canberra where he hasjust met his has ridden canberra where he has just met his australian counterpartd in the past hour, he said the economies of china and australia are highly confirmatory and have great potential. his visit comes at a time when beijing is reviewing whether to scrap its wine tariffs. in relation to the earlier points you made, there is no relationship between the wine dispute and the steel dispute. the wine issue has been dealt with and has associated negotiation. the minister has made an evidence, has made a decision based on the evidence—based recommendation from the anti—dumping commission. and australia has made clear the independence of the commission and our trade remedy system. as you know, there is an interim decision on wine, with a forward to the timetable that has been outlined for the chinese for the final decision on wine and we continue to express our view as i have since i became foreign minister we believe it is in the interests of both nations for all trade impediments to be removed. thank you. phoenix tv. the australian _ thank you. phoenix tv. the

so, a lot for this parliamentary inquiry in canberra to digester, as it ascertains the threat from thesecreatures. so, they are going to ascertain _ creatures. so, they are going to ascertain the _ creatures. so, they are going to ascertain the threat - creatures. so, they are going to ascertain the threat but. to ascertain the threat but also presumably a way of countering it, which doesn't sound easy at all.— countering it, which doesn't sound easy at all. well, there is disagreement _ sound easy at all. well, there is disagreement here - sound easy at all. well, there is disagreement here in - is disagreement here in australia about the effectiveness of containment and eradication efforts. the queensland state government for example says that its efforts to contain and kill off and destroy and colonies are among the best in the world. however, critics believe that australia is mismanaging the threat from fire ants, saying that the efforts to kill them off like money and also being mismanaged, too, so once again the federal inquiry in canberra is looking to get to the bottom of this, t

let's bring in ben westcott who joins us in canberra.e hearing that treasury wine is making moves to potentially divert its stock back to what has been such a lucrative market. how did this come about after almost three years? ben: this all began about five months ago when the chinese government announced it would be undertaking a five-month review into the wind tariffs, similar to those they had of the barley tariffs which eventually led to the lifting of restrictions on barley. the government was very hopeful for an announcement. this interim measure is not lifting. the ministry of commerce have not confirmed it themselves, but australia is saying it is welcoming the news of an interim announcement. essentially what happens now is that people in china will have the ability to comment on the potential decision to lift the sanctions. and if that comment is considered positive enough, then the sanctions will be lifted hopefully within the next few weeks. annabelle: it does seem that australia managed to ride out these trade tensions with

so this federal inquiry in the australian capital canberra looking at ways that these ants are affecting of grindaveek have been evacuated. the blue lagoon geothermal spa, which is one of the country's most popular tourist destinations, has also closed. popular tourist destinations, has also closed. lava flows cut off one road overnight, but they've slowed down since then. this latest eruption is believed to be the most powerful so far. we wa nt we want to remind you of our lead story, president putin has said he will strengthen the armed forces and prioritise what he calls russia's special military operation in ukraine. he was speaking after a presidential election which delivered him more than 80% of the vote. mr putin said the result had demonstrated people's trust in russia's current path. plenty more on the legitimacy of that election. plenty more on the legitimacy of that election. stay with us here on bbc news. the weather this weekend is going to be changeable, the first half of the week mild and the second half of the week mild and the second half will feel colder, closer to ave

so, a lot for this parliamentary inquiry in canberra to digest, as it ascertains the threat from thesee creatures. let's speak to reece pianta from australia's invasive species council, who has worked on the ten—year national red fire ant eradication program. thank you very much forjoining us today. i understand you have the misfortune to be bitten by fire ants, what is it like? i misfortune to be bitten by fire ants, what is it like?— misfortune to be bitten by fire ants, what is it like? i was bitten b some ants, what is it like? i was bitten by some fire _ ants, what is it like? i was bitten by some fire ants, _ ants, what is it like? i was bitten by some fire ants, most - ants, what is it like? i was bitten by some fire ants, most recentlyj ants, what is it like? i was bitten i by some fire ants, most recently on a cane farm south of brisbane where the arms prevalent. one firearm sting by itself doesn't hurt that much, but the problem is when they do exhibit the swarming behaviour you are likely to be stung by hundreds and thousands, and that is when you can get toxic shock become

taxes of up to 218 percent on the export were put in place three years ago, after canberra called forcovid—19. beijing also moved to tax other australian exports, but it rolled back restrictions on goods including barley and coal last year. and that's it for this edition of asia business report. thanks for watching. hey, i'm zoph with the catch up. tonight, the crypto king is sentenced. freddie flintoff returns and a sworn rescue in an ikea bag. a 19—year—old has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a stabbing in broad daylight on wednesday. this happened on a train in bromley, which was travelling to london. there's been a video circulating online as passengers filmed the alleged attack. the victim is now in hospital in a critical but stable condition. officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward. next sun bankman—fried has been sentenced to 25 years in prison in the us for stealing billions of dollars from customers. from his cryptocurrency exchange ftx by. the former billionaire ceo was previously found guilty of fraud and conspiracy. prosecutors say he

taxes of up to 218% were put on the import three years ago, after canberra called for an investigationck its restrictions on other australian goods, including barley and coal last year. many markets are closed today for good friday, including australia, hong kong, the us, uk and also here in singapore. but for those celebrating easter, it's looking like it might be a more expensive holiday this year, as the price of cocoa has soared. katie silver takes a look. the price of cocoa has reached all—time highs. earlier this week, futures for the yummy commodity hit more than $10,000 a tonne for the first time ever. this is how it skyrocketed in the past year, almost tripling. the industry is facing the worst supply crunch in decades. the reason, in part, is climate change. most chocolate is made from cocoa grown in west africa, but there's been a humid heatwave blasting the crops and massively cutting yields. ivory coast and ghana are particularly impacted, which make up together about 60% of the world's cocoa production. that is coupled with disease. el nino rains, for example, sawa surge

here's uk defence minister grant schapps speaking in canberra.on was seen _ believe in our cooperation was seen our— believe in our cooperation was seen our nations and we want to be dependent, and you mentioned defence. _ be dependent, and you mentioned defence, we have the literal group — defence, we have the literal group that is now proactive in this region, permanently. we have — this region, permanently. we have the _ this region, permanently. we have the carrier strike group coming _ have the carrier strike group coming here next year and we're very— coming here next year and we're very much— coming here next year and we're very much looking forward to working _ very much looking forward to working with you in your operations. and we have a very, very— operations. and we have a very, very clear— operations. and we have a very, very clear view of our role in helping _ very clear view of our role in helping to— very clear view of our role in helping to maintain and enhance the international order, and which — the international order, and whi

professor of strategic and defence studies at the australian national university and joins me now from canberra vladimir putin has recognised islamic state were behind these attacks?— state were behind these attacks? ~ , . attacks? will it is a grudging acceptance _ attacks? will it is a grudging acceptance that _ attacks? will it is a grudging acceptance that the - attacks? will it is a grudging acceptance that the kremlin | attacks? will it is a grudging - acceptance that the kremlin and russian state media have tried for a number of days to concoct a very shadowy ukrainian conspiracy and even so, putin has a still said that ukraine was culpable in some way, something that really stretches the boundaries of credibility, i think, having us believe that for some reason ukrainian nazis are in league with radical islamic fundamentalist. it is a partially significant shift but it will have implications for the way that russia views of people within its regions and in central asia and also, of course, as a justification for increase violence against ukraine as well.- increase violence against ukrai

so this federal inquiry in the australian capital of canberra, looking at ways these ants are affectedealth economy, and society. australia's health economy, and socie . ., ., australia's health economy, and socie. ., ., let's ta ke let's take a look at some other news now. there've been violent clashes at the end of a top—flight football match in turkey. supporters of trabzonspor ran on to the field and attacked visiting fenerbahce players who were celebrating their victory. the turkish interior minister has promised to investigate the clashes. david seidler, who is best known for writing the oscar—winning film, the king's speech, has died aged 86. the london—born screenwriter, who had a stammer, brought the true story of how king george vi overcame his speech impediment to the big screen. seidler passed away on saturday while fly fishing in new zealand. uber has agreed to pay $178 million to compensate thousands of taxi drivers in australia who said they lost income when the ride—share company aggressively entered the local market. the lawyers who led the case say the payment will be

chinese foreign minister wang yi has arrived in canberra, his first trip to australia in seven years.viewing whether to scrap its wine tariffs. australia's prime minister anthony albanese has said, the removal of chinese tariffs on australian wine will be on the agenda when they meet. for more on this, i'm joined by the head of at the hinrich foundation, deborah elms. debra, good to speak to you. when the move was made to impose these tariffs, it was notjust for economic reasons, was it was yellow no, it was really a signal of political displeasure that china was trying to australia —— title australia, but was a larger it argument that china— but was a larger it argument that china was making about meddlin: that china was making about meddling in _ that china was making about meddling in what _ that china was making about meddling in what china - that china was making about meddling in what china sawl meddling in what china saw as its own internal affairs. so it wasn'tjust its own internal affairs. so it wasn't just for australia, its own internal affairs. so it wasn'tjust for austral

a hearing has been held in canberra as part of a senate inquiry examining the threat from invasive fire have entered australian shipping containers. after yet another volcanic eruption, a state of emergency is in force in southern iceland. it's the fourth eruption since december. residents in the small town of grindaveek have been evacuated. the blue lagoon geothermal spa, which is one of the country's most popular tourist destinations, has also closed. lava flows cut off one road overnight, but they've slowed down since then. this latest eruption is believed to be the most powerful so far. that is all for now but please stay with those on bbc news because there is much more to come. the weather this week is changeable, the first half of the week mild, the second half feeling colder with temperatures closer to average but today we are looking at a lot of dry weather, 30 spells and some showers around but as we go through the day they will tend to eat and that is because we have a weather front pushing in from the west and east, weakening all the time bringing this line of cloud possibly

here i think there is a bit of a difference between what canberra sees and what some of the other couplesthe priority. that may be reflected in some differences that will be discussed next week. what can we meet _ discussed next week. what can we expect from _ discussed next week. what can we expect from the _ discussed next week. what can we expect from the summit - we expect from the summit in terms of deals done?- we expect from the summit in terms of deals done? there are deals being _ terms of deals done? there are deals being done _ terms of deals done? there are deals being done at _ terms of deals done? there are deals being done at the - terms of deals done? there are | deals being done at the moment around setting up investment teams which will be very important in terms of removing barriers to investment between the two entities between asean and australia. they will be very welcome because at the moment investment is actually quite anaemic. it will look at 2—way investment, for example, between asean and australia is something like $300 billion which if you compare to new zeal

there's deep concern in canberra that if donald trump were elected to a second term, he might scrap thea's largest defence project since world war two, the acquisition of a fleet of nuclear—powered submarines costing up to $240 billion. but it would also have ramifications for the future of britain's nuclear programme, at a time when defence chiefs are already sounding the alarm about readiness of the british forces. i have been speaking to dr marion messmer, a senior research fellow in the international security programme at chatham house. trump winning the november election in the us is currently causing a lot of headaches, especially for australian government, who are really worried that this might mean that the us is not going to support aukus anymore. that's a problem because aukus has really long timelines. so even though we are now almost two years into the project, we're really onlyjust beginning. so to remind everyone about aukus is about, we've got the agreement that the uk, australia and the us are going to develop a new submarine together, which is nuclear powered and which

between the u.s., its allies including australia, how fragile is this relationship between beijing and canberrall even as you say it is back to business as usual? geoff: we have been for a long time caught up between a geopolitical contest between the united states and china. it has become more pronounced for sure in the last few years. they have made it very clear where australia stands. china can have no doubt that we see our security very much in line with the u.s. and that is not going to change. i think the important thing about the visits, both the recent one and the upcoming visit of the chinese premier, is it will identify and focus on the vast area of issues we have in common. where things have changed a lot in the bilateral relationship is that the current australian government is not defining the relationship in terms of the things that divide us but is taking a more positive view about where our interest lie and how we can jointly advance each other's interests. annabelle: i guess the focus more on the commercial interest between the countries. do you see that being expanded upon es

haidi: we are watching the press conference taking place in canberra.efense minister is speaking at the conference saying the nuclear submarine packed is proceeding at pace, as we saw australia and the u.k. signing the defense and security cooperation and we have that statement from the defense minister, saying the somewhat controversial packed progressing at pace. with the trip ending, we have this british delegation, it is going on? paul: its interesting timing. he has this other meeting aimed at containing china in many respects and the agreement you referred to, that's a status forces agreement. britain hadn't signed anything like this with anyone not a nato ally and it establishes a framework that allows the military to operate in foreign countries, in each other's countries. it's a very unique in special extension to australia. the u.k. defense secretary is in australia, as is the foreign secretary david cameron. they will have a defense ministers meeting and then they will head to adelaide, which is where australia's warships get built. we are ex

surface and they identified to menn alejandro fuentes a 35-year-old that mexican national and dorlian canberra cabrera, a 26-year-old want amal and they have also already we've identified through family, through friends, miguel luna from el salvador, a father of three, and maynor sandoval, a 38 year-old from honduras, also a father, and we're hearing these heartbreaking stories briana has more information comes out about these men who have been described by many people as humble husbands and fathers family men who were just trying to provide and hard workers and it is just a really devastated feeling among so many here as we learn more about their story stories. >> yeah, it really is. gabe, thank you for the latest there from the key bridge in baltimore. let's talk a little bit more about this now, a cnn transportation analysts, mary schiavo, she served this inspector general for the apartment of trash cans protection, and mary ships managed by synergy marine group. we're involved in at least three deadly incidents since 2018. this is a new detail that we have learned is that unusual or is tha

secretary grant shapps visited australia to cement increased security cooperation between london and canberraitain's bae systems will co build australia's new fleet of nuclear powered submarines . as i'll speak to the submarines. as i'll speak to the former australian high commissioner to the united kingdom, now national security professor at australian national university, george brandis and from our global tour, we'll return to london and the world of theatre, as stefan kyriazis bnngs of theatre, as stefan kyriazis brings us his reviews of the latest productions. all of that to come. first, your news headunes to come. first, your news headlines with aaron armstrong . headlines with aaron armstrong. >> thanks, michael, and a very good morning to you. it is 11:02. i'm aaron armstrong, russians are observing a national day of mourning after at least 133 people were killed in a terror attack on friday. people have been lighting candles and laying flowers at the concert hall in the outskirts of moscow, where four men with automatic weapons opened fire in a packed auditorium . flags have been aud