A natural gas pipeline from russia to germany grinds to a halt after the u. S. President signs off on sanctions well look at why washington vizard want to project complete. A michael thanks for joining us bush fires are continuing to burn through parts of southern Australia Emergency Services confirmed on saturday that one person was dead in a fire zone near adelaide. High temperatures and strong winds have created catastrophic conditions for firefighters who are battling more than 100 fires across the state of New South Wales several roads outside sydney are close enough thirtys are asking people to delay travel plans to the region at least 3000000 hectares of land have been torched across the country in recent months people wildlife and property are all in danger as the fire showed no signs of winding down for more on that were joined now by journalist Roger Maynard in sydney roger thanks for being with us would you tell us more about the conditions on the ground how are the bushfire