can learn from australia off off shoring asylum and speak to a man who spent six years in the papua new guineaing centre. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we start in the us and the white house has confirmed that president biden has spoken to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu about the situation in gaza. in a statement, the white house said that the president reaffirmed his ironclad commitment to israel's security. it referenced what it said was a �*successful defence house against iran's unprecedented missile and drone attack earlier this month. the two leaders reviewed ongoing talks to secure the release of hostages together with an immediate ceasefire in gaza. and they also discussed increases in the delivery of humanitarian assistance into gaza — through preparations to open new northern crossings, starting this week. the statement concludes that �*the leaders discussed rafah — and the president reiterated his clear position�* — although it didn't give details of what that

no, i don't think at any point that was the case, you know, and, you know, we have papua new guinea and we have the new guinea from indonesia, y have..e the quarter lion. you know, they're multiple. you know, we're talking about an island that has hundreds and hundreds of ethnicities of hundreds of languages. i even in papuguages and etha ns 800 over 800 languages. and the people, you know, hav have different customs all throughout. >> sfferento we have that's the. in papua new guinea, it's so diverse that you cannot say this happens there, this happens only here. and so, you know, it's -- it'ss. a longer story. >> is this something of?g theyre ashamed is this something they accept as a part of their history? cannibalis apart om. yeah, they accept it. f it's in a shame shame part or anything like that,ng but yeah l, i mean, everyone, i'm going to tell you one thing. hundreds of years ago or even, you know, probably a hundred years ago or so, but yeah, i mean, i cannibalism does not exist anymore. in 2024. do you think if uncle buzzy had swam ashore on that fateful day duringt world war

we have papua new guinea and new guinea where they have... we're talking about an island that has hundreds and hundreds of languages and ethnicities. the people have different customs all throughout. that's the thing, it's so diverse. this happens only here. it's a larger story. >> jesse: is this something that they are ashamed of? is it something they accept as a part of their history? >> yes, they accepted. i don't know if there is a shame part or anything like that but everyone is going to tell you. at one point hundreds of years ago or even probably 100 years ago or so. cannibalism does not exist anymore in 2024. >> jesse: do you think if his uncle had swam ashore on that fateful day during world war ii that he might have been a great white feast. >> i'm not sure what to say about that. it is stories at this point. things are kept from the passed. they have a really interesting way of maintaining their tradition. most of the stuff that you will see we'll be about their dancing, their community about their festivities. no one talks about c

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. >> the prime minister of papua new guinea has angrily denied a false claim by president biden thatas eaten by cannibals during world war ii. >> he flew those single engine planes as reconnaissance over war zones. and he got shot down in new guinea, and they never found the body because there used to be -- there were a lot of cannibals, for real, in that part of new guinea. >> ronny: you're going to lose the election. >> jordan: look, at some point, we all get to an age where we confuse our own life story with the plot of "indiana jones." it happens. it happens. >> ronny: that's true, the man's 80! we all have grandparents who tell crazy stories. like, my grandfather told me that he once wrestled a mountain lion with his bare hands. >> jordan: oh, yeah! and my grandfather told me that he cheated on my grandmother through their entire marriage and had a second family. [laughs] get outta here, grandpa! you goofball. [laughs] >> ronny: and can i just say, even if this story was true, americans are in no position to criticize how anyone else eats. "these cannibals eat people!" yeah, wel

milanesians, to whom papua new guinea is a very proud people, says michael kabuni, a political scienceversity of papua new guinea, and they would find such a categorization very offensive, not because someone says, "oh, i've been to papua new guinea before." it hurts, yes, we know it's a fact, but taking it out of context and implying that your uncle jumped out of a plane and we somehow think that's good food is unacceptable. according to kabuni, in the past , some communities practiced cannibalism in certain contexts, such as eating deceased relative out of respect to prevent the decomposition of his body. there was a certain context, but they wouldn't just eat white men who fell from the sky, says kabuni. about 79,000 american troops remain. according to the pentagon archives, the plane crashed into the ocean off the northern coast of new guinea because both engines failed at low altitude, the plane hit the water with its nose and began to sink, three crew members could not get out, only one managed to escape, he was helped by sailors from passing barge, but this is not... we went to

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the prime minister of papua new guinea is not joking in response to the president story saying this, president biden's remarks may have been a slip of the tongue, my country does not deserve to be labelled as such. prime minister also demands america clean up the remnants of world war ii. the tall tales coming back to bite them. >> indeed they bit him pretty hard. whenever you are the president you're speaking to multiple audiences all at once. we can laugh about it but imagine you are the prime minister and now every google search is coming up and saying you've got this problem. he's the leader of his country and he has to deal with this. now he is forced to come and say this didn't happen and by the way could you guys cleanup this world war ii mess? he should use that to his advantage and get the biden team to say we will do it. >> jesse there was also an -- a diplomat that said... is unacceptable. they wouldn't just eat any white guy that fell from the sky. >> they are sitting around with a knife and fork looking up... i would pull the ambassador. this is a huge international inci

. >> jesse: papua new guinea president not laughing,'s people are not a bunch of south pacific cannibalnt barton's remarks may been asleep at the time, however, my country does not deserve to be labelled as such. and he's not alone, historians taking issue saying that local people would not just eat any white man that fell from the sky. radio talkshow host joins prime time, they were not just eat any old white man it has to be a specific tender, maybe medium rare white man? >> they have to have a little sun on him, have to be baked a little bit, i just figured what she was gonna say that he's not talking about new guinea been talking about the old one. >> that's right. >> what about one and said that haiti was initial country and all hell broke loose. and cnn apologized to haiti, no one on cnn has apologized new guinea. >> listen, they look at the get to label it as an old man yelling at the sun, old man yelling at the sky and shaking his fist every time he said something online they label it as well that he's old, they get to use it and not using, you're right, collapse gets away with

for the attitude of many to what is happening, from the last one, yes, the prime minister of papua new guinea biden of neglecting the island state in the south pacific because the us president said his uncle was eaten by cannibals during world war ii, biden's comments offended a key strategic ally as china seeks to increase its influence in the region. marape said in a statement. biden hinted that his uncle was eaten by cannibals, president biden's remarks may have sounded offhand, but my country does not deserve such a label. the second world war was not the work of my people, but they were unnecessarily drawn into the conflict,” marape added. after a minute. we'll be back. love will overcome everything from april 29 on rtr. titanic luxury collection. rixas premium cigate. family fun starts here. here every detail is created for your pleasure. enjoy the water park for children, lush green gardens and the beauty of coral. reefs and sea, immerse yourself in a world of unforgettable experiences at the rixus premium se gate, rixas premium seegate. we go to the doctor, take up a lot of his time w

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of the fact that xi jinping is currently visiting the oceanic regions, he went all the way to papua new guineathere he is trying to make a certain axis, you know, which, by the way, will be interesting to recognize a palestinian state, because xi jinping said , that palestine should be made a full member of the un, that is, these things actually intersect, because it is a means of trolling the united states, well and... is establishing economic cooperation there, and in particular is trying to convince these countries to try to bypass cooperation with taiwan, that is, to essentially cut ties with what is called the republic of china, taiwan itself, and in light of this, well, in principle there is an understanding that this poses certain threats to the cooperation of the americans and taiwan, and therefore the reaction is accordingly like this, but whether this... will always be like this, or whether there will be any new push for changes, well, here again, next year and the american elections will show. thank you, thank you for e these. answers mykhailo yakubovych, orientalist, candidate of h

all, there's nothing original about it, it could be eaten somewhere by old, clean people in papua new guinea, and he would, i think, understand the same, because about the mysterious soul of the cannibal, who, who understands well, what a mysterious russian dear, these are residents of novaya kakhovka, an occupied city in the kherson region, volodymyr kvalenko, the mayor of this city is joining us, and for some reason the russians, having occupied the new kakhovka, have been shelling this new kakhovka for more than one day, mr. volodymyr, how to explain this again mysterious russian soul, why do they do it? good morning, good morning, you know, to understand someone who can't be understood, you don't even need to spend energy on it, because there is no logic there, neither in actions, nor in actions, nor in conversations, but really, shelling has been going on during the last period, however, mostly it is on the neighboring tile. nova kahovka mainly suffers from the fact that it is controlled by the drones of the armed forces of ukraine, and the enemy constantly tries to shoot down our drone

the fact that xi jinping is now making his visit to the ocean regions, he went all the way to papua new guineand there... he is trying to do something like that , you know, the axis, which, by the way, will be interesting to recognize the palestinian state, because xi jinping said that it is necessary to make palestine a full member of the un, that is, these things actually intersect, because this is a means of trolling the united states, well, there it is setting up the economic cooperation, and in particular, it is trying to convince these countries to try to bypass cooperation with taiwan, that is, in essence. severed ties with what is called the republic of china, actually taiwan, and in light of that, well, in principle, there is an understanding that this poses certain threats to the cooperation of the americans and taiwan, and therefore the reaction is accordingly, but will it always be so, will there be any new impulses for change, well, here again next year and the american elections will show, thank you, thank you for these answers. mykhailo yakubovych, orientalist, candidate of hist

actually didn't actually, iti reminds me of a time when i was ever in papua new guinea with the little naked natives m of bangladesh, presenting them with my annual mission of charitable giving. i gave them a total wash list. toilets, yes, eco friendly and elegant, even under the canopytall of a tropicalfrie rainforest. >> oh, i misndlys j.i miss j >> peterman so much. i really do.n the the rickshaw that thec th homeless were using for or for, i think it was kramer, he said they have nothing elses to do. >> strapped some rickshaws to them. what i homeless jokeshter ] are probably a no-go zone now. >> well, not only thatstri they have stripped there, are therppede are several actual episodes of seinfeld that have been episode stripped frome the syndication because they didn't they didn'ication t pass muster back then. so could you tell us about some of these long lost series? and they they the puerto rican flag day, i think, was the was at the one time i was in thatt actually, i don't remember what i didi don', but i do remeo that never showing up again. well r they probably took it ouw

about trump catching to kill happens all the time steve from california on my father was in papua new guineaserver for an army artillery unit during the war he said the cannibals would not eat you but they might chop your head off thank you for his service from myrtle beach happy gender season how do i feel today autumn yes dan from oregon take magnesium to start your eye twitching we read up about it it's a combination of stress and too much caffeine we discovered i doubled up my coffee intake into a coffee now after breakfast it's probably the caffeine thank you for your care and support i am waters this is my world

the vatican announced on friday he'll travel to indonesia, papua new guinea, timor—leste and singaporee 87—year—old's health after recent battles with the flu and bronchitis limited the pope's activities earlier this year. rapidly rising flood waters are causing thousands of residents in the russian city of orenburg to evacuate. friday authorities told residents to leave their homes immediately after major rivers banks burst due a historic delgue of melting snow. so far, 100,000 people have been evacuated in neighbouring kazakhstan. polish lawmakers moved a step closer to lifting the country's near—total abortion ban on friday. members of poland's lower house of parliment voted to work on four separate bills, two of which would legalise abortion through the 12th week of pregancy, in line with most european nations. poland, a traditionally roman catholic country has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in europe. president biden announced friday that his administration is cancelling $7.1; billion dollars of student debt, for more than 270,000 americans. it comes at the end of a bus

. >> coming up, president biden suggestions that cannibals ate his uncles in papua new guinea.tic controversy. stay tuned. progressive makes it easy to save with a quick commercial auto quote online. so you can get back to your monster to-do list. -really? -get a quote at progresivecommercial.com. spring into savings this moving season with pods. save up to 25% now on moving and storage... and see why pods has been trusted with over 6 million moves. but don't wait, save up to 25% now. visit pods.com today. weeds... they have you surrounded. take your lawn back! with scotts turf builder triple action! it gets three jobs done at once - kills weeds. prevents crabgrass. and keeps it growing strong. download the my lawn app today for lawn care tips and customized plans. feed your lawn. feed it. ♪ ♪ >> why is he saying that his uncle was eaten by cannibals? that is a bad way to go. >> your last line is for a laugh or a funny statement. he takes this very seriously. his uncle who served and protected this country lost his life serving. that should matter. >> kayleigh: it wasn't for a

from california on my father was in papua new guinea as a foreign observer for an army artillery unit during the war he said the cannibals would not eat you but they might chop your head off thank you for his service from myrtle beach happy gender season how do i feel today autumn yes dan from oregon take magnesium to start your eye twitching we read up about it it's a combination of stress and too much caffeine we discovered i doubled up my coffee intake into a coffee now after breakfast it's probably the caffeine thank you for your care and support i am waters this is my world. >> sean: tonight we continue to monitor the disruption and hateful protest underway at universities all across the country like a cancer keep spreading protests in new york today ucla in los angeles today all as these college administrators and the president himself, president job and the need to a few hundred petulant radicals that are pitching tents on campus quads hand chanting pro how mass slogans one school now cancelling the commencement ceremony we take you live to the ground that is straight ahead ton

. >> my friends, a toast, as the one-handed man from papua new guinea i said... >> jesse: you can hearmself... seinfeld actor, john hurley, joins primetime. hello! >> at hello! >> jesse: you could not do cannibal jokes today! >> somebody kind but the would have been a real. >> jesse: or you would have to be president to make jokes like that. >> actually reminds me of a time where i was in papa new guinea with the little naked natives presenting them with my annual mission of charitable giving, i gave them a total watchlist told, environmentally friendly even on the canopy of a tropical forest. >> jesse: i miss jake peteman so far -- so much, i really dpmac the rickshaw that the homeless were using before i think it was kramer, is that they have nothing else to do, strap rick scholz to him and. [ laughter ] almost jokes are probably a no go zone now? >> not only that, they have stripped -- there are several actual episodes of the seinfeld that were stripped from the syndication because they did not pass back then. >> jesse: could you tell us about some of these long-lost? >> the date --

at blue oceana, the pacific, for example, countries, papua new guinea, fiji, we are actually exporting a climate dashboard we have developed to help senior leaders in these nations. they don't have a lot of resources to use the dashboard to make the best decisions possible with the resources they do have. that's another example of how we are working with our allies and partners to get to a better place. susan: thank you. recently you had representatives at the our ocean conference in greece. that was centered around national strategies to build coastal resilience. one of the topics, i believe, that came up there is unreported fishing, also known as i you you. -- iuu. why is this critical? sec. del toro: it's incredibly important. i attended these small nations depend on, for their fragile economy in many cases and how many of you got to the galapagos islands, you have not gone recently and you better hurry up because illegal fishing has a very negative impact on that very fragile ecosystem in the galapagos islands. it is what example. we would not have the islands and the many species

one of the big stories there tonight, pope francis will visit indonesia, papua new guinea and singaporeptember. the vatican announced that trip today. it would be the longest such journey for francis' papacy. concerns come experience his health. he suffered from respiratory problems all winter and had to curtail his participation in holy week events. just some of the stories beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ jardiance! ♪ ♪ it's a little pill with a big story to tell ♪ ♪ i take once-daily jardiance ♪ ♪ at each day's start! ♪ ♪ as time went on it was easy to see ♪ ♪ i'm lowering my a1c! ♪ jardiance works twenty-four seven in your body to flush out some sugar. and for adults with type 2 diabetes and known heart disease, jardiance can lower the risk of cardiovascular death, too. serious side effects may include ketoacidosis that may be fatal, dehydration that can lead to sudden worsening of kidney function, and genital yeast or urinary tract infections. a rare, life-threatening bacterial infection in the skin of the perineum could occur. stop jardiance and call your docto

. >> brian: created an international incident on papua, new guinea we need that as a strategic base ands there. highly insulted. he said i love one of the quotes he says we just don't eat any white person falling out of the sky. i thought that was unbelievably humorous. >> charlie: only biden could make international incident. >> ainsley: not the first time he said he drove an a18-wheeler. july 2021 he was at the mac truck factory in pennsylvania he said the same thing. he said it at the dakota county technical cleaning in minnesota. >> brian: doesn't he have anyone brief him after you got lose that. story. he grew up in a puerto rican church and then black church. practically puerto rican he claimed. >> charlie: great attribute for any politician if you are willing to say absolutely anything can you get. >> brian: no one fact checks you. >> charlie: keep failing up. >> brian: hire a fact-checker sit on the other side of the camera and any time joe biden says something fiction hold up the fiction card. >> ainsley: you have to go to training for that it's not easy to drive a truck. lawre

my father was in papua new guinea , a forward observer guine for an army artillery unit during the war. >>oreign said the cannibals wou eat you, but they might chop your head ofea f. >> thanks for service, chet.e fm >> from myrtle beach. how myrtley gender season, jess. >> how do i feel today?l autumnto yeah, i'm autumn. >> then from a world, oregon. >> take magnesium to stop your eye twitching. u we read up about it. it's a combination of stress and too much caffeine. and we discovered i doubled up my coffee intake. i do a coffee now after breakfast. >> probably. probably the caffeine. car but thanks for your care and support. i'm waters. and this is my world. and welcome to hannity. and tonight, we continue t monitor the disruptive and hateful protests still underway at universitiesties a all across our country. like a cancellther keeps spreadg protests, you know, literally fighting in new york today,uclai ucla and los angeles today,admii all these college administrators and the hiesident himselstf, your president, joe biden, the need to a few hundred petulant, radicaob andl those th

. >> papua new guinea's prime minister is not laughing .s his people aren'tt a bunch of south pacific cannibal letterslaughis . quote, president biden's remarks may have meant a slion', of the tongue, however. my country does not deserve to be labelehowever,d as such. >> and he's not alone. local new guinea historians are also taking issue saying local people wouldn't just eat any white man that fell the sky. >> radio talk show host tomi sotomayor joins trump. >> they wouldn't just eat any old white man has to b eate has a specific tender and maybe medium rare man. >> tight. you got to be have a little bita of sun on them. it's got to be baked a little bit. i just wanted i figure that wha figurede wat joe should was he's not talking about new guinea. >>'s talking about the oldw gui. >> that's right. what about what about whene an trump said haiti was a national countrty and all broke loose?ll >> well, he was telling cnn, cnn apologized loose to haiti.o, on no one on cnn has apologized to new guinea. >> it is not. said they got elected. they

my father was in papua new guinea , a forward observer guine for an army artillery unit during the war. >>oreign said the cannibals wou eat you, but they might chop your head ofea f. >> thanks for service, chet.e fm >> from myrtle beach. how myrtley gender season, jess. >> how do i feel today?l autumnto yeah, i'm autumn. >> then from a world, oregon. >> take magnesium to stop your eye twitching. u we read up about it. it's a combination of stress and too much caffeine. and we discovered i doubled up my coffee intake. i do a coffee now after breakfast. >> probably. probably the caffeine. car but thanks for your care and support. i'm waters. and this is my world.

statement that his uncle... was eaten during the second world war, here is the prime minister of papua new guineaeek, during a speech in pittsburgh, biden decided to talk about his uncle, a pilot named ambrose finnigan, who died during world war ii. according to the head of the white house, his the plane was shot down in new guinea, but the body was not found, and allegedly not found because many people live in that area. he was shot down in new guinea and his body was never found because there used to be a lot of real cannibals there. and the prime minister of new guinea, james marappe, reacted to all these family, kind of culinary stories. he said his state does not deserve to be labeled as such. erlykov and called on wyden to allocate money to deal with the post-war legacy, remains, fragments , and so on, and to get to the bottom of the historical the truth, in fact, and at the same time stop talking nonsense. in fact, biden’s version, which he spoke about at this election event, is very different from the pentagon’s information, because the pentagon says that no one shot down finnegon’s plane

uncle , and his uncle and saw his uncle, and his uncle had had had had his plane had crashed in papua new guinea specifically, my uncle was eaten by cannibals and then the, the minister, whatever. not the ministry of defence, the american army said, or whatever, because there was no air force back then was the army air force said said there's no proof that he was eaten by cannibals. >> in fact, he crashed over the sea. carey. so it's unlikely unless cannibals swam out unless the cannibals swam out and ate as some sort of and ate him as some sort of sushi buffet. >> through his story. >> i've read through his story. >> i've read through his story. >> he's got mixed >> i think he's got mixed up with cannibals cannabis. with cannibals and cannabis. it sounds and sounds like it's cannabis and that and, also that he's taking it. and, also the story changes, by the way, with the actual, report that apparently he didn't get killed and then later on, there's another report from the war office saying that, that his body that he probably wasn't even on the plane. so don't even on the plane. so we don't we

isn't papua new isn't that beautiful, papua new guinea hide cigarettes guinea people hide cigarettesrs out and search worshippers go out and search for the false. >> that's not. >> that's not. >> that's not biblical. i think that's. >> you think it's true? i think it's true, i don't false indonesia has a big smoking culture, from what i understand. >> oh it? >> oh does it? >> oh does it? >> it's true. you're >> yeah. it's true. you're right. much. you that right. very much. you got that right. congratulations. we all know bad for know chocolate is bad for you. >> maybe better. >> so maybe it's a better. >> so maybe it's a better. >> better. yeah then >> it's a better. yeah then cigarettes can kill. it's yeah. >> as long as there's no sugar in it. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> czech republic relatives gently other with gently whip each other with sticks with ribbons. sticks decorated with ribbons. >> that sounds good to me . i >> oh, that sounds good to me. i like it to be true. >> we can have that club in prague. >> oh , well, i'm going next >> oh, well, i'm going next week. tell me a couple

new guinea. at the time when the president has been courting papua new guinea as part of his indo-pacific strategys kind of a disconnect there that probably wasn't helpful to the diplomats. similarly about a month or so ago his campaign was trying to make the point that donald trump is cavorting with rogues and unsavory candidates like hungarian dictator victor orban. when the white house is asked does the government of the united states consider victor orban to be a dictator, they're not going to take that bait. we're not using the word dictator in effect. you can see how these are contrasting messaging at times. >> i thought about this while i was reading your piece buts a in the context of what you cover, the demands and sometimes competing demands of the personal views of the president and the campaign interest of the president and how they compete. how that dynamic plays out in companies, but also presidencies and white houses. >> it's hard to be an incumbent in that sense because you are a sitting head of state as well as a candidate for office. you're asking voters to vote for you, but you'

american cities are confidently winning. their rivals, the settlements of ghanduras, brazil and papua, new guinea in the struggle for the title of the most criminal on the planet, there is nothing in this amazing: criminal elements from latin america have recently literally poured into the united states through the open border. the peak of the flood in russian orenburg has passed, and the water is slowly receding. the level of the urals within the city is already slightly below 12 m, although it still remains a record high. the situation is also gradually returning to normal. here the water receded within 24 hours, freeing 3,000 houses. the epicenter of the natural disaster has now moved to kurgan. here the water level in the tabol river has reached 6 meters, but it is expected that it will reach eleven. local experts give such a disappointing forecast taking into account the water discharge in neighboring kazakhstan. kurgan authorities say that this was largely the cause of the unprecedented flood. residents of neighborhoods adjacent to tabol called for evacuation. and any delay can lead to the