be that the peninsula is is kind of insulated from the larger the geopolitics off the north east asia south the south korea has already shown that it is not not terribly interested in getting into things like a regional ballistic missile shield well it's not interesting i'm going to eilat for a line we're going to final we're going to find actually let's yeah we're going to find out just how far the pentagon wants to go along with it john let me go to you because if you get if you look at the mainstream media and the punditry that we are bombarded with all of the time and the mainstream media is really not on board here is it just because they don't want to see succeed at anything or in the military industrial complex i mean south korea in there and that region of the world is a nice. trough for arms in the u.s. as a vast military establishment there that needs to be paid for i mean is it a combination of these things here and go ahead john in washington. well you know i peter i don't know that's that's that's kind of hard to say what i will say is this i think what has happened is that we

be that the peninsula is is kind of insulated from the larger the geopolitics off the north east asia south the south korea has already shown that it is not not terribly interested in getting into things like a regional ballistic missile shield well it's not interested in going to eilat for a line we're going to fly or we're going to find actually less yeah we're going to find out just how far the pentagon wants to go along with it john let me go to you because if you get if you look at the mainstream media and the punditry that we are bombarded with all of the time the mainstream media is really not on board here is it just because they don't want to see succeed in anything or in the military industrial complex i mean south korea and the and that region of the world is a nice. trough for arms in the us as a vast military establishment there and that needs to be paid for i mean there's a combination of these things here and go ahead john in washington. well you know i peter i don't know that's that's that's kind of hard to say what i will say is this i think what has happened is that we hav

be that the peninsula is is kind of insulated from the larger the geopolitics off the north east asia south the south korea has already shown that it is not not terribly interested in getting into things like a regional ballistic missile shield well it's not interesting i'm going to eilat for a line we're going to final we're going to find actually let's yeah we're going to find out just how far the pentagon wants to go along with it john let me go to you because if you get if you look at the mainstream media and the punditry that we are bombarded with all of the time and the mainstream media is really not on board here is it just because they don't want to see succeed at anything or in the military industrial complex i mean south korea in there and that region of the world is a nice. trough for arms in the u.s. as a vast military establishment there and that needs to be paid for i mean.

be that the peninsula is is kind of insulated from the larger the geopolitics off the north east asia south the south korea has already shown that it is not in not terribly interested in getting into things like a regional ballistic missile shield well it's not interesting i'm going to eilat for a line we're going to final we're going to find actually let's yeah we're going to find out just how far the pentagon wants to go along with it john let me go to you because if you get if you look at the mainstream media and the punditry that we are bombarded with all of the time and the mainstream media is really not on board here is it just because they don't want to see succeed at anything or in the military industrial complex i mean south korea and the and that region of the world is a nice. trough for arms in the us as a vast military establishment there and that needs to be paid for i mean there's a combination of these things here and go ahead john in washington. well you know i peter i don't know that's that's that's kind of hard to say what i will say is this i think what has happened is th

and asia south it takes a closer look. russian screen pastures bundles of gold and hey blue skies and sunny valleys picture a flock of wild animals scattered across the meadows and you've probably conjured up a perfect wildlife preservation park. but in one park in the netherlands something clearly went wrong to the point where the park authority started to shoot some of the animals yes you had it right. the reason all the ponies deer and cattle which were roaming free had been reproducing too much last summer and when winter came there wasn't enough food for all the hungry mouths and the weakest started to die local animal lovers try to come to the rescue and feed the animals but tend to livestock control laws of legal . you see according to the ranges the more animals the fats the faster they will reproduce the less food there will be and the more that will eventually die to minimize suffering they began shooting the weaker ones more than three thousand animals were either killed or starved to death within the last few m

culled at the local nature reserve defenders of the move say it's more in line with nature and asia south it takes a closer look. the russian screen pastures bundles of gold and hey blue skies and sunny valley it's picture a flock of wild animals scattered across the meadows and you've probably conjured up a perfect wildlife preservation park. but in one park in the netherlands something clearly went wrong to the point where the park authority started to shoot some of the animals yes you had it right. the reason all the peyronie's deer and cattle which were roaming free had been reproducing too much last summer and when winter came there wasn't enough food for all the hungry mouths and the weakest started to die local animal lovers try to come to the rescue and feed the animals but tend to livestock control or thoughts of legal. you see according to the ranges the more animal fats the faster they will reproduce the less food there will be and the more that will eventually die to minimize suffering they began shooting the weaker ones more than three thousand animals were either killed or s

asia. >> there have been bureaucratic issues. in russia -- and south africa is benefiting -- southeast asia is benefiting from this at the moment. this is all been driven by politics. noise, corruption, everything -- markets are learning how to deal with geopolitics. you can have a sudden turnaround in the dollar or u.s. treasury maybe 3.5%, and then we are all caught of guard. -- caught off guard. then you have a real problem for central banks and economists. >> emerging markets have become

. >> in asia, south korea kospi closed for a holiday in china shanghai composite upon .54% over optimismese economy. trade to what a deal. $85 million pricey to his new york apartment. plus, two rolls-royce because you can't just use one. a trip to outer space a kid you not in much, much more. "fbn:am" continues right now. coming up on 530 am in new york. monday, may 7th. i'm cheryl casone. gerri: good morning. i'm gerri willis in for lauren simonetti. cheryl: 85 million. we've got this. quite a story. this space then we'll talk about that one. today you've got vice president mike pence meeting but u.k. leaders about the every nuclear deal. warning the withdrawal would be historic. gerri: kris jenkins live in washington with more on that. reporter: good morning. boris johnson will pick up where they left off trying to convince the president to stay in the every nuclear deal. he meets with vice president pence this afternoon says in an op-ed the deal has weaknesses that can be remedied. this is house armed services committee says they should delay the head of saturday's deadline. >> may b

asia. these south korean students see trumps flip-flopping as a danger to world's peace. salt is hoping to keep negotiations on track. -- seoul is hoping to keep the negotiations on track. >> the south korean government remains committed to continuing talks. meanwhile, the japanese leader threw his support behind trump. >> this cancellation is regrettable but i support the u.s. president. such a summit would have to bring progress on the nuclear missile issue. the world is now waiting for the from trump to see if he is really walking away from the summit. sarah: for more, we bring in their richardson standing by in washington. we have more back and forth on whether or not the summit could actually go ahead. do we know president trump appears to be changing his mind and? -- again? >> his supporters would say this is all part of a grand strategy that is aimed at extracting more concessions from korea. those supporters gave him a lot of credit for walking away from the summit because the does seem to be a huge gap. although, we had a date and a place in singapore on june 12,

from kuala lumpur, here's our south east asia correspondentjonathan head. mahathir mohamad completed the most unlikely of political comebacks, sworn in as prime minister at the age of 92, 15 years after he last held the post. watching from his hospital room, anwar ibrahim, his one—time protege, then rival and now political ally. this morning, dr mahathir let everyone know on his twitter account that he was getting straight down to work but there was one order of business more important than the rest, something he said he had discussed with the king at his inauguration, getting mr anwar released from prison. it is going to be a full pardon which first means that he will not only be pardoned, he should be released immediately when he is pardon. after that, he will be free to participate fully in politics. this is the next essential stage in an extraordinary personal drama between the two men who began as partners in power, broke up into acrimonious rivalry and have been brought back together again as allies in this unexpectedly successful bid to unseat the ru

our ancestors many of the objects originate from other countries and were brought to berlin from asia southamerica or africa sometimes their history in provenance are problematic one example is a royal throne from cameroon lushly decorated with precious glass beads the film explores the items history and goes on a journey to its country of origin. keep us who saw. me do theater. cue new theists do poorly. on a critic's the cameroonian royal thrown from the kingdom of was a diplomatic gift from king enjoy to kaiser wilhelm the second one of the consequences for us today it's in berlin legally but we have a responsibility to the museum and. the collection of the pression cultural heritage foundation is a living network it's continually being developed further with the help of new research this film allows the viewer to take part in the adventure of this vital process now berlin's treasure trove. on release in germany. the provenance of some of these objects as was evident in that report is problematic how did you deal with that whole topic well we chose that throne that we just saw from the k

but remember the png, just like many of the states in south—east asia and the south pacific, there isastructure to provide the internet, the internet access and access to social media platform is quite highly concentrated in the urban areas. so if the impact is to be felt on society, it would be unduly felt by the people particularly in the city who bear the brunt of the ban on facebook. one more story to bring you... if the weather is hotter than average, students are likely to perform less well in exams. that's according to a major study from researchers at harvard and other us universities who say there is a "significant" link between higher temperatures and lower school achievement. they said for every half a degree celsius rise in average temperatures, pupil performance went down by about 1%. rico, i know it is always hot in singapore, what do you make of that? it is very important! you have been watching newsday. stay with us... the us deadline for a long term deal with the european union on steel and aluminium imports is looming. we will take a look to see if the united states

what we see in the east asia and south asia regions is where the vast majority of people move aroundot own. it is the shared economy in this part of the world that is accelerating expectation of transportation by investing in hardware but also in putting people into shared mobility in marketslike didi like china and india. haidi: what about the infrastructure investment side of things? you hear the stories about tesla owners in china who set up these makeshift urging stations, little chat groups were they can tell you where they charge. is the infrastructure there? they getting their? -- are they getting there? >> it is moving, certainly on the rise. china's goal is to have, by 2020, as many charging facilities in the population as there are electric cars. 2020, in1 ratio by this, nation of both government and private investment now along with state investment side-by-side. the question is where do you put the charging facilities? do you put them in individual homes or into the fleets where they are accessible to the public where a lot of electric vehicles, where the mobility service

but the prospect of cancellation has touched off protests in asia and the south korean students see trumps flip flopping as a danger to world peace. soul is hoping to keep negotiating on track for me and i mean when you're gone i think all parties hope the problem can still be resolved through dialogue which the south korean government remains committed to continuing talks and of course in the meanwhile the japanese leader threw his support behind trump the big chill of. this cancellation is regrettable but i support the u.s. president with such a summit would have to bring clear progress on pyongyang's nuclear missile issue he said along that the world is now waiting for the next sign from trump to see if he's really walking away from the summit. for more let's bring in claire richardson who is standing by with the latest from washington so clear you know as we see here more back and forth on whether this summit could actually go ahead to we know why president trump appears to be changing his mind again. hi sarah well term supporters would say that this is all part of his grand strategy t

in this small income rate in south asia strategy to benefit from us military expect younglings miss attention as such and that would play some peace and i'm well aware of the role russia with caviar as well as a crab star then traditional suit with the french too at a convention some of the main course that was all topped off if they could pack it all down first appearance of emanuel mack on and vladimir putin in front of cameras during the current french president's first ever trip to russia and the format of the visit suggests that he didn't have to bring his wife here but he did so he's here with bridget and it seems that lately any important woman who comes to visit lot of putin gets a buckie of flowers angle a merkel did so last week when she went to saatchi and this time brigitte got a blockade to end then they can tell you that hundreds of journalists i guess but less than that maybe just one hundred gathered there and they all remember including myself how just a short while ago and manual macron was holding hands with donald trump at their meeting and they remember how a few awkward

navy ships and one point two billion in support of my administration in south asia strategy japan is one ally that stands to benefit from u.s. military expansion especially after the recent reelection of its prime minister who vowed to defend japan from north korean aggression weeks after p.r. yang's missile launches these election is about whether we can defend japan from north korea and ensure it will live happily and the unpredictability on the korean peninsula has fringe benefits for some american rivals the south china sea has been a serious bone of contention as of late with the u.s. attempting to assert its naval presence there much to beijing's annoyance so the larger threat of north korea's nuclear program has shifted u.s. military attention that would otherwise be focused towards china and although russia doesn't directly benefit from its unpredictable neighbor it's certainly doesn't mind a challenge to u.s. dominance in the region well these countries are just. getting into an arms race and it's increasing and. expanding its military operations it takes money.

, not just south korea but in asia.y peripheral states, chinese said we want to be in pacific basin, u.s. stands in our way, let's see if we with negotiate. charles: if we were to pull out of japan they would have to revamp that constitution. >> no question. article 9. charles: we would have an remembero arms race. >> article 9 would have to be modified, and japanese would have to develop nuclear weapons and maybe they should. charles: not about dismantling everything and stopping a program. a series of you know reduction and getting rid of the nukes, would that be acceptable? >> you know, i think it has to be. these are negotiations, they have compromise. charles: you think that america some accept the deal? >> i think it is something to consider. you have to look at kim jong-un. there is no way he will go for a complete total denuclearization, it was brill i don't kno brillis part to say send them over now. charles: so. now it feels like he has a reassurance. president trump said it in front of the world. do you think

stabilize prices in japan most of the country's natural gas needs are met by suppliers in australia south east asia and the middle east this week time for carrying around seventy thousand tonnes of us shale gas arrived in japan. sure there has fall into disrepute it's been made responsible for a raft of health problems especially the hidden sugars and lemonades and dairy products so demand for low calorie substitutes is rising in greece farmers are forming cooperatives to boost the production of the sugar substitute stevia. why dope in planes and plenty of sun here in central greece conditions are ideal for cultivating stevia growing interest in the plants used as a sugar substitute has prompted seventy local farmers to clump together and form a co-operative stevia hell us is now europe's biggest stevia plantation. to begin with we knew nothing about how to cultivate stevia but step by step we discovered how to make sure it grows well here but everyone gunroom the farmers consulted scientists who told them more about the plants properties. as consumer demand for the sweetener grows farmers are keen

about staging see the rain extends a bit further towards the south across china affecting chain do and hand as well for southeastern parts of asia we've got germany fine conditions across more northern parts of the philippines so for luzon it should be fine temperature in the mid thirty's there for manila further towards the south so for southern parts of the philippines some heavy showers a possible so he wet across more western parts of the island of borneo java bali the odd shower but i think gerry not too bad and then notice through the malay peninsula we've got a scattering of showers began not too bad for the most part some showers are likely across thailand some heavy ones expected here at times bangkok looking at temperatures in the low thirty's for south asia we still have the possibility some heavy showers affect in sri lanka and southern parts of india further north dry and very hot in night for highs of forty five. the women sponsored by cats own and raise. once a rising star of the a.n.c. now it's b.s. describe this. boy. proof a master of control the same on your invitation to nominate. for a new voice for the marg

countries in the south and southeast asia but as always it it's the poor segments of the population that feel the effects the most absolutely and the poorest feel it the worst in two ways the first thing is that the very worst episode is concentrated inside people's houses when those people depend on cheap fuels like chalk hole and wood and so the poor people who can buy cleaner fuels will have the worst effects but the other way in which the poor are seriously affected is that they are more likely to live in polluted parts of a city so near a power plant or near a highway and they're more likely to work after office so for example a street vendor is a construction workers and so even where they haven't caused pollution from private cars they're still lacking to feel the worst effects thank you very much sarah cullen brenda from the international institute for environment and development thank you. well now india's top court has criticised the government for failing to protect the taj mahal from pollution a marble monument has been slowly yellowing because of industrial smog while insect

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across south asia, we have forecast of heavy rain, thunderstorms, hail, and some dust storms, but some in the south, and northeast of the states into bangladesh with the threat of thunderstorms continues in the 0utlook across daca. across europe, there is a mixture of sunshine but also some showers, some thundery ones, a few developing over the alps, but decent temperatures. the warmth is going to be heading our way, lifting the temperatures in the days ahead. chilly air not far away. one of the things that are going to change. this is bbc world news today. our main headlines. what a wonder people are feared dead in cuba after a passenger plane crashed on take—off in havana. three people were pulled alive from the wreckage. ten people have been killed in a shooting at a high school in santa fe in texas. the gunmen to a student has been arrested and another person has been detained for questioning. ahead of tomorrow's royal wedding of prince harry and his brother and best man have been meeting well—wishers in the english town of windsor. crowds are gathering for the events to take place

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use studies on stem counts have been conducted in asia africa and south america but they appear to show that male fertility that is fairly stable. mates and makes people and animals better when they're sick right not always. overused and misused in health care and has been. this has led to the emergence of multi resistant bacteria. and if pathogens that i mean to therapy end up and water distribution systems it would be a major cause of concern. like other microbes antibiotic resistant bacteria are invisible that means they can easily pass unnoticed but can they survive in our water systems could they be found in tap water to answer that question we're going to take a trip into the depths. and talked to experts who know all about this mysterious world among them chemists health geographers a microbiologist they all work for a german research group known as who they are and they're interested in answering the same questions as we are. where are their antibiotic resistant bacteria and pathogens. and concentrations of these bacteria in our waterways and sewer systems. and poor. let's begin

theution was worst in eastern mediterranean and southeast asia where some toxins were five times safety limits. south korea has begun dismantling loudspeakers in the dismantling -- the militarized zone. the countries agreed at the historic summit last week to end cross-border messages. there are signs north korea is also dismantling its loudspeakers, but seoul sza cannot confirm that. global news 24 hours a day on air and on tic toc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm paul allen. this is bloomberg. leapad: apple having a big in late trading after revenue beat analyst estimates. we have concerns about lackluster demand for its flagship iphones being calmed down. it is also returning more money to shareholders from a mountain of cash. people are almost relieved

on into what is day further south we have got some rather live shots from time to time and then towards the at least the side of sumatra should be largely dry forward in asia you know just jakarta at around thirty three degrees logic right to across much of south asia but the heavy and lively showers continue into the northeast of india into bangladesh also into where bangladesh some very heavy rain on the cards here with the possibility of some localized flooding for a good part of the week. there with sponsored by the time and place. welcome back you're watching all of us there on the whole rob a reminder of all top stories israel's prime minister says iran has secretly pursued a nuclear weapons program and lied to international observers about it in breach of the twenty fifteen nuclear deal by the business and you know you says he has conclusive proof of the program iran's foreign minister rejected the accusations calling them a rehash of old claims. and u.s. secretary of state mike perry has urged israel and palestine to restart the peace process as he wrapped up a three day middle east tall pompei also said israel had the right to defend itself as vio

to south asia now where thousands of the hanger women who say they were raped by soldiers in myanmar are due to give birth in overcrowded bangladeshi comes they fled the military crackdown in rakhine state last year along with more than seven hundred thousand range of muslims. as well. fatima was just sixteen and newly married when she sees me and the soldiers killed her husband as they burned her village she fled into the forest but soldiers caught in the air and she says one of them raped her after the trauma of trying to make it to bangladesh she discovered she was pregnant but she doesn't know who the father is her late husband or the soldier who write to her one more moment he's my baby how can i throw him away i have to love him. more than seven hundred thousand muslim or henge or create a military crackdown on me and mass rakhine state late last year nine months on this at revenge a camps in bangladesh are expected to rise dramatically the un expects twenty five thousand babies will be born in may and june that's nine thousand more than the first four months of the year overwh

navy ships and one point two billion in support of my administration south asia strategy japan is one ally that stands to benefit from u.s. military expansion especially after the recent reelection of its prime minister who vowed to defend japan from north korean aggression weeks after p.r. yang's missile launches these election is about whether we can defend japan from north korea and ensure it will leave happily and the unpredictability on the korean peninsula has fringe benefits for some american rivals the south china sea has been a serious bone of contention as of late with the u.s. attempting to assert its naval presence there much to beijing's annoyance so the larger threat of north korea's nuclear program has shifted u.s. military attention that would otherwise be focused towards china and although russia doesn't directly benefit from its unpredictable neighbor it certainly doesn't mind a challenge to u.s. dollars. and so in the region what these countries are just beginning to recognize is they're getting into an arms race as it's increasing in japan as china is expanding its

south asia and afghanistan uncertainty has been placed in the south asia strategy currently in the least dramatically erased the caliphate with the whole government approach with and through that partners crush the claim and deny them geographic haven to plot to murder two months ago thanks to a bipartisan port and the political courage of congress president trump signed the only was still for the remainder of the fiscal year and this along with the two-year budget agreement past and the bipartisan act in february finally has the inefficient and damaging continuing resolution funding process now providing the predictable sufficientso funding needed to continue implementing the national defense strategy. fiscal year 2019 budget request19 is what is necessary to provide the military force needed to deter war and of deterrence fails with any conflict to forc force -- reinforce the tools of diplomacy to ensure the diplomats. to restore the competitive military advantage and with the national defense strategy with lethal force to strengthen our alliance while building new partnerships and ref

lord mayor, you are halfway around the world, in south east asia.s region helped london? well, it is a great sense of excitement. here in singapore, an important international hub in its own right, a healthy sense of competition, but there are many areas, as financial services develops, areas we can collaborate, whether it is cyber, teentech, green finance, a very exciting agenda —— fintech. teentech, green finance, a very exciting agenda -- fintech. keeping with our trade scene, one of the most familiar symbols of american business has to be the trading floor of the new york stock exchange and you might have noticed a certain common trait among the traders. they are all men. well, all but one. we spoke to lauren simmons, the only female trader on the stock exchange floor, as well as the only african—american, and the youngest. genetics graduate lauren simmons was a lwa ys genetics graduate lauren simmons was always an unlikely candidate for a career within the beating heart of the us economy, as clients often like to remind her. a woman, and you ar

south asia strategy. concurrently in the middle east we dramaticallyhe reduced prices physical caliphate using a coordinated whole of government approach that works by, we've been through our allies and partners to crush prices flame and to deny them the geographic haven from which the plot murder. two months ago thanks to the bipartisan support and the political couragent of congress and the dedication of this committee, president trump signed the omnibus spending bill that funds the government for the remainder of the fiscal year. this blog along with the two-year budget agreement passed as part of february budget bipartisanan act finally freed s from the inefficient in damaging continuing resolution ending process and is now providing predictable and sufficientt funding n needed to continue implementing the 2018 national defense strategy. for fiscal year 2019 budget request as resources necessary to fulfill and provide the combat credible military forcell is needed to deter war and if deterrence fails,

i want to associate myself as a resource and particularly asking to focus on appointing east asia and south asia. as to pakistan, it is a country of great importance and hasas various regions. i hope the state department helps with the language and i hope you would reach out to the leaders of pakistan about the disappearances and the forced disappearances. and i understand your bargaining position is complete with the entire nuclear weapons program any irreversible manner. referring to as the libya model while you can go into negotiations, you can come out with verifiable limitations with new material or a halt to their icbm program that should not be regarded as a failure simply because you don't complete verifiable or irreversible b denuclearization of the arabian peninsula. as to turkey i hope the administration would. oppose the sale of the s35 they are not a you want -- weapon to be used against terrorist but i hope the state department would at least be neutral should congress consider the recognition or the remembrance of the millions of the victims of the ottoman empire the beginnin

but the prospect of cancellation has touched off protests in asia the south korean students see trump's flip flopping as a danger to world peace her. soul is hoping to keep negotiations on track for me and i mean you go and i think all parties hope the problem can still be resolved through dialogue which the south korean government remains committed to continuing talks and i wish in the meanwhile the japanese leader threw his support behind trump the big chill of snow played on this cancellation is regrettable but i support the u.s. president about such a summit would have to bring clear progress on pyongyang's nuclear missile issue he said i want that the world is now waiting for the next sign from trump to see if he's really walking away from the summit. well our washington correspondent claire richardson has been following the story for us and of course she says trump's latest move should go down well with his base supporters would say that this is all part of a master grand strategy that it's trump's a way of doing tough negotiations to try and get more concessions out of north kore

looking for broader economic cooperation not only with north korea but south korea and perhaps some additional influence in northeast asia that was josh smith reporting from seoul south korea a living human rights activists in the united arab emirates has been sentenced to ten years in prison for criticizing the government and the monsoon seen here with his children was arrested in march last year he was shot and that has been found guilty of using social media platforms that you were in government reputation by spreading misinformation he's also been fined more than two hundred fifty thousand u.s. donna's human rights groups have condemned the day. now within the studio i have views and i she's been looking into human rights in the region welcome first of all tell us more about emmett months as you mentioned he's a very prominent human rights activist in the u.a.e. that sort of rose to prominence in two thousand and eleven parallel to the wave of protests in the middle east known as the arab spring he had actually called for a public petition to boycott the elections in the u.a.e. he was in prison then and was was was r