a tsunami alert was issued after an earthquake struck the new britain area of papua, new guinea. the 7.5 magnitude quake struck at 23:48 utc on sunday. nhk spoke to an employee at a hotel about her experience. >> the earthquake occurred. it last for about five minutes. we haven't faced any damage at the moment. the hotel is quite okay but except for other part of the island in town we haven't been to the town whether we have any damage. but otherwise, it was okay. but it just that the earthquake was quite a big one. we went out on our open space just to prevent in case of the building collapse and stuff like that. >> the center had warned that hazardous tsunami waves could hit coastal areas, including the coast of papua, new guinea and the solomon islands. >>> now people in singapore gathered to bid farewell to their founding father lee kwan yew. over three decades he led the country to an economic powerhouse. nhk world's mark ho reports from singapore. >> reporter: lee died last week at the age of 91. his coffin was carried from the parliament building to the national university

centered about 30 miles southeast of papua new guinea. shaking and tremors lasted for about five minutes. a tsunami of more than half a foot was measured in a harbor close to the epicenter. but it was much smaller elsewhere. the pacific tsunami warning center lifted an alert just after a couple of hours. >>> seven months after the south napa earthquake customers of a storage facility are still unable to get their belongings. the city has declared part of the napa south storage unsafe to enter. the owners told customers they'd have to pay most of the cost to retrieve their belongings. otherwise the building will be demolished with all of the contents inside. it's expected to cost $167,000 to shore up the building and one renter has designed t- shirts in an effort to raise the money. >> hard for me to sit back and watch and be bullied around. i've made -- i guess a vendetta to really help these people. >> napa self-storage is not yet responded to kpix 5's request for a comment. >>> meanwhile property owners have until tomorrow to apply for

but these teachers in papua new guinea could help. png is the only country in the world where rugby is the national sport and until now it's been dominated by men. with fights often breaking out off and on the pitch. boys in the capitol learn skills. but girls and women are playing catch up. from no teams six years ago there are now 64. and the national side will now play it's first match this year. the woman who fought to make that change felt that rugby women will get respect in one of the world's worst records against domestic violence. >> women are inferior to men. rugby is a huge drive. it's a huge weapon. it tells them that a barier has been broken. >> the elite australian competition has a fanatical following in png and has recruited local women to spread the game's positive influences in schools. >> if ladies respect themselves and see themselves, they can do what the guys are doing and things like this, they can guys can then respect them. >> former player said that women will have a bigger say running the sport as well as pl

papua new guinea and the solomon islands could have waves reaching three to ten feet high. kron-4's brian van aken joins us now. brian another day of warm weather.even some record- breaking temperatures? is this trend going to continue into the work week? >> brian: records were broken today all the way back to the '60s. these temperatures are some 10 to 20 degrees above average. readings are now our sixties around the bay and the '70s and in one day. we have mostly clear skies over the golden gate bridge like a seat and it will remain out for much of the evening. tomorrow the sea breeze will ramp up up and over 30 mi. an hour temperatures will drop five to 10 degrees. and for much of the week will see strong blustery winds that will start on tuesday. the winds might be up to 40 mi. an hour. some showers and thunderstorms or over the seven seeress' today. morning temperatures for tomorrow 4446 in the north bank . and then we have 76 and low way these are round of a. attacked about one week in the way. >> grant: someone in a car shot *at* an off-duty l-a-p-d officer in a subu

papua new guinea is the only country in the world where league is the national sport. and the popularity is used to make a dense. violence against women, paul revesby reports from port moresby. >> it doesn't get much sweeter for schoolkids to see the teacher making a display of themselves. it could help to tacking a problem. it's down to the power of the league. png is the only country in the world where the 13 man version is the national sport. until then it was dominated by male pride. fights on and off the pitch. boys in port moresby learnt skills while they were still toddlers. from no team six years ago, they are 64, the national side will play its first match. the woman that fought to make the change believes ruggy league will get respect. the women are inferior to men. rugby league is a huge weapon. it tells you that it has been broken. >> the elite competition has recruited local women. >> they reflect themselves see themselves as doing well. things like that. they should be able to respect them. it's how we see hour. how people treat us. former nrl player will

papua new guinea is the only country in the world where league is a national sport.t is being used to fight violence against women. >> reporter: it doesn't get much sweeter for school kids than to see their teachers making a display of themselves. but these teachers are learning skills that could help tackle a big problem for women in the pacific. it's all down to the power of rugby league. this is the only country in the world where the 13-man version of the sport is the national sport. fights often break out on and off the pitch. boys in the capitol learn skills while they are still toddlers. but girls and women are playing catchup. from no team six years ago, there are now 64. and the national side will play its first match this year. they believe rugby league gets women respect. >> we have diversion languages and cultures but women are inferior to men. rugby league has a huge drive. it is a huge weapon. it tells them that there is a barrier that has been broken. >> reporter: the elite australian competition has a fanatical following, and has recruited local women

. >> a warning has been issued after a 7.8 earthquake struck papua new guinea. tsunami could reach the height of seven meters. >> nicholas sarkozy is leading in the french elections marine le pen didn't do as well as she had hoped. simon mcgregor wood reports. >> as she voted on sunday, marine le pen projected results shows a big disappointment for her. while her party gained more councilors, they did not gain one more councilor. >> the national front as a powerful force this jurisdictional victory is a good sign for future. the socialist party is disappearing while the national front is showing ssms successful results. >> led by former president nicholas sarkozy might help his fall tergfaultering campaign to become the next president. >> this has never happened before, never before have the government lost so many departments. >> reporter: the socialists of president francois hollande have been punished by voters the high unemployment and staggering economy of france. before these elections the polling suggested the french people were turning towards the nation

asylum seekers who arrive in australia by boat are transferred to papua new guinea for assessment and resettlement. >>> afghanistan is one of the most challenging places in the world to be a woman. and despite some improvements in recent years, many still struggle to find work. but in the northern city one woman is helping to break down barriers. she is working in the very male world of taxi driving. as jonathan biel reports. >> reporter: like most woman in afghanistan, sarah does the housework. like many, she also looks after her ailing mother as well as the kids. though sara's single she's the breadwinner for 15 relatives. and that's where the similarities end. a quick check of the oil, a wash of the windscreen and she's ready to go. sara's a woman in a man's world. >> translator: people need to understand that a woman can go to work. i am a woman and proud of it. woman should be braver and do what i'm doing. they can do anything they want. they could even be president. >> reporter: though in afghanistan, women are allowed to drive, unlike saudi arabia you still see very few behind

the 7.7 quick triggered a tsunami warning for papua.juries or damage at this point. after a chilly weekend we're finally going to feel more spring like temperatures on the way. the question will it stay dry and will these temperatures last last? meteorologist justin drabick joins us now with a the first forecast. hey, justin. >> this time of year you get a little of everything. we'll talk about spring like numbers in the temperatures but also some spring showers. now today was cool. we had full sunshine but we even get to near average. 45 was our high temperature today. that's good 12 degrees below average for this time of year. little bit chilly now. low 30s in the cold spots but clouds streaming in from the west. so that should level off temperatures a little bit nonetheless chilly for this time of year. freezing in mt. holly. 39 in northeast and 35 in pottstown. southerly winds under 10 miles per hour are trying to bring in milder air that will return for the upcoming work week. but still it is bringing those wind chill values down i

earlier a powerful 7.5 quake rattled papua new guinea. no ones ahurt there. >>> a banner weekend, lots of heat to be had, people soaking that in. can we squeeze out one more day? we they can in with meteorologist christina loren. >> take the clicker, sam, you already know the forecast. 52 degrees to kick off your monday in san jose, 49 degrees in livermore and i appreciate the fact you pay such close attention. for today, mild conditions will persist, getting into this afternoon, let me take you through your day part forecast as you break for lunch, great air quality out there, temps in the mid-60s just about everywhere. 72 for the tri valley and 67 degrees on the east shore. by 4:00 p.m. we'll hit highs that are really comfortable, once again higher than usual, average temperature this is time of year range in the mid-60s. we'll be at 71 degrees for today in the east bay, 70 for the peninsula and right at 9 degrees, just a degree shy of 80 in the south bay. one more warm day today as we get into tomorrow, light drizzle possible as we wak

a 7.7 magnitude quake rocked the town of kokopo in papua new guinea. now they say the tsunami threat has mostly passed. but authorities are still evaluating the impacted area but at this point there are no reports of injuries. >>> a wildfire continues to threaten homes in montana. that fire already has destroyed one home and has burned at least 3,000 acres in stillwater county. people there have been forced to evacuate. firefighters are battling the fire from the ground and the air. investigators are still trying to figure out how it started. >>> and residents in a missouri town devastated by a tornado in 2011 are helping an oklahoma community deal with a similar disaster. school supplies from joplin missouri, were delivered this weekend to an elementary school in moore, oklahoma. twisters last wednesday killed one person and injured dozens more in that oklahoma town. >>> well, a man used his cell phone to call for help after falling into a sinkhole. the man called 911 from ten feet below ground saturday night. this was in glassport not far from pittsb

. >>> papua new guinea is the only country in the world where rugby is the national sport. and now they're using it in a national concern violence against women. >> it does not get much sweeter for school kids to see teachers making a display of themselves. but these opportunities are learning skills that could help tackle the future. until now rugby has been dominated by men with fights often breaking out on and off the pitch. >> boys in the capitol fought but girls and women are playing catch up. from no team six years ago there are now 64, and the national cycle plays it's first match this year. the woman whoit has one of the worst records off domestic violence. >> many believe women are inferior to men. rugby is a huge weapon. it tells them that the barrier has been broken. >> they have a fanatical following and has low kateed local women to perez confidence in schools. >> they can do whatever they want and what thifies are whatever they think. >> i think the passion is going to be showing through rugby lead organizations and programs. >> domestic violence is a chronic

one to the north of papua new guinea. we are not too concerned with that. further south. here is the first one to the north of fiji. that is taking the way southward. this is the big one, this is the fast one. it may develop into a super cyclone, making their way. it will strengthen over the next few hours. >> it bi-septembers new caledonia and fiji. look at the rainfall totals. 640 millimetres of rain in only two days. that has caused problems in and around the area. we make our way to the coral sea we have trouble with cyclone nathan starting to edge away from the eastern side of the cape york peninsula, and winds of 10km an hour. it will produce rain 300 to 500mm of rain. as we make our way to the western side of australia, here we have heavy rain pushing into the north western corner. this is actually tropical cyclone alwin, it will sink southwards and may have an impact on mining >>> back to australia. four years ago their economy was the envy of the world. now there are clouds horizon. unemployment is above the levels seen in the united states and europe. the austra

film and heard about the asmac people who worked in the southwest coast of what is now indonesia and papua in new guinea and they were magnificent carvers and very complex people and his father created what was then called the museum of primitive art which was opened in 1957 and michael was named a trustee at the age of 19 and he had been brought up in the world of art like most american kids are brought up in the world of jumping off roofs, of baseball. he heard about at and the quick reconnaissance mission. in 1961 and he liked what he saw, and went back in the fall. crossing of the mouth of the river, dutch colleague, and long story short he swam and violated the first rule of yachting and he swam for shore with two and the gasoline can strapped to his waist and disappeared forever and there was the huge search and rescue, nelson rockefeller and michael's sister mary flew to new guinea, spend a few weeks not actually in asmac but 150 miles away, there was no place for them to be no place for them to stay and no sign of them and after that, when home after two weeks, after three the dutc

keach: in the 1970s, anthropologists documented a society called the kawelka in the highlan of papua new guinea. the kawelka society numbers about 1,000. they could be either a tribe or a chiefdom, because the population limits defining social types are not fixed. here in the highlands, people raise sweet potatoes and pigs. like the first residents of copan no one here has acquired great individual wealth. but men like ongka can acquire great prestige and influence. such leaders are called "big men," and they represent an important development in the evolution of more complex societies. ongka dresses in his ceremonial costume to lead an economic and social ritual called a moka. ten years earlier, ongka received a moka, or gift, of several hundred pigs from perua, a big man from a neighboring tribe. the gift bestowed great prestige on perua, the giver. now ongka wants to show that he has even more prestige so he plans to present perua's tribe with an even bigger moka. ongka organizes small mokas to call in those pigs that his supporters owe to him. he will then give them to perua in a

just a year ago that an iranian man was killed during three days of violence and on the island in papuanea. there were scores of other people injured as well. this has been what the special reporter has pointed to, talking about the lack of human rights the physical violence allegations of rape the death of the iranian. now you've heard from australia's prime minister tony abbott. he rejects this. he says the policy of the government has been to stop the boats coming in the first place. at its peak there were tens of thousands of people trying to reach australia by boat. and over 1,000 died at sea tragically. the government says it has brought that to an end, it has stopped the flow of boats. it is stopping the deaths of people at sea. the u.s. special reporter on torture says this is not what he's talking about. he's not talking about immigration policy. he's talking about treatment of people inside these detention centers. and this is just the latest of a long line of reports that have highlighted these types of issues. the australian human rights commission just a couple weeks ago al

the quake near papua new guinea was 7.7. the tsunami was much smaller elsewhere. >>> physical lowup to -- property owners have until tomorrow to apply for aid from the napa valley community disaster relief fund. funds are available to property owners who didn't qualify for disaster loans or people whose loans didn't cover all the expenses for the repairs. and some customers are still locked out of their quake damaged storage facility here. the city declared part of the napa self-storage unsafe to enter. the business owners told customers they'd have to pay most of the cost to retrieve their belongings. otherwise the building will be demolished with all the contents still inside. it's expected to cost about $167,000 to shore up the building. one renter is designing t- shirts in an effort to raise money. >> hard for me so sit back and to sit -- sit back and watch as they bullied -- they're bullied around. really help these people. >> napa's self-storage didn't yet respond to our requests for comment. >>> city leaders in san ra

foreign than they were, so it is really amazing to see how he is capable of being, you know, a papu in papuaor and indian when he is in india. >> rose: your mother is an architect but she gave that up after your brother was born with down's syndrome. >> yes they work together, she is the one books, the exhibitions, con step july lies the work together, so they really are, you know, a very powerful couple, and now you know, they have their ecological project. >> rose: at the end of the film documentary return to brazil. >> yes. yes. at some point my father, in his work i told you a little bit earlier, he kept working of course for a long time but he found a way to make a difference with his photos and every time he went somewhere, there was always a reason, you know, to hope that things would get better, that there was a reason for the photo a role for the photo to play, to maybe make things better. but then he goes to rwanda and during the genocide and he hits the moment where, you know, it is literally the end of the road, there is nothing to hope from it, his photos won't make a difference

centered about 30 miles southeast of papua new guinea. the shaking and tremors lasted about five minutes. tsunami of one and a half feet was measured in a harbor close to the epicenter but it was much smaller elsewhere. the pacific tsunami warning center lifted the alert after a few hours. >>> seven months after the south napa earthquake customers of a storage facility are still unable to get their belongings out. the city has declared part of the napa self-storage unsafe to center. the owners told customers they'd have to pay most of the costs to retrieve belongings. otherwise the building will be demolished with all the contents still inside. it's expected to cost about $167,000 to shore up that building. meanwhile, property owners have until tomorrow to apply for aid from the napa valley community disaster relief fund. they are available to property owners who didn't qualify for disaster loans or people whose loans didn't cover all their expenses,. >>> they have a wonderful wonderful weekend but some changes in store huh? >> slightly c

. -- papua new guinea. reports of an earthquake. measuring 7.6.oubtere those headlines will continue as to what the ripple effect will be. in other news, five and a half billion dollar expansion of copper and gold mine in mongolia still hangs by a thread. ceo sam lost say only a few issues remain unresolved. says taxesgovernment and cost overruns is a priority. when finished it will continue -- contribute a third of mongolia's economy. mercedes-benz is pushing the limits for market share with lance to develop midsized pickup trucks by 2020. talks with nissan i said to be in the advanced stages. this would be based on nissan pickup trucks. onse 80's wilfork's sales europe, latin america, australia, and south america. today prime minister david cameron visits the queen to seek the dissolution of parliament. polling days in may. will leader ed miliband make his pitch for the business vote today in a speech in london. remains committed to keeping the u.k. in the european union. bloomberg television will have complete coverage of the u.k. election. we

. -- papua new guinea. you can join the conversation with both of us this morning, let us know what you think about the show and what you want to hear about. looking at effects, read bets on the euro, record high -- the bets on the euro, record highs. manus: the deadline for greece comes hard. we will look at the details and what the issues are. stay with "countdown." ♪ caroline: welcome back. let's talk greece. for six years struggling, they are short of funds. they might run out of cash in a matter of weeks. keeping in mind that nobody has left the euro, take a look at what might happen. the next steps range from standing in the euro to catastrophic divorce. the greek prime minister will have to accept austerity in exchange for loans. without cash, how long will the government last? if no compromise is reached, bailouts will still. that means -- stall. that means capital control. this could be the start of a new coalition involving pro-european partners. or the populists may respond badly and force the go