IT'S MIDDAY. ORACLE'S SKIPPER IS VOWING TO COME OUT SWINGING AS TEAM NEW ZEALAND EXTENDS ITS LEAD IN THE AMERICAS CUP. MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND SUPPORT WORKERS TAKE LEGAL ACTION IN THEIR FIGHT TO WIN PAY PARITY. THREE DAYS OF NATIONAL MOURNING IN PORTUGAL AS THE FOREST FIRE DEATH TOLL RISES. AHI AHI MARIE. GOOD AFTERNOON. TEAM NEW ZEALAND HAS EXTENDED ITS LEAD TO 3-0 IN THE AMERICA'S CUP FINAL, SMASHING ORACLE IN BOTH RACES IN BERMUDA THIS MORNING. THE KIWI'S TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE LIGHTER WINDS, STORMING PAST ORACLE AND FINISHING WELL IN FRONT IN BOTH RACES. HOWEVER, IT'S NOT OVER YET. THEY STILL HAVE TO REACH THE SEVEN-WIN TOTAL. THE NEXT RACE IS FIVE DAYS AWAY. OUR US CORRESPONDENT REBECCA WRIGHT WAS IN BERMUDA WATCHING ALL THE ACTION UNFOLD. SHE SENT US THIS REPORT. WE SAW BOTH BOATS UP ON THEIR FOILS AS THEY WENT OVER THAT START LINE, BUT ORACLE JUST COULDN'T BREAK THE OVERLAP AND GET PAST TEAM NZ AT MARK ONE. AND TEAM NZ NEVER PUT A FOOT WRONG AND NEVER LOOKED BACK. THEY WERE COOL. THEY WERE SMOOTH. THEY WERE FAST, AND THEY WERE CONFIDENT OUT THERE ON THE WATER TODAY, AND THEIR MANOEUVRES WERE CERTAINLY A LOT BETTER THAN YESTERDAY'S, SO THERE WERE A FEW CLOSE CALLS DURING THIS RACE AS WELL. THE BOATS CAME WITHIN METRES OF A COLLISION AT ONE POINT. ORACLE ASKED THE REFEREE FOR A PENALTY AGAINST TEAM NZ, BUT IT WASN'T GRANTED. KIWIS YOUNG AND OLD HAD AN EARLY START THIS MORNING AS EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND MOVED TWO STEPS CLOSER TO REALISNG THEIR AMERICA'S CUP DREAM. SAM KELWAY WITH ALL THE ACTION FROM AUCKLAND. DESPITE THE EARLY START AND SOME SIGN OF NERVES,... GO, NEW ZEALAND. WE BELIEVE IN YOU. ...THERE WAS PLENTY OF SUPPORT AND NOT TOO MUCH TO WORRY ABOUT AT THE MARITIME MUSEUM IN AUCKLAND. IT'S ALWAYS WORTH GETTING UP AT HALF PAST 4 IN THE MORNING TO WATCH A SPIN CLASS ON A FLYING BOAT, ISN'T IT? PETE BURLING AS CALM AS CAN BE,... WHOO-HOO! ...WINNING BOTH STARTS AGAINST JIMMY SPITHALL. OH, WE'RE STILL SUPPORTING THE KIWIS. YOU BET YA. I'VE GOT MY RED SOCKS ON. WE'RE READY TO GO." WELL KNOWN FOR HIS AGGRESSIVE POST-RACE TALK, ORACLE'S SKIPPER WAS QUICK TO PRAISE THE KIWI'S BOAT SPEED. IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS THESE GUYS ARE FASTER, TODAY WAS A REALLY GOOD DAY FOR US, AND WE DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE WE'VE IMPROVED A LOT. THE 26-YEAR-OLD DOMINANT ON THE WATER AND VERY QUICKLY BECOMING AN INSPIRATION OFF IT. I LIKE THE YOUNG SKIPPER. I CAN REALLY RELATE TO HIM. WITH THAT, THE KIWIS NOW HAVE A WEEK OFF AND LEAD RACING 3-0. BUT SUPPORTERS HERE AREN'T JUMPING TO ANY CONCLUSIONS. I THINK WE'VE ALL LEARNT OUR LESSON FROM THAT OVER THE YEARS, AND WE JUST GO ZIP UNTIL THE JOB'S DONE. I DON'T WANA GET TOO OVER-CONFIDENT. DON'T WANA JINX IT. YEAH, YEAH, LIKE LAST TIME. BUT THEY'RE JUST SAILING SUPERB. MEANWHILE, CAMP ORACLE WILL HEAD BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND HINTING AT MAKING BIG CHANGES. WE'VE GOT FIVE DAYS UNTIL THE NEXT WEEKEND, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF RESOURCE UP HERE AT THE MOMENT, AND, YEAH, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING. FANS HERE HOPE HISTORY DOESN'T REPEAT. SAM KELWAY, 1 NEWS. MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS ARE TAKING LEGAL ACTION TO GET THE SAME PAY RISE AS CAREWORKERS. THE GROUP WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE HISTORIC EQUAL PAY SETTLEMENT FOR AGED AND DISABILITY CARE WORKERS, WHICH WILL SEE THAT SECTOR GET A PAY INCREASE FROM THE FIRST OF JULY. UNIONS HAVE JUST LODGED A SEPARATE CLAIM, IN WELLINGTON, ON BEHALF OF MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS AND ARE CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT IT. We oppose the draft bill the government has put forward, we think it was to stop us achieving equal pay that we got through the negotiations. BUT PRIME MINISTER BILL ENGLISH SAYS MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS HAVE NOT BEEN DELIBERATELY EXCLUDED FROM THE DEAL AGREED EARLIER THIS YEAR FOR CARE WORKERS. The deal we did was negotiated not a legal settlement, so were not going to negotiate with every group that makes a claim. We negotiated with this large group because there were no rules for it. THE JUDGE IN THE TRIAL OF NEW ZEALAND'S BIGGEST COCAINE BUST IS SUMMING UP TODAY TO ALLOW THE JURY TO BEGIN CONSIDERING ITS VERDICT. TWO MEN, AMERICAN RONALD COOK AND MEXICAN AUGUSTIN SUAREZ-JUAREZ, WERE ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY IMPORTING $14M WORTH OF COCAINE. 35 KILOGRAMS OF THE DRUG WAS FOUND CONCEALED IN A DIAMANTE HORSE HEAD SENT TO NEW ZEALAND FROM MEXICO. BOTH MEN DENY CHARGES OF POSSESSION AND IMPORTING COCAINE. THE ARTIST BEHIND THE EMPTY CHAIRS TRIBUTE, IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS OF THE CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKE, IS TODAY ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL FOR A PERMANENT SITE FOR THE ARTWORK. THE CHAIRS CURRENTLY SIT ON THE SITE OF A FORMER CHURCH WHICH HAS BEEN EARMARKED BY THE CROWN FOR A FUTURE STADIUM. ARTIST PETER MAJENDIE IS SPEAKING TO A CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE TODAY ASKING FOR A MORE PERMANENT SITE. HIS NEW DESIGN CONCEPT WOULD SEE THE 185 CHAIRS CAST IN METAL AT A COST OF AROUND $500 PER CHAIR. OVERSEAS, AND THREE DAYS OF MOURNING HAVE BEEN DECLARED IN PORTUGAL AFTER MORE THAN 60 PEOPLE DIED IN FOREST FIRES THAT RIPPED THROUGH PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. FIRE CREWS CONTINUE TO BATTLE THE BLAZE, NORTH-EAST OF LISBON, IN PEDROGAO GRANDE, A DENSE FOREST AREA IN THE CENTRAL PART OF PORTUGAL. THE BBC'S PAUL ADAMS HAS MORE. A DESPERATE, SOMETIMES HOPELESS BATTLE AGAINST NATURE. SEARING HEAT, STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY ` THE WORST POSSIBLE CONDITIONS. LARGE AREAS OF CENTRAL PORTUGAL NOW ABLAZE. THIS MOUNTAINOUS AREA IS NO STRANGER TO FOREST FIRES, BUT THESE ARE SOME OF THE DEADLIEST EVER. THE SPEED AND FEROCITY OF THE FLAMES CATCHING PEOPLE IN THEIR CARS AND HOMES. (SCREAMS) (SPEAKS PORTUGUESE) A WOMAN SCREAMS FOR HER HOUSE. THE FIRE RAGES ON SEVERAL FRONTS. ENTIRE VILLAGES HAVE BEEN EVACUATED. OFFICIALS STILL NOT SURE WHAT REMAINS. TRANSLATOR: WE WERE INSIDE THE HOUSE. THE FIRE WAS ALL AROUND US. THE FIREFIGHTERS CAME TO GET US OUT, BECAUSE WE COULD HARDLY BREATHE ANY MORE. AS FOR WHETHER THE HOUSE BURNED OR NOT, IT MUST HAVE BURNED FOR SURE. ALMOST INSTANTLY WE SAW THE FIRE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE CAR. AND WITHIN 10, 15 SECONDS, THE BURST OF WIND THAT THE FIRE CREATED, IT LEAPT ACROSS TO THE OTHER SIDE, AND WITHIN 30 SECONDS, IT WAS TO THE LEFT, TO THE RIGHT, THE BACK OF THE CAR. YOU HAD NO OPTION BUT TO KEEP DRIVING INTO THE FIRE. AT TIMES THE RESPONSE HAS SEEMED CHAOTIC. HUNDREDS OF FIREFIGHTERS WORKING FURIOUSLY SINCE YESTERDAY. AND SOME PEOPLE SAY THEY'VE BEEN LEFT TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES WHILE THEIR HOMES BURN. THICK LOW-LYING CLOUDS OF SMOKE ARE MAKING IT HARD FOR FIREFIGHTING AIRCRAFT TO WORK EFFECTIVELY. FRANCE AND SPAIN HAVE SENT THEIR PLANES TO HELP. AS THE DEATH TOLL MOUNTS, THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECLARED THREE DAYS OF NATIONAL MOURNING. WITH NO SIGN OF A BREAK IN THE WEATHER, THIS BATTLE ISN'T OVER. THE FIRST PICTURES OF INSIDE LONDON'S FIRE-RAVAGED GRENFELL APARTMENT BLOCK HAVE BEEN RELEASED. THE OUT-OF-CONTROL BLAZE KILLED AT LEAST 58 PEOPLE. LONDON'S MAYOR SAYS THE TRADGEDY WAS PREVENTABLE AND WAS A CONSEQUENCE OF YEARS OF NEGLECT. THE BBC'S JON KAY REPORTS. A WEEK AGO, THIS WAS SOMEONE'S HOME. THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THESE FLATS ARE ALL ACCOUNTED FOR. THEY AGREED POLICE COULD RELEASE THESE IMAGES TONIGHT TO SHOW JUST HOW MUCH DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE, TO SHOW THE CONDITIONS RECOVERY TEAMS ARE NOW FACED WITH AS THEY SEARCH GRENFELL TOWER. FIVE DAYS ON, SOME FEEL THEY ARE STILL HAVING TO DO WHAT THE AUTHORITIES SHOULD BE DOING. BUT THERE ARE SOME SIGNS OF PROGRESS. THE MAIN RESCUE CENTRE IS NOW BEING RUN BY A NEIGHBOURING COUNCIL AFTER ALL THE CRITICISM OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA. AND THE EXTRA FOOT PATROLS PROMISED BY THE PRIME MINISTER ARE NOW HERE, BROUGHT IN FROM OTHER PARTS OF LONDON TO PROVIDE REASSURANCE AND INFORMATION. BUT POLITICIANS FROM ALL SIDES KNOW THAT EMOTIONS ARE STILL RUNNING HIGH. ANGRY NOT SIMPLY AT THE POOR RESPONSE IN THE DAYS AFTERWARDS FROM THE COUNCIL AND THE GOVERNMENT, BUT THE YEARS OF NEGLECT FROM THE COUNCIL AND SUCCESSIVE GOVERNMENTS. TONIGHT THE PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCED THAT EVERY HOUSEHOLD AFFECTED. IS TO GET �500 IMMEDIATELY WITH AT LEAST �5000 MORE TO FOLLOW. AND THERE'LL BE ADDITIONAL MONEY AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR FUNERALS AND FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. BUT PATRICIA, WHO LIVES NEARBY, TOLD ME MONEY WAS ONLY PART OF THE ANSWER. I'M A MOTHER AND A GRANDMOTHER, AND, YOU KNOW, IF MY PEOPLE` NO AMOUNT OF MONEY COULD REPLACE THEIR LIFE. THERE ARE STILL SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WAY THE TOWER WAS BUILT, THE WAY IT WAS REFURBISHED AND MANAGED. AND DESPITE THE DESPERATE NEED FOR ANSWERS, PEOPLE KNOW IT WILL TAKE TIME. AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD FOLLOWING A HOSTAGE SITUATION AT A LUXURY TOURIST RESORT IN MALI. 'LE CAMPEMENT' RESORT, WHICH IS POPULAR WITH WESTERNERS, IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN ATTACKED BY SUSPECTED JIHADISTS. MALI'S SECURITY MINISTER SAYS AROUND 20 HOSTAGES HAVE NOW BEEN FREED. THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY SINCE NOVEMBER 2015 AFTER AN ATTACK ON THE 'RADDISON BLU HOTEL' IN BAMAKO THAT KILLED 20 PEOPLE. FOUR PEOPLE ARE MISSING AFTER A TSUNAMI HIT GREENLAND'S WEST COAST. THE SURGE OF WATER WAS CAUSED BY A MINOR 4.1 EARTHQUAKE WHICH STRUCK IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. THE SUDDEN WAVES WASHED UP ON THE VILLAGE OF NUUGAATSIAQ, SWEEPING AWAY 11 HOMES. THERE WERE ALSO REPORTS THE TSUNAMI HIT TWO OTHER VILLAGES. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY INTO HOW SEVEN U.S. SAILORS DIED WHEN A NAVY DESTROYER COLLIDED WITH A CARGO SHIP. THEIR BODIES WERE FOUND IN FLOODED SLEEPING COMPARTMENTS OF THE USS FITZGERALD. THE VESSEL CAME CLOSE TO SINKING FOLLOWING THE COLLISION IN WATERS OFF THE COAST OF JAPAN. MANY OF THE SAILORS WERE ASLEEP WHEN THE INCIDENT HAPPENED. A LAWYER FROM DONALD TRUMP'S PRIVATE LEGAL TEAM HAS CONTRADICTED ASSERTIONS MADE BY THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF THAT HE'S UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. IT CAME AFTER MR TRUMP TWEETED HE WAS BEING INVESTIGATED FOR FIRING FORMER FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY, LABELLING IT A 'WITCH HUNT'. THE ABC's DAVID WRIGHT REPORTS. TONIGHT THE PRESIDENT BACK FROM CAMP DAVID. HE'S GIRDING HIMSELF FOR ANOTHER WEEK OF BATTLE. HIS FIRST TWEET THIS MORNING DEFIANT ` THE PRESIDENT'S LAWYER MAKING THE ROUNDS TODAY WAS AT PAINS TO CORRECT THE RECORD ABOUT A PRESIDENTIAL TWEET THAT APPEARED TO CONFIRM HE'S FACING AN OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE INVESTIGATION AFTER HIS DECISION TO FIRE FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY. THE PRESIDENT IS NOT UNDER INVESTIGATION. HOW DO YOU KNOW? BECAUSE WE'VE RECEIVED NO NOTICE OF INVESTIGATION. AND YET TRUMP'S OWN TWEET WOULD SUGGEST OTHERWISE. AND NOW HE'S BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. YOU'VE NOW SAID THAT HE IS BEING INVESTIGATED AFTER SAYING THAT YOU DIDN'T` NO. YOU JUST SAID` HE'S NOT BEING INVESTIGATED. YOU JUST SAID HE'S BEING INVESTIGATED. I DO NOT APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING WORDS IN MY MOUTH WHEN I'VE BEEN CRYSTAL CLEAR TRUMP IS NOT AND HAS NOT BEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION. I COULDN'T BE CLEARER THAN THAT. YOU DON'T KNOW THAT HE'S NOT UNDER INVESTIGATION AGAIN, SIR. I CANNOT READ THE MIND` YOU'RE RIGHT, CHRIS. I CANNOT READ THE MIND OF THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR. DESPITE CONCERNS, THE PRESIDENT MAY MOVE TO FIRE THE SPECIAL COUNCIL AND HIS BOSSES AND THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. REPUBLICAN SENATOR MARCO RUBIO INSISTED THE INVESTIGATION SHOULD RUN ITS COURSE. FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON'S PARTY HAS WON A LANDSLIDE VICTORY IN THE FINAL ROUND OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. HIS NEW 'LA REPUBLIQUE EN MARCHE' PARTY' NOW HAS THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SEATS, GIVING HIM THE MANDATE TO PURSUE HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISES. IT COMES JUST A MONTH AFTER MACRON WAS SWORN INTO OFFICE AS PRESIDENT. HE'S HOPING TO OBTAIN A STRONG MANDATE IN PARLIAMENT TO HELP HIM PURSUE HIS PROMISES OF REFORM. GOOGLE IS TAKING NEW STEPS TO COMBAT EXTREMIST- AND TERROR-RELATED VIDEOS POSTED ON YOUTUBE. THE COMPANY SAYS IT'LL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHOSE JOB IT IS TO FLAG UP INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT. AND IT'S PROMISED TO EXPAND ITS WORK WITH COUNTER-TERRORISM AND COMMUNITY GROUPS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND IDENTIFY CONTENT THAT MAY BE USED TO RADICALISE. THE LIONS TOUR HAS INSPIRED ANOTHER ON-FIELD REUNION ` A MEETING OF THE NEW ZEALAND AND WELSH SPECIAL NEEDS RUGBY TEAM. THEY FIRST PLAYED AGAINST EACH OTHER IN 2005, AND ON SUNDAY THEY WENT HEAD-TO-HEAD AGAIN IN HAMILTON. ERICA WOOD HAS MORE. A PRE-MATCH HUDDLE BEFORE THEY MEET SOME OLD FAMILIAR FACES FROM A GAME THEY PLAYED 12 YEARS AGO. WE'RE GONNA GO OUT THERE AND HAVE FUN. DON'T GET HIGH TACKLED. WE'LL GO OUT THERE AND KICK SOME BUTTS! (ALL CHEER) BUT NOT BEFORE THE KIWIS DO THEIR HAKA. (ALL PERFORM 'KA MATE') AND THE WELSH? A REPLY OF THEIR OWN. (ALL SING ANTHEM) THE TEAMS ARE MADE UP OF PLAYERS WITH VARIOUS LEVELS OF MENTAL DISABILITIES ` FROM DOWNS SYNDROME, AUTISM TO CEREBRAL PALSY. HOW ARE YOU FEELING? NERVOUS, A BIT. BUT THEY SHOWED THAT HAD LITTLE BARING ON THEIR PHYSICAL ABILITIES ON THE FIELD. MY TEAM IS A GOOD TEAM THIS YEAR, AND I JUST WANNA ENJOY MYSELF, AND THAT'S ALL I WANNA DO. GIVE EVERYBODY A GOOD GAME, GOOD LAUGH AND SEE THE POINTS SCORED, YOU SEE. LIKE, NOT TOO MUCH ` LIKE, A CLOSE GAME. ALWAYS LIKE CLOSE GAMES. THIS IS PART OF A TOUR OF NEW ZEALAND AND SAMOA FOR THE WELSH, TIMED TO FOLLOW THE LIONS. TO PLAY IN NEW ZEALAND, TO GET SOME FANTASTIC OPPOSITION IS AN HONOUR. AND WE LOOK FORWARD ANOTHER RUGBY-MAD NATION, OFF TO SAMOA, I THINK, THAT'S THE NEXT TEST. HOW'RE YOU FEELING ABOUT THAT, BEN? BIT NERVOUS. I THINK WE ALL ARE, AREN'T WE? IT'S ABOUT REVISITING OLD MEMORIES AND MAKING SOME NEW ONES,... FINGERS CROSSED, WE SHOULD COME OUT ON TOP, INNIT. ...IT'S ALSO SERIOUS COMPETITION. WE'RE LIKE, SLACKIN' OFF. SO WE GOTTA GET IN! SORRY, BOYS, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT IS. AS FOR THE SCORE ON THIS GAME, THEY CALLED IT DRAW. YEAH, IT WAS TOUGH, BUT WE HAD A GOOD GAME. IF THEY COME BACK NEXT YEAR, THEN WE WIN IT. ERICA WOOD, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` NO DEAL IS BETTER THAN A BAD DEAL. BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TERESA MAY FACES MORE PRESSURE ON THE EVE OF BREXIT NEGOTIATIONS. PLUS, NOTCHING UP MORE WINS ON THE WATER ` A GOLDEN DAY FOR OUR KIWI ROWERS. ON THE EVE OF THE START OF BREXIT NEGOTIATIONS, THINGS ARE LOOKING GRIM FOR BRITAIN AFTER ITS GOVERNMENT'S BARGAINING POWER WAS WEAKENED FOLLOWING THE ELECTION. THE CHANCELLOR PHILIP HAMMOND SAYS NO DEAL WOULD BE BAD, BUT WORSE WOULD BE A DEAL THAT SUCKS THE LIFE OUT OF THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMY. THE BBC'S ALEX FORSYTH REPORTS. IT WAS A KEY REASON FOR CALLING THE ELECTION. EVERY VOTE FOR THE CONSERVATIVES WILL MAKE ME STRONGER WHEN I NEGOTIATE FOR BRITAIN WITH THE PRIME MINISTERS, PRESIDENTS AND CHANCELLORS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION. ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, A REPEATED PLEA. I'LL STRENGTHEN MY HAND IN THOSE BREXIT NEGOTIATIONS. THAT'S WHAT SHE'D HOPED. STRENGTHEN MY HAND. INSTEAD, BY LOSING HER MAJORITY, NEGOTIATIONS LOOKED TOUGHER. ON BREXIT, THE PRIME MINISTER FACES PRESSURE FROM ALL SIDES. SOME THINK THE CHANCELLOR, WHO BACKED 'REMAIN', COULD PUSH FOR A MODERATE APPROACH. TODAY HE UPPED THE STAKES ON THE NEED TO 'GET A GOOD DEAL' WITH THE E.U. NO DEAL WOULD BE A VERY, VERY BAD OUTCOME FOR BRITAIN. BUT THERE IS A POSSIBLE WORSE OUTCOME, AND THAT IS A DEAL THAT IS DELIBERATELY STRUCTURED TO PUNISH US. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) WHATEVER THE REASON FOR THE ELECTION RESULT, THIS IS THE OUTCOME. ANGER FROM SOME, BUT LACKING ENOUGH MP'S ON THEIR OWN, THE TORIES TURNED TO NORTHERN ISLAND'S DEMOCRATIC UNIONIST PARTY. THEIR VIEWS ON BREXIT WILL HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED NOW TOO. LABOUR COULD FLEX ITS MUSCLES, SUGGESTING TODAY THE UK COULD STAY IN THE CUSTOMS UNION WHICH ALLOWS TARIFF-FREE TRADE WITHIN THE E.U. NO DEAL IS WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU GET TO THE END OF THE TWO YEARS AND YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO REACH AGREEMENT. OK. YOU'RE PUSHED OVER THE CLIFF. EXTRACTING THE UK FROM THE E.U. ISN'T GOING TO BE EASY. THERE'S STILL NO CLARITY FROM ANYONE ABOUT WHAT BREXIT SHOULD OR WILL LOOK LIKE. BUT IT IS CLEAR THAT HERE, AS WELL AS IN BRUSSELS, THE PRIME MINISTER'S FACING A TOUGH FIGHT. TO SPORT, AND BABY BLACKS HOOKER ASAFO AUMUA ALMOST SINGLE-HANDEDLY DEMOLISHED ENGLAND AT THE UNDER-20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL IN GEORGIA. THE 20-YEAR-OLD WRECKING BALL GOING BEAST MODE AGAINST DEFENDING CHAMPIONS ENGLAND, BAGGING HIMSELF A HAT-TRICK IN THEIR 10-TRY ONSLAUGHT. IT WAS JOKED LAST WEEK THE FRONT ROWER HAD BEEN HANGING AROUND THE BACKS TOO MUCH, BUT IT'S CLEARLY PAYING OFF. MISTAKE FROM CLEGG. OUT TO AUMUA. AUMUA'S GOT TWO. ASAFO AUMUA GETS OUT IN FRONT! (WHISTLE BLOWS, APPLAUSE) OH-HO-HO! HAT-TRICK TIME FOR THE HOOKER! NEW ZEALAND STORMING TO A 64-17 VICTORY, CLAIMING THEIR SIXTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE AND RECORDING THE BIGGEST SCORELINE EVER SEEN IN AN UNDER-20 FINAL. IT'S BEING DESCRIBED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST COMEBACK VICTORIES IN THE HISTORY OF THE FAMOUS LE MANS 24 HOUR MOTOR RACE. KIWIS EARL BAMBER AND BRENDON HARTLEY HAVE TEAMED UP IN A PORSCHE TO WIN, WITH GERMAN DRIVER TIMO BERHARD. AFTER JUST FOUR HOURS THEIR ENGINE BLEW UP, THEY LOST AN HOUR ON THE FIELD, BUT THEN FOUGHT THEIR WAY BACK, THROUGH THE NIGHT. THEY TOOK THE LEAD WITH AN HOUR TO GO. AND THE PORSCHE IS GONNA GO THROUGH. AND PORSCHE LEAD LE MANS, THE NUMBER TWO CAR. IT'S EARL BAMBER'S SECOND VICTORY, AFTER BEING IN THE 2015 WINNING TEAM, BRENDON HARTLEY'S FIRST. 51 YEARS AGO THE LATE BRUCE MCLAREN AND CHRIS AMON WON LE MANS, THE FIRST EVER KIWI WINNERS. NEW ZEALAND'S ROWERS HAVE MADE A SPECTACULR START IN THEIR FIRST WORLD CUP REGATTA OF THE YEAR, WINNING FIVE GOLD MEDALS ON THE FINAL DAY IN POLAND. IN THE MEN'S SINGLE SCULL, ROBBIE MANSON BURST CLEAR IN THE SECOND QUARTER TO WIN GOLD, ECLIPSING DOUBLE OYLMPIC CHAMPION MAHE DRYSDALE'S WORLD-BEST TIME BY THREE SECONDS. ONE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL IN RIO, AND HE CROSSES THE LINE! WOW, WOW, WOW, WOW! THAT IS THE NEW WORLD'S BEST TIME! AND IN THE WOMEN'S PAIR, GRACE PRENDERGAST AND KERRI GOWLER TOOK GOLD WITH A NEW WORLD-BEST TIME, WHILE IN THE BIGGER BOAT, THE WOMEN'S EIGHT ALSO WON GOLD TO GO WITH GOLDS IN THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S DOUBLE SCULLS. STAYING ON THE WATER, AND KIWI KAYAKER MIKE DAWSON HAS KICK-STARTED HIS WORLD CUP SEASON ON A HIGH, THE TWO-TIME OLYMPIAN GRABBING GOLD IN THE MEN'S EXTREME CANOE SLALOM FINAL IN PRAGUE. DAWSON ETCHING PAST HIS COMEPETITORS IN THE NON-OLYMPIC EVENT, BECOMING THE FIRST NEW ZEALANDER TO WIN A WORLD CUP MEDAL. IT IS NOT ABOUT THE RACE. IT IS ABOUT FUN. THESE ARE MY BUDDIES. AND I LOVE THE RACE FOR THEM. MEANWHILE FELLOW OLYMPIAN LUUKA JONES JUST OFF THE PACE, MISSING THE K1 FINAL AND FINISHING 12TH IN HER SEMI-FINAL RUN. AMERICAN GOLFER BROOKS KOEPKA HAS DOMINATED THE US OPEN AT ERIN HILLS TO TAKE HIS FIRST MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP. IT LOOKED SET TO BE A TWO-MAN RACE BETWEEN THE 27 YEAR OLD AND BRIAN HARMAN, BUT KOEPKA BROKE THE TIE WITH A 34-FOOT BIRDIE PUTT ON THE PAR FOUR EIGHTH. TWO PUTS IN A ROW FROM KOEPKA THAT HAVE REACHED A LONG WAYS AWAY, AND THAT WAS A BIG ONE THERE. MEANWHILE FELLOW OLYMPIAN LUUKA JONES JUST OFF THE PACE, MISSING THE K1 FINAL AND FINISHING 12TH IN HER SEMIFINAL RUN. AND IN BREAKING NEWS, ONE PERSON HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND LONDON POLICE ARE REPORTING A NUMBER OF CASULATIES AFTER A VAN DROVE THROUGH A GROUP OUTSIDE A MOSQUE. AND WE'LL HAVE MORE FOR YOU ON OUR WEBSITE 1NEWSNOW.CO.NZ AS IT DEVELOPS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` AFTERNOON SHOWERS FOR SOME PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ` WEATHER IS NEXT. PLUS, BEYONCE'S FATHER LET'S SLIP THE BIRTH OF HIS TWO NEW GRANDCHILDREN. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ AND IN BREAKING NEWS, ONE PERSON HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER A VEHICLE HIT A NUMBER OF PEDESTRIANS OUTSIDE A MOSQUE IN FINSBURY PARK. THERE ARE REPORTS THERE'VE BEEN A NUMBER OF CASUALTIES AT THE SCENE. It is unclear if it was deliberate. AND WE'LL HAVE MORE FOR YOU ON OUR WEBSITE, 1NEWSNOW.CO.NZ, AS IT DEVELOPS. THAT'S YOUR NEWS FROM THE TEAM HERE AT MIDDAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY ANTONY VLUG AND JAKE EBDALE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017