and we now move on to the australian economy with our friend danielle de martino booth the author of fed up why the federal reserve is bad for america she's also the new c.e.o. of quill intelligence a danielle congratulations on the new company you know you wrote a piece in quill as part of your daily feather commentary that really stuck out to a lot of people and in that you wrote about how the australian economy has not had a recession since one thousand nine hundred ninety one that's world lettered for developed nations tell us why that is well you know it's pretty amazing i mean think about that one thousand nine hundred one i could have even said bart google it back then because you would have known what i was talking about twenty seven years is a very long time i think a lot of it comes down to how very prudent the central bank has been in australia the reserve bank of australia has never veered into into the zero interest rate territory into negative interest rates they've never they've never even flirted with quantitative easing buying bonds to prop up the economy so they've

and we now move on to the australian economy with our friend danielle de martino booth the author of set up why the federal reserve is bad for america she's also the new c.e.o. of quill intelligence a danielle congratulations on the new company you know you wrote a piece in quill as part of your daily feather commentary that really stuck out to a lot of people and in that you wrote about how the australian economy has not had a recession since one thousand nine hundred ninety one that's world lettered for developed nations tell us why that is well you know it's pretty amazing i mean think about that one thousand nine hundred one i could have even said bart google it back then because you would have known what i was talking about twenty seven years is a very long time i think a lot of it comes down to how very prudent the central bank has been in australia the reserve bank of australia has never veered into into the zero interest rate territory into negative interest rates they've never they've never even flirted with quantitative easing buying bonds to prop up the economy so they've

the first australian to sever to tour england. without them, the ashes might never have been born. at the lord‘s today the current generation learned more about their ancestors. probably australia‘s greatest untold sports story in terms of what they had to overcome to get here. it‘s been really, really interesting and we‘re incredibly humbled to be here taking it all in. the team was brought to england despite some protests in australia. contemporaneous reports differ as to their treatment, but several suggest they were well received and their presence educated the english about indigenous australians. such an amazing story and honestly it‘s one we don‘t talk about much. i‘m proud indigenous and i didn‘t know anything about it before this trip. including 1868, this is the fourth aboriginal tour of england, but, further false aboriginal tour of england, but, furtherfalse time, aboriginal tour of england, but, further false time, it‘s aboriginal tour of england, but, furtherfalse time, it‘s notjust aboriginal tour of england, but, further false time, it‘s notjus

but from july first that will no longer be possible be australian government is set on closing the tax loophole which encourage so-called worldwide shopping from now on orders from abroad will be subject to a value added tax of ten percent. from the first of july anyone in australia trying to access amazon dot com will be automatically retire at two to the retailers australian site there they'll find around sixty million products on offer just a fraction of the total available on the us site. many australians were big fans of the wipes election particularly as goods are tax free now the ten percent online tax means those days are over consumer groups are up in arms but the government says it won't be swayed. why should i large multinational company the second largest in the world in the case of amazon. i'm by the world's richest person not by g.s.t. on what they sell in the struggle when if you go to want to strive even digital online retailer. gets in robertson or something like that and you do have to pay just i mean it's a pretty simple proposition that a stroke and companies should

demands for australian sheep and bmb demands for australian sheep and lamb has been at its highest because of the islamic festival of eid. at animal welfare concerns have led critics to call for a ban. please note, you may find some of the images in this report upsetting. packed on a ship for a three—week journey, this undercover footage shows dirty and distressed sheep being taken from australia to the middle east last year. more than 2000 died on thejourney. when the footage was aired in australia, it shocked farmers like alan piggott. having travelled to the middle east himself, he says it is not typical of the conditions he has seen, but farmers are worried live exports could be banned. is very uncertain, we have already seen prices drop in western australia. it is uncertainty for the expert is —— exporters as well and there is uncertainty for oui’ well and there is uncertainty for our markets in the lee. australia's major food exporter, our markets in the lee. australia's majorfood exporter, producing far more than it can consume, and that is white farmers here are acutely awa

the australian bank anz denies claims made by australian authorities that it is involved in criminal cartel activities. and on the markets: they are down a bit. the dow was down, the nikkei and the hang seng are bumping around the middle ground, which might come as a bit of a surprise given what we have seen with us tariffs being announced. there was positive news coming out of asia for some trade and the italian situation seems to be resolved. so all in all a bit of a steady ship. the us has slapped steep tariffs on metal it imports from key allies, including the european union, canada and mexico. the trump administration says the levies are needed to protect national security, while the countries on the receiving end of the measures have promised to retaliate. from new york, the bbc‘s paul blake. all smiles for the camera, but behind closed doors are simmering family feud. just a day after meeting european leaders in paris, us commerce secretary wilbur ross slapped europe, canada and mexico with harsh tariffs on steel and aluminium. everybody has spat is every now and again. ever

the word people used in south africa was cheating and in the esteemed position of australian captain, are you here to restore australia's reputation? i think we all are, yes. no doubt our reputation as a cricketing nation took a bit of a battering from south africa and that was really difficult for the players to come to terms with, what had happened and what we had done. certainly coming to england now, having a few new faces, a new coach, and just being here getting back into cricket is a great opportunity for us to move on and show the cricketing world where we have made some changes. west indies have fought back in the first test against sri lanka in port of spain to finish on 246 for 6 at the end of day one. after winning the toss and electing to bat the hosts were reduced to 147 for 5 lahiru damara the pick of the bowlers for the sri lankans with figures of 3/57 before shane dowrich and skipper jason holder put on a stand of 90 which was the highest for the 6th wicket against sri lanka, dowrich finishing unbeaten on 46. as they'll resume on day 2 looking to move well past the 30

in the wake of the sandpaper ball tampering scandal, which saw australian players banned for cheating, the team is promising a change of culture but that only goes so far, asjoe wilson reports. australia's cricketers practised here at lord's while australian cricket still exist in a state of flux, with the news that long—standing chief executive james sutherland will step down. sutherland says that has nothing to do with the south african sandpaper scandal, but the consequences of that affair are there for everyone to see. captain steve smith in tears and then banned. best batsmen david warner in tears and banned. cameron bancroft banned. the coach, darren lehmann, resigns in tears, leaving australia with a new captain in tim paine and a new coach injustin langer, a very experienced opening batsman of course. what we heard at lord's today was a sense that of course australia are still going to try to win but there is, however you define it, going to be a change of culture. there is no room for abuse anywhere. there is plenty of room for banter or what we call sledging, it is a fun p

years ago and on the shirts of these australian players the names of those first aboriginal pioneers i must admit back home it's not a story that's widely known but you know we're hoping that through these two. and more publicly of the story that we can get the message out you know it's an important part of us trying history and here's a photograph of that now long deceased eight hundred sixty eight team a team that was greeted with skepticism and curiosity in england not all of it kind one newspaper of the time described the tourists as a travesty upon cricketing much commentors made about their skin color and physical appearance but out of forty seven games that eight hundred sixty eight team won fourteen lost fourteen and drew nineteen just like the australian teams of today they can play star of the team there was an aboriginal all rounder known as jonny mora he bowled something like i think it was nineteen hundred overs on the two hour and took two hundred forty five wickets but he also scored over sixteen hundred runs as well. you know back then to be able to achieve that you k

government to seek assistance what we would like to see is the australian government step forward and assisting quid or by trying to mediate a resolution to this case because he's been there six years in breach of a un ruling finding that he's obviously detained calling for him to be released and given compensation and it's costing the british taxpayer millions of pounds twenty two million pounds it's estimated this cost to police the embassy since he's been in there while you were there so the australians going to get their own citizen back and look after well it's a very diplomatic. situation there was legal confidentiality to us but their request has been a request has been made and it remains to be same what the australian government will do but in circumstances where australia has a seat on the human rights council that a human a un special mechanism has found that he ought to be released but they have an obligation to provide diplomatic protection to a citizen it's time for australia to step forward ok you mentioned pay a former head of the cia the secretary of state who's famou

we australians, it has happened for 30 years. we will work with that. the word people used in south africa was cheating and in the esteemed position of australian captain, are you had to restore australia‘s reputation? i think we all are, yes. no doubt our reputation as a cricketing nation took a bit of a battering from south africa and that was really difficult for the players to come to terms with them what had happened and what we had done. certainly come to england now, having a few new faces, a new coach, and just being here getting back into cricket is a great opportunity for us to move on and show the cricketing world where we have made some changes. if you‘re watching the boxing on saturday night, you‘re going to see "the best tyson fury you‘ve ever seen" — that‘s according to the man himself. the former world champion is making his return to the ring after two and a half years away and takes on albanian sefer seferi in manchester, a fighter a foot shorter, and almost five stone lighter than him. richard askam caught up with fury. id

one australian player who could join an exclusive club in russia is this man tim cahill. he scored in all three of the socceroos world cup campaigns this century including the stunning volley against the netherlands and brazil. only three players have ever scored infour only three players have ever scored in four world cup finals and one of them is the brazilian great, palais. well the socceroos go to russia on something of a salvage mission for a string of awards, this has been a chastening year for the cricket team with three of their star players receiving a ban from the sport for the ball tampering scandal back in march. it showed just how much that sport means to australia but how does the football world cup fit into their agenda? we've been to visit one of the australian sports on the rise here in the uk, the huddersfield rams won several british teams playing rules football. we went to catch up with the australian community that and find out how this bought found a home on the other side of the world. my home on the other side of the world. my name is carl hake, an

prime minister and his wife given by billionaire friends israeli born hollywood mogul ana milltown and australian tycoon james packer in the second case netanyahu is accused of trying to get favorable coverage in the country's second biggest newspaper by offering to hamper the activities of its main competitor another case still under investigation concerns are negations the owner of israel's biggest telecoms company awarded netanyahu favorable coverage in his news agency in return for the prime minister's supporting beneficial regulations so far benjamin netanyahu has managed to ride out the political fallout from the police recommendation that he be indicted but now that his wife has been charged the scrutiny the precious stemming from these longstanding corruption allegations is short amount again ari force at al-jazeera west jerusalem. there are conflicting claims there who is in control as armed groups fight over two major libyan oil terminals oil exports were suspended at rosslyn financing their last thursday when opponents of the eastern based military commander haile for half time stormed

the names of saddam bradman or dennis lillee or matthew hayden may be etched into australian cricketing legend but before all of them came the aboriginal eleven of eighteen sixty eight paul brennan al-jazeera sussex and that's all the sport mick peter thanks very much indeed and that is it for this news i'll be back in a couple minutes with more of the day's news. june nineteenth sixty seven sixty's they redrew the map of the middle east this made record of victory of the israeli army and it was one of the greatest tragedy in the history of islam. or expose the events leading to the war and its consequences which is still felt today we tried everything went to the united nations and try to make you contact through different countries and it was clear that all this was just north of the war in june on al jazeera getting to the heart of the matter if not stuff i can gee the turkish cypriot leader calls you today and says let's have told us would you accept facing realities what do you think reunification of look like there are two people think the peace for unification is the only option

it could war on the heartstrings of many australians and we could see more fallout coming in may australian financial sector are. i would not be ready to step in and by the financials yet. they are trading at around five your lows. we could see that pick up once we see the world commission come to an end. yvonne: eleanor, saxo bank market strategist. and get your day going. for bloomberg subscribers goto dayb on your bloomberg terminals. it is also available on the anywhere app. you can customize your settings looking at the news on the industries and assets that you care about. this is bloomberg. ♪ quick check of malaysia's business headlines. their food giant is set to file for a public offering in hong kong. we are told the restaurant delivery and review service submitted documents for share late on friday. the startup was said to have been targeting a fundraising of $6 billion at a valuation of 60 billion. the -- they did not specify any numbers. starting the stock offering on monday. the filmmaker says it has not set a timeframe to revive an offering of chinese shares. that dela

years ago and on the shirts of these australian players the names of those first aboriginal pioneer is i must admit back home it's not a story that's widely known but you know we're hoping that through these two. and more publicly of the story that we can get the message out you know it's an important part of us trying history and here's a photograph of that now long deceased eight hundred sixty eight team a team that was greeted with skepticism and curiosity in england not all of it kind of one newspaper of the time described the tourists as a travesty upon cricketing much commentors made about their skin color and physical appearance but out of forty seven games that eight hundred sixty eight team won fourteen lost fourteen and drew nineteen just like the australian teams of today they can play star of the team there was an aboriginal all rounder known as jonny mora he bowled something like i think it was nineteen hundred overs on the two hour and took two hundred forty five wickets but he also scored over sixteen hundred runs as well. you know back then to be able to achieve that

australian defence spending. australian defence spending is on the rise and will be on the rise quickly arms of the next decade. this project is part of that. it is also one that brings big benefits for local industry and local companies. several 100 companies will be involved in this. it has major significance for the royal australian navy and for local industry in terms of its development and new technologies coming in. briefly, we have been discussing trade wars over the last few months. a slowing global economy and higher interest rates. does this impact on defence spending? it can do. generally speaking the military product are outside of that. certainly there is great emphasis on dual use applications and products. so some of those areas can impact on the ability of the military to gain access to a day of commercial technology. " look now at other business news. and nikkei —— nike has exceeded expectations. looking quickly at the markets and asia could receive a big lift this friday after us stocks won

government to seek assistance what we would like to see is the australian government step forward and assisting quid or by trying to mediate a resolution to this case because he's been there six years in breach of a un ruling finding that he's obviously detained calling for him to be released and given compensation and it's costing the british taxpayer millions of pounds twenty two million pounds it's estimated this cost to police the embassy since he's been there while you were there so the a strain is going to get their own citizen back and look after it while it's a very diplomatically sensitive situation there was legal confidentiality to as their request has been a request has been made and it remains to be same what the australian government would will do but in circumstances where australia has a seat on the human rights council that a human or a un special mechanism has found that he ought to be released but they have an obligation to provide diplomatic protection to a citizen it's time for australia to step forward ok you mentioned like one payer former head of the cia in a s

to different media outlets the australians are denying that that's how this happened is the australian ambassador in the united states had nothing to do with this and quite frankly that's what we want our partners in australia to do. we don't think they should be looking into political campaigns and then throwing that information over to the u.s. government and then opening investigations in the political campaign. maria: so if the president is not a target why are we talking about a potential interview with the special prosecutor? back to the letter that fox news has obtained and that is basically a letter from the senior legal team outlining the reasons why the president should not sit with robert mueller and is not going to be subpoenaed and should not be, so if he's not a target, why did they have to send this letter? >> [laughter] well i agree with you, right? so this is the difference, so mr. gowdy believes that he's been told by the department of justice on several occasions that mr. trump's not he's not part of this; however i don't think that's the case here i just think that

and he was replaced by anotherformer australian player. that an australian player. that an australian cricketing authority would be the front—runner take over from james sutherland and what is clear, someone needs to have a very firm hand on the tiller given that the problems, the problem is the game has experienced here in australia in the last few months. thank you so much for that update. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the strange tale of the mexican salamander and the nuns who could hold the key to saving it from extinction. also on the programme: the pretty english guesthouse that's become a mecca for japanese tourists — we'll be having a chat with the owner. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the moment of crowning in accordance with the order of service, by a signal given, the great guns of the tower shall be shot off. tributes have been paid around the world to muhammad ali, who has died at the age of 7a. 0utspoken but rarely outfought, ali transcended the sport of boxing, of which he

to different media outlets the australians are denying that that's how this happened is the australian ambassador in the united states had nothing to do that's what we want our partners in australia to do. we don't think they should be looking into political campaigns and then throwing that information over to the u.s. government and then opening investigations in the political campaign. maria: so if the president is not a target why are we talking about a potential interview with thepecial prosecutor? back to the letter that fox news has obtained and that is basically a letter from the senior legal team outlining the reasons why the president should not sit with robert mueller and is not going to be subpoenaed and should not be, so if he's not a target, why did they have to send this letter? >> hter] well i agree with you, right? so this is the difference, so mr. gowdy believes that he's been told by the department of justice on several occasions that mr. trump's not he's not part of this; however i don't think that's the case here i just think that it's impossible to believe in norma

not to treat out refugees and asylum seekers and i think european leaders if they're looking at the australian model should go into medicine or they should go and meet the refugees and asylum seekers and see how their lives have been completely destroyed by this policy but australian politicians and their supporters think it's a tough approach to what they call illegal immigration has meant people have had faith in the immigration system more broadly this was a sign to the public at large that the nation state still existed that it could still control its borders and that ultimately meant public confidence in our immigration system was enhanced which allowed us to have a regulated orderly refugee humanitarian program that as i say is one of the largest per capita in the world australia's prime minister was applauded in april when he gave a speech in berlin making a similar argument humanitarian organizations are appalled australians model is being exported australia's politicians a claiming vindication under thomas al-jazeera sydney. university students in bolivia have fought with police durin

welcome back a new report from an australian policy group says that y.y. of the chinese tech giant was the largest single sponsor of trips abroad for australian policymakers from two thousand and ten to the current time the austrian policy institute says that while ways generosity has been bestowed on twelve parliamentarians almost evenly representing both major australian political parties while way paid for airline tickets took the lawmakers to their corporate headquarters and covered hotels and produced them expenses for meals all the trips are legal under australian law and the think tanks report was based upon required official disclosures the facts in the report will certainly feed and perhaps inflame the growing debate in australia over official and corporate chinese efforts to woo australian policy makers. agricultural mega-corporation con agra brands is becoming even larger as they are set to buy new jersey based frozen food vendor pinnacle foods for a reported eight point two billion dollars in cash and stock and agreement on debt restructuring w

welcome back a new report from an australian policy group says that y.y. of the chinese tech giant was the largest single sponsor of trips abroad for australian policymakers from two thousand and ten to the current time the austrian policy institute says that while ways generosity has been bestowed on twelve parliamentarians almost evenly representing both major australian political parties weiwei paid for airline tickets took the lawmakers to their corporate headquarters and covered hotels and produce them expenses for meals all the trips are legal under australian law in the think tanks report was based upon required official disclosures the facts in the report will certainly feed and perhaps inflame the growing debate in australia over official and corporate chinese efforts to woo australian policy makers. agricultural mega-corporation con agra brands is becoming even larger as they are set to buy new jersey based frozen food vendor pinnacle foods for a reported eight point two billion dollars in cash and stock and agreement on debt restructuring will r

photos just showing australian soldiers flying a nazi flag over their vehicle while. in afghanistan the pictures were taken a decade ago during a nato led deployment they were first obtained by australian news network a.b.c. . reports. in nato's foreign military quests and scandals revolving around them astray and armed forces have remained more or less invisible but not anymore when this photo emerged the kneejerk reaction of many was to palm it off clearly this was some photoshop is a bad joke a bad joke it was but only in the sense that some astray and soldier back in two thousand and seven thought it was funny to actually wave the nazi banner in the middle of an afghani desert astray and authorities went out of their way to condemn the stunt saying the soldiers were identified and punished completely and utterly unacceptable the flag obviously was removed and the personnel involved were. disciplined but the swastika is only one nail hammered into the coffin of the reputation of the australian defense forces earlier this month the fairfax media company published th

there were other australians on the battlefield they were fighting for i. was part of the reason i came here to find any a strained ash that i could unfortunately that hasn't happened but i know i would have lots of koran as well as. the most notorious was college ruth a convicted terrorist who shot to global infamy for posting photos of his son holding a civet he'd. sharif and his family lived in russia and i want to find out more about their lives he. i worked out where a college sheriff was living back in two thousand and fifteen when some you see the girls had been keeping as domestic flights to skype i knew them and i showed me some of all fun pictures they'd taken of the outside of his house which allowed me to pinpoint a location on google earth and came to see what's become of the life but to get there. we have to cross for you friday's river. with the bridges glumly this is the only way to get across. jamie williams and his team come along. we have no idea if all you sympathizers are still hanging around in the syrian government forces are about fi

they were other australians on the battlefield they were fighting for i each. was part of the reason i came here to find some kill any australian dash that i could unfortunately that hasn't happened but i know i would have lots of call one of those of us. the most notorious was college. a convicted terrorist who shot to global infamy for posting photos of his son holding a severed he'd. sharif and his family lived in russia and i want to find out more about their lives he. worked out where how it sheriff was living back in two thousand and fifteen when some you see the girls had been keeping as domestic flights to skype i needed them and i showed me some not all fun pictures they'd taken of the outside of his house which allowed me to pinpoint a location on google earth. what's become of the place but to get there. we have to cross for you friday's river. with the bridges blowing this is the only way to get across. jamie williams and his team come along. we have no idea if i use sympathises are still hanging around in the syrian government forces are about fift

photos have just emerged in the media showing australian soldiers flying a nazi flag over that all me vehicle while on operations in afghanistan the pictures were taken a decade ago during a nato led deployment they were first obtained by australian news network a.b.c. t.v. goes dawn of whipple. nato's foreign military quests and scandals revolving around them astray and armed forces have remained more or less invisible but not anymore when this photo emerged the kneejerk reaction of many was to palm it off clearly this was some photoshop is a bad joke a bad joke it was but only in the sense that some astray and soldier back in two thousand and seven thought it was funny to actually wave the nazi banner in the middle of an afghan he does it a stray and authorities went out of their way to condemn the stunt saying the soldiers were identified and punished completely and utterly unacceptable the flag obviously was removed the personnel involved were. disciplined but the swastika is only one nail hammered into the coffin of the reputation of the australian defense forces earlier this mon

and it is important for the game to have a strong australian side around, and we are more than happy to shake hands before the game if that means it creates a different image for the people. while eoin morgan says he is still expecting a tough, hard battle, the australian squad here may be missing some key batsmen through suspension, some key fast bowlers through injury. but look, it is still australia. a former captain is still australia. a former captain is here to advise, ricky ponting punting. the old australia hasn't disappeared. i'm sure the boys will tell you they copped plenty when they are in australia, and as long asi they are in australia, and as long as i have known the australian team, they have copped plenty when they are over here. that is part and parcel of it, and that is something oui’ parcel of it, and that is something our team is certainly expecting and something we have to take on board, and,i something we have to take on board, and, isuppose, try something we have to take on board, and, i suppose, try and enjoy and embraces as much as we can. one thing is cle

photos have just emotion in the media showing australian soldiers flying a nazi flag over their vehicle while long operations in afghanistan and the pictures were taken a decade ago during a nato led deployment that they were forced to paint by australian news network a.b.c. here's our correspondent you go to dano. in nato's foreign military quests and scandals revolving around them astray an armed forces have remained more or less invisible but not anymore when this photo emerged the kneejerk reaction of many was to palm it off clearly this was some photoshop is a bad joke a bad joke it was but only in the sense that some astray and soldier back in two thousand and seven thought it was funny to actually wave the nazi banner in the middle of an afghan he does it a stray and authorities went out of their way to condemn the stunt saying the soldiers were identified and completely and utterly unacceptable the flag obviously was removed and the personnel involved were. disciplined but the swastika is only one nail hammered into the coffin of the reputation of the australian defense forces e

media rather jumped the about it now but the australian media ratherjumped the gun a little bit so rather than the tories having a great story to talk about tomorrow, a nice story for friday that they can talk about, a post— brexit global britain success story, that's kind of being sidelined a little bit but as you say, bae, controversial this week, having rather strong opinions when some ministers don't think they should be. on the whole racks at issue. jeremy hunt came out strongly against that and other ministers have said business has the right to speak their minds. it's interesting that this is the company they are kind of relying on to their good news story. theresa may put out a statement enthusiastically welcoming the news and pointing out she among others had been lobbying and malcolm turnbull, the australian prime minister, choosing us instead of a consortium from spain and italy. there is a similar arch comment from an australian defence analyst, slightly stuck —— sarcastically suggesting this decision was taken as much on emotional grounds, and the long—standing relati

government to seek assistance what we would like to see is the australian government step forward and a sister quit or by trying to mediate a resolution to this case because he's been in that six years in breach of a un ruling finding that he's obviously detained calling for him to be released and given compensation and it's costing the british taxpayer millions of pounds twenty two million pounds it's estimated this cost to police the embassy since he's been in there while you were there so obvious trains going to get their own citizen back and look after well it's a very diplomatically sensitive situation there was legal confidentiality to us about their request has been a request has been made and it remains to be same what this. i think government will do but in circumstances where australia has a seat on the human rights council that a human or a un special mechanism has found that he ought to be released but they have an obligation to provide diplomatic protection to a citizen it's time for australia to step forward ok you mentioned michael imperioli former head of the cia and s

photos have just emerged in the media showing australian soldiers flying a nazi flag over their army vehicle while in operations in afghanistan the pictures were taken a decade ago during a nato led deployment they were first obtained by australian news network a.b.c. artie's eagles dawn of reports. in nato's foreign military quests and scandals revolving around them astray an armed forces have remained more or less invisible but not anymore when this photo emerged the kneejerk reaction of many was to palm it off clearly this was some photoshop is a bad joke a bad joke it was but only in the sense that some astray and soldier back in two thousand and seven thought it was funny to actually wave the nazi banner in the middle of an afghani does it astri and authorities went out of their way to condemn the stunt saying the soldiers were identified and punished completely and utterly unacceptable the flag obviously was removed and the personnel involved were. disciplined but the swastika is only one nail hammered into the coffin of the reputation of the australian defense forces earlier t

they were other australians on the battlefield they were fighting for i. was part of the reason i came here to find kill any australian dash that i could unfortunately that hasn't happened but i know i would have lost of course one of those for us. the most notorious was college sure ruth a convicted terrorist who shot to global infamy for posting photos of his son holding a severed he'd. sharif and his family lived in russia and i want to find out more about their lives he. worked out where how it sheriff was living back in two thousand and fifteen when some u.c.b. girls had being taping as domestic flights to skype i knew them and i showed me some not all fun pictures they'd taken of the outside of his house which allowed me to pinpoint a location on google earth and kind of feet what's become of the place but to get there. we have to cross the euphrates river. with the bridges blown this is the only way to get across. jamie williams and his team come along. we have no idea if i use sympathises are still hanging around in the syrian government forces are

years ago and on the shirts of these australian players the names of those first aboriginal pioneers i must admit back home it's not a story that's widely known but you know we're hoping that through these two. and more publicly of the story that we can get the message you know it's an important part of us trying history and here's a photograph of that now long deceased eight hundred sixty eight team a team that was greeted with skepticism and curiosity in england not all of it kind one newspaper of the time described the tourists as a travesty upon cricketing much commentors made about their skin color and physical appearance but out of forty seven games that eight hundred sixty eight team won fourteen lost fourteen and drew nineteen just like the australian teams of today they can play the star of the team there was an aboriginal all rounder known as johnny mora he bowled something like i think it was nineteen hundred overs on the two hour and took two hundred forty five wickets but he also scored over sixteen hundred runs as well. back then to be able to achieve that you know it t

a drone flies over the australian surf as well as the rough water films in the center of the shot to swimmers who've been swept out and are in serious trouble but rather than just film them the drone drops help a self inflating float to which the swimmers cling on and used to get gradually swept by the waves back into shore. it was one of these drones which in january carried out the rescue of two sixteen year old boys mark phillips was at the controls lucky i got on video yes we didn't actually put it on our end because we're obviously busy but we did it with the other thomas from the video footage from the fly so we know from takeoff to them receiving the part was just sixty seventy seconds a demonstration shows how it works the drone hovers above the person in trouble then it's operates at times when to drop its load swimmers hold on until help arrives and traditional way in some cases drones are equipped with the loudspeakers too connected to lifeguard radios they act in a preventative capacity where being able to get above people and say i stop there's a repair or you are about

photos have emotion showing australian soldiers flying a nazi flag over their army vehicle or wild on operations in afghanistan now the pictures were taken a decade ago during a nato led deployment though they were only recently obtained by the australian news network a.b.c. . as i look. nato's foreign military quests and scandals revolving around them astray and armed forces have remained more or less invisible but not anymore when this photo emerged the kneejerk reaction of many was to palm it off clearly this was some photoshop is a bad joke a bad joke it was but only in the sense that some astray and soldier back in two thousand and seven thought it was funny to actually wave the nazi banner in the middle of an afghan he does it a stray and authorities went out of their way to condemn the stunt saying the soldiers were identified and completely and utterly unacceptable the flag obviously was removed the personnel involved were. disciplined but the swastika is only one nail hammered into the coffin of the reputation of the australian defense forces earlier this month the fairfax me

they were other australians on the battlefield they were fighting for i. was part of the reason i came here to find to kill any australian dash that i could unfortunately that hasn't happened but i know i would have lots of call on of those of us. the most notorious was college ruth a convicted terrorist who shot to global infamy for posting photos of his son holding a severed he'd. sure ruth and his family lived in russia and i want to find out more about their lives he. worked out where how it sheriff was living back in two thousand and fifteen when some you think the girls had been keeping as domestic flights to skype i needed them and i showed me some not all fun pictures they'd taken to be outside of his house which allowed me to pinpoint the location on google earth and kind of see what's become of the life but to get there. we have to cross the euphrates river. with the bridges blown this is the only way to get across. jamie williams and his team come along. we have no idea if i use sympathises a still hanging around in the syrian government forces

this was the first grand slam event serena has played in since she beat venus in the australian open final last year, the 23rd grand slam title, perhaps most remarkable — she was pregnant at the time. she gave birth to a daughter last yard hope to play in the aussie open, but you have to pull out after a blood clot. —— she gave birth to a daughter last year and hopes to play in the australian open. she was due to play maria sharapova today, the nearest she has had to a rival who is not a relation. it is very difficult, because i love playing maria, a match i always get up for, the game matches so well against mine, i have given up so much to be here, you know, there is times i am on the court, i am practising, i look on the monitor, i see my daughter, she is playing, i want to be there, but these are the sacrifices you have to make to live out your dream. serena will be 37 in september. she has won all that is to win, and this will test the strength of her addiction to victory. on her instagram she wrote, i have done a lot of fighting, and this is just the i have done a lot of

to negotiate with the australian government about participating in the 5g network. we might not have heard the last of this story. indeed. let's ta ke let's take a look at the markets. asian stocks eased after the us fed raised rates, we also had a few bits of weak economic data out of china. dowjones also closing on a loan. wea k dowjones also closing on a loan. weak opening in europe. rolls—royce share price up around 3% off the back of the announcement of those job cuts. it is looking to save a lot of money in the next year or two. we are looking ahead to the european central bank's meeting on interest rates and what it plans for its quantitative easing plan. that meeting happening later this thursday. more on the us central bank's decision to raise interest rates. here's kim gittleson. this is high drama in the world of central banking, the federal reserve's policymakers surprised many policymakers when a majority favoured accelerating the rate of interest rate increases this year. that suggests that america's central bank thinks the biggest risk to the us eco

i think australians are pretty sick of being lectured to i really think australians as sick of being lectured to by the united nations particularly the tick uli given that we have stopped the butts. in the. downs and stranded at sea about the pm says he doesn't model encourage people to risk their lives on drugs. the prime minister has brought down rain settling anywhere on hunger asylum fakers in a strategy a defiance of praise from malaysia and indonesia for the law to be shared among the range and they are not of sites that offer to take of later role with resulting profits we simply don't know how many people are out there and they are trapped thing at a. well . but go by because. we're going to grow america would. want to go in. our. way. were. an estimated one hundred thousand lives cruelly ended over a century ago. a distant past not to the descendants of the sultan. a tale of colonialism and racial supremacy unravels and the quest for justice and recognition of the sacrifices of tribal people to maybe our. skulls of my people a witness documentary. is here. we do still have f

australian markets are going to start soon. this is how we are shaping up with sydney futures. looking sort of mildly positive as we have the aussie dollar trading at 75.68. we have a lot of events going into the rba meeting, expected rd low. the right on hol that also getting retail hills numbers and investment data and australian gdp later this week. looking at the tokyo open them of the nikkei a little softer with the yen at 109.52. eight-week that's a big week, given the tensions and tempers over trade and negotiations into that june 12 singapore summit .or trump and jim -- kim new york route seeing continued pressure. this despite u.s. production levels coming through at record highs, still concerns russia and saudi arabia may be easing back on the production curve and creating more supply onto the market. the premium at $11 between crude and brent. a quick look at commodities index, seeing downside, .3%. that is expected to weigh through the citi open. let's go to first word news. trump's lawyerd said the president's authority to influence investigations into his actions

while australians back home and not be paying too much attention to it with the australian rules football season going on and particularly with the dominance that england have had, over here it is a significant day. we know this isn't a full strength australian side, so where do you think england are ahead of next year's one day world cup? no question about it. it is not a full strength australian side. you look at the likes of steve smith and dave warner missing. josh hazlewood not in the squad. the big test will come in the summer against india and the 31—day matches. that will be a good sense positionally of where england are in terms of development at the next world cup. assistant coach paul farbrace is going to look after the t20 side for a couple of matches — a hint that he's being readied to take over from trevor bayliss? he is certainly one of the names will be in the hat for taking over that role. he has done it on an interim basis on a number of occasions. when we expect trevor bayliss to leave the england post, parul farbrace will certainly be one name that will be top of t

i talked to the brits, australians, talked with other europeans, each of them understands that we have fundamentally set a course that has the opportunity to change humanity. and they are all on board. they are all working, supportive of our theory of continuing the sanctions until we're complete. and so we have got a unified world to join chairman kim. i was there. i was there when he said it. he made a personal commitment. he has his reputation on the line. same way we do.

in the australians got a penalty below a good enough stepped up and looked at the school one zero the final result and a point each for denmark and for the oh. well after their shock defeat in the first match germany have their backs against the wall and they need to win against sweden your welcome will have to take his team to sochi early ahead of saturday's clash and our correspondent jonathan hardy has this update about their. very imposing preparations on the defending world champions this group appears a little bit more relaxed they are certainly closer to their fans but the focus remains on the task at hand saturday's game against sweden here in sochi something to do a spoke before training about working together as a team not as individuals not so most talked about accepting the pressure on this germany side and the expectation to perform but it was miroslav klose whose words had perhaps the biggest impact the beauty of football is that you have to deliver germany no they have to do that here on saturday night against sweden in sochi if their world cup dream is to remain alive.

the $24.7 billion deal is the biggest corporate takeover in australian history. mall operators are being forced to consolidate amid growing competition from online retail. up next: newsbriefing. we'll take you through the stories making headlines in the global media today including. but for me, it is goodbye. negative attitudes toward growing old are having a major impact on the public‘s health. that's according to a report out today which warns media cliches and anti—ageing cosmetics are doing more harm than good. the royal society for public health says ageism is the most common form of discrimination in the uk and the most likely to go unchallenged. richard lister has this report. here, near sadler‘s, 70—year—old men and women have started work again for new interests. in the 19505, old age was shown as a slow slide into uselessness. age was shown as a slow slide into u5ele55ne55. instead of moping at home and lonely, they would do some good. but the report today 5ugge5t those views may not have changed all that much. the rsph questioned 2000 people

on the australians were awarded the penalty. back stepped up at one zero. point eight. the world's longest day has arrived and for thousands of be placed about their great britain to one of the wonders of the world. druids gathered at stonehenge to watch dawn breaks. the ancient stone circle it dates back to prehistoric times for centuries historians and archaeologists have puzzled over the monument which appears to track the movements of the so. let me remind you of our top story italian prime minister said because he has agreed to join emergency e.u. migration talks but only after reassurances from germany. she has agreed to scrap a draft statement that was agreed that was revealed to head off the weekend's summit she's hoping to forge or your solution to the migration crisis by stave off a stiff opposition from several countries within the block. and u.s. president donald trump signs an executive order to issue a microphone. at the border that's been growing outrage in the u.s. over his administration's zero tolerance policy of separating migrant children from their

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