the bbc‘s rebecca henschke injakarta says that indonesian presidentjoko widodo has called for a review safety. hopes are fading that any more survivors or even bodies will be pulled from this volcanic lake, one of the deepest in the world. that means many grieving families won't be able to even bury their loved ones, that includes mothers, children, and many young couples. amongst the grief is also anger, frustration at the pace of the rescue effort, and also that the boat was allowed to go out that day in bad weather with three times the maximum number of passengers permitted on board. the captain was amongst the few people who were rescued after it went down in bad weather. he is being questioned by the police who say he owned the vessel he was operating illegally, without tickets or a manifest. survivors have said there were not enough lifejackets on board and as the ship went down they desperately fought each other for those that were available. this is indonesia's worst maritime disaster in recent years, but boat accidents here are common. and scenes like this are wearily familiar

the weakest currency in asia, it thailand, an indonesian currency and the indian rupee 01’ indonesianlling against the dollar. there has been broad weakness, clearly not as much as we are seeing in some other regions but indonesia has been quite proactive, they have raised interest rates couple of times already. they have realise they need to get ahead of the markets and try to prevent it becoming too contagious, but the philippines have been behind the curve and they are paying the price. farmers in australia have warned against a move to stop the export of live animals to the middle east. demands for australian sheep and bmb demands for australian sheep and lamb has been at its highest because of the islamic festival of eid. at animal welfare concerns have led critics to call for a ban. please note, you may find some of the images in this report upsetting. packed on a ship for a three—week journey, this undercover footage shows dirty and distressed sheep being taken from australia to the middle east last year. more than 2000 died on thejourney. when the footage was aired in australi

twenty five indonesian islands have already disappeared. like coal and gas sand is now on the frontline of the world's hunger for raw materials. scarcity and dangers local communities and sets governments against each other. as demand builds the circle only becomes more vicious. morocco's gentle climate has been welcoming tourists for years. but its famous beaches have also been attracting some strange four legged visitors a constant stream of men and doggies descend on the beaches seven days a week. in search of. sand. for men and the donkeys have taken so much sand that some beaches now look like the surface of the moon. rock has been experiencing a construction boom spurred on by a competitive real estate market. the builders are happy but they need plenty of sand legal and otherwise. that. i wrote that i have i don't want to give you. are you know that i'm not going to bend an addendum going to the mat or not. do you have enough to know what kind of to yet know if you love so much loved by double got cut by back to back up to help oh ye

we don't know is the first indonesian president who did not come from the political elite he has gained popularity mainly because of his infrastructure projects and cheap health care and education but it's not unbeatable. number one it economy is going worse it is very easy to be bitten his is going to be very easy to be bitten. especially when there is a candidate who can be an alternative. indonesia's economy has not grown as much as we dawdle had promised and unemployment is still high but near a friend a supporter of the president is optimistic that we build a government can continue to work next year and he himself can continue to turn into a city of tolerance and peace which churches don't need to be protected anymore step lassen al-jazeera because. the top stories on al-jazeera the united nations envoy to myanmar is called for the dismantling of what she says the system of discrimination against muslims yang he lead told the un human rights council the rangar should have their rights to citizenship and property was stored in moslem bassett called for her to be replaced rescuers r

carol: up next, an indonesian mogul learns that trump's deals come with complications.is is "bloomberg businessweek." ♪ jason: welcome back to "bloomberg businessweek." carol: we are going to talk about u.s. sanctions and why they may have reached their limit. jason: also, we dig into indonesia and president trump's partner there. carol: i love this story. this is a man that is similar to president trump in many ways, and you would have thought that working together would have been a lot of fun, but maybe not. >> in 2015, just as trump was starting his presidential bid, he was still doing business with billionaires around the globe. one of them was this indonesian partner of he decided to do two developments with trump. two trump branded hotels and golf courses, one south of jakarta, and another in bali, overlooking an ancient hindu temple. both of those developments paid trump as much as $10.5 million between 2015-2017 according to trump's financial disclosures. when he signed this deal with trump he thought he was signing a deal with just trump the businessman. obviou

carol: up next, an indonesian mogul learns that trump's deals come with complications.this is "bloomberg businessweek." ♪ two, down, back up! our phones are more than just phones. they're pocket-sized personal trainers. last minute gift finders. [phone voice] destination ahead. and discoverers of new places. it's the internet in your hand. that's why xfinity mobile can be included with xfinity internet which could save you $400 or more a year. it's a new kind of network designed to save you money. click, call, or visit a store today. jason: welcome back to "bloomberg businessweek." carol: we are going to talk about u.s. sanctions and why they may have reached their limit. jason: also, we dig into indonesia and president trump's partner there. carol: i love this story. this is a man that is similar to president trump in many ways, and you would have thought that working together would have been a lot of fun, but maybe not. >> in 2015, just as trump was starting his presidential bid, he was still doing business with billionaires around the globe. one of them was this indo

still ahead on al-jazeera accused seven instigating surabaya attackers an indonesian cleric with ties to eisele is sentenced to death while live in jakarta. ally the weather squatting down nicely now across western parts of here laws to clear skies but the sunshine also woman sunshine of that says well no it is this area clouds i just up into northern parts of germany into scandinavia this way because some of the wet and windy weather some chilly weather as well just pushing its way through st bands of rain there stockholm sixteen celsius as that range is pushing over towards the baltic states and once enough in moscow as well with the top temperature here this formerly twenty nine degrees celsius for the south thirty two celsius a book rest these are going to be lively shallow seas that could well be somehow certainly some fun the mixed in as well as a hate downs was a southeastern corner further west still getting up to twenty in london pass with that northerly breeze coming in so freshening off a little bit but temperatures will push up as we go on through the course of the weekend

an indonesian cleric with ties to isolates been sentenced to death by a court in jakarta a man of drama and was convicted for his role in a two thousand and sixteen suicide bombing at a starbucks cafe that killed four people it was the first attack claimed i saw in southeast asia police say after a man sea change inspired the attack is behind a string of recent bombings on the island of java that killed more than thirty people have us and has the details from jakarta i'm one of the one has been sentenced as the ideological leader behind five attacks that happened in indonesia in two thousand and sixteen and two thousand and seventeen although he was in prison during the time of these attacks judges say he was the one was inspired and radicalized the attackers he also managed to spread his teachings to attack the indonesian state and its democratic system from inside prison one of the attacks was a suicide bomb and a shootout at a starbucks coffee shop in jakarta in two thousand and sixteen killing eight people including four attack us before the incident took place the attackers had vis

one of them was this indonesian partner of his. he decided to do two developments with trump.otels and a, one south of jakarta, and another in bali, overlooking an agent hindu temple -- ancient hindu temple. both of those developments paid trump as much as $10.5 million between 2015-2017 according to trumps financial disclosures. withhe signed this a deal trump he thought he was signing a deal with just trump the is this man -- the businessman. that situation has changed since then and complicated situation in indonesia. carol: let's talk about those complications, because you are right, now it is president trump. talk about the complications that exist for him now. in a 2016 he brought couple of chinese state-owned companies to help with the resort. first of all, the resort is not just a trump golf course and a hotel, and a clubhouse, but he is building a mini city there with a theme park, and a couple of other hotels. he brought in a chinese state-owned construction company to begin the construction and do some of the infrastructure. at the same time, he signed a letter of i

to come here on al-jazeera hundred ninety two people remain our missing after the sinking of an indonesian ferry police questioned the ship's captain and thailand police launch raids to take control of the country's illicit trade in electronic waste or a waste. and as a flooding rains have returned to china in for jan and grungy and you can see really in the clouds anywhere you want it to be isn't it which is where it should be but of can you to think it's from grungy this is over one hundred many beaches in twenty four hour total that is why you tend to get flooding this town the areas runs up to the yangtze valley as well shanghai included in the forecast as is hong kong so anywhere in central southern china the spring rains now midsummer rains have returned and they've put themselves up once more to the west the monsoon as it breaks over india has sort of fall to the bit recently but it's trying to get its act together once more there isn't any big showers showing up tonight poor and beyond the heaviest rains still this is the western side the western ghats there's a big showers further

indonesian police have detained the captain of a ferry that sank in lake toba, in sumatra.o transport 60 passengers and didn't have a proper manifest. in the world cup in russia, croatia have delivered a shock defeat to those giants of football, argentina — thrashing them three goals to nil. they're the latest team to qualify for the knock—out stages. argentina could still qualify but it may come down to goal difference. in his annual mansion house speech in the city of london, the chancellor has confirmed that taxes will have to rise to pay

indonesian police have detained the captain of a ferry that sank in lake toba in sumatra.was only licensed to transport 60 passengers and it didn't have a proper manifest. croatia have delivered a shock defeat to football giants, argentina, in the world cup in russia — thrashing them by three goals to nil in a spirited performance. they now become the latest team to qualify for the knock—out stages. argentina could still qualify but it may come down to goal difference. now on bbc news, thursday in parliament.

we don't know is the first indonesian president who did not come from the political elite he has gained popularity mainly because of his infrastructure projects and cheap health care and education but not unbeatable. number one economy is going worse it is very easy to be bitten his is going to be very easy to be bitten. especially when there is a candidate who can be an alternative. indonesia's economy has not grown as much as we dawdle had promised and unemployment is still high but mayor of fendi a supporter of the president is optimistic that we dawdle government can continue to work next year and he himself can continue to turn back into a city of tolerance and peace which churches don't need to be protected anymore step fasten al-jazeera because he malaysian police say former prime minister najib razak and his wife are to be questioned over money laundering and corruption allegations it comes after items seized from property linked to the couple were valued at more than two hundred fifty million dollars among the goods were twenty three million dollars worth of luxury handbags and

high. 25% of indonesian reserves.cross the emerging-market universe, which are the countries that have large dollar funding needs? if bank indonesia can come up with a credit line with the bank fed, if or pboc or the need be, they will have a substantial amount of dollar liquidity when dollar would be at a premium. in addition to the rate hikes would be a demonstration of resolve. are there grounds for bank indonesia and the ipi to take issue with fed tapering? taimur: the issue is the following. if the fed is doing something only in the interests of the u.s. and is negative and the rest of the world, they are not looking at the big picture. asia alone accounts for the majority of global growth. by tapering aggressively or hiking rates aggressively, if the u.s. creates a major slowdown in asia, it will spell back into the u.s. this is an argument many emerging-market central banks have made. as recently as last week we saw governor patel make that argument. i am not sure if in washington, d.c. there is much sympathy t

indonesian rescue workers have been battling heavy rains and high waves in search of survivors after a ferry sank with possibly eighty people on board the wooden boats went down a lake toba a popular tourist destination in northern sumatra on monday eighteen people have been rescued save us it has more from jakarta. so and after departing samo sea island the scene a bomb on a wooden passenger boat started to sway badly not long after that it capsized completely throwing all its passengers into the lake the authorities say the accident happened amidst bad weather and huge waves some of the island lies in lake talk about which is the largest full chemical leak in the world and also one of the deepest it's one of indonesia's main tourist attractions most of the passengers were returning from the eat holly days. this dramatic footage seems to have been captured by one of the passengers although it can be verified it's not clear how many passengers were on the boat exactly because it's a common practice in indonesia for these kinds of boats to not have any passengers many friends nor any

we don't know is the first indonesian president who did not come from the political elite he has gained popularity mainly because of his infrastructure projects and cheap health care and education but. number one it economy is going worse it is very easy to be bitten his is going to be very easy to be bitten. especially when there is a candidate who can be an alternative indonesia's economy has not grown as much as we had promised and unemployment is still high but mayor of fendi a supporter of the president is optimistic that the government can continue to work next year and he himself can continue to turn that into a city of tolerance and peace with churches don't need to be protected anymore step fasten al-jazeera but. prince william the second in line to the british throne has called occupied palestine a country and a meeting with president mahmoud abbas it's part of the first ever official visit by a u.k. royal to the region the prince mass israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu in west jerusalem on tuesday the british monarchy has historically avoided involvement in the israel

we don't know is the first indonesian president who did not come from the political elite he has gained popularity mainly because of his infrastructure projects and cheap health care and education but not unbeatable. number one if economy is going worse it is very easy to being bitten his is going to be very easy to be bitten. especially when there is a candidate who can be an alternative. indonesia's economy has not grown as much as we dawdle had promised and unemployment is still high but mayor fenty a supporter of the president is optimistic that we don't a government can continue to work next year and he himself can continue to turn that into a city of tolerance and peace with churches don't need to be protected anymore step fasten al-jazeera but cassie. inspan the first trial of so-called stolen baby scandal has begun thousands of children are believed to be taken from their mothers over several decades and eighty five year old doctor is now on trial accused of stealing a baby girl in one thousand nine hundred sixty nine as pieces shop reports. are now . they call themselves the st

indonesian police have questioned the captain of a ferry which sank on monday leaving at least one hundred ninety two people missing but no official log of ticket sales is still unclear how many were on the boat but it appears to have been badly overloaded could be one of in the nation's worst ever ferry disasters that fasten reports. the ferry sank on lake toba a tourist destination in north sumatra on monday but only a handful of bodies have so far been recovered from the water despite a search involving hundreds of rescue workers and grieving relatives are growing impatient legs over is known as the world's largest full cannick lake at some point it's at least five hundred metres deep the wooden ferry built to carry forty three passengers was heavily overloaded and sank in bad weather there were twenty one survivors and i'm going to have a good night that's got under furry started to tilt i raced to the top of the boat but my friends were still below the deck everyone jumped off climbed to the top again so it sank i had two people but there were others clutching to my feet from the wate

indonesian authorities say at least one hundred twenty eight people are missing after a ferry capsized and sank off the island of sumatra one person has been confirmed dead about twenty people have been rescued from the water the wooden boat went down on lake toba a popular tourist destination. and french far right leader marine le pen has suffered a legal setback and a new court has upheld a ruling that she must return three hundred thousand euros to the european parliament she incorrectly gave the money to political aides while a member of parliament a pen can still appeal the ruling to the e.u.'s highest court. to the world cup now and the world wins for group g. favorites belgium and england last night it was a tense affair for fans of the three lions though with captain harry kane only heading the winner over tunisia in have a time when belgium locked horns with world cup debut toss panama the gulf in class was clear to see. thank you have come on i'll tell you why it was awful why a lot of it was. you. after a sluggish first time trees martens finally broke the deadlock for belgi

london still to come on our program one hundred ninety people are missing after the sinking of an indonesian ferry police questioned the ship's captain and the refugees who flee persecution at home only to face a piece in gear at the hands of french police officers. ally the weather squatting down nicely now across western parts of europe largely clear skies whilst the sunshine also warm sunshine and that says well now it is this area clout they just up into northern parts of germany into scandinavia this will cause some well the wet and windy weather some chilly weather as well just pushing its way through st bands of rain stockholm sixteen celsius those that range is pushing over towards the baltic states which enough the moscow as well with the top temperature here is formerly twenty nine degrees celsius further south thirty two celsius a book rest these are going to be lively shallow seas that could well be some how certainly some fun the mixed in as well as the heat down towards a southeastern corner further west still getting up to twenty in london and paris with that northerly breeze

on the indonesian island of bali has been wreaking havoc for holiday makers a more than three hundred flights to and from the popular holiday destination have had to be counseled have to mount erupted on thursday flights have not resumed about the volcano continues to shoot over two and a half comes into the sky. up to periodically since last year in one hundred sixty three a major eruption killed more than a thousand people. this is the reminder of our top stories at this hour leaders have reached a deal on migration after martin talks in brussels german chancellor i'm going back to pull their grievances in the right direction european council president sounded a note of caution saying it would be difficult to implement. at the top of the hour in the meantime of course there's always the website that's. out of the. language courses. video. anytime anywhere. w.p.s. .

we do our analysis of how much debt indonesian corporate's have, the numbers are extraordinary high. stock of across the emerging-market universe, which are the countries that have large dollar funding needs at a time that dollar would be at a premium. u.k. now seeing em currencies are a bright spot. you still stand by that call? in aggregate, we believe emerging-market currencies are a tract of leave valued. we had a significant drawdown from 2012 to 2015. we have had a bounce since then. now we are correcting that bounce, in our view. we think currencies, somewhere in the region of 15% to 20% undervalued in aggregate. within that, there are significant dispersion and we would suggest there are some countries and currencies that are less attractive. it would not surprise you to hear that by various metrics you get countries like in brazil and south africa and in some instances turkey. positions have improved, internal balances have improved since the temper tantrum. the external balances have improved significantly. all of that in aggregate. with in that there are pockets. as u.s. r

carol: up next, an indonesian mogul learns that trump's deals come with complications. is "bloomberg businessweek." ♪ ♪ ♪ jason: welcome back to "bloomberg businessweek." jason: -- in -- i love this story -- very similar to trump in some ways a new model have thought but i working together would have been a lot of fun, maybe not. went: stephanie baker there and she brings us the .tory wasust as president trump starting his campaign, he was doing business around the globe. he decided to do to developments with trump, to trump branded hotels, will golf courses, one in jakarta in west java, and another in bali overlooking an agent hindu temple. developments paid 10.5 millionuch as dollars between 2015 and 2017 according to trump us financial -- trump's financial disclosures. when he signed this deal with trump, he thought he was signing the deal with trump the businessman. that situation is changed considerably and, located his situation in indonesia. >> let's talk about those complications. movingnt trump is still ahead with these developments, talk about the convocations

we had the indonesian central ,r saying please, slow down us. is little indication that they will. we have another try to look at, looking at how the emerging markets index is lagging behind the s&p 500. behind for it stayed years and years. marketst emerging should have been above that for at least some of the time, but it has not been. ramy: that title, so emerging markets as opposed to emerging markets. looking ahead to the fed meeting, what are fixed income markets looking for? garfield: there's uple of things. long, grinding concern has been, is the fed going to end up going to fast. now becausehere is plenty of economic optimism, maybe it is distorted by what is going on at the fed balance sheet, but it's been getting flatter and flatter, as you can see. so that's going to be the will mr.how aggressive powell and his companions be regarding where they see rates going? are we going to get four hikes this year, or three? what are they going to do with the exodus rate on reserves, adjusted by 20 or 25 basis points? a lot of reprising's across

i recently met with indonesians working hard to counter terrorist ideology in their country. indonesia stands as a potent antidote to extremism. it has a proud history of religious tolerance. landfall year a group of indonesians published an 8,000 word on humanitarian islam that reflects the best of the country's traditions. they focused on three areas. increase religious understanding and mutual respect, emphasizing what they term humane dimensions of tir fate. they want to promote critical thinking skills to provide people to resist the song of terrorism. it's voices like these that must be ified. they share the values that america holds dear and they are critical partners in our effort to defeat terrorist ideology. like indonesia, jordan is also a center of pluralism. top jordanian officials supported interfaith dialogues that callor peace and tolerance both within the islamic community and other religious groups. they are also tackling the inconsistencies between religious texts that have been hijacked by isis and intellectual and philosophical legacies within islam. they

police have detained the captain of an indonesian ferry after a disaster that left nearly 200 people missing. the captain is one of only 18 people who were found alive. and these pictures are trending online: it is a jacket melania trump wore on the way to that detention centre, with the words "i really don't care, do u?" on the back. her spokesperson said there was no hidden message, but her husband says she was referring to the media. and the top story here in the uk: european union nationals living in the united kingdom have reacted cautiously to a new government scheme to allow them to apply to remain in the uk after brexit. now on bbc news, asia business report. increasing pressure from the united states in saudi arabia for oil producing nations to boost supply, but will iran agreed? india and turkey have become the latest nations to hit back with their own ta riffs nations to hit back with their own tariffs on american products, and the eu is expected tojoin tariffs on american products, and the eu is expected to join them today. it is a friday, everyone, almost the weekend. go

this week, indonesian and indian central bankers said think of us when you are moving forward becauseffecting our currencies. we have seen argentina, mexico, brazil, all of those currencies take a hit. >> you have this backdrop of the central banks around the world taking the punch bowl away. a lot of people looking to see how this will impact on some of the weaker emerging markets. what we saw a few weeks ago in argentina played out again in turkey. we saw the big selloff in the real in brazil and now we are seeing the same kind of phenomenon kicking in in south africa. this is about the fed and the possibility of the ecb next week will announce the first stages of the steps to removing stimulus. ♪ >> the president keeps coming back about drug prices. how is that affecting the industry? >> that is absolutely right. we had another tweet from the president this morning, amongst the number of tweets, in which he talks about less expensive health care plans coming out later this month. if you take a look at my bloomberg terminal, the nasdaq biotech index is down today by .8%. it is being

indonesian rescue workers have been battling heavy rains and high waves in the search for thirty nine people still missing after a ferry sank the wind carrying eighty people went down on lake toba that's a popular tourist destination in northern sumatra happen monday eighteen people have been rescued or so the headlines keep it here my tunisia is next. china's one she province has become famous for its large number of elderly many aged one hundred or older when used investigates if the region called the secrets to a long and healthy life when one east on al-jazeera. borders he. told his. story here at the ramadan as a media. behind of the other donors. he . was in the leave a move that could hold an election in a look. less a crusade in a look we have half of the electorate out parlance and all that i had been. when i meant that sami would clifford say he would be a force award for so. little back. would hold her that it is summer. to be a company competitor by. live in a manner. they did. over the buildings with little or no word of the. city of big premier shows at the weekly but th

indonesian authorities say at least one hundred twenty eight people are missing after a ferry capsized and sank on the island of sumatra one person has been confirmed dead about twenty people have been rescued from the water the wooden boat went down on lake toba a popular tourist destination. and reports from yemen say saudi backed forces have entered the main compound of the airport in the city of ho data after heavy fighting with who the rebels coalition forces started an assault on the rebel held city a week ago who data is yemen's main port and a key supply hog for the rebels. north korean leader kim jong il is in beijing it's believed he's there to brief chinese president xi jinping on a summit with the u.s. president donald trump china's foreign ministry said the visit would strengthen relations with north korea and promote peace in the region. day six of the world cup in russia there is plenty to talk about we have a leader who talking. with us here in studio hi lima ok before we talk about what's on the block today monday was a dramatic day yes it was especially for england be

now a volcano on the indonesian island of bali is wreaking havoc for vacationers more than three hundred flights to and from the popular holiday destination had to be canceled after mount agong started to erupt on thursday of flights have now been resumed but the volcano continues to shoot actual for two and a half kilometers into the sky mt are going has been erupting periodically since last year and in one thousand nine hundred sixty three a major eruption there killed more than one thousand people. to the u.s. now where a gunman has killed five people and injured two others that newspaper offices in the state of maryland police say it was a targeted attack and that the shooter walked through the news room of the capital goods act in annapolis looking for his victims. police say officers were on the scene within sixty seconds after the emergency call came in officials have praised the drop in response saying it may have saved lives. they went immediately into that building without a moment's hesitation and demonstrated incredible courage we are so deeply appreciative of their great wor

twenty five indonesian islands have already disappeared. like coal and gas sand is now on the frontline of the world's hunger for raw materials. scarcity and dangers local communities and sets governments against each other. as demand builds the circle only becomes more vicious. morocco's gentle climate has been welcoming tourists for years. but its famous beaches have also been attracting some strange four legged visitors a constant stream of men and doggies descend on the beaches seven days a week. in search of. sand. for men and the donkeys have taken so much sand that some beaches now look like the surface of the moon. rock has been experiencing a construction boom spurred on by a competitive real estate market. the builders are happy but they need plenty of sand legal and otherwise. then you know what. i wrote back i wrote back i have i don't want to give you. all you know that i know could have been an addendum going to matter or not how you could have been acquitted oh well coming up to you had no love no my love my double got nothin

hear exclusively from the new indonesian central bank governor.att: than half an hour away from the start of european cash trading. let's take a look at where futures are trading. a slightly positive open this morning. points.up 26 basis take a look at the 10 year yield. a little bit of a drop, kind of a recovery from yesterday. in today's session, yields are rising. investors are selling debt and it cld be more of a risk on day. rising nicelyi is overnight. i want to walk you through what is happening in emerging markets. the brazilian mark yesterday, riyadh down 1.67%. brazilian 10-year, five-year, two-year, the bond set off quite aggressively by yields. the central bank tries to deal with its currency issue. it is struggling at the moment. a disappointing number coming out of south africa. the firststory with central bank in indonesia and malaysia. an awful lot is happening. is this the moment to get in or out? the trade story is overlapping that as well. asoth market trading down, matt said. the australian dollar is trading up overnight. to sh

international airport is closed and hundreds of flights cancelled after a volcano erupted on the indonesian island ash and smoke shot more than two kilometers into the air from mt a gang at least four hundred fifty flights were canceled affecting around seventy five thousand people. strange governors won a major trade dispute it's plain packaging laws for tobacco products the world trade organization has ruled the law has helped improve public health the rules require cigarette manufacturers to remove all ogres and branding from their products if he or his economy grew at a faster rate than any other african country in the past ten years but foreign investors and local businesses complain that a shortage of foreign currencies like the u.s. dollar stifling the private sector other reports from at is of this is the great if you have been remade on the blue nile nearing completion the project has been fully funded by the government and the people of ethiopia it's a fact that many here are proud of yet the infrastructure projects like the dam have put pressure on the country's foreign reserves

last year, a oup of indonesian students published an 8000 word declaration on n islaat rejects the best of their country's traditions. they focused on three priority areas. they went to a religious understanding and mutual respect, emphasizing what they term the humane and spiritual dimensions of their faith. they want to promote critical thinking skills, to enable people to resist the siren song radicalism, and they want to embarrass it will -- citizen society to empower extremism. it is voice is like these that must be amplified. they share the values that america holds dear, and they are critical powers in our efforts to defeat terrorist ideology. like indonesia, jordan is also a center of pluralism. top jordanian officials have supported interfaith dialogues to call for peace and tolerance, both within the islamic community, and with other religious groups. they are also tackling consistencies between religious texts that have been hijacked by isis, and the intellectual within islam. cal intricacies they are scouring scripture to expose the illegitimacy of terrorist claims from with

what is the indonesian distinction to get through 2018?k we're going the economy isat going to be consistent with the performance. we are not going to create performance but base it on structural strength. this is what the government is trying to do. , we now know that emerging markets -- emerging countries are exposed by this central-bank policy as well as trade and fiscal policy. the dynamic.ange fiscal policy is going to be as well as monetary policy which is going to be what the central bank governor is saying, frontloading much more ahead of the curve so that we are going to create more confidence. we're going to increase growth through our structure policy, improving investment policy, reading a better business environment so both domestic and international players will see that indonesia is a big market and is an advantage for them to come to indonesia. tom: we have to leave it there. thank you so much, sri mulyani indrawati indonesia's minister of finance. joining us briefly is vincent reinhart of standish. this is a wonderful time

twenty five indonesian islands have already disappeared. like coal and gas sand is now on the frontline of the world's hunger for raw materials. scarcity and dangers local communities and sets governments against each other. as demand builds the circle only becomes more vicious. morocco's gentle climate has been welcoming tourists for years. but its famous beaches have also been attracting some strange four legged visitors a constant stream of men and doggies descend on the beaches seven days a week. in search of. sand. the men on the donkeys have taken so much sand that some beaches now look like the surface of the moon. rock has been experiencing a construction boom spurred on by a competitive real estate market. the builders are happy but they need plenty of sand legal and otherwise. that. i wrote that i have i don't want to give you. are you not i not going to bend an addendum going to not wonder how you could have been acquitted oh well coming up to you had no love no my love my double got nothing. by that i mean i got them help oh yea

top official meets the leaders of austria and hungary to find a solution to the refugee crisis an indonesian cleric with ties to ice all is sentenced to death police say his teachings inspired to recent attacks and oil producing countries debate whether the time is right to pump out more cruise. thank you for joining us peace talks in ethiopia between south sudan's president salva kiir and rebel leader react meshaal have broken up without agreement on wednesday the two rivals met for the first time in two years in addis ababa along with regional leaders a new round of talks is now expected next week in the sudanese capital khartoum millions of people have been displaced in the five year conflict in. south sudan the civil war broke out in two thousand and thirteen just two years after saw sudan won independence from neighboring sudan president salva kiir an ethnic doing the country's largest group sacked then deputy reac mashal who's from the second largest community the new way of blaming an attempted coup the conflict a school aged leading to the deaths of an estimated fifty thousand people

the incident happened on monday on lake toba on the indonesian island of sumatra.ave been recovered. it's believed to be one the country's worst maritime disasters. my colleague rebecca henschke has been following the story and joins me now from jakarta. tell us the latest. rescue workers are still working to try and recover any more sui’vivoi’s. are still working to try and recover any more survivors. 0nly are still working to try and recover any more survivors. only 18 people have been found. and three bodies at this stage. 192 missing. this number has dramatically increased since the news of the accident broke on monday. because this vessel, we believe, was operating illegally. so there were no passenger tickets are records of who was on board and exactly how many. but this figure of the amount of people missing means that this bolt must have been at least three times over capacity, so serious questions are being asked about how this could have happened. thank you very much, rebecca. it's a humanitarian crisis that could soon become much worse. more than 700,000

more than a ridge and they thought four bodies have been found so far in just eighteen survivors indonesian transport minister says the ball was carrying five times more people than it should have. but also korean leader has wrapped up his two day trip to china kim jong un was in china to prefer president xi jinping on his historic meeting with the u.s. president earlier this month it's kim's third visit to china since march she is valid to support north korea's economic reconstruction and said there would be definitely peace and stability on the peninsula adrian brand has more now from beijing. well this is an unusual visit when kim jong un came here in march and again in may details of the visit were only released after he left china this time the details were released on the morning that he arrived he received a full welcoming ceremony at the great hall of the people with full military honors slowly the north korean leader is being eased into the international fold no longer treated as the leader of a pariah state but as a bona fide leader of his country now i think that kim jong un and

indonesian police have detained the captain of a ferry that sank in lake toba, in sumatra. nearly 200 people are missing, in one of indonesia's deadliest maritime disasters. the vessel was only licensed to transport 60 passengers and didn't have a proper manifest. in the world cup in russia, croatia have delivered a shock defeat to those giants of football, argentina — thrashing them three goals to nil. they're the latest team to qualify for the knock—out stages. argentina could still qualify but it may come down to goal difference. in his annual mansion house speech in the city of london, the chancellor has confirmed that taxes will have to rise to pay for a boost in nhs funding. philip hammond also said some of the money would from the so—called ‘brexit dividend' of lower eu contributions. earlier the bank of england kept interest rates unchanged but its chief economist has expressed support for an increase. 0ur economics editor kamal ahmed has more details. a night for the finest chains of office, and the smartest outfits, for one of the biggest city events of the year.

where does the sugar cane come from the indonesian way and who does the transformation from the sugar cane to these pellets here. tap safian and is it. off. the new whom the new guy nearly fell just. a. as the other plans nikolai's guarding his formula closely i can see why the results look good is actually food a food product yes so if i finish my juice in this possible way and i want to dispose of it i don't necessarily need to put it in the past six waste put it in the food waste. or produce bad. that's amazing but to reduce the need to grow and transport sugarcane i can't help feeling it would be better to simply reuse them nevertheless nikolaus vegan bustles our success he's had orders for two million last year and expects even more for two thousand and eighteen but like the seaweed packaging these bottles are more expensive than conventional plastic twenty five percent more expensive to be precise so could something like this really take off. so i'm here in beautiful clara shell and i've been told that this cafe sells the sugarcane bottles that. i'm curious to know if anyone can

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still to come on our program one hundred ninety two people are missing after the sinking of an indonesian ferry piece questioned the ship's captain and the refugees who flee persecution at home only to face of peace in gear up at the hands of french police officers. or the weather squatting down the hours to the across western parts of laws the clear skies were also saw the cycles of warm sunshine.