Government in waiting host the conservatives are weak, divided and stuck in and out dated rot. And i will be looking back any momentous yearin will be looking back any momentous year in politics that saw the brexit negotiations getting under way and the snap general election. 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 sightseeing 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 operated by the Company Sydney seaplanes. A major tourfirm, it offers many sightseeing trips across australia. In a statement the company says sydney seaplanes is deeply shocked by this incident and the resulting loss of life. We wish to pass on our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of the passengers and pilot who were tragically killed. An eyewitness says he saw the single engine plane make a tight turn before dipping its wings and nosediving into the water. Police have recovered six bodies from the wreckage. Their identities have yet to be confirmed. People in the area of Hawkesbury River described the flying conditions just before the crash happened. A little bit bumpy coming over with the weather, but it was nothing to be concerned about. Like, i mean, iwasnt frightened. There are unconfirmed reports that four people from britain are among the dead. The Foreign Office says officials from the british consulate are in contact with local authorities. It says staff are ready to provide consular assistance. Ian palmer, bbc news. An eyewitness said that it took a tight right hand turn and nosedived into the river north of sydney. A full scale search was under way but there was no survivors. Australian Police Divers saying that they have recovered six bodies. On board the cpa by passengers and the prevalent. They were leaving the seaplane a restau ra nt they were leaving the seaplane a restaurant at jerusalem be they were leaving the seaplane a restaurant atjerusalem be on the way to rosebery in Sydney Harbour. This was a journey that would normally take about 20 minutes. Australian police say they will not be speculating on media reports that four of the victims were British National is another one of the passengers was an 11 year old boy. We do know that you crash investigators from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau and expected at the accident site early on new years day. Their job at the accident site early on new years day. Theirjob is to piece together the last moments of the seaplane and to establish how and why an aircraft on a routine flight from a beautiful wilderness area on the hot the river to Sydney Harbour should end in catastrophe. Auckland in new zealand became the first major city to celebrate the beginning of 2018. The city put on its traditional firework display from the auckland sky tower. Around 3,000 fireworks lit up the night sky, lasting for more than five minutes. Next it was australias turned to usherin next it was australias turned to usher in the new year with a spectacular display on sydneys harbour bridge. Five, four, three, two, one. That was Sydney Harbour bridge celebrating bringing in 2018. We will be covering many of the large cities around the world as the usher in the next year. I think later we will be heading to japan and your cole hammer to see how they celebrates 2018. Here, the metropolitan police say a proportionate number of officers will be on londons streets this evening to ensure the safety of new year revellers. Scotland yard say there is no intelligence to suggest any threat against the celebrations in Central London or anywhere else. A spokesman said there would be a visible Police Presence and gave this advice to people coming to celebrate. If you are coming to this particular event, only, the ticket. There will not be Tickets Available on the door, as it were. They will be lots of people here but we dont want to be overcrowded if we can help it. For those people wishing to come to Central London, wrap up warm, it is chilly. If youre coming on transport, plan your journey, chilly. If youre coming on transport, plan yourjourney, it is never easy to travel through london on new years eve. If you are meeting people, set yourself up with a prearranged Meeting Place so people do not get lost. Be reassured that the metropolitan Police Service and partners are here to look after you. It is set to come to london on this new years eve. Be alert but dont be alarmed. If things look out of place or are suspicious, please tell us. Thousands of rail travellers face disruption to theirjourneys today as workers from two Train Companies stage 24 hour strikes. Members of the rmt union on South Western Railway and crosscountry are taking action in disputes involving the role of guards, and rosters and sunday working. Anisa kadri is at london busiest station waterloo for us now. Trains are running from here to places like berkshire, surrey and hampshire. There are also posters up in that station behind me warning of disruption. There are reduced Services Running according to South Western Railway. Most posters it is written that they are expecting it to be particularly busy deceiving. New years eve this evening which means you might know what you are doing but do you know how you will get there and how you will get back . If you are using the station, according to South Western Railway, they will running a reduced service on most lines and are expecting one quarter of trains not to run. The quarters of trains will be running. It is not just quarters of trains will be running. It is notjust heard that there is disruption. It is also happening on the Cross Country network. That network Means Services between edinburgh and newcastle are limited. As for between aberdeen and glasgow, they are not running at all. The advice is to check for updates. This strike action is expected today and is expected to continue into the new year. It is over the role of guards on trains and rmt Union Members who are striking, they believe the driver only trains are unsafe. The government says this willjust cause misery for passengers on new years eve. Bulgarian authorities have restricted access to the application telegram. Two protesters had been killed in dorud. The died of gunshot wounds but denied that the police offered open fire. The protests have spread to several major cities including tehran. A crack of gunshots as panic ripples the a crowd in the western city dorud. Later, a wounded man is carried through the streets. It is being reported a number of people have been killed following an escalation of violence and three days of unrest. Late into the night, demonstrators attacked targets with links to the government and the ruling clerical elite. In karamabad, the Governors Office was burned. In the Northern City of a mashhad, Police Motorbikes were set alight while crowds taunted the security services. What started as a provincial protest about rocketing prices has become deeply political and moved to the capital tehran, where offices were pelted with stones near the main university. Riot police were used to quell the disturbance. This video shows a baby being taken to hospital, apparently suffering from the effects of tear gas. It is thought the iranian authorities have reacted by cutting access to the internet in many cities, especially to mobile phones. Iranian officials have vowed on state tv to double their efforts to resolve the economic problems and ploughed ahead with commemorative pro government rallies on saturday. But further protests are expected over the coming days and experts say opposing the Islamic Republic will be a colossal challenge. Do not underestimate the repressive capability of the revolutionary guards, the resiliency of the Islamic Republic. This regime is well institutionalised in iran and can deal with protest movement such as the one that we have witnessed in the past few days. Irans ultraconservative regime is facing its biggest threat in nearly a decade, but what lengths will it go to to survive . With me is bbc persian Tv Correspondent kasra naji. Everybody is watching events taking place in iran. We have from donald trump saying that we are watching and were hearing from borisjohnson saying we are watching. How helpful are those comments to people in the streets in iran . I think it would be generally seen by the demonstrators asa sign generally seen by the demonstrators as a sign of encouragement. A positive sign. They would like it so that other of these powers outside the country will support them in a sense. The authorities, the government, the leaders of iran will be very angry. They will see this as interferon mint in irans internal affairs. Interferon mint. Interferon mint in irans internal affairs. Interferon mint. We have not heard from help from the Prime Minister. What is he likely to say . I have no idea, we have to wait and see. There was a news item that he would speak today and then they cancel that and the newsagency degree the news item. And they have came up with the same thing. It looks as if there is quite a bit of doubt about the effect of his speech. He is going ahead it looks like. He have to try to, i suppose, too, the situation rather than the provoke of the situation. Given the fa ct provoke of the situation. Given the fact that iranians, the Anti Government demonstrators, have been denouncing him on the streets in the last few days, i am not sure whether he is in a good place to try to placate the demonstrators, tried to placate the demonstrators, tried to calm down these protests. To placate the demonstrators, tried to calm down these protestsm to placate the demonstrators, tried to calm down these protests. It is not just to calm down these protests. It is notjust him to calm down these protests. It is not just him that to calm down these protests. It is notjust him that is being denounced. Significantly, we are also hearing the criticism of the Supreme Leader and there is the question now of when will i get to see the appearance of the revolutionary guards. Do you think it will go that far . The revolutionary guards have held back so far. I do surprised by that . Iam. There back so far. I do surprised by that . I am. There is not even a statement from them as an organisation. We had some commanders saying this that, but they have not issued a statement, they have not come out on the streets to deal with the protests in a way that we expected. A very high handed way, beating people up, trying to disperse the crowds in various parts of the country. They have not done that, andi country. They have not done that, and i assume they have done that for fear of provoking demonstrators and protesters. But they will do that. The Supreme Leader of the iran has not said anything either. People on the streets have been calling for him to step down, the end of the clerical regime in iran, basically calling for the overthrow of the government. He has not said anything. We will have to wait and see what line he will take. Generally, when you hear the politicians, the ha rdliners, generally, when you hear the politicians, the hardliners, even the reformers, islamic reformers, islamic hardliners, speaking these days, they seem to agree that we have to acknowledge that there is widespread discontent, particularly on economic issues. Can the people of iran really achieve change on the street . Difficult to say. I do not know where this is going to go. Nobody seems to know. We have not been here before. These are very spread out through the country, even in small town dail. Wejust spread out through the country, even in small town dail. We just have to wait and see how this is going to develop. In small towns. Wait and see how this is going to develop. In small towns. Thank you very much. The headlines. Police have confirmed that six people have been killed after a seaplane crashed into a river north of sydney. There are reports that four of the victims may be british. Fireworks and festivities are sure in the new year. Sydney becomes the second major city to welcome 2018 with a spectacular display on the citys harbour bridge. After three days of political protest, irans revolutionary guards warned demonstrators they face the nations i fist. A photo of a man found collapsed outside a hospital in london has been released in a bid to find his family. The man has been placed in an induced, an induced coma at University College hospital, having suffered a heart attack on boxing day afternoon. His condition is described as life threatening and the metropolitan police wants to trace his family as soon as possible. Criminal gangs who claim benefits under a false identity are to be targeted by the government using artificial intelligence. The department for work and pensions says it will use sophisticated Computer Programming to detect fraud taking place to claim universal credit and jobseekers allowance. Political leaders have been reflecting on the past 12 months in their new years messages, with theresa may calling 2017 a year of progress for the uk. The labour leader, jeremy corbyn, said the hope of a new britain is closer than ever. With more heres our political correspondent, emma va rdy. After a Political Year dominated by brexit, its no surprise the subject played a key part in theresa mays new years message. She said the government has pursued our brexit objectives with steady purpose and progress will continue in 2018 as the talks move on to trade. But not for the first time, theresa may made clear she wants to be more than madame brexit. Making a success of brexit is crucial but it will not be the limit of our ambitions. We also have to carry on making a difference here and now on the issues that matter to peoples daily lives. That means building an economy fit for the future and taking a balanced approach to government spending. So we get our debt falling but can also invest in the things that matter our schools, our police and our precious nhs. Mrs may says next year we will continue the fight against all forms of extremism and she believes 2018 can be a year of renewed pride in our country. Meanwhile, the tone ofjeremy corbyns address was rather different. He said we are being held back by a self serving elite and pointed to the gains labour made at the general election, saying this was a year when people said, no more. The old political consensus is finished. We are staking out the new Centre Ground in british politics, backing the things that most people want but are blocked by vested interests. We are a government in waiting while the conservatives are weak, divided and stuck in an outdated rut with no new ideas. The hope of a new britain, which runs in the interests of the many, not the few, seems closer than ever before. The new year messages brought to a close what has been politically dramatic 12 months. Emma vardy, bbc news. The un secretary general has called for global unity in his new years message. Antonio guterres urged leaders to bring people together around common goals. He also expressed his concerns about deepening conflicts and violations of human rights. On new years day 2018, i am not issuing an appeal, i am issuing an alert, a red alert for our world. Conflicts have deepened and new dangers have emerged. Alert, a red alert for our world. Conflicts have deepened and new dangers have emerged. Alert, a red alert for our world. Conflicts have deepened and new dangers have emerged. Global anxieties about Nuclear Weapons are the highest since the cold war and Climate Change is moving faster than we are. Inequalities are growing and we see horrific violations of human rights, nationalism and xenophobia on the rise, and as we begin 2018, i call for unity. I truly believe we can make our world more safe and secure, we can settle conflicts, overcome hatred and defend shared values, but we can only do that together. At least 36 people have died in a head on collision between a lorry and a bus in kenya. Police say the incident took place on a notoriously dangerous stretch of the main road between eldoret and nakuru. Its believed that over 100 people have died in the same area on the highway in recent weeks. South korean authorities have seized a second ship suspected of supplying oil to north korea in violation of international sanctions. The panama flagged tanker is being held at a port near the western city of pyeongtaek. South korea has already impounded a hong kong registered ship, the lighthouse winmore, that it suspects of secretly transferring 600 tonnes of refined oil to a north korean vessel. The sacked president of catalonia, carles puigdemont, has used a new year message to urge the Spanish Government to reinstate h