effect of the economy, the trade disputes at the moment. >> i have questions of ambassador of new zealand. australia and new zealand, the security grounds. the one who does that for a reason. i'm wondering how you rebound and talk about the security concerns. .. when their significant changes to networks that are run by the private sector they need to consult with the digital and security agencies. that has been done by a vendor neutral in the country neutral basis. the security concerns that have been identified that are not visible to me and i'm sorry to say, the process was followed, not a political process and it is ended up where as we'll see where it goes from here. >> i'm going to take the prerogative of associate myself with the embassy of new zealand. [laughing] similarly, it's not a matter we can really discuss but certainly will submit great consideration. >> dick cunningham with steptoe and johnson. the source of all of my trade was and is of course the american baseball player yogi berra who famously said it's always dangerous to make predictions, especially about the future. the coroll

australia, new zealand and samoa have welcomed in 2019. nd a half million people gathered around sydney harbour earlier to see in the new year with a spectacular display of fireworks. now on bbc news, from harry and meghan‘s wedding to prince charles‘ 70th birthday, daniela relph looks back at the royal year in review 2018. cheering. a picturesque windsor wedding. for prince harry and meghan markle. as they became the duke and duchess of sussex. cheered on by thousands during their carriage procession through the town. band plays. the queen had a president to tea as she kept up bit busy as she kept up a busy schedule at the age of 92. can i ask you tojoin me in wishing the prince of wales a very happy birthday. for the prince of wales, a milestone birthday. a 70th for an heir to the throne who has waited longer than any other. and there was a new grandchild for charles in his new birthday year. prince louis of cambridge, fifth in line to the throne. back in february she was still just meghan markle, but was settling into life with her new r

the trade dispute at the moment. >> [inaudible] so i have question for the ambassador from australia and new zealand. so speak of the cooperation with china, both australia and new zealand ban huawei 5g network citing security. actually, yesterday -- [inaudible] do you approve the reason why they banned it. so i'm wondering how you respond, and you talk more about the security concerns while doing business with china. thank you. >> do you want to go first? >> no, you can go. >> okay. [laughter] >> you've both been promoted. so, first of all, congratulations. >> yeah. no, i'm sorry, to be honest, i can't really talk a lot about it. basically, in the new zealand legislation set up around our telecommunications system when there's significant changes to networks that are run by the private sector, they need to consult with the new zealand security agencies. that consultation happened on a vendor-neutral and a country-neutral basis, and, you know, the security concerns have been identified and not visibling to me. i don't know, sorry. so a process was followed that's not a political process, and it's en

australia new zealand and the u.k. have all banned huawei from five g. internet trials and japan and canada are looking into the risks the company's technology is could pose to them too despite all of that remains the world's largest telecommunications equipment and service provider and the second biggest make a smart phones after some song. ok let's get going let's bring in our panel today in taipei taiwan on skype ross darryl feingold a political analyst who advises multinational corporations on political risk in asia in hong kong and really on an international and independent china analyst and in birmingham in the u.k. also on skype scott lucas a professor of american politics at the university of birmingham a warm welcome to you all ross darrell feingold in taipei to companies know the risks when they do this kind of thing. well there are certainly a pattern of u.s. authorities taking action against companies that they view as in violation of either u.s. law or international and specifically united nations sanctions we've seen this with iran we've se

national security saying its technology could be used for spying other countries including australia new zealand and japan appear to share those concerns addressed banned or are mulling bounds on huawei products but the timing of this case is especially sensitive just last week chinese leader xi jinping and u.s. president donald trump agreed to a ninety day truce in their months long trade dispute it's now looking on shakier ground than ever. we spoke to a director of the center for international economics in munich and i asked him whether the fears about ways to justify it. i would say so yes we hear a lot about the trade balance of course and it is true it's negative and massively negative but it's also true that the united states and china fight a proud new technologies and we will see more of that for decades coming up this is probably a struggle that will define the next decade of the episode we're living through today so the tells us how important that is on both sides of the trade story to that is only one pod what we're talking about you know the role of the leader of the world of tomorr

britain,a, great australia, new zealand, netherlands, each in turn. there are two copies. was to be kept by the u.s., one was to be kept by japan. we do not display the originals. in the archives in washington, d.c. and the war museum in tokyo. we have a replica of one of macarthur's pens. he only had to sign his name six pens for a very simple reason. if youstill do today look at lawmakers when they sign important laws. you want to give them away as souvenirs. simply, these proceedings are closed. he gave the signal, and over 1000 aircraft flew in formation. from the beginning of the ceremony to the end, 23 minutes. that is all it took to end the bloodiest conflict in american history. now we are back on the uss missouri. have now come to recognize this part of a ship for an event that happened in world war ii. it is a touching event and tells you about the ship and its crew. , thee battle of okinawa missouri saw herself under, attack. the word dates back to the 13th century when japan found itself under threat of invasion. storms became named kamikaze , or divine when. i

. >> trade medicines from australia, new zealand and japan, talk about the u.s., china trade relationship at an event in washington d.c. the discussion focused on how trade disputes affect the entire pacific region. ninety minute discussion was hosted by the global business dialogue. >> will be underway. about as close to on time as we've ever done. good morning. good day. thank you all for coming. i'm with the global business dialogue. it's a pleasure to our commute here. at the heart of this morning, for a minute, let's bring a few thoughts first. it's same after the two-faced god, looks both ways, forward and backwards. really though, that's a better description of december then it is of january. but as somebody first, you are seeing that, bring about next your, but when january 2 comes around, it's just fully hard charging towards making the first quarter of 2019, as good as can possibly be. that will be especially true in trade this year when we have a march deadline for the u.s. china talks, current ones. the first we have the ruling of 29th of march. it's december in which we get t

are you looking for bilateral treaties would say australia and new zealand and canada? how are you approaching this? >> these decisions, i think, the number 1 priority when it comes to post brexit trade deals will be with the united states. but not that far behind, you will find trade deals with countries like australia, new zealand, and canada being the obvious choices there. then we are also interested in some deals with some of the bigger economies around the world and india is obvious. i think it will be bilateral rather than some multi-natural -- national deal. these will be high on the priority list. >> the other big trend that we see in the world today besides brexit is a return to geopolitics and great power competition. britain is with as you say the global interests, but as a middle power has to work out a relationship with china and russia. with russia and particularly, it seems like you've had a very contentious relationship, and the russians have sent agents to murder people on british soil. how is britain going to support russia after brexit ? >> your char

suppose than the trade dispute at the moment. >> i have a question for the ambassador from australia and new zealand. speaking of the cooperation with china, both australia and new zealand bans 5g network citing security grounds. can you -- actually yesterday the chairman of huawei asked for 5g, can you prove the reason why they banned it? can you talk about the security concerns while doing business with china? thank you. >> do you want to go first? >> no, you can. >> we've both been promoted. congratulations. >> i'm sorry, to be honest i can't really talk a lot about it. basically in the new zealand legislation, set up around our telecommunications system, when there's significant changes to networks run by the private sector they need to consult with the new zealand security agencies. that consultation happens on a vendor neutral and a country neutral basis and, you know, the security concerns have been identified are not visible to me, so i don't know. a process was followed that's not a political process and it's ended up where it has and we'll see where it goes from here. >> i'm going to take

in the autumn harry and meghan began their first overseas tour to australia, new zealand, tonga and fijit for injured servicemen and women he built. and for meghan, her engagement strongly hinted at where she would focus her royal work, the education and empowerment of young women appears high on her agenda. here, she spoke at a university in fiji. when girls are given the right tools to succeed, they can create incredible futures, not only for themselves, but for all of those around them. and while progress has been made in many areas across the commonwealth, there is always scope to offer more opportunities to the next generation of young adults and specifically, to young women. harry and meghan, their wedding, the family dynamic and the news of their own baby due in the spring as dominated 2018. it‘s likely to be a similar story next year. as this growing royal family adjusts to its new arrivals. did evening. the final weekend of 2018 has been pretty dry, fairly cloudy and rather mild, too, with high pressure in charge of things. this was the fairly serene scene as the in hereford, ta

other countries like australia and new zealand share those concerns and to stand trial ways equipment from being used in their high speed five g. mobile networks. the latest allegations from the united states have emerged as an especially sensitive time in the chinese u.s. relationship last weekend the country's leaders agreed to a ninety day truce in their month long trade dispute. the u.s. decision to target one of china's most important tech giant is only likely to reignite tensions. are at let's get some more background now with aaron telephone from d.w. business this couldn't have come at a worse time for us the chinese the trade relations talk just more about these allegations well basically the u.s. government is accusing wall why of knowingly violating u.s. sanctions specifically in delivering telecommunications tech a technology that was developed the united states to iran and most likely north korea as well now these are allegations that have cropped up several times the past against large on technology providers from china for example z t e was recently confronted with simi

australia, new zealand and the us have all restricted the use of huawei technology in new 5g networks. mr williamson told the times newspaper it was something the government would have to look at "very closely". around 20 people have ina in a living in italy. at least 20 people have been hurt in italy where an earthquake has hit the area around mount etna in sicily. several buildings were damaged by the quake, which measured a four—point—eight magnitude, and struck in the early hours of the morning. good afternoon. more than a third of nhs hospitals in england have raised the cost of parking over the past year, with some patients and staff now paying double the price. several trusts have defended the higher costs, saying some or all of the money went back into patient care or maintaining car parks. car park charges have been abolished in wales and most of scotland, but still remain in england and northern ireland. duncan kennedy reports. hospital car parks, a place for health all well? that is the question posed by today's figures showing many hospitals have raised their prices over t

australia new zealand and the u.k. have all banned huawei from five g. internet trials and japan and canada are looking into the risks the company's technologies could pose to them too despite all of that remains the world's largest telecommunications equipment and service provider and the second biggest make a smart phones after some song. ok let's get going let's bring in our panel today in taipei taiwan on skype ross darryl feingold a political analyst who advises multinational corporations on political risk in asia in hong kong and really young an international and independent china analyst and in birmingham in the u.k. also on skype scott lucas a professor of american politics at the university of birmingham a warm welcome to you all ross darrell feingold in taipei to companies know the risks when they do this kind of thing. well there are certainly a pattern of u.s. authorities taking action against companies that they view as in violation of either u.s. law or international and specifically united nations sanctions we've seen this with iran we've

australia new zealand and the u.k. have all banned huawei from five g. internet trials and japan and canada are looking into the risks the company's technology is could pose to them too despite all of that remains the world's largest telecommunications equipment and service provider and the second biggest make a smart phones after some song. ok let's get going let's bring in our panel today in taipei taiwan on skype ross darryl feingold a political analyst who advises multinational corporations on political risk in asia in hong kong and really young an international and independent china analyst and in birmingham in the u.k. also on skype scott lucas a professor of american politics at the university of birmingham a warm welcome to you all ross darrell feingold in taipei to companies know the risks when they do this kind of thing. well there is certainly a pattern of u.s. authorities taking action against companies that they view as in violation of either u.s. law or international and specifically united nations sanctions we've seen this with iran we've

australia, new zealand and the us have all restricted the use of huawei technology in new 5g networksas something the government would have to look at "very closely". president trump and the first lady have arrived back in the us after their unannounced christmas visit to troops in iraq air force one landed in the last hour in maryland. it was the president's first visit to the region — where he defended his decision to withdraw us forces from syria and confirmed that he has no plans to pull out of iraq. the trip came days after defence secretaryjim mattis quit over divisions about strategy in the region. the headlines on bbc news... britain's most senior police officer says a no—deal brexit would potentially put the public at risk. new data suggests four in ten nhs hospitals in england have increased parking charges in the last year. in an effort to reduce the use of plastic, the government says the price of a single use carrier bag in england will double from sp to 10p. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly. good morning. hello. well, this morning we

australia, new zealand and the us have all restricted the use of huawei technology in new 5g networksn told the times newspaper it was something the government would have to look at very closely. schools in england are being told to eliminate unnecessary plastic, with carrier bags, straws and food containers set to be replaced with sustainable alternatives. the education secretary, damian hinds, has asked for increased communication between schools and suppliers about the plastic packaging of milk cartons and other day—to—day essentials. here's joanna jaworska. this is throwaway britain. 2018 has seen many people try to cut down on their use of plastics but will it continue next year? the education secretary has said he wants schools to try to stop using single—use plastics by 2022. that means cutting down on items like plastic bags, straws, bottles and food packaging. it's been inspired by one primary school in devon who have swapped cling film for foil in their kitchens, have milk delivered in recyclable containers, and they've reduced the use of straws by using washable bea kers in

on the only ones standing behind this accusation australia and new zealand are also joining the free which is the chinese government say about those accusations. well the chinese government has not said anything specific to the while we case but while we itself has come forward to specify that and insists that there has not been any government meddling or control over the company and there's no real way of knowing whether that is true or not. already debuts for us in singapore thank you very much. now to some other stories making headlines around the world iranian state media say at least three people have been killed and several wounded in a suicide bomb bombing in the southern port of chapa hard at the ready said the attackers set off the explosion outside police headquarters so far there has been no claim of responsibility. afghanistan's election wash dog has declared all the votes cast in kabul during october's parliamentary election as invalid the board said there were twenty five reasons for the decision clued in major fraud and mismanagement the election took place under the t

single market and customs union and that even if the uk strikes trade deals with china, india, australia, new zealandll does not make up the numbers. it still doesn't make up for the lost, the void of leading the eu. steve, michael gove is one of the most influential ministers in the cabinet. he was saying this week and there is a real danger that if the may option is voted down, brexit itself is in peril. is that a serious risk or simply too frighten the backbenchers? serious risk of serious hope, depending on your perspective. if this deal falls, all options become possible. there will be an air of crisis, even though people are now anticipating this to happen, that she will be defeated on december the 11th in the house of commons. and he is right, in those circumstances, staying in becomes a much stronger possibility because either through a referendum or through other means, perhaps people will conclude that this is the best route forward, irrespective of what happened in the referendum in 2016. other options will surface as well. so i think he is probably making the right call from his perspecti

would only be talking and dealing with like minded countries we would very soon be reduced to australia new zealand south korea and japan with like minded countries doing things that work well it was a different season is doing things that are not true just the result you want but you haven't produced the result you want while rome wasn't built in a day dealing with the african continent is a hundred millions and you're getting poured into these countries and going into the hands of repressive government you know it i know it but we both know it and we know that this has to stop and we have to fight corruption in africa but if you're trying to tell me that we shouldn't cooperate at all with african countries i didn't say that i didn't say that level this is what you're trying to no it doesn't i'm trying to say you need to do things that we're about the results you want so lovely so you agree that we have to deal with those governments which are in power but of course we will support those super countries with strong civil societies and those political forces who will be able to get african people t

still very much a public holiday in terms of australia, new zealand, hong kong, all closing earlier along with singapore. japan, south korea, philippines, taiwan, bangladesh as well. futures indicating what we could see in the aussie session and of course as we see trade in new zealand. fairly flat. the kiwi giving up a little against the dollar. you have got the futures suggesting we could see more momentum. that rally is coming into fruition for aussie stocks. the aussie dollar fairly flat. because it is the last day of the year, we can look at my favorite function on the bloomberg which is the seasonality chart. you're actually seeing quite a big drop coming through in aussie stocks. about 5%. by compare that to 2017 where we saw every month higher. according to bloomberg analysts it is not armageddon. it is nothing like what we have seen like in the crash of 1929 or other market corrections. now let's get the first word news with kathleen hays in new york. kathleen: china has announced plans to rein in lending to banks. the banking and insurance regulatory commission says those lender

new high speed mobile network five g. including britain australia and new zealand germany hasn't followed suit in fact archie telecom is relying on hallways involvement because the network upgrade would be far more expensive without it. there are concerns that monk's case could be used as a bargaining chip in trade negotiations between china and the us president onil trump has said he would intervene in the case if it was in america's interests. european union transport ministers want long distance truckers to take their mandatory breaks away from their trucks and a bag has been trucking for twenty four years he's seen all of europe riding high in forty ton juggernauts sleeping and living for weeks at a time in five square meters of cab now he'll have to sleep in a hotel. just truckers well but they probably haven't thought it through where is a driver supposed to stay there are thousands of trucks on the road in germany which have to put in a halt for the drivers to take a break on the weekend. but lack of hotels for drivers is not the only problem the e.u. wants truckers to be paid local wage rates where they're driving not

i'm not knowledgeable about specifics of these actions taken australia and new zealand. again, i would say that this fight were to sustain into 2019, that'smer of when it would start to have huawei andpact for the likes of huawei. i think we're still a little bit early. overall, demand is slowing down. i think they have a bigger problem with their smartphone than the 5g equipment. >> all right. senior analyst, thanks for today. us coming up next, oil under pressure. fails to reach a deal for the first time in nearly five years. into that next. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> this is "daybreak: asia." i'm paul allen in sydney. new york. in opec ministers will meet aftertel again on friday talks broke up with no agreement on reducing output. reporter's oil and gas rachel is joining us now from houston. it seems that the real decision maker wasn't there in vienna. really back in russia. >> that's right. you had the russian minister go back to saint petersburg to much they'rew willing to take off the market. that's being seen as a bear sign won't get a deal announced tomorrow or it

australia, new zealand and the us have restricted use of huawei technology in 5g mobile networks, andhan marcus explained the fears about the company. their dominant role in the telecom indications market means there could be back doors, ways in which chinese espionage agencies could basically siphon off or harvest huge amount of data. that is the principal concern, not just words, it is also actions, companies such as bt earlier this month, pulling a lot of huawei equipment from a planned emergency communications network for the police and other emergency services. as you mentioned, other countries have concerns, too. and if you look at this in the round, there is an element, china's dominance in the international telecommunications market, it has very advanced technology, it is part and parcel of china's rise to global prominence. china is a country with which the world is going to have to contend, notjust in marketplaces, but in strategic issues as well. and i hate to bring in brexit, but it is a factor there, too, britain alone trying to do trade deals with china, but also trying

well, it is something which is causing concern in many countries, australia, new zealand and the united its technology in communications systems. here in britain the bt confirmed that it was stripping out huawei equipment in a new communication system for the police and emergency services. so there are genuine concerns, this isn't fa ntasy. genuine concerns, this isn't fantasy. the defence secretary is raising growing concerns inside government, concerns which were raised by the head of m16 only some days ago. just how embedded is huawei in britain's telecommunications system ? huawei in britain's telecommunications system? well, they are now huge global player. china is fast becoming the united states of the 1960s and ‘70s in key areas of technology. the company, of course, was founded by an officer in the chinese army. it is widely regarded as having close ties to the chinese estate. the company itself, of course, insists that it agrees with the need for security and integrity of national communications infrastructures to be maintained. it saysin infrastructures to be maintained. it s

new high speed mobile network five g. including britain australia and new zealand but germany hasn't followed suit in fact. relying on qual ways involvement because the network upgrade would be far more expensive without it so what does all this mean for among one joe perhaps her only crime was being the daughter of the company's founder. google is the latest u.s. tech giant to face congressional grilling chief executive pichai is taking questions from the house judiciary committee as we speak representatives have asked about how google collects data and whether it is politically biased in its search services they also want to know how the company prevents foreign meddling in elections in the united states google is also under fire for a massive data breach that affected huff a million users of its google plus social network or search be phased out and controversial plans the launch since its service in china. london has a reputation for being a melting pot or than three hundred languages spoken there and nowhere is that more obvious than the city's fire a restaurant scene breaks it could soon mean there w

. >> let's go to australia. new zealand.re are plenty of fish in the sea, look at this gal. swimming on a beach, approached by three orcas. she remained calm, she had her popeye therapy chicken with her. orcas are not known on eat humans. 10 million people have watched this. but not everyone agrees it was cool. why deck the halls you with deck each other. click chicka chicka pow, pow. >> yeah. >> snow man love. the kinkiest kind, you make me cold in all the right places, i'm going to get a call from gary. >> parents have named their kid after superheroes, but, let's go to oregon. smoke them if you got them, this mom is the goat. this fella, he was born in portland last week, they named him bruce wayne, after batman's alter ego. he is far more likely to ride a unicycle with the rest of the hipsters, and no bat cycle with cool handle bars, he may get a handle bar mustache. he would eat it, so cute. he is a cutest thing in the world. look at his as ana eyes and leg, bruce wayne will go to display in january, he can't be worse a

this morning we have taken a look at australia, new zealand, they're in 2019 and up next, we're goinghong kong at 8:00. >> happy new year. >> good morning, it's monday december 31st new year's eve i'm claudine wong. >> and good morning i'm frank mallicoat. dave and gasia enjoying the morning off. funlly getting the party started in south korea. it's 23 degrees celebrating new year's right now. we're looking er