whose prolific output of fiction is rooted deep in the soil and the shoreline of his native western australia, a land of harsh beauty where life rarely comes easy. tim winton‘s latest novel, the shepherd's hut, focuses on a troubled young man wrestling with demons, and it comes at an opportune time, with the me too movement demanding an end to ingrained sexism, misogyny and toxic masculinity. is australia redefining what it means to be a good bloke? tim winton, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you have travelled the world, you have even lived in europe, but it seems when you write, your writing, and your stories, always take you back home to western australia. why is that? i'm not sure. i think it's notjust what i know, but it's what i live and breathe, it just seems endlessly... it's just — there's more stories. there's more to write about. the older i get, the more i see in it. it seems like you almost feel the landscapes, the soil and the coastline, of course, because you write a great deal about the coast, it almost feels like it shapes your soul in a way. yeah, i think it's shaped my expe

solo around the world, but he's currently stranded more than 3,000 kilometres off the coast of western australia broken in a severe storm in the indian ocean and vessels from australia, india and france are heading to his position. katharine da costa reports. a distress message from solo yachtsman abhilash tomy after a severe storm whipped up 80mph winds and 45ft waves, breaking his mast on friday. he's injured and unable to leave his bunk. i'm very relieved to be at the start of the golden globe race. this is tomy at the start of the race injuly. the 39—year—old indian navy commander's no stranger to extreme conditions — he completed the same round—the—world challenge in 2013. it's a 30,000—mile nonstop solo race. competitors had set off from france on the first ofjuly. they'd been tracking down the west coast of africa. tomy had moved into third place when he got into trouble nearly 2,000 miles off the west coast of australia. he's now stranded in the middle of indian ocean. archive: and this almost the suhaili lap of honour... sir robin knox—johnston was the first man to sail round the world

solo around the world, but he's currently stranded more than 3,000 kilometres off the coast of western australiaroken in a severe storm in the indian ocean and vessels from australia, india and france are heading to his position. katharine da costa reports. ruled. dismasted. set you back injury. cannot get up. at distress message from a solo yachtsman abhilash tomy after a severe storm whipped up 80 mile an hour wind and 45 foot waves, wrecking his mast on friday. he is injured and unable to leave his boat. i am relieved to be at the start of the race. this is abhilash tomy at the start of the race injuly. abhilash tomy at the start of the race in july. the abhilash tomy at the start of the race injuly. the 39—year—old indian navy commander is no stranger to extreme conditions. he completed the same round the world challenge in 2013. is a 30,000 mile now and stop solo race. competitors set off from france july one and solo race. competitors set off from francejuly one and have been tracking down the west coast of africa he had moved into third place when he got into trouble nearly 2000 miles of

to hunt mine in western australia but it says it is reviewing its options in light of its amazing find. as all of the dirt then and it was just gold everywhere as far as you could say more than one thousand ounces of high grade gold have so far been found at the nickel not out discovery experts say is immensely rare marco your whole life you never never seen it. as. you get it sorted by piece it's a see something on the is phenomenal the question is is there more gold to be found in the mall or in c. you can look forward to selling the first row for more than eleven million dollars . germany's auto association the. consumer group of said it planning to bring them to court they want compensation for two million tons of diesel cars that are not as environmentally friendly as the company claimed at the time of sale that news comes just a day after the opening of a test case brought by institutional investors seeking compensation for losses in v.w. share price in the days after the commission's cheating scandal broke during proceedings and shoes say the presiding judge said v.w. c.e.o. had

few months ago kind of those are unseen minerals was planning to sell its be to hunt mine in western australia but it says it is reviewing its options in light of its amazing find. as all of the dirt then you know there was just gold everywhere as far as you could say more than one thousand ounces of high grade gold have so far been found at the nicola i doubt the discovery experts say is immensely rare your whole life you never never see anything walk in. as a geologist you get excited by people it's to see something on the scale is phenomenal the question is is there more gold to be found in the money or in c. you can look forward to selling the first trial for more than eleven million dollars. germany's auto association the a.d.a.'s consumer group of said they're planning to bring folks to court they want compensation for two million dollars of diesel cars that are not as environmentally friendly as the company claimed at the time of sale at news comes just a day after the opening of a test case brought by institutional investors seeking compensation for losses in v.w. share price in the da

a few months ago kind of does our inseam minerals was planning to sell its mine in western australiabut it says it is reviewing its options in light of its amazing find. as all one of the. and it was just. called every way as far as you could say more than one thousand ounces of high grade gold have been found at the nickel not out discovery experts say is immensely rare you market your whole life you never never see anything like it as a geologist as i said you get excited by pinhead it's a say something on the scale is phenomenal the question is is there more gold to be found in the mine are in c. you can look forward to selling the first trial for more than eleven million dollars. if i stay in business with a. lot. more. on my spine sets off on a mission. to take away votes works as a conservationist help. to protect elephants. here in kenya looters have hunted the country terms to the brink of extinction we're the generation that can take this on and and stop doing. what is fake we have a strategy. three thousand. on d.w. . germany state by state. the most colorful. the most trad

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abhilash tomy is stranded 2,000 miles off the coast of western australia.en in a severe storm in the indian ocean. here's katharine da costa. rolled, dismasted, severe back injury, cannot get up. a distress message from solo yachtsman abhilash tomy after a severe storm whipped up 80 mph winds and 45 foot waves, breaking his mast on friday. he is injured and unable to leave his bunk. i'm very relieved to be at the start of the golden globe race. this is tomy at the start of the race injuly. the 39—year—old indian navy commander is no stranger to extreme conditions — he completed the same round—the—world challenge in 2013. it's a 30,000—mile nonstop solo race. competitors had set off from france on the 1st ofjuly. they'd been tracking down the west coast of africa. tomy had moved into third place when he got into trouble nearly 2000 miles off the west coast of australia. he's now stranded in the middle of indian ocean. this almost the suhaili lap of honour... sir robin knox—johnston was the first man to sail round the world single—handedly back in 1968. tomy‘

rolling through the bite not too much on that will be some showers there just pushing out of western australia into south australia a little cloudy there is see just around adelaide twenty one twenty two celsius for melbourne and adelaide a similar temperature there for city the temperatures just not up a notch as we go on through choose de laski try and settle but a fair bit of cloud just pushing into the interior by this date cloud and really making its way towards new zealand over the next couple of days north of the system operates as well as we go through monday but the fine and dry for tuesday. so proud of booming city a city with a drug problem. in a neighborhood consumed by trafficking giulio transforms despair into. giving children whose and reclaim their street and its will. on the street to the goo find a latin america series now this is. you're watching our time now to recap our headlines indonesia's national disaster agency says the death toll from an earthquake and tsunami has more than doubled to eight hundred thirty two people most of the confirmed dead are in the city of the i

from india, injured his back when his boat hit 80 mph winds nearly 2,000 miles off the coast of western australiassel, despite concerns that bad weather would delay his rescue. rachel wright reports. a confident, capable sailor, this was abhilash tomy as he set off on the golden globe race back in july. i'm very relieved to be at the start of the golden globe race. it is his second time in the 30,000 mile challenge, which he completed back in 2013, becoming the first indian to circumnavigate the world. but on friday, his yacht hit a storm and rolled 360 degrees, breaking the mast and leaving him in agony. it triggered a new race to reach the stranded sailor, who was found still conscious and able to talk. today, just a few hours ago, there was an indian aircraft, navy aircraft overhead. a french fisheries surveillance vessel arrived on scene. they launched two zodiacs. made it to tomy, the conditions were pretty good. there were 2m seas, 25—knot winds. they got on board, they applied immediate first aid to tomy, and were able than to put him into the zodiacs, get him back to the ship. the rescue

up to five bodies, including of children, have been found in a house in perth in western australia.is 20s presented himself to a regional police station. police described the incident as "tragic" but said there were no ongoing safety concerns. it is not known whether the victims were related. the investigation is ongoing. rules which prevent some victims of crime from being compensated if they lived with their attacker are being scrapped by the ministry ofjustice. the "same roof rule" was changed in 1979, but not retrospectively, meaning victims from before that time have been refused payouts. last year, more than a 150—million pounds was paid out by the scheme. here's our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw. after a violent crime, what happens to the victims? for over 50 years, they have been able to claim compensation under a scheme funded by the state. but the government says the system needs modernising to reflect the changing nature of crime, so it is starting a review. the criminal injuries compensation scheme review will examine the two—year time limit on bringing claims,

the countdown supermarket says they were found in a punnet of strawberries sourced from western australiaits stores in auckland. police in australia say they are investigating more than 100 cases of fruit with embedded needles, all reported in the past month. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come... the high—speed rail link which promises to cut the journey time from hong kong to beijing from 24 hours to nine. so why are some not happy? benjohnson, the ben johnson, the fastest man benjohnson, the fastest man on earth, is flying home to canada in disgrace. all athletes should be clea n disgrace. all athletes should be clean going into the games and i'm happy justice is clean going into the games and i'm happyjustice is served. it's a simple fact this morning these people were in their homes. tonight, those homes have been burned down by serbian soldiers and police. all the taliban positions along here have been strengthened, presumably in case the americans invade. it's no use having a secret service which can preserve its own secrets against the world, and so the british governmen

the countdown supermarket says they were found in a punnet of strawberries sourced from western australiasay they are investigating more than a hundred cases of fruit with embedded needles. tiger woods has won his first tournament in five years and 80th pga tour title of his career after victory in the tour championship in atlanta. woods completed a two—shot win to crown a successful comeback after a near two—year absence. it marks a remarkable return to the top for woods, who was ranked world number 1,199 less than a year ago after having spinalfusion surgery. today i'm it now i wonder if you can work out what's going on here? well, it was an attempt to break the world record for the biggest ever scrum and it was staged in tokyo to mark one year until japan hosts the rugby world cup. the previous record was set last year in new zealand and the good news is that it was cofirmed as a new world record, with the scrum containing 2,586 — breaking the old mark by more than 700. the trade war between the us and china is set to escalate even further today, as $200 billion worth of tariffs agains

few months ago kind of does our inseam minerals was planning to sell its be to hunt mine in western australiabut it says it is reviewing its options in light of its amazing find. as all of the dirt then and there was just gold everywhere as far as you could say more than one thousand ounces of high grade gold have so far been found at the nickel about that discovery experts say is immensely rare you market your whole life you never never see anything like it as a geologist as i said you get excited by pinheads it's to say something on the scale is phenomenal the question is is there more gold to be found in the mines are in sea you can look forward to selling the first trial for more than eleven million dollars. i'd like to find that now here's a reminder of the top stories the following for you. techie's president of the one wants that the entire world stands to pay the price for an attack on syria's province tens of thousands have fled to syria and russian forces prepared to take the profits. and russia has begun its biggest military exercises then the end of the cold war moscow says the dr

minerals was planning to sell its mine in western australia but it says it is reviewing its options in light of its amazing find. as all of the. it was just. gold everywhere as far as you could say more than one thousand ounces of high grade gold have so far been found at the. discovery experts say is immensely rare your whole life you never see anything like it as a geologist as i said you get excited by people here it's a see something on the scale is phenomenal. the question is is there more gold to be found in the mines arensky can look forward to selling the first trial for more than eleven million dollars. amazing a decade since the lehman brothers bankruptcy things are looking up again corporate profits are rising wall street is celebrating one record after the next but growth has been fueled by low interest rates which have prompted a lot of companies to go into debt on a massive scale. tesla is ten billion dollars in debt. net flix eight billion dollars. a pop up lloyd germany's leading shipping company is seven billion dollars in the red these are just three examples of loose

inmates at an immigration detention center in western australia has set the facility on fire. refugee advocates have described the man's treatment as shocking adding that he's a victim of detention in malaysia two women have been caned in public after being convicted of being in a lesbian relationship that was struck six times in a room full of onlookers in state. in malaysia. still ahead on al-jazeera meet the japanese photographer who takes you back in time and coming up in sports with. one driver flipped over to other cars and amazingly walked away without a scratch. apis forces tatiana thanks very much folly in tunisia is bid to host the olympic games is unlikely to get a final decision until the twenty twenty five its plan to enter the running comes ofter well received hosting of the asian games in indonesia before sunday's closing ceremony it even started president with data i don't ready and now it's their intention to bit. in twenty thirty two the official bidding process is still some way off and a final choice by the international olympic committee isn't likely to co

wednesday instead they'll be somewhat so weather towards the west just grazing the southern parts of western australia pushing its way eastwards as we head through into thursday with a heavy downpours for some of us in south australia and through victoria and into tasmania of wet weather here for a thing in new zealand it's a functionally drawing up but it's going to stay quite cool. struggles to steptoe's host the kind of or storms. come the study was done on the surface bore hole of pleasure you know that stone that i'm there also as a missile to the realities from where i was just an intimate look at life in cuba today to be clear what it means i mean yeah me down long time with three eggs don't make us and we're going to want the ones who want to be you know by cuba on time just zero. take a look at the top stories. the taliban in afghanistan has announced the death of commander. carney he founded the head carney network which was responsible for decades of suicide bomb attacks and hostage taking his death has been reported several times before he was thought to be in his eighty's and had been bet

the bodies of up to five people, including children, were found in a western australia home by police the house in suburban perth after a man, aged in his 20s, presented himself to a regional police station. it's unclear how the victims died, and there are no details about their connection with the man in custody. activists in syria say russian and syrian warplanes have carried out the "most violent" barrel bomb air strikes in the rebel—held province of idlib in almost a month. at least nine people are said to have been killed, including two children. the united nations is warning of a new humanitarian crisis if there's an all—out military offensive. a bbc investigation has found some major football clubs are targeting young fans with gambling ads on the junior sections of their websites. logos and links to gambling sites often appeared next to instructions of how to join junior clubs at teams in the premier league, spl and championship. the advertising standards authority says the clubs were blatantly breaking the rules and have now launched their own investigation. adrian goldberg i

joining me now from perth in western australia is chris elders, who's a professor of geology at curtinso much for joining us on the programme. as mentioned by our reporters and correspondence on the ground, it is a race against time to find more survivors trapped under the rubble. what other dangers, professor, do residents in sulawesi still face? well, obviously there are a large number of after—shocks continuing, there was one late last night and they are likely to continue for several weeks and months ahead and of course, you also risks with the after—shocks that any buildings that i'm stable may further collapse. -- there is also the risk. so professor, why do these after—shocks continue for a considerable period of time? well, the earthquake occurs when one large part of the fault moves, and that means just next to that, the stress increases on the parts next about and they eventually move as well, and that is what causes after—shocks. move as well, and that is what causes after-shocks. indonesia suffered an earthquake just in august on the island of lombok. what is it about this

competitor is on his way to rescue an injured indian sailor who's stranded two thousand miles off western australiank. the australia and indian navies are also on their way but will take days to reach him. millions of viewers will tune in tonight for the final installment of the hit bbc drama ‘the bodyguard'. the programme, based around a close protection officer's relationship with a fictional home secretary, has prompted a big increase in people interested in similar work looking at the met police's website, with more than a thousand visits a week. danny shaw reports. he's talked down a suicide bomber, been shot at in a car, and duffed up a government advisor. agh! all in day's work for a close protection officer? here's one man who should know. i have protected theresa may when she was home secretary, you're right, and it is nothing and was nothing like what david budd did. agh! the way we operate is not quite like david budd, who seems to be operating independently! so independently, he even has an affair with the home secretary. that's not realistic at all! anybody who crosses that line would

injured sailor taking part in the golden abhilash tomy is stranded 2,000 miles off the coast of western australiaess message from solo yachtsmen abhilash tomy after a appears storm whipped up 80 mile an hour winds and 45 foot waves breaking his mass on friday. he is injured and unable to leave cybele i am very relieved to be a part of this race. this is him at the start of the race injuly. he is no stranger to extreme conditions. he completed the same challenge in 2013. it is a 30,000 mile nonstop solo race. competitors set off from france on the first ofjuly. they have been tracking down the west coast of africa. he moved into third place when he into trouble nearly 2000 miles off the west coast of australia. he is now stranded in the middle of the indian ocean. this almost... sir robin knox johnston was the first man to sail around the world still handedly in 1960. tomy has a replica of his boat and they're good friends. he is his prison is done of before. he knows what he's done. —— he has done it before. he is very resourceful. help is on the way. this morning indian air force located to's ya

solo yachtsman is stranded 2000 miles of western australia after his mask dolan must broke severe stormnstalment of the hit bbc drama the bodyguard. the programme — based around a close protection officer's relationship with a fictional home secretary — has prompted a big increase in people interested in similar work looking at the met police's website — with more than a thousand visits a week. danny shaw reports. he is top down a suicide bomber, been shot at in a car and stuffed up a government adviser. all in a day's work for a close protection officer. here's one man who should know. i have protected theresa may and it was nothing like her. the way we operate is not quite like this character, who seems to be operating independently. so independently he's good and has an affair with the home secretary. —— he even has an affair. anyone who crosses that line would not last very long and might not last very long within the police service. the met police wants to capitalise on the popularity of the bodyguard, there's been a surge of interest injoining the bodyguard, there's been a surge o

a baby meerkat stolen from a zoo in western australia has been found. a man and a woman after it was found in a town 80 miles away. vets say the animal was tired and hungry. zoo staff are preparing the animal to be reintroduced to its family — as there's a risk they won't accept it back. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. the wettest of the weather this weekend across central and southern areas of england and wales, we've already got outbreaks of rain working eastwards. the northern extent of this probably from northern parts of wales to northern parts of east anglia, with lots of cloud ahead. some bright, sunny spells across scotland but quite a few showers feeding into northern and western areas of scotland. temperatures not much higher than 12 01’ temperatures not much higher than 12 or16, temperatures not much higher than 12 or 16, still quite gusty winds for the western isles of scotland and later for south—west england. overnight rain eases away from the south moor arrives from the west. clear skies for many many though st

a baby meerkat stolen from a zoo in western australia has been found.n and a woman after it was found in a town 80 miles away. vets say the animal was tired and hungry. zoo staff are preparing the animal to be reintroduced to its family — as there's a risk they won't accept it back. that is your aww moment for the morning, but here is a slightly more alarming one. a huge hive of more than 60,000 bees has been found in the roof of a hospital in cambridge. experts say the colony had probably been there for several years and it took them over 12 hours to remove them. staff at the fulborn hospital said that honey had been oozing from gaps in the brick and plaster. the hive has now been relocated to a field in lancashire, where the bees will live in peace. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. hello. the wettest of the weather this weekend will be across central and southern areas of england and wales. we have already got outbreaks of rain working their way eastwards. the northern extent of this probably stretching from northern parts o

solo yachtsman abhilash tomy is stranded about 2000 miles off the coast of western australia after his message saying he has a severe back injury and is immobilised. race organisers say that he is "as far from help as you can possibly be". joining us now is barry pickthall, he's the media director for the golden globe race and he has been in conatct with abhilash tomy. barry, how does something like this happen? just tell us a bit more about the sailor and his predicament. well, he is a very experienced yachtsman. he has already completed a solo navigation. the front—end of the fleet was hit by a huge storm on friday, thursday friday, 70 knot winds, 15 metre seas. and two of the yachts, including his work dismasted. and the other is the irishman. and he is ok. aegis suffered a few bruises, i think. and he is now set up a jury rig. he is about 40 miles from that position and he is likely to be the first person on the scene. but he's making about three knots. it is still very rough conditions there. it is about 40 knot winds. in five or six metre seas. so the hope is that one of the riva

inmates at an immigration detention center in western australia has set the facility on fire after aniraqi asylum seeker attempted suicide refugee advocates have described the man's treatment as shocking adding that he's a victim of detention.