FREE DENTAL CARE FOR EVERYONE UNDER 30 ` LABOUR PROMISES TO NUMB SOME OF THE PAIN OF GOING TO THE DENTIST. DOZENS OF KIWI HAVE BEEN KILLED IN NORTHLAND THIS YEAR, MOST OF THEM MAULED BY DOGS. ITS NOW WORTH MORE TO NEW ZEALAND THAN THE WOOL INDUSTRY ` OUR GAMING SECTOR LOOKS TO ITS NEXT BIG THING. CAPTIONS BY JESSIE PURU AND KATE MCCULLOUGH. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2023 TENA KOUTOU KATOA, GOOD EVENING. THE LABOUR CAMPAIGN BARED ITS TEETH TODAY BY PROMISING FREE BASIC DENTAL CARE FOR UNDER 30-YEAR-OLDS. POLITICAL EDITOR JENNA LYNCH IS HERE WITH THE DETAILS. SAY 'CHEESE', YOUNG KIWIS ` PRICE WILL BECOME LESS OF A FEAR FACTOR WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO THE DENTIST IF LABOUR'S RE-ELECTED. 800,000 UNDER-30s WILL BE ENTITLED TO FREE ANNUAL CHECK-UPS, CLEANS, X-RAYS, BASIC FILLINGS, AND EXTRACTIONS. DENTAL CARE IS NOW FREE FOR UP TO 18-YEAR-OLDS; FROM JULY 2025 IT'LL BE EXPANDED FOR UP TO 23-YEAR-OLDS, THEN UP TO 29-YEAR-OLDS FROM JULY 2026, AND EVENTUALLY TO EVERYONE. THE COST IS $380m OVER FOUR YEARS, AND THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MARKS THE OFFICIAL START OF THE CAMPAIGN FOR LABOUR, WHICH DIDN'T GO OFF WITHOUT DRAMA. RIDING A SEA OF RED TO ROUSE HIS TROOPS ` (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) AN ALL-SINGING... # DO, DO, DO. ALL-DRUMMING... ALL-STAR... ...LABOUR LAUNCH. BUT UNDER THE SURFACE, A FRINGE UNDERCURRENT DISRUPTING. DERAILING... DISTURBING... SECURITY PICKING THEM OFF LIKE A GAME OF WHAC-A-MOLE. THE POLICE DEALING TO THEM OUTSIDE. HIPKINS HAVING TO GRIN AND BEAR IT AS HE MADE A BIG PLAY FOR VOTES WITH TEETH. I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT IF WE ELECTED, WE WILL MAKE DENTAL CARE FREE FOR PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 30. YOU HEARD THAT ` NO MEANS TESTING. EVERYONE UNDER 30. WANTED TO MAKE THE DECISION TO OUR AGE TARGET THIS? WE KNOW THAT TOOTH DECAY STARTS TO ACCELERATE PEOPLE IN THEIR TWENTIES. THE LABOUR PARTY IS BELIEVED AND UNIVERSAL ENTITLEMENT TO HEALTHCARE. LABOUR'S TARGETING THOSE IN THEIR 20s, BECAUSE ITS STATS SHOW AT AGE 18, 67% OF PEOPLE ARE REGULARS AT THE DENTIST; BY 26 THAT DROPS TO 31%. ONE IN FOUR 18-YEAR-OLDS HAVE TOOTH DECAY. BY 26, THAT CLIMBS TO TWO THIRDS, AND THE 20-TO-29 AGE GROUP MAKES UP 27% OF DENTAL RELATED HOSPITALISATIONS. I HAVEN'T ACTUALLY BEEN TO THE DENTIST FOR YEARS, PARTIALLY BECAUSE OF THE COST. I THINK THAT'S QUITE GOOD. IT WOULD DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO TO THE DENTIST BECAUSE IT IS QUITE EXPENSIVE TO GO. AFTER TURNING 18, THE DENTIST IS RIDICULOUSLY EXPENSIVE - I THINK THIS WOULD HELP. I THINK HAVING IT FREE WOULD HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON PEOPLE. IT'LL GO TO UNDER-30s FOR NOW, BUT EVENTUALLY ` LABOUR'S ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE FREE UNIVERSAL DENTAL CARE FOR ALL NEW ZEALANDERS. FREE FOR ALL, WE HOPE ` MORE OF A DIVISION. ONLY A VOTE FOR THE GREENS WILL DELIVER FREE DENTAL CARE FOR ALL. WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FUND THAT WILL DELIVER ON THAT. CHRISTOPHER LUXON IS GEARING UP FOR HIS LAUNCH TOMORROW, CHRIS HIPKINS HAS GOT HIS ENERGY BACK. HE IS NOT GOING DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT. CHRISTOPHER LUXON IS GEARING UP FOR HIS LAUNCH TOMORROW, AND THE POLITICAL MISSILES ARE FLYING AT HIS TAX CUT POLICY. THERE IS A MULTIBILLION DOLLAR HOLE IN THEIR TAX SWINDLE AS WELL. IT'S ECONOMIC SABOTAGE. PARTIES THAT WANT TO WIN AT ALL COSTS AND BUG ARE THE CONSEQUENCES. THERE IS A GIANT CAVITY THAT GRANT ROBERTSON NEEDS TO FILL, AND THAT IS THE ECONOMIC HOLE HE'S LEFT NZ IN. BUT HIPKINS HAS HIS GROOVE BACK... IS IT ON? TOTALLY ON. LABOUR HOPING TEETH IS THEIR TRIUMPH. SO, JENNA, IS THIS LABOUR'S SAVING GRACE POLICY? WHAT LABOUR WANTS PEOPLE TO HEAR FROM THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY THAT UNDER THIRTIES PROMISE BUT ITS VIBE THAT IT WANTS TO TAKE UNIVERSAL DENTAL CARE TO MAKE IT FREE FOR ANYBODY. IT IS AN OBVIOUS HOLE IN OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. IT'S A REALLY EASY CONCEPT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND. OVER 80% AGREED WITH HAVING SOME FORD OF SUBSIDY FOR ADULTS. DOING THIS OPENS THE DOOR FOR IT TO BE AND CAN MENTALLY INCREASE TO FURTHER GROUPS UNTIL WE EVENTUALLY GET TO UNIVERSALISM. LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS FREEDOMS GROUP. HOW DESCRIPTIVE ARE THEY GOING TO BE THIS ELECTION? THEY ARE TURNING UP TO A LOT OF EVENTS TODAY. THEY HAD PLANTS INSIDE THE ACTUAL CONFERENCE. A LOT OF THE TIME THEY ARE OUTSIDE WAVING SIGNS. THEY HAD TO GO TO A LOT OF EFFORT TO GET INTO THE CONFERENCE TODAY. YOU HAVE TO SIGN UP AND REGISTER SO IT WAS VERY DELIBERATE. IT WOULD BE A SHAME IF A TINY GROUP OF VERY VOCAL PROTESTERS SHOUTED DOWN OTHER PARTIES THAT THEY DISAGREE WITH. THAT IS NOT DEMOCRACY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING . AND THE FRINGE ELEMENTS OF THIS CAMPAIGN DIDN'T STOP WITH LABOUR TODAY ` NEW ZEALAND FIRST LEADER WINSTON PETERS IS NOW PROMISING TO COMPENSATE THE SO-CALLED 'VACCINE INJURED'. POLITICAL REPORTER AMELIA WADE JOINS US FROM OREWA WHERE HE MADE THE COMMITMENT - AMELIA, WHAT EXACTLY WENT DOWN? ME WINSTON PETERS MADE THE PILGRIMAGE HERE THE SCENE OF MANY LANDMARK POLITICAL SPEECHES. HE ATTACKED EVERY OTHER POLITICAL PARTY, CO-GOVERNANCE AND OF COURSE THE JERK OFF MEDIA. HE WAS ASKED WHETHER OR NOT HE WOULD COMPENSATE THE VACCINE INJURED. HE MADE A POLICY UP ON THE HOOF BY SAYING THAT HE WOULD. BUT IT SEEMED LIKE HE DIDN'T QUITE KNOW SHE SAID ` 'WILL YOU COMPENSATE THE VACCINE INJURED?' AND YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD COMPENSATE THE VACCINE INJURED. WELL, THAT'S ACTUALLY ` BUT THE QUESTION YOU'VE GOT TO ASK YOURSELF IS HOW MANY WERE MANDATED OUT UNFAIRLY ` THAT NEEDS TO BE A CONVERSATION MATTER ` BUT THOSE WHO WERE VACCINE INJURED WERE GIVEN FAULTY PRESCRIPTION, IN THEIR CASE. SO THEY HAVE TO BE COMPENSATED AS WELL. WINSTON PETERS HAS NO COSTINGS FOR THIS POLICY, SAYING IT COULD BE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. IT IS YET FURTHER PROOF THAT NO PROMISE IS OFF-LIMITS FOR PETERS AS HE ATTEMPTS TO GET AS HANDS BACK ON POWER. AMELIA WADE, THANK YOU. CONSERVATIONISTS ARE URGING PEOPLE TO KEEP THEIR DOGS UNDER CONTROL AS THE NUMBER OF KIWI KILLED IN NORTHLAND CONTINUES TO CLIMB. 35 WILD KIWI HAVE BEEN KILLED SINCE JANUARY ` NINE IN THE PAST MONTH, MOSTLY FROM DOG MAULING. ISOBEL EWING REPORTS. THANKS TO A DECADE OF HARD WORK BY VOLUNTEER TRAPPERS, WILD KIWI HAVE RETURNED TO THIS NATIVE FOREST NEAR PAIHIA. AT THE LAST COUNT, THERE WERE 22 DIFFERENT KIWI CALLS THAT WE WERE HEARING UP FROM NOTHING. AND NOW WE FREQUENTLY HEAR THEM ON A NIGHTLY BASIS. BUT THAT HARD WORK IS BEING UNDONE BY ROAMING DOGS. THE SPATE OF KILLINGS HAS REALLY KNOCKED US SIDEWAYS BECAUSE IT'S TAKEN OUT KIWI IN ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AFTER FOR THE LONGEST. IN OPUA FOREST, SIX KIWI WERE FOUND DEAD WITHIN TWO WEEKS, MAULED BY DOGS. AND JUST SOUTH IN TUTUKAKA, WHERE KIWI HAVE BEEN RELEASED AFTER BEING RAISED ON OFFSHORE ISLANDS, IT'S JUST AS BAD. WE'VE FOUND THREE DEAD KIWI IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, BUT THAT'S JUST THE ONES WE'VE FOUND. SO WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MORE ARE OUT THERE IN THE BUSH. FERAL DOGS ARE A KNOWN PROBLEM IN PARTS OF NORTHLAND, BUT THESE RECENT KIWI DEATHS ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY ROAMING PET DOGS, PROMPTING CONSERVATIONISTS TO PLEAD WITH OWNERS TO BE MORE RESPONSIBLE. WE NEED TO WALK OUR DOGS ON LEADS, MAKE SURE THEY DON'T ROAM DAY OR NIGHT. IF YOU DO SEE A WANDERING DOG, CALL YOUR COUNCIL. YOU KNOW, DON'T IGNORE IT. YOU MIGHT SAVE A KIWI'S LIFE. KIWI ARE FEISTY. AN ADULT WEIGHS BETWEEN 2KG AND 4KG, SO CAN OFTEN DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST SMALLER PREDATORS LIKE STOATS. 95% OF THE KILLS OF ADULT KIWI IN NORTHLAND ` IT'S DOGS AND CARS. CARS ARE THE OTHER ONE. BUT IT'S MOSTLY DOGS. NORTHLAND LOCALS BELIEVE KIWI AND KIWIS CAN LIVE IN HARMONY, BUT ONLY IF WE KEEP OUR DOGS UNDER CONTROL. ISOBEL EWING, NEWSHUB. ENVIRONMENT CANTERBURY IS INVESTIGATING A TOXIC SPILL THAT IS KILLING FISH. AT LEAST SIX DIFFERENT SPECIES OF FISH, INCLUDING EELS, IN SALTWATER CREEK NEAR ASHLEY HAVE BEEN AFFECTED. THE WASTEWATER IS FROM A NEARBY TIMBER PROCESSING FACTORY. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO AVOID CONTACT WITH THE WATER AND SHOULD NOT FISH THERE. IT MAKES ME FEEL REALLY SAD, COS THIS IS MY BACKYARD. I COME HERE A LOT. I COME HERE MOST WEEKENDS WITH MY FIANCEE. AND I GREW UP HERE. I COME WHERE WITH MY MOTHER. A SECTION OF THE RIVER IS A WHITEBAIT SPAWNING AREA. THE RIVERBANKS ARE ALSO PROTECTED FOR ENDANGERED NATIVE BIRDS WHO NEST THERE. ENVIRONMENT CANTERBURY SAYS IT'S RELOCATING FISH TO HEALTHIER WATERWAYS. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS ISSUED A WEATHER ALERT AS TYPHOON SAOLA LASHES HONG KONG WITH HIGH WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. THE STORM HAS LEFT A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION AND FLOODING IN MANY AREAS. FALLEN TREES ARE STREWN OVER ROADS. SHOPS AND BUSINESSES HAVE CLOSED EARLY AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WARNED TO STAY HOME. FIRE SEASON IS ON ITS WAY, AND THIS YEAR IT COULD START EARLIER AND FINISH LATER. FIRE AND EMERGENCY NEW ZEALAND IS WARNING THAT WITH EL NINO ON ITS WAY IT'S NOT TOO EARLY TO START PREPARING. KAYSHA BROWNLIE REPORTS. THE VIBRANCY OF SPRING, A PRODUCT OF A WET WINTER; BUT IT ONLY TAKES MERE WEEKS FOR THIS LUSH NEW GROWTH TO TURN INTO FUEL. WARMER TEMPERATURES, DRIER CONDITIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND WINDIER CONDITIONS ` PARTICULARLY IN EASTERN AREAS, COULD LEAD TO HIGHER FIRE RISK CONDITIONS. FIRE SEASON MAY BE THE LAST THING ON YOUR MIND, BUT FIRE AND EMERGENCY NEW ZEALAND SAYS RIGHT NOW, IT SHOULD BE THE FIRST. THE SEASON COULD COME IN A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN NORMAL AND COULD LAST A LITTLE BIT LONGER. FIRE SEASON COULD LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT TO THE LAST FEW YEARS, WITH EL NINO ARRIVING IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. AS WE WORK OUR WAY INTO THE MIDDLE AND SECOND HALF OF SEPTEMBER, I THINK THAT'LL BE A PIVOT POINT OR TURNING POINT, TO SEE MORE BLUSTERY AND WINDY CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND. SO IF YOU HAVE DRIER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS, IF YOU HAVE WINDIER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS, OBVIOUSLY IF THERE'S A FIRE, THAT'S NOT A GOOD SET UP. THE WILDFIRES IN MAUI A SOBERING REMINDER OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN. I THINK THAT'S A WAKE-UP CALL. WILDFIRES CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE. THAT'S WHY PEOPLE NEED TO BE PREPARED. FIRE AND EMERGENCY NEW ZEALAND SAYS 98% OF WILDFIRES ARE STARTED BY PEOPLE. BUT THERE ARE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO HELP STOP THEM SPREADING ` KEEPING ON TOP OF VEGETATION AND GRASS, CLEARING GUTTERS AND MOVING THE WINTER WOOD PILE AWAY FROM THE HOUSE. FARMERS ARE ON HIGH ALERT, TOO. THE SIGNALS ARE THAT THE EL NINO IS GOING TO BE REASONABLY STRONG, WHICH MEANS WE COULD HAVE DROUGHT CONDITIONS LATER INTO THE SEASON. LUCK FAVOURS THE PREPARED, SO IF YOU'RE A FARMER RIGHT NOW, OR MAYBE YOU RELY ON TANK WATER, THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU NEED TO DO WHEN DRYNESS KICKS IN. ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH, WHERE A DRYING TREND HAS ALREADY BEGUN. KAYSHA BROWNLIE, NEWSHUB. WHEN YOU THINK OF NEW ZEALAND'S BIGGEST INDUSTRIES, THERE'S AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND TOURISM. BUT THERE'S A NEW COMER KNOCKING ON THE DOOR ` GAMING. WELLINGTON IS HOSTING OUR LARGEST EVER GAMING CONVENTION, WHERE THE DEVELOPERS ARE SHOWING OFF THEIR LATEST INNOVATIONS. WILLIAM TERITE WENT TO CHECK IT OUT. THIS IS WHERE REALITY AND THE LATEST VIRTUAL REALITY COLLIDES. OH MY GOD, IT IS SO EXCITING. HUNDREDS OF DEVELOPERS HAVE GATHERED IN WELLINGTON TO SHOWCASE WHAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON TO THE PUBLIC. THE POINT OF IT IS BASICALLY TO GET EVERYBODY IN THE INDUSTRY TOGETHER, SHARE IDEAS, MAKE NEW CONTACTS. I MEAN, WE HAVE EVERYBODY FROM ACTUAL GAME DEVELOPERS THROUGH TO INVESTORS. GAMING IS ONE OF OUR FASTEST-GROWING TECH SECTORS, AND IS ON TARGET TO EARN MORE THAN $1BN BY 2026. IT TURNS OVER $407M. THAT WAS LAST YEAR. THAT'S BIGGER THAN THE WOOL INDUSTRY. NOW, THE OTHER AWESOME THING ABOUT THE GAME INDUSTRY IS THEY HAVE VERY HIGH-PAYING JOBS. JOHN O'REILLY FOUNDED FLIGHTLESS GAME STUDIO IN 2005, AND SAYS THE INDUSTRY HAS COME A LONG WAY SINCE THEN. MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE GETTING INTO IT. AND I THINK ESPECIALLY IN NEW ZEALAND, THE QUALITY OF... QUALITY OF PRODUCT THAT'S COMING OUT IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD NOW. LATEST FIGURES ALSO SHOW KIWIS AREN'T PLAYING AROUND WHEN IT COMES TO GAMING, WITH 74% OF ALL NEW ZEALANDERS SAYING THEY PLAY VIDEO GAMES; AND 48% OF GAMERS ARE WOMEN. INDUSTRY EXPERTS SAY THE FUTURE OF GAMING IN AOTEAROA IS BRIGHT. I WOULD SAY THAT THERE'S NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO GET INTO GAMES. YOU KNOW, AOTEAROA IS REALLY RENOWNED FOR ITS INCREDIBLE EDUCATION PROGRAMMES IN THIS SECTOR. NEW ZEALAND'S GAMING INDUSTRY IS LEVELLING UP. WILLIAM TERITE, NEWSHUB. TIME NOW FOR TODAY'S WEATHER, AND IT CERTAINLY FEELS LIKE SPRING, MIKE? IT WAS A REALLY NICE DAY. AND IT CHANGES EVERYONE'S MOOD, YOU COULD REALLY FEEL IT TODAY. PLENTY OF BLUE SKY AROUND. A BIT OF CLOUD ON SOUTH ISLAND. GORE, YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN, BUT AS NORTHLAND AND THE FIRING LINE. FOR MOST OF YOU, IT IS A FINE DAY. IT'S NEARLY 30 YEARS SINCE PRINCESS DIANA AND DODI AL FAYED DIED IN A CAR CRASH IN PARIS. NOW THE MAN WHO INSISTED THEY WERE MURDERED, MOHAMED AL FAYED, HAS DIED AGED 94. U.S. POLICE HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF USING EXCESSIVE FORCE AFTER FATALLY SHOOTING A PREGNANT WOMAN IN A CAR. AND, RECOGNITION AT LAST FOR ROSALIND FRANKLIN, OVERSHADOWED BY DNA SCIENTISTS WATSON AND CRICK. POLICE HAVE MADE A FRESH PLEA FOR INFORMATION A YEAR ON FROM THE UNSOLVED MURDER OF TEENAGER ARIKI RIGBY IN HAWKE'S BAY. THE 18-YEAR-OLD'S BODY WAS FOUND IN A BURNED CAR NEAR HAVELOCK NORTH LAST SEPTEMBER, THREE DAYS AFTER FAMILY REPORTED HER MISSING. AFTER INITIALLY BELIEVING HER BODY WAS A DEAD SHEEP, POLICE LAUNCHED A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION. AUTHORITIES ARE ALSO WARNING AGAINST SPREADING MISINFORMATION AND TO BE CAUTIOUS WHEN DISCUSSING THE CASE ONLINE. MOHAMED AL FAYED, THE FORMER OWNER OF HARRODS WHOSE SON DODI WAS KILLED ALONGSIDE PRINCESS DIANA, HAS DIED AGED 94. HIS PASSING CAME A DAY BEFORE THE 26TH ANNIVERSARY OF THAT FATEFUL CRASH IN PARIS. THE EGYPTIAN BILLIONAIRE SPENT MUCH OF THE YEARS WHICH FOLLOWED INSISTING THAT DIANA AND DODI HAD BEEN MURDERED. ITV'S SEJAL KARIA REPORTS. HE WAS THE EGYPTIAN BILLIONAIRE WHO BECAME FAMOUS AS THE OWNER OF A BRITISH INSTITUTION, HARRODS. GETTING OLD. A STORE HE OWNED FOR 25 YEARS BEFORE HE SOLD IT IN 2010. THANK YOU. AND THIS WAS HIS OTHER PRIZED ASSET, FULHAM FOOTBALL CLUB, WHICH HE BOUGHT FOR �6.25M BACK IN 1997. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) THE TEAM ROSE FROM THIRD TIER TO PREMIER LEAGUE UNDER HIS TENURE BEFORE HE SOLD THIS TOO IN 2013, BRINGING DOWN THE CURTAIN ON A CONTROVERSIAL CAREER DURING WHICH HE HAD BEEN A PROMINENT FIGURE IN BRITISH BUSINESS FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS. TONIGHT, FULHAM TWEETED, 'WE OWE MUHAMMAD A DEBT OF GRATITUDE 'FOR WHAT HE DID FOR OUR CLUB, 'AND OUR THOUGHTS NOW ARE WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS 'AT THIS SOMBRE TIME.' DESPITE HIS VAST BUSINESS INTERESTS, HE WAS PERHAPS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS CONTINUED SEARCH FOR ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS SURROUNDING THE DEATH OF HIS SON, DODI, WHO WAS KILLED IN A CAR CRASH IN PARIS ALONGSIDE PRINCESS DIANA 26 YEARS BEFORE HIS OWN DEATH. IN THE YEARS AFTER THE ACCIDENT, HE CONTINUED TO BLAME WHAT HE CALLED 'THE ESTABLISHMENT' FOR THEIR DEATHS. THE JURY HAVE CAME UP THAT IT IS NOT AN ACCIDENT; IT'S A MURDER. AND THIS GAVE ME GREAT SATISFACTION BECAUSE IT'S PROVED MY POINT THAT MY SON AND PRINCESS DIANA HAD BEEN MURDERED. HIS GREATEST WISH WAS TO BE ACCEPTED BY BRITISH SOCIETY AND TO BECOME A BRITISH CITIZEN. BUT ANGERED AT BEING REJECTED FOR A BRITISH PASSPORT TWICE, HE TOLD THE PRESS HE'D PAID TWO CONSERVATIVE MINISTERS TO ASK QUESTIONS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ABOUT HIS INTERESTS. THEY BOTH LEFT GOVERNMENT, AND HE NEVER DID REALISE HIS AMBITION TO GET A PASSPORT FOR HIS ADOPTED COUNTRY. FOR THE LAST DECADE, HE'D REMAINED OUT OF THE LIMELIGHT. HIS FAMILY SAY HE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE AGE OF 94. AUTHORITIES IN OHIO HAVE RELEASED BODY CAM VIDEO OF THE FATAL POLICE SHOOTING OF A PREGNANT BLACK WOMAN. THE 21-YEAR-OLD'S FAMILY SAYS THE FOOTAGE SHOWS A 'GROSS MISUSE OF POWER AND AUTHORITY.' CBS' NANCY CHEN REPORTS. NEWLY-RELEASED POLICE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE SHOWS TA'KIYA YOUNG (21), A PREGNANT WOMAN, REPEATEDLY BEING TOLD BY TWO POLICE OFFICERS TO GET OUT OF HER CAR LAST WEEK. YOUNG, WAS WHO SUSPECTED OF SHOPLIFTING ALCOHOL AT A NEARBY GROCERY STORE REFUSES TO EXIT HER VEHICLE. NO, I'M NOT DOING THAT. MOMENTS LATER, YOUNG SLOWLY ACCELERATES TOWARD AN OFFICER. HE THEN FIRES ONCE, HITTING HER IN THE CHEST. THE OFFICERS CHASE THE CAR AS IT ROLLS INTO A WALL AND IMMEDIATELY BEGIN MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. YOUNG WAS LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE HOSPITAL. HER BABY DID NOT SURVIVE. BLENDON TOWNSHIP POLICE CHIEF JOHN BELFORD HAS PLACED THE UNIDENTIFIED OFFICER WHO FIRED THE SHOT ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE, PENDING AN INVESTIGATION. DESPITE BEING ORDERED TO GET OUT OF THE CAR MORE THAN A DOZEN TIMES, SHE REFUSED TO DO SO. THERE'S NO JUSTIFICATION. I SAW A YOUNG WOMAN GET KILLED. ATTORNEY CHANDA BROWN SAYS THE YOUNG FAMILY WATCHED THE VIDEO AND IS DEMANDING AN INDICTMENT OF THE OFFICERS. AND THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY UPSET AND DEVASTATED BY WATCHING THE VIDEO. SPANISH FOOTBALL BOSS LUIS RUBIALES HAS DOUBLED DOWN ON HIS REFUSAL TO RESIGN, INSISTING HIS KISS WITH JENNI HERMOSO WAS CONSENSUAL AND ATTACKING THOSE HE BELIEVES ARE PERSECUTING HIM. HE EVEN SUGGESTED THE TIDE OF PUBLIC OPINION IS TURNING IN HIS FAVOUR. ITV'S ELLIE PITT HAS MORE. (ALL CHANT IN SPANISH) THE WEEK IN MADRID ENDED HOW IT BEGAN ` WITH PROTESTS THROUGH THE CITY'S STREETS AGAINST A MAN AND THE SEXIST CULTURE THEY CHANT THAT HE REPRESENTS. BUT SPEAK TO SHOPPERS IN THE SAME CITY EARLIER IN THE DAY, AND THE LUIS RUBIALES ROW GETS A MUCH MORE DIVIDED REACTION. (SPEAKS SPANISH) TRANSLATOR: IT WAS A KISS ACCEPTED BY BOTH PARTIES, SO HE SHOULDN'T BE PUNISHED. I THINK THAT HE HAS TO BE FIRED, BUT NOT ONLY FOR THAT. HE HAS TO BE, LIKE, EXPOSED TO FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT HE HAS DONE. HIS BEHAVIOUR HAS BECOME UNBEARABLE, AND NO ONE THAT REPRESENTS THE FOOTBALL INSTITUTION` ALL THE FOOTBALL INSTITUTIONS IN SPAIN SHOULD BE ACTING LIKE THIS. JENNI HERMOSO SAYS THIS KISS WAS NOT CONSENSUAL. RUBIALES CALLS IT 'A MUTUAL ACT THAT WAS A PRODUCT OF GREAT ENTHUSIASM'. TODAY, A COURT ASSESSING IT AHEAD OF A TRIBUNAL DETERMINED IT WAS A SERIOUS, BUT NOT VERY SERIOUS, VIOLATION. THE ADMINISTRATIVE COURT OF SPORT DECIDED THAT THE KISS WAS NOT AN ABUSE OF POWER, BUT SIMPLY AN ACT AGAINST SPORTING DECORUM AND THEREFORE WAS NOT VERY SERIOUS. IT MEANS THE MAXIMUM PUNISHMENT THE GOVERNMENT CAN BRING AGAINST LUIS RUBIALES AT THE END OF THE TRIBUNAL IS A TWO-YEAR BAN ON WORKING IN SPORT. TONIGHT, WE HEARD FROM RUBIALES FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE LAST FRIDAY WHEN HE TOLD COLLEAGUES THAT HE WAS REFUSING TO RESIGN AS HEAD OF THE SPANISH F.A. (SPEAKS SPANISH) (APPLAUSE) HE'S TWEETED.. THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT HAS SAID TONIGHT THAT IT WILL ASK FOR RUBIALES TO BE SUSPENDED WHILE THE TRIBUNAL TAKES PLACE, BUT HIS STATEMENT SUGGESTS HE BELIEVES HE'S WON THE POPULAR VOTE AND HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE SPANISH PEOPLE IN THE FIGHT FOR HIS JOB AND REPUTATION. MICHAEL'S IN WITH SPORT LATER, AND A BIG DAY FOR THE ALL BLACK IN FRANCE. YES, THEY'VE TURNED ON THE CHARM AS THEY ARRIVED AT THEIR BASE IN LYON, MEETING A MASS OF FANS WHO TURNED OUT FOR THEIR OFFICIAL WELCOME CEREMONY SEVEN DAYS OUT FROM THEIR WORLD CUP OPENER WITH HOSTS, FRANCE. AND NOVAK DJOKOVIC IS PUSHED TO FIVE SETS AT THE U.S. OPEN. DID HE DO ENOUGH TO STAY ALIVE FOR CRACK AT GRAND SLAM NUMBER 24? BRITISH SCIENTIST ROSALIND FRANKLIN'S NOT A HOUSEHOLD NAME BUT PROBABLY SHOULD BE. SHE PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN UNDERSTANDING THE STRUCTURE OF DNA AND, 65 YEARS AFTER HER DEATH, IS FINALLY GETTING RECOGNITION. AND WHY JAILED 'PROUD BOYS' WILL BE ESPECIALLY KEEN FOR DONALD TRUMP TO RETURN TO THE WHITE HOUSE IN 2024. COMMENTATOR: Here we are with the first half. VOICEOVER: Introducing... ..the most epic Sports Combo. Any Footlong Sub, any two cookies and a drink. Delivered to your door from the Subway app. COVID CASES ARE ON THE RISE THROUGH THE UNITED STATES, AND HOSPITALISATIONS ARE UP NEARLY 20% IN THE LAST MONTH. THE COMBINATION OF A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS VARIANT, KIDS HEADING BACK TO SCHOOL, AND HOLIDAY TRAVEL HAS HEALTH OFFICIALS WORRIED. SOME HOSPITALS ARE REINSTATING MASK MANDATES AS THE NEW VARIANT HAS DOZENS OF MUTATIONS THAT MAKE IT BETTER AT EVADING VACCINES. A LEADER OF THE FAR RIGHT PROUD BOYS GROUP HAS BEEN JAILED FOR 18 YEARS FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE CAPITOL RIOT. IT'S THE LONGEST SENTENCE HANDED OUT OVER THE ATTACK AND IS ONE OF SEVERAL LENGTHY TERMS DISHED OUT IN THE PAST TWO DAYS. DONALD TRUMP HAS HINTED THERE COULD BE PARDONS SHOULD HE RETURN TO THE WHITE HOUSE. ITV'S ROBERT MOORE HAS MORE. USA! USA! USA! THE PROUD BOYS FOUND THEIR VOICE IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE ATTEMPTED INSURRECTION ON JANUARY 6TH ` A FAR RIGHT, MISOGYNISTIC, NATIONALIST GROUP WHO SAW DONALD TRUMP AS A NATURAL ALLY. WHOO! THE GOVERNMENT HAS SECURED KEY CONVICTIONS AGAINST THE GROUP'S LEADERSHIP, AND NOW HEAVY SENTENCES ARE BEING HANDED DOWN. ONE LEADER, JOSEPH BIGGS, HERE ON THE LEFT, WAS SENTENCED TO 17 YEARS. ANOTHER IS ETHAN NORDEAN, ON THE RIGHT, WHO WAS RECEIVED 18 YEARS BEHIND BARS. TOGETHER, THEY WERE PART OF THE SENIOR PROUD BOYS LEADERSHIP, JUDGED TO HAVE ORCHESTRATED THE ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL. AND EARLIER TODAY, DOMINIC PEZZOLA WAS SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS. HE WAS THE MAN WHO FIRST BREACHED THE CAPITOL BUILDING USING A STOLEN POLICE RIOT SHIELD. (GLASS SHATTERS) GO! GO! GO! OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE NOW BEEN CONVICTED FOR THE POLITICAL VIOLENCE THAT BROKE OUT IN THAT FAILED ATTEMPT TO STOP CONGRESS FROM CERTIFYING THE ELECTION OF JOE BIDEN. PROSECUTORS HAVE LONG ARGUED THAT THE PROUD BOYS WERE THE TIP OF THE SPEAR ON THAT FATEFUL DAY ` THE FIRST TO BREACH POLICE BARRIERS WITH A MILITARY-STYLE DISCIPLINE AND FOCUS. (SHOUTING) JOE BIGGS' DEFENCE LAWYER SAYS THE GOVERNMENT IS SIMPLY PUTTING 'PROUD AMERICANS' BEHIND BARS. THERE'S NO GREATER PRIVILEGE THAN I'VE HAD IN 30-PLUS YEARS OF PRACTISING LAW TO STAND NEXT TO JOE BIGGS AT TRIAL AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THEY'RE PATRIOTS. THEY'RE NOT TERRORISTS. AND I DON'T CARE WHAT THE COURT HAS TO SAY ABOUT IT. MANY OTHER FORMER PROUD BOYS FURTHER DOWN THE RANKS ARE ALREADY IN PRISON. SINCE JANUARY THE 6TH, WE HAVE TRACKED THE CASE OF JOSH PRUITT. HE WAS CONVICTED OF ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO THE CAPITOL BUILDING AND THE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. BUT BEFORE HE WENT TO JAIL, HE CLAIMED THEIR IDEOLOGY HAD BEEN MISUNDERSTOOD. WHAT IS IT TO BE A PROUD BOY? WHO ARE THE PROUD BOYS? THEY'RE LITERALLY JUST A GROUP OF CONSERVATIVES, IS WHAT THEY ARE. CONSERVATIVES? THEY MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE FURTHER RIGHT THAN SOME. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE THING IS, YOU WANT TO CALL` OR PEOPLE WANT TO CALL THE PROUD BOYS RACIST. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT THE KKK. THE PROUD BOYS HAVE NOW BEEN DISBANDED AS A GROUP. AND THIS WEEK AND NEXT, THEIR KEY LEADERS ARE BEING SENTENCED TO MANY YEARS BEHIND BARS. IF YOU REMEMBER YOUR BASIC SCIENCE, YOU'LL KNOW THE NAMES WATSON AND CRICK FOR YEARS CREDITED AS BEING THE PIONEERS IN THE DISCOVERY OF HOW DNA WORKS. BUT THERE'S ANOTHER NAME THAT SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE STOOD ALONGSIDE THEIRS ` ROSALIND FRANKLIN. ITV'S CHLOE KEEDY EXPLAINS HOW HISTORY HAS BEEN CORRECTED 60 YEARS AFTER THE FACT. JAMES WATSON AND FRANCIS CRICK HAVE HAD MORE THAN THEIR SHARE OF THE GLORY FOR THE DISCOVERY OF THE STRUCTURE OF DNA. ROSALIND FRANKLIN'S CRUCIAL ROLE HAS OFTEN BEEN OVERLOOKED. EVEN ON THE PLAQUE OUTSIDE THE CAMBRIDGE PUB WHERE THE SCIENTISTS FIRST ANNOUNCED THEIR DISCOVERY, FRANKLIN'S NAME WAS AN AFTERTHOUGHT. THAT MOMENT DEPICTED HERE IN A 1980s TV SERIES BELONGED TO WATSON AND CRICK. WE'VE GOT IT! I CAN OPERATE THE MACHINERY. BUT NOW A NEW PLAQUE WILL FORMALLY RECOGNISE FRANKLIN'S CONTRIBUTION. (APPLAUSE) IT WAS HER X-RAY PHOTO THAT HELPED HER COLLEAGUES TO WORK OUT THE DNA STRUCTURE. SEEING FRANKLIN RECOGNISED IS BRILLIANT BECAUSE HER WORK WAS FUNDAMENTAL TO GETTING THE GUIDE RAILS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE DOUBLE HELIX. THE NEW PLAQUE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGES THE WORK OF A FOURTH SCIENTIST CALLED MAURICE WILKINS. HE DID AT LEAST GET TO COLLECT THE NOBEL PRIZE IN 1967 ALONGSIDE WATSON AND CRICK, BUT ROSALIND FRANKLIN WASN'T RECOGNISED THAT NIGHT. SHE HAD DIED NINE YEARS EARLIER. HER COLLEAGUE JAMES WATSON HAS OFTEN SINCE CHOSEN TO BELITTLE HER WORK. WE NEVER FELT SHE HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH OUR FINDING OF THE STRUCTURE. IF ROSALIND HAD BEEN A MAN, I THINK, UNDOUBTEDLY, CRICK AND WATSON WOULD HAVE TREATED HER DIFFERENTLY. ATHENE DONALD WAS THE FIRST FEMALE PROFESSOR OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. SHE SAYS THERE ARE MORE OF THEM NOW, BUT STILL A FRACTION OF THE NUMBER OF MEN. HOW MUCH HAS REALLY CHANGED? THE NUMBERS FALL OFF IN ALL THE SCIENCES AS YOU GO UP THE CAREER LADDER. MID-CAREER, YOU STOP BEING SORT OF A SWEET WOMAN WHO CAN BE PATRONISED, AND YOU BECOME A THREAT. AND I KNOW I'M NOT ALONE IN HAVING GONE THROUGH THAT. WE'LL NEVER KNOW WHAT ROSALIND FRANKLIN WENT THROUGH IN HER SHORT BUT REMARKABLE CAREER. BUT AT LEAST HER NAME IS NOW MORE THAN A FOOTNOTE. THE MOVIE 'PAST LIVES' HAS TRANSFORMED CELINE SONG FROM A COMPLETE UNKNOWN TO A CELEBRATED FILMMAKER. THE KOREAN-BORN AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHT CHATTED WITH KATE RODGER ABOUT TAKING THE DEEPLY PERSONAL STORY FROM HER OWN PAST LIFE TO THE CINEMA SCREEN. AND TAYLOR SWIFT'S MOVIE DOESN'T OPEN FOR ANOTHER 6 WEEKS, BUT IT'S ALREADY MADE $62m DOLLARS AT THE BOX OFFICE. WE'RE LIVE TO FRANCE AS THE ALL BLACKS' WORLD CUP PREPARATION RAMPS UP IN LYON. PLUS, FOOTBALL FERNS COACH JITKA KLIMKOVA'S ANGRY SPRAY OVER THE SPANISH KISSING SAGA THAT JUST WON'T GO AWAY. AND TIM PRICE CREATES HISTORY AT BURGHLEY WITH A PERFORMANCE IN THE DRESSAGE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. IF THE ALL BLACKS WERE THINKING THEY'LL FLY UNDER THE RADAR AHEAD OF THEIR RUGBY WORLD CUP OPENER AGAINST FRANCE NEXT SATURDAY, THEY'LL HAVE TO THINK AGAIN. FANS TURNED OUT EN MASSE TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THE ABs AT THEIR OFFICIAL WELCOME CEREMONY AND CAP PRESENTATION IN LYON OVERNIGHT, WHICH MARKS THE START OF THEIR STAY IN FRANCE, IN THEIR PURSUIT OF A RECORD-BREAKING FOURTH WORLD TITLE. RUGBY REPORTER OLLIE RITCHIE HAS THE LATEST FROM LYON. UNDER POLICE ESCORT, THE ALL BLACKS ROLLED INTO THEIR LYON BASE; ANY THOUGHTS OF A QUIET ARRIVAL OUT THE WINDOW. WE'VE SENSED IN OUR VISITS HERE THE LAST SIX MONTHS JUST HOW MUCH THIS COUNTRY IS EXCITED ABOUT THIS TOURNAMENT. THAT EXCITEMENT GREETED THE ALL BLACKS AS THEY ARRIVED AT THEIR HOTEL, LEO (5) DESPERATE TO GET A GLIMPSE OF HIS HEROES. THOSE HEROES ENSURING HIS SUPPORT DIDN'T GO UNNOTICED. PERFECT. THE RUGBY IS DIFFERENT. MY HEART IS IN THE ALL BLACK. THAT'S MERELY A TASTE OF THE HEAVY LOCAL SUPPORT THE ALL BLACKS ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE IN FRANCE; THEIR OFFICIAL WORLD CUP WELCOME A CLEAR INDICATION THAT FOR THESE LOCALS, RUGBY ROYALTY IS IN TOWN. EVEN IF THE ALL BLACKS KNOW THE FANFARE MAY BE SHORT-LIVED. WE'LL BE THE ENEMY FOR A WHILE. WE KNOW THAT. BUT THAT WON'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT I BELIEVE THE CITY WILL HOST US MAGNIFICENTLY. THE ALL BLACKS HAVE LARGELY FLOWN UNDER THE RADAR FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS AT THEIR GERMANY CAMP. NOW THAT THEY'VE TOUCHED DOWN IN LYON, THOUGH, IT'S QUITE CLEAR THERE'S NO ESCAPING THE SPOTLIGHT. IT'S BEEN A PRETTY SURREAL WELCOMING, SEEING HOW PASSIONATE THE FRENCH ARE AROUND RUGBY. NOT SO MUCH JUST THE FRENCH, THEIR OWN TEAM, BUT OF US. BUT WHILE THEY WERE SOAKING UP THEIR LYON WELCOME, THEIR ATTENTION WILL QUICKLY TURN TO STADE DE FRANCE AND A SHOWDOWN WITH THE HOSTS IN A WEEK, AWARE THEY'RE VERY MUCH WALKING INTO ENEMY TERRITORY. AND I THINK OVER TIME, HOPEFULLY THE RELATIONSHIP DEEPENS AND THEY GROW TO LIKE US A LITTLE BIT. TODAY'S WELCOME HAS ALREADY MADE IT CLEAR THIS RUGBY-LOVING CITY WON'T STRUGGLE TO DO THAT. WELL, OLLIE JOINS US NOW FROM LYON, AND, OLLIE, THE ALL BLACKS WILL HAVE TO PUT THAT WELCOME BEHIND THEM RELATIVELY QUICKLY, WON'T THEY? THEY CERTAINLY WILL. EASY TO GET CAUGHT UP IN THE FANFARE AND MR NOSTALGIA, AND THEY WERE CERTAINLY GREETED WITH OPEN ARMS, BUT THEY WILL HAVE TO TURN THEIR ATTENTION BACK TO THE JOB AT HAND VERY QUICKLY. IT IS LESS THAN A WEEK UNTIL THE KICK OFF THE TOURNAMENT AGAINST THE HOSTS AND TOURNAMENT FAVOURITES. THEIR LAST OUTING AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA WAS UNDERWHELMING AND EXPOSED SEVERAL FLAWS IN THEIR GAME THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE ANSWERS TO. THEIR WILL HAVE COVERED A LOT OF THAT IN THEIR CAMP. THEY WILL HAVE BEEN GETTING A FEEL FOR THE ATMOSPHERE AND ENVIRONMENT, YOU WILL EXPECT THAT WORK TO RAMP UP. YOU CAN EXPECT IAN FOSTER AND THE ALL BLACKS TO TURN THEIR ATTENTION TO THE JOB AT HAND VERY QUICKLY. A HUGE WEEK. CAN'T WAIT. THE WARRIORS LOOK SET TO FINISH THE REGULAR SEASON WITH A LOSS TO THE DOLPHINS AT SUNCORP STADIUM. THE HOSTS STUNNED THE WARRIORS IN THE FIRST HALF, RUNNING IN FOUR TRIES TO LEAD 22-0 AT THE BREAK. BUT BACK-TO-BACK TRIES IN THE SECOND HALF GAVE THE WARRIORS A GLIMMER OF HOPE. THE PASS LOOKED FORWARD. IT GOES FOR MONTOYA. IN A RACE, THE WARRIORS HAVE GOT IT BACK TO BACK! CURRENT SCORE IS 28-10, WITH JUST MOMENTS TO PLAY. A LOSS WILL SEE THE WARRIORS FINISH FOURTH ON THE TABLE. THEY'LL FACE EITHER THE PANTHERS OR THE BRONCOS IN THEIR FIRST PLAYOFF MATCH. TO TENNIS NOW, AND NOVAK DJOKOVIC HAS BEEN PUSHED TO THE LIMIT AT THE U.S. OPEN BY FELLOW SERBIAN LASLO DJERE. AN UPSET LOOKED ON THE CARDS WHEN THE WORLD NUMBER 38 WON THE FIRST TWO SETS. BUT THE 36-YEAR-OLD SHOWED WHY HE'S WON 23 GRAND SLAMS, STAGING A COMEBACK FOR THE AGES. GORDON FINDLATER WATCHED THE ACTION. IT WAS MEANT TO BE A WALK IN THE PARK FOR NOVAK DJOKOVIC. BUT HIS THIRD-ROUND MATCH AGAINST COMPATRIOT LASLO DJERE WAS ANYTHING BUT. I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE SHOW. IT WAS DEFINITELY NOT SO ENJOYABLE FOR ME. THAT'S BECAUSE DJOKOVIC WASN'T AS HIS CLINICAL BEST EARLY... GAME DJERE. ...GOING DOWN AN EARLY BREAK, AND THEN A SET AS DJERE SHOWED HE COULD MIX IT WITH THE BEST. HE CAN INDEED. SEALS IT IN STYLE. THE SECOND SET A RINSE AND REPEAT FOR THE WORLD NUMBER 38. (NOVAK GRUNTS) SENSATIONAL. DOWN A SET AND A BREAK, DJOKOVIC WAS ON THE ROPES. DJERE TAKES CONTROL. DON'T GO ANYWHERE. THE 23-TIME GRAND SLAM CHAMPION TAKING A TIMEOUT. WHEN HE RETURNED, IT WAS A DIFFERENT GAME. NO WAY! DJOKOVIC BREAKS. NOVAK WOULD CLAIM THE THIRD SET EASILY, 6-1. BUT HE UPPED THE ANTE IN THE FOURTH. OH, NO WAY! DJERE'S CELEBRATIONS WOULD BE SHORT-LIVED THOUGH AS THE PRESSURE TOOK ITS TOLL. OH, NO WAY. IT JUST KEEPS COMING BACK WHEN DJOKOVIC IS DOWN THE FAR END. HE LOST THE NEARLY HOUR-LONG SET 6-1. IN THE END, DJOKOVIC WAS A MOUNTAIN JUST TOO HIGH. NOVAK DJOKOVIC SURVIVES IN FIVE. AND JUST THE EIGHTH TIME HE'S COME BACK FROM 2-0 DOWN, THE MATCH FINALLY FINISHING AT 1.30 IN THE MORNING. WHAT I REALLY CARE ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS JUST TO SLEEP, RECOVER. BECAUSE THERE'S PLENTY OF WORK AHEAD IF HE'S TO MAKE IT GRAND SLAM NUMBER 24. GORDON FINDLATER, NEWSHUB. ON THE SAME DAY THE FOOTBALL FERNS ANNOUNCED AN INTERNATIONAL FIXTURE WITH CHILE LATER THIS MONTH, COACH JITKA KLIMKOVA HAS BLASTED THE WAY THE SPANISH KISSING CONTROVERSY HAS PLAYED OUT. FIFA HAS SUSPENDED SPANISH FEDERATION PRESIDENT LUIS RUBIALES WHILE AN INVESTIGATION TAKES PLACE INTO HIS KISS ON THE LIPS OF JENNI HERMOSO AFTER SPAIN'S WORLD CUP VICTORY THREE WEEKS AGO. BUT DESPITE THE SUSPENSION AND MOUNTING PRESSURE TO QUIT, RUBIALES IS REFUSING TO STEP DOWN ` ACTIONS THAT HAVE ANGERED KLIMKOVA. WE SHOULD NOT BE TALKING ABOUT THE MOMENT THAT HAPPENED ON THE STAGE. IT SHOULD NOT EVEN BE PART OF OUR DISCUSSIONS, AND SPANISH BOSS SHOULD BE ALREADY GONE. THE FRIENDLY AGAINST CHILE ON SEPTEMBER THE 23rd WILL BE PLAYED IN SANTIAGO, AND WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THE TWO TEAMS HAVE MET. TIM PRICE HAS MADE HISTORY AT THE PRESTIGIOUS BURGHLEY HORSE TRIALS, RECORDING THE FIRST EVER SUB-20 SCORE IN THE DRESSAGE. THE WORLD NUMBER ONE PRICE AND VITALI STARTED STRONGLY WITH A PERFECT 10 IN THEIR FIRST HALT. THE FINE DISPLAY CONTINUED, POSTING JUST 18.7 PENALTY POINTS, SURPASSING THE PREVIOUS BURGHLEY RECORD OF 20.1. I JUST HAD A BIT MORE BELIEF IN THE HORSE'S ABILITY TO GO IN AND REALLY SHOW OFF A BIT MORE. RATHER THAN BEING AT ALL CONSERVATIVE, I REALLY WENT FOR IT TODAY. PRICE NOW TAKES A SOLID LEAD INTO TONIGHT'S CROSS COUNTRY. BUT UP IN MANCHESTER THERE'S BEEN LITTLE FOR THE BLACK CAPS TO CELEBRATE, AS ENGLAND BEAT THEM BY A MASSIVE 95 RUNS IN THE SECOND T20 AT OLD TRAFFORD. BATTING FIRST, ENGLAND OPENER JONNY BAIRSTOW PILLED ON THE RUNS, BLASTING AN UNBEATEN 86 FROM JUST 60 DELIVERIES. BIG HITTING HARRY BROOKS ALSO CHIMED IN WITH 67 TO HELP THE HOSTS REACH 198 FOR FOUR. AND THE BLACK CAPS CHASE COULDN'T HAVE GOT OFF TO A WORSE START, LOSING BOTH OPENERS CHEAPLY. IT'S BEEN RIPPED, AND HE'LL HAVE A WICKET FIRST UP. MIGHT HAVE A WICKET AS WELL. IT'S BEEN CLOTHED TOWARDS MIDWICKET. CATCH IS TAKEN COMFORTABLY, AND WE'VE GOT TWO EARLY, AND NEW ZEALAND ARE IN TROUBLE. NEW ZEALAND ALL OUT FOR JUST 103 IN THE 14TH OVER. ENGLAND NOW LEAD THE FOUR-MATCH SERIES 2-0. GAME THREE IS ON MONDAY. UPDATE ON THE WARRIORS ` PANTHERS PLAY THE COWBOYS TONIGHT. IF THE PANTHERS WHEN, THE WARRIORS WILL PLAY THEM, IF NOT, THE WARRIORS WILL PLAY THE BRONCOS. AS THEY SAY, MICHAEL - UP THE WAHS. FESTIVAL DARLING 'PAST LIVES' HAS FINALLY LANDED IN NEW ZEALAND CINEMAS, AND FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER CELINE SONG COULD NOT BE HAPPIER ABOUT IT. SHE VISITED AUCKLAND TO PROMOTE HER AWARD-WINNING DEBUT, AND HAD A CHAT WITH KATE RODGER. (GENTLE PIANO MUSIC) IN A FEW SHORT MONTHS, THIS KOREAN-BORN AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHT HAS GONE FROM A PRETTY MUCH UNKNOWN TO A CELEBRATED FILMMAKER, AND WITH A STORY STRAIGHT FROM HER OWN PAST LIFE. WHAT A GOOD STORY THIS IS. THIS IS HER FILM, 'PAST LIVES'. CHILDHOOD SWEETHEARTS WHO RECONNECT 20 YEARS LATER AND REALISE THEY WERE MEANT FOR EACH OTHER. NORA AND HAE SUNG ARE DEEPLY CONNECTED CHILDHOOD FRIENDS. WHEN NORA AND HER FAMILY LEAVE SEOUL FOR CANADA, AND THEN NEW YORK CITY, IT WILL BE 20 YEARS BEFORE THEY MEET AGAIN. IT'S A POWERFUL, INTIMATE, AUTHENTIC STORY ABOUT CONNECTION, AND CHOICES AND LOVE. HE WAS JUST THIS KID IN MY HEAD FOR SUCH A LONG TIME. I THINK I JUST MISSED HIM. DID HE MISS YOU? AND FOR SONG, RELEASING HER OWN STORY OUT INTO THE WORLD BROUGHT MIXED EMOTIONS. 'OH, I'M SO EXCITED. 'I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS TO BE IN ` OUT OF MY CONTROL AND IN THE WORLD.' AND ALSO THE FEELING THAT, 'WOW, I'M NEVER GONNA FEEL THIS AGAIN, 'WHERE THIS FEELS LIKE STILL A SECRET.' WELL, THAT SECRET, IT'S WELL AND TRULY OUT. AUDIENCES ACROSS THE GLOBE HAVE BEEN IMMERSING THEMSELVES IN A LOVE STORY SPANNING THREE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES; NOTHING LOST IN TRANSLATION. SOME OF THE MAKING OF THE FILM REALLY FELT LIKE THE FILM ITSELF, BECAUSE I FELT SOMETIMES LIKE I WAS TRANSLATING BETWEEN THESE TWO WORLDS, AND I DON'T JUST MEAN IN TERMS OF LANGUAGE, JUST SOMETIMES THROUGH CULTURE, BECAUSE OF COURSE SEOUL HAS A DIFFERENT FILMMAKING CULTURE THAN NEW YORK DOES, AND THEY BOTH HAVE SUCH A STRONG PERSONALITY WHEN IT COMES TO HOW THEY MAKE MOVIES. THERE'S A WORD IN KOREAN ` 'UNMYEONG'. IT MEANS PROVIDENCE OR FATE. YOU BELIEVE IN THAT? THAT'S JUST SOMETHING KOREANS SAY TO SEDUCE SOMEONE. # NOT REALLY SURE HOW TO FEEL ABOUT IT... # A CELEBRATION OF LOVE IN ALL ITS FORMS, CASTING THIS FILM WAS A LOVE STORY IN ITSELF. UH, HEY. NICE TO MEET YOU. SO MUCH OF CASTING IS ACTUALLY LIKE FALLING IN LOVE. I MET GRETA OVER ZOOM, AND I WAS LIKE, 'HUH, MAYBE IT'S GONNA BE HER. IT FEELS LIKE MAYBE SHE'S THE ONE.' NOW KIWI AUDIENCES CAN FALL IN LOVE TOO. 'PAST LIVES' HAS JUST OPENED ACROSS THE LAND. KATE RODGER... NEWSHUB. THE JUGGERNAUT SUCCESS STORY THAT IS TAYLOR SWIFT HAS EVEN SPOOKED THE MOVIE INDUSTRY. HAS EVEN SPOOKED THE MOVIE INDUSTRY. TAYLOR SWIFT'S 'THE ERAS TOUR' IS COMING TO THE BIG SCREEN, WITH TICKET PRESALES RAKING IN A RECORD $62m SO FAR. BUT PRODUCERS OF THE NEW EXORCIST MOVIE HAVE BAULKED AT OPENING ON THE SAME DAY AS HER MOVIE, RESCHEDULING IT FOR ONE WEEK EARLIER. RESCHEDULING IT FOR ONE WEEK LATER. THEY TWEETED, 'TAYLOR, LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO.' E WHAI AKE NEI ` NEWSHUB WEATHER, AND MIKE, AFTER A FAIRLY CALM PERIOD OF WEATHER, THERE'S A HEAVY RAIN WATCH OUT FOR TOMORROW? WE HAVE A RAIN BEARING FRONT ARRIVING TONIGHT, AND IT PUSHES SHOWERS INTO THE UPPER NORTH ISLAND AS WELL AS SOME HEAVY RAIN FOR NORTHLAND, AND ALSO FOR TARANAKI BY MONDAY. SO THE MET SERVICE HAVE A HEAVY RAIN WATCH IN PLACE FOR NORTHLAND FROM 5AM TOMMORROW UNTIL 11PM. SUNDAY ` FATHERS DAY ` WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? THE FULL FORCAST IS NEXT. (UPBEAT ACOUSTIC GUITAR MUSIC) You all good, mate? You warm enough? (LAUGHS) SONG: # Like an endless stream... # I spy with my little eye... How good is this? You're not hungry? Nearly there, mate. # Wrap me in your arms... # (PHONE RINGS) GIRL: Ah! So that's the difference between Courier and Economy. Yeah. Something like that. OK. Courier, please. # Wrap me in your arms... # KIA ORA. WHAT A DAY ` PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE ENJOYING A SUNNY SPRING DAY. AND THE GOOD NEWS, IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AGAIN TOMORROW FOR MOST OF AOTEAROA, EXCEPT FOR THE UPPER NORTH ISLAND. THERE'S SOME RAIN-BEARING FRONTS THAT MOVE ON TO THE FAR NORTH, BUT HIGH PRESSURE KEEPS EVERYONE ELSE SOUTH OF TAUPO NICE AND SUNNY. TE WAIPOUNAMU ` THE SOUTH ISLAND MAY SEE SOME PATCHY FOG IN THE EAST TONIGHT AND SOME CLOUD AROUND THE SOUTH COAST. TOMORROW ` FOG AND CLOUD HANGS AROUND IN THE MORNING IN THE SOUTH AND EAST, BUT IT DOES CLEAR UP FOR A FINE DAY WITH JUST A LITTLE HIGH CLOUD. AND FOR TE IKA A MAUI ` IT'S NORTHLAND AND COROMANDEL THAT GET SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS. THOSE SHOWERS TURN TO RAIN TONIGHT IN THE FAR NORTH. TOMORROW, HEAVY RAIN SPREADS INTO NORTHLAND PROMPTING A HEAVY RAIN WATCH. SHOWERS DEVELOP FROM AUCKLAND TO THE BAY OF PLENTY, BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE, IT STAYS NICE AND DRY WITH JUST A LITTLE HIGH CLOUD HERE AND THERE. TAKING A CLOSER LOOK NOW ` KAITAIA GETS RAIN, SOME OF IT HEAVY, AND THAT HEAVY RAIN SPREADS INTO WHANGAREI LATE IN THE DAY. HAMILTON STAYS DRY WITH AUCKLAND AND WHITIANGA LIKELY TO SEE SHOWERS. ROTORUA AND TAURANGA GET A FEW SHOWERS AS WELL WITH A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY FOR EVERYONE ELSE HERE WITH HIGHS BETWEEN 15 AND 17 DEGREES. INTO THE EAST, AND WHAT A WEEKEND FOR YOU. THERE'S A BIT OF CLOUD AROUND IN THE MORNING, BUT BRING ON THE AFTERNOON SUNSHINE ` SHOULD BE A GREAT DAY. AND THAT SUNNY WEATHER CONTINUES FOR THE REST OF THE NORTH ISLAND. WELLINGTON GETS SOME MORNING CLOUD AND THEN THEY PASS THAT CLOUD ON TO NEW PLYMOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON. BUT OVERALL, ANOTHER GREAT DAY. OVER THE STRAIT, AND IT'S A CLASSIC SPRING COCKTAIL OF CLOUD, FINE BREAKS AND LIGHT WINDS ` QUITE WARM AS WELL WITH HIGHS BETWEEN 17 AND 19. OVER THE ALPS, AND THERE'S A LITTLE MORE CLOUD ALONG WITH SOME DRIZZLE FOR EVERYONE HERE. YOU WILL SEE FINE BREAKS DURING THE DAY, BUT THAT CLOUD RETURNS AT NIGHT. AND FOR SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ` INLAND AREAS MAY GET SOME FOG WITH MORNING CLOUD FOR EVERYONE ELSE. THERE'S SOME DRIZZLE FOR OAMARU, BUT PLENTY OF AFTERNOON SUNSHINE, ESPECIALLY FOR QUEENSTOWN AND ALEXANDRA. COME IN DUNEDIN ` KIA ORA OTEPOTI. YOU GET SOME LOW CLOUD, BUT THE SUN STARTS TO BREAK THROUGH AT TIMES DURING THE DAY ` THE NIGHT CERTAINLY WARMER WITH A LOW OF 6 TONIGHT AND A HIGH OF 13, 14 EXPECTED. PRETTY MUCH THE SAME FOR CHRISTCHURCH WITH THAT LOW CLOUD. YOU'LL MOST LIKELY GET SOME DRIZZLE IN THE MORNING AND THE EVENING, BUT THE SUN DOES TRY TO MAKE AN APPEARANCE DURING THE DAY ALONG WITH SOME NORTH-EASTERLY WINDS. INTO THE NORTH ISLAND NOW ` HELLO, WELLINGTON. YOU DO A TAYLOR SWIFT AND SHAKE OFF THAT MORNING CLOUD TO GIVE YOURSELF A SUNNY, FINE AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS BETWEEN 15 AND 18. HAWKE'S BAY CONTINUES ITS LOVELY WEEKEND OF WEATHER. THERE'S A LITTLE MORE CLOUD AROUND TOMORROW, BUT OVERALL ANOTHER GREAT DAY WITH A HIGH OF 17. KIA ORA, TAURANGA. AND THIS IS WHERE YOU START TO SEE THE EFFECTS OF THAT FRONT IN THE NORTH. IT DOES PUSH SOME SHOWERS YOUR WAY TOMORROW ALONG WITH SOME EASTERLY WINDS. HAMILTON, YOU ESCAPE THOSE SHOWERS WITH A PARTLY CLOUDY SUNDAY. 16 THE HIGH WITH SOME EASTERLY WINDS. AND FOR TAMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND, IT'S A CLOUDY START TO SUNDAY FOR YOU. AND IF YOU'RE HEADING OUT AND ABOUT, PLAN FOR SOME SHOWERS FROM LUNCHTIME WITH THOSE EASTERLY WINDS BECOMING FRESH IN THE AFTERNOON. HELLO, AUSTRALIA. PERTH GETS SOME SHOWERS, BUT IT'S FINE FOR EVERYONE ELSE. BRISBANE GETS TO 25. AND IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS ` PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AROUND. FIJI GETS TO 28. BACK HERE NOW, AND IT'S A WEEK OF SHOWERS FOR NORTHERN AREAS, BUT ONE POSITIVE ` NIGHT TIMES ARE WARMING UP A BIT, WHICH IS GOOD. GISBORNE AND NAPIER STAY FINE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS, BUT SOME RAIN APPEARS FOR TAUPO AND TAURANGA. THAT RAIN MIGHT BE HEAVY FOR NEW PLYMOUTH ON MONDAY WITH SOME STRONG WINDS TUESDAY, OTHERWISE PARTLY CLOUDY INTO THE SOUTH. AND FRONT REACHES THE WEST COAST BRINGING SOME RAIN TO GREYMOUTH AND NELSON WHILE SOUTHERN AREAS ENJOY A MAINLY SETTLED START TO THE WEEK APART FOR A WINDY MONDAY IN DUNEDIN. AND THAT IS YOUR WEATHER ` A PRETTY GOOD START TO SEPTEMBER, ORIINI. LITERALLY A SPRING IN EVERYONE'S STEP TODAY. I'LL STOP BOUNCING NOW. THANK YOU, MIKE. THAT'S NEWSHUB LIVE AT 6 FOR TONIGHT. YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH THE NEWSHUB TEAM BY EMAILING NEWS@NEWSHUB.CO.NZ I'M ORIINI KAIPARA. PO MANAHAU.