r in use of the media increasingly demonizes south sydney as a hot bed of crime. john howard suite de power after 13 years in opposition and one nations pauline hanson is elected in queensland. ah, get rid of this multi culturalism because that is wanting to body and soul. so as a nation, we are multi racial. we are strong and, and be proud of it. with the return of john howard, as prime minister multiculturalism has been abandoned as a national audiology. and so people are feeling much more comfortable in the period of pauline hanson about talking about race. and we're using racist remarks, calling people racist names and eliminate kids in places like punch bowl getting caught up in the adults. as hostility increases, the police focus on a new source of conflict. lebanese is trailyn gangsters, ramping up the drug racket. there was a lot of illegal activities taken place from members of our community and was no shame whatsoever. a lot of drug smuggling, cocaine and when and people who were at that time dealing and distributing it was a sense of pride because it wa

but just beneath this trading community embrace peaceful coexistence in south west sydney, they find themselves under attack on a national scale. influential forces. question if a stranger can cope with immigrants and their foreign ways, multiculturalism, as now issued by the federal government, invites national disunity. jeffrey blaney and norman historian makes a major speech and writes book condemning what he sees as the emerging tribalism in australia caused by the arrival of all these new immigrants. the. the views of the 3 parties in camera. very different to the views of those people who live amongst the new migraines and have to work with them on my one line with races. tensions writhing, the liberal opposition later. john howard, fin the stark message to the supporters of a multicultural astray lawyer. the only thing that can unite this country and keep this country united by sea cor, australian values to which all of us can subscribe. and that is his vision of what makes a straight, unique and strong. and anyone who deviates from that is seen to be honest writing and in som

but the reality is that the police a facing a crime wave that engulfing south west sydney and it's young, lebanese australians who are often to blame. i'm not saying it was a model of model citizen i did straight to the disappointment of his parents than our care is not interested in the family, fruit and vegetable business. for sam and his friend berra easier, far more lucrative ways to make money. me a lot of young men that were gonna be doing something illegal and the police just said no way of combat. ah. the most profitable illegal activity of all if the racket known as car rebirthing a stolen vehicle is fitted with the serial numbers from erect car to give it a new identity. so i would steal i very high profile, very expensive, my vehicle get a rig and re booth within days. and what would pop out was a car that she could hardly tell or almost couldn't tell was right. if i got a team together, i could rebirth a car within a day, there was big money in all my my son is driving around the flesh cars and making the money. so it was just sort of say someone else the money to do and star

new south wales. sydney — improved in recent weeks? new south wales. ydney is the _ improved in recent weeks? new south wales, sydney is the state _ improved in recent weeks? new south wales, sydney is the state capital, - wales, sydney is the state capital, the authorities in new south wales were asking other states to send spare vaccines to sydney to try to quell this surge in delta variant cases. that was rejected by other state governments. they said they needed the vaccinations themselves. australia's big challenge now is to get as many people vaccinated as possible. but very briefly, if you look at the figures, australia has recorded about 32,500 covid cases since the pandemic began. those numbers do stack up pretty well compared to other countries, but when it comes to vaccinations australia as well lagging well behind many other parts of the world. 200 more covid testing sites are to be set up across england to ensure staff in critical sectors can avoid self—isolation and keep working. a government scheme, which had just been for supermarket dep

ah, in the coming days in rides across south with sydney, the police crept down on known criminals and their associates. eventually 24 men arrested. the people living in principle, we knew that was happening a couple of years before. before that, it wasn't anything new to us, but you could possibly be the with a matter of walking up the police. and i'm glad that he did because suddenly change things a few years after that. so there was a lot of a lot of clean up. i guess him punch bowl straight off i i think incidents like the matter of edward lee fica stuff very intensely, very quickly on having enough of a dialogue and narrative credibility. understanding with that public so that they have faith and can come forward and give you information and talk to you need would lima. and in a series of incidents and staff with sydney around that time. 5 young police stuff . they're still alive after they station was fried with gunfire, but the gangsters don't go down without a fight. 12 days later, they open fire on la came a police station with semi automatic guns. 5 police officers rumble a t

he's born and bred in south with sydney. gold at punch bowl boys high in 2008 new comfortable with less than a year on the 4th. and nothing prepares him for what he's about to find me. i'm walking through this park and i can say it's got tissues on the, on the ground. and then i noticed an old gentleman why caucasian mile and he's hunched either something and he seems to be distressed. i can say young came along the ground so i don't know what was happening so i'm really can hold him to keep skipping more from from the young girl. but then i realize it is it's her father. so unfortunately message was the father is found his daughter 1st and it was clear that had been a sexual assault. it was a very, very, very traumatic experience. very, very hard thing to say that later on, information came out that it was part of a number of gang groups that have happened in our city. i was very, very upset, very, very sad. and it was to me, one of the most deplorable, actually you can even to commit on someone else and just thinking what that go would have been going through at the time is just her i

ah, the back in south west sydney. it's a law abiding lebanese is training people who are now faced with picking up the pieces of their shattered community. ah, say, fell disgusted. by the way those criminal element was in the community have being conducted themselves. the community insult. there were victims of all these elements. there were victim of the gang rapers. there were victims of the media that were victims of the politician. there were victim of the police harder at the time that didn't know how to react it. the over whelming feeling was disgust buzz community soon, i have no recourse, no protection. so they become cynical, angry, depressed, multiculturalism as it were. took this horrendous kick to the stomach already reeling. any hope of recovery is knocked out by world events. nobody could have predicted without warning, smith, any this railey and suddenly have the greatest challenge as arab israeli, and a brand of the enemy within and the community faces a new threat. after september, different over the

we've done hundreds across sydney, south west, early this morning, 9 people arrested for a string of bond crimes over the past year. admitted nick, having and the single long thing knowing these, there was a lot of creams on the streets. there was a lot of crime with the police couldn't creep on the streets except the what the, what the rules, the streets. let's put it this way. and at that time there was no one stop them in sidney, south, west lebanese criminal. the said to be running out of control. punch bow banks town can't re, la, came back. the suburbs are described by law enforcement officials as hot bits of concept cocaine, trafficking, and violence. me sound way. sidney is the center of extraneous lebanese community. ah, the $990.00 deeply religious and conservative community is being terrorized by a tiny minority of criminals from both christian and muslim family. we suffered as a community because over the kids there were dealing with drugs there with drug addict, the way of making good money and just kill people. it was so easy for them in such a mentality to kill people.

tilapia straight punch bowl disquiet family enclave becomes the illegal drug distribution center for south sydney to load the street was renee and for being a violent and organized drawn area. there was significant drug distribution taking place on runners. the lower level straight deal is full drugs. so there would be a lot of cars going dental i peace trade looking for dealers to have them supply drugs to people going to the store. it was actually the same as any fast food out there you go. they still put 5 ticket to get to officially it's only a handful of dealers, but they terrorized the strange and they directly linked to formatted and $25.00 shootings. this was the korea they tried. they continued on a tradition of other people who it thing involved in organized chrome and some of the young men knew nothing kills bought to be criminals. unfortunately, there was a well founded fear at the time that if people went to the police station to give them any kind of information, those criminal criminal element would know about it and they come to retaliate. it's difficult for people to stand up and

i would like to talk more about the expectation of south sydney's instead of international community. and i do not say this because of the news has been unrealistic in that the country has a lot of potential. ready in terms of the resources both. busy mineral oil and human resources to build a viable state. debt is very, very huge. and i can tell you know that faster than if disappointed death, frustrated and down hoops held hostage. james, what are some of the biggest challenges that south sudan faces today? we have 3 major challenges, one on one of these issues, charlie. and these are being missing from the very time of the ration of dependence . the political leaders in the country of it much into, into our struggle. and they believe in military power, more 1000000 in the country to attain violence, and these violent development progress in the country. so that's the 1st job in the 2nd. charlene is institution. those leaders failed to give you that money, public affairs in the country because these weekend those leaders are always run machinery of the government on personal basis a

next i'm going to me because i'm ozy the punch ball and the suburbs in south west sydney, or a safe haven for refugees escaping the horrors of war. but in the 1980 many experienced racism, particularly during a time of high unemployment. ah, some are also so traumatized or injured or otherwise desperate that they got involved in heavy alcohol abuse or drugs or whatever. within a generation, a small number of trailyn born lebanese criminal will turn to the drug racket and draw media attention over they use of extreme violence. many come from families traumatized by decades of violence in lebanon. i saw 3 men. they hit machine gun me and they me, they all the on the call them and the cars and the legs. and the end for those same children. and the new generation of it's trailing born leather needs a different kind of trauma. know, let insidious continues at the school with the play and amboy, somebody anglo st. john's come in now. me a me in a friend and take the take over the course. if anyone sandwich got the sandwiches, live in east grove, give them a hand. it will laugh at me. cold was a

so in 20192 years ago, the south sydney's running team went to japan to climate time train and pursue their limping dream. 2022 years later, they're still here. c, w, as chris harrington knows, why that's the the sell sudanese team got to head start when they came to japan. and even though koby 19 put the game on hold for one year, the team never left. the reason why we have to see the mission we can for you've never done over the past year, the team have immerse themselves in japanese culture. they've taken language lessons and are part of the local community, thanks to donations in tax revenue. the teams host city, my boss, he raised $300000.00 us dollars to support the athletes. some of it even came through this vending machine. but being far away from home is challenging. if you're doing something, then you have to be always ready to be no matter what this up. i'm so tempted to do this for my country. mean that i could find anything we've been my time with the family or was she tokyo? 2020 will be the 2nd appearance at the olympics for south sudan, the nation. only 10 years old. i

fear cutting, humanitarian aid to south sudan, which would just cause more misery so, so both south sydney's and the outside world feel a bit stuck at the moment. the international criminal court will place a top figure of sudan form of the government backed georgia weed militia on trial, on the rough man will become the 1st suspect to be tried for crimes committed during the dar for conflict. he faces $31.00 counts of crimes against humanity, including rape and the killing of civilians. a start date for the trial has not been set yet. the ethnic conflicts began in 2003. it killed 300000 people and displaced 2000000. a british police officer has pleaded guilty to murdering a 33 year old woman. he had abducted sara ever ards case. led to large protests over violence against women. and the police came under renewed criticism for their heavy hand the tactics at one vigil in london. the baba has more. well, this police officer wayne cousins had already admitted, kidnapping and raping sara ever eyes, but appearing via video link this courtney is the old bailey he's now pleaded guilty to her murde

wales, sydney is the state capital, the authorities in new south wales were asking other stateshat was rejected by other state governments. they said they need the vaccinations themselves. certainly, australia's big challenge now is to get as many people vaccinated as possible. but very briefly, if you look at the figures, australia has recorded about 32,500 covid cases and 915 deaths since the pandemic began. those numbers do stack up pretty well compared to other countries, but when it comes to vaccinations, australia is lagging well behind many other parts of the world. 200 more covid testing sites are to be set up across england to ensure staff in critical sectors can avoid self—isolation and keep working. a government scheme — which had just been for supermarket depots and food manufacturers — is being extended to include front line emergency services staff and some transport workers. our political correspondent helen catt explained, the growing numbers of employees being told to self—isolate has been putting more growing preasure on businesses and key sectors. growing conc

where many lebanese families will call home the white working class and immigrant suburbs of south west sydney, canterbury became the banks town river wood and punch bowl nobody seems able to say how many eliminates of arrived in the last 12 month, but it's going to be between, it's a story of struggle, repeated in family after family. outside is fighting to survive. fathers battling to feed their family. there were no jobs. and they were turned away from 100 houses before getting this one by saying that they had only 2 children. but now owing to $100.00 in rent, the family have been served with an eviction notice. me. in the mid 9 infinities, 99 is a strenuous model of immigrant settlement. it's a bit chunky. what you've got is a national ideology of multiculturalism. you don't have a well developed network of things like market resource centers and all sorts of things that become very much part of the story later on in the history of settlement. me or the luxury shaw, the middle of a shadow. guess all the way i knew which is a little not the contaminant, know you and evident level shut out t

in new south wales where i am, another high day of cases, 210, as the lockdown here in new south wales, sydneyur weeks.— another four weeks. thank you very much- _ a covid outbreak first discovered in the chinese city of nanjing has spread to eight provinces and beijing. state media say it's the most extensive outbreak since wuhan. almost 200 people have been infected since the virus was first detected at the city's busy airport on 20 july. all flights from nanjing airport will be suspended for the next two weeks. well, earlier i spoke to dr xi chen about what exactly is happening in nanjing and how china can get the virus under control. well, iam nowjoined by associate professor of public health at yale university and nanjing native dr xi chen to discuss how china tackles this fresh crisis. overall, china has so far managed to keep the virus largely under control, as we know, by closing the borders and moving quickly to stamp out local outbreaks but this time, nanjing authorities were slow in their identification of the virus and it was transmitted from an air flight from russia through air c

south of the jailing of former president jacob zoom. ah, hello, i'm darren jordan. this is al jazeera ally from dell also coming up. corona virus lockdown is extended by 2 weeks in sydney and south korea registers. it's biggest spike in infections. we'll have a live update.

shut down the city center and they made a number of arrest. sydney has been under lockdown conditions for 4 weeks now. while the state of new south wales were sydney's location, of course, is just reported. 163 new infections. that's the biggest daily rise in cases the government wants to speed up the vaccine rollout. limited supplies mean only about 15 percent of adults have been vaccinated. australia's federal government says it will send an extra $50000.00 doses to the state of the others, refuse to share supplies, order, or mind those other states and territories that last looked, we were common wealth. we work together and it disturbs me that would appear that all we've ever done to work together has justs, say me living costs saw come here on out to 0, but i don't, i do the oh, i'm done fine in haiti, interrupt the funeral that the president shelburne, l luis was assassinated earlier this month. also ahead why the un has decided australia's great barrier reef is not endangered for now. ah. starting this weather update in asia pacific and right off the bat i wanted to show you some of the scenes that we had been warning abou

i made a number of ras, sydney's been locked down for the past 4 weeks. the state of new south wales where sydney is located has just reported a 163 new infections. that's the biggest day, the rise in cases. yet the government wants to speed up the vaccine road. a lot. limited supplies mean only about 15 percent of adults have been vaccinated. australian federal government says it'll send an extra $50000.00 days to the state and to others, refuse to share their supplies. i want to remind those other states and territories that last time i looked we were a common wealth. we work together and it disturbs me that would appear that all we've ever done to work together. has justs, say me living costs saw. now rush was reporting a spike in creative virus infections and deaths to, to be highly contagious. delta variant 799 people have died from the virus and the latest daily count and nearly 24000 new infections have been reported. the matter of moscow says he hopes new infections. i have piqued after having to revise the decision to ease restrictions. last week, malaysia has revolted

shut down the city center and they also made a number of arrests. sydney has been locked down for the past 4 weeks for the state of new south wales where sydney located, of course, is just reported a 163 new infect. that's the biggest daily rise in cases yet. the government wants to speed up the vaccine rollout. limited supplies mean only about 15 percent of adults there have been vaccinated. australia's federal government says it will send an extra $50000.00 doses to the states, and others refused to share their supplies. order or mind those other states and territories that last looked we were a common wealth. we work together and it disturbs me that would appear that all we've ever done to work together. has justs say me living costs saw still come here on. i'll just era, but i don't. i do hope that off tensions in haiti is gunfire interrupt the funeral of it's fascinated president l. luis and why the un has decided australia's great barrier reef is knobs endangered. for now, i hello and i see you from an abundance of sunshine and high temperatures to now some rainstorms and low temperatures. you knew it had to happen, r

on top of that, there are eight areas in the west and south—west of sydney that have been identifiedhether police and army presence are going to be concentrated most, but also knocking on doors to make sure people stayed home. the authorities are saying this is one of the crucial ways to make sure people abide by these rules and abide by the lockdown. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: why one of hollywood's best paid stars, is suing walt disney over her latest movie. cheering. the us space agency nasa has ordered an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol in south armagh, once an everyday part of the soldier's lot, drudgery and danger, now no more after almost four decades. if one is on one's own in a private house, not doing any harm to anyone, i don't see why all these people should wander in and say you're doing something wrong. six rare white lion . cubs are on the prowl at worcestershire park and they've been metl with a roar of approval from visitors. - they are lovely and sweet, yeah, cute. this is bbc

please shut down the city center and made a number of arrests. sydney's been locked down for the past 4 weeks. the state of new south wales where sydney is located has just reported a 163 new infections and that's the biggest daily rise in cases yet. the government wants to speed up the vaccine, roll out limited supplies mean only about 15 percent of adults have been vaccinated . australia, the federal government says it'll send an extra $50000.00 doses to the states after others refused to share their supplies. order by those other states and territories that last looked we were a common wealth. we work together and it disturbs me that would appear that all we've ever done to work together has justs, say me living costs, saw it. now the u. n. has decided not to classify the great barrier reef as an endangered heritage site. and let's despite evidence that it's under threat from climate change on coral bleaching green pieces condemning the australian government for lobbying against it. being granted the protected status. you can follow those stories on our website at the algae there at dot com. it's updated througho

of those restrictions around the greater sydney region to keep the people in and to keep the virus out of other parts of australia. so, we know today new south recorded 136 new covid—19 infections. this is a new daily record for this latest outbreak. now, 136 infections might not sound much to people in other countries, but in the australian context it is extremely significant. and you have to remember that australia has been pursuing a national policy of elimination, and that's why we are hearing those tough words from political leaders like dan andrews, who wants to lock sydney down until the delta variant here is crushed. new zealand has suspended its quarantine—free travel bubble with australia for at least 8 weeks. the scheme was launched in april, after both countries appeared to have controlled the spread of covid. but outbreaks of the delta variant in sydney and melbourne have led to the move. new zealand residents have 7 days to return home to avoid quarantine. italy is the latest country to announce it will introduce a mandatory covid vaccination certificate scheme. starting next month, it will allow people who've received at least

in new south wales where i am, another high day of cases, 210, as the lockdown here in new south wales, in sydneyng areas is extended for another four weeks. shaima khalil in australia, thank you very much. more than 1,600 pregnant women have died in brazil since the beginning of the pandemic. the bbc has obtained exclusive footage from the only intensive care unit for pregnant women with covid—i9 in sao paulo. bbc brasil�*s nathalia passarhino reports. sings along with music. 23—year—old laryssa has always dreamt of being a mother. just a year ago, she was 35 weeks pregnant with twin boys. translation: we started thinking of names, in casei we had boys or girls. we thought about clothes and the crib. since the beginning, we started to plan everything. but her dream was taken away too soon. after being diagnosed with covid—i9, she was admitted to an icu in sao paulo. shortly after an emergency c—section, she died of a cardiac arrest. translation: i saw the babies, i saw what true love is. - but when i received the news, it was so difficult. how could my whole world fall apart in a matter of hours

in new south wales where i am, another high day of cases, 210, as the lockdown here in new south wales, in sydneytended for another four weeks. shaima khalil in australia, thank you very much. turning to the olympics now — and we've reached the middle weekend of the games. here's the medal table as it stands at the moment — china is on top with 19 gold medals followed by host nation japan with 17. with me is our reporter, tanya dendrinos — and we've just had news, us gymnast simone biles has withdrawn from further events? it is very sad news for her, richard, and of course all of the fans. watching her go in with the weight of the world an expectation on her shoulders. of course, really at the top of her game. she has been suffering with the phenomenon known as the twisters which causes a gymnast to lose their sense of space and dimension when they are in the air which is terrifying given the manoeuvres they are trying to compete with. a statement from gymnastics said... we of course wish her all the best as well. it is �*super saturday�* and we've got some new world records in the pool. exactly

coming into queensland for thursday by friday ran becoming more expansive, much of new south wales, including sydney tele, very went. the wizard, bank energy to every part of our universe. or small to continue the change all around the shape by technology and human ingenuity. we can make it work for you and your ah the gun, the headlines on algebra indonesia is expanding nationwide restrictions as the delta vary and shoulder surgeon covered 19 infections and the daily number of cases has had another record high of more than 31000. the u. s. defense department says the withdrawal from us on a sun is 90 percent complete. the african government launched the counter offensive after taliban games across the country. and the 2nd most active volcano in the philippines is at risk of for uptake. tens of thousands of people have been relocated away from high risk areas near town. and i guess problem canada is getting its 1st indigenous governor general diplomat. mary simon is in any way from the province of quebec. she said her appointment is a sign of progress towards a more inclusive society. there have bee

there are eight hotspots in the inner west and south—west of sydney, in addition to the lockdown in the stricter rules for those eight areas, meaning that masks will be mandatory everywhere they go, even outside, notjust inside areas. also, they are not allowed to leave beyond five kilometres of their homes, which are stricter than other places in the city. contact tracers are finding that people in those areas, particularly close contact cases are still going to work. they are still moving around. they are in family homes and spreading the virus. police are increasing their presence on the streets and have asked for extra powers to be able to close businesses that breach those lockdowns in the areas, and they have also asked for army support with those extra troops. they will be alongside police in the streets but also going from house to house. we heard the new south wales police commissioner mick fuller saying today they have thousands of dollars to knock on today to make sure they are abiding by the stay—at—home rules. police are also running hotel quarantine, that scheme still goin

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