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the work of the new south wales police and the australian federal police is ongoing. what we can say for sure tonight is this — to any australian affected by this tragedy, every australian is with you. before i hand to commissioner kershaw, i can say that i've also spoken with the new south wales acting premier tonight and the commonwealth stands ready to assist in every way possible. that was the update in the last hour also from prime minister. live to the scene, the area still locked down, many hundreds who were evacuated from the shopping centre. a huge crime scene, understandably, and the media and press at the bottom of those pictures, and that red w, that is the sign for the westfield shopping centre and so many people cross that area of australia and will know it. emma cropper is australia correspondent for newshub. it is starting to calm down here. the chaos and folded here this afternoon, people were fleeing from the mall, that has no countdown. there is still a major police presence here, the police command centre has come here because the mall is now a cri

last hour we heard from karen webb, commissioner of the new south wales police force.ernoon, and male with a knife entered westfield shopping centre at bondi junction and attacked a number of people. police were called and a police officer responded and faced batman and neutralised that thread within that shopping centre. —— faced that man. witnesses, shopkeepers and others in the shopping centre will help to move on from the shopping centre, and as a result, there were four female centre, and as a result, there were fourfemale women centre, and as a result, there were four female women deceased in the shopping centre and one male, and subsequently another female passed away in hospital, taking it to a total of six plus the death of the offender. there are about eight people in hospitals around sydney being treated for different injuries associated with being attacked in the hospital, at the shopping centre, sorry, including a nine—month—old infant that has been in surgery. police have secured the crime scene, which you can imagine is expansive, inside a very big, busy

the new south wales premier was _ australia? the new south wales premier was overseas _ australia?remier was overseas in - australia? the new south wales premier was overseas in tokyo l australia? the new south wales | premier was overseas in tokyo on leave injapan, he has announced he will fly back and has called an emergency meeting for when he returns. penny sharpe said it was a tragedy. this will take a while to recover from for the whole of australia, she said. the prime minister has addressed the nation, anthony albanese, saying it was a great tragedy they must recover from. here he is. tonight the first thoughts of all australians are with the victims of these terrible acts and their loved ones. the nation offers condolences and sympathies. for all those who are grieving for someone they have lost, and we sent our strength to those who have been injured. and all of us are thinking of the dedicated doctors, nurses and health care workers who will be working through the night to save lives and to care from their fellow australians. today bondi junction was the scene of shockin

on behalf of the new south wales government i want to thank them.e innocent bystanders who, in frightening times, stood up for the people around them, people that they did not know, but people who they knew lives were worthwhile and part of their community, and they wanted to look after them. there are really more difficult days ahead. tonight we hold in our hearts the families and the friends of those who have lost loved ones. we stand with those who are waiting to hear, for those that have been injured, and we really stand by all the medical staff who are fighting to save their lives. but we also thank the ordinary people who will deal with this. what we saw today and what we have seen on our television screens, particularly if afternoon, it is the number of innocent people going about their business who have witnessed shocking events. this is going to be difficult. it's going to be hard for days to come. this is reallyjust the beginning of the pain and the grief for so many people. tonight, i want to say on behalf of the new south wales governmen

the commissioner of new south wales police gave this update a short while ago.that influenced my decision to declare this a terrorist incident was the actions of the individual who attended. we allege that he attended that church with a knife, armed with a knife and stabbed the bishop, the priest and others were also injured. we believe there are elements that are satisfied in terms of religious motivated extremism, and, of course, the intimidation of the public through that person's acts. by attending that church whilst it was being live streamed, intimidating not only the parishioners in attendance but those parishioners who were watching online and subsequently, those people that turned up to the church on the outside and the subsequent riot that happened. this is the second attack in sydney over the weekend — in a seperate incident, not linked to the church attack — six people were stabbed to death in a shopping centre. the attacker was later shot dead by a police officer. chris minns is the premier of new south wales: and, of course, i understand just comin

1th been around sydney and new south wales?— been around sydney and new south wales? as you can see, it is actually a _ south wales? as you can see, it is actually a blue _ south wales? as you can see, it is actually a blue sky _ south wales? as you can see, it is actually a blue sky day, - is actually a blue sky day, really hot and 28 degrees. there was still a major threat of flooding because they call it blue sky flooding is, there is the huge warragamba dam feeding into a large river system where many homes and communities are built along the edge of that and the worry is over the past 24 hours and heading forward that that will start rising and heading into the homes and community. those evacuation orders for those families, a very anxious wait for them, families, a very anxious wait forthem, it families, a very anxious wait for them, it is a slow—moving flood. we have heard from authorities this afternoon that the water will not be as high it would be. the threat is not as severe as they were worried about. but there are still evacuations in order and still very

further to the south in other larger towns and cities in the state of new south wales, residents have indoors because the storm activity is moving south we have just heard in the last few minutes that the body of a man has been found in water in western sydney. we don't know the circumstances of that but if it is related to the floods, it does mean that this weather emergency in eastern australia over the last few days has had a fatal turn. we over the last few days has had a fatal turn.— a fatal turn. we can see some dramatic _ a fatal turn. we can see some dramatic pictures _ a fatal turn. we can see some dramatic pictures at _ a fatal turn. we can see some dramatic pictures at the - dramatic pictures at the moment. how unusual is it that this time of year to have this sort of weather?— this time of year to have this sort of weather? australia is a land of extremes. _ sort of weather? australia is a land of extremes. this - sort of weather? australia is a land of extremes. this is - sort of weather? australia is a land of extremes. this is a - land of extremes. this is a country wel

now, we've been hearing from assistant commissioner cook from new south wales police. believe that we do have, some of that news conference that he, gave just on the steps of the westfield shopping centre. >> i'm advised that there are five victims who are now deceased as a result of the actions of this offender. there are more than several other people who have been conveyed to hospital . a number of those are hospital. a number of those are in serious and or critical conditions . conditions. >> now, in terms of the suspect, we don't know an awful lot at this stage , the police say they this stage, the police say they haven't yet been able to determine a motivation for this attack, but they're ruling absolutely nothing out, including terrorism. but they also add they haven't yet found anything , also add they haven't yet found anything, and certainly nothing at the scene that points to a motivation, the individual, he looked to be about, in his 30s, maybe early 40s, of kind of medium build with, a short beard , wearing a football top and, football shorts , swarthy foo

i'm quite richardson, thank you very much for joining us. police in the australian state of new south wales, say an attacker has killed 5 people in the knife attack, any shopping mall, and sidney. several others were injured. some critically, an armed police officer at the c shop, the suspected attack or dead authorities are urging people for now to avoid the area. and the police have said they are not ruling out terrorism as a possible motive. they've also said that they are content. if there is no continuing threats here, let's listen to the police as comments after this incident about a ted password this afternoon. i might have walked into what sort of bundle or junction he's left to say to very shortly after and retained about 20 past 3. as he moved through the center and guys with about knowing people it is see that during that engagement a close to those people they believe bought and stabbing them with i went and he was caring. i single unit officer inspector of police was the boy attended wait enter the soon a directed by a range of people. she confronted the santa who had mov

the new south wales _ in australia been saying?kyo injapan at the time and sent his condolences and will travel back home to new south wales. the acting premier penny a ship —— penny sharpe said it was a tragedy for the entire community. and the prime minister anthony albanese a destination this evening and this is some of what he had to say. tonight, the first thoughts of all australians are with the victims of these terrible acts and their loved ones. our nation offers our deepest condolences and sympathies to all those who are grieving for someone they have lost, and we send our strength to those who have been injured. and all of us are thinking of the dedicated doctors, nurses and health care workers who will be working through the night to save lives and to care for their fellow australians. today, bondi junction was the scene of shocking violence, but it was also witness to the humanity and the heroism of our fellow australians. our brave police, our first responders, and of course, everyday people who could never have imagin

i also want to show you another live feed, this is where we are expecting an update from the new southales police. we had an update in the last couple of hours, we are told what is coming up in the next 15 minutes. timing is as always in a fluid situation are not precise. we will keep across those images for you. now latest pictures from inside the shopping centre itself where the incident happened. we have no sound so i will try and describe it. you have the white t—shirt at the top, a man with a ballard, seemingly blocking the path of the man in black. we understand he is the alleged attacker, who carried out multiple stabbings inside the shopping mall. —— a man with up paul. remarkable bravery from the man with the white t—shirt. it was a busy afternoon full of shoppers and this is the police, getting so many of them to safety, evacuating them. lots of people so a very difficult logistical exercise to get people out clearly with a panic and confusion, not only from the stabbing but at one point add gunshot because a police officer was laid on by members of the public and went toward

the premier of new south wales while he was addressing that said no woman should have to live in feart of the victims are female. absolutely, five out of the six people who died and the majority of those injured were female and the police have said several times it is a line of inquiry that the police commissioner said it is obvious from the footage was targeting women and it is one line of inquiry. the investigation is still in its very early stages but certainly the news and the fact the police are investigating this line has shocked many people here, many of those leaving flowers part of a group of young women unable to understand what happened and why and i spoke to one woman in tears saying he attacked those most vulnerable, women and babies and that is something most people here of come to find difficult to come to terms with and echoing the fact there is a big line of inquiry that the man who went on this stabbing spree was perhaps targeting women. i have friends who live in australia and said there is absolute shock there because these kind of incidents don't happen too often

. >> abc7 news south bay reporter zach fuentes is live at the santa clara county registrar's office, where these votes are being tabulated with more zach. >> yeah, this congressional district is made up of santa clara and san mateo counties. and today at 5 p.m. was the deadline. it just passed for people who needed to come in and fix their ballots to come in and correct them. and now that that deadline has passed, that means that the votes that can be counted will be counted. meaning we're finally on track to getting those final election results for the primary elections happened march fifth. but in the race to replace retiring congresswoman anna eshoo, the results have been far from final. march 12th was the last day county election offices received ballots sent by election day. now april 2nd at 5 p.m. was the next important deadline. the last day to cure any ballots that were out there that weren't. >> they weren't signed or the signatures didn't match. >> election officials say voters have had weeks to fix or cure their ballots. >> we send them multiple letters, emails, texts. how

it's moved south of new south warehouse. it's gone lot through victoria in our winds itself up to be nothing like as heavy these are the current conditions of that she as it happens. now, if i take you a head to 24 hours, that rain fades away from victoria. definitely time kind of has made. yeah. it's still there in new south wales over the gold coast. it's up towards queens and as well where i suspect that could be some pretty heavy di impulse. but beyond natural studies, looking reasonably fine except off the west coast. now older, a tropical side code has developed just recently, but will almost certainly stay agencies that might brush the cases warranty sheriff . otherwise it is fine. as indeed by this time does new south wales still ahead on the, i'll just it renews our prosecutors and peru interrogate the president's about why she has so many expensive watches will have the latest on the so called rolex gates, scandal, and sport formula one world chunk and match for self and makes it a 4th position in a row. this time

people living in parts of new south wales have been told to stay indoors. some of the rivers, particularly in western sydney, are continuing to rise and that presents a real danger for some communities. so it's very important for those who live in communities that are low—lying, flood—prone areas that you continue to listen to emergency broadcasts from the ses. earlier i asked our sydney correspondent phil mercer where things stand now... we know there are two deaths have been associated with these wild days of weather in eastern australia. on thursday a 71 year old man was found in floodwaters near brisbane, and earlier today a body was found in floodwaters in western parts of sydney. the police say they do not know the circumstances of the second fatality but it has been a wild few days in eastern australia, record—breaking amounts of rain have fallen. here in new south wales across one 24—hour period a month worth of rain fell so there are still evacuation orders in place in parts of sydney but thankfully for the residents of the city the storm system is

the new south wales, not much in victoria, but no real change in queens with the new zealand. it's will me up 17 degrees in process on sunday, but the new week will give you the low twenty's. we still have the potential for flooding from big sun to storms in any one small place in indonesia. we see it already in, for example, body and the sink risk is still there for born here and something sumatra from malaysia, and from me in my kind on most this part of se, ation problem. if you wouldn't mind, charles, you still have some studies shumate. and it's been unusually, went in southern china, i'm not reading continue through saturday and sunday with flooding, but quite likely the now was the time to be direct. israel's project has been to completely conflict zionism and judy as a. but this was not a jew, israel's a state, and they need to be treated as any other state. what. this is where the tough questions are asked. can you see negotiations being even have this is most important, which of these are going to and bushy polls? unapologetic, i'm just asking awesome upfront on out

i was interested, the premier of new south wales, while he was addressing that, saying that no one should absolutely. five out of the six people who died in the majority of those injured were female. the police have said several times that it is a line of inquiry, in fact the police commissioner said it is obvious from footage that he was targeting women. it is one line of inquiry. the investigation is still in its early stages, but certainly the news and the fact that the police are investigating this line a shocked many people here. many of those who are leaving flowers this last week, our young women, unable to kind of understand exactly what happened and why. i spoke to one woman just now who was in tears saying he attacked those who are most vulnerable, the helpless women, babies, and that is something that people here have found very difficult to come to terms. and of course we heard it as well, once again echoing the fact that there is a big line of inquiry that perhaszoe cauchi, who went on this stabbing spree, was in fact targeting women. the london marathon is taking place and 5

tom symonds, bbc news, south london.are keeping an eye on that court case with former president donald trump. they are down from the seven they had picked to six after one juror feeling intimidated after details which were on thejury became intimidated after details which were on the jury became public. intimidated after details which were on thejury became public. there will also thought they could lose another jury will also thought they could lose anotherjury and be down to five. so we are keeping an eye on proceedings there in new york and we will bring you the latest here on proceedings there on bbc news. do stay with us. plenty more from new york. let's turn to events in westminster, where a conservative mp has been suspended by the parliamentary party after claims he misused campaign funds. the times newspaper alleges he used local party funds to pay off what he reportedly called "bad people" who had locked him in a flat. mark menzies "strongly" disputes the allegations. the conservative party was made aware of th

new south wales, given sidney, don't expect very much. and i think a c t likewise. and that extends up to the queens in k, so it's not particularly sunny but rather dismal things to improve comes half a day as the writing tends to go off show and head for the south and towards eastern victoria, the rest and australia for the nice ponds enjoying boy, me sunshine test at 552 in new zealand. a gentle breeze, or nothing dry here about temperatures or dining divided the average baby degree below. but hey, that's all right. it's a transitional season. big child recently, particularly in indonesia, they could be repeated, but i don't think so. but the orange top suggests where they all say bonia is at risk. maybe sort of ways the maybe sounds through monitoring malays is losey fine. i left and tied on to me and my time she was really too high. it's also true in the south west of china. but if you're in this part of china, southern china, including hong kong, about rain, is unusually heavy for this time of year and has given to months with either day of the unique perspecti

very good news, south bound traffic is moving again. from what we understand north bound traffic is about to start moving. all lanes on the golden gate bridge after being shut down for four and a half hours because of a protest, pro palestinian protest, things are finally moving again. very good news for people who were stuck in their vehicles on >>> back out live following breaking news. this is 880 in oakland, protesters still on the road way as they have been since 6:30 this morning. traffic is tied [ upbeat music ] >> steffy: this is so crazy! this is insane! wait, deacon actually thinks that sheila's alive? >> finn: yeah, because of what happened at the crematorium. he thinks the body that went into the crematorium had ten toes and sheila only had nine.

and actually the new south wales , family holiday in japan when this news broke yesterday, i had to get back on a plane and return to sydney, the shopping center behind me, it remains closed today, a number of police vehicles are still here, investigations ongoing as they try to find the motive behind this attack >> adam hancock, thanks very much indeed for that update. we appreciate it, thank you. >>> now let's go back to our top story now and iran launching a bars of drones and missiles toward israel overnight. is iran's first direct attack on israeli territory. while iran says the attack has concluded, israel remains on high alert. let's go out to jasmine l damar who is the former u.s. adviser at the u.s. department of defense as she joins me from jordan. very good morning to you, thanks so much for talking to us today. iran had warned that it would retaliate after the attack on its consulate in damascus and syria. what do you make of the nature and the scale of the attack that we saw overnight? >> well, obviously the scale of the attack and the nature of the attack was meant to be m

the picture is still pretty good for new south wales. not so good. both allied in melbourne is now the wind to swamp directions and bring you to writing with it in using it and does not rain cavity or frustrated comes across the task than inducing the only way in which means temperatures will go up considerably trash church, for example, up to 25, i'll try to get to wednesday above the average, but not the record. java should have a couple of days or from really be dying pools. have been funding is result recently. but i wouldn't say the same football and they're also matched with the risk has increased for, you know, also that most of the philippines and mainland south east asia. it's held shumate. now last, the driving not entirely. this is a little unusual, but a warning sign for the matcher, right? and for the at the sky itself in charlotte mall flooding to come for sunday. and monday the ramadan is a time of mercy transformation worship, reward for every good deed is multiplied by 70. it's also brings nicely to the millions of people around the

not exactly how to totally new south. well, that's an improving situation of the cars to equation and then time just touching the gold coast. this still potentially the on show breeze and showers for the west . germany looking fine. old goes you can see stays of sure. tropical cycling. here in new zealand, the picture has been a been 91 and studies on sunday. the sundays i attempted to the high teams below. i don't know maybe. but actually if anything is good to warm up is normally breeze coming in. it's coming in with this, right, and which of course you must expect so significant, right, is, are falling. come tuesday. but look at the temperatures this pick on christ church and see if it goes any further cost you a 3 day full cost. 23, up to 25, but not quite for the record. the unique perspective that plays students up does told the palestinians to go to on heard voices through humor. i try to highlight the absurdities inconsistency, and upon proceeding landscape, connect with our community and tap into conversations yo

tom symonds, bbc news, south london.with record rainfall pounding the united arab emirates and neighbouring countries in recent days. the airport is one of the busiest in the world and there have been hundreds of flights delayed or cancelled. after a storm on tuesday, flash floods have killed 20 people in oman and one in the uae. frances read reports. it's normally a dry, arid landscape, but northern 0man has been transformed. completely submerged from an unforgiving storm that has claimed the lives of both adults and children. rescues take place in the most difficult of conditions and save those they can. yesterday, a hair—raising hoist, the only way to safety. this is not an area used to this kind of rainfall. 1,400 people have had to seek shelter elsewhere. a few hundred kilometres north, dubai is also affected, its main airport is filled with crowds and queues as it tries to restore operations. some inbound flights have started again, but the backlog from hundreds of delays and cancellations mean people rest where th

he is known to police, according to the commissioner of new south wales police.at this stage except to say that their initial understanding of the man's background does not appear to show him having links to any extremist organisation, having said that, the commissioner did say that that could change as they delve more into this man's background. they try to establish his connections and associates , and they look at the associates, and they look at the likes of his internet browsing history . it's certainly possible history. it's certainly possible that there could be an extremist link there , but as yet, the link there, but as yet, the police say they found nothing that points to terrorism at this stage. but certainly what we did get was the most horrific bloody rampage, with multiple people targeted and the indications from the eyewitnesses who were telling both the media and the police as they exited, that westfield shopping centre, was that he was specifically picking out a weaker, more vulnerable individuals . he was going after, individuals. he was going a

of the shopping complex, the man was shot dead by police but in this latest incident, australia new southe suffered nonlife threatening industries and will be treated by ambulance crews there. four people are being treated in the incident we understand took place in a church. the information we have so far is that the man was arrested and we currently do not know a motive, after a man stabbed six people to death in a shopping centre near bondi beach. let's take a look at the weather now, with simon king. hello, again. a wet and windy morning. a fabulous rainbow has been sent in by a weather watchers this morning. but the wind gusts are particularly of note. we've got some rough conditions... that's around coastal areas. those strong winds are likely to continue into the afternoon and the reason is this area of low pressure situated here. look at those isobars, fairly close together. a blustery north—westerly wind. that rain clearing away from the south—east and throughout this afternoon, this afternoon, this mixture of sunny spells, some snow over the high ground of scotland. very gusty w

i received a month with ryan and just 24 hours in the low light instead of ups of new south wales locals with a very which we can of to some areas saw a month's worth of rain in 24 hours more than 150 people had been rescued across the state of the extreme heavy rains. let them must have floating one woman in the town of walter, going around 8 to columbus to the south of sydney. describe the house being swept down the street. were watching the flow of the water through the great and then all of a sudden we saw this cabin floating down the river itself and then crashed into the fence behind us. um and while that was scary in itself, then we saw a couple of people come out of the cabin and into the water. sorry to despise improving weather on saturday, state premier christman's one that the situation was still critical. since it's important to note that flood levels in some of the rivers, particularly in west and see the continuing to rise. and that presents a real danger to some community. the down possible caused by cool pola air coming in from the south meeting a tropical bundle in the

the new south wales ambulance service has told local media that seven people have been taken to hospitalstab wounds, including a nine—month—old baby. a man was also shot during the incident, there are reports police are searching for another man. these are the live pictures, we are expecting a police press conference to start any minute. we cannot show you those pictures, but it is in the early early evening there, things have moved on and the last couple of i was. police have released this statement, telling people to avoid the area. it reads: a critical incident has commenced following the shooting of male at bondi junction. just before lipm, emergency services were called to westfield bondi junction following reports of multiple people stabbed. we are starting to hear from people who were at the shopping centre. people were yelling and running so i followed a police officer upstairs and just as we got round the corner he started coming towards us and i heard put it down and she shot him, if she did not shoot him he would have kept going in the rampage and then she gave him cpr and he

so we just heard there from the new south wales police. let's bring in a journalist, roger maynard standing by for us in sydney. roger, thank you for taking this time. can you tell us what is the latest that we know about this incident? yeah, well, this attack is left. australia is shocked by the sheet of severity for which no motive has been established. either at least 6 people have died, including the attack a several more, including a 9 month old baby was seriously injured. a penny broke out shortly before 4 o'clock in the afternoon. local time when the shopping center at bone died, junction is that it's busiest eye witnesses spoke of a man with a large knife randomly attacking members of the public, including a mother and child. they spoke a casual to his line, bleeding on the floor and shop is running for the lives local media here. the father who was with his 2 children at the time. anyway, 2 gunshots, it was frightening. you said it was harrowing with a caring and a stool with hundreds of other people. another guy with this scuddin

he's from queensland, which is the neighboring state to here in new south wales. believe you only actually came to sydney about four weeks ago. he went to a small storage unit, which has been searched by the police today. it's quite a remarkable story about how the authorities were actually alerted. his family watching television coverage, this is always a huge story in australia, and they recognized this man as being the attacker and alerted the authorities. he was shot dead at the scene yesterday by a female police officer who is being hailed as a hero by prime minister anthony albanese today. stories of the victims of this horrific attack are starting to trickle out today in the media as well. one of them is a 38-year-old mother called ashley good. her mother had sent a statement saying we are reeling from the terrible loss of ashley, a beautiful mother, daughter, sister, friend, and all-around outstanding human, and so much more. tragically, her 19-month-old baby -- i'm sorry, her nine- month-old baby was also stabbed in this incident. she is currently in hosp

this is according to new south wales police, who have issued a statement.lice who was believed to be one of the attackers. motive unclear, obviously, at this moment in time. just to give you an idea of the timings, it is 5:15pm there on saturday afternoon and we understand that the incident took place just before 11pm, so about an hour and a quarter ago. people are being urged not to go to the area. it is still not clear whether people are still in the shopping centre. witnesses have told news agencies they heard shots fired, which we are speculating that those were the shots by police, and even 20 minutes after people were rushed out of the shopping centre one witness said they saw swat teams sweeping the surrounding streets. various reports coming through, and posts have been put on social media of crowds fleeing the shopping centre. the images you see on your screens now images you see on your screens now are images you see on your screens now are the areas immediately surrounding what we understand to be a very big shopping centre. this is the westfield

here's new south wales premier chris minns .olent attack on innocent people who were doing something everybody does on the weekend, and that is going shopping with their family and their friends. >> well, earlier we spoke with sydney journalist anthony sieghart and we heard from former australian mp tim smith. >> six people killed a dozen more injured, a few more of them in hospital. a few people have been released over the last few hours, but those six people who were killed, we're learning more about them over the last few hours, including 38 old hours, including 38 year old mother ashley good. she was seen by witnesses throwing her nine month old baby into the hands of strangers at westfield shopping centre at bondi yesterday. that nine month old baby is being held at a separate hospital , a held at a separate hospital, a children's hospital close by. here the family say that that child is doing well in the circumstances, but tragically her mother has passed away. we're also heard of the death of 25 year old, a 25 year old wo

it has also been windy up and down the coast of new south wales. sidney saw got succeeding, a 100 kilometers prior. as a result that produced waves 9 meters high off the coast here, wins not as strong on thursday, and we got to talk about this mess coming to new zealand. south island was the entire island blanket and weather alerts for both rain and when we're talking hundreds of millimeters of rain within a short period of time. so that much rain, that size will lead to some flooding. there has been flooding east. you have a providence on indonesia as main island of java or rain in the forecast here on thursday. winter turn it around, a bit pumping in that humidity to china is having an island in northern vietnam. this winds off the south china sea here. and once again, more storms for a northern gwen g, one down provinces pushing into food. yeah. and some big burst of rain here, but it is a hutch calmer pitcher up and down japan looking good. so here at 18 degrees and also looking good for china's capital beijing at 23, but a bit breezy on thursday. see you soon. the ramadan is a time of m

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abc7 news south bay reporter lauren martinez was at one last night that featured an environmental youtht. what do we want? >> action. when do we want it? >> the palo alto student climate coalition organized a rally on friday that's part of a global, youth led movement to end fossil fuels. >> i think i see that this is reality. i found it's really easy to get brought down by climate apathy. >> high school senior julia says even people at home can help go greener. >> i personally am vegan and i'm really excited to kind of share the environmental benefits that reducing your meat consumption and dairy consumption can have on the planet. >> organizations like palo alto, forward shared their work to promote building housing in transit areas that can reduce the amount of driving, organize and advocate and get those voices out there. >> get them to the forefront so it's not just people who hate housing, showing up at public hearings, but it's those of us saying, no, we want this. we want more neighbors. >> earth day is monday, but events will be happening all weekend long throughout the bay are

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the pictures still pretty good for new south wales. not so good. both allied in melbourne is now the wind to swamp directions. and when you get a rating with it and using it and does that rain cavity or frustrated comes across the task, and if the inducing only wind, which means temperatures will go up considerably trash church, for example, up to 25, i'll try to get to wednesday above the average, but not the record. java should have a couple of days or from really big time pause i've been funding is result recently . but i wouldn't say the same foot bornea or through march, or the risk has increased for, you know, so that most of the philippines and mainland south east asia. it's hot shumate now lots to drive it off entirely. this is little on usual, but i won't exactly matter. right. and for the, at the sky in south, in charlotte mall flooding to come for sunday. and monday the latest news as it breaks the message, they say they're going to carry on the details coverage. these really prime ministers spoke this evening saying that the military is

people living in parts of new south wales have been told to stay indoors.ather here in eastern australia. on thursday, a 71—year—old man was found in floodwaters near brisbane in the state of queensland. and earlier today, a man's body was found in floodwaters in western parts of sydney. now, the police here say that they don't know the circumstances of the second fatality but safe to say it has been a wild few days in eastern australia. record—breaking amounts of rain have fallen. here in the state of new south wales, across one 24—hour period, a month's worth of rain fell. so at the moment, there are still evacuation orders in place in parts of sydney, but thankfully for the five million or so residents of this city, this storm system is moving south, and it is expected to head out to sea over the weekend. but as you'd imagine, the flood warnings are continuing because all of that rain is flowing into rivers and creeks. their levels are rising, so with them the risk of flooding to low—lying areas. dutch police have arrested several climate activists who a

of a breeze, admittedly, but the sun should come up and the worst of what is going down through new south for us to eastern victoria by the west. i mean it on show breeze. tried on the system, right. the result has been flooding into south wales and the still the potential for more big generals in tropical queensland. most of all straightened still fine and dry in that stretches back to pass like thirty's. the picture for sunday is just a study slowly improvement new south wales. not much in victoria, but no real change in queensland. new zealand. it's will me up 17 degrees in christ church on sunday with the new week we'll give you the low twenty's. we still have the potential for fund go from big sun to storms in any one small place in indonesia. we see it already in for example, bobby. and i think the risk is still there for born year and something sumatra for malaysia, and from me and my kinda, i must this product se ation profit. if you wouldn't mind, charles, you still have some studies shumate. and it's been unusually, went in southern china. i'm not reading continues through satur

abc seven news south bay reporter laura martinez got a sneak peek at what makes this such an importantion. >> inside the california theater , opera san jose is presenting its first spanish language opera performance. the piano navarro de florencia and el amazonas by daniel catan is a story rich for the eyes and ears. >> in opera, you have this beautiful vehicle that is called music. >> ricardo jose rivera is from puerto rico. his singing career has taken him from chicago to houston and now the bay area. this will be the first time the singer is performing a piece by a latin american composer. >> it feels like home in a way. it's not foreign. it's a great opportunity to bring in all of these people that may not 100% identify or feel familiarized with italian or german or french opera >> the hope is this opera can bring a wider audience through these doors. >> we want all of our san jose fans to know that the opera belongs to them, and they belong to the opera. >> general director shawna lucey says one of the motivating factors of programing florencia in san jose was knowing more than a

abc seven news, south bay reporter lauren martinez was at one last night that featured an environmentalouth movement. what do we want? >> action. when do we want it? >> now? the palo alto student climate coalition organized a rally on friday that's part of a global youth led movement to end fossil fuels. >> i think i see that this is reality. i found it's really easy to get brought down by climate apathy. >> high school senior julia says. even people at home can help go greener. >> i personally am vegan and i'm really excited to kind of share the environmental benefits that that reducing your meat consumption and dairy consumption can have on the planet. >> organizations like palo alto forward shared their work to promote building housing in transit areas that can reduce the amount of driving, organize and advocate, and get those voices out there. >> get them to the forefront. so it's not just people who hate housing, showing up at public hearings that it's those of us saying, no, we want this. we want more neighbors. earth day is monday, but events will be happening all weekend long th

new south wales given sydney don't expect very much . and i think a c t likewise. and that extends up to the queen's in k, so it's not particularly sunny but rather dismal things to improve comes half a day as the writing tends to go off show and head for the south and towards eastern victoria. the rest of australia for the nice ponds, enjoying boy me sunshine, tested at 52 in new zealand, a gentle breeze, or nothing dry. whom about temperatures are dying divided the average baby degree below. but hey, that's all right. it's a transitional season. big child recently, particularly in indonesia, they could be repeated, but i don't think so. but the orange top suggests where they all say bonia is at risk. maybe sort of ways the maybe sounds through monitoring malays is losey fine. i left and tied on to me and my time she was really too high. it's also true in the south west of china. but if you're in this part of china, southern china, including hong kong, but rain is unusually heavy for this time of year and has given to months with either day of the one, the average

who's deputy leader of the australian green is an incentive for new south wales. just joining us from sydney. very good to have you with us. me several key. what do you make of this incident, and how would you like to see the australian government respond? the good to be, we knew mean is right, is committing well crime, often walk on in broad daylight and is getting away with it. we know that aid workers and civilians are protected and to know yet nearly 200 humanitarian workers have been killed over the past few months. a more than 30000 palestinians have been mexican by israel. and now assume me, who is an australian aid worker, like other aid workers were putting their lives on the line to feed. the children that are being stopped by is right, are being killed. this is completely heartbreaking and devastating. no one, literally no one and nowhere is safe in the cause on that gets why it was genocide and attacks. and yet, and yet we have seen western governments cool is right and a friend. and we have seen western governments continue on business as usual with s