farmers are concerned and others say the agreement will ultimately benefit malaysia. it will increase the country's exports and force many industries to meet international standards. >> reporter: some economics say the tppa has more benefits than draw backs. >> it would pull up the malaysian economic system in terms of modernisation, competitiveness, in terms of being more transparent. >> reporter: for now this man is waiting to see how this deal will affect him, but he says he will fight any moves to change traditional farming >>> more to come here on al jazeera including, three quarters of the world's computers use it. now celebrating it's 30th year. we take a look at microsoft systems. stay with us. >> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the soundbites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >>> welcome back. top stories. one week on from the paris attacks that left 129 people dead, the country and international community looking for a way forward. french muslim council urge to

. >>> malaysia is expecting to receive 3,000 refugees. at present those registered as refugees are not allowed to work. access free health nor education. the head of the u.n. refugee agency in malaysia says it needs to stay. we speak to the u.n.h.c.r. in kuala lumpur and ask for the reaction to the news of impending arrivals. >> the details of 3,000 syrians are to be worked out. we are in positive discussions with the government. a pre requisite is any refugees under a programme would have to be allowed to come lawfully, and be entitled to live here legally, including a variety of opportunities to work and have housing, health care and schooling >>> what time line are we looking at? >> we don't have a time line. the government is keen to implement this. we know they have a 3-year programme in mind that would allow is number of refugees to come over that sort of period of time. >> what sort of conversations are you having with the government. are they receptive to your ideas. globally, they are sensitive questions, touching on national sec

also ahead security is beefed up for the summit being held in malaysia over the weekend. a boat full of asylum seekers turned away from australia's christmas island. orphans trying to cope with the uveitides have aftermath-- aftermath of ebola in sierra leone. first, breaking news we're getting reports that gunmen have attacked a hotel in mali. the attackers are said to have taken hostages in the capital while this follows a 24 hour siege and taking at another hotel in august in the central mali town. more on that when we get it. european union are holding emergency talks in brussels. they're discussing whether to boost the security and introduce border checks. abdel hamid abaaoud entered france from syria undetected. he died in wednesday's assault. world powers urged to take joint action against islamic state in iraq and the levant. the french muslim council is urging mosques to send a unified message during friday prayers. the country's 2500 mosques have been asked to condemn all violence and terrorism. cross over to brussels and speak to paul brennan to tell us about t

you mentioned malaysia.ou heard officials there repeatedly say it would be constructive for the emerging markets and malaysia and the rest if the fed were simply to .ift off they may be adding to the uncertainty and markets. we can deal with the fed. then it will be back to china. >> they say they are ready for a rate hike. i they ready for the capital outflow that may still come? i think that malaysia is a great example of places that have enjoyed capital outflows, but also markets are fickle. i think a lot of the emerging markets have prepared themselves for the outflows, and you can see various forms of reasonable management using their reserves. that is why you build reserves up in the first place, i do think that it is certainly better if funds are flowing in. malaysia have been able to manage that. it, particular part of which is dealing with capital outflows is not the part that worries me. there are other risks. these are the things we just discussed on the panel i came out of. we just don't know a l

speaking in malaysia... president obama says the united states is "monitoring the situation" in mali. lukas: the war on terror has been on the top of esident obama's agenda on visits around the world obama has traveled to turkey, the philippines, and malaysia in recent days, discussing the paris attacks and other terror threats with world leaders. speaking in malaysia today... the president praised the nation for its commitment to fighting terror threats. "(president obama) "the relationship between the united states and malaysia has strengthened on a whole variety of fronts. we have, as the prime minister indicated, developed a very strong relationship around d counterterrorism issues. lukas: and speaking on today's attacks in mali... the president said that the united states is quote "monitoring the situation" lukas senator ted cruz was in sioux city this morning adressing supporters at briar cliff university. the campaign stops in iowa come after congressman steve king announced his endorsement of cruz. a

. >> in malaysia's lush selling or state. this person and his wife are planting a new crop of organic ocra. they know the yields will be good. the seeds come from a previous harvest. every time he grows a strong crop he saves the seeds to reuse and exchange with other farmers instead of buying them. >> after time of using the seeds, i find that they do not perform well in the organic methods, and then it is disease prone. exchanging or selling their own seeds is something farmers have done for centuries. under the transpacific partnership agreement, between malaysia, the u.s. and 10 other countries, they may be banned friday doing this. a neighbour may say "hey, i had a good variety, and it produced an excellent harvest." let me give some to you. maybe they may have sold it, exchanged it with each other. and what sold in this informal way is affordable. >> malaysia's laws protect the rights of plant breeders, but allow formers to trade their own seeds under tern conditions. but this may change. >> while farmers are concerned

is poised to take up the south china sea issue as the upcoming east asia summit in malaysia. no matter what steps are taken to avoid discussing the matter, the political maneuvering between the u.s. and china will continue and needs close watching. >>> japan's chief cabinet secretary yoshihide suga says his nation has no plans to join u.s. military patrols in the south china sea. a u.s. naval vessel last month sailed near an island built by china in disputed waters. >> translator: the japan self-defense forces have no plans to take part in the u.s. freedom of navigation operations. currently, sdf personnel are not engaged in sustained patrol and surveillance activities in the south china sea, nor do they have such plans. >> the leaders of japan and the united states discussed the south china sea issue on thursday. president obama suggested that such patrols will become a routine mission. prime minister shinzo abe indicated that his government will closely watch developments in the area and their impact on japan's security and consider possible activities by the self-defense f

in malaysia, we're joined from kuala lumpur. this is the sixth meeting andeen president obama razak. sophie: when it comes to the tpp, he said this was certainly the highest standard trade agreement given that it enforces itict standards and how ensures that penalties and consequences are seen through. it remains to be seen if all 12 theers want to push through trade pact into legislation. he says he has to go back to congress and make sure he sells it to the u.s. as well. rishad: tell me about this proposed partnership in the spotlight. china is attending to this and make sure that this is a way to counterbalance what the u.s. is attending to do with the tpp. the 16 members want to see a deal done by 2016. talking about cooperation, it is standing firm on the south china sea. we saw a lot of rhetoric around territorial disputes. it says its attempts there are to make sure that they protect the reef. they are saying this will enable $10 billion of infrastructure to the region. japan, not to be outdone over the weekend, since the

. >> we're looking at malaysia and the u.k.. we serve spaghetti.e serve spaghetti in our middle east market in the u.s. and vietnam. brunei hong kong for. >> we will have more from that meeting later on in the program. single of know some of the stories making headlines. more bodies were found by rescue teams. 12 people remain unaccounted for. at least 30 homes were buried in the mud. tensions rose after the u.s. did not investment within 12 miles of beijing. americans have ended the relations cordial. they said it lessen the chance of misunderstanding. has bannedommittee whilst for taking bribes. the president remains under investigation. the will and the death will elect a new president of february. more on that when trending business returns. ♪ >> back with trending business. the mostmerica potential. they give them exclusive access to the banks resources. what is behind this program? >> many of these things that found that the 2008 financial have some of the rules really cramped their ability to make high returns from services to hedge funds su

asia, staying with president obama was in malaysia over the weekend.es leaders vowed to strengthen the ties with india to combat terrorism. speak with dato sri abdul wahid. he is a part of malicious economic planning unit. thank you for being here on the pulse. we have a lot to talk about. the fallout from emerging markets if the fed rises. economic growth. just a quick comment on your concern on the rising level of terror threats across the world. -- dato: we had the presence of 10 liters. president obama, among others. session, our prime minister made it clear that the terrorism threat is a global phenomenon. it must not be taken lightly. malaysia stands along with other countries committed to fighting terrorism. manus: let's talk about malaysia. there is 10 countries in the asian pact. the revenue comes from oil. the currency has been under pressure. as a destination for capital, those are lofty challenges. dato: [indiscernible] you spenda time when on commodities. downthe years, you break to 18% of gdp. in terms of the constitution of oil and gas t

so the president used the occasion of the visit to a refugee center here in malaysia. it's a center -- a foundation that helps refugees, mostly from miramar, also burma. 150,000 have come from there here to malaysia and most are transiting here to the united states. so it was a moment where the president was very fatherly. he was down on his knees, talking to the young children who are 5, 6, 9, 10 years old, doing handy crafts, math, so on and so forth, trying to put a human face on this issue. the president making the point that these children could be children from anywhere. american children, children from syria. children from iraq or anywhere. any war torn country. and the president was saying that we should open up our hearts to these kids, we should care about them and help them and that this talk about sending people back home or making a test between christians and muslims just brings out the worst in people. and the president said at one point it should just stop. something he's spoken forcefully about. >> and unfortunately given the timing of the attacks, the

malaysia airlines was bloated, inefficient. hai has been suffering as well in the same way. safety record has been good, but it is suffering because of safetyncy for airline found they were deficient in terms of oversight earlier this year. i think that reflects on a legacy carrier. rishaad: thank you very much. looking at what is going on with thai airways. the indian prime minister looks to strengthen ties during his visit to london. we have a look at it from the point of view from a by win "trending business" continues. ♪ rishaad: were looking at delhi and london as they sign deals worth billions of dollars. he addressed parliament saying the two companies should strengthen the relationship. let's look at the reaction back home. mumbai.oined live from how significant is it? his visit to the u.k. is part of the governments multination visit to increase foreign investment coming into india. it invests more into the u.k. than the rest of the eu combined. they collaborate on issues of defense, nuclear power, and climate change. they agreed on about $9 billion worth of deals.

angie: we have prime minister modi holding a news conference in malaysia.hese two leaders will hold talks today. he attended the indian summit on saturday and the east asia summit on sunday. in other news, french shipping company is in exclusive talks to buy neptune's orient line. it can consolidate 10% of the global containment market. intune has run up lawson's 2011 -- losses in 2011. shares of neptune nearing a seven-month high, 4% higher. a building company with interests ranging from toll roads to utilities has confirmed it will list itself as a hospital business. the chairman says the offer must wait until the philippines alexa new president. elects a new he president. >> i think there will be a lot of noise in the business space. we do not like for the evaluation of this ipo will be affected by the election noise. most likely, we will launch when we learn who the next president of the philippines is going to be. july, perhaps. slowdown in china is being confirmed by automakers who are predicting a new era of declining sales growth. let's take a look

thank you very much. >>> president obama just returning from his trip to malaysia and while overseas he seemed a little tone deaf to american concerns. >> i want to be as clear as i can on this. prejudice and discrimination helps isil and undermines our national security. trish: prejudice? the problem is that doesn't seem to be what is really happening here. we'll talk about it next. and what our response should be, idea five weeks from now, we will have 10,000 refugees from syria in this country. ♪ you total your brand new car. nobody's hurt,but there will still be pain. it comes when your insurance company says they'll only pay three-quarters of what it takes to replace it. what are you supposed to do, drive three-quarters of a car? now if you had liberty mutual new car replacement, you'd get your whole car back. i guess they don't want you driving around on three wheels. smart. with liberty mutual new car replacement, we'll replace the full value of your car. see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance. >> as long as i'm president we're going to keep on steppi

. >> way before china's construction, countries like vietnam, the philippines, and malaysia, they alwaysave more construction than china has ever started. >> reporter: a power play that has seen washington move from verbal reproaches to an actual parade of power with a u.s. warship. washington says it doesn't take sides in any sea. moves beijing's official news agency describes as gimmick. patricia sabga . >> joining me is greg poling director of the asian maritime transparency initiative. gordon change a contributor of force and associate editor of the diplomat. is there a court or arby for when you want to change the lines governing what belongs to who. >> yes, but they require all sides to agree with it. the overall governing arcticture of ocean, says you have do compulsory courts. this is what the philippines has started to take china too. so far the case has been moving forward, but there has only been one set of lawyers in the room. >> what is the practical consideration here? people say you can't build your own islands and say that's your own country. but what really is at steak w

>> reporter: a point punctuated with a stop to a refugee center in malaysia, a visit mr.eflected on as he left the country. >> if you are a parent and you saw those kids and you thought about what they had gone through, the notion that we couldn't find a home for them anywhere in the united states of ameri america, that's -- that is contrary to our values. the most powerful tool we have to fight isil is to say that we're not afraid. >> reporter: as soon as the president returns to washington he's scheduled to welcome french president francois hollande for a critical meeting at the white house on the war against isis. it's a war the french president wants to ratchet up. the key question is whether president obama will join him. jim acosta, cnn, with the president in kuala lumpur, malaysia. >>> british prime minister david cameron will travel to paris for talks with french president francois hollande. he'll present plans including launching sayre strikes in syria. he's expected to present his proposal to the british parliament as early as this week. back in the u.s., former

president obama visits refugees in malaysia to highlight his call for compassion. chipotle e. coli outbreak expands to six states. and the growing memorial on twitter for the paris victims. >> they had dreams. they had husbands, wives, best friends. they were just like us. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod and this is a western edition of the broadcast. tonight, belgium is under its highest terror alert, level four, following warnings by government officials there of a "serious and imminent threat" of an attack. the u.s. embassy in brussels ordered americans in belgium to shelter in place and remain at home. the u.s. european command issued a 72-hour travel restriction on all u.s. military personnel not to travel to brussels, where nato is headquartered weapon at least one suspect from last week's deadly attacks on paris is still on the run and was last seen crossing into belgium. we begin tonight in brussels with debora atta. orter: this is what the level-four security alert looked like on the streets of brus

president obama is in malaysia for the annual east asia summit. he says the meetings there will focus on the global fight against isil and the despited south china sea. leaders from 19 nations are on manned, security has been increased across malaysia. the prime minister says his country plans to use social media and other tools to counter isil propaganda. >>> donald trump's shocking rhetoric on creating a national register for muslim americans. >>> freedom for convicted spy jonathan pollard. a30 years in prison, a closer look at the cost of his espionage. >>> plus, declassified. inside the cia. the secrets and lies revealed by the agency's former directors. >>> jonathan pollard is a preman tonight. he pleaded guilty to stealing documents for israel. rob reynolds as the report. >> the spy jonathan j. pollard left a federal prison in north carolina under a cover of darkness. his parole was 30 years to the day after sels a vast trove to israel. pollard later appeared in new york accompanied by his wife esther who he married while in prison. he must

the president spoke in malaysia where he was wrapping up regional summits. in iran, washington post reporter jason rezaian has been apparently sentenced to prison. he and his wife were arrested last year and she was released on bail. >>> it's sunday night and time for our regular look at the week ahead. french president francois hollande will travel to new york and washington this week. looking to stop potential attacks on i.s.i.l, such as the one that killed 130 people in paris just a week ago. the task is becoming more difficult, using jeefd for everythinsocial media,which hast of i.s.i.l.'s strategy and that the armed group has taken to twitter and facebook to target those who might launch attacks on its behalf. al jazeera's bisi onile-ere has more. >> are this month' >> reporter: this moss attacks in paris, terrorists are using encrypted communications on parts of the dark web, a part of internet not accessible to everyday users. but the open internet is also being increasingly used as a tool to coordinate attacks send funds and instigate propaganda. aut

speaking during a trip to malaysia, president obama addressed the loss of life. >> on behalf of the americanple i want to express our deepest condolences to the people of mali and victims and families including at least one american. these were innocent people who had everything to live for and they will be remembered for the joy and love that they brought to the world. >> tonight, a grieving friend in takoma park read a statement authorized by anita datar's family. >> we're devastated by the loss of our wonderful daughter who was doing the work she loves. we have no further comment at this time and ask you respect our privacy. >> reporter: news that the hostage situation in mali claimed the life of an american citizen brought up shock waves. she was on the board of a nonprofit to help women get quality health care services. tonight, the family in new jersey issued a statement saying we are devastated anita is gone. it's unbelievable to us she was killed in this senseless act of violence and terrorism. anita was one of the kindest and generous people we know. reaction from the ambassador to

the officials went into the office of the the malaysia website as well as those of the tabloid. they were back at the building on 9 november demanding to know the report on a public froms investigating wrongdoing. the news outline has been threatened with defamation charges over the story. the malaysian approval ratings are at an all time low around 20%. the prern has landed on the media, opposition leaders and bloggers. a political cartoonist faces nine counts which results in 43 years in prison. the charges do not relate to his cartoon, but tweeting his opposition of the opposition leaders. pemra has begun implementing a decision that bans all television and radio coverage of million taint groups. 72 organisations were listed covered by the ban. including jam al and others fif. both organisations are linked to the group suspected of carrying out the 2008 hotel siege in mumbai india which claimed more than 160 lives. pakistani media outlets will be monitored. broadcasters were shown not to show images. the media has to stopped running charities associated with the million taint

area in malaysia, and wants the focus on i.s.i.l., not other groups. >> the principal is the moderate opposition. the goal appeared to be if you follow the strikes they took, to fortify the position of the bashar al-assad regime. that does not add to our efforts against i.s.i.l. in some ways it strengthens it because i.s.i.l.'s fighting many of those groups that the russians were hitting. >> belgian security groups are meeting to extend a state of emergency, the streets of brussels are in lockdown for a second day. the warnings of an imminent attack. shops and transport systems are closed and people have been told to avoid large gatherings. belgium's president charles michel says there's the possibility of a paris style attack. mali's president has been visiting. we went to a hospital in the capital to meet survivors. 21 were killed, including two gunmen. a state of emergency is in force in mali. and police are looking for suspects. we have this report from bamako. >> shaken and still in shock. survivors walk back into the felt in this part of the hostages. they are here to pick up th

on november 6 they went into offices of the malaysia website as well as those of the tabloid. they were back in the building on 9 november demanding to know the source of the report on a public prosecutor investigating allegations of financial wrongdoing by the p.m. the news have been threatened. the malaysian government's approval ratings are at an all time low around 20%. the pressure that it is under has landed on the mediation opposition leaders and bloggers. a man was arrested earlier this year facing fine counties of sedition resulting in 43 years in prisoner. the charges do not relate to his cartoons. it was his tweet it related to. the pakistani media regulator has begin implementing a decision that bans all television and radio coverage of militant groups. 72 organizationss were covered by the bad including fif. both organizationss are linked to the group suspected of carrying out the 2008 hotel siege in mumbai india which claimed more than 160 lives. it is said that pakistani media outlets will be monitored on this. last week broadcasters were said not to show pictur

president obama, in the meantime, is in malaysia today at a summit with the association of southeasttions and also weighing in on the refugee controversy at home. the president visited a school for refugee children, and in an apparent rebuke to those against allowing syrian refugees into the united states, said that these children were indistinguishable from any child in america. >>> nbc's ron allen is traveling with the president in kuala lumpur and joins us now with more. >> reporter: erika, as you know the obama administration has a plan to admit some 10,000 syrian refugees into the united states and it's run into a lot of criticism back in the united states with the house passing a bill to block that. president obama on his trip to asia has spoken out forcefully about this, been highly critical of those who want to keep refugees out of this country saying that these are women, widows, children, orphans, families who we should embrace. today here in malaysia he visited a foundation that supports children who are refugees primarily from burma, but 150,000 here in malaysia, trying t

on the way malaysia. the yields are on the way up. and it is a bit curious. you look at what is happening in the equity market. the aussie dollar is on the way up. chance that the rba cuts, so very complex. in any case, yields are on the way up. markets, we will get some movement when the rba does decide and comes out with that decision. very quickly, one stock i went to mention here. it is a coal mining company based out of session one, china. it had already had a warning. essentially, what it is, they are negotiating, to restructure 182 million u.s. dollars, and that note, i believe, is due tomorrow. toy have already talked their bank to allow a delay of the repayment or some interest. shares are down. these levels. i will leave it there. back to you, rish. this vw diesel scandal is expanding, with the luxury brands, and they environmental protection agency in the u.s. is saying that some kerry emissions cheating software. carrie -- carry emissions cheating software. it does draw in the porsche and audi names, and there was the man promoted to deal with the

the changes were motivated following the disappearance of malaysia airlines flight 370 last year. right now planes are monitored by land based radar system. that leaves about 70% of the world's surface uncovered. radio frequencies will now be set aside so when a plane sends an automatic distress signal it will be picked up by ground radar as well as satellites. >>> just ahead on eyewitness news at 6:00, lee goldberg says we could get some more rain when will the for the girl scout meeting... okay. for the soccer team... for the girl scout meeting... how many meetings are you having?! at stop&shop, prices are down. savings are up. which makes the checkout lane, victory lane. >>> breaking news to tell you about, involves the subway. a passenger has been injured. number 6 trains now running express between 125th and grand central. some southbound 6 trains will end at hunts point avenue or third avenue. expect delays on the 4 and 5 as well in both directions. >>> turned out to be a really pretty crystal clear night out there despite how things started this morning. >> way more comfort

tech savvy entrepreneurs have begun to trade beyond malaysia. his taxi booking app has been downloaded by 4 million customers in the six asean countries where it operates. it's taken 20 years of negotiations to get this far and this is still only the start. >> i think asean will continue to move forward slowly and will be correct to do so. it's keeping its peoples with them. i think as governments keep that goal in mind and they keep making it into a real single market, there will be huge gains to be made for the people of asean. >> asean is in no rush. analysts say its steady, cautious approach has been a strong point in the world of turbulence. al jazeera, kuala lampur. >> the funerals of two hanged leaders have taken place within heightened security. he is the first former minister executed for war crimes committed during bangladesh's war of independence. he was hanged along with the opposition leader after presidential clemency was denied. >> we have more from dhaka. >> behind me is shaba square, over the years the epicenter of protests call

president obama visits refugees in malaysia to highlight his call for compassion. chipotle e. expands to six states. and the growing memorial on twitter for the paris victims. >> they had dreams. they had husbands, wives, best friends. they were just like us. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod and this is a

malaysia's armed forces chchf said security was increased after militant attacks ininrance, egypt and lebanon. republican presidential candidate ben carson is expected to file his papers of candidacy in concord, new hampshire to be listed on the primary ballot. doctor carson will join the three major democratic candidates and most of the other g- o-p candidates who have already filed. the new hampshire primary election will be held in february. it's begegning to look a lot like christmas! the u-s capitol christmau tree is to set to arrive in whington d-c today after leaving seward, alaska on monday. the 74-foot lutz spruce will arrive at joint base andrews to complete its four-thousand mile the tree will be lit on december second. there's a huge custotozable bubuding hitting the market in sioux city. it's a 50,000 square foot spec building. located in the bridgeport west industrial park. right across from the planned pork processing plant. city leaders say they've had great success attracting new businesses in the past. "we're hoping it would be a light manufacturing of some kind that

. >>> and taxi drivers in malaysia protest against rivals like uber, who are driving down their income. >> in sports it's been a hair raising night for andy murray. murray cut down by a resurgent nadal. more coming up later. >> isil has published an image of the improvise bomb that it used to bring down a russian plane that killed all on board. it said it smuggled the bomb on the plane after discovering lacks security in the sharm el sheikh. >> a detonator, power source and switch. one bomb expert said based on this photo the claim is credible. >> inside the can itself if it's full to capacity, probably 200 to 300 grams of high explosives in there. this is certainly a viable device and the sort of thing if it was placed in optimum position it could breach the shell aircraft which at 30,000 feet will cause it to disintegrate. >> isil displayed the device on its english channel. it said it was in revenge for the russian airstrikes. russia said a bomb was to blame, a conclusion that several other arguments had already reached. president putin offered an award leading for information that

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even in his final news conference in malaysia.ked not only about the war on terror but what he thought americans should be doing and thinking about as it relates to insecurity and isis. and even the homeland. listen carefully to how he played that out and what he thought americans should do and more importantly perhaps what we should not do. >> our coalition will not relent. we will not accept the idea that terrorist assaults on restaurants and theaters and hotels are the new normal or that we are powerless to stop them. they can't beat us on the battlefield so they try to terrorize us into being afraid. as president i will not let that happen. >> reporter: will not let that happen. he doesn't want us to be afraid. the president very strong about that. i also asked him, by the way, about the relationship with vladimir putin. the president said yeah, sure i'd work with the guy. that's not a problem. but would he be willing to work with putin in a way to defeat the terror groups all over the globe even if it meant keeping assad in p

he was speaking at the asia-pacific summit in malaysia.ut off their financing. we will hunt down their leadership. we will dismantle their networks and their supply lines and we will ultimately destroy them. >> mr. obama also urged russian president putin to stop targeting the moderate opposition in syria and instead to focus efforts on isis. >>> in brussels, the prime minister says they're still on lockdown. places at once.oyed several - the terror alert in the belgium capital is at its highest level there. >> turkey arrested this belgian citizen of moroccan descent. he's believed to have scouted sites where those terrible sites in paris. there's a lot happening. let's start in paris where cnn's max foster is covering developments across europe. max, the concern this day is brussels, concerned about another paris-style attack. in fact, that city like a ghost town today. people are just staying clear of public places. >> reporter: got some firm intelligence there about an imminent attack, ois they wouldn't have gone to that level. they've

what do you make of the president's comments in malaysia? he's going to step up and do more to fight isis. that's important. the question is what is he going to do? i spent a lot of time in iraq. i was in iraq, again, last month. in northern iraq went to the peshmerga bases. he's not doing much to support the forces on the ground, especially the kurdish forces which is fighting isis everyday. what is he going to do more than what he's doing now? the air strikes are definitely works. he needs to do more supporting the forces on the ground on in iraq and syria to fight isis or have to put more boots on the ground. he hasn't said which of those things he's going to do. let's wait and see what it is his plan is for taking the fight to isis and a more substantial way. >> and you've been here in paris over the past couple of days. it seems like the entire game has shifted for the french. i mean, on the one hand before, they were one of the nations supporting the u.s. but now they are center stage in taking lead role. do you think they'll do that e

ron joins us from kuala lumpur, malaysia. and ron, i should note right now, we are working to confirm reports that there are no more hostages in that hotel in mali. nevertheless, very tense situation, and it is still ongoing. what is the latest on what we're hearing from the president and his team? >> reporter: well, they've been trying to monitor this. of course, the president was notified the minute this happened. we are in kuala lumpur, malaysia, a majority muslim country, for a summit meeting of regional leaders, and security here is extraordinarily tight, as it has been on each of the stops along the way, in the philippines and in turkey over the past number of days. what officials here have been emphasizing to us is that mali is a place where there have been a number of terrorist attacks on western targets, three or four over the past couple of years. and the reason that there were american special forces there nearby when this happened, apparently, is because they're in and out of the country assisting a u.n. peacekeep

tech savvy entrepreneurs have begun to trade bejong malaysia. his taxi booking app has been downloaded by 6 million members in the six asean countries where it operates. it took 27 years of negotiations to get this far, and this is still only the start of economic integration. >> i think asean will continue to move forward slowly, and it will be correct to do so because that's the reason why it hasn't faced the kind of problems that the eu is facing. it's keeping its people with them. i think as governments keep that goal in mind and make it into a real single market, there will be huge gains to be made for the people of asean. >> asean is in no rush. analysts say its steady course approach has perhaps been a strong point in a world of turbulent global finance. al jazeera, kuala lumpur. >>> we should know within the hour who the next president will be in argentina. exit polling shows the opposition candidate is on track to win. we're live from buenos aires. teresa, what does this election say about the policies of outgoing president christina ku

australia, canada japan, malaysia new zealand, singapore, south korea and taiwan.s me to the point i want to emphasize here. for more than a year the united states has build a coalition against isil of some 65 nations. given the focus of america's campaign, sometimes the contributions of our partners are overlooked. in fact, since the g20, a number of our coalition members have stepped up with new commitments. so today i want to take a moment to recognize how our allies and partners advance every aspect of our strategy. nearly two dozen of our partners contribute to the military campaign, which has taken more than 8,000 strikes against isil so far. and as i've said we're ready to welcome or cooperate with other countries that are determined to truly fight isil as well. 15 countries have deployed personnel to train and support local forces in iraq. the united arab emirates and germany are organizing 25 coalition partners to stabilize areas in iraq liberated from isil. italy is according the effort to train iraqi police. on the political front, u.s. leadership brough

. >>> president obama was briefed on this mali attack while he was in malaysia.said he was monitoring the situation there in malaysia and it's the last stop on the president's nine-day trip overseas. >>> during a college town hall the president encouraged young people in that predominantly muslim nation to reject the vision of the militants who carry out acts of terror. >> you can set an example and not just to stand up to violent extremism, but to build interfaith dialogue, promote tolerance and to combine an appreciation of your own culture and traditions with the modern world. >> obama praised malaysia as a muslim nation that promotes peace and tolerance. >>> critics are blasting presidential hopeful donald trump. [ inaudible question ] >> there should be a lot of systems. today you can do it, but right now we have to have a border. we have to have strength and we have to have a wall and we cannot let what's happening in this country. >> i would certainly implement that. >> absolutely. >> what do you think the effect of that would be? how does that work? >> it

. >> the president spoke in malaysia where he was wrapping up attendance at regional summits. >>> in a few minutes terror and social media. how isil uses it to recruit and carry out attacks. a topic expected in the week ahead as french president francois hollande travels to washington. >>> in the aftermath of paris, there are renewed calls for tougher policing of the u.s. -- the eu's border, but any change to the rules could undermine the free movement of the eu. laurence lee has more from the crow wait ya and slow vena border. >> fences, the european union for years campaigned against them. in northern ireland's divided communities, in the occupied palestinian territories. now inside europe itself security just like every where else is trumping high morale talk of human rights. greece has a fence. macedonia is currently making one. hungary had already fenced itself off even more liberal slovenia has been buying the barbed wire. all this is calling into question what the european union's greatest supporters said was the greatest achievement, border-free travel, otherwise known as sch

also seeing weakness in malaysia, singapore, despite the strong debut of jumbo holdings.re, taiwan is looking quite good, as is new zealand, but it is australia that is seeing quite a bit of weakness coming through, particularly from the mining players. bhp billiton has been coming under pressure, as well, due to the mining disaster we've seen in brazil. bykorea, the kospi, down 4/10 of 1% in the early session. weakness coming through on stocks that have been fallen by more than 10%, so that is weighing on the kospi and the yuan. handshake 70as a years in the making, and it lasted more than a minute. the leaders of china and taiwan, meeting face-to-face for the first time since 1945. bloomberg news' reporter at large is here. it was hugely symbolic. >> it is very symbolic. it's the first handshake between leaders from taiwan and china, ,or the first time since 1949 and therefore, it has served huge historic symbol laws them. -- symbolism. rishaad: the man on the left, he can't stand again in taiwan for the presidency. ting: he is retiring. rishaad: he has to constitutiona

malaysia's expecting cpi and malan's export orders to come out. and we did see overnight in the u.s., united health threatening to exit the affordable care act. that was a big hit. this is for primary health care. and the australia stock down, this is due to margin compression and revenue environment. this is a japanese company down about 1%. tellas is down. continued uncertainty is seen in clinical trials for that pharmaceutical company. and it talking about the ipo watch in hong kong, talking about them not having a good trading debut. i have them placed on the low end. i think it is 4% down. another ipo we are watching today, a hospital in hong kong, .hat is up 21% this morning that is china's largest psychological -- psychiatric group. rishaad: police have smashed down some baking schemes -- banking schemes. this includes money laundering. steve engels looking at this story, what do we know? authorities say that they busted china's largest underground banking case, that has involved transactions worth $410 billion -- 64 billion u.s. dollars. t

what about indonesia, malaysia, which has large populations of muslims?here are questions about militarization to contend with. simon: today, straley receives its first batch of recognized asylum-seekers from syria. as the firstive batch of 12,000 people from that region. will the welcome they receive be the same as it would've been had the paris attacks not taken place? we will see interesting questions posed about the security screening which will inevitably have to take place for anyone coming out of the middle east. in australia, the same goes for any country that is taking place for asylum-seekers across the country. about thetions population. in china do they pose a greater threat as a result of these actions? will the fact that isis can no longer receive so many overseas mean that many who would be soldiers of isis stay at home and pose a greater threat in this region? these of the demanding questions that are secured he forces will be looking at in great detail for the next few days and weeks ahead. yvonne: we certainly will be. we appreciate your