last month in new york. more on those in a moment. first story making headlines in australia. now to a story which is making headlines in australia and around the world after broadcaster antoinette lattouf was sacked by the abc network for reposting a human rights watch report about gaza. the company has denied it succumbed to external pressure from an israeli lobby group citing a breach of its social media policy and referencing the importance of impartiality. hundreds of staff at the abc have threatened walk outs, unless they get assurances about support to staff in the spotlight. i ve been talking to antoinette lattouf who s now launched legal action against the broadcaster i started by asking how suprised she was, when she was fired. i was floored, not only how i was fired, but how quickly things escalated. one minute i was taking talkback calls about christmas playlists don t include michael buble, the next thrown under the bus in a very public way and within a
those headline stories in a moment, but first, across to the sports centre to around out the headlines for the day, chetan pathak is with us. jordan henderson has hinted he has regrets about his move to saudi arabia, but says he has full respect for the league and his team al ettifaq after they cancelled his contract to allow him to move to ajax. he s held his first press conference since signing for the side, who are currently struggling in the dutch league. he s hoping the move will improve his chances of playing for england at this summer s euros. today, he reiterated his apology to the lgbtq+ community and anyone upset by his move from liverpool to saudi in the summer, and says he s looking forward to the challenge ahead at his new club. ijust i just felt as though this opportunity was a huge one, and i felt as though this was the right next move for my career and what i wanted to do. obviously it was a big decision, with how long i d been out in saudi. but they fully res
in the last few minutes, prince harry has withdrawn his libel action against the associated newspapers. hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, before we turn to the headline stories, i want to show you pictures coming from japan. in the next 20 minutes, we are going to see if all goes well, japan is set to make a latest attempt at a soft touch down on the moon. it is the smart lander investigating the moon, it is known as slim, it is hoping to touch down in about 20 minutes time. it is very difficult to land on earth s natural satellite safely, about half of all attempts have succeeded. now slim is set to begin descent manoeuvres from an altitude of about 15 kilometres about now, that process is supposed to be starting now, and if all goes well the craft will touch down on the lunar surface in 20 minutes time. we will take you through all of that here on bbc news in the next 15 minutes, so do stay with us and we will have plenty more on that attempted land
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