He is gone the former nissan boss flees to your past where he faced trial for financial misconduct he says hes a steeping persecution. And a shock sighting off the italian island of sicily 3 huge killer whales have traveled more than 6000 kilometers from their home off iceland to the mediterranean. Im brian thomas great to have you with us thousands of residents and tourists remain trapped by raging fires in a number of coastal towns in australia people are sheltering on the waterfront preparing for possible evacuation by sea now it is an unprecedented situation across the country there is worst affected australias 2 most populated states New South Wales and victoria now the town of malik truda it is where some 4000 people have fled the fires to the beaches there now the blazes of claims to more victims a father in the song trying to protect their home several other people remain missing. Stranded by the seaside. Thousands of tourists and locals are being held hostage by raging wildfire in the town of monaco and its too late to leave so all they can do is wait along the beach for help to come. For others across the region have made the difficult decision to stay behind but the authorities i kina then now on their own everybody in that community that had a plan to go to the break or at the bridge we are aware of is the premise that some people chosen not to take that it dos and are mining their heins in that is also why the communities we want you putting trucks into the air is fully briefed on a fully aware if all that impacted on that community in melbourne temperatures on tuesday peaked at 41. 00 degree celsius in some places the places are so intense the thick smoke turnkey tonight and aerial reconnaissance and water bombing have to behold it the fires are causing dry lightning storms that themselves are starting fires. When far as are crowding there on whether you have you know super hot columns that 131415 kilometers in the air its not saif then there is obviously the very common sense issue of not being out of the city so much my son much so much impact in terms of moving around australia has been battling huge bushfires for several months mostly on the eastern coast on tuesday almost 300. 00 fire as well register it and the places have consumed more than 40000 square kilometers of land. Lets get more now from melbourne by Luke Haggerty spokesman for victorias state center for Emergency Management look thanks so much for joining us can you tell us what you know about the people who are sheltering right now we understand is about 4000. 00 of them at various locations at the seashore. Thats right there. Is that the wind triangle that moved through that area. Which caused that far to continue just sprint towards the town of melik which is where a port hasnt people have begun sheltering on the foreshore and on scene in this surrounding and the good news is that now that we change is moving through and conditions have based some more inside the maybe threshed to the eyes has passed but that was a very very challenging trouble so i was for the meetings he got it together and protected themselves along with far far it is from a very significant. Look weve seen a number of fatalities now from extreme winds and fires are the fire tornadoes and the dry lightning weve been hearing about a threat to life and property and the volunteer and professional firefighters as well of course where you are. This is a very serious challenges with the weather conditions that way of saying cross sad faces trial is. This year were only into a out 1st month of summer ending to die and already were seeing more activity than wed normally say getting tar for us a scene throughout the summer period there is far to all night eyes and in particular the draw any cause us significant concern and that was actually the cause of they so far as. Drawing moving through. That larning striking very very dry progress areas far as can sometimes been undetected to deice you know sorts of conditions but then when the wind peaks out thats for its size far as very quickly and thats whats resulted in these very very large far as weve had in the east start ok well the media all just saying that the weather for the next 5 days is expected to include high winds high temperatures and how are you preparing for the ongoing threat extending through the week. Now focus not just in the next few days but that moving point or at least some a period hes working very closely with acme to miss in giving him a strong understanding of what we believe will happen we think far as and we far as stop the far as we have any of them i mean to largely continue. For a couple of months small unlikely until we say significant rainfall thankfully weve got a couple of guys in new tory on our way conditions out more 5 ramon 1st to stop to work on tiny based far as but i am just psylocke genes our eyes it would be impossible to get that work done in the next few days before we say the hate and we need. Is going to be ongoing for a number of fights making sure that weve got half our foreign resources on the ground and now ive played in the great guard to respond you far as continue to support a far as we already have burning in continuing to march to have a situation and provide the community with the force as quickly as we can look all the best you and all of your team there in the days ahead look agony for a spokesman for your virgin see control center in victoria thank you very much. Lets get you briefed now on other stories making the news raging protests or force the evacuation of staff from the u. S. Embassy in baghdad. Thousands demonstrated outside the building against american airstrikes that targeted in a rein in back militia in iraq more than 2 dozen fighters were killed in those strikes that the u. S. Said response to attacks on american targets. Turkey has moved one step closer to deploying troops in Libya Parliament is fast tracking a bill to authorize sending its military to back libyas internationally recognized government it is fighting for survival against the forces of a powerful warlord Khalifa Haftar accordance with its demand to 15 years in jail over his role in the murder of investigative journalist zoltan untrue sco confessed to acting as a go between in the killing of young and his fiance their murder and 20 teens sparked a political crisis in the country. Now hes one of the most talked about business personalities in 29000 and hes just made it back into the headlines before the years out the former Nissan Renault chairman c. E. O. Carlos go and has left japan where he was under house arrest he apparently jumped bail on a private plane he said he was not fleeing justice but instead seeking to avoid a rigged system going who is of lebanese origin was arrested in japan about a year ago on charges of financial misconduct he was expected to face trial in april and has denied the charges against him ran does not have an extradition treaty with lebanon it is unclear what steps to pat might take next. So where does this be headed for more mark johnson did of your businesses here in the studio good morning or something right going says hes being persecuted by government officials is not anything to back that up well you know weve been covering the story of course over the past 12 months but so much else have been happening so i had to read up a bits to jog my memory and its true i mean the gun case certainly has put japans judicial system in particular the hostage system into the limelight something that we didnt really know much about beforehand japan has an incredibly low crime rate and perhaps its not just because its a well functioning society perhaps people a simply too scared of being arrested in the 1st place we remember the col is gone was arrested in november 28th and he faced a trial in april 2020 as a long time and that has to do with the japanese system focusing on interrogation with the aim of getting a confession and prosecutors seem to be a little hostage system yet they seem to be able to keep people locked and to take as much time as they need i mean give you an example for a minor crime like shoplifting. They can keep a shoplifter. Of up to 23 days this something unthinkable. Heah so when going says that hes not led to justice but injustice and probably just the length of time he was kept under arrest before facing trial maybe he has a point ok well certainly there are differences as you pointed out between the west and japanese traditional systems certainly in terms of pretrial detention monica how did he escape certain wasnt being that well i didnt know him or what i did he has some help but this is the question isnt it i mean he was on bail and that didnt include that he was allowed to leave japan his lawyer confirmed that just a short while ago hes loyal to says that he was completely taken by surprise that he still has all 3 passports he was born in brazil carlos ghosn his french and lebanese citizenship so how does he escape i mean everybody who was asked to comment on it has so far either declined to like a spokesman said we dont talk about this spokeswoman for the Lebanese Embassy in tokyo said we have no idea what was happening and the french junior economy minister has just come out saying well hold on 1st of all nobodys above the law but as a french citizen he would be entitled to consular support what we know hes left japan on a private plane via turkey hes now in beirut and without an extradition treaty as we heard japan can do very little about it right now so where does this go from here interesting interesting because go and say well 1st of all he was a giant in the Auto Industry he he rescued nelson from the brink of bankruptcy mosque the mind of the aligned with renault and after this major blow. Where hes been faced now with 4 charges thats still in place including for enriching himself through payments to a dealership in the middle east and where is he now hes now in lebanon out of reach and he says he can now finally commute freely with the media and hes looking forward to doing though starting next week 2020 is going to be well maybe well find out more about the case and brian i can see it because he would movie in the making and i certainly see some press conferences next of definitely on the vive la monica thanks very much. Well the end of the year Holiday Season is of course one of the busiest times for travel but our next story is about a remarkable journey made by a family of killer whales a group of orcas as stunned researchers by traveling more than 6000 kilometers from iceland to the mediterranean in just a few weeks they were spotted by italian fishermen but. Now this amateur video captured a scientific people would ever have expected in the mediterranean. These 2 italian fishermen certainly never imagined that when they went out into the strait of messina near sicily theyd encounter 3 massive killer whales swimming alongside their boat the 1st thing they noticed was the giant fins reaching out of the water delinquent wed never seen anything like it and then we realized it was a killer whale 1st we were scared animals are twice the size of a boat but then the excitement overcame the fear we managed to film the video. Uploaded to. Researchers say the orcas are part of the same group that came from iceland and was spotted off North Western italy earlier this month its one of the longest migration routes ever recorded for the species the killer whales can be found around the globe they generally favor cold waters and are rarely seen in the mediterranean its unknown why the animals ventured this far from their usual habitat were where theyll travel to next. Well people around the globe are preparing to say goodbye 229000 ringing in the new year and a new decade but with so many different time zones across the world new year will be welcomed that of course different times throughout the day the 1st to celebrate the arrival of 2020 the small Pacific Island of samoa it rang in the new year just a short while ago new zealand celebrates an hour later followed by australia and japan. This did have you news from berlin mark jones will be back with more on carlos going on in business after the break and 1st we can and will be with you at the top of the hour that does it for me for today id like to wish you a very happy new year have a safe. Stay up today dont miss our highlights. Program. W dot com highlights. 50 years of religions for peace people from many different faiths are working together toward a common goal