and why firefighters in thailand's capital bangkok a movie scene dealing with snakes than extinguishing actual fire. come to do their business asia want to get jones and good to have you with us i'm starting with something of a surprise chinese internet commerce platform alibaba has delayed its listing on the hong kong stock market amidst the ongoing protests there the company a chinese version of amazon is currently listed on wall street and was estimated to raise another $15.00 to $20000000000.00 by issuing out shares in hong kong it's unclear when the listing growth curve but insiders see the timing of the withdrawal as crucial some say it could send a signal to the rest of the world on the state of hong kong as a business and financial center. well for more on that story let's bring in our business correspondent in singapore under a hangar andrea what is the region making of ali baba's sudden decision to cancel the hong kong listing. i think that asian markets won't direct were not directly hit by this news because i think the general consensus is that people understand why this lan

now to bangkok where ball blasts 3 sites in the thai capital have left at least 4 people injured the 1st explosions took place during rush hour in central bangkok 2 more blasts were reported at a government complex on the city outskirts thailand's prime minister has ordered an investigation the bombings and is currently hosting a regional security meeting with top diplomats from the u.s. china and other world powers. our correspondent florian nourish is in bangkok enjoying just florian what more can you tell us about this attack. well there's not that much that we know that is confirmed information what we do know is that there have actually been 6 blasts at 3 different locations and 4 people have been slightly injured so i'm standing in front of one of those locations behind me you can see them on the con tower which is the tallest building in bangkok and just at the foot of this tower 2 explosives have been found i have seen on social media a little holes in the roof off a b.t.s. station that has the public skytrain here so there were apparently ball bearings hidden inside a small

s for you know she in bangkok. now smaller stories making news around the world today saudi arabia says it will allow women to obtain a passport and travel without approval from a male relative if the reform comes into effect too would be it would further undermine the guardianship system which considers women as equal to children and gives men control over that there have been several recent high profile attempts by saudi women to escape their guardians. medics say at least 4 people have been killed by gunfire in the sudanese city home durham as tens of thousands gathered to protest it's not yet clear who opened fire on monday a paramilitary group was accused of shooting students at a demonstration. and president sharia both sonora has replaced 4 members of a commission investigating disappearances and murders during the country's dictatorship they include the commission head who criticised the move last month a commission confronted both in our own a former army captain on the state's role in the killing of that

know she is in bangkok for him had any more details emerged about these explosions. well obviously life goes on here in bangkok it's the evening rush hour people are out on the streets the public transport is running it has been briefly suspended or at least the train station where the some explosives have been found had been cordoned off but business is running right now the prime minister housed immediate investigation into these incidents he had passed order to authorities to ramp up security at certain points throughout the city and he house called on the public to help authorities find out who might be behind these attacks people are supposed to send in pictures if they have taken any to help authorities. but. people out on the street seem almost unfazed by this a lot of them haven't even heard about these incidents but those that have heard about it they said you know bangkok hasn't been a stranger to this kind of events a minor incidents where nobody was really badly harmed severely harmed only minor injuries just like today but in all these past or in most of

in bangkok many different types of meetings taking place throughout the day foreign ministers of those 10 aussie on member nations meeting with a 3rd country foreign minister we had bilateral meetings like between the united states and china but at the end of the day there really was no movement on any of the big issues being faced here in east asia and southeast asia what were discussed though were the big east south china sea territorial disputes the tension on the korean peninsula the trade war between the united states and china but none of those issues were really moved forward they were just brought up a lot of pleasantries people saying they want to continue working together but no real concrete action but interestingly later in the day u.s. secretary of state mike pump aoe held a press conference and in that press conference a lot of these pleasantries but also some very strong words to china and its relationship with cambodia i want also to address something that came up in the u.s. ministerial meeting cambodia refuted reports that is allowing the chinese military installation

to bangkok and bring you the live situation. mike.s.ecretary of state pompeo talking to the crowd. >> $60 billion. in the end, we believe in democracy. our friends for returning to the democratic. we believe in human rights and freedom. we want free and fair trade, not trade that undermines competition. we want trillions of dollars to be put to work in this region. private investors have more money than any government could bestow on any other country. our investments do not survey government. not serve a political party. pay foruilding roads to our national sovereignty. our companies are incentivized to do high-quality work. ask yourself this. who really puts the interests of the people first. a trading power that respects your sovereignty. who really fosters innovation and reform. ask yourself this spirit who encourages self-sufficiency and not dependence. investors are working to meet needs? or those who entrap you in debt? the united states today has the strongest economy in the world. our consumers are driving demand for your produ

let's go live now to bangkok and our correspondent covering that story for us here on the news scott hardness of scope there has been this bilateral set of discussions do we know what's come out of those talks. peter well the details of those talks particular between the united states and china not much came out of it there a lot of platitudes a lot of niceties if you will on the big topic south china sea tension on the korean peninsula and then this situation with a trade war between the united states and china nothing really advancing the any of those issues but at least out of that both leaders coming out both foreign minister and the secretary of state coming on saying these were discussed will continue to work toward a goal like and one when it came to north korea and the situation on the korean peninsula the chinese foreign minister said that they were going to continue to work with the united states we hope the united states will continue to push for more discussions same thing about the south china sea that they're going to continue discussions about the disagreements over te

a week later in bangkok, president johnson spoke at a university in bangkok.ed about ways of bringing about peace at the earliest possible moment. let us sit down at the table of reason and renounce the work of death and take up the task of the living. redoubling the united states effort to settle the conflict at the negotiating table, the u.s. ambassador and other envoys visited more than 30 world capitals to explore the possibility of arranging peace talks. discussions took place with the north atlantic treaty organization the organization of , american states, for african unity, the red cross in their quest for diplomatic progress, the representatives talked with hundreds of world leaders. during the 1967 tet, the vietnamese holiday the , vietnamese lunar new year with benefits is on family union the , united states declared another bombing suspension that could bring a reciprocal move from hanoi that would lead to peace talks. instead the enemy attacked the allied forces in many areas. north vietnam moved supplies toward the south down the ho chi minh trai

and why firefighters in thailand's capital bangkok a more busy dealing with snakes than extinguishing actual fire. welcome to do their business asia want to go jones and good to have you with us i'm starting with something of a surprise chinese internet commerce platform alibaba has delayed its listing on the hong kong stock market amidst the ongoing protests there the company a chinese version of amazon is currently listed on wall street and was estimated to raise another $15.00 to $20000000000.00 by issuing out shares in hong kong it's unclear when the listing go occur but insiders see the timing of the withdrawal as crucial some say it could send a signal to the rest of the world on the state of hong kong as a business and.

global affairs expert also a columnist for the bangkok post thank you very much for joining us let's focus on the 2 superpowers here now their approach to southeast asia is very different but distinct you know you kind of have the chinese blaming the united states for trying to surround them when you look at their 2 different approaches to this region how can you parse that well how do you see that they're different and similar it's almost a classic kind of confrontation scott you have on the one hand say incumbents superpower the united states let the international order southeast asia have been for some time and they're preeminent paramount on the other hand you have china a rising superpower with its b. initiative the u.s. has pushed back with its kind of indo-pacific strategy and these 2 superpowers their rivalry and competition for southeast asia and beyond. and i think dictates outcomes and dynamics of these meetings this week why is it so important to them of the i know i know that you know you look at the economy of these 10 to 10 nations would be the 5th largest economy in t

in the thai capital bangkok a total of 6 ball blasts of left at least 4 people injured the 1st explosions took place in central bangkok to other blasts were reported at a government complex on the city outskirts of thailand is currently hosting the regional summit with top diplomats from major country. britain's pro european liberal democrats have won a by election claiming a seat in parliament from the governing conservative party it's a blow to prime minister boris johnson in his 1st electoral test since taking office a loss reduces johnson's working majority in parliament to just one head of an expected showdown with lawmakers over a possible new briggs's deal. and saudi arabia says it will allow women to obtain a passport and travel without approval from a male relative if implemented the reform would further weaken the country's guardianship system which considers women as equal to children and gives men control over them or been. of recent attempts to change the system. u.s. president has addressed thousands of supporters at a rally in ohio true to form trump attacked leading democr

foreign ministers have been meeting this week in the thai capital of bangkok.e arrivals was britain's foreign secretary, as the country makes preparations for a no deal brexit. dominc raab said the uk is not looking to swap trade with the eu for asian markets, but looking to the future. the reality, as the eu has said, is that 90% of the opportunities in the future will come from the growth markets, from latin america to asia, and asia—pacific is probably the biggest opportunity of all of those regions. so this is about the future. well, the uk has roughly 90 days until it exits the european union. 0ur southeast asia correspondent jonathan head says many countries in the region are curious to see where britain is heading. it seems there is quite a bit of interest among the ministers here in what britain is going to do after brexit, assuming it leaves on 31 october. it is not all negative, but of course, the reality is trade deals with this region, i can't think of a trade deal that's been done in this region that took less than five years. what he is getting is

foreign ministers from asia pacific nations are meeting in bangkok the trade war between beijing and washington is likely to dominate those talks you a secretary of state my pump well me chinese foreign minister why need you later the foreign ministers of south korea and japan as countries force are facing a trade row of their own have also met on the sidelines well for more on this let's go to scott huyler's joining us live from bangkok scott as we said they're bilateral meetings between japan and south korea in the midst of trade to protect trade war that's affecting both their economies any anything likely to come out of that from these meetings. i guess it probably depends on how these negotiations go between the 2 foreign ministers on this bilateral meeting here while the us the on foreign minister meetings go on for these several days and also be a couple of regional forums tomorrow on friday i guess it really depends on if there's any progress i would imagine that they might come out afterward that hasn't been anything scheduled there's nothing on the books to say post this bi

me now bring up to date with some of the stories making news around the wind in the thai capital bangkok a total of 6 bomb blasts have left at least 4 people injured the 1st explosions took place in central bangkok 2 other blasts were reported at a government complex on the outskirts of the city thailand is currently hosting the regional summit with top diplomats from major countries. britain's draw european liberal democrats have won a by election a seat in parliament from the governing conservative party it's a setback the prime minister borrows johnson in his 1st electoral test since taking office the last reduces johnson's working majority in parliament to just one ahead of an expected showdown with lawmakers over a possible brecht's it. it's fear in northwest england is on verge of collapse a military helicopter has been dumping sand and gravel in an attempt to reinforce the dam wall which was damaged in heavy rain thousands of people have been evacuated from the area. suspected al qaeda militants have raided a military camp in southern in the southern yemeni province of on with thi

for example, north jakarta, due rise, inundation risks from bangkok for example, northjakarta, due to. and these of course impact real assets, physical assets, underground. we have a deforestation issue, as well as in economy, a deforestation front where we have unsustainable infrastructure and mining industries that are continuing to drive deforestation. so, the other aspect is of course coal, we have asean still being powered by coal—fired power plants that it's the only region where the projections are to raise a significant degree stop that's where these other two key issues that need be resolved. how do financial institutions get involved in improving their sustainability and environmental protection records? sure. if we take a step back, banks have a crucial role to play in driving sustainability because they can use the cost of capital, the access to capital, to incentivise or to require certain behaviours of their clients. and also we need the banks' balance sheets to finance the huge and sustainable developments. a study has shown there are opportunities with three chilean do

and chinese diplomats mate with trade and security on the agenda but have the details from bangkok and why the u.s. central bank has cut its main interest rate for the 1st time in a decade. china sea is full of removing the remains of tropical storm rita which means there's not much to the south usually this takes away in g.r. the out of the atmosphere if you get a tropical system of any sort around however you fall right down this crean there's been some pretty heavy showers in this western side of the pacific not mostly in the west pacific of course we're free of land which means borneo is for example very cloudy and you see occasional showers that's the case the forecast the next 2 days was over denise here is dry most i'm a lazy or not oh well that's not true for thailand cambodia or sudden vietnam where rains wet solomon nonsense in some pretty heavy showers australia rather not in fact this great shortage of rain particularly new south wales they're already think he will have a foreign season could be a bad one it's been i think 2nd hottest july on record in the city and bridges

and chinese diplomats may 20 trade and security on the agenda but have the details from bangkok and why the u.s. central bank has cut its main interest rate for the 1st time and an 11 year is. out of the still get more rain to cover the flooded area of what is effectively siberia so it's just really just as the top of your screen but this whole other area this is the seasonal rain front which should really be near a science career even japan but now is over north korea and this part of the charter including beijing where some useful big thunderstorms might be around could even cause some flash flooding in the city now it's going to warm the cannot move very far away from north korea reason to leave south korea completely dry as the picture on sunday is much the same as it was on friday occasional showers seem likely in home shoe is just the green shade here but typically we're in the low to mid thirty's moved to be humid as well but mostly dry through art japan because all the actions for the sars. tropical storm we froze it was now tropical depression i will fall apart as a mass of rai

in bangkok many different types of meetings taking place throughout the day foreign ministers of those 10 r.c. on member nations meeting with a 3rd country foreign minister we had bilateral meetings between the united states and china but at the end of the day there really was no movement on any of the big issues being faced here in east asia and southeast asia what were discussed though were the big east south china sea territorial disputes the tension on the korean peninsula the trade war between the united states and china but none of those issues were really moved forward they were just brought up a lot of pleasantries people saying they want to continue working together but no real concrete action but interestingly later in the day u.s. secretary of state mike pump aoe held a press conference and in that press conference a lot of these pleasantries but also some very strong words to china and its relationship with cambodia i want also to address something that came up in the u.s. ministerial meeting cambodia refuted reports that is allowing the chinese military installation to be

al-jazeera belfast foreign ministers from southeast asian nations are meeting in bangkok the trade war between beijing and washington is expected to dominate those talks the 2 sides and that another round of dialogue on wednesday without any concrete progress the u.s. secretary of state by com pale is also due to meet his chinese counterpart later scott heide lawyer has the latest on that summit from bangkok. there hasn't been anything scheduled there's nothing on the books to say post this bilateral meeting between the japanese in the south korean foreign ministers there will be a press statement we're not seeing anything like that i think just really depends on how it goes and as you've mentioned this is a trade route that has really hit the diplomatic relations between these 2 nations some say the worst in several decades so obviously it's going to be a very difficult conversation to have and it depends on how that goes as to who will say what after the meeting one of the bigger bilateral meetings is between mike pompeo and his counterpart from china now longleat now that's going to

on foreign ministers meetings here in bangkok now u.s. secretary of state my campaign has been in town as part of these meetings and on friday morning he commented on how united states is approach to north korea and tension on the korean peninsula will remain the same having a meeting with chairman kim didn't give him a darn thing. it was an attempt that is ongoing to engage with them diplomatically to achieve an outcome that for decades has not been achieved many paths have been tried but they've all been unsuccessful and so i was the 1st one i was the director of central so the 1st one to travel to meet with chairman kim to begin this opportunity. we're still engaged and we hope that they will put their working group back together and meet with us before too long and when that working group will meet again remains up in the air for the last 10 years senior officials from north korea have attended the foreign ministers meetings but not this year. the pet president trump is announce more terrorists and goods from china he says he's not ha

that have not been yeah some of the stories making news around the blunt in the thai capital bangkok a total of 6 bomb blasts have left at least 4 people and the 1st explosions took place in the city center 2 other blasts reported at a government complex on the systems outskirts thailand is currently hosting the. summit with top diplomats from asia countries. suspected al qaeda militants have raided a military camp in the southern yemeni province of beyond witnesses say the assailants killed at least 20. and badly to yemeni security forces for several. the militants were eventually expelled from the camp after reinforcements arrived backed by the united arab emirates. it's fair to dan in north west england is on the verge of collapse a military helicopter has been dumping sand and gravel in his attempt to reinforce the dam ward which was damaged in heavy rain thousands of people have been evacuated from the area. britain's true european liberal democrats have won a by election claiming a seat in parliament from the governing conservative party it's a setback for prime minister barak

blasts have left at least 4 people injured the 1st explosions took place in central bangkok 2 other blasts were reported at a government complex on the city's outskirts thailand is currently hosting the asean regional summit the top diplomats from asia countries. saudi arabia says it will allow women to obtain a passport and travel without approval from a maid relative as it stands the country's guardianship system considers women as equal to children and gives met men almost complete control over their lives. business through european liberal democrats have won a by election claiming a seat in parliament from the governing conservative party it's a setback for prime minister barak's johnson and his 1st electoral test since taking office last reduces johnson's working majority in parliament to just one head of an expected showdown between lawmakers over a possible no deal direct. u.s. president pan's rallied thousands of supporters of ohio he lashed out at the democrats mocking some of the leading politicians but as did obvious alexander for non reports from cincinnati the president

on foreign ministers meetings here in bangkok now your secretary of state my campaign has been in town as part of these meetings and on friday morning he commented on how united states is approach to north korea and tension on the korean peninsula will remain the same. having a meeting with chairman kim didn't give him a darn thing. it was an attempt that is ongoing to engage with them diplomatically to achieve an outcome that for decades has not been achieved many paths have been tried but they've all been unsuccessful and so i was the 1st when i was the director of central the 1st one to travel to meet with chairman kim to begin this opportunity. we're still engaged and we hope that they will put their working group back together and meet with us before too long and when that working group will meet again remains up in the air for the last 10 years senior officials from north korea have attended these foreign ministers meetings but not this year. president trump has announced more terrorists and goods from china he says he's not happy with the progress of trade talks and wants a 10 p

also meeting with members to reassure them of washington's commitment to the region as a visit to bangkok as the 1st stop in a week long trip that will also include australia and micronesia. china as preventing a many of its citizens from traveling to taiwan the decision to stop issuing travel permits will affect people from 47 mainland cities which one of you is taiwan as a breakaway province and tensions between beijing and taipei have been rising in recent months when haye has more from shanghai. in the 1st half of this year more than $600000.00 people from china visited taiwan so this decision will certainly have an economic impact and that seems to be the motivation behind it to apply pressure on the government in taiwan led by president sighing when who very much opposes the one china principle we have the election 2 coming up in january next year and there's no doubt that the government in china would prefer to see a more pro beijing person in office in taipei the decision also comes after some fairly provocative events recently we had the latest arms sale announced by the united s

mohammad made headlines for days the 19 year old saudi woman barricaded herself in a hotel room in bangkok the united nations finally recognized her status as a refugee and are not facing deportation to saudi arabia at the moment turkish authorities have granted them temporary protection their men are going to make ends meet with donations to receive but as long as there is no long term solution they feel very much under threat. of the window and when they go. free here. are the like try to hard. change our place every couple of days which. i'm afraid. i'm a father searching for us. and will change their location again. where they will wait and hope they can reach safety before their family finds them. the somalian port city of his mail which was liberated from insurgent forces back in 2012. years life has come back to the city and its population has doubled but the wounds of the past still run deep d. w. spoke with 2 female returning is hoping to rebuild their futures. nowadays not to and some modest living cooking food and selling and her very own kiosk and their home country of somalia

our last stop was in bangkok, really the nicest camp that we had. and she was very upset because the soil was muddy. it was not our great concern, right? we had tens of thousands of people we were trying to get out at this stage. she says, you need to take care of this right away. so i picked up the phone and called iom and said get some gravel over here right away. they did. the next day, it was gravel. but that was the kind of commitment we had from the carters. not only was president carter but it was definitely mrs. carter, who earlier on had responded to a refugees international vigil outside the white house gates and one of the legendary actors in the state department, his wife is vietnamese. she engaged mrs. carter in a conversation, saying please rescue my people. they're drowning at sea. an order after that went out to have the p3 aircraft, out of japan, to begin to look for refugee boats that were afloat and having fleets start to pick them up. the commitment of the carters in so many different ways was extraordinary. i thought i would con

in thailand and looking for 2 suspects believed to be behind a series of bombings in the capital bangkok on friday that released these images of the moment a bomb exploded in a shopping center but he said at least 9 explosives were planted but not all detonated and the attacks coincide with a major political summit attended by southeast asian foreign ministers 2 other men have been arrested. in romania forensic tests have confirmed that remains discovered in the house of a 65 year old mechanic or that of a missing 15 year old girl in a case that shocked the country alexandra masher son who vanished on july the 24th called emergency services 3 times to say she'd been kidnapped beaten and raped it took our forty's 19 hours to locate her as they struggle to trace her calls and secure search warrants the owner of the house building dinka has confessed to her murder and along with that of another teenage girl who was last seen in april handling of the case has triggered countrywide protests and a string of high profile resignations. police in italy who arrested 6 people in connection with a d

this is bloomberg markets. >> we are coming to you live from bangkok.look to see if easing is impacting the demand for luxury product development. we will talk to a ceo about luxury real estate in china, becoming a top market for the company. the impact of the strong bond versus the yuan and if it is impacting chinese demand. to monetary policy in the united states. fed policymakers increasing the need for more rate cuts and san frci

dupe to go and have with the organized government interference the relations between the ages of bangkok in their governors and the more the government has remained frosty since more the us come to power in 2014 but the good news is that the present reserve bank of india governor mr shafiq under the is a former government servant has worked closely with the more the government and especially on the money to the indian currency which ended of course in the use disruption of the indian economy so mr das relations with the present government at new delhi is quite good and that we can we can see a great great convincingly that this is on the right track along with the izzo bank of india but just briefly are these funds really going to help the modi government and help the economy. well there are more the government does but it's clean needs . where it would find the economy isn't slowing down the corporate earnings of falling back for the sips of ali so certainly they got more the government needs this money and a large part of more the government was planning to raise funds by selling the g

dollars towards finding human trafficking in southeast asia it was announced that the us in summit in bangkok a 10 year program will include training for police and the judiciary to deal with criminal network. we've been reporting on this next story the past couple days and still haven't got all of the facts but it looks like india's coffee tycoon v g sit down to took his own life he was under investigation by tax authorities business leaders are rang great they say the government's crackdown on fraud and tax evasion goes too far. the body of indian entrepreneur v.g. siddharta washed ashore on the banks of a river in the state of karnataka an autopsy is trying to clarify the exact cause of death suicide as suspects as. i don't think that in the morning. they were getting all the information we were and that we also want to get the family members. of the. b.g. siddharta was one of india's most successful entrepreneurs as part of a long established coffee dentistry he founded the chain cafe coffee day in 1996 became india's largest with 1700 outlets but then the tight turned in 2017 tax or thor

practiced by battle hardened worries in thailand before they faded from memory now these youngsters in bangkok a once again practicing the long neglected martial art. derives from an engine was used to protect kingdoms in the old days guns were hard to find and what we had was sticks and swords which were used for defense. in centuries past toy soldiers use credit on the battlefield in hand to hand combat all from the backs of war elephants. it's using wolf air is long gone but today it's seeing a revival as a modern competitive sport. than you were teens from the other media. students match different styles to create your own tricks. making the possibilities for the limitless. despite those limitless possibilities it hasn't caught on like the hugely popular books inc trebek robot he's still finding it's nice in the martial arts world the arrival of weapons adds a level of complexity to the sparring but students a monster in the sword and stuff is the ultimate fighting experience. why we can use it to defend ourselves from psychopaths it's a skill that can protect us from harm i mean. the swor

paul: that is the malaysian foreign minister speaking to haslinda amin in bangkok.s rising in the gulf after iran seized a tanker it claims was smuggling oil. that is the third since july. it adds to -- after president trump's terror threats. james is hereitor with more. thank you for joining us. let's start off with this seized ship. ownership is in question and the amount of oil is just symbolic. james: it was a small vessel. it is a reminder nonetheless that tensions remain very tight there and could flare up at any minute. that is partly the reason why oil is starting soft this morning. it remains to be seen how this will impact on europe and the u.s. about this particular ship which seems like a minor incident. we will wait to see how things develop. it is a reminder once again tensions flare up and all of the investors have been wary of this for some time now. shery: iran has dropped restrictions on uranium enrichment. have we seen any progress on relations between the u.s. and iran? james: none at all. there is little dialogue going on which is kind of a conc