is on the northshore of the sydney harbor, and it is probably the most expensive neighborhood in sydneystill with multimillion-doll multimillion-dollar homes and there is a beautiful view of sydney harbor and those views do not come cheap and the family clearly comes from a lot of money and there are a lot of former rugby stars and other socialites who live in the neighborhood, and, so, if you sort of extrapolate out of this, people want money, it could very well be an extortion attempt, because, there is a lot of money involved, in the neighborhood, and, with the family... bill: understood, stuart, thank you very much. your reporting down there is invalue automobiable to us, stu live by way of skype, sydney, australia. while that drama plays out, down under, we refocus now on the job crisis, with the debt deal in the rearview mirror, at least for the moment, president obama down playing the agreement that raises the debt ceiling and cuts spending and, instead, pushing for policies to help companies hire, invest and expand, and the mission he has tried to launch a half dozen times, in t

as was allegedly the case in sydney, the machines were were the data was collected. legitimate merchants had their machines tampered with or adjusted so that the credit card information was collected and transmitted to the criminal organizations. merchants need to physically protect their machines and train their staff to be vigilant for unauthorized maintenance personnel. finally, individual customers should take care to look at their statements, suspicious transactions, protect their credit card and pin numbers, and sign up for the improved or enhanced methods of protection. >> good of you to talk to us. michael humphrey, from control risk of australasia. an orchestra going out of the middle east conflict have performed on the korean peninsula. the orchestra, run by its conductor, was formed to create dialogue between israeli and palestinian musicians, and has played in venues across the world. lucy williams sent this report. >> a few kilometers from the north korean border on monday, israeli and arab musicians played a german symphony to a south korean audience, w

but sydney, australia, has a bigger problem. sharks.ens of people have been attacked in recent years. and stephanie sy reports now about how science has helped the city deal with aer if reshus neighbor. >> reporter: shark attacks have become a predictable part of summer from the u.s. coast, where there have been at least a dozen attacks this year to sydney harbor. smack dab in australia's largest city. this attack is caught on camera. fortunately, diver paul lived to tell about it. >> the shark just started shaking me. as soon as my right hand came out of the water, i noticed that it was gone. >> reporter: three attacks in three weeks spread fear in the city. >> they're calling it the shark play. a sudden surge of attacks and sightings across or coastline. >> it's a great white! >> reporter: the two other victims are surfers. >> authorities say people shouldn't panini >> reporter: sydney's waterways are prime hunting grounds for the world's three deadliest shark species. great whites, tiger and bull sharks. since a ban of commercial fis

we are in sydney with the latest. >> police thinks this was a hoax and a very elaborate hoax. that is the phrase they have been using. they were baffled by this device. it did not turn out to contain any explosives whatsoever. it took them 10 hours to figure out precisely what to do with it. and how to get this woman away from that. they are saying that it was changed to this 18-year-old teenager to have been studying for her final exams when a man wearing a disguise and burst into her luxury home in a very well-to-do suburb of sydney and attached this device to her. along with the device was a note. police are saying that notes contained a very articulate and coherent instructions. this was a very carefully planned operation. they are saying it was very elaborate. >> moving to the currency markets. the japanese central bank intervened to stem the yen pot gains versus the u.s. dollar. financial authorities such intervention was taken because a strong yen could hurt the economy. the dollar fell to its lowest on monday. it is now trading ever so closer to 79 yen. that is a gain

reportedly attached to her neck he called the police from a house on the wealthy neighborhood in sydney a bomb squad worked for nearly ten hours to remove the device is gone is told to remain calm to avoid an explosion and some reports suggest that it may have been an attempt to hold the teenage girl to ransom. back with a recap of today's main stories we are short in about seven it's now in the meantime the latest from the world of business with marina.

is reported a explosive device is strapped to an 18 year-old body it is happening in i suburb of sydney is reported a man entered the home and put the bomb on of the teen-ager's body a ransom note was attached to the girl she is part of a sidney's or richest family it is called a color obama case negotiators have been in the house over six hours of technicians are also in the house it is a major operation. >> 633 this morning police have arrested i teenager who was reported as kidnap two- door robbery at a barber shop yesterday and a state wide amber alert was issued will tran has more details >> talk about a trail beyond our of the barbershop considered the 16 year-old boy i'll little brother a turnabout at the 60 new rules also part of the plan to rob a barbershop. on midnight on tuesday they found got a phone call that he was released from the kidnapper and he was fined the honor the barbershop pad is own suspicions it turns out of the 16 year-old confessed. he was arrested along with a 23 year old. the 23 year-old had a sawed- off shotgun pointed at the 16 year-old we're all going t

so far markets have opened in tokyo, singapore, sydney. we're watching to what the u.s.arkets will do tomorrow. all of the markets have opened lower but they're off their lows. with stock index futures which are really good indicator of what the sentiment is with u.s. stocks, those are down but they're off their worst level as well. only down 2%. the senior correspondent john vause joins me now. how volatile a situation is this? >> there is the expectation that it will be incredibly volatile. especially for the europeans. an indication of how big this crisis is, not one but two conference call for the g-7. france, germany, the united kingdom, japan, u.s., candada, they put out a vaguely worded statement promising coordinated action to support financial markets, financial stability, economic growth. officials from the g-20 have been talking. but overall, there is a growing anxiety. richard touched on it a short time ago about what the downgrade might mean for europe. especially for the countries which have a high level of sovereign debt. we keep talking about spain and it

we had a guy from ottawa in canada go to sydney and spend a few months working in the trucks in australia he said, brian, it's the same junk in every single city. >> reporter: they get some pretty weird stuff, from john wayne's actual personal bible to a truckload of denture molds. a defused world war ii bomb. a trophy from a nudist colony. 50 garden gnomes. even this live kitten tucked away inside a fridge. and 18,000 cans of expired sardines. though they didn't take a picture of that one. >> thank you for calling 1-800-got-junk. >> reporter: scuddermore showed us the call center. 9:00 a.m., and the phones are ringing off the hook. have you gotten any weird calls? >> definitely. a lady said if you can pick up a cat. i know we don't do that. >> reporter: australian calls go to this section. >> they can fit quite a bit in there when they stack it all up, nice and tight. >> reporter: where people with australian accents give them a local feel thousands of miles away. >> so what is this showing right here? >> the load. we can see we've had 781 calls come in for the day. 505 of them are sales

he is accused of breaking into a sydney, australia mansion and chaining a fake bomb around the neck of 18-year-old madeline pulver as part of an extortion plot. >> the middle of last week the investigation team in sydney identified a suspect for this offense who we had reason to believe had traveled to the united states. >> reporter: peters was tracked to the home of his ex-wife in kentucky. but authorities don't believe she had any knowledge of his alleged crimes. australian authorities used an email account to help find peters. on august 3 police say peters attacked madeline pulver the daughter of a wealthy businessman while she was home alone studying for an exam. after attaching the device around her neck he allegedly pinned a list of demands on her chest before departing. pulver was attached to the device for 10 hours before the bomb squad was able to remove it. the pulver family is relieved a suspect is in custody. >> these past two weeks have been a very difficult time for us and we're hopeful that this development marks the beginning of the end of this traumatic ordeal for our

have been working toward an arrest and at 5:30 this morning sydney time he was take noon custody as a result of a search warrant that kentucky. that man is in custody and will appear in an american court later today and we will be seeking his ex that diction back to australia -- extradition back to australia. >> and you're watching youth day on the bbc. live from singapore and london. still to come on the program, back from the campaign trail, president obama's battle bus takes the road for a swing through the midwest. >> and snow storms wreak havoc in new zealand as the country's north island experiences some of the coldest weather in decades. some of the largest wind turbines in the world are being installed in northwest england. they now have a dozen wind farms offshore, all part of the government's strive for green energy. it's a huge engineering challenge as our science correspondent reports. >> in belfast, in the ship yard where they built the titanic, another giant project. this one meant to help revolutionize how we get our power. the task right now, to maneuver these massive

he left sydney.ack to denmark. >> reporter: the building finished by a committee final owe opened in 1973 with queen elizabeth presiding. the complex with five theaters has been host to more than 100,000 performances. everything from operettas to oprah, from a concert for dogs to the pussy cat doll. from the circus to sting. in 1999, architect utson reconciled with the opera house management. but too old to travel he died without ever seeing the completed building. today this lounge with a tapestry he designed is dedicated to the man who gave sydney a master piece. >> osgood: next, get a grip. but it's our job to make them say something interesting. so how about this weekend we learn some new tricks of the trade... then break out our doing clothes and get rolling. let's use some paint that helps us get the job done in record time and makes a statement when we're finished. we're lowering the cost of a new favorite color. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. take your painting s

you're still watching that case out of sydney, australia.understanding at this moment that the bomb squad has secured the safe release of a teenager who was in a home near a suspicious device. now, related to this case there's an 18-year-old woman that had a bomb fastened to her neck, according to a report by australia channel 7, nbc news partner. the bomb squad in sydney safely securing the release of a teenager who was in a home near that suspicious device. we'll keep you updated on that. >>> the tea party is catching a lot of blame from the left for holding out on this debt deal and almost letting the government default. joining me now congressman michael bremen. congressman, thank you again for spending time with us. it's been quite a busy couple days. i know it's probably an empty hall that you're in today as many folks have left town. >> yes. >> with the debt deal the government can't throw money at the jobs problem. that's front and center now for everybody. what's the tea party's jobs plan that you're aware of? >> well, i think it's

next month while back at the sydney stadium the capacity crowd were treated to a drive by local ski jumping king having knowledge full time and in the campion is preparing to race next to his that corelli well but on two wheels eventual victory adams was surprised he actually won the event but the americans backflips did one good judges. it was he he popped open the champagne bottles in the end so securing a narrow point cushion the top. and that's often the sport that's for this close and these join me again and you have see that . it used to be an ideal place for a holiday but the phone changed in a moment. the winds of war are still visible. the republic is not only relieved but also shaping the future. we'll. bring you the latest in science and technology from around the world. the future of coverage. wealthy british style. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to cause a report on our. for the full stop.

with her husband, andrew upton, a writer and director, she now heads the sydney theater company.t year, they brought a production of "streetcar named desire" to the u.s. with blanchett in an acclaimed performance as blanche dubois. now they're back at washington's kennedy center with another classic: anton chekhov's "uncle vanya." having tapped a renowned chekhov interpreter, tamas asher from hungary, to direct and lured an all-star cast of australian actors to join, including richard roxburgh, who's appeared in numerous films. i talked with blanchett and roxbrough recently about their work in the theater and why they chose to do "uncle vanya" given the famous difficulties of staging and performing chekhov for a modern audience. >> when you think about doing chekhov, you have to have actors. it's all actor-based. so it really arose through a conversation with richard, trying to lure him back on stage, because he's one of the finest stage actors in the country. it's true-- i'm not your agent, but it's true. and vanya came up, amongst a whole lot of others. >> yeah, yeah. chekhov i

someone of the wealthiest men in sydney. peters apparently once worked for a company with ties to him. but it's unclear whether the two men ever crossed paths. police will say the twtwpage ransom note around maddie's neck was signed dirk straun, a character in this novel about a businessman who tries to destroy another. sharyn alfonsi, abc news, new york. >>> and we have a report on a new kind of violence and vand vandali vandalism, call it a new kind of wilding spreading across the country this summer. flash mobs striking in city after city. attackers organizing online and then converging on stores and streets to rob and terrorize people. what is going on? here's abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross. >> reporter: police described it as 60 seconds of anarchy. a so-called flash mob. more than two dozen people invaded a 7-eleven convenience store this weekend in suburban washington and stole anything and everything they could get their handsen. it is the latest example of what police and retailers say is a growin

for example, sydney opened down 2% but now it is only down by .8 of 1%.htly built into the markets. >> we got those statements that you were talking about with john vause and richard west and candy crowley about the g-7 coming without the boilerplate statement and the ecb saying they will move into the bond buying program. i think the question is will they guy italian bonds and the spanish bonds. for the asian markets here, the real question is what is it going to do to the u.s. dollar? is the dollar going to stay weak because there are so many trading partners here with the u.s. christine? >> all right. excellent. >> live in beijing, what are you seeing? the same story there? the story we've been hearing across the region is, an initial shock opening a couple of percentage points lower. and then not so bad after that. >> reporter: the shanghai market opening lower. by about 1%. in the context of emerging markets, that isn't a very big move at all. what people have been saying is the s&p downgrade was baked into the markets. for the most part they were ex

sydney already explained our history, what president carter did for us, and what we are doing for ourselvesining the whole city and region in celebrating asian-pacific portage month. i am so grateful to the board of supervisors for this whole four months of leaving this great city. i will say once again as i have said through many corners of the city, whether it is a town hall meeting or just your regular family association dinner, the hundreds i have been too -- i really feel proud of our asian community as a whole for allowing me to serve this great city and for all the years of struggle and coordinating and push to keep the doors of government open and to keep opportunities for many generations of asians to serve this wonderful city. thank you. i continue to thank the board of supervisors for this historic vote that happened in january. saying that, i want to kick off the celebration by doing the appropriate thing, signing the declaration that declares this month asian pacific american heritage month. i would like you to join with me the fantastic group of council generals here. if i can

markets in tokyo, seoul, and sydney are expected to open in about an hour. now let's see how the currency market is moving here. look at the euro again. 111.80-87. amid huge concern about global sta stock markets, seven countries are holding emergency phone talks monday to ease the market unrest. in new york last friday, the dow jones industrial average fluctuated sharply briefly falling by over 240 points but closing more than 60 points higher. the downgrade of the credit rating made another blow for the financial markets. stock prices fell in the middle east on sunday in response to the u.s. bond down graid. with the key index down by 4% at one point on sunday afternoon. the markets in ka tar also ended lower. >>> holding an emergency immediating on sunday. in japan, the strong yen is crippling export related industries. on thursday japan intervened in the foreign exchange markets to stop the yen's rise. but investors continue to view the yen as a safe haven as the situation in the u.s. and europe isn't getting any better. now, there's still not a solution

out from wall street >> this just breaking into the kron of 4 news room police are in a house in sydney strapped to an 18 year-old spotty a bomb technician and negotiators are inside the house with the teenager it is a major operation they are calling it the color, and this teenager is petrified it was attached to the girl to one of sydney's richest families they are trying to figure out how to get the bomb off of her without exploding the device. >> 557 m and more news in just a couple of minutes.

to give you the back story, wednesday afternoon sydney time, police were called to the wealthy sydneyhat was deemed a suspicious device. this 18-year-old teenager told police a man wearing a disguise broke into their home and attached this device to her. it took bomb experts from ten hours to free her from this device only to find it was just a very, very -- that's how they're describing it -- a very elaborate hoax. pulver was taken to the hospital. this is her parents and they addressed a news conference. this is what they have to say. >> we as parents are extraordinarily proud of maddy. she is waking up this morning in pretty good spirits. she's tired and sore from holding this device in place for about ten hours. she's now as we are eager for her to get on with her life. >> police are saying right now, it's too early in the investigation to have any more information or any lunks to any suspects at this point. again, it's very difficult to say, it's a bizarre story. one would think in the area because it is such a wealthy neighborhood there would be some tv cameras. hopefully someon

summer had to see his gruelling super fifteen competition with a twenty nine year old whose goal in sydney at the summit to help russia iran which is the upcoming you can read about gender in this year at sort of article in a magazine called was sort of a series i could call for from russia and i knew that was may so i got in touch with the coach of the toy and. here we are. qualified to play for the russians for his mom's parents who were both born. adam didn't actually speak the language well when these in his youth and he gets on the plane to new zealand plenty of chance to practice good majority of the school don't speed. much english however the city needs as soon as he's one on top of these don't to nations customs. the attention of school in ninety six actually or a while ago now and what i know about russia is pretty much what i've been told by our parents fissions cultural things here and there was celebrated christmas russian traditions. are on the upbringing in the family burns is said to make his debut for russia on sunday against be english premiership side. as world cup final

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stocks have dipped in sydney. >> in early trading, stock market has dipped about 1%. not as bad as what we saw yesterday. the australian stock market was adding a billion dollars a minute. they did rally in the end. they rallied higher than at the start of the day. we have seen a dip this morning driven by overnight concerns and overnight concerns from the eurozone and into ticket to come of france. people are saying that the fundamentals of the economy are very good. australia has not had a recession for 20 years. this is helped by a booming resources sector, the rise of china, and the fact that the government has such a small amount of debt comparatively. the message is that although we have seen market volatility, there is no need to panic. >> in other news, the u.s. international forces have killed the taliban insurgents who shot down a helicopter in afghanistan over the weekend. 38 american and afghan troops died when their helicopter was downed. many of those four members of the elite special forces unit that were involved in the raid that killed osama bin laden

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i spoke to -- on the line in sydney and asked if the disclosure is affecting the security ties with the u.s.. >> the austrian government will not comment specifically on those individuals named by wikileaks who might be of interest to the security services. newspaper reports suggest that six women have been identified in these diplomatic cables, four australians, a key britons, and another from the philippines, with alleged connections to militants. there has been a flurry of the niles. lawyers say the claims are baseless and you are right. australia has stood shoulder to shoulder with the u.s.. since the early 1950's with the signing of the security alliance pact. that has brought them into iraq and afghanistan. >> you are watching "newsday," on the bbc. looks the bottom line, why the baby demands more from their nannies. >> there has been violent clashes in south africa between police and supporters. >> its started off as a peaceful protest. very quickly, the mood turned ugly as the crowd tried to march on headquarters. police fired stun grenades to try to win back control. when that

she is one of sydney's wealthiest families. bomb technicians and negotiators are at the house with the teenager trying to get the ball off of her. we have news of reporters on the scene. >> we have a perimeter in place to protect the scene and protect the people from being injured. we have evacuated nearby residences. it would be foolish to put other people at risk. >> police would not say if they consider this case an incident of self harm. they said that this is a very serious incident with a life of a young woman at risk. we're continuing to follow the story to get new information. we are back with an update shortly. >> new details this morning, police have now arrested a teenager who sparked an amber color to monday night after a robbery at a barbershop where he worked. police thought that he was kidnapped and forced to drive the getaway car. will tran is live and in stock with what turns out to be what police think is an inside job. >> it is a story about a trail. we just got off the phone with the owner of the barbershop.

he doesn't just support sydney but the entire team he always travels with us to games. like you. know what it was you know the thing it's you know thank you i miss them but i still don't have such friends here in america that i have in russia people i grew up with people i've known for years went to hockey training when i've recently bought a house in moscow now my friends can visit me more often so it feels a bit better for me that otherwise i'm generally content with everything. that is unturned twenty five soon and i'm not sure if i want to return in the near future rather more likely in five or ten years but many players like jaeger and few other of moves to the k j l who knows became hey joe may one day become stronger than the n.h.l. so will the top players might move to europe you will feel that your. lot is all the sport for this our world weather is coming up this saturday evening right now. hungry for the full story we've got it fixed the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. great. place. to. sell to. india. to move. people to. the brand i

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bloomberg news talked to someone at sydney based asset management. he tells us he is calling this a panic attack. there are fears growth is walking off a cliff. >> people are calling this a panic attack. why should asian investors be acting this way? >> i think it is what you're talking about earlier where investors are keeping an eye on the big jobs report will be given later today. economists forecast the country added 85,000 jobs last month, likely failing to get the 9.2% unemployment rate. that continues to put pressure on the u.s. consumer. spending accounts for 70% of the u.s. economy. if you do not have a job, you do not have money to spend. your purchases of age in goods and tax products -- the supplier of toys and goods for retailers, including wal-mart stores, tumbled 4.3%. we are also seeing espireit dropping 5.6% right now. concern about consumer markets are weighing on markets here in asia today. >> all right. more trouble at the end terry -- international monetary fund. the new boss, christine bedard, faces a -- christine legarde is bei

head to see is gruelling super fifteen competition however the twenty nine year old whose goal in sydney decided to help russia to get upcoming world can generate this year us or an article in a magazine called. i could qualify for usher and i knew that was may so touch with the coach of the time. here we are burns' qualifies to play for the russians for his mom's parents who were both born man adam did actually speak the language well when he is in his youth and he gets on the plane to new zealand plenty of chance to practice good majority of the school don't speak much english however the city needs as soon as he's one on top of these don't to nations customs. the attention of school. actually were a while ago and what i know about russia is pretty much what i've been taught by our parents fissions cultural things here and there were celebrated christmas russian traditions. on the upbringing in the family burns is said to make his debut for russia on sunday against be english premiership side gloucester. cup finalists continue their tour of the ukraine has suffered two heavy defeat so

happened yesterday in sydney, australia.ideo here shows paramedics wheeling that child into the hospital after that ordeal. for hours and hours. no one knew whether the bomb is real. we're told the 18-year-old was afraid to move at all that whole time and her parents say she held up beautifully. i can tell you we as parents are extraordinarily proud of maddy, she is woken up this morning in pretty good spirits. tired, sore from holding this damn device in place for hours. >> shepard: credit for risking her life to stay with the teenaged girl before the bomb next to young maddy for hours on end with no protective gear at all. she had no idea whether she might blow up any moment. the sydney morning herald newspaper reports the suspect left a long typed note warning young maddy that the bomb would detonate if she did not follow instructions. there was no ransom note as we once heard. so far few clues to that man's identity. today in no, a man accused of killing a child and slicing him up entered a plea and the plea he entered c

it rain about 8 1/2 miles, stretching from sydney to bondi beach. moe run for charity. estimated over $3 million was raised. >>> 35,000 computer experts from around the globe took to germany's great outdoors. but not for your average summer adventure. it's a hacker festival. held on a former soviet air strip. organizers provided more than nine miles of fiber-optic cable and three miles of internet cable. the theme, hackers in space, shows the group's plans to send one into orbit by 2034. >>> one man is out to set a world record and raise money for good causes along the way. he's attempting to paddle board the entire mississippi river, standing up. he began july 1st, and has 800 miles left, planning to make it to the gulf of mexico in three weeks. he aims to raise over $1 million, completing 25 different journeys around the world. brave guy. >> have you ever tried paddle boarding? >> it's impossible. >> it's not easy. i mean, especially all the way down the mississippi, all the little towns. he's going to have some good stories to tell. >> he says, as he goes down the wa