consumer shares so strong advances in air china. anghai listed stocks are heading for the biggest gains since the third of january. our china markets reporter joins us from beijing. good to have you on the program. these are the big gains in mainland stocks. what is behind the gains in consumer shares and what's it tells us about how everybody spent the new year? >> you would not even know it was a down day in the rest of asia if you were just looking at the main and market. the shanghai composite and the shenzhen benchmark of around 2%, very strong gains out of the gate. chinese traders appear to have returned from the weeklong holiday refreshed and are really catching up. we saw the hang seng china enterprise index in hong kong that tracks chinese shares. it gained around 3% over the great, so we're seeing gains of a similar magnitude in the mainland today. in terms of where the gains are coming from, they're all quite related to the chinese or lunar new year holiday. consumer shares leading the still industry companies are gaining

air china soaring in hong kong, and in sydney, flights and are headed for its best close since 2013 afterg its target. and i want to check in on indian bonds, which are following for a straight day in the concerns over rising inflation. and they may have further drop before any support appears and the 10-year yield could perhaps hit 8% before treasuries reach that market. the question is if this will encourage r.b.i.'s to stem bondra. a last look at the yen set to are its average, and there several risks looming on the horizon. friday, for example, you have inflation reports from the eurozone as well as japan, and that is your midday market check and we will be counting down to the open and hong kong as well as in shanghai at the top of the hour to see if we have the -- is the momentum to stay in markets as onshore traders get back into the groove after their holiday. emily: this is "bloomberg technology." youtube facing serious criticism after promoting conservative conspiracy videos on its trending page with titles suggesting a survivor of last week's florida school shooting was a paid

big air in pyung china canada sebastian to tony windsor the first ever olympic gold medal in the men's snowboarding in fact . we are live at the red carpet at the berlin international compulsorily awards are about to be handed out and go back yes yes and we'll be giving you our tops and flocks of this year's festival. i know donna welcome to the program where we begin in syria where the government is escalating attacks on eastern the opposition held suburb of damascus intense shelling for seven days has killed five hundred civilians including many children the u.n. security council is scheduled to mace to try to agree a cease fire resolution after several attempts fails syria's key ally russia has so far blocks the resolution it says it wants guarantees that rebel fighters in eastern guta will hold the fight saying we'll speak to the syria director of the save the children charity in just a moment but first this report. these are just the latest victims of the world's inaction. dragged from the rubble of the devastated district of eastern ghouta after an entire week of bombing. survivo

ratings of air china and china reducingfter they were hsbc.r alibaba agreed to buy stake in a 2000 -- $2 billion share. the gimmicks out about the second-biggest shareholder in the operator. >> a lot to consider but also corporate news, lots of data. to any of these things matter? mo, you and i were talking during the break. you think this has to go. which is some analysis called the quantum timeout. that broke yesterday and is either a sharp rise in the vague. big. they are rising in volatility, has buys and volatility been in a way we had never seen happened before. there are then a lot of people over the last five years looking for income. as that reset higher, what it means is that physicians have to be taken down. we think that overall there is probably another 5% lower in this market. we are about -- watching very closely for the central banks. china, that will be very important in hong kong to see what southbound flow does but we think 5% lower, the markets will be looking for the central banks to react and come out with some sort of st

point of the board to check in on some of the movers of note in asia you have chinese airlines like air chinaern on the rise as they are sent to enjoy better volumes as domestic travelers look to avoid this during the holiday rush. over in sydney, harvey norman being dragged lower with other retailers offering yet another consumer demand that could further push the prospect of a rate hike. i want to highlight this which is sliding in singapore. many analysts expect earnings to be heard. are some movers we are watching in asia today. >> some gains in the market today, the question is if there is conviction in these gains. let's go with migrant go. he joins us right now, mark it does look like they are buying into the gains we saw on friday. mark: it is relief that it will be a short week. naturalcoming as a circuit break. it is coming at a great time. as you say, wall street had a reasonable finish on friday and it is spinning over to some extent. it is unlikely we'll is a volumes, it will be subdued. peoplen opportunity for to say that these have been pretty large and they could be opportunit

juliette: you recently signed a memorandum of understanding with air china and banking capital.alliance? how are you bringing your members together there? guest: hugely important and this is a program we have had many years, move under one roof. but to enhance of the similar experience for the customers so you are connecting from one flight to another. you don't have to run a mile and a half to make the connection. it improves the connecting a springs for customers. we have strong connection -- strong credentials. we have been looking at hong kong, taipei, and a soul, where new terminals are taking place. we want to get into early conversations with airport authorities. juliette: very busy year in your first year. thank you for joining us. goh, ceo of star alliance. trying to make all their baggage handling digital and easier for the member clients, as well. we will send it back to you from the singapore aviation -- i keep mixing that up, so i'm just going to send it back to you. much, notnk you very looking to run between different gates and terminals. juliette saly from the si

new year's celebrations may not be as bright or noisy in china's efforts to curb air pollution, fire verse have been -- fireworks have been banned in certain cities. >> it is known as the pyrotechnics capital of china. here in the southern city, there is even a statue for the man who locals believe invented fireworks more than 1000 years ago. much of the production still takes place by hand. now in an attempt to curb pollution, the government has and fireworks in hundreds of cities including in the capital beijing. as the lunar new year approaches, shop keepers are already feeling the hit. >> if you look around the market , you can see only a few shops remain open. we do not see many customers. previously, we used to have customers stocking up on supplies. fireworks are traditionally believed to drive away bad spirits and bring good luck. the year of the dog is not looking like it will bring much good fortune. even if it is not quite ready to give up. >> chinese new year is big business for florists across asia. the year of the dog, people are flocking to buy yellow flowers. the idea

howlers the cloud is building again in china with a feed of warm moist air from the south china sea for a couple of days now the temps in hong kong has pretty high of twenty five but of course you go to eventually turn that moisture into tired and then rain and where the wind opposes just about here so you've got the winter and wind coming down and that really is not a wintry rincon river side of the to create clouds and then rain and it is cold enough snow really gives foster of rain in shanghai who seems unlike it's still a warm probably sunny twenty four in hong kong this should be perfectly dry and sunny time of the if mr southeast asia trickly into china but we have got low remains so it's hard to see often all tropical sarka and it may well produced a time share as they wreak through cambodia possibly even as far west as bangkok runs chart of the concentration of showers should really be in the southern philippines sort of way see bits of born here and jolly and that's indeed where you see it but sumatra is got to the fence to get showers well least on the west coast seems unlikel

china is taking action for more on that i'm joined by andrea hang in singapore andria china knows the problem of air pollution better than most countries and that is why beijing is pushing new automotive technologies what impact has this effort has so far on everyday roache traffic it has indeed monica china has already made up more than fifty percent of global sales of electric vehicles and it's doubled the number in china in twenty seventeen and whether or not the hazard direct result or not on road traffic at the moment in china it did their reports seeing that a lot of the elect a lot of this is credited to electric vehicle sales and they have it has reduced traffic by up to fifty percent also do you do the numerous incentives in programs available to car bias but how do german crossett particular fit into this concept now what chinese or asian markets expecting from dime a b.m.w. you name it. yes exactly foreign automakers would do well to compete in the chinese market particularly the need in the electric vehicles category and this is china is where a lot of people buy more people buy new vehi

lunar new year celebrations may not be as bright this time china is trying to curb air pollution the government banning fireworks in four hundred forty four cities a victory for environmentalist's but the bands are taking the bang out of the letting of old business. it's known as the pyrotechnics capital of china here in the southern city of new young he's even a statue to honor the man locals believe invented fireworks more than a thousand years ago. gangaji says two thirds of china's fireworks much of that production still takes place by hand but now in an attempt to curb pollution the government's banned fireworks in hundreds of cities including in the capital beijing as lunar new year approaches shopkeepers are ready feeling the hit. hi yes. if you look around the markers you can see only a few shops remain open. don't see many customers previously at this time of the year we used to have customers stocking up on supplies. or fireworks are traditionally believed to drive away bad spirits and to bring good luck but the year of the dog isn't looking like it will bring much good for

alor the cloud is building again in china with a feed of warm and moist air from the south china sea for a couple of days now the temps in hong kong has pretty high of twenty five but of course you go to eventually turn that moisture into tired and then rain and where the wind opposes just about here so you've got the winter in winter coming down and that really is not a wintry rain commitments to create clouds and then rain and it is cold enough snow really gives foster of rain in shanghai that seems unlikely still a warm probably sunny twenty four in hong kong this should be perfectly dry and sunny time the miss the south essentially into china but we have got the remains that it's hard to see of the tropical sarka and it may well produced a time share as they reach through cambodia possibly even as far west as bangkok rome's chart of the concentration of shares should really be in the southern philippines sort of way see bits of bone here as i said bangkok could could just see a shower virtually all of india and sri lanka here in nepal fine and mostly sunny but there is more rain

it has a special report on air and naval bases built by china on islands in the south china sea that seven reefs into military bases — you can see this one has a runway built onto it. the strait times says south—east asian governments are exploring ways to tax online transactions. that's because more and more people are buying things online. it reports the internet economy in the region will be worth as much as $200 billion by 2025. and this is the front page of the china daily. it has a picture of a boy pretending to whip an ox in beijing to celebrate the traditional start of spring, which fell on sunday. in trentin, a celebrity has given birth. -- in trentin, a celebrity has given birth. —— trending. well, there's a new member of the kardashian klan. 20—year—old kylie jenner, here she is in may last year, has confirmed she's given birth to a baby girl, after managing to keep her pregnancy a secret. she finally spilt the beans on social media, announcing that she and boyfriend travis scott welcomed a "beautiful and healthy" daughter on february 1st. moscow has seen its heaviest snow

hello we've got a good push of warm air across much of southern china twenty five celsius there in hong kong with those southerly winds little bit of wet weather just into central parts we'll see temperatures in chengdu around twenty two celsius not too bad here but there's that rain and that will sink a little further south as we go through friday similar temperatures twenty three for john due and also for hong kong a little more cloud coming through for friday but the main feature you notice is the heavy rain which will push across towards shanghai tosses some rather lively showers also pushing their way to warsaw ranker over the next dose or seen a few showers on and off from time to time much of india on the other hand looking five and dry some pleasant sunshine coming through but notice up towards the far northwest little more cloud coming in here some rain some snow over the higher ground and that will be the situation as we go on into friday the wintry mix just not in a little further east which in the process thirty three celsius in new delhi thirty seven celsius therefore not p

hello i think our recent coast that's just about come to an end for china so the central air is seen temperatures getting up to around six celsius there for shanghai thirteen degrees in hong kong so those temperatures going in the right direction should be largely dry by the time we come to friday to go get up into the mid to high teens there for hong kong little bit of cloud there just around the south china sea cloud still thinking up into central parts of china to produce a little bit of rain maybe some snow over the high ground meanwhile usual showers there into southeast asia we have got quite a rash of cloud coming through the wettest weather will be across indonesia where the cloud is a rather more gathered and you can see some big downpours always a possibility but generally there in the heat of the day thirty one celsius there for jakarta watch you see wanted to showers just feeding into the gulf of thailand over the next i think bangkok should stay largely dry but the possibility of a little bit of rain as we go through thursday and friday and those showers they do stretch

to be tailor made for china's plans for international institutions guarantee china's trade rights and the u.s. navy and air force protect global trade routes why give all that up. chinese politicians have repeatedly insisted that the chinese model is not for export anyone who wants to can join but no one should be forced. multiple mao zedong made china great deng xiaoping made it rich and now g.g. in pain wants to make it strong the chinese people will have no objection to that as long as they have something to gain from it but not all chinese are benefitting equally from the boom china is home to more billionaires than ever before but the average citizen has to work hard to make ends meet. everyone in china still seems to be pulling in the same direction but this could change quickly if the gap between rich and poor continues to widen. as yet china success can still be felt by the population the in family is one of many who have benefited from china's economic growth in recent decades. in europe they'd be called prosperous middle class they have an apartment in the center of beijing a car and they take va

saturday into sunday colder air from china will come down, from russia, sorry, coming back south and we are less than an hour away from that. coverage of the winter olympics across the bbc, meaning this programme will not be on bbc two next week but you can find us as ever on the bbc news channel. still to come, we meet a baby born atjust 34 to come, we meet a baby born atjust 3a weeks with his intestines developing outside of his body. we can hearfrom developing outside of his body. we can hear from his developing outside of his body. we can hearfrom his parents and his co nsulta nt can hearfrom his parents and his consultant after 10:30am. a new hope for preserving the fertility of girls having cancer treatment as researchers at the university of edinburgh grow human eggs in a laboratory for the first time. time for the latest news with ben brown. two british extremists, believed to be members of one of the so—called islamic state groups most notorious cells, have been captured by syrian kurdish fighters in syria — according to us officials. they were part of a unit comprising of f

to crack a year for some how china is trying to clear the air. hello and welcome back and i'll take a look at weather conditions across europe first of all and as we head through sunday we should see some heavy snowfall across the outer grandcolas dying away as it heads further towards the east some rain across northern parts of italy flow coming in from north of to temperature is around freezing there across parts of poland through into ukraine of seeing moscow staying subzero further towards the west where the conditions not looking too bad rowsley quiet highs of ten there in london heading into monday we've got more rain around the bay of biscay into western parts of france our beer in potential looking to about there fourteen in madrid still some rain around parts of italy through the adriatic into the balkans and temperatures still subzero across those eastern areas on the other side of the mediterranean we're going to see a general improvement in conditions i think across more eastern areas the strong winds gradually dying away further towa

it's not such a crack on you if somehow china is trying to clear the air. condemned to a life of poverty the push to lift the minimum wage in mexico. hello there the showers are beginning to pep up for some of us in the southeastern parts of asia there's plenty of sunshine with us at the moment and just a few showers around but as we head through the next few days we see more and more of those downpours begin to develop so quite a few of them during the day on monday and then as we head into tuesday plenty more of them this time working their way across the northwestern parts of borneo kuching looks particularly wet we'll see some more showers make their way across the philippines as well towards the west also want to showers here but k.l. should get away with a draw a day a bit further towards the south of the some of us in australia it certainly hasn't been dry look at this huge area of cloud here within that is all storm kelvin hit the coast just south of broome but this is what it did to broome loss of heavy rain there it did give us a fair amount of fl

well yeah i heard i read that and i kind of prevented it to air it i call it economic and military economically speaking china is a neo mercantile it's the economy we talked about before they're going to do bigger than your economic policies they're going to set up their own tariff barriers i mean any try to import here something is twenty five percent duty export the united states it's one or two percent so china does towards for its you know does what is it in its own interests japan and south korea did the same thing to united states for decades in less detroit in michigan hobbled in the steel columns of pennsylvania broke. but now when china does it china's too big there is twenty chinese for every japanese so now the chinese are such economic juggernaut in terms of economic rivalry i think absolutely it is the number one economic rivalry with no country can come there i mean europe is kind of a you know look at look at the technicals you know tech scene in europe is almost nonexistent it's completely. you know it's there's really not a challenger at this point russia it's strong militarily but economical

air returns next week. not just across career but china. not necessarily for tokyo.ajan it stays cold and it will stay cold because the commune macro “— cold and it will stay cold because the commune macro —— korean peninsula. it was high 30s for adelaide and melbourne earlier but that will end with thunderstorms. we have some heat building in the interior. we could see some nasty storms for western australia and northern territory ‘s. in the south and east, temperatures are baiting a little bit. very wet indeed. wet and windy with some tropical air mixed in across this low—pressure system in new zealand. another one waiting in the wings for next week. this draws the attention across central parts of europe. at the area of low pressure will stop heavy rains and strong winds. then we have yet more weather systems lining up towards the north—west. wet and windy across the north—west. wet and windy across the uk on saturday. hill snow in the north. that turned stormy on saturday night as it heads towards scandinavia. there could be some lively winds across the uk. there

air, she says. it looks exciting. other students in china are being requiredet to excited, as part of beijing's ambitious plan to put 300 millionhinese on the slopes by2025. the government is even subsidizing skior trips nearby schools. >> translator: in this city, every primary a school has certain allotment for students that comehere, this instructor sahe. ever since government created the sloga $300 million people on snow, kids have been loving this. >> the china like a little bit th glamour and theglitter. >> reporter: businessman flats believes the grand effort will mean increasingly affluent chinese demanding increasingly stylish ski wear. >> we see very much that the fluent chinese consumers are skiers and they take pictures with this brand and that will denitely help us boost the awareness on the chinese market. >> a lot of innation and materials. >> do you think chinese people will like this?ab >> lutely. they will love it. >> why? >> because it keeps them war and they' looking good. >> for "nightly business report," i'm eunice yuan

in china, more than 250,000, is that discharge air and water pollution will have to start paying an environmental tax beginning in april under china's new empire medal protection tax law. -- environmental section tax law. it is said -- puerto rico's governor ricardo rossello said u.s. treasury department has unexpectedly slashed the disaster relief loan for the island after hurricane maria. the loan has been cut to $2 billion, down from $4.7 billion. this comes as the army corps of engineers says parts of puerto rico will not have the electricity restored until the end of late may, eight months after the hurricane hit the island. in georgia, reality winner appeared in court where the argued she was denied her miranda rights. reality winner has pleaded not guilty on charges of leaking a top-secret document cleaning russian military intelligence conducted a cyber attack on at least one u.s. voting software before just days the 2016 election. and in west virginia, unionized a 5% payhave won raise after launching a four-day, statewide strike. west virginia governor jim justice said he changed his min

how i will winter draws on across a good parts of central and southern china very cold air normally when seen shanghai no higher than about two degrees celsius that hong kong started to get rather chilly thirteen degrees on saturday not see much better as we go on into sunday if the truth been out of a similar picture little more cloud into the southwest to could well see a little bit of which he weather for a time top temperature just five degrees celsius is a good deal warmer into southeast asia recalls the usual rash of showers for many maybe some of the south was to central and southern parts of the philippines some wet weather to into borneo a fair old swathe of cloud sweeping its way across some entre into them they played sheila and some rather heavy right certainly on the cards too once again into indonesia such a consummate rather wet over the next couple days temperatures getting up to around twenty nine or thirty degrees celsius not too wet across south asia charles of want to see showers just sneaking their way towards flanker over the next day or to could see a little bit of

china is taking action for more on that i'm joined by andrea hang in singapore andria china knows the problem of air pollution better than most countries and that is why beijing is pushing new automotive technology what impact has this effort has so far on everyday roache traffic it has indeed monica china has already made up more than fifty percent of global sales of electric vehicles and it's doubled the number in china in twenty seventeen and whether or not the hazard direct result or not on road traffic at the moment in china. there are reports seeing that a lot of the elect a lot of this is credited to electric vehicle sales and they have it has reduced traffic by up to fifty the said also do you do the numerous incentives in programs available to car bias market particularly the. category and this is china is where a lot of people buy more people buy new vehicles than anywhere else in the world diverse state by g.d.p. underpins this but also at the same time points to the amount of immense pressure that the chinese automakers i feel seem to be stay in of the this and remain competitive in the

passenger cars are not an issue at all nevertheless pollution is a big issue in china so what is being done to combat this air pollution problem. there are a lot of measures mostly that have been restrictions on traffic for some years cause there are certain days where certain cars cannot be on the street passenger cars their trucks are limited from entering the city motorbikes are banned in most cities if they are not electric motor bikes there is a policy to promote electro mobility to promote battery powered cars pure evey's the policy is still in the beginning up to now there are not not too many electric battery powered cars. less than one percent in china but the number is growing because there are big subsidies on these cars and. the government is requesting companies to produce e.-v. cause and briefly if you can how are german car makers being used when it comes to alternative types of powering a vehicle like the mobility until now german german comic is have missed this trend they are now trying to catch up they are they are trying to build partnerships with chinese companies one are a bit more advan

should china be part of any future arms reduction negotiation? and, should the airforce be stepping up and flying those? >> so i guess there's three questions there. number one spacex does not like when i talk to them about weapons on top of the rockets. just not a big thing for them. second piece of the question was, the china piece, i'm not a diplomat, i'm a military officer, had to deal with the russia threat in the china threat in the north korean threat in the iranian threat. that's like you with, but as an american, i would like china to be part of any discussion on the future. i would like china to look at the missiles china is building. i would like to understand china's role in the intermediate nuclear forces. i would like to understand what those pieces are. i would like to have an aggressive dialogue between the state department and the chinese foreign ministry in those pieces. i would like to have all those things happen but that's my job. my job is to deal with the world that it is, deal with the world that could be and be prepared for those kinds of th

of an additional forty seven russian athletes who want to compete in china will be decided on the morning of the opening ceremony airing continued on first at the court of arbitration of sport the group was barred by the international and pick committee after accusations of doping. bosses will be happy to see the games finally begin after a troubled build up they were reports now from kyung. finally politics gives way to sport the twenty third winter olympics in pyongyang has been used as a pawn in relations between north and south korea between russia and the olympic bosses to now one hundred two gold medals will be decided across fifteen sports on snow and ice and for south koreans pride can turn to excitement. here so it's likely to leave here because it's a for olympic gold are you worried about because i love worries because our passion is so hard so we can overcome any weather. forecast is for a record breaking cold weather sometimes love with a minus twenty celsius with bitter winds and while you expect that in a winter olympics it's causing problems for competitors skiers have complained about the effect on the

china. to yemen now with three days of air strikes have pounded a rebel held port of the west displacing thousands of people who were already in need of aid many who have reportedly been killed and they sell the lead coalition attacks on hold data m.p.'s time reports. one of the saudi led air strikes spared little here but data is the strategically important port city in western yemen saudi warplanes have repeatedly targeted surrounding neighborhood since thursday reportedly killing dozens of who the fighters and civilians before the start of the civil war nearly three years ago today the port handled around seventy percent of yemen's imports including critically needed food and humanitarian supplies since then it's become one of the most complex front lines controlled by who the rebels it is either being bombed or blockaded by the saudi coalition but it recent months the u.s. government which backs the saudi led bombing campaign against the iranian backed who these has sent cranes to the data to replace those destroyed in airstrikes all part of efforts to increase the amount of aid into yemen but

moving out of the singapore air show and companies are planning to beef up defence spending an aircraft because of the south chinaean ballistic missile threats. but who is buying, what are they buying and how much are they expected to spend? joining me now is mariko. over are they expected to spend? joining me now is mariko. 0ver1000 companies are here and we're not just discussing commercial airlines defence sector as well. we have seen robust growth in defence spending in the region. i have a little report, let's have a look. while most western countries are slashing their defence budgets, many asian budgets, governments are throwing money at it. china and india have doubled their spending in the last 20 years as well southeast countries like indonesia, vietnam and a poor. keeping some perspective here, the us still comfortably spend more on planes, missiles and tanks than anyone else. 0ver planes, missiles and tanks than anyone else. over 600 and $40 billion last year. asia now accounts for over one quarter of the world's defence spending. so what has changed? simply, there are economies are growing and in thi

how are the trump administration can push china to inter push push northturn korea is up in the air. a certain level, it will complicate the trade negotiations a great deal because i do not think china is in a position to deliver what the u.s. would want, which is to get mr. kim to back down. i don't think that is going to happen. david: thank you for your time and your patience waiting for us. it was well worth the wait from our point of view. senior professor of trade policy at cornell as well as senior fellow at the brookings institution. thanks again. skip the first word headlines. saw here on bloomberg television, president trump said republicans are coming off one of "the greatest years in the history of the party." speaking to the house and senate republicans annual legislator retreat in west virginia, the president also said democrats were not supporting his agenda. the president said during the state of the union address they "sat there stone cold. no smile, no applause." people familiar with the matter said trump friday classified memo that republicans claim describes fbi m

miles -ish so by definition by international law there is international water and air space between taiwan and mainland china. there is no declaration on the part of the united states. it's an interesting contradiction because china has signed the law of the sea treaty but doesn't observe it in the united states observes the law of the sea treaty but we have not find it so there is that interesting contradiction there but the us and the u.s. navy under the law of the sea treaty even though we are not signatories to it. the question about that a 280 this is called preparation for contingencies and warfare and it goes back a long, long time. it is not a new concept to either deny an adversary access to a particular battle space or region and so people there for potential conflict take that into account and what you do is you never leave your job, you always find a way to accomplish your mission when you go after your opponent's weaknesses and protect your own. the quote a two a.d., i always look at these as professional military and retired professional military and i don't do that anymore but i always look at

still ahead on al-jazeera the sun not such a cracker of a new year for summer china's trying to clear the air. and in sports roger federer is bitter how is the final of the water down. here. these explosions were not an act of war. these nuclear bombs were experiments by the soviet union. to the kazakh people who lived in the vicinity the motives might be a little different rewind silent. at this time a mountain singer. with bureaus spanning six continents across the globe. to. al-jazeera has correspondents live in green the stories they tell. us about it. al-jazeera fluent in world news. al-jazeera. where every. three billboards outside adding missouri has been named best film at this year's bafta awards in london its star frances mcdormand won best actress while sam rockwell picked up best supporting actor for the film gary oldman has won best actor for his portrayal of winston churchill in darkest hour and allison janney has won supporting actress for her voice and i told new stars at the ceremony wore black as they walked to the red carpet in support of the me too and time's up campaigns

well yeah i heard i read that and i kind of looked at it to air it i call it economic and then military economically speaking china it is a neo mercantile it's the economy we talked about it before they're going to do bigger than your economic policies they're going to set up their own tariff barriers i mean any try to import here something is twenty five percent duty export the united states it's one or two percent so china does towards for its you know does what is it in its own interests japan and south korea did the same thing to united states for decades in less detroit in michigan hobbled in the steel columns of pennsylvania broke. but now when china does it china's too big either is twenty chaney's for every japanese so now the chinese are such an economic juggernaut in terms of economic rivalry i think absolutely it is the number one economic rivalry with no country can come there i mean europe is kind of me you know look at look at the technicals you know tech scene in europe is almost nonexistent it's completely . you know it's there's really no challenger at this point russia it's strong militarily but

it's not such a cracking new year for some how china's trying to clear the air. and majesty nice it gives their pursuit of a trophy double big boost the details with far coming up. in india five million children have genius level i.q. but most live in poverty and go undiscovered when one use means two child geniuses fighting for their chance to shine at this time on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. where every. hello again chinese new year celebrations have been muted in a growing number of cities after a ban on fireworks was expanded beijing's one of them as a tries to cut pollution but the bans also affecting its addition of sliced it a thousand years charlotte dallas reports. an assembly line of fireworks and legal young province each read roll of gunpowder is distant to mark the start of a new year in the chinese calendar lou young is the fireworks capital of the world it all started some fourteen hundred years ago during the ten dynasty. but threatens to employers with a decision by the chinese government to ban fireworks because of pollution. fireworks are a cherish

the growth of air transport in the asia-pacific and china outpaces the rest of the world, honeywell aerospace ways to make lying the crowded skies safer and more efficient. it cost back to the singapore airshow where haslinda amin is standing by with the chief. better opportunities from honeywell aerospace? haslinda: there is so much optimism at honeywell. earnings fortheir 2018 and said there have been a lot of confidence shown among its customers. let's get perspective. stephen, good to have you with us. what justifies this earnings revision? what's different? is it because growth is sustainable going forward in the region? ande have growth in 2017 the numbers as we exited the year. , especially in aerospace, we continue to see strong momentum. not only market momentum, more airline passengers and travelers , but honeywell's ability to capitalize on that by having the right people with the right tools and selling that in the right way. haslinda: there are particular growth markets you look at? southeast asia, for instance, what kind of growth specifically are you looking at? >> high single-

not such a cracking if somehow china is trying to clear the air. as for what federal the. put sort of top of the world performance in rotterdam the details coming up it's. from a fresh coastal breeze. to watching the sunset on the australian outback. hello there australians we all strain has been hit by a tropical cycling we can see what broome looks like at the moment looks incredibly wet they're difficult to get about most likely in a four by four and it's all thanks to the sheer amount of rain that the systems brought us there that swirling massive cloud there it actually hit sixty one hundred sixty five kilometers to the south southwest of broome but it certainly brought a lot of rain to the city in fact brought the february total amount of rain to five hundred fifty two a lot of that just in the last three days and that brought it the second wettest february month on record and of course we're all finished in february yet there's still plenty more days till to come plenty more wet weather still to come as well so this is what we're expecting to have in that storm grad

administrative court has approved food exam to help cities tackle air pollution is expected to have a major effect on europe's biggest car market. china's propaganda machine is gone into overdrive to defend a move to scrap term limits for president xi jinping the plan to change the constitution sparked protests in hong kong in a rare show of public dissent within china two prominent figures open lets us arjun politicians to reject it. that is all for me for the moment don't miss our next sure the stream featuring africa's most famous on the cover journalist talking about his incredible career we'll see in about half an hour with a reminder of the headlines but by. i have had me ok you're in the stream today we met i'm not the enemy out unless africa's most feared on the cover a journalist and man who never shows his face on camera i'm really could be a lot if you're watching us live on you tube or following along on twitter send us your questions and i'll do my best suppose to an ass out before we jump into the conversation he said look at the sort of what does in this clip we see here expose a practice in gaza in which disabled childre

china does, they did at their own way and they did it so much bigger. they have taken regular islands and expanded it. military hold for a aircraft runway, so it can hold surface air missile sites. missileany of them have sites on them? >> that we know of? three or four. >> with a call these islands their territory? .> yes as far as they concerned, the whole south china sea is their territory. the 300 mile limit, that is our territory. we are the 1200 mile limit. the 200 mile limit is what they call the economic zones. >> the chinese recognized the 200 mile limit? >> it does when it fits their needs >>. do we recognize it? >> we do. but we have not signed into agreements. >> why not? >> mostly because some of our domestic oil companies with interests abroad the do not want to u.s. to sign their names abide to something that could hurt them later -- that is mostly. there is some stipulations in there that we have had issues with. -- it.gnize and >> how close do we allow chinese aircraft to come to this country? >> will recognize any ship that can come of to international -- air?at bout in >> if it is international. you can do it. the freedom of navigation, we not o

china there are effectively no passenger. diesel vehicles and heavy vehicles have been restricted this winter as well because of their concerns about air pollution what's the alternative though i mean yes there's a move towards electric vehicles but when you're dealing with a country that sued big in support for this you talked about aviation countries you've talked about china the idea of the lone mosque say launching his electric trucks across china well good luck with that one cause you'll wait a long time before that actually happens china's diesel demand already went down in two thousand and fourteen fifteen when. the structure of the economy was shifting away from heavy industry and freight volumes were falling so. there is a case for that shifting to a cleaner economic structure will in fact reduce demand for diesel. there is also of course a need to develop cleaner for more forms of transportation everything from rail freight on passenger trains to public transport and designing cities so that we need to sit in cars less in the first place it's a big job ahead good to talk to you thanks very much your time larry. in hanoi thank

difficult to get off the respiratory products so real brand equity in china is around our respiratory product and what we do in air and in water et cetera. but that is very important. >> something matters for the environment which you are ahead. people know about scotch tape, but where are you? >> we have been in the auto motive industry for a long time we are in the electronic industry, and we are in global leaders of 18 years of traffic safety if you take those elements together that is where we are going. we can capitalize in traffic safety not only vertical signage but license plate. electronic and energy is specifically an electronic we have an incredible competitive position and in auto motive, that is around 6 billion addressable market with a growth rate of 8% to 10% and we are now growing that business around 15% to 20% if you combine the three elements. >> when everything is booming industrials get that kind of growth but all of the products don't have anything to do with the boom bust nature of the economy. >> we have worked with our portfolio very hard to make sure there is less volatility in the marke