sydney welcomes in 2018. you saw there the rainbow themed fireworks to celebrate the passing of the country's same—sex marriage laws. about 1.5 million people, it is estimated, gathered in sydney to watch this display. tonnes of fireworks involved. australia welcomes in 2018 in its usual style. the headlines now on bbc news, a little after one. six people have been killed after a seaplane crashed into a river north of sydney — it's thought four of the victims may be british. the plane has hit the water and subsequently song. it is sitting in 13 metres of water. after three days of political protests — iran's revolutionary guards warn demonstrators they face the "iron fist" of the state. thousands of rail travellers face disruption as workers from two train companies stage 24—hour strikes. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a seaplane has crashed into a river near sydney, killing all six people on board. media reports say four of the victims were british, although this has not been confirmed. the

phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. new year celebrations have begun around the world as we welcome in 2018. new zealand was the first to see fireworks, before sydney harbour was lit up in a blaze of colour. five, four, three, two, one. once again, sydney set the standard for new year fireworks. again, sydney set the standard for new yearfireworks. 1.5 again, sydney set the standard for new year fireworks. 1.5 million people lined the harbour front for a dazzling, deafening celebration. the rainbow theme was a tribute to australia's legalisation of same—sex marriage. two hours earlier, auckland in new zealand was the first major city to celebrate 2018, it's sky tower lit up like a giant roman candle. that's the unmistakable sound of north korea joining the celebrations with what else but a display of rocket power. perhaps the most unusual display didn't involve fireworks at all. in dubai, they lit up the world's tallest building with lasers. the bush khalifa became a shimmering canvas, visible up to 60 miles away. whi

in two hours‘ time, we‘ve got the sydney firework display to show you. all setting the barfor display to show you. all setting the bar for these new year displays. the headlines now on bbc news — a little after 11:00. six people have been killed after a seaplane crashed into a river north of sydney — it‘s thought four of the victims may be british. police are at the scene. we have forensic police on their way here to carry out identification. we have investigators from marine area command, who are on their way to our location. criminal gangs who claim benefits underfalse identities are to be targeted by the government using artificial intelligence. after three days of political protests — iran‘s revolutionary guards warn demonstrators they face the nation‘s "iron fist". political leaders reflect on the past twelve months in their new year‘s messages — theresa may says 2017 was a "year of progress" for the uk. jeremy corbyn says the hope of a new britain is closer than ever. thousands of rail travellers face disruption as workers from two

it is operated by the company sydney seaplanes. a major tourfirm, it offers many sightseeing trips across australia. in a statement the company says: sydney seaplanes is deeply shocked by this incident and the resulting loss of life. we wish to pass on our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of the passengers and pilot who were tragically killed. an eyewitness says he saw the single—engine plane make a tight turn before dipping its wings and nosediving into the water. police have recovered six bodies from the wreckage. their identities have yet to be confirmed. people in the area of hawkesbury river described the flying conditions just before the crash happened. a little bit bumpy coming over with the weather, but it was nothing to be concerned about. like, i mean, iwasn‘t frightened. there are unconfirmed reports that four people from britain are among the dead. the foreign office says officials from the british consulate are in contact with local authorities. it says staff are ready to provide consular assistance.

it is operated by the company sydney seaplanes. a major tourfirm, it offers many sightseeing trips across australia. in a statement the company says: "sydney seaplanes is deeply shocked by this incident and the resulting loss of life. we wish to pass on our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of the passengers and pilot who were tragically killed." an eyewitness says he saw the single—engine plane make a tight turn before dipping its wings and nosediving into the water. police have recovered six bodies from the wreckage. their identities have yet to be confirmed. people in the area of hawkesbury river described the flying conditions just before the crash happened. a little bit bumpy coming over with the weather, but it was nothing to be concerned about. like, i mean, iwasn‘t frightened. there are unconfirmed reports that four people from britain are among the dead. the foreign office says officials from the british consulate are in contact with local authorities. it says staff are ready to provide consular assistanc

they were in a national park, which sits along the river north of sydney. they went on the flight, had lunch, and were returning when the crash happened. what went wrong is still yet to be revealed by police. investigators will arrive there tomorrow morning to work out exactly the sequence of events that led up to this horrible tragedy. finally, although there are reports that four of the victims are british, that has been absolutely no official confirmation of that, has there? that's right. police literally an hour ago spoke to abc news and said they were not able to reveal the identities of the victims, and next of kin had not yet been informed. they did not confirm that foreign nationals were on board the plane. the bodies will now be taken to a morgue in sydney's cbd and the identification process will kick off. when the safety bureau releases its full report, we will learn what went wrong. thank you very much. criminal gangs who claim benefits under a false identity are to be targeted by the government using artificial intelligence. the department for

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the sale of missile components and coal to third parties in indonesia and vietnam we'll go live to sydney. corruption and scandal have played the emcees current leader of south african president jacob zuma now the contest to select a successor threatens to split the party will have the latest. and bundesliga action dortmund hopes that hoffenheim black and yellows eager to prove that their turnaround under new coach peter stroker is more than just a fluke. and welcome to the program. we'll get to those stories in a moment but big b. begin with breaking news coming in from pakistan a suicide attack on a church service has left at least five people dead and two dozen wounded the two attackers stormed a methodist church and in the southwest of the country and opened fire on hundreds of worshippers police and army troops around at the church and exchanged fire with the heavily armed militants before one attacker blew himself up joining us now on the line from islamabad is journalist a shot has seem. assad details are sketchy at the moment what's the latest there. well as you say what we know r

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roger mann are in sydney thank you. in south africa delegates from the ruling african national congress are meeting to elect a new party leader with national polls in two thousand and nineteen the gathering is being closely watched for signs of the direction the party will take but with deep divisions over who should take over incumbent leader and south african president jacob zuma has acknowledged the party is fighting for its future. not. that it's not. our to the people south africa's president jacob zuma trying to conjure up some of his party's former spirit the african national congress led the fight against apartheid demanding justice and equality for all for some it almost sounds like mockery but president zuma faces dozens of allegations of corruption blackmail fraud and money laundering for years he's used his presidential immunity to keep him in power though the mood at this party gathering seemed upbeat divisions run deep and zuma himself acknowledged. as. the. observers say the party is in danger of splittin

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phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. thousands of rail travellers have faced disrupted journeys today as workers from two companies stage a 24—hour strike. members of the rmt union on south western railway and crosscountry are taking action in disputes about the role of guards, and working patterns. new year's celebrations have begun around the world as we welcome in 2018. new zealand was the first to see fireworks before sydney harbour was transformed into a blaze of colour. richard lister‘s report contains flashing images. 0nce once again, sydney set the standard for new years fireworks. 1.5 million people lined the harbour front for a dazzling, deafening celebration. the rainbow theme was a tribute to australia's legalisation of same—sex marriage. two hours earlier, auckland, new zealand, was the first major city to celebrate 2018. it's sky tower lit up like a giant roman candle. that's the unmistakable sound of north korea joining the celebrations which what else but a display of rocket power. perhaps the most

phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. here, thousands of rail travellers have faced disrupted journeys today as workers from two companies stage a 24—hour strike. members of the rmt union on south western railway and crosscountry are taking action in disputes about the role of guards and working patterns. let's go to waterloo station in london, and our correspondent anisa kadri. what have people been telling you, how has the travelling day been? well, this is the country's busiest station right behind me, waterloo, and not far at all from london's big fireworks display this evening. we have been in and out today, we have checked on things, and there have been a few cancellations, but there are been a few cancellations, but there a re posters been a few cancellations, but there are posters up warning that strike action is taking its effect, and they believe it is going to get really busy this evening. indeed, south western railway, which operates a number of services, including two hampshire, sorry and berkshire, it says

the fireworks in sydney, australia we re the fireworks in sydney, australia were as impressive as ever. crowd: ten, nine, eight, seven, six,, five, four, three, two, one. well, if that did not impress you, a similar display in hong kong which ran in the new year in its inimitable style. crowd: ten, nine, eight, seven, six, , inimitable style. crowd: ten, nine, eight, seven, six,, five, four, three, two, one. all: happy new year! auld lang syne plays. all: happy new year! that was quite a version of auld lang syne. and in dubai, fireworks we re lang syne. and in dubai, fireworks were replaced by a laser show. ten minutes displaying the symbol of the nation. —— symbols. i think that is it. revellers have gathered in cities in europe as well as new year celebrations have reached a climax. keeping with the annual traditions in france, paris lit up as revellers celebrated new year's eve. meanwhile, in the german capital, berlin, the brandenburg gate's fireworks marked the start of 2018. and now, let's take a look at what happened in madrid, in spain. famous for its traditional new year

they were in a national park, which sits along the river north of sydney. they went on the flight, had lunch, and were returning when the crash happened. criminal gangs who claim benefits under a false identity are to be targeted by the government using artificial intelligence. the department for work and pensions says it will use sophisticated computer programming to identify organised attacks. ian palmer reports. job centre plus staff identify suspicious benefit fraud in individuals but it's much harder to notice broad patterns of behaviour across thousands of benefit applications, an indication of organised criminal activity. often, gangs making repeated applications using fake identities tend to leave traces such as using the same phrase when stating what they've done to try and find work. by monitoring thousands of applications using artificial intelligence, it should be easier to detect organised benefit fraud. what we will be able to do using ai is identify some of those networks, for example, see patterns of behaviour like shared addresses or the sa

haidi: michael heath joining us from sydney. --kathleen: michael heath joining us from sydney. another thing taking off today is china, getting ready to start the important annual economic meeting. the central economic work conference. deleveraging financial stability, the priority we are hearing going into this meeting. we heard that earlier this year. when you look at the numbers, china has really deleverage much at all. maybe they are not doing this quickly, but they are still building up a lot of debt. credit flow, clearly those are still up from the numbers we have. it is a difficult balancing act when it comes to it. issues, structural changes that need to be made, overcapacity that needs to be addressed, all while keeping this target employment number of to maintain social stability. if you want to look at it, in the 90's you had the big over ruling themes of policy growth over quantity, deleveraging, being a part of the environmental aspect. cracking down on pollution and getting that better standard of life. this week, the details will be looked for, looking for greate

phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. disruption is continuing for thousands of rail travellers as workers from two train companies stage 24—hour strikes. members of the rmt union on south western railway and crosscountry are taking action in disputes involving the role of guards, and rosters and sunday working. when the corresponding is at uk's busiest station, london's waterloo. this is the country's busiest station, and not far from this is the country's busiest station, and not farfrom london's big fireworks display for new year's eve this evening. we have been in and out and have checked on things and out and have checked on things and there have been a few cancellations, but there are posters up cancellations, but there are posters up warning that strike action is taking effect, and they believe it will get really busy this evening. indeed, south—western railway, which operates a number of services, including two hampshire, surrey and berkshire, it says that there are reduced services running and they believe a

phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. preparations are under way for this evening's hogmanay for this evening's fireworks celebrations in london. it isa it is a huge event for the city of london. 100,000 people will be filling the viewing areas here on the victoria embankment and on the bridges across the river thames in the hours between now and midnight. the match of bolton police they that there is no specific threat to tonight's celebrations but there is tight security in place, as you would expect. armed officers are on patrol, undercover officers will be amongst the crowds as well, we're told. police say they are using cctv as well as sniffer dogs and vehicle number plate recognition technology and vehicle barriers as well, all pa rt and vehicle barriers as well, all part of a policing plan which we are told has been developed and reviewed given the tragic events in london this year. the city has seen several terrorist attacks. but people coming to watch the fireworks up close will as ever be treated to a spectacula

are getting reports that six people have been killed after a seaplane crashed into a river north of sydney. it's thought four of the victims may be british. criminal gangs who claim benefits under false identities are to be targeted by the government using artificial intelligence. we are going to use new technology, artificial intelligence, to identify patterns and networks of behaviour ina way patterns and networks of behaviour in a way that would not be possible for humans to do. after three days of political protests, iran's revolutionary guards warn demonstrators they face the nation's "iron fist". political leaders reflect on the past 12 months in their new year's messages, theresa may says 2017 was a "year of progress" for the uk. jeremy corbyn says the hope of a new britain is closer than ever. thousands of rail travellers face disruption as workers from two train companies stage 24—hour strikes. in halfan in half an hour, join me as i take a look back to the photocall held here at addington palace which introduced prince harry's bride—to—be meghan markle to the world's media.

a few days later it arrives on sydney's doorstep when two hundred. people demonstrate outside the u.s. consulate. the protesters moved through to see to me so you cannot simply you know spread the message of hate and say there you know this is a freedom of expression. it's quite significant of very very small proportion of these lima community paid any attention to the protests and i think one of the reasons that is the case is because we learn from that we can always be so emotional and irrational when. we're dealing with things like that. he's now twenty two years old and has just left university with a social science degree and is now working for the muslim women's association. so much down to high path to most families had left and then that's when it sort of got out of control it created an opportunity for the demonstration which was peaceful to get hijacked sydney has been shut down the stopped hundreds of angry muslim politicians to store this. yes we do laughs a prophet but that's not zoom way you defends or prophets image and reputation it's

i just can't understand the terminology in sydney. when. never been happy with such immunology we're still not happy with such in minority because it actually works against old bridge building between us society and the police are i think the middle east organise crime squad is call that nine because that is actually what it investigates. and certainly some within the community feel that's a good thing and then i was also i feel that it's a bad thing and that it tarnishes everyone from middle eastern background i don't see it that way i am of middle eastern background myself and i doubt feel tanishq in any why in july two thousand and six the nation's respect for and loyalty to lebanese astray lin's is made clear. when israel launches air attacks on parts of lebanon in its war against his villa the howard government evacuated over five thousand strained citizens. was. to his credit john howard. and the difficult circumstances evacuated these citizens and know why that was very difficult very costly. but humanely and since a defeat done. i h

instead south west sydney reflects a different reality. in lebanon i was raised in and they're very open are respectful i'm community i remember as a muslim families would go it is a christian neighbors to celebrate the christmas and then the a christian would come to visit muslim neighbors to celebrate ramadan we of course was exchanged on swedes we supported each other we've always been open respectful i distinctly remember al parish priest opening his doors to fellow lebanese who are muslim phrase when ever they had confusion or complication with the law they could have been sure in the they'd festivals when they would actually have. to prepare the live animals to become that food at so and so forth. so there will all sorts of complications that they might have encountered and the christian leaders priests clergy or more than happy to help accommodate. the lebanese a strain community is a mix of christians and muslims. but here in the kamba parts of the old european immigrant and anglo community still struggle with the unfamiliar face o

and this was the scene in sydney earlier... where the harbour and its iconic bridge took centre stage as usual. apparently people were queuing up to secure a good vantage point more than nine hours in advance of the show. around 1.5 million people were there to watch. this year the display featured a rainbow theme to celebrate the passing of the country's same—sex marriage law. north korea has held a firework display in pyongyang to mark the new year. the fireworks display was held by the taedong river. later, the country's leader, kim jong—un, plans to deliver his annual new year address. he is expected to talk about his country's relationship with the usa, and president trump, as you could imagine. in edinburgh, preparations for hogmanay are firmly under way. up to 150,000 people are expected in the scottish capital. 0ur correspondent andrew black is in edinburgh. and it's the second day of preparations? it is indeed. things already well underway on princes street, at the centre of edinburgh. just out of shot we have a sp

the aircraft is owned by sydney seaplanes. it provides flights around some of the city's most popular tourist attractions, including the opera house, the harbour bridge, and to the north the hawkesbury river. the company said in a statement that its pilots are some of the most experienced in the world and that all its flights had been suspended until further notice. air—crash investigators will arrive at the site of the accident early on new year's day to try to establish how and why a routine sightseeing flight could end in catastrophe. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come... how a prank call led to an innocent man dying. this is bbc world news today. the latest headlines... after days of protests in iran, the president has said the people have the right to demonstrate, so long as they do not disrupt public order. let's get more now on our top story — the protests in iran. we can talk now to trita parsi. he is the author of losing an enemy: obama, iran and the triumph of diplomacy a

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this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ paul: i'm paul allen in sydney. ramy: i am remy in new york, you are watching "daybreak australia." it has been a weekend of fiery developments in washington. rum michael flynn's guilty plea to the senate passing its version of the gop tax plan. to help sift through this is cal in washington, managing director at research group. jerod sieber, kathleen hays with us in new york. thank you for joining us jerod. looking at the tax plan, your initial reaction is partyline vote at the 1-49, $1.5 trillion added to the deficit. >> i think what you are seeing is a lyrical fear at work. republicans are eyeing the fact that democrats might actually win in alabama, which is almost unheard of. they are looking at polling numbers across the country. they are just afraid. they believe they need to do a tax bill. measures that normally could never unite the fiscal conservatives with the tax suddenly all of those differences have disappeared and they are plowing forward with a bill. they are not worried about the details. >> even if

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i'm haidi lun in sydney. kathleen: i'm kathleen hays in sydney. still with us is making to explain to us why the tax cut will have an impact on the economy. mistaken, you not say your growth forecast is now closer to 3%, it is now considerably higher for gdp next year than the fed's. if you listen to janet yellen's last press conference, they have held back. we are going to wait and see what happens. now we know what is going to happen. are we going to start hearing different comments? change of views from fed officials if and when we see the tax cuts go into effect? >> i don't think we will hear comments from the fed right away. the fed did increase its 2018 forecast from about 2.1%-two .5%. they had a falling back back to 2.1%, which they concede it is temporary. it will have clear impact lifting sustainable growth. the fed is data dependent. when we start to see the stronger economic growth. keep in mind, this tax reform package comes on top of an economy that has momentum with significant, very high level

brought on north korea the sooner that regime will be brought to its senses and thomas has more from sydney. china is a naturalized australian citizen but police say he was working here as a loyal agent for north korea trying to earn money for the regime by selling missile components weapons expertise i'm told on the heart of the regime that's what activity breaks united nations sanctions under strain sanctions it also breaks australian law will specifically designed to prohibit the development or production of weapons of mass destruction is the first person ever to be charged under a lot of the weapons of mass destruction act passed by the parliament here back in one thousand nine hundred five. will be alleging in court this man was brokering the silence missile component three and typical expertise from north korea to other international into teaching. we believe this may be too surprising discussions about the siloed missile components reached from north korea to other entities abroad as another attempt to try and rise revenue for the government in north korea we don't know much about th

. >> reporter: the last time old sydney loof was in this snapchat. like so many others, the popular dating app leading to 1 million dates a week. loof seen smiling in the photo writing "ready for my date" before vanishing. now her date, bailey boswell and 51-year-old aubrey trail being called persons of interest by nebraska police. >> by their own statements on social media we believe they were two of the last people to have known to have been with sydney prior to her disappearance. >> reporter: the search for loof beginning when she missed a shift at this home improvement store where she worked. her worried family pleading for help. >> someone knows something. please, please do the right thing. thank you. >> reporter: police and the fbi beginning their search, combing through digital evidence and looking for boswell and trail who allegedly left town after sydney's >> police spent the last few days watching ourselves being slammed and crucified in the newspapers, and we thought it was time we had our say. >> reporter: the two posting this now-deleted

so we've got berlin in cambridge with bitcoin and sydney doesn't i just do that and for the record i don't either just in the interests of transparency we think it's important that we do with this for the discussion so derek let's start with you first of all the price i want to deal with the news headlines at the moment this price is what is driving it the fact that as i said over a good number of years it's gone up from almost nothing to nineteen thousand but the fact that november twenty ninth it was about ten thousand and today it's nineteen thousand that seems to me to be quite extraordinary. it is extraordinary but it's not unprecedented in big points case we've seen massive price write ups in two thousand and eleven and also at the end of two thousand and thirteen. you know at the end of two thousand and thirteen that was the first time big question really came on to the mainstream media's radar screen and i think your viewers should be advised that both after the two thousand and eleven two thousand and thirteen run ups price lost nearly ninety percent of its value so what can

australia was one of the first nations to cluster in twenty eighteen with a dazzling fireworks display in sydney's a comic harbor you know we're live in is getting ready to celebrate the new year as well though violence during past festivities here in germany make security a top priority also coming up the largest protests since two thousand and nine group iran the government blocks access to social media apps turning. to demonstrators are shot dead in the west of the country. i'm at home and welcome to the program the world has begun to reign in the new year and australians were wrong the first to celebrate sydney started off the new year with a bang a display of fireworks dazzling spectators around the city's iconic harbor this year celebrations had a rainbow theme to celebrate the introduction of same sex marriage to australia in december well there are still if. few hours to go to midnight here in berlin revelers are already streaming towards the site of the country's biggest party at brandenburg gate as always security is tight both here and other german cities including cologne that is where

the main focus of this group is to win this week and go to sydney and win this week and go to sydney and win there. that mentality wasn't ha rd win there. that mentality wasn't hard to get the guys in the right frame of mind for that. they have a lot of disappointment coming away from perth. you can see the way they we nt from perth. you can see the way they went about training that they are desperate to prove a lot of people wrong and make sure that we get something good out of this tour. staying with cricket, the england women skipper heather knight has received an 0be in the queen's new year's honours list. her team—mates, tammy beaumont and bowler anya shrubsole, are awarded mbes. shrubsole wasn't even the first person in herfamily to find out. i had ihada i had a letter through the post that mum gave me when i came back. she had actually accidentally opened it. she could see the address. i think she knew a debut for me. what were your feelings when you read that? first that i might get an opportunity to meet the queen. i love the queen. but no, obviously i was surprised. it to

sydney poise belies her age, at just 16 years old, sydney is pa ballet's youngest member she is now preparing for her first leading role in the company as drew drops in george valentine the nutcracker. >> very hard. and very complex. but it is so beautiful to watch. and it is an honor to be able to do it. >> she'll perform in front after home crowd, too, sydney is originally from south philadelphia. she moved to north carolina and started ballet at three years old. it is there her training intensified. but it was a summer workshop run by pa ballet here in philadelphia just last year, that brought her back. >> i was just trying to take class, to stay in shape. i was not in anyway expecting to get any kind of offer. >> just two days into the week long workshop, though, sydney was offered a contract. >> i never would have expected to be here. and i think this is @ hazing city to be at, and specially at my age, it is just a perfect pace. i love everything about it. >> she started with pb2, pre- professional group, but was quickly promote today apprentice with the company this year. still, sydney

lun in sydney. a quick check of the latest business flash headlines. talks with exalts a collapse. it said its rival was unwilling to match its perceived value and take on the debt of what would be a $10 billion deal. the biggest shareholder is warren buffett, work for hathaway. two separate deals this month. broadcom is said to be delaying its pursuit of quail, until next year. sources tell bloomberg it does not anticipate raising the $105 billion bid until closer to qualcomm's board meeting in march. it does plan to nominate directors on qualcomm's board next week. meanwhile, qualcomm facing opposition to its $47 million bid for an xp -- nxp. they plan to push qualcomm to sweeten its bid. they are said to have scrapped the latest restart plan for this iron ore mine in brazil. was shut two years ago, killing 19 people and polluting them via waterways. a new exam is being built. japanese inflation picked up pace in october, but price rises are still less than half the bank of japan's target despite

australia one of the first nations to publish or in twenty eighteen did a dazzling fireworks display in sydney's iconic hard work is getting ready to celebrate as well violence during past festivities make security a top priority also coming up the largest protests since two thousand and nine the group iran the government blocks access to popular social media apps in two demonstrators are shot dead in the west of the country. in. a matter of a welcome to the program. the world has begun ringing in the new year australians were among the first to celebrate the capital actually not the capital that's canberra sydney starts off the new year with a bang a dazzling fireworks display lit up the skyline around the city's iconic harbor this year's celebrations have a rainbow theme to celebrate the introduction of same sex marriage to australia in december. and the countdown to midnight is underway here in germany and here in berlin tight security measures are being put in place at the brandenburg gate where the main festivities will be taking place the mass sexual assault that took place in cologne on n

i am paul allen in sydney. betty: i am betty liu in new york. europe's central banks kept policy steady. why and what is next -- kathleen hays here with more. let's start with of the ecb and inflation, still a problem. kathleen: it sure is. people found this surprising. the ecb was updating its forecast for the future. but it is clear, mario draghi and his colleagues do not see inflation picking up much oomph. by 2020 bases inflation averaging only 1.7% year-over-year, under the 2% target. that is why they kept their key rate unchanged. they did not make any additional changes or shifts or explanations to have a shift the bond purchases next year. mario draghi at the presser after the meeting made it clear. he said price pressures are still muted, there is little sign of any upward momentum. here is what he said it means for policy. >> an ample degree of monetary stimulus therefore remains necessary for under flying inflation pressures to continue to build up and support headline inflation developments. 1187, showingtv us confidence on inflation

paul: i am paul allen in sydney. let's get to the first word news. >> first up, washington has to dodge aed government shutdown though only for a couple weeks. house and follow the voting in favor of a bill to fund federal agencies through december 22. had to quellryan conservatives who wanted a longer stopgap to avoid giving concessions to democrats. the bill goes to the white house for the president's signature. seb leader martin schulz urged -- spd leader martin schulz urged party member's to party lines. spd official city do not expect a form a coalition until march. bill gross has been warming about the damage that low interest rates caused to banks. writing an investment note he says there is little room for error and should a crisis arise the ability to offer protection would be impaired. the fed is expected to raise rates next week with more hikes in 2018. margarita and pizza maker on the world heritage list. the agency says the art of pizza throwing is part of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity. it

and as straight as welcome to the new year with a spectacular fireworks display in sydney harbor around one point six million people crowded around the harbor to watch eight tons of fireworks produce around a hundred thousand individual technic. those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the listening post happy new year. in a country where parents often pick who you will marry your love can have serious consequences one of the nice meets the men risking their lives to protect india's young lovers one of the this time on al-jazeera. try talking about the good that could happen. would. you rob a parent or. a lower mature gives birth a year at the listening post this week we're breaking format to talk about a gaping hole in news coverage on a story that matters according to a global survey taken earlier this year the number one threat in people's minds.

a seaplane has crashed into a river north of sydney, killing all six people on board. police say the aircraft was on a sightseeing flight ahead of new year celebrations at sydney harbour when it came down. there are unconfirmed reports that four of the victims may be british. fireworks and festivities usher in new year — sydney becomes the second major city to welcome 2018 — with a spectacular display on the city's harbour bridge. iran imposes restrictions on social media after demonstrations against the ruling clerics continue. political leaders have delivered their messages. theresa may says that britons will feel renewed confidence and pride. jeremy corbyn says that the prospect of a new britain is closer than ever. now on bbc news, it's been a turbulent year in politics, from theresa may's snap election that backfired so spectacularly, to continuing tussles with the eu over brexit. ellie price reviews the year in british politics. the headlines this morning, theresa may's decision to call the general election... it was with reluctance i decided the country need

this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: i'm haidi lun in sydney. betty: and i'm betty liu in new york. -- gas companies in australia are struggling to get long-term contracts. asianre, here is our energy reporter perry williams. australia has threatened to cut toe of its exports this year free up gas for the domestic market. it seems there are problems for local users. what is going on? perry: exactly, that is what we are hearing. it has been sort of a roller , theer year for australia lng industry has been growing apace. there has not been enough gas left on australia's east coast for local users. the prime minister threatened a few months ago to restrict some of the exports. that has not come to pass. ultimately those producers said, look, we will produce more gas for the domestic market. there is definitely more gas coming in, but not really enough to solve the issues. that is what we are hearing coming up christmas. haidi: is there anything else the government is actually doing about this? perry: what's happening this week is the competition re

let's get more from the bbc‘s phil mercer in sydney. well, phil mercer in sydney. prosecutors at the court in newcastle, well, prosecutors at the court in newcastle, this is an industrial city to the north of sydney, allege that archbishop philip wilson covered up abuse in the hunter valley region of new south wales in the 19705. it's alleged that he knew about the crimes of a fellow prie5t who has since died who was abusing an altar boy. it's also alleged that on top of the cover—up, the archbishop back in the 19705 paid thousand5 archbishop back in the 19705 paid thousands of dollars to silence complainants from making their voices heard against abu5e within the catholic church. and, as you 5ay, the catholic church. and, as you say, these are charges that archbishop philip wilson denies and his legal team says that given his fragile phy5ical his legal team says that given his fragile physical and mental state, they don't believe he should be fit enough to stand trial in the first place. phil, i believe he's the most senior catholic

or the first sydney to hobart race it took place in one thousand nine hundred forty five just nine bullets took pot that year but this more this year more than doubled in ten later in one thousand nine hundred forty six when the first woman also took part the most boats that have ever started the sydney to hobart race was at the fiftieth race in one thousand nine hundred ninety four when there were three hundred seventy one starters the closest ever finish it took place in one thousand nine hundred eighty two and just seven seconds separated the first and second place compare that to two thousand and one when there was forty seven minutes between the top two boats while those eleven holds the record for crossing the line the most nine times now including four successive races between two thousand and five and two thousand and eight. well we can now hear from amanda sports journalist for the australian daily telegraph newspaper who is in hope of covering her twenty eighth sydney to hobart race she explains why the event is so challenging for the professional sailors but also says that ordin

chan was arrested in sydney after allegedly trying to make sales on behalf of pyongyang worth millions of dollars of africa's ruling party is just hours away from choosing a new leader the winner will replace president jacob zuma as head of the party and leave the a.n.c. into general elections in two thousand and nineteen zuma has called the for unity ahead of the vote. police in saudi arabia have released survey el masri a palestinian businessman who's the head of the one of the biggest banks in the middle east he was detained last tuesday as part of an anti-corruption drive by crown prince mohammed and salma is expected to leave riyadh soon n.p.'s tired reports. he's one of jordan's most prominent businessmen and among the wealthiest the eighty year old palestinian who has a saudi passport is the founder of a major investment group and the chairman of arab bank one of the middle east largest and most influential lenders his detention has shocked family and friends in jordan where his multi-billion dollar portfolio is an important part of the economy that employs thousands of must tre

we also deployed ride blocks in southern sydney and they sed in sydney to stop people from coming in because we didn't want to add fuel to the fire bus in filling everybody get paid. but by then the mob had been whipped up into a racist frenzy. all our member seeing is so many angry faces seventy pushing and shoving through a struggling flag being carried in a way which i don't think the style in flexed ever be carried. was. was. the strength in flags. has many meanings people use them as beach towels as a cane ease but in the case of chronology they always used as flags of. the flag should be a symbol that you not see everyone it was trying to be used as a means of dividing. it was just a really really confronting spot to say. it's offensive you know you have no idea who i am you have knowledge about my culture and you've become that much what have we done to you. as racist suggs wrapped themselves in the symbol of the thing and for a man and a strain is on the precipice of international. one pm sunday december eleventh. five thousand riot has many fueled by alcohol have turned the

sydney.'m haidi lun in walt disney is expected to consider internal candidates to lead espn after president john skipper quit unexpectedly. a search is already underway and an outside candidate is possible. skipper resigned after admitting to an addiction problem. he has led espn since 2012. disney has outlined a 90 day timetable to find a successor. betty: china has opened a review of toshiba's since 2012. disney has outlined a 90 day timetable to find a successor. flash memory chip sales saying a concern of the role. toshiba may have to offer assurances that the final deal will not hurt competition. china is the world's latest market for semi conductors and building its domestic industry. hynix as part of the capital group buying toshiba's operation. haidi: china has ordered its biggest energy explore to cut its natural gas to help ease shortages as winter begins. beijing has been scrambling to secure more gas for residential use as part of a plan to tackle revolution -- pollution. switching