down on the number of migrants leaving the continent an increasing number of people pouring into an asia air an area to landlocked country that is desperately poor now the un's children's agency unicef says almost nine thousand people have arrived in the chair from different parts of africa since november because they can't reach europe and two thousand of them the children the children are often exposed to violence exploitation trafficking and detention the number of refugees and migrants passing through in asia has also increased by fourteen percent and that was just for april unicef is calling for more funding and supplies from the asia to help it cope with the influx but we can speak to sara crow now who's a unicef spokeswoman on migration and sara you've just come back from nizkor tell us what you saw. well that's right martin is hardly a migration is hardly gone away it's really just out of sight and out of mind effectively and that's a huge problem for children in particular because as you say they are the most exposed and most at risk from exploitation and trafficking and not to

now to some other stories making news around the world an air asia pilot has come under fire after he tried to force passengers to disempower using the jets air conditioning system passengers of the flight from kolkata to bug were told to deplane after a delay when they refused because of heavy rain the pilot cranked up the ac sending clouds of cold air into the capitol. and israeli court has indicted the wife of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu for misusing public funds sarah netanyahu is accused of falsifying household expenses to obtain one hundred thousand dollars for private catering her husband is himself under investigation on suspicion of corruption offenses a big day at the world cup is underway in russia denmark and australia are tied one all in their early match denmark is trying to solidify a spot in the knockout stages later this evening argentina faced tough competition from croatia and peru challenges france asked for the defending world champs germany the countdown is on for their second term in match on saturday against sweden the world champs are under scrut

we were looking at an asia opportunity and we weren't really going forward with that. they notified us that this was an opportunity. the timing of it was completely coincidental outside of our h ands. it wasn't presented as part of the six point recommendation. it was reported out that would also do better than a 50% constraint strategy on passive index >> question was asked of me least at least month. can i ask how question about changing the commitment that $1 billion, i said the point is, the rate of return we're able it get and reducing our carbon. no names were given to me. couple of weeks later, in comes this recommendation for generation whom i met thanks to hahn. i don't think it's a simple coincidence how this happen. do you remember asking me this question? about changing the investment about is it okay to change something like that? >> what i wanted to ask was in the implementation of the billion dollars carbon constrainted strategy would it be accept a believe to do $500 million to the goldman strategy and 500 generation. >> you did not say one name in that

legoland moderns namely we call for indonesia every day not only when there's a breaking news story in an asia has a very fascinating country been very difficult to understand from the outside and because i've been living here for sixteen years i know very well it's going on and i go out there and power for the whole country and even the young al-jazeera gives the opportunity for a journalist to be real journalists. in afghanistan billions of dollars of international aid have been donated to girls' education but where has the money gone when he meets girls desperate to learn and asks why is the system failing them on al-jazeera. south africa's former president jacob zuma returns to of course accused of fraud or racketeering and money laundering. i know there. are a lot of from doha also coming up. i don't think you have to prepare very much for both the attitude of. president strikes a relaxed tone a summit with north korea's leader. closer to home donald trump faces a showdown with g seven allies over his battle tariffs plus. seeing clearly new technology helping refugees for a man with their

this was an incredible, important meeting. all over asia, they're in love with the united states because of what we've done. and japan, i spoke to prime

picking up the slack will be asia was make an incredible market. 4096 over the next 20 years in termswth, the biggest market in terms of growing and in the middle class. we saw a flight from london to perth, the first time connecting great britain to australia using a boeing 787 but those of us in a straight want to go to sydney not perth. if you talk to qantas they are working on it. pratchett sunrise. we are working closely. the new triple seven will be in the marketplace in 2020. more range than any airplay and flying today but it is frankly not quite enough to get you from sydney to london. we are working to see how to make air planes in the next decade flying 21 hours. we will see it? alt—right longer range flying is becoming part of the strategy in latin america, asia and the middle east and it will be an important pa rt east and it will be an important part of the strategy. 17 hours in one airplay in and would rather do that and not make that stops i can be in my hotel room a little bit earlier. what are they going to do for the city ‘s who rely on a harbour city, singapore, du

the trump sign a deal to denuclearize the korean peninsula if it holds it could deliver an economic push in asia north korea can hope for a badly needed boost but it has far to go to catch up with south korea lets see just how far the split into north and south korea after the korean war was meant as a temporary solution but became a permanent division at the time it was actually the north that had the economic advantage with the lion's share of industry located right that the two koreas are similar in size but they're at least twice as many people living in south korea than in the north at least we think so because if zach numbers are hard to come by and the two nations economies are vastly different to in twenty sixteen south korea's g.d.p. was just under one thousand five hundred billion u.s. dollars on north korea's looks like a rounding error just twenty seven billion it's a similar situation when it comes to trade south korea is one of the world's biggest exports the huge trade surplus out in imports and it does a trillion dollars worth worth of total trade with other countries around the

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that she inherited from her ancestors and what we found was that she might have had an ancestor from asia. but the rest came overwhelmingly from around the mediterranean area. it had long been suspected that the woman had migrated from china not so it turns out rather she was from south eastern europe and had integrated into a socially mixed village community study manna buildings offer protection and there was likely a place for tribunals as mine it's diverse origins the community was well organized . the d.n.a. shows that the women with normal skulls have ancestors from central and northern europe while those with elongation skulls all come from elsewhere. as a for instance the taliban actually no i mean the surprising thing for us was to discover that the women the ones with the different scoldings came according to their genetic data from southeastern europe. so we have these women who really covered a great distance to arrive here in bavaria where they died and were buried just after. it's possible that elongated skulls were a female status symbol in southeastern europe perhaps the m

and picking up the slack from bowling would be asia, right? ane next 20 years is the biggest market in terms of economic growth, the biggest market in terms of growing and the middle class and a great market for new aircraft. we just saw a flight from london to perth, the first time connecting great britain to australia, the continent, ewing a dream lineup. those from sydney, we don't want to go to perth. we see those lengths in flight? qantas are working on it, something they called project sunrise. we are working closely with them. in 2020, we will bring a new aeroplane to the marketplace, it will have about 1000 nautical miles more range than any other today. it is not quite enough to get you from syd ney to is not quite enough to get you from sydney to london, so we are working with them, innovative ideas to see how we can make aeroplanes in the next decade able to fly at both 20, 21 hours. it is becoming part of the strategies to customers here in southeast asia, latin america, the middle east and it will continue to bea middle east and it w

fractured goods much lower cost in american manufacturers can do so trump is given in europe and asia an opportunity to undersell american manufacturers that tim aware of anything industrial beer kegs if we're talking about frying pans cars anything made out of aluminum and steel now are the foreigners outside of america will have an advantage over the american producers. the u.n. humanitarian offices reported on civilian suffering in libya he says there's been an unprecedented escalation of fighting in the coastal city of durban a in the past week alone at least five civilians have been killed two of them children clashes an air raids of also cut electricity and water supplies to over one hundred thousand people the u.n. report comes as the french president's been pushing for negotiations between the country's warring parties next our senior correspondent. has more on what role france wants to play in libya the french president mr mcauliffe has a certain brand he sells himself as a bit of a peacemaker his latest effort a libyan peace summit bringing together he need is some of whom are

fractured goods much lower cost and american manufacturers can do so trump is given in europe and asia an opportunity to undersell american manufacturers that tim aware of anything industrial beer kegs talked about frying pans cars anything made out of aluminum and steel now the foreigners outside of america will have an advantage over the american producers. just before we go football fever is spreading with just two weeks to go until the biggest event in the game anticipation is proving hard to contain for the world cup in russia even going into orbit. actually schools have a small football on the way in fact it's friday stan collymore show here. fifty years ago breaking within to come together as a sleeping pill. because. the side effects were terrible but not on the road. across europe. legal battles demanding at least some compensation. in two ways first of all the physical damage itself as well that the constant mind that the people who actually perpetrated this crime has never been the justice and there's been a couple. join me every thursday on the alex simon chill and i'll be spe

asia was higher than any president in recent memory. what they've done is profoundly alienate our allies, not just on an issue but to the point where i think in europe and asia they're beginning to fundamentally question their relationship with the united states. i mean, this is the actual crisis that they used to rail about happening before our eyes, and it's not just on one issue. it really could be a drift apart between the united states and the countries we count on the most in the world. >> i used to think that a lot of this was driven by both ideology and sort of interest group politics, right? so that you've got certain -- you know, the democrats have a coalition, the republicans have a coalition, they have different interest groups. but i sat there and watched a crowd of people in indiana chant "nobel, nobel," about donald trump and north korea. and i thought to myself maybe it's just cult of personality, like whatever the oppote of obama does they're going to go for. >> well, chris, in the book i go all the way back to the beginning on the campaign when i went to work for barack obama. the week i went to work for him he said in a

an artificial barrier in here. most of our allies, by the way, or many of them, by the way, did join the asia investment infrastructure bank. scarborough shoal. we had an agreement that the philipines with draw and they did but the chinese didn't. the undisputed historical sovereignty issue has been mentioned. the philippines brought a case to the permanent court of arbitration. vietnam signed on with a brief in support of that. the permanent court of arbitration came out on the side of the philippines, and the response from the united states was silence. and in effective and we mounted no effective resistance to china's creation of forward operating bases in the sprightly islands archipelago. the dredging of the coral out of the south china sea and the creation of these artificial projects risked a collapse of the south china sea echo system with attendant problems with supply of protein and food supplies. the silence in the face of this environmental assault was -- was telling. in addition, our response, and this is shangri-la dialogue season, is our response to this was secretary ashlton carter's statement that we

manufactured goods much lower cost in american manufactures can do so troubles given in europe and asia an opportunity to undersell american manufacturers that tim aware of anything industrial beer kegs if we're talking about frying pans cars anything made out of aluminum and steel now are the foreigners outside of america will have an advantage over the american producers. u.n. humanitarian offices reported on civilian suffering in libya it says there's been an unprecedented escalation of fire. and in the coastal city of durham now in the past week alone at least five civilians have been killed two of them children clashes and air raids of also cut electricity and water supplies to over one hundred thousand people the head of the u.n. humanitarian office in libya described the situation there in more depth instability is high in various places in yes there's always a potential for escalation the situation and is very challenging we have seen an escalation of conflict over the last period but it definitely has intensified it's over the last few days i mean concern us that the humanitarian

manufactured goods much lower cost than american manufacturers can do so trump has given europe and asia an opportunity to undersell american manufacturers of. anything industrial. the u.n. humanitarian office has reported on civilian suffering in libya it says there's been an unprecedented escalation in fighting in the coastal city of durban or in the past week alone at least five civilians have been killed two of them children clashes and air raids have also cut electricity and water supplies to over one hundred thousand people this u.n. report comes as the french president's been pushing for negotiations between the country's warring parties our senior correspondent more gadgety of his more on what role france wants to play in libya the french president mr mcauliffe has a certain brand he sells himself as a bit of a peacemaker his latest effort a libyan peace summit bringing together key need is some of whom are war with each other back on was proud to sit upon you for the first time these libyan leaders under this format some of whom do not mutually recognize each other's positions of t

europe doesn't have much tech and as a result, as big an impact. asia a solid session, broadly higher. on but it was a tech story in the united states yesterday. italy seems to be in the rearview mirror. trade, maybe we are looking beyond the trade story later this week and assuming some deal will get done. is the glass half full or empty? risk on or risk off? be in ank we will middling stage right now where there is enough growth to keep peak going, but there is enough risk around geopolitical trade. guy: where is my shortfall in that scenario? >> i like sectors people are more fearful of. cyclical lift in europe is still a good value. europe is not falling off a cliff. a little, are slowing but consistent with 2.2 growth, enough for growth in consumer stocks in europe. matt: is the idea that if we do have a trade war, we will be able to figure it out with enough time to sell the assets that we need to? it doesn't look good, but it is a slow-moving train. have almost been here a month ago where things were starting to look bad, rhetoric was increasing,

strains are some live pictures there's an update from asia where argentina playing croatia right have opened the scoring after cost make by argentina's go just so mind you cry should have never beaten a south american side of world cup in four attempts it seems it might be fifth time lucky for them and we're going to cross over and live it's a pita all of he's at the finest. it's very loud that peter hof the fans behind you must be getting very nervous and all for obviously very excited how's it going that well. it's certainly a lot more than the heart of the fans behind me very very. this i can tell you have not let it strike when it suck the air out of the thousands of people out of crum did to the fun fest here it was that you could spot islands in the sea of people islands of croatia fans jumping up but they're far and away outnumbered what i can tell you though is that when messi just went close not so long ago chance again of our head tina tina rising up from the crowd the notes giving up on this one yet but has a lot of shaking head say to people in the blue and whites of argen

in there going to be investment world, you need to be an asia.bout the new growth and rule of law within india. d.c. india getting to a better place because of a better business and financial rigor? >> investors use to think india was an easy place to invest, but it is harder than china. today it is easier. aime minister modi has done spectacular job of inviting ern investors in. rule of lawing the that existed becauthe british influence. opt abouit. francine: david, do you worry about emerging markets overall, so muchebt, surprised with the fed hikes or the dollar goes higher, a lot of these countries will have problems. >> if the dollar gets too high, the enormous amount of emerging-market corporate debt dollar denominated, but where the local currency is relevant becae that is where the earnings are, these debt numbers can be met the debt can't be paid off because the dollar is to highly valued and it has to be paid back in dollars. that is a real concern if the dollar gets too high. if there was a potential cause of a slowdown in the global e

asia will be on lng imports in producing mark our. that's where a lot -- producing more power. that's where a lot of the opportunities will be. that's where the possibility for antrade with the united states will be. obviously, anything that locks that trade, blocks investments, renewals, solar, wind across asia, again, an area where the u.s. has a lot of potential for further investment, that is obviously going to be potentially disruptive. hopefully, we will not see that. david: thank you so much, michael. barrow. michael peter navarro says the president has made it clear that he is a free trader. he says president is just try to level the playing field. a changingre seeing of the guard at the house arvices committee, opening up battle between the parties for one of the most influential congressional roles for wall street. we sat with one of the contenders to talk about has a reform. >> i think it will be a part of the administration -- a priority of the administration. elizabeth: what is your reaction to the white house report the came out last week? do you agree with that approach? >> it has been discussed. at this point, we need more detail in it. it is no

the weakest currency in asia, it thailand, an indonesian currency and the indian rupee 01’ indonesianlling against the dollar. there has been broad weakness, clearly not as much as we are seeing in some other regions but indonesia has been quite proactive, they have raised interest rates couple of times already. they have realise they need to get ahead of the markets and try to prevent it becoming too contagious, but the philippines have been behind the curve and they are paying the price. farmers in australia have warned against a move to stop the export of live animals to the middle east. demands for australian sheep and bmb demands for australian sheep and lamb has been at its highest because of the islamic festival of eid. at animal welfare concerns have led critics to call for a ban. please note, you may find some of the images in this report upsetting. packed on a ship for a three—week journey, this undercover footage shows dirty and distressed sheep being taken from australia to the middle east last year. more than 2000 died on thejourney. when the footage was aired in australi

an air asia pilot has been heavily criticised after he tried to flush out passengers who refused to getight in india were told to get off the plane after a delay of four hours, but refused to because it was raining heavily outside. the pilot then put the air—conditioning on full blast, sending dense clouds of air into the cabin. eyewitnesses reported seeing children crying and other passengers vomiting. another two countries are lining up to tax goods from the united states, in response to donald trump's tariffs on non—american steel and aluminium. turkey says it's going to target american coal, tobacco and cars, while india plans to tax us iron, steel and agricultural. tomorrow, the european union will introduce new tariffs on american goods like jeans, motorbikes and alcohol. this tit—for—tat over tariffs took a rather peculiar turn this week, when the us president claimed canadians cross the border only to take american goods back into their country. among the items being smuggled, said mr trump — footwear. but are they really? we've been to canada to find out. they buy shoes and the

a more robust institution in an analogous organization in asia. i think it is very telling and .robably a good idea those guys will spend a lot of those tworplanes, but ,egions are very closely ranked thinking about that space as a from continuum, moving that takes root. certainly be an opportunity for more inventive strategic thinking in the pacific. i think there are things that that we couldder, past, thefrom our world war ii experience that could be useful. >> you are contrasting the different architecture in europe. trying tois facilitate and encourage our allies, that can certainly be a challenge. when that could be a larger strategic approach from our common adversaries. we found a couple of years ago, when of the real we have been see -- wehing this since 1950 purposely campaigned against , across the dime, using all the instruments, every buzzword i can use. against thed soviets and operated against the soviets. i think the one real difference, whatever you want to call that thing that occurred after 1991, we really took that to heart, da

an end to easy money. a little more than the cost of borrowing in asia this week.governor will hold a press conference to a nswer calls will hold a press conference to answer calls to delay any further increases in interest rates there. 0n increases in interest rates there. on wednesday, another asian central banks, the bank of thailand, will have its monthly policy meeting. looking to friday, 0pec will have the 174th meeting in vienna, austria. we have the managing director of soho capital. he told us his thoughts on this. we talk about a hike in us interest rates could start to affect asia. investors are finally beginning to price risk correctly. with these systemic changes happening in the system, not the least of which friday, with production, investors will have to rethink yields and the cost of borrowing, and these assumptions. the cost of borrowing is the focus in asia because you have the koreans, and a massive summit last week had an impact on south korea in the economy going forward. what is happening in thailand? what is unique for equity investors is as

what would it take for asia to step up and be an international powerhouse of?lot of support from the multinationals, with the big budgets, to create these fantastic creations. however, quite often it is also the non—profit and the ngos which can create great ads. those are ads were you don‘t need a big budget but what you have on your side is power and purpose, and the ability to create real emotion. it comes down to the creative craft, and some countries seem to have it more than others. some countries have excelled in asia, from china, thailand and india. moving on now to the markets, and asia could basically slip before the weekend break, after the dowjones industrial average fell for an eighth straight session on trade war fears, with automakers tumbling following a profit warning tied to us tariffs. in the all ordinaries indexis us tariffs. in the all ordinaries index is up by a1. thank you for investing your time with us. sport todayis investing your time with us. sport today is coming up next, with all the action and the of argentina. the top stories thi

we will have a verified deal and if we can get that far we will have an historic change here in southeast asia, north asia and all around the world. [inaudible] >> mr. secretary, this morning -- [inaudible] [inaudible] >> well, i came here today in singapore to talk about north korea. but i am happy to talk about and work with our european partners as well. we wouldn't be in this place. we wouldn't have this historic opportunity without the diplomatic work that's been done by our european partners alongside of us. president trump is that enormous coalition including the same european partners, the g-7 partners to which you refer will help us get to this point, have every expectation that they'll continue to do that. there are always irritants and relationships and very confident the relationships between our countries will continue to be a move forward on a strong basis. i'm unconcerned about our capacity to continue to do what need to do to get the outcome were looking for north korea as a result of what you describe having taken place in canada. [inaudible] >> a look at this morning's panel

welcome to "daybreak asia." an election mandate as turkey enters an era of one-man rule.han $108nleash more billion in liquidity with the pboc confirming a triple archivist for many banks. from australian headquarters i am haidi lun. we kick off the brand-new trading week. u.s. and china playing a game of chicken as

if we get that far, we will have an historic change here, in southeast asia, north asia, and around the world. >> we will take the last question. mr. secretary, this morning, [indiscernible] [indiscernible] i came here today in singapore to talk about north korea, but i am happy to talk about work with our european partners, as well. we would not be in this place or have this historic opportunity without the diplomatic work that has been done by european partners alongside of us. president trump has led a enormous coalition, including thosen g7 partners, who have helped us get to this point and have every expectation they will continue to do that. inre are always irritants relationships, and i'm confident the relationships between the united states and those g7 countries will continue to move forward on a strong basis. i am unconcerned about our capaty to continue to do what we need to do to get the outcome we are looking for north korea as a result of what you described having taken place in canada. >> thank you. 0 this week -- in line >> this week, that coverage between president dona

be getting out if we see another bout of volatility, but take a look at how we are setting up in asia. an excellent handover from u.s. equities. the effect of the blowout johnson report still playing -- jobs report still playing out. and new zealand stocks coming back online, after yesterday which was a publicoliday, upside there. weakness in0.30, the u.s. dollar after pushing seven weeks of gains. eventsey, a lot of risk committed, not list -- least of which is the rba decision. expected to stay on low. the aussie dollar after hitting a six-week high yesterday following impressive retail sales numbers, 76.49 is where we are. and we spoke about the rally in equities overnight, not so much in the commodities complex. crude, a little bit of a lift, but falling to the lowest in about a month for a third day when it comes to wti after the open committee stressed a need to ensure that supplies could meet growing demand, getting into the opec meeting in a week or so. bloomberg commodities complex, index i should say, down over 1%. some of the biggest losers, the attention of trade between the u

kim jong un's private commitment to completely denuclearize is an important step towards bringing lasting peace and stability to northeast asia and indeed to the entire world as the president said this will be a process and not an easy one step closer than would advise the republic of korea and japan will be critical to the success of that outcome there it should rest assured that the united states the republic of korea and japan remain committed to achieving the complete the very fabric and irreversible denuclearization of north korea the us i insist with these two countries are absolutely ironclad minister mr kind and i have developed a close friendship and together we will continue to closely coordinated with respect to north korea as we move forward together. there's a trap as i made it clear that it came gently and denuclearize if there is a bright future for north korea and its people he outlined that vision beautifully here and said when he spoke at the national assembly last november when vision a strong connected secure and prosperous north korea that is fully integrated into the community of nations kim jong un indi

manufactured goods much lower cost than american manufacturers can do so trump has given europe and asia an opportunity to undersell american manufacturers of tin aware of anything industrial a beer keg people have talked about frying pans cars anything made out of aluminum and steel now the foreigners outside of america will have an advantage over the american a producer so trump has shot the american economy in the foot that seems to be his guiding principle from the way you describe it it sounds like actually the e.u. doesn't need to do anything in retaliation do you think there will be a trade war is already here is going to sit back and enjoy the benefits it has to do something legally it can't let america saying we're going to put a tariff on anything we want in order to have all of the monopoly in the world in our country and make you pay monopoly prices there's a reason there is an oversupply of aluminum and steel and that's because other countries are afraid of american sanctions they don't know who america is going to move against next so they have to be independent and basic need

an episode for parts unknown. his last public appearance was with his girlfriend. >> a sad morning for everyone here at cnn. >> hours before his death was reported, asia posted a crypticessage on instagram. a shirt with an expletive and a photo and said, you foe ho you are. she deleted it and said, he was my love, my rock, my protector. i'm beyond devastated. >> to those considering suicide. please don't. >> ace ya's close friend, rose mcgowan was in tears. >> the world will not be better off without you. oh, asia argento, you have been through so much. anthony, why? >> bourdain was a best selling author who overcame an addiction to heroin in the '80s. >> there was some dark genie inside me that i hesitate to call a disease that led me to dope. somebody who wakes up in the morning and the first order of business is to get heroin, uh, i know what that's like. >> she spent much of his life on the road. he told kevin he traveled 200 days a year in 2014. >> how do you you maintain a life at all traveling soer home? >> i have family. a young daughter. try to spend as much time as i can with them. we vacation together. >> bourdain's celebrity friends are paying respects. go

one is china which has much more of an advantage in asia now that we are suspending our exercises and possibly reducing or eliminating our troops in south korea. the other one is russia because of what we did with the g-7 and the new tariff plan. europe is destabilized and that gives russia huge advantages with the ukraine and syria and parts of the middle east. >>chris: jillian, as someone who worked on the national security council for president bush and president obama, president trump seems confident he got a deal from kim to give up his nuclear weapons, even if that isn't spelled ouin the final agreement. the joint agreement they signed. do you share the president confidence? >> i share the hope and optimism. not necessarily his confidence because i think the matter what is said now, time will tell. one thing to point out. in the wake of this summit, it seems the response is breaking along political lines much like it did to president obama's overtures to the iran regime. when it comes down to policy matters here, there's one major challenge the trump administration is facing tha

summit two weeks ago he appears now to believe that it could be the start of an unprecedented era of peace in northeast asia i hope the upcoming meeting in singapore represents the beginning of a bright new future for north korea and indeed a bright new future for the world the deed nuclearization of the korean peninsula would assure in a new era of prosperity security and peace for all koreans in north and south and for people everywhere trump also left the door open for more talks with the north korean leader even on home soil if the summit does go well will you in inviting north korean leader kim jong il to the united states well the answer is yes to the second part of your question but certainly if it goes well and i think it would be well received i think he would look at it very favorably so i think that could happen. all i can say is i am totally prepared to walk away i did it once before much thank you but before the singapore summit trump faces more tough diplomacy when he heads to the g seven meeting in canada. now let's catch up on some other news making headlines around the world russian preside

let‘s go to our asia business hub where rico hizon is following the story. that‘s an more. telstra is a very big employer in australia. that is 25% of the telecommunication‘s giant total work force. management says the layoffs are part of a strategy to simplify the business and to stay competitive. it is part of a major shakeup competitive. it is part of a major sha keup targeting competitive. it is part of a major shakeup targeting an extra $750 million in cost—cutting over the next four years. sally, the position that will be made redundant will be largely drawn from management with one infour largely drawn from management with one in four executives and middle management positions to go. telstra‘s chief executive, andy penn said the firm had to take drastic action to stay on top in an increasingly commit a competitive market. these cuts come less than a month after telstra warned that this year‘s earnings would likely be at the bottom of its guidance range. if you have a look at the stock price, basically it was disappointed. the market. investors remain concerned

japan will continue to play an important role in realising peace and stability in north—east asia, inunited states and the republic of korea. i'm looking forward to secretary —— working with secretary pompeo and the minister in the future. there we are, that press conference carrying on now between secretary of state mike pompeo and the theme of it was more aspirational than detail. they were talking about the endpoint that they want to get too which is a phrase often repeated, irreversible. the steps to get there, they didn't really go into. i think you can get a sense of the themes they have been talking about, particularly the concerns about south korea and japan because there we re south korea and japan because there were many references to the security guarantees offered by the united states to the region at the close co—operation that will continue between all the countries. i think we are going to get a question to the secretary of state any second now. but listen in. with all due respect, many details included in previous agreements. north korea pledged not to produce nuclear

was speaking to investors yesterday atan was speaking to investors yesterday at an event in london from overseas, from asiat of people, it had to be said, cannot understand the brexit decision, they also cannot understand why britain isn't being more confident in its negotiation. the story we are talking about, investors needing confidence, uncertainty is the devil of investment. we really do need that. the speccy something that i think is important, a bit more confidence —— this speccy. as boris johnson was recorded as saying, saying perhaps if donald trump was negotiating we would be in a different position. that is quite a welcome message. the ambassador is then take inspiration from donald trump. one company is being pessimistic, in the times, airbus. a very european company. frans has a 10% share in the company. —— france. as does germany and spain. thejob numbers over here in terms of potential losses if it goes, 40,000 people directly employed, another 110 thousand in subsidiary supply chain jobs 110 thousand in subsidiary supply chainjobs as 110 thousand in subsidiary supply chain jobs as well. --

is there an infrastructure issue with australia? asiago to it is not the same level that you get in australia. >> we are very aware of this and there is an infrastructure boom with $25 billion for this project and there is construction or what is planning to be constructed, including the queens wharf in brisbane or getting delivered, including a new casino, so there is a range of tourism infrastructure and it has been delivered and it is an exciting time for tourists. that brings me to how you are funding this. nding this is giving a rise? >> there is a corporation that is doing a lot findingng and we are that the market is very interested in the infrastructure projects that we have put forward and we recently went out and we found that it was incredibly successful and we will go out to the market again future.ot-to-distant >> are you expecting appetites in the market? are, yes. >> there has been an exit is of people heading to queensland to get better property prices. are you expecting a property boom? >> we have experienced a property

asia." says thefic market global rally on optimism that an all-out trade war can be avoided.ork where it is just past 7:00 p.m. on wednesday. fears of trade war is racking up . jpmorgan says the tension has cost investors more than $1 trillion. we are

an era. let's look at the markets in asia. there was a mini rally on monday, today was fairly flat.as up by 0.3%, something like that. the yen is much wea ker something like that. the yen is much weaker versus the dollar, but sharp shares down 10%. looking at europe, a bank in focus, i have been told we might not be able to show you the european numbers, royal bank of scotland shares are down 3.5%. i believe ben has the european numbers over his shoulder? i stole them coming here they are, sally. joining us is richard hunter, head of markets at interactive investor. richard, there is not a huge amount right now moving those numbers, there are a fewer underlying issues but nothing particularly new. what are you looking at? we have the ongoing chats between the us and china, the tee largest economies in the world. you have the korean situation. the italian situation appears less dire than this time last week. the worst scenario of italy potentially leaving the eu, when we had this with grease a few yea rs when we had this with grease a few years ago, greece was about 6% of the eurozon

hiroshima was completely hidden by an impenetrable cloud of smoke and dust. in east asiasecond world war is still so raw it dominate headlines. so how the countries of the region tell themselves their war stories really matters. but as memories of the war die away, what aspects of the conflict remain in focus and what's left out of the frame? i'm rana mitter, a literary historian of east asia. and i have come to tokyo to find out how japan tells itself the story of the war through its movies, movies that recreate the era of devastation that still shapes this country's relationship with the region and the world. this museum in central tokyo is a record of the everyday lives of wartime civilians. everything from preparing ever scarcer food to sheltering from american bombs. and it's that perspective on the face of japanese civilians that's at the heart of a recent surprise blockbuster. on its release in 2016, in this corner of the world seemed to catch some weight of public mood and became a big hit. it talks about a woman called suzu starting her married life near hiroshim

ramy: next, asia is leading a revival in emerging market assets. we are joined by an economist. g. ♪ ♪ yvonne: this is "daybreak asia, i'm yvonne man. ramy: i'm ramy inocencio in new york. the reserve bank of india's surprise decision to raise the rate hike hit indian bonds overnight. the market recovered a bit as traders looked at not only what r.b.i. did, but what it said. kathleen hays is here. how hawkish was this move? kathleen: you always look at what the central banks say. they do something, then tell you about it. a surprise, maybe a third of economists surveyed on this question. said yes.hird or less that is why everybody was off-base. people said there is a's policy -- a policy statement. about theese concerns r.b.i. getting ready to go on some kind of steady rate hike path. the decision is consistent with the neutral fence. that means you're not going to tighten or go towards easing. is the objective of achieving a medium-term target for consumer price inflation of 4% within a band of plus or -2% while supporting growth. why did they take this step? inflation is the ma

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