australia. is that? i'm not sure. i think it's notjust what i know, but it's what i live and breathe, it just seems endlessly... it's just — there's more stories. there's more to write about. the older i get, the more i see in it. it seems like you almost feel the landscapes, the soil and the coastline, of course, because you write a great deal about the coast, it almost feels like it shapes your soul in a way. yeah, i think it's shaped my experience, certainly, and it's shaped my imagination. yeah, we live in a place where there's more landscape than people, and more landscape than culture. where, on the surface, it doesn't look like much is going on. right. but the closer you look... yeah, and if you stop, it's stopping. modern people, we're always hurtling around and you don't see anything because you're moving all the time. if you stop and look, stuff bubbles up out of what seems to be an empty and forbidding landscape and it's not what it appears. to those of us who don't live in australia,

can't be on a australia day can't be on a day where everyone can celebrate the entire history of australianot just the last two hundred thirty years another twitter user says it's obvious why first nations considerate invasion day but i don't understand why ingle australians consider the twenty sixth of january an appropriate day for us trillion day they were transported like dogs whipped and submission and subjected to forced labor what's to celebrate what he's pointing out there of course is that australia was established as a penal colony so most of the british colonists a came over were prisoners so it's also questionable why this is a day of national celebration some people have proposed alternative january first one thousand one was a day that australia became a country but of course that's new year's eve or new year's day so that would be a little bit. yeah i suppose it would be a bit of a conflict has the government reacted to these questions or proposals in any way yeah well prime minister scott morrison has reacted strongly saying that he called it indulgent self loathing and tod

foreign minister are calling for his immediate return to australia where he has refugee status came out i had a b. is a professional player at a club in melbourne but was arrested on holiday in bangkok in november he faces being sent back to bahrain where human rights and advocates say he's likely to be tortured or even killed in a statement football's governing body said. therefore calling on all relevant authorities and behavior in thailand and australia to take the necessary steps to ensure that mr hockey melody is allowed to return safely to australia where he can resume his career as a professional footballer australia's foreign minister has been meeting with officials over hakim of that case in bangkok our correspondent wayne hay is there and sent us this report. australia's foreign minister marie spain raised to governments concerns about this case during a visit to the thai capital bangkok on thursday saying that the thai government is well aware of the importance of this matter to australia a team as a permanent resident of australia with refugee status that was granted bec

same as we get when we go to australia.year out not, he's going to be a world —class year out not, he's going to be a world—class play when he comes back. there is no doubt he makes that australian side of that aside. and i'm sure we will do our best. on to tennis — and there were wins for germany and the host nation australia in the latest round of group matches at the mixed team hopman cup in perth on wednesday. in the opening match of the day, the world number 2 angelique kerber beat alize cornet to set the germans on their way to a 2—1 win against france. the wimbledon champion conjured up one of the shots of the day as she came from a set down to win 5—7, 6—2, 6—4. and australia also made it two out of two — thanks to a double success for ashleigh barty. first, she beat the former world number one garbine muguruza in straight sets, and after david ferrer beat matthew ebden to level the tie, barty and ebden teamed up to beat the spaniards in the deciding mixed doubles. australia and germany meet on friday to decide who'

the entire history of australia not just the last two hundred thirty years another user was pointing out it's obvious why first nations consider it invasion day but i don't understand why engle australians consider the twenty sixth of january an appropriate day for us truly a day they were transported like dogs with into submission and subjected to force later labor what is to celebrate. what is funny out there is that australia was actually established as a penal colony so most of the settlers who came over on the first fleet were prisoners so they've a lot of people have proposed an alternative january first one thousand know one was the day that australia became a country but of course that's already taken that's news they would be a problem any response from the government at this stage well the prime minister scott morrison has come up pretty strong he's called it indulgent self loathing and he's asked why australians want to crab walk away from history from his perspective he says that this would be a denial of what he considers modern australian history which is history of cou

football fade in australia does not just lie in the hands or feet of men however. women's football will also play a major role with the national team the matildas among the top sides in the world and they'll be targeting world cup glory in france next year if i win a world cup there are much better chance of doing it in my last on the socceroos i win a world cup that is messi because fate now footballing striker is exploiting as well . as football rugby union rugby league and football as well have always been essentially seen as the domain of men soccer is the first sport that is truly creating opportunity for both men and women and i think the matildas have to have captured the imagination of australia like few other women same time. for football to truly boom in australia however that love for the socceroos the matildas needs to flow into the domestic game and that's where the national competition the elite comes in. the league was created in two thousand and five to replace the national soccer league. introducing shiny new franchises. to side with the old clubs

and we stay in australia for tennis news now japan's and i'm your soccer has won the australian open or psyco beat the czech republic's patrick fit of a to secure our second grand slam title in just four months well the defending u.s. champion took the first set after mastering her opponent's serve that purpose pressure on christopher but the czech call her way back into the match to win the second set of soccer stepped her game up in the third set she kept her focus to seal the match seven six five seven six four. and back in her native japan osaka ardent fans celebrated her championship in melbourne. thank you. and as a result of the when she becomes the new wild number one and asia's first ever player to rise to the top of the world rankings it's. well the early saturday when does a games have concluded so let's take a look at all those results league leaders dortmund demolished hanover got back our expert hoffenheim hundred five book might stiffy did nuremberg leverkusen the had no problem avoids berkhout a belly and shocker shared the spoils still to come but they meant to take

of australia.have had temperatures in western australia reaching about 49 degrees celsius, and you have to remember that heatwaves are australia's biggest natural hazard. the black saturday bushfires about a decade or so ago killed about 170 people, but a heat wave that preceded that disaster killed twice as many people. the authorities here in australia are warning people to ta ke in australia are warning people to take great care of in the heat. we have heard stories of tourists going into the outback in central australia was not enough water, so the authorities are urging people right around is very taking land to ta ke right around is very taking land to take extra care during this very hot summer. there summer. there have been fatalities as people flocked to the beaches to cool down. that's right. the number now of drowning deaths in australia since christmas has reached double figures. we understand that ten people have drowned on the beaches in australia since the christmas day. 0nce in aust

australia went into their match againstjordan wood australia went into their match against jordan woodheir match againstjordan wood the 109th ranked nation in the world, perhaps unsurprisingly, as the pretournament favourites. it was jordan took the early lead thanks to this unchallenged header in the 26 minute. australia boss graham arnold rued his side's slow start to the game. just minutes later, jordan was so game. just minutes later, jordan was so close to scoring a second, but it pounced off ryan. despite having 76% of the possession, the young socceroos just could not make work. unlike jordan's goalkeeper, he socceroos just could not make work. unlikejordan‘s goalkeeper, he was kept busy until the 79th minute, denying two goal attempts. kept busy until the 79th minute, denying two goal attemptslj kept busy until the 79th minute, denying two goal attempts. i must say thank you to my players. they make everything that i ask, they do everything. i believe in the chances that we can do, also when we have a caller freekick, we trained that we can do, also when we have a callerfreekic

and we stay in australia for ten days to news japan's and i mean osaka has won the australian open or sack of beach the czech republic's petra fifth of a to secure a second grand slam title in just four months well the defending u.s. champion took the first set off mustering her opponents that put pressure on creative abut the czech way back into the match to win the second set aside to step to a game that she kept the focus to field a much seven six five seven six four. and back in her native japan osaka oughtn't fan celebrated her championship victory. a result of the when she becomes the new. world number one and asia's first ever player to rise to the top of the world record. at the world cup snowboard slopestyle competition inside italy two competitors came away with their first ever gold in a world cup event in the women's is about their rooms that of switzerland stops an incredible run on her third and final attempts to win put her third on the overall world cup leaderboard and in the men's noways marcus put on a hugely impressive performance to finish first in the final event

a bahraini footballer sent back to australia. november when he travelled to thailand for his honeymoon. the 25—year—old was granted refugee status by australia in 2017, after leaving bahrain five years earlier. he's a vocal critic of the bahraini royal family and is wanted there for allegedly vandalising a police station in 2012 — claims he denies. this week, the case of saudi woman rahaf al-qunun attracted worldwide attention after she fled her family back home and barricaded herself in a bangkok hotel room. the un refugee agency has asked australia to consider granting her asylum. here's marise payne speaking about hakeem's case. they also appreciate the opportunity that both the deputy prime minister and the foreign minister gave me to raise concerns about the detention ofan raise concerns about the detention of an potential —— possible return of an potential —— possible return of mr hakeem al—araibi to bahrain. the thai government is certainly aware of the importance of this matter to australia. elaine pearson, the australia

but in australia, they now have a specific authority to make these kinds of demands. another worrisome scenario is that australia may seek to use its tcn authority in the same way the united kingdom is looking to use its new powers, excuse me, its powers. just last month, levy and robinson of the uk's gchq, essentially their nsa, put out a proposal under which tech companies would be asked or required to add gchq as a silent participant in end-to-end encrypted chats and the tech company would suppress the notification to the user. they argue that quote, you don't even have to touch encryption to add gchq as a ghost user inside the encrypted chat. there are several other threats posed by the new australia law's approach to encryption. in our coalition comments, in addition to explaining the breadth of the new powers created by the bill, we also address three other key concerns. first, the law lacks any requirement for prior independent review or adequate oversight. many features of australia's new law such as the authorization for technical capabilities notices, were m

that attracts thousands of fans to its stadiums getting spikes was on site in australia the asian cup defending champions that's why you see the passion the joy the hot i get every single emotion football also brings out every emotion in the sometimes resent people of japan. roll back man visited japan and explored his football fan culture which is minimal in comparison to the country's number one sport baseball but all strongly and japan and the asian cup still favorites on that way to becoming a great football nations physical slice takes a look. surface they opera house we can only be in one place. astride better known for its iconic landmarks and stunning beaches than it is for its love of football. but across a lot of tech a phone call from a long shot and it's not just the young and vibrant club scene that's awakening. the national team the socceroos have become a joint in asian football despite the game not even being destroyed is number one sport a strain rules football dominates the landscape but the real ball is catching up. so what could be achieved in football united an in

you are watching daybreak australia. trading starts shortly in asian equity markets after the christmas and new year holidays, hope to draw a line on a turbulent 2018. our next guest sees things remaining very volatile. stephen miller is an investment advisor, here with us in sydney. great to have you. >> great to be here. haidi: i will start out with this library, looking at just how badly analysts missed the mark. at the start of last year, we talked about volatility being the new normal. we have seen a decline of 15% in terms of how badly they missed, the biggest miss on estimates since 2002. how did we get it so wrong? we knew the fed was going to normalize, we new policy would be a factor. >> there is always a mess in forecasting. beware of experts bearing forecasts. the reality is we forecast in an uncertain world. if it were not like that, we would never have recessions and would not have any volatility, and it would be perfect. that is certainly true of 2019. there's a myriad of possible outcomes. we might have a

it gets hot in australia at this time of year. temperatures by day here have been in the mid to high 40s of some parts of the interior. night—time temperatures, thursday night inland parts of australia have got up to 36 celsius, i say up, they got down to 36 degrees, the overnight low. that isa 36 degrees, the overnight low. that is a record, the highest low temperature recorded on record. by day the heat builds even more. in canberra we have been up into the 405. i was surely the temperatures from the last few days in canberra. we have been up above 40 cel5ius,

now of course as you say australia is used to high temperatures.mes. when you speak to the weather bureau here in australia, they say that no individual heatwave can be directly attributed to climate change, but what they do say more broadly speaking is that climate change will make heatwaves in this country more severe and more frequent. we are not only in the grip ofa frequent. we are not only in the grip of a serious heatwave, especially here in eastern australia, it is pretty warm in the west as well, you have to remember that part of this country are in the grip ofa that part of this country are in the grip of a very serious drought, and of course with the hot, dry conditions comes in that other menace, the annual menace of bushfires. and the bushfire alert here in eastern australia are pretty high as well. yes, serious stuff. thank you. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: billed as the largest peaceful gathering in the world, we will be visiting india to take a look at the hindu donald trump is now the 45th pr

in addition, australia has no bill of rights. while the procedures through -- while there are procedures through which tech companies may challenge government requests and orders, these challenges will be more difficult. tech companies won't have the same legal arguments available to them based on protecting individual rights as they would in countries like the u.k. and the u.s. second, the law requires undue secrecy, although the law requires statistical transparency reporting by the government and permits statistical trarns parent si reporting by -- transparency reporting by tech companies but also has strict nondisclosure requirements whenever the government issues a request or notice to a tech company. violation of these secrecy rules is a criminal offense punish bl by up to five years in prison. there are no limits to the duration of these gag orders, such as, we have here in the u.s. when the reason for the confidentiality no longer exists. third, the law's definition of covered designations communications providers is over

and in a statement fifi is calling on all the relevant authorities in bahrain thailand and australia to take the necessary steps to ensure hakimullah baby is allowed to return safely to australia we can resume his career as a professional footballer evidence that could expose numerous or russian athletes as drug cheats has been collected by anti doping experts they've been allowed into a moscow laboratory after a lengthy delay the world anti-doping agency demanded in september that russia turn to the data from the lab by december the thirty first that was in return for lifting a three year suspension of russia's anti doping agency russia's been accused of state sponsored doping which it denies. dozens of people are being investigated for tennis match fixing in spain among them are twenty eight professional players including one who competed at the u.s. open in september so far fifteen people have been arrested including leaders of an armenian criminal gang the spanish civil guard says it has proof that lower tier tennis tournaments as been fixed for the past two years eleven houses h

it was collaboration between the law-enforcement and australia. bart police, nypd, and u.s. customs that led to the suspect's arrest. transfer vandalize. it was collaboration between the law-enforcement and australia. bart police, nypd, and u.s. customs that led to the suspect's arrest. transfer vandalize. this is youtube video people claiming to be a part of a prolific gang of tigers based in australia. the group opposed appears to promote federalism of transfer these online videos. >> it's bizarre. a psychiatrist could analyze it and say there's something not ticking right upstairs. >> reporter: steve wagstaff has charged one suspected member of get hectic. he's accused of spray painting graffiti on bart trains. while they were parked at the transit yards in daly city, millburn, richmond, and concord. >> a thrillseeker to get some sort of strange pledgor by damaging vehicles. >> reporter: the 3-year-old is wanted by law enforcement and australia, where he is suspected 33-year-old is wanted by law enforcement and australia, where he is suspected of vandalizing trains for 15

in the shootout, australia had a 3—2 edge. the goalkeeper then shootout, australia had a 3—2 edge. had a 3—2 edge. the goalkeeper then leckie finished % uzbekistan. matthew leckie finished up uzbekistan. matthew leckie finished up with a finishing blow as australia went into the next round. saudi arabia had 12 but were beaten 1-0 saudi arabia had 12 but were beaten i-oi saudi arabia had 12 but were beaten 1—0 i also qualified uzbekistan. the samurai blues went ahead in the 28 minutes, to summarise what tax and nearly managed an equaliser before half—time. it was a game of few chancesin half—time. it was a game of few chances in the japanese, who last won the competition 2011, hung on until the whistle. they are won the competition 2011, hung on until the on istle. they are uae went vietnam on thursday. the uae went 3-2 vietnam on thursday. the uae went 3—2 up in their tie against kurdistan, before kurdistan struck the force extra time. the uae confirmed their place in the finals. huddersfield town have appointed german jan siewert to succeed david wagner as manager. the challenge t

we want to be the same as australia, well, we want to be better than australia but we want a full—timer the time being at least in the premier league this weekend after the title race was blown wide open with manchester city's two one victory over liverpool last night. pep guardiola said he doesn't remember a league so tough with so many title contenders. as the champions cut liverpool's lead at the top to four points with 17 games of the season remaining. who then is the favourite now? i'll go with liverpool. i'll continue to go with liverpool. i think man city are magnificent and they will push liverpool all the way, which you would expect because they are trying to retain the premier league, which hasn't been done for many years. you have to give them the credit for winning the game last night because they had to. but i'm going to go with liverpool, because there is a weight of expectation on them, they are under pressure, but i think liverpool can do it and i'll go with them because i tipped them at the start. i hope they can do it. it's been a 29 year wait — some have suggested to

i love of your england team—mates are playing in the t20, the big bash in australia.tler made 55 for sydney against perth. is it good for england that they are playing these tournaments? yes, it shows how well we've played over the last two years to have guys from england playing in australia. five or ten years, they wouldn't have had english players in their tournaments because it would be seen as a weakness. now to have so be seen as a weakness. now to have so many playing in the australian competition is fantastic for us as a side and for us as individuals. how big a help is it, t20 cricket, preparing for the 50 over world cup? any white ball cricket going into the world cup is important. any exposure we can get to other tournaments around the world, the big bash, the ipl, is good for our quys big bash, the ipl, is good for our guys to have that exposure. it can only benefit us as a side. looking ahead to the world cup, england are one of the favourites. what does it ta ke to one of the favourites. what does it take to win the competition. we've got to plate so mil

foreign minister calling for hakim return to australia where he has a refugee status allowed a he is a professional at a club in melbourne but was a race to be in november a holiday in bangkok he's wanted in bahrain where human rights advocates say he's likely to be told to do even killed in a statement fifi says it's calling on all the relevant authorities in bahrain thailand and australia to take the necessary steps to ensure that mr hakim allowed b. is allowed to return safely to a straightaway he can resume his career as a professional footballer straight his foreign minister has been meeting officials in bangkok about a case our correspondent wayne hague has more. australia's foreign minister marie spain raised to government's concerns about this case during a visit to the thai capital bangkok on thursday saying that the thai government is well aware of the importance of this matter to australia a team b. is a permanent resident of australia with refugee status that was granted because he fears for his safety if he goes back to bahrain because of a ten year jail sentence that he

canoe and will be sent back to kuwait today where her family is but how can she holds a visa for australia and plans to seek asylum there any teen year old claims her passport was seized by a saudi official during a layover in bangkok. ok let's get more on the story now from phil robertson from human rights watch he's been helping coordinate efforts to prevent the hoffs deportation phil thanks so much for being with us this morning why is human rights watch calling for rojas deportation to be halted well she has suffered psychological and physical abuse before she arrived in saudi arabia she is quite sure for for his life early if she is sent back we're calling for the thai government to permit u.n. refugee agency that u.n.h.c.r. to have access to earth and to allow them to do a status determination on her whether she needs to receive refugee protection and if she does she should receive that in thailand should abide by that ok you've personally been in touch with raw off how she holding up right now. she's very frightened she's very tired she has been awake for four days and she is still

>> welcome to daybreak australia. i am paul allen in sydney. >> i'm ramy inocencio in new york. >> sophie kamaruddin hong kong. we're counting down to the asian major market open. paul: the top stories we're covering, theresa may prepares to offer her brexit plan b. she told her cabinet there is little chance of cross party support. you shutdown drags on in washington. president trump's latest offer is rejected as a top democrat says let's talk. tesla cutting jobs by the thousands. the road ahead is rough. it has lost his crown as the most valuable u.s. carmaker. ramy: let's get a quick reminder of how u.s. stocks ended last week. they were clearly in the green. all gaining. the dow up by 1.4%. s&p almost as much. highs we have not seen in the past six weeks. december 6 was the last time we saw the indices at these levels. some optimism here was because china was saying listen, we are willing to actually put the trade deficit down to zero by 2024, but then the white house said we might do an executive order possibly a

here in australia, b.h.p.uarter figures with iron ore and copper outputs coming in shy estimates. over to melbourne and our commodities reporter, david stringer. what impact have we seen from the issue b.h.p. had with the runaway iron ore train in november? david: good morning, paul. you recall, in november, extraordinary incident in hub, aia, the iron ore driver stepped off one of the iron ore trains to conduct inspections and it without him hurtling 90 kilometers through that part of western australia without a aboard, out of control, until brought to a halt when in perth deliberately derailed the train. today is thatid cost them four million tons of output in the last quarter of 2018 and we're seeing an impact on shipments. 7% lower than the same period a year earlier. perhaps more importantly it's terms of off track in meeting full-year guidance. is a littleed rate bit shy of the target for the full year at this point. so certainly some impact from that incident. not surprising. leave trainas to wagon mang

i can tell you is that she was supposed to have a layover here in bangkok and then travel on to australia where she had planned to claim our seat for asylum there's conflicting information on how long this layover here in bangkok was supposed to be. the odd report saying that she had actually planned to stay for a few days here in bangkok now in that case obviously she would have needed a visa to enter thailand which apparently she does not have others saying no she just wanted to change planes get on the next one to australia and just be in the transit area in bangkok so right now apparently there are tight immigration officials and the saudi officials from the from the embassy here trying to. you know solve this situation which for every side is very. well difficult ok at the same time we have human rights watch calling on thailand not to deport let's take a listen to that the reality is that she should have the right to seek asylum i don't think that was her first choice i think she wanted to go to australia that was her original plan but you know in this situation now she needs to be

now he is showing up, trying to show that australia is the biggest friend of the region.sil fuels, there is some concern in fiji that could be contributed to global water level rises globally. there is also the issue of neil prakash, who was born in melbourne to a fijian father. over the christmas period, australia revoked his australian citizenship, saying he could probably be a citizen of fiji. however, fiji are saying they do not want any part of it. there is a very close, no politics to be worked out there, however, ithink we'll see both leaders about that close relationship. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: an indian woman climbs to the summit of a men—only holy mountain in kerala. but can she expect congratulations or protests? also on the programme: the brexit view from brussels. we will analyse what help, if any, theresa may might get from her european partners. day one of operation desert storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen the most intense air attacks since the second world war. tobacco is america's oldest industry

australia is closed for aussie day.tralia is sitting this monday out but asian stocks are set to start the week with modest gains. seeing little change in new zealand. this weekend will have a string of data from japan. we'll get retail sales and industrial output, and that could add to evidence the economy is slowing and that means reassessing outlooks. looking at the performance of the dollar-yen, this as analysts from deutsche to credit agricole have seeing -- seen the yen rising for the end of the year. the boj will shift away from easing, but the currency could lose its appeal. it is already testing technical resistance near 110. more supporting data could stem it strength. convergence,erage the bottom half of this panel, that is beginning to turn bullish with it rising above the signal line and approaching zero. we will get trade data from hong kong today. expected to continue contracting. the housing market is up, on track for the best pace of gains in 12 months, even as mainland investors remain on the sidelines

one of the top trainers in australia facing very serious allegations.peaking. atlanta's getting ready to host the biggest sporting event in the city since the 1996 olympics. the la rams and new england patriots meet in super bowl 53 on sunday. the preparations continue with hundreds of thousands of people expected to arrive in the city to sample the atmosphere. the bbc‘s caroline barker is already there. welcome to atlanta, the big a, the peach state in georgia, not so peachy at the moment, it is a little bit cold. it will heat up come sunday on super bowl weekend. we are in the centre of the city downtown. this is where you have the big wheel, which you see in most cities, but you don't normally see the super bowl experience. you shut because of the weather but on the weekend thousands will be here to enjoy the super bowl for themselves, new england patriots against the la rams, who are a little inexperienced. they will feel the experience of super bowl. you can't miss it. everywhere you look there are giant posters, noise and razzmatazz and that will

however, human rights watch has said she should be allowed to continue on to australia.s is saudi arabia and thailand playing games, to send an 18—year—old back into harm's way. it's outrageous. she deserves to be allowed to see the un refugee agency and ask for asylum. now the clock is ticking down, and, having renounced islam, rahaf says that she fears for her life. i don't have rights in saudi arabia, and my family treat me so bad. they will kill me. further talks are being held to try to end the partial us government shutdown, but president trump says he has little expectation of a breakthrough. he has indicated he will not drop his insistence on getting the government to approve the funds needed to build a wall along the southern border with mexico. gail maclellan reports. president trump, on his way to the camp david residential retreat, threatened he may declare a national emergency if talks to end the shutdown show no progress by the end of the week. but he indicated there may be some compromise on the major stumbling block, the building of the concrete wall betw

his australia's obligations set? in 2005, a difference between the foreign minister and the prime minister on that one. for us trillion officials, b would be there largest concern at this stage. >> just like in a simulation, there's no fighting the scenario and there's no fighting the questions. there's go -- let's go to the next slide. we are going to dig into korea here. as you know, president trump just met with north korea. with the array of people opposite him. now, we appear to be moving towards a second summit. you will see in this one, in the east they say the second summit will take place. you can certainly choose that. the question, we will focus on. what could a summit produce? we all know what came out of singapore. really interesting to see that people here are so pessimistic that it's going to be nothing. no tangible progress, 80%. a very small percentage of people that think we are going to get something positive out of it. agreement to9%, an end the korean war. we have about the same percentage for th

/japan/australia/india. we need a noun to go with that. the question is, what should the quad focus on? oh, you may need to turn your clicker on again. it turns off automatically if we don't like your previous answer. i mean, if it runs out of battery, i mean to save it from running out of battery. turn it on before you click. okay, interesting. not a faith in trade facilitation. i'm surprised infrastructure development is that low. certainly the u.s., japan, australia are actively koo coordinating on free and indopacific alternatives and some collaboration with the belt and road initiative. so i'm going to turn to you, rick. in the quad, india is a little behind the u.s., japan, australia, which has a longer history and alliance, treaty commitments. >> most of this seems right. trade, clearly none of the members are going to be able to walk in a similar path for more than a couple steps. india still is very reluctant on real trade integration. the united states is going through a strange period right now too on trade. not terribly surpris

and i will say also that, like moore, the same, like we are doing against australia and against syriaond one day international match of their three—game series against india around an hour and a half from now, with captain virat kohli and his team needing to win in adelaide to keep the series alive. after their 34—run defeat to australia in sydney at the weekend, india are looking to regain the dominance they showed over the aussies in winning the test series. swing bowler bhuvneshwar kumar, who missed the test series due to a niggling injury, says his side can find their best form. you know, it is not impossible to win the series, but it won't be easy for us as we are playing away from home. we are preparing our men to win extra matches, it is kind of knockout for us. we can't afford to lose this match, so we are not thinking anything different from what we have been thinking for the last couple of years, one year, so we just want to win the match and eve ryo ne we just want to win the match and everyone is positive today. we just want to win the match and everyone is positive todaym

australia's foreign minister has been meeting with officials over hakim at that a.b.c.case in bangkok our correspondent wayne hay was there. australia's foreign minister marie spain raised to government's concerns about this case during a visit to the thai capital bangkok on thursday saying that the thai government is well aware of the importance of this matter to australia a team b. is a permanent resident of australia with refugee status that was granted because he fears for his safety if he goes back to bahrain because of a ten year jail sentence that he was given in two thousand and fourteen an extradition request has been made by bahrain and it's now before the courts in thailand and that's raising edition of concerns because thailand doesn't recognise the rights of refugees pain going on to say that australia is concerned about his detention and the possibility of him being sent to bahrain there's also been a lot of criticism of football's world governing body fee for their for their apparent inaction over this case but fifa now calling for thailand to release a t

australia winning the quad series. england's roses with the momentum board.margin they needed. that shock defeat to south africa on saturday really cost them. the sellout crowd retreated. in an earlier match, new zealand had their first match of the series. what would learn is the top level of netball is more competitive than ever before. when the world's best teams meet in liverpool in july, if this is anything to go by, it promises to be a real rollercoaster ride. judd trump put in a brilliant performance to thrash seven—time champion ronnie o'sullivan and win his first snooker masters title. a closely fought classic was expected between two of snooker‘s biggest draws, but the match turned into a comprehensive rout for trump. 10 frames to 4 was the score with trump becoming the 23rd different name on the paul hunter trophy and collecting $260,000 in prize money. it's incredible. i've obviously went to this. it's been sort of separate use and someone the last big one in the uk and obviously at times, you are thinking of the next big tournament so to come her

chrissie had a visit to get to australia, so why is she being held in thailand?our understanding? well, what happened was as she got off the plane, an official from the was as she got off the plane, an officialfrom the saudi was as she got off the plane, an official from the saudi embassy was there and they essentially seized her passport. and now they have manufactured some game with the thai government that she applied for and didn't have the proper documents for a tie these are on arrival, so that she needs be sent back to kuwait. you know, this is saudi arabia and thailand playing games to send an 18—year—old back into harm's way. it is outrageous. she deserves to be allowed to see the un refugee agency and ask for asylum, and you know, if this proceeds in the next few hours, both saudi arabia and thailand may have her blood on their hands. she is suggesting that she may be killed by herfamily. is suggesting that she may be killed by her family. what's your understanding of her situation? she strongly believe that. she has been consistently saying that she wi

and australia. india will start to get into digital as china's belton road creates dependencies out about ries come ow beijing is using companies to enhance its information gathering and influence. think that's going to be a feature this year and maybe eaturing prominently in quad meetings as well. he indians are starting to go alarmed at a national level and more uron fire a little slowly in that complicated state. ou can see this coming as a common issue of concern. real quickly, korea, korea hated the quad in 2001 and seoul actually talked the bush it, istration out of doing except as an exploratory meeting. time korea is not, nobody seems to care that korea might it.like korea is struggling this and the maritime things, korean is a peninsula, it's tore in-between. do you think the moon government is warming to this at all, adjusting, ignoring? sue: i'm not sure about warming. hyperventilating about it. they're still not going to warm because right now japan, south korea and japan lowest s are at

there's been uproar over what's being called rampant sexism in australia's federal parliament.was expelled from the chamber for calling a conservative rival a sexist pig in response to alleged bigoted comments. a female mp has also quit government alleging intimidation and harassment from male colleagues. from sydney, the bbc‘s phil mercer reports. australia sees itself as a beacon of equality, but the battle of the sexes is often not a fair fight. where there should be equal opportunity, there can be bigotry. in a lot of the research indicators, australia is more sexist than comparable western liberal democracies. let's not forget the sex discrimination act, the federal act in australia, was passed in 1984. it is over 30 years since that act was passed and we are still seeing significant sexual harassment, significant gender gaps. australians say that it has no place in society, yet studies show 30% of young women have been harassed in the street in the last year. -- 4096. experts say there is a high level of low—level sexism in this country. its impact is demeaning and upsett

guy: let's talk about australia. what do you see going on there right now, the housing market under pressure? is that a china proxy story? nick: it is. there are direct links to the currency and economy. we favor investment-grade credit in australia due to the healthiness of issuers compared to other markets and wider spreads compared to issuers in the u.s. and japan. banks, and have systematic importance to the economy and are regulated. a lot of investors have been chasing returns and that has not boded well in the fourth quarter. maintaining a high quality assets book, maintaining names that can spin off good cash flow our best. to the are you listening earnings calls and how are you interpreting that as it relates to your holdings? nick: we are. china is going to have a knock on effect not only to the u.s., australia, but other countries as well. liquidity has dried up significantly in credit markets and what the fed is going to be deciding will have more of an impact than what is happening out of china. going to