Stories thousands of volunteer firefighters are to be offered compensation for loss of earnings after battling the australian bushfires for weeks. Somalias president says his country will not be demoralised after a bomb attack kills more than seventy people. Democratic president ial contender joe biden says theres no legal basis to force him to testify at Donald Trumps impeachment trial. And the french crowd funding plan which aims to return a zoo full of animals to the wild. Hello and welcome to bbc news. The Australian Government says thousands of volunteer firefighters in New South Wales will be compensated for loss of earnings during the bushfires. More than a hundred are still burning in southern australia and conditions are expected to worsen. Meanwhile, sydneys mayor has insisted the new years eve fireworks display will go ahead despite calls to redirect funds to the firefighting efforts. Briony sowden reports. For those living on the edge of the fires, this is now the new norma
Party, it wasnt a big event, it wasjust. It was just someone who does not like i dont know. It became a fad. To attackjewish people. This person, i dont understand how this happened. A terrible, terrible thing. David hoffman, thank you very much forjoining us. Just repeating the news. There have been reports of a stabbing at a house of a rabbi in u pstate n ew a stabbing at a house of a rabbi in upstate new york in the area of monsey, an area with a Large Population for unorthodox jewish people and we will continue to watch this. You are watching bbc news. Now on bbc news, were looking back to june and the events to mark the 75th anniversary of the d day landings. Robert hall followed three hundred veterans as they boarded a ship to return to the beaches of normandy. Its a duty to go back. It is, i feel its a duty to go back. What these men did on d day was the most important moment, just that one d day, in the whole war. In june 1944, allied forces invaded nazi occupied france, markin
Hello. This is bbc news with ben brown. The headlines a former head of the Civil Service has called for an urgent inquiry into the new year honours data breach in which the addresses of celebrities, politicians and Police Officers were published online. The mayor of sydney says the new year fireworks display will go ahead as planned despite a petition calling for it to be cancelled because of nearby bushfires. A man has stabbed five people at the home of a rabbi in new york state. Eyewitnesses said the attacker entered with his face covered, wielding a large knife. And former tennis world number one andy murray has pulled out of next months Australian Open because of a pelvic injury. Now on bbc news, we re looking back to june and the events to mark the 75th anniversary of the d day landings. Robert hall followed 300 veterans as they boarded a ship to return to the beaches of normandy. Its a duty to go back. It is. I feel its a duty to 00 02 39,1000 00 02 42,500 go back. What these men
Psychopath who will never cease to be dangerous. The World Anti Doping Agency bans russia from all major sporting events for four years, including the next olympics and world cup. Russia was afforded every opportunity to get its house in order and to rejoin the global anti doping community, for the good of its athletes and for the integrity of sport, but chose instead a different route. Its the final countdown to the general election, with one last push from all the parties. And one of the last surviving pilots from the battle of britain has died at the age of 101. And coming up on bbc news, revenge over ruiz this weekend for anthonyjoshua, as the heavyweight champion opens up about the Health Issues which led to that shock defeat injune. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. At least five people are dead after a volcano thats popular with tourists erupted without warning in new zealand. Its feared the death toll will rise day trippers were seen walking inside the crater o
Floor. We are live in crewe as election countdown continues, the eighth most marginal constituencies in the country in one of the places where the outcome of the election could be decided. The serial rapistJoseph Mccann is given 33 life sentences the judge describes him as a classic psychopath who will never cease to be dangerous. And russia is banned forfour years from major sporting events including the next 0lympics from major sporting events including the next olympics and world cup. Its five o clock our top story. Police in new zealand say there are no signs of life on the island where a volcano erupted, killing tourists who were on a visit to the crater. At least five people are confirmed to have been killed but more than twenty others are missing and police say they dont expect any more survivors. Day trippers were seen walking inside the rim of the crater of the white island volcano just moments before the eruption. Richard lister reports. Seconds after the eruption began, thes