. >> recently said you will no longer be pursuing linus. is a big acquisition still on the agenda? took over as ceo, the main options we focus on is investing capital in our existing businesses. we have some quite high returning businesses, good return on capital and that is the primary focus. we will be opportunistic from time to time. since we first announce our interest in linus, we have completed the acquisition of the e-commerce business and we have pending oner vote another opportunity. we are quite happy about the investments we have in the pipeline and will continue to invest in our businesses, particularly expanding our data and digital capabilities. >> the proposition from part of the analysts is that you have gone after businesses that have limited pricing power and limited assets. what do you say to detractors that criticize the deal you have done and perhaps understand part of the reason you pulled out of linus, those are the two propositions that you're doing deals with limited pricing power and limited assets. what do you say to that? >> i think that shows a misunder

oftens of thousandndians all caps linus streets and highways. police-- indian soldiers line its streets and highways. there are checkpoints everywhere. awe aed for id's and pass es. ter some convincing, we are allowed to go ahead. onment off the env fear, it has been hard to speak tole kashmir's pe. away from the eyes of the eecurity forces, we have c it in a one-room home, we meet an elderly couple. with phone lines cut off,ei television is only source of information. "modi has done what he wanted to do, but he has left us to die,"l she me as she breaks down. "what india has i donhas done for itself, not for us. they have smothered us, they have destroyed us." their son overhears our conversation and joins in. "how are we free?" he asks. "thisei is worse than in jail." outside, people are curious, asking for information, telling us how angry they are. wh you are seeing here, stones strewn across the street, signs that a prost took place here earlier. clashese like these hen breaking out in parts of southern kashmir as well. the anchor inside is

in the courts can really help at al-jazeera the white house still ahead on the button how that is linus economic crisis is affecting the country's teen pregnancy rates. and the shadow of conflict tell the syrians are making unless you go along the way during an important muslim holiday. hello again welcome back we're here cross parts of afghanistan and pakistan we've seen a lot of rain pushing through but most of it has been down here along the coast where the monsoonal showers in karate have been deadly as the system pushed through causing a lot of flash flooding across much of the area now things are improving here in crotch you we are seeing drier conditions few temps are there of 31 degrees here on tuesday as we go towards wednesday really not seeing too much for change there but over here towards baghdad it is going to be a very hot day for you with a temperature of 48 degrees well here across the gulf we are seeing days of humidity days of dryness and that is going to be playing out over the next few days as well we'll be seeing doha about $41.00 degrees here on tuesday that means

it seems northern germany still enjoys the potion of this of it's not tree crews linus .hardly anyone protests. hamburg is even planning a 4th cruise terminal it will be the 2nd one in the half in city district right by a residential area. meanwhile in other european cities more and more citizens and politicians feel that the cruise line industry has got big enough. the city of venice is a unesco world heritage site and a popular cruise destination in europe. cruise line is ponce straight by the city's top attractions. but they don't only block the view for locals they will say pollute the air. and yes more than $450.00 of the ships still arrive here every year bringing around $1500000.00 tourists. the undertow created by large cruise liners alone is a risk for the old city which was built on wooden poles. a unesco study presented to the italian government cited these waves caused by water traffic as one of the major threats to the city. axle fleet base was in venice in 2014 he used a handheld device to measure atmospheric aerosol particles my measured over 100000 particl

no final dividend from linus. you are watching daybreak australia.et first word news. >> the brexit drama has turned another page. boris johnson securing the queens permission to suspend -- he willahead of shut down parliament for a month. from beingtop them able to debate a new deal brexit. it would be a big hit to the economy. >> is profoundly undemocratic at a time of national crisis. parliament must be able to meet to represent our constituents to the electorate up and down the country. it is profoundly undemocratic to shut parliament down and stop it from doing its job at a time of national crisis like this. >> google is purported to be -- google hasion begun converting an old factory in northern vietnam and plans to start production there before the end of the year. it's also eventually moving productions of most u.s. hardware outside of china. google has not yet commented. cap and the number of shoppers and its first outlet in china after chaos cannot on launch day. the store will allow only 2000 in per day after staff were run in in a fight f

nejra: yesterday we were talking about that call from scott linus saying they need to go big betweentings. i was talking to somebody, a portfolio manager. he was saying that what the market is not picking about right now is beyond the next 100 basis point cut. it does matter. we've had people talking about the fact we could go negative for a long time. is that something you think about? you have to invest in the long-term. what is your fed trajectory from here? funds inenario is fed the one point 5% range. not negative. then, most likely, the midcycle aspects come through and you see some kind of recovery. a you look at it from corporation, we can really issue debt cheaply anywhere in the world. that has some attractive characteristics. those who are on the u.s. refinance.tes can there's natural stimulus coming through from lower rates. you don't see much of it in europe. in the u.s., it's more reliable. lower rates does mean stimulus. to go all the way to zero, that is the negative scenario. we're not there yet. we are conservative, not bearish. you will stick with us. hour ont coho

on the other hand, we have linus sliding after plans were scrapped to take over the rare earths minerkets interest in april. over to japan. another takeover bid has soured. withdrawing from the opposition of a stake in a hotel operator. after a rival offer was announced with a higher price. shares jumping on the withdrawal. aia group says the value of its new business surged for the first time past 15%. that was in line with the median forecast. it's china unit led the way with a 26% jump. let's get more on those numbers with our insurance analyst stephen lamb. where will iai be seeking growth in the second half? are the protests in hong kong going to affect the plan? >> i think the second half momentum definitely will have a little bit of an impact from the hong kong side. we can argue it can be a timing issue. strong.mand remains there's a lot of fundamental drivers backing the strong growth in the first half for the hong kong that can continue in the second half. things like the demand in health insurance, annuity products, the likes of that. the other thing to consider, the renmin

we will talk about linus and charlie brown and lucy and a moment.i don't know what blinders is an faro was tearing me -- and ferro was tearing me a new one. we talk about charlie brown and the schultz magic. does your cycle work in greg 2019 like politics in it worked in 1960? greg: 100%, and we have hard evidence to back that up. what we're talking about is getting the vector right. cyclical upswing or downswing? tom: i am hearing negative. greg: we have been in a slowdown for a year. it is slowly dawning on everyone and that is the vector. the question is, does that culminate in a soft landing or recession? trade tweet, maybe there is a soft landing, rates are being cut so values go down but if there is a recession, the interest rates will overwhelm rates will overwhelm the rate cut. tom: does a diminished vector advantage the incumbent or the democrats going against him? greg: i think for the incumbent, in my world, you have monetary policy and fiscal policy on steroids. there is so much stimulus. people often overlook the pig out we have had on