A state Security Officer is shot dead before the gunman is neutralized. And the spacecraft that should get nasa back into the minds flights race the star lineup finally prepares for a test flight to the International Space station after a 2 year delay. Im told me a lot of both thanks for joining us. We begin in australia where a bushfire emergency is showing little sign of easing emergency crews have paid tribute to 2 firefighters killed when their truck crashed into a tree 3 others a seriously injured the men who are among thousands of firefighters battling to contain over 100. 00 fires raging across the state of New South Wales all smoke from the fires is also spreading across australia south east and cities and Prime MinisterScott Morrison is under growing criticism for his handling of the crisis and for his climate policies. Sydneys skyline and developed in a shroud of smoke with bushfires advancing on the city from multiple sides only its time the structures remain visible its famous landmarks cast in apocalyptic light. On the ground few dare venture outside without face masks sydney now has the 4th worst air quality in the world experts say its difficult to avoid such sustained pollution. When air pollution exposure is short its easy to tell people give people advice about how to avoid it stay indoors avoid physical activity but when it sustained over a number of days or weeks then the messaging becomes more complicated the fires are being fueled by drought and record high temperatures which Scientists Say are the result of Climate Change. Prime minister Scott Morrison is facing chris reliance on fossil fuels. The reality of Climate Change is upon us droughts are getting longer and more severe heat waves are becoming longer and more severe our bushfire season is creeping into spring and when we are living in a dangerous climate and it is time for our Prime Minister to get out of pockets of the coal and gas lobby groups and to start thinking about the future of the strategy and morrison has responded to the crisis and cut his holiday short but while hes apologized for being absent he has yet to give in to demands to act on Climate Change. Journalist roger joins us now from sydney roger the Prime Minister has apologized for going on holiday during this crisis but was that enough to quell the criticism of him. Well that remains to be seen certainly it was not a good image of the Prime Minister sunning himself on a holiday in a while and while australia burns and today he was forced to cut short the holiday by a couple of there is an plans to return to sydney are on saturday but the damage has really been done and hes been sort of seriously in bats by being away at this crucial moment he was forced to issue a statement admitting he deeply regrets any offense caused by his decision to leave the country as the crisis worsened well as i say the damage has really been done the National Mood will undoubtedly place and it pressure on the Prime Minister and his government to take a more serious line when it comes to Climate Change and it may well be that these bush fires and the fact that hes been away on holiday during this period could provide the Tipping Point one media commentator said here this morning its now very clear that the Coalition Government must recalibrate its climate and Energy Policy its. Ok looking at these fires some of them are being described as out of control how exactly are your forties coping. Well these are extraordinary conditions with heat wave records being broken lawless every day earlier this week we have the latest average temperature across australia ever recorded and the temperature generally is in the low fortys in many parts of the country and thats thats thats not long for this time of year its only the beginning of summer normally we dont get this all the temperatures drop but general for every 10 pictures have been unduly high at the same time the bushfires have been much more intense and much more extensive than they normally are weve seen as i say the mercury getting 40 degrees almost every day and although the weathers a bit cooler here in sydney today fortunately because about a southerly flow out from victoria on the Southern Ocean and tomorrow it looks like a return to those of blistering conditions of the loop a lot is made for 2 degrees centigrade and those the ideal conditions for starting bushfires and no one really knows when or where theyre going to happen because of the likelihood of lightning strikes also because a durning embers which flow through the air and ignite the air is many kilometers away from the source of the fire so everybody is on alert out of the moment turn it looks like being a potentially very serious and dangerous weekend ok very very briefly i just how bad is the small where you are in sydney. Well fortunately today is a lot better than yesterday yesterday its pretty awful you mention the figure of i know several times hotter than the us a lot more level of safety for air quality im told that yesterday was the equivalent of smoking cigarettes today in sydney so theres always a lot of people a lot of people with chest conditions conditions as mother sort of thing but it does stay indoors and if they have to go outside to wear a face mask but fortunately today its a little bit better that you can see the sun up in the sky which you couldnt do yesterday but the weekend looks like being far more serious all right roger may not and sydney thanks for the update. Thank you. Russias Security Service the f. S. B. Says it has neutralized a gunman who opened fire near its headquarters in central moscow the f. S. B. Also confirms that one of its employees was killed in the attack the Health Ministry said 5 people were injured. The sound of gunfire rips through the moscow night as pedestrians run for cover. Police then quickly cordoned off the area in one of the most heavily secured parts of the city. Stated by. Gunshots of course i didnt get any closer because i wanted to live. But theres very Little Police officers ran up to the ambulance and looted somebodys interest quickly but apparently he was already dead. Last in the asked us to move further away. From the rest of. The Russian Intelligence Service says there was only one attacker and that they had neutralized him a term used when an assailant is killed they havent released a name or information about a motive that happened at about the same time that russian president Vladimir Putin was giving a speech celebrating the work of Security Services and calling for more efforts to prevent terrorism or showed up which they were doing this this will mean that. Terrorism is an insidious and dangerous animal. And the fight against it must continue systematically and decisively. But he took it out and you have seen that this work must be conducted as ive said before with an emphasis on the prevention of terrorism on preventive offensive operations. Though putin was nowhere near the scene theres speculation the attack may have been timed to coincide with the speech authorities have opened an investigation. Strikes in syria claiming an increasing number of lives according to a british based Monitoring Group it says at least 30 civilians have been killed by russian and Syrian Regime asterix in the past week alone civilians have been increasingly caught in the crossfire as the Syrian Government launches a new offensive against rebel forces. That we want to hold from under the rubble after as strikes hit home scenes all too common in the province since monday at least 30 people have been killed and dozens more injured by russian jets most if not all were civilians and many of them children. Residents say the town has no military importance. Is that it was the cause and this is an Industrial Area only civilians live here theres not a single soldier here russia is worse than the Syrian Regime we civilians have no one who can help us on the level of. The government of war planes hit the area with missiles i have my motorcycle and run for cover there are people in the rubble there. The conflict in Northern Syria escalated again earlier this year when the Syrian Government backed by russian at power began a lot scale offensive against rebels in the region. Caught in the crossfire civilians are fleeing their homes some 8000 people are said to have fled to areas near the Syrian Border since tuesday a region and their id home to many displaced by the war and as long as the offensive continues its likely more will follow. Us to make a boy is due to launch its Star Alliance astronaut capsule on its 1st unmanned journey to the International Space station if successful the spacecraft will free now suffering reliance on russian vehicles to travel to the i assessed but the project has been troubled by technical delays and arrival capsule built by space x. Completed its test flight its 1st test flight last march. Heavy duty rocket is sent to launch the starliner into space for its test flight and deposit it 180 kilometers above the earths surface. One from there the space capsule equipped with its own measurement sensors and thrusters is supposed to fly to the i access International Space station and dock with it completely automatically. A few days later the starliner will decouple from the i access and part with that Service Module in order to return to earth. The unpiloted capsule should then safely and gently land on the ground in new mexico but the help of parachutes and airbags if all goes to plan the starliner will soon be able to transport astronauts into space. The Space Shuttles were once readied for lift off and this hangar for the past few years its where the starliner has been built. A man transport system for the next generation nasa is having it developed and built by boeing a private company. The starliner resembles the apollo spacecraft which once landed astronauts on the moon. Its crew capsule can be reused after the. Flight it should complete 10 missions in total and carry up to 7 astronauts into space at a time. When the crew will be seated an upper and lower rows when they lift off for their missions. At the beginning of november the starliner completed a simulated takeoff emergency a Security System had to transport the manned capsule out of the danger zone the test is deemed a success even if one of the 3 parachutes fails. And. In order to clear this important hurdle the rescue systems newly developed thrusters were fired on a test and. Eat. The crew members for the 1st flight to the i assessed were selected years ago Christopher Ferguson will lead the trio. The Space Shuttle era ended with his last flight his next one is hoped to open a new chapter in American Space travel if there are no further delays he and his crew could head to the i access in 2020. 5 are you go for months without your Birth Control or go for a long tour it is very good america back. To finland now where tourists of braving the winter temperatures to catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights views incredible green patterns can be seen in the night sky over lapland the home of santa claus caused by particles from the sun colliding with particles from the earths atmosphere because of the short days in lapland alights can eliminate the sky for up to 9 hours. This is the news coming up next is the documentary examining the rise of russian president Vladimir Putin told me a lot of fun thats all from me thanks for watching. The end of the adventures of the famous naturalist and explorers. To sit on the bridge of comics on the front of the worlds 250th birthday were in barging on a voyage of discovery. Expedition voyage on t. W