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Speaker 1: Hello and welcome to the update. I'm Melanie Scott. Around

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Speaker 1: forty people have been killed and one hundred and fifteen

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Speaker 1: injured after a fire tore through a bar in the

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Speaker 1: Swiss ski resort of Crans, Montana during New Year's celebrations.

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Speaker 1: The fire started after a champagne bottle lit with a

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Speaker 1: fountain candle was held too close to the wooden ceiling

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Speaker 1: by revelers and staff at the Constellation Bar. Defat are

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Speaker 1: currently working to find out if any Australians were heart

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Speaker 1: A nineteen year old has been charged after a firecracker

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Speaker 1: allegedly sparked a major bush fire in Perth's Hills during

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Speaker 1: New Year's celebrations. The blaze threatened homes, cut power two

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Speaker 1: thousands and forced emergency warnings for Kalamunda forest Field and

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Speaker 1: made a veil, with crews saying the fire is contained

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Speaker 1: but not yet under control. Deadly surf has claimed multiple

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Speaker 1: all lives across New South Wales this New Year's Day.

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Speaker 1: A forty five year old woman has drowned at Dunbogan

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Speaker 1: on the Mid North Coast, hours after a woman died

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Speaker 1: at Maroubra Beach and a man went missing at Cujee

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Speaker 1: in Sydney's East Emergency crews continue searching in hazardous swell,

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Speaker 1: with authorities urging people to stay out of the water.

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Speaker 1: Weight loss, drugs and surgeries are reshaping how Australians eat

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Speaker 1: and how restaurants serve. Food News Corps reports cafes are

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Speaker 1: offering smaller breakfasts and eatees are adjusting menus for diners

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Speaker 1: who can't finish a standard adult sized meal. Experts say

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Speaker 1: spending hasn't dropped, but consumer habits are shifting. US President

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Speaker 1: Donald Trump says the National Guard will be pulled out

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Speaker 1: of Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland after major legal setbacks.

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Speaker 1: Bart warn to the federal forces could return if crime

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Speaker 1: rises again. Local leaders had opposed the deployments, calling them

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Speaker 1: unnecessary overreach. Sport and entertainment news are next. In sport,

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Speaker 1: Mitch Marsh has blasted a century to help the Scorches

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Speaker 1: to a forty run win over the Hurricanes in the

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Speaker 1: Big Bash. Teammate Aaron Hardy also hit an unbeaten ninety

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Speaker 1: four to take Perth to a score of three for

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Speaker 1: two hundred and twenty nine. Marsh has told Fox Sports

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Speaker 1: he's gone back to the basics after a lean run

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Speaker 1: of form.

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Speaker 2: Actually felt pretty good in the games that I've missed

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Speaker 2: out early. I think the key thing for me and

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Speaker 2: I guess when you missed out a couple times, is

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Speaker 2: just a sixty routines. I know it works certainly in

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Speaker 2: this format for me to be mentally good to go.

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Speaker 2: And I mean, I'd be lying if I said I

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Speaker 2: wasn't a bit nervous.

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Speaker 1: In the NBL, Perth Wildcats dominated Brisbane Bullets ninety five

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Speaker 1: to seventy five. Brisbane is second last on the ladder,

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Speaker 1: only above Cans and after more than one hundred and

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Speaker 1: forty one hours at sea, the Millennium Falcon has finally

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Speaker 1: completed the Sydney to Hobart, finishing last. In entertainment news,

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Speaker 1: Matilda's star samk Heer has married longtime partner Christie Myoas

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Speaker 1: in a lavish New Year's Eve wedding in Perth. The

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Speaker 1: star studded ceremony was held at a private Swan Valley estate,

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Speaker 1: with several Matilda's teammates among the guests. As the couple

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Speaker 1: tied the knot just before sunset. And that's the latest

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Speaker 1: from the Nova podcast news team. We'll have another episode

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Speaker 1: of the Update tomorrow,