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Now according to a note of the discussions about this that I've seen the European Commission is opposed to this because it's a bit like giving the U.K. The benefits of being in the single market officials will discuss the issue in Brussels later today the Queen's appealing for people in the case to find common ground speaking at an event to mark a 100 years of the sender and Women's Institute yesterday she said respecting different points of view is a tried and tested approach the remarks are being interpreted as a comment on the Breck said debate the case started returning migrants who crossed the Channel in small boats to friends Morpheus says it wants to deter others from making the journey and it comes after a small rise in crossings towards the end of last year the mess office is warning that levels of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere could rise by a record amount this year it says it's partly down to warm weather in the Pacific meaning plants and trees that soak up C O 2 growing less are Environment Correspondent Matt McGrath Researchers say their findings highlight a vicious cycle of warming Jew to human activities the hotter the earth becomes the less carbon that the forest can absorb as a result this all leads to ever warmer temperatures in the long term the U.S. Senate's rejected 2 bills to end the partial government shutdown which has been running for every month around $800000.00 federal workers have now missed another pay day today it's been caused by around the president Trump's demand for more than 5 $1000000000.00 to build a wall on the Mexican border he says he won't compromise I have other alternatives of I have to and I'll use those alternatives after all we want to go through the system we have to have a wall in this country we have criminals pouring into our country and I'm not talking about the southern border they don't stay there they go through and they permeate all throughout the country that's the problem and the symbolic doomsday clock will stay at 2 minutes to. The Apocalypse the closest it's ever been the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists say the clock designed to warn of impending disasters were remain frozen as Levon 58 achieved to the threat of nuclear war and climate change Jerry Brown's from the group ever going to go another problem or have to deal with all these other problems matter of nuclear danger border Clo the change has to be put in the forefront of world leaders it's not there that's the 5 Live news now with 10 Chelsea are into the final of the E.F.L. Cup after beating top them $42.00 on penalties at Stamford Bridge is Chelsea's 15th final in 16 years in all competitions the now face Manchester City at Wembley on February 24th Monaco have suspended their manager Terry Henri while they make a decision on his future B.B.C. Sport understands the suspension is merely a procedural matter and the former Arsenal striker has actually left the club his predecessor Lane is in line to return in the bold after just 77 as the West Indies took control of the 1st Test in Barbados with a 339 run lead after being dismissed for 289 in their 1st innings before lunch the hosts chose not to enforce the follow on and closed a 2127th the 6 Rafa Nadal dropped just 6 games beating Stefano City Pass in under 2 hours to reach the Australian Open final to face the winner of the semifinal later this morning a 6 time winner Novak Djokovic takes on Lucas pussy commentry will be on 5 Live Sports Extra from 8 AM while Naomi Osaka will face Patrick of its vote in the women's final after beating Carolina Pliska this is B.B.C. Radio 5 Live on digital B.B.C. Sound Smart speaker am aware there Friday's looking for all of us but rather cloudy and damp and a bit breezy brain or drizzle will linger in the West all day we should turn drawing and maybe a wee bit brighter in the southeast nice today of 11 in rather impotent 10 for sure . Like. The 6 Nations Peace British Championships coming soon. To the B.B.C. . B.B.C. Radio 5. On the B.B.C. Sounds like it's 5 past 4 in a poll now and I'm guy killed see some sad news to bring you from the world of sport this morning humor Vonnie the legendary sports writer has died at the age of 84 he covered all of the big sporting events of the last 5060 years in his long career he spent 3 decades as the chief chorus force correspondent of The Observer 23 years at the Sunday Times before retiring 3 years ago it was just received confirmation that humor Cavani the sports journalist has died now at the age of 84 hopefully get some reaction to that between now and 5 o'clock. Now Venezuela and the United States are engaged in a growing diplomatic confrontation of the trumpet ministration recognize the opposition leader. As interim leader infuriating President Nicolas Maduro Venezuela said it shutting down its diplomatic missions in the U.S. As a result has been a week of mass protests and violent clashes across the country of an S.R.O. Is a journalist in Caracas and I spoke to earlier and I asked her what it's been like that in the last few days it's been actually a pretty crazy couple of days here when we this Wednesday we saw tens of thousands of people just marching to support the National Assembly No this is the 1st time that the opposition who called for this rally get so many people on the streets protesters took the streets with a lot of charisma asking the class mother to just step back and open the path for a chance of mission now on the other side the government also call for a rally not like years before I mean we saw a few people mostly ministry workers without any charisma and we saw a few spots. In the Government pro-government rallies so much different from before and then after one way God took the next step something that he said was going to do something that most people who was who were there at that protest and the streets this when they hoped for him to do after that everything became just more confusing Nicolette mother Little was supposed to speak at the pro-government rally in the center of that the topic of the capital city of Gattaca immediately change his plans and spoke from the presidential palace but spoke without the minister of defense who had been silent for. For the past 3 days and everyone was a thank you Lady about this then immediately the international community started showing their support to one way the law and this you know this got very tense Overnight protests again more clashes with security forces local N.G.O.s experts in this kind of situation south about more than 200 people arrested during protests and over 20 people dead killed in the poet says while they were protesting on this is something that you can hear or see in the beneficial media because of the censorship and the government either shut them down or just bought the media so this is what happened yesterday today we finally heard the defense minister taking the side by the side and not recognizing one way or the same thing of course no surprise there that every other institution of the government but feel that they are the important thing and the thing that got our attention is that one way they won the opposition haven't that back they are going forward they say there is a camp there their idea of opening this transition they keep. Assuming the presidency and deciding So right now everything is very very confusing those on the Vanessa Herero in Caracas speaking to me earlier America has nailed its colors firmly to the must of missed a glide Oh and globally 2 distinct books are appearing in terms of international reaction Dr Walid Faris is a foreign policy expert and was also don't try to advise a on the Middle East during the presidential campaign earlier he explained how the Venezuelan rest has now become a global issue the reason why it escalated internationally is because of its. The change that took place and I said oh the former speaker or the speaker of the bottom and to turn himself as a transitional president and of course the back and support coming from Russia Turkey Iran others to the middle regime and obviously the United States' support along with many important actors I would really look at what the European Union today the commission of Foreign Affairs said and now that they are also in support of a change and more importantly I just spoke with the deputy secretary general of the call A S Organization of American States representing most American countries also in support of that change so that will create a landscape that we did not see before I was told from was the U.S. But the opposition leader this point was not how the U.S. Has intervened Well the confrontation between United States and the regime and in Venezuela including because of the Iranian factor the Russian factor but why now because when they saw that on the ground on the streets of Venezuela there is a clear popular majority not unanimous view of popular majority that is expressing itself as was the case in Eastern Europe against the Soviet policies at the time and once they saw that the parliament and that's crucial for the American position which was elected also by the by the people decided to go against the regime then that was a historic opportunity for them instead of seeing a one regime controlled by the Dural they see now it's moving as well as the journalist from Caracas said before me and that is not a political opportunity of course for the trumpeting situation that was totally Cyrus foreign policy expert also former advisor to Donald Trump talking about this current situation in Venezuela. Now the most expensive home in America has just been sold and it hasn't even been built yet the billionaire Ken Griffin splashed out more than 180000000 pounds on a New York penthouse which overlooks Central Park so well so of house to get for that kind of money well to find help us find out is N.B.C. Reporter Robert Frank who's been following the story I started by asking how many bedrooms it might have we don't know yet because $238000000.00 only bought Ross space so it's concrete blocks right now and windows so he's going to spend tens of millions more to actually build an apartment so he doesn't have any bedrooms yet so this is literally the space and he's going to build the the actual walls everything within it once again once he can get in there and get working $238000000.00 just gets you started doesn't clued any kitchen sinks no carpeting no furniture so it is it is pure raw space and I'm sure that the interior designers and our people in the world are salivating over how much money he's going to spend just to build it out yeah I can imagine it's going to be a few a few cool it is not it's going to go down to the local hardware store. So why is this space then so expensive what makes it worth this much money. Well it is so expensive because that's what he paid for it is the simple answer The longer answer is that it is right now the hot building in New York City is what's called billionaire's row which is just south of Central Park it's a place where all these new giant towers have gone up a pours of 1000 feet high and they're brand new these towers are kind of the place for the billionaires and this particular tower even though it's not the tallest it's only $79.00 stories versus some of the areas that are upwards of a 100 stories tall is because of the architect and because people like standing have already been in the building is considered the billing to get on top of that he's got 4 floors for entire floors stretching 24000 square feet with gorgeous views of the park and his view is when you buy the best to the best even though it may appear that you're overpaying at the time over the long term over 102050 years those Top properties that are special hold their value better than the generic 2000 square foot apartment in New York City OK so you go for the one that everybody wants and then that's good that's the one that's going to appreciate in value over the coming is yeah it's the one that I mean I don't know an apartment in New York that's bigger than that certainly not in a brand new building right smack on Central Park So tell us a bit more about Ken Griffin says. You know many people this side of the line say No who is I would've thought I mean I'm guessing this isn't his 1st big real estate they'll now many people on this side of the Atlantic know who can Griffin is he is a fairly obscure 50 year old hedge fund manager from Chicago so he is a very soft spoken math geek he's not a flamboyant headline seeking billionaire he's a little socially awkward he's extremely intelligent very good with quantitative strategies and created this company called Citadel which started as a hedge fund and now it's a global investment company managing tens of billions of dollars of other people's money and he earned this over a 1000000000 dollars each year so even though he has spent $700000000.00 in real estate over the past 3 years that's really pocket change compared to what he earns every year which you know makes him a billionaire every single year just based on his earnings and he is single so he got divorced about 5 years ago so he is a bass player and lots of women are taking strong interest here in his real estate and his possible dating habits fair enough and I guess then with the income you know the price tag he would have been OK when he came for the movies up occasion on the affordability it would have looked pretty good to the lender that what a lot of these guys do I think he did you eat he paid cash for almost all these deals and then you take a mortgage out later so you can take that money and invest it in the stock market or invest it in his own fun Wow And so what do we know what he's planning to do the longer term is he going to make this into the you know the apartment in New York what with all the facts and fittings and then sell it all know is he going to live in a lot of a New York. Well the question is why he would spend so much on what is F.-P. At a tear so his main residence is in Chicago he bought the most expensive home in Chicago for $58000000.00 He is also building the most expensive home in Florida and Palm Beach just the land is costing him over $250000000.00 He hasn't even put a house on it yet he bought the most expensive home in Miami for $60000000.00 and he paid $95000000.00 pounds for a house in London just this past week near Buckingham Palace so he's got all these houses at least 7 properties now around the world including one in Hawaii where it's impossible for him to spend more than a couple of weeks or a month in each house and his main residence is in Chicago so what staggering about the most expensive home in America is it's not even his primary home. So I go myself a nice 3 bedroom house last year I thought was there live for myself is very inadequate now. It's He's got 7 and stays wealthy they don't just have 2nd or 3rd homes they have portfolios of real estate and this portfolio of real estate is bigger and more expensive then any other purchased by an American billionaire he would have American billionaires who love real estate going back to Vanderbilt but nothing of this scale in this short of time has ever been purchased so many records mass in a period of 3 years by one single billionaire so this is extraordinary even by American wealth standards amazing and speaking of real estate in American wealth standards there's a certain president the it's sounds like he's a congressman is treading on his toes lightly I mean is this is this president truly tweeted about this deal. Not yet but I would I would guess knowing that Donald and I have covered him over the years he is probably upset that canned didn't buy $230000000.00 where the real estate in a Trump building and so he was probably Trump was probably on the phone with his riches broker saying why didn't you sort of show home our building here or this building there because Trump loves to land those big whales when they spend a lot of money and possibly the only thing better than being can Griffin right now in real estate is being can't reference real estate broker so you can imagine the commission on a 238000000 dollars sale is even if it's conservative somewhere between $4.00 and $6000000.00 so you can buy 3 apartments in New York just with the sales commission on that one apartment. That was Robert Frank from N.B.C. Telling us about the apartment in Central Park this conference 180000000 pounds believable amount of money that's the billionaire had for months of Ken Griffin that's brought up hope he enjoys the view now Kelly OK wrecking best known as the lead singer of Bloc Party has opened his debut musical tonight in London Leave to Remain is a love story about 2 gay men who decide here married bring to the forefront their complicated relationships with their families the subject matter includes mixed race relationships and gay drug culture pop culture journalist nothing Jamieson was in the audience last night and she's been speaking to Kelly on the shameless right among Jones who wrote the story and not only started by telling me a bit more about the plot of the musical Well I think it's really interesting because festival this is not yet bridge musical I mean to get me wrong I love a bit of musical things so I kind of grew up on all those M.G.M. Musicals and all that kind of staying and that there is no they haven't dealt with a whole range of issues because they actually have to go back to some of them what they were trying to say but this one in particular is looking at gay marriage and the impact that it has on the people that are in those in just families in particular is the focus of that leads to remain and it's dealt with in very fascinating way to what is an audience member and I think it's something that we haven't really seen that months in this way and so I'm all siphoning up. To as many people as possible because I really think that it should be an experience that people want to and say just about the music briefly to start with as well I mean it probably won't come as much surprise that coming from Brooke this isn't really his wells but he said that he particularly wanted to try something different I was frequently so I didn't want the music to filter riots you know I have to be honest I'm not such a big fan of music. Well fear I think most of the price we carry. You know it's not really my discipline as a leadership. But you know it was a fun challenge to work out how could I make something that I would want to see on stage you know I'm not I'm not bashing musical theater it was supported this had had it send language in it some voice so with the songs I was very specific from the get go that I wanted to try and use this sense of kind of West African highlife music with the contemporary turning music in I'm glad that we've managed to achieve something that feels somewhat unique or experimental So is that is the music similar to blow apart if you're a block party from Would you would you recognize it was yeah you know I think you would recognize actually and. You know how like if you go see a musical some sort of song all the way through so it's music the whole way through it's not quite like that in this one but there are very few breaks in the music that's quite a driving rhythm which is kind of an emotional pulse to the story that's going on at the same time and that what they've done I think for my money incredibly well and this one is that it's that a few scenes that take place in clubs and and that club culture that they culture and clubs in particular is really brought to life on the stage and the means that is it does have played as a bloc party you'll be able to recognize that if you are fond of Bloc Party as I am as well and I've been to see them life a few times as well and it's it's remarkable how euphoric it feels in one of the club scenes in particular and I was basically impressed that it's rubbish it's all you know sometimes any case and I think the next people are saying that the tendency in a club and it never really lets How is if you experience that in never to get that sense that being cool in any way at all or sort of people really living that Xperia . Yes and that was not the case here it was just not really authentic and the music matched that perfectly I thought oh that's good that you get some flashbacks to the old days. Where you say. All about Jones who wrote co-wrote so shameless He also wrote this with Kelley from Bloc Party so he's brought him to yeah I did and I mean they've been working on this project on and off the 7 years so you know these things aren't something that happens quickly so a lot of time and love and passion has gone into this and Matt Jones is usually based in Los Angeles and he's worked on Dr Who in the past and saying this is the saddest But this is the 1st time that he's done something for the future as well and it was great I felt quite privileged to be able to speak to both Max and Kelly off the words off to seeing that Christian on opening night and there was sort of a saying how it's it's quite something to see an audience and you know to get a sense of whether they're enjoying your what right there in that because obviously Kelly said this before from being on stage but not from seeing his own what as an audience member which is what he was doing tonight and certainly with with magic as he was saying it was really great because you don't get that with T.V. What you don't get such an immediate scene back a sense but and I will listen to him as well about the themes at least her main and and Matt James are saying that hopefully this is going to be a side of life there's no we've seen in this way and I think what the play really has at its heart is this idea that people say gay marriage is just the same as straight marriage a sort of equality but I don't think that it is really the same because I think for the 1st time sort of families are being asked to come together and join together on the basis of the same sex love of kids and that's a very different thing to coming together and joining families on the basis of like different sex you know kids it's like a life is moving right into the heart of this kind of reshaping families and I think that's what we wanted to write about so we wanted to write about 2 guys who we could tell that story about you know what he's got. Like a pastor he needs to have a common one he very much struggles of the present and the stories that they have about homophobia you know amongst black families and you know drug addiction which is kind of contemporary things that we were just interested in Explore So it's clear from what you've been saying that you enjoyed it I think but what about other people was it was it well received in general yes I think so I think I think I was trying to tune in because I'm nosy anyway as a generalist it's what people are saying as you walk out and I think there was some people who it wasn't my cup of tea and there were other people he really enjoyed it and were already thinking about booking back to see it and I think the people that maybe didn't enjoy as much you know off that's fine because they see if you know Katie said it's an experimental piece of data that he's doing and want to try something different and of course that's always been a polarized some people but I would much rather have a range of experiences that people can can see in the theater and then everything just being at the same genre what we've seen before and various a 1000000 it's great I think that this is busting the acid it's a bit I just want to mention briefly as well the cost of these things as well because of course you know it's not cheap to go to the theater but it's a business production and looking around at some of the other range of productions that run in the U.K. At the moment you know actually theater tickets yes it may not be the best seats became you should get them for about 15 quid now is what they're kind of starting prices and of course they go up to $100.00 quid plus sometimes but you know if you think about how much it costs to go to the cinema now as well and you know I live in London and it's so expensive to go see a film they can be you know they're going to the cinema it can it can and I just think it's really good that you get different stories that you haven't heard from different aspects of culture that you may not be so familiar with being presented in this way and in a very accessible and cool fashion actually Now what about this title leave to remain is this is your 1st official Briggs it musical or is even a red herring I was listening at. The B word which does not come up at school or out the musical and it's more about of course that there are risks to be that resonance with it because of the time that we're living in but this story was started a long time before breaks it had even been thought up as a concept really and it's more about there's one of the characters he is American and there's a character whose birth and part of the discussion about getting married was they love each other is that one of them needs it for a visa so of course it does have a relevance what breaks it and what a lot of people began through as well and the time so alone you know of course that that's a you know we've been hearing those words so much leave and remain in so many different ways and yet you can you can't help but not think about that one when you're watching it but it's not a brick set piece of theater I would say and but you know it's great that you're getting musicians like Kelly. Doing something in the serener and. If you're kind of wondering if there's other things around that you might be able set to dip into that as a U.K. Tour at the moment of the Green Day musical American Idiot that's going all around the U.K. Right now in Leicester as well coming up in June you going to have to see the musical of The Color Purple which I've never seen that I think it showed in London a few years ago that it went to worldwide had this incredible success so I think it's just really an interesting time in musical theater in particular that you know oh the one thing I said about me tonight as well as of course the music it's an album as well because it's very much electronic music at its heart and that's going to be coming out on the 26th of January so you just got a day to wait to back down yeah it's just an interesting time and you know I can only begin to thank you. Thank. You. As a condition of that interview with Natalie Jamieson to turn to the former lead singer of Bloc Party Kelly a correct he who has now got his own musical I was premiered last night in London called Leave to Remain and it is now for all 30. Digital B.B.C. Sounds Slosberg. This is B.B.C. Radio 5 Hello again to cover MacGraw who has the latest headlines and hello you some countries in the you want to make changes to it's no deal breaks it off or so it's more generous to the U.K. The same British Airlines unholy as should be given more access than the European Commission's proposing the queen says people should respect different points of view and find common grounds the comments of the Women's Institute events are thought to reverse and refer to the brakes at debate food outlets could be made to display allergen information on all the products there's a government consultation following the death of 15 year old Natasha lap Peru's who had a severe allergic reaction to a press him on Jay bag adds in a study says adults sleep better I was being rocks like a baby researches in Geneva tested 18 people in a special bed finding most woke up fewer times and slept more deeply as a 5 Live news with the sport now his 10 Chelsea are into the A.F.L. Cup Final after beating Tottenham $41.00 penalties at Stamford Bridge is Chelsea's 15th final in 16 years in all competitions the game finished 2 was on aggregates before David Louis scored the winning penalty in the shootout to send merits your sorry side through to face Manchester City on February the 24th I was really very happy with their with their performance before the pain of this then after the pain at this awful cause. I was really very happy because we will go to to play a final. Wembley we know the final will be a bit difficult because in my opinion at the moment he is the most the team in Europe Monaco boss Terry Henri has been suspended by the club while they make a decision on his future the Sport understands the suspension is merely a procedural matter and that the former Arsenal striker has already left the club on Rio's one just 5 games in 20 since taking over in October from his predecessor Alain Argos Yard team who is in line to return French football germ this union Lauren emits isn't a great surprise what's happened to him credit. Taken from you know you know. Some of the media as well as. Maybe the last. Summer break into the reserve without mentioning the Rocky. I think that question you'd rather venture to because I was not aware of but I think the club bunch of. England were bowled out for just 77 as the West Indies to control the 1st Test in Barbados they lead by 339 runs after being dismissed for 289 in their 1st innings before lunch the West Indies chose not to enforce the follow on of the hosts and a day to 127th the 6 England's Moeen Ali was keen to deflect criticism away from their batting performance I actually think the ball really well the length I did a good pace and it made it difficult for us there were so relentless on the ball as I came on it a couple unfortunate errors but I think it was them the ball really well on the good things the positive side was we showed some 5 in the last session however speaking on B.B.C.'s the cricket social forming about whom Geoffrey Boycott took a different view why should anyone want to go in disappointed he was embarrassed him because you can say he was West English Patient role where he was pretty sure was frightening you know supposed to be straight up and down and are falling a lot every over you should post a bit of a play through arbitrary. Mental discipline the concentration the body shoes always the fact is playing tennis much for you 6 time champion Novak Djokovic takes on Lucas play in the semifinals of the Australian Open later this morning commentary will be on tennis breakfast on fire by sports extra from 8 am the winner will face Rafa Nadal of the defeated Stefano sits in straight sets dropping just 6 games now a sucker will face Petra because it's about in the women's final after beating Carolina place given Britain's Nakota Smy Davis has won bronze in the under 57 kilo category A Judo's Tel of the Grand Prix and that's the latest from B.B.C. Sport This is B.B.C. Radio 5 Live on digital B.B.C. Sound Smart speaker. Good morning where you going to notice a much milder feel to the weather as we go on through the day today although starting off a little on the chilly start across eastern dancing with within the system for the rest of the U.K. Essentially getting into the mild air really quickly this morning and temperatures will be rising hour by hour now for England Wales we are looking at a lot of cloud and through the morning though be a little bit of light rain and drizzle sweeping its way across northern England the middle incidents East Anglian southeast England eventually that will clear who will be left with some stick a cloud across Wales and Western England through the afternoon that could bring a not spit or spot of rain to think heavy a bit a bit of dampness in the air really lasting into the afternoon around the coast in the hills as I say it is going to turn much much milder winters on Thursday afternoon we had temperatures languishing into single figures this afternoon we're looking at highs widely between 10 and 12 degrees Celsius model for the time of year in Northern Ireland while the mild as already weather's so cloudy start to get a ticket for not spots of light rain or drizzle found a bit of mist over the hills to temperatures for 12 degrees as we head through the afternoon with a freshening westerly wind in Scotland central and southern parts of Scotland will also become mild as we go through the day to that we'll have thick cloud a bit of mist of fog over the high ground and always across the. In Scotland the threat of outbreaks of rain particularly for the white snarls in the Highlands 1011 degrees Celsius for central and southern Scotland but across the north of Scotland we've got some slightly brighter conditions bit of sunshine a few passing show is yes a bit colder here temperatures around 6 to 8 degrees Celsius for the weekend weather prospects we're looking at mild conditions on Saturday but it's going to be quite cloudy with outbreaks of rain particularly across northern and western areas the rate heaviest in Scotland pushes through and on Sunday it sets to cold or cold enough for some snow to come back into the north and Helter Skelter. Of life whether this was just for a car to see the potential to be. So good to feel good so I could hear the thing. This weekend find look across the B.B.C. . News East Asia on digital B.B.C. Sound it's small speak of this is B.B.C. Radio. It's 436 hope you well this is a poll night with Guy Kilty thank you for all your texts throughout the program this morning and last night this one from scales Dave has just come in he's talking about this apartment that was sold in America in New York for 180000000 pounds Dave says I'm a helper in a homeless night shelter it brings it home watching over 30 people encumbered your report brings it all into perspective Ari the poor versus the wealthy nearly in tears I hear you Dave thank you for your text does really put things in perspective doesn't appear in those crazy figures thank you feel the toast and keep mortars coming in please 85058 or at B.B.C. 5 Live on social media also let me know on a lighter note what about your favorite sporting collapse leaving Tell me another one between now and 5 o'clock we've got several. Let me know another couple if you come now let's cross over to Phil Mercer in Australia Hi Phil yes morning to you morning to you too now so often this time of year in Australia you have got some soaring temperatures only what is the latest It's always hot here during the summer but it seems that this particular summer is more punishing more extreme than ever before since records began the city of Adelaide in South Australia has broken its all time temperature record hitting 46.2 degrees Celsius that's about 115 degrees Fahrenheit about a dozen other places in South Australia have also sent new he records the city of portal Guster reached 49.5 degrees Celsius that source so a new record in the state's emergency power generators have had to be switched on for the 1st time because of demand for electricity juror the extreme heat on social media people have been putting uncooked meat in their cars leaving it for an hour or 2 and lo and behold it so ready to eat I'm not sure if that's the most hygiene way to eat food but it just illustrates how hot it has been in South Australia where residents of being trying to stay cool in the roasting conditions I guess open the door to let the dog out and it feels like a saw and I'm sorry heart I feel like the right. 3 weeks over a month now we've had a marvelous 40 seven's I must assume that show them out some of. These. It's been hot too today in the state of Victoria temperatures there in excess of 40 degrees Celsius Melbourne reached 42 there was a cool change the temperature in that particular part of Australia dropping by 12 degrees Celsius in just 7 minutes and DR ANDREW TUPPER from the Bureau of Meteorology says that the state of Victoria is enduring unprecedented heat assemble was the hottest on record for Victoria and January is lining up to be the same and summer overall is coming want to have a summons while big problems often happens Phil is there any other early signs that over the next the coming weeks things are going to get a bit better or more. Well it's all relative the city of Adelaide is expecting temperatures tomorrow to be about 30 degrees Celsius so that's considerably more palatable than $46.00 degrees Celsius there is a concern that because of climate change that the frequency and severity of heat waves in this country will be exacerbated weather forecasters say that the late starts of the Northern monsoon is in part responsible for pushing all of these hot air from Western and Central Australia from the desert areas into the southeastern corner from Adelaide sweeping round to Melbourne we had a 5 day heat wave here in New South Wales last week so it's been pretty warm and there's a tropical site clone brewing up north and on the island state of ties mania they're battling more than 60 bushfires so it's it's a capricious time of year for Australians in all corners of the country I mean our sympathies with you. Because that doesn't sound good. Moving on to a different story Phil there's been an arrest I think is that right Chinese Australian writer what was going on was the problem this is yang hen June he's a jewel Australian Chinese national He's a writer a novelist a former diplomats he was arrested after arriving from New York in the city of going on Saturday he was travelling with his wife and his son he's being investigated by the authorities in China he's being detained by the way for alleged involvement in criminal activities endangering China's national security Australian officials say that this man he's in his early fifty's he's not seen prison but he's being held under what's called a form of residential surveillance Now previously dissidents have been held under the same category interrogated around the clock human rights groups allege that the . Process involves top show which is a claim that China denies but nevertheless Australian officials are trying to meet with this man who's been detained to find out exactly what's going on as it happens Australia's Defense Minister Christopher Pyne arrived in Beijing on Thursday for an relates he talks he has arrived in the middle of the saga and he won't sciences the strain government is obviously concerned with the presidential surveillance of Mr Young he's in a strange citizen and we are seeking to provide him with consular assistance and support to ensure that he's treated fairly and transparent and I'll be raising with general way this afternoon that very requirement on behalf of the shrine government that he be given access to cultural support and they be treated fairly and transparently now allied to no fill in terms of Chinese Australian relations the something a bit more friendly going on in the US A Chinese reality show being filled the calling chorus the Yes It's called well it's translated to Viva la romance one of wife's romantic travel it focuses on the adventures of celebrity couples in exotic places there are reports here in Australia that this reality show back in China has a 1000000000 viewers. It must be must be a bit better than big brother to attract those sorts of numbers on how many do not vote would cost the earth can you imagine yes that the pressure on the produces to make sure that the show is it is worthy of those sorts of numbers so to that end they've taken the cost and the crew all the way to some not necessarily remote parts of Western Australia but out of the way areas in Western Australia to film an episode that Stu to air in March they've been filming on Rottnest Island. And in rocking I'm south of Perth swimming with dolphins travelling to nearby penguin islands and Australia gets very excited about this sort of thing because about one and a half 1000000 Chinese visitors visit Australia each year only a fraction go to Western Australia but the Chinese are big spenders So the OR far it is in Western Australia are hoping that this show will generate more interest in that part of Australia among all those wealthy and travel hungry Chinese people and will you get to see it in Australia think or is it only been shown in China the hope not. I did look at a little bit online and it's yes not really my cup of tea but so of course there may well be a 1000000000 people who disagree with me though there are finally there's a plague of camels the this doesn't sound right come on feel what's going on. We've spoken quite a lot before about Australia's barmy experiments with bringing animals into this country we think of rabbits Foxy's cane toads buffaloes and all the other. Gras seasoned fish that every tonne told damage on the Australian environments in the 18th century camels were brought to this country from a Rabia India and Afghanistan to work as well to really do the heavy lifting in terms of opening up the outback the age of the machine meant that all of these camels were released and now Australia has the world's largest feral camel herds and in Western Australia farmers are being forced to shoot hundreds of these animals because of the dry conditions these animals are seeking food and water destroying fences and pastoralist sea in Western Australia say in the past week or so they have had to kill about 2 and a half 1000 of these feral camels because of the damage they inflict So once again another example of an animal that was introduced into Australia let loose in the environmental consequences continue to be enormous and clearly the most the implications of running will rise surely surely there are several people who are unhappy with the way this is being dealt with well if for a year in Western Australia there is an official camel cull taken by helicopter a marksman or marksmen or women in helicopters are charged with shooting the search camels and animal rights campaigners in the past have been saying that shooting a moving target from an aircraft it's also moving is an inexact science and there are concerns that for every camel that is cleanly shot in killed there may be others who are wounded and die a slow and agonizing death so with all the of these things farmers say that these animals are a pest and there should be a bounty on them so that they can kill them and get a reward but of course on the other side it's making sure that these numbers that are clearly out of control can be humanely restraint into and reduced or I feel will watch out for the outcome or heard. And the Chinese T.V. Show yeah hear my voice both of those thank you Phil Mercer there in Australia for us as always with the latest from Down Under Now we were brought you would sell a bit of news from the world of sport one of the masters of sports writing humor of money has died at the age of $84.00 he reported on some of the biggest sporting events of the 20th and 21st century including the rumble in the jungle the 6966 World Cup among others and he only retired 3 years ago and there's been plenty of tributes appearing on social media and on the newspaper websites this morning well as speaking speak to the boxing broadcaster Chris Lloyd Hi Chris boring I hear you have very well thank you hope you are to just just give us your reaction then to this news that he might have on his died at the age of $84.00. Just work up to it but often are governed very privileged and because of all the things we. Were. 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Construct the life of voices of from a prison and the border from all we spoke to many people in books is really how a perfect mission there's a lot of trouble it's quite stressful. BARNES But those too often introspective said I was very much there are color for it was funny it was it's emotional at times talking about this brain biology Joe Frazier and some other questions but I think it was a reflection behave all the time Paul. I was realisation that means coming towards him his life and yeah it was about him but I hear Christmas for some or anything it's true for 3 or 4 years at the time as a window into a world that was long gone 1st originated by our great Barack right you know you mention Muhammad Ali when he must have on the retired in 2016 Mohammed Ali should a statement saying his words were a window to the lives the courage the struggles in the triumphs of the great champions of his time and most of the tributes really lead with the same as Muhammad Ali that we humans have only what he brought was such a high quality of writing. Yep a Christian sport is my great spokesman but we have a record of. People like. Chris Burns we're going to proceed to terrorists because they're very well watch over the years is a great sports event without context surrounding those events in the stories that they got. The masses for flowers for starters really memories that we have forever as the World Cup in our society where there's development in the jungle with freedom and that is what you really jump off the prize and was always such a brilliant and such an extensive record of all the things that surrounded by them what they were because I think to my spirit starting is it is a great tribute to his formal research and wondered how the ways that this new school has been the way subject to he was about. The legacy also as magical Was that will forever think about South with the Cubs is his legacy Yeah I think also it's also the gravitas that he brought to sports writing of the seriousness with which he always Leeteuk in that the weight of the you know the power of sport and the connection with people that he was you know maybe elevated sports right and so a new level of sort of seriousness and an rigor if you like because as he reported on the hills Prince Oscar's Well to me and I guess when we were we supposed it was primarily on boxing in America all in the world I was 12 we had the recording this is this very upset. Because the connection. Is bad and command one point you talk about Frasier and the struggle all the crying off especially young black man in color says best of America and the difference is that his speech. And just realizing Washington contribution these matters made to the struggles that they faced by people's attitudes towards them and. As he was recording back in the West realizing it's rather passive what these. Interviews decide to change whether the greatness spokesman is thinking of and is written about like if we come to the end of your life for most things or people when you're younger. Then present to be a man read this passage with such passion and respect the title was. Very 1st question I'm very lucky so work with sadness folks it's college fall because our members to often and very very solemn and would always have the course again to find the. Right. Beverage. All right yet you'll be sadly missed Chris Many thanks for joining us so early in the morning really appreciate it James guy takes us almost us the boxing broadcast across Lloyd paying tribute to the sports writers who Bonnie who has died at the age of 84. Now it's almost the end of this morning's of Oh my so let's just revisit some of the best bits of Tonight Show you may have missed 1st up in her book borrowed time the science journalist Sue Armstrong interviews experts in the field of gerontology does the looking at the science of aging to explore why it is that we age and whether aging is a medical condition that can be modified or his one of the causes of aging she told us about one of the main ones is they're looking at senescent cells now all of our cells as you know just to grow and repair our cells they they clone themselves and you get the cells dividing most of our cells divide for growth and repair and development and so on and after a short after a length of time they discover that the cells have a limited time frame and they stop functioning after a while they just suddenly stop dividing But the thing is that sons are that's sort of synonymous with aging but in fact senescent cells happen from babyhood onwards it's a feature of the fact that we do have cells that divide and train themselves and the reason is I mean it's a very misty little mechanism for actually protecting us from cancer because as cells trend themselves over and over and over again areas are likely to. Get incorporated and these can be dangerous they can lead to cancer or they can lead to other fatal diseases and so nature has determined that they have a finite lifespan and instead of just dying many of them hang around as these senescent cells which is just cells which aren't dead but aren't dividing any longer and the problem with them is I mean they actually do have some good roles as well so. So they're supposed to be there but what usually happens is the immune system comes along and it clears them out regularly after they've done whatever job they have to do but as we get older our immune system gets older and it stops being able to do that so efficiently. And we accumulate senescent So a message around the leak out substances that chew up the college and which is the glue that holds our souls together sounds painful and this is. Painful too because what happens is the collagen is also sort of nice a nice sort of elastic spreads and that's what keeps our skin nice and. And of course when we get chewed up we get what happens to all of us those wrinkles that we almost taste and then the saggy bit. And so you know that's one of the things they do but the other thing they do is they hang around in the tissue and they don't leave enough space for new cells to come up and they actually create an environment that is sort of conducive to the bad so. Spreading And so that they actually give a little encouragement to cancer if they stay stick around too long so that was a science journalist Sue Armstrong talking about her new book The field of general intelligence the science of aging well we also heard from the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists who announced the doomsday clock will remain at 2 minutes to midnight for the remainder of this year and one of the scientists Sharon school Sony gave some of the reasons for its position I would say climate played a role in you know it's been playing an increasing role 20172018 missions continue to rise when in fact we are supposed to be bringing our missions down to 0 and so we are it's not even inching we are moving rapidly towards a point where we may not be able to reverse some of these trends in the nuclear realm in $28.00 seen we were really concerned about North Korea you know the rhetoric between Trump and Kim was actually pretty frightening and we worried about even an inadvertent. Nuclear war whether it escalated from some conventional misadventure or you know just both Kim and Trump were pretty. Unpredictable at that time that has that we feel we look at the summit from June in Singapore as a positive development but. There hasn't been any real concrete progress towards. Really reducing the risk from North Korea so we haven't seen a reduction in their nuclear weapons you know they've halted some missile testing and nuclear testing but you know they're a long rank from disarming So that was Sharon course only from the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists there talking about why the doomsday clock will remain at 2 minutes to midnight for 2019 I thank you for your tax throughout the program today we've heard we'll be talking about your favorite sporting collapses that's because England were bowled bowled out for 77 yesterday this one from Bobby in Glasgow says favorite sporting collapses couple of real crackers here for the Celtic supporters and he mentions here 2 occasions one in 91921 in 20052006 when Celtic got hit for 5 he says Take your pick Now Bobby says in Glasgow it doesn't specify whether he's a Celtic or Rangers fan but I think we can guess which one Mike in Essex says Spurs 3 Manchester United 520012 season brilliant comeback from United and total collapse from Spurs Yes I enjoyed that one too Mike thank you and this one this is from Skiles Dave again he says thanks for the text being read out some people here can't sleep I'm missing it was a collective quiet cheer and he says On a lighter note one resident is just a sporting collapse witnessed was a cricket score as chair collapsed on the Leatham of Birkenhead park Cricket Club The only thing here was his pride shows you homeless people have had better days respect Scouse Dave signing off prepping breakfast now respects news because they have to thank you for your time and that's been our whole night morning reporting that.