A blaze that killed dozens of animals in the town of cake on new years eve. And creating a more Sustainable Future germany designates 2020 as the year of the barrio of connery will have more of the campaign to promote Green Products and services to. Our having a home free glad you could join me australian author or tease are taking a drastic measures to save lives as some of the worst wildfires on record ravage the country now with 18 people already confirmed dead and thousands of homes destroyed authorities have ordered Mass Evacuations in 2 of the hardest hit states now the worst affected state it is New South Wales where fires have burned more than 4000000 hectares to put that damage into perspective for. That is more than 4 times the number of hecht has lost during the 2900 s. The State Government of New South Wales has declared a 7 day state of emergency for a 3rd time in as many months and in the neighboring state of victoria roads have been cut off making it only possible to me via scene our naval vessels are being sent to evacuate people from other kuta hoppa one of the ports close to melbourne evacuations are likely to last for days amid extreme weather conditions. Australia so say eastern coast is no one ever kitchen 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 yourself the responsibility to look out for yourselves and your families and you out to those men and women who are fighting these fawaz keeping such a do exactly what i say military ships and 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 toria 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 back to food plus degree temperatures weve got a lot for in the last guy that we grew a long time. Residents are taking the warnings seriously. And for side anybody diets tied to sky demise and i had parents tired theyre scared to scare. Just. Over to do is put you off that reason is now. Just get out you get when you say that for and you just know that youre not meant to be they just go. Smoke is too sick for helicopters to fly in and help with evacuations those wanting to leave will now make their way to the ports. Well Turkeys Parliament has passed legislation authorizing a one year deployment of troops to libya turkey supports libyas internationally recognized government in tripoli the motion gives anchorage the green light to send turkish soldiers to the libyan capital it says that the deployment is necessary to defend the government there against forces loyal to the powerful warlord Khalifa Haftar turkey says that if the government is toppled it would bring further instability to the region. Correspondent daryn jones is on the story for us from istanbul good to see dorian how broad was the support in parliament for turkeys military deployment in libya. Well the government only had the support of its Coalition PartnerNational Action party while all the opposition parties voted against although the government is secure the motion of a comes to majority of well over a 100 but in that the but in the debate in parliament it was a pretty feisty debate with the opposition accusing the government of risking what they say was muslim blood for an unnecessary operation they said diplomacy should have been allowed to take its course before deploying forces and the obvious question the nature of these deployment motions saying basically gave a Carte Blanche a blank check the president has no clear outline of how many soldiers will be deployed and what will be the parameters there are operations theres a lot of concern that Turkeys Parliament has now voted on the motion which gives the president a free hand to carry out what many people see as probably the most risky military operation of Turkish Military have carried out for many decades so with all that in mind dorian why you getting involved in. National interests. Well president heard one outlined a number of reasons in the run up to this vote he says he has a strong connections libya was part of the Ottoman Empire and president one says theres still a sizeable ethnic turkish population there also turkey has deep trading ties with libya which extend to many billions and billions of dollars in Construction Contracts which still remain outstanding but the key part of this of this deal and why turkey is deploying it in its military forces is that they see this libya deal a libya government offering turkey a very important strategic agreement which youve given turkey control of a large part of the Eastern Mediterranean that area is at the moment being hotly contested by a number of countries searching for hydrocarbons major gas in the oil fields are believed to be there and also crucially this area that is now on the turkish control blocks of potential pipeline that israel and greek cyprus and greece want to build turkey says that pipeline cannot go ahead unless turkey agrees to it because of this arranged with it as with libya so in many ways this libyan support of the Libyan Government is seen as key to turkey Strategic Interests now in libya as a major staging point to migrants trying to come to you or how is turkeys possible intervention going to be received by the e. U. Briefly if you dont mind. Well there is a great deal of concern that any military deployment by turkey would further escalate a conflict that could lead to further exodus of libyan refugees many of them believe will be heading to italy its already suffering from large numbers and the fear is that further turkish deploying to military forces would lead to more refugees entering europe and that is something that all of europe is very alarmed about daryn johns reporting for us from istanbul thanks daryn. Lets take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world taiwans military chief of staff has been killed in a Helicopter Crash meaning was aboard a blackhawk chopper when it went down in mountains north of the capital taipei officials said that 7 others aboard also died the air force general was in command of the audience defenses against china. Authorities in indonesia say that at least 30 people have been killed in severe flooding tens of thousands were evacuated in and around the capital jakarta whats being called the worst rainfall in decades hit the region on wednesday as calls revis to overflow buildings to collapse. Belgium has a suspended the extradition of catalan separatists leader called a speech tomorrow officials cited his immunity as a european norm a kid now he was elected to the European Parliament last may but has so far been unable to take his seat hes wanted in spain for his role in catalonia as a legal 2017 secession bit. Lebanons received an International Wanted notice from interpol for carlos ghosn requesting his arrest before minister bosses skipped bail in japan earlier this week and fled to lebanon he was awaiting trial in japan for financial misconduct japanese prosecutors have raided his home in tokyo reportedly looking for information on how hes escaped the country. When a woman and her 2 adult daughters have turned themselves into authorities in western germany following a fire that devastated his do killing dozens of Animals Police say that the women admitted to ordering paper sky lanterns on the internet apparently unaware that they are illegal in germany while its believed that the flames from the airborne camels caused the place on new years eve. Flowers and candles cray filled zoo more than 30 animals were burned to death here after a fire broke out at the ape house. Among the dead animals are highly endangered apes like around the tans from borneo lower than gorillas from Central Africa and chimpanzees from west africa. A total of 88. 00 were killed amongst them massah europes oldest gorilla he was 48 years old the fire in the 8 houses broke out shortly after midnight the house was also home to fruit bats and birds they were all killed in the blaze but 2 chimpanzees survived. Police say the fire was caused by a sky lantern launch of a new year a mother and her 2 daughters handed themselves in to authorities soon after the fire reportedly unaware that the sky lanterns a band across germany. Because. The people wanted to set off these lanterns with good wishes and of course they didnt think that could lead to what happened here. Was a long illness i must say i think its courageous of them to go to the police and say yes were responsible i finally stream a decent and they have my respect and i was picked well cray fields do now remains closed investigations into how the fire spread are underway. Well lets bring in correspondent donna records who is at the case of. A mother and the 2 and her 2 daughters have turned themselves into the authorities now what is likely to happen today. Well thats true in helena we know that they might be charged with negligent arson and that offense if they are charged with it could carry a prison sentence of up to 5 years or alternative via a fine but as we saw chief investigator and police both. Both applaud the woman and her 2 daughters for confessing it and for saving them a lot of trouble and a lot of hassle from a potentially very tricky investigation people obviously feel very affected by this tragedy what has been the response. Thats right as you can see behind me people are holding a vigil lighting candles bringing flowers bringing also their children and explaining to them what exactly happened and how and what happened to these animals some people passers by earlier have told me that for them the animals kept here in the zoo in case folks were almost like their relatives like their family members and this is a really really tragic loss not only for those do but for the entire city so the mood here is definitely quite grim were not were not sure whether or not this will open its gates tomorrow the staff here is still debating it and further details will be clear throughout the day it is absolutely awful miraculously i guess to chimpanzees apparently survived the fire what will happen to them do we know. Greg we dont know yet what will happen to them what we know that the head the manager of the zoo is very satisfied with their situations apparently they were only lightly affected by this and theyre doing fine thats what we know so far we dont know whether or not they will remain in the zoo but this is kind of somewhat of an encouraging and encouraging piece of news inside this horrible tragedy all right reporting for us from k. Fed is a downer i guess thanks a lot. And watching the news still to come so many dumped 2020 vision of the bio economy well tell you how the country hopes to promote Green Technology at the door of this new decade. Meanwhile starting the new year all of a legal high why illinois has become the latest u. S. State to greenlight cannabis. Now to austria where conservatives have struck a Coalition Agreement with the green party the deal followed 3 months of tough negotiations so vast and coops will remain chancellor with the greens entering National Government for the 1st time the conservatives previous alliance with the far right Freedom Party collapsed over a corruption scandal. Or could austrias coalition between the conservatives in the greens also be a model here in neighboring germany is an idea that is being discussed in berlin as Political Parties especially the conservatives look to the future beyond chancellor Angela Merkels tenure now merkel has said she will not run in the next general election june late next year during the remainder of her town america is looking to shore up the e. U. As it confronts the challenges. In her natural habitat 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 political its very easy to be critical of the us 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. He covers it 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 a fire in motion with germanys e. U. Presidency coming up in the 2nd half or 2020 macko 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 us. 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 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 luck of a National Strategy which shows 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 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 machall germany or europe would look like. Our chief political editor. Reporting in balad where every year the German Government promotes the sciences with exhibitions and competitions to raise interest in research and development and 2020 its all about something called the bio economy and our science correspondent Derek Williams takes a closer look at what that means exactly. Bio economy describes any part of the economy that could benefit from renewable biological resources its about promoting materials or energy based on living things like crops forests or microorganisms. One big aspect of the bio economy is improving environmental sustainability for example in areas like aviation the use of biofuels based on crops or crop waste rather than oil could dramatically reduce the sectors Carbon Footprint but to be an option the technology has to get cheaper as of today biofuels are more expensive than fossil fuels its a magnitude of 4 times more expensive and thats another reason why we talk about the need for large Scale Production to get the unit cost down to meet the cost of fossil fuel another area is improving quality and food and agriculture and the Industrial Production of chemicals replacing materials like conventional plastic made from fossil resources with sustainable alternatives grown by microbes. In the bio reactor we grow our microbes and the process is very similar to producing beer in a brewery. Using our directors we can produce lots of different molecules polymers. But form carry costs 3rd area is health care has populations rise the only way to meet soaring demand for vital medicines will be to optimize the bio based systems that make pharmaceuticals and 2018 researchers in this key field received a nobel prize for pioneering work that helped drive the bayou economy forward. What our glorious this year have done is that they have used this this principle of evolution but they have adapted it to have. Applied it to their experiments to test tubes and been able to evolve new types of proteins very fast the ultimate goal of the bio economy is to create whats called circularity and consumption that means a lemonade in waste saving fossil resources beating the worlds burgeoning population and taking medical technology to the next level. All right well joining me now is dr Christina Potts a man described as the father of the bio a condom a concept in europe good to have you with us welcome now replacing fossil fuels with buy materials i mean it sounds great that it would be an enormous undertaking is it realistic. Well you should not forget that it is not just the area where you get the biomass from its also the immense immense amount of waste which we have a city like frankfurt for example has about 900000 tons of biological waste which you can use as a kind of treasure for the future so you know it is not just you know that we have in fields animals or plants which we use in a more intensive way but that the waste the 2nd generation of it for example is something we really need to use and to optimize i mean even if it is waste lets face it if it is expensive how can you make it more attractive financially the industry for example. Well industry thats not my big concern because if it pays off because you use less water less resources if theyre on use new features like a longer lifetime for example then you the the industry will do it but the question is the consumer and also sometimes the do as you know who are going to Fund Research that is something which is sometimes really still to be further developed the consumer has the liberty to troops but he must be convinced that it is not just to save the planet thats more important than ever but that there are also things which are good for him that the product which has a small effort that it has as i said to you a longer lifetime that it is the surface in a roller of a skater which is more comfortable etc so in addition we also have fiscal means we could have particular public procurement to help and to prefer bio based products to be taken by consumers lets be honest dont you think that consumers shop as they are doing enough that they are environmentally conscious already federal politicians and governments for example here in germany be doing more to make sure that these things are actually on the shelves that all these options. Well options are i think the most important one very clear that you are convinced of something that is not easy because you have a competition of various ideas etc and then there is the general awareness now we have a very good situation at this moment that we have to do something for the planet that we have to do something for our children and grandchildren that is helpful but on the other hand when it comes down to a nitty gritty decision indeed you know its still not very let me say doesnt work without saying that the consumer will make such a non expensive decision all right dr potts a man described as the father of the bio a commie in this new by economy thanks a lot thank you. And another kind of Green Products now in illinois has become the 11th u. S. State to legalize cannabis the government has also pardoned thousands of people convicted in the past of low level level drug offenses now the stroke of midnight it became legal to buy cannabis. This is the right way for some the excitement was so high in that they forgot to show their id from the 1st of january illinois is 21 and older can legally buy up to 30 grams of can of his as well as cannabis infused products for many it was worth queuing up in subzero temperatures to get their hands on the states 1st legal pot. Super far and i just you know to do things like part of history for chicago why not come be a part of it really i was up for so its incredible its incredible i just cant believe were finally here im really excited and i know what everybody that i know is really excited as well little surreal it 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 or thoughts hes open about the economic benefits of the new comers illinois is establishing itself as the 1st state in the nation to legalize in a way that truly puts equity 1st illinois joins 10 other u. S. States and the district of columbia where Recreational Cannabis is legal the u. S. Narcotics agency however still considers cannabis a dangerous substance. Were hopeful now and star striker is latin even a hint of it has touched down in. Islay ahead of his return to ac milan after 18 months playing in the u. S. For l. A. Galaxy the 38 year old struck a new deal with the italian side he previously paid all from 2010 to 2012 now off to he and he remains a fan favorite theyre greeted by chanting supporters out the airport now hes expected to start training on friday with the club currently struggling stuck in 11th place place in the italian leak. You may have seen these spectacular new years eve fireworks around the world but youve probably never seen anything quite like this or these are nearly 2000 drones flying together in the night sky over shanghai the machines are programmed to create different formations and shapes and evil words after the end of your countdown the show ended with the drones forming the chinese characters so soon may meeting dream chaser. 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