there is a group of leaders in the asia-pacific called the east asia summit. >> rose: right. and before president obama came into office the united states was not a part of that. this is the premier political and security forum in asia and the united states didn't have a seat at the table. the chinese, indians, japanese were there, all the southeast asian countries were there, even industrialias, america wasn't there. president obama, secretary clinton ended up putting us there. so we are now at the center of the major institutions in asia. that's one. two, we have, in fact, engaged in a foreshift in the terms of the amount of military posture we built up in asia as compared to the rest of the world. >> rose: to say what to china.

i think again a significant amount of work to do within the east asia ministers discussions as well. we will be calling for adoption of a maritime cooperation pillar within the east asia ministerial meeting. this is to better coordinate maritime activities in this region from the standpoint of security. ofder patrols, in the areas illegal fishing, and ensuring that we are court noted in terms of ensuring the fishing regulations and laws are being followed and environmental effort around the amount of plastic and debris that litters the oceans and how we can better coordinate a response to that challenge as well. i want to express my appreciation to the philippines, the government of the philippines for hosting this asean meetings and the opportunity for useful and productive i laterals. these annual sessions serve a really important platform for all of us to convene here in southeast asia and the pacific and exchange views on a number of issues of mutual interest. let me stop there and i am happy to take questions. >> thank you. -- on northa, korea, i wonder if you could discuss more

it promotes expand economic ties with countries in east asia, south asia, south east asia as well as australia and new zealand. some are more promising than others but ther there's real men the bones in that, in helping to modify taiwan's economic structure and expanding people to people ties, particularly in areas of education. so although the u.s. isn't one of the members of the new southbound policy countries, there are 18, the u.s. could do a lot to encourage all of those countries that are part of it to participate, to facilitate interactions. that's because again taiwanese businesses moving more towards that region are part of global supply chains, it's a drug affects the interest of american companies as well. i think there's a lot the u.s. can do to help facilitate the effective implementation of the new southbound policy. third, the other big regional initiative beyond the new southbound policy and tpp, which i've already mentioned, is china's belt and road initiative. although taiwan you wouldn't think that it could be a dominant country in investing in infrastructure build

foreign minister has urged north korea to end ballistic missile tests that have raised tensions across east asiawang yi has met with the us secretary of state rex tillerson, at a gathering of ministers from south—east asian countries, and in a few hours, more security meetings will take place. yogita limeye‘s report from seoul contains flash photography. putting on a united front at a meeting of south east asian nations, in manila, the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, is on a mission. america wants more countries to isolate north korea, a day after all 15 members of the un security council voted to ban exports from pyongyang. the sweeping measures were even backed by china, north korean‘s ally and top trade partner. translation: the chinese side urge the north koreans to calmly handle the un security council resolutions and not do anything unbeneficial, such as a missile launcher or nuclear test. at this meeting between south korea's foreign minister, kang kyung—wha, and mr tillerson, the two leaders described the sanctions as a good outcome. testing missiles like this one, which some belie

ten us sailors are missing, after the collision of their warship with an oil tanker, in south east asiaeeting abuse can be as devastating as shouting it. tough new guidelines to tackle aggressors on social media. we think far too often it's an under—reported crime; people think they have to put up with low—level hate and don't realise it's a crime. also in the next hour, across south asia, this season's monsoon rains have devastated huge areas. around eight hundred have died and more than a million others have had to leave their homes. how dash cams are helping make our roads safer, forcing people to be better drivers. and the race is on for a ringside seat, to a 100 year event in america. a total eclipse of the sun. i love it, i think it's cool, it's bringing out the best in everybody and everybody‘s together. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. spanish police have confirmed the identity of the driver, suspected of killing 13 people, in last week's terror attack in barcelona. they say younes abu—yaaqoub, is the only suspect still on the run, and he may have evaded capture by killin

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assuming eve ryo ne of people in east asia.veryone, what is the likely way forward here? —— war. the world accepts a future nuclear armed north korea? i think trump has three options. first option is to accept the reality of a nuclear north korea, and i don't think that is good because of kim jong—un‘s unpredictability and that will most likely mean accepting north korea as a nuclear power involve signing a peace treaty and withdrawing us troops. that could essentially bolster kim jong—un into troops. that could essentially bolster kimjong—un into invading south korea. the second option is to carry out active and stringent secondary sanctions on north korea. those have never been tried because of the fear of a chinese reply zork, 01’ of the fear of a chinese reply zork, or third, the worst option, war. -- reprisal. what is more likely?” think so far we have seen pressure from the trump administration but there's a fine line between pressure and all out warand there's a fine line between pressure and all out war and i think he n

there has been a collision of a warship in south east asia. that's it. from me, and now on bbc one, let's join our news teams where you are. have a very good afternoon. if the chelsea manager antonio conte is warning tottenham other clubs will relish the atmosphere at wembley. marcos alonso scored twice as the blues beat spurs 2—1 in their first league game at the national stadium. spurs have won only two of the 11 games they've played at wembley since it was re—opened in 2007. conte says the atmosphere is great for visiting teams. but the tottenham manager insists his players can cope. it doesn't affect me to understand the to talk —— to talk. it doesn't affect me to understand the to talk -- to talk. wembley is not the reason that we lose the game. i think this team played really well and it is not fear to blame wembley because wembley is for me this place in the world play football. neymar showed paris st germain just what they're getting for 200 million pounds playing in his first home game since leaving barcelona, the brazilian put together a dazzli

jeffrey lewis, the director of the east asia nonproliferation program. global markets are moving on the north decree anews, we'll break down the impact this news has had. here's a live look at the dow. this is a market that had ten straight closes in a row -- record closes and fluttering just above the 22,000 mark it hit last week. you're watching quts v"velshi &" live on msnbc. when you have moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, the unpredictability of a flare may weigh on your mind. thinking about what to avoid, where to go, and how to work around your uc. that's how i thought it had to be. but then i talked to my doctor about humira, and learned humira can help get and keep uc under control... when certain medications haven't worked well enough. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. before treatment, get tested for tb.

we will be calling for an option of maritime cooperation within east asia, ministerial meeting. to better coordinate maritime activities in this region, both from the standpoint of security, border patrols in the areas of illegal fishing and ensuring we are coordinated in terms of ensuring fishing regulations and norms are being followed, and an environmental , around the amount of plastic debris delivers the oceans and how we can better coordinate our response to that challenge as well. i do want to express my appreciation to the government of the philippines for hosting this series of meetings and the opportunity for some very useful and productive bilateral's. i think these annual sessions survey really important platform for all of us to convene here in southeast asia and the pacific and exchange views on a number of issues of mutual interest. let me stop there and i'm happy to take questions. >> thank you. ifnorth korea, i'm wondering you can discuss more specifically what the exact predispositions are for the u.s. to engage in talks we would like to have with them. we are

ten us sailors are missing, after the collision of their warship with an oil tanker, in south east asiating abuse can be as devastating as shouting it. tough new guidelines to tackle aggressors on social media. we think far too often it's an under—reported crime. people think they have to put up with low—level hate and don't realise it's a crime. also in the next hour: across south asia, this season's monsoon rains have devastated huge areas. around eight hundred have died and more than a million others have had to leave their homes. how dash cams are helping make our roads safer, forcing people to be better drivers. and millions of americans rush to get a ringside seat as the sun rises ahead of a once—in—a—century coast—to—coast solar eclipse. i can't wait — it's going to be amazing. being a physicist, people always talk about these events but you never get to see them because you're stuck in a lab. but being able to see a phenomenon like this? it's going to be amazing. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. in the past hour, catalan media are reporting that police have arrested the d

i think this topic is important because it helps us understand the current situation in east asia, how those countries get along, what is behind some of the tensions that continue to exist. of war and the public memory the war has impacted american policymakers and political decisions. i think it is important to understand the memory of the war in order to understand ourselves as americans and as a society. themes point, i see two developing through my work. one is, the public memory of the korean war has evolved over time and continues to evolve. traumatices of events, particularly wars, change over time. in the case of the korean war this is particularly so because the war is not over yet. armistice thatn has halted the major military operations. also to understand the korean war, one needs to look at it, i believe, in the international context. that will be something i will talk a little bit about today. the first image i am presenting here is one that is familiar to many who defended south korea. this is douglas macarthur overlooking the bay in china. i arrived in korea 47 years ag

china is urging north korea to end ballistic missile tests, that have raised tensions across east asiations. myanmar has rejected allegations that it's military committed atrocities during a crackdown on rohingya muslims last year. instead, it accused the united nations of making exaggerated claims. the uk government has launched an independent review of the cost of energy, days after british gas raised some electricity prices by 12.5%. the prime minister had pledged to cap energy prices during june's election campaign, but shelved the plans after losing her conservative majority. the review will look at prices, and the uk's commitment to climate change targets. it'll be completed by the end of october. here's our business correspondent, joe lynam. how much we pay for our energy, to run our households and companies always ignites our passions. policies like capping energy prices to support working families. that's why theresa may promised a price cap and an independent probe into the energy sector before the general election. the cap may have been shelved but this oxford university pro

the reason why south east asia is attractive today is because everywhere else is slowing down. asian states are accelerating the growth, be it indonesia or thailand or the philippines. there is a lot of competition. the biggest player is china's alibaba, which owns lazada. there are dozens of other players vying for space across the region but they will not all survived. we will expect consolidation of next year, to compete with a lot of the bigger players. but for those employed in the southeast asian e—commerce space, time are good, for now at least and for customers, well, a little competition can be a good thing. do you like to go fast because elon musk‘s last transportation system could be sent a reality. hyperloop one what in the nevada desert reach speeds of up to 650 kilometres an hour. this is the beginning and the dawn of a new era of transportation, the first new major former trust the patient in 100 years and it sounds incredible, it's the future, it is the sound of the future and it's going to basically change the way we live, where we work and make the world a muc

today, india and pakistan are the largest economies in east asia, but they don't trade with each otherha n with each other much. their trade is less than what they trade with smaller neighbours like bangladesh, sri lanka and nepal. part of the reason is what pakistan calls its negative list, which bans the import of more than 1200 goods from india. these goods range from toothbrushes and diapers to cars and even cricket bats. india also levies taxes on goods imported from pakistan. that said, informal trade between the two countries is thriving, and it is estimated to be close to $5 billion. that involves shipping goods to a third country. traders both in india and pakistan used to buy two get goods to each other —— use to buy. —— duabai. the total trade between the two countries could touch $10 billion every year. checking the markets, despite the fairly solid gdp figures, the japanese nikkei is down because of the strong yen, which is seen as a safe haven currency as tensions grow between the united states and north korea. australia is also down by almost 1%. that is it for this edit

for the peace and stability of east asia and east china sea, we will continue to cooperate with the united states. sea, we havechina that we need to continue to engage ourselves and watch for any acts that would impede freedom of navigation. under the severe security environment, under all securesns, the alliance a seamless response and is extremely important. would agreed that we properly examine ways to .trengthen the alliance in the area of cyberspace, we would promote the japan-u.s. cooperation in new year areas -- new areas. we will promote more than ever before cooperation and security and defense. the indoal nations of pacific region and the capacity building in the marina security for japan will provide assistance to the tune of approximately $250 million in three years to 2019. we want to deepen our cooperation with the united states on this front as well. transparent economic development of this region, between japan and the united states, we agreed we would closely cooperate. as -- after the conference are from that it is indispensable -- [indiscernible] while mitigating the imp

a base from which the united states could deploy forces from throughout east asia and many in the u.s. military consider guam to be the most important base in the world, certainly one of the most important military bases in the world in the mind of u.s. military personnel. amy: can you talk about how many bases there are in the region in east asia, and overall around the world? >> sure. the united states today possesses somewhere around 800 u.s. military bases outside the 50 states and washington, d.c., and that is a number that comes from a list the pentagon puts together periodically. their total runs to around 700 but i have been able to detail scores of bases that are simply left off, secretive bases. the total is somewhere around 800 bases worldwide in 80 countries, and unprecedented collection of military bases on other people's soil. it is incredibly important to point out that of course guam is u.s. soil, however the u.s. military and others treated as effectively a foreign country. one major general speaking to reporters said, we can do what we want here, and essentially the

powers are reacting to all this: abraham denmark a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for east asiad mike chinoy, a former senior asia correspondent for cnn, he's visited north korea 17 times and is now a senior fellow at the university of southern california's u.s.-china institute. and we welcome both of you to the "newshour". abraham denmark, let me start with you. given what has happened in the last 24, 48 hours, how do you size up the situation now between the u.s. and north korea? >> i think we're at a bit of an inflection point, both kim jong un and president trump have elevated the tension in terms of rhetoric between the two sides, yet the policies the two sides have been on have not radically changed. kim jong un and north korea have been conducted missile tests at a regular pace, and the onground policies the u.s. have been doing have been fairly consistent. the real change is the change in the rhetoric with kim jong un putting out very strong statements as well as president trump making his very strong statements. so the question now is what happens after these statements

china sea service has very serious implications for the credibility of the us navy as it operates in east asiaupert, thank you. for the first time in 99 years, a total eclipse has swept across america. millions of people watched as the moon passed in front of the sun, casting a deep shadow more than 60 miles wide across earth. it began on the west coast of america above oregon, and in the space of about 90 minutes, swept across 13 states, ending in south carolina. our science correspondent pallab ghosh joined the sky watchers in madras, oregon. they came in their tens of thousands, like pilgrims, to the tiny town of madras. they came to witness one of nature's greatest spectacles. it is quarter past ten in the morning but it seems like night—time, we are a few seconds away from the total eclipse. the moon has almost completely covered the sun, it looks like a smiling face in the sky. the sun dimms to an airy, pale light. up above, a thin smile in the sky. and then a flash, a diamond ring, and then the moon blocks the sun's bright disc. its atmosphere, normally washed away by the solar light, n

another critical part of the south east asia strategy for america is to further develop its strategicartnership with india, the world's largest democracy and a key security and economic order of the united states. importantate india's contributions to stability in afghanistan, but india makes billions of dollars in trade with the united states and we want them to help us more with afghanistan, especially in the area of economic assistance and development. we are committed to pursuing our shared objectives to peace and security in the broader indo pacific region. -- willistration weloi ensure that the brave defenders of the american people will have what they need to make the strategy work, effectively, and quickly. i have lifted restrictions the previous administration placed on our war fighters from fully and swiftly waging battles against the enemy. micromanagement from washington, d.c. does not win battles. they are drawing on the and expertise of wartime commanders, and frontline soldiers acting in real time with real authority and with a clear mission to defeat the enemy. expand

at state, the acting head of east asia pacific affairs.utes at the state department, pull up this video if we can, secretary tillerson making a point of walking over to her, shaking her hand in some of this video you're about to see. there he goes. little bit of a signal, it seems. at least it seems to me. state department is continuing to push back on this, state department official telling nbc news the secretary asked susan thornton lead a very important role and continues to rely on her to lead the state department's agency in yash. it's like a throwdown. >> i can't remember seeing anything quite like this in government. throwdown is exactly right. rex tillerson, remember this guy was running one of the biggest multi-national corporations in the world, ceo who would snap his fingers and have things happen. now a guy like steve bannon is basically bragging that he's hiring and firing people at the state department. i think tillerson, i assume, is infuriated by this. i think what you just saw is a clear demonstration of that. so if steve

cambodia is one of the poorest countries in south-east asia. phare is a circus school that gives children hope, and confidence in themselves. >> i used to be really nervous, my hands and my legs used to shake.e. but now it's s just . >> thearara and sreyneanang and their fefellowircus ststudents have beeeen training hard for years to become professional acacrobats. they hope it will help them escape poverty and start a new life. it's early morning at theara's home. the family used to be e extremy poor the children sold pipineapple n the strereet. then the circus school came along, and the parents signed up seven of t their eleven childr. they're getting an eduducation d even a bit of money. it's changed the family's lives forever. >> everyone sits around the table. we have food.d. i'm looking at happy faces. for me, as as mother, this is a wonderful moment. >> mornings for theara and sreyneang start the same as any other child's in cambodia. scschool beginararound 8 am.m. it's a state school they learn the essentials reading and writing and gra

molly: in east asia, the death toll from typhoon hato has risen to 17. -- is picking up the pieces thisday. nine people died when the storm region. the south china the leader had to apologize as the government has been criticized for mishandling response to the storm and failing to adequately warn residents as it approached. , ining with severe weather the united states, hurricane harvey is set to strike the state of texas. the storm is strengthening as a barrels toward the gulf coast. it's a sound being heard all along the texas coast as residents do all they can to prepare for what is shaping up to be the fiercest hurricane there state has seen in over a decade. >> i got four things of water and formula for the baby. fruit,r, canned goods, lots of -- for my little boys to eat. just trying to be prepared. harvey is being fueled by warm water and moving slowly so it will be able to dump maximum amounts of rain. went could push as much as -- wind could as much as 12 feet of water on sure in what is known as a storm surge. there are mandatory evacuations for those in low lying areas. >> i

cambodia is one of the poorest countries in south-east asia. phare is a circus school that gives children hope, and confidence in themselves. >> i used to be really nervous, my hands and my legs used to shake.e. but now it's s just . >> thearara and sreyneanang and their fefellowircus ststudents have beeeen training hard for years to become professional acacrobats. they hope it will help them escape poverty and start a new life. it's early morning at theara's home. the family used to be e extremy poor the children sold pipineapple n the strereet. then the circus school came along, and the parents signed up seven of t their eleven childr. they're getting an eduducation d even a bit of money. it's changed the family's lives forever. >> everyone sits around the table. we have food.d. i'm looking at happy faces. for me, as as mother, this is a wonderful moment. >> mornings for theara and sreyneang start the same as any other child's in cambodia. scschool beginararound 8 am.m. it's a state school they learn the essentials reading and writing and gra

jonathan pollack is a senior fellow at john thornton china center and east asia policy at the brookings institution. previously he was professor of asian and pacific studies at u.s. naval war college. dr. samantha ravech, served as deputy national security advisor to vice president dick cheney. she lead as project here on cyber-enabled economic warfare. and anthony rogero, a senior fellow here at fdd. he spent 17 years in the u.s. government as an expert in the use of targeted financial measures, especially sanctions among other measures. and most recently served as a foreign policy fellow for senator marco rubio of florida. so with that, why don't we dig in and, jonathan, i wanted to start with you and ask for a bit of a reality check, on how bad are things right now? and is the situation more or less under control, so to speak than it appears from externally from the roller-coaster of the past few months? >> fair questions. there is public and there is private and i do think that we had several weeks ago a situation induced frankly by the president's own remarks that almost had an imp

in east asia. he has written extensively about winning the third world, american rivalry was published from the north carolina press in february 2017. >> thank you. i want to begin by saying how pleased i am to be here with you that is common for speaker to say, but i want to add something speaker special and to say that it's significant that i'm sitting here next to you. i did my little calculation. it was 50 years ago that i was a graduate student and i remember reading this work and i have tried to keep up but he writes quicker than i read. [laughter] it's an honor to be with you. this morning, when i was coming up, walking out to the car, i passed my wife who is finishing a book of her own right now and she noticed i was not wearing jeans and a flannel shirt and she said, speaking today. i said yes, i was. i said you won't be surprised to learn and going to talk about north korea. and she said oh and i said yes, i'm going to share with the audience my very creative thinking, which led her to fa

it can respond from threats from the middle east, asia, and across the pacific. colonel sam white has spent his career here among these bombers. in a worst-case scenario, how quickly can this airfield get up to speed? >> so we stand ready to respond to a wide range of things at the president's call. that's the reason why we have the continuous presence mission, is to give the president of the united states sovereign options against threats to the u.s. so we're ready today. >> reporter: and they've had to prove that multiple times in recent weeks. on july 29, the day after north korea's latest successful i.c.b.m. launch, two u.s. b-1 bombers took off from this airfield and flew over 2,000 miles to the north korean border in a show of force. the b-1, also known as "the bone," is capable of carrying more arms than any other bomber in the air force. and as its air crews can attest, it's also among the loudest. >> especially being out here because you get to feel the rumble of them. >> reporter: wow. when a b-1 goes into a particular region, it sends eye very strong m

of state is the most senior american official to visit thailand since the coup in 2014. 0ur south—east asiaathan head told me why this visit to bangkok is so important. it is a potential gain for the trump administration because relations with thailand have been at a pretty low ebb since the coup three years ago. they have automatically downscaled. i think relations would have returned anyway, because the military has been there so long and thailand is a very old ally of the united states. the us has been dismayed to see thailand shifting closer to china, buying more weapons and diplomatically becoming closer. there would have been a reset under any administration. the trump administration, with much less of an emphasis on the human rights and shared values, it is in a better position to do that in a transactional manner. rex tillerson‘s visit to asia has suddenly shown an almost coherent and determined interest from the trump administration that we have not seen before. we have been reliant on president trump's feelings about china, which have been erratic and confusing. the problem of nor

minister, has urged north korea, to end ballistic missile tests, that have raised tensions across east asiamake "smart decisions". new sanctions, agreed at the un, and supported by the trump administration, could cost pyongyang more than 1 billion dollars a year. yogita limaye reports from the south korean capital, seoul. putting on a united front in manila. rex tillerson is on a mission. america wants more countries to isolate north korea, a day after all members of the security council voted to ban exports from pyongyang. the sweeping measures were even backed by china, north korea's ally and top trade partner. translation: the chinese side urged the north koreans to calmly handle the un security council resolutions and not do anything unbeneficial such as a missile launch or a nuclear test. at this meeting, the two leaders described the sanctions as a good outcome. testing missiles like this one is what prompted the sanctions. for north korea the new sanctions could mean a loss of about $1 billion. but experts say it is unlikely to deter the state. the north koreans are unlikely to negot

the bbc‘s south east asia correspondentjonathan head, faced up to five years in jail if he had been convictedeadless torso found in waters off denmark has been identified as that of a missing swedishjournalist, kim wall. she was last seen alive on august 10th, leaving on a trip with submarine inventor peter madsen, who's now been charged with manslaughter and could face life in prison. england's record goal—scorer, wayne rooney, has announced his retirement from international football. the 31—year—old has scored 53 goals for england in a career that has lasted 14 years. he's also the country's most capped player, with 119 appearances. and here are two pampered cats — they've just inherited $300,000 after their wealthy owner died in new york. the bequest formed part of a $3 million estate left by ellen frey—wouter which included her home in the bronx. two carers who used to look after the elderly widow are now caring for the cats and all grooming and pampering will be paid for out of their trust fund. a maximum category ten storm has made landfall on the southern coast of china's guangdong pro

we will begin ourjourney in south—east asia.ay to thailand. we get lots of rain due to thailand. we get lots of rain due to the south—westerly monsoon, which is bringing lots of rain to northern parts of the philippines. the warm, wet winds have brought as much as 200 millimetres of rain in 24 hours south of manila, likely to be more flooding. further north, in the west pacific, you can see the eye of that typhoon, typhoon noro, which has been wandering south of japan, where the winds have dropped a little bit, but it is still a strong typhoon. the winds could be gusting 120 miles an hour in the next 24 hours, and we have seen big waves, a dangerous well and a storm surge around the pacific coast. that may strengthen before making landfall, probably sunday night, then bringing those flooding rains into my pity. there has been almost a month reign in 24 hours in cross city in florida, i'm sure it's inhabited are not amused. there are still some rain around. that should begin to ease off later in the day. it is cooler for the time

on east asia. he started working on several projects, what i is the state of the cultural impact of the korean war in america, korea and china. another is a comparative study of american nationbuilding programs in east and southeast asian during the cold war. he is also written extensively but i will again just mention his most recent book, within the third world, sino-american rivalry just published in february 2017. from the university of north carolina press. without further ado i will turn the microphone to dr. gallucci. >> thank you. i want to begin by saying how please i am to be here with you, which is common for speaker to see if i to add something special, that is for me significant ice sitting next to dr. etzioni. i did my little calculation here. it was 50 years ago as a graduate student at brandeis and i remember reading political unification, and have subsequent tried to keep up but he writes quicker than i read. [laughing] it's been a problem but it's an honor to be with you today. th

china has done an amazing job geo politically in south east asia and now in central asia and these are the types of things we used to do in america reese to come in and build bridges to roads give the loans for that and develop the country that was you know exporting your power but now you know the world's firmly moved into chinese orbit all right so college you know we've talked to for many years now and the air. analysis of the race has been great and very measured and circumspect but i hear a tone in your voice it seems like you're having a bit of the panic button here that there's actually things are heating up to the point where it can't just papered over with rhetoric and you know china is an interesting player in that they bought over forty billion of us treasury securities in june japan sold twenty billion me the china is once again the number one holder of u.s. debt that's one point five trillion worth of u.s. debt isn't this a sort of damocles held over america can china dump these at any moment especially if they've got this incredible diversity globally economically they do

not in asia but closer to home with had somehow whether it was the south—east of the united kingdom. go on through tuesday. the beverages will drop away and a band of cloud will see bids way in. privileges are tumbling towards the north—west of the uk. of all uk focus coming up in half an hour. hello. to outside source. donald trump has taken about catastrophic flooding in texas. it is an historic amount of water, there has never been anything like it. the people are handling it amazingly well. we will be live in washington in a minute to get more on how the president is handling the first natural disaster of his term. and indian guru has been given 20 yea rs and indian guru has been given 20 years for a double rape, although there was no repeat of the deadly riots that followed his conviction, the situation remains tense. the french president emmanuel macron has announced a 3—point plan to curb the flow of migrants across the mediterranean. he is hosting a meeting of european and african leaders in france. a gruesome story

we will also look at the weather around north america but first into south east asia, you may rememberrmal, heavy showers here. we have an enhancement in the south—westerly monsoon in the philippines. that is warm, wet winds driving into manila, bringing some flooding. the strongest winds courtesy of typhoon knowledge in the west, the picture here is from nasa. this is the stronger storm in the northern hemisphere this year, moving over warm waters, maintaining strength in the next few days. a very strong typhoon, gusts up to 140 mph, reports of ten metre waves and is significant storm served the north, a typhoon moving to maim and parts of the pan. moving to the outer islands in the next few hours and turning to the north, arriving in japan on sunday. notjust dangerous winds but extremely wet weather flooding likely. we have some rain here, taking rain into the great la kes, here, taking rain into the great lakes, moving down tojoin here, taking rain into the great lakes, moving down to join forces to this cloud that got stuck here in the deep south and into northern parts of florida,

another war it is korean war true there will be an absolute apocalyptic collapse catastrophe in east asia. north korea has i'm to itself with the deepest sense of security that it thinks it needs to protect itself against another onslaught by the united states it's very simple. and the north koreans are not going to preemptively launch their nuclear missiles against the united states all they can't do it right now. and the only time they will you they're not suicidal the only time they'll use them is if you know they believe the united states is about to take them out. so essentially it is it is to preserve the regime in the in the current political order there but seems quite reasonable here i did in the i'm glad you mentioned it calling the north korean regime in saying on balance and all that it does not help whatsoever it's very rational to protect yourself or a gentleman going to jump in here we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on north korea and stay with our team. here's what people have been saying about rejected and. the onl

secretary of state becomes the most senior us official to visit thailand since the 2014 coup. 0ur south—east asiajonathan head, joins me from bangkok. it has been seven months of erratic policy towards asia. this is important, this visit. it is important. it is a potential gains for the trump administration because relations in thailand have been low since the coup three years ago. to be honest, i think relations would have turned anyway or been upscaled because the military has been there so because the military has been there so long and thailand is a very old ally of the us. us has been dismayed to see thailand move towards china and buy more weapons from them and be more diplomatic towards them. but the donald trump administration with its lower emphasis on human rights and shared values is in a better position to do that with a more transaction —based approach. what is interesting is rex tillerson‘s visit to asia has suddenly shown an almost coherent interest in the region from the trump administration we have not seen before. we have relied on his own feelings about china with his somewhat

was in taiwan in june, in the fall, the new southbound policy, and economic ties with countries in east asia, south asia, in new zealand, some are more promising than others, there is more meat on the bones, helping to modify taiwan's economic structure, particularly in areas of education, the us isn't one of the members of the southbound policy countries, the us can do a lot to encourage all of those countries to participate but facilitates interactions. these taiwanese businesses moving more towards that region are part of the supply chain affecting interest in american companies as well. there is a lot the us can do to facilitate implementation of the southbound policy. big regional initiative beyond southbound policy and tpp is the initiative. taiwan, you wouldn't think of the dominant country in investing in infrastructure, taiwan to participate and develop those. and our investment initiative, opportunities that are not part of it, the us is not part of it, the price tag is so large, getting a tiny sliver of investment would be helpful of taiwan's economy. fourth, the united states, bi

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