welcome to the australian high court has ruled that deputy prime minister barnaby joyce was wrongly elected for holding dual citizenship for other politicians of also being removed from office for holding jule citizenship now there will be a by election for the deputy prime minister's seat the ruling means that prime minister malcolm turnbull's government has lost its one seat majority and to thomas our correspondent following events or is this a new political chapter in uncharted territory really for the political establishment in australia. well so far in politics is never dull but this is pretty bizarre even by its standards this is the case as it was presented to the high court australia's constitution has a course of events which until quite recently you know have paid too much attention to what it says that no one can stand for parliament. could be a citizen of another country and that includes view citizens well in july one greens senator said that he just found out that he was in new zealand as well as an australian and he was on. his running in the investigation is carried out it's

the high court's decision was essential a n.e.m.p. who'd been born abroad even to australian parents or whose parents had been born abroad should have done some investigation as to whether they had citizenship of another country and if they didn't then they were ineligible for australia's parliament when they stood and that applies to find any of the seven m.p.'s but they are considering crucially they have ruled that bobby joyce australia's deputy prime minister is in eligible to sit in holland so that has to consequences first it means that australia's governments which only had a majority of one in the lower house of representatives no longer has a majority a tall and if barnaby joyce does not win a by election now due in december in his area then the government in australia could fall because of this but second because australia is that the prime minister has also been a minister in the government making decisions when he wasn't eligible it throws into question all the decisions that he has been making and that opens up the possibility of lots of legal cases questioning s

the high court's decision was essentially any m.p. who'd been born abroad even to australian parents or whose parents had been born abroad should have done some investigation as to whether they had citizenship of another country and if they didn't then they were ineligible for australia's parliament when they stood and that applies to five of the seven m.p.'s that they were considering crucially they have ruled that bobby joyce australia's deputy prime minister is ineligible to sit in parliament so that has two consequences first it means that australia's government which only had a majority of one in the lower house of representatives no longer has a majority a tall and if barnaby joyce does not win a by election now due in december in his area then the government in australia could fall because of this but second because australia's deputy prime minister has also been a minister in the government making decisions when he wasn't eligible it throws into question all the decisions that he has been making and that opens up the possibility of lots of legal cases questioning some

welcome to the program the australian high court has ruled that deputy prime minister barnaby joyce was wrongly elected for holding jule citizenship for other politicians have also been removed from parliament for holding jule citizenship there will now be a by election for deputy prime minister joyce's seat the ruling means that prime minister malcolm turnbull's government has lost its one seat majority under thomas joins us now from sydney in terms of australia's political history a new page is not only turned but it's being rewritten. absolutely well this was an obscure technical clause in australia's constitution which very few paid much attention to until a couple of months ago when one m.p. from the greens party revealed that he had found out that he was a new zealand citizen and therefore ineligible to stand upon he felt he needed to stand down but that then started a cascade of other people looking into other m.p.'s backgrounds and all up seven m.p.'s found that they had question marks over their jewel nationality status now barnaby joyce is the big name his father was born in n

the australian high court has disqualified the deputy prime minister and four senators from parliament because they have citizenship barnaby joyce will recontest his seat in a by election but his expulsion means the government's lost its one seat majority in the house. you know i know no reason to believe any of the country those trails born just the justly and you know i grew up. and i served in the nation's defense forces not my reason to labels and people trying to take hits and take the search for us but you know we all bought a ticket we know the risks and. now i'm going to make sure that i don't crombie i'm going to get back to work because in paris has given a suspended jail term to in the corruption trial of equitorial get his vice president taylor dorian obiang he is the son of the long time leader taher daughter of the young and gamma he's been president of this oil rich west african nation for thirty eight years the younger of the and his accusers spending more than a thousand times his official salary on a six storey mansion in paris a fleet of luxury cars and michael jacks

people were killed when the nerve agent sarin was dropped on the town of crown chicken the australian high courthas disqualified the deputy prime minister and four senators from parliament because they have joel citizenship barnaby joyce will recontest his seat in a by election but his expulsion means the government's lost its one seat majority in the lower house. you know i know no reason to believe all says many of the country those trails born just they just say. you know i grew up. and the nation's defense force is not reasonable it wasn't even trying to take its entire concert was you know we all bought a ticket we know the risks and. now i'm going to make sure that i don't crombie i'm going to get back to work. because in paris has given a suspended jail term to in the corruption trial of equitorial get is vice president dorian obiang he is the son of the long time leader daughter of a young and gamma he's been president of this oil rich west african nation for thirty eight years the younger of the and his accusers spending more than a thousand times his official salary on a six story mans

court proceedings concerning burundi. now an australian code ruling on citizenship has now thrown the country into political crisis the high court ruled that five politicians in the eligible. to hold office because the country's constitution prevents all nationals from entering parliament now four senators are affected but the real focus is on the deputy prime minister barnaby joyce he's the only member of the lower house who's been affected now his expulsion means that malcolm turnbull's government has now lost its one seat majority barnaby joyce says he'll recontest his seat in a by election in december but until then the deputy leadership position is open australia now faces weeks of political turmoil if joyce loses his seat in the opposition labor party wins over the support of m.p.'s from smaller parties there could be a change of government in australia without an election. you know i know no reason to believe our system of any other country those trails born just a just a and you know i grew up. and i served in the nation's defense force is not my reason to leave i think i'm going to try to take the hits and take th

this means that the australian government led by malcolm turnbull loses its one-seat majority in the house of representatives. the high court ruled that a bi-election should take place at the start of december. until that time, the government ruling without its majority, the australian prime minister, malcolm turnbull saying the business of government goes on here's some of what he had to say in the wake of the decision from the high court. >> it's not the outcome we were hoping for but the business of government goes on we have a majority of members in the house of representatives, even in the absence of barnaby joyce. and, as you know, we have support from the cross bench we welcome the court confirming matt canavan's ability to sit in the senate but we're disappointed that the court found against barnaby joyce. >> seven members of parliament faced the high court five were ruled ineligible the government will now have to wait until that bi election on the second of december the deputy prime minister saying he will stand again. he does respect the decision of the high court, but it's anyone's guess as to what the outcome o

australian government could lose its majority. scott ludlam is among seven politicians facing the high court.rn australia. you set this saga in motion, so to speak, when you announce you were a citizen of new zealand and you a bru ptly citizen of new zealand and you abruptly quit parliament. you have had different experiences on how you breached these code. is there an issue with the actual code itself? well, if it is continue to be read by the court as strictly as it has been a red in the past, potentially it would invalidate the candidacy of all seven of the people, including myself, who are caught up in these, but it would also arguably disenfranchised a large number of australians. apart from aboriginal people, this is an immigrant country. a very large number of people are potentially unable to stand or run for parliament if the court continues to read this provision of the constitution as strictly as it has in the past. subject or citizen of a foreign power in your case and in the case of all seven, it is the dual nationality. that is the real issue. what we have discovered during the c

a hearing on the case of seven australian politicians caught up in the country's dual nationality saga has taken place at a high court rules by having citizenship in other countries. if some lose the case then the australian government could lose its majority. this is the most ridiculous constitutional crisis. there has been a trickle of politicians coming forward saying that they may be too in breach of the law having been unwittingly citizens of other countries. according to article 44 of the constitution here, you cannot take public office if you have the right to bea public office if you have the right to be a citizen elsewhere. it will be for thejudges to to be a citizen elsewhere. it will be for the judges to decide if that applies to these seven. on behalf of the governments, they have argued that for five of the seven, they had no way to know that they had citizen rights elsewhere. most were born here. some of them even had australian parents. in the case of barnabyjoyce, australian parents. in the case of barnaby joyce, he australian parents. in the case of barnabyjoyce, he said that when his father left new

seven australian politicians on find out whether or not they'll be removed from parliament holding citizenship the high court has juice to hand down its verdict on friday the list of politicians in jeopardy includes the deputy prime minister barnaby joyce if he is a jack to parliament prime minister malcolm turnbull could lose his one seat majority under thomas has more from sydney. most of those whose cases will be decided by the high court say they didn't know that they would yield citizens when they stood for parliament are they being born abroad but two australian parents or one of their parents or grandparents have been born abroad but they themselves have been born in australia they say that in no they would your citizens therefore how could they were now for the high court we decided is what ignorance is enough of an excuse for most of the m.p.'s in the prime well it doesn't matter that much what the high court decides frankly apart from for themselves in their own careers but deputy prime minister bonnie joyce this matters in a big way he's an m.p. in australia's lower house and there the government

cattle within parliament to burnish his old image but on friday australia's high court decided when he was elected he wasn't australian enough to be an m.p. let alone australia's deputy prime minister joyce's father was born in new zealand and though he says he didn't know it joyce was entitle to new zealand citizenship to know no reason to believe it was a system of any other country but israel was born just there just there and you know i grew up over there and i served in nation's defense forces not reasonably well thinking but as a straight is constitution says no one it's hard to the rights of a citizen of a foreign power can stand for parliament on friday the high court decided ignorance of jewel citizenship was no excuse five m.p.'s have been thrown out of parliament in all but most senators will be replaced by others from their party's barnaby joyce his case was different he was an m.p. in the house of representatives where the government of prime minister malcolm turnbull had until friday a majority of just one without joyce the government is at risk the decision of the court today is clearly not the outcome

dual citizens people who are australian but also have the right to be citizens elsewhere now these seven members of parliament whose cases will be decided by the high court within the hour say that they didn't know that they were entitled to be foreign citizens even though they were in some cases they were born abroad but to australian parents you know that is their parents or grandparents were born abroad but they themselves were born here what the high court will have to decide is whether ignorance is enough of an excuse and whether that lets them off the hook and if it doesn't then the in and you will stand and they should in theory be thrown out of politics and that of course will have some very big implications for the training in government why does this matter and very . well that's right the six out of the seven to be honest apart from their own personal stories it doesn't matter because they all sentences in the upper house and that's not where australia's government is the side but for one member of the joyce n.p. in the lower house this really doesn't matter because malcolm turnbull's government has a majority of just once a body choice one of

cattle within parliament to burnish his old image but on friday australia's high court decided when he was elected he wasn't australian enough to be an m.p. let alone australia's deputy prime minister joyce's father was born in new zealand and though he says he didn't know it joyce was entitle to new zealand citizenship to know no reason to believe it was assisting in any other country those trails born just they're just there and you know i grew up over there and i served in the nation's defense forces not reasonably well thinking but it's rather a straight is constitution says no one it's hard to the rights of a citizen of a foreign power can stand for parliament on friday the high court decided ignorance of jewel citizenship was no excuse five m.p.'s have been thrown out of parliament in all but most a senate says will be replaced by others from their party's barnaby joyce his case was different he was an m.p. in the house of representatives where the government of prime minister malcolm turnbull had until friday a majority of just one without joyce the government is at risk the decision of the court today is clear

australian house and senate. topics include terrorism and climate change. tom: a lot of action happening in the high court. welcome. people asked the prime minister if you would be campaigning strongly. before i go to my question, -- courtste the high decision moments ago in relation to the prime ministers survey on marriage equality. will the prime minister work with the community to show active support for marriage equality and now accept my invitation to write a joint letter to every australian to support voting yes in the survey? >> the leader of the house will speak. .embers on my right minister -- the leader of the opposition must be relieved that the promise they gave to the australian christian delivered.w being i assumed that was his heartfelt conviction. where was he simply telling people what they wanted to hear? mr. speaker, i fear it might have been the case that he was just being his old disingenuous self, telling people what they wanted to hear. donew, here he is, having everything he could to stop australians from having their say, imagine his disappointment now. every australian will have

the case of seven australian politicians caught up in the country's dual—nationality saga will begin in the high courtadmit they may have breached the constitution by taking office while holding citizenship rights in other countries, if some, such as deputy prime minister barnaby joyce seen here on the top left, lose the case, then the australian government could lose its majority. former australian senator scott ludlam is one of the seven politicians at the centre of this saga. he was the first to announce he had dual citizenship and quit parliament as a result. hejoined me earlier, raising concerns about the particular section of the australian constitution which has prompted the case. well, if it is continued to be read by the court as strictly as it has been read in the past, then potentially, it would invalidate the candidacy of all seven of the people, including myself, who are caught up in this, but it would also arguably disenfranchised a very large number of australians. apart from aboriginal people, this is an immigrant country. everybody is from somewhere else or has relatives or close fami

a hearing on the case of seven australian politicians caught up in the country's dual—nationality saga is taking place at the high courteached the constitution by taking office while holding citizenship rights in other countries, if some, such as deputy prime minister barnabyjoyce, seen here on the top left, lose the case, then the australian government could lose its majority. professor margaret thornton joins us now. she specialises in constitutional law at australian national university. good to see you. thanks forjoining us on good to see you. thanks forjoining us on the programme, professor. how significant a constitutional crisis is this basing the government if that's not overstating it? -- facing. the government would certainly see it as the government would certainly see itasa the government would certainly see it as a crisis once it loses its majority because it throws the whole turnbull government into turmoil. we've picked out the deputy prime minister, apart from the fact that it's a very senior role, is that a particularly significant person being involved in this? or is it purely the numbers involved and

a hearing on the case of seven australian politicians caught up in the country's dual nationality saga is underway in the high courtime minister barnabyjoyce, admit they may have breached the constitution by taking office while holding citizenship rights in other countries. a man in a shark costume has fallen foul of an anti—burka law that recently came into force in austria. designed to ban the full—face islamic veil, the law says people's faces must be visible from hairline to chin. the man in the shark mask was advertising a business in central vienna and the business was fined. the oscar—winning hollywood producer harvey weinstein has been sacked by his company following allegations that he sexually harassed women for decades. mr weinstein has apologised for his behaviour, although his lawyer has rejected many of the accusations against him. meryl streep called his alleged behaviour disgraceful, but there's also been criticism of an apparent reluctance in hollywood, to respond to the claims, as our north america correspondent nick bryant reports. he's a behind—the—camera figure who's become one of the movie ind

cattle within parliament to burnish his old image but on friday australia's high court decided when he was elected he wasn't australian enough to be an m.p. let alone australia's deputy prime minister joyce his father was born in new zealand and though he says he didn't know it joyce was entitle to new zealand citizenship to know no reason to believe that any other country but israel is born just justly and you know i grew up. and i served in nation's defense forces not reasonably well thinking but it's rather a straight is constitution says no one it's hard to the rights of a citizen of a foreign power can stand for parliament on friday the high court decided ignorance of joule citizenship was no excuse five m.p.'s have been thrown out of parliament in all but most a senate says it will be replaced by others from their party's barnaby joyce his case was different he was an m.p. in the house of representatives where the government of prime minister malcolm turnbull had until friday a majority of just one without joyce the government is at risk the decision of the court today is clearly not the outcome we were hoping f

cattle within parliament to burnish his old image but on friday australia's high court decided when he was elected he wasn't australian enough to be an m.p. let alone australia's deputy prime minister joyce's father was born in new zealand and though he says he didn't know it joyce was entitle to new zealand citizenship to know no reason to believe i was assisting in any other country but israel is born just justly and you know i grew up. and i served in nation's defense forces not reasonably well thinking but it's a straight is constitution says no one it's hard to the rights of a citizen of a foreign power can stand for parliament on friday the high court decided ignorance of jewel citizenship was no excuse five m.p.'s have been thrown out of parliament in all but most a senate says it will be replaced by others from the party's barnaby joyce his case was different he was an m.p. in the house of representatives where the government of prime minister malcolm turnbull had until friday a majority of just one without joyce the government is at risk the decision of the court today is clearly not the outcome we were hopin

australian house and senate. topics include terrorism and climate change. tom: a lot of action happening in the high court.elcome. people asked the prime minister if you would be campaigning strongly. before i go to my question, --

australian house and senate. topics include terrorism and climate change. i destroy his public affairs channel provided these highlights of half an hour. ♪ tom: a lot of action happening in the high courtwelcome. people asked the prime minister if you would be campaigning strongly. >> before i go to my question, -- on indulgence, i just wondered. members on my right have already -- >> i note the high courts decision moments ago in relation to the prime ministers survey on marriage equality. will the prime minister work with the community to show active support for marriage equality and now accept my invitation to write a joint letter to every australian to support voting yes in the survey? >> the leader of the house will speak. members on my right. the prime minister -- the leader of the opposition must be relieved that the promise they gave to the australian christian lobby is now being delivered. he went there to the a strong in christian lobby -- >> members of the -- >> i assumed that was his heartfelt conviction. or was he simply telling people what they wanted to hear? mr. speaker, i fear it might have been the case that he was just being his old disingenuous self. telling people

australia's high court has ruled that the country's deputy prime minister, barnabyjoyce, should be disqualified from office because he held dual citizenship when elected. the verdict has cost the australianiament and a by—election will now be held in december. four other politicians have also been ruled ineligible to remain in parliament. french scientists say patients who have heart surgery in the afternoon are less likely to suffer complications than those who are treated in the morning. their research — published in the lancet medicaljournal — argues that the body clock makes the heart stronger during the afternoon than in the morning, and it's more able to withstand the rigours of surgery. president trump has declassified almost 3,000 documents related to the assassination ofjohn f kennedy in 1963. but he decided to to keep hundreds of other files secret, at least for the time being, at the request of security agencies. mr trump had earlier indicated that all of the files would be made public, as peter bowes reports. page after page, previously top—secret documents, many of them handwritten, from the investigation into the assassination ofjohn f kennedy. it was november 22, 1963 when

the australian constitution forbids its parliamentarians at a federal level from holding citizenship with a quote for —— foreign power, that what we have now in the next few minutes, the high courte citizenship seven and political careers are in limbo and as you said before, the fate of barnabyjoyce, he is the deputy prime minister here in australia, if he is deemed ineligible, it will create all sorts of problems for a government that relies on a one seat majority. so what would happen then if they were deemed ineligible? what with the options be for the government? we have to split this really into two parts. six of the seven citizenship cases rely or are related to the senate which is australia's upper house of parliament. if for example a member of the national party loses her seat, it it is likely that a fellow national party or a liberal party member will take place. the liberals and nationals by the way are part of the governing coalition in australia. it gets far more precarious for the government in the lower house of parliament, the house of representatives, that is where the deputy prime minister barnaby joyce sets. is his loses his seat, the government loses the majo

australian government would . australia's prime minister says his legal advice is that not knowing is excuse enough but his deputy and the other dual nationality m.p.'s but the recent waters' disagrees she expects the high court will find her election was unconstitutional having now announced her canadian citizenship waters' aims to be legally elected at the next federal election in two years' time her absence until then means for her a political career break joyce's absence could break the government after thomas al-jazeera britain. the hollywood film producer harvey weinstein has been fired from the studio he co-founded weinstein had to taken leave of absence after a new york times report on missing allegations of sexual harassment one company's board of directors says it fired the film producer after a new undisclosed information about about his called duck. still ahead here on al-jazeera in sports two of the biggest names in baseball stay alive in the race for the world series we'll have the very latest. but the back to stifle sports well controversy in the n.f.l. absolutely zaha it just keeps going us vice president mike pence is the kids to say gee a political stunt against an f l players who neil durin