so now, i want to turn to the queensland premier anna stage why had the pressure of meeting during myvels to australia. we'll tell us about what's driving quinlan's innovation economy and what role do you see the united states playing and not. good morning. >> good morning. it's a pleasure to be here with all of our counterparts and from our prime minister. i think we had a lot of opportunities to work cleverly together and share ideas. in fact, it's my fourth visit to the united states and crimea and every time i try to visit a new stay on all the ideas i pick up a take back the queensland. we have a diversified economy and a program called queens plan which is a $450 million fund, which were investing and businessin development, industry attraction, and scholarships, especially for women to allow women to stay involved in research. i'm also proud that in my cabinet we have 50% women as well. [applause] the two terms. we also know that we need to continue to diversify from the traditional areas of agriculture and resource is in the prime minister was talking about being expert driven

our advanced queensland fund has created over 9000 jobs already in queensland.only been operating for a few years. we firmly believe, through innovation, you can create jobs of the future but you have to, in my state, i'm very hands-on. i meet with people. i look at opportunities. i connect with people. togetherf you work collectively it can lead to great outcomes. thank you for the opportunity to share those thoughts today. [applause] premier.you, i would like to introduce the premier of australia's most populous state. >> popular? >> i am not going there. [laughter] >> gladys. premier, your state has taken an innovative approach to investment. unique financing model for now you have become a leader in social impact investment. if you can elaborate on both of those and welcome. >> it is my absolute pleasure to be here to share some of the different things we have been doing in new south wales. hasapproach to management put our budget in a strong position and the economy is growing faster. we implemented an innovative policy, called asset recycling. could we inv

nasa experiments to grow wheat in space were the inspiration for university of queensland scientiststh. uq queensland alliance for agriculture and food innovation senior research fellow dr lee hickey said the nasa experiments involved using continuous light on wheat which triggered early reproduction in the plants. we were originally inspired by nasser who are trying to grow wheat in outer space as food supply for astronauts but they were exposing the week plans to continue as light so the plant did not sleep any trick them into producing seed very quickly, much faster than normal and we thought what a cool tool this could be to speed up the rate of improvement of our props here on planet earth. can you describe this technology and is it something that any farmer can use? well, it is certainly a tool for land breeders who are developing these improved crops forfarmers to who are developing these improved crops for farmers to grow because we need crops to be more productive, in the face of climate change, warmer temperatures, more frequent droughts, rapidly evolving diseases and makin

our advance queensland fund has created 9000 jobs already, it has only been operating a couple of yearsroughy believe that innovation you can create the jobs of the future, but you have , i am verymy state hands-on. i meet people, i look at opportunities, i connect with people. cleverlyf you work together, it can work two great outcomes. thank you very much for the opportunity to share those thoughts today. [applause] gov. sandoval: thank you. i would like to introduce the premier of australia's most populous state. new south wales premier. your state has taken an innovative approach to investment. new south wales is not for leveraging a unique and for structure financing model, and now you have become a leader in social impact investment. if you would please elaborate on both of those, and welcome. >> thank you. it is my pleasure to be here and share some of the different things we have been doing in new south wales. our innovative approach to financial management has really put our budget position and our economy is growing faster than about 30 nations. a policy called asset recycling

if you look, go back to queensland where i was recently giving a speech in original city to the west of brisbane upon the great dividing range, dutiful city, and it at the heart of the darling downs which iss a big agricultural area. it is a new airport recently built there by the private sector, by the wagner family, and that is not exporting the produce of the darling downs to put it on the dining tables of asia. some of the best produce in the world. why are we able to do that? because of those free trade agreements. the tpp will enable us to do more of it. that's what we've got to do. we are a medium-sized, open economy. trade is good. it means more jobs, more investment for us and that's how we promote it, but other than offering our example we don't presume to give you political advice. .. gov. sandoval: thank you so much for being with us today. before you head back on the long journey back to australia, we are excited to have you preside over the signing of a memorandum of understanding between subnational leaders of our two great countries. we will go stages we reset for tha

moving through the bite as we go on through sunday we'll see that easing further east with but queensland still seeing some very heavy rain heavy rain is now the process of clearing away from new zealand but staying rather cool. they're the children of jailed chinese criminals with nowhere else to go one shelter is giving them a home when he meets the children growing up with their parents behind bars at this time on al-jazeera it's impossible to underestimate the size and scale of the economic crisis it's not just about the billion trillion dollars of debt it's not just about the banks it's not just about the government to buy a real piece. we're watching out to zero time to recap our headlines this hour now al-jazeera has obtained a u.n. report which says the saudi led coalition bears the greatest responsibility for the deaths of yemeni children it blames the coalition for killing sixty eight children between july and september also says who five is committed abuses against children . in pakistan tens of thousands of protesters are rallying for a second day demanding the arrest and exec

across australia first of all can see we still got some heavy showers across northern areas into queensland now you've seen some severe storms here in recent days and it's like who they're going to be continuing to in the course of friday with some localized flash flooding elsewhere as a woman for sydney is pretty hot there for adelaide at thirty four degrees and out across western australia general looking fine twenty six the high in perth moving the forecast aamer looking at a change wind direction for the temperatures dropping and for those showers across queensland are likely to continue with more flooding issues across into new zealand looking at jerry an improved weather situation here fine conditions across the whole of the country and indeed it looks as though it will stay that way for all those places during the course of saturday maybe later on we've seen some showers on the western side of the south island heading up into northeastern parts of asia here is still roughly cold and showery so we're seeing showers across a cairo further south for much of honshu weather conditions loo

however we've got more big downpours seem to queensland australia over the next day or so while a persistent rain they're just coming out of south australia into new south wales and the two worst southern parts of queensland but the heat of the day showers those thunderheads they do erupt away we see further heavy showers pushing towards the gold coast towards the sunshine coast as we go through saturday eventually that will push its way up through townsville into can some raw the shop showers certainly on the cards over the next few days he returned to adelaide temperatures of around thirty degrees celsius with that northerly praise getting up to around twenty four in perth when i see that kind of value eventually by the end of the weekend into news in a bit for the here and now he remains on the cool side little bit of cloud there that's making its way out of the way not a bad day on saturday actually temperatures at around sixteen celsius in christchurch could get up to around twenty five something and change coming in for sunday but always a little more cloud coming in twenty three the t

how the thunderstorms of settled back a little bit in queensland and new south wales they're still around the top on the be seen some pretty heavy rain around darwin recently and the streak of cloud ring out from adelaide still links up to well what could produce some pretty big shots in western australia forecast wise in perth the sun should be at is twenty six degrees is much the same in melbourne a little bit cooler in adelaide more of a breezy on the edges and the often does not show show as except in tropical queensland so i say things are quite a little bit cooling down in sydney to out in melbourne down below twenty is the forecast with as a bit of a disappointment i think still twenty six in per still potential for big showers in western australia including up in kimberley now you might see a lot of cloud when you do there is a lot of cloud here and a familiar cove running into the south island of new zealand i already expect a lot of rain from that so far not much has been reported there is more to come then it seems quite likely you'll get it on wednesday that you see the wind d

is coming out of south australia into new south wales and the two worst southern parts of queensland but the heat of the day showers those thunderheads they do erupt away we see further heavy showers pushing towards the gold coast towards the sunshine coast as we go through saturday eventually that will push its way up through townsville into some raw the shop showers on the cards over the next few days the temperatures of about thirty degrees celsius with that northerly praise getting up to around twenty four in perth when i see that kind of value eventually by the end of the weekend into new zealand but for the here and now he remains on the cool side little bit of cloud there that's making its way out of the way not a bad day on saturday actually temperatures at around sixteen celsius in christ could get up to around twenty five something and change coming in for sunday but always a little more cloud coming in twenty three the top temperature or consider too bad meanwhile we're struggling to get to sevens and i see in japan over the next day also we have got some winter weather ma

of australia in fact the satellite picture is showing up the showers quite nicely ever parts of queensland and across the northern territory as well some of these showers a very heavy giving over two hundred millimeters of rain and this is what that sort of rainfall can do this camper van was parked at night when it was dry and then jury in the night we had one of those downpours and then the people inside had to climb on to the roofs and wait to be rescued now there's a chance we could see some more roll the shop showers as we head through the next few days but for queensland it's mostly in the very far north that we're seeing those showers now for the south we've still got a problem with heat is generally common settled here but adelaide will be warm right about thirty eight degrees further west we've got a little weather system here that's edging its way eastwards still giving some showers here as we head through the day on thursday but for perth think it will be dry on thursday with a top temperature of thirty two out towards the east and force here we've just got a bit of cloud across

how the thunderstorms of settle back a little bit in queensland and new south wales are still around the top when we seen some pretty heavy rain around darwin recently and the streak of cloud ring out from adelaide still links up to well what could produce some pretty big showers in western australia forecasts wise in perth the sun should be at is twenty six degrees is much the same in melbourne a little bit cooler in adelaide more of a breeze here on the edges and they often does not show you show as except in tropical queensland so i say things are quite little bit cooling down in sydney to out in melbourne below twenty is the forecast with as a bit of a disappointment i think still twenty six in per still potential for big showers and west australia including up in kimberley now you might see a lot of cloud when you do there is a lot of cloud here and a familiar cold running into the south island of new zealand i already expect a lot of rain from that so far not much has been reported there is more to come then it seems quite likely you'll get it on wednesday that you see the wind

we are flying out to queensland industrially to train for four or five weeks.e to the heat there. four or five weeks. we will enjoy getting use to the heat therem will be a hard four or five weeks of training. how will you cope with the temperature in the golf course? we have been preparing elizabeth in heat chambers. we will now be getting used to the conditions. —— we have been preparing a bit in heat chambers. plenty of time. what a lovely place to spend time training. experiencing some of that australian lifestyle. not just a experiencing some of that australian lifestyle. notjust a different temperature, a slightly different type of course. what will this course provided by comparison to what we usually see. the commonwealth games is different in two ways. it has a sprint. that is one hour long. there is a mixed team really as well. that is a shorter version of triathlon. female, male, female, meal, handing overto version of triathlon. female, male, female, meal, handing over to each other. it is fast and it is shorter than the endurance event that it norm

not as hot as it has beenin of queensland.australia. across to new zealand, the remnants of the tropical storm have been moving across the south island, bringing extremely heavy rainfall, gale force winds, causing significant disruption with roads closed and flights cancelled. heading through fred and into saturday, a few showers left but improving. asa improving. as a southerly breeze moves in, temperatures set to plummet in new zealand was that in the next few days in north america, cold air heading in from central canada to the eastern states. milder air hanging on towards the west. if we look at the temperatures by friday, things turning much colder in new york, not getting above freezing all day. remaining mild towards california, with some rain and snow for british columbia. let's ta ke and snow for british columbia. let's take a look at south africa. in cape town, and ongoing extensive drought situation. in fact, the drought in cape town has been going on for three years. reservoirs only at around 25% of their capacity.

as you watch this rather disturbing footage from queensland, australia.ve got a camera mounted on the back of a garbage truck. here comes a big red wheelie bin being dumped into the back. you've seen those trucks. robotic arm picks it up, dumps the trash in the back. >> oh, no. >> there's a little jack russell terrier stuck in the back with all the trash as that blade begins to churn up the garbage and stuff it down into the back of the truck. >> that dog has -- >> seconds. >> seconds to live. >> keep an eye on him. he somehow is climbing back up onto that slippery metal plate. here comes another torrent of trash. again, he's buried, but yet again his little head somehow pops up. somehow gets back to the top. >> oh my goodness. then what? >> another load of trash dumps on top of it. the blade runs again and we lose sight of the little dog. he was found at the landfill 20 minutes away. >> how did he end up there in the first place? why was he in the trash can? >> the owners had lost their dog. the their disappeared days earlier. they didn't know what had h

as you watch this rather disturbing footage from queensland, australia. got a camera mounted on the back of a garbage truck. here comes a big red wheelie bin being dumped into the back. you've seen those trucks. robotic arm picks it up, dumps the trash in the back. >> oh, no. >> there's a little jack russell terrier stuck in the back with all the trash as that blade begins to churn up the garbage and stuff it down into the back of the truck. >> that dog has -- >> seconds. >> seconds to live. >> keep an eye on him. he somehow is climbing back up onto that slippery metal plate. here comes another torrent of trash. again, he's buried, but yet again his little head somehow pops up. somehow gets back to the top. >> oh my goodness. then what? >> another load of trash dumps on top of it. the blade runs again and we lose sight of the little dog. he was found at the landfill 20 minutes away. >> how did he end up there in the first place? why was he in the trash can? >> the owners had lost their

australians are overrepresented in the prison population the report found that in the state of queensland more than seventy percent of them have a diagnosis disability it also documents allegations of physical and sexual violence carried out by staff and fellow inmates. is from human rights watch and she says the results were not surprising we found that prisoners with disabilities are overrepresented in solitary confinement spending weeks months and sometimes even yours in these units locked up for up to twenty two hours a day isolation is harmful for any prisoner but it's particularly damaging for prisoners with disabilities we have raised issues in our report with state governments and even at the federal level what is challenging for prison authorities and which has been the most contentious issue is the issue of solitary confinement at this point do not acknowledge that prisoners with disabilities are overrepresented in these units and that would be the first step we are calling for a state level and a national level inquiry into the practice with a view to end it because it is dehum

wet weather will be australia for the next day or two there are still big showers on the coast of queensland you'll notice and it's still not as warm as you might like in melbourne or adelaide but at least for the most part it is sunny. in india five million children have genius level i.q. but most live in poverty and go undiscovered when one use means two child geniuses fighting for their chance to shine at this time when al-jazeera. al-jazeera. where ever you. get to have you with us on al-jazeera these are our top stories the u.s. secretary of state has been holding talks with his turkish counterpart as the two countries work to the past range of a nation's rex tillerson and then the childish automated syria high on the agenda has been heightened tension in recent months of the u.s. support for kurdish fighters in syria. south africa's new president several set to give his first state of the nation address and expected to appoint a new cabinet. pledge not to disappoint south africa since he took over from his predecessor jacob zuma. zimbabwe into waiting for the body of opposition leader

i was in my home town in north queensland and it had a huge impact on me personally as well as everyones that flowed right across the nation released a lot of pain and a lot of grief and a lot of trauma. it released a lot of emotion, however, how much progress do you think realistically has been made in the last decade given what we've heard from the closing the gap report? the healing foundation was established as a response to the apology and the healing foundation has funded and supported grassroots initiatives, healing programmes, on the ground. they've done a lot of research and they've produced a lot of reports around the country around intergenerational trauma and the healing needs of both men, women, youth and our children. however, we've still got a long way to go. there's not enough funding to meet our community needs on the ground. there's not enough funding to meet our community needs on the groundlj know there is concerned there may be a new stolen generation, there are more children taken from indigenous families into care than a decade ago? that's right and that's a big c

severe thunderstorms to give us concern in parts of queensland and northern new south wales, warnings, towards the border with new south wales looks very wet over the coming few days. joining forces with another weather system living at the gold coast and more rain, for southern parts of new zealand. that is head towards the middle east because here, it looks very unsettled, big thunderstorms, gusty winds neither does thunderstorms could bring some big dust storms and you can see that band of rain moving southwards, snow over the hills into saturday and very disturbed weather, it could cause travel disruption. and closer to the uk we have a bitterly cold air, —9 in moscow during the day and that cold air is gradually slipping further westwards and temperatures are forecast to be much lower in moscow so with that standard cold air in the north, all weather fronts are being forced further south so into the weekend, very wet weather for turkey and greece and more heavy rainfor for turkey and greece and more heavy rain for italy and the balkans, significant snow, possibly 70 centimetres,

i spoke to dr lee hickey, senior research fellow from the university of queensland centre for crop scienceying to grow wheat in outer space, i guess as food supply for astronauts. but the way that they were doing it, they were exposing the wheat plans to continuous light so the plants did not sleep and it tricked them into producing seed very quickly, much faster than normal, and we thought "what a cool tool this could be to speed up the rate of improvement of our crops here on planet earth." now, as you say, it‘s a "cool tool." can you describe this technology and is this something that any farmer can use? well, it‘s certainly a tool for plant breeders who are developing these improved crops for farmers to grow because we need these crops to be more productive, in the face of climate change, so that‘s warmer temperatures, more frequent droughts, rapidly evolving diseases, and even making them more nutritious as well, for humans to consume. but the way it works is that we expose the plants to 22 hours of light, and we can go from seed to seed in just eight weeks, that‘s for wheat. it also

would say walt winston the fish i was in here in northern parts of queens or anywhere along the queensland coast asti does look very disturbed once again with the possibility of flooding rains coming in then as we go on through thursday and on into friday for friday if anything up towards town through cannes seeing some very very heavy showers we're going to see normally when setting in for adelaide temperatures getting up to thirty two celsius the heat very much on here that's behind the remnants of tropical cycling kelvin further west at twenty six celsius in perth and a similar value there for melbourne just a to the east of adelaide and on the other side of the tasman say we have got quite a weather coming through now i am pleased to say ok so has made its way away we are seeing things second as we go on into the weekend so we want to around seventeen celsius in christchurch while she flies sky system a choice of wanted to showers over the north island or to that around twenty degrees celsius fraud and it's fought in dry winds falling light with plenty of sunshine. struggling with the

around twenty seven degrees and this should be more sunshine around as well further north though in queensland still lose showers over this and some of them again are going to be very heavy with plenty of from the rain lightning to further south well here you can see the circulation here that's dragging in some rather warm air down to the coast of south australia so the temperatures for us in adelaide will be rising it will get to around thirty four degrees meanwhile if we head across towards new zealand here the temperatures are on the up again so twenty three in oakland but i think we'll see more showers as we head into monday. on counting the cost some of the biggest names in with record earnings but they're also under scrutiny by regulators in what's being told at. a look at business relations between the u.k. and china plus another scandal in the german or auto industry counting the cost at this time. new yorkers are very receptive. because it is such an international city they are very interested in that global perspective that al-jazeera provides. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera

were roads i was inspecting in queensland recently, where the federal government is contributing 80% of the cost. but we have to get smarter about the way we invest in infrastructure. which anad a practice ambassador started when he was commonwealth treasurer, of encouraging states to recycle assets and sell state-owned assets. torillaews from the recently sold the port at a good price. -- sold thee assets assets and use the money for them for structure. the state government is often well placed to take the construction risk and then having not an asset build an underway, to sell it to pension funds that are looking for that kind of reliable return. i think we also have to do more to capture value. with toll roads, they are fairly straightforward from a financing point of view. we have a lot to learn in a stroll you, and in many respects, the experience in america is instructive on how to capture value out of rail. we have to start looking at urban rail generally as a property deal, and develop the means to capture some of the estate occasioned by the construction of the rail. some o

it's been over the northern parts of the northern territory's and also over the northern parts of queensland as well here some places have been reporting staggering amounts of rain this place a three hundred and fifty three millimeters of rain that is easily enough to give us a problem with some flooding more showers are expected over the next few days and again some of these are likely to be very heavy further south and it's a very different story altogether here we've got an area of high pressure in charge and it's fine and it's also a very hot so force in adelaide the temperatures will be rising i think we might get as high as thirty eight during the day on wednesday for perth so we do have more in the way of showery weather that's making its way across us over towards new zealand and the thunderstorms in the north america away but the area of wet weather in the south is pushing its way northward and as it does so it's bringing in some far cooler air so it looks like the top temperature in christchurch will only be around seventeen on choose day not really getting much higher as we head i

system just pushing its way a little bit further towards the north but still the east coast of queensland is a little bit gray i'm ok more shower was a likely as we head through monday again it's the northern parts where we see most of that and further south is generally a low quieter we're looking at twenty six there are melbourne and sydney we all sing the winds they've drawn down from the center across adelaide so here the temperatures will be quite high not as high though for tuesday will get around twenty nine degrees further west is also looking a bit fresh force in perth over towards new zealand and here there's lots of what weather this working its way across us during the day on monday giving us some heavy downpours the winds will be quite strong as well and as they work their way across us they're bringing the fresh crust church that seventy. from satellite technology to three d. printing and recycled waste to solar powered classrooms africa is transforming young innovators are propelling change building communities creating employment and solving problems their challenging syst

showers away to the north of us though those still stretching their way across the northern parts of queensland still bringing some or all the heavy downpours across townsville there and the we also see some showers that go into elsewhere and you can see the circulation here that's dragging down some air from the interior to. it's adelaide so temperatures will be rising that will get to around thirty four degrees as we head through the day on monday meanwhile for new zealand here we've got plenty of sunshine currently but that is gradually going to change so fair fairly bright for us on sunday then on monday we see more clouds roll its way across us and behind that will be some very strong winds as well so looking fostoria as we head through the next few days up towards japan and here we've got quite a few little weather features with this and they're bringing a fair amount of snow yet more snow for us there's been plenty recently yet mosul to come as we head through monday as well in the west though is generally quad to hit zero in beijing. from satellite technology to three d. printing and re

a little bit of flooding as well meanwhile towards the east just a few showers around parts of queensland and down in the southeast here a good deal of cloud but not a great deal of what weather but it will be quite warm under that cloud over towards new zealand we've been battered by the remains of gaeta has given us a very ferocious weather very heavy downpours very strong winds and very high waves as well that systems moved away from us as we head through wednesday but there's still quite a trail of cloud behind it so we're expecting plenty more in the way of wet weather on wednesday that's not going to help us at all gradually though that will eventually clear as we had three thursday and thursday will be a far calmer day as we head out towards parts of japan here there's a good deal of cloud the main area of rain is just in the extreme south doesn't like to be a few more showers around the coast and thursday. in the heart of the amazon delivery in families put their lives in peril to harvest presume. it's cancer in the congo to the capital is an even more dangerous charming. risky ne

some big showers in maybe sydney area possibly southern queensland brisbane as well you still got a visible circulation here so this kelvin as low as you and therefore rain to get rid of there will be flooding in western australia. now gaeta is still in our midst it was the really quite nasty piece of work that went through tong grid cause so much damage is just about extra tropical so it's if you like it's a big low pressure storm system but it stretches down towards new zealand it will probably make a pretty wet time of it particularly in wellington but certainly the northern half of south island for the next two days. over benefit. people. who witness documentaries that open your eyes. at this time on al-jazeera. put look at the top stories now israel's prime minister has once again taken aim at iran saying the nation is the biggest threat to middle east security benjamin netanyahu is speaking at the end of a major security conference in munich syrian kurdish fighters say they've reached an agreement with the damascus government for the syrian army to enter the frame region to help prope

there was still risk of some severe storms so there's the forecast heavy showers along the coast of queensland for the south it should be fine in sydney on an outlay with temperatures of thirty two degrees but we get a change of wind direction more from the south westerly as we head through wednesday so certainly will be turned will be cooler but still funniness to melbourne with temperatures thirty one and then for new zealand generally looking fine across the north on the south and there will see this area of rain pushing southward and some of the on wednesday could be particularly heavy. on the benefit. people. see. there are cars. documentaries that open your eyes. at this time on al-jazeera. let's have a look at the top stories here at al-jazeera the u.s. actually general has described the situation in syria as hell on earth and tony harris uses address at the human rights council for an immediate ceasefire in rebel held eastern control. talks as a rescue workers in the same groups are accusing the syrian government of a chlorine gas attack they say a child has died a dozen more people ar

here there's also been an awful lot of what weather a lot of it just in the southeast and parts of queensland because see there's also been plenty of showers further north townsville seen some pretty lively ones and also further towards the northwest as well through da winds also seen some shop showers this region again will see plenty of wet weather during the day on sunday but also we're going to see some wet weather for the south today for some of us in new south wales it's been a very dry safe obvious month so the showers here will be welcome twenty seven the maximum there in sydney on sunday but as we head into monday the temperatures drop more showers are likely here is still far warmer in adelaide at twenty nine. on counting the cost how corrupt is your country transparency international has the latest global rankings venezuela makes history by launching a crypto currency can south africa plug a hole in its finances as cape town faces a water shortage counting the cost at this time. tougher to take a look at the top stories here it out as there are hundreds or thousands of people trapp

through into thursday so just out into the bite stage but those storms still continue across parts of queensland so they could cause some real issues elsewhere should be largely dry for sydney with highs of twenty seven degrees down into new zealand then and the remnants of moving away now so we're seeing improving situation across the country in fact not looking too bad for oakland highs of twenty one and christchurch that should also become dry and bright here. in the heart of the amazon libyan families clan lives in peril to harvest brazil nuts. which can sing the congo to the capital is an even more dangerous challenge. risky new tool to believe you know. at this time on al jazeera. they are watching al-jazeera mind of our top stories this hour the rebel held area of eastern goods is under more heavy bombardment by russian and syrian forces at least two hundred fifty people have been killed since sunday eastern goods has been besieged by the government since twenty thirty. years refugee agency is warning of a humanitarian crisis of extraordinary proportions in eastern democratic republic of

further east than most of that around the coast of new south wales and just nudging its way into queensland this rain is fairly useful we haven't seen a great deal during february and that's now going to be nudging its way northward as we head into tuesday so for new south wales tuesday does look drier ira to wards new zealand and here we're seeing some persistent rain across the south island that's gradually just nudging its way a little bit further towards the north and so we'll see more in the way of wet weather here but as that system eases we've got another one that's galloping its way towards us as it works its way towards us it looks like late on tuesday we're going to see some pretty strong winds and some or all the heavy rain as well further towards the north and for many of us here it's draw and find the snow has fortunately eased is just in the east there's going to be more cloud maybe a few showers that clears away there as we head into tuesday and it looks like tokyo will get to eleven degrees. i am doing this on the benefit of saddam people. so bad they see the importance of t

i came down to washington today, and our premier of queensland in australia accompanied me yesterdaynew york. we met with blackrock and they came down today and attended a lunch with lucy turnbull, who is the prime minister's wife. it sounds like a big, high-level welcome rolled out for your delegation. what do you want to achieve out of this? what will be a success out of this trip? >> there is a lot of talk in the u.s. around infrastructure and are has been for some time. the head ofns and interest that your business and real estate business -- we are interested to understand where the debate is going terms of infrastructure in the u.s. there is no shortage of capital around the world, and particularly in australia we have invested in interest such are domestically but globally for many years. the u.s. obviously is a perspective market, so there is a lot of work to do here in the u.s. with policymakers to ensure that the framework is set up to deliver that infrastructure to the population, but also present that opportunity for investors such as ourselves to be able to participate i

from melbourne certainly warmer in sydney still some showers across the coast of northern parts of queensland but across the top and generally weather conditions are better down the thirty one and a few showers across parts of western australia pursed quite warm temperatures edging back slightly as we head through friday stage again change wind direction so we should see the temperatures rising slightly from melbourne but those showers continue some big storms there with the risk of some flooding as they had across into new zealand before the weather system moving across both on into the remains rather cloudy here we shower some longer spells of rain and some quite strong winds coming in from the northeast so temperatures remaining quite high but the risk particular the western side of both the north and south on and remains quite high let's head up into northeastern parts of asia where for japan has seen some pretty stormy weather some very strong winds some thunderstorms some heavy rain and across more northern areas of japan as well as the far east of russia and northeastern parts of china

a little bit of flooding as well meanwhile towards the east just a few showers around parts of queensland and down in the southeast here a good deal of clabber not a great deal of wet weather but it will be quite warm under that cloud over towards new zealand we've been battered by the remains of gaeta has given us a very ferocious weather very heavy downpours very strong winds and very high waves as well that systems moved away from us as we head through wednesday but there's still quite a trail of cloud behind it so we're expecting plenty more in the way of wet weather on wednesday that's not going to help us at all gradually though that will eventually clear as we had three thursday and thursday will be a far calm a day as we head out towards parts of japan here there's a good deal of cloud the main area of rain is just in the extreme south doesn't like to be a few more showers around the coast on thursday. a unique poor trait of a small gulf nation living under siege but maybe this friend was they targeted. pain to be poised to leave. and then again it has given us the desire to carry

australia meanwhile we still got these a very very large funda heads rumbling away for a good part of queensland down across the gold coast down into the southeastern corner some pieces of cloud rolling through victoria can expect to see a little bit of wet weather as we go on through saturday twenty seven degrees there in melbourne will be fired in troy again twenty seven for perth as we go on through sas day go on into sunday at present chance a greater chance of seeing a little bit of wet weather southern parts of the way cool southerly winds coming into melbourne by sunday with a high of eighty. once held in one of australia's toughest detention centers now a world renowned surgeon when he's follows dr moon. and returns to his hometown baghdad to give amputees the hope of walking again at this time on al jazeera. al-jazeera. where every. tough is a take a look at the top stories here at al-jazeera they've been scenes of disappointment in northeastern nigeria after the government retracted a statement claiming dozens of abducted schoolgirls have been rescued suspected boko haram fighters took

got this area of cloud there's stretches of from western australia all the way down into parts of queensland now to the south of that is generally not to burn temperature wise so we're looking at around twenty three there in sydney the temperature is rising a little bit on saturday so for melbourne and force in adelaide we'll get to around twenty seven degrees and there will be plenty of sunshine around now over towards new zealand of course we've had the scrag ends of a cyclon over us or has been incredibly stormy but all of that is clearing away so on friday it should be a lot drier a lot calmer and a seventeen as a maximum in crushers. we have your zip data and we know the products that are buying everything that you're doing that's really where the power of the old powerful internet is both a tool for democracy and the threat do you believe that any of your companies have a genocide the full scope of russian active measures on your platform in the echo chamber world of news and cyberspace the rules of the game of change there are no precedents people in power investigates this informatio

on its way to new south wales recently there's been some very heavy downpours over many parts of queensland along this coastal stretch here and it looks like now we're going to see what weather a bit further south as well say for some of us in new south wales where we've had a very dry february so far finally we're seeing some wet weather begin to make its way up that coastline and we're going to see some fairly substantial showers there particularly on monday meanwhile towards the west it's dry for us on monday in adelaide our maximum temperature at twenty nine degrees and force in perth will be at around twenty five and here there's a chance of seeing a few showers maybe a few thunderstorms over the next day or say and that weather system that's affecting us in the southeastern corner of australia is also crossing the tasman sea and affecting us in new zealand as well so very heavy rain across the south island at the moment and that's going to be pushing its way northward as we head through sunday and into monday not quite as intense as we had through monday but still giving us some fairl

of australia in fact the satellite picture is showing up the showers quite nicely ever parts of queensland and across the northern territory as well some of these showers a very heavy giving over two hundred millimeters of rain and this is what that sort of rainfall can do this camper van was parked at night when it was dry and then jaring the night we had one of those downpours and then the people inside had to climb on to the roofs and wait to be rescued now there's a chance we could see some overall the shop showers as we head through the next few days but for queens of this mostly in the very far north that we're seeing those showers now for the south we've still got a problem with hate is generally common settled adelaide will be warm right up at fifty eight degrees further west we've got a little weather system here that's edging its way eastwards still giving some showers here as we head through the day on thursday but for perfect think it will be dry on thursday with a top temperature of thirty two out towards the east for say we've just got a bit of cloud across the far northern p

had some very active weather over parts of australia recently being over the southern parts of queensland where we've seen some of the most active weather doesn't show up very well on the satellite pictures of it but what it's given us is a very active thunder and lightning very intense displays there over surface paradise now i think over the next few days they could well be some more because it's going to stay hot half of it could well be more fun to storms elsewhere well it's not looking too bad adelaide there were to around thirty one and force in perth we're looking at around twenty seven there are some showers in the land and those could give us one or two rather heavy downpours but around the coast mostly staying fine unless you're in tasmania now as we head across towards new zealand here all the wet weather has cleared away and for most of us here should be fine over the next few days but we've got to watch this system very closely this is all storm gets here as cross tanga and it's gradually edging its way towards the way. yes it should stay to the south of fiji fiji would just

how i would say some massive down poles into parts of queensland australia was a crowd showing up on the satellite pitch a while ago cosa sunshine coast pushing up towards cape york peninsula and in the across the gulf of carpentaria breastbone has seen sixty three millimeters the fright and twenty four as little further north there we've had a hundred eighteen millimeters of rain in twenty four hours lots of thunder heads here or more thundering down poles as we go on through the next few days right up through cairns pushing a little further north was more very wet weather coming through for the southeast slushy dry not cheap and little humid there into melbourne twenty six celsius we'll see that change as we go on into the part of next week twenty four past should be allowed to dry also want to see showers as we go on into sunday the showers they continue across the top and more the parts of australia in sequence that into the southeast and for that we go in melbourne now one of them around twenty degrees celsius it will fill a good deal fresh of the cloud and rain moving out of vi

temperatures getting up into the thirty's and the same temperatures staying well up into the thirty's for queensland over the next let me clear skies across much of our strike a little bit of cloud just making its way through south australia through victoria that will continue to ease its way over towards new zealand we getting up to around thirty celsius in melbourne thirty one in adelaide thirty three embrace been add rising will touch thirty seven in brisbane on sunday afternoon in this heat wave thousand set to really dig in over the next few days so he worth keeping an eye on his central air is getting up to around forty degrees celsius therefore we got a few showers there into right down into the southwest and cold a little colder in perth with a high of twenty eight. the marshall islands holds a toxic legacy from years of u.s. military nuclear testing. as the sea levels rise one on one east investigates the threats this followed posers at this time on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. swear every jew it's. good to have you with us on our dizzier these are our top stories a high level north korean deleg

around some spectacular lightning that's still might be around in new south wales and southern queensland. only benefit those people. who see the importance of these. witness documentaries that open your eyes. at this time on al-jazeera. and again you're watching edge there are mind of our top stories this hour iraq is trying to secure one hundred billion dollars at a donor conference in kuwait to fund the reconstruction after its war with eyesore the government says it needs to rebuild cities an infrastructure destroyed in this three a conflict. the u.s. admits that some american backed syrian kurdish fighters are helping fellow kurds battle turkish soldiers in africa u.s. support of the syrian kurds in the fight against a strained relations with turkey a nato ally. investigators in russia have found two flight data recorders as they look for clues behind sunday's plane crash outside moscow all seventy one people on board were killed on the side of airlines flight plunged into a field shortly after takeoff. now u.s. president donald trump has questioned israel's commitment to making peac

about a cloud just around south australia over towards new south wales towards southern parts of queensland a possibility of squeezing out. a bit damp weather here as we go through the next few days present twenty two celsius some of that e two for sydney had also for melbourne we're getting up to the mid twenty's there in perth on friday largely five and dry a touch warmer sicko wanted to sas day the wind starting to come in from a general north lee direction what so into the southeastern corner so adelaide of twenty seven twenty six for melbourne but still hanging on around the mid twenty's there for brisbane noticed some wetter weather into that east the sort of australia and still a possibility of some shock downpours there just around the cape york peninsula the shutdown poster saying recently in museum of the now in the process of pulling out of the way you see these two weather systems coming together that's the one that brought the terrific amounts of rain we are going to see some quite a weather as we move towards the weekend still a possibility of a few showers here on friday just

through friday runs into the heavy showers that we have also affecting northern parts of australia queensland has been really struggling with some huge downpours and these flooding rains will continue to go on through the next few days to townsville seeing further heavy downpours pushing the all the way up across cannes easing up towards the cape york peninsula a little change as we go on into friday actually the heavy showers remain in place a further south is fine and dry thirty celsius in adelaide more clout there into melbourne temperatures at around twenty five degrees and similar values for path now tearing away here we have cloud making its way towards new zealand as we go on through the next day or two so turning increasingly wet across south island as we go on through thursday a few showers into the north island temperatures getting up to around twenty three degrees and not too bad as far as those temperatures are concerned it looks even what is still as we go through friday. from the bamboo harvest of navigating dangerous rapids from the time we depart to the time we finish are scar

showers away to the north of us though those still stretching their way across the northern parts of queensland still bringing some role the heavy downpours across townsville there and the we also see some showers over delve into elsewhere and you can see the circulation here that's dragging down some air from the interior towards adelaide saw temperatures will be rising that will get to around thirty four degrees as we head through the day on monday meanwhile for new zealand here we've got plenty of sunshine currently but that is gradually going to change so for fairly bright for us on sunday then on monday we see more cloud roll its way across us and behind that will be some very strong winds as well so looking fostoria as we head through the next few days up towards japan and here we've got quite a few little weather features with us and they're bringing a fair amount of snow yet more snow for us there's been plenty recently yet more still to come as we head through monday as well in the west though is generally quiet to hit zero in beijing. from satellite technology to three d. printing and

aamer looking at a change wind direction for the temperatures dropping and for those showers across queensland are likely to continue with more flooding issues across into new zealand looking at geron improve weather situation here fine conditions across the whole of the country and indeed it looks as though it will stay that way for those places during the course of saturday maybe later on we've seen some showers on the western side of the south island heading up into northeastern parts of asia here is still roughly cold and showery so we're seeing showers across the cairo further south for much of honshu weather conditions looking ok tokyo there ten degrees and as we head into saturday again more showers likely be coming in but warm conditions expected for tokyo temps across the korean pitcher falling wages one as a high in pyongyang and temperatures struggling in beijing to just three degrees celsius. five countries. four days. three thousand kilometer ends. two generations. one by. syrian refugees on assume real jamie to sweden. on the bright side. a witness documentary at this time on how