Through coastal towns the navys preparing to evacuate the stranded at least another 3 lives in the last over the last 24 hours. And the u. S. Send 750. 00 new troops to iraq after prorating protesters stormed the perimeter of the u. S. Embassy compound in baghdad. I brought in thomas great to have you with us for this new year people around the world have been ringing in the start of a new year and a new decade here in berlin thousands gathering down at the Brandenburg Gate to welcome in the new decade and in new york city the crowds in times square said hello to 20 twentieths one of the worlds favorite new year spectacles. And new. Here in new york. Crowds gathered in times square to ring in 2020. In berlin thousands welcomed the new decade at the iconic Brandenburg Gate with Fireworks Company by beethovens 9th symphony. 12 hours earlier auckland new zealand was the 1st major city to see in the new year with pyrotechnics erupting from the citys sky tower and over the water. In austral
This morning, coast guards you, search efforts. And it is and 24 hours. And nobody finds stressful debris. Our authorities have recovered. And other were spotted last night. They were unable too roach them, so officially 14 people remain miss missing who were presumed dead. The majority of the victims were from santa cruz or the san jose area. The fire broke out around 3 40 monday morning on the 75foot boat named the conception. . Investigators will collect dna samples for comparison purposes n. All, family members have been connected with the sheriffs office. Only four families of the 34 passengers have not yet been i connected with investigators. One of the people reportedly missing is kristy sims. She is listed as a guide on the worldwide diverring website. They are the ones who contracted the boat and posted on facebook that she was leading the diverring tour. The they are students and parents that were onboard that boat. We are learning that a nurse and two other former Staff Memb
Hurricane dorian smashes into the bahamas with winds of up to 180 miles an hour, causing massive damage and severe flooding. Part of it is already underwater. And some areas, you cannot tell the difference as to the beginning of the street versus where the ocean begins. No end in sight for hong kongs political crisis. After a weekend of clashes, hundreds of secondary School Pupils are taking part in pro democracy demonstrations. As japan ramps up its commercial whaling industry, younger generations say they want to watch whales, not eat them. And Johanna Konta earns another slice of tennis history as she reaches the quarterfinals of the us open, becoming the first british woman to do so since 1983. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Downing street has warned conservative mps not to rebel against the government by supporting attempts to block a no deal brexit, or they risk being sacked. It comes ahead of a critical week at westminster, as a Cross Party Group of mps is planni
Aljazeera. The u. S. Tightens its immigration policy that could even limit green card and citizenship applicants. Welcome to the news argentinas conservative president machree has vowed to win a 2nd term despite his shock defeat in sundays president ial primary Financial Markets in argentina reacted strongly with the peso falling more than 30 percent against the dollar. Has more desirous. The day after his shock overwhelming defeat in primary elections president said he would listen more he appealed to argentinas the patients for his policies to show results his address to the nation came after a day of emergency meetings firstly with the head of the central bank then with his cabinet i mean to live in the oh you mean. Weve had a very bad day today were poorer than we were before the primaries. Weve been hit hard the dollar has gone up again with all the consequences that will have. The markets reacted to sundays result while the government was still reeling the auction time base so lo
Last couple of hours we have received confirmation that two people have been killed in Hurricane Irma, that was given by the French Overseas minister saying we are talking about two deadened in two seriously injured for now, obviously the situation can change very quickly. The category five hurricane has destroyed buildings and caused major flooding as trucks and caused major flooding as trucks and caused major flooding as trucks and caused major flooding is attracts another group of islands in the caribbean, packing winds of up to 300 kph. The eye of the storm is sitting close to puerto rico at the moment, with the Dominican Republic and haiti next in line. It is passed over the Leeward Islands, which includes Antigua And Barbuda and st maarten. It is not known how much destruction has been there already. This is from the island of st maarten, the French Interior minister said the island has sustained whites read widespread flooding and many buildings have been destroyed. Another scen