrees celsius. oh there's not. a compelling film about getting an education under occupation. that is once the been of that i looked at it asked us if you don't feel sick you wouldn't come frankly we don't feel secure but we come. but what happened after the cameras left rewinds learning to die on al-jazeera. you. are among the top stories here on out is 0 reports coming in of multiple attacks across iraq just a day after the assassination of one of iran's top commanders kasim soleimani in a u.s. air strike diplomatic efforts are underway in iran to try to resolve the growing crisis. and breaking news from libya medical sources say at least 20 students at a military academy in tripoli have been killed in an a

south wales and another fatality in victoria. and south korean leader kim jong un has said he'll soon launch a new strategic weapon south korean media reports kim said in an annual address to his party the u.s. would suffer helplessly if it continued suitably nuclearization talks mcbride reports the presidents of the united states remains positive. it may be new year but on the korean peninsula there is a return to some of the old villager rinse of the past north korean leader kim jong un told a special meeting of the ruling workers' party he would continue developing his nuclear arsenal. as pyongyang welcomed in 2020 it marked the expiration of the deadline kim had set for the u.s. to come up with concessions installed you clear eyes ation tool. so far kim has stopped short of resuming tests with long range ballistic missiles on nuclear weapons knowing that would risk losing what little chance he has of getting concessions from the u.s. president because donald trump has been probably the most supporter. for negotiations between

south wales scenes repeated the. immunity of burma come to the local surf club with the ocean as their exit and this was a bait during the new year's holiday coastal towns a popular vacation spots authorities of tens of thousands of holidaymakers to go home or cancel the plans this is a very unfair evacuation center if work is really bad it's hard. apocalyptic this is very. major cities of not escape the choking smoke and flames a monday 100000 people were urged to evacuate from 5 melbourne suburbs this was filmed in western sydney just so far with. australia's wildfire season is breaking records. the 1st major fire started in early september before the arrival of spring the product of soaring temperatures dry ground and strong winds they've now destroyed more than 40000 square kilometers of land at any given time dozens if not hundreds of fires are burning and the full heat of summer has yet to arrive. al-jazeera. still to come here on al-jazeera 3 year a violent protest over his economic policies the french preside

south wales south coast where more evacuations are underway. the situation is changing incredibly quickly here in maria just in the street behind me most of the residents have already evacuated because fire has already hit this new south wales but authorities are expecting that the fire will once again return so police are doing further checks of that area making sure that there are no residents behind me there now as we just heard from the prime minister there's no end in sight to this crisis the rain that's required isn't expected for at least another couple of weeks now bushfires in australia are a normal part of some of but this year they came much earlier than expected and they've been much more ferocious and that's part of the reason that so many areas around the country are calling for this national response what we're hearing from the authorities here on the ground is that people need to stay vigilant because the situation is changing so quickly in the southern part of new south wales we know that there has been increased fire activity

south wales alone tens of thousands of people have fled the worst affected areas jessica washington reports. for these fire crews conditions are bad and quickly getting worse thousands of firefighters are on the ground battling unforgiving weather. the extreme heat and volatile winds make a deadly combination as bush fires burn at emergency levels in 3 astroland states in new south wales one local government minister described it as like an atomic bomb hitting the region fires already caused major devastation here on new year's eve they making a frightening return with conditions even more unpredictable. citing. property. conditions the crisis is already astray longest recorded bushfire emergency and millions of hectic as of land has been burnt scientists estimate around half a 1000000000 wildlife have been killed in south australia on the popular tourist destination of kangaroo island 2 people died in a fire authorities said it was virtually unstoppable in malibu in the state of victoria where thousands of holidaymakers were stranded on a beach the sky turned a haunting shade of cr

south wales and one in victoria. and hong kong police proves a new year's day march and tens of thousands of people are expected to join now there get demanding greater autonomy from china and an inquiry into police brutality the anti-government demonstration started in june of 2019 in response to a now scrapped extradition bill we'll give you a good poem is there and she joins us now live to vegas a law arjan numbers of people already gathering how are things looking from where you are. what it looks like this is going to be a pretty large protest that this protest actually takes place every year it's an annual protest that's been going on for decades calling for greater freedom for universal suffrage and more democracy for all. but this year or 2020 it takes our whole the sense of a gravity people have been pouring into victoria park which is just a couple of 100 meters behind me here because they want to be counted now what happens during these markets is that the police are the people from the. hello dear do you

south wales south coast there are some us to talk about here just your of course from the evacuation to what the problem there is assigned to the start of the fires just give us a latest from where you are right now. and this area is on the high alert so we have just been moved along by police you can see that the road blocks in place behind me they have just told us that it's no longer safe to be in that area we know that there are a number of fires burning at emergency levels across the state and this area off the southern coast of new south wales is one that authorities are watching closely it's the dangerous combination of extreme heat and strong winds which have authorities being incredibly cautious today now that national response that the prime minister didn't just a short while ago in terms of the army reservists who will be coming into affected areas around the country has been well received but many around here are questioning why a response like that wasn't done of course pushed a state issue but the scale and scope of his crisis had many for national action and people won

south coast of new south wales we're standing in the middle of what has become a makeshift evacuation center a resort here in batemans bay which is a holaday area has now become an evacuation center of course residents are very fearful of what is to come the winds only pick you up now we're hearing that winds in some parts of new south wales are as fast as around 80 kilometers an hour they're expected to pick up speed so we are hearing that it will be a very long day for fire crews ahead well earlier we spoke to one man who fled to batemans bay alongside his family. we're not too sure about the conditions today but we've actually lost not because conditions were worsening and it was meant to be a very bleak day today so we made sure that we were in a safe zone and that's where we came here work to make sure our family my family and my kids were safe and is this seems to be the safest area at the moment so they've been warlord says his fight is now against a quote foreign occupier after turkey's parliament agreed to send troops to libya after us forces have laid siege to the capital tr

bay in new south wales and has the very latest. georgie's had warned of extreme heat today on saturday in a stroller and strong winds that's a dangerous combination for crews on the ground and we can as you can see the wind really has just started to pick up an emergency warnings are in place across the south the south coast of new south wales we're standing in the middle of what has become a makeshift evacuation center a resort here in batemans bay which is a holy day area has now become an evacuation center of course residents are very fearful of what is to come the winds only pick you up now we're hearing that winds in some parts of new south wales are as fast as around 80 kilometers an hour they're expected to pick up speed so we are hearing that it will be a very long day for fire crews ahead the area we spoke to one man who fled to be in space with his family. we're not too sure about the conditions today but we've actually lost not because conditions were worsening and it was meant to be a very bleak day today so we made sur

south wales it's not uncommon to see streets like this one with rows of houses completely decimated this holiday resort has become a makeshift home for many families forced to escape the fires the burkes don't know what they'll do now their house burnt down on new year's eve by the charm we were able to go through. we had been told on the way home that they also bring the possibility that our house was still there because pfizer around it. and we're more finally able to get there yet the whole house was engulfed in flames there was nothing of all of it in. their entire extended family has now been evacuated and are waiting for things to return to normal. with no significant rain forecast for at least a few weeks that prospect is still very far away just to washington out 0 batemans bay a strain. to indonesia now where tens of thousands of people remain stranded in emergency shelters in some of the worst floods and landslides and years devastate and tire communities the death toll stands at 53 but that is expected to rise and there's more rain on the way to gauge reports. from the ye

about $1300.00 homes have been destroyed in new south wales since the fire season began in october it's been a record breaking year the fires arrived earlier and with more fury the normal straight in prime minister scott morrison. encountered claims as a consequence of manmade climate change is no doubt natural disasters turned that why andrew because that's what they are they are natural disasters what we're saying is we have we cannot control the next will disaster but what we can do is control our sports firefighters are trying to control the risk by destroying the bush 1st back burning to create natural firebreaks residents prepared to those choosing to stay gathered supply lines and feel for generations in pumps if the wind trying just for the good impact brought everyone on more here for more lives and more family care for the baby maybe the further up the road from a stray you know it by simply. of all these residents restocking preparing to face the fires head on charlotte dallas. and australian prime minister scott morrison has been confronted by residents angry over his respon

since thursday heavy rain has left parts of australia is east coast for queensland and new south wales plagued by record breaking busch buys this was welcome relief i might. just drinking. in new south wales a wounded quality licks water off the road rule fire service here sued rain fell across most of its fires although doesn't still it's just beautiful listening to what they are seeing to it on the roof it's a long time since we've had it here so we're enjoying it up to $300.00 millimeters of rain fell in southern queensland forcing commuters to get creative 70 percent of queensland is affected by drought. this was the 1st time 14 month old lacey soon had ever seen right here much of australia's been in drought for a good 23 percent across the area where the fossils been at their worst if you're looking at really heavy rainfall coming in on the tops ground the trees obviously been damaged if not destroyed so then i got to soak up the water the ground struck hard they will tend to just wash off so that's why you do essentially get the the flooding. for many astray flooding is a small

should be a dry months and the same story is true down australia for queens into maybe new south wales these shows you see on the satellite picture will repeat themselves the next couple days it could be particularly wet again flash flooding seems likely not so much in new south wales there will be a few showers down here in the mountains but sydney says he agrees just reflects passings under storms and melbourne remains dry and still are a far as building in victoria new south wales which will not change because this weather isn't coming that fast science you notice the wind direction from new zealand the cow was in christchurch very balmy 32. on counting the cost a nation representing point 3 percent of the world's population but 5 percent of carbon emissions and australia give up its addiction to call bullshit promises to go carbon neutral by the year 2050 plus we're looking at 11 and how long before it has turned to be i am counting the cost on al-jazeera. unprompted and uninterrupted discussions from on london broadcast center. on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching al-jazeer

this was once a leafy beachside suburb fires ripped apart this community on the new south wales south coast destroying most houses. hundreds of bush fires are burning across parts of the country worsened by severe drought and intense heat but after weeks of bad news finally the much needed arrival of cooler temperatures and even a bit of rain quite call it's now again in the light twenty's and humidity is right you have some lying today thank goodness i don't think i've ever seen right for a while so that's helped the faucet. immensely it's still not out there or what i want people to get complacent curzon making the most of this brief window of cooler conditions to bring more fires under control but across many parts of australia fires are burning at emergency levels and this brief spell of rain isn't enough just soffits before the heat inevitably returns thousands of fallen here firefighters are in the field protecting communities around affected states weans are you know very very a lot less than your supply temperatures and these are great conditions to truong a good time watching

up through parts of the australian state of new south wales the town of daraa viable and for kilometers northwest of sydney was of lead by a huge cloud for winds carried the storm at least 100 kilometers those are the headlines more news with me at hof and next. it's 101 east to stay with us through . what went wrong in society that opened up the space on the image get out but she is the european parliament it's not accountable and it's impossible for the people to bear there is for link up are people trying to take money from their leader different from the stronger man or song woman you're getting the growth of rejectionism in this world because the model doesn't work europe's forbidden colony episode 2 on al-jazeera. under turris highway cuts through the central the need state of much of the. day and night or low cost band pimp their daughters as prostitutes to parting mosher in many cases the customers are demanding and i believe is a clear cut case of tb and read off because. our hidden cameras revealed girls as young as 10 being offered to clients.

south wales victoria and south australia kurds are expected to have a long night ahead at the moment these crews behind me are on standby preparing to be called out they are expected that they are expecting that the situation will worsen as winds pick up later in the evening now this crisis has been going for months now we've heard recently from the prime minister of australia scott morrison that once this crisis is all over he is open to the possibility of some sort of investigation into why this push by season was so much worse than previous years. malaysia's anticorruption commission has released audio recordings it says are of former prime minister najib razak asking abu dhabi's crime friends to help cover up corruption the part of an investigation into the so-called one m.t.v. financial scandal one conversation edge of the crime prince to help clear his hollywood produces some money laundering accusations. the goal of the muse is this mall is. big sandy area and any agreement with. which you know the sort of tools. the women strains. that are very reasonable and rational that is

south wales so as i say we could have some more flooding and also bear in mind monday is day one of this trading open so after the heat the pollution of last week it could be a case on monday sunny of showers and thunderstorms it could even of course delay play then up to asia we have got one or 2 braincells working their way across the korean peninsula some snow into the higher elevations what about they generally sunday across into much of japan a few more appearing on monday want to show and southern china befallen and draw in hong kong at $22.00. a searching investigation into gun culture in the philippines. and the news that were put in place to control it in this country it is not a right of god so if you restrict the rights of licensed got orders you're not solving the problem of criminality of the kind of peace because these are not the people who are committing the crime. who are your customers a lot of people but has the violence actually got worse rewind stray bullets on al-jazeera. or. a reminder now of the top stories on al-jazeera more than 200 people have been injured

thousands of firefighters are struggling in the states of the tory i new south wales an area that's home to more than 13000000 people and the conditions are expected to get worse over the next few days the winds are expected to be very strong to 45 degrees temperatures. in the last guy that we times. and the town of all the doula people wait outside supermarkets to stock up on food and water power and mobile phone outages are also a concern you have a challenge with getting people liable to even access the basics like petrol and atrocity and that's causing enormous stress for communities we understand that the australian military is using planes and helicopters sit downs of flames while preparing for possible evacuations. emergency crews are stretched thin and slight changes in temperatures and the wind could spark even more fires there wasn't much i could do it try and make work and i just couldn't do anything it was just hearing the wind just blew and wind just blew and if you look at everything on my end it's just grass it's just everything everywhere you. no one knows yet the precise

south wales an area home to more than 13000000 people with once the front hit the wind just picked up the name has just took off and that was the everything but then just went what was always going to come one day and the conditions there draw everywhere you go good luck. well things. international help is arriving by this weekend the u.s. will have saved nearly 100 firefighters canada has sent more than 60 the strain military is use. planes and helicopters to douse flames preparing for possible war back your way sions was god on the ground police are trying to keep people out of harm's areas that rohan change suddenly with the wind. on a short. thousands of residents along the east coast have been pushed to the water's edge if. fires along the beach. in sydney the mayor was determined to the show must go on for the new year the spectacle was granted an exemption to a statewide fireworks and despite a petition signed by nearly 300000 people calling for them to be canceled. it is the most beautiful place in the world. that's why people say. it is a really important the economy. the cos

new south wales and it could be fairly heavy at times we could see about 150 millimeters accumulating into some eastern areas over toria summit. not too bad 21 celsius in melbourne and then as you can see out towards the southwest a little bit cooler in perth the front swinging through bringing in some cool abacus monday it is day one of this trade in open that is the day we could have. maybe just lingering on in to choose day and then by wednesday again the chance for a few showers but a warm day and really it's a fairly mixed week ahead but at least by friday it should be mostly dry day because the showers a fairly well scattered so it may not impact play too much. but . capturing a moment in time. snapshots of how the lives. of the stories. provide an eclipse into someone else's what. they. do. for. inspiring documentaries from impassioned filmmakers. and witness on al-jazeera. the. reminder now of the top stories on al-jazeera a world leaders meeting in berlin have agreed there can be no military solution to the libyan conflict insisting it must be a political solution libya's war

south wales could pick up as much as 15 minute reaches of rain you can see the temperatures are still fairly warm 35 in adelaide and 26 degrees in sydney. capturing a moment in time. the snapshots of all the lives. of the stories. providing the clips into someone else's work to lead one to do the or. inspiring documentaries from impassioned filmmakers. like the witness on al-jazeera. you're watching out as it were our mind our top stories this hour iran's leaders have joined huge crowds in tehran for the funeral procession of assassinated general hossam so ramadi is a live picture from tehran supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei and president have some good money help prayers at the funeral proceedings earlier today in the iranian capital. u.s. president is threatening sanctions against iraq if it goes ahead with moves to expel foreign troops doubleton says american forces will not leave unless i walk things with a u.s. base that's their. iraqi politicians have voted to remove all foreign forces it was sponsored to the assassination of the commander concepts of the bill is non-bindin

reservists are currently assigned to operations around the country in the new south wales and. the focus is on risk to blacked out communities although this bushfire crisis has really gripped the nation and terrified many of the country. by season will be a turning point we have heard from the prime minister recently saying that his government has always made the connection between this season and climate change but of course that hasn't always been the case early on in this crisis the government was quick to distance. from climate change we haven't heard from the government any change in policy any indication that it will move back from its dependence on fossil fuels venezuela's main opposition leaders says the country is not ready for parliamentary elections. accuses president nicolas maduro of using force to stay in power is spoken to a lot in america at its embassy in newman in the capital caracas. first there's a dictatorship in venezuela and yes i underestimated the malice the ability to inflict damage of maintaining power through force control assassinations co-option bl

mua bay is a small community here in new south wales you can imagine the devastating impact that this bushfire season has had on communities just like this when you see scenes like this at least 50 houses destroyed in just a few days now some residents went to a nearby beach trying to secure a safety for themselves and their families but others stayed on trying to fight the blazes defending their own properties and then neighborhoods within a 4 over in this direction a little bit. run across of their eyes till they had gone around the corner and the hate just hit me and others are hard more in the garage and then i run across the road and then the 4 balls come across the road off nothing i've ever felt or seen before and then camp a child already has myself down as they were from our earth you can see that the fires burned through many of the trees here particularly at the roots but not completely and that means that this area is still a high risk because it hasn't been completely burned through many of the residents haven't even had the chance to return to their properties and assess

a nearly 155 granny in new south wales elaine a dozen of which are out of control in south australia 2 more people are confirmed dead off the foreign kind ruin and tens of thousands of people have fled the worst affected areas in the southeast china has replaces top representative in hong kong as social unrest in the city enters its 7th month state media say the head of beijing's liaison office that's why the men has been removed it's the 1st major reshuffle since the protests began. stay with headlines got more news here on al-jazeera right off to risk it all off now. i want to see. what.

south wales and victoria and defense force reservists have been called jessica washington is in one of the worst hit areas of milou a bay on the southeast coast. many parts of australia have been devastated by this year's bushfires season this south coast of new south wales is just one of them which has been hit incredibly hard if you take a look at these trees you can see that many of them have been absolutely blackened and most of them at the roots that means that they are a risk to the residents here the residents in this community of milou of they do face a difficult prospect of rebuilding their community streets like this one are not uncommon in this community row after row of houses completely destroyed it's a very difficult to imagine what these residents must be going through this bushfire season has already claimed dozens of lives hundreds of homes and some scientists estimate that around half a 1000000000 animals have died as a result but forecasters are warning that the crisis is far from over this year's bushfire season began unusually early and it will be at least a few

south wales where you see this white along the coast that is where those thunderstorms are right now producing a lot of winds as well as hail in some of those storms as we go into the overnight hours and into tomorrow we're going to be seeing those thoughts a storm starting to die down a little bit but still some active weather down here across parts of new south wales up towards brits been expect to see some showers as well we do expect to see here on tuesday 35 degrees as your forecast side dropping to about 34 but for melbourne of course the tennis it's all about the weather we're going to be seeing some showers here on tuesday winds on wednesday and more rain on thursday. capturing a moment in time. snapshots of how the lives. of the stonies. providing the clips into someone else is what. they. do. for. inspiring documentaries from impassioned filmmaking this. witness on al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera his reminder of our top stories this hour south korea has become the 3rd asian country to confirm its new case the 1st new types of a coronavirus that originated from china

south wales with the flooding in the forecast. and counting the cost from palaces monster trade deal is china capitulates can beijing deliver tens of. billions in extra trade russia seeks to isolate ukraine with a pipeline via turkey plus south korea's duds struggling to climb the social escalator counting the cost of now just. unprompted and uninterrupted discussions from london broadcast. on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera and these are the headlines u.s. president has unveiled the defense team for his upcoming impeachment trial in the senate ken starr's one of the most high profile lowest sign up in the last impeachment has to go to bill clinton rival protests have been held in libya and of a u.n. backed peace conference to try to end months of fighting demonstrators in the capital tripoli say eastern based warlord khalifa haftar shouldn't be included in sunday's talks while his supporters were rallying in the city of benghazi. and u.s. airports have begun to screen passengers arriving from the city in china for a new virus that

south wales southern queensland and parts of victoria every thomas has more. for weeks australia burned and choking smoke filled the air but this is dust a huge dust storm rolled across the towns of dubbo and parks over the weekend dramatic but not dangerous and elsewhere it's now flooding in melbourne to ritual rain storms and hail stones the size of golf balls. qualifying matches at the australian open were abandoned smoke from bushfires had been a big worry for players now it's further rain interruptions this story a little bit of it all you see. you know would have a lot of troubles if they had to cancel naturism you know luckily they have 3 close . courts with a with a roof but still has so many matches so many players. let's hope there for the worst is behind the rain has also been heavy in parts of the states of queensland and new south wales for those tackling the bushfires it's just what was needed though dozens of fires are still burning the water has dampened them and none of the threatening homes or lives but the economic impact of the fires is sti

south wales the state that's been most badly affected by these bushfire as right now there is a new south wales government legislation under consideration that would limit the ability of independent planning decision makers to consider climate impacts from call exports so they would be unable to conceive of the impacts like the bushfires from the next call export of mines they consider. thank you very very much well the unprecedented bushfires have. politics but for the time being. doesn't show any signs of changing his stance when it comes to emissions and indeed . thank you 3 children have been killed in a rocket attack in libya's capital tripoli the missile landed in a neighborhood near the city center the u.n. recognize government is blaming forces loyal to warlord after nearly 300 civilians have been killed by rockets or airstrikes since he began his campaign to seize the city in april government troops are making further advances into controlled territory and have halted the operation by the warlord to take misrata the reports from the front line in the town of. driving to the

south wales and time which is generally not too bad meanwhile into western australia look at this time which are 31 celsius in path on monday the next few days are proving very hot there are warnings out by the bureau of meteorology certainly for monday $39.00 celsius this is well above the average about 10 degrees above the average for this time of year but with them going to front coming through it will actually begin to bring these temperatures down and so you can see by thursday if anything is actually below the average that we had up towards asia plenty of showers here in fact some very heavy amounts of rain particularly through southern areas of china working their way across into areas a japan as we head off into monday this again could lead to some low class flooding . a unique perspective on nigeria we have so much more with those dots know how to monies this most that we of. through the eyes of a celebrated african photographer to pollution in the torrential us moment in still being us what it is today. but 3 years on how has life changed. rewind ga 30 on al-jazeera. welcome

an enormous dust storm has swept through parts of this train state of new south wales the town of narromine more than 400 kilometers northwest of sydney was invalid envelops by the huge cloud powerful winds current the storm at least 100 kilometers swamping towns this past space x. has completed the last big test of its crew capsule before it can launch nasa astronauts from u.s. soil. and there you just saw the trunk jonathan again. really odd serious here in kabul in california this stuff is looking great so far. as the american aerospace manufacturer mimicked a launch failure off the florida coast it was testing whether the capsule could separate from a rocket and carry the crew home if something went wrong space x. found it you know musk says it was a picture perfect mission. and i'm super fired up this is great you know it's really great here anyone who has an adventurous part of the body is going to be very excited about this and i think it will help reinvigorate interest in space well mike wallace the senior space writer at space dot com and he explains what space x. will do after its

on the new south wales south coast this native bird has been brought in for treatment at the local wildlife park it's called a car and its wings are singed and broken people persian birds are going to be ok because they just sort of floor off but like we said where would they fly to and what is going to be area just about everything that sort of is a ground well or of some description would really struggle because it you don't have a look around there is no wonder story to the to the bush and the surrounding area so i don't think there was a space is there was exempt field teams are going into the bush looking for injured animals and assessing the areas affected by the fire is a certainly is famed plants and animals are strong part of the country's identity many of its species are found nowhere else in the world and the extent of the damage isn't clear yet this bush lies season has been through millions of hecht as of land destroying the habitats of many native animals some of these forests will take decades to regenerate and others may never recover. some plants like eucalyptus trees have

ready canberra is also moving to a new south wales the state's government is investigating white this fire season is so bad we've got everything to gain from these prices and nothing to lose we want leaving east. on turn it's in our interest it's in as citizens interests to find out everything we can into and to bring forward those recommendations that are critical for the future. this is been australia's most devastating summer in decades dozens of people have been killed by the fire as thousands of homes have been destroyed and more than 11000000 hectares of land scorched and with some of far from over many more testing days ahead. nasa has decommissioned its spitzer space telescope after 16 years of service it's one of the 4 observatories that orbit the earth sending back images and information about the galaxy and beyond this was launched in 2003 with enough liquid helium to keep it going for about 6 years but scientists managed to keep the mission going for an extra decade like hanna reports this is the last image the spitzer transmitted back to earth the tarantella nebula named

south wales and one in victoria lightning started more far zone she would say nice and over 200 and i burning. davey is a 70 she says to push for a crisis will leave a lasting impact on the strains. we are seeing changes in our physical environment people are starting to wear masks because the air quality is so poor smoke is often the 1st thing that you smell in the morning sometimes you're out exercising and it rains ash on you but you're nowhere near a fire zone so i've observed in people that i've spoken to in recent weeks a real sense of kind of reconciliation to the fact that finale is the new normal there is certainly an increase of observed in people having conversations and debate around the role of climate change and just how much that has contributed to the severity and early start to this fire season the prime minister was recently forced to return home from a family vacation in hawaii he did apologize for being away at the height of the bushfire emergency but he also did say that he would be making no changes to government policy because he believes that climate change w

south wales looks like is going to stay just into the southeast as we go on through the next couple of days but up around the gulf coast bracing look about for rainfall total $255.00 millimeters of rain coming down in just 24 hours so just as we go on through the next hour where pressure down towards the southeast a fair bit of cloud just gathering into victoria and southern parts of new south wales the tennis stars of course on monday not too much tennis weather a cool 21 in melbourne. a searching in. yes to geisha and to gun culture in the philippines. and the new is that were put in place to control it in this country it is not right so if you listed the rights of latest got orders you're not solving the problem of criminality of the philippines because these are not the people who are committing the crime. who are your customers a lot of people but has the violence actually got worse rewind stray bullets on al-jazeera. order or. hello again i missed us here today and i ha a reminder of our top stories this hour violence has once again broken out in hong kong after pro-democracy