haidi: in the broader context of china's economic relationship with new zealand, how reliant is new zealandde with china? matthew: very reliant. china has become new zealand's largest trading partner. takes ays a lot, quarter of all of the goods exports. the surge in chinese tourist numbers in new zealand has helped make tourism our largest exporter. any tearing of the relationship could have significant economic consequences for new zealand. sophie: with those economic ties, what is the new zealand government saying about its diplomatic relationship with china? matthew: ardern has fought quite forcibly about these claims about the deterioration in the relationship. she says the relationship, while complex, remains strong. she accuses the opposition up fear mongering and misinformation. she says there is nothing to see here. i think there will be quite a lot of scrutiny on this relationship for some time to come. sophie: our wellington bureau chief matthew brockett in this latest chatter. you can get a roundup of the stories you need to know on this edition of daybreak. it is right there on

the headlines: strong winds fan wildfires in new zealand forcing thousands to flee their homes. a deadly measles outbreak takes hold in the philippines where vaccination rates are low — we'll be finding out why. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: pressure is growing in brazil for tougher rules on the construction of dams — after two devastating collapses injust three years. translation: they have learnt nothing. what is happening now is making is really frightening that might frighten. cities are being evacuated. there is the risk of other dams braking. the stars are out on the biggest night for british film — with olivia colman named best actress. this is for all three of us. it's got my name on it but we can scratch in some other names. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. glad you could join us. it's 8am in singapore, midnight in london, and one in the afternoon in new zealand, where the entire population of a town has been evacuated, as a large forest fire threatens the homes of over 3000 people. a state of eme

was not in was new zealand. i wonder if you could comment on why that is so. thank you. >> if i understand it correctly, first question is what percentage of cars made in the u.s. -- japanese cars are made in the u.s. as opposed to made in japan and -- >> exported. >> -- exported into the u.s. >> okay. about, think, about half. half imported from japan. sorry. about half imported from japan, and half imported from canada and mexico. i think that's roughly speaking. >> there's a -- >> manny from the japan automobile manufacturers association. give you a few stats here. it's 50% roughly that are sold in the u.s. or built in the u.s. another 25% or so built in canada and mexico and imported to the u.s., and the rest -- about a quarter, 25% -- >> okay. thank you. thank you. >> so you got the answer right. you got an "a can the" on the e >> important fact for the crowd to know. thank you. >> excellent. excellent. thank you. what was the second question? >> the growth would be much greater than with the u.s. as a member, and i wanted a reason for that. maybe i said

was not in was new zealand. i wonder if you could comment on why that is so. thank you. >> the first question is what percentage of cars made in the u.s. are japanese cars are made in the u.s. as opposed to made in japan and exported into the u.s.? >> okay. i think about half. half imported from japan, sorry. about half imported from japan and half imported from canada, mexico and domestically produced. i think that's roughly speaking.>> manny manriquez from is 50% that are sold in the u.s. that are built in the u.s., another 25% or so built in canada and mexico and imported to the u.s. and about the rest of the -- a quarter or 25% pick >> thank you. >> you got the answer right. >> important facts for this crowd to know. >> thank you. excellent. thank you.>> what was the second question? >> somebody wants to help? okay great. >> some of the major concessions japan made on agriculture products, products where the united states, new zealand and australia are all competitive so by removing the united states particularly japan has quotas and so if the united state

strong winds fan wildfires in new zealand forcing thousands to flee their homes.ideo is released appearing to show abdurehim heyit, a prominent uighur musician previously reported to have died in a chinese detention camp. and pop music's most prestigious awards ceremony — the grammy‘s — is under way in la. hello and welcome. the top military commander overseeing american forces in the middle east says the withdrawal of us troops from syria will probably start within weeks — though the exact timing depended on the military situation. the us—backed fighters are meeting fierce resistance from the so—called islamic state group as they clash over the last remaining is enclave in eastern syria. sebastian usher reports. yet another ferocious battle between the kurdish—led stf and islamic state fighters playing out in syria. as the us—led coalition and its firepower, both in the skies and on the ground. but this time the sdf says it is their final decisive battle with the jihadists. and sdf fighter said there were no more isp hangs left to fight in their region. as of tod

an entire town in new zealand has had to be evacuated as a huge forest fire threatens the homes of 3,000 people. chinese state media releases video appearing to show a prominent uighur musician alive in a detention centre — after reports of his death. hungary's nationalist prime minister viktor 0rban offers ambitious financial incentives to hungarians to have more children to have more children — hoping a falling population can be boosted without immigration. and the stars of the screen descend on london's royal albert hall for the biggest event of the year for the british film industry, the baftas. and with an evening of celebration under way here in the heart of london, will be finding out who has won one of these, a bafta film awards. hello and welcome to world news today. the entire population of a town in new zealand has been evacuated, because of a large forest fire — threatening the homes of over 3,000 people. a state of emergency‘s been declared around the south island town of wakefield. helicopters, planes and more than 150 firefighters have been trying to contain the blaze. kat

china has become new zealand's largest trading partner.uarter of all of our goods export and buys a lot of milk powder, for example. chinese tourists have become crucial to our tourism industry which has grown in recent years. any culling of the friendship between the two countries could have significant economic consequences for new zealand. haidi: what is the government saying about its diplomatic ties with china? matthew: ardern has hit back quite forcefully at these claims. she says the relationship with china is complex, but still very solid. she has accused the opposition of fear mongering and peddling false information. she is essentially saying there is nothing to see here. i think it is fair to say there will be lots of scrutiny of this relationship for some time to come. sophie: that was matthew brockett, our london bureau chief. coming up in the next hour, we will check the outlook for oil. look at how take a we are setting up for the rest of the market open. australia is online and trading. heavy news when it comes to earnings

new zealand's seagull population is in serious decline.othersome. so are they victims of bad press? i've been speaking to sophie barker who's started a seagull appreciation society in new zealand. i think we have to appreciate them for their cherry red cheeks and the way they look after their young and the fact that the population is in such a decline. your part at the self—described appreciation society and what can you do to promote their image because of course they are not pretrade in the most positive light. i have been a victim of a siegel stealing my kids and i am sure other viewers have as well. so how do you promote them? i think that people need to learn about why they are behaving like they are. they are stealing the checks because they are hungry and starving and you have lovely food for them to buy would they not go for it? and as they look forfood, they not go for it? and as they look for food, so they not go for it? and as they look forfood, so i think the understanding of them and why they are the way they are. you are in n

are there any signs that china might be retaliating against new zealand over huawei?e staff earlier this month was down for shanghai, forced to turn around midflight because they didn't have the right paperwork to land. it seemed relatively innocuous at the time, but there were signs that china was growing unhappy with new zealand. the prime minister's visit to beijing, which has been on the table for quite some time, remains in limbo because of scheduling issues. when you put it all together, it does look a bit like china is trying to send new zealand the message, and the opposition is quick to jump on that. and claim that the government was mishandling this relationship. >> samsung has unveiled a new lineup of handsets in simultaneous launch events in san francisco and london. the tech giant initiated new phones with a price tag of more than $2000 for a folding phone. at that price point, will it galvanize anyone to renew their phone? >> no, i don't think so. [laughter] i have a feeling it is going to be a bit of a novelty. but, honestly, from a technological develo

our kelly isn't just for this country you'll be muted in a strange new zealand and sri lanka to. an american blogger paris hilton he said you know what would be fun literally anything other than financially supporting our county by going to see him in concert once again mute r. kelly hush tag and then. from sri lanka writes our kelly the pervert sexual predator just announced a tour schedule that includes sri lanka we don't want you on our shores she writes and she said that she's going to tag the president of sri lanka through pala series center so that he actually counsels his appearance in trying to immediately have you given this huge backlash it's quite surprising that he's still going ahead with this two of them well this is what's quite interesting because it's appears to be a developing story in many respects because once again if we actually take a look at the tour poster we saw that or kelly tweeted the tour announcement just this morning alongside a promotional image you can see that the original image which a name of the promoters organizing to tour is flamingo dreams

our top story: an entire town in new zealand is evacuated, as a large forest fire threatens the homes of over three thousand people. a state of emergency has been declared around the south island town of wakefield. helicopters, planes and more than 150 firefighters have been trying to contain the blaze. health officials in the philippines are going door to door, to immunise children to try and control a measles outbreak across the country, where vaccination rates are low. at least 25 people have died in the last month. and this story is trending on bbc.com: the stars have been out in force at the bafta awards in london. the favourite has dominated this year's event, winning seven awards including outstanding british film. the top award went to the foreign language film roma. that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk: the british prime minister, theresa may, has rejected an opposition call for britain to remain in a customs union with the eu after brexit. the labour opposition leader corbyn had set out his conditions for giving parliamentary support for the gove

the new zealand herald and many others are carrying this story.ollution caused from rearing their cattle but no, they are literally talking about the pollution that emanate into your kitchen from your oven. people tried to grab headlines and make us all more conscious about the issues of air quality, particularly particulate matter. we need to do something with it and it is actually harmful to us as specially in children and old people with rest of treat issues will stop but really? can we really not have our roast any more? —— rest retreat issues. —— rest —— respiratory. targeting the good old sunday roast may not be the best way to go. not the most popular. if they recommend you -- they recommend that if you want to be healthy, just boil everything. thanks very much. stay with us here on bbc news — so much more to come. well, it's felt a lot like spring in the last few days with temperatures getting into the mid, even the high teens. it looks like the temperatures will ease back down a little bit for at least two or three days before they will s

new zealand won the toss and put the tourists into bat.t west indies in the fourth 0ne—day international in grenada, to take a 2—1 lead in the series with one match to play. england batted first after west indies won the toss — and piled up a18 for six from their 50 overs. that total included a fourth wicket stand worth 20a between eoin morgan and jos buttler — and a world record 2a sixes, with buttler hitting 12 of them. in reply, chris gayle smashed 162 off 97 balls — including 1a sixes — to give the home side hope of pulling off a stunning win, but they fell short in the end. adil rashid took five wickets as west indies were bowled out for 389, and england won by 29 runs. the fifth and final 0ne—dayer is in st lucia on saturday. a brilliant century from glenn maxwell helped australia beat india by seven wickets in bangalore, to wrap up their t20 series. india had made 190—4 from their 20 overs — with virat kohli hitting 72 offjust 38 balls. but that was eclipsed by maxwell's innings, he hit 113 not out from just 55 balls to see australi

new zealand at brighton's amex stadium istjune.ener is against scotland on the ninth ofjune in nice. there's a big blow for the england rugby union side, maro itoje has been ruled out of the next 2 six nations matches with a knee problem. the saracens lock suffered the medial ligament injury during their impressive win over ireland on saturday. he's expected to be out for 2—4 weeks, but will stay with the squad and could return for the final two matches of the championship. fellow saracen nick ezekway has been called into the squad as cover but it's courtney laws who is most likely to benfit and take itoje's place in the fifteen. he has a quality player and a big reader within our group. and the qualities that he brings are massive but also we have guys in the squad who have other qualities that will come in and bring an impact so it is important that we focus on the job at hand. last year's man of steel and top try—scorer in super league, ben barba, has been banned from playing in australia after footage emerged of him in an alleg

for example trains that don't run on rails and new zealand's austell merger would have to keep track of new developments. and earlier we asked our financial correspondent in frankfurt what the reasons are for wanting to block this merger. the two merged companies would make up about forty percent of the european market share in the commission is just worried that this kind of monopoly might be too much that it might derail the competition and there for leads to to less choice and ultimately to higher prices for consumers we saw with the breakup of the energy sector in europe how that brought down prices back or have tried to make the e.u. look at at the broader picture not just look at the european market but look at china for example where the c.r.c. the chinese railway company has managed to gain over seventy percent of the global market share when siemens alstom merged company would only make a dwarfish ten percent in that global market. now japan's car giant toyota saw its nine month operating profit fall close to thirty percent prompting it to slash its full year forecast it att

so well done to new zealand while back is very much far not bad after getting fresh in the first three games that is in use out from here in doha thanks for joining us the team in london it's been a long and just a few months with more news right here on out here. every attack in europe creates fear and division amongst its citizens where stories of loss go on told. a sweeping association of islam with violence leaves erupt in muslims facing the stock reality of being ostracized by the very communities in which they live love and moon the tragic loss of life twice a victim and on al-jazeera. and monday put it well on. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for the dry riverbed like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country have been truly unable to escape the war. we're heading to the place so deep in t

they do it can be pretty devastating coming up in sport details on a bad day for team india in new zealand. and again in brazil hundreds of indigenous people have been demonstrating against president jr bo'sun ato they say his government is taking control of their ancestral lands daniel shriner was at a protest in sao paolo. representatives from some of the nine hundred thousand or so indigenous people just across brazil have come to south paolo the biggest city in the country by this far away from those communities as they could possibly be but they're hoping they hear their voices will be heard anything from a sound we here to protest against the government that wants to remove some of the rights we have the queue to decrease on by the president on generally the first is kandahar and indigenous people names we want to get this document to know that he's while we are demonstrating in different parts the country today they are these are people who have been persecuted they say for more than five hundred years ever since the arrival of the first europeans they have suffered massacres they h

a state of emergency has been declared in a new zealand town because of a large forest fire which islation of the south island town of wakefield has been evacuated as helicopters, planes and more than 150 firefighters have been trying to contain the blaze. katie silver reports. it has now been over a week, firefighters battling a blaze which has forced thousands from their homes. it started near the city of nelson. then, with winds of 20 km/h, it has moved south and now threatens the town of wakefield. along with efforts on the ground, 26 aircraft have been deployed, making it the largest aerial firefight in new zealand's history. firefighters have been backburning, as well, a last—resort measure where small fires are deliberately lit to stop the path of a wildfire. we're doing it in stages. that reduces the heat and the ferocity of the fire. tents have been set up to feed the hundreds of volunteer and professional firefighters, and a makeshift animal shelter erected for livestock and family pets. there's nothing worse, i think, than being displaced as a family. and for people, these

telecoms company in new zealand has been one of huawei by the new zealand spy agency.ng new zealand without well way to being without the all blacks, but that is the pressure they are under. we saw that with canada also. that debate over huawei. the us space agency nasa has called time on one of its mars rovers. these are some of the pictures sent back by its robots spirit and opportunity during a more than decade on the red planet. sadly opportunity has been out of contact since lastjune, when it was engulfed by a huge dust storm — and has now been written off. this week marks one year since the parkland school shooting in florida, where 17 people were killed. school shootings are feared by a majority of american teenagers, a study from pew research center has shown. but what do students around the world make of the prospect of going to school every day with such fears. teenagers in australia, india, lebanon and the uk reveal their feelings on gun violence in us classrooms and their biggest personal fears. my biggest fear as a high school student is... knife crime. bu

excited about the new zealand dollar as well as the two-year bond yield, the new england -- new zealandlars surging, hinting at a less dovish policy. one of the biggest stories is what is going on in the cocoa bonds. santander decided to not call 1.5 billion euros on their cocoa bonds, which sent the bonds totaling. the question now is, will there be investor backlash? traditionally priced cocoa on the fact that they would be called on the first option. other banks may follow suit of what santander did. this is one of the top stories on the bloomberg terminal is learning -- this morning and certainly one we will be watching all day. manus: thank you very much, anne-marie. let's talk about results. missed the mark on fourth-quarter chemical sales. joining us is the cfo. good morning, sir. what happened in the fourth quarter? i want to get a sense of the demand from your customers in the fourth quarter. good morning. patrick: good morning to you, thanks for having me. we have seen a good development in 2018 in terms of results and demand. we had 5% growth but as you mentioned, q3 was a bi

saying thiswe are in the new zealand dollar. i am not sure it is sustainable, it is cleaning out excess positions the other way. matt: since you came into the studio, richard jones, our fx strategist put out an interesting piece on the mliv saying it is flawed to expect support for the dollar during this fed easing cycle, saying the other central banks cannot out cut the fed, and may not be able to go as far. what do you think about the strength of the dollar? has it topped out? mark: i think record jones' not thatvalid, it is other banks can cut. if you are trying to say dollar based on that idea that other banks will cut more aggressively, you are barking up the wrong tree. it will be harder to play the dollar overall, a lot of currencies have problems and it will be negative in other currencies that they will not get normalizing. europe will not be of to tighten policy anytime soon and they have growth problems. the euro is a large weight in the dollar index, that means overall the dollar will be relatively strong. i do not t

allies the united kingdom and new zealand who also are part of the famed five eyes intelligence sharing back seem to be taking independent tack on assessing the risk a report from the u.k.'s official national cybersecurity center says the security risks from wa wait components are manageable according the financial times of london the decision seems to put the u.k. on the other side of the issue from the us which has pressed allies for a full ban on wa wait technology in state of the art five internet infrastructure meanwhile prime ministers are just send to our durned of new zealand announced on monday that her government will conduct an independent assessment of possible tech security risks related to while away. and as the us continues to crack the whip on while away other parts of the globe don't seem as hostile to the telecom giant for a more thorough breakdown on the debate we have things off to our t's peter oliver in berlin the g.s. and they association which represents seven hundred fifty telecoms carriers globally is saying that europe needs to safeguard its network security a

internet infrastructure meanwhile prime ministers are just send to our durned of new zealand announced on monday that her government will conduct an independent assessment of possible tech security risks related to while away. and as the u.s. continues to crack the whip on weiwei other parts of the globe don't seem as hostile to the telecom giant for a more thorough breakdown on the debate we have things off to our teams peter oliver in berlin. the g.s.a. maybe association which represents seven hundred fifty telecoms carriers globally is saying that europe needs to safeguard its network security and competition well this is all related in relation to the united states well pushing for a ban on who are way products the chinese telecom giant the letter from the g s m a doesn't mention who are way by name but it's really looks at what effect a potential ban on those chinese products could have on the network in europe now who our way is the world number one telecoms equipment supplier at the moment competition between supply is essential this is according to the g s m a it's essential fo

they lost 5—1 to side new zealand.0 olympics and 2022 world cup. that is all this but for now. much more on all those stories on the website. i will see you in the next hour. thank you, james. a new photography exhibition is highlighting reality of home—life for children in the uk. the charity the childhood trust says it's not unusual for families with four children to live in a two—bedroom property. our education and family correspondent, frankie mccamley, has been to meet some of the families taking part. this is the living room slash bedroom. me and jason sleeping here, and william, so it is the living room slash family room in the daytime. this is a family of six living in a two—bedroom house. it can be quite...overpowering for everyone, being on top of one another day in, day out. they are constantly asking me, can we move, when are they going to get a bigger place? they want space to run around. they want space to be on their own. it breaks my heart that i can't get another place. in this house it'sjust really fr

look at the new zealand dollar. up 1.3%, best day of the year. is holding off by hiking rates until 2021. that fits in with the picture, growth on growth year currency. risk-o day. nas for driving the risk rally this year, it has to do with another central bank, the fence. taylor -- feds. take a look at the 10-year yield. s&p 500, end of december as the rates went lower on a haven bid, the s&p 500 going low, said became more dovish. -- fed became more dovish. the 10-year yield still lower from where it had been from that last fed meeting. a big driver for this year's risk rally. as for what is driving the gains, let's look at the movers for the s&p 500. one of the top stocks is activision. shares trading higher. butforecast disappointed, they are laying off some of the workforce and investors liking that. freeport-mcmoran up. morgan stanley upgrading to overweight on copper prices. take a look at hotels -- hilton had a great quarter. they recognize are estimates -- they beat estimates and they took in one of their revenue guidances. but the stree

this lovely new zealand at the moment gorgeous sun side all the warm side as well twenty three cells just across just twenty five for open here comes that right at night is its way into the south out of this because through thursday the twenty eight that's eighty and found high thursday afternoon but yes sunshine for new zealand and some sunshine say into japan is of a watery nature as you go through where to stay but brighter and a tad warm with this day. with the most people in the world production is under increasing strain to keep pace with the growing global population. serious environmental solutions program discovers new ways of feeding the world sustainably. eighty thousand just from this bit of liquid that's unbelievable. see there's the vegetable of the scene right there. on al-jazeera. they're going to top stories around. the world's most infamous cartel boss has been convicted of drug trafficking in the u.s. . could face life in prison after jurors in a brooklyn court and i'm guilty on all ten counts. as well in opposition leader has said aid will enter the country on feb

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otherwise, the new zealand dollar can spike.at would a tilt to a dovish stance potentially look like? paul: it's all in the language. we love reading between the lines, don't we? we may see a reappearance of their comments that the next move may be up or down, much as the reserve bank of australia are reintroduced that language as well. in new zealand, that was taken out late last year. that could be a powerful signal dovish tilt has returned. as to win rates might eventually ise, that the whole -- that mobile family can play. swap traders think we will see a cut by november. shery: and we have seen the rbnz changing the timing of the rate decisions. why did they do that? paul: no code to decipher here. nothing to see, really. it's all procedural. there is a larger committee now for the rbnz that is including external exports as well, so few changes there. that is the top of the hour and it will be followed by a press conference from adrian or a while -- adrian a while later. latest.e have the they are raising their iron ore for

our top story: the entire population of a town in new zealand is evacuated, as a large forest fire threatens the homes of over three thousand people. health officials in the philippines are going door—to—door to immunise children to try to control a measles outbreak across the country where vaccination rates are low. at least 25 people have died in the last month. this story is trending on bbc .com. the stars have been out in force at the bafta awards in london. the favourite has dominated this year's event, winning seven awards including outstanding british film. that is all from me. stay with us on bbc news. now an bbc news, a chance to see the highlights of tonight's ba fta to see the highlights of tonight's bafta ceremony. applause. spider—man: into the spider—verse. applause. spider—man: into the spider-verse. anyone can wear a mask. you can wear the mask. you didn't know that before. but we do now. isle of dogs. you just have to imagine that part. i can picture it. incredibles 2. and the bafta is awarded to... spider—man: into the spider—verse. applause. thank you. oh gosh, guys, thank

right now i'm looking at 10 year new zealand yield at a record low.ar treasury yields falling, as well. we are looking at a 265 handle. what's your conviction we're going to see higher yields given this devilish tilt, particularly in the g10? altaf: i don't think we're going to see materially high yields. i don't think there's much room for them to move lower, either. we don't think bonds are the place to be, versus equities. it's a relative trade, for example. at the long end, long-duration bonds are always in demand. there are always pension funds, insurance companies. nejra: what about cash? altaf: cash, we think yields are picking up. it's a great place to have dry powder. there was a massive hunt for yields in 2017, 2018. that has abated because cash yields have picked up. it's not as bad a place to park in money as 16-18 months ago. nejra: where do you see the outlook for the fed the on the first half of the year? could we see the fed turn hawkish again if we see a successful resolution to some extent to the trade talks? altaf: yes, what you wou

new zealand is higher as well.ng onto gains, but japan is closed on national foundation day. we are heading to the china reopened after the lunar new year holiday -- reopen after the lunar new year holidays. arei: the u.s. and china kicking off another round of trade talks in beijing. the clock ticking down to president trump's deadline. seeing if we are near an agreement. i am joined by the former australian ambassador to the wto on -- and also the e.u. and japan. in all of your wealth of experience working in this space, this has been an unusual set of negotiations. how do you feel it is going? unusual. been we have had bilateral negotiations but these were raised to a stake which haven't existed. how is it going, i don't know. there are two possible range of outcomes. the first one involves a quick fix, and you can do that easy enough by having china agree to take more goods from the united states, and the second is fundamental reforms which they are seeking. that is difficult. haidi: every time the u.s. has sai

johnson, editor of australia and new zealand.e tough talk. >> this follows on from the historic defeat on the floor of the house last week, when labor join forces with the greens and independent lawmakers to force through this law that would allow sick asylum-seekers being be many back for emergency make -- medical treatment. scott morrison recorded a video message this weekend, directly andessing the smugglers asylum-seekers, warning them that he would continue to send back their boats and he would be ramping up protection to stop what he anticipates will be an increase in that people-smuggler trade. he labour party says this is just rhetoric. how is the issue playing out among the electorate? ed: it is resonating. a poll released this morning shows that the government has received quite a bounce. it has gone trailing -- from trailing labour by eight points, to just a two point cap -- gap, now on 51-49. it will embolden scott morrison's government to keep hammering home the message of immigration and border protection before ele

. >>> new zealand is planning to impose a new tax to target online heavy weights like google, facebookon. new zealand's prime minister said yesterday highly digitized companies currently earn significant income from consumers without being liable for income tax. e w tax is likely to be 2 or aa year.nde also implemented or announced plans for a digital tax. >>> amazon says it's aiming to make half of its shipments carbon neutral by 2030. the e-commerce giant says it's trying to cut its carbon footprint for the millions of packages it ships each year. the initiative will include using renewable energy such as solar power and delivering packages in electric vans. >> now i can feel less guilty shopping. thank you. diane king hall at the new york stock exchange. >>> still to come, sealing his place in history, we remember the sailor in an iconic times square photo. iconic times square photo. add up the years. but what i do count on, is staying happy and healthy. so, i add protein, vitamins and minerals to my diet with boost®. boost® high protein nutritional drink has 20 grams of protein, al

zealand. i. i. i. this hour's top headlines on r.t. venezuela's self-proclaimed interim leader refuses to rule out a military intervention as the crisis in the country intensifies putting yet more pressure on the government of president nicolas maduro. french police are under scrutiny after over one hundred cases are open into the use all.

in sydney to beat the usa in the final quite convincingly twenty one five it means that new zealand and fiji are tied. the top with two victories each from four legs of the series they are full for the u.s. who have now lost four straight finals but next step they'll be on home soil as the series moves to las vegas in march. from the sydney summer to round up of the winter sports now starting with ski jumping and on the women's circuit is one major dominating at the moment no way the limbic champion model moon be won for the second day in a row in hinson back in austria at a first consecutive f.-i a ski jumping world cup victory putting away clear at the top of the standings the men's world cup circuits was in store for in germany a pretty spectacular event under the floodlights and it was potent stuff he took first place to train his first victory of the season the overall chairmanship leader that's japan's. kobayashi well he had an off day he finished all the way down in ninth position. and sticking with dangerous winter sports this one is called crushed ice an extreme sporting ev

company will become the most viable company in new zealand.four years, it saw its markets cap surge 3000%. making your worth $7.5 billion. it's expected to take a bigger share of the infant formula market from global players. david: how about the kraft heinz, down quite a bit, after a profit that missed the lowest estimates. $15 billion write-down to blame. 21%. look at that, a tribute about to common share of $12.6 billion and a diluted loss push air of $10 -- per share. rishaad: double that dropping as more big names pulled ads from its platform. at&t joining kellogg's and top brands and pausing spending, concerns about u2 being used to grow networks of people engaged in the exploitation of children. google says it has disabled comments on tens of millions of videos that included young chilled. and diluted hundreds of accounts with concerning comments -- and deleted hundreds of accounts. yvonne: japan, getting to lunch break. modestly lower in tok yo. president trump laying down concerns about a national security risk, the likes of bpe up 4%

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and new zealand's austell merger would have to keep track of new developments. on japan. it's nine month operating profit for close to thirty percent trying to it's to slash its fully a full cost it dropped to something. says in north america and equity investment losses though back from a potential no deal bricks it also has a carmaker what it is predicting annual profits of one point nine trillion yen or just under fifteen billion euros that's down from earlier estimates of more than eighteen billion euros. some were faces also at the german comic a dime's last year's profits fell twenty nine percent to seven point six billion dollars last year despite selling more cars the auto giant had challenging a two thousand and eighteen following the united states trade disputes with china and the european union in which the car making industry has been a big bone of contention the aftermath of the diesel emissions scandal also with down on time it is the first german car maker to release results this year. turning out to india where research is see the country's cammy populatio

poorest effort since getting bowled out for eighty eight in two thousand and ten incidentally by new zealand again and that's all your sport for now much more coming up later but for now it's back to marion and london thank you very much for well that wraps up the news out for you but i will be back very shortly with much more of the day's news a full round up of the top stories coming out anyway. the week began with views of ninety day for truce in the tip for tat us china trade all the world's largest supplier of liquefied natural gas is leaving the biggest oil cartel we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost on al-jazeera. one of the really special things about working for al-jazeera is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much empathy and contribution to a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else would be what it is you know is that each other's lives but it is but the good because you have a lot of people that are divided on political issues we are we the people we live to tell the real stories are just mended is t

the olympic champions lost 5—1 to his former side, new zealand.hester city's vincent kompany and huge city fan noel gallagher. in a special interview to mark his testimonial year and tenth season at city, vincent met noel to discuss football, oasis and a decade of drama at the etihad stadium. here's a quick look. over those ten years, the highlights, there has been some amazing moments. you have named it. that is the moment that defines so much for this club. the aguero moment. i have to thank that squad. he isa moment. i have to thank that squad. he is a hero and i play with him every day. i see him with all his flaws but i just every day. i see him with all his flaws but ijust take a step back and... what floors? he has got plenty. it must be great to work with your heroes. speaking of which, let's go back tojohn watson. john, we have some six nations action there this evening. yes, we do indeed. the scotland under 20s and the ireland under 20 side are warming up for their matches. it is the women's tournament that we are going to concentrate on

rugby sevens and the new zealand have won the match quite easy twenty one five giving them the trophy frustrating times for the states it was they fourth straight loss in the final. another superstar le bron james set out saturday's n.b.a. and the lakers struggled without him they took on the golden state warriors play thompson stole the show after missing one game with illness he returned to school twenty eight points leading the warriors to a one hundred fifteen one hundred one win. in golf america's rickie fowler has a four shot lead heading into the final round of the phoenix open he fired eight birdies on day three to record a fantastic round of sixty four that's put in for clear of these nearest challenger matt fowler has finished runner up twice of this event t.p.c. scottsdale but is now in prime position to go one better. the team who put carter on the map as an emerging football nation have returned home to a red carpet welcome the new asian cup champions getting the royal treatment today after defeating japan three one in the final they were greeted by carters amir shaikh to