Im mary in evanston its good to have you with us australia is bracing for another week of bushfires as temperatures are expected to soar firefighters have been trying to contain the fires since september 8th people have died 2 of them firefighters many of those on the frontline are volunteers and now the Australian Government says it will pay them for their efforts. Its one of australias worst bushfire seasons over. With so many blazes to battle its often volunteers who answer the call for help. Giving their time and paying the costs just like. 1516 hour shifts in a row youre exhausted at the end of that you might have one day break and then they want you to go again. It just takes a toll physically. Emotionally on the family they dont see you and me it means i use my annual leave a main said i you know i use my time in leech time. Now theres help for the helpers some volunteers to be compensated for about 20 days worth of income lost while fighting the recent fires. As this is a very prolonged fosli this is putting additional demands on our firefighters in particular and it means that the turnouts in the call outs have been far more extensive than in previous years going well and beyond and above what is normally expected of those who are engaged in volunteer services. Already Public Servants have been pledged additional leave to join the fight with a straight these some are just Getting Started the country needs more helping hands to step up to the challenge. And joining me now from sydney is james morris hes a spokesman for the New South Wales Rural Fire Service thanks so much for being on our program well theres been a bit of good news for the volunteer firefighters with the government saying they are now going to be paid just how much of a difference is this going to make to their lives. Its a mighty huge difference to those volunteers who have given so much time in the last 5 to carve a half month or so without bush was as you mentioned a lot of them taking on paid leave taking time out from the jobs especially those who have business sinas Small Business owners in the walks who have lost income so they saw our forefathers who have been out for more than tend. To be able to climb up to 300. 00 a day with a maximum of 6000. 00 off of highway and said look dont like the future difference to the daily living and in support of family and those people who have armed fortunately missed out during that on the helping communities of the files well unfortunately we are getting reports of further bushfires or updating just overnight and still apparently sydney harbor is new years eve fireworks display is still planned to go ahead from your perspective is that a good idea. We continue to work with obviously the pari technique agencies and organizations as well as obviously other Emergency Services as well as a bureau of meteorology which were keeping in close contact with at this stage 35 bands are predicted for the greatest sydney area for tuesday which is new years eve we are expecting that change to come through see me in the light afternoon noodles like a couple hours to to fully come through which will reduce the temperatures lastly the same increase in winds potentially through the early stages and hopefully before those 9 oclock fireworks but certainly they staged as theres no forecast of issues all the safety concerns with that will continue to work with other firefighting agencies such as far as the New South Wales to bolster and support then they start should there be any heightened level of requirements needed ferries of course land in and around sydney harbor. James morris from the New South Wales Rural Fire Service we appreciate you taking the time to talk to us and wish all the best to you and your colleagues. Lets get a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world theres been a stabbing attack at a jewish Holiday Celebration near new york city Authorities Say 5 people were hospitalized with injuries 2 of them are in Critical Condition the attack appears to be the latest in a string of antisemitic attacks in new york this month. In lebanon hundreds of protesters rallied outside the home of the countrys new Prime Minister demonstrators fired flares and demanded the resignation of hassan the op who is backed by the Islamist Group hezbollah lebanon is facing its worst political crisis in decades protests against corruption and mismanagement have gripped the country since october. A truck bomb attack in somalia has killed at least 78 people the device exploded during morning rush hour at a busy security checkpoint in the capital mogadishu the countrys president Mohammed Abdul latif or moncho blamed a militant Islamist Group for the attack. A key outcome of the recent summit between ukraine and russia is an agreed prisoner swap which is set to take place in the coming hours a similar Prisoner Exchange took place in september relieved families celebrated the moment and it signaled a slight turn in the strained relations between ukraine and russia but an estimated 14000 people have died in the ukrainian conflict and a war weary families are hoping bet Todays Exchange will lead to a real Peace Process. A major Prisoner Exchange with russia im pro russian separatists in september it broke inmates time and forced to the heart of the war nice to meet crime could soon be ending it was an early victory for ukraines new president the music lenski. Were all agreed the 1st step to one block. Or not. It is returning our soldiers political prisoners. Who more than 5 years the Ukrainian Army has been fighting russian back separatists in the countrys aist doors cost around 14000 lives until he came duster region into a conflict saw and. Efforts to stop the fighting have come to little when selenski was elected in i pro he promised to restart the Peace Process that culminated in a meeting this month with his french german and russian counterparts in which Todays Exchange was a grade. A. That and im an exchange between both sides in this conflict to whom based on swapping everyone on the. Pieces with the 2 major exchanges complete by the end of the year the impetus in the coming 12 months will be on diplomacy completing the exchanges is a way of Building Trust between russia and ukraine and the separatists. Lets get more on this from our correspondent david stern whos in kiev and whos following todays events for us so david how exactly is this Prisoner Exchange between russia and ukraine likely to play out i mean do we know for example just how many prisoners are supposed to be swapped. Well only know the details when it actually takes place or shortly before both the timing and the numbers those are still in the air its an its uncertain were getting different reports of how many people are actually going to be exchanged possibly more than 50 from the separatist side 80 from the ukrainian side or maybe even more maybe 80 from the breakaway republics and 100 and more than 100 from the ukrainians but as i say this will become clearer later as well as when and where it takes place one expects however that it will take place on some neutral area that the 2 sides will its exchange them directly and then the those that have been released from the unrecognized lugansk and peoples republics will be flown here to kiev and arrive at the main airport and bodies full well just how significant is this want likely to be in terms of improving the very strained relations between ukraine and russia. Well obviously anything in this direction is a positive step how positive we will remain we will wait to see but as we heard in the report this is all part of the Peace Process that has been undertaken by president selenski one of his main promises was to bring peace in the east we did see this this summit in france recently and there were promises that there would be there would be further steps this is the 1st major thing to happen since the summit but obviously the war continues people there is shelling just recently wounded and dead more than 14000 and as you have heard so there remains to be a great deal that means that needs to be done before we see a full peace in the east all right david stern reporting from kiev we thank you very much. Well more than 6000 families in a western kenya are suffering from the impact of flooding and heavy rains that began on Christmas Eve the residents of sue move fear the flooding could become worse while they wait for aid to arrive east africas experiencing abnormally heavy rains which have been linked to the indian ocean being warmer than usual. In the kenyan county of kisumu water has crept everywhere residents struggle to find safe and dry places away from the muddy waters they are appealing to the government for help. Children food went with the water in the books for the kids to my belongings ultimate here and i dont know where i will go to. Theres no place to sleep we dont even have tents no water to drink and i have children in college as well as in secondary and primary schools. 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The annual sydney to hobart yacht race in australia has come to an end with a maxi comanche 1st to finish the journey spending around 630 nautical miles comanche made a bold move and track further out to sea than the rest of the competition it was not smooth sailing for the race leader at one point when the yacht briefly came to a complete standstill but eventually the tactic paid off and comanche claimed its 3rd victory in 5 years finishing the race and one day 18 hours and 30 minutes. Youre up to date on the w. News this hour coming up next a documentary exploring for love and how one feeling can influence both the body and mind american evan steen from all of us here in berlin thanks for watching. Its time to take one step further and face the once again. Time to search the. Fund for the troops. To overcome their own troops and conduct the war. Its time for g. W. Is coming up ahead
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