0:00:06 > 0:00:14A fifth day of unrest in Iran - a police officer is shot dead
0:00:14 > 0:00:16and several others have been wounded.
0:00:16 > 0:00:17SHOUTING AND WHISTLING
0:00:17 > 0:00:20Demonstrations over the rising cost of living have turned political -
0:00:20 > 0:00:22at least 12 protestors have been killed.
0:00:22 > 0:00:23Searching the wreckage after one of Britain's most
0:00:23 > 0:00:28successful businessmen, and his family, die in a seaplane
0:00:28 > 0:00:30crash in Australia.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32The aftermath of a fire that swept through a multi-storey
0:00:32 > 0:00:36car park in Liverpool - 1,400 vehicles destroyed.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39How China deals with our plastic waste - but what happens
0:00:39 > 0:00:42now that they say it's time for the UK to take care
0:00:42 > 0:00:47of its own rubbish?
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Manchester United are back in second place in the Premier League
0:00:50 > 0:00:59after a 2-0 victory against Everton.
0:01:14 > 0:01:15Good evening.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18In Iran, a police officer has been shot dead, and three
0:01:18 > 0:01:20others have been wounded, after a fifth day of
0:01:20 > 0:01:21anti-government protests.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24What began as a protest against the rising cost of living
0:01:24 > 0:01:26now seems to be taking on political overtones.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29A dozen protesters have been killed in the last 24 hours.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32The foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, has called
0:01:32 > 0:01:35on the Iranian government to allow meaningful debate on the issues
0:01:35 > 0:01:37raised by protestors.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Our correspondent Rana Rahimpour, from the BBC's Persian
0:01:39 > 0:01:47Service, has the latest.
0:01:47 > 0:01:57Once again, thousands of people have taken to the streets.
0:01:58 > 0:02:03A poster of the supreme leader set alight and torn down before the
0:02:03 > 0:02:08crowds rush over the wall of the Town Hall in this city.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11They are angry at unemployment, rising prices, and what many think
0:02:11 > 0:02:12is widespread corruption.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15It's the boldest challenge to the country's leadership
0:02:15 > 0:02:18in nearly a decade.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20The demonstrations began in the north-western city
0:02:20 > 0:02:22of Mashhad, a key base for President Rouhani's
0:02:22 > 0:02:32most outspoken critics.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37But it has quickly turned into a widespread
0:02:37 > 0:02:43antiestablishment movement,
0:02:43 > 0:02:45including the supreme leader.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47This is the biggest show of dissent in Iran since
0:02:47 > 0:02:48the post-election rallies of 2009.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51They were large in size, but limited to urban areas
0:02:51 > 0:02:54of the country, like the capital, Tehran.
0:02:54 > 0:02:55This time, the protests are more widespread,
0:02:55 > 0:02:56with towns and cities
0:02:56 > 0:02:58all over the country looking for social, political,
0:02:58 > 0:02:59and economic change.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Authorities are continuing to suspend social media platforms
0:03:01 > 0:03:04out of fear they will be used to organise more protests.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06The BBC has received reports of text messages, like this one,
0:03:06 > 0:03:12being sent to people urging them not to take part.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14A handful of pro-government marchers are attempting to counter
0:03:14 > 0:03:16the wider demonstrations, but with limited information coming
0:03:16 > 0:03:19out of the country, it's difficult to gauge how many
0:03:19 > 0:03:26people are involved.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29In the last 24 hours, President Rouhani has spoken out
0:03:29 > 0:03:34twice against the protests.
0:03:34 > 0:03:39Downplaying their significance and instead...
0:03:39 > 0:03:45Accusing Iran's enemies of instigating the unrest.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48TRANSLATION:Our victory against the US and the zionist regime
0:03:48 > 0:03:49is unbearable for our enemies.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Our success in the region is intolerable for them.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53They are after revenge and are trying to provoke people.
0:03:53 > 0:03:59But his words have failed to calm the situation.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03In certain areas of the country, unemployment is as high as 60%,
0:04:03 > 0:04:05and reports of extreme corruption have Iranians frustrated
0:04:05 > 0:04:15and hungry for change.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19Tonight, Iranian state TV is reporting that a police officer has
0:04:19 > 0:04:23been shot dead. It is the first reported attack on a member of the
0:04:23 > 0:04:27security forces since the demonstrations began last week, a
0:04:27 > 0:04:30move that may escalate the confrontation between protesters and
0:04:30 > 0:04:37the State, and attention league lead to more bloodshed.
0:04:37 > 0:04:38Rana Rahimpour, BBC News.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42Air accident investigators in Australia say it may take months
0:04:42 > 0:04:45before they know why a seaplane carrying a prominent British
0:04:45 > 0:04:47businessman and his family crashed on New Year's Eve.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Richard Cousins, who ran a multi-billion pound catering
0:04:49 > 0:04:51company, was killed along with his two sons, his fiancee,
0:04:51 > 0:04:52her daughter and the pilot.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55They were on holiday and returning to Sydney after a family outing.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Phil Mercer reports from Sydney.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00The wreckage of the seaplane lies 13 metres below the surface
0:05:00 > 0:05:03of the Hawkesbury River.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06One of the victims was the British businessman Richard Cousins,
0:05:06 > 0:05:08the chief executive of the world's largest catering firm,
0:05:08 > 0:05:12Compass, who was due to retire later this year.
0:05:12 > 0:05:17The company confirmed his death in a statement.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Mr Cousins, who was 58, died alongside his fiancee Emma Bowden
0:05:20 > 0:05:23and her 11-year-old daughter, Heather.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Also on board the seaplane that crashed into Jerusalem Bay -
0:05:25 > 0:05:28William Cousins, who was 25, worked for Open Britain,
0:05:28 > 0:05:31a pro-EU group set up in the aftermath of the Brexit vote.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Colleagues said they were shocked by news of his death.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35His brother, Edward, who was 23, had recently graduated
0:05:35 > 0:05:37from the University of St Andrews.
0:05:37 > 0:05:46Losing both my godson and his sibling, and my
0:05:47 > 0:05:50brother-in-law as well, has left a huge hole.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53They had a lot of friends.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56They had...
0:05:56 > 0:05:59They were very, very popular lads.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01And that's because they've had a fantastic upbringing,
0:06:01 > 0:06:05from both my sister and Richard.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08The pilot, Gareth Morgan, had done more than 10,000 flying hours,
0:06:08 > 0:06:149,000 of which were on seaplanes.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17The pilot had collected Mr Cousins and members of his family
0:06:17 > 0:06:20from an exclusive waterfront restaurant, and was heading back
0:06:20 > 0:06:23to Rose Bay on Sydney Harbour.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Shortly after take-off, the plane plummeted into the water.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Investigators say it quickly sank, and there were no survivors.
0:06:29 > 0:06:35This is people that have come over on holidays to visit Australia.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39They were in one of the most beautiful parts of the world.
0:06:39 > 0:06:44And for this to happen to them at a place like that is nothing
0:06:44 > 0:06:46more than just tragic.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50It could take months to work out how and why a routine sightseeing trip
0:06:50 > 0:06:52could end in utter disaster.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Air crash investigators have begun their work.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Their task won't be easy.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59The wreckage of the seaplane has been submerged in more
0:06:59 > 0:07:03than 40ft of water.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07And although these idyllic bays and inlets are geographically close
0:07:07 > 0:07:11to Sydney, the crash site is tucked away and hard to get to.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Sydney Seaplanes, which owns the aircraft,
0:07:14 > 0:07:16has suspended all its flights until further notice.
0:07:16 > 0:07:23Phil Mercer, BBC News, Sydney.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27Four young men have been stabbed to death in London
0:07:27 > 0:07:29in a 24-hour period either side of the New Year celebrations.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33Three men, aged 17,18 and 20, were killed yesterday.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Three men, aged 17, 18 and 20, were killed yesterday.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38A fourth victim, another 20-year-old, died after being
0:07:38 > 0:07:40stabbed in the early hours of this morning.
0:07:40 > 0:07:41Police say the deaths are unrelated.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Ben Ando reports.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Late morning, Enfield, north London.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48The victim, aged 18.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Early evening, West Ham, the victim, 20 years old.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55Three hours later, Tulse Hill, south London, a teenager of 17.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57And then in the early hours of New Year's Day,
0:07:57 > 0:08:05a 20-year-old man killed in Old Street.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07All four, stabbed to death, but according to the police,
0:08:07 > 0:08:09none of the murders are linked.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11Tragically, there are four families who awoke this morning
0:08:11 > 0:08:14to the heartbreaking news that they've lost loved ones
0:08:14 > 0:08:18to the callous use of knives as lethal weapons.
0:08:18 > 0:08:24Our detectives are working tirelessly today and going forward
0:08:24 > 0:08:27to bring those who've committed these murders to justice.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30The three murders before midnight take the total number of fatal
0:08:30 > 0:08:35stabbings in London for 2017 to 80.
0:08:35 > 0:08:36That compares with 60 in 2016.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Police say the reasons for the increase are complex,
0:08:38 > 0:08:45but it underlines the importance of stop-and-search.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47My mum needs me alive...
0:08:47 > 0:08:49In November, a campaign to convince teenagers not to carry
0:08:49 > 0:08:51knives was launched.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53London needs me alive...
0:08:53 > 0:08:56One campaigner who lost a son to knife crime says youngsters need
0:08:56 > 0:08:59more help to make the right choice.
0:08:59 > 0:09:00So, I don't carry a knife...
0:09:00 > 0:09:05They are living in total fear.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07They weren't born killers.
0:09:07 > 0:09:08They didn't just become like that.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12It's a process.
0:09:12 > 0:09:17And now, what we've got to do is unravel that process,
0:09:17 > 0:09:21stage by stage by stage, to get to the core of
0:09:21 > 0:09:24the individual, which is the state of their heart and the state
0:09:24 > 0:09:27of their mindset.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30As work goes on at the scene of the first knife killing of 2018,
0:09:30 > 0:09:32the question is, will this worrying trend continue?
0:09:32 > 0:09:37Ben Ando, BBC News, south London.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41Police investigating the death of a woman who was killed
0:09:41 > 0:09:43in a North London park over Christmas have arrested
0:09:43 > 0:09:46a 31-year-old man on suspicion of murder.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49The body of Iuliana Tudos, who was 22 and of Russian and Greek
0:09:49 > 0:09:53origin, was discovered in Finsbury Park last Wednesday.
0:09:53 > 0:10:00Police say she died of a stab wound to the abdomen and a head injury.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02The leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-Un, has warned
0:10:02 > 0:10:05the United States that he has a nuclear button on his desk,
0:10:05 > 0:10:07ready for use, if his country feels threatened.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10In a televised New Year's Day speech, he said that the whole
0:10:10 > 0:10:12of the US was within range, but he had warmer words
0:10:12 > 0:10:19for neighbouring South Korea, saying he wanted to ease tensions.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22Eye witnesses have been describing a huge fire which destroyed up
0:10:22 > 0:10:25to 1,400 vehicles in a multi-storey car park in Liverpool.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28The blaze at King's Dock, next to Liverpool's Echo Arena,
0:10:28 > 0:10:32is said to have spread after one vehicle caught fire
0:10:32 > 0:10:34yesterday afternoon.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Firefighters worked through the night and many people
0:10:37 > 0:10:39were forced into temporary accommodation as nearby
0:10:39 > 0:10:41buildings were evacuated.
0:10:41 > 0:10:46Danny Savage has the story.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50It was shortly after dark yesterday evening when fire took hold
0:10:50 > 0:10:55on the multistorey car park on Liverpool's famous waterfront.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58The Fire Service says a small fire in a Land Rover spread rapidly.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01This is a photo taken of it at the time.
0:11:01 > 0:11:07As the blaze spread, cars could be heard exploding.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10The car park is next to the Liverpool Arena,
0:11:10 > 0:11:14where an international horse show was taking place.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18Those attending helped get the horses to safety.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20I just took it upon myself.
0:11:20 > 0:11:26I said, right, OK, everyone, listen to me, we are going to bridle
0:11:26 > 0:11:28up the horses and we're going to get them out.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32I want you to all leave calmly now, use this exit or use the tunnel.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36It was soon a huge blaze.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Merseyside Fire and Rescue say it's one of the worst
0:11:39 > 0:11:40they've ever dealt with.
0:11:40 > 0:11:41This was a challenging incident.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Let's be under no illusions about that.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48The crews worked very hard indeed to prevent the spread of this fire.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52The fire burned for much of the night.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55All the car owners could do was watch and accept they would
0:11:55 > 0:11:58never see their vehicles again.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01I've got a vehicle in there, yeah, so I'm unsure at the moment
0:12:01 > 0:12:02what it's going to be.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04We can't get anywhere near it.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Are you holding out much hope for your car?
0:12:06 > 0:12:07Looking at the flames, no.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09CHUCKLES
0:12:09 > 0:12:13This morning the blackened building was surrounded by fire engines.
0:12:13 > 0:12:20It's likely it will have to be demolished.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23In the remains of this multistorey car park are many
0:12:23 > 0:12:25hundreds of cars which have been totally destroyed.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28But we understand that right on the rooftop level are some cars
0:12:28 > 0:12:29which are almost untouched.
0:12:29 > 0:12:36And after the fire had been put out this morning, after many hours,
0:12:36 > 0:12:38some dogs, which had been left in those cars, were safely rescued
0:12:38 > 0:12:42and reunited with their owners.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45As the dogs were handed back to their owners, there was a hug
0:12:45 > 0:12:47of gratitude for the firefighters.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49The insurance bill will run to millions of pounds
0:12:49 > 0:12:50but thankfully no one was hurt.
0:12:50 > 0:12:55Danny Savage, BBC News, Liverpool.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Football - and in today's Premier League action,
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Brighton and Bournemouth drew, there were wins for Liverpool,
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Leicester and Newcastle.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04And, at Goodison Park, Manchester United beat Everton 2-0
0:13:04 > 0:13:05to go second in the table.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08David Ornstein watched the game.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12A new year and two sides in need of fresh impetus.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15The sort Wayne Rooney gave Manchester United for so long
0:13:15 > 0:13:20and which Everton want from him now.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23But here, it was Rooney's former team who stole the show.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25After a dour first half, United sprung into life.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Everton had been warned.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30Soon they were punished.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Paul Pogba and Anthony Martial combining for a goal
0:13:33 > 0:13:38of the very highest order.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41For a period, the home manager saw more of the ball than his players.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44They did summon a response, though it could not be converted.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46And that opened the door for United to close the game.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48An opportunity they wouldn't let slip.
0:13:48 > 0:13:54Jesse Lingard's weaving run capped with a spectacular finish.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56The celebration indicated the importance of this result.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Goodison silenced, United back on track.
0:13:58 > 0:14:05David Ornstein, BBC News.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Now, if you've been bagging up all that excess plastic packaging
0:14:07 > 0:14:10from your Christmas presents, have you thought where it ends up?
0:14:10 > 0:14:13Each year, a quarter of our plastic waste
0:14:13 > 0:14:15is shipped to China - that's hundreds of
0:14:15 > 0:14:19thousands of tonnes.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22But, from today, China will not allow the import of what it calls
0:14:22 > 0:14:23"hazardous foreign waste".
0:14:23 > 0:14:26That's likely to have a big impact here.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30In the first of a series of reports on how we deal with plastic waste,
0:14:30 > 0:14:34Robin Brant reports from Shanghai.
0:14:34 > 0:14:39China has been recycling for decades.
0:14:39 > 0:14:45He has made a living out of bashing, breaking up and disassembling.
0:14:45 > 0:14:46He's been doing it for five years.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48It's hard work, he tells me.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Tiring.
0:14:50 > 0:14:51But he's not a green warrior.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55He does it because there's money in it.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59China needs the raw materials.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01So much so that Chinese workers have
0:15:01 > 0:15:05been sorting through your waste shipped in from abroad.
0:15:05 > 0:15:11But the government is stopping that.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14New environmental protection has made the business difficult, he
0:15:14 > 0:15:17says.
0:15:17 > 0:15:24China has long been the destination of much of the world's waste.
0:15:24 > 0:15:31It has imported 7.3 million tonnes of plastic alone in 2016.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35The UK sent 1200 tonnes of it to China every day.
0:15:35 > 0:15:40But most of that is ending, and here is why.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43China has become a much richer, but much dirtier country.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45It's blighted now by home-made pollution
0:15:45 > 0:15:51and contamination on a vast scale.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54The government claims some foreign waste is dangerous and the last
0:15:54 > 0:16:00thing this country needs is even more of that.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03TRANSLATION:China is putting the onus back on all of the
0:16:03 > 0:16:05waste-exporting countries.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07You need to show the responsibility of disposing your own waste
0:16:07 > 0:16:10and your own sources of pollution.
0:16:10 > 0:16:16The ban presents a problem for China, though, because it
0:16:16 > 0:16:19still needs the cardboard, the paper, the high-end clean
0:16:19 > 0:16:22polystyrene like this which is easy to ship here,
0:16:22 > 0:16:25easy to turn into something to sell, and sometimes selling it back
0:16:25 > 0:16:26to the country it came from.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Somewhere in there are polystyrene fish boxes
0:16:29 > 0:16:32from Grimsby.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36This business on the outskirts of Shanghai ships them,
0:16:36 > 0:16:40chips them, heats them, and turns them into this -
0:16:40 > 0:16:44billions of tiny plastic pellets.
0:16:44 > 0:16:45Because it recycles them into skirting boards
0:16:45 > 0:16:46and picture frames -
0:16:46 > 0:16:54some of them heading your way.
0:16:54 > 0:17:00But China's ban means the boss will now have a problem with his supply.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Some people in China are very angry about importing recycled
0:17:03 > 0:17:04plastic.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Just keeping the factory running, we need about 50,000 tonnes
0:17:06 > 0:17:12of recycled plastics.
0:17:12 > 0:17:13When you only recycle
0:17:13 > 0:17:14China is not enough.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17The tough new restrictions on foreign waste will hurt
0:17:17 > 0:17:20some business here, but the government's
0:17:20 > 0:17:22view is - tough.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Delivering a cleaner China is paramount for
0:17:24 > 0:17:26the Communist party politicians.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29A green revolution, you might call it.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33Robin Brant, BBC News, Shanghai.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36It's called the Loony Dook - when more than a thousand people
0:17:36 > 0:17:39who've paid for the privilege dive into the freezing waters
0:17:39 > 0:17:41of the Firth of Forth to celebrate New Year's Day.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45Many of the revellers at South Queensferry wore fancy
0:17:45 > 0:17:49dress, while others stuck to more traditional swimwear.
0:17:49 > 0:17:50The annual fundraising event has been taking place
0:17:50 > 0:17:52for more than 30 years.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54The participants were rewarded with a bowl of porridge
0:17:54 > 0:17:57for taking the plunge.