Prosecution i want to. Bring justice system. Calls for germans to be courageous and confident in confronting the challenges of a new technique. Yeah address the child some also stresses the need to tackle climate change. Im phil gayle welcome to the program. Yes radio city of sydney has welcomed the new year and the new decade with a massive fireworks display despite this many other parts of the country are not celebrating there are growing fears for residents and tourists in several coastal towns who are now trapped by raging fire as people have sought shelter on the waterfront and the preparing for possible evacuation by sea and this is an unprecedented situation and the worst affected have been 2 of australias most populous states of victoria and New South Wales and the town of moloch down there on the coast of thats where around 4000 people have gathered on the beach to escape the flames from places have also claimed 2 more lives a father and son who are trying to protect their hom
Other investigators have been given access. Australianss patience wearing thin a as they rally a against e governrnnts s handling of the bubushfire crisis as those in te countryside brace for more mega blazes. Gestures like these will not be allowed at the Olympic Games in tokyo, we take a look at the new rules against political protests. Phil welcome to the program. Im phil gayle. The u. S. Government has unveiled new sanctions against iranian officials. The announcement came from mike pompeo and the treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, describing the sanctions as a response to the missile attack against u. S. Troops in iraq, which followed the u. S. Assassination of a Senior Iranian general. The sanctions target eight senior officials to the u. S. It says were involved in the attack against u. S. Troops. We will now get the view from the United States and European Union, from Pablo Foley Elias in washington and teri schultz in brussels. Tell us more about the sanctions, pablo. Pablo w
Says he is escaping persecution. Angela merkel calls for germans to be courageous and confident in confronting the challenges of a new decade. And her new year address, the chancellor also stresses the need to tackle climate change. Im phil gayle. Welcome to the program. The australian city of sydney has welcomed a new year and a new decade with a massive fireworks display. Despite this, many other parts of the country are not celebrating. There are growing fears for residents and tourists. People have sought shelter on the waterfront preparing for possible evacuation by sea. This is an unprecedented situation and the worst affected have been two of australias most populous states, victoria and New South Wales. In a town on the coast, around 4000 people have gathered on the beach to escape the flames. The blaze has also claimed two more lives, a father and son who were trying to protect their home. Several others still missing. Stranded by the seaside, thousands of tourists and locals
Thousands fleeing the flames by land and sea. Hot weather and a strong wind could lead to c catastrophic conditions thiss weekend. And Computer Programming can be childs play. How chinas whiz kids are coding the future. Phil im phil gayle. Welcome to the program. We begin with fresh fears of a war after u. S. Joan strike killed a top iranian general. The attack at Baghdad Airport coded general Qassem Soleimani, the head of the qud f force cocommencing as s the architectf the military in the middle east. It also killed in Iraqi Military group leader with close ties to iraq. The Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has a warning to the u. S. At that it faces harsh retaliation. The u. S. Has ordered citizens to leave iraq and is sending thousands of extra troops to the region. Correspondent iranians took to the streets on friday in the tens of thousands. They chanted, no compromise, no surrender, fight the u. S. The news of Qassem Soleimanis killing sparked fury among protesters, who dir
Warn residents in some areas that its too dangerous to flee advancing flames Emergency Services struggle to contain blazes all over the country. And libyas embattled government could soon receive military help from turkey is lining up support to sends troops into the north african country but there are warnings that such a move could further deeks stabilize the region. Im phil gayle welcome to the program. Have condemned u. S. Airstrikes against iraqi militias sported by iran iran says the struggle violated softened so that it will not review relations with washington u. S. Forces hit 5 targets belonging to a group called type hezbollah to retaliate for a rocket attack that killed a u. S. Civilian contractor at an american base. And this hezbollah base near the border between iraq and syria was one of 5 targets of u. S. Fighter jets they destroyed the iran backed militias weapons caches and command and control centers in iraq and syria the strikes are retaliation for fridays killing of