. >> 23-year-old georgia robinson from new zealand. she'd been teaching and living in a nearby town on the coast. in october, they all went to a karaoke bar. >> found out she was a huge fan of kiss and that sparked my interest. >> did it seem to be the same the other way around? >> no. because i didn't hear anything from her after that night. >> no idea that back in new zealand georgia's cousin, chelsea, started hearing about a guy named zach. >> she said he was really out going and really nice person who was interested in all the same sort of things as had her. the same music and same movies. >> and then a few weeks later, she called him. here they are practicing with the other teachers for december dance performance. >> and then from then on we ended up spending progressively more and more time together. >> it was a happier young man who went home to indiana for christmas. zach introduced his parents to georgia sort of. >> i met her on skype and bless her heart she had the flu and had her bath robe on and was not feeling well and wha

new zealand dollar trading holding. australia off a quarter of 1% on futures.dollar close at $77. we have three days of declines for the dollar index and aussie-qe. that will become the focus on the japanese yen, 112 is where we are for the yen. the dollar weakness we have seen, that 10 year u.s. treasury, 2.5% right now, a reminder of how u.s. stocks closed, lackluster session on friday, s&p down 0.1%. let's get at look at what we are watching for as trading gets underway in asia. , not muchof the week of a lead from wall street, but a lot of fed speak coming up. >> it is interesting that move in new zealand. the market is open and falling quite a lot. that is around the local story about the profit forecast. downside, that is a big move. that will hold the index down. it is beating generally into the risk appetite, and i think some of that is following through from the u.s. people look at the rally, not seeing a lot of risk. one place where outperformance is happening, six days of gains for emerging markets stocks. you might see some of that followthrough tod

and tests and studies prove that. >> now, what makes new zealand special?the waters of new zealand are considered the cleanest waters in the world. >> really? >> pure and cold. and this is a green-lipped mussel -- it's not a fish -- where many fish oils or fish products, omega-3s come from waters around the world that are certainly a lot less than clean. some are pretty bad. but you have no idea where the oil comes from. when fish oil manufacturers are making fish oil for human consumption and they get the fish, the meat of the fish is often sent to restaurants or to make pet food. and then whatever's left over -- the head, the tail, the eyes, the bones, the gills -- they grind all that up, then they boil that, and then they put it in a pill, and you're swallowing that. >> you got me involved in this. i was a skeptic. admit it. >> you were a skeptic. came to your house. >> "this is it." >> as you said last time, your team -- your handlers, like you said, your army... >> my army. >> ...around you -- they said, "oh, no, no, larry can just say this is good." i

and premier league is now arriving or has arrived in new zealand.rade on the agenda, but what else? paul: trade will be on the agenda, new zealand will be the first developed country to strike a first trade agreement china. that is nine years old. that will be updated, new zealand hopes to have 96% of its exports go to china terrorist free by 29 -- terrace free -- tariff free by 2019. china connecting to get enough of beef right now, and that was opened in an impressive way to australian exporters last week. we could see something similar in new zealand this week. that is the good news. there will be sticking points to discuss as well, one of them is allegations of steel pumping, the government investigating a claim of steel dumping by china in new zealand era china rejected those allegations. there might be a more terse negotiation on that subject. lot on theainly a agenda. paul allen in sydney. trade is also on top of the agenda, talking about rex it. theresa may will get ready to negotiate brexit. the u.k. officials are talking about that, warnin

it looks like new zealand could use a bit of help on the gdp.loomberg now, and you will see a chart that has a white line looking at their gdp. look at how it has turned down at the end of 2016 going into 2017. even though that yellow line, timesy rate is cut three in 2016, and the dollar has moved up. it is off its peak, but that speaks to the whole story as to why the bank might want a weaker kiwi. not so much to where they cut rates. in fact, the governor said recently that he says there is an equal balance of risk. equal chance that they raise rates, you will chance that they get cut. bottom line, nothing is happening just yet, but a lot of things are happening in and outside the economy. yvonne: that's right. pressures for the philippines. or is more calls -- there is more call that the central bank needs to move. kathleen: there is, but there is no interest rate change expected by the bsp. it is seen in keeping the key rate at 3%, but two of 21 economist surveyed by bloomberg news do see a re-hike, which is not happen since 2014. it is alw

no cuts, even though that could help boost new zealand's exports. ce of a move from the philippine central bank today? well, there are two economists who follow this in our recent bloomberg news survey who are looking for a rate increase, but 19 others say no way, and that is the majority few when it comes to the philippines. bank is keeping the therate at 3%, but it is first time it has not been ironclad unanimous since 2014. let's look at a chart, this is about the fed hiking rates, the philippine central bank, it is about inflation. it is about inflation moving higher. you can see that blue line. that is what is pushing them to raise rates, but not yet. thank you. still ahead on "bloomberg markets: asia", what does china need to do to rebalance its economy. ♪ ♪ >> from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. charlie: we begin with the confirmation hearings for the supreme court nominee judge neil gorsuch. in the first day of questioning, judge gorsuch emphasized his judicial independence and he was asked by charles grassley if he would

new zealand have moved along to 402-6 new zealand have moved along to 402—6 after lunch on day four ofon. kane williamson after equalling martin crowe's new zealand test record of 17 test centuries was eventually dismissed for 176 with the black caps needing to win the match to level the series. more details have emerged about a new twenty20 competition to be introduced into domestic cricket in england and wales. it's hoped the tournament would rival the popularity of t20 competitions in australia and india and feature fewer teams based in cities. but critics fear it would spell the end of 130 years of english county cricket. our sports editor dan roan reports. commentator: and he's done it! for more than a century, english cricket's been built on the foundation of the counties, but a brand—new tournament, that does not involve them is getting closer. with its glitz and glamour, the soaring success of the indian premier league and australia's big bash have shown just how popular the shortened twenty20 format of the game can be, and today the man who's masterminding english cricket's eq

they have taken it from new zealand. we will have the action injust it from new zealand. we will have the action in just a few moments time. in the other headlines this evening, more than 20 million people i'd risk of salvation. the un if there is of the biggest humanitarian tearing creditors in the end of the second world war. teddy's president has accused the dutch government is acting like nazis. ajudge has been criticises acting like nazis. a judge has been criticises for women dott warning women they put themselves at greater risk of rape if they drink too much. people who sell tickets online and sell them online for inflated prices face unlimited fines. that is it for me. rachel is going to bring you the latest at the top of the hour. let's go to the bbc sports centre. hello and welcome to sportsday with me, karthi gnanasegaram and jessica creighton. the headlines this evening: england excel, winning the calcutta cup, retaining the six nations title and equalling the record run for test wins in a row. non—league lincoln are a game away from a wembley appearence with

on the new zealand front, jobless numbers due in one hour.an dropping the most in two months. breaking below the 50 and 100 day averages as you can see on the chart. >> sophie kamaruddin on the markets. donald trump a second a feat for a travel ban trying to ban from sixr people muslim-majority countries. ramy inocencio has been following this story that broke in the last hour. >> it was a little unexpected because he would say he had it before midnight. but after it ended he cannot with this decision. it appears for the second time in a row, the issues of religion as well as economy are winning arguments in order to push back this travel ban. that is what hawaii's attorney general pushed on, argued on. clearly, they have been successful. what does this do? it pulls back restrictions that would have gone into effect at midnight tonight. one of which, the halting of the u.s. refugee program there. in addition to that, it prevents no new visas from being issued for six muslim-majority countries for the next 90 days. it was one of three courts i

they will need a strong squad to go to new zealand.e world to go and play rugby in a very proud nation. it will be tough for the players given the privilege to represent the lions. ronnie o'sullivan is through to the second round of the china open in beijing, after a comfortable victory over gareth allen. it's the last tournament before next month's world championship in sheffield, and despite not being on top—form, o'sullivan won without dropping a frame against the welshman. meanwhile, the home favourite ding junhui is also safely through after beating paul davison five frames to zero. he joins world number one mark selby in round two.

it's day three of the first test between new zealand and south africa in dunedin.a's first innings of 308, new zealand started the day on 177 for 3. kane williams on went for 130 after lunch. they're now 282—6. meanwhile hosts, sri lanka, took command of the first test against a struggling bangladesh on a rain—hit day three in galle. the tourists were all out for 312, trailing the sri lankans by a massive 182 runs. england's owen farrell wasn't able to get through thursday's training session ahead of the calcutta cup match against scotland the centre had medics looking at his left knee as he departed the training field but number 8 billy vunipola will make his first appearance in the tournament from the bench. and although head coach eddiejones admits farrell could be a doubt for the game, he made light of the incident. he has got a bad leg so he could not finish training. (inaudible). he ran into my dog. my dog was running around and he ran into it. he will be all right. he will be all right. did you say he was a doubt? yes at i think you will be all right. is tha

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in reply, new zealand are 22—1.anka took control of the first test against bangladesh. niroshan dickwella and dilruwan perera added half centuries as the hosts were all out on day two for 494. in reply, bangladesh will return to the crease on 133—2, 361 runs behind. heather watson defeated nicole gibbs of the usa to set up an all british second—round clash with johanna konta at the indian wells open. watson won by two sets to one, 4—6, 6—2, 6—2. it will be a first meeting on the wta tour between britain's two leading women. konta will be heavy favourite as number 11 seed. watson's world ranking has dropped to number 108. russia's chances of competing at the winter olympics are still not assured and the head of the world anti—doping agency has told the bbc that changes to russia's anti—doping system are not happening fast enough. we've given russia a very clear roadmap as to what they need to do and the ball now is in their camp. they have to do a number of reforms to ensure independence of the russian anti—doping ag

new zealand's lydia ko is back to defend her title, as seth bennett reports.king, the sun shining and the course looks pristine. you would be hard pushed to find a more inviting place to play golf. mission hills has played host to the lpga marquee event for 34 host to the lpga marquee event for 3a years and there has been a fair bit of history along the way. not least lydia ko‘s nailbiting win in 2016. the new zealander won by a single stroke to become the youngest to time major champion in lpga history. fast forward 12 months and ko is history. fast forward 12 months and koisa history. fast forward 12 months and ko is a player under pressure. she is out of form, missed the cut at the kia classic last week and will need to be at her best to keep her world number one ranking. obviously being the defending champion there isa being the defending champion there is a little bit pressure but at the same timei is a little bit pressure but at the same time i think it gave me the confidence to say that i can play well at this course, especially because i haven't had th

the new zealand head coach steve hansen has told the bbc that eddie jones has instilled a work ethicireland next saturday in the six nations would seejones‘ side set a new world record of consecutive test wins — overtaking new zealand's achievement of 17. it would also see them win back—to—back grand slams. eddie has come in and instilled a wa nt eddie has come in and instilled a want and desire that probably has not been there before and a commitment to each other and we a lwa ys commitment to each other and we always felt england had plenty of talent but they have not always wa nted talent but they have not always wanted to work hard but they seem to be doing that now. funnily enough the harder the work the ball results you get. putting a run together that is pretty impressive. france claimed their second win of this year's women's six nations, beating italy 28 points to five in parma. they ran in four first—half tries to earn the bonus point win — and condemn bottom of the table italy to a fourth straight defeat in this year's competition. england or ireland will to title. the top

despite a few edgy moments new zealand were 321 for four at close on day three in reply to south africa'sca lead the series 1—0. anthony crolla says he's is considering moving up a weight class to pursue "big fights" following his defeat byjorge linares on saturday. promoter eddie hearn raised the prospect of crolla moving to light—welterweight which means he could fight the winner of the fight between ricky burns and julius indongo on 15 april. crolla has been speaking to our reporter richard askam. a bit bruised, a suspected hairline fracture on the ribs, which is sort of out of the fight and stuff. i lost to a great fighter so there is no excuses whatsoever, a very, very no excuses whatsoever, a very, very good no excuses whatsoever, a very, very good fighter and i gave it everything on the night, everything in training camp. and itjust wasn't enough. obviously the disappointment, not being able to do it, in my intern with the support that i have. it is more gutting and an upsetting feeling. i certainly would be able to do much exercise over the next few weeks with the injuries. but th

but jones says british and irish lions in new zealand butjones says a handful of england's grand slam we have just heard the premiership side leicester tigers have announced are major will leave as head coach after their trip to northampton saints this weekend. he will be replaced by former coach matt 0'connor he will be replaced by former coach matt o'connor who won three titles up matt o'connor who won three titles up to his in matt o'connor who won three titles up to his - in charge in 2013. a poll commissioned by the bbc suggests there is widespread use of performsnceeenhancingrdrdgs a third of more than 1000 sportsmen and women who were questioned said they personalllknedlsomeone drugs was "fast becoming a crisis" as katie gornall reports. fame, glory, money, there are many reasons why professional athletes take performance—enhancing drugs, and sport is overwhelmed with culprits. the disgraced cyclist lance armstrong has ended years but what might be harder to understand is why amateur athletes would dope. dan stevens is a former amateur cyclist. a few years ago he started taking

to rugby union now and england's attempts to arrange a fixture against new zealand later this year came opportunity to play the world champions was something he had to look into. the all blacks declined the offer to play at twickenham in november. i think every rugby supporter around the country would want to see england playing the all blacks in 2017 and so i felt honour bound to see if we could achieve that. it wasn't easy and potentially there we re wasn't easy and potentially there were difficulties about trying to do it but it was worth having a go to see if we could get what would be a great game. i had discussions with new zealand and they were very straightforward and very decent about it, and after some discussions and deliberations they decided they would prefer to play the barbarians rather than england and that is their call. i can understand that. there's been a blow for warren gatland's plans ahead of the british and irish lions tour to new zealand this summer. ireland's jamie heaslip and rob kearney are now doubts after undergoing minor surgery. both missed the six nation

have a look at this, 1% gains in new zealand. australia is close behind. .7%, a new record for that market as well. the ruby is on the way up. across the commodity space in china, have a look at this third column, copper is on the way up. steel is up. 26ve a look at this chart 72 hundred terminal. we are trading above 12. it has been the best three months for this index and chinese stocks in general going back to 2000 days. -- 2006. it is just two hours away from the opening of the emirates markets are 10:00 a.m. local time. this is the state of play. volumes quite light across the board. it is up up .3%. bear in mind we did see some notable weaknesses in property stocks. after losingped the bidding war with amazon.com. for minorityncerns shareholders. they asked if online retailers synergy with by soup.com was allocation optical of capital. let's look at these key asset classes. crude is hanging onto the gains. with the moving average. u.s. 10 year's range bound. look at what is happening at the 122.14.ade, at the last weekend ov

from: you've got some news environmentalists in new zealand that is quite upsetting. >> new zealand'sernment has approved for millions of liters of water to be extracted from glacial lakes in the southern alps as part of a marketing scheme. the lakes and questioned our unesco world heritage sites -- in question are unesco world heritage sites. thank you for that. time now for the press review. with the papers are saying today. turkish citizens living abroad have started voting in a controversial referendum on constitutional change. >> it's going to be a really tight race according to pollsters. pollsters say it is the -- and not -- net and neck -- neck and neck. genie: french guiana is an overseas territory in south america calling for a massive general strike. >> we rarely talk about french guiana. let's start with a local paper. they are talking about the power struggle taking place with this strike. interestingery article which sums things up. for weeks now locals have been protesting against a variety of issues. insecurity, a struggling local economy, rising poverty. unemployment

sunday he wraps up his australian visit and goes to new zealand. that is rougher than playing golf with the president. we are getting breaking news. robert kaplan giving a talk right now in chicago, some of the headlines coming out, he is saying fiscal reforms could provide upside growth to their forecast. we are making reasonably good progress on 2% inflation. we are also approaching full employment. policy mentioned the about workforce growth raising concerns. now he is talking more about bank regulations. less market moving than some of the other comments he has made so far on inflation and growth. saying we are making reasonably good progress on 2% inflation. shery: basically restating things he has said earlier this week. he has talked about full employment. he has talked about achieving 2% inflation target. earlier this week he said the fed should hike rates two more times this year. we are hearing more on thoughtful reviews of regulations, that would make more sense that he is more focused on this regulatory relief for small banks, as well. b

trading has been underway for 30 minutes and new zealand, flat, barely two points right now. finish to the week around the region. futures are slightly off, and sex futures up by just five points. still could be a few things to watch today in about 10 minutes time new zealand, it will release its trade balance for february, expected to come in one hundred 26 million u.s. dollars. currency met with there. that will keep an eye in evolution, it is being reported that the city is seeking bids for block trade in the gold miner treated price ordered a reasonable discount to this. elsewhere plenty of press earnings post press conferences from china mobile and cnooc and samsung -- 80 him since the original jay y. lee trade that could be a lively one. i'm paul allen in sydney, or from bloomberg technology next. ♪ caroline: this is bloomberg technology, i am caroline hyde. as we mentioned at the top of the hour, alphabet shares have been under pressure since their advertising crisis. gives morelittle reaction as well as markets. this focus on u.s. stocks. what is behind this? abigail:

new zealand the biggest slacker.drop we are as 30%.falling as much certainly skimming the index has been faring so far this morning. i want to highlight southeast asia, we are seeing now in the red, swings between gains and losses on the benchmark stoxx. today, highlight here up .4%. indonesia stocks surged to a record. outperforming peers as you can see from this chart. friday marked the biggest daily foreign inflows since august. the feds helping to fuel the drive of emerging assets. these equities may continue to attract foreign money and investors. the rally continuing with somebody the index breaking 6000 points by a year in. some signs of weakness at the boating wellyear, for invitation accept, equities, and bonds. andng a look elsewhere, mixed picture. what is going on the chinese coal. --rch on initially, those the most in eight years. annual profit to thanks to the rising coal prices. chinois's largest listed in china. this is the second biggest coal producer in china, and john joe third-largest, given the m

what have you learned from him visiting austria and now new zealand? very much think we have to take his trip in the hasext of east asia, which benefited significantly from openness of trade integration. this has been one of the key drivers of the success of the region. , continued focus on trade, integration will continue to be important. i think all the countries are committed to it and we have seen in what premier li is doing in new zealand, malaysia, thailand, they will have to continue the same focus. we are showing some pictures i and wellington speaking to reporters right now. i'm curious from the u.s. side of things where we sell donald trump come out of the gate very very forceful on protectionist policies, it seems like he will be distracted on health care reform, tax reform, and the wall. is that a blessing in disguise perhaps, that rejection is policies might fall lower down on his priorities? fromll, look, i think atre we sit, we are looking our client nations and discussing what it makes sense to do in the current context. these countries

british and irish lions coach warren gatland to pick four captains for the forthcoming tour to new zealand one from each of the four national teams. will enable gatland to pick the best "an.“ gm 7 z, .7 ,. 7 7 up matches are over. there's been great debate over who will lead the lions this summer — gatland has said there are half a dozen players in contention for the role and that whoever is picked is not guaranteed to start. uk athletics will look to introduce safeguards to ensure power athletics cannot cheat. classification cannot cheat the classification — —— —— — a review by uk athletics has found that the classification system for para athletes could be abused in the pursuit of medals. professor ohn brewer was a member— he says steps will be taken to prevent that from happening. we want to ensure an athlete is classified l: 274—72 25.2 qsl/lzsz (5 11252'2'29 2: 2:2—.2 25.2? 2&212s2 c2 21222'2'22' to 2: 222—22 22 2221222 '2 21222'2'22' to his or 22 222—22 22 2221222 '2 21222'2'22' to his or her condition according to his or her condition and they are then free to train to the very best

she's currently in new zealand with her husband, ken. and she was excited when this happened. >> oh, my god. this is amazing. >> oh, yes, it's amazing. anita and her husband didn't take me on a trip, that's not amazing, but they are having a great time wiking, which is wine and hiking together. but they stopped to do this. >> oh, my god. >>> it's time to do digging but the operator is not who you would expect. >> what? >> cool. >> no, not cool. do you see who is inside? >> why who is manning the machine is sparking an internet debate. >>> and the ins gent cla claims leg but couldn't take away his passion. the inspiring story behind his incredible talent. >> oh, he's got some skill! >>> brought to you by snuggle plus super fresh. let's snuggle. super fresh. snuggly softness plus odor eliminating technology. and it releases freshness. snuggle plus super fresh. i'm good.? and it releases freshness. i just took new mucinex clear and cool. what's this sudden cooooling thing happening? it's got a menthol burst. you can feel it right away. new

the new zealand head coach steve hansen has told the bbc eddiejones has instilled a fresh work ethic taken a blow in the spanish league. they lost 2—1 two double tivo. they missed the services of their style striker neymar. real madrid are currently level with real betis, if they win, they will go top of the league. joina they will go top of the league. join a has been knocked out of the indian wells tennis by caroline garcia. the match went the distance, the british player losing on a tie—break in the third set. the frenchwoman is 25th in the world. novak djokovic plays later. the first test match between new zealand and south africa in an attempt was abandoned as a draw on sunday when rain washed out the final day's play. the second test match starts in wellington on thursday. that's all sport for now. tributes have been played tojoni sledge, from the band sister sledge. she was 60. such a familiar sound, the band, made up of four sisters, achieved fame in 1979 with their signature june. 0ther hits achieved fame in 1979 with their signaturejune. 0ther hits included the greatest dan

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she is now far away from new zealand, filming avengers. that's in atlanta.while she goes through a divorce. meanwhile, hgtv's flip or flop stars christine and tarek el moussa are still shooting their show while they are locked in a divorce battle. "e.t." online got the latest straight from christina. >> how is filming with tarek going with what you guys have been through? >> it's going good. we're getting along really well right now. it's letting go of past resentment and looking to the future and remembering the kids are priority. >> chris tee into brought her and tarek's 6-year-old daughter taylor to the all-star chef classic where she told us she's focusing on her kids and work after ending a relationship with her and tarek's former contractor, derek. >> are guys asking you out now? are you thinking about dating at all? >> honestly a relationship is the farthest thing from my mind right now. not even on my radar. >> last month after "e.t." confirmed her split, tarek told us he found out about the breakup online. >> i know you said at first it was weird fo

being originally from new zealand the idea ofa originally from new zealand the idea of a seaside holidayd you go to the sea... so you haven't hold dayed in wales? there is a perverse enjoyment to be had from with standing the elements. the wind break, what is that? that's the must have when on the beach in the must have when on the beach in the uk! if it is that windy, don't go! let's look at some other stories out there. this one grabbed my attention, iceland to end capital controls in place since 2008. iceland is back. yeah, well, it is the end of a saga, if you excuse the pun. in 2008 iceland built up a banking sector which was 1a times the size of its economy. completely crashed the economy. the controls we re crashed the economy. the controls were put in place to protect the economy from more damage because a lot of icelandic people had borrowings in foreign currency and it was to stop all that money rushing out of the icelandic economy and slowly, over the years, those controls have been released. even up until recently, if you are an icelandic person and wanting to go on holiday a

this is the north island of new zealand. had a close encounter with a very vigorous area of low pressure, bringing torrential rain. that is not the end of the story. as that system pulls away into the southern oceans, this mass of cloud is forming with intent across the tasman sea and we will see further heavy rain exacerbating the flood, spreading it to new areas over the coming days because that threat continues right on into the weekend. more warm, moist air is coming into the tropics and across the islands of new zealand. it could be in the north island we are looking at 250 millimetres of rain. note to the eastern side of the usa and the weather keeps on coming. we are dragging some moisture into the air as we speak and into friday so that thunderstorms will convert quite readily into snow. we could be looking at several centimetres of snow falling into that ever cooling atmosphere. that may well be disruptive to some of the north eastern cities of the usa and some areas on the eastern side of canada. the area is really

scientists believe parrots in new zealand have a play call and might be the first nonmammals to have their laugh recorded. when other parrots hear that laugh, they just drop everything and start playing. kia parrots come with a reputation for humor. folks in new zealand call their species the clown of the mountain. >> you mean parrots get the giggles? >> they sure do. they seem rather social. >>> there are many perks that come with being rich and famous but this may be hard to beat. >> the raiders player who just took care of his mom in a big way. >>> first we want to thank a viewer for this picture of the sun captured in an a-okay sign in san jose. share your pictures with us using >>> i'm ama daetz. coming up at 6:00, a convicted kidnapper gets 40 years, but this case isn't over. tonight the next legal battle in the so-called vallejo gone girl mystery. >>> also the meirkats are home. >>> and 7 on your side catches a rental company blowing smoke over damage to one of its cars. there's a lesson for anyone renting a car. that's all coming up at 6:00. >> thanks, ama. >>> widers wide re

you see the scale of the low pressure that has been driving these were the fans down and across new zealanddy flooding, and we have seen extraordinary amounts of rain, anyway from the northlands to the bay of plenty and it looks like even as far ahead as sunday, ok, auckland might then start to dry up but elsewhere across north island, the top end of south island, there will still be some wet weather to come. we will keep a close eye on that. there will be further episodes of flooding. here is the big picture from the usa and canada. this has turned out to be a very active system indeed. we have had thunder storm activity. because the moisture has run into some colder there has been quite a conversion of snow, disruptively slow in some places will stop them as that moves on, we tap into some very cold air from the north of canada. the thunder storm intensity causes concern across some of the gulf states but further north that run of cold air sets in on saturday and is their right to the start of the new week. southerly is an southeast and these are causing a bit of a concern across the arab

take a look at how we are shaping up in new zealand where trading is underway. had theand dollar, we dollar index falling. futures in australia setting up like this -- extending just a little bit, a .8% gain last week. ating a quick look commodities where it was a huge week last week. gold is up about .5%. crude flat at the moment but itching toward the $48 a barrel. futures all steel down at the moment. >> lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say they have not seen evidence to support president trump's claim his assessor cap to some. republicans and democrats say they expect more details to emerge soon. monday is the deadline set by the department justice to provide any documented evidence related to the allegations. toshiba'som tokyo say loss could reach a trillion yen. comes from a newsgroup that does not say where it found the information. they say they may allow the unit chapter- to file for 11. the indian prime minister had a resounding victory in the state election allowing him to push ahead his agenda. 216 seataken at least in the 450 member state assemb

with howk it off things are looking in new zealand.uite a bit of pressure, down confidencemer numbers in the first quarter edging lower, so pressure there. the key we hanging onto its 11 month low at $.70. in sydney, slow going on the asx 200. the dollar on a downward trend on the back of that dovish fed meeting, $.77 for the aussie right now. japan is closed today for the spring equinox. wellen is still trading, below the 113 handle this morning. certainly a lot went on over the weekend with rex tillerson strip in asia, as well as an interesting communicate out of g-20. ramy: the trump administration mark on the g 20 finance ministers meeting in germany despite critics and saying they came in ill-prepared. kathleen hays is right here with more on this. first to the g-20, to what extent is this communiquÉ water down and is it a win? win foru think it is a the g-20 to remove anti-protectionism statements from its communiquÉ, then it is a win for the trump administration. bloomberg reported that this was in the works. what they would be

coach warren gatland has already lost a couple of potential shoe—ins for this summer's tour of new zealand kearney and jamie heaslip both missed last weekend's six nations win over england, full—back kearney has had an operation on a knee injury. while number 8 heaslip has had surgery on a disc problem in his back. both players have been on the last 2 lions‘ tours. gatland names his squad on the 19th of april. gloucester comfortably saw off bottom of the table bristol 32—14 in the night's only premiership game. four tries for the visitors with england wingerjonny may sealing the bonus point win for gloucester in the last minute of the game. bristol, who have only won three matches all season, sitjust behind worcester, seven points from safety. a couple of games in the pro 12: ulster held their grip on fourth place with a hard fought 27—17 win over newport gwent dragons. it was a tight game at rodney parade but three tries for ulster, the pick of them from full back jared payne, was enough to see them over the line. hot on ulster‘s heels in the table are llanelli scarlets. they scored four

but, you know, i don't think you should choose between them and probably a trade deal with new zealand be done very, very quickly. i think we'll be able to do trade deals a lot more quickly outside the e.u. than the e.u. has been able to do itself. i mean, it failed with the transatlantic negotiation. and one of the things i think is very striking is we look at small countries, like chile and switzerland and singapore, when you look at the aggregate value of the trade deals that they've signed, the g.d.p. all added up together of the countries with whom they've done trade deals, they vastly exceed those achieved by the e.u. so actually, i think the prospect of getting -- i mean -- francine: there's a bit of a currency problem in switzerland at the moment because it's considered a haven. lord lamont: when you say a problem, a problem of a hard currency. francine: give me the sense whether you see the two year period realistic given we have elections in france and we have elections in germany and we have elections in the nether land. lord lamont: the two-year period is stated in the trea

new zealand is seeing a spike in people wanting citizenship. the number of americans applying for citizenship in new zealand rose 70% in the 12 weeks following the election. in the two days after the election in november, the number of americans who visited the website who learned about citizenship topped more than tenfold. >> 6:39. you may be already making plans for the weekend. and this saturday in dublin, we have the st. patrick's day parade. temperatures starting out in the mid-50s. a mix of sun and clouds in saratoga for the blossom festival. we will have the morning start at degrees. up to 70 on saturday with peeks of sun and mild temperatures. rain moving in late saturday night into sunday. i'll talk more about that coming up in 10 minutes. as we head over to mike, a better drive across the bay bridge. >> 6:39. almost 6:40. seconds away. looking at a smooth flow of traffic. there's your east bay and tri-valley. standard flow. no surprises. over here, there was some tire debris. slowing west 80 at fremont. it has cleared from the report

need to complete their rounds, including the defending champion and world number one lydia ko, of new zealand buffeted the course, as officials eventually called the players in, with play scheduled to begin again at 7:30am local time on friday, which is 1430 gmt. before the weather hit, france's karine icher claimed the one—stroke clubhouse lead, on 5—under with this birdie putt on the par—three 17th, taking her into the outright lead. but shot of the day has to go to south korean amateur eunjeong seong, who struck a lovely hole—in—one on the fifth hole, much to her surprise, as she currently shares second place, a shot off the lead. the two—time 0pen champion greg norman says rory mcilroy was right to play golf with the us president donald trump last month. he was widely criticised for the decision to join trump on the course, who has also played golf with tiger woods since becoming president. meanwhile, norman has told the bbc that trump still has an impressive swing for a man his age. his flexibility, for a 70—year—old quy: his flexibility, for a 70—year—old guy, is pretty darn good. he ha

data out of australia and new zealand this morning.et you this story coming out of dubai. loserswere the biggest on sunday, falling to the lowest level in two months, on the same day that the nasdaq dubai launched an etf platform. with his etfrt off story before we get into dubai volumes going to sleep. how would the spring momentum back into this in terms of people looking for proxy trades? to say that this is an intention that goes along well with all of the different tosures that stock exchanges bring liquidity and percent investors alternatives that they can have to have exposure to stocks in the region, so etf's have never been very popular among investors here in the uae, but the authorities and stock exchanges are doing everything they can to promote them and make them more popular, so this new platform is basically integrating the market players that are supposed to be together the wholeo have market functioning as good as it can. there is only one etf being traded right now. it will be an international market maker as we can s

even in the remote tip of new zealand about 15 months ago, i saw the amount of chinese was staggering many years ago, they are still travelling in groups. the tourist industry is waking up to the fa ct tourist industry is waking up to the fact that they will soon be travelling singularly. there is a lwa ys travelling singularly. there is always someone the leading pack. jonathan charles, thank you. good to see you, too. join us again soon. goodbye. hello, there. good morning. well, we saw all sorts across the uk for the second part of the weekend. we saw a bit of rain and some brighter weather. so some rainbows in places but some of the showers were really quite heavy and they contained hail. this was taken in 0xfordshire. and we also saw some snow. yes, lying snow there over the higher ground in wales. so a variety of weather. all down to an area of low pressure swirling around the heart of the uk. that is drifting its way ever eastwards and will continue to do so overnight. gradually things are calming down, although it is still fairly grey over the eastern side and into the small h

new zealand trail by 182 runs at lunch on day three of the third and final test of their series againstsumed their opening innings on 67 without loss in the weather affected match in reply to south africa's 314 and moved to 132 for one with tom latham the only wicket to fall, dismissed after making his half century. the tourists lead the three test series 1—0. shoaib malik hit an unbeaten 38 as pakistan won the opening twenty 20 match of their four game series against the west indies in barbados by six wickets with 17 balls to spare.. the hosts who are also world champions at this format struggled to 111—8 in their 20 overs with debutant leg—spinner shadab khan taking 3—7 in his four overs. to tennis where japan's kei nishikori came through a tough test needing almost three hours to beat fernando verdasco in the third round of the miami masters. the number two seed took the first set in a tie—break before the spaniard fought back to level the match in the second set again in a tie—breaker. but nishikori dominated the third set winning it 6—1 to set up a last 16 match with argentina's fe

it was a very warm and very energetic welcome for chinese premier li keqiang who is in new zealand marking 45th year of diplomatic relations between the two countries. you are up to date. stay with us. and the top story here in the uk: a 30—year—old man has been arrested in birmingham in connection with the westminster attack. counter—terrorism police have been searching a property where friends of khalid masood lived. carrie lam will become hong kong's new chief executive. but what the new chief executive. but what the new leadership mean for the economy? and what to look for in buying a piece of art. we get a few tips from the experts. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm sharanjit leyl. a 1200 strong committee dominated by pro— beijing executives have elected carrie lam as the new hong kong chief executive. she has promised to heal wounds over beijing's industry. with a slowing economy in mainland china, she could be facing economic headwinds. i spoke with research at peter church at that the issues that will be at the top of her agenda. peter church at that the issues that wi

while rain has thwarted new zealand's attempt to level their series against south africa, the third testday, with the hosts needing five wickets to win the match and the proteas still needing 95 runs to make the black caps bat again meaning south africa win the series 1—0. the oakland raiders nfl franchise have released a video of their planned new stadium following the announcement that they're to move from california to las vegas in the state of nevada. the raiders will start playing games in the new $1.7 billion stadium in vegas sometime in 2019, or the following year, but will continue to play at the oakland coliseum until the move. they secured financing from major us banks, and an additional $750 million will come from public funds via a visitor's tax on las vegas hotel rooms. and talking of las vegas, here's a must see from there. front flips are usually reserved for gymnastics or trampolining, but... a monster truck driver became the first in the sport's history to pull off a front flip at the monsterjam world finals. lee 0'donnell, nicknamed the mad scientist, completed it much

the scots beat new zealand 3—2, wales beat hungary 2—0.england are in the us taking part in the she believes cup. first up for them is france. they kick off at nine. that will be live on the bbc sport website. andy murray is into the dubai international quarterfinals, after brushing aside spain's guillermo garcia—lopez in straight sets. the world number one needed just an hour and 12 minutes to complete the comfortable win. murray was playing for the second time at his first tournament since his fourth—round defeat at the australian open injanuary. he'll face germany's philipp kohlschreiber in the last eight. he had been dealing with shingles. but dan evans is out. the british number two lost to fourth seed gael monfils. evans fought back after losing the first set to take the second but was swept aside by the world number twelve in the decider. golf could be quicker and simpler. that is according to the rule makers. he is our sports correspondent. there are few sports as steeped in tradition as golf. it's lost data back to 1744. the game

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