good afternoon. air investigators in australia say it may take many months before they know why a seaplane carrying a prominent british businessman, and four members of his family, crashed on new year's eve. richard cousins, who ran the catering giant compass, was killed along with his two sons, his fiance, her daughter and the pilot. phil mercer reports. the wreckage of the seaplane lies 13 metres below the surface of the hawkesbury river. one of the victims was the british businessman, richard cousins, the chief executive of the world's largest catering firm, compass, who was due to retire later this year. the company confirmed his death in a statement. mr cousins, who was 58, died alongside his fiancee, emma bowden, and her 11—year—old daughter, heather. also on board the seaplane that crashed intojerusalem bay, william cousins, 25, who worked for open britain — a pro—eu group set up in the aftermath of the brexit vote. colleagues said that they were

shocked by news of his death. his brother, edward, who was 23, had recently graduated from the university of st andrews. the pilot, gareth morgan, had done more than 10,000 flying hours, 9,000 of which were on seaplanes. the pilot had collected mr cousins and members of his family from an exclusive waterfront restaurant and was heading back to rose bay on sydney harbour shortly after take—off, the plane plummeted into the water. investigators say it quickly sank and there were no survivors. these are people who have come out on holiday to visit australia in one of the most beautiful parts of the world. and for this to happen to them in a place like that is nothing more than just tragic.

it could take months to work out how and why a routine sightseeing trip could end in utter disaster. air crash investigators have begun their work. their task won't be easy. the wreckage of the seaplane has been submerged in more than a0 feet of water. and although these idyllic bays and inlets are geographically close to sydney, the crash site is tucked away and hard to get to. sydney seaplanes, which owns the aircraft, has suspended all its flights until further notice. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. the leader of north korea, kim jong—un, has warned the united states that he has a nuclear button on his desk, ready for use, if his country feels threatened. the comments came during a televised new year's day speech in which he also said that he wanted to lower military tensions with neighbouring south korea, from where our correspondent sophie long reports. just after the first sun of 2018 rose over the korean peninsular,

kim jong—un delivered his new year's address live on state—run television, with an unsurprisingly defiant message for the united states. translation: the entire united states is within range of our nuclear weapons and the nuclear button is always on my desk. this is reality, not a threat. perhaps more surprising was the olive branch he appeared to offer his neighbour, south korea. he said he hoped the winter olympics they're about to host would be a success, and said he was considering sending a delegation to the games. that comes as music to the ears of violinist mun kyong—jin. for ten years he has tried and failed to organise a peace concert with these young south koreans playing together with north korean musicians. he now hopes to make that happen at the pyeonchang opening ceremony. we have hope that the olympics is coming and with the olympics,

everyone is coming. and it is beyond political difficulties. so i really wish north korea would come and especially with the musicians and we will be able to play together. the south korean government has welcomed those words from the north korean leader, saying it too was willing to engage in dialogue. after a year of nuclear tests and missile launchers, and missile launches, young koreans welcomed in the new year with hope that tensions might now reduce, if only in the very immediate future. as a citizen of this country, it's all i can really wish for. it is obvious to anyone in the world that we are in a very tense situation right now, and i think that means we have hope for the future. sophie long, bbc news, seoul. the metropolitan police have said that four young men have been stabbed to death on new year's eve, in a series of apparently unrelated attacks. three men, aged 17,18 and 20, were killed yesterday. a fourth victim, another

20—year—old, died after been stabbed in the old street area of east london in the early hours of this morning. officer say the murders highlight the scale of knife officers say the murders highlight the scale of knife crime in the capital. tragically, there are four families who awake this morning to the heartbreaking news that they've lost loved ones to the callous use of knives as lethal weapons. detectives are working tirelessly today and going forward, to bring those who committed these murderers tojustice. a huge fire has destroyed up to 11100 vehicles in a multistorey car park in liverpool. the blaze at king's dock, next to liverpool's echo arena, is said to have started accidentally in one car and spread to others. many people were forced into temporary accommodation as nearby buildings were evacuated. danny savage is at the scene now. danny, what is the situation this

lunchtime? the fire is out but you can see how badly damaged this multistorey car park is. there are hundreds and hundreds of cars in there that have been totally destroyed. there was an international horse show going on with stabling on the ground floor and the horses had to be led to safety. on the open—air top level, there have been cars left overnight with dogs in them. early this morning... it was shortly after dark yesterday evening when fire took hold in the multistorey car park on liverpool's famous waterfront. it is understood a small fire in one car spread rapidly, destroying vehicles and then moving on to all levels of the car park. it was soon a huge blaze. merseyside fire and rescue say it's one of the worst they've ever dealt with. all the car owners could do was watch and accept they would

never see their vehicles again. i've got a vehicle in there, yes. i'm unsure at the moment when it's going to be. we can't get anywhere near it. do you hold out much hope for your car? looking at the flames, no. nearby flats and a hotel were evacuated too as the alarming sight of the massive fire attracted lots of onlookers. the fire's still going on. i canjust see black smoke everywhere. the car park is attached to the liverpool arena, where an international horse show was taking place. all the animals were quickly led to safety. this morning, the blackened building was surrounded by fire engines as experts assess the site. the concern is that the car park may collapse. this spectacular fire certainly caused a huge amount of damage. the insurance bill for the cars alone will be several million pounds.

the good fortune was that no one was hurt. danny savage, bbc news, liverpool. more protesters have been killed in anti—government demonstrations in iran. state—run media says ten people have died in protests in the last week. president rouhani says people have the right to protest, but violence is unacceptable. from sydney to hong kong, london to new york, cities across the world have been ringing in 2018 with spectacular firework displays. one of the biggest new year's parties was on the banks of the river thames, where caroline davies' report begins. bell chimes. even big ben couldn't miss this party. despite being under repair, it rang, marking the start of 2018 in london along with 12,000 fireworks. this year's soundtrack was dominated by female artists.

2018 is 100 years since women first got the vote. celebrations are planned. just one thing the year has in store. the best year ever. we're going to get our careers. we're going to get into university. get into university! it's going to be good. in scotland, storm dylan had brought winds of up to 70 mph but it wasn't enough to dampen spirits for hogmanay in edinburgh. in sydney, the harbour bridge lit up in rainbow colours, a tribute to the year australia voted to legalise same—sex marriage. around the world, cities celebrated the start of 2018. hong kong erupted. athens glowed. and moscow sparkled. in new york, thousands watched in times square as the new year's eve ball dropped. in rio, more than 2 million people

gathered on copacabana beach, welcoming in 2018 with high hopes of a bright year to come. caroline davies, bbc news. that's it from me. the next news on bbc one is at 6.30, bye for now. hello. the first day of the new year has brought sunshine in between the rain and that will be the story through the rest of the week. it is going to be a windy week. n'gales are likely and when the rain arrives it may be heavy. this was taken in kent, where it has been wet all morning. there is more rain to come. this lovely picture taken in belfast with sunshine ahead of the showers. those have been developing on gusty

winds across northern ireland. there is the rain in the south—east. we have this rain coming eastwards across the midlands to join forces with the rain in the south east and spelling to east anglia. over the irish sea and into northern england and wales. though showers continued to track their way south—east with this evening before fading away overnight. the winds will drop, skies will clear and it points to a cold night. colder than it has been. the frost is on the way across scotla nd the frost is on the way across scotland and frost in laurel areas elsewhere. but it won't be long before it changes again, rain quickly moving over the irish sea and briefly some snow over the pennines, over the hills of scotland. wet weather doesn't last too long and it cheers up on the acton ib gusty winds ahead of this rain arriving in northern ireland later on. temperature seven to 10 degrees in the central belt, 11 in

london and cardiff. keep an eye on this low overnight tuesday, not exactly where it will go, but there are warnings of 60 to 70 mph gusts over scotland, northern ireland and northern england. the worst of it moving away in the morning but leaving us with widespread gales across england and wales on wednesday. wednesday will be a day of sunshine and showers, mostly showers in the west and longer spells of rain across northern ireland and temperature seven in the central belt, ten across southern england and south wales. to set aside a moment of silence each day with god is to safeguard oui’ each day with god is to safeguard our soul. it is to shield our freedom from being corroded by the strea m freedom from being corroded by the stream of empty words and the overpowering waves of empty chatter and loud shouting. more now on iran where it's thought ten people have died in anti—government protests. the president has appealed calm. these protests began or were focused initially on economic grievances but they have become political, haven't they? yes, and i think it has

definitely taken the initial organisers by surprise. they weren't expecting this entire establishment. it is very widespread, compared to what we saw in 2009. in its nature, it is very different. in 2009 more than 2 billion people have lost their lives. the investment banks we re their lives. the investment banks were unable to return the money and have been shot down so it's been boiling under the surface for a while but how quickly turned into a widespread protest against entire regime has taken many people by surprise. and how hard do you think the crackdown is going to be, the head of thejudiciary the crackdown is going to be, the head of the judiciary has the crackdown is going to be, the head of thejudiciary has been talking about this as well, hasn't he, and repeating that message from the president that there has to be a space for protest but actually within the framework of the law, in the words of the head of the judiciary, so how hard will the authorities cracked down? so far i think they have shown restraint and many are aware of the fragility of the situation. president rouhani warned yesterday about iran's enemies, such as president trump and his allies in the region, and he said they would use any chance to

make iran more unstable. so i think they are going to be more careful about how forceful they are going to be in their response to the protests. donald trump has been tweeting about this, let's look at that weight. he says iran is failing at every level... he doesn't miss an opportunity to make a he doesn't miss an opportunity to makea dig. he doesn't miss an opportunity to make a dig. how will this be viewed in iran? many analysis -- analysts say they are unhappy with the current regime but they don't want foreigners to get involved. it is their problem and they will deal

with it themselves. many factions think president trump is for the iranian people but i doubt they are in the majority. 0k, thank you. the headlines now on bbc news: the six victims of a seaplane crash near sydney are identified, among them a british woman and her 11—year—old daughter. hundreds of people are left stranded in central liverpool overnight after a car park fire damaged or destroyed 11100 vehicles. iran's president warns that violence and disorder will not be tolerated amid large demonstrations — reports suggest ten people have now been killed. and it is time for sport now. let's get a round—up from the bbc sports centre. the opening premier league match of the afternoon and of the new year is under way and it's a south coast affair with brighton hosting bournemouth. the away side have been

forced to make four changes because of injury and sickness. the home side took the lead within five minutes. and brighton nearly doubled their lead, when glen murray took aim, but azmir begovich parried the shot away and at the other end bournemouth pressure paid off, when steve cook equalised just after the half hour mark. but jose izquierdo just missed a wonderful chance in the closing minutes of the first half to give brighton the lead again. so 1—1 at the moment. manchester united manager jose mourinho says he has problems ahead of today's premier league game at everton. united have slipped to third, after a run of three draws. mourinho has to contend, with injuries to romelu lukaku, and zlatan ibrahimovic, as well as, ashley young beginning a three match ban. we have the difficulty now to rotate

players. the fact we don't play the semifinals is a good thing for us because we don't have players for extra matches injanuary. and now we have to cope with everton and derby county. liverpool can stretch their unbeaten run to 16 games with a win at burnley this afternoon. it won't be easy. burnley won this fixture last season, and drew at anfield in september. we will be ready. it's a very important game for us. it's three points to get against a very strong side. the burnley game here at home was one of the best games we played for sure against burnley, creating, creating, creating. they fought hard and that's why they deserved the point. but in general we only know

it's just a difficult place to go. this british number one konta has started her season with a two sets to one victory over madison keys, at the brisbane international. it's her first tournament with new coach michaeljoyce. she lost the first set to the american 6—4 but broke early in the second to take it 6—4 and level the match. keys lost her serve at the start of the third and konta was untroubled by her opponent as she strolled through the set 6—3 to win the first round contest. while england's test cricketers prepare for the fifth test

in sydney this week, some of the one—day players have been plying their trade in australia's big bash t—20 league. jos buttler has been impressing for sydney thunder. he hit 81 against hobart hurricanes in sydney before being run out today. his efforts weren't enough to stop his side's 9—run defeat. he also hit 67 off 41 balls in their win over hobart in launceston at the weekend. england's five—match one—day series against australia starts in melbourne on january the 14th. that's all the sports are now. on the website you can check out the latest on the brighton/ bournemouth match. also news of adrien silva's transfer from sporting lisbon to leicester — one of many to come in the january transfer window. we will have more for you throughout the afternoon. thank you, mike. the uk recycling industry says it doesn't know how to cope with a chinese ban on imports of plastic waste.

britain has been sending up to 500,000 tonnes of plastic for recycling in china every year. but the trade has now been stopped. our environment analyst roger harrabin reports. when the dustmen wheel away the waist, it's a journey that often ends in china. about a quarter of oui’ ends in china. about a quarter of our waste plastic heads on boats to the east. now china has decided it doesn't want it any more and it's caused a huge new year headache for the uk's hard pressed recycling firms. it's a massive blow, i think it's a game changer for our industry. for decades we have been relying on the chinese market to recycle the surplus of materials we collect in the uk that we don't have the capacity at home to recycle and reprocessed. incineration might get rid of some of the uk's waste, but plans for more incinerators would be strongly resisted by green groups. if you build an incinerator, you are basically creating a market for

plastics so you are encouraging us to produce more single use throwaway plastics which is exactly the problem we need to tackle. the government is looking at taxes on deposit schemes to deter plastic waste but that's for the longer term. no one yet knows how britain will solve its short—term china crisis. real users are travelling on the old est real users are travelling on the oldest trains since records began according to a report by a transport watchdog. the office of rail and rhodes says older rolling stock can lead to problems with reliability and poorer performance. people travelling on the caledonian sleeper service between london and scotla nd sleeper service between london and scotland have the oldest trains in britain at 42 years old. merseyrail has the second oldest fleet at 38 yea rs. has the second oldest fleet at 38 years. both operators plan to introduce new trains. a study carried out by the office of rail

and road found the average age of rolling stock had never been higher at more than 21 years. it says the nation's fleet in 2006 had an average age of less than 13 years. according to the campaign for better transport, some trains can be refurbished but others, like the pacers built in the 1980s as a short—term fix, should be scrapped. the department for transport says 4500 the department for transport says a500 new carriages will be introduced by 202a. it estimates the investment programme will cut the average age of the fleet from 21 to 16 years. from tomorrow millions of train users will pay up to 3.6% more for their tickets, the highest increase for five years. special coins marking the 100 year anniversaries of women getting the right to vote and the end of the first world war are being released this year. the royal mint will also

introduce one is celebrating 200 yea rs introduce one is celebrating 200 years since the publication of mary shelley's frankenstein. the two—pound coin marking the anniversary of the first world war armistice features a quote from wilfred owen's poem strange meeting — which says "the truth untold, the pity of war". it's time now for a look at the weather forecast. let's join darren for the latest. hgppy for the latest. happy new year, the first day of the new year brings some sunshine but we also have areas of rain. it's been quite a soggy morning in the south—east corner of england, we also have this rain moving across the midlands to meet up with that lot in the south—east, and a lot of showers coming down over northern ireland. these showers will get blown down into northern england and north wales. more chilly today than it has been over the past few days. the showers continue to get driven to the south—east this evening but overnight they will fade away. the

winds will drop and skies were clear. looking at a frost quite widely, in scotland and perhaps in some other rare rules —— some other rural areas too. the rain quickly moves rural areas too. the rain quickly m oves over rural areas too. the rain quickly moves over the irish sea and we could see snow briefly over the pennines and the high ground of scotland. it brightens up in the afternoon, the wind still on the strong side and temperatures up to 11 celsius. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. police appeal for information after four people are stabbed to death in london, in unrelated new year attacks. two of the victims of a seaplane crash in australia are identified as an 11—year—old british girl and her mother, emma bowden. also among the dead, her fiancee and the head of a british company compass, richard cousins, and his two sons william and edward, both in their 20s. hundreds of people are stranded

in liverpool city centre overnight, after a car park fire damaged or destroyed 1a00 vehicles. state media in iran says the death toll in anti—government protests has risen to ten, the country's president warns that violence and disorder will not be tolerated. now on bbc news, rebecca morelle looks back on the year in science, from a spectacular eclipse that wowed millions of americans to the end of a 20 year mission to saturn. that's review 2017: the year in science.