let's go to tokyo now, where hywel griffith is following the story. hywel, welcome to you., now it's time to get down to business. what do you think is going to happen today? absolutely, and with donald trump it's about brokering a deal, he wants a new deal with japan. he says the us‘s trade deficit isn't a cce pta ble says the us‘s trade deficit isn't acceptable so things have to change. what are they actually going to talk about? part of that will be the japanese car industry and its presence in the us. last week donald trump was saying how foreign cars area trump was saying how foreign cars are a threat to national security, so there's the threat of tariffs that shinzo abe, the japanese prime minister, will be very concerned about. also american farmers want more about. also american farmers want m o re a ccess about. also american farmers want more access to sell their beef and agricultural products into the japanese market. we are told may be not to accept a final —— expectation final deal this weekend, may be when donald trump comes back to japan next month for the g2

hywel griffith in tokyo for us.casting their ballots in more than 20 european countries, on what is the final day of polling in the european elections. the uk was among the nations that voted a few days ago, but results won't start being released until the final polls close at 2100 gmt. from brussels here's our europe correspondent damian grammitcas. the uk was in the first wave of countries to vote in these eu elections, and the uk result out this evening will be watched for how far the handling of brexit has impacted the share of votes won by the conservatives and labour and how people are divided between pro— and anti— brexit parties. across europe, a dozen or more nations, this is latvia, have already voted and today ballots are being cast in 21 more european states. in some countries, migration tops concern. elsewhere, the numbers of unemployed young people. here in northern france, it is a contest between president macron‘s pro eu movement and the anti—eu nationalists of the national front. translation: i'm go

hywel griffith, bbc news, queensland. world's best—known buildings, including the glass pyramid outside the louvre in paris, has died. tributes are pouring in for im pei, who was chinese—born, and is remembered for his forward—thinking, unique designs. he died at 102, and carried on working well into old age, creating one of his most famous pieces — the museum of islamic art in doha in his 80s. they've become an ever more common sight in many cities across the globe — e—scooters are meant to help with congestion and be kinder to the environment. 0ne country that's resisted them is germany, but on friday the upper house of parliament may vote to let e—scooters on the roads. the bbc‘s tim allman has the story. don't fancy riding a bike? well, how about trying one of these? electric, or e—scooters, are all the rage these days. nippy little things that can weave in and out of traffic, or pedestrians for that matter. they're being sold as a flexible and environmentally—friendly alternative. so we're spending 10—15% of our time

hywel griffith's report, contains some flash photography.sn't expected to last a year as prime minister, but scomo, as his party calls him, has secured an unlikely victory. scott morrison's known in australia as the man who brought a lump of coal into parliament. a fan of fossil fuels, the country, it seems, has embraced him and what he stands for. i'm standing with the three biggest miracles if my life here tonight. cheering and applause. and tonight we've been delivered another one! this election had been billed as a generational shift. young people put climate change at the centre of the debate, demanding no new coal mines be opened but the tide turned towards the liberals. despite two years trailing behind labor in the polls, it's on course to form a government. i think scomo has come above and he's brought the people with him so here we are. it was an amazing victory for the silent majority. against the odds, against all the opinion polls, scott morrison has delivered for his party and he has done it largely alone. many of his cabinet m

hywel griffith, bbc news, sydney.nter is a political reporter for the sydney morning herald, based at parlaiment house. he joins us from sydney. did this when for the conservatives come down to canonic issues or was it simply who ran the best campaign? well, i guess it is hard to diagnose that definitively right now but clearly a lot of people are praising the campaign that scott morrison ran, this very personality focused effort that was all about him and his appeal. he presents himself as an ordinary guy, and it ordinary dad and the message he was delivering was a heavily economy focused one about keeping the economy growing and stable and going negative, he said that the labour party was a threat to that with their tax reform agenda. . both of those factors were in there in that he is now, as a personality, propelled into hero status with his party and he is basically untouchable for them even though they were expecting a loss. and yes, there will also now be discussion about how people approach, well, how voters a

hywel griffith, bbc news, sydney.sial eurovision song contest ever held. the finals will take place in israel tomorrow night, and madonna is scheduled to perform. but pro—palestinian campaigners have called for a boycott of the contest, and organisers fear protestors may be planning to disrupt it. 0ur correspondent, david sillito, is in tel aviv. david. as you can see, the eurovision party is behind me in full swing. remember, this has been a period of considerable political tension. there have been issues raised. will there be protests and will people turn up? as you can see, they have, but even among some of the entrants, they have had questions themselves. welcome to the eurovision song contest 2019. israel 2019, and the eurovision party's in full swing here in tel aviv. eurovision very much prides itself on being a celebration of inclusiveness, but the question this year is very much about exactly who's going to be coming to the party. this is hatari from iceland. they had doubts about coming to israel because of

hywel griffith, bbc news, sydney.lian conservation foundation, explains what she thinks the election results mean for environmental issues. we know that climate is a top issue and people were saying that in polls, they were saying that when we have conversations with them, that did not translate into a vote, not everywhere. in some places are dead and there are certainly independents that won because of their climate policy but we've got a real challenge in this country that we are concerned about climate change and the damage it is causing, that we can see, but we are not looking to change our government to deliver on that. but does it suggest that when it comes down to, for australians, a decision between the economy and money that comes from coal and fossil fuels or climate change, people will choose the economy? i think it's more complicated than that. i think this election was much more about the presidential style election, it was between the two leaders, there are many issues going on in the selection. we do ha

hywel griffith, bbc news, sydney.ormer argentine president, cristina fernandez de kirchner, says she'll run as a vice—presidential candidate austria is heading for another election. the chancellor sebastian kurz made the announcement hours after the resignation of his coalition partner and vice chancellor, heinz—christian strache. mr strache, the leader of the freedom party, resigned over an undercover video which appears to show him discussing government contracts with a russian investor in return for campaign support. bethany bell reports. this is the video that brought down a government. the man in the grey t—shirt is heinz—christian strache, who's just resigned as austria's vice chancellor. in this footage from 2017, he's seen talking to a woman who was posing as the niece of a russian oligarch. he seems to suggest she could be awarded public construction contracts in return for political and financial support. now, mr strache has stepped down, saying his behaviour was stupid, irresponsible and a mistake. translat

the bbc‘s hywel griffith has the latest from tokyo.en this morning just before school time in kawasaki, which is towards the south of tokyo, and what we understand is the victims are a mixture of children and adults. suggestions that at least eight children were involved and some adults. more recent reports put the total number at 18 and it is feared east one adult and what child may be unconscious, showing no vital signs of life and therefore there is a fear they may have been killed in this attack and one man believed to be in his 40s or 50s has been arrested. he himself stabbed himself in the shoulder, in the neck area and is believed to be in a critical condition. hywell griffith. and we'll update you on this story as soon as we get more. live pictures are coming in now from japan, from the yokosuka airbase. donald trump and shinzo abe have been on an aircraft carrier, talking about north korea, and a lot else. going to be discussing some of that live from new york later. let's get some of the day's other news. french police have a

hywel griffith there.nwhile, president trump, who's injapan, has again dismissed concerns about recent missile launches from north korea. he also said he was confident that the country's leader, kim jong—un, would keep promises that he had made. mr trump tweeted: mr trump's tweet would seem to contradict his national security adviser, john bolton, who said on saturday that there was no doubt north korea had breached the un resolution banning the launch of ballistic missiles. let's show you the live scene in japan at the moment, we believe both president trump and shinzo abe are arriving at a golf course to play golf together. after that, mr trump is going to attend a sumo wrestling tournament. japan really, some a nalysts tournament. japan really, some analysts say, rolling out the red carpet for mr trump. there is not a bad relationship between shinzo abe and donald trump, but apparently they are regular golf buddies, and shinzo abe has not missed an opportunity to interact with mr trump. it is reported t

hywell griffith there.rlift. after world war 2, moscow used its control of east germany to cut off all access by land and water to western parts of the city. allied forces managed to provide supplies to berlin by air for nearly a year. among the guests of honour was 98 year old gail halvorsen — known as the "candy bomber" because he flew planes that dropped supplies including sweets into berlin. he addressed the gathering. the weather was not at this good during the airlift, of most of the time, but it's an honour, a special honour to be here for those who gave their lives for the freedom of berlin. the germans, americans, frenchmen, englishmen — we're grateful to be here. god bless you. i am honoured to be a son of berlin. berlin ist meine zweite heimat. danke. you have been watching newsday. i'm ben bland in london. and i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. stay with us, the tit for tat on tariffs continues. we'll get the latest on the trade war between the us and china. and before we go, we'd like to leave yo

the bbc‘s hywel griffith has the latest from tokyo.latest we understand is that one adult and one child may have been killed in the attack. a group of schoolchildren were queueing for their morning bus. the attacker, said to be a man in his 40s or early 50s, approached them and began to attack people, both in the queue for the bus and on the actual bus itself. now up to 16 people were injured in that. we understand that two of them have died, and that amongst the 16 was the attacker himself, who ended up stabbing himself in the neck or in the shoulder. the police were able to retrieve two knives from the scene. now, this clearly is a horrific attack, very rare injapan, which doesn't have a crime problem on this level. there were attacks three years ago at a care home in tokyo where 19 people were killed, but that is really the only reason precedent of something like this happening in a public place. com pletely happening in a public place. completely unexpected. are we getting any sense of what is happening in the surrounding area? i a

and he's also presenting a trophy at a sumo wrestling tournament. 0ur correspondent in japan hywel griffitha trip really tailor—made for president trump. we will see him tomorrow playing golf, we know that's one of his favourite pastimes, later on a trip to sumo wrestling. we know that he was quite a fan of wrestling back in the states, a different type, but he'll be there with a front row seat to an important competition in tokyo. and all those pictures of him will be projecting a sort of close friendship with the prime minister of japan, shinzo abe. the two men have been close and meeting and speaking over the phone a0 times we are told since president trump came to power and their relationship is key for both men possible future for both men's possible future success, both have elections on the horizon and so they need to show as two world leaders, they work together closely. also on the menu over the next few days will be nailing down the details of a bilateral trade deal betweenjapan and the us. the us wasn't keen to be part of the multilateral deal, the transpacific partnership that d

hywel griffith is our correspondent in tokyo.t has been suggested that we won't see any agreement on this visit or maybe even donald trump's next visit for 620. but i am sure in the golf course and the dinner halls, that will be the focus of this visit, nailing down what the two countries can agree. the us didn't want a multilateral deal as part of the trans—pacific partnership, it wanted a bilateral deal, and that is largely what their relationship has been over the last few years. it has been a close friendship, they have met or talked on the phone at least a0 times. shinzo abe was in washington just last month, and now this visit to tokyo. lots of pictures of them laughing and talking together, as well as going to sumo together. expect that to be projected to both japanese and american audiences. but behind all that will be these trade negotiations. donald trump will be the first world leader to meet the new emperor injapan. what is the significance of that? it is clearly significant, arguably whoever the us president would ha

because polls there were predicting a narrow win for the opposition labor party. 0ur correspondent hywel griffithn canberra and joins me now. good morning. good to see you. i'm assuming a good newspaperfront page for scomo? absolutely. he called the result is a miracle. the australian held him the missile from the shire. you can see the cronulla sharks there was the there he is celebrating. the sharks didn't win, but scott morrison is australie's big winner. the sydney morning herald is talking about the morrison era beginning. the reason they are talking about him, not as government is because he thought this campaign front and centre. all about him and his trustworthiness. him and his ‘daggy dad' persona. he his trustworthiness. him and his 'daggy dad' persona. he said his trustworthiness. him and his ‘daggy dad' persona. he said he would look after the successful economy and very much talk about labor's inability to manage money. that was a direct campaign tactic that really paid off for scott morrison and brought him victory. how great a victory? we still don't know. counting is still ongoing

our correspondent hywel griffith in sydney has the latest.ity in australian politics. scott morrison took over thejob in august because of a canberra coup. many expected him to be a stopgap before labor took over, having led and opposed for two and a half years. however at the 11th hour, scott morrison or scomo as he's known, to the party faithful here, somehow pulled it out the bad. he led this campaign largely alone with many of his cabinet colleagues seen as being too toxic to campaign alongside him. he focused on the issue of the economy. australia has enjoyed a period of 27 years without a recession. that seems to have run a bell with australians and resonated with them. when he took to the stage earlier on, he said he believed in miracles. he's for being a devout christian and all of his hard work on the campaign trail over the last few weeks seems to have pulled off. we don't have the final tally but it looks like he's remaining. the uk's opposition party's brexit spokesman, sir keir starmer, has said a public vote should be included i

concerns over carbon emissions pitted against the importance of the coal industry. 0ur correspondent hywel griffithinal seats could decide the result. chanting: no more coal, no more oil! keep your carbon in the soil! fired up over fossil fuels. for these young voters in brisbane, this election is a chance to demand action. they want whoever wins to cut carbon emissions and bring an end to australia's huge coal industry. all governments everywhere need to stop digging up fossil fuels. you can't have any action on climate change if you're still mining coal, oil and gas, and it's ridiculous that governments will claim they are taking action on climate while simultaneously approving new coal mines. after australia's hottest summer on record, which saw both bushfires and floods hit queensland, concern over the climate has become the front—line election issue. but travel inland and you'll hear the other side of the argument. blackwater sits on the bowen basin, the country's biggest coal reserve. they've been mining here for 50 years, and reckon there is enough left for another 50. half of the people who

hywel griffith is our correspondent in tokyo.hat will japan and what willjapan and the us want to get out of this visit? both sides are keen to nail down a trade deal, it has been something they have been discussing for the last couple of months. for donald trump it is important because he wants to show that his approach of being the dealmaker, talking to countries individually rather than having a big trade pact, is his way of making america great again. he wants to tackle a trade deficit between the us andjapan, tackle a trade deficit between the us and japan, and that is something he mentioned immediately after landing and talking to business leaders here, saying japan had good for some time and he wanted to balance things out in terms of the deficit. donald trump is the first world leader to meet the new emperor, what is the significance of that? arguably whoever the us president had been they probably would have been the first people to be invited to meet emperor naruhito, but for donald trump it elevates status and power an

let's get the latest from tokyo and our correspondent hywel griffith.s are just coming in. what more do we know? this happen this morning just before school time in kawasaki, towards the south of tokyo and what we understand is the victims are a mixture of children and adults. suggestions that at least eight children were involved in seven adults. the total number is now being inputted 18 and it is feared east one adult and what child may be unconscious, showing no vital signs of life and therefore there is a fear they may have been killed and one man believed to be in his 40s or 50s has been arrested. he was shot in the shoulder —— stabbed in the shoulder or neck area and is believed to be in a critical condition. i know you will keep across that story, hywel, over the next few hours but if we may now, let's turn to the other story that i know you've been following over the last few days. this is the summit between us president donald trump and the japanese prime minister, lshinzo abe. it has been full of p°mp lshinzo abe. it has been full of pomp and

the bbc‘s hywel griffith has been to queensland, where a handful of marginal seats could decide the resultoil... fired up over fossil fuels. carbon in the soil... fired up over fossilfuels. for carbon in the soil... fired up over fossil fuels. for these young voters in brisbane, this election is a chance to demand action. they want whoever wins to cut carbon emissions and bring an end to australia's huge coal industry. all governments everywhere need to stop giving up fossil fuels. you can't everywhere need to stop giving up fossilfuels. you can't have everywhere need to stop giving up fossil fuels. you can't have any action on climate change if you are still mining coal, oil and gas, and it's ridiculous that governments will claim they are taking action on climate while simultaneously approving new coal mines. after australia's hottest summer on record, which saw both bushfires and floods hit queensland, concern over the claimant has become the front—line election issue. but travel inland and you'll hear the other side of the argument. blackwater sits on the bowen basin, the country's big

our correspondent, hywel griffith, is in sydney for us, and gave us this update.s was always tied to about one or 2%, however scott morrison and his government were always on the wrong side of that, they trailed behind to labor for two and a half years. i suppose in a way this was a political miracle. scott morrison as well known for being a pentecostal christian and spoke about his faith and values he wants to project and protect in australia, but on that stage behind me that they are rapidly dismantling now, he spoke about the miracle that had been delivered here in sydney tonight. labor were the ones that maybe had a more broad policy platform and the key to that was action on climate change. the polls, for what they're worth, told us that climate change with the one issue for voters and it seems that particularly in places like rural queensland where the coal industry is still huge and dominant the majority of voters didn't get behind that change. they wanted to keep the status quo and go with scott morrison's argument that protecting the economy was the key.

let's get the latest from tokyo and our correspondent hywel griffith.e up to with establishing motives in the investigation? the latest we understand is that the man who carried out the attack has himself died. he a critical condition but his self—inflicted injuries were fatal so that would mean that the total number of people deceasedis mean that the total number of people deceased is three, two victims, a child and a man in his 30s and the attacker himself. in terms of motivation, nothing has come through and it's confirmed his died, it's unlikely police would be able to find out much more until they look into his background and what drove him to that. as far as we are aware, oui’ him to that. as far as we are aware, our police looking for anyone else in connection with this or not? it's still a moving crime scene, a dynamic time seen in kawasaki. we know there is still a large gordon and they are looking for forensic details, around the bus stop on the bus itself and they will be tracing back but no, at the moment, no suggestion there is anyone linke

hywel griffith, bbc news.ime for the one 0'clock news with ben brown. but first, it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. glorious day yesterday, near unbroken sunshine. warmest towards the east with the light winds. scotland had the highest temperature. hottest day of the year so forfor temperature. hottest day of the year so for for scotland. high temperature. hottest day of the year so forfor scotland. high pressure still dominating the scene through today. drifting northwards, allowing a cooler, stronger easterly breeze to develop across the uk. according to develop across the uk. according to central and eastern areas as the afternoon wears on. meanwhile, a weather front close to the west of the uk generating some cloud and some showers. cloud east and west of the country, central areas seeing the country, central areas seeing the best of the sunshine with higher temperatures across scotland. though 20s. there were across england and wales. this evening, losing the showers across the west, th

our correspondent in tokyo, hywel griffith says there's a lot riding on this visit for both leaders. the two men have been close, meeting and speaking over the phone a0 times we re and speaking over the phone a0 times were told since president trump came to power and their relationship is key to the successful both, both have elections on the horizon so they need to show as two world leaders they work together closely. also on the menu over the next few days will be nailing down the details of the bright bilateral trade deal between japan details of the bright bilateral trade deal betweenjapan and the us. the us was not keen to be part of the tra ns—pacific partnership, donald trump wanted something one—on—one. and over the last few months and years we have seen both men working closely, their teams in the back ground hammering out details. there are concerns around the japanese economy as to what donald trump might want to do over the steel industry here. there are also concerns over the future of the automotive industry. companies like toyota have a big presence in the united state

and japan are in the process of negotiating a delicate trade deal. 0ur correspondent in japan, hywel griffithe two countries needs looking at. well, he says that a trade deficit has been going for too long and he wants to rebalance things. maybe, he says, japanese businesses have had it too good for too long, so he wants them to invest in the us and wants us companies to have better terms trading here, particularly the us farmers who have been somewhat at a disadvantage since what was the trans—pacific partnership came into life. they don't get the same terms as european farmers do here, for example. but while a lot of the back room discussion has been around trade, a lot of the picture opportunities have been about donald trump relaxing with his big international friend, prime minister shinzo abe, playing golf this morning. both men known to be big golf fans. wherever he goes, donald trump takes his sticks. in fact, he was gifted some golden golf sticks by prime minister shinzo abe after coming to office. now, after the golf, of course, a more traditionaljapanese pastime, both men came here

promised higher taxes on the wealthy, and tougher action on climate change. 0ur correspondent hywel griffithis living up to projections of a very close contest? still far too close to call. the only exit poll had labour ahead, but as the results come through the liberals have a very small lead. the issue of climate change seems to have been key but played out differently in different parts of australia. in metropolitan places like sydney, being against carbonation cuts has cost the liberals the seat of tony abbott, the former prime minister best known for wearing tight swimming trunks known as budgie smugglers. but in rural queensland where cole is king, it has worked against labour who wanted greater action on climate change, meaning both sides losing seats, nobody sure who will emerge victorious. if it is labour, as the pulse lead is to believe, australia will have its sixth prime minister within six yea rs. sixth prime minister within six years. —— as the poles lead us to believe. attack the liberal party hq the initial columbus has changed and they feel they might have enough momentum to

our correspondent, hywel griffith, is in sydney for us, and gave us an update on the result.s always tied to about one or 2%, however scott morrison it is government rose on the wrong side of that committee trailed behind to labour for two and a half years. i suppose in a way this was a political miracle. scott morrison as well known for being a pentecostal christian and spoke about his faith and values he wants to project and protect in australia, but on that stage behind me that they are rapidly dismantling now he spoke about the miracle that had been delivered here in sydney tonight. do you think this is a case of better the devil you know for australians, or did that labour messagejust not gel with the australians? what was their message? i think inevitably it was a bit of both. labour were the ones that maybe had a more broad policy platform and the key to that was climate change. the polls for their worth told us that climate change with the one issue for voters and it seems that particularly in places like queensland it still huge and dominant and the do not get behind

hywel griffith is our corrspondent in tokyo. how is he making that argument.gument. he wants to balance things, he wants japanese businesses to invest in the us and want better terms for us companies trading here, particularly us farmers who have been at somewhat ofa us farmers who have been at somewhat of a disadvantage since the transpacific partnership came into life. they do not get the same terms as european farmers do here, for example. while a lot of the backroom discussions have been about the trade, picture opportunities have been about donald trump relaxing with shinzo abe, playing golf together at this morning, both men together at this morning, both men to be big golf fans. wherever he goes, donald trump takes his sticks. he was given some goading sticks by prime minister singel abby after coming into office. after the gulf, a more traditionaljapanese pastime. both men came to central tokyo to the sumo stadium, we saw donald trump getting a seat, a seat rather than a cushion which most people have to use, to watch the grand final of the sumo compet

hywel griffith is in tokyo for us.sit for donald trump and japan, for that matter? it is not his first time here as president, but the first time under the new emperor, and for japanese people that does carry symbolism. whoever the american president would probably be the first person to meet the new emperor. this probably plays to donald trump 0zma katie have himself asa donald trump 0zma katie have himself as a leading globalfigure. him and shinzo abe have almost become best buddies. they have met or spoken a0 times. shinzo abe was in the white house last month. they will relax together, play golf, go to see this removed. i imagine it will be a gift for the headline writers, frankly. there will be lots of ceremony, certainly, but what about the politics that will go on? those closed meetings are vitally important. japan would have liked to have had the trans pacific partnership trade deal that fell apart because the us pulled out. president trump wants a bilateral deal between the us and japan. inevitably, the way do

issue — with concerns over carbon emissions pitted against the coal industry. 0ur correspondent hywel griffithsult. chanting: no more coal, no more oil! keep your carbon in the soil! fired up over fossil fuels. for these young voters in brisbane, this election is a chance to demand action. they want whoever wins to cut carbon emissions and bring an end to australia's huge coal industry. all governments everywhere need to stop digging up fossil fuels. you can't have any action on climate change if you are still mining coal, oil and gas, and it's ridiculous that governments will claim they are taking action on climate while simultaneously approving new coal mines. after australia's hottest summer on record, which saw both bushfires and floods hit queensland, concern over the climate has become the front—line election issue. but travel inland and you'll hear the other side of the argument. blackwater sits on the bowen basin, the country's biggest coal reserve. they've been mining here for 50 years, and reckon there is enough left for another 50. half of the people who live here work in coal minin

our sydney correspondent hywel griffith joins me now.fficial results but the exit poll suggests that labor have pulled it off. absolutely. the single exit poll we have so far suggests that lure have won a narrow margin, 52—48, clearly enough for them to take power and in for australia to have another promise minster, the sixth within six years —— labor have done enough. there are early results come in, one noteworthy one that people might recognise, the former prime minister of australia, liberal mp tony abbott, we believe had lost his seat in northern sydney in the face of an independent challenger that is significant because he is seen by many as the man who orchestrated that coup back in august last year that coup back in august last year that deposed malcolm turnbull and it led to the introduction of scott morrison as prime minister here. his local electorate it seems have punished him and potentially the nation might be punishing in party for that messy spell last year. as you said, tony abbott and malcolm turnbull, both out of polm

our sydney correspondent hywel griffith joins me now.the polls around the country have closed. just remind us of how intense this battle has been, and why it has been that the government has been somewhat on the defensive in recent months? the coalition government has for years been slightly behind in the polls, changing leader last august has not helped its fortunes. but it has a lwa ys helped its fortunes. but it has always been a narrow gap between labour and the ruling coalition. the polls suggest that labour are on course to win a narrow victory, bill shorten could become the sixth prime minister in as many years. the coalition has been problematic in persuading people that they are a united party, and given the turmoil we saw when the prime minister was changed last year, scott morrison has pretty much had to fight this election alone. he has been a one—man campaigning team for the government because so one—man campaigning team for the government because so many one—man campaigning team for the government because so many of his col

the first time in six years, but their leader bill shorten has now conceded. 0ur correspondent hywel griffithes, we may even get some stability in australian politics. scott morrison took over the job in august because of the canberra coup. many expected him to be a stopgap before labour took over, having led in the opinion polls for 2.5 years, however, the hour, scott morrison, he somehow pulled it out of the bag. he led the campaign largely alone with many of his cabinet colleagues being seen as too toxic to campaign alongside him. he focused on the issue of the economy, australia has enjoyed 27 years without a recession. that seems to have rung a bell with australians, and really resonated with them. when he took to the stage earlier on, he said he believed in miracles. he is known for being a devout christian and all his hard work on the campaign trail over the last few weeks seems to have pulled it off. we do not have the final tally but it looks like he will be remaining in government. thank you. austria's vice—chancellor heinz—christian strache has resigned from the government. it's af

our correspondent hywell griffith joins us now from sydney. what colour socks have you got on? no.n results. important stuff. there's the election, then my socks. we expect, i suppose, given that the opinion polls have been pretty consistent, it may be a narrow labour wind. it could come down to some key marginal seats where independent candidates have mixed things up and made it less predictable. but labour is on course to claim power, and as you said, give australia its sixth prime minister in six years. bill shorten will be the new name people internationally have to learn. to a nswer internationally have to learn. to answer your previous question, a very boring pair of black reporter socks. a versatile chap! just tell us socks. a versatile chap! just tell us quickly about democracy sausages. what do they taste like? well, one important australian culinary tip is that the sausages are always beef. if you asked for a sausage here, it is beef and not pork. on voting day when you turn up at the polling booth, there is that smell of slightly burnt sizzling beef because voting is com

let's get the latest from our correspondent hywel griffith who's in tokyo for us this morning.restling next, right? yes, he is coming here to the stadium, where people are queueing around the block not actually to see donald trump but to see the stars of sumo. a few large gentlemen have already arrived. the huge police presence as well, and donald trump will have a ringside seat. a seat rather than a traditional pillow. that has caused some controversy, but the red carpet has been rolled out. he will become the first state visitor to meet the new emperor naruhito. i think this is showing his status and the importance of the relationship between the two countries, who behind closed doors are trying to hammer out a new trade deal. what it's worth, on twitter president trump said that the golf was great and progress on the trade deal is also great. experts have said that they think the democrats would rather see donald trump fail than to see the country flourish. they are making the most of political capital back home. thank you very much, we like that insight. a few "large gentle

our correspondent, hywel griffith, is in sydney for us and gave us this update.s always tight, down to about 1—2%. however, scott morrison and the government we re scott morrison and the government were on the wrong side of that. they trailed behind labour for 2.5 were on the wrong side of that. they trailed behind labourfor 2.5 years. scott morrison is known for being a pentecostal christian and has spoken about his face —— faith and the values he was to protect in australia but on that stage behind me, they are rapidly dismantling it now, he spoke about the miracle that had been delivered here in sydney tonight. labour had a broader climate change action plan. we were told it was the number one issue for voters will stop it seems and particularly places like rural queensland where the coal industry is still huge and dominant, that the majority of voters didn't get behind it. they wanted to go with the status quo. they wanted to go with scott morrison's argument that the economy was the key. austria has announced snap elections after the deputy chancellor, heinz

our correspondent hywell griffith joins us now from sydney. good to see you. behind you, people trying to influence the dates. what is the feeling there today? australians follow the maxim that al capone gave, that early, vote often. every three years they come and do this, so there are traditions that people go through. the democracy sausage, people go through. the democracy sausage, cake stalls, charity stalls, and that creates something ofan ama stalls, and that creates something of an am a stay, but it is their civic duty. they tend to get the result relatively quickly. there is only an hour left for people to vote here in australia. there was another three hours in western australia. within five or six hours, we may know the actual outcome, and whether oi’ know the actual outcome, and whether or not australia is going to change its prime minister yet again. indeed, thank you. australia are also among the contestants in tonight ‘s eurovision song contest. the show is taking place tel aviv in israel this year, at a time of renewed political tension on the b

let's get the latest from our correspondent hywel griffith who's in tokyo for us this morning. an hour ago you were waiting for donald trump to arrive to watch the sumo wrestling? yes, still waiting, as thousands of people queueing around the block. safe to say the sumo wrestlers are the main stars, with premier league footballers posting for selfies on their way in. president trump will be sitting on a seat, not the traditional cushion. he has been golfing this morning, and he will be seen always in the presence of shinzo abe. the two leaders have become best buddies, which shows that the relationship between the two countries is so strong. we have been told that this is much less about trade and more about the strong friendship between the countries. tomorrow, the focus will go from here over to the imperial palace, where donald trump will have his moment is the first state visitor to see the new emperor. a lot on the itinerary for president trump, but he will have the experience of seeing a sumo grand final. very interesting. a woman has been found alive more than two weeks