neighbouring australia has taken a hardline _ not cool.ia has taken a hardline approach, - not cool. neighbouring australia has taken a hardline approach, banningl taken a hardline approach, banning recreational vaping. this man says new zealand, like the uk, is aiming fora new zealand, like the uk, is aiming for a more holistic message. there is no doubt that our smoking rates have benefited hugely from tens of thousands of people switching from smoking to vaping. we have seen smoking to vaping. we have seen smoking rates dropped at third. we need to talk to kids around vaping exists, are you experimenting, how do you resist experimenting? what are the skills to say no to somebody who is trying to sell it to you in the street or encourage you to try it with mike and we need to treat the kids who are showing signs of dependence. it is a tough balance to strike. vaping may have started as a solution to smoking but it has now created its own uncontrollable problem. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bringing you different

neighbouring australia has taken a hardline approach, banning recreational vaping.is aiming for a more holistic method. there's no doubt that our smoking rates have benefited hugely from tens of thousands of people switching from smoking to vaping. we've seen smoking rates drop a third here. we need to talk to kids around, vaping exists. are you experimenting? how do you resist experimenting? what are the skills to say no to somebody trying to sell it to you in the street or encourage you to try it? and then we need to treat the kids who are showing signs of dependence. it's a tough balance to strike. vaping may have started as a solution to smoking, but it has got its own uncontrollable problem. shaimaa khalil, bbc news. before we go, just time to bring you some images of the perseid meteor shower, which has been visible across much of europe. this is a time—lapse from croatia. the phenomenon is one of the highlights of the year for star—gazers and happens when debris from a comet enters the earth's atmosphere and burns up. that's all for now — stay with bbc news.

neighbouring australia has taken a hardline approach, banning recreational vaping.oudan says that new zealand, like the uk, is aiming for a more holistic method. there's no doubt that our smoking rates have benefited hugely from tens of thousands of people switching from smoking to vaping. we've seen smoking rates drop a third here. we need to talk to kids around, vaping exists. are you experimenting? how do you resist experimenting? what are the skills to say no to somebody trying to sell it to you in the street or encourage you to try it? and then we need to treat the kids who are showing signs of dependence. it's a tough balance to strike. vaping may have started as a solution to smoking, but it has got its own uncontrollable problem. shaimaa khalil, bbc news. that is the view from australia but now to news in the uk. let's get more now on the news that messages encouraging smokers to quit could be added to the inside of cigarette packs under draft proposals being considered by the uk government. warnings have been printed on the outside of boxes for 50 years — b

neighbouring australia has taken a hardline approach, banning recreational vaping.a more holistic method. there's no doubt that our smoking rates have benefited hugely from tens of thousands of people switching from smoking to vaping. we've seen smoking rates drop a third here. we need to talk to kids around, vaping exists. "are you experimenting"? "how do you resist experimenting"? what are the skills to say no to somebody trying to sell it to you in the street or encourage you to try it? and then we need to treat the kids who are showing signs of dependence. it's a tough balance to strike. vaping may have started as a solution to smoking, but it has got its own uncontrollable problem. shaimaa khalil, bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news bringing you different stories from across the uk. a cooling paddle in the river db and at wandering field. thanks to campaigners, this is one of the country's newest designated bathing water areas. weekly tests show levels of e.coli found in human and animal faeces are safe here. elsewhere in th

neighbouring australia has taken a hard line approach, banning recreational vaping. of thousands of people switching from smoking to vaping. we've seen smoking rates drop a third here. we need to talk to kids around, vaping exists. are you experimenting? how do you resist experimenting? what are the skills to say no to somebody trying to sell it to you in the street or encourage you to try it? and then we need to treat the kids who are showing signs of dependence. it's a tough balance to strike. vaping may have started as a solution to smoking, but it has got its own uncontrollable problem. the annual perseeid meteor shower has lit up skies across the world to the delight of those hoping to catch a glimpse of a shooting star. this is a time lapse from croatia's lastovo island. it's one of the highlights of the year for stargazers, and happens when debris from a comet, called swift?tuttle, enters the earth's atmosphere and burns up. between dusk and the early hours of sunday morning, up to 100 shooting stars could be seen an hour. earlier i spoke to dr megan argo, an

which i was to be elected president may be open to resolving a spend off with neighbouring west african nations and how australia is sparkling form at the football women's world cup is inspiring goals from indigenous communities. to take up the game, the antonio logical, welcome to the program. the beginning of the us where more victims of the wild fires in hawaii are being found as emergency crews such burned out buildings. police, a teams that sniffer dogs have covered just 3 percent of the area around the destroyed town. of the height of 90. 3 people are known to have been killed and that figure is likely to rise. why is that any general is investigating the manner in which authorities responded to the fire? many residency they received no warning of the worst wildfire disaster and america in more than a century. the clean up of the scorched earth on hawaii, island of maui. the shock of what happened has yet to subside, but criticism of the emergency response is starting to emerge. yeah, and i've pretty much everybody's saying the same thing that we had no warning, no evacuation, notice. so a lot of people we

neighbouring states. and increasingly the united states and other powers like the united kingdom, france, and countries like australiace of order maintained within the region and constantly reminding china of the importance of maintaining the respect for the rules—based international order. rules-based international order. �* ., . . order. and to that end, china is a party _ order. and to that end, china is a party of _ order. and to that end, china is a party of the _ order. and to that end, china is a party of the 1982 - order. and to that end, china is a party of the 1982 un - is a party of the 1982 un convention on more of the sea, which lays down the framework for the resolution of these issues and indeed recognises the entitlements that china has of its own coastline.— of its own coastline. donald rothwell— of its own coastline. donald rothwell of _ of its own coastline. donald rothwell of australian - of its own coastline. donald . rothwell of australian national university, thank you so much forjoining us on usdate this morning. —— newsday. 41 migrants have drowned off the italian island of lampedusa after th

america and the big neighbour watching over and less prevalent and ecuadorians look to the likes of china for support and financial investment much more than before. now to australias against 91 children is scheduled to appear in an australian court today. the man has been charged with more than 1,600 offences, including 246 counts of rape and 673 counts of indecent assault against children. he was arrested in august of last year, but it took the police a full year to conduct the investigation and identify the victims. phil mercer has been following the case. , ., ., , the case. investigators here in australia than _ the case. investigators here in australia than the _ the case. investigators here in australia than the allegations | australia than the allegations against this man are some of the most chilling cases they've ever worked on and one senior investigator has said that it's beyond anyone's imagination was this man allegedly did to so many children. just to recount those very disturbing figures, this man is charged with more than 1600 cases of abusing 91 children over a 15 year period, between 2007 and 2022. this is a man 45 years of age, a former childca

australia 11.5 million people watch that match. it was the biggest, most watched television event in australian tv history , eclipsing even scott tv history, eclipsing even scott and charlie's wedding in neighboursralia. >> half the is. >> nearly half the it is. >> nearly half the it is. >> but what i'm saying is >> it is. but what i'm saying is that that that crystallises how big an achievement it was because the pressure was on england. were behind. they england. they were behind. they were they pulled back to 1—1 against host nation a against the host nation in a rarefied atmosphere and again, they fortitude to they had the mental fortitude to just goals. just score those two goals. swat the opposition that's the opposition aside, and that's why the final today. why they're in the final today. >> lionesses >> okay. the lionesses waltzed past today. who the past the matildas today. who the lionesses to watch. >> i've chosen five total >> i've chosen five in total ella tune is one who could be at risk if sarina wiegman has decided to go for lauren james. >> i say let's have a look at what she looks so we can recognise her once the game gets started. >> there we go. >> there we go. >> 30. >> the

but he also he and mary used to spend a few months every year in australia and he got a phone call from his son there. next door neighbourped and they wouldn't last as long as marks and spencer's prawn sandwich . so and spencer's prawn sandwich. so he said, dad problems here. there was a wind last night and one of and one of ratner's trees fell across our house and has doneit fell across our house and has done it quite a lot of damage. and then the son said, because michael was very proud, the son said, you know what, dad? even his trees crap . his trees are crap. >> yeah, he was . >> yeah, he was. >> yeah, he was. >> i'm so glad you made that point that he wasn't a chat show host. like what you get in the states where they just welcome in another hollywood guest and then they just ask them in any questions. michael parkinson interviewed people, and that's why when you remember him, you remember him. you actually remember him. you actually remember his interviews . you remember his interviews. you remember his interviews. you remember brilliant he was remember how brilliant he was with or whatever. with muhammad ali or w