an ethnic chinese woman in mainly muslim indonesia.n angel investor passionate about progress, sintesa group's shinta kamdani is today's high flyer. ♪ haslinda: sintesa group is a billion dollar company, indonesia's biggest distributor of consumer goods. it is also into real estate, industrials, and renewable energy. at its head is a mother of four who champions gender equality. a woman who uses her role of considerable wealth to help other women. shinta kamdani has become a beacon for indonesian business, inspired by what she calls her journey of national service. ♪ haslinda: shinta kamdani, thank you for being on "high flyers." such a pleasure to have you with us today. shinta: thank you. haslinda: the company has its roots three generations ago. your grandfather started it in 1919 as a rubber plantation, but your dad took over and expanded it into industrial manufacturing and property as well. then you came along at the tender age of 32 and changed everything. what a gutsy move. why did you do it? shinta: well, first of all i think

an ethnic chinese woman in mainly muslim indonesia.n angel investor passionate about progress, sintesa group's shinta kamdani is today's high flyer. ♪ haslinda: sintesa group is a billion dollar company, indonesia's biggest distributor of consumer goods. it is also into real estate, industrials, and renewable energy. at its head is a mother of four who champions gender equality. a woman who uses her role of considerable wealth to help other women. shinta kamdani has become a beacon for indonesian business, inspired by what she calls her journey of national service. ♪

let's take one example, indonesia. i'm glad you've got to that. let's end with that.donesia, want to quote the general secretary of one of the main muslim organisations. he says we have achieved a de facto consensus in indonesia that the islamic teachings must be contextualised to reflect the ever—changing circumstances of ourtime and the ever—changing circumstances of our time and place. but he does not go for this confrontational anti—war heartbeat, and the saudi line that you go for. he's not in the business of confrontation and warfare, he's

this is g w news live from bird land almost one hundred dead in indonesia a second earthquake in a week and the death toll expected to rise but the islands of lombok and bali the worst affected tourists are waiting to be evacuated but damage to infrastructure has slowed things down. also coming up more protests in iran with demonstrators taking to the streets against soaring inflation and shortages of essential the situation could get worse but the u.s. about to free impose sanctions. and in zimbabwe families bury their dead from last week's post-election violence one of them was silvia marcos a clue shot in the back by security forces our team in harare as a special report. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program at least ninety eight people have died in the earthquake that struck indonesia on sunday night the holiday islands of lombok and bali have been the worst affected hundreds of people have also been in. mainly in the north of lombok and thousands made homeless the region has been hit by numerous aftershocks the magnitude of the quake was a powerful seven it struck as many people a

china imports coalfrom indonesia and australia, or adds coat to reduce smoke.sher is. experts say china would need to overcome its dependence on coal to contain pollution. —— washeries. but that would not be easy, considering the rising demand for energy from an expanding population and economy. in that report ends this edition of asia business report. i am at sharanjit leyl asia business report. i am at shara njit leyl here asia business report. i am at sharanjit leyl here in singapore, thanks for watching. ——i am. the top stories this hour: after myanmar‘s military is accused of genocide against the rohingya, the un security council calls for accountability. new research in china and the us claims air pollution causes a significant reduction in intelligence — the longer the exposure, the worse it gets. now, for more than three weeks this summer, flames devoured moorland across parts of north—west england at the height of the summer heatwave. some 6000 acres were affected. our correspondent danny savage has returned to the scene to find out how local farmers h

why indonesia ? why working with partners in indonesia. why indonesia? we are working with the government, they have a real vision. they are at the forefront of climate change and they are an island nation and they will see this impacts significantly across the country and they are developing. why not make investment clean and green if you are making that investment? they are saying that they want to go for this that they are open to working with us and our partners to make it happen. we wish you the best of luck for the future. richard, many thanks. we asked you to tweet us your thoughts on madonna as the pop star turns 60. the queen of pop. i can't believe it! we'll look through some of those in a moment but first let's take a look at some of her most memorable musical hits. let's party! if you would like, we can do renditions of the songs. we can sing them for you! la la la! she does look amazing. we can only apologise that you can't hear it. that is me. they have taken my body and put madonna's face on it. did i tell you that? we do that before the s

it's very important to indonesia because it's so popular in the athletes are gold medalists. my father was a badminton trainer so he always asked me to play the sport since i was very little i started training when i was eight indian badminton champion piece and do is the seventh highest earning female athlete in the world she recognizes the overwhelming support for badminton in indonesia i think in me says being brilliant i simply because every time i come to a need. for. you to student has his sights set to one day play in the asian games and it would appear that he was born in the right country to help his chances of that dream becoming reality al-jazeera jakarta. so it's china that all well clear at the top of the medals table with seventy two golds indonesia have slipped a place into fifth in the table but so they have some past they own previous record gold medal tally which dates all the way back to one thousand nine hundred sixty two when they also hosted that was also in the capital jakarta when they won their twelfth gold on sunday japan and south korea occupy secon

inflation and shortage it now likely to get worse and also coming up almost one hundred dead in indonesia a second earthquake you know week and the death toll is expected to rise with the islands of longbowmen ballyhoo worst affected and bangladesh promises to introduce the death penalty for drivers who cause fatal road accident the move aims to quell mass protests over traffic safety that have paralyzed the capital dhaka. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program. u.s. president donald trump has signed an executive order to formally reimpose many sanctions on iran the move comes some three months after the u.s. pulled out of the twenty fifteen international nuclear deal with iran the e.u. has condemned the revived measures and said that it will shield european companies iran too has acted to soften the blow by easing foreign exchange transactions but iranians have been protesting over the economic hardship that many already face. for six days in a row now iranians have taken to the streets in protest in cities across the country they're angry about high prices and the government they accuse

and indonesia is about to host the asian games — the world's second—largest multi—sport event., and welcome to bbc news. the indian government says nearly 900 people have died since the start of the monsoon rainy season in june. the worst affected state is kerala in the south, where more than 300 deaths have been recorded. it's the region's most damaging monsoon season in a century. with more rain forecast over the coming days, emergency workers are scrambling to reach thousands of people who remain cut off by landslides. the bbc‘s yogita limaye reports from there. washington, the world's most political city, forced out of their homes by the floods, people are walking miles to safety, escaping surging water that has swallowed everything in its path. for many, this is the only way out. this pregnant woman was among several airlifted in kerala. she delivered just a short while later. dozens of helicopters are pulling out as many as they can, but tens of thousands are still stuck. the monsoon always brings heavy rainfall to kerala, but this year is different. translation: after 36

if i was the governor of the bank of indonesia, i would if i was the governor of the bank of indonesiaould raise if i was the governor of the bank of indonesia, i would raise rates a little bit. with weakening currencies, economies are caught between a rock and a hard place. it impacts imports but it also shores up impacts imports but it also shores up the export market. very much so. the curve effect doesn't happen straightaway but it does happen. it makes that sports —— export that more repetitive on a global scale. there is some upside, it can provide a boost to the economy but you have to get through the maelstrom of that period where the currency dry a little bit of inflation and it drives lot of issues for the government and for companies managing their balance sheets. the row between the us and turkey is nowhere near over. turkey's president says the country will boycott us electronic goods. it began with turkey ‘s refusal to release an american pastor. donald trump doubled paris this week. translation: we will boycott electronic goods. if they, the us have the iphone, there is

if we go back to indonesia, it is not all that.tried to pick a sector in indonesia, telecom looks good. you have had nine months of theessive competition on ground in pricing. that has turned around and we think investors should be looking at that sector ahead of others in indonesia. haidi: thank you so much for that. sean gardiner, morgan stanley. plenty more to come. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: welcome back to "bloomberg markets: asia." the nikkei future 500 little changed, but one segment that is under pressure. cosmetics players, consumer goods and airport stores under pressure as -- after tourism slumps. 30% in june. o on theeeing shiseid back foot and weakening before we get data in september. this is bloomberg. ♪ paul: china's commerce minister will visit the u.s. the american teen will be led by the deputy treasury secretary and insist china can weather the escalating trade war and achieve its targets for the year. china's economic growth slowed to 6.7% in the second quarter but remains above the official target. australia'

i feel like indonesia attack. police have really cracked down. safe security situation. 17,000 athletes will take part, with 462 17,000 athletes will take part, with a62 gold medals up for grabs. and with tens of thousands of tourists expected, indonesia is determined to stamp out petty theft. but amnesty international says the crackdown on criminals has led to unnecessary violence, with 31 people killed in police raids and dozens injured. alongside security, pollution has been high on the list of concerns. despite attempts to take cars off the road, indonesia's traffic clogged capital is still shrouded in a thick layer of smog. the two week—long asian games —— asian games will take place in venues across the capital, sumatra, and the —— the capital, sumatra, and the —— the capital, jakarta, and the sumatran city of palembang. 0n capital, jakarta, and the sumatran city of palembang. on friday, indonesian presidentjoko widodo ran with the torch, almost at the end of its month—long journey across the country. there will be a —— be around 100,000 po

just starting to gain ground in indonesia. the asian games allow these lesser known sports the opportunity to share center stage with widely popular sports like football or basketball giving athletes of all ages the opportunity to experience something new either from the sidelines or on the pits got harder al-jazeera to court or spain's top footballers have threatened strike action and response to a plan to play a league game in the united states club captains met in madrid to discuss their response to leaders fifteen year deal with the us media company in but aware. very soon will be in touch with those in charge of the league and will tell them all the problems we have we will try and find a solution but if you ask me about the idea of a strike i tell you we are prepared to see this through to the end. now some of mexico's more distinctive sports stars added an unusual dimension to the congregation i want of the country's most famous churches mexican wrestlers took part in their annual pilgrimage to the basilica of our lady

unlike the homegrown pin sexy lot is just starting to gain ground in indonesia. and. the asian games allow these lesser known sports the opportunity to share center stage with widely popular sports like football or basketball giving athletes of all ages the opportunity to experience something new either from the sidelines or on the pitch al-jazeera jakarta. the french broadcaster r m c supporters reporting that former france arsenal and barcelona striker terry henri has agreed to become the coach of bordeaux henri had been working as belgium's assistant coach but this will be his first managerial role help place replays the gossip who was suspended by the club for criticizing their transfer dealings on reason pointman still needs to be agreed by bordeaux is new perspective american owners players and representatives from all twenty specially their clubs are meeting on wednesday to discuss their concern over playing games in the united states last week the league agreed a fifteen year deal with american media com relevant to play why do regular season match per season

and on the same stage hosts indonesia celebrated a fifth gold thanks to eco kuli everyone you have the added bonus of being handed his medal by indonesia's president who was watching in jakarta david stokes al-jazeera. we saw those gold medal celebrations for the house but our correspondent scott heiler he was in jakarta says indonesia has ambitions that go far beyond these games. host indonesia delighted getting their fifth gold medal in the category of weightlifting this is a sport that they really haven't excel that in the past and that underlines just how into these games these asian games the country is and the fans are underlined because there are sports in areas that they haven't really excelled at in the past or even focused on in the past but they are for these games that's because this nation wants to use these asian games as a showcase of the nation a showcase of what they can do they say they want to put in a bid for the olympics down the line so it's important that they show how successful they can carry off these this very complex series of events but also how well their

tonight, the mega star matt damon on a surprising location, indonesia, not shooting a movie, but tryingsolve the global clean water crisis one microloan at a time. he joined me with his co-founder of water.org gary white. plus, music is the food of love. my conversation with venezuela's prodigy and superstar conductor at the l.a. philharmonic gustavo duramel. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. listen to this shocking statistic. as many as 100 million people in india won't have adequate access to groundwater in just two years' time. that shocker comes from a recent government-sponsored study and it is just one sign of a growing global crisis. in iran, protests have recently broken out over water shortages. in argentina, a drought caused the economy to shrink for the first time in more tan a year. in south africa, a severe water shortage has led to rationing in the picturesque city of cape town. one of the efforts to tackle this crisis comes from an unlikely source, the hollywood mega star matt damon. he's been dedicated to this vital matter s

but to remind you of our top terror in indonesia when an earthquake kills 98 people.onesia evacuates hundreds of people during aftershocks. and iran bracing for renewed u.s. sections. the trump administration should be announcing fresh measures as their top of the met -- diplomat says that iran must start acting like a normal country. six arrested in venezuela after an attempt on nicolas maduro's life, who escaped unharmed when drones targeted in military parade. -- a military parade. now time for our focus report. today, we're going to end it was the a to investigate -- andul ucia, inspecting the cannabis trade. sarah morris has been there to find out more. it is a routine, every morning spanish customs officers take to the sea looking for traffickers. in the gibraltar strait, 100 customs officers patrolled the coast seven days a week. they are after speedboats carrying drugs. ththey are 12 meters long and extremely powerful. >> here in the strait it is a permanent race, because response time is minimal but the african coast is nearby. they are so fast. we to send ou

a limb pick dreams how the asian games are sparing indonesia to think bigger. for the first time u.s. president donald trump has accepted that is denuclearization deal with north korea may not be working out and he's blaming china for not exacting enough pressure on pyongyang because of its trade war with the u.s. trump has said that north korea is no longer a nuclear threat that's because he signed an agreement with north korea's leader kim jong un in june but it's been criticized for being too vague and satellite photos have shown work is still going on at north korean nuclear sites john is tweeting that he's postponing a trip by might pump aoe to pyongyang which had been planned for next week in his tweets trump says i have asked secretary of state my pump not to go to north korea at this time because i feel we are not making sufficient progress with respect to the denuclearization of the korean peninsula additionally because of our much tougher trading stance with china i do not believe they are helping with the process of denuclearization as the ones where

tencent is certainly in focus, we will watch indonesia as well. as get to bank of indonesia now.te decision on wednesday. economists are saying is a close call. one of the region's biggest losers in sheer, second only to the indian rupee. indonesia plans to curb imports and sell a dollar bond. the report cannot yesterday. his up on to be enough? >> good morning. that's a question. have seen pretty aggressive steps by the central bank so far raising interest rates intervening heavily in the foreign exchange market to try to stabilize the rupiah. what we are seeing now from indonesian authorities as a cabinet meeting with the president last month and they have come out with some new visions to try to curb imports. we also interviewed an official from the bank yesterday who sellinge possibility of a dollar bond. shore this is trying to up the foreign exchange reserves. the central bank has drank sincees by $14 billion the emerging-market crisis started. they are under pressure to try to restore some of those reserves and reduce imports will help to reduce the demand for dollars and

and indonesia is about to host rld's ian games, the second largest multisport event. hello and welcome to the program. the indian government says that nearly 900 people have died since the start of the monsoon rainyeason in june. the worst affected state is in the south where more than 300be deaths hav recorded. it's the region's most managing monsoon season in a century. with more rain forecast over the coming days, emergency workers are scrambling to reach thousands of people who remain caught ff bylandslides. we report from there. reporter: forced out of their homes by the floods, people are walking miles to safety. escaping surging water that has swallowed everything in its path. for many, this is the only way out. this pregnant wom was among several airlifted. she did deliver just a short time later. elicopters are pulling out as many as they can. tens of thousands are still stuck. the monsoon always brings heavy rainfall here. this year is different. >> after 36 years, it's the first time that such flooding is happeninghere. it's a disaster for the whole populat

because indonesia has that similar to turkey.tine: it is a big part of the issue, because it is something we saw a few years ago during the taper tantrum era, where a lot of the countries that have a weaker account work rewarded. the ones who made vast improvements were rewarded eventually and managed to rebound. deficits are one of the aspects investors are looking at, but to henrietta's points, there are other factors investors might want to take into account. for instance, the political situation, the central bank looking at that altogether and making an assessment of who is in place to weather the storm. anna: and the turnaround in the dollar trajectory. henrietta, this seems key, even if we got rid of the idiosyncratic risks around the markets, if we have a fed that is hiking and returns that could be made in the united states it does way wthey do, little change. henrietta: correct. i think you need to see a change in the trajectory of the dollar to get confident in emerging markets. you have to realize in the background, yo

let's move to other n and have a look at indonesia.y took a battering earlier this year. are we over the worst of it, and what happens next? where are we with that economy's picture? domestically the economy still remains quite sound. weekw the gdp report last and it was one of the best growth rates in about four years. domestic consumption is faring , probably because it is the festival season in the last quarter. the imf world bank meeting later in the year. however, investments appear quite weak, and that could hamper the growth potential for indonesia. given that they didn't manage the current account very well, indonesia will remain vulnerable to global volatilities for now. going toand were also have to play politics with this as we run toward an election company could be the same leader who doesn't know what to do, really. politicalcourse tensions are likely to build up again and the later half of the year and an early next year, but int night we saw a good move picking it of vice presidential candidate who can help settle down

on and off the pitch is viewed as a big test do well and bigger things are to come and indonesia has been performing well but they have a high benchmark officials say they want to win it at least sixteen gold medals and make it into the top ten on the overall battle board. it is the athlete who put their first gold on the board. it means a lot because it's the first match in games and this is the first time in the nation that a gold medal i hope and a nation sport can be better and achieve more in international world like the olympics. and the fans who come out to watch also feel the gravity of performing well as their country is in the global spotlight it's everything because we. have been playing. this. sort of problems. and. this is everything we've been doing pro five am five years so we're very excited as you can see behind me will be how we cheered for hours. so we will be out of there to. indonesia was brought into the eighteenth asian games late just four years ago after vietnam pulled out as host citing financial concerns the country had to act and act fast with little time

indonesia came into the event with a bit of a cloud over the poor performance of southeast asian games in malaysia but a charge at the medal table has been matched by an off the field drive to prove they could one by hold an olympics or a world cup in the country. reports from. the people in the country of indonesia are taking these asian games very seriously success at the event on and off the pitch is viewed as a big test to do well and bigger things are to come and team indonesia has been performing well but they have a high benchmark officials say they want to win it at least sixteen gold medals and make it into the top ten on the overall battle board. it is the athlete who put their first gold on the board. it means a lot because it's the first match in games and this is the first time in the nation got a gold medal i hope and a nation sport can be better and a chief more in international world like the olympics. and the fans who come out to watch also feel the gravity of performing well as their country is in the global spotlight it's everybody to be shot against because we knew

the short test rubber to eighteen provinces in indonesia has even gone on the water taken by diverse and why in the east of the country it has also been taken by parachutes. the first time the asian games will be held in two separate cities in the capital but also in the city and so it's a major event and many were worried that indonesia would not be capable of organizing the event in time stadiums had to be built right now feted and also the traffic very notorious traffic here was a major concern some measures have been taken by the government but at this minute traffic is still very bad and you could also see some last minute construction going on just a had a few days before the great opening on saturday night of concern is security and it's just a few months back you dozens of people in the streets. in the past few weeks leading up to the asian games authorities have been arrested hundreds of people they suspect of being part of the group that were responsible for these bomb makes the asian games will be secured by more than one hundred thousand members of police and army. now th

we have joining us from indonesia the deputy minister from maritime security and sovereignty at indonesia's coordinating ministry of maritime affairs minister. thank you for joining us. next to him ambassador who took charge as india's ambassador to the united states in 2016, november of 2016, very interesting moment in which to begin his tenure and has been a distinguished member of the indian foreign service since 1980. has served as india's high commissioner to the u.k., ambassador to israel and many many other posts and we're very pleased to have you join us today. and finally we have the deputy assistant to the president and senior director for asian affairs at the national security council and has i'm sure been very very involved in all of the proceedings today from the executive branch and the indo pacific strategy and vision that has been laid out, and so we look forward to hearing more from you as well. welcome all of you gentlemen. and i thought we could start off the conversation perhaps you know, as we heard today a whole of government approach to a strategy for the united state

this is the second secretary of the embassy in london for indonesia.e us with the latest? hello there. so we are hearing in london, receiving the information about the earthquake that happened on sunday fifth of august. so at the time now, the government is providing full—scale relief operations. rescues, medical assistance and shelter and food. we do know that indonesia is on the earthquake prone wine and our capacity to provide response has increased significantly. are there any vulnerable communities that have been worse affected by this earthquake? the worst affected areas is on the north of lombok and also the east and the capital city it self. —— itself. we have recorded more than 80 people have died, hundreds are injured and also thousands have left their homes. however, most of the injured now have been treated. some of them outside the hospital and clinics because of the current situation. and are all of these areas fully assessable? the area is not fully assessable, however it is assessable for the operation relief now. we are having an addit

on and off the pitch is viewed as a big test do well and bigger things are to come and team indonesia has been performing well but they have a high benchmark officials say they want to win it at least sixteen gold medals and make it into the top ten on the overall battle board. it is the athlete who put their first gold on the board. it means a lot because it's the first match in games and this is the first time in the nation got a gold medal i hope and a nation sport can be better and a chief more in international world like the olympics. and the fans who come out to watch also feel the gravity of performing well as their country is in the global spotlight it's everything because we have. been. asked to wait last weekend and we have many tremendous tragedies and problems. and. this is everything we've been doing from five am to buy a ticket so we're very excited as you can see all the fighting going to be how we are hours. so we will be out of there. indonesia was brought into the eighteenth asian games late just four years ago after vietnam pulled out as host citing financial concer

bonus of being handed his medal by indonesia's president who was watching in jakarta david stokes al jazeera. we saw those gold medal celebrations for the house but our correspondent scott heiler he was in jakarta says indonesia has ambitions that go far beyond these games. host indonesia delighted getting their fifth gold medal in the category of weightlifting this is a sport that they really haven't excel that in the past and that underlines just how into these games these asian games the country is and the fans are underlined because there are sports in areas that they haven't really excelled at in the past or even focused on in the past but they are for these games that's because this nation wants to use these asian games as a showcase of the nation a showcase of what they can do they say they want to put in a bid for the olympics down the line so it's important that they show how successful they can carry off these this very complex series of events but also how well their athletes do and something that's very interesting that that you know other areas where they've expanded ath

indonesia, i'm glad you raised that, indonesia's the largest muslim country today.rical span. because when the early muslims, the merchants and the mystics arrived there, they integrated, adapted and adjusted to that society, and instead of foisting the culture from arabia and elswhere... they married local women, ate local food, and the first mosques were like temples. so that's the integrated islam that we need to have here. taj hargey, we could talk plenty more on this, but we've to end. thank you very much for being on hardtalk. thank you. thank you very much. hello there. well, we should get off to a pretty sunny start across eastern areas of the country before things generally turn cloudier later today, and that cloud will hang around into the weekend as well. weather front brought the rain yesterday. that's clearing out into europe, clearer skies following but then we've got this next wodge of cloud. this weather front, the warm front, is going to bring warm airacross the uk, yes, but also we'll have outbreaks of rain spreading in as well. so, the forecast in

and with tens of thousands of tourists expected, indonesia is determined to stamp out petty theft.iminals has led to unnecessary violence, with 31 people killed in police raids and dozens injured. alongside security, pollution has been high on the list of concerns. despite attempts to take cars off the road, indonesia's traffic clogged capital is still shrouded in a thick layer of smog. the two week—long asian games will take place in venues across the capital, sumatra, and the capital, jakarta, and the south sumatran city of palembang. on friday, indonesian presidentjoko widodo ran with the torch, almost at the end of its month—long journey across the country. there will be around 100,000 police and army personnel guarding the games, tasked with stamping out pick pockets and bag snatchers. police say they have a duty to ensure the games go smoothly and take firm action against suspected criminal gangs. it is a journey that has taken 22 years — but on friday the former captain of the pakistan cricket team, imran khan, was confirmed in a vote by parliament as the country's prime min

it's very important to indonesia because it's so popular and the gold medalists. my father was a badminton trainer so he always asked me to play the sport since i was very little i started training when i was eight. indian badminton champion piece and do is the seventh highest earning female athlete in the world she recognizes the overwhelming support for badminton in indonesia i think in me says being brilliant i can see because every time i come to. you to student has his sights set to one day play in the asian games and it would appear that he was born in the right country to help his chances of that dream becoming reality. jakarta. i remember there's more than a billion people in india more than a billion in china's of course there's going to be plenty of social media discussion as well i want to start with a verse a treat from punk courage that gives a little bit of a history lesson almost to take note of how b. asian games actually changed over the years first asian games was held in delhi in one hundred fifty one india ranked second in the telly with fiftee

the death toll rises in indonesia. at least 150 people are now known to have died in the lombok earthquake. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: total drought. the entire australian state of new south wales suffers its driest start to the year for five decades. remembering amiens. a ceremony is held to commemorate the campaign which helped bring about the end of the first world war. good morning. it is 8:00am in singapore, 1:00am in london, and 8:00pm in the evening in washington, where the state department has announced fresh sanctions on russia. it comes as the us says it has determined that it was russia which used the nerve agent novichok against former double agent sergei skripal and his daughter in the uk in march. the sanctions are to take effect on or around 22 august. britain has welcomed the sanctions, while russia has always strongly denied playing any role in the attack. chris buckler in washington has more. well, three months ago they were asked by congress to look and see whether russia had

indonesia, i'm glad you raised that, indonesia's the largest muslim country today.rt historical span. because when the early muslims, the merchants and the mystics arrived there, they integrated, adapted and adjusted to that society, and instead of foisting the culture from arabia and elswhere... they married local women, ate local food, and the first mosques were like temples. so that's the integrated islam that we need to have here. taj hargey, we could talk plenty more on this, but we've to end. thank you very much for being on hardtalk. thank you. thank you very much. hello there. we're looking at quite a changeable spell of weather, really, over the next few days, with some rain around. we'll certainly get some rain as we go on through the next 2a hours. the satellite picture shows a band of cloud pushing in across the united kingdom for today, and this is rain—bearing cloud. now, we have seen three bands of rain that will tend to merge together into one as it moves its way in across england and wales as we go on through the next few hours. so there is some rai

nasreen: it is booming in indonesia. we have seen around the world, the growth in the digital economy, the growth of the internet has part timee jobs -- jobs, flexible work arrangements, and we have seen a similar case in indonesia. what is interesting about indonesia, it is a population of 260 million people, one of the largest in the world, and it has one of the biggest workforces in the world with 126 million people. and 30% of all of those people are counted as underemployed, say they work less than 35 hours a week and many are in part-time jobs. so it is creating a situation in indonesia where more people are working, the unemployment numbers look good, but actually it is not really help being with the levels of poverty and a levels of job security in the country. scarlet: the numbers look good, the jobless rate fell earlier this year to a 20 year low, but the quality of the jobs has changed and as a result, wage growth over all is stalling and spending stalling as well. what kind of tension has that created in indo

it is a western set in indonesia, if that makes sense.of making the story more universal. because you felt it was more universal? telling a bouye's story in a girl's way. i am very interested as well in the western because i think it was made for me marlina the murderer —— i don't think it was made for me. a classic western is basically a lone man. usually someone is looking for him, he isa usually someone is looking for him, he is a wanted guy. in marlina, we have marlina and she is a lone ranger as well, trying to find her redemption, trying to find her way in the world. it isa it is a very challenging topic. i mean, like, we are a country that even doesn't speak about sex openly. even though we have 250 million people. so, people have sex in indonesia! laughter. but the thing is, it is not... sexual abuse, we don't talk about that as well. up until the point that you should know that you have been abused. all of this catcalling that is done by men and all of that, people brush that aside, not knowing that that's not supposed to happen.

it's very important to indonesia because it's so popular and it's our gold medalists. my father was a badminton trainer so he always asked me to play the sport since i was very little i started training when i was eight. indian badminton champion pvc new is the seventh highest earning female athlete in the world she recognizes the overwhelming support for badminton in indonesia i think in me says been brilliant i can see because every time i come to. put on them and letting them going to be proud to see them going to me like. you to student has his sights set to one day play in the asian games and it would appear that he was born in the right country to help his chances of that dream becoming reality al-jazeera jakarta. so is china while clear at the top of the medal table with seventy five goals japan and south korea occupy second and third head of iran and indonesia spain's a league has opened an investigation into the state of the pitch for boston his game at rail via the lead on saturday the turf was only late on tuesday and began to tear up during the pre-match wa

. —— indonesia.bull, has survived a leadership challenge from within his own party. he defeated home affairs minister peter doesn't in a party room ballot a short while ago. the prime minister won the vote for the leadership of the liberal party by 48—35. fourjapanese basketball players have been sent home from the asian games for allegedly paying women for sex injakarta. the games opened in the indonesian capital on saturday. the players have apologised for bringing disgrace to their nation. a new study on global warming suggests that heatwaves and torrential downpours are likely to become more extreme in the northern hemisphere. european scientists say temperature rises in the arctic have already affected the behaviour of weather and wind systems further south. rescue efforts are being stepped up in the indian state of kerala, which has been hit by the worst monsoon floods in a century. although the weather has improved, some areas remain underwater. more than 400 people have died in the floods and

to slow this is deja news coming to an end or less a hundred people dead in indonesia a second earthquake in a week people are rushing out of their homes as a quick hits the tourists on the balkan bonnie buildings have been evacuated and hundreds of tourists having taken off we have an eyewitness report for you also coming up. days six of protests in uganda demonstrations taking to the streets again soaring inflation and shortages of ascension and things could get must with the u.s. about to reimpose sanctions. and in zimbabwe families bury their dead from last week's post-election violence one of the dead was phil gramm who was shot in the back by security forces we have a special report for you. at least ninety eight people have died in the quake that struck indonesia on sunday night the holiday islands of long walk in bali were the worst affected magnitude of the quake was a powerful seven it struck as many people were having their. time in lombok locals and tourists alike were packed into restaurants when suddenly the floor guy like you might think that. all the power went out almost

such a big event in the near future i hope indonesia can bid for the only picks. like they did at the winter olympics earlier in the year north and south korea march together under one flag as a sign of unity and they will have joint teams for three of vents but the two powerhouse nations to watch in the middle rankings are china and japan held every four years an estimated three billion dollars was spent putting on the asian games two thousand and eighteen most of that on infrastructure the organizers are optimistic that hosting the games will help elevate indonesia's international stature and could boost its economy and that the money spent is an investment that will see dividends we're not going to have to return like and over like what we're this is a national branding. if we success to have to say should games we believe that they'd festers the trust it will come and the tories fortified future it will comes by itself so we believe that this is a long term investment. but for now the focus for the next two weeks will be on the athletes as they compete to brin

one of the world's largest sporting events is underway in indonesia the twenty eight hundred eighteen games opened with a spectacular opening ceremony in the capital jakarta scott hyder reports from there. in a stadium purpose built for the asian games fifty six years ago host indonesia officially launched this year's games with a big show in central jakarta. more than forty thousand people watched as performers took to a six hundred ton stage with a waterfall and a volcano replica tickets sold out but there was criticism over the price ranging from seventy dollars to three hundred fifty dollars too expensive for most indonesians many gathered outside the stadium to be there when the games began but . everything has been smooth clean peaceful even dequeue to went to the stadium is very well organized indonesia is showing all we are able to conduct such a big event in the near future i hope indonesia can bid for the only picks. like they did at the winter olympics earlier in the year north and south korea march together under one flag as a sign of unity and they will have joint teams f

win or lose he's already a living legend in indonesia. has plenty of track to run. are his reminder of the top stories that we're following for you at least three people in clashes between security forces and protesters following zimbabwe's election and the long ruling zanu p.f. party won a majority in parliament but the opposition says the poll was marred by fraud and sensible challenge the result. with more world news followed by the day to see the. letter we were. when we were. eighty percent of americans in some plane and i live really experience actually. listening. audience.

it is rate decision day in indonesia.open just about an hour before it gets underway. whatng at that, and also we have at the moment with we haveto that, and how a lot of pressure to do something about the rupiah, which keeps depreciating. an interestng at rate hike possibly after several interest rate hikes in recent months. jci moving up .25% in the session the us far. it is fairly. -- early. turkey responsible for some of what we have been seeing with that rupiah. we will look at whether the turmoil appears to be stabilizing. earlyalyst say it is too to say whether the worst is behind us. ♪ behind us. ♪ : asia pacific markets sliding. tencent among them, going from hero to zero. turkey remaining -- without either side willing to blink. i'm in hong kong. haidi: and i am in sydney. tesla still making headlines. boardn sachs was not on wrote his tweet. asia.s bloomberg markets: ♪ haidi: what does the central bank do in this part of the world when facing a wall of volatility. bond yields are spiking to 20-year highs. we ar

on and off the pitch is viewed as a big test do well and bigger things are to come and indonesia has been performing well but they have a high benchmark officials say they want to win at least sixteen gold medals and make it into the top ten on the overall battle board. it is the athlete who put their first gold on the board begun now it means a lot because it's the first match. and this is the first time in the nation they got a gold medal i hope and a nation sport can be better and a chief more in international world like the olympics. and the fans who come out to watch also feel the gravity of performing well as their country is in the global spotlight it's a different thing for you because we. have been there. many tremendous. problems. this is everything we've been doing profile am five would be good so we're very excited as you can see on the site you will see how we cheer for ours. so we will be out of there to. indonesia was brought into the eighteenth asian games late just four years ago after vietnam pulled out as host citing financial concerns the country had to act and ac