both australia and new zealand have done i and new zealand have done incredibly well in controlling theonavirus pandemic but that has largely come to the closure of their international borders, so there has been no international tourism really since before last march, and what that means is they are only repatriating citizens who are returning to both of those countries, and they are of course then subject to that hotel quarantine of 1a days, so finally this is opening up a window for aussies and kiwis to travel between the two nations without the need to quarantine and of course there has been a 1—way bubble in place since october whereby citizens of new zealand have been able to travel into most states of australia, minus a few hiccups in those glitches when it comes to small outbreaks.— to small outbreaks. where are the u- to small outbreaks. where are they up to _ to small outbreaks. where are they up to with _ to small outbreaks. where are they up to with the _ to small outbreaks. where are they up to with the vaccines i to small outbreaks. where are they up to with the vaccines in

new zealand shut its borders. so their own says it's confident it's on the right path to reviving the 2050 nuclear deal ahead of high level talks in vienna there on said progress could be made if washington is serious about negotiations signatories to the deal as well as united states meeting in the coming hours however american and iranian officials are not planning to meet directly the 5 ministration is pushing to revive the deal which collapsed after former president donald trump withdrew u.s. support. we don't underestimate the scale of the challenges ahead these are early days we don't anticipate in early or immediate breakthrough as these discussions we fully expect will be difficult but we do believe these discussions with our partners and in turn are partners with iran is a healthy stepped step forward. speak to us a break he joins us now from tehran so i said what are we expecting to happen here what are the arabian saying about all this well the government spokesperson here has said that iran is neither

political position a new zealand being so isolated it can have a strong political stance quite easily and it's not really going to affect things that much it needs to make sure that it is working with different partners around the region from from a diplomatic perspective and the new zealand foreign minister is exactly right you know it's better that countries work together than work apart but that from a diplomatic perspective is not the same as making sure that the intelligence sharing agreements are on players and have been in place for quite some time or lived up to. do you think maybe that there is a concern that the 5 eyes is on the cusp of dictating policy in the sense that it's touching upon issues at least from new zealand's perspective the same sort of exists beyond the remit of 5 eyes is it slightly stepping outside of what its initial papias was well again i think this comes out of the confusion of the use of the language you know the 5 eyes agreement is purely intelligence. but the terminology is used in political circumstances in the same way that people will use the nat

free travel between australia and new zealand is back on the horizon more than a year after new zealand shut its borders. now a u.s. police chief has testified that the officer accused of murdering george floyd broke rules on respecting the sanctity of life he says that should have been acted in a way that was against police training by kneeling on floyd's neck for more than 9 minutes on the streets of minneapolis unofficial reports now from the trial. are an important cultural moment when a police chief took the stand to testify against one of his former officers but data out of said the alleged crime george floyd committed passing a fake $20.00 bill. did not met it the initial response of guns drawn on the force used to restrain him was unnecessary once there was no longer any resistance and clearly when mr floyd was no longer responsive and even motionless to continue to apply that level of force to a person prone doubt handcuffed behind their back. that that in no way shape or form is anything that. is by policy is not part of her training and it is certainly not part of our ethics

this is news coming to you live from berlin new zealand and australia create a quarantine free travel bubble reuniting families and friends separated by the pandemic we'll hear from some of the 1st travelers to make use of the long awaited opening also coming up turmoil in european football 12 of the continent's top football clubs announced they're forming their own new super league to a 1st says it will consider all available measures to stop them plus germany's conservative struggle to choose the man who will replace and lead them into the next election to regional leaders or buying for the job and not show any signs of backing down. plus teenagers in the u.s. can now get team vaccines we visit one family with high hopes that the expanded immunization program will soon bring normal teen life back to america. hello i'm terry marchin good to have you with us australia and new zealand have opened a 2 way travel bubble quarantine free travel is now allowed between the 2 countries for the 1st time in more than a year there were emotional scenes in wellington new zealand as. families and

it was set up between taiwan and pull out earlier this month both australia and new zealand of the chile closed free after taking a tough stance and closing their international borders early on in the pandemic it's right to say that perhaps we're on a you know the have been down that path of recovery now many travelers may be dreaming of exotic getaways in faraway destinations but this will have to do so now australian prime minister scott morrison has dashed hopes of long haul travel happening any time soon on sunday saying he's in no rush to open the country's international borders so this may be a 3rd step towards future travel bubbles with other countries. but. for now let's cross over to sydney and talk to jane holton she's the commissioner on australia's code 1000 abides for a board and a former health and finance minister thanks for being with us so travel between australia and new zealand is now returning to something close to normal how important is this for australia well australia or new zealand of course have a very special relationship and there's been free movement of peopl

and to download the new zealand.hts, these are flights where passengers have been nowhere other than australia for the last 1a days and the crew will not have travelled to any covid—19 red zones. it is a very different way to travel no doubt, but it is also going to be exciting times for holiday—makers and for those families that are finally being able to be reunited. nasa is attempting to make history with the first powered flight on another planet. it will launch a small helicopter, called ingenuity, from the surface of mars. on board is a small piece of history from earth, a tiny square of material from the wright brothers plane that first flew over a century ago. as our science correspondent rebecca morelle reports, it's a trial of technology that could transform how we explore distant worlds. the parachute has deployed... this mission has already revealed mars as never seen before with the first ever footage of a thrilling descent, as the rover is lowered down to the martian surface. touchdown confirmed. now nas

since march last year new zealand's borders have been closed almost everyone apart from new zealand is wanting to return home and while the government's response to the pandemic has been widely praised the border closure has had a big economic impact on this country particularly when it comes to the international tourism sector which before the pandemic was new zealand the largest export earn up in recent months those working in that industry have been increasingly critical of the government applying pressure on the government to get this travel deal done between australia and new zealand well in just under 2 weeks quarantine free travel will be possible between the 2 countries that are if you know health is the risk of transmission code night for israel yet do you see the road in it for a free trip would be safe. care he said if ice is confident not only the strength of the strain also in our own ability to manage its frivolously and. folkways lee has recently undergone an outbreak although this flu. really is the residual risk a few new zealand's prime minister says this is something

around the world today there been emotional scenes of airports in new zealand and. united states has warned russia there will be consequences of jailed opposition leader alexina body dies in prison. no boundaries doctors say that after almost 3 weeks on hunger strike his life is hanging by a thread says he doesn't have access to independent medical care. well sco has expelled 20 czech diplomats a day after prague announced it was kicking out 18 russian officials it's said. that they were military spies russia promised to retaliate and it said the czech republic was trying to please the united states. egyptian authorities say at least 11 people were killed and nearly 100 injured when a passenger train derailed north of cairo for carriages ran off the railway in the city of. the train was traveling to the knowledge delta city of months from the egyptian capital. well here in germany the race to see here in germany the race to succeed angola magical has as chancellor is heating up and no party seems to be struggling more to find a candidate to stay and then her own gov

new zealand has not signed those.nd would prefer to raise its concerns privately with china. it's more predictable diplomatic approach with dialogue. shery: china is new zealand's largest trading partner by far. how does that factor into the equation? paul: trade with china is worth 18.6 billion more than the next two trading partners combined, which are the allies, the united states and australia. but new zealand has issued public criticisms of china & a joint statement with australia which welcomed u.s. sanctions on china. they said it was clear evidence of abuses of the uighurs and called for you and access to the region. they are saying that china has a role to play in the recovery of the pacific and urge it to contribute to multilateral programs rather than just financing loans. it can be seen through this multilateral approach but you can see the fine line the country is having to walk to avoid getting on offsides of its allies. shery: daybreak asia is up next. we are seeing futures across asia under pressure. t

a busy time for air new zealand as well. be on their way to new zealand. this was a very busy route before the pandemic began. australians actually made the biggest chunk of new zealand's international visitors market. so, yes, a trans—tasman travel bubble is a big sigh of relief for both the tourist and the travel industries. but really, those initial flights are going to be filled with family and friends that are going to be reunited with their loved ones, after more than a year. it is absolutely amazing because i'm going to see my partner after, like, almost two years, so it is very exciting. my eldest boy, he'sjust turned 17, and apparently he's grown about a foot since i've seen him last. my brother — my older brother has passed away— last week on thursday. we couldn't geti there last week, but it has given us the opportunity to| get back home today without quarantine, i so it's very good to go and lay him to rest. i what's the first thing that you're going to do when you get home? probably go eat some food. eat the pie

no new zealand prime minister to send autumn is sort of she sent me back choppy she insisted that the country doesn't have a problem with actually criticizing china but let's show that we make it we do it in appropriate platform is she sort of trying to have it both ways she's trying to keep everyone sort of satisfied and pleased with the country you know what i think she would not want to get rid of the thought of all. sharing. and i imagine that she she wants to deal with john ellis or a different way and as i said i think that's reasonable and you know for it to be finalized it was going to be working in unison that said there is a real problem with the way tone is approaching it looks different areas including . the before countries do generally feeling the same way about but what they're up to now are you surprised about the a different approach that is seen as a neighbor a stranger has taken because it's also very heavily dependent on china for trade what do they have to gain from antagonizing beijing in the way that they have done over the last months. well it's not it's not yo

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yes look certainly being well and i think the same thing on this side all the tasman sea new zealand that this country was ready to take take a step in that direction to begin to at least open up to the rest of the world beginning of course with sierra arrangement with australia you know the borders of new zealand have been close to pretty much everyone except new zealand is a seasonal thing to return home since march last year and i think most people here on both sides of the tasman actually woods probably agree that that was the right strategy by the governments to try to control the spread of the virus in these 2 countries and that generally done a better job than most governments around the world trying to do that but of course we've come at a big economic cost particularly when it comes to international tourism before the pandemic international tourism was new zealand the largest exporter now so you can imagine that's had a big impact on the economy with virtually no international to risk coming here over the past year or so so the government's zealand prime minister just in the

new zealand rugby chief brant m.p. has warned that could be catastrophic after kovac 19 ravaged the sport's finances. it's very clear that this is a deal that must proceed i think it would be a terrible mistake if if the players don't eventually support the steel but it's not just the players who are against the deal local rugby fans have reacted with concern. i think. that's why i think this it's ok to. talk about the dollars. not there if you know foreign ownership coming just over a week after football's failed super league venture new zealand looks set to become the next battleground between traditional sports fans and billionaire investors. berlin's no not soon i'll go to years and i call on of modernist architecture design to build leading lives of the period german american architects mukesh muse from the it's a cultural landmark not only for the city but in the history of architecture itself the sense of renovation now returned it to its. after more than 5 years the renovation of berlin's noir natch now gallery

and to download the new zealand covid—19 tracer app. nowhere other than australia for the last 14 days and the crew will not have travelled to any covid—19 red zones. it is a very different way to travel, no doubt, but it is also going to be exciting times for holiday—makers and for those families that are finally being able to be reunited. nasa is attempting to make history with the first powered flight on another planet. from the surface of mars. mission control: the parachute has deployed and we're seeing... this mission has already revealed mars as never seen before, with the first ever footage of a thrilling descent, as the rover is lowered down to the martian surface. touchdown confirmed. now, nasa is ready to make history again. this time it will try to launch a helicopter. the first attempt at powered flight on another planet. this animation reveals how it might look, but with the extreme conditions on mars and the fact that there's barely any atmosphere, it won't be easy. it feels absolutely nuts! of course. we've been flying o

when he has more from new zealand since march last year new zealand's borders have been closed almost everyone apart from new zealand is wanting to return home and while the government's response to the pandemic has been widely praised the border closure has had a big economic impact on this country particularly when it comes to the international tourism sector which before the pandemic was new zealand's largest export earn up in recent months those working in that industry have been increasingly critical of the government applying pressure on the government to get this travel deal done between australia and new zealand well in just under 2 weeks quarantine free travel will be possible between the 2 countries if you're if you know how to think is the risk of transmission coded night for his trade yet do you see the road in it for a free trip would be safe. care he said if ice is confident not only the strength of the strain also in our own ability to manage its frivolously and. folkways lee has recently undergone an outbreak although this flu. really is the residual risk if you will n

we exclusively care for native new zealand wildlife.e hoiho or yellow—eyed penguins. that's actually the inspiration for opening this hospital. don't bite anyone. they are an endangered species here in new zealand and have been in quite serious decline, quite rapidly for the past, i'd say, ten, 12 years now. no, don't try and get out. or that. come here, toddler. i've been working with these birds for about 13 years, so i have about 13 years of scars accumulating on my arms. no, no, no. don't bite me, either. people think penguins are all cute. they're not. all these big wounds have healed. they're quite vicious. they're quite aggressive. they want to bite you. they want to flipper— bash you. they poop all over you. but we love them. oh, no, she's going to run. she is. no, go that way. yay, all done. we got a penguin from boulder beach, which is one of the most extensively monitored breeding populations, a beautiful female, very important bird, and had taken on a shark this year. and in her 18 years, this is the first time she's actuall

foreign minister were all to do with trade and trade relationships new zealand are in a perfect perfect lot as a sovereign country to make the room foreign policy decisions the 5 eyes community and we'll discuss it and suggest areas that may be of mutual interest but there's no compulsion and there's no international agreements to work with and therefore the nothing more than further discussions going on between diplomats at the appropriate level. the search for germany's next leader is turning into unpopularity contest after the country's most popular politician pulled out in favor of one of its least liked arm in russia it is now the front runner to replace chancellor merkel after september's elections and he's peter oliver has more. well it's put to bed what had been weeks months certainly a very tense last few hours of debate and discussion over exactly who would be standing for the chancellorship from the concert of union here in germany that's made up of the christian democratic union party and the christian social union party they're very an outfit we do know now it will be arm i

and to download the new zealand covid—19 tracer app. been nowhere other than australia for the last 14 days and the crew will not have travelled to any covid—19 red zones. it is a very different way to travel no doubt, but it is also going to be exciting times for holiday—makers and for those families that are finally being able to be reunited. nasa is attempting to make history with the first powered flight on another planet. it will launch a small helicopter, called ingenuity, from the surface of mars. on board is a small piece of history from earth, a tiny square of material from the wright brothers plane that first flew over a century ago. as our science correspondent rebecca morelle reports, it's a trial of technology that could transform how we explore distant worlds. the parachute has deployed... this mission has already revealed mars as never seen before with the first ever footage of a thrilling descent, as the rover is lowered down to the martian surface. touchdown confirmed. now nasa is ready to make history again. this time,

to the new zealand economy our biggest international market is a straight. one and a half 1000000 visitors a year quite a high spending visitor market so from a tourism and hospitality point of view this is a lifeline really the industry has been crippled by co bit by the unprecedented border closures and this will be a lifeline to tourism in terms of the bubble working how do you think it is going to work was it a precautions do you think need to be well continually in place to make sure there are no upsets. absolutely great question the government has taken a very cautious approach to this there are calls for the trans tasman bubble so you have been opened some time ago the government has defended its work and preparing for this moment there's a lot of thought and planning bits and put in place obviously both the strategy and new zealand have to respect and trust their respective approaches to keeping their borders. free of code it. is really a world leading effort so you maintain a quarantine free open international border while maintaining a strategy of

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of arrivals in new zealand.— account for 4096 of arrivals in new zealand.necessarily here to sta ? �* ., ., , ., are not necessarily here to sta? ., ,., , stay? both leaders have been clear to say — stay? both leaders have been clear to say this _ stay? both leaders have been clear to say this is _ stay? both leaders have been clear to say this is an - clear to say this is an ever—changing situation. jacinda adern, new zealand 's prime minister is calling it fly and beware. if at any moment an outbreak is to occur, conditions and plants could change. many people were willing to risk it is certainly they have been warned they could face potentially expensive quarantine. this is the only arrangement in its kind in place at the moment. every other arrival into australia and new zealand has to pay for 14 day quarantine in a hotel at their expense. the window is — a hotel at their expense. the window is open _ a hotel at their expense. the window is open for _ a hotel at their expense. the window is open for now and hopefully it will be a long lasting impact. th

welcome back now new zealand is having a 2nd thought so for its role in the u.s. led 5 eyes intelligence alliance the country's foreign minister expressed her alarm over the groupings on teaching. it's a matter that would have raised with 5 eyes partners that were uncomfortable with expanding their remit or the 5 r's relationship that we would much rather prefer looking for multilateral opportunities to express how interests on a number of issues the fibroids alliance involves the us britain australia canada and new zealand in a traditional focus on defense intelligence with agencies sharing data ranging from satellite images to surveillance and they've only recently ventured into openly political statements the main target of that has been china which is new zealand's largest trading partner and last spring the 5 eyes minus new zealand publicly accused of violating the rights of the week of minority and hong kong protesters back then beijing responded with a stern warning. no matter if they had 5 eyes that. china's sovereigntists security and development interest

new zealand provides a peek into the post and then make world. high one place to say we've got some quater weather now starting to push its way into the deep south of the u.s. should see this mass of stall situation rolling across those southern states that's going to continue sweeping further east was kwacha weather coming back in behind with some pleasant sunshine still a chance of one or 2 showers into new england into eastern parts of canada push a little further north you could see some snow and snow will be something of a thing as we go through the next couple days as we make our way further west so we've got some wintry flavia's coming back in across say alberta pushing towards manitoba the mountain states the u.s. northern parts of california could see some snow as we go through the next couple of days as we go on into monday that will continue to slide its way a little further east was pushing in across the rockies snow for the canadian prayer is a bit of snow for the u.s. prairie's further south it's looking fine interact with some plea

largest trading partner last spring 5 minus new zealand publicly accused of violating the rights of the weaker minority and hong kong protesters back then beijing responded with a stern warning. no matter if they had 5 eyes that. china's sober insist security and development interests. is being moved and blind. former british military intelligence officer philip ingram thinks the political statements coming from the 5 eyes have no real impact on intelligence activities. it's a it's purely a political discussion that's going on and relationships in the southern hemisphere between australia new zealand china and a lot of the other major players over there are going to be different to those that are northern hemisphere best with the us canada and the u.k. and it's not unusual that you're going to get different and differences in foreign policy from an intelligence perspective the stance isn't changing the comments from the new zealand foreign minister were all to do with trade and trade relationships new zealand are in a perfect perfect lot as a sovereign country to make the room forei

this is an important 1st step a strategy and new zealand have led the y. when it comes to managing toted we have ensured that by their countries have been despite dealing with the virus have not suffered the same types of virus impacts that we've seen in so many other countries around the world and the fact that we now can combine again will mean jobs it will mean people reunited it will mean many opportunities as does normal relations restored between australia and new zealand but james is a professor of tourism at new zealand university of otago and he says the decision to open the bubble with australia was not taken lightly. it's been a crippling time for the tourism industry. international arrivals and to new zealand has 18 to 20000000000 dollar industry it's very important to the new zealand economy our biggest international market is a straight. one and a half 1000000 visitors a year quite a high spending visitor market so from a tourism and hospitality point of view this is a lifeline really the industry has been crippled by coded by the unprecedent

after more than a year of covid travel restrictions, people can now travel between australia and new zealandaving to quarantine. and coming up on the bbc news channel... jose mourinho is sacked as manager of tottenham after 17 months in charge, just six days before their league cup final. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. there's been a chorus of condemnation across football and from the government at a proposal that six top english clubs join six clubs from europe to form a new super league, from which they cannot be relegated. borisjohnson said the proposed european super league was not "good news for fans" and he would work with the football authorities "to make sure this doesn't go ahead in the way that it's currently being proposed". under the plans, arsenal, chelsea, liverpool, manchester united, manchester city, and tottenham would be part of a new midweek competition, whilst continuing to compete in their national leagues. the idea has been widely criticised as being anti—competitive, and driven by money. here's our sports correspondent andy swiss. they correspondent

shery: our australia and new zealand editor, ed johnson. we can get -- you can get around above other stories you need to doubt in today's issue of daybreak. we have breaking news at the moment, japan's ruling party has lost three parliamentary elections according to local news. these elections were seen as a test for prime minister sue goa -- suga. they are the first significant balance since he took office. there are some seats left open because of some scandals, also one because of a death because of covid-19. these could affect lower house elections that must be held by october. again, reporting that the ruling party has lost the parliamentary elections in japan. let's get over to vonnie quinn. vonnie: twitter has removed or restricted more than 50 post the past year at the request of the indian government. the indian express newspaper says they were critical of the handling of the pandemic. twitter says it reviews all legal requests. iraq's prime minister is blaming health officials for a fire that killed people in a baghdad hospital fo

add new zealand provides a think into a post to make world. hello there let's start in southeast asia where we're seeing more settled conditions for much of the philippines now that typhoon is firmly out to sea we'll have sunshine and showers full northern areas 30 degrees in manila but it's in the south that we'll see those heavier downpours as we go into chews day you can see those yellow peaks for much of the malaysian ensure we will see some showers and thunderstorms heavy a downpours for vietnam and cambodia as well as southern thailand we could also see some heavy showers as well for parts of indonesia but the wetter weather is in australia northern areas of queensland seeing those downpours continue it's been a rather wet month and ken's is going to see some more wet weather for the west things are looking dry and settled 28 degrees in perth we've got a warm wind blowing there it's cooler as we head to the south victoria seeing some cloud coming in we'll see the odd shower as well and a brisk wind good blowing across tasmania is going t

but how about this new zealand deal for 1,500 trucks?od deal for hyzon >> look, obviously, that deal for new zealand to deliver 1,500 trucks within the next six years, five to six years for a young company is a challenge, right? but it's a challenge we welcome with open arms, and this is a deal that's also supported by the new zealand government, by the way, jim, you mentioned how it helps when governments provide some frameworks and some incentive for some of these early movers and that's another example where that's the case. but we have the major trucking operators within new zealand behind this deal, so we work with the hearing energy, who's deploying the hydrogen infrastructure but it's really the fleet operators that are behind the deal and underpinning the demand for the trucks. >> so, the fleet operators actually accept hydrogen, why, because it's somehow cheaper i'm sure they never really worried about being clean, are they >> oh, they are very much worried about being clean in new zealand. >> really? >> so, jim, new zealand, yo

this was also a christening of eden park it's a music scene you know it's new zealand's largest sports stadium that was recently approved for concerts to 60 days with. the musicians hope for this event is a window of life with. for the billions and it's grips this al-jazeera. let's take a look at some of the headlines now doctors in iraq say at least 27 people have been killed after an explosion inside a baghdad hospital fire burn through a ward where covert 900 patients were being treated it's understood an accident caused an oxygen tank to explode fire is now being put out so about a faulty and has the latest from baghdad. the fire has already been put out the surviving patients have been transferred to nearby hospitals but many of them of course have been severely injured and we understand that the death toll may still rise and of course this comes at a time when iraq is battling a surge in covert 9000 infections just last wednesday the country registered the highest number yet with over 8600 new coronavirus cases which was the highest since the onset of the pandemic and the total n

australia and new zealand have held services to all of the troops who served in the 1st world war. and sank they marks the 915 deliberately landing in northern turkey where thousands of soldiers from australia and new zealand were killed this is anniversary comes as australia prepares to withdraw from afghanistan in september in line with u.s. plans to end the 20 year war. new zealand has staged the world's largest concert since the pandemic began 50000 fans packed all clones even park stadium to see the band 660 perform show about us reports. frank thanks. in new zealand there is no pen dimmick no social distancing will face masks or overwhelmed hospitals and so it is here that 50000 fans could cram into a stadium for a concert a world 1st since covert 19 began it's very important to us as humans to get together and be able to sing the same songs together and make us feel like part of something and that's very important to all about mental health to feel like that together once. the nation of 5000000 people has been largely covert 19 free since june the government's kept the virus

is trying it out. ~ . ., ~ air new zealand is trying it out. ~ ., ., ~ , out.n the | closely with them on the vaccine _ closely with them on the vaccine passport, and as we speak— vaccine passport, and as we speak we _ vaccine passport, and as we speak we actually are trialling this between auckland and sydney. we have because don't need _ sydney. we have because don't need to— sydney. we have because don't need to do that, but we have -ot need to do that, but we have got a — need to do that, but we have got a number of passengers who have _ got a number of passengers who have agreed to utilise this digital— have agreed to utilise this digital passport. i do see that as being _ digital passport. i do see that as being a very viable option for us — as being a very viable option for us being to open up to countries _ for us being to open up to countries where we don't have a bubble — countries where we don't have a bubble gt— countries where we don't have a bubble. . ., , ., bubble. of course there are concerns — bubble. of course there are concerns that _ bubble

the average house price increased by 24.3 percent to $826000.00 new zealand dollars and march 2021 a record high for the country. now this is such an important issue globally on so many levels so let's get some analysis from auckland we're joined by bernie smith who's the chief executive officer of the monticello your housing trust thanks so much for speaking to us on counting the cost the prime minister to send arthur and wasn't elected on the promise of housing affordable housing how's that going. it's not being very very well for the government to go. and frank the 4 year is. a safe prices have reputable a increased to the extent that it's actually creating homelessness and costing the government a $1000000.00 a day just a maybe unseen transitional hasn't so how did it get to the point where there is a chronic housing shortage with this present government would suggest that it was the previous. national government. but they know as well as we know on the ground that. decades. in the miking a by scouting once. the right and the left have that a real desire to have. a market driven

study and new zealand have held services to our soldiers who served in the 1st world war. and day marks the $915.00 landing in northern turkey where thousands of soldiers from australia and new zealand who killed it also commemorates service members killed in all conflicts since this is out of us or it comes as both nations prepared to completely withdraw their troops from afghanistan as part of u.s. plans to end the 20 year conflict. english football has announced a boycott of social media and an effort to fight back against online abuse it follows continuous reports of racism and sexism against players and broadcasters at all levels of the game a joint statement from the country's football governing bodies said the move was about urging social media companies to do more to eradicate online hates the 4 day ball court will start next friday last month on. legendary onery quit social media to protest against online abuse and some clubs have taken the own individual action the u.k. government has threatened social media companies with huge fines if they fail to take take on

and new zealand's allow an exclusive travel bug. but 1st to russia where the prison service says jailed opposition leader alexander valley has been transferred to a medical facility the announcement comes 2 days after the volleys doctors said he was on the brink of death and needed urgent treatment of 44 year old has been on hunger strike for 3 weeks after being denied access to his own medical team the european union the said russia is responsible for the volleys health while the united states has warned of consequences if he dies in prison. that's bringing russia analyst in concert we understand that he has been hospitalized now what do we know about his medical condition right now. well the thing we know is from an official press release of the russian prison service which says that he's been given detention switched it to get anything actually what we've known from his doctors who analyzed his tests that were last on as far as i understand by his lawyers. he has significant calley of problems in his body that's what they said an