but who is fumio kishida?nslation: no matter who becomes the leader i of the ruling party, i don't think it will make any big difference. a british woman, sarah everard, who was raped and murdered in march had been falsely arrested and kindapped by a police officer. and how the trade in wildlife trafficking is returning to asia despite the coronavirus pandemic. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. in the last few minutes, a los angeles judge has said that britney spears�* father james has been immediately suspended from her conservatorship. the judge sided with britney spears�*s lawyer, saying the current situation reflected a toxic environment. reflected a toxic environment. fans dallied around the courthouse. i'm joined now by sophie long live in los angeles, who is outside the court house. talk us through how we got to this point and what the judge said. i this point and what the “udge said. . . this point and what the “udge said. m, , this point and what the 'udge said. m, _ .

kishida certainly would like to make a change.ishaad: what does it tell us about if there is a new makeup of the cabinet -- what does that tell us about the policy he's to be prioritizing? -- going to be prioritizing? rishaad: -- >> sorry, i could not your question. rishaad: some of the changes he is making to the cabinet. i'm asking, what does that tell us about what is top of his reform agenda? >> he would like to focus on narrowing the economic gap among the people. he would like to first have a package for supporting people in poverty or a difficult situation. also he's talking about distribution, positive cycle economy. i think there will be many changes. as for the cabinet members, membership, he has a few under consideration. i cannot make comments on that. yvonne: i was going to ask you about how -- the first challenges facing kishida is going to be the general election and then the upper house election next year. he has talked about how he is seen as boring. does he have the charisma, do you think, to avoid losing seats?

however, with kishida, the bureaucrats will get to work.that sense, i think he will run the next administration smoothly. >> the current prime minister lacks popularity. when it comes to populary, appearances matter a lot when you show up to the media, so i think kishida is good because of his appearance. >> the unpopularity was partially due to the push to host the olympics despite the pandemic. still, he helped the world's third biggest economy recover from covert restrictions. china was also on the agenda. mr. kishida has accused beijing of wanting an authoritarian system. bbc news. laura: we go next to ethiopia's civil war and a new warning from the united nations that only 10% of humanitarian aid is reaching those who ne it most in the region. the un's humanitarian chief says there is a blockade and is calling on the ethiopian government to travel to the worst hit areas. >> rebel forces recaptured tigre from the army. since then, fueling cash to the area has decreased dramatically. according to the u.n., at least 100 trucks carrying fo

those individuals, kishida and takaichi, they would back kishida and kono would be left on the sidelineskono considered to be more the maverick. he is a reform-minded politician, a fluent english speaker, georgetown graduate, a favorite of young people across japan. he has more twitter followers than any other candidates combined. he was considered business community friendly. that is why you are seeing the stock market go down. the topix down on this expectation that kono may be out and that kishida, perhaps the more safe pick, is going to be the next prime minister. he is a former banker, former foreign minister. manus: where are we on the stimulus side? you talk about the power. he has the twitter followers. this is going to come down to who is going to drive the economy. if you read the story, it suggests that kishida is a bigger proponent of stimulus. is that a correct analysis? >> he has been on record as saying he wants to see trillions of yen spending in covid relief measures. many candidates have talked about fiscal stimulus. there has been a run-up in that kind of expectation.

kishida will have some work cut out for him.erms of some lines that have been dropping on the developments out of tokyo, kishida has urged to the ruling ldp party to work together for the coming election and that will be happening later this year. the new japan ruling party leader has been speaking in tokyo and says he will introduce tens of trillions presumably of stimulus by year-end. kishida talking about the need to stimulate to revive the japanese economy that continues to work through the pandemic. let's switch focus to the u.k. they yields on the country's 10-year note's for the first time since march of 2020. a mix of accelerating inflation expectations and curtail growth prospects. barclays head of european equity strategy is still with us. what do you make of the moves in the gilt markets yesterday? the pound lower. how does that read through and across to the u.k. equities space in your view? emmanuel: investors are warming up. growth is slowing and we are seeing a number of supply disruptions clearly helping the econ

just to reiterate, kishida has been elected leader of japan's ruling party. and of course, the ldp have a strong position politically

kishida is at the top of this race. mr. kono is very liberal. mr. kishida's center liberal.emale candidate is center-right. the other is very liberal. the voters, the ldp party members and most of the politicians, but the party members and the politicians except the will of the voters, so as we understand at this point, people are willing to take more liberal lines than before, but not 2 -- too liberal because that could ignite center-right enthusiasm. and that is something -- that is something not many people want. >> i'm really interested to see how you feel about this particular alliance. we are hearing from a newspaper that the backers of kishida are set to cooperate if either of them go to a runoff. what do you feel about this kind of arrangement? >> in the runoff, there could be realignment and there could be mitigations across at a logical lines. that is what happens within a party on elections. this is all about what happens within the ldp party. we are the ruling conservative party. we believe in open economy, free trade, so there are variations within the party lin

but who is fumio kishida? translation: no matter who becomes the leader of the _ translation: no matter who becomes the leader of the ruling _ translation: no matter who becomes the leader of the ruling party, _ translation: no matter who becomes the leader of the ruling party, i- translation: no matter who becomes the leader of the ruling party, i do - the leader of the ruling party, i do not think it will make any big difference. a british woman, sarah everard, who was raped and murdered in march had been falsely arrested and kindapped by a police officer. and how the trade in wildlife trafficking is returning to asia despite the coronavirus pandemic. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 6am in the morning here in singapore and 3pm in the afternoon in los angeles, where a court hearing is taking place that could bring an end to britney spears' conservatorship, a legal arrangement that prevents the troubled singer having control of her life. after much public controversy, th

fumio kishida, just like many other lawmakers injapan, comes from a family of politicians.as a moderate liberal, so he's expected to steer the ruling party slightly to the left. and while his critics describe him as bland and boring, he's known to stand for stability. he's long been seen within the party as a consensus builder and a future leader who had the backing of its elders. translation: from today, i will with all my energy i get straight to work. party members around the country and members of parliament, please work with me. mr kushida is well—known for his advocacy for nuclear disarmament, who helped realise the then—us president barack obama to visit hiroshima in 2016. but he wasn't the most popular among voters. and as he has to call the general election before the end of next month, he needs to gain the support from the public, who don't know him too well. his victory was greeted with mixed views. translation: from the candidates' policies, i i feel that all of them are thinking about people and doing various things for us. but among them, i personally was conv

kishida's group or some other arrangement.can really balance out what ldp stands for good -- four. these people are making their voices heard. whoever wins must take into account the positions and strong policy preferences of the other three. >> kuniko inoguchi, thank you for joining us. lawmaker in japan's upper house previewing that election to come today. breaking news, we are hearing that evergrande is disposing of $1.75 billion -- 1.7 5 billion shares for 10 million yuan. this would be held in non-publicly traded stock in shenzhen bank. the asset that will be disposed is of 1.7 5 billion nonpublicly traded domestic shares held by the vendor representing about 19.9 3% of the existing issues shared capital of changing -- shenzhen bank. this is as we see a race for liquidity as more creditors are demanding payments including $260 million note on sunday, according to sources speaking to bloomberg. 20 more to come on daybreak: asia. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> we have seen a number of changes. the world learns to live with delta.

let's talk about the impact kishida we'll have on markets.ng us is the bloomberg tokyo sucks reported. we've seen the world beating rally. can it continue? what does this new leadership need to do for that next catalyst hire? reporter: the market is closely watching for any details on what the stimulus package could be. it will likely be in the tens of trillions of yen. whether it can beat market expectations has yet to be seen. the nikkei 225 and dead more than 2% lower -- ended more than 2% lower. there wasn't much excitement about kishida's victory. >> it is likely to generate the weakest equity market move. what are investors looking ahead to now? >> right. apart from the stimulus, which is a focus, people are also watching for the cabinet members. for example, the current finance minister will he be replaced or not? further down the road, another key thing to watch is whether the current bank of japan quarter will be replaced, when the term ends in 2023. other interesting details about his policies are further key things to watch for mar

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and kishida is japan's new leader. he will eventually take the role as the new prime minister.h korea said pyongyang test of hypersonic missile seems to be in the early stage of development and can be detected and intercepted by south korea and u.s. military assets. it was launched into the waters off the east coast of the korean peninsula tuesday and is the third missile test this month. >>> let's get more. cnn's will ripley is in taipei. explain to viewers what is exactly a hypersonic missile and how worried, if they're worried at all, is the region to news that north korea has this technology and is testing it? >> reporter: hi, isa. both very good questions. because a lot of us haven't really heard of hypersonic missiles because they're actually pretty rare. only two countries right now are known to have them deployed. that would be china and russia. the united states is also developing and testing hypersonic missile technology. hypersonic by definition is a missile that travels five times the speed of sound. 4,000 miles an hour, around 1 mile per second. it's not just the s

in japan, former foreign minister fumio kishida is now in line to become prime minister.ing liberal democratic party chose him today as its new leader. that sets him up to replace prime minister yoshihide suga, who is stepping down. in tokyo, kishida vowed to do more to fight the covid pandemic that has crippled japan's economy. >> ( translated ): coronavirus measures-- i will put my all into it and work very hard to tackle it. the hearts of the japanese people have been broken into pieces because of the coronavirus. i want everyone to regain a will where they can feel that they can work hard and be one team to take on the national coronavirus crisis. >> nawaz: parliament is expected to vote kishida in as prime minister on monday. an overnight battle at a prison in ecuador has left at least 100 people dead. officials say rival gangs fought for hours with guns, knives and explosives. some of the victims were beheaded. it was the latest in a series of bloody prison riots in ecuador this year. the british government rolled out a reserve tanker fleet today to deal with a fuel

if it is fumio kishida, there is a risk we will return to revolving door politics.e represents the mainstream. his policy platform does not seem to show anything particularly different from suga . however, mr. kono, someone more in the mode of the prime minister who served five years before this revolving door problem emerged, might be somebody who can stay in office a longer period of time certainly kono has a strong support base. the problem is he does not have a strong support base in the party. >> the factional politics really weigh heavy. when you look at taro kono, he is the vaccine czar, the former foreign minister. does the former part of that experience lend itself well given that we know it was the vaccine rollout as well as the handling of the pandemic that ended this current prime minister? >> the fact he took on this sort of poisoned chalice actually gives him some credibility among the japanese public. and within the party. it is a difficult job to take on, this position of vaccine czar given japan was slow to roll out the vaccine in the first place. t

but who is fumio kishida?ecomes the leader of the ruling _ translation: no matter who becomes the leader of the ruling party, _ translation: no matter who becomes the leader of the ruling party, i- translation: no matter who becomes the leader of the ruling party, i do - the leader of the ruling party, i do not think it will make any big difference. a british woman, sarah everard, who was raped and murdered in march had been falsely arrested and kindapped by a police officer. and how the trade in wildlife trafficking is returning to asia despite the coronavirus pandemic. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news.

a representative of hiroshima, kishida has campaigned for the abolition of nuclear weapons though has defended japan's policy of not signing on to the treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons, citing japan's reliance on the extended nuclear deterrence provided by the u.s., a long-time ally. an independent investigation found over 80 alleged cases of sexual abuse and assault at the hands of aid workers in the democratic republic of congo during the ebola outbreak between 2018 and 2020. 20 of those involved world health organization employees. dozens of survivors spoke to investigators. among the accounts -- nine allegations of rape, sexual harassment, and intimidation by superiors at work, and the promise of favors in exchange for sex. on tuesday, who director-general tedros adhanom ghebreyesus offered an apology to survivors. >> i am sorry. i am sorry for what was done to you a people who were employed by who to serve and protect you. i'm sorry for the ongoing suffering that this event must cause. i'm sorry that you have had to relive them in talking to the commission about your e

do they want continuity with kono and kishida or something radical? i won't say radical.orry to say that. but japan has never had a female prime minister. you have two candidates. female candidates. haidi: pretty radical. >> for japan considered practiced cal. it would be interesting to see how this plays out. likely two different internal votes. the first vote and then an hour and a half later, or thereabouts, you get the results of the runoff which will likely -- likely come down to kishida and kono. the feel mail backed by shinzo abe could be the wild card here. haidi: and still the same liberal democratic party, right? the l.d.p. so how much of a change can we really expect in monetary or fiscal policy under a new prime minister? >> well, most economists we've spoken to don't expect really any -- what, fiscal policy -- monetary policy change. obviously we're battling with the covid pandemic. but monetary policy and fiscal policy, they -- right now, in japan, they're kind of hamstring. so we could see most economists predict more spending on the fiscal side to get thro

the guy on the right, kishida was one of the first ones to put up his hand and say i would like thishe does not have a lot of national appeal, he is off spoken, and he runs his own faction. he will be in the race, but he is not the front runner. ishiba does not have a lot of support among defections. taikichi would be the first female prime minister in japan. she is virtually unknown collections shinzo abe's former internal affairs minister, and ultraconservative nationalist, and shinzo abe has endorsed her in his -- as is big but does he have a say? juliette: it is encouraging to see a couple of women out there, but how likely is that one of these female candidates will make history here? >> i cannot predict that, because the winds of change move mysteriously. it will have to happen if those three other gentlemen fighting behind closed doors defections, if they somehow divide each other's votes and in there is a ground swell of paul's for change -- calls for change and whether abe can uses levers of influence and the finance minister to move this lady up above this gentlemen kono. i

paul: toshiba -- kishida said he wants to support younger ministers.ki is 68, rather stretching the definition of younger. >> he has says that he wants to appoint more young people, but there is an informal rule, you have to have five election victories before you can be considered for the cabinet, so it is fairly rare for someone to very young to be appointed. 68 is obviously a bit younger, but certainly not young. we are also looking at the party , a bit less high-profile but more important in terms of preparing for the coming elections in november, and reports are saying someone who had been in his position for a record period will be out and will be replaced by someone who is 10 years younger. not young, but younger. it will be interesting to see how far she manages to appoint women. a lot of people say he is keen on promoting women, but we do not know how far that is going to go. shery: our politics reporter isabel reynolds there. we are waiting for the japan open in less than half an hour. sophie: afterward's equities in tokyo, nikki futures exte

in japan, fumio kishida is set to become the next prime minister. former foreign minister won the leadership of the party. he will place a test of broader appeal and election. the largest maker of u.s. memory chips is falling, micron. micron is coming off a record year, but it's sales forecast the period ended in miss estimates that in missed estimates. netflix has bought night school studio for an undisclosed amount. the company is best known for his debut title, the supernatural mystery adventure "oxenfree." netflix plans to make games part of its subscription service with no added fees or in-app purchases. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> from sourcing to logistics, meaning we now have a problem with all of the stuff stacked up on ships and warehouses and getting it distributed around the country, that is going to clear, and at that point we will have a very large capacity abroad, and we will be ba

out of the race, we have three candidates, the vaccine minister, cardinal, former foreign minister kishidad the former internal affairs minister ,takaichi. reports say that ishiba is willing to throw his weight behind cardinal, responsible for the vaccine rollout that has stepped up a lot in recent months -- cono. he is the most popular candidate. he ran to replace shinzo abe last year, it has just one year since we had suga in power. he lost at the time. ishiba is not a popular guy within the senior leadership of the party, but very popular with the rank-and-file party members and the public as well. so that is a big boost to kono. but he needs to make sure to take that endorsement carefully because of the potential of him being poisoned among some excellence of the senior leadership of the ldp. rishaad: some people have likened this is a race between who is the blandest, if you like. [laughter] that's to be differences between the candidates. what are they? sophie: absolutely. so, suga, the man who will step down, sort of inherited and policies from shinzo abe. whoever comes next will ha

in japan, fumio kishida is set to become the next prime minister.reign minister is set to replace outgoing prime minister yoshihide suga. he will face an immediate test of his broader appeal in a general election that must be held by november. in the u.k., the government taking steps to ease the shortages that have triggered chaos and gas stations. fleet of reserve fuel tankers will be deployed within days to drive the trucks. the trade association says there's been a big drop in the number of stations without gas. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. alix: guy, so are you going to get an ev now? is this a transition? guy: no, but i think a lot of people are talking about that. time to make the switch. if there are long queues, there's a lot of people driving past, whistling, which is something you would struggle with, as they go past the petrol stations in their nice after cars -- their nice electric cars. al

in japan, fumio kishida is set to become the next prime minister. former foreign minister won the leadership of the country's ruling party and is expected to be named to succeed outgoing prime minister yoshihide suga. he will face an immediate test of his broader appeal and a general election that must be held by november. the u.s. and european union are expected to kick the inaugural meeting of the trade and technology council in pittsburgh today with an announcement on semiconductors. it will focus on shorter-term supply chains. biden adminstration officials also told reporters there will be commitments on artificial intelligence and global trade challenges. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. alix: thanks so much. you have u.s. and eu officials meeting in pittsburgh, talking about the global trip shortage. that is just one problem facing the global landscape for the rest of this year and really into 2020.

in japan, former foreign minister fumio kishida is now in line to become prime minister.he ruling liberal democratic party chose him today as its new leader. in tokyo, he vowedo do more to fight the covid pandemic that has crippled japan's economy. >> i will put my all into it and work very hard to tackle it. the hearts of the japanese people have been broken into pieces because of the coronavirus. i want everyone to feel they can work hard and be one team to take on the national coronavirus crisis. >> parliament is expected to vote him in as prime minister on monday. an overnight battle at a prison in ecuador has left at least 100 people dead. officials say rival gangs thought guns, knives, and explosives. some of the victims were beheaded. it's the latest in a series of bloody prison riots in ecuador this year. cities across china or in a second week of electric power cuts. the ruling communist party ordered them in a bid to rein in soaring power consumption and meet targets for carbon emissions. a number of cities are under rolling blackouts, including shenyang in the

japan's ruling party hasjust elected the former foreign minister fumio kishida as its new leader.s been watching events from singapore and has more now on what this will mean forjapan. he comes from a family of politicians. all the contenders come from families of politicians, it is becoming a bit like a family business injapan. as you said, he is a former foreign minister. he is known as a moderate liberal politician within the party. his critics, especially among voters would criticise that he is a bit bland and boring. but he has also been praised by his colleagues as honest so he had a lot of support from the parties lawmakers and members winning this vote. he is probably most well known for his anti—nuclear arms movement and he was part of arranging the former us president barack 0bama's visit to hiroshima in 2016. when it comes to his economic policies, he has been a bit critical of the economic policy of the former prime minister shinzo abe, saying that it only made the rich richer and he wants to make sure that the wealth is fairly distributed. china, of course, was also h