IT'S MIDDAY. ANOTHER TERROR INCIDENT ON EUROPEAN SOIL. ISIS SAYS IT IS BEHIND ANOTHER DEADLY VEHICLE ATTACK IN BARCELONA. A SIGN OF THE TIMES. LABOUR UPDATES ITS ELECTION HOARDINGS AS THE PARTY CELEBRATES POSITIVE POLL RESULTS. AND ONE OF OUR MOST EXPERIENCED ROWERS GETS THE CALL-UP TO SWITCH SPORTS. WE'LL TELL YOU THE PRESTIGIOUS TEAM HE'S BEEN PICKED TO JOIN. AHI AHI MARIE. FIRST AT MIDDAY, THE HEART OF BARCELONA IS IN LOCKDOWN AFTER A VAN PLOUGHED INTO PEDESTRIANS IN A POPULAR TOURIST SPOT, KILLING AT LEAST 13 PEOPLE AND INJURING MORE THAN 50. SPANISH POLICE HAVE DETAINED TWO PEOPLE, AND ISIS SAYS IT IS BEHIND THE ATTACK. THE BBC'S GAVIN LEE REPORTS. (COMMOTION, PEOPLE SCREAM) TERROR ON THE STREETS OF EUROPE AGAIN. AND AGAIN, A VEHICLE USED AS A WEAPON. MAN: COME ON, COME ON, COME ON. WOMAN: LISTEN! MAN: JUST COME ON. LAS RAMBLAS IN BARCELONA, A PACKED SUNNY EVENING ON SPAIN'S MOST FAMOUS BOULEVARD ` IN PANIC. (PEOPLE SHOUT) MAN: COME ON, YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT. (SIREN WAILS) THIS WHITE VAN MOUNTED THE PAVEMENT AND PLOUGHED INTO PEDESTRIANS. BODIES WERE LEFT LYING ON THE STREET. THOSE WHO WERE NEARBY RUSHED TO HELP THE INJURED. EMERGENCY SERVICES ARRIVED QUICKLY AS THE HUNT FOR THOSE RESPONSIBLE BEGAN. THE CITY'S METRO AND TRAIN STATIONS WERE CLOSED DOWN, THE NEARBY STREETS QUICKLY DESERTED AS PEOPLE WERE TOLD TO STAY INSIDE. I SAW A WHITE VAN WITH THE SIDE DOOR OPEN. I SAW A WHITE VAN WITH THE SIDE DOOR OPEN. WE HEARD GUNSHOTS. WHETHER IT WAS THE POLICE OR FROM THE VAN I DON'T KNOW. I SAW PEOPLE FALLING TO THE GROUND, AND THAT STRUCK MY EYES RATHER THAN THE CAR. I IMMEDIATELY SENSED THAT IT WAS A NICE-LIKE EVENT. AND PEOPLE AROUND IT RAN AWAY, FLED AWAY IN PANIC. AUTHORITIES SAY THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HALF A KILOMETRE DOWN LAS RAMBLAS BOULEVARD, REPORTEDLY AT UP TO 80KM/H. POLICE HAVE RELEASED A PHOTO OF THIS MAN, DRISS OUBAKIR, SAID TO HAVE RENTED THE VAN. HE'S UNDERSTOOD TO HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO POLICE, A FORMER PRISONER RELEASED FIVE YEARS AGO. POLICE SAY TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED TONIGHT, BUT INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL WORKING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF HOW THIS HAPPENED AND WHO WAS BEHIND IT. BACK HERE, LABOUR'S FINALLY UNVEILING ITS NEW BRANDING IN AUCKLAND OF NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM JACINDA ARDERN AND HER DEPUTY, KELVIN DAVIS. IT'S BEEN JUST TWO AND A HALF WEEKS SINCE MS ARDERN TOOK OVER AT SHORT NOTICE FROM ANDREW LITTLE, AND THE MOVE'S BEEN A BOON FOR THE ONCE STRUGGLING PARTY, WITH LATEST POLL RESULTS PUTTING JACINDA ARDERN NECK AND NECK WITH BILL ENGLISH FOR PREFERRED PRIME MINISTER. KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS IS IN CENTRAL AUCKLAND, WHERE MS ARDERN IS PUTTING UP SOME OF THE NEW HOARDINGS. KATE. HERE IN KINGSLAND THE ARDERN EFFECT IS IN FULL FORCE THE COLMAR BRUNTON POLL HAS HER NECK AND NECK WITH ENGLISH THE PARTY HAS JUMP 13% TO 37% ARDERN HAS ONLY BEEN LEADER 2� WEEKS THAT'S NOT LONG TO HAVE SUCH AN IMPACT ONE COMMENTATOR SAID THE POLLING IS EXPECTED TO RISE MOMENTUM HAS A REALLY POWERFUL LOGIC FOR THE ELECTORATE IN ELECTION CAMPAIGNS. SO WHEN A PARTY IS ON THE WAY UP, PEOPLE GET ON THAT BANDWAGON. IT'S THE BANDWAGON EFFECT. AND WHEN A PARTY LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE WINNERS, IT GIVES CONFIDENCE TO PEOPLE THAT ARE UNDECIDED OR IN OTHER PARTIES. ABOUT 30 SUPPORTERS ARE HERE THANKS, KATE NICOL-WILLIAMS IN CENTRAL AUCKLAND. HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE REJECTED A LEVIN WOMAN'S REQUEST FOR A COCHLEAR IMPLANT. SURF-LIFESAVER DANIELLE MACKAY HAS BEEN WAITING 3 YEARS FOR A COCHLEAR IMPLANT. SHE HAS BEEN TOLD OTHER PEOPLE WERE A HIGHER PRIORITY, DESPITE THE FACT SHE WILL GO DEAF IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. GREEN MP MOJO MATHERS SAYS SHE IS STUNNED BY THE DECISION. MORE THAN 400 FORD VEHICLES IN NEW ZEALAND ARE PART OF A GLOBAL RECALL. MORE THAN 400O FORD VEHICLES IN NEW ZEALAND ARE PART OF A GLOBAL RECALL. FORD FOCUS MODELS FROM APRIL 2011 TO SEPTEMBER 2015 ARE BEING RECALLED DUE TO A FIRE RISK FROM FUEL LEAKS. IT'S THE SECOND FIRE-RELATED RECALL THIS YEAR, AFTER KUGAS AND FIESTAS WERE RECALLED WITH A SIMILAR FAULT. FORD NEW ZEALAND SAYS IT IS CONTACTING OWNERS. TWO BODIES FOUND IN THE MAMAKU FOREST ARE BELIEVED TO BE THOSE OF ROTORUA UNCLE AND NEPHEW RAYMOND AND JAMES FLEET. THEIR DEATHS ARE BEING TREATED AS SUSPICIOUS AND POLICE CONTINUE TO EXAMINE THE SCENE. THE PAIR WERE REPORTED MISSING OVER A WEEK AGO. A FORMAL IDENTIFICATION IS YET TO TAKE PLACE. THE NATIONAL DIVE SQUAD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN FOR DAY 6 OF THE SEARCH FOR TWO MEN IN TONGARIRO NATIONAL PARK. VINCENT TAURIMA AND HAKOPO NGARONAO HAVE BEEN IN DENSE BUSH SINCE SATURDAY, AFTER FLEEING POLICE. POLICE SAY IT'S UNLIKELY THEY ARE ALIVE. US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS LASHED OUT ON TWITTER OVER HIS RESPONSE TO THE VIOLENCE AT A RACE RALLY IN VIRGINIA, THIS TIME HE TWEETED ABOUT THE ISSUE THAT STARTED IT ALL ` THE REMOVAL OF CONFEDERATE STATUES WHICH SOME VIEWED AS PRO-SLAVERY. THE ABC'S CECELIA VEGA WITH MORE. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP UNDER MOUNTING FIRE FOR HIS LEADERSHIP IN THE WAKE OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, WAITING 48 HOURS TO CONDEMN THE WHITE SUPREMACIST GROUPS BY NAME AND THEN DEFENDING SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO MARCHED WITH TORCHES. YOU HAD SOME VERY BAD PEOPLE IN THAT GROUP, BUT YOU ALSO HAD PEOPLE THAT WERE VERY FINE PEOPLE, ON BOTH SIDES. TODAY HE DID NOT BACK DOWN, TAKING TO TWITTER TO MOURN THE LOSS OF CONFEDERATE STATUES. SO, THIS WEEK IT'S ROBERT E LEE. I NOTICE THAT STONEWALL JACKSON'S COMING DOWN. I WONDER, IS IT GEORGE WASHINGTON NEXT WEEK, AND IS IT THOMAS JEFFERSON THE WEEK AFTER? YOU REALLY DO HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF, WHERE DOES IT STOP? IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SHOWN AFFECTION FOR CONFEDERATE GENERALS. IN 2013, HE LAVISHED PRAISE ON ROBERT E LEE. BUT AROUND THE COUNTRY, SCENES LIKE THIS ` CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS COMING DOWN. (CROWD CHEERS) IN DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, PROTESTERS TORE DOWN ONE STATUE. IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT IN BALTIMORE, CONSTRUCTION CREWS HAULED AWAY FOUR OTHERS. AND NOW, IN WASHINGTON, A DEBATE IS RAGING OVER THE FUTURE OF 12 STATUES OF CONFEDERATE LEADERS LIKE JEFFERSON DAVIS ON PROMINENT DISPLAY INSIDE THE US CAPITAL. CONTROVERSIAL AUSTRALIAN MP PAULINE HANSON HAS BEEN WIDELY CONDEMNED FOR HER LATEST STUNT ` WEARING A BURKA INTO THE SENATE. IT WAS AN ATTEMPT TO GET THE MUSLIM HEADWEAR BANNED BUT IT BACKFIRED, WITH SENATORS FROM ALL SIDES CRITICISING THE MOVE. HERE'S CHANNEL NINE'S LANE CALCUTT. IT WAS A BIZARRE END TO A BIZARRE WEEK. QUESTION TIME IN THE SENATE, AND PAULINE HANSON IN FULL BURKA. I'M JUST GOING TO REFLECT ON THE MODE OF DRESS THAT SENATOR HANSON IS USING. IT WAS, AT BEST, A TASTELESS, SILLY, SOME WOULD SAY DISGRACEFUL STUNT, AS SHE TRIES TO HAVE THE MUSLIM HEADDRESS BANNED. I AM HAPPY TO REMOVE THIS BECAUSE THIS IS NOT WHAT SHOULD BELONG IN THIS PARLIAMENT. SHE TOOK IT OFF TO ASK THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL IF HE'D SUPPORT A BAN. SENATOR HANSON, NO, WE WILL NOT BE BANNING THE BURKA. LEADING TO EXTRAORDINARY SCENES AS AN EMOTIONAL GEORGE BRANDIS, LABOUR AND THE GREENS TURNED ON THE ONE NATION LEADER. BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL OF THE OFFENCE YOU MAY DO TO THE RELIGIOUS SENSIBILITIES OF OTHER AUSTRALIANS. AND TO RIDICULE THAT COMMUNITY, TO DRIVE IT INTO A CORNER, TO MOCK ITS RELIGIOUS GARMENTS, IS AN APPALLING THING TO DO, AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO REFLECT ON WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. APPLAUSE, A STANDING OVATION. PAULINE HANSON DIVIDES THE NATION, BUT UNITED THE OPPOSITION BENCHES. GOVERNMENT SENATORS STAYED SEATED. (APPLAUSE) IT IS ONE THING TO WEAR RELIGIOUS DRESS AS A SINCERE ACT OF FAITH. IT IS ANOTHER TO WEAR IT AS A STUNT HERE IN THE SENATE CHAMBER. THESE ARE THE VIEWS OF A HATEFUL, IGNORANT, BIGOTED INDIVIDUAL. SHE LATER MADE HER CASE ON FACEBOOK. DO WE WANNA SEE, EVENTUALLY, ON THE FLOOR OF OUR PARLIAMENT, PEOPLE WALKING IN THERE WEARING A FULL BURKA? FOR SECURITY REASONS AS WELL, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND ANOTHER THING IS IT IS UNAUSTRALIAN. ISIS ARE BEING PUSHED OUT OF THEIR STRONGHOLDS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, BUT THE GROUP IS LEAVING BEHIND A DEADLY LEGACY ` CHILDREN SCHOOLED IN HATE AND COMBAT. MORE THAN 2000 YOUNG BOYS ARE SAID TO HAVE GRADUATED FROM ISIS MILITARY TRAINING, WHO THEY CALL THE 'CUBS' OF ITS CALIPHATE. THE BBC'S QUENTIN SOMMERVILLE REPORTS. WAR BRUTALISES. GROWING UP IN CONFLICT, DESTRUCTION AND VIOLENCE BECOME ROUTINE. I.S. DIDN'T JUST CONCENTRATE ITS ATTENTIONS HERE ON THE BATTLEFIELD. IT ALSO MOVED INTO HOMES AND INTO CLASSROOMS. AND THERE THEY FILLED YOUNG MINDS FULL OF TALES OF JIHAD, OF SUICIDE BOMBERS AND OF CONQUERING THE WEST. (MIDDLE EASTERN POP SONG) AND THE SONGS FROM THEIR PROPAGANDA VIDEOS SOON MADE THEIR WAY INTO PLAYGROUNDS AND CHILDREN'S MOUTHS. THESE BOYS CAN'T FORGET THE SONGS AND CAN'T FORGET I.S. (SINGS IN ARABIC) HE SAYS, 'THEIR EDUCATION WAS ABOUT JIHAD AND HOW TO BLOW YOURSELF UP 'AND TEACHING US HOW TO USE WEAPONS AND HOW TO TAKE A GUN APART.' YAKUB SAYS, 'YES, THEY WERE SCARY. THEY CUT OFF HEADS.' 'YOU'D GET 15 LASHES FOR A HAIRCUT LIKE THIS.' RECRUITMENT STARTED HERE IN THE CLASSROOM. BASHIR IS A TUTOR IN MOSUL. (SPEAKS ARABIC) TRANSLATOR: CHILDREN ARE FERTILE GROUND. SCHOOLS AND CURRICULUMS ARE A WAY TO TRAIN THE STUDENTS AND BRAINWASH THEM. WHEN I.S. ARRIVED, THEY DESTROYED THE EXISTING CURRICULUM AND CREATED ANOTHER. IN WORDS AND PICTURES, THEY MAKE WAR AND DESTRUCTION COMMONPLACE. KIDS LEARN TO READ THE CLOCK BY LOOKING AT TIME BOMBS. IN ARABIC, THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BIG AND SMALL, LONG AND SHORT ARE SHOWN WITH BAZOOKAS, BULLETS AND ROCKETS. AND GYM CLASS ENDS WITH LESSONS ` A GUIDE TO STRIPPING AND CLEANING A KALASHNIKOV. OTHER ARMED GROUPS HAVE USED CHILDREN TO FIGHT BEFORE; IT'S A WAR CRIME. BUT I.S. TURNED IT INTO AN EFFICIENT PROCESS. THE ISLAMIC STATE WAS FORMED IN A TORMENT, AND IT HAS DESTROYED MORE THAN JUST CITIES; IT HAS RUINED LIVES, WARPED AND STOLEN THE FUTURE OF AN ENTIRE GENERATION. REPAIRING THAT DAMAGE WILL BE AN EVEN GREATER TASK THAN REBUILDING THESE RUINED STREETS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` ON THE BRINK OF CURING PEANUT ALLERGIES. THE BREAKTHROUGH TREATMENT TO HELP KEEP THOSE WHO SUFFER SAFE. AND THE BLACK FERNS TAKE ON CANADA FOR A PLACE IN THE WORLD CUP FINAL. SO WHO GETS THE COVETED SPOT? IN BREAKING NEWS, SPANISH POLICE HAVE KILLED SEVERAL PEOPLE NEAR CAMBRILS, JUST OUTSIDE OF BARCELONA. THEY SAY THEY HAVE STOPPED A SECOND ATTACK. THERE ARE ALSO REPORTS THEY WERE WEARING EXPLOSIVE BELTS. RESIDENTS IN THE TOWN SAY THEY HEARD SHOTS FIRED. THERE HAVE BEEN REMARKABLE RESULTS FROM A PEANUT ALLERGY TRIAL ACROSS THE TASMAN, WITH TWO-THIRDS OF THE CHILDREN WHO TOOK PART NOW ABLE TO SAFELY CONSUME PEANUTS, AS CHANNEL NINE'S CARRIE-ANNE GREENBANK EXPLAINS. AT 10 YEARS OLD, OLIVIA MAY IS ALLERGY FREE, A REMARKABLE CHANGE FROM WHAT HER LIFE COULD HAVE BEEN LIKE WITHOUT TREATMENT. I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT EATING DIFFERENT THINGS THAT COULD MAKE ME SICK. AFTER SUFFERING AN IMMEDIATE REACTION TO PEANUTS AS A TODDLER, OLIVIA'S MUM, TANYA, WAS WARNED TO PREPARE FOR A SERIOUS, LIFELONG ALLERGY. IT MEANT BUYING AN EPIPEN, AVOIDING SCHOOL EXCURSIONS AND MISSING OUT ON FRIENDS' PARTIES. GOING TO A PLAY CENTRE, SHE OFTEN WASN'T ALLOWED TO GO IN BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE SOMEONE WHO WAS QUALIFIED TO USE AN EPIPEN AT THE CENTRE. BUT AFTER JOINING A WORLD-FIRST TRIAL AT THE MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE, OLIVIA BECAME ALLERGY FREE AND NOW, FOUR YEARS ON, HAS BEEN TESTED AGAIN AND IS STILL CLEAR, ALONG WITH TWO-THIRDS OF THE CHILDREN TREATED. THIS FINDING IS VERY SIGNIFICANT. IT SHOWS FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY INDUCE A LONG-LASTING BENEFIT IN CHILDREN WITH PEANUT ALLERGY. OF ALL FOOD ALLERGIES, PEANUT ALLERGIES ARE THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF ANAPHYLACTIC REACTIONS LEADING TO DEATH. TO TREAT THE PEANUT ALLERGY, RESEARCHERS ARE ESSENTIALLY USING PEANUTS ALONG WITH PROBIOTICS. THEY GIVE CHILDREN AS SMALL A DOSE AS ONE-THOUSANDTH OF A PEANUT BEFORE GRADUALLY INCREASING IT. BY THE TIME CHILDREN FINISH TREATMENT, THEY CAN EAT AT LEAST 16 NUTS WITHOUT SHOWING ANY SYMPTOMS. THE POTENTIAL CURE STILL NEEDS TO UNDERGO MORE TRIALS BEFORE BEING APPROVED AND MASS-PRODUCED. MEDICATION IS STILL FIVE TO 10 YEARS AWAY AND WOULDN'T BE AVAILABLE AT PHARMACIES, ONLY ADMINISTERED BY DOCTORS. DOUBLE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST HAMISH BOND HAS BEEN NAMED IN THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM FOR NEXT MONTH'S ROAD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. THE FORMER ROWER SWITCHED TO CYCLING AFTER THE RIO OLYMPICS, AND FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS HE'S BEEN PLYING HIS NEW TRADE ON TIME-TRIAL COURSES IN THE UK AND EUROPE. WHILE THERE, HE EVEN TOOK A LOOK AT THE COURSE IN NORWAY THAT'LL BE USED FOR THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. BOND SAYS IT'S A LITTLE DAUNTING THAT HIS FIRST INTERNATIONAL CYCLING RACE WILL BE SUCH A HIGH-PROFILE EVENT. THE BLACK FERNS HAVE CRUISED INTO THE RUGBY WORLD CUP SEMI-FINALS AS TOP SEEDS AFTER A DOMINANT WIN OVER CANADA. IT WAS THE USUAL SUSPECTS LINKING UP EARLY TO SEND SELICA WINIATA IN FOR THE FIRST TRY, WHILE PROP ALDORA ITUNU MANAGED TO BAG HERSELF A HAT-TRICK IN THE EIGHT-TRY ROMP, A SPECIAL DAY FOR CAPTAIN FIAO'O FA'AMAUSILI, BRINGING UP HER 50TH CAP WITH A TRY OF HER OWN. CLOSE AGAIN, NEW ZEALAND. FA'AMAUSILI! OH, THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT. GOSH, 50 GAMES. AND THE GIRLS REALLY PULLED THROUGH TODAY. SO REALLY STOKED. MASSIVE TEAM EFFORT OUT THERE, AND I COULDN'T BE ANY PROUDER OF THE GIRLS. FINAL SCORE 48-5, THE BLACK FERNS PICKING UP MAXIMUM POINTS IN THE FIRST ROUND. THEY PLAY THEIR SEMI-FINAL ON TUESDAY. NORTH HARBOUR HAS ESCAPED A LATE SURGE FROM OTAGO TO TAKE THE FIRST MATCH IN THEIR MITRE 10 CUP CAMPAIGN. IT WAS THE HOME SIDE SITTING COMFORTABLY AT HALF TIME THANKS TO SOME BRILLIANT KICKING FROM BRYN GATLAND, TAKING A 19-0 LEAD INTO THE BREAK AT QBE STADIUM. BUT IT WOULDN'T LAST LONG, OTAGO HALFBACK JONATHAN RURU SPARKING A COMEBACK IN THE 55TH MINUTE. OTAGO LOOKING A BIT BETTER. NOW SLICING STRAIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE IS JONATHAN RURU! THE MEN FROM DOWN SOUTH GOING CLOSE BUT UNABLE TO PULL OFF THE BIG UPSET, GOING DOWN TO NORTH HARBOUR 19-17. THE TALL BLACKS ARE THROUGH TO THE ASIA CUP SEMI-FINAL AFTER THRASHING JORDAN BY NEARLY 30 POINTS IN THEIR QUARTER THIS MORNING. THE KIWIS MADE A STRONG START, RACING OUT TO A 50-38 POINT LEAD AT HALF TIME BEFORE GOING UP A GEAR IN THE SECOND, TOHI SMITH-MILNER TOP SCORING IN THE KIWIS DOMINATION WITH 19 POINTS. OH! OH MY GOODNESS, THAT'S GOTTA BE ONE OF THE PLAYS OF THE GAME! FINAL SCORE 98-70. THEY NOW PLAY AUSTRALIA IN THE SEMIS ON SATURDAY. AFTER A SHOCK LOSS TO NEWCASTLE LAST WEEK, PARRAMATTA EELS HAVE SCORED AN EASY WIN OVER THE GOLD COAST TITANS. THE BLUE AND GOLDS MADE LIGHT WORK OF THE TITANS, AND IN DOING SO CEMENTED THEIR FOURTH SPOT ON THE NRL LADDER, WILL SMITH PICKING UP A FEISTY DOUBLE IN THE 30-8 VICTORY. ELGEY BEING TESTED AGAIN DEFENSIVELY. SMITH IS STILL GOING! NOW A PASS FROM MOSES. BACK ON THE INSIDE FOR SMITH! WELL, THAT IS SOMETHING VERY, VERY SPECIAL. NOT SO GOOD NEWS FOR STAR FULLBACK BEVAN FRENCH, THOUGH, HAVING TO LEAVE THE FIELD WITH A RECURRING HAMSTRING INJURY. HAYDEN PADDON'S GOAL TO GET HYUNDAI TO THE TOP OF THE MANUFACTURERS LEADER BOARD IS HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AFTER THE FIRST STAGE AT RALLY GERMANY, THE KIWI DRIVER ON HIS UNFAVOURED TARMAC PICKING UP THE 10TH FASTEST TIME IN THE FIRST STAGE DESPITE HITTING A HAY BALE. HE'S CURRENTLY JUST OVER TWO AND A HALF SECONDS OFF THE LEADER, JAN KOPECKY. PADDON NOT AS UNLUCKY AS BRITISH DRIVER KRIS MEEKE, COLLIDING WITH THIS CONCRETE BARRIER. OH! THAT IS IT. OH, LOOK AT THE TIME. HANG ABOUT, HANG ABOUT. HE'S BROKE THE STEERING! HAYDEN PADDON WILL BE UP AGAIN ON STAGE 12, 10PM TOMORROW NIGHT, LIVE ON OUR DUKE CHANNEL. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. PLUS, A BEAUTIFUL BABY HIPPO ARRIVED IN THE WORLD EARLY BUT PROVES THAT'S NO BARRIER TO UNDERWATER DANCING. YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT, BUT FIRST LET'S LOOK AT OUR TOP STORIES. NEWS UNFOLDING IN THE LAST HALF-HOUR ` SPANISH POLICE SAY THEY HAVE FOILED A POSSIBLE SECOND ATTACK NEAR BARCELONA. FOUR ATTACKERS HAVE REPORTEDLY BEEN SHOT DEAD SPANISH POLICE SAY THEY HAVE FOILED A POSSIBLE SECOND ATTACK NEAR BARCELONA. FOUR ATTACKERS HAVE REPORTEDLY BEEN SHOT DEAD BY POLICE, SOME SAID TO HAVE BEEN WEARING SUICIDE BELTS. ISIS HAS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ATTACK. AND LABOUR'S UNVEILED ITS UPDATED ELECTION BRANDING FEATURING NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM JACINDA ARDERN AND HER DEPUTY, KELVIN DAVIS. AND WELLINGTON MAYOR JUSTIN LESTER TWEETED A SHORT TIME AGO THAT THE COUNCIL HAS SENT ABSEILERS TO THE NGAIO GORGE BECAUSE OF A NEW SLIP, WHICH HE SAYS IS SMALL BUT ROCKS ARE FALLING, SO FURTHER INVESTIGATION IS NEEDED. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ AND FINALLY, HAVE A LOOK AT FIONA THE BABY HIPPO, A RESIDENT AT CINCINNATI ZOO IN THE US. FIONA ARRIVED 6 WEEKS EARLY IN JANUARY, WEIGHING 13KG, WHICH IS 10KG LIGHTER THAN THE AVERAGE BABY HIPPO. SHE WAS CARED FOR BY ZOO STAFF IN THE EARLY MONTHS OF HER LIFE, BUT IS NOW HAPPILY LIVING IN AN ENCLOSURE WITH HER MUM BIBI. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, SHE IS DOING REALLY WELL. HIPPOS SPEND UP TO 16 HOURS A DAY IN THE WATER, WHICH EXPLAINS THE NAME HIPPOPOTAMUS, MEANING 'RIVER HORSE' IN GREEK. ENJOY YOUR FRIDAY AND YOUR WEEKEND. FROM THE TEAM BEHIND MIDDAY NEWS, GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND TRACEY DAWSON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.