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Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome to the update. I'm Susie Thompson. The Melbourne

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Speaker 1: family have found hiker Hardy Nazari say it's been the

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Speaker 1: happiest day of their lives. The twenty three year old

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Speaker 1: found relatively well after a fortnight in Mount Kosiosco National

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Speaker 1: Park in New South Wales. The medical students celebrated his

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Speaker 1: birthday while alone in dense bushland. He survived on foraged berries,

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Speaker 1: creek water and two musli bars, which he found in

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Speaker 1: an alpine hut. Nazari has been treated for dehydration. Four

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Speaker 1: major wildfires around Los Angeles are burning out of control,

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Speaker 1: with some of the rich and famous of Hollywood the

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Speaker 1: subject of evacuation orders. Vice President Kamala Harris is also

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Speaker 1: among the thirty seven thousand evacuees. The area has been

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Speaker 1: the subject of a drought for around eight months, and

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Speaker 1: fire chief Anthony Moroney says it's proving deadly.

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Speaker 2: We have over two thousand acres burning at this time

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Speaker 2: and the fire continues to grow with zero percent containment,

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Speaker 2: and unfortunately we have two reported fatalities to civilians and

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Speaker 2: we do have a number of significant injuries still.

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Speaker 1: Overseas and attention in China's Western Tibet region has turned

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Speaker 1: to helping survivors of Tuesday's earthquake face the bitter winter cold.

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Speaker 1: At least one hundred and twenty six people have been killed,

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Speaker 1: and Chinese state media reports the quake destroyed three thousand homes.

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Speaker 1: Local authorities haven't yet announced how many people remain missing.

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Speaker 1: Temperatures have dropped to minus eighteen since the earthquake struck

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Speaker 1: and in the AFL, it will investigate and alleged assault

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Speaker 1: involving Richmond defender Noah Bolta in Country New South Wales.

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Speaker 1: Bolt was charged with assaults following the incident at Mulwala

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Speaker 1: on the thirtieth of December that led to another man

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Speaker 1: being taken to hospital for a cut to his head.

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Speaker 1: News Corp reports the AFL Integrity Unit will undergo its

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Speaker 1: own inquiries once court proceedings are finalized. Bolter will join

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Speaker 1: his teammates at punt Road today as they return to

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Speaker 1: pre season training sport and entertainment, and next in sport,

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Speaker 1: the Ossie cricketers are hoping the huge crowds continue for

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Speaker 1: the women's Ashes series, which starts with a one day

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Speaker 1: or in Sydney on Sunday. Keeper Elisa Hiy will today

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Speaker 1: play in a Governor General's eleven as she puts her

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Speaker 1: knee through its paces after injury. Rain has forced the

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Speaker 1: men's Big Bash clash between the Thunder and the Hurricanes

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Speaker 1: to be abandoned without a ball being bowled. And in tennis,

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Speaker 1: the Nasi Cockeracuts has reached the quarter finals at the

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Speaker 1: Adelaide International with a straight said t win, while teenager

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Speaker 1: Emerson Jones forth hard in her loss to last year's

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Speaker 1: finalist Daria Cassakina in the women's draw. In entertainment news,

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Speaker 1: Ossie actress Asher Kenny and her husband have been caught

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Speaker 1: up in a terrifying home invasion. Her hobby confronted the

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Speaker 1: intruder in the Melbourne home and restrained him till police

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Speaker 1: arund And the SAG nominations are out. Wicked and Showgun

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Speaker 1: lead the way with five nods each in film and TV.

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Speaker 1: And that is the latest from the Nova Podcast team.

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Speaker 1: We'll see you later on for another update. I'm Susie

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Speaker 1: Thompson