Turkey edges closer to sending its troops to war torn libya lawmakers are due to vote on a proposal for military intervention that could end up escalating the conflict in that country. Also on the show whats next for a leader called europes most powerful woman. Goes into the new year looking to shape her legacy as speculation mounts about who might succeed. Our brian thomas great to have you with us australia has ordered Mass Evacuations of coastal communities as bush fires raged across the southeast naval ships and aircraft are delivering food and water right now to thousands who fled the town of knowledge and took refuge on local beaches the worst summer wildfires on record have left at least 18 people dead. Another devastating 24. 00 alice and this is whats left of the coastal town of monaco. With cooler conditions on wednesday firefighters and residents took a moment to count the costs at once a popular holiday distillation now looks like a war zone. All of my. Just simply. Military ships and aircraft have been deployed to provide humanitarian assistance bringing in much needed food and medical supplies at least 18 people have been killed in the fire so far and almost 1300 homes destroyed. A few residents stayed behind determined to save their properties. And for side anybody diets tied to scout demise now had tyrants time just. Just. Over 2 days put your lot at risk. Just get out and get when you say that for. You not meant to be just. 240 kilometers along australias southeastern coast its now a designated evacuees and so people have been told to leave as soon as possible as authorities warn the worst is yet to come. Really every detail sure the conditions on saturday i will be as bad or worse the resort yesterday. The winds are expected to be very strong that the food plus degrees to which is. Far in the last guy that we could time. The fire has now come for more than 5000000. 00 hexes an area bigger than denmark or the netherlands. The massive clouds of smoke im now also visible from new zealand almost 2000 kilometers and we. Get the very latest now lets go straight to sydney and a journalist Roger Maynard standing by for us roger good day to you whens the navy going to start boarding the evacuees at the beaches outside melaka. The believe you know if you are. H. M. S. Positioning just all sure. Its going to carry much needed supplies to the mainland food will that sort of thing and the actual evacuation the full 1000 people stranded in america will begin 1st thing in the morning that they can all go at once course how long will this evacuation process take were talking about 4000. 00 people that we know about but were also hearing that more and more people are arriving at the beaches why how long is this going to take. Well this is there an estimated 4000 people. At the moment of the ship can you take it 1000 people at a time and so when she leaves school a little 17 or 18 hour voyage along the victorian coast before it can deposit people back on the mainland they have to make a return trip so it will triple the hours of people trying to get out its going to take you know several days for the operation to be completed but the good news is that the families anyway with pets of dogs and cats will be allowed on this label vessel but its going to take some time cynically before this operation is completed ron ok we would like to get an idea of the scope of whats happening in New South Wales right now im urgency orders have been placed on that state thousands of people are evacuating how many people are we talking about on the road right now and will supplies hold out for them gas supplies for example well the estimate is there are about 5055000 people stranded in the area at the moment willie holiday makers and tourist that live in the area too and theyre all being used to get out as quickly as possible our problem is the fuel supplies have been running very very low over the past couple of days sump it was days that run out altogether good news is that one to pitch oil tankers that managed to get back into the main towns in the past 45 hours so supplies have been replenished again but its still going to take a long time for all these people to get out the only fires and only a limited number of roads they can use which are open at the moment but the police are saying get out now while you can do it wait until tomorrow because tomorrow is can we do it for ok this is very much all about logistics right now its a very fast moving story roger manere forest thanks very much for that its to turkey now where parliament will be voting later today on whether to send troops to libya. Turkish parliamentarians would be deciding whether to approve troops being deployed to back up forces of the internationally recognized government in libyas capital tripoli the cities surrounded by soldiers loyal to the powerful warlord Khalifa Haftar his troops are fighting in the suburbs have yet to launch a general salt on the capital some 2000 people have been killed in the fighting so far. All turkeys fine deployment is meant to protect its investments in libya and boost its claims to oil and gas in the mediterranean but the u. N. Is worried about an escalation in the libyan conflict russia egypt and saudi arabia support general hoft our lets get more about this now from dorian jones whos following the story for us in istanbul good day to you dorian water turkish lawmakers likely to do are they going to back a military intervention by turkish troops in libya today well president one is expected to get support from parliament for hes called for deployment of turkey soldiers to libya even though all the opposition parties are strongly opposed to such a move warning that turkey risk being sucked into or quagmire main opposition c. H. P. Party saying that the promus he should be given more of a child rather than going to a military action the president one is unequivocal he says that turkey should teach interests are at stake and turkey should be prepared to deploy soldiers to protect those interests what are those strategic interest story and what does turkey have a stake nationally in libya. Well along with signing a security protocol with the new government of National Cold turkey is also signed in agreement which is given control of a large swathe of the Eastern Mediterranean sea which is at the center of competition from regional countries searching for hydrocarbons also control of the territory also gives turkey a control over the distribution of pipelines which are proposed to be being built from already discovered to gas fields in the Eastern Mediterranean so turkey says that this deal is crucial to teach interest in its growing efforts to project its influence across the region ok now across the region goes all the way to europe this is being watched very closely here in europe as turkey is involved with the you to guarantee that migrant flows are controlled and it has an agreement in place of brussels and libya is a major staging point for migrants heading to europe as well how does this factor in with the military intervention. Well i think a lot of regional countries including europe are concerned that any to point to Turkish Forces for is a 3rd escalation in this conflict risking of a countrys also being drawn into it more conflict would more than likely lead to more refugees seeking refuge in Europe Countries like italy which have received large amounts of libyan refugees the fear is that more refugees could be triggered by such a move and particular also that theyre with several European Countries in particular france are believed to be supporting the house and they are concerned that turkey getting involved in it would also risk their interests as well we understand that the french president has been trying to hold talks with her is turkish counterpart italy to is also concerned and even the german chancellor are going mccullers also believe that held talks with recently with president over these plans for deployment of Turkish Forces into libya but turkey also has a trump card because its also a gatekeeper to refugees coming from the region into europe and turkey made it very clear they are prepared to use that card if it feels its being pressurised by europe so well have to tread very carefully in this latest point of tension potentially between brussels a lot of play here daryn jones thanks so much for being bring us up today in istanbul. Lets give you a brief down some of the other stories making the news a rainy and backed militia men have left the u. S. Embassy complex at baghdad after 2 days of clashes with American Security forces a mob in a storm that compound protest against u. S. Airstrikes that killed 25. 00 fighters washington sent in hundreds of extra troops. Authorities in indonesia say at least 21 people have been killed in severe flooding tens of thousands of others have been evacuated in or around the capital jakarta whats been called the worst rainfall d in decades hit the region on wednesday has caused rivers to overflow and buildings to collapse. Taiwans military chief of staff has been killed in a Helicopter Crash shinji main was aboard a blackhawk topper when it went down in mountains north of the capital taipei Officials Say 7 others aboard that craft died the air force general was in command of the islands defenses against china. Its to kenya now where some 200000 people live in the dhaba refugee camp now this is one of the biggest such camps in the world its been home to thousands of somalis for nearly 3 decades the kenyan governments plans to close it has been postponed repeatedly now humanitarian aid for this camp is been considerably reduced in recent years most recently food rations have been cut our correspondent noni curd the ball reports on what that means for those inside the dop. Rice you know beans some cooking oil thats a food ration. Of 9 are supposed to survive on another month since she fled somalia as a child almost 30 years ago has lived as a refugee and. She says life in the camp has become even more difficult since the World Food Program reduced their food distributions because of budget cuts the agency can only afford to provide 70 percent of the recommended daily food intake. But now were. Now we are very desperate and theres no can no food at all how can we survive if we dont have we have peace here but we dont have food to survive on and no healthcare. The people have to dabs refugee camps have been living on the fresh old if imagine see for nearly 3 decades now with humanitarian organizations struggling to provide basic services in the face of dwindling donations and funding they say their situation has consistently west refugees here fear the world has simply forgotten about their plight. Kenyan law restricts freedom of movement and forbids refugees working here this means more than 200000 refugees in the camps most of them women and children depend on ever scarcer humanitarian aid aide workers in the camp are concerned that that is being neglected and the more recent humanitarian crises is more it only the food that is affected is also or that a program that people but services have to distribute Like Health ServicesNutrition Services because youre in rotten centers and all of them theyre affected by the budget cut the international community. They think may be the darbies corps but. Across the. In the board. Has been holding out for a month with her baby daughter who suffer from malnutrition she added needs a solution. That if i could support my family i wouldnt have to come after me i says the. Only someone whos helpless goes to the hospital if nobody else wants to be at the hospital. Who beach has hopes of frustration and fear for her children her son however cannot be treated by the doctors here he has a heart condition that need special treatment and resources are not available in the underfunded camp. Melanoma what i will help him on when dying in this camp nobody is taking us anywhere i cant help myself and nobody is treating my sons illness every night we wonder if you will die or not. Will be hopes shell eventually be resettled to a place where her son can be treated and to other children will have enough to eat all she wants is the life of an ordinary citizen not a refugee until then she hopes that people politicians and agencies will start remembering the people that up again. This is due to the news live from berlin still to come on our Program Starting in the new year on a legal hot while the noise becomes the latest u. S. State to make out of this legal. But 1st austrias conservatives have struck a Coalition Deal with the green party that deal falls 3 months of tough negotiations sauce and courts will remain chancellor with the greens entering National Government for the very 1st time in austria the conservatives a previous alliance with the far right Freedom Party collapsed over a corruption scandal. Well here in germany the future of chance for all Americans Coalition government remains at the center of speculation in the new year with her junior partners the social democrats still on a footing ackles term is due to continue until autumn of 2021 and she says she will not be running in the next election now within this time frame macros looking to shore up the you as it confronts new challenges. Im going to machall in one natural habitat at the most recent e. U. Summit here europes longest serving head of government has been forging compromise for 15 years yet there are telltale signs of a chancellor on her final stretch in office what was supposed to be her latest budget speech became a Foreign Policy roadmap to be removed from the nitty gritty of domestic politics. I noticed that its very easy to be critical of the u. S. Which no longer wants to take on responsibility in the places it used to but 1st information that points back to us here in europe m. P. s increasingly see machall focused on her european legacy. Constantly at a loss of i believe she is focusing everything on the germany you counsel presidency but that wont be easy that will take more than launching a successful e. U. China summit in the fall. As a dozen short hearted it will be a tough program if she wants to celebrate becoming the big european leader at the end of her chance or ship out. With germanys e. U. Presidency coming up in the 2nd half of 2020 machall needs to mend the strategically important marriage with france to fulfill her key aim a united europe that can stand up to an increasingly dominant china back home her own party worry that her refusal to actively back a successor could weaken germanys position speaking of Political Leadership i think she. Should think about supporting someone so to give. The germans and the europeans and everybody out there who could play also a role for stability in that someone is still widely tipped to be his successor as party leader anika its come catherine also defense minister she recently called for a more active role for german troops on the world stage she offers the kind of clout. And have lately been missing at the top i see only one deficiency thats the look of a National Strategy which shows more trope transparency about drum and interests and german strengths and weaknesses the current german chancellor isnt a lame duck yet but the clouds of a long goodbye are hanging over her office in berlin its an open secret here that the main reason why angola machall can to ride out her coalition woes back home is her concern over the stability of the European Union at the same time many are struggling to imagine what a post merkel germany or europe would look like. Well will it be a long goodbye the talk about that im joined by our Political Correspondent money while shes here in the studio good morning emmanuel less of your again could we see a post medical germany sooner rather than later well we have to keep in mind the next gen that they chose will take place in about 2 years time so theres still some time to think about it and for now we see it is government a coalition between the conservatives and a social democrats being shaken many times over the. Last 2 years but Still Standing it looks like its actors want to keep going the way it is and as several reasons for it germany in the 2nd half of this year will hold the presidency and for that it needs to be. In its interior of politics as well this presidency rotates every 6 months between Member States there is that chance for germany to bring its in 1st on european policy another reason is that this consensus within the coalition is that. The government has to be in a context of uncertainty off rise of the far right here in germany and also in europe and also seki as it has been during those 2 past years disqualification food feel to surge of its objectives so it is a government that the ok now theres a lot of speculation right now about whats coming next what might a post marriage goal germany look like are we getting some signals from across the border in austria for example well thats always the 1000000. 00 question what comes after america not least because she hasnt clearly endorsed a successor so far the heir apparent we saw it in the report is an icon can buy a lot of defense minister and general secretary of the c. D. U. Beds so far she failed to match and americas popularity and power though to dr we see the rise of a degree for example here in germany with its secretary general. As general secretary a rabbit habit being tipped to maybe become germanys next chancellor or maybe we can see just like in austria germany building a Governmental Coalition between the conservatives and the greens obviously very wrong but in polls right now for example now before this post machall europe which is of course habitable some point what does all america all want to do she definitely wants to leave her legacy her european they go see. For example this year the european presidency as i mentioned will bestow upon germany and she very much emphasized that in her new year address she places europe of the core of her policy for her europe needs to bring a voyage its voice to wealth and a strong europe so means a strong germany and she wants germany to be instrumental in tackling Climate Change for example whether germany itself will talk about as home that is to a very most debatable but she also wants germany to have its place on the world stage when it comes to trade for example later on they said it would be the e. U. China us i mean in that ive ceased so americas objective now is to keep germany very much in the game in terms of geopolitics and money well thank you so very much for coming in on this today thank you for staying here in germany media reports indicate a number of suspects have come forward in the case of a zoo fire dozens of animals including some endangered species were killed in the new years eve blaze in the city of crefeld. People laid flowers and candles for the more than 30 animals that burned to death in the crate over night. In the dead animals are highly endangered apes like around the tans from borneo lowland gorillas from Central Africa and chimpanzees from west africa. A total of 8 apes were killed amongst them. Europes oldest gorilla who was 48 years old. Shortly after midnight a fire broke out in a palace in the crate. The house was also home to fruit bats and birds they were all killed in the blaze but 2 chimpanzees survived. Its 1st to a miracle that we have animals that are still alive. Ballet a 40 year old female chimpanzee and limbo a younger male survived this inferno. The cause of the fire is not yet known. The Police Believe it may have started from flames in sky lanterns launched for new year. Sky lanterns in the air near the zoo and some of them were flying very low we have to assume they went down in the zoo. Sky lanterns abound almost everywhere in germany including the state of north rhinewestphalia where cray fell dislocated police are treating the case as negligent arson. Well illinois is become the 11th u. S. State to legalize cannabis the governor also pardoned thousands of people convicted in the past of low level drug offenses at the start of the stroke of midnight it became legal to buy cannabis. This is the right way for some the excitement was so high that they forgot to show their i. D. From the 1st of january illinois is 21 and older can legally buy up to 30 grams of cannabis as well as cannabis infuse products. For many it was worth queuing up in subzero temperatures to get their hands on the states foes legal. Super fond i just thought you know today is like part of history for chicago why not come be a part of it really i was up for new years eve so its incredible its incredible i just cant believe were finally here im really excited and i know what everybody that i now is really excited as well little surreal i was a little crazy like im walking to the counter and theres cameras everywhere and its showing me and im buying we Legal Cannabis this is just unbelievable with the legalization also come some 700000 pardons for people with low level cannabis convictions and a quarter of the nearly 60000000. 00 projected annual tax revenue will go to communities affected by the war on drugs authorities are open about the economic benefits of the new comers illinois is just stablish ing itself as the 1st state in the nation to legalize in a way that truly puts equity 1st illinois joins 10 of the u. S. States and the district of columbia where every creational cannabis is legal the u. S. 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