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As have been long and intense but now Russia Ukraine and the e. U. Have reached a tentative gas deal and that means russian gas can continue to flow through ukrainian territory into york. At least 3 people have been killed as police in india crackdown on nationwide protests against the controversy on new citizenship. More than a 1000 demonstrators have been arrested. And the spacecraft that should get nasa back into the manned flight race the u. S. A star line prepares for a test flight to the International Space station after a 2 year delay. Im brian thomas good to have you with us australias Prime Minister Scott Morrison. As apologize for going on holiday as the nation contends with a worsening bushfire emergency morrison also paid tribute to the 2 volunteer firefighters killed in a Road Accident while deployed to a blaze near sydney 3 others were seriously injured the men were among thousands of firefighters battling to contain some 100 blazes raging across the state of New South Wales. Now smoke from the wildfires is also spreading across australia southeastern cities like sydney where anger is growing. Sydneys skyline enveloped in a shroud of smoke with bushfires advancing on the city from multiple sides only its tallest 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 criticism for leaving the country to vacation in hawaii protesters turning up at his empty home in sydney also accuse him of not doing enough to end the countrys 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 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 pockets of the coal and gas lobby groups and to stop thinking about the future of this trail. 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. Ok lets go now to a gyro tool hes the right course manager for Emergency Services in South Australia thanks so much for coming in. I 1st off allow me to extend our sympathies for the loss of your 2 colleagues both we understand sound fathers of Young Children and can you give us a sense of the scale of the fires these men and thousands of all their volunteers and professional firefighters are dealing with right now. Yeah thanks for having me the size of having out here its very solemn and its an astrolabe i guess would be considered the president has typically the salient of what we consider a fire season. I think burning awakes now change property losses that it occurred as a result and huge number off odd is that there are very cross paths and no way out trond is the thought that by and red cross theyve got the top of the pool boy sitting at the bar they. Really didnt even pause the. Impacting you know i run across southern australia at the moment ok the images were getting you know over the days now last weeks and and months even showed how distant liesl this situation can be for the crews how are they coping with these dangerous conditions. To give a thing called a kid i mean as the lights out the strategy said i if they know that 45 degree. Winds gusting either id call that as an hour we currently have. Over 100. 00. 5 bodies. Have been responding please straley were going to pull that currently out of agency warning which is essentially tonight but they were to leave and half term is just being on the siding that for barbato they believe the navajos as a result of the fire and. Thank you all are well. Were very proud of the right were going to be very what about what is where i am now in that regard not about life. Is. Flawed but we havent been many many years its gone. To a letter from the red cross talking to us earlier from South Australia now it may be a deal in principle but after hours of discussions here in berlin Russia Ukraine and the European Commission have agreed on the future transit of russian gas through ukraine and starting in january the 1st of the talks were complicated moscow and kiev remain at odds over the conflict in Eastern Ukraine of course and the u. S. Is challenging russian dominance in European Energy markets approving sanctions targeting the north stream to pipeline thats beneath the baltic sea and with the current gas deal set to expire at the end of this month pressure to find Common Ground for a new one was intense. These types suffer from it and center of a geopolitical crisis natural gas is supposed to be sent from russia to germany to supply the e. U. With one of its Major Energy Sources the north stream and north stream 2 pipelines allow moscow to bypass ukraine and safe on billions in transit fees that are currently a major source of income for the neighboring country. Not to rely entirely on the north rim Delivery System russia still wants to send some gas to ukraine asked for ukraine the country depends on gas from russia but moscow has weaponized its supply in the past cutting it off repeatedly in the 1990 s. Russian president putin says similar action is no longer planned. We are not going to sign any kind of contract with ukraine in order to stop gas translator no we are interested in this gas transit we are ukraine we want it its a convenient route and the dental is the ukrainian route is longer than the route along the baltic sea it is longer and more expensive for us but nevertheless this route is worked out to central and to Southern Europe its good and were ready to keep it. In. Talks in berlin half now leads to a good deal between russia and its neighbor. To these very intensive talks and very glad to say that we reached agreement in principle. All the elements which i believe its very good and very close at the news for europe for russia. For god markets and for cities in. Moscow and here yet to go over some details of the deal before signing. Your brief and some of the other stories making the news at this hour of the gambling hub of macau how celebrated 20 years since was transferred to the chinese room at a ceremony marking the anniversary chinese president xi jinping said china would not allow foreign interference in macau or. Both regions with the one country 2 systems model she also swore in macao snoo probating government. In the Us Democratic white house hopefuls sparred in the 6 debate of the race to pick a nominee for. Next years president ial election just 7 of the remaining democratic partys candidates taking part this allowed lesser known figures to shine with it still unclear who will go the nomination. Hundreds of thousands of marched in cities across sudan to celebrate the 1st anniversary of the uprising that toppled former president Omar Al Bashir the campaign has promised to continue their push for political reform and for charges being brought in the killing of civilians during the uprising. Or airstrikes in syria are claiming an increasing number of civilian lives there thats according to a british based Monitoring Group it says at least 30 civilians have been killed by russian and Syrian Government airstrikes in the past week alone the deaths camas damascus launches a new offensive in the middle of the province. Well youve got to remember what were told from under the rubble after as strikes hit home scenes all too common in many of that 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 their town has no military importance. This is an Industrial Area only civilians live here is not a single soldier here russia is worse than this Syrian Regime we civilians have no one who can help a. Lot of the criminal war plane hit the area with my thoughts i left my motorcycle and ran for cover there were people on the rubble. The conflict in Northern Syria escalated again. 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. 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 confirmed that one of its employees was killed in the attack 5 people were also injured and. The sound of gunfire rips through the moscow night as pedestrians run for cover. And police then quickly cordoned off the area and 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 bizarrely the most Police Officers ran up to the ambulance and learned somebodys interest quickly but apparently he was already dead. Then they asked us to move further away. The Russian Intelligence Service says there was only one attacker and that they had neutralized him a term used when an assailant was killed they havent released the name or information about a motive it 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 to so i mean that. Terrorism is an insidious and dangers and in many of them and the fight against it must continue systematically and decisively it has shifted but it took out a note saying that this work must be conducted as ive said before with an emphasis on the prevention of terrorism not be 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. This is news live from berlin still to come on the show this spacecraft that could put nasa back into the manned flight space race the u. S. Has starliner prepares for a test flight to the International Space station after a 2 year delay. But 1st it is to india where at least 3 people have died in protest against the controversy all new citizenship lall authorities banned the protest after previous rallies became violent but crowds the 5 that and police made hundreds of arrests the new law offers fast track citizenship to non muslim immigrants only. Widespread anger and not everyone is holding back in northeastern india violence fled outraged protests is defying the ban on demonstrations they said the governments new law discriminates against muslims and threatens indias secular democracy. Youll see aired this citizenship Amendment Act is against the Indian Constitution it is a legal it is against the spirit of independence of our country im going to not like i get out and you get on twitter condemnation of the police man handling of one of our most prolific and influential public intellectuals and scholar as ramit chandra guha he says he was engaged in nonviolent protests when he was arrested. The government says it was forced to act in the interest of Public Safety after many protests turned violent last wake. In the capital delhi more than a dozen train stations were close. Roads blocked traffic congested authorities osa shut down mobile phone networks and the internet in several rage ins. Have very difficult situation and a very bad situation were facing a lot of problems the red still so have a lot of traffic jams and some of them a blocked so its a pathetic situation. And there might be even more disruption on its why there are few signs Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to back down over the law and many here are determined to make him change his mind whatever the consequences. Are lets get more now from journalist us sunday our Robert Schalk are joining us from shy good day to you. First off can you tell us what are you expecting today will there be more protests despite the bat. Just stop thinking youre not. All. There. Is. Lots of laughter. And. All. This look pretty good against it i promise the last number. And religio i was at me was a girl as you know not all of the city and. See it. As now as you said there are 3 deaths. And number. 2 there is not and i. Want to display of anger out on the streets right now what are the main arguments of the protesters are bringing to the government against its citizenship bill. Then she said stop because there are a. Lot of those vessels in the northeast in the uk and honestly its actually more heads. Up and these people dont want any. Of them coming into the media so all of our other guests are to ensure that theres no influx of migrants. Into india that is they want in one hour as far as the muslim might not get to. Eat. The law gives you the money this is the beginning of the store where. You know and maybe you could leap to be a justifier when combined with a National Citizen not just oil and it turns into grimaces i realized you know our middle class me up me last week. You know listen to this it is this and this light fragments and that you know what he stands for much of the majority. And i think its fair to say. Anger against only because you know its not just the cd or so the citizenship act order but you know the combination of people that have no results who. Saw the are rubber shankar in charge for us today thanks very much for the. We have some other stories making the news now lebanons Political Parties have nominated a new Prime Minister after months of protests and not done 3 University Professor haasan as vowed to enact reforms to help the country out of its economic crisis processors have already rallied against his appointment. The British Parliament is set to vote on the Prime Ministers plan for the u. K. s departure from the European Union the passage of Boris Johnsons withdrawal bill is expected to be a formality after the conservatives won a large majority at last weeks general election. Its to romania now and the struggle there to improve the e. U. Use Worst Health Care system now despite billions in you finding romania is rampant corruption has crippled projects to improve it construction is underway in the countrys 1st ever hospital for children suffering for from cancer but its being funded by an Anti Corruption campaigners private initiative heres more from bucharest. An ambitious goal the construction of a hospital for children with cancer in bucharest financed exclusively by donations. Came up with the idea when she learned how catastrophic the conditions were on romanian cancer wards tactics and vision in the past 31 children on college and shared 2 toilets in a shower we founded unexceptable that in the 21st century children with cancer who treated like this. In romania as elsewhere building hospitals was actually the task of the state but thanks to corruption the former remaining in government did nothing to even try to block the work but the 50 year old was stubborn and founded the give Life Association with mike minded people and launched a media campaign. Sam i bought a problem a moment of our biggest problem at the moment is finances we still have to raise money to finish the hospital we trust that people will continue to donate. To mystic after all weve come this far. Pregnant or not. They keep. Makes her way to the office to coordinate fundraising activities so far theyve collected 26000000 euros they need another 10000000 to complete the construction. Things get more complicated by the day i know you know. This is where they collect the donations so far 260000 romanians and 1800 companies have transferred money. The association has received many awards for its commitment. It was hard to raise money in the beginning we had to gain Peoples Trust when we started building and everyone saw what we were doing with the money more companies and more private people donated and look who would have thought that the rock group metallica would come to romania and donate so much money. 250000 euros from the american rock band alone and 2020 these sexy action wants to donate the finished hospital to the state. Now in just a few hours u. S. Aircraft maker boeing is due to launch its starliner astronauts capsule on his 1st unmanned journey to the International Space station now if successful the spacecraft will free nasa from reliance on russia to travel to the i. Z. s but the project has been troubled by technical the ladies and a rival capsule built by space x. Well it completed its test flight last march. Heavy duty rocket is set to launch the starliner into space for its test flight and deposit it 180 kilometers above the earths surface. From there the space capsule equipped with its own measurement sensors and thrusters is supposed to fly into the i access International Space station and dock with it completely automatically. A few days later the starliner will decouple from the i assess 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 in 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. 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. The crew members for the 1st flight to the i assess were selected years ago Christopher Ferguson will need the trio. The Space Shuttle era ended with his last flight his next one is hope 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 from one area where its controlled or go along for it is very. Very interesting. Its to finland where people are braving the cold winter temperatures to catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights these luminescent green patterns can be seen in the night sky over lapland their cause by particles from the sun colliding with particles from the earths atmosphere because of the short days in lochlann the light skin illuminates the sky for up to 9 hours. Stick your mind of our top stories this hour to volunteer firefighters have died in australia wall battling. One of the more than 100 bush fires raging across the state of New South Wales Prime Minister Scott Morrison has apologized for being away on holiday during the crisis was almost whale. Up next tomorrow today our Science Magazine im brian thomas from the entire news team thanks for being here. On a. Ceiling lights that can send an email called floor lamp that can stream a film. Crew marlos network that uses right. Sounds like Science Fiction right. Life by the internet. To our old today. It was the speech of his life perhaps his best certainly his most difficult chancellor helmut kohl addresses the people of east germany shortly after the fall of the wall. The crowd clamors for german unity journalist peter lim borg was at the scene. 30 years later he looks back on the tightrope act in dresden in 45 minutes on. 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