travelers, the company has under gone a name change from malaysia airlines system to may malaysia airlineslows a devastating 2014 with a downing of a plane over ukraine and disappearance from kuala lumpur and beijing. >> the launch of malaysia new airlines was a very low-key affair and a corporate change, a change of name to malaysia airlines private, the old company malaysia airlines system was technically bankrupt. so a brand-new company under a new chief executive but to the consumer at the moment the carrier is malaysia airlines even though a rebranding exercise is underway and the reality is malaysia airlines were in trouble before the tragedies of mh-370 and 17 and they continued to lose money year after year despite going through several restructures and it was mainly owned by the government. now it is wholly owned by the government, it has restructured yet again and trimmed its fleet and slashed staff members by 6,000 and now the hard work really begins, trying to win customers back. >>> the guatemala president molina facing calls to resign over his alleged involvement in a multi m

officials say they are indonesia migrants illegally working in malaysia.y there were 70 passengers aboard, less than a third survived. 42-year-old says he worked on a construction site to support his two children. he was on his way home to the indonesia island when the boat capsized. >> translator: i was alone. i hang on to a piece of wood. i wanted to save myself. >> reporter: accidents like this occur almost every year in malaysia's waters, millions of desperate migrants travel here looking for work and most illegal relying on smugglers to get them in. >> they are poor people that is why they are here to work. and at the same time our legal system has to be better. >> reporter: malaysia and indonesia officials say they will work more closely to clamp down on this trafficking. >> next what we are going to do is to have a communication with the authorities in malaysia, how to prevent such an accident happening again in the future. so far our cooperation with the authorities in malaysia is very good. >> reporter: out at sea the search for the missing contin

he had been in malaysia working on a construction site. he was on his way back to indonesia on an overcrowded boat when it capsized in rough seas. he seems to fit the profile of many of these passenger, all indonesian whose had been working in malaysia. many were working here illegally. the deputy prime minister of malaysia held a press conference earlier on friday. he said that these survivors would be allowed to return to indonesia after they had been processed. he said that law enforcement agencies needed to crack down on people who were facilitating these people, these illegal workers who come from indonesia and work in malaysia. >> they are here because they are poor people. but at the same time our legal system has to be respected. >> reporter: it's been more than 24 hours since this boat capsized. they are doing their best to continue the search and that they are hopeful that they will find people that are still ali alive. >>> still to come on al jazeera, polls open for regional elections in morocco. plus -- >> i'm in australia alon

this was a change to malaysia airlines. the old company, malaysia airlines system was bankrupt. so a brand new company under a new chief executive. but to the consumer at the moment, the carrier remains malaysia airlines even though a rebranding exercise is under way. the reality is malaysia airlines was in trouble long before the tragedies of mh 370 and mh 17. it was a bloated organization that continued to lose money year after year despite going through several restructures. it was mainly owned by the government. now, it is wholly owned by the government, it is restructured, trimmed its fleet and staff members by 6,000. but now the hard work begins. trying to win customers back. >> the body of a woman who died in sierra leone tested positive for the ebola virus. they announced just last week that the last confirmed patient with the virus had been discharged from hospital. more than 28,000 people have been infected with ebola and more than a third of them have died. amnesty international says the human rights situation in gambia is deteriorating. there's a clamp-down on freedo

malaysia will be hit by the fed hike. chen joining us. solar holdings arose to one-month high in new york after the hong kong-based company signed projects up to $100 million. skies solar works with clean energy to fund ventures in asia and latin america and expand in the u.s. up 50% on the news and gained more than 40% since hitting a record low last a month. u.k. chancellor george osborne is hoping to calm away from a trip in china with the deals for new nuclear power plants. he announced the u.k. will guarantee $3 billion in funding to build the first nuclear station and a decade sprint osborne is hoping this will attract investment from china. dov charney -- the financial times said that china companies may help. uber is played to set up an end and asian entity. -- planning to set up and indonesian entity. drivers were question said the app does not have the right permits. over them said they are open -- uber said they are obeying the law and asking customers to use twitter to tell the authorities why they need uber. access china is l

>> reporter: this couple worked for a decade in malaysia, earning enough money to improve the lives of their families back home. both were models. they waited for hours on the beach for the mother's arrival. they know the illegal crossing was dangerous. my mother called me. one thing that keeps repeating in my head is that she asked me to pray for her, pray for me. they were at risk. they never got the clans to replay all the things we have done. >> the two women have no choice. working permits expired. they were afraid of being arrested. bodies were found from rescuers not far from the coast. >> they were forced to take the journey because they wanted to return to malaysia to work. there's a lot of children to

the boat was on its way from malaysia to sumatra. many indonesians make their way to malaysia every year. it's the third largest economy in the region. they come here searching for work. investigators of this stage believe that the people in this boat fell into this category of illegal migrants. they will continue investigations and confirm these reports. >> thank you. four turkish police officers have been killed in southeastern turkey. they died in their vehicle when a bomb detonated as they drove pass. >>> isis attacked a mosque killing 28 people. the suicide attack was followed by a car bomb outside. the second explosion kill would mayor medics. it's controlled by houthi rebels. >>> unicef says 13 million children across the middle east and africa are not able to go to school because of conflict. it estimates 9,000 schools are not being use in syria, iraq, yemen and libya. that's because the fighting damaged, or they are being used as make shift shelters. many children and teachers stay home out of fear of attack at or on the way

it's believed those on board were indonesians working illegally in malaysia. >> reporter: police here in malaysia recovered yet another body from this boat disaster, bringing the number of dead to 15. 20 or so people have survived. most are held at the police hours in this town. 150km north of kuala lumpur. now, authorities say they have launched investigations into this and are interested in finding out who was operating the service between malaysia and indonesia, whether they were operated illegally or whether there were enough precautions on the vessel. they are looking into the nationalities of passengers. authorities say they are confident all the passengers were indonesian after having spoken to survivors, saying the people rescued were not carrying documents or passports. they were all speaking the indonesian language. if the passengers found to be illegal migrants, illegal workers who had come to malaysia from indonesia to work temporarily, they may face charges. however, authorities say the focus is very much on search and rescue. vessels are still out at sea. officials told

airlines private, the old company, malaysia airline system was technically bankrupt.d-new company under a new chief executive but to the consumer at the moment the carrier remains malaysia airlines even though a rebranding exercise is underway. the reality is malaysia airlines was in trouble long before the tragedies of mh-370 and mh-17, it was a bloated organization that continued to lose money year after year despite going through several restructures. it was mainly owned by the government. now it is wholly owned by the government. it is restructured yet again, it has trimmed its fleet and slashed members to 6,000 and now the hard work begins, trying to win customers back. >>> amnesty international says the human rights situation this gambia is deteriorating and says there has been a clamp down on freedom of expression but that has not stopped some from speaking out and as a consequence they are paying a price as nicholas hawk reports from neighboring sinagal. >> reporter: it's a song they will not put on air and yet it's going viral, spreading online throughout the

the deputy prime minister of malaysia held a press conference earlier on friday.hat these survivors would be allowed to return to indonesia after they had been processed but he also said that law enforcement agencies in malaysia needed to work harder to crack down on people who were facilitating these people, these illegal workers to come from indonesia and work in malaysia, here is what he had to say. >> and here because they are poor people and that is why they are here but at the same time our legal system has to be respected. >> reporter: it has been more than 24 hours since this boat capsized. maritime officials say they are doing their best to continue their search and that they are hopeful that they will find people that are still alive. >> a hindu ceremony at a shrine in the thai capitol where an explosion killed 20 people last month, a statute at the temple in bangkok has now been restored after being damaged in the blast. police say they are expecting to make further arrests. french investigators made a breakthrough in the malaysia flight mh-370 and conf

what does this mean moving forward for malaysia's economy?o business leaders strategize as what growth will look like for malaysia? onthe impact we are facing prices as well as in terms of the overall impact, it is similar to what many emerging markets are facing. we have been able to adjust in many ways, measures that need to be considered will be considered. they will look at these issues. overall, the market and economic fundamentals for malaysia are at a level which will allow the growth trajectory to occur. what kind of outflows are you seeing? >> the overall adjustments we have seen in the markets have way other in the markets have been reacting. we have seen some outflows. if you look at the outflows they have remained around the 3% level. -- these are on the five year historical averages. foreignll have a high ownership content. while we see some outflows occurring, the adjustments -- investors remain confident at prospects. angie: you met with other legal leaders. how is everyone reacting to this emerging market? the meetings of the

the disease has become particularly serious public health problem in malaysia. now paint developed by a japanese maker is now making attention there as a method of infection control. nhk world has more. >> reporter: it's getting more than a new look. the workers are painting on the walls containing a chemical to keep mosquitoes at bay. the paint is filling the shelves at this store. >> translator: i want to see if the paint really wards off mosquitoes. dengue fever is very scary. >> reporter: last year the number of people infected with dengue in malaysia jumped to more than 100,000, 210 died. one reason for the increase is a rapid improvements. this has created an environment in which mosquitoes thrive. seeing a business opportunity, a japanese paintmaker began developing a mosquito-resistant paint. the paint includes substances that are harmless to humans but fatal to mosquitoes. the paint is a product of joint reserve with a university. it is put on the market a year ago. the effect of the paints were analyzed at the state-run institute in malaysia. mosquitoe

activists say there are more than 2 million undocumented workers like him in malaysia.ght made international headlines last week, when a boat carrying migrants capsized, killing more than 60 people. smugglers are known to use this route to transfer migrants. the few who survived were handcuffed and chained. >> they are human beings. they are people. they have left their families, their home, their comfort, and they have come here with dreams and hopes that they would work. >> reporter: social activists say migrant workers are routinely exploited here. they are often tricked, underpaid, and abused by employers. increasingly after few want malaysians are no longer willing to do blue collar jobs as in construction work, but if the country is to continue to grow, it needs migrants to fill in the gap. >> we're talking about potential collapse in some sectors of the economy because there will simply be no workers there. construction industry will suffer greatly. plantation industry will suffer greatly. but the government has vowed to crack down on illegal workers even though

. ♪ >>> at least 15 people have drowned off of the coast of malaysia.crowded boat capsizing on the straits. officials believed those on board were indonesias who were working illegally in malaysia. >> reporter: police have recovered yet another body from this boat disaster. that brings the number of dead to at least 15, 20 or so people have survived. they are -- most are being held at the police headquarters about 150 kilometers north of the capitol. authorities say they have launched an investigation into this. they are particularly interested in finding out who was operating this ferry service between malaysia and indonesia, whether it was being operated legally, whether there were enough safety precautions on this vessel. they are also looking into the nationalities of the passengers. authorities say they are confident that all of the passengers were indonesian, and that's after having spoken to the survivors. they say the people they rescued were not carrying documents or pass ports. however, they were all speaking in the indonesian language. if the

many indonesians come here to malaysia in search of work. malaysia is the third largest economy in the region, attracting a lot of migrants. they work here and return home on the radar. >> officials believe the passengers on this boat were part of this group, indonesians that come here, and were returning, in fact, from malaysia to sumatra. the search and rescue operators deployed a number of ships. they'll be continuing to look for survivors into the night, but, of course, more time goes by. there is a chance >>> china's president xi jinping pledged to cut the size of the military by 300,000 soldiers. he made the announcement of the ceremony to amark 70 years since japan surrendered in world war ii. at the same time china upgradeded air and naval forces. >> reporter: a nation's pride and military might on display in tiananmen square, and an opportunity for the chinese to remember the millions that died during world war ii, fighting japanese aggression. tiananmen square has not seen this sort of parade since 2009. and the fourth since 1960.

you have the default risk of malaysia at a six-year high.the only two currencies left unscathed or the hong kong dollar for obvious reasons and the japanese yen. globally, have a look at this. it's interesting. frankly, i don't know why some of these currencies have been doing quite well. that being said, when you have a major currency like the real, it makes it look like a safe haven currency. angie: that's a great way to put that into context. thank you very much. it's been a pretty crazy quarter indeed. let's take a look at asia's weakest currency this quarter and let's go live to our southeast asia correspondent. has -- currency continues to slump. >> that's right and it's hard to see the safe haven this point in regard to other currencies struggling to find a bottom down . now set for its biggest quarterly loss since 1997. -- it droppingth the most in the region, falling 18%. , the central bank has been intervening. reserves make it more susceptible to the selloff in emerging markets. theth noting, moody says reserves are enough about t

it highlighted the plight of millions who come to malaysia in search of work. we spoke to one migrant who made the journey, but now wants out. >> 28-year-old man says he's a hunted man. he left his impoverished village in indonesia four years ago to work in malaysia said booming construction industry, paying someone he thought was an agent almost 2,000 to secure an employment visa. >> the agent came and showed us examples of documents, assuring us that we'd travel to malaysia legally with a work permit and contract. it wasn't until i arrived in malaysia that i realized we were here illegally. >> he asked us to hide his face. he is terrified of being arrested and imprisoned. this person is trying to earn enough to return home. he makes $10 a day. most of that is spent in rent and bribes for the police. activists say there are more than 2 million documented workers. their plight made international headlines last week, when a boat carrying migrants inton eesh capsized. killing more than $60 million. smugglers are known to use the route to transfer migrants. the fe

iran and the united arab imrates with 5-0 up against malaysia. syria hosts singapore. to qualify for the 2018 tournament in russia as a gift to the people back home. if they beat singapore, they will go top. >> the trouble in the country, we think of that, but first of all we are here to play football and make our country happy and our people especially, because we -- everybody has a difficult moment. >> as you have been hearing germany has taken in thousands of refugees over recent months. the top football club is also doing its part. buyer munich has set up a training camp for the refugees. they are also planning to donate over $1 million from a charity football match. and they will walk out with german and refugee children in their next home game. >>> iceland are closing in on their first-ever [ inaudible ] in a major competition, as they take on netherlands. they sit top of group b in six matches so far. they could wrap up their first qualification with two draws in the next few days. pretty good, considering the team were ranked 131st in the world just three years

malaysia is closed today for a public holiday. gains coming through from emerging-market currencies, particularly the malaysian ringgit. it was under a lot of pressure by around 2/10 of 1%, it rose against the greenback. up by another half of 1%. look at the quick australian dollar. it has been at a two and a half week high. a new prime minister, higher commodity prices, all helping the australian dollar a little bit. weaker in the morning. rishaad: we have another big fish being caught up in china's market manipulation dragnet. authorities investigated the president of china's largest roca ridge. has more on the rooting out and idtifying scapegoats. stephen: police are investigating the president and others, two other executives of china's biggest rock ridge. this is for allegedly insider trading as the government hunts for culprits in this $5 trillion stock market rout. civiconth, four other securities executives admitted to insider trading. the government has been going after so-called schulte -- short-sellers. also, the spread

officials believe those on board were indonesians working illegally in malaysia. we have more from kuala lumpur. >> this is shaping up to be the worst boat accident in malaysia, a maritime official i spoke to said the vessel was flimsy, carrying between 70 and 80 people when it capsized in rough seas in the malacca straits, which is off the western coast of malaysia. fishermen were able to rescue a number of people. they also recovered a number of bodies, many of them said to be that of women. now, a spokes - the authorities were able to speak to survivors, all of them were indonesian, and they were not carrying any passports. this leads them to believe that the passengers on the vessels were illegal migrants who came to malaysia to work. millions of people particularly from indonesia come to malaysia every year in search of work, because the country is the third-largest economy in the region, authorities believe that the passengers on the vessel were illegal migrants from indonesia and they were returning back to indonesia when the accident occurred. search and r

al jazeera, malaysia. >>> u.s. say they want the death penalty for dylan roof the man charged with murdering nine black people in a church. he's accused of shooting them because of their race, they were killed at a bible class in charleston, south carolina, in june, roof has yet to enter a plea. >>> u.s. vice president joe biden says he's not sure yet if he will seek the democratic nomination for president in 2016. he's considering the affect that running will have on his family. the 72-year-old lost his son to cancer earlier this year. >>> the u.s. soldier who stopped a began man on a train in paris has been welcomed home as a hero. spencer stone arrived to cheers from around 200 people at that gathered to greet him. he was among a group of passengerrers who tackled the heavily-armed man last month. they were all given france's highest honor. >> he pit his life on the line and -- put his life on the line and took this guy down and saved many lives i am pretty sure of. not too many people would do that. >> just to

activists say that there are more than $2 million undocumented workers in malaysia. their plight made international headlines last week when a boat carrying migrants back to indonesia capsized in the malaka strait killing more than 60 people. smugglers are known to use this route to transfer migrants. the few who survived were handcuffed and chained. >> they're human beings. they are people. they have left their families, their home, their comfort, and they have come here with dreams and hopes that they would work. >> social activists say migrant workers are routinely exploited here. they're often tricked by agents and then underpaid and abused by employers. the irony is that malaysia desperately needs this foreign labor. >> increasingly affluent malaysians are no longer willing to do blue collar jobs as construction works. but if they continue to grow they need migrants to fill the gaps. >> many migrants are propping up the country's important industries. >> there would simply be no workers there. construction industries would suffer greatly. >> but the government h

. >> reporter: this couple worked for a decade in malaysia, earning enough money to improve the lives of their families back home. both were models. they waited for hours on the beach for the mother's arrival. they know the illegal crossing was dangerous. my mother called me. one thing that keeps repeating in my head is that she asked me to pray for her, pray for me. they were at risk. they never got the clans to replay all the things we have done. >> the two women have no choice. working permits expired. they were afraid of being arrested. bodies were found from rescuers not far from the coast. >> they were forced to take the journey because they wanted to return to malaysia to work. there's a lot of children to take care of. that's why they take a barge. >> working as a mate. this man earnt enough to build a house. a dream of most workers. millions of them work abroad because of better pay. they were four months pregnant when they took the same journey home. they spent 12 hours at sea. hiding below deck. >> they called us one by one and ask us to sit at the lower part of the boat. w

journey because they wanted to return to malaysia to work.ad a lot of children to take care of. that's why they had the courage to take this barge. >> reporter: working as a mate has managed to earn enough money to build a house, the dream of most migrant workers. millions of people from indonesia choose to work abroad because of better pay and many are illegal due to lengthy and costly procedures to obtain permits. she was four months pregnant when she took the same boat journey home and spent 12 hours at sea hiding below deck. >> translator: they called us one by one and they asked us to sit at the lower part of the boat. we were not allowed to talk and we couldn't move. we sat really cramped and had to keep our heads down. when i took the journey there were many other pregnant women. one was even seven months pregnant and many were throwing up. we were all scared. >> reporter: she was lucky enough to survive. she wanted to travel home to celebration the circumcision of her younger son and had not seen her son in four years and now they are

so far our cooperation with authorities in malaysia is very good. >> reporter: out at sea the search for missing continues. malasian officials say sheps and planes are searching hundreds of kilometers. but as time passes, hopes for recovery will fade. >> guatemala's president otto perez molina resigned the presidency yesterday. he appeared before a judge who will decide if perez molina should be tried on conspiracy charges. prosecutors insisted today the former president knew about a bribery report. he could have been offered millions by joaquin el chapo guzman. >>> most libraries don't have good access to books. but as tanya page reports. one is trying to open access to library. >> he shares his love.book loves and there are plenty of them at his underground library. they're starting to encroach on his bedroom so he's tidying up to make space, but it's hard to believe where he'll have room for 40,000 books a business wants to give him. >> people that are eager to branch out with us. operating an account. >> his concept is spreading because many south africans don't have access to bo

singapore and malaysia have come online. here is juliet.o be far fromd quiet when you are doing markets. how are they looking so far? sometimes, i can be bad news, but it's expected to be pretty quiet today. there are quite a few holidays. it got korea, hong kong, and taiwan closed. volumes on the asx down 40% this morning compared to what we normally say. areave to remember there about 100 stocks on the main topics index. that's waiting on the overall picture in japan. 0.5nikkei 225, down by percent. things are coming through in australia. besides the fact that the biotech space is what was hit hard in the u.s. on friday, what halted that rally on the s&p 500, very flat in new zealand. downwing the u.s. futures .y .201% of course, we do have a very quiet week coming through. we've got china manufacturing that we are waiting for and u.s. jobs towards the end of the week. it hasn't been a great quarter at all, and especially what we flight to safety and the japanese yen has been one of the major beneficiaries. it is stronger against the gree

malaysia has yet been able to come up with an effective solution to tackle the problem.onesia has promised to keep fighting the fires. >>> footage obtained by al jazeera shows the start of work being carried out. egypt says the project is to set up new fish farms, but some critics believe the main turn is to destroy smuggling tunnels used to get supplies into the gaza strip. >>> millions of muslims around the world has begun their annual hajj pilgrimage to mecca. >> reporter: the markets are busy throughout the year, but during the hajj season they get hectic. this man works at this shop. he says business is flourishing. >> translator: on normal days we sell what is worth about 60 to $80, but hajj or ramadan it goes up to $1,600. >> reporter: all kinds of things are available here. >> translator: gold here is pure. the gold we have back home is mixed with copper. >> reporter: the biggest religious gathering of muslims also generates a lot of cash. 43 million people are expected to perform the hajj this year. some estimates suggest that pilgrims will spending more than $4

they pray malaysia will ease regulations so others won't ever be forced again to take the dangerous, illegal route back home. al jazeera, sumatra. >> north and south korea have agreed to reunite families separated during the korean war in the 1950's. red cross representatives from both countries met monday to negotiate arrangements. 100 people will be selected by each side to take part in the week long event in october. nearly 130,000 south koreans are still looking for family members in the north since the division. >> colombia's president is willing to meet his venezuelan counterpart over the border crise. it comes when president maduro is cracking down on drug smuggling. he's ordered the closing of a crossing and sent an additional 3,000 troops there. >> while bottom bean and mexican police seized cocaine at airport, sniffer dogs found the drugs which had been died black and registered as ingredients for print cartridges and photo copier toner. it was bound for the mexican state of 16 low i can't. >> authorities in bolivia confiscated one and a half tons of marijuana bound for chi

many of these people have traveled from states across malaysia. they say that they're here to stand up for the rights of ethnic ma lays who they say are overshadowed by point of th minorities of chinese. >> oucriminalsics of the rally say that it is deliberately stoking ethnic divisions while malaysia is multi cultural, there are tensions between the ma lay majority and minorities. chinese businesses in particular are concerned about attacks. >> they are talking about being anti-chinese. that's why i'm very worried. >> police used water canons to disperse protesters trying to enter predominantly chinese neighborhood. >> i have here that this may actually be snowballing into something more sinister if not scrolled. >> most of the demonstrators say that they're here to support an united malaysia. but they call for ma lay rights may well deepen divisions that already exist. al jazeera, kuala lumpur. >> we'll bring you loots more on this news hour. we'll travel to a remote village of pakistan that is still under republic six weeks after flooding. >>>

risk in malaysia, searching after a boat capsized up the western coast.nitial reports say at least 14 people died. they said the boat was thought to have been taking the migrants back home to indonesia and was likely to have been overloaded. up next, potentially a winning hand. we see by south korea may be the next biggest gambling destination. ♪ rishaad: south korea is set to overtake macau as asia's top gambling spot. tim is with me now, what is the korean proposition? how does it differ from the singaporean? tim: there are a couple of things that make this interesting. this is towards 2017, 2018 as the structure and development to grows. right now, you have three participants in the market. one has a local only casino, you can see this on the revenue chart, it is a big business. the other two, paradise and grand korea leisure have foreign only casinos and a more on the traditional structure stop there is also a regulatory difference. you have the minister of culture, sport, and recreation actively involved in owning a bit of both of these as well as ta

of theow, in terms current account deficit and fiscal balance sheet, malaysia is better.hter] >> we have to wait and see. the market is divided. news fromreaking moody's, lowering its growth forecast for asia. subdued demand. we also had other breaking news, business conditions rising in australia, but business confidence falling. the aussie dollar moving to the upside. to reset a 120,000 refugees as the u.n. slams the current response as chaotic. it is in our report after this. ♪ rishaad: germany will boost its refugee budget to almost $7 billion next year. the leaders have struggled with the largest migrant crisis since world war ii. the u.n. says the response is chaotic and is demanding better. paul allen has the latest. paul: the tide of humanity overwhelms new the serbian border. they vastly outnumber the authorities and they are desperate to continue their journey into europe. >> i am going to germany. example.s is an germany is leading the european response, spending $6.6 billion on expected 800,000 new arrivals this year. angela merkel warns the breathtaking flow

in myanmar 78 the graves were discovered in thick jungle, more were found across the board never malaysiams they fell victim to traffickers who may have held them for ransom. hassan has survived a similar journey, he was born in myanmar, but left by boat three years ago. hoping for a better life away from the camps he and more than 100,000 other rohingya were forced in to. but once in thailand he was bought and sold by fishermen and rubber farmers, enduring two years of forced labor with no pay. now as the wet season nears an end he's trying to convince his family to stay in myanmar. >> translator: i keep telling my family members who are not now in camps about my situation and may experienced. i tell them to be patient in the cramps and don't try them to leave i tell them myanmar will be a better place to live one day. >> reporter: in deck with the deaths 88 people have been charged with offenses related to trafficking. no one has been charged with murder or manslaughter. this is final resting place residents say most of them were reburies here after the remains were found. there is not

officials say those on board were indonesians who have been working illegally in malaysia.e have more from kuala lumpur >>> police here in malaysia recovered another body from this boat disaster. that brings the number of dead to 15. 25 people have survived. they are - most of them are held at the police headquarters in town, about 150km north of capital kuala lumpur. now, authorities say they have launched an investigation into this. they are particularly interested in finding out who was operating the ferry service between malaysia and indonesia. whether it was operated legally. whether there was enough precautions on the vessel e they are looking into the -- vessel. they are looking into the nationality. authorities are confident that all the passengers were indonesians. and that is after having talked with the survivors. people interviewed were not carrying documents or passports. they were all speaking the indonesian language. if the passengers are found to be illegal migrants, workers coming to malaysia from indonesia to work temporarily, they may face charges. howeve

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malaysia's qualifier was halted three minutes before the home supporters. three players and five works on the pitch. saudi arabia were leading before the game was suspended. football's governing body will decide if the win is to be given to saudi. profederal judges in recent days after they were beaten 10-nil in their last qualifier. >> that was only the top team in each week guaranteed progression, this match between thailand and iraq was a huge significance. iraq came to the finals in the first time since 1986, and they were 2-nil up here in bangkok. the home side is back, the game finishing 2-2, and thailand the top of the three pair. in second. they are trying to stay in contention in the one day international series with australia. chasing 301 for victory, james taylor scoring his first international century for england, austria leads that 5-match series 2-nil. now to the end of his england career, kevin petersen is going back to the country of his bather. he has signed for the durbin based dolphins to play in south africa's domestic t 20 tournament. b

brunei,e, malaysia, they are suffering. be corporation. >> is it realistic to think somebody -- something will be achieved this time around? be --has to >> it makes it hard to stop. put 2000 personnel into firefighting mode, but this is too late. they have promised action, called it an emergency, but right now this is where we are. >> we have to leave it there. doubled,ots have amounting to 1000 hotspots across the region. angie: all right. thank you so much for that. singapore. coming up next, medicine for the market. we will take a look at why one japanese drugstore chain has helped to lift shares in tokyo. ♪ angie: welcome to the stock exchange, taking a look ahead at the opens. our reporters are here. inter-networking and broadband consulting. angie: what do they do? >> i wonder. they were supposed to start trading yesterday. they didn't. the ipo price was set at the top end of their range. let's see if they trade this morning. if they do, there is a lot of room for upside. angie: you can say that again. >> it's a gambl

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. >>> three people have been arrested in malaysia, in connection with the bombing of a shrine in bangkok last month. picked up after a tipoff from the thai authorities. 20 people were killed by the bombing in central bangkok in august. >> sri lanka's prime minister has visited for the first time in his office, manel fernandez has reported. >> these fishermen in northern sri lanka say their trailers come back almost empty. >> we are at a loss. >> thousands of fishermen expected bumper catches of fish. instead they encountered these, indian trawlers, sometimes up to 3,000 a night, illegally fishing in sri lankan waters. charges of attacking fishermen india denies. last of decisive action is aggravating the problem. >> translator: if it was into the waters by accident our fishermen are ousted. scores of indian trawlers come daily and take away our resources and no one says that's anything. >> reporter: the reality that has been discussed before with little progress. fishermen say that are catch has fallen drastically. a lack of addressing the issue, the prime ministership will bring some re

chile, mexico, peru, malaysia, vietnam. vietnam's gdp is $5,000. ours is $53,000. please explain. >> that's been one of the major criticisms of trade in general. you have a wealthy country and a country like vietnam with very low wages. how do you bring the two countries kind of -- how do you bring ekwquilibrium to that? obviously there's an argument to be made that if you are making a couple dollars, 60 cents an hour in vietnam, you know, a company is going to want to produce there because it's going to be much cheaper. so, i mean, that's sort of the big argument, and the administration is, like i said, making this case that this is going to be the most advanced trade deal. and by engaging these countries, you're going to raise their standards and get them to be more on the level of the developed countried. if they're part of the global economy. i guess that's going to take time. on the other side i'd argue the damages are going to be felt before the benefits. and so i think that's just the constant struggle when you negotiate these trade deals. >> let's hear from

in malaysia ethnic tensions turned violent in 1969. ethnicity and religion are sensitive subjects in the country. >>> french authorities say seven climbers have been killed and another seriously injured in an avalanche. the accident happened in the region of the french alps. how the weather played a role in the accident. >> it could have been that storm that swept through the area earlier this week. the tragedy took place on tuesday killing at least seven hikers up there. it's a very popular area. i want to show you images coming up from there. you can see it is completely covered with snow at the moment. the area was so remote that the recovery was needed via helicopter. this was the first avalanche to hit the area heading into the winter time but we actually have another storm to pull in. this tragedy could again happen. this is a storm system the remnant of henry that swept across canada. it is a potent low pressure system. you can see how huge and they are close to each other in a very potent cold front as you can see it is going t

the effect of the paint, a state run institute in malaysia. mosquitoes put in two sets of containers. the containers on the right are coated with paint at the moment. the rest are not painted. fifteen mants later, mosquitoes on the left are sitting. on the left are avoiding the paint area. this hospital also realizes the effectiveness of the paint. a neighborhood painted its wall confirmed rising patients were being bitten by mosquitoes. they have to spray strong bug repellent every morning to keep mosquitoes away. but since the paint was applied, they no longer need to do so. >> i would strongly recommend this. all the others be given a new coat of paint so their patients can feel safe. >> reporter: the paint has become known by word of mouth since it was put on the market. sellg as fast as an ordinary new paint product. >> translator: we'd like to offer this successful product to neighbors countries and help many more customers. >> reporter: the japanese technology is helping people protect their health from infectious diseases. akiko, nhk w

the reality is, malaysia airlines was in trouble long before the tragedies of hm 370, and mh 17.a bloated organization that continued to lose money year after year, despite going through several restructures. it was mainly owned by the government. now it is wholly owned by the government. it is restructured yet again, trimmed its fleet, and now the hard work really begins. trying to win customers back. >>> a decade-long investigation had ended in argentina. it began when a u.s. professor was caught with a precious artifact. now thousands of pieced looted are headed home. >> reporter: these are thousands of archaeological artifacts which are being sent back to their country of origin. there are around 4,500 of them. they come from peru and ecuador, and were recently recovered in buenos aires after a ten-year investigation. >> reporter: the investigation was started when a u.s. professor was caught at the airport. in some cases we found entire bookshelves filled with pieces. >> reporter: there are glasses, statutes and other elements. >> translator: this is from 1300 after the birt

still to come on al jazeera, a thick haze is choking the skies above malaysia and we will tell you hower experts plan to clear the air. plus we will be speaking to families of opposition supporters in the democratic republic of congo still missing after anti-government protests in january. and we have all the sport for you, find out who will replace royal madrid as the world's most valuable team. ♪ israeli police have again stormed alexia compound knowno jews as temple mound in occupied east jerusalem and it's the third time since sunday, 36 palestinians injured and it's the end of the new year when jews are allowed access to the site. palestinian says israel wants to change the rules which allow jews to visit but not pray and benjamin netanyahu says the rules will not change. it's contested and holy to muslims, jews and christians and it's home to two of the most important sights in islam the mosque where we have seen more violence on tuesday and the dome of the rock. jewish tradition maintains this is where the final temple will be built when the messiah comes to earth. scott hidlar

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he is still a popular figure in malaysia, the former prime minister said lawmakers from the ruling partyved illegal funds as bribes during one of the rallies. police announced they would question mahathir allegations at the rally saying they might constitute criminal defamation. mahatea spoke to reporters on wednesday on his return from an overseas trip. he said he will cooperate with the police if asked. -- his photography is showing his past hardship says to a new generation. nhk has the story. >> a group of japanese is holding a study seminar in bangkok to mark 70 years since the end of world war ii. the organizer wanted people to know how things were in thailand during the war. one of the participants is this 80-year-old, a professional photographer based in the thai capital. he was born in 1931, on the southern island of phuket. his father was japanese. his mother thai. at the time, the japanese military saw thailand as a staging post for its strategy in southeast asia. seto said he underwent training as a child soldier. >> translator: i was told to use a spear or whatever was avail

. >>> search teams in malaysia have found more bodies after a boat sank on thursday. 16 people are confirmed to have died while another 30 are missing. it capsize in poor weather. >>> french investigators made a breakthrough in the search for the missing malaysia airlines flight mh 30. they found that debris does belong to the aircraft. in july a piece of the wing appeared on reunion island. the plane disappeared in march last year with 239 people on board. a hindu ceremony is being held at the shrine where an explosion killed 20 people. the statue has been restored after being damaged in the blast. police say they are expecting to make further arrests. sri lanka's newly formed cabinet has been sworn in. the president formalized his oath to lead along with the prime minister from the united national party. they formed a unity government after last month's election. they promised new era of clean government and political reforms. >>> the philippines is reporting lower crime rates in some of its cities. human rights groups says because many violent crimes are going unreported. >> the fallout c