indonesia has a slight live different take on the muslim look. a wide variety of head scarf styles, colorful fabrics and some designs accentuate the body line. this innovate tif look blends traditional and modern style. it's getting attention throughout indonesia and around the world. dina is a director of isfw. >> it's time for us to make the world to realize that we have a -- the style in fashion. >> reporter: indonesia's middle class is growing as a country's economy expands. more and more shopping malls catering to middle class people with money to spend are being built in jakarta. and western nags is weaving its way into the indonesia's cultural dpa brick as major international brands of stores in these malls. muslim fashions with a modern touch are also gaining popularity. this store sells clothes designed by a luxury muslim fashion brand. >> muslim fashion is more modern now and it matches the international trends. >> reporter: more and more young women are wearing muslim fashions, a stylish casual wear. these women came to shop for new cl

we don't receive any help in indonesia. >> indonesia has not signed to the u.n. convention of refugees and the authorities are blamed for not doing much to stop the smusmuggling. and are making a profit from it. so far i have not death with police officers who are involved in smuggling. but i have heard of the allegations. >> we meet a man accused of being one of them. he refuses to be interviewed. but according to police he is responsible for smuggling lots of people. the man is optimistic he will soon be free. that was the report from indonesia. i want to flip it over to andrew thomas in sydney. as you have been telling us throughout the day australia a country with a proud history of immigration. and now immigration causes controversy. >> that's right. it's very, very politically controversial to be seen weak on immigration and weak on border security as it's described here. it's an issue that elections are won and lost over. and the previous labor government that was voted out in september seemed to have lost control of australia's border. given the tens of t

australia and indonesia are united on this issue.here wrote a report on how children seeking are asylum are treated. alice thank you for being with us. talk about the findings. heartbreaking subject. what are you findin finding aboe children in indonesia? >> what we're seeing in indonesia is a huge increase in the last five years in the number of people seeking asylum there and that includes a large number of unaccompanied migrant kids, kids traveling without their parents or other guardians, totally alone and we've seen more of them in indonesia than ever before. what our research has found is that indonesia's law is to automatically lock up people, up to ten years without any form of judicial review and that's something we really think violates international law. you see these kids in detention centers really in awful conditions condition and exposed to high levels of violence. >> you talked about unaccompanied miles an hour, the statement you just made, the unaccompanied children up to 2,000 arriving in 2012, who are these childre

. >> i'm on a beach in west java, indonesia the point where most asylum seekers trying to reach australia depart from. >> i'm outside a detention center in sydney - once they arrive in australia, some migrants are held. [ ♪ theme ] >>> hello from doha. plen plenty more international news. syria is forcing amputees to improvise. a 3-day strike begins in bangladesh, pressuring the government step aside. >> polls open in georgia. three candidates fight after a decade-long brawl. >> the promise of water in kenya. we'll look at what change if any an ak qidier will have -- ak qidier will have for his people. >> no one will forget the pictures of the hundreds of drowned migrants near the shores of cystly. here a special on the refugee crisis. with our reporters around the world. we are focussing on indonesia, where thousands of asylum seekers head to - mainly from afghanistan and the middle east in a voyage across the indian ocean to australia. most are fleeing war, political unrest and poverty. they sail into more political problems because the indonesia hasn't signed up to the 1954 unconventio

in indonesia and east asia summit in brunei. china is working to take full advantage of both occasions. its top two leaders are gearing up diplomatic activities with asean members. chinese premier will visit brunei, thailand and vietnam from wednesday through october 15th. president xi jinping visited beijing earlier this week before his trip to malaysia. japanese prime minister shinzo abe chose southeast asia as his first overseas destination after taking office last december, a sign of his intention to strengthen ties with asean. this year, he's visited vietnam, thailand, and indonesia in january. myanmar in may and malaysia, singapore and the philippines in july. next week, abe will visit indonesia again for apec. as well as brunei for the asean meetings. he's also scheduled to visit cambodia and laos by the end of december, which means abe would have visited every asean member country in the course of this year. u.s. president barack obama has suffered a setback on the diplomatic front. a consequence of the partial shutdown

indonesia can refuse to accept them because it has not signed the 1951 u.n.efugee convention like australia has. that leads to pugling -- pugling >> steph, what is happening there now? >> this is a major escape route, the west java coastline. it's the nearest point between indonesia and australia christmas island - a little over 300km away by boat. many here are not making it. hundreds of asylum seekers tried to make the journey across. hundreds have died. many of them are intercepted by police trying to get here. what happens is people fly in from afghanistan, from mean , trying to find a safe life in australia. they take a boat or a plane, depending on the travel documents to go to indonesia. they contact people smugglers, who are active here, and in the middle of the night, from a safe house at jakarta, they'll arrive at the beach and go on a small boat, often a dangerous boat. many are not making it, and some are intercepted on the way here - like a group of 230 rohinga refugees from myanmar who failed to make it to this point, as you can see in the repor

n >> translation: only 2.5% of rich people in indonesia own 100% of all indonesia's assets. that is not fair. we fight for justice. they don't want to share. they use a force of money and power to fight us. >> labour unions in indonesia have become vocal after a long period of repress. they managed to increase workers' wages after a series of protests. employers are complaining that indonesia's economy is hurt by the workers action, and after tolerating the protests for a year authorities appear to be trying to stop it. >> the world's most popular social networking strike facebook shattered wall street's expectations. shares jumped 15% on wednesday after the company announced a profit of $425 million. that's for the quarter ending september 30th. games from the mobile advertising business will grow. half a billion people access the facebook on a mobile on a daily basis. the u.s. national security agency denies reports that the spy agency tapped into yahoo and google data centres. a report in the "the washington post" sited reports leaked by edward snowden. the latest allegat

xi address indonesia's parliament in his first speech ever they're made by a foreign leader. he discussed trade and relations. >> china is willing to work together with indonesia and other asian countries to be good neighbors, friends, and partners who share danger and safety and sale in the same boat and jointly build a closer china-as ia community of common destiny. >> officials say they hope cooperation with china will help boost the economy there. tourism is a big part of indonesia's economy as more chinese tourists are visiting that country every single year. our correspondent sat down with the indonesian tourist minister about this trend. >> of course, china right now is one of the biggest tourism markets in the world. it is about $400 million -- $80 million a year. at the moment, we are only receiving about 700,000, 800,000 a year. china is also -- is the biggest market in terms of expenditure. i think lester, it was 102 billion dollars and expenditure by chinese tourists. we feel that china is a very important market for us. it is also the highest growth market for us

el dragÓn de komodo ha sobrevivido en indonesia. >> los dragones pueden vivir hasta 50 aÑos.vos con los sienten amenazados. por eso, fue acompaÑada voy un guardabosques armado. >> la manera como opera es que muerde a su presa, la deja morir envenenada y luego va detrÁs de ella, lentamente para comÉrsela. >> su saliva es un veneno capaz de provocar un sangramiento. sin embargo, algunas vÍctimas han corrido con suerte. >> tres guardabosques fueron mordidos por dragones pero lograron sobrevivir. >> esta hembra se incÓmoda en nuestra presencia. es mejor prevenir que lamentar. por eso, me alejo secretamente pero los habitantes de estas islas no tienen opciÓn. deben compartir su hogar con estos lagartos que con frecuencia salen de su, cada vez mÁs reducido, hÁbitat en busca de comida. >> bueno, en indonesia, fueron creadas para que tenga usted varias reservas naturales para tratar de evitar la extinciÓn de estas especies. sin embargo, la colonizaciÓn no se ha detenido y las Áreas protegidas son desforestadas todos los dÍas. vamos a una pausa >>> usted siempre puede estar conectado

we receive no help in indonesia. >> indonesia has not signed the u.s.onvention onrefugees, and authorities are blamed for not doing much to stop the smuggling, or making a profit on it. >> translation: i have not dealt with police officers involved in smuggling. i have heard the allegations. >> more often police allow asylum seekers to escape after being paid a bribe. only one rohinga family of 230 asylum seekers is held by immigration officials, because they have no money left. the same happened to a group of pakistanis. >> they demand money $500 each person. $4,000 - $4,000, $500 - some people have $600. every police have a different amount. >> to run away. >> to help to run away. >> it's rare for police to arrest the leaders of the smug lipping syndicates. we -- smuggling syndicates. we meed a man said to be responsible. he is, according to police, responsible for smuggling thousands. the man is optimistic he'll soon be free. >> this man may not be so lucky. >> well, nearly 10,000 asylum seekers are stuck in limbo in indonesia, many are in dire condi

was to tell people in indonesia, this is what you can expect. especially it's coming to jakarta next month. so that's why we want to tell people as fast as possible. >> reporter: the ambassadors make their knowledge available at trend seminars. so they can use the information to sell their cultural products. >> the japanese, it costs a lot just to follow what's happening in the global market. when they talk with the ambassadors just talking through each event, then it's just -- it comes as a very useful information for them. >> reporter: as cool japan continues to branch out, ambassadors feed back to the creators. it's a cycle that could make for better art and happier customers. nhk world. >>> there's a severe storm in australia. rachel ferguson from the weather team has an update. rachel? >> hi there. yes, australia is right in the swing of the storm season. let's go to some video coming out of sydney today. things were looking really unstable today. southeastern australia battered by more high winds and severe weather. last week, the winds fa

indonesia has not had any territorial disagreements with china. xi is apparently trying to enhance ties with the country which has acted as a broker in the disputes. >> myanmar's president is making his first visit to the western state since religious violence erupted there over a year ago. continued fighting with the muslim population is casting a shadow. the president on tuesday arrived in the capital which borders bangladesh. clashes broke out in the state in june 2012 and spread to the other area of myanmar. tensions have been mounting in southern part of the state. in the past few day, bists have torched dozens of muslim homes and surrounded a mofshg in the township. on monday armed police dispersed a crowd around 200 buddhists. >> translator: military and police forces won't be enough to control the situation. these burnings, killings and violence will only end when you take part in maintaining peace yourselv yourselves. >> clashes between buddhists and muslims have displaced 140,000 people and killed several hundred since last year. most of

. >> starbucks uses a lot of coffee from indonesia. this is why all the foreign brands are more well known like star buck, black canyon and others, this is something that will change. >> but for now, indonesian coffee farmers are closing up. this is a strong warning for indonesia to increase its competitiveness world wide. let's now talk to a kr*e oh ced non-profit summit. thank you very much for being with us peter. as we saw coffee farmers are suffering but how much is that the result of free trade agreement do you think? >>> i don't really know if it's directly resulting from free trade. i do know that there is a growing demand for indonesian coffee. you mentioned earlier, starbucks. we are working with starbucks and coffee growers in north samatra to make sure it's attractive to starbucks. it's doing quite well. so, my hope is that they will continue to revise that coffee. >> what about this partnership agreement that we keep hearing about. there's a lot of kreut canism over local producers. you think it can. made more equipible? >

and the launch of a new car in indonesia but not everybody is dancing about it. ♪ we are getting reportsm syria that a car bomb has exploded and the dozens of people have been killed. the attack was in the rebel-held town in the italy providence near the turkish border and many were injured when the bomb went out in the main town square and the international committee of the red cross has just appealed for the release of six of its staff kidnapped in syria. a member of the syrian red crescent was also taken and the aid workers arrived in the providence of italy on thursday, not so far from where this bomb has gone off and delivering medical supplies to the italy city and checking to see if more were needed in the area largely rebel held but they were abducted when they were this a convey to damascus and an appeal was made in the last half hour. >> call on the groups holding them to release them immediately and unconditionally and the reason is of course we are here to serve the syrian people and delivering water and working with the syrian repressent with food and health and doing other

japan's economic revitalized minister will join the four-day talks in bali, indonesia. negotiators are trying to narrow their differences on difficult issues. this includes the protection of pat at the present times and copy wrights. i that will seek common ground in separate talks with michael froman and other participants. they're negotiating 21 issues and u.s. negotiators are expected to take an aggressive stance. regarding intellectual property, american officials want to protect pharmaceutical patents but their malaysian counterparts don't. they say such a move would lead to higher price of drugs. regarding issues of competition, vietnam and singapore want to shield the interests of their state-backed enterprises, but that goes against what the americans want, which they say is to create a level playing field for private sector businesses. >>> top officials from the u.s. and japan are meeting in tokyo to go over the security situation in east asia. u.s. secretary of state john kerry and defense secretary chuck hagel have flown in to discuss the realignment of the m

president obama's absence becomes a highlight of a key summit of asia pacific economies in indonesia with the american government shutdown now threatening the president focus on asia. never a lot of good crisis go to waste china turns to europe for investment opportunities snapping up companies all over the hysteria hit continent. and the swiss army simulates a war against a death stricken french government that send troops to recover stolen gold. this is already coming to you live from moscow with me marina joshie welcome to the program. a key annual summit of asia pacific leaders in bali has anger at its second and final day boosting trade and business cooperation between the twenty one member economies is the main focus of the gathering but it has not been short of political returns as well the absence of president obama due to the u.s. government shutdown was repeatedly noted as other countries took center stage at the form reports from indonesia. well the twenty one nations that make up a package count for more than fifty percent of the world's g.d.p. on an annual basis so it's

president obama's absence becomes a highlight of a key summit of asia pacific economies in indonesia with the american government shutdown now threatening president focus on asia. never let a good crisis go to waste china turns to europe for investment opportunities snapping up companies all over of us charity hate kannan. and the swiss army simulates our war against a debt stricken french government that send troops to recover stolen gold. this is r.t. coming to you live from moscow with me marina joshing. a key and your comic summit of asia pacific leaders now underway in bali has not been short on political overtones the absence of president obama due to the u.s. government shutdown was repeatedly noted as other countries to center stage add to form our reports from indonesia. well the twenty one nations that make up a package count for more than fifty percent of the world's g.d.p. on an annual basis so it's clear that what is agreed here is of huge significance especially when you consider the fragile nature of the global economic recovery and this region has a number of a merge

chinese premier lee guching will visit china and indonesia. meanwhile, japanese prime minister shinzo abe shows southeast asia as his first overseas destination after taking office last december, a sign of his intention to strengthen ties with osean. in january this year, he visited vietnam, thailand and indonesia, then myanmar in may and malaysia, singapore and the phillipines in july. next week abe will return to indonesia for apec as well as brunei for the osean meetings. he's also scheduled to visit cambodia and laos at the end of the year, which means he would have visited every eastern country this year. obama was supposed to visit four countries but will now be represented instead by secretary of state john kerry. >> of course, it would be wonderful to have the president of the united states participate in a forum like apec as we are about to have, but at the same time the nature of u.s. engagement in the region is a continuous, you know, not event-based fact. >> still, it will be a setback for an administration that has paid more atten

there's a lot of unemployment still here. >> they call him indonesia's works class leader.s organised hundreds of thousands of workers. his work is not without danger. it does not stop him from organising more workers. 37 million registered workers, 12% only are part of a labour union. others are afraid. >> translation: police beat up our members during protests. i'm being threatened that i will be shot or killed on the spot if i keep leading the movement. >>. >> igbal is undeterred. he's determined to improve the life of the workers so the gap between the rich and poor in indonesia will close. >> student demonstrations against egypt's military-backed government turned violent. supporters of the anti-coup alliance stormed a university in cairo, damaging equipment and writing graffiti on the walls. protests on wednesday left 25 people injured and many arrested. >> the bodies of 25 people who drowned off the coast of indonesia are being returned to lebanon. their boat sank whilst trying to make it to australia. 18 people have survived. they have returned to lebanon. >>> we ar

this is a major escape route between indonesia and australia.s is the closest distance between the two countries. only a little over 300 kilometres and you can reach christmas island in australia by boat. asigasylum seekers and refugeesm afghanistan and iraq and myanmar they travel to indonesia by plane or boat. and they hook up wit smugglers d pay thousands of dollars and in the middle of the night they are transported from the safe houses to one of the beaches here. many don't make it across alive. the boats are in bad shape and umany are intercepted by police on the way to the beach. and they are basically stuck in etclimbo in indonesia for a long time. >> they are trying to reach australia and as andrew thomas tess utess ustells us from sydn. australia is multicultural. australia has a long history of immigration and many who came ce here came as refugees. >> this latest wave of refugees is controversial and the government is doing all it can to dissuede people from getting on boats. initially it meant putting them in detention centers for a

we receive no help in indonesia. >> indonesia is not on the asiem asylum for the refugees with the u.n> have not death wit dealt wite police officers but i have heard of the allegations. >> it's rare for the police to arrest the leaders of the smuggling send wh syndicates. this man is responsible for smuggling thousands of people. he is optimistic he soon will be free. nearly 10,000 asylum seekers are stuck in limbo here in indonesia aand some of them live in dire conditions because they don't receive any help here. despite a new tight australian refugee policy they hope that australia will still accept them. stef, thank you very much. andrew thomas outside of the detention center in sydney. although indonesia has not signed up to the refugee convention and australia has signed up. there are many things that australia's policy towards these refugees is pretty cavalier of. >> absolutely. australia's interpretation of the obligation is lose to say the least. australia has a proud and long history of immigration. and for decade waves of people have come here and led successful lives. in r

they will finish business in indonesia on december 6th. but they've yet to reveal a date for the tpp talks. they targeted a broad agreement by the end of the year. they'll have to get past a few obstacles. lower level personnel are currently in tokyo to deal with the thorny issue of intellectual property rights. negotiators will also struggle with differences on wiping out agricultural and industrial tariffs. and they'll face a fight over fair competition between state enterprises and private firms. >>> the japanese consumers paid more in september for their goods and services. the consumer price index rose for a fourth straight month. internal affairs ministry said the price index was up 0.7% over last year. it does not include volatile fresh food prices. the pace of increase in energy prices has mod rated but still remains high due to a weaker yen. concerns over the middle east situation has also pushed up crude oil prices. motorists paid 9% more for gasoline. and households paid more for their utility bills. electricity went up by more

own 100% of all indonesia's assets. that is not fair. we fight for justice. they don't want to share. that's why they use the force of money and power to fight us. >> labour unions in indonesia have become vocal in the past few years, after a period of repress. they managed to increase wages after a series of protests. employers are complaining that indonesia's economy is hurt by the workers actions. after tolerating the protest for over a year authorities appear to be trying to stop it. . >>> the u.s. national security agency is denying reports the spy agency tapped into google and yahoo data centres around the world. a report in the "the washington post" cited documents leaked by former nsa contractor edward snowden. the latest allegations comes as a delegation from the european parliament is visiting washington to investigate claims of eavesdropping on european leaders and citizens. >> it became clear that the damage, image damage for the united states is so high something has to be done on that. i hope it will be su

it's part of a three-day trip to indonesia. we have more from jakarta. >> reporter: the chinese president arrives to give an unprecedented speech to the indonesian parliament. relations have warmed after they had been frozen decades ago during the cold war. >> translator: a relationship between countries must be based on trust. china wants to have close friendship with other countries. we trust we will create optimum political relations and partnership between countries. in this world no country can move forward by itself. >> reporter: it was a historic moment and strong sign that indonesia and china are starting a new, stronger relationship, a bond between two asian economic powerhouses that can affect the whole region and beyond. in indonesia nearly 3 million people are of chinese descent, although many have been successful in business they were banned from politics for decades. the chinese president speaking in parliament is seen as a breakthrough. >> given the history that we have, particularly the chinese-indonesian here,

. >> indonesia's president called on countries to break down barriers for trade and investment. there was a speaker who talked to leaders about opening markets. >> coffee producers asking asian leaders to help them compete in word markets. we'll have more from the summit. >> calls to free the green peace activists accused of piracy. >> in sports, could there be revenge? details of the china open coming up in sports. just stay with us. hi, my name is jonathan betz, >> welcome back. you're watching the aljazeera news hour. there have been clashes between pro and anti military protestors in key reas egypt marks the 40th anniversary of the 1973 war. at least one person died in sunday's violence and there's heavy security across the country. >> u.s. special forces have captured a libyan man wanted by the f.b.i. for 15 years. the u.s. has also carried out a raid in somalia, looking for a man linked to last month's siege on the west gate shopping center in nairobi, kenya. >> syrian chemicals weapons are being destroyed. >> the u.s. raid on somalia on saturday, target be a senior al sha

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the leaders of 12 member nations released a joint statement after meeting in bali, indonesia. they say negotiators should now proceed to resolve all outstanding issues. japanese prime minister shinzo abe urged other participants to reach an agreement by the end of the year. the leaders' statement says much progress has been made over the last few months. it also points out regulations on government procurement and investments have been eased. but tpp members wanted to reach a basic agreement by this time, which shows negotiations have been tough. participants will continue to hold working-level talks. ministerial level discussions are scheduled for september. we're told how realistic the leaders can keep the deadline. >> right now, it's unlikely they will sign a tpp pact on time. those from the u.s. and emerging economies are having trouble narrowing their differences. they are stuck on the issues, such as copyright and patent protection, along with fair competition between private sector and state-owned businesses. some officials say negotiations over the elimination of terro

now, workers in indonesia have started a two-day nationwide strike.e demanding more bay and better conditions. 10s of thousands of them came face-to-face with pair military groups trying to break the strike. here is more. >> reporter: these are paramilitary groups threatening protesting workers a tactic often used by the indonesian military in the passion. tension built up and it was clear the men were trying to provoke a fight. >> one of the workers got hit by a machete. unbelievable. we don't want a war we want to convey our demands. >> reporter: the paramilitary groups enter the industrial zone where workers have been on strike. it is clear that the authorities are fed up with continuous workers demonstration. paramilitary groups and the military are trying to stop them right now. workers started to arm themselves with sticks. but a fight was prevented. labor unions say san estimated 2 million laborers in 20 provinces in indonesia are on a strike. demanding a 50% increase of the minimum wage. >> only two and a half percent of rich people in i wan i

and ind indonesia has not signep to the 1951 refugee convention.

japanese pop producer yasushi akimoto has found success in indonesia with a spinoff of his idol group akb48. and a cable tv channel in singapore is dedicated to japanese videos. >>> here are the latest market figures. >>> blue fin tie that. a team of american scientists reported last year that they detected low levels of radioactive cesium in 33 of 50 bluefin caught off the coast of california. team members said the damaged nuclear plants with a source of the contamination. they made their conclusion based on levels of cesium 134 which has a half-life of about two years and only produced by nuclear reactors. the japanese and u.s. researchers are trying to start a joint study to determine how the toxins got into the tuna. nhk explains in japan in depth. >> reporter: this professor has been did you did mass reen creatures in the waters. marine creatures in the waters. >> translator: we estimated concentration levels to be so low they wouldn't be detectible in the u.s. but the fact that they found contaminated fish off the coast of the u.s. really shocked us. even if the figures are extr

. >>> and why the latest four wheel arrival is bringing opinions in indonesia. >> we begin this newsour with reports that four of the seven aid workers kidnapped in syria have been released. three others remain in captivity in a rebel-held area in northern syria. let's go live to neighboring lebanon in beirut. what do you know about this? >> reporter: not much, as as far as we know, and this is information that the international red cross committee is providing, they're still waiting for the fate of the three other international aid workers. they were taken at gunpoint on sunday in the province. they were taken in the town of a rebel-controlled town, in a town that has a really strong presence of foreign fighters, al-qaeda-linked fighters. they were provided medical assistance to people there. but they left the city, and they were on their way to damascus when the incident happened. it highlights the growing insecurity in the hello-held north. the. of kidnappings of foreign aid workers as well as foreign journalists is on the ride. the government saying four of the national french jo

and indonesia government has a car that is affordable and environmentally friendly but extra cars willngestion on the roads and increase the dependency on oil import and we have more from jakata. >> reporter: this has become a symbol of indonesia growth and traffic jams and more than 3,000 cars are sold here every single day. and there is demand for more. in the middle of an economic downturn the government has launched this car which is cheaper and environmentally friendly and for those who could never afford a car before. the new car which according to the government should lower gas usage was protested by the governor and presidential hopeful. >> when the government approved this. >> reporter: this is the object of the whole controversy, the so-called green car, and they received a strong warning, if these car are not a car the country will sink in the next five years and something that will cost indonesia dearly. a resent report said they will become the largest importer of gasoline by 2018. despite a government decision to lower subsidies last june, a weakening currency is leading

depend on fishing and marine resources for their livelihood and 60 million indonesia get most of theirrotein from the sea. >> that was john kerry, still is john kerry, u.s. secretary of state talking about energy, he did mention the fact he shouldn't have been making the speech and it should be barack obama but he said in quotes a moment of politics is how he describing it in washington stopped the president from coming to bali and some see it as a huge diplomatic gap considering modern policy is supposedly all about focus on asia pacific and not the middle east. economic policy he says is the most important focus for the united states and he says an economic revolution could solve so much. scott is live in bali and you have been watching and listening to the secretary of state's speech and what else did he say? >> one thing he said fairly early on in the speech is we all have a stake and conferences like this he said the important bits come on the sideline of what is being discussed and the main parts of the summit and discussions and summits are good but meetings on the sidelines tha

president obama's absence becomes a highlight of a key summit of asia pacific economies in indonesia where the american government shutdown now threatening the president's focus on asia. never a lot of good crisis go to waste china turns to europe for investment opportunities snapping up companies all over the continent. and the swiss army simulates a war against a debt stricken french government that's sound troops to recover stolen gold. nine am in moscow you're watching r t with memory natasha welcome to the program first in syria chemical disarmament may be making progress but there's still no solution in sight to another severe crisis the conflict has created that of the refugees the u.n. estimates that four million more syrians will be forced out of their homes and more than eight million will be in need of aid to discuss the situation and possible ways out i'm now joined live by the president of the international committee of the red cross peter moore. thanks much mr moore for joining us here on r t to talk about the situation well you went to syria last year were civilians ar

so it's a big story in indonesia, as well. >>> and u.s. auto sales this year anticipated nearly 16 million vehicles is the best figure since from 2009. earnings roll out for vw, gm and fiat, we'll take a look at the sector. >>> plus, obama care is lurched to the next crisis. a report released in early september now appears to suggest at least one contractor knew a performance risk ahead of the website launch. we'll get a full update. "worldwide exchange" continues in just a few moments. >>> in corporate news, sales are not doing well for anyone tendo. they're expecting an operating loss of $237 million for the april to september period. but it was a narrower loss compared to the previous year. nintendo stuck to its console sales forecast of 9 million units for the year ending in march 2014. barclay's has reported an underlying pretax profit of 4 billion pounds to the three months end of september. it's marked a half billion pounds fall from last year's figures, but they did beat analyst forecasts. the stock up 3.4%. it's joined ubs and deu

. >> workers in indonesia launched a strike, demanding more pay and better conditions. they came face-to-face with paramilitary groups trying to break the strike. from west java, we report. >> these are paramilitary groups threatening protesting workers, a tactic used in the past. tension build up and it's clear the men were trying to provoke a fight. >> one of the workers got hit by a machete. we don't want a war. we want to convey our demands. >> the paramilitary groups entered the industrial zone where workers have been on strike. >> it is clear that the authorities are fed up with workers demonstrations. paramilitary grooms and the military are trying to stop them right now. >> workers started to arm themselves with sticks, but a fight was prevented. labor unions say an estimated 2 million laborers in 20 provinces in indonesia are on a strike. demanding a 50% increase of the minimum wage. >> only two and a half% of rich people in indonesia own 100% of all assets. that is not fair. we fight for justice, but they don't want to share. they use the force of money and po

last week president xi jinping visited indonesia and malaysia. china was also active at this week's summit meetings hosted by the association of southeast asian nations in brunei. other countries are making diplomatic pushes of their own. u.s. secretary of state john kerry held talks in malaysia on friday with prime minister najib razak. kerry is representing barack obama after the president canceled his trip to asia because of the u.s. government shutdown, and indian prime minister manmohan singh held talks in indonesia on friday with president susilo bambang yudhoyono. asean's fast emerging markets with a total of 600 million potential consumers make it an attractive target for countries who want to bolster their own economic growth. >>> you think of bali and you probably have an image of sun, sand and beautiful beaches. but what the travel brochures don't show is the island's increasing struggle with vast quantities of garbage. now some enterprising volunteers believe they found a solution worth banking on. nhk world's shinya sato explains. >>

. >> stastarbucks uses a lot of coffee from indonesia. that is why the foreign brands are more well known. this is something i want to change. [speaking a foreign language] >> but for now indonesian coffee farmers are closing shop. as more international markets open up in the future this is a strong warning for indonesia to increase their competitiveness worldwide. >>> while the olympic flame began it's journey from greece to russia it was accompanied by some controversy. gay rights activists held a peaceful protest against russia's anti-gay legislation and a country ban on what it calls gay propaganda. >>> now between smart phones and laptops and tablets, many of us spenspend much of the day conned to the internet. there are many americans that have no access a at all a funny thing is happening in the aisles of the chicago public library. among the book worms and the students and those looking for shelter from the elements are a growing up of cyber nauts. >> most of the da patrons are starting from day one. they don't know how to use a m

en esta regiÓn de indonesia, se llega con una camioneta de todo terreno. >>> nos diriginos al palacio Él, tambien fue mordido, nos enteramos que uno muriÓ en un hospital. >>> luego de una negociaciÓn, este experto en reptiles, y otros habitantes, estÁn dispuestos a acompaÑarme. el recorrido a la cueva es toda una odisea. horas y horas de camino en una selva, prÁcticamente impenetrable. >>> lo que acabamos de llegar a la cueva. por fuera se ve pequeÑa. pero tiene mÁs de un kilÓmetro de profundidad. >>> segÚn dice la leyenda. al final vive una serpiente blanca gigante. >>> es importante traer algo, un regalo, como cuando uno visita una casa, primero toca la puerta, y luego ve quiÉn estÁ allÍ. >>> el encantador de serpientes, ofrece este huevo a los pitones, con la esperanza que nos permitan entrar y salir sanos y salvos, de esta visita. >>> nos adentramos en un mundo de oscuridad. las linternas no son suficientes. el oxÍgeno tambiÉn escasea, la cantidad de excremento de murcielago es tal, nos llega hasta las rodillas. >>> superprofundo. >>> el olor es horrible, el calor infernal. >>> la

. >>> indonesia's explosive economic growth has improved the lives of millions, but with it comes a new dilemma, what to do with all the waste. some japanese experts are stepping in with strategies that could turn an environmental liability into an economic asset. >> reporter: surabaya city is indonesia's second largest city with 3 million people. its economy and population is growing rapidly. so is the amount of trash and that's creating a problem. this is the only disposal site in the city. 1,500 tons of garbage is dumped at the site every day. at this rate, the site will be full in a few years. as the city searches for ways to handle all of the trash, a waste recycling company from kitakyushu city in western japan has started operating here in march. workers efficiently sort recyclable waste. like plastic and metal and items for composting. as a result the amount of garbage dumped has dropped by 50%. new jobs have been created as well. this man is a sales representative for the recycling company. he says the indonesian waste and recycling market offers great business opportunities. >

they lowered their prediction for indonesia. the officials also reduced their projection for china from 8.2% to 7.6%. quoting an economic slowdown. but they welcomed the chinese government's efforts toward more sustainable growth. the officials cut their overall growth economist for the region in 2014 by half a percentage point to 6.2%. they call for structural reform to stabilize financial markets and achieve sustainable expansion. >>> japanese prime minister shinzo abe decided to raise the consumption tax from the current 5% to 8% starting next april. but he doesn't want it to dampen economic growth. he wants businesses to hire more people and boost wages. >> translator: we will carry out bold stimulus measures to seize the opportunity for further economic recovery. we are committed to balancing economic revitalization and fiscal reform. >> government officials will create an economic stimulus package ahead of the text hike. it includes a supplementary budget. worth about $50 billion. it offers $10 billion in corporate tax bre

nhk world, bali, indonesia. >>> china's president is calling on taiwan to hold talks soon on bilatera pitic matters. s they are attending the apec summit. china and taiwan cannot hand down their political disputes from generation to generation. xi said he hopes to hold consultations with taiwanese officials on an equal footing and within the so-called one-china framework. they want to guarantee the rights and interests of people in both taiwan and china, urging china to open consulate offices on both sides of the taiwan strait. china hosts next year's apex meetings. many taiwanese are hoping that china will accept the president's attendance at the summ. >>> japan is planning new facilities on the pacific island of loto, also known as iwo jima. the defense minister said they are responsible for intercepting the communications of foreign military aircraft and vessels. made the remarks during his visit to the islan on sunday. he expressed concerns over the growing chinese military presence in the pacific. >> translato the seabed around this area is said to be rich in natural resources. c

he inked $28 billion worth of commercial deals with indonesia.ost half of them in the resource space downstream processing here. this is kind of interesting because, remember, we've been talking about indonesia and resource nationalism. then want being to keep more of the value added at home. it shows that they are open in that sector. downstream processing to foreign investment as we've been witnessing with the china deals. this is interesting. remember, china is the one that hosts apec next year. they are watching and learning very closely what's going on at the summit ross. >> good stuff. thanks for that. i hope you're enjoying bali. there are worse places to hold a summit, right? >> true. >> okay. thanks, martin. good stuff. catch you later. that's the latest from bali. >>> cameron is joining us. it's interesting. you can see the safe haven bid in the long data treasury's here and clearly government debt sort of had a pretty good equity. >> ross, i think why do people say it. they say to hughes that money. the bonds pretty much everywhere, yo

closed off tod world by indonesia, exposed the horrors to the world. >> just sitting up, just started filming. >> the documentary alias ruby blade which will air here on al jazeera america at 9:00 sunday, focuses on christy sword, falling in live with its leader and ending up as the country's first lady. joining us are the country's ruby blade herself, christy sword gusmal. joining us are alex melia, director. i thank you for joining us. after invadings east timor, not allowing journalists at all. in november of 1991, the people of east timor took to the streets in pro fest and in return the indonesiaian army took power. >> i was very determined to try to capture what was going on or something of it. >> they were supporting shanana, the current priement the curren, who ask joining us. an undercover journalist shot that video. and christy you were working with those documentarians. is that what inspired you to become involved in this resistance movement? >> yes, i was working as a researcher and interpreter on the documentary film project yesterday by york shiershire television, and ob

. >> reporter: workers in indonesia say they cannot live on $170-$200 anymore and prices have gone upignificantly and the living cost and the cost of transportation, so now they want a higher minimum wage and they also want healthcare for all the workers and not only the official workers but also all those formal workers in indonesia in 2014. they have nodding syndrome and little is known what causes it and no cure and in uganda are showing some signs of getting better and we report from the country's gulo district. >> and he can no longer talk and barely eat. he is 12 years old and the growth of his body and brain are completely stunted and has nodding syndrome and it's only found in certain areas of east africa and here in north uganda thousands have it and no cure and eventually it kills. his sister grace has it too. most of the time she is too weak to come out of the hut and the parents don't know what to do. >> translator: it's very difficult to look at these two children. as a mother it's unbearable. i hope for any kind of support from any well wisher and feel useless and eventu

he made his remarks in an address to indonesia's parliament. he's on his first visit to indonesia. his indonesian counterpart signed an agreement to encourage more economic cooperation across the region. >> translator: we plan to improve bilateral ties with a comprehensive, strategic partnership in a bid to continue the development of our relations. indonesian people say it's easy to make money but difficult to make friends. our relationship proves that. >>> an increase in wasp attacks in northwest china left 41 people dead since july and more than 1400 have been serious. it's so serious they have sent out an army of pest control officers to destroy hundreds of hornets' nests. >> reporter: he was working on a farm when he knocked a wasp nest out of a tree. he says he's lucky to be alive. >> reporter: i didn't see the hive and the wasps flew at me surrounding me. i used a basket to cover my head and saved myself. >> reporter: three cities in the province have been plagued by wasps in the last three months. the rise in wasp numbers is due to milder winters and hotter, more humid summ