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
Amassing to lead their counterattack. Now, they say there are in evidence around the city we didnt see that. The furthest they would take us First Western television to get there, into s this this base habbaniyah and we did not see, frankly, a large massing of soldiers there or fighters or, frankly, the preparations you would expect to see in the effect of a large counterassault being larged. What is clear there, and you can see the pictures here they are in a daily catandmouse game with isis. Isis are across the river from their north. The river runs the entire north of that main base and they Exchange Fire on a pretty regular basis there. So many of the Iraqi Security forces on that base caught up in the defense of it from its north and i have to say from being there not a major sense of some enormous offensive being imminent wolf. Well youre an eyewitness account that you had. At the g7 summit in germany today, both president obama and the visiting iraqi Prime Minister haider al aba
Also talked about strengthenening the relationship between u. S. And taiwan. Now, we understand an adviser to the trump transition steven yates is in taiwan, he helped facilitate the call. He is former adviser to dick cheney, were told the Obama Administration was not told of the call until after it happened. And already the chinese are chiming in, speaking to a too with a snee taiwanese leader is something no president or president elect has done for 40 years because the u. S. Has no diplomatic relations with taiwan since 1979, respecting the socalled one china policy. China considers taiwan part of its territory. State media calling the exchange an unprecedented break in that policy and that beijing opposes any contact between washington and taipei. So this is sure to cause an initial diplomatic uproar even before trump takes office. But former diplomats note that many incoming republican administrations have sought to elevate taiwan over china. President george w. Bush increased arm
What our mission is. The Nobel Prize Committee has absolutely been looking for bob dylan. Just like so many times before good morning. We are so grateful to see you on this sunday morning. Im christi paul. Im victor blackwell. Starting with good musk. The Trump Administration is gearing up with crucial week that would be a big win if judge neil gorsuch is confirmed to the Supreme Court. Vice president mike pence says the, quote, obstructionists wont be able to stand in the way. Memts more revelations about the administrations ties to russia potentially are making it hard to move on. We have new details this morning about previously undisclosed speaking fees paid to the former National Security adviser Michael Flynn. All this for the deal of a budget deal looms. Congress has just seven working days to reach an agreement before the government runs out of money at the end of the month. New white house Financial Disclosure forms raising more questions about Michael Flynns alleged ties to r
A runoff. And the goals were coming fast and furious today at the soccer world cup but they were almost all part including the three lions thrashing panama to book their ticket to the knockout stages to talk about that and also look back at germanys dramatic last minute win on saturday night. Thanks for joining us by marrying evan steen german chancellor Angela Merkel says the e. U. Will work to stem the flow of illegal migration americal and fifteen other e. U. Leaders held emergency talks in brussels today ahead of a European Council meeting on migration a few days from now divisions within the bloc are widening over how to manage the influx of Asylum Seekers and refugees heres part of what chancellor merkel had to say after the talks. Here. We have to decide whose shoulders which responsibility and the three big problem areas so the external dimensions Border Security and the internal dimensions all played a role today but it was a good discussion and you see how long it lasted and