i feel very sure because in june when you see europe and the refugee crisis insights into the. sweet and w. . this is news live from berlin australian police arrest and then as cues to acting as an agent on behalf of north korea try to broker the sale of missile components and coal to third parties in indonesia and vietnam we'll go live to sydney also coming up. corruption and scandal have playing the n c's current leader south

african president jacob zuma now with a contest to select the successor threatens to split the party we'll go live to johannesburg. and fleeing the fire residents in california have been ordered to evacuate as the massive blaze threatens to gold the city of santa barbara. and welcome to the program police in australia have arrested a man for allegedly acting as an economic agent for north korea the sydney resident is the first person to be charged under the weapons of mass destruction act a south korean born chen han choi is accused of attempting to broker sales worth tens of millions of dollars and missile technology and cold to third parties in

indonesia and vietnam. journalist roger mayne our joins us now from sydney rodger the suspect is the first ever person to be arrested under this act what exactly is he accused of. chan and sure it was arrested at his home in sydney accused of brokering a multi-million dollar deal involving missile components and software associated with those components chan had apparently been under investigation for several months after a tip off from law enforcement agencies overseas although some reports suggested actually being involved in brokering these deals for nearly a decade these of course are legations at this stage but. a news conference in sydney today police commissioner assistant police commissioner new gone so if the dealer go ahead it could have been worth tens of millions of dollars he said that

the man was a loyal agent of north korea who believed he was serving some kind of patry arctic purpose and it's believed the naturalists australian used encrypted communications to broker these deals and to discuss and supply weapons of mass destruction although these so who weapons or components never actually entered australia apparently the australian federal police also allege that he was trying to transfer code from north korea to third parties in indonesia and in viet nam although government officials were certainly not involved it's very very normal a huge amount is known about these allegations so far but it's certainly a very serious situation a very serious situation the police have reacted as you mentioned and the prime minister of australia has now also made comments let's have a listen to what he had to say. north korea is i dine interests reckless criminal

regime threatening the pace of the region it supports itself by breaching u.n. sanctions not simply by selling commodities like call and other goods but also by selling weapons by selling drugs by engaging in cyber crime it is vitally important that all nations work relentlessly to enforce those sanctions what exactly do we know about this man's alleged ties to north korea well not a lot of this stage or chen is believed to be born in south korea and has apparently lived in australia well certainly is but is exactly is that the only yank a raw nerve at least publicly he was arrested in his hermes with a little nondescript suburb in in sydney offices see as components computers and disk drives from the property where he lived

a fairly anonymous lifestyle apparently neighbors interviewed today said he'd gone under the radar hardly knew knew of his presence so it's still a bit a bit of a mystery this who he is what he's been doing well they're clearly the police on the intelligence authorities and governments are taking this all there is seriously indeed now. roger mann are in sydney thank you. in south africa delegates from the ruling african national congress are meeting to elect a new party leader with national polls in two thousand and nineteen the gathering is being closely watched for signs of the direction the party will take but with deep divisions over who should take over incumbent leader and south african president jacob zuma has acknowledged the party is fighting for its future. not. that it's not. our to the people south africa's president jacob zuma trying to

conjure up some of his party's former spirit the african national congress led the fight against apartheid demanding justice and equality for all for some it almost sounds like mockery but president zuma faces dozens of allegations of corruption blackmail fraud and money laundering for years he's used his presidential immunity to keep him in power though the mood at this party gathering seemed upbeat divisions run deep and zuma himself acknowledged. as. the. observers say the party is in danger of splitting into into camps headed by the two

main candidates looking to succeed zuma as party leader cyril ramaphosa zuma as deputy i want to south africa's richest men is battling. the president's ex-wife and former head of the african union. ramaphosa is seen as someone who could revive the party and its fortunes he's repeatedly spoken out against corruption in the country he also pledges to put south africa's flagging economy back on track. if it is elected some worry that corruption allegations against her ex-husband may go uninvestigated. observers say zuma may stand down early and not wait until next elections due in two thousand and nineteen if his ex-wife does take over the party helm many in south africa would like to see zuma go. people are what they are looking at looking at the him as a looking at him at as

a lie and all those names that he has been painted with. it's like the people that are supposed to be protecting the company don't think at all so it's about time they did step down it's. one of the country's richest men or the president's ex-wife one of them is likely to be south africa's next president. for more on this we're joined by journalist philip divest from the mail and guardian and your highness berg philip it's good to see you the voting was meant to start about twenty four hours ago and the results were expected today but that's not what's happening what's the latest. delays are still ongoing still don't have sight out of the angels gross's conference due to restart now to decide true it is that will be able to vote in these elections there's no sign yet of how long that process may take because this race is so very close there are fights are every single delegate and it looks like that might take up the rest of the day it's

a very tight race but as it stands is there any indication of who is likely to become the new leader of the party well as of late last night sarong or was it as differently. he got the endorsement of the senate candidate and make up a critical to the rubble or is it can really compete it's not chippers that. she is also speaker on the cheese well so you go with that. quite critical that she is a woman who says i'm out of the sumach out be pushing the message that some african history the first female leader they'd be talking about is fight against patriarchy so for us around was it at this point in the race good that it was rigged from a lake in a bit and it might just not be very. with such divisions within the party is this is it fair to say that this could potentially be the beginning of the end of the n.c. we've been talking about a. real.

full. very big job. philip to vet and your highness thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world chile has declared a disaster zone at the site of a village destroyed by a mudslide heavy rain caused the river to overflow and the side of a hill to collapse killing at least five people rescue workers are searching through the debris for about a dozen missing people thousands of romanians have attended a state funeral for their late monarch king michael he died in exile in switzerland earlier this month at the age of ninety six it ruled romania twice before being forced to abdicate in one nine hundred forty seven by romania's then communist

rulers the united nations security council is considering a draft resolution rejecting any change to the status of jerusalem a text has reportedly been drawn up by egypt in response to this this isn't by u.s. president donald trump to recognize the city as the capital of israel the u.s. is expected to be any such resolution and with a team of astronauts have blasted off for the international space station from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan the three crew members making the journey in the soyuz spacecraft are from japan russia and the united states their mission is set to last six months. and the united states of dorothy's have ordered new evacuations in parts of california as a massive wildfire continues to spread fierce winds have pushed the inferno closer to santa barbara and mana seato thousands of homes threatened by the blaze more

than seven hundred homes have been engulfed by these flames. nesta place reaches to city of. its residents could only pray for the best. the fire has been devastating california for two weeks and has now become the third largest wildfire the state has of a record it. the firefighters have been battling around the clock but strong winds are keeping that extremely difficult. so some of this is the firefighters were facing last night were the expected the sundowners to hit somewhere between two am four am so strong north pushing the fire back downhill so extremely gusty cold. you know relative humidity being low it's very very hazardous firefighting facing a high threat tens of thousands in some parts of santa barbara and venturer have been forced to leave their homes and the smoke has blotted out the county sploofus

skies. authorities say the wind tests shifted in the firefighters favor but so far only forty percent of the blaze has been contained. real madrid have retained their fifo club world cup title after defeating brazil's gremio one nil an opera dobby and who else but world player of the year chris though netting the winner early in the second half it's the fifth time in five years that a european side have lifted this trophy. tis the season to be jolly and that's definitely the case for one syrian teenager in germany spanish football giants barcelona gave new genius stuff quite a holiday gift the club sent their bus to germany to pick her up before taking her to camp new there she was given a tour of the stadium and met her favorite soccer player. eugene first made

headlines after making the long journey from aleppo to germany in two thousand and fifteen born with cerebral palsy and her story has inspired many around the world. you're watching the news coming up next in the bundesliga show there was plenty of drama in saturday's matches including the standout game between dortmund and hoffenheim. in the bundesliga show coming up next. don't forget you can always get your news on the go just download our app from google play or the apple store that'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and you can also use the do you have to send us photos and videos. they're watching. and i'll be back at the top of the hour with more thanks for watching.

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