THE PRIME MINISTER MEETS NEW ZEALAND YACHTING ROYALTY IN SAN FRANCISCO AND THE MAN MANY ARE PICKING AS A FUTURE U.S. PRESIDENT. A YEAR ON, POLICE AND FAMILY APPEAL FOR INFORMATION ON THE DEATH OF 10-MONTH-OLD BABY KWEEN IN NORTHLAND. ACTOR ALEC BALDWIN'S CRIMINAL TRIAL FOR INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER HAS BEEN SUDDENLY DISMISSED OVER CLAIMS OF WITHHELD EVIDENCE. AND THE ALL BLACKS LOOK TO CONTINUE THEIR 30-YEAR WINNING STREAK AT EDEN PARK. WE'LL CROSS LIVE. CAPTIONS BY TUI TIPENE AND SAM BAKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024 TENA TATOU KATOA. MALO E LELEI. GOOD EVENING. THE PRIME MINISTER'S LABELLED JOE BIDEN'S MEGA BLUNDER ` INTRODUCING UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY AS VLADIMIR PUTIN ` 'NOT IDEAL'. IT'S THE CLOSEST HE'S COME TO COMMENTING ON DOMESTIC U.S. POLITICS DURING HIS FOUR-DAY TRIP TO THE UNITED STATES. AND AFTER A MEETING WITH THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM, WHO'S BEEN TIPPED AS A FUTURE U.S. PRESIDENT, HE COULDN'T AVOID THE MESS COMPLETELY. CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT TOVA O'BRIEN REPORTS FROM SAN FRANCISCO. BATTER UP. (CHEERING) THE PRIME MINISTER ATTEMPTING A HOME RUN ON THE HOME STRETCH OF HIS HOTLY POLITICAL U.S. TRIP. NOT ONLY KNOCKING IT OUT OF THE PARK, BUT KNOCKING THE SOCKS OF CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM. MAY I SPEAK CANDIDLY? THAT WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. I'VE SEEN A LOT OF FOLKS WITH TIES UH, THAT HAVE BEEN UP AT THAT PLATE. NO ONE ` NO ONE ` HIT EVERY SINGLE BALL. AND MAKING DREAMS COME TRUE FOR CHRISTOPHER LUXON. TO BE ABLE TO HIT A BALL LIKE THAT IN THE BASEBALL STADIUM ` I'VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE. IT WAS AWESOME. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING US DO THAT. NEWSOM TOPS MOST OF THE LISTS OF POTENTIAL SUCCESSORS TO PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND WAS ALSO AMONG THE NAMES SUPERSTAR GEORGE CLOONEY PICKED IN HIS RECENT OP ED CALLING FOR BIDEN TO QUIT. GAVIN NEWSOM, WILL YOU STEP INTO THE BREACH IF JOE BIDEN STEPS DOWN? HE'S OUR NOMINEE. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING HIM AT THE CONVENTION AND ON ELECTION DAY. WE NEED TO LEAVE. WITH THE MENTION OF BIDEN, THE MEDIA WAS SWIFTLY SHOWN THE DOOR, BUT AFTER THE PRESIDENT'S DOUBLE-NAMED DOOZY YESTERDAY, NEWSOM'S SUPPORT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TO ENSURE HIS SURVIVAL. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PRESIDENT PUTIN. (SCATTERED APPLAUSE) PRESIDENT PUTIN?! YOU'RE GONNA BEAT PRESIDENT PUTIN. PRESIDENT ZELENSKY. I WOULDN'T HAVE PICKED VICE-PRESIDENT TRUMP TO BE VICE-PRESIDENT DID I THINK SHE WAS NOT QUALIFIED TO BE PRESIDENT. WAS IT ACCEPTABLE THAT THE U.S. PRESIDENT CONFUSED VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN? LOOK, I'M NOT GETTING INTO THAT. I MEAN, YOU KNOW... OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S NOT IDEAL, BUT... DID HE REMEMBER YOUR NAME? YES. I THINK SO, YEAH. YEAH. NEWSOM CERTAINLY DID. DID GAVIN NEWSOM GIVE OFF BIG PRESIDENTIAL ENERGY? (CHUCKLES) UM, LOOK, NO, HE'S SOMEONE THAT I'VE, UH, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWED FOR A WHILE, AND, UM, WE CONNECTED REALLY WELL. LUXON'S ONE-DAY WHISTLE-STOP IN SAN FRANCISCO OFFERED SOME RESPITE FROM POLITICS... GIDDAY, BLAIR. HOW ARE YOU, MATE? YEAH, GOOD, THANKS. ...MEETING NEW ZEALAND SAILING ROYALTY SIR RUSSELL COUTTS, BLAIR TUKE AND PETER BURLING AHEAD OF THE SAILGP GRAND FINAL STAGED BETWEEN THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE AND ALCATRAZ. IT'S GREAT HONOUR TO DO THE JOB, AND, YEAH, WE WANT TO DO IT 24-7, AND YOU JUST WANT TO GO AS HARD AS YOU CAN FOR AS LONG AS YOU CAN. THE PM TALKING UP HIS LOVE OF THE JOB BUT NEGLECTING TO MENTION WHAT HE LET SLIP YESTERDAY. I'VE GOT TO FIX THE COUNTRY, AND WE'VE GOT TO TURN NEW ZEALAND AROUND, AND THE LAST THING THE NEW ZEALAND PEOPLE NEED TO SEE IS ME AT THE OLYMPICS, OR ME AT THE AMERICA'S CUP. BLAIR, DID THE PM BREAK IT TO YOU THAT HE WASN'T GONNA COME AND WATCH THE AMERICA'S CUP? THAT HE WASN'T OR WAS? WASN'T. OH, NO, HE DIDN'T, ACTUALLY. BUT, UM. (CHUCKLES) YEAH, HE DID KEEP THAT ONE QUIET. BUT, UM, YEAH, OF COURSE, WE'LL BE TRYING TO DO OUR BEST WE CAN OVER THERE IN OCTOBER TOO. AFTER A CLOSED-DOOR LUNCH WITH MONEYED-UP INVESTORS, LUXON AIMED FOR THE STARS, VISITING THE NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTRE, OGLING SOME SUPERCOMPUTERS AND MEETING KIWIS DONE GOOD IN TURNING AT THE SPACE AGENCY. NEXT STOP FOR THE PM ` A FEW DAYS' BREATHER. ARE YOU GONNA GO ON HOLIDAY SOMEWHERE NICE? UM, I'M ON HOLIDAY, YEAH, FOR A FEW DAYS. IT'LL BE GREAT. YEAH. JUST SAY IT. I'M NOT GOING TO TE PUKE. (LAUGHTER) I'M NOT GOING TO TE PUKE. HEY, EVERYONE. LISTEN, TODAY, I'M IN TE PUKE. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, LUXON INFAMOUSLY POSTED A SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO SUGGESTING HE WAS IN TE PUKE WHEN HE WAS ACTUALLY IN HAWAII. THE PRIME MINISTER WILL BE TALKING HIS FIRST U.S. TRIP UP AS A WIN, MEETING MORE THAN 30 WORLD LEADERS, INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, A BUNCH OF BIG-DEAL REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS, ELITE NEW ZEALAND ATHLETES AND MAJOR INVESTORS, NOT TO MENTION CHAIRING A POWERFUL MEETING AT THE NATO SUMMIT. CHRISTOPHER LUXON HAS SCHMOOZED LIKE THE BEST OF THEM AND SOMEHOW MANAGED TO AVOID THE CAVERNOUS POLITICAL PITFALLS RIDDLING THE UNITED STATES RIGHT NOW. JOE BIDEN'S FUTURE IS HANGING IN THE BALANCE. NEXT WEEK AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, DONALD TRUMP WILL TRIUMPHANTLY ACCEPT THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION WHILE THE DEMOCRATS EAT THEMSELVES ALIVE. IT'S FITTING, ISN'T IT, THAT THE PRIME MINISTER ENDED HIS FOUR-DAY TRIP HERE AT NASA BECAUSE U.S. POLITICS IS OUT OF THIS WORLD. ALEC BALDWIN'S CRIMINAL TRIAL HAS BEEN SUDDENLY DISMISSED OVER CLAIMS OF WITHHELD EVIDENCE. THE 66-YEAR-OLD ACTOR CRIED AND EMBRACED HIS WIFE AND LAWYERS IN COURT AFTER THE DECISION WAS ANNOUNCED. BALDWIN WAS CHARGED WITH INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AFTER THE GUN HE WAS HOLDING ON THE RUST MOVIE SET IN 2021, FIRED LIVE AMMUNITION, KILLING CINEMATOGRAPHER HALYNA HUTCHINS. PROSECUTORS SAY THE DECISION IS DISAPPOINTING. WE DID EVERYTHING HUMANLY POSSIBLE TO BRING JUSTICE TO HALYNA AND TO HER FAMILY, AND WE'RE PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE DID. AGAIN, WE DISAGREE WITH THE COURT'S DECISION, BUT WE HAVE TO RESPECT IT. BALDWIN'S LAWYERS ALLEGED POLICE AND PROSECUTORS HID EVIDENCE ` A BATCH OF BULLETS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN CONNECTED TO THE SHOOTING ON SET. THE NEW-MEXICO JUDGE HAS RULED THE CRIMINAL TRIAL CANNOT BE FILED AGAIN. THE TWO KIWI BROTHERS LOCKED UP IN THAILAND AFTER AN ALTERCATION ON THE ROADSIDE WITH LOCAL POLICE ARE BACK IN NEW ZEALAND WITH THEIR FAMILIES. HAMISH AND MATTSON DAY WERE ON HOLIDAY IN PHUKET WHEN THEY WERE ARRESTED IN MARCH ON FIVE CHARGES, INCLUDING ROBBERY, OBSTRUCTION OF POLICE, AND PHYSICAL ATTACK AGAINST A POLICEMAN. THE PAIR SPENT NEARLY FOUR MONTHS IN PRISON BUT ARE NOW BACK HOME AND REQUESTING PRIVACY. MFAT SAYS IT PROVIDED CONSULAR ASSISTANCE TO THE BROTHERS. THE MAYOR OF A TOURIST TOWN IN THE PHILIPPINES WHERE AN AUSTRALIAN COUPLE WERE MURDERED LAST WEEK HAS GIVEN POLICE AN ULTIMATUM ` SOLVE THE CASE OR STEP DOWN. THE BODIES OF DAVID FISK AND LUCITA CORTEZ WERE DISCOVERED BY A HOTEL WORKER IN THEIR ROOM JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE THEY WERE MEANT TO FLY HOME. HOTEL CCTV FOOTAGE CIRCULATING ONLINE SHOWS AN UNIDENTIFIED MAN LEAVING THE ROOM IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING. THE SUSPECT IS STILL ON THE RUN, AND THE PHILIPPINE POLICE HAVE ESTABLISHED A SPECIAL INVESTIGATION TASK FORCE THAT WILL ALSO WORK WITH AUSTRALIAN AUTHORITIES. TODAY MARKS A YEAR SINCE THE DEATH OF BABY KWEEN THOMPSON IN NORTHLAND. THE LITTLE GIRL HAD PNEUMONIA, BRUISES TO HER FACE AND HAD SUFFERED WHAT THE POLICE DESCRIBE AS A NON-ACCIDENTAL INJURY IN THE FORTNIGHT BEFORE SHE DIED OF ASPHYXIA. AS EDWARD GAY REPORTS, INVESTIGATING OFFICERS ARE FRUSTRATED AT THE LACK OF COOPERATION THEY'VE HAD FROM THE ADULTS WHO WERE IN THE HOUSE AT THE TIME THE 10-MONTH-OLD DIED. FROM SUCH A LITTLE AGE, AND I'M MEANING, LIKE, FROM A MONTH, FIVE WEEKS, SHE WOULD SMILE AT YOU. THAT WAS HER GIFT THAT SHE HAD TO BRING, AND... IT REALLY HURTS A LOT... (SNIFFLES) ...THAT SHE JUST CAN'T GO ON TO SHARE IT. ON JULY 13, 2023, EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE CALLED TO THE HOUSE ON PARORE ST IN DARGAVILLE, BUT THEY COULD NOT REVIVE HER. STUFF UNDERSTANDS EBONY BENNETT, BENNETT'S THEN PARTNER, AND KALANI TAITUMU, KWEEN'S MOTHER, WERE AT HOME AT THE TIME. AND WE ASK THAT THEY COME FORWARD AND SPEAK WITH POLICE AND THEY PROVIDE SOME OF THE FACTS WE NEED TO CLOSE THIS CASE. THOSE FACTS ARE ONLY KNOWN BY THEM, AND IT IS FRUSTRATING THEIR LACK OF COOPERATION. STUFF TRAVELLED TO DARGAVILLE IN AN EFFORT TO SPEAK TO BABY KWEEN'S FAMILY. THERE WAS NO ONE HOME. STUFF UNDERSTANDS THAT BABY KWEEN'S MOTHER TOLD WIDER WHANAU THAT SHE WAS COOKING DINNER ON JULY 13. SHE SAID THAT SHE WENT TO CHECK ON BABY KWEEN AND FOUND HER UNRESPONSIVE IN HER PORTACOT. WE HAD AN EXPERT EXAMINE THE COT. IT IS SUFFICIENTLY CONCERNING THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THIS. I CAN'T COMMENT ON THE NATURE OF THE INJURY, BUT IT IS CLEARLY NON-ACCIDENTAL, AND THAT IS FORMING A KEY PART OF OUR INVESTIGATION. IS IT SOLVABLE, DETECTIVE? IT IS SOLVABLE IF EVERYBODY COMES TOGETHER, WORKS FOR KWEEN AND TELLS THE TRUTH. HAVE A CONSCIENCE. BE HONEST. THAT GUILT ` NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO OR WHAT YOU DO ` WILL ALWAYS FOLLOW YOU, SO FREE YOURSELF. A NEW SURVEY CLAIMS TO HAVE FOUND THE WORST LITTER BUGS IN NEW ZEALAND, AND WELLINGTON, WE HATE TO BREAK IT TO YOU, BUT YOU HAD FOUR OF THE WORST BEACHES. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, AS KIWI RAPPER JESSB RELEASES HER DEBUT ALBUM. AND IN SPORT, THE ALL BLACKS LOOK TO CONTINUE THEIR 30-YEAR WINNING STREAK AT EDEN PARK. WE ARE THERE LIVE. A NEW SURVEY OF THE MOST RUBBISH-STREWN BEACHES IN THE COUNTRY HAS FOUND WELLINGTON HAS FOUR OF THE TOP 10. WELLINGTON CHARITY 'SUSTAINABLE COASTLINES' SURVEYS ABOUT 350 SITES AROUND THE COUNTRY REGULARLY AND CONDUCTS AUDITS OF WHAT IS FOUND TO DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF LITTER BEING FOUND. THE WELLINGTON BEACHES IN THE TOP 10 ARE PAREMATA BRIDGE, KAIWHARAWHARA ESTUARY, KAU BAY AND PORIRUA STREAM ESTUARY. STILL IN THE CAPITAL ` READING CINEMAS HAS BEEN LISTED FOR SALE, FOLLOWING A CONTROVERSIAL ATTEMPT BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO BUY THE COURTNEY PLACE LAND EARLIER THIS YEAR. THE AGENT HANDLING THE SALE SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FROM PARTIES, BOTH HERE AND OVERSEAS. WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL HAD LOOKED AT A DEAL TO BUY THE LAND, BUT IT WAS CONDITIONAL ON THE U.S.-BASED OWNERS RESTORING THE ABANDONED COMPLEX. EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST WILL CLOSE IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT MONTH. AN ORCHESTRA HAS PERFORMED ON THE RUINS OF A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN THE UKRAINIAN CAPITAL, KYIV, AS PART OF A COMMEMORATION SERVICE AFTER IT WAS HIT BY A MISSILE ATTACK. (REFLECTIVE STRING MUSIC PLAYS) THE HOSPITAL WAS UKRAINE'S LARGEST MEDICAL FACILITY FOR CHILDREN AND WAS CARING FOR MORE THAN 600 PATIENTS AT THE TIME OF THE ATTACK. IT WAS RUSSIA'S HEAVIEST BOMBARDMENT OF THE CAPITAL IN MORE THAN FOUR MONTHS. CURRENT 'IT GIRL' RAPPER JESSB IS SEEN AS ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S BOLDEST HIP HOP VOICES, SO IT'S SURPRISING SHE'S ONLY JUST NOW RELEASED HER FIRST ALBUM. THE FORMER CENTRAL PULSE NETBALLER SAYS 'FEELS LIKE HOME' WAS A LONG TIME COMING. HERE'S A TASTE. (JESSB'S 'CAN'T FAKE IT') # THIS, THAT, SORRY. # I CAN'T FAKE SHIT. YES, WE COCKY. CAN YOU BLAME US? # THIS, THAT, TURN AROUND AND BABY, MAKE IT DROP ON ME RIGHT NOW. # MAKE IT MOVE... YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I THINK THE THING THAT FIRST HAD ME UM... LIKE, LOVING MUSIC WAS HIP-HOP. AND IT WAS BECAUSE OF A SENSE OF... UM, AGAIN, BEING SEEN OR FEELING LIKE I COULD REALLY RELATE TO WHAT I WAS HEARING. # LET THE HOMIES FEAST. BABY, SHAKE THEM CHEEKS. # YEAH, I HEARD THE MONEY CALLING, # SO WE WANT OUR REESE'S PIECE. PERFORMING LIVE IS PROBABLY MY FAVOURITE PART OF THE JOB. I THINK IT'S, LIKE, THE REAL, TANGIBLE MOMENT WHEN YOU GET TO, LIKE, SEE YOUR ART COME TO LIFE AND SEE HOW PEOPLE RECEIVE IT. UM, SO I LOVE PERFORMING LIVE, EVEN WHEN IT'S... NOT` YOU KNOW, EVEN IF THE CROWD IS SMALL. AND YOU CAN SEE MORE ABOUT JESSB'S MUSICAL HOMECOMING IN TOMORROW'S SUNDAY MAGAZINE IN THE SUNDAY STAR TIMES. WELL, SPORT IS NEXT AND WE'RE OFF TO EDEN PARK WHERE THE INJURY TO TJ PERENARA HAS GIVEN A NEW FACE A BIG OPPORTUNITY. CORTEZ RATIMA LIKELY TO COME OFF THE BENCH. AND NOVAK DJOKOVIC CONTINUES TO WIND BACK THE CLOCK ` HE'S MADE HIS TENTH WIMBLEDON FINAL. WELCOME BACK. LEADING SPORT ` THE ALL BLACKS WILL BE HOPING FOR A MORE COMPLETE PERFORMANCE TONIGHT, WHEN THE SECOND TEST AGAINST ENGLAND KICKS OFF IN JUST OVER HALF AN HOUR. IT'S ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SCOTT ROBERTSON'S SIDE TO GROW, AFTER LAST WEEK'S ONE-POINT WIN. OLLIE RITCHIE JOINS US LIVE FROM EDEN PARK. OLLIE, CONFIDENCE IS STILL HIGH IN THE ALL BLACKS CAMP? YES, IT IS. THEY HAVE GOOD REASON TO BE CONFIDENT AS WELL. YES, IT WAS REALLY TIGHT ON SCOREBOARD LAST WEEK, BUT THERE WAS A LOT TO LIKE. JOINING ME NOW, JASON RYAN. WHAT HAVE YOU LIKED FROM THIS WEEK? THE BOYS HAVE KNUCKLE DOWN AND REVIEWED WHAT WE LEARNED FROM LAST WEEK. SECOND TEST MATCHES, EVERYONE GETS BETTER. AS ANOTHER WEEK BEING TOGETHER WHICH IS GOOD. WITH JUST WORKED ON A NUMBER OF FINISHING TOUCHES, AND A NUMBER OF KEY AREAS THAT WE WANT TO ADDRESS TONIGHT. HOW MUCH OF THE FOCUS HAS THAT BEEN ON THIS WEEK? WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFOREHAND, BUT IT'S A CLASSIC CASE OF UNTIL YOU REALLY EXPERIENCE THAT, YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE. WILL HOPEFULLY SCORE SOME POINTS. FROM A SCRUM PERSPECTIVE, WHAT DID YOU LIKE ABOUT WHAT YOU SAW? I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF PATIENCE, AND ABOUT WHERE WE ARE ON THE FIELD. OVERALL, WE WERE PRETTY PLEASED WITH OUR SCRUMMAGING. NICK BERRY HAS BEEN GREAT DURING THE WEEK. WILL LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. DO YOU FEEL THAT THIS GROUP IS GELLING MORE AND MORE EVERYDAY? YOU HAVE GOT TO BE FAST LEARNERS AND TEST FOOTBALL. IT'S ALL ABOUT WINNING. AS I SAID BEFORE, ANOTHER WEEK HAS HELPED US. YOU KNOW THE RECORD, A SPECIAL PLACE, EDEN PARK. 30 YEARS BEATEN. IT HAS BEEN A SPECIAL PLACE FOR THE LAKES AND NEW ZEALAND RUGBY. WE'RE JUST GOING TO DEAL WITH WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US, AND PUTTING ON A PERFORMANCE THAT WE CAN BE PART OF TONIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WISH YOU LUCK. THAT WAS THE ALLBLACKS ASSISTANT COACH JASON RYAN. WE HAVE PICTURE PERFECT CONDITIONS FOR THE ALL BLACKS TO BE ABLE TO RUN. TO NETBALL, AND THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONSM, THE NORTHERN MYSTICS, HAVE BEATEN THE TABLE-TOPPING CENTRAL PULSE BY A CONVINCING MARGIN IN THIS AFTERNOON'S ANZ PREMIERSHIP. THE TWO SIDES WERE GOAL-FOR-GOAL DURING THE FIRST QUARTER, BEFORE THE MYSTICS BEGAN TO PULL AWAY MIDWAY THROUGH THE SECOND SPELL THANKS TO DEFENSIVE DUO CARYS STYTHE AND PHOENIX KARAKA. THE MYSTICS GOING ON TO DEFEAT THE WELLINGTON-BASED SIDE 68 TO 58. ONCE THEY GOT GOING DOWN THEIR DEFENSIVE END, THEY WERE PRETTY MUCH UNSTOPPABLE IN THAT SECOND QUARTER. I THINK, YOU KNOW, FROM A GUESS, THAT FIRST, THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTER WOULD'VE BEEN PRETTY EVEN, SO WE WERE RIGHT IN IT, AND WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO NEXT TIME. THE RESULT COULD SEE THE PULSE RELINQUISH TOP SPOT ON THE COMPETITION LADDER IF THE MAINLAND TACTIX BEAT THE WAIKATO-BAY OF PLENTY MAGIC TOMORROW. KIWI HIGH JUMPER HAMISH KERR HAS DELIVERED THE PERFECT CONFIDENCE BOOSTER AHEAD OF THIS MONTH'S PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES. KERR EQUALLED HIS OUTDOOR PERSONAL RECORD, CLEARING 2.33M ON THIS THIRD ATTEMPT, TO CLAIM BACK-TO-BACK DIAMOND LEAGUE VICTORIES. SEVEN-TIME CHAMPION NOVAK DJOKOVIC HAS SET UP A WIMBLEDON FINAL REMATCH AGAINST RIVAL CARLOS ALCARAZ, AFTER OUTCLASSING ITALIAN 25TH SEED LORENZO MUSETTI IN STRAIGHT SETS. THE WORLD NUMBER TWO PRODUCED SOME OF HIS BEST TENNIS TO BEAT MUSETTI, 6-4, 7-6, 6-4, AND REACH A 10TH WIMBLEDON FINAL. STRAIGHT SETS FOR NOVAK DJOKOVIC. (CROWD CHEERS) THE MAN'S ON A MISSION. ALCARAZ ON SUNDAY IS THE DATE. UH, YOU KNOW, I'M OBVIOUSLY VERY, VERY SATISFIED; VERY PLEASED AND HAPPY TO BE IN ANOTHER FINALS, BUT I DON'T WANT TO STOP HERE. HOPEFULLY, I'LL GET MY HANDS ON THAT TROPHY ON SUNDAY. FALSE OUT MEANWHILE, KIWI ERIN ROUTLIFFE WILL MOVE INTO THE NUMBER ONE SPOT IN THE DOUBLES WORLD RANKINGS, AFTER MAKING IT THROUGH TO THE FINAL AT WIMBLEDON. ROUTLIFFE AND PARTNER GABY DABROWSKI PREVAILED 6-4, 6-3, IN THEIR SEMIFINAL MATCH, GIVING THE DUO THE CHANCE TO BACK UP THEIR SUCCESS AT LAST YEAR'S U.S. OPEN. FINALLY, TONIGHT ` KIWI GOLFER STEVEN ALKER HAS A ONE-SHOT LEAD AT THE HALFWAY POINT OF THE LATEST CHAMPIONS TOUR SENIORS TOURNAMENT IN OHIO. ALKER SHOT THE ROUND OF THE DAY ` A FIVE-UNDER-PAR 65, TO PUT HIM AT SEVEN-UNDER 133, THROUGH TWO ROUNDS AT THE KAULIG COMPANIES CHAMPIONSHIP. THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. BACK-TO-BACK BIRDIES FOR ALKER. MEANWHILE, LYDIA KO'S SECOND ROUND AT THE EVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP WAS CUT SHORT BY STORMY WEATHER. KO WAS EIGHT SHOTS OFF THE RUNAWAY LEADER, AT FOUR UNDER, WITH FIVE HOLES TO PLAY, WHEN PLAY WAS SUSPENDED FOR THE DAY. THIS IS THREENEWS. HERE ARE OUR TOP STORIES ` THE PRIME MINISTER'S LABELLED JOE BIDEN'S MEGA BLUNDER INTRODUCING UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY AS VLADIMIR PUTIN NOT IDEAL. CHRISTOPHER LUXON HAS WOUND UP HIS U.S. TRIP BY MEETING CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM, WHO'S BEEN TIPPED AS A FUTURE U.S. PRESIDENT. TODAY MARKS A YEAR SINCE THE DEATH OF BABY, KWEEN THOMPSON, IN NORTHLAND. THE LITTLE GIRL HAD SUFFERED WHAT THE POLICE DESCRIBE AS A NON-ACCIDENTAL INJURY IN THE FORTNIGHT BEFORE SHE DIED OF ASPHYXIA. LET'S LOOK AT THE WEATHER. THAT HIGH AND LOW ARE RETREATING TO THE SOUTHEAST AND EAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND THROUGHOUT SUNDAY, ALLOWING THAT FRONT IN THE TASMAN SEA LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO HEAD TOWARDS THE NORTH OF THE COUNTRY. CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED RAIN OR SHOWERS IN SOME AREAS HERE, WITH SOME FROSTS DEVELOPING. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS FOR THE EAST COAST, EASTERN COROMANDEL PENINSULA AND NORTHLAND. A FEW SHOWERS HERE ` FRESH EASTERLIES FOR EVERYONE. AUCKLAND, YOU'LL REACH 16. THE REST HAVE HIGHS OF 15 DEGREES. YOU'LL HAVE A FINE AND FROSTY START FOR TAUPO AND ROTORUA. FINE ELSEWHERE, WITH POTENTIAL SHOWERS FROM THE AFTERNOON FOR ALL. PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS IN DANNEVIRKE. SHOWERS EVERYWHERE ELSE, AND EASTERLIES. GISBORNE AND NAPIER, YOU'LL REACH 14. IT'S A CHILLY START FOR TAUMARUNUI ` MAINLY FINE ELSEWHERE. WELLINGTON WITH A CHANCE OF A SHOWER ABOUT THE EASTERN HILLS IN THE MORNING. REEFTON, YOU'LL GET TO MINUS-1 OVERNIGHT AND WAKE TO FREEZING FOG CLEARING TO FINE. MORNING FROSTS FOR GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA, BUT FINE EARLY FROSTS FOR TIMARU AND ASHBURTON, AND OFTEN CLOUDY WITH DRIZZLE OR THE ODD SHOWER FOR EVERYONE. CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'LL REACH 11. LOWS OF MINUS-3 FOR ALEXANDRA AND INVERCARGILL. MINUS-2 FOR QUEENSTOWN AND FINE. PARTLY CLOUDY IN DUNEDIN, WITH A HIGH OF 11. TO AUSTRALIA NOW, AND 20 DEGREES IN BRISBANE. FEW SHOWERS IN THE PACIFIC ` FINE, THOUGH, FOR NADI. NOW TAKE A LOOK AT THE EXTENDED FORECAST FOR YOUR AREA. EARLIER, WE ASKED YOU IF YOU FELT THE PM SHOULD GO TO BARCELONA FOR THE AMERICAS CUP, BECAUSE IN SAN FRANCISCO TODAY, HE SAID HE WOULDN'T BE. YOU APPEAR TO AGREE WITH HIS DECISION. 70% OF YOU SAYING HE SHOULDN'T GO. FINALLY TONIGHT, THE SON OF ASIA'S RICHEST MAN HAS FINALLY TIED THE KNOT IN A LAVISH CEREMONY AFTER MONTHS OF CELEBRATIONS THAT HAVE TURNED HEADS AROUND THE WORLD. ANANT AMBANI MARRIED RADHIKA MERCHANT, THE DAUGHTER OF INDIAN PHARMA TYCOONS. CELEBRITIES, POLITICIANS AND POPSTARS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE TRAVELLED TO MUMBAI FOR THE FINAL WEDDING CEREMONY THIS WEEKEND. THE WEDDING EVENTS BEGAN WITH PARTIES AND CELEBRATIONS IN MARCH, WHICH EVEN FEATURED PERFORMANCES FROM RIHANNA AND JUSTIN BIEBER. THAT'S THREENEWS FOR TONIGHT. THANKS FOR JOINING US. YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH US BY EMAILING newsroom@stuff.co.nz, OR HEAD TO THE STUFF WEBSITE. I'M LAURA TUPOU. POMARIE. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY TUI TIPENE AND SAM BAKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024