crisis management center in wellington is headed by stuart block who's the director of the ministry of civil defense and emergency management let's listen to what they have to say the management the ministry of foreign affairs and trade the department of interior phase the ministry of business innovation and employment the defense force new zealand customs and our transport agencies this is the fish of what will be a series of regular stand outs with relevant agencies who are involved in the response i'll provide you with a brief operational overview and then hand over to my colleagues who will provide overviews of the or activist base. please note i will not be providing any covering any police measures this is based addressed by team. secret government agencies with a focus on supporting communities that we can together to understand and cease community complexities and needs this requires specialist expertise and consideration and work is being progressed as a priority for all agencies. the officials for domestic and external security coordination committees committee is meeting regularly to ensu

carrying out an investigation into the cyber attack of this think tank and at the same time we're hearing that a former senior ministry of defense civil servant who is also a co-founder of this institute for statecraft is already claiming that it could only have been russia despite a lack of proof so far the only thing we send to. our assessment an institute for statecraft and its program the integrity of initiative that has been in the headlines for the last couple of months on and off is a program that aims to tackle what's called russian descent for me ssion they try to expose feek news all of this is done to the tune of over two point two million pounds provided by the british government and this institute and its files had been taken and posted on a third party website first time back in november so this is how all of this unraveled and the g.r.u. is now brought into all of this and of course if you remember the g.r.u. is familiar with this sort of highly likely accusations ever since the solsbury scandal the government has concluded that it is highly likely that russia was responsible. is criminal and we think it will mean you l

cyber attack into this think tank and while this investigation is ongoing a former senior ministry of defense civil servants and co-founder of the institute for statecraft seems to believe that it could have been nobody else but russia despite not having proof. beyond a thing we said through the roof of our assessment that it is up for and the proof is that you are you well just a reminder that this institute for state craft and its integrity initiative program has been in the headlines recently and this program is aimed at tackling so-called russian this information and exposing think news this is a program that's been funded by over two point two million pounds by the u.k. government in the last two years and this institute's files are understood to have been hacked and posted on a third party website back in november and of course if you remember the russian g.r.u. and this highly likely term have been in the headlines ever since the solsbury scandal. the government has concluded that it is highly likely that russia was responsible all quarrel is with putin's kremlin and we think you're likely t

ministry of interior noted that many of the dozens of victims were women and children the iraqi prime minister has called for an immediate investigation into the cause of the accident however iraqi civil defense says it appears it was due to the ferry carrying more passengers than the maximum capacity recommend. this ferry accident appears to be unprecedented in iraq it's also yet another misery to be endured for the people of war ravaged mosul who have already lost so much natasha going to. baghdad an explosion at a chemical factory in the eastern china has killed at least forty seven people and injured about ninety others it happened in young chang and young sim province a coastal area north of shanghai people living nearby have a windows were smashed by the force of the blast adrian brown has more from beijing well many people have been killed but many more have also been injured the death toll began to rise on friday because rescuers were able to recover bodies from the rubble of the factory where this blast happened.

ministry of interior noted that many of the dozens of victims were women and children the iraqi prime minister has called for an immediate investigation into the cause of the accident however iraqi civil defense says it appears it was due to the ferry carrying more passengers than the maximum capacity recommended this ferry accident appears to be unprecedented in iraq it's also yet another misery to be endured for the people of war ravaged mosul who have already lost so much natasha going to. baghdad. so that has some of the egypt's ambassador to throw me off to egypt's government off a bit more than gas exploration and the red sea saddam's or some of the bets on the disputed hajji triangle the area which is controlled by egypt has been claimed by saddam since one thousand fifteen's making it a self of contention between the neighbors. a top aide to venezuelan opposition leader one guy though has been arrested during a raid against what the government describes as a terrorist cell or why though and his backers in washington are demanding for better immediate release why the us is the government wouldn't dare to detain him personally and the twenty two us secretary of state my pompei o said th

ministry of interior noted that many of the dozens of victims were women and children the iraqi prime minister has called for an immediate investigation into the cause of the accident however iraqi civil defense says it appears it was due to the ferry carrying more passengers than the maximum capacity recommended this ferry accident appears to be unprecedented in iraq it's also yet another misery to be endured for the people of war ravaged mosul who have already lost so much natasha going to aim al-jazeera baghdad. brazil's former president has been arrested as part of a massive corruption investigation operation call washers looking into latin america's largest corruption scandal that has more. so dramatic scenes outside the house of former president michelle temari ansel powell where a special task force is part of the wider operation carwash. arrested him in the early hours of the morning they since flown him to rio de janeiro the state of rio de janeiro which is at the center of the investigation accusations that bribes were paid in relation to the building of a new killer power three in rio de janeiro state two former ministers who served in michel temperament time as government his form

ministry of interior noted that many of the dozens of victims were women and children the iraqi prime minister has called for an immediate investigation into the cause of the accident however iraqi civil defense says it appears it was due to the ferry carrying more passengers than the maximum capacity recommended this ferry accident appears to be unprecedented in iraq it's also yet another misery to be endured for the people of war ravaged mosul who have already lost so much natasha going to aim of baghdad. weather is next but still ahead on al-jazeera find out why police in brazil have arrested former president michelle turner. and facebook is dealing with and now that privacy and security lapse. how i've got plenty of sunshine across many parts of europe at the moment we do have some rather lively showers across the central part of the mediterranean little area of low pressure swirling away here bringing some damaging winds and some pretty heavy rain in some of the wet weather to making its way in across the far northwest but for many as you can see high pressure is in charge so that means several it means sunny and nice and warm sunshine at that as well sixteen seventeen celsius for many b

ministry of interior noted that many of the dozens of victims were women and children the iraqi prime minister has called for an immediate investigation into the cause of the accident however iraqi civil defense says it appears it was due to the ferry carrying more passengers than the maximum capacity recommended this ferry accident appears to be unprecedented in iraq it's also yet another misery to be endured for the people of war ravaged mosul who have already lost so much natasha going to aim of baghdad. an explosion at a chemical factory in eastern china has killed at least forty seven people and injured scores of others as happened in one chiang province a coastal area north of shanghai brown has more from beijing. it was a thunderous detonation heard more than forty kilometers away the fireball engulfing the fertilizer plant. state television didn't hold back as it often has in the past the scale of china's latest chemical explosion was becoming clear. hospitals were inundated many of the injured have severe cuts and burns but on up to thoughts like when i was told about the blast i called my brother who works in the factory but he didn't pick up the phone we were pretty nervous then a

ministry of interior noted that many of the dozens of victims were women and children the iraqi prime minister has called for an immediate investigation into the cause of the accident however iraqi civil defense says it appears it was due to the ferry carrying more passengers than the maximum capacity recommended this ferry accident appears to be unprecedented in iraq it's also yet another misery to be endured for the people of war ravaged mosul who have already lost so much natasha going to aim of baghdad. physicals are being held across new zealand to mark one week since a gunman attacked two mosques killing fifty people well since then the country's been united in grief coming together to remember the victims and offer support to the muslim community so the call to prayer is due to play out on national radio and television soon and then two minutes silence will be observed thousands of people are expected to gather in christ church opposite the new a mosque where most of the victims were killed others will pray just a short drive away at the lynwood mosque where the second attack took place funerals are still being held for the victims which included people from afghanistan syria pakistan

ministry of interior noted that many of the dozens of victims were women and children the iraqi prime minister has called for an immediate investigation into the cause of the accident however iraqi civil defense says it appears it was due to the ferry carrying more passengers than the maximum capacity recommended this ferry accident appears to be unprecedented in iraq it's also yet another misery to be endured for the people of war ravaged mosul who have already lost so much natasha going to. baghdad an explosion at a chemical factory in eastern china has killed at least forty four people and injured about ninety others it happened to me and chang and jennings and province that's a coastal area north of shanghai people living nearby say their windows were smashed by the force of the blast a germ brown joining us from beijing what are you hearing about this accident. well i think it's possibly fair to assume that the death toll is going to rise because of those ninety people who are injured at least thirty two of them are described as being in a critical condition now some of the injured we know are children there were five schools within a ten kilometer radius of this blast and this was an ex

ministry of interior noted that many of the dozens of victims were women and children the iraqi prime minister has called for an immediate investigation into the cause of the accident however iraqi civil defense says it appears it was due to the ferry carrying more passengers than the maximum capacity recommended this ferry accident appears to be unprecedented in iraq it's also yet another misery to be endured for the people of war ravaged mosul who have already lost so much natasha going to aim l jazeera baghdad thousands of people are expected to attend friday prayers in christ church to pay tribute to the fifty victims of last week's mass shooting at two mosques a call to prayers will be broadcast nationally followed by a two minute silence while funerals took place on thursday to bodies were nice to families our minister to send auden has announced strict new gun laws in the wake of the attack. live from. what can we expect an event today. well obviously a significant day not just because it's the one weekend of a series of because it's the first time the muslims in this city have come together all important friday prayers now the al nor mosque which is the one that was attacked first the

ministry of interior noted that many of the dozens of victims were women and children the iraqi prime minister has called for an immediate investigation into the cause of the accident however iraqi civil defense says it appears it was due to the ferry carrying more passengers than the maximum capacity recommended this ferry accident appears to be unprecedented in iraq it's also yet another misery to be endured for the people of war ravaged mosul who have already lost so much natasha going to aim of baghdad. and at least seventy people have reportedly died off to two buses collided in southern gonna the accident happened in the town of. local media say one of the buses caught fire after the collision and we'll be bringing you more on this story as we get it weather is next but still ahead on al-jazeera we travel to one of the regions hit hardest by sight and it died in mozambique. welcome to have a look at the international for cars with the usual rash of showers across southeast asia some bloody downpours still coming in across parts of malaysia indonesia still seeing some rather wet weather as well much to see want to see showers a little further north up towards southern vietnam into where

ministry of interior noted that many of the dozens of victims were women and children the iraqi prime minister has called for an immediate investigation into the cause of the accident however iraqi civil defense says it appears it was due to the ferry carrying more passengers than the maximum capacity recommended this ferry accident appears to be unprecedented in iraq it's also yet another misery to be endured for the people of war ravaged mosul who have already lost so much natasha going to. baghdad to china now where an explosion at a chemical factory in the country's east has killed at least forty seven people and ninety others it happened in young chiang jiang so province at the coastal area north of shanghai people living nearby said they windows were smashed by the blast adrian brown has more from beijing. well many people have been killed but many more have also been injured the death toll began to rise on friday because rescuers were able to recover bodies from the rubble of the factory where this blast happened the explosion was caused in a part of this fertilizer factory where benzene was being produced it created a huge fireball that according to china's earthquake administration p

ministry of interior noted that many of the dozens of victims were women and children the iraqi prime minister has called for an immediate investigation into the cause of the accident however iraqi civil defense says it appears it was due to the ferry carrying more passengers than the maximum capacity recommended this ferry accident appears to be unprecedented in iraq it's also yet another misery to be endured for the people of war ravaged mosul who have already lost so much natasha going to. baghdad the heads on al-jazeera the human cost of war we follow one yemeni family's life. some rather wet weather. full cost parts of central and southern china this thick and of play out in the process of sinking its way further south where it's going to bring a fair bit of rain there into eastern parts of chad it's well celsius the high for shanghai on friday hong kong should be settlin sunny make the most of it because you know what's coming as we go wanted to saturday that will sink its way further south with what whether a person could parts of southern china at this stage when i just need to warm up we do brighten up the shanghai with a fair bit of sunshine a rolling through some sunshine to into t

health ministry as i speak the iraqi prime minister has reached the accident site he is calling for an immediate investigation into the cause of this ferry accident although iraqi civil defense says it appears the cause of this ferry capsizing is due to the ferry carrying more passengers than the maximum capacity recommended three days of mourning have been called for in nineveh province mosul is the capital of that province and distraught relatives have also been arriving at the crash site demanding answers one man was begging police to take him to the banks of the tigris river he said my family is in the water my wife my daughter please take me to the other side the crowd holding him back and the police refusing to take him to the base of the tigris river another man said that he witnessed the accident and he said that these ferries are quote old and have lax security this happened as you mentioned on a national holiday here in iraq as people in mosul more weary mosul were celebrating the day looking for an escape at an amusement park along the banks of the tigers river it's estimated that there were two hundred people on board that ferry and we've already been told by the