it is big news here in vanuatu in fiji, back in australia, maybe not quite so significant.efore he gets ready for the serious business of a general election here later this year. is is also an attempt to counter the rising influence of china in the region? absolutely. scott morrison, that phrase again, showing up to be sure that australia keeps its influence. australia is still the biggest spender and donor of money within the pacific region but china isjust behind it and the growing force, last year we saw talk that china may be looking to build a military base within the area, maybe even in vanuatu. scott morrison reacted last year by setting up a new sort of civic pacific initiative, talk of helping with infrastructure, talk of helping with military training within the region, maybe even upgrading a military base in fiji. now he is showing up, trying to show that australia is the biggest friend of the region. one issue is climate change in australia's record on burning fossil fuels, there is some concern in fiji that could be contributed to global water level rises globa

we are a nation of vanuatu is conducting a world first health trial using commercial drones to deliver lifesaving vaccines at the moment about one in five children that don't get all of x. nations they need the move could revolutionize health care for some of the world's poorest nations under thomas reports one venue were to use every mongo island. delivering vaccines to people on air a mango audience used to take hours or even days but now a drone can reach them in minutes soaring over the sea or rugged landscapes which don't have roads or parts until recently this a long rough boat ride was the only way anything got to the village of south river to get things to other places to go about and the trek of many hours for vaccines which need to be kept cool that's expensive and impractical boats need lots of fuel backpacks don't have refrigeration and in remote villages there isn't reliable power needed for fridges to store vaccines long term growth as mean vaccines can be delivered on demand i've been with the minister of health under five years and this is the most innovative and ambiti

island vanuatu and clear mind you can catch up any time with our website the address that is al jazeera dot com i know some of your he watches a lot live icon he don't try to do it's there they aren't i can't. i don't mind the top stories here not just here u.s. senator lindsey graham says the u.s. is relationship with saudi arabia can't move forward until the murder of john has. dealt with graham said congress will reintroduce sanctions against those involved in the killing of hush algae we will. start sanctioning those involved with the killing the mr could show he will make a definitive statement that m.b.a.'s knew about it and is responsible for it and come up with a series of sanctions to. make sure that others understand this is not what you do if you're an ally of the united states crowds have gathered outside the democratic republic of congo's top court where a verdict is expected over the result of the disputed presidential election position leader felix she secured he was declared the shock winner but has been accused of rigging the vote with outgoing president joseph kabila r

island vanuatu. spall and his pool site thank you very much novak djokovic is through to the last sixteen of the australian open in melbourne the world number one was up against canadian teenager dennis shopov a lot of racing into a two set lead but he lost his cool in the third when his request to turn off the artificial lights was ignored one thousand year old shapovalov toyed with the fourteen time grand slam champion with this cheeky between the legs shot known as a tweener he lost the point but won the third set six four jack which got his composure back in the fourth seeing off the young canadian six love to clinch the match when also guarantees the serb will keep his number one ranking after the australian open. while women's world the morn summer and how it is also through to the fourth round the top seed beat venus williams in straight sets six two six three how up was last year's runner up and needed just one hour seventeen minutes to complete the win and sets up a tie with venus is sister

happening in one or two other countries are interested to learn from what's haven't happening in vanuatu and to able to replicate but also use drones just minutes on the ground before making their return trip what are being tested hair about the practical technicalities of delivering vaccines by drugs and economics is it financially viable to deliver primary health care by driving the company behind. this says yes largely using parts made by three d. printers their manufacturing cost is less than ten thousand dollars per drone and pulling the drones route so tonelessly so there's no need for expertise locally the only marginal operating cost is electricity about four dollars a flight in better water but even that cost is removed when solar energy is used it is made to be robust and cost effective in a solution that we can we can talk to a country that can afford one hundred thousand all of a coal but we can bring the same level of technical competence with all of us sitting behind me this trial is a world first if successful it has big implications the potential to fly out to primary hea

island vanuatu now it's time for sports. thank you very much twenty time grand slam champion and defending australian open men's champion roger federer breezed into this year's fourth round on friday he took the first set in emphatic fashion against american taylor fritz the first in seemed to ease off the gas trying out some different shots on the twenty one year old it led to a much more even second said federer clinching at seven five with some impressive winners a straight sets victory in the end for the world number three you said that he's virtuous the display had just been experimentation rather than these approach. to try to relax and start playing more dropshots and play more serve and volley you know that the saber was just to see how did it feel how did what it's going to do but i don't do it deliberately to make up our look bad or to be on the highlight reel because. i felt i was like this when i was younger you know teenager coming through on the tour and i was trying to do is great shots on court seventeen and

risk being seen as nothing more than a publicist a stunt for these two need is the other nation of vanuatu is conducting a world first health trial using commercial drones to deliver lifesaving vaccines at the moment about one in five children that don't get all the vaccination as they need the move could revolutionize health care for some of the world's poorest nations under thomas reports run. delivering vaccines to people on air or mango audience used to take hours or even days but now a drone can reach them in minutes soaring over the sea over rugged landscapes which don't have roads or parts until recently this a long rough boat ride was the only way anything got to the village of south river to get things to other places to go about and the trek of many hours for vaccines which need to be kept cool that's expensive and impractical boats need lots of fuel backpacks don't have for generation and in remote villages there isn't reliable power needed for fridges to store vaccines long term drones mean vaccines can be delivered on demand i've been with the minister of health ten to five ye

other countries are interested to learn from what's having happening in vanuatu and to able to replicate but i want to use drones just minutes on the ground before making the return trip what are being tested hair about the practical technicalities of delivering vaccines by drugs and economics is it financially viable to deliver primary health care by driving. the company behind this says yes largely using parts made by three d. princes them a factoring cost is less than ten thousand dollars per drug and pulling the drones fly separate so tonelessly so there's no need for expertise locally the only marginal operating cost is electricity about four dollars a flight in by the water but even that cost is removed when solar energy is used it is might be robust and cost effective in a solution that we can we can talk to a country that can't afford one hundred thousand all of a coal but we can bring the sign level of technical competence with all of us sitting on this trial is a world first if successful it has a big implications the potential to fly out to primary health care on demand to rem

island vanuatu. well a rare type of frog in bolivia who's been without a mate for ten years has finally found his match thanks in part to the internet romeo as he's called was described as the world's only water frog and online campaign raised enough money to find a mate for romeo the national history museum where he lives is confident he will hit it off with his julia valentine's day you can find much more on that story and the day's other top stories on our website al-jazeera dot com. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera u.s. leading republican senator lindsey graham says america's relationship with saudi arabia can't move forward until the issue of the murder of. dealt with he went on to say he hopes president trump will slow the withdrawal of american troops from syria until i saw was the straw this is in contrast to donald trump who cited the defeats of the armed group as a reason to pull america's troops out the u.s. president of north korea's leader have agreed to meet for a second time nex

the pacific island nation of vanuatu has a long history of community matters being settled by village chiefs usually men and now for the first time a woman has been anointed head if a tribal council she wants to transform village life but says that can't happen unless their environments protected here's her story. my name is les marlene is the posse and i'm on this chair lady of a tribal council in vanuatu it's always been i'm in the position my husband sanborn she filed for we. about sheila childless who give me the right to ponting beasts in the uk i come from totally different islands and tribe and different. just farm and culture somewhere happy somewhere not happy again of the day that she was. has the lessee my husband and i go to capitol hill every day to bring kids to school but those so for work and for shopping i am cory for enough in hospitality institution in florida when i look around me i see the destruction of forest and marine life after the saigon everybody relies on government handouts so the council decides that we can't wait we have to do something sure. so in our

other countries are interested to learn from what's haven't happening in vanuatu and to able to replicate but also use drones just minutes on the ground before making their return trip what are being tested hair about the practical technicalities of delivering vaccines by drugs and economics is it financially viable to deliver primary health care by driving the company behind. this says yes largely using parts made by three d. printer their manufacturing cost is less than ten thousand dollars per drug and pulling the drones so tonelessly so there's no need to expertise locally the only marginal operating cost is electricity about bulldoze appliance about a mile to but even that is removed when solar energy is used it is made to be robust and cost effective in a solution that we can we can talk to a country that can afford one hundred thousand all of a coal but we can bring the same level of technical competence with all of us having. this trial is a world first if successful it has big implications the potential to fly out to primary health care on demand to remote spots worldwide and to

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what's happening in one or two other countries are interested to learn from let's have an happening in vanuatuand to able to replicate but i want to use drones just minutes on the ground before making the return trip one of ink. tested here about the practical technicalities of delivering vaccines by drugs and economics is it financially viable to deliver primary health care by drug the company behind this says yes largely using parts made by three d. princes their manufacturing cost is less than ten thousand dollars per drug and pulling the drones routes all tonelessly so there's no need to expertise locally the only marginal operating cost is electricity about four dollars appliance about a mile to but even the cost is removed when solar energy is used it is made to be robust and cost effective in a solution that we can we can talk to a country that can't afford one hundred thousand all of a coal but we can bring the same level of technical competence with all of us sitting behind me this trial is a world first if successful it has a big implications the potential to fly out to primary healt

for me, vanuatu. for me, that's the really interesting one. you're pushing out potentially the new areas for operation for the navy. it's pushing out further away from the chinese mainland and potentially cuts themselves, you know, sit s very strategically between australia and new zealand and the united states. but the pakistan one doesn't surprise me given the odd yenau where we're at. again, there's nothing particularly new in that. >> craig, what about cambodia, should we be worried? >> yes, but, i mean, not as worried as we should be at djibouti which is a military base and guadar where we see vessels making calls and using facilities. much like vanuatu, that's potential, the potential word up there, in the location. the big concern is as part of this massive project in cambodia, where the chinese among others things built casinos and whatnot but also a deepwater port and begun expansions on a nearby airstrip. the cambodians strenuously denied there will be any chinese base in cambodia. vice president pence delivered a warning very clearl

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