abe says japan and china are at a historic turning point. tensions between beijing and washington continue to simmer. we will go live in this addition. turkey says it has more information and evidence related to the murder of jamal khashoggi. demandingresident is answers to tough questions. u.s. authorities conduct searches to find the culprit and motive behind the recent mail bomb plots. japan's prime minister is on a state visit to china, standing chinese premier. shinzo abe said they were at a turning point. they have signed a host of agreements. trtrade tensionsns between beijg and washington continue to simmer. the world has never been so interconnected. the problems that cannot be solved by one country are increasing. china and japan should work together to contribute to world peace and prosperity. china and japan have both provided important opportunity for development and support and boost each other's growth. >> we go across to our correspondent in beijing. one-ish and lobby looking to get out of this visit? >> chinana happens to be

here's some of what abe said.days, japan and china play an essential role not only in the economic development of asia, but the whole world. the world has never been so interconnected, and the kind of problems that cannot be solved by one country are increasing. so i think we have come toa time increasing. so i think we have come to a time when china and japan should work together to contribute to world peace and prosperity. our tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield hayesjoins me now. the two leaders will be meeting later today, the last time they met in 2014, they had that very awkward handshake. none of the issues that they had back then like territorial disputes have been resolved, so what changed their minds? is itjust donald trump? i think that is the big shift that has taken place in this region, the trump administration's policy towards china. but also towards japan, as well, so this moment betweenjapan and china, shinzo abe has wanted this meeting for the last three yea rs this meeting for the last three ye

the leaders wa nt to abe home in the country. enhance security cooperation and enhance the economic alliance between the nations, and thrashing out a security cooperation pact which will essentially see joint military drills betweenjapan‘s self defence forces and the indian military, the aim of course of being to keep the indian and pacific ocea ns to keep the indian and pacific oceans free and open and counter china's rising claims over some of those areas. japan — india, together with the us, they have been boosting defence cooperation to try to counter china's growing influence in the region with the three countries conducting naval exercises regularly in the indian ocean. and deals on the horizon including a sale of a japanese bullet train with the japanese bullet train with the japanese aiming essentially to assist a planned project to construct high—speed rail networks in western india. also on the cards isa in western india. also on the cards is a possible agreement aimed at welcoming more skilled indian workers into japan

abe's visit is a big break from the past. the two countries hav a lot of historical baggage and relations turned sour in 2012 over a territorial dispute in the east china sea. prime minister abe has come to china at a time when beige something in a trade war with washington. the chiendsave been trying to paint the u.s. as the bad guy and get more countries on their side. japan, a traditional u.s. ally has been criticized by the whi house but abe has been very wary of china being a proponent of trade packet backed by the u.s. the tpp on this trip abe refrained from makin proglobalization statements or other comments that could have been perceived as anti-u.s. clf to the disappointment of beijing. for nightly busines port, eunice yun in beijing. >>> colgate poll monthly i have warns of weakness and that's where we begin the market hefoc. >> consumer products company expects the emerging marketssi ss to remain challenged. in the recent quarter they reported week weaker than expected revenue and said it's facingigher costs. >>hl

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but as you can see with the length of time it took with ab 082 and ab 083, the entire design community does start to weigh in. and so the process, once it is decided what the content of a new administrative bulletin should contain and what parameters it's going to establish for -- as guidelines and requirements for the design community, then, it would go to our -- through our process of going to our building inspection commission. now having said that, only this morning our building inspection commission approved the final revised ab 082, which has been in the making for a while because it did have to go back to a committee in order to have the proper input that we need to have from that design community. the ab -- the companion we're talking about would go through probably the same process, but it would eventually reach the building inspection commission, and then, it would then be adopted and passed, and we would implement it, and the design community at the same time would be notified of its requirements, but we would try to do a proper socialization of the requirements ahead of tim

here's some of what abe said.e days, japan and china play an essential role not only in the economic development of asia, but the whole world. the world has never been so interconnected, and the kind of problems that cannot be solved by one country are increasing. so i think we have come to a time when china and japan should work together to contribute to world peace and prosperity. with me from beijing is stephen mcdonnell. so in the early editions of newsday, we had a analysis from tokyo where they said that prime minister abe has been wanting to meet... but it was prime minister she who was not keen to. they also have that awkward handshake and 2014, none of those issues have been resolved. what changed his mind? well, i guess anybody looking from afar would think the big thing that's changed is trade with the united states. i mean, china needs to rebuild relations with japan to try and plug some of those holes that will have asa some of those holes that will have as a result of this unfolding trade war with th

just a three-month chart of ab inbev. a big drop today.k it is down 8% right as it cut its dividend in half. you mentioned dividend stocks. aren't you worried, if you look at something like swiss banks, ubs, reducing its target again. aren't you worried if you buy a stock for its dividend, you could get bitten like this? patrick: you could. you want to look at debt levels. if you buy dividends for companies that are relatively well-capitalized, i think that banks are much better capitalize than they were six or seven years ago, and dividends are probably sustainable there. companies like ab inbev, they took out a lot of debt for the acquisition, and when you have a lot of debt, dividends are not where you have to put your cash flow. you have to pay off debt. so, you have to look at those things together. you can't just chase dividend yields. nejra: good point. matt: i wanted to pull up, you mentioned the debt, i wanted to pull up the ddis function on the bloomberg for ab inbev. this is a company with $100 billion in debt. i think it's pret

can‘t address. those are the questions shinzo abe can't address.rt of the tpp if we‘re in the customs union, that‘s a very important point. andrew wilkie bak! we will carry on the conversation later in the news briefing —— andrew will be back. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: a recipe for a better life. how celebrity chef levi roots is helping men to improve their health and learn new skills in the kitchen. this was a celebration by people who were relishing their freedom. they believe everything‘s going to be different from now on. they think their country will be respected in the world once more, as it used to be before slobodan milosevic took power. the dalai lama, the exiled spiritual leader of tibet, has won this year‘s nobel peace prize. as the parade was reaching its climax, two grenades exploded, and a group of soldiersjumped from a military truck taking part in the parade and ran towards the president, firing from kalashnikov automatic rifles. after 437 years, the skeletal ribs of henry viii's tragic warship emerged. but, even as d

the last time president xi and prime minister abe met — their relationship was rough to say the leastr asia business hub where mariko oi is following the story . we are talking about the world's second and third—largest economies. what they could do together is quite amazing, should they be able to ove i’co m e amazing, should they be able to overcome some of those red lines that have in the past. indeed, victoria. not sure if you are the last time the leaders met on the sideline at the apec summitjust about four years ago when they have about four years ago when they have a very awkward handshake. to be honest with you, the issues they had at the time, territorial disputes, none of that has really been resolved and that the time, we had protests on the streets of china against japan. none of protests on the streets of china againstjapan. none of those protests on the streets of china against japan. none of those issues have been resolved but one thing is chained changed, and that is the united states. now china is locked ina united states. now china is locked in a trade war with the

shinzo abe arrived in beijing today.s place as the two largest economies come under pressure from president trump over what he called unfair trade practices. it with more is shery ahn. what can we take from this? shery: back in 2014, remember when we have the really awkward handshake between president xi jinping and prime minster abe where they clearly don't want to be with each other, that they are barely holding hands and barely smiling. other, that they are barely holding hands and barely smiling. that was the relationship there. joe: [laughter] it is not subtle, is it? shery: that was the talk of the day back then. that was only four years ago and that you have to wonder how much of this warming of ties between the two has to do with trump and the fact that he is tariffs on china and he has bullied one of these key allies into these bilateral trade negotiations after pulling out from the transpacific partnership. romaine: what is the source of the tension between xi jinping and abe? shery: it all happened because of

it must be kept in mind that the interactions triggering reporting in ab-953 are merely interactions the officers will have with this community on a daily basis. being someone who has worked on the interaction between law enforcement, lgbt and tgn communities for more than 15 years and one of the individuals introducing implicit bias training to the sfpd and the city at large, the contradiction between the concepts of self-identification and identification through perception, ab-953, puts at risk decades of mostly successful efforts to confront possible discrimination and normalize relations between law enforcement and historically disenfranchised communities. it could be actually re-enforced in officers' tendency of implicit bias, from doing years of training and understanding. it is a direct contradiction of the nationally recognized best practices of implicit bias training in addition to sfpd's current efforts to adopt the recommendations of 21st century police and report issued under the obama administration. rather than inserting an explanation in dgo 5.22 as to why in most inte

visit before,abe but this is the first time china is rolling the red carpet out specifically for abe. a multinational summit, not some other event. this is a bilateral meeting, which this -- diplomatically speaking is more important than any of those other meetings. what is behind this is the mutual fear, the concern that have about the pressure over trade from u.s. president donald trump. both countries are starting to feel it come even though japan is a close ally of the u.s.. they are looking toward -- to warm their other regional relationships amid those concerns. rishaad: what are these two expected to achieving concrete terms, at least? abe is going to china today and we'll be holding a brief meeting with premier lee today.ay -- the big meeting will be tomorrow and part of that will be a big china-japan business forum where they will discuss cooperation in third countries in infrastructure. up to 50 deals signed on infrastructure, including in thailand. what is possibly more important is to look at the government to government issue. they will be discussing military to military

by 2020, abe wants 30% of leadership positions to be filled by women.d listed companies to appoint women to executive and managerial roles. he is working to fix japan's day care shortage, while encouraging workplaces to be more accommodating so mothers will be more inclined to rejoin the labor force. and it is working, sort of. female labor participation rose from 46.2% in 2012 to 49.8% in 2017. >> but most of the women that have been added to the workforce are working in these relatively low paid, part-time jobs, a mismatch there with physical of getting more women into management. >> although abe frequently touts the success of womenomics, a close look highlights a culture that systematically excludes women. an expectation that women should stay at home and be primary caregivers has held them back a -- in workplaces all over the world, but in japan it is particularly deep-rooted. in 2016, 45% of men surveyed agreed women should stay at home. japan also has the third highest gender pay gap in the more developed countries. although companies such as toy

by the way, when i bring up to the heads of countries like japan, prime minister abe, a friend of mine, i bring it up, he looks at me. and he goes i understand. they understand it nobody has ever asked them. they said have you ever asked i said have you ever been asked like you have to be like help out? nobody has ever asked. so, that's a pretty unfair thing. i will get back to you. wait, wait, wait. wait. i'm going to get back to you. >> can i ask my follow up question? >> no, not now. i will get back to you i said. you can't take the whole thing. we have a number of other fine reporters. go ahead, yes.

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i spoke with prime minister abe very recently and he informed me that we have five major car companies coming back. i said you have to do something. you have to balance it out. because it's like a one a way street. the trade imbalances are so different as an example japan, just one, japan and the united states. we have fox come coming. in they make the phones for apple. they do a lot of work for apple. they do a lot of work for everybody. they are opening up in this country. we have a lot of companies coming. in we need at 3.7, it's the lowest in many years. many decades. we need great people coming. in i want great people to come in. i want them to come in through the merit system.

we have to really melt the ice and i think mr abe is trying to do that from a basically historicallyth high skilled workers. he's starting to melt the iceberg i think. a new report has shown that the majority of people who live in asia, as well as africa and the middle east, are making more money, holding better jobs east, are making more money, holding betterjobs and owning more homes than their parents ever did. the study defines the emerging affluent as those who earn enough to save and invest. it's based on 11,000 people surveyed, 75% are in management positions or run their businesses. 88% of them own their own homes, that compares to 78% of their pa rents. that compares to 78% of their parents. standard chartered's expert says the change is driven by many factors. macro factors, gdp growth, the difference of the advantage cost difference helps and that's been happening for the last few decades. there must be something more micro, something neither hape years of asian families that helps sustain that over time, especially their focus on education is incredible. that's their top

abe knows this. pledged to enact policies that bring women into the workforce dubbed womenomics. for a conservative leader of a traditional country, he set an extraordinary goal. women in 30% of leadership positions by 2020. the abe government has reforms but japan is nowhere close to reaching that goal. in fact, the government has since halved the target to just 15%. but women now hold just 4% of managerial positions according to bloomberg. genuine gender parity would require real changes in the work culture in japan and the abe administration hasn't fully attempted those. the issue of bringing women more meanfully into the workforce is often framed as something about virtue. it's important because it's the right thing to do. true but virtue is not the main operating principle of business or government. what japan makes clear is that women should also be equal at work because the economy will actually depend on it. up next, does your car equal your politics? my next guest says researchers can tell a

japan's prime minister shinzo abe is in beijing, the first such visit for seven years. relations between the two nations, the world's second and third—largest economies, have been strained in recent years. and this video is trending on bbc.com: the philippines is re—opening the resort island of boracay. it was shut for six months to clean up the damage after years of mass tourism. it will now limit the number of visitors. that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk: for the first time, women can apply for any british military role. the defence secretary says all combat roles are now open to both sexes. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report. asian markets are following wall street's rally after tech giants twitter, microsoft reported strong results. and from an awkward and check to a friendship. president trump oss trade war with beijing might be pushing china and japan closer together. good morning and welcome to asia business report live from singapore. tokyo stocks have open higher after having a massive sell—off yesterday.

shinzo abe looks set to remain in office until 2021. key point now is going to be fiscal policy, and we know that the new extra budget of around 1% of gdp is in the making. you will remember japan was haunted by a couple of natural disasters, very big typhoons, so there will be additionalfiscal typhoons, so there will be additional fiscal support actually going forward. and then the big news is going to be the reshuffle of the cabinet. new blood for more deregulation to re—energise economic policy. a cabinet reshuffle injapan will be key. let's talk about the stock—market, at a 27 year high. can this be sustained, or has it reached overvalued levels? absolutely not. it can be sustained and the reason is, you put yourfinger on it, valuation. japan still trades on a price—earnings multiple of less than 14 price—earnings multiple of less than 1a times earnings expectations, which are very conservative. we will see a big wave over the next three months. we will see a big wave of earnings, revisions up, and that should leave the market highe

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the lady merging, but very important measure, ab 1184 by mr. tang which authorizes the city and county of san francisco to do a t.n.c. tax, that was supported and the bill was chaptered. a bill you had on the watch list, didn't take a formal position, but which has garnered a lost attention throughout the bay area is mr. chu's ab 2923 which was chaptered. and if that is the bill that deals with t.o.d. units near b.a.r.t.-owned properties. jumping on from that -- oh, i should mention, the table 2 is the list of bills that were watched and monitored but for which no position was taken this year. looking back at this particular last year, i think one of the under stated themes of the year was the state budget. the revenues that poured into the state coffers put the state budget over $200 billion for the first time in its history and it allowed the governor to fund the rainy day fund to the max and that contains about $20 billion dollars. the governor would point out it's been a long time since there's been a recession. even though we had adequate

. >>> a bitter taste for ab inbev. the beermaker drops towards the bottom of the stoxx 600 after it halves its dividend. >>> shares in abb open sharply lore despite a bullish outlook from the industrial firm >>> and the bears take charge. european equities hit their lowest levels in 18 months tech stocks are among the biggest decliners after the dow, nasdaq and s&p turn negative for the year >>> you can see it's been a negative start for the markets in europe. the stoxx 600 currently trading down around a quarter of a percent. if we look at some of the sectors behind that driving that number down, you can see where the damage is coming from. look at media, down almost 3% on the back of those wpp numbers mt healthcare down more 1.5%. automakers are up 1.35%. construction and material up almost 0.9%. wpp shares plummeted after a report in a sharp fall in third quarter sales. they had continued difficulties in north america that seems to have weighed on the numbers. ab inbev cut its interim dividend abb shares slipped aft

covering ab inbev. we have our bloomberg opinions. taking a look at has left. -- t ab inbevesla.la.as ab inbev. >> they slashed their dividend in half. this is the company attempts to pay down debt. it has also had some cash flow issues. weekend.urrencies have the company did say they expect growth to turn around in the quarter. the dividend is likely to hammer the share price. tesla stood out in terms of tech stocks. what was behind the blowout quarter for tesla? >> let's clarify one quarter does not mean a trend. we can give elon musk some credit. as they look to sell cars that are lower price come the question is whether it can maintain margin. starting in january come of federal tax credit starts to be phased out. whether the demand will be sustained will be a question. in the third quarter, 2016, tesla had a pretty good quarter. after that, we did not see much. the question is whether they can maintain the demand and actually produce the cars people want to see. in hong kong, thank you so much with our stocks to much. another big stock we are watching is ubs. on the netg bea

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abe and china's president to meet and to talk things like trade. it is a remarkable moment.ee how things shift on the international stage. again, donald trump is responsible a lot in an odd kind of way for this happening. he didn't make it happen but his relationship with both these other countries is causing this to happen. rishaad: thank you. yvonne: the budget battle between italy's populace government and european bureaucrats rumbles on with neither side giving any ground yet. so could a full blown financial crisis be brewing? rishaad: kathleen, he won't back down, will he? kathleen: well, remember we had that election in march. a populace government elected by the italian people and determined to set the path that it thinks is going to lead italy in the direction it needs to go. more growth will ultimately help bring down a step but e.u. says this doesn't fly. italy is proposing a budget deficit 2.4% of g.d.p. three times more than the previous plan. italy's debt-to-g.d.p. ratio is around 130% more than double he 60% limit of the e.u. couldn'te insists his budget -- con

that's the question in san francisco after governor brown vetoed ab-186. at one point, the city said it would go it al but the justice department said it would shut it down immediately. nbc bay area's joins us live from city hall with more on what many see as a controversial plan now including the governor. >> reporter: the governor did not mince words in explaining why he rejected ab-186 calling the safe injection sites illegal and saying they don't work. at city hall at one point, the mayor and city supervisors had harbored hopes of getting it through anyway even without sacramento's help. but now it appears the tone has shifted. opponents of safe injection sites have screamed at city leaders to abandon course. but now supporters face a sturdier resistance by the governor's pen. you said you were disappointed last night in a statement. do you believe there's still a force to get it through even though the state isn't backing the legislation? >> i think it is a very complicated situation. a lot of complex state and federal laws. >> reporter: today london

honest abe. i wonder if he was really that honest. let's assume honest abe was honest abe. he was a republican. your leadership helps our entire country see that the republican party is growing. it's true. it's becoming a vibrant party of you. because of you. and youth all over. but because of you. and it's growing like never before. it's a party of opportunity. it's a party for all americans regardless of race or religion or gender. and we're fighting for the right of every american child to grow up in a safe community. so important. sometimes you'll say we want strong action, we want safety. and they'll say, well, is that a racial comment? is that a racist comment? you know, we want safety. we don't want people hurt when they go and buy bread. i've been with too many people, they've lost their sons, they've lost their daughters to just bad, bad policy and they're devastated. then they go out and vote for democrats. it just make sense to me. i think the people in this room understand it better than i understand it. never made sense. you have the right to attend great schoo

shinzo abe, the amount of time he has spent in trying to cultivate donald trump.ichael: there's also another angle. he also wants to rewrite the japanese constitution to allow a more normal defense posture. he is still trying to cozy up to china and be friendly, that sale,the winds out of the if the idea of rewriting the constitution is because you have been saying china is an adversary. i think we are looking for some short-term wins on trade and investment, but i would not expect this as a fundamental rethink of the relationship. yvonne: thank you. michael spencer will be back in a moment. up next, more on what happened overnight with the ecb. what could affect the eurozone as global risks are mounting? this is bloomberg. ♪ yvonne: the european central banks confidence in the euro zone economy is about to face a seven-week test. enddata over that time will with updated forecasts for the final policy meeting of the year when mario draghi and his team must judge whether to halt the bond buying program. for the time being, he admits recent weakness is either tempor

another matter relating to this that you are all familiar with is the matter of ab decision. on june 11th, 2018 the attorney general published a precedent decision called matter of ab, custom addresses what asylum applicants must demonstrate to show they were persecuted or have a well founded fear of persecution based upon their membership in a particular social group. at that moment u.s. cis issues formal guidance to officers on how to apply that decision to claims. i think at this time we are looking at the nature of the cases that are coming across the border to determine what impact the matter of ab has had or will have. it is not entirely clear yet what that impact will be but we are monitoring statistics to determine that. in the meantime, our officers are implementing it, administering it, and as they should, because it is a precedent decision. very quickly, a few other -- a few other points on some odds and ends that i know are of interest. requests for evidence. a 2013 policy memorandum, a u.s. cis policy memorandum limited denials without requests for evidence or no

you have shinzo abe up there are expecting —— inspecting there are expecting —— inspecting the troopsbusiness with japan and the potential is enormous. this is the potential is enormous. this is the number two and number three economies in the world. what can they achieve if they could put to one side their political differences? the potential is huge. and as you say they have often been rivals for influence in the region but they have one frustration in common, correct? absolutely. the united states and its trade policies. china is stuck in this unfolding trade war with the us that japan has its own trade headaches with its us so they do have something in common. and for both of them, they are trying to plug holes in the economies of the other which are coming as a result of those trade tensions with the us. ironically, the trump administration could end up pushing japan and china closer together as a result of trade tensions between all of them. thank you very much. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm azi farni. coming up in your friday sport b

ab inbev slashed its proposed dividend for this year because of weakness in beer sales in the u.s. market. wpp's stock has had its biggest intraday fall in a quarter century on the back of weak guidance dom? >> thanks for that, karen. united states futures rebounding they're following yesterday's sharp selloff. the dow opening up by 220 points this would be the highs of the session so far gina sanchez is a cnbc contributor and joins us you've been with us so many times talking about the trading action around these arkets does this particular pullback feel different than the one we had back in january, february and march? if so, why >> so, to me it does feel different. if you look at how the darling stocks have been acting in this particular pullback they can't get above their highs. they keep sort of heading into a downward trend that's a challenge because to me it feels like the market is fundamentally repricing, looking past tax stimulus, very concerned that there will be no more stimulus coming, which means that earnings will naturally slow that's starting to get priced in what

i think this is a tremendously important visit for shinzo abe and cheating thing. in beijing between these two neighbours to seven years. that is an extraordinarily long time for two countries of this importance, the world ‘s second and third—largest economies, the biggest economies in asia, the two military and strategically powerful countries in asia not meeting for that amount of time is the strange. japan has wa nted time is the strange. japan has wanted this meeting for sometime. at least since 2015, and has been pushing for it. is really the chinese are now decided and xi jinping has decided himself it is time to thaw relations which have been on ice over various things, history, territorial disputes, all sorts of things, for a long time. this is really china opening up to japan and what is really behind this for the chinese, is a trade war with america. it is an opportune moment for china to get closer to japan. briefly, is anything concrete to come out of this? i think there are going to be lots of nice word and commitment to free trade. interesting that ch