victoria and south australia 8 years ago there were $36000.00 koalas in new south wales that total fell to less than half that 15000 as eucalyptus trees and the leaves they eat were cut down to make way for farming and development and this is unprecedented bushfires killed a further 4000 of the slow moving marsupials which couldn't escape scientists describe the situation as an ecological disaster you might be able to spot one or 2 koalas but the ret realities is those populations are becoming on viable and that's why it's so critical and that's why the 25th time from now needs to be put in place because they cannot survive at these lower numbers if we have more fires it's just going to get worse. the report by the state government of new south wales makes 42 recommendations to increase the koala population but that's the same governments a campaign is that allowed even encourage the destruction of koala habitat by relaxing laws controlling the amount of land farm is can clear of trees victoria gates and be algis they are. tough a quick check of the top stories here on al-jazeera china

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 also in victoria and the deciles i was into 25 after one man was killed while still hunting his property but authorities say mass evacuations have prevented major loss of life. this is the most significant this is the most comprehensive and the most dramatic in terms of discussion of response government that we've seen to a disaster such as this and i believe that's where we need to focus our attention and we are seeking obviously to communicate that directly to a strike it's to ensure that i can have confidence that the response is matching the maid well jessica washington has this update now from batemans bay on the new south wales south coast condition 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 ending across the area now yesterday here on saturday and it's really a was described

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 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 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 late last year piles of ash called to the beaches as fires raged by. many bushfires a still burning up and down this coastline leaving waterways and water supplies at risk it takes decades for a forest to re grow and to raise stiva laws we will be dealing with different quality water different organic matter coming down sediment loads for many years and i would predict in many cases certainly in sydney's kinds decodes new growth is beginning to push through the scorched landscape but the cost of this unprecedented fire season is mounting and it's not over yet. bryan al-jazeera new south wales australia a russian delegation will soon need turkish officials about the situation and let province and northwestern syria the last rebel held region are friday turkish armored vehicles and tanks entered it live operation as a response to an advance by syrian government forces who have already taken a 3rd of the province and are now seeking to march to the regional capital. of reports turkey

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 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

bryan al-jazeera new south wales australia. and the south korean film parasite has emerged as a surprise contender at the academy awards this weekend the dark comedy thriller has been nominated for 6 oscars crime reports. on what's on that since its release last year parasite has had south korea talking mostly about the social injustice of a younger generation not able to better themselves no matter how hard they study and work. it's becoming harder to imagine improving your social status as generally accepted within our generation. because i found nothing to be fascinated about it equality problem it's been here for a long time kind of a time exaggeration in the movie the movie focuses on the poor family living in a semi basement to trick their way into the service of a much greater family with darkly comic consequences. i don't think in the region people are that stupid but suspend your disbelief for the duration of the movie and parasite becomes an intro ling fable about the struggles of the have nots were too painfully awar

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 as well the supports in jessica washington. for these fire crews conditions are bad and quickly getting worse thousands of firefighters are on the ground battling unforgiving weather. extreme heat and volatile winds make a deadly combination as bush fires burn at emergency levels in 3 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. conditions the crisis is already astray longest recorded bushfire emergency and millions of hectic as if 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 holiday makers were stranded on a beach the sky turned a haunting shade of crimson as fire has ravaged the region pri

new south wales colony if you go back to people like william wilberforce and others they were very involved in that 1st fleet expedition and one of the principles was to be the destroyer in that case new south wales was was not to have slavery dominico solvent is associate professor of political science at charles sturt university he says many australians are not aware of their past. many countries in the world australia doesn't know its history terribly well and it has a habit of. thinking nice bits of it history of its history that it doesn't like or that could cause tension or embarrassment and so the difficulty i'm facing and i think. what americans initial comments and i knew slavery my campaign and off the cuff remark that. was it was simply a mistake. the fact that he retracted it quickly i think realized it was a sign that he had realized that he really couldn't give a disposition because what he said was not true and in the evidence it is not true this is compelling. rather than have a political have a fight or something because when he offered his apology on the height that the is

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 fires surrounded it. and we're more finally able to get there yet the whole house was engulfed in flames there was nothing out of all of it. 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 stray. in indonesia tens of thousands of people remain stranded in emergency shelters forced out of their homes by some of the worst floods and landslides in many years 53 people are so far confirmed dead and the total is expected to rise with rain forecast we're going to gauge reports. from the

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. counterclaims it's a consequence of man made climate change is no doubt natural disasters turned that why angry because that's what i up by our natural disasters what we're saying is we have we cannot control the next fall 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 supplies and feel for generators and pumps if the wind chimes is very pretty in fact but here we are on more here for more knives and more family care for the family members further up the road from the stay here in our bicycle a. lot of these residents restocking preparing to face the fires head on charlotte ballasts al-jazeera. now with a clear mandate seltzer last month's election britain's prime minister boris johnson looks

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 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

alexia brian al jazeera new south wales australia. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines tight security forces have stormed a shopping mall to help dozens of people escape a hostage situation a soldier went on a shooting rampage and killed 20 people in the city of caracas just northeast of the capital bangkok when hate has more on the ongoing situation the shooter is still believed to be inside that shopping mall in the city of koran where he has been out for several hours in the police confirming that there are hostages they believe being kept by the gunman somewhere inside the mall they're not sure exactly how many hostages there are in there and it seems that there is also some confusion about exactly where he may be inside the mall are what they are saying is that police soldiers as well have gone inside the building itself and have managed to secure cyril of the floors within the mall the number of people killed by the corona virus in china is on track to surpass the sars epidemic 17 years ago where than 720 people have

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

the new south wales colony and you go back to people like william wilberforce and others they were very involved in that 1st fleet expedition and one of the principals was to be the destroyer in that case new south wales was was not to have lawful slavery dominico sullivan is an associate professor of political science at charles starting university he says many estonians are not aware of their past. many countries in the world australia doesn't know that history terribly well and it has a habit of. think you think nice bit of a history of history that it doesn't like or that could cause tension or embarrassment or. difficulty in the present and i think. what morrison's initial comment denying slavery my main and off the cuff remark that. was it was simply a mistake. the fact that he retracted it very quickly i think realized it was a sign that he had realized that he really couldn't if they'd just as a nation because what he said was not true and in the evidence that it's not true is compelling. so i rather than have a political fight have something to. it he offered this apology in th

the new south wales colony and you go back to people like william wilberforce and others they were very involved in that 1st fleet expedition and one of the principals was to be the destroyer in that case new south wales was was not to have slavery well that's now speak to dominic o'sullivan he's an associate professor of political science at charles sturt university where his research focuses on comparative indigenous politics he joins us now from canberra dominic let's start with this apology from scott morrison do you believe this was sincere or given the depth of public sentiment around racism at the moment more about political expediency. would prevent a combination of both i think. like many countries in the world australia doesn't know its history terribly well and it has a habit of. think using those bits of it history of its history that it doesn't like cause it could cause tension or embarrassment to a standard like difficulty in the present and i think. what morrison's initial comment denying slavery might have brain and off the cuff remark. was it was simply a mistake. the f

saying at the moment it is a new south wales government and they 'd are also 'd announcing a closure of all essential services so that includes things like restaurants bars clubs and so on. keeping open supermarkets keeping out of petrol stations delivery services and so on so that we get the basic supplies that we need . they still talking about closing down schools we haven't had that sen order on that at this point but we're also not seeing the kind of lockdown we've seen also in places like your hand obviously. and italy but we are moving in that direction a lot of the borders the state borders of also closed the west australian government has announced it's closing its borders only arrivals will have to spend 2 weeks in isolation and they're joining the governments of tasmania south australia and northern territory. and of course as you mentioned the government is also awarded the closure of sydney's most iconic bache is because we saw children and people gathering in there at once obviously people care but i think in australia the numbers are still relatively low at last count

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

since thursday heavy rain has lesh parts of australia as 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 kuala looks water off the road roof fire service has 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. that. this was the 1st time 14 month old lacey soon had ever seen right. much of a strike has been in drought for a good 23 years but said they crossed where the fossils been at their worst if you're looking at really heavy rainfall coming in on the ground the trees obviously damaged if not destroyed so then i want to soak up the water the ground struck hard they will tend to just wash off so that's why you essentially get that the flooding . for many astray ians flooding is a small p

south wales is where nearly haul for the cases. and the authorities there a warning the pandemic is at a critical stage they're said there will be harsh penalties to enforce self isolation and what are some of other news this hour the u.s. is to cut a 1000000000 dollars in aid to afghanistan after the country's president and his rival failed to form a new government secretary of state revealed the plan after an unannounced visit to afghanistan he criticized both president on the dollar abdullah failing to work together. rewind is next the latest news as it breaks the pollution is blamed on thousands of small scale gold mines on the trumpet just one boys as young as 15 and dozens of men with detailed coverage new restrictions every day across the well as each country fights its own back against coronavirus from around the world the publication of weinstein's assault launched the me to millions of women took to social media to say it happened to them too and it has to stop. there that i'm nor have you seen rewind before you'll know w

south wales of crimea gladys berejiklian came out and said that over the next 48 hours new south wales will essentially be shutting down on the known essential services. that's dresses that's a that is restaurants and of course that will no doubt lead to many job losses in the short term and she did say that all essential services pitching stations pharmacies. doctors' clinics will stay open but it's really is moving by the hour at the moment schools will remain open in stride as well as in new south wales there is a national government cabinet meeting on sunday night and that could well change thank you for that update then nicholas gage live from canberra palestinian authorities have confirmed the 1st cases of coronavirus in gaza the health ministry says the 2 palestinians returned from pakistan on thursday and were under quarantine all restaurants coffee shops and mosques were ordered to close following the announcement. there are concerns in china that a rise in the number of imported cases of corona virus could spark a 2nd wave of infections and shing has reported to 46 new infect

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

that's going to continue driving its way further west which towards the new south wales coast as we go on through the coming days so the showers they continue for much of eastern australia and the system here is that rolls its way through it will bring increasing phin some big waves and that could cause some problems as we go on through friday the friday you can see slutty dryer are running play across the new south wales coast but she was continuing to the north of that same to east queensland and to the south across a good part of victoria sort of the was just. fine and dry was decent spells of sunshine decent spells of sunshine for the time being across northern areas of china we have got some clear skies decent sunshine there too into the crimper. what's the weather is making its way across japan as we go on for thursday temperatures fact quite nicely 1718 degrees attend there for beijing cools off significantly as we go on through friday with some snow coming in as still very very wet to the south. of. the plundering of armenia's natural riches has uprooted residents and desecrate

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

even into the interior of new south wales maybe 25 to 50 millimeters of rainfall coming through that weather stretching across much of the state victoria seeing some very wet weather too and that wet weather pushing across secured parts of queensland some heavy downpours coming in here as we go on through friday fun and dry behind not cheap pattinson easy to me have got a spell of wetter weather coming in this we go on through friday cooler air tucking in from the south as we go through sas day in temperatures then will struggle to get into double figures just figure on this little storm that we have in the tasman the possibility of another east coast low just coming into new south wales as we go on through the next couple of days that could bring some flooding more flooding rains across the good parts of south korea lots of cloud still showing up on the satellite picture here that what's the weather still spilling across the yellow sea outs of eastern china pushing across the korean peninsula heading towards japan but for much of japan is fine dry and sunny. in russia victor nationa

south wales these homes as you can see now really quite precarious integrals that is the downside of the goods. are enjoying as we go through saturday it's an improving picture certainly into sydney we've got more rain heading across the great bite is clearing all the while away from western australia so not a bad day on sunday quite a bit of cloud around but that rain on its way to test mania on sunday. for. tens of thousands of filipino nurses a saving american lives chewing the cud of 19 that they came to the us for a better life but at what cost. one a one east investigates and just. played important role in protecting human. face. to the. we're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour india has become the 3rd country to recall more than $1000000.00 coronavirus infections with testing limited in many areas it's fair the true figure is much higher than 25000 people and known to have done. the number of coronavirus cases in brazil has passed 2000000 more than 76000 people have done it it's the world's 2nd biggest outbreak after the u.s. . the governor of the u.s.

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

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 that the 41st degree temperatures we've got a lot for in the last guy that we look at times. in 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 a time a quick 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 in mind it's just grosse it's just everything everywhere you go

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

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

new south wales colony if you go back to people like william wilberforce and others they were very involved in that 1st fleet expedition and one of the principles was to be the destroyer in that case new south wales was was not to have slavery in other world news at least 20 soldiers and 40 civilians have been killed in 2 attacks in 1000 an offshoot of book carried out coordinated attacks in borno state in the northeast fighters drove into guns i on motorbikes and in cars and opened fire killing 40 civilians at another location members of the group targeted government soldiers and burnt down the area as united nations humanitarian the group calls itself islamic state west africa province it's also claimed an attack in a nearby herding village last week that killed more than 80 people the current virus spun demick now in chinese health officials are reporting 57 you called it 1000 infections the highest number of daily cases in 2 months more than half of them were detected in beijing a district in the chinese capital is under a stretch lockdown because of a cluster of coronavirus at the city

south wales more showers along coastal areas that tour again up towards new south wales maybe in and around sydney plenty of through much of queensland and again we could just see want to see scott a child will follow storms in cannes more showers into west facing kosovo thousands of new zealand a few more showers like you know monday particularly into the south on about 10 which is not too bad in the low teens celsius and again we still got more of those showers working their way at the east coast of new south wales but not about perth with a high of 22. on counting the cost a special report from iraq governor dean has done what you essentially still to bring the country's marketplace to a near standstill what despite the highest death toll in the middle east the government has shifted focus from saving lives to save the economy counting the cost on all disease. save humanity i really really not getting anywhere near. a recap of our top stories on al-jazeera this hour libya's u.n. recognized government says it has taught an offensive to capture the city of sirte and these are t.j. m