the scale of the building and ambition of this what is less clear is what the business model is. hello and welcome to newsday, i'm steve lai.

from world leaders. detailfrom trump's team on how this could actually play out, only a few days in office, was talking about his legacy. and as the bible says, blessed are the peacemakers. all finished will be known as a peacemaker and a unifier. i hope that's going to be true. estate, minus the palestinians, although senior aides later now, he's doubled down, with a social media post suggesting the gaza strip would be turned over

needing no soldiers on the ground. has expressed his approvalfor the idea. critics say it's unworkable and would constitute a clear but mr netanyahu, when asked if us troops would need no. ..echoed president trump. the only thing i'm certain of is that, just speaking

american taxpayer money to rebuild gaza. in an apparent reference to the deadly devices used he gave this golden pager. "our greatest friend and ally." john sudworth, bbc news, washington. elsewhere, and president trump has signed an executive order it places financial and visa restrictions on icc officials for suspected war crimes. in advance of president trump's executive order, the icc during his time in—transit to the us. in the statement they said:.

with the icc, including by executing arrest warrants and surrendering individuals sought by the court with top us lawmakers on capitol hill. or recognizes its jurisdiction. by a country that disagrees with the way it is operating. specifically the arrest warrants issued towards the end of last year against prime minister netanyahu and his defence minister.

for a leaders of hamas and in the last few hours, equivalency, another word, the timing of those arrest terms, these sanctions may well impact the way it does its work states. to work with the icc, fearing penalties from the united states, it could put some strain on diplomatic it could face many problems as a result of the sanctions

before during his first term in office, similar sanctions afghanistan. another executive order that we are starting to see have real—world implications as american staff working, about two—thirds overseas and other countries. of the workforce. this is still pending review, possibility of merging some that countries and aid organisations not knowing whether their relationships will continue.

that countries programmes are currently on hold and they are not it puts into doubt future health programmes, programmes currently ongoing, the fight against hiv, japenese media reports prime minister shigeru ishiba the two leaders are set to discuss key issues like economic and security matters, strengthening in the indo—pacific region. yuki tatsumi is a senior fellow and co—director of the east

first and foremost, i think the prime minister ishiba the former prime minister was able to build with with mr trump on a positive hold. also in terms of defence

spending, canjapan increase of its gdp? canjapan acquire more of the american weapon systems through the military sales to boost the american industry but i would not be surprised if he starts putting down discussions further. canada mexico, friends and neighbours who have with neighbours who have been with tariffs and that was rescinded tariffs andthatmasrescinded the china tariffs andthatmasreschded the china as from the china as well, that also been end of has also been receiving end of tariffs. is there some trepidation about where japan when it i when it comes to falls when it comes to the president trump?

yes, when it comes to tariffs, on japanese steel. that mr trump might start. state department said us government vessels would no longer have to pay. president trump has threatened to take control of the canal, but the country's president, jose raul mulino, said that wasn't true.

translation: i'm sorry to say that i have to reject that - at least in my book, bilateral relations between two handled that way. neither the government nor the panama canal authority may exempt the payment of tolls, duties or fees for the use of canal services. that is a constitutional limitation. ministers said it meant people would have more money in their pockets. sir keir starmer has pledged

creating thousands of highly skilled jobs and boosting economic growth. princess anne has returned to the intensive care unit to thank medical staff. the princess royal suffered concussion and minor injuries she thanked staff for filling in the blanks about what happened. in recent years along its border with myanmar, by cutting electricity supplies and tightening banking and visa regulations. this follows the rescue last month of a well—known chinese and forced to work in the scam centres.

side of the border. the most ambitious of these projects is the newly—built casinos, luxury hotels and entertainment complexes. but our se asia correspondent jonathan head was allowed and it looksjust like a provincial chinese city with chinese characters on the sides of all the buildings in china, it is myanmar�*s current state, one of the most poorest and isolated parts of asia

where an insurgent group has been waging war against the state for more than 70 years. so, why has a chinese company built all of this? laundering. laundering. the boss is currently the boss is currently languishing in a thai prison languishing in a thai prison wanted by the chinese government for being wanted by the chinese government for being a gambling kingpin. a gambling kingpin. we have been driving around coming from to fund it. for a while now and this really is the most is the most extraordinary place. extraordinary place. technically, we are in the middle of a war zone and yet the scale of and yet the scale of the building, ambition of this the building, ambition of this project is breathtaking. project is breathtaking. what is less clear is what the business model is. is. they see they ended the scams and human trafficking but looking around, trafficking but looking around, you cannot figure out you cannot figure out

where the money is where the money is coming from to fund it. they have put up billboards promising forced labour and human trafficking are not permitted.

it is clear that yatai has ambitions to be something much bigger, even though it is such a strange location to do it. they built such a big city, to clean up their image. and they desperately want to persuade the world and that they really do want to leave scams behind. with this new image they are trying to present,

they claim they ended the scams. every year, they would not tell us. plus, when you look at the buildings, you can see any other business, apart completely cut off from the worst of the world and we have spoken to people who worked there recently

going on. on the border. yesterday, they were mentioned and brought up when the thai prime minister the mood has really changed. for a long time, both china and thailand ignored it they claim with the chinese high and mighty. now, china has a lot of problems, a lot of criminal caught up in them and relatives are protesting back in home. now in thailand, opposition parties are seen we have to do on the border. anything that goes into

the scam centres has to go that part is effectively lawless. warming the climate. here's our climate correspondent jonah fisher. it might have felt bit chilly here in but the just experienced the has just experienced the hottest january since records you 7 you see you 7 see it you see it on you 5 see it on this began. you can see it on this chart �* much monthly above levels. grey preindustriallevelsflhe grey these are all the

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let's turn to some other news around the world. detection cameras after a plane crash in december that killed 179 people. investigators say they found evidence of a bird strike the cameras will be installed next year. falsify tax returns, and purchased autographed baseball cards. when mizuhara lied about the athlete's involvement. mizuhara has apologized and faces deportation after serving his sentence, in addition to paying back the stolen funds and taxes.

environmentally—friendly their food is. grown in a laboratory goes on sale for the first time. our climate editor justin rowlatt has been the uk's 13 million—plus dogs eat a lot of meat. 20% of all the meat in the uk is reckoned to be consumed by pets. cultivated meat is meat grown from animal cells in bioreactors. lower carbon footprint. so here is the crucial

question, what do the dogs think? but it's something i think we should all be aware of. that that would be something that i would necessarily turn to for my dog either. much more cheaply. the moral concerns. that's absolutely right.

and is cheaper, would you eat it then? justin rowlatt, bbc news, bristol. business day is coming your way, top stories is on pledging $100 billion ai $100 billion towards ai investment. hello there. led to some beautiful winter sunshine both topping and tailing the country. and just look at devon. going to be more cloud for england and wales.

a change on the way over the next few days. there's quite a cold wind developing that's frost and patchy fog still an issue. and with wind gusts for some in excess of 30 miles an hour, clear skies and sunny spells after a frosty start for northern ireland and scotland. could drive in a cluster of showers as we go an hour at times. if you're caught in those sharper showers.

we keep those clear skies, so saturday to the northwest a little bit of nuisance rain drifting its way steadily a little bit of brightness developing into the southeast by the end of the day. not quite as cold on saturday, the winds not quite as strong either. we keep this area of high pressure, which will continue so, as we go through the week ahead, a lot of dry weather around, but that still means there's a risk for one or two

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ice—and—snow economy. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. let's start in the us. opportunity. trading, down about 5% after it reported weakness in the cloud computing unit. our apologies for that. will see if we can get her back in a there 77

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