transformed the philippine state into a gangster state." a staunch defender of the imprisoned senator. he led an allegation into enquiries that the president's son was involved in a drug deal worth $125 million. paolo duterte denied the accusation and issued a chilling warning. how do you assess the current health of democracy in the philippines under president rodrigo duterte? well, it's going to flatline at any moment when duterte decides to declared nationwide martial law or a revolutionary government. do you think that is likely? given the opportunity, he would pull the trigger. so we, the members of the opposition, are preparing for such eventualities. but he said he would not want to stay in office a day longer than he is democratically elected to be in office for. well, those of us who have profiled mr duterte would not give him the benefit of the doubt, or take his word. another stern critic of duterte is the country's top judge, chief justice maria sereno. in may, she too was unceremoniously removed from office. she believes the du

the philippines and malaysia come agency it higher.adeers were numbers were out in the philippines. you look at the swelling current account deficit and ask any strategist, they will point to we arer the reason seeing this, the exchange rate moving up to 54. be down due to external environments. growth slowing as well. the bigger story in the country is is it overheating? you look at the imports going ato that as a function of record current account deficit? we are moving into the latter part of the year. w gis has your worst and best-performing major stock markets or country benchmarks, let's put it that way. let's put it this way -- let's look at the philippines and china, interchanging at the bottom of the heap here. those are fairly consistent. yvonne: basically, who is the biggest loser, right? let's bring in our next guest from enola. -- fromrom manila manila. tell us where we stand with some of these filipino stock markets. foreign investors rushing to get out of this market. they sold philippines stocks for 29 straight days. ho

philippines the philippines and the united states have an ounce to five different locations scattered all throughout the philippines where u.s. troops will be stationed on a rotational basis this threat to china from yet more u.s. bases on its doorstep was not an issue when an arbitration tribunals ruled against china's claims to the strategic spratly islands in the south china sea in two thousand and fifteen the us navy refers to blockade that would cut china's lifelines of oil and trade and roll materials. the danger of confrontation grows by the day. the u.s. navy is on the doorstep of china regardless of disputed islands and is there with low draw off ships planes battle groups it's right on the doorstep of chinese ships what if the equivalent was off california where we ask ourselves that question regularly and it's important to put yourself in the other guy's shoes so we don't operate in the pacific in an effort to scare china to contain china to back foot china our operations and our presence in first of all is warmly welcomed by the vast majority of the coastal states but seco

two years ago the philippines began a brutal war against the drug gangs in which thousands of people died human rights activists and journalists charged the police with illegal killings charges which president do tatay as vigorously denied my guess its own streets. stop it open of welcome to conflict thank you for having me your president says he's old and tired and he's going to leave again about stepping down in february said i've no more ambition who needs a president who's got no more ambition that's more of an expression of. we're just a success for ration and disgust over certain things that do not come out as expected but is not stepping down who finishes turn he says guys i want you there no i'm thinking of stepping down because he just wants he has one so tell the people that he's not the kind of politician that will cling to a position so you can't believe what he says what really everybody is entitled to express one's perspiration or express variation on a certain sort of company's doing it because that leader in february dated august says is the time again that is a style

well done to the philippine president.eans that the originality of the islands remains unchanged. please get in touch, user has to add if you wa nt to get in touch, user has to add if you want to send your thoughts in on that story and everything else we are covering here on the news. stay with us, next up is the business news in a moment and we will look a little more at the japan — china summitand little more at the japan — china summit and looking at tech earnings that came out from the us. is on was a little disappointing, undershot expectations and also some results from the parent company of google, alphabet. also not looking quite so hot. plenty more coming up injust a few moments time. hello. the weather is preparing to dish up something considerably colder as we head into this weekend. the winds switching to a biting northerly, there will be some sunshine but showers as well and they will be wintry over some hills in the north. the cold air is coming from a long way north, in fact it's coming from the arctic, brou

let's look at the philippine star. pink on —— it is halloween, it is massive for retailers, and this is talking about the fact that we are being warned in the philippines about fake priests who roa m philippines about fake priests who roam around cemeteries and offer prayers for the dead in exchange for cash. there is always money to be made somewhere, isn't that? yes, sounds horrible. but yes, i mean, you've just got to watch out. i think wherever you go there is a lwa ys think wherever you go there is always going to be people trying to make cash. this seems perhaps a rather extreme method of doing it, and rather scary as well, i think. basically this is something going on in manila, where it priests have informed the public that they should not accept the services offered by fa ke not accept the services offered by fake priests. and that is not fake news. that is on the front page of the philippine star. thank you for being with us. ijust want to reca ptu re being with us. ijust want to recapture top story, which is

two years ago the philippines began a brutal war against the drug gangs in which thousands of people died human rights activists and journalists charged the police with illegal killings charges which president do tatting as vigorously denied my guest this week here in manila is his legal advisor salvador panel oh is the administration actively sanctioning and even encouraging mud on its own streets. salvador penelope welcome to conflict so thank you for having me you know president says he's old and tired and he's going to hear again about stepping down in february said i've no more ambition who needs a president who's got no more ambition there's more of an expression of will just say exasperation and disgust over certain things that do not come out as he expect. but is not stepping down and finishes turn he says guys i want you to know i'm thinking of stepping down because he just wants he is one of the people that is not the kind of politician that will cling to a position so you can't believe what he says not really everybody is entitled to express one's frustration or express va

the philippines is re—opening its crown jewel resort island of boracay today.lean up and repair the damage, which was inflicted by years of mass tourism. it will now have fewer hotels and restaurants, and a cap on the number of visitors. and there are also new rules aimed at taming its party—hard reputation. michael bristow reports. with just days to go, workmen were still transforming the island. a new sewage pipe has been laid along the sea front. the main road has been widened. in restaurants and shops have been spruced up. many shabby and illegally built hotels are being torn down. the ugliness of what boracay had become is not yet com pletely boracay had become is not yet completely minutes. —— vanish. in future, behavioural have to change as well. smoking and drinking alcohol on the beach are now banned. tourists will have to sign an oath promising to the island pristine. the philippines president ordered the island to close for six month because he said it had become a cesspool. the islands turquoise waters were polluted from the 2 million who visited ea

the philippines where u.s. troops will be stationed on a rotational basis this threat to china from yet more u.s. bases on its doorstep was not an issue when an arbitration tribunals ruled against china's claims to the strategic spratly islands in the south china sea in two thousand and fifteen the us navy run her blockade that would cut china's lifeline of oil and trade and role materials. the danger of confrontation grows by the day. the u.s. navy is on the doorstep of china regardless of disputed islands and is there with low draw off ships planes battle groups it's right on the doorstep of chinese ships what if the equivalent was off california where we ask ourselves that question regularly and it's important to put yourself in the other guy's shoes so we don't operate in the pacific in an effort to scare china to contain china to back foot china our operations and our presence first of all is warmly welcomed by the vast majority of the coastal states but secondly is fully accepted by the chinese time after

in the philippines there are specialists. in our faith healer or. people and seek. with a traditional healer before coming to a health care facility so this is the challenge we face when it. appropriate treatment when a patient would go first there there has been a move. through the department of to get them into. the prevention and control program. i believe. i mean that's maybe you know. we. would discuss that if they're going to. be. in the d.c. . the. us. government. and department of. department of agriculture department of education. they said. that being. said when. it's a program. doesn't. mean . they have. one my. question they are they damn well. in the. traditional view there. is. going to. be made maybe. then you. will have. been at the program i. mean. some of them. you know. i had. way back when i was still a child. and she was not tended to by a doctor and. that had an imprint on me and with the loss of the family. my it became an advocacy on my part to do work for a missile. when the time comes so this is the right time i believe with. and with the.

the philippines where u.s. troops will be stationed on a rotational basis this threat to china from yet more u.s. bases on its doorstep was not an issue when an arbitration tribunals ruled against china's claims to the strategic spratly islands in the south china sea in two thousand and fifteen the us navy rehearsal to blockade that would cut china's lifeline of oil and trade and roll materials. the danger of confrontation grows by the day. the u.s. navy is on the doorstep of china regardless of disputed islands and is there with low draw off ships planes battle groups it's right on the doorstep one of chinese ships what if the equivalent was off california where we ask ourselves that question regularly and it's important to put yourself in the other guy's shoes so we don't operate in the pacific in an effort to scare china to contain china to back foot china our operations and our presence in first of all is warmly welcomed by the vast majority of the coastal states but secondly is fully accepted by the chines

of the popular tourist destination reopens in the philippines. has ramped up pressure on saudi arabia to explain who killed journalist jamal khashoggi in the saudi consulate in istanbul earlier this month in his second speech this week president bush i want to warn the kingdom the police have more evidence which will be revealed quote when the time comes he called saudi arabia's explanations for disappearance from the consulate childish and comical he repeated his call. for riyadh to reveal the location of her body and said the saudi prosecutor will be heading to turkey on sunday. of course there is other information and evidence that we are holding and they will be used when the time comes but there is no need to rush because in the first instance the saudi officials have to explain who killed. on monday they sent the chief prosecutor to stumble they will meet with our chief prosecutor and have discussions covered what other saudi officials made certain announcements which gave us considerable concern because they said that he had left the consu

but for 30 years, he lived here — angeles city in the philippines.n the street, inviting them in through what they called "the magic door", it's claimed, to be sexually abused. the way he abused us, i'm teased, i'm too embarrassed to get out of the house. if i am with all my friends, they call me by slade's name. a member of the notorious paedophile information exchange, in 2016, he was tried and convicted of sex offences against children in the uk. but today, he faces a new legal battle. five young people in the philippines are suing him over the abuse they allege they suffered. he says their claims are a total fabrication. the first witness appeared on a big screen in court 20, on a live video link from manila. he was only referred to by the initials pvx. in a statement already submitted to the court, he said he was sexually abused for four years, starting in 2009. his abuser, he claims, was douglas slade. here we have some alleged victims coming forward and saying no, just because we live on the other side of the world in poor circumstances, we ar

is the philippines trade envoy to the united states the philippine envoy is double headed private public the president united states is double had a private public that means every interaction between the two you don't know where public service stops and private interest begins. although the trump organization vowed not to pursue new foreign ventures while trump is in office. there's white overlap between his business interests and the international relationships he must navigate as president. a chinese government owned bank runs the twentieth floor of trump tower in new york city at a trump property adjacent. the un saudi arabia and india own apartments qatar bought a new unit there this year. from post foreign dignitaries at mar-a lago his private club where membership rates doubled after his election his companies have been granted approval for trademarks in china even as the president negotiated trade policy with its leader so far i have got nothing absolutely nothing but the potential conflicts of interest are many and they've raised charges that trump is violating the us constituti

but, for 30 years, he lived here, angeles city in the philippines.ets down to children in the street, inviting them in through what they called the magic door, it is claimed, to be sexually abused. the way he abused us, i'm teased, i'm too embarrassed to get out of the house. if i'm with all my friends, they called me by slade's name. a member of the notorious paedophile information exchange, in 2016 he was tried and convicted of sex offences against children in the uk. but today he faces a new legal battle. five young people in the philippines are suing him over the abuse they allege they suffered. he says their claims are a total fabrication. the first witness appeared on a big screen in court 20 on a live video link from manila. he was only referred to by the initials pvx. in a statement already submitted to the court, he said he was sexually abused forfour years, starting in 2009. his abuser, he claims, was douglas slade. here we have some alleged victims coming forward and saying, no, just because we live on the other side of the world in poor c

but, for 30 years, he lived here, angeles city in the philippines. to children in the street, inviting them in through what they called the magic door, it is claimed, to be sexually abused. the way he abused us, i'm teased, i'm too embarrassed to get out of the house. if i'm with all my friends, they called me by slade's name. a member of the notorious paedophile information exchange, in 2016 he was tried and convicted of sex offences against children in the uk. but today he faces a new legal battle. five young people in the philippines are suing him over the abuse they allege they suffered. he says their claims are a total fabrication. the first witness appeared on a big screen in court 20 on a live video link from manila. he was only referred to by the initials pvx. in a statement already submitted to the court, he said he was sexually abused forfour years, starting in 2009. his accuser, he claims, was douglas slade. here we have some alleged victims coming forward and saying, no, just because we live on the other side of the world in poor circumst

in the philippines there are specialists. in our faith healer or. people and seek. with a traditional healer before coming to a health care facility so this is the challenge we face when it. all appropriate treatment when a patient would go first there there has been a move. through the department of to get them into. the prevention and control program i believe in. i mean that's going to. be. good. if you're going to. be. in the d.c. . this is. meant to be the. the. us. government. and department of. department of agriculture department of education. they said. that being. said when. it's a program. doesn't. mean that. they have. about all the. question they had they damn well. thank god in the. traditional view their. contribution. to the program going to. be made maybe then you. might deny the program i. mean. some of the money. you know. i had. way back when i was still a child. and she was not tended to by a doctor and. that had an imprint on me and with the loss of the family. my it became an advocacy on my part to do work fired. when the time comes so this is

that's another trend that we see in the future. >> thank you. >> ambassador, in the philippines, moren 1 million people work at call centers and those are highly automatable. first of all, the call center phenomenon is actually not that old and so your country has moved toward that quickly, but is going to have to shift again. what steps are the philippines taking to prepare the workforce for the future. >> well, first of all, we just started a new idea in bringing up the educational skills of our people and we have a very young population in the philippines and the median age is 30 to 35 and we have the companies that are now operating in the philippines that are helping us to bring it up to speed on the digital world, but it's still the biggest, actually and this is in the philippines and the business processing management which is 8% of growth, but we're putting it up to speed, and we have a lot of the budget of the philippines are being spent on educational skills and bringing our young people into digital age. >> does that mean further training for those who are already in those

we hear from the deputy governor of the philippine bank. this is bloomberg. ♪ we are bracing for the start of trading in sydney. we are looking at a drop at the open of trading of about 2%. we are trying to get underway here in asia. u.s. stocks are plunging the most since february. the s&p had its biggest losing streak since the trump administration. been peppered by public holidays. we are getting a miserable picture out there. look at the nikkei down by three and a half percent. we are seeing new zealand looking pretty dire as well. we have these commodities linked currencies and markets are faring not terribly well in this part of the world. >> just when the msci was able to finish flat after seven sessions of losses, you get a day like this in the u.s.. >> we will take flat at this point. for the philippine central bank, it is not the height themselves that matter as much as their fees and predictability. he made it clear that more rate hikes could be on the way. if the philippines has to move, he made it pretty clear he ,s ready to pu

a growing problem for a pill philippines president. to terror today who can be saw who can't be solved by usual repressive mesut message sorry rising prices for rice and others staple food that was the big problem there after that typhoon in september philippines inflation hit a nine year high of eight point seven percent up three percent from august and rice accounts for twenty percent of the expenses in the standard basket of goods used to calculate that figure after reportedly heated talks within his own cabinet mr du tear today has removed all limits on rice imports and has revoked the authority to question his action by the national food authority mr du terra take took a political risk of angering struggling domestic farmers by removing the limits rice farmer rice farmers in vietnam and thailand the two biggest exports to the philippines are likely to reap a financial windfall from the move. and time now for a quick break but hang here because when we return there is more big media news as streaming services has just been announce

we have a young population in the philippines. we have a lot of companies that are operating in the philippines that are helping us to bring us up to speed on the digital world. it is still the biggest growing business in the philippines. of our growth, national growth product. but we are bringing it up to a lot -- the have budget of the philippines is being spent most on educational skills and bringing up many of our young people into the digital age. sarah: does that mean further training for those in those jobs? , thiswe have a program was started by the technical skills, like a school we have, and we are bringing in more people to try to train our young people, bringing it up to the next stage of the digital age. rooney, newessman jobs will require more skills than those lost. molly was describing upscaling. you are in business and a congressman. what is congress doing to prepare the united states? the presidenthen signed the jobs act which will devote a lot of resources to career and technical education we used to call it low

the philippines where u.s. troops will be stationed on a rotational basis this threat to china from yet more u.s. bases on its doorstep was not an issue when an arbitration tribunals ruled against china's claims to the strategic spratly islands in the south china sea in two thousand and fifteen the us navy rehearsal the blockade that would cut china's lifelines of oil and trade and roll materials. the danger of confrontation grows by the day. the u.s. navy is on the doorstep of china regardless of disputed islands and is there with low draw off ships planes battle groups it's right on the doorstep of chinese ships what if the equivalent was off california where we ask ourselves that question regularly and it's important to put yourself in the other guy's shoes so we don't operate in the pacific in an effort to scare china to contain china to back foot china our operations and our presence in first of all is warmly welcomed by the vast majority of the coastal states but secondly is fully accepted by the chinese

the philippines is re—opening its crown jewel resort island of boracay today.w have fewer hotels and restaurants — and a cap on the number of visitors. and there are also new rules aimed at taming its party—hard reputation. michael bristow reports. with just —— with just days to go, a newsagent limited by his being laid on the seafront and the road is being widened. restaurants and shops are being spruced up. many shabby and illegally built hotels are being torn down. the ugliness of what boracay has become an project com pletely boracay has become an project completely vanished. the behaviour also have the change of smoking and drinking alcohol on the beach are now banned striker was to sign and out to keep the island pristine. the philippine president, rodrigo enacts order to close the island for six months saying it became a cesspool. the turquoise waters were polluted from the 2 million people who visited each year. the and unplanned way there are allowed to enjoy themselves did not help. we had already said sustainable tourism. 0ther already said sustainab

but for 30 years, he lived here, angeles city in the philippines.member the things he did to me, the way he abused us, it comes back to my mind. everything he did. a member of the notorious paedophile information exchange, two years ago he was extradited, tried and convicted of sex offences against children in the uk in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. but today he faces a new legal battle. five young people in the philippines are suing him over the abuse they say they suffered. it's thought to be the first case of its kind to reach the high court. i think the message needs to be sent out to those who, in the west in particular, who think that they can go to far—away places such as the philippines and sexually abuse children and young people that you are not beyond reach. slade may spend the rest of his life in prison here, but children on the other side of the world are still seeking justice. slade also appeared on video link from parkhurst prison on the isle of wight. he sat in a wheelchair in a small white painted room with a prison officer binding. his c

that fleet was indeed bound for the philippines to the dutch east indies for singapore, all of which japan did attack in the next few days. many in the japanese navy wanted to confine the attack to that part of the world and preferred to leave the pacific fleet alone. and if it came forth to stop japan's conquest after america had declared war, they preferred to deal with american fleet on their side of the pacific ocean. and besides, these japanese naval officers argued, a surprise attack on pearl harbor would be enormously risky for japan. an attack fleet would be at sea for days. and could be discovered by american search plane or ships at any moment. if it were discovered, it might not know it had been discovered. it might not see the airplane up there that had spotted them. might not see the ship or submarine that spotted them. and would keep sailing in ignorance right into an ambush now being set by the american fleet that was alerted and waiting. the attack fleet would have to be refueled many times at sea in the 12 days it would take to cross. and refueling a ship underway at

entering the conflict zone confronting the powerful two years ago the philippines began a brutal wargainst the drug gangs in which thousands of people died human rights activists and journalists charged the police with illegal killings charges which president detestation as vigorously denied my guess is we hearing the lace is legal adviser salvador kind i love welcome to come to the conflict zone. next on the d.w.p. . oh. oh. oh. oh oh oh new law. allows. two years ago the philippines began a brutal war against the drug gangs in which thousands of people died human rights activists and journalists charged the police with illegal killings charges which president do territory as vigorously denied my guest this week here in manila is his legal advisor salvatore panel oh is the administration actively sanctioning and even encouraging murder on its own streets.

but for 30 years he lived here in the philippines.entice children into his home and abuse them. whenever i remember the things he did to me, the way he abused as, it comes back to my mind. everything he did. a member of the notorious paedophile information exchange, two yea rs paedophile information exchange, two years ago he was extradited, tried and convicted of sex offences against children in the uk in the 19605, 705 and 805. but today he faces a new legal battle. five young people in the philippines are suing him over the abuse they say they suffered. it is thought to be the first case of its kind to reach the high court. i think the message needs to be sent out to those in the west in particular who think that they can go too far away places, such as the philippines, to sexually abuse children and young people, that you are not beyond reach. slade may spend the rest of his life in prison here, but children on the other side of the world are still seeking justice. angus crawford, bbc news. angus crawford, bbc news. the internatio

is the philippines trade envoy to the united states. philippine envoy is double headed private public the president united states is double had a private public that means every interaction between the two you don't know where public service stops and private interest begins. although the trump organization vowed not to pursue new foreign ventures while trump is in office. there's wide overlap between his business interests and the international relationships he must navigate as president. a chinese government owned bank runs a twentieth floor of trump tower in new york city at a trump property adjacent to the un saudi arabia and india own apartments. the new unit there is this year. from post foreign dignitaries at mar-a lago his private club where membership rates doubled after his election his companies have been granted approval for trademarks in china even as the president negotiated trade policy with its leader so far i have got nothing absolutely nothing but the potential conflicts of interest are many and they've raised charges

and can the philippines save its most popular tourist destination from terrorists themselves. i'm stephen beardsley in berlin thanks for joining us wall street did well today after stocks took a hammering yesterday positive earnings reports are driving the trading including from tesla which is back in the black for the first time in two years the production ramp up for its model three saw the u.s. electric car maker posted net profit of three hundred eleven million dollars in the last quarter calling shareholders nervous production of the model three had been delayed by technical and logistical problems while tesla has been marred by controversy involving c.e.o. elon musk. our financial correspondent yens court is joining us now with a view from wall street to tesla's numbers finally boost its long term outlook in the eyes of investors. well that's probably too early to tell wall street kind of knew what was coming already two days ago when announced that the numbers will come out actually earlier than originally expected and wall street was well aware that this can only mean

white people still controlled way too much of asia, the way too much of asia, the philippines, dutch east indy, singapore, hong kong and on and on. the japanese objected strongly to that. they thought asians ought to run asia. the problem with their goal was they thought they should be the asians running everything else. [laughter] so, the oil embargo was a factor. japan in its southwest move was hoping to obtain the great oil reserves that were in dutch east indies. today it's indonesia. so the oil embargo was definitely a major factor at that time. but i think you can safely argue if they hadn't embargoed oil would japan have behaved? i doubt it. so the oil embargo was sorry about that. [applause] >> thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] hear history bookshelf, from the country's best-known american history writers of the past decade every saturday at 4 p.m. eastern. you can watch any of our programs anytime when you

and pristine paradise the philippines most popular tourist destination is recovering from damage thanks to a last minute radical decision. is due to give businesses. hackers have gained access to the personal data of nine point four million passengers of hong kong's cathay pacific airways the hong kong carrier says there is no indication of any data having been used for criminal purposes but it's shares slits to a nine year low as yet to explain why it has only just reported the incident seven months after the attack. but check in with potentially serious consequences to an authorized access a cut a pacific was uncovered during routine checks on its internal system the hong kong authorities were informed of the incident on wednesday. the data exposed includes passenger names physical addresses and passport numbers cathay is now the third major airline this year to reveal it suffered a large scale data breach. last year alone cyber attacks cost companies an estimated four hundred fifty billion dollars in a growing wave of data breaches. the biggest revealed so far was in twenty thirteen

and the philippines off course. this man is a great admirer of donald trump.e new york times they say he is actually more like president to get a of the philippines and very much a strongman who would do anything at any time. —— duterte. he isa anything at any time. —— duterte. he is a former army captain and this piece has said, will he bring that style of operating? the military way of doing things. it seems as if that is what the public wants. it is quite interesting. according to the new york times, he champions the unrestricted sale of firearms, proposes a presumption of self—defence if a policeman kills a suspect and declares that a dead son is preferable to a gay one. as i said, a former military officer. there are fears that he will very much at in accordance with his previous career. certainly very divisive for brazil. lets talk about another extraordinary story that has barely left the front pages. looking at the times here and this article, the admission from saudi arabia for the admission from saudi arabia for the very first time that khashoggi's d

and, since it is halloween, a story from graveyards in the philippines.eir congregations to beware of fake priests offering to say prayers for the departed in exchange for money. you can do it yourself. with me is fiona cincotta, who is a senior market analyst with the financial betting company city index. so the financial times, they headline story, brussels tells traders it will not slam the door to city clearing. are we breathing a sigh of relief? this is fantastic news, it is great news, but thinking about the sense of it, the london clearing house,

and how the philippines has managed to save its most popular tourist destination from tourists. i mean physical and let's do business the outlook for economic growth around the world is darkening and political turmoil in italy looms large over the eurozone nevertheless the european central bank will continue to phase out its on preset dented stimulus measures e.c.b. confirmed on thursday that its two point six trillion euro asset purchasing scheme will end this year and interest rates could rise of the next summer president mario draghi said that the central bank still sees risks to euro zone as broadly balanced regarding italy's spans with the e.u. over the country's rejected budget mr druggy said easy be the leaders didn't discuss the matter widely and that he personally hoped both sides could find a solution. let's bring in paul bullets at the frankfurt stock exchange. let's talk about italy first of all quite surprising to the not talking all that much about italy considering where mr draghi comes from. yes not just the fact that he's italian also a lot of questions in the q

the philippines is still behind the curve.ey are facing, without these hikes, they would have been much worse. is of course what i think they need a balanced policy response. they need to hike rates so investors remain positive. but medium-term reforms you to be put into practice so the next time the recession or the em crisis gets worse, they are in a better situation to handle it. appreciate a glass half-full analysis. thank you. courseup, indonesia of closed on the weekend, reeling from a devastating earthquake and tsunami where the death toll climbing into the thousands. yvonne:this is bloomberg. ♪ haslinda: quick check of the latest headlines. tencent is reorganizing, reducing the total number of business groups from seven to six. it is setting up a new cloud and smart industries unit to integrate digital solutions in smart retailing, education and health care. the units will join corporate development, interactive entertainment, technology, and we chat. a german industrial gas company has won china's approval for a $45 b

into the conflicts come from seeing the powerful two years ago in the philippines began a war against the drug gangs in which thousands of people. rights activists charge the police with illegal charges which president. i guess this week here in manila this is legal adviser salvador kind of welcome to come to conflicts of. d.w. . national i'm going to start my night hide your identity. we are scared we are very scared that we have to stay here and you know. like. i did it was dinner. time led to what is the true face of the country look like. freedom independence a separation of state and church that used to be important but for decades political infighting here has ended progress and islamist extremists are gaining more in god you know we call for the rule of law to law islam. democracy and the law are on shaky ground. you've just going to get worse. there should be. a pretty. cannot. bangladesh the dawn of islamism and exclusive d.w. report starts october eighteenth. two years ago the philippines began a brutal war against the drug gangs in which thousands of people died human right