A vast area of australias east coast including sydney is facing some of the worst threats from bushfires the country has ever seen. There are dozens of blazes across New South Wales and queensland, authorities have predicted catastrophic conditions on tuesday. A state of emergency has been declared in both states. The head of the Rural Fire Service has warned that the fire danger will increase in the coming hours. We still have 52 fires burning across New South Wales. 30 of those are uncontained, and weve got 13 at watch and act alert level. We are certainly starting to see an increase in fire activity, and therefore the fire danger is increasing accordingly. The reality is conditions will simply continue to get worse and deteriorate over the coming hours, and particularly into this afternoon, when the combination of the hotter temperatures, the drier atmosphere and the strengthening winds all come together to drive fire behaviour. Our correspondent Shaima Khalil gave us this update from sydney. Well, the main danger is, as youve heard there, going to be focused on the areas around sydney, the greater sydney area north and south of that, so east coast in New South Wales. Mind you, this is a very populous area were talking about 6 Million People who are bracing themselves for worsening conditions. As the day grows hotter, as the winds grow stronger, this is where were going to hear more localised, big fires obviously all of this under the umbrella of this catastrophic fire danger. Sydney woke up to a haze as the smoke from other areas, neighbouring areas, has come and settled near the skies here. I certainly, and people around me, felt it. You could smell it in the air. And really, as the day progresses, the danger becomes more severe. The firefighters and the fire authorities have been updating people on an hourly or two hourly basis, and now were seeing more localised fires, really. But it all comes down to the heat and to the wind, because things can get out of control really quickly. And i think people have been told that if theyre in vulnerable areas, they should leave, because firefighters are trying to control some areas, but they cant be everywhere all of the time. Yeah, and in those areas close to the fires, people have described to us, even before the fire reaches cars, say, there is so much eucalyptus in the air, cars explode before the fire gets to them. All this exacerbated by, i guess, the bone dry ground. Its been a long drought. Strong winds, high temperatures and low humidity. I think these are the three elements that make it extremely difficult to control and predict the size of. Already were seeing thousands and thousands of hectares of one fire alone, and were talking about, you know, dozens and dozens of blazes in the New South Wales area. And despite, you know, firefighters trying to control it, whether its by being on the ground or whether by aircraft, with water bombs, or even people volunteering, its very, very difficult to predict how big or how out of control it is going to be. Earlier i spoke to poppy brown, the head of red cross at New South Wales. I asked her about the scale of fire danger in the state. Its a really unprecedented situation in the state at the moment. And theres been, you know, over a million rugby pitches burnt already. We know that, as you said, the most populous areas, in terms of sydney, wollongong and newcastle, are facing this catastrophic fire danger at the moment. We are in a state of emergency, and we are prepared, but everybody is bracing for what potentially is a very, very dangerous day for New South Wales. And poppy, you use the word unprecedented. Youve really seen nothing like this before . Not at this scale. So reports on the news have indicated that we had our very, very bad black saturday bushfires in victoria about ten years ago. Theres already been double the amount of hectares burnt as in those fires. So we are in a very difficult day and very extreme situation. Weve had fires across the state since about friday, at really extreme levels. Weve had lots of evacuation centres open for people to where they cant stay in their homes, and were there helping prepare people for what could be a very dangerous day. I know there are reports at least three people have died, thousands, of course, displaced. Given the danger, though, it seems amazing that more people have not been hurt. Yes, look, that is, you know, very distressing obviously for the people who have lost their lives already, but fortunate that we have not had any more lives lost to date. And thats credit to the fire services, whove been working absolutely around the clock to support and protect communities. And im just here at the moment in the Fire Service Control Centre in sydney, which is very, very busy, as you can hearfrom the noise behind me, and theyre doing a fantasticjob. Theres more disruption to transport in hong kong today, as protestors continue attempts to bring the territory to a standstill. Police have already clashed with protestors on campus and City University in kowloon tong, and trains and roads have been blocked. Schools and universities have suspended classes. Speaking in the last hour chief executive carrie lam has described the action as selfish. Its a second day of disruption after monday became one of the most violent days so far during five months of pro democracy protests. One man was shot in the chest by a Police Officer and another was set on fire during an argument with protestors. Well, train stations are being shut down, mike, as we speak now because of apparently attacks by protesters. And now, rather thanjust one university you have mentioned, the City University of hong kong, theres two other universities, at least, who are with protesters, and possibly students from there as well, who are holding up barricades against the police, and there is some sort of stand off, at least in the Chinese University of hong kong, as well as the university of hong kong itself. So there is a stand off everywhere. And in the past few hours, i myself took at least an extra 30 minutes to get into the city on my usual bus, and massive disruption for those who are taking the train, as you have mentioned already. Theyjust have to keep queueing up for buses, orjust figure out their way to work. Terrible things have been happening, and it seems that the violence is only getting worse as it goes on. We have seen disruption but also serious and horrible violence. You must wonder what is next and where is this likely to end . There is no definite answer but it seems the police and the protesters have their indication that escalating actions outside the campus where they Notice Police action. They may have an intention to disperse the crowd by using rubber bullets and tear gas. Around the university campus, how does that legally work . A police allowed on . Theoretically they need permission to go in. Most universities in hong kong are publicly funded and they are in theory private premises. But what theory private premises. But what the action has been doing outside or at the periphery of the campus, it is undecided. What do you make of carolanns role is undecided. What do you make of ca rolanns role in is undecided. What do you make of carolanns role in this . She has been speaking lately and describe the protesters as selfish or trying to pa ralyse the protesters as selfish or trying to paralyse the territory. Recently she called them enemies the people. She seems to be speaking to people who she sees as not protesters, those struggling to get to work, rather than addressing what the protesters are talking about. Most of the hong kong people would not like to be caught in traffic and most of us are quite rational. But at the moment it is a political issue and the only way the problem can be solved is with clinical means. She and the leader should work out a way forward rather than sanctioning those who disrupt society. Lets get some of the days other news. The british, french and german governments are saying they are extremely concerned that iran has re started enriching uranium at an underground site, south of tehran. They describe it as a fresh breach of the commitments the iranians gave, in the International Nuclear deal. It was signed with several world powers, but the United States has abandoned it. In a confidential report seen by bbc news, the uns nuclear watchdog, the iaea, says irans stock of enriched uranium is growing. Boeing expects its 737 max aircraft to resume commercial flights in january. The planes were grounded earlier this year after two crashes off indonesia and ethiopia which nearly 350 people died. The turkish government says it has started to deport suspected militants from the Extremist Group islamic state, back to their countries of origin. Seven germans will be sent back on thursday. 11 french and two irish citizens are being processed. Its reported one american has already left turkey. The government in ankara has criticised western states whove been reluctant to take suspects back. Borisjohnsons electoral fortunes have been boosted by a Brexit Party Announcement that it wont field candidates in seats won by the conservatives in 2017. The brexit party leader, nigel farage, said he wanted to prevent a Hung Parliament and another eu referendum. The conservatives deny making any agreement with the brexit party. The former us secretary of state, Hillary Clinton has told the bbc shes dumb founded that the uk government wont release an intelligence and Security Committee report into russian covert actions in the uk. The 2016 us president ial candidate is in london with her daughter a former British Army Officer who helped set up the Syrian Rescue Group the White Helmets has been found dead in turkey. The body ofJames Le Mesurier, who received an 0be in 2016 for his work in syria was found on monday in istanbul. The turkish authorities have launched an investigation into his death, as our Diplomatic CorrespondentCaroline Hawley reports. It was on the street outside the building where he was staying thatJames Le Mesuriers body was found early this morning. There has been no official statement from the police, but Security Officials have been quoted as saying they believe he fell from a balcony. James le mesurier, who was in his 40s, set up the mayday rescue charity, which helped train syrias volunteer rescuers, known as the White Helmets. These are the White Helmets in action. They operate in rebel held areas of the country, saving survivors of indiscriminate air strikes by the syrian military, and its backer, russia. Speaking to the bbc five years ago, he paid tribute to their courage. It has been a source of immense pride for everybody whos been involved in the training and support to these heroes. They provide an incredible amount of inspiration, in an environment that is otherwise so devoid of positives. Seen here just yesterday, the White Helmets rush into danger in idlib province, the last area of the country still held by the rebels. For the work they do, the White Helmets and James Le Mesurier have earned the hatred of both the kremlin and the syrian regime. 0nly last week, the Russian Foreign ministry accused him of being an mi6 agent, and of having links with terrorists. The russian charges against him that came out of the foreign ministry, that he was a spy categorically untrue. He was a british soldier. Hed been to sandhurst. But above all, he wasnt a serving soldier when he founded mayday and the White Helmets. He was a real humanitarian, and the world, and syria in particular, is poorerfor his loss. Whatever the exact circumstances of his death in istanbul, friends and colleagues say hell be remembered for helping save countless syrian lives. Caroline hawley, bbc news. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come feeling stressed . Meet lilou the worlds first airport therapy pig. Shes hogging the limelight at San Francisco airport. 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This is bbc world news, the latest headlines. A vast area of australias east coast including sydney is facing some of the worst threats from bushfires the country has ever seen. A second day of disruption in hong kong as protestors block roads. Schools and universities have suspended classes. This is a live shot from hong kong. The chief executive carrie lam says the protesters are extremely selfish for trying to paralyse the territory. She called them enemies of the people. A second day, monday became one of the most violent day so became one of the most violent day so far in five months of protests. Another man arguing with protesters ata train another man arguing with protesters at a train station was set on fire. He is in hospital with severe burns to nearly 30 of his body. It is great concern about what might be coming next. For many in bolivia, the demise of the regions longest standing president could not have come soon enough. Bolivian president evo morales is on his way to mexico to take up the offer of asylum, after he was forced to stand down on sunday. His resignation has sparked clashes between his supporters and police. The Mexican Foreign minister said mr morales life was at risk in his home country. At least 20 people have been injured katy watson reports from la paz. For many in bolivia, the demise of the regions longest standing president could not have come soon enough. 0vernight, celebrations turned to violence yet more unrest with buildings torched and vandalised. This is one of many barricades that you see across la paz blocking the streets in the city. Now, this one is Anti Government and people here say that despite the fact evo morales has resigned they are still here for democracy because bolivia still does not have an interim president and neither do they know when new elections will be called. A few people, though, braved the journey to work. Translation we are all afraid. It does not matter which side youre on. We are afraid of what is going to happen. Everyone is calling for conflict but what matters are the people. Elsewhere, people still on the streets, calling for change. These protesters were blocking access to the president ial palace, making sure no government member could return to their office. Translation evo morales could have left through the front door if he had respected what people were saying. But unfortunately he tried to perpetuate himself in power and that made people not want him anymore. A few minutes later, a Police Convoy carrying jeanine anez the politician expected to step in as interim president later this week. There is still so much uncertainty. No one knows when the new elections will be and until then, instability in this poor country is a constant threat. The former us secretary of state, Hillary Clinton has told the bbc shes dumb founded that the uk government wont release an intelligence and Security Committee report into russian covert actions in the uk. The 2016 us president ial candidate is in london with her daughter chelsea to promote their co authored work, the book of gutsy women. She spoke to the bbcs mishal husain. Im dumbfounded that this government wont release the report about russian influence because everyone who votes in this country deserves to see that report before your election happens. Why do you think they wont release it . I dont know the answer that. I think reporters like you and others should be absolutely relentless in trying to get to the bottom of it. We know from even this Current Trump administrations intelligence officials that the russians are still in our electoral system. There is no doubt of the role that russia played in our 2016 election and is continuing to play. There is a lot of evidence that russia played a part in the brexit election. Im not in your country, i dont have a say about any of that, but the fact that the current government wont release this report by your own government should raise some questions. In the last hour its been announced that former us president jimmy carter has been admitted to hospital hes 95. In a statement the Carter Center said he was to have a procedure on tuesday to relieve pressure on his brain, caused by bleeding due to recent falls and that he was resting comfortably and his wife rosalynn is with him. At least 200 elephants in zim