philippa macdonald, abc news, batemans bay.een presented with his father's medal for bravery at his funeral. one—year—old harvey keaton, wore a uniform, and sucked his dummy as received his father's posthumous medal at thursday's funeral near sydney. dozens of firefighters formed a guard of honour to salute mr keaton‘s coffin. more now on the news that rail fares will rise by an average of nearly 3% today, despite another year of poor performance by train companies. passengers will have to pay an average of 2.7% more for train tickets. however, figures from network rail show that only 65% of trains arrived at their scheduled station on time in the 12 months to december 2019. our correspondent victoria fritz has been gauging the reaction to the increase at london bridge station. london bridge is one of the busiest stations in the country and its recently had a £1 billion face—lift, and its redevelopment of places like this, which is how the whole those rail fare increases every single year. so this year tickets are going up by 2

philippa for one tells us also has problems with bureaucracy. the water management plan approved in 2014 has yet to be implemented he's hoping that things will start to move that the water authority because what's happening into yana potentially contravenes the use water directive and that could jeopardize cultural subsidies today he's here to talk to the president of the water authority. to hollywood all the farmers and under lose you know exactly how much water they can use and where it comes from if they help develop the water management plan it is a but if you buy that it isn't anything but some farmers have resorted to drastic measures to impede the authorities work and they haven't you know this is the america that examined it it was on september 29th you're on the same day that representatives of the european commission were in madrid. to talk to the government about their water problem and you don't know which. one of my employees was threatened by farmers who were illegally extracting water he went to war that was being intimidated by a

you are watching bbc world news with philippa thomas. you have joined us here on impact.e will be listening to speeches from vladimir putin, the president of russia, the president of germany will be speaking and we will be hearing from the holocaust survivor who is now chairman of the council. we will bring you much of the ceremony to come. i want to remind you that with us through these events today is historian helen fry. just a thought from viewers who are joining us now about how important it is to remember, and why. no we take it for granted and cliched comments about remembrance.“ take it for granted and cliched comments about remembrance. if we are not in czech about our history and the events that really happened, we are with the rise of anti—semitism no in danger of repeating history. sentence macro they would eventually hold the reins of executive power if not. people make comparisons with contemporary situation is not dissimilar as it is perceived to the 1930s. we have to be on our guard and be guardians of democracy and of memory. the two are very much closely

year's eve by what police say may have been celebratory gunfire in the houston area. 61-year-old philippaetting off fireworks with family and friends when she clutched her body and said, i think i've been shot. she fell to the ground and died. >> we have a dead citizen on our hands. if it was celebratory gunfire, i want retribution. i want the person that is responsible for this to be held accountable. the family deserves that. >> authorities believe the gunfire came from outside the family's immediate neighborhood. >>> the man who made pro basketball a success has passed away. david stern was commissioner of the national basketball association for 30 years starting in 1984. teams were going broke, but stern turned the league into a multibillion dollar operation. he got the nba television contracts and added and moved franchises, and he put the focus on star players like michael jordan. jordan tweeted, without david stern, the nba would not be what it is today. david had a deep love for the game of basketball and demanded excellence from those around him. stern was hospitalized three week

philippa is back with us, former wales captain.far ahead of the game that they have gone because of this professional setup. yes, and they had onlyjust become professional but it took immediate effect on its impact. now this team has been professional for a years. i hate to say it, but we thought we saw the best, i think the best is yet to come from them. such an exciting team, but what a big game the first game is, against france, absolutely massive. as mao said, playing against france away, it is one of the features i dreaded and love in equal proportions. anyway, it is a bit of a shame, is the first one, isn't it? yes, that has been some talk about that, seeing as people do say they are the top runners. let's not forget that italy came second, they beat france, so let's look at it with a positive angle, starting off the six nations with a real buying. hopefully, it will be like what about wales, they come into this with a bit of a cloud over them, the coach has stepped away, there has not been a lot of communication about why or