i think martin griffiths is doing an excellent job of working martin griffiths is doing an excellentjob to him and hopefully getting them to agree to follow a road map andi them to agree to follow a road map and i think that's what the us can do it. i would go to the saudis and i would ask "what do you need to do and what compromises do need to make and what compromises do need to make and how can we support due to make this more comfortable, make a more positive in terms of how you actually makes those decisions?" . thank you forjoining me. my pleasure. in other news, there's been protests in pakistan after the supreme court overturned a christian woman's conviction for blasphemy. asia bibi had been sentenced to death, and spent almost a decade in prison. paramilitary forces were deployed to keep demonstrators away from the court. rescuers in indonesia believe they've picked up underwater sounds from the black box data recorder of the lion air plane which crashed on monday with 189 people on board. the boeing 737 went down shortly after it took off from jakarta and no survivors have be

if martin griffiths the u.n. envoy manages to get these these peace talks together in as little as a few weeks he says kemba who these be trusted to honor any agreement that might be reached in such such peace talks. you know this is the questions in fact you know the hooty have and fact agreed in so many occasions to for their signatures but they fail to do so they are not to be trusted at all there are several you know agreements and you know initiatives been signed between the warring you know. teams or sides but the whole theme is have never ever implemented any one of them and the reason behind that is very clear because they are backed by the iranian regime the enemy of the arabs and especially that of in the gulf countries and he cannot hoti they cannot take their own decisions that are on initiatives because they are in a doing that you know they are the proxies of the iranian regime and the other the and the other evidence is the the last you know geneva. talks were supposed to be carried out at that tim

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if martin griffiths the u.n. envoy manages to get these these peace talks together in as little as a few weeks he says kemba who these be trusted to honor any agreement that might be reached in such such peace talks. you know this is the questions in fact to know the hootie have and fact agreed and so many occasions to for their signatures but they fail to do so they are not to be trusted at all there are several you know agreements and you know initiatives been signed between the warring you know. teams or sides but the hoses have never ever implemented in any one of them and the reason behind that is very clear because they are backed by the iranian regime the enemy of the arabs and specially the arab in the gulf countries and he cannot hoti they cannot take their own decisions that are on initiatives because they are in a doing the you know they are the proxies of the iranian regime and the other the on the other evidence is the the last you know geneva. talks were supposed to be carried out at that time and p

more in a moment with hywell griffith.s of the australian capital to find out what people made of the royal announcement. i think it's fantastic and i think it's very special as well that they have chosen to announce it when they are in sydney as well. so it is great news. they seem really in love and this is great. i saw them coming oi'i and this is great. i saw them coming on the tv and someone said to me, "she is supposed to be climbing the bridge" and some of the "apparently not" and i said she must be pregnant, so it wasn't a surprise. they have been together for some time now and now that she is pregnant it is like even more exciting. really exciting news they are having a baby and they are a very nice couple as well. they are really appreciated. i think everybody likes them. i think they are good people. yes. that is how they are perceived. and i like harry. yes. our sydney correspondent hywel griffith joins me now for more. yes, it seems to be going down quite well at the moment, hywel, what is the mood like? yes,

tom griffith. you'd have to go a long way to find somebody who's more mild mannered than tom griffith. of course, he's from utah and that helps. tom griffith was confirmed 73-24. the democrats split roughly even. brett kavanaugh's 57-36. only four democrats supported him. it's a disgrace. for the first time in history, we had near party line votes for the d.c. circuit. contrast that with the eight reagan appointees, all but one of whom were confirmed by voice vote or unanimous consent. the confirmation wars were back to full swing. let's turn back now to the supreme court. president bush appointed two justices to the court. the first was john roberts. roberts' confirmation had fewer fireworks than some previous nominations because he was replacing chief justice rehnquist. he was not expected to change the ideological balance of the court. moreover, democrats knew there was another nomination coming that would change the balance of the court. at the time, chief justice roberts had his confirmation h

hywell griffith, bbc news, sulawesi.ck up the pieces the government faces the enormous task of rebuilding the area. all this while also really continuing with the construction in lombok after the earthquake in august damaged the island. construction costs are bound to strain the country's budget, so how will it play out for the indonesian economy? dave chang from jakarta offered this analysis. this disaster couldn't have happened at a worse time. the currency is fairly weak, so is the economy, butjust like most other emerging economies and also the current government, it is facing an election early next year and the currency, being weak against the us dollar, the cost of reconstruction is expected to be fairly significant and would have quite an impact on the budget. that is the end of this is edition of asia business report. i am sharanjit leyl asia business report. i am sharanjit leyl. thanks for watching. this is bbc news. the top stories this hour: donald trump has accepted the resignation of his ambassador to the un

leigh griffiths decision to leave a scotla nd griffiths decision to leave a scotland wide to improves several questions, not least how will this core? with israel's help for a start. charlie had not scored for his country and one half yea rs scored for his country and one half years and missed a penalty for scotla nd years and missed a penalty for scotland earlier this year. never in doubt. israel might be just as man city but ranked below luxembourg, still they should be level at the break. to start at the second half was largely played in scotland's half. the equaliser had felt inevitable for a while. all hands on deck for scotland, but one went overboard. this. johnson charles and further depleted the scottish resistance. in the end kieran tierney scored the winner for israel for them. it was that sort of night. it's a long way back and it seems alex's team have a long way still to go. so, scotland's first defeat and israel's first win leaves group c1 looking like this. scotland still top, but only on goal difference with all teams on three points after two games. israel and alban

border, and then based on ceasing dropping of bombs, that will permit the special envoy, martin griffithsis very good, he knows what he is doing, to get them together in sweden and end this war. a war that keeps filling new graves. here, for 42 schoolboys killed by the saudi—led coalition in august. we met survivors of the devastating air strike, one more attack which raised concern internationally about the saudi bombing campaign in yemen. but if a turning point is coming, it may be because of the brutal killing by saudi officials of the dissident saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. that in turn increased the pressure on key saudi allies and arms suppliers, like the us and britain. the prime minister today emphasising the need for a lasting peace deal. a nationwide ceasefire will only have an effect on the ground if it is underpinned by a political deal between the conflict parties, and my right honourable friend the foreign secretary discussed this matter with martin griffiths the un special envoy last night. they agreed the uk will continue to encourage all parties to agree to de—escalat

judge griffith, comparatively breakneck 13 months. and the winner of the democratic obstruction crowd, judge and 10gh, two years months. judge kavanaugh waited longer between nomination and confirmation that all 12 carter and reagan d.c. nominees combined. this leaves out an important .ame, miguel estrada that is because he was never confirmed. he withdrew his nomination after two years and four months in limbo after senate democrats filibustered his nomination seven times. for the first time by the way. word, i used the f filibuster. which is just as bad as the other f word. >> [laughter] sen. hatch: wednesday you said. very important when we use it. >> [laughter] sen. hatch: we talk about the extraordinary delays that arose during the george w. bush years. the root cause was that democrats' unprecedented use of the filibuster in judicial nominations. front in thew confirmation wars. it may sound strange today, but until the early 2000's, judicial filibusters did not happen, at least not for lower court nominees. prior to the george

if martin griffiths the u.n. envoy manages to get these these peace talks together in as little as a few weeks he says kemba who these be trusted to honor any agreement that might be reached in such such peace talks. you know this is the questions in fact to know the hootie have and fact they can read in so many occasions to for their signatures but they fail to do so they are not to be trusted at all there are several you know agreements and you know initiatives been signed between the warring you know. teams or sides but the hoses have never ever implemented any one of them and the reason behind that is very clear because they are backed by the iranian regime the enemy of the arabs and especially that of in the gulf countries and he cannot hoti they cannot take their own decisions that are on initiatives because they are in a doing the you know they are the proxies of the iranian regime and the other on the other evidence is the the last you know geneva. talks were supposed to be carried out at that time and pe

i could see that not only with leigh griffiths, i could see it with a number of players.ay that he needs to get fitter to play at these levels. also coming up in the programme. it's been a long time since a woman raced in formula 1, but could a new women—only motor—racing series help change that? multiple world and olympic champion simone biles returns to international competition at the world gymnastics championships in qatar later this month. the 21—year—old took 18 months away from the sport after winning four golds at the rio olympics during that time she's travelled, appeared on dancing with stars, but then revealed that she was a victim in one the biggest sexual abuse scandals to hit american sport. injanuary larry nassar the us gymnastics doctor was sentenced to 170 years in prison for sexually abusing girls and young women. biles spoke to us in texas earlier this week. it is very hard just because i think a lot of people struggle with coming out and telling their stories. ifigured if i could i figured if i could tell my story, it might encourage other people to te

so what we have to see is strong support for martin griffiths, the international negotiator, and then the parties and different countries have different influence with the different influence with the different parties to make sure the negotiations actually start. and once they start they will go backwards and forwards, people will walk out, they will come back, you have to bring in as much as possible thatis have to bring in as much as possible that is left of civil society in yemen, but this is a community that has been bombed back to the stone age, the infrastructure is broken throughout yemen, you have medieval diseases reasserting, and as i say it isa diseases reasserting, and as i say it is a terrible position for britain and the us to bn and we have to move the situation on now. and frankly this morning's announcement overnight from the white house is a good start, but for britain it is quite something to be behind the moral curve to mock mister trump's white house. plenty of news on this in the coming weeks. thank you for coming in and talking about it again. police are invest

hywel griffith, bbc news, palu airport. w jane: only last week that president trump called dr. christine blasey ford a credibl witness afe testified that supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted rr. but at a politicly last night, there was a different message. mr. trump ridiculed ms. ford's -- d ford's memory of events. one key republican senator called the commentappalling. jon sopel reports. jon: for two weeks now since christine blasey ford's accusations of sexual assault against bretkavanaugh emerged , the white house has kept a tight lid on the response. the day after her disty,ssing testimhe president was full of praise and respect for her. pres. trump: i thought her testimony was very compelling, and she looks like a very fine woman. jon: but last night at a rally in mississippi, that allan d. restraint? forget it.ru donald cracked his knuckles and was ready to fight. he mocked dr. ford. pres. trump: how did you get home? i don't remember. how did you get there? i d't remember. where is the place? i don't remember. how many years ago was it? i don't know.

with bill griffith and sue herera.f se a wild day ends with sharp declines as trade fears are rekindled and tech stocks umble. >>> bigblues, big bet. ibm makes its largest acquisition ever, but will its purchase of red hat transform this american tech icon? >>> no way out. why businesses caught in the trade war with china are out of luck when it comes to getting an exemptesn. those stond much more tonight on "nightly business report" tonit, monday,ctober 29th. >> we bid you good evening, everybody. and welcome. wall street went through yet another head-spinning trading day t start this week. at the open this morning, the dow rallied me than 300 points, just when it looked like stocks might continue higher, oe momentum started turn. and not long after the market's gains completely disappeared, thanks to a report that the white house is preparing for the possibility of more tariffs on all remaining chinese imports. the selloff was so steep, at one pot this afternoon, that all of the major indexes briefly fell into corcti

effort through martin griffiths a special envoy for yemen up until this point as far as we were aware griffiths was working on this but he had been unable to get agreement from all parties to take part in such talks however we just hear from the secretary of defense there james mattis that this meeting has got to take place within the next thirty days he's implying that the meeting is going to take place either in switzerland or in sweden he spoke very intensely about the u.s. relation in this war as well as clarity on to exactly what the u.s. is doing in terms of assisting saudi arabia arguing that the u.s. only fuels less than twenty percent of the planes he also says that the u.s. is helping saudi air force in terms of its targeting improving its targeting all of this in an attempt to reduce civilian casualties but making very clear that the only way to get an end to this is to get all parties together something clearly that the secretary of defense is now joining the u.n. special envoy in getting going and i this sweden or switzerland within the next thirty days he says mike and o

hywel griffith, bbc news, on sulawesi.ording to initial tests, contains a deadly poison ricin. 0ne tests, contains a deadly poison ricin. one was addressed to defence secretary james mattis, they say the fbi are now investigating. ricin is highly toxic and exposure to it can lead to better. —— death. we believe these were discovered at the mail sorting facility off—site, just outside washington, dc. it is a huge site, something like 25,000 people worked there are each day. these two packages were discovered. we understand one of them was addressed to the secretary of defence, jim matters, the other to the head of naval operations. they didn't get inside the main awarding. they have been taken away by the fbi for analysis. my understanding is that that link is still under quarantine. the pentagon saying that there are no injuries at this stage so there are no injuries at this stage so far, but they are waiting for the results of the fbi investigation. if it turns out to be ricin, which is highly poisonous, they will try to

hywel griffiths, bbc news, input lobo.ying a wedding party in upstate new york. police say that passengers travelling in the vehicle wouldn't have been required to wear seatbelts. the accident happened on saturday afternoon. lebo diseko has the story it's a day that should have been filled with celebrations. instead, emergency services are at the scene of america's worst transportation accident in almost a decade. it's thought the 18 people in the limousine were on their way to a wedding reception when their car came off the road, hitting two pedestrians. all of them died. 20 fatalities is just horrific. pedestrians. all of them died. 20 fatalities isjust horrific. i've been on the board for 12 years and this is one of the biggest losses of life... loss of lives that we've seen life... loss of lives that we've seenin life... loss of lives that we've seen ina life... loss of lives that we've seen in a long, long time. up in buffalo there was one that killed 40 people... 50 people, but this is the most deadly transportation

hywel griffith, bbc news, sydney.or who participated in the 2016 orlando games where she won three golds and a silver in swimming events. i started by asking her how she got involved in the games. i was leaving the military and had no idea what i was going to be doing. i was in the royal navy. i had no idea where i was going to go next. sport was something i knew, sport had been a huge part of my life and competing at the invictus games gave me something where i could get in the gym and train, i could get in the gym and train, i could push myself to challenge the boundaries that i thought had been imposed on me through injury. it allowed me to prove to myself that i don't have to be defined by those injuries. it is a big thing to go from your day—to—day work to suddenly being part of a major international event like this. a big competitive event. i know everyone will say it is the taking part and eve ryo ne will say it is the taking part and everyone gets the benefit from that, but you want to win and you did win and

hywel griffith, bbc news, sydney. and hyweljoins me from sydney now.down very well down under? absolutely. everywhere they've been, hundreds if not thousands of people have turned out. at bondi this morning, in melbourne yesterday, dubbo the day before. prince harry may be sixth in line, as we said, but he's very popular and its celebrity appeal, lots of people wanting the selfie and the moment and a brush with royalty. what's happening on the bridge behind me is prince harry climbing alongside the australian prime minister, scott morrison, to raise the invictus flag. that's the reason they're here now, for the invictus games in sydney, which begins tomorrow. not quite at the summit yet, according to these live pictures, but on their way to the top of the bridge. i'm sure you will keep us up to date. interesting they chose sydney, the other side of the world, to announce they're expecting their first world, to announce they're expecting theirfirst child. world, to announce they're expecting their first child. one wonders whether that was a deliberate d

we will look forward to that, hywel griffith in sydney.t go away, because i‘ll be back with business news, and is the trade war with the us starting to affect china‘s growth? we‘ll find out. and before we go, we have some pictures from my home country japan of a very unusual phenomenon. that‘s right, mariko. japan‘s famed cherry blossoms have bloomed unexpectedly this autumn. the pink and white flowers are typically visible for about two weeks in the spring, but hundreds have reported cherry blossoms in october. experts say a series of typhoons could have contributed to the phenomenon. indeed. but fear not, they should be backin indeed. but fear not, they should be back in the spring. that‘s it for this edition of newsday. from me, mariko, and kasia, thanks for watching. hello again. most of us saw some decent sunshine on thursday, and after a sunny day, we‘ve kept those clear skies for the first part of the night as well. this is how things looked at the end of the day in east yorkshire. with those clear skies and light winds in place, te

hywel griffith, bbc news, on sulawesi.has received mail which, according to initial tests, contains the deadly poison ricin. 0ne envelope sent to the pentagon was addressed to defence secretaryjim mattis. 0fficials says the fbi are now investigating. ricin is highly toxic, and exposure to it can lead to death. gary 0'donoughue in washington has more. well, we believe that these were discovered at a mail—sorting facility on the main pentagon site, which is just about 20 minutes from where i'm talking to you now, just outside washington, dc. it is a huge site. something like 25,000 people work there each day, and these two packages were discovered. we understand one of them was addressed to the secretary of defence, jim mattis, the other to the head of naval operations. they did not get inside the main building. they have been taken away by the fbi for analysis, and my understanding is that building is still under quarantine. the pentagon is saying there are no injuries at this stage so far, but they're waiting for the resul

hywel griffith, bbc news, at palu airport. we can join our correspondent nick beake in palu now.ng getting the aid through. you do get a sense that a more coherent plan is now coming together after a fairly slow start. inevitable, you may say, bearing in mind the remote geography of this place. it takes 2a hours by car from the south part of the island to reach the tip where we are in the north. but on the journey we did season convoys north. but on the journey we did season convoys of a. that will be a promising site for many people. also due to the fact seven planes arrived today full of aid and we expect a flight today full of aid and we expect a flight from the uk to take off tomorrow as part of the effort. in terms of trying to assess the picture, i‘m outside palu and that‘s difficult. as we saw injonathan‘s report the destructive nature of the mud may mean we neverfind out the true number of people who died. the government do insist they have moved to safety from the most remote hillside areas all the people living there. at tonight the living are living very much in fear, b

from petobo, on the island of sulawesi, hywel griffith reports.? coming back to sulawesi, a basic economy of the bare essentials. the indonesian government has told people they must start thinking about the future. but how do you do that when everything you own has been swept away? this 15—year—old and his father are hoping to salvage something from their home, but it's hard after the house was carried 400 metres by a mudslide. translation: i saw it from a distance. i was afraid. i was sad. i was searching around trying to find my mum and my sisters. his mother was found alive, but his sister and his niece were both killed in petobo's mudslide. 500 families used to live here. so far, they've found at least 300 bodies. but in reality, they may never be able to know exactly how many people were trapped in this mud. the indian easy indonesian government has announced it will end search and rescue operations on thursday. it's likely petobo will then be declared a mass grave. nearby, this school isn't ready to reopen, but emergency tent classrooms could

hywel griffith, bbc news, on sulawesi.it very clear how difficult it is for you and your tea m difficult it is for you and your team to operate there, quite apart from people who have lost absolutely everything. is it clear why the government is having so much difficulty helping people they are, and what impact that has on the chance of any more survivors? well, mike, this city is quite remote, as we have been experiencing ourselves. to get to this city has been a challenge in itself. and also, a lot of people run away to the hills, and they have to be brought down, they had to be told that they were 0k to come down. and it is onlyjust now that we have been hearing from the national disaster agency that they have now been in a camp where they can get some help. and also, we have all the collapsed buildings that needed to be cleared. but when it was so needed to be cleared. but when it was so difficult to get basic supplies like food and water into the town, it was so much harder to get heavy machinery into this city to get

this morning's reviewers are ben chu, economics editor at the independent and sian griffiths, educationtor at the sunday times. president trump has said the united states will pull out of a landmark nuclear weapons treaty it signed with russia more than 30 years ago. the nuclear forces treaty led to the destruction of hundreds of tactical weapons, but washington has accused the kremlin of breaching the agreement. here's our north america correspondent chris buckler. the intermediate—range nuclear forces treaty was seen as a landmark accord when it was agreed by russia and the us 30 years ago. it led to the destruction of hundreds of missiles by both countries, but the white house insists that russia has ignored the inf treaty by producing, testing and deploying banned cruise missiles. president trump now says that he is no longer prepared to let the kremlin violate an agreement that america has honoured. we're not gonna let them violate a nuclear agreement and go out and do weapons and we're not allowed to. we're the ones that have stayed in the agreement and we've honoured the agreemen

watching all of this with me is hywell griffith.g these pictures of them arriving at the zoo. it is the second part of their morning trip so far. yes, a trip to the zoo is a classic on the tourist itinerary of sydney. they won the opera house, the bridge and taronga zoo. “— opera house, the bridge and taronga zoo. —— day one. we expect at some point a cute koala will be stroked affectionately. later on they will ci’oss affectionately. later on they will cross the water and the harbour behind me. a visit to the opera house and possibly what more people here expect, the opportunity to meet and greet people outside the opera house. people have been queueing for several hours, hoping for a glimpse, maybe a selfie and a chance to meet the couple and congratulate the too on the news they announced in the last 2a hours that they expect a baby next spring. we will listen in, if we can, to what is happening as meghan markle is about to cut the ribbon. this is a big day for all of us. ribbon. this is a big day for all of us. fantastic. applau

hywel griffith, bbc news, sydney. bbc sport centre, here's katherine. good morning. let's start with the cricket. england batting against sri lanka in the fourth one—dayer. the england and lancashire bower kate cross is here, she's part of the team on 5 live's cricket social, which you can watch and listen to right now via the bbc sport website and app. thank you so much forjoining us. u nfortu nately, thank you so much forjoining us. unfortunately, england are off due to rain. it has come again. i have asked a few people this, why do you think a series was organised during monsoon season in sri lanka?m think a series was organised during monsoon season in sri lanka? it does seem daft, doesn't it? it is purely down to the scheduling. the men's game is so hectic. we have a world cup coming up and theyjust needed to get the games in, so they have had to chance it and there has been a bit of cricket played, which has been the main thing. they got 50 overs in in the first innings. let's hope they get back on because it'll

hywel griffith, bbc news, at palu airport.rvivors to escape the grenfell tower fire has given evidence to the public inquiry into the disaster. he's one of the first residents of the block to do so. antonio roncolato said he only realised how serious the fire was when his son sent him a photograph of the burning building from outside. pret a manger is to label all of its products with a full list of ingredients following the death of a 15—year—old girl, who suffered a fatal allergic reaction to one of its sandwiches. natasha ednan—laperouse collapsed on board a flight injuly, 2016 after eating a product that did not have sesame listed as an ingredient. at the inquest last week, a coroner called for better labelling rules. the headlines on bbc news: the prime minister calls on conservatives to unite, as she promises better days ahead for britain in her speech at the end of the party conference. an inquest into the westminster terror attack is told that it's "possible" pc keith palmer's death could have been prevented, if armed

hywel griffith, bbc news, canberra.s threatened to respond in kind if the united states starts developing new nuclear missiles. it follows president trump's decision to pull out a landmark arms treaty signed 30 years ago. mr trump claims moscow has been violating the agreement, which required the elimination of short and intermediate range missiles. sarah rainsford is in moscow. sarah, could this be the start of a new arms race between the superpowers? well, that is certainly the risk that officials here in moscow are pointing to. of course, that inf treaty some 30 years ago banned and destroyed a whole class of missiles, so the risk is of a return to the arms race of old. now, certainly that is what the kremlin has been pointing to, saying that if donald trump rips up the deal, that means the us will return to developing these missiles, and therefore the kremlin, russia, will have to do the same to maintain parity, as moscow sees it. but the kremlin is arguing this is not necessary , kremlin is arguing this is not nece

hywel griffith, bbc news, sydney.0% on the year before. it comes as the home office is considering making offences sparked by hostility to elderly people or to men a hate crime, following a review of existing laws. here‘s our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw. talking about hate crime, these kids at globe primary school in east london are meeting government minister lady williams to tell her what they‘ve learnt from a course on equality and diversity. the home office is funding more projects like this as part of a new hate crime action plan. we learnt about stereotypes and we learnt not to judge people by just what they look like or just what we know about them. we should get to know them more and then judge them by their personality, not by their appearance. you don'tjudge a book by its cover, it's a good saying. you don'tjudge people by their appearance. you have to be nice to people and respect them and notjudge them by the way they look, or what their religion has done in the past, because everyone is differe

hywel griffith, bbc news, on sulawesi. that was the scene in makassar.an head. i suppose the question is, what is your assessment of the kind of success of the aid agencies in getting in there? well, we are hearing now of convoys arriving in palu there have been coming on the very long road up from further south on the island, this is a very isolated spot. anyone will tell you in a big disaster like this that a full on aid operation involving international aid agencies does take about a week to get going. 0ne does take about a week to get going. one of the problems, as you've seen from both of these reports, a security. the aid agencies will not send trucks in if they will get looted and there has been a problem of not of security forces on the ground. this city has in effect ceased to function, it is all most anarchic on the streets, you see very few police, people are stressed and angry and it's a volatile situation. if there is criticism of the indonesian government it was that they didn't have any real kind of preparation in place for a disaster on t

hywel griffith, bbc news, sydney.in the games in orlando in 2016 where she won three golds and a silver in swimming events. thank you very much for coming to talk to us. why are these games so important? for me invictus games gave me something to cling onto. they gave me a head knock. i was leaving the military with no idea what i was going to be doing. i was in the royal navy and i had no idea where i would go next. invictus games was something i knew. sport had been a huge part of my life. competing at the invictus games gave me the idea of getting into the gym, pushing myself, and it allowed me to prove to myself that i don't have to be defined by my injuries. it's a big thing to go from your day—to—day work to being part of a major international event like this. it's a big competitive event, i know it's the taking part, but you want to win, and you did, big. it's an incredible experience. i was really fortu nate to incredible experience. i was really fortunate to be in orlando, and the support, notjust fortunate t

the parties and my right honourable friend the foreign secretary discussed this matter with martin griffithsey agreed the uk will continue to encourage all parties to agree to de—escalation. continue to encourage all parties to agree to de-escalation. but will the rebels be willing to come to the negotiating table? 0n rebels be willing to come to the negotiating table? on a walkabout this month, this senior leader seems to be in no hurry for talks and was dismissive of peace efforts by the un envoy, martin griffiths. translation: we are always ready for the peace talks but i don't think they will be successful. i have told martin they will not have positive results. for now the rebels have a tight group on the capital and most of the populated areas of the country. it is unclear if they or the saudis will be ready to compromise. details of how the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi died have finally been made public. turkey's chief prosecutor says the american based journalist was strangled as soon as he entered the saudi consulate in istanbul four weeks ago. his body was then dismembered. our

hywel griffith, bbc news, sydney. we can talk live to hywel griffith now. at the bridge. prince harry was climbing it. you don't get a sense of how big it. you don't get a sense of how big it is, it's difficult to get perspective looking down the camera lens. absolutely, i climbed it myself a few years ago. we've got a wedding party coming through, carry on, you'll be on british television. pretty popular spot to watch the bridge, as you can see. he made it up bridge, as you can see. he made it up in ten or 15 minutes with scott morrison, the current australian prime minister. they change prime minister pretty often hear. i guess all the choreography, the planned events, this was the most symbolic one. the moment the invictus is really arrived in sydney. while all the attention‘s been on the pregnancy, and so much focus has been then, con them as a couple and the... the focus is on the invictus game, which dance tomorrow, the project prince harry has been working on to bring wounded soldiers to these kind of events. he will be relieved when the sport begins

have arrived in jordan after oman and the un envoy to yemen martin griffith negotiated their release to two had been detained since former president ali abdullah saleh was killed by the rebels in december twenty seventh when a smith is covering the story from djibouti. lives in the. region said he wants to start talks between. the internationally recognized government of yemen as soon as possible to try out a good. all. who things have said in the past the muslim group is a side of the who things have said they are ready to take part in talks so this looks like some sort of goodwill gesture by them but as the who is. the southern tradition transition council is threatening to try and attempt again to take over the institutions of government in southern yemen they want to return to the pre nine hundred ninety seven state of yemen but yes the sea has not been invited to take part in talks it wants to be involved in a talks that might take place and they leader is also in abu dhabi at the same time as martin griffiths so this threat this attempt by the s.t.c. to say they're going to tak

hywel griffith, bbc news, sydney. we're joined now by our sydney correspondent hywel griffith.? not long before the opening ceremony, is a excitement that in? absolutely. this is what the royal visit is meant to be at our. of course, all week it has been dominated by news of the baby. with a couple hours for the opening ceremony, there is a sense of anticipation down there at the opera house. is pretty tight security, so the competitors and their family, many of whom have flown in for this, they are there and having spoken to one or two today, they are itching to compete. they appreciate that all of the attention goes on to the duke and duchess, ithink of the attention goes on to the duke and duchess, i think many of them will appreciate the platform it has given them. for them, will appreciate the platform it has given them. forthem, it will appreciate the platform it has given them. for them, it is about sport. is about competition, about getting to be elite, having enjoyed so getting to be elite, having enjoyed so many injuries. the only time a synergy so many injuries. the

hywel griffith reports. slowly the rhythm of life is returning to palu.e are trying to find their way forward. the earthquake and tsunami tore through the city, destroying buildings and ending lives. but in its wake, the survivors need to make a living. at this man's garage, it has been busy. plenty of people need their bikes repaired. translation: many went back to their villages, and so only one or two mechanics were operating in the city. we decided the way to recover from the trauma was to get back to work. everything else will follow and people will feel safe. the first to return where the food benders. with so many homes destroyed and aid slow to arrive, people need feeding. this woman has had to salvage her pots and pans from her damaged time before she can cook again. translation: i have kept prices reasonable so that iran can afford to buy. many people say thank god that they have able to reopen the stall. they need food. the food in the camps is mostly instant noodles, so the camps is mostly instant noodles, so they said is great that they sell

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much of the build up has centred around leigh griffiths — who withdrew from the squad — citing a lackut alex mcleish says he respects the strikers decision. everybody has issues and the personal life and to respect the decision. you know, and i do not wa nt to decision. you know, and i do not want to throw him under a bus. and there was no one a —— no animosity whatsoever. i see his body language, ican whatsoever. i see his body language, i can see him not wanting to. pakistan have a massive lead in the first test after an almighty collapse from australia in dubai. australia were going along nicely at 142 without loss, but were all out for 202 on the third day. that was in reply to pakistans first innings of 482. 0peners usman khawaja and aaron finch reached half centuriees but only two other batsmen made double figures. bilal hasif took 6—36 on his test debut. pakistan chose not to enforce the follow — and they lost wickets before the close, finishing on 45—3. a lead of 325. the england cricket vice—captain jos buttler says he's happy that they're favourites to beat sri lanka in the

well it looks like it could be some sort of a concession from the who thinks martin griffiths the u.n. special envoy to yemen is in abu dhabi today he is said last week on the back of the u.n. general assembly that he wants talks to get going as soon as possible he said he believes the who these are ready to take part in talks so this looks from their part like some sort of a concession ahead of any talks that might take place only and as they release seven separatists are threatening again to take over government institutions why now well just to complicate the challenge for martin griffiths well who things might have made this concession the southern separatists they see they've always wanted a part of the table they've always wanted a part in these talks and i haven't been able to take part in the talks the talks when they take place have been planned to be between just the internationally recognized government of yemen and the who things but the s.t.c. the southern transitional council they want to restore southern the republic of southern yemen and they want a part in these talks

-- they're beginning to do some retail planning efforts, so -- >> commissioners, kevin griffith, again, from ticd. so i know retail planning has been a topic of interest to the board, and that's why we wanted to make -- just give a brief update, basically, on the process that we're going through right now. this is kind of a time to refine our thinking on the retail. we have a plan -- you know, a loose plan that's baked into all of the documents that we've been working with so far, but right now is when we are working on the subphase application for the island center area that encome passencome ---encompasses that. i wanted to just briefly update what we've been up to over the last month and then update that exercise in november and december. so again, this is an opportunity to kind of reevaluate where things are when the planning documents were put together several years ago. you know, retail has obviously changed a little bit -- quite dramtly, actually, in the last few years. we want to make sure what we're putting together is feasible, sustainable, serve the residents and also allow

for the project on a 28-acre site located at ennis avenue between griffith -- griffith street in earl street with public benefits >> supervisor cohen: supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: based on our previous action to continue the environmental hearing, i would make a motion to continue these three items to our meeting of october 16th. >> supervisor cohen: all right we can take that without objection? >> second. >> supervisor cohen: i second. we can take that without objection. it will be continue to our next meeting of october 16th. next. >> clerk: next on the agenda is roll call for introductions beginning with supervisor tang. [roll call] >> supervisor fewer: thank you last week we voted, no, i'm sorry. i'm so confused. today, along with my supervisor supervisors supervisor is kim, ronan, and ye are requesting the duplicated file has amendment -- minimum compensation ordinance to be heard at the board of supervisors at the next meeting. this legislation covers the critical and complementary increase to $70 an hour for minimum wage, home health care workers and nonprofit worke