australia is not leading on climate, that's fair to say, but australia is playing its part. that target you've just mentioned, the 26%—28% target by 2030, that represents a halving of emissions per person in australia, or two—thirds reduction per year unit of gdp, that's not insignificant. yes, but the un says it's not going to be met. that's the un's view. the abatement coming out of the australian economy year—on—year suggests we will meet that target. well, the figures i've seen, and you will correct me if i'm wrong about this, is they've kept on increasing. i think in the year to march 2019 a 0.6%jump on the previous year. the projections do show that emissions are continuing to increase, although in the last projections there was a slight fall in them, but given the policy measures that are in place in the australian economy and given the extraordinary uptake of renewables in australia, per capita, we are the highest in the world with one in five households having solar energy, there're all sorts of things beginning to impact on emissions growth and i think you

australia? political record, whether under the labour government where they couldn't agree, and any and put their policy on ice because they we re their policy on ice because they were struck, squabbling over it, or indeed this coalition, the liberal national coalition, which has a p pa re ntly national coalition, which has apparently the same problem. is that because of the voters for the politicians? element i think what you see on climate change and australia's similar to what you see in many parts of the world, which is we are on a journey. so australia has taken action, it is taking action, it does need to do more. i am not contesting that. as you say, have written... many people in australia when they are polled, the vast majority of australians say they want to see stronger action on climate change, and if they have to pay for it, they don't mind doing that either. so there is a growing consensus in australia, which i think is shrinking down the view that the claimant and nihilists that a

is lost in australia. . you talked a lot about confidence in the united states. -- to from afar and out an outsider, sometimes it doesn't seem like australians don't have enough confidence in their own country and their assets and the value it brings to the table when dealing with china. it is all china as they deem on door and australia as the respondent to the situations. other questions right here? leah from voice of america. the phase oneut trade deal between the united states and china. you think president trump has made a very strong start. i'm wondering, can you talk a little bit about the impact this phase one trade deal between the u.s. and china has only -- has on australia? the second question, australia is part of the trump administration's indo-pacific strategy. from australia's point of view, do you think this strategy has been effective in balance in china, if not containing china? thank you. pm abbott: the first point to make i suppose is it is absolutely in australia's interest, and it is ab

australia relationship. i know some of your comments are going to get to those international issues, and i also know you will be perfectly willing and able and confident to address a whole range of things that may be on people's minds. so with that, let's turn it over to you, tony, and get it started. [applause] pm. abbott: walter, thank you. thank you, ladies and gentlemen for being here. it is always good to be in washington, always good to be at the heritage foundation in particular. i have a speech which i am going to deliver. i have worked on it. i think it is important that i give you the speech that i have written. let me just begin by saying that america is the indispensable country, the only country on earth with the strength and the goodwill to consistently lead the free world. and i like to think that australia is america's indispensable partner. the one country that america can always rely on for help when america needs it. so, with those introductory notes, it is great to be here at the heritage

protests are being held in australia calling for the national day to be changed or scrapped altogether so called invasion day events are commemorating indigenous people who were killed in the conflict the white settlers as well as others who are very simply died in police custody those are the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera we have another bulletin for you at the top of the hour in the meantime we're going to hand it over to counting the cost keep it or. the prime minister. is to. lead this country to the greatest place. i know the final run into the u.k.'s departure from the e.u. . hello i'm. counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week australia mining and climate change. this is called the fright. that was australia's prime minister 3 years ago and after 30 years of uninterrupted economic growth thanks to the extraction industry he would say that but now with the president of bushfires is it time to rethink its dependence on coal. and the thing is it can be done despite a bad economy and social unrest is standing by its ambi

and so people are going around in australia say this is not to do with climate change, australia has always been this country of droughts, of fires and floods, and this is true. but the climate change scientists have always said that this is what would happen. those things are become more intense and will become more extreme. and people are dealing with this inferno on their doorsteps and they are seeing their houses razed and their homes lost and in many instances lives gone. scott morrison has handled this extremely badly if you can see from that footage. he was overseas on holiday in hawaii when these fires really did start to get quite intense. and there were lives lost and at that point he was forced to come back. i think he resented that and now he is trying here to say to his supporters this is not climate change because the moment he accepts that this is to do with climate change he is in a very vulnerable position. turkey's parliament has approved sending troops to libya to support the internationally recognised government there. the conflict in libya is between forces based

i'm lucy hockings in nowra in new south wales in australia. the worst weekend of bushfires yet, and australia has seen dozens of homes destroyed. and there's a warning this could go on burning for months. after weeks of criticism for his reaction to the bushfire crisis, prime minister scott morrison defends his government's response. this is the largest single call—out ever of reservists working with our full—time defence service providing support that our country has never seen before. south of here in the state of victoria, there are fears that two huge fires could merge into one to create a mega blaze. we will bring you all the latest from here in australia. i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. also in the programme: iran says it's taking another step back from the constraints of the international nuclear deal following the american assassination of general soleimani. masked attackers roam the campus of one of india's most prestigious universities targeting students opposing the government's new citizenship law. this is bbc world news. it

then, australia on fire. we've seen the heart wrenching pictures these past weeks as down under has been devastated. more than a billion animals are thought to be dead. australia's former prime minister kevin rudd explains the politics behind it all. but first, here's my take. president trump's phase 1 trade deal with china is largely a win for beijing. just measure the agreement signed this week against the initial demands made by washington in a may 2018 document that beijing promptly leaked. as the financial times conclude, with regard to the central u.s. goals, after almost two years of negotiations, tariffs and countertariffs, mr. trump has achieved none of these objectives. this outcome is partly the reflexion of the two side staying power. china is a one party state that can take the long view. trump gambled he could hurt the chinese economy enough with the imposition of tariffs the american consumers that paid for those tariffs would be worth it. event wally the president decided he wanted to smooth t

their opposition is towards renewables australia is increasing its renewable energy capacity but in a lot of cases analysts have told me that it's foreign firms that are coming and setting up solar in places like south australia and at some say. is down the track a straight a is going to be buying back that green energy from these foreign firms instead of setting it up themselves and and profiting from it sola sounds like a like a good option i mean the i only have a picture of australia as you know the sun is always shot and he wasn't one of the want to look at me like a as and it with a crate and i mean there is so much sun is straighter it's a no brainer i i don't understand it i've talked to so many people who just don't understand it and they don't understand this is stranglehold that they stay the middle comedia has of the public opinion or the stray your and that's against climate change and to what's the coal industry a senior business editor ben fizzling thank you very much for joining us in the studio and that's from ben and me on the business team here in the berlin do al

australia plays our role. we have done so consistently over recent years in terms of signing onto global climate change agreement. acting in accordance with them. signing onto future agreed its -- agreements like the paris agreement. it does not come down to a single piece of regulatory approval. it does not come down to what the nation electoral financing laws may look like. it comes down to working in concert with other nations to make sure we deliver upon our commitment and make sure they deliver upon their spirit that is what we are committed to doing. >> then there is the bushfire crisis which has had the attention of all of australia as well as parliament. we heard from sandra lyons wanting to know about future plans in australia. not just leasing them from countries in the northern hemisphere. my question to the minister representing the minister of natural disaster. questions have been raised by a fire chief if australia's which isire aircraft 90% of the firepower. decade the number of aircraft at leas

that was australia's prime minister 3 years ago and after 30 years of uninterrupted economic growth thanks to the extraction industry he would say that but now with the president of bushfires is it time to rethink its trade his dependence on coal. and the thing is it can be done despite a battered economy and social unrest is standing by its ambitious promise to go carbon neutral by the year 2015 and we're looking at lebanon's economic and political paralysis is the country ready to devalue its currency as it seeks the support of the international monetary fund. when a prime minister takes a lump of coal into his own parliament as a peculiar form of show and tell you can be sure of a couple of things one that call means a lot of the country's fortunes and 2 there is going to be some controversy about it and so it is in australia where prime minister scott morrison went into bat for the country's 2nd biggest export which has to be fair help destroy the economy avoid a recession for the last 30 years but then he also went on holiday while his nation burned in some of the worst bushfires ever

well this is the thing i mean the the terro as the decent summation in australia at the moment is that it's actually quite well organized whereas in the past you know there's a big emergency catastrophe a lot of for him is go around but as somebody who watches the internet and is pot is that sort of ongoing conversation of internet t.v. it is quite obvious that the dissent from narratives have spain organized prepared and sated in order to cope with the political implications of the crisis you cannot imagine the liberal of climate to noddle that influences our stride in politics the liberal national coalition who our ruling government essentially won an election on a nobody's job will be lost nobody's industry has to change we can still get these wonderful well paid jobs in call mining and i don't want to abandon what has been very successful electoral narrative for them and the way that our political system works where majorities can be put together by appealing to geographical interests in communities and particularly all the call community right in australia is a big part of this st

what then australia on fire. we have seen the heart wrenching pictures these past weeks as down under has been devastated. more than a billion animals are thought to be dead. australia's former prime minister explains the politics behind it all. he first, here is my take. president trump's trade deal with china is largely a win for beijing. just measure the agreement signed this week against initial demands made by washington in a may 2018 document that beijing prompted leaked. with regard to the central u.s. goals after almost two years of negotiations, tariffs and counter tariffs, mr. trump has achief achieved none of these obje objectiv objectives. china is a one party state that can take a long view. trump gambled he could hurt the chinese economy enough that the fame for american consumers who actually paid for those tariffs would be worth it. he wanted to smooth the economic reco orders as he runs for reelection so he folded. this trade deal reflects something on the international landscape. something the u

so back in 2009 this really severe that in australia they were fed serious black saturday and many many people died in those fires and a similar debate sprung up back then a decade ago or in fact one new school columnist suggested that greeny should be hanged because she was blaming them for contributing to the conditions that resulted in that in the severity of that 2009 bushfire what she was saying is that environmentalist as a part of have opposed reducing fuel load so that's when you burn off parts of the bush to reduce the amount that during an actual bushfire now that mame sprung up in 2009 and it's kind of stuck around since what we've seen with these fires is everything that happened back then has is happening now times 1000 so the os an element has has come into it as well where people are kind of scrambling for an alternative explanation that doesn't involve climate change and the theory goes that there is an increase in the quantity of us and that is what is behind the severity of australia's bushfire season but something that's really important to mention here is that this s

around 50,000 workers in australia connect to the fossil fuel industry and around 60% of australia's sectricity co from coal-fired power stations. last yr, a new coal mine was approved. the way australians areei calculating emissions is also being challenged more broadly. this is part of the paris climatchange agreement. the woman who created the paris acco, a former french government minister, has said that if the australians are continuing to count as they do, there are extreme pressures on daustralia ts approach to this issue. now, the hottest temperatures on record in australia, unprecedented bushfires. you might think this was a guarantee lead story in the australian media. but here we have the australian newspaper owned by rupert murdoch known to lean to the right politically. itsou main picture is horse racing. its main story is about a yet to be confirmed proposal to restrict alcohol sales. the bushfires are positioned here. on the day after australia's highest temperatures on record, the australian led with asia's coal hunger to lift exports. more evidence that these fires a

is a bit of a refusal to deal with its ugly past and so australia as a whole has some experience in putting ideas out of its mind as a collective now i'm not sure that this is going to be maintained particularly well through 2020 i think these bushfires it had a really big impact on everybody but it's a really good perspective in terms of understanding how easy it is for people on mass to start thinking about something in kind of just stop whining about it can i ask you to do some time of science for around bushfires because i know you have a lot of facts at your fingertips for instance is it possible for that to night men and clouds and that and that to actually also stop the push last courts playing that bit of the fence at the bus by science. an article popped up on my feet earlier today hand it said that australia is bushfire is a very science fiction. and that really it's something that's been going through my mind every time i look at the facts of the science in there and the daughter about these bushfires is that it reads like a fictional novel and those clowns that you menti

let's ta ke let's take you straight to australia 110w let's take you straight to australia now where the premises got mice and is giving a news conference about the fires. let's have a listen. both in victoria and new south wales, and iam in in victoria and new south wales, and i am in constant contact with the premiers of both of those states. i'm also mindful of the emergency situation —— emerging situation in south australia devon in tasmania. and we will continue to work with those dates where the need arises. ata those dates where the need arises. at a commonwealth level, our task has been to fully support and provide whatever assistance is necessary through all the various agencies of the commonwealth. now, that has gone from the provision of disaster payments that have now exceeded something more than $21 million in new south wales alone. and we expect more that to continue in victoria is the full devastation of the fires the becomes more evident in the damage assessments that people able to make, the claims of those funds. that has been an important task for the commonwea

australia already. the leading players, people who are investing in the links between australia and indonesia and southeast asia in terms of supply and renewable energy, there is a lot of innovation to get renewable energy -- then there is the goal between the companies that are forward thinking, business leaders, and the run-of-the-mill companies stuck in the past. there is a big change underfoot, but it is -- doesn't surprise me siemens has made that decision. particularly because the economics doesn't stack up. it is not surprising. haidi: in terms of the rebuilding, people working on the bushfires, there was little question whether rebuilding should happen in some of these vulnerable areas. living in a valley surrounded by eucalyptus plantations, it is not a great place given our climate. are there questions that should be asked with the french communities, -- fringe communities, holding codes? -- building codes? >> we have to ask the hard questions. some of those will be very difficult to grapple w

is on as well so, in many ways, australia isona as well so, in many ways, australia is on a war footing, there are people stranded, people trapped, the military is being deployed and this crisis shows no sign of ending. phil mercer, a sombre beginning to 2020, thanks very much for that update. people living in the path of ferocious bushfires in australia, have described the scene as "like the end of the world". it's feared hundreds more homes have been lost, as the fire continues to spread. billy tusker howarth is visiting family in new south wales and described the conditions. thank you very much for talking to us. thank you very much for talking to us. this isn't quite the trip you we re us. this isn't quite the trip you were expecting. no, definitely not. iam from were expecting. no, definitely not. i am from australia, grew up in this area, we know bush fires happen but i live in the uk now, and i'm back here visiting family. and, i mean, thatis here visiting family. and, i mean, that is very nice but it isn't the circumstances under which you'd like to be. as much a designerfire ex

but that also provides jobs to around 50,000 workers in australia, and around 60% of australia's electricity comes from coal—fired power stations. we will continue to report on the story and you have heard lots about it on newsday. let's talk about this man, carlos ghosn. he is the former boss of nissan and he was facing charges injapan but he skipped bail and arrived in lebanon, which does not have an extradition treaty with japan. interpol have put up a red notice for carlos ghosn‘s arrest as a request for assistance, but interpol cannot force its members to comply, so perhaps not as significant as it first sounds. we managed to have an answer from the minister ofjustice regarding managed to have an answer from the minister of justice regarding the arrest warrant by interpol. they said they received it today and they are going to do all the due diligence of legal investigation into the case, and they will take action in accordance to the finding of that investigation. however, they will never extradite him or turn him back to japan because this is something that they will not do for hi

constantly in australia with one community being evacuated after the next. in the newspapers it would be on the front cover sometimes a lot of the moto papers would put it on page 3 or 4 occasionally like some of the international papers as well some of those that are also owned by the moto media. and it continues to be a case that the moat media has a stranglehold on public opinion a stray many people in a strange is still do not believe in climate change it's not just a prime minister. well the deputy prime minister. it's a lot of people and a coal industry that wants to keep on churning and keep on digging up a straight to keep on adding to carbon dioxide and making a lot of money yeah the very good point climate change deniers are accused of trying to use claims of arson that arsonists have calls these fires to maybe snuff out the connection between these fires in climate change and that includes even the son of the u.s. president to show you what donald trump jr tweeted just 2 days ago. truly disgusting that people would do this god bless all stroy more

australia's prime minister there. let's speak now with our correspondent phil mercer who is in sydney. scott morrison has taken a lot of fla k scott morrison has taken a lot of flak in all this, partly for the way he has dealt with the emergency and partly his links to big: denial to climate change. what is the response to what he has been saying? what we are seeing here is a prime minister trying to reassert his leadership, trying to reassert his leadership, trying to reassert his leadership, trying to reassert his authority. he was heavily criticised, scott morrison, for being on holiday in hawaii during one of the worst weeks of this bushfire crisis before christmas. mr morrison also criticised for underplaying the role of global warming in this crisis as well. so here we have a prime minister trying to get back onto the front foot, he has brought in the military, he is promising billions of dollars in recovery assistance for bushfire hedge communities, and i think many australians simply want their leaders to lead

the first time this has happened in australia's history. but this video he posted on twitter, showing the government's response, accompanied by upbeat music, drew angry criticism. many accusing him of using this catastrophe as a pr opportunity. this gusty wind is now picking up very strongly and it is bringing heavy smoke to southern new south wales, here on the coast. this is what the firefighters are dreading, because it fans these blazes, making them unstoppable, but it also spreads those embers, making the fire behaviour quite unpredictable. the howling winds and billowing smoke were enough of an alarm for people in this holiday park in this coastal town. some were hosing their cabins. 0thers took to the beach to seek refuge. this woman did not take any chances. she gathered her family, her pets and her son's wheelchair and headed straight to the shore. ijust got a phone call from a friend, whose brother is a police officer and he said, get the hell out. we have just had the police come up our street and said that they expected it to im

australia's abc news correspondent philippa mcdonald reports. it was an order to leave that stretched from batemans bay on the new south wales south coast to the victorian border. we want to go, like, we've been told to leave, but we can't leave if we don't have fuel. getting petrol or diesel proved a challenge for thousands stranded since before new year's eve. they queued overnight and for hours today. i'm trying to get my son and daughter—in—law back to canberra. yeah, in two days, i've been stuck. i thought we'd better get a bit of fuel while we can. a precious resource in an emergency, where power is still out in much of the region. we've basically evacuated the whole part, as i advised earlier? yes, yes. the others, some of them haven't got anywhere to go and probably the oval is the safest place. the rural fire services' priority is to evacuate tens of thousands of holiday—makers before saturday's forecast for treacherous conditions. we are expecting to once again see extreme fire danger through this area of the south coast. but it'

to australia now where satellite images like this one here show the devastating bush fires have been burning since september as well as claiming 27 lives so far destroying 20000000 acres of land the disaster is taking a financial toll the insurance companies have already paid out more than $700000000.00 australian dollars that's almost half a 1000000000 u.s. dollars meanwhile the australian government has already set aside $2000000000.00 australian dollars to help recover from the fires although it's expected to need much more that money will go towards rebuilding infrastructure helping farmers and attracting tourists back to places where for now they're staying away. sydney's bond dight beach normally a place of sun sea and sand recently it's smoke that's dominating the world famous attraction casting a haze over the swimmers and sunday this. historic bushfires in new south wales are affecting businesses all over the state including bond i supply chains are being disrupted and customers a keeping away. from a curious point of view it's being probably the worst we've seen because of

we know australia has faced devastating fires like this before. in your experience how much ofan impact before. in your experience how much of an impact as it had on the nation? how long do you think it will take to rebuild from this? these are quite devastating. you have townships that have been absolutely ta ken apart, have townships that have been absolutely taken apart, and from a social and economic cost, and the infrastructure. it can take years, it can take a decade. what happens if you have the social cost, and what happens with older people, they may move to other parts of australia, migration and so on. there are many moving parts. he talked about leadership. scott morrison not taking a very strong sta nce morrison not taking a very strong stance on that. how do you think thatis stance on that. how do you think that is going to impact australia public policies long—term ?|j that is going to impact australia public policies long-term? i think you have the strong undercurrent of people saying, they need to be action taken place, then you

wildfires continue to rage in australia as east coast continues to be ravage r.t. correspondent john how does on his it break down how the nation's business has been affected by the blazes and later. boeing's was continue as our problems pile up in this and the so we break down what else has gone wrong for the embattled aerospace giant with molly barrows contributor with american lawyer we have so much to get to today so let's waste no time and jump right in. as tensions in the middle east escalate over the weekend global markets are slumping as investors push toward safe haven gold is at 7 year highs and oil jumped briefly to its highest since september and there is fear that any middle east conflict could disrupt global supplies with futures rising 2 percent to $70.00 per barrel and u.s. crude climbing to $64.00 while crude turn lower monday giving up earlier gains it is still posting its 5th straight week of gains the u.s. is becoming less sensitive to oil disruptions and price spikes as the country became a net patrolling explorer for the 1st time in modern his

pms prime ministers have been toppled in australia because they've been trying to introduce a cop and tax straight is really behind on this account and really behind on something like renewables talk about renewables is there a rethink on the way in australia i mean it's not it's not you know we've been discussing climate change for years and years and years. is there anything you'd think especially after an event like this and an event that's continuing this could go on for months no there is not a rethink there are coles for the prime minister scott morrison to step down or coles for rethink but this is such an important employer in australia their opposition is towards renewables easy increasing its renewable energy capacity but in a lot of cases analysts have told me that it's foreign firms that are coming and setting up solar in places like south australia and at some stage. down the track a straight a is going to be buying back that green energy from these foreign firms instead of setting it up themselves and profiting from it sounds like a good option i mean i only have a pictu

be the pendant on coal australia india and bangladesh. if siemens. of course it will be hard to the full service project. we of course have to see siemens has. we also have to take a look at the out of german companies if he pulls out. just as turnover was 87000000000 euros last year the deal that he could pull out of represent 0.02 percent of that you've given him huge publicity right now is that a sort of cheap ticket for greenwashing i do think that it's a lot of pressure actually because he said that he had he has looked into this matter personally didn't know about it until well but now he has the pressure and she said to make the steel. it was a mistake in july to sign the steal and now we told him that he can't make the 2nd mistake and stick until. you know the. couple of figures 450 new coal pod plants across africa south africa produces 250000000 tons of coal every year botswana is just discovered where the largest cold is deposits. billions of tons mozambique has stopped the increase production they have the stuff they want to get it out of

0bviously, norm in like australia? obviously, you need to study each individual situation in detail but in general we see the world warming and it tends to dry out the landscape. we are seeing more severe heat waves so we can expect hotter conditions which will probably bring more fire in australia and other parts of the world. when you look at the level of resources going into it at the moment in australia, at their lessons for other countries in terms of how they prepare and prepare for, for example, when fires like this affect major centres of population? yes, i think it is worth making sure that people know what to do when severe fire weather is forecast. some years ago, the australian fire grading had to be upgraded because they are experiencing conditions they are experiencing conditions they hadn't seen before and they are seeing them again now. other countries need to be keeping an eye on their warning systems and make sure they know what to do when this is forecast. i suppose lots of viewers will be wondering,

in australia, cooler weather helps evacuations, but the prime minister warns the fires could burn for months. in business, the price tops $70 as those tensions between iran and the us show no signs of cooling. and the awards season kicks off with big wins for the war movie 1917 at the golden globes. a very warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. with 3a nominations, the streaming giant netflix is celebrating a bumper year for hit movies and programmes, so we'd like to know — what was your best watch in 2019? do tell — just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. president trump has issued a new warning for iran. he's said he's willing to target iranian cultural sites in retaliation for the killing of americans. tensions between the two countries are at boiling point following the us killing of iran's general soleimani. for its part, tehran has announced a rollback of its commitments under the landmark nuclear deal. rich preston has the latest. landing back in washington from his base in florida amid fresh threats against ira

climate protests are taking place in australia's capitals prime minister scott morrison delivers the start of the speech demonstrations a calling for a change to a strategy is reliance on coal and fossil fuels morrison says he will not shut down the strait is coal sector despite large bush fires burning around the south of camber with smoke covering parts of the capitol hill andrew thomas has more now from canberra andrew there's been a lot of criticism of the prime minister during this this summer and this fire season what is he had to say in this speech. well up to 6 weeks so far as stand as you say on these horrific fires that are on president administrator and scott morrison the prime minister was criticised for his handling of the crisis he went on holiday to hawaii as the crisis was getting going at the end of december so this was his chance to reset the dog essentially and lay out his protest for the year and the response to the fires was front and center over his speech that he talked a lot about how australia needs to adapt and to mitigate full way essentially described as i

australia counts the cost of bushfires that leave scores dead and thousands homeless. we're live in sydney to hear how the country is coping. oil on the up: the price of the black stuff tops $70 as tensions between iran and the us show no signs of cooling. and on financial markets, there is a flight to safety with the price of gold headed higher, as well as oil as the tensions in the middle east escalate. australia's prime minister has warned the devastating bushfires raging in the country might go on for months. at least 2a people have died, an estimated half a billion animals killed since the fires began in september, and air quality in the capital canberra was this weekend rated the worst in the world. thousands are homeless. the new south wales rural fire service says around 1,400 homes have been destroyed so far across the state with many more lost in victoria, south australia and queensland. almost 4,300 insurance claims totalling over us$200 million have been lodged since the main fires began in november and the bill is set to climb further as the full extent of

australia feels like a country on a war footing. as the bushfire crisis intensifies, thousands of military reservists are being deployed as well as transport aircraft and more helicopters. the navy has already been evacuating hundreds of people stranded in the town of mallacoota in victoria. more lives have been lost. the latest fatalities came on kangaroo island in south australia, where two people were trapped in a car overrun by flames. dozens of homes are thought to have been destroyed. temperatures have soared above a0 degrees and gale force winds have fanned the flames. wild conditions have made a dangerous day even worse, turning the sky an ominous shade of red. the wind change has just come in and this hill near nowra, in new south wales, has been transformed by a southerly wind change. we can feel the dust and the ash that has been whipped up by these very strong winds and this is what the authorities have been so very worried about. it's the wind that is the real enemy to the firefighting effort. today we have had very hig

the impact on australia's land is immense. we are hearing that more land than an area the size of portugal has been scorched. the impact on wildlife is unknown. we may never know the true impact on australia's native animals. so this is a crisis that may take months, if not years to fully appreciate. temperatures are expected to soar again later this week as the bushfire crisis continues. the eastern and southern sides of the country have been the worst—affected and many animals have also been killed in the fires. clive myrie sent this from the town of mogo in new south wales. preparations well under way, sadly, again for more intense bushfires because temperatures are likely to rise across the south—east of australia to a0 degrees tomorrow. people in towns not far from here have been told they've got to evacuate because of the possibility of high winds, bringing together three raging fires into one giant monster and, when i say giant, i mean a wall of flames, 20, 30 maybe a0 kilometres wide and scores of feet high. but th

there is a much darker view know of australia and australia's this eupolicies, and free-trade agreement will be put to the democratic test in the eu parliament, and i think we can expect more of a backlash towards australia's climate policies, similar to what france did towards brazil, when they were talking about ratifying their free-trade agreement, so i think we can expect more of this climate diplomacy from europe, which will complicate australia's free-trade diplomacy elsewhere. there are other implications, as well, so scott morrison of australia has had to cancel trips to india and japan, very important trips for his foreign policy, because of the bushfire emergency, though australia is becoming a more inward-looking country, focused on the immediacy and the urgency of this disaster here in australia and the cost of its foreign policy abroad. haidi: all right, thank you so much for joining us, herve. he was joining us in sydney. coming up next, we will be live in shanghai at the new tesla car park, the company rolling out its locally made, made in china, that is, model 3. this is

by that and how has that impacted climate action or the lack thereof in australia. so this is a reference to both the reaction from the government and reaction from some elements of commentators across australia i would argue that they've sort of been stuck in a very very limited cycle for about a decade of denying that the problem exists but i would also counter that by saying that the australian public is becoming increasingly supportive of change so hopefully what happens in the in the 2020 years that the public pressure starts to increase and that results in a change in other parts of australia as well content you confident that will happen that the public pressure will actually translate into greater action from governments not just in australia but across the world when it comes to climate policy. i'm optimistic that that it will happen i wouldn't say that i'm confident because of what not to be confident about too many things when it comes to this issue but i think that australians care a lot about each other they care a lot about their environment and of cou

we are the food bowl for south australia and indeed, i think, much of ourfood south australia and indeed, i think, much of our food and some even south australia and indeed, i think, much of ourfood and some even in the uk, and it will take us a long time to get over this. the pictures, for people watching around the world, has been truly shocking. it has really sparked a much wider debate about climate change, one that you have wanted to push forward 7 that you have wanted to push forward? look, certainly, i sit on the crossbench, as you said, and in the crossbench, as you said, and in the 45th parliament, with doctor kerryn phelps, i created parliamentary friends for action. that is a formalised party group that needs a speaker and a president of parliament to agree to degree's formation. that happened in the last parliament. we only had one liberal mp willing to sign on in the 45th parliament. we had a number who have agreed to sign on in this parliament. we have not actually had any meetings yet, but hope springs eternal there. really, what we wa nted eternal there. really, what we w

time now for a quick break but here because when we return wildfires continue to rage in australia as it's east coast continues to be ravaged our team correspondent john honey is on hand to break down how the nation's business has been affected by the blazes and later boeing's woes continue as their problems i love in this at the so 2 break down what else has gone wrong idea about aerospace shyamali barrow contributor to america's lawyer and as we get a break here the numbers at the close. here's a thought experiment and a bit of a prediction for 2020 going back to saudi aramco around town as it went public just recently had a market valuation an excess $1.00 trillion dollars i think at one point was worth 2 trillion dollars i think that we're going to see them make a hostile buy of a company maybe facebook for example and it could be the 1st trillion dollar hostile raid in history because they've got the balance sheet now if you've got a 2 trillion dollars balance sheet that means you've got you know the ability to borrow another trillion so you've got a 3 trillion dollar war chest i

began many, so this crisis in australia began any so this crisis in australia began many, many weeks ago and all the indications are that it still has weeks, if not months to run. you mentioned the military. will some people in some communities have to be airlifted or taken by sea to get to safety because of the routes are cut off? well, that is what we are seeing, so what we've had is amphibious vessels from the navy having made their way to the coast of victoria. blackhawk helicopters have flown into some of those communities as well and the reasons for that, in one area for example, there are thousands of residents and holiday—makers who are stranded and the main road out goes through miles, and miles of bush land and it's just too dangerous to let people travel along those sorts of roads, so they are stranded. we anticipate about 500 people will be airlifted out or taken away by the navy but that still leaves thousands of people who will still be stuck in places like mallow kuta for many days, so this is a big problem for the authorities, trying to keep people safe and trying t

of australia. that sabbatical was actually planned out more than a year ago. little did i realize that i would arrive to actually witness that play out in realtime as we watch this epic tragedy unfold, this unprecedented death and destruction due to these bushfires that are literally engulfing the continent of australia right now. >> michael, you have studied this. you've written about it, and i think in the last year you and other experts like you have realized that we in the media are taking this more seriously than we ever have before. it is becoming a much more mainstream conversation, and maybe books like yours have worked in sort of isolating the deniers. but now we are in a world in which we have to do something. when you look at australia, when you look at the amazon, when you look at the wildfires in north america, when you look at the strength of the hurricanes and the type of flooding we've seen, the time for action is now. but when you look at australia, what is there to do? what do my