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welcome to bbc news. police in australia say they ve foiled an islamist inspired plot to bring down an aircraft with an improvised device. the prime minister, malcolm turnbull, said the plot appeared to be elaborate , rather than planned by a lone wolf. phil mercer reports. investigators in australia say they had information about a plot to blow up an aircraft involving the use of an improvised device. four men have been detained following raids across sydney by heavily armed police and members of australia s domestic spy agency. it is reported the operation was not planned, but a rapid response to a tip off. the prime minister, malcolm turnbull, said the authorities have foiled what appears to be an elaborate conspiracy. i can report last night that there has been a majorjoint counterterrorism operation to disrupt a terrorist plot to bring down an aeroplane. the operation is continuing. four people have been arrested and a considerable amount of material seized by pol ....
evening to mark the centenary of the battle of passchendaele in belgium one of the bloodiest of world war one. i will be reporting live from ypres, a focal point for the commemorative events and talking to one of those who have come from britain this weekend to remember ancestors who fought and died in the battle. and at 16:30, george alagiah meets renowned writer and political commentator ahdaf soueif at the hay festival in talking books. president trump says china isn t doing enough to halt the weapons programme of its ally, north korea. he made the comments on twitter after pyongyang test fired its second intercontinental ballistic missile in a month. from seoul, our correspondent karen allen sent this report. us bombers dominated the sky as tensions mount over the korean peninsula, escorted by fighter jets, as part of a drill, it was seen as a direct response to north korean aggression. and the us president is blaming china for letting it get there far. taking to ....
entertainment. . this is daybreak asia i am in new york where it is just after 7:00. it was an extraordinary jolt for u.s. markets. 10 days of record gains when it comes to the dow. s&p also seeing record high. it shouldn t have taken very much for that jump to happen for volatility to jump. withrprising it came strong rhetoric from president trump. it is hard to discern what that rhetoric means. does fire and fury from president trump, what does it translate into in washington? it jolted the markets and caused us to fall to session lows. but we seem to have come back a bit, closing lower still. it was the initial fall that rattled the markets. going to be focused on china inflation numbers here. haidi: that s right. not to much overreaction when it comes to the aussie dollar. look how it is setting up given a fairly volatile session. lower sessions today. the kiwi dollar for a second day was the worst performer of the g10 currencies. no expectations of a rate cha ....
the last minute cancellation of a rock concert in the south western city of rotterdam. the city s mayor said they d been warned a terror attack was being planned on a gig by an american band. it s believed the incident was not connected to last week s attacks in and around barcelona. this from the bbc‘s tim allman. anna holliganjoins us from the hague. once again, armed police on the streets of a european city. a local music venue cordoned off, people being told to go home. a concert that was cancelled after a warning ofa that was cancelled after a warning of a potential terror attack. translation: the information we received from spanish police suggested there was an attack planned on a concert by an american band. the information was so serious that the police consulted with the owners. two options were considered. let the event go ahead with increased security, or possibly cancelling it. they thought it was justified to cancel the concert. the band who are supposed ....
newsday. good morning. it s 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 6am in bangkok, where in a few hours time thailand s supreme court is expected to rule on whether former premier. yingluck shinawatra is guilty of criminal negligence over a costly rice subsidy policy. if convicted, she could face up to a decade behind bars. she has long claimed her innocence in the matter, and has asked for kindness from the court. from bangkok, our correspondent karishma vaswani reports. this was yingluck shinawatra six yea rs this was yingluck shinawatra six years ago, a political novice bringing her brother s party to victory in thailand s general elections. she is no longer in power and is now standing trial on a charge of negligence for a controversial life subsidy scheme. if found guilty she could face ten yea rs if found guilty she could face ten years in prison and a lifetime ban from politics. seen here at the start of a trial, yingluck shinawatra appeared confident. but her ....