political economy, also senior vice chair for asian economics and he was accorded for the apec and east asia summit including the g-8 and g20 in the obama white house. to his leftist left is amy seae senior advisor and director in southeast asia program at csis. bill reinsch, senior advisor and wadwani chair in u.s.-india policy state. and chris johnson senior advisor chair and china says at csis and joints on the phone is victor cha was a senior advisor and korea chair at csis. we will all be hearing from them today. to start us off, , matt, please. >> thanks, calling. vice president pence heads off this week into asia for the annual trek of summons, that's the reason the organizing principle of the trip, he's going to the east asia summit, the u.s.-asean summit and the apec, asia pacific coordinators meeting. you will be in the region for about a week. this is something president normally does but president trump opted not to do this trip and ask vice president pence to do the trip. to me the over arching theme here is that the vice president is going to face some skepticism from particula

that is the organizing principle of the trip, he's going to the east asia summit, the u.s.asean summit and the apec, asia pacific coordination leaders meeting. you will be in the region for about a week. this is something president normally does but president trump opted not to do this trip and to ask vice president pence to do the trip. i think to me the over arching theme here is that the vice president is going to face some skepticism from particularly allies and partners in the region. those are in three areas of skepticism. one is concerned about some of the statements and actions the top administration has taken, criticism of allies, skepticism about multilateral approaches like the things that are going to be done in these summits, new interest in china policy following vice president pence's speech in early october that was quite strong in tone particularly and southeast asia. there will be questions about that and concerns about that. and then the withdrawal from the transpacific partnership from the paris climate accord i think have raised questions in the region. of course t

it is ten to 20% in this young adult population in east asia.it specifically to blame? is it education, is it genetics? well, yes, a reasonable hypothesis at one stage was that it was genetics. but the epidemiology did not suggest that it was genetic, and more recent studies using genetic techniques suggest equally that it is not genetic. what it seems to be due to isa genetic. what it seems to be due to is a combination of really intensive study regimes, starting when children are quite young, and i mean, in east asia we are talking about homework for preschool kids, something that is inconceivable in my country, for example. when you combine that with a lifestyle and the cultural attitude to being outdoors which tends to favour indoor activities, and sometimes the climate reinforces that, then you end up with intense education, a deficit of exposure to bright light, and you get these epidemic proportions of myopia. emergency workers in california are still struggling to contain wildfires that have devastated large areas of the state over the l

how might approaches the south east asia change? east asia, probably somewhat true. staff, so it is not necessarily a bad thing. priority region for the white house. which can't be underrated. more things done with pence there. you're watching newsday on the bbc. soldiers to fight than any other in south asia. also on the programme: the changing face of congress. america elects a record number of female representatives. of the middle east peace process, has been assassinated. organisation has claimed responsibility for the killing. on a historic day for australia. as the results came in, it was clear — the monarchy would survive. of the american hostages, there was no sign. they will all die. this mission has surpassed all expectations. in the universe, and itjust seems to keep on going. but from the enduring power of our ideals. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london. control of the house of representatives. but he has clashed with reporters at an ill—tempered press conference. from

>> more from the center of strategic and international studies with a discussion previewing the east asia summits in singapore a panel that included foreign diplomats and strategists talking about trump's decision not to attend this summit. this runs one hour 15 minutes. welcome -- hold on i will transfer you. >> i would like to begin, my name is colin quinn the director for new media and i will be moderating today's press briefing. thank you for coming. i want to give you a quick note for housekeeping. we will be transcribing this discussion, so when you are asking questions identify yourself, we will then send the transcript later today. so, let me introduce my colleagues who will be speaking today in this order , to my left, matthew goodman, senior vice president and a senior advisor for economics and the coordinator, thanks so much. and to his left is amy seawright, senior advisor and director in the southeast asia program at csis, bill, the senior advisor in international business, rick who is the senior advisor in the u.s. india policy studies and chris johnson, and then on the phon

i'm now joined by phebe calling from east asia bureau thanks for joining us so today taiwan. it is holding three referenda on how same sex marriage could be egoless what people what are the choices on the ballot basically this for and it's not about or what not to legalize same sex marriage is about how to implemented it how to make it happen so voters in taiwan they were asked about or whether the same sex marriage should be legalized by either amending the assisting civil code or other new special law where same sex couples will be around to different rights compare with heterosexual couples and this is considered to be another kind of this criminal asian according to respect. amend the existing civil coke that means they will have equal rights compared to heterosexual couples but phoebe last year taiwan's supreme court ruled that banning gay marriage was unconstitutional so why is this issue back on the vote i mean this is the question and the. most money another ruling last year the government to end their growth in the last within two years but since then the government

muslims during a military crackdown last year many countries condemn the trial but a state of south east asia correspondent reports it's part of a wider push by the government in myanmar to stifle freedom of the press. a workers' strike on the outskirts of yangon. things get heated when protesters confront the police. line tips in why is right in the middle reporting it live on facebook. but situations like these are not the dangers journalists like him fear most it's criticizing the powerful which has once again become a present danger in me and mark a risk blankets and why has to weigh up carefully whenever i have to publish a news and story i need to kings. three times. that this story kind heart my security or destroy can love me in the deal when many kids that i thought he went to. to hide the real situation the true information so. so they also had already tried to address the threat alone and just only too well the two reuters journalists were sentenced to seven years in prison after investigating the involvement of me and maher security forces in mass killings in rakhine state these a

mr putin is attending the east asia summit, including the ten asean countries, including india, china's part of moscow's efforts to be more involved in asia and also on the economic and diplomatic fronts. trade increased to russia to more than $16 billion in 2016 compared to the previous yea rs in 2016 compared to the previous years and top exports from asean to russia, they bought a electoral machinery and other equipment. countries in southeast asia bought oil, mineralfuels, iron, steeland fertilisers. a russian expert told me why mr putin's trip is so important for the country. i have to say that probably you know putin normally attends the apec summit, which is... it's the first time in history the head of state inrush of prefers to go to the asean forum instead of apec. —— in russia prefers. he wants to partner with many industries. as we know, from 2016 to 2017, our trade between countries increased a0%. maybe it isn't such a big amount yet, but it isn't such a big amount yet, but it is still a positive dynamic. interesting because president putin announced his turn to east poli

what about other bought impacted south east asia? i like to put it like this.e war, the ball shaped southeast asia and also asia in multiple and also profound ways, depending on where you look. what are some of these ways?” ways, depending on where you look. what are some of these ways? i write a lot about representatives of central powers from germany and austria and also from the ottoman empire, also working with revolutionaries, worked actively to try to undermine allied authority wherever it was manifested, british malaya, indochina and india as well. the neutral countries that were surrounding the colonies were crucial. because germans were able to work with antique colonial revolutionaries as a basis to co—ordinate anti— british. —— anticolonial. the japanese occupation and world war two still leave scars. how did it world war i effect the relationship between china andjapan? effect the relationship between china and japan? world war i was actually very important forjapanese influence in east and south east asia. the british and french had to did vote asi

it's native to east asia and is rarely seen in north america, and it doesn't migrate.kely answer of course is it was someone's escaped pet. they had planned to capture the bird, but today they decided to let it be. >> new york is a tough town. larry had a good point. i wonder how the other ducks are going to react to this fancy pants. >> some of the others may be hey, moving in on our territory. >> show you how we roll. >> the only creature that looked better than that duck is nick mullens. >> the nick it's my job to protect as a public safety,pg&e, keeping the powerlines clear while also protecting the environment. the natural world is a beautiful thing. the work that we do helps protect it. public education is definitely a big part of our job, to teach our customers about the best type of trees to plant around the powerlines. we want to keep the power on for our customers. we want to keep our communities safe. this is our community. this is where we live. we need to make sure that we have a beautiful place for our children to live. together, we're building a better c

it's native to east asia and is rarely seen in north america, and it doesn't migrate. most likely answer of course is it was someone's escaped pet. they had planned to capture the bird, but today they decided to let it be. >> new york is a tough town. larry had a good point. i wonder how the other ducks are going to react to this fancy pants. >> some of the others may be hey, moving in on our territory. >> show you how we roll. >> the only creature that looked better than that duck is nick mullens. >> the nick here are the facts.leading attacks against prop c. the city's chief economist says prop c llreomelessness"by creinaffong,, attacks against prop c. and providing clean restrooms and safe shelters with independent oversight, open books, and strict accountability measures to make sure every penny goes to solving our homeless crisis. vote yes on c. endorsed by the democratic party, nancy pelosi, and dianne feinstein. i'm super excited to introduce my dad because he's my hero. when i was little, he was doing this really important work driving ambulances in iraq. now h

that in several of the areas that we looked at, particularly with respect to what china is doing in east asia, their ambitions in the indian ocean, the capabilities that they have in play and what we currently have, that it's apparent that we are at a disadvantage in those areas. i would also argue that as russia acts on its periphery, that the challenges that are faced there, especially as we addressed earlier the fact that we have not been working in these more complex environments, really demands that we up our game there. we have not been investing in the types of training and range structures that allow our people to practice in those more complex environments. we did not get into a line of by line costing of what it would take, but it was apparent to us that there is an imbalance and the investments are required and we haven't been making investments in these type of warfare for decades now, and that is the basis of our recommendation. >> my sentence before you is from what i just read is that we

hunter most of latin america under control of general and other fascist military governments most of east asia was under control of military governments including taiwan, south korea, philippines indonesia follow democratic today. homicide whenever anarchy are placed by rule of law when europe was brought under control of centralized kingdoms so today a western europe hint has about 135th chance of being murdered compared to his medieval ancestors that happened again in colonial new england in the american wild west, and in mexico. indeed we have become safer in just about every way. we are 96% less likely to be about killed in a car accident. 88% less likely to be mowed down on the sidewalk. 99%less likely to die in a plane crash. 95% less likely to be killed on the job. 89% less likely to be kill bid a so-called act of god such as a drought, fire, flood, wildfire, storm, volcano landslide, earthquake, or meteor strike. there's not because god is any less angry at fuss now than he used to be but because of improvements in resilience of our infrastructure and no matter what about had the act o

we can talk to our south-east asia correspondent boston heartache who is following the story for us hi boston what more can you tell us about these two men. well there are the two most senior figures of the career regime who are still alive . being the right hand man of pol pot pol pot of course the former leader of the khmer rouge who died in one nine hundred ninety eight and it was head of state under the clear rules so they really top tier and they were both already serving life sentences for crimes against other crimes against humanity that they were convicted of in previous trial and they both denied responsibilities for these crimes however and they weren't the only two who were indicted in this trial they were two other senior figures but because the trial dragged on for so long and it happened quite late remember that it's almost been forty years since the end of the regime those two other figures have since passed away so they're these are these two are the ones that the only ones that the court can still convict in this case to me how significant is this verdict. well you men

absent from that and absent from the apec meeting. from the apec meeting. approach is the south—east asiagested he is not that interested which is somewhat true. which is somewhat true. capable staff so it is not necessarily a bad thing. necessarily a bad thing. is a relatively low prey are a key region. region. the south china sea, which cannot be underrated. underrated. perspective, they may actually get more things done. you're watching newsday on the bbc. than any other in south asia. a record number of female representatives. has been assassinated. responsibility for the killing. they voted on a historic day for australia. as the results came in, it was clear — the monarchy would survive. of the american hostages, there was no sign. should the americans attempt rescue, they will all die. this mission has surpassed all expectations. and itjust seems to keep on going. but from the enduring power of our ideals. welcome back. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. thanks forjoining us. i'm babita sharma in london. but he's clashed with reporters at an ill—tempered p

around this region and particularly in east asia, there is a lot of talk about the upsides.dvantage,et the where might supply chains relocate. we are seeing a lot of discussion about it. ,upply purchasing managers boards looking at new investments. more sophisticated technology. more supply chain in southeast asia. some of that is positive areas. there is an upside as well as the downside. >> how much concern is rising debt in east asia? especially if there is faster than expected tightening by central banks? >> we would not want to see a reverse of the global financial crisis again. trade flows slow down. that made it hard to repay debt. we don't see that happening. it is important that we keep the trade flows going. >> how much of a catalyst will be the new invigorated tbp? -- tpp. is this going to be something that a lot of these economies will focus on as well as getting other nations in flex south korea and indonesia and thailand? >> absolutely. the members who have ratified have been proud to tell the other members that. an organization -- it is been done on the sideli

even though we have obvious weakness in east asia and china. i think that will provide the floor. ousef: up next, can the city keep up its construction paces? this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ yousef: welcome back to "best of bloomberg daybreak: middle east." developers are plowing ahead with new builds. growth is slowly. the stock market is having its worst year since 2008. we have been looking at why dubai is losing its shine to ny investors who favored the emirate in the past for investors. >> some of it is structural and some of it is a method of supply and business that continued as usual. demand, population growth and spending from foreigner and -- investors. that is hurting the market. here there is a structural shift in the region. dubai is not able to assess really much. -- qatar he fact that hurt a lot of people's confidence in the region and the inability to put their money long-term. it is making a lot ever people worried about putting their money here. >> on that note what kind of response have we seen from the authorities so far? it feels like they have to balance the need to r

alongside that will be the east asia summit with china, the united states, russia attending. gional conference of committee is high on the agenda. and then most leaders will be travelling to papua new guinea for the asia—pacific economic cooperation summit. and economists is that we'll all the different agreements be negated without the rest of the table, we clearly live in very interesting times. what we are seeing is that us policies have turned more inward looking and protectionist. meanwhile all this asian countries are highly expert oriented. so will be really interesting over the coming years. we will likely see a shift in the balance of economic power moving from the west to the east. but there are also overlapping countries here. for the cars at endycott rancid progressive trespasser partnership. with this overlap, will they become the mentri or will they be contending against each other? the asset is truly a specific agreement. while the cp dpp takes the west to the east, although it does not include economic giants like china and india. but it will further strengthen

really come out with the conclusive report as to why that plane in the end actually crashed our south-east asia correspondent bastian heartache for us thank you. let's catch up on some other stories making headlines around the world a new study has revealed that the earth's oceans have absorbed sixty percent more heat than previously estimated researchers say the findings will have a major impact on the effort to keep global temperature under the target of two degrees celsius warmer oceans destroy vital organisms and cause extreme weather. don have blocked a key highway in islamabad to protest the release of a christian woman on death row for blasphemy hardliners in the capital are calling for bibi to be publicly hanged despite the landmark ruling mother of two plans to leave the country. a human rights group says women in north korea routinely face sexual abuse by officials human rights watch claims the problem is so widespread that some women aren't even aware they're being violated and activists claim the kingdom's human rights record is being ignored amid an international push to improve re

over the last three years but also it disappoints many in me and more every day each of these south-east asia correspondent boston hadzic thank you very much. let me know when you have to do some other stories making news around the. saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salon is reported to have till the u.s. said he consider jamal khashoggi to be a dangerous islamist the washington post newspaper says muhammad been set him on made the remarks in a phone call with white house advisers and shouted krishna and john bolton the court was made off to the right to disappear but before saudi arabia admitted killing him. fierce winds and rain this week have killed at least eighteen people in italy two of whom died when a tree fell on their car the storms have felt thousands of trees bitstrips on mountain sides of the tree cover in the dawn lights range emergency workers a scrambling to clear up partially blocked roads as thousands remain without electricity. russia's that image was in hosted talks with cuba's president miguel diaz colonel today and the two called on the united states to reconside

of these south-east asia correspondent boston hadzic thank you very much listen take a look at some of the stories making news around the was john tickle militants in egypt ambushed two buses carrying christians on a pilgrimage killing at least seven on their reach the city of minya that's a whole lot for the vet coptic long history the attack is the most serious assault on the coptic christian minority in more than a hero. the man known as the father of the of gone taliban has been killed in pakistan muslim cleric malar hoc was known for teaching some of the top leaders in afghanistan's radical movement unknown attackers killed him reportedly at a madrassa an islamic school which he ran in northwestern pakistan. potency this is this country will likely pull out of her united nations migration pact following similar statements from austria hungary and the u.s. pulled into also wants to reform its justice system something germany fears will downgrade the rule of law the announcement came amid tense discussions between german and polish leaders in warsaw. to nigeria now where supporters

is really a development that not only surprises but also disappoints many so we are at our south-east asia correspondent thank you very much for your boarding. now to some other stories making headlines around the world german chancellor angela merkel is in warsaw for a joint session of the polish and german cabinets relations are tense between the two neighbors for lin thanks the polish government's judicial reforms could undermine the rule of law while warsaw fears a german russian pipeline project could threaten polish energy security. police in china say an on board fight between a bus driver and a passenger is to blame for a deadly accident at the country's southwest the bus plunged off a bridge in the city of ching chong chong ching rather thirteen bodies have been retrieved from the water two others are still missing a freelance japanese journalist who returned from more than three years of captivity in syria has apologized for causing trouble to his government to pay yasuda said he traveled to syria to see for himself what was really happening but was kidnapped by militants after c

for more i'm joined now in the studio by phoebe king from east asia. feeney welcome good to see you know we have five referendums on gay rights today and the issue of same sex marriage is also included in these referendums with so many questions in the mix can you really expect a coherent result. yeah we have like as you mentioned we have ten referenda in total in this election and wish breaks the record high one selection is history so . today they are now they're being asked to these three to determine whether same sex marriage to be legalized in like by amending the civil code or and their special law which means same sex couples they will be granted different rights different from like heterosexual couples and that is considered to be a kind of discrimination. on the other side. they want to do even more so that way so that we have like referendums from both camps at the same time in this elections where you have taiwan's court ruling last year that seemed sex marriage should be allowed yet this is not the case why is this for me yeah but firstly w

stephen: tentacles that stretch from china through central asia to europe to the middle east and africa india and southeast asia, over land and sea to some of the world's most unchartered economic territories. >> defaults can always happen. infrastructure is a risky business. stephen: a project that, when it is finished, that will have cost china and its partners trillions of dollars unfinished. >> these countries need infrastructure and at the end of the day, money will drive this process forward. ♪ stephen: hello. i'm stephen engle. welcome to a look at how the economic future of the world's oldest continuous civilization is evolving, a new dynasty being built from beijing on the foundations of a project that is china's belt and road initiative. fast trains are one of the symbols of modern china. and so too is the pace at which the networks are being built. top speed for the train? more than 300 kilometers per hour. and rightly or wrongly in the eyes of some, perhaps, a reflection of china's belt and road ambitions. >> contrary to some other people's misconceptions, it is not a progra

meeting with representatives from countries including the us, china and russia in what's known as the east asia the week at the apec meetings, leaders from the americasjoin week at the apec meetings, leaders from the americas join in and week at the apec meetings, leaders from the americasjoin in and high on the agenda is trade. the largest trade grouping is one backed by china, it's called the regional comprehensive economic partnership, 01’ macro comprehensive economic partnership, or macro rcep, and it covers an area with a gdp of $25 trillion. you also have the cptpp. that is a long title! it takes effect at the end of this year after seven of the 11 member countries ratified the deal. this is key because neither one of these alphabet soup trade groupings include the united states. debra allens, an expert in trade issues in the region, told me which of these pacts is most important. tpp does because it comes into force on december the 30th. that is finished. it's coming into force on december the 30th and the entire agreement starts on that first day. there's a double bonus for people who p

our south-east asia correspondent bussin heartache speaking to us earlier now to some other stories making news around the world japan's prime minister shinzo are they house aide and historic visit to the australian city of darwin avi and his australian counterpart scott morrison laid a wreath at the darwin center tower obvious the first japanese leader to visit the city since it was bombed by the japanese army in world war two. north korean leader kim jong un has allegedly visited the test site of a new tactical weapon it was the state media first mention in months of a new development in the country's weapons program and it's likely to put a strain on relations with south korea and the united states. the number of people missing in california's devastating wildfires has doubled to more than six hundred local authorities say the death toll now stands at sixty three search and rescue workers are looking for remains as firefighters are still battling wildfires across the state. and iconic swimming pool painted by british legend david hockney has sold for ninety point three million dollars i

for more delegates bring it our south east asia correspondent and heartache in bangkok bastion what more can you tell us about the two men who've just been found guilty of committing genocide. well terry they were the two most senior figures of the camero regime who are still alive. is or was the deputy of the leader a former khmer rouge leader pol pot who died in one nine hundred ninety eight and. was the head of state under the khmer rouge they were both serving life sentences already for crimes against humanity that they were convicted of in an earlier trial but they deny any responsibility. for these for these crimes and they were indicted in this trial with along with two other senior figures of the clear regime but because this is already almost forty years after the end of that regime and the defendants are very old. man is eighty seven and the other two have died when the trial was still in progress which took it took several took several years this trial so they were the last two that could have been or that that could be convicted in this trial. now these verdicts were a long t

why is south-east asia's such a big hub for illegal wildlife trade? wildlife that is highly regarded in asian culture, including things like orangutans, many other animals that flow through this. tim phillips speaking to my colleague there. left—hander quit look at the commodities market before we go. as you can see overnight in new york, oil prices rising overnight, recovering the near 7% fall in previous sessions, although concern over economic growth globally is limiting the game. thank you so much for investing your time with us. — hours. —— by the now. —— bye for now. this is bbc news. the top stories this hour: nasser has successfully landed a probe on the surface of mars, sparking jubilation at mission control. ukraine has declared martial law in parts of the country following russia's seizure of three ukrainian 80 ships. —— navy ship ‘s. matthew hedges, the british academic who was jailed on spying charges in the united arab emirates, has been pardoned and could be home as early as tomorrow. he'd been sentenced to life in prison last week, but

really come out with the conclusive report as to why that plane in the end actually crashed our south-east asia correspondent bastian heartache for us thank you. u.s. president on all trump is threatening to deploy fifteen thousand troops to the mexican border to prevent a caravan of immigrants from entering the country trump has been stepping up his rhetoric against foreigners ahead of the midterm elections next tuesday but can such rhetoric lead to physical violence to get his aleksandra phenomena sent us this report from the campaign trail. on they can paint when they get in the north carolina nevada arizona although his name is not on the ballot donald trump once the midterms to be about him he is firing up his supporters by grabbing some of the most divisive issues and using them to keep his base afraid and furious the democrats have become an angry unhinged mob determined to get power by any means necessary everything we do they could destroy a very quickly i gem a crack victory in november would be a bright flashing and rich. every traffickers buckler drug dealer and illegal alien on the

leaders from south—east asia will hold their final day of talks at the asean summit later, after beingreated to a gala dinner in singapore. and this video is trending on bbc.com: jewellery once belonging to france's marie antoinette has fetched astonishing prices in geneva, massively over the pre—sale estimate. the star of the show, a pear shaped natural pearl pendant, had been expected to sell for up to $2 million, but after fierce bidding went for more than $36 million. not bad. that is all from me. do stay with us here on bbc news. and the top story in the uk: nhs england has said that nearly 50,000 women didn't receive information about screening for cervical cancer in the first half of this year because of a mistake by a private contractor. now, the business news in singapore. a decisive step — britain's theresa may secures cabinet backing for a d raft may secures cabinet backing for a draft brexit agreement. the currency markets give the deal a muted reception. summits going on — world leaders gather in singapore and then papua new guinea with global trade on the agenda. good mor

native to east asia... ended up in the big apple. an incredible sight is baffling people in the big apple ... and around the nation . a rare bird known for its vibrant colors has mysteriously appeared in central park. (pam) les trent looks into how the bird .. which is native to east asia .... ended up thousands of miles away .. in manhattan. a rare duck not usually found in north america was spotted swimming in central park, prompting a flock of onlookers. the mandarin duck, which is usually found in japan and china, has stunned new york residents and tourists alike. it has a hot-pink bill, multicolored feathers and various colors on its mug.the duck was discovered by a man who happened to be taking a stroll in the park. he recorded video of the bird, then posted it online, where it has gone viral and prompting a flock of onlookers to flood central park. one new yorker told inside edition they skipped work on thursday just to take pictures of the rare duck. but the mystery of how the duck ended up some 7,000 miles away from home is

world leaders have wrapped up the asean and east asia summit in singapore and have moved on to papuafor the apec summit. us president donald trump's absence raise questions about commitment to the region while leaders from china, india andjapan the region while leaders from china, india and japan are focusing on building multilateral trade arrangements. in an interview with the bbc canadian prime minister justin trudeau told us who is winning ina justin trudeau told us who is winning in a world divided by multilateralism and nationalist visions. we have to recognise that citizens are anxious, anxious about the pace of change, anxious about transformation in our economies, anxious around the new waves of immigrants and of migrations around the world, anxious about their plays and their future and their kids' place and their future, and there are two choices in politics, you can either amplify those fears with a politics of populism and division or you can allay those fears with concrete, sometimes complex and reasonable solutions. i am very much obviously in the latter camp and i thin

world war i was actually very important forjapanese influence in east and southeast asia.a so they relied on the japanese to patrol the waters, and also the british asked the japanese to take german territory in china on me shandong peninsula. and the british actually helped the japanese take control of the peninsular by november seven 1914, that is 104 years ago today. you write a lot, as you said earlier, about the intelligence collaboration that was going on at that time and how they formed the backdrop of that war. tell us about the relationships of these countries, for instance written working quite closely with the french. yeah. so in order to try to control the anti— revolutionary networks that were happening throughout the war, the british actually developed a new agency called the far eastern intelligence agency that was specifically designed to monitor indian revolutionaries in particular. the french already have the secret experience —— exterior police in indochina, but that organisation became much more sophisticated in the war and then the french agency and th

it lies in direct flights from southeast asia and north—east asia and beyond. with the high—speed rail. it gets you from taipei to the centre in 90 minutes. very easy to come. cathy and her tea m very easy to come. cathy and her team hope that their approach of developing local talent and importing big international productions and acts will strike the right balance artistically and commercially. this splendid than you can sit over 2000 people. after russell, organist tony lew family offers to show me the pride of the concert hall. that was amazing. yes, thank you so much. what is of the elective magnificent instrument?m is very exciting. because i can make any kind of music in here. in the high pitch here... and the very low, we do have very low. using here the entire hall by rating. packwood needed you need to be? there are a lot of keyboards. how many here is that one, two, three, number —— four, five. i had to spend a lot of time to practise. this is a brand—new organ. i believe it is the biggest one in the entire asia's concert hall. the largest in asia? w

potato chip cans from hong kong strapped to a passenger's legs under his pants, when he arrived from east asia at lax. to see ourstory, exotic pets end up, when they become too dangerous to keep in back yards, plus a breakout of what kind of exotic animals can be found here in california, just go to our website nbcbayarea.com/investigations. >> very interesting. if you have a story for our investigative unit, you can give them a call, that's 888-996-tips or send them an email, go to the website there, nbcbayarea.com/investigations. >>> 4:50 for you right now. as if the flight wasn't long enough, a man actually jogged 5,400 miles from alaska to key west, florida, all pushing a baby stroller. >> the stroller was filled with supplies and gear. thankfully no he made the track hoping to become the first person to complete a self-supported run from florida. he arrived yesterday in key west to and friends. he made it. >> interesting. quite the "today in the bay," after you vote, why not spend some money? the places offering special deals for voters. >>> but first, happening now, a developing story ou

east india company. they'd been at sea for eighteen months and had found a new route to asia. but when they reached their destination yun peterson kuhn a company official ordered them to hand over the ship. yes so it was either join the dutch east india company or sail back home on the first available ship. the company was determined that there would not be able to trade on his own so they confiscated his ships and all his papers. and of keeping it out he was walking over a dutch court later ruled that the seizures were illegal but continued to ban him from trading in the region. the mayor and chosen never explored the other islands near the quay. and for centuries afterward ships tried their best to stay in open water off the cape. but these areas were still extremely dangerous and many of the ships didn't make here's . this really the house leadership described to sail around the cape particularly during the california gold rush and the eight hundred fifty s. in california and all sorts of vessels tried to get through so that they could make their way to california and other

it's native to east asia and it's not known how it got here. experts say it may be someone's pet that got away. it's illegal to have one in new york. the city doesn't plan on moving the duck unless it's in danger or sick. >>> and scientists in switzerland are doing what was once thought impossible, helping paralyzed people walk again. it's being done with the help of a small device. tina krause explains. >> reporter: david was paralyzed for seven years until one of switzerland's leading neurosurgeons gave him a spinal implant that changed his life. here he is training with it a year ago. when the device is turned off, he can't move. when it's on, he continues to walk. >> this little device that is a impulse generator is giving impulses to the electrode that's located on the spinal cord. >> reporter: david can control the stimulation remotely through his watch. when it's on he's able to walk more than half a mile. >> i think you have to try to do the impossible to make the impossible possible. i think we're doing that and it feels good. >> repor

leaders from south—east asia will hold their final day of talks at the asean summit later, after beingellery once belonging to france's marie antoinette has fetched astonishing prices in geneva, massively over the pre—sale estimate. the star of the show, a pear shaped natural pearl pendant, had been expected to sell for up to $2 million, but after fierce bidding went for more than $36 million. not bad. that is all from me. do stay with us here on bbc news. and the top story in the uk: nhs england has said that nearly 50,000 women didn't receive information about screening for cervical cancer in the first

the russian president briefed the media on the outcome of the gathering of countries from scythe east asia and also their partners you know he's done of reports in the event. so the russian president has officially wrapped up his program here in singapore and well it's been busy three days for him here far away from home and he's met all sorts of leaders from all over the world so at these final media conference i asked him whether or not he himself is satisfied with the results of his trip because none of us today was you know him mr president you've come a long way to come here to singapore you have met as you say almost all the participants all kinds of countries with very different geopolitical interests how would you characterize the results of the work here first russia was here in two thousand and five as a guest and that time there was a certain order being formed in terms of relations between the countries and it has nothing to do with the process of globalization and nothing to do with military blocs as this forum we see the promotion of the idea of unity our relations here are b

and live birds strapped to a passenger's legs under his pants when he arrived from east asia at l.a.x. >> we consider the front lines for wildlife detection. >> reporter: it's up to her and her agents to smuggle more aintd more smuggled animals. >>> how do you address the issue? >> when i started 27 years ago, we had the same number of officers that we do now. >> reporter: once the animals are successfully smuggled into the u.s., laws about owning or possessing them vary from state to state. florida, texas and nevada have few to no laws that prevent residents from owning exotic animals as pets. here in california it's a bit tougher. you must prove to the state you have enough space and training to care for these animals and obtain a permit. since 2013, regulators have cited 73 different owners for illegally keeping wild animals, like this fox, living in a house with two kids near sacramento. >> tigers, this would never happen in the wild. >> reporter: when all those tiger cubs, elephants and other big cats grow up and become more dangerous, they end up in places like this, paws. short

by the time the war ended almost forty nations in europe africa the middle east and east asia were involved. the so-called rich war was fought with unprecedented destructive power. of more than sixteen million people were killed. parts of belgium and northern france were devastated. the austrian writer. said the war had affected him deeply. all the pale horses of the apocalypse have stormed through my life including revolution starvation and epidemics. nationalism has poisoned our flourishing european culture . in france alone one point four million soldiers were killed. the allied powers including the british empire france the united states belgium italy and serbia had defeated the central powers the german empire. hungary and the ottoman empire. when the armistice was announced in one thousand nine hundred people in the allied countries took to the streets to celebrate. the french writer seymour now described the scene in paris. in the crowd young factory workers and fashionably dressed ladies hooked in kissed each other. everyone hopes this would be the war to end all wars a former frenc

sixteen referendum that left the british public bitterly divided on the issue the other twenty seven east asia are expected to sign off on the so-called divorce papers and european representatives have been giving some positive vibes for the deal will finally be concluded this week. just to brief the meanest through so you twenty seven degree window to reach last week negotiators labor into draft to reach through an agreement. line. the particular correction on the future ownership we are in fact at the decisive moment in this process no one no one should lose sight of the process the progress the tribune achieved. long. i'm pretty that ministers produced report to over all the wreckage gregory speaking this deal is fair and balanced we want an orderly exit of you came and went to serve and stand behind that united. but theresa may is struggling to get support for it back home where it is led to a raft of government resignations and party plans to oust her from ten downing street after one of her toughest weeks yet as pm may said that getting rid of her would not make the brags that talks any