Coming up the deadly flooding in indonesia forces tens of thousands of people from their homes in and around the capital jakarta officials warn more heavy rain is in the full cost. And whats next for the media known as europes most powerful woman german chancellor Angela Merkel goes into the new year looking to shake her legacy the speculation mounts about food might succeed. And also coming up farming that was once a was impossible in the setup and they are growing fresh vegetables in one of the worlds most inhospitable climates the dog post the winter of norways. Iman you can just walk in and thanks very much for joining us. Australia has ordered Mass Evacuations of coastal communities as bushfires range across the southeast and navy ships and aircraft ought to liver and food and water to thousands who have fled the town of molecule and taken refuge on local beaches the wost some wildfires on record have left at least 18 people dead. Australias soso eastern coast is now one ever kishan zone people have been told to leave as soon as possible as authorities declared a state of emergency. It is imperative that you look after your social responsibilities look out for yourselves and your families and you out to those men and women who are fighting as far as we keep you so if you do exactly what i say military ships an aircraft tough in deployed to provide humanitarian assistance bringing in much needed food and medical supplies to cut off areas the military vessels will be able to evacuate up to 1000 people at a time from the harbor in the tory to see journey to one of the designated ever creation ports takes around 17 hours this means that the Mass Evacuations will go on well into the weekend when weather conditions are forecast to worsen again. The winds are expected to be very strong the food plus degree temperatures weve got a lot of for the last guy that we need time. Residents are taking the warnings seriously. Side anybody. Demised and i have tyrants. Just. Just. Over to do is put your foot receives no no no to just go just get out and go. When you say that for a new just now youre not meant to believe it just go. Smoke is too sick for helicopters to fly in and help with every accusations those wanting to leave will now make their way to the ports. Ok lets go straight to journalist rebecca a my in sydney rebecca thanks for joining us how much of a difference will the navy ship thats now arrived offshore to make given that it can only take up to about a 1000 people and what awaits the evacuees at the other end so im elocution is a relatively small town that has been ravaged by the last few days so there are thousands of people needing to be evacuated so this will make a difference for those who most need to leave the area to seek shelter immediately there have been some other people who have been desperate to labor balkanize there are in private boats already and they have left so it will make a big difference to those needing to lay them for those left behind it will be a matter of bracing as conditions are expected to worsen once more and it will be another wake also on 2 people can leave via the road so there is also talk of some evacuations being attempted for the elderly and infirm once that is possible and to do so for those that dont make it on the navy vessel now the New South Wales government has declared its 3rd state of emergency what does that mean exactly. Well its a decision not made lightly and the premier gladys. Has declared that today beginning tomorrow friday the next 7 days and that gives the group 5 service the power to operate the governments resources so they had commissioner shame fitzsimmons will be ordering the closure of roads ways ses it will also mean that the roofies service has the ability to shut down utilities like oil gas and electricity to forcibly evacuate people as well from those risky areas and to occupy properties and ted down infrastructure where they say fit to now authorities are saying theyre preparing for a catastrophic conditions again on saturday how many people are likely to be on the move as conditions intensify into the weekend. Already there is a Mass Evacuation underway tens of thousands if not a 100000 people have been and are currently on the move today tens of thousands of tourists had a ready settled into their holidays on the south coast of New South Wales and in a system victoria was 4 days fire its so they have some of those have been cut off from power and water the last few days not thirtys have now said that if there is a small window in which people can evacuate to say areas they have been queues outside petrol stations with some petrol stations running out of fuel completely and others giving a limit of 50 later. Queues outside supermarkets and weve saying that pictures of a supermarket shelves stripped bare so there are traffic jams of up to 25 kilometers long as many many people are attempting to lay the same area out all at once as conditions are expected to intensify once more over the next few days journalists rebecca in ma in sydney thanks very much. In indonesia Severe Weather has triggered deadly flooding in and around the capital jakarta Officials Say some 2 dozen people have been killed and tens of thousands displaced by raging floodwaters full cost as all warning of heavy rain and more flooding in the coming days. Trapped on a tiny island in the floods. This man was lucky. A desperate rescue effort saved him. d sneer by floodwaters were overwhelming washing away everything in their path tens of people have been killed and tens of thousands more evacuated indonesias president tried to offer reassurance. If a Disaster Agency needs to coordinate with provincial governments and search and rescue teams to give people who are affected by the floods a sense of safety and well yeah this is a good. Some osama but he also cautioned people to limit their expectations. But i dont know in terms of our ability to respond to flooding but the Central Government is still quite knew it was up the money and there are still many projects left to complete. He. For hard hit residents in the capital jakarta life and death choices and long delays i see from when the water reached the 2nd floor we decided to evacuate. We asked for help to be evacuated at 8 am but we could only move out at 2 pm. And a sense of a terrifying new normal. We hope this will never happen again because these floods keep coming back every 5 years but look at that we learned the fall of whether we like it or not we have to face this because we live here. But how much of the bucket is. Everyones working to clean them salvage what they care more rain is expected on the weekend. Ok lets have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world taiwans military chief of staff has been killed in a Helicopter Crash shen uming was aboard a blackhawk chopper when it went down in mountains north of the capital taipei officials said 7 of those aboard died the air force general was in command of the islands defenses against china. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has asta Parliament Immunity from corruption charges immunity would protect him from prosecution while he remains in office as who was indicted in november on charges of bribery fraud and breach of trust. Iranian backed militia men have left the u. S. Embassy complex in iraqs capital baghdad after 2 days of clashes with American Security forces a mob had stormed the compound in protest against u. S. Airstrikes that killed 25. 00 fights says washington has sent in hundreds of extra troops. Turkeys parliament is set to vote on a motion that would all through a one year deployment of troops to libya to supports libyas internationally recognized government in tripoli the mandate would send turkish soldiers to the libyan capital where they would defend the government against forces loyal to the powerful warlord. His fighters control several suburbs and i encourage fears he is planning to launch an assault on the city some 2000 people have been killed so far in the conflict. And our correspondent in east orange told us what is at stake for turkey in libya. Well along with signing a security protocol with the government of National Cold turkey is also science in agreement which is given its control over large swathes of the Eastern Mediterranean sea which is the center of the competition from regional countries searching for hydrocarbons also control the territory also gives turkey a control over the distribution all for 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 touch teacher interest in his growing efforts to project his influence across the region. Youre watching news still to come growing fresh food in one of the worlds northernmost settlements we need to pioneer this making it possible. But 1st its to kenya where 200000 people live in the dadaab refugee camp its one of the biggest such camps in the world and its been home to thousands of somalis for nearly 3 decades the kenyan governments plan to close it has been postponed repeatedly and humanitarian aid for the camp has been considerably reduced in recent years and most recently food rations have been cut our correspondent melanie current about reports now on what that means for those inside that up. Rice yellow beans some cooking oil thats a food ration hoopy mohammed and his family of 9 are supposed to survive on yet another month since she fled somalia as a child almost 30 years ago who 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 enough we have peace here but we dont have food to survive on and no healthcare. People have to dads refugee camps have been living on the special given majesty 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 that 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 death is being neglected and that more recent humanitarian crises is not only the food that is afflicted its also or that the program that he serves his Heart Disease to do what i had to Services Nutrition Services Education rotund centers and all of them that affected by the budget cut the international community. They think let me be that. Much to see them because to be. In the i. S. A. s 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 here this is the problem of the data. Only someone whos helpless goes to the hospital 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 them all when dying in this camp nobody is taking us anywhere i cant help myself nobody is treating my sons illness every night we wonder if he will die or not know what will be. 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 again. Its to austria now where conservatives have struck a Coalition Agreement with the green party the deal follows 3 months of tough negotiations sebastian courts will remain chancellor with the greens and trade National Government for the 1st time conservatives previous alliance with the far right Freedom Party collapsed over a corruption step scandal. Could austrias coalition between the conservatives and greens also be a model here in neighboring germany its an idea thats being discussed in berlin as Political Parties especially the conservatives look to the future beyond chancellor Angela Merkels tenure has said she will not run in the next general election june late next year during the remainder of her call is looking to shore up the e. U. As it confronts new challenges and go americal in her 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 largely 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 ers here in europe. M. P. s increasingly see merkel focused on her european legacy. Concentrated of the i believe she is focusing everything on the germany you Council 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 hartis it will be a tough program if she wants to celebrate becoming the big european leader and at the end of her chancellorship fire and wished 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 do give. Surance 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 on a case come Catherine Bell and also defense minister she recently called for a more active role for german troops on the world stage she offers the kind of clarity even merkel phones have lately been missing at the top i see only one deficiency thats the lek of a National Strategy which shows more pro transparency about german 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 belin. Its an open secret here that the main reason why angola machall continues to ride out the coalition was back home is her concern over the stability of the European Union at the same time many are struggling to imagine what opposed to merkel germany or europe would look like. And for more on this im joined now by our Political Correspondent emmanuel shaz emanuel thanks for being with us now we just heard in that report that people are now starting to look ahead to a post merkel germany what might that look like i mean today we sourced austrias conservatives agree to a coalition with the greens is that a possible scenario here in germany as well but is it being discussed this option off the greens being in the government we see weve seen here in germany especially in the past that there was a surge of interest for the green party you so the youth with fridays for future are demanding that politicians include more green policies in their agenda so it sets any in everyones mind and if you look at the green party here in germany. Their leader of the coleader of departed to ease a personality that is that is much loved by the germans themselves so could it be the next chance that oh yes thats a possibility and could Coalition Government be composed by the conservatives and the greens here in germany just like we saw in austria in austria thats a possibility yes now could we see a new government sooner rather than later given that merkels coalition with the social democrats is increasingly under strain the coalition is under strain especially since the s. P. D. Does so show social democrats elected new leaders in december leaders that are far more left wing. Compromising than the former one that being said we have seen many interests in that coalition ever since it started and yet it sticks together and not least because. Indeed a bring stability to the country especially in the wake of the rise of the far right in germany and as so in the wake of germany having to put its impose on european policy if it wants to remain a deciding power here in europe so i think it was so theres a consensus within the Current Coalition to maintain the stability for now and if you look at the results this coalition already fulfilled 2 thirds of its of what it had agreed upon so as so far it is a coalition that is that these shaky but it also delivers its promises all right. Thanks so much thank you ok in other news several thousands churchgoers have rallied in montenegro against a controversial new religious law or the Orthodox Church says the legislation allows the state to seize its property including ancient monasteries and churches the government denies it plans to impound church affects. Officials in new delhi say one firefighter was killed and at least 13 others injured when a Factory Court fire and collapsed 3 people were rescued from the rubble Emergency Services say it was the 3rd major fire in the indian capital in less than a month. As part of our look back at some of the top reports filed by d. W. Correspondents and 2019 were going to fall bod in norway now it is one of the most northern human settlements in the world and its the home of a man attempting something that is considered impossible growing food in the 3 month long pole a night. This is not a u. F. O. Its a greenhouse inside it drops to minus 20 degrees celsius during the dark polar night only when the polar day begins will Benjamin Vidmar see things growing here we have some days you know with the midnight sun theres sun in theory 24 hours a day so it just moves around in the sky and it can get like 2530. 00 degrees in here i really like to do some root vegetables carrots potatoes would be nice. Finally a bit of sunlight and darkness prevails for months in winter its minus 25. 00 degrees celsius the tundra here is permanently frozen there are more polar bears in sabar than people. Of all places benjamin did mark gross food here the worlds northernmost settlement. This one i think looks good too and then its for 34 the 4th one is on the 3 brothers its an experiment together with his colleague benjamin works in what they call their lab the seeds only sprout when the climate is nearly tropical theyve planted basil parsley crust lettuce cucumbers and chili peppers. And. So if you see that weve got the humidity up now off to remove the tower and equality yeah yeah because were little bit from a 20 year old 45 so yeah definitely. There are polar garden is still in the test phase theyre gathering data at 1st that mark just wanted to be able to eat fresh vegetables thats how he came up with the idea by 3 oclock in the afternoon its pitch black again benjamin has gotten used to this although hes from florida this former ships cook got stranded on the icy archipelago 10 years ago actually enjoy the dark season when the light comes back we get very busy and you have to run all of the time so thats the challenge is you dont know how to shut it off but from there the dark season has just taken you whether its dark or light out benjamins gardening business is booming his stock is in high demand and his capacity is limited small bart is about a 1000 kilometers from norways north cape ordinarily all foods must be flown in which is expensive and not ecologically sound. Just a last effort of some. Yes some close friends. Thats why Benjamin Vidmar wants to prove that things can be done differently. I talk to a lot of chefs also on that was a dream and this is probably going to. Have been for me to get out. Its amazing to have this for sure its a small one besides being delicious. Soil they grow in gets Recycled Materials dont think youre ever going to take care of your good so its just going to. Benjamin food mart thinks a circular economy can work and he wants to prove it right here in small bird. Now you may have seen the spectacular new years eve fireworks around the world but youve probably never seen anything quite like this scenes on nearly 2000 drones flying together in the night sky over shanghai the machines are programmed to create different formations shapes even words off to the end of the a countdown the show ended with the drones forming the chinese characters of shoemaking meaning to retrace. It watching the news live from berlin up next the fatal attraction of mobile a selfie on to votes in news focus on europe and dont forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website that is d w dot com but for now on behalf of the whole team here thanks so much because. Moving back to the sticks and founding a company with elderly residents. Moscow businesswoman googles lunch up all of us came up with this wild idea. They produce unique products that give city dwellers a taste of the country to bring life and money back to their village. The next. Enters the conflict zone confronting the powerful. P. C. Opiah has come a long way in a short time theres a new peace deal with air traffic a new Prime Minister apparently determined to bring accountability for the human rights abuses of the hostages and my guest this week here in brussels business previous to haile mariam desolate food conflicts of. Being 60 minutes of g. W. 50 years of religions for peace. From many different strands are working together toward a common goal the peaceful resolution of religious conflict. Now all female members are for religions for peace from the middle east are demanding a larger good. O. Common ground is empowering women giving them the rule in. Give them an agent and she described. The female. Stars turning where we see. Happy new year and welcome to focus on europe nice to have you with us for our 1st show of 2028 the mountains are my favorite place to be during the holidays perhaps you enjoy them to the alps especially
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