Right now, the race to find survivors in morocco as the death toll rises following a massive earthquake. New video shows the moment a quake hit. Plus, a matter main break floods a nearby road forcing businesses to close. How long until crews say they will have that fixed. And a packed Public Meeting spills out on the sidewalk. And the action to community is demanding tonight. Good evening. We are getting new details tonight about that massive 6. 8 magnitude earthquake that shook morocco. The death toll climbed to 2,000. The quake was centered in the Atlas Mountains but there is widespread damage up to 40 miles away. Tonight rescue crews are racing to find more survivors stuck in the rubble. Security footage showing the rumbling, the shaking and the screaming as a 6. 2 magnitude earthquake struck morocco. They are now struggling to reach survivors thought to be buried beneath the rubble. It is the most powerful tremor to hit morocco in more than 100 years. Suddenly we saw dishes and oth
Biggest weather stories and storms. Good afternoon. A seaplane has crashed into a river near sydney, killing all six people on board. Reports suggest four of the victims are british, although this has not been confirmed by police. The Foreign Office here is in contact with officials in australia. The aircraft on a sight seeing trip ahead of the new Year Celebrations came down in a river close to the suburb of cowan. Ian palmer reports. Police divers have spent the day searching for bodies. The seaplane is underwater. The party was returning from a trip to a restaurant, before crashing into the river. Six people were on board. For reasons that are not known at this stage, the plane has hit the water and it has subsequently sunk. It is sitting in approximately 13 metres of water. At the time of the collision, the plane had a pilot and five passengers on board. I can confirm the six people on the plane are deceased. The aircraft crashed just after three in the afternoon, local time. It is
Fireworks starting as thailand says goodbye to 2017 and hello to 2018. Studio that was thailand, where they have been welcoming in 2018 on they have been welcoming in 2018 on the river kwai. Celebrations taking place around the world, and we are following them on bbc news. We have seen a number of celebrations, starting off in the southern hemisphere. First it was new zealand, and then sydney and hong kong, who brought in the new year just an hour ago above the historic victoria harbour. And this was the scene in sydney earlier. Where the harbour and its iconic bridge took centre stage as usual. Apparently people were queuing up to secure a good Vantage Point more than nine hours in advance of the show. Around 1. 5 Million People were there to watch. This year the display featured a rainbow theme to celebrate the passing of the countrys same sex marriage law. North korea has held a firework display in pyongyang to mark the new year. The fireworks display was held by the taedong river.
We work with our partners at underbelly, the event organiser, as well as gas security, the security provider, the city of Edinburgh Council and the other Emergency Services to make sure that everybody is as safe as they possibly can be at tonights event. And what kind of potential Security Issues might you have to deal with at an event of this scale . Generally, when you have so many people coming to an event and clearly there is alcohol that will be undertaken by a number of people and we would ask people to drink responsibly. And its important for people to keep as safe as possible. And this is an event which has been held for many years now and i guess there has never really been any massive problems at any one particular event, it seems to be the kind of event where most people turn up and want to enjoy themselves. They certainly do and the number of arrests we have seen over the years at this event is exceptionally low. Our role here really is to provide that additional layer of s
People across the world have been celebrating the start of 2018. In london, 100,000 people watched the fireworks display on the thames. Thousands of party goers packed the streets of edinburgh for the hogmanay celebrations. It follows exuberant displays elsewhere in europe, across the middle east and asia, all welcoming 2018. This report from Briohny Williams contains some flashing images. And win in the last hour mary could start of their celebrations. Within the last hour, america. 0ver chilled Million People lined edition europes copacabana beach to the 17 minute firework display, one of the first major south American Cities to see in the new year. As 2018 sweeps across the globe. The iconic sound of big ben strikes in london. The party began with 10,000 fireworks along the river thames. The skies above berlins Brandenburg Gate were lit up in every colour. The countdown in paris was watched by thousands at the arc de triomphe, as fireworks dazzled in the darkness. Perhaps one of the