joining me now is cindy mccreery, historian and senior lecturer at the university of sydney and a specialistory of the british monarchy. thanks of the british monarchy. very much forjoining us. thanks very much forjoining us. what did they make of it in australia, then? this extraordinary, eccentric, colourfuljubilee. extraordinary, eccentric, colourful jubilee. i extraordinary, eccentric, colourfuljubilee.- extraordinary, eccentric, colourfuljubilee. colourful “ubilee. i think is our colourfuljubilee. i think is your presenter— colourfuljubilee. i think is your presenterjust - colourfuljubilee. i think isj your presenterjust noted, david, it was a very british affair and most australians watched in great delight and admiration but there are already discussions in australia for what happens next for australia and other commonwealth members so i think we are enjoying the jubilee very much, appreciating the ageing —— amazing job queen elizabeth is done for 70 years and celebrate and thank her for her service but thinking with a new labour government in australia what the future will hold for u

jazeera washington or brandon or corners, an associate professor of american politics at the university of sydney. and he's joining us live via skype vector to happy weather, sir on al jazeera. how much is this hearing about trying to establish what happened and who was responsible and how much of it is about democrats trying to throw as much mud as possible at donald trump in the administration? i had of the midterms and i had of a possible re election bit. i think it's important that democracy in some ways is on trial whether america is a democracy that the losing side in any election will accept the paypal's will. so i think for the symbolic sort of message, it sends the rest of the whoa, that, that you know what, i'm, what i'm following in australia and probably what you're following in the middle east. undoubtedly, the democrats want to make donald trump, and the republicans look as bad as possible because trump had his hands alova this coup attempt with as insurrection. i mean, he had a rally that day on january 16 card people to go to the capital building. he saw footage for 3 hours and he

researchers from the university of canterbury in christchurch have confirmed the discovery of pieces of plastic. our sydneyin new zealand set “p canterbury in new zealand set up to sample fresh snowfall in antarctica or the latter part of 2019. they said they were pretty confident that they wouldn't mind any micro plastics. they took samples from 19 locations, and they were pretty surprised with what they found because they discovered micro plastics in every location including locations near scientific bases and also more remote places too, so this is a significant moment according to those researchers, they say that this is the very first published study that can terms the presence of micro plastics in antarctica. they believe these bits of plastic debris could have flown on the air over thousands of kilometres or more likely from nearby scientific bases. the presence of people on antarctica, they believe, could have produced this micro plastics footprint, in one of the most remote and pristine areas in the world, scientists have discovered these plastic contaminants. i have discovered these plastic conta

of reproductive rights. dr sydney calkin is from the queen mary university of london.he rest of the world when it comes to access to abortion. i think it's really important to note that this is actually really out of step with the trajectory of abortion laws around the world. for the most part, what we see are countries moving from having more restrictive laws to less restrictive laws. it's really very unusual to see countries go backwards on this so even though the us loomed so large politically, it's really out of step with the global trend on abortion rights. could you just take us through some of those trends that have been taking place around the world? sure. closest to the uk, we've seen changes recently in ireland and northern ireland. in 2018, ireland moved from having a constitutional abortion ban today and repealing that ban and bringing in a relatively progressive abortion law that allows for a up to 12 weeks on request and further into pregnancy for medical reasons. northern ireland we saw the decriminalisation of abortion in 2019. further afield, we've see

of the world? to discuss, i'm joined by dr sydney calkin, she's a senior lecturer in human geography at the queen mary university us. before i get the idea of that comparison, what was your initial reaction to the news yesterday? i what was your initial reaction to the news yesterday?— the news yesterday? i wasn't surprised _ the news yesterday? i wasn't surprised because _ the news yesterday? i wasn't surprised because we - the news yesterday? i wasn't surprised because we had - the news yesterday? i wasn't| surprised because we had the the news yesterday? i wasn't - surprised because we had the draft opinion leaked a few months ago so i think we knew this was coming. i was disappointed to see the decision they released was very similar to they released was very similar to the one that was leaked but we knew this was on the way, unfortunately. what is going on in america because this looks like such a backward step? i this looks like such a backward ste - ? ~ �* , this looks like such a backward ste? ~ 3 . , this looks like such a backward ste? ~ �*, ., , ., step? i think it's really important to note that _ st

of microplastics in antarctic snow. our correspondent, phil mercer, joins us from sydney. just how significant is this new study?— just how significant is this newstud ? ~ , ., . , new study? when researchers from the universitysity of canterbury in new zealand set out to sample fresh snowfall in antarctica in late 2019, they said they were confident they would not find any micro plastics, they took samples from 19 locations and they were pretty surprised with what they found because they discovered micro plastics in every location including locations near scientific bases and more remote places as well. this is a significant moment according to those researchers, they say this is the very first published study that confirms the presence of mike plastics in antarctica. they believe these bits of plastic debris could have flown on the year of thousands of kilometres or more likely from nearby scientific bases. —— air. the presence of people on antarctica they believe could well have reduced this micro plastic print so in one of the most remote and pristine areas in the world, scientists have discovered these plastic contaminants. i these plastic contaminants. i guess on the one hand we should be alarmed becaus

university of canterbury in christchurch have confirmed the discovery of pieces of plastic much smaller than a grain of rice in fresh snowfall at various locations. 0ur correspondent, phil mercer, joins us from sydney. when the expedition be . an in found. when the expedition began in late _ found. when the expedition began in late 2019, - found. when the expedition began in late 2019, the - found. when the expedition l began in late 2019, the team from the university of canterbury in new zealand were confident that they would not find micro plastics in such a remote and pristine environment as the antarctic and they collected samples from 19 locations on the ross ice shelf in antarctica and found evidence of plastic pollution at every single location. now some of the concentrations of micro plastics in the freshly fallen slow no were even bigger than those found in the nearby sea so this is raising concern that some of this debris has flown essentially in the air thousands of kilometres to the antarctic, or more likely was a result of humans, researchers were being present on the continent and leaving what researchers have called a micro plastic footprint.— plastic footprint. what could this have

of up against that him in here. these extensive, their walk law deep into was unions that some among sydney's chinese community have staged impressive marches in the city. they want visibility, including at universities where more and more chinese students are being educated. under precedent teaching thing, we have seen the chinese government grow bolder in its repression of basic rice. a chinese government is trying to send a message to chinese people who are living in other countries abroad. that if you criticize the chinese communist party, you pay a price chinese students can wind up in trouble if they criticize the regime, including policy regarding hong kong. and then we saw this really escalate and take off in the last couple of years. particularly, as you know, the protests in hong kong have reverberated around the world. elaine pearson wrote a report on the situation and what the students told us was that i can't criticize the chinese communist party. some of them described how they were threatened over social media apps, sometimes in text messages. sometimes the messages came in the middle of the night . a classmate would say, i'm watching you. people are very afraid for, for their family m