provider. >> former australian prime minister tony abbott delivered remarks on australia as well as the u.s. strategy in the indo pacific region at the heritage foundation in washington, d.c. >> hello, welcome. thank you for coming out today. i'm walter lowman, director of the asian study center here at the heritage foundation. i know you are all here to see tony abbott, former prime minister of australia. as you know he was prime minister 2013 to 2015. and later of the local party in australia for a little longer than that since 2009. that's literal in the good sense of the word here at the heritage found case, the conservative party in australia. all in all, he was 25 years in harlment representing the district on the outskirts of sydney. up until just last year. but besides all his bio, i think the most important thing about tony abbott is that he's a good friend of the heritage foundation. i have to say as you look across the spectrum, political figures in australia, there's hardly one we agree with more than we do tony abbott. don't know if that helps you in australia, it might han

latest setting of australia's parliament. this session lasted from february 4 through february 13 and chose prime minister scott morrison answering questions on the coronavirus, middle east security, climate change, the recent australian wildfires. ♪ ♪ >> hello and welcome to question time rep we play the highlights, question time and australia's parliament. while the fires the ravaged the east coast oster all over the summer have died down, the political fallout is just beginning. question time in parliament began with a bipartisan day honoring those fire victims and also thinking t all volunteers o help to fight the fires. it didn't take long before the conversation quickly turned to quality. >> the member for deal more. >> my question is to the prime minister. why does the prime minister claim of these acted on the advice of fire commissioners when he ignored for two years their advice to provide a permanent boost to australia's aerial firefighting y capabilit? >> mr. speaker, i thank the member for question and can i threw her pass on again my sincere condolences and sympathie

interests, and to advance their values. in america, and in britain, and in australia, this is happening. as prime minister it was my view it was presumptuous of a western country like australia to demand that other countries be just like us. in the middle east, for instance, the most we could expect and demand was governments that didn't practice genocide against their own people, nor permit terrorism against ours. in other words, punish bad behavior, reward good behavior and work with anyone where it's in our interests to do so. in my time australia flew military jets through china's self-proclaimed air defense identification zone, yet worked with china as we led the search for missing aircraft mh-370. we did deals with our three largest trading partners to give us more like the same access to their markets that they had to ours, we were determined to bring back our dead from the mh-17, peacefully if possible but forcefully if necessary, we joined the fight against the caliphate but on the understanding that we couldn't do more for the iraqis than they were ready to do for th

. eastern. highlights from the latest sitting of australia's house and senate during a session of australia's parliament. prime minister scott morrison along with members of his cabinet answered questions on the coronavirus outbreak, middle east security, combating climate change, and the recent australia wildfires. this is half an hour. >> hello and welcome to question time, where we play the highlights of question time in australia's parliament. wildfires ravaged the east coast of australia over the summer have died down, the political fallout is just beginning. question time and parliament began with a bipartisan day honoring those fire victims and thanking the volunteers who helped fight the fires. it did not take long before the conversation quickly turned to politics. >> my question is to the prime minister -- why does the prime minister claim he always acted on the advice of fire commissioners when he ignored for two years their advice to provide determinate boost to australia's aerial firefighting capabilities? >> mr. speaker, i think the member for her question, and i pas

australia under pressure. how the country is facing the challenges of people and lack of water in 2020. hello and welcome to this monday's asia business report. iam sharanjit this monday's asia business report. i am sharanjit leyl. donald trump arrives in india injust a few hours for his first official trip to the country as us president. indian prime minister narendra modi will be welcome him today in his home state of gujarat. we are joined now from a meta— bard with all the latest. tell us meta— bard with all the latest. tell us what is expected. —— ahmedabad. lot of pomp, a lot of ceremony. this is being called the biggest welcome that any visiting foreign dignitaries has received in recent times and premised at the renderer modi in his home state of gujarat where i am reporting from is leaving no stone unturned on welcoming the president. he lands here and goes on a roadshow for a few kilometres before going to the ashram, the residents of mahatma gandhi before embarking on his freedom struggle. then he goes on to the stadium behind me. if you can see, down this way is the

that upset just about everyone. .. 8 months after he was sacked by rugby australia, israel folau resurfaced at catalans dragons and he's set to make his debut this weekend. he'll have his contract terminated if he repeats the homphobic comments that effectively ended his union career in australia but we are about to find out what reception he'll get in rugby league when he faces castleford on saturday. our sports correspondent natalie pirks was at this morning's training session in perpignan. his athletic ability is not up for debate but his personal views sparked a huge one arounds free speech and discrimination. this is where the deeply religious man will attempt to resurrect a career after cleaning and so some that make social media posts that help is waiting for gay people. his manager believes everyone deserves a shot at redemption. let you know the mind and not the person. and i spoke to him over a number of occasions and i felt he was right any had the opportunity and he should not get a life sentence. and has an opportunity here. the contract with him prevents him from ma

up. >> the prime minister's time. >> coronavirus gripped the world and australia is no exception. thousands of australians found themselves stranded in areas impacted by coronavirus. the government organized evacuations to rescue australians stranded. >> thank you, mister president. my question is to the minister for defense. can the minister update us on how defense is supporting the whole government effort to repatriate australians from coronavirus affected areas overseas? >> senator reynolds. >> thank you, mister president. thank you to senator henderson for the question and her ongoing support for the defense industry. i was proud of this chamber, what they are doing on operation bushfire assist which is mobilization domestically in our nation's history. i'm proud that we mobilized and provide significant support to the whole of government effort in tackling the coronavirus. these efforts are being made by the the permit of foreign affairs, health and they're playing a significant role in this response and working across government very well to ensure the best interest of aus

and ford. we go further, so you can. >> australia is still burning. fires are devouring forests. daytime skies are turning marmalade. and the continent's wildlife has seen losses that are difficult to measure. this is malcolm turnbull, australia's last prime minister and a political conservative. >> the right-wing climate deniers' climate is downright dangerous, dangerous for here in australia and right around the world. >> so the server, they say, is held by a company whose primary ownership individual is from ukraine. i'd like to see the server. >> during the investigation you were leading, did crowdstrike ever send any of the dnc's computer hardware to ukraine? >> no, that is insane, and this is not within the realm of reality. >> no snapping fingers, no fire escape balcony, nope, this is not your parent's "west side story." >> everything scares me about this. it's a huge challenge. >> ladies, lady, ladies! >> and, of course, everyone has an expectation. "60 minutes" spent the last four months behind the scenes as this epic american production gets set to open on broadway. (

australia now where british foreign secretary dominic raab has been holding talks with australian foreign minister marise payne. he'll then be off to japan, singapore and malaysia — all part of the uk's effort to strike new trade deals now it has left the european union. here's some of what he had to say. i think it's also vital as we think about broadening our horizons to embrace the huge opportunities in the rising economies of the future and many of those are found in the indo pacific region which is why this region is so central to our ambitions as a country as we leave the eu. we are seeing that here in australia. we have a trade relationship already with £17 billion but we have a potential to do so much more. that is why we have recommitted today to launching negotiations on an ambitious free trade agreement between oui’ free trade agreement between our countries as soon as possible. we hope australia will be part of that first wave of high priority deals we are pursuing. the bbc‘s shaimaa khalil joins me now from canberra. you heard his optimism there that australia will be

also brought forth a motion in the australia house of representatives which honors the wildfire victims and first responders while also pledging parliament support to assist affected areas. this is about 45 minutes. >> the leader of the house. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i move that so much of standing orders be suspended as would prevent the following from occurring in relation to proceedings of the house today. one, the prime minister to move a motion of condolence in relation to the recent bush fires and debate on the motion to have precedence over all other business. the debate continue until adjourned or resolved if necessary of the usual time of the house. three, the federation chamber not to meet. four, the house to adjourn on the motion of a minister without debate. and five, any variation to this arrangement to be made only by a motion moved by minister. >> question is that the motion moved by the leader of the house be agreed to. all those of that opinion say aye. to the contrary, no. the ayes have it and i call the prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i move

next, we head to australia, where uk foreign secretary. dominic raab, is making his first foreign trip since brexit. the port macquarie news says britain is looking for a free—trade deal following its departure from the european union. the financial times reports on a potential breakthrough in the fight against cancer. scientists say they can now map the development of the disease which could lead to personalised treatment and a potential drop in mortality rates. germany's frankfurter allgemeine leads on the political upheaval in the eastern state of thuringia fter the far—right afd party helped removed the local state premier. there have been calls for fresh elections in the region. finally, the daily telegraph says social media bosses may be held personally responsible for harm online. the paper reports that ministers will propose a new ‘duty of care‘ law, requiring tech giants like facebook and google to protect children using the internet. with me, is jane foley, head of foreign exchange strategy at rabobank. you have been looking through all the papers and of course t

in bushfires in october 2900 that's an area almost one and a hard times the size of australia. 1000000000 mammals reptiles and birds have died in the flames. many firefighting crews are working to the brink of exhaustion. heavy rain has brought relief to some areas but it's already causing flooding in others. strangely it was not prepared for a catastrophe of the scale. how could things get so out of hand. our journey begins in the southeast in broken hill in the state of new south wales . the cullen's live here in the outback the country's vast and remote interior. when i'm his friend and callum and i live on cars station which is 60 kilometers southeast of broken hill and spent a whole lot of rock until. it's spring and everything here should be blossoming but the region suffering from a severe drought the last raindrops fell in october 28th. twice a week brendan cullen travels into town to buy drinking water. is he spent a lot busy of tomboy self driving around say say a lot. and you think a lot probably too much taller and. you do. you know some toffs. you know i wish. for

approaches to carbon emissions despite unprecedented bushfires australia pushes ahead with a controversial coal project we're on the ground with the community that stands to benefit from the country's biggest money in. germany plans to eliminate coal powered stations but the government's accused of breaking its promises to replace coal with more environmentally friendly sources of electricity. and shipping the unseen polluter industry crucial to the global economy moving goods worth trillions of dollars across our seas what's the industry doing to reduce its emissions. so that global carbon dioxide emissions harmful gases behind global warming and climate change held steady for the 1st time in 3 years in 2019 the international energy agency says that was thanks to a switch from coal power to renewables in advanced economies united nations estimates that the world needs to reduce coal fired electricity by 2 thirds in the next decade to meet the goals of the parents climate change agreement right now of coal is just unrelenting. data from n. cold dot org shows that more than $5

. australia under pressure — how the country is facing the challenges of migration and a lack of water in 2020. and on financial markets, concern over the spread of the new coronavirus outside of china is pulling down stock markets. the kospi in south korea is down by over 3%. let's start with a word of warning from french president emmanuel macron, who says he's not sure a trade agreement between the uk and european union will be reached by the 31st of december. that date is officially the end of the brexit transition period. macron said negotiations starting in march will be tense, with fishing rights a potential key sticking point in negotiations. the comments come as the uk government signalled it would publish its mandate for the trade deal later this week. the uk is still keen to negotiate a ‘canada style‘ agreement with the eu. that deal removes tariffs from most goods traded between the two sides. however the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, has stressed such a deal is unlikely to happen. i'm nowjoined by jonathan charles from the european bank for reconstruction and

up next we will hear how a kangaroo sanctuary in dealing with the impact of australia's devastating bushfire in reporter all that more coming up thanks for watching that one. i'm secure that before you move that's hard and in the end this is a me you're not allowed to stay here in war we will send you back. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers we're alliance of. what's your story. 'd 'd of what i was and women especially of victims of violence. take part and send us your story you are trying to already understand this new culture. another visitor nothing yet you want to become a citizen. in for migrants your platform for reliable information. on. sarah and gary and what little is left of their dream the wildlife sanctuary. australia's bush fires raged through cargo populations less than $800.00 leaving behind only ruins and claiming to line. and now how can the community rebuild. and he's counting on. that anymore. to animal rights activists spring sheepskins blankets and bags as more and more people drop by with donations of cash for goods came from elephant and she used

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white cup called australia and it's a white cab call to a university sector waica called business sector code where government turners and . the chinese government and its supporters deny that china poses a threat with nurses. and other intelligence units in australia making allegations direct or indirect you know against china we think these allegations are unfounded and it was substantial evidence or should i think there are some forces in the china forces that are playing chinese academic professor chain home was recently brought to a strategy as part of a p.r. campaign and was provided by the chinese embassy after it declined our request to interview the ambassador and most of. the united nations i think to date so far there has been no clear evidence you know you know you know evidence being produced but. to as i said incriminates china you know to be doing anything. with chinese student numbers of record highs australia's most respected and prosperous universities are in the midst of a cultural and political transformation. with zeal for the rise of the staff sergeant but we

early projections show that nearly two thirds of voters have voted to back the new law. australia's largest city, sydney, is bracing for its biggest rainfall levels in more than two decades. the downpours have caused flooding and power cuts, but have provided relief for bushfire—hit regions and farmers affected by a long drought. from sydney, phil mercer reports. this is a land of extremes. some towns in eastern australia have gone from drought to flood in a day, as heavy rain has fallen in new south wales and parts of queensland. some drought hit farmers have had their best rainfall in a decade. some drought—hit farmers have had their best rainfall in a decade. sydney is anticipating its heaviest downpours since the late 19905. roads have been turned into rivers. the authorities have warned of life—threatening flash flooding. the deluge is helping a marathon firefighting effort. a huge bushfire south of sydney that burned for more than 70 days and destroyed 300 homes has finally been put out. what a wonderful welcome the rainfall has been in the last couple of days, and the g

was their biggest so much for joining us up next our reporter visits a wildlife sanctuary in australia reeling from the devastation of recent bushfire fires all that and more coming right up thanks for watching take care. what secrets lie behind swallow. discover new adventures in 360 degrees. and explore the world heritage sites of the. world heritage 360 get kidnapped now. truly your ignorance just shows the dread of shows. the smart way to get one. blogger with mobility everywhere w. . the body. sarah and gary and what little is left of their dream a wildlife sanctuary. australia's bush fires raged through cold bargo population of less than 800 leaving behind only ruins and claiming 2 lives. and now how can the community rebuild. and she's come to us. and even more. to animal rights activists bring sheepskins blankets and bags as more and more people drop by with donations of cash for goods confirm everything. she used to pay a lot and i think she was too traumatized at government expense and quite yet almost every day sarah telling asks herself to she should just give in and. just

children were tongse aboard. it was heading to western australia. passengers were put onto smaller planes and they were taken to hear, christma island, which is known for a large immigration detention this will be used to housed the australians. we have these images from channel seven, some of the medicalthis isil a pressure rooh n but not out since 2003, thousands of asylum seekers have been detained on christmassland. at the moment, the facility houses one family who are fighting deportation. the plan to house australians, that has raised concernserbout whether is adequate medical facilities. not all of the 600 australians are choosing to leave. this is a woman who did decide to go, saying i got a lot of pressure from my husband. said the situation is not very good. he said if we stay over he, it will take a couple of months to get out of wuhan. lia secondt of evacuees is scheduled for later this week. another element, misinfoation and racism. this is a post that has been widely shared with information supposedly through an organizationn australia called -- australia. that ds not

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beating manchester city. dehydtrated and dizzy, but djokovic is champion in australia once again. also coming up in the programme... find out why this goal for great britain's hockey team counted for nothing against australia. and countdown to super bowl 5a. we're just a few hours away — will it be the 49ers or the chiefs? good evening. in their first match since the world cup final, england have been beaten in the six nations championship, 24—17 by france in paris. they had been 21r—0 down and two jonny may tries at least saw them earn a losing bonus pont, but that will be very little consolation. our sports correspodnent andy swiss was at the match. they had arrived with such confidence, but the england fans flocking to paris were in for an almighty shock. a wall of noise and a sea of french flags and the hosts were utterly inspired. five minutes gone and vincent rattez darted over, the start of a dream first half for france and england's worst nightmare. france's six nations bursts into life. anything that could go wrong pretty much did. charles ollivon galloping through for a

announced. trading on all relationship. the uk foreign minister is in australia as britain begins its search for post brexit trade agreements. good morning, asia, hello, well, it isa good morning, asia, hello, well, it is a thursday and glad you could join us. i am rico hizon. the coronavirus and the world bank says it will downturn its outlook. the forecast rebounded last month due to easing of trade tensions between china and the us. the who asked for $700 billion to help for the possible arrival of the virus. we arejust 36 possible arrival of the virus. we are just 36 days into the new year and many investment banks and the world bank are downgrading forecasts 7 world bank are downgrading forecasts? but interestingly with an outbreak like this, as much as 90% of the economic damage actually comes from people's fear of associating with each other. we're talking office and store closures but there is also a growing list of companies closing their stores and and it is has become the latest. —— adidas. 0ther and it is has become the latest. —— adidas. other companies asking sta

the video helped raise more than $6000 the first two days of it being released online.>> australia has gone through a lot. >> suffering for the worst wildfires in australia's history and how the country's tourism industry is moving forward now the fires are out and a push to put an end to pink tax, and spring training is underway for those planning to see their favorite bay area team gearing up for the season. we will have tips for travel and where to book this day.>> the golden gate bridge is a little warmer over in arizona where the first ring training game for the san francisco giants is this saturday against the dodgers, i thought about baseball this morning because my kiss my little one good night he has an old buster posey doll tucked in amongst his menagerie of animals and i'm like buster posey, i remember the heyday of those giant championships.>> i remember when he was a rookie interviewing him on the field and he was just a rookie, you know he wound up getting three world series titles and the fact the giants are celebrating the first title later this year in august and a

economic boost. how australia's biggest lg bt mardi gras economic boost. how australia's biggest lgbt event of the year helps bring in the pink dollars. good morning and welcome to asia business report, live from singapore, with me, mariko oi. let's begin with asian markets, because they have opened sharply lower after stocks slumped in the united states, as investors a re stocks slumped in the united states, as investors are growing increasingly concerned about the coronavirus. japan's benchmark nikkei index has opened 2.5% lower, currently extending its loss now down by more than 3%, and hong kong's hang seng index has also opened 2% lower. and this comes after one of wall street's worst days since the 2008 financial crisis. check this out. all the markets on wall street falling by more than 4% —— hang seng. the dow in fact more than 4% —— hang seng. the dow in fa ct lost more than 4% —— hang seng. the dow in fact lost more than 1000 points in one day, taking its weekly drop down to 3000 points so far. it didn't help that goldman sachs, of course, one of the world's best

import some of these intermediaries from europe. and you will be watching that closely. in australia, growing pressure on the central bank to do more to stimulate the economy, especially with the coronavirus outbreak. phil mercer reports on how some australian families are coping. the fragile economy needs muscle. cuts to interest rates were meant to boost the spending power of consumers and rates have never been lower but many australians are nervous. when the interest rates are low, i think people do get a bit scared. what behind it? there must be something really wrong because they are so low, i'd better insulated myself against changes in future. i'd better put my money into the mortgage while i can. retailers in australia have dealt the pain. sales have slumped, many australians are worried about theirjobs and slow growth in wages. economists say concerns about the us china trade war, brexit and the health of the european economy are dragging australia into the slow lane. european economy are dragging australia into the slow lanelj think people are very gloomy and that's showing

to an end. holden started off as a saddle maker in south australia and then it started building cars in 1908. since thenit building cars in 1908. since then it has had a long history in australia with general motors, i think 90 years. it now general motors says is going to wind down its sales, designs and operations in australia and new zealand by the end of next year. the company said it has explored ways to keep holden brand alive, but they decided it would just cost too much money to stay in what is known as a right—hand drive market. that is australia and new zealand. but is the left—hand drive in the us and that is the problem. it is just too expensive to make these cars specifically just for the australian and new zealand market. it is all part of this move by gm to get out of this move by gm to get out of these under profitable markets and focus on places like the us, china and south korea. gm had stop —— stop manufacturing in australia three years ago, but it carried on making and marketing these vehicles in thailand and china's great wall motors has already agre

balls away from a shock second defeat, but hosts australia scrape their first win of the women's world t20. hello, and welcome to the programme. it was business as usual for liverpool, with yet another win in the english premier league, equalling a top flight record with their 18th in a row. but they were given a slight scare by west ham at anfield. the hammers went 2—1 up in the second half, having held their own against the runaway leaders. pablo fornals put them ahead but they couldn't hold on, and mo salah and sadio mane making it 3—2 to liverpool. they're now 22 points clear of second place and coming off the back of their champions league defeat last week — jurgen klopp says it was important to get the win. it's a different competition but of course if you lost the game and then you want to go back directly on the winning streak, that's how it is. you know that but imagine if we had lost tonight, everyone would say two ina lost tonight, everyone would say two in a rightly so. now we can stop that immediately and carry on and prepare for watford. union berlin got the b

advanced. that is good news. torrential rain helps to ease australia's bushfire crisis but brings warnings of "dangerous flooding" in new south wales. and coming up in the sport ireland move to the top of the six nations table with victory over the defending champions, wales, in dublin. hello and welcome to world news today. a rogue soldier has killed 20 people and injured dozens more in a gun rampage in the thai city of nakhon ratchisima. he is still at large. thai officials say the gunman is a junior army officer. he shot a colonel at his army barracks and stole weapons, before opening fire — first at a buddhist temple, then at the shopping centre. police have stormed the mall and, in the last hour, we've heard gunfire from inside. eyewitnesses say two casualties have been brought out of the building. this is the scene live in north eastern thailand. authorities have sealed off the terminal 21 shopping centre, as they try to track down the suspect. jonathan head reports. panic in a provincial shopping mall, as people realised there is a done man inside and they have to run. panic in a