australian opposition leader has lashed 7 billion u.s.lars in extra funding for the in energy and deeper cuts in carbon emissions if he wins next year's election. he spoke at a bloomberg finance event in sydney, determined to turn the climate change disaster into a key change for voters. >> our home has already lost too much time to toxic politics, government liberal infighting and acts of personal revenge dressed up as policy disputes. there is not another month, not another minute to waste. our nation simply needs to get moving on the question of energy and climate. sophie: for more, we are joined by james thornhill. not another minute to waste, what is the significance of the labor leader's announcement? >> we can say he's trying to put clean air between himself and the government, if you'll forgive the cliche. you could arguably say that australia has lost three prime minister's in the last -- was forced to step down, mainly because of her aborted effort to bring in a carbon -- and malcolm turnbull was forced to abandon his plan for a

even though most australians live in cities they have a strong affinity with what's known as the bush and sympathy for those growing best . and governments do act australia's national and state governments. with almost two billion dollars. this is a lot that is important to australia's future. continues to be. subsidising transport costs offering low interest loans and giving cash payments to farmers were nine thousand dollars each assets worth more than three point seven five million dollars disqualifies a family from the hundred. these. it's few people to question but what used to be an uncontroversial government expenditure is now for the first time attracting critical eyes and economists are going public with their disapproval the reality is that's the business that we're in. you know if you want to be in agriculture you go to take the. top to al-jazeera has traveled to in the new south wales to talk to us about how bad this draft is fien and how much help they need. but we've also talked to those who are now questioning financial help for farmers who say it's not grounded in rati

in the opposition labor party and public opinion polls now suggest that eighty percent of australians want the children brought to australia a russian space engineers are blaming the damage sensor for last month's so use rocket failure a russian cosmonaut and american astronaut were forced to abandon their mission to the international space station they landed safely in kazakhstan after an emergency descent despite the failure a similar walk that has successfully launched a russian military satellite into orbit several launches are planned before re attempting a manned mission to the space station those are the latest headlines on al-jazeera we'll have more news after inside story that's coming up next with imran khan stay with us. the dictatorship. and the implication and this isn't. hello welcome to the program. prime minister who's refusing to leave his replacement a former president appointed by his successor and a rival for the top job the political crisis in sri lanka is threatening to spiral out of control and undermine stability in south asia been warned of a bloodbath if the

they were other australians on the battlefield they were fighting for i. was part of the reason i came here to find kill any australian dash that i could unfortunately that hasn't happened but i know i would have lots of code one of those of us. the most notorious was college ruth a convicted terrorist who shot to global infamy for posting photos of his son holding a severed he'd. sharif and his family lived in russia and i want to find out more about their lives he. worked out where how it sheriff was living back in two thousand and fifteen when some u.c.d. girls had been caping as domestic flights to skype i needed them and i showed me some of all fun pictures they'd taken of the outside of his house which allowed me to pinpoint a location on google earth and kind of think what's become of the place but to get there. we have to cross the euphrates river. with the bridges glowing this is the only way to get across but. jenny williams and his team come along. we have no idea if i use sympathises is still hanging around in the syrian government forces are a

s in the opposition labor party and public opinion polls now suggest that eighty percent of australians want the children brought to australia we now know that they are being brought here there are forty children still on the road to a fifty to a week ago more than a hundred when the current prime minister scott morrison came to office in august and in an interview in london a former minister has said that it is the aim of the australian government to have all the children transferred off the roof by the end of the year so despite a lack of comment by australia's government despite all its talk about needing to maintain the terence for people trying to come to australia shores by boat in fact the children and their families are being brought here for a future help groups of welcome the evacuation of children to australia but government ministers insist. policy is correct we certainly and any circumstances don't want the boats to start again there is just unimaginable four hundred deaths at sea if we are not going to stand for that but we continue to do the work to make sure those kids t

in the midst of all this we find an australian want to relive at someone. you claim to serve up with. jamie williams's among a group of foreigners in the kurdish forces now the findings finished they're helping with the cleanup. there are good that will come out. they find an unexploded shell when the rubble by the run. of got the second artillery rounds that's partially covered in rubble on the path we just walked on and i thought he just walked on yes so we're going to hook up with a ripe and psychs a physician has given a. lot of struggling but. a lot more problems. it's a painstaking really slow business. after several attempts to move who is pulled three can now be dumped elsewhere. between the minds and the unexploded ordinances that we working on this place for years and. now you're talking jamie we came here in april last year to find out i use. my eyes wanted to be in the military and growing up watching war movies playing with toy guns all that sort of stuff i always admired the papal soldiers that put themselves in difficult situations you know w

and i'm australian. and for australians, world war i is the seminal birthing moment for the nation. the united states -- the most compelling stories are ones of victory. for australia, the compelling story of the nation's birth is defeat, which is found in gallipoli. a new nation off to war and then this catastrophe. 40% of all service-aged men left australia and went to the other side of the world. 40%. barely a household that wasn't impacted. and of those 40%, a casualty rate of more than 65%. that had a profound impact on the nation of australia, of what it -- what it means to be an australian. for me, as a child, a young adult, as an adult, living, growing, the story of world war i and its meaning for the nation and what it means to be a global citizen, it's part of my story. in my office, there's also another part of my story, which is my -- my grandfather's items from world war i. he's british and he served in france. i have a letter written from him from france in 1917 to his family. i have his shaving kit. and so it is also deeply part of my family's story. as it is for so m

meanwhile found a way to get journalists back to dili as soon as australian peacekeepers arrived word got out that the european broadcasting your newbie you had charted and they managed to get approvals to land an aircraft in dili. once the airport had been secured we knew viewers coming in we set up. the mandarin oranges we just showed up put their names and contact each else. and pay for them out of this one way trip to east timor come to the mandarin oriental hotel poolside will be someone there to meet you the cost is that a few thousand u.s. dollars for this one way trip you're not coming back you get on that aircraft you're getting off at the other end so it was not chips at all so. you can see what i describe myself like i really want to pay this much like ticket to hell one way ticket to hell and then pass the last of us showed up with his friend. start a conversation friendly. he struck me as a very friendly one of a kind of person i want to be i want to meet that. ok sure. he wrote down his name and. sums your voice from somebody you know yeah they speak very fluent in bahas

s in the opposition labor party and public opinion polls now suggest that eighty percent of australians want the children brought to australia we now know that they are being brought here there are forty children still on the road to a fifty to a week ago more than a hundred when the current prime minister scott morrison came to office in august and in an interview in london a former minister has said that it is the aim of the australian government to have all the children transferred off the roof by the end of the year so despite a lack of comment by australia's government despite all its talk about needing to maintain the terence for people trying to come to australia shores by boat in fact the children and their families are being brought here russian space engineers are blaming a damage sense of the last month's soyuz rocket failure a russian cosmonaut and the american astronauts were forced to abandon their mission to the international space station they landed safely in kazakhstan after an emergency descent despite the sales of a similar rocket they successfully blasted a russian

but the australian government is deeply anxious about this.hat it is not feasible to build a pipeline. it would have to go over a trench, which is some two kilometres deep underneath the water, and the pipes would have to be thicker than pretty much any pipe that has been built in the history of the industry. so the australian government is convinced this will fall over in a heap and, when it does, the economic consequences for timor could be very severe. is there any way through this that is good for east timor? well, if timor can actually convince another party to come on board as the commercial partner, then yes, it could try and find a way through this. interestingly, there have beeen murmurs about the chinese potentially coming in to fund this pipeline. that would send real tremors through canberra, which is already wary about the influence that beijing wields in the south pacific. but, look, at this stage, it is difficult to see a way through this and the clock, unfortunately for timor—leste, is ticking. 90% of the money that they get at

he decided to take him to the australian. military hospital they set up with. at that moment the command of the australian forces general cosgrove right i turned to my grabbed him and said to general you know this is what happened. out of my drivers had his eye bashed up and he needs to urgent medical care. can you authorize it and some sort of way and he turned to his men and he said get this but on the first flight to dollywood. in a strain the essentials received emergency surgery and a sight in his remaining i will say. as for my interpreter and i clatter. of course it was a devastating thing to happen and. not something new to us or. not something to use a journalist i want to have to go through anyway. our readers who made inquiries about what happened to him and no one could give any real explanation. but later i learned that he had been taken with a group of other prisoners and paraded. up the army base. being beaten up and that was the last anyone ever saw of him. i suspect that any plato like so many of us was ultimately taken to jack that not the cap

haidi: australian markets have just opened for trading.come to "daybreak: asia." haidi: our top stories this friday. extending that rebound from a rough october thanks to earnings optimism and hopes of using trade tension. a fourth day of gains.

even though most australians live in cities they have a strong affinity with what's known as the bush and have sympathy for those growing best food. and governments do act australia's national and state governments as well as just an out of aid package with almost two billion dollars for bombs hit by drought this is a why a lot of that is important to australia's future that wildlife continues to be physically. subsidising transport costs offering low interest loans and giving cash payments to farmers worth nine thousand dollars each only having assets worth more than three point seven five million dollars disqualifies a bombing family from the handouts. and these are efforts few people days to question but what used to be an uncontroversial government expenditure is now for the first time attracting critical ice and. columnists are going public with their disapproval the reality is that. you know if you want to be in agriculture you go to take the. top to al-jazeera has traveled to in the new south wales to talk to us about how to speak and how much help they need. but we've also tal

from the remote australian town of cholera is calling for the. sooner they get it the better so they can get in touch with the outside world you know. there is hope for the community in the australian outback a new radio mast is due to be put into operation soon. shift says high speed internet for everyone. now digital medical aid for crisis areas a smartphone is all it takes to support doctors there that's the idea behind area. even complicated cases of illness can be discussed via video call or whatsapp. afghanistan a country struggling to find peace basic medical care is a problem to doctors and hospitals are very committed. complicated external support can be used. which is why while he'd arian founded the charitable organization early on television in britain the physician fled from afghanistan himself as a teenager when i came at the age of fifteen in ninety nine to go into the u.k. on my own that brought that vision with me to be able to one day become a doctor and then to be able to contribute to the communities where i live which is the

s in the opposition labor party and public opinion polls now suggest that eighty percent of australians want the children brought to australia we now know that they are being brought here there are forty children as of friday still on the road to a fifty to a week ago more than a hundred when the current prime minister scott morrison came to office in august and in an interview in london a full minister has said that it is the aim of the australian government to have all the children transferred off the roof by the end of the year so despite a lack of comment by australia's government despite all its talk about needing to maintain the terence for people trying to come to australia chills by boat in fact the children and their families of the role here. peru's opposition leader has been ordered back to jail over money laundering allegations kika fija mori has been under investigation over accusations she accepted more than a million dollars from brazilian construction firm during her twenty eleven presidential election campaign with your mori the daughter of the former president alberto

we decided to take him to the australian. military hospital they set up with. at that moment the commander the australian forces general cosgrove right i turn to my craft and said to general you know this is what happened. out of my driver's head as i brushed up and he needs to urgent medical care. and he will theorize it was some sort of way and he turned to his men and he said get this but on the first flight to dollywood. in a strain the essentials received emergency surgery and a sight in his remaining i will see. as for my interpreter and a clatter. because it was a devastating thing to happen and. not something or to. not something to use a journalist that i want to have to go through. anyway. or on read obviously made inquiries about what happened to him and no one could give any real explanation. but later i learned that he had been taken with a group of other prisoners and paraded. up the army base. being beaten up and that was the last anyone ever saw of him. i suspect that any plato like so many of us was ultimately taken to jack that not the capital

his australian counterpart scott morrison later a wreath at the darwin senate. is the first japanese leader to visit the city since it was bombed by the japanese army in world war two. and an iconic swimming pool painting by british artist david hockney has sold for ninety million dollars in new york the winning bid at christie's auction house set a new record for a living artist he painted the work called fortress of an artist pool with two figures in one nine hundred seventy two. the number of people missing in california's wildfires has gone up to more than six hundred at least sixty are dead firefighters managed to contain most of the blaze in the north of the state authorities have begun returning to their thousands of begun returning to their communities but for some there's nothing left. this is what it looks like to lose everything. ok i hope you and quick it's all i can say. oh my gosh words can't describe it. words can't describe it. and how can they when you are left with is the clothes on your back everywhere signs of a life well lived now gone. the

even though most australians live in cities they have a strong affinity with what's known as the bush and have sympathy for those growing bethink there. and governments do act australia's national and state governments have just been out of a department with almost two billion dollars hit by drought this is a way of life and that is important to australia's future that wildlife continues to be physically. subsidising transport costs offering low interest loans and giving cash payments to farmers worth nine thousand dollars each only having assets worth more than three point seven five million dollars disqualifies a bombing family from the handouts i know these are efforts few people days to question but what used to be an uncontroversial government expenditure is now for the first time attracting critical eyes and. economists are going public with their disapproval but the reality is that's the business that we're in. you know if you want to be in agriculture you go to take the good and the bad. top to al-jazeera has traveled to in the new south wales to talk to us about how bad this

the australian government may soon be able to strip convicted terrorists of their citizenship, underension of current laws. the proposed legislation will enable the government to take away australian citizenship from convicted terrorists, regardless of whether they hold citizenship in another country. it will also target so called returned foreign fighters. for more let's talk to hywel griffith in sydney. hywel griffith is in sydney. this is proposed legislation, talk us this is proposed legislation, talk us through this extension of powers. it all comes in the wake of the recent terror accpac in melbourne and the arrest of three people earlier this week, alleged that they we re earlier this week, alleged that they were plotting a terror accpac. the government has announced a range of new laws, they include one measure which would strip an australian citizen of their citizenship if they committed an act of terror, provided there was reasonable belief that they could be a citizen elsewhere. they wouldn't have to formally hold a passport to another country, maybe that they were born ov

we have an exclusive interview with former australian prime minister, julia gillard.ses? scientists warn the species could be in danger from drugs washed down the drain. benazir bhutto has claimed victory in pakistan's general election, and she's asked pakistan's president to name her as prime minister. jackson's been released on bail of $3 million after turning himself in to police in santa barbara. it was the biggest demonstration so far of the fast—growing european antinuclear movement. the south african government has announced that it's opening the country's remaining whites—only beaches to people of all races. this will lead to a black majority government in this country, and the destruction of the white civilisation. part of the centuries—old windsor castle, one of the queen's residences, has been consumed by fire for much of the day. 150 firemen have been battling the blaze, which has caused millions of pounds‘ worth of damage. welcome back. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. thanks forjoining us. i'm babita sharma in london. our top stor

thousands evacuate their homes in the australian state of queensland as the warning level is raised toastrophic for the first time. the gadgets of the past finding new life in the african nation of togo, but the transformation comes with a risk. senators in the us have strongly criticised the absence of the cia director at a senate hearing on relations with saudi arabia. secretary of state mike pompeo gave evidence, along with defence secretaryjim mattis. the head of the cia did not. gina haspel has heard the audio of the murder the jamal khashoggi, and one democratic senator described her non—appearance as a cover—up. from washington, here's laura trevelyan this is the controversial saudi crown prince who reportedly, in the assessment of the cia, ordered the killing of journalists jamal khashoggi. mohammed bin salman arrived in argentina debate ahead of the 620 arrived in argentina debate ahead of the g20 summit and on capitol hill, a chorus of senators say saudi arabia should face consequences for violating human rights. the us could lure state had to defend a crucial us ally. there'

new australian prime minister scott morrison has announced a two billion dollar australian dollar fund that's one point four six billion u.s. dollars to provide loans to think nations related to infrastructure development the vote is seen as a direct reaction to china's large belton road initiative as an effort to gain greater cooperation. and coordination with australia from other nations in the region. and speaking of china they know a bargain when they see it with canadian oil more than fifty dollars below west texas intermediate futures last month the asian superpower has been looking beyond the u.s. and iran for its energy needs snapping up barrels in the great white north here with the details from canada is our team's alex mahela bitch hey alex what's the latest on this i was a little bit shocked to see it maybe i shouldn't be but give us the lowdown. well you know bart as well as i do our oil is tare.

city of darwin avi and his australian counterpart scott morrison laid a wreath at the darwin center tower obvious the first japanese leader to visit the city since it was bombed by the japanese army in world war two. north korean leader kim jong un has allegedly visited the test site of a new tactical weapon it was the state media first mention in months of a new development in the country's weapons program and it's likely to put a strain on relations with south korea and the united states. the number of people missing in california's devastating wildfires has doubled to more than six hundred local authorities say the death toll now stands at sixty three search and rescue workers are looking for remains as firefighters are still battling wildfires across the state. and iconic swimming pool painted by british legend david hockney has sold for ninety point three million dollars in new york the winning bid at christie's auction house the new record for a living artist hockney painter the work called portrait of an artist who with two figures in one nine hundred seventy two. german chan

stay with bloomberg because later i will be speaking with the australian prime minister.is at 1:20 p.m. sydney times. 20 past 10:00 in hong kong. shery: alibaba's annual shop gpon sets another -- shoppin holiday starts new records. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ haidi: i am haidi stroud-watts in sydney. shery: i am shery ahn. you are watching daybreak australia. alibaba rounded up $31 billion in sales in the singles' day extravaganza, setting a record as shoppers swarmed the online bazaar. numbers, and it is coming after 10 years of this event. they still hold off another record. what were the key takeaways? tom: another record, 27% increase from the number we saw in 2017. they racked up sales of $4.2 billion in 2017. $30 billion last night when this ended at midnight. some of the key lines we have been hearing from alibaba, they said around 500 million consumers took part in this consumer online consumer event. they said in terms of the big-ticket brands, you had probably not a big surprise, apple phones, xiaomi phones, dyson vacuum cleaners. those were the top three on sale, pu

that is impacting a lot of the australian energy and resources stocks. others are falling as well. that is it for this edition of asia business report. let's bring you up to date with our top stories this hour: social media in the philippines is being used as a platform to re—write the country's history and confuse its citizens. we have special coverage. the united nations warns of catastrophic consequences for millions, as the war in yemen intensifies. a new inquest has begun into the deaths of ten civilians killed during an army operation in west belfast in 1971. at the time the army said those shot were either ira members or people caught in the crossfire. but earlier this year, former loyalist paramilitaries said they had been involved. the families say they hope to get to the truth after a a7—year fight for justice from belfast our ireland correspondent, chris page. in1971, in 1971, chaos and bloodshed were everywhere in belfast. the conflict known as the troubles was heading for its height. during august, the security forces carried out 0peration d

>> guest: i feel in some ways sort of australian novels because they fare some sort of core australiannd concerns which is the plight of the underdog. i think when you, it's interesting to me that australia and american share so much of our spanning mythology and experience of pioneering is so different in so many ways. because americans came here as idealists and optimists. australians were dragged in chains and dumped on this unforgiving sure. these people who were the wretched outcasts and despised of their society managed to create this incredible open tolerance, forward-looking, wonderful place. it has shaped my political views of the world and i think shaped many australians view of, you know, america sits in new york for. australia just took them. and then when they got there they had to learn how to be, they didn't go out to the midwest and find three meters of rich topsoil. they found a tiny layer of terrible soil and a massive unforgiving desert. so there's a different relationship, the nature as well. >> host: diana, texas, good afternoon. diana, are you with us? my fault, d

new australian prime minister scott morrison has announced a two billion dollar australian dollar fund that's one point four six billion u.s. dollars to provide loans to facilitate nations related to infrastructure development the vote is seen as a direct reaction to china's large belton road initiative as an effort to gain greater cooperation and coordination with australia from other nations in the region. and speaking of china they know a bargain when they see it with canadian oil more than fifty dollars below west texas intermediate futures last month the asian superpower has been looking beyond the u.s. and iran for its energy needs snapping up barrels in the great white north here with the details from canada is our chance alex mahela bitch hey alex what's the latest on this i was a little bit shocked to see it maybe i shouldn't be but give us the lowdown. like you know bart as well as i do our oil is tar. and it's not really the cleanest stuff on earth but it's at bargain prices right now and as you mentioned china always knows a good bargain when it sees it and if you compare n

all three were arrested in raids early hours of the morning australian time.the next few hours. searches have been carried out at their homes. we know very little about the men themselves. all three living in northern melbourne. two of them brothers. their ages range from 21 to 30. police claim they have foiled what could have been a chilling attack, which would have resulted potentially in multiple victims. hywell griffith in sydney for us. one of central america's most active volcanos has erupted for the fifth time this year. the fuego volcano in guatemala, which is near the capital, is throwing out ash and lava, forcing the evacaution of thousands living nearby. the latest flare—up is reminiscent of the deadly eruption injune which killed almost 200 people. georgina smyth has the story. molten lava against a night sky. this is guatemala's volcan de fuego, or volcano of fire. it's living up to its name, currently spewing out fast moving flows of ash, lava and gas. by day, a towering column of smoke can be seen rising more than a kilometre into a grey sky. of

s in the opposition labor party and public opinion polls now suggest that eighty percent of australians want the children brought to australia we now know that they are being brought here there are forty children as of friday still on the road were fifty two a week ago more than a hundred when the current prime minister scott morrison came to office in august and in an interview in london a former minister has said that it is the aim of the australian government to have all the children transferred off the roof by the end of the year so despite a lack of comment by australia's government despite all its talk about needing to maintain the terence for people trying to come to australia shores by boat in fact the children and their families are being brought here. scientists and conservationists debating whether to turn one of the most remote parts of the planet into the not just protected area on earth and what you'll see in and talk to hit could be home to thousands of undiscovered species many of supporting an e.u. proposal to make it a no go zone for industrial fishing mining and deep

now on bbc news, yalda hakim talks to former australian prime minister julia gillard for the 100 womenviews. julia gillard made history when she became australia's first female prime minister. but her time in office was no easy ride, overshadowed by misogynistic and sexist attacks. since leaving office, she has sought to advance the cause of women and girls through the promotion of education. in this special 100 women interview, i asked her to draw on her personal experience, as well as give advice to women globally who are trying to break through their own professional glass ceilings. let's start right from the beginning. you were born into a working—class family from wales. yourfamily emigrated to australia when you were four. your father had to leave school as a teenager to get work and, really, he then climbed the professional ladder in australia, but what they instilled in you and your sister was this understanding of the value of education. is that what has driven you professionally? yes, in many ways i think it is. in my family home, we were certainly taught that every day of sc

all three were arrested in raids in the early hours australian time.nd we expect him to appear in court over the next few hours. searches have been carried out on their homes. we know very little, all three living in northern melbourne, two of them brothers, but their ages range from 21 to 30, and police claimed to have foiled what could have been a chilling attack which would have resulted, potentially, in multiple deaths. thank you very much for the update. also making news today: saudi arabia's king salman has promised to ensure that no crimes go unpunished. in his annual address to parliament, he said he trusted the saudi judiciary to ensure justice. but the king made no mention of the murder of the saudi journalist, jamal khashoggi. the british prime minister, theresa may, has told a conference of business leaders that her draft deal on britain's withdrawal from the european union was the best option for protecting jobs. it comes as a mooted leadership challenge from within her own party has yet to materialise. leaders from the other 27 eu countri

you some breaking news, which we have from sydney, which is that three men have been arrested by australianplotting a terror attack in melbourne. police allege they were planning a mass shooting in the city using semiautomatic weapons, and that comes from our correspondent in sydney, who says that the men are all australian, but of turkish background, and include two brothers. officials say they had been tracked by the police since early 2017, and there was a long—term investigation by counterterrorism officers since march. it is alleged the men have been plotting to shoot people in a crowded space and that their preparations had escalated. you may recall, earlier this month, a 38—year—old man carried out an attack in melbourne city centre, stabbing one person to death before being shot by police. we will have more on that story as soon as we get it. my thanks to both of you for joining us for this first edition. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers. if you miss the programme any e

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