joining me now from canberra is azure hermies.tralian national university that�*s offering to return the blood samples taken from indigenous people. thank you forjoining us here. it is worth explaining, to put the story into context, why that blood was taken in the first place. absolutely. thank you for having me. the national university houses a collection of 7000 aboriginal blood samples collected from 35 communities across australia between the 1960s and 1990s but predominantly in the 1960s and 70s period. we are not sure what consent was taken at the time but given the political climate we don�*t think that consent was taken and the university is making a really big effort to go back and try to find all 7000 people to have a discussion about what is the next step? is it ok for us to keep the samples? should they be disposed of and if we do, can it be done in canberra we return them to country. titers; return them to country. very interesting. _ return them to country. very interesting. i— return them to country. very interesti

they were in two minds about canberra having the samples whether they were really wondering, so manyunity came up with the decision to not only have the samples returned but they allowed us to collect the dna first, collect the darter out of that dna before weaver turned all of the leftover blood and by—product so it was kind of having a best of both worlds solution for the community and the three millilitres of blood here is a real connection to a person but guide this of whether they are alive or passed away. with the community in particular they really have to think about what that meant seven m keeping three mills of blood may amend the spirit of that person had not moved onto the next world. they thought perhaps this is the reason why so many people were sick and that they were having so much bad luck in the community because they were being punished for the samples still being in in canberra here in australia. officials in california say the man who shot dead nine fellow employees at a rail yard in sanjose on wednesday had amassed an arms stockpile in his home which included a

network and it really noise dived last year when canberra demanded that there be an international inquiry into the origin of the pandemic and since then canberra has also been quite vocal and its in its criticisms of china's treatment of the wiggles and one wonders how long it will take for this relationship to be repaired because i was uses just suggested there is a short on a long long term impact to this sort of for a car. that's right and the major impact has been economic and this is significant because china is astray as biggest trading partner many exporters in australia will lie on china's gigantic market so china has responded by blocking many of the exports to china it's raised tariffs it's really significantly and put extra restrictions on for example australian wine beef and bali there had been also are numerous reports of australian pots being stuck at chinese ports just stating that with no formal reason given as to why they're not getting to chinese consumers as well although it is significant to knowledge that china does continue to import australian iron ore which is a re

political and economic relationship between the two countries have soured after canberra asked for anhe coronavirus. shaimaa khalil reports from the barossa valley in south australia. they have been making wine for 130 years and for more than a decade they have cultivated a strong relationship with china. this has changed dramatically over the past year. beijing imposed huge tariffs on australian wine and sales dried up. it australian wine and sales dried u . _ , , , up. it is terribly disappointing. l up. it is terribly i disappointing. we up. it is terribly - disappointing. we have up. it is terribly _ disappointing. we have made so much inroads into china over 15 years, relationships, people, it takes a long time to build. to suddenly hit a roadblock like this, unfortunately it is 15 years work down the drain. they said australia was creating unfair competition, something officials here have strongly denied. this is not just about wine. this is a pattern of aggressive chinese action that is hit other industries and hurt many exporters in the past few months. australian rock lobster

very live from canberra. good to have you with us. you're very good to have you with us.nation for our audience and me as well. the key thing about this is the dramatic rise of a woman to the top job paradoxically nearly scuppered by a system that was designed to help women in politics. what's going on? so this is a huge shift in samoa politics. 0fficials so this is a huge shift in samoa politics. officials not so this is a huge shift in samoa politics. 0fficials notjust having a woman on the precipice of having some mowers as a prime minister but just in terms of a change in government the human rights party is beenin government the human rights party is been in powerfor almost four years. the prime minister has been in for over 20. the last election day 190 for percent of the seas. just having a viable and credible opposition party let alone them being on the verge of winning office, this is quite unprecedented in its samoa politics. the case was around the appointment of a woman's mp which would've deprived the opposition party of a majority. and ironically stopped sam

, the conservative government in canberra that long—term supply may be put at risk because of geopoliticalh the way that china is acting, were you too naive and optimistic about china's trajectory? not at all. if you look at the history of our government, we had rolling disagreements with beijing about every conceivable thing. however, the manner in which we conducted our relationship with beijing at the time was professional, it was diplomatic, it was hardline, but we also managed to preserve the overall balance of the relationship. since then, of course, xi jinping has had a much greater period of time in office, he has become far more assertive than he was in the past and the australian government — the conservative government's response to the chinese has from time to time been measured, but at other times, frankly, has been rhetorical and shrill. what is your advice to companies and countries who want to do business with china but also want to raise these issues? well, the bottom line is it's always been a red line for china. i've had many, many disagreements with china on human right

freeze and it doesn't look like it's going to improve anytime soon and it follows the decision by canberra to toss out an agreement with the victorian state government one of the states in australia with beijing under china's belt and road initiative and we also know that australia is currently mulling over scrapping the 99 year lease of the chinese guy of the northern port to a chinese company and that lease is worth $318000000.00 and it's now many exporters in australia rely on china's gigantic market so china has responded by blocking many of the exports to china it's raised carrots it's really significantly and put extra restrictions on for example strongly in wine beef and bali that had been also are numerous reports of australian pots being stuck at chinese ports just stating that with no formal reason given as to why they're not getting to chinese consumers as well although it is significant to knowledge that china does continue to import australian iron ore which is a resource that it badly needs but this is not the 1st time that china has used its economic might to essentially pen

now that monday morning frost is now a memory things have warmed up considerably that was in canberra and generally speaking in sas despite the fact the weather is coming up from the southwest is nothing like as cold you've got temperatures very tight in 19 and 24 x. sherry in western australia 24 was to purchase the seasonal rains continue a line through japan to china will wave up and down for the next few weeks the heaviest stuff is that being chinese and has been recently will be again and with this totally incoming monsoon it usually generates something ahead of a tropical cyclone and that's certainly what we've got now that massive swirling cloud is indeed a tropical cyclone that's where it's been your quite close the coast in go up but it certainly affected everywhere down towards the side so from carol up towards go there was rain strong winds trees fell down there's been some physical damage on the beaches as well of course a vast amount of rain and yes at least 6 deaths i'm aware of the trouble is worse to come because whilst this is affected the edge the edge of india it's

these 2 governments met under this dialogue was in 2017 and this announcement follows a decision by canberra to cancel an agreement between the victorian government which is a state of government in australia engaging under the belting road initiative late last month and also at the moment it's really is currently mulling over scrapping the 99 year lease of one of its ports in the north of australia with a chinese company which is worth about $380000000.00 now beijing has accused a stray leader of engaging in a cold war mentality as you mention says that camera has shown no signs of wanting this relationship to improve and its key because and china have traditionally been quite close china is a strays biggest trading partner but things really started to take a turn in 2018 when it's really became the 1st government to ban huawei that is the chinese technology company from being involved in australia's 5 g. network due to security concerns and things really took a nosedive last year when kamber called when an international inquiry to the origins of the pandemic and since then things really ha

canberra's controversial deportation of new zealanders convicted of crimes, including children, has strainedto taking the trash out. it remains a very sore point between these trans—tasman cousins. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. the headlines on bbc news... 0pposition politicians in israel are moving closer to forming a new government and removing the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, from power. the head of the group which represents nhs trusts in england has told the bbc that hospitals are still under pressure and there must be an open debate about plans for a further easing of restriction. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, hello and welcome to sportsday. let's start with number asi because she's been fine and future majors if she's been fine and future majors if she fails to make her media commitments. the world number two the tea but didn't attend the post—match press conference. she announced last week that she would boycott meaty while in paris to raise awareness of players well—being. forthe raise awareness of players well—being. for the addition of a one rob

freeze and it doesn't look like it's going to improve anytime soon and it follows the decision by canberra to toss out an agreement with the victorian state government one of the states in australia with beijing under china's belt and road initiative and we also know that australia is currently mulling over scrapping the 99 year lease of the chinese guy of a northern port to a chinese company and that lease is worth $318000000.00 and it's now many exporters in australia rely on china's gigantic market so china has responded by blocking many of the exports to china it's raised tariffs it's really significantly and put extra restrictions on for example strongly in wine beef and bali there had been also are numerous reports of australian pots being stuck at chinese ports just stating that with no formal reason given as to why they're not getting to chinese consumers as well although it is significant to knowledge that china does continue to import australian iron ore which is a resource that it badly needs but this is not the 1st time that china has used its economic might to essentially pena

canberra's controversial deportation of new zealanders convicted of crimes, including children, has strainedhe policy to taking the trash out. it remains a very sore point between these trans—tasman cousins. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. a new nationalflagship is to be commissioned by the government in a bid to boost british trade and industry overseas. the royal navy vessel — which will cost a reported £200 million and be in service for 30 years — would be used to host trade fairs and diplomatic meetings. it will be the successor to the royal yacht britannia, which was retired in 1997. lord ricketts is the former british ambassador to france and national security adviser, he's now a crossbench peer. he told me he believes its not worth the cost. colossal waste of money, because i don't think it's at all relevant to the way that modern business and modern contracts are negotiated. the government says it wants britain to be a science and technology superpower, which is great, but i don't think the corporate bosses of the world's great high—tech companies and financial companies are going to

the foreign minister canberra seeks a constructive relationship with beijing and is open and consistent about its china challenges. tensions have escalated after australia accused china of human rights abuses and calls for an inquiry into the origins of covid-19. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg. shery: still ahead, alibaba posts its first quarterly loss in nine years after paying a record find to beijing. we will assess if the regulators are firmly in the rearview mirror. plus, a big interview with airbnb after bookings beat estimates in the last quarter. ceo brian chesky joins later. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: shares of alibaba slumped more than 6% in new york after posing -- after posting its first loss in nine years. our chief north asia correspondent is looking at all the results. what jumped out at you in this release? >> the revenue projections and the revenue numbers came in better than expected. that was good, but it was not enough to

canberra's controversial deportation of new zealanders convicted of crimes, including children, has strainedaking the trash out. it remains a very sore point between these trans—tasman cousins. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. more than 100 long—tailed macaque monkeys that were being illegally smuggled in the back of a pickup truck have been rescued in thailand. a field hospital has been set up to treat 80 of them. you may find some of the images in russell trott�*s report distressing. sedated but safe. rescued macaque monkeys, many pregnant, being treated by thai medical teams. more than 100 were discovered — terrified, struggling and gasping for air, in mesh bags tied together and being transported to the cambodian border. 18 didn't make it. translation: the monkeys i were exhausted and dehydrated for a long time. some of them had respiratory problems because of overcrowding during the smuggling operation. wildlife smuggling in asia is nothing new — tigers, along with other animals have been traded, dead or alive, to neighbouring countries in what is a lucrative, if illegal, business. the au

canberra's controversial deportation of new zealanders convicted of crimes, including children, has strainedremains a very sore point between these trans—tasman cousins. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. the timejust coming the time just coming up to quarter past three. the headlines on bbc news... calls for the uk government to have an open debate with the public about restriction easing plans onjune the 21st. the group that represents nhs trusts in england warns of the pressures being faced by hospitals. the newly—elected leader of the democratic unionist party accuses the eu of using northern ireland as a "play thing" to punish the uk for brexit saying it's playing "fast and loose" with the peace process. and... borisjohnson marries his fiancee carrie symonds in a secret ceremony at westminster cathedral. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's katie sha na han. good morning. yes, chelsea have done it, crowned champions of europe. chelsea manager thomas tuchel has challenged his players to maintain their hunger after winning the champions league final against manches

you have a headline that china and canberra are -- a state of crisis, but it's more than that.s about her discomfort in global relations. the nasdaq is back to flat. is it time to bail on growth and pitch into value? michael jp morgan says you're going to see a gargantuan rotation. if i talk about it enough, -- commerzbank warrant it will not be a one-way route with a trajectory to the other side. michael metcalf, will return to that conversation in a moment. he says he can see inflation spiking to over 4%. he says it may take you into the back of autumn to decide whether it's sticky inflation are just social inflation. that's manus: good morning. this is "bloomberg daybreak: europe." the story to set your agenda. the fed hawks are sounding more and more dovish. tapering conditions could be met this year. attention turns to other central banks, the boe expected to upgrade the near-term growth outlook. societe generale has its best equity trading performance since 2014. >> it's a mix of positive markets, high volatility and organize level and the reflation trade, activities also

tell us about the background on this case and how it ties to the relations we have seen between canberrang. paul: while here, he did write a lot of articles pushing for democratic reform and was known for criticizing the communist party for corruption and for its policies as well. he was taken off the plane in one show and has been in detention ever since. china has not explained how dr. yang committed espionage and given no evidence against nor for the charge, and in the current environment of strained relations, it is hard to escape the political dimension to this. human rights groups have called this an attack on freedom of expression. we see the australian ambassador approaching the courthouse today. he was denied entry, saying it was because of covert restrictions. that trial is going to happen with nobody present, not even family members allowed, and the criminal justice system, trying to have a 99% success rate. haslinda: what sort of assistance has australia been able to provide to dr. yang? and do we know anything about his health? paul: very little counselor assistance. we just

canberra's controversial deportation of new zealanders convicted of crimes, including children, has straineden these trans—tasman cousins. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. it's an eyesore which blights alleyways, streets and fields. we're talking about flytipping — which is now happening 20,000 times a week in england alone, according to the local government association. linsey smith reports on the misery that flytippers have brought to one street in grimsby — and i do hope you're not eating while you watch this. eight years' worth of rubbish. mattresses, beds, peppered with needles, faeces and rats. the stench from this means theresa and herfamily can't sit in their garden. but north east lincolnshire council say, if they want it clearing, do it yourselves. it's disgusting, absolutely disgusting. i can't get access to my side gate. i'm a mobility scooter user and i can't get it out. it's just... you sit here thinking, when's the next fire? when are they going to set fire to it next? and it's absolutely terrifying. until last weekend, the waste went right up to this gate. jeanette spent £180 h

australia�*s national university in canberra has offered to return thousands of blood samples taken fromut others want them back for spiritual reasons there�*s been conflicting reports that a second volcano has erupted in eastern congo, threatening the virunga national park which is home to a quarter of the world�*s critically endangered mountain gorillas. is a �*false alarm�* endangered mountain gorillas. now the government there says reports of a new eruption is a �*false alarm�* there was an eruption 18 days ago that hit the city and many people had to evacuate. hello there. we finally got there, it has been a miserable may, but we are closing the bank holiday weekend with some dry, settled and sunny weather. i know there has been some low cloud, mist and fog around as depicted beautifully by these patient sheep in doncaster, but we are optimistic that that will break. the morning satellite picture showing how extensive the cloud was, and in some areas it was thick enough for early morning drizzle, but the sunshine nibbling away at it quite nicely. into the afternoon there will be mor

there wasn't even further last year when canberra called for an international enquiry into the originsom weeds, beef barley, you name it. affecting quite a chunk of australia's exports to china —— wheat. then last month they cancelled two deals between the state of victoria and china under beijing's belt and road initiative, which beijing did not respond well to. then this week we heard from australia saying that a chinese company's controversial lease on darwin's point was under review and could be scrapped. tensions have been high for a while. this announcement doesn't exactly come as a surprise, but let's not forget an australian journalist, ken lay, used to work for a china state broadcaster, has been detained for over six months amid these heightened tensions. some saw her arrest as a possible retaliation by beijing. it does not look like the relationship between the two will improve anytime soon stop thank you very much. anytime soon stop thank you very much-— very much. mariko oi in singapore- _ stay with us on bbc news. still to come: why your password could be about to expire

australia's national university in canberra has offered to return thousands of blood samples taken froms have been held without their consent. some indigenous groups want to donate the samples to science, but others want them back for spiritual reasons. you're watching bbc news. uk music festivals could be facing another lost summer according to mps, who blame the government for not introducing an insurance safety net for organisers. a report from the digital, culture, media and sport committee also said ministers had "refused to take multiple opportunities" to address concerns, and that it will now be too late for many festivals to go ahead this year. sarah campbell reports. early may, and a test event at liverpool's sefton park. more than 5,000 people were allowed into enjoy the atmosphere, the music, the food. they were tested and their behaviour was monitored to see whether a festival could be a safe place during a pandemic. leeds, 2016, and even if it means getting a little muddy, thousands of people are desperate to get back to the festival experience. and the reading and leeds fe

in comments, beijing's industry -- relations have soured since canberra called for an inquiry into the origins of the pandemic. boris is facing a barrage of criticism from his former chief adviser. during seven hours of testimony to mp's, dominic cummings laid out what he said was a disastrous handling of the pandemic. he called him unfit for the job. >> in any sensible, rational government, it is completely crazy that i should have been such a senior position in my personal opinion. it's just -- it's completely crackers. it's crackers that boris johnson was in there. vonnie: lawyers in the trial of four people charged in the downing of a malaysian airplane flight -- airbase. the boeing 737 landed in 2014 as it flew from amsterdam to kuala lumpur. 98 people on board were killed. the four defendants were charged with murder. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg. shery: a tiny activist investment firm hands the exxon ceo one of the biggest setback

we look ahead to the camera fiscal plant with the rbc susan on an up next to the dollar -- that canberrafiscal plan with rbc. and the outlook on jobs, look at the market. this is bloomberg. ♪ kathleen: the dollar has been moving in a tight range as the trading week gets underway in the asia-pacific after at 10 big low after friday's week u.s. jobs report. --the focus weak u.s. jobs report. now the focus shifts to inflation. now is between market analyst with ig markets. let's start with the jobs report, 260 thousand new jobs created in the u.s. in the last month. in normal times that would be a decent number. the market was expecting a million, for the second month in a row. the dollar weekend and-- weakened, a logical conclusion. are we going to see more this? >> i think so and i think we are seeing at downward trend in the dollar putting out anyway. since we saw that unwinding of the heavily short positioning in the u.s. dollar, it has more or less been downside story to see yield compressed and that tenure stabilize over the last couple of weeks -- 10-year stabilize over last couple o

victoria is stepping up ambition even as canberra refuses to commit to a target.ns are going to be halved by 2030. on the corporate front we have westpac's first-half earnings in the past hour, the nation's second-largest lender seeing profit climb as loans fell. let's get more on this with our finance reporter. westpac posting massive growth and cash earnings. what was behind that? ? >> last year -- that was because everyone was expecting a prolonged period of economic depression, rise in unemployment, and fall in house prices. this year though some are no longer necessary. shery: other highlights? nabila: they've restored the dividend so shareholders will be happy about that. they also posted growth after a year of decline. aussie mortgages grew. the ceo said house prices will continue to grow. but he did warn the rise in prices will slow down a little bit. paul: the ceo had some reasonably upbeat things to say about the outlook. nabila: he did. he was very bullish on the australian economy. he said unemployment is falling and there are more people employed now

about 130 on canberra court the fire started.xplosions were heard as the crows fought >> when gusts of more than 20 miles an hour made it tough for the firefighters. it with those flames around which destroyed cars on the property in the base of a tower with high tension power lines that cause of the fire remains unknown. >> in the and tony award- winning actor billy porter revealed he has been living with hiv for 14 years. he told tamron hall why he kept it a secret for so long. >> the shame is debilitating. the shame took over. i am the generation that was supposed to know better. aids is god's punishment. that is what was being preached from the pits the entire time. >> porter is currently playing a character living has been drawing from his own life experiences for the role. we talked about porter with dr. monica gandhi. >> this was this stigma that we have in our society. he said it would be true in hollywood as well. as a black man and as someone who grew up in religion this is what we have to be combating. >> experts say p

has more from beijing this announcement follows a decision by canberra to cancel an agreement between the victorian government which is a state of government in australia engaging under the belgian road initiative late last month and also at the moment is truly is currently mulling over scrapping the 99 year lease of one of its ports in the north of australia with a chinese company which is worth about $380000000.00 now beijing has accused a stray leah of engaging in a cold war mentality as you mention says that can perhaps show no signs of wanting this relationship to improve jailed hong kong democracy activist joshua wang has been given another 10 months in prison for taking part in a band vigil last year commemorating the 10 men square crackdown 4 others were jailed for up to 6 months and israel's president has asked. the political rival of prime minister benjamin it's now to form a new government it's the latest attempt to end a political deadlock after 4 inconclusive elections in 2 years those are the headline psych speak or lines in the sand is mixed. to. man. to. in late 19151

sam one of the holiest places of she isn't against iran snow against in iraq against the war in canberra against the mom indicates something how increasingly isolated they are even in places where they have spent billions to create an infrastructure of proxy force it's been really good to talk to so many thanks indeed are responding there in stanford california. when iran's foreign ministry has strongly contempt condemned that attack around its consulate in karbala on sunday protestors in the iraqi city targeted iran after anti-government activists were shot dead in an apparent execution supporters of. set fires around the iranian consulates they suspect iranian backed faces of being behind the shooting a last name was killed close to his home by unknown gunmen in the early hours of sunday silvia's dummied on. the islamic republic of iran strongly condemns the right in its diplomatic posts in iraq it hopes that within the framework of the 961 convention iraq carefully fulfills its commitments regarding the protection of iran's diplomatic locations last night the iranian foreign ministry

also in the background you've got those deteriorating diplomatic relations between beijing and canberraaustralia provides the bulk of iron ore to the market and puts him in an uncomfortable position in terms of commodity exports it sends to china. of course there are limited in their ability to substitute iron ore from australia because there simply isn't the bulk that you can get from anywhere else. brazil is struggling to meet supply requirements itself. that's what's keeping the price so elevated. david: will probably connect this with the copper story. we are again on the weaker side of estimates. the midpoint of the currency, keep in mind the back strop -- backstop is the dollar on shore. copper, china is a big part of that story. is there anything that can stop copper? james: all the technical indicators are flashing red on this copper rally. i think we'll have to have a pause at some point. the long-term demand fundamentals are well documented. you've got this clean energy transition which to a larger extent is based around copper feeding a lot of the things that go into that tra

this is the latest development in tensions between canberra and beijing. watching fixed income. bond sale happening today. australia to sell 20 50 -- shery: here is a quick check of the latest headlines. better is set to go public. dow jones reports the transaction could lead to a valuation of around $7 billion. and be completed this week. softbank group may put up $1.3 billion after recently investing 500 million dollars in the start according to the report. bloomberg learned blackstone group is asking for u.s. staff to return to the office full-time starting june 7 provided they are fully vaccinated. sources say the asset manager announced the move internally monday. j.p. morgan became the first u.s. bank to mandate a return to u.s. offices on a rotational basis. coming up, we will speak with jp morgan and ey ipo leader. daybreak: asia is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ ♪ look, if your wireless carrier was a guy you'd leave him tomorrow. not very flexible. not great at saving. you deserve better... xfinity mobile. now they have unlimited for just $30 a month... $30. and they're n

various during testing on mice and australia, government is resisting calls to open up overseas travel canberra plans to keep its borders close to most international travels until the middle of next year. art change of pace. now in the netherlands, famous for its canals, like you can see right here behind me were made to serve peoples needs. but some of the human tinkering has created problems for the marine life below, like the fish who have also had to navigate the waterways. but now a product of human technology is helping to improve the traffic flow for some of the canals. aquatic inhabitants. it's spring time in the netherlands. and the fish and uterus canals are following the call of nature heading upstream to their spawning grounds. but there is an obstacle this medieval lock controls, the water levels. the lock is closed in spring because there are hardly any boats about and that creates an underwater fish traffic jam. you trace water managers have found a novel way around it. fish store, bill ecologist installed an underwater camera at the lock that can be viewed on a so that users who

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