IT'S MIDDAY. CAN OUR PRISON NUMBERS BE CUT BY A THIRD IN 15 YEARS? ONE EXPERT SAYS NOT UNLESS THE GOVERNMENT CHANGES OUR DYSFUNCTIONAL BAIL LAWS. WAGING AN INFORMATION WAR. THE ACTIVISTS SECRETLY SENDING BANNED WESTERN MOVIES AND MUSIC TO NORTH KOREA. AND THE MURDER MYSTERY INVOLVING A PRIEST AND A BEAUTY QUEEN FINALLY GOES TO TRIAL IN AMERICA AFTER MORE THAN 50 YEARS. CAPTIONS BY JUNE YEOW AND STARSHA SAMARASINGHE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017 AHI AHI MARIE, GOOD AFTERNOON. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WANTS TO REDUCE THE PRISON POPULATION BY 30% OVER THE NEXT 15 YEARS, SO IT CAN AXE PLANS TO BUILD A NEW JAIL THAT'S EXPECTED TO COST TAX PAYERS ALMOST $1B. BUT SOME EXPERTS THINK MINISTERS ARE ON THE WRONG TRACK TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL, AND THE TARGET CAN BE REACHED A LOT EARLIER IF THEY TAKE THE RIGHT APPROACH. JORDAN OPPERT HAS MORE. WE DON'T WANT MORE PRISONS ` THAT'S THE MESSAGE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER, DESPITE CURRENT PROJECTIONS WE'LL NEED A NEW PRISON EVERY 3-4 YEARS. ANY RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT HAS TO ASK THE QUESTION, 'WHAT IS GOING ON?' SO WE HAVE SET SOME ASPIRATIONS THAT WE WANT TO SEE. SAFETY, OF COURSE, IS OUR PARAMOUNT CONSIDERATION. ONE EXPERT SAYS THAT'S THE TRACK WE'RE HEADING DOWN IF ANDREW LITTLE'S PLANS ARE ANYTHING TO GO BY. HE SAYS THAT INTRODUCING MORE DRUG TREATMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMMES ISN'T THE ANSWER. INSTEAD, OUR BAIL LAW THAT WAS INTRODUCED IN 2013 NEEDS TO BE AMENDED. THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE PROJECTED THAT IT WOULD ONLY ADD ANOTHER 50 PEOPLE ON REMAND, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY ADDED 1500 PRISONERS ON REMAND. THAT'S PUTTING PRESSURE ON OUR PRISON POPULATION, AND THE PRIME MINISTER ADMITS IT NEEDS TO BE RE-LOOKED AT. CORRECTIONS HAVE SAID TO US, 'ACTUALLY, WE'VE GOT SOME IMMEDIATE PRESSURES RIGHT NOW. 'YOU MIGHT HAVE THIS AGENDA, BUT TODAY WE HAVE THESE PRESSURES.' AND SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT. AND IF THE RIGHT APPROACH IS TAKEN, THIS EXPERT SAYS LABOUR'S ASPIRATION IS MORE THAN REALISTIC. WELL, I THINK IN FACT IT COULD BE REDUCED TO 40% TO 50% IT'S NOT A DIFFICULT THING TO DO IF YOU TARGET THE RIGHT ASPECTS OF THE SYSTEM. LABOUR'S BACK IN CABINET TODAY, WHERE HOPEFULLY ITS HOPED PLANS TO CHANGE BAIL LAWS WILL GET UNDERWAY. JORDAN OPPERT, 1 NEWS THE NEW GOVERNMENT LOOKS DIVIDED OVER JUST HOW NEW SCHEMES AIMED AT GETTING YOUNG PEOPLE INTO JOBS ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO WORK. REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MINISTER SHANE JONES WANTS TO INTRODUCE 'WORK FOR THE DOLE' SCHEMES, WHICH WOULD MEAN SANCTIONS FOR THOSE REFUSING TO TAKE PART. BUT LABOUR HAS DISTANCED ITSELF FROM THE IDEA, INSTEAD CALLING IT 'READY FOR WORK', AND SAYING IT'S NOT ABOUT FORCING PEOPLE INTO EMPLOYMENT. WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS ACTUALLY GENUINE WORK WHICH SHOULD LEAD ON TO OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, WHERE YOU WOULD BE PAID A LEGAL WAGE. KEEPING IN MIND, OF COURSE, THAT THE DOLE IS LESS THAN THAT, SO IT'D BE AT A HIGHER RATE. WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEONE DOESN'T WANT TO WORK? THOSE ARE ALL THE DETAILS MR JONES WANTS TO BRING BEFORE CABINET. JACINDA ARDERN WOULDN'T COMMENT ON WHETHER SHE SUPPORTS THE IDEA OF SANCTIONS OR PENALTIES BEING PLACED ON YOUNG PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO TAKE UP OFFERS OF WORK. THE SALVATION ARMY IS WARNING OF A LOOMING SHORTAGE OF AGED-CARE WORKERS, BECAUSE OF CUTS TO IMMIGRATION AND AN AGEING POPULATION. IN A REPORT CO-AUTHORED BY ST ANDREW'S RETIREMENT VILLAGE, IT PREDICTS AS MANY AS 18,000 EXTRA CARE WORKERS WILL BE NEEDED WITHIN THE NEXT DECADE. HOWEVER, ST ANDREW'S SAYS JUST 15% OF THE JOB APPLICATIONS IT GETS ARE FROM KIWIS, AND IT RELIES HEAVILY ON IMMIGRANTS. THE REPORT RECOMMENDS THE GOVERNMENT WORKS WITH THE SECTOR TO DEVELOP A PLAN FOR THE AGED-CARE WORKFORCE. THERE'S A WARNING TO HAYFEVER SUFFERERS THAT THIS SUMMER COULD BE ONE OF THE WORST YET. AN UNUSUALLY HOT NOVEMBER'S INCREASED POLLEN PRODUCTIVITY, AND THIS SUMMER'S SET TO GET HOTTER. AN EXPERT SAYS OPEN, RURAL AREAS GENERALLY HAVE THE MOST POLLEN IN THE ATMOSPHERE DUE TO THE INCREASE IN AGRICULTURE. THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR A YOUNG WOMAN MISSING IN CANTERBURY. EMMA BEATTIE (20) HASN'T BEEN SEEN SINCE SHE LEFT HER HOME IN RANGIORA ON FRIDAY NIGHT. TODAY'S SEARCH IS FOCUSED ON THE ASHLEY RIVER AREA AGAIN. WE'VE GOT 8 TEAMS OUT IN THE FIELD, 35 PEOPLE IN TOTAL. WE'VE ALSO GOT A DOG TEAM WORKING AS WELL. AND WE'RE CONCENTRATING ON THE ASHLEY RIVER, SOME AREAS DOWN THERE, AND ALSO SOME BUILDINGS AND HEDGES AS WELL. YESTERDAY'S SEARCH WAS SUSPENDED DUE TO 26-DEGREE HEAT. THE SAME IS FORECAST FOR TODAY. OVERSEAS ` AND A GROUP OF SOUTH KOREAN ACTIVISTS ARE TRYING TO TAKE DOWN NORTH KOREA FROM WITHIN. EVERY WEEK THEY SMUGGLE USB STICKS LOADED WITH BANNED WESTERN MOVIES, MUSIC, AND INFORMATION TO THE NORTH. THEY WANT TO SHOW PEOPLE LIVING THERE THAT THERE IS LIFE OUTSIDE THEIR STRICT SECRETIVE NATION, IN THE HOPE IT'LL SPARK A REVOLUTION. THE ABC'S MATTHEW CARNEY REPORTS. THIS RARE GRAINY VIDEO SHOWS A REVOLUTION TAKING PLACE INSIDE NORTH KOREA. IN SECRET, THEY'RE WATCHING A SOUTH KOREA VARIETY PROGRAMME, TRANSFIXED BY AN UNKNOWN WORLD OF FOR WEALTH AND PROSPERITY. AS PORTRAITS OF THE GREAT AND DEAR LEADERS HANG ABOVE, EVER-WATCHFUL. IT'S A SIMPLE ACT THAT CAN MEAN A DEATH SENTENCE IN NORTH KOREA. (SPEAKS KOREAN) TRANSLATOR: WE WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE OF FREEDOM TO THE NORTH KOREAN PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED FOR 70 YEARS WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY. FROM SEOUL IN SOUTH KOREA, A NETWORK OF NORTH KOREA DEFECTORS AND ACTIVISTS ARE WAGING AN INFORMATION WAR. CHEOL HWAN KANG AND HIS ORGANISATION ` THE NORTH KOREAN STRATEGY CENTRE ` HAVE ALREADY SENT ACROSS 4000 USB FLASHDRIVES THIS YEAR, FILLED WITH SOUTH KOREAN DRAMAS AND DOCUMENTARIES, K-POP AND WESTERN FILMS. (POP MUSIC) (SPEAKS KOREAN) TRANSLATOR: OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO CHANGE THE MINDSET OF NORTH KOREAN PEOPLE, TO ENCOURAGE AN UPRISING, TO DEMOLISH A REGIME THAT KEEPS THEM AS SLAVES. MOST OF THE USBs ARE SMUGGLED INTO NORTH KOREA ALONG ITS 1400KM BORDER WITH CHINA. THERE ARE SEVERAL NETWORKS SMUGGLING THEM IN. (SPEAKS KOREAN) OUR ACTIVITY HURTS THE REGIME, SO IF WE KEEP PUNCHING CONFIDENTLY, WE CAN KNOCK THE REGIME OUT. IT'S VERY RISKY BUSINESS. THIS OPERATIVE WAS CAUGHT INSIDE NORTH KOREA WITH USBs. HE WAS IMPRISONED AND TORTURED, AND RELEASED AFTER A LARGE BRIBE WAS PAID. ONLY HIS CHINESE NATIONALITY SAVED HIM. (SPEAKS KOREAN) TRANSLATOR: NORTH KOREA IS LIKE BARREN SOIL. THE PEOPLE ARE SO EAGER TO SEE THINGS THEY DON'T KNOW. THEY WALK HOURS SO THEY CAN WATCH NEW MATERIAL. THE AMBITION IS BIG, AND THE PLANS ARE LO-TECH AND LOW BUDGET. BUT THE DEFECTORS ARE CONVINCED THAT FREEING PEOPLE'S MINDS IS THE BEST WAY TO CHANGING THE REGIME IN NORTH KOREA. AMERICA'S NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR SAYS NORTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS POSE THE GREATEST THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES AND TO THE WORLD. THE COMMENTS COME ON THE EVE OF THE LARGEST EVER JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE BETWEEN THE US AND SOUTH KOREAN FORCES. PYONGYANG HAS CALLED THE DRILL A DIRECT PROVOCATION. HERE'S THE BBC'S LAURA BICKER. WEAPONS EXPERTS HAVE DESCRIBED THE LATEST NORTH KOREAN MISSILE AS A BEAST, CAPABLE OF STRIKING THE US MAINLAND. THERE WERE CELEBRATIONS IN PYONGYANG ` A STAGED EVENT ` TO DECLARE THAT NUCLEAR NATION WAS BECOMING A NUCLEAR NATION. THIS IS SOMETHING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS SAID IT WILL NOT ACCEPT. SPEAKING AT A DEFENCE FORUM, THE US NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER HAD THIS WARNING: THERE ARE WAYS TO ADDRESS THIS TROUBLE, SHORT OF ARMED CONFLICT. BUT IT IS A RACE BECAUSE HE'S GETTING CLOSE AND CLOSER. AND THERE'S NOT MUCH TIME LEFT. THE US IS KEEPING A SHOW OF FORCE IN THE KOREAN PENINSULA, AND STEALTH FIGHTERS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED TO THE REGION AS PART OF THE LARGEST AIR EXERCISE EVER HELD WITH SOUTH KOREA. THEY'VE BEEN DUBBED AS 'WAR GAMES'. THE US HAS MADE IT CLEAR IT DOES NOT WANT WAR WITH NORTH KOREA, BUT KIM JONG-UN HAS CONTINUED TO BUILD MISSILES, AND SANCTIONS HAVE NOT STOPPED HIM. THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IS RUNNING OUT OF DIPLOMATIC OPTIONS. I'M GOING TO URGE THE PENTAGON NOT TO SEND ANY MORE DEPENDENTS TO SOUTH KOREA. SOUTH KOREA SHOULD BE AN UNACCOMPANIED TOUR. IT'S CRAZY TO SEND SPOUSES AND CHILDREN TO SOUTH KOREA, GIVEN THE PROVOCATION OF NORTH KOREA. MILITARY EXPERTS HAVE WARNED THAT A WAR IN THE KOREAN PENINSULA WOULD HAVE DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES AND THAT NORTH KOREA WOULD BE UTTERLY DESTROYED. THE HOPE MUST BE THAT THE THREAT OF ACTION, ALONGSIDE STRINGENT SANCTIONS, WILL FORCE THE YOUNG KOREAN LEADER TO CHANGE HIS COURSE. US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS ISSUED A FRESH DENIAL THAT HE ASKED FORMER FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY TO DROP AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CONDUCT OF ONE OF HIS TOP AIDES MICHAEL FLYNN. MR TRUMP TWEETED THAT THE FBI'S REPUTATION WAS 'IN TATTERS'. HIS ATTACK CAME AMID A FLURRY OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGED RUSSIAN INVOLVEMENT IN THE US ELECTIONS, AND POSSIBLE COLLUSION WITH THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN. AND MICHAEL FLYNN HAS AGREED TO COOPERATE WITH THAT INVESTIGATION. IT'S PART OF A PLEA DEAL AFTER HE PLEADED GUILTY TO LYING TO THE FBI ABOUT HIS CONTACTS WITH RUSSIA AND THEIR INTERFERENCE INTO LAST YEAR'S ELECTION, DESPITE PRESIDENT TRUMP DECLARING THERE WAS 'ABSOLUTELY NO COLLUSION WITH RUSSIA'. WELL, THE FISH DO NOT COME MUCH BIGGER THAN MICHAEL FLYNN. TO PUT THIS INTO CONTEXT, HE WAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST RANKING OFFICIALS IN THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, AND NOW HE IS THE FBI'S STAR WITNESS. THAT FACT ALONE SEEMS TO INDICATE THAT THE FBI SEEM TO THINK THAT HE HAS HIGHLY DAMAGING INFORMATION WHICH COULD IMPLICATE OTHER PEOPLE EITHER IN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN, THE TRUMP TRANSITION, THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE OR PERHAPS EVEN THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF. RELIEF'S IN SIGHT FOR SOME TOURISTS GROUNDED IN BALI, WITH VIRGIN AND JETSTAR SET TO RESUME FLIGHTS FROM THE HOLIDAY HOTSPOT. BUT A WEEK OF DISRUPTED SERVICES AND CANCELLATIONS BECAUSE OF MT AGUNG'S ERUPTION IS STARTING TO IMPACT ON THE ISLAND'S CRUCIAL TOURISM INDUSTRY. HERE'S CHANNEL NINE'S EDDY MEYER. THE AIRPORT MAY BE OPEN, BUT AGAIN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS, TOURISTS IN BALI WERE LEFT AT THE MERCY OF A VOLCANO. I JUST FOUND OUT THAT IT'S BEEN CANCELLED. VERY SAD. BUT TONIGHT, JETSTAR AND VIRGIN HAVE PUT ON NINE FLIGHTS AFTER ANOTHER WIND CHANGE. QANTAS' ONLY FLIGHT TONIGHT WILL REMAIN CANCELLED. THE FLIGHTS RESUME TOMORROW. WITH MT AGUNG STILL SPEWING ASH, TOURISTS AREN'T RISKING TRAVELLING TO BALI, AND THAT'S STARTED TO HURT THE LOCAL ECONOMY. WE DON'T KNOW IF SOMETHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN OR IF IT DOES, HOW BAD IT WILL BE, SO A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IF THEY SHOULD COME OR IF THEY SHOULD NOT COME. SO THEY'RE JUST CHOOSING TO GO TO OTHER PLACES. THIS WORKER SAYS THERE'S NOT A SINGLE GUEST IN HER HOTEL, AND 10 RESERVATIONS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED THIS MONTH. THIS HOTEL MANAGER SAYS ALMOST 90% OF HIS GUESTS HAVE CANCELLED THEIR BOOKINGS. SURFBOARD RENTALS HAVE DROPPED BY HALF, RESTAURANT STAFF SIT IDLE. AUTHORITIES SAY BALI NEEDS TO FIND WAYS TO OVERCOME THE EFFECTS OF EVENTS SUCH AS MT AGUNG, GIVEN TOURISM IS SUCH A CRITICAL INDUSTRY. THE EFFECTS ON TENS OF THOUSANDS OF LOCALS CAUSED TO FLEE THEIR HOMES IS UNCERTAIN TOO. TWO AUSSIES ARE TRYING TO HELP ` JULIE CALLAGHAN WHO LIVES IN BALI PART OF THE YEAR, AND HER DAUGHTER WHO'S BEEN STRANDED BY CANCELLED FLIGHTS HAVE SPENT HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS ON SUPPLIES. I WAS TOLD THAT LOTS OF THEIR TENTS ARE LEAKING AND THEY'VE GOT NO GROUND COVER, SO I BOUGHT TARPS AND BAGS OF RICE. THE BIG HIT, THOUGH, TOYS. AND ACROSS THE DITCH, OUR AUSTRALIAN FRIENDS HAVE CHOSEN TO INCLUDE US IN THEIR WORD OF THE YEAR. THEY'VE PICKED 'KWAUSSIE' AS THE WINNER, MEANING A KIWI LIVING IN AUSSIE, OR SOMEONE WHO HAS DUAL AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND CITIZENSHIP. AND IT COMES A DAY AFTER FORMER DEPUTY PM BARNABY JOYCE, BOOTED OUT OF AUSTRALIA'S PARLIAMENT BECAUSE OF HIS DUAL KIWI CITIZENSHIP, CLAIMED A STUNNING BY-ELECTION WIN TO RETURN TO HIS SEAT. CHANNEL NINE'S LANE CALCUTT HAS MORE. BARNABY JOYCE HANDED HIS TICKET BACK TO CANBERRA, ALL CHANT: BARNABY, BARNABY! AFTER A FIST-PUMPING VICTORY IN NEW ENGLAND. I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY HUMBLED I AM. WITH THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER BACK ON BOARD, THE PRIME MINISTER IS HOPING THE WIN WILL FIX THE CRACKS IN THE COALITION. BARNABY, THIS IS A GREAT VICTORY. IT IS A DEMONSTRATION OF THE STRENGTH OF THE COALITION. SOME NATIONALS HAVE BROKEN RANKS IN RECENT WEEKS. THEIR CAPTAIN IS PROMISING TO PULL THEM INTO LINE. WHO DO I WANT RUNNING THIS COUNTRY? MALCOLM TURNBULL OR DO I WANT BILL SHORTEN? WHICH ONE DO I WANT? I'M GOING WITH THIS ONE. ONLY IF THE BUDGET'S ON TRACK FOR BALANCE IN 2021. THESE THINGS ARE FINALISED IN THE LEAD-UP TO EVERY BUDGET WHEN YOU HAVE ALL THE NUMBERS. HE'S THREATENING TO USE HIS NUMBERS IN THE PARLIAMENT TO REFER LABOUR MPS TO THE HIGH COURT OVER THEIR CITIZENSHIP STATUS. ALTHOUGH, HE SAYS, HE'S CONFIDENT THERE ARE NO FURTHER PROBLEMS ON HIS SIDE, VOWING TO LEAD THE COALITION TO VICTORY AT THE NEXT ELECTION, THE PRIME MINISTER IS NOW TRYING TO TURN THE HEAT ON BILL SHORTEN OVER LABOUR SENATOR SAM DASTYARI AND HIS QUESTIONABLE CONNECTIONS TO CHINESE GOVERNMENT LINKED OWNERS. IT'S TIME FOR BILL SHORTEN TO SHOW THAT HE'S REALLY ON AUSTRALIA'S SIDE AND BOOT DASTYARI OUT. SUGGESTING THE SENATOR COULD BE INVESTIGATED BY SECURITY AGENCIES. THERE IS A NUMBER OF FACTS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, AND IT IS A MATTER FOR THE RELEVANT AGENCIES. A LABOUR SOURCE SAID THE COMMENTS WERE DISGUSTING, AND THE PRIME MINISTER WAS PRACTICALLY BEGGING THE AGENCIES TO INVESTIGATE HIS OPPONENTS. A DECADES-OLD MURDER MYSTERY INVOLVING A PRIEST AND AN AMERICAN BEAUTY QUEEN HAS FINALLY BEEN BROUGHT TO TRIAL. THE ABC'S MARCI GONZALEZ HAS THE DETAILS. USING A WALKER HEADING INTO COURT, THIS FORMER PRIEST (84) NOW ON TRIAL, CHARGED WITH MURDERING A SOUTH TEXAS TEACHER NEARLY SIX DECADES AGO. IRENE GARZA WAS LAST SEEN ALIVE GOING INTO CONFESSION WITH THEN FATHER JOHN FEIT AT EASTER WEEKEND 1960. IRENE GARZA WENT INTO A CHURCH TRUSTING THAT HER SOUL WOULD BE SAVED, BUT IT WAS SUFFOCATED. THE 25-YEAR-OLD BEAUTY QUEEN'S BODY FOUND FIVE DAYS LATER IN A CANAL. AMONG THE EVIDENCE SHARED IN COURT THIS WEEK, GARZA'S TATTERED CLOTHING AND A HANDWRITTEN NOTE REFERENCING A PHOTO VIEWER FOUND AT THE SCENE. THE NOTE READS, 'THIS VIEWER BELONGS TO FR JOHN FEIT.' FEIT, WHO'S PLEADED NOT GUILTY, WAS REPORTEDLY QUESTIONED BY POLICE SOON AFTER GARZA'S DISAPPEARANCE, BUT HE WAS EVENTUALLY RULED OUT AS A POSSIBLE SUSPECT. A FORMER LOCAL NEWS ANCHOR TESTIFIED ABOUT HIS CONVERSATION WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AT THE TIME. HE KNEW THAT JOHN FEIT HAD COMMITTED THE MURDER. THE COLD CASE REOPENED DECADES LATER. A GRAND JURY FINALLY INDICTING FEIT BASED ON NEW, STILL UNDISCLOSED, EVIDENCE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` BRITISH PRIME MINISTER COMES UNDER NEW PRESSURE TO GET TOUGH OVER BREXIT ON THE EVE OF CRUCIAL TALKS IN BRUSSELS. PLUS ` A HUGE CRASH AT THE CYCLING WORLD CHAMPS AS OUR MENS' TEAM PURSUIT CHASE GOLD. BRITISH PRIME MINISTER THERESA MAY IS FACING INCREASING PRESSURE TO ADOPT A TOUGHER LINE DURING BREXIT NEGOTIATIONS. AN INFLUENTIAL GROUP OF BREXIT SUPPORTERS ARE URGING HER TO REFUSE TO SETTLE THE UK'S SO CALLED 'DIVORCE BILL' WITH BRUSSELS. SHE FLIES THERE TOMORROW TO MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION. THE BBC'S ALEX FORSYTH REPORTS. THEY'VE MET PLENTY OF TIMES BEFORE, ALWAYS APPEARING FRIENDLY, BUT THERE'S A LOT RIDING ON THEIR GET-TOGETHER TOMORROW ` WHETHER EU LEADERS CAN BE PERSUADED TO MOVE BREXIT TALKS ON LATER THIS MONTH, WHILE BACK HOME, SOME OF HER MPS HAVE UPPED THE PRESSURE. A HANDFUL OF BREXIT-BACKING TORIES HAVE WRITTEN TO THE PRIME MINISTER LAYING DOWN CONDITIONS THEY WANT MET, INCLUDING A PROMISE THAT THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE WILL CEASE TO HAVE ANY JURISDICTION OVER THE UK. WHEN IT COMES TO THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE, THERESA MAY HAS SIGNALLED IT WILL HAVE A ROLE DURING ANY TRANSITION PERIOD, BUT NOT AFTER, THOUGH SOME ARDENT BREXITEERS FEAR THERE COULD BE COMPROMISE, AS THE EU WANTS IT TO KEEP OVERSEEING CITIZENS' RIGHTS. TODAY THE GOVERNMENT INSISTED EUROPEAN LAW WOULD NOT HOLD SWAY OVER BRITISH LAW, AND HAD A WARNING FOR BACK-BENCHERS. THE SUPREME COURT WILL DECIDE WHAT THE LAW OF THE COUNTRY IS IN THIS COUNTRY, AS VOTED ON BY PARLIAMENT. THAT IS THE BIG THING THAT THERESA MAY HAS ACHIEVED. BUT THERE ARE COMPETING VIEWS OVER SEVERAL ASPECTS OF THESE TALKS ` THE ISLAND OF IRELAND WILL BE WHERE THE UK MEETS THE EU, ALL AGREEING THERE SHOULD BE NO HARD BORDER, BUT TODAY THE IRISH GOVERNMENT STILL WASN'T CONVINCED AS TO HOW THAT CAN BE ACHIEVED. THE IRISH GOVERNMENT IS NOT BEING UNREASONABLE HERE. WE'RE SIMPLY ASKING QUESTIONS THAT NEED MORE CREDIBLE ANSWERS BEFORE WE CAN ALLOW THIS PROCESS TO MOVE ON TO PHASE TWO. TOMORROW'S MEETING IS A CRUCIAL STEP IN DECIDING WHETHER ENOUGH HAS BEEN DONE. THE OUTCOME IS VITAL, BUT FAR FROM CERTAIN. TO MIDDAY SPORT ` AND BLACKCAPS BOWLER MITCHELL SANTNER HAS MADE THE EARLY BREAKTHROUGH ON DAY FOUR OF THE FIRST TEST AGAINST THE WEST INDIES AS THE TOURISTS TRY TO DESPERATELY SAVE THE MATCH IN WELLINGTON. SANTNER TRAPPING BATSMAN KRAIGG BRAITHWAITE OUT LBW, JUST NINE RUNS SHORT OF HIS SEVENTH TEST MATCH TON. (EXCLAIMS) THAT'S OUT, MAYBE. THAT MAY BE OUT. THE LINE HITTING. IAN, I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET YOU TO CHANGE YOUR DECISION. BIG BREAKTHROUGH FOR NEW ZEALAND. A TERRIFIC REVIEW. SHAI HOPE (24) LOOKED GOOD AT THE CREASE, BEFORE FALLING JUST MOMENTS AGO FOR 37, THE WEST INDIES NOW 257 FOR FOUR, NEEDING A FURTHER 129 RUNS TO MAKE THE BLACKCAPS BAT AGAIN. ACROSS THE DITCH ` AND NOTHING IS GOING ENGLAND'S WAY IN THE SECOND ASHES TEST IN ADELAIDE AS THE TOURISTS FINISHED DAY TWO AT 29 FOR ONE. AFTER A GRITTY CENTURY FROM SHAUN MARSH AND AN EARLY WICKET FROM A FIERY MITCHELL STARC BEFORE STUMPS, THE AUSSIES TIGHTENED THEIR GRIP OVER THE LANGUISHING VISITORS. THE SIDES HEAD INTO DAY THREE LATER TODAY WITH ENGLAND TRAILING THE AUSSIES BY A COLOSSAL 413 RUNS. STAYING WITH CRICKET, AND A BLANKET OF SMOG HAS WRECKED HAVOC IN THE THIRD AND FINAL TEST MATCH BETWEEN INDIA AND SRI LANKA IN DELHI. THE AIR POLLUTION PROMPTING INDIAN SKIPPER VIRAT KOHLI TO DECLARE EARLY, AFTER HIS CAREER-BEST 243 LED INDIA TO 536 FOR 7. THE SMOG SO TOXIC, PLAYERS VOMITED AS THEY RETURNED TO THE DRESSING ROOM AFTER THEY WERE FORCED TO WEAR MASKS ON THE PITCH. NEW ZEALAND HAS CLAIMED ANOTHER GOLD MEDAL AT THE TRACK CYCLING WORLD CUP IN CANADA. THE MEN'S TEAM PURSUIT COMBINATION WAS WELL BEHIND THE HOME TEAM IN THE FINAL, TRAILING BY MORE THAN A SECOND, BUT THEY CLAWED IT BACK AFTER THEIR OPPOSITION MADE A HUGE MISTAKE. ONE OF THE cANADIAN Riders hits. That was incredible. THE KIWIS EVENTUALLY WINNING GOLD BY NEARLY A SECOND, AS THE BATTERED CANADIANS LIMPED HOME. THE WOMEN'S COMBINATION OF RACQUEL SHEATH AND MICHAELA DRUMMOND COLLECTED BRONZE IN THE MADISON, WHILE SPRINTER ETHAN MITCHELL HAS HAD TO SETTLE FOR SILVER AFTER LOSING 2-NIL TO DUTCH RIDER JEFFERY HOOGLAND IN THE INDIVIDUAL SPRINT FINAL. KIWI DRIVER MITCH EVANS LANDED HIS BEST EVER FINISH IN THE SEASON OPENING FORMULA-E EVENT IN HONG KONG. THE 23-YEAR-OLD WAS HOLDING THIRD POSITION FOR MORE THAN HALF OF THE RACE BEFORE TAKING TO THE PIT STOP. IS HE IS FRONT OF MITCH EVANS? LET'S SEE. YES, EVANS LOST SO MUCH TIME IN THE PIT! MITCH EVANS LOST FIVE SECONDS! EVANS FIGHTING BACK AND FINISHING IN FOURTH, BUT WAS LATER PROMOTED TO THE PODIUM AFTER GERMAN WINNER DANIEL ABT WAS DISQUALIFIED FOLLOWING A POST RACE INSPECTION. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE REST OF TODAY'S WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THANKS FOR YOUR COMPANY. FROM THE 1NEWS MIDDAY TEAM, GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY JUNE YEOW AND STARSHA SAMARASINGHE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.