. >>> coming up in sports today, half an hour time bangladesh pushed new zealand hard in a world cup south defy a court ruling and deny a practice drive in melvin. the new york yankees sign matsui we as a special advisor. >>> swedish prosecutors are ready to travel to london to question the wikileaks founder julian assange where he's been staying for almost three years now. he arrived at the embassy back in june 2012. and was granted political asylum. he's wanted for questioning in sweden over sex allegations which he denies. mr. assange fears if he leaves he'll be extradited to the united states where he could face trials for the publication of personal documents. this is a complicated situation, how likely are they to agree to this questioning on their territory here? >> we don't know the answer to that yet. we're trying to get that from them. but this is a change of position on the parts of the swedish prosecution in that they had always said they would not come to interview him in connection with these allegations in the embassy in london. in their statement today about their cha

an australian/new zealand final at an australian/new zealand world cup, that would mean a lot, i thinkcally and culturally between our two countries and the wonderful rivalry that we share. but having said that look india probably the team of the tournament in terms of the results and the consistency they've played at. and south africa they're due, aren't they? they haven't managed to have success at a world cup, so maybe this year is their year. >> of course elise would love it to be australia in the final, but will that happen? the first semi-final is between new zealand and south africa on tuesday. >> okay. you can keep up to date with the cricket world cup on our website. and you'll find news about a beat for slayna. >>> also more on el classico. it wasn't a classic. louis henrik is trying to tell you there's a lot to play for in spain. but barcelona, now four points clear at the top over rial madrid after they beat them 2-1 at the camp. get it all here. that's our website, bbc.com/sports. i'm chris mitchell. that for you is "sport today." hey pal? you ready? can you pick me up at

the new zealander was very sorry. he had no idea it would cause this offense. >> apologies for the sound quality. >>> eight agencies say cons in vanuatu are bad. cyclone pam left much of the nation uninhabitable. 65 populated islands, many are inaccessible. we have this update from vanuatu capitol. >> what we have been talking to today is members of the government and they say that their investigation to try to establish the true impact of cyclone pam is now including some of those islands beyond the capitol for the teams that have been to the island. this is home to 30,000 people. there are reports of widespread devastation there as well. eight agents saying that many houses on the island have been no match for cyclone pam. bearing the full front of this category 5 system. slowly, but surely the authoritythor authorityies are piecing it together. the more they find out the grimmer it gets. at the moment the number of deaths revised from 24 to 11 by the united nations. there is a concern the figure will increase as co

new zealand bowled out for 183. it was not enough. their homes were raised by the first over, out without scoring but quickly showing australia was still in control. australia captain was enjoying his last international with 74 ones. he was out with a target in sight. it meant a speech ovation. victory by seven wickets with over 100 bowls to spare. >> i think i made it very clear that it was going to be skill not emotion that won us the world cup. a lot of the things i've said have actually been for myself. i'm saying it out loud so i can hear it myself. i think that's one of the main things i've been saying, skill over emotion will win the world cup for us. >> australia's fifth world cup triumph, the first time in front of their own fans. they are kings of 50 over cricket. al jazeera. >> in formula one the former world champion upstage the the current one. after a dominant season, the front row in the circuit was a familiar one. defending champion hamilton starting from pole position, but right behind him was the four time world cham

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this is new zealand. this is in fact the new zealand radar coming out of the north island. this is auckland and you can see the shading of blue and yellow indicating the rain bands moving through the area at the moment. this storm is going to continue to move over the next 24 hours through a southeasterly direction but still allowing for the outer bands to lash this area with wind gusts in excess of 100 kilometers per hour in some instances. and it is possible we see rainfall totals in excess of 100 millimeters. so we're going to look on for that from auckland to the bay of plenty. conditions will start to improve by tuesday, but it will be an extremely wet and rather blustery start to the workweek across new zealand. here's the eye wall just narrowly missing the north island. people in the south island are spared from the full brunt of this storm. this is the forecast for new zealand. 22 degrees to start off the workweek. as we continue to relive some of these images coming out of vanuatu, it's incredible to see some of the devastation that's come out of that region. peopl

fiji move above new zealand. south africa leads the way. tokyo the next stop for the japan 7s taking place next weekend. >> sebastien vettel ned a lengthy end. he upstages the counter champion. >> reporter: after a dominant weekend and start to the season the front row was familiar. lewis hamilton defending champion starting from poll. behind him was sebastien vettel the 4-time world champion oh had a taste of the race -- who hadn't tasted race victory since 2013. after a smooth start, the first twist coming after a car spun off the track. from the safety car period mercedes pulled in their cars putting on hard tires. sebastien vettel stayed medium tyres to take the lead and made it count. sebastien vettel and lewis hamilton swapped the lead through pit changes, but lewis hamilton was 14 seconds behind and couldn't catch up. sebastien vettel going on to win. >> ferrari is back. fantastico. whoa. >>> ferrari is formula 1's most successful team but their last victory had been at the spanish grand prix in may 2017. >> it's been a while. my fir

new zealand! who should have access to your facebook data. tuesday, today, the european court of justice considers a case that challenges the agreement between europe and america dubbed safe harbor. it allows u.s. companies like facebook, google and apple to send personal data from europe to the united states. the case is brought by privacy activist, an australian lawyer. under the law, companies can only transfer consumer data out of the countries where there is an adequate level of privacy protection. now, if you are like me and don't necessarily understand all of that stay tuned. i have an expert in the house, in the studio coming up in 20 minutes on world"world business report" report". currency has remained strong. it shot up through the roof dramatically in january when the swiss national bank pegged it to europe. now, swiss business leaders say the consequences could be disastrous for switzerland's economy. we have the second installment on the currency series coming up on the "world business report" shortly. >>> greece still in the he

earlier in the tournament, new zealand beat australia, but it was in new zealand.layed a match. they have won all their matches will stop of not played a match outside of new zealand. this will be in australia and it will be a big ask. betty: who is the favorite to win on sunday? chris: australia because it is in melbourne. there will be time of crazy -- there will be a ton of crazy aussies there -- going crazy. it will be a huge day in australia and new zealand. betty: oh, my goodness. chris: buy beer stock. betty: i was going to say -- beer all around. the growth in cricket, though, where is a growing the fastest? chris: well, it has always been a big sport. india's national sport. that whole region cannot get enough. it is growing in the middle east even. they have moved the headquarters to the middle east. it is big in new zealand and the sri lanka and australia, it is big in england. you even get the west indies. it is still a really big sport in the caribbean. betty: all right, chris, thank you so much for educating us here on cricket. chris elser, the bloomb

. >> military aircraft from australia, new zealand france now has landed on some of the islands worst affected by the cyclone which hit vanuatu. food, water and shelter are all urgently needed. andrew thomas is there. >> the first military aircraft arrived on the island of tana midmorning. four days after the storm no food, no water but people. >> i could bring a range of capabilities from our unit, but if it's not on the ground, it's a waste of time. there are only certain things we can fit on aircraft. we came in with a recould go in a sans operation. >> we cage came across tom already rebuilding. his father's house was destroyed on saturday. on sunday his son began to build him a new one on sunday. >> we can't wait. after we build this one we'll be moving on to another place. that's how we think we will survive. >> the ferocity of the storm is clear from the flattened houses and roofs in an otherwise stripped-bare tree. the collapsed houses gave some situation of how fierce the storm was. but just look at what else it brought down. this tree used to tower over this town. now still

an unbeaten tournament record of 237 for new zealand as they swept aside the west indies to reach thenals the second highest 1-day inning in history. it included 11 sixes and 24 fours. for new zealand, the backing headlines have been made by brandon mccollum but it was all about dovetails after mccolom had won the toss. and the indies attacked. he played powerful shots, 237 off 163 balls and with the performance as good as that it seemed certain he would be on the winning side and it powered the black hats. any hopes of the west indies getting close enough was a brilliant performance by the kiwis in the field: the catch to dismiss marlin highlights west indies were bold out for 250, new zealand winning by 143 runs. >> i am still not really sure to be honest. it hasn't sunk in yet. i was proud of what happened today. and hopefully we can win another game and another one after that. so, you know, just pretty proud to get to score that many runs and to get the one as well. >> well, we have just been obviously inconsistent from south africa into this world cup. we have had good games and

new zealand bold out for 183. it was not enough. their hopes were raised in the first over, without scoring. australia captain was enjoying his last ever one day national with 741's. he was out with the target in sight. it meant a speech ovation. victory by seven wickets with over 100 balls to spare. australia's fifth world cup triumph and the first time they did it in front of their own fans. they are kings of cricket. al jazeera. >> ending the drought in formula won, the former world champion over the current one. >> starting the season, the circuit was a familiar one defending champion hamilton starting from pole position, but right behind him was sebastian the four time world champion, who hadn't tasted race victory since late 2013. after a smooth start the first twist came off the four laps. mercedes pulled their cars into the pits and put on hard tires. staying on the medium tires to get the lead and he made it count. they swapped the lead through various pit changes but hamilton remained 14 seconds behind and could never catc

it means a lot to last of people in new zealand.fully we can repay the faith in the finals as well. >> to make a difference in a nations and we didn't do that. it hurts quite a bit we had our chances and we didn't take them. >> now officially confirmed as uefa's president for the third time. they would defend uefa. the presidential election is in may, and president blatter is at the center of the tension. >> certain people are perhaps trying to turn us against each other, seeking to divide and rule. they're trying to isolate the supposedly arrogant and selfish europeans. again, do not believe everything that you hear. yes we know we're in a privileged position. yes we know that we make mistakes, and we're not necessarily any better than anybody else. however, we're willing to work with you hand in hand for the good of football. and for the good of fifa. >> well, mr. blatter faced the congress and organization of those who criticized him. four years ago blatter promised not to seek a fifth term for the job. but there was polite appla

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. >> cyclone pam is forecast to pass north of new zealand next. vanuatu has born the brunt with teetering trees downed power lives and flooding, many areas

personnel flew in on military aircraft on sunday from australia and new zealand. they began distributing aid, including water and medicine. officials with the united nations children's fund for unicef have set up makeshift laboratories. many residents have found shelters in schools, churches, and other locations. vanuatu's territory extends to about 80 remote islands. many of them remain out of contact. government officials are conducting an aerial survey with help from australia. they hope to get a full picture of the damage as quickly as possible. nhk world, port vila. >>> business and political leaders from japan and south korea are getting ready for an exchange of ideas. they will gather in tokyo this weekend to explore ways to improve ties between their countries. two days of talks are scheduled to begin on sunday. former japanese prime minister yoshihiro mori proposed the meeting. about ten political business leaders including mori and former south korean prime minister lee hong-koo will take part. this year is the 50th anniversary of normalized diplomatic t

to bring some of the outer rain bands and some of the stronger wind gusts to the north island of new zealand or not. let's talk about it and show you exactly what we're expecting. this is the southern portions of the vanuatu islands. here is new caledonia, this is fiji this is the center of the cyclone. look as we go forward in time this is the north island of new zealand zealand. al you can see the outer rain bands lashing the coastal areas of the north island. this is late sunday and into monday local time. it will be a much weaker storm. certainly not the wind gusts that we espned in the vanuatu islands. this will kick up surf across this part of the world and it wit create a wet end to the weekend and a blustery start to the work week. the storm is moving at quite a clip southward at 30 kilometers per hour. sustained winds at 250, that makes it equivalent to an atlantic category four hurricane. you can see very wet in auckland through monday. showers taking place across that part of the world. you can see the low pressure system around this cyclone that continues to wrap in very strong w

south africa and new zealand are first up later. it's all coming up for you in 30 minutes. >> it does look exciting. let's stay on the sporting theme. an indian sprinter who has been banned from competing against other women after failing a gender test is right this moment appealing against the ruling in switzerland. dutee chand says that the current rules are discriminatory and the science behind testing is actually flawed. let's talk to the bbc sports news reporter alex castic. this is taking place right now, this appeal. remind us what condition she has, what is she being charged with or why she failed this test. >> yes dutee chand and her legal team are in the court of arbitration. the hearing started a few hours ago and expected to last around four days. the reason she's there, she failed this gender test last year. she was 18 years old and had just won the 100 to 200 meters gold medal at the asian juniors championships. and concerns were raised by we

it will gradually make its way further south by the end of the weekend and very close to new zealand ds of 150 kilometers per hour. >> thank you indeed and still ahead on the al jazeera news hour a ceasefire in name only both sides in ukraine conflict say they are bracing for a new military offensive, plus trying to change the way latin america tells its own stories and we will take you to the continent's oldest film festival and new zealand will talk about the cricket world cup so do stay with us. ♪ welcome back you are watching the al jazeera news hour reminder of top stories now iraqi government says it is confident victory in tikrit is just days away the army is pushing towards defense of the city as it tries to drive out i.s.i.l. fighters. the u.n. is calling for nearly $3 billion to help civilians in syria, the request comes as critics say the organization has not been doing enough to protect the most vulnerable in the conflict. and i.s.i.l. has accepted a pledge of allegiance from boko haram in an audio message posted online as folks for i.s.i.l. said it has now expanded to wes

cyclone pam is forecast to pass new zealand number of. vanuatu bore the brunt with torn down trees, powerlines and flooding. many areas too dangerous to assess >>> our weather presenter is here with me. some of this is people saying it's the worst cyclone they have seen. how does it compare. >> looking at the weather records, it's as bad as severe tropical cyclone zoe, hitting over christmas, it's got the passengers, because obviously it's early days that this could be the worst that they've experienced. horrendous storm system. you see the eye there, a dot. 22km across, indicating the severens of this system. no matter what scale you use, they differ. but all right at the top end. category 5. and still there is something like sustaining winds, 240 k/hr 285. it's between a four and a five. the good news is it's heading out to sea. we just look at the observations on vapt vanuatu. and the wound. as far as they are concerned it's the calm after the storm. it will continue to move away tracking across open waters. it will not bother anyone u

new zealand pledged a million dollars in aid and australia is sending emergency response teams teams.yclone is forecast to hit near the island chain in the next few days. >>> new tonight a car flipped on its side after crashing through the fence of a parking lot in center city. four girls inside the car were injured. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers has more. >> reporter: natasha this is a bit of a strange one bear with me here. the car that was involved in all of this which i'll show it to you in a second at some point around 9:00 o'clock it was trying to leave this parking lot. in doing so it smashed up to about half dozen cars. that one included. now if we can come back over this way this car was trying to make its way out of this parking lot. it was backing up in this direction. heading in a pretty high rate of speed and you can see here take a look at this fence right to my right here. the car was going fast enough that it plowed into this fence bending it around that pole right there. now, if we continue this is leaf go street in between fourth and fifth just off from bain

a court in myanmar found a new zealand and two others guilty. >>> those who survive the onslaught of cyclone pam try to piece their lives back together. >>> forensic scientists say they have found the tomb of spain's giant cervantes nearly 400 years after his death. >>> hello and welcome to the program. let's start with israel. there, people are voting in parliamentary elections. the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu is aiming to become the country's longest serving leader. the coalition government is inevitable because of their police cal system. they are hard to form and harder to hold together. the ruling coalition of the prime minister benjamin netanyahu, is made up of representatives of his likud party. against a nuclear deal with iran. the opposition is called the zionist union. they are led by laborers who have no other party of the justice minister. in the end though it is the other, the smaller parties who often hold the balance of power from the sen tryst to the ultra orthodox and arab parties. all corners of this society are reflected. it's not just who leads, but how it

i guess his idea of looking at asia as the future for new zealand, and the linkage between -- zealandor singapore, so his idea of opening it up. reporter: some people ask, where does singapore go from here? >> personally, i think we have the economy and we demonstrated our emotional and sentimental part. the circle is completed. a mature nation, i would they. -- say. now we just have to consolidate. we cannot do everything. but i think what mr. lee has that if we put our minds and heart into it, we can deliver something quite different. i personally believe that we are very stabilized. now we need to just improve some andhese public policies some activities around the country, as well as outside in the region. i think things will be good. is this the right time for the government to call for an election? >> this is the 50th anniversary year. most singaporeans just want to celebrate. what happened in the last week is to demonstrate their personal appreciation of one great man. intoer that translates support for government policy, that remains to be debated. don't think in the minds of

in the days ahead, it is expected to continue heading towards new zealand losing strength as it does so. the aid agencies believe this will be a serious humanitarian crazy, and with communications largely down, it is difficult to know the true extent of the damage. here's richard martin. >> it's more than 24 hours since psych loan pam hit this tiny island nation. winds of 270 kilometers and hour tore through homes destroying livelihoods. many of the quarter of a mile people who live here were forced into shelters for a second night. dozens are feared dead. with power lines down and remote villages unreachable the disaster is far from clear. >> it's been a very, very destructive cyclone and hitting a country that is using a lot of traditional chances and housing which means they are quite vulnerable to this kind of intensity. >> in japan, he was moved by the destruction, calling for international help. >> i'm speaking with you today with a hard that is so heavy i do not really know what impact cyclone pam has left us with. >> emergency units of sent to the area, their first priority t

it's been whack a mole with this new zealand team. so if he doesn't fire with the bat, it's not the end of the world, because there's williamson, there's eliot, and others to do finishing job. anderson in the middle as well. it's a batting order not with the superstars we would associate with this australian team at the moment with the pure destruction of finch and warner and the classic, but it's whack a mole which one will have the biggest day and how are they going to combat that. >> our defending world champion hamilton set the fastest time in sunday for malaysian's grand prix. hamilton missed the first session and the start of the second with an engine problem, but still finished ahead of ferrari's kinney. and alonzo finished 17th. spaniard running his first race of the year after missing the australian grand prix on medical advice. he suffered a concussion in a pre-season crash. >>> in tennis, del potro is out. he's returning to competitive action for the first time since suffering a wrist injury in january and his rough game sh

really affected the new zealand dollar. on the back of that news. a little look at how bonds are moving. we are seeing that yields screaming down. record lows for france, germany. look at that -- across the board down basis points. french are down three. italy down 4. spain a down three as well. we are seeing the impact of the bond buying hitting particular hard. we can see much more movement on the bonds. watch out. let's have a little look at some of the stocks we will be keeping an eye out. credit is up almost 9%. euphoria, it would seem that it is getting a new chief executive. he has managed to ride out the financial crisis but lives in a bit of a battering -- but we have seen a bit of a battering. thiam is the new men at the helm. u.k. insurer up by 2.5%. a nice, tasty dividend. their payouts with fourth-quarter profits beat analysts. back to you, john. jonathan: the story of the morning. prudential ceo leaving the insurer to replace dugan of credit suisse, the second largest lender. let's check out the move in shares. trickling under his tenu

the new zealand dollar hit a five-year low against the u.s.r a letter sent in november to the federal farmers in new zealand threatened to contaminate baby formula unless the new zealand government stops using it. 40,000 samples showed no trace of the poison. the prime minister called the poison thread eco-terrorism. asset seizures, a judge in the case has already come under investigation for driving one of his luxury cars. he was once worth more than $40 billion. stocks are under pressure today. what do we see jules? julie: there doesn't seem to be a specific catalyst here, just a general unease that people are feeling with the uncertainty over when the federal reserve will be raising interest rates. we see a lot of the economically sensitive groups, utilities the only one that is higher. the dollar is higher over a basket of currencies since december 2003. cory: google put huge resources into looking at the next moonshot deal. in january, the company made a $900 million investment in elon musk's spacex. looking at things on how to extend lif

to help get new zealand over the line. >>> meanwhile in sydney england bowed out to the world cup toan. they restricted the afghans to 111-7 before rain ended their game. they end the world cup with just two wins to leave them fifth just ahead of afghanistan. both go home. >>> staying with kicket former pakistan fastballer is set to resume his career after serving a ban for spot fixing. he helped win the world in 2001 but was found guilty of test fixing. the 22 year old's ban officially ends in september, but the icc have allowed him to play domestic games in pakistan. >> translator: i'm focusing on every game. if i can't make this match, i'll be focusing on the next match. you should never turn down a chance whenever and wherever you get it? >>> cleveland cavalier's guard has set a season high score, he scored 54 points. that surpasses his career best. nine points in the final minute of regulation and then 11 in overtime. cleveland 128-125 winners. >>> it's not every day that a tennis man will get chance to play his hero. but for one young boy his dream came true and how. he more th

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australia won the cricket championship against new zealand. zealand 33-19 to win the 40th edition. it is now moved to tokyo next weekend. and for rory -- ferrari won the grand prix, breaking were said he bends' streak -- breaking a mercedes-benz' straight. a lot of excitement in those boards world. ferrari and new zealand getting beat in cricket and the rugby in hong kong. it was the weekend that was a lot of partying.

new zealand has pledged a million dollars in aid. they need that help in a hurry. another cyclone is forecast to hit near the island chain in the next few days. >> cyclone pam is now about 500 miles north of the northern tip of new zealand. it's still a category 4 storm. >>> at least 10 americans who may have been exposed to ebola are on their way back to the u.s. they're being flown home from sierra leone for observations. the patients don't have symptoms and will be monitored for the next three weeks. they may have been exposed to another american worker who has tested positive. >> the heat is on in the bay area. a record shattering day >>> two pit bulls go on a rampage in the central valley area attacking a man and killing a cat. nick janes shows us how it ended. >> reporter: john takes us to the second floor window. >> i heard barking and missing. >> reporter: where he says he helplessly watch two pit bulls attack a defenseless cat. >> they were wild. they had their mouth open and they were clawing and biting like crazy. >> reporter: these two pit bulls got loo

today will be day three we have the new zealand dollar weaker after we have new zealand's performanceervices index for february coming out at 55.6. we are counting down to the open in japan and korea. week at 1.39%last higher, its highest level since april 2000. futures in chicago have been gyrating this morning. it is looking to be a fractionally lower open this morning. 121.36.the yen at little change after the decline last week. full straight week of decline. let's head over to china, where we have premier li wrapping up the people's congress, bowing to press ahead with structural reforms while continuing to support the economy. we have christine joining us from beijing. what did he have to say here? angie, the chinese premier covered a lot of ground in what is usually the open press conference during the year. he talked about china-japan ties, and the myanmar border commission among other things. but the chinese economy remains the main focus at the end of the day. here is what he said. he said it will not be easy to reach a 7% growth target the country has set for itself. but chi

new zealand following, as well, one third of 1% down. the dollar spot is at $.73.also counting on to the opens in japan and korea. this was the view from japan on friday. it was a nice way to caps off the week. ..17% higher this morning, futures in chicago pointing to a lower open following the march of wall street, as we saw the s&p 500, aw, and nasdaq drop despite milestone week. 120.73.ar-yen is at one year on from the disappearance of malaysia airlines flight 370, australia's prime minister says the search will go on as long as there are reasonable leads. let's get over to paul allen in sydney right now. malaysia's government has released an interim report into mh 370. was there new information though? at 580 four pages, you might have hoped so, but most of the report was devoted to how normal the flight had otherwise been until it disappeared. it does, however, rule out the rogue pilot yuri, -- theory. it also said that the battery on beaconerwater begin -- had been flat for a year, which the report describes as an oversight. it's questionable whether it would

. >>> and storms have lit up the skies from new zealand to the arctic. storms of this size can effect gps, but no damage was reported. in the southern hemisphere, the skies painted pink and purpose over christchurch, new zealand. more on our stories at our website. go to www.aljazeera.com. today on "talk to al jazeera." astronaut chris hadfield. >> it's the raw human experience that's at the core of anything that matters. >> it was a young boy from ontario that became the first canadian to walk in space. >> it's hard relentless. the selection process to become an

around 10,000 new zealand dollars. now officials are asking for stiffer penalties to try to prevent this from. haing because last year alone more than 400 people were caught doing this. >> they caught these kids? >> they have not found these kids. this video's being circulated around new zealand. officials are hoping someone might recognize these teens because they want to find them. >> i can't believe they're doing this. it's so obvious that it's so incredibly dangerous. >> but they're teenagers. they don't think of that kind of stuff. they're thinking it's a fun thing to do it's funny, thrilling, gosh we can tell our friends and they don't conceive of the possibility. >> wow. >>> two awesome but probably scary encounters with animals. first one in antarctica. these guys are on the zodiac on the water and to say hello comes a big leopard seal. >> hello. >> hi. >> they can get to 1,300 pounds in weight. apparently you have to know to be aggressive with zodiacs. >> they're so cute too, at the same time. you don't look a

kyle simpson is joining us right this minute from new zealand. welcome. nice to see you're okay. >> so sorry. >> tell us what it felt like when the water swallowed you up was it a hard hit or did you slow down quickly? >> hard hit. over the handle bars and took a while to get my bearings. >> [ bleep ]. >> made sure everyone was all right. >> everybody good? >> and then worried about getting the bikes out, really. >> what condition is your bike in and your friends' bikes. >> mine pretty much unridable. another one can be repaired. >> your bikes weren't running. >> 20ks away. by the time we escaped, it was an hour and a half a couple hours. >> will you do it again? will you drive on this beach and risk another rogue wave? >> yeah. freak accident. could have happened to anyone. >>> i was going to call it this is the holy moly moment of the day. out off the coast of florida, you see some tail fins flapping in the water. >> holy moly. >> there it is. that's a bull shark. wait holy moly. >> the shark. >> what? >> okay. i thought you oversold it but you didn't.

a report from group. >> new zealand left south africa heartbroken. australian will start as faifrtsz but india has the aura of defending champions about them. what kind of pitch will they get out there. the traditional sidney wicket is slower and offers turn for these bowlers. india would like it dry and not so fast. australia with extra grass to help their go-to man, who already has 18 wickets. what kind of crowds will they get? australia's concern is over half will be blue and supporting their opponents. how much does home advantage count, defender matthews responded to the team. >> cricket world cup like football world cup is the pinnacle of the game. it's a huge opportunity for the national team to play on home soil in front of supporters. i think us boys we sort of dreamed of holding that trophy up amongst our friends and family. that's the opportunity that awaits them as well. i wish them all the best. >> can australia's footballers inspire the cricketers. 1 thing for sure whoever sits in these seats will be feisty and noisy. those who can keep

reports published by the intercept in collaboration with the new zealand herald and journalist nickyhager describe how new zealand's equivalent of the nsa collects data from island nations with whom it has friendly ties, such as tuvalu, naura, samoa, the solomon islands, and fiji. the spying reportedly is covering ngos in the south pacific countries, new zealand shares a through the nsa system xkeyscore, a search engine-like tool which lets the nsa monitor nearly every type of online activity. a group of activists arrested for during the flood wall street action against capitalism's role in climate change have been found not guilty at their trial here in new york. on september 22, the day after the historic people's climate march, thousands of people sat down in manhattan's financial district to protest the role of big banks in backing the extractive industries fueling climate change. ten of the defendants decided to fight their charges in court hoping to use the necessity defense to argue the urgency of climate change required civil disobedience. instead, the judge ruled the new yor

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in the days ahead it's expected to head towards new zealand losing strength as it does so. >>> well, communication with vanuatu is largely down, making it difficult to make a true extent of the damage. >> venturing out of their homes to see the situation left by tropical cyclone pam. vanuatu, a group of island in the pacific were hit by winds up to 270 kilometers an hour on friday. the category five storm the most severe on the scale uprooted trees and tore apart stores and homes. power was cut and as the storm raged residents could do little but wait. >> i have my back against the door and i'm living to the roof which sounds like it's lifting. this is not some--all they can do during this is think about people in vanuatu who have absolutely no shelter. this is going to be a horrific humanitarian disaster. >> as pictures of the devastation in the capitol slowly emerge, the real concern is for those living in smaller villages, and on the outer islands. aid groups say it's possible entire villages have been wiped out. >> it's been very, very destructive cyclone and hitting a country th

we have video out of new zealand. -- the perspective out of new zealand, kind of showing you the setup here. the sun, of course is set up here about 93 million miles away. take about two days to answer john's question traveling several million miles per hour. but multiple flares of energy, solar flares that ejected on sunday out of the sun and hurtled toward the earth, arrived on tuesday morning. they're surrounded by a magnetic field known as magnetosphere. the earth's magnetic springfield designed to disperse this and move around. as they interact with the atmosphere electron become charged, get excited. that's happens, you get the hues of greens reds, and yellows in higher portions of the planet. here's the forecast the next several hours and generally between 10:00 p.m. and 2:00 in the morning. across the western united states it's a good time after the fwrog get out and look at skies in the northern horizon. here's how far south the drop there as far as the viewing area could be. from vancouver to portland minnea

have all your sports, including news of a record-breaking day at the cricket world cup as co-host new zealand blow away the indies to reach the semifinals. >> we begin this news hour in yemen where the security situation is fast deteriorating. let's bring you up-to-date with the latest developments. there has been fighting between outy rebels and tribesmen in the country's south. 20 people have been killed. outy fighters are appear to be trying to expand their presence in the country. they're deploying forces from the capital in sanna sending fighters by air. >>> this is the scene where shots are fired into the air as people protest against the hoties outside security forces building. it gives answer idea of how tense the situation is. yemen's president hadi has made a televised address to his party party. he used this address to call on all parties to take part in a political dialogue. >> as a president my job is to achieve you're goals in the bright future, stable future where cooperation is all over the place. that's why my job as president is to do that, and to invite all the political po

tropical cyclone pam will impact other areas. >> reporter: cyclone pam is forecast to pass new zealand next. vanuatu bore the bankrupt with teetering trees, downed powerlines and flooding - many areas too dangerous to assess. >>> we have been speaking to dan mc-gary who lived in vanuatu for 11 years. >> my colleagues said it hooked like a bomb wept off. i live and work near the seafront where the video was shot. i don't even recognise it when i look at it myself. if i haven't seen it i wouldn't believe it was possible for the state to be transformed. everyone said needs are different. i ran into a chief, he and his family moved into down. their house was destroyed. he was with 10 family members. he asked me tore materials to repair his house and move back. for others there are requests for food water. i know that there's a school locally where people had gone for about 18 hours because food and water ... >>> chinese fighter jets have been put on alert. china says burmese ancraft dropped a bomb. it was touting rebels who needed to take over the region. and a ferry sunk off the coast, ki

it's heading towards new zealand and the bay of plenty. in the meantime, we will look at the worst across the region. zoe was the worst one, 50 deaths approaching. hopefully we won't see anything worse than that, but it remains a possibility. fiji is still pulling in that northwesterly flow, there could be heavy rain here. but it's towards new zealand's bay of plenty where we'll see sustainments of 90 kilometers per hour. monday still impacted along the eastern side of the island, and it could be dangerous here. >> four years after the start of hostileities towards president bashar al-assad, we look at how the war in syria has led to the rise of isil. >>> plus turning to china for help will $100 million of new equipment revive zimbabwe's hospitals? and we'll see birds hitting an eagle in florida. and andy will explain that. >> here with the al jazeera news hour. here are the top stories and new coalition has been formed in yemen's capitol ending the counter with the coup by houthi rebels. houthis controlling sanaa struck a controversial de