andrew thomas, al jazeera, sydney. >>> japan volcano erupted. the country's meteorological council of described anyone in close proximity is at risk. >>> 30% of the great wall of china no longer exist because of atmospheric conditions or because people in the area have been chipping away. andrews thomas reports. >> naturally occurring stoafn in this parstone,can you stone to r homes. in some cases, more than 100 years ago. >> we are happy to definitive back any part of thgive back an. back then, modern building blocks were not available as they are now. >> made from the old and the new. ancient china sits comfortably alongside its modern descendant. parts worn away by 70,000 visitors each day. many visitors say protecting the wall is important. >> translator: the great wall isn't just china's. it belongs to the whole human race and has to be protected. >> it's a symbol of china and we have to look after it. >> reporter: so that the tourists today are a photo opportunity for the local chinese. its disappearance is worrying those fighting to prote

from sydney, andrew thomas reports. >> the result was close but in the end the tight result was taken by malcolm turnbull. >> turnbull successful on 54, abbott, 44. >> the australia of the future has to be a nation that is agile. that is innovative. that is creative. we cannot be defensive. we cannot future-proof ourselves. we have to recognize that the disruption that we see driven by technology, by change, is our friend if we are agile and smart enough to stay advantage of it. there has never been a more

andrew thomas reports. >> reporter: in australia it is become a familiar site, a new prime minister being sworn in. >> i malcolm turnbull to swear i will serve the people of australia. >> reporter: he says his government will put forward a positive vision for the future. >> has never been a more exciting time to be alive than today. and there has never been a more exciting time to be an australian. >> reporter: australia has had a turbulent recent political past. the outgoing prime minister this time said he had much to be

. >> reporter: i am andrew thomas in australia, along a coastline that is developing a reputation as shark attack capital of the world. some here are calling for a cull. but would that be ethical? ♪ >>> remindser of the top tories here on al jazeera. refugees in a camp have broken down barriers and crashed with riot police, earlier hungary's parliament passed a series of laws that could see refugees and migrants jailed. hundreds of refugees unable to complete train trips started walking from the budapest's main railway station, many headed for germany, a journey of more than 600-kilometers. saudi arabia's king salman just arrived to the white now a long-awaited visit to u.s. press barack obama. the meeting is being held behind closed doors and expect today focus the wards in syria and yemen. >>> guatemala's former president otto perez molina has appeared in court against, he's being investigation today alleged lick taking bribes if a cut. s scam but he denies the charges the investigation come daze address of the election on his sunday. let's get more from david who is there for us.

andrew thomas, al jazeera.a. >>> thai police say faither of the two men they have detained in connection with the bangkok bombing is the lead suspect. this man was arrested six days ago in bangkok suburb with what police say was bomb-make equipment. his dna and that of another suspect do not match samples from the person the police think is the bomber. they saw him on a surveillance camera leaching a backpack minutes before the explosion, 20 people were killed at the shrine last month. >>> now more than 70 years since the end of the second world war. the number of surviving veterans continues to dwindle. but the youngest in their late 80s. the records of prisoners are war now now being preserved for future generation on his the i want knelt. simon mcgregor wood has more. >> the royal army medical core, i would say it's pretty safe to say this is you. >> reporter: from friday, millions will be able do what dr. bill franklin is doing. looking up his prisoner of war record online. now 103. he was impressed by the

. >> i'm andrew thomas and in australia along the coastline that is developing a reputation as the sharkk capitol of the world. some here are calling for a kill but would that be ethical? ♪ >> al jazeera america, weekday mornings. catch up on what happened overnight with a full morning brief. get a first hand look with in-depth reports and investigations. start weekday mornings with al jazeera america. open your eyes to a world in motion. hello again, here are the headlines, hundreds of refugees in an intense standoff with police at a rail way station in hungry and refuse to get off a train and move to a refugee camp nearby and want to get to austria but train was stopped by police, they will meet in luxenburg to talk about the refugee crisis and announced u k plans to take thousands more syrian refugees but the number will not include those who made their own way to europe. syrian toddler who has come to symbolize the suffering of refugees has been buried along with his brother and mother and laid to rest in their home city of kobane. germany expecting a record 800,000 asylum requests t

andrew thomas, al jazeera.a. >>> thai police say neither of the two men they have detained in connection with the bangkok bomb is this lead suspect. this man was arrested six days ago in a bangkok suburb. his dna and that of another suspect do not much samples from the person the police think is the bomber. 10s of thousands of israel i students missed the start of the new school year, christian schools have launched strikes to protest against deep budget cuts, they argue a decrease is being used to force cristal schools in to the state system. scott heidler reports from israel. >> reporter: student out frosting when they should be studying. hundreds of christian school students and their parents took to the streets in a community between jerusalem and tel aviv. it's part of a growing protest movement against the israeli government's decision to slash funding for christian schools that have 33,000 students. her two sons are at a christian school the entirely family was out protesting. >> there are systematic pol

from sydney andrew thomas reports. >> the result was close, but in the end the tight vote went to the challenger. >> malcolm turnbull was successful on 54, tony abbott 44. >> malcolm turnbull was elected to lead his party and the country. >> australia has to be a country that is innovative that is creative, we cannot be future-proofing ourselves, we have to see that the disruption of technology the volatility and change is our friend, is our friend if we are agile and smart enough to take advantage of it. there has never been a more exciting time, to be alive, than today. and there has never been a more exciting time to be an australian. >> tony abbott was australia's prime minister for almost two years. his achievement was stopping boats of refugees from reefng australia anfrom reachingaustrag environmental challenges. second election victory next year began to look slim. malcolm turnbull was a long time rival and long harboring prime minister ambitions. one of stability no surprises it was not to be. malcolm turnbull will be sworn in formally as australia's prime minister on tuesday

andrew thomas, al jazeera, sydney. >>> afghan taliban says it used gunmen and suicide bombers to storm the prison in eastern ghazni province. >>> three people have been arrested in malaysia, in connection with the bombing of a shrine in bangkok last month. picked up after a tipoff from the thai authorities. 20 people were killed by the bombing in central bangkok in august. >> sri lanka's prime minister has visited for the first time in his office, manel fernandez has reported. >> these fishermen in northern sri lanka say their trailers come back almost empty. >> we are at a loss. >> thousands of fishermen expected bumper catches of fish. instead they encountered these, indian trawlers, sometimes up to 3,000 a night, illegally fishing in sri lankan waters. charges of attacking fishermen india denies. last of decisive action is aggravating the problem. >> translator: if it was into the waters by accident our fishermen are ousted. scores of indian trawlers come daily and take away our resources and no one says that's anything. >> reporter: the reality that has been discussed before with l

andrew thomas has more. >> three years ago, as the army bit it.ut since detainees have been held of what has become an effect tive prison, the media has not been allowed in, that secrecy is one thing the reported conditions says should change because where there's secrecy there can be abuse. the report details some of what is alleged. the sexual abuse by guards, even water boarding and the credibility of the former guard making that accusation, was questioned at the inquiry. >> no, i have not personally witnessed the actual event, but i have witnessed what i firmly believe to be the actions after. >> so you have seen people with water on them come from a building? >> and water coming out of their mouth, coughing up water. >> okay. >> the report says conditions at the prison are not adequate, appropriate, or safe. it calls for a full order to be allegations of abuse. >> there are, isty seven allegations of both physical and sexual abuse against children, that includes 30 concerning detention center staff. >> . >> the minister has acknowledged for t

andrew thomas, al jazeera, sydney. >>> still to come on this program, parts of indonesia declare a statef emergency averaging fires cause dangerous levels of air pollution. plus how a community in the u.s. state of california has been devastated by wildfires. ♪ ♪ >>> hello again. let's have a look at the top stories here on al jazeera. hungary is constructing a four-meter-high fence to stop refugees from entering its territory from serbia, and has declared a state of emergency in two counties on the border. >>> israeli police have stormed the mosque named to jews as temple mount in occupied east jerusalem for a third day. 36 palestinians have been injured. tuesday marks the end of the jewish new year when jews are allowed access there. palestinians fear that israel wants to change the rules that allow jews to visit but not to pray. >>> moscow be continue to provide support to the syrian regime, and has urged other countries to join in. the u.s. says russia's involvement will only worsen the situation. >>> indonesia's government says company's found guilty of deliberately starting huge fo

in march al jazeera's andrew thomas was one of the first to arrive after the cyclone hit. he went back to see the extent of the recovery. >> six months on, kaot sam is reenacting actions he thinks saved his family. how he lifted his collapsed house after the cyclone brought it down on his wife and children. >> translator: somehow i lifted up the house. >> reporter: all the family survived. nearly all in vanuatu did. whether i came back and saw the scale of the destruction, houses blown down as if made of straw, i was sure hundreds had died. those in the various emergency organizations that swept in after the storm. but when communications were restored even the most remote communities reached by rescue teams the news was surprisingly good. nationwide just 11 people had lost their lives. a big part of why? simple, light structures. the deaths that were, were from flying an removes or collapsing brick walls. vanuatu doesn't have many of other. vanuatu has regular cyclone preparedness training. it has word about which buildings are strongest and how to get people into them fa

andrew thomas has been covering the story from sydney. >> things happen fast. after he said he would challenge tony abbott, he was sworn in as australia's 29th prime minister having beaten ton tony abbott. he got too distracted by silly things and wasn't able to present a positive vision of where the country was going. >> the australia of the future has to be a nation that is agile. that is, innovative, create. we cannot be defensive, we cannot future-proof ourselves. we have to recognize that the disruption that we see driven b technology, the volatility and change, is our friend, is our friend if we are agile and smart enough to take advantage of it. there has never been a more exciting time to be alive than today. and there has never been a more exciting time to be an australian. >> they are in the same political party. so what policy differences won't be huge. but he's to the left of the liberal party, abbott was to the right. but there will be changes. turnbull is likely to take the issue of climate change more seriously. he's also a supporter of guy marri

andrew thomas, alleges. >> al jazeera asked the government for the interview, but we told the ministeras not available. israel has del moished the home of the senior commander. there was a shoot out between forces and the armed group after dozens of army vehicles turned up at his house in the occupied west bank. a stuckish soldier has been killed and another wounded. the shooting happened in the southeast province. as the second time a turkish soldier has been shot and killed along the boarder. >> 12 soldiers and militia men were killed outside the town. after a mortar assault, two suicide bombers blew themselves near troops. >> iraq's prime minister is continues to face strong opposition, as he tries to implement a new reform program. he announces the changes after massive protests over corruption, and a lack of paragraph. reports from baghdad. >> this is why well question ton that tick the streets. the shortage of electricity was the breaking point. this sector has been worn down by years of war, but people blame the authorities for mismanagement and corruption. the government promis

andrew thomas, al jazeera. people, innocent people doing nothing at all, walking down the street, bam, bam, bam, please policemen jump upon them, beat them, in this hor inc. way. >> as the 50th anniversary of the voting rights march from selma to montgomery and bloody sunday was, protesters across the country today are calling for an end to what they say is rachel discrimination in the

to come and has a year to prove it assuming he is not toppled before the next election comes, andrew thomasazeera, sidney. >>> a lot to come on al jazeera including. >> we fled a bigger problem, there is no problem greater than hunger. >> ethiopia migrants willing to travel to a conflict shown in hopes of a better life. >> the pakistani woman who has won a u.n. award for her work with refugees, that is coming up. welcome back and remind you of headlines hungary declared state of emergency on two counties borders serbia with 9,000 refugees crossing in from serbia and border controls blocking the mainland route with the eu. russia president vladimir putin says they will provide support to the military regime and asked others to join in and it will worsen the situation and believe they have tanks at a syrian air base near latakia, israeli police stormed the compound on the temple mount for the third day and 36 palestinians injured and tuesday is the end of the jewish new year when jews are allowed access there and they say they want to change the rules that allow jews to visit but not to pray.

andrew thomas, al jazeera, australia. >> couples celebrate in rowen county, kentucky. the clerk's office for the first time in months is issuing marriage licenses with the clerk herself behind bars. saudi arabia's king makes a first trip to the u.s. since ascending to the throne. the iran nuclear deal and a billion dollar arms package on the deal for his meeting with president obama. and a new picture of the u.s. economy. employment fell in august, but schatz sparking concerns by

andrew thomas in sydney, thank you. still to come here. >> reporter: i am at the great wolf china.be telling you why 30% of this historic monument has gone missing. and further still, i'll be telling you where it's gone. >>> welcome back. let's reminds you of the top stories. e.u. even tear your ministers are meeting within hours to discuss how to deal with record numbers of refugees arriving at its front tears, earlier germany imposed border controls after temporarily suspending trained for to ask from neighboring austria. it says refugees can't choose the states where they want asylum. australian prime minister tony abbott is facing a challenge for the leadership of the liberal party. commutations minister malcolm turnbull asked him to step aside on monday of. >>> the afghan taliban says eights freed more than 430 prisoners, saying it used bombers to storm the prison. four afghan police officers were killed. several others were wounded. >>> now, turkey has restored a curfew on the mainly kurdish city. the measures are apart of a government campaign to stamp out kurdish separatist

. >> i'm andrew thomas and in australia along the coastline that is developing a reputation as the sharkk capitol of the world, some here are calling for a problem but would that be ethical. ♪ ♪ again let's take a look at the top stories on al jazeera, the u.n. refugee agency says europe is facing a moment of truth and the continent must work together to end people suffering, the standoff between refugees and riot police at a hungarian train station that continues almost 24 hours after it began. a man and wife and two sons who drown trying to cross to syria and the three-year-old body sparked an international outcry and coffins arrived in istanbul and will be sent home to kobani for burial. the president bashar al-assad could share power with a healthy opposition according to the president of russia, vladimir putin's comments are the closest of what moscow thinks is an acceptable way out of violence that is sweeping syria and more on the refugee crisis and mohamed is where that train full of refugees has been stopped now for nearly 24 hours in hungry. i believe you have been inside, moha

andrew thomas, al jazerra.jazerra asked the australian government for an interview but we were told the minister was not available. >>> iraq's military says isil has launch aid series of suicide attacks in anbar province, 12 soldiers and militia men were killed outside the town. >>> iraq's prime minister is continue to go face strong opposition as he tries to implement a new reform program. he announced the changes after massive protests over government corruption and a lack of infrastructure. zeina khodr reports from baghdad. >> reporter: this is why people began to take to the streets. the shortage of electrics and the extreme heat was the breaking point for many iraqs. this session tou sector has been by years of war, but people blame authorities for mismanagement and corruption. prime minister al badi said he would take action, this man blamed ministers for not enough no one toy development the network. parliament was satisfied with his answers but caused yet more anger on the streets. >> translator: it see

andrew thomas, al jazeera.> coming up on the bullpen, the search for the missing is called off in china. after last month's massive explosive. plus. >> reporter: i am that arely's los angeles at the venice film festival where juries have astounded critic ed by awarding the prestigious golden lion prize to a first time venezuelan director. the only way to get better is to challenge yourself, and that's what we're doing at xfinity. we are challenging ourselves to improve every aspect of your experience. and this includes our commitment to being on time. every time. that's why if we're ever late for an appointment, we'll credit your account $20. it's our promise to you. we're doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. ♪ ♪ >>> good to have you with us, i am elizabeth in doha. these are the top stories on al jazeera. 10s of thousands of people have rallied across europe, calling on their government to his help the refugees arrivin

andrew thomas, al jazeera. in australia. >>> all right, time now sport. adrian, thank you. it's a nervous night for poland's football fans their team will be look is for a historic winning double over world champions germany on friday. poland sit top of group-d in qualifying for the european championships going in to the match in frankfurt. last time the two sides met was in warsaw when poland won 2-0. another victory for the polls later would take them to the brink of qualifying for the finals next. >> to be honest our team has changed a lot. not only looking at the match against germ if i but throughout all the qualifiers in the latest games, i can given us a lot of faith in our ona bills and skills, every one of us believes that the squad is able to achieve success and achieve a fitting result which will help us in the next phase of moving towards the european championships. >> germany, of course, looking for revenge against poland in what has become a crucial rematch to get their euro 2016 campaign back on course, with four games remaining germany sit

. >> andrew thomas reports on the shift in power down under in australia. >> the result was close but in the end votes went in favor of the challenger. >> in the leadership, was contested by malcolm turnbull and tony ab bo. turnbull 54, abbott, 44. >> the australia of the future. has to be a nation that is agile. that is innovative that is creaivet. wcreative. we ask not future proof ourselves. the volatility and change is our friend. is our friend if we are agile and smart enough to take advantage of it. there has never been a more exciting time to be live than today. and there has never been a more exciting time to be an australian. >> tony abbott was australia's prime minister for almost exactly two years. to the right of his party, his chief achievement was stopping boats of refugees from reaching australia and scrapping an environmental tax on carbon emissions. he was never very popular. his chances of leading his party to a second election victory looked slim. malcolm turnbull was a long ago rival. he seized his moment. tony abbott was elected in 2013, promising to end the dysfu

from sydney al jazeera's andrew thomas reports. >> the results were close but in the end a tight vote went in favor of a challenger. >> and the leadership was contested by malcolm turnbull, turnbull was successful on 54, abbott on 44. >> malcolm turnbull was successful to lead his country. >> the australia of the future has to be a nation that is agile, innovative creative. we cannot be future proofing ourselves. we have to recognize that the disruption that we see driven by technology the volatility and change, is our friend. is our friend if we are agile and smart enough to take advantage of it. there has never been a more exciting time to be alive than today. and there has never been a more exciting time to be an australian. >> tony abbott was australia's prime minister for almost exactly two years. from the right of his party his chief achievement in his eyes was stopping boats from reaching australia and scrapping an environmental tax on carbon emissions but never personally popular. as the australian economy slowed, his chances to lead to a new victory next year began to look sl

the idea to live with like-minded people who support each other's dreams was the brain kind of andrew thomas reid. he conceptualized it while traveling abroad in college 10 years ago. >> they are their own individual artist, they have a lane they are an expert at we build claprations -- collaborations around each home's expertise. >> reporter: andrew makes sure home is clean, and the bill are paid, the gain folk suts focus is the music. >> it is great. >> reporter: he said he is a little leary about live hire at first but now high loves it. >> i moved in the first night, i was like i don't know there is a lot going on, but then, i just loved it everyone is great. >> reporter: a few simple house ruling keep things running somethingly, quiet airs are 11 p.m. to 11 a.m., when the house does jam. the neighbors open their windows. everyone is super creative when it is time to jam as a group of the dining room is where they all come. >> have been a lot of comparisons to the real world but these housemates are not up invested in tv cameras or drama, they are working on a compilation of music and vi

andrew thomas, al jazeera, melbourne.er we spoke to jamie, a rugby journalists from australia. >> they wanted to impose sanctions upon us that would contravene what australian media law actually states. they are asking us to bypass our own country's laws to satisfy their demands. it's a blatant cash grab from world rugby. so your viewers right see when think jump on websites to watch highlights, the annoying video of the advertisement that comes up before you can see the footage, else that how modern media is making a lot of its money. and it's an important part of our business, and, you know, really this is biting the hand that feeds you from world rugby, because they wouldn't really be in a position to command the sponsorship dollars that they do without the support of the media, spending thousands of dollars, sending us everywhere to cover tournaments, give them mass exposure. we simply ask that we be allowed to operate under our own country's laws. they declined that, so we basically declined to cover the tournament,

. >>> let's get to our correspondent now, andrew thomas, in sydney. andrew, we have heard the ceo of save the children describing the detention facility as a prison. how much access do you as a journalist get to it? >> in a word, none. i went to naru three years ago when that camp was being built by the australian military. we have footage that we shot in 2012. the government was keen to advertise, to publicly size that this off-shore camp was being built because they wanted to act as a deterrent. it has worked. the boats has stopped coming. when the government changed, they kept the camp opened, but closed down access to it completely. media organizations, we have tried many times. they are now told they have to apply through the government and they pay a fee of $8,000 australian with no guarantee that a visa will be granted. even if it is, with no access to the detention center. no media organizations have been able to visit. australia's human rights commission a reputable organization, a wing of the government trying to hold the government to accoun

andrew thomas reports now from sydney. >> reporter: in australia, it's becoming a familiar site, a new minister being sworn in. >> i malcolm turnbull do swear -- >> reporter: he said his government would put forward a positive vision for australia's future. >> there has never been a more exciting time to be alive than today. and there has never been a more exciting time to be an australian. >> reporter: australia has had a turbulent recent political past with now five prime ministers in just over five years, four in the last two and a half. the outgoing prime minister this time said he had much to be proud of. but he said the instability and internal party division had to stop. for his successor he had this promise -- >> there will be no wrecking, undermining, and no sniping. i have never leaked or backgrounded against anyone, and i certainly won't start now. our country deserves better than that. >> reporter: he is a familiar figure to most australians less right-wing than tony abbott, and once minister for the environment, he takes more seriously issues like climate change. he is fav

. >>> and andrew thomas is in sidney and andrew what is the feeling there, is he going to win?is is a real time political drama that is playing out both behind closed doors and also in television and radio studios of the australian media because the mps that will be deciding this election in about an hour's time are watching the broadcast and watching the colleagues going on television saying who they are supporting or not supporting and why and making their own decisions based on that. so over the last two hours there has been a frenzy of mps rushing out of t.v. studios and pledging alliance to the prime minister or to his opponents malcolm so unclear both sides are saying or representatives from both sides are saying they have the numbers and have more than 50% of mps in their camp and their man will win. they both can't be right and if they claim they are then some people are lying to them so at the moment it looks too close to call if tony abbot will have his job in an hour or two from now. >> what is it that malcolm is unhappy about, what changes does he want to make? >> w

andrew thomas, al jazeera, sidney. >>> now, we at al jazeera have been asking the australian governmentn interview but we have been told the minister responsible was not available. however, we can talk to david mann who is the executive director of the refugee and immigration legal center and joins us on skype from melbourne and thank you for talking to us, can you give us an indication as to how legal, what is the legal status of housing asylum seekers off shore out sourcing effectively what is a domestic issue? >> well, what is quite clear with the legal opinion is that while australia may see asylum seekers from here it cannot transfer its legal responsibility for those so ultimately the latent responsibility for asylum seekers cents from australia to naru is retained by australia and so too is the moral and practical obligation in relation to those people's states. >> and given that there is this raft of criticism with regard to the way this prison is being run and the kinds of abuses that have been metered out it seems on a fairly regular basis to these asylum seekers where exactly

first sign of a greener government, andrew thomas, al jazeera. >> scientists in florida are trying to understand the dangers of high hopes for a new state-of-the-art similarity. andy gallagher has more. is. >> reporter: at the university of miami, scientists have been studying hurricanes for decades. researchers have a new tool in their arsenal that could change things. this vast tank is the world's largest wind water hurricane simulator. researchers says it is the ability to study the interaction between the sea and the storm that make it potentially revolutionary. >> we're going to be able to learn some things here that are deefnlt leap forward. we've pushed the technology, we've taken the bond well above what existed previously. >> it took a year for engineers to build the tank and researchers weren't sure what results it would yield, the ability to mimic the wind but also the waters is paying off. >> i can feel this entire tank moving and shaking around by my feet but what makes this similarity so unique is it can recreate storms so accurately, giving scientists an understanding o

. >> andrew thomas reports. >> a wind farm that this man thinks is ruining his health. >> blinding headaches. >> thomas blames the low frequency noise. it was to address concerns like thomases that australia government appointed a commissioner to investigate the complaints. environmentalists thought abbott was ceasing on health concerns to justify san attack. they said it was part of a broader campaign in favour of fossil fuels. they scrapped an environmental tax and declared goal as good for humanity, as for renewable energy. >> for some, that is a sign of grace, even beauty. not to tony abbot. wind farms he and his closest ministers thought were a blight on the landscape. >> up close, they are ugly, noisy and may have other impacts which i will leave to the scientists to study. >> i must say i find the wind turbines around lake george to be utterly offensive. >> reporter: the government withdraw support, reducing targets for renewable energy production, proposed unambitious reductions and last friday abbott laughed at a colleague's joke caught at an unknown climate change about how it woul

in part one of our controlling sports series andrew thomas reports on why this year's rugby cup angeredtralia. >> reporter: when it kicks off in london some people will be missing from the crowd. instead they will be on the other side of the world. australia's team have made the trip of course but much of the australia media has not. two big newspaper groups and one of australia's news agencies are shunning the event because of what they see as the editorial interference demand by world rugby the tournament's organizers. >> we simply want to tell our stories and we done need to be told how to tell the stories and who we can tell them to. >> reporter: seeking to control the advertising that ran alongside news content and limit what video could air and for how long. the tension is just the latest. media organizations are increasingly frustrated about controlled sports and administrators demand over coverage and the sports bodies, the main motivation is money. within melvin's global headquarters for australian futbol or afl what looks like and is a newsroom and paid for by the afl itself i

in just over five years after a series of leadership challenges within both major parties and andrew thomas from sidney. >> reporter: in australia it is becoming a familiar site, a new prime minister being sworn in. >> i malcolm swear i will well and truly serve the people of the state. >> reporter: malcolm said his government will put a positive vision for australia's future. >> there has never been a more exciting time to be alive than today and there has never been a more exciting time to be an australian. >> reporter: australia had a turbulent past with now five prime ministers in just over five years, four in the last 2 1/2. the outgoing prime minister this time said he had much to be proud of but in his concession speech he said the instability and internal party division has to stop but the accesser had this promise. >> no rigging, no under mining, and no snipering. i've never leaked a background against anyone and i certainly won't start now. our country deserves better than that. >> reporter: malcolm is a familiar figure to most use australians and he is in favor of gay marriage an

andrew thomas has more. >> reporter: three years ago al jazerra filmed what would become the detentionustralia's army built it. but since detainees have been held is what has been in effect a prison, the media has not been allowed in. that secrecy is one thing the report in to conditions there says should change because where the secrecy there can be abuse. the report detailed some of what is alleged. self harm by traumatized children the sexual abuse of detainees by guards. even water boarding. though the credibility of the former guard making that accusation was questioned at the inquiry. >> no, i have not personally witnessed the actual event. but i have witnessed what i firmly believe to be the actions after. >> so you have seen team with water on them come from a building? >> water coming out of their mouth, covering up water. >> okay. >> reporter: the report says conditions at the prison are not adequate, appropriate, or safe. it calls for a full order to the allegations of abuse. >> there are six several gameses of both physical and sexual abuse against children. and that includ

andrew thomas is on van what true with the story. >> reporter: good he can, del.slammed on the evening of the march 13th if already done extensive damage further north and crept slowly. people did know it was coming so those killed by the storm relatively few, thankfully. 11 in total. but the damage it did was extension tiff. nineties% of building here in the capital were damaged further south on the outlying islands, vellums had the majority of their homes flat ended. i was here in march i saw the devastation for myself over the last few days, i have been around the country looking at the recover effort since. in a couple of days pam will be six months old. she was named after march's storm. baby pam doesn't know any different. for everyone else, the impact of cyclone pam is still obvious. but although scared for vanauta recovery is underway, many houses damaged in march have been put back up. schools have been repowered, temporarily classroomed established. and in remote communities, there have been sell breaks songs as health clinics are rebuilt. getting to thi

andrew thomas, al jazeera, sidney. >>> al jazeera did ask the australian government for an interviewre told the minister was not available. we spoke to david mann from the refugee and immigration legal center, he says australia must put this before politicians. >> what we look at is incarceration of a large amount of vulnerable people who have sought asylum in australia and claiming to be fearing persecution in their home countries from places like afghanistan and that includes women, children, families essentially being incarcerated in naru indefinitely, having sought asylum in australia. now the type of all gayings that have come out of the resent inquiry are consisted with repeated allegations with forms of inhumanity such as physical abuse and sexual abuse including of children and including of women and also other forms of potentially criminal conduct and one of the key findings of this report is these allegations are not serious but they also are part of a patent and part of a pattern of abuse going on in this detention center which is both funded and controlled by australia, a

andrew thomas has the debate from eastern australia. >> on the morning of july the 31st, just 20 meters from shore, former boxer craig ison was mauled buy great white shark. sat on his surf board, with the shark trying to rip off his leg, ison fought. >> i reckon the whole thing was about ten seconds. yeah. >> full recovery could take years. as for getting back in the ocean -- >> i would not absolutely not no way, you would pay me $10 million and i still wouldn't go back to the water. i wouldn't go back until i believe it's safe. >> there's fear in the area of awfort 14 people attacked by sharks, two died. >> it's a little bit like jaws. there's a fear. i know they are reluctant to go into the water. >> why so many sharks? it could be this year's el nino, or the heavier than normal rains have washed noout rents into the water. more sharks are reaching maturity . >> along this coast that question has provoked fierce debate. some say nothing but the ocean is the shark's territory, that people have to accept a certain degree of risk. >> getting days you can surf and run with your mates, th

andrew thomas more from melbourne. >> when the rugby world cup takes off in london, some will be missing from the crowd. they'll be on the other side of the world. australia team made the trip, of course, much of the australian media has not. too big newspaper groups, and one of australia main newsagencies are shunning the event because of what they see as an editorial interference demanded by world rugby, the tournament's organizers. >> we simply want to tellure stories, we don't need to be told how to tell the stories or who do. >> reporter: the rugby body has tried to limit video. the tensions are the latest. >> media organizations are frustrated over coverage. as sports bodies, the main motivation is money. >> within the global headquarters for australian rules footy or afl. it is, editors insist, independent. >> people are not stupid. fans are not stupid. they come for authentic news, that's what we provide. if we are a p.r. wing, we'd have a fraction of the audience. >> not all are convinced. >> when i go on to a website. i'm delegating the responsibility, the progress to someone e

. >> andrew thomas has this report. >> reporter: the offshoring of asylum seekers trying to come to australia by boat and sent to australia to examples in other countries is a key plank of australia deterrence policies towards refugees. conditions are meant to be tough. this mattery report suggests they are too tough, and concludes conditions are not adequate, appropriate or safe for the asylum seekers detained there. there's more than 400 people detained on nauru. including 80 children. the committee had allegations of detainee and children. so traumatized they self-harmed. the recommendation isn't suggest closing the camp, but sugsing the process of romping abuse should be transparent, access to human rights groups and the media to the camp at the moment. both finding it difficult to get in. chin should be taken occupant. and detainees given a look at where the claims are at. because in some cases they drag on for years. >>> the u.s. state department released more than 7,000 pages of hillary clinton's emails online. she's been criticized for using a private server when she was secretary of

. >> andrew thomas and in australia, along the coastline that is developing a reputation as the sharkk capitol of the world, some here are calling for a call but would that be ethical. >>> and in sport conditions at the u.s. open too hot to handle for some of the players, details coming up, with joe. ♪ ♪ hello again and the headlines hundreds of refugees are in a tense standoff with police at a rail way station in hungry and refuse to get off a train and move to a refugee camp and still have to get to austria but the train was stopped by police. european foreign ministers will meet in luxenburg with talks on the refugee crisis and they announced new plans to accept thousands more syrians. the syrian toddler has come to symbolize the suffering of refugees has been buried along with his brother and mother and laid to rest in their home city of kobane. germany is expecting a record 800,000 asylum requests this year. the system is struggling to cope and rob reynolds reports. >> reporter: she and her three-month-old baby girl have reached the goal of so many refugees desperate journey. >>

. >> our correspondent andrew thomas has more now from sydney. >> the result was close, but it was enough for malcolm turnbull, the challenger to defeat prime minister tony abbott. 54-44 votes. the changing of the prime minister in australian politics is becoming a habit. when tony abbott became prime minister, he said that his government would be functional and would not change leadership. clearly that has not proved to be the case. malcolm turnbull is from the left of right of center party. tony abbott was very much on the right of the party, skeptical about climate change, very li liberal economics and saying that terrorism was a major threat to australia. malcolm turnbull will tone that down, and we'll know more tuesday when he's formerly sworn. >> a number of mexican terror "o" tourists were killed in egypt. eight mexicans were killed, but the mexican foreign minister said that two nationals are dead. the shooting happened in the western desert, a total of 12 people were killed. the families of those injured were visiting them in hospital. egypt said that security forces firing from

andrew thomas, al jazeera. >>> a u.s. stopped a gunman on a train heading to paris has been welcomed home as a show row. spencer stone stepped off the flight in california to cheers from about 200 people who had gathered to greet him of he was among a group of passengers who tackeddal heavily armed man last month. they were all given france's highest bravery award. >> he put his life on the line and, you know, took this guy down and saved many lives i am pretty sure of. not too many people would do that. >> basically just to show my support for, you know, one of my fellow airmen who just happened to be a hero. >>> coming up after the break in sport, a very different looking lewis hamilton off the track. but the same results on it. action from formula one's latest stop in italy coming up with raul in a moment. >>> it's time for sport now, here is raul. >>> thanks, very much. we start with formula one, despite it being the home track of ferrari mercedes dominated the practice on friday ahead of the italian grand prix. lewis

. >> we'll go to andrew thomas. it keeps happening. i said this last hour. they call it a spill in australia, a political spill. it happens with regularity every 12 or 18 months, you get a new prime minister. >> well, what you saw then, a new prime minister of australia sworn in, is becoming a strangely familiar sight. five times in five years, unprecedented for a country that on the surface looks very stable, very successful economically compared to others, but at the top of poll strides, a constant coup culture in politics. you had it under the previous labour government and now under the right of center. liberal government, remarkable scenes. why was this necessary by the parliamentary colleagues. well, opinion polls are consistently saying that tony abbott is not a popular prime minister, and his government is on track to lose the next election due in a year's time. obviously mps were concerned about losing their seat. they are not popular. they may have done good things in the party's eyes, when it comes to the economy, jobs are given the okay downturn.

andrew thomas has this update. >> reporter: things happen fast, fewer than 24 hours after he said he would challenge result tony abbott, he was sworn in as the 29th prime minister having beaten abbott in an internal party election. they got too distracted and wasn't able to present a positive vision of where the country is going. here's a little of what malcolm turnbull had to say. >> we have to be innovative and creative. we can't future-proof ourselves. we have to recognize that the disruption that we see driven by technology, the volatility and change, is our friend, is our friend if we are agile and smart enough to take advantage of it. there has before been a more exciting time to be alive than today. and there is never been a more exciting time to be an australian. >> they are in the same political party. so what policy differences won't be huge, they will be more ones of nuance. but turnbull is more to the left, abbott is very much on the right. there will be changes. turnbull is likely to take the issue of climate change more seriously. he's also a supporter of gay marriage.

. >> reporter: and andrew thomas is in sidney and andrew tony abbot sounding confident there but couldce a bit of a rattle? >> well, there are a hundred members of the party who sit in parliament who will decide this election probably in about five minute's time and we have not beneficially told that but networks say 9:15 in the evening and it's 9:10 and have a ballot and should have a result in 20 minutes from now and that is a very good question because this is a real time drama going on behind closed doors as they talk and in radio and going on television to persuade not just the general public by colleagues watching adjust listening to broadcasts of which way they should vote based on what they vote because everyone wants to back the winner because on television this is too close to tell, both sides say their man has the numbers, both sides of course can't be right, somebody is going to emerge with victory and somebody is not, tony abbot for the right and malcolm from the left of his party, it really is a battle for those two wins to see who is going to be prime minister in a 25 mi

andrew thomas, al jazeera. >> russia's president has defended the presence in syria, saying it will be impossible to defeat isil otherwise. it is believed moscow ising pros tanks at a syrian air base. but the u.s. has says the involve will only worsen the situation. reports from moscow. president putin made it clear it will continue to supply damascus with military equipment. >> we have supported the syrian government, i would like to say that as it con fronts the terrorist aggression, we have provided and will provide all the necessary military and technical support. and we call on other countries to join us. >> putin had another reason to back the war against isil. >> the ranks of the islamic state fighters undergo ideological indoctrination, and training. also from european countries and the russian federation, and many former soviet republics and of course, we are worried with the possibility of them returning to our territories. but the view from washington, from the president down, is russia's continue support is doomed to failure. >> what we would like to see, is movement toward

he says he's losing confidence in the prime minister's management of the economy think andrew thomas ollowing developments from sydney. so, andrew, what is tony abbott's responsible to this leadership challenge? >> reporter: we are still waiting, shiulie, he was supposed to get a press conference an hour and 15 minutes ago, that was the word from his office in response to mall company turnbull's statement over two hours ago that he was challenge the prime minister on for his job, that hasn't happened yet practice press conference, we can assume he's phoning piss m.p.s finding out if he has their support. that is what matters in australia. if you have the m.p.s, you stay in you don't you lose it think up until now tony abbott has had the support of the m.p.s but does he anymore. there is rampant speculation that key figures in the government no longer have con fins in the prime shipster. with them go other m.p.s as well. we are know expecting him to step up any moment in about five minutes i am just being told. so five minutes time we should hear from the prime minister as to whether h

andrew thomas, al jazeera, vanuatu. >>> police officers from across the u.s. hold their biggest training exercise in california this weekend. after a year of debate about whether police forces have become too militarized, we went along to see if their tactics have changed. >> reporter: even though the focus is tactical emergencies, it's clear that some of the weaponry for sale here can be used for other purposes. >> most of the riot and most of the problems that police have is not the crowd. it's that one guy out of 1,000. one guy causing a problem. we want to take that person out. >> the last year revealed that a police protest is sufficient for some police forces to bring out military hardware, but there was little controversy about the use of equipment. >> it provides safety for injured people like citizens or officers? >> it has an oventive capability as well? >> no, there's a turret. >> the police's use of the military hardware is a complex issue. >> does that tend to incite people? it does. >> there's a recognition you incite the situation with use of an