prince william and jacinda ardern, the new zealand prime minister, on their way to christchurch.ath of the terrible earthquake here in february 2011. that claimed 185 lives. you might be able to see behind me, mike, the remnants of christchurch cathedral which was badly damaged during earthquake all of those years ago. we understand the principle lay a wreath to the memorial of the earthquake victims so he is once again on his way back to a city that is still scarred and wounded, notjust by the events of the earthquake a few years ago but also by that terrible atrocity committed here almost six weeks ago. an australian man has been accused of 50 counts of murder and he will be back in court in the middle ofjune. the anzac day really does have enormous residence anzac day really does have enormous residence in this part of the world. yes, as i say, anzacs are the australian and new zealand army corps. for many australians and new zealanders, they believe their national identities were forged by the courage and the sacrifice displayed at the gallipoli peninsula all of those years a

prince william and jacinda ardern, the new zealand prime minister, on their way to christchurch.quake here in february 2011. that claimed 185 lives. you might be able to see behind me, mike, the remnants of christchurch cathedral which was badly damaged during earthquake all of those years ago. we understand the principle lay a wreath to the memorial of the earthquake victims so he is once again on his way back to a city that is still scarred and wounded, notjust by the events of the earthquake a few years ago but also by that terrible atrocity committed here almost six weeks ago. an australian man has been accused of 50 counts of murder and he will be back in court in the middle ofjune. thousands of people are gathering in brasilia this week for what's likely to be the biggest indigenous demonstration in brazil — it's called the free land camp. they're expected to camp out in front of government buildings for three days of celebrations and protests against the far right president, jair bolsonaro. since he took power injanuary, he's repeatedly called into question the very existe

xi jinping meets jacinda ardern. zealand and china hold their first talks over the storm in huawei. it is a significant visit for the prime minister. good morning, asia. hello, world. it is a monday. start of a brand—new trading week. i am glad you could join for another edition of asia business report. i i'm rico hizon. we start off with china and the crucial manufacturing sector. it unexpectedly rebounded sharply. it grew for the first time in four months. china's economy typically im proves months. china's economy typically improves after the unit judgement lunar new year holidays. some say the strong and broader pickup suggest raising's acid to boost lending, tap —— taxes —— efforts, are taking effect. the fears are it could slip into a sharper downturn. while, markets had a first—quarter, oi’ while, markets had a first—quarter, or street‘s s&p 500 so it's best quarterly game in a decade. let's ta ke quarterly game in a decade. let's take a look at the region. japan's agree three rising and the hang seng index do

jacinda ardern address the crowd here this morning and her message was one of humanity and compassiond and she said the attacks here in christchurch six weeks ago we re here in christchurch six weeks ago were a reminder of the need for compassion and humanity as well. she isjoined in compassion and humanity as well. she is joined in auckland compassion and humanity as well. she isjoined in auckland by britain's once william who will be travelling later today here to christchurch to meet emergency services personnel and police officers who were involved in the aftermath of the mosque shootings here almost six weeks ago and the attention on friday turns to meeting survivors of the atrocity. 50 people were killed in those two attacks on mosques here on christchurch and prince william coming here really to offer support and comfort to those who survived. it is very significant for prince william to visit christchurch. it is, he was here in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake which devastated the city of christchurch in february 2011. 185 people died in the tragedy a few years ago.

language ] peace be upon you, and peace be upon all of us. >> that was new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern the wake of last month's massacre in christchurch. her actions in the aftermath of the tragedy were widely praised in many quarters. under her leadership, gun legislation was drafted within days. ardern donned a hijab, vowed never to speak the name of the murderer and at the same time saying of the victims, many immigrants, "they are us." my next guest says ardern's leadership and her actions are indicative of a fact of life -- "women have evolved to deal with the intractable perplexities of life and find means of peaceful co-existence where men have traditionally found roads to conflict." tina brown was the editor of "vanity fair," "the new yorker" and "the daily beast" and is founder of women in the world, which holds its tenth annual summit next week. welcome. >> good to be here, fareed. >> so, let me ask you about an act of what many regard as kind of typically male leadership in your country of origin, britain. the way in which brexit has been handled for a lot of people -- and t

well, it ties into the approach of the new zealand prime minister, jacinda ardern, she has been askingh questions, given that for about 17 minutes, the gunman who perpetrated this atrocity in christchurch six weeks ago managed to live stream part of his attack for 17 minutes. it took the social media platform well over an hour to dismantle, take down that video afterwards. and the prime minister of new zealand is on a bit of a global crusade to make sure that sort of extremist material can never be propagated in the same way again. so prince william referring to that in his speech today, later this afternoon he travels to the other mosque that was attacked six weeks ago in christchurch, in the suburb of linwood. the prince is meeting many survivors and crucially, hearing their stories. as you say, it's exactly six weeks since the attacks. is it possible to form any opinion on how it's changed the country? i think new zealand has, as a country and a society, has had to take a long hard look at itself in terms of its attitude to racism, to inclusion, to intolerance and i think that the p

the country's prime minister, jacinda ardern, announced changes to the law after 50 people were killedosques in christchurch. i have to reflect, mr speaker, when i visited the hospitals and the victims, that none of them had just one gunshot wound. i struggle to recall any single gunshot wounds. in every case, they spoke of multiple injuries, multiple debilitating injuries that deemed it impossible for them to recover in days, let alone weeks. they will carry disabilities for a lifetime, and that is before you consider the psychological impact. the immigration minister faced questions about compensation for the windrush generation, people from the caribbean who arrived in britain after world war two and who've faced deportation or detention by the home office if they couldn't prove their right to be in the uk. the government announced a compensation scheme and said payments wouldn't be capped. but a labour mp thought official documents suggested otherwise. a £500 payment for legal costs incurred, £500 for people who've been denied the chance to go to university, £1,000 for those wrongl

. >> we did, though, all witness the prime minister of new zealand, jacinda ardern, take the lead afterhe deadly shootings at the mosques, reaching out to the muslim community in a way few other leaders have ever done. we've also seen some religious leaders unite in the aftermath of attacks on synagogues, mosques and churches in the united states and elsewhere, it has to be said, but these are rare events, aren't they? what will it take, though, for other leaders across the globe to do the same and what difference could that make if they do that? >> it can make a big difference because we have to have people willing to kind of be less defensive. we've been using this term fragility a lot lately. we've got a lot of fragile leaders who want to build walls as opposed to opening doors and kind of acknowledging some of the mistakes of the past. and so the road map we have for former members of extremist groups, whether they're jihadists or white supremacists, who have come out of that movement have told us the way they came out is because the people they were taught to hate actually opened t

jacinda ardern.ng woman world leader who was famous simply really for having a baby in office. then the massacre happened at the christchurch mosque, and in this instinctive way that had a terrific womanly empathy, she donned the hijab and said, you know, spoke her solidarity with the muslims. it was a remarkable moment. women across new zealand followed suit. we saw eric countries projecting her image on monuments. i think it was a uniquely female moment. >> do you see those qualities in the women running for president right now? >> what i like about the women running for president, they're all so different. that's a huge step up right there. hillary clinton said to me in my podcast recently, she said they have one up on me in that there's more of them. and therefore, they're not supposed to carry the entire burden of gender. don't forget, hillary, particularly in 2008, was so anxious to show she was a commander in chief. the whole emphasis was i'm not womanly, i'm commander in chief. >> in '08, she

prime minister jacinda ardern announced changes to new zealand's gun laws in the immediate aftermath of the attack. ardern said the change was able to take place because of the victims and their families. >> they will carry disabilities for a lifetime. them. here because of and i believe they are here with us, supporting what we're doing here today as well because these weapons were designed to kill. they were designed to maim. and that is what they did on the 15th of march. amy: the bill is expected to become law in new zealand in the next few days. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. juan: and i'm juan gonzalez. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around thee country anand around the wororl. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu appears to be on the verge of securing a record fifth term in office as votes continue to be counted in tuesday's election. last night, netanyahu and his top challenger, ex-military chief benny gantz, both claimed victory in the tight race. with most of th

today, prime minister jacinda ardern praised the nearly animous vote in wellington. >> i could not fathom how weapons that could cause such destruction and large-scale death could have been obtained legally in this country. >> woodruff: the bill requires the approval of new zealand's governor general, but it's expected to become law on friday. after that, anyone with a military-style weapon could face to five years in prison. the death toll from a cyclone ie so africa has now topped 1,000 people. the powerful srm ripped through mozambique, zimbabwe,mo and malawi lash. crews are still searching for remains of the dead. a cholera outbreak ahe cyclone's survivors in mozambique threate to increase the number of casualties even more. back in this country, acting deputy homeland security secretary claire grady has resigned. that paves the way for president trump's pick kevin mcaleenan, the commissioner of u.s. customs and border protection, to become the acting sretary of homeland security. but it also leaves the actg deputy position unfilled. mcaleenan's departure from customs and border prote