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to earth cam, thousands of revellers are expecting a soggy countdown. we'll go live to the big apple later in the show. gillian: first to our top story this hour, the world is now mourning of loss of a historical religious figure. the vatican is announcing death of pope emeritus benedict xvi. and charles has more on his long lasting legacy. >> what a story he had. pope benedict xvi had an impact on catholics across the world in a position he never imagined himself in. for decades cardinal joseph ratsinger had been a key advisor to pope john paul ii, as a staunch conservative. and too...

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As Indonesia kicks off its maiden presidency of the high-profile Group of 20 (G-20) on Wednesday (Dec 1), the heat is on for President Joko Widodo to prove he is a force to be reckoned with, observers said.

Going door to door, getting people out to vote. i asked him if he was surprised at how large the victory was. i mean, a 16,000 majority — overturning that in the first place is a big, big task but to win by 8,000 is even bigger, and so i think a lot of us were hopeful that we were going to win tonight but i think 8000 was probably beyond our wildest expectations. it is certainly very impressive locally. ed davey, the leader, saying this has sent a shock wave through british politics. i mean, we need to keep things in perspective — it is one result, isn't it? it's hardly a shock wave throug...

The middle. they're tethered together. they're following a line all the way out. then another diver would come behind, sort of backstopping the entire effort. how far did they have to go this way, and how many times through little tight areas? we don't entirely know because the maps are pretty inadequate at this point. we know parts of the cave, substantial parts, are still flooded, maybe by some accounts up to a quarter of it. that's a kilometer. if that's true, that would mean that in various ways, these kids had to go under 11 football fields completely submerged, unable to see, just being ...