now let's go back live to sydney harbor. now we got those pictures were thousands of gathered to watch the iconic fireworks display. take a look with unlike previous years, crowds are being kept small this time. oh, really and health authorities have reported a record number of wrote a virus case is many of them in city in his new years message prime minister scott morrison said australia should be optimistic about the coming year. beautiful day. and these are live pictures from sydney for 2022 has already begun there. let's catch up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world. step 3 nuclear power plants go off grid in germany today. the last remaining 3 stations will be switched off at the same time, next year. nuclear phase out started under chance. what i'm going to michael after the nuclear accident in fukushima and is set to finish. as i said, by the end of 2022 people in south africa are streaming into cape towns cathedral for a 2nd day to pay their respects to archbishop. as desmond to to anglican

australia has welcomed in 2022 — with a firework display in sydney harbour.ut around the world many celebrations are cancelled or scaled back due to concerns over covid infections. and celebrations are underway in north korea — this is the scene in pyongyang. china is attempting to stick to a zero covid strategy ahead of its lunar new year celebrations and the beijing winter olympics. one in 30 people in the uk were estimated to have tested positive for covid heading into christmas — a new record high for infections. new data suggests the risk of hospitalisation with the omicron coronavirus variant is about one—third that of the delta variant. the british study also showed that vaccines can work well against omicron, reducing the need for hospital treatment. wildfires rip through parts of colorado in the united states — destroying hundreds of homes — and forcing tens of thousands to evacuate the area. mourners in south africa have been paying their respects to the late archbishop desmond tutu. hello and welcome. before we move to today's news — let's go to py

it was the hottest day ever recorded in the sydney basin.ercury rising to almost 49 degrees. because population increase in sydney is continuing, it's spreading out west. the australian dream, where you had your half acre or acre block and your own house — this australian dream could become, basically, australia's nightmare. you need a car to actually get from your house to work, because we are also not providing work where you live, you have to commute. also, there are no shops. people living indoors and you don't see anyone outside, i don't see any kids playing outside. they even put black roofs on top of these houses and then they built them so close together that you have no more space left to actually put trees in, which is crazy when you think of the next 20 or 30 years when we know it is getting hotter out there. in australia, we're producing our energy to a large proportion by burning fossilfuels, meaning we're producing more co2 by having all these air—conditioning units running high, flat—out. but there could be simple changes made

but with corona virus case, number's soaring in australia and particularly in sydney. many have chosen to watch the show from home. germany is new, chancellor has recorded his 1st new year's address to the nation in comments due to be broadcast later today. all of sholtes urged all germans to stand together in the fight against covered 19 and to get vaccinated. other than tackling the pandemic, the german leader. so the biggest challenge for the upcoming year was to lay the foundations for germany's future development. i think one small change is that today i am the one speaking to you on new year's eve as your federal chancellor. the things that the friend this year after 16 years of new year's addresses by angle america, germany's new head of government who hosted a task for the 1st time chancellor shall send out the challenges faced by the country in 2021. acknowledging the hardships that have been endeared, such as these summer slots in western germany, and praising the resilience, people have shown, especially doing the pandemic monte bagley's day. some people com

the official had never before spoken with sydney powell and was shocked she had called him on his direct phone line in his office. it's a phone that only rang with calls from within the pentagon or from the white house. it was an unpublished number that somebody with access to the internal directory had to have given her. sydney powell went on to explain on the call that cia director gina haspel had been hurt while on a secret cia operation to seize a computer server from a company named scytal. s-c-y-t-l, scytl. the server, sydney powell claims, contained evidence that hundreds of thousands, maybe millions of votes had been switched using rigged voting machines. sydney powell believed that cia director gina haspel had embarked on this secret mission to get the server and destroy the evidence. in other words, the cia director was part of the conspiracy. that is why sydney powell wanted the pentagon to sent a special operations team over to germany immediately. they needed to get the server and also force cia director gina haspel to confess. pentagon official who took the call from powell

he's forced to isolate, and miss the 4th ashes test in sydney. hello and welcome to the programme.might be unbeaten under their interim boss ralf rangnick. but manchester united are far from inspiring at the moment like tonight's opponents burnley, they've been hit by much disruption due to covid. but tonight's match at old trafford could see them move back up the table, against a side struggling in the relegation zone. i spoke to our reporter simon stone, who's at the game later — and he told me united's tactics and ideas under rangnick are yet to bed in... there is a bit of head scratching going on about what he's brought to the table giving there's been a couple of unconvincing victories against crystal palace fc and norwich city and a difficult draw against the champions league but it did not really matter because they were already through and their big break in fixtures due to a couple of postponements because of covid—19 and then that very disappointing performance against newcastle on the 27th of december. so, i think people are still trying to work out what his style of pla

our correspondent reports from sydney. australian athletes will compete _ sydney.athletes will compete in the winterl will compete in the winter olympics but there will be no 0lympics but there will be no diplomats and officials attending. scott morrison said this boycott should come as no surprise given concerns over human rights violations of the uighur muslim minority in china. also given the breakdown in communication between canberra and beijing essentially, the diplomatic freeze that china has imposed on australia. for the past three years or so australian ministers and officials have not been able to make direct phone calls to their chinese counterparts, let alone meet face—to—face. that has also contributed to this decision. we have always been open to meet — we have always been open to meet with the chinese government to talk about their concerns— government to talk about their concerns whether it their concerns whether it their concerns with our foreign interference legislation or other_ interference legislation or other foreign investment rules. australi

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the couple say they helped him settling to sydney even finding this house for him to buy lim, paying more than a $100000.00 for it in 1988. but they say they became alarmed when he began to exert his pow physically can name wilson and tell you my little of the land inca pens. i is also the painter, hulu. now gone, gone as a leader. what is sale going? woke her up, the appeal guard yagi sheronica true, so tongue and i will put a chargeable pinion with miss howard. i will as soon as his permanent residency came through, lim left the church. the couple say they regret helping him get out of here with him with them, and i'm gonna go with them with us. fuck you. so back in career by the end of 1989, parkin coon was out of prison, an extraordinarily back in the social welfare business owner. nobody. well, sir, can you hug? total infancy, teacher, mother, ho, touch. and despite his criminal record, park managed to convince the strain authorities to give him a visa. he and his wife began traveling regularly to sydney to visit their children and in laws in 1990 park and his brother in law lim

lin wood saying that about sydney powell's organization.n at the time from yet another just one of these wild characters, but hey, look, here's "the washington post" today, reporting on an actual federal subpoena they have seen from a federal criminal investigation into sydney powell's fund-raising organization. i guess lin wood knew what he was talking about because sydney powell does appear to be under investigation for essentially fraud. from what "the washington post" can divine from the subpoena, sydney powell appears to have created this nonprofit to solicit donations for legal efforts against the election results, but federal prosecutors are looking into whether she used a lot of those donations for herself, which would be defrauding her donors and potentially defrauding the government if she misrepresented her organization as a particular kind of nonprofit organization when it wasn't. and, you know, things turning sour for these pro-trump figures, these guys deciding to air each other's dirty laundry and expose each other as frauds

and other family members accounts lou sydney coupled. peter, you and margaret song were oblivious to the family's dark past. with a shortage of korean pastors in australia, when lim young soon approached, they suburban korean church in 1986. it was more than happy to sponsor him for a permanent residence. fraser had i more so he got hurt to get. okay. all your hotel is so thin. didn't have any gold digger? waddled a little took tom was hang our head ti the couple say they helped him steadily to sydney. even finding this house for him to buy lim, paying more than a $100000.00 for it in 1988, but they say they became alarmed when he began to exert his pow physically can name oak san antonio, my little tutorial, anika pens. i is also the payday hulu, now. gone, gone, and what is the hell come woke her up the piano. gotcha. i'll be sure to hear so tongue of it. i will put the charge. will you miss howard? i will, as soon as he's permanent residency, came through lim, left the church. the couple say they regret helping him, cricket. i'm here

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they've been welcoming in 2022 in australia — with a firework display in sydney harbour — but around world many celebrations are cancelled or scaled back due to concerns over covid. china is attempting to stick to a zero covid strategy ahead of its lunar new year celebrations and the beijing winter olympics. one in 30 people in the uk were estimated to have tested positive for covid heading into christmas — a new record high for infections. mourners in south africa have been paying their respects to the late archbishop desmond tutu. wildfires rip through parts of colorado in the united states — destroying hundreds of homes and forcing tens of thousands to evacuate the area. hello and welcome. as countries around the world welcome in 2022, many new year's eve celebrations have been cancelled or scaled back because of concern over covid infections. london and paris are among the cities to have cancelled their usual public celebrations — and edinburgh's hogmany celebrations have also been called off. china is attempting to stick to a zero covid strategy ahead of the lunar new year. its

juliette saly there in sydney on the markets.inovac's vaccine provides inadequate protection against omicron. that was studied by hong kong researchers. it's one of the world's most widely used vaccines. let's get to -- to put this in perspective. we are concerned about efficacy of the chinese vaccine in regards to omicron. what can you tell us? >> sinovac's has already shipped out 2.3 billion doses of vaccine , one of the most used not only in china itself but also in a lot of developing countries. the efficacy that we found from this team of researchers at the university of hong kong is another indicator about the efficacy against omicron. out of 25 people they studied, fully vaccinated with sinovac, none of them have sufficient protection antibody neutralization against omicron. this is a jarring sign. the researchers are studying with a booster shot and what it would do to increase efficacy. at the same time, they are suggesting the population should take third doses when the manufacturers are coming up with new generation va

and other family members accounts lou sydney couple. peter, you and margaret song were oblivious to the families dark past. with a shortage of korean pastors in australia, when lim young soon approached, they suburban korean church in 1986. it was more than happy to sponsor him for a permanent residence. fraser had, i woke said he got her to get her okay. off hotel is so thin. tenant clinic only got one little took tom was hang our head ti. the couple say they helped him settling to sydney even finding this house for him to buy lim, paying more than a $100000.00 for it in 1988. but they say they became alarmed when he began to exert his pow physically can name, oak san antonio, my middle between land, inca pens. i is also the painter, hulu. now gone, gone only. what is sail? chromebooks are probably the appeal guard. yagi certainly go ahead. so, tongue of it, i will put the charge. will you miss howard? i will as soon as his permanent residency came through, lim left the church. the couple say they regret helping him get out of here wit

there's a triumph of three people they are, polk, albert sydney johnson, and jefferson davis. among his other classmates, napoleon b. beauford, who threw porter under the bus. and one of the interesting things about studying the civil war, as is evidenced by all our discussions here today, is how close everybody is. how many connections there are between people who you might not assume know each other very well. another man who would be very significant in polk's life and vice versa blacks didn't brag. they did not go to the academy together. blackstone bragg is the class of 1837, almost 11 years younger than leonid us leonidas polk. polk was commissioned a second leader of artillery. he just missed the cut off. in those days, the assignments for commissions went, engineers, top of the class, got the engineers commissions. then artillery came in the next cohort. then cavalry, followed by the poor, lonely infantry at the very bottom. that's why all the class goats tend to serve in an infantry regiment. i'm sure the infantry soldiers are very, very happy about that. >> [laughs]

for more of this let's bring in roger maynard and sydney. so roger, australia hasn't seemed figures anywhere near this high before. what's feeling the rise? well, the latest crisis is the result of a perfect storm of factors which have sent the caseload here in new south was a song to certainly a record high. the total number of cases reported today was 11200 and this date and was almost double yesterday's figure. much the blame is being leveled at state government. so that has that approach to dealing with and a lot of mixed messaging. and that's led to enormous cues here to drive through testing stations in sydney, cause of being banged up to kilometers. and people have to wait for hours to be seen afterwards. many of had to wait for 3 or 4 days for the results to come with the danger of the virus spreading. florida. in the meantime, 100 now of the problem has been caused by the christmas holiday period and p. c. r testing stations and labs being understaffed. the other factor was being the demand from holiday makers who back to obtain a,

now from the sunshine coast in queens and calls the bechtel for kilometer testing centers across sydney. some people are waiting for 6 hours for tess with results taking days to be returned. i know they are a long queues rod across south sky. so if we can help with that, if you do not feel like well, if you are not advised by new south wiles health, there is no need to receive a pcr test. you are taking the spot in the queue from somebody who need to test. some states require mandatory cover tests before they allow people to travel from other parts of a structure that includes claims and south australia and tasmania. but that's putting pressure on a health system already inundated with rising number of infections. they're asking people to test before they come to hospital. but of course that to so the testing and now i'm believably long and the delays and getting test results went with unworkable. so if you've got people who are chewing up on well and people who are at high risk a serious, they're the ones you have to find early. hospital pathology unit in sydney sent out a premature te

paul allen and sydney with the latest. other stories in australia and new zealand. the bank and new zealand is due to release its november export prices. we will give the latest read on inflation at the melbourne institute. the review is reporting that it is set to start the sale of its -- in february. we have more ahead. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: a quick check of the latest business flash headlines. chinese developer sunshine 100 defaulted on close to 180 million dollars in debt and interest payments due on sunday. the company said it cannot make the payments due to liquidity issues arising, including the macroeconomic environment. sunshine's problems highlight the ongoing stress among developers amid fears of the default whisk -- risk comments big arrival, evergrande. hong kong is planning to open a small office in new york as soon as next year. it will be the exchanges first presence in the u.s. it has offices in singapore, london, shanghai and beijing. the financial center has been coming under pressure as beijing ti

they fly to sydney on a charter plane tomorrow.t will be a very anxious weekend ahead for the england players. india have taken a 1—0 lead in their three—test series in south africa after the hosts fell well short in their run chase in centurion. needing 305 to win, south africa lost their last three wickets in just 12 balls after the lunch break as they were bowled out for 191, with tail—enders kagiso rabada and lungi ngidi falling to the spin of ravichandran ashwin. the second test starts on monday injohannesburg. following the match, south africa wicketkeeper batsman quinton de kock has announced his retirement from test cricket with immediate effect. he says he wants to spend more time with his family. he was due to miss the remaining two tests of the series to be at the birth of his first child. new zealand's ross taylor will also retire from all international cricket after their two—match series against bangladesh. the 37—year—old is the black caps' leading run—scorer in tests and one—day internationals. the series against ba

andy trieu, live in sydney, thankl trieu, live in sydney, thank you for bringing us up to date.slands has finally come to an end after three months. no one was injured during the 85—day ordeal on the island of la palma but the volcano destroyed properties and submerged hundreds of hectares of land, as jack surfleet reports. it was the first eruption on la palma since 1971. the cumbre vieja volcano burst into action on the 19th of september, flowing down the mountain, through villages, and spanning up to 600 metres wide. in its path were 1,300 homes, churches and schools, all of which were destroyed. rescue teams helped to relocate more than 7,000 people from their homes. many have lost almost everything they own. an exclusion zone was set up around the flow, including in the sea, where the molten rock boiled seawater, released poisonous gases and increased the size of the island. there had been no earth tremors since the 13th of december — the longest period without any activity since the eruption began — but authorities were wary of raising false hope and held off until christm

we are 30 minutes away from the open in sydney.es pointing modestly higher at about a fifth of 1%. more in a moment. this is bloomberg. ♪ hey, angie! you forgot your phone! hey lou! angie forget her phone again? yep. lou! mom said she could save up to $400 on her wireless bill by switching to xfinity internet and mobile. with nationwide 5g at no extra cost. and lou! on the most reliable network, lou! smart kid, bill. oh oh so true. and now, the moon christmas special. gotta go! take the savings challenge at xfinitymobile.com/mysavings or visit an xfinity store to learn how our switch squad makes switching fast and easy this holiday season. kathleen: finance chief further cut estimates is a fresh round of tax hikes since to bolster the government earnings. she spoke to bloomberg and flick -- to bloomberg exclusively on that. >> inflation is low if you compare it with the united states or europe -- [indiscernible] we also see electricity and fuel has created stability. we also do not see the same supply chain disruption as the united

roger maynard is a journalist in sydney in the state of new south wales. he has more on what's driving this rise in infections. well, the slate is crisis is the result of a perfect storm of factors was sent to the caseload. here in new south was a song to sent me a record high. the total number of cases reported today was 11200 and the state and was almost double yesterday's. figure out much the blame is being leveled at state governments for the hazard approach to dealing with kobe and a lot of mixed messaging that's led to enormous cues here, to drive through testing stations in sydney, where cause of being banged up to kilometers. and people have to wait for hours to be seen afterwards of many event to wait for 3 or 4 days for the results to come with the danger of the bar spreading further. in the meantime, now of the problem has been caused by the christmas holiday period and p. c. r testing stations, and labs being understaffed. the other factor was being the demand from holiday makers who back to obtain a, a p c on tests for permission to enter quee

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people around the world begin bringing in the new year. sydney, australia is among the 1st to welcome 2022. drawing thousands of revelers to watch its famous fireworks despite record numbers of covered 19 cases. also coming up, germany's new chancellor gives his 1st new year's address hold up. shorts urges the public to stand together and get vaccinated. ah hello, i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. countries around the world had begun ringing in the new year. the 1st to kick off 2022 were the pacific islands of samoa and kerry batty with new zealand. following one hour later, auckland opted for a lights display projected on to city landmarks. while in australia, a spectacular fireworks display lit up the sky over sydney harbour bridge celebrations there went ahead this year despite soaring corona virus case numbers. and north korea has welcomed in the new year as well with an open air show in the capitol shown yet well here in germany, there are still a few hours left of 2021 and the new german chancellor has recorded his 1st urged all germans to stand together in the fight agai

he and his wife began traveling regularly to sydney to visit their children and in laws in 1990 park and his brother in law lim young, soon by known astray. resident, set up their own church. limb was a pastor, and park became an esteemed elder nigger castleton in me of someone that could ruin them in chunk of a former member of the congregation. yon shim understands park finance. the church with funds from korea. tony put over more certain palm of seneca from the apple journal. ponder is upon it, which he says part bought the church property for retreats outside of sydney in picturesque kangaroo valley, but later sold it and ingram. i mean, it was thought, had you thought a one and the que human there, how tom williams were sick girl contribution hunger. and according to beth's own counselor, parkman, song, money from park also flowed further afield, halter a new career in napoleon green meadow to muscle woman, poor hunter, solar poland on go cru, punky little joys yoshika. and it appears the connections benefited. lim young. soon to over the next couple of decades, the former pasto

the couple say they helped him settling to sydney even finding this house for him to buy lim, paying more than a $100000.00 for it in 1988. but they say they became alarmed when he began to exert his pow, physically to name oak san antonio, my little, the landing pens, eyes i saw the painted hulu, now gone, gone only. what is sail? chromebooks are probably the appeal guard yagi. sorry. go ahead. so, tongue i will put a chargeable pinion with miss howard. i will as soon as his permanent residency came through, lim left the church. the couple say they regret helping him that i'm here with you . i'm with the model and i'm gonna go with them with us for you. so back in career by the end of 1989 park and coon was out of prison, an extraordinarily back in the social welfare business, pendalty owner. nobody well will children, you hug each other 20th winter pitcher mother ho, touch route. and despite his criminal record, park managed to convince the strain authorities to give him a visa. he and his wife began traveling regularly to sydney to visit their children and in laws in 1990 park and

from what the washington post can take from the subpoena, sydney powell appears to have made this -- into legal. which would be defrauding her donor and potentially defrauding the government if she misrepresented her organization as a particular kind of nonprofit organization when it wasn't. and, things turning sour for these pro trump figures. these guys deciding to air each other's dirty laundry. expose each other's as frauds and drifters. it is kind of a theme in today's news. and we have mike flynn currently saying that qanon is nonsense. we have linwood, accurately, apparently, predicting that it would be shown that sydney falls under investigation. now we have wisconsin. a taxpayer funded review of the 2020 election results was ordered by republicans in the state legislature. they are getting a lot of bad press lately because it is turning out to be a nonsense machine. the former judge that they hired to run the election review who is, himself, stop the steal. he believes that trump won by 2020 election. he has shout out thousands of dollars to a guy who pledged last year that

calls are backed up for kilometers at testing centers across sydney. some people are waiting up for 6 hours for tests with results taking days to be returned. some states require mandatory covered tests before they allow people to travel from other parts of australia that includes queensland, south, australia and tasmania. but that's putting pressure on a health system already inundated with rising number of infections. they're asking people to test before they come to the hospital. but of course at choose the p c r testing. and now i'm believably long and the delays in getting test results are getting to point with their unworkable. so if you've got people who are showing up who are unwell and people who are at high risk of serious illness, they're the ones you have to find early hospital pathology. you this in sydney sent out a premature text, advising nearly 500 people. what they were negative for cove at 19 when they were positive. it blame the incident on a clinic. clara. what's important is mistakes like that from the pathologist don't care again

it's those conditions occurring over the most popular parts of sydney. summers with love the hot weather and we'd love to go and celebrate by going to the beach or having a barbecue with art mates, that sort of thing. now there is a much more nervousness going into summer. we worried will it be hot, how bad it will be, who will be affected? and yet the consequential changes around that too. the racing driver, lewis hamilton, has been knighted at windsor castle, just days after controversially losing out on a record eighth formula one world title. sir lewis received the honour for services to motorsports from the prince of wales. meanwhile the sports governing body — the fia — has announced an inquiry into sunday's race, saying the controversy around it is tarnishing the image of the championship. all this as f1's new world champion, max verstappen, has been celebrating his title with his red bull team at their factory in milton keynes. our sports editor, dan roan, reports. it may have been at a slower speed than usual, but formula 0ne's new world champio

england cricket coach chris silverwood will miss the fourth ashes test in sydney after being forced toolate with his family in melbourne as the england squad travel to sydney via a chartered flight later in the week. the touring party have recorded seven positive cases, three support staff and fourfamily members. the fourth test is due to start on january 5th. earlier on, chris woakes has given his backing to england captain joe root after their hopes of winning back the ashes ended in melbourne. both root and silverwood are thought to be under pressure after their abject display in australia, for which woakes has admitted the side were underprepared. england 3—0 down in the series with two to play, and woakes says now is not the time to feel sorry for themselves. as a group of players, we have to take pride in what we do. obviously, no—one means to perform badly, no—one means to lose the way we have. we're trying extremely hard to put things right. but i think that's test cricket. it's called test cricket for a reason. it's really difficult, especially when a team gets on top. you hav

even a single case of coven 19 coasted borders and imposed other measures to prevent an outbreak. sydney was one of the 1st to greet the new year with a pyrotechnic spectacle display included a thank you to front line workers, many of the world cities of cold off that displays to help control the spread of covered 19 times square in new york is one of the most famous spaces in the world to ring in the new year. once again, the pandemic has curtailed plans. and gabriel, alexander reports, it's hurting local businesses, trying to bounce back on a recent de jasmine's caribbean restaurant the staff were busy getting ready for what they hoped would be a bustling dinner crowd. the restaurant which opened a year ago is in the heart of times square and christmas and new years are usually one of the busiest times of the year. but with new york, now the us epicenter of the coven outbreak owner jasmine gerard says there is a problem for all business. i mean, we are suffering at this time right now. i mean, for me, thank the lord. i was able to open up in the make and i had an opportunity to do so,

they fly to sydney on a charter plane tomorrow.e, they and the australians are flying together. but there is no doubt it will be an anxious weekend ahead for the england players. match referee david boon has also tested positive, so he won't make it to sydney — that was confirmed just as a big bash league match in melbourne was called off following a covid case. covid news too from the pdc world darts championship at alexandra palace, as a third high—profile player has been forced to withdraw. dave chisnall has joined three—time winner michael van gerwen and vincent van der voort in pulling out after a positive test. we were treated to one of the matches of the tournament so far last night — michael smith beating jonny clayton, who took a two set lead before falling 3—2 behind, and needing a bull's—eye to level. and the deciding set went to a tie—break, smith eventually winning it at around 11 o'clock, to set up a meeting with the defending champion gerwyn price. that's all the sport for now. thank you very much. some breaking news

they live through it, was living in sydney at the time, the smoke quality was horrible, no—one couldpeople aboutjust how bad summers can get an will get in part due to climate change in this part of the world. as i've said, those conditions appeared oh —— code of the most populous parts of sydney, for us to experience that, every day australia to experience that, has really put a negative spin on our summers. we usually really embrace some of them we love the hot weather, and we love the hot weather, and we love to celebrate it by going to the beach having a barbecue with our mates, that sort of thing, but now there is a much more nervousness going into summer, will it all going to be hot, how about willoughby, who will be affected? and the consequential changes around that as well. —— will it be. dr that as well. -- will it be. dr sarah that as well. —— will it be. dr sarah perkins—kirkpatrick there, extreme weather expert talking about the situation in australia right now. i want to bring you this story now. the racing driver lewis hamilton has been knighted at windsor castle, just

and emily, who managed to beat off the competition, joins us now live from sydney.ere told you won the award? , ., ., ., ., , the award? yes, good morning! i was so stunned- — the award? yes, good morning! i was so stunned- i— the award? yes, good morning! i was so stunned. i think _ the award? yes, good morning! i was so stunned. i think i _ the award? yes, good morning! i was so stunned. i think i was _ the award? yes, good morning! i was so stunned. i think i was actually - so stunned. i think i was actually speechless on the phone. it was late afternoon and i was at my desk working, and it took me a few moments to understand what was going on in the conversation and honestly. i think as a poet, you just on a spec some thing like this to happen, it's not a kind of creative path where there is much money involved, so, yeah, it was a huge surprise —— you don't expect something like this. i you don't expect something like this. , ., , ., you don't expect something like this. , ., ., you don't expect something like this. ., this. i understand you can read some ofthe

not because of the controversy here but because of albert sydney johnson has been in command a while and polk feels like he's not needed anymore. davis doesn't even respond to this offer. polk does not resign. he remains in command. he's finally he's almost removed from the chest board of war in november 11, 1861. the battle of belmont happens just a few days before in november. and belmont is essentially, general grant takes a brigade of infantry and attacks a confederate brigade encamped on the missouri side of the mississippi river across from columbus. as the very small, very inconsequential battle. notable only because it is ulysses s. grant's first battle. grant wins, sort of wins a victory and then the confederate counterattack pushes him out. but it -- one of the things that happens is that from columbus, this heavy gun here is an example of some of the siege artillery that's been brought in to defend these confederate posts along the river. and this heavy gun was used to support the confederate troops at firing across the river, down the bluff and across the river. and at th

today's adelaide strikers versus sydney thunder game did go ahead despite four thunder players testingg the toss and batting. the strikers were never really in the hunt and eventually lost by 22 runs. away from that match, seven players and eight support staff at the melbourne stars have tested positive, putting their next match onjanuary second in serious doubt. it's been a memorable year of sport in 2021, and there's plenty more to come over the next 12 months. the 2022 calendar has the winter olympics, the football world cup in qatar, a men's and women's cricket world cup, the open at st andrews and much more. to look ahead for us, here is ben croucher. right, three minutes or so to tell you all about sport in 2022. new rules in f1, novak djokovic chasing a record 2ist grand slam title in australia, and maybe, maybe not, hopefully, just hopefully, an end to all of these covid problems. we have a big map to help us out. where to start? how about in africa? cameroon and the africa cup of nations. it starts a week on sunday, the hosts taking on burkina faso, algeria, the defending cham

in dubai, and in sydney, australia, six tons of technical fireworks lighting up the opera house and sydneyarbour. in taiwan, grounds gathered at the foot of the taipei 101 skyscraper, and celebrations also taking place in thailand, as you can see there. let's cross live to turkey now, which said goodbye to 2021 in the past few minutes. france 24 is in swan park, central ankara. jasper, in spite of covid, how is the new year being celebrated? jasper: it has been well celebrated despite covid. the park behind me is called swan park, and it is on the southern side of the city. and it was packed minutes ago. and we heard a count down in turkish and then we heard firecrackers -- a countdown in turkish and then we heard firecrackers and confetti being shot in the air, and a lot of public drinking and cheering. i am afraid to say, a lot of the people were not masked. however, turkey is doing relatively well in comparison to europe on the covid front. in france, you are on more than 200,000 new infections a day. in turkey, we are on 40,000 new infections a day. in france, you have 180 daily deaths

in sydney in— don't think it makes any difference.the stands. yes. players off the field when beer cans were thrown from the stands. yes, he is out. were thrown from the stands. yes, he is out- the — were thrown from the stands. yes, he is out- the end _ were thrown from the stands. yes, he is out. the end of _ were thrown from the stands. yes, he is out. the end of the _ were thrown from the stands. yes, he is out. the end of the match. - were thrown from the stands. yes, he is out. the end of the match. his - is out. the end of the match. his team-mates _ is out. the end of the match. his team—mates carried him off when england won the match and the series. , , , , , series. this must surely be the createst series. this must surely be the greatest moment _ series. this must surely be the greatest moment of— series. this must surely be the greatest moment of ray - series. this must surely be the - greatest moment of ray illingworth's quickly— greatest moment of ray illingworth's quickly lie. english cricket appointed a new quickly he

host: bloomberg's eric and angus here in sydney on some of these top stories. it's get to su keenan. su: we start with liz trust who will handle the post brexit negotiations with the eu as david frost quit the role on sunday. he implied he was unhappy with the conservative party policy and current brexit thinking. this appointment strengthens her position as one of the favorites to succeed boris johnson. to turkey where the turkish president has pledged to continue with rate cuts referring to islamic teaching as a basis for his new policy push. he also said turkey will not back down from its new economic model which relies on lower borrowing costs and a cheaper currency. the lira is a worst-performing currency and the world for the last three months losing almost half of its value against the dollar. and the death toll from the philippines' strongest typhoon this year has reached over 140 people. fatalities may rise considerably. extensive flooding and landslides. he also ordered ayers in his province to invoke emergency powers. the president promised 40 millio

the man or his closest friend in the class of 1826 one year ahead of him was albert sydney johnson. and his next closest friend one year behind him was jefferson davis. so you've heard already in talking about or in previous talking about the relationship of davis with johnson in the context of beauregard. among his other classmates gabriel range a confederate brigadier general. napoleon buford. one of the interesting things about studying the civil war as is evidenced by all our discussions here today is how close everybody is, how many connections there are between people who you might not assume know each other very well. another man who would be injury significant in polk's life and vice versa was braxton bragg, but they did not go to academy together. he's almost 11 years younger than leonidas polk. he just missed the cut off. in those days the rankings -- the assignments for commissions went engineers -- the top of the class got the engineers commissions and artillery came in the next cohort then cavalry followed by the poor lonely infantry at the very bottom. that's why all t

book pentagon official, quote, received a call from sydney powell who was advising president trump and promoting some of the crazies theories about the election. paul called the pentagon official with a bizarre request. her request was specific, urgent, highly sensitive. it was also completely insane. quote, cia director gina haspel has been hurt. and taken into custody in germany. she told the official. you need to launch a special operations mission to go get her. the official had never before spoken with sydney powell and was shocked that she had called him on her direct phone line in his office. it's a phone that only rang with calls from within the pentagon or from the white house. it was an unpublished number that somebody with access to the internal directory had to have given her. sydney powell went on to explain on the call that cia director, had been hurt while on a secret cia operation to seize a computer server from a company name scytl. it contained about hundreds of thousands of votes had been switched using rigged voting machines. so pal believed that gina had embarked i