make about this election one person who did lose from the liberal party a former prime minister tony abbott now in that northern sydney say the. he's helping. the trend was blocked an independent candidate her name sali struggled he campaigned very heavily on climate change she beats tony abbott so he is now the world big cheer in this room when that happened but in the end it was the only cheer of the night. andrew thomas there watching that election for us from melbourne thank you for that update andrey. austria's far right deputy leader has resigned over a controversial video putting the ruling coalition there at risk chancellor hines christian struck overseen apparently offering government contracts to an unknown russian woman and exchange for political support the secretly filmed video was published by 2 german newspapers but stryker says it was a set up. the only criminal offense that is present here is the stage secret service trump with the legal recordings were someone waited 2 years and then set it off and yes that was a targeted political assassination while our son go explains h

politics, a bit of a head kicker in australia, tony abbott, a political brawler.awke was a man with a labour heart and a liberal head, so it was one of these tributes that — not quite how tony abbott intended to be received, there are people who believed he was making political capital out of the death of one of australia's great political statesman. so by and large, tributes here in australia have remembered bob hawke as fondly asa have remembered bob hawke as fondly as a larrikin and a political reformer. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: allies of controversial philippine president rodrigo duterte come out on top in the country's senate elections. also on the programme: the story of liberty. a museum devoted to one of new york's most famous landmarks opens its doors. the pope was shot, the pope will live. that was the essence of the appalling news from rome this afternoon, that, as an italian television commentator put it, terrorism has come to the vatican. the man they called the butcher of lyon, klaus barbie, went on trial t

just months before an election which the party lost then it was the liberals turn the conservative tony abbott arrived promising stability but he lost it just 2 years before being rolled by the moderate malcolm turnbull who himself was replaced me last year the current prime minister scott morrison knows australians have had enough. you know it's been a pretty tumultuous time and i think a strides would welcome the fact that that period of time is about and it should be strange expect that of the parliament and i'm pleased that that's the case the the yeah i did get in this has come to a close and the eyes of working together and the fighting on the future has come this election both main parties have introduced rules to make internal coups more difficult now instead of a simple majority of over 50 percent a super majority of caucus members will be required to vote out a city.

and independent candidates who campaigned hard on climate change beats a former prime minister tony abbott who wants described manmade climate change as salute crop but that was the exception oberle this surprise result is a victory for rights of sense of politics in australia under thomas al-jazeera. syrian air defenses have targeted projectiles fired from the direction of israel for the 2nd night running that's according to syrian state media the sun the news agency says the projectiles came from quote occupied territory referring to territory held by israel in the airspace over southern syria this comes a day after a similar incident caused loud explosions in damascus there has been no comment from israel and 2 explosions have killed at least 20 members of the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces at a police station and military base in the syrian city of raka the mostly kurdish led forces pushed i saw out of rock back in 2017 but there have been several attacks since then syrian state media also said that air defenses prevented an attack that hey may mean a major air base which is home

trend and independent candidate who campaigned hard on climate change beats a former prime minister tony abbott who wants described manmade climate change as salute crap but that was the exception overall this surprise result is a victory for right of center politics in australia under thomas al jazeera melbourne. cat is a senior lecturer in politics and international relations at the university of the sunshine coast and joins us now from brisbane sir thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera in that report that we just saw we spoke to some people at labor party h.q. and you could you could see the shock i mean some of them or were speechless they just didn't see this coming obviously heartbroken by the result what do you think labor went wrong was it really all about climate change. those broad sweep of their policies that they did have was sort of moderate reform. protects. against climate change but had an ambitious target some would say of the 50 percent renewables by 2030. there was a sort of progressive tax measures in terms of dividends negative gearing investment in hospitals

as you said, tony abbott and malcolm turnbull, both out of polmont because malcolm turnbull quit prettywas ousted and now scott morrison is gone as well —— out of parliament. there is a big lesson here for the governing coalition about the future. i wonder if the past played a part for labor for them as well because we had bob hawke passing away this week and a good chance for bill shorten to wallow in happier memories for his party. it was an untimely death but in terms of how these things play out in an election, it was a reminder to the electorate that the economy was in pretty safe hands during the hawke keating era possible there were many changes happening in australia under bob hawke's kaepernick watch that the liberals would regard as progressive and successful therefore the whole narrative the current liberal party has that you can't trust labor with the economy undercut that idea and has not been a more successful or dare i say popular prime minister since he still holds the record for approval ratings and therefore it was a reminder that labor can be popular here. arguably bo

paul that's tony abbott the the prime minister is on track to lose face state in the north of sydneythat's almost official now the a.b.c. the national networks here in australia has polls that his independent opponent saw the struggle now change some type of heavily on climate change and it looks as though the abbotts is out but overall the betting markets are very in any indication 2 days ago giving just a 70 percent chance of the government retiring how that's now going up to 30 percent labor still not quite so they will probably win this but there is none of us most in this room now that the wasn't even an hour old. andrew thomas following results for us in a straight arrow no doubt be talking to you again very soon thank you andrea. well glenn drury is a political strategist and adviser to deron hench as justice party in australia and he joins us now live from melbourne via skype len this is the hard fought election but also for independents and populist parties too. yes it has and and as you are it's now been a couple of. taxation being run on the environment being mean either a

just months before an election which the party lost then it was the liberals turn the conservative tony abbott arrived promising stability but he lost it just 2 years before being rolled by the moderate malcolm turnbull who himself was replaced made last year the current prime minister scott morrison knows australians have had enough. you know it's been a pretty tumultuous time and i think the strides would welcome the fact that that period of time was out and it should be a strange expect that of the parliament and i'm pleased that that's the case the yeah i did get on this has come to a close and they are just working together and the focusing on the future has come this election both main parties have introduced rules to make internal coups more difficult now instead of a simple majority of over 50 percent a super majority of caucus members will be required to vote out a sitting prime minister 75 percent for labor and for the liberals 2 thirds of their parliamentarians under such rules most of the recent leadership challenges would have failed but it might not be enough to satisfy voters so

just months before an election which the party lost then it was the liberals turn the conservative tony abbottarrived promising stability but he lost it just 2 years before being rolled by the moderate malcolm turnbull who himself was replaced made last year. the current prime minister scott morrison knows australians have had enough. you know it's been a pretty tumultuous time and i think the strides would welcome the fact that that period of time was out and it should be either a strange expect that of the parliament and i'm pleased that that's the case the yards of bitterness has come to a close and they are just working together in the focusing on the future has come this election both main parties have introduced rules to make internal cusa more difficult now instead of a simple majority of over 50 percent a supermajority of caucus members will be required to vote out a sitting prime minister 75 percent for labor and for the liberals 2 thirds of their parliamentarians under such rules most of the recent leadership challenges would have failed but it might not be enough to satisfy voters s

queensland pierced of course that support there but elsewhere the former liberal prime minister tony abbottlost his seat in a wealthy sydney district the climate activist and independent least i go andrew thomas reports now from melbourne. he wasn't supposed to be the winner of australia as election opinion polls consistently had prime minister scott morrison and his rights of sense and liberal party behind the labor party rivals he and they defied expectations side friends were going to work to do. we all work to do and we're going to get back to work we're going to get back to work for the a strategist that when i go to work every day. if i started struggles and trials every day they're looking for a fair go and they're having a go and they're going to get a guy from our government was in a sydney hotel hosting young expected the tree party the was for the good gosh it was the liberal party wants you can have profile like me and the student body scott morrison i said i'm not going to see job how do the liberal party and let's enjoy the next 3 think it's ultimately about the least i though

just months before an election which the party lost then it was the liberals turn the conservative tony abbott arrived promising stability but he lost it just 2 years before being rolled by the moderate malcolm turnbull who himself was replaced made last year. the current prime minister scott morrison knows australians have had enough. you know it's been a pretty tumultuous time and i think the strides would welcome the fact that that period of time is out and it should be either a strange expect it of the parliament and i'm pleased that that's the case the yeah i did get in this has come to a close and they are just working together and if i could see on the futures come this election both main parties have introduced rules to make internal coups more difficult now instead of a simple majority over a 50 percent or a super majority of caucus members will be required to vote out a sitting prime minister 75 percent for labor and for the liberals 2 thirds of their parliamentarians under such rules most of the recent leadership challenges would have failed but it might not be enough to satisfy vot

trend and independent candidate to campaigned hard on climate change beat a former prime minister tony abbotthe wants described manmade climate change as salute. but that was the exception overall this surprise result is a victory for a right of sense of politics.

right of center government of the liberal party have turned against their leader twice dumping tony abbottfor malcolm turnbull before throwing him out the current prime minister scott morrison. m.p.'s of the previous labor government also deposed their own leader twice. this is where you get if bill shorten is elected he'll be australia's 6th prime minister in 6 years and change your prime minister through an election would be a break from the recent past what bill shorten is promising is a period of political stability with the full on climate change that means relatively ambitious targets for emissions reductions renewable energy and electric cars the current government has failed to act on climate change over many years and has been rising for the last 4 years so it's really risen as a crystal if elected the government says tougher action on climate will hurt the economy it also says a labor government's policies on refugees will lead to what it calls we care borders the government to sort of deter refugees from trying to reach australia and they sent them to detention camps on remote i

the difference and one independent in particular is definitely worth watching she's taking on tony abbott's former prime minister in a normally affluent say liberal seat right of center st in the north of sydney but opinion polls there suggestions now the favorite to win that will be an interesting race locally the bigger picture here though is that polls have narrowed but labor east still if the opinion polls are to be believed on track to weigh. now the u.s. has reached a deal with canada and mexico to remove terrorists from seal and aluminum imports this is a move that could put the 3 countries on a step closer to ratifying the deal that would replace the north american free trade agreement that agreement will eliminate us metal terrorists and can it is canada's retaliate treat terrorists on u.s. products including the. obviously these continued tariffs on steel and aluminum and our countermeasures represented significant barriers to moving forward with the do now. now that we've had a full lift on these tariffs we are going to work with you my united states on timing for ratification bu

right of center government of the liberal party have turned against their leader twice dumping tony abbott for malcolm turnbull i thought throwing him out the current prime minister scott morrison. m.p.'s of the previous labor government also deposed their own leader twice. this is. if bill shorten is elected he'll be australia's 6th prime minister in 6 years and change your prime minister through an election would be a break from the recent past what bill shorten is promising is a period of political stability with the full on climate change that means relatively ambitious targets for emissions reductions renewable energy and electric cars the current government has failed to act on climate change over many years and it's been rising for the last 4 years so it's really risen as a critical issue in the likes of the government says tougher action on climate will hurt the economy it also says a labor government's policies on refugees will lead to what it calls we care borders the government to sort to deter refugees from trying to reach australia and they sent them to detention camps on remo

trend and independent candidates who campaigned hard on climate change beat a former prime minister tony abbott who wants to scribe a manmade climate change salute. but that was the exception overall the surprise result is a victory for rights of sense of politics in australia andrew thomas al-jazeera melbourne. saudi arabia has called for 2 emergency summit involving gulf and arab leaders in mecca on may 30th discuss escalating tensions in the gulf state media says king sal mom wants to discuss recent aggressions and their consequences the u.s. has deployed an aircraft carrier and bombers to the region over alleged threats from iran for commercial ships were sabotaged off the coast of the u.a.e. last week and or the installation west of the saudi capital was attacked by yemen's with the rebels. the u.n. is warning of a major shabana terror and crisis in somalia which is again in the grip of drought somalis are leaving the rural areas in their tens of thousands to get food aid in the capital mogadishu and the failure of what are called long rains which usually sweep east africa between march an

right of center governments of the liberal party have turned against their leader twice dumping tony abbott for malcolm turnbull before throwing him out the current prime minister scott morrison . m.p.'s of the previous labor government also deposed their own leader twice. this is where you go if bill shorten is elected he'll be australia's 6th prime minister in 6 years and change your prime minister through an election would be a break from the recent past what bill shorten is promising is a period of political stability with the full on climate change that means relatively ambitious targets for emissions reductions renewable energy and electric cars the current government has failed to act on climate change over many years and it's been rising for the last 4 years so it's really risen as a crystal if you like the government says tougher action on climate will hurt the economy it also says a labor government's policies on refugees will lead to what it calls weak your borders the government to sort of deter refugees from trying to reach australia and they sent them to detention camps on rem

the tribute of one former leader, tony abbott, has been condemned by many on twitter as political pointsbour pm kevin rudd called bob hawke a giant of australian politics. he is survived by his wife and biographer blanche d'alpuget and his three children, susan, stephen and rosalind. for more than 130 years, the statue of liberty in new york harbor has welcomed immigrants to america's shores. her torch became a symbol of hope and a new life for millions. now a new museum has opened in lady liberty's shadow, telling her story. the bbc‘s nada tawfik paid a visit. towering over new york's harbour, first lady tea is a iconic symbol of freedom with her torch of enlightenment and tablet ofjustice. this view is similar to the one seen by many thousands of immigrants... millions travel every year to liberty island to visit the national monument and now they can experience it like never before with the opening of the new statue of liberty museum. politicians and dignitaries celebrated its grand unveiling, a moment they've waited three years for. this museum, like the statue of liberty itself, is

it's possible a former prime minister tony abbott could lose his normally safe seats over the issue of an independent candidate campaigning on the environment is the narrow favorite to beat him and his part of sydney with a very tight election result independents could hold the balance of power. the current prime minister's message is the highest taxes and more environmental regulation will cripple an already delicate economy at the selection i'll be making a simple point. i want to back you i would have backed you respirations the things that actually drive you to your goals you were to get a child to buy a house decide if you're a charmer to live in your autonomy and the why do you stop life is high taxes on all of those things is to vote liberal and nationals today. was going to get morrison will be in sydney for the result will be in melbourne but neither will be confident and or thomas is joining us now from melbourne and if the opinion polls are right andrew then the labor party might be celebrating later on in here at their headquarters. that's right this room will be the scene

it's possible the former prime minister tony abbott could lose his normally safe seat over the issue of an independent candidate campaigning on the environment is the narrow favorite to beat him in his part of sydney with a very tight election result independents could hold the balance of power. the current prime minister's message is the higher taxes and more environmental regulation will cripple an already delicate economy at the selection of the point. i want to thank you i would have backed your aspirations the things that actually drive. your achievement to get a job to buy a house. to live in your autonomy and the why to start life is high tech to. nationals today. morrison will be in sydney for the result will be in melbourne but neither will be confident. austria's far right deputy leader has resigned over a controversial video vice chancellor heinz christian. parent lee offering government contracts to an unknown russian woman in exchange for political support the secretly film video was published by 2 german newspapers chancellor sebastian kurtz as conservative people's par

right of center governments of the liberal party have turned against their leader twice dumping tony abbott for malcolm turnbull i thought throwing him out the current prime minister scott morrison. m.p.'s of the previous labor government also deposed their own leader twice. this is where you go if bill shorten is elected he'll be australia's 6th prime minister in 6 years and change your prime minister through an election would be a break from the recent past what bill shorten is promising is a period of political stability with the full on climate change that means relatively ambitious targets for emissions reductions renewable energy and electric cars the current government has failed to act on climate change over many years and police have been rising for the last 4 years so it's really risen as a crucial issue in the election the government says tougher action on climate will hurt the economy it also says a labor government's policies on refugees will lead to what it calls weak your borders the government to sort to deter refugees from trying to reach australia and sent them to detentio

right of center government of the liberal party have turned against their leader twice dumping tony abbott for malcolm turnbull before throwing him out the current prime minister scott morrison. m.p.'s of the previous labor government also deposed their own leader twice. this is where you go if bill shorten is elected he'll be australia's 6th prime minister in 6 years and change your prime minister through an election would be a break from the recent past what bill shorten is promising is a period of political stability with the full on climate change that means relatively ambitious targets for emissions reductions renewable energy and electric cars the current government has failed to act on climate change over many years in place it's been rising for the last 4 years so it's really risen as a crucial issue in the election the government says tougher action on climate will hurt the economy it also says a labor government's policies on refugees will lead to what it calls we care borders the government to sort to deter refugees from trying to reach australia and sent them to detention camps

trend and independent candidates who campaigned hard on climate change beat a former prime minister tony abbott he once described manmade climate change as absolute crime but that was the exception oberle this surprise result is a victory for rights of sense of politics in australia andrew thomas al-jazeera of melbourne. coming out next year it out is there is a way that that's followed by j. biden launching his 2020 presidential bid calling donald trump the divider in chief . and protest says attempt to take the shine off this year's your vision song contest in israel. hello again it's good to have you back well here across turkey the weather has been quite active over the last several days unfortunately not going to see too much in terms of a change there because the weather is going to continue to be thunderstorms as well as large hail for most of the northern coast so for ancora the rain is going to be there for you on sunday but as we go towards monday most of that begins to push over here towards the northeast across the eastern part of the black sea and craig attempters do go up to about

metropolitan places like sydney, being against carbonation cuts has cost the liberals the seat of tony abbott minister best known for wearing tight swimming trunks known as budgie smugglers. but in rural queensland where cole is king, it has worked against labour who wanted greater action on climate change, meaning both sides losing seats, nobody sure who will emerge victorious. if it is labour, as the pulse lead is to believe, australia will have its sixth prime minister within six yea rs. sixth prime minister within six years. —— as the poles lead us to believe. attack the liberal party hq the initial columbus has changed and they feel they might have enough momentum to stay in government —— but at the liberal party hq, the initial glum feeling has changed. in the last few minutes, the austrian deputy chancellor heinz—christian strache has resigned from the government. it's after a video emerged of mr strache apparently promising public contracts in exchange for campaign support before the general election in 2017. manchester city are hoping to win the fa cup today and become the first men'

trend and independent candidates who campaigned hard on climate change beat a former prime minister tony abbott who wants described manmade climate change as a salute. but that was the exception overall this surprise result is a victory for a right of center politics in australia andrew thomas al-jazeera melbourne well staying in australia and the far right senator who made headlines after he blamed immigration for the christchurch mosque attack has lost his bid for reelection fraser and was widely condemned for saying that the massacre of 51 people in new zealand of march was the result of allowing muslims into the country and the previous election he only received 19 votes but was brought into parliament to replace another senator. michael dodd a former political correspondent for the australian broadcasting corporation and he says scott martin's a victory is far from resounding. as a win for scott morrison it's a narrow win and at this stage while counting until news we don't know whether he will actually be able to have a majority between him and his coalition partner and whether they'll ei

and independent candidate to campaigned hard on climate change because of all the prime minister tony abbott and once described manmade climate change as a salute. but that was the exception overruled this surprise result is a victory for a right of center of politics in australia under thomas al-jazeera melbourne. the us president has said he's against abortions except in cases of rape incest or when the mother's life is in danger donald trump broke his silence days after the state of alabama outlawed nearly all abortions the votes in favor came from mostly male republicans hundreds of protesters are expected to march against the measure in several towns across the state in the coming hours. boeing has admitted flaws in its 737 max flight simulator software that's used to train pilots after 2 crashes killed 346 people the company says it simulators couldn't replicate conditions that contributed to the a field paean airlines crash in march and the lion air accident off indonesia's coast last december last october rather boeing says it's fixed the problem it's also working on software updates

tony abbott could lose his seat at the election.m trailing the independent by 56 point to 44. global news 24 hours a day on air and on tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm su keenan. this is bloomberg. an update onhead, the world's largest exercise in democracy as india enters the fifth phase of voting. we will be live in new delhi later. shery: a look ahead to a big week of central bank rate decisions. this is bloomberg. ♪ paul: this is "daybreak: asia." shery: this week will put central banks to the test as a speculation builds for a global shift to easing. it's still a close call for the rba. what is on the pressure for the governor to act? sophie: subdued inflation is among the factors that could encourage the rba to cut rates. jp morgan said the deterioration in core inflation warrants a more immediate policy response, as you can see on this chart. core inflation for australia in white, cash flow the line in blue. bank ofalaysia, malaysia stoking speculation for a

trend an independent candidate who campaigned hard on climate change beat a former prime minister tony abbott who once described a manmade climate change as a salute price but that was the exception overall this surprise result is a victory for a right of center politics in australia under thomas al-jazeera meldon. the un is warning of a major humanitarian crisis in somalia which is again in the grip of drought 2000000 somalis are at risk of starvation unless they get emergency aid victoria case and the reports hungry somalis arrive daily at this makeshift camp on the outskirts of the capital mogadishu their farms have failed and the animals have died sheltering here is now that best chance of surviving the drought the house the house about i was a roof i left our home and farms because of drug related conditions and conflict off farms were hit badly by the drought thankfully now we live here somalis are leaving rural areas in the 10s of thousands to get food aid in the capital the failure of so-called long rains which usually sweep east africa between march and may has caused crop failures a

and independent candidate to campaigned hard on climate change because of all the prime minister tony abbott he wants described manmade climate change as salute. but that was the exception oberle this surprise result is a victory for right of center politics in australia under thomas al jazeera melbourne. also in australia a far right senator has lost his bid for reelection after blaming the new zealand mosque attacks on muslim immigration fraser anning was widely condemned after the killing of 51 people in christ church 2 months ago he tweeted then there's anyone still dispute the link between muslim immigration and violence. bolivia's president has begun his reelection campaign for a 4th consecutive term eval rollo's has been in power since 2006 and the opposition has called has the session to run for the october vote unconstitutional critics say he's ignoring the results of the referendum 3 years ago when voters clearly expressed their opposition to the reports. after 13 years in office many believe in scotland then brit time this was not that president he's credited with lifting tens of

trend and independent candidates who campaigned hard on climate change beat a former prime minister tony abbott he wants described manmade climate change as a salute. but that was the exception overall the surprise result is a victory for right of center politics in australia under thomas al jazeera melbourne. former us vice president joe biden has officially kicked off his 2020 presidential campaign with a major rally and philadelphia a veteran political leader used his speech to attack president trump biden says he is best placed to take on trump well the message tailored to republicans and moderate voters gave their reports who were in the. nation when joe biden announced he was running for the democratic nomination for president 3 weeks ago he began by attacking president donald trump. but on saturday in his 1st big campaign rally officially kicking off his run for the presidency biden tried to present himself as a man who could unify politically divided america to defeat. this problem so it's easy for him so far it's written in this country park to see. our politicians our politics today t

like here in sydney, being against carbon emission cuts has cost the liberals eight seat, that of tony abbott for wearing some tight swimming trunks! but in rural queensland where coal is still king, it has worked against labor wanted greater action on climate change. that means both sides losing seats and no one is quite sure who will emerge the victor. if it is labor as the polls have led us to believe, that would mean australia will have its sixth prime minister within six years but here at the liberal party hq, the initial alumnus has changed a little and they may feel they mightjust have enough momentum to stay in government. the debate around the future of the irish border has been a significant stumbling block in the brexit process, with the forthcoming eu elections expected to be particularly hard—fought in northern ireland. ahead of the vote next week, our ireland correspondent chris page has been to hear people's views. politics is full of ups and downs. the impact on northern ireland is probably greater than most of the places because of the land border it has with the irish republ

and the former prime minister tony abbott could lose his seat.he survey for the activist group get up shows him trailing by 56 points to 44. more than 40 people are feared dead after a passenger plane landed in flames in moscow. jet made an emergency landing after the engine caught fire, forcing it to return to the airport soon after takeoff. there were 76 passengers and five crew aboard. russian news agency interfax said 41 people have been killed. blake -- and bangladesh have launched a widespread recovery and relief operation after a cyclone on the coast of the bay of bengal. several people are known to have died in an indian state and another 14 killed in bangladesh. to hitthe most powerful since the super cyclone killed 10,000 back in 1999. global news 24 hours a day, on air and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am su keenan. this is bloomberg. shery: president trump is ramping up pressure on china to finalize a trade deal during talks in washington. he is threatening to doub

it's possible the former prime minister tony abbott could lose his normally safe seat over the issue of an independent candidate campaigning on the environment is the narrow favorite to beat him and his part of sydney with a very tight election result independents could hold the balance of power the current prime minister's message is the higher taxes and more environmental regulation will cripple an already delicate economy at the selection of big mikey a simple point. i want to back you i want to back your aspirations the things that actually drive you to your goals your achievements to get a job to buy a house to save your time to live in your autonomy and the wider stoplight is high taxes on all of those things is to vote liberal and national stood up i was going to get morrison will be in sydney for the result will be in melbourne but neither will be confident let's now bring in andrew thomas is joining us from la britain in melbourne to tell us how voting is shaping up and how close this election really is . what really is close is still there i spent most of saturday in a marg

that tony suggests abbott could lose his seat at the election.roup shows him trailing the independent about 56 points -44 points. three-yeargins a prison sentence on monday. he is convicted of campaign-finance violations, bank fraud and lying to congress. new york prosecutors rejected: cohen's request for another hearing where he would provide more information on the president. news, 24 hours a day on tictoc and on twitter, powered by more than 20 700 journalists in our 120 countries. i am su keenan, this is bloomberg. rishaad: this week's talks between the u.s. and china, they are heading back at president trump's threat to use tariffs and raise those tariffs. the trade negotiations were due to begin on -- begin in d.c.. >> this is quite a big shift. the would have thought we would have been in the situation on monday when everything else was pointing to them getting closer ?o a deal >> we were thinking there could be a deal as soon as may 10. elevation ofest about 100 officials that should have been capping off these talks and coming up with an

since being reelected, mds in the center rights have turned against their leader twice, dumping tony abbottrnbull before throwing him out for the current prime minister scott morrison. mp's of the previous labour government also deposed their own leader twice. if this man is elected he will prime minister in six years. the change of prime minister through election would be a break from the recent past. there could be political stability, appeared with big policy reforms. on climate change it needs relatively ambitious targets for emissions reductions, renewable energy and electric cars. the current government has failed to act over many years evolution has been rising the last four years. it has risen as a crucial thing. reporter: the government said it will hurt the economy. it also says labor's policies on refugees will lead to weaker borders. they are trying to deter refugees from australia and sent them to detention camps on remote islands in the pacific. as difficult as this is, if you change it or weaken it, show a lack of resolve, you invite on this country and the poor souls who wou

buck the trend and independent candidates who campaigned hard on climate change the prime minister tony abbott he once described a manmade climate change as salute. but that was the exception overall this surprise result is a victory for a right of center politics in australia andrew thomas al-jazeera melbourne sudan's transitional military council says it's preparing for another round of talks with protest leaders later on sunday as follows pressure from world bodies like the un the e.u. and the african union and demonstrators hit the streets of hard to make it on saturday continuing their demand for a civilian government. to determine a new governing body were suspended for 72 hours on wednesday after protesters extended their roadblocks across the capital khartoum but morgan is joining us from there now that the talks are meant to go ahead in a few hours time is a coalition for freedom and change going into them with a position of strength. well they're in the opposition coalition and their declaration of freedom and change have always been saying that their pressure their support to base i

and a lot of these people are challenging establishment candidates like former prime minister tony abbottone of the sort of most expensive real estate suburbs in sydney. specifically on his climate change policies. and everything he's been doing some would argue to disrupt and prevent real change from the coalition government from moving forward and embracing an actual really productive energy policy. it's not just that we're seeing a lot of right-wing populists but we're also seeing a lot of left-wing independents who are specifically targeting liberal candidates, especially because of their climate change platforms. >> that was "new york times" correspondent jamie tarabay speaking to me earlier. brexit talks between prime minister theresa may's government and the opposition labor party have broken down. labor leader jeremy corbyn blamed may's government, calling it weak and unstable. but may said the labor party lacked a common position. cnn's phil black has more on the failed talks from london. >> reporter: expectations were never high for these talks. the distrust was too great, the d

can i start off by saying, thank you to tony abbott for your service to this country.h henderson... we still have votes to count. i thank them for the ha rd votes to count. i thank them for the hard campaign they have fought. to all of those in the seats that we held going into this campaign who had to work hard to ensure that as a result of their incredible efforts they were able to be returned tonight. can i particularly thank jason and michael, david coleman, lucy in robertson. pretty much the whole state of queensland. how good is queensland?! i never thought i would hear that in new south wales, i have got to tell you. all of our queensland members. i wa nt to all of our queensland members. i want to thank you. and we have got some great new members coming in as well. doctor fiona martin is here with us. professor celia hammond. and angie bell on the gold coast. i wa nt to and angie bell on the gold coast. i want to thank all of my candidates. all of my members. all of you who have worked so hard to get them where we have been able to come to tonight, on behalf of

elected to solve that one interesting one actually in the northern part of significant minister tony abbott is he loves tacey so an independent the overall choice and in australia with the fall i did not say it's an independent founded and i miss all the struggle she campaigned very heavily on climate change and the need for action on climate change fighting the abbotts one step takes about climate change science over the last his say that so she'll be in parliament as will do others some on the right some on the left but only rule even if the governing rights and sends a coalition busy a seat all too short of. it's probable that one old team of those independents will solve with them and that would be enough to keep scott morrison as the straight is prime minister and she needs a ride to the same governing coalition in town andrew thomas watching those results come in for us in australia thank you for that update on kerry. to australia now where far right see the heinz christian straka has. stepped down as the country's vice chancellor straka was seen apparently offering government contrac

and independent candidates who campaigned hard on climate change be to fill the prime minister tony abbott who wants described manmade climate change as a salute. but that was the exception overruled this surprise result is a victory for a right of center politics in australia andrew thomas al-jazeera of melbourne the us president has spelled out his position on abortion saying he's against terminating pregnancy except in cases resulting from rape incest or when the mother's life is in danger donald trump made the comments days after the state of alabama passed an almost total ban on abortion hundreds of protesters are expected to march against the measure and several towns across the state in the coming hours activists have condemned the law and hope it can be overturned in the supreme court venezuela's opposition leader one says he will not enter into any false negotiations with president nicolas maduro as government. rallied supporters after a mediation meeting between the opposition and the government in norway muro says he's trying to build a peaceful agenda to resolve venezuela's pol

of the change australia's paul prime minister twice since that 1st came to power in 20 the same tony abbott won an election then he was dumped in favor of malcolm turnbull that was in turn dumped last august internally and by scott morrison and that political instability is something that the labor party say they are going to get rid of now the parliament in australia only has $151.00 seats it's already tight there in parliament the labor opposition party already has 72 seats so there you need a further 4 to get a majority in parliament one of them could be here in the victorian seat of qur'an get some here in the town of panic but this seat is one of 3 in the states of victoria that has seen this molecule it could swing either way but this election we decided in places like this a couple of states in sydney a few in queens out a couple in western australia to entice mania really the vast majority of people in this country won't get to actually vote the change will come down just a few seats including here we should have the results in about 11 or 12 hours from now and looking forward to he

is that former prime minister tony abbott has lost his seat and that was partly because the people concerned about climate change thought he wasn't taking the issue seriously enough so overall it shows quite a division in a straight in thinking on on climate change and on quite a lot of other issues as well including immigration which was also a big one that was so it's in for the final tally the final results to come and still no sight of an outright majority would you say the results so far constitutes a resigned indorsements of the conservative liberal party or what would you say the result for all. i don't think they show resoundingly anything i think. as a wind has got morris that it's a narrow win and at this stage well counting until news we don't know whether he will actually be able to have a majority between him and his coalition partner and whether they'll either go for a minority government which suggests more instability in the future or be able to get some of the independent voters or minor parties on board to support them in what could be an unstable and very slim majority gov