i'm lucy hockings live in kangaroo valley and i will be speaking to the owners of the kangaroo valleyh retreat about how you rebuild when fire has taken everything. and the bbc speaks to carlos ghosn, the fugitive businessman now banned from leaving the country he fled to. it's 8:00am in singapore, midnight in london and 7:00pm in ottawa where the prime minister justin trudeau has said there's evidence from multiple sources that the ukrainian passengerjet that crashed near tehran was shot down by an iranian missile. all 176 people on board were killed, including dozens of canadians. iran's civil aviation chief has dismissed reports that a missile had hit the aircraft as "scientifically impossible". nick bryant has the latest from washington. american media say these images appear to show the moment the ukrainian airliner was hit by an iranian missile shortly after take—off. the plane did not explode immediately and continued flying for several minutes as it tried to return to tehran airport. this video appears to show the boeing 737, which seems to be on fire, as it went down. just be

phil mercer, bbc news, in kangaroo valley. you are watching bbc news.ng attack on environmentalists. he says they are alarmists and it is time for optimism. in washington donald trump will this evening become only the third us president to be tried in the senate accused of abusing his powers. after the london bridge terrorist attack in november, there are plans to introduce a lie detector test to try to improve how probation officers release suspected terrorists. an investigation by the bbc has discovered that school children can buy class a drugs in the same time it takes to get a pizza delivered. a 14—year—old acting as a decoy for bbc inside out programme used the social media platform snapchat to buy cocaine and ecstasy in middlesbrough. chris jackson reports. this is a 14—year—old boy negotiating to buy a class a drugs. a drop point is agreed in the centre of middlesbrough. we sent a young aduu of middlesbrough. we sent a young adult to pick up the drugs. and this is what can happen when dangerous drugs get into the hands of children. 13—year—old c

phil mercer, bbc news, kangaroo valley.to our top story and the assassination of general soleimani in iraq by the united states. let's speak to our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, who is in kabul. also, jane 0'brien is in washington. let's start with lyse doucet in cabot. what sort of reaction is being given across the region at the moment. we have seen the scenes from the funeral procession but what is the funeral procession but what is the ambience like? i think people are watching with great interest what is unfolding on the streets of major cities of iran. it is not even the day of the final burial, this is just the first of three days, and evenin just the first of three days, and even in areas which were the flash points for unprecedented protests in iran against the government, against people like qasem soleimani, today, instead, millions and millions of people have flooded into the streets across iran, to mourn him and to join iranians in condemning this killing of qasem soleimani. it has had an extra

phil mercer is in kangaroo valley in new south wales.ours‘ drive to the south of syd ney two hours‘ drive to the south of sydney and you can see behind me, what of the most famous landmarks in this particular region, this bridge. this area should be bustling with tourists. there are many attractions here for visitors but it is very, very quiet here and this is a scene thatis very quiet here and this is a scene that is being repeated in many other holiday parts of australia given that it holiday parts of australia given thatitis holiday parts of australia given that it is just over half way through australia‘s summer. it should be an area that is generating lots of money for local people. just to give you a sense mike as to the lay of the land over here, we have the local museum, we have a business hiring kayaks and bicycles. these are businesses that rely on the summer are businesses that rely on the summer trade here. a few weeks ago, there were very serious bushfires not too far away from here and the net result is that many visitors h

phil mercer, bbc news, kangaroo valley. keir starmer says the country needs a radical labour government after announcing his intention to run for the labour leadership. the shadow brexit secretary said the party had lost the public‘s trust as a force for good and change. this report from tony bonsignore contains flashing images. into the spotlight, the latest contenderfor into the spotlight, the latest contender for the into the spotlight, the latest contenderfor the labour into the spotlight, the latest contender for the labour leadership. sir keir starmer is promising to restore voter's faith and labour, whilst keeping some of its radical ma nifesto whilst keeping some of its radical manifesto policies. but has a staunch remainer, who campaigned for a second referendum, he faces questions after the party's election defeat. the argument has to move on, and the argument now is can we insist on that close relationship with the eu— close economic relationship and collaboration in other areas, and also what is the framework no

phil mercer, bbc news, kangaroo valley.me time as those fires rage in south—east australia, extreme weather has been unfolding 3,500 miles away in indonesia, where floods have killed 60 people and displaced thousands from the capital, jakarta. duncan kennedy reports. for six days, indonesia has been deluged with heavy rain, taking out bridges and roads. the capital ja ka rta bridges and roads. the capital jakarta has had its most intense rainfall ina jakarta has had its most intense rainfall in a quarter of a century. the number of dead is continuing to rise full stop thousands of people have had to leave their homes, many forced to haul themselves across swollen rivers. the ones able to get back to their neighbourhoods form human chain to remove the water and mud. this was an area outside jakarta, which is one of the worst affected. translation: the water level is pretty high, reaching five to six metres and it could have reached the second and third floor. it was raining all day from morning to evening so the water level

pictures of me arriving to wear a standing right now, which is the kangaroo valley bush retreat.minutes, look at the damage it did. the charred remains of buildings, trees, everything that you can see, and the trees are still smouldering. there are embers still in some of the trees here, it really is quite staggering. i am trees here, it really is quite staggering. iam hairat trees here, it really is quite staggering. i am hair at a wedding venue, 900 couples have got married here. every single weekend this year had been booked out for people coming here to experience the natural beauty and get married and when they would arrive, they would come here to the main reception area, and you can see here as well, some of the facilities and in the bush there would be places for people to go camping and glamping, there were cabins as well. this was there were cabins as well. this was the dream and the home of this man who is with me now. you came back here for the first time, how is at? it is absolutely devastating. what was a green belt and a thriving wedding venue with a lot of happy p

phil mercer, bbc news, kangaroo valley. of thousands of people take to the streets in iran to mourn the assassinated military leader, general soleimani. president trump warns the us has a list of 52 targets that will be hit very hard if iran decides to retaliate. the iraqi government has summoned the us ambassador over the airstrike which killed the general. the australian prime minister warns that the bushfire emergency could last for months. 2a people have now died since the crisis began. the deputy chairman of the panel reviewing the hs2 high—speed rail project says he's found "overwhelming evidence" that its costs are "out of control". lord berkeley suggests it will take £108 billion to complete the network, double the initial estimate. hs2 limited says it's determined to deliver value for money. let's speak now to daniel cochlin from the northern powerhouse partnership, who joins us from salford. what do you make of lord berkeley's comments? i think he was part of an independent review set up by the government to inves

this is kangaroo valley.about 16 or 17 hours ago and, as you can see, it's still smouldering and all around this area there is so much smoke. the trees, as you can see, have been left scorched and charred. it really does have this horrible ghostly feel about it and just listen. barely a sound to be heard. we've driven from the town of nara, that's about half an hour's drive away, and we've seen hardly anyone on the roads, so these fires have caused mass evacuations of areas, notjust here in new south wales, but across the state of victoria as well. here in new south wales, there are dozens and dozens of fires. today, conditions are a lot cooler. they are helping the firefighting effort, but the emergency continues. the prime minister scott morrison is saying this crisis could last for months. it's being estimated that as many as half a billion animals may have died in the fires. christopher dickman is an ecologist from the university of sydney and joins me now. thanks for being with us on bbc news. how have y

phil mercer, bbc news, kangaroo valley. of thousands of people take to the streets in iran to mourn the assassinated military leader, general soleimani. president trump warns the us has a list of 52 targets that will be hit very hard if iran decides to retaliate. the iraqi government has summoned the us ambassador over the airstrike which killed the general. the australian prime minister warns that the bushfire emergency could last for months. 24 people have now died since the crisis began. and in sport: the lowest ranked team left in the fa cup this season, non—league afc fylde, could be on their way out of the compeition — they're losing 1—0 at premier league side sheffield united. middlesbrough have taken the lead against top flight oppiostion, spurs. ahsley flethccer scoring for the champkionship side chelsea women beat reading 3—1 ni the women's super league, cheslea's second goal was a fantastic lob from guro reiten, a maiden 50 from dominic sibley has helped england extednd their lead aganist south africa to over 200

phil mercer, bbc news, kangaroo valley.in the first two weeks of this year than a person in seven african countries emit in an entire year. that's the finding from 0xfam who've released a report revealing the huge inequalities at the heart of the climate emergency. they say it shows that while the developed nations are doing most of the polluting, it's the poorest countries that suffer the most. with me is kiri hanks, 0xfam's climate policy adviser. welcome to you. thank you for being with us. why is it we are emitting so with us. why is it we are emitting so much carbon? what are we doing? it is the way of life in people in richer nations and it is overconsumption. these figures just show the shocking inequality in global carbon emissions. today, the 5th of january, the average british person will have overtaken the annual emissions of someone in rwanda. it is a similar picture globally. if you look at a global level, the richest 10% in the world are responsible for 50% of all global emissions, which is to do with lifestyl

phil mercer, bbc news, kangaroo valley.ws: hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets in iran, to mourn the assassinated military leader, general soleimani, who was killed in a us air strike on thursday in the iraqi capital, baghdad. donald trump warns that america has a list of 52 targets, that will be hit "very hard" if iran decides to retaliate. his secretary of state says the president will never shy away from protecting his country. the australian prime minister warns that the bushfire emergency could last for months and announces the creation of a recovery agency, to help those who've lost homes. more now on our top story. the iraqi parliament has backed a resolution calling for foreign troops to leave the country, after the us killed top iranian general, qasem soleimani, at baghdad airport. earlier, i spoke to the defence editor for the times newspaper, lucy fisher, who said that both public and political opinion was turning against coalition forces in iraq. it is a huge development this afternoon, that 170

the bbc‘s phil mercer reports from kangaroo valley in new south wales. is a place at at this time of the year should be full of visitors but people are staying away because of the fires and this is a story that has been repeated in many parts of the country. everyone is devastated, their livelihoods are at risk and people are being laid off and people are closing their businesses. return of one today that had to close because they can't afford to pay the rent. it's devastating and very trying to scramble to get out from the government, help welfare, whatever we can. but that is proving difficult and a long process and frustrating for people before coming in in tears and it's been devastating. the trade minister, simon birmingham says the bushfires have inflicted enormous damage on australia's international tourism reputation, the government is due spend millions of dollars trying to rehabilitate australia's image both overseas and also with travellers from australia. many visitors are deciding not to come. this is a country that has paid an enormous pric

an architect to spend years to ulsend in building a beaut garden at home in the kangaroo valley. he knew that this day would one yome. he sheltered with eight ofn is neighborss home and watched a cyclonic firestorm head towards his house. this is the story of how he and his neighbors survived at his home. >> we saved the house and house d us. that was a nexus that if it had broken at any point we would have perished. the air was like if you are in a try bnderstorm, but instead of sheets of water, it was sheets of embers and looked like fire. hrthere was a glowgh the air. the horizontal rain was horizontal burning. pieces of wood flying through the air and leaves. and the strength of the wind was just incredibl ro next to a place in new south wales. jonathan head is there. jonathanin the fire-bleached rn coast fromas gary simpson's backyard has taken a beating. some of his tallest trees badly charred have had to be fe lled and drag a safe distance from his house. uhe has been cleari ever since a raging fire swept through las saturday and preparing for more fires once the weather h

kangaroo valley is a small town in new south wales that was devastated when a ferocious firestorm swepthockings has been speaking to a resident whose fire—proofed house was incredibly saved from the flames. we saved the house and the house saved us. that was a nexus that if it had broken at any point, would have meant that we would have perished. the air was like if you we re perished. the air was like if you were ina perished. the air was like if you were in a very big thunderstorm, but instead of sheets of water, it was sheets of embers and fire, as a glow through the air, and the horizontal rain was horizontal burning pieces of wood flying through the air and leaves, and the strength of the wind wasjust incredible. tell me about some of the features of the house and the way that you designed it that made it fireproof? was certainly mindful that when we designed a house here that there would be a fire at some stage. there was a concept of defensiveness around the way in which the buildings were designed to shield us from where we thought the fires might come from, but also in terms of

he joins me from the small town of kangaroo valley in new south wales. of the most famous landmarks in this particular region. this area should be bustling with tourists. there are many attractions here or visitors but it's very, very quiet here and this is a sea that has been repeated in many other holiday parts of australia, given itsjust repeated in many other holiday parts of australia, given its just over halfway through australia's summer. this should be an error that you are generating lots of money for local people. just to give a sense, it's a lie of the land over here. we have a local museum, we have a business hiring kayaks and bicycles, these are businesses that rely on the summit trade here but there are —— a few weeks ago there were serious bushfires not too far away from here at the net result is that many visitors have either been scared away or worried about the fires returning. it's coming towards the end of the school holidays here in australia and there is a big fear as you say that australia's tourism industry is likely to take a ver

nick turner spent years designing and putting a beautiful garden in the kangaroo valley.is neighbours in his home and wash as a cyclonic farce from hit his house. this is the story of how he and his neighbour survived in his home. we save the house and the house saved us, and that was a nexus that if it had broken at any point would have meant that we would've perished. the airwas like if meant that we would've perished. the air was like if you are in a very big funder storm but instead of sheets of water, it was sheets of embers and looked like fire, there's ago embers and looked like fire, there's a go through the air, and the horizontal rain was horizontal burning pieces of wood flying through the air or weaves. and the strength of the wind was just incredible. next to tomerong in new south wales. jonathan head is there. in the fire bleach bush of austria's southeastern coast, gary simpson pot site backyard has taken a beating. some of his tallest trees badly charred have had to be failed and tracked a safe distance from his house —— gary simpson's backyard. he has bee

phil mercer, bbc news, in kangaroo valley.n came to britain from jamaica, in the 1960's, as part of the so—called windrush generation. thousands of people arrived from the caribbean, many sailing on board the empire windrush. the uk home office says it's determined to right the wrongs experienced by relatives of those who lawfully came to the uk, many of whom were threatened with deportation, and in some cases removed. chiplyn returned to the uk last month after decades spent trying to sort out her immigration status. she's been speaking to our community affairs correspondent adina campbell. for the first time in more than four decades, chiplyn burton can now rest a little easier. she arrived in lancashire from jamaica in 1965, aged seven, on her parents' passports, one of many caribbean families who came to the uk, known as the windrush generation, and given indefinite leave to remain. but chiplyn's first problems started in the 19705 when she returned to jamaica with her family but she was later refused entry back into the u

we are in kangaroo valley, about 100 miles south of sydney. 0n kangaroo valley, about 100 miles southdney. on saturday evening, flames tore through this region, vast areas of bushland have been destroyed. this is a very popular tourist place, not too far from sydney. but it is almost deserted. the trucks, the cars on the vehicles we have seen on this road are largely emergency vehicles and fire engines. across new south wales and the rest of the fire zones in the state of victoria, these cooler conditions clearly helping the firefighting effort. but this sort of rain will help, but it will not extinguish the danger. in new south wales they are about 150 fires still burning. many still burn in the state of victoria. what we have seen throughout this horrible summer, this horrible bushfire season, summer, this horrible bushfire season, we summer, this horrible bushfire season, we have a spike in conditions, extreme or catastrophic conditions. then we have a bit of a lull but the danger hasn't gone. if the pattern continues we will have a low for a few days and then more extreme conditio

phil mercer, bbc news, in kangaroo valley. then has all the business news.gton this evening, there are come on at the third president to be tried in the senate for abusing his powers. after the november terror attack, plans to introduce lie detector test to help how probation officers handle territories. these are your business headlines: a record number of women in full—time work has pushed the uk's employment rate to a new high of 76.3%. the record figure could reduce the chance that the bank of england will cut interest rates when it meets next week. facebook will create a comic 1000 newjobs in london this year, including heart tonic hiring more people to tackle online content. it will take their uk workforce to more than 4000. pressure has been going on the social media firms to remove posts that promote self—harm or political extremism network rail has been issued a formal warning for its positive surface in a north—west and central regions of england, including train operating companies, catlike northern and trans—pennine express. the regulator is inve