after a sitting president, now a presidential hopeful, donald trump is addressing auto workers in michigan a day after joe biden�*s visit. and close at home, one of china's major travel seasons is approaching, but chinese tourists still aren't keen to travel very far. hello and welcome to asia business report with me, arunoday mukharji. we begin in michigan, where the former president, donald trump, is speaking right now as we speak. he is there as an auto workers strike targeting some of the country's largest, your focus continues to gain momentum. let'sjust continues to gain momentum. let's just listen continues to gain momentum. let'sjust listen in.— let's 'ust listen in. remember 2016 let'sjust listen in. remember 2016 when _ let'sjust listen in. remember 2016 when we _ let'sjust listen in. remember 2016 when we won _ let'sjust listen in. remember 2016 when we won michigan? | 2016 when we won michigan? michigan hadn't been one in decades. everyone said oh, and

then we did much better in 2020. they had to tell you. we did much better. we are going to swamp them. we are going to swamp them. we actually did much better, including in michigan. they ended obama's war on american energy. we had a war on american energy. gas prices plummet and soon reached $1.87 a gallon. how does that sound? now it is over five and six and even $7 a gallon in some places and it is going up higher and higher. and some places and it is going up higherand higher. and i think they want that. that way you go all electric. see ctrl for 15 minutes before you get a drive. the economy boomed, household incomes rose by more than $6,000 a year stop which was a record. $6,000 a year in my term. they entered the disaster known as nafta... term. they entered the disaster known as nafta. . ._ known as nafta... that was former president _ known as nafta... that was former president donald - known as nafta... that was i former president donald trump who continues to be addressing a rally there in michigan. we will get you the highlights on the bbc as well. unlike

presidentjoe biden who visited michigan yesterday, trump did notjoin the picket line and is instead as a non— union auto factory. one of the main issues at the heart of this labour dispute, which has triggered these visits is the move to electric vehicles and workers for a good menacejob security. as north america business correspondence michelle flori found when she visited lordstown, ohio. stretching across 64 acres, the factory is far from the picket line. but this aside, a partnership between general motors and a korean battery supplier, lg, is at the forefront of the united auto mount is through —— union to prevent the move to electric does. conning is a maintenance technician here are the only american battery plants to be represented by a union. seeing those machines _

represented by a union. seeing those machines move - represented by a union. seeing those machines move and - represented by a union. seeing| those machines move and make represented by a union. seeing i those machines move and make a sale. it was like a kid in the candy store. they were so excited. candy store. they were so excited-— candy store. they were so excited. ,, ., , ., excited. she loves her “0b and said she had i excited. she loves her “0b and said she had to fl excited. she loves her “0b and said she had to vote _ excited. she loves herjob and said she had to vote or- excited. she loves herjob and said she had to vote or pay . excited. she loves herjob and| said she had to vote or pay and benefits. battery workers in a factory what traditional auto workers make. we factory what traditional auto workers make.— factory what traditional auto workers make. ~ . ., ., , workers make. we want that 'ob securi . workers make. we want that 'ob security. we �* workers make. we want that 'ob security. we want i workers make. we want that 'ob security. we want the i workers make. we want that 'ob security. we want the fair i security. we want the fair justice and fair wages. $60 an hour was not fair. $18 an hour was not fair. you know, and we want to safety. safety was not there. , . , ., there. frustrated, she and her colleagues _ there. frustrated, she and her colleagues voted _ there. frustrated, she and her colleagues voted to _ there. frustrated, she and her colleagues voted to unionise l colleagues voted to unionise last year, recently winning a pay increase. in michigan, president biden, his policies are exhilarating this was to electric eagles, told striking also workers to keep fighting. this is how we build the middle class. ~ ., this is how we build the middle class. ~ . , ., this is how we build the middle class. ~ ., i. ., ~ this is how we build the middle class. ~ ., ., ~ ., class. what you make of president _ class. what you make of president biden, - class. what you make of president biden, who i class. what you make of president biden, who is| class. what you make of i president biden, who is putting clean energy policies and who says it will create good pain, good unionjobs?— good union “obs? that's... weu... — good union “obs? that's... well... we — good union jobs? that's. .. well... we can _ good union jobs? that's. .. well... we can always i good union jobs? that's. .. l

well... we can always hope. they have fewer parts. the big fear is it could require 20— 30% less labour to produce than traditional cars. fix, 30% less labour to produce than traditional cars.— 3096 less labour to produce than traditional cars.— traditional cars. a loss of the traditional _ traditional cars. a loss of the traditional parts _ traditional cars. a loss of the traditional parts plants i traditional cars. a loss of the traditional parts plants that l traditional parts plants that build components and systems for internal combustion engines, transmissions, a lot of thosejobs are engines, transmissions, a lot of those jobs are going to go away over the next decade with the transition to evs. and that means a potential loss of union membership for the uaw. what membership for the uaw. what ha--ens membership for the uaw. what happens here — membership for the uaw. what happens here in _ membership for the uaw. what happens here in lordstown because of the standards for america's battery—powered car industry. the workers aboutjob security. forthe industry. the workers aboutjob security. for the car companies it's about staying competitive. so this corner of ohio, which has a long history with the car industry, could help write its future. michelle fleury, bbc news, lordstown, ohio. it is notjust us auto workers in michigan. all screenwriters in hollywood who aren't pleased

with the deal they getting from the employers right now, hotel workers in las vegas could also go on strike. derrick delmore has the latest. a new show of organised labour is centred not in detroit or hollywood, but in las vegas. 95% of unionised hotel and casino workers there have voted to authorise a straight stop that put —— with members of the culinary workers union once it was at will walker. union is the largest in the state, was 60,000 hospitality workers in its ranks. two—thirds of the members are on recently expired contracts. they are seeking better pay, benefits, and working conditions, particularly after the pandemic drove many workers out of the city, resulting in staff shortages. there in negotiations with some of the las vegas strip's biggest casino operators, including caesars entertainment, mgm, and win reports. there the economic engine that drives nevada's biggest city. a potential

strike could impact more than three dozen of them. the culinary workers union hasn't actually engaged in a straight in more than 30 years, but the last time it threatened to comment 2018, it was able to reach a contract agreement for its 25,000 affected workers before any walkouts took place. let's now focus on oil prices, which have surged to new highs this year, putting up some of those figures now. brent crude at $94. up by 0.37%. light crude at 94. with benchmark crude at 94. with benchmark crude hovering in the mid $90 per barrel month, industry watchers are pretty certain the $100 mark isjust watchers are pretty certain the $100 mark is just around the corner, with demand likely to remain strong getting into november and december. as well prices keep heading north and the us dollar remains on the up, that is going to take a toll on asian importers and economies. ali 0 spoke to a consultant who told me what is driving the price is higher. i

think he current price environment is clearly reflected for this strategy with the obit plus alliances, pursuing a pre—emptive strategy, a precautionary strategy, a precautionary strategy so the demand concerns, which keep on coming quite often, do not lead to a surplus in the market and hurt the price. so with a precautionary strategy until the end of the year. i think it might be up to next year as well, at least the early part of it. i believe the prices are here to stay and in the same range stop by the possibility of it touching the $100 markers around the corner. what does that mean for asian economies importing oil? i would say that with your 100, it is not a big thing to say or talk about. i think this strength in the us dollar, certainly in some ways has the importing countries. but i believe that when it

comes to november, december, thatis comes to november, december, that is probably where we will see some hurt, but for september, october, any purchases will not be there. centre china, october is fast approaching, and that is when one of the major holidays in the country, golden week, to begin. pre— covid that is one of the major travelling seasons for domestic and international destinations. this year look like a very different picture. alice tahlia is an editor at assyria and was speaking to me earlier. he said chinese tourists are staying closer to home. ., ., ~' tourists are staying closer to home. ., ., 4' ., ., tourists are staying closer to home. ., ., ,. , home. look at our schedules data shows _ home. look at our schedules data shows that _ home. look at our schedules data shows that there - home. look at our schedules data shows that there have l home. look at our schedules l data shows that there have not been a lot of lights going back onto long haul destinations around octoberfrom china. it is mostly concentrated around japan it seems to indicate if chinese people are travelling outside they are staying rather closer to home. it's interesting that while there are a growing numbers of flies into places in southeast asia like singapore and bangkok,

they not as strong as they would be for this time. it shows that maybe the demand is a little bit weak. in shows that maybe the demand is a little bit weak.— a little bit weak. in terms of comparisons, _ a little bit weak. in terms of comparisons, if— a little bit weak. in terms of comparisons, if you - a little bit weak. in terms of comparisons, if you look i a little bit weak. in terms of comparisons, if you look at | comparisons, if you look at pre—pandemic hotspots and the trans—, what are you noticing? southeast asia is not back to the same sort of levels you would expect and is, operationally, it is an area that a lot of airlines can swing capacity into. the big black hole at the moment is to north america where demand is well down. the number of flights are severely restricted from what it was. it used to be sometimes 64 per day and now we are restricted to just over 20 odd per week. that is quite a big difference there. what's making up for that is a lot of the capacity has gone into the domestic market and so the airlines, if anything, domestic market and so the airlines, ifanything, have been saying we have probably got too many seats in the domestic market but that is good time for travellers travelling domestically. think the geopolitical— travelling domestically. think the geopolitical situation i travelling domestically. think the geopolitical situation is i the geopolitical situation is currently prevailing is going to continue to have impact on

travel plans? i to continue to have impact on travel plans?— travel plans? i think it will. we have — travel plans? i think it will. we have generally - travel plans? i think it will. we have generally seen i travel plans? i think it will. | we have generally seen the political situation does impact on tourism. from time to time beijing has had bands on group tours certain places and certain destinations and i think, really, that is holding things back. and we have to wonder about the wider economy, some of the issues around unemployment, etc. if they are having an impact. there are a lot of people who are passports that need to be renewed, visas are taking longer to process stop just those kinds of things. hopefully in the next six months we will get a clearer picture on whether it is those friction issues holding things back all the wider geopolitics or economics thatis wider geopolitics or economics that is causing an impact. shill that is causing an impact. all riuht. that is causing an impact. all right. updates on exactly how the chinese travel industry is working. that is it from asia business report. thank you for watching.

bringing you different stories from across the uk. 75—year—old polly has lived in her groundfloor here in northampton since 2005. earlier this week she received a letter highlighting concerns about the safety of the three story building's cladding stop its at a neighbouring 6—storey power tower block would need the cladding removed urgently. but her block, built with the same material, wouldn't. hat same material, wouldn't. not here, same material, wouldn't. not here. he _ same material, wouldn't. not here. he we _ same material, wouldn't. not here, no. we can _ same material, wouldn't. not here, no. we can fry. - same material, wouldn't. not here, no. we can fry. how. same material, wouldn't. not here, no. we can fry. how do j here, no. we can fry. how do ou here, no. we can fry. how do you feel _ here, no. we can fry. how do you feel about _ here, no. we can fry. how do you feel about that? - here, no. we can fry. how do you feel about that? very i here, no. we can fry. how do i you feel about that? very upset in thatjust _ you feel about that? very upset in thatjust because _ you feel about that? very upset in thatjust because we - you feel about that? very upset in thatjust because we are i you feel about that? very upset in thatjust because we are a i in thatjust because we are a lower story we are not treated with the same respect as anybody else. with the same respect as an bod else. ., ., , anybody else. northamptonshire partnership _ anybody else. northamptonshire partnership homes, _ anybody else. northamptonshire partnership homes, the - anybody else. northamptonshire l partnership homes, the managing agent for the council, says the lowrise blocks like this one will have daily communal and external fire safety checks. most northamptonshire councils of the fire service will advise on minimising safety risks and

on minimising safety risks and on removing the defective cladding. the council's deputy leader, adam brown, says addressing these issues is a top priority. but for people like ruth and polly, living in blocks were cladding won't be removed, the worry over their safety continues. for more stories from across the uk head to the bbc news website. hey, i'm zof with the catch up. normal people are suffering from mental health because of the rising cost of living, that according to a new report that says has been a 26% increase in people needing help in the last four years, with almost 5 million people requesting support last year. experts from more than 30 charities and medical group so we urgently need a long—term strategy to tackle what they call a mental health crisis. the government

says it is investing to make mental health services bid for the future. a reminder, you can get more advice from the bbc arts online. some of —— other straighten up. a 15—year—old girl has been stabbed to death on her way to school in south london. a teenage boy, who police think the boy knew, was arrested shortly after the incident in croydon. the school said she was a much loved and valued friend and pupil. next, gb news has suspended dan litton and laurence fox after mr fox asked what self—respecting man to climb into bed with female journalist eva evans. she said the comments made herfeel sick. comments made her feel sick. dan comments made herfeel sick. dan litton has apologised and gigabits news says it will investigate. laurence fox says he will investigate. laurence fox assistance by every word of what is that uk's this facility for people to take their own illegal drugs while being supervised by doctors has been approved in glasgow. the scottish government say it will help stop people from dying from drugs like heroin and

cocaine. time now for a check in seconds of too soon. london's oxford street is only putting up christmas lights. they don't know about you, they think that is way too soon. i am still clinging onto this, that literally didn't have. and you all caught up now. see you later.

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