leisha santorelli. thank you so much for the update. leisha sa ntorelli. update. leisha santorelli. the asian stock markets are all in positive territory. wall street stocks finished modestly higher. 0ffbeat economic —— up peak —— upbeat economic —— up peak —— upbeat economic data was offset by concerns about us monetary policy. have a great birthday, goodbye for now. britain's theresa may is in china to forge new partnerships ahead of britain's exit from the european union. the fbi says it has "grave concerns" about a report thought to outline alleged surveillance of the trump presidential campaign team. a public inquiry into the deaths of five children at hospitals in northern ireland between 1996 and 2003, has found that four of them were avoidable. chris page reports. claire roberts was nine when she died 22 years ago. her family were told at the time her death was caused by a virus. since then claire's parents, jennifer and alan, have been trying to find out what really happened. the grief is still overwhelming. even standing at the sink looking out a

our reporter leisha santorelli met with chinese astrologerjoey yap to get his predictions.w in a special place. this is singapore's biggest dog resort and that's because we want to get your predictions for the chinese year of the dog. dogs are many types. stop my late this, docile and the dog. dogs are many types. stop py- “ some this. others are fearful and noisy. with fearful and noisy, you might get volatility of challenges and fights, just like how an aggressive dog would be like. the last two weeks we seen extreme volatility in the global stock rockets. can we expect that to continue? at least for the first half of the year. in terms of the global economy, what's the outlook? in the year of the dog the strongest element is wood. wood related industries will be one of the most dominating headlines. for example agriculture, education, palm oil, coffee, those are all wood related. the second element is fire. that's technology, oil and gas. we will see a return on oil and gas now, so that the peak of the fire energy. what the peak of the fire energy. what the outlook for t

our reporter leisha santorelli met with chinese astrologerjoey yap to get his predictions.se we want to get your predictions for the chinese year of the dog. there are many types, some are like this, docile, happy and friendly. there are dogs that are fierce and noisy. this one is fierce and noisy, right? you might get some volatility, a lot of challenges, a lot of fights, just like how an aggressive dog would be. in the last few weeks we have seen extreme volatility in the stock market. can we expect that to continue? at least for the first half of the year. for the global economy, what is the outlook? in the year of the dog, the strongest element is wood, so those related industries will be the strong as headlines, agriculture, education, palm oil and coffee, they are all related to wood. the second element is fire, so that as technology, oil and gas, and we are seeing a return on that now. that is the peak of fire energy. that was joey yap on the year of the dog. that was joey yap on the year of the dog- happy that was joey yap on the year of the dog. happy chinese new y

leisha santorelli joins us from our asia business hub in singapore. of the changing nature of china and its economy. the data shows that growth remains robust in the world's second largest economy, absolutely. imports beat estimates by a really wide margin, rising by 37% in value from a year earlier. to compare that, markets were expecting a 10% rise. as for xbox, they rose about ii%, which shows they are still in strong demand. another interesting point i wa nt to demand. another interesting point i want to make, china's trade surplus with america narrowed from last yea r‘s record level, with america narrowed from last year's record level, which is a positive sign to beijing, given they have a very sensitive trade relationship with president trump. analysts a re relationship with president trump. analysts are saying we need to treat this set of data with some caution and that is because the trade members are actually being magnified by something called seasonal volatility. for example, there was a surge in oil shipments last month because they had fr