james mulholland has more. >> the streets of melbourne empty once more.ust over a week after exiting its fifth lockdown, the delta variant has sent residents back home. premier dan andrews says his hands were tied. >> i can't tell you how disappointed i am to have to be doing this again. with so few in the community with one nation, i literally have no choice but to accept the advice and make this important decision. >> eight new coronavirus infections were reported in melbourne and victoria thursday. andrews has pointed the finger at new south wales. he says it took too long so lockdown the capital sydney, which thursday reported its worst day in six weeks of lockdown. 262 new local infections and five deaths. the victorian premier said inoculation was key. >> a bloke in his 20's died in sydney. this is not something happening on the other of the world. this is not something that only happens to frail old people. it can happen to any of us. that is why getting vaccinated is important. >> australia has a relatively low rate of infections, but with just 20

and go live to michael tool and epidemiologist at the bernard institute in melbourne, australia. thank you very much for joining us today. we appreciate you coming off the international. why do you think it's taken the w h o and the european medicines agency, so long to approve sputnik v? hi, laurie. it's not particularly clear why, for example, the world health organization hasn't provided emergency authorization. they have done so for 2 of the chinese, like st. kuranda back and sign up there were some suggestions that there was a problem at a plant in india which had the role of filling the bottles to the vaccine, not actually making the exit. so i don't know if that issue has been fixed. as for the european medicines agency, i believe they have some concerns about whether it has been adequate monitoring of re a side effects. and the reason i have that concern is that the technology use for the sport 5 vaccine center is very similar to as to danica and johnson and johnson. and both those back things have been associated with very rare, but quite severe. closing blood clotting e

there have been clashes between australian police and anti—lockdown demonstrators in sydney and melbournemal welfare campaigners in the uk have welcomed new government proposals to stop puppy smuggling. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the taliban's co—founder and head of its political wing, mullah abdul ghani baradar, is in kabulfor talks on forming a new afghan government. he's the most senior taliban leader now in afghanistan, and the man who signed the agreement with the united states that led to the american withdrawal. the taliban have promised an inclusive government for afghanistan. they say experts from the former government will be brought in for crisis management. other senior taliban leaders in the capital include khalil haqqani — one of america's most wanted terrorists — but also moderate figures such as the former president, hamid karzai. thousands of people are continuing their attempt to flee the country. our correspondent, danjohnson, is following developments from delhi. there is still chaos outside the airport, and no real solution to

but all the headlines will be around the unrest in australia�*s southern city of melbourne.overnment has announced plans to tighten rules on the importation of dogs into the uk, in response to a rise in puppy smuggling. they include raising the minimum age for imported dogs from 15 weeks to 6 months, and banning heavily pregnant animals. hundreds of puppies brought into the country illegally are intercepted each year. the numberfound not to have met the uk�*s pet import rules more than doubling between 2019 and 2020 alone. many have health problems and had not been checked by certified vets. an increase too in the number with docked tales and cropped ears, more than 600% in the last five years. many have health problems and had not been checked by certified vets. an increase too in the number with docked tales and cropped ears, more than 600% in the last five years. when it comes to ear cropping, we unfortunately have seen an increasing demand for dogs with cropped ears, a completely unnecessary and abhorrent mutilation which causes nothing but pain and has no medical benefi

but all the headlines will be around the unrest in australia's southern city of melbourne.millions of australians. that was phil mercer. around 300,000 carbon dioxide monitors are to be made available to schools in england next term to help improve ventilation and lessen covid outbreaks. the department for education said the portable monitors could be used to identify areas where more air—flow is needed. however, the £25 million order for co2 monitors has yet to be finalised, only weeks before most schools return. lebanon is facing its worst economic crisis in modern times, as a fuel crisis continues to put pressure on the country. the shia militant group hezbollah, says it has now made arrangements to import fuel from iran, despite us sanctions. the bbc�*s azadeh moshiri reports. with no electricity and, therefore, no lights, ahmad has to improvise to do hisjob. this is but one small example of how lebanon's months—long fuel crisis is affecting everyday life. translation: the living conditions are difficult i because of the power outage. sometimes we are forced to turn on

there have been clashes between police and anti—lockdown demonstrators in sydney and melbourne.l welfare campaigners in the uk have welcomed new government proposals to stop puppy smuggling. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the man considered to be the political leader of the taliban, mullah abdul ghani baradar, has arrived in kabulfor talks on forming a government. it's another sign of the taliban tightening its grip on power in afghanistan, after its rapid takeover of the country. mullah baradar arrived in afghanistan earlier this week, after 20 years in exile. he travelled first to kandahar, which is seen as the spiritual home of the taliban. although baradar isn't the taliban's supreme leader, he is one of its most visible figures. last year, he became the first taliban leader to communicate directly with a us president after having a telephone conversation with donald trump. we'll get more on that in a moment, but first our correspondent secunder kermani has the latest from kabul. soldier shouting: get back! get back! panic and chaos close

i can almost see the collective sigh coming from our melbourne colleagues. will get to melbourne in a moment but i will start in sydney. 262 cases reported on thursday, the worst day since the pandemic began. five deaths and the premier pointing out that among the 21 dead from this outbreak, none of those were fully vaccinated, underscoring the importance of vaccines, but the virus now spreading in the state. there was a party attended by a teenager in sydney further up the coast so the virus has found its way into newcastle. getting back to victoria, lockdown number six and this is all because of two mystery cases . the premier looking at the experience of new south wales and how quickly things got out of control here, the setting to go hard and go early but that decision sparking protests on the streets of melbourne. police being called to break up hundreds of protesters late last night. interesting development today from spc, a fruit and vegetable company which announced it will be mandatory for all of its employees to get vaccinated. that created some ba

but all the headlines will be around the unrest in australia's southern city of melbourne.er at these very strict lockdowns that now affect millions of australians. phil mercer reporting from sydney. the government has announced plans to tighten rules on the importation of dogs into the uk, in response to a rise in puppy smuggling. they include raising the minimum age for imported dogs from 15 weeks to six months, and banning heavily pregnant animals. lebo diseko has the story. hundreds of puppies brought into the country illegally are intercepted each year. the numberfound not to have met the uk's pet import rules more than doubling between 2019 and 2020 alone. many have health problems and had not been checked by certified vets. an increase too in the number with docked tails and cropped ears, more than 600% in the last five years. the government is proposing new rules for puppy welfare standards, including raising the minimum age at which they can be imported from 15 weeks from six months, a ban on importing heavily pregnant dogs and a ban on importing dogs with cropped

they came in their thousands to protest against melbourne's lockdown. smaller rallies in brisbane and sydney. earlier, the authorities in new south wales had announced australia's worst day of the pandemic so far, with 825 new covid—19 infections. with only 30% of australians fully inoculated, the state's health minister appealed to residents to get vaccinated. there is no time now to be selfish. it's time to think of the broader community and your families. if you're actually spreading the virus, you could be responsible for people's death. the new south wales premier warned that the delta variant was so contagious that australia's long held strategy of trying to eliminate the virus was over. phil mercer, bbc news. the british government has rejected a call to issue 10,000 temporary visas to eu workers to tackle an estimated shortage of 75,000 lorry drivers in the wake of brexit. logistics uk, the trade body which represents freight businesses, says many restaurants and supermarkets are facing serious supply problems. but ministers say employers should

tony scott — professor of health economics at the melbourne institute, university of melbourne, has beenare reluctant to be vaccinated. vaccine hesitancy in australia is about 20% say about half of those are onshore and about half definitely don't want to be vaccinated. that is kind of falling. it peaked in april at about 30 or 40% when we found out about the astrazeneca blood clots and that has remained. we have got a lot of astrazeneca but not a lot of pfizer here australia so supplies are an issue but hesitancy remains. in new south wales where we have 1000 cases a day now there is some evidence in the last couple of weeks vaccine hesitancy and started increase again suggesting that messages are not really getting through. and it still remains an issue particularly among young people. to personally see a lot of messaging from the authorities as you are going around your daily life and online and on telly and that sort of thing? yes, there is a bit but nothing particularly hard—hitting or anything like that. the issues trying to get into those communities. australia is a very multicult

we can now speak to tony scott — who's professor of health economics at the melbourne institute, youhave been looking into the vaccine hesitancy, haven't you? what can you tell me about that and fire people hesitant? 50. and fire people hesitant? so, overall, think _ and fire people hesitant? srr, overall, think vaccine hesitancy in australia is about 20% so half of those are unsure and half don't want to be vaccinated. that is kind of falling. it peaked in april. pete had 30 or 40% when we found out about the astrazeneca blood clots and that has remained and we have a lot of astrazeneca but not a lot of pfizer here in australia so supply is still an issue that hesitancy remains. in new south wales where we have a thousand cases a day now vaccine hesitancy, there is some evidence that started to increase again, actually, suggesting messages are not really getting through and it still remains an issue particularly among young people. particularly among young --eole. ,, particularly among young --eole. , ., , particularly among young --eole. , ., i, ., people. do you personally see a l

hejoins me now from melbourne. thank you very much for being on the programme.s and worries. is it real and is it specifically because of climate change?- it specifically because of climate change? yes, as a clinical gp. _ climate change? yes, as a clinical gp, it's _ climate change? yes, as a clinical gp, it's certainly i climate change? yes, as a clinical gp, it's certainly a| clinical gp, it's certainly a real— clinical gp, it's certainly a real phenomena, i see it amongst patients, particularly young — amongst patients, particularly young patients who are really worried — young patients who are really worried about it. it's not a technical— worried about it. it's not a technical psychiatric classification, the psychiatric bible. — classification, the psychiatric bible, but under research recently _ bible, but under research recently in australia, it showed _ recently in australia, it showed more than 5000 people in this survey— showed more than 5000 people in this survey and australians are three — this survey and australians are three times as worried about

in melbourne, police used pepper spray to break up unmasked crowds who broke through police lines.s have been extended for another month in response to a record number of new cases, a thousand officers were deployed. around 300,000 carbon dioxide monitors are to be made available to schools in england next term to help improve ventilation and reduce covid outbreaks. the department for education said they could identify areas where more airflow is needed. but the £25 million order has yet to be finalised. the government has announced plans to tighten rules on the importation of dogs to the uk, in response to a rise in puppy smuggling. plans include raising the minimum age for imported puppies from 15 weeks to six months, and banning heavily pregnant dogs. lebo diseko reports. hundreds of puppies brought into the country illegally are intercepted each year. the memberfound not to have met the uk's pet import rules more than doubling between 2019 and 202011 -- the more than doubling between 2019 and 202011 —— the numberfound. many have health problems and had not been checked by certi

but may go longer, as cases of the delta variant spread in melbourne and in sydney.re, as you mention, the city had its highest case toll, again. but interestingly, michael, scott morrison, the prime minister of australia, wrote an op-ed today seeking to shift the focus. scott morrison says it's not case numbers that we should be looking at -- at anymore. instead, it's hospitalizations. let me read to you a little bit from that op-ed where scott morrison, the prime minister of australia, says shifting our focus from not just case numbers to actually looking at how many people are becoming seriously ill and requiring hospitalization is increasingly what matters. after all, this is how we manage other infectious diseases. now, scott morrison might want to be able to treat coronavirus like the flu. but unfortunately for australia, the vaccination program has just been too slow. australia has fully vaccinated just over 20% of its entire population, michael. meaning that it's just not time for lockdowns like the ones we're seeing in sydney, canberra, and melbourne to be o

of melbourne and e author of climate health encourage.on, todd burke, chairman of the third-generation environmentalism think tank. thank you for joining us. inside story. beginning with you, mr. out, so we lay out what is at stake for the conversation. if the world continues on its trajectory, the report finds the world could warm by two degrees by the year 2060. what would that world look like? mr. a the sciencel is clearlen: intensifying. their hair than that. it will intensify the extremes even more. as has been shown in the report are stated in the report, we can avoid the worst dangers of climate change if we act now. kim: i have we been so unable to change the course of the climate crisis? we have talked about this for years. >> you're right about that. it is not because the scientist haven't told us we should pay attention to. the military has told us since the end of the last century we need to pay attention. the public has gotten very anxious as they experience floods and fires, as validating their view of the signs. the people

there have been clashes between australian police and anti—lockdown demonstrators in sydney and melbournefare campaigners in the uk have welcomed new government proposals to stop puppy smuggling. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. taliban leaders in kabul are engaged in careful message management. but then the rider, and there are islamic it is too early to know what taliban governance will look like but it is clear many afghans are fearful. my guest is a trailblazing women's activist, entrepreneur and former government official in kabul. it's her cause lost and where does the blame lie? welcome. hello. thank you so much. it is a great — welcome. hello. thank you so much. it is a great pleasure _ welcome. hello. thank you so much. it is a great pleasure to _ welcome. hello. thank you so much. it is a great pleasure to have - welcome. hello. thank you so much. it is a great pleasure to have you - it is a great pleasure to have you on the programme. we have been talking to you a week ago, we would be talking to you in kabul. now you are in germany. tell me w

now melbourne's lockdown is set to be lifted tuesday, but local made it clear. they were extremely frustrated with the repeated stay at home orders. reporting for news you choose and sweets r t. well, florida recorded the highest number of cobra, 1900 infection since the pandemic started with more than 21000 new cases, amounting to listen to this 20 percent of new cove in 1900 infections in the united states. this as a political divide continues over mass guidelines. 5 and those who are vaccinated and those people unvaccinated, as a more infectious delta various continues to spread. what was more on this? i'm joined now by dr. bob aren't on dr. appreciate you. come on, i guess. let me tell you, man, i oh ok questions. and the delta variance look, i don't want to get to political here, but there continues, i'm sure, you know, there's to be the political debate over, you know, people who are vaccinated people who are non vaccinated in this country. people are non vaccinated. various reasons. i have friends, you say, well it's, you know, they kind of buying that wh

but melbourne has now been in lockdown for a cumulative total of 200 days since the pandemic began, that to try and achieve as few coronavirus cases as possible because the backdrop to this, amara, australia has a dangerously unvaccinated population. just over 20% of the population is vaccinated. that comes as delta cases mount. so authorities in melbourne, in canberra, and where i am in sydney, doing what they can with these lockdowns to try and stop the spread to an unvaccinated population, amara. >> it's concerning, you look at the video, large crowds, protesters, gathering, marching, and most not wearing masks from what i saw in the video. quite concerning. anger us watson, i appreciate your reporting from sydney, thank you. >>> coming up, many areas in haiti have received little or no help. next, cnn takes you to the haitian islands where earthquake aid cannot reach. visible is wireless that doesn't play games. it's powered by verizon for as little as $25 a month. but it gets crazier. bring a friend every month and get every month for $5. boom! 12 months of $5 wireless. visible, wir

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c. report, and melbourne. we have grant laskey, an associate professor at the national institute for global health at the university of melbourne and the author of climate health and courage. and in london, tom book, chairman of e 3, g, the generation environmentalism thing. thank a very welcome to you all. thanks for joining us here on inside story. i'd like to begin with you, mr. ellen, so that we lay out what's at stake before we get into this conversation. if the world continues on its current trajectory, there are poor fines that the world could warm by 2 degrees by the year 2060. what will or would that, that will look like the sun assist in this report is pretty clear that we're already seeing extreme rain, extreme heat intensifying. and that's just a one degrees c above pre industrial. so the 2 degrees c o, a higher, more warm, welton, that is going to intensify these extremes even more. and as a b, as already been shown in your report stated in your report, because there's still time to avoid the wors

so we could touch 26 in melbourne by the state. 29 in adelaide and 24 in hope that rain will just put the fall south of south australia ahead of that smell too bad for sydney as well. new south wales, much acquaintance, fine and dry and la, she draw 2, went uneasily. we will see some wet weather just coming into the south island as we go into the latter part of the week. white weather meanwhile continues across the korean peninsula, easing out of northern parts of china. we are going to see some very heavy rain. therefore south korea, that'll roll over towards han. she will see some very wet weather coming into a good part of central japan southern japan also sinks and heavy rain, but dry to the north. the in ledger life beat or the huge ball is one of you with your right. i do not know an individual that is followed in your life football. my name is nadia is your development manager is this, is my nigel? my analogy there. ah, let me, ah, ah, ah, the me a call back a quick reminder of our top stories here on al jazeera telephones back in control of cobbles. they are port after the fin

they came in their thousands to protest against melbourne's lockdown. were smaller rallies in brisbane and sydney and earlier the authorities in new south wales had announced australia's worst day of the pandemic so far with 825 new covid—19 infections. with only 30% of australians fully inoculated, the state's health minister appealed to residents to be vaccinated. there is no time now to be selfish. it is time to think of the broader community and your families. if you are actually spreading the virus you could be responsible for the deaths of people. the new south wales premier warns that the delta variant was so contagious that australia's long—held strategy of trying to eliminate the virus was over. phil mercer, bbc news. the american civil rights leaderjesse jackson and his wife are in hospital in chicago after they tested positive for covid—19. the condition of 79—year—old reverend jackson, and that of his wife, 77—year—old jacqueline, remains unclear at this point. there a protege of martin luther king, jackson was a key figure in the modern civ

there have been clashes between australian police and anti—lockdown demonstrators in sydney and melbourners have welcomed new government proposals to stop puppy smuggling.

they came in their thousands to protest against melbourne's lockdown.king for trouble. there were smaller rallies in brisbane and sydney. earlier, the authorities in new south wales had announced australia's worst day of the pandemic so far, with 825 new covid—19 infections. with only 30% of australians fully inoculated, the state's health minister appealed to residents to get vaccinated. there is no time now to be selfish. it's time to think of the broader community and your families. if you're actually spreading the virus, you could be responsible for people's death. the new south wales premier warned that the delta variant was so contagious that australia's long held strategy of trying to eliminate the virus was over. phil mercer, bbc news. now, losing a sense of smell is one of the most common symptoms of covid—19. for many, it's a big nusiance — but for a food critic, it can be devastating. that's what happened to michele crippa, a gastronome and "super taster" in italy. i've been speaking to him about his experience. buona sera. well, last march,

there have been clashes between police and anti—lockdown demonstrators in sydney and melbourne.bbc news, another chance to enjoy rajan datar�*s epic railjourney across the southern united states in the travel show. this is the mighty mississippi, the economic backbone of early america, running north to south for more than 2000 miles, carrying the people and cargo that helped to turn this country from a fledgling upstart, into a powerhouse. for much of the 19th century, steamboats, like this, ruled the river. but in 1879, construction began on a transcontinental train line that would link the new—found prosperity with the isolated far west, connecting the gulf of mexico with the pacific ocean. on this journey, i'll be following the railroad that pushed the american dream along the mexican border, all the way to california. every trip is unique. it's a moving city. and i'll be meeting some of the people who helped define this unique, diverse and fascinating part of the country. new orleans, my first port of call. right now, in the middle of one of its annual street parties — the f

covid fatigue contributing to violent protests that erupted in melbourne last weekend.ott morrison now promoting a plan to ease restrictions once 70 to 80% of adults get vaccinated. but vaccination rates in both australia and new zealand are still low with only about a quarter of australians and a fifth of new zealanders fully vaccinated. this summer's outbreaks popped the short-lived travel bubble in late july. their borders now largely shut to the outside world and new zealand's leader wants to maintain her government's 0 case covid strategy for as long as she can. >> now, absolutely elimination is the strategy. we need more certainty. we don't want to take any risks with delta. if the world has taught us anything, it is to be cautious with this variant of covid-19. >> reporter: in just two months, australia went from one confirmed case of covid to over 16,000 fueled by the more contagious delta variant. >> do you believe that a 0 cases strategy is still viable for australia? >> sadly, not anymore. i think it's too late. but we may go to some type of mitigation while

there have been clashes between police and anti—lockdown demonstrators in sydney and melbourne.c news, dateline london. hello, and welcome to the programme that brings together leading commentators in the uk with the correspondents who write, to afghanistan dissolved in a matter michael goldfarb, host rough draft of history, the guardian's china welcome to all of you. borisjohnson has been trying to develop an independent foreign policy. we know it's been pretty clear that this was not a decision that the british particularly wanted to take at this moment. what does this and what's happening in afghanistan tell us about britain's influence in washington, its military capability and its ability to adopt a leadership role, do you think? well, it's not at all surprising that the foreign policies of the uk and us should be diverging, because they're the principal members of nato, and nato has been in an existential crisis ever since the cold war ended. it was devised, if we all remember, as an adversary to the soviet bloc and the communisty bloc, and when communism collapsed and the

there have been clashes between australian police and anti—lockdown demonstrators in sydney and melbourneelfare campaigners have welcomed new government proposals to stop puppy smuggling. in15 minutes... in 15 minutes... sports day. now it's time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review with me, anna smith. i'm filling in for mark kermode to review this week's releases. if you're going to make a movie about an eccentric truffle hunter searching furiously for his stolen pig, then surely you want to cast nicolas cage. whistling. in pig, he plays a disheveled hermit who lives in the oregonian wilderness with his beloved foraging hog. when she's taken in a violent kidnapping, he doesn't stop to nurse his wounds. he heads straight into town. haunting the restaurants and bars of portland, this christ—like spectre will stop at nothing to find his pig. he'sjoined in his search by alex wolf's truffle dealer, who lives in the shadow of his rich father. pig is billed as a thriller, but i think that's a misleading label. while there's some suspense, this is a gently paced story about

so we get into the rain and wind, sydney, melbourne, and hope are just some scattering of showers for southern areas of queensland. ok off to new zealand, a lot to talk about here. we've got this disturbance rolling through. it's a quick move or late monday into tuesday, but we get to talk about snow piling up, particularly as we head to about 800 meters, we could see up to 12 centimeters of snow. so the mountain passes at some dangerous driving conditions. they're white and windy elsewhere, so for the capitol region, we could see those gus around 90 kilometers per hour on tuesday. next we're going to the philippines and once again, just getting that continuous rain slamming into loose on island, including manila on monday, off to asia pacific r. heaviest. rain has really been for that southeast corner of china steering into taiwan. and it's going to remain unsettled for the korean peninsula on monday that sure weather update. the the journey to work can be a challenge on its own. but for some peruvian villages, traversing one of the world's most dangerous road is a risk that comes wi

there have been clashes between australian police and anti—lockdown demonstrators in sydney and melbournebc news... afghanistan — back to the future. 60 years ago, life in afghanistan was very different to the battleground it's become in recent decades. america's relationship with the country was also very different as can be seen from a remarkable treasure trove of films, shot in the 19505 by american glenn foster, and his afghan assistant, hajji mehta—buddin. saeeda mahmood, born and brought up in southern afghanistan, explores and introduces the films. this is precious. i love this sweet. and ijust ate half of it and kept another half because i thought i will never, ever have them again. for me, this is a diamond. reminds me of my childhood. and the golden time. i was so excited to discover these films. my family had many photographs, but we lost them when we fled the afghan wars as refugees. most afghans have no pictures of their past. nothing to show their grandchildren. it is a terrible gap in our lives. these films, kept safe for half a century, are the only ones i have ever seen t

but in sydney, melbourne, brisbane, united, there is a lot of what we call trade staples that are veryry angry about the fact that they cannot get to work. and if they don't get to work, most of them don't get paid. and there are compensation measures that are out there, but they don't fully make up for what people might lose, and for what businesses might lose. it's everything. >> laura: the military -- but george, military in the streets of australia against their own people? >> that's right. i should not have glossed over it. it's crazy. there is now something like 500 troops in sydney at the moment. people, defense-first personnel on the street. patrolling civilians to make sure that they are complying with coronavirus restrictions, and apparently the new style of government which covers the city of sydney called for an extra 200 troops -- >> laura: people better wake up. people better wake up. i mean, this is -- i heard some of them booing you when you are delivering your remarks. some of them were booing you will, but there are a lot of people here that watch that that were cheer

there have been clashes between australian police and anti—lockdown demonstrators in sydney and melbourneelfare campaigners have welcomed new government proposals to stop puppy smuggling. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm holly hamilton. the hundred reaches boiling point — as oval invincibles claim cricket's newest crown. it's tough at the top in carnoustie — with 8 different leaders on day three of the women's open. manchester city are out of the blocks as jack grealish gets his goal with a thunping win over norwich at the etihad. hello and thanks forjoining us. and after 66 matches, it all comes down to the two games that really matter. the finals of cricket's newest tournament — the hundred. both the men's and women's taking place at lords today — for the latter — an historic day — the first ever domestic women's final at this famous ground. it was southern brave vs oval invincibles. did fortune favour the brave or were the invincibles unstoppable? stuart pollitt reports. going out with a bang. lord's hadn't seen anything like this before. no

we had 73 cases in melbourne yesterday but the state of victoria, where melbourne is look at it, looks his lockdown conditions today. that will mean the much cherished grand final four football will go elsewhere for a second year in the row. a few bright sides from all of this. straley's carbon emissions dropped 5% -- australia's carbon emissions dropped 5%, the lowest from 1990's. but the spread of delta has really lit a fire under the vaccination rate. now i 36% in new southwest. 34% and the rest of the country, and that is going to be the path out of the lockdown. to answer the question the federal treasurer making it very clear yesterday that once vaccination rates are 70% and 80% he wants to see the country open up its internal borders and that is a matter of some debates among the states that have zero covid now. haidi: a critical part of that could be workplaces mandating vaccinations. nwa, they have been living in relatively normality with very low if not no cases at all. take a listen to what she had to say. >> we are not at the point of mandating vaccinations. we have got a l

there have been clashes between australian police and anti—lockdown demonstrators in sydney and melbourneuggling.

again that's melbourne, florida today. if you know, this i wanted to show you not the articles, but the whole front page of what they look like, because as big as the covid crisis is, all of those dire front page covid stories today, shared space with the news out of afghanistan, and the taliban takeover of that country. and what it means after our country's 20 long war there. but with, texas is anti mask governor, himself testing positive for covid, governor greg abbott who is not only opposed mask rules but ban them in his state, with this demagogue public health requirements on vaccines. with this frankly worrying governing news of governor abbott testing himself positive, with the encouraging ruse that he's receiving antibody treatment, way more americans should be getting the antibody treatment when they test positive, nor to keep them from when they have to be hospitalized. with that shocking news tonight out of texas, alongside the devastating numbers in multiple states in the south, multiple states having their hos

however, in australia were still above or below average adelaide melbourne, and hobart meantime, for western australia perse, basking in the sun after coming off. it's what is july in more than half a century for the active weather we got to go to new zealand, this system, swooping in from the tasman, see we'll get there in a sec. but 1st we got to talk about those powerful winds in the capital region. it was enough to disrupt travel there. and here's the system as it moves in on thursday. it's gonna bring us some rain and wind, heavier falls as we look toward that escape. okay, we'll end this weather reports in india we're, we're still dealing with that heavy rain toward east rochester, on and west much pradesh month to rains are also picking up for genetic out and care la provinces on thursday. the who's august on the united states is ending in 20 year military presence. enough kind of done with what is new to the country. one of the one piece showcasing new zealand trailblazing environmental policy, 82 with the country of all predators from a 3rd way to the vaccine rollout. the la