well, it comes at a very bad time for papua new guinea, which is going to host the apec leaders summitration for and at a time when papua new guinea is trying to be seen as a regional leader in terms of its political stability, in terms of its political stability, in terms of its political stability, in terms of its economic growth, but u nfortu nately of its economic growth, but unfortunately it is being blamed now internally on an administrative error and a change in the process in how the department of foreign affa i rs how the department of foreign affairs here pays the bills for its foreign missions. apparently the money was there but some kind of administrative mistake led to it not being paid. unfortunately it comes as the png government have also failed to pay a number of bills, not just domestic but international, and we re just domestic but international, and were put on notice to new zealand government agency in relation to their debts. the government is struggling for cash. and there are even more worrying concerns, eric. you mentioned they have failed to pay some domestic

australia says it still refuses settle anyone from either nauru or pap withdraw -- papua, new guineate this interesting number. about 80% of the refugees are confirmed to be legitimate. last november president obama agreed to take all of them in but of course you know now mr. trump's phone call with prime minister turnbull has put the fate of those 1250 refugees back up into the air. back to you. >> thank you. we've got breaking news now. more on this. the prosecutor from korea now saying they're going to be searching the president's office in 20 minutes' time, .0:00 a.m. seoul time they were given a warrant i should say to search the president's house, also we learned last hour or so, that they're going to be searching the federal trade commission as well as the s.s.c. over samsung. samsung as well as president park engulfed in this corruption scandal, this investigation that really has ultimately led to the impeachment of the president from power. the state office, the president's office of course has been trying to block this. but it looks like this is going to be going through to

refugees are being held within a detention center located within the papua new guinea naval base. even locals have limited access. fences surround this facility houses more than 800 people who fled conflict in search of freedom. media are not granted access. but a few refugees did share their stories when they were allowed outside. gilami had been a student in afghanistan, but he escaped the taliban rule for australia's shores. and he had been holding out hope until trump came into power. >> as we hear last night from the news, the homeland security of america, they stop interviewing. every day, every 24 hours the news is changing. one day they're announcing that this deal has happened. another day it is cancel. so we don't know. we don't trust anyone anymore. >> stop trump. >> reporter: within australia, people are growing more critical of their government. >> we want a political leadership that is willing to stand up to donald trump. but malcolm turnbull won't stand up to donald trump. because he is so wedded to their disgraceful xenophobic policies. >> reporter: one expert on a

economic prize is enormous for us all, and really critical for the future new --ment of papuan papua new guineanister had to say about his relationship with president trump. ♪ haidi: it is 1:29 in sydney, time for a quick look at the first word headlines. to sheba could begin the step of putting its crown jewels, the chip business, for sale. sources tell bloomberg the company is considering raising $8.8 billion. conditions of the sale include maintaining employment, and domestic production and development. the report also says microsoft is interested in submitting a bid. the u.s. vice president has pledged a strong commitment to the eu on the last leg of his european tour. speaking with a european council president in brussels, pence says the trumpet ministration would look for ways to bolster relations. the former secretary of state madeleine albright told bloomberg that pence had helped reassure america. >> it was an important speech, in terms of reaffirming our commitment to nato. talk about it,le they have said "good speech, let's see what the actions are." that will be the measure, in term

means more uncertainty for the refugees held in the controversial offshore processing camps, in papua new guineato listen to malcolm turnbull in a radio interview after donald trump's furious twitter message, saying he still remains hopeful this refugee accord will still go ahead. he said the americans had an obligation because of the deal signed with the outgoing 0bama administration in november last year but speculation here in australia and beyond, we have to say this deal looks shaky despite mixed messages coming out of the white house and the state department. thank you. and we'll have more on all the latest developments from the trump white house tonight at 7pm in our programme 100 days with katty kay in washington, and christian fraser in london. that's at 7 here on the bbc news channel. the french presidential candidate francois fillon is facing fresh claims that he and his wife cheated the parliamentary payments system. a ten—year—old interview with his wife is to be aired later, in which penelope fillon is reported to say she never worked as his parliamentary assistant. the couple deny