The worsening wildfires in Australia

In Sydney, Australia, city officials are going ahead with New Year's fireworks, despite calls for the spectacle to be canceled amid record dry conditions and massive wildfires. And, the US military struck Iranian-backed forces in Iraq and Syria Sunday, a reprisal for a rocket attack last week that killed an American contractor. Plus, an Israeli-Canadian doctor working in an indigenous community built a six-foot tall menorah out of ice.

In Sydney, Australia, city officials are going ahead with New Year's fireworks, despite calls for the spectacle to be canceled amid record dry conditions and massive wildfires. Also, the US military struck Iranian-backed forces in Iraq and Syria on Sunday — a reprisal for a rocket attack last week that killed an American contractor. Plus, an Israeli-Canadian doctor working in an Indigenous community built a six-foot-tall menorah out of ice.

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