what if bolsonaro says "i don't want to be part of the belt and road initiative?" initiative?" he has been seen for a long time and brazil is one of the founding members of the asian infrastructure investment bank meaning brazil wants to be at the table but i just meaning brazil wants to be at the table but ijust want meaning brazil wants to be at the table but i just want to meaning brazil wants to be at the table but ijust want to be the table but ijust want to be the table as any other central american country which is already part of it. ina way country which is already part of it. in a way brazil and bolsonaro in particular takes great pride in being on equal terms with china and thatis being on equal terms with china and that is what bolsonaro is fighting for. but in a natural terms nobody is coming out for china. and —— no one is beating out china. posner needs that investment to run the country at the current georgia. his reform of the pension system will be an expensive exercise and he needs china's country and investment... in the waragainst in the war ag

bolsonaro recorded an angry 23-minute diatribe posted online at 4:00 a.m. from a hotel room in saudi arabia. >> but now you try to link me to the murder of marielle. you jerks. you scandals. i don't owe anyone anything. i had no reason to kill anyone in rio de janeiro. i knew about the councilwoman. i found out about her on the day she was murdered, which by coincidence was march 14. fofor the lolove of god, where e your heaeads? you have no common sense, tv globo. amy: in a statement the committee to protect journalists responded -- "president bolsonaro's threats and insults against brazil's largest news broadcaster have no place in a democracy." bolsonaro's tirade came ahead of a fiery address toto the saudi investment forum in riyadh known as "davos in the desert." in the speech, president bolsonaro praised saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman and donald trump, while blasting french p psident emamanuel macr, who crititicizeded bolsonaro's support for the illegal ranchers and miners behind many of the fires sweeping the amazon. colombia's government say

environment minister ricardo salles who is in europe trying to convince sceptics that president bolsonaro'sent is not prioritising economic exploitation at the expense of environmental protection. how credible are the brazilian government's soothing words? ricardo salles, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. thanks for asking me. would you accept that the global concern raised by the sweeping forest fires that we saw in august, burning swathes of amazon rainforest, would you accept that that has put a new level of scrutiny on the actions of the brazilian government? definitely. it's true. we're already concerned about this problem of the burns, it begins in the middle ofjuly, and when all of the public opinion and people have raised this question, we also get into it and try to make the solutions faster and more intensive. and we'll talk about solutions, specific responses from your government, but itjust strikes me as interesting that in that concern expressed from many parts of the world about what brazil was up to, senior members of the brazilian government chose to speak out, quest

instead, bolsonaro appointed a career diplomat to the position.bal news, 24 hours a day, on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm su keenan, this is bloomberg. david: let's take it back and have a look at the earnings season, which is getting underway in earnest. automakers set to report in the coming days with auto sales across the industry extending this unprecedented slump, despite efforts to support the world's largest car market. others will be posting results. the automakers saw vehicle sales rising 15%. that's last month. production volume is up 19%. rishaad: i don't think that's industrywide. we have our equity research analyst. how badly have the wheels fallen off the chinese automotive industry? see has direct potential of recovery, but i think the recovery is worse than expected. it's not as good as expected. it has declined. we can expect that to extend to the fourth quarter. the third-quarter, especially in september, which is a traditional month of peak season

there is a whole narrative conflict in brazil since jair bolsonaro was elected, and the left lost thethis whole change by the conservatives and liberals. there is a whole lot that explains this. but you speak to the environment agency. your president is direct undermining the fight that i imagine you believe is the right fight against those illegal organisations, criminals we re illegal organisations, criminals were setting fire to the rainforest in order to destroyed and created new lands of agriculture. the president is undermining your effo rts president is undermining your efforts to stop that. we need to make this effort to stop the much more strong. some of the strategies that we can implement to do that is by understand and focus on the reasons why we have so much pressure over the forest. it is made by the agricultural but not only. it comes from the illegal mining extraction. indeed. also other illegal activities, the removal of trees, the illegal market for wood there is a whole complex thing we need to focus on the origins in the region expect the reason why these pressures

in 2017, your president, jair bolsonaro, said, "minorities" — and he was looking about the indigenouseither adapt or simply vanish." that's the mentality we see today from your government towards the indigenous peoples of the amazon forest. no, i think it is quite the opposite. what the president is doing now is trying to entitle indigenous to decide by their own... what did you think of the president's words back then? he said...what he mentioned at that time... simply vanish. no, he didn't mention — he didn't mean that. well, why did he say it then? his position as a president has been on this indigenous agency that we have over there is try to provide as much as possible capabilities to indigenous to decide by their own, instead of third parties deciding in their position. it's what the president is doing. there are hundreds of different restricted indigenous zones within the amazon forest. how many have you visited? around ten. ten. so, it's much less than 10%. well, but i am not in charge of the indigenous land. this is not a ministry. the environment is quite different... yes, b

it's the second known photograph of bolsonaro t taken with a suspect inin franco's murder. another photo circulated in the brazilian press shows bolsonaro in a friendly embrace with a former police officer who's been charged with driving the car used in the shooting. marielle franco, who was black and a vocal member of the lgbt -- lgbtq community, was a longtime critic of brazil's police, who have been linked to thousands of killings and incidents of brutality in rio's impoverished favela neighborhoods. in las vegas, nevada, mgm resorts international has agreed to an $800 million settlement with morore than 4000 survrvivof the 2017 massacre outside the mandalayay bay casino. ththe settttlement was announced after survivors joined friends and families of those killed at a commemoration tuesday marking the second anniversary of the massacre. it was october 1, , 2017 when a lone gunman named stephen paddock used semiautomatic rifles altered with bump stocks to open fire from the resort's 32nd floor on a country music festival below, killing 58 people and wounding 851 others. i

the warning comes after the government of far-right president jair bolsonaro abruptly fired the head of the government agency tasked with protecting uncontacted tribes. brazil's indigenous missionary coununcil warns the numberer of invavasions of indigenouss teterritories has doubleled undr bolsonaro, with more than 150 such incididents since january. and ththere have been a record 87,000 f forest fires s in brazl this yeaear accordrding to offil figureres, many ofof them deliberarately set t to clear l. in a statement, the indigenous rights group survival international said -- "president bolsonaro wants to open up indigenous territories across brazil to loggers, miners and ranchers. he doesn't care how many indigenous people die in the process, and has openly expressed his racist contempt for them on many occasions." this comes as pope francis welcomed indigenouous leaders fm amazonia to the vatican for a gathering of bishops known as a "synod." the three-week meeting will focus on the catholic church's efforts to safeguard the amazon region. this is pope francis speaking sunday. .>

i do not think that threatening brazil is going to encourage president bolsonaro or his government tow we can collaboratively tackle this problem. it is better that we engage sensitively and sensibly rather than engaging in megaphone diplomacy from afar. the foreign office minister, chris pincher. now, at the weekend, antigovernment marches in hong kong ended in rioting, with attacks on government offices, a metro station, and businesses with ties to mainland china. police used water cannons, tear gas, and truncheons, reportedly removing masks from demonstrators they arrested, and a number of people were injured. tens of thousands of protesters have turned out in the rain, spurred to act by a ban on wearing masks at rallies. in the lords, a former governor of hong kong urged government caution in dealing with the unrest. lord wilson of tillyorn described recent events as "deeply depressing and very worrying." it is understandable that the hong kong government should be willing to deal with people who are wearing mask and being accused of violence. that this move could be widesly disre

brazilian president bolsonaro has given up on his push to appoint his son as the country's ambassadore united states. while the trump administration had approved suggestion, bolsonaro never submitted his son's name to brazil's senate. that is as he struggles to gain enough congressional support. instead, he has appointed a 56-year-old career diplomat to the position. global news 24 hours a day on air and at tictoc on twitter powered by more than 2700 analysts and analyst been more than 100 20 countries. i'm jessica summers. this is bloomberg. shery: a straily opens at the top of the hour. let's turn to sophie for what to watch in markets -- australia opens at the top of the hour. would behis write-down driven by the vision fun holdings in uber and wework and could be as high as $7 billion. after its worst drop since early august, the broader picture, the stock is closer to wiping out 2019's gains. softbank's credit rating was confirmed by moody's. heads up in australia, more egm's on the calendar, including qantas, which comes after the carrier says it will lift domestic capacity desp

bolsonaro never submitted his name to the brazil's senate. as he struggled to gain enough congressional support. instead, he has appointed a 56-year-old career diplomat to the position. global news 24 hours a day on air and on @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm jessica summers. this is bloomberg. markets have been trading for half an hour. let's turn to sophie. resoluten sydney, mining, adding 10% after announcing operations will resume at its goldmine and molly -- ub -- in mali. rising afternment some ratings. credit suisse was a stock to underperform. it did raise its target. clean away falling to a combo of lower economic activity, softer commodity prices and a drop in local queensland volumes. resmed jumping up to 15%. have had a series of central-bank decisions in the past 24 hours. here with theis highlights. let's start with the ecb and mario draghi. no change in policy, but a kathleen:sage certainly a change in leadership as mario draghi steps down after eight years.

brazil's president bolsonaro says the mysterious appearance of oil slicks off his country's coast maye the result of a criminal act area the oil began washing up along the northeast coast last month. he is suggesting that another country could be to blame but he has not said which country. >> pools of oil covered beaches on brazil's coast. for weeks, they have been appearing along the shores of the atlantic. the state -- tourist spot internal covered in oil and they say it is the result of gross negligence. more oil slicks have now been spotted 2000 kilometers further south. overall, more than 130 brazilian ages have been hitit. >> the entire navy in northeast brazazil hasas been mobilized. we are trying to identify what is causing this and where it is coming from. >> a brazilian tv network is investigating whether an accident at a refinery belonging to an oil company may have played a role. the site experienced in oil spilill at the end of august. the company is partly state owned and denies any involvement. they say it may come from a foreign tanker. experts have criticized what the

it is also the major victory for bolsonaro and pave the way for momore economic c forms, includg a plansimple find the tax system. >> south korea's government advised people to stop smoking e-cigarettes. the health minister called the current situation a serious risk to public health and urged young people and pregnant women to stay away from vaping products. the government has not banned the products, but it says it will speed up an investigation into whether to take such measures. >> we will finish analyzing harmful substances in liquid e-cigarettes by november and prepare the scientific basis for recalling and banning sales by conducting human risk assessmements so we can announce the results the first half of next year. >> thank you very much for that. we are going to take a quick break. more coming up. this is "france 24." ♪ donald d trump: i'm establilishg new vettining measures to keep radical islamamic terrorists out of the united states of america. we don't want 'em here. larara kiswani:i: there's a stia of ararab people, , muslim peoee in ththis country designed to perprpetuat

far—right president jair bolsonaro, a climate—change sceptic, has cut funding for environmental protectionestation. booing. and this was the reception for brazil's environment minister, ricardo salles, at a recent un climate conference. all chant: out, salles! 0ut, salles! a visit to europe this month was no more friendly, with protests from berlin to london. he told this programme the brazilian government is now working to tackle the problem. can i begin by asking about my daughter? she's eight years old. she's doing a project at school at the moment about brazil. what guarantees can you give her that the amazon and other parts of the country will be properly protected? well, the same that i give to my kids, too, that we're doing as much as we can, undertaking all the measures that are possible. but we need to have a more specific strategy in order to bring the economic development to those poor people who live in forests, not only in brazil but forests worldwide. but some of the language that you and your government have used, doesn't it send a sort of tacit signal out to companies, to i

also attending are indian prime minister narendra modi, brazilian president jair bolsonaro, top hedge fund managers and the ceo's of citigroup, credit suisse, and hsbc. on capitol hill, boeing ceo dennis muilenburg is scheduled to appear before a pair of congressional committees for the first time since two deadly crashes of 737 max airliners, which killed a combined 346 people. his testimony follows a report in "the washington post" that top boeing executives failed to intervene after two top pilots at the company identified problems with automated flight control software that would lead to the crashes in indonesisia ad ethiopia. the justice department is also conducting criminal investigation against boeing. democratic presidential candidate senator r bernie sanas has endorsed chesa boudin for district attorney in san francisco. boudin is running on a platform of ending cash bail and dismantling the war on drugs. he is the child of weather underground activists kathy boudin and david gilbert, who were imprisoned when boudin was a child. he was raised by former weather underground me

bolsonaro in brazil said if i didn't say on twitter i didn't say it.ally jumped over the newsrooms and the newsrooms will have to have no other response but to report the news as it happening if he says that and he's arrested whatever the protocols are newsrooms have to report it. and that's less about disinformation online and real activities happening. >> or do they have to? think about it. media is still living in 2000 Ã Ãi don't know, five. politics as in 2019. especially used for a lot of different people. he just happens to be the best at or worse however you look at it. >> events happening at tickets newsworthy. it's about how they choose to cover it instead of amplifying, he said he's not leaving. if we can cover it more holy instead of just restating what ciampa said. >> the times i write for. that headline was insane. >> he does not have good headline writers. i don't move the media needs to rethink its role completely in a lot of ways. one thing i would love to see is something similar to the releasable intelligence community report on russi

which is nothing and making the problem worse and that's what donald trump has been doing, it's what bolsonaros doing, that leads to four degrees of warming, that's not compatible with anything you would describe as civilization, it would threaten every coastal city. >> but what time period though. >> well before the end of the century. we need to recognize that a lot of the estimates about when things will start to get really serious have underestimated the speed which with things start to unravel. we were expecting to lose arctic sea ice as rapidly as we are using it. let's remember september is the hottest september on record, july was the hottest month ever recorded, june was the hottest june ever recorded. it's happening really fast. so you ask over what time period, there are different estimates. i would say in the time period of children alive on this planet we would be seeing catastrophic levels of warming under business as usual model . there actually isn't, when you start costing out what it would mean to lose new york city or shanghai, it literally is not enough money on that planet