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but the whole country and all australia all of us so yes south australia has a top and they knew all of us gerry is guessing this joint australia with some of the best sunshine in the world is very hard to get a research grant so develop solar energy but their government claim that they have freely to have five hundred million dollars or more so to put in a history has this reactor in sydney they really do have the wrong set of answers to the council of problems. there are alternatives to the production medical isotopes or circle transit through importing which is the standard method for the chaos that to be demoted on government claims that we have to have a reactor in sydney to have proper by the building of this scheme because that was simply not true. equal weapons programs have often started in so-called civilian nuclear programs it really is not a question the difference between the two arms of the of the industry the civilian the military the politicization of nuclear weapons is one thing but actually it's the politicization of vehicle technology and materials that is putting

i owe almost all that i am to australia. it is a magnificent country, and perhaps the greatest for those that wish to lead contented lives and color between the lines with little appetite for risk or attempting the improbable. while great people, australians can be harsh on. they are young, successful, and outspoken. when i donated copies of the first book that was published to the library of my university, which happened to be the largest library in the southern hemisphere, and i was declined, it hurt me very deeply. when i was not asked back once in eight and a half years to my old high school after having been elected to the local governing authority, it wounded me. when i submitted opinion piece after opinion piece for media publication and couldn't get a single break, it was tough. for years, these matters festered and disappointed. that's just the way my country is. that australia, i have learned to accept it. do you want to know something? today, today, my books sit on the self-on-- shelf of the u.s. library of congre

we have two reports on how schools in two countries australia and the u.s. are tackling the problem. first nhk world reports from sydney. >> reporter: this high school in south australia has set up a program to get students to confront the issue of bullying. and look at the way to tackle it. >> what kind of characteristics might a person have that leads them to get bullied a lot? a reason? >> sexuality. >> reporter: professor ken rigby is one of the leading thourts on bullying. he's been asked to lead a class addressing the issue. he gets the students to give their opinions on why bullying happens and how they can stop it. >> what might he do? what might he say? stop. yes. what else? you look for a teacher. yeah. >> reporter: professor rigby says bystanders play a key role in stopping bullies. >> the research showed 50% of the time the bullying stops. when they do say something, then the bullying is likely to stop. >> notify someone else about it. it's the easy way to get rid of it, prevent it in the future. >> i think that they took the matter very seriousl

aussies making show work of south africa run sunday australia now with four winners from the two and their opponents struggling from the office they took to the crease on a slow track in colombo daugherty to the four playing three wickets off just twenty miles south africa picked up the pace somewhat towards the end of their innings though finishing with a modest yet respectable one hundred forty five to six years trillions batting display was tell you the round competition top scorer shane watson an incredible display from the sydney sixes around thumping seventy or forty seven balls as australia marched their tally in seventeen point four overs a work it win means that now all but guaranteed a semifinal spot that. plane was being thrashed by australia on friday india got their campaign back on track with an eight week it when over pakistan defeat could have seen india eliminated from the competition set one hundred twenty nine when they started poorly out of gambell for dark in the first over cotton ball by roger has are but they composed it out kohli steady the ship with a knock o

meanwhile having been thrashed by australia on friday india got their camp. i'm back on track with a night where he will have a pakistan defeat could have seen india eliminated from the competition set one hundred twenty nine when they started poorly out of gambhir out for a duck in the first over a quarter bowled by reza hassan but they composed it out kohli steady the ship with a knot of seventy eight knots out as they reached their targets with three overs to spare. now on the moto g.p. circuit overall championship lead a whole game played it safe by finishing second behind dani pedrosa at the outer gone graeme frame the spaniard settling for the points after almost crushing out early on starting from pole was determined not to succumb to the same fate his colleague stefan played he suffered a nasty accident and the twenty five year old almost sliding off the track himself on patrol surpassed him and maintained a comfortable gap over his spanish rival. meanwhile snuck into third place the runs are still top of the standings holding a hefty thirty three poi

you've just been in australia. >> i have. i'm still suffering from the consequences of it being a short trip. got back on the weekend. >> what do you make of them obviously being deeply impacted by -- >> well, it was all the rage topic of the two days i was there, my thesis is that we're in the early stages of china going to a quality as opposed to quantity and the winners and losers will probably be pretty different. australia will certainly not be as big a win winner and it could be a loser. against that background, another task for the rba.in winner and be a loser. against that background, another task for the rba.n winner and i be a loser. against that background, another task for the rba. winner and ite a loser. against that background, another task for the rba.winner and it a loser. against that background, another task for the rba. but i'm not surprised because as i argued for a number of times the past couple days, arguably the rba has been the best world central bank inflation targeting central bank in adjusting its

we have two reports on how schools in australia and the u.s. are handling the problem. >> reporter: this high school in australia has set up program to get students to confront the issue of bullying and look at the way to tackle it. >> what kind of characteristics might the person have that lead them to bully? >> sexuality. >> reporter: the professor is one of australia's leading authority on bullying. he's been invited to lead a class addressing issue. gh he gets the students to give their opinion on why pullying happ bullying happens and why they can stop it. >> what might they say? >> stop. >> stop. what else? >> tell someone. >> you go look for -- >> a teacher. >> you bring in the staff. >> reporter: he says life standards play a key role in stopping bullies. >> the research showed that 50% of the time the bullying stops. when they do say something then the bullying is likely to stop. >> you can prevent that for sticking the up for someone or notify someone else about it. it's an easy way to get rid of it and prevent it in the future. >> i

and cruise control australia's march towards the last four of cricket twenty twenty world cup shows no signs of relenting after victory over south africa. but starting with golf on there was pure drama on the greens of medina as europe reclaimed the ryder cup in the most dramatic of fashions trailing ten six heading into the final day they completed one of the most famous comebacks in the event's history to win fourteen and a half or thirteen and a half the usa knew they only needed to win four of the twelve points on offer on the finals day singles to wrestle the trophy from europe's grasp but inspired by spanish captain jose maria olazabal under memories of the late seventies ballesteros europe right against not only the opposition but also the rule because home supports six of the twelve much is went to the eighteenth hole englishman justin rose to produce on the seventeenth and eighteenth to defeat phil mickelson this part particularly impressive from thirty five feet on the seventeenth. there was this birdie on the final hole from germany martin collamer was secured a win over ste

western australia has allowed parents to access its list of convicted pedophiles. it's midday in london, 7:00 in the evening in manila, 4:00 in the afternoon in islamabad. the pakistani teenager malala yousafzai is being flown to the uk for specialist treatment after being shot in the head last week by the taliban because the 14-year-old was campaigning for the right of girls to go to school for. she need prolonged care including intensive be rehabilitation. with the taliban still threatening to kill her if she survives, the case has horrified many people in pakistan and around the world. now the latest. >> she began her journey in the early hours. doctors say they have done everything they can and now will rely on the u.k. to help oust. -- out. the teenager had been well known for writing a diary describing life under the pakistani in the swat valley. last week as she traveled home from school in a minibus packed with her classmates, a gunman shot her in the hip. she was in serious condition ever since. -- shot in the head. she needs long-term care. there will be

in australia, they share information on places like youtube for facebook. duncan kennedy, bbc nesws, sydney. >> for the first time, the captain of the cruise ship has appeared amidst an inquiry into the disaster. no words at the helm when the shipit h rocks earlier this year. he stands accused of manslaughter and abandoning his ship. >> the arrival of the man that was at the center of the disaster. he came to hear details of the case being compiled against him. they were shot out of the inquiry, but they knew that experts with evidence inside, they simply sailed to close, too fast. this has been the captain's public appearance. face-to-face with several of the survivors. several of them said he won't be able to look in the captain's eyes. there were demands for justice. >> we all must die. we got out with a minute or two to spare. the boat had already capsized and was going to crush us. we were scared and we want someone to be held responsible. >> some say that the capt. can't be blamed for all that happened. the captain's lawyers seem to suggest he is read

the problem we have in europe now is besides our own no one had let's say and i speak now for australia we had this enormous the government overhead and now we have in addition to european no way ahead and so it be very difficult to make a competitive product at a competitive price if you were elected would you pull austria out of the single currency. though in the overall i'm. for a strong europe i think especially all the people. with that that there were a lot of war and they had people afraid of that so basically a strong european union could may be sure or preserve peace maybe better but what i think what's wrong is to have the same common currency because that just doesn't work for the simple reason the primary reason why people get up and i'm wanting is they want to make a better life for themselves and their families if they peeped out of a system but they recognised that if the input and people paid accordingly to do it that would drive the whole system so so their concern is this to bring everybody down on the same level. and and a lot of people which in the european governmen

>>> the force is a tv show in australia. similar to our show "cops." cameras follow along live police action. here, cameras are following two officers, the call came in for a burglary. a person came home, saw their back window busted out and a man standing in the house with a gun. so here are the police showing up to the scene. [ yelling ] >> put it down! put it down now! >> that's officer magnus walsh. at gun-point. he has cameron francis kely. and he believes that cameron francis kelly has a weapon. he tells him multiple times in the video, put it down. >> put it down, put it down! >> put it down! >> ficer walsh claimsct to drop least ten times. what happened? [ gunshots ] >> officer walsh fires three shots, hits the suspect twice. once in the abdomen, once in the forearm. the suspect survived. but claims that walsh was just a trigger-happy cop. >> did he have a gun or not? >> he did have a gun, a replica gun. it was not a real gun. the suspect claims as he went to put the gun down that's when the officer shot. he said he was only told once or twice.

scientists say australia's great barrier reef has lost more than half the coral cover in the past 27 years and worn of further damage in the next decade. the australian institute of marine science released a report tuesday saying a number of reeves has gone from 100 to 47 since 1985. experts blame the rapid increase in crown of thornz star fish which eat the coral. they found that ocean warming is a major cause of coral bleaching and prevents the coral from recovering from cyclone damage and they worry that it could halve again by the next decade if current trends continue. >> we believe if we can take action, the crown of thorn star fish, it may leave the reef in a position that can better withstand the climactic impact. >> the great barrier reef extends more than 2,000 kilometers off the coast of northeastern australia and is a world heritage site. >>> a gallery of japanese art has opened at an art museum in melbourne, australia. a ceremony was held on tuesday for the opening of the paulen gander gallery of japanese art named after gandel who donated her collection of japanese art.

the reserve bank of australia is worried about the fallout from slowing growth in the world. the rba decided on tuesday to lower the benchmark rate by 0.25 percentage points to 3.25% effective on wednesday. over the past five mos, it has cut the rate by a total of one percentage point. in a statement, governor glen stevens expressed concerns about the effects of austerity programs in europe and slower growth in china, which is australia's major iron ore importer. he said the country's labor market has softened somewhat and that its growth outlook for next year has become a little weaker. >>> the u.s. federal reserve chief says he'll keep pumping money into the economy. chairman ben bernanke says this round of quantitative easing will continue until he sees an improvement in the job situation. >> we would continue securities purchases and employ other policy tools until the outlook for the job market improves substantially in a context of price stability. >> bernanke said the country's economy is improving but not fast enough to reduce unemployment. fed officials decided last

you want to continue to bundle up across much of australia here. now over towards the americas, we have a low-pressure area spinning around the four corners region. this is expected to move off towards the northeast and intensify. very well could produce a severe weather outbreak across the central plains. talking about 60 kilometer-per-hour winds, large hail, even tornadoes cannot be ruled out as that continues to charge off towards the northeast. and what's fueling it, 27 for the high there in oklahoma city, winnipeg, though, only 10 on your friday. now over towards europe, also seeing a cooldown. we have this frontal area pushing across western europe off towards germany and poland, some autumn-like temperatures. london and paris at 12 and 13. yeah, still summer-like across the mediterranean, rome at 24 here on your saturday. here's your extended forecast. ♪ >>> and with that, we conclude this hour's "newsline." i'm james tengan in tokyo. thanks for watching.

is intended to be decommissioned dismantled and trucked across unwilling communities right across australia if we pass legislation as a parliament opposing. nuclear why stuff is strong it's this is the first time in the last quarter of a century that official government has moved to compulsorily kwara state crown lead and against the wishes of the state. for all of the international experts which say that if you go right back to why still reactor was the repository should be as close as possible to the point of production. what they're aiming to do is exactly the reverse of what anyone serious in international safeguards

>> well in the case of australia, huawei actually counts as customers every major operator in australia is employed in australia. liz: not at government level. >> in terms of broadband network decision made it was unfortunate. you have the 12 broadband projects huawei is involved in all of them, including the u.k., new zealand and elsewhere. the argument there are somehow vulnerabilities in huawei are unique has never been sub standed by the committee. it is allegations after allegations. hear is the kicker. hear is the kicker. the after this investigation was launched much the committee expressed a concern protecting our cybersecurity. launched investigation into two companies headquartered in china as opposed to companies developing code and product in china. if the committee were serious wanting to protect cybersecurity they would be looking at huawei and zte and sysco, ericson and siemens a alcatel lucent and acknowledging common supply chains between all the companies and acknowledging common vulnerabilities and proposing solutions to address them. anything else is a political exer

we've been sharing use intelligence on him with washington for around two years as are julie accused australia of quote discourse for pandering to his foes naming the u.s. as a key one he's now holed up in ecuador's london embassy unable to cross the doorway with the british authorities desperate to get their hands on him more of marty's sorrow. is being full months in the son's came to seek asylum here at the ecuadorian embassy in that time and we do granted him that asylum and yet still he remains caged behind the doors the british government refusing to grant him safe past the saying that he'll be arrested if he's so much as one toe outside the embassy doozie can see the police presence here at the door and that is causing his concern amongst the public to the fact that taxpayers' money is going to fund this diplomatic headache it's costing eleven thousand pounds

she said australia and japan must work together to balance rising asian powers such as china and india. she said she wants to use the g-20 summit and the asia pacific economic cooperation forum to work with japan an security jap asking indonesian government to rethink a plan to ban exports of nickel and other ores. japan imports more than 50% of its nickel from indonesia. edano met indonesia's coordinating minister for the economy in tokyo. indonesia plans to ban exports of 14 types of ore from 2014. edano said such an embargo would hurt japan's economy. japan uses nickel ore to make stainless steel. he says he hopes his government will boost indonesian industries and asked for edano's understanding. indonesia imposed a 20% export tax on the 14 ores earlier this year. the ministers failed to narrow their differences but agreed to continue talks over the issue. >>> all right ti. time now to check the world weather forecast. sayaka mori is standing by to tell us the latest on the typhoon. >> hi there. we've been keeping an eye on typhoon prapiroon situated 100 kilometers east of the phil

it's the good the bad of a very very big deal asli oddly good australia gordon new reports australia's policies to curb climate change could spur on as much as one hundred three billion dollars in spending over the next four years much of this comes from occurred. tax that that country has established meanwhile here in the united states our politicians still refuse to acknowledge that climate change exists because these politicians are in the pockets of big oil and don't want to invest in anything but oil should the prospects of adding billions of dollars in revenue to our economy be reason enough to embrace new clean energy policies washington family stood up for the environment and gave our economy a boost at the same time. the bad america county arizona there's something fishy going on in america county home to infamous sheriff joe arpaio at least two official documents that were mailed from the county's elections recorders office to spanish speaking residents contain faulty information both documents misinform spanish speaking voters saying that the election day was on november eig

. >> i was just in australia for a week.ow did it go? where did you go? >> melbourne, brisbane and sydney and went really well. i got pretty comfortable there. i started doing an australian accent sometimes and people didn't notice. >> jimmy: oh, that's nice. >> drop us off at the corner mate. and no one thought it was racist. i didn't think it was but think about it, if an australia person was in india and say -- i would say shut your mouth, man. do not speak like that for another second i will hit you in the face. but i can do whatever accent i want. >> jimmy: that's nice. sydney opera house.e beautiful did you eat -- you'r a real foodie i know. >> i am into food. >> jimmy: i love food. >> as do you. >> jimmy: you're fro south carolina. what do you miss mosfrom your hometown? >> i miss a lot of home cooking that i used to have in the south. i miss chick-fil-a, but then they started this controversy, put me in quite a conundrum. look, i'm very pro gay marriage, okay? [ cheers and applause ] yes. but i'm also very pro delici

i live in australia and travel to america of frequently. it may sound strange but i often feel as if i were an american trapped in the list trillion body. [laughter] and such is my empathy and caprice station for american culture -- appreciation from american culture. don't get me wrong. i love my country dearly. and to pay the ultimate sacrifice itoh almost all that i am to australia. it is a victim as the country perhaps the greatest those that wish to lead to color between the lines without the appetite for risk. australians can also be harsh and they're outspoken. donating copies of my first book to the library of my university the largest in the southern hemisphere and i was declined, it hurt me deeply. but was not asked back to my school after being elected to the local governing authority. when i submitted opinion piece after opinion piece the media publication could not get a single break. for years these disappointed. that is just the way i have learned to except. do you want to know something? today my book sits on the selwyn -- t

a rare an amazing event is being celebrated in australia. a camera captured a puma giving birth to cubs. another cheetah cubs was born a few months ago. their only friezes of all of australia that have successfully bred the endangered species. >> a new study finds my spiky -- might be able to vocalize like people. researchers say male mice may be able to learn songs based on the sounds they hear. the mills make ultrasonic vocalization for court said. when their house together, male and female mice match each other's pitches. >> it is 6:12 and want to go to jacqui jeras for the forecast. >> good morning, we're off to a warm start. we have some rain in the forecast. we will show you how mild temperatures are. 66 degrees at reagan national and 67 in arlington, 64 in chantilly, 65 in sterling and 64 in la plata. the clouds are keeping our temperatures warm. there is a thin line of shares associate with the cold front to our west and that should be arriving late to this morning and the best chance of thunderstorms will be late this afternoon if y

and when the first agriculture in australia happened.n the type of chemistry that these annual growth rings in coral were depositing. we've seen a chronoloronhronolo coral record. as we've seen it grow we've seen these major stresses happen as well. in particular in the last 27 years we've seen this very sad decline in the coral recovery rate. >> joining us cnn meteorologist. chad explain to us if anything can to be done when you look at the coral and it's disappearing. >> two cyclones, category 5 storms. can't do anything about that. that's natural. that will recover. we have these crown of thorns star fish that he was talking about and these are not your pretty star fish that you go to the bahamas and see on the sidewalk. these are nasty looking things with big giant thorns on them. have very few predators and taking over the reef. and they eat the coral. that is the issue. here it is. 1600 miles of the great barrier reef right there. that's australia. here's what it looks like from space. almost more like tiny little islands that don'

of australia and south africa one and the right to stay to this structure. the information will be shared by scientists around the world. the square kilometre away, the official name of what is a super telescope, is a $9 billion project over the next 50 years. computers needed to process the data will be the equivalent of 1 billion desktops. the infrastructure might be ambitious on a galactic scale. >> this is gmt from bbc world news. our main story this hour, the u.n. security council has condemned silly and for a mortar attack that killed five turkish civilians -- condemned syria for a mortar attack that killed five turkish civilians. the first presidential debate in the u.s. what a time for government figures to come out. >> obama did not do well and he needs a good employment figures. we will not get a sudden surge in employment to get him off of the hook. the best you can hope for is slightly better figures. we might get slightly better figures. we might get 110,000 employed this last month, september. you still have 23 million people unemployed or in p

apparently that is also the case in the real estate industry in queensland, australia. here's a few examples. >> so hot, take your gear off before you get inside. check it out. >> nice. >> scantily clad real estate agent kieran grey. >> cool. >> so hot, this won't be on the market for long. >> this sold after this ad. he's not the only one in australia to us this sort of marketgto showck this one out. [ panting ] >> help me. >> now we've got your attention again. do you want to buy a house? >> this is an ad for a property from the real estate team of ian adams and adrian jenkins. it's like a straight-up action movie, thriller, adventure that also shoppes out of the property. >> can you describe the home place? >> it's a three-level home, contemporary design. open plan living. gourmet kitchen. >> all of those amenities and also two girls making out on the balcony. >> why would you want to go live in the house where the kidnap girl was handcuffed? >> hope she's still there'shoping those two blonds on the balcony are still there when you move in, too. both of these video,

impressed with thirty two pakistan ending with hundred forty nine for six after those twenty overs australiatwenty ten run a shop to england went about their business with button hand knowing they didn't necessarily have to beat the target but instead attain a sufficient run rate they did just out their total of hundred seven for seven enough to earn them on pakistan the semifinal place alongside sri lanka on the west indies. golf fans in america are still reeling from the stunning comeback by europe in the ryder cup the incredible turnaround seeing the europeans fight back from ten six down on the final day to win by a point who is in maria now able to savor that special memory as he makes his exit us captain of the team. what they the was yes the extraordinary period you know if we don't have these wonderful graphic here with us because so for be here a church even meant those twelve men there did on sunday and i know that. most of the whole world didn't believe we would be having these trophy here but they never stop believing and they're fifty four mostly showed you know our son leader s

in australia three dozen giant dishes were unveiled today. together they form the world's fastest radio telescope. officials hope to discover 700,000 new super galaxies and could pick up signals before earth existed. >>> a new study finds that offering free birth control can dramatically lower the rate of abortion. researchers who gave women free contraception for three years saw cases of abortion drop from 66% to 75% below the national level. these findings could impact this year's election. mitt romney has pledged to repeal the affordable care act which requires insurance to cover contraceptive costs. >>> now to wall street. the dow closed at 13,575 after gaining 80 points yesterday. the s&p was up ten, the nasdaq added 14. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei inched up 38 points while in hong song the hang seng climbed 104. >>> the s&p is on the cusp of a five-year high. barring any surprises from september's jobs report, it could hit that high today. experts predict about 115,000 jobs were added last month.

. >> jon: (laughs) that's how australians say australia? >> they do if they're from south carolina, jon, yes. >> jon: pronouncing these different regions like you're a sophomore just back from a semester abroad is pretentious. it's a little dickish. >> jon, this is no time for name calling and, in fact, governor romney understands john oliver's frustration. (laughter) it's a feeling that's been nagging at him since he was a scrappy little street rat selling papers for tuppence in chittany square. can. (laughter) (cheers and applause) >> jon: what? >> (in a cockney accent) that's the life wot i lived! romney for presi!,x+ c4-x!í!í!-) -x (cheers and applause). >> jon: welcome back. my guest tonight, his new fame is called "chasing mavericks." >> i want to ride that wave. i want to that i can that drop. >> it's not gonna happen. >> why not? >> because untrained boys don't step in the ring with mike tyson, that's why. >> i can handle it! >> you don't just do it. buddy, i've been surfing that break for 20 years. do you have any idea how much str

that caused huge controversy here in australia, and while trying to protect peter, julie girard used it to try to turn it back on tony abbott in regards to his attitude toward women, and she delivered a speech widely regarded as her best parliamentary performance, one that went viral around the world. >> i call the prime minister. >> thank you very much, deputy speaker, and i rise to oppose the motion raised by the leader of the opposition, and in so doing i say to the lead leader of the opposition, i will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny about this man, i will not -- >> order! >> not now, not ever. the leader of the opposition says that people who hold sexist views and are misogynists are not appropriate for high office. well, i hope the leader of the opposition has got a piece of paper, and he is writing out his resignation, because if he wants to know what misogyny looks like in modern australia, he doesn't need a motion in the house of representatives, he needs a mirror. that's what he needs. let's go through the repulsive double standards, repulsive double standards whe