developing story out of astronomy this hour thanks to paid hard to from the sydney morning herald to keeping us up to date. to other news and donald trump has denied any wrongdoing after his former lawyer michael cohen accused him of hush payments in his plea deal u.s. president says they were not made with campaign funds this was in a t.v. interview the president said he was aware of how many payments to two women just before the twenty sixteen election but says they were not illegal here it's what he said to fox news did they come out of the campaign and come out of the campaign they came for me my first question when i heard about it was did they come out of the campaign because they could be a little dicey and they didn't come out of the campaign and that's big but they weren't that's not a it's not even a campaign violation great and what he said and the calico with more now on the controversy and the downfall of cohen and his guilty plea. he once said he'd take a bullet to donald trump now michael cohen is offering to help an investigation the president has repeatedly called a

program if he can but let's cross over now to peter hartcher he's the political editor of the sydney morning herald he joins us on the phone from australia's capital. so scott morrison australia's new prime minister any surprises there peter. well what this constitutes is that nothing nothing has been settled within the liberal party this began this instability and this challenge to the prominent they are going for the former prime minister is not going to move again as an uprising by the conservative faction of the party to remove turnbull who was considered to be a moderate not a genuine part of the party and had to be expelled but in his place the liberal party has now elected by a reasonably now imagine. a man who is not considered to be part of the conservative core is a man who has been threatened with dire repercussions from the conservative faction and his followers who collected him have also been confronted with dire. threats of a tradition from the conservative group which as we saw today had forty. out of eighty five sides so not a majority but enough to continue the eternal insurrectio

looking at the sydney morning herald where the only story in town is the challenge for the prime minister'sob. scott morrison has emerged as the new leader of australia and members of parliament, including his opponent, have already pledged their loyalty to him. in the financial times, there's another development on the delayed listing of aramco. this story says saudi arabia's foreign wealth fund is primed to choose international banks to lend it $11 billion, filling the whole left by the delay. the independent has the temporary release of british—iranian woman nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who was sentenced to five years jail in iranforspying. finally on bbc news — coffee by drone? technology company ibm has patented a machine to detect when people are tired and bring them coffee to lift energy levels. the company hasn't revealed whether it will produce the drone. sounds extremely hazardous to me! with me is tom stevenson and investment director from fidelity international. let's start with the big story, it is all over the media looking at what was said by dominic raab to tell us how to prep

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the sydney morning herald. we think we have our issues. this article has two pictures of two possible new leaders, new prime minister is for australia. malcolm turnbull is pretty much saying he is out. this reminds us how rough australian politics really is. there is a good reason why they call it the true capital of the democratic world. it is difficult to be a prime minister in australian politics and there is backbiting always going on. —— coup capital. there is a move towards a hardening of some political positions in australia, a move to the right and malcolm turnbull is just too liberal. some say to moderate. i think that tells us something about australian politics. you need to remember that this is a government with a one seat majority so it is in danger of falling for other reasons. but won't credibility be lost? some inside australia and some outsider looking at this and say it is edging towards what we see in italy. there is a problem in the democratic world of the fracturing of political parties and positions. the old consensus

looking at the sydney morning herald where the only story in town is the challenge for the prime minister'sed as the new leader of australia and members of parliament, including his opponent, have already pledged their loyalty to him. in the financial times, there's another development on the delayed listing of aramco. this story says saudi arabia's foreign wealth fund is primed to choose international banks to lend it $11 billion, filling the whole left by the delay.

malcolm turnbull in september twenty fifteen where peter hartcher is political editor of the sydney morning herald he says malcolm turnbull's eager to highlight the legal problems that peter dutton may face before he could ever become prime minister. well he surrendering really to what he has called an internal peace a rickshaw in designed to try to bully the government further to the right he said that in the event that the dissidents can get a majority of. signatures on a petition to hold a special party meeting that he would call that meeting and that would be tomorrow and at that meeting he would contest the leadership against challenges we've heard from constitutional scholars that the case is a borderline case that it would need to be resolved by the high court which is the highest court in the land and in that case for that to happen it would need to be referred to the high court or the mechanism to doing that is it needs to be referred by the parliament effectively the government itself would have to refer to one of its own members peter dutton the challenger for the leadership to the high

party to malcolm turnbull in september twenty fifth peter hartcher is political editor of the sydney morning herald he joins us on the phone from australia's capital canberra so what do you make of what malcolm turnbull is saying he's setting out what he sees as a democratic process what do you make of it. well he's surrendering really to what he has cold and colonel piece originally designed to try to bully the government. he said that in the event that the dissidents can get a majority of. signatures on a petition to hold a special party making it he would call that meeting and that would be tomorrow and at that meeting he would contest the leadership against challenges. he spoke about this significant issue of illegitimate pizza doesn't. to sit in parliament so he's questioning this whale do you think the solicitor general is going to rule on this then we've heard from constitutional scholars that the case is a borderline case that it would need to be resolved by the high court which is the highest court in the land and not case for that to happen it would need to be referred to the high court o

peter hartcher is the political editor of the sydney morning herald he says australians a fed up with constant political infighting i can't begin to tell you distressed most people are that what goes on in the federal government it's a new as you said it's a relatively new ten years it's a long standing tradition of practice something we've become for the rest isn't let's listen to the italian political system in changing leaders and one of the characteristics of this there is that. most people with most everybody you will still be wondering if it's the biggest right in the electorate what was this about this great principle was at stake what's the policy difference because not as being said there's probably no explanation from. from the outgoing prime minister the incoming one the other challenges what this was actually about. a saudi in iraq to coalition air strike in yemen has killed at least twenty six civilians including women and children who the media says it happened in the province of data the group was near a camp for internally displaced people the u.a.e. says rebels were l

party to malcolm turnbull in september twenty fifteen feet arch as political editor of the sydney morning herald he says malcolm turnbull's eager to highlight legal problems peter dutton may face before you could ever become prime minister. well he's surrendering really to what he has called an internal peace a rickshaw in designed to try to bully the government further to the right he said that in the event that the dissidents can get a majority of. signatures on a petition to hold a special party meeting that he would call that meeting and that would be tomorrow and at that meeting he would contest the leadership against challenges we've heard from constitutional scholars that the case is a borderline case that it would need to be resolved by the high court which is the highest court in the land and not case for that to happen it would need to be referred to the high court or the mechanism to doing that is it needs to be referred by the parliament effectively the government itself would have to refer to one of its own members peter dutton the challenger for the leadership to the high court for