President signs off on sanctions well look at why washington doesnt want the project completed. And the antarctic treaty turn 60 well look at whats next for the frozen continent that has seen a shop rise in tourism in recent years. Now my new coops mackinnon thanks for joining us all sorry in australia are warning that powerful winds could fan massive the bushfires towards major cities in the countrys southeast fire crews a struggling to contain the spread of blazes around sydney a combination of record temperatures drought and powerful winds has powered the inferno on thursday it claimed the lives of 2 firefighters. The smoking remains of a home after bushfires swept through the area. These residents in New South Wales fought the fire as well as they could before firefighters arrived and took over it happened quickly. We saw this mark and flop basically rushing towards us over the hill and basically every minute it was probably one of the kilometer close off before eventually just hit a fence and were pretty much theyre finding their ass off. The fires are some of the most extensive ever they have left 30000 square kilometers of charred land in their wake since october over 800. 00 homes have been destroyed several states are affected this blaze was raging in the countrys south on the outskirts of the city of adelaide with a forest on fire wildlife have nowhere else to go pushing the animals closer to peoples backyards and into their homes record temperatures powerful winds and low humidity are creating the conditions for the fires to spread president s say the constant danger is something theyve learned to live with. We know is that probably only a matter of. Days oh wait well we have another. That. Will definitely stop and ready. The sheer scale of these bush fires is pushing fire and rescue services to their limits and the fires are still getting worse. Joining me now from sydney is james morris hes a spokesman for the New South Wales Rural Fire Service james thanks so much for joining us now a weather front has moved through the state of New South Wales overnight its brought high winds with it can you tell us how that has affected firefighters efforts. Yeah good evening once again those wings that weve same move through are coming from the southerly direction of really impacted our far grounds were seeing very erratic behavior was obviously earlier in the day they pushing in very much of an a silly direction and now with a very large front to the north once these winds from the south have picked up theyve really saying they are ready conditions move towards properties to the north which is of sequels significant Property Protection being required from our forefathers from right across New South Wales which are focusing on it on areas rather around the Blue Mountains west of sydney and northern sydney around the hawks free area and down on the south car east of New South Wales around joe spy in sussex inlet there with a number of blazes continuing to burn threatening properties right across seas foregrounds james can you give us an idea of how bad the damage has been over the past 24 hours look at this stage were still trying to us the time the damage certainly of the last 12 hours where were you saying reports of widespread property loss especially through the Blue Mountains and in some south western sydney around the the. Area and hume harbor eyesight will assess those overcoming dies we are likely talking in excess of 23. 00 to potentially even 50 harms destroyed unfortunately we still have one person which is on accounted for and hopefully tomorrow will form some some good news but certainly you know a grim harvest if for a number of reports from from that area in North Western sydney huge pressure on the firefighters not to mention the people whose whose homes are being affected by this is there any relief in sight as whole. Ulick think fully this in the is always or a catastrophic fire danger is that we saw yesterday you want to spread across the sydney and southern parts of New South Wales that has now aged once we still the southerly change comes through the drop temperatures and very quickly some 20 degrees celsius we did say those winds obviously continue to give us issues but i have since had bided in southern parts of New South Wales which is really allowed crews to stop protecting himes us slowing the spread of far enough threat to hinds azan will have an opportunity for about 4 or 5 days now with 5 or will conditions to really work on those are close can time and lawns and unfortunately we have seen these fires now grow to in excess in some areas of 400000 hexes bedding in very rare mart and rugged tryon and the army why we will contain these blazes now is widespread drying which at this stage isnt full cost until at least medora middle end of february all right james morris from the New South Wales moral fire thet the thanks so much for talking to us and all the best thanks anya. Ok lets take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world the u. S. Has officially announced the funding of a new Military Branch focused on winning battles from Space President donald trump announced space folds a 16000 troop military unit designed to defend american interests in space. French holiday travelers are facing major delays as well as cancellations as the nationwide transport strike continues paris rail travelers face long waits for crowded trains but the system running out hoff capacity transport workers a part of a large a strike called pension reform. A fierce storm battering spain and portugal has killed at least 5 people strong winds and torrential rains have damaged buildings and roads and cut power lines across the Iberian Peninsula authorities warn that conditions are likely to get worse as another powerful storm is headed for the region. Now germanys finance minister has condemned the u. S. Sanctions on the north stream 2 gas pipeline between russia and germany or the show its called them quote a severe intervention in german and european internal affairs this comes as the sanctions prompted a company laying pipelines for the pipes for the pipeline to stop construction on friday President Donald Trump approved the move against involved in building north stream the u. S. Has criticized the project for handing too much power to russia. d the sanctions on the north stream 2 projects are included in a wide ranging us defense spending bill president signed the legislation into law a ceremony held its full space just outside washington. Its now my honor to. Sign the 2000 to 1. 00 the marriage bill Defense Authorization act into law. The sanctions target Companies Involved in the almost 10000000000 euro project to double the Pipeline Capacity covering russia not true so europes leading economy germany. Most of that pipeline has been completed all seized the Company Building the unfinished section through danish territorial waters announced it was holding its work in anticipation of the new law washington had made it clear in advance that noncompliance would have consequences you know senator cruz who is the sponsor of the bill wrote a letter to the c. E. O. Of all seas today basically saying as soon as this bill is signed into law youre out of compliance and you are subject to sanctions so its a its a its a hot topic. The u. S. Move has angered germany a longtime ally. Berlin rejects the idea that washington can legally impose sanctions on 3rd parties. Next come up we have known been against extraterritorial sanctions we have the same problem with iran in my opinion the only solution is to hold talks very decisive talks with against letting these extra territorial sanctions take effect 6. Months when. Despite the anger in Berlin Germany is not planning any action against washington thats not the case with russia the other partner in the pipeline president Vladimir Putin has threatened retaliation moscow has made it clear it will go ahead and finish the project whatever the United States does. Now at 60 is since the antarctic treaty was signed in 195912 nations pledged to use the southernmost continent for peaceful purposes only and specifically the Scientific Research the treaty has resulted in a sea research stations being threatened and to cut the thousands of scientists from all over the world. Several monitoring the rapid increase in temperature in the region. Approaching antarctica from the air on board are researchers from 10 Different Countries theyll be spending the antarctic Summer Season on various projects this year the team from belarus is especially large. Says would be a program for science and religion course more. Than just. A few zips. Now we build to go. India has also sent a large team members will be making their way to the countries Antarctic Research stations claimer to study. Up on. The study so it does not emerge off to so on accumulation of the all the dirt on. Reality that clearly what is the condition of the i thought example is eating out a geisha after observing the environment for many years researchers like russian alexi to turn have been able to monitor the changes taking place. From any year you. Know about. Change. In. One its. Its known that the moons Gravity Force affects ocean tides but its exact effect on weather has not yet been well explained. The russian team cooperate with the seismologists at the german no my research station its 700 kilometers away perched on stilts not far from the continents i see shore. Markers heads the stations are chemistry observatory hes worried about the rise of c o 2 particles and the antarctic atmosphere hes also concerned that the untouched southern continent could fall victim to economic exploitation its in a kind of gray zone when it comes to International Law thus. Its hard to say what will happen and how things will develop especially if some areas become ice free and amazing Raw Materials are nursed. 4 years ago the antarctic treaty was agreed and extended but. I see that as a good sign that it will continue to go in this direction thats its interesting because i dont think. The main draw for researchers that know i my are are the emperor penguins the scientists want to examine the animals breeding behavior in order to protect possible. Threats cost by climate change. The International Researchers share their results with each other and. People always talk about the antarctic family all the conflicts that exist elsewhere in the world for by the wayside everyone helps each other and people try to get along at times under truly inhospitable conditions its nice to see that in spite of all the bad news in the world it can really work. Successful collaboration on the most sparsely populated continent on earth. Sports news now and it is the final weekend of bundesliga matches before german soccer takes its annual winter break on friday hoffenheim b. To dortmund 21. 00. Scored 1st by kimi crossed for gazza to make it one nil in the 17th minute of mind then had to wait until late in the match to reply saugus i me on leveled at the school at me 87th minute and under a crime are at she scored the winner with just 3 minutes left. And premier League Club Everton have appointed italian collar on chelsea as the new manager giving him a 4 and a half Year Contract the full monopoly coach is a 3 Time Champions League winner and has also won several domestic titles in europes top leagues including with bae in munich the last time he managed in england was with chelsea back in 2010 when he won the domestic double everson hope he can provide safety and stability there just 4 points above the relegation zone. Which i mean you could just became an invite and thanks so much for watching. The. News in terms of famous neutralised an excuse. To sing the bridge next on the front of the boards 260th birthday. Bordering the road for your drug discovery. Expedition. D. W
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