the high turnout shows how interested australians are in what japan explains to them. the japanese delegation focused on promoting the country's high technology. >> we do have over 60 years of history of developing submarines and our submarines will meet additional requirements put upon us. >> reporter: australia plans to replace six aging submarines with new ones in or after 2020. in february the australian government announced plans to develop submarines with another country and then decided to choose its partners from three countries, japan, germany and france. but the decision to jointly develop the submarines has met some opposition within the country. simon kennedy runs a welding company and says the entire construction of the submarines should take place in australia. >> the submarines particularly in australia, for me it was very important because it would create a lot of jobs and a lot of industries would benefit from those jobs. >> reporter: in a response to such concerns a rival german company opened an office to appeal to local people. a french maker has al

farmers that income coming in at 2.4 australian dollars. 2.4 billion australian dollars.n line with estimates. was up twoevenue cents of a percent, coming in at 62.4 billion australian dollars. they are also paying a dividend of one australian dollars per share. wesfarmers is the biggest australian retailer. their net income is coming in line with estimates at 2.4 billion australian dollars. let's move on to other news. qantas has surged back to profit, announcing a four-year result -- full-year result of more than $975 million. let's go to paul in sydney. two to be held seven years ago. what can you tell us? seven yearshe helm ago. what can you tell us? reporter: it was a little less than the market was expecting, but still 900 $75 million is a huge reversal of the loss we saw last year of 675 million. revenue was also up 15.8 2 billion. billion -- 15.82 billion. long-suffering shareholders will be rewarded with the announcement of the capital return program. and surplus capital will be returned to shareholders at a rate of $.23 per share. 2 billion of costs trend out of

australian gold producers in a good space.for you but when you look at global producers, they are feeling the pressure of pricing. how will this affect the industry overall? well, i think the industry is in a tough phase. if you look at gold from the high in august of 2011 one gold reached 19 -- 1900 u.s. dollars an ounce, it is down. and australian dollar terms, multiyear low. it is down only 15%. u.s. dollar denominated producer, things are still tough at 1100 u.s. dollars, you are not making very much money. some balance sheets had high gearing levels, they are looking at investment and that is what evolution has been opportunistic about. and high quality assets. i think you are talking about gold mine in australian operation. tell us about those projects and how it will help your business overall? : what has been a really interesting is since gold has started falling in april of 2013 when people started looking at the negative outlook for gold, almost 23% off australia's gold production, 2 million .unces has changed hands

that the australian authorized had considered my case in line with the decree and the australian authorities decided there was no evidence that i was guilty of any crime under australian law so i was free to go. we don't know whether the court has accepted that document. certainly the court and the judges didn't remove me from the case at that particular moment so we can only assume only consider that i am on trial until we hear otherwise. we are hoping of course me and my lawyers and my family are hoping that the courts will accept that document at face value. but until now we've got no evidence that it has. >> okay, well we'll be getting that verdict, that announcement shortly. and fingers crossed really, peter greste there in sydney, thank you. still to come on al jazeera. we examine the underworld, pakistanis seeking a new life in europe. and yemen's government makes plans for a new future despite the war dividing the country. country. >> the top stories now on al jazeera. thousands of malasians are protesting in the capital, kuala lumpur, calling for the prime minister to step down. cal

we owe it to the 24 million australians who use our skies.e owe it to them to ensure their travel is as safe as it possibly can be to try to get to the bottom of this terrible mystery. that's why the search must go on. >> reporter: one of the greatest aviation mysteries of all time. christine, as we know, until they retrieve the black boxes, they will not have the answers the families so desperately are craving. >> an important development, but so much more needs to be done. anna, thank you for that. >>> in just a few hours, republicans running for president will be on the stage. >> that's happening tonight? >> look at that. they will be looking at each other. the first primary debate of the season. who will win? we'll tell you next. female announcer: you're on the right track to save big during sleep train's triple choice sale. for a limited time, you can choose up to 48 months interest-free financing on a huge selection of tempur-pedic models. or choose to save hundreds on simmons beautyrest mattress sets. you can even choose $300 in free g

that set a record and he sold it to an australian chinese billionaire.ere wondering, he and a riot carrier doing well and traveled the world. mark: how do you know that? scarlet: she gave him a shout out when she performed on stage. mark: what don't you know? scarlet: i had to do extra digging for that. mark: the australia central bank governor said that the sydney housing market was crazy. because of these a record prices, this is one reason why traders think the second -- angst the central bank won't cut interest rates next month or any time soon. the central bank wants to see prices deflate a little bit and moderate before they continue reducing interest rates. mark: deflate without them stepping on the brakes? scarlet: they have regulators come in to find out how the prices don't grow the way they have been. high soment is at a new they have to consider ways to support the economy. housing continues to be the thing that gets in the way. mark: in july, the home prices in australia were the highest ever. scarlet: exactly, and if you look at australian

submarines. >> the cooperation of japan's maritime self-defense force and the australian navy will help ensure and improve security in the ocean. >> japan is participating in the competitive bidding process along with france and germany. australia's expected to choose a partner for the joint project by the end of the year. nine officers accompanied by officials from the defense ministry and japanese manufacturers visited local firms. they're scheduled to exchange views with the australian side on wednesday regarding how they would share their roles in the joint project. the japanese government last year adopted guidelines for the three principles of transfer of defense equipment and technology to other countries. based on the guidelines, the national security council decided in may that japan would enter the bidding to jointly develop australian submarines. >>> organizers of the 2020 tokyo him pick and paralympic games are casting their attention toward rio de janeiro. they're watching as the city gets ready to welcome the world next year and they're trying to learn as much as they can

so the australian government seems right behind me. i'm very pleased to that i've had that expression of support. >> thank you very much. >> well, communications director joins me now. what is the reaction from humans rights watch, and how surprised were you by the verdict. >> well, it's unacceptable, and we said it before during the first stages of the trial that the charge were outlandish. and this verdict is a gross miscarriage of justice. not a shred of evidence was presented of aiding and supporting terrorist activities. i also understand that there were other reasons including using material that was unapproved by the authorities. all those charges are ridiculous. this is a serious attack against journalism and all international standards of journalism and free speech. >> there are other journalists who have been jailed in egypt. >> yes, the committee to protect journalists, they have 18 journalists behind bars because of their reporting. this is the highest rate since the early 1990s. the threat of imprisonment is brought. many

show that australian support legalizing gay marriage. despite that, tony abbott seems reluctant to change his personal position. ireland and the united states with the latest countries to legalize gay marriage. australians will have to wait. bbc news, sydney. ♪ 15 months to go until the u.s. presidential election, but there's plenty of news to report. hillary clinton agree to hand over her personal e-mail server that she used while u.s. secretary of state. it is part of an ongoing investigation which has dogged her campaign since the start. donald trump continues to trumpet his lead in many new polls. i spoke with a north american reporter anthony zurcher. will this be the end of the 20 hillary clinton hands over her personal e-mail server? it might be the middle. now the server is out of her hands. when it is out of her hands, who knows who will look at it. the justice department is look at a -- is looking at it now, but i am sure many would be interested to see the private e-mails contained on it. in newshe is behind hampshire to who?

an indigenous australian who has been played by booing all season. critics say the jeers are because he's not liked. others say he's being punished for being local on indigenous issues. >> anticipation and excitement as sydney fans stream in for the match. but there is disappointment knowing that one of the team's players won't be taking part. >> i think booing and jeering is part of the game, but it seems pretty obvious people are having a go at what he is saying and what he has done. >> an indigenous australian and star footballer. he's on leave. stressed out by controversy that started two years ago when a teenage opposition fan called him an ape. he said that was racist. ever since the boos have been getting louder every time he steps on the field. the constant booing has driven him to take an indefinite break from the game but ignited a debate on race issues here in australia. supporters say he was being targeted because he took a stand and the usual taunts are hiding racist attitudes. his jersey sold out fast. this weekend players from other sp

in terms of the rba, you certainly got a low australian dollar.eso have traders pricing and the likelihood of another cut from the rba. most 75% of swaps traders believe it will be down by year end. us trillion dollar for all the -- a low australian dollar for all the wrong reasons. victims withhe this meltdown. been -- how bad has it been in the last few hours> ? >> it has been a terrible day across the currency market. the global commodity currencies, those related to countries that deal with a lot of trade with china, have been hit today. the chinese stock market plunge has rattled those currencies. we saw the new zealand dollar dropped more than 8% today, the biggest move since the 1980's. we're talking really large magnitude. we also saw the australian dollar filed by the most it hasn't five -- it has in five years. we really see some very ugly moves across the asia commodity or agent currencies. also the commodity currencies today. angie: has any currency been spared here? >> the safe havens have certainly been spared today. as investors tha

dollar profit, the largest ever by an australian ank.ll australia's major banks are being required to strengthen their balance sheets against potential future economic shock. . e u.s. regulator the company says it's also working to maximize the number of vehicles repaired. takata air back -- air bags have been linked to eight delingt deaths now in the largest product recall in history. the defective inflaters can spray shards of metal on people on deployment. and car sales in china have fallen to a 17-month low, extending the slump in the world's largest auto market. retail deliveries were down 2.5%, despite steep price cuts and discounts. manufacturers are warning of potential price wars as china's economy continues to slow. today the markets now, china's devaluation of the yuan sparked a chain reaction in global markets. oil plunged to a six-year low. and that contributed to a 1.6% slump in the bloomberg commodities index helped by selloff in industrial metals. the dollar rose on the back of the selloff across asian currencies and that

as being some kind of solution, but is it really working for the australians?: working, what does that mean? australia's government say their policies have worked because the boats of refugees coming to australia have stopped and unequivocally they have. but at what cost in and refugees advocates are saying too high of a cost. there are now 1,300 people languishing in camps about 400 on the island, about another 900 in new guinea. people that tried to comma to australia by boat but were flown to these holding camps soon they arrived. pretty all of conditions. they are supposed to be assessed as refugees in those places and vet go ahead elsewhere, but very, very few have been. meanwhile the conditions in these camps are pretty appalling, an inquiry to australia's parliament has literally in the last five minutes or so been pub i should. it's been hearing reports and submissions for months now about allegations of real abuse in the nauru camp of sexual abuse, of children so traumatized in the camps that six year olds have tried to hang themselves. really appallin

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almost 9 billion australian dollars? what are the details?s the biggest infrastructure deal in australian history. this is also they are largest deal, 8.9 australian dollars. ateffectively values them nine 15.hare value of if the deal goes through, a pay a will special premium. joint press conference where they pointed out the job is to sell this deal to shareholders. >> we believe this is an ianoactive offer for asc shareholders. owners will receive a price premium. shareholders who share our positive long-term view of the business. paul: it goes to a shareholder vote and they need 75% approval for the deal to succeed. what other hurdles need to be cleared? paul: the other key one is the foreign investment review board. they have a bit of a track record for not approving deals. two years a deal was not backed because grain corps was considered essential if a structure. stamp is by no means guaranteed. the market likes the news. shares up more than 7% this morning. it might also have something to do with the earnings announcement. profits up

this analysis, they're joined by the malaysians and they have invited an australian expert.the australians that have been leading the search in the indian ocean now for almost 17 months. so really it's their expertise and experience on this particular tragedy, really, the mh370, this investigation, that they've called on the australians to get involved as well. so, really, we won't know until they begin analysis. and we heard from the australian deputy prime minister warren truss saying that we might get some definitive answers later this week. but i think it's very important to note that the malaysians and french certainly haven't said anything of the sort at this stage. >> it's an important piece of debris should it be confirmed from mh370 it can answer questions like if the plane disintegrated in the sky. we just don't know. there were a number of other items of debris that have been picked up in and around reunion island. the australian government making a statement about the other debris that has been collected so far. >> they are saying it is unlikely it is part of mh3

the australian clinching his first major in breathtaking style. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm rosemary church. thanks for joining us. this is "cnn newsroom." >>> and we begin with the latest out of indonesia. two aerial search teams have now spot dead brie from what's believed to be a missing passenger plane. the trigana air service flight lost contact with air traffic control in the country's papua region on sunday. two ground teams are on the hair way to the location. 54 people were on board that flight, including five children. let's get more from anna coren. she is following the story from hong kong and joins us live. authorities are pretty sure that this debris that has been spotted is in fact from that lost indonesian airliner. and now they have the challenging task of locating e debris. how difficult is this terrain to access? >> it is proves to be very difficult. we heard from officials of the indonesian search and rescue agency saying they have had to suspend the ground teams because of ground

-- spoken to the australian foreign minister julie bishop. she is personally involved and will use every diplomatic means available to her to try to get the conviction overturned and speak to other people in the white house, within the british government, within the european union, everyone we can, in fact, to remind egypt that the world cares about the case. and what it stands for. we'll be looking to continue the powerful social media campaign. >> peter's chief concern is for his two colleagues, our two colleagues, my two colleagues back in cairo >>> four many have been detained in hungary in connection with a human smuggling case. the three bulgarians and an afghan have been held in custody. they are considered a flight risk. refugees were found dead in the back of a truck in austria an thursday. some were thought to be syrian >>> police in austria found 26 smuggled - again in a truck. the vehicle as pulled over after a chase close to the western border with germany. the group from syria, bangladesh and afghanistan were trying to get to ge

greste is an australian. the australian foreign minister said i am is that dismayed. i will continue tonight pursue all diplomatics to clear his name. we also had a comment coming from the united states from the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. i know having had conversations with her, she has been working very hard on this issue behind the scenes. she is a former journalist, herself, sam angthat power tweeted greste and greste sentenced to three years for doing their jobs. out of the united nations in new york, i have been speaking to the spokesman for the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon. >> the secretary general has been following this case very closely. the he has been a strong advocate for freedom of the press. he has urged that the cases of peter greste and mohammed and fahmy and all other generalists in detention would be until accordance with the obligations to protect freedom of the press and association. >> he also told me that ban ki-moon will continue to raise this issue with egyptian officials. now an important milestone is coming up in less than a month's t

it is consistent with the search area that has been posited by the australians.hen you look at the speed which has been less than half a mile an hour, it all adds up. laura: give us an idea how vast that search area is and how long it could take to carry on looking for the plane. >> that unfortunately, is still the bottom line of the story. although it reassures us that the australians are in the right place, it is not conclusive and giving the final answers the families are looking for. the area they are focused on is about the size of west virginia. the total search area that has been identified is twice the size of texas. laura: that is absolutely extraordinary. this could take how many years? >> it could take many years. i don't want to put a number on that. i can point to similar efforts. a search effort for another plane took two years just to do a small area the size of new jersey. laura: how long do you think they will be able to decide whether this is from the missing plane or not? >> i'm not a structural aircraft analyst, but what i've read from the x w

maybe it's the aussie in us, but australians have always done that. if someone needs help everyone jumps in and helps and none of us thought for a second. just, you have to help a man on fire. >> the three australian family member, jackie wilson, her husband anthony and brother simon were driving back from washington, d.c., when they saw the two trucks collide and then burst into flames. >> within ten seconds the whole truck was pretty much on fire. >> the truck driver shocked and disoriented comforted by the help running toward him. >> i was trying to drag his pants as the fire was coming off his leg and the die chaotic scene, when the ambulance came the group told me they put the driver in it and took off, happy to hear the driver will be okay and certainly a story to tell the kids back home. >> nonstop. they've minute messaging to us, what are you doing, mom and dad! you're supposed to be safe! come home! they're all freaking out. yeah. >> reporter: and adding to that, jackie wilson says she hasn't seen her brother simon who now lives in maplewood,

the australian family rushed to help. as they could hear small explosions coming from the scene. >> he was holding my hands and he was obviously in shock. and he was just saying, i had nowhere to go. >> reporter: the 61-year-old driver escaped with nonlife-threatening burns, in part thanks to these good samaritan tourists, who stopped and helped. and now have a big story to tell back home to their kids. >> they've been messaging us, saying, what are you doing, mom and dad? you're supposed to be safe. come home! >> reporter: certainly a story there. well, that driver is alive, but sadly he is in bad shape. he told me that he has a number of surgeries ahead of him. he's not sure how many and he also says he doubts he will ever work again. but he did want to pass along a big thank you to those australian tourists. i'm live in east brunswick, brynn gingras, news 4 new york. >> all right, brynn, thank you. >>> when pope francis visits our area next month, hundreds of thousands of people will try to get a glimpse. and today new

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>>> when australian police and the fbi showed up at lee's doorstep she didn't seem surp ised. but her 20-year-old daughter was about to receive the shock of her life. >> i couldn't fathom what was going on. it happened so fast that, you know, it keeps replaying in my mind. >> reporter: savanna, or samantha, as she knew herself, was away at college when er boyfriend brad handed her the isone and said her mom was on the line. she talked about that moment of truth with australia's 7 network. >> and brad said, she's crying. and it's not like mom to cry. she's a very strong woman. so she said, look, i'm being arrested. goodness, you know? in the world my mom would have done anything. it was a brief conversation about how she was married previousey in america and alshe conceived me with him, and then something became unsafe, and she just took me and ran. so the first thing that popped into my head, i said, does that mean dad isn't my dad? >> reporter: as far back as savanna could remember, juan geldenhuys had always been by her side. she believed he was her biological dad, something

angie: how our australian miners facing this headwind?just looking at this, one of the key focuses is productivity and efficiency. ,t is about getting the essence being able to operate in this lower price environment. they haven't had to worry about this for years. there's a big focus now on productivity, getting cost down and keeping some sort of margin in the market. mark, i have to ask you about jpmorgan downgrading or at least cutting back its forecast for oil in the second half. what are your thoughts there? >> i can understand the reaction. i suppose it is a reaction to what we are seeing, a supply-driven story. we are seeing a new concern about exports out of the middle east. there is that dynamic which would say prices are going lower. the issue will be, have we already priced that in? things are going to be challenging in the short term. there's more downside than upside. notre expecting oil prices to recover in the second half. angie: mark, good to talk to you. thank you so much for that. anz global head of commodities research

if we take a look at the big australian iron more -- australian iron ore miners, all in the green this morning. bhp resorting -- bhp reporting results this afternoon. this is going on despite an ongoing weakness in iron ore and an ever-growing pile of imports in china. -- pile of it in ports in the china. output is exceeding demand. -- west texas below $40 a barrel. producers are raising supply. even the gold place -- the gold price remains weak. behind all this is china, the biggest consumer of grains. investors still continuing to sell the commodities. the bleak days for commodities are not behind us just yet even though we are getting a balance in australia this morning. angie: what kind of balance is the question. thank you very much for that. the people's bank of china stepped up to the plate this morning, injecting the most funds into the system since january of last year. repo again. is this good enough? d: adding into the financial system after they have been defending the yuan after the repainting a couple of weeks ago -- after the re-pegging. basically adding the most funds o

no one offered those to the australians or malasians. i think we could have done a better job in finding the surface debris when it was still in the general area of where the aircraft went down. that is no pun intended, water over the bridge or under the bridge. what this means for the size of the search area and the likelihood of spotting it on sonar, if it glided down it's largely intact, large sonar target means largely human remains are inside and be able to return the remains to the families. but the bad news the australians are only searching a 50 mile corridor and this jet could have glided 100 is miles in either direction. it would force them to look in a much wider area and there are only three ships out on that sonar hunt right now. john we have got to wait for the experts to tell us just what the flapper-on forensics reveal but it's going to have some impact on the search i believe. >> that's what i was going to say. so once you do that part of the investigation, then what happens to the search? >> well, if they concluded it i

i would not doubt that australian intelligence was not completely penetrated. german headquarters, army headquarters were penetrated. it was incredible. catch me in the evening, if you would. >> it is time for lunch. thank you very much. good job. [applause] >> with live coverage of the house and senate, here on c-span three we complement that covered by showing you the most relevant congressional hearings and public affairs events. c-span3 is home to american history tv with programs that tell our nation

this is the largest infrastructure deal in australian history. 8.9 billion australian dollars.ives us an implied value $9.15 per share. that is a pretty healthy premium. they will be paying a special dividend of $.90. canada's largest asset manager for this is their largest higher deal. couldbe seeing a few more. some importante issues to clearing out. it is not rubberstamped just yet. angie: thank you. commodity trader has had a difficult 2013 and has kong. it is 7:30 in hong a beautiful look at the skyline across the victoria harbors. sun shootsg as the is a brilliant rays across hong kong today. it is going to be a hot one and tooe in the markets argument. away from the opens in japan , australia, and south korea. you are watching "first up." the top stories this hour -- 19 people have been killed in an explosion in the center of then bangkok.b the cult ministry says chinese and filipino tourists -- chinese ministry says filipino tourists are among the dead. stock markets weakened on monday. goldman sachs has lowered its short and long-term forecast because of the deepening

we saw 975 million australian dollars against a loss of 346 million a year ago. profit versus that $2.8 billion loss a year ago. they're cutting $2 billion out of its cost which meant it's been able to turn around the operations and return to the black. it's also going to be offering shareholders about 505 million australian dollars by a capital return. they plan to boost capacity by between 3 to 4% and also says that it's going to acquire 8 boeing 787-9 dream liner aircraft to replace some of its aging 747. we spoke to the ceo and bear in mind that the companies had quite a few tail winds when it comes to the last 6 to 12 months. oil prices falling to about $40 and also a lower australian dollar and i asked how qantas will mitigate the challenges that the macro environment might throw at him. that's what he had to say. >> that's why it's a $2 billion program. we still have 900 million in benefits that we're going to deliver on over the next two years and the focus on that is to make sure what the environment and qantas has an official operation that would allow

. >> still to come on the program -- the protesters who forced australian police to call off plans tooad them with immigration papers. >>> the thousands of syrian journey on foot across urp. we look at the plight of millions more taking refuge in africa or the middle east. >>> later in sports indy car drivers crossed s&p golden gate bridge to honor their lost driver. >>> hungarian police arrested four people over the discovery of the bodies of 71 refugees in a truk in austria. >>> at least 105 people died and 100 are still missing after aship sank off the libyan coast. most of them are from syria. >>> an iraq's top cleric voiced the support for protesters calli calling for an end to government corruption. >>> a vast number of refugees trying to reach europe are syrians that fled the fighting in their country. they have more than 4 million registered syrian refugees. although europe is struggling to cope with people arriving at its borders, the numbers are tiny compared to that sought safety in syria's neighbors country. 300,000 have applied for asylum in europe, around naf germany and

i would not doubt that australian intelligence was not completely penetrated. german headquarters army headquarters, were penetrated. it was incredible. me in the evening, if you would. >> it is time for lunch. thank you very much. good job. [applause] first lady helen taft made several notable changes to the white house. whitevious was replacing male ushers with african-american staff. she led an effort to create a memorial for victims of the titanic. her greatest legacy was bringing japanese cherry blossoms to the capital. helen taft, tonight on first ladies. examining the public and private lives of the ladies and their influence on the presidency. from martha washington to michelle obama. american history tv on c-span3. >> each week, american history reel america brings archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century in america. >> with live coverage of the u.s. house, here on c-span three we come from and -- complement that i showing the most relevant. ,t is also home to c-span tv including the one 50th anniversary of the civil war. american ar

earlier this year australian broadcaster sbs fired a sports journalist for a series of tweets posted an angabbing day -- anzac day, a national holiday. scott mc-jin tire's tweet about violent acts committed by the australian military was deemed irresponsibly >>> a departure from cnn hit the headlines and twitter. using an official senior middle east handle. she posted a tweets on the death of ayatollah. >> a group of extreme agenda driven right wingers took that and campaigned ape gains me. jumping to a conclusion. they spinned by tweet, making it into something it is not, and put it out there and asked my employer, actively, to fire me. >> cnn. they never used the ward firing called me and said we'll have to go our separate ways. >> twitter's feed book loop has draw backs. on the flipside, the back and forth means twister was an indispensable part of news gathering the world over. >> twitter works with news organizations to help them get the best out of it. facebook is a movement working towards organization, and there are other powerful tools. there's a lot of competition. if twitt

net profit coming in at 4.2 million australian dollars.on mining also coming in at full net income of 100.1 million australian dollars. on the surface, mining renewable renewablemining and energy appears to be at opposite ends of the scale, but we have seen a growing number of miners are actually looking to cut costs by going green. this lonely solar paulo -- solar panel in the middle of the australian outback is starting something big. it is in the middle of nowhere. each year, 5 million liters of diesel fuel is trucked into this mine, but that is about to change. in february, they 10.6 megawatts solar plants should look like 1/5 of theding mind's energy needs and slashing the fuel bill. are probably costs 20% of our operating costs will our we will always could -- operating costs. we will always focus on how we can say that. if it is something environmentally positive, that is a wonderful place to be as well. the plant ister: being built by a u.s. renewables company. they approached another company to gauge interest in their solar scheme

australians debate why this indigenous sportsman is booed at every match >>> the leader of iraq's kurdish region is calling on kurdish p.k.k. fighters to leave the bases. the president says separatist fighters must withdraw to protect civilians. a number of people have been killed since turkey launched air raids against the p.k.k. in turkey and iraq. meanwhile there's no let up in the fighting in syria as rebel groups continue to splinter there. two groups that have been fighting on the same side against i.s.i.l. are battling each other. zeina khodr reports. >> reporter: this is thought to be an air strike carried out by the u.s. to support allies in syria, targetting positions of the al qaeda-linked al nusra front in northern aleppo. it came too late. nusra fighters attacked the base of division 30 and abducted the commander and several of his fen. it was a message to the us, and syrians that cooperate with it. >> the 30 infantry subdivision is a group trained by u.s. in turkey. they entered u.s. a few days ago, it is a national army in america is trying to create in syria. america class

of course, peter greste is an australian. and a statement from canada, too. disappointed with fahmy's sentencing. he has given up his egyptian citizenship and is no kept his canadian citizenship. statements where they were disturbed about these sentences and the pressure on journalists who are just trying to do their jobs. >> what can now be done. the egyptian government has been immune to this case so far. >> some diplomats i've spoken to over this long period that we have would our journalists in jail and then under threat have said that they're not sure that the public pressure actually helps. it may actually make the egyptians firmer in their position against al jazeera. and it's clear that they're taking a position against our network because this clearly is not based on justice because if it was it would be based on facts. countries are putting pressure on the egyptian government. and senior arab diplomats at the united nations said they thought this was all working. egypt just wanted this to go away. clearly it's not going away now. journalists are bac

generally, the australian economy is still growing.e've had 20 something years of economic growth. we are positive on the outlook for the australian economy. rishaad: richard goyder, chief executive of wesfarmers in australia joining us from perth. we are going to turn now to some stories making headlines around the world. kim jong-un ordering his army across the demilitarized zone. zinhua news saying the order takes effect at 5:00 local time. that is 4:30 hong kong singapore time. each side accusing the other of provocation. earlier this month, two south korean soldiers were injured by landmines that seou saysl were planted by the north. bangkok'splicated in bombing. one is a chinese tourist. the other is a thai man who spoke to police thursday. the other suspect remains at large. they do want to talk to the drivers of a motorcycle taxi who may have taken him to and from the scene of the attack. the bodies of all 54 people killed in the air plane crash in indonesia have been recovered. investigators are still hunting for the planes'fl

an australian southern rock to $30 per pound.of lobsters in maine, which meant the prices went lower. there was more financial incentive -- the best they are lobsters in the world, as we know. alix: yes. no shy that demand will slow down. matt: i see. how about the fact that their stock market just grass? ?lix: but $10 a pound why not buy it for the u.s. when is that much cheaper. ?att: what are we looking at i remember buying fresh maine lobster for $20 per pound. it's a lot more now. it depends where you are buying it. at the restaurant or in the store, a lot of what you are paying for is gas, transportation, not the actual commodity cost. if you are buying it straight from the fisherman, that could be a different story. wholesale canadian claw and knuckle meat is up 32% from a year ago. of $22an all-time high for 75. alix: i use the -- matt: i use the lobster as a transportation bugle for the butter. alix: let's be totally honest. who doesn't do that? matt: usually you come on here and talk about commodities with me. alix: and

. >>> i have the sport including it's an emotional day for one australian golfer and the financifinalajors in the pga with a record-breaking score. ♪ the death toll from a syrian government strike on a marketplace in duma northeast of damascus has risen to more than 100, the worst single incidents of the war and humanitarian chief on a three-day visit to syria says he is horrified and the war has raged more than four years, almost a quarter of a million people have been killed including at last 70,000 civilians and another 30,000 people are missing, many of them are thought to be inside syrian jails. the u.n. says more than 12 million people in syria need some sort of humanitarian assistance including the basics of food and water and many of them around 7.5 million people have been displaced from their homes because of the fighting. and there are more than four million syrian refugees that fled to other countries to leave jordan, turkey and lebanon and dana is live now from beirut in neighboring lebanon and let's start talking about yet more strikes that we have seen in this area outs

the australians are not giving any indication.earch is going to end next year after about 120,000 square kilometers have been searched. at this stage, the australians are saying after the search is finished that will be the end of the underwater ser. in the area. >> andrew appreciate the update. thank you. after the fox news debate tonight. join us on the air from 11:00 to 11:00 with full debate coverage. the keys to this home belong to mark and alissa anderson. they bought the place four months ago on what was arguably the scariest day of their lives. neither has any idea what the future holds for them. but they bought into a 30-year mortgage anyway. that was bold. they must really believe in themselves. buy in. quickenloans/home buy. refi. power. can a business have a mind? a subconscious. a knack for predicting the future. reflexes faster than the speed of thought. can a business have a spirit? can a business have a soul? can a business be...alive? i take prilosec otc each morning for my frequent heartburn. because it gives me.

then the australians and the germans out of the bismarck northwesterly at. of. the australians than planned to head north to the pacific island, but they found the japanese got their first. those are the ones in that little marked area. then there were the african possessions. british and french troops moved into cameroon. these are the shaded areas. dividing the territories between themselves. south african troops moved around the orange river into southwest africa. the belgians with a lot of the homeland of the german occupation must have enjoyed seizing her wanda then part of germany used africa but there were demands for the famine and the german general kept it a guerrilla war against british and south african forces devastating the local populations. let's remember the middle east campaigns. britain's army fought a brick campaign and the sabatini and now iraq. in 1916, britain made a secret deal with france defining the postwar skiers in the middle east that looked for local allies, too. they found one in whose son seen here brought his troops to the side

. >> an australian senate senate said that a refugee camp is inadequate and unsafe. the camp built by australia built in 2012 has been mired by widespread abuse claims. 30 allegations of child abuse and 15 claims of sexual assault. they say its contract will be renewed for the next five years, but the committee recommended that that they be disqualified for services for that camp. >>> here on the al jazeera americal jazeera news hour we have more coming. the iraqi province that has been cleared of isil but places the problem of the community further divide among sectarian lines. we'll have all the details coming up in sports. >> but first fighting outside of ukraine's parliament leaving several members of the national guard injured. a grenade was thrown to a crowd of protesters knocking several people off their feet. they were demonstrating over a law to give special status to pro-russian rebels. >>> thai police are looking for two now suspects. they issued arrest warrants for a thai female and a foreign man after searching a suburban apartment. they uncovered fertil

greste is an australian. the australian foreign minister julie bishop offered her statement: >> we've also had a comment coming from the united states, from the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. i know having had conversations with her she's been working very hard on this issue behind the scenes. she's a former journalist herself. samantha power tweeted: >> also coming out of the united nations and new york i've been speak together spokesman for the u.s. secretary general. >> the secretary general has been following this case very closely. there has always been a stronged advocate for freedom of the press and always been urge urging the cases of mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed and peter greste along with all other journalists. and to protect the freedom of the press and association. >> he told me that ban ki-moon will continue to raise this issue with egyptian officials. now an important milestone is coming up in less than a month's time. that's the u.n. general assembly where every year leaders from around the world