now we'd love to hear from premier mcgowan, from western australia, which covers 1/3 of australia's mainland. please share a few words on the innovations in your state, sir. >> thanks, governor. just so you underwestern australia, it's 35% of the nation's land mass, the same size as texas, alaska and california put together. and we have a very strong history and relationship with the united states of america, particularly because in the second world war, the largest submarine base in the southern hemisphere was in perth, our capital, at our port freemantle. in fact, it was the second biggest submarine base in the world in the second world war. senator john mccain's father, admiral mccain, was based in freemantle for a number of years during the second world war and the mccain family has a strong memory of our city. our city is also -- our state is also the place of origin of people you might have heard of, heath ledger and same worthington. hugh jackman did acting training in western australia, and one very longstanding connection between the united states and western australia is your presi

of been marches in australia calling for better treatment of asylum seekers australia resettles thousands of refugees a year but the united nations has criticised its hardline policies designed to deter those fleeing their own countries from looking for a new life in australia andrew thomas was at the march in sydney. for a protest rally is happening in towns and cities right across australia on sunday but the one thousand people so far in sydney and in melbourne likely to be the biggest people here say that the refugees who've been sent by australia to mass on the proper new guinea and the route many of whom have now been there for almost five years have suffered enough and should be brought to australia they also think . australia's refugee policies are hinged with racism earlier this week peter dutton the immigration minister suggested that once south african farmers were being kicked off their farms could perhaps be given refugee status here in australia this for a man who has spent his career it seems to people here keeping other refugees in other places out this is what from the ref

australia loves to play its cricket in an aggressive yet fair way. it over the line, much to the disapproval of many, many people. president macron of france says a police officer who died saving the lives of hostages in a supermarket siege showed "exceptional courage" and died a hero. tributes have been paid around the world to lieutenant—colonel arnaud beltrame, who was shot by an islamist gunman on friday in the south of france. three other people were also killed and 16 injured. lucy williamson reports. this attack has become not the story of a gunman but the story of a hero, arnaud beltrame. the man who made astonishing bravery seem natural, almost routine. flags were lowered to half—mast at his former base and at units across the country to pay homage to their colleague and friend. he was remembered here too by those who never knew him. another tribute every few minutes. he is a hero for me because he's given his life for a lot of people. he knew it was dangerous, what he did, but he did it. the gendarmerie said arnaud beltrame‘s death was a re

we live in australia.lding anthony as a baby, with anthony's mother. we we re a baby, with anthony's mother. we were quite amazed about the whole thing. he never mentioned anthony at all, ever. we had no idea. we don't know why. he might have been embarrassed about it, i don't know. he might have thought we would get upset. after picking myself up off the floor, we talked about it and then we decided, we've got to come over and see him. amazing, impossible, miracle. we didn't know anything about anthony. we started delving on you tube and found movies. it didn't make us feel any different but he was an actor, a famous actor in hong kong. amazing, a wonderful brotherly reunion. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. we'll take you to india, to find out why farmers have been protesting, and why forgiving their debts has not been easy. and before we go, let's take a look at these pictures. this sleepy neighbourhood in california had an unexpected visitor in the shape of a mountain lion. the animal was

australia loves to play its cricket in an aggressive yet fair way. the line, much to the disapproval of many, many people. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. three more rebel held towns are being evacuated in the syrian region of eastern ghouta, leaving only one major settlement there in rebel hands. the local rebel leadership has agreed a deal with the government for the evacuees to be taken to opposition—held territory in idlib province. the regional parliament in catalonia has abandoned plans to appoint a new leader, after the separatist politician chosen for the job was jailed on the orders of a spanish judge. jordi turull was detained along with four other catalan separatists, in connection with the campaign for independence from spain. president macron of france says a police officer, who died saving the lives of hostages in a supermarket siege, showed "exceptional courage," and died a hero. tributes have been paid around the world to lieutenant—colonel arnaud beltrame, who was shot by an islamist gunman on friday,

treat them better rallies across australia in support of asylum seekers. aiming to get a leap ahead in life the challenges for south sudanese in trying to forge a professional sporting career. a lot of protesters are rallying worldwide in solidarity with demonstrators demanding tougher gun control laws in the u.s. they have been more than eight hundred official marches in thirty seven countries in hong kong hundreds of join the call to prevent gun violence in the u.k. it was a minute's silence and a lion outside the new u.s. embassy in london and in france families gathered near the eiffel tower in paris to urge u.s. politicians. to protect children not guns but the inspiration for it all came from washington hundreds of thousands of people descended on america's capital for what were called march for our lives events the calls for action came from teenage survivors of last month's school shooting in florida where seventeen people were killed and again i got reports from washington. i on the streets of washington d.c. the crowd swelled and voices rose in u

i had personally the opportunity to visit australia in 2016. during this trip, i saw firsthand the significant cultural and economic ties between our two countries. i speak for all of us, mr. prime minister, when i say governors are ready to elevate this important partnership and here from you on how we can better our bilateral cooperation in the next one hundred years of mateship. and as i said last night, once a mate, always a mate. so my fellow governors, ladies and gentlemen, please join in giving me prime minister turnbull a warm welcome. please stand. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much, brian. thank you very much vice chairman, governor steve bull k bullock. governors of the united states, our ambassador joe hockey, chief executive of the nga scott patterson, friends, distinguished guest, ladies and gentlemen, around it's great honor for me to be here at the heart of the american federation. i want to thank you for your hospitality as we thank president trump and first lady melania trump for the very warm

it down in australia understand. and share the anger and disappointment of a strike in fans and a broader strain community. at the events that unfolded in cape town on saturday i . build a board meeting today and i want to assure people that the chairman and other directors of cricket australia sheer sentiments. so on behalf of cricket astride it all i want to apologize to all the stridency that these events have taken place. and particularly to all the kids who love cricket and laws suppliers. i want to also apologize to cricket south africa and south african fans that this issue has. what other was should have been i want to full series. as the chairman has said in his statement earlier to not we recognise that this issue goes beyond the technical nature. of offenses and various codes of conduct. it's about the integrity and reputation of a strike in cricket and destroyed in sport ultimately it's about whether a strike ins can feel proud of the national sporting terms. that depends as much on the white players cond

the headlines at two: the australia cricket captain steve smith and vice captain the australia cricket captain steve smith has been banned for one match by cricket's ruling body — the icc — over the ball tampering scandal. the australian prime minister has expressed his anger. this is a shocking disappointment, and it's wrong, and i look forward to cricket australia taking decisive action soon. catalonia's former president carles puigdemont is arrested in germany after crossing the borderfrom denmark. an extra 3,000 midwives are to be trained in england to ease staff shortages and improve care. in the next hour: france remembers the police officer and three other people killed in the terror attack on friday. a memorial service has been held in the tiny southern french town of trebes — led by the bishop of carcassonne. the first scheduled non—stop flight between australia and europe has landed in london. the head of quantas describes the service as a game—changing route. and in half an hour, mandy baker looks back at recent events in westminster in the week in parliament. good afternoon

. —— by cricket australia.o days left of the test match it looks like he will walk onto the pitch in cape town tonight, day four of the test against south africa, still as australian captain. that is despite admitting what is cheating. there is no bones about it. ball tampering is cheating. it was deliberate, it was premeditated, it was calculated, and it was notjust steve smith anne cameron ancroft, who was caught on footage using a piece of tape to add adhesive to the rough side of the ball, which get some reverse swing, which the aussies have been very effective out throughout this test. it has been moderately major factors in their victories, not only here in south africa but also at home in the ashes. i think a lot of the australian public are really baying for blood and calling this steve smith's had, but that hasn't happened and will not happen for at least a couple of days yet. for those people watching internationally, this is a relatively out of character for the australian team. but are their questio

marches are underway in cities across australia to offer better treatment of people seeking asylum australia resettles of almost nine thousand nine hundred thousand refugees every year but its hard line policies designed to deter a regular migration have come under criticism from the un andrew thomas as at the march in sydney. they really processed in for the rights of refugees that australia was saying to so-called shoulder tension census prisons in the eyes of the people here on the other end of the room in the pacific and man i saw that in papua new guinea these are refugees who tried to come to australia jewels by boat australia wouldn't let them in it instead sent them to these offshore oil and swell the brain about five six thousand people in one sydney pollack over the last hour and as you can see they're now making their way out of this they're going to wind their way through the city straight some light their way to another part on the other side of sydney c.b.d. and this is just one of many rallies taking place across australia this one or possibly melbourne's is likely to be the b

it is wrong, and i look forward to cricket australia taking decisive action soon.aking to lawrence booth, editor of wisden cricketers' almanack, who told me what the australians were attempting to achieve by tampering with the ball. essentially trying to rough up one side of the ball so that it has different properties from the smoother side of the ball and that affects the way that the ball swings through the air, essentially, it is an attempt by a unfair means to gain advantage over the batsman. the skill of cricket is meant to be ball against bat, batsman against bowler, you are not supposed to bring outside agencies into it. most professional cricket is will tell you ball tampering has gone on since time in memorial and the worst crime is getting caught. this has gone further, because the trailing team has upset so many people over the past couple of years with their sledging and attempt to claim the moral high ground, this, many people will say, is the true face of australian cricket. in modern test cricket, so many cameras everywhere, it is pretty foolish to

it was the best flight we've ever had from australia. absolutely the best. we feel fresh as daisies. yeah. to be fair, the whole thing just flew by. fell asleep over the caicos islands and woke up over dubai and then you are almost home, then. really good, yeah. it's made a big difference going all the way through non—stop. a new design has made all this possible, not least because of the efficiency of the aircraft so that it can make it here with the fuel that it's carrying. it's not the first time it has ever been done. in fact, decades ago, there was a flight which took off from london and went to sydney direct, but it did not carry very many people at all, it was not a commercial flight. this is the first direct commercial flight, the first regular service between london and perth. we've been hearing from journalists from perth saying to me today that actually, this is big for them as well because it means they will be on the map. they will be the first part of the country people will fly into as they go into australia, so a big day here. what is interes

going to australia is a big gamble asa migrant. going to australia is a big gamble as a migrant. the ship's back or are punting on horses. we are a nation built on poor people that came and tried their luck. at $18 billion per year, gambling losses in australia are at an all—time high. state governments make millions from gambling taxes. the victorian government says its reforms will help punters stick to their limits and tackle gambling related harm. the industry says it ta kes related harm. the industry says it takes its social responsibility seriously at campaigners insist that rates of addiction are getting worse. we enter this addition of newsday. —— end. stay with us. employees in one of the most overworked countries in asia are about to get a break. south korea has passed a bill to reduce the typical work week. it's geared towards the gaming industry, which is notorious for not paying overtime. and before we go, let's take a look at these stunning pictures from argentina's patagonia region. they show the perito moreno glacier collapsing — but it's not due to climate change

they were in australia underfalse australia.rposes according to the government to not declare the spires. it is not known. the least two people accused as such. australia expecting that the same number might be expelled from moscow. the australian government made very clear in solidarity with the uk. malcolm turnbull said the russians actions were a brazen criminal attack on salusbury, which is an attack on all of us in the sovereignty of every nation. wanting to make clear which side australia is on. very strong words from the australian prime minister as you say andi australian prime minister as you say and i would imagine he is preparing for the reaction from moscow, like the other leaders around the world. absolutely. even before this announcement was made, we heard from the ambassador suggesting that each country will be dealt with individually but there could be repercussions. the australian government says it is making plans brits diplomats to be sent back to australia. but it's also very conscious of what it says is the

i foresee cricket australia taking a very dim view of this, because the reaction from australia has beend in your report, it is outrage and shock for many of those back in australia. i also think it is the culmination of numerous events in the australian cricket team. there is not a lot of goodwill towards the australian cricket team and the way they have behaved and the way they play their test cricket, and that has built up over time. so there's also a level of that, the ethics and the morality of the way they play their cricket, which will be taken into consideration. and cricket is of course so bound up with the national identity and pride that it's no surprise that we've seen the sort of reaction we've had from everyone from the prime minister down to the average man and woman on the street. 0h, very much so. this is a watershed moment, perhaps, in australian cricket. there are old pros like me and commentators and it is easy for us to sit in our commentary box and say this or that is not right and talk about the spirit of the game. no one is talking about aggression. aggression in

australia we re welcome to the wanderers. be holding a chaining session here today ahead of the fourth and final test match against south africa which begins on friday. that session was cancelled, preparations in disarray. this morning, steve smith, the captain, was injapan as berg airport sent home in disgrace, thrown into cricketing exile, and for a yearfor his part in the ball tampering scandal. david warner his vice captain also banned for a year from domestic and international cricket. both men have lost the right to play in the ipl, the lucrative indian premier league, this season. the third player involved in the scandal, cameron bancroft, who carried out the actual cheating, he's also been and for nine months. earlier on today, james sutherland, the chief executive of cricket australia revealed more about the investigation into the affair. there was an element of courage of taking on the point and owning up to what happened but there was also u nfortu nately happened but there was also unfortunately an element of in t

we stay in australia, the formula i season has returned for 2018, we stay in australia, the formula 1ith a bitter blow for lewis hamilton, finishing in second place after a spot of bad luck with a safety car allowed ferrari's sebastian vettel to overtake him to lend the chequered flag. v0|ceover: for the fifth year in a row, lewis hamilton started from pole position in melbourne but he has only won twice at albert park, that statistic looked set to improve as he opened a three second lead over the ferraris of kimi raikkonen and sebastian vettel. the only drama was unfolding behind him, max verstappen making an uncharacteristic mistake. both haas ca rs uncharacteristic mistake. both haas cars coming to a halt while on course for a top five finish, but that can have an indirect impact on others, while romain grosjean's car was removed, the field slowed, sebastian vettel stopped for fresh tyres, when he rejoined, he took the lead. we thought we were safe, there is something wrong. with overtaking extremely difficult, sebastian vettel was able to take a victory hamilton will feel he shoul

australia to geta grip has been put on cricket australia to get a grip of this crisis.cial sponsors and fans of the game but this term in government it self, the prime minister spoke twice now about how he wanted a very tough action to be taken. we wait to see just how tough the action will be. absolutely and what has been the reaction there at the minute, are people surprised that we do not have an answer just yet as people surprised that we do not have an answerjust yet as to people surprised that we do not have an answer just yet as to what the sanctions will be. as you mentioned, they want answers quickly on this. to be honest the press conference is still going on behind me so it is too soon to gauge what it is fair to say there will be a mixed reaction of the many observers will be impressed with the speed with which the investigation has been commissioned and then carried out. after a ll commissioned and then carried out. after all the ethics had only arrived in cape town yesterday morning. we spent the day talking to the players and now the squad has decamped to

in this case, australia has crossed the line.port, and many fans could well be asking themselves one simple yet searching question of steve smith and some of his team—mates: just what were they thinking? to discuss this further i'm joined via webcam by elizabeth ammon, who is a cricket reporterfor the times. thank you forjoining us. how common is this kind of effort to make the ball do different things in cricket? certainly, it happens a lot in terms of people shining up one side, or trying to scuff up one side of the ball to get it to swing or reverse swing, the wing unconventionally. there have been instances of illegal su bsta nces there have been instances of illegal substances being used to do it, such as mud or somebody sucking a mint or as mud or somebody sucking a mint or a suite to try and alter it. but i think, in this case, what is so shocking to people is that, first, it is so blatant, using sticky tape, but also it was premeditated, preconceived, and not only sanction but instigated right at the top of the team, the

it would be difficult for him to continue as captain of australia.ain for australia but it is hard to imagine he would be able to come back from this and be leader of the country. what about darren liman, is his position untenable7 country. what about darren liman, is his position untenable? not so sure. i don't know. steve smith in the press co nfe re nce i don't know. steve smith in the press conference made it clear that no coaching staff were involved so u nless we no coaching staff were involved so unless we hear from the coaching staff publicly which we have not heard, we will not know. we have to ta ke heard, we will not know. we have to take that as it is on face value at the moment that the coaching staff we re the moment that the coaching staff were not involved unless we had different. so we've heard about the cheating and the repercussions, but just what were the australians trying to achieve by tampering with the ball. test match special‘s simon hughes can tell us there are two types of swing, conventional swing using the polished side t

cricket australia insist only three players we re australia insist only three players were enormous plot staff, including darren lehmann, we re staff, including darren lehmann, were not aware. the common to the surprise it has to be said of some crickets, remained in hisjob. there was speculation he may consider resigning but the head coach remains. he sent a message to say what in the hell is going on, he didn't use that word, but another word, that was found to be through ian's investigation found to be the fa ct. ian's investigation found to be the fact. i want to make that point very clearly. the full gory details are now emerging and it was revealed today it was in fact sandpaper bancroft had used to tamper with the ball and not sticky tape, as he and steve smith claimed in the now infamous press c0 nfe re nce smith claimed in the now infamous press conference following the third dell —— said they's play. earlier on i spoke to the legendary australian cricket commentator james maxwell about this. it makes a lot more sense, it is a lot easier to apply sandpaperthan sense, it is a lot

and in sport the cheating cricket scandal that's angles to australia their national captain steve smith stood down after a seam admitted to ball tampering and attacks match against south africa. welcome to the program our top story thousands of protesters are rallying in barcelona demanding the release of all my cattle on president carter's project a month the demonstrations have largely been peaceful but the have also been some scuffles between riot police and pro independence demonstrates his wisdom on it was arrested in northern germany on sunday he's now waiting to hear or feel face extradition to spain he's wanted on charges of rebellion stemming from the secession vote which was declared illegal by the government in the trade and the callan reports. since playing spain nearly five months ago the former catalan president has been able to move relatively freely thanks to europe's lack of internal borders but shortly after crossing this border from denmark it to germany on sunday. was identified by motorway police and detained. on. two additional inquiries at the motorway police stat

cricket is australia's national sport, and many fa ns australia's national sport, and many fans couldg themselves one simple yet searching question of steve smith and some of his team—mates: just what were they thinking? phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. laughter as the government says it is acting on nhs staff shortages. another 3,000 will be trained up over the next four years, but the royal college of midwives says the shortage is being felt right now. we do need those numbers, and that's why we welcome this extra 3000 but it is going to take a while for those numbers to come through. australia's ball—tampering scandal — now captain steve smith is banned from playing in the next test in south africa. thousands of protestors take to the streets of barcelona after the separatist former catalan president is arrested in germany and in formula one, sebastian vettel pushes lewis hamilton into second place to win the opening grand prix of the season. good evening. another 3,000 training places for midwives in england will be made available over the next four years — in what the government sa

he has been a fine captain for australia. the cheating that occurred here at newlands on saturday afternoon will go down as one of the most infamous episodes in the history of cricket. a scandal that has shocked a sport and shamed a nation and the full repercussions will soon become clear. pictures have now also emerged which allegedly show bancroft putting sugar in his pocket during a recent ashes series. it has led to questions over whether the incident in cape town was the first time australia had used illegal methods to get the ball to swing, making it harder to bat against. i am pretty sure that it was going on throughout the ashes series, but it was not the reason that england lost 4—0. england still would have lost that series, australia probably needed their little trick of the trade, maybe in melbourne it did not work, but other than that, i don't think they required it. but i am pretty sure it has been going on for quite a while. and amid so much controversy, it is easy to forget that there is another test match to

in this case, australia has crossed the line.australia's national sport, and many fans could well be asking themselves one simple yet searching question of steve smith and some of his team—mates — just what were they thinking? phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. well, amid the controversy, the third test between south africa and australia continues in cape town. aussie fans mixed with home supporters at the iconic newlands ground. as both sides digested the significance of yesterday's events — this is what some fans had to say. disappointed with the whole thing. the captain standing down was the only thing he could do. there are a lot of young and aspiring cricketers watching the game and i think it's bad for the sport. and i personally think they did it because they felt the pressure. i'm one person who's not waving the flag today because of the unsportsmanlike behaviour carried out by our team yesterday. it's a bit of a personal protest. they never even really admitted that they cheated, they just said that they thought they saw an

and rallying against australia's hardline refugee policies hundred stay past said much as across the country. hello there spring has definitely sprung across parts of china now we're seeing the flowers in full bloom here in the province beautiful troops there and there's plenty more fine weather to be found there's also a little bit more in the way of cloud for some of us at the moment though and that is going to just give things a rather gray feel to the day around shanghai on monday and a few showers perhaps here but away from there it's fine and dry temperatures still rather warm for this time of year and towards the west that's where we've got more wet weather over chung do at the moment it's stretching its way towards the south and so down through the greasier province i think there will see some pretty sharp showers during the day out towards the west and most of the showers here are just in the far south you can see on the satellite picture just not in the way northwards we're making their way through parts of sri lanka again it's going to be sure lanka where we see some of th

the palm sunday rallies are expected to take place in several towns and cities across australia australia resettles almost one thousand thousand refugees each year but its hardline policies designed to tear irregular migration have come under criticism from the un our andrew thomas is live for us in sydney where one of those marches has been happening over the last few minutes so andrew tell us more about what it is that that they're protesting for that they want. they really processed in for the rights of refugees that australia has saying to so-called chill detention centers prisons in the eyes of the people here on the other end of the room in the pacific and man a saw that in papua new guinea these are refugees who tried to come to astride the jewels by boat australia wouldn't let them in it instead sent them to these offshore as well between about five or six thousand people in one sydney pollack over the last hour and as you can see they're now making their way out of this they're going to wind their way through city streets and by the way to another part on the other side of sydney

also in the programme: australia's gambling addiction. punters lose a record 18 billion us dollars in just one year. it cost me relationships, my respectability, dignity, my freedom. the pacific island of taking its fight for independence all the way to the un. —— the pacific it's newsday. glad you could join us. it's 9am in singapore, iam in london, and 9pm in washington where donald trump has lost another member of his top team. this time it was his secretary of state, rex tillerson. the president sacked him by tweet. the decision to replace america's top diplomat comes in the middle of preparations for the planned meeting between mr trump and north korea's kim jong—un. and as us ally britain accuses russia of carrying out a nerve agent attack. here's our north america editor, jon sopel. after a long trip to africa glad—handing and promoting the us, rex tillerson flew back to washington overnight. but unbeknown to him, the president had signed his death warrant, and it would be death by tweet. but tillerson isn't on twitter, so excrucia

he lost his wicket for seven, australia truly lacklustre. they we re australia truly lacklustre.2 runs, but all the talk was focused on those ball tampering revelations. the australians i have been speaking to our devastated. they feel let down by the way that their team has behaved. they don't like cheats, and their captain has admitted he has done, so it's important for cricket australia to rebuild that trust, i am sure there will be a new captain, maybe some players, but overall they should look at the way that their players and team play the game of cricket. most people in the rest of the cricket world don't like it. meanwhile, england captain joe cricket world don't like it. meanwhile, england captainjoe root was dismissed with the last ball of the day to leave england trailing new zealand by 237 runs going into the last day of the first test. the home side got alastair cook out early in england's second innings forjust early in england's second innings for just two runs. early in england's second innings forjust two runs. mark stoneman reached his fourth test half—century w

well australia has decided to pursue this path. has clearly stated that australia should live up to its international refugee law obligations of permitting access to those in need of protection fleeing persecution and violence to its territory the present arrangement is not in that sense permitting people access to protection and asylum on australia's territory and the impact martin is what is of. consequence when you see that trained psychiatrist and medical personnel and professionals have said that the majority of these individuals the mental state mental health is in in jeopardy and that the population is feeling a sense of hopelessness this i think is what needs to be addressed and solutions need to be found for this population we encourage that the australian government and the u.s. government has come to. an agreement by which refugees are being resettled in the united states but still over a thousand people will need solutions and pending an outcome all right in that water thank you very much indeed for telling us about you

in sport australia cricket captain steve smith steps down from his role in the midst of a bold some print control to say smith has admitted to planning and a legal tactic during the ongoing test match in south africa. syria's government is closing in on eastern near the capital damascus rebels and are been and have surrendered are withdrawing to northern province one hundred fifty kilometers away thousands of civilians and fighters are being moved out of the own clave the group said it wanted to put an end to the human suffering after more than a month of intense government bombardment but it's the second rebel group surrender in recent days this leaves duma as the last rebel stronghold in the area fighters and i guess using a surrender deal with russia and could soon hand over the territory to government forces let's get the latest now from a serious cena hotter who's following developments from beirut in neighboring lebanon so what's the latest we have been on these evacuations and it. well there's going to be a new round of evacuations today twenty five buses are now parked just outsid

lots of people here in australia wanted him to bea people here in australia wanted him to be a bit moret was cheating. but they understand there could be a legal process to go through, notjust could be a legal process to go through, not just in could be a legal process to go through, notjust in terms of handling the players, but also in terms of the sponsors and so on as well. the other discussion now is what those sanctions will be when the players are sent home. some people talk about a six—month ban. would that make a difference? a 12 month ban would have more of an impact, but that would put things forward to the next ashes series against england next year. and a lot of surprises within the industry that the coach, darren leeman, wasn't made to resign. surely it must reflect badly on him that he did not have a clue what was going on. “ did not have a clue what was going on. -- lehmann. absolutely. either he was in on the plot was not aware of all was having amongst his senior players. certainly some former cricket internationals have been on social media this morning saying that the

what kind of russian retaliation is australia expecting? what kind of impact might it have? term symmetrical retaliation being used, so symmetrical retaliation being used, so two diplomatic is expelled and then smoke. there was no emergency alarm here. 0n the floors below, confused crowds made for the exits. the woman filming describes how she was up in the cinema when the fire broke out. "there was panic," she says. "children screaming. it's a nightmare." rescuers battled the blaze for hours, but this fire was fierce and vast. and now, officials say, emergency exits inside were locked, trapping dozens. some fled to the roof, others jumped for their lives through the choking smoke. there were today queues to donate blood for the injured from locals who just wanted to help. this girl says her friends were at the mall and their children are still missing. people have been scouring lists at hospitals all day, looking for relatives. dimitri can't find his 5—year—old daughter or his son. "igor should be ten in april," he says. translation: when my wife called, she said, "dima, he

australia is a country of cricket fans.et, they love their national team, and this really is a huge scandal just team, and this really is a huge scandaljust beginning team, and this really is a huge scandal just beginning to team, and this really is a huge scandaljust beginning to unfold. yes, i think many australian fans will realise that the news for their cricket team is only going to get worse. cricket australia, the governing body, is sending two officials to south africa to try to work out how and why this ball tampering scandal was able to happen. 0n the face of it, it is beyond belief that cameron bancroft, the australian player, thought he could get away with tampering with the ball with dozens of tv cameras covering the game in cape town. i think the prime minister, malcolm turnbull‘s words, saying he was shocked and disappointed, really do some of the way that many australian fa ns some of the way that many australian fans feel about their beloved cricket team, and of course the reputation of that cricket team no

australia were 59—4.wicket forjust seven as australia put in a really lacklustre showing, bowled out forjust 107, losing the match by a massive 322 runs. all the talk of course was about what one back page down under called smith's shame. australians that i had been speaking to and had contact with today are the stated, feeling utterly let down by the way that their team has behaved. they don't like cheats, their captain has come out to admit he has cheated. it is a really important thing now for cricket australia to rebuild trust. they will be a new captain, maybe some new players, but overall, cricket australia should look at the way their players and their team by the game of cricket. most people in the rest of the cricket world do not like it. i've no doubt in my mind that every past australian cricketer will be absolutely shattered with what we've found out this morning. eighth test match for cameron bancroft, cannot believe the leadership group has made a decision to do this, they have gone and got

of course, they want australia to win, and australia often does win, but in this particular case it wouldon the game, having been cheating. i don't think that would have gone down well with the australian public, so i think they got theirjust deserts. more on that ball tampering scandal and the rest of the sport. tulsen tollett has all the sport. australia's captain, steve smith, was banned for a match and find his entire match fee by the icc for his pa rt entire match fee by the icc for his part in the ball tampering scandal in cape town. smith scored just seven runs as australia crumbled to 107 all out to go 2—1 down in the series against south africa. quinton de kock made 65. australia were chasing over 404 victory. cameron bancroft, also implicated in the scandal, but australia a good start. the last nine wickets fell for 50 runs. a particularly sweet victory for the south africans, go to johannesburg for the last test, buoyed by the result, and their captain have some empathy with smith. he is trying to take responsibility, so there is right in that. but there is also right that peop

case.obo: that is not the australia, when i was in china in moast year, signed up you between australiana for cooperation third countries on bill rudin initiatives. australianh of the business community can be involved in. asm the researcher position well as project financing counties are all areas where australia has real strength area we have the opportunity to draw upon a number of different experiences that we've had in use that to affect for our and china's benefit. cppp was signed in chile. how soon before you get the ratification of at least six signatures? mr. ciobo: we are hopeful that will happen before the end of the year. there's a lot of benefits that flow from that of a think there is probably enough domestic processes underway from the 11 countries that we will have, we hope will have been the entry into force leave this year, if not leave this year than certainly the first quarter of next year. mark: pop in the next time you are in town. steven ciobo, off -- australian investment investor. vonnie: staying with china, the country has appointed a key ally xi.resident it pl

the more than twenty countries including the united states canada australia and several european states are expelling russian diplomats it's all part of a coordinated response to a nerve attack on a nerve agent attack i should say on a former russian spy in britain which the west blames all moscow russia denies the allegation and describes expulsions as a provocative gesture she have written on the ripples from washington. the trumpet ministration had said it would expel russian diplomats if its allies also did so in a coordinated action and on monday that coordination was revealed countries across western and eastern europe and canada joined the u.s. in the expulsions the british prime minister expressed her gratitude to international solidarity following what the u.k. alleges was a russian nerve agent attack on a former russian double agent and his daughter in an english town this is the largest collective expulsion of russian intelligence officers in history. i have found great solidarity from our friends and partners in the e.u. north america and nato and beyond over the past three

australia has cricket asa help it swing.a national sport, and fans could be asking themselves one simple yet searching question of steve smith and what others —— and his team—mates. just what were they thinking? phil mercer, bbc news, sidnei. —— sydney. here, the government says it's creatingmore than 3000 training places on midwifery courses in england over the next four years. it says it's the "largest ever" increase in the number of nhs midwives and maternity staff. but there are concerns that this may not be enough to solve staffing problems as our health correspondent, catherine burns reports. currently women can see several different midwives during their pregnancy but the department of sick divot—mac health and social care wa nts to divot—mac health and social care wants to change that, pledging that by 2021 most women will have a named midwife throughout —— the department of health and social care wants to change that. that is expected to get work and annuity for mothers and babies. so there will be a 25% increase in

and doing the kangaroo route in a single hop the first direct commercial flight between australia and europe touches down in london after a seventeen hour haul. and the formula one season kicks off with a surprise at the australian grand prix ferrari sebastian vettel pip's world champion lewis hamilton to wait for a magic victory. i'm irish waiter hit's good to have you with us former president carlos wisdom on has been arrested in germany on a european warrant was detained by police after he crossed from denmark into germany by car the separatist leader was driven to a prison in the northern city of new minster the arrest of sparked a great demonstrations in barcelona where police have clashed with protesters taking to the streets in the thousands on friday a spanish court reactivated arrest warrants for a number of politicians behind it catalonia is bid to break away from spain's went into exile last year in the wake of a banned independence referendum. and the deputy state prosecutor in germany's northern state of slaves they cost time had this to say about the arrest warrant. if i

he has not been banned but cricket australia must come down ha rd but cricket australia must come downo see him playing in the next test. how long they will be banned for we do not know. it could be six months it could be a few tests but it has left a stain on the austra and is standing in the game. quite frankly, at the moment, a lot of people are com pletely at the moment, a lot of people are completely disenfranchise its a shame because it is such a good series otherwise. described as the darkest day in austra sport and people taking it extremely personally. what now? how will cricket australia cleanup it act as it were? cricket australia is not to blame but they have to come out hard and swinging. as many have said, heads need to roll and they need to roll because there is no other way. you cannot have the captain systematically cheating and allowing a bowler and a vice captain to do so as well. i think it sits under the drug abuse level. it gains an unfair advantage. how quickly cricket australia can clean it up... they need to get rid of the players, steve smith, david warner. th

the ring muscle australia and we don't can control it. it's hard to control that muscle it's the muscle moves as we see there and yet it means it's genuine yet genuine it's a sign of relaxation you can see it in the chinese presidents profile that his eyes thing too and so we can see they have a relaxing moments so if i see that then does that tell me that these two men trust each other. no i think so i don't think. we can see it one moment of really and joy and happiness but in all the scenes you can see that. yeah they want that they try to hide their expressions right well they're being politicians all the time yeah and you know what you say does speak to the fact that it is incredibly difficult to see beyond the facade particularly with. a dictator like kim jong un. i looked helping us to read the faces and perhaps the minds of the world's most indecipherable political leaders thank you very much thanks very much. it's not facial expressions and body language which reveal what we think or not only what we value when what we don't word

australia has recentlyjoined.aused a deadly fire in a shopping centre in siberia say the alarm system was switched off and fire exits blocked. leaders of the european union are saying they've received no concrete answers from turkey to a long list of concerns raised at a meeting in bulgaria, including exactly what turkey is doing in syria. they have already accused turkey of undermining the rule of law since the failed coup of 2016. president erdogan has said relations won't improve until the eu stops being overly critical. this report from our correspondent, mark lowen. expectations for progress today were low. relations between the eu in turkey are so frayed that the aim was to simply to talk again. solutions or compromises? my answer is no. the president of the european council, donald tusk, confirmed that the summit achieved no solutions or compromises on the sticking points. from the eu, oncerns over turkey's democratic backsliding, mass arrests and its military offensive in syria. from turkey, frustration at

as australia were thrashed.osing this match, both he and his team face a far bigger challenge, to save their reputation. andy swiss, bbc news. england have resumed their second innings on the final day of the opening test in auckland, joe root‘s side started the day trailing new zealand by 277 with seven wickets in hand and they have just lost the wicket of dawid malan. the majority of the second and third day was rained off, this was the final day, england now six wickets away from losing this opening test match. sebastien vettel won the australian grand prix in melbourne as formula 1's grand prix in melbourne as formula i's new season got under way. his win over it a fair amount to good fortune, as nick parrott reports. for the fifth year in a row hamilton started from pole in melbourne but he's only won twice at albert park. that statistic looked set to improve as the britain opened up a three second lead over the ferraris of raikkonen and vettel. the early drama was unfolding behind him. the highly rated ver

in this case, australia has crossed the line.national sport and many fans could well be asking themselves one simple yet searching question. what were they thinking? phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. that is the question. what were they thinking? not much is the answer. the australian team has been challenged by its own media not so much over a number of years and this was an inevitable confidence of this will to win, which trumps all other considerations. the way steve smith, the captain, spoke in the press conference suggested he did not quite grasp the gravity of the situation. australia's prime minister is calling for his resignation and it doesn't get more serious than that. they were remarkably honest in that press conference. they were not trying to cover up conference. they were not trying to cover up what they had done. no. you might take your hat off and say they would being honest. —— they were being honest. 0n the other hand it was disarming to listen to cameron ba ncroft was disarming to listen to cameron bancroft and w