Australian intelligence officials investigate allegations of a plot to get a chinese spy elected to parliament. And we meet the malaysian punk rocker whos leading the Straight Edge Movement, by promoting a totally sober lifestyle. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore and the same time in hong kong, where leader carrie lam has said the government will seriously reflect after local elections saw Massive Gains by pro democracy candidates. They secured almost 90 of District Council seats in sundays poll. Its being seen as a stinging rebuke of ms lams leadership and a show of support for the protest movement. From hong kong, Rupert Wingfield hayes reports. This is not the sort of Media Attention usually given to the winners of a local council election. But last nights victory for hong kongs democrats was no ordinary win. It was an unprecedented landslide. These newly minted young politicians won 85 of all the
Fire bob mueller. Top democrats warn that would spark a constitutional crisis. Doing putins job. Ailing senator john mccain says muellers investigation must proceed unhindered saying if we continue to undermine our own rule of law, we are doing putins job for him. And market drop. The dow jones dropped 666 points. The steepest decline in years. Analysts say the political turmoil doesnt help. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking news, a partisan republican memo alleging fbi surveillance abuses, now setting off a political firestorm and warnings of a constitutional crisis. President trump authorized the release over the objections of his hand picked fbi director and his own Justice Department. The memo by the House Intelligence Committees gop chairman claims that a warrant for surveillance of a Trump Campaign aide with russia ties relied on Research Funded by democrats. The president calls it a di
Cuts in 2017 so whats next for 2018 and will it help republicans ahead in heat midterm races . Welcome. We start with the u. S. And beginning the year facing two growing international issues. In iran, new deadly protests are taking place across the country. At least ten people have been killed in the ongoing demonstrations, which began last week over economic issues. President trump tweeting this morning, iran is failing at every level. Despite the terrible deal made with them by the obama administration. The great iranian people have been oppressed for many years. Theyre hungry for food and for freedom. Along with human rights, time for change. Irans president acknowledging the tweet and fledgling economy. Kim jongun ups the ante on his nuclear threat, claiming he has, quote, a Nuclear Button on his desk at the same time kim is making overtures to south korea, including a delegation to south korea for the winter olympics. Kelly cobiella is in seoul and ali is in iran for us. Kelly, il
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