how it's looking like it's going to set off a pretty wet weekend across south australia proud of the right moving through the bite that's just making its way right across south australia in fact will see some wet weather pushing right up into the interior so alice around 2530 some strong winds just spilling out of way only 15 celsius in the heat of the day on saturday that's after temperatures overnight 4 to around 3 or 4 degrees cold enough for talk to ground frost would you believe going into sunday those temperatures do pick up to 20 celsius to perth on sunday with the cloud in writing that will continue through south australia heading towards victoria ahead of that generally find a dry 2021 celsius melbourne and also for save me a lot of dry weather too into new zealand police for a time the cloud will build western parts of the south island will see some right as we go on through saturday but i think come sunday but he possibly could deal dry and project a little of the cool side only 12 degrees celsius there for christ. across the northern parts of japan southern parts on the o

through the bite that's just making its way right across the south australia in fact we'll see some wet weather pushing right up into the interior so alice around $25.00 k. some strong winds just spinning out of way early 15 celsius in the heat of the day on saturday that's off the temperatures overnight for to around 3 or 4 degrees cold enough for talk to ground frost would you believe go on into sunday as temperatures day pick up to 20 celsius to perth on sunday with the cloud in writing that will continue through south australia heading towards victoria ahead of that generally fine and dry 2021 celsius melbourne and also for see them a lot of dry weather too into new zealand at least for a time the cloud will build western pa so the south island will see some right as we go on through saturday but i think come sunday but he possibly could deal dry and project a little of the cold side of the 12 degrees celsius there for christ. across the northern parts of japan southern parts on the other hand will be see some very heavy rain over the next couple of days south korea also seeing

been made at the biggest victory in the world storage treasury in the world has they build in south australia i guess what we would like to say from a business point of view is some consistency at the federal level as well we've seen a lot of change a lot of towing and fro ing and it would be good to have some more stability for investors on the renewables front and also to add to that what we have seen is that business itself is actually moving away from from coal like banks on financing coal anymore so i think the trend just clearly towards your goals but of course there is a job question and that needs to be taken into account as well so there needs to be a smooth transition rather than a quantum we're talking about change some say the coal industry top of the last prime minister how how do you work around such a powerful force if you won't be if you were representing so the renewable energy companies. look i mean for the business council we are quite adamant that we are nonpolitical and we don't take a political stand and we cater for all industries so i guess it's not for us to work arou

in south australia's quite a feature set of drag those temperatures down to the warmer than around 16 celsius on saturday what's the weather does make its way into south australia pushing right up into the interior alice springs could see some wet weather over the next couple days as always a lot is to lead to some localized flooding limb rain will fizzle out across the bight temperatures seem to adelaide melbourne and sydney at 20 degrees. one of the strategies most loved making random. is under threat from an agonizing. one campaigner he's dedicating a lot to say. what i want to east makes the woman respond. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it. will bring in the news and current affairs that much . lower than the top stories on al-jazeera troops from saddam's rockets or forces have tried to remove barricades put in place by protesters outside the army headquarters but they eventually gave up more demonstrations are expected in parts of. president donald trump. announced his plans to overhaul the u.s. immigrati

east coast so some wetter weather there easing out of brisbane we had the welcome rain down to south australia into victoria high pressure now comes in so that means a lot of fine and dry weather and that's across a good part of the country i have it was a southwest a little bit of cloud just pushing towards southern parts of wy perth at twenty one celsius on sunday getting up to around nineteen for monday a cloudy day coming through here few spots of france a possibility nineteen celsius to fall sydney into the mid twenty's for melbourne but as you can see much of a strike the dust settled and sunny lots of autumn sunshine coming through or some sunshine turning a little gray across southern parts of new zealand on the other had it should stay lachi dry possibility of wanted to sally's just easing across the tasman into the southern fringes of the country not really making progress as such but fifteen sounds just across from monday that it's eighteen in all clear and gray skies but lousy dry right sue across the pattern that's pretty good here over the next couple of days twenty four celsius

the bite so you might see some gray skies even some wet weather there across southern parts of south australia pushing i've been to victoria could see some wet weather here just coming into port fairy pushing over towards the melbourne 17 celsius the top temperature in melbourne north of that is warm and dry 2324 along that east coast over the next couple of days 19 celsius the path by saturday a little more cloud just coming back into the stage and we'll see the cloud still clinging on to the coastal fringes of victoria on sas day the tasman sea for the clouds rolling into tasmania here and that will gradually ease over towards new zealand say spec to see some wet weather coming in here by the end of the weekend it's not too bad at the moment largely clear skies north island is the best for the sunshine temperature getting up to 18 celsius but the cloud will roll across the south are going on through saturday bit wet weather coming in here or clear around 16 celsius and rising temperatures rising across japan at the moment lots of hot sunshine in place tokyo with a top temperature of 31. mill

way through the bite and if you're lucky us a few lucky will bring some proper rain to parts of south australia emphatically new south wales where despite quite a bit of rain the last few months still suffering from drought and you saw if you can pick up sand like graph clearly it is still drought ridden but that's a hopeful look picture then down in adelaide and down the coast of victoria not to bring rain for the north there is another area that could do it some rain but probably won't get it the far north tropical just off shore. weather sponsored by qatar is. the subject of more than half a dozen investigations. of dog stone from malaysia's sovereign wealth one o one piece to investigate how the nation's coffers grew up on al-jazeera. russia has jeopardized the united states security interests we know what you are doing and you will not succeed perceptions from the outside looking. at the picture from the inside. i think russia's foreign policy is too soft going to be the most russian goals have be achieved not peace and. russia coming soon. to be every week a new cycle brings a series of b

together so we'll still see some rather heavy outbreaks of rain is it makes its way over parts of south australia and ahead of it is dragging the winds down from the north so it will be cold so adelaide will be at 22 on saturday but in that system alone its way across us as we head through into sunday for new zealand what has been very windy recently the winds have fortunately east and most of the cloud is now beginning to pull away it doesn't look a lot brighter as we head through the day on friday the winds a lot calmer as well the room there christchurch at best just getting to 11 degrees minute goes downhill again as we head into saturday with more cloud and rain being pushed into the western parts of the south island as we head up towards the northern parts of asia here days of plenty of sunshine for us in tokyo $24.00 degrees will be our maximum but there is cloud building elsewhere that's working its way out of china making its way toward south korea it's pretty heavy some of that rain for saturday. one of the stroke is most loved making random. is under threats from an agonizing disease b

next weather system is putting itself together and that'll give some wetter weather the parts of south australia and into victoria and tasmania as we head into fifth day so heavy downpours here and as that pushes its way across us things will turn even cooler i could even bring a bit of snow over towards new zealand and we're seeing a lot of rain here all thanks to this weather system so it's the western parts where we're seeing the wettest of the weather that will begin to clear away though as we head through the day on wednesday and instead just some wet weather over paul is a venue out to really does it very soapy hair as we head through wednesday and thursday as well they could even be a little bit of flooding in places to the towards the north and we're seeing the cloud over the northern parts of asia pushed further north would still call ready is here as of beijing for wednesday a few showers not too far away as well and then this whole thing pushes northwards so for the korean peninsula more the way of grey weather around for thursday we'll also see more cloud over many parts of japan as

really for friday on friday that cloud will be working its way eastwards there through parts of south australia and down into victoria so expect a few showers here don't expect a great deal of showery whether they were across new zealand here we've got an area of high pressure in charge it's largely fine and dry that wall we're looking at around 17 there in oakland and around 15 in christchurch and in the west they could be a little bit of cloud coming and going. yugoslavia disintegrated descended on its inhabitants. amidst the death and destruction one man created a peaceful microcosm for boys whose fathers faced each other in battle episode 3 of football rebels enters the world of footballing legend push each. who went from coaching boys football to teaching young men like frederick push each of the siege of sarajevo on al-jazeera. watching al-jazeera and these are the top stories right now 6 people are dead in indonesia and parts of the capital are in lockdown after violent protests against the results of last month's presidential election on tuesday the election commission declared incumben

together so we'll still see some rather heavy outbreaks of rain as it makes its way over parts of south australia and ahead of it is dragging the winds down from the north so it would be cold so adelaide will be at $22.00 on saturday but in that system alone its way across us as we head through into sunday for new zealand what is be very windy recently the winds have fortunately east and most of the cloud is now beginning to pull away it doesn't look a lot brighter as we head through the day on friday the winds a lot calmer as well the womb though christchurch at best just getting to 11 degrees in the old days downhill again as we head into saturday with more cloud and rain being pushed into the western parts of the south island as we head up towards the northern parts of asia hair they have plenty of sunshine for us in tokyo $24.00 degrees will be our maximum but there is cloud building elsewhere that's working its way out of china making its way toward south korea it's pretty heavy some of that rain for saturday. one of australia's most loved making random house is under threat from an agonizin

weather system is putting itself together and that'll give some wetter weather there parts of south australia and into victoria and tasmania as we head into thursday so heavy downpours here and as that pushes its way across us things will turn even cooler it could even bring a bit of snow over towards new zealand and we're seeing a lot of rain here all thanks to this weather system so it's the western parts where we're seeing the wettest of the weather that will begin to clear away though as we head through the day on wednesday and instead just some wetter weather over parts of vanuatu really does it very soapy here as we head through wednesday and thursday as well they could even be a little bit of flooding in places to further towards the north and we're seeing the cloud over the northern parts of asia pushed further northward still already is here over beijing for wednesday a few showers not too far away as well and then this whole thing pushes northwards so for the korean peninsula more the way of grey weather around for thursday we'll also see more cloud over many parts of japan as well.

that's making its way eastwards and will see some of that just graze its way towards parts of south australia of a cheese day and then work its way across the southern parts of our southeastern parts as we head into wednesday turning cooler behind that as well with a maximum temperature in melbourne and adelaide only a fifteen degrees towards the west it should be warm here with perth getting to a twenty two degrees there over towards new zealand and it's not looking too bad at the moment but there is some very heavy rain on its way for wednesday. like qatar airways experienced economy class like never before qatar airways going places together. ga ga's it a reminder of our top stories this hour there's a ceasefire agreement between israel and palestinian groups in gaza and egypt brokered the deal to end days of cross border attacks twenty four palestinians and four israelis were killed in this latest violence. u.s. president donald trump says the u.s. will raise tariffs on two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese products to twenty five percent on friday this comes two days before both c

east coast so some wet weather there easing ounce of brisbane we have to welcome rain down to south australia into victoria high pressure now comes in so that makes a lot of fine and dry weather and that's across a good part all the country i have it was the southwest a little bit of cloud just pushing towards southern parts of that twenty one celsius on sunday getting up to around nineteen for monday as a cloudy a day coming through here few spots of rights possibility nineteen celsius to full save me into the mid teens for melbourne but as you can see much of a stretch to dust settled and sunny lots of old some sunshine coming through or some sunshine tending a little correia across southern parts of new zealand on the other had it should stay laci dry possibility of want to showers just easing across the tasman into the southern fringes of the country not already making progress as such but fifteen sounds just across from monday could have set eighteen in all clear and gray skies by laws to dry right sue across the pattern that's pretty good here over the next couple of days twenty four ce

there is that area of what weather that's making its way from western australia edging towards south australia but i don't think it'll reach us all victoria until we head into wednesday. in a country beset by poverty and lack of infrastructure. sometimes we risk our lives in taking the threads with cadel saving lives even a dangerous job as a vaccine so it's on a good twenty four hours there are patients waiting for these medicines who must be in pain life's worth risking getting the real could go one of the gang stop some because on the road at that kind of good luck for the risking it all guinea at this time on al-jazeera. we want to remind of our top stories this hour six palestinians including a pregnant mother fourteen month old baby have been killed in the gaza strip the latest israeli strikes on gaza came after palestinian fighters fired hundreds of rockets into southern israel one israeli died in hospital. the youngest brother of all genie is out of the president is under arrest sided with the fleet was the country's effective ruler after his brother out there as he's suffered a stroke

the bite so you might see some grey skies even some wet weather there across southern parts of south australiaushing i've been to victoria could see some wet weather here just coming into port fairy pushing over towards the melbourne 17 celsius the top temperature in melbourne north of that is warm and dry $2324.00 along that east coast over the next couple of days 19 celsius the sas a day a little more cloud just coming back into the way of that stage and we'll see the cloud still clinging on to the coastal fringes of victoria on sas day the tasman sea for the clouds rolling into tasmania here and that will gradually ease over towards new zealand say spec to see some wet weather coming in here by the end of the weekend it's not seep out of the moment clear skies north out and it's the best for the sunshine temperature getting up to 18 celsius but the cloud will roll across the south out of going on through saturday bit wet weather coming in here all current at around 16 celsius and rising temperatures rising across japan at the moment lots of hot sunshine in place tokyo with a top temperature

ealand, australia, remaomania. south korea. i worked and ben in a syrian mp and there is no that i have oved me traveled than income normandy. to go out there and remember standing and ids ing at those star of dav and crosses lined perfectly there. man, a g over a young 0-year-old willing to pay the ultimate price. ls, gazing the hil down from the hill, it's amazing atlantic ook at the ocean. historical have sfientd may remember, five beaches were involved by allies forces. threebritain, canada took beaches and two beaches were left with americans. so as the young soldiers were put into these boats, more like ontainer, sometimes, in those le hours waves, they began to get sea sick. dehydrated, throwing up on each other. by the time the doors opened, the bullets were lining up. because the y is air drop that day because of the weather missed their support. they had no air support. an to talk re and beg with a guy about what happened day.hat draftede great generals a perfect plan to take that beach. because of the weather they fa

happening but that's exactly what happened in queensland in the north the big story in the south in western australia as well 2 and in new south wales around the city of sydney the coalition has done remarkably well and so morris and the soul that remain astride is prime minister. michael taught as a former political correspondent for the australian broadcasting corporation he says it's far from resigned in victory. as a win for scott morrison it's a narrow win and at this stage while counting until news we don't know whether he will actually be able to have a majority between him and his coalition partner and whether they'll either go for a minority government which suggests more instability in the future or be able to get some of the independent voters or minor parties on board to support them in what could be an unstable and very slim majority government so the future is uncertain however the counting ends up from here there is some suggestion that the a labor party manifesto so to speak was too detailed and they gave a lot of clues about what they do which involved being tough on what they call o

happening but that's exactly what happened in queensland in the north and pigs who are in the south in western australia as well and in new south wales around the city of said the coalition has done remarkably well and so morris and the soul that remain astride is prime minister andrew stay with us but for now let's take a listen to labor's bill shorten who did concede defeat and stepped down as just a short time ago. says bain i tough can find. toxic and tongs. but now that the contest is over all of us have a responsibility to respect the result to be able to have served as leader of the life of a party for 5 and a half years. is a greater all know than anyone who had my family before me or even i could have dreamed of when i joined the local branch 35 years ago. andrew was bill shorten the resignation as the leader of the labor party a surprise. to be absolutely honest i'm not sure he had any choice this was his 2nd election defeat he lost against the then prime minister malcolm turnbull 3 years ago but then he was celebrating because he was expected to lose that election by a wide margin yes he came

across much of southeastern australia this frontal boundary that you see right here with all the clouds pushing through brings some very much needed rain to the drought regions of south eastern australia but in fortune once that front pushes through we are looking at that back to drier conditions over the next few days here on saturday notice the temperatures dropping down to about fourteen degrees from melbourne up here towards sydney the front is pushing through you so we're going to be seeing the rain ending by the time we go from saturday into sunday morning britain you'll see some showers as well but by the time we get towards the weekend it is looking quite nice across much of the area over here across much of the west we are looking at a front coming into perth clouds coming into play there with the temperature of twenty two. caliber change since you mr have been. charting the lives of the children of apartheid twenty one. each story reflecting a history of dramatic social and political change twenty eight on south africa three on al-jazeera. i'm reminded of our top stories this hour the u.s. sanctions waiver on eight major bios of a rainy in oil has expired t

there is still a circulating storm in the timor sea now it's drifting slowly south towards australia has produced a great deal of rain recently other than that easing well there's not much going on in the knees here is there and that's true from this satellite picture is more of a concentration further north up towards the main in the southeast asia but for the forecast for dealer showers could occur version anyway certainly an increase in both the humidity in the clouds there for the potential for rain right up through thailand laos cambodia and the philippines but the showers could exist anywhere further south is where the good doctoring of them the concentration might well end up being in the philippines and in southern thailand or even cambodia hard to say to be honest anyway could get hit be nazis and rain in northern australia northern territory did not have a good with season but is just off shore to be honest since more active weather than in victoria new south wales these fronts are certainly picked up what was on the ground from the dust and sand have been dropped a lot of

sense of government policy or labor and the others are in tasmania the island state just to the south of australia scott morrison who you haven't seen on television yet because he's campaigning down in tasmania all still lection day and he's on his way back to safety i would imagine what same to vote and are just going to ask you know we've heard from the opposition need a bill that shorten. any sign yet scott bias and what his plans for the day will. dalliance has my idea he will see campaigning on saturday it's about a 2 hour flight from tasmania it's a city where he's from where his electorate is and i imagine he's. just landed in sydney will probably be seeing him voting in his south in sydney electorate fairly shortly he'll be making a lot of what labor is not talking about that say is that tax royce's in the government's eyes the fact that they have promised to take away tax breaks for richer australia so the government says that will really cripple an already delicate economy where house prices pulling and that's concerned that could spill into the wider economy the government also warns th

similar strikes planned across the u.s., australia, south america. >>> today we'll hear from the family members of an african- american man shot and killed last year by police. they will talk about the bodycam video released on monday showing last year's shooting. they accuse them of editing that video and they call it's an execution. police say officer ryan mcmahan stopped foster from riding erratically without a head lamp. there was a chase and a fight and they say foster lunged for mcmahan's flashlight causing the officer to fire shots. >>> well, today marks since months since the start of the fire that destroyed the town of paradise and destroyed nearly 19,000 buildings most of which were homes. while most families have not been able to return, work crews are making extraordinary progress in removing fire debris. crews of 3 to 5 workers are clearing an average of 100 properties per day. the state credits favorable weather conditions. they are removing concrete, melt tal and contaminated soil. a federal judge overseeing the utilities probation for the 2010 san bruno pipeline blast is

the likes of india, england, australia, pakistan, south africa, they are all the top... bout lost they are all the top. .. we have lost him. we have just about lost you. they are all the top. .. we have lost him. we havejust about lost you. in terms of the expectation on the shoulders with england as favourites, what is that like? that will be the key factor if england wa nt will be the key factor if england want to win this world cup. how they handle pressure, how they handle the nation behind them. it is similar to the football world cup when england did really well and the whole nation gathered momentum and they kept on supporting them game by game. the same thing, i am sure the nation will get behind england in the next few weeks and we will see some good results and witness our first world cup when stop thank you all very much. victims of rape are being advised not to seek counselling until after criminal trials are complete. that's the claim being made after an investigation by vice news. current government advice says that "pre—trial discussions ,including therapy,

new zealand, australia, romania, lithuania, south korea and north korea at the dmz, i've looked at the soldiers of north korea, i've been in a syrian refugee camp 15 kilometers below the syrian border. there is no place that has moved me that i've traveled than being in normandy. i had the chance to go out there. and i remember standing and looking at the stars of david and the crosses lying perfectly, standing over the grave of a 20-year-old north carolinian who was willing to pay the ultimate price, looked out over those hills and as you gaze down from the hill, it is amazing, you can look out across into the atlantic ocean. some of you from a historical standpoint may remember what happened on that june 6, 1944 day. there were five beaches involved by the allied forces. great britain and canada took three beaches. the two beaches where the germans were dug in, utah and omaha, was left for the americans. as these young soldiers were put into these boats, more like a shipping container, sometimes for a couple hours in those tumultuous waves, the storm had come in, they begin to get se

final takes place saturday in tel aviv among the finalists this year are czech republic south iceland and australia which is represented by the classically trained school . with their song 0 gravity. thursday sees the 2nd round of sammy's before the big event although we. are israel correspondent gives us now a sense of the atmosphere in tel aviv. beach sun and music as the e s c as it's known to its legions of follow was hit tel aviv on the beach a mix of tourists and fans with such a day's grand finale with anticipation to levy visit this city when it's it's always fun and when people from the whole europe come here to see something i think it will become more fun then it's always be to. go in the big stage here. i am happy to represent my counter albania and read this there they go. israel is hosting this year's here edition song contest because of this single minute about silly one in lisp and last year she would perform her new single man a banana at the final on saturday. making people come here and see how amazing israel is giving us a chance to show how how how big of a party we can make an

is that we should bring an international coalition of the european union, canada, japan, south korea, australia, some of the major economic powers in the world and who all agree about china's unfair trading practices and challenge them collectively at the wto. make china the bad player at the wto and seek to enforce wto decisions and consequences. we really haven't done that. so we haven't used the wto. this is one part of the international order china has signed up to. we need to pressure them there. finally on tariffs, look, tariffs is not going to get us to where we need to be. what it's doing is hurting american farmers, hurting american businesses and hurting american consumers. so it's not a smart way to go as it relates to achieving your ultimate goal. >> senator bob menendez of new jersey, thanks very much for joining us this morning. >> thank you. >>> 23 for 2020, new york's bill de blasio is the second mayor to join the growing list of democratic hopefuls. can you keep track of it all? >>> plus the president set to give his plan overhauling the immigrant system. >>> and attorney gener

in berlin thank you very much for joining us over drivers in australia the united states england and south america have gone on strike they say they want to send a message to before it becomes a publicly traded company on friday they're striking for livable incomes job security and regulated fares to date it's the biggest internationally coordinated effort against the right hailing start up. as a funny saying just has been driving for since twenty fifteen. but today she switched off her app and went on strike. because of the low rates super pays she can no longer make ends meet. live for us. you know it was good that i could i was able to make probably. i would say. he's over a thousand dollars a week and still have two days off. so. it seem to make sense at the time but goober has steadily decreased her income so she's been on the road in los angeles every day since the beginning of the year no weekend off no vacation as to funny is demanding the same rights as employees such as a minimum wage overtime unemployment insurance and paid sick leave but over and rival live to see their busines

happening but that's exactly what happened in queensland in the north the big story in the south in western australia as well and in new south wales around the city of sydney the coalition has done remarkably well and so morris and the soul that remain astride is prime minister. now ruling coalition is in trouble after its far right vice chancellor resigned over a secret video chancellor submersing cortes is a. expected to issue a statement in the coming hour over speculations that the country may be headed for snap elections. was seen apparently offering government contracts to an unknown russian women an exchange for political supports secretly filmed it was published by 2 germany newspapers but struck a says it was a set up. the only criminal offense that is present here is the stage a secret service trap with illegal recordings were someone waited 2 years and then set it off and yes that was a targeted political assassination. has more now from london. certainly comes as a surprise to those who would have not anticipated this happening at all but with stronger there's this case there would have b

australia and south america how could you have a conscience you should be ashamed of yourself if you drive around yelling out a company during the strike comes days in advance of the expected initial public offering of shares on wall street it could be the richest tech company i.p.o. ever expected to reap ninety billion dollars or more these workers rallying outside los angeles international airport won't be sharing that wealth they say has been cutting their share of fears plunging many into poverty i've been driving fulltime for about a year now i live in a really small room in a house with eight other people so i pretty much have what i kind of think is this pretty much the lowest cost of living that you could have it only in this day but now i've just been having to work longer and longer hours steadily longer and longer hours every week to make the same amount of income striker's one an hourly wage of twenty eight dollars which they say is need. to cover the cost of fuel and car maintenance they also want benefits like health care and more transparency about what they earn and h

australia and south america how could you have a conscience you should be ashamed of yourself if you drive around yelling out accountability. the strike comes days in advance of expected initial public offering of shares on wall street it could be the richest tech company i.p.o. ever expected to reap ninety billion dollars or more these workers rallying outside los angeles international airport won't be sharing that wealth they say has been cutting their share of fares plunging many into poverty i've been driving fulltime for about a year now i live in a really small room in a house with eight other people so i pretty much have what i kind of think is this pretty much the lowest cost of living that you could have it only in this day but now i've just been having to work longer and longer hours steadily longer and longer hours every week to make the same amount of income striker's one an hourly wage of twenty eight dollars which they say is needed to cover the cost of fuel and car maintenance they also want benefits like health care and more transparency about what they earn and how m

technical issues here we'll try and come back to william later on to drivers in australia the united states england and south america say they've gone on strike the demonstrations are actually more of a protest given that drivers are not unionized and that's exactly the point with set to raise billions in cash from public markets friday driver said.

fortescue says their deal was approved, and coronado says no change from australia that is a snapshot of what to watch for. japan, southell as australia. plenty more ahead on "daybreak:. asia" this is bloomberg. ♪ paul: good morning, i'm paul allen in sydney, where asia's major markets are just opened. shery: good evening from bloomberg's global headquarters in new york. i'm shery ahn. sophie: i'm sophie kamaruddin hong kong. welcome to "daybreak: asia." paul: our top stories this wednesday. asia-pacific stocks look to track wall street's advance. tradefrom the escalated war. the pressure is still on. huawei has a range of answers to president trump's ban. and china says they will win the tariff battle. shery: jim bullard says the rate hike may have been a mistake. may haveoncerned we slightly overdone it with our december rate hike. shery: let's get straight to the market open in japan, south korea, and australia. sophie: in tokyo, we have stocks gaining ground as they digest the latest trade data that shows exports fell 2%. the yen is trading near a two-week low. we will also digest the outlook for japan. in korea, t

australia and south america how could you have a conscience you should be ashamed of yourself if you drivers yelling out accountability for. the strike comes days in advance of goobers expected initial public offering of shares on wall street it could be the richest tech company i.p.o. ever expected to reap ninety billion dollars or more these workers rallying outside los angeles international airport won't be sharing that wealth they say goober has been cutting their share of fares plunging many into poverty i've been driving fulltime for about a year now i live in a really small room in a house with eight other people so i pretty much have what i kind of think is this pretty much the lowest cost of living that you could have in l.a. in this day but now i've just been having to work longer and longer hours steadily longer and longer hours every week to make the same amount of income striker's one an hourly wage of twenty eight dollars which they say is needed to cover the cost of fuel and car maintenance they also want benefits like health care and more transparency about what they

not joining the tpp benefits canada, japan, australia, south korea, and other countries that are nowctive in the region. some of the other data shows us how their exports are growing while owls are receding in -- while hours are receding in the region. khanna,hat is parag author of the future is asian. coming up, polo shirts could be caught in the trade fight and that is one of the reasons ralph lauren is slumping. the stock of the hour is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: you're watching balance of power. ralph lauren is our stock of the hour. shares in the luxury retailer falling the most since november. earning results strong but the crosshairs of the trade war are raising concerns and emma chandra is here to explain. emma: the stock was up and then it fell. the earnings looked good when they came out. earnings per share better than expected. when it comes to revenue and profit beat expectations. gross margins rose. what is driving that sales momentum is sales in asia and europe, both of those positive. not the case in north america. north america does make up 50% of total sales f

happening but that's exactly what happened in queensland in the north the big story in the south in western australia as well 2 and in new south wales around the city of sydney the coalition has done remarkably well and so morris and resolder remain astride is prime minister. michael taught as a former political correspondent for the astray in a broadcasting corporation he says it is far from a resigned in victory. as a win for scott morrison it's a narrow win and at this stage while counting until news we don't know whether he will actually be able to have a majority between him and his coalition partner and whether they'll either go for a minority government which suggests more instability in the future or be able to get some of the independent voters or minor parties on board to support them in what could be an unstable and very slim majority government so the future is uncertain however the counting ends up from here there is some suggestion that the a labor party manifesto so to speak was too detailed and they gave a lot of clues about what they do which involve being tough on what they call ins

wind that's still going to be there just around the east coast of toria into new south wales elsewhere across australia is fine and dry for the a sunshine coming through a more sunshine as we go on into sunday i think squatting down into the southeast and cold as a 16 or 17 celsius for adelaide and for melbourne the cloud on the right that's making its way towards new zealand doesn't it so you get here over the next couple of days lots of cloud piling into the south ali and i'll make its way further race with sas day heading increasingly west as we go on through the day it will cloud over 19 celsius for oakland on saturday afternoon make the most of it this was sunday looks like lots of fright and driving wins. on counting the cost from union leader to business magnate can still ram opposed to turn around the troubled south african economy as india's economy churns out a new breed of tech savvy old for burnett as we find out why the benefits of growth are not reaching everyone counting the cost on al-jazeera. just a quick reminder of the headlines this hour now the u.n. is saying that yemen's toothy re

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not doing badly because it considers early may but a rain no still possible comes through into south australia clipping adelaide and disappearing south was through victoria i think for when city start bright and probably sunny through us today tasmania sees the rain come in and in perth already prepared for you twenty two degrees so the focus seems to be in new zealand always climbing tasman sea heading your way so bright and sunny would be the ambitious thing to say and the picture is not talking about the eighteen degrees in oakland that looks far sixteen down and wellington probably will be cooler further south and south on but the rain stayed offshore even on wednesday is only just clipping the west coast so i have to say this zone not a cold day is seventeen or eighteen is two rather more clarity that is sunny. in two thousand and eight just zero documented a groundbreaking skiing. preparing some of india's poorest children for entry into its toughest universities. ten years on we return to see how the students and the scheme a helping change the face of india. super thirty announces era.

towards the west well for the north in the south island of new zealand we're going to sing some very stormy weather with that storm system that did hit australia it is making its way towards the south island right now bring some very gusty winds thunderstorms could be a problem over the next few days so here we go on sunday rain all the way from auckland down towards christ church and the winds are going to be damaging at least from sunday through monday morning by the time we get to monday afternoon things are going to look much better across much of the region with auckland at about 17 degrees and good weather across much of japan over the next few days temperatures then to the mid twenty's here for tokyo at 23 osaka a little bit warmer a few at $28.00 and seoul we're going to be seeing a nice day but rain in your forecast as we go towards monday. subzero temperatures stream altitudes. this is where the hard part because of the extraordinary journey from polish to touch if you start braved the ordinary joining us or you were too high out there's no oxygen. just to experience life simple pleasures. risking it all on kurdistan on al-jazeera. a

other countries like australia, new zealand, austria, denmark, germany, the u.k., hong kong, japan and southe president cites canada and australia as models to follow. here's why. in the u.s., 12% of immigration is based on merit meaning employment and skills. in australia, it's 68 points. canada, 63%. they have a points system for language and you need points to apply. for those that immigrated to canada based on merit, 89% have a job with a starting salary of $40,000. about $29,700 u.s. dollars. australia, the numbers are higher. 85% of immigrants in the skilled worker program are employed full time with a median salary of $79,000 australian dollars. the flip side, immigrants to canada and australia that are not part of the skilled worker programs have a much tougher time finding employment. also canada and australia allow immigration based on total population and following that model would mean the u.s. would have to admit millions of more immigrants. ed? >> ed: those are remarkable numbers from canada and australia. there's countries even stricter? >> yeah. you have japan and south korea

. >> australia, south africa. >> milan. >> i did it all for the gram. >> does brooklyn count?oklyn's a hike these days for me, that's an exotic. an exotic. >>> it's time for "the mix" on this friday. we're starting out with how amazing women are. >> they really are. >> specifically this woman, lisette perez, 34, from the los angeles area. she ran the boston marathon when she was nearly nine months pregnant. get it, yes. now, she did this in 5:49:20, which is amazing. her doctor really recommended against it. thought she was nuts, basically. because she could induce labor at that stage. but look, she did it, it's all good, we're impressed. >> i cannot run a marathon. >> period. >> i couldn't be pregnant. for the obvious reasons. >> true. >> hey, speaking of babies. we're now hearing the unique story, interesting story, behind those baby on board stickers that you see in cars. well, apparently a man is behind them. >> okay. >> and those stickers made him a multimillionaire. >> oh my gosh. >> he's a 65-year-old man by the name of michael lerner. he -- this all started in 1984. he

i'm joined now on in berlin thank you very much for joining us over drivers in australia the united states england and south america have gone on strike they say they want to send a message to before it becomes a publicly traded company on friday they're striking for livable incomes job security and regulated fares to date it's the biggest internationally coordinated effort against the ride hailing startup. as defined the same just has been driving for since twenty fifteen but today she switched off her app and went on strike. because of the low rates pays she can no longer make ends meet. live for us. who are as good as i could i was able to make probably. i would say. he's over a thousand dollars a week and still have two days off. so. it seemed to make sense at the time but has steadily decreased her income so she's been on the road in los angeles every day since the beginning of the year no weekend off no vacation as to funny is demanding the same rights as employees such as a minimum wage overtime unemployment insurance and paid sick leave but labor and rival lift say their business model would be quot

they say future sea—level rise could cause marshes on the coast of australia, china and south america1 million cars off the roads. the whole cycle of plant growth and carbon burial depends on the tides. solid sea walls and flood defences cut wetlands off and shut the system down, so conservationists are calling for the protection and regeneration of wetlands around the world to help fight climate change by ensuring that more carbon remains stuck in the mud. and finally, back to the usa winter and a wildlife rescue with a difference. in michigan, this bald eagle was weighed down by a block of ice which formed on its tail. it is captured, the ice is slowly melted and, after a spell of rehabilitation, a large crowd gathers to watch its happy release back into the wild. and that's it for this time on weather world. so, it's goodbye from me and the birds at pulborough. and from me at wakehurst, home of the millennium seed bank. for highlights of our previous programmes, go to bbc.co.uk/weatherworld, and watch out for more weather world later in the year. and, for now, keep checking the for