sydney and canberra, record temperatures in canberra, parts of new south wales, catastrophic fire dangerange later in the weekend. also into monday. those really extreme temperatures start to come down a little bit. in europe, a lot of high pressure, fairly quiet weather, further south, low pressure and farfrom weather, further south, low pressure and far from quiet, weather, further south, low pressure and farfrom quiet, particularly southern part of portugal, especially into south—west spain. the canary especially into south—west spain. the ca nary islands especially into south—west spain. the canary islands also, big holiday destination, and you can get some gorgeous weather but over the weekend, some storms moving through and strong winds. it is flip—flops and strong winds. it is flip—flops and umbrellas. the nice weather will come back. these are the temperatures on sunday. cold air is still in place in scandinavia. paris getting milder. top temperature 10 degrees on sunday. this is saturday in the uk and these are some rain and sleet and snow showers coming in for some of us. the e

temperatures for sydney and canberra come down a little on sunday into monday.he attention. this weather system in the north—west of africa. in the centre, it is about to turn things much better and windier. into morocco, but also for anybody travelling to the canary islands, there will be stormy conditions on there will be stormy conditions on the way. that is through the weekend into the start of next week. this is a low pressure area pushing its way further south. it is going to pull into portugal with some heavy rain and parts of spain as well. another one in the central mediterranean producing really rough seas around that with copious amount of rain falling in parts of italy, and also sardinia and sicily. two big areas of low pressure. notice they are a long way south of the uk where, here, what has been established is a cold easterly wind with plenty of cloud and some snow flurries or snow showers. in fact the potential for seeing just a light covering of snow here and there is increasing in the next couple of days. friday, west is best for any sunshine,

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the u-s embassay in canberra confirms four american tourists were killed in the crash. the plane's australian pilot also died. take a look at look massive cloud of smoke. the charter plane crashed shortly after take off.. landing on a shopping mall in melbourne around nine o'clock local time. the mall is right next to the airport. the shopping center hadn't opened yet, so no one outside the plane was hurt. we know two of the american victims were friends from texas on a golf trip. the other two have not been identified yet. new overnight, people in whittier, california are mourning the loss of a local police officer. hundreds of people attended a candlelight vigil last night in honor of officer keith boyer. he was killed yesterday morning while investigating a traffic accident. police say a gang member recently released from jail killed his cousin, stole his cousin's car, then hit another car. when police arrived, the suspect allegedly opened fire, wounding one officer and killing officer boyer. the suspect was injured when police returned fire. he and the wounded offic

he keeps making these kind of mistakes, it will undermine the relationship between washington and canberra. >> in addition, trump's dumping of the trans-pacific partnership agreement is making some observers worry with the austraralia/u.s. relations goal. kieran watson, nhk world, sydney. >>> the u.n. is preparing to draw up a treaty to ban nuclear weapons. the general assembly is expected to begin negotiations next month. the first preparatory session was attended by representatives from the nuclear powers china and india. there was also a delegation from austria, which led talks in december. paving the way for the treaty. not attended were the two largest nuclear powersrs, rusus and the u.u.s., as well as japa which relies on u.s. nuclear deterrence. costa ricann disarmament envoy elaine white was elected as president of the conference. >> we're going to work in an open mooner in order to to achieve results everyone can accept. >> rules were drafted, including nongovernmental associations to join the party. white will draw up a framework for negotiations beginning in march. >>> nhk "news

keeps making these kinds of mistakes, it will undermine the relationship between washington and canberra. >> reporter: in addition, trump's stumping of the transpacific partnership agreement is making some observers worried where the australian/u.s. relations go. kieran watson, nhk world, sydney. >>> in pakistan people mourn the victims of a massive bombing in a crowded shrine a day earlier. patchari raksawong has the details on that and other stories. >> 72 people were killed and more than 150 others wounded. the prime minister condemned the attack which was claimed by the islamic state militant group. the militants said they were targeting shiites. the sindh government has announced a three-day mourning period in the province after the blast which was the country's deadliest terrorist incident in two years. >> translator: all eyes are weeping. there wasn't proper security there. we have been telling the endowment department and the other officials that there was no security and that anything could happen at any time but nobody listened. and the perpetrators were able to take lives. >>

embassy here in canberra confirmed the deal would go ahead, had the confirmation from the state department white house but two hours later the u.s. president is tweeting he will look at this dumb deal and cast doubt on the arrangement. lot of confusion here. prime minister has certainly assured the people here that the deal will go ahead. says he has that assurance from the president himself. but i guess what we're seeing today is lot of chaos coming out of the united states and lot of subsequent uncertainty about the agreement that apparently was made between the two leaders over the weekend and bigger question of course what this means for the alliance. very dependable alliance. australia has been in every war with the united states since the second world war. based on shared values and commonalities and common interests. we have u.s. marines based in northern australia. seems extraordinary that this alliance would be so rocky so early on in the new president's term. makes you wonder how some of those other fragile alliances will go. it's just extraordinary, extraordinary thing to watch.

canberra. 0k, good. and what is 235 multiplied by 676? i think it's 158,860.the question, they really thought you were trying to avoid the questions. someone even said, had it been a man would it have been perceived differently? i think so. without becoming fully fledged echoborgs, we are already giving a voice to artificial intelligence everyday. through the algorithms guiding our news consumption, to our shopping habits and online searches, we‘re bringing al to life more and more. projects like the echoborg let us reflect on what this means for our a! future and perhaps even what it means to be human. where are the gadgets? 0h, play time was never like this in my day. i‘ve been taking a look at some of the latest toys hoping to light up the faces of children and grown—ups. and, inevitably, a few of them could be found at london‘s toy fair. this looks like a drone in a cage and that‘s because it is. it‘s also a proof of concept for a toy which is going to be available later this year. its inventor here is wearing this glove, which means you can control it via

in australia and sydney the major highway that connects sydney to cambra which is canberra which is washington dc.o camber as to length. you go back to the harbor bridge that was finished in 1932. as has eight lanes. eight and then the bridge has six lanes.ll bri and somehow we've gone back in time so now most of the major highways that are being builtbu have only two lanes on each side. it's incredible because there is no foresight no look at how things are going to grow or expand. and in america the psychology is is constantly about the future. it's one of the reasons why i'm so hopeful about america's continued prosperity and so confident about it.patr i think patriotism is the most underrated for two of our time. i think it's the most attacked virtue and has been attacked ever since the second world war. i guess the idea was that it was the fault of the were happening in nations doing awful and terrible things. i happen to think it was evil. i think the idea of letting your own country should be inherent. i think it's natural. i and it's beautiful. i love the hourly expression. i love all

they are free range, but canberra really they are not.oppers and farmers. —— temporarily, they are not. but before that, let us get the news, travel, and weather, wherever you are this morning. good morning. i'm asad ahmad. 50 years ago this year, homosexuality between men over the age of 21 was decriminalised. but a leading campaigner believes there's still more to be done when it comes to equality in london. these pictures show the first london gay pride march in 1972. now the charity, stonewall that campaigns gay and lesbian rights says they're fighting for all minority communities in london, to be equal. two friends from east london who set up a scheme to help vulnerable people in their local area say the idea has helped it show community spirit in london at its best. tracey groom and toni morris from dagenham set up the group, called "pay it forward" after being inspired by a hollwood film of the same name. they encourage people to donate basic items they no longer need to vulnerable people, and demand is soaring. it isn't just about