so there is no risk to scott morrison's leadership here, but he is under extreme pressure. an event which has dominated political debate in the last couple of days and is leading to the demise of a senior political figure, to the demise of a senior politicalfigure, bridget mckenzie, has been over what is known as the sports rorts affair, where taxpayers' funds we re affair, where taxpayers' funds were given to marginal target electorates to help the government secure election victory. in the last two hours we have seen bridget mckenzie resign, but now there are questions about how much did the prime minister's office know about the process for allocating those grants, as well as why is the prime minister's department's report, which has been critical to the decision to have the minister step down, why has that report not been made public as well? thank you very much. sounds like we will be talking to you again. look forward to it. michael ‘mad mike' hoare, widely considered the world's best known mercenary, has died at the age of 100. he fought a series of campaigns in th

. >> scott morrison: this is coal. don't be afraid, don't be scared. it's coal. >> williams: morrison has prioritized protecting australia's mining industry. coal is the country's second largest export, and members of the current government argue it's not australia's responsibility to act on climate change since the country only produces about 1% of global emissions. isn't there some truth in that? >> turnbull: well-- >> williams: i mean, if, if the u.s. doesn't act, if china and india don't act on emissions, it doesn't matter very much. >> turnbull: well, if we-- >> williams: what australia does-- >> turnbull: well, if we don't act, if we don't act, a wealthy advanced economy facing the harsh reality of climate change, if we don't act and show leadership, why would anyone else act? >> williams: with his country on fire, the current prime minister scott morrison took his family on a hawaiian vacation. when he returned home, he was given a cold shoulder as he tried to comfort victims in the fire zones. he was heckled by seething residents. >> you're an

paul parker claims his profanity—laden rant against prime minister scott morrison is the reason he's been fired by the new south wales rural fire service — something they deny. and on twitter, it's many, many, many happy returns to singerjhope, one seventh of korean boyband bts. happy birthdayjhope was the number one trending hashtag across the globe earlier as he turns 26. more than 200 flood warnings remain in place as waters in some parts of the uk continue to rise. storm dennis battered many parts of the country over the weekend one woman is thought to have died, while hundreds of people have been forced from their homes. jon kay reports. in hundreds of years, it has never been higher. the river wye at hereford tonight. the old bridge closed, even to pedestrians, because it is simply too dangerous. i thought i could stay there. what do you think of the man helping you this morning? wonderful. we are assessing immediate danger, age, making sure they bring all the medication with them. some people are still trapped. across this region, vast areas have been overwhelmed. anyone for

paul parker claims his profanity—laden rant against prime minister scott morrison is the reason he's been fired by the new south wales rural fire service, something they deny. and on twitter, it's many, many, many happy returns to singerjhope, one seventh of korean boyband bts. happy birthday. jhope was the number one trending hashtag across the globe earlier as he turns 26. to some more stories now. more than 200 flood warnings remain in place as waters in some areas of the uk continue to rise. storm dennis battered the many parts of the country over the weekend one woman is thought to have died, hundreds of people have forced from their homes. jon kay reports. this is what a severe flood warning really looks like a. street to use. door-to-door rescues in the cathedral city of hereford. desperate residents escaping with whatever they can save. a city underwater and under threat, shirley was one of hundreds are forced to leave their homes. shirley was one of hundreds are forced to leave their homeslj feel i could stay there, that's why i'm so late coming out. what you think of the me

morrison has announced a national inquiry into the causes of recent devastating bushfires the fires it began in september that killed 33 people and bird an area of land the size of south korea right you have today those are the latest headlines from nasiriyah coming up next it's inside story. americans live side by side in 2 parallel universes the trouble parts of america are getting trumpy or there is a poll out a few weeks ago that you had almost 30 percent americans believing they were on the cusp of civil war both sides accuse each other of doing things that are so blatantly wrong the bottom line on u.s. politics and policies and their effect on the wold. who runs afghanistan after the disputed presidential election results and how will that impact the talks with the taliban with us for afghani declared the winner by the smallest of his opponent. says he will form a parallel of ministration the us wants to pull out while pushing for peace at the same time after 40 years of war and conflict with the key players from his old this latest crisis this is inside story. hello and welco

then austrian question time follows with prime minister scott morrison. ♪ susan: matthew greene, the speaker of the house from 1931 to 1933 and became fdr's vice president once said, the speaker of the house job is the hardest job in washington. do you agree? professor green: absolutely, i agree. what is interesting about that statement is, it was made at the

morrison in canberra negotiations over the deal began a decade ago and the agreement was finally ratified last week that it intends to eliminate almost all tariffs between the 2 countries. right. now the new the new figures from di miller are in and the german automaker says its profits fell in 2019 that's the 2nd straight year of a profit lost this time to 2700000000 euros sorry a profit loss of 2790000000 euro 2700000000 euros result that certain to increase investor pressure on the german automaker and new investments and growing penalties related to the wide ranging diesel emissions scandal continue to eat into revenues and car sales are softening. the mercedes s. class convertible used to be celebrated as the future of automobile ety but it could soon be a thing of the past. the company is discontinuing the model along with the s. class coupe and its b class models according to the german newspaper honda's plot. but it's not just car models that might be lost thousands of jobs are on the brink to the company's works council described the mood among employees at diner as somewhere bet

morrison incomparably they go she is over the deal began a decade ago on the agreement was finally boss of piety last week it will almost eliminate all tariffs between the 2 countries. the german car maker dime learned plans to cut $15000.00 jobs by means of severance pay and early retirement that would be a step up from its current cost causing plans according to a newspaper reports some car models like the mercedes as coupe a will be discontinued the car maker aims to lower labor costs by $1400000000.00 euros by the end of 2022 time their c.e.o. of a canadian is expected to announce the cuts on tuesday. night japan is the world's 2nd biggest per capita producer of plastic waste after the united states the japanese government has promised action including introducing a plastic bag charge due to come into effect later this year in the meantime though impatient entrepreneurs are coming up with their own ways to talk a little. thirst is rarely a problem in tokyo with drinks available on almost every street the problem is pretty much all of them come served in plastic. bottles make up a bi

morrison, the prime minister here, has made it clear that he did not wish to change is climate policy. we will see how that turns up between the two countries. will see how that turns up between the two countriesm will be interesting to see what does come out of those talks, particularly in relation to climate change, a key topic for many australians at this time. it's the most highly anticipated share sale of 2020 — home rental app airbnb could be valued at more than $30 billion when it lists on the stock exchange. airbnb has had its share of negative publicity — accused of forcing up housing costs for locals and failing to stop disturbance to neigbours. so it is trying improve that image — promising to run its businesses not just for investors — but for all ‘stake holders' — as the firm's co—founder explained to michelle fleury. ata at a b&b we are committed to surveying all our stakeholders. we nominated five who are guests, our hosts and employees, shareholders and the communities in which we operate and to further formalise that we have find specific principles in m

paul parker claims his profanity—laden rant against prime minister scott morrison is the reason he's been fired by the new south wales rural fire service, something they deny. more on our website — bbc.co.uk/news and the news app. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report. apple warns it won't meet its revenue reductions due to the coronavirus out break. and americans are drinking less milk, leading to the decline of the dairy industry there. hello, and welcome to asia business report. i am karishma vaswani. let's begin with the coronavirus, also known as covid—19 because in the last few hours, apple became the major us firm to say it won't meet its revenue projections for the current quarter due to the lake. it appears china's communist party will postpone its most important annual gathering. the tokyo marathon has been cancelled for general runners. in singapore, it is expected to unveil a massive budget to offset a slowdown caused by the coronavirus outbreak. at a time when the economy is already feeling the pinch from the us china trade war, singapore has in

morrison has announced a wide ranging inquiry into the causes of recent bush fires the 1st blaze began in september the fires have killed $33.00 people and burned an area the size of south korea those are the headlines on al-jazeera more news coming up after in search of india that's next. org. board her. my name is artist taseer i'm a writer and a columnist. in this the 2nd of 2 films i'm traveling through india the country i grew up in. i want to see for myself the changes taking place amid a rising tide of him look for a hindu 1st politics these ideas which place hindus above people of other faiths stem from the very top leadership in this land of 1300000000 people. i started my journey in the holy city of our and i see in northern india. this is a deeply religious country in the middle of a battle for her soul and it is no surprise that it was this place that the hindu nationalist leader in the ranger mode he chose this election battleground republic sing it's powerful symbolism in a new time. behind this image of a religiously diverse nation india faces a new mini crisis. and mino

morrison saying, "i wish i still had my first car." gmpart of efforts to exit, is also pulling out of thailand. it plans to sell its plant to grgreat wall motors. cole: gm is not thononly automaker fifighng headwininds. tesla most halt production in europe. cleararingady began on the jobsite, but there is a risk to drinking water. tesla will have to wait for a final court decision before it can keep cutting down trees. they aim to complete the plant by the end o of next yeaear. finally, facebook's ceo is inn brussels today, meeting with top officials, including the eu commissioner and executive vice president. the eu is working on a new digital policy, including rules to govern artificial intelligence. the first draft is expected wednesday. it is a delicate subject and not in the lease because of privacy concerns. facebook h has come under fire r not doing enough to protect user data and it is safe to expect that issue will be broughtht abt this meeting. we will follow that over the coming months. haxie: ok, i would agree. thank you ve

ande minister boris johnson scott morrison have talked about the deal. we have concluded a for of round. no doubt, that will wait. the free-trade agreement will be in the interest of the european union. yousef: what is realistic in terms of the timeline? >> as soon as possible. issues.e obviously they may need to be negotiated. yousef: it has come through with the results that they were hoping for. by 2.5, unemployment up is it time for the government to start taking steps? >> it is the lowest on record. ,n terms of the housing market stabilized process has begun to confident, they are more confident across the economy. we have brought forward $4rastructures ending, over billion. it is done prior to christmas. we recently announced a bushfire recovery fund. there is a number of programs. successfulo been reading the unemployment rate down. smiley need to be prepared for all virus scenarios. that is next. ♪ manus: the coronavirus outbreak dominating conversations of the g20 meeting. yousef spoke to the finance minister about the impact of the epidemic.

the comments were made at a heated news conference with her australian counterpart, scott morrison. australia has been deporting hundreds of people to new zealand — even though some left at a young age. women's rights activists have clashed with police near the venue hosting the cesars — france's national film awards. they're protesting against the academy nominating a roman polanksi film for 12 awards. the director fled the us in the 1970s after being convicted for statutory rape, and faces other accusations of sexual assault. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: britain's prince harry follows in some very famous footsteps — in one of his final engagements before stepping back as a working royal. this is bbc world news today. i'm lewis vaughan jones. the latest headlines. the virus causes another frantic day on the markets, they've been hit with their worst week since the financial crisis sparked by fears of a global recession. the world health organisation has raised its assessment of the coronavirus threat to the highest level. to afghanistan now where the week—

paul parker claims his profanity—laden rant against prime minister scott morrison is the reason he's been fired by the new south wales rural fire service — something they deny. that's all. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. there are international laws and norm designed to prohibit states from bumping off their enemies, internal or external. but look around the world and it is clear those laws are being violated, often with impunity. my guest today is agnes callamard, a renowned human rights investigator who serves as the un special rapporteur on extrajudicial killing. given the scale of the problem, have her investigations become an exercise in futility? agnes callamard, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. agnes, let me start with this grand title of yours. un special rapporteur on extrajudicial killing, based as you are in new york city. it all all sounds rather grand but isn't the truth that you have pitifully few resources? well, i do have very few resources but that doesn't stop me from implementin

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the comments were made at a heated news conference with her australian counterpart, scott morrison. australia has been deporting hundreds of people to new zealand, even though some left at a young age. the gare de lyon station in paris was partially evacuated after a large fire was inadvertently started by demonstrators. they were protesting against a congolese singer who was giving a concert nearby. they accuse fally ipupa of being too close to the congolese government. police say nobody appears to have been hurt. staying in paris, several actresses have walked out of france's biggest film awards ceremony after roman polanski won best director. polanski was convicted in the us of the statutory rape of a 13 year old in 1977 but fled the country. the cesar awards, france's equivalent of the oscars, have been mired in controversy after polanksi's film an officer and a spy received 12 nominations. he has since faced other accusations of sexual assault. alydia noble reports. few awards provoke this sort of reaction, a walkout from the ceremony, but that's what happened when roman polans

the prime minister, scott morrison, said they were days the nation would never forget. a season of air you couldn't breathe and of orange skies that would not rain. an unforgettable trauma absorbed into our very beings. and of unrelenting grief. for our land, our wildlife and our families. children kissing the coffins of their fathers, proudly wearing their helmets. mothers and fathers who should never have had to bury their children. friends, who came to our aid, who travelled across the water to support us, but to return home under their nation's flags. heavy rain has brought the crisis to an end. the recovery effort will be immense, but already there are nervous glances towards the next fire season. the memorial in sydney comes as the federal government begins a royal commission into the bushfire disaster. the prime minister said the investigation would help australians survive and adapt to hotter, drier and longer summers. critics though say the commission won't be considering the full impact of climate change on the emergency. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. the lef

prime minister scott morrison along with members of his cabinet answered questions on the coronavirus outbreak, middle east security, combating climate change, and the recent australia wildfires. this is half an hour. >> hello and welcome to question time where we play the highlights of question time in australia's parliament. wildfires ravaged the east coast of australia over the summer have died down, the political fallout is just beginning. question time and parliament began with a bipartisan day honoring those fire victims and thanking the volunteers who helped fight the fires. it did not take long before the conversation quickly turned to politics. >> my question is to the prime minister -- why does the prime minister claim he always acted on the advice of fire commissioners when he ignored for two years their advice to provide determinate boost to australia's aerial firefighting capabilities? >> mr. speaker, i think the member for her question, and i pass on again my sincere condolences and sympathies and support to all those members in her electorate. i have members in my famil

but they say there was a history of domestic violence — and the prime minister scott morrison has said the victims were "senselessly murdered". the women's t20 cricket world cup, hosted by defending champions australia, begins on friday. the io—team tournament features the top nations in limited overs cricket, and also newcomers thailand. australia and india are playing in the opening match in sydney. the final is scheduled to take place at melbourne on march the 8th, which is international women's day. the head of the world health organisation has warned against complacency in the struggle to contain the new coronavirus — after the emergence of new clusters of infection outside china. singapore has one of the highest number of cases — and one institution trying to contain the outbreak is the national centre for infectious diseases which only officially opened in september. its executive director professor leo yee—sin told me more about the centre and how the staff are coping. well, first of all, it's a very new building. we moved in about a year ago, officially opened i think

but they say there was a history of domestic violence — and the prime minister scott morrison has said the victims were "senselessly murdered". the women's t20 cricket world cup, hosted by defending champions australia, begins on friday. the ten team tournament features the top nations in limited overs cricket, and also newcomers thailand. australia and india are playing in the opening match in sydney. the final is scheduled to take place at melbourne on march 8, which is international women's day. the head of the world health organization has warned against complacency in the struggle to contain the new coronavirus after the emergence of new clusters of infection outside china. singapore has one of the highest number of cases and one institution trying to contain the outbreak is the national centre for infectious diseases which only officially opened in september. its executive director, professor leo yee—sin, told me more about the centre and how the staff are coping. well, first of all, it's a very new building. we moved in about a year ago, officially opened a thing slightly less

the comments were made at a heated news conference with her australian counterpart, scott morrison. australia has been deporting hundreds of people to new zealand, even though some left at a young age. crisis talks have been taking place to prevent a major international escalation of the civil war in northern syria. it comes after a surge in fighting between turkish and syrian forces. 33 turkish soldiers were killed in an airstrike, and turkey has responded by targeting hundreds of syrian government sites. our international correspondent orla guerin has sent this report. payback. the turkish military hitting hard today. pounding more than 200 syrian government targets in idlib province. it was retaliation for this — the killing of 33 turkish troops in idlib yesterday. these massive airstrikes have triggered a dangerous escalation. turkey has blamed the syrian regime, but syria's ally, russia, controls the airspace. as the fallen soldiers were given a hero's funeral, turkey's defence minister hulusi akar says russia has no excuse. translation: even though we told russia in advance

prime minister scott morrison along with members of his cabinet answered questions on the coronavirus outbreak, middle east security, combating climate change, and the recent australia wildfires. this is half an hour. >> hello and welcome to question time where we play the highlights of question time in australia's parliament. wildfires ravaged the east coast of australia over the summer have died down, the political fallout is just beginning. question time and parliament began with a bipartisan day honoring those fire victims and thanking the volunteers who helped fight the fires. before thetake long conversation quickly turned to politics. my question is to the prime minister -- why does the prime minister claim he always acted on the advice of fire commissioners when he ignored for two years their advice to provide determinate boost to australia's aerial firefighting capabilities? >> mr. speaker, i think the , and ifor her question pass on again my sincere condolences and sympathies and support to all those members in her electorate. i have members in my family who lived in your el

prime minister scott morrison along with members of his cabinet answered questions on the coronavirus outbreak, middle east security, combating climate change, and the recent australia wildfires. this is half an hour. >> hello and welcome to question time, where we play the highlights of question time in australia's parliament. wildfires ravaged the east coast of australia over the summer have died down, the political fallout is just beginning. question time and parliament began with a bipartisan day honoring those fire victims and thanking the volunteers who helped fight the fires. it did not take long before the conversation quickly turned to politics. >> my question is to the prime minister -- why does the prime minister claim he always acted on the advice of fire commissioners when he ignored for two years their advice to provide determinate boost to australia's aerial firefighting capabilities? >> mr. speaker, i think the member for her question, and i pass on again my sincere condolences and sympathies and support to all those members in her electorate. i have members in my fami

whether the government is going to respond with anything that is concrete, remember scott morrison is a big supporter of the coal industry, whether that is going to change... will have to wait and see. it's valentine's day and online dating has become a huge part of our lives. but in the conservative pakistani society, it's a relatively new concept. a matchmaking forum on facebook called ‘skip the rishta or matchmaking aunty‘ has built up nearly 3,000 members in less than a year. and that's where aisha and ahad met after years of matchmaking efforts by theirfamilies. shumaila khan from the bbc urdu service has spoken to the couple. translation: semi times for matchmakers, people came to meet me and then got up and left. sometimes, they were happy with me but other times, there is a consulting with god, i was not right for them. i was fed up. translation: usually with the girl would come, bring the tm parade in front of you like some sort of cattle. i really don't like it translation: two we met through this online forum, skip the rishta or matchmaking aunty and started talking. fi

the comments were made at a heated news conference with her australian counterpart, scott morrison. australia has been deporting hundreds of people to new zealand, even though some left at a young age. crisis talks have been taking place to prevent a major international escalation of the civil war in northern syria. it comes after a surge in fighting between turkish and syrian forces. 33 turkish soldiers were killed in an air strike, and turkey has responded by targeting hundreds of syrian government sites. our international correspondent orla guerin has sent this report. payback. the turkish military hitting hard today. pounding more than 200 syrian government targets in idlib province. it was retaliation for this — the killing of 33 turkish troops in idlib yesterday. these massive airstrikes have triggered a dangerous escalation. turkey has blamed the syrian regime, but syria's ally, russia, controls the airspace. as the fallen soldiers were given a hero's funeral, turkey's defence minister hulusi akar says moscow has no excuse. translation: even though we told russia in advance

the comments were made at a heated news conference with her australian counterpart, scott morrison. australia has been deporting hundreds of people to new zealand — even though some left at a young age. other news now: crisis talks have been taking place to prevent a major international escalation of the civil war in northern syria. it comes after a surge in fighting between turkish and syrian forces. 33 turkish soldiers were killed in an airstrike, and turkey has responded by targeting hundreds of syrian government sites. our international correspondent orla guerin has sent this report. payback. the turkish military hitting hard today. pounding more than 200 syrian government targets in idlib province. it was retaliation for this. the killing of 33 turkish troops in idlib yesterday. these massive airstrikes have triggered a dangerous escalation. turkey has blamed the syrian regime but syria's ally, russia, controls the airspace. as the fallen soldiers were given a hero's funeral, turkey's defence minister hulusi akar says russia has no excuse. translation: even though we told rus

speaking at the event, australia's prime minister, scott morrison, described the trauma caused by the fires as unforgettable. a season of air you couldn't breathe and of orange skies that wouldn't rain. an unforgettable trauma absorbed into our very beings. and of unrelenting grief for our land, oui’ unrelenting grief for our land, our wildlife and our families. children kissing the coffins of their fathers, proudly wearing their fathers, proudly wearing the helmet. mothers and fathers who should never have had to bury their children. friends who came to our aid, who travelled across the water to support us but to return home under their nation's flags. south africa has held a state funeral forjoseph shabalala, the founder of the ladysmith black mambazo singing group. he died at the age of 78 earlier this month. south africa's president led the tributes, calling shabalala a true ambassador for south african and zulu culture. nomsa maseko has more. melodic chanting whistling and cheering melodic chanting a send—off fit for a man who put isicathamiya on a global platform. joseph sha

the prime minister, scott morrison, said they were days the nation would never forget. a season of air you couldn't breathe and of orange skies that would not rain. an unforgettable trauma absorbed into our very beings. and of unrelenting grief. for our land, our wildlife and our families. children kissing the coffins of their fathers, proudly wearing their helmets. mothers and fathers who should never have had to bury their children. friends, who came to our aid, who travelled across the water to support us, but to return home under their nation's flags. heavy rain has brought the crisis to an end. the recovery effort will be immense, but already there are nervous glances towards the next fire season. the memorial in sydney comes as the federal government begins a royal commission into the bushfire disaster. the prime minister said the investigation would help australians survive and adapt to hotter, drier and longer summers. critics though say the commission won't be considering the full impact of climate change on the emergency. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. the gen

this session lasted from february 4 through february 13 and chose prime minister scott morrison answering questions on the coronavirus, middle east security, climate change, the recent australian wildfires. ♪ ♪ >> hello and welcome to question time rep we play the highlights, question time and australia's parliament. while the fires the ravaged the east coast oster all over the summer have died down, the political fallout is just beginning. question time in parliament began with a bipartisan day honoring those fire victims and also thinking t all volunteers o help to fight the fires. it didn't take long before the conversation quickly turned to quality. >> the member for deal more. >> my question is to the prime minister. why does the prime minister claim of these acted on the advice of fire commissioners when he ignored for two years their advice to provide a permanent boost to australia's aerial firefighting y capabilit? >> mr. speaker, i thank the member for question and can i threw her pass on again my sincere condolences and sympathies and support to all those members in her elec

australia's prime minister scott morrison sent out some national inquiry into the causes of the recent devastating bushfires they started in september and killed 33 people they burned an area of land the size of south korea the prime minister says a high level investigation known as a royal commission will also look into ways to keep people safe during bushfires. the waters of catherine home to the 2nd largest population of dougal now that's a sea mammal that eats underwater grass and usually they like to move alone or in small groups but there's a phenomena that's happening off cata that doesn't happen anywhere else stephanie explains. we are heading out to sea of northwestern coast in search of something special until now we don't know what the reason we did maybe they come for feeding that we don't know until now we have thought we are. going to 30 why they came here during the time. we see dolphins. that we want to find something much more camera shy we have in the region the 2nd largest group in the war last year around this time dr mussen captured these incredible and rare images

morrison has been laying out his government's response is urging people to carry on with their daily lives there is no need for us to be moving towards not having mass gatherings of people you can still go to football you can still go to the cricket you can still go imply with your friends down the street you can go off to the concert and you can go effort chinese male you can do all of these things because astride the us has acted quickly astride has got ahead of this at this point in time but to stay ahead of it we need to now elevate our response to this next phase. the number of people killed in days of violence in new delhi has now risen to 33 after the deaths of critically injured patients and hospital relatives of some muslim victims of accuse the police of standing by as hindu crowds attacked allegations the government denies is tony berkeley. i'm of the year after the street battles subsided wednesday was a day hindus and muslims mourn the loss of loved ones after some of the worst violence delhi has suffered in decades this is the funeral of mohammad for can a father of 2 w

morrison has announced a national inquiry into the causes of recent devastating bushfires the fars it began in september killed $33.00 people and bird an area of land the size of south korea. right up today those are the latest headlines from our series coming up next it's inside story americans live side by side in 2 parallel universes the truck parts of america are getting in trouble there is a poll out a few weeks ago that you had almost 30 percent americans believing they were on the cusp of civil war both sides accuse each other of doing things that are so plainly wrong the bottom line on u.s. politics and policy is a matter of fact on the world. who runs afghanistan after the disputed presidential election results and how will that impact the talks with the taliban with ashraf ghani declared the winner by the smallest of knowledge and this is opponent top dollar abdullah says he'll form a parallel of ministration the u.s. wants to pull out while pushing for peace at the same time after 40 years of war and conflict how will the key players resolve this latest crisis this is insid

australia's prime minister scott morrison sent out a national inquiry into the causes of the recent bushfires they began in september and killed $33.00 people them burned an area of land the size of south korea the prime minister says a high level investigation the royal commission will also look into ways of keeping people safe during bushfires he's facing public anger for his refusal to link the files to climate change. home to the largest the 2nd largest population of do go to sea mammal that eats underwater grass usually they like to move alone or in small groups for there's a phenomenon that's happening off the case of cats or that doesn't happen anywhere else so if they decorate explains. we are heading out to sea of northwestern coast in search of something special until now we don't know what the reason we did maybe they come for feeding we don't want to know we have that we are. going to 30 why they came here during the time. we see dolphins. that we want to find something much more camera shy we have in the region the 2nd largest group in the war last year around this time dr mussen

morrison certain people to carry on with their daily lives. there is no need for us to be moving towards not having mass gatherings of people you can still go to football you can still go to the cricket you can still go and play with your friends down the street you can go off to the concert and you can go after chinese mail you can do all of these things because astride has acted quickly a stride has got ahead of this at this point in time but to stay ahead of it we need to now elevate our response to this next phase well as more news when we come back including the army deploys across guinea ahead of a vote that the president's opponents say is a clear power grab also ahead. i've got a jewish and economic and political station is still out there lebanon's protests may have windell but the government's being warned that could change as people suffer in a deepening economic crisis. welcome back across southeastern parts of asia we've got the usual rush of showers that we would expect has been a very wet day include ching in malaysia in borneo

once they start walking -- >>> up next, australian prime minister scott morrison discussing the recent wildfires which have killed at least 33 people and an estimated 1 billion native animals. he also brought forth a motion in the australia house of representatives which honors the wildfire victims and first responders while also pledging parliament support to assist affected areas. this is about 45 minutes. >> the leader of the house. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i move that so much of standing orders be suspended as would prevent the following from occurring in relation to proceedings of the house today. one, the prime minister to move a motion of

the prime minister scott morrison said people were grieving for their families, their land and their wildlife. the left—wing senator bernie sanders has won a resounding victory in the latest contest to choose a democrat candidate for november's us presidential election. he was backed by more than 40% of voters in nevada's caucuses. the former vice—president, joe biden, finished second. our correspondent sophie long has sent this report. nevada's caucuses were the first chance for democratic presidential hopefuls to show their appeal to a diverse group of voters, in a state with a population representative of the country as a whole. the 78—year—old senator from vermont had already left nevada for campaign events in texas when he claimed victory. i think all of you know we won the popular vote in iowa! cheering and applause we won the new hampshire primary! cheering and applause and according to three networks and the ap, we have now won the nevada caucus. cheering and applause his triumph cements his status as the democrats' national frontrunner, but it will deepen concern amo

once they start walking -- >>> up next, australian prime minister scott morrison discussing the recent wildfires which have killed at least 33 people and an estimated 1 billion native animals. he also brought forth a motion in the australia house of representatives which honors the wildfire victims and first responders while also pledging parliament support to assist affected areas. this is about 45 minutes. >> the leader of the house. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i move that so much of standing orders be suspended as would prevent the following from occurring in relation to proceedings of the house today. one, the prime minister to move a motion of condolence in relation to the recent bush fires and debate on the motion to have precedence over all other business. the debate continue until adjourned or resolved if necessary of the usual time of the house. three, the federation chamber not to meet. four, the house to adjourn on the motion of a minister without debate. and five, any variation to this arrangement to be made only by a motion moved by minister. >> question is tha

morrison initiating an emergency package for what he is calling the epidemic, and again, doing well amid safe haven buying. elsewhere, you have seen the kiwi absolutely smashed as new zealand reports its first case of coronavirus. mzders suggesting the rv will be forced to cut rates. one bright notice to bank of indonesia who has just come through saying they do see a recovery in april. nejra: thank you so much. joining us for the hour is the chief economic advisor of outspoken margin. what a white knuckle ride it was on wall street yesterday. withoutet a bear market the odds of a u.s. recession rising significantly? >> we can get both. we can get a significant u.s. recession and also a crash in stocks. i think most people have to take a backseat here. is the market rich? is the market cheap? those types of questions do not matter this week because this is a very complex -- it is an economic crash, a financial crash, a market crash, and we also, unlike 2008, have a health system which could potentially implode. there are all the bad news. the good news today is people should go out

the australian prime minister scott morrison has announced a national inquiry into the causes of the recent devastating bushfires that began in september killing 33 people and burned an area of land the size of south korea morrison says a high level investigation known as a royal commission will also look into ways to keep people safe during bushfires those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after witness another quick summary in about 25 minutes i'll see that. you know there is a church. wedding jan menses said we should come to the church and we will pray and magnet to close their eyes to 3. but they never said that last image was the moment they close their eyes they were all shocked in that change. even if i pray had them close my eyes. they brought the christan he did they brought all this just. but today they also have the lent. the game and they meant that and they kill that mad people and the only listen why they emit that mad people was because of lent. one this because of what people think belong in the maybe they don't belong there in jim and. there ar

so all credit to scott morrison for what he's done there. now just on the subject of climate change, look, i had, if you like, a standard response whenever i was asked about climate change. i said climate does change. mankind does make a difference. and we should do what we reasonably can to limit emissions. but i would always say we shouldn't damage our economy in the pursuit of environmental objectives, particularly when it might turn out to be counterproductive. we all know that stronger economies are much better at managing the environment than weaker ones. you only have to look at the united states on the one hand and the countries of africa on the other hand. so look, everything associated with an extreme weather event these days is taken as proof of climate change. bush fires proved climate change, floods prove climate change, superstorm sandy i think that proved climate change, whether it's extraordinarily cold or extraordinarily hot, whether it's extraordinarily dry or extraordinarily wet, it all proves climate change because if you

this session lasted from february 4 through february 13 and chose prime minister scott morrison answering questions on the coronavirus, middle east security, climate change, the recent australian

leland: that was australian prime minister scott morrison speaking today at a memorial service for the 25 people who were killed in those massive wildfires that swept their country for weeks. members of the fire service and members of the public all came together to remember the victims and, obviously, to thank the firefighters who gave their lives. three australian and three the american firefighters are among those who died trying to save that country. ♪ ♪ gillian: italy is now confirming 132 cases of coronavirus, making in the biggest outbreak in a single country outside of mainland china. this happens as the global number of infections has now grown to at least 78,000 people worldwide. christina coleman is tracking the outbreak there our l.a. bureau. christina. >> reporter: well, gillian, this is a sudden outbreak in italy. as of thursday, there were only three cases of the virus reported. now that number is up to 132. areas in northern italy are on lockdown including the financial capital of milan. authorities also shutting down carnival events in venice which reported its fir

prime minister scott morrison along with members of his cabinet answered questions on

then austrian question time follows with prime minister scott morrison. ♪ susan: matthew greene, the speaker of the house from 1931 to 1933 and became fdr's vice president once said, the speaker of the house job is the hardest job in washington. do you agree? professor green: absolutely, i agree. what is interesting about that statement is, it was made at the time when speakers had a lot fewer responsibilities than today. if anything, it is even more so it is the most difficult job in washington. susan: this position is named in the constitution without a lot of detail. i am wondering, when the framers created the position, what are they have in mind? professor green: they were thing -- thinking about the model of the speakership where it was a position that had parliamentary responsibilities. the job was to preside over the chamber and make sure the rules were being followed fairly. they also understood the position could take on other responsibilities. i think it is telling it is only mentioned once in the constitution and says the house shall choose it speaker and leaves the rest