phil mercer has the story.and fun loving australia is at its lowest since the early 19605. is at its lowest since the early 1960s. beer, wine and spirits are still a big part of life here but in the land with a boozy reputation, its young people who are drinking less. i think it's really interesting. i think we have turned a significant corner. 0ver interesting. i think we have turned a significant corner. over the last decade we've progressed and seeing an improvement, less binge drinking, less resistant alcohol—related risk among young people. we are seeing issues related to lifestyle —— lifestyle and health coming into play. australia's tastes are changing. small craft brewers say that be made with native ingredients is becoming more popular as drinkers choose quality over quantity. people drinking less but drinking better. so instead of taking their $30 into a pub saying, i want to get as many beers as i can out of this, they are actually saying, i want to have the best experience that i can so i'm going to

phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. be seeking millions in damages from network operator ericsson. it follows last week's day—long outage that meant millions of users couldn't access data on their phones. some reports suggest ericsson could face a bill of £100 million. france's president, emmanuel macron, will meet trade unions and business leaders tomorrow, as he tries to bring four weeks of violent anti—government protests to an end. thousands of people have taken to the streets across france to protest against increases in fuel—tax rises and the rising cost of living. president macron will address the nation on monday, and lucy williamson is in paris for us tonight. lucy. well, i think president macron is facing a couple of problems tonight, one is that it be tackled these protests a few weeks ago, he might have got away with simply cancelling the rise in fuel taxes. the trouble is, since then the movement has grown, and with it their demands. the second problem he faces is that it is also a very diverse movement, pe

phil mercer reports. millane died will be the focus of an intense investigation that new zealand police say is far from over. a body found in a forest in the waitakere ranges, a beauty spot with hiking trails a short drive from auckland, is thought to be that of the university graduate from essex. police say the remains were discovered close to a main road. we located a body which we believe to be grace. the formal identification process will now take place but based on the evidence we have gathered over the past few days we expect that this is grace. obviously this brings the search for grace to an end. it is an unbearable time for the millane family and our hearts go out to them. grace millane was last seen on security video at a hotel in auckland more than a week ago. the 26—year—old man she was with has been charged with her murder and is due in court tomorrow. the backpacker‘s father david arrived in new zealand on friday to make a public appeal for help in finding his daughter. he said she was fun—l

phil mercer, bbc news, sydney.looking for his third chief of staff in the first two years of his presidency after he announced thatjohn kelly would depart at the end of the year. the retired marine general, who had previously served as homeland security secretary, recently had to deny reports that he privately called mrtrump an idiot. talks have broken down at the united nations climate change conference in poland. as protests went on outside, delegates at the conference fell out over wording which would fully commit them to the guidelines set out in a leading report to reduce emissions in an effort to limit global temperature rises to 1.5 degrees over the next century. but delegates from the united states, saudi arabia, russia and kuwait objected, saying that the report should simply be noted. here, an 18—year—old teenager has been stabbed to death at a block of flats in south—east london. paramedics from the london air ambulance were called to the scene in greenwich last night but were unable to save him. a 17—ye

phil mercer has the story. 1960s. beer, wine and spirits are still a big part of life here, but in a land with a busy reputation, —— but in a land with a boozy reputation, it is young people who are drinking less. i think it is really interesting. i think we have turned a corner. over the last decade, we have recently seen an improvement with less binge drinking, less accidents with alcohol—related risk among younger people. i think we are seeing issues related to lifestyle and being healthier coming to play. australia's tastes are changing. small craft brewers say that beer made with more native ingredients is becoming more popular, as drinkers choose quality over quantity. people drinking less, but drinking better. so instead of taking their $30 into a pub and saying "i want to get as many beers as i can out of this," they are actually saying "i want to have the best experience that i can." so i might go in and i might only get two beers out of this, but i will have an experience. iam going i am going to take

phil mercer reports.e investigation that new zealand police say is far from over. a body found in a forest in the waitakere ranges, a beauty spot with hiking trails a short drive from auckland, is thought to be that of the university graduate from essex. police say the remains were discovered close to a main road. we located a body which we believe to be grace. the formal identification process will now take place but based on the evidence we have gathered over the past few days we expect that this is grace. obviously this brings the search for grace to an end. it is an unbearable time for the millane family and our hearts go out to them. grace millane was last seen on security video at a hotel in auckland more than a week ago. the 26—year—old man she was with has been charged with her murder and is due in court tomorrow. the backpacker‘s father david arrived in new zealand on friday to make a public appeal for help in finding his daughter. he said she was fun—loving and outgoing. miss millane graduated f

phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. salisbury novichok poisoning, says he's worried the substance will eventually kill him, and he's terrified for the future. he became ill along with his partner dawn sturgess, who later died after coming into contact with the bottle containing the nerve agent used to attack sergei and julia skripal in march. our home affairs correspondent june kelly has more. it is six months since charlie rowley witnessed his partner dawn stu rgess collapse. she was convulsing and foaming at the mouth. i phoned 999. i was getting medical advice on how to revive her. you know, mouth to mouth. dawn sturgess had become an unintended victim of the nerve agent, novichok. charlie rowley had found what he thought was a discarded bottle of perfume and given it to dawn. in fact, it contained the novichok, and she sprayed it on her wrist. just over a week later, she was dead. i felt that i'd poisoned my girlfriend, and that was the hardest thing to deal with. charlie rowley had also come into contact with the n

the bbc‘s phil mercer in sydney told me the latest.made his first appearance in court since being charged with the murder of 22—year—old grace millane. she was last seen in central auckland in the evening of1 december, and the man that she was spotted on security vision with is the man who has appeared in court today. thejudge has addressed members of grace millane‘s family, saying that their grief must be desperate, and the judge also saying thatjustice for grace, he hoped, would be swift and fair. this man's identity — we don't know too much about him. his identity has been suppressed and he has been remanded in custody. the judge said that he would be a high—risk remand prisoner, and he is due back in court in the latter stages of next month. as you say, it is every parent's nightmare, especially for this to have taken place in new zealand. well, you have to say that, generally speaking, new zealand is a very safe and a very welcoming country. we are into the summer here in the southern hemisphere, and travellers coming from all ove

essex, had been travelling round the world after graduating from university. 0ur correspondent, phil mercerwell, the judge told members of grace millane's family, who in court, that he understood that there grief must be desperate. thejudge he understood that there grief must be desperate. the judge also saying that justice grace millane, be desperate. the judge also saying thatjustice grace millane, he hoped would be swift and fair. this 26—year—old man has been charged with her murder, he was dressed in a blue boiler suit when he made his appearance. he did not enter a plea, he did not say anything, nodding only occasionally to the judge during this very brief hearing. he'll be remanded in custody and is due back in court towards the end of january. now, the judge due back in court towards the end of january. now, thejudge in this case had offered to lift the suppression order on the suspects‘s identity, but the man's lawyer has made an appeal, so for legal reasons, we cannot report his name. the investigation of the cases obviously ongoing, haven't heard any more data? well, over the wee

let's talk to our reporter phil mercer, who has been following developments from sydney in australia. in new zealand been saying about this? they are saying that their investigation is farfrom over, saying that their investigation is far from over, many saying that their investigation is farfrom over, many questions saying that their investigation is far from over, many questions still remain to be answered. how and why did this young british traveller died? the man in question, the man the police believe murdered grace millane is due to appear in auckland's district court as we have heard on monday. how and why she died is still the subject of an ongoing police investigation. the body was found in bushland popular with hikers and sightseers, about 15 miles from the centre of auckland. police spent most of today, sunday, in that location at around four o'clock in the afternoon local time. they made that terrible announcement that in their opinion the body they found is that of the missing backpacker, so one can only imagine the from a being endured by her family, herfather the from a

phil mercer gave us this update from sydney., told members of grace millane‘s family who were in court that he understood that their grief must be desperate. thejudge also saying that justice for grace, he hoped, would be swift and fair. this 26—year—old man who has been charged with her murder, he was dressed in a blue boiler suit when he made his appearance. he did not enter a plea, he didn't say anything, nodding only occasionally to the judge during this very brief hearing. he'll be remanded in custody and is due back in court towards the end of january. now, thejudge in this case had offered to lift the suppression order on this suspect‘s identity, but the man's lawyer has made an appeal, so for legal reasons, we can't report his name. the investigation in the case is obviously ongoing. have we heard any more about that? well, over the weekend, the police searched a bit of bushland about 25 km from the centre of auckland, where a body was found. the police say that their search for grace is over, there will be a formal iden

phil mercer has the story... believe it or not alcohol consum sthuion?g less. i think it is really interesting, we have turned a significant corner, we have progressed, and seen an improvement, less binge drinking. i think we are seeing issues related to lifestyle and living healthier come into play. australia's tastes are changing, small craft brewers say beer made with native ingredients is becoming more popular, as drinkers choose quality over quantity. people drinking less, but drinking better so instead of taking their $30 into a pub, and saying i want to get as many beers as i can, they are saying i want to have the best experience i can, so i'm going to go in and i might only get two beers but i will have an experience, i am going to taste something, hear a story, be transported by this beer. australians do love to party, for many drinking is a national past time, especially on days when there are major sporting event, alcohol here is widely available, and it is relatively cheap. for most, it is just a bit of fun, a social lubricant that helps the