their first ever major tournament. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. our top story for you today: scientists say there s compelling evidence that a market selling live animals in the chinese city of wuhan was the early epicentre of the covid 19 pandemic. it s a significant contribution to what s always been the dominant theory that the outbreak began with the coronavirus spreading from animals to humans at the so called wet market . this is the seafood wholesale market in wuhan. one of the studies just published in the journal science says genetic information suggests there were two crossover events where animals infected humans in late 2019. a second study also in science shows the earliest known cases in the city were clustered, around that market. i spoke to dr michael worobey, one of the lead authors of that study and professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the university of arizona. he took us through the resea
representation at the leadership level. so you can have just a show but it doesn t mean that. so, yeah.- have just a show but it doesn t mean that. so, yeah. yeah. it is interesting mean that. so, yeah. yeah. it is interesting that mean that. so, yeah. yeah. it is interesting that you - mean that. so, yeah. yeah. it is interesting that you are - is interesting that you are talking about the diversity of the spec of, the diversity of thought, and i think for the benefit of our viewers, just to explain how you got to where you are, because yourjourney started and rather remarkably when you came to australia for the first time as a vietnamese refugee. the first time as a vietnamese refu~ee. ., v , refugee. that s right, my family and refugee. that s right, my family and escaped - refugee. that s right, my . family and escaped war-torn family and escaped war torn vietnam at the end of the war in 19 75. i was a young girl, asa in 19 75. i was a young girl, as a seven year old, and we
southeast asia and then we accepted a full resettlement in australia in december 1979. so the unhcr, back in those days with the vietnamese exodus, made a very important role in processing people in camps in south east asia so we were very lucky to be given the opportunity to be resettled in australia and we arrived here with literally one single suitcase and none of us could speak english. we probably were able to say hello, how are you. it s just amazing stuff listening to your life story there and they don t want to take away from that but ijust want to ask you, what do you think is holding more diversity backin think is holding more diversity back in australian politics? look, i don t know what it s like in the uk but certainly here, people of non english speaking backgrounds are very reluctant to step into leadership roles, because obviously there is going to be a lot of demands in terms of time spent, in terms of
around the building, we only have 100 doses of the vaccine so that the same today. we had a lot of people come, a lot of people line up early, unfortunately had to turn some people away because we only have 100 to give out. to australia now, where the issue of diversity in politics is back in the spotlight, as the new federal parliament met for the first time this week since may s election. this parliament is the most racially and cuturally diverse in australia s history, with a record number of female and non white mps. but many diversity advocates say it still doesn t come close to reflecting the make up of the population. earlier i spoke to dai le who has recently been elected to the australian house of representatives, i asked her if things are changing in australia with diversity in politics. look, it has been such an honour and such a humbling experience, really, to be elected for our area called