thank you very much, karishma.ne with gary cohn — a former chief economic advisor to president trump. so let's take a quick look at how financial markets around the world have reacted to the results coming in. as karishma mentioned, a bit of a muted reaction in asia. shares lost a bit of steam after democrats won control of the us house of representatives, the nikkei turned lower — but the hang seng and australia's all ordinaries have clung on into the green. in europe, we can't assure you that at the moment but, yes, as you can tell, a strong opening so far in europe. the ftse 100 tell, a strong opening so far in europe. the ftse100 up by nearly 196, europe. the ftse100 up by nearly 1%, despite some pretty disappointing retail numbers this morning. for more on this we will pass you back to sally. thank you. joining us us now is russ mould from aj bell. you have been sulking all this up. give us your thoughts? you haven't seena give us your thoughts? you haven't seen a blue red wave, so nothing terribly shocking ei

i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. the headlines: the us mobilises thousands of troops, as president trump continues his crackdown on immigration ahead of the midterm elections. at this very moment large well—organised caravans of migrants are marching towards our southern border. some people call it an invasion. it is like an invasion. us authorities charge two former goldman sachs bankers and a fugitive malaysian financier, following one of the world's biggest financial scandals. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: divers in indonesia find the flight data recorderfrom the lion air plane, which crashed on monday, killing all 189 people on board. and the new sound of south africa — we meet the djs setting a course from the street to global stardom. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, midnight in london and eight pm in washington — where president trump has ramped up his tough stance on illegal immigration. —— 8pm. it c

i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. the headlines: a day before the american midterm elections, president trump says it's all about immigration. the us secretary of state says he expects to make real progress ahead of new talks with north korea. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: the search for the crashed indonesian airline is extended for three days. divers are still seeking a second black box. grieving together — leicester city footballers attend the funeral of their clubs owner in thailand. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm eastern time in the us, where final campaigning has been under way ahead of tuesday's mid—term elections — a key test for president trump. he's been addressing supporters at a rally in georgia, while barack obama, for the democrats, is campaigning in indiana. the bbc‘s chris buckler reports. # proud to be an american... donald trump has been nothing but relentless in his

from port moresby, karishma vaswani reports.w guinea rolled out the red carpet for china's president xi jinping, in town for a pick and a state visit. thousands of people have gathered here just to catch a glimpse of the chinese president. this will of ip is driving down has been paid for by beijing and is the same thing across the country. 90% of the roads here are being built in some way or another with china's help. this is infrastructure that papua new guinea really needs. china has not been shy about showing off where it has spent its money, roads, highways, convention centres, all bankrolled by beijing, not the way it does business here with little transparency has also raised anti— chinese sentiment. but there are locals here to see china as a friend. this lady is the ambassador for the china papua new guinea friendship association. chinese businesses he appalled their money together to fund it. we need something there to help us, people the chinese people coming into the country and getting everything that papua new guin

welcome to asia business report, i am karishma vaswani.na import expo starts today as president xi jinping tries to brand the economy asa jinping tries to brand the economy as a consumer of global goods and head of a potential meeting later this month between president xi jinping and donald trump as the trade war rages on in the background. is a beijing's desire to shift its role from the world's factory to the world's biggest importer a publicity stunt or a realistic goal? joining me to answer the question and shed light on this isa the question and shed light on this is a robin brant in shanghai. thank you forjoining us. i know you have been watching the proceedings that are to take place at the shanghai import expo for us. it is the country's very first. do you think that china will be successful in trying to rebrand itself as the global importer of goods, consumer, rather than exporter? well, look, president xijinping is rather than exporter? well, look, president xi jinping is throwing everything at it. this is his baby conceived in m

thawing in trade tensions between the world's biggest economies. 0ur asia business correspondent karishmainto this for us. is this enough, just a telephone conversation, to send markets soaring? it would seem so, victoria, and these days, if you want to get some information for the direction of the relationship between the united states and china, then—president trump's twitter feed is where to go. in a tweet, that is how we found out. the us president said he had a very long and good conversation. he also said the conversation. he also said the conversation had a very heavy emphasis. those discussions are moving along nicely. at the 620 summit in argentina later this month. that is the big question, whether or not these two leaders will sit down, have a conversation about what to do, will beijing accommodate some of the things that washington has consistently asked for, things like addressing issues, intellectual property theft as well as property transfer. no signs of capitulation but the fact that these two men have agreed in theory was certainly according to president trump's tweet, t

i'm karishma vaswani, in singapore.m elections, president trump says it's all about immigration. if you want strong borders and so communities, vote republican. the us secretary of state says he expects to make real progress, ahead of new talks with north korea. i'm babita sharma, in london. also in the programme: the search for the crashed indonesian airline is extended for three days — divers are still seeking one of the black boxes. grieving together — leicester city footballers attend the funeral of their clubs owner in thailand. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday.

karishma vaswani showing us the accommodation in that cruise ship.n the e—cigarette market, in 2018 the sales soared 750%, but vaping companies like it have drawn the ire of the food and drug administration, the regulatory body in the us, because papua new guinea has seen meteoric rise among teenagers. so now authorities want to put strict rules on where these products can be sold —— caused vaping has seen a meteoric rise among teenagers. samira hussein has this report. e—cigarette have exploded in popularity and one company, jewel, absolutely dominates the vaping market. it is popular with teens, has its own social media following, and fans even make songs about it.- isaid and fans even make songs about it.- i said you grab it and you hit it and you do it again. it comes in flavours like mint and mango. and as the manager of this vape shop shows me, it is really easy to use. this p°p5 me, it is really easy to use. this pops open. you plug it in here. and you have yourselfjewel. pops open. you plug it in here. and you have yourself jewel. why do you

traditionally been the sphere of influence of us ally australia. 0ur asia business correspondent karishma papa new guinea for a state visit ahead of attending a pack which is being held in port maurice b. china has spent hundreds of millions of dollars in papa new guinea. many people have told me that without china's help, apec may not have been held in the capital papa new guinea but this new friendship is raising concern in other quarters, namely with australia and the united states of america. they see beijing's cheque—book diplomacy as a way for china to insert more influence in a pa rt china to insert more influence in a part of the world which is geo— strategically very important to them. so what can we expect over the next few days? perhaps more trade and aid deals for papa new guinea but also from the united states, australia and japan, this country has just become the latest battle ground between the west and china. let's have a look at the coverage on papers and websites. lawrence gosling from what investment magazine joins us again to discuss... in the daily mail, this is inter

i‘m karishma vaswani singapore.migrants are marching towards our southern border. some people call it an invasion. it is like an invasion. us authorities charge two former goldman sachs bankers and a fugitive malaysian financier — following one of the world‘s biggest financial scandals. i‘m kasia madera in london. also in the programme: divers in indonesia find the flight data recorder from the lion air plane, which crashed on monday, killing all 189 people on board. and the new sound of south africa: we meet the djs setting a course

i'm karishma vaswani in singapore.rump says it's all about immigration. the us secretary of state says he expects to make real progress ahead of new talks with north korea. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: the search for the crashed indonesian airline is extended for three days. divers are still seeking a second black box. grieving together — leicester city footballers attend the funeral of their clubs owner in thailand. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday.

i'm karishma vaswani in singapore.l—organised caravans of migrants are marching towards our southern border. some people call it an invasion. it is like an invasion. us authorities charge two former goldman sachs bankers and a fugitive malaysian financier, following one of the world's biggest financial scandals. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: divers in indonesia find the flight data recorderfrom the lion air plane, which crashed on monday, killing all 189 people on board.