some have waited decades of this and others, like the sprinters in new south wales who met in the last sure they wanted to do this and have managed to be first across the line. hywel griffith in sydney earlier. women around the world have been speaking about their experiences of sexual harassment after hollywood was hit by a number of scandals. but in india one of the largest film industries in the world has very few women calling for change. one of them, the actress kalki koechlin, spoke to the bbc about sexism in bollywood. we know what we are, but know not what we may be. it is a very difficult step to take, because it is their career on the line. one people don't listen to you if you are nobody, two, if you are a celebrity and you talk about it, it becomes a headline. plus you are dealing with hundreds of people than throwing their opinions at you and it can really shake a person emotionally. i know several girls who are newcomers in bollywood struggling with auditions were constantly being discriminated because of the way they look, being told you are too fat, or whatever, just li

experience and evidence gathered during a crackdown on a mattress turf war in south west sydney the new south wales police expand the charter of taskforce again and form the middle east an organized crime squad new south wales has made a decision which many other states have refused to mind to actually label the people as the criminal problem. so it said we're going to have a middle east an organized crime scored something which specifically targets middle eastern people. that did not help. a middle eastern crime squad. i can understand it if it was in the middle east. i just can't understand the terminology in sydney. we've never been happy with start to knowledge and we're still not happy we're stuck in minority because it actually works against old bridge building between our society and the police are i think the middle east organized crime squad is call right now because that is actually what it investigates. and certainly some within the community feel that's a good thing and then i was also feel that it's a bad thing and that it tarnishes everyone from middle eastern background i don't see i

a fireworks show earlier in new south wales ended in a huge explosion. [ screaming ] >>> it all ended happily, but at that moment people were terrified in australia. a fireworks show earlier in new south wales ended in a huge explosion that sent people running for cover. turns out the barge the fireworks were shot from caught fire. two people who were part of the fireworks show, though, were hurt. it's not clear what caused the explosion. witnesses say the fireworks appeared to be firing very low as soon as it started. >>> a shark attack in marin county today, a surfer bitten near drake's beach. the shark may have thought the woman was a seal. kpix5's katie nielsen shows us the closure now in place. >> reporter: this is a common time of year to see elephant seals on the beaches here in marin county like this 3,000- pound bull. researchers say it's also something that attracts sharks. >> this time of the year a lot the great white sharks will follow the seals in and we have a lot of harbor seals that will enter drake's and that's the spot they come in and out of, so that's a until hunt

earlier, i spoke to elvis impersonator mark andrew, from parkes in new south wales. it is amazing.ce? it is amazing. people are everywhere. the hair, the cars, the sideburns. it is a great atmosphere, the music and the legend. if i see a great atmosphere, the music and the legend. ifi see you in parkes, i will say wow, that's elvis. what makes this year so special for fans of elders? there is a theme. -- elvis. it is the 50th anniversary of his special, hidden in his prime time, looking the best, in leather. he wasjust finished time, looking the best, in leather. he was just finished making all those movies. they wanted to get back to the roots of rock ‘n' roll. that is how he proved himself. elvis is timeless, his songs, his wardrobe, and made music for 25 yea rs, wardrobe, and made music for 25 years, and they are still around. could you sing my favourite, love me tender? #love me tender, love me sweet. never let me go. sing it with me. sing together. rico sings. tell me, how long have you been an elvis impersonator? i am an actor. i have been doing elvis for 25 years now. i love

they married in new south wales. there we re married in new south wales.nd in perth as well. and through the day—to—day, more couples were getting married, all having waited 30 days, the notice period. —— day today. some were given special dispensation and waivers because families had travelled all the way to australia, but now, same—sex couples in australia can marry in just the same way as any other. the wedding industry and across australia is pretty thankfulfor that. they may get an economic boom. we should watch this space. thank you. and now for some key events happening later today. in a short time, the bafta film nominations will be announced. the winners will be revealed at the british academy film awards which will take place on sunday the 18th of february. meantime, over in berlin, chancellor angela merkel will press on with talks with the social democrats to form a new government and drag germany out of a political stalemate. and later this morning, we'll be keeping an eye on downing street as british prime minister theresa may holds her first

we also saw a midnight wedding in melbourne, and three hours behind new south wales and victoria, andduring the day. january nine isa ceremonies during the day. january nine is a big landmark day. however, some people got, not a false start, but managed to get in with special exemptions and waivers before christmas. what was initially a trickle before christmas, now we're seeing more and more. as the weeks progress we expect to see dozens, if not hundreds of same—sex marriage is being planned the fields, for some people who have of course waited decades for this to become legal in austria. exactly. they had to wait their time. it is very lucrative, isn't it? there will be a boon for the wedding industry, celebrants, i know some have been hoping this bonanza would come. some of the gay couples i have been speaking to over the last weeks and months as the campaigning a vote took place so they were not so interested in having the first wedding, they want to be biggest and best wedding. i think that will mean some pretty lavish celebrations. there is an option for some gay couples in syd

earlier today, detective superintendent mark hutchings from new south wales police marine area commandess conference about the crash. we have, in the course of this investigation already, been in contact with the uk, and we believe, in fact we can confirm, that the persons involved in this matter, along with the pilot, would visitors from overseas. the plane is sitting ina from overseas. the plane is sitting in a relatively deep water, but it is not an insurmountable operation for us, we will have the divers attend the scene. we have had a meeting this morning about the logistics of that, that meeting is currently underway, but once we get those details we will then move forward in salvaging the plane, but of course we are dependent on conditions tarmac. i think the incident is... talks for itself, this is people that have come over on holidays to visit australia, they run one of the most beautiful parts of the world, and for this to happen to them at a place like that is nothing more than just tragic. mr cousins was chief executive at catering firm compass group. the company confirmed

mason crane, the leg—spinner with some experience of this part of the world, having played for new south walesrane plays depends on the pitch and we should get a better look at that tomorrow but england will take part in their performance in melbourne, it was a battle but they have the better of the draw there. i asked mark stoneman, the opening batsmen, whether he felt their momentum had switched towards england... whether he felt their momentum had switched towards england. . ij whether he felt their momentum had switched towards england... i think it is given confidence moving forward , it is given confidence moving forward, the work that we've tried to do and the things that we try and put in place early in the series, they've eventually come through to a degree, but ultimately we want to wina game degree, but ultimately we want to win a game of cricket on this tour. there are few things more symbolic of australia than the sydney opera house but as for the cricket team, they will be determined to beat england, that is the marketing slogan for this ashes series but now that they cannot win

of the first couples to tie the knot were athletes craig burns and luke sullivan, who wed in new south wales this is a huge step forward for australia. there are still people out there who have a problem with it, and you will face those people in day to day life every now and again, but it is far outweighed by the influx of people we have had in support. >> at a ceremony in melbourne, this couple were wed. >> she will always be love of my life. today's not going to change that. it is about equality, really, and finally being legal. >> australia's parliament voted to legalize same-sex marriage on december 9, becoming the 26th nation in the world to do so. the vote in parliament followed a nationwide postal survey to measure public opinion on marriage equality, and an overwhelming majority supported it. brent: most bundesliga players spent their break on sunny beaches away from the cold and wet in germany. others spend their free time on projects close to their hearts. this is one of those players. he went back to the ivory coast to see the work that has foundation has been doing over recent m

. >>> now another pretty saw some encounter also off the coast of new south wales, australia. curious whales decided to come up and say, hey. >> they're just sitting there. >> i feel like these humpbacks are trying to send messages. i feel like they're trying to communicate with us. like it's getting hot down here. >> they say they felt like the whales were following them and wanted to come be close and hang out with them for a little bit, before moving on in their journey. >> you're okay with that? i'm okay with being followed by whales. not so much by sharks. >>> whatever hit the majority of the united states the snow bomb the winter bomb the freeze bomb whatever they are calling it people are starting to freak out. getting cold everywhere, but not jason tate. jason tate decided to seize the opportunity of the low temperatures and decided to put a misting hose up into a tree. >> oh my gosh. >> for four days and four nights that hose misted out water and froze all over this tree, creating quite a delightful sul sculpture. this is in mouldon, south carolina. >> you get food co

we heard from the new south wales police...rcerjust north of sydney. let me tell you in more detail about the statement from simon and andrew cousins, the brothers of richard cousins saying we are grateful for the outbreak of support and love we have received from across the world. we are deeply touched by the tributes in the media and throughout the community. and having arrived in australia, they thank all those involved for their dedication and commitment. the headlines on bbc news: anger in the white house — donald trump's lawyers threaten legal action against his former chief of staff, steve bannon, over explosive claims in a new book on the president. figures showing how nhs england coped over the christmas period are to be released shortly. non—urgent operations and routine hospital outpatient appointments have already been postponed. the environment secretary, michael gove, will explain how the regulations governing food and farming will change after brexit. in sport, andy murray pulls out of the first grand slam of the

live guards were flying off the coast of new south wales as part of a training mission, a call came in about two swimmers in trouble, two minutes later a drone was over the boys with a self containing rescue pod. the boys were shaken up by they're okay. without the drone, it could have taken life guards three times as long to reach those boys, might have been too late. fatigue is often a big cause of drowning at sea. >>> crews in turkey -- lifted the boeing 737 with cranes, this is a time lapse of the effort there. one of the two pilots told investigators the plane's right engine suddenly started to speed up, which pushed the plane toward the sea. miraculously, no one on that plane was injured. 162 passengers and six crewmembers were on board the flight that originated from ankara, the turkish capital. >>> a father and son team up and lift the spirits in contra costa county. that story is next. >>> and a reminder if you live in the north bay or the east bay, you can get . >>> coming up on abc7 "news at 6:00" tonight, new allegations against the management company running an assisted li

it was previously used as an agricultural aircraft, as a crop—duster, and it crashed near the new south waleso. it was allowed to be rebuilt and it was purchased by syd ney rebuilt and it was purchased by sydney cat macro seaplanes in 2006. the company has said in a previous statement, that all of its aircraft are maintained to a very rigorous standard and the pilots are some of the most experienced in the world. but of course, the history of the aircraft, the maintenance history and background of the pilot, as well as the physical state of the wreckage, will be crucial factors in the investigation, and the air crash tea m the investigation, and the air crash team is trying to find out how and why a routine sightseeing flight in australia ended in utter disaster. phil mercer reporting. the family of the victims have released a statement which says "we are fortunate and thankful for the outpouring of love and support we've received from across the world. we would like to take this opportunity to thank all those involved for their dedication and commitment, in particular the sydney water police

crashing into a river 30 miles north of sydney. 0ur correspondent phil mercer is near the scene in new south walesar to you, but in many ways one that begins with tragedy there? that is right, we know that there we re that is right, we know that there were five british tourists on board this the plane that crashed just to the north of where we are on the hawkesbury river nearjerusalem bay. that is close to the town of taliban and the picketing is richard cousins, successful british businessman, who died alongside his two sons. also among the dead, mr cousins‘ fiancee emma bowed and who died alongside her 11—year—old daughter. investigations are continuing and air crash investigation teams say their work may take many months to finally decide how and why a sightseeing flight, decide how and why a sightseeing flight, a routine flight, ended in such tragedy. we have also been hearing from eyewitnesses, one man who was on a houseboat nearby, about 50 metres away, said he dived in when the played crash —— when the plane crashed and try to open the door but he said the plane sank way too for him to retri

temperatures in land in the last day or so of his and big storms south of queens about certain new south wales into victoria less so in south australia is probably adelaide where the temps will be rising at their most because it's the heat coming out the interior gets here first so high around the thirty thirty one mark the most part which is looking nice enough but we're heading who i think ten degrees higher in adelaide by the time we get saturday or sunday the heat's certainly there on the springs in perth you know gentle on shore breeze it's looking nice at twenty five all the rain the party's occasional big thunderstorms is this concentrated stuff in the north should be that it is the wet season it wants to form a circulation but it hasn't yet succeeded which is watch and wait some light showers stuff will spill over into vanuatu for example shot to seems possible to fiji but if you come south of that spot the clouds in new zealand there's nothing that was it has been fairly wet in north island in the last few days it's not now the forecast is in the high twenty's more all us wherever you

one of the fist couples to tie the knotjust after midnight local time in new south wales, were australianellow athlete luke sullivan. it's just that next expression of love and that next adventure on your relationship with anyone, and i've met the man of my dreams and i've met the love of my life and just that's something that naturally progresses and something that we want to do. we want to get married, we want to celebrate with our friends and family, we want to go on that adventure. congratulations to them. stockton, california — once named the most miserable city in the us — is making a comeback. that's thanks in no small part to its young mayor, michael tubbs. he was born and raised in stockton and is now working to turn things around in his hometown. the bbc went to meet him. a very violent day in stockton. five people are dead... in one of stockton's deadliest days on record. there's a lot of love, there's also a lot of pain. you are the man. —— the mayor. sometimes i pinch myself. like, yo, you're the mayor! especially when it comes to things like problem—solving, why don't they d

a drone was used to save two swimmers in trouble off the coast of new south wales in australia.drone when practice suddenly became reality and the drone was launched, dropping a flotation device to the teenagers. the whole rescue took just 70 seconds. in this trendy part of downtown las vegas, these passengers are waiting to hop on a special kind of ride. for the past two months, french autonomous vehicle company navya has been offering free bus rides to the public. admittedly, it doesn't travel far, itjust does a loop around the block with one stop at a doughnut shop. at least they're getting a taste of the future! down the road, though, i'm waiting to catch a more private ride, which i've booked on an app. as if by magic, the door opened! laughter. the team was still ironing out a few issues, shall we say. i think this is the first genuinely autonomous vehicle i've been in where there really is no driver and there really is no place for a driver. there's just safety man, here. and that's it. safety man has an xbox one controller down by his side. navya is certainly not alone i

i've to new south wales this morning and phil mercer is our correspondent.tching the scene is a celebration around the world moments ago but a real sense of tragedy there this morning. yes, it is what the australian police have been telling us today, it is an absolute tragedy that a family who had travelled halfway around the world from britain only to die in one of the most dutiful places on the planet. the victims have been identified as 58—year—old richard cousins, he was a very successful businessman, chief executive of compass, the largest catering group in the world, he was a former board member of tesco and due to retire in march. he died alongside two sons in their early and mid— 20s. also on board, emma bowden, she was mr cousins beyonce and she died alongside her 11—year—old daughter, so the police trying to establish how and why this accident could happen on a routine flight accident could happen on a routine flight from jerusalem bay to sydney harbour —— miss the cut‘s brother. scores of people who had travelled to liverpool to celebrate the new y

the accident in new south wales on the 26th of december had also claimed the lives of her parents, sistere province of albay has declared a state of calamity as the mount mayon volcano spews lava. it's now reached the limits of a no—go zone and spread ash on nearby villages. the most active volcano in the philippines has been erupting since saturday. back in 1814 it buried a town and killed 1,200 people. thousands have been evacuated this time. but as people have been fleeing their homes, tourists have been descending on the area to watch this spectacular lava display. a reminder of our top story. a meeting of 20 foreign ministers look at ways to curb north korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programmes has agreed to ensure that un sanctions are strictly enforced. much more on the website. thank you for watching. frequent shows net snow showers across parts of england and northern ireland with significant accumulations. it is proper that the met office to issue warnings to the combination of snow and ice so a double whammy to greet us first thing on wednesday morning. very strong winds

let's go live to our correspondent phil mercer neither scene for us in new south wales this morning. se of tragedy there to start the new sense of tragedy there to start the ne that's right, and investigators say it could take many months to figure out exactly how and why a routine sightseeing trip did crush into idyllic waters to the north of sydney. —— crash. the dead have been identified as richard cousins, 58 yea rs of identified as richard cousins, 58 years of age, a successful is this man, chief executive of the compass group and was due to retire in march, he died alongside his two sons and also his fiancee who was in her late 405, and she died alongside her late 405, and she died alongside her 11—year—old daughter. so a terrible end to 2017 and we understand from the australian police that the wreckage of the seaplane at jeru5alem bay police that the wreckage of the seaplane atjerusalem bay near the town of cowan remained submerged in about 40 feet of water and a5 town of cowan remained submerged in about 40 feet of water and as we say, the investigation could take many months

there it certainly is very hot for some of us in australia at the moment these pictures are from new south walesshowing the hot weather that we're seeing at the moment it's already been affecting us in parts of south australia and through victoria but here it's cool down thanks to this weather system that's gradually edging its way eastwards sydney though is still ahead of that fifteen and so here it's still very hot the temperatures well thirty two perhaps in the city but if you head to penrith or richmond in the west and there the temperatures are more likely to be around forty three degrees so incredibly hot here and eventually it will cool down but only as we head through into choose day and then the temperatures are still going to stay rather high just not as hot as they've been if we had a bit further towards the east you can see this weather system that's edging its way across new zealand at the moment it's in the western parts of the north island where we're seeing the wettest of the weather and it's likely to stay very wet as we head through the next day or so even further south there's

go on through the next couple days you still see a little bit of cloud there just coming into new south wales easing across victoria as well not just way further east with remember sydney getting up to forty seven celsius and sas they going on into sunday thirty three celsius on monday still plenty warm enough but that twenty three that we have in melbourne a saw of what is to come for the middle part of the week gradually it will cool down through the around thirty two for sydney on the cheese a bit saw some showers pushing in over the next few days twenty celsius there for melbourne by tuesday further west but some places the rain coming in here and up towards the top end certainly some wet weather to watch out for as we go on for. for the next day or two some very lively showers coming in here lavish hours long suppose of rainey's on their way across new zealand meanwhile of six in brightness it betrays some good spells of sunshine twenty two twenty three degrees here for christchurch and for all kind of tough woman that as we go into choose the bit wetter weather started to push his way t

boys was forces struggling in dangerous waves of the eastern coast of australia in the state of new south wales lifeguards flew the drone above the drop to float i made it safely to shore and just over a minute a lifeguard would have taken up to six minutes to complete the rescue i mean lympics fame has been carried across the unification bridge between north and south korea that's after the two countries agreed to send a unified team of athletes to the winter games next month it will light the cauldron at the opening ceremony at china. this is al jazeera these are the top stories the u.s. says it will withhold a forty five million dollars payment to the un's relief agency for palestinian refugees the money which is in march for food aid was promised last month this is on top of the sixty five million dollars and also this week the u.s. state department is urging turkey not to go ahead with a planned offensive against the kurdish held and pave in syria take these forces are preparing to move against the kind of like in the border district of a frame and sees the white p.g. as a terrorist group

with chris woakes injured, a test debut for mason crane, a leg—spinner who played here for new south waless conducted himself throughout this whole trip and since he has been involved in our squads, he has been outstanding. for a young man to apply himself and absorb himself in the environment as he has, is exactly what you're after. it's a really good chance for him to show everyone what he's capable of. but i think on this surface he's going to be a really good option. australia's dilemma was whether to put pressure on the recovering heel of mitchell starc, the series' top wicket taker. they have decided to play him, and if you were questioning their motivation, they will still run this before every session of the test play. beat england... this still matters. every opportunity we get to play on this ground, it is special. and it is another ashes test match and the guys need no more motivation. it is a great opportunity to try and win this test match and win the series 4— nil. ashes series take a long time coming around. england must wait two years to try and reclaim the urn and four yea

samuel lethbridge, who is 17, was trapped for 30 hours after his car left a new south wales highway oner. here's something even the locals don't see every day — a wallaby eludes police in australia, leading them on a low—speed chase in downtown sydney. the marsupial was spotted on the nation's most famous landmark — the sydney harbour bridge. virginia langeberg reports. music: land down under by men at work. how is this for a visit to the big smoke? shortly before 5.00am, under police escort and avoiding the city rush hour, this opportunistic tourist jumped at the chance to take a tour of australia's most famous landmark — the sydney harbour bridge. there was enough time to stop and take in the sights, even say "g'day!" to one of the locals dressed in blue. but with lots to see, you know how the saying goes, better hop to it. eight lanes of the harbour bridge were brought to a standstill as the curious little swamp wallaby went for his predawn stretch of the legs. that was until the blue and red lights narrowed in and the wayward wallaby was apprehended. vets at taraonga zoo are now ke

will continue in the forecast too we've also had some severe storms across parts of queens in new south wales so a much cooler weather adelaide in melbourne too in the course of shoes it is nineteen degrees present still in sydney at twenty nine degrees and fine for perth twenty seven there but across parts of western australia are seeing some pretty heavy showers those continuing the following twenty four hours significant drop in temperatures for sydney expected and then heading across into new zealand we're looking fine conditions across both islands highs of thirty expected in christchurch. only benefit those people. so they see being bold and. witness documentaries that open your eyes. at this time on al-jazeera. you're watching out zero let's take a look at the top stories right now rights groups are warning that refuge or refugees particularly girls are being increasingly targeted by human traffickers the camps in bangladesh more than six hundred fifty thousand people have left in mara since the military crackdown began in august. eisel says it's behind an attack on a military academy

vaile is the executive director of the cyberspace law and policy center at the university of new south wales and he joins us via skype from sydney appreciate your time very much so south korean government why why do they seem to be taking the lead and trying to regulate this for currency industry. well it seems as if there is a particular passion because of the opportunities that were to see during the bubble period because one in particular but some of the other coins as well and before the change of the new year you had what seemed to be just an absolute. rock up to the stars in terms of the prices that it got up to close to us twenty thousand dollars and for the reasons in your story i think for and for other reasons people in korea thought that this was a particularly good way to bypass the stagnant investment in other markets but the problem is that bitcoin nobody knows really what it is it's not necessarily a currency you can't pay taxes in it it's not necessarily in essence it's not really backed by other currency gold real estate bonds anything solid it's closer to a sort of a i supp

temperatures in land in the last day or so of his and big storms south of queens about certain new south wales into victoria less so in south australia is probably adelaide where the temps will be rising at their most because it's the heat coming out the interior gets here first so high around the thirty thirty one mark the most part which is looking nice enough but we're heading i think ten degrees higher in adelaide by the time we get saturday or sunday the heat's certainly there on the springs were in perth you know gentle on shore breeze it's looking nice at twenty five all the rain the party's occasional big thunderstorms is this concentrated stuff in the north should be that it is the wet season it wants to form a circulation but it hasn't yet succeeded which is watch and wait some light showers stuff will spill over into vanuatu for example shot to seems possible to fiji but if you come south of that spot the clouds in new zealand there's nothing that was it has been fairly wet in north island the last few days it's not now the forecast is in the high twenty's more all of us were if you

and we've had some severe weather of a possible stray a recently being new south wales where we've seen some of the worst of it was a scene the wind so. they've ripped up trees and also ripped the roofs off sounds as well just about make out the little thunderstorms there is a graduate of what their way towards the east but the easing now and should be look more settled over the next few days instead the wet of the weather is in the northern parts and here it looks like it should stay fairly wet as we had three the day and on friday to some of the downpours here very very useful tool to the west here in perth we've got a top temperature of around twenty four degrees there over towards new zealand and we're looking at some very stormy weather look at the satellite picture his that area of time galloping its way towards us and it is developing very rapidly and some of us in the north island is going to be a lot of heavy rain there as we head through the day on thursday they could well be a problem with flooding for some of us as this system makes its way across this eventually on friday w

the most far is near the thirty mark the real heat's just a little bit inland certainly is in new south wales and victoria but not as far side as melbourne studies free just about catches some water now life springs represents where the real heat is that the top end looks like could see some pretty heavy rain once again maybe even a formed circulation around the gulf but i'm not convinced we'll watch it we've seen a good streak of north sas clad for the last week or so she's caught the far north of the north on new zealand brought some right to bring some more rain in as also a law that takes you up through vanuatu it's ok if you're to the east tonga for example and to the west just about but the rain itself is creeping into was all cleaned twenty six degrees you have but you may end up with a wet twenty six degrees. when diplomacy fails and fear sweeps in our borders are wide open wide open to drugs terrorists we've proven the barriers are built to post a vision it's not a sixties instead of being an obstacle to do the job we used it to became another obstacle to peace in a four part series

and i bet we've had some severe weather of a possible stray recently being new south wales where we've seen some of the worst of it was a scene the wind so strong that they've ripped up the trees and also the roofs off pounds as well just about make out the little thunderstorms there is a gradually of what their way towards the east but the easing now and should be a lot more settled over the next few days instead the wetter of the weather is in the northern parts and here it looks like it should stay fairly wet as we had to meet the day and on friday to some of the downpours here very very useful towards the west here in perth we've got a top temperature of around twenty four degrees now if it was new zealand and we're looking at some very stormy weather look at the satellite picture his that area of time galloping its way towards us and it's developing very rapidly and some of us in the north island there's going to be a lot of heavy rain there as we head through the day on thursday they could well be a problem with flooding for some of us as the system makes its way across us eventu

the accident, in new south wales on boxing day, had already killed her parents, sister and the other‘s world cup in japan. there was a piece of english footballing history last night, as the var system was responsible for awarding a goal for the first time. it came in leicester city‘s 2—0 win over fleetwood town in their fa cup third—round replay. that is all the board for now, i will be back with more at 11 o‘clock. thanks. back to the news that carillion owed enormous amounts and did not have much money in the bank, what do the figures tell us? what a dire state carillion was in when it went into insolvency on monday. the only had £29 million, this is a multi—billion pound company. that is all the money they had. it was so little that they could not even stump up the fees that you need in order to start going through the insolvency process. that is something the government had to provide. and on the debt site, they owed the banks £1.3 billion, which they could not service. adding in other things, other ways in which they were in hock to the banks, it was over £2 billion. and that d

possibilities some wet weather just affecting southern parts of queensland in the northern areas of new south wales postmen twenty five degrees celsius struggling to get into the low twenty's there for melbourne at about twenty two celsius on a friday less types of things to companies eylandt over the next couple days massive cloud filtering its way into has the remnants of tropical cycle and i he making its way in little cold front as well also nudging in the two combine to produce a flooding rains possibility of flooding rains into western parts of the sea in a full day horrible day this one we are going to see the big downpours maybe two hundred forty millimeters of right parts cross paths of the western side of the country temperatures still getting up to around twenty seven in christchurch for thursday falling right back to around eighty degrees as we go on into friday may even have a little dusting of snow in the southern alps. we have here is if we know the product from buying everything that you're doing that's really where the power of the all powerful internet is both a tool for democracy

possibilities some wet weather just affecting some apostle queensland in the northern areas of new south wales postmen at twenty five degrees celsius struggling to get into the low twenty's there from melbourne at around twenty two celsius on a friday less types of things the company's eylandt over the next couple days this massive cloud filtering its way into has the remnants of tropical side playing fahy making its way in little cold fronts as well also nothing in the two combined to produce the flooding rains possible fighting right into western parts of new zealand full day horrible day this one we are going to see the big downpours maybe two hundred forty millimeters of rain pulse cross pos of the western side of the country temperatures still getting up to around twenty seven in christ yes thursday falling right back to around eighty degrees as we go on into friday may even have a little dusting of snow in the southern alps. february on al-jazeera south korea hosts the twenty eighteen winter olympics can records be broken al-jazeera will bring you the latest from pyong the big picture ex

lifeguards in new south wales were training to use the new drone, when they heard two teenage boys weree boys. the pair were then able to swim to shore. the headlines are coming up on the bbc news channel. in a moment we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two — first we leave you with for a look at the weather. there has been a lot going on this morning. we had quite a bit as though through the night. a beautiful scene this morning in cumbria. but, we have had another 15 centimetres of that snow falling through the night. 17 centimetres. quite a bit of snow across northern areas. that is not the whole story because it was wind that workers up through the night. the highest gusts of wind was in norfolk. 83 mph. that was brought by this area of low pressure, here. squeezing the ice bars across the eastern areas. this storm is now moving its way to germany and the netherlands. for us, much lighter winds throughout the afternoon, and we are looking at a mixture of shari spells and sunny —— sunny spells and showers. through this evening, it will be eyes that is the biggest issue across scotland,

here is a look at the fire dangers across south australia, victoria and into new south wales.ou can see some of the large hadder fires are burning out of control right now. check out these visuals coming from the region. you can see just how stopping the winds are, fueling some of those flames. this could potentially be the worst fire weather in some of these areas for the past two years and potentially the worst since black saturday in february 2009. lots of people talk about that as a benchmark year for brush fires within australia. yeah. that year i covered the black friday bush fires. horrific. >> it has a long way to go to see that size, but it's of course a dangerous situation. >> thanks, derek. we'll see you next hour. >>> the long time host of jeopardy is on medical leave after undergoing brain surgery. alex trebek is familiar to fans around the world. he posted add video to update his fans on his condition. take a look. >> during the holiday break, i had a slight medical problem. subdural hematoma. blood clots on the brain caused by a fall i endured about two months a

there it certainly is very hot for some of us in australia at the moment these pictures are from new south wales showing the hot weather that we're seeing at the moment it's already been affecting us in parts of south australia and through victoria but here it's cool down thanks to this weather system that's gradually edging its way eastwards sydney though is still ahead of that system and so here it's still very hot the temperatures well thirty two perhaps in the city but if you had to penrith over richmond in the west and there the temperatures are more likely to be around forty three degrees so incredibly hot here and eventually it will cool down but only as we head through into choose day and then the temperatures are still going to stay rather high just not as hot as they've been if we had a bit further towards the east you can see this weather system that's edging its way across new zealand at the moment it's in the western parts of the north island where we're seeing the wettest of the weather and it's likely to stay very wet as we head through the next day or so even further south there'

the most far is near the thirty mark the real heats just a little bit inland certainly is in new south wales and victoria but not as far south as melbourne studies for you just about catches some water now life springs represents where the real heat is that the top end looks like it see some pretty heavy rain once again maybe even a formed circulation around the gulf there but i'm not convinced we'll watch it we've seen a good streak of north sas clad for the last week or so she's caught the far north of the north on new zealand some writing to bring some more rain in as also a lot it takes you up through vanuatu it's ok if you're to the east tonga for example and to the west just about but the rain itself is creeping into was all cleaned twenty six degrees you have but you may end up with a wet twenty six degrees. when diplomacy fields and gear suite then our borders are wide open wide open to drugs terrorists we've proven that barriers are built to impose division it's not effective instead of being an obstacle to do it don't waste it it became another obstacle to peace in a four part seri

but what is most unusual is what is happening across portions of new south wales with. and points to the west of sydney on sunday, the hottest temperature on earth, 47.3 celsius, which is 117 ferr fahrenheit happened across a western suburb of sydney. this is about 21 degrees above what is normal for this time of the year. the last time it was this hot almost eight decades ago. so big-time heat across portions of australia. and once again the degree celsius for our degrees down under. it takes us back up to 32 which puts us in the low 90s fahrenhe fahrenheit. big time heat returning across australia. >> extreme weather situation there's, ped tram. thank you so much. >> thanks, ped tram. >>. >> with layers of makeup, take a look at this man. he transforms into winston churchill. how his role in "darkest hour" just earned him a prestigious award. we're back with that in just a moment. ...my 3-month old business... plus...what if this happened again? i was given warfarin in the hospital, but wondered, was this the best treatment for me? so i made a point to talk to my doct

a rescue drone helped save two teenage swimmers struggling in the powerful surf off the new south walesspotted the boys caught in a rip current. what's called a lifesaver drone was quickly launched and sent to the boys' location. the drone doesn't just look at them. it actually sends down an inflatable life raft to the teens and they used that to swim to shore. the call for help happened as a group of nearby lifeguards were undergoing training in the use of these drones. that's amazing. >> it's incredible. >>> consumer alert this morning to tell you about. the berkeley police department saying scammers claiming to be police officers are calling people to demand money. here's what's tricky. crooks have found a way to make their phone number appear legitimate. like it's coming from the berkeley p.d. the scammers are threatening to arrest people if they don't pay. the department says do not fall for this. they do not want you to give out any financial information over the phone. officers are not making these phone calls. the department issued the alert after receiving more than a dozen cal

go on through the next couple days you still see a little bit of cloud there just coming into new south wales easing across victoria as well not just way further east which remember sydney getting up to forty seven celsius on sas day going on into sunday thirty three celsius on monday still plenty warm enough but that twenty three that we have in melbourne a saw of what is to come for the middle part of the week gradually it will cool down through the around thirty two for sydney on the cheese a bit sour some showers pushing in over the next few days twenty celsius there for melbourne by tuesday further west but some places the shower rain coming in here and up towards the top end certainly some wet weather to watch out for as we go on through the next day or two some very lively showers coming in here a lot of showers not dispose of rainey's on their way across new zealand meanwhile of say some brightness in between some spells of sunshine twenty to twenty three degrees here for christchurch and for all kind of tough woman that as we go on into choose a bit wetter weather started to push his

some of those a pretty violence at the moment there rumbling their way across parts of it toria new south wales and sydney is now seeing those thunderstorms as well so i think that definitely change for the better for us in sydney but while things are changing their elsewhere they're beginning to hot up and that's in the northwest you see lots of cloud over the top and as you normally do at this time of year that's now beginning to pull itself together and it looks like they could well be a cycling developing here as we head through the next day or so so. we look at the forecast then if we had to choose that into wednesday you can see that system gradually working its way there giving us some heavy rain and these systems in the northwest can be very intense like the recent storm hilda the borders four hundred twenty nine millimeters of rain in only two days. the weather sponsored by cats on a race. unbelievable it sounds like an agreement between criminal bosses it's like trading in stolen goods that have been taken by the place if anyone ever comes to ask the question then sort of throw their

fact, temperatures there in terms of celsius have been running 5 to 10 degrees above average for new south walesortions of victoria and queensland. you can see the temperatures there. but the problem when you combine the hot temperatures, and very dry conditions, you get the potential for bush fires across this area. that's exactly what we've seen just outside of the sydney region. we have severe fire danger in place for that particular area. in fact, let's take you to sydney, where you can see some of the visuals coming out of that particular region. this is the royal park just outside of -- royal national park, i should say, that was closed down on saturday due to this bush fire that's continuing to burn. you can see them trying to extinguish the flames with some of the water bombing choppers there. they had evacuations, and fortunately no one has been injured. but of course you can imagine what this means for the national parks. >> all right. >> australia has been taking the heat. >> they really have. it's been several weeks of this. >> derek, thank you. >> all right. >> thank you for watchin

david bell is executive director of the cyberspace law and policy center at the university of new south wales he says governments are worried about not being able to monitor those trading with cryptocurrency is. it's quite difficult it's usually bitcoin which is one of the main and the most successful charities of this time started off as a crypto anarchist libertarian anti government gesture a sort of a currency that wasn't controlled it wasn't centralized didn't have a central bank and so it's very attractive to how lots of it was very different reasons on the other hand those sort of characteristics are are absolutely. red rag to a bull to governments in terms of a challenge to their capacity to raise taxes to. track unauthorized transactions and so all right around the world what you're having is a bit of confusion on the part of governments and we've seen that in korea as well south korea the government at one stage appearing to be so pushing for a straight out ban on trading then backing off then it seems to be back on again and other governments have the same sort of thing they're sort

were spotted struggling in dangerous waves off the eastern coast of australia in the state of new south wales lifeguards flew the drone above the pair and dropped a floats they made it safely to shore in just over a minutes a lifeguard would have taken up to six minutes to complete that rescue. the sundance film festival has opened in the u.s. state of utah the annual event will showcase more than one hundred movies they include dramas comedies and documentaries but the focus this year isn't just on the films it's also on the me too movement a star studded rally is being held to focus on sexual harassment in the film industry. is in park city with more. normally the conversation here in park city utah during the sundance film festival is all about films but this year another topic has really dominated the conversation and that is the sexual misconduct scandal that broke involving a producer harvey weinstein back in october and has morphed into a industry wide affair also enveloping other industries of course including journalism and and others but here in sundance today the. founder of the fe