>> you know, north asia has been a top pick since basically covid started.look at korea, south korea, if you look at taiwan, those are all economies that have done extremely well with the pandemic, and where it hasn't been even an issue, really, of closing and reopening. it has been extremely resilient. the other thing that you see from north asia is there technology companies are doing extremely well jeff was talking about it earlier. the trade on semiconductors is a shortage you have a lot of ip in that region and i think it will continue to do well. >> fappreciate your view, north asia, your top pick. welcome back anytime thank you very much. >> thank you, brian. >>> that wraps it up for us on "worldwide exchange. you are very welcome dow futures, up 210. crypto is up, oil is ahead i'll see you tomorrow on "worldwide exchange" tomorrow. "squawk box" is picking up coverage and the scary situation down in texas, next. for nearly a decade, comcast has been helping students get ready. we've connected 4 million low-income students to low- cost, high-speed xfin

rest of the world particular in china and north asia in an almost linear case.o far from being crippled by japan's demography, they actually took into account the global demography in a proper maximizing weight . into charts are facts that are well-known about japan. number one is the campfire everyone in japan. labor market is not possible. most of it came through living people in the part-time work in manufacturing into services . defiantly, actually filter transformation, made japan far more productive. 1 percent growth rate, the population was shrinking by 1 percent in the gap between the two, 2 percent productivity growth both, most countries will bite your head off if you offered it to them parties in the bottom line didn't want to provide is that japan happened in an era which was this disinflation and falling interest rates. that is not the environment we are in right now. so using japan as a blueprint demography to meet this inflation gives you incredibly incorrect information. we would caution aggressively against that . filing to conclude, as charles

let's bring in our chief north asia correspondent.t getting that much better. at the same time, fiscal reserves being tapped already. right. i think we do not have you at the moment. we will try to get him back because we have to discuss the hong kong budget and the details we can expect from that. that is stephen joining us in a few minutes. you can turn to bloomberg tliv to get commentary and analysis from expert editors when it comes to that budget. this is bloomberg. ♪ shery: we are looking ahead to the hong kong budget announcement. let's bring in our chief north asia correspondent stephen engle. for we lose you again, what should we expect today? stephen: it is probably going to be a bit of a stingy budget by past comparisons. last year, the hong kong government handed out about 1300 u.s. dollars to each permanent resident. the government tends to do that in times of crisis. when there was a sars outbreak, they did the similar handout. this is a government that really likes to have -- every government likes to have fiscal b

increasing in acn -- in agn -- not only from north asia, but asean. ncreasing in asean . more important is the increase in wealth in southeast asia. you know the population is young and well educated. i think there's some very positive trends we aspire to. we have to develop additional capability to attract this group of people. we will be putting in more wealth offerings unto our mobile platform. this group, they want something convenient, you know? for the higher end, we will be looking at our own offerings, to make sure we get a trend. a lot of them are also moving u.s. dollars, so how can we help them and other currencies? if you notice, it is not only returns we are looking at. i think emg is very much on the horizon at the top of everybody's head. rishaad: wealth is your business imperative and what you are concentrating on. you mentioned it in the earnings call. how do you propose to build up that wealth product that you do have, those wealth products? is it a sense of you being nickeled away by some of those digital rivals there in singapore an

labor was cheap in north asia they increase their employment, their activities, and their investment in the rest of the world. so far from being crippled by japan's demography they took into account global demography in a profit maximizing way. in facts that are very well-known about japan, you cannot fire everyone in japan the labor market is not adjustable. i came to her hours working from part-time work camp moving people from services. with all those transformations made japan by more productive parts of white look at japan's growth rate very low around 1% on average the population is shrinking by 1% and bite your hand off if you offered it to them. the bottom line it went to providers japan happened in an error that was beset by disinflation falling interest rates. there is a blueprint for meat disinflation gives you credibly incorrect inferences we would caution aggressively against that. inflation is coming. we have had that before, with central banks push higher than before but was different this time? the great financial crisis, you had money that was injected into financial

shery: our chief north asia correspondent stephen engle.tching kuaishou making that trading debut in the next hour. we do have an alert on the bloomberg. we are hearing activist investor jeff oven is being considered for a board seat on exxon mobil after being put forth as a candidate by investing firm be a shot. this is according to people familiar with the matter. his investment firm is also discussing taking a meaningful stake in the oil company if he were appointed to the board. this decision could be made in the coming weeks. exxon has been under sustained shareholder pressure in recent weeks and continues to bleed cash with low oil prices and facing questions over there climate strategy. let's take a look at first word headlines. u.s. financial regulators say the infrastructure of stock and commodity markers was resilience during the recent volatility and trading spurned by retail investors. the treasury statement says there is agreement on the importance of the sec releasing a timely study of the events. it follows a meeting convened

the law and then kuala lumpur richard welsh an honorary research associate at the university of north asia research institute in malaysia very well welcome to you all i'd like to believe begin with you so if i may how concerned are you about what we're seeing right now in me in ma in terms of human rights violations. i have from what i see what is happening in the country the people are very organized and then he has been involved in the t.v. protest everywhere in the country but my concerns are that the security truth will youth more for this against the protests that we have seen what has happened in naypyidaw that the. peaceful protests that were gunned down by the security forces the think may have been more because we have a track record of the military and the security for this youth excessive force in the q. . and a civilians in the past we have seen that many almost immediately when people left the country because of their or their often feel in fear that an amphibian. wins out or do you agree with that sentiment how concerned are you about human rights violations happening right n

rishaad: stephen engle, our chief north asia correspondent.espondent -- analysis on the bloomberg. that is the reaction to the hong kong exchange story. plenty more on the way, including "daybreak: middle east." ♪ ♪ emily: i'm emily chang in san francisco, and this is "bloomberg technology". coming up in the next hour. tesla shares wiping out their year-to-year gains trading below their entry-level in the s&p 500. the declines following elon musk's comments that bitcoin's valuation seems high, we begin with dan. plus, systemic vulnerabilities

they were encumbered but they realize the rest of the world was flush with labor it was cheaper north asia and they increase employment and activities in almost a linear piece of other than being crippled to take into global democracy and the other two charts that are very well known is you can't fire everyone in japan. the labor market is not flexible so most of that adjustment came through hours work in from manufacturing into services. and with that transformation make japan far more productive. when we look at the growth rate that is 1 percent on average. the population was shrinking by 1 percent it was something that the economies would bite their hand off. so japan happened in the era of falling interest rates that is not the environment we are in right now. using japan as a blueprint to lead to disinflation and we would caution aggressively against that. inflation is coming we've had central banks push before what is different this time? first and foremost demography is turning but the cyclical backdrop is different. you had many injected into a financial institution that is determi

our chief north asia correspondent stephen joins us. biden saying there will be competition but at least it doesn't seem to be a hostile competition. stephen: i think he is taking a bit of a cautious and pragmatic approach if you will. in the relationship with china in the first 2.5 weeks in the white house. as you just mentioned, he has not had a conversation with his counterpart in beijing. he has talked to a number of different world leaders including vladimir putin but not xi just yet. and speaking of cbs face the nation, i should say, he is basically reiterating that cautious approach or, you know, not cautionary but just trying to figure out what the path forward is going to be because he has not yet, you know, withdrawn the tariffs. he is not necessarily undone the executive orders on china by trump. he did say his approach with china will be different from trump. he says, "we're not going to do it the way trump did it, but we're trying to figure out the way forward. he -- he says there is not been a call yet. if you read between

and that will help emerging-market equities, particularly north asia and south asia, which are prettyh a in their economic recovery compared to other emerging-market. shery: tells about specific emerging markets, because even within the space, we could see perhaps more benefits for countries like china. a lot of people have already been playing that card. lale: china obviously is leading the global economic recovery by a large margin. the fundamentals are still there, valuations have come down, they are getting a little cheaper in the past few weeks because china is actually tightening it monetary -- tightening its monetary space a little bit. but that doesn't mean the fundamentals are not resilient at the moment. i believe china is a big play, still, that will benefit from the inflation trade. on top of china, korea and taiwan are being helped by the structural, high global demand for semiconductors, and also supplying shortages for semi conductors at the moment. not only for this year, but for the next several years, i believe korea and taiwan will continue to attract good inflows,

we think exports from north asia will be strong for the next year. southeast asia, the economies were very much impaired because of covid. we think we will see more of an impact from the vaccines being rolled out. this part of the world continues to be very bright. rishaad: david, thank you. breaking news from hong kong's legal system. the top court ruled to keep jimmy lai into it -- in jail for the time being. one line on this at the moment. the defendant charged to proceed without a jury. also, a leadership transition at the top. saying -- is to retire. haslinda: that is the wife of the prime minister of singapore. let's get first word news with karina mitchell in new york. carina: lawyers for former president trump have laid out their impeachment defense, arguing the trial is unconstitutional, that he did not incite insurrection, and that democrats have made similar incendiary remarks. they say should be thorough not because it violates has right to free speech and his can -- is near constitutionally flawed. the w.h.o. preparing to lead -- leave wu

we are very active in those out of north asia, especially china and hong kong. this morning, i had a discussion with a client about a similar opportunity that is related. a lot of things are happening in that space. it is a new product. two years ago, people did not even understand. now, there is a lot of activity and demand and interest and i think it will continue. i think, like everything else, it is growing very fast. we have to be mindful that it could come in cycles. there could be some issues related to quarantine, etc. so we have to remain vigilant. >> before we let you go, any reason to be concerned about the exuberance in the market -- it keeps humming to higher highs? are there risks there? helman: with the toppish levels we see a cross the globe, i do think there is concern as an investor. at the think tank, there is a lot of liquidity in the market. when that is pulled back are the central banks, i think we will still continue to see a very active market environment. everyone has to be mindful that we are at the top levels and you have two position

haslinda: chief north asia correspondent stephen engle. plenty more ahead.berg. ♪ haslinda: china has confirmed new rules intended tended to root out monopolistic practices and the internet sector. the watchdog says they will come into force immediately. let's bring in our asia tech reporter. back in november, china's antitrust watchdog issued a version for the entire monopolist guideline, and we saw the final version last night. for the chinese government took finalize a rule because earlier antimonopoly drafts for the automobile took years to finalize. so, it highlights the urgency for xi jinping's government to address the issues within the largest tech and internet giants from alibaba to other players. some of the key areas it is looking to come back, like sharing sensitive consumer data or edging out smaller players. noting that there is this ongoing antitrust investigation into alibaba. a company executive said last week, they still have to hear more on their regulators regarding what they need to do. i would say key issues are going to play out for th

let's get to chief north asia correspondent stephen engle, who has the details., many people look at this and wonder where jack ma is. stephen: it is interesting, because there is a lot to go through with alibaba in the news. you just mentioned the bond sale, that $5 billion bond sale was shelved about a month ago when there was so much uncertainty about jack ma's whereabouts and the regulatory crackdown in china on ant and potentially alibaba as a whole. but now they will be resuming that. it's an interesting test to see if investors around the world are going to be assuaged enough that the uncertainties, or the worst-case scenario will not necessarily play out for jack ma and his sprawling empire. so we have to see on that. but right now the initial knee-jerk reaction to the results of alibaba in the third quarter, while they were a good set of numbers, they did not give a lot of guidance on the regulatory outlook. because they don't necessarily, at least the ceo, is not giving any clues as to how this is going to play out. so investors are kind of selling off

studies have pretty well established the original seat of human habitation as somewhere in southern asia. north america's first inhabitants tracked east and north as the ice cap proceeded to cross from the old world to the new in the bering straits area. ♪ then down through north america into central america and perhaps even farther south before turning back to scatter widely through what is now the united states. there is a definite series of links between these earliest inhabitants and the people columbus found when he discovered america. radiation to the west from the same of beginning was probably point responsible for the civilization in the european countries to which columbus and his contemporaries in the 15th century belonged. with the map is visual proof. it is interesting to observe the soundness of the idea columbus has developed in the face of ridicule as the basis for his history-making voyage. the discovery of a new route to the east from which spices, essential to the country's food supply were being tediously transported by desert caravans was the goal of most explorers, of the

coming up next on news asia the elite north korean hackers who tried to steal more than a $1000000000.00 for their government a cyber expert tells us how they choose their targets. activists in india targeted by sedition and anti terror laws they could face life in prison. plus pakistan rolls out of a police unit specially trained to curb street crime. the responders she has those stories and more coming right up on g.w. news asia stay tuned. to. the law. of what i need to agree about on the role for the over the russian. the 4th time for the. little that missed the boat on the valets at the last dragon. has called a halt. to agree books on. look closely. carefully. is soon. to be. discovered. the i. subscribe to a documentary on. everything . for us and for our pleasure. the idea is on its way to bring you more conservation. and how do we make cities scream or how can we protect animals and their habitats to the least. we can make a difference by choosing reforestation over the forest recycling for disposable smart new solutions to the 1st setting where the church is truly unique and we

you have overseas threats arising outside of japan, with asia, italy, europe, north africa. these rising overseas threats occupy more and more of roosevelt's time and attention. ultimately, they lead to his decision to run for an unprecedented third term as president. the 1940 election was controversial for two reasons. one, fdr was running for an unprecedented third term. no previous president had served more than two terms. the other issue was the war. world war ii broke out in europe in 1939. in the subsequent year there were tremendous advances by germany in europe. roosevelt was very concerned to provide aid to great britain, which was struggling hard to hold out against the nazi onslaught. american opinion was isolationist at the time. they had sympathy for the victims of hitler's aggression, but were wary about getting involved. there was fear that roosevelt, if reelected, would pull the nation into world war ii. that issue was a key one during the 1940 campaign. in the end, roosevelt was elected to a third term. he lost some support in the midwest. he still wins by a

haidi: we have already seen a huge rally, whether it is china or north east asia, south korea, taiwannd japan as well. ben: i think they were fairly early in what could be a multiyear expansion for emerging markets. the u.s. dollar is relatively strong and can weaken further. commodities are continuing to rise in price. there's a lot of tech disruption in the emerging-market. we think there is value in many sectors and countries. in particular, we like to go outside the top 10. the emerging-market index is pretty concentrated in the top 10 investments. if you go outside the top 10, there are a lot of great companies growing fast and have very bright futures ahead of them. haidi: do you make the assumption going forward there will be more dollar weakness? ben: that think that is a reasonable bet. just given the amount of fiscal and monetary stimulus that the u.s. is continuing to pump out. emerging markets are stimulating but not nearly as much. interest rate differential is going to be a benefit for emerging market currencies. haidi: tell me about your call on taiwan semi. is this a b

mexico had a host of manufacturing companies is taking lot and expanding in the area from asia when is using north america as the launchpad into the north american market. the department of transportation is on work at more than 200 infrastructure projects statewide, including priority roadway improvements in the southeast. new next cois creating new jobs in the outdue recreation average. step -- now a billion in total income for new mention cons. wish ow 42,000 of construction and created miles of cron trucks safeguarding the rio grande cut throat trout and in two years we've issued almost 700 brand new hemp licenses covering is a million square feet of indoor growing space hand almost 10,000 outdoor acres. it's simple. an address, responsive growing federal government can make a difference. last year we gave $745,000 to the state office of national resources trustee which was underfended and indeed forgotten about for many, many powers >> that small disstars has already recovered a million dollars for communications responsible for harming the mexican communities and our environment, a 15-fold r

financial institutions, allegedly planting malicious programmes into the computers of banks from asia to africa to northyou might remember the interview back in 2014. now, that was a film from sony pictures that essentially poked fun at north korea. it had a storyline about an attempt to assassinate kimjong—un, the leader of the country. very controversial at the time it was seen around the world. allegedly, may well been the impetus for a reltalitory attack on sony pictures entertainment some three years later. indeed, other entertainment related companies were attacked, cinemas and theatres. there was british film company was making a drama series about north korea, allegedly, its computer systems were attacked as well. my goodness. we recall that from it was huge at the time, wasn't it? when it comes to these three, do we know where there whereabouts are? well, we understand that they are in north korea right now. apparently, they have travelled outside the country to places like china and to russia, but if it is the case that they are still in north korea, that might well mean that because that coun

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context of a catholic church that is now really opening itself to the post european and north american, more africa, more asia. there is one of the unspoke differences between what pope francis thinks about latin america and what washington thinks of latin america. so this is the elephant in the room if you want. here there is a very different relationship and so back then there was an alliance also on life issues, abortion, and which is now not at the center of the relationship but clearly a divergence it is still unthinkable for the catholic church to understand the world without washington. but it is no longer as exclusive or as driving as it was in the '80s. >> i think that's well put. here's a great question. can you develop a bit on francis' approach to russia in particular on the ukraine issue and how this can relate to biden's administration policy. >> pope francis thinks about russia also on the basis of a view of -- for him catholicism is much closer to are orthodoxy than to the reformation on a number of issues, first. second, these proximity has become even more important in light of what happened

how integrated we are and how we are a platform for export, not only for the north american market but for latin america, asia, africa. so if we really want to underline what is the future of the north american region, we have to study the integration of the auto industry and we have to work for the competitiveness of north america. >> this is very important, thank you. related to what we just said you , could argue it's an update to nafta, -- a successful mission here in the united states, ambassador is that usmca got done in your watchmen people like our friend jim breyer who is senior advisor at csis, who played a key role in that and loves mexico, one of mexico's greatest friends and i know there are folks side people like my friend ambassador tony wayne was a former ambassador to mexico, played a key role and is also a senior advisor at csis so could you talk a minute about usmca and this got done, there's still some loose ends to work out in terms of implementation, but could you talk more about your hopes about this trade and what you think it opportunities are within north america? i would welcome tha

so most of the rain is focusing through job and to the east not so much further north or west and much is southeast asia is fairly dry northern australia wet of course in the tropics in particular but increasingly i think this coast of new south wales will see the thunderstorms become a bit more continuous the onshore breeze is there cities at 27 not particular humid and quite often sherri certain is true at 3 brisbane then the big showers are in the tropics the temperatures down in melbourne and adelaide are well up into the thirty's now and it's humid but it won't necessarily stay that way to see a change over what is finals weekend to be honest 32 degrees evening sun that wind changed and sunday will see a southerly a cool breeze 21 degrees in a few showers. rumania is ancient forests some of europe's most pristine they are crucial for our society and crucial for battle against the climate crisis but illegal logging by a ruthless timber mafia is destroying both the landscape and people's lives being in the main there is the water there are bunks violence killing whistleblowers amidst claims of corrup

how integrated we are and how we are a platform for export, not only for the north american market but for latin america, asia, africa. so if we really want to underline what is the future of the north american region, we have to study the integration of the auto industry and we have to work for the competitiveness of north america. >> this is a very important, thank you. related to that we just had, 80u could argue it's an update to nafta's but there was use in ca and one of the reason i said earlier a successful mission here in the united states, ambassador is that usmca got done in your watchmen people like our friend jim breyer who is senior advisor at csis, who played a key role in that and loves mexico, one of mexico's greatest friends and i know there are folks side people like my friend ambassador tony wayne was a former ambassador to mexico, played a key role and is also a senior advisor at csis so could you talk a minute about usmca and this got done, there's still some loose ends to work out in terms of limitation but could you talk more about your hopes about this trade and what you think it oppor

and how we are a platform exports, not only for the north american market but for the latin america, for asia, for africa. if we really want to underline what is the future of the north american region we have to study the integration of the auto industry. we have to work for the goodness of north america. >> i think is a very important one. so related to that we just had, maybe you can argue an update to enough. one of the reasons i said earlier you had a very successful mission here in the united states, ambassador comments usmca got that on your watch. and people like her friend kim briar who played a key role in this, and love mexico, one of mexico's greatest friends. their focus on the house i like tony lane is a former u.s. ambassador to had a formal role. so ambassador could you talk a minute about usmca, it has gotten done there still some loose ends to work out in terms of implicate implementation for could you talk a little more about your hopes in this trade what you think the opportunities are within north america? i would welcome that given the context of usmca. >> guest: i think

that that umbreit cold air plunges downward and pushes southward in the north central u.s., northeastern u.s., part of europe and asia. in in case, this once in a decade event, the supercold air plunged deep to the southern part of the u.s., texas and gulf coast, area that is rarely see this weather event. that's happening right now. typically when the polar vortex plunges southward in the north central and northeastern u.s. we get events that last two or three days. for an event like this with subzero temperatures and ice storms to hit southern texas and last for days at a time, that's a generational occurrence. >> right. i mean when you get a few events outside of the norm, you know, that is to be expected. >> right. >> but when you get a lot more of them a lot more frequency, more intensity, then we're talking about what is the relationship to climate change, spencer, right? >> right and that's what the experts in climatology are studying right now they attribute this event we're talking about right now in part to just random natural occurrences in the atmosphere. but also in part to human caused climate change. a

we've seen great opportunities, not only in north america but in asia and in europe as well we have almostes are seen in asia as well so we have as, as i mentioned, in north america, over 150 distributors. many of those are independent anheuser-busch distributors and independent pepsi and kdp and in new york city we have big geiser, one of the country's top renowned dsd partners so we feel we have a really good distribution partnership in place to be a major contender in the category. >> john, thanks so much for joining us,much appreciate it. >> thank you for having us. >> still ahead, shares of twitter gaining 30% over the last three months. the social media company is set to report earnings tomorrow and we'll break down all the key things to look out for coming up "closing bell" back in a couple. and in an emergency, they need a network that puts them first. that connects them to technology, to each other, and to other agencies. that's why at&t built firstnet with and for first responders the emergency response network authorized by congress. firstnet. because putting them first is our j

connecticut to the entire east coast, then the entire united states then all of north america and finally to europe africa and asia. but there were other travel guides like this one. this is the baltimore afro-american travel map. that was a part of the afro-american newspaper. other guides were called the go guide travel guide the travel guide and the bronze american just to name a few. and you can also see the kind of middle class iconography here with the the couple playing golf. in the upper right hand corner. many of the places that were listed in the guides, especially the early ones were either ymca dorm rooms or the homes of african-american families. so you might if you had an empty room or an extra room women rented their rooms out. and might provide a good breakfast as a way to make extra money for their families and this is a ymca room. this is the rock you if any of you have visited the african-american museum in washington dc. you've seen the the rock for rock which was a a leash a leisure place to stay in kittery, maine. it was an african-american guest house. that was run by hazel and clayton sincl

the it's the catholic church this not really opening post- european imposed north american centered world. some were africa, asia. there is one of the unspoken differences between pope francis thanks about latin america and -- this is the elephant in the room if you want. here there is a very different relationship and so back then there was an alliance also on life issues, abortion. some which is now here there is -- it is still unthinkable for the catholic church to understand world without washington. it's no longer an exclusive or driving as it was in the 80s. >> i think that as well put. here's a great question. can you develop a bit on francis' approach to russia? in particular the ukraine issue and how this could relate to biden's administration policy? >> guest: pope francis thanks about russia, also on the basis of a view for him catholicism is much closer to than reformation. on a number of issues, first. second, the proximity becomes more important in light of what happens the syrian or, russia has acted might be the protector to see important for the vatican. that ukraine and the vatican has worked v

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little further north which in west which as we go on through sunday said that could lead to some localized flooding elsewhere it's the usual rash of showers across a good parts of southeast asia malaysia and indonesia seeing some big downpours and big down post here across the far north of australia some more wet weather just around the top and sliding across the gulf of carpentaria more neighbors a queensland seeing some heavy but useful rainfall and notice some wet weather still there in place across that eastern side of new south wales temperatures in melbourne at around 33 celsius as we go on through saturday but it does cool off significantly for sunday a high then of around 22 degrees but it should stay well the eastern parts of victoria could also see some wet weather by this stage further west it's fine and dry more hot sunshine for perth around 35 celsius fun to try to across new zealand but due to bad in the temperatures here questions for the top temperature of 26 degrees. hidden away in the room. a 1000000 japanese shown the outside world one o one he still has to gates why so many young and old feel lost japan on al-jazeera . on counting because the prosperous pr

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through here plenty of sunshine plenty of sunshine too across much of south asia one of 2 showers still in place across the far north of india but they are petering out a chance of some wetter whether they're over towards nepal and again that's making its way further east with a boot on seeing some wetter weather as we go on through the next couple of days. qatar airways. the coronavirus has affected every. corner of the world. people in power look back to the early days of the pandemic and examines where the air is and delaney's of the world health organization may have made the global spread of the virus inevitable so they go there to steal it. i didn't say there's no. human teeth in in transmission chronicle of a pandemic people in power on al-jazeera. my. this is al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour here on mars military has far of the country's ambassador to the u.n. after he made a defiant appeal to the general assembly on friday cure move to an urge the united nations to use any means necessary to ends the month long military coup. armenia's president serzh refusing to fire the country's top gen

here plenty of sunshine plenty of sunshine see what crossed much of south asia one of 2 showers still in place across the far north of india but they are petering out a chance of some wetter whether they're over towards the pole and again that's making its way further east with a boot on seeing some wetter weather as we go on through the next couple of days. and it's time for a different approach and one that is going to challenge the way you. going on to ask me questions now is a new host on the next season of the show that's got no space for sound bites only comedy politically simplicity into the headlines join me as i take on the lies dismantle the misconceptions and debate the contradictions are marc lamont hill and it's time to get up front right here on al-jazeera. we're watching al-jazeera remind all of our top stories this hour. police in me at mile chased protesters through the streets again gone on saturday firing tear gas and stun grenades demonstrations are refusing to back down the demanding the release of elected leader aung san suu kyi she's been detained since the military seized power on every 1st

we can speak to bridget well she was an honorary research associate with the asia research institute the university of north korea malaysia joins us on skype from kuala lumpur bridget's 10 days in both sides entrenched really no one's backing down what's your sense of how this is shaping up. well i think it's going to be something for the long haul i think the military has underestimated me or my people in terms of their response or just not just in yangon but throughout the city senate has been consistent the strikes if you actually gain momentum as opposed to losing momentum in the military's response well has been using fear and trying to intimidate with their presence and shit jesting that they're going to become more confrontational also at the same time has been largely defensive they try to use different tactics and i think they've underestimated the response of the protesters we've seen a sense of jews here and being pushed forward to wednesday what the military do with uncensored is a problem it's a headache for them isn't it. well i think what they're doing to man what people as a bigger headache

12 degrees celsius staying fine a dry across much of south asia largely clear skies here we've got some wintry weather just around the far north of pakistan warnings in for example warnings in force here along with the far north of india and again little mix of rain sleet and snow here it's mainly rain showers over towards nepal over towards bhutan these showers will ease a little further east was one or 2 showers there for lanka. for . 9 years ago. syria was the 1st major network to find evidence of genocide and made. clear when the tragedy of the routing was mostly unknown cool want. to. get in genocides on al-jazeera. you're watching all just there a reminder of our top stories this hour more than 300 school girls have been kidnapped in northwest nigeria it happened in the state of some fatah gunmen arrived at night shooting sporadically at the school complex and then took the girls into the bush. united states military launched air strikes in syria targeting facilities used by iranian backed militias the pentagon says the operation was a response to recent attacks against american personnel in iraq. u.k. prime minister abb

12 degrees celsius staying fine a dry across much of south asia largely clear skies here we've got some wintry weather just around the far north of pakistan warnings in for example warnings in force here along with the far north of india again little mix of rain sleet and snow here it's mainly rain showers over towards nepal over towards bhutan these showers will ease a little further east was one or 2 showers there for lanka. sponsored paul qatar airways. since its inception in 1961 the kuwait fund has been supporting people's livelihoods in over 100 countries by funding projects in an array of sectors. ranging from infrastructure to health and education. these initiatives ultimately help to eradicate poverty. and promote sustainable development. my. guess is al-jazeera could come either of our top stories this hour the u.s. ambassador to the un has called on world leaders to speak with one voice you condemn the military coup in myanmar and restore the country's democracy on the screen cruel to make comments the 193 member general assembly. or the 300 schoolgirls have been kidnapped in northwest nigeria it happened in the sta

now here there are enormous differences because in northeast asia, china is surrounded by great big powers. unlike us. we have canada to our north and it's big but it's not one of the world's great powers. but china has japan, it has russia, it has india on its borders. it has four nuclear weaponed countries on its boreds, north korea and russia and japan and china has big powers there and has the problems to its south it has to deal with and i think you very well expressed, it has a tendency to show its big power chauvinism and much better advised to not show it in the way it deals with these countries. that said, let's pick up on your final point. you gave us four options. further band wagoning with china, continued soft rivalry and competitive coexistence, hard rival live and porlarization of the region or more neutral hedging. would argue that those didn't dysfunction choses. we are going to see elements of all of those. and i'd be interested in your comments , which do you see is most important and most dominant? i argue indonesia this most important country, and here there's something i'd be interests in your reflection on

asia even. dry over the next day i also want to show is creeping in here but further north it is fought in try for a good part of india more for the smoke up towards the far north we want to showers for the foothills of himalayas. qatar airways. they may not be top of the table. they might not have the biggest stadium. but they stand this tight in the face of the fascist fall like. you want to show the world the guys can sometimes when they are the force behind just simply. the fun she makes looking on you see. it watching out is there a mind of our top stories this hour former u.s. president donald trump has been acquitted in a 2nd impeachment trial 7 republican senators joined all 50 democrats in a vote to convict him about are sort of the necessary 2 thirds majority. trying to quickly issued a statement saying this had been the greatest witch hunt in the history of the country also into the pounds for his political future. despite the outcome house impeachment managers say it's clear they prove their case and they praised the 7 republicans who voted in favor of the conviction. more than $230.00

north weapons development program. as a cafe in kashmir that's joined the tourists for a warm drink. the the. welcome to news asia logical join us china has made attempts to intimidate hong kong democracy supporters here to germany according to a letter from the german interior ministry the letter sent to the head of the parliament human rights committee said and i quote. since the start of the protests in hong kong increasing attempts by chinese state actors in germany to influence public opinion in favor of the chinese government as well as actions against supporters of the protests have been identified on court the chinese foreign ministry has called the allegations baseless. and joining me now is the lawmaker who received that letter argued against and from the f.t.p. she's head of the bundestag human rights committee museum some welcome now according to the interior ministry how exactly is china intimidating hong kong was here in germany well the german government and the interior ministry confirmed what we already expected and that is that piece of the communist chinese parties are i'm also reaches to germa

s asia desk who believes china has the beans to become an even more influential international player but is the global north ready for a normal western leadership. also with us is fairly liza has written a number of books on china and worked there for many years as a correspondent he argues that america's tough stance on china could aggravate the conflicts and make things more difficult for europe and a warm welcome to tyson vaca from the german council on foreign relations who says the bite have been astray she is set to turn to europe with new ideas about a common front on china so how will europe respond. thank you once again all. 3 of you for being here today phyllis i'd like to begin with you if i might and i think it's fair to say that a lot of a lot of people assume that everything would change when joe biden replaced donald trump in the white house but it's not quite so sanctions between beijing and washington remain just as high a surprise action not because joe biden already or he does his administration all already so that they will keep on being tough on china and this is also i mean of course t

s asia desk who believes china has the beings to become an even more influential international player but is the global north ready for a normal western leadership. also with us is felix lee who's written a number of books on china and worked there for many years as a correspondent for the argues that america's tough stance on china could aggravate the conflict and make things more difficult for europe and a warm welcome to tyson from the german council on foreign relations who says the bite of been stretching is set to turn to europe with new ideas about a common front on china so how will europe. thank you once again all 3. if you for being here today phyllis i'd like to begin with you if i might and i think it's fair to say that a lot of a lot of people assume that everything would change when joe biden replaced donald trump in the white house but it's not quite so sanctions between beijing and washington remain just as high you surprise action not because joe biden already or he does his administration all already set still that they will keep on being tough on china and this is also i mean of course tru