IT'S MIDDAY. HE WAS ONCE CONSIDERED 'AMERICA'S DAD'. DISGRACED FORMER TV STAR BILL COSBY IS SENTENCED TO PRISON. THE PM MEETS THE PRESIDENT. WHAT DID THEY DISCUSS? JACINDA ARDERN CONTINUES TO CHARM IN NEW YORK. AND DONALD TRUMP COULD PROBABLY DO WITH SOME POINTERS FROM THE PM AS THE US PRESIDENT IS LAUGHED AT BY THE UNITED NATIONS. CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND ALEX WALKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 FORMER COMEDIAN BILL COSBY HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO THREE TO 10 YEARS IN STATE PRISON FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT. COSBY WAS FOUND GUILTY OF THREE COUNTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AGAINST A WOMAN IN APRIL. THE 81-YEAR-OLD HAS ALSO BEEN NAMED AS A SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR. THE ABC'S LINDSAY DAVID IS IN PENNSYLVANIA WITH THE LATEST. MR COSBY, ANY COMMENT, SIR? TONIGHT, BILL COSBY IS SPENDING HIS FIRST NIGHT BEHIND BARS AFTER EMERGING FROM THE COURTROOM IN HANDCUFFS TODAY, SENTENCED TO THREE TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON. JUST AFTER SENTENCING, ANDREA CONSTAND, THE WOMAN WHO COSBY WAS FOUND GUILTY OF DRUGGING AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTING, WITH A SMILE, EMBRACING FORMER MODEL JANICE DICKINSON, JUST ONE OF ROUGHLY A DOZEN COSBY ACCUSERS WHO SAT IN COURT TO WITNESS THIS MOMENT, HOLDING HANDS WITH SILENT TEARS AND FERVENT NODS AS THE JUDGE DELIVERED WHAT THEY ARE CALLING JUSTICE. DID YOU EVER THINK THAT THIS DAY WAS GONNA COME? TEARFULLY: I DREAMT OF THIS DAY FOR 32 YEARS. THE JUDGE ALSO RULED TODAY THAT COSBY WILL BE CLASSIFIED AS A SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR. WHILE COSBY CHOSE TO STAY SILENT, A PORTION OF CONSTAND'S VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT WAS READ BY THE JUDGE. COSBY'S WIFE OF 54 YEARS, CAMILLE COSBY, WAS ABSENT TODAY. BUT HIS PUBLICIST BLASTED THE TRIAL. THIS HAS BEEN THE MOST RACIST AND SEXIST TRIAL IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. COSBY PLANS TO APPEAL HIS CONVICTION. IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD ` 34 MONTHS SINCE HIS ARREST. THE FORMER FACE OF JELL-O AND COCA-COLA TONIGHT PICTURED IN THIS BOOKING PHOTO. THE ONCE-BELOVED TV DAD TOLD BY THE JUDGE THAT NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW. YOU ARE A SINFUL AND DISGUSTING HUMAN BEING, AND UNTIL YOUR DEATH, YOU DESERVE EVERY BIT OF SUFFERING THAT JAIL TIME AND PRISON MIGHT BRING TO YOU. JUST HOURS AFTER THE DEFENCE ARGUED COSBY (81) IS TOO BLIND AND INFIRM FOR PRISON, COSBY SEEN HERE WALKING INTO THE COUNTRY JAIL. JACINDA ARDERN'S CONTINUING TO MAKE MEDIA WAVES IN THE BIG APPLE. THE PRIME MINISTER APPEARED ON ANOTHER HIGH-PROFILE TALK SHOW, WHERE SHE SPOKE ABOUT JUGGLING MOTHERHOOD AND LEADERSHIP AND ALSO SPEAKING WITH DONALD TRUMP. EMILY VAN VELTHOOVEN HAS THE DETAILS. FACE-TO-FACE WITH THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD ` JACINDA ARDERN SHARING A BRIEF AUDIENCE WITH DONALD TRUMP. LOOK, IT WAS AT A RECEPTION, SO OBVIOUSLY HE'S MEETING WELL OVER 100 LEADERS ` PRETTY QUICK INTERACTIONS. BUT THE CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT ISSUES STILL OF SUBSTANCE IN THAT BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME I THINK WAS HELPFUL, FROM NEW ZEALAND'S PERSPECTIVE. WE WANT TO KEEP ON THE AGENDA ISSUES AROUND, FOR INSTANCE, STEEL AND ALUMINIUM. THE ISSUE OF THE US PRESIDENT AND HIS LEADERSHIP WAS A TOPIC FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S SECOND HIGH-PROFILE TALK SHOW APPEARANCE AS SHE SAT DOWN WITH CNN'S CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR. GLOBALISATION HAS FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGED THE EXPERIENCES OF WORKERS ACROSS THE WORLD, AND WE HAVE TO CHALLENGE OURSELVES AND SAY, 'DID WE RESPOND ADEQUATELY TO THAT? 'DID WE GIVE THAT FINANCIAL SECURITY?' MS AMANPOUR ALSO ASKED THE QUESTION EVERYONE'S WANTING THE ANSWER TO ` HOW DO YOU LEAD A COUNTRY WITH A NEWBORN? THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS SHE WANTS TO INSPIRE OTHERS. I WANT TO NORMALISE IT, AND I DO THINK THAT IF WE WANT TO MAKE OUR WORKPLACES MORE PERMISSIVE, MORE OPEN, THEN WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE LOGISTICAL CHALLENGES THAT COME WITH THAT. BY BEING A BIT MORE OPEN, IT MIGHT CREATE A PATH FOR OTHER WOMEN. THEY ALSO SHARED A LAUGH ABOUT NEW ZEALAND'S FREQUENT ABSENCE ON WORLD MAPS. IT'S GOOD, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY ON EVERY MAP THAT'S OUT THERE. SERIOUSLY? NO, IT'S ACTUALLY A REAL PROBLEM. (CHUCKLES) WE'VE HAD A CAMPAIGN AROUND IT. THERE ARE MAPS WHERE WE ARE MISSING. NO! THAT'S ACTUALLY TRUE. BUT WHILE THE PRIME MINISTER IS PUTTING NEW ZEALAND ON THE MAP WITH HER TALK SHOW APPEARANCES, ONE KIWI DUO DID MANAGE TO BRIEFLY STEAL THE SPOTLIGHT. PLEASE WELCOME FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) JEMAINE CLEMENT AND BRET MCKENZIE SAT DOWN ON THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT, WHERE MS ARDERN IS BOOKED TO APPEAR TOMORROW AFTERNOON. UM, HEY, JACINDA. WE HAVE AN IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR YOU. CAN WE COME FOR DINNER? (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) NEW ZEALAND CERTAINLY PUTTING ITS BEST FOOT FORWARD IN THE BIG APPLE THIS WEEK. EMILY VAN VELTHOOVEN, 1 NEWS. IN A SPEECH TO THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS PRAISED HIS ADMINISTRATION FOR THEIR WORK SINCE HE TOOK OFFICE. HE ALSO ATTACKED THE IRANIAN LEADERSHIP AND SAID AMERICA WAS REJECTING GLOBALISATION IN FAVOUR OF PATRIOTISM. THE BBC'S JON SOPEL REPORTS FROM NEW YORK. WHEN ROADS ARE CLOSED FOR YOU AND RED LIGHTS REALLY AREN'T A THING, THERE'S NOT MUCH EXCUSE FOR BEING HALF AN HOUR LATE FOR A JOURNEY OF LESS THAN A MILE. BUT DONALD TRUMP MISSED HIS SPEAKING SLOT THIS MORNING AND MADE HIMSELF EVEN LATER BY STOPPING TO TALK TO REPORTERS ON HIS WAY IN. BUT WHEN HE DID GET UNDERWAY, HE WENT ON A BIT OF A VICTORY LAP ` WITH UNEXPECTED CONSEQUENCES. IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS, MY ADMINISTRATION HAS ACCOMPLISHED MORE THAN ALMOST ANY ADMINISTRATION IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. AMERICA'S` SO TRUE. (LAUGHTER) (CHUCKLES) DIDN'T EXPECT THAT REACTION, BUT THAT'S OK. (LAUGHTER, LIGHT APPLAUSE) THE AUDIENCE JUST GIGGLED. US PRESIDENTS ARE OCCASIONALLY REVILED, SOMETIMES ADORED, BUT THEY'RE RARELY LAUGHED AT. LAST YEAR, HE THREATENED TO DESTROY NORTH KOREA AND TAUNTED 'LITTLE ROCKET MAN'. WHAT A DIFFERENCE 12 MONTHS MAKES. THE MISSILES AND ROCKETS ARE NO LONGER FLYING IN EVERY DIRECTION. NUCLEAR TESTING HAS STOPPED. BUT IT WASN'T ALL SWEETNESS AND LIGHT. THIS 'AMERICA FIRST' PRESIDENT ROUNDED ON OPEC, THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT AND THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION. HE JUSTIFIED HIS TRADE WAR AGAINST CHINA AND THEN SET OUT A VISION STARKLY AT ODDS WITH THE INTERNATIONALIST AUDIENCE LISTENING TO HIM. WE REJECT THE IDEOLOGY OF GLOBALISM, AND WE EMBRACE THE DOCTRINE OF PATRIOTISM. HIS PRINCIPLE TARGET IN THE SPEECH WAS IRAN. HE CALLED ON NATIONS TO ISOLATE TEHRAN'S RULERS AND SUPPORT ITS PEOPLE. NOT QUITE A CRY FOR REGIME CHANGE, BUT IT'S CLEAR WHERE HE STANDS. AND THE IRANIANS MET FIRE WITH FIRE. (SPEAKS PERSIAN) TRANSLATOR: UNLAWFUL UNILATERAL SANCTIONS IN THEMSELVES CONSTITUTE A FORM OF ECONOMIC TERRORISM AND A BREACH OF THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT. THE IRANIANS AND AMERICANS AVOIDED EACH OTHER OVER LUNCH. BUT AS ALWAYS, DONALD TRUMP WAS THE CENTRE OF ATTENTION, EVEN IF MANY FOUND HIS MESSAGE DISTINCTLY UNCOMFORTABLE. A FORESTRY WORKER IN THE MANAWATU HAS DIED ON THE JOB, TAKING THE NUMBER OF DEATHS IN THE INDUSTRY THIS YEAR TO FIVE. A FIRST UNION SPOKESPERSON SAID THE ORGANISATION WAS 'DISTRAUGHT' TO LEARN ABOUT THE MAN'S DEATH AND SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE TO CAMPAIGN FOR A SAFER INDUSTRY. YESTERDAY, ROTORUA-BASED OPERATOR 'CROPP LOGGING' WAS ALSO SENTENCED IN THE TAURANGA DISTRICT COURT FOR FAILING TO PROPERLY INDUCT A WORKER WHO DIED AS A RESULT OF WORKPLACE INJURIES LAST YEAR. EDITING MOSQUITO GENES COULD WIPE OUT THE SPECIES ALTOGETHER. THAT'S THE FINDINGS FROM OTAGO UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS WHO SAY IT IS POSSIBLE, ALTHOUGH THE TECHNOLOGY IS STILL A LONG WAY OFF. PROFESSOR PETER DEARDEN SAYS IT COULD SAVE LIVES IN VULNERABLE PARTS OF THE WORLD. THERE ARE MALARIA-CARRYING MOSQUITOES IN LOTS OF PARTS OF THE WORLD, AND OF COURSE, MOSQUITOES DO CARRY OTHER DISEASES. WE'RE REALLY LUCKY IN NEW ZEALAND THAT NONE OF OUR MOSQUITOES CARRY DISEASES OF IMPORTANCE TO HUMANS, BUT THEY DO CARRY AVIAN MALARIA, WHICH CAUSES PROBLEMS WITH... FOR EXAMPLE, PENGUIN POPULATIONS DOWN HERE IN DUNEDIN HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY AVIAN MALARIA CARRIED BY MOSQUITOES. SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT SORTS OF MALARIA. WE'RE LUCKY THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY HUMAN ONES. THEY PREDICT IT WOULD TAKE SEVEN TO 10 GENERATIONS, WHICH, DEPENDING ON THE CLIMATE, COULD ONLY BE A MATTER OF MONTHS IN MOZZIE YEARS. THE CHANCES OF BRITAIN HOLDING ANOTHER BREXIT REFERENDUM IS GETTING CLOSER TO A REALITY. THE OPPOSITION LABOUR PARTY SAYS THEY'LL ALMOST CERTAINLY VOTE DOWN ANY BREXIT DEAL PRIME MINISTER THERESA MAY AGREES WITH THE EU. THE BBC'S LAURA KUENSSBERG REPORTS. THE PARTY MIGHT PUSH FOR ANOTHER REFERENDUM THAT COULD GIVE YOU A CHOICE TO REMAIN IN THE EU ` WILDLY POPULAR WITH SOME BUT APPALLING TO OTHERS. FOR MONTHS, LABOUR HAS BEEN EDGING TOWARDS THIS MOMENT. MEMBERS OVERWHELMINGLY BACKED THE IDEA OF HAVING ANOTHER BREXIT REFERENDUM. AND THE LEADERSHIP FORMALISED THE ALMOST INEVITABLE ` THEY ARE ON COURSE TO TRY TO VOTE DOWN THE BREXIT DEAL IN PARLIAMENT. JEREMY CORBYN, DO YOU KNOW WHAT NO ONE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY DOES KNOW YET ` WHAT THE FINAL SHAPE OF THE BREXIT DEAL WILL BE? NO, I DON'T. ALL I KNOW IS THAT THIS GOVERNMENT HAS HAD 27 MONTHS TO NEGOTIATE A BREXIT DEAL. IF YOU DON'T KNOW YET, THEN, THE SHAPE OF THE FINAL DEAL, HOW CAN YOU DECIDE NOW THAT YOU ARE ALMOST CERTAINLY GOING TO VOTE AGAINST IT? I'VE NEVER SAID THAT. I'VE SEE WE WOULD TEST WHATEVER THEY COME BACK WITH. YOUR SHADOW BREXIT SECRETARY HAS SAID TODAY, 'IF THERESA MAY BRINGS BACK A DEAL THAT FAILS OUR TEST ` 'THE LOOKS INCREASINGLY LIKELY ` 'LABOUR WILL VOTE AGAINST IT, NO IFS, NO BUTS.' HE SAID IF THE SIX TESTS ARE NOT MET, WE'LL VOTE AGAINST THE DEAL. WE'VE MADE THAT VERY CLEAR FOR SOME MONTHS NOW. JEREMY CORBYN'S FANS ARE HERE IN VAST NUMBER. YOU'RE TALLER AND BETTER LOOKING. BUT PARTY CONFERENCE IS NOT AN EASY WEEK FOR ANY LEADER, LET ALONE LABOUR AND LET ALONE NOW. AN AUSTRALIAN GIRL AND HER FATHER ARE IN HOSPITAL AFTER A BOMB ` A WWII RELIC ` EXPLODED IN THEIR BACKYARD. CHANNEL 9'S TIFFINY GENDERS REPORTS. SOMEONE MUST HAVE BEEN WATCHING OVER LITTLE ANGEL GLEN LAST NIGHT. A COMFORTING TICKLE AS THE 4-YEAR-OLD IS WHEELED INTO HOSPITAL, SHRAPNEL STILL LODGED INSIDE HER LEG. SHE'S VERY LUCKY SHE'S ALIVE, SO THAT'S THE MAIN THING. HER FATHER, RYAN, ON THE NEXT STRETCHER, ANGUISHED AND IN AGONY, AFTER BRINGING HOME THE WWII WEAPON THAT EXPLODED, INJURING HIS ONLY CHILD. IT SOUNDED LIKE A REALLY BIG GUNSHOT. THE 37-YEAR-OLD WIDOWER HAD FOUND THE OLD MILITARY BOMB WHILE FOSSICKING AT NEARBY BIRUBI BEACH. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING IF A SPARKLER WAS HELD TO THE PROJECTILE, CAUSING IT TO BLOW APART IN THE BACKYARD AND HIT ANGEL. SHE'S GOT SHRAPNEL WOUNDS TO HER LEG AND HIP. AMID FEARS OF ANOTHER BLAST, MORNA POINT ROAD WAS SHUT DOWN AS THE BOMB SQUAD AND ARMY SPECIALISTS MOVED IN. IT WAS TWO HOURS BEFORE LOCALS COULD REST EASY AND THE AMMUNITION WAS TAKEN AWAY. AS PRETTY AS IT LOOKS, BIRUBI BEACH IS A FORMER MILITARY ZONE. THESE SAND DUNES WERE USED FOR BOMBING PRACTICE BY AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN TROOPS, WHO LEFT BEHIND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HIDDEN DANGERS. SEEING THESE ITEMS AT THE BEACH IN THE FIRST PLACE WOULD BE ENOUGH FOR ME NOT TO GO ANYWHERE NEAR IT, LET ALONE PICK THEM UP AND BRING THEM HOME. A MISTAKE THAT COULD SEE THE FATHER CHARGED. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` THE DUCHESS OF SUSSEX STEPS OUT SOLO FOR THE FIRST TIME AND SAMPLES SOME ART FROM THE PACIFIC. THE SMALL DEVICE THAT CAN HELP PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT THEY'D NEVER WALK AGAIN GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. AND BILLY SLATER ESCAPES SUSPENSION. THE MELBOURNE STORM STAR GETS HIS SHOT AT A FAIRY-TALE FINISH TO HIS CAREER. A SMALL ELECTRONIC DEVICE IS HELPING THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN PARALYSED AND NEVER THOUGHT THEY WOULD WALK AGAIN. THE DEVICE IS SURGICALLY INSERTED AT THE BASE OF THE SPINE, AND HAS ALREADY HELPED THREE PATIENTS IN THE U.S. 9 NEWS CORRESPONDENT JULIE SNOOKS EXPLAINS. THEY'RE THE POWERFUL IMAGES GIVING HOPE. WHOO! YEAH! THE MEN AND WOMEN, TOLD THEY WOULD NEVER WALK AGAIN, DEFYING THE ODDS. MY EYES GOT TEARY AND I WAS LIKE, 'OH MY GOD. THAT JUST HAPPENED. 'I JUST TOOK STEPS.' AMERICAN KELLY THOMAS HAS BECOME ONE OF THE FIRST PARAPLEGICS IN THE WORLD TO TAKE THOSE STEPS ON HER OWN. IT'S THANKS TO A NEW DEVICE SURGICALLY IMPLANTED AT THE BASE OF HER SPINE THAT SENDS ELECTRICAL IMPULSES MIMICKING SIGNALS OF THE BRAIN TO THE LEG MUSCLES. TOGETHER WITH INTENSE PHYSIOTHERAPY, THERE ARE NOW THREE PATIENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE AT THE MAYO CLINIC TAKING THESE LIFE-CHANGING STEPS. NOW I THINK OUR REAL CHALLENGE STARTS, AND THAT'S UNDERSTAND HOW THIS HAPPENED, WHY IT HAPPENED AND WHO THE BEST PATIENTS ARE THAT WE CAN HELP, GOING FORWARD. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE SEEN STEPS TAKEN USING NEUROSTIMULATION TECHNOLOGY OR ANY OTHER TECHNOLOGY, SO VERY EXCITING. THERE'S CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM FROM SPINAL CURE AUSTRALIA, WITH THIS TREATMENT STILL IN THE RESEARCH PHASE. BUT EXPERTS SAY WE ARE LIKELY TO SEE SIMILAR WORKS HERE BY EARLY NEXT YEAR. INITIALLY, WE'RE JUST GETTING THE RESULTS OUT OF UCLA FROM PROFESSOR EDGERTON'S LAB. AND TO SEE IT BEING REPLICATED AT OTHER CENTRES, THIS IS EXTREMELY EXCITING, AND THIS IS GONNA BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPORTANT, AS FAR AS SPINAL-CORD RESEARCH GOES. THE DUCHESS OF SUSSEX HAS CARRIED OUT HER FIRST SOLO ROYAL ENGAGEMENT, ATTENDING THE OPENING OF A MAJOR ART EXHIBITION BASED AROUND CULTURES OF OCEANIA, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND. THE SHOW IS THE FIRST MAJOR SURVEY OF PACIFIC ISLAND ART TO BE HELD IN BRITAIN, AND ALSO MARKS THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF CAPTAIN COOK'S FIRST VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC. THE BBC'S WILL GOMPERTZ WAS THERE. WE'RE USED TO A BIT OF A SONG AND DANCE BEING MADE ABOUT AN EXHIBITION OPENING, BUT NOT QUITE ON THIS SCALE. THIS IS THE PACIFIC ISLANDERS' WAY TO MARK THE FIRST EVER SHOW OF THEIR ART AND CULTURE AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY IN LONDON, AN EVENT THAT WAS MADE EVEN MORE SPECIAL WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE DUCHESS OF SUSSEX FOR HER FIRST SOLO OFFICIAL ENGAGEMENT. THE EXHIBITION COVERS AROUND 600 YEARS OF OCEANIC ARTWORKS, FROM THIS CENTURIES-OLD MAORI CARVING TO THESE PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS OF LIFE CASTS TAKEN IN 2010. IT'S ACTUALLY THESE TREASURES FROM THE PAST, AS WELL AS THE CONTEMPORARY WORKS, THAT ARE BUILDING CONNECTIONS AS WELL AS THE CONTEMPORARY WORKS, THAT ARE BUILDING CONNECTIONS AND UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PACIFIC ISLANDERS AND PEOPLE IN BRITAIN AND IN EUROPE. THE EXHIBITION TELLS MANY STORIES. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S CAPTAIN COOK'S PACIFIC EXPEDITIONS IN THE LATE 18TH CENTURY AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE INDIGENOUS ISLANDERS AND ON EUROPE, WHERE MANY OF THESE OBJECTS WERE BROUGHT BACK AND DISPLAYED IN MUSEUMS, WHERE THEY WERE SEEN AND STUDIED BY LEADING MODERN ARTISTS. A SHOW OF SUCH WEALTH OF PACIFIC ISLAND TREASURES ` OR 'TAONGA', AS THEY ARE KNOWN, HELD BY EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS, RAISES THE QUESTION OF OWNERSHIP AND WHETHER ANY OF THESE OBJECTS SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE COUNTRIES FROM WHICH THEY CAME. FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ALL AROUND THE WORLD, IF THEY CAME BACK AND WERE SHARED, THEY WOULD ACTUALLY ACCRUE MORE KNOWLEDGE, RESEARCH, ON THE GROUND, AND THAT THESE GIFTS WOULD PROBABLY COME BACK AGAIN, TOO. SOMETIMES WE DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO REPATRIATE THESE TAONGA. FOR THE DUCHESS OF SUSSEX, THE EXHIBITION SERVED AS A USEFUL INTRODUCTION TO THE CULTURES OF THE PACIFIC REGION, WHERE SHE IS GOING ON OFFICIAL VISIT WITH PRINCE HARRY NEXT MONTH. A WHALE HAS BEEN SPOTTED IN THE RIVER THAMES, OFF THE COAST OF KENT. IT IS THOUGHT TO BE A BELUGA WHALE, A SPECIES USUALLY FOUND THOUSANDS OF KILOMETRES AWAY IN THE HIGH ARTIC. THE BBC'S ROBERT HALL WENT TO TAKE A LOOK. THOUSANDS OF MILES FROM THE ARCTIC, JUST 24 FROM THE CENTRE OF LONDON. WHEN A BIRD WATCHER ON THE SALT MARSHES EAST OF GRAVESEND CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF A WHITE SHAPE JUST OFF SHORE, HE COULDN'T BELIEVE HIS EYES. IT WAS A BELUGA WHALE, LOST AND FAR FURTHER SOUTH THAN ANY PREVIOUS BRITISH SIGHTING. WITHIN HOURS, THE NEWS HAD SPREAD ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA, BRINGING WHALE SPOTTERS OUT ON TO THE RIVER BANKS FOR A GLIMPSE OF THE VISITOR. ALMOST AS SOON AS I ARRIVED, I SAW A GLIMPSE OF IT. BUT IT HAS ONLY BEEN SURFACING MAYBE ONCE EVERY 15, 20 MINUTES. SEEING THE BELUGA WHALE, WHICH I'VE NEVER SEEN ` NEVER, EVER IMAGINED I WOULD SEE IN BRITAIN, LET ALONE VIRTUALLY IN LONDON. PATROLS FROM THE PORT OF LONDON AUTHORITY HAVE KEPT VESSELS CLEAR AND MONITORED THE WHALE AS IT SEARCHED FOR FOOD. THE ADVICE FROM US IS FOR NAVIGATORS TO KEEP AN EXTRA EYE OUT AND TO KEEP THEIR DISTANCE FROM THE ANIMAL. IT IS STILL SWIMMING VERY HEALTHILY. THERE! THERE! THERE! THE LAST TIME A WHALE SWAM INTO THE THAMES ` A BOTTLENOSE WHALE ` WAS IN 2006. IT GOT INTO DIFFICULTIES AND RESCUERS COULDN'T SAVE IT. TONIGHT THERE ARE FEARS FOR THE BELUGA. THE EXPERTS ON BOARD THE PATROL BOAT TOLD ME THAT AFTER FEEDING, THEY HAD HOPED IT WOULD LEAVE THESE BUSY SHIPPING CHANNELS AND HEAD BACK OUT TO SEA. BUT THERE ARE STILL SIGHTINGS, AND THAT CLEARLY HASN'T HAPPENED. IT, TOO, MAY BE AT RISK. AND BILLY SLATER'S HOPES OF RETIRING AN NRL CHAMPION REMAIN ALIVE AFTER HE WAS CLEARED BY A JUDICIAL PANEL TO PLAY IN SUNDAY'S GRAND FINAL AGAINST THE ROOSTERS. THE FULLBACK WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY OF A GRADE-ONE SHOULDER CHARGE OFFENCE ON CRONULLA'S SOSAIA FEKI LAST WEEKEND. THE PANEL DEEMED SLATER MADE ENOUGH OF AN ATTEMPTED TACKLE CONSIDERING THE IN-GAME CIRCUMSTANCES. SLATER RELIEVED HE CAN SEE OUT HIS FINAL MATCH IN THE GRAND FINAL. I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK THE JUDICIARY MEMBERS FOR A FAIR HEARING. IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TONIGHT TO GET MY POINT ACROSS AND WHAT MY INTENTIONS WERE IN THIS INCIDENT. NOW IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO FOCUS ON THE GAME. I HAVEN'T STARTED MY PREPARATIONS FOR THE GAME AS YET, SO THAT STARTS AS OF NOW. MEANWHILE, THE STORM'S OPPONENTS THE ROOSTERS HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF MIND GAMES AFTER NAMING INJURED STAR COOPER CRONK ON THE BENCH. DESPITE A SEVERELY DAMAGED LEFT SHOULDER, THE HALFBACK HAS UNTIL KICKOFF TO PROVE HIS FITNESS FOR SUNDAY'S CLASH. MITCHELL AUBUSSON'S BEEN NAMED IN THE NUMBER SEVEN JERSEY FOR THE SYDNEY SIDE. THE ALL BLACKS HAVE MOVED INTO THEIR FINAL PREPARATIONS IN BUENOS AIRES WITH COACH STEVE HANSEN SET TO NAME HIS SIDE FOR SUNDAY'S TEST AGAINST ARGENTINA. THE ALL BLACKS WILL LOOK TO PUT THIS MONTH'S LOSS TO THE SPRINGBOKS BEHIND THEM. ASSISTANT COACH IAN FOSTER SAYS THE SIGNS HAVE BEEN POSITIVE THIS WEEK, DESPITE SOME DISRUPTIONS FROM POLITICAL PROTESTS IN THE ARGENTINEAN CAPITAL. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS REVIEW A PERFORMANCE, NOT JUST THE RESULT. IT DOES ADD A LITTLE BIT WHEN YOU'RE COMING OFF A POOR PERFORMANCE, AND THE FACT THAT THAT POOR PERFORMANCE FOR US EQUATED TO A LOSS WAS A BIT OF A DOUBLE WHAMMY, WASN'T IT? WE'VE PULLED A FEW THINGS APART AND ARE PRETTY HAPPY WITH WHERE WE'VE GOT TO. A MARATHON PENALTY SHOOTOUT HAS SEEN ENGLISH SECOND DIVISION SIDE DERBY COUNTY HUMBLE GIANTS MANCHESTER UNITED IN THE LEAGUE CUP. MANCHESTER UNITED WERE IN CRUISE CONTROL AFTER HITTING THE FRONT IN THE EARLY MINUTES. BUT A FREAKISH FREE KICK JUST AFTER THE BREAK SILENCED OLD TRAFFORD. IT'S WILSON. GOES FOR IT. OH, AND SCORES BRILLIANTLY! THAT IS A FANTASTIC FREE KICK BY HARRY WILSON FOR DERBY COUNTY. IT WOULDN'T END THERE FOR THE RAMS, WHO TOOK THE LEAD AND SAW UNITED HAVE THEIR GOALKEEPER SENT OFF. BUT SECONDS BEFORE TIME, THE RED DEVILS FOUND A LATE EQUALISER TO FORCE PENALTIES. THAT TOO WAS A THRILLER, WITH UNITED THE FIRST TEAM TO FALTER AFTER 15 SUCCESSFUL SHOTS. HE WOULD NOT HAVE ANTICIPATED HAVING TO TAKE A PENALTY IN THIS SHOOTOUT. BUT THEY'VE ALL BEEN SCORED. AND HIS IS SAVED! DERBY COUNTY ARE THROUGH. THE SHOOTOUT FINISHED 8-7, WITH DERBY COACH FRANK LAMPARD GETTING ONE OVER HIS FORMER BOSS, JOSE MOURINHO. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT, BUT FIRST, LET'S LOOK AT OUR TOP STORIES. DISGRACED FORMER TV STAR BILL COSBY HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO UP TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT. PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN'S CONTINUED TO CHARM IN NEW YORK, THIS TIME WITH AN APPEARANCE ON CNN. AND IN SPORT, BILLY SLATER'S BEEN CLEARED TO PLAY IN THIS WEEKEND'S NRL GRAND FINAL. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER FOR THE REST OF YOUR DAY, ACCOMPANIED BY THE DEADLY DEATHS. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE 1 NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY ALEX WALKER AND JAMES BROWN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.