SBS Punjabi News: December 10, 2019

Here are the major national and international news stories of the day, including sports updates, currency exchange rates and the weather forecast.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern meets with first responders at the Whakatane Fire Station. Source: Getty

Making the headlines today:

• Identification of the victims of the deadly volcanic eruption in New Zealand could take weeks,
• Air pollution in Sydney over 11 times worse than the prescribed "hazardous" level, says New South Wales environmental department

and in sport,

• In sport, organisers of the Sydney to Hobart lead-up race work on a contigency plan to deal with smoke haze

 

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