New years eve. Australian authorities have declared emergencies and ordered Mass Evacuations in New South Wales and victoria the states hardest hit by some of the worst wildfires on record evacuation orders a likely to last for days as forecasters warn that high temperatures and strong winds are expected to return at the weekend 18 people have died in the crisis and thousands of homes have been destroyed. This is what firefighters in australia have been dealing with for months in some cases and this is an example of the aftermath the town of. Or what was the town a place tore through here on new years eve. Since then thousands have been awaiting rescue relief anything the plan is for the navy to use ships and helicopters to bring them to melbourne about a 17 hour journey by water. And destruction devastation and this is just one of so many towns in the southeastern states of New South Wales and victoria that have felt the fury of the latest wave of bushfires. Side anybody. In my eyes and i had parents. People have died but a final count hasnt been tallied yet some are still listed as missing one of the dead is fireman jeff keaton who passed away battling a blaze just before christmas at his funeral on thursday his young son received an award for bravery on behalf of his dead father. Forecasters say itll be the end of the month before theres any significant rain and a possible end to the crisis the next catastrophic conditions are forecast for this coming weekend with temperatures expected to top 40 degrees celsius. So as the bushfire emergency is forecast to war growing anger the response of politicians to whats now months of devastating blazes much of that anger is directed at the Prime MinisterScott Morrison he was forced to cut short a visit to one of the worst hit regions south of sydney after a confrontation with residents went off the bridge that was. All over the dam play out on the other hand a lot of money but we have the dont meet i mean its not welcome your point. Is faith New South Wales confronting australias Prime Minister on thursday 2 people are reported dead in the village whose Historic Center of but to the ground on new years eve heres how Scott Morrison responded to the angry residents just in the very strong feelings people have but most everything. There is still you know some very dangerous days ahead and we understand that thats why were going to do everything we can to ensure that i have every every support but. Australian Prime MinisterScott Morrison well the reaction in cobol go is not an isolated incident. That raging across the country with many australians fed up with what i say is a lack of leadership. When you see it with so we just saw that much of the. Being direct to the Prime Minister yeah absolutely and a lot of that really does come from some of his own major missteps im sure you remember a couple of weeks ago morson was actually on vacation in hawaii during one of the high points of this fire crisis and now theres been another similar incident during new Year Celebrations morrison was accused of ringing in 2020 with a party at his residence and many australians are not exactly happy about that heres one of them he happens to be a member of the rival labor party here is saying look australia is burning there are 4000 australians stranded on the beach at mali as we saw in the piece well this happens australias Prime Minister sits champagne while watching fireworks and then you can see his opinion of morrisons liberal party there we have to mention a spokesperson denied that morrison had a quote party he says this was just a few Close Friends and family members coming over for dinner but either way the optics here are not greats the hawaii vacation didnt look good especially as he and his government really under increasing pressure now to act but did this does seem to be more about more than just optics people do seem to be really quite angry absolutely i mean this is really about a lack of action on the part of the government many fire victims saying that that help isnt coming fast enough the response of the federal government just has not been good enough especially in those rural areas that we saw with just been hit so hard by this and this is one person on facebook whos been updating his followers on the situation where his mother lives and you can see that here she lives in a small coastal town in New South Wales and he writes theres no power there theres no mobile phones theres no internet no utilities the town is out of fuel and food no open roads to get in or out the water catchment for the bay has has all been burnt why isnt the government doing food drops or water drops why or why isnt it bringing in generators to the harbor wheres our Defense Force here is you can see many people very frustrated. Lack of response its not only the federal government its the State Government as well you have to understand states are in charge of Emergency Services there Scott Morrison says liberal party currently in government in New South Wales the hardest hit states the party theyre being criticized now for actually cutting the budget for response in terms of Fire Management earlier this year or last year it turns out as well the Emergency Services minister of that same state has also gone on holiday he is currently on vacation with his wife in europe he says he will cut their vacation short to get back to work on friday but again i mean unbelievable to see these people in charge off taking holiday so briefly co what has the government done Prime Minister morrison as we saw getting a lot more military involved we saw those rescue ships of the navy Army Aircraft getting involved as well deploying supplies also helping with evacuations he says he can only do that when the states request help the biggest discussion though is still Climate Change morrisons government has been denying the link between Climate Change and these fires but a majority of australians say this is a big threats we want to see more action coalesce we thank you so much. Now well take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world or forces in indonesia say at least 30 people have been killed in severe flooding tens of thousands evacuated in and around the capital jakarta of the worst rainfall for decades hit the region on wednesday causing rivers to overflow and buildings to collapse. Austrias new Coalition Government wants to make the country Carbon Neutral by 2040 the green party is entering the National Government for the 1st time during Sebastian Court since conservatives lay out the details of their Coalition Deal the party is a set it wants to make austria a european foreign and in climate protection though. Lebanon has received an International Wanted notice from into paul. Go requesting his arrest the foreman this and boss skipped bail in japan this week and fled to lebanon while awaiting a trial for financial misconduct japanese prosecutors raided his tokyo home reportedly looking for information about his escape. Low wages in turkey have passed a bill allowing the country to deploy troops to war torn libya the movies aimed at shoring up the un recognized government in tripoli against rebel leader hafta and the socalled Libyan National army the bill passed despite objections from the country from turkeys a main opposition groups other affairs that turkey should Troop Deployment that could further destabilize libya. And that is the bill was expected to pass through parliament and eventually it did giving the government a green light for a one year military deployment. But not before heavy debate in the house with opposition parties arguing vigorously against it and that is libyas internationally recognized government their government of National Accord based in tripoli is a regional ally to turkey last friday turkish president or one confirmed had received a request for military assistance from the un backed administration for months on the outskirts of the capital the government has been facing off against the forces of rebel leader general khalifa haftar. A leads a rival administration to the east of the country and is said to be preparing an assault to take the capital. The general has already taken control of its outer suburbs and has support internationally from egypt and russia. The fighting is threatening to plunge libya and a violent chaos not seen since the 2011 al sting of long time dictator Moammar Gadhafi some 2000 people have been killed in the conflict so far. Ankara says by intervening it wants to reduce the risk of further instability in the region and protect its cultural and commercial ties there meanwhile nations on the other side of the mediterranean are concerned any foreign interference could lead to more civilian deaths and a new wave of refugees making their way to europe. We can take a closer look at this with. Marty whos our founder and director of libyan think Tank Institute he joins us from london welcome to. How would turkeys Troop Deployment affect libyas conflict. Well it certainly going to slow down the progress that city behalf there is rushing us news over the last several months in the making on the front lines all strictly where its 2 interns who now go from the suburbs that is the popular the lightly Populated Areas around tripoli. Tripoli and thats pretty significant given that there was almost 2000000 people in the road in tripoli let alone the hundreds of thousands that were displaced from now as last campaign in benghazi and in a dozen of the recent controls and i suppose that the incident is kind of the moment where the government of national called really needed it and it had been requesting for around 7 or 8 months from its European Partners from countries that were into existence like like groups in the u. S. And and other European Countries that and fulci those schools were well concert so if turkey does intervene this this is about more than just that 2 rival factions within libya they have to intervene this brings them into contact with other external powers. Well it certainly does and those cameras have been there for a long time so i think its difficult you can mark sayes about today is the bloom given that its full and open and its out there in the an ugly guy getting the guy who actually could get busted it so his followers approve this all. But there has been a 7 or 8 Month Campaign after that has used french procured u. S. Missiles Russian Special forces and iraqi troops for the last couple of months you know agrees that its a constant with larger maritime deal that the u. S. Government in libya signed with with ankara early last month and that is about something very very different thats about the natural gas reserves are entry 3 trillion dollars worth 6 that are under the sea in the Eastern Mediterranean and that gives turkey a legitimate claim to destruct the ability of greece egypt and israel to exploit that without them and it gives them a almost a sort of whites thats a challenge and so it is certainly more about than just the local actions in that because people have been asking what wall whats in this for turkey turkey says while the valve regional allies say they were part of a Ottoman Empire this send more us more cynical view is that yes its all its all about those those fuel resources in the say. Well its certainly one of the of those things i dont know whether or not it is about the old little in part being being revived and. Im not sure i buy that they could have worked really in the legal actions and it being the case they certainly work with the internationally recognized government it really worked with them after the request was made by the event that government was explicitly because they thought abandon the last months 1000000 men and the Un Security Council responsibility we shouldnt forget the data. On april 4th and invaded tripoli he did that in the presence of until you consider as the u. N. Chief. That some are only a week after that his word will never be national and National Conference of the articles for peace and reconciliation ok perhaps actions so if you dont like its a little more than what is right i dont want to get in this that this is this last question because western military interventions have often suffered because insufficient attention is given to what should happen when the fighting stops does turkey or indeed the Libyan Government do they appear to have such a plan. Well its a no go and its in bailey theres not an expansionist land in a true government from west interventions that started from over the last couple of years plan is to try to stop and if anything it could be a revisiting of that as the process that he was involved in and it also you know this kind of frightening really saw as the real kind of balancing act when it will so that peace or peace loops can be revisit but at the moment we should think about it being an intervention the intervention has come from the way egypt and russia over the last 8 months have not done that with any elementary approval already of the fishelson symbol that were going to. Be doing to be been raining down through strikes on tripoli really killed at least 2 thirds of the civilian population that is considered on and so i think its its difficult market by the occasion we should mention religious context and see it as it has been since april who doesnt. Thanks for joining us on a sat ill give marty from the start i can stitchers. Now to hong kong where they said his police chief is defending his officers actions tory against the protesters during a new years day rally. His comments came amid allegations of disproportionate use of force to restrain crowds activists eager to support the prodemocracy demonstrations but fear for their future. Reporter mathias a budget has been speaking with one activist weve changed her name and her familys names to protect their identities. The new year in hong kong has begun just like the old year ended with hundreds of thousands of people marching for political reforms the less said choice has been active in the prodemocracy Movement Since the outset. That it seems that now yes its changed my life shouldnt be allowed the protest movement has let me move forward and become a positive high i had seen i have like i am that if i missed this i wouldnt have another chance to experience all of it. Caught thats why its so important that im here now a way that i was tying my presidency joyride off a lesser risks a lot by protesting she was already arrested once 3 months ago and still awaits trial prospects were dim further if shes detained again. The protest movement includes all walks of society but the young are the most committed competitive school exams a race for the best universities and a tough job market in one of the most expensive cities in the world on comes you face a lot of pressure. L. S. A. 16 she has struggled for years with anxiety and depression that she blames mainly on pressure in school because she. Has sown the movement procol led to my life child like. So it made me feel my life is meaningful that jali hate on my. Since her arrest her anxiety has returned. Although she says she hasnt been violent being at the site of clashes was enough for a writing charge she faces 10 years in jail. The family has been under immense stress since then neither she nor her father use their real names. And were cheated out of every time she goes out i worry a lot im anxious and i guess parents are like that but then i also cant lock her up a soldier. At the beginning that much stays peaceful but suddenly the mood shifts i was fired tear gas in one char i please move slowly i 20 protesters leave this scene by the front line us confront the police the less it is and if the level she wants to support the front line protesters she knows whats at stake. I because i finesse that before if i go to the frontline i need to be very very careful i. Nevertheless she decides to take a look but to get out as soon as it gets tense. Least round up the Record Number of people 400 all together but the lesson is not to much. This is d. W. Life from balance still to come what is next for europes most powerful woman we look at the political priorities of german chancellor Angela Merkel going into the news. First though a woman and her 2 adult daughters of turn themselves into authours his in western germany following a 5 it devastated a zoo killing dozens of Animals Police say the women admitted ordering paper skylines on the internet apparently unaware that theyre illegal in germany its been a flames for me have borne candles cause the blood is on new years eve. Flowers and candles at craye felt zoo more than 30 animals were killed here after a fire broke out at the age enclosure many have come to express their sympathy. Even clippard students work and everyone who knows the zoo is sad even outside of germany its always better when something so terrible happens and no matter where it happens but in guess what im trusting i was here almost all day yesterday because i couldnt bear the sadness alone. It helped to see so many mourners here and i cried i couldnt have stood it at home so. A total of 8 apes were killed including one called masa europes oldest gorilla who was 48 years old the fire in the enclosure broke out shortly after midnight it was also home to fruit bats and birds they were all killed in the blaze Police Believe the fire was caused by a sky lantern launched 4 new year a mother and her 2 daughters turned themselves into authorities soon after the fire reportedly unaware of the fact that sky lanterns are banned across germany. The people wanted to set off these lanterns with good wishes and of course they didnt think that could lead to what happened here. I must say i think its courageous of them to go to the police and say yes were responsible i find it extremely decent and they have my respect. For the ape enclosure burned to the ground but 2 chimpanzees managed to escape the inferno but. The 2 survived the fire with minor burns we dont know how that happened they were the ones that dated and moved to another enclosure. While kray felt 0 remains closed investigators are examining how the blaze spread so quickly. The reporter. Has been talking to people. The 3 women are under investigation in germany for launching paper sky lanterns. Which apparently ignited a devastating fire that killed more than 30 animals here right behind me in the western german city of k. Felt at the local zoo the animals including irregular tans gorillas and some endangered chimpanzees either burned to death or died of the smoke inhalation according to local authorities the women turn themselves into police after learning about the disaster theyre being investigated not suspicion of negligent arson an offense which could carry a prison sentence of up to 5 years in prison or turn it to flee a fine a very heavy fine the mood in the cities pretty grim as you can see right behind me some residents even called the deceased animals our relatives adding that this fire casts doubts not only about the specific situation of the local zoo but also on the real necessity of zoos in general especially in this advance year of 2020. Or germanys Political Parties this pressure the conservatives are considering a future without. Next years general election before that one of the big priorities will be shoring up the e. U. As it confronts new challenges. Angela merkel 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 road map largely removed from the nitty gritty of domestic politics i notice 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 merkel focused on her european legacy. Of i believe she is focusing everything on the germany you counsel presidency but that wont be easy that will take more than wanting a successful e. U. China summit in the fall just. Short hearted it will be a tough program if she wants to celebrate becoming the big european leader and at the end of her chancellorship out city fire in motion 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 us 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 anechoic come canberra 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 lack of a National Strategy which shows more trope 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 berlin its an open secret here that the main reason why angola machall continues 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 machall germany or europe would look like. This is the dublin use these are our top stories australia has ordered Mass Evacuations of coastal communities as bush fires rage across the country killing at least 18 people theyve all ships and aircraft delivering food and water to thousands whove taken refuge on beaches. Turkeys parliament has authorized sending troops to support libyas un backed government the one year mandate will see turkish soldiers have to tripoli to defend the city against forces loyal to warlord ali for halftime but conserves their presence could aggravate the conflict. 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