a scheme at sydney university aims to tackle that.as reports. >> reporter: sydney university is one of australia's most prestigious, but traditionally like most australian universities, its student base hasn't been very diverse. numbers of inning taj news students have been particularly low. aboriginal people make up 3% of australia's population but 1% of university students. >> we talk to local aboriginal communities and it surprised me that so many aboriginal people still think universities are a place you go to learn how to be less aboriginal. so we have got a challenge. >> reporter: sydney is trying to tackle that challenge. the entry requirements for indigenous students are lower than for nonindigenous ones, some aboriginal students are given liker workloads during their first year and perspective indigenous high school students are invite today a week-long taste of university life. >> i think that it will be wonderful to come here. i think the facilities are fa fault. the teachers are wonderful. even the students are so friendly

and joins me now from sydney. have you with us, peter. what do you make of tony abbott's statement then, he says the government won't comment on operational matters but they will stop those people smuggling boats by hook or by crook. >> yes it's a very interesting statement because he's contradicted to some extent a previous statement by the immigration minister who flatly denied that customs officer or navy personnel had paid people smugglers to return their boats back to indonesia. so that is much more ambiguous position. and certainly if it is true, and it still remains only an allegation made by some asylum speakers and also police in indonesia. if it is true it is an unprecedented shift in the government's policy which has tends today really talk tough about people smugglers as -- >> oh, apologies there, we have lost peter chan in mid flow there. we will try to get back to him if we can. but we'll leave it there just for the moment. >>> let's move on. the death toll from south korea's mers outbreak has risen

sydney university trying to close the education there.andrew thomas has more. >> reporter: sydney university is one of australia's most prestigious. its student base hasn't been very diverse. numbers of indigenous students have been particularly low. aboriginal people work up just 1% of university students. >> the communities in it surprise me that so many aboriginal people still think universities are the place to go to learn how to be lest aboriginal. so we have a channel. >> the entrance numbers are lower than nonaboriginals. prospective indigenous high school students are invited for a week long taste of university life. >> i think that it would be wonderful to come here. i think facilities are phenomenal, the teachers are wonderful. even the students are so friendly especially indigenous network they have of students and nonindigenous as well. >> in australia being indigenous is not a measure of skin color. what counts is all of these people have some personal aboriginal identity. vanessa meyers has an aboriginal mother but her fathe

inhael heap has more an sydney. what else came out from that meeting? : the currency, i think, was the main game coming out of the minutes, which related to the policy meeting two weeks ago. there is a degree of frustration in the central bank that the currency has failed to track commodity prices, and it is still trading above the level that the governor nominated. the other thing the central bank said is that they would like to see a lower currency and sustained drop. they think it needs to be lower for longer to give businesses the certainty that they can encourage them to invest in a more competitive environment. ba in theno strong minutesr, but the governor said he is opening to lower interest rates. he made it clear there is an explicit easing and the central not mentioned they are quite in the same strong terms that the government had last week when he said that prices in some areas of sydney were crazy. --y reflect shery: thanks a lot. michael heap on the latest. let's take a look at some of the other stories we are watching this morning. here's

in sydney, hoping to level the playing field for australia's indigenous population. >> we will be able to see change.

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as sydney said to me, it has its own life al. it has a life of its own.ty bergman very wisely -- i was streaking in those days too. i was put in an apartment under the bank. me and judith would be hitting on weed. she played my mother. they were all upstairs. i was downstairs alone. sydney moved. he just move the actors along. it was all about performance and stuff. when i would go up there -- when i had a reshoot, i came back to the bank and sydney wanted me to reshoot. he saw after the last shot that that fellow i was channeling in some way, whatever the character was, evaporated. it just went out of me like that. it was gone. when i had to come back i had to re-create something because we had to reshoot something. i could not get it. charlie: akin to the idea of how long does an actor take a part with him. does it stick with you for a week or a month? once it evaporates, suppose you have to reshoot, can you recapture it? al: things have changed for me now. i have been doing it so long. i let it go relatively easy. charlie: not hard to do, just let it g

so many movers to the downside here in sydney. indonesia getting underway. index, coming back from a holiday yesterday. a end said saying that it is caught between a rock and a hard place. it has been moving to slow the course of depreciation in its currency. keep your eye on a dial energy. elsewhere around the region, we see stocks swinging between gains and losses. -- the cost be advancing kospi advancing. shares are seeing selling pressure today. jen and i pharmaceuticals, down 12%. one pharmaceutical stock you want to keep an ion is [indiscernible] the world health organization noted in that it is safe to korea and do business there. what are they say that there is no reason to ban travel. as we noted in australia, the movie is .8%. the aussie dollar, take note of this spike. this is an intraday chart. look at this move. this move happened around 9:30. it shot up. better than expected gdp growth number for the first quarter. let's get the paul allen in sydney. paul, where was this boost coming from? how: we said it was better than expected but we kind of

andrew thomas, al jazeera, sydney. >> let's return to our top story briefly. the multiple bomb attacks carried out by an isil-linked group in yemen. well video has emerged of one of the blasts in the capital of sanaa. the attacks targeted three mosques on the eve of the holy month of ramadan. we'll keep you up-to-date with more pictures as we get them. >> north korea has announced that it is suffering it's worth drought in a century. a third of the country's rice paddy are thought to have dried up. >> on north korean state run television, a rare announcement that all is not well. this government official said that we're establishing to carry out various counter measures to prevent drought damage, and despite the pictures of lakes crops and hillsides covered in trees, north korea is facing it's worth drought in half a century. this is a worrying situation. >> this is the worst drought damage in 20 years of my experience. normally the rice seedlings should be about 30 centimeters high right now. as you can see it's too small to do rice planting. >> a third of th

where andrew thomas, al jazeera sydney. >>> internal report investigating sexual abuse and exploitation. regularly pay for sex with local women using cash and local goods. currently has 125,000 troops and police with deployed in 16 operations around the world. in 2003 it placed a ban on peace keepers paying for sex. earlier we spoke for stefan durac, the spokeman for u.n. secretary-general is ban ki-moon. >> those soldiers go back home after they they may be expelled. it is incumbent on those countries to help us track down what has actually happened. have they gone to court have they gone to jail have they paid a price for the crimes they have committed. it is the secretary-general's intention to name the countries of origin of troops who have committed sexual abuse in his next report that's coming out next year. but again the relationship cannot be adversarial it needs to be a partnership and a lot of the responsibility falls on member states. >> believed to be responsible for attacks in which 60 people died last year. attack happened near coastal town of pecatoni. be catherine soycat

but right now it is 9:30 in sydney with a live look at the sydney opera house. see if australia can continue its gains after snapping three days of declines yesterday. from the minutes away opening of trading there and japan and south korea. you are watching "first up." the top stories this hour. the fed has signaled a pickup in the u.s. economy is keeping it on track to raise interest rates later this year. after wednesday's fomc meeting, -- janetling said yellen says gradual tightening will happen. she also said she anticipates conditions could support a rate rise in 2015 but there should not be too much focus on the first hike. singapore airlines says it wants to restart direct flights to the u.s. after stopping them two years ago. speaking exclusively to says fia --he ceo sia is in talks with airbus and boeing to develop new technology. he says they need to find a commerciality -- commercially viable aircraft. officials from eu nations including germany, saying they are bracing for breakdown in talks over the greek crisis. is prime minister says he ready to

people on the streets of sydney were appalled. >> you can't keep it a secret. we don't know where the money is going going it just doesn't work that way. >> and the government's rhetoric was turned back on them. >> does the foreign minister stand by his statement last month in a people smugglers use the money they receive to fund terrorism. >> the government's position has shifted from not true to no comment, and mounding evidence has emerged from indonesia that the payment did take place. the pressure is on australia's government to come clean and explain. >> still ahead on al jazeera, the worst drought of the century, north korea admits its struggling as the rice paddies dry up. >>> plus coming up, how this is threatening to destroy its first former star in southern tunisia. >> our top stories here on al jazeera. breaking news from yemen. a series of car bombings in the capital of sanaa has killed and injured dozens of people. that as the foreign minister said that peace talks in geneva are failing to make progress. they're blaming the houthi rebels. >> syria

sydney ended up 1.4% for its biggest one-day jump since late april. boosted market sentiment and higher commodity prices lifted energy and resource related shares. in other markets in the asia pacific region seoul was upup .25 percentage point. sheered by a rate cut. the philippines extended gains ending up 1.62%. >>> brewers of japanese sake are enjoying growing demand overseas. but foreign versions flood the market. now authorities in tokyo are stepping in to protect the brand. officials at the national tax agency briefed lawmakers on a plan to introduce strict labeling standards. the officials say only drinks made in japan with domestic rice would be able to carry the label japanese sake. clearly differentiating between the two will boost exports. they say they'll ask authorities overseas to crack down on violations. they plan to have a similar labeling system for japanese wine. they hope to get the rules this year. >>> japanese food and beverage makers are competing to produce bottles and containers. they believe innovation in this area will help

tony abbott opened a 2-day counterterrorism talk in sydney. >> we sent a strong military force from the middle east to hit daish from the air and try to assist the iraqi army to retake their own country. we are talking with friends and partners about how the air strikes might be more effective, and how the iraqi forces might be better helped. american leadership is indispensable here, as in all the world's travel spots. >> at home we try to ensure that australians don't leave this country to join the 15,000 foreign fighters in syria and iraq. >>> wayne hay sent an update from sydney. >> reporter: the theme of the summit is challenging terrorist propaganda, and challenging what is on the internet. i.s.i.l. is believed to send out tens of thousands of messages every day, hoping to attract new recruits to its fight. australia has been concerned about its citizens heading to iraq and syria to join i.s.i.l., so far it's believed around 100 australian citizens have done that. there's a lot of discussion at the 2-day summit about a community led response. governments in this region including a

when it comes to housing crisis in sydney does the treasurer agree with himself or with the secretary to the treasury? >> i call the honorable the treasurer. >> there is no doubt that since my comments last year housing prices have increased. and -- what is funny about that? i think we should be welcoming an increase in housing values. and you know what, for anyone who has a line out there i think they would be wishing their home is worth more than their loan. i think that's what they want. i know that's a difficult concept for labour to get their heads around. but you actually want to have equity in your own home. i know that's difficult because labour loves debt. labour loves debt. and they love other people carrying debt to help pay for their lifestyle. there are a lot of australians out there with a mortgage that hope the value of their home increases above that of their mortgage. and of course there are two issues here. there are housing prices and then there's housing affordability. and we have been concerned about the challenges associated with housing affordability. so there a

the boat is built on the basis >> clerk: will to item 10 appeal number 15-ish 063 tracy western and sydney mortimer's dept. of building inspection planning department approval not opposite for 35 10th avenue mac purchase and issuance on april 1, 2015 and -- horizontal and vertical addition for bedroom suite and then on the ground for new christian family room half-bath and interior stair connected on the second floor to the ground floor extending existing bedroom and at master suite on the third floor new deck off the second and third floor. we will start with the appellant. mr. durst do need a moment to catch her breath? >> testifier: my name is david staccato manner behalf of tracy western man sitting morgan the appellant's. the same issues involved only this time were actually asking for things that courtney and brian actually gave the adjacent -- we are asking for things to protect our privacy to protect our light. same type of issues. we had some disagreements with the planning commission at the discretionary review hearing and planning dept. staff that largely because of the interpre

it's extraordinary. >> we'll leave it there, thank you for speaking to us from sydney. controversy in australia as we see. pope francis is adding his voice to the debate appealing for migrants to be respected across the globe. in his weekly address he said those closing their borders to refugees should ask for forgiveness. a number of countries stepped up borders, turning away hundreds. many are seeking shelter in train stations in rome and milan >>> still ahead - politicians debate a controversial reform package. plus rushing into retirement as the clock runs down on a greek debt deal. workers cash in on pensions while they just because i'm away from my desk doesn't mean i'm not working. comcast business understands that. their wifi isn't just fast near the router. it's fast in the break room. fast in the conference room. fast in tom's office. fast in other tom's office. fast in the foyer [pronounced foy-yer] or is it foyer [pronounced foy-yay]? fast in the hallway. i feel like i've been here before. switch now and get the fastest wifi everywhere. comcast business. bui

from sydney, saying that the allegations are the tip of a giant iceberg.mping its program to clean up high risk local government finances. we will look on that --look at the details on "trending business" after a short break. ♪ you are watching "trending business." i'm rishaad salamat. considering a cleanup program for shaky government finances. our beijing bureau chief joins us now. is this a sign that the earlier amount was clearly not enough? >> what we are looking at here is a situation where local governments have about 25 trillion yuan in debts. there was an earlier program to convert about one trillion yun a of that. trillion yuan of that. this seems to be a nibble in that debt. we will see if there are more stages that the government announces down the line. rishaad: how much debt does the government currently have? there are many disparate estimates of this, aren't there? >> it is really unknown. the estimates range very widely. the sort of high-end figure is seen as about 25 trillion yuan, but there is so much in the shadow banking system and on

tony abbott was in sydney and warned that isil has global ambitions. >> we have sent a strong militaryce to the middle east to hit them from the air. and to try to assist the iraqi army to retake their own country. we are talking about air friends and partners about how the air strikes might be more effective. and how the iraqi forces might be better helped. american leadership is indispensable here as in all the world's trouble spots. at home, we are trying to insure that australians don't leave this country to join the 15,000 foreign fighters already in syria and iraq. >>> wayne hayes sent up this update from sydney. >> reporter: the theme of this summit is challenging terrorist propaganda and really all about combating the message spread by terrorist organizations like isil over the internet, isil, for example is believed to send out 10s of thousands of messages through social media every day. hoping to attract new recruits to its fight. australia has been particularly concerned about its citizens here heading over to iraq and syria to join isil, so far it's believed around 100 aust

set against that, strong housing market in sydney. some of the things going on in sydney are crazy. is now signs employment picking up. the question is whether he has scope for another cut. he thinks it is possible that they could cut later. but data lake this makes his job harder. a saw it reflected in stronger reaction on the australian dollar. there have been a few pressure marks from statisticians. it has jumped around a lot. a weaker runollows in the previous months. there probably will be one or two questions about how much we can trust the data. there are aid note few anomalies in the western australian data. that is something that needs to be looked at. going forward, might have some sort of mitigating impact on the market reaction. to sum up, we are still in data watching mode with regard to the rba. this does not discount another rate cut should the data continue to be weak. on the other hand, i chose the australian economy is not as weak as someone suggest. thank you very much, james. the latest employment re port in austria. reporter: the australian dollar surged after t

sydney is down a bubble, you can run your own conclusions from that.means that they have introduced micro-credentialed --ls, capital gains taxes they have been doing what they can to let the steam out of the bubble. not that anybody is calling it that. let's have a look at what is trending on social media. we are talking about the taiwanese textbooks. little bit of a backlash. >> there is backlash because the new curriculum in taiwan is getting a bit of heat because the textbooks are pro-china, regarded by some as pro-china. going so far as to suggest everest is inount china, and that is what the textbooks say in geology. it is caused huge protest, students making their case to the government's education ministry. it caused a big uproar. this is what people are saying on social media. there was a big article in the chinese language daily, we translated it the of facebook. this generation of children have grown up in the internet era with free democracy. using textbooks to brainwash them will backfire. we know that textbooks issues are hotly debated. >>

let's head over to paul allen in sydney. the decision was widely expected.hy do you think that the rba, what did the rba have to say about the aussie's rise? more about what they did not say. it was expected they would hold at 2% which is what they did. within the statement that accompanied the decision, there was no guidance as to where we might be going next, and the the of any easing, causing dollar to jump significantly, up by 1.4% by the end of tuesday. this is the second time the reserve bank of australia has done this. back in may when they cut the cash rate to 2% them a they were moved easing bias. effectively was undone by the simple language that they used so while we have this situation where the aussie dollar is not white thinking as -- quite sinking as low, to give it a long-term context we are in a better position than where we were a year ago when it was well above $.90. angie: all right. paul allen out of sydney for us. the aussie dollar is one to watch today. coming up next. the latest company to announce an ipo but can it convince investors

we will be in sydney, finding out how their relationship is -- with indonesia is facing challenges. ♪herry: checking stories around the world. many have crossed into turkey escaping islamic state. troops were overwhelmed by the number of refugees, 13,000 who crossed in the last three days and airstrikes on the islamic state in northern syria. south africa's high court is buying omar al-bashir from leaving the country. that is until it is decided if he will be arrested on war crimes. there is a summit in johannesburg with all the sheer -- al bashir almond them. he is accused of atrocities in the western region of darfur. and a satellite has come in with -- probe has communicated with scientist. batteries ran down after landing on a comment last year. now that it has direct some might it has recharged and could have power until october. equipment makers are facing a challenging future as networking transitions from hardware to software. on top of that, juniper networks is facing reorganization and redefining its strategy. my next guest took over the home as ceo at juniper rami rahim. yo

let's go to paul allen in sydney. at the moment, it is a war of words.esia's foreign minister is demanding an explanation well the australian foreign minister is saying that indonesia is to enforce the sovereignty of its own borders. she points out that boatloads of indonesian boats with indonesian crews are heading into australian waters. indonesia, for its part, is investigating this claim that surfaced last week, which said that a boat with 65 asylum-seekers on board entered australian waters and was intercepted by customs officials , who allegedly handed cash to the crew on board to turn back to indonesia. the us trillion prime minister tony abbott has been attracting heavy criticism over the weekend. he won't confirm or deny. he is saying that they use a range of measures to stop the boats and he won't comment on operational matters. from the government's point of view, they have delivered on the pledge to stop smuggling boats coming into australia. the methods attracting a lot of criticism. the opposition saying that the government is using taxpaye

. >> the people we talked to on the streets of sydney were aballed. >> you can't keep it a secret.e don't know where the money is going. it just doesn't work that way. >> the government's rhetoric was turned back on them in. >> does the foreign minister stand by statementss last month, that people smugglers are using money they receive to fund terrorism? >> a week ago australian government has flat out denied. now it's shifted to no comment with mounting evidence that the payments did take place. the pressure is still on australia's government to come clean and explain. andrew thomas, al jazeera. sydney. >> still ahead on the al jazeera news hour, the militarization of the baltic, how nato has completed a huge exercise as tensions rise with russia. >> i'm rory challands. the military theme park bristling with guns and tanks that russia hopes will be fun for all the family. >> and cameroon's sensational come back to mace them in the next round. we'll have that on sport with the rest later. >> greece is on a painful course of default, a warning from greece's central bank. the country

a report from sydney on the syriaing pressure. >>> and the move that threatens to separate children from their parents. emmy award winning investigative series... fault lines invisible hands only on al jazeera america >> in the republic of georgia a run away tiger has reportedly mauled a man to death in the capital tbilisi. the tiger and other animals escaped a local zoo after torrential rains caused flooding. officials killed the marauding tiger who was hiding in a white house. >>> exclusive images obtained by al jazeera show cash, apparently paid to smugglers to prevent indonesian migrants from reaching australian shores. andrew are prime minister tony abbott of australia is not saying anything. >> well, the pressure is growing but prime minister tony abbott has refused to confirm that these claims are true. shows u.s. dollars that the indonesians say were hand he over 30,000 u.s. dollars to the crew of this boat of asylum seekers. we've also had an interview shown an interview where the captain of the asylum seekers where he was told to turn the boat around. this was shown on wednesda

. >>> wayne hay is in sydney with more. >> reporter: the theme of the conference is challenging terror propaganda and is about combatting the message spread by i.s.i.l. over the internet. they are believed to send out tens of thousands of messages through social media every day, hoping to attract new recruits to its fight. australia has been particularly concerned about its citizens here heading to iraq in syria to join i.s.i.l. it's believed around 100,000 australian citizens have done that. there was a lot of discussion at the summit about a community-led response. governments in the region including australia, have been busy over recent years, passing tougher anti-terror laws. there needs to be a community led response to the problem particularly when it comes to vulnerable people in the community target by terror organizations >>> wayne hay in sydney >>> a new report says british spying laws should be scrapped calling them undepartment ucks unnecessary and unusable. >> reporter: the british government's reviewer of terrorism of legislation, the barrister david anderson is scathing

so we've got a challenge. >> alexandria sydney is try to tackle that challenge. some aboriginal students are given lighter work loads during their first year, and perspective high school students are taken for a week long taste of university life. >> i think the facilities are phenomenal. the teachers wonderful, even the students are friendly. especially the indigenous network that they have here. >> in australia being indigenous is not a measure of skin color. what counts is each has aboriginal identity and descent however slight, that others recognize, too. hervanessa is the star pupil her heritage makes that particularly rare. just 15% of students go to university. the proportion of indigenous students who do is much lower still. >> one student every four or five years go to uni. we have fantastic an ridge aboriginal students fantastic: >> schools can access special government funds for indigenous students. australia-wide universities have diversity policies. >> the initiatives are working. the number of indigenous students is going up, but there are still man

. ♪ ♪ angie: let's return to steve livean, he is joining us from sydney. the end of the trading week, we have been gearing up for what will happen in japan today. comments from kuroda. ofthere has been a weakening the yen, what they really need is to not make the wrong comment about it being too weak. there has been 20 years with no sin to forget moves in rates. really, what we are looking for yen continuedn -- -- continue to weekend. angie: recent comments have not supported the weaker yen. i was a little curious, there are a lot of expectations, especially with the recent data coming from japan, they will have to inject more stimulus. >> i think that is exactly right. the data that comes out of japan is consistent with the data that has come out for a long time, off and on they have added stimulus, they have said they will. it is a combination of what they do and how they buy. stimulusmy needs more along the lines of the u.s. and easing's quantitative program. we are not there yet in japan. angie: right. .hank you for sticking around coming up next, say

andrew thomas, aljazeera in western sydney. >> when we come back, an update on tropical storm bill. just how much rain is the gulf coast going to receive in and eating chocolate may not help you lose weight. but it doesn't mean that you should skip it. details coming up. >> let's get a quick up date on tropical storm bill. storm system is hitting the texas coast with high winds and waters, and looking at the images so far the region could see rain for the next couple of days. >> we're going to be seeing a lot of problems not just for texas, but oklahoma and missouri and illinois through friday. look at the storm now look at all of the rain coming on shore. what's happening with the circulation, it's pulling in the moisture and touching it here in southern texas and that's going to be the trend. as you see we're looking at quite a bit of flood watches and flood warnings, and as you see in the red that's flash flood warnings in effect. from dallas tomorrow to oklahoma and the next couple of days. the other thing that we're talking about, tornado warnings in effect. when you get those

sydney hit its highest in three weeks. indonesia buck it is trend. the main index treated from a two-week high. markets in mainland china are closed for a holiday. >>> a record 13 almost foreigners visited to japan last year. many complained about poor access and the language barrier. now several jap neesz firms have developed an online information service to help them get around. >> this is the ginsa district. some seem to be struggling. >> it's the first time so i really don't know anything about it and, yeah i found the street but did not find the hotels. >> teams you have to go to one website and look. you don't get what you like. you got to go to another one. >> many tourists visiting japan are finding useful information. now the association of japanese companies are creating website special to them. to tokewo tokyo firms have teamed up to start an online service for next spring. the service will carry free information on shops, restaurants, events and transportation in seven languages. >> we want to improve service for foreign visitors as we ap

the shootings in ottawa and quebec and a hostage crisis in sydney are three of the more serious incidents this year. one analyst says it's really a balancing act. >> i they think that we are articulating this idea that americans need to be engaged but understand that we don't hold the key to the solution. that it's others that hold the keys to the solution and we need to be engaged and help empower them. that has not been so fully understood. >> the model they put together to fight i.s.i.l. is a good model for confronting enemy groups but it's going to take a lot of time to neutralize these threats and they admit some threats can't be eliminated for good. rosalyn jordan, al jazeera. >> neither side was able to advance into the region that was once syria's commercial hub. >>> u.n. is appealing for $1.6 billion to help prevent yemenis from suffering a humanitarian traj. there are fears of an outbreak of dengue fever. >>> negotiations in geneva collapsed on friday without an agreement or a truce. >> reporter: the differences between the warring factions were too big to overcome. .the houthis

. >> they are looking for new lives in sydney or melbourne, no matter how does it -- desperate, will find themselves stuck in places like manis. cruel to be kind, or just cruel? >> australia's policy there a complete contrast from europe's. hundreds of law enforcement officials are sweeping areas around in maximum-security prison in upstate new york from which men escaped. state copper. gators say a female worker provided tools to the convicts. a former u.s. marshal to this note -- joins us from new york. what is the strategy at this stage in the search? >> as we speak there is an intense manhunt going on with several hundred law enforcement officials that have set up a perimeter in new york. many of canines that have picked up on a sent, fresh tracks have been found. wrappings from food that they had had, consistent with what they got out of the prison. we are confident that they are still contained within this perimeter. it is a wide radius of over five miles. we have had a support, they are working with infrared and thermal imaging. the appropriate people are there, and hopefully

sydney long is live from begins town. you just heard from the mayor and council members.hat did they have to say? >> reporter: well, the mayor of gibbstown, says these towns have been devastated>2k y $7.5 millionry:e in damages. even the police radio tower it is folded in half the top now touching the ground. and this, tied directly to public safety. he said he is upset and tired of hearing report that's the governor's office has been in constant contact with them on how bad the damage is here, he says that is simply not true. >> since the storm came through, whatever they're calling it this was the first town that was hit. >> reporter: the first to be hit and dead last in line for recovery. residents along with the mayor of the county have had enough. >> i am disheartened by the governor's lack of response to our needs. as a fellow republican i have been good to him from day one. as a community, this township has been good to him. the governor repaid us by forgetting us in our time of need. >> reporter: they are not convinced governor christie is aware of how hard this

joins us live from sydney via skype. what is your response to these latest allegations? >> it's clear that as much as the government is trying to hide what is going on and refuses to comment, that these events did happen, people have a right to be outraged, but also to sort of be very critical of the hypocrisy of the government who ramped up anti people smuggler rhetoric in the community for many years and seemed to be when they talked about being open for business, they aren't open for business. i guess however my main focus is the on going attempt by the government to stop people exercising their legal right to seek asylum, so the turning back of the boat is the real issue for me, and for us. >> is that murder, when you willingly turn people back into particular harsh circumstances unknown circumstances? >> that's true, they've repeatedly claimed their concerned about safety of lives at sea and needing to do these heavy cash turnback policy to say prevent that, however this particular bolt was turned back on to a reef

australia announced it is restoring service between sydney and sfo after a four year break. flights begin december 20. >>> from sugary drinks to fresh fruit. >> they see how good fresh food can taste. >> how many from berkeley's soda tax is being spent. >> we have fog back at the coast and a chance at sprinkles out there. i will lay it out for you. (music) hey! let me help with that. oh, thank you! (music) introducing the one-and-only volkswagen golf sportwagen. the sportier utility vehicle. (scal): good day, m'lady! i am sir-can-a-lot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. wake up those eggs with glorious spam! see what spam can! do... at spam.com >>> hundreds of people opposed to vaccinations rallied today. a committee is listening to arguments for and against the bill and the debate is expected to go into the evening. it would remove the personal belief exemptioned at the allows parents -- personal belief exemption that allow favorites oenroll their students -- >>> the debate over short term lenticels on held to give -- lenticels on held to give -- rentals is on h

andrew thomas, ldged sydney. >> embraces are being head held for the 800th anniversary of the magna carta. the brairveg principles that no one is above the law and ail are be subject to injuries jurisdiction under it. is is. >> on disused private land an ecocommunity gathers around a fire. deep among the sycamore trees. >> this house was build by mary, a beautiful beautiful home. >> near runnymede the magna carta was signed 800 years ago a document which represented the free dom of the individual from the arbitrary monarch. a reputation running thin, this community faces eviction three years ago after they arrived. >> superintendent twist has put in place an authority under section 63 of the criminal justice and public order act which is a prevention of the event this evening. >> this is tyranny. this is tyranny this. this is an abuse of your power. >> sir i'm here to deliver -- >> i'm delivering my message back to you. this is abuse of your power. >> the villagers say they face frequent harassment by the police. >> slightly defeat over us, you think you're freeing me here is some of our

the shootings in ottawa and quebec and the hostage crisis at a coffee shob in sydney are two of the more prominent is incidents. that doesn't tell the whole story. but that has some critics asking whether the u.s. is aggravating the situation by being in these place he in the first place. one analyst says it's really a balancing act. >> we are articulating this idea that americans need to be engaged but understand that we don't hold the key to the solution, that it's others who hold the keys to the solution and help empower them to help sort out this problem. that hasn't been so fully understood. >> they also say it's going to take a lot of time to knew centralize these threats and they admit some threats can't be eliminated for good. rosalyn jordan, al jazeera state department. >> the international organization for migration is trying to play down fears of a mass deportations of haitians from the dominican republic. human rights groups say the law is prejudiced against haitians. adam rainey visited the main area where people said discrimination goes back decades. >> little haiti where p

peter chen is a political science lecturer at the university of sydney and says the bill will have little effect on those the government hopes to target. >> the impact of that i think, will be small, given that there are only a small number several hundred, it's estimated, of australian citizens who are overseas fighting in syria. a small proportion of those have dual citizenship. and a small proportion will survive the conflict or seek to return to australia. this is largely a political message from the government which came into power in 2013 with a strong national security agenda. proposals to strip citizenship are popular amongst the public well over 80% of australians support the proposal. and about three-quarters of australian thing that terrorist threat within australia has interaed. increased. that is the political context driving the legislation, rather than specific practical need. >>> the afghan army says it has taken bag a key district from kunduz province but they control another district in the area. jennifer glasse is following developments. >> reporter: taliban fighters ar

. >> sydney. >> sydney, australia, there you go. >> i would think kansas. [ buzzer ] >> i have the feelinganymore. >> you mean kansas city? >> i mean kansas city. [ laughter ] ♪ >> how do you you think the dinosaurs became extinct? >> they ate each other. [ buzzer ] >> they all just started eating each other. >> okay. >> and the last one since he had nobody to eat he just starved. >> how many years ago did the dinosaurs become extinct? >> 65 million years ago. >> i would say maybe about 300 years ago. [ buzzer ] >> 300 years ago during the 1700s? >> yeah, we will go there. >> dinosaurs were roaming around with george washington. >> it will be my humble duty. >> have you been drinking? >> no, not at all. >> do you know why dinosaurs went extinct? >> yeah because there was a meteor. killed dinosaurs. >> with what weapons did the humans kill the dinosaurs with? >> i don't know. maybe bombs. >> in some parts of the universe it's considered cool to know what's going on in the world. >> how many years ago did the sign -- dinosaurs go extent. >> probably about 20 years ago. >> this is a practical

the secretary is supposed to get vetted intelligence not sydney shooting her thoughts off the top of and was apparently compromised. are you at liberty to discuss what he told you today? did he confirm that? >> he confirmed the fact that he wanted to work for the department of state and the white house nixed that. he not only was he providing unvetted uncorroborated unsubstantiated intelligence to our top diplomat he was forwarding on intelligence that somebody was sending him. he didn't know if the sources were legitimate and whether or not the information was corroborated. he was merely a conduit between somebody who may have had a financial interest in libya and our nation's top diplomat. >> she says i had a lot of friends and i stay in touch with them. what is wrong with receiving information from a friend? >> that information is as poorly vetted as the information she received from sidney blumenthal. her other friends are not e-mailing her about libya. he is. and secondarily she used the word unsolicitted. when the e-mails are released i want you to count the number of times she

sydney gained about 0.7%. indonesia gained about .6%. but the philippines edged lower. >>> we earlier spoke with a expert on the european economy about what would happen if greece fails to make its payments to the imf. >> translator: the decision by the greek government and eurozone countries was unexpected. the market fell in shock and the optimistic mood evaporated. the imf will deal with the country as being in arrears. at this stage, greek's failure to repay debt will not cause losses to private investors. so it would not be a total default. but if greece continues to find itself unable to receive any new bailout funds from the eurozone in the end that could possibly push the country into a complete default. >> we also asked about the effect on japan and the rest of the eurozone. >> translator: the effects on the japanese economy would be rather limited given the size of the greek economy as well as the amount of greek debt held by private investors outside the country. but if greece falls into a complete default and if it ends up cr

this first video in sydney two robbers jump over the counter. they're harassing this lady behind the counter is the owner of the store's 16-year-old son. they're asking for money, take the register, throw it on the ground and kick it, tryi to k it open. the owner of the store was in the back with some frie k of the store holding a coffee table and scared the robbers away. >> they didn't even run after him. they just politely strolled. >> think about doing something like that again. >> talking about turning the tables -- >> oh, good one. >>> next one in russia, these guys are also holding weapons, based on loose translation, they're after an atm. >> they'll need a truck and some change. >> and they're not going to need any of it. watch this as soon as the clerk that's there seens these guys grabs a mop and starts swinging it at these mask robber. >> cleaning up the town. >> he doesn't stop. there's two against one. he's not scared. >> eventually they end up getting away empty handed. >> i just used this to clean the bathroom floor. >> ooh, that's

sydney gained 1.3%. >>> sales at department stores in japan rose in may for the second straight month. industry officials say nearly $4 billion in sales were recorded at roughly 240 stores last month. that's 6.3% higher than a year earlier and a shine stores are recovering from the consumption tax hike last year. officials with the japan department stores' association say foreign tourists boosted sales. a spell of good weather helped too, prompting many people to splash out on summer clothing. officials hope that rising stock prices and an uptick in consumer sentiment will keep the momentum going. >>> the u.s. house of representatives has passed a trade promotion authority bill or tpa after removing legislation to aid american workers. it would give president barack obama more authority on trade deals such as the transpacific partnership. house members passed the so-called fast track bill on thursday with a vote of 218-208. the tpa bill was x-rated from a companion measure called trade adjustment assistance or taa. it helped workers who lose their jobs due to foreign competition. repu

sydney kim of our seattle affiliate kiro reports. >>> when she was discovered she was so badly burnedas walking on her elbows. it was clear even at that point cinder was a fighter. she recovered at a wildlife facility. now experts say she's ready to be on her own. >> this is the end of the journey. >> officials with washington fish and wildlife carefully picked this spot. >> there's great spring food supply, we're about a month ahead on all the berry productions because of the weather conditions. >> using what they call tough love, the release began with dogs barking and rifles loaded with cracker shells being prepped. >> let's open it up. then -- here they come cinder takes off running. you can't even tell her hind paws are disfigured. fish and wildlife took this photo of cinder from the front and cinder wasn't alone. she was joined by a male buddy who she met in idaho. >> cinder kind of took this younger bear under her arm, so we're doing two releases today not for cinder's benefit but for the second bear's benefit. >> good job, good job. whoo-hoo. >> using pyrotechnics and these do

sydney extended losses often lower crude oil prices. japanese entrepreneurs in need of funds are returning to a new service call social lending. brokers offer the financing that matches individual investors with small and mid-size businesses. the brokers check small amounts of money from the individuals. then they loan it for business projects. the individual lenders are dpafds. the broker companies say the total amount of these loans in japan totaled 30 billion or $240 million. the peer-to-peer lending service is already popular in europe and the united states. analysts warn that the investors into ed to do their homework as they stand to lose their money when the business projects fail. >>> the number of foreign tourists coming to japan on cruiseships is increasing and it's causing a shortage of passage terminals. they are thinking of modifying cargo ports to help meet the demand. travelers arrived on cruise ships last year. more than twiels as many as in 2013. but a shortage of passage terminals is prompting ships to dock at wharfs d

at the rate he is going they hillary name the city of sydney for him.hey will call it dele from now on. the australian native takes the warriors down under in game threof the n >>> after scoring a season low of 37 points in the first half the warriors roared to life. a frantic fourth quarter come back in game three of the nba finals in cleveland. lebron james was a monster again. the cavs hold on for a 96-91 win. check out who was courtside in cleveland. taking in the game next to the great jim brown. king james turns the corner and at's with authority. he was the one guy in the first half whorought it. coast to coast with the slam. he has a shot blocked. matthew delevedova and matthew leigh off the bench helped. he had 11 points. it made it a five-point game. kef finishes -- steph finishes with 27. the final three minutes and dele , he is making everything. he went for 20. lebron seals it with a three late. james goe for 40. 96-91 the final as cleveland take a 2-1 series lead. >> we have to continue to put the pressure on them. they will make shots and