there also criticize close ties between australia and that you with and australia siding with the u.s. the number of disputes the whole way there and also engaged. along with negative reports from australian media so there's a whole range of issues yes but certainly a call for a cup at 19 and this to go didn't help a lot of one way traffic with china imposing their reprisals. retaliate in any way restricting access to exports of iron ore for example we're trying to desperately need i would be very surprised if australia went down that road simply because i annoy is very profitable for australia if they were to restrict exports of that to china they would be hurting lots of miners in australia just as much and it would be i think politically unpalatable and they'd or i would bet you do appreciate that thanks very much and thank you thank you. still ahead here al-jazeera will have the latest on the massive covert 1000 vaccination campaign underway in the united states calling for justice families in lebanon say charges of negligence do not go far enough following the devastating for tha

australia's a much smaller economy obviously within the region quite a bit but it's very resource rich and we've just seen coal is the latest after bar the wind and other. other natural resources but not iron ore which china really needs so it's using this sort of leverage to to really put pressure on the australia and of course it's ironic that this comes just weeks after we've signed one of the bigger crazy lives also australia technically has a free trade deal an existing free trade partnership 5 years old now with with that with china so it's a question of holding about what was what is a free trade deal mean with china as you mention i mean exactly i mean just a few weeks ago the world's biggest trade free trade agreement with the biggest free trade zone was signed to a c p t p p both china and australia members of this what i mean how does this bode now for the other members if they see this happening well this is it i mean china is just is really putting pressure on australia as we've seen and i think for other members looking at this they must be wondering what is the point you

when from australia thank you china's actions in trade is much more significant to australia's national but maybe a. much. more war and trade stories. some of these bilateral issues predate the pandemic in 2017 the government in canberra proposed measures to deal with what it calls disturbing reports of chinese influence in australia journalists on both sides have since come under increasing pressure my name is john. i'm a t.v. i got based in beijing china in august chang laid on australian citizen of chinese descent based in beijing for china c g t n t v disappeared from the airwaves and into custody allegedly for endangered in national security the following month 2 other australian journalists based in china were questioned about the channel a case spooked at the prospect of getting arrested they turned to a central you know officials for help got a diplomatic escort to the airport and fled the country you know relate to that to a stranger. and mark well rushed out. a couple of months ago. what their connection to china they were questioned by chinese security about back next year. a

a reference against australia has clearly. not won let's hear a russian ship it or in australia. shall it jan is the chinese official who 1st floated the notion that the covert 1000 fire a switch initially surfaced in the city of han may have been planted by american military personnel who had attended a meeting there shall has been prominent in the messaging fight between beijing and washington over the pandemic. and by wading into the bilateral tussle with canberra shall has turned globalize on to a straight story that wasn't getting much traction elsewhere an inquiry into the conduct of australian soldiers based in afghanistan in 20122013 the cold blooded killing of civilians the report de tiled shocking crimes including murderous legibly committed by men who had supposed to be best trying to a late soldiers it was payback in 2 $180.00 characters or fewer for australia's had bitch will criticism of china over human rights violations in sindh jang and hong kong. and you know what markets prime minister morrison's demand that china be investigated for its handling of covert 90 w

it's being given excepted that you could not win in australia and less murdoch was onside the role or that pulling paris murdoch press has largely gone and this is partly a story about the decline in one string maybe are not only. there is still a game does that mean palla so it's still got power but it's not that sort of habit but certainly. and you know the level of possibility and sometimes mysterious. properties minister earlier trade shows that they are really worried about this in terms of maybe some of the winter warning. it's been 6 weeks now since a school teacher was beheaded in france after he showed his students cartoons mocking the prophet muhammad during a class on free speech the political response including from president and then you know not cross continues to make headlines i just touched off a major debate in the country tariq nasa has been following that story for us tarek mcconnell says that international journalists about france all wrong way as you mentioned richard this debate is taking place and the aftermath of the killing of samuel potts he was a schoolteac

australia. straighter really. prompted a good deal of anger in china by taking china to the world health organization appealing to the world health organization over the code virus for more han and since then it is escalated further with a range of trade measures it's not just bali it's tourists it's wine it's call even lobster sugar so it's quite sharp now between the 2 countries and i don't know what's going to happen certainly china is not going to back away and it looks straight is not going to back down either yet as you say peter in addition to slapping tariffs on wine timber and meat china is also threatened to ban coal and that's a big problem for australia because coal and iron ore are australia's most lucrative exports out there correct correct the the the coal issue has been in the pipeline for a little while now but it now seems clear just in the last 24 hours or so that china is imposing curbs on unco the really big issue down the track is iron ore body it looks as if china does not have many alternat

and the eu is to australia.hor: is britain looking at possible chaos come january 1? we kept hearing about long queues at the dover port. what's your idea on that happening? guest: it's a certainty. for the last 40 years, we've been in the eu's economic sentiments and without them, we are going to need a monetary customs unit and that will require new checks taking place for tariffs and standards and that will lead to huge tailbacks. the bank of england has estimated the damage from a no deal brexit will be worse than the damage from covid. they estimate an 80% reduction in gdp because that's what we would have had over the course of a few years. so this is serious stuff for which people have not been prepared and part of the reason is boris johnson delivers these bullish statements talking about australia and not telling people on the scale that they will be affected. anchor: the president of turkey is on a victory tour to celebrate his allies when in the conflict with neighboring armenia. they emphasize their

last year australia sold thermal coal worth $26000000000.00 worldwide china however is not australia's biggest customer japan takes the lion's share china is 2nd with 16 percent south korea takes a similar amount and taiwan takes 12 percent of exports the australian government believes if china bans thermal coal it could easily sell that amounts to rising emerging markets like india and vietnam. but a chinese ban on australian coal might not be the end relations have been strained since us trailer pushed for an international investigation into the origins of the corona virus in. china however has sought to portray covert 19 as a originating abroad. where i was his head it's true and what's behind it and i expect if it can and joins me now in the studio formal clifford so 1st of all what's behind it i mean is it all down to beijing being miffed about australia saying you brought the corona virus into the world well i think it's partly that a couple weeks ago we had a list was leaked by the chinese government of 14 things that it's annoyed about in terms of chinese relations with austral

australia's great their way to a small lead but india have time.ew zealand were left frustrated by faheem ashraf on day three of their first test against pakistan but remain firmly in control in mount maunganui. pakistan were struggling on 80 for 6 in theirfirst innings — but faheem scored 91 to help his side to 239 all out. that meant they avoided the follow on, but pakistan still trail the home side by 192 runs. south africa are totally dominating their first test against sri lanka but they weren't helped by this bizarre episode. their batsman temba bavuma walked off— giving himself out for 71— even though he'd totally missed the ball! faf du plessis was the star for south africa— he made it all the way to 199// he made it all the way to 199 before getting out agonisingly short of his double century. sri lanka are still 160 runs behind with 8 second innings wickets remaining. sussex batsman phil salt top scored for adelaide strikers as they beat perth scorchers by 71 in their latest big bash league salt smashed 51 off only 31 balls, including som

[applause] ♪ >> good morning and welcome to daybreak australia. am paul allen in sydney and we're counting down to asia's major market open. china raises the heat on jack ma telling his ant group to go back to its roots. the senior official says executives must recognize the business model. relief pushed by president trump. the republicans are unhappy with higher government spending and johnson admits the brexit deal does not go as far as he was like. see how markets are shaping up to start. going to be a thin trading week. markets are closed in australia as they are in new zealand. we are observing the boxing day public holiday from saturday. everyone gets monday off. take a look at the u.s. dollar. mixed. president trump failed to send the bipartisan stimulus package. losing some ground, the u.s. dollar against the pound. the brexit deal waiting for a vote in parliament where it does have bipartisan support. take a look at the yield on the 10 year. it had been creeping up. there was some feeling that it would get close to breaching 1%. there are

other states have deals with china on the belt and including western australia, south australia, andasmania. one thing that cannot be scrapped is the great 1990 lease on the port in the northern territory, which was signed with china. it is because it was with a company, not the government itself. china said it would not be happy about it. it creates obstacles. theill certainly not help current climate between china and australia. climate,spite the china keeps buying australian iron ore. what do we see on that front? really needs that iron ore for its infrastructure projects. australia accounts for more than half of the world's iron ore shipments. the supply is constrained right now. be back atpected to full production for a couple of years. tona purchasing minds mitigate relying on australia may not have hope, either. china did take their nuclear option of targeting the aussie iron ore imports. they could get about half of the supply usually imports. in the meantime, iron ore prices are soaring. it's been a huge win for australia and compensating for the dent in gdp growth. shery: p

i remember australia was known as the wonderfrom australia was known as the wonder from down under, australiawonderfrom down under, the one major economy that did not go into recession after the major financial crisis of 2008 but australia could not ride the wave of the pandemic in a similar way. tell us about the outlook. good morning, good to be with you. the outlook is, well, it is mixed, probably the best way of putting it. better thanit best way of putting it. better than it was but still not great. gdp figures have shown 3.3% increase but there are some very mixed figures within that. so improvement in consumption but some very negative information about exports and about capital expenditure. there are pluses and minuses, probably the best way of putting it, to be totally clear. talk us through the impact at the very, very strict lockdown has had in parts of australia, melbourne, for example, restrictions on travel. that will really have hampered business and how quickly they can see a bounce back from that, assuming australia can keep a grip on infection rates. absolutely. victoria was

i mean, australia... relationship with the eu is not one, from a trade point of view that britain, i think, would want. what do you make of the australian—style option of not having a free trade deal with the eu? get in touch about that or any of this morning's other stories. i'm @annita—mcveigh on twitter, or use the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. mass coronavirus testing is to be rolled out to secondary schools in parts of london, kent and essex in an attempt to curb rising infections. scotland and northern ireland ease coronavirus restrictions — with non—essential retail able to re—open for the first time in weeks. the canary islands are removed from the travel corridor list — meaning from saturday, anyone returning to the uk from the islands will have to self—isolate for two weeks. good morning and welcome to bbc news. dame barbara windsor, one of the country's best—loved actresses, has died at the age of 83. her husband, scott mitchell, said she passed away peacefully from alzheimer's at a care home in l

a trade route between china and australia escalates amid reports beijing has restricted imports of the stray and cold. and turning day into night thousands gather in chile and argentina to view a rare total solar eclipse. u.s. democracy has prevailed and that was the message from president elect joe biden shortly after the electoral college 4 way validated his victory in the election it was a crystallized donald trump's multiple attempts to overturn the result she had reports from wilmington delaware. but you also are biden of delaware a democrat i 65 knows the real. california is electoral college vote made it official joe biden is the president elect and in the end the formal tally of the states joe biden won in the november election was the procedural affair it normally is across the country electors in states that biden flipped from the republicans cost their states votes for the president elect joseph r. biden has received $16.00 votes under the u.s. constitution the president isn't chosen by the popular vote but by the $538.00 electors of the electoral college however usually the

australias star batsman steve smith needs to find some form.ble figures in the series but his captain is sure he'll come good. someone like steve in particular hasn't been able to get in yet. once he does, he will find a way like he always does, and the rest of us will follow suit. we need to improve, there's no doubt about that. these are not plans we are encountering for the first time. plenty of cricket going on. south africa have taken the first test against sri lanka at centurion. they cruised to the win by an innings and 45 runs. the second and final test starts in johannesburg on january 3rd. tim southee is the third new zealander to take 300 test wickets as the black caps close in on victory against pakistan in the first of two tests. southeejoined sir richard hadlee and daniel vettori when he dismissed pakistan batsman haris sohail. they ended day four on 71 for 3, needing an unlikely 373. the pdc world championship continues at alexandra palace. james wade has joined an illustrious list, producing only the 10th 9—dart finish in the hi

so australia is now opening up, fragmentation brought by covid—19 is being eased and australia now ishat can ill afford to rest on its laurels, the authorities say, that the big danger is now apathy and complacency —— covid normal. phil mercer for us in sydney. iran says it believes israel and an exiled opposition group used a remote controlled weapon to shoot dead a top iranian nuclear scientist. ransomware attack in maryland meant all pupils to —— learning when i —— meant all pupils to —— learning when i —— ransomware meant all pupils to —— learning when i —— ransomware attack imp stu d e nts when i —— ransomware attack imp students in marilyn learning remotely meant that they could no longer study. schools will remain shut until wednesday. ireland's taoiseach michael martins is british and eu negotiators have the options in front of them to conclude a brexit free trade deal this week. he went on to say there isa landing week. he went on to say there is a landing zone for an agreement but it will require political will to conclude the deal. he has expressed hope at the beginning of

night and day, for him, ha rd australia's night and day, for him, hard day ‘s night.ustralia probably edging it but their spinner nathan lyon, speaking at the close of play, reckons his side can still improve. definitely satisfying, but i think we can get a lot better as well, to be honest with you. we are very happy with where we are apt, but i think we —— i don't think we can settle there, i think we need to keep pushing the boundaries and keep getting better as a bowling group, so, yeah, very happy, but still a lot of work to do. i still feel that we we re lot of work to do. i still feel that we were six down and we tried to keep it to as many runs as possible, so we keep it to as many runs as possible, so we still have a very good chance of getting close to that number, and, you never know, we could get 350 also. time now for more of the day's other sport stories and... the start of the australian open tennis has been delayed by 3 weeks because of the pandemic. the first grand slam event of the year will now begin on the 8th of february, and that'll allow the play

and he said as the relationship between china and australia deteriorates, australia is gradually losingof the situation, austria needs to decide what to do next. here's former prime minister kevin rudd on what he thinks australia should do next. when you end up in a situation, as we are at present, where 40% of this country's experts go to one country, namely the people's republic of china, that's not balanced. the task for australian governments is therefore to diversify the economy domestically, but secondly also to do so internationally. there are other many emerging markets around the world, china of course is the biggest. i think there's a further point at play in this as well. witches of the political temperature in both beijing and canberra to be taken down several notches. —— which is for... the world's largest iceberg is in danger of colliding with an island. here it is. the iceberg has the name a—68—a, and it broke off from an antarctic ice shelf in 2017. not a particularly inspiring name. it's ovcer 4,000 square kms — that's roughly the size of jamaica. for over three years i

for start because australia has some deals with the e.u. one's own science deals with trays it's also negotiating a deal with the e.u. so it doesn't like having a signal strength style deal and it's also a trade between australia and the e.u. accounts for 11 percent most trading is x. tools and it was a very far away the trade at most the gravity monitor trade whereas for the each a 43 percent bucket size was going to be used to o.p.c. the e.u. is much closer it's much more important than australia is to the e.u.'s not least australia is britain i think nave mentioned this in his report looking at possible chaos come january 1st year we keep hearing about this idea of long queues at the dove a port and and the like what's your view on the likelihood of that happening. it's a certainty because the last 47 years we've been the instruments and now we're being wrenched out and that's even with the deal we're still going to leave this in the modern customs union and that is going to require new checks taking place immediately food tariffs and st

australia silencing the alarm. the value of agricultural shipments falling to the lowest level in at least five years. president trump says rudy giuliani has tested positive for covid-19. kathleen: let's get a quick look at how u.s. markets ended last week. all major indexes hitting major highs after a softer than forecasted gains after convincing investors that congress will be forced to pass more stimulus. nearly 1%. the fifth record high of the week. rotation,, even with this rally was broad-based. gainingnt industry is in the s&p 500 and we had the industries-- 81 gaining in the s&p 500 and we had that sense. some people are waiting to see if it will rise above 1%. let's get a look at how things are shaping up for asian markets. areie: this monday, futures pointing towards gains. this as global stocks market cap has topped $100 trillion. we did see it cap a five-week climb. we might see some of that risk sentiment taken off of the table. export recovery has been supported. in australia, we are seeing futures se

jeffrey's saying the prefer australia and aussie on over china -- australia and asean over china in 2021elsewhere, a muted start, s and p nudging slightly this morning, nikkei futures in the green. oil slightly under pressure, $45 per barrel as we way opec -- [nowotny yo] haidi: the u.s. approved legislation that could lead to chinese companies off u.s. exchanges. reuters is reporting president trump is expected to sign the bill. tom mackenzie joined this from beijing. tom, last-minute push to keep the pressure on beijing? [no audio] back: we will try to get to tom mackenzie, talking about tensions between china and the u.s.. we will have more of that and hear exclusively from the chinaan of the u.s. economic review commission, robin cleveland. first, vaccine news, the u.k. is the first western country to approve a covid-19 vaccine. it has approved the pfizer and aheadch shot i hear that of decisions in the u.s.. we got an idea of when to expect the first doses. >> including the 50 million from this year, we anticipate 1.3 billion in total. i don't think we can disclose what we will be p

what's the relationship with australia?loser a deal than the uk could potentially have with the eu in a few days' time. although they have the baseline world trade organization rules, they do have little agreements between the eu and australia on things like agricultural tariffs, on wine and on product standards. it means there's an agreement which basically means you have to do less checks on the standard of products when they cross borders, so there are fewer delays. so all of these things mean that australia has a little bit above world trade organization basic rules. the uk would be trading on the most basic rules there are. so your question implied that, the use of the word australia rather than afghanistan, it sounds familiar. they play cricket, they speak english, but make no mistake, this would not be a cuddly koala bear brexit. it would be a very abrupt change in the way we govern our economy and have done for 40 years. of course, brexiteers say that's exactly what they want, they want the abrupt change, they want

had a guest talking about the relationship between australia and china.ard the problems as well. he said the situation is serious. commodity has been in the wine ands, also barley, but it is not the usual approach they take. --y have used that are means other means, haven't they? >> certainly. it has not been clear how that transpired. thatow officially environmental reasons were used for delays in terms of processing or taking on australian coal, but even in the background, we knew china has a strict import quota this year, looking for a 10% reduction, and that was weighing on coal imports already, even before these tensions started growing. the october trade data was as clear as you can be. there is certainly some issues developing between australia and china. 21% year onwas a year movement, but if you look rises, soorts, we saw that those show this is starting from australia from a volume perspective, and we saw it with the price down around 30% from those october levels. juliette: what does this mean , admits the tensions?- amidst the isthe situation

australia has seen a major spike in contaminations in the past week. the government increased restrictions nationwide. new south wales with its capital city has effectively been cut off from the rest of the country. flights have been canceled in and out of the city. the area where the new cluster emerged, northern beaches, is now under local lockdown. we have the details. >> sunrise at bondi beach, on the most iconic spots in australia. during the day, cars lined up by the dozen, passengers looking to get tested for covid-19. in recent days, sidney's northern suburbs recorded a cluster of 80 cases, leading authorities to impose a lockdown in the era and encouraged testing and self-isolation for those at risk. as of monday the neighboring states of victoria and queensland opted to ban all travel from city. the country's prime minister -- from sydney. the prime minister acknowledged restrictions are frustrating for many. >> of course we want everything to be open but the virus had a different idea about that, and that is a practical reality. i should say

i mean, australia...alia's relationship with the eu is not one, from a trade point of view that britain, i think, would want. dame barbara windsor — best known for her roles in eastenders and the carry on films — has died at the age of 83. the hong kong media tycoon and democracy campaignerjimmy lai has been charged under the territory's controversial new national security law. mass coronavirus testing is to be rolled out to secondary schools in parts of london, kent and essex in an attempt to curb rising infections. scotland and northern ireland ease coronavirus restrictions — with non—essential retail able to re—open for the first time in weeks. medical experts advising the us food and drug administration recommend emergency approval for the pfizer—biontech coronavirus vaccine, meaning it could be cleared for use within days. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. prime minister borisjohnson h

today australia joins talks. we have the latest next.s is bloomberg. ♪ anotherato has taken step toward making china strategic focal point after the military alliance published a report stressing rising geopolitical threats. the details inas beijing. what exactly is that nato report saying? tom: it was put together by a group of experts that were assembled by the secretary-general of nato. it is essentially a wake-up call to the 30-member alliance that is nato to focus on the , andenges posed by china what that said was there needs to be more of a focus on these issues as recommendations within this study around, for example, enhancing political cohesion within the alliance, investing more time and action that they say are linked to china's economic heft -- i'm quoting here -- and the stated ideological goals of its leaders. it is showing that the nato alliance is broadening that focus beyond just russia, which historically has been a security threat for the alliance, to now including china. how realistic it is you will get these recomme

the agriculture industry in australia with billions of dollars the value of water in australia is worth even billions more so if we want to make sure this the river is kept alive if you want to make sure there's water there for the future we have to engage in that process that of course forced a proper market for water buying and trading. has a strategy got it right yet no we don't. we might be the test case we haven't got it 100 percent. water was the last remaining natural resource to have escaped trading. 'd 'd but australia has just blown the final whistle. the time has come for maximum profitability and the creation of wealth. for my people to be offered this land in this water. 'd water for me and my people it's a part of who we are. 'd 'd it's a part of our stories our creation story. today is different. australia has implemented what are markets. how do you know that. we don't like it very much we don't like it at all 'd. well forcing her to find out everyone else interesting ok. with. that and i've got my night tonight. went on. selling trading what does that. feeling your dad.

my partner and i are currently in portugal and have been trying to get back to australia since may. been stranded in france for 32 weeks. and australian citizens stranded in saudi arabia. with me now is a news reporter. is a mentioned australia was widely praised for its handling of its pandemic, what did it do back in march? essentially australia closed its border back in march which meant only repatriating citizens were allowed back into the country, and that has generated this backlog because there is a cap on the number of citizens allowed to come back, thatis citizens allowed to come back, that is currently sitting on six and a half thousand but of course all those people have to go through the hotel quarantine period, which is a period of two weeks, and so the government decided the only way to be able to maintain that was to be able to maintain that was to the number of arrivals coming back and. obviously there is a lot more citizens than that who are wanting to come home, and the situation we have seen unfold since march has been because of this, flights have been cancelled,

well australia's prime minister scott morrison has warned china it would be in breach of global tradingles if it stops imports of australian coal his remarks follow chinese state media reports of a possible ban it's a further escalation in their trade dispute and the potential blow to australia's economy as nicola gage reports from sydney. a strike here is one of the world's largest producers and exporters of coal used in both steel making and to generate power one of its major markets is china but months of imported lives have left millions of tones of a strain called stranded off china caused an industry in turmoil jonathan a political reasons not economic crisis because economically it's itself china has clearly a political stance that they the parties back in. beijing faming lee confirmed a trolley was being targeted in a state backed global times newspaper saying power plants have been granted approval to import coal without clearance restrictions from anyone except to strongly of those countries that are available and also are willing to export cochin-china i introduce irrational

the relationship between china and australia has hit the lowest point that it's ever been at and that'sy manifest in the trade relationship but it pours far beyond that now tensions between the 2 countries really ratcheted up when a strongly demanded an independent inquiry into the origin of the carbon 19 outbreak earlier this year but they've been souring for much longer than that really one clear point was in 2018 when the previous australian government imposed this law against political interference and china wasn't specifically named when that was announced but china definitely was implied as the target of that law and since then the struggling government has taken various steps that have really good beijing culminating in what we saw last month in a 14 a list of 14 grievances released by the chinese embassy a basically expressing to australia all the things that it wasn't happy with including the fact that australia banned huawei china's iconic telecom giant from participating in the development of its 5 g. network because china knows that australia is economically reliant on china

meanwhile weather has been rocked this week in many places of australia. we have a report of over 200,000 lightning strikes in portions of queensland tuesday afternoon. meanwhile western australia had heavy rainfall. over 110 millimeters in the northern areas. that's significant for the region. more rain is possible due to the tropical low and another tropical low back behind it. so back to back tropical lows will drop heavy rainfall over western australia. moisture will reach southern australia has well. temperatures on thursday are 24 in sydney. it's going to be calm and mind this week. and 32, it's expected to continue over the next couple days. now they have been dealing with heavy rainfall, heavy snowfall and a tornado. significant weather events have been happening in italy and more wet weather is expected to pound italy and the peninsula for the next couple days. we might see additional 90 centimeters of snowfall in the higher elevation. this is your four-day forecast. we'll continue to see snow and rainy weather into the weekend. before we go, i wa

host 1: a very good morning and welcome to "bloomberg daybreak: australia." we're counting down to asia major open. these are our top stories. sterling rises as brexit talks are extended. brussl's and london -- morend london welcome time. reachan covid-19 deaths 300,000. top officials will be among the first to get the vaccine shots. in money laundering inquiry. shares plunged in october. host 2: heading into a week of central bank decisions. let's see how things are shaping up for asian markets. futures are mixed this monday morning. a fresh high on friday. overall, we could see the risk value grind higher. daily activity data is due on wednesday. up, and new zealand, we saw some conductivity issues delay the usual open. it will open as scheduled in a half of an hour. we do have the kiwi dollar. trading at an april, 2018 high. looking at thursday's gdp report. the mentor will continue. stronger commodity prices and dollar weakness making the kiwi dollar higher. forecast intelligence $.80 is not unreasonable for the u.s. -- for the first half even positive fa

cold is the third biggest exporter of australia, and as we know, it is the latest in a growing list ofian products which have been affected by these trade tensions, including beef, wine and barley. even without coal, almost one third of australia's exports have now been affected because of this tension, which started because australia requested an international enquiry into the origin of covid—i9, which upset beijing. we are already seeing impact on shares, bhp billiton, for example, down more than 2%, rio tinto down 1.5% in australian trade as well. we have not got a confirmation from beijing, as shaimaa khalil was telling you, this is according to china's state owned newspaper, the global times, which says that while china will reduce the amount of coal that it uses for environmental reasons, the country's top economic planner has improved importing coal without clearance restrictions from several countries except for australia. the prime minister of australia, scott morrison, has responded, saying that if this is true, any shift by china away from imports of high quality, in his vie

the tourists are currently top of the test championship with australia second. whatever the result of this series it is likely to be a welcome spectacle for cricket fans across the globe. we can always expect fireworks when those two meet. next up. from selling sunglasses and watcches on the streets of athens, yianis antentokounmpo has become the highest paid player in nba history. his new five year deal with the milwaukee bucks earning him over £33 million. the highest annual salary in american sports. he might be some way short of the staggering £53 million yearly salary of lionel messi. but in the midst of a global pandemic, it illustrates the continued earning power of some of american sports biggest names. i spoke to bbc sport's nesta mcgregor to chart the remarkable rise of this nba star. yianny antentokounmpo is seen as the future. he has been voted the mvp. also last year, he was named defensive player of the year. to put that into some context, the only players to have previously held both of those titles was somebody called michaeljordan, so he's in gr

australia and india last faced each other in a test series in 2018, and it wasn't a friendly affair.onal as they used to be before, also because of the fact that we all understand that we are contributing toa understand that we are contributing to a larger cause. it's the quality of cricket that has to stand out. in terms of what happens on the field, we have to wait and see, we don't go into it planning to have run ins or be overly aggressive, anything like that. victory for india and australia two years ago was their first series success in the country but adelaide provides a new challenge. india have only

refuse to recognize the result and it's 7 weeks of destroy half of australia's fraser island feeling criticism of the country's climate policies. this is becoming an interesting start to summer the latest cold front this one here will drop the temperatures as it goes through breeze been it will take some rain with it is on its way through at the moment so the temps will start off harbors and they will drop in some rain for phrase around the wind changes well the tail end of it disappears into what's a developing area of low pressure tropical weather significant rain coming into broome and generally speaking the northwest of australia the rain has gone off the east coast temporizing victoria and south australia which is a nice change in the last few days and melbourne's reflected that drop down to 27 whereas perth is warming up to about 30 three's or shows the use well quite possibly broome there reflects the wettest part of australia and quite interestingly flooding seems likely wednesday thursday or friday 3 days a significant thunderstorms. when it is shown its hand spotting was st

if we look at then for australia.on industrial goods, so non—agricultural goods. those tariffs are just under 3%. other tariffs are just under 3%. other tariffs can be higher, so then we get 2.8% for non—agricultural produce, but things like cars, for example, the tariff on cars a 10%, thatis example, the tariff on cars a 10%, that is something paid by the companies that take those cars across the border, and some of those costis across the border, and some of those cost is probably going to be passed to the consumer. on dairy and meat, you can have tariffs as high as 35%, soa you can have tariffs as high as 35%, so a large chunk of our trade potentially with these tariffs put on them very suddenly, very abruptly, if there is no deal at the end of the year. so if that is the case, and essentially this is what a no deal looks like, should we be calling it an afghanistan style deal, but should we be calling it in australia style deal? it looks like they have a close a deal than the uk could potentially have with the eu

says face masks and other measures will be needed for the foreseeable future australia has started mass testing its population despite scientists fearing that negative results could encourage people to ignore hygiene rules and german chancellor angela merkel says the massive national support program for businesses cannot continue indefinitely parliament is about to begin debating the budget for next year. a japanese space capsule carrying rare asteroid material has touched down back on earth after a 6 year journey covering almost 6000000000 kilometers. to . the right for the japanese space agency staff applauded as the capsule detached from the probe 2 and began its final approach to earth the craft landed at a remote base in australia the probe collected a rock and soul samples billions of years old from the distant asteroid 3 you go scientists hope the material will provide clues about the origins of the universe and of life itself. let's bring in phil figure agony from signs desk for more on this so feet are welcome the capsule has landed what do we know about its return journey and

australia was upset about this.leg injury, to get a bowling substitute on the pitch. jonathan agnew, i suspect this is not the last time we would hear about that story. thank you very much. onto football, and a huge weekend for the premier league. up to 2,000 fans will be allowed to attend games located in tier 2 areas, which means the north london derby between spurs and arsenal on sunday will have spectators into the tottenham hotspur stadium for the first time since coronavirus restrictions were imposed last march. so what can the 2,000 lucky fans expect to see in the north london derby? it's an unusual situation for league leaders spurs to be so far ahead of arsenal in the table. craig templeton looks ahead to the game. totte n ha m tottenham have enjoyed a golden start to the season, a start that sees them perched at the top as the derby approaches. they are now unmistakably a mourinho team — organised, defenseless strong and unbeaten in nine league games. we all know that a derby that is this big match is noth

a new look big bash tournament gets under way in australia tomorrow. x factor substitutes, something called a power surge and a bash boost are being introduced to deliver more excitement and what organisers hope will be better tv ratings. but some players are calling the changes to t20 cricket ludicrous. our reporterjoe lynskey has been looking at this for us. these changes are extraordinary in a way but it is there to try to ramp up way but it is there to try to ramp up the ratings and get people connected to it. the state to state divided opinion. the big bash is modern cricket's most well—established t20 franchise tournament, really, so it's become a model for the rest of the world to follow as this sport looks to grow its audience through new formats. remember, that's just what the ecb is trying to do with the new hundred competition next summer. this is the tenth season, though, of the big bash. every year, it attracts massive crowds who get behind their local teams. it's played in australia's most iconic stadiums, and all that means it attracts t