dave woods is in melbourne for it. it's australia's city of sport, and by it's australia's city of sport, and rugby league is about to take centre stage. melbourne's amy park is the venue stage. melbourne's amy park is the venue for the opener between australia and england. it's 11 years since an australian side beat —— and english side beat the aussies but they believe they can rewrite history. you are playing the number one team in the world. to go away with a win is a confidence booster for the next six weeks. this is only the first group game, a win for england will help their progress to a possible final. for coach, wayne bennett, the performance on opening night matters the most. we've got to get better every week. we will all build into it. they want us to play well and we have to do what we have to do, giving ourselves a chance. australia, as the holders and co—hosts, are favourites to win the tournament but their coach recognises the threat england pose. i was disappointed by the four nations. wayne is a

down on emissions and traffic helping people keep in shape but shared bicycle schemes in sydney and melbourne aren't quite working out as host the problem bikes known litter the cityscape because a lack of bike racks means users are just leaving them pretty much everywhere. there are things for the life of the place off to use as an uncontrolled plea for a shot of them in the streets i worry about that and any up on the road or any up in the tree or any about in a skip bin they already are and in local waterways as well many have been fished out of melbourne's yarra river the bike tire providers are scrambling to find a solution but when we see the bikes being made into a particular location more often. teams are going out there in a regular basis and redeploying them to a.v. is what we call as hotchpotch but it looks like the only way to make this schemes work long term will be to get the authorities involved we need. governments state governments in particular to step up to the plight but also like governments to put in place the cycle facilities including bike racks and places where people

down on emissions and traffic hoping people keep in shape but shared bicycle schemes in sydney and melbourne aren't quite working out as host the problem bikes known litter the cityscape because a lack of bike racks means users are just leaving them pretty much everywhere. there are things for the life of the place off to use as an uncontrolled plea for a shot of them in the streets i worry about them in any up on the road or any up in the tree or any about in a skit being they already are and in local waterways as well many have been fished out of melbourne's yarra river the bike tire providers are scrambling to find a solution but when we see the bikes being made into a particular location what often. teams are going out there in a regular basis and redeploying them to eighty is what we call as hotchpotch but it looks like the only way to make this schemes work long term will be to get the authorities involved we need. governments state governments in particular to step up to the plight but also local governments to put in place the cycle facilities including bike racks and places where pe

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hello again from fred the news from melbourne adelaide is a bit disappointing temps on their way down a cloud is gone sure it's on its way to new zealand so you think that's nice because sunshine should be ok preferred the wind direction puts paid to that high teens at best his woman sydney in venice and in brisbane and back in perth cody eighteen that will change in perth we just hang around and see temperatures stay the same but the sun comes out whereas with the wind direction is a huge difference in adelaide this in this when from the north and the woman teary it means thirty one degrees for you on friday and twenty five in melbourne and it should be i think free of showers as some cloud around but i think more as for you showers does not apply to new zealand i think you know the answer already is the clouds streaming across the tasman sea to south around initially but it's drifting north the picture on thursday looks like a fairly cloudy one but only if you're facing west so crushed it looks all right all clear and probably a few showers fourteen to eighteen the rate it's not ver

the breeze is taking more out of the warm interior sun should be itemizing for sunday in melbourne could be a lovely day. it was an audacious bid to capture a city in the southern philippines and turn it into a province of myself. with the smoking room is asia the new battlefront twenty one east investigates at this time on al-jazeera it's impossible to underestimate the size and scale of the economic crisis it's not just about the billion trillion dollar debt it's not just about the banks it's not just about the government. let's take a look at the top star is here at al-jazeera the spanish prime minister has asked the senate to vote in favor of suspending catalonia as parliament his request comes a day after the catalan president refuse to hold early elections thereby deepening the crisis in spain's autonomous region kenya's election commission says six and a half million people voted in the country's presidential election rerun the authorities president voting in several counties that until saturday because opposition. supporters had been fighting with police four people were killed i

cars in australia after fifty years the japanese auto giant has shut down its outearn a factory in melbourne marking two thousand and six making two thousand six hundred workers redundant another plant in adelaide that will show up later in the month andrew thomas has more from sydney on the industry's demise. so i just started making cars in australia back in one thousand nine hundred sixty three and in the fifty four years since more than three million tires to cars have rolled off its production lines in this country the closure of a factory in melbourne was in the direct loss of two thousand jobs for a further three thousand people depended on that factory for their livelihoods because they were in supply chain companies from the classic totem poles were brought back to the melbourne factory on tuesday for a ceremony to mark the closure of the factory last year ford closed its last. factory plant in australia and in two weeks' time holden which is the australian brand name for general motors is called as and i know where in the world it will close its last factory and that will mark the

is a very powerful figure within the church he has been large bishop of sydney an archbishop of melbourne he was maximo it already so the highest authority of those truly in charge and in two thousand and three he was made cardinal by john paul the second so he became actually a very prominent figure within the vatican specially one that became sort of the figurehead of the vessel the visual agent of the more conservative wing of the cardinal school. at this point i mean he had become over the last few years his supervisor a figure within the financial would in the financial operation of the vatican and the pope this pope put him in a position of both administrative and supervisory d.v.d. within that within the institution that of course means that he had enormous amounts of power within within the vatican and within the church as an institution so a very high ranking church official very important person in the catholic church what exactly is cardinal pell accused of well nobody really knows because the church has had not been made public this is something that we will know only this mov

million total cards have rolled off its production lines in this country the closure of a factory in melbourne what is the direct loss of two thousand jobs with a further three thousand people depended on that factory for their livelihoods because they were in supply chain companies some of the classic totem poles were brought back to the melbourne factory on tuesday for a ceremony to mark the closure of the factory last year ford closed its last car manufacturing plant in australia and in two weeks' time holden which is the australian brand name for general motors cars what's known as a known elsewhere in the world it will close its last factory and that will mark the end of all car manufacturing in australia costs are simply too high compared to manufacturing costs elsewhere in asia but some say the closure of the car industry in australia isn't necessarily a bad thing it marks the transition of australia's economy toward civil service for insight commie and it also suggests australian workers are getting jobs in higher tech industries elsewhere now the auto industry is going through a big c

to twenty one in melbourne and we get up to twenty five in adelaide. optimism has faded. khan's elected leaders are divided. attention grows as fears that a crackdown is imminent the targets the activists who fought for democracy dividing. the tribes of the six part series filmed over five years. china's democracy experiment at this time on al-jazeera. the again you're watching al-jazeera i remind of our top stories this hour and coalition led by former al kind of entices is promising fierce fighting against those who enter its territory in syria sidley province turkey sending troops to back the free syrian army which cost into the province on saturday. thousands have taken to the streets so boss alone against scott alone years secession from spain prime minister mariano rajoy is threatening to suspend the region's autonomy if its leaders declare independence and a gas tanker explosion in ghana has killed several people in the capital and it was followed by a second blast the explosions happened near a transport terminal and close to apostles for university students. stay

plant in a straight set to lose their jobs the auto giant announced that it's to end production in melbourne the second car company to shut down the country in the last two years ford closed its plant in victoria's g.e. long after ninety one years twenty years an absence here after al-jazeera world next. note that. this temple is a crowded city at the best of times. with often impossible traffic busy street construction and road bikes. having to navigate it without being able to see is a challenge. it's one that the four people in the story have done every day of their inspiring line. decided to this event to the residents in a subtle month. he did miss it it was from a study that took out the letter alluded to a month will not miss a is on learning a question which will condemn the. president obama said in sizing up one of those senate young lushness a little a lot of the on the to. her her. this is the almost the little bit about my is a little bit in their own little. men and they almost and there's a ton since they are literally on the road to me and. something for what it. is this isn't

going to be fairly wet given the wind directions being very warm recently further south in adelaide melbourne still twenty's but that's not back a bit because it's lot of green here this rain edging through that's a cold front came out of the bite his left perth at twenty two three status you've been warming up in the next day or so but given the wind direction change here in melbourne that's a disappointing looking day similarly adelaide down to the teens to support i think kids in the time of year as a new zealand would normally you get what's come across from tasmania and. suddenly struck in this time is just strong for the second tasman sea there's not much pride in it so it's sort of like sunshine and shout fits the bill quite nicely it's a secular nation here which means pressure is high settles it might be rather keyboarding but if morning mist otherwise nineteen in christ church in the sunshine seventeen o two and possibly the next two days. the russian orthodox church is deep pockets in the rapid expansion may bear its crucial role in putin's grip on power with some elevating the for

there were rally is happening elsewhere around australia including brisbane, melbourne and canberra. —— there are rallies. the weather now with chris fawkes. hi there. today's weather is brought to you courtesy of storm brian. let's take a look at brian then. over the last 24 hours, it has rapidly developed as low the strongest winds have been out to sea and as the storm crosses the british isles, it will gradually weaken. a slow process, and the winds will remain pretty strong and gusty throughout saturday. we have a band of rain for the early risers. still lingering across north—east scotland. there or thereabouts towards the eastern coast of england. following that, plenty of showers out west and it is in this showery air mass that we will have fairly strong gusts of wind working in. given its a blowy start the day, it will be mild — 10—13 degrees for early risers. some of the strongest winds through saturday morning will be targeting the coast of south—west england and wales. gusts of 50—60 mph, maybe a few isolated gusts of up to 70 mph. 0ne concern is that those s

hywel griffith joining a flight from melbourne. they're vitally important working animals for many communities but the number of donkeys around the world is shrinking rapidly because of demand for their skins in china, where they're used for traditional medicine. a british charity the donkey sanctuary is leading an international campaign to halt the trade until it can be properly regulated. africa is being particularly badly hit — donkeys are widely used there — but their price has tripled and criminals have taken across africa, donkeys animals. this isa across africa, donkeys animals. this is a common sight around the continent. the future is in jeopardy. carlos makes a living delivering water. earning just five oi’ delivering water. earning just five or $6 on delivering water. earning just five or$6ona delivering water. earning just five or $6 on a good day. now he has to rent a donkey after his was stolen and killed for its skin. and that is more than half of income. he is really u pset more than half of income. he is real

make its way into the southeastern corner by monday and you see seventeen for adelaide and also for melbourne with a child's right that ray will make its way towards new zealand over the next couple of days with some heavy downpours for all. on counting the cost us billionaire president donald trump wants to cut taxes but how will his plan impact ordinary americans plain versus catalonia the economic implications comma given what's behind the collapse really is auto industry counting the cost at this time. we al jazeera is our eyes and ears on the ground in southern africa identifying the crucially important stories for the audience that's incredibly dull good news. it's good to have you with us on al-jazeera and these are our top stories the u.n. is bracing for what it calls a further exodus of the hand of refugees from myanmar to bangladesh half a million or hang a have already crossed since the end of august with scaife a military crackdown and racan state myanmar says it's fighting separatist groups and denies accusations of ethnic cleansing. u.s. for constance a tropical storm that has b

high the temperatures here really dropped a disappointing fourteen incoming cloud probably rain in melbourne where the city is to hang your search to that is quite a big contrast. now you know it's coming across the tasman sea heading towards new zealand at the moment is kind in north island this is quite active on its way through but will it actually stay and keep its activity as it gets new zealand probably not it still looks disappointing quite worn out nineteen zero and in christchurch bit of a northerly breeze keeping maybe a cloudy picture a good part of north island let's go a day later a look at monday's suggest it's warmer still and probably still quite bright so all the activity from that active system has disappeared. short films of. and inspiration. small stories of three young women challenging the world around them. zero selects at this time. they're going to run to the top stories are just there to learn is deposed leader on this preacher man has called for continued democratic opposition to the spanish government takeover of the region. thirty people have been rescued from a

be fairly wet there given the wind directions being very warm recently further south in adelaide in melbourne still in the twenty's but that's not back a bit because this line of green here this rain is edging through that's a cold front come out of the bite his left perth that twenty two three status you've been warming up in the next day i say but given the wind direction change here in melbourne that's a disappointing looking day similarly adelaide down into the teens bit disappointed i think kids in the time of year as a new zealand would normally you get what's come across from tasmania and sudden strength in this time is just strong for the sudden tasman sea there's not much pride in it so it's sort of like sunshine and shouts fits the bill quite nicely circulation here which means pressure is high it settles it might be rather necchi morning but if morning mist otherwise nineteen in christ church in the sunshine seventy in oakland possibly the next two days. the russian orthodox church has deep pockets and were up with expansion may bear its crucial role in putting its grip on power wi

rolling through the bite heading down towards the southeastern corner too bad in the temperatures for melbourne and adelaide getting up to around ninety or twenty degrees a touch warmer than that in perth it stays fine in here as well but a good deal warmer than that and alice getting up to around thirty six degrees over the next day or so that warmth well that stays in place as we go into twenty five in sydney twenty one in melbourne maybe twenty four there for adelaide we'll see increasing cloud just spilling in as we go on through the course of the day placing cloud two making its way across the north island of new zealand some rather wet weather at times coming in here is particularly as we go on through monday north are looking very disturbed right skies to come back in from the south as we go on into tuesday so it will turn a little more pleasant but a chilly south westerly wind coming through i saw a bright skies at the moment for a good part of japan here is starting to pull its way away and places will brighten up pretty quickly but i choose day. with. documentaries that open your eyes

england have lost to australia in a tough opening game at the rugby league world cup in melbourne. the away side had the perfect start, with jermaine mcgillvary scoring the first try of the tournament. to make matters worse, england's sam burgess looks set to miss most of the tournament with a knee injury. our sports correspondent katie gornall reports. for england, this is about as tough as it gets. australia have an air of the unbreakable about them. england are here trying to deliver a new script and with a new squad they had reason to be optimistic. jermaine mcg illva ry reason to be optimistic. jermaine mcgillvary seized his moment. the hosts were stirred into action. england try to plug the gaps but the pressure was building. gillette eventually punched through. now, australia had the lead and the momentum. england will know all about how dangerous slater can be. stopping him is another matter. perhaps a big a blow was landed just before half—time. sam burgess is england's talisman, and he's now unlikely to return before the quarterfinals. without him, england were chasing

of australia a little more cloud there you just notice coming out of south australia into victoria melbourne should be largely dry temperatures here at around sixteen degrees celsius slightly try to work across new zealand over the next day or so little bits and pieces of fair weather clouds sliding towards the country but i think we are looking at the warm dry and sunny twenty one celsius in christchurch that's not too bad and we're not too far off that as we go on into wednesday meanwhile for japan a place to say things are quiet and down nicely now the typhoon has moved away so it's fine and dry. subzero temperatures. this is where the hard part because of the extraordinary journey from polish to tajikistan braved ordinary joined. to high up there's no oxygen. just to experience life simple pleasure. risking it all. this time on al-jazeera. president donald trump visit to asia the goal is to forge relations and strengthen the resolve to confront the threat from north korea but what impact can this visit really have we'll be live across asia to bring you the very latest coverage on al-jaze

high temperatures who've really dropped a disappointing fourteen incoming cloud and probably rain in melbourne where the city is to hang your two that is quite a big contrast now you know it's coming across the tasman sea heading towards new zealand at the moment is clad in north island this is quite active on its way through but we need to actually stay and keep its activity as it gets new zealand probably not it still looks disappointing quite warm at nineteen zero and in christchurch but of a northerly breeze keeping maybe a cloudy picture a good part of north island let's go a day later a look at monday's suggest it's warmer still and probably still quite bright so all the activity from the active system has disappeared. short films of the hook and inspiration. stories of three young women challenging the world around them. al-jazeera selects at this time.

melbourne also into adelaide victoria certainly on the chilly side cool blustery and chilly there into where tasmania over the next couple of days that same area clavell stretching its way down into the south island of new zealand there will be some outbreaks of right coming in here not too bad for north ali that around sixteen celsius in oakland a cloud of rain will make its way through as we go through sunday right guys do come back in behind no sign of any bright skies for southern parts of japan over the next day or so here we have typhoon land starting to push its way towards cuba extending across a good part of honshu the sunday. on counting that cost china two point zero zero how president xi jinping wants to rebuild the economy with a high end robotics look at what hijack an all makes is causing tension along the river nile plus the u.k. see you divorce is breaks it failing counting the cost at this time. i really felt liberated as a journalist was. getting to the truth as i would that's what this job. and i get are my to the top stories here on out zero and iraqi forces have c

manufacturing plant in australia are about to lose their jobs and announced it's ending production in melbourne this is the second car company to pull out of the country in two years ford closed its plant in victoria's long after ninety one years and her thomas has more from sydney on the industry's to my. tried to started making calls in australia back in one thousand nine hundred sixty three and in the fifty four years since more than three million tied to cards are rolled off its production lines in this country the closure of a factory in melbourne with the loss of two thousand jobs but a further three thousand people depended on that factory for their livelihood because they were in supply chain companies from the classic so it's a bowls were brought back to the melbourne factory on tuesday for a ceremony to mark the closure of the factory last year ford closed its last. factory plant in australia and in two weeks' time holden which the australian brand name for general motors is called as and i know it's where the well it will close its last factory and will mark be aimed all call manufac

hello the weather is improving again from melbourne having had a cold day fronts going through the sun's come out now you can see sort of a string of frontal it's way to new zealand it's when it gets new zealand things start to pick up so for australia bit of a breeze bit of rain maybe for adelaide but the reason northerly so temperatures are rising again twenty in melbourne supposed to thirteen twenty three in adelaide yes admittedly the skies will not be blue they will be wet and that rains generally speaking moving eastwards through camber towards sydney probably not into brisbane but there's to temperatures still say around the twenty mark which tends to be perth with a southerly been at sixteen or seventeen for a couple days largely sunny days admitted but as i say things pep up when they cross the tasman sea towards new zealand that's a definite development still a lot of cloud heading towards both islands not a good prospect for the weekend so they've got seventeen degrees in oakland's only twelve in christchurch and of course that's where the circulation is over south holland but

the rugby league world cup will get under way in melbourne. england have the daunting task of facing reigning champions australia in that opening game. they haven't beaten them since 1995. preparations continue ahead of next yea r‘s world preparations continue ahead of next year's world cup. harlequins propjoe marler is set to be available for two of england's three autumn internationals next month. he was suspended for striking, but it's understood his club have successfully queried the verdict with the european cup authorities. a great night ahead for anthony joshua. he is looking to successfully defend his world title. you are talking to his physiotherapist this morning. he wa nts to physiotherapist this morning. he wants to become the first man to hold all four world heavyweight titles. us president donald trump has ordered the release of 2,800 files on presidentjohn f kennedy's assassination. but he blocked the release of other files, citing national security concerns. senior administration officials did not say what the contents of the

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because they were in supply chain companies some of the classic totem poles were brought back to the melbourne factory on tuesday for a ceremony to mark the closure of the factory last year ford closed its last. factory plant in australia and in two weeks' time holden which the australian brand name for general motors is called as i now know where in the world it will close its last factory and that will mark the names of all car manufacturing you know right here costs are simply too high compared to manufacturing costs elsewhere in asia but some say the closure of the car industry in australia isn't necessarily a bad thing it marks the transition of australia's economy toward civil service for insight. and it also suggests australian workers are getting jobs in high attacking the strings elsewhere. american singer tom petty has died in hospital after suffering a heart attack the sixty six year old musician rose to fame in the one nine hundred seventy s. with his group tom petty in the heartbreakers before going on to have a hugely successful solo career diane estabrook looks back on his life.

because they were in supply chain companies from the classic so it's a model for brought back to the melbourne factory on tuesday for a ceremony to mark the closure of the factory last year ford closed its last car manufacturing plant in australia and in two weeks' time in which the australian brand name for general motors cars look so. far in the world it will close its last factory and that will mark the end all car manufacturing in australia costs are simply too high compared to manufacturing costs elsewhere in asia but some say the closure of the car industry in australia isn't necessarily think it marks the transition of australia's economy towards a service for insight. and it also suggests australian workers are getting jobs in high attacking the strings elsewhere so nobel prize for medicine has been awarded to three u.s. scientists for their research on the biological clock examining fruit flies jeffrey hold michael ross bash and michael young were able to show how genes help to control the body's daily rhythms the nobel committee says that their findings help us understand sleeping pa

hello again from fred the news from melbourne adelaide is a bit disappointing temps on their way down cloud is gone sure it's on its way to new zealand so that's nice because sunshine should be ok preferred the wind direction puts paid to that high teens at best this woman sydney in brisbane and back in perth. that will change in perth we just hang around and see temperatures stay the same but the sun comes out whereas with the wind direction is a huge difference in adelaide this in is when from the north and the woman teary it means thirty one degrees for you on friday and twenty five in melbourne and it should be i think free of showers as some cloud around but i think for us for showers does not apply to new zealand i think you know the answer already there's a cloud streaming across the tasman sea to sound initially but it's drifting north the picture on looks like a fairly cloudy one but only if you're facing west so all right probably a few showers fourteen to eighteen the rate it's not very warm there we lose most of the winter science island during friday so it's only thirteen

drive the next couple of days as it is at the moment south of the equator and big changes again for melbourne there's certainly some big storms recently not far away from cities in new south wales hunter valley reported big hail they've gone eastwards now into the tasman sea the system taking them away just as circulation so showers on sure possibility around sydney up to twenty five in melbourne thirty in adelaide you'll notice that wind comes out of the interior in opposition to a rather chilly in comparison seventeen in perth but last we're down to nine hundred twenty as the wind direction changes on saturday and this cloud indicates the development which could see a few thunderstorms rolling through southern queensland all their way east was but otherwise it's a quiet day in sydney twenty six slightly warmer in brisbane. one one what's the address of my mom. and you are changing color as america struggles to contain its must have a drug crisis four lines looks at the devastating impact it's having on the children who are left to pick up the pieces of. heroines children of this time on al-

because they were in supply chain companies from the classic so it's a model for brought back to the melbourne factory on tuesday for a ceremony to mark the closure of the factory last year ford closed its last car manufacturing plant in australia and in two weeks' time. brand name for general motors cars look so. far in the world it will close its last factory and that will mark the end all car manufacturing in australia costs are simply too high compared to manufacturing costs elsewhere in asia but some say the closure of the car industry in australia isn't necessarily. the transition of australia's economy towards more insight. and it also suggests australian workers are getting jobs in. the strings of. russian opposition leader alexina valley has been sentenced to twenty days in jail for organizing an unauthorised rally he's charged with violating laws on public meetings and rallies the valet says that he hopes to run for president against vladimir putin in elections in march russian electoral authorities say that he's barred from standing because of a suspended prison sentence. but overal

in a couple more showers are likely on choose day they were going gradually drift their way towards melbourne late told during the day and so wednesday we're likely to see a fair few more showers here as well as when you get some showers that will also be dragging down the temperatures so from melbourne won't get any higher than around seventeen on wednesday where we don't mild and not forcing brisbane and here the showers should clear for us for wednesday should be a brighter day twenty seven. but western australia when say something like quite a quiet day with twenty degrees in perth now over towards new zealand the weather here is far more active this ystem here is given to some very very heavy rain but it is now trying to clear away so for the north island should be a lot calmer as we head through the day on choose day more wins for the southwestern parts and that is what we're bringing in a little bit more cloud a little bit more in the way of unsettled weather there as we head through wednesday further towards the north and of course we've had all storm that worked its way across japan

advisor to pope francis in australia will stand trial on sex abuse charges cardinal george pell leaving a melbourne court on friday after a date was set for a four week hearing to begin in march the seventy six year olds accused of multiple sex crimes the details can't be made public for legal reasons pelle is the highest ranking catholic official to face such accusations he has consistently denied any wrongdoing. turning to the u.s. now where investigators looking into the mass shooting in last vegas say the golan may have scouted other sites before hand last sunday i remember sixty four year old stephen paddick shot dead dozens of people from a high rise hotel room before killing himself officials say he booked similar hotel rooms the other first of all such as the popular lower palooza festival in chicago for instance meanwhile the victims of the shooting included music lovers and an aspiring performer. brendan stewart an avid music fan who wanted to be a country singer and he was one of the fifty eight people killed at the harvest music festival last sunday. his sister and his best friend still

among the ports visited will be hong kong, melbourne, guangzhou and auckland. but the opening leg which finished in lisbon almost saw catastrophe as two of the yachts had to weave among spectator boats with a metre at best separating the vessels, thankfully a collision was avoided and the race moves on to the next leg on the way to completing 83 thousand kilometres. that's a very long way. that's about all we have time for, for everything else head to the website. till next time. goodbye. after a weekend of being battered by brian you are probably relieved to see what remains of that low now in the north sea very innocuous life. another big low to the west of us in the atlantic, driving the weather for the week ahead, nothing like the strong winds we have had in the last week but it will be feeding weather fronts are a way which is what we have first thing today, grey and gloomy prospects with outbreaks of rain in the west, clearer skies in the east, chilly start first then other cloud will start to move in and the breeze will pick up and let the temperatures.

melbourne's amy park, the venue for the world cup opener in between australia and england. i! yea rs between australia and england. i! years since a british side beat the aussies but this english team believe that they can rewrite history. going from the start, playing the number one team in the world. to come away with a win will be a massive confidence boost for six weeks. it could go a really long way. this is just the first group game. a win for england would help progress toa win for england would help progress to a possible final. but for the coach, it is performance on the opening night that matters the most. world cup is not one of the games, tournaments, so we have to get better each week. we will not be at our best on friday night, neither will australia. so we will not be at our best on friday night, neitherwill australia. so we will all build into it. we have to do the things i know that we can do to give eave as chance of being there in six weeks‘ time. australia as holders and co—hosts are favourites to win the tournaments but their coach recognises the threa

the international team have not won a president's cup since royal melbourne in 1998. ireland's paul dunne shot a nine—under—par 61 on the final day of the british masters to hold off rory mcilroy and win his first european tour title. despite carding his lowest round of the season, mcilroy was unable to surpass the world number 192 and looks on course for only the second winless season of his career. dunne was in a five—way tie for second heading into the final round but carded seven birdies and an eagle to win by three strokes on 20 under par at close house. he sealed victory in style with this chip—in on the 18th. the cleveland indians have finished the regular season in style with a 3—1win over the chicago white sox. jay bruce got the early runs in the first inning as cleveland notched up their 102nd victory of the season — that's their second—highest win total in franchise history. the american league division series gets under way on thursday. they await the winner of tuesday's wild card playoff between the new york yankees and the minnesota twins.

co—hosts australia begin the defence of their title in melbourne — against england. hello and welcome to the programme. venus williams beat wimbledon champion garbine muguruza in straight sets to reach the last four of the wta finals in singapore. the loss for muguruza end her hopes of finishing the year as world number one. austin halewood has this report. for venus williams and garbine muguruza, the equation was simple on thursday in singapore. the winner goes through to the semifinals and the loser goes home. at 37, venus is the loser goes home. at 37, venus is the oldest player in singapore but you would not have known it in the first set as she took an early lead. the american hasn't been knocked out of the tour finals at this stage before. she was determined to keep a

that is exactly what they have done in melbourne at the docklands stadium. it has a retractable roof and has hosted cricket and aussie rules and rugby. it is a neat solution but not one for lord's. that is a particular set of demands as these pictures make very clear. the mcc have been approached with an idea that a giant canopy could cover the entire stadium. it isn't an aprilfool as the entire stadium. it isn't an april fool as the new chief executive guy lavender told us earlier... there are a lot of technical challenges and issues but not to say that we shouldn't look at it seriously. technology is developing all the time. drop in wickets. we need to keep looking forward and ensure we do all we can to maximise the amount of play for spectators and broadcasters. he stressed these plans were at an early stage that they are interested in the research being done by the american company behind the technology at the moment. if you watch cook —— cricket next summer, you may still need your umbrella but who knows for the future? now if ever there was ever a

rolling through the bite heading down towards the southeast and kona to bet on the temperatures for melbourne and adelaide getting up to around ninety or twenty degrees a touch woman that's in perth the study's fine and dry here as well but a good deal warmer than that and alice getting up to around thirty six degrees over the next day or so that warmth well that stays in place as we go into twenty five in sydney twenty one in melbourne maybe twenty four there for adelaide we'll see increasing cloud just spilling in as we go on through the course of the day crossing clouts a making its way across the north island of new zealand some rather wet weather at times coming in has particularly as we go on through monday north out of looking very disturbed bright skies to come back in from the south as we go on into tuesday so it will turn a little more pleasant but a chilly south westerly wind coming through i saw a bright skies at the moment for a good posture of japan hair is starting to pull its way away places will brighten up pretty quickly by tuesday. a new level of luxury has arrived. an expe

through the by now which means you've got cloud and rain invading adelaide and just about reaching melbourne but it's not particularly heavy rain the temperatures have been affected much seventeen to nineteen degrees still quite well in alice springs and that person calls that in the low twenty's twenty one or there abouts and the sun should be out here in fact the biggest rain.

hello the weather is improving again from melbourne having had a cold day fronts going through the sun's come out now you can see it sort of a string of frontal it's way to new zealand it's when it gets new zealand things start to pick up so for australia bit of a breeze bit of rain maybe for adelaide but the reason northerly so temperatures are rising again twenty in melbourne supposed to thirteen twenty three in adelaide yes admittedly the skies will not be blue they will be wet and that rains generally speaking moving eastwards through camber towards sydney probably not into brisbane but there's to temperatures still say around the twenty mark which tends to be perth with a southerly been at sixteen or seventeen for a couple days largely sunny days admitted but as i say things pick up when they cross the tasman sea towards new zealand that's a definite development still a lot of cloud heading towards both islands not a good prospect for the weekend so they've got seventeen degrees in oakland's only twelve in christchurch and of course that's where the circulation is over south holland

they face hosts and reigning champions australia in melbourne this morning. and, with halloween just a few days away, sarah's at a pumpkin festival with the weather. good morning. yes, i'm at hampton bridge this morning bringing you a fall in uk forecast but also looking at some amazing pumpkin installations here and we're also going to have a live pumpkin carving throughout the morning. i will be backin throughout the morning. i will be back in 15 minutes. be careful, sarah. see you later. see you later. good morning. first, our main story. an investigation into the cyber attack that brought down parts of the nhs in may has found that it could have been prevented if basic security measures had been in place. the national audit office says that the health service wasn't prepared for the attack in which criminals froze nhs computers and demanded a ransom. it calls on the nhs to develop a clear plan to deal with future threats. rory cellan—jones reports. it was an attack which froze computers around the world. but the nhs was among the organisations worst aff

melbourne also into adelaide toria certainly on the chilly side call blustery and chilly there into where tasmania over the next couple of days that same area clavell stretching its way down into the south island of new zealand there will be some outbreaks of rain coming in here not too bad for north ali that around sixteen celsius in oakland a cloud of rain will make its way through as we go through sunday right guys do come back in behind no sign of any bright skies for southern parts of japan over the next day or so here we have typhoon land starting to push its way towards cuba extending across a good part of honshu sunday. on counting the cost china two point zero zero how president xi jinping wants to reboot the economy with a i and robotics look at what i do economics is causing tension along the river nile plus the u.k.'s e.u. divorce is breaks it failing counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera.