why did jacinda ardern stand up moment. why did jacinda ardern stand up and give this apology?e this apology? ii? zealand rarely apologises for past injustices but such was the gravity of these immigration raids between 1974 and 1976 in new zealand that it has prompted the prime minister, jacinda ardern, to issue this formal apology at the auckland town hall. now, these raids spread panic and terror through pacific communities in the 1970s. after the second world war, new zealand invited thousands of pacific islanders in to work to boost a workforce that had been depleted by conflict overseas. but in the 1970s the new zealand economy was beginning to falter, and all of a sudden those valuable, welcomed migrant workers were turned upon and were accused of taking jobs away from new zealanders. and that prompted a wave of police raids, this crackdown included churches, schools, workplaces and also homes, many homes rated in the middle of the night. and thousands of people were arrested and deported. find the night. and thousands of people were arrested and deported. and what has th

there has been this heartfelt apology by the prime minister, jacinda ardern.unities will be welcoming this apology, that has taken 45 years to come to fruition. there is also a call that the government needs to do more practical things for pacific island communities in new zealand to address inequality in terms of poverty, education and health. but for the most part, this apology by jacinda ardern has been well received by pacific island communities. prime minister borisjohnson's wife carriejohnson says she feels blessed and "incredibly grateful" to be pregnant again after having a miscarriage at the start of this year. the couple — who also have a one—year—old son, wilfred — are expecting their new arrival around christmas. charities have praised mrs johnson for sharing her experience of miscarriage. i think it can only be helpful to open up the conversation about miscarriage. to understand, actually to know some of the facts, but also to understand the whole range of feelings that people have which are so often to do with who they are but also what this preg

here's prime minister jacinda ardern. now be putting in place that plan to contain and stamp out covid—19 once again. our correspondent shaimaa khalil has the latest from sydney. they're looking at sydney as an example of what not to do, jacinda ardern didn't say this in those exact words, but she did say that you should only look to our neighbours, the situation of what happens when you go in too late. she said it's better to start with the higher levels of stay—at—home orders and go down when you are sure that you have prevented the spread of the delta variant. there are a couple of things that are worrying health officials. one, that they don't know that this is the delta variant but they are assuming that this case is. and the other is that they cannot link it to a chain of transmission. they can't link it to hotel quarantine, they can't link it to overseas travel, which means that there could be close contact and there could be exposure sites, and so what jacinda ardern and the health officials are saying is that it'

a characteristically decisive move from jacinda ardern in response to this new case. from jacinda ardernt, they've done so well, it's _ this new case. that's right, they've done so well, it's the _ this new case. that's right, they've done so well, it's the first - this new case. that's right, they've done so well, it's the first case i this new case. that's right, they've done so well, it's the first case in l done so well, it's the first case in six months so they have something to protect the success, they've always had an elimination policy of snap lock downs and closed borders, that one is no different. interestingly, the prime minister used sydney where i am as an example of what happens when you don't get on top of the outbreak and the cases spread. the number of cases here remains stubbornly high, she says we don't want what happened to sydney to happen in new zealand. there are a couple of things that were health officials. first, they are not really sure whether it is the delta variant even though they say they are treating it as one and the other is that they still cannot find

how significant is this apology from jacinda ardern? ~ ,,., , , .. ardern? absolutely significant.from human - ardern? absolutely significant. as i said from human rights - as i said from human rights perspective, the state violated fundamental human of pacific people. pacific people came to contribute to the economy, they were invited to come here, just as today we are inviting people from overseas to come to new zealand to contribute and build our economy. they were treated without dignity and frankly, they weren't treated in the way that we would treated in a humane way so the restoration of dignity is really important, you know. a huge number of pacific children are now mixed ethnicity, this is their home, but we have to make right what mistakes of the past. for them to be able to hold their head high and know that they belong here, this is really, really important. here, this is really, really important-— here, this is really, really imortant. ,, . important. this is important but it's also _ important. this is important but it's also just _ important. this is important but it

the prime minister, jacinda ardern, has said they will be sending in a military plane and some personnel afghan nationals who have worked with new zealand agencies, around 37 afghan nationals are said to have been identified as having worked alongside the new zealand defence force's. and thatis zealand defence force's. and that is bbc news. thanks for watching. hello there. cloud features quite prominently in our forecast for this week. and with the grey skies come some relatively cool conditions for the time of year. northwesterly winds bringing all that cloud and some rather coolair, particularly at the start of the week, but it will often, if not always, be dry. just a bit of light and patchy rain here and there. this is the earlier satellite picture. you can see various areas of cloud. we've got low pressure up to the northeast, weak frontal systems which have been bringing cloud and some showery rain. there's quite a lot of low cloud waiting out to the west. and this is the set—up to start the week, with high pressure to the west, low pressure to the east, and that is what's driving

new zealand's prime minister jacinda ardern has formally apologised for police raids that were car targetedwere carried out to find, convict and deport people from the pacific islands suspected of overstaying their visas — but never those from the uk or the us. earlier i spoke to dylan asafo, lecturer at university of auckland law school who specialises in human rights in the pacific and issues of racial justice. the anti— racist anti— pacifica policies of the 1970s still exist. with the racism that the government has fostered against pacific peoples within new zealand society, we see this with our immigration laws, the resident lack of equity pathways —— there is a lack of pathways, and other immigration programmes which openly exploit pacific labour for majority white gain. pacific labour for ma'ority white gain.�* white gain. what can the government _ white gain. what can the government do, - white gain. what can the government do, and - white gain. what can the | government do, and what white gain. what can the - government do, and what would pacific islanders like the government to do

new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern, has formally apologised for police raids which disproportionatelypeople attended a special ceremony at the town hall in the city of auckland to hear this significant statement. the so—called dawn raids were carried out to find, convict and deport people from the pacific islands, suspected of overstaying their visas, but never those from the uk or the us or south africa. let's hearfrom ms adern. today, i stand on behalf of the new zealand government to issue a formal and unreserved apology to pacific communities for the discriminatory implementation of the immigration laws of the 1970s that led to the events of the dawn raids. from today, developers will have more freedom to convert empty shops into housing without the need for planning permission. permitted development rights are being expanded for a range of vacant commercial buildings on high streets in england. the government says the move should help ease the housing crisis and breathe new life into town centres trying to recover from the pandemic. our business correspondent, emma simpson, repor

new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern, has formally apologised for police raids which disproportionatelymony at the town hall in the city of auckland to hear this significant statement. the so—called "dawn raids" were carried out to find, convict and deport people from the pacific islands suspected of overstaying their visas — but never those from the uk or the us or south africa. from today, businesses are having to pay more of their workers' wages, as the government continues to wind down it's furlough scheme. but there are fears the increased costs could see some firms struggling to survive. the furlough programme, in place since april last year, will finish at the end of next month. here's our business correspondent, katy austin. it's been credited with preventing unemployment rising sharply. now, we're in the final two months of thejob retention scheme. the economy has been reopening, but nearly 2 million people were still furloughed at the end ofjune. receptionist ruby, who's 65... hi, ruby. hiya. ..has been on full or part—time furlough since march last year. she's grateful for it

new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern, said the government is taking action to ensure the virusing at pace this afternoon to gather information on the case and their movements and i will pass to dr bloomfield shortly to set out the facts as we currently know them, including locations of interest that have been identified so far. but first i want to assure new zealand that we have planned for this eventuality, and that we will now be putting in place that plan to contain and stamp out covid—19 once again. 0ur correspondent in sydney shaimaa khalil gave us more details. they have always had an elevation policies and snap lock tends to contain outbreaks and that one is no different. interestingly there is then used sydney at as an example of what happens when you don't get on top of the outbreak and their cases spread. the number of cases yet remain stubbornly high and she said we don't what happened in sydney to happen in new zealand. there are a couple of things that worry health officials. there are a couple of things that are worrying health officials. one, that they don't know

here's prime minister jacinda ardern.eed to rely less or at least less not only on border settings. vaccines are the game changer in this pandemic but for them to be successful, we need as many people as possible to be vaccinated. new zealand's borders have been shut for 18 months, in one of the world's most successful efforts in controlling the pandemic. the nation of five million people has reported just 26 deaths and has zero current infections. it has managed to completely stamp the virus out. ardern has said the country can return to "normal" only when the rest of the world does too. she acknowledges it's been difficult for the people of new zealand. that is not to say the response has been without cost. the impact of border closures has been very tough. it has impacted on loved ones — family and friends being separated, industries accessing skilled employment or kiwis just missing their personal sense of connection. just one of the reasons that i believe that this year has felt so hard. in 2020, we knew what we had

in a short moment, new zealand's prime minister jacinda ardern will make a formal apology for policeo—called �*dawn raids�* were carried out to find, convict and deport people from the pacific islands suspected of overstaying their visas, but never those from the uk or the us. i'm joined now by dylan asafo, who is lecturer at the university of auckland law school specialising in human rights in the pacific and issues of racialjustice. thank you so much for making the time, the ceremony started about half an hour ago, what has happened so far 20 expecting as much within the 1st expecting as much within the ist 5 expecting as much within the 1st 5 minutes of the apology we could see that prime minister i don't has undertaken a cultural apology, a culturally appropriate apology, which involves the person who has done wrong sitting beneath a cultural mat, to show humility and respect, and to acknowledge the 1 that has been a donor. so we the 1 that has been a donor. sr we know from the early moments of the apology that they have taken of the apology that they have ta ken culturally of th

the other thing that jacinda ardern talked about is getting as many new vaccinated as possible in the fully vaccinated and have had theirjabs. the country's elimination policy, which is the closing of the borders and snap lock downs to contain outbreaks, have really helped it in controlling the spread of covid—19. it has become an international success story and it has also helped it in eliminating or in minimising the medical effects of the virus. since the beginning of the pandemic new zealand has recorded less then 30, fewer than 30 deaths overall, but it has come at a price. it has severely hurt the tourism sector and it has made it difficult for thousands of new zealanders to come back home and be reunited with their families. so while the borders are going to be closed for a while, because they want to consolidate the success and be careful about reopening, we are seeing the beginnings, the features of what it will look like for this gradual easing of new zealand's borders in 2022. let's return now to afghanistan and the aid agencies' warning that civilians are facing catastroph

covid tyranny is not just a thing at home, halfway around the world, new zealand's prime minister jacinda ardern entire nation on lockdown over one case, in addition she warned citizens not to speak to other neighbors, now over in australia the lockdown is so ineffective that seven weeks and they just experience their worst day of the pandemic. of course the response to this news totally unhinged. newly imposed restrictions now include a ban on removing face masks to take a drink of alcohol in public. here to break down, all the insanity, australian member of parliament george christiansen. the locks down -- lockdowns don't work, they prolong the pandemic, does anybody see this in australia except for a few le you? >> well, good night, laura, as i say it, the last time we spoke at its pandemic policy insanity. what hasn't worked before we will do again and harder. and when i thought that no one could beat us in this insanity steak, along comes ms. eland who all ways wants to do one better than australia locking down their entire country over one single case. but this is a kind of mentality that

in new zealand, prime minister jacinda ardern says the country will go into a level for lockdown, theost restrictive type, after authorities detected their first local case of coronavirus and 170 days. new zealand has been in a level for lockdown only once before. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> the american presence was essential to keep the allied troops there and provide a psychological and military floor for the afghans. so no, it wasn't going to give you peace. it wasn't going to give you a military victory. what it was going to do is avoid bringing about exactly what we are seeing on our screens. jonathan: that was richard haass, the council of foreign relations president. good morning. alongside tom keene and lisa abramowicz, i'm jonathan ferro. here's the price action going into retail sales 12 minutes away in america. michael mckee will break that down for you in just a moment. we are down about 20 on the s&p, we declined by a

in new zealand, prime minister jacinda ardern says the country will go into a level for lockdown, theost restrictive type, after authorities detected the first local case of coronavirus in 170 days. new zealand has been in level four lockdown only once before. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. alix: thanks so much. retail sales falling in july more than estimated. our consumers becoming more price conscious as inflation pickup? that is one question relating. -- inflation picks up? that is one question percolating. julie biel, kayne anderson rudnick portfolio manager, joins us now. are you buying the dip? julie: there are definitely some opportunities for long-term investors to buy into companies that may have been a little beaten up. really high quality businesses have been on sale for a couple of weeks now. i would think of a company like fica, duck creek technologies. some great technology names have gotten very expensive and pulled back, a

there are 12 cases as well that are under investigation. jacinda ardern said new zealand is generallyat's happening in australia, what's happening here where i am in sydney, where cases continue to grow. that was correspondent in sydney. that was our correspondent in sydney. the uk home office is being urged to review accommodation for afghan refugees after a 5—year—old boy, who recently arrived in the uk, fell to his death from a window on the ninth floor of a hotel. mohammed munib majeedi and his family were put up at the hotel in sheffield as part of the government's resettlement scheme. our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani, reports. a new life in a new country that's ended in tragedy. this hotel in sheffield is now the scene of a major investigation into a dreadful accident. the victim, a five—year—old afghan boy, mohammed munib majeedi. he had recently arrived with his parents and four siblings from kabul — refugees given protection in the uk because his father worked in the british embassy. police and ambulances were called to the 0y0 metropolitan hotel on wednesday

this is prime minister jacinda ardern. >> delta has been called a game changer and it is. it means we need to go hard to stop the spread. we have seen what happened elsewhere if we fail to get on top of it. we only get one chance. amy: since the lockdown was ordered, at least four new cases were confirmed in new zealand. in japan, authorities extended a state of emergency in tokyo and other areas in an effort to contain the ongoing surge in infections. meanwhile, protests continue in thailand calling for the prime minister to step down over the government's handling of the pandemic. >> we demand the prime minister's resignation. the past two years, the government has proved they could not solve the covid-19 situation. amy: police have deployed tear gas, rubber bullets, and water cannons during recent demonstrations, which are building on the anti-government and anti-monarchy protests which ignited in 2020. india is banning a range of single use plastics starting july 2022. the ban will cover items including plastic bags, cutlery, and cups. but environmental groups called o

interestingly, the prime minister, jacinda ardern, used sydney, where i am, as an example of what happense of things that worry health officials. one is that they're not really sure whether it's the delta variant, even though they're saying they're treating it as one, and the other is that they still can't find a link, they haven't been able to find a link, between the case and overseas travel or hotel quarantine, and this means that there could be members of the community that are close contacts and also there could be many exposure sites. so they're going in, they're going hard and they're going fast. the prime minister used herfamous phrase of "the team of 5 million should unite again to try and contain this outbreak," but of course as well, the fact that vaccination numbers have been low — about 20% of people have been vaccinated. they've been trying to ramp these numbers up. it will be suspended for a couple of days, to make sure that this is happening safely under the restrictions. but mainly, really, they want to contain the outbreak, they want to make sure that they trace all the

here's jacinda ardern speaking about how this outbreak has happened.vernment have also been pursuing a zero covid approach — but the highly transmissible delta variant has changed the game. the country is in the grip of a third wave of infections which has forced more than half the population into lockdown. new south wales is one of the worst hit australian states — here's the state premier giving an update. unfortunately, we had a huge increase in the number of cases of community transmission to 8pm last night. there were 633 cases of community transmission, and at this stage, at least 62 of those were infectious in the community during that time. according to the data we have, every person who has the virus is spreading it to at least more than one person. now, for us to know that we've reached our peak, that can't continue. so, what the data is telling us in the last few days is that we haven't seen the worst of it. and the way that we stop this is by everybody staying at home. so that's the situation in new south wales. staying in australasia — and

new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern, said the government is taking action to ensure the virusations of interest that have been identified so far. but first, i want to assure new zealand that we have planned for this eventuality and that we will now be putting in place that plan to contain and stamp out covid—19 once again. the data watchdog is warning pub customers to think carefully before handing over personal information when signing up to apps before ordering drinks. app and web—based ordering has become pretty commonplace during the pandemic — and despite the easing of restrictions, the big pub chains are continuing to offer them as an option, but there are concerns about the amount of personal data being collected. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith has the story. i'll wait until we've all ordered. the [ads are out for pints — but which will be quicker, the app or the bar? the race is on. table service sweeps in with the phone orders before the slow coaches make it back. if this place was packed, i would be dreaming for the app, i wouldn't go anywhere near

new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern, says the priority is vaccinating the population by theen exactly 30 years since the dangerous dogs act came into force but campaigners and charities say the law needs a complete overhaul. four breeds can currently be seized by police and either put down or kept under strict conditions. the government says it has commissioned research on the effectiveness of existing dog control measures. the highest temperature ever recorded in europe is believed to have been registered in italy. a reading from the island of sicily registered 48.8 degrees celsius yesterday. it comes as countries across the mediterrean continue to battle high temperatures and wildfires. aruna iyengar has this report. the pine forests in sicily searing heat as temperatures top 48 degrees. hot winds are stoking the flames. residents of this old town can only watch and wonder. 0ur small town was invaded by fire, it is a catastrophe. the entire park and surrounding area went up in flames. fuelled by the hot weather, fires have erupted across southern europe in recent weeks. so

the prime minister, jacinda ardern, says an elimination strategy against covid is the best way to keepital canberra, after its first case of covid—i9 in more than a year. queues formed at supermarkets with people stockpiling, before the lockdown came into force. around 400,000 residents in canberra and the surrounding area will only be able to leave home for essential reasons. large parts of new south wales and melbourne are facing similar restrictions. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello, there. there's been some decent dry and sunny weather today, but also more cloud — particularly across the south. this area of low pressure, though, has been spoiling things across the north and the west of the country, bringing stronger winds, more cloud and also showery bursts of rain — some of which has been quite heavy in places. now through this evening and overnight it stays windy with further showers or longer spells of rain across western scotland, northern ireland. further south that you are, apart from the odd shower and cloud in the central south west quadrant, it will

jacinda ardern said they were likely to stay in lockdown for another two weeks.l hold his first face— to— face talks with president biden in the coming hours. the meeting at the white house was postponed after the deaths of us soldiers in the kabul airport blasts. the talks are expected to focus on iran's nuclear programme and bilateral relations. dozens of children abducted from an islamic school in northern nigeria three months ago have been freed. 136 pupils were seized from a seminary in tegina by gunmen demanding a ransom. six children reportedly died in captivity and another fifteen escaped injune. hundreds of greek health workers have demonstrated in athens against mandatory covid—19 vaccines. the government says workers must be vaccinated or take unpaid leave. the union organising the protest says the vast majority of health workers are already vaccinated, but it opposes compulsory immunisation. it's day three of the competition in tokyo — and more golds for paralympics gb. let's take you live to tokyo and speak to our correspondent rachael latham. if his

there are 12 cases as well that are under investigation. jacinda ardern said new zealand is generallyuk. the winner will be announced next year. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson reports. in the week when a hollywood—style sign appeared on a slagheap overlooking wrexham, it has been confirmed that the town is now aiming to become the uk's city of culture 2025. wrexham county borough's entry is one of 20 that have been put forward. including a bid spanning both sides of the scotland—england border. dumfries and galloway and the scottish borders are joining forces with northumberland, cumbria and the city of carlisle — a combined area almost 15 times the size of london. and cornwall�*s bid is very much as a county, rather than its only city, truro. coventry�*s time as the city of culture has not gone to plan. covid meant that the start was delayed five months. but events are now up and running. the 360 allstars start a three—week run there today. and the organisers insist that the city has benefited. the city of culture is really the beginning of a journey, it's not the end