orangutans are native to only two islands in south—east asia. on sumatra but the vast majority with your in borneo. ——live here in borneo. i have come to the nature reserve where the rangers are preparing for the morning feed. the reserve took orangutans that have been rescued from captivity or suffer from habitat loss and taught them how to live wildly in the surrounding forest. since then, the rehabilitation programme has been moved elsewhere but the forest is still home to 33 orangutans and tourists have a chance to glimpse those tempted back by a female. ——by a free meal. it is very different to a zoo, there are no orangutans in cages here? yes, it is totally different to a zoo. this is edwin, one of the biggest males in the park. like the ranger said, this is not a zoo. the orangutans can come from a direction at any time. you have to be a little bit careful, especially around the big males like edwin here. while these orangutans are used to people, they are still unpredictable, so tourists are kept at a safe distance. edwin is 23 years old

the prospect of more diplomatic and economic unity in east asia is cause for optimism but the dawn of a new era depends on substantial jeev minutes after the talks. here's a round up now of some of the other stories making news in the asia pacific region . kong protesters have clashed with police and demonstrations all scuffles broke out after activists all keep quiet shopping malls riot police fire tear gas thousands of protesters blocked streets outside the shopping centers and the anti-government protests in hong kong are now in their 7th month. at least $24.00 bus passengers were killed after the vehicle plunged off a cliff on the in the nation island of sumatra as curers are still searching for any survivors trapped inside the bus which varied off or road into a 150 meter ravine. australia's prime minister's scott morrison says volunteer firefighters from the public sector will be compensated with pain relief firefighters have been badly wildfires for months now weather forecasters expect extremely high high temperatures in the flames could burn for several more days people have

the prospect of more diplomatic and economic unity in east asia is cause for optimism but the dawn of a new era depends on substantial jeev minutes after the talks. now as the year droste to a close we're bringing you some of our most memorable stories from the past 12 months in iraq you know me reporter to research proper visited a cafe staffed by people with down syndrome and autism and she found iranians breaking new ground. in the midst of this completely in his element serving couple chinos to the guests in this cafe to waiting tables this is 1st ever job and the 40 year old is loving every 2nd of it. i like the cafe it's big and it's nice. that's why i'm so grateful. that every night when i go to bed i thank. the others who work here have little chance of finding work elsewhere iran's job market just currently in such a bad state that over a 3rd of college educated young iranians are unemployed for people with special needs it's become nearly impossible to find work. for most of those people there's nothing to do once they finish school they just stay at home but we're convinced

the prospect of more diplomatic and economic unity in east asia is cause for optimism but the dawn of a new era depends on substantial jeev minutes after the talks. and here are some of the other stories making news around the world. 8 civilians including 5 children have been killed in a missile strike on a school building in syria's it live promise on the opposition is blaming president bashar al assad's government for the attack and school served as a shelter for people displaced by violence in other parts of the country. a court in turkey has ordered businessman us monk of allah to remain in prison on charges he attempted to overthrow the government is accused of organizing and funding the gazey park protests against then prime minister richard tayyip erdogan while the european court of human rights has called for his release saying there is no reasonable suspicion that he committed a crime. hong kong protesters have clashed with police in demonstrations stoffel broke out after activists occupied shopping malls riot police fired tear gas as thousands of protesters blocked streets o

and, a long drought in south—east asia has shrunk the mekong river to its lowest levels in more than century. it's 9:00 in the morning in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in washington where the us house of representatives is set to vote later on wednesday on whether to impeach donald trump. it's over claims that he threatened to withhold military aid from ukraine unless it investigated his leading democratic rival in next year's presidential election — joe biden and his son. in a letter to the house speaker, nancy pelosi, mr trump called the impeachment process "an illegal, partisan attempted coup, that will, based on recent sentiment, badly fail at the voting booth". the democrat—controlled house is expected to vote in favour, which would lead to a trial in the senate, probably in january. here's the president speaking earlier. this has been a total sham from the beginning. everybody knows it. i've never seen the republican party so united. we got, as you know, 100% of the vote. i believe the senate is equally as well united. i watched mitch mcconnell this morning, i watched numero

today we are going to be focused on east asia, the papers on north korea, the east in south china sea and southeast asia. following a key not notice dress from secretary still will have a moderator discussion in that a panel at the office with on their research. before a hand the floor to david to further notice to meet. bookings disclose as the precipitation of its scholars. scholars do that work on their own time in off the process there is an important part of our strategy. we disclose that on our website, you can go to scholars bioscience either affiliations. as of now we have scholars advising biden, harris, and buttigieg campaigns and scholars serving the trump administration. part of a tradition at the working scholars has served in every presidency since fdr. i would like to thank the foundation for this. david thank you for spending time with us today. over to you. good afternoon it's great to be here and see all these friendly faces. i would like to call out ryan house who recruited me for this duty i am grateful for him he is the d.c. and in beijing who taught me more about

today we will be focused on east asia, with papers on north korea, east china sea, and following thekeynote address from secretary stillwell, michael hanlon, and a panel of the authors of these papal papers. before i hand the floor over to david, further notes from me. brookings discloses the participation of its scholars on political campaigns. workings scholars do that work in the runtime and other own premises. we disclose this on the website. you can see their affiliations. as of now we have scholars advising campaigns and some have been on leave serving in the trump administration. seeing them serve in the presidential parties going back to the ford campaign. david, over to you. >> good afternoon. it's great to be here. i see a lot more friendly faces than i thought. two i would like to call out, ryan recruited me for this duty, which i'm grateful for. bob is in the back there, the dcm in beijing when i was there in 2011, 2013, who taught me more about china than i have learned before or since. great to see you both. i hope i don't disappoint bob. the topic today is on the idea

are interesting commonalities that come out, even though we are talking about different parts of east asia and finally, thinking about the choices and agency that other east asian countries have, because we often come at these questions from the china angle. by jonathan i think your paper points out well we ought to be talking about the strategic choices other countries are making as well. starting at the top with the idea of what china wants, we hear a lot with about a china dream, a community of, destiny, which sounds lovely. but it can be hard to parse out exactly what that means. jonathan, can you rake down for us -- break down for us in practical terms, if we are trying to figure out what a community of common destiny actually looks like, and how that might be a different sort of concept for any station security order then -- concept for an east asian security order than what we see today. what practical changes do you think countries in southeast asia would see, for example, based on the activities and some of the strategies we see china using toward its southeast asian neighbors now

a lot of us are underestimating the predominance of japan in east asia although in terms of trade and investments, china has been taking over the past 15 years. more importantly if you look at key countries in southeast asia and countries with business like vietnam and like the philippines, by far japan is the top investor in infrastructure. in the philippines out of the ten big-ticket infrastructure projects of china that a single one has cleared the preliminary phase. one owe two has done the project but i'm not sure $60 million is considered a big-ticket project. more, more than that a lot of projects would have negative ecological impact on indigenous people's and communities in the area. even though there's some project and is is not big-ticket it could be much more problematic and much more of a question of dead trap. vietnam si city. japan is way ahead of china in terms of overall investment. you have 74 projects by japan in vietnam versus 24 by japan. look at who was the rising part in southeast asia, without question that is vietnam and vietnam would be the asean chairman nex

orangutans are native to only two islands in south—east asia. the vast majority live here in borneo. i have come to the semenggoh nature reserve, where the rangers are preparing for the morning feed. it looks like they eat quite well because there is a whole buffet here, and it seems like every day there is a different meal plan. yeah. today is saturday, so they will have about 21 kilo bananas, and then sweet potatoes, chicken eggs and pineapples. oh, it's heavy. maybe 15 kilos. ooh, 0k. so, where are we at? almost there. almost 20. we are ready, 21kg. so emel, tell me what is special about semenggoh nature reserve? ok, so semenggoh wildlife centre actually started off as a rehabitation centre, so we were established back in 1975, so it's more than a0 years ago. the reserve took orangutans that had been rescued from captivity or suffered from habitat loss, and taught them how to live wild in the surrounding forest. since then, the rehabilitation programme has been moved elsewhere, but the forest is still home to 33 orangutans, and tourists have

asia-pacific, basically all u.s. partners and allies rely on middle east oil. supplies field reconstruction in europe and japan after the second world war, discourage them from lying to economic nationalism by developing synthetic fuel sources domestically or grab resources from neighboring countries. we did not want to have a replay of pearl harbor because japan or germany ran short on gasoline. development of the gulf center of oil production for the most part tended to promote price and supply stability. which promoted american prosperity after the united states became a net importer of oil after 1948. why is the middle east significant? it is not the amount of oil it produces. lots of places of the world produce a significant quantities of oil. specifically, the united states or russia. what is significant about the middle east is its role in export markets. there is a small consumption within the region relative to how much it can export. the capacity within the middle east. how much they can wrap up production or turn it down depending on under supply or

orangutans are native to only two islands in south—east asia.matra, but the vast majority live here in borneo. i have come to the semenggoh nature reserve where the rangers are preparing for the morning feed. the reserve took orangutans that had been rescued from captivity or suffered from habitat loss, and taught them how to live wild in the surrounding forest. since then, the rehabilitation programme has been moved elsewhere, but the forest is still home to 33 orangutans, and tourists have a chance to glimpse those tempted back by a free meal. it's very different to a zoo, then, there's no orangutans in cages here. yeah, totally different to a zoo. this is edwin, one of the biggest males in the park. and like the ranger said, this is not a zoo. the orangutans can come from any direction at any time, so you have to be careful, especially around the big males like edwin here. while these orangutans are used to people, they‘ re still unpredictable, so tourists are kept at a safe distance. edwin is 23 years old, born in 1996, and he was the first

the prospect of more diplomatic and economic unity in east asia is cause for optimism but the dawn of a new era depends on substantial chief minutes after the talks. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. at least $24.00 bus passengers were killed after the vehicle they were driving in plunged off a cliff on the indonesian island of sumatra rescuers are still searching for any survivors trapped inside the bus which veered off the road into a 150 meter deep ravine. hong kong protesters have clashed with police in demonstrations scuffles broke out after activists occupied shopping malls riot police fired tear gas as thousands of protesters blocked streets outside the shopping centers the anti-government protest in hong kong are now in their 7th month. a german national studying in india says he has been ordered to leave the country after taking part in protests against the government's new citizenship for demonstrators say the law discriminates against muslims jack of london tal said authorities notified him that he had violated the terms of his

and a ring of fire blazes across the middle east and asia guys will have everything you need to know about the last solar eclipse of the decade and whether you can see it where you are. i'm mary in evanston it's good to have you with us. we begin in syria where according to a relieved group more than 200000 people have fled a government assault on italy province most of them have been heading towards the turkish border syrian regime forces backed by tanks are continuing their ground advance. rebel held areas in southern and eastern adlib about $250.00 people have been killed in the latest flare up of violence. syrian tanks fire on targets as the ground assault to date province advances. government forces captured village after village their immediate opening a major highway that's been closed for 7 years the army ultimately wants to recapture the province from the al qaida the militias which control it. as the troops push forward civilians try to flee the line of fire tens of thousands are on the run. we are leaving because of the shelling we're worried about our children and that th

the prospect of more diplomatic and economic unity in east asia is cause for optimism but the dawn of a new era depends on substantial jeev minutes after the talks. time now to take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. at least 24 people were killed after their bus plunged off a cliff on the indonesian island of sumatra rescuers are still searching for any survivors trapped inside the vehicle which veered off the road into a 150 meter deep ravine. a german student studying in india says he has been ordered to leave the country after taking part in protests against the government's new citizenship law demonstrators say it discriminates against muslims linden tall said authorities summoned him and told him that he had violated the terms of his student visa. australia's prime minister scott morrison says volunteer firefighters from the public sector will be compensated with paid leave firefighters have been battling wildfires for months weather forecasters say very hard conditions are set to continue and the flames could burn for several more people have been

the prospect of more diplomatic and economic unity in east asia is cause for optimism but the dawn of a new era depends on substantial jeev minutes after the talks. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. at least 24 passengers on a bus were killed after the vehicle plunged off a cliff on the indonesian island of sumatra rescuers are still searching for any survivors trapped inside the vehicle which veered off the road into a 150 meter deep ravine. australian prime minister scott morrison says volunteer firefighters from the public sector will be compensated with paid leave firefighters have been battling wildfires for months forecasters say unusually high temperatures will continue and the flames could burn for several more days people have been donating christmas gifts to firefighters and those made homeless by the disaster. to the central american state of honduras which is in shock after 2 deadly prison riots in 2 days the death toll has reached almost 40 in clashes between gangs authorities have declared a state of emergency but that has f

the prospect of more diplomatic and economic unity in east asia is cause for optimism but the dawn of a new era depends on substantial jeev minutes after the talks. turn to take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. 8 civilians including 5 children have been killed in a missile strike on a school building in syria's province the opposition is blaming president bashar al assad's government for the attack the school is being used as a shelter for people displaced by violence in other parts of the country. on kong protesters have clashed with police and demonstrations scuffles broke out after activists occupied shopping malls please fire tear gas as thousands of protesters blocked streets outside of the shopping centers anti-government protests in hong kong are now in their 7th month. the spanish coast guard has rescued 37 migrants from the new off the canary islands most of them are from sub-saharan africa they were brought ashore and are reportedly in good health this year alone more than 30000 migrants have arrived at spanish ports. and now to the centr

america, middle east, asia. there are few countries growing. most are not. that is the biggest problem that faces us today. we must restore growth and prosperity, and lift the animal spirits the best we can. we will devote g7 efforts to that. i do not see that as a central bank function, but going back to old fashion supply side incentive oriented policies where we should reward success and not punish it. good news on inflation unless you're trying to raise prices. thank you. [applause] >> c-span's "washington journal," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. it tuesday morning, eleanor clift, columnist for "the daily beast" discusses impeachment and campaign 2020. and thenews of the day book "tipping point." live "washington journal," at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning. join the discussion. live campaign 2020 coverage continues tuesday at 11:00 a.m. eastern. senator elizabeth warren in boston. watch the presidential candidates live on c-span, on c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app. trump, hisra daughter-in-law and campaign andsor

and the ring of fire blazes across the sky in the middle east and asia will have everything you need to know about the last solar eclipse of the decade. and well i thank you so much for your company everyone we start in the philippines were a deadly typhoon has bad there battered rather the essential philippines at least 16 people have been killed and the fear is that more people may have died many buildings were destroyed and large areas are still without internet or electricity well a tropical storm at 1st fan phone was upgraded to a type. when it made landfall on christmas eve it brought pounding rain and wind speeds of up to 195 kilometers an hour on christmas day devastating of course celebrations in this predominantly taff like nation all the superstorm is now barreling towards you know. the extent of the damage caused by the typhoon is beginning to emerge. fun told destroyed many homes leaving families to spend christmas sheltering in the open air authorities evacuated tens of thousands of people ahead of the storm's arrival as a precaution. severe rain caused major flooding f

and it's one of nature's rarest spectacles a ring of fire blazes across the sky in the middle east and asia will have everything you need to know about the last solar eclipse to. thank you so much for your company on leila herat we start off in india the world's largest democracy is in the grip of widespread protests as a result of a new bill that grants amnesty to undocumented migrants from 3 neighboring countries provided that they're not muslim india's prime minister narendra modi said it. as a way to bring refugees out of the shadows but his proposed path to citizenship has provoked outrage across the country at least 25 people have been killed in protests against what many are calling an outreach to india's secular constitution. a sea of defiance it is the biggest challenge to new render i'm already since he came to power in 24th for the thousands here it is a bottle for india's constitution to look up. what will. you not see else ruiz differently. but also argues the hindu if this is implemented in the rest of the country 40 percent of you know. if it there. for weeks protests have ra

the prospect of more diplomatic and economic unity in east asia is cause for optimism but the dawn of a new era depends on substantial chief minutes after the talks. and for more on this i'm joined now in the studio by 5 in kashmir has been based in beijing and fabien nice words from these leaders what chances of any kind of change in the situation where there won't be any major breakthrough i mean you said it nice words it was a symbolic message an important message that you know all will work together towards peace and denuclearization and they want to increase the communication towards north korea however north korea's not really looking towards communication they've been really silent towards any diplomatic off or what they want this really key they want economic concessions they want to sanctions against them lifted and that's something that the u.s. and also the international community the u.n. security council can provide because absent from the table is the united states which is really the big source of the conflict in american want north korea to denuclearize north korea wan

in a ring of fire blazes across the sky in the middle east and asia we'll have everything you need to know about the last solar eclipse of the decade whether you can see it or you are. welcome to the program. a deadly typhoon has stricken the central philippines at least 16 people have been killed and the fear is that more people may have died many buildings were destroyed and large areas are still without internet or electricity a tropical storm and 1st found phone was upgraded to a typhoon when it made landfall on christmas eve it brought pounding rain and wind speeds up to 195 kilometers an hour on christmas day and as you can see it is now moving now towards vietnam. the extent of the damage caused by the typhoon is beginning to emerge the. sun phone destroyed many homes leaving families to spend christmas sheltering in the open air authorities evacuated tens of thousands of people ahead of the storm's arrival as a precaution. severe rain caused major flooding forcing people to wade through the deluge or thor seas are seeking need to deal with the typhoons aftermath but i don't th

it's one of the not nature's rarest spectacles a ring of fire blazes across the sky in the middle east and asia will have everything you need to know about the last solar eclipse of the decade. we start off in india the world's largest democracy is in the grip of widespread unrest over a new immigration law that critics see as anti muslim it grants amnesty to undocumented migrants from 3 neighboring countries but only if they're not muslim in his prime minister narendra modi says it's a way to offer asylum to perks persecuted religious minorities from neighboring muslim majority countries but india's own citizens are outraged at least 25 people have died in protests across the country. i see. it is. the biggest challenge. since he came to power in 24th for the thousands here it is a battle for india's constitution to look at. what we're saying is if you're not still in the sea world is different. also argue. if this is it in the rest of the country or 40 percent of you know this is rick there. for weeks protests have raged against a law that would grant citizenship to refugees from neighboring

the prospect of more diplomatic and economic unity in east asia is cause for optimism but the dawn of a new era depends on substantial jeev minutes after the talks. back here in europe paris is iconic not heard on cathedral well not be holding a christmas mass this year for the 1st time since the french revolution while the government pledged to rebuild it immediately after a fire earlier this year devastated the landmark and that work will now take years to complete and the building is just too unstable to hold religious services. the landmark cathedral of paris still a skeleton of its former self. the work underway now focuses on stabilizing notre dame and preventing its collapse. the fire that ravaged the church's roof and spire broke out on april 15th. tons of poisonous lead melted during the blaze that spells health hazards and good reason to delay holding christmas festivities inside but i think it's incredibly sad that they will be able to celebrate mass especially because it's such a revered monument for catholics probably many many families have that tradition of going every

and — catching a glimpse of a rare eclipse — from the middle east to asia — people have been marvellingg of fire". hello and welcome to world news today. voting has now ended for the leadership of israel's governing likud party which, for 20 years, benjamin netanyahu has led with an iron grip. mr netanyahu and his rival made last—minute appeals to likud members for their support. more than 100,000 party members were eligible to vote on whether the veteran prime minister should lead them into the next election. barbara plett usher reports from jerusalem. the man who would be king. gideon saar has issued the most serious challenge to the party in a decade. translation: i feel a great awakening on the ground. people understand that a change has to come today. with the help of god, together we will make that change today. he wants party members to vote for change because he says the prime minister failed to form a government after two general elections and has no chance of doing so in a third. there is a growing sense of disquiet. this is an important day because there hasn't been any votin

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the chinese empire stretched across east asia and its influence reaches far as the edges of europe. for almost 2000 years from the 1st century b.c. e. china was a leading world power full of invention and adventure a center of global trade. underpinning the power and wealth was the principle of order which bound together a vast and i keep ing it from collapse. 252300 years ago the chinese world was united on the one leadership of that's when this very idea or my ideal of a china order was put in practice so for the 1st time a singer. go or 30 unify the whole known world they call the chinese world or china as we call it today the time called the chain and that's where the word china comes from. the chin dynasty had emerged victorious for a prolonged period of wars between rival states and in the year 221 b.c. it's not about creating the 1st chinese empire. it introduced a common currency and a standardized language across china. the chin imperial project was built on a strategy designed for war but republic is to maintain peace this system known as legalism applied strict laws and s

it was visible across much of the middle east and south asia where people witnessed the annular solarely cover the sun. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we're back with the late news at 10.05pm. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. more on the news that thousands of people have lost their homes after a typhoon ripped through the phillipines. at least 13 people have been killed. the chairman of the philippine red cross, richard gordon, spoke to the bbc, about how people are trying to cope. well, first of all the access is difficult because people are stranded, you have to bring the goods you have to deliver, several islands have been affected. a lot of people have lost their homes, and they need food, they need hot meals. we are serving hot meals, it's not enough, obviously, we are trying our best to do that. lifelines like power has been affected, there is a complete blackout in certain areas which will be solved in two or three weeks. water has been interrupted in certain areas. so, there is

me the next one is going to go from the east from east of africa up through the middle east and across central asia so if you want to see it the best place to go my recommendation is get yourself to oman in the middle east on june 21st next year where you hopefully have a beautiful view of the solar eclipse the ring of fire. that depending on whether the clouds of course right and so this is winding up now right it's only going to be going on for the next few hours we're going to be out to see however a possible solar eclipse longer so the the main annular solar eclipse the ring of fire that's going to be over pretty soon the possible solar eclipse will still be visible from many parts of asia a straight leah and across the pacific ok so still some chances to see it out there if if you're in the path of the solar eclipse the last chance of the decade for sure. thanks for that people around the world have been celebrating christmas in many ways and some of them are quite unusual in the u.s. state of florida some 600 surfing senna's took to the waves in cocoa beach to show off their skills the charit

he helped ignite democratic revolutions in latin america and east asia. beyond the public impact of the church, there is the phenomenal growth of the catholic church, for example in sub-saharan africa. there are now hundreds of millions of catholics where they were virtually none hundred to 200 years ago. the problems are real, the challenges are real, but the church is actually in the growth of business, and large parts of the world. gerry: for a lot of people, again the challenge of maternity particular for the church, for a church that is universal and eternal, and is rooted in the message of jesus christ 2000 years ago and the universal message of that, evolution and change progress as people like to call it, and the intrinsic challenge. how does that -- and the church has adapted and changed. you go through some of the great periods of church issues when they change. most recently the vatican ii so if the church is accommodating to modern morays and ethics, and practices? how is that consistent with the idea of one eternal message. >> i think two thi