Bush fires are still raging across parts of australia. There are some answers as to what started one of the major fires. Investigators say it was a military Training Exercise gone horribly wrong. That fire started one week ago today at the Defense Department Training Area west of sydney. It is one of at least 73 fires now raging in the area. Excessive heat and wind led to the outbreaks of even more flames yesterday. Mapping out their plan of attack. Firefighters prepare for another day battling bushfires in New South Wales. High temperatures, low humidity and strong winds are complicating relief efforts. As the conditions are warming up, we are seeing an increase in fire activity. We are also seeing a number of new fires starting right across the fireweather affected areas. The high winds are making it difficult for planes to get into the air and dump muchneeded water on the fires. Nearly 3000 firefighters have been deployed. Officials are urging residents to leave affected areas. Pack
That was reverend jeb Jesse Jackson in ebony magazine. The crisis were facing today in terms of poverty, you cannot generalize about poverty. People who just there are three categories. There are those who are characters in place intact, but a factory is moved out, the death of a breadwinner, and people like that, if they are given an opportunity they use welfare the way they are supposed to as a surface and not a transportation systeservice ad then you have category number two of people like the single mom in milwaukee some years ago who was on welfare with a single child and a saved 5,000 of her money to send her child to college. When officials found out they invited her into charge her with a felony associate concluded the disincentives for working and being responsible or not worth it so i will just sit back. And the third category that concerns most of us are people that are poor because of chances they take and the traces they make. That is exactly what paul ryan is talking abou
Journalist. And el salvadors worst drought in decades why people think the government is as much to blame as the weather. Well, ukraines president petro porashenkos office says he has reached on agreement with Vladimir Putin, the russian president on a permanent ceasefire in the donbass region, covering luhansk, and don everybody where most of the fighting has been taking place. Vladimir putins press secretary says while the two men agreed on steps, russia cannot agree on a ceasefire, because it is not a party to the conflict. Well have some analysis in a moment from moscow, where fred weir is waiting for us. First to Harry Fawcett in maria poll. Where does it come from, straight out of the president s office, or was something leading up to it . It came out of the president s office. There has been talks between petro porashenko and Vladimir Putin in the past. We saw changes in the ukranian positions, pulling back in donetsk and luhansk. It came as a surprise when the initial statement
We look at problems facing somalias army, as it gains more territory from alshabab fighters. Hello there. Iraqi government officials are getting ready, they say to, launch an offensive on Islamic State Group Fighters in two important cities, trying to reclaim tikrit and mosul using ground and air power. The is groups occupied the two cities since june of this year. Iraqi Government Forces recaptured the town of amerli. Well have a report in a few minutes. Now live to baghdad, jane arraf joining us from there. We have the iraqi force, the Kurdish Forces backed up by the american air strikes. Strategically, if the town is retaken, it would be important in the context of what is going on. Incredibly important and difficult. I wouldnt claim victory if i was the Iraqi Government quite so fast. Not even to the point of saying they are ready to retake the towns. They are not. Its a huge process, very slow going and here is a diff dynamic difficult dynamic. In the north the Kurdish Peshmerga a
That is it from me. Now it is time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Imran khan won power in pakistan two years ago with a promise to root out corruption and take on the countrys vested interests. So hows it going . Well, rising food prices and the covid pandemic have left many pakistanis feeling worse off, while the Anti Corruption drive has become a political battleground. My guest today, ishaq dar, was pakistans finance minister, a key lieutenant of former Prime Minister nawaz sharif. Now both of those men are trying to rally opposition to imran khan. But how much credibility do they have . Ishaq dar, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for inviting me. Let us begin with your personal status, your legal status. You are a wanted man in pakistan. Are you here in london to escape the judicial process . Not really, i think you must be aware of the pakistan history. Whenever in pakistan over a period of 73 years the corruption rhetoric has been used in the last few dictato