at local councils can ban guns in parks and public buildings.nd that background checks are necessary for all firearms processes. now, -- prches.et now,e show you some other pictures as well from this process. you canee the weaponry these protesters are wearing. many of them from what are called local they have assault rifles, bulletproof vts, this man here carrying a 50-caliber sniper rifle. among a range of other things it can do. this is so powerful it could shoot through walls. the fear was this rally would go very wrong, very quickly. in fact, counterprotests in richmond and charlottesville were called off. a local journalist and activist says there's no counterdemonstration planned. please, please encourage anyone you know who is thinking about counterprotesting this event to stay away from downtown richmond on monday. and no doubt the lack of counterprotests has reduced the tension surrounding the day here's more. reporter: there werehose because there are all these militias that said they would be here. we saw them,om we spoke to of them.

so, again, we generated a story for every local council about how many trees have been planted in yourcouncil. now, i noticed on the website with the election stories, they had a label to say they'd been created through automation. will you always label stories that way? yeah, we think it's really important that we're really clear with our users about how the stories have been created. so they are written by humans, checked by humans, but the machine has compiled them in the middle. could automation — one can't help asking would it help avoid some of the human errors that happened, like with wrong images. for example, when you know the wrong photograph is used in the obituary of screen actors? i think of facial recognition technology. it's a possibility. you do tend to find that human beings make mistakes. computers make mistakes when human beings program them incorrectly. so they're not fail—safe either, i'm afraid. and indeed, you know, just thinking of errors on archive footage more broadly, you know, there was a very specific issue with archive footage of borisjohnson used laying a

local areas which rely very heavily dealt mark —— heavily, as northampton and others, lots of local councilss will be delighted that a solution has been fined for flybe. there will be a lot of questions asked on this for the government. the uk space agency is offering young people the chance to win a share of £50,000 to develop ideas for using satallites to improve life on earth. the satel life competition is open until the 3rd of march to anyone between the ages of 11 and 22. let's speak to uk space agency's head of applications strategy emily gravestock and 17—year—old a levels student lowena hull, who was one of last year's competition winners. she had an idea to track abandoned supermarket trolleys using satellites. that idea, tell us... you were 16 when you had that idea. what has happened to it since? immediately after going on the uk space eight agency dragon den event, i was approached by numerous companies and so approached by numerous companies and soi approached by numerous companies and so i was looking at the view of that and taking in the feedback to refine my idea and currentl

borne the brunt of many of these bushfires over the past 24 hours a lot of people still trapped in local council who was in surf clubs and on the beach anywhere where they can find a bit of rest bite a place to put their head down some of trying to get out there are suggestions or today that one or 2 roads are being open for a couple of hours so that people might be able to make an attempt to getting home but that's even more difficult because the fuel supplies are running very low as world and so even if you've got in even if you can get out of town of the chances are you might run a pecial in the process so it's a very very difficult situation combined with that we've got reports of kerry buying in shops he would try and stock up with a limited amount of food supplies and water and other things have gone downhill very very quickly over the past 24 hours and as you've probably seen on your own televisions you know we've had scenes which only are ok lip tick. from the towns on the south coast and right hand it doesn't really look any better that is really the appropriate description apocalyptic

but by 2018, there had been a sharp rise to more than a million incidents, putting local councils underure. that's because they're involved in clearing up and investigating the incidents, but to their frustration say too many fly—tippers are getting away with light fines when they should face heavy punishment. richard galpin, bbc news. now on bbc news, our world: fighting for lapland. lapland is europe's great last wilderness. it stretches across norway, sweden, finland and russia, way above the arctic circle. the far north of finland is the home of the sami, europe's only indigenous people, who still live off the land. but the life of the sami people is changing. climate change is affecting the arctic more than any other part of the earth. you can't rely on that you know how nature acts or how animals act because everything seems to be changing. the melting ice is opening up opportunities for shipping routes and there is talk of a new railway. it's the worst nightmare we are facing at the moment. which could threaten the sami people's way of life. how can you put a price target for a c

is a nazi zone many people in the village were shocked by his resignation work with folk in the local council the news came as a surprise to him. because they're mine and we all think that it's not good. where the losers in this story which is very sound. and focus states very clearly that the village of stuff does not have a nazi problem there are a few extreme rightwing people in the community but he says the problem lies deeper in society itself as a society is a catastrophe the problem is that people can suddenly say out loud what they wouldn't have even dead to think 5 years ago and that's not only in the supposedly left behind eastern germany apparently people here also feel left behind. the focal case is now being investigated by german authorities but doesn't want to give up even though he's no longer mayor he wants to keep fighting the far right. those talk about this more now with our political correspondent actually on a caution in the studio good morning michael yon because we've seen right wing stream is a groups publishing names and addresses of course undesirable politicians an

councils in local communities people who are engaged in any kind of flow click to vittie so this is something that anybody who's trying to be engaged and this is especially referring to engagement to its refugee help integration help that these are now being at the aim of especially far right extremist if you were the threat coming from is from individuals from groups to civic organizations do you know anything about that so the investigations that have been conducted in these incidents so far suggests that often these are these threats are coming from groups or networks sometimes these threats are even signed by. senders that suggest that they are part of an effort for example referring to the national socialist underground $2.00 so the national. this underground was a group of me and aussies in the last decade response bait responsible and. at mrs full x. 7 killings in a christian me in tears germany seen anything like this before this level of intimidation and threat of local politicians and as you said community workers dealing with specific issues in the modern federal public of germany

but by 2018, there had been a sharp rise to more than a million incidents, putting local councils undere. that's because they're involved in clearing up and investigating the incidents, but to their frustration say too many fly—tippers are getting away with light fines when they should face heavy punishment. richard galpin, bbc news. now on bbc news: razia iqbal presents a special programme on supreme courtjustice ruth bader ginsburg. i, ruth bader ginsburg, do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states, so help me god. justice ruth bader ginsburg is the leading liberaljudge on the us supreme court. at 86, she has been fighting for decades for women's rights, including for equal pay and fair access to abortion. it is no exaggeration to say that her crucial work has affected profound change in the legal status for women in america. and it is for this reason that she has been awarded this year's berggruen prize for philosophy and culture — a prize she will be awarded here at a special ceremony in the new york public library in front of an invited a

councils in england have urged the courts to impose biggerfines to tackle the growing problem of fly—tipping. the localovernment association says there were more than a million offences last year, but only five per cent of fines were above a thousand pounds. councils in england have urged the courts to impose biggerfines to tackle the growing problem of fly—tipping. this cctv footage captures the moment a lorry starts illegally dumping huge amounts of waste in the middle of the night. the premises of a small company, used by the fly—tippers to get rid of the rubbish. in recent years, fly—tipping has been getting steadily worse. blighting the environment, causing pollution and threatening by by 2018 there had been a sharp rise to more than 1 by 2018 there had been a sharp rise to more than1 million incidents, putting local councils under more pressure. that's because they are involved in clearing up and investigating the incidents. but to their frustration, say too investigating the incidents. but to theirfrustration, say too many fly—tippers are getting away with light fines when they should face heavy

areas of cultivation have sprouted up over the last. 30 years and there was no local oversight local council simply allowed this moomin illegal farming to happen. it would seem to me so that i could leave because you. around anjana national park water is used mainly to irrigate strawberry plantations the region produces approximately one 3rd of strawberries grown in europe. strawberry production is a major source of employment of 80000 people and a living in the sector including many small holders and their families local environmental activists who are against the practice are often denounced as traitors. what about going to look into the no this is an illegal war at all there are roughly a 1000 of them and don't wanna we have these are especially agree just because we're in the middle of a protected forest but there are 60 illegal wells here alone for extracting water from rivers that are long as in the wetlands thank you dan that i walk. about and it's shocking because you can even see the fields when but out of fear 567 kilometers away. they run lines from here to the farms and often the

local council simply allowed this boom in illegal farming to happen. it did seem to me so that you could clean things you know. around anjana national park water is used mainly to irrigate strawberry plantations the region produces approximately one 3rd of strawberries grown in europe. and strawberry production is a major source of employment of 80000 people in the living in the sector including many small holders and their families local environmental activists who are against the practice are often denounced as traitors. what are you going to look i'm going to this is an illegal borel there are roughly a 1000 of them and only on a couple of we have at least are especially agree just because we're in the middle of a protected forest but there are 60 illegal wells here alone for extracting water from rivers are long as in the wetlands thank you don't know why what they look at real york about and you know it's shocking because you can even see the fields when by thought of you know 567 kilometers away. well they run lines from here to the farms and oft

the local council leader lives around the corner.ink about drugs or something else, but this is completely out of character. this is a large crime scene and there‘s a lot for the police to examine here. there are also a quite few people who witnessed the aftermath of this incident, and there is footage of bodies in the road, which has been uploaded and shared on social media. that is very graphic video, much of it too upsetting for us to show. how can this happen on the steps? london‘s mayor felt people‘s frustration here, because some say they have reported anti—social behaviour and called for more cameras. but detectives say the men involved knew each other and there is no wider threat. however, they have much more work to do to understand what prompted such a sudden, violent incident with such deadly results. danjohnson, dan johnson, bbc news, danjohnson, bbc news, seven kings in london. 0ne danjohnson, bbc news, seven kings in london. one of britain‘s oldest apartment store chains beales is monitoring ministration. let‘s talk mor

towards 1 million but by 2018 they had been a sharp rise towards1 million incidents, putting local councilsecause they are involved in clearing up and investigating the incidents. back to their frustration, they say that too many fly—tippers are getting away with light fines, when they should face heavy punishment. richard galton, bbc news. china has sacked its most senior official in charge of relations with hong kong. wang zhimin was the director of beijing's liaison office in the territory, which has seen six months of often violent pro—democracy protests. his dismissal is being seen as a sign of china's dissatisfaction with how events have been handled there. journalist isabel hilton says it will interesting to see what happens to mr wang next. we can't claim to know too much about the inner workings of the party, but it seems to me there are two things to watch, here. one is, where does he go now? if he is demoted or if his career is brought to a premature end, he's only 62, so he's got some time to go, then you can assume that he is disgraced. but if he gets another decentjob, or carr

half the money collected is kept by local councils, and the other half goes to central government. for a period of up to three months. last year, empty properties cost councils across the country nearly £1 billion in lost revenue, with councils in the north being hardest hit. middlesbrough council needs to cut its budget next year by around £1 million. now, that could affect local services like the library, and empty shops cost middlesbrough £2 million a year in lost business rates. if that money could be collected, it could go towards funding vital local services. empty shops, empty offices, empty anything that is commercial is a nightmare for us. we do get rates on empty properties, but there's a window where we lose money, and that adds up to a lot. the stupid, crude nature of business rates damages places like middlesbrough. it's completely unfair, ungoverned, and it doesn't work, and we need to scrap business rates. the government says the business rates system is designed to redistribute income to the needs of local areas and that it will announce a review of business rates i

this year is a nazi zone many people in the village were shocked by his resignation work with the local council the news came as a surprise to him. because. we all think it's not good we are the losers in this story we're all very sad. and focus states very clearly that the villagers as stuff does not have a nazi problem there are a few extreme rightwing people in the community but he says the problem lies deeper in society itself. the society is a catastrophe the problem is that people suddenly can say out loud what they wouldn't even have to think 5 years ago and that's not only in the supposedly left behind eastern germany apparently people here also he left behind. the folk a case is now being investigated by german authorities but on focus doesn't want to give up even though he's no longer mayor he wants to keep fighting the far right we have some sports tennis now serbia have won the cup led by novak djokovic the inaugural tournaments. of course by the country's crisis but gave fans and city something to cheer about after beating world number one rafael nadal. the new a.t.p. cup could not

now this protest is organized by a local district council of many of whom were just recently elected into office at local district council elections last november now the purpose of this protest is to demonstrate the un happiness that people here feel against the practice of power allow trading past the practice of mainland chinese traders who come over to hong kong many of whom here shop here this is the northern territories and it's close to the mainland china they come over here they take advantage of lower taxes but hong kong has they buy items in bulk and to sell them back in china for a profit now locals here dislike this practice because they say causes them difficulties sometimes shortages of goods it also drives up the price of goods now people here say they don't like the practice of parallel trading because it they believe it's something that benefits mainly mainland chinese trade is rather than the people here but it's this protest is also an example of how a local issue is being used by pro-democracy protesters to highlight the wider unhappiness they feel against the hong

putting local councils under more pressure.ed in clearing up and investigating the incidents. richard galpin, bbc news. sir rod stewart has been charged by police in florida, after he allegedly punched a security guard at a hotel. a police report says the altercation occurred after the singer and his son failed to gain access to a private event on new year's eve. he'll appear in court next month. with all the sport now, here's karthi gna nasegaram at the bbc sport centre. good evening.... martine. good evening. england's cricketers staged a determined fightback on day two of their second test against south africa. ben stokes took four superb catches as south africa slipped to 215 for 8 at the close of play. they trail england's first innings total by 54 runs. adam wild reports. in cape town, a beautiful, warm day. watching on, english knights were heating up, too. into battle once more, jimmy anderson. but after yesterday's batting problems, today's opening stand was england's last and anderson didn't. not for long, anyway. gon

putting local councils under more pressure.ng the incidents. but to their frustration say too many fly—tippers are getting away with light fines when they should face heavy punishment. richard galpin, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: two mortar rounds land near the us embassy in baghdad — as huge crowds join funeral processions in iraq, for iran's top military commander, killed by a us drone strike. fears that high winds and temperatures will push australia's bushfires towards heavily populated areas. thousands of reserve troops are deployed. the shadow brexit secretary, keir starmer, enters the race to become labour leader. he'll launch his campaign in stevenage tomorrow. sport and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's chattan. it's fa cup third round weekend — and we've seen two top—flight sides knocked out, and some great comebacks — and what a story we had at rochdale. the league one side held newcastle to a 1—all draw — their ao—year—old subsitute, aaron wilbraham scoring the equaliser that earned rochd

announced a $2 billion package that will go to these communities to start off with, working with local councilsfarmers to start that process of rebuilding. that will just be that process of rebuilding. that willjust be the start of things, though. a couple of the issues that these people will be facing are primarily these are tourist towns. they are full of small businesses that make their annual profits in just a few weeks. they won't be making that this year. it's unclear if they will be making it in the following years. patrick, many are arguing that what australia is experiencing in is unprecedented in the scale and the length of these bushfires. can we look back on previous years, tragedies, and weigh the cost from those and what they cost them? the worst bushfire in australian history happened ten yea rs australian history happened ten years ago in victoria, that was the black saturday bushfires. which tragically killed 173 people. it burned a smaller area, close to half 1 million hectares, the clean—up from that, the total cost was estimated to be four and a half billion dollars. 0k, pat

the local council leader lives around the corner. shock, because there is no explanation, normally you can think about drugs or something else, but this out of character. this is a large crime scene and there is a lot for the police to examine here. there are a few people who witnessed the aftermath of the incident and there is footage of bodies in the road, which has been uploaded and shared on social media. that is very graphic video. much of it too upsetting for us to show. how can this happen on the steps? london's mayor felt people's frustration, because some said they have reported anti—social behaviour and called for cameras. but police say the men involved knew each other and there is no wider threat. but they have much more work to do to understand what prompted such a sudden, violent incident which such deadly results. the time is 6:16pm. our top story this evening... prince harry has spoken of his disappointment at the outcome of talks about his and meghan‘s future. and still to come, is happiness something you can learn?

within the principle of corporation with the civil society organizations and local councils in order for the humanitarian aid to reach the people in these areas the un security council. did a negative result lucian regarding charkha lay and has never opened the do for the humanitarian aid to reach this area now we are waiting for a positive step in this regard we are in contact with everyone in order to sort out the problems in contact with the parties concerned. and our moves are within the political channels but also we have our own decisions our own solutions our own conscious and we are scolar almighty not to let us down and not even to put our enemies in the situation the syrian people are living and are with the sick we seek to reach the humanitarian aid to the syrian people this syrian issue the syrian cause is. as important as everything else and this is it dates every one of us to stand by the syrian people and to try hard to sort out the syrian crisis. the conscience of the human beings will feel shame and move and all was feeling that those who are again the soldier or the

the met police say they are investigating who was responsible and working with the local council to removed on buildings in north london. crossrail‘s chief executive has insisted he does have a grip on the delayed project. mark wild said the line which will run through central london, linking berkshire and essex, will open this year with no extra money required. mr wild said 2019 had been a "pretty good year" for the programme, with work completed including tunnelling, tracks and overhead lines. however, he acknowledged that progress on verifying safety aspects of the railway has been slower than expected. special speakers on london's electric buses will play a sound to let vulnerable road users know they're there. it's to make them safer because the zero—emission engines don't make much noise when they're moving slowly. the trial starts this month on the 100 route and from next year all vehicles that don't usually make a noise will legally have to have the sound added. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes so far this morning. on the roads, the

now this protest is organized by a local district council of many of whom were just recently elected into office at local district council elections last november now the purpose of this protest is to demonstrate the un happiness that people here feel against the practice of power allow trading past the practice of mainland chinese traders who come over to hong kong many of whom here shop here this is the northern territory's and it's close to the mainland china they come over here they take advantage of lower taxes that hong kong has they buy items in bulk and to sell them back in china for a profit now locals here dislike this practice because they say it causes them difficulties sometimes shortages of goods it also drives up the price of goods now people here say they don't like the practice of parallel trading because it they believe it's something that benefits mainly mainland chinese trade as rather than the people here but it's this protest is also an example of how a local issue is being used by pro-democracy protesters to highlight the wider unhappiness they feel against the

this protest is organized by local district council of many of whom were just recently elected into office at local district council elections last november now the purpose of this protest is to demonstrate the un happiness that people here feel against the practice of power allow trading past the practice of mainland chinese traders who come over to hong kong many of whom here shop here this is the northern territory and it's close to mainland china they come over here they take advantage of lower taxes that hong kong has they buy items in and has to sell them back in china for a profit now locals here dislike this practice because they say causes them difficulty sometimes shortages of goods and also drives up the price of goods now people here say they don't like the practice of parallel trading because it they believe it's something that benefits mainly mainland chinese trade is rather than the people here but it's this protest is also an example of how the local issue is being used by pro-democracy protesters to highlight the wider unhappiness they feel against the hong kong government

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of different council areas in northern ireland in general have been suffering from the lack of devolved government and is an inappropriate amount of responsibility has been placed on localwill improve, hopefully schools will get reforms that they badly need. and most importantly, the incredible shock and potential, potentially very disruptive time at that is this next stage of the brexit requires leadership in northern ireland which the parties back in the assembly will hopefully do. some of us remember pictures from years ago showing martin mcinnis and emmett laughing together and working together. do you get a sense that this generation of a northern ireland politicians are willing to do the same, if not the laughter, and suddenly working together?” do the same, if not the laughter, and suddenly working together? i do think that they are willing to work together. undoubtedly, the leadership of both the democratic unionists and sinn fein, i think both parties have tried to transition to, as you indicated, any generation of and because of the idiosyncratic histories of these parties and where they came from and their bases, which are also changing over time, i think it

local councils can ban guns in parks and public buildings.will demand background checks for all gun purchases. by global standards, none of that sounds very radical. but today president trump expressed support for the demonstrators, tweeting. .. we will be live enrichment in just a second, but right now, a former special agent of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives, now the gun safety group the giffords center. —— we will be live in richmond. when you look at what richmond is trying to do, it doesn't sound like a radical attempt to ta ke doesn't sound like a radical attempt to take people'sguns away, and yet look at the reaction it is getting there. i think it is important to remember that for 28 years, the balance prevention advocates have travelled to richmond on the anniversary of the death of martin luther king who was assassinated with rifle. —— gun violence prevention advocates. by universal standards, and background checks and limits on the number of handguns does not infringe on second amendment rights in the leas

limited gun control measures like limiting people to buying one weapon per month or allowing local councilsy some measures have been introduced to keep people who have got weapons off the capitol grounds. a lot of people around me right now who are open carrying hand guns and rifles, although they say they do not want violence. it is nearly time for the weather but before we find out what is in store here, take a look at these pictures from canada. they were filmed by a newfoundland resident who recorded, as you can see, the front of his house being covered in more than eight feet of snow. this, as storms sweep more than eight feet of snow. this, as storms sweep across more than eight feet of snow. this, as storms sweep across the coast of canada. several places had to declare a state of emergency as snow fell, as well as wind gusting up to 80 mph. if you did not like it here today, just think on. here is the weather forecast. i am today, just think on. here is the weatherforecast. i am glad today, just think on. here is the weather forecast. i am glad you said that. that is whether proper,

heavily, flybe is the biggest customer by far of the of regional airports and others so lots of local councils that i think that's a solution has been found that i think they would be a lot of questions asked about how the government got here and as i say that pledge seems to have trumped everything else. and the company's ceo mark anderson added: this is a positive police and social workers investigating child sex exploitation in greater manchester 15 years ago knew that children were suffering "the most profound abuse, but did not protect them", that's the finding of a report into historical child sex abuse. it says the authorities knew girls in care were being abused by dozens of men, mainly from what it calls asian backgrounds, but did not protect them — partly because of concerns about race relations. police launched operation augusta in 2004, after the death of a 15—year—old girl from rochdale but the report said the investigation was wound up too soon. our north of england correspondent judith moritz reports. victoria agoglio lived a short but horrific life. beaten, raped, injected with

began 7 months ago comes 6 weeks after a probe candidate suffered a humiliating defeat at local district council elections so while it may be a little bit too soon to tell whether this signals how china is going to be handling the protests in hong kong we know about the interest but the timing of this is interesting. now hong kong health authorities are on higher due to an algebraic of a new talk of why would an ammonia in china 8 suspected cases have been reports of the city which is now activated its serious response level chief executive carry lab visited railway station to review extraordinary health checks for incoming passengers $44.00 cases have been detected in mainland china so far and the outbreak has revived memories of the sols epidemic which killed 700 people across china in 2003. still ahead on the bulletin a number state of emergency in southeastern australia after catastrophic bush fine conditions for 10 and why mining for cobalt and democratic republic of congo are comes at a high cost for many. but . we got more disturbed weather making its way into the middle east particularly

began 7 months ago comes 6 weeks after a probe candidate suffered a humiliating defeat at local district council elections so while it may be a little bit too soon to tell whether this signals how china is going to be handling the protests in hong kong we know about the interest but the timing of this is interesting. now firefighters in the strait bracing for a difficult night as hot and windy conditions continue to spread bush fawaz if you want a 150 five's a burning in new south wales alone tens of thousands of people have fled the worst affected areas jessica washington reports. for these fire crews conditions are bad and quickly getting worse thousands of firefighters are on the ground battling unforgiving weather. the extreme heat and volatile winds make a deadly combination as bush fires burn at emergency levels in 3 astroland states in new south wales one local government minister described it as like an atomic bomb hitting the region fires already caused major devastation here on new year's eve they making a frightening return with conditions even more unpredictable. citing. property. co

it was organized by and get this chairperson of the local lutheran church council. her motivation. cause i'm proud that so many different religions are meeting here in my own family we have muslims buddhists all the doctors christians protestants and catholics this is all very natural to me and. the party is enjoyed by all. of. his 5 year. no when she hears this i tally the generosity of the crowds the different nationalities that the variety of people lovely. i must know you have to get involved in something like this look up my whole family with me and to find. this is hospitality and the front of the chair want to pakistan. and most importantly it encourages interaction across every imaginable boundary so near lucca is deep in conversation with the linda local. they're discussing the big issues. that's mentions are. coming together to talk about peace is more important than just about anything so long as people are talking they will raise their fists come of each log. on the last day of the assembly there's a surprise in store william f. bentley has announced his intention to re

began 7 months ago comes 6 weeks after a probe candidate suffered a humiliating defeat at local district council elections so while it may be a little bit too foon to tell whether this signals how china is going to be handling the protests in hong kong we know that the interest the timing of this it's interesting. now the fate of at least 700000 undocumented immigrants who were brought to the u.s. as children could become one of the defining issues of the 2020 presidential election president trump is trying to end a program that temporarily protected them from deportation the supreme court is set to make a decision on the future just months before election day on the got a good report. norma ramirez was 5 years old when her parents brought her to the u.s. illegally she says that she didn't feel different growing up but like hundreds of thousands of others she's on documented scared and uncertain about the future and have a social security number. and. really devastating because i had done everything right i was you know model student in 2012 president barack obama introduced the deferred action

protests began 7 months ago comes 6 weeks probation candidate suffered a humiliating defeat at local district council elections where pro-democracy candidates won 87 percent of the seats up for election and this also comes about 9 months before the next legislative council elections in september and the other interesting timing is the fact that this is on offer is one of its roles is to. handle relevant issues that touch upon taiwan and taiwan is going to be holding its elections in about a week's time on january 11th so while it may be a little bit too soon to tell whether this signals how china is going to be handling the protests in hong kong we know that the interest the timing of this it says any interesting lawrence joining us there live from hong kong florence thank you. now one of the launches evacuations in a still years history is on the way as strong winds in hot weather worsen bushfires 2 people were killed when their car caught fire on kangaroo island in south australia 6 are still missing in the state of victoria tens of thousands of people are feeling at risk times in new south wales a

began 7 months ago comes 6 weeks after a probe candidate suffered a humiliating defeat at local district council elections so while it may be a little bit too food to tell whether this signals how china is going to be handling the protests in hong kong we know that the interest the timing of this it's interesting. 5 of the world's biggest tech giants are being sued by a human rights group on behalf of the families of children killed or injured while mining in the democratic republic of congo international rights advocates accuses apple google microsoft dell and tesla of knowing the cobalt used in their products could be linked to child labor permit us or courts. in the mining town of kuwait the dispersed and poor are looking for cobalt it's a vital component in batteries used in goods ranging from electric cars to phones and laptops more than half of the world's cobalt is produced in the democratic republic of congo tens of thousands of children are estimated to be used to dig for the toxic metal without protective clothing. they're here with their parents who say the whole family has to work to

began 7 months ago comes 6 weeks after probation candidate suffered a humiliating defeat at local district council elections so while it may be a little bit too soon to tell whether this signals how china is going to be handling the protests in hong kong we know that the interest in the timing of this it says an interesting. and the rights campaigners in france say hundreds of migrant children and teenagers a sleeping on the streets of paris many of them by themselves as winter temperatures plummet they are edging the government to do more to help natasha butler reports now from the french capital. it's a cold night in paris and these young children and their families are spending it outside the people here are asylum seekers who say they fled violence and poverty for a better life in europe but few imagine that they'd end up on the street relying on charities for survival the 6 year old girl is from iran her and says they've been homeless for months. we have so many problems we want to send her to school but we can't as we don't have a home these children and their mother who didn't wish to be id