the australian government has taken to supported offer assistance to britain on behalf of australian people. >> the attorney general representing the prime minister, senator brandes. >> thank you for giving me the opportunity. senators will be aware five individuals have died, 40 people injured in a terrorist attack near the british parliament building yesterday afternoon london time. metropolitan police -- one police officer, three civilians and the attacker. the investigation is still ongoing. british authorities have confirmed the currently operating on the belief this is a result of islamist related terrorism. i am sorry to tell the senate, australian -- has been hospitalized in london with injuries sustained in the attack and the staff in london offering assist as the prime minister said this morning the attack on the british parliament is an attack on freedom and democracy everywhere. we are deeply served by the large -- loss of innocent lives. the prime minister rightly described the attack as and depraved, police and security services to risk their lives to keep their citizen

this is the australian labor party believe.y believe that australia -- [shouting] only held in check -- i can tell you, mr. speaker, we have respect than yesterday and people from the labour party does. we know that our precious freedoms, our freedom of speech is a very foundation of the great democracy that has caused so many people to come from every corner of the world to join our multicultural society. and we are here in this house with the free speech, hard to be heard with the screens from the labour party. not very interested in hearing anything but their own prejudices. mr. speaker, -- [shouting] has lost its credibility pickets lost it a long time ago. it needs to be reformed and were putting in language that does the job. what we are delivering is a stronger and more fair -- it will do a better job of protecting australia against racial debilitation and at the same time ensure that university students -- for putting post on facebook. [inaudible] to see if there's a commission or a lawyer waiting to pounce on them. tha

they, australians look to horrific news of an attack in westminster, in london. on behalf of all senators, i express our solidarity and sympathy for people lost in this attack, and condemn terrorism in all its forms. i would ask the minister to update the senate on the steps taken to offer assistance to britain on behalf of the us trillion people. >> the attorney general, representing the prime minister. indeed, you very much senator walton, for giving me the opportunity to update the events in london overnight. the senators will be aware five individuals have now died and around 40 people have been injured in the terrorist attack to the british parliament building yesterday afternoon, london time. police have confirmed that the five deceased include one police officer, and the attacker. while the investigation is still ongoing, british authorities have confirmed that currently on the belief of this attacker is islamist related terrorism. contrary to earlier reporting, and australian permanent resident has been hospitalized in london with injuries sustained in th

speaker we have more respect for the australian people from the labour party. we know, we know, that our precious freedoms, our freedom of speech is a very foundation of the nature of the great democracy that is called so many people to come from every corner of the world, to join our most successful multicultural society in the world. we are here in this house of free speech wanting to be heard from the labour party. but they're not interested in hearing anything but their own prejudices. mr. speaker, fixed and aiding and lost his credibility, and lost it a long time ago, and it needs to be reformed and we are putting in language that does the job. what we are delivering is a stronger and fairer section. it will do a better job in protecting australians against racial and at the same time the university students are pulled through the courts. [inaudible] mr. speaker, let's be clear. the language that we are proposing to assert this bill is precisely the intent of the bill when it was first introduced. mr. speaker, if i go to the explanatory memorandum of the f

indeed, as it has been for the marks whenat australian and united troops went into war together. through all of that time, the people of the united states understand that they have no stronger, no more committed, no more loyal partner, ally, then australia in every major contact -- major contest over 99 years. this year is also the 75th anniversary of the battle of the american andn australian naval forces turned back the japanese invaders. and then, they went on to turn them back again and again to keep australia and are region free. we have stood side-by-side in freedom's cause through all those years. today, those brave men and women of the australian defense forces and their american allies and our partners are fighting goal of with the common utterly destroying isis in the field in the middle east. that is our commitment. in that theater of war and around the world, we are in absolute step. we are totally united with a common purpose and a resolute intent to destroy the threat of field and tothe combat it around the world whether at home or abroad. our freedom depends on it,

this is what the australian labor party believes. that it was only held by section 18c. i can tell you, mr. speaker, we have more respect for the australian people than the later -- labor party does. we know that our precious freedom, our freedom of speech, of thevery foundation great democracy that caused so any people to come from every corner of the world to join our most successful, multicultural society in the world. we are here in this house of free speech, hard to be heard with of the screams of the labor party. not very interested in hearing but their own prejudices. hasspeaker, section 18c lost its credibility. it lost it a long time ago. it needs to be reformed, and we are putting it in language that does the job. what we are delivering is a stronger and fairer section, section that will do a better job of protect the australians against racial vilification, and at the same time, ensure that university students are not hauled through the courts for years for putting posts on facebook, like the cartoonists, like the late great beale leak. they do not have to wai

it is worth noting as well that the australian prime minister malcolm turnbull has been visiting australiand there now at gallipoli. commemorations there at gallipoli. stay with us, if you can on bbc news. we have much more to come. including an astronaut who breaks the record for the number of days are in space by an american. the extent of the devastation led to calls to build better government housing. internationally, they have already been protests. sweden says it received no warning of the accident. indeed, the russians first denied anything had gone wrong. only when radioactivity levels began to increase outside russia were they forced to admit the accident. the mood here is of great celebration. this is the end of a 12 year war. they have ta ken the capital which they have been fighting for for so long. it was seven o'clock in the morning, the day when power began to pass from the minority to the majority. when africa, after 300 years, reclaimed its last white colony. very good to have you with us. the latest headlines: president trump warns of new sanctions on north korea over its

but australian jobs should be for australia and workers and only then filled by foreign workers.us now will be on what comes next. what exactly this replacement system will mean and in the budget in may, what businesses are looking at is whether there will be an increased tax for businesses to pay to help find the training of australian workers so that in the future there are are not these big skill gaps in australia that mean they have to import workers to come here. in other business news, a well—known indian business tycoon has been granted bail after his arrest in the united kingdom. he faces extradition to india over accusations of fraud. the flamboyant businessman, who are denied any wrongdoing, made his fortune selling beer under the iconic kingfisher brand before branching out into fi racing, ipl and aviation. prime minister may have called for a snap election in june. a minister may have called for a snap election injune. a stronger mandate for a party will allow them to negotiate a better brexit deal. the british pound strengthened on the news and i asked whether invest

at the dawn service in gallipoli, we saw turkish officials alongside australian and new zealand officialsconflict can eventually give way to friendship over the years. thank you for that. we will have more from syd ney for that. we will have more from sydney throughout the day. a conference designed to raise funds for yemen is getting under way in geneva, amid what the un says is now the world's largest humanitarian crisis. according to unicef, the un children's agency, almost 19 million people out of a population of twenty—five million are in need of assistance. 7 million people are in desperate need of food and don't know where their next meal will come from. nearly 2.2 million children are malnourished, including half a million who are severely malnourished and at imminent risk of death if they don't receive urgent care. the un will ask donor countries for $2.1 billion to fund its relief operations. un emergency relief co—ordinator stephen obrien says the world needs to act now to support the yemeni people. this is rapidly becoming the world's worst humanitarian disaster. to save lives

the australian dollars saw a jump. it is up 0.1%. if you look at the function on bloomberg, the south korean won is spiking 3/10 of 1%. we are seeing iron ore feeling the pressure, pressured since entering a bear market. the sovereign bonds, mixed a little bit. we are seeing the u.s. treasury yields continuing to slump. the australian markets are closed for the holiday. gdp numbers, china but also geopolitical tensions. north korea and turkey. plenty to digest. if you look at what happened to the turkish rea, the first gauge of their result and what a rally we saw, as much as 2.4% strengthening. vote.ere seeking a yes we are just two hours away from the opening of markets in dubai. across the board, a mixed picture. vendorsthe largest continuing to report including the national bank of kuwait. arab tech getting smashed. investors are on board. also, saudi arabia in focused, a lot of banks under pressure after the lawsuit coming out of the united states implicating some of the things over there and we want to a deeper into the key equ

people would say to me is it true that all australians wrestle crocodiles.avid: people throw things at the walls, scream and yell. james: i think if you are the seventh of 12 children, you don't want to be the thrower. david: are you in favor of repealing dodd-frank? james: what will replace it? the world doesn't want the large banks to be unregulated. david: you have been a ceo for seven years. that is pretty long. james: what are you telling me? [laughter] >> would you fix your tie, please? david: well, people wouldn't recognize me if my tie was fixed, but ok. just leave it this way. alright. ♪ david: i don't consider myself a journalist. and nobody else would consider myself a journalist. i began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job running a private equity firm. how do you define leadership? what is it that makes somebody tick? james, thank you very much for doing this. james: honored to be here. david: you have an accent compared to me. maybe in australia, you don't have an accent. you have an australian accent. i ass

australians and new zealanders are commemorating the thousands killed in the gallipoli campaign of world war i. live from oui’ campaign of world war i. live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. it is newsday. seven in the evening in washington, dc where donald trump appears to have launched a wide reaching diplomatic initiative to tackle what he says is the urgent security challenge posed by north korea. the president has spoken to the japanese and german leaders by phone and had is also holding a classified briefing on the subject with all 100 us senators. mr trump also said this message to the un security council. the status quo in north korea is also unacceptable and the council must be prepared to impose additional and stronger sanctions on north korean nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. this is a real threat to the world, whether we want to talk about it or not. north korea is a big world problem and it's a problem we have to finally solve. people have put blindfolds on for decades and now its time to solve the problem. president trump calling for

n all o james: you must not know my siblings well, or australians for that matter.ism that's called the tall poppy syndrome. there are always one or two bank flowers that grow above and disrupt the beauty of the field, and you chop them off. tall poppya, syndrome is that if you are extremely successful, you have a higher burden to be more modest and give back more. it is reverse psychology. my family is great. i am close to my siblings. we always get for dinner when i am down there, and i have a terrific time. they have all been successful in lots of different ways. one was a standup comic for a while. one is a top judge down there. they have all done different things and have had fulfilling lives. there is no war, i can assure you of that. david: you are educated as a lawyer in australia, so you could practice law there, but you chose to come to business school in the united states. why did you choose not to practice law and come all the way to the united states, and did you intend to stay here, or did you think you're going back? james: i practice for four years,

the australian prime minister, malcolm turnbull, has made a surprise visit to australian military personnelalcolm turnbull taking the anzac message and spirit all the way to the middle east. let's not forget, it is not just australia and new zealand marking anzac day, there are services taking place in many other areas. that will take place in many other countries. it is more than a decade since the last anzac veteran died, is the feeling that this ceremony will carry on? as a backpacker in australia i had the privilege of meeting a gallipoli vetera n. privilege of meeting a gallipoli veteran. he was in his late 80s. he had some amazing to tell. he, like all the others, are now long gone. this is not a dayjust about the anza cs this is not a dayjust about the a nza cs of this is not a dayjust about the anzacs of 1915, it is also an opportunity to remember the sacrifice and service of men and women who have fought in other campaigns and who are stationed in other parts of the world. thank you very much. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter, i'm @bbcmikeembley. hel

they follow the purchase of the australian power group. may be suffering if you will suffer is. unusually long lines are being seen for gas stations. prices are also said to be rising rapidly. they rely almost completely on china for fuel, and they have cut fuel under sanctions try to get the nuclear program to drop. exportsa's diesel fuel surged as commercial stockpiles drained to fill quotas. bloomberg estimates 460,000 barrels a day, up 31%. fuel exporters have to meet a certain amount of volumes before receiving new allotments. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. of -- i am remy innocencio. this is bloomberg. haidi: let's get a bit -- update on the markets. we wait for the asian markets to react to the developments and the first -- provincial vote, we have qe stocks up, futures -- kiwi stocks up. the aussie dollar has been gaining 75.45 along with the kiwi dollar as well. and the one to watch when it thes to asian effects is yen. pressure is coming off of safe haven

she announced her engagement earlier, and hasn't played since the australian in open.she would not be the first top women's player to return to competition after having a baby. two australian players one grand slam titles after having children. but she would be the oldest. tim pifer ‘s came out of retirement at the age of 26 after having a child. she won three grand slam titles. former number one, victoria azarenka one indian wells. this was in march last year after missing the rest of the season for the birth of her child in december. 23 gladstone titles. and her record one got somewhere around the two—month mark of being pregnant. —— grand slam. -- grand slam. stay with us. more to come, including this: stay with us on bbc news. still to come: prince harry says he's amazed at the response to his comments about coping with his mother's death. the stars and stripes at half—mast outside columbine high. the school sealed off, the bodies of the dead still inside. i never thought they would actually go through with it. some places have already had nearly as much rain as th

people would say to me, is it true all australians wrestle crocodiles?aid, will not all of them. of course that leads to the question, did you wrestle a crocodile? of course. [laughter] james: that's what we do in australia and my scars. i came to the states because, seriously, it was, there was an advertisement at the time which i think i saw growing up in australia, but maybe i saw it in the u.s., which essentially said if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. the concept that this was the land that if you came to an you worked really hard, i borrowed 24% interest to come here. paid for all my student loans, worked really hard, you could be successful here. there was a path forward. i was fortunate to get the student visa and a green card citizenship which i took 12 years ago and i felt the welcoming nature of the u.s. economy and the people and willingness to accept people who are prepared to have a go here. i thought it was just wonderful. david: you graduated from business school and then went to work for mckenzie, is that right? you wante

come on. >> stephen: that's an australian who knows how to play to a crowd?ly, soiled me? yeah! get out! amazing. >> stephen: we always ship some in for the guest. you guys just went down there recently. >> we were there for, like, five months. >> stephen: five months. do dyou have to be tour guide the whole time. >> i did. i turned into a little bit of a tourist guide. we went to the rain forest in queensland, i think the oldest rain forest in the world and we did a beautiful tour with an indigenous guy called moxie, who is lovely. he would show you a leaf and be like, "this leaf will kill you." if you-- you know, "if you touch it, you'll be dead in 20 minutes. and this leaf, which looks exactly the same, will save your life." ( laughter ) "who knows the difference?" >> stephen: you certainly got way more australian just now. ( laughter ) >> it's in there. it's in there. >> stephen: all the time? >> oh, yeah. >> stephen: when does it come out when you get a little something to drink. >> >> , of course, yes. >> stephen: angry. >> angry-- it's terrible when i

be a repeat of this yea r‘s australian open, final will be a repeat of this year's australian open,ederer won. and at six o'clock this evening, johanna konta is in action in the women's final in miami, the first british woman to get there. she plays caroline wozniacki for what will be her biggest title to date if she can beat. that will be her third title on the wta tour. and mark williams is through to the final of snooker‘s china open. he dominated the match including making this century break to go four frames up. he will face either kiran wilson world number one mark selby in the final. and that for the moment is all the sport. 0ver final. and that for the moment is all the sport. over on the bbc website at the moment you can watch the world figure skating championship live from finland at the moment, the men's free skating happening at the moment. that is all from me at the moment, back to you, julian. john watson, thank you very much. now on bbc news it is time for that click. this week: adventures in sound with posh cams, invisible speakers and cloning brian eno‘s brain. toda

could have played australian open.la pregnant. >> let's not push it. >> magical news about will smith. >> oscar nominee in talks to reprise the role of the late robin williams as the the genie in the live action remake of aladdin from our parent company disney. that's different. >> going to be great. >> like disney's beauty and the beast, aladdin will be a musical right up smith's alley who started his career as a rapper. racking up four grammys back in, 20th century. >> he was great. >> back in the 20th century and all. ha-ha. aladdin will reportedly wrap up shooting early next year. i really feel like everybody knows the theme song from fresh prince. >> of course. >> should have been grammy nominated. >> yeah, anyway. ricky martin. traveling tom cruise. for tonight's showdown. >> my favorite stories. two-time grammy winner, stripping down, to a dress shirt and white socks and tighty whities and preview clip, re-creating cruise's dance from risky business. >> even uses a brass candlestick like cruise in the film. >> h

and australian rates may give opportunities for the australian dollar to go up a little bit.ant change in the iron ore price, it might not change. betty: in china, warning signs of flashing in the chinese stock market. what are those warning signs? adam: he is focusing in on margin debt. barkindo has been fairly pressey nt with his called on boom and bust in the asian market. he has moved on margin debt and shown how much of a barometer this is of market moves. his worry is that regulators are tightening scrutiny slightly more on lending for stock investments. if this continues, we could see more of a fall in the shanghai composite. it is down a bit this week already, four days of declines. sincest we have seen december. butees further declines, there is another side of the trade. investors,ger-term we spoke to a long-term china bowl who thinks there are buying opportunities on these debt -- dips. thank you so much for watching what is going on in the chinese markets. the chinese economy faces significant risk despite stronger-than-expected gdp. we saw that friday, that is ac

australians have not let this pass unremarked and she said north korea should spend more time dealingits citizens who have been long suffering and not spend so much money on weapons of mass destruction. australia is not backing down. and i think what has happened is that the alliance, which was having a little bit of wear and tear, has been strengthened by the visit of the american vice president and both in public and privately the americans and the australians are saying that the visit by the vice president nt very wel and t alliance is closer. >> all right, sara james fro melbourne, thank you very much for the latest from there. >>> he's on a mission, fighting to protect a precious natural resource. up next, my conversation with the most decorated u.s. olympian in history, michael phelps. >>> and at the top of the hour, it's "meet the press." un-stop right there! i'm about to pop a cap of "mmm fresh" in that washer with unstopables in-wash scent boosters by downy. because this scent lasts up to 12 weeks, which is longer than any relationship i've ever been in. freshness for weeks!

the stunning revelation, serena williams eight weeks pregnant when she won the australian open. the snapchat post and her revealing message that tipped off her fans. but first here tonight the "nightline 5." >>> dry mouth can affect how your mouth feels and how you feel. discover act dry mouth. specially formulated to soothe and moisturize your mouth. and try new act dry mouth spray. for relief when you need it. >>> meta appetite control. it's your glass of will power. that helped keep cravings far, far away. feel less hungry with the natural fiber and clinically proven meta appetite control from >>> good evening and we begin here tonight with a breathtaking fall from grace for one of the most powerful men in media. bill o'reilly was the conservative colossus who stood astride primetime cable news for 20 years. tonight he's out of a job at fox news after a wave of sexual harassment allegations. here's abc's nick watt. >> reporter: bill o'reilly. siren of the right. fox news colossus for two decades. watched nightly by millions. >> you are about to enter the no-spin zone. >> repo

the australian open final with roger federer taking on rafa nadal. federer won that day and claimed the first set here 6—3 with a solitary break. he is serving for the title as we speak in the second set right now. roger federer is on serve right now. we will keep you up to date with that. and finally, belgium's phillipe gilbert took an impressive solo victory in one of cycling's five one—day "monuments" — the tour of flanders. the home favourite pulled clear with more than 50 kilometres to go over the belgian hills and cobbles and finished in style, hopping off his bike and carrying it over the line. apparently that is allowed in the rules. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport on the bbc news channel throughout the evening. hello and welcome.

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after winning at the australian open and in indian wells, the 18—time grand slam champion beat rafa nadaln straight sets in miami. it's his 26th masters series title and he'll move up to fourth in the world rankings as a result. world number one mark selby has beaten wales's mark williams 10—8 to claim the china open in beijing. victory for williams would have given him an automatic qualification spot in this month's world championship in sheffield, but instead he'll now have to play three best—of—19 matches to get there. it's selby‘s fourth ranking event win of the season. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. more now on the death of broadcaster

long run north korea will be a nuclear power, it's a huge threat to the region, the japanese, the australians, the u.s., south koreans, we've got to build more effective ballistic missile defenses. we have a lot of technology that

australian scientists say two—thirds of the great barrier reef has now been devastated by severe coralhing caused by rising water temperatures. researchers say aerial surveys also show an accelerated rate of damage. the spanish golfer sergio garcia has won the masters, his first success in one of the sport's big four tournaments. garcia won a play—off against britain'sjustin rose at augusta after they both finished nine—under—par. now for the latest financial news with aaron heslehurst and world business report. fighting protectionism... or so they say. the foreign ministers of the world's seven biggest economies begin to arrrive in lucca, italy, and free trade is high on the agenda. the highway code in the sky. we look at singapore's efforts to regulate the airspace for drones. i'm aaron heslehurst. if you got eight minutes, stay where you are, give me eight minutes and i'll give you a fascinating snapshot of the world of business and money but... we start in italy where the foreign ministers of the world's biggest economies meeting in the historic city of luca. this year italy holds

the australian prime minister, malcolm turnbull, said australia supported the strike.government strongly supports the swift and just response of the united states. this was a calibrated, proportionate and targeted response. it sends a strong message to the assad regime and, as isaid, has message to the assad regime and, as i said, has been struck at the very airfield from which the chemical attack was delivered. this is a vitally important signal, a vitally important message, that we will not tolerate, the world will not tolerate, the world will not tolerate, the world will not tolerate, the use of these chemical weapons. the retribution has been proportionate and it has been swift. we support the united states in that swift action. we hope and pray it will see the end of the use of chemical weapons in syria. malcolm turnbull there. let's ta ke turnbull there. let's take a look through the headlines. hmm. mostly about syria. there are some other stories. let's start with the arab news, of course, most of the papers went to the press before the strikes were carried out.

the australian is now closing in on a place in the second round.ght. these are all first round matches — and all game 2 in the best—of—seven series. atla nta atlanta are at washington, leaving 63- 56 in atlanta are at washington, leaving 63— 56 in the third quarter, while 0klahoma are at houston and oklahoma leading 46— 40 in that one, in the second quarter. coming up later, portland at golden state warriors. from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello. after several days of fairly quiet weather taking us through much of the weekend, next week is looking very different. next week's weather will get us talking, stay with me for a tease of what's to come. this is how thursday begins, with more cloud around than recent mornings, not as chilly as it's been on recent mornings, but that cloud will produce some damp weather in places and a bit of patchy rain for northern and western parts of scotland, perhaps into northern ireland and parts of north—west england to begin the day. low cloud around as well. venture into the hills it could b

it says the warships did training exercises with the australian navy.they are heading north. but barbara, bringing you back in here, that isn‘t what the president said. no it isn't, and there has been great confusion. when it was announced the strike carrier had been ordered to move north, they didn‘t announce that it would in gaugein didn‘t announce that it would in gauge in these exercises with the australians, but the president jumped onto the conclusion that this was going to happen imminently and that it was in response to tensions in the korean peninsular that were mounting ahead of the weekend, it was thought that the north koreans might have a possible nuclear test. by might have a possible nuclear test. by the end of the week, that was the white house line, that the strike group was being deployed as a show of force and signal of deterrence and so on and so forth, and then it became clear that it wasn‘t even within thousands of miles of the korean waters and would only have been able to get there next week anyway. there has been a remarkable di

services are being held in turkey and across asia, to commemorate the date that forces from the australian and new zealand army corps landed at gallipoli. thousands of soldiers died in the world war i campaign. peggy whitson has broken the record for the number of days spent in space by an american astronaut, beating the previous record of 534 days. she is also the first woman to command the international space station on two missions. now it is time for world business report. what do angela merkel, christine lagarde and ivanka trump have in common? they have gathering to close the gender gap. yep, some of the world's most powerful women take action on equality. but they have got a big task, because according to some, closing the gap between sexes could take 170 years. and how to get from a to b in a whirlwind, and avoid those horrible traffic jams. we are taking a look at the big business of choppers. welcome to world business report. i'm aaron heslehurst. some of the world's most powerful people from business and politics are meeting in berlin today. they also happen to all be women. it

now we know she was pregnant when she won the australian open.e reaction on social media today. >> there's a lot of it. >>> and a local he didn't drive through. nbc4 responds to an ez pass jam i'm at higher risk fore as depression.ave a stroke. i'm 26% more likely to develop an irregular heartbeat. i have a 65% higher chance of developing diabetes. no matter who we are, these diseases can be managed or prevented when caught early on. because with better research, the right medicine, and with doctors who help keep me healthy to begin with, we will thrive. ♪ reuland. >>> we're getting some new information on that breaking news we've been following in paris. an ambush attack has left one police officer dead, two more injured. the famous champs elysee has up next to the police officer's car and opened fire on them. the driver then tried to run away on foot. another officer shot and killed him. the s.w.a.t. team is on the scene. people are being urged to stay away from that area. >>> the president has weighed in on the attack. during a news conference

australians evonne goolagong and margaret court also won grand slam titles after having children.f retirement at the age of 26 after having a child. she won three grand slam titles. while former number one, victoria azarenka, won indian wells and miami titles in march, last year, before missing the rest of the season for the birth of her child in december. but an incredible 23 grand slam titles. and her open—era record—equalling one was somewhere around the two—month mark of being pregnant. one of the most high profile figures in american tv news, bill o'reilly, has lost hisjob, accused of sexual harassment. his employer, 21st century fox, which owns the cable channel fox news, has confirmed he won't be returning from a break. o'reilly described the decision as disheartening and claimed the allegations against him were unfounded. much more. including prince harry saying he's amazed at the response to his comments about coping with his mother's death. the stars and stripes at half—mast outside columbine high. the school sealed off, the bodies of the dead still inside. i never thoug

australians evonne goolagong and margaret court also won grand slam titles after having children.t the age of 26 after having a child. she won three grand slam titles. while former number one victoria azarenka won indian wells and miami titles in march last year before missing the rest of the season as she awaited the birth of her child in december. but an incredible 23 grand slam titles. and her open—era record—equalling one was somewhere around the two—month mark of being pregnant. you may remember a few weeks ago we brought you the story of the bbc crew caught up in an explosion on mount etna. well now we can bring you the story that they were there to film. while such explosions are difficult to predict, researchers have devised a new method of detecting when volcanoes will erupt using satellite technology. our science correspondent rebecca morelle reports. it's one of the most active volcanoes in the world and last month we experienced mount etna's devastating power first—hand. we'd gone to see a lava flow, but the boiling hot rocks mixed with icy melt water underneath, the p

the australian and queensland governments say they are taking this very seriously, what today's reports perhaps running out. you are there in sydney, so you know very well that the barrier reef is the jewel in the australian tourism crown. do you think that this new warning will push the issue up the political agenda? it will do, and when you look at the significance of the great barrier reef, not only to australia's economy, it generates billions of dollars each year. it contributes about 60 odd thousand jobs to the economy as well. but on top of that, it is arguably australia's greatest natural treasure, stretching for 2300 kilometres down australia's north—eastern coast. and conservationists hope that these sorts of warnings will now be heeded, and urgent action will be taken. very good to talk to you, phil mercer giving that latest warning on the accelerated rate of degradation for the great barrier reef. some golf news for you, but notjust any update: sergio garcia has won the masters, in augusta, his first ever major title. but he did have to do it the hard way. going into the la

the australian and queensland governments say they are taking this very seriously, but today's reports running out. phil, you are there in sydney, so you know very well that the barrier reef is the jewel in the australian tourism crown. do you think that this new warning will push the issue up the political agenda? it will do, and when you look at the significance of the great barrier reef, not only to australia's economy, it generates billions of dollars each year, it contributes about 60—odd thousand jobs to the economy, as well, but on top of that, it is arguably australia's greatest natural treasure, stretching for 2,300 km down australia's north—eastern coast. and conservationists hope that these sorts of warnings will now be heeded, and urgent action will be taken. the prince of wales, france's president hollande, and the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, all gathered in northern france on sunday to mark one of the bloodiest battles of the first world war. more than 3,500 canadian troops died at the battle of vimy ridge. duncan kennedy reports. it was the battle that defi

and once they leave these stately grounds, their reunion won't be recognised on australian soil. the queen, god dammit, so who is more important, the queen or your bigotry, basically? usually the queen. there is nothing lesser about these relationships. they're just, they're as strong as anybody's. canberra is right at the centre of australia's struggle with same—sex marriage. polls suggest there is public support but the politicians here in parliament simply can't agree the best way forward, a nationwide vote planned for earlier this year had to be scrapped because of fears it would stoke homophobic hatred. because the central purpose of marriage is to produce offspring... those campaigning against same—sex marriage claimed their views are being discriminated against, and they'd prefer countries like britain to keep out of the debate. just because britain has made a decision doesn't mean australia has to follow suit. we're seeing the negative consequences of the decision britain has made in terms of the impact on the rights and freedoms of other people in the uk, particularly pe