now the house has been adjourned at the request of mr dutton and i now a white. letter. with the signatures of a majority of the party room received forty three if i receive that then i will convene a new party room meeting. the party room of course made on tuesday and confirmed my leadership by majority so we need to see that there was a majority of members mind they to put their names to these a momentous times and it's important that people are accountable for what they're doing so i went if assuming i get that letter which are great in the press. as is already in place but perhaps my view isn't we'll see but as soon as i get that mind tension is to held a party meeting at midday tomorrow. it's important that before the party meeting is filled we have access to the advice of the solicitor general on the eligibility of mr dutton to sit in the parliament and we expect that advice to be a viable first thing in the morning. that's the that's what the attorney general's advised me this is a very very significant point. as we all know section forty four has been a companion

and the issue around mr dutton has been resolved? yes.child—care centres trust that has interests in child—ca re centres and trust that has interests in child—care centres and receives subsidies from the state. now there was? over whether that would deem at mr dutton to be ineligible because a public, someone upholding a public office cannot benefit financially from the state. at the advice from the chief lawyer for the government is that mr dutton appears to be in the clear. that allows him to contest the clear. that allows him to co ntest a ny the clear. that allows him to contest any leadership ballot. the contenders, the other contenders, the treasurer, scott morrison, and the treasurer, scott morrison, and the foreign ministerjulie bishop, as you say, australian politics is a revolving door at the moment. the last prime minister to serve a full term wasjohn last prime minister to serve a full term was john howard. last prime minister to serve a full term wasjohn howard. safe to say that australian politics has become a blood sport wi

mr morrison, the current treasurer, won an internal ballot 45—40 over former home affairs minister peter duttonget the very latest from sydney and our correspondent, phil mercer. it has been a dramatic week, phil. just tell us more about scott morrison, the new prime minister. well, once upon a time, scott morrison was an immigration minister, more recently he has held the very important treasurer portfolio in the centre—right government of the outgoing prime minister malcolm turnbull. scott morrison has been a keen and loyal supporter of the outgoing pm, so what we expect is this victory of scott morrison will be seen as a victory for the more moderate part of the centre—right coalition, given that his challenger, peter dutton, was the candidate that the conservatives wanted to challenge for the leadership. sorry to interrupt you. we want to come back to you in a moment. first, malcolm turnbull is addressing the press. you know the foundation of everything you do in government is a strong economy and we have delivered, as we promised, jobs and growth — you may have heard that before. we've got

turnbull is questioning mr dutton's right even to be a member of parliament and seems to be manoeuvringgoes against him he will accept that as a vote of no—confidence will not stand again for the leadership. we take you back to the very top story. as the pressure intensifies on donald trump and the white house, what does all this mean, if anything, to his core supporters? nick bryant has been asking that question in the republican stronghold of staten island in new york. across the waters from lower manhattan, the trump stronghold of staten island. the only borough of new york to vote for the hometown presidential candidate. from here you can almost see the court complex where michael cohen made the explosive claim that donald trump directed him to commit a crime. but do people here care? you know, he is what this country needed at this time. local businessmen steve believes donald trump is making america great again, and yesterday's bombshell allegations don't trouble him. so yesterday, donald trump's personal lawyer stood up in court and implicated the president and said, "he told me

by electing mr dutton for example but instead the successor who i wish the very best of course scott morrison a very loyal and effective treasurer well from all of this let's cross live to kathy novak in sydney kathy said tell us a bit more about scott morrison and what is it a surprise that he won the leadership contest even though he wasn't the main challenger surprising in so far as that he wasn't the challenger as you say we heard malcolm turnbull there refer to him mr dutton that's peter dutton who is from the more conservative side of the right wing ruling liberal party here in australia malcolm turnbull is considered a more moderate no compared to malcolm turnbull scott morrison would be considered more conservative but throughout this leadership crisis morrison had been standing behind malcolm turnbull his treasurer and he had previously that mars and that is served as immigration minister and you could see that malcolm turnbull was pleased that if he was to lose his job that the person who would be stepping in would be scott morrison so i think those who were backing the cha

mr dutton has stepped down from his position as minister.lled and more are missing after flash flooding in the pollino national park in italy. the victims had been hiking through mountainous gorges, a number of survivors have been rescued from rocks on the side of the gorge where they'd ta ken refuge. the world of work is changing. a you gov poll shows just 6% of people in the uk now work 9 to 5, a new survey has found. we have another interview with chief economist from the bank of england, who explained we need to see a radical revolution in the workplace in order to mitigate unemployment due to a eye. maike currie, investment director at fidelity personal investing joins me now. nice to see you. this is a story that doesn't surprise me at all. however, just 6% of people in the uk working nine to five is quite a difference to the traditional work place. absolutely. or people are choosing flexible working because it allows you to have that worklife talents. it is also becoming more competitive to get the best workers. companies have that co

support to win and turnbull didn't run as a candidate how the insurgents were not rewarded by electing mr dutton for example but instead the successor who i wish the very best of course scott morrison a very loyal and effective treasurer goals like that in mars and was once immigration minister in charge of controversial asylum policy he had backed turbo to remain prime minister before friday's vote has been a lot of talk this week. i bet he saw it people room in this building. and we're just annoyed he did tell you. is the new generation of liberal leadership . is wearing yourself australians are generally unhappy with what they see as a revolving door system of leadership scott morrison now faces the difficult task of uniting his party before facing the australian public in a federal election in less than a year before that barzan government which has a majority of just one seat is likely to have another electoral test. malcolm turnbull says he'll leave parliament soon triggering a byelection for his electorate kathy novak al jazeera sydney. the mass exodus of migrants from venezuela is headin

mr dutton has now resigned from the cabinet.rcer, if he thinks this issue ends here. no, it doesn't. this leadership election was called by the prime minister, malcolm turnbull, in an attempt to quell mounting internal dissent within his centre—right coalition government. you're absolutely right. in the end, mr turnbull prevailed by 13 votes. but the margin of victory has many commentators here in australia believing that mr turnbull‘s position is still very precarious, one media analyst saying that mr turnbull had been mortally wounded, and they say that because he survived one leadership challenge, there's no suggestion that he can do so again, because of those mounting forces against him. and the weakness of his position as leader seems to have already killed off a significant chunk of australia's policy on climate change. the reason why mr turnbull is in this predicament is, after a string of very poor polling results in national opinion polls, australians — and politicians here take these polls very seriously — malcolm turn

support to win and turnbull didn't run as a candidate how the insurgents were not rewarded by electing mr dutton for example but instead the successor who i wish the very best of course scott morrison a very loyal and effective treasurer. like doesn't morrison was once immigration minister in charge of controversial asylum policies he had backed turbo to remain prime minister before friday's vote has been a lot of talk this week about he saw it people room in this building. and what just annoyed me to tell you. is the new generation of liberal leadership is where in yourself australians are generally unhappy with what they see as a revolving door system of leadership scott morrison now faces the difficult task of uniting his party before facing the australian public in a federal election in less than a year before that barzan government which has a majority of just one seat is likely to have another electoral test. malcolm turnbull says he'll leave parliament soon triggering a byelection for his electorate kathy novak al jazeera sydney. the world health organization says that you break in the de

support to win and turnbull didn't run as a candidate how the insurgents were not rewarded by electing mr dutton for example but instead the successor who i wish the very best of course scott morrison a very loyal and effective treasurer goals like that in mars and was once immigration minister in charge of controversial asylum policies he had backed turbo to remain prime minister before friday's vote has been a lot of talk this week. about his side people are on in this building. and what just annoyed me to tell you. is the new generation of liberal leadership. is where on your side australians are generally unhappy with what they see as a revolving door system of leadership scott morrison now faces the difficult task of uniting his party before facing the australian public in a federal election in less than a year. before that morrison government which has a majority of just one seat is likely to have another electoral test. malcolm turnbull says he'll leave parliament soon triggering a byelection for his electorate kathy novak al jazeera sydney. a large global study published in the lancet me

support to win and turnbull didn't run as a candidate how the insurgents were not rewarded by electing mr dutton for example but instead the successor who i wish the very best of course scott morrison a very loyal and effective treasurer goals like that in mars and was once immigration minister in charge of controversial asylum policy he had backed turbo to remain prime minister before friday's vote has been a lot of talk this week. about whose side people are on in this building. and what just annoyed me to tell you. is the new generation of liberal leadership. these where in your story australians are generally unhappy with what they see as a revolving door system of leadership scott morrison now faces the difficult task of uniting his party before facing the australian public in a federal election in less than a year before that barzan government which has a majority of just one seat is likely to have another electoral test. malcolm turnbull says he'll leave parliament soon triggering a byelection for his electorate kathy novak al jazeera sydney australia has had a revolving door of prime min

mr. dutton had said he did support the current leadership, but clearly now a change of events.t the aussie dollar, it on thisssion lows latest news as well. there you go on your screen come you can see it there, down by just a fraction. $.73 to the dollar. yvonne: let's talk about currencies, president trump accusing rivals of currency manipulation, saying that china artificially lowers the yen. let's discuss that with eswar ms china division head. always great to have you. we've heard this before from the president but it seems like he is doubling down once again. why do you think the president is so adamant in calling china a currency manipulator and fighting against what his own fed is saying? is thathat is happening u.s. policies and the strength of the u.s. economy are driving up the dollar and driving down many other currencies. interpretsees -- digressionspetitive by other countries. in terms of trade deficits, and whatever happens turks of currency seems to be very much stuck in his mind and that's how he evaluates every bilateral relationship. it means more conflicts w

the man who troubled peter mr turnbull, ha rdline conservative peter dutton, has failed in his bid ford most of the team on twitter, i'm @bbcmikeembley. well, some noticeable changes to the weather to end the week. it's going to feel a lot cooler and fresher right across the board with sunshine and showers. in fact, it's going to feel pretty autumnal for some areas, particularly across the north and west. plenty of heavy showers around. this pretty cold air mass moving down from the north—west will be right across the country as we start friday morning. it really will be quite noticeable. feeding in plenty of showers into the north and the west of the country, but further south and east, with lengthy clear skies, it should stay generally dry here to start friday. much coolerfor all, including the south—east. temperatures here starting off between nine and 12 degrees. so for friday itself, not looking too bad. we're start off with sunshine in southern and eastern areas, albeit rather chilly. lots of showers from the word go in the north and west, and these will become more widespread in

several cabinet members earlier today and an unsuccessful leadership challenge by peter dutton earlier this week. mrs party of bullying and intimidating others into changing leader. in terms of my own intentions, when the party room meeting is called, i will invite a spill motion to be moved. if the motion is carried, i will take that as a vote of no confidence, and i will not stand as a candidate in the ballot. shortly, will be going live to canberra to speak to our correspondent, hywel griffith, who has been keeping across the story as well. president trump has now acknowledged that hush money was provided before his 2016 election for two women claiming they'd had affairs with him. but, contradicting tuesday's sworn testimony from his former personal lawyer, michael cohen, he's now claimed the pay—out was made with his own money — that election campaign finance was not illegally used. he's previously insisted he knew nothing about the payments. the president's been speaking to fox news. did they come out of the campaign? they didn't come out of the campaign, they came from me. i tweeted about it.

mr morrison's other challenger for the leadership, peter dutton, will keep his job as home affairs ministereek in australian politics, with liberal party infighting leading to the ousting of prime minister malcolm turnbull. our correspondent hywel griffith joins us live from sydney. these prime minister in five years, we have been reporting on all this through the week at the tumultuous week. scott morrison beginning his first official day in office and wasting no time in naming a new cabinet. some of those cabinet ministers have been sworn in. the interesting appointment is peter dutton, for anyone who has been following this, they would do it dutton has instigated this, challenging the leadership of former prime minister malcolm turnbull but not getting is the top job. instead of pushing him to the backbenchers and potentially given rise to more instability, he decided to keep in the cabinet. it does not mean that the cabinet. it does not mean that the turmoil is over. scott morrison thought he was going to have a bit ofa thought he was going to have a bit of a honeymoon but the latest ne

mr morrison's other challenger for the leadership, peter dutton, will keep his job as home affairs minister week in australian politics, with liberal party infighting leading to the ousting of prime minister malcolm turnbull. our correspondent hywel griffith joins us live from sydney. you've seen a lot happening in this last week, and we know that australians have become accustomed to this drill now. they've seen five prime ministers in as many years. tel is what happens next, on the very first day of office. morrison. well, he will hope to move beyond that fast spin cycle of canberra politics and put the attention elsewhere, so he is actually going to be travelling to western queensland, one of the worst hit drought areas, and talking about getting on with the job, about giving farmers relief, getting through this particularly tough time. it's midwinter, a time when the rains should be coming, helping farmers grow their crops and feed their animals, but they are in severe problems. of course the government is in severe problems as well, so he ratherfocus on government is in severe problems

mr turnbull beat off a challenge from the home affairs minister, peter dutton. poll ratings ahead of a general election next year. he's best known for lead roles in some of hollywood's biggest films as well as the tv series "luther". but now the actor idris elba has directed his first film. ‘yardie' — is set in jamaica and east london in the 1970s and 80s. he's been speaking to our correspondent adina campbell. yardie is a nostalgic film about a time in my life when i was growing up in the mid—1980s, starts off in the ‘70s injamaica. follows a young man who goes through a traumatic thing at 11 years old and finds himself in england, still chasing his demons. why won't you stay? mummy has work, vanessa. she can stay with me. i think people expect a massive gangster film and it isn't that. it is a story about trauma management, if you like. and this is your first big production as a director? were you not tempted to be one of the main characters, or were you solely focused on being behind the camera and leading from the back? ijust wanted to put all my energy behi

his challenger peter dutton has called for another vote tomorrow, and several members of mr turnbull‘ pressure for him to stand down grows. the us has imposed a new round of financial tariffs on chinese goods, worth almost £i2.5 billion. duties will be collected on products ranging from motorcycles to steam turbines in an ongoing trade war between the two countries. china has responded by imposing tariffs of equal value on goods from america. we're joined from singapore by asia business correspondent, karishma vaswani. the impact of this could be huge, couldn't it, not just the impact of this could be huge, couldn't it, notjust in those two countries but the ripple effect of this as well, karishma you're absolutely right, and that ripple effect is already being felt in some respects out in countries like singapore, which frankly are stuck in the middle of these giant superpowers, the us and china. many of the companies i've been speaking to here sell their goods and they send their goods to china through the singapore port, which isjust behind me. billions of dollars worth of trade...

mr morrison, who was the outgoing treasurer, won the leadership contest by 45 votes to a0 over the former home affairs minister, peter duttonfter his election, mr morrison told reporters he would unite a "bruised and battered" party and bring the country together. we are an optimistic, we are a passionate and we are an ambitious people, full of aspiration for ourselves, for our families, and, of course for our great nation — for all of us. that's what we believe as liberals. our plan — my plan — for this country is for an even stronger australia, to keep our economy strong, to guarantee the essentials that australians rely on. to keep australians safe from terrorism and all the way to bullying in our schools. to keep our country together, to not pit one group of australians against another, to ensure that one can succeed and all can succeed — that one doesn't have to fail for another one to succeed. we have a lot of challenges as a country and we will get through them as we always have — together. let's go to our sydney correspondent, phil mercer, who's following the latest developments. it is strange to think of a stroller

saying they believe the former immigration minister peter dutton is the best person to lead them on tuesday though doesn't it lose the ship challenge to mr turnbull. as i put out my wife's statement earlier early this morning i called the prime minister to advise him that it was my judgment that the majority of the party would no longer support his leadership as such i asked him to convene a meeting of the liberal party at which i would challenge for the leadership of the parliamentary liberal party thank you very much so if mr turnbull does step aside or is voted out it will be the fourth time a sitting a straight in prime minister has been overthrown and that's just since two thousand and ten former prime minister and that labor leader kevin rudd was replaced by his deputy julia gillard just months before the two thousand and ten election rudd read talk of the leadership from dillard in june twenty third scene but his party was then beaten in that year's election by the liberals who led by tony abbott and then he lost the leadership of his party to knock him turnbull in september of twenty fifteen let's try to wade through all of this

the leadership crisis there escalates, mr turnbull has promised to hold a meeting on friday to see if he has enough political support to continue. mps peter dutton bishop are all potential challengers for the topjob. let's hear how some australians are feeling about the political turmoil. no one knows what's going on. if theyjust did theirjob. they are paid to do so they should get in there and just govern the country, not stuff around and sought their own stuff out. the reason why a lot of us voted for the liberal party this time is because of malcolm, because of his moderate views, you know, he actually has great ideas about the climate change and different things we want in this country. well, it's just another debacle, really, isn't it? i do not think the liberal party will be in government for much longer. i think there is a very good chance that they will lose the next election, irrespective of who the leader is. i am a bit worried we might go down the path of the states, closing the border down and that type of thing. i think we've come a long way and i think we're actually going to take a few steps backwards. our correspondent, hywel gri

the leadership crisis there escalates, mr turnbull has promised to hold a meeting on friday, to see if he has enough political support to continue. mps peter dutton bishop are all potential challengers for the top job. let's hear how some australians are feeling about the political turmoil. no one knows what is going on. if they just no one knows what is going on. if theyjust did thejob no one knows what is going on. if theyjust did the job they get paid to do, they should get in there and governed the country and not stuff around and sought their stuff out. the reason people voted for the liberal party was because of malcolm and his moderate views and great ideas about climate change. and his moderate views and great ideas about climate changem and his moderate views and great ideas about climate change. it is just another debacle. i do not think the liberal party will be in government are much longer. i think there is a very good chance that they will lose the next election. i ama they will lose the next election. i am a bit worried we will go down the path of the states, closing the border in all that type of thing, taking a few steps backward

ago, this man, the home affairs minister peter dutton tried to topple the prime minister malcolm turnbull. that didn't work. but the issue's not gone away. mrof him — if there are 43 signatures, he says he'll go. some politicians in his own partry have taken him up on the offer — and we are reportedly on at least 40 signatures. so as a tactic, it's looking like an interesting one. malcolm turnbull‘s called this a momentus time — kind of — a series of prime ministers have now failed to serve a full—term. this is becoming normal. here's more from the prime minister. australians will be rightly appalled by what they're witnessing in their nation's parliaments today and in the course of this week. in terms of my own intentions when the party room at meeting is called, i will invite a spill motion to be moved. if the motion is carried i will treat that as a vote of no—confidence and i will not stand asa no—confidence and i will not stand as a candidate in the ballot. the markets never like instability — so it's proving. the australian stockmarket is at its lowest level in three weeks. the newspapers are unimpressed too. herald sun is calling it

his challenger for leadership of the liberal party, peter dutton, has called for another ballot tomorrow. mrtement to reporters. er, the reality is that a minority in the party room, supported by others outside the parliament, have sought to bully, intimidate others into making this change of leadership that they're seeking. a bbc investigation has found that ambulances from four different services took more than 2a hours to reach patients. trusts in east, south—east and north—east england all had long delays, with the worst recorded in wales. ambulance trusts blamed the busy winter period and said they had to prioritise resources. the patients association calls the figures "extremely concerning". matt graveling reports. category i, the highest priority 999 call. the ambulance response in seven minutes or less can mean the difference between life and death. but calls like this can mean other patients must wait. it's my wife, she's fallen off a step and broke her wrist or leg or something, she can't move at all... this was not classed as category i. sylvia had broken a hip but had to wait on