Hello and welcome to bbc news. The australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, has acknowledged the role Climate Change is playing in the severe wildfire season the country is experiencing. But mr morrison said warming temperatures couldnt be connected to any single fire. He also apologized for his initial abscence, saying if he could go back he would have made a different decision. This is the remarkable, almost apocalyptic scene facing firefighters in australia. Saturday was described as an awful day as a thousand of personnel tackled raging inferno is. The countrys Prime Minister has been heavily criticised for being on holiday in hawaii but the pm has cut short his trip to return home. I get it that people would have been upset to know that i was holidaying with my family while theirfamilies were was holidaying with my family while their families were under great stress. They know that i am not going to save and hold a host, i am not a trained firefighter. Im confident by the fact that australias would like me to be here just simply for being here. Hundreds of homes have been destroyed and at least ten people killed. Two firefighters among those who have lost their lives herself this week has seen record high temperatures repeatedly broken with australia hotting up, the Prime Minister says the government would take action on Climate Change. There is no argument about the links between, in my view and the government s view, and any government in this country, about the links between the issues of Climate Change and weather events around the world but i am sure people would equally acknowledge that the direct connection to any single fire event is not a credible suggestion to make that link. So we must take action on time at change, we are taking action on Climate Change. Arson, lightning strike, even self combusting piles of manure have been blamed for triggering the blazes. The authorities need to take control of the flame before they can try to control the causes to prevent future fires. Lets talk to our correspondent, phil mercer, whos in sydney for us now. A couple of interesting things that came out of that press conference from the Prime Minister. Lets start with his apology for being on holiday during this crisis and for taking his time to return. A lapse ofjudgement in the eyes of many australians. Mr morrison has tried to deflect criticism by saying that the trip was many weeks ago and, when he left, the emergency wasnt as bad as when he returned, but many australians will see this as it . A question over Scott Morrisons handling of the we have been talking about this fire sees september. The stash scenes. Hundreds of homes have been destroyed. The political debate over the role of Climate Change has also been raised. The Prime Minister criticised local counsellors for linking fires in their areas to global warning but the weight of opinion really has forced Scott Morrison into that shift and he now concedes there is a link between Global Warming and the bushfire crisis. Many australians will now be watching in the next few weeks and months to see what he does about it. Obviously, this is very much an ongoing situation with hundreds of wildfires burning. Is there any sense that this is having a more profound impact on the way people view Climate Change and perhaps the policies of Scott Morrisons government in the future. Shortterm it is having a profound effect on everyday life. In sydney, for example, we have had hazardous days of smoke. Holidaymakers who were leaving for the start of their summer leaving for the start of their summerand leaving for the start of their summer and christmas trips were urged not to go because the fires burning to the north and west of sydney. Further into the future, i think many australians are becoming increasingly aware and increasingly fea rful increasingly aware and increasingly fearful that this might be the new normal and, of course, they will be looking to the government for a nswe is. Looking to the government for answers. The Australian Government is led by mr morrison, a centre right administration. It is an Ardent Supporter of the coal industry. It generates the larger of australias electricity and pumps billions of dollars into the economy as well so weaning australia off coal is not going to happen in the short or probably the medium term and at the moment no government or Political Party seems to have charted a way forward to phase out fossil fuel charted a way forward to phase out fossilfuel and usher charted a way forward to phase out fossil fuel and usher in a whole new generation of renewable energy. This isa generation of renewable energy. This is a debate like the fires that will go on for some time. You live and work in sydney, what is it like living in a city that is surrounded by wildfire . There is a huge place to the west of sydney, there is a fear that this very large fire could connect with what has been called a mega blaze. There are fires burning across australias most populous state. There are fires burning in queensland, emergency warnings in the last day or so for the states of victoria and south australia. In Western Australia firefighters are having a brutal summer as well so this is a nationwide crisis. As the People Living in the end the firefighters who have to confront them, it is a pretty unpleasant. Last week it was 45 degrees parts of syd ney last week it was 45 degrees parts of sydney where we were working. The heat and smoke is pretty unpleasant and at times unbearable and many people around australia may have to get used to those sorts of conditions as of this brutal summer continues. Tokyos new stadiums has been open. They cheered usain bolt as the rain around the track and a taste of how the Opening Ceremony might look with traditional drummers. Expect a few more drums when they do this for real next year. In just over seven months time take olympics get under way and the stadium which will be the centrepiece has officially been open. The success of the Rugby World Cup has given spot injapan a big boost. The stadium which cost nearly 1. 5 billion will hold 68,000 for the olympics. Those lucky enough to get tickets for the opening and closing ceremonies will see more of this nextjuly closing ceremonies will see more of this next july but closing ceremonies will see more of this nextjuly but on a far bigger scale. If youre celebrating the opening of your olympic stadium, you need a highly decorated olympian and they do not come much bigger and better than this man, usain bolt. He knows a thing or two about winning olympic titles. The crowd delighted to welcome the eight time world medallist and he was persuaded to ta ke medallist and he was persuaded to take part in a relay race. He was impressed with the atmosphere. It was a great experience actually being here in front of so many people. I was happy and it was exciting because the fact that i got to run on the track was an experience in itself. The drums, dancing and spectacle dashjapan certainly knows how to put on a good show. The first athletics come in may with a test event for the games themselves. West African Leaders have been meeting in the nigerian capital to discuss the deadly upsurge in islamist violence. More than 70 soldiers were killed. Emanuel micron has promised to help. The west African Leaders gathering here at the president ial palace are under local International Pressure to act decisively. The fight is linked to alqaeda and the so called Islamic State as well as boko haram. At least 200 soldiers have been killed in the last three months. Thousands of civilians have been affected as well and are killed or displaced, creating a humanitarian crisis. Regional leaders say they are worried. Terrorism remains the major fred to the peace and progress of our region. Recurring attacks by terrorist groups remind us of the urgency to build and ensuring Security Partnership to confront the evil of cross border terrorism. Currently there are thousands of regional and International Troops in the region backed by france but it appears that making little progress and recently, the us and uk have criticised the African Leaders for not doing enough, saying military action alone could not solve the problem. They urged them to focus on issues of governance, corruption and development. Lets get some of the days other news at least 18 inmates have been killed in an outbreak of Gang Violence at a prison in honduras. Officials say 16 people were injured in the northern port city of tela on friday. The fight was one of the worst recent outbreaks in the country where prisons are notoriously overcrowded. The cuban president has appointed the countrys first Prime Minister in more than forty years the tourism minister, Manuel Marrero cruz. The post of Prime Minister was scrapped by the late leader