all: happy australia day! they drink beer, enjoy barbies, and take pride in their country, its culture, and its achievements. it's to celebrate everything that's good about australia, the weather, family, friends. it's safe. it's fun, it's australia. it's what we do. but, of late, australia day elicits just as much, if not more, protest and controversy than celebration. it's a day that's, you know, steeped in blood. it reminds me of violent dispossession of my people. why are we having this on this date, if this is the date that is upsetting so many people? the date is a painful one, for indigenous australians, because it marks the first arrival of british settlers in 1788 and recalls past and present traumas of repression, loss, exclusion and inequality. aboriginal people were only legally counted as being australian as late as 1967. some think the day should be abolished entirely. 0thers argue for a change in the date. the view of the current government is that by changing the date of australia day, you're j

gains in south korea leading the charge really, australia andjapan leading the charge really, australia and japan also much higher. let us look at the next screen. commodities a lwa ys look at the next screen. commodities always very much in the news. if we can bring it to you... look at that. brent crude above 70. commodities are very much in the news. much anticipation about stronger gains for commodities like oil and the impact that will have on the global economy. a lot of talk about that in davos last week, where i was, the world economic forum, where there was a lot of discussion about the global economy doing well in 2018. the sweet spot, they called. i will see you in a moment for the news briefing. let us talk some more about the prime minister theresa may coming under new pressure about her leadership and her policy on brexit. chris mason has more. if it felt a little bit chilly for the prime minister at the world economic forum in switzerland last week, will be political forecast isn't looking much sunnierfor political forecast isn't looking much sunnier for her now she's bac

uber, in australia? uber, in australia? in over 100 cities in india and has 125 million customer base. 125 million customer base. it's been able to lead the sector. able to lead the sector. and bikes, this good work in australia. australia. different, as you rightly pointed out. out. 0la had an advantage over uber. against them and also taxify, present in australia. present in australia. that's the japanese investor softbank. softbank. the competition leads to greater customer base. ola versus uber in australia. australia. forward to that tough competition in the country. the country. the 3% jump in its fourth—quarter net profit. net profit. the company posted profitability of $11. profitability of $11. mainly driven by demand for its memory chips and display panels. memory chips and display panels. more than 8% after it unveiled a massive 50 to one stock split. massive 50 to one stock split. currencies and initial coin offerings. offerings. misleading or deceptive promotional practices. practices. bei

involving australia day in january the on the various issues involving australia day injanuary the 26th. the television host, jin xing, is seen in china as their answer to america's oprah winfrey. both use television to promote socialjustice. jin xing is transgender and has a dating show that's boosted her popularity even more. every week parents of single men appear on the show to choose who they think is the best future wife for their sons. but critics say it's outdated and jin xing's views on women are too conservative. here's her response. when i became a teenager, that is when i started out myself. i wanted it is essential. and then i was like, 0k, it is essential. and then i was like, ok, what can i do? tell anybody? kill myself? when i went to america to study modern bands, then i was thinking to myself i should go back to myself, find me onwards as a woman. “— back to myself, find me onwards as a woman. —— find me a route is as a women. “— woman. —— find me a route is as a women. —— rapidly. as a desert, it was a tragedy. i am not showing me pretty face, pret

in western australia they are restricted to casinos. so, here, if you‘re old enough to go to the pub, that means if you are over the age of 18, you can have free access to these machines. as we say, 200,000 of them across the country. now, australians love to gamble. there is the melbourne cup horse race that stops the nation every november. there is great enthusiasm for the stock market in this country too. it is the slot machines that concern campaigners most. they believe they are a pernicious influence on australian society and some of those campaigners believe that the pokies have the same addictive qualities as cocaine. so they believe that it is a very serious problem, a very serious gambling problem, largely fuelled by these slot machines. so what is the government trying to do to counter this problem, and is it working? well, campaigners would say that the state government here in australia are among the biggest attics of them all. they are addicted to the revenue they get from that form of gambling. but when you speak to rep

in sydney, they missed their chance with the bat and let australia put ona with the bat and let australia put on a big first—innings score. what went wrong, what can they do to change this? who better to ask than a man who has won an ashes series? i caught up with michael vaughan. pretty simple, they have not been good enough. if england want to be a tea m good enough. if england want to be a team that is not open and honest, if they want to be a team that is not realistic, say that. if it is pr spin, twisting to try to send some positivity, send that out to the public, that is not a problem, it happens in sport. privately, in the dressing room and a management room, they have to be dead honest. it has not been close. they have been hammered in four games. they have not had good enough cricketers for these conditions. those are the bare fa cts . these conditions. those are the bare facts. they have not have put enough bowlers, they have not had a world —class bowlers, they have not had a world—class spinner or front line spinner. the batsmen, they have flooded to deceive, they playe

turning to sport, and australia have w011 turning to sport, and australia have won the final cricket test match against england, giving them a 4—0 the ashes series. england were made to follow one in the second innings and did not come close to reaching australia's score, winning by an innings and 123 runs. england captainjoe innings and 123 runs. england captain joe root had innings and 123 runs. england captainjoe root had hospital treatment suffering from dehydration and a stomach bug. before we go, take a look at this from glacial northern china and the city of harbin. this isn't a construction site, it's an international ice sculpture competition, which has attracted artists from 1a countries around the world. the sculptors are given solid blocks of ice from the nearby songhua river. they can use tools of their choice and have three days to complete their imaginative designs, that is frostbite permitting. judging is on monday. that is how it is looking. stay with us here on bbc news. plenty on the website. it is goodbye for now. hello there. it's been a cold, wintry—feeling

you're watching daybreak australia. a quick check of the headlines, the asian review says softbank may list its mobile phone unit. softbank courts in tokyo and overseas this year. it says listings could raise $18 billion with plans to apply to the tokyo stock exchange as early as the first half of a -- of this year. they do not say where the information is come from. softbank's fund will invest $560 million in german used car sales. haidi: bloomberg has been told ghp is asking valet to pay $1 billion for its 50% stake in the joint venture in brazil. the valuation includes a provision that they would assume its share of the remaining eye abilities associated with a deadly -- when negotiations are undone, they said -- are said to be seeking royalties. betty: indonesia's central bank is taking a stance against cryptocurrencies as an urges all parties to refrain from owning, selling, or trading tokens. a statement on saturday, they said virtual currencies are risky and inherently speculative. it says the fact that they tend

to happen in a place like thatis australia. to happen in a place like that is nothing more than just tragic. mr cousins, 58, died alongside his fiancee, emma bowden, and her 11—year—old daughter, heather. also on board the seaplane crashed into jerusalem heather. also on board the seaplane crashed intojerusalem bay, william cousins, 25, who worked for ( and, a pro—eu group set up in the aftermath of the brexit vote. colleagues said that they were shocked by news of his death. his brother, edward, 23, had his death. his brother, edward, 23, ha d rece ntly his death. his brother, edward, 23, had recently graduated from the university of st andrews. the pilot, gareth morgan, had done more than 10,000 flying hours, 9000 of which we re 10,000 flying hours, 9000 of which were on seaplanes. sydney seaplanes, which owns the aircraft, has suspended all flights until further notice. and earlier, phil gave us this update from the scene. air crash investigators say that their work could go on for many, many months, and their task is

the government leaders in australia are defending their heavily criticised immigration policy and say they've been allowing refugees per capita than any other country but not all the arrivals enjoy a smooth resettlement or receive the same government support from sydney and her thomas has more. australia is known for being tough towards refugees denying asylum to anyone who arrives by boat but its government says that in fact the country is generous towards refugees. michael area is a refugee who agrees the magician originally from iran says australia has been welcoming everybody respect each other they're good things more to cut the country and all these different different nationalities live together in one country. australia is government says being tough on unauthorized migration has put it in control of its borders that means it has public support to take in large numbers of prescreened refugees by the united nations official resettlement skee along with the united states and canada the most generous provider of places under the refugee and humanitarian program in the world last

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here in australia we commemorate twenty fifth that is in fact the day that the. rainfall just got to believe in global one and. that's what we did in the morning they commemorate you know what do. we do it but all these wars took place i have a scene where we're talking about we remember the war that took place on an alley and here. like you thank you very very much that is the minority view most people i the six in one camp all the and the people who want to change the dates even like this community the majority but it is slowly changing the debate here is growing under thanks very much me i'm always accused a former u.s. diplomat who quit an international advisory panel on the hinge a crisis of pursuing his own agenda bill richardson resigned from the group as it was making its first trip to russia in state saying he doesn't want to be part of a whitewash a military crackdown in the region has forced more than seven hundred thousand people to flee to bangladesh which has since decision to quit followed an argument with me a modest leader. over the trial of two

it been known to be abused in australia ? it is been known to be abused in australia? it is also being called a party drug. it's not a drug that is commonly used. there is not widespread use but it does appear from time to time. fortunately, it hasn't been in widespread use you. how disturbing is it that it was a decent backpackers without knowing what it really is? part of the problem. a lot of substances are appearing the market. when somebody uses something they don't know what it is. even if somebody used last week, it might be a different product and they may have an individual vulnerability. they may... unfortunately, we are having problems again are all sold. thank you again. —— we are having problems with our guest. we'll be looking at how shakespeare can teach us about leadership. we find out shortly in asia business report. and before we go, let's take a look at these pictures. we've been hearing about how bad the weather is in the states and canada but it's been pretty windy here in britain too. this giant balloon is part of a festival of lights just out

that australia marks its national day but not everyone is celebrating. how often the big freeze the long ago the out came down across the great lakes we've had ice chances had flooding in the northeast where the rivers just started to go again and couldn't get anywhere well many of the archons have gone because temperatures have risen and now we're up above zero for new york and for toronto not like much colder in subzero admittedly but not really cold the only winter weather showing in the next day or so in the u.s. is going to be coming down through washington to maybe. the over california is clearly some snow for you and can't otherwise we're talking about cloud and rain if anything i'm skinny wore ten in new york and nine in chicago doesn't like mid winter no doubt the coal return but not in the immediate future south of this and we've just been watching showers recently not that many of them the concentration of rain or showers dismal day or occasional thunderstorms has been really from panama up through costa rica to honduras billie's and a shower

does australia have these regulation is? i could take you down the road from where i am sat here to many, many small venues, bars and clubs, in the city, that are everywhere. and they are common everywhere except western australia, where they are restricted to casinos. it is worth pointing out the gambling industry says it takes corporate and social responsibilities seriously. if we go into one of those gambling venues there would be signs telling us to gamble responsibly. there would be helplines for people with problems. 0n helplines for people with problems. on line wagering industry is here in australia are setting up a register where people who believe they have a problem canjoin. where people who believe they have a problem can join. —— where people who believe they have a problem canjoin. —— industries. . they are essentially excluding themselves from gambling services. they say they are taking social responsibilities seriously. 0n the other hand, campaigners believe the problem, especially of pokies, in austr

i will tell you why australia's government says it's a lot of stuff on refugees as many believe. america's top diplomat is denying the united states has plans to help create an army of thirty thousand mainly kurdish fighters on the border between syria and turkey turkish tanks have been deployed there in turkey as president has threatened to attack the kurdish city of a frame the secretary of state says reports of the force being created have been mis portrayed. the united states hears and takes seriously the concerns of our nato ally turkey we recognize the humanitarian contributions and military sacrifices turkey has made towards defeating isis towards their support of millions of syrian refugees and stabilizing version of syria it has helped liberate. we must have turkish close cooperation cheating a new future for syria that ensure security for syria's neighbors syria's main kurdish party is urging the united nations to act quickly to protect the fraying the pie we pay why dean says one million people live in the kurdish area which turkey is threatening to attack the us backs

tune into "daybreak australia." you can download the app or access it via bloomberg radio.com ♪ ♪ i am haidi lun in sydney. betty: you're watching "daybreak australia." let's get a check of the latest business flash headlines. pressure is mounting on the ceo of deutsche bank after fourth-quarter trading revenue slumped 22%. it will take a $1.8 billion hit from the trump tax overhaul leading to its third straight annual loss. with the same woes plague u.s. banks will be revealed at the end of this week when jpmorgan and wells fargo kickoff earnings. haidi: disney's latest star wars movie raked in almost $29 million in china coming in below its predecessors. is global all is now more than $1.2 billion. in china, moviegoers did not grow up with the original trilogy. held talksent has with a social network in london about potential investment. insights unidentified bankers think has not tabled a formal bid. they said in an exchange filing last week it had received an approach from another organization which may or m

what does this mean for australia? i think, culturally, it has been a long time coming and recognising, really, where public will has been for some time. the political debate got pretty brutal at times towards the end of last year, then we saw euphoric scenes in parliament. i think the australian public was ready for this moment. today is a day of celebration. we will see more celebration at the weekend in the weeks to come. of course, there is a cohort of people, many were strong religious beliefs, who are opposed. they are still talking about the impact could have, for example in schools, claiming this will change how gender is taught and sex is taught within schools. so there are concerns remaining, particularly within religious groups, but i think overall it is a time of celebration in australia. people are happy that this moment has arrived and they will celebrate in some style. politically, it has been a turbulent time in australia. yes, and at times, it threatened the stability of the governing coalition in aust

australia day january the twenty six marks the dates when the first british settlers arrived in seven hundred eighty eight to set up a colony and what would become sydney every year millions come out to celebrate life in what's often called the lucky country survey suggests most don't know why their national day when it is last year one local council in western australia moved its events to a different date it did so because many aboriginal people say the twenty sixth of january is the anniversary of an invasion which is led to the massacres of indigenous australians and injustice that continues today the twenty sixth of january represents the dire morning and the death of the misery in the suffering of aboriginal people the mayor of fremantle council who initiated the move of events to january twenty eighth was painted in traditional colors as a sign of appreciation not that you can't think of a better day than general twenty six so hard to think of a worse one what we want to do is offer people a choice another alternative that we hope was more inclusive and actually more unifying a

i'll tell you why australia's government says it's not as tough on refugees as many believe. hello wednesday was characterized in scotland northern ireland northern england with snow showers frequent ones lots of snow to be honest that's the cold air that's pushed right down through france and this mass of whitey's clouds will bring stove and i quote a lot of snow to the alps once more then there's a final push through the us position we sit out thursday started thursday would start forming in geneva behind temps has risen because when a storm system goes through wednesday night. winds in excess of a hundred twenty kilometers per hour by this time on the coast of holland most starkly the dutch coastal the noland countries could seize on the roof of the surge we've got high tides the same time not a good position to be that the storm will blow itself out but it does mean it would be a pretty poor start to the day and it takes all the energy away from further south or we've got going on south mill train is quiet weather until you get to cyprus and eastwards and look at turkey e

canada is australia's fourth biggest wine market, and in the complaint australia complains a number of provinces in canada discriminate against wines produced overseas. the provinces in question are british columbia, 0ntario, quebec and nova scotia. many provinces implementing higher prices as well as sales taxes on imported wine. in british columbia for example, imported wine has to be sold in a separate section of the supermarket. basically, it's a store within a store and it even has a separate cash registers, so it might prevent people going to buy foreign wine. australia's trade minister, in the complaint, in the press release, has said canada's protectionist policies has the potential to threaten jobs policies has the potential to threatenjobs in policies has the potential to threaten jobs in australia and so under wto rules, because of the complaint, canada has 60 days to settle it before it can be escalated further. they just settle it before it can be escalated further. theyjust need to sit down over a bottle of wine and sort it out. hong kong stocks hit their highest ever lev

australia. we are one hour out from the open of asia's major markets. it is 5 p.m. in new york. i'm betty liu. it was a holiday today on wall street commemorating martin luther king it is 5 p.m. in new. jr. so there were no equity bond trading at all. the dollar continues to trade in the foreign exchangethe dollar n the foreign exchange market. that is really what has dominated the trade today. we saw the dollar continue that slide coming off a five week decline. talking to some analysts, not so much dollar weakness but it is more strength of its counterparts, right, as central banks are pulling back on stimulus all around the world. we are seeing a rise in many of these currencies. haidi: absolutely. case in point, the extended gains we are seeing in the euro. as you say with the u.s. markets closed, it was the weaker european close we saw that will lead things off in asia. tepide seen more of a session setting up in asia. new zealand is trading underway. as you said, the kiwi dollar at 73, cen

i mean it costs a lot of money to get to central australia, as you know, so to central australia, as you know, so if you are diminishing the experience, i think it has the impact somewhere. so while the closure of the climb have a negative impact on tourist numbers visiting uluru? left foot in the stir up here. saw led overnight and gently. to keep it that is coming local tourism bosses are working hard to show there are other ways to experience the rock. here we go. wholly moly. uluru camel tours takes people out into the desert comic it gives them a great camel x variant, it allows people to connect to nature and the outback and what better way to do it, on the back of a camel. don't try to tempt your body up. our environmentally friendly, they browse on the vegetation here, they have flat feet so vegetation here, they have flat feet so they do not chop off the ground, they are a low impact and will, and they are a low impact and will, and they can go months without water so they can go months without water so they don't need a local water source. unbelievable. you never get sick o

australia urged from the sublime to the ridiculous. sublime when steve smith took a great catch to dismiss milan 462 but when pat cummins dropped tom curren, ridiculous and an even worse dropped from josh hazelwood. hazelwood didn't even manage to get a hand on it. ali and eventually got out for 30. stuart broad hit the ball around the park a bit for his 31 and that irritated australia. they did get rid of england short of 350. they arejust rid of england short of 350. they are just about still in this match. this next session, how important could this be to this test match? is this the important session that england could get in this series? it's a crucial session. australia have shown they can bat england out of matches. england has a lot to ——a lot of work to do. it is starting to spina lot of work to do. it is starting to spin a bit. we might see a bit of mason grane as the matchwinners on but it is a very important session. if australia can get through to tea, they will feel they are right in the box seat but england, because

but for the indigenous people of central australia, the anangu, the rock means much more. as well as being an important place for tourists, uluru is a sacred site. now, at the moment, tourists are allowed to go up to the peak, but all of that is about to change. at the end of 2017, the people who manage uluru in conjunction with its anangu owners made a landmark decision to ban tourists from climbing the rock. the 600 million—year—old rock is at the heart of anangu culture. they believe that touching the red sandstone is a way of communicating with the gods and it's the basis of their creation stories. it is almost like a law and it's really something that is so integral, so important to anangu, and those very stories are based in locations around uluru. and so why was the decision made in the first place to ban the climb? there's a couple of reasons. primarily, it's because anangu don't want to see people climbing, for cultural reasons, but there's also been quite a significant number of fatalities on the climb. they do get very sad whenever anybody gets injured or di

australia lead 3—0. the fourth match drawn in melbourne. it could go anyway. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from the sport today team, goodbye. storm eleanor brought some damage and disruption to ireland and the uk. it has continued to move away into the baltic states as you can see here. it is beginning to weaken now. to the west, this next area of low pressure is showing signs of deepening. strengthening all the while as it reaches our shores, and could bring us severe gales during the course of this afternoon. initially, it is going to send a weather front out ahead of it. some of the rain will be fairly heavy, and persistent over the overnight period and to start this morning. but for the north and east, a dry and chilly start to the day with a little bit of frost and fog potentially in northern so, today, there's going to be that early—morning rain. then, the afternoon, winds pick up across the south. so we start on a wet note to start with this morning in the south—east, east anglia, pushing in to the

this guy on dash cam owners australia got the red light. australians drive on the opposite side of the road than we do. just as he gets the green light, here come two hooligans speeding into the middle of the intersection. >> oh! >> start skidding out, skidding out. and then take off across the intersection. out of the way. >> approached the ladies and it just gets weird. see why the awkward emotional roller coaster made this one a year's favorite. >> sorry. all right. >>> picking up women on the street can be a little bit awkward. it can be a lot of bit awkward if you're andrew hales. >> i have 2 million subscribers on youtube. all right. >> that girl just walks past like okay, good for you. >> pretty much everybody in this video does. >> but in this case i think maybe he's been reading some of those relationship books because he knows women like sensitive men. he tries that approach. >> can i show you something? >> whips out a blog of his where he's getting very emotional, starts to cry, and just gets weird. >> i'm sorry. >> can't even ho

i get to go to australia! >> street: he was excited. he was grateful. and he knew what it meant for him and his family. >> kaden erickson: thank you, everybody. >> whitaker: kaden had endured two excruciating bone marrow transplants. when he, his parents, and four siblings hit the beach in australia, they hoped he'd beaten the cancer. the highlight of his trip? >> kaden erickson: got to hold a koala. >> whitaker: did he, like, put his arms around you? >> kaden erickson: he... it was like a hug. it was about as heavy as a baby. and it would put the claws here and the claws here, and so it was like you were getting hugged by a koala. you kind of get attached to the koalas. >> whitaker: did it make you forget for a while that you were sick? >> kaden erickson: yes. it made me feel a little bit normal, more normal than i've been for a while. >> whitaker: feeling normal didn't last long. shortly after returning home, kaden learned his cancer had returned for the third time. as we settled in for our interview, his mom jeanne adjusted the medication he needs. i

england's main task now is to slow the game down, so australia down. they probably cannot get victory anymore, england, australia will want to score quickly and get into the batsman, take a ten wickets they need to make his 4—0 to england will be looking to show some character perhaps, perhaps salvage a draw. show a bit of character, is that our england can get back any pride at the end of this final ashes test? babble maybe get some pride but

australia is expecting large parts of australia to be more than 40 celsius this weekend. with very high risk of fire in parts of southern australia. that risk is becoming a reality with fire crews stretched to the limit trying to get brushfires under control. one crew had to take shelter in their trucks as the fast moving fire burnt over the top of them. there was minimal damage to the appliance and no injuries to the crew. while they are shaken. and strong winds are not helping, fanning the flames across 8000 days of farming land so far. when i was trying to move out in the south direction, it jumped when i was trying to move out in the south direction, itjumped in front so south direction, itjumped in front soi south direction, itjumped in front so i had to turn back and come back to the house, terabyte, surrounding me isa to the house, terabyte, surrounding me is a smoke. —— terrified. it is thick with smoke and it has just gone a bit dark so obviously now the smoke is it so thick in the sky it is blocking out the sun. a number of properties were destroyed in the s

this guy on dash cam owners australia got the red light. australians drive on the opposite side of the road than we do. just as he gets the green light, here come two hooligans speeding into the middle of the intersection. >> oh! >> start skidding out, skidding out. and then take off across the intersection. out of the way. >> approached the ladies and it just gets weird. see why the awkward emotional roller coaster made this one a year's favorite. >> sorry. all right. >>> picking up women on the street can be a little bit awkward. it can be a lot of bit awkward if you're andrew hales. >> i have 2 million subscribers on youtube. all right. >> that girl just walks past like okay, good for you. >> pretty much everybody in this video does. >> but in this

these men are just a few of the more than two thousand people that australia has held in offshore processing centers they call them in other papua new guinea on the route for the last four and a half years now australia sent them to those countries as a deterrent against other refugees trying to reach australian shores by boat and it's always said that those refugees would never be allowed to resettle in australia but the refugees are refusing to settle in other part when you get all in the room either which is left australia with a problem what to do with them and it's been desperately trying to do deals with other countries to take these refugees well the deal that these men are being resettled and i was one done between the australian government and the outgoing a bomber administration when donald trump came into office he was furious about it in a heated phone conversation he told a story as prime minister that it was a done deal but nevertheless he has honored it even so more than a year after that angry phone call fewer than a hundred refugees have now been resettled in the united stat

two of the victims of a seaplane crash in australia are identified as an 11—year—old british girl and her mother, emma bowden. also among the dead, her fiancee and boss of a british company, richard cousins, and his two sons william and edward, both in their 20s. these are people who have come on holiday to visit australia, in one of the most beautiful parts of the world. for this to happen to them in a place like that is terrible. hundreds of people are stranded in liverpool city centre overnight after a car park fire damaged or destroyed 1,400 vehicles. iranian state media says the death toll in anti—government protests has risen to ten — the country's president warns that violence and disorder will not be tolerated. china bans the importation of waste plastic in a bid to cut pollution, but campaigners say it will have a major impact on global recycling. the archbishop of canterbury praises the response of emergency services to terror attacks and the grenfell tower disaster in his new year message. also this hour... ringing in the new year. london hosts its traditional fireworks

you are watching daybreak australia. let's get the first word news. you.nda: thank the biggest change in european investment industry roles in a decade take effect wednesday. regulators seek to prevent another financial crisis by boosting transparency and conflicts of interest. a broad range of asset classes and products including cash and derivative instruments and foreign-exchange, commodities as wellthe biggest change in europn as fixed income. the longest winning streak in two decades for 2017's biggest increase in commodities and hedge funds seeing more gains in the coming year. of the nine components of the agriculture some index, wheat posted gains last year. cotton within 11% advanced on-demand. prices capped 2017 with 10 straight weekly gains, the best streak since 1998. turnbull hasr revised the debate of what sort of country revile -- our straily wants to be when queen elizabeth dies. he hinted at a postal poll, saying that australia needs an open debate with moving to the republic which requires changes to th

there is certainly momentum behind the change but i am trying i've been covering australia day events for a few years now and every year the protests grow the marches and alternative events like this one but people aboriginal i'm not one for it you know who don't like australia day being on the twenty sixth of january and want to change the dates but asked me say people here are still a minority most australians i know why australia day to celebrate the twenty sixth atoll and i suggest that by drugs they use the day off what's hot barbecues parties to go to bars to enjoy themselves not many commemoration reflects in this right amount is built and it's a view of some people here don't change the dates but appreciate change the nature of the day make it almost obligatory in the morning of australia day to commemorate to reflect on the suffering that the twenty sixth of january seven eighty eight began the indigenous people in australia and then only in the afternoon shift the mood and make it a celebration of australia has become the number of homeless people sleeping on english streets

from me and the rest of the tavel show team here in australia, it's goodbye. hello. things are set to turn milder by next week. but today we have pretty severe wintry weather in northern and eastern parts of the country especially. weather watch pictures coming through on the snow falling across many eastern areas. snow and ice, watch out if you're heading out on the roads, slippery surfaces and it looks to be on and off my all day in parts of northern scotla nd off my all day in parts of northern scotland and through here, as you can see on the small radar, more confined to eastern areas and further west turning back to feed and off the atlantic. watch out for snow and ice through northern scotla nd snow and ice through northern scotland in particular. we will see this turning to rain across the west of scotla nd this turning to rain across the west of scotland but for northern ireland that band clears through so improving conditions here. perhaps a little brightness as well and temperatures less cold than they have been, but a real wintry mix. the here, east anglia

high risk of fire in parts of southern australia. that risk is becoming a reality, with fire crews stretched to the limit trying to get brushfires under control. 0ne crew had to take shelter in their trucks as the fast—moving fire burned over the top of them. there was minimal damage to the appliance and there are no injuries to the crew, whilst they are shaken. and strong winds are not helping, fanning the flames across 8000 hectares of farming land so far. when i was trying to move out in the south direction, itjumped in front so i've had to turn back and come back to the house. terrified. surrounding me is smoke. it's just very, very thick with smoke and it has just gone a bit dark so obviously now the smoke is it so thick in the sky it's blocking out the sun. a number of properties were destroyed in the states of victoria and south australia and residents have been warned to prepare for more. the winter of 2017 was one of the driest on record. rylee carlson, bbc news. india has the highest number of child brides in the world. a

air investigators in australia say it may take many months before they know why a seaplane carrying a prominent british businessman, and four members of his family, crashed on new year's eve. richard cousins, who ran the catering giant compass, was killed along with his two sons, his fiance, her daughter and the pilot. phil mercer reports. the wreckage of the seaplane lies 13 metres below the surface of the hawkesbury river. one of the victims was the british businessman, richard cousins, the chief executive of the world's largest catering firm, compass, who was due to retire later this year. the company confirmed his death in a statement. mr cousins, who was 58, died alongside his fiancee, emma bowden, and her 11—year—old daughter, heather. also on board the seaplane that crashed intojerusalem bay, william cousins, 25, who worked for open britain — a pro—eu group set up in the aftermath of the brexit vote. colleagues said that they were shocked by news of his death. his brother, edward, who was 23, had recently graduated from the university of st andrews. the pilot, gareth mo

world champions australia beat new zealand earlier to regain the trophy. cheshire phoenix have won the british basketball league cup finalfor the first time in their history, beating worcester wolves 99—88 at the birmingham arena. cheshire led the wolves byjust a point at half time. but they asserted their dominance in the third quarter, storming to a ill—point lead.

as we know, australia diamonds to come on the 22nd. that could be the pivotal match couldn't it because we know how strong australia are. get a map in the last series we lost to australia by six goals. if we'd had a few more minutes we would have beaten them, so it will be a key game. then south africa to come. south africa in south africa, what kind of challenge will it be? first we travel to south africa on tuesday and play on sunday, it's a short turnaround, 10—hour flight. playing in south africa is intimidating for an opposition team because the crowd is really loud, chanting, singing, so they really get behind their team whilst playing. i suppose this serves as perfect preparation for the commonwealth games doesn't it? last time round you made it to the semifinals but you narrowly missed out on getting a medal. last time we had australia in our hall and lost by one, then we played easy lead in the semifinal and lost by one. we we re the semifinal and lost by one. we were devastated. in a bronze medal game we lost to jamaica. we

and then only in the afternoon shift the mood and make it a celebration of australia has become. the number of homeless people sleeping on english streets has reached record levels a new british government report estimates four and a half thousand people are sleeping rough but charities say the true scale of homelessness is much worse need barker reports from london. david cost has been sleeping on the streets of london for more than a year it's a bleak existence it's noisy is really hard is she is there with the call you've got to deal with people you know the. aren't nice sometimes you know he lost his job as a carpenter and couldn't afford to pay for housing he's now worried about his mental health just more commendation a roof over my head and maybe get a you know she she she she a doctor to get my head back to go back to work you know. one of the wealthiest countries in the world. more and more people are now living on the street many are struggling with addiction mental physical illness others are escaping the buz but an increasing number here simply because they can't affo

in abstract, 300 m -- australia, about 300 million. move validates of this emerging industry in australia. like the hydroponics company with an opportunity to get. ket.opportune tic the hydroponics and greenhouses for a lot of these stocks. like one investor said, it is not a bunch of hippies anymore. betty: the sector is becoming more valid. thank you for joining us live from sydney. watching those marijuana stock in sydney. we talked strategy with an investment manager who oversees $948 billion in assets. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ this is "daybreak asia." haidi: a quick check of the latest business flash headlines. alibaba says by the online giant place to open 30 new supermarkets in beijing. it would extend their presence s. the capital to 35 store and their rivals says it will open more fresh food stores. bid fore has been a the u.s. aluminum producer for $2.5 billion. an earlier agreement to sell them to a chinese company was scrapped due to security concerns. one of the oldest names in the retirement industry, the teachers insur

certainly nothing like this in australia. the coldest it gets in syd ney australia. the coldest it gets in sydney is probably about 6 degrees. coming here it is —10 or 12.|j sydney is probably about 6 degrees. coming here it is -10 or12. i have been asking myself if it is real! further south, those who were used toa further south, those who were used to a milder winter are experiencing their own first. it is pretty wild. i have never seen palm trees with snow on them. we have never seen the weather like this. everyone is completely freaking out! parts of america have been coping with unseasonably low temperatures for more than a week. at least nine people are thought to have died in the cold. however, now the east coast is in the direct path of a weather cyclone known as a bomb cyclone which could lead to blizzard conditions and widespread power outages. snow-covered roads and high winds will make driving hazardous, and we are urging the public to stay off the roads tomorrow unless absolutely necessary and to use public transit. forecasters have warned that the arc

the idea of him going out to new zealand rather than australia, the level of media scrutiny that he'll get in new zealand will not be anything like it would have been in australia, so let's imagine he arrives in auckland with a couple of newspaper and camera crews, different from the kind of welcome he would have got in brisbane, so that logic may have played into things. joe wilson, thank you. staying with england, the one—day side are in brisbane looking to build on their opening win and take a 2—0 lead in the series against australia. and with the t20 series still to come, there's lots of cricket still to play. jonny bairstow says it's important to keep their minds fresh. it's not something that you want to think about too much because if you think you are tired, more often than not it will catch up with you, so you have to keep going about your daily routine and getting the same ball is in the nets and working on the same things. it's important to understand people within the group because if someone goes off or a couple of days, you can say, are you all right, because when you