Will pause for one night only, so its famous bongs can ring in the new decade in london. Coming up in half an hour. Us soccer star Megan Rapinoe speaks to bbc sport about winning the world cup and being an outspoken voice on equal pay, lgbt rights and politics. The mayor of sydney says the citys famous new years eve fireworks display will go ahead, despite a call for the event to be cancelled because of the bushfire crisis affecting parts of australia. More than a quarter of a Million People have signed a petition urging the authorities to spend the money on fighting the blazes instead. More than 80 fires are still raging across large areas of new south wales. A warning this report from phil mercer in sydney contains flashing images. Its arguably the worlds most dazzling fireworks display, but thousands of people want sydney to scrap its new years eve spectacular. They say it would be an insult and could traumatise some of those affected by the bushfire crisis. Sydneys lord mayor, clov
Children, who drowned in a spanish resorts Swimming Pool say they are devastated by the news. Restoration work on big ben will pause for one night only, so its famous bongs can ring in the new decade in london. The mayor of sydney says the city s famous new years eve fireworks display will go ahead despite a call for the event to be cancelled because of the bushfire crisis affecting parts of australia. More than a quarter of a Million People have signed a petition urging the authorities to spend the money on fighting the blazes instead. tx more than 80 fires are still raging across large areas of new south wales. Tens of thousands of people in the australian state of victoria have been told to evacuate amid worsening bushfire conditions. Officials are warning that temperatures of over a0 celsius, combined with strong winds, thunderstorms and a change of wind direction mean that the danger of fires will be particularly high tomorrow, with some areas facing a catastrophic risk. A warning
Instead of people ice skating, ice slowly melting. The own ev says his ice rink was vandalized. Tracking showers, now were seeing two more storms on the horizon. Well show you when they arrive. Here is a picture of a young man who went to the very first Oakland Raiders game at the coliseum. Tomorrow hes hoping to go to the very last game as well. An east bay ice rink is melting after vandals tampered with the valves. But the community isnt letting them put a damper on christmas. Luz pena explains for the time being the ice rink is more like a lake. Reporter while the 37th annual brentwood holiday parade is in full swing, once it turned on second street, things turned from joyful to disappointed. Reporter 10 to 12 birthday parties were planned. At least 200 people were expected to skate. But instead, take a look, the ice rink is empty. We came in this morning. It was a lake instead of an east rink. Reporter once tom get to the back of the rink he found water running down his parking lot
Eric. Organizers say the goal is to get these guns off the streets and out of communities and for the most part it was a very successful day all across the bay area. First there was a vigil for gun violence victims at this church. A vigil at Third Baptist Church to remember lives lost to gun violence. Chase kowalski. Christine pelosi, daughter of nancy pelosi, read the names of 26 victims, most of them children from the sandy hook mass shooting in connecticut. Seven years ago today, Little Angels who have now been dead longer than they have been alive. Reporter in San Francisco, dozens of people traded in their unwanted guns for cash. There are no questions asked. You dont have to say where you got the weapon or if you have any more left. We just want to get the guns we can off the street. Reporter a Violence Prevention Group partnered with the sfpd on the buyback. 317 weapons twururned in, 93 ril rifles, 75 pistols. They are trying to save lives as opposed to being promoters of taking
Well assess the damage caused by typhoon kammuri in the philippines. Tech entrepreneur elon musk goes to court in california, to fight a defamation lawsuit brought by one of the rescuers of the boys trapped in a thai cave last year. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Good morning. Its 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london, and 8 00pm in washington, where an eagerly awaited report from the impeachment inquiry into President Trump says, its uncovered overwhelming evidence that hes abused his powers. Among the conclusions the committee will now vote on handing over their report to the housejudiciary committee, which has the power to write the official articles of impeachment. Heres representative adam schiff, the chairman of the inquiry. We dont have all of the answers. But we do know this without any doubt, and that is the president of the United States solicited foreign interference in our election and used the power of his office, the pow