TONIGHT ` WINSTON PETERS DOUBLES DOWN AS A DEFAMATION THREAT LOOMS. WHAT HE SAID THAT'S TRIGGERED A POTENTIAL LAWSUIT. SHOCKED ONLOOKERS CATCH A U.S. PILOT'S LUCKY ESCAPE AFTER CRASH-LANDING ON A BEACH. # YOU CAN FLY AWAY WITH ME TONIGHT, YOU CAN FLY AWAY WITH ME TONIGHT. # THE UNSTOPPABLE DUA LIPA ` WHY ONE OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST POP STARS IS ABOUT TO GET EVEN BIGGER. CAPTIONS BY REBECCA SCHOLTZ AND ANNA HALL-TAYLOR. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. WINSTON PETERS IS DOUBLING DOWN ON HIS CRITICISM OF FORMER AUSTRALIAN POLITICIAN BOB CARR, EVEN AS LEGAL ACTION LOOMS. MR CARR'S CRITICAL OF THE AUKUS DEFENCE DEAL AND HIS LAWYERS SAY THE NEW ZEALAND FIRST LEADER'S REACTION TO THAT HAS CROSSED A LINE. HERE'S SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS. IT LOOKS LIKE WINSTON PETERS WILL BE HEADING BACK TO COURT. I'M NOT GOING TO GET DEVIATED ON THIS MATTER. THIS IS NOT MY FIRST LEGAL RODEO EITHER. OUR DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER'S NOT WORRIED ABOUT GETTING SUED FOR DEFAMATION. I CAN TELL YOU I'VE HAD SO MANY LAWYERS CALLING ME SAYING, 'WINSTON, I WANT TO BE IN.' HIS BEHAVIOUR IS ERRATIC AND IRRATIONAL. WINSTON PETERS WENT FURTHER TODAY, ATTACKING BOB CARR AGAIN ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR GETTING INVOLVED IN KIWI POLITICS. WINSTON PETERS IS EMBARRASSING NEW ZEALAND; HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE OUR TOP DIPLOMAT. THIS IS NOT DIPLOMATIC BEHAVIOUR. CHRISTOPHER LUXON REALLY NEEDS TO STEP IN AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. WINSTON PETERS CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS. MR CARR RECENTLY SPOKE AT A LABOUR PARTY EVENT AT PARLIAMENT AND RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT US JOINING AUKUS. I WOULD NEVER GO TO ANOTHER COUNTRY AND START TELLING THEM WHAT TO DO ON A MAJOR ISSUE LIKE THAT. IN A LIVE INTERVIEW ON RADIO NEW ZEALAND YESTERDAY, WINSTON PETERS ACCUSED BOB CARR OF HAVING CLOSE LINKS WITH CHINA. NOW HIS LAWYERS SAY THEY'RE BEGINNING DEFAMATION PROCEEDINGS. THEY ALSO SAID BOB CARR HAS NEVER BEEN IN RECEIPT OF ANY INCOME FROM ANY CHINESE SHAREHOLDING OR INVESTMENT CONSULTANCY. COS YOU MIGHT BE COWED BY THREATS OF LEGAL ACTION. I'M NOT. HAS WINSTON PETERS DEFAMED BOB CARR? WELL, THAT'S GOING TO BE FOR THE COURTS TO DETERMINE. I MEAN, I DON'T SEE WHY THE TAXPAYER SHOULD PAY. BUT IT WILL BE, WON'T IT? WELL, THAT SORT OF THING DIDN'T HAPPEN WHEN THE LABOUR PARTY WAS IN ADMINISTRATION. HE SEEMS TO HAVE FORGOTTEN HIS COLLEAGUE TREVOR MALLARD; THE PUBLIC FORKED OUT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AFTER HE DEFAMED A SECURITY GUARD. AND IT LOOKS LIKE TAXPAYERS COULD BE ON THE HOOK AGAIN. AN INCREASING NUMBER OF ADULTS ARE NOW TAKING MEDICATION FOR ADHD. NEW OTAGO UNIVERSITY RESEARCH SHOWS BETWEEN 2006 AND 2022, AN INCREASING NUMBER OF ADULTS ARE NOW TAKING MEDICATION FOR ADHD. NEW OTAGO UNIVERSITY RESEARCH SHOWS BETWEEN 2006 AND 2022, THERE'S BEEN A TENFOLD INCREASE IN DISPENSING ADHD MEDICATION TO ADULTS FROM 55 FOR EVERY 100,000 TO 556. IN THE SAME PERIOD, CHILDREN'S PRESCRIPTIONS INCREASED THREEFOLD. IN THE LAST 10 YEARS OF THE STUDY, NEW DISPENSING TO ADULTS DOUBLED. ADHD ` ATTENTION DEFICIT AND HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER ` IS TRADITIONALLY CONSIDERED A CHILDHOOD DISORDER THAT LESSENS WITH AGE, BUT THIS SUGGESTS DIAGNOSIS IS BEING MADE IN ADULTHOOD IN ADDITION TO CHILDHOOD ADHD PERSISTING. EVEN SO, THERE'S A TREATMENT GAP ` IN 2022, THE TREATMENT RATE WAS 0.5% OF THE ADULT POPULATION, BUT IT'S ESTIMATED THE PREVALENCE OF THE DISORDER IN THE POPULATION IS 2.5%. GREATER ACCESS TO ASSESSMENTS AND TREATMENTS COULD CLOSE THAT GAP, BUT WITH A STRAINED MENTAL HEALTH WORKFORCE, IT'S NOT AN EASY FIX, AS JESSICA RODEN REPORTS. JULIE LEGG IS AN AUTHOR. THIS IS THE MISSING PIECE. WRITING THIS BOOK AFTER DISCOVERING SHE HAS ADHD. I'VE HAD A REALLY INTERESTING, FUN LIFE, BUT NOT WITHOUT ITS CHALLENGES THAT HAVE TRIPPED ME UP ALL THE TIME FOR 52 YEARS. SHE SAYS HER DIAGNOSIS WAS LIFE-CHANGING ` SOMETHING MORE AND MORE NEW ZEALANDERS ARE FINDING. OVER THE LAST 10 OR 20 YEARS, THERE'S BEEN A LOT MORE RECOGNITION THAT ADHD DOESN'T TURN OFF IN CHILDHOOD AND IT CONTINUES TO IMPACT ON ADULTS. SOME OF THAT NEWFOUND RECOGNITION COMING FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. #ADHD IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR TRENDING TOPICS. WE DO REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE WHO DIAGNOSE THEMSELVES THROUGH DR TIKTOK. AND WHILE THE STUDY'S FOUND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE BEING PRESCRIBED MEDICATION HAS SOARED... WE'RE STILL NOWHERE NEAR REACHING THOSE ESTIMATED PREVALENCE RATES, WHICH SUGGESTS THERE ARE LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT THERE AND NOT RECEIVING TREATMENT FOR THEIR PROBLEM. THE RESEARCH SUGGESTING MAORI AND PACIFIC ISLAND COMMUNITIES ARE LESS LIKELY TO GET HELP ` DIAGNOSES ONLY AVAILABLE THROUGH A PSYCHIATRIST. WE'D ADVOCATE STRONGLY FOR THE INCLUSION OF PRIMARY HEALTHCARE INTO THAT SYSTEM TO HELP. THERE IS CONCERN, THOUGH, THAT GPs ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH ON THEIR PLATE AND WOULD NEED UPSKILLING. COMPLEX CASES IN ADULTHOOD ARE CHALLENGING TO DIAGNOSE. MEDICATION ISN'T FOR EVERYONE. I'M A RATHER STUBBORN MULE, AND I TOOK IT UPON MYSELF AS A PERSONAL CHALLENGE TO TRY AND FIND STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE THE AREAS OF MY LIFE THAT WERE BEING TRIPPED UP ON. THE TREND FOR GREATER AND GREATER TREATMENT OF ADHD IS PROBABLY DOUBLE-EDGED. ALTHOUGH WE ALL REALISE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO BENEFIT GREATLY FROM TREATMENT, WE ARE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE GREATER MEDICALISATION OF MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE WILL BE SOME LONG-TERM DOWNSIDES TO THIS. NO SIMPLE SOLUTION TO A COMPLEX AND SEEMINGLY GROWING PROBLEM. JESSICA RODEN, 1 NEWS. POLICE SAY A 'FEMALE YOUTH' HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER AN ALLEGED STABBING AT A COUNTDOWN SUPERMARKET IN MOUNT MAUNGANUI'S BAYFIELD SHOPPING CENTRE. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE CALLED TO THE MALL AT AROUND 4.40pm FOLLOWING REPORTS OF AN ASSAULT. ONE PERSON WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AND REMAINS IN HOSPITAL. POLICE SAY WHILE FURTHER ACTION IS BEING CONSIDERED, AT THIS STAGE, THEY'RE NOT LOOKING FOR ANYONE ELSE IN RELATION TO THE INCIDENT. UNDER-FIRE GREEN MP JULIE ANNE GENTER IS MAINTAINING HER SILENCE AFTER ALLEGATIONS OF MORE INTIMIDATING BEHAVIOUR EMERGED. THE LATEST CLAIMS COME AFTER SHE APOLOGISED FOR CONFRONTING A NATIONAL MP DURING A PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE. HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR MAIKI SHERMAN. MARAMA DAVIDSON LEAVING PARLIAMENT AFTER A BIG WEEK, MINDFUL OF HER MISBEHAVING MP. WE WILL NEED TO WRAP SOME SUPPORT AND MAKE SURE JULIE ANNE FEELS WELL AND STRONG TO BE ABLE TO DO HER MAHI. THE RONGOTAI MP'S ACCUSED OF INTIMIDATING BEHAVIOUR DURING A TRANSPORT DEBATE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MS GENTER! NOW THERE'S A SECOND ALLEGATION ` FLORIST LAURA NEWCOMBE SAYS JULIE ANNE GENTER ENTERED HER SHOP LAST WEEK. WE ARE OBVIOUSLY TWO PASSIONATE PEOPLE WITH TWO DIFFERENT VIEWS. THE PAIR WERE DEBATING CYCLEWAYS... AND THEN SHE PULLED OUT THE CAMERA. SHE HAD IT IN MY FACE. SHE WAS IN MY FACE, SHE WAS YELLING. IF WHAT THE FLORIST IS SAYING IS TRUE, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE. OTHERS REACTING ONLINE TO THE INCIDENT SUGGEST NEITHER WOMAN IS WITHOUT FAULT. DID YOU GIVE AS GOOD AS YOU GOT? UM, WELL, YEAH. WE HAD AN EXCHANGE. LAURA NEWCOMBE IS HONEST ABOUT HER OPPOSITION TO CYCLEWAYS. I JUST POINTED OUT TO HER, 'OH LOOK, THERE'S NO ONE ON THE CYCLEWAY. 'THERE'S GHOST CYCLISTS.' AND THAT ENRAGED HER. SHE SAYS THE MP CAME TO HER STORE WITH A MOTIVE. SHE CAME IN TO POKE THE BEAR. LIKE, SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE'S DONE. SHE'S LIKELY TO FACE A SANCTION FROM THE GREENS, LIKELY TO FACE A SANCTION FROM PARLIAMENT ITSELF, AND I THINK FROM THEREON, IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON. 1 NEWS VISITED JULIE ANNE GENTER AT HOME TODAY, OFFERING TO INTERVIEW THE MP. SHE SAID, QUOTE, 'IT'S VERY TEMPTING AND I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO YOU', BUT IN THE END DECIDED AGAINST IT. SO WE ASKED THE GREEN PARTY IF THEY'VE TOLD HER NOT TO SPEAK TO MEDIA. IN A STATEMENT, THE PARTY SAID: COULD IT BE A SACKABLE OFFENCE? NO, NOT AT ALL, BECAUSE WE WANT TO SIT DOWN AND WORK WITH JULIE ANNE, MAKE SURE SHE FEELS SUPPORTED TO BE HER BEST SELF, AND TO NOT EVER DO THIS AGAIN. MEANWHILE, THE MP'S BEHAVIOUR IN THE HOUSE WILL BE ADDRESSED NEXT WEEK. MAIKI SHERMAN, 1 NEWS. THE U.S. PRESIDENT HAS CONDEMNED VIOLENT UNIVERSITY PROTESTS OVER THE GAZA WAR, BREAKING HIS SILENCE ON THE MOVEMENT THAT'S PLAGUED U.S. CAMPUSES FOR WEEKS. HE SPOKE JUST HOURS AFTER POLICE STORMED A STUDENT ENCAMPMENT IN LOS ANGELES. AS U.S. CORRESPONDENT LOGAN CHURCH REPORTS, THE ISSUE'S BECOME A POLITICAL HEADACHE. THE LOS ANGELES POLICE ARE CALLING TIME ON THIS PRO-PALESTINE PROTEST, MOVING IN WITH FORCE, TEARING DOWN THE STUDENT ENCAMPMENT, USING FLARES AND FLASHBANGS TO DISPERSE THE CROWD. JUST ONE OF THE LATEST CRACKDOWNS ON PROTESTS OVER ISRAEL'S CONDUCT IN THE GAZA WAR AT UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ESCALATIONS HAVE SEEN BUILDINGS OCCUPIED AND VANDALISED. YOU ARE UNDER ARREST! LIKE THIS UNIVERSITY LIBRARY IN PORTLAND, OREGON. DEMONSTRATORS WANT UNIVERSITIES TO CUT OFFICIAL TIES WITH ISRAEL AND, ULTIMATELY, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO STOP SENDING ISRAEL WEAPONS, BUT ANY HOPE THEY HAD OF PRESIDENTIAL SUPPORT DASHED TODAY. THREATENING PEOPLE, INTIMIDATING PEOPLE, INSTILLING FEAR IN PEOPLE IS NOT PEACEFUL PROTEST, IT'S AGAINST THE LAW. BIDEN ALSO SAYING THE MOVEMENT HASN'T CHANGED HIS UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL, EFFECTIVELY TELLING THE PROTESTERS IT'S ALL BEEN IN VAIN. ALL THIS HAS PUT THE U.S. PRESIDENT IN A POLITICAL BIND. STUDENTS MAKE UP A SIZEABLE SLICE OF THE VOTING POPULATION, AND MANY OF THEM ARE NOW DEEPLY UNHAPPY WITH JOE BIDEN. THIS ALL HAPPENING IN A PRESIDENTIAL RACE WHICH, ON CURRENT POLLING, WILL BE EXTREMELY CLOSE. IN ESSENCE, I THINK THAT BIDEN ADMINISTRATION MIGHT JUST BE PUTTING THEIR HANDS UP AND SAYING, 'WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WRITE OFF 'THESE VOTERS THAT CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THIS ISSUE 'BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE CAN APPEASE THEM.' THIS IS ALSO A WIN FOR DONALD TRUMP, WHO HASN'T BEEN COURTING THE LIBERAL STUDENT VOTE ANYWAY. WE'RE NOT LETTING THE RADICAL LEFT MORONS TAKE OVER THIS COUNTRY. MEANWHILE, CONDEMNATION OF POLICE TACTICS HAS SHARPENED WITH NEWS A POLICE OFFICER FIRED A GUN WHEN CLEARING AN OCCUPIED BUILDING AT NEW YORK'S COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEWLY-RELEASED POLICE FOOTAGE REVEALING THE CHAOS INSIDE. OVER TWO WEEKS, MORE THAN 2000 DEMONSTRATORS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED, YET STILL MORE PROTESTS ARE POPPING UP. LOGAN CHURCH, 1 NEWS, NEW YORK. E WHAI AKE NEI, STILL TO COME ` THE TERRIFYING MOMENT A RUNAWAY TRUCK PLOUGHS INTO A CULTURAL FESTIVAL, INJURING DOZENS OF CHILDREN. PLUS, SHE'S ALREADY GOT A NEW ALBUM IN THE WORKS ` NOW DUA LIPA'S HEADLINING THE BIGGEST MUSIC FESTIVAL IN THE WORLD. A DAY OF TRADITION HAS TAKEN A DANGEROUS TURN AT A VILLAGE IN KYRGYZSTAN IN CENTRAL ASIA. DOZENS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN WERE INJURED AFTER A DRIVERLESS ICE CREAM TRUCK PLOUGHED INTO THE CROWD. REMARKABLY, EVERYONE SURVIVED. CHANNEL NINE'S SOPHIE WALSH REPORTS. A JOYFUL GATHERING OF CHILDREN IN THE HILLSIDE VILLAGE OF ZHERGE-TAL. (UPBEAT STRING MUSIC) 3000 YOUNGSTERS RECITING A TRADITIONAL POEM WHEN FESTIVITIES GO AWRY. FOCUS ON THE TOP RIGHT CORNER ` AN ICE CREAM TRUCK SLOWLY ROLLS INTO VIEW, THEN TAKES OFF, PLOUGHING INTO THE CROWD. (SCREAMING) THE RUNAWAY TRUCK WITH NO ONE BEHIND THE WHEEL MOWS DOWN DOZENS OF PEOPLE IN UNDER 20 SECONDS. OTHERS MANAGED TO LEAP OUT OF ITS PATH BEFORE A TENT STOPS IT IN ITS TRACKS. THERE'S CHAOS IN THE FRANTIC RACE TO FIND THE INJURED... (YELLING AND SCREAMING) ..AND CONFUSION AROUND WHAT JUST HAPPENED. (YELLING) 31 SCHOOLCHILDREN AGED 9 TO 16 WERE HIT, ALONG WITH A TEACHER. 18 TAKEN TO HOSPITAL, FOUR ARE IN INTENSIVE CARE WITH BROKEN BONES. THE DRIVER, A LOCAL, TOLD POLICE HE DIDN'T TURN OFF THE ENGINE WHEN HE GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK, AND ONCE IT STARTED MOVING, IT COULDN'T BE STOPPED. TO THE U.S, AND A SMALL PLANE'S BEEN FORCED TO MAKE A DRAMATIC EMERGENCY LANDING ON A LONG ISLAND BEACH. BYSTANDERS SHOWING THE MOMENT IT LANDS, BEFORE ALMOST TIPPING OVER. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WALKING AWAY UNINJURED; THE SMALL AIRCRAFT AVOIDING BEACH GOERS AS IT TOUCHED DOWN. THE US FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT'S INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT. THIS IS A 3D MODEL OF A REAL NEANDERTHAL WOMAN. HER 75,000-YEAR-OLD REMAINS WERE FOUND IN A CAVE IN NORTHERN IRAQ, BRITISH SCIENTISTS PIECING TOGETHER 100 BONES TO GET A CLEARER IDEA OF WHAT SHE LOOKED LIKE. THE BBC'S REBECCA MORELLE REPORTS. REVEALED FOR THE FIRST TIME, A FACE FROM THE ANCIENT PAST ` A FEMALE NEANDERTHAL WHO LIVED 75,000 YEARS AGO. SHE'S BEEN CALLED SHANIDAR Z. HER FACE WAS RECREATED FROM THIS SKULL. WE CAN SAY THAT SHE'S NEANDERTHAL FROM VARIOUS FEATURES. SO, PERHAPS THE MOST OBVIOUS ONE IS THIS QUITE LARGE BROW RIDGE THAT RUNS ACROSS ABOVE THE EYES. SHE WAS PROBABLY AROUND HER MID-40s, WITH PARTICULARLY WORN TEETH. HER CHEWING'S NOT AS EFFECTIVE AS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN, SO SHE'S NOT ABLE TO EAT IN QUITE THE SAME WAY. WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER INDICATIONS OF SORT OF POOR DENTAL HEALTH, UM, SOME INFECTIONS, SOME GUM DISEASE AS WELL. PROBABLY BY THE TIME THE SKELETON AND THE TEETH ARE THIS KIND OF WORN, YOU'RE ACTUALLY GETTING TO THE NATURAL END OF LIFE. THE SKELETON WAS DISCOVERED IN A CAVE IN THE KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ. THE EXCAVATION WAS FOLLOWED BY A DOCUMENTARY TEAM. SINCE THE 1950s, ARCHAEOLOGISTS THERE HAVE FOUND BONES FROM AT LEAST 10 NEANDERTHALS. THEY THINK IT'S A BURIAL SITE. THEY WERE LOOKING AFTER OTHER MEMBERS OF THE GROUP, AND THAT CARE WENT ON AFTER THEY DIED, BECAUSE THEY WERE CAREFULLY PLACED AND PROBABLY COVERED. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT THAT THEY MAINTAINED A TRADITION OVER SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS OF, 'THIS IS WHERE YOU PUT GRANDMA.' IT WAS ONCE THOUGHT THAT NEANDERTHALS WEREN'T VERY SOPHISTICATED, BUT THERE'S EVIDENCE FROM THE CAVE THEY USED TOOLS, BUILT FIRES AND COOKED TOGETHER. YOU CAN SEE NEANDERTHALS SITTING AROUND PREPARING FOOD, HEATING THEM UP, SOME KIND OF SIMPLE COOKING GOING ON, AND PRESUMABLY THAT BEGINNING OF SOCIALISING IN WAYS. SO THAT'S JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THEY'RE MORE AND MORE LIKE US. LEARNING ABOUT SHANIDAR Z COULD TELL US MORE ABOUT OUR SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES. HER STORY IS ALSO OURS. SHE'S ALREADY ONE OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST POPSTARS, WITH MORE THAN 27 MILLION ALBUMS SOLD WORLDWIDE. NOW, DUA LIPA'S ABOUT TO BECOME EVEN BIGGER WITH A HEADLINE SLOT AT GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL AND THE RELEASE OF HER HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED THIRD ALBUM. SHE SAT DOWN WITH BBC'S MARK SAVAGE. # YOU CAN FLY AWAY WITH ME TONIGHT, # YOU CAN FLY AWAY WITH ME TONIGHT... # FOUR NUMBER 1 SINGLES, SEVEN BRIT AWARDS... THIS IS SICK. ..A STARRING ROLE IN BARBIE... HI, BARBIE. ..AND LATER THIS YEAR, A HEADLINE SPOT AT GLASTONBURY. HOW MUCH DOES THAT OCCUPY YOUR THOUGHTS ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS? ER, 50% OF MY THOUGHT GOES TO GLASTONBURY AND THEN THE REST EVERY OTHER DAY TASKS. IT- IT- IT LIVES AND HAS LIVED IN MY MIND SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING. # OOH, IT'S AMUSING # BEFORE GLASTONBURY COMES DUA'S NEW ALBUM. IT ARRIVES AT THE SAME TIME AS RELEASES BY ARIANA GRANDE... # WAIT FOR YOUR LOVE # ..BEYONCE AND TAYLOR SWIFT. # I LOVE YOU # THE SINGER SAYS IT'S NOTABLE THAT FEMALE ARTISTS AREN'T BEING PITTED AGAINST EACH OTHER. I THINK WE'RE DEFINITELY GROWING UP. I THINK PEOPLE ARE BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE WAY THAT THEY CHOOSE TO PORTRAY WOMEN AND COMPETITION, AND WE'RE IN A MOMENT IN TIME WHERE THERE'S SO MUCH CAMARADERIE, AND I THINK IT'S WORKING IN IN OUR FAVOUR, AND I THINK IT'S AMAZING TO SEE SO MANY WOMEN AT THE SAME TIME. # I'M NOT HERE FOR LONG, # # CATCH ME OR I GO HOUDINI # GLASTONBURY REFLECTS THAT SHIFT. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER THIS YEAR, THERE'LL BE TWO FEMALE HEADLINERS. # JUMP, JUMP. IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE WAY I... # DUA SAYS IT'S HER JOB TO MAKE THE PYRAMID STAGE FEEL AS INTIMATE AS THIS SHOW FROM 2017. I GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE 150,000 PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY'RE IN A SMALL LITTLE NIGHTCLUB. SOMEHOW, I GOTTA DO IT. IF THERE'S ONE PLACE TO DO IT, IT'S GOTTA BE GLASTO. # I COULD DO THIS DANCE ALL NIGHT. # WE'LL FIND OUT IN JUNE. # OOH, WHAT YOU DOING? # JUST AHEAD ` JACK FROST'S IN FOR A BUSY NIGHT TONIGHT. HOW YOUR WEEKEND WEATHER'S SHAPING UP. AND THE RETURN OF EUROVISION ` WE TAKE A LOOK AT JUST HOW THIS QUIRKY, COLOURFUL COMPETITION CAPTURED THE WORLD'S ATTENTION. EXCITEMENT'S BUILDING IN EUROPE AND ACROSS THE WORLD AS SWEDEN PREPARES TO HOST THIS YEAR'S EUROVISION SONG CONTEST. THE ANNUAL TELEVISED COMPETITION INVITES COUNTRIES FROM ACROSS EUROPE TO ENTER JUST ONE ACT WITH ONE SONG TO BATTLE IT OUT FOR THE TOP SPOT. JACOB JOHNSON EXPLAINS HOW THE QUIRKY, COLOURFUL COMPETITION KEEPS ON CAPTIVATING THE WORLD'S ATTENTION. (FUNKY ELECTRONIC MUSIC) KNOWN FOR ITS CRAZY COSTUMES... (RAPPING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE) .. THEATRICAL STAGE SETS.... (RAPPING CONTINUES) ..AND OF COURSE, OUTRAGEOUS YET CATCHY SONGS. (DANCE MUSIC) # AND BEFORE THAT WOLF EATS MY GRANDMA, # GIVE THAT WOLF A BANANA... # EUROVISION HAS WON OVER NOT JUST EUROPE, BUT MUCH OF THE WORLD SINCE 1956. # MY MY... # IT'S LAUNCHED SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC, THIS YEAR MARKING 50 YEARS SINCE SWEDISH SUPERGROUP ABBA WON THE CONTEST. # WATERLOO. I WAS DEFEATED, YOU WON THE WAR. # FITTING, GIVEN THIS YEAR'S EUROVISION IS IN SWEDEN; THE ARENA IN THE CITY OF MALMO READY TO HOST 37 ACTS WHO HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO REPRESENT THEIR COUNTRY. SWITZERLAND IS PROBABLY THE FAVOURITE. IT COULD WELL BE CROATIA AS WELL. THE NETHERLANDS IS WELL FAVOURED, BUT THE DIFFICULT THING TO PREDICT WHEN IT COMES TO EUROVISION IS HOW THE JURIES WILL VOTE AND HOW THE PUBLIC WILL. (INTENSE ELECTRONIC MUSIC) THE FAN PICKS NOT ALWAYS THE WINNERS. LAST YEAR, FINLAND WAS THE OVERWHELMING FAVOURITE WITH THE PUBLIC. 18 COUNTRIES GAVE IT THE MAXIMUM 12 POINTS AND YET THE JURIES DIDN'T REALLY LIKE IT VERY MUCH AND IT DIDN'T DO AS WELL WITH THEM, WHICH MEANT THAT SWEDEN WON OVERALL. THOSE IN THE HOST CITY SAY FESTIVITIES THIS YEAR ARE MORE SUBDUED; THE CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST HANGING OVER THE EVENT. # HOURS AND HOURS IN POWER... # ISRAEL'S REPRESENTATIVE EDEN GOLAN FORCED TO REWRITE HER ENTRY, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED OCTOBER RAIN, THOUGHT TO BE A REFERENCE TO THE HAMAS ATTACKS ON ISRAEL LAST OCTOBER. THERE WILL BE PROTESTS. IT'S WELL KNOWN THAT PROTESTS ARE PLANNED, AND ALSO AUTHORITIES HAVE HAD TO COME OUT AND SAY, 'WE'RE PREPARED FOR PROTEST,' BECAUSE THEY'RE AWARE THAT THESE WILL BE TAKING PLACE. SINCE 2015, AUSTRALIA HAS BEEN INVITED TO COMPETE AT EUROVISION. THIS YEAR, SENDING ITS FIRST DUO ` ELECTRIC FIELDS. # WHAT YA GONNA DO IN THE REAL WORLD MICKEY? # WHAT YA GONNA DO WHEN YOU SEE? # NEW ZEALAND YET TO GET AN INVITE. THE FIRST PERFORMANCES WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY AHEAD OF THE GRAND FINAL NEXT WEEKEND, SO EXPECT PLENTY OF VARIETY... (DRAMATIC SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE) ..AND A BIT OF WEIRDNESS... # GIVE THAT WOLF (A BANANA) # ..AS PERFORMERS PREPARE FOR EUROPE'S BIGGEST SHOW. JACOB JOHNSON, 1 NEWS. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH LAST YEAR'S EUROVISION WINNER. IT'S SWEDEN'S LOREEN WITH 'TATTOO'. # I DON'T WANNA GO, # BUT BABY, WE BOTH KNOW # THIS IS NOT OUR TIME; # IT'S TIME TO SAY GOODBYE. # UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN, # 'CAUSE THIS IS NOT THE END. # IT WILL COME A DAY # WHEN WE WILL FIND OUR WAY. # VIOLINS PLAYIN' # AND THE ANGELS CRYIN'. # WHEN THE STARS ALIGN, # THEN I'LL BE THERE. # NO, I DON'T CARE ABOUT THEM ALL, # 'CAUSE ALL I WANT IS TO BE LOVED, # AND ALL I CARE ABOUT IS YOU. # YOU'RE STUCK ON ME LIKE A TATTOO. # NO, I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE PAIN. # I'LL WALK THROUGH FIRE AND THROUGH RAIN # JUST TO GET CLOSER TO YOU. # YOU'RE STUCK ON ME LIKE A TATTOO. # THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. PO MANAHAU. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY REBECCA SCHOLTZ AND ANNA HALL-TAYLOR. 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