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[07:57:50] MANISHA TANK, HOST: Yes that's right. Well, it seems that we've got a leadership contest going on in Australia right now. Let's bring

in Andrew Stevens who has all of the details.

Andrew, you know it's the revolving door of politics it seems.

ANDREW STEVENS, CNN CORESPONDENT: Prime Minister is Malcolm Turnbull. He won at the end of the day by 54 votes to 44. This is word coming out of

Canberra. So this will it make it, the nature of the, the fifth Prime Minister or the fifth time there's been a new Prime Minister if you include

Kevin Rudd acting as Prime Minister twice. The fifth time in five years.

Now, just to lay a background here, Malcolm Turnbull challenging the sitting Prime Minister Tony Abbott a few hours ago, calling for a

leadership vote. That vote went through, has just in the last couple of minutes has been completed, and Mr. Abbott has been defeated. So he will be

leaving the position of Prime Minister and Malcolm Turnbull is the new man.

We don't know any further details at this stage who his Deputy will be at the moment but certainly this looks like it's been in the works for some

time in the (inaudible). It may have come as a surprise that this leadership challenge was called today, but it must have been a case of

Malcolm Turnbull and his people working behind the scenes, getting the numbers so they could make a successful challenge in time, and this is all

about timing, in time for Mr. Turnbull to take over the leadership of Australia for his liberal party to prepare for the next general election

that will be held next year. It will give Malcolm Turnbull a chance to get his feet under the table, if you like, and show Australians if he is the

right man for the job, who can carry on after the next election Manisha.

TANK: It might be those, Andrew, watching from around the world who wait for their election to take place to find out who their next Prime

Minister is going to be. Explain to us actually the mash of nations of what has gone on here.

STEVENS: Well basically, Tony Abbott has been an unpopular Prime Minister, a divisive Prime Minister of the country. He was only elected

back in September of 2013 and there was a vote of no confidence that was mounted against him in February of this year, partly because he has made

some unusual calls which he didn't consult his own party members on which didn't help his position. But also, he was generally weak in the opinion

polls across Australia. So there been a lot of behind the scenes maneuvering because the party, the liberal party, wants to stay in power.

The election is coming up next year as I say. I should point out here, Manisha, the liberal party in Australian terms is the conservative wing of

politics, the labor party, it leans towards the left.

So, the liberal party had been in power. Tony Abbott had been the Prime Minister and the unpopular Prime Minister, and there had been no love

loss between Mr. Turnbull and Mr. Abbott event though Mr. Turnbull was a member of Mr. Abbott's cabinet, but Turnbull is seen as a more popular

figure in Australia, a more popular politician, so they judged the time was right for him to make a move for that position and critically built the

support of a Julie Bishop, who is the foreign minister in Australia, who was also the Deputy to Tony Abbott. It all gets a little murky here. But

Julie Bishop basically switched to support Turnbull in his bid for the Prime Ministership, which they won just a few minutes ago.

So Julie Bishop, perhaps not a kingmaker, but certainly has been critical in helping to get a lot of the MPs of the party in line with

Malcolm Turnbull so he can take over the reigns.

TANK: Yeah, we are expecting a press conference, aren't we, fairly soon. When it happens, obviously we'll go into that.

But, Andrew, how long is it that Tony Abbott had actually been prime minister, what was it, one year and 160 days. He didn't even make two

years.

STEVENS: That's right. Yes, September 2013. And he also made quite a few promises and didn't deliver on much at all.

His -- and you sort of scroll through the list of his announcements and his achievements, there is a bit of a deficit there.

Also, he's been presiding over a weakening Australian economy. Remember, this is called the miracle economy. There hasn't been a

recession for some 24 years. But economic growth has been slowing. The mining boom has gone bust. Australians are feeling in their pockets. The

wage growth is slowing. Unemployment is at a 13 year high. So all this has been mounting against Mr. Abbott.

And his own style of leadership -- and this is what Malcolm Turnbull really honed in on was the actual style of Abbott's leadership. He said

that he offered a different style of leadership, a style which he would -- which would appeal to the intelligence of Australians and would not be

filled with empty slogans, that was claim he leveled at Tony Abbott.

So, Malcolm Turnbull saying that the style is all wrong.

What it actually means in practice, though, there may not be massive changes. In fact, it's very unlikely there will be sweeping changes in the

next year or so. He is socially seen as more liberal, sort of left-leaning than Tony Abbott was. He supports gay marriage. He supported climate

change and trying to bring that under control, but he said now that the existing climate change policy under Tony Abbott would change. He's not

going to tackle that.

So, don't expect sweeping changes, at least at this stage of the electoral cycle. Rather, he's going to appeal to Australians for his

style, for his ability to communicate where Australia is, what it needs to do, what needs to be done to keep it motoring on, to keep it out of

recession, to keep Australians in jobs. So it'll be a style, perhaps, more than substance when Malcolm Turnbull takes over officially.

TANK: Another thing I wonder, Andrew, you mentioned him having the foreign minister's support, as it were, globally right now the Australia

being quite forthright in its opinion on ISIS and the level of involvement that it's prepared for, and also talking about the migrant issue. Can we

also expect that sort of outlook to remain the same?

STEVENS: At this stage, definitely. The votes have been in. This tough line on security, on Australia's own security, on immigration policy.

And also on generally the fight against ISIS, as we know. Australia has just in the last few days conducted its first Australian jet flights over

Syria. They didn't actually shoot any bombs, any ammunition, but they did do these reconnaissance flights over. So

Australia has joined that fight, if you like. And that generally seems to be supported by the Australian population.

So, unlikely to see a softening, if you like, on Australia's security stand at least in the short-term, Manisha.

TANK: OK. All of this happening literally in the last few minutes or so. Andrew, thank you so much for bringing us up to date on where we are

right now. We are, of course, waiting for that press conference to happen. When it does, we will bring it to you right here on CNN.

Now in just under an hour, EU leaders to meet in Brussels to figure out how to find homes for the spiraling influx of refugees. Germany's vice

chancellor warns that the country could take in a million people by year's end, not the projected 800,000, and that Germany has hit its saturation

point.

Berlin is ramping up new border controls as well as is Austria. The British prime minister spent a day at a refugee camp in Lebanon. David

Cameron has appointed a minister to take charge of resettling 20,000 people in the United Kingdom.

And meanwhile, word is that the European Union is moving to use military force to crack down on human trafficking.

Now our Hala Gorani joins us now from Brussels where that meeting will be taking place. Hala, what can we expect.

HALA GORANI, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, the discussion is going to center around how to reallocate an extra 120,000 migrants and

refugees across the region. There was some agreement in June to resettle 40,000. Of course, as we know, that number hasn't been met.

The big question beyond the figure itself is how do you fairly redistribute so many refugees and migrants? We have from the European

commission president Jean-Claude Juncker is a proposal to make this a compulsory migrant redistribution system. There is a lot of resistance

from central European countries.

We have Poland, Slovakia, Hungary as well saying they are not on board with a system that would in fact impose on them the reallocation and

resettlement of refugees.

All that being said, we have border controls being reinstated. Germany and Austria strengthening its border controls, essentially

suspending the passport free system.

We also have EU leaders discussing phase two of an operation to target smuggler boats in the high seas that would give them the authority to

board, neutralize and divert vessels. This, in essence, could turn into a military operation on the high seas, one that is not close enough to Libya

and coastal lines to require authorization from Libya, but essentially could go ahead right now after a first phase, an initial phase, that was

centered around surveillance, Manisha.

TANK: Of course, Hala, ministers are having to face up to the reality that this crisis, this migrant and refugee crisis in Europe has forced them

to actually break some of the original ideas, or break apart on those original ideas, but made them one Europe, or the Schengen area, of course.

GORANI: Right. As we mentioned earlier, the fact that Germany is reinforcing its border area, that Austria is sending troops as well to the

border, that Slovakia is closing its border. I mean, essentially this is going against the idea that within a group of countries in Europe this

passport free zone, this Schengen zone, that does not put up border controls in between certain countries in this area, that is being put to

the test.

And it is in the case of Germany, being defended because it is requiring controls at the border where controls did not necessarily exist

before. But as far as other countries like Hungary, for instance, the fact that a razor wire fence has now been completed on its border with Serbia is

reinforcing the notion that inside of Europe travel will be limited, but outside of Europe, the border controls will be reinforced.

Back to you.

TANK: OK, Hala, thanks. We'll leave it there. Hala Gorani there live for us from Brussels.

Now an unprecedented number of migrants and refugees have crossed the sea to Europe this year. The International Organization for Migration says

more than 430,000 people have made that journey so far. That is double the number from last year and tens of thousands more than the agency estimated

just days ago.

Most of those who make the journey end up safely on dry land in Greece before they move north, but not all survive the voyage. Senior

international correspondent Ivan Watson is at the Greek-Macedonian border.

And we've seen tragedy on the waters, Ivan.

IVAN WATSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: That's right. Manisha, we've spent last week reporting on this waterway, the Aegean Sea, that a

virtual flotilla of smugglers, rafts and dinghies have been crossing daily to try to reach Greek islands carrying thousands of people a day.

And tragedy struck early Sunday morning before dawn when a larger boat, a wooden hulled boat, capsized, according to the Greek coast guard.

And it was carrying more than 100 people on board.

Well, of those passengers that the Greeks succeeded in rescuing 99, but tragically 34 people on board the vessel drowned. And among the

victims, 15 children, 15 children died drowning in the Aegean Sea, four of them were infants.

This terrible accident taking place about a week-and-a-half after another raft in waters not very far from where this boat overturned,

another raft was swamped and capsized, and left the world with those very troubling images of a little Syrian refugee boy, his lifeless body washed

up onto a Turkish beach.

Now, the -- we've seen the Turkish coast guard trying to patrol its waters. We've seen some of the overloaded rafts as they have come ashore

on Greek islands, bringing thousands, again thousands, of people a day. These are barely sea worthy vessels. And what's even worse is that the

migrants and refugees are being required to pay somewhere in the area of around $1,300 a person to get a spot on board one of these overloaded

little rafts. And tragically, some of them have died as a result of this dangerous journey -- Manisha.

TANK: OK, Ivan, thanks very much for that.

We head to -- you can head to our website for the latest on this story from EU ministers meeting to many other reports on the migrant crisis. And

information on how you could help as well. There's also an ask me anything page where you can ask a Syrian migrant about their experience.

It's all at CNN.com. Do take a look.

You're watching News Stream. Coming up on this program, Mexico is furious after Egyptian forces killed two Mexican tourists, this after

mistaking them for militants. We'll go live to Cairo for more on that story.

Plus, anti-American sentiment in Iran. Distrust of the U.S. remains despite the recent nuclear deal. We'll explore why.

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TANK: Well, this hour we're following breaking news out of Australia where Prime Minister Tony Abbott is out. A leadership vote came after

Malcolm Turnbull, one of Mr. Abbott's former ministers, challenged him in a leadership battle and just beat him in a Liberal Party vote 54-44. The

move came as there's concern about the coalition government's performance.

Mexico is demanding a full investigation into the deaths of two of its citizens who were killed by Egyptian security forces. The Egyptian

government says the Mexican tourists were among 12 people killed after they were mistaken for militants.

This happened during an operation in the western desert, a vast area on the border with Libya.

Ian Lee has been following this story for us. He is on the line now from Cairo and we can speak to him and get a bit more in terms of the

details. What is it the Egyptian government is saying in response?

IAN LEE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Manisha, I'm outside the hospital right now. And today we've seen the prime minister of Egypt as

well as the minister of tourism come to the hospital where we now note that seven Mexicans who are injured in the attack are being treated. Egyptian

authorities right now are saying that these tourists were in a restricted area, that they did not have permits to be in the area at that time.

But talking to colleagues and family members and friends of those people who were killed. The Egyptians, they were telling us that these

people did actually have the permits and permission to be in the area. They were deep into the western desert. It is very difficult to go out

into that part of Egypt, go throughout the mini-checkpoints that it takes to get out there without proper permits. So there's a dueling narrative

right there about where -- whether these people should have been where they were.

But what we know -- also know, is that at the time the incident happened, the Egyptian army and police forces were engaged in an operation

out in that area against militants and smugglers and that's what we are hearing is when the accident happened that these people were mistaken for

those militants and smugglers and that's when the people were attacked and killed.

[08:16:08] TANK: OK, we'll leave it there. Ian Lee for us on the line from Cairo outside the hospital where the injured are. Thanks very

much.

Talks are underway in Northern Ireland to try to avert -- excuse me, one moment. The power sharing -- avert a political crisis. The power

sharing government there is at risk of collapse. This after accusations the IRA is still active there.

The Republican militant group was supposedly disarmed under the 1998 peace deal, but it's now being accused of a recent murder.

Republicans say it isn't true, but Unionists insist it is now difficult for both sides to govern together.

To Singapore now and the prime minister Lee Hsien Loong has emerged victorious from the country's general election. His incumbent People's

Action Party won 83 of the 89 seats on offer. The election was the first time in 50 years that opposition parties were competing across all seats.

Associate professor of law Eugene Tan explains how the PAP did their best to woo voters.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

EUGENE TAN, LAW PROFESSOR: We mustn't forget that over the last four years the government, the PAP government has been pulling out all stops,

include address the many issues that Singaporeans were unhappy about during the last election in May 2011.

So they were looking at things like immigration, housing prices, retirement adequacy, all this the government over the last four years the

government have been working carefully to deal with voters concerns and a (inaudible) to unhappiness.

And so I think in the end there was a nice confluence of events and really enabled the ruling party to get the victory it got.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

TANK: And Tan says despite the outcome of the vote, the public is not rejecting a two party system. He suggests they simply want the opposition

to hold itself to a higher standard.

Now to the 2016 race for the White House, many presidential hopefuls took the day off from campaigning, but not Democrat Bernie Sanders. The

Vermont Senator held a rally in Greensboro, North Carolina on Sunday.

Sanders has been gaining on Hillary Clinton in the polls. A recent CNN/ORC poll found he's just 10 points behind the frontrunner nationwide.

And it was a rather quiet day for the Republicans as candidates prepare for CNN's primetime presidential debate.

And of course you can watch the Republican presidential candidates faceoff in back to back debates this Thursday, Hong Kong time and watch

live on September 17 starting at 6:00 a.m. in Hong Kong or 7:00 in Tokyo.

And if that's too early for you, you can watch the whole broadcast again at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday Hong Kong time. That's 7:00 p.m. in Tokyo.

It's right here on CNN.

Coming up here on News Stream, fiery words from Iranian leaders. Hardliners continue to slam America even after the nuclear deal. Find out

more after this short break.

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[08:22:46] TANK: A new CNN/ORC poll showed that six in ten Americans think Iran will violate the recent nuclear agreement, and it appears that

distrust is neutral judging by the tough rhetoric coming out of Iran. For more let's cross to our senior international correspondent, Fred Pleigten,

who's in the Iranian capitol.

So, how is all of this being viewed in Tehran there, Fred?

FREDDRICK PLEIGTEN, CNN INTERNATIONAL: Yeah, Manisha, it really is very excited times here in Iran right now. The majority of the population

here in the capitol and other places as well wants the nuclear agreement. They're very much looking forward to sanctions relief as well and you can

see and feel how companies here in Iran are looking forward to foreign direct investment coming in and hoping for better economic times.

At the same time, however, we always have to keep in mind that Iran is also a place with a lot of politics and very strong politics as well, and

that's why we are seeing a lot of rhetoric here coming out of Iran in the past couple of days.

I want to show you what we saw when we traveled around the capitol to Iran.

(BEGIN VIDEOCLIP)

PLEIGTEN: If anyone thought Iran supreme leader would hold back with fiery rhetoric after the nuclear agreement, think again. His anti-American

and anti-Israeli views are plastered all over Tehran these days. This one says America will be under Iran's shoes, and this one, God willing in 25

years there will be no such thing as a Zionist regime.

Khomeini also blasted the U.S. and Israel in a recent speech, just as congress was set to vote on the nuclear agreement, showing that even with

the deal distrust towards America remains strong says Mohammad Marandi of Tehran University.

MOHAMMAD MARANDI, TEHRAN UNIVERSITY: The Iranians are not interested in having further talks with the United States because here they feel that

the United States has to show that it's serious at the negotiating table, it has to show itself at being serious at the implementation stage.

PLEIGTEN: But there is another possible explanation for the tough talk. Iran's conservative clergy and it's powerful military are the supreme

leaders strongest supporters. Both groups have been highly critical of the nuclear agreement.

Many conservatives feel that Iran gave up too much in return for sanctions relief and they want reassurances that there will be no further

major negations with the west anytime soon.

A majority of Iranians do favor the agreement and many we spoke to say they want better relations with America, but also demand respect.

[8:25:19] UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Iran is not the other countries. Iranian people are proud of their history. We have a (inaudible) so we are strong.

We are powerful. We don't let America abuse us.

PLEIGTEN: Both sides should make compromises, this woman says. They should build on what they have in common instead of talking about their

differences.

For the first time since the Islamic revolution, authorities removed the U.S. seal from the former embassy in Tehran and replaced it with a

stone full of words cursing America. A sign that even after successful talks over the nuclear issue, a lot of relations between Iran and the U.S.

still seem a long way off.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

PLEIGTEN: So there is really a very robust debate about the nuclear agreement and sanctions relief here in Iran as well. There's actually a

parliamentary committee that was put into place to debate the deal. They don't have the power to derail it but they certainly do have some very

controversial talks going on there. The architects of the nuclear deal are there, they have to defend the agreement that they've come up with. For

instance, Foreign Minister Zarif, and that parliamentary committee today went on a fact finding mission to the Arak reactor to see what the deal

will mean for that area there.

So certainly we can feel here in Iran that there is some backlash against the deal but again, by and large the vast majority of the

population here is looking forward to sanctions relief and they believe that the nuclear agreement is a good thing for this country Manisha.

TANK: Yeah, I'm sure. We've spoken about that a number of times, haven't we Fred. And you've outlined how it would be of so much benefit.

So, I wonder in the context of you know, you're report and you're investigation, really, when it comes down to it, this agreement cannot be

derailed?

PLEIGTEN: No, it most certainly won't be derailed. It would take a lot to make the deal fall apart.

One of the main factors in that is that the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has signed off on the deal. He is in favor of this deal but

of course, there is still that fringe, especially the conservative clerics, as well as some in the military who are highly critical of it. And so

therefore, this debate does need to take place here in this country, but there is no indication whatsoever that anything here in Iran could derail

the deal from going forward, especially now that so much momentum has been created with these foreign delegations coming in with foreign companies

coming in here and scoping out the economics scene. And so it looks at this point in time it would take a lot to make this deal fall apart, at least

from the Iranian side.

TANK: Okay Fred, thank you very much for that perspective there from Tehran with our very own Fred Pleigten. Thanks.

There is still much to come here on Newstream, including any update that we will be getting from Canberra on the ousting of Tony Abbott, the

Australian Prime Minister. He will be replaced. So we are just waiting for that to come through.

Also, refugees continue to flow into Europe. E.U. ministers are meeting yet again to try and find a viable solution. Stay with us.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

[8:30:43] TANK: Hi again, I'm Manisha Tank and you're watching Newstream. These are your world headlines.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has just been removed by his liberal party by a vote of 54 to 44. The party vote came after Malcolm

Turnbull, one of Abbott's former ministers, challenged his leadership. The move came as there was concern about the coalition government foreman.

E.U. ministers meet in Brussels in about a half hour from now. They are trying to determine how to cope with the spiraling influx of people

seeking refugee. Germany's vice chancellor warns the country may take in a million refugees this year and limits are being reached. But Berlin is

ramping up border control and so is Austria to try and manage the numbers arriving.

Egypt's Prime Minister has visited 10 people who were injured after Egyptian security forces fired on their tour convoy. He was met at the

hospital by angry family members. 12 people were killed, at least two of them Mexican tourist, after Egyptian security forces mistook them for

militant.

In Northern California firefighters are battling large wildfires. Hundreds of homes have been destroyed and thousands of people have been

ordered to evacuate. A state of emergency has been declared in Lake and Napa county.

Now let's get more on the political situation in Australia were Prime Minister Tony Abbott has lost a party leadership vote. Our Asia Pacific

editor Andrew Stevens joins us and can fill us in on the details. And it was just in the last few hours that we got wind that this leadership

challenge had come up. But have we known for some time that there was some dissatisfaction with Tony Abbott?

STEVENS: There certainly has been dissatisfaction with Tony Abbott. We go back to February this year and there was a vote of no confidence put

up against Abbott. He won that. He said it was a near death experience and that he had learned from it and he would be a better leader, a more

inclusive leader. Obviously not inclusive enough.

Malcolm Turnbull has been seen for some time as man who has been waiting in the wings to take control, take the power, if you like, in the

Liberal Party. He and Julie Bishops are the big beasts of the party. They teamed up together with Bishop pledging her support to him. And he

launched this challenge today. And in the end, it was a fairly comfortable victory. As you say, 54 votes to 44 votes in favor of Malcolm Turnbull.

And it really does seem to be he was pushing in hard on the style of leadership. Tony Abbott has been a very, very divisive figure, not only in

his own party, but in the electorate as well. He has been a climate change skeptic. He is quite conservative in social -- in social issues,

particularly gay marriage. He does not support gay marriage. So he has been quite divisive. And he's never been popular.

Remember, he's only been in power since September 2013. And he's been lagging in the polls behind the opposition since April of 2014, Manisha.

So, this in many people's eyes was probably an event that was waiting to happen. And it happened now, because there's a year perhaps before --

there's a year before Australia has to go to the polls. There has to be an election by the end of 2016.

Mr. Turnbull now has some time, perhaps, to get his feet under the desk, to establish himself, to show the Australian electorate that he is

the right person to lead the party in the next general election.

TANK: So clearly, Andrew, he has something to prove. Do you see, then, there being much in terms of policy change?

STEVENS: Well, at this stage it looks like it's going to be a little bit more style of substance. His style of leadership. He it's unlikely

that he's going to institute massive changes with an election looming. And it's also at the moment, it's difficult to see how he could reinvigorate he

Australian economy to any degree, to make it meaningful within a year or so.

The Australian economy has been lagging. This is obviously nothing -- or certainly not all to do with Tony Abbott. It is a global issue.

Australia has relied for many, many years on the mining boom. That has dried up as China's demand has slowed. And the Australian economy has

suffered as a result.

So, as far as major changes go, Malcolm Turnbull said before the vote that he wouldn't change the government's climate policy. He is, though --

is still, though, in favor of a vote on gay marriage in Australia. It seems that generally the Australian community very much in favor of gay

marriage. So, that would be basically more in touch with the people, if you like. And this has been a problem for Tony Abbott. A lot of people

will tell you that he just hasn't been in touch with the average Australian. In fact, some Australians have been tweeting. And we've been

talking to them. They say that they feel proud to be an Australian again now that Tony Abbott is gone.

So, a very divisive figure on the political landscape, Mansha.

TANK: Yeah, all change at the top. We'll have to leave it there. Andrew, thanks very much for bringing us up to date. Our very own Andrew

Stevens on this leadership challenge which has now been won by Malcolm Turnbull in Australia.

So, now let's get more on the situation on the ground in Germany where new controls are in place at the border. Austria has done the same.

This weekend alone, 16,000 people seeking refuge arrived in Munich.

Our senior international correspondent Atika Shubert is there.

ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, what we know is that over the weekend, more than 16,000 refugees actually came in through

this train station in Munich. Germany says it is at its limits. And this is why they instituted border controls along the way with Austria. And

they've also suspended train service.

Now those trains are back up and running. We understand that even the main route from Salzburg, Austria to Munich is now up and running, but

what's happening is that police are going on to the trains at the border asking for IDs and trying to figure out who our refugees specifically from

Syria and Iraq to try and get them registered and who may be traveling across illegally not fleeing conflicts. And they may be turned away.

So, this is the kind of situation we're at now. In Austria, meanwhile, they brought in another 2000 army to reinforce border patrols

along its border with Hungary. So what we're starting to see is countries across Europe starting to put in those border controls to try and slow the

amount of refugees coming across, because they say it's already at capacity.

All of this while EU ministers are meeting in Brussels trying to make some sort of a joint asylum policy, but so far it hasn't come together yet,

Manisha.

TANK: OK, Atika, we'll have to leave it there. Thanks very much to Atika and the team

You're watching News Stream. Still ahead on this program, a new housing project in Singapore is breaking the mold. Why developers say it's

both park and apartment.

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[08:40:29] TANK: All this week, CNN is on the road in Singapore. Today, we're taking a look at public housing. More than 80 percent of

Singaporeans live in what's commonly known as an HDB flat. Paula Newton takes us inside one new project that's anything but ordinary.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

PAULA NEWTON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORREPSONDENT: Look up, straight up, and dream. Public housing isn't normally the stuff of dreams, but follow

me for a whirl through skyville, the vast open spaces of Singapore's newest housing project.

RICHARD HASSEL, ARCHITECT: But what we're not really building is more public space. And the idea within this building is that if you increase

the amount of parks at the same time you increase the amount of apartments you know we can actually end up with a better quality of life.

NEWTON: Architect Richard Hassel...

(END VIDEOTAPE)

TANK: OK. We're going to break out of that and take you straight to Canberra where this press conference we've been waiting for is about to

begin.

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