our country has won two olympic quotas from the asia-pacific games.h these results, the national team of our country is preparing themselves for a worthy participation in the paris olympics. taher ali shoundi, correspondent of saud broadcasting news agency. mohammadi and kavyaninejad are one step away from winning the olympic quota. at continuing selective cultural wrestling competitions. at the paris olympics, which will be held in bishkek, kyrgyzstan , today amin kavianinejad won the 77 kilos after a rest round against a wrestler from iraq and went to the semi-finals. at this stage, qavianinejad competes with an opponent from china, and if he wins, he will travel to paris. in 87 kg , alireza mohammadi is the representative after taking a break in the first round. defeated kyrgyzstan and went to the semi-finals. if mohammadi wins in the semi-finals against the uzbek opponent , he will get the right to participate in the 2024 champions league. the semi-finals will start at another hour. continued news of club football in europe at the beginning of the

and obviously japan asia—pacific region. and obviouslyjapan is on asia—pacific region. china. what do you think this will do in terms of the geopolitics surrounding this? we have already mentioned the fact that chinese is not happy about this development. we were talking earlier in the programme as well about taiwan's huge investment in the united states and chip manufacturing, etc. there is a lot going on in terms of the us and it involvement around what is happening in china.- happening in china. there certainly _ happening in china. there certainly is, _ happening in china. there certainly is, but _ happening in china. there certainly is, but for - happening in china. there certainly is, but for the i happening in china. there. certainly is, but for the last two years, hence this past progression with regards to the second stage of this act, is it notjust second stage of this act, is it not just the second stage of this act, is it notjust the us, but also, other countries are worried about an expansion by china globally and notjust in the asia—pacific region, but if

we had a very good meeting with our asia pacific - good meeting with our asia pacific partners, south and australia, and of course the background is that our security is interlinked, what happens in the indo—pacific matters for europe and vice versa. and the war in ukraine demonstrates that very clearly because we see how china is propping up because we see how china is propping up the russian war economy, delivering equipment which is also used in the russian military industry. in turn, moscow is hoping its future to beijing and north korea are delivering missile trains to russia and in return russia is delivering technology for the missile and nuclear programmes of these countries. so the idea that we have one security in europe and one in asia doesn't work, our security is not regional but global. and as has been stated from leaders in the region, what happens in ukraine today can happen in the south china sea tomorrow. so this interlinked security is the reason why it is important we work together and this is partly about practical cooperation, we are looking into what more we can

the tour of the national women's hockey team to the country after winning the asia-pacific communitys and continuing the club football competitions in italy and spain. very good sports news. welcome, good evening. i will start the news with a report . the iranian women's national hockey team returned home with the championship trophy in the asia-pacific competition. asal heidari , the star of the iranian ice hockey team , was the asian championship. we were able to turn our silver medal into a gold medal. it was a very good experience for us. in this tournament, i was able to be the best scorer and scorer. last year we had won by a huge margin, they showed up very differently and on the other hand , the iranian team had also improved greatly . at 22:00, they will go to the same distance zanim won the tennis championship of miami tennis competition. in the lower tennis match. we follow the news with a report in the past year, refereeing in football matches has always been one of the topics discussed in sports circles. as defenders, the refereeing of football in 1402 had a difficult ti

the spokesperson of the chinese foreign ministry criticized america's missile adventures in the asia-pacificion. mawning said: china strongly opposes any attempt by the us to deploy an intermediate-range missile system in the asia-pacific region. he asked washington to be concerned do not inflame the security issues of the countries in the region. at least 3 people were killed and 20 others were injured in two separate explosions in baluchistan province of pakistan. the first explosion occurred in a mosque in quetta area , killing a police officer and injuring 15 others . the second explosion occurred in a market in the city of hoddar . according to local authorities, both explosions occurred with improvised explosive devices embedded in motorcycles . no group has yet claimed responsibility for these two explosions. scientists have warned against the increase in greenhouse gas emissions. us national oceanic and atmospheric administration. announced the amount of greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrogen oxide has reached an unprecedented level compared to last year. the amount o

he is the director of the fund overseeing the asia pacific region.china, the population and this is a serious _ population and this is a serious challenge and that accounts for why the groups are forecasting 2.5% and remove, move — forecasting 2.5% and remove, move the _ forecasting 2.5% and remove, move the other way, the population and the idea is much younger— population and the idea is much younger you have different, yet different— younger you have different, yet differentjobs younger you have different, yet different jobs for the people coming _ different jobs for the people coming into the labour force in india. — coming into the labour force in india, china to be coming to grips— india, china to be coming to grips with_ india, china to be coming to grips with the ageing population. i grips with the ageing population.— grips with the ageing “oulation. ., ., , population. i want thoughts from what _ population. i want thoughts from what is _ population. i want thoughts from what is been - population. i want thoughts from what is been going - po

the asia - pacific rowing competition for the olympics has started this morning in south korea. work went on until the very important competition of the girls. according to the same tactics that we had developed, fatemeh took the work forward and was able to succeed. tomorrow, fatemeh has an important match. sami final, god willing, our girls' duo will be able to have a good competition with uzbekistan this time, and the rowing team of mohsa javar and zainab nowrozi , after successfully passing the preliminary stage , were placed in the second place of the olympic games in paris, and so on. and on sunday, they will go to the distance of their opponents. it's great , come on, it's good, mohsena, the preliminaries were good, we just wanted to come up from our first set, i hope that we will set a very good time for the finals, of course, this is not the reason why the finals will happen just like that , but we got weak energy, god willing, we will finish the finals with let's finish with a good record and a much better position fateme majalal also in the single rowing of sang. thai

"washington will expand its military presence in the asia-pacific region. trilateral summit in the white house with the participation of the presidents of the united states and the philippines japanese premiere. the key theme was criticism of china. beijing was accused of allegedly aggressive actions in the south china sea and its policies towards taiwan were condemned. as a result , they announced plans to hold the next naval exercises of the united states and its allies in the region. from washington. report by dmitry melnikov. this meeting of the pacific triad in washington is another step towards a big war in asia, which the united states is preparing its allies for. joe biden says this directly at the very beginning of the summit. and in the coming years, most the history of our world will be written in the indo-pacific region, where three allies, three trusted partners and three proud democracies represent half a billion people. already in the next one. this year, the three states will begin joint patrols with coast guard forces in chinese-contested w

us congress approves new arms aid to israel . and obtaining four olympic quotas for iran in the asia-pacific calm water rowing competitions. the national futsal team also won the second victory decided the final quarter. in the name of allah , the most merciful, the most merciful, may god bless muhammad and the family of muhammad and hasten their fate. greetings and good morning to you , dear and honorable countrymen, we are in your presence . we present the detailed 8 am news together with my colleagues . political figures of pakistan. the visit of the president of the islamic republic of iran. islamabad will give an opportunity to expand relations. they evaluated a two-sided strategy. mr. raisi is going to visit pakistan on monday . the efforts of tehran and islamabad to strengthen fraternal relations were announced by the official sources of the pakistani government. mr. raisi, president of the islamic republic of iran, he is scheduled to enter islamabad on an official visit on monday . character. pakistani politicians believe that this trip can initiate strong and strategic relations bet

morgan stanley saw a 12% drop in revenue from the asia-pacific region.ey are getting down to fairly low levels in terms of staffing these tasks. so we will see. they all still maintain their focus on maintaining a presence in mainland china as well as hong kong. so they will need to keep staff up, should these markets eventually turn around. we've looked at that for a long time now. everybody says that the type -- deal pipelines are healthy. but the deals are just not coming through. obviously they will need some sort of staffing to take care of the deals. should they eventually start to materialize. haslinda: thank you so much for that. in the markets, asian stocks trading in tight ranges after powell's hawkish comments. let's do a check in on how currencies are faring with averill hong back in the lion city. avril: very interesting picture emerging. the dollar rally after five sessions is stalling despite those hawkish comments from the fed chair. in many ways, this is because it's more or less a confirmation of what we got from the red hot uscp i prin

more than 80% of our export raw materials go to the countries of the asia-pacific region.global market is changing from alexandra nazarova, she’s joining me, good morning. tell us, what forecasts are made for the price of oil? experts? sash, good morning, it can reach $100 per barrel. at the end of february, russia became the largest supplier of oil to... india and china , opec came to this conclusion. for us, these markets have also become key; we ship our main export varieties there: west siberian euroлs and east siberian espo. india has become the key buyer of the eurol variety. indian oil refiners actively purchased this grade during the twenty-third and twenty- fourth years. well, accordingly chinese direction actively collaborated on the espo variety, yes, that. the port of kozmino is a direct supply through the scavardino-mahe pipeline project, which has a connection on chinese territory. accordingly , these two markets are probably now the key ones for the sale of russian oil. there is also a turkish direction and other directions that continue to work. in february

we understand that the economies of asia-pacific countries are growing, and these countries, friendly to trade with us. we have competencies in the country, we have what we need. the railway in this section runs along the very shore of the sea of ​​japan, and until today, the transportation of goods was carried out here along one single route. only 11 km, but incredible volume of work to smooth out the relief, half a million cubic meters of earth were removed, three bridges were built, and two more rivers on the way now flow through concrete pipes, but the cargo flow in this section immediately increases by one and a half times. the port of vanino is not the end point of bam, the railway continues a little longer, but this is where the land route ends for... millions of tons of cargo transported from west to east, this is, for example, the largest coal terminal in the khabarovsk territory, coal is brought here by train and here nearby they are already loading them onto ships. for the dal-transugol company, this is like the beginning of a new era, and now one of the city-forming enterp

the asia-pacific rowing competition for the olympics was also followed in janangjo, south korea, andnian team made history in the women's lightweight double boat, consisting of mahsa javar and zainab norouzi, and by winning the silver medal , they won the olympic quota. fateme majalal won another quota for iran's rowing by winning a bronze medal he brought 2024 in the olympics. mehmadi and kavyaninejad are one step away from winning the olympic quota. in the continuation of the selective cultural wrestling competitions of the paris olympics, which will be held in bishkek, kyrgyzstan , today amin kaviani nejad won in 77 kilos after a rest period against the wrestlers from iraq and reached the semi-finals. at this stage, kavyaninejad competes with hadifi from china, and if he wins, he will travel to paris. alireza mohammadi defeated the kyrgyz representative in the first round after taking a break in 87 kg and went to the semi-finals. mohammadi in case of victory in the semi-final against the opponent uzbek gets the right to participate in the 2024 olympics. the semi-final matches will

with his chinese counterpart, including discussing the ukrainian crisis and cooperation in the asia-pacificcial correspondent in the chinese capital boris ivanin joins the broadcast. boris, greetings, have the negotiations already ended and what else is on the program for this visit? yuri, greetings, but in general it must be said that the main program of all official events, a bilateral meeting, will take place tomorrow, well, now in beijing, as you see. it’s already 9:00 pm, a time difference compared to moscow, but nevertheless, this evening is a busy and working evening for the head of russian diplomacy sergei lavrov, he is now holding a bilateral meeting with his chinese counterpart, the minister of foreign affairs of the celestial empire ivan and, and this the conversation was closed to the press, but maria zakharova, the official writer of the russian mido , published a photo from this meeting, and how you can see from this photo... the ministers have a traditional tea ceremony in the chinese style, and as has already been announced in our foreign policy department, and the ministers

let's look at how we are shaping up in terms of trading this tuesday in the asia-pacific.s you consider, futures are pointing higher by a quarter of a percent for australia. we had a broad-based rally on the air starts monday, up 1% can pretty much every sector apart from energy in positive territory. similar story for the nikkei and the kospi as well, the kospi was at 1.5%. we might see more of the same today. nikkei futures looking flat at the moment. new zealand showing a better softness, off by 0.25%. but it was a pretty good day for equities in the u.s., we will get to that in a moment. we will have pmi's for japan later. cpi for singapore in the month of march is coming up too. flood of earnings of the u.s., and about. annabelle: that's right, as he said, we saw start heading higher -- we saw u.s. stocks heading here overnight but the sustainability of the rebound is the question. u.s. futures fell flat this morning, little movement across the screen over all, but it is the counter to the key numbers coming up magnificent 7, very much in focus. expectations are extre

mary: so i think it has become increasingly clear that so-called like-minded states in the asia-pacificting and coordinating more closely certainly on defense and security but also on what is now called economic security, resilience supply chains, closer economic relationships, and we see japan and australia both taking clear steps to be in lockstep with the u.s., with regard to its position in the asia-pacific and seeing china today as a strategic challenge or perhaps even a strategic threat, whereas previously, there was a lot more effort on the part of japan and australia to enhance the partnership elements of their relationships with china. louis: lots of political discourse. we have not got time to go into that now. i want to talk about space. that was mentioned. u.s. and japan cooperation. is this something that we should look into question work --look into? mary: it represents two important elements of the u.s.-japan relationship. one is that the relationship is multifaceted. it is not only a security relationship. it is not only an economic relationship. there are so many issues

that's driving the rally in the asia-pacific today. the japanese, taiwan, south korean gauges are seeing more pronounced moves compared to the past two sessions. hong kong as well is one of the world's best performing markets. the hang seng has erase losses for the year. we are seeing a readthrough from the tech rally into the fx space as well as the korean won climbs thanks to stockmarket inflows, keeping an eye on the aussie after a hot inflation print. let's flip the board because i want to look under the hood and take a look at the ev complex and what is driving the moves in the asia-pacific. the hong kong listed peers of tech -- of tesla are climbing along with tesla's south korean and taiwanese related suppliers. to be clear, it's a miss on sales. i think the acceleration of the launch of new models helped to allay concerns about its strategy. arguably, the lack of new models is what is driving sluggish growth for sales in china. among the chip names, we are seeing the south korean, taiwan, japanese ones that are climbing after t

the msci asia-pacific pacific index trading at session lows.he big losers in terms of benchmarks include that nikkei and the topix. and in the fx space, it is a strong dollar story putting pressure on asian currencies. the korean wan is down and the peso is down by .7%. the yen is getting a bid up and is traditionally a haven play. crude oil, wti crude up to .7% and it brings the question, what happens to the flight against -- the fight against inflation. the latest on energy markets as the u.s. confirms as really strikes on targets inside iran. that is next. keep it here with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ her uncle's unhappy. i'm sensing an underlying issue. it's t-mobile. it started when we tried to get him under a new plan. but they they unexpectedly unraveled their “price lock” guarantee. which has made him, a bit... unruly. you called yourself the “un-carrier”. you sing about “price lock” on those commercials. “the price lock, the price lock...” so, if you could change the price, change the name! it's not a lock, i know a lock. so how can we un

the other end of the road, the us trying, the ohms vice in the asia pacific shows no signs of left to go up. and fortunately, that doesn't seem to be any near tub threat to, it's not turning into a hot wall, god willing, but the competition for military pension money in the region. and that for the increases in spending are likely to continue. all right, we'll leave with that some public friedman. thanks very much. thank you very much for having me. the know tit for tat, a time between iran and israel had raised fears of a wide, a war in the middle east. the us and his allies been posed more sanctions on terror on hoping to the limit its ability to attack israel again, measures crit, the private run of billions of dollars in revenues, but are on says that the economy is resilient. recent data, in fact, shows its exported more oil in the 1st 3 months of the then at any time in the past 6 years, but many radians say the struggling veronica patricia as this report now on april the so the teams iran launched hundreds of miss alt and drones towards israel, it was the single largest drug an

what do you think is the rivalry between the united states and china in the asia-pacific region? region, how it affects the whole situation, because we see that the congress will deal with assistance today not only to ukraine, israel, but also to taiwan, other asian-texas allies of the chinese of the people, of the united states. the people's republic of china, in its turn, is taking an obvious initiative in order to somehow pull the allies of the united states to its side, but the minister of foreign affairs, vani, was in indonesia, and today, according to the plan, he has already held talks there in guinea, where the americans would like to have their real military capabilities. justin tachenko, the minister of foreign affairs of this country, that is, these are their clear, i would say, such attempts, even these countries of the pacific region, which are trying to pull their side with the united states, how can the americans counteract? well, the americans have created a real trap for china, especially recently we have seen such a partner trap, so to speak, because biden manag

how do you think the rivalry between the united states and china in the asia-pacific region affects everything? situation, because we see that the congress will deal with assistance today not only to ukraine, israel, but also to taiwan, other asian-texan allies of the chinese people, and the united states. the people's republic of china, in its turn, shows an obvious initiative to somehow pull the us allies to its side, but the minister of foreign affairs was in indonesia, today he has already held talks with justin tachenko in planned guinea, where the americans would like to have their real military capabilities. foreign affairs of this country, that is, it is their clear, i would say, such attempts, even these countries of the pacific region, which are trying to cooperate with the united states, to drag their side, how can the americans oppose this? well, the americans said really bad things about china, especially lately we have been seeing such bad things as a partner, so to speak, because biden managed to establish relations between korea and japan and create this triangle. which activel

still ahead jl else is the asia-pacific is the only region that saw growth in real estate investment.is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ >> live pictures from shanghai, looks pretty good. totally blank. china heading to lunch. index is down for a third day, by the way. ubs lifting its call on hong kong stocks to overweight. ubs is downgrading to neutral to fund its overweight call. take a look at where we are. pboc governor paul gong sean and the risk of inflation. china headed to lunch, japan coming back from lunch and we are doing a check in about the yen. avril: boj expected to hold on rates. varying inflation picture. some think we could see boj signals coming through. dollar-yen hit 15485, highest level since june, 1990 despite the solider. -- softer dollar. we got the finance minister of japan bringing the verbal level back toward that level. seeing concern about risk given how traders are piled in one direction betting on yields weakness. leverage fonts asset managers based on yen weakness last week, figures have risen to the highest since records began in 2000 six. among the risks. as i say, wh

japan is preparing for a conflict with china, so that if necessary. the main competitor in the asia-pacific with. alexey vasilovsky will continue. with state honors, a parade of honor, anthems and a red carpet, the biden administration has so far welcomed just five visitors, and four of them, including now japanese prime minister fumio kishida, are from asia-pacific countries australia, south korea and india. the white house does not hide that its strategy in asia is to create a sustainable and one. the rake to china is one of the foundations of washington’s current foreign policy. just two generations ago, our countries were embroiled in a devastating conflict. it would be much easier to say that we remained adversaries. instead, we made better choices. we became the closest of friends. the countries are going to strengthen their friendship primarily by developing military ties. all the details are not disclosed, but the vector is obvious: to make japan the strongest american military ally in the pacific. interestingly, 3 years ago. leaders of the then-created alliance the quad, the four o

tomorrow, we will also meet with our asia-pacific partners and i think the war in ukraine demonstratesow intertwined the security of europe is with the security of asia and the pacific. north korea, china, iran are supporting russia's war of aggression. so this demonstrates that security is truly global and it's important to work together with our asia-pacific partners. thank you for the strong u.s. leadership on this issue. lastly, tomorrow, we will celebrate nato's 75th anniversary. we actually meet tonight, but also tomorrow, we will market there at the nato headquarters. and then we will also mark the 75th anniversary of the nato summit in washington in july. thank you for hosting the summit and it will be a great summit to celebrate the alliance and ensure we continue to adapt and nato continues to be the most successful alliance in history. host: that summit will be in july in washington and we will be sure to bring you news about that. he did mention that 2% of gdp to be spent on a nation's defense, so here is an abc article about defense spending of nato members and there's a c

, just how much of an improvement there had been in that equity flow and equity markets in the asia-pacific. certainly japan has been a standout market. global investors had been shunned for many years. but also on the fixed income side as we have seen and with a lot of readjustment in positions and especially in treasuries but really across the developed world and mature bond markets. most government bond markets have repressed the scenario that looks white different for interest rates than it did a few months ago. that coincided with the increased activity and increased volatility that is plaintiff's revenue lines and some of these banks. that is the good story. the good news story coming out of some of these investment banks. of course you still have this issue in the lending income continues to be a pretty big area of pressure there. the net interest income is continue to be a tricky area for these banks. quick thank you very much indeed. we will continue to monitor whether the pickup in training will be sustainable for some of these. at least partial retrenchment. checking in on what e

. >> we are seeing a bit today makes recovery in the asia-pacific. the hang seng is leading the way , gamed to the highest level in about two weeks, underpinned by the surge in these chinese tech names. but apart from that, it is really a mixed picture where you have the kospi that is quite flat. a lot will depend on those big tech earnings. a nikkei that has paired games firm early on in the session, following the comments from the countries finance minister and the possibility of yen intervention. it does seem like sentiment towards china is improving. we have a rare upgrade coming from ubs on its chinese hong kong stocks to overweight from neutral. it is going to do this by downgrading south korean and taiwanese stocks. on the csi 300, we see it is negative for today, but the msci china, another key gauge is taking higher. since the january lows, it has been recovering about 14%. the reasons behind this ubs call, it says that her earnings and china have been fairly resilient despite the property sector woes, despite the macroeconomic concerns, and

that's a ton of the century when the bomb helped to open the markets of the asia pacific region for the russian economy accounts and provided a reliable transit route for the full of you raise your friends, you've been a single connection with the trans siberian railway. you me see if it has become a truly strategic transportation for the order of not only national but also global, significant less or not you club by, you know, as much as not a pressure ceremony withheld as the credit relating to policy. so what was the rest of the president announced plans to upgrade the line as well as improve the quality of life of people that live alongside the food and also presented a state to was the veterans or the rail industry of scale. so through just a quick side to run out of the program and you know, uh russia and china, the trade is.

it's take a look at other movers in the asia-pacific.e got earnings from the chip business, coming back to profitability first time since 2022, helped along by the ai boom. this is why we are seeing it outpaced sk. it is down and the rival is one that has the edge in memory. the other big gain or is mitsubishi electric, thanks to its full-year forecast higher than average estimates. let's look at dollar-yen because i'm sure you're keeping your close eyes on it. something to note as we weigh each whether the finance ministry stepped into the market is we saw huge swings, volatility and this mirrors may of 2022 when the finance ministry did step in. something to consider as we await confirmation. tom: avril with a check on the asian markets, thank you. indeed. we will stay with the asian markets. japan's government will need to work given the economic forces and case for depreciation, yield differential between debt and the treasury story. let's bring in mark cranfield. stability and the yen, less inventory. our traders convinced? >> no. i

increasingly clear that j becoming increasingly clear that so—called like—minded states in the asia—pacificing more closely, certainly on defence and security, but also on what is now called economic security, resilient supply chains, closer economic relationships, and we see japan and australia both taking clear steps to be in lockstep with the united states, with regard to its position in the asia—pacific and seeing china today is a strategic challenge or perhaps even a strategic threat, whereas previously there was a lot more effort on the part ofjapan and australia to enhance the partnership elements of their relationships with china. ., ., , ., china. yeah, lots of political discords based _ china. yeah, lots of political discords based around - china. yeah, lots of political discords based around the i china. yeah, lots of political - discords based around the difference between the words challenge and threat, we haven't got time to go into that now, we want to talk about space. astronauts, usjapan space. astronauts, us japan cooperation, space. astronauts, usjapan cooperation, is thi

is the dream of every athlete who can get an olympic share and become an olympian, to reach the asia-pacific rowing competition to win a share of the paris olympics in changju. south korea will continue until april 4th. on the first day of this competition, the representatives of our country will compete with their opponents in the single and double divisions. tahereh aali shonedi, a senior reporter of saul radio and television agency. follow the news we will take it with another report. the international skiing and snowboarding competition was held at the resort track with the participation of russian champions. the second day of the fourth week of the international ski snowboard league. the small spiral section was held at one of the highest ski slopes in the world, tochal tehran, and in the last days of april, the fourth round of fizeh competitions, we held three rounds of our competitions at the international ski slope of shamshak , now it was closed due to lack of snow, and we came to tochal we have very good snow in our resort, a joint camp for almost 8 days with the national team. rus

muslims in several asia-pacific countries , takbir reciters performed eid al-fitr prayers in hundreds of thousands of mosques. the government of malaysia, ignoring the official reception of eid al-fitr worshipers , allocated the cost of this ceremony to help displaced muslims in gaza. allahu akbar and alhamdulillah. after a month of service and worship in the month of god's feast, australia and japan are happy and hopeful for the worshipers who, wearing traditional colorful and fragrant clothes , join shoulder to shoulder in a glorious procession after offering the eid al-fitr prayer on this day. in indonesia and malaysia by cooking all kinds local food and sweets feeding the poor traveled to their hometowns as the biggest national religious occasion of their country celebrated hariraya. a celebration that, of course, smells more of palestine this year, so that the government of malaysia, by abandoning the celebration of the public ceremony and receiving large numbers of eid al-fitr worshipers , allocated the cost of this ceremony to help the displaced muslims of gaza. muslims in indo

at the turn of the century, bam helped. open the markets of the asia-pacific region to the russian economyand provided a reliable transit route for all of eurasia. together with transib it has become a truly strategic transport a corridor of not only national but also global significance. this year , the railway's carrying capacity was almost 42 million tons. over the past 12 years it has tripled and... commission more than 300 infrastructure facilities, including backups of the severomuysky, kuznetsovsky and kadarsky tunnels, as well as a bridge across the amur. over the next 10 years, the volume of transportation along the eastern railway range should reach the level of 270 million tons per year. this will allow for more widespread development of natural resources in the attraction zone bama and transib will be a powerful impetus for the opening of industrial complexes and the creation of modern ones. jobs, development of social infrastructure in eastern siberia in the far east of russia. in this regard , i would like to emphasize: we will pay special attention to improving the quality o

muslims in several asia -pacific countries are takbir speakers with the presence of hundreds of thousands eid al-fitr prayer was held in the mosque. the government of malaysia , by abandoning the official ritual of welcoming eid al-fitr worshipers, spent the cost of this ceremony to help muslims. the worshipers who, wearing colorful traditional clothes , regularly walk shoulder to shoulder in a glorious procession after performing the eid al-fitr prayer on this day in indonesia and malaysia by cooking a variety of local foods and sweets to feed the poor . they celebrated hariraya as the biggest national religious occasion of their country. a celebration that, of course, smells more like palestine this year, so that the malaysian government has decided not to hold the ceremony the public and wide reception of eid al-fitr worshipers allocated the cost of these ceremonies to help the displaced muslims of gaza. muslims. indonesia and malaysia , after performing the eid al-fitr prayer and asking for halality from the parents of their relatives and family elders , they come to the graves and as

let's look at how markets are setting up for this friday in the asia-pacific. april hong is in singapore. >> it's a big day watching out for tokyo cpi numbers for the month of april do this hour. of course it's about the boj decision and more importantly whether we get hawkish signals. signals of quantitative tightening. the central bank is considering measures to reduce the levels of bond purchases, and in the meantime the likes of morgan stanley and mufg economists flagging a potential young shot from the tokyo cpi numbers because of a lack of clarity from the statistics bureau about how a component, the elimination of high school tuition fees, will be reflected in the index. that makes it a bit difficult for economists to meet forecasts. we are looking at nikkei futures pointing to a higher open and the yen about 155 .6. sydney and new zealand on break yesterday, futures pointing to declines. let's look at where u.s. assets are as we have numbers out of the data overnight that show on the quarterly front, came in hotter than expected but growth numbers were

they said they see weakness in the asia-pacific and -- not so much china, but other regions around the globe. katie: let's end on a good note. what is going on with chipotle? >> record high. they are doing this stock split, hopefully in june, because that is a really large number. earnings were good for chipotle. comp sales beat. they looked at the full year outlook as diner traffic seems to be increasing. the demand for chicken is so high that chipotle told employees to not buy any chicken because they have to conserve the supply. katie: just insatiable demand for chicken. i don't know where that came from. emily griffey oh, thank you so much. brian nickel will be on later today with the bloomberg markets close at 8:30. but don't go anywhere. u.k. futures broker is going public in the u.s. we go live to the nasdaq with ian lowitt, next. ♪ - super excited to open up my diploma from southern new hampshire university. ♪ ♪ - i'm nervous, i'm excited. ♪ ♪ - [man] okay, let's see it. let's see it. - oh my gosh. - jesus suarez, i did it and it's here. (group cheers) ♪ ♪ - [narrator] next ter

if you take a look at the msci asia-pacific, energy stocks doing their best today.nty more to come. this is bloomberg. ♪ paul: welcome back to get you are watching bloomberg markets: asia. japan is about to come back from lunch. let's take a look at how the nikkei was doing. much like many other markets. a few declines today. perhaps not surprising after that harder than expected cpi print that we had out of the united states. the nikkei off by about half of 1%. the japanese 10 year is an interesting one. we saw that rise the highest it's been since november. the yen though, that's the biggest talking point of the day when it comes to foreign exchange. now still looking pretty weak. for more on that, let's get over to our japan economy and government editor paul jackson. we were previously looking at 152. his 153 the new 152? paul j.: well, i don't exactly see it that way. as you know, the currency officials cannot be seen to be protecting a certain level. that would go against international agreements on allowing markets to determine exchange rates. so they need a

could keep the analogy going all day, but the bindings are getting tighter and tighter. >> asia-pacific at the hudson institute. thanki you so much for a great presentation and great program today, grateful for it. what else can be done on the road to the natosummit to ensure that this summit is not upended by events in ukraine -- fortunately the aid package passed. what else can be done to ensure that this summit is not a fleeting moment, but is part of an emerging trend in international security that these four countries are contributing and working closely with nato in the future? stephen: who would like to start? doug? douglas: my turn? i think there is a lot we can do. summits are a point for the alliance that we chart the way forward, so we should be charting the next steps. also with the indo-pacific partnerships, i think that probably looks less like some formalizing of it and more about us trying to find ways where we might be able to enhance the cooperation that exists. -- so a lot of what we do with our indo-pacific partners right now is really just talk to each other, exchan

asia pacific rowing championships the olympic qualifiers started this morning in changja, south korea, and the iranian team, consisting of mahza javar and zainab norouzi , advanced to the final stage in the women's light weight doubles. in singles, fatemeh majalal made it to the semi-finals and in heavyweight singles. don hamid reza rizvani went to the second chance stage. in this competition, the first five individual boats and the first two double boats will receive an olympic quota. olympic freestyle wrestling in the asian continent and the efforts of iranian representatives to get a quota. these competitions started an hour ago in bishk, kyrgyzstan, and in the weight of 57 kg, ahmed. young mohammad nejad in the first round 0.10 he defeated an opponent from tajikistan, but in the second match he lost to a mongolian wrestler on 3/14 and lost the olympic quota. next, yunus emami in 74 kg and amir ali azarpira in 97 kg will face off with their opponents. the finalists of each weight will have a quota for the paris olympics. the 24th week of the premier football league started with per

insecurity for china, but if we take the aid package you mentioned, which is intended for the asia-pacificn it in addition to 8 billion dollars, it also includes 2 billion dollars directly to help taiwan, with such gifts, with such carrots, mr. blinken arrived, so naturally they are trying, the americans to continue pressure on... china from the point of view of technological, ban, let's say, the import of high-tech goods, from the point of view of pressure on internal chinese problems, xindian, hong kong, that 's mainly taiwan, taiwan, which one way or another officially they believe that the united states believes that taiwan is part of the prc, but is actually happening de facto. one way or another, this still has something to do with trade, economic and business relations between the two states, and the main thing here is to show not that he was met by the non-deputy minister of foreign affairs, which is required by protocol, but to indicate the business part of the visit, because a serious obstacle is, of course, the chinese surplus in us trade, $300 billion, if we take into account e

completed in the asia-pacific certification union , the value of this work is that it brings economic benefits to the country, prevents the withdrawal , and turns the islamic republic into a powerful technical cylinder for issuing certificates from other countries in the region. this technical development and economic for producers, traders and merchants while opening global markets has a decisive role in the jump of production and economic strengthening of the country. now , the products that are made in iran, as a reference, our test results and inspection results can actually be used in asia and the pacific at this stage. it can be approved. our certificates , when there is actually a source of foreign exchange income for the country , it can expand a lot in the field of business , our quality actually reached that world level, now the question of actually increasing our production can also be raised. laboratories approved by salah national center. it is approved by international assemblies in 110 countries. zahra parvesh of the sed and broadcasting news agency. the head of the tax

for our part, we are ready to offer our partners access to the fast-growing markets of the asia-pacific to this end, on the basis of advanced technologies, we intend to implement plans for the accelerated modernization of bama and transib, the development of the entire eastern railway range, implementation. these plans are of great importance for strengthening the connectivity of our country, for our political and economic sovereignty, and it is no coincidence that the idea of ​​developing communication routes to the eastern borders of russia was promoted by outstanding politicians and public figures at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, so in 1908 pyotr stolypin attended a meeting of the state council at that time, which actually played the role of the top chambers of parliament. defended the project for the construction of the amur railway, thanks to which the transip completely passed through the territory of our country. i am absolutely sure that the new big development tasks the eastern training ground is capable of real fighters, such as bamovtsy. this is a special community

in asia-pacific, we've seen the fees generally a lot higher.e about fees. they prefer the higher fee products. the higher the fee, the premium the product. if you price it too cheap, people get concerned. anything that is free doesn't catch demand. i think the demand should increase. we've seen a lot of demand for spot bitcoin. it should be interesting to see what happens. haidi: rebecca sin there with us. markets opening in hong kong and mainland china and the next hour. limberbutt or -- reporting that micron is posed to get $6 billion in grants from the commerce department as soon as next week. watching tsmc's results out later. this is bloomberg. ♪ you're probably not easily persuaded to switch mobile providers for your business. but what if we told you it's possible that comcast business mobile can save you up to 75% a year on your wireless bill versus the big three carriers? you can get two unlimited lines for just $30 each a month. all on the most reliable 5g mobile network—nationwide. wireless that works for you. for a limited time, ask

if you look at the msci asia pacific index, we are up 0.8%. some of that has to do with japan, up 1.3%. the other thing in japan is the earnings start this weekend investors are inspecting more of a payout now in terms of dividends and someone because japan has been doing well and companies have been doing so well and the yen has been weak, which has helped companies for the most part. japan up 1.3%, the kospi up 1%, that's a slightly different story next to sk hynix for some of these gains. sk hynix of more than 4.25% right now, it will invest in a played in indiana in the united states. it will do research and of element on ai chips and that is having a halo effect on chip stocks around asia, at the moment helping indices move higher, as well as the fact that chip plants are coming back online in taiwan after yesterday's tragic earthquake. the kospi up 1% but if we flip up the board, a little more volatility in currencies. begin today still trading around 151.70, not in the danger zone, thanks to lee for the dollar which had been strengtheni

iran's women's national ice hockey team , said goodbye to the national games after winning the asia-pacific. it was 22 years ago that i first started swimming, and then i started playing my brother's sport, squash, and then my daughter introduced me to speed skating senai in the battle with the seconds. they brought him to the national team in speed skating. after a year , they offered me to participate in freestyle. we were able to come on the ice and try it on the 1402 tournament. it was asia and pacific and it was held in thailand . very strange, we got very good results and we were able to become the runner-up in our first appearance. just after one year, this silver turned into gold in kyrgyzstan . finally, we were able to fight so much let's achieve that knowledge. to hold each other's hands high and for the honor of our country. let's sing something together, it's a very proud and beautiful feeling, mrs. sanai, what happened when you said goodbye to the world of pure acting, to be honest, this was a decision i made before the competition, this goodbye is not the end of the road, it i

the iranian women's national hockey team returned home with the championship trophy in the asia-pacificpetitions. asal heidari, the star of the iranian team, was on the ice of the asian championship . we were able to turn our silver medal into a gold medal . it was a very good experience for us. in these matches, i was able to appear very differently as the teams that we had won by a large margin last year and mutually the iranian team has also improved greatly. let's turn it into gold and return proud. hero girls have expectations now. we are preparing for the asian olympics that will be held next year. my wish is that they can support us in terms of equipment and we can really continue this path with full strength. if this happens and we are supported, we promise that we will get results. the iranian team with tavere khani shah mohammadi and ehsani got silver. the first group of iran's national weightlifting team, including mustafa javadi and reza dehdar, to participate in the world weightlifting cup, which is the last selection stage. paris olympics became thailand. homayoun tawfighi

be on issues related to russia, the dprk, the situation in the middle east, as well as in the asia-pacificere, of course, we are primarily concerned with issues that relate to our country and our sphere of interests; in this context, it is interesting what the foreign press writes, including the financial times newspaper, quoted by our colleagues from the russian media, reports that the us secretary of state, during a visit to china , will warn his colleagues about possible sanctions if beijing refuses to stop supplying moscow with technology, the financial times writes , citing its sources. we will discuss all this with ours. public opinion is preparing in advance that this will be a very serious conversation, and most importantly, what is important here is not even that the united states is putting pressure on china, what is important is what measures they will propose so that china, so say, to push us away from working with russia, and it seems to me that here, in my opinion, the united states went to obank and will threaten, first of all, with sanctions against leading chinese companie

begin some kind of redrawing from this very geopolitical... military-political point of view, the asia-pacificn, which they now call the indo-pacific, is therefore a clear example, here we need to talk about something, this is not just a point in a unit of time, but a problem that is now unfolding on the european continent, and this is not only the history of the creation of nato and the aggressive engine that is embedded in this organization and has not gone away. this is not only an inability to keep one’s word, in fact, a reluctance to do this from the very beginning, no, this is a question for the future, how dangerous this bloc is in principle for international peace and security, here it seems to me that this question is worth starting to answer, this is absolutely not local history, this is a global story, and you know, this week nikolai patrushev... the head of the security council said in an interview that russia de facto and nato is de facto in a state of war, well, that’s what he called it, let’s clarify, and nato is the de facto country of conflict in ukraine. and in this regard ,