, we re countries in south east asia, were generally numbers have been low and in some countries am, they have had no cases at all locally for more than two months. indonesia is an outlier, but this has been the president's approach, ever since he was re—elected last year, his entire legitimacy rests on driving the economy forward. for all we are seen restrictive measures announced, the imposition is nothing like as draconian as you are seen in vietnam now, and it seems the indonesian authorities have seeming to be accepting the number of infections in return for sustaining the economy. stay with us on bbc news, still to come... just when you thought it was safe to go into the water — the venice drive—in movie with a difference. cheering and applause. nasa has ordered an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol in south armagh, once an everyday part of the soldier 's 's lot, drudgery and danger, i'iow 's lot, drudgery and danger, now know more after almost four decades. if one is on 1's own ina decades. if one is

iceland's curve -- >> i don't -- whilst the west debated face coverings, east asia jumped on years ofopular became universal. official death rate, one. the covid curve is now down. the canadian government was able to keep its response free of political figuring. masks aren't controversial in canada. >> just respectable. >> reporter: canada has a reported 24 deaths per 100,000. turkey may not have had the mask culture of east asia, but face coverings became mandatory in public places way back in early april. just 6 people in 100,000 have died there and their curve is down. american doctors know this as well as abroad, covid-19 is new and it requires innovation. here at the university of oxford, for example, scientists have discovered the power of the steroid dexamethasone. germany helped avoid part of the problem by increasing the icu capacity. like the u.s., germany is a federal system. chancellor angela merkel avoided the pitfalls of in fighting. 11 of 100,000 have died there. their curve way down. >> reporter: here in the u.k. the response to the virus is critical. the attention now

turkey may not have had the mask culture of east asia. coverings were mandatory in public places way back in april. just six people for 100,000 are reported to have died there. their curve is down. >> american doctors know this as well as their counterparts abroad. covid-19 is new and it requires innovation. here at the university of oxford, for example, scientists developed the power of the steroid dexamethasone. >> germany avoided the worst of it by massively increasing the icu capacity. they have so many extra beds, patients were flown in from france and italy. like the u.s., germany is a federal system. chancellor angela merkel avoided the pitfalls of political infighting. their curve is way down. here in the uk, the government is under heavy criticism for its response to the virus, particularly how it didn't go into an immediate lockdown. the attention now is focused on place like the university of oxford leading the way in vaccine development. above all, the most successful countries empower the public health experts from the very b

while the west endlessly debated face coverings, east asia drew on years of standard practice.ong declined to lock down, but masks already popular became near universal. official death rate, 1. the covid kefsh curve is now do. america's northern neighbor has had its struggles with coronavirus, especially in elderly care homes. but the canadian government was able to keep its response free of political bickering. masks aren't controversial in canada. >> just respectable to other people. >> reporter: canada has a reported 24 deaths per 100,000. its curve, down. turkey may not have had the mask culture of east asia, but face coverings became mandatory in public places way back in april. just 6 people per 100,000 are reported to have died there and their curve is down. american doctors know this as well as their counterparts abroad. covid-19 is new and it requires innovation. here at the university of oxford, for example, scientists have discovered the power of the steroid dexamethasone, at least according to preliminary results. germany helped avoid the wos of the up 2keepidemic b

and proof that covid-19 wouldn't stay in east asia. infections and deaths spiraled, cemeteries filled, and italy's hospitals, especially in the hard hit lombardi region were overwhelmed and overrun. more than 100 doctors died in less than two months of the initial outbreak there. but the government knew when to change tact. eventual eventually locking down the entire country. the reported death toll in italy was high, 58 per 100,000, higher than the u.s., but it is not climbing much anymore, the covid curve is now down. denmark also adopted the early lockdown, the second european country after italy, and before it had a single confirmed death. its strategy stood in stark contrast to sweden, which refused to lock down to pursue herd immunity. masks have never been widely adopted in denmark. mass testing is only just taking off. but extreme social distancing allowed dans to become one of the first european countries to reopen. it reported ten deaths per 100,000. their curve way down. >> when you do testing to that extent, you're going to

when you look at foreign countries in europe and east asia, developed countries, why are they better off than us? because they have leadership. this president shows no leadership. when he gets up, he speaks mistruths, he tries to muzzle scientists. better stay away. we do better without him. host: senator schumer profiled nations and how they handled it. "the washington post" looks at two states at how their approach differs, arizona and new mexico. they said it appears both states were in a comparable spots and saw similarly low caseloads. on march 24, with cases taking up, the governor of new mexico issued a stay and in the arizona governor followed suit. on april >> we're going to leave this segment at this point to fulfill commitment to r live congressional coverage. you can continue watching this on our website c-span.org. house about to gavel in. four measures on the calendar repeal cluding one to the president's travel ban. another to remove confederate busts fromtatues and the u.s. capitol. and now live coverage of the u.s. house here on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the h

so in east asia, south—east asia, trying to build a very solid economic sphere there, facilitated inf the us effort to do exactly this, and that's allowed the space for china to build its own trade blocs and networks and i think that is probably what we will see. ijust wanted to respond, though, to something simon said and the question of zombie jobs and good investments. there are zombie investments, too. and the worst investment in terms of returns in the last four or five years has been in fossilfuels, it's been in coal, we've seen value being destroyed in big oil. these are not sound investments, and the sounder investments and the ones which have been growing and yielding the bigger reward and the greater number ofjobs, frankly, have been in renewables and in green technology. so it might be tempting to think that the old—fashioned remedies are the ones that are effective, but i'm afraid recent experience tells us that it is good money after bad. we are running short of time, we need to get to the other big part of our discussion which really takes on from the point about the us

let's speak to our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head.jakarta. restrictions that will be brought in in jakarta. there are already restrictions there. they have particular restriction today because is a very muslim holiday at the end of the pilgrimage period. people have not been going to it and it is a time when communities come together and family come together and donate food to the poor. a big mass prayer. very strong guidelines on that. no mass religious festivities are to post a take place in red zones, and the capitaljakarta place in red zones, and the capital jakarta with the population of over 20 million isa population of over 20 million is a clear red zone all across there. i'm the authorities there, my lightest letter to there, my lightest letter to the regional authorities to decide their own penalties and they are imposing fines for people who don't wear a mask in public or do not practice social distancing. the way that things are done in indonesia, this is fairly erratic, not exactly a police state come a very big population

. >> when you first started working as a journalist for "time magazine", you are stationed in east asiaou were when sars started. in the book you write the first emerging global disease of the 21st century out of nowhere and how vulnerable our modern world was with diseases like this. as you just mentioned. by your writing about covid-19. how is the pandemic chapter of the book different if you'd writing it now during covid-19? >> it would definitely be a lot longer. never know what can happen with covid-19 and i become a little weary of making those kind of predictions. to me covid-19 shows, even much more than sars, just how the 21st century virus really works. sars was a surprise, it was deadly commit was dangerous but ultimately didn't have the ability to spin around the world. with Ãband never really took off in that way. covid-19 passed the case count and death toll of sars within a couple weeks and we've seen how it's gone around the entire world. so i would also spend more time focusing on how you can mismanage ms. don't like this. you think of pandemics as Ãb their man-made dis

its reach into into the sea that is bordered by several nations in south east asia and the u.s. and also the international maritime court have renounced these claims by china there has been also quite a harsh statement just now also from the of us foreign ministry that says that china's claims are illegal it reaches out to the security of taiwan which is de facto independent but claimed by china and where china is also ramping up its threats and it extends to a lot of the international relations of china with other nations like india for example that is driven closer to the u.s. so there's a vast vast vast set of problems that both sides seem not to be able to tackle at the moment not at all thanks very much for that mathias building a forest ray from beijing. we have some breaking news now the irish government and apple have won their appeal against the 2016 yr decision that said apple owed the irish government 13000000000 euros in back taxes now arland took the case alongside our poll to europe's 2nd highest court has long denied that his tax arrangement with the u.s. that fir

here's our south east asia correspondentjonathan head.et its covid—i9 infections under control very quickly after they started coming into the country in february. it has proved itself one of the most efficient. it hasn't done it through mass testing, it has done it through extremely rigorous contact tracing, massive public education, getting the whole population on board. it helps that it is effectively a communist—run country. the government is very strong, the local authorities are very strong, people do what they're told, but it has worked. and because they've had no deaths and were almost unique in a country this size, having so few figures, such small numbers and no deaths, they did put that tremendous effort into keeping stephen cameron alive, really against the odds — nobody else thought he would survive. but this new outbreak caught them completely by surprise. they've had no cases at all inside vietnam for 99 days, up until last friday, a week ago, and they let almost no foreigners come in to the country. those who come in are v

he called this a hoax heat misleads people if you look at foreign countries in europe and east asia, developed countries, why are they much better off than us? they had leadership in this president shows no leadership. when he gets up he speaks of ms. truth he tries to muddle the scientists have them stay away we do better without him. reporter: is there a middle ground perhaps [inaudable question] >> if you look at the statistics the unemployment insurance we passed cap more people out of poverty than just about anything else that has been passed people need to feed their families need to pay the rent. with the republicans talk about drastically cutting it on then coming up with this idea it will give you money for going back to work pretty for going back to work you going be paid a salary. the bottom line is the provision in the heroes act is a fine provision we are sticking with it. >> i said what i said. reporter: what is the minimum you accept? >> we think the heroes bill is the right place to be. that is our position. unlike republicans democrats are united house and senate beh

meanwhile talking rain across east asia as well.alking about the rainy pattern across japan and also extending back toward china as well. that has been producing some flooding problems as well. we will be dealing with more rain across japan for wednesday as we have a couple areas of low pressure moving through, kind of destabilizing the situation just a bit and we'll see more rain over to the central portion of china as well. we have this tropical disturbance that's moving toward taiwan. we'll be dealing with rain there, stronger winds from time to time, but the big story when it comes to rain will be a little farther north. shanghai with a high of 24. thunderstorms in chongqing. tokyo mid 20s for the high on wednesday with some rain. across north america, the heat is a big story in the southwestern areas of the united states as we have this dry pattern in place. it's going to start easing later this week. in the meantime we have a front that's moving through the plain states. this one brings some strong to maybe severe thunderstorm

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meanwhile, across east asia, we're talking about a lot more in terms of rain. we have that stationary front, the rainy-season front that's lifted northward into the western areas of japan again due to a low pressure system nearby. as it does so, it brought a decent amount of rain. some locations in about 12 hours getting much rain. we are looking at the rain to spread eastward. so we're looking at rein ain as go through the overnight period saturday and sunday. have the umbrellas nearby. taipei, hong kong also looking at wet weather as we go through saturday. quick note on north america. we have a little system developing down here with stronger storms up toward the north in the plains states as a cold front moves through. hope you have a good day wherever you are. >> and before we wrarap up, a giant panda is gettiting ready head back t to china after spending two decades in western japan. local children have thanked her with a hand-made present. ten local elementary school students handed plastic bamboo branches to the head of the zoo. they were decorated with

s a response well the organization has praised germany china and several other countries east asia for developing the blueprint on how to cope outbreak successfully this includes robust contact tracing by local health officials and delegating long down powers to regional leaders however the u.k. has been criticized for its top down approach to the pandemic and lifting its lock down too soon but the w.h.o. director general said it's never too late for countries to use all available tools flare ups are to be expected as country start to lift restrictions. but countries that have the systems in place to are a comprehensive approach should be able to contain this flare ups locally and void introducing widespread restrictions however we are concerned that some countries have not used all the tools at their disposal and have taken a fragmented approach these countries face a long hard road ahead. but one of the lessons of the punditry give that normal to want situation a country is in it can be turned around. well i'm now joined by world health organization spokesperson dr margaret harris dr

he spent 12 years in south—east asia studying how they jump from animals to humans.heories about how this coronavirus made the leap include a leakfrom a lab, a scientist doing fieldwork, a hunter infected in the wild. this virus appeared to be circulating in animal populations, quite possibly bats with another mammalian intermediate. pangolins has been mooted. at the start of the outbreak china blamed a market in wuhan illegally selling exotic animals. potentially what happened is that there was a transmission event within the local market, which then went on to cause the epidemic and then went on to cause the pandemic. last december, market traders started turning up at local hospitals with a mystery pneumonia that didn't respond to treatment. 0n the 27th, lab results from a patient sample revealed a coronavirus closely resembling the virus that caused china's last health crisis — sars. ijoined as a disease detective and so i chased down epidemics all over the world. dr ali khan spent much of his career at the us centres for disease control. ebola, rift valley fever

meanwhile across east asia, we're talking about heavy rain along this front down over into the centralouthern areas of china. the front has moved a little bit south, and so the pacific side of japan may be dealing with some rain as we go into friday. some locations maybe dealing with heavier amounts of rainfall into the southern areas of kyushu and the islands. once we see this front rolling through, we'll see the rain still sparking up in places across japan. be on the look out for that. tokyo's high 22, a lot cooler than what we typically see for this time of year. looking at rain and thunderstorms. quick note across north america. we do have this area of low pressure that is really firing up some strong thunderstorms. we may be dealing with severe thunderstorms with straight line winds being the main concern along this front. the rain and thunderstorms will be along the eastern seaboard with heat building down toward the deep south with highs in the low to mid 30s. 34 in denver. over to the west dealing with heat as well. hope you have a good day wherever you are. ♪ >>> and we have

health needs were in hospital so there was a lot of reposing a lot of rethinking to do we saw in east asia countries move much more quickly they experienced stars and murders they knew what a virus like this could do well was the u.k. complacent though many did dismiss the w.h.o. as test test test advice early on as for other countries not here. a lot of countries did not see it as the as the high priority at that time and that is why we kept on saying do it please do it because we do know that this works and we have seen countries where it's worked where they're going in aggressively and one of the leaders of those countries were ridiculed for for being over overcautious and over reactive but they have shown that their populations can be protected. small business owners in the inner city of leicester have pledged to defy the local coronavirus lock down and remain open a spike of infections in the city has resulted in a 2nd long being inforced health secretary matt hancock has ordered all non-essential businesses to close and for people to remain at home and that's absolutely necessary but

wednesday is going to be wet for a good portion of east asia. have the umbrella nearby.ing of wet weather, across north america we had this front that was draped all the way from the great lakes down towards the southern plains. we had another low down towards the south and the gulf of mexico that threw some moisture into the front. we will see some more wet activity for the south earn united states, pretty much the eastern seaboard will see more wet weather. up to the north and east, be on the lookout for very unstable weather because we'll be looking at some of this stronger wind activity along with thunderstorms coming up as we go through tuesday. d.c. at 34, thunderstorms. atlanta, 29, looking at temperatures up to 32. denver partly cloudy skies through tuesday. that's a look at your forecast. hope you have a good day wherever you are. ♪ >>> that wraps up this edition of nhk "newsline." i'm raja pradhan in tokyo. coming up next is "newsline biz" with ramin mellegard, so don't go away. ♪ >>> the latest earnings forecast from nissan motors suggests the coronavirus is m

as part of our work in the conference, the east asia pacific committee also held a three part series entitled the trying to challenge which examines a comprehensive manner how united states should respond to a china that seeks to no doubt and and suppress the liberal order in their mind. our first two hearings focused on security and economic aspects of china's authoritarian rise, including chinese debt trap diplomacy and military modernization programs. our third hearing focused on democracy, human rights and rule of law. values that have been fundamental to the conduct of u.s. foreign policy for generations. our witnesses testified that we were in the midst of the so-called authoritarian closing that under president xi jinping has resulted in unprecedented and intensifying crackdown on civil society, ethnic minorities, and religious freedom in china. without the mask concentration camps for uyghur muslims and the changing autonomous region shocks the conscience and necessitates a serious response from the united states and international community including sanctions against top off

she was an unqualified success an international hit watched by tens of millions across the middle east asia and latin america. with the country's t.v. industry and the dramas it produces disease as they're called in turkish into the big leagues that was back in 20114 years later after rule after rules resurrection came on the air confirming the international appeal of disease and opening up new markets in pakistan for instance got the money without god knowing. it would take the c.d.'s gets blockbuster ratings on p.t.v. the state broadcaster there. the plot of earth through a list centered around the founders of the of the ottoman empire. they struck. a chord was a. song about our called where. telling stories about the founding of the ottoman empire one aspect of the popularity of the series is that they show the middle east the muslim city is at the center of the world contrasting with portrayals of the west as weak and divided. we see the defeat of the crusaders these themes of kind of islamic pride definitely. contribute to its popularity and pakistan is a good example of that too will

substance as a human thing and will but it continues to so for us to normal prices especially in east asia where it is considered to have him impalas south africa has a nearly 80 percent of the was wine it was on husband todd but poaching with only about $20000.00 on was left in the wild the country has now resulted in drastic measures in order to preempt porches stocks have started to be gone or their rhinos . lansberg national park in south africa. iran has been spotted but sadly help has come too late after ripping off its own coach has left it as prey for lions. helicopter pilot and he could jacobs is out on patrol surveying the area he's a founding member of the anti poaching group the rhino 911 an organization that provides emergency helicopter rescue to rhinos injured all front mostly due to poaching but it also carries a preventive measures. in a last ditch attempt to save him rhino 911 has been assigned to help dion rhinos in the province the animals are said dated before the patient's horn is sold off. your home probably about. 56 kilograms. tragic of many if you do this but unfo

rain and wind the story in this part of asia, east asia from the korean peninsula to china.sonal rain has been particularly active in the last week to 10 days, resulting in flooding. there is more flooding i suspect, a wet day for tokyo. developing, the orange tops are big showers or prolonged rain. there will be more landslides, more flooding. it is a seasonal rain. ♪ ♪ host: welcome back. here are the top stories on al jazeera. the international community condemned china for introducing a national security law in hong kong that critics say undermines the territory's civil liberties and political freedom. u.s. democrats say that despite a briefing from the white house, they still haven't received enough information about allegations that russia paid the taliban to target u.s. soldiers in afghanistan. they are calling for a full briefing from the intelligence community. the u.s.'s top experts on infectious diseases warns the number of coronavirus cases across the country is likely to get much worse if people don't follow health recommendations. u.k., prime minister boris joh

the organization has praised germany china and several other countries in east asia for developing the blueprint on how to curb outbreaks successfully this includes robust contact tracing by local health officials and delegating lockdown powers to regional leaders however the u.k. has been criticized for its top down approach to the pandemic and lifting its lockdown too soon but the w.h.o. director general said it's never too late for countries to use all available tools flare ups are to be expected as country started to lift restrictions but countries that have the systems in place to apply a comprehensive approach should be able to contain this flare ups locally and void reintroducing widespread restrictions however we're concerned that some countries have not used all the tools at their disposal and have taken a fragmented approach these countries face a long hard road ahead but one of the lessons of the fundamental good that normal to want situation a country is in it can be turned around. but there i talked to the world health organization spokesperson dr margaret harris she told

s response well the organization has praised germany china and several other countries in east asia for developing the blueprint on how to curb outbreak successfully this includes robust contact tracing by local health officials and delegating lockdown powers to regional leaders however the u.k. has been criticized for its top down approach to the pandemic and lifting its law down too soon but the w.h.o. director general said it's never too late for countries to use all available tools . are to be expected as country started to lift restrictions. but countries that have the systems in place to are ply a comprehensive approach should be able to contain this flare ups locally and void reintroducing widespread restrictions however we're concerned that some countries have not used all the tools at their disposal and have taken a fragmented approach. these countries face a long hard road ahead. but one of the lessons of the punditry kid that normal to want situation a country is in it can be turned around. well earlier i talked to the world health organization spokesperson dr margaret harris

played off from the quayside in yokohama injapan, about to leave on a 15—day cruise around south—east asiaerans kent and rebecca frasure, it's a chance to see the sides. disneyland, hong kong, vietnam, taipei. but on february 1, on their way back to yokohama, everything changes when it's announced a passenger who had left the ship in hong kong six days earlier, has tested positive for the dangerous new coronavirus sweeping through china. it still was really unclear at that point if we were in some sort of danger. the ship returns early to japan and is boarded by health officials who start testing passengers. if you had a high temperature, you were taken aside and given the actual coronavirus test. now back in yokohama, passengers are told by the ship's captain to stay in their cabins, as the virus starts to spread. 0h oh my god. during the first few days of quarantine, the number of those infected, both passengers and members of the ship's crew, starts to rise. by february 7, 61 people have been infected. during their enforced confinement, passengers are allowed out for only an hour a day.

while western europe and east asia have largely managed to contain covid—nineteen the picture elsewhereazil and the us where lockdown measures are patchy, there's no sign of the curve being flattened. and scientists say india which has the world's third biggest outbreak could be months away from reaching a peak. the unprecedented cult total of the covid—i9 was a key focus of the covid—i9 was a key focus of the 620 the covid—i9 was a key focus of the g20 talks on virus recovery and debt crisis today. here from saudi ministry of finance. the covid—i9 pandemic has evolved to be the biggest challenge is in global economies since the great depression of the 1930s. in response to this pandemic g20 countries are taking immediate and exceptional measures to address the covid—i9 pandemic and its intertwined health, social and economic impacts. including implementation of unprecedented physical military and financial stability actions. let's round—up some of the day's other main developments. the authorities in north—east spain have further tightened restrictions in an area which was returned to

this is the bbc‘s south east asia correspondent, jonathan head.s are rotten and those who do commitare foreigners are rotten and those who do commit are very tightly controlled, where did these infections come from? and that is what rain the authorities, they are working at the possibility of people being allowed to come in it we at the possibility of people being allowed to come and it weakly being smuggled then as a source for this infection because otherwise it is very ha rd to infection because otherwise it is very hard to attribute at. if you have had no vocal infections for that long, where did these people, three of them from danang and a province that is not the fairway, where did they get their covid—19 from? and where did they get their covid—19 from ? and that where did they get their covid—19 from? and that is the worry. just like vietnam, hong kong was praised for its early handling of the virus. on monday though it reported 145 new cases — that's a record. the reaction‘s been swift. from wednesday, dining in restaurants will be banne

to japan they are planning on going to cambodia vietnam places like that other places and south east asia. remarkable and so why are they doing that. because there's a period of. japan as a close ally of the united states the united states is escalating their war 1 against china and there are 2 cities trap it could be game over on that on this whole the paradigm that we've known since 1981 of the u.s. dollar standard china is crucial to buying art of our dollars accepting our lot of our dollars holding our dollars and then take me tains the supremacy of the u.s. dollar but if this is over then this is over and it's going to be a new start and i think that probably explains some of the actions out of the fat and out of the u.s. treasury like stephen h. and was so benevolent such a good nice guy right here saying anybody who i got one of these p.p.p. loans 415-0000 or under basically just keep whatever who cut here cares what i got out of it you just take it i mean this sort of trashing of the dollar is an understanding by the elites by the guys who run the world who run the trade deals who

back to japan they are planning on going to cambodia vietnam places like that other places in south east asia right wow a remarkable and so why are they doing that. because there's a period of. japan as a close ally of the united states the united states is escalating their war 1 against china and there are 3 cities trapped it could be game over on that on this whole.

our south—east asia correspondent jonathan head reports.had ruled for six decades, many malaysians thought they would get more justice, less corruption and a freer media. that now looks a bit too hopeful. malaysiakini is a pioneering news organisation. the first in this region to go online, back when the internet was in its infancy, the first to free itself from the shackles of government regulation. the new political era should have made its life easier. yet its founder steven gan has found himself in court, on trial over comments made not by his journalists, but by readers on his website, which, the malaysian government argues, threaten public confidence in the judiciary and are clearly aimed at tarnishing the administration ofjustice. that reasoning worries some legal experts. it makes any criticism of the judiciary dangerous. public debate and public criticism must still be allowed by the courts, and the courts must be strong enough to withstand these public criticisms and debates. you cannot go out and criminalise these types of expres

its reach into into the sea that is bordered by several nations in south east asia and the us and also the international maritime court have renounced these claims by china there has been also quite a harsh statement just now also from the if u.s. foreign ministry that say's that china's claims are illegal it reaches out to the security of taiwan which is de facto independent but claimed by china and where china is also ramping up its threats and it extends to a lot of the international relations of china with other nations like india for example that is driven closer to the u.s. so there's a vast vast vast set of problems that both sides seem not to be able to tackle at the moment not at all thanks very much for that mathias building a for us today from beijing. let's get you briefed on some the other stories making the news at this hour the u.s. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg has been admitted to a washington hospital to receive treatment for a possible infection she's 87 and was one of the 4 liberals on the supreme court if she's replaced for health reasons a new trump ap

southern africa europe and central asia middle east regions a number of countries with commodity exportersl see significant declines in their growth rate. in south asia region that is an exporter will see historical contraction of 3.2%. next year growth welcome back but a modest recovery compared to what we had this year. this is a truly historic recession. if we go all way back to 1870 we had reasonably good data there have been 14 global recessions and each global recession you saw the local economy contracting. this will be the fourth deepest global recession since the second world war. global recessions are important to understand here. through all of this they are associated with -- so this global recession will bess the after thence 1870 great depression. the future of this episode is that the global economy will see a higher share experiencing contraction slightly more than 90% this year. this number is higher even than what we saw at the height of the great depression. there are risksks down the road and this is still tilted to the downside for the single most importantt risk is ef

and they're very catty picture throughout much of north east asia as you can see ticals it also means some very heavy rain in the 4 calls through sunday the very heavy rain just east of generally off shore but look at this across the korean peninsula some really trading back across right the way down towards sichuan now on monday we will see that rain tragedy caraway from the korean peninsula missile training back into the southern and central china so again not helping at all with the flooding situation but to the north is fine and dry 33 in beijing and 25 celsius in harbin with a chance of wanted to policy indonesia plenty of showers here and some thunderstorms and yes again will be saying quite a loss of heavy rain borneo also picking up some heavier downpours java not too bad over the next couple of days it will see scattered showers and thunderstorms really from southern myanmar right across through cambodia and on towards vietnam and then up towards the a india we've got some very heavy rain particular in the northeast and you can see here that we've also had a few showers of in