. >> cricketer phil hughes has laid to rest. the service took place in the small town of macksville where hughes grew up. he was you'll liez jooized by his brother and sister and australia team captain michael clark who recalled their time together at the sydney cricket ground. >> is this what indigenous australians believe about the spirit being con negligented with the land upon which they walk? if so, i know they are right about the scg. his spirit has touched it. and it will forever be a safer ground for me. i can feel his presence there and i can see how he's touched so many people around the world. >> incredibly emotional moment. this is most certainly a very tough day for australians and indeed the cricketing world. talk to us about people coming to terms with the loss of phil hughes here and a very emotional moment, particularly there from michael clark. >> certainly the whole of australia has certainly gone to a stand still to mourn the lassing of phil hughes. it was a celebration of his life. we got to hear many people

. >> cricketer phil hughes laid to rest in his hometown as the nation says its final farewell. >> thank you for joining us. the international coalition that is fighting isil is winning, but the group's final defeat could be many years away. the words of the u.s. secretary of state john kerry after a meeting of representatives from the 60 countries that make up the coalition. from brussels here is tim friend. >> the coalition's assertion that it's making process against isil would be created with skepticism here as they wait for the next attack. a small team of doctors and nurses providing the only remaining medical services in the syrian border town of kobane is preparing for a new serge of admissions as fighting intensifies. a single aid station is all that is left of two of the three medical facilities were destroyed when isil attacked the town in mid-september. injured from the coalition of kurdish and free syrian army fighters, who have been holding isil at bay, receive treatment here. >> from now as the situation in kobane permits we'll find other places where we can hospitalize th

. >> the world of cricket has celebrated the life of phil hughes who died after being hit by a bull lasteek. since d 24 matches 20,000 nine. his funeral will be held in his hometown. >> we'll hear from the prime nister economic advisor when we return. ♪ >> the week of meetings of the bank of england. tomorrow ausman trail yafment it . mes as a four-year low rate cuts in the next 12 months. ey are now at a record low 2.5%. ? ew zealand wheeler said real effective exchange rates remain unjustified. gold is down and the swiss bank is up after the swiss rejected a measure forcing the central bank to buy bullion. the gold plan meant the plan must hold 20% of its balance shoot. more than 2/3 voted against it. p.m. thifment morning from china and it's 84.28. it was 84.44 prior to the p.m.i. coming out. longer term picture is indeed far weakening story you can see on this three-month chart. this situation is unjustified. the difference is this. you can see that kind of reaction. 7783 below. gold price was rising. you see the swiss bank also gold price was falling. wiss franc was rising. that's a

the world of cricket has celebrated the life of phil hughes, the australian batsmen who died after being. he never regained consciousness after being struck in the back of the head. he debuted in 2009. held on thewill be coast north of sydney. rejected as referendum requiring central banks to hold what a percent of their balance sheet in gold. the swissave required national bank to repatriate gold held in the u.k. and canada. opposed the had move and said it would make harder to make prices stable and shield the value of the franc against the euro. checking in in sydney for you this morning. take a look at the extending of the losses in australia. after hsbc came in at 50. the south koreans are under pressure -- south korea's kospi is under pressure. we are watching live pictures of protesters in admiralty as the police start moving in. tokyo, coming up after the break. ♪ >> the final stand. hong kong police move in on the last major protest site. a hit online and sony is not enjoying the proceeds. he is just not that into you. shanghai is losing enthusiasm for the connection and hong ko

for them, phil hughes was an idol. there will now be a debate about safety in the sport.re will tell you cricket is not a dangerous game and this was a terrible freak accident. >> you can get killed crossing the road. cricket is pretty safe. it's not a contact sport. you don't think of it as contact sport. it's one of those things you get knocked in everything. one in a million. >> i don't think it's a dangerous game. i think it was a freak thing that happened. it might not happen again. it was just most unfortunate thing. i hope my kids do get out there and play again like phillip. >> bbc news maxville in new south wales. >>> the american entertainer bill cosby is being sued by a woman who claims he sexually assaulted her in 1974 when she was 15. the comedian has faced a series of allegations that he drugged and assaulted more than a dozen we. he's not been charged in any of the allegations. this report has flash photography. >> bill cosby has been at the center of multiple sexual assault allegations over the past few weeks this. lawsuit filed in los angeles county super

with the first mall he faced, this is the first match ouz -- australia played since the death of phil hughes. colley was fine. >> england 65-5, trailing by 150 runs. two wickets apiece for mitchell johnson and nathan lyn. >> n.b.a. - the bulls handed brooklyn a third-straight loss. the nets starting, leading by 11 early on. chicago went in even at half time, leading the way for the bulls. after that the former mvp scoring 23 points as the bulls finished 105-80 winners. fifth in the east. >> freezing weather conditions couldn't stop hockey fans paying respects for an all-time great. wednesday saw the funeral of jean beliveau in montreal. he won 10 stanley cups with the montreal canadiens. jean beliveau dying last week aged 83 >>> okay, that is how your sport is looking. i'll hand you back >>> thank you. now, if you like the high life, this festival is for you. the kathmandu international mountain film festival is starting in nepal. 80 films about mountain sports, culture and others. we have been taking a look. >> reporter: it's international mountain day and the nepa lease capital is celebrat

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. >>> somber day in australia and throughout the sporting world really as cricketer phil hughes has been laid to rest. the service took place in the small town of maxville where hughes grew up. he was eulogized by his brother and sister and team australia captain michael clark. he died last week just days shy of his 26th birthday after a freak accident on the pitch in sydney. the ball hit him in the back of the neck just below his helmet. rosemary. >> all right. to another story we're covering now, a u.s. deadline came and went and japan's takata corporation made no move to expand its air bag recall. some of takata's air bags have been found to explode, potentially shooting shrapnel into people. at least four deaths are linked to the faulty air bags. the current recall is limited to about 4 million cars in warm, humid states. most of them are hondas, takata's biggest customer, but u.s. officials want the recall to go nationwide. and to give you some perspective takata makes about a fifth of all air bags around the world. >>> well, our andrew stevens joins us from tokyo with more on what

we're following for you, a somber day in australia and throughout the sporting world as cricketer phil hughes has been laid to rest. the service took place in maxville where he grew up. eulogized hi busine-- by his br and sister after a freak accident on the pitch there in sydney. the ball hit him in the back of the neck just below his helmet. >>> all right at this point we move to hong kong where the three founders of the central occupy or the occupy central movement, i should say are surrendering this hour to police. even though there's no warrant against them. you may this time yesterday was when the announcement was made watching these are images from yesterday when they made that announcement watching images from hong kong now to see if they mention anything. they're urging demonstrators on the treats to retreat. they say the situation has become just too dangerous but the founders insist that their surrender doesn't mean they failed. manisha tank takes a look. >> reporter: when the so-called umbrella movement started in hong kong, the weather was decidedly more balmy. it's now turning c

. >>> the australian parliament has paid tribute to the cricketer phil hughes who died last week aftertruck on the head by the ball whilst batting. a moment's silence was held to honor the 25-year-old at the assembly in canberra. a funeral for phillip hughes will be held on wednesday in his hometown of maxville. australia's prime minister tony abbott paid tribute to a man he described as a great cricketer. >> he was 63, not out, on his way to a century and return to the test team. madam speaker, people are not supposed to die playing our national game. >>> police in ohio say a university level footballer who had been missing for nearly a week has been found dead. he had apparently shot himself. hundreds of people joined the search for kosta karageorge. although he was only 22, his family said he'd sustained several head injuries and had a few spells of being extremely confused. his death comes amid growing concern about the dangers of head injuries in many sports. this week on "bbc world news," we're going to take a look at the risks, beginning today with american football. bbc sports

all right, phil, baker hughes says number of rigs drilling for oil in the u.s.ropped to a eight-month low. that is huge. >> it is huge. it is showing you that opec is winning the price war at least the first couple round of this and what this means that u.s. oil production and rig counts at all-time high, that will impact u.s. production. six months down the road, 12 month down the road, our production levels will fall off. interesting prior to the baker hughes report we saw oil prices tanking here. they took out a major resistant area went down to 52.90. but when this report came out they seemed to stablize. people realize we'll see less oil down the road. you have to watch tracy cotango in the market. not only seeing a glut of oil in the short term but a lot of people are buying oil at cheaper prices today and putting it away for rain any day maybe six months or a year down the road and starting to make money off that. there could be a big rebound later in the year of course when supplies level off. tracy: anyone's game at this point. phil flynn, at cme. thank