the results of an eight week postal vote in which more than three quarters of eligible voters took part, were announced an hour ago. more than 61% of eligible voters support the move. the government has promised to enact legislation enabling same sex marriage by the end of the year. this is the moment the announcement was made. for the national result, yes responses 7 million 800017,000 and 247, representing 61.6% of key responses. 61.6% prismall responses. 61.6% prismall responses. 4 million 8000 70,987 for the no. 38th point 1% of their responses were no. the australian or of statistics announcing the result. 0ur correspondent hywel griffith is in sydney. many in the yes camp at prince alfred park celebrating that moment. can you set this into context. what is it like on the ground and what does it mean for australia? in terms of the initial reaction, maybe, as you expect, it was heartfelt, loud and very, very proud. although the opinion polls had suggested the yes ca
9am in singapore and 3:30am in the morning in zimbabwe, where loud explosions have been heard in the capital, harare. that s our breaking news this hour. soldiers are reported to have taken over the headquarters of the state broadcaster and armoured vehicles have been seen on the city s roads. earlier, zimbabwe s ruling party accused the army chief, general constantino chiwenga, of inciting insurrection after he said the military was prepared to intervene to end political infighting. there s been days of people of the president mugabe sacked a number of officials in his cabinet, many saying this was the way to pave the way for his wife, grace, to take over as vice president. were getting reports of explosions in the area. we re waiting to get confirmation and we want to hear from we re waiting to get confirmation and we want to hearfrom our correspondent on the ground in the capital of zimbabwe. as soon as we make contact we will bring you more from the scene there. these pic
many people in the ancient world believed spices came from paradise. the egyptians mummified their dead with cumin, the chinese burnt cloves to commune with the spirit world, this is a clove tree. now cloves that we use in cooking are the dried flowers and some medieval europeans that come from this tree. believed nutmeg was the plant originated on some the only cure for the plague. incredibly small volcanic pepper was so valuable islands called the moluccas, it was used instead of money, and centuries ago, thousands of people and it was pepper that the romans were so mad about. lost their lives fighting over the little thing, because it was more valuable than gold. imbued with magical properties, i m in the roman ruins of baalbek, situated 50 miles sought after for medicines east of beirut in lebanon. and aphrodisiacs, with the power to build empires here in baalbek once stood the most impressive and destroy lives, temples outside of rome. this is the story of spice. they
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