Morning Report for Tuesday 25 July 2017

6:00 AM.sex attacks among cellmates undereported says advocate, Auckland security guard accused of racism, Housing plan "smoke and mirrors", and Boris Johnson talks up prospects of a UK NZ trade deal Audio

6:06 AM.A update from the team at RNZ sport. Audio

6:16 AM.The United Nations Security Council has been urged demand the Palestinian Authority stops promoting violence in order to de-escalated soaring tensions in Israel. Dov Lieber, from the Times of Israel… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:39 AM.An advocacy group for male survivors of sexual assaults says research into prison sex attacks is needed. Audio

6:41 AM.Cafes on the main street of Lawrence in Otago are still cleaning up after they were flooded on Friday night. Jude Patterson at the Lawrence fire station says she's seen nothing to such an extent for… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.17 journalists and staff from the Turkish opposition newspaper, Cumhuriyet, have gone on trial in Istanbul. Turkey correspondent Laura Pitel, says the evidence against the journalists is very thin. Audio

6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

7:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:10 AM.Fifteen prisoners have complained of being sexually assaulted by their cellmates over the last seven years ago but an advocate for male victims of sex offenders says the true figure could be more than… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.A security guard hired for a local government conference at Sky City is being accused of racism after trying to stop an Otara community board member as she walked into the building. Audio

7:18 AM.Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has floated the idea of a Commonwealth working visa scheme once the UK leaves the European Union. Kiwis in London director Clint Heine says it's a fantastic… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.The housing taskforce which Auckland's Mayor said might cost a "morning tea and a couple of muffins" has come in at nearly $50,000. Auckland Correspondent Todd Niall says it was set up without… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.A top executive from Robinson helicopters has angrily defended the company's reputation, saying its crash rate has been blown out of proportion. Bob Muse says there's a problem with the number of… Read more Audio

7:34 AM.Labour leader Andrew Little says the government's affordable housing plan is woefully inadequate and it has broken its promise on providing affordable housing. Read more Video, Audio

7:43 AM.Britain's foreign secretary Boris Johnson says a trade deal between the UK and New Zealand is at the front of the queue once it's left the European Union. He says global trade is not progressing as it… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has testified overnight to a Senate panel. Our correspondent in Washington, Simon Marks, has been following developments. Audio

8:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

8:10 AM.Dunedin man Allan Innes, has for years has been battling the Otago Regional Council to get them try to prevent flooding in the Taieri Plains town of Henley. He says he wants the council to maintain… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.In RNZ's latest election year instalment of 'Is this the Brighter Future,' we look at the issue of poverty; how many children are in it and what organisations are doing to turn the struggle around. We… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.The chef and restaurateur Simon Gault and Federated Farmers National dairy chairman Chris Lewis are both welcoming the Government's change of heart on its immigration policy. Audio

8:40 AM.The fighting may've all but stopped in Mosul but thousands of people are still living in fear in the derelict Iraqi city. Our correspondent in Iraq, Fazel Hawramy, says people in Mosul are still in… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.While votes are still being counted in Papua New Guinea, violence has again erupted, this time with supporters of rival candidates using high-powered weapons, resulting in four deaths in Enga… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.The group which has received most of the $6 million of Ngapuhi settlement money Tuhoronuku is defending overseas travel expenses saying they were worth while. But as our our Maori Issues Correspondent… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.Orphaned albatross chicks at Dunedin's Taiaroa Heads have been left on their own for five days, cut off by slips caused by Friday's storm. Taiaroa Heads operations' manager, Hoani Langsbury, says… Read more Audio