julia gillard was in tasmania. here is a little of what she has to say. >> i have come to tasmania for one purpose, and that is to say the nation is standing with them at this very difficult time. we will be standing with them in every way. i have already met victorians and people from new south wales who have come to work in support of their friends in tasmania as tasmania continues to fight these fires and then move into the recovery phase. >> the indian army is accusing pakistan of breaking the terms of the cease-fire in the disputed region of kashmir. the pakistani army claims one of its soldiers was killed in a cross border raids by the indian army. india said pakistan fired across the border for this. >> it is evident the pakistani army continues to violate the cease-fire agreement. maybe to facilitate infiltration attempts. the attempts of the infiltrators will not succeed. >> security issues aside, pakistan has to worry about widespread poverty. the un says more than half the population barely has enough to

. >>> julia gillard has called for easing of friction in the region. she made the appeal in what called the first national strategy. gilliard said the region seems increasingly unsetted by political rivalries and territorial disputes. >> australia has a key role to play in building patents of cooperation and trust in the asia pacific and in the wider world. >> gillard said the emergence of strong, new economies is altering the balance of power in the region. she urged the united states and china to avoid any miscalculations over potential hotspots, referring to territorial disputes in the south china and east china seas. >> we remain optimistic about china around the united states to manage change in the region but it brings with it strategic competition as china's global interests expand. >> gillard called for the peaceful resolution of disagreements through dialogue using forums such as the east asia summit. she said australia would work closely other countries to help solve problems through diplomacy. >>> afghan security forces will take the lead in

gillard called on all australians to be careful. the temperature in sydney is estimated to rise on tuesday to 43 degrees. >> we know that new south wales is about to move into an extreme heat period, indeed in parts of new south wales fire risk levels could be moved to catastrophic. >> reporter: authorities issued their own warnings. they say there's a possibility of spreading wildfires in the days to come. >>> nato members are rolling out more military hardware to deal with any possible fallout from the conflict in syria. turkey is boostininin defenses. the trucks carrying the equipment left monday from a base in the southern part of the netherlands. the u.s., germany, and netherlands agreed in december to send a total of six air defense batteries to turkey to protect their nato ally. dutch chief of defense general tom mittendorf says the threat of syrian missiles landing across the border is increasing. the convoy of batteries is scheduled to arrive in turkey in less than three weeks. the location is about 100 kilometers from the

the prime minister, gillard, mentioned that. hasn't done much for the aussie/dollar, 10 .04.-- 1 . 0. and mortgage approvals better than we might have thought. signs potentially that funding for lending scheme can starting to feed through. it's off a low base. that's where we are in europe, ahead of the u.s. open, let's recap the day. we have more from singapore. >>> thank you. it's a good day for sabre an markets, especially the japanese stocks. the nikkei 225 finished above 11,000 level for the first time in nearly three years tanks to a weak yen. yahoo! japan jumped 17% today to a four-year high on its share buyback plan and earnings optimi optimism. the shanghai composite extended a three-day winning streak ending higher by 1%. beijing announced measures to open a stock market to taiwan, and that helped boost sentiment. the property index jumped 2%, lifted by talks that beijing is willing to tolerate mild home price increases this year. meanwhile, clsa expects china's new home sales would rise 15% in 2013. shares in hong kon

one not of frear national of campaigning, but of -- enables ing.o be ione not of campaign >> julia gillard has been a precarious -- has been the head of a precarious government. the center-right party currently in opposition calls for government's -- her governments s carver -- her government's carbon tax -- commodity prices have dipped. australia's economy has cooled. the opposition party says the government has lost control of australia's borders in the face of tens of thousands of asylum seekers. they will claim the government has mishandled relations with important neighbors. as of -- the suspension of live cattle exports to indonesia are thought to have caused offense. election is also likely to be personal in tone. late last year in a speech that went viral, the prime minister accused the opposition leader of sexism and misogyny, saying he treated her without respect because she was a woman. a few months ago, polls showed the labor government was deeply unpopular -- labour government was deeply unpopular. while the date is now known, the outcome is far from certain. >> the united eig

another french legendary movie i can brigitte bardot is also think of following the footsteps of gillard to preview however her movie is backed by a complete reason now she's also a veteran anymore rice complainer and she has threatened to apply for russian citizenship if authorities euphemized peer off the sick alice phones at a zoo in new home now explaining why she thought of russia she said that she believed that president was a man of fortune has done more to protect and you most event all the fringe presidents all together and she also said that every time she asked for something as the animal rights to complain or he always helped her she also called him the president off her heart after he banned the hunting of young seals and indeed president vladimir putin has burned a reputation of a true anymore lover during the years of his presidency and when he was the prime minister. and europe at spanish locksmiths who say they now hold the key to us thirty eight minutes after they refused to cooperate any longer with the authorities who've been repossessed in homes and demanding a chang

due in the gillard -- there would be a large argument for no particular benefit. i do not think other u.k. countries regularly adopt this position. would bet think that a very productive use of our time. >> does the department have any figures for the number of u.k. exports being restricted by this decision? >> there were 37 standard that is -- standard licenses revoked which covered components, but their aircraft, the naval vessels, software from military to medications, equipment. the amounts were very small. less than 2 million pounds in the last year. other ministers regularly agreed. given the change and the position adopted in the 1990's not to have any exports, that was not out of date. that the amounts involved were very small. >> the defense minister almost immediately following, those given circumstances were in that war, british ships were sunk with french missiles. i find extraordinary the bridge government is not willing we do the british government is not willing to try and persuade other parts of argentina to adopt more restrictive policy, now being