A vast area of australias east coast including sydney is facing some of the worst threats from bushfires the country has ever seen. There are dozens of blazes across New South Wales and queensland, authorities have predicted catastrophic conditions on tuesday. A state of emergency has been declared in both states. The head of the Rural Fire Service has warned that the fire danger will increase in the coming hours. We still have 52 fires burning across New South Wales. 30 of those are uncontained, and weve got 13 at watch and act alert level. We are certainly starting to see an increase in fire activity, and therefore the fire danger is increasing accordingly. The reality is conditions will simply continue to get worse and deteriorate over the coming hours, and particularly into this afternoon, when the combination of the hotter temperatures, the drier atmosphere and the strengthening winds all come together to drive fire behaviour. Our correspondent Shaima Khalil gave us this update fr
An unexpected polluter. Shipping is responsible for 3 of global Greenhouse Gas emissions. What can be done . A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme are you dreaming of a woke christmas . Eco campaigners are urging us to reduce waste this year, consider renting a tree that is then replanted, not send cards, and reuse decorations. So what do you think . Are you on board . Are you keeping christmas waste to a minimum . Get in touch. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. As predicted, more than 50 bushfires in New South Wales in australia are burning, about half of them out of control. They have spread so quickly that emergency warnings are in place in 11 areas, with Fire Services warning that it is now too late to leave for any one still remaining there. Temperatures have been rising towards a0 degrees, and a strong southerly wind is due to sweep up the coast, making the situation even more dangerous.
The rule of law and you must face impeachment proceedings. Impeachment of the president will be cosmetic. In fact, probably exacerbate e e very antagonisms and divisions that are running apart the country. Amy we will speak with journalist chris hedges. His latest article the problem with impeachment and john , one of the organizations calling for trumps impeachment. Then we turned to the water crisis in newark with mayor ras baraka. The plan is never altered. Restlan now and we wont until every lead service line in the city is completely replaced. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. House democrats have subpoenaed president Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani seeking documents related to his work in the ukraine. Last week, giuliani admitted on television that he had urged the Ukrainian Government to investigate trumps political rival joe biden. This comes as House Democrats continue to build
Face impeachment proceedings. Impeachment of the president will be cosmetic. In fact, probably exacerbate e e very antagonisms and divisions that are running apart the country. Amy we will speak with journalist chris hedges. His latest article the problem with impeachment and john , one of the organizations calling for trumps impeachment. Then we turned to the water crisis in newark with mayor ras baraka. The plan is never altered. Restlan now and we wont until every lead service line in the city is completely replaced. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. House democrats have subpoenaed president Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani seeking documents related to his work in the ukraine. Last week, giuliani admitted on television that he had urged the Ukrainian Government to investigate trumps political rival joe biden. This comes as House Democrats continue to build their case for impeaching the
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