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hong kong will be independent. that's what i believe in. bill: it's a statement that could now get him jailed. ♪♪♪ bill: raised on hong kong island, max mok leftnt. max: i remember seeing the scenes of the protests, and i just couldn't wait to go back to hong kong, because i felt this strong need to serve our homeland. bill: like so many young hong kongers, max joined the protests, hoping peaceful defiance would be enough. max: it was a gradual process for me. i started from way back, just passing things along, helping signal things, not even in full black tracksuit and black sportswear. but eventually, in the span of like a week, honestly, you kind of just see the need to move forward, to take the positions that are now empty, because they were arresting lots of people. ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ bill: he donned the black street uniform of the radicals, joining a hardcore group that believed violence was the only way to resist beijing's tightening grip on the city: attacking pro-china supporters, destroying their property. max: the one major goal we had in mind is to push this movement even further than what it was, to have more confrontations, to be more confr

local media in hong kong say she'll arrive on the island on choose day. in spite of warnings from bay jane of consequences if she pays the island a visit. a funeral is being held for a palestinian teenager in janine in the occupied westbank. 17 year old dog kathrina was killed or monday during violence with israeli forces. there have been nearly daily raids across the occupied was bank and recent tweaks that abraham has more from the law. what we know is that is really forces have invaded janine and it's refugee camp. it's rare that these really forces can make it inside their p g camp itself. and usually we see arms in confrontations ensued between palestinian armed men that's are estimated in the lower hundreds. and you've really forces these ready with his have shot and killed 17 year old. the deer are kathrina, he was shot in the head according to the sources there. and also these really forces have quickly came inside and outside of the camp, but that arrested by he's a senior leader in the palestinian islamic jihad party. the party has said that is

also pouring into hong kong and raid over high nan island as well. and all that rain that was across the korean peninsula were now seen it slide into japan. this is an area that's been doused with rain lately. so the risk of even more flooding and still high temperature is across seeing c river valley. shanghai, how high, 39 degrees on saturday. that's it for me, i'll catch up with you next hour. ah, debating the issues of de produces always den, criminalized around the boundaries of rights. i'm just member there people are family and friends, american member on our online, at your voice this minute to eat. don't believe in dialogue. political crisis from as vsoft went and political as climate change progress is there some people who are in places that they're just going to have to make. there is no recognition about what we're ready facing the street. oh, now j 0 lou . ah, you're watching al jazeera reminder of our top stories. the sour asia's longest river is shrinking in the face of a record breaking heat wife. that loss of more than 2 months sear

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also pouring into hong kong and read over a high nan island as well. and all that rain that was across the korean peninsula were now seen it slide into japan. this is an area that's been down with rain lately. so the risk of even more flooding and still high temperature is across the yang see river valley shanghai, a high of 39 degrees on saturday. that's it from me. i'll catch up with you next hour. i saw official airline of the john i'm harry davies in the kimberly, in western australia or indigenous communities, attaining out with scientists to create a new approach to marine conservation was approving the learner. we even got the fill up on the road with horrible, blah, blah, blah. i'm not going to do any reporting form review. she run to tribe, protecting biodiversity co defending themselves against feel ego invaders. both bride. oh no, da 0. lou . ah, welcome back. he watching out as a reminder, on top stories this, our extreme weather is causing havoc from the americas in europe, across africa and asia. saddam has been lashed by heavy seasonal f

also pouring into hong kong and read over a high nan island as well. and all that rain that was across the korean peninsula were now seen it slide into japan. this is an area that's been down with rain lately. so the risk of even more flooding and still high temperature is across the yang see river valley. shanghai, how high? 39 degrees on saturday. that's it for me. i'll catch up with you next hour. kat official airline of the journey a 3 year investigation into the program lobby. we've been in a, hey, reveal secrets. i mean, you want to point put messaging out there, good people out, race get mad connections. some don't want to expose many in legacy media. love mass shootings, documents with my al jazeera investigations. how to sell masika on al jazeera lou. ah, welcome back here watching al jazeera lined up on top stories is un secretary general. antonio gutierrez, has visited ukraine southern city of odessa to review the shipment, a grain wall that he call for the russian held nuclear power plant and stop or is it to be demilitarised place in nicar

a southern island saw the most infections. in hong kong, daily cases rose to the highest in more than four months. the city is reopening one of its biggest isolation stations. global news 24 hours a day on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg. shery: still ahead, that solicitor general set to hand out legal advice on the former prime minister, scott morrison. one of us truly is most respected political commentators gives us her take later this hour. up next, as markets oh wait the fed's rating, fed officials are caught in a bind pushing back on financial conditions. find out on bloomberg head. -- bloomberg ahead. this is bloomberg. ♪ shery: you are watching daybreak: asia. here's a look at the week ahead. china's primetime rates are set to be released monday with banks likely to follow the pboc decision to cut a key policy rate stop the bank of malaysia it makes a decision with most analysts saying a key rate unchanged at 3.5%. in

hong kong. now beijing wants to dictate taiwan's future to its people and snuff out the island's democracy. and they're building the military capacity to actually bring that about. that, mr. president, that is what's provocative. and to hear these responsible for this aggression complain, complain that speaker pelosi's travel itinerary is provocative provocative -- is utterly be a sush. i -- absurd. i welcome the speaker's display for democracy, but i hope she returns from asia more mindful of the military dimensions of the chinese threat and more committed to working with republicans to address the changing balance of military power out in the region. what that requires is selling the right mix of weapons to taiwan on a prompt timeline while helping taiwan's military prepare for likely threats. the biden administration has had two years to build on its robust investments their immediate predecessors made in military modernization. instead, they submitted defense budget requests that pointed in the completely wrong direction. while china keeps ramping up the biden administration proposed to

the drills or the war in ukraine phase, hong kong hyper, he has nightmares and can't eat properly or more a home which animals some without others across the island. however, have taken the tensions in the us dr. young by death many here unarmed to chinese grades. but a father escalation he sees, could quickly upset that balance. because one 3rd of the netherlands lies below sea level. the country knows a thing or 2 about protecting itself from floods, but due to climate change, it is now also facing a new challenge. water shortages kettle coming to a water hole, dried out the reservoir just outside the dutch town of devons. her. it's a very dry season now and you can see the water level is very, very low. this can now would normally be bringing water into one of the netherlands biggest rivers. the other at the bottom of the fabric normally does me the water over here. but now you can see it's all, it's all gone. you can see a little bit of water over there for me this same, but this is all going on. the river ice will need to see how low it's mine and is responsible for the upkeep of the dike system in this region. and the extreme heat is not on

island nation. threatening japan, the philippines, taiwan. devouring hong kong.na is encroaching -- india's territory as world caught up fighting and covid, china is sliding and pressures out its borders using its neighbors territories as bargaining chips, building a village inside of india's border state. not unprecedented this means china has not stopped its aggressive stance against india since last year. what else? >> the woke left used military crucial battlefield, our military. much of brass and civilian leadership of the pentagon are repaired to fight on by half of the woke cause. this ised from the heritage foundation. it says: >> what else. else. more and more i don't think people don't want to go into the military, some are out of weight, some have been using drugs. they don't meet the criteria, many had enough of the wokism and pronounceses and white sum remesy and the crt, they want nothing to do with it. the other biden administration spoons is response is worse than you know. because it might be confused as an attack on their ethnicity. you can beli

hong kong was able to only out to the big hong kong protests in 2009 jeep. as mentioned earlier, the statement comes hard on the heels of nancy pelosi visit to the island. is that a coincidence? what is happening? no tie pace declaration or does it look in some way orchestrated this was going to happen now. up hello service. it is a highly responsible move. she want to leave her legacy as the democracy will be a democracy fighter. while completely ignoring the fact that riots in the capitol hill when biting one the election impact in the, in the country would be consider coin call beautiful scene in her language to show support of democracy. so this classic double standard and hypocrisy. since she's 2nd in line to see the presidency and as to how speaker a visit represent the office official staff and does represent the parent holloway of the one china policy. so closely visit really, really check goes such military escalation causes re soon after her departure to the people's liberation army launch untrue, sent to the dentist exercising, haven't straight but immediately the state council of china release. the 3rd white paper on pie one this wednesday,

hong kong in that way. trying to do so is moving forward, the chinese communist party did not follow through with the invasion of the island. my main concern is the fact that the chinese government right now is in a place between defaulting on loans, initiatives, investments have slowed dramatically. i do not see how they could possibly consider affording a war right now. you have the taiwan semi conductor company, which produces processors. we have a pretty big, huge, you could call it concern in taiwan, as well as in china. you also have the fact that china owes a lot of american debt. another thing to consider whether or not these tensions will rise to the point of war. we are so tightly connected, it is almost mutually shared. host: mr. goldstein? guest: andrew makes a lot of great points and i agree with him. it is so intertwined that war should be unthinkable. a lot of people think about china and the u.s., both militaries are actively planning for a war and the u.s. is on the cusp of spending trillions of dollars on that rivalry. it is getting incredibly expensive. i would say on the semi conductors that some of the

island. for the latest, we are joined from hong kong. what do we know so far, how aggressive might china be? >> china has begun military drills in the exclusion zones around taiwan. the fact that they have waited until after speaker pelosi has left taiwan speaks to the fact that they are not really looking to start any type of conflict here. on wednesday, there were 22 planes that flew across the median line of a buffer zone that separates china and taiwan's airspace, that was a record going back to 2000 when we have the data. they are showing this displeasure against her visit but they are being careful of not going too far. francine: do you think this is for a domestic audience or is this retaliation for the u.s. and taiwan? >> i think it is as much for taiwan and the u.s. as for a domestic audience. if anything, the domestic audience was clamoring for a more aggressive response. on weibo netizens were annoyed that china had let pelosi come out of taiwan with ease really. and there was bellicose rhetoric in state media. they are sendin

calling for a one systems two policy similar to the one used in hong kong, also not going down well in the south ruled island. china published its intentions in its so-called white paper in which it refused to rule out a use of force. china did end its aggressive actions around the island and taiwan wrapped up round two of its own military exercises a little while ago. let's bring in blake essig. it was interesting reading this white paper because it does show the long term plan that china has for the island. >> reporter: yeah, that has been the long term plan from beijing towards taiwan for a very long time, decades. so doesn't seem like a whole lot is new as far as the white papers are concerned. but the dispute between china and taiwan really does continue to play out after two weeks of increased military tensions around the taiwan strait, the chinese state council issued this new white paper concerning what is called the taiwan question. in it china reiterates its proposal for that one country two systems model for unification and as you said is similar to what is being used in hong kong. while the paper

island nation. it is forecast to strengthen as it heads toward hong kong thursday morning.robertson, the billionaire founder of tiger management, has died at age 90. he became one of his generation's most successful hedge fund managers and a mentor to investors. his fund had 22 billion dollars in assets and annual returns averaging 32%. a wrong way on the yen led to losses. -- a wrong way bat on the -- bet on the yen led to losses. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: minneapolis fed president neel kashkari is speaking at a gathering of the wharton, minnesota alumni club. he says it is clear we have to tighten monetary policy. he has been commenting on looking back, how they can see the fed was slow and when it comes to inflation risk, lower oil is welcome but he is focused on the underlying price trends and says mortgage rates are tapping the brakes when it comes to the housing market in the used to -- in the u.s. as we get more concerning d

hong kong g. hi. he has nightmares and can't eat properly or more a home which none, some without by others across the island. however, have taken the tensions. india straight young faced that many here, unarmed to chinese threats. but a father escalation he sees, could quickly upset that balance. mister sher still with us of the taiwanese representative to germany. you saw that report by michael. exactly. the researcher, all this began after nancy pelosi visit to taiwan. did that visit, make taiwan safer? that rico's me a new friend? i met the other days on the street. he introduced himself to me by saying, hello and manfred of germany. and i say, i'm afraid of china. yes, the straight wind a text of china is for it. mean some of us. but it's wolfy is worth you that pelosi make these visitor and we were coming in from the part of a hard because it was as sign of sample assigned of. so did they're ready. but you've heard those are similar signs before in my question to you is what just i wanna know now after nancy pelosi is visit about us commitment to taiwan that it didn't know earlier. the accretion of chi

small recognized by only 14 countries and an incredibly developed island taiwan one of the four asian tigers next to singapore hong kongth korea the welfare indicator of any country gdp and ivans in the last 30 years only twice showed a slight decline and although the majority of the world, for example the usa, still does not recognize the autonomy of the small and democratic island, and ivan managed to build a powerful economy, they bet on the latest technologies in taiwan works two giants manufacturers of computer equipment the world's largest semiconductor factory these are the main parts of all modern electronics phones laptops cars 65% of the world market is made up of taywhite and therefore any crisis around taiwan it will cause uh it will cause a shortage of these semiconductor products taiwanese products it it is very intensively used, including in american missiles, the american military, and defense products, during the pandemic, the world has already felt its dependence on taiwan; a shortage has arisen in europe of new cars, leading car concerns have been idle due to a lack of taiwanese chips, now all world

the southern island is leading a new infections. in hong kong, dedicates his rose to the highest in more than four months on sunday at 6500. japan's government says the prime minister tested positive for covid and is having relatively mild system -- symptoms. he is currently resting and is ecstatic -- expected to resume on monday. singapore is repeating a colonial era law that criminalizes sex between men. removing the legal balance act between jasper of relationships between men is something most singaporeans will accept. these stop short of allowing same-sex unions. they said they will protect the definition of marriage as between a man and a woman. global news, 24 hours a day on air and on quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am vonnie quinn this is bloomberg. quek still had on bloomberg markets: asia, they will discuss their latest earnings. all of this as the car starting -- karsh, start makes its debut. keep it here with us. this is bloomberg. >> >> 15 minutes back, it was all red and

hong kong. we proved a mark receive her tests erupted on the island in 2014, she spoke.blasted the chinese government for which he called a genocide against the uyghur people in the local majorities in the xinjiang province. you have to hand it to her, pelosi has made a stand on human rights, democracy in china, quite clear across her entire political career. but none of what she has done in the past matches the controversial issue sparked this week. pelosi had a pair of meetings in taiwan, first with taiwanese lawmakers, and then with the president, who called the speaker of the house tie's most difficult friend. >> today the world faces a choice between democracy and autocracy. america's determination to preserve democracy, here in taiwan and around the world, it remains ironclad. >> the house speaker's visit to taiwan is a big deal. pelosi is the highest ranking u.s. official to visit the family in 25 years. , and given her history with china, that has quite a lot of baggage. therefore, several agencies issue statement calling pelosi's visit a -- of the one china poli

house speaker visited the island last week drawing a furious reaction from beijing. let's bring in our reporter in hong konghow significant then are these new drills? we had expected them to end on sunday? >> i think it really depends on two key details we don't really know, which is where the drills actually took place. and two, whether they are an extension of those four days of drills that were set out as a response to nancy pelosi's visit to taiwan. now there is speculation, and consensus increasingly, that the unprecedented drills we have seen in response to her visit is about setting a new status quote for chinese military activities around taiwan. it is important to remember that they run quite regular military drills in these spaces. that is where the question of precisely where these drills took place is important. if we see them returning to some of these more contentious and unprecedented areas, for example, east of taiwan or through the strait, or anything crossing that median line, the key boundary, that would be really quite unusual and represent a real shift in what we have previously seen as

island. next stop, we're going to china guides, how you prepare for this days of rain ahead for hong kong with the height of 29 degrees, may get some circulation here on this so it could turn into something tropical. but either way, it's gonna be a few. what days ahead for hong kong. meantime, it was very soggy into western and northern areas of honshu. the bulk of that precipitation has now pulled out, but still some heavy falls round tokyo on thursday. and for the northeast of china, i think we've got some outbreaks of showers and thunderstorms catch up the cancer, airway official ally of the journey. the 19th sixty's was a period of change around the world, including the middle east and north africa. we dreamed of the fair and democratic society we dreamed of a revolution. the 1st of a 3 part series out as they were world, explores the regional events, people and forces that shake the decade. i don't what our dreams were. many, we started with great dreams, but ended up with sad sets by the sixty's in the powerpoint politics on al jazeera . ah ah, you're watching else, is there a reminder o

island. kristie lu stout is tracking the latest developments and she is in hong kong for us.sense that these drills from taiwan are raising the stakes here? >> reporter: that is a good question. and not really because these were already pre-planned drills according to taiwan's defense ministry. and even before today's taiwan drills, china already went ahead and made that decision to extend its military drills around the island. it continued on monday and also today. in fact earlier today china's eastern theater command confirmed that it was continuing to conduct military drills around the island today focusing on supply operations as well as blockades. so these military drills were supposed to have concluded on sunday, they continue to go on, it is unclear exactly when they will end. taiwan has condemned the extension of the chinese military drills and we have fresh comment from taiwan's foreign ministry, this is from joseph wu, and he hsays taiwan' people, society and military and government have displayed resilience and confidence and remained calm. china's continued attemp

island. next stop or go into china. i've gotta tell you. prepare for this days of rain ahead for hong kong with the high 29 degrees. make it some circulation here on this so it could turn into something tropical. but either way, it's going to be a few what days ahead for hong kong. meantime, it was very soggy into western in northern areas of han to the bulk of that precipitation has now pulled out, but still some heavy falls round tokyo on thursday. and for the northeast of china, i think we've got some outbreaks of showers and thunderstorms that show up the i saw official elling of the journey new voices heating up the airway. lot of chinese listeners. we can't really hear what they really think in their own country shifting paleface case, the rise of citizen journalism has changed everything. how do you happen? it happened on social media and the undeniable impact of the mainstream narrative australians went to the pole with those images front of mine is a water very much came forth out in the media as well as on the battlefield there listening post. dissect the media on al jazeera with ah, you're watching al ja

island ability to, to, to make a living. let's say if i mean it treats taiwan as it does hong kong ngs in gen. ed . so it will, the of the actions will be the, at the retaliatory action will direct, will target the us and china knows it cannot target the u. s. directly yet. so it will use a diplomatic framework and which could be a swift action diplomatic action even in the air in the pacific region, just as it did a few months ago in the solomon islands. and fact, i believe that this move, if there is any explanation of the alpha, nancy pelosi is move, which to white house could have banned. even though the white house is not standing behind, what we can is, every is response. as a response to china, a, something you're saying basically at the end of the day that china is likely to do something on economic front than it is to engage in any type of military head. but with, with america, i wanted to mention what you said about taiwan being the world's biggest producers of chips and semiconductors. it's not just china that gets it semiconductors from taiwan. but america, nate, so that you know, they

island, the rain has been intense there. that's destroyed nearly 500 homes and a tropical depression has form near hong kong. so tell you what this is going to steer. days of rain into the city. so very soggy forecasts there. it's been about the heat as of late for japan. so this city just north of tokyo, almost 40 degrees. it's remember the national temperature retro for the country is $41.00, so wasn't far off that, but the heat's been flushed out with the wet weather. that's one through tokyo, it's got to have 29 degrees. meantime for the northeast of china, we've got some thunder. downpours to be expected. ah, ah diets define who we are. but who are we? if we don't know what we're reaching in a disturbing investigation into globalized food fraud, people in power reveals long hidden, scandalous practices that have infiltrated international wholesale markets and supermarket chains. and oft, what's really on our plates? food, inglorious food pot one on al jazeera. ah ah, the me talk about you're watching out there at least a whole wrong reminder of all top stories. the chinese military has run live ammuniti

the population of ukraine, a small island recognized by only 14 countries and incredibly developed, taiwan is one of the four asian tigers next to singapore , hong kong south korea, the indicator of the welfare of any country gdp and ivan in the last 30 years only twice showed a slight decline, and although the majority of the world, for example, the usa, still does not recognize the autonomy of the island, small and democratic taiwan managed to build a powerful economy, they bet on the latest technologies, two giants of computer equipment manufacturers work in taiwan , the largest semiconductor factory in the world, these are the main parts of all modern electronics , phones, laptops, cars, 65% of the world the market is just made up for taywhite and therefore any crisis around taiwan it will cause er will cause a shortage of these semiconductor products, taiwanese products are very it is intensively used, including in american missiles of the american military e-e defense products in the pandemic the world has already felt the dependence on taiwan in europe there is a shortage of new cars leading automobile concerns have been idle due to the lack o

return to the former policies, announce that hong kong would be allowed all the freedoms it was promised, end sanctions on taiwan and stop threatening the island with military maneuvers. it is xi's policies making the taiwanese people reject any prospect of cooperation with the mainland, let alone eventual reunification. but that reversal is not going to happen and leads to the central dilemma. on the issue of taiwan, beijing recognizes time is not on its side. every year, the island becomes more likely to break free. and this has created a strategic challenge for beijing. one that could turn into a catastrophe for the world. go to cnn.com for a link to my column this week. let's get started. battleships, fighter jets, missiles and more. china has sent them all towards taiwan in recent days, in response to nancy pelosi's visit to the island. the people's liberation army had promised targeted military operations on multiple sides of taiwan, and it delivered. earlier today, taiwan's defense ministry said some of china's activities was a simulated attack against the island. to understand more, let me bring in a fellow at stanford's freeman's inst

island falling to 450 -- 550 on sunday. it had been leading in infections, followed by a bit and xinjiang. hong kongening one of its biggest isolation facilities, as the surge puts pressure on hospitals. japan's government says prime minister fumio kishida has tested positive for covid, and has relatively mild symptoms. he developed a, cough and slight fever and came positive on a pcr test. he is currently resting and is expected to resume duties remotely on monday. singapore is repealing a colonial era law that criminalizes sex between men. the prime minister says removing the legal ban on sex between men is the right thing to do, something that most singaporeans will now accept. he added that the constitution will be amended to protect the definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg. haidi: let's get you to annabelle for a look at the early movers. you are looking at some of the energy names. annabelle: th

the capitol region on lose on island, darker the color, the more intense the rain is and we do have some severe flood advisories in play. they're quite at soaking hong kong. got over the past 24 hours more than a 100 millimeters of rain. we heard tropical depression. that's dissipated, but still more rain to go on saturday and heat across the yangtze river valley. so we've got some weather alerts in play for shanghai seen a lot of rain for central and northern areas of honju raising those river levels. but the good news is on saturday. still some showers in the forecast just not as intense as it has been. we'll see you soon. i saw official airline of the journey, new boise heating up the airway. lot of chinese listeners. we can't really hear what they really think in their own country shifting palate, a case, the rise of citizen journalism has changed everything. how do happen? it happened on social media and the undeniable impact of the mainstream narrative fairly and went to the pole with those images front of my wallet, very much going forward out in the media, as well as on the battlefield. they're listening. dissect the media on al jazeera ah ah, yo

island where we do have landslide warnings. it goes south throughout wednesday. a tropical cyclone has formed in the south china sea. that will chuck copious amounts of rain to china and hong konge winds pick up and will extend to the northeast of vietnam, including hanoi on wednesday, with a high of 32 degrees. down under, a system. pale, lower temperatures. it is winding up. the bite taking aim at adelaide wednesday into thursday. new zealand, both islands, chilly air. showers for the north land including auckland. see you soon. ♪ >> the important thing if you were walking around in beirut was not to be in the line of fire. >> we heard gunshots. i was the first to flee the hotel. >> the battle lasted three days and three nights and there were no prisoners. >> it was such a bloody battle. >> and icon conflict at the heart of the civil war. war hotels, on "al jazeera." ♪ jonah: welcome back. a reminder of the top stories. israeli forces killed a senior commander of a brigade, a palestinian armed group resisting israeli occupation. thousands of mourners filled the streets where he was killed. votes counted in kenya's tightly contested presidential and parliamentary elections wit

hong kong from three to four -- 23 from for. china extended exercises near taiwan on monday, maintaining pressure, days after nancy's policies visit to the island. it has been the most provocative on -- in decades in decades. according to the pentagon the package includes long-range artillery, nickel supplies, bringing the total u.s. tillary -- medical supplies bringing the total u.s. military aides to $10 billion. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am vonnie quinn, this is bloomberg. >> discussing hong kong's move to relax quarantine moves, a talk with a special advisor to the city's new leader, and task -- councilmember joins us in the next hour. soft bank pledging cost cuts after a rest -- record loss. that and more. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> the market and the world is in a bit of confusion and today we have a big loss for soft take -- softbank, is the biggest in our corporate history and i take it very seriously. we have to control ourselves even though we sometimes feel the urge to invest in a market that has tanked. we have heig

island dock of the color. the more intense the rain is and we do have some severe flood advisors in play. they're quite at soaking hong kong. got over the past 24 hours more than a 100 millimeters of rain. we had a tropical depression. that's dissipated, but still more rain to go on saturday and heat across the yangtze river valley. so we've got some weather alerts in place for shanghai seen a lot of rain for central and northern areas of honshu raising those river levels. but the good news is on saturday. still some showers in the forecast just not as intense as it has been a season. cats ha, airway issue, air line of the journey. ah, ah ah, you want you to see it a reminder of our told stories this hour. israel is carried out here, strikes in the gaza strip and armed fighters have responded provoking fears of a full scale conflict. palestinian islamic jihad says it's $500.00 rocker, said israeli cities. the 1st is really air strikes, had a high rise tower and got the city. one of those killed was t c at auto body, a commander of the all quotes for gays. if the military arm of palestinian islamic jihad, at least 10 others

otherwise, it will hurt, as the hong kong press writes, citing a representative of the american business on taiwan, beijing 's economic restrictive measures against the islanddy felt at least 17% of companies alexander ballinsky evgeny nikonov to enter the beijing office. meanwhile, in the united states itself, which provoke internal conflicts in other countries, historical inflation, rising prices, as observers of the building of the nation noted, the decrepit president joe biden personifies the decline of the united states, while his officials live to the fullest and recreate the cold war instead of solving economic problems with all their might democrats are thrown into the fight against the former head of the trump white house and the defense of ukraine, by the way, during biden's rule, military assistance. kiev has exceeded 10 billion dollars and another batch of weapons is already on its way from the united states on health day. the owner of the white house cannot be found at work after a week-long biden vacation. in his native de lavere, he arranged for himself a long weekend to go far from home to the oldest president in the history of the united st

hong kong and 7:30 p.m. in new york. vincent: -- vonnie: china promised to continue regulatory roles after declaring an end to military drills around the islandthe pla successfully completed all tasks in last week's exercises. he left open the possibility of frequent military exercises across the taiwan strait median line. taiwan staged the drills in response to nancy's visit to taipei. u.s. commerce secretary gina raimondo says hello sees visit competition -- anti-proceeds visit comforted trade talks with china. gina raimondo says chinese officials were already hesitant to engage in talks and the fallout from nancy pelosi's trip has not helped. >> it has made it a little more challenging at this moment. it is harder. but, i am hopeful that we will get beyond that and back to a place where we can have more concessions. vonnie: in germany the rhine river is set to become virtually un-passable at a keyway point. the watermark west of frankfurt will drop to 16 inches friday and is set to continue falling. at that level, most barges that hold goods will be unable to pass, holding off energy and industrial shipments. this year's soccer world cup m

includes for hong kong at 30 degrees and still that heat cuts the yangtze river valley shanghai a $39.00 degrees. i think over the course of the weekend, you will hit 40 degrees japan's main island of honju toward the northwest. we've got some landside alerts in play there, but look at this system just spinning around there on friday, we'll put this forward to saturday. it's going to crash straight into eastern portions of honju, likely to see some flooding and another round of some rain to go for flood hit areas of sol down under right now, legacy of showers toward the southeast of australia winds picking up for adelaide likely gusts of about 50 kilometers per hour. temperatures have bounced back in perth at $21.00 and will end off in new zealand both for the north and the south island, no weather alerts and play few showers for the escape. all of these temperatures, however, are below average. that's it. soon, ah, what is life lord in maximum security prison. in this true pot, specially repeat one always goes behind bod pools, chunky prison on. ouch is europe. control of the narrative shapes the landscape. australians went to the policy, treat those images front of mind. is a

hong kong on friday with high 30 degrees still that heat for the yangtze river valley shanghai closing in on 40 degrees. and there are landside warnings, alerts in play for that northwest corner of japan's main island upon shoe. this disturbance out over the open water that's friday. look at saturday, comes crashing in for eastern areas of honshu. i think we're likely to see some flooding here. and another round of rain to go for flood hit areas of sole on saturday season. ah, ah lou. ah, you're watching al jazeera reminder of our top stories. the sour sierra leone has imposed a nationwide curfew in response to anti government. protests. officials say several people have been killed, including security personnel. protests is an angry about the rising cost of living . more heavy rain is full cost and northern stew. dom we're down pools and flash floods have killed 6 people and injured dozens. at least 3000 harms were destroyed and riven niles, staggs and israeli military court has extended the detention of islamic jihad late . it was some saudi by at least 6 days. last week his royal launched. what a cold preemptive strikes on gaza targeting the palestinian group. following saudis arrest the south k

island de tropical destination known as china's hawaii. due to an outbreak of covey. 19 harsh anti virus measures including lock downs and disruption, and other chinese regions. strict quarantine rules have left hong kong isolated. many families have been separated for more than 2 years. i thought that for a little nam, nam, it's been 2 and a half years since she saw her father face to face rather than on face time. the toddler lives with her mother in hong kong, while her father works just a few dozen kilometers away in sions, in of mainland china. the corona virus pandemic has made crossing that border, a major hurdle, an insurmountable one phenomenon, and her parents. hello sir. hello, you've been a tangle. when my husband comes to hong kong, he has to go into quarantine guy and when he comes back to mainland, china only has to do it again. i know employer is willing to grant that much leave . they would demand that you quit your job. * and i am on the hold s i t last name names. parents can't risk that. they have no savings to rely on. they live in one rented room, the kitchen and bathroom, or in the hallway. they often spend their free time at the neighborhood social center where they don't have t

hong kong and macau mmm. and now, reunification with taiwan means the largest chinese island., the flag of the republic of china and some other attributes there before, but nevertheless, nevertheless, great china is its own large island. they are never refused, and and never hmm, as if the possibility was not removed that the liberation, of course, it is desirable that it happen in a peaceful way, but it can be achieved not by peaceful means, that is, but by some kind of military action. but now we are, probably, more than ever, damn it, and that's it to the second option to the fact that it is quite possible, quite possible in the taiwan strait. and those hostilities that hmm were not observed there in the fifties. thank you very much andrey vasilievich kirillov was in direct contact with us, the head of the tass office in china. i think that we will still connect you, maybe even today or tomorrow that you are there. you see everything, as the chinese see it too. thank you very much weighed neat opinion. it is very important to all of us now and to those who, well, first of a

processors and sooner or later this island, again, according to my assumptions, will be incorporated into china in a strictly correct way according to the model. macao hong kongut just to the ground, so i guess there will be a solution. peacefully, with regard to the assumptions of the ukrainian military command about the advancement of the russian army to the south, ukraine that we know about this, there is a high probability that they are right. the fact is that the forces and means that are now concentrated on the right bank of the dnieper well, again, this is only purely our assessment, since. uh, hmm, the generals of the states of the submerged forces of the russian federation are with us did not share plans. but there is still reason to believe that there are certain signs of creation. e strike groups, and it cannot be ruled out that in the near future the armed forces of the russian federation in this direction will begin an offensive operation for about two months, the liberation of donbass is probably an easy assumption. well, no, nothing is easier than voicing, so to speak, such plans and assessments. and this has already been done many times. this

islands with the motherland, she is still is one of the most important tasks of nation building. china e. the revival of the motherland, especially after china nevertheless returned to itself both hong kong. and now it means that the connection with taiwan is the same big chinese island. which, since the forty-ninth year, has been under the control of its own administration and retains, as it were, the flag of the republic of china before there and some other attributes, but nevertheless, nevertheless, a large whale. here is his big island. never refused, a and never hmm, no matter how the possibility was removed that liberation, of course, it is desirable that it happen in a peaceful way, and can be achieved in unreasonable ways, that is, but by some kind of military action. but now we, probably, somehow never, damn it, and that's it to the second option to the fact that it is quite, possibly, quite possible in the taiwan strait. and those hostilities that hmm were not observed there in the fifties. thank you very much andrey vasilievich kirillov, the head of the tass representative office in china i think that we will still connect you, maybe even today or tomorrow that you are there o

and make it impossible to invade the island and remind china they are vulnerable, not focus on the taiwan straits. they have vulnerabilities off shanghai and hong konge united states and allies can do if the chinese want to get tough. >> dana: she visited judge pan and went to korea, she said we convey gratitude of congress for our servicemembers who stand for democracy on the korean peninsula. so much happening, the war in ukraine, there are hot spots. this seems to be a growing area where the united states has to focus and president biden is only midway through his first term, what do you think the president ought to do right now in order to prevent china from pushing further given that the chinese leader is up for re-election, he's being criticized for being soft to pelosi's visit from his own country. >> i think the biden administration is trapped between on one hand hunter biden relations financially and openness to china, they softened our policies with china from where trump was. on the other hand, dictatorship of xi jinping is aggressive and we give them an inch and they try to take a mile, biden has a huge problem. first thing he ought to d

island. japan said china has fired five missiles over taiwan. for the latest let's bring in our chief north asian correspondent stephen engle in hong kong. what is the latest in terms of the reverberations from this trip? >> actually china as follow through on its threats about conducting large-scale military exercises in these six exclusion zones, china calling this the danger zone, warning aircraft not to fly there. it has had an impact on shipping lanes and some ships have diverted. we have seen as of noon yesterday with these wargames, military exercises began in earnest, at least 15 ships were seen in the taiwan strait. there have been past crises, including the third taiwan crisis in 1995 and 1996 that disrupted shipping lanes and air flights. that is when a u.s. ship transited through the taiwan strait. the u.s. is responding to these exercises, john kirby spoke and said china has chosen to overreact to nancy pelosi's visit two days ago. they will keep the u.s. aircraft carrier ronald reagan and it strike group in the area to monitor the situation. he said that will make standard transit through the taiwan strait and the next few

hong kong for some of the early moves you're watching. >> i was picking up a story she was talking about, particularly taiwanese soldiers fired some shots toward civilian drones aversive their offshore islandsolled by taipei. the reaction to that, we are seeing some needed moves in defense stock in early trading. it has been seen as one of the biggest outperformer in asia. another sector we are watching this morning is the copper and aluminum producers. we have in bed -- but declines in metals, copper slumping for the most since july 5, aluminum seeing the biggest drop since may. over concerns on the economic woes in china, pmi data will be watched, due out in the next hour. this is south korea's tech stocks, a mixed reaction we have seen a bit of a runoff on local media reporting in the last couple days, the headline here is that korea is making big changes to how it has trouble rules in place. now all three covid test rules will be scrapped. you're free to travel and, you just have to do one test one day prior to arrival. haidi: exciting times ahead. still ahead, european union meets the goal two months ahead of target. plus of the chinese communist party leadership congress is set in oct

islands is theirs. they're in dispute over that. people are concerned what is happening in tibet. what is happening certainly in hong kong and the uyghurs in shinzhen province. there are a number of issues when it is increasingly volatile part of the world because of china aggression in the area. it is not a time for us to be backing down. it's a time for us to talk to china. make sure we they know we're not escalating. talk to our friends in the region. they are increasingly looking to us for leadership. jackie: senator portman, that ilk a great point as well. this comes in the wake of many foreign policy blunders if you will by the biden administration and it is interesting the timing of this trip and that nancy pelosi is taking it almost separating herself in some ways with the administration, taking a stance on this issue? >> well it's true if you saw the early responses from the administration from the president, saying they did not recommend it. i think instead they should not have been opposite of what speaker pelosi was saying. they should be working together so we can have a consistent foreign policy and i do th

hong kong? host: mr. goldstein, the speaker in her op-ed wrote this. i want you to comment on it. saying, our visit, one of our several congressional delegations to the island in no way contradicts the one china policy. the u.s. china joint communicates on the six assurances, the united states continues to impose unilateral efforts to change the data's quote. that is her statement in light of her trip, what do you think about her justification? guest: i think in some ways, she is right. that is not wholly consistent, and we would like if china would understand that this was not a break with -- we know newt gingrich when in 19 -- went in 1997. we wished china would see it the way we do, but they do not. they are looking at it, are we -- their approach is colored by the fact that this is not an isolated incident. we have seen a parade of senior american officials, i think it was a few months ago that a couple of senators went. what they see is, there is a gradual intensification of washington's campaign to basically get rid of the one china policy altogether. that statement you just made, you cited a lot of important laws and policies, but you did not cite mo