Hello, youre watching afternoon live im simon mccoy. Today at 2pm. Jailed for a minimum of 30 years the most prolific rapist in british history Reynhard Sinaga is described in court as an evil sexual predator and a monster. He preyed on young men as he prowled manchesters city centre before drugging them Police Believe there are many more victims whove yet to come forward. We believe theres over 190 victims that have been involved with sinaga, with Reynhard Sinaga, and 70 of them are still to be identified. Vast crowds gather in tehran to mourn the iranian general, killed by us forces britain urges restraint as both sides issue fresh threats against each other. Paradise lost a special report from the australian town of eden, where families are fleeing from the bushfires. Harvey weinstein in the dock the trial of the disgraced producer gets underway in new york. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. Good afternoon. England are in a dominant position in the second test against sout
This is the Business Briefing. Im sally bundock. The first phase us and chinese officials are set to sign the initial part of a significant trade deal. Well find out what impact itll have around the globe. Amazonsjeff bezos arrives in india for a 3 day visit. But is he being greeted with open arms . And Asian Financial markets are seeing their first declines for five days with concerns us china trade tensions will go beyond todays signing of an initial deal in washington. Lets discuss in more detail now that significant step that is being taken in washington. President trump and the chinese vice premier will sit down and sign a trade deal that could signal the beginning of the end of their bruising battle over the price of everything from soybeans to iphones. Since the start of the trade war, the two sides have raised import taxes on 470 billion worth of each others goods, more than half of what they buy and sell from each other every year. While us and chinese consumers have borne the
Im Sharanjit Leyl in singapore, the headlines. Australias New South Wales Fire Service Warns people to leave the coast while they can. Bushfires have killed eight and destroyed hundreds of homes since monday. Israels Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, seeks immunity from prosecution over charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust. Im Nuala Mcgovern in london, also in the programme. Hong kong police make 400 arrests, as Anti Government protests and violence spill into a new year. All this started, more than six months ago, few could have imagined
it would last this long. Today, very few ca n it would last this long. Today, very few can imagine how this is all going to end. And challenging stereotypes in singapore. We meet the working women rewriting the rules. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london and ham in south eastern australia where the fire service in New South Wales has warned people to leave the south coast if they dont need to be there, ahead of possibly mo
This. Tonight at six a state of emergency in south east australia amid warnings of more bushfires. The largest forced evacuation New South Wales has seen thousands are fleeing the path of the flames. The fireball just came through at about 80kph, hit the house, and then we ran into the lake and then all the embers and everything were hitting us, burnt our hair a little bit. Theres anger over the governments handling of the emergency as the Prime Ministerfound out when he toured the area. How come we only had four trucks to defend our town . Because our town doesnt have a lot of money but we have hearts of gold, mr Prime Minister well be looking at australias changing climate and what thats got to do with the fires. Also tonight millions of rail commuters face more
expensive journeys many will pay an extra £100 a year. Could gabriel diya and his children have been saved from drowning on Christmas Eve . We talk to a british tourist who was poolside as the tragedy unfolded. Spotting Brea
Best actress in a drama went to Renee Zellweger for her portrayal ofjudy garland. Joaquin phoenix took best actorforjoker. Once upon a time in hollywood and there were three Golden Globes for Quentin Tarantinos love letter to this town, once upon a time in hollywood. Including best supporting actorfor brad pitt. Holy moly these are the first major awards of the season and of the decade, and those going home clutching Golden Globes tonight will be hoping to collect golden oscar statues to match in five weeks time. Sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. Time for a look at the weather. Heres phil avery. Good afternoon. The weather at the weekend just sort of sat there across much of the british isles. Things are set to change quite markedly across many areas as we get on into the new week. First of all we will be talking about some very strong winds, not just we will be talking about some very strong winds, notjust today but tuesday especially and wednesday, it will be very windy across nort