And tear gas the streets. Australia orders large scale from bushfires as the death toll mounts. Sophie lets check in on the open in sydney after the asx 200 best annualrop the performance since 2000. We see it open slightly to the downside as we wait for markets to come back online elsewhere in the region. We are getting some data from australia coming out this morning. Home prices notching up the biggest threemonth gain in a decade. We are not seeing much reaction in the aussie dollar, softening a touch after hitting a fresh high. New zealand equity markets remain closed and the kiwi dollar keeping fairly steady after topping 67 this week and japan also remaining offline thel january 6, again, currency cap a Fourth Annual gain. Paul thanks very much. President trump says he can assign the first phase of a trade deal with china on the 15th of this month ahead of a visit to beijing where talks will begin on the next part of the deal. Lets bring in our china correspondent now, selina wan
Nuclear Weapons Program after a february summit between kim and donald trump broke down president xi said he hopes u. S. North korean talks will resume. Brechts that hardliner Boris Johnson and foreign minister jeremy hunt are now the last 2 candidates left in the contest for the british prime ministers job. Some 160000 conservative Party Members will now vote on who will become party leader the result of the postal vote will be announced late july. 2 showbiz wells have arrived in iceland to freedom the pair of belugas previously entertained visitors and an aquarium in china now they are set to live out the rest of their days in a Marine Wildlife sanctuary. It was just 24 hours ago when u. S. President was asked about escalating tensions with iran his answer everythings under control dont worry about a thing famous last words mr president tonight on capitol hill and at the white house emergency meetings are underway earlier today iran shot down a u. S. Military drone what will presiden
Nuclear Weapons Program after a february summit between kim and donald trump broke down president xi said he hopes u. S. North korean talks will resume. Brechts that hardliner Boris Johnson and foreign minister jeremy hunt are now the last 2 candidates left in the contest for the british prime ministers job. Some 160000 conservative Party Members one ill vote on who will become party leader the result of the postal vote will be announced late july. To showbiz wells have arrived in iceland to freedom the pair of belugas previously entertained visitors and an aquarium and china now they are set to live out the rest of their days in a Marine Wildlife sanctuary. It was just 24 hours ago when u. S. President trump was asked about escalating tensions with iran his answer everythings under control dont worry about the thing well famous last words mr president tonight on capitol hill and at the white house emergency meetings are underway earlier today iran shot down a u. S. Military drone what
Prime minister is only one book foreign secretary jeremy hawked a winner will be decided next month and horse trading in brussels france and germany clashed over who should become the next president of the European Commission and thats not the only top job thats called for bread plus the u. N. Says a record 71000000 people have been displaced by war and persecution worldwide on this World Refugee day we look at the plight of the elderly work hinge of muslims for me and more living as refugees in vain with that. I bring to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we start with a day that has seen tensions between tehran and washington go from bad to worse earlier today iran shut down. An unmanned u. S. Drone that both sides agree but the u. S. Says that the drone was flying in International Airspace and its accusing iran of an unprovoked attack president calling the move by iran a big mistake but later today pulling back saying that it looked like so
Eighteen begins with a threat to dictator kim jong il warns the u. S. Its entire territory is within range of his Nuclear Missile and that he has the button on his desk for the office an all of player branch to neighbors south korea to get the latest from seoul. And irans president Hassan Rouhani warns that there will be no tolerance for violent protests as new deaths are reported in antigovernment protests its. A matter of it is good to have you with us new years revelers around the world have been treated to spectacular displays of pyrotechnics as the world welcomed the new year security arrangements were tight as people assembled at iconic venues around the world so were going to begin our reports here in berlin at the Brandenburg Gate. The. Germans may have a reputation for being reserved but not at new year the country goes firework crazy nowhere more than the capital berlin thousand strong the streets around the Brandenburg Gate to welcome two thousand and eighteen and t w report