IT'S MIDDAY. MORE IS REVEALED ABOUT THE POLICE OFFICER CHARGED WITH SHOOTING A BLACK MAN IN THE US. GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS ` WILL THE JURY OPT FOR THE DEATH PENALTY FOR THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBER? AND AUSTRALIAN POLICE HUNT FOR THE BODY OF A BRIDE-TO-BE. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. TENSION'S RISING IN THE UNITED STATES OVER THE SHOOTING OF A BLACK MAN BY A WHITE POLICE OFFICER. AN ONLOOKER CAPTURED THE INCIDENT ON CAMERA, AND NOW THE POLICE OFFICER HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER. QUESTIONS ARE BEING ASKED ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THERE HADN'T BEEN A VIDEO. THE ABC'S STEVE OSUNSAMI REPORTS. NORTH CHARLESTON PATROLMAN MICHAEL SLAGER IS CHARGED WITH MURDER, TRADING HIS UNIFORM FOR JAIL STRIPES. HE TOLD HIS BOSSES THAT WALTER LAMAR SCOTT (50) HAD GRABBED HIS STUN GUN AFTER AN ARGUMENT OVER A TRAFFIC STOP. BUT IN THE REVEALING VIDEO, THE UNARMED FATHER OF FOUR IS RUNNING AWAY AFTER APPARENTLY BEING HIT BY THE STUN GUN, AND THE CORDS OF THE WEAPON ARE STILL ATTACHED. AND ALTHOUGH THE POLICE REPORT SAYS THEY ADMINISTERED CPR, THERE'S NO EVIDENCE OF THAT IN THE NEARLY FOUR MINUTES OF VIDEO. NOT EVERY OFFICER IS CPR-CERTIFIED. THERE'S NOW THE ISSUE OF LOOKING AT SLAGER'S PAST POLICE WORK. HE'S HAD TWO COMPLAINTS IN FIVE YEARS. HE WAS CLEARED IN THE ONLY SERIOUS CHARGE FOR EXCESSIVE FORCE. OTHER ARRESTS HE'S MADE, OTHER INCIDENTS HE'S HAD WITH OTHER RESIDENTS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THOSE? WE WILL LOOK AT THAT. BLACK DEMONSTRATORS HERE ARE MARCHING IN THE STREETS. NO JUSTICE! THEY TOOK THEIR ANGER INTO A POLICE PRESS CONFERENCE... PEOPLE SHOUT ...WHERE AUTHORITIES TRIED TO EXPLAIN THEY'RE ORDERING MORE THAN 250 POLICE BODY CAMERAS, ENOUGH FOR EVERY OFFICER. WALTER SCOTT'S FAMILY SAYS THAT'S GOOD, BUT THEY'RE STILL SUING THE CITY IN CIVIL COURT. ON GOOD MORING AMERICA, THEY SAID THEIR SON WAS TREATED WORSE THAN AN ANIMAL IN THE STREET. WHEN I LOOKED AT THAT TAPE, THAT WAS THE MOST HORRIBLE THING I'VE EVER SEEN. TO SEE MY SON RUNNING, DEFENCELESSLY, BEING SHOT, IT JUST TORE MY HEART TO PIECES. SCOTT DID HAVE AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT FOR UNPAID CHILD SUPPORT, BUT, SHE SAYS, NO REASON FOR HIM TO DIE. IF SLAGER IS CONVICTED, HE COULD BE SENTENCED TO THE DEATH PENALTY. BUT A CONVICTION ALONE WOULD BE ASTOUNDING. POLICE IN SOUTH CAROLINA HAVE FIRED THEIR WEAPONS AT OVER 200 PEOPLE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, AND EVERY OFFICER WAS CLEARED. DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV (21) COULD FACE THE DEATH PENALTY AFTER BEING FOUND GUILTY THIS MORNING ON 30 COUNTS RELATED TO THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING TWO YEARS AGO. DZHOKHAR AND HIS BROTHER TAMERLAN CARRIED OUT THE ATTACK WHICH KILLED THREE AND INJURED HUNDREDS ` THE WORST TERROR INCIDENT ON AMERICAN SOIL SINCE 9/11. THE BBC'S NICK BRYANT REPORTS. THE FINISHING STRETCH OF A MARATHON, ORDINARILY A PLACE OF RELIEF, COMFORT, JOY. BOOM! BUT TWO YEARS AGO IN BOSTON IT BECAME THE SCENE OF MAYHEM AND BLOODSHED. SIRENS WAIL, PEOPLE SHOUT TWO BOMBS EXPLODED, SECONDS AND YARDS APART, WHICH KILLED TWO WOMEN AND A YOUNG BOY ` CHEERING SPECTATORS WHO BECAME VICTIMS IN WHAT THE BOMBERS SAW AS THEIR HOLY WAR, AN ATTACK TO PUNISH AMERICA FOR ITS TREATMENT OF MUSLIMS. CAMERAS CAPTURED DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV RUNNING AWAY FROM THE DEVICE THAT HE HIMSELF HAD PLANTED. HE PLACED A PRESSURE-COOKER BOMB ON A PACKED PAVEMENT NEXT TO A ROW OF SMALL CHILDREN. THIS IMAGE SHOWS TSARNAEV NEXT TO HIS YOUNGEST VICTIM. MARTIN RICHARD WAS JUST 8 YEARS OLD. BUT AS HE PLANTED THE BOMB, HE SEEMED ENTIRELY UNTROUBLED BY THE CARNAGE HE WAS ABOUT TO UNLEASH. TSARNAEV'S DEFENCE TEAM HAD ADMITTED HIS ROLE IN THE BOMBINGS. 'IT WAS HIM', HIS LAWYER TOLD THE JURY. BUT THEY CLAIMED HE WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A DOMINEERING OLDER BROTHER, TAMERLAN, WHO WAS KILLED IN A SHOOTOUT WITH THE POLICE. HE LED; DZHOKHAR MERELY FOLLOWED. BUT THE PROSECUTION PROVED THEY WERE EQUAL PARTNERS AND COMMITTED JIHADISTS. I'M GRATEFUL TO HAVE HIM OFF THE STREET. I'M GRATEFUL TO SHOW EVERYONE, THE WORLD, THAT IT'S NOT TOLERATED. THIS IS NOT HOW WE BEHAVE. AND WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT EVERYBODY'S WORKED SO HARD TO MAKE IT KNOWN THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA ALLOW THIS. LIZ NORDON HAS BEEN IN COURT ALMOST EVERY DAY. HER TWO SONS, PAUL AND JP, BOTH LOST LEGS IN THE BOMBING. BETWEEN THEM, THEY'VE HAD MORE THAN 50 SURGERIES SINCE. HE JUST DIDN'T HAVE A CARE IN THE WORLD. HE COULD'VE WALKED AWAY WHEN HE SAW THOSE LITTLE KIDS WHEN HE PUT THAT BOMB DOWN, AND HE DIDN'T. DO YOU THINK HE SHOULD BE PUT TO DEATH? > IN MY OPINION, I DO. NOW IN THE SECOND PHASE OF THE TRIAL, THE JURY WILL DETERMINE WHETHER TSARNAEV SHOULD PAY WITH HIS LIFE. THE PAROLE BOARD HAS LABELLED CONVICTED MURDERER AND PAEDOPHILE PHILIP SMITH 'MANIPULATIVE' AFTER DECLINING HIM PAROLE. THE BOARD'S DECISION, RELEASED TODAY, DESCRIBES SMITH AS A SERIOUS CRIMINAL WITH A HIGH RISK OF REOFFENDING FOLLOWING HIS ALLEGED ESCAPE TO SOUTH AMERICA WHILE ON TEMPORARY RELEASE FROM PRISON LAST NOVEMBER. HE'LL BE ELIGIBLE FOR APPLY FOR PAROLE AGAIN IN ANOTHER SEVEN MONTHS. A BOY (14) HAS DIED AFTER A QUAD BIKE ACCIDENT ON A FARM NEAR KAIKOHE IN NORTHLAND. AMBULANCE STAFF CARRIED OUT CPR FOR SOME TIME, BUT WERE UNABLE TO SAVE HIM. IT APPEARS THE BIKE ROLLED INTO A DITCH AND TRAPPED THE BOY. THIS FOLLOWS THE DEATH OF A FARMER IN CARTERTON YESTERDAY IN A SIMILAR INCIDENT. IT'S BEEN A CASE THAT'S GRIPPED AUSTRALIA, AND NOW A CLEANER AT THE SCHOOL WHERE STEPHANIE SCOTT WORKED IS ACCUSED OF MURDERING THE BRIDE-TO-BE IN NEW SOUTH WALES. POLICE HAVE FOUND BLOOD IN A CAR AND A PICTURE OF A BURNT BODY ON A CELL PHONE AS THEY INVESTIGATE THE CASE. THE ACCUSED MAN IS DUE IN COURT TODAY. MS SCOTT, WHO WAS DUE TO BE MARRIED TO HER FIANCEE THIS WEEKEND, HADN'T BEEN SEEN BY HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS SINCE EASTER SUNDAY, WHEN SHE WENT TO ORGANISE REPLACEMENT CLASSES FOR WHILE SHE'D BE AWAY ON HER HONEYMOON. THREE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 6 HAVE DIED, AND ANOTHER IS INJURED AFTER A CAR CRASHED INTO A LAKE IN MELBOURNE. POLICE SAY THE CAR RAN OFF A STREET INTO THE WATER, AND BYSTANDERS RUSHED TO HELP. PASSERS-BY AND POLICE MEMBERS GOT SOME OF THE CHILDREN OUT. THEY DID CPR, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, TWO OF THE CHILDREN PASSED AWAY. THE YOUNG SURVIVOR IS IN A CRITICAL CONDITION, AND THE FEMALE DRIVER HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL, BUT HAS YET TO BE FORMALLY INTERVIEWED BY POLICE. CANTERBURY POLICE ARE COPPING FLACK FOR THE WAY THEY DEALT WITH AN INDIAN STUDENT WHO CAME TO THEM FEARING FOR HIS LIFE AFTER RECEIVING DEATH THREATS ONLINE. FALSE CRIMINAL ALLEGATIONS WERE ATTACHED TO THIS PHOTO OF RAJWINDER SINGH WHEN IT WAS POSTED ON FACEBOOK, AND IT WENT VIRAL. DEATH THREATS, AS WELL AS ACCUSATIONS OF TERRORISM, FOLLOWED. BOTH THE ACT PARTY AND A POLICE WATCHDOG GROUP SAY POLICE RESPONSE SHOULD HAVE PURSUED CRIMINAL CHARGES. POLICE NOW SAY THAT'S STILL AN OPTION. WE WILL LOOK AT IT. WHEN? > WELL, THE FILE, AS I SAID, IS ONGOING, THE INQUIRY'S ONGOING. RAJWINDER SINGH SAYS HE WANTS TO ENSURE OTHERS DON'T SUFFER THE SAME. ALMOST A WEEK AFTER ISLAMIST TERRORISTS ATTACKED A UNIVERSITY IN KENYA, FAMILIES ARE STILL COLLECTING THE BODIES OF STUDENTS FROM A NAIROBI MORGUE. CLOSE TO A 150 PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN AL-SHABAB GUNMEN STORMED THE GARISSA UNIVERSITY CAMPUS. NOW MORE THAN A THOUSAND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE MARCHED ON THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE WITH A LIST OF DEMANDS. THE ABC'S MARTIN CUDDIHY REPORTS. ON THE THIRD AND FINAL DAY OF NATIONAL MOURNING, KENYAN STUDENTS MARCH IN THE MIDDAY SUN. DO YOU AGREE THAT THEY MUST FIX SECURITY? ALL: YES! THEY SIMPLY WANT TO FEEL SAFE WHILE LEARNING AND HAVE COME TO REMEMBER 142 STUDENTS, VICTIMS OF TERRORISM AT GARISSA UNIVERSITY CAMPUS LAST WEEK. AND WE WANT TO TELL AL-SHABAB IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS THAT THEY CANNOT BREAK THE SPIRIT OF OUR COUNTRY. ONE WOMAN WHO JOINED THE STUDENTS COULD NOT HOLD BACK HER TEARS. SHE SAYS, 'I'M CRYING AS A MOTHER. 'I FEEL PAIN. OUR CHILDREN ARE BEING KILLED EVERY DAY.' THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN, THE WAKE CONTINUES OUTSIDE CHIROMO MALL. THE DIFFICULT TASK OF IDENTIFYING BODIES BEGAN ON FRIDAY. TRANSLATOR: WE LOOKED AT HIS FEET, AND IT LOOKED LIKE HIM, BUT WE ARE NOT SURE IF HE IS THE ONE, AS HIS FACE WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED. FOR NOW, ALL THE CITIZENS CAN DO IS DEMAND MORE FROM THEIR LEADERS. THE STUDENTS ALREADY CONSIDER TODAY'S DEMONSTRATION A SUCCESS, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT HAS ACCEPTED THE PETITION THAT WAS HANDED OVER. ONE OF THE KEY DEMANDS IS FOR PERMANENT POLICE TO BE STATIONED AT EVERY UNIVERSITY IN KENYA. KENYANS HAVE ALSO HELD CANDLELIGHT VIGILS TO REMEMBER AND PRAY FOR THE VICTIMS. 148 NAMES HAVE BEEN READ TO THE CROWD ` VOICES UNITED BY TRAGEDY. AID SUPPLIES ARE FINALLY REACHING YEMEN AS THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION WORSENS AMID CONTINUED FIGHTING. MANY PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED IN THE CAPITAL, BUT SOME ARE MANAGING TO ESCAPE ON AIR INDIA FLIGHTS THAT'VE BEEN SENT IN TO RESCUE INDIAN NATIONALS AND OTHER FOREIGNERS. THE BBC'S ORLA GUERIN WAS ON ONE OF THE FLIGHTS. TOUCHING DOWN AT THE AIRPORT IN SANAA, GATEWAY TO A BATTLEGROUND. WE TAXIED PAST AIRCRAFT HANGARS BOMBED BY THE SAUDI-LED COALITION. AND IN THE DISTANCE, SMOKE WAS RISING FROM A CAPITAL CITY NOW DESCRIBED AS A GHOST TOWN. OUR TIME ON THE GROUND HERE AT SANAA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS GOING TO BE BRIEF. THE PLANE IS DUE TO BE ON THE TARMAC FOR JUST ABOUT HALF AN HOUR. THAT'S ALL AIR INDIA HAS BEEN GIVEN TO GET THIS RESCUE MISSION COMPLETED. TWO WEEKS ON, THE CONFLICT IS ESCALATING. THE REBELS AND THEIR OPPONENTS ARE FIGHTING STREET BATTLES. HERE IN THE PORT OF ADEN, FOOD AND FUEL ARE RUNNING LOW, AND MANY ARE DESPERATE FOR A WAY OUT. SOME FINALLY FOUND ONE. THESE PASSENGERS, MOSTLY INDIAN, MANAGED TO REACH THE PLANE. ONE MAN TOLD US HE HAD TO BRIBE THE HOUTHIS THE EQUIVALENT OF �700 TO GET HIS FAMILY THROUGH THE AIRPORT. THE PLANE WAS FULL TO OVERFLOWING. THERE WERE 240 PASSENGERS, 60 MORE THAN THE AIRCRAFT IS SUPPOSED TO CARRY, ALL EAGER TO LEAVE THEIR ORDEAL BEHIND THEM. IT WAS REALLY REALLY HORRIFIC. JUST ONE AFTER ANOTHER, BOOM, BOOM. FIGHTING BACK, TRYING TO FIRE, SHOOT DOWN THE AIRPLANES. THANK GOD WE COULD LEAVE. AN HOUR LATER, THEY WERE ON SAFE GROUND IN DJIBOUTI. BUT ABOUT 200 OTHERS ARE STILL STRANDED IN SANAA. SO INDIA IS PLANNING TWO MORE FLIGHTS, TRYING TO LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND. IT'S A MONTH SINCE VANUATU FACED THE FULL FORCE OF CYCLONE PAM, AND THERE'S A LONG RECOVERY EFFORT AHEAD. NZ HAS CONTRIBUTED $2M TO THE AID EFFORT, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO COST OVER $100M. CEO OF TEAR FUND NZ, IAN MCINNES, HAS JUST RETURNED FROM VANUATU AND SAYS IT'S MAKING VERY SLOW PROGRESS. THERE'S STILL EMERGENCY SUPPLIES GOING OUT, AND JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME UNDERSTANDING OF THAT, THEY MOVED IT IN TO THE ISLAND BY SHIP. THIS IS FOOD STOCKS, YOU KNOW, WANDER OUT TO THE OUTER ISLANDS, 22 OUTER ISLANDS, AND THEN THEY'LL GET UNLOADED INTO 4X4S AND TRUCKS, AND IN MANY CASES, THEY'LL GET WALKED TO THE VILLAGES IN WHICH SUPPLIES WILL ULTIMATELY END UP. SO IT'S A LONG CHAIN OF TRANSPORTATION. SO THE FIRST DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD, TO AROUND 26,000 PEOPLE, HAS ONLY JUST BEEN COMPLETED, AND NOW THEY'RE MOVING ON TO THE SECOND ROUND. AID WORKERS ARE NOW FOCUSSING ON GETTING PRODUCTION UP AND RUNNING IN VANUATU, IN THE HOPE THAT THE ISLAND CAN BE SELF-SUFFICIENT AGAIN WITHIN MONTHS. POLICE SAY A GANG THAT BROKE INTO A VAULT IN THE HIGH-END JEWELLERY DISTRICT OF LONDON OVER THE WEEKEND MANAGED TO OPEN UP TO 70 SAFE BOXES DURING THE RAID. THIEVES USED HEAVY CUTTING EQUIPMENT TO STEAL JEWELLERY AND DIAMONDS WORTH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AS THE BBC DANIEL SANFORD REPORTS. THE ANCIENT STREETS OF LONDON'S FAMOUS DIAMOND DISTRICT, THE SMALL ROADS CLUSTERED AROUND HATTON GARDEN. IN THE SHOPS AT STREET LEVEL, WINDOWS FULL OF JEWELLERY; UP ABOVE, THE ROOMS WHERE THE DEALS ARE DONE. AND IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL, HATTON GARDEN SAFE DEPOSIT LTD, LOOTED THIS BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND WHEN BOTH EASTER AND THE JEWISH FESTIVAL OF PASSOVER MEANT ALMOST EVERYONE WAS AWAY. 70 BOXES IN THE UNDERGROUND VAULT WERE CUT INTO. CUSTOMERS DON'T YET KNOW WHOSE, BUT THEY'RE COUNTING THEIR POTENTIAL LOSSES. �40,000 TO �50,000 WORTH OF STOCK. SOME SENTIMENTAL GOODS. I HAD BOUGHT A WATCH FOR MY SON, UH, WHEN HE WAS BORN THAT I WAS PLANNING TO GIVE TO HIM WHEN HE WAS 18, AND THAT'S PROBABLY GONE TOO. THE COMPANY STARTED TRADING IN THE 1940S AND HAS BEEN BROKEN INTO TWICE BEFORE. IT SEEMS THAT THIS TIME THE THIEVES BROKE THROUGH THE WALL, BYPASSING THE THICK METAL DOOR. ...OPENS UP A LABYRINTH OF SAFES. AND THERE'S STILL A CONCERN THAT THE THIEVES MAY HAVE HAD SOME KIND OF INSIDE KNOWLEDGE. FOR EXAMPLE, THE BRAND NEW ALARM SYSTEM, WHICH HAD JUST BEEN FITTED IN THE BUILDING, HAD NOT YET BEEN SWITCHED ON. THE DIAMOND TRADE IN BRITAIN IS A TIGHT-KNIT ONE, SO SELLING THE STOLEN JEWELLERY HERE WILL BE DIFFICULT. BUT THE ASSUMPTION IS THAT THE LOOT FROM ONE OF BRITAIN'S BIGGEST JEWEL HEISTS IS LONG GONE AND ON ITS WAY TO BE SOLD OVERSEAS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` WHY THE DAYS OF YOUR PHONE GOING FLAT JUST WHEN YOU NEED IT MAY SOON BE OVER. AND IN SPORT, JACK NICKLAUS NAILS IT IN ONE, PROVING HE'S STILL GOT IT. IN A MASSIVE DEAL FOR THE ENERGY SECTOR, ROYAL DUTCH SHELL IS BUYING THE UK'S THIRD BIGGEST ENERGY COMPANY, BG GROUP, FOR ALMOST �50B. THE DEAL WILL GIVE SHELL FASTER ACCESS TO NEW ENERGY RESERVES IN COUNTRIES SUCH AS BRAZIL AND AUSTRALIA. THE BBC'S KAMAL AHMED REPORTS. SHIPS THE SIZE OF SMALL CITIES; HUGE RIGS OPERATING 24 HOURS A DAY. THE WORLD'S EVER-INCREASING APPETITE FOR FUEL IS WHAT LIES BEHIND THIS MULTIBILLION-POUND DEAL BETWEEN TWO OF THE BIGGEST ENERGY GIANTS IN THE WORLD. ANALYSTS BELIEVE THAT SHELL IS BUYING BG GROUP FOR THE LUCRATIVE NEW EXPLORATION POSSIBILITIES IT OPENS UP. BG GROUP, WHICH WAS FORMERLY PART OF BRITISH GAS, HAS LARGE EXPLORATION BUSINESSES IN EGYPT, BRAZIL AND AUSTRALIA, BUT IT'S BEEN STRUGGLING RECENTLY WITH POLITICAL UNREST AND THE TUMBLING OIL PRICE, MAKING A LOSS LAST YEAR. HERE IN THE EXECUTIVE OFFICES OF SHELL'S HEADQUARTERS IN CENTRAL LONDON, THEY KNOW THAT MAKING MONEY OUT OF ENERGY JUST ISN'T AS PROFITABLE AS IT USED TO BE. A YEAR AGO, THE PRICE OF A BARREL OF OIL WAS $115. NOW IT'S $58. WITH THIS MEGA-DEAL, SHELL HOPES IT CAN MAKE ITS WAY TO A MUCH MORE PROFITABLE FUTURE. AT THE DEAL'S HEART IS THE GLOBAL DEMAND FOR ENERGY. THERE WILL BE 1.6 BILLION MORE PEOPLE BY 2035. THE WORLD ECONOMY WILL DOUBLE IN SIZE. CHINA IS SET TO BECOME THE LARGEST MARKET IN THE WORLD. AND ENERGY DEMAND IS SET TO ROCKET BY 35%. GIANT MERGERS OF THIS TYPE OFTEN MEAN ONE THING: JOB CUTS. BOTH COMPANIES HAVE MAJOR INTERESTS IN THE NORTH SEA, AND UNIONS HAVE ALREADY WARNED AGAINST CRUDE COST-CUTTING. AS THIS �47B DEAL PROGRESSES, WORRIES WILL GROW ABOUT WHAT ITS IMPACT WILL BE. THE DAYS OF BEING CAUGHT SHORT WITH A DYING MOBILE PHONE BATTERY COULD BE NUMBERED. SCIENTISTS HAVE DEVELOPED A HIGH-PERFORMANCE ALUMINIUM BATTERY THAT CHARGES YOUR PHONE IN JUST 60 SECONDS. CHANNEL NINE'S KATE CREEDON WITH THIS. IT'S THE ANSWER TO SO MANY PRAYERS. PHONE RINGS HELLO? A BATTERY BREAKTHROUGH THAT COULD PUMP NEW LIFE INTO THE WORLD OF MOBILES. FROM A TEAM OF TECH-SAVVY STUDENTS AT CALIFORNIA'S STANFORD UNIVERSITY, AN ALUMINIUM AND GRAPHITE BATTERY TO FULLY RECHARGE YOUR SMARTPHONE IN JUST 60 SECONDS. IT CAN BE FURTHER IMPROVED, AND THIS IS A GREAT START. WE THINK THAT IT HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE. OH, BRILLIANT. WHERE CAN I GET IT? WHERE IS IT? HAVE YOU GOT ONE? I'VE MISSED MEETINGS; I'VE, YOU KNOW, MISSED SO MANY IMPORTANT PHONE CALLS. THAT WOULD ABSOLUTELY CHANGE MY LIFE, DEFINITELY. TECH EXPERTS ARE EQUALLY IMPRESSED, BUT SAY THE PROTOTYPE HAS SOME WAY TO GO. AT THE MOMENT, IT CAN'T PRODUCE THE VOLTAGE THAT A SMARTPHONE NEEDS TO RUN, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S EARLY DAYS. IF THAT POWER PROBLEM CAN BE SOLVED, THIS FAST-CHARGING LIQUID POUCH HAS OTHER BENEFITS, INCLUDING CHEAP, LONG-LASTING MATERIALS THAT ARE ALSO FLEXIBLE. IT'S POSSIBLE TO HAVE A, LIKE, BENDABLE CELL PHONE, WITH BENDABLE SCREEN. YOU HAVE BENDABLE BATTERIES ON THE BACK. BUT THIS RE-ENERGISING TECHNOLOGY MAY BE ANOTHER 12 MONTHS AWAY. WHEN IT DOES ARRIVE, THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS. TABLETS, LAPTOPS ` THE APPLICATIONS ARE PRETTY MUCH LIMITLESS IF THEY CAN MAKE THIS WORK THE WAY THEY WANNA MAKE IT WORK. IN SPORT, THE ROOSTERS ARE REELING AFTER LOSING STAR FULLBACK ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK TO THE WARRIORS. THE KIWIS FLYER STUNNED SYDNEY FANS YESTERDAY WHEN HE ANNOUNCED HE'S RETURNING TO AUCKLAND NEXT SEASON, WITH THE CLUB HE'S LEAVING BEHIND WISHING HE'D CHOSEN LOYALTY OVER A BIGGER PAY CHEQUE. THE MONEY'S NOT THERE TO KEEP A QUALITY PLAYER LIKE THAT. THERE'S A LOT OF QUALITY PLAYERS AROUND IN THE CLUB, SO EVENTUALLY SOMEONE HAS TO GO. SO IT'S PRETTY SAD TO SEE ROG GO. THE MOVE COMES AS THE WARRIORS GET SET TO RELEASE ENGLAND FULLBACK SAM TOMKINS AT THE END OF THE SEASON. TO ENGLISH FOOTBALL, AND LIVERPOOL HAVE KEPT THEIR FA CUP DREAMS ALIVE WITH A TENSE WIN OVER BLACKBURN ROVERS IN THEIR QUARTER-FINAL REPLAY. THE BIG BREAKTHROUGH CAME IN THE 70TH MINUTE. COUTINHO. BACK FROM HENDERSON. COUTINHO AGAIN! GOAL FOR LIVERPOOL WITH 20 MINUTES TO GO! IT'S PHILIPPE COUTINHO. BLACKBURN'S GOALKEEPER VERY NEARLY SENT IT INTO EXTRA TIME WITH THIS LATE STRIKE, BUT LIVERPOOL HELD ON FOR THE 1-0 WIN. THEY'LL MEET ASTON VILLA IN THE SEMI-FINALS AT WEMBLEY NEXT WEEKEND. HE MAY BE 75 YEARS OLD, BUT THE GREATEST GOLFER EVER HAS PROVED THAT HE'S STILL GOT IT AT THE MASTERS' PAR THREE COMPETITION AT AUGUSTA ` JACK NICKLAUS, WHO HAS AN ALL-TIME HIGH 18 CAREER MAJORS, TURNING BACK THE CLOCK ON THE FOURTH HOLE. CHEERING, APPLAUSE BEAUTIFUL SHOT RIGHT THERE. LOOK AT THIS. LOOK AT THIS! OH, HE DID IT! YES, THE GOLDEN BEAR WITH THE BIG ACE THERE. ONE DIRECTION'S NIALL HORAN WASN'T SO LUCKY ` THE BOY BAND STAR FINDING THE WATER HERE ON THE NINTH HOLE. BUT TIGER WOODS' DAUGHTER SAM CERTAINLY HAS SOME GAME ` THE 7-YEAR-OLD SINKING THIS PUTT FOR DAD. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. PLUS, FORGET THE HARE ` MEET THE TORTOISE AND THE PIT-BULL TERRIER FORMING AN UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP. WEATHER IS NEXT, BUT FIRST LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP STORIES. TENSION IS RISING IN THE UNITED STATES AS DEMONSTRATIONS BEGIN OVER THE SHOOTING OF A BLACK MAN BY A WHITE POLICE OFFICER. BOSTON MARATHON BOMBER DZHOKAR TSARNAEV COULD FACE THE DEATH PENALTY AFTER BEING FOUND GUILTY ON 30 COUNTS RELATED TO THE ATTACK TWO YEARS AGO. NOW TO THE WEATHER. A LOW EAST OF AUSTRALIA IS MOVING SLOWLY IN OUR DIRECTION, WITH ANOTHER DEVELOPING TO THE WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND FINALLY THIS AFTERNOON, THEY'RE AN UNLIKELY PAIR, BUT THIS AFRICAN TORTOISE (8), AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS SHELDON, HAS BEEN FILMED PLAYING CHASE WITH HIS FRIEND DOLLY THE PIT-BULL TERRIER. THE CLIP'S HAD OVER 600,000 VIEWS ON YOUTUBE ALONE. THEIR OWNER IS A VET WHO HOPES IT'LL OPEN PEOPLE'S EYES TO THE POSSIBILITY OF INTERSPECIES FRIENDSHIPS. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. 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