news middle east analyst who wastes to australia now where the deputy prime minister barnaby joyce says he will resign he will also step back as leader of his party and move to the back benches or weeks of pressure over an extramarital affair with his former media secretary joyce a practicing catholic has been married for twenty four years and has campaigned on family values but he has been under sustained pressure to resign over an affair with his former staff member who is now carrying his child choice and he finally decided to quit after a separate allegation of sexual harassment emerged on friday the choice is denying any wrongdoing here's a statement i've asked for the lot of the person who's made the allegation and i've asked football rod of defense to be referred to the police. but it's quite evident that you can't go to the dispatch box why she's like that surrounding. our candidate into any discussions about that. as you'll understand if it's going to be before the courts come before the courts but what what i will cite is that on monday morning at the party room i will step do

, mr turnbull toombul has been critical of barnaby joyce, mrturnbulladmonished barnaby joyce forrnabyjoyce for making a shocking error as he put it over his affair with a former member of staff, his former media adviser, vikki campion. he said it had set off a world of wire and prompt of the prime minister officially to ban sex between ministers and their staff. there was a war of words over that between the two of them but barnaby joyce now confirming he is stepping down as leader of the national party and as deputy prime minister. more on that from our correspondent very shortly. hopes of stopping the bloodbath in the damascus suburb of eastern ghouta, even temporarily, may be slipping away. attempts at the united nations to secure a ceasefire have stalled. russian diplomats say there's no agreement and western diplomats say this delay gives syrian government forces more time to attack the rebel—held area. dozens more people have been killed in a fifth day of strikes, which have already killed hundreds. this report from our middle east editorjeremy bowen. it does contain graphi

approached them now barnaby joyce has been a colorful figure in australian politics he donned that hat for the interview catching a lot of attention aside from this current scandal what's he really known for well he's known for crossing the floors in parliament for example across flaws like fifty times in parliament that means change sides and parliament and he is known for a very weird a strange that you ation almost three years ago the american actor. who plays the main row those supporter oh and sorry in pirates of the caribbean johnny depp came over to australia and with him came two dogs his two dogs that is not allowed in australia to come with dogs to import patsy it to australia and bunny joyce did not take them into care and tie in or something like that barnaby joyce decided that these dogs.

barnaby joyce there. 0ur correspondent in sydney, hywel griffith, has more.ng the papers here for well over two weeks with damaging revelations about his private life, and now this latest thing being made public, a complaint against him, an allegation of sexual harassment — something, we should say, he strenuously denies, but it made his position untenable, something he accepted a few minutes ago when he spoke before the cameras. for the last two weeks, the details of his personal life have been laid bare — the break—up of his marriage, his affair with a former media adviser who is now expecting his child, and lots questions about his conduct, the potential misuse of public money, but it is that allegation of sexual harassment which has finally forced his hand and forced him to say he'll resign. and there has been, of course, a war of words between him and malcolm turnbull. is this likely to end it or could itjust exacerbate it? well, i think that war comes to an end because barnabyjoyce is no longer, will no longer be the deputy prime minister — the two men

the resignation of national leader barnaby joyce. point. >> yeah, that's right, david. there is a few important distinctions to make here. barnaby joyce has resigned as leader of the nationals party, this is the junior coalition partner in the government. he resigns as deputy prime minister. e said he will remain as the m.p. from new england. the national also hold a vote and elect a new leader and by extension a new deputy prime minister. two weeks since the news broke that he had had an extramarital affair with his former media advisor and he has a child on the way as well. barnaby joyce indicated that he intended to go nowhere and that he would tough that out, however news broke this morning about a sexual harassment claim by a woman in australia. it was at that point that barnaby joyce's nationals colleagues started to say all bets are off even though he is calling the claim spurious and defamatory and that it should have been referred to the police if it has any substance. as a it is important circuit breaker, not just tr the pa

he doesn't have it within his gift to sack barnaby joyce, they're from different parties, but peoplem look weak, that he's got a deputy that he clearly doesn't get on properly with, or at least can't condone his behaviour, and therefore the relationship is troubled and alternately doomed. hywel griffith in sydney. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: living the pipe dream in hong kong. these housing units are made from, yes, water pipes. we'll talk to the architect next. nine years and 15,000 deaths after going into afghanistan, the last soviet troops were finally coming home. the withdrawal completed in good order, but the army defeated in the task it had been sent to perform. malcolm was murdered. that has a terrible effect on the morality of the people. i'm terrified of the repercussions in the streets. one wonders who is next. as the airlift got under way, there was no letup in the eruption itself. lava streams from a vent low in the crater flowed down to the sea on the east of the island — away from the town for the time being, but it could start f

now australia's embattled deputy prime minister barnaby joyce has resigned after weeks of pressure over an extramarital affair with a former staff member who's also facing separate sexual harassment allegations joyce will step down in cabinet but will remain in parliament protecting the one seat majority of malcolm turnbull's coalition government he's also quitting as the leader of the national party the junior coalition partner nigel ition partner joyce who'd campaigned on family values left his wife after twenty four years of marriage and is expecting a child with his former media secretary but i will say is that on monday morning at the party room i will step down as the leader of the national party and deputy prime minister of the street now that inform the acting prime minister mathias cormann of this i've inform my colleagues. of this and there are a couple of other things that i'd like to clear the site with but i want to thank the people of new england i'm so humble that the day to day whilst walking round the. table and i don't want. other sneaking suspicions on the device for

is affair with a former staffer a shocking error of judgment barnaby joyce retaliated calling his comments inept so that relationship really deteriorated but now they're hoping for a fresh start with the election both michael mccormack as national's leader and deputy leader of the country he says that he wants to focus on uniting his team and on building teamwork and on really bringing back the focus to governing and keeping the opposition labor party out of government who had been really enjoying the spectacle of the last three weeks. church leaders in occupied east jerusalem have closed the holiest site in christianity in response to what they call discrimination by the israeli government managers of the church of the holy several believed to be the site of the crucifixion and the resurrection of jesus christ around green proposed tax plans harry forsett reports the chance to experience sunday mass of the place where they believe christ rose from the dead draws pilgrims from around the world to the church of the holy sepulcher but this sunday the greek orthodox armenian and

is affair with a former staffer a shocking error of judgment barnaby joyce retaliated calling his comments inept so that relationship really deteriorated but now they're hoping for a fresh start with the election oath michael mccormack as nationals leader and deputy leader of the country he says that he wants to focus on uniting his team and on building up teamwork and on really bringing back the focus to governing and keeping the opposition labor party out of government who have been really enjoying the spectacle of the last three weeks the german chancellor angela merkel has unveiled her pick for a new coalition cabinet as she gets ready to begin a full term in power she's given her toughest critics from within a room christian democratic party the role of health secretary thirty seven year old yens spawn wants the party to take a more conservative focus than mrs merkel centrist approach other fresh faces of also being offered positions in a sign that she has heeded calls to revive the party. the former taliban prime minister silvio berlusconi has addressed hundreds of suppo

australia's deputy prime minister barnaby joyce announced that he will step down as leader of the nationals deputy prime minister. his resignation came amid allegations of sexual harassment and controversy over an affair with an aide, who's now pregnant. it is quite evident that you can't get to the dispatch box while issues like that are surrounding it. i can't enter into any discussions around. it is going to the courts, it is going to the courts. on monday morning at the party room i will step down as the leader of the national party and deputy prime rest of australia. that is pretty clear. our correspondent hywel griffith joins me now from sydney. was he jumped or did was hejumped or did he- he did not seem to have much choice. was hejumped or did he- he did not seem to have much choicelj think in the end his position had become untenable, after more than a fortnight a very bad headlines for barnabyjoyce, fortnight a very bad headlines for barnaby joyce, and italy fortnight a very bad headlines for barnabyjoyce, and italy over his extramarital affair and his former aide becoming pregna

australia has a new deputy prime minister after weeks of mounting pressure forced barnaby joyce to quit he's been replaced by veterans affairs minister michael mccormack the conservative joyce campaigned on family values and came under fire when it was revealed he had an extramarital affair with his press secretary he also faces a sexual harassment complaint. has moved from sydney. where the government is now hoping that it can move on from the toxicity and the sniping back and forth between the two parties who make up the governing coalition you've got to remember that the coalition is the most successful political arrangement in a strange post-war period and neither side wanted to see that arrangement derailed the prime minister malcolm turnbull had been calling barnaby joyce is affair with a former staffer a shocking error of judgment barnaby joyce retaliated calling his comments inept so that relationship really deteriorated but now they're hoping for a fresh start with the election both mark mccormack nationals leader and deputy leader of the country he says that he wants to focus

but well he these are matters for barnaby joyce to reflect on in regards. comments by the national a comments by the prime minister yesterday at his press conference . i've have to say that in many instances they were. there was a cause for the harm i believe they were in many instances inept and most definitely in many instances unnecessary. to mexico now with the government is trying to confirm if two bodies have been discovered and those of kidnapped federal police officers the agents from a special unit went missing ten days ago from ny out it states on the pacific coast they later appeared in an online video surrounded by heavily armed masked men john heilemann has more from mexico city. the video first began circulating at the start of the week and it's to federal agents on their knees and surrounded by armed men they were forced to read a statement made up of that he's ations about the treatment of people by mexican security forces. actions like dropping kidnapping and disappearing people with the respect to meet their women or children in the video

australia's embattled deputy prime minister barnaby joyce has resigned after revelations of an affair with a former staff member joyce will step down from the cabinet but will remain in parliament safeguarding the government's one seat majority joyce who had campaigned on family values and left his marriage of twenty four years and is expecting a child with his former media secretary he also faces the former sexual her of formal sorry sexual harassment complaint which he which has been referred to the police now the scandal led to a falling out with the prime minister malcolm turnbull but i will say is that on monday morning at the party room i will step down as the leader of the national party and deputy prime minister of the stroke now of an informed the acting prime minister mathias cormann of this i've been for my colleagues. of this and there are a couple of other things that i'd like to clearly say the i want to thank the people of new england i'm so humbled that the day to day was whilst walking round the. table and i don't want to. either sneaking suspicion some and inviting b

joyce's affair with a former staffer a shocking error of judgment barnaby joyce retaliated calling his comments inept so that relationship really deteriorated but now they're hoping for a fresh start with the election both michael mccormack as nationals leader and deputy leader of the country he says that he wants to focus on uniting his team and on building teamwork and on really bringing back the focus to governing and keeping the opposition labor party out of government who have been really enjoying the spectacle of the last three weeks. the court in egypt turns frozen the assets of a prominent opposition figure accused of having contact with the outlawed muslim brotherhood former presidential candidate abdel moneim aboul fotouh was arrested on february fourteenth after calling for a boycott of next month's presidential election he has his own political party and has distanced himself from the muslim brotherhood for years bullfighter appeared on al-jazeera earlier this month where he was critical of the egyptian president. the philippines is celebrating the country's return to democ

prime minister resigned as the scandal enveloping barnaby joyce includes his affair with a former staffer and a sexual harassment complaint that has dominated australian headlines for. the messaging that's not keeping up with current. shares plunged to reality star colleague tweets she no longer uses snatch. plus mexican acting. makes a splash of the berlin film festival he's here for the screening of his latest movie. inspired by the most famous heist in mexican history. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us. russia is blocking a u.n. security council resolution that is trying to bring a cease fire to eastern ghouta on the edge of the syrian capital damascus russia has put forward a raft of amendments and a boat has been delayed until later today syrian government forces are bombarding eastern ghouta and the u.n. chief antonio. terrorist has called all call the situation hell on earth human rights watchers say government shelling has killed more than four hundred people since sunday including many children it's one of the bloodiest episodes in syria's seven year called flicked.

let's move on to the abc, focusing as they would on barnabyjoyce, abc, focusing as they would on barnaby joyceing as they would on barnabyjoyce, whose time is up, it feels. he has had quite a time of things. here he is, he has a child on the way with his new girlfriend, he has left his family. now he has allegations, which he flatly dull eyes —— denies, now he is stepping down the. four children in his family, 21 year long marriage. 0ne of the crucial issues here that the world is looking at is some of the trips he has taken. he has taken trips, this is speculation, about what he was spending taxpayers money on when he took the strips and what he was doing with the staffs, carss park that he has now partnered with. —— staff. now he has stepped down and they have taken a stand against this but it is interesting watching the stories unfold, you had michael fallon in the uk. a defence secretary. inappropriate behaviour. nothing more. what we are seeing is this cascading of this issue throughout the world and it was this harvey weinstein story that really start of this campaign and it is just not

of the other stories making headlines around the world today australia's deputy prime minister barnaby joyce has announced his resignation joyce has been under sustained pressure to resign after releve revelations of an affair with his former staff member who is now pregnant with his child came to light. nigerian authorities say the schoolgirls who were unaccounted for following a boko haram attack on monday are still missing this comes after earlier reports suggested that some of them had been rescued dozens of girls from state run boarding school in a state are thought to have been abducted by the extremists. and haiti has suspended oxfam great britain's operations in the country for two months pending an investigation into alleged sexual misconduct the move followed reports that. held sex parties with prostitutes during relief efforts after a devastating earthquake in twenty town. donald trump's former campaign aides paul metaphors and rick gates are facing fresh charges in the rush of pro they've already pleaded not guilty to indictments for money laundering and fraud comes a week after

after a public spat between the prime minister malcolm turnbull and his deputy prime minister barnaby joyce joyce is refusing to resign over an affair with a staff member which has been deemed a shocking error of judgment by mr turnbull on thursday prime minister turnbull banned sexual relationships between members of parliament this time off after learning joyce's former press secretary is now pregnant fun to be has acknowledged his fault. he's era his grief about his conduct he has to consider his own position obviously. but well he these are matters for barnaby joyce to reflect on in regards. comments by the national a comments by the prime minister yesterday's press conference. i've have to say that in many instances they were. there was a cause for the harm i believe they were in many instances inept and most definitely in many instances unnecessary. people around the world have been celebrating the lunar new year ushering in the year of the dog this was the scene in the lazio as thousands celebrated with prayers at but his temples in australia vacation was marked at the sydney opera h

this crisis is one reason it is a problem like barnaby joyce the other reason is that tony abbott was prime minister of the fall malcolm oakum john boat. was coming up but tony abbott is still fighting most of the on will tony abbott is really a big problem for the on books and some people expect that abbott will be prime minister in future again. thanks for talking with the state of his day to have on that talking to us from sydney now let's catch up on some other stories making headlines around the world today the dutch parliament has recognised the massacre of up to one point five million armenians as genocide this contradicts the dutch government's official position on the killings the massacre was carried out by the ottoman empire during world war one turkey denies any genocide took place. former trump campaign a whole metaphor and rick gates are facing fresh charges in the russia probe they've already pleaded not guilty to indictments for money laundering and fraud it comes a week after a special counsel robert miller charged thirteen russians with meddling in the u.s. president

is affair with a former staffer a shocking error of judgment barnaby joyce retaliated calling his comments inept so that relationship really deteriorated but now they're hoping for a fresh start with the election both michael mccormack as national's leader and deputy leader of the country he says that he wants to focus on uniting his team and on building teamwork and on really bringing back the focus to governing in keeping the opposition labor party out of government who had been really enjoying the spectacle of the last three weeks. thousands of people have demonstrated in brussels against the belgian government's migration policy on more. protests as accuse the government of a hardline approach on migrant someone migration state sex trade frank and to be sacked earlier this year the government has rolled by a scandal of the force from the pouch ration of one hundred people to war torn suit on some of those deported say they were tortured on their return to the country. former italian prime minister silvio berlusconi is addressed hundreds of his supporters of his forza itali

is affair with a former staffer was a shocking error of judgment barnaby joyce retaliated saying that those comments were inept so now the two parties that make up the governing coalition are hoping for a fresh start with the election of michael mccormack and he certainly indicated that he wants to create a closer relationship with the liberal party he said that he wants to focus on uniting his team and teamwork after so many weeks of disarray he also said he wants to get back to the business of governing and of keeping the opposition labor party out of government which laura i have to say have really enjoyed capitalizing on the spectacle of the last three weeks i can imagine them reporting from sydney thanks very much. because of a says in south africa a growing increasingly concerned over the use of endangered species for traditional medicines that animals used by hill as being openly sold in local markets despite strict rules against it tanya page reports from johannesburg. these traders are suspicious of strangers but not so afraid that they'll stop what they're doing any day

but he these are matters for barnaby joyce to reflect on in regards. comments by the national a comments by the prime minister yesterday's press conference. i have to say that in many instances they were. there was a cause for the harm i believe they were in many instances inept. and most definitely in many instances unnecessary well supporters coming up on the al-jazeera news are. underwater can find out how this lucky moment turned a quick thinking spectator a very big bonus. he's. facing the realities of growing up when did you realize that you were living in a special place a so-called secret city getting to the heart of the matter why is activists to live in jail just because she expressed herself hear their story on talk to al-jazeera at this time in. the. light of her life. i am doing this for the benefit of saddam people. so they see the importance of the our guys. who witness documentaries that open your eyes. at this time on al-jazeera. arabic. welcome back it's time for sports history. thanks very much well for the first time in more than fi

to australia and done to be joyce did not take them into care and tying or something like that barnaby joyce decided that these dogs have to be deported and that's what they did that we had what they had to do what the authorities had to do that's not very well known outside of address australia but you're not all the people everybody remembers the situation and i must admit i remember we reported that to the state to have done their reporting from sydney thank you so much. now to some other stories making headlines around the world today nigerian authorities say the schoolgirls who were unaccounted for following a boko haram attack on monday are still missing this comes after early reports suggesting that some of them had been rescued dozens of girls from a state run boarding school in. the state are thought to have been abducted by extremists. haiti has suspended oxfam great britain's operations in the country for two months pending an investigation into alleged sexual misconduct the move follows reports that staff held sex parties with prostitutes during relief efforts for a devastating e

these are matters for barnaby joyce to reflect on. in regards. comments by the national comments by the prime minister yesterday's press conference. i have to say that in many instances they were. there was a cause for the harm i believe they were in many instances inept and most definitely in many instances unnecessary australia's former prime minister kevin rudd has softened his stance on the tough immigration policy he introduced in twenty thirteen he's told al-jazeera he never intended refugees to be kept in offshore prison camps for as long as they have been under thomas reports from the australian capital canberra. most refugees held on man a silent in papua new guinea were sent in twenty thirteen so this year most will mark five years in what they call australia's remote island prison that particular word isn't used in a report by a regional protection officer for the united nations high commissioner for refugees but after a visit to mannus his language is just as strong he found a pervasive and worsening sense of despair among refugees an

australis embattled deputy prime minister barnaby joyce has resigned after revelations of an extramarital affair with a former staff member joyce will step down from cabinet but will remain in parliament safeguarding the government's one seat majority the politician who campaigned on family values left his marriage of twenty four years and is is expecting a child with his former media secretary he also faces formal sexual harassment complaints which have been referred to the police those weather headlines more news in thirty minutes next knowledge as there are rebel geeks to stay with us. once held in one of australia's toughest detention centers now a world renowned surgeon want to win his followers dr moon. has returns to his hometown baghdad to give up beauties the hope of walking again at this time on al-jazeera digital technology he says that on this intimacy and he's mentally and even longer not. even a t.c.g. billions of calculations in our pockets it seems he discovered and he didn't mention. in which everything in our lines can be increased and tracked and intend its money. and h

government as the deputy prime minister refused to resign over an affair with a female staff member barnaby joyce blasted prime minister malcolm turnbull's condemnation of his behavior as inapt joyce is a married father of four who had an affair with his former press secretary who is now pregnant. it is the first day of the chinese a lunar new year in sunny beijing thousands of people visited a towers temple to pray for good luck many also taking part in other customers that are supposed to bring good fortune like throwing coins at a bell underneath a bridge. well south africa's new president cyril ramaphosa will be giving a state of the nation address later today is expected to lay out his plans for reviving the country after the jacob zuma europe now he's already promised to tackle corruption one of the key issues that brought down his predecessor but with the country's economy struggling he could face a tough job living up to all the optimism of his inauguration i didn't plan. now. paul said on that in part we got some of the thanks the moment the nation had been waiting for the new leader pro

australia's deputy prime minister barnaby joyce is to australia's deputy prime minister barnabyjoyceto resign from his post and athlete of the national party. he has admitted an affair with a member of staff and has faced allegations of sexual harassment, which he denies. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. this programme, like so many others in the churn of 24/7 news, tends to focus on people and places facing problems and challenges. more often than not we hold the powerful to account for things that went wrong, not right. are we missing the bigger picture about the world we live in? my guest today, the psychologist and writer, steven pinker, certainly thinks so. his new book, enlightenment now, is a paean to human progress driven just how convincing are his reasons to be cheerful? steven pinker welcome to hardtalk. thank you. this idea of the enlightenment is very dear to your heart. can you briefly, if you will, just capture for me what you mean by the enlightenment. it refers to the intellectual movement in the second half of the 18th century that

it all to me led to barnaby joyce's downfall. he resigned last week. haidi: returning from his u.s.ping for a reset comes to the coalition. a quick check of the headlines. germany says the $9 billion state is within regulations and there is no way to -- no need to invoke foreign trade. the dealmaker's founder and chairman leading shareholder here for the largest investment by a chinese company in an overseas automaker. a second deal with china. factory new mercedes meeting rising demand for its cars and auto market. much more ahead on "daybreak: australia. ♪ here. it is 9:30 market's are opening with a little bit of positivity. i'm haidi lun in sydney. betty: i'm betty liu in new york. it is dreary today. you are watching "daybreak: australia." it is pretty much raining all around. china is set to repeal existing limits on the presidency to allow the president to remain in power beyond 2023. it would remove the only formal barrier to him staying in power indefinitely. drive to calm the property market is working. prices excluding pricing climbed to 52, compared to 57 in december. th

government as a deputy prime minister refused to resign over an affair with a female staff member barnaby joyce blasted prime minister malcolm turnbull's condemnation of his behavior as in net joyce's a marriage father for who had an affair with his former press secretary she's now pregnant. you're watching the debate is coming up ahead wes anderson's new film i love dogs openings this is bill in film festival was it a pretty agree picture or a lot of a movie after the critic has the verdict. but first to monica for business news in germany's ongoing problems with dirty fuels yeah and a very strange solution could be just around the corner there should german taxpayers foot the bill for the update of air polluting diesel costs and government advisors argue in favor of the idea it would see owners of affected cost receive an incentive to have the modified and at the same time relieve comedy because from their responsibility to bear the costs for the necessary conversion germany is under pressure from the european union because the nitrogen oxide emissions in many cities are too high cost with di

they've been married for twenty four years and he's four daughters so it was news to them as well barnaby joyce came out and said look this is a private matter between me and my family please treated as such but it seems to merge that they could be used to misconduct around here because often vicki campion left ivana b. joyce's office she went to work for two of his ministerial colleagues in high paying jobs all while the affair was allegedly taking place the relegation shit wasn't declared as is required by the ministerial code of conduct and bonamy joyce says that's because when she was working for me and for my colleagues we weren't pot is at the time but we are now so that's leading to questions as to whether he is really telling the truth and it's also put the code of conduct in a bit of a gray area what constitutes a pot so that could be why the prime minister has banned six between politicians and the office which you might imagine already would be the case but it seems like it was and it seems have been of the joyce's comments have come back to haunt him well that's right people are cal

news just coming out of australia now where the deputy prime minister barnaby joyce has said that he'll resign as leader of the national party now it comes after weeks of pressure over an extramarital affair with his former media secretary his party is the junior partner in prime minister malcolm turnbull's center right coalition government joyce is keeping his seat in parliament protecting turnbull's a fragile one seat majority while staying in the country and australian company is turning a lake into one of the world's largest batteries the move could boost investment in renewable power generation and reduce australia's over dependence on coal under thomas reports now from tel bingo it all straight is that we mountains the plan is to turn this reservoir into a giant rich battery the hills would be it's casing the water itself the battery stored power. this standard hydroelectric scheme in australia snowy mountains already catches snow melt in rainwater and uses it to spin turbines to make electricity the new so-called pump hydro scheme is different it would take the water that's alrea

malcolm webb al-jazeera come parlor uganda after weeks of pressure australia's deputy prime minister barnaby joyce is stepping down but he'll remain in parliament to keep the coalition governments one seat majority the conservative leader campaigned on family values but he's come under fire since it was revealed he'd had an extramarital affair with his press secretary he faces a separate sexual harassment complaint which he has referred to police. i have asked that that be referred to the police i've asked for the lot of the person who's made the allegation and i've asked for bharat of defense to be referred to the police. but it's quite evident that you can't go to the dispatch box why she's like that surrounding so our candidate into any discussions about that as you understand if it's going to be before the courts come before the courts but what what i will say is that on monday morning at the party room i will step down as the leader of the national party and deputy prime minister of the stroke but in cook is a senior lecturer of global politics at murdoch university in perth he says despite b

hasustralia, barnaby joyce quit over a sex scandal. he was having an affair with his former media advisor. breachedto report see ministerial guidelines. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries, this is bloomberg. thank you for that. we are awaiting president trump's speech at cpac moments from now. there is the podium. he will talk about north korea and gun control. we will bring it to you live with context. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: from new york, i'm a vonnie quinn. nejra: i'm nejra cehic. this is bloomberg markets. it's time for the bloomberg business flash. mills is adding natural dog and cat food to a portfolio that includes haagen-dazs and cheerios. for will buy blue buffalo $8 billion. they been snapping up makers of organic foods. they have agreed to sell its insurance business to phoenix group. it is $4.5 billion. part of the price is a stake in phoenix. they want to focus on asset management. pimco says it's a good time to buy government bonds. growthe intere

certainly casts even a darker shadow on the administration australis embattled deputy prime minister barnaby joyce has resigned after revelations of an extramarital affair with a former staff member joyce will start cabinet but will remain in parliament safeguarding the government's one seat majority joyce who had come pain don't family values left his marriage of twenty four years and is expecting a child with his former media secretary he also faces a formal sexual harassment complaint which has been referred to the police. now brazil's military has raided a prison in rio de janeiro after the senate signed a decree putting the army in charge of the city security a riot broke out of the prison on sunday with inmates complaining of overcrowding the decision to take over rio's policing is part of a security intervention to restore law and order brazil's federal government hopes the move will curb violence driven by drugs gangs those were the headlines marty dentists here in half an hour with more news next on to their. one of the. ear of the. world a listener one of. the. most of them because your

he will succeed barnaby joyce.he sex scandal that led to the joyce's resignation has hit the coalition. the opposition labor party has 54%. we will all work together because that is what professional party members do. i would like to thank all the party members. -- i want tosure make sure that everyone knows. we have a huge challenge ahead of us. stephen: china's drug to cool the property market continues to work with home prices rising and fewer cities in january. housing climbed in 52 of 70 to 57 andmpared december -- in december. the government is ramping up rental supply. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm stephen engle. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: thanks for that. china is repealing term limits that would allow xi jinping to rule indefinitely. what does this tell us about president xi's strengthened his admission? it certainly reinforces the idea that has been around for some time, the president xi is determined to extend his term, beyond t

deputy prime minister after winning his party leadership contest it follows the resignation of barnaby joyce who quit last week over an extramarital affair scandal it threatened to damage ties between the parties and australia's governing coalition. well one of the holiest sites in christianity has closed its doors to visitors amidst a growing feud between the church leaders and israeli authorities the church of the holy sepulcher is where christians believe jesus was buried and that church leaders in jerusalem say they've closed it to protest new tax policies and a proposed new property law which they're calling a land grab by the israeli state has more. barring access to christianity's holiest site. this wrist step was a necessary act of protest church leaders sit in front of the church's shuttered doors they denounced a new bill being considered by israeli lawmakers calling it a further attempt to weaken christianity in jerusalem. the systematic campaign of folk music to see bridges bridges you know it's the size that is to be no this is the. third. group are these issues why would there

australia has a new deputy prime minister after weeks of mounting pressure forced barnaby joyce to leave the role he's been replaced by the veterans affairs minister michael mccormack the conservative joyce campaigned on family values and came under fire when it was revealed he had an extramarital affair with his press secretary he also faces a sexual harassment complaint. the body of the bollywood superstar st devotee is due back in india today from dubai the fifty four year old who starred in more than one hundred films died suddenly of a heart attack at a family wedding on saturday those are the headlines the news continues after a go back to rewind by. the mom wallerstein mohammed lives modestly here in chicago he became the head of the nation of islam when his father in law died in one thousand nine hundred seventy five wallenstein persuaded most of the nation to adopt mainstream islam and he changed the nation's name to the world community of islam in the west there were some very startling new ideas. already arizona has the ethnic tell us about some of the it was a myth and this d

astray as deputy prime minister barnaby joyce is stepping down after weeks of pressure the conservative leader campaigned on family values but has come under fire. it was revealed that he had an extramarital affair with his press secretary joyce is also in the media to stop reporting on his strange wife and new partner. that it's absolutely important it's incredibly important to be a circuit breaker not just for the parliament but more importantly that to be a circuit breaker of the day he would be a circuit breaker for my unborn child if you're a circuit breaker for my daughters and to be a circuit breaker of the net it's got to stop it has got to stop and it's not fair on them. politics at murdoch university and he says that despite being relatively popular figure. could not withstand the pressure from scandals. i think he was hyping it things would die down the people would get tired of of to repeating it the media would start circling him is that i've been doing over the last weeks but it's just a show no signs and it's clearly a distraction for the government that's part of the rea

australia's deputy prime minister barnaby joyce a has announced his resignation joyce had been under sustained pressure to resign after revelations of an affair with his former staff member came to light while now new allegations of sexual harassment against him have emerged in brussels e.u. leaders have been meeting to decide how to fill the multi billion euro hole in the budget that will be left after britain leaves well britain has agreed to keep paying its share worth at least ten billion euros a year until twenty twenty but the other members were divided over how to deal with the a budget shortfall after that. three national leaders on a mission to solve how the e.u. will plug the post brick said funding gap should it be done via cutbacks redeployment of finances or should the richer member states pay higher contributions germany's chancellor angela merkel has already made it clear that berlin is prepared to increase its membership fee but the netherlands and austria are against the idea of rich countries paying more. niche to foreign used what we do not want is an ever increasi

relations with staff this follows a highly publicized office affair between the deputy prime minister barnaby joyce and his former press secretary she's due to give birth to their child in april joyce has survived motions to fire him but his marriage hasn't weathered the controversy and turnbull accused his deputy of making a shocking error of judgement and said such behavior was simply not acceptable i'm not here to to moralize but we must recognise that what ever may have been acceptable or to which a blind eye was turned in the past today in two thousand and eighteen it is not acceptable for a minister to have a sexual relationship with somebody who works for them it is a very bad workplace practice and everybody knows that no good comes of it. millions of chinese around the world are celebrating the start of a new lunar year twenty eight seen will be the year of the dog chinese horoscope say that those born in the same zodiac year face badly a top world leader is among them adrian brown reports. it stop time of year when china becomes a nation in motion few places busier than beijing's railway

government as the deputy prime minister refused to resign over an affair with a female staff member barnaby joyce blasted prime minister malcolm turnbull's condemnation of his behavior as inapt joyce's a married father of four who had an affair with his former president terry she is now pregnant. it's to south africa now and that country's new president cyril ramaphosa will give a state of the nation address today is expected to lay out his plans for reviving the country after the jacob zuma era he's already promised to tackle corruption one of the key issues that brought down his predecessor but with the country's economy struggling he could face a tough job living up to the optimism of his inauguration i didn't plan. the only. post. that paul said on that in part we got some of the thanks the moment the nation had been waiting for the new leader promising a break from the past was the issues that you have it's issues that have to do with corruption issues of how we can straighten out our state owned enterprises and how we do with states kept is issues that are on our radar screen and i would tr

in australia, barnaby joyce has quit over a sexed scandal.ng a next her merit all fail -- extramarital affair. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am taylor riggs. this is bloomberg. francine: thank you so much. mayon to brexit and theresa held an eight hour brexit session with top ministers yesterday in an attempt to win unanimous backing for her e.u. divorce plan. pricing in an 84% -- up from 51% earlier this month. joining us, sony kapoor and still with us on fx, david bloom. sony, welcome to the program. david, thank you for sticking around. brexit, this is like a massive troll from the brussels -- the commission. our -- even before they stop meeting at checkers, the commission already started tweeting out your proposals are no good for us. sony: one of the two negotiating parties has to be the in a -- the adult in the room and thus far, the commission has been the only one. francine: they have just been saying no to everything. sony: they have been very clear right from

to date with some other stories making news around the want australia's deputy prime minister barnaby joyce has announced his resignation joyce has been under sustained pressure to resign after revelations of an affair with his former staff member came to light now new allegations of sexual harassment against him have emerged. nigerian party said the school guns who were unaccounted for following boko haram attack on monday are still missing and this comes after only reports suggested that some of them had been rescued dozens of goods from the state drawn boarding school in you'll be state awful to have been abducted by extremists. haiti has suspended oxfam great britain's operations in the country for two months pending an investigation into alleged sexual misconduct the move followed reports that oxfam staff held sex bodies and sexually abused women during relief efforts for a devastating earthquake in two thousand and ten. former trump campaign aide support manifolds and rick gates are facing fresh charges in the russia probe they've already pleaded not guilty to indictments for money la

australia's deputy prime minister barnaby joyce has announced he's stepping down from that position and as leader of the conservative national party catholic father of four joyce is facing a string of scandals including an extramarital affair with a former secretary under an official complaint of sexual harassment. nash. death toll on the rise citizens of eastern good to have no place to hide it may day five of aerial bombardment from the assad regime shelling reaches a new level of intensity as the united nations security council debates calls for action i'm sorry kelly in berlin this is the day. the. three hundred kids own pull off an entirely predictable i'm sensible humanitarian to solve the problem for the for our own. kids to prove anything the current generation to this future report from the new movement on the city's neighborhoods to pick.