Hello and welcome to bbc news. Thousands of holidaymakers have been fleeing coastal areas of New South Wales, after being warned it is not safe for them to stay in bushfire hit parts of eastern australia. There are trafficjams on major roads, although the evacuation is hampered by a lack of fuel. The authorities are urging tourists and residents to leave while they can. Saturday is forecast to be another punishing day in south eastern australia with more hot, dry and windy weather. A tourist leave zone has been declared for a 180 kilometre stretch of the New South Wales coast from batemans bay to wonboyn. Almost 1,300 homes have been destroyed in the state since the fire crisis began. Phil mercer is in sydney. Hes got the latest. Weve seen pictures of the lines of cars as people try to get out. Thats right, thousands of people are heeding the official warning to leave those parts of the New South Wales south coast while they can. The authorities are extremely nervous about conditions f
In a single year. Coming up the thousands round the uk braving the bracing sea on new years day. And in half an hours time, we look back on the collapse of travel firm thomas cook and its far reaching effects on customers and staff in review 2019 the thomas cook story. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The bushfire crisis in australia shows no sign of easing, hours, the worst loss of life since fires began in september. Many more are people missing. The government says more military personnel are on the way to the south east of the country to try to protect isolated communities. Many are cut off without power and some are running out of water. 0ur correspondent phil mercer sent this report. These are extraordinary times in australia. The bushfires have brought terror into the lives of ordinary people. They are devastating and deadly. More lives have been lost, and hundreds of homes have been destroyed. You walk around a bit of your house and you go, that was the bedroom, that was w
Ian hislopjoins the bbcs media editor amol rajan to look back at this years front covers, cartoons and satire. Eight people are known to have died in australias bushfires in the past 2a hours, with more missing, in the worst loss of life since the crisis began. More military personnel are on the way, to try to protect isolated communities in the south east of the country. Many are cut off, without power, and some are running out of water. Phil mercer has sent this report. These are extraordinary times in australia. The bushfires have brought terror into the lives of ordinary people. They are devastating and deadly. More lives have been lost and hundreds of homes have been destroyed. You walk around a bit of your house and you go, that was the bedroom, that was where my antiques were from my family history, all of my baby memories from the kids and just everything, just gone. I dont know what im going home to, so. Ijust hope for the best. Its upsetting to lose your memories, thats very
Hello and welcome to world news today. The israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has announced he will seek parliamentary immunity from prosecution in three corruption cases. The allegations have dogged mr netanyahu as he faces his third Election Campaign in less than a year, after failed attempts to form a government. He was indicted in november, but the request could delay the Legal Proceedings against him for several months. Mr netanyahu made his announcement in a Live Television address. Translation i intend to ask the speaker of the can a city, according to article 4, to let me implement my right, my duty and my mission to continue serving you for the future of israel. I intend to ask because i am sacrificing my life to you people of israel. But there are people who, unlike me, did commit grave crimes, and they have lifelong immunity. They are just and they have lifelong immunity. They arejust on and they have lifelong immunity. They are just on the right side of the media a
Hello and welcome to bbc news. Thousands of holidaymakers have been fleeing coastal areas of New South Wales, after being warned it is not safe for them to stay in bushfire hit parts of eastern australia. There are traffic jams on major roads, although the evacuation is hampered by a lack of fuel. The authorities are urging tourists and residents to leave while they can. Saturday is forecast to be another punishing day in southeastern australia, with more hot, dry and windy weather. A tourist leave zone has been declared for a 180km stretch of the New South Wales coast, from batemans bay to wonboyn. Almost 1,300 homes have been destroyed in the state since the fire crisis began. The Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been paying tribute to the Fire Fighters and Emergecny Services to the Fire Fighters and Emergency Services whove coordinated recovery efforts. He also called on people to follow the advice when evacuating. I would continue to ask people to be patient, i know you can have k