the australian government has also directly invited media organizations to provide direct permissionso governments and engage those organizations prior to those on the key issues of concern to them in the government. the government is looking forward to working with them in continuing a constructive dialogue. we are committed to ensuring that in our democracy, we strive to write the balance. the important right balance between a free press and keeping australian safe. of ourdamental penance democracy which australians expect us to observe. annelise: earlier this year when legislation was being debated that would allow the evacuation of refugees from offshore processing to australia's medical treatment, confidential advice from australian security agency was leaked. questions were raised about why an investigation by the australian federal police was discontinued into that leak. >> thank you. my question is to minister representing the. . mr. for homeless affairs. when classified advised was linked in february, duncan lewis advice is"classified leaked, it undermines all that we stand f

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>> the australian government spoke out that they are not making a change in the policy.nk we have to remember there is a geopolitical environment with the u.s. china talks. the u.s. or poorly encourage the australian government a year ago to block huaway from the 5g network. there's no chance -- or in reports like that -- we would be shocked if they said anything different than what they said. >> there seems to be an image problem with huaway. we are seeing allegations and violations. we have seen several accusations from different companies about huawei fueling trade secrets. how do you convince the people that you can trust huawei? >> the kinds of measures we are talking about, measures that provide assurance and transparency regarding the products and conduct of employees is one way to do it. when you look at the global campaign taking place for 18 months, it's astounding when you look at the number of countries, even close allies, that have pushed back. they have been given no evidence of major cybersecurity wrongdoing. they are going to continue to pursue a risk mit

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as you know, the reserve bank is the banker for the australian government. , ournment systems process almost all of the government payment and they receive almost all of the government's revenue. over visit years we have undertaken major investments in the systems. two weekends ago, we turned off the mainframe computer on which we had been running these important systems for the government for many years. our new technology will help us to continue providing a high level of service to the australian government and its agencies. we are working with some of these agencies on innovative payment solutions. they are already using our fast payment options to get money quickly to those people who are in immediate need. the reserve bank has continued to invest heavily in the systems that we operate in the core of paymentrbank and fast systems. other payments related work, the bank is continuing to look for ways to encourage faster development of the new payments platform, that allows all of us to move money between bank accounts in real time, 24/7. we have not been s

he's been detained in beijing since january, and the australian government has been increasingly criticaln or the death penalty. with tensions high between israel and the hezbollah movement, backed by iran, the lebanese president has described israeli drone strikes as a declaration of war. over the weekend two drones crashed in the suburbs of beirut where hezbollah has its stronghold. the united nations has called for "maximum restraint". italy's president has extended until wednesday the deadline for negotiations on forming a new government. the populist five star and the left—wing democratic party had been looking close to a deal. researchers are trying to learn to speak mosquito so they can lure them away from populated areas or design devices to catch and kill them. that could help in the fight against diseases like malaria and tellow fever, as our science correspondent pallab ghosh reports. mosquitoes buzz for us, the whining sound is annoying, but for the mosquito, it's a love song. the buzz helps the insects find mates and reproduce. so, what if we could learn to talk mosquito and

the australian government says it's going to set up an intelligence task force to investigate perceivedreign interference in its universities the country's education minister has cited the growing vulnerability of australia's its situations in the face of foreign adversaries. according to the lightest advice from the australian sabah security center the targeting of a strain universities continues to increase state sponsored sauber of my use university networks as infrastructure due to their reliability and ha and very traffic. to hide in the noise the pre-drill government is working with the university sector to develop based practice guidelines for dealing with foreign interference or vote no particular state has been named directly the finger is now being pointed at chinese students who account for close to a 3rd of all foreign students in australia last month the university of queensland's or tensions between supporters of the hong kong protests and those in favor of beijing in other cases some teaching materials have sparked outrage among chinese students as a describes china and t

he's been detained in beijing since january, and the australian government has been increasingly criticaln or the death penalty. joining me now from sydney is feng chongyi, a friend of dr yang hengjun. thanks very much for being with us. what do we know about his arrest? yang hengjun is one of my former students. we have been very close, working together for more than two decades now. i am extremely furious about the latest excavation, to put him underformal arrest. about the latest excavation, to put him under formal arrest. the about the latest excavation, to put him underformal arrest. the only right thing to do is actually to release him immediately because up to seven months of interrogation, they have not been able to produce any single evidence to the ridiculous charge of espionage. china are saying they are holding him for alleged involvement in criminal activities, endangering chinese sovereignty. if you are a chinese sovereignty. if you are a chinese citizen, usually the charge is subversion of power. if you are a foreigner, you hold a foreign passport, the espionage is the usua

panel led by the former prime yota involved in regards of china into treatment of in the australian governmentso i think disease basically is a continuation and then escalation or walk has happened and what has been happening since 2017 just in terms of what's going on in hong kong and indeed in taiwan as well these are both things that draw quite passionate opinions on both sides they've been divisive vents why do you think there's options being made that there's some sort of external influence or pressure by beijing here instead of saying some students support one side others hold different beliefs. well i think they're increasing evidence suggesting that. there are you aware as origin of the funding supporting protestant activities. this time but all saw last time date back in 2014 and. there are increasing evidence suggesting that the. protesting organization are being supported by funding we each are. funded by proxies of the united states in eve if this is and going to be a kind of larger ring true mind all of these divisions political divisions in hong kong and i think the whole the who

and sometimes the economic share and share of what's produced and the reality is that the australian governmentofficials or anyone connected with the university sector cannot be tsuki cavalier with this idea of a child and so yes it's true there's a risk china may well decide to encourage students to move elsewhere and remember there is a risk that a straight here will become essentially the sick man of education in terms of asia because childless institutions are doing very well but it's not discussed in this whole debates the fact that chinese universities actually gaining and doing very well in the international market so all of this out of throw the badly as the context strands for instance of. dr been a cop mark senior lecturer at the school of global one and social studies melbourne thanks so much for tom today are not international. anita. that's it for the south even back in 30 minutes time with the latest global news updates for you see about 10. i'm one of them but i think it's ended up by a girl one that all but one is we're buddies. they. should have anissa. put them down i don't wa

punishable by death young june was originally detained in the southern city of january the australian government says it does have serious concerns for his welfare. the european court of human rights has condemned russia for multiple violations against the late surrogate magnitsky a russian corruption whistleblower who died in detention in 2009 but that ski's death came after expose widespread tax fraud that implicated russian officials the european court determined he had been ill treated and denied medical assistance in prison following his arrest for a legit tax evasion now his death resulted in the us congress passing the magnitsky act which allows the government to freeze assets and banned visas of human rights violators around the world. let's get more on the story from moscow we have. a researcher at human rights watch with us thank you for joining us on d w 1st of all what do you think of this verdict from the european court of justice no it isn't due to very important judgment by the open court of human rights all confirming on occasions made by need ski surviving family his wife hugh s

long—term outlook for the great barrier reef has been downgraded from "poor" to "very poor" by the australian governmentst coral system. a new report says rising sea temperatures, caused by global warming, have caused two major events of coral bleaching. fertilisers and pesticides getting in the water have also had an impact. here in the uk, a former conservative prime minister has said he willjoin the legal fight to prevent his successor, borisjohnson, from suspending parliament. mrjohnson says those mps trying to block a so—called ‘no—deal‘ brexit undermine his chances of negotiating with the eu. vicki young reports. all: save our democracy... when it comes to brexit, feelings run high. while many in the country welcomed the announcement that parliament won't sit for five weeks, thousands took to the streets in protest. the government insists mps still have plenty of time to express their views. critics say borisjohnson is behaving like a tinpot dictator. when you became prime minister you talked about uniting the country, but now you're talking about forcing through a no—deal brexit, something that y

long—term outlook for the great barrier reef has been downgraded from "poor" to "very poor" by the australian government a new report says rising sea temperatures, caused by global warming, have caused two major events of coral bleaching. fertilisers and pesticides getting in the water have also had an impact. the governor of florida has declared a state of emergency and coastal residents are being urged to stockpile a week's worth of food as hurricane dorian gathers strength. experts say it may be the strongest hurricane to hit the us east coast in nearly three decades. the us national hurricane centre said dorian could cause "incredibly catastrophic damage". ramzan karmali reports. this was hurricane dorian, not at its peak, over the us virgin islands earlier this week. now it has strengthened into what the us national hurricane centre has called an extremely dangerous category 4 storm. by the time is expected to hit early florida next week, it will be generating wind speeds of 130 miles an hour. what really concerns me about hurricane dorian is the multiple threats, the storm surge, the wind, the tor

the australian government says the great barrier reef is continuing to suffer because of climate changea new report says rising sea temperatures, caused by global warming, means the reefs prospects have been downgraded to "very poor" — its lowest level — jeopardising its world heritage status. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. hello. our weather is coming in from the atlantic ocean and we know how u nsettled the atlantic ocean and we know how unsettled that means our weather is going to be. a lot of cloud coming in on some fairly brisk south—westerly winds and the weather front focusing the thickest of the cloud and bringing rain to northern ireland and scotland. the rain in highland scotland, but not as windy as yesterday. for many parts of england and wales, still dry, rather confused skies here in norfolk. mostly high cloud so some hazy sunshine for much of the midlands, southern england, quite warm towards the south—east, highs of 25, 26. those temperatures depressed further north with more cloud and rain continuing through this evening and overnight across norther

long—term outlook for the great barrier reef has been downgraded from "poor" to "very poor" by the australian government a new report says rising sea temperatures, caused by global warming, have caused two major events of coral bleaching. fertilisers and pesticides getting in the water have also had an impact. a trial date forjanuary 2021 has been set for five men, including khalid shaikh mohammed, the alleged architect of the september 11th attacks in the united states. the trial will take place in a military courtroom in guantanamo bay, cuba. 0ur north america correspondent, peter bowes, in los angeles, said the date had been a long time coming. khalid shaikh mohammed was captured by the united states in pakistan in 2003 and transferred to the guantanamo bay detention camp three years later. he and his alleged accomplices were initially charged under president george w bush's administration, but their trial was delayed when president 0bama attempted to move the case to a civilian court in new york city. the plan was abandoned when it prompted a public outcry. thatin that in part accounts for much of t

punishable by death young june was originally detained in the southern city of january the australian government says it has serious concerns for his welfare the spanish capital madrid has been hit by flash flooding as heavy rain swept across the country streets look like rivers and several metro stations had to be post down after the sudden downpour on monday in some areas residents had to clear away huge piles of hail stones that had built up along the street and a judge in the u.s. state of oklahoma has ordered drug maker johnson and johnson to pay more than half a $1000000000.00 for fueling an opioid epidemic the judge says the company's marketing for the pain killers understated the risk of addiction it is the 1st lawsuit against opioid makers and distributors to go to trial brazilian president. has threatened to reject an offer of aid from g 7 countries to fight fires raging in the amazon french president in modern mccall announced the group's offer of 18000000 euros but. brazil is being treated like a colony and is demanding president withdraw insults he allegedly made more than 80000 fir

long—term outlook for the great barrier reef has been downgraded from "poor" to "very poor" by the australian government a new report says rising sea temperatures caused by global warming have caused two major events of coral bleaching. fertilisers and pesticides getting in the water have also had an impact. a trial date forjanuary 2021 has been set for five men, including khalid shaikh mohammed, the alleged architect of the september 11th attacks in the united states. the trial will take place in a military courtroom in guantanamo bay, cuba. let's get the latest from our north america correspondent peter bowes in los angeles. peter, this date a long time coming? a very long time coming. in fact, if the trial sticks to its schedule, it would be just eight months shorts of the 20th anniversary of the september 11th attacks. shaikh mohammed was detained and arrested by the americans in 2003, he was then moved to guantanamo bay and he and his accomplices were first charged under president george w bush, with the initial aim of having the trial in guantanamo bay. president 0bama then came up with a plan to

punishable by death yanking june was originally detained in the southern city of joe in january the australian government says it has serious concerns for his welfare. former folks who are going chairman and chief executive has died at the age of 82 as the head of v.w. cash was credited with reviving the company's fortunes and turning it into a global empire and the spanish capital madrid has been hit by flash flooding as heavy rains swept across the country streets look like rivers and several metro stations had to be closed after the sudden downpour on monday in some areas residents had to clear away huge piles of hail stones that had built up along the street the brazilian president has rejected an offer of aid from g 7 countries to fight the fires in the amazon the group said it would give brazil $20000000.00 to help contain the blazes but both the narrow question their motives and earlier he accused the g 7 host french president in monaco of treating brazil like a colony more than $80000.00 fires are burning in the amazon and many of them are out of control. the air is thick with smoke and it's hard

death yang hanged june was originally detained in the southern city of show in january the australian government says that it has serious concerns for his welfare. and the spanish capital madrid has been hit by flash flooding as heavy rain swept across the country streets looked like rivers and several metro stations had to be closed after the sudden downpour on monday in some areas residents had to clear away huge piles of hail stones that had built up along the street. a judge in the u.s. state of oklahoma has ordered drug maker johnson and johnson soup a over half a $1000000000.00 for fueling an opioid epidemic the judge said that the company's marketing for the pain killers understated the risk of addiction it's the 1st lawsuit against opioid makers and distributors to go on trial for he was a pioneer of the global auto industry and a member of the porsche car making family who led germany's volkswagen for 2 decades ferdinand p.s. has died at the age of 82 as head of v.w. he is credited with reviving the company's fortunes and turning it into one of the world's biggest car makers. he had v.w

punishable by death a young man june was originally detained in the southern city of january the australian government says it has serious concerns for his welfare. the european court of human rights has condemned the russia for multiple violations against the late sir the mike needs a russian corruption whistleblower who died in detention in 2009 by death came after me exposed widespread tax fraud that implicated russian officials the european court determined that he had been ill treated and denied medical assistance in prison following his arrest for allegedly acts of asian his death resulted in the u.s. congress passing the magnitsky act which allows the government to freeze assets and ban visas of human rights violators around the world. and we're going to turn to a one time friend of surrogate magnitsky bill browder is head of the investment fund hermitage capital management which was once the largest foreign portfolio investor in russia he led a campaign to punish russian officials for magnitsky his death and later lobbied the u.s. congress to pass the magnitsky act bill browder joins us from l

the australian government says the great barrier reef is continuing to deteriorate because of climateaused by global warming, have caused two major events of coral bleaching. fertilisers and pesticides getting in the water have also had an impact. the reef‘s prospects have been downgraded to "very poor", jeopardising its world heritage status. women who have hrt for the menopause experience an increased risk of developing breast cancer for more than a decade after treatment ends, according to a major study. researchers from oxford university looked at more than 100,000 women from around the world and say the results mean the risk of breast cancer is double what women are currently being told. here's james gallagher. you think why am i suddenly feeling like this? three women, nicky, andrei and diane, all united by their experience of menopause. andrei and diane, all united by their experience of menopauselj andrei and diane, all united by their experience of menopause. i got very close to taking my own life, so it may be feel suicidal. this is not a walk in the park? no, not at all. fa

the australian government says the great barrier reef is continuing to deteriorate because of climate warming, have caused two major events of coral bleaching. fertilisers and pesticides getting in the water have also had an impact. the reef‘s prospects have been downgraded to "very poor", jeopardising its world heritage status. professor hans rausing, the head of the family that became britain's richest thanks to his father's invention of tetra pak food containers, has died aged 93. mr rausing's children said in a statement that the industrialist and entrepreneur died in his sleep at home, with his wife marit at his side. women who have hrt for the menopause have an increased risk of developing breast cancer for more than a decade after treatment ends, according to a major study. researchers from oxford university looked at more than 100,000 women from around the world, and say the results mean the risk of breast cancer is double what women are currently being told. here's james gallagher. you think why am i suddenly feeling like this? three women, nikki, andrea and diane, talking fr

the australian government says the great barrier reef is continuing to suffer because of climate changeefs prospects have been downgraded to "very poor" — its lowest level — jeopardising its world heritage status. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett.

well, three people, these entities, australian government. two military defense companies.rop grumman and telus a french company, makes you wond wonder. president trump for his part, said he is not losing any sleep over this. >> we have the strongest military in the world right now, we're close to getting finished with the whole rebuilding. there is no one close to us militarily. >> does not concern you? >> no, they pay a price they would not' to pay. lou: joining us, fox business national security foreign policy analyst, dr. walid phares, and dr. sebastian gorka, let's start with iran. this business with the tankers, why is this so significant, and why is the united states to this point hapless, if it wishes to stop the tanker and confiscate it, why has it not do done so. >> this demonstrates that iran regime is starving, they want tankers to go anywhere they can sell, this is evidence we're successful with regard to iran. on the other hand, seizing a tanker, i mean the united states before making such a decision needs to have the bigger plan. what happens next ithe irania

australian government official andrew hasting speaking out tonight against the china's rise and threats. compares the threat of the people's republic of china to the rise of nazi germany, writing this: lou: lessens learned. we hope. >> up next. pentagon fines another way to keep more troops in syria. really? we take it up. right after the break. stay with us. lou: there is a new report from pentagon showing isis, making something of a resurgences in syria, military reports: >> president trump ordered the roughly 2000 u.s. troops in syria to be cut. interesting instead of celebrating fact that isis has been destroyed that we get public relation release from pentagon itself about a handful of isis if you will, resurgence. >> breaking new, president trump has just tweeted that acting national director of intelligence sue gordon is retiring. and in new tweets, president also tweeting, that mcgwire director of national counterterrorism center will be named acting director national l intelligence, effect of august 15. he was a vise admiral in the navy, at one point serving in seal team ii. j

australian government downgrading the outlook for the reef's ecosystem to very poor in 2019. iit 2014. the report says rising sea temperatures caused by human-driven global warming is the biggest threat to the reef. australian and queensland governments are investing more than $2 billion to protect the reef. >> hearing about this more and more. >> beautiful area, too. >> it's unfortunate to see the bleaching of the coral reefs as well. so it's not as colorful as it used to be. so maybe something you need to visit and see very soon. >>> let's get a look outside as the sun comes up in san jose. look at this beautiful sunrise, bright orange. get those cameras ready, take a nice snapshot. as you head out for school in the south bay, it's going to be cool walking to school, with some upper 50s, and then leading into some upper 60s at 10:00. i think the kids will enjoy the time outside today for lunch and recess, and then we're in the upper 70s by 1:00, eventually reaching 81 degrees later on today. some of our warmer spots reach the upper 80s and low 90s,seaso, temperatures. san fr

well, three people basically, three entities or should say, the australian government and two military defense companies. northrop grumman and a french company, makes you wonder, doesn't it? the president says he's not losing any sleep over this. >> we are the strongest military in the world right now. and we're getting very close to finishing that rebuilding. we have rebuilt the military. right now there's no one even close to us militarily. not even close. >> it doesn't concern you at all? >> no because they pay a price they would not want to pay. lou: join us now doctor o lead ferris and sebastian gorka, good of both of you to be here. this business with the tankers, why is a significant and why is the united states at this point hapless and if it wishes to stop the tanker, and confiscated, why hasn't it done so? >> this demonstrates very clearly that the iran regime is starving. they want their tankers to go anywhere they can fill. syria is backed by russia at this point in time it is evidence that we are successful with regards. on the other hand, seizing a tanker, the united stat

obviously australian government resources. the allegations are the italians were involved, and of course they are all colluding with the clinton operation. i mean, we have documents from peter strzok, lisa page, showing that the clinton lawyers were working directly with the fbi lead lawyer on the russia-gate hoax, trying to get trump targeted. lou: you know, and what just upsets me is when i start hearing these rinos start belching this nonsense about bipartisan efforts on any number of subjects which the democrats have made it -- the radical dems have made it very clear they are not going to work with this administration because they've been committed for three years to work against it, to overthrow it, actively, through the dnc, the clinton campaign and god knows where the obama administration itself was during all of this. >> we know where they were, lou. they were -- obama was running it out of the white house. there's no doubt, given the strzok page messages and comey's admissions that he met with obama about the dossier

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we have the australian government who is being asked uncomfortable questions about this, as well. the president. they'd out in the fbi documents, ohr and steele are working together during the campaign, after the campaign, and magically, they hire ohr's wife, the clinton campaign, to help push material to the justice department. you've got to handto it to the clinton gang, they had all of their bases covered. they were flooding the zone. of the doj, fbi, state, and the wife of a senior justice department official. >> mark: and most of washington's intelligence allies in on the skin. keep digging on this, tom, lots more to come. thank you very much for that. this is a fox news alert. a gunman has shot at least six officers in philadelphia.a. if there is a standoff going on right now, and senior fox news correspondent rick leventhal is on the scene. what's happening,he rick? >> well, mark, we are standing right in the middle of broad street. that is it ohr behind me. we are in the north part of the city. the scene is just a couple of blocks down erie in that direction, you see a mas

the australian government has issued a warning for travelers to the city, warning to exercise a highegree of caution to hong kong. paul: thanks very much freedom let's check in with the first word news. ritika: there were more clashes in hong kong on tuesday night. police charged at protesters who surrounded a police station. a district counselor was obtained during the confrontation, accused of attacking off the verse -- officers. he says he was just a bystander when police charged. there are more protests planned later wednesday, including a march by members of the legal profession. london and brussels trading blame over brexit with less than three months before the divorce deadline. the u.k. minister involved says the eu is at fault for failing to engage on new negotiations. brussels says it is open to talks, but the eu's position remains unchanged and the current deal is the only one possible. a key measure of the japanese economy has fallen to a level not seen since the wake of the financial crisis. adding to concerns about growth ahead of the sales tax hike in october. the inde

, the long—term outlook for the reef has been downgraded from "poor" to "very poor" by the australian governmentstralia‘s north eastern corner, and bigger than the united kingdom, holland and switzerland combined, today‘s report show that the worst affected area is to the north of the great barrier reef — the red area — where two—thirds of corals have died this year, as a result of coral bleaching. bleaching occurs when sea temperatures get too high or too low, causing the algae to leave the coral. this turn the coral white and leaves it very vulnerable. an increase ofjust one degree celsius for four weeks can cause bleaching. if this continues for more than eight weeks, the coral can die. more than eight weeks, let‘s get the thoughts now of dr heidi burdett, an expert in marine science and conservation, whojoins us from edinburgh. good evening. we had a little bit about what happens, how it happens. is this all ourfault about what happens, how it happens. is this all our fault was u nfortu nately, is this all our fault was unfortunately, the answer is yes. the report has shown that climate chan

the australian government says it has downgraded the reef's condition from poor to very poor. in a new report that tracks its health every five years. it cites the main reason for the decline as climate change. >> this reef has suffered in the last few years. six cyclones, two major coral bleaching events, and various attacks by the predator crown of thorns starfish. so unsurprisingly, the outlook is that the condition has deteriorated. >> reporter: the report says that climate change is escalating, which is increasing sea temperatures and killing off the coral reef, which is home to multitudes of sea creatures. just a few years ago marine heat waves caused such extreme bleaching that about half of the corals on the reef were killed. and the report warns it will continue to deteriorate if action is not taken now. >> with the right mix of local actions to improve the system and global actions to tackle climate change in the strongest and fastest way possible, we can turn that around. >> reporter: spanning more than 2,300 kilometers the great barrier reef is teaming with life, i

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