. >>> malaysia has welcomed the arrival of its first group of syrian refugees. two families fleeing syria's civil war were the first of many who will eventually enter the country. the southeast asian nation plans to accept 3,000 refugees and migrants over the next 3 years. both families arrived at kuala lumpur international airport on tuesday night. they were greeted by malaysian government officials. their plan is to live with relatives who have already settled in malaysia. >> the malaysian government, help us to bring our family to be safe here. >> malaysian officials say they'll continue to accept migrants and refugees as planned but given recent high-profile terror attacks will carefully screen those who enter the country. muslims account for more than 60% of malaysia's population. >>> figures out from japan's cabinet office this morning gives us a hint of how company managers are dealing the country's economic prospects. ai uchida joins us from the business desk. >> the numbers show an upbeat trend. managers have been spending more on upgrading their equipm

in june 2015 malaysia, there is a size, among others, this highlights malaysia's commitment to the f.e a standard. we are strong, legal and military framework for committing terrorism financing. malaysia's legal framework for targeted financial sanction against terrorism provides strong tools to identify terrorist networks come and take steps to freeze their assets. the regime against terrorism is administered robustly and is well implemented -- malaysia is adopting the proposal contained in new resolution. our conference of the national anti-money laundering and combating financing of terrorism plan includes measures such as engaging with -- on anti-terrorizing financial issues. malaysia's financial regulators and compliance of issues concern that use and share information on issues relating to the implementation of anti-money-laundering and counting the financing of terrorism with our regional, international counterparts. we constantly work to identify key daesh threats concluding the modus operandi of a terrorist financing, enhance investigation techniques as well as conduct specia

all roads carrying bauxite lead to malaysia's port. stockpiled until it's ready to be sent abroad but the journey from land to ship comes at a cost according to some members of the public. for ali akbar and his community, there is a real concern about contamination of fresh water sources. >> the bauxite is in the river that flows to the sea. we are concerned about the long term effects on sea life and the people who depend on it for a living. >> confirmed that mining activities in the area have led to various environmental contamination. but it's the man in charge of the state who says he's sympathetic to the environmental concerns but rules out banning the trade. >> i can't close it because many people are getting benefit from this activity. but in the final analysis, we'll give concern to the welfare of the people at large. >> back at his house he continues to worry about the impact of mining for bauxite and the unknown effects it will have on his community and the region. salil raman, al jazeera, malaysia. >>> what they think the ci

they detained a suspect after a malaysia ship was hijacked but sources in indonesia says the hijackingpore business man has yet to be arrested and f navy and policemen in singapore have not responded to questions from al jazeera. >> perhaps singapore wants to deny that its citizens or its residents may necessarily not be involved in piracy activity. the financial sector in singapore is very strong and quite influential and it's always been slightly autonomous of the singapore government and perhaps a degree of reluctance to really open up that pandora's box. >> lack of law enforcement and reluctance to share information among singapore, may -- malaysia and singapore regarding those who pass by every day, al jazeera, singapore. >>> competition to choose the official logo for the 2020 tokyo olympics closes on monday and likely to end at least one of the many embarrassing chapters to the committee as harry faucet explains. >> since the victory in the biddle process viewed as a way of showing japan could rebound from the triple disaster of tsunami and earthquake and there was a logo ban a

we found her at an uncle's house in malaysia, more than 1,000 kilometers from indonesia where we met. >> in indonesia, they took good care of us. we had enough food, but we were sad, because we had nobody. that's why i decided to come here. >> in may, she and her 18-year-old brother landed. they were separated on the journey and both drifted at sea for a month after smugglers abandoned them. many travel, them died on the way. she recognized her brother in a photo we took in a different camp and finally, the siblings were reunited. >> that was the last time they saw each other. we find him living in a tent, spending most of his time praying. >> when i met my sister, i was so happy. i felt like i finally had my family again. now she has gone. i'm heartbroken. i'm so sad. >> the siblings had tried to leave indonesia together, but he was betrayed hi his smuggler and abandoned. she made it on to a boat but drifted 48 hours after a smuggler abandoned her at sea. >> i could not stop crying and could not eat for two days. i was to afraid we would die. >> the story is a tale of thousands of ro

allen fisher, al jazeera, las vegas. >>> malaysia in a mining, boom after they ban exports last yeare top exporterer to china but the pace has left many worried on impact on health and the environment and we report on the east coast of malaysia. >> reporter: dozens of trucks pass the home everyday, his idea of a stress-free retirement was shattered a year ago when mining, for this increased in malaysia and the trucks start early in the day and finish late at night and ruined the road, tranquility. >> we complain to authorities and they came to visit and no one has helped, no one to help us and our grandchildren have fallen ill and we have to bear the cost. >> reporter: involving digging up large parts of farmland and owners have given access to excavate and it is sent to china at 60 a ton and the family has to leave the home everyday to get away from the noise and dust. others had to close his open air restaurant because of the air pollution. he has rebuilt it at a cost of a thousand dollars, a small fortune for him hoping his customers will return. all roads carrying this lead to th

in malaysia hiv positive orphans are often overlooked for adoption but as robin reports now one womano change attitudes there. >> reporter: appears to be just like any other 13-year-old boy, playing with his brothers and sister and getting into all sorts of mischief but life for all five of his adopted siblings is not easy and has been looking after hiv infected children since 1991 and two of his siblings were abandon on the doorstep as babies and others given up by parents who didn't want the responsible of a sick child and they help immediately and bringing the community on board took more time, nearly a decade. >> if it's a face-to-face then i have to explain to them the reason why we have to take care of the positive children. so i just hope that whatever i have explained can educate them. >> reporter: few like her willing to care for children with hiv and gives them hope of a brighter future. >> translator: when i leave school i would like to be a mechanic, i really like fast cars. >> reporter: government figures suggest there are 13,000 in legally registered care homes and no st

angie: it would be a negative for malaysia. but indonesia?> indonesia is more balanced than it used to be. we were anticipating for next are the commodities remain weak. this is a big headwind for emerging markets broadly speaking. rishaad: it is down this time because of opec. a lot of people said opec was dead. opec itself just confirmed it. >> right at the start of my -- this is very much to do with shale gas. dynamic. the same this is a very dangerous game of chess saudi arabia is playing. they have tied geopolitical events to this. they have declared price for on russia and the u.s.. there is political dimension to it, but the other one is to maximize the long run value of the oil asset. four vladimir putin, f -- vladimir putin,or it is part of russia's strength in the world. the geopolitical shadows of this, really big. 14% of gdp. there is no doubt about it, you should stay underweight that energy. rishaad: it has been quite resistance the show producers have put up in many ways. they've been able to withstand it. backe supply has ratc

robin with al jazeera, east coast of malaysia. >>> he died in 2012 aged over 100, the last of his species scientists say they are planning to use the dna of the last pintal sattel back ftortoie to bring him back to life and many are expect but matching the genes of exiting animals with dna samples the research team believes they can breed a tortoise with 95 match to their extinct ancestors. i'm ali velshi i i'm ali velshi in las vegas,hige ultrawealthy use their powers. what it means for america's democracy. good evening and welcome to las vegas, nevada. i'm here for the final republican presidential primary debate of 2015.

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and already malaysia has devalued its currency, as has vietnam. this agreement bans the united states from making commitments on climate change in trade agreements. and my colleagues have spoken about this. provisions that are necessary for -- to ensure our trade policy does not negate our climate goals. you've got -- what is it, i don't know, 200 countries assembled in the paris to look at how we bring some sanity to climate control. and what we do, we have the president there and these efforts are more important now than ever. and we will be able to do nothing about dealing with the issue of climate. this is a massive step backwards for the already weak environmental obligations in our trade agreements. this bill contains no funding support for the enforcement and monitoring of our trade agreements. lack of enforcement has plagued our trade deals for decades. despite environmental rules in the u.s. free trade agreement, of verwhelming majority timber from peru is illegally logged. despite the labor rules in the colombia free trade agreement, ove

we have the report from malaysia. >> r2d2 and 3po with a distinct difference. this is "star wars" and this is shadow puppets, elaborate shadow cast by intricately crafted puppets are projected onto a screen. the master puppeteer controls every move, provides the narration, and the voices. white the traditional band of musicians plays the soundtrack. >>> it's to reconnect youth to this traditional art. so maybe if you use something they can easily recognize, then it will help the project. >> reporter: it came to fruition with the help of a veteran of the arm form. he's seen the popularity dwindle over the decades. this is another way he hopes to keep the art of it alive. he started a gallery for visitors as well as his school where he trains pup tears, craf craftsmen and the that. >> in the past they atractsed crowds of up to 1,000 people. that number has more than halved with the younger generation choosing to watch movies and concerts instead. so the renewed interest comes as a pleasant surprise. >> it's a pleasure to be a puppeteer. i never expected it. there

he met with the prime minister in malaysia where they talk about how malaysia had also agreed to host one of these centers. there is a substantial population of muslims in malaysia and in southeast asia more generally. by locating one of these centers in the region, we are hoping it can be more effective in ability toisil's spread their ideologies in that part of the world. at home, we know there is lawing work, not just in enforcement but other government agencies to reach out to leaders in muslim communities and to enlist them in the effort to prevent those who are vulnerable beingl's ideology from radicalized. >> do you think that the president will play a role in that? josh earnest: i would not rule it out. this obviously is a priority of the administration and that was an event, a year ago, where we brian -- we brought in not just government leaders, but law enforcement leaders from across the country and the leaders from across the country including muslim leaders. , with the deadline being today, that did not happen. do you anticipate there will be a deal over the weekend and w

thank the representative of lithuania for his statement and give the floor to the representative of malaysia. >> thank you, madam president. i wish to, first, thank secretary-general ban ki-moon for his briefing. we are of the view that by bringing the i have korean that issg process to new york, nonparticipating council members are able to substantively engage on issues concerning the situation in syria on which we would have preferred to have more time for consultations. this is an important step in insuring and cementing council's unity of purpose and vision on way forward for syria. that the international community has a strong desire to see an end to the conflict in syria cannot be -- [inaudible] because in terms of human life and property to date is simply staggering. such suffering and misery must end now. it is for this primary reason that malaysia joined unanimous decision on resolution 2254, building upon the vision and principles of the geneva communique and the vienna statements and the collective will of the international community to bring about a peaceful and sustainable resol

. >> see who wins this machete melee in malaysia. >>> and a woman gives her husband a mystery gift. >> ding. ding. ding. >> exactly. >> wait a minute. that have change his life forever. >>> a two-alarm fire in chestertown, maryland, gives us stunning video but also a pretty compelling story as well. from the get-go here we are on the helmet cam of captain david easton, jr., they are approaching a two story farmhouse fire. this is where somebody lives as well. now, the alarm was raised by the feed delivery driver. in the early in the morning he was turning up to deliver feed of course, noticed there was a fire. he was the one that he can two up the people in the house. they had absolutely no idea. pure coincidence and it was very, very lucky because you can see just how involved it is. and there is some pretty incredible footage as these guys try to gain entry. >> you said farmhouse, how old of a building are we talking about? >> they say it's almost 100 years old. you see as these guys try to doors and it's like the fires of haiti themselves open up in front of them. it's a battle tha

as soon as i get one, y'all, it >>> police in malaysia are hoping the security footage outside of a bakery will help them find this man. you will see a child walk into the frame and then a mom with another child and see this guy here with the motorcycle helmet. things are about to get disgustingly real, really quickly. he creeps up behind the woman and he snatches her purse, but not before knocking down her little girl. yes. >> the minute i thought he was snatching the baby. >> we've seen that. that happens in malaysia, kidnapping kids and hold them for ransom. >> glad it's not the child. >> seriously, take the purse, leave the baby. >> looks like the baby may have been hurt. >> the baby is not hurt. you see employees from the bakery run out and folks in the parking lot rush to help her. one of the employees picks the child up. the baby is fine. it's jarring to see a child get caught in the middle of something so horrific. >> there were several items inside of the purse, cash, a cell phone, gold bracelet and personal documents. just really needs those personal documents back. >> the thing

al jazeera, m malaysia. >> "star wars": the force awakens" the film is opening for fans today. regular fans have been camped out in front of the historic chinese theater for more than a week. they're waiting for thursday's midnight screening. thank you for joining us. i'm patricia sagba. the news continues with del walters. president obama is expected to speak from the white house about the fight against isil. >> we want freedom, freedom! >>...and what america can learn from chicago's ongoing gun violence. >> isil set to speak on national security soon as he tries to ease the nation's fears over potential threats. >>> closing arguments in baltimore, the jury could soon have the case of the first officer tried in the death of freddie gray. >>> new restrictions on operating drones. and the shake up ahead of tomorrow night's g.o.p. debate. >> you're looking live right now. that's the pentagon briefing room. that's where president obama

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in malaysia some people are using it to revive interest in an ancient arm. >> reporter: r 2 d2 and rc 3po are recognised but with a different. this is star wars of shadow puppets. lab shadow cast been puppets are projected onto a screen. the master p earnings ppeteer provides the narration and the voices and controls the moves. it is a concept dreamt up by designer and a friend. >> we want to reconnect youth with this traditional act. so maybe if you use something which they can easily recognise is the way to help the project. >> reporter: fusion came to fruition with a veteran of the heart form. dane has seen the popularity of the puppets din delicatessen over the decades. this is another way of keeping it alive. he started a gallery for visitors as well as the school where he trains people. in the past a performance attracted crowds of us to a thousand people. that number has more than halved with the younger generation choosing to watch movies and concerts instead. the renewed interest comes as a pleasant surprise. >> it is a pleasure to do this. there is so many audience come to w

although registered as a refugee she now lives as an undocumented immigrant in malaysia. there she married a childhood friend from her village in myanmar. the couple lives a subsistence. >> everything was burned and we had no freedom there, not even the pray. so despite everything i'm thankful. >> once a month rosea and aman talk on the phone and hope they may be reunited again for good. step vaessen, al jazeera in kuala lumpur. >> in a similar vein it is more than a year since 43 students went missing in mexico and their loved ones are still searching for justice. in a final part of our five families series, we meet one of the families. here on al jazeera on tuesday. >>> it's time now for sport with andy richardson. >> thank you david. well louis van hall is fighting for his life as manager of manchester united. van hall has seen his team lose three straight games. they are into the second half at el trafford. tottenham, home team, then a late late winner from spurs is south korean international song hon min. >> the show was fantastic. >> three games ongoing, arsenal can

while the patrols are seen as a solution, the biggest problem lies on the land, in indonesia, malaysia and singapore where leaders of pirate syndicates are able to evade arrest. three months ago police in indonesia detained a suspect after a ship was highjacked, but sources in indonesia say the suspected financier is a singaporean businessman who is yet to be arrested. police have not responded to our questions. >> perhaps singapore wants to deny that its citizens or its residents may necessarily not be involved in piracey activities. it is influential and it has always been autonomous of the singapore government. perhaps there is a degree degree of reluctance to open up that pandora's box >> reporter: lack of law enforcement appeared a reck luck tans to share information amongst singapore, malaysia and indonesia creates uncertain and fear for those passing through south-east asia every day >>> the competition to choose the logo for the 2020 olympics ends on monday. >> reporter: since the celebrations of tokyo's victory in the bidding process showing that japan could rebound from the 2

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at a star wars shadow puppet show in malaysia. and in sport - why it was a family affair at badminton's biggest event of the year. year. >>> welcome back, an anonymous street artist has been placing street characters made from tiles on new york buildings. as part of a lucrative art scene with some street artists world famous. gabriel elizonda from new york. >> >> reporter: all over new york, some artististic works have people looking up. works by a parisian artist is appearing on the scene. new york city was the latest target of til muir ags, installed in 65 other cities around the globe. it catapulted them into the top ranks of street artists, works selling at an auction for hundreds of thousands. >> i enjoy what he does and stuff. i want to see him. a lot of people like to destroy the stuff. you have to act quick to see him. >> 2013 when he visited us every piece ha put up was stolen. now he has to go higher. >> reporter: sometimes as high as the top floors. graffiti and street art may have started as a reaction, but more often

find out how science fiction is helping to revive an ancient art in malaysia. the political crisis in burundi is escalating where security forces are accused of targeting young men in the capital of bujumbura. at least 87 people were killed in attacks on friday. that's the worst incident since the violence began. witnesses say dozens of bodies were found lying on the streets, some with their hands tied behind their backs. the arm says the people they killed were enemies of the state. it began with coordinated attacks by unidentified gunmen on three military sites. the u.n. security council has condemned the killing say it is ready to consider further steps. more from our correspondent in kenya. how are you streets in burundi right now? -- how are the streets in burundi right now? >> reporter: there is an uneasy calm on the streets in bujumbura, the capital of burundi. some of the airlines have that had cancelled flights have now resumed. the operation that is continuing in some suburbs of the capital, they are targeting young men and some of the suburbs being t

about 150 people have been arrested in malaysia, a muslim majority country, since 2013 in connectionith the islamic state militant group. the opposition and human rights groups say it could lead to unjustifiable arrests and the forcible removal of demonstrators. the prime minister was under investigation for having allegedly received some $700 million from a government fund. in august, a massive demonstration took place demanding his resignation. >>> earlier this year, images of people crammed onto fishing boats were seen by television viewers around the world. the migrants came from myanmar and bangladesh. representatives from southeast asian nations sat down in bangkok to discuss ways to deal with the boat people. since may, thousands of people have drifted close to a number of asean countries facing the indian ocean. they are rohingya muslims fleeing alleged oppression in buddhist-dominated myanmar and bangladeshis trying to escape poverty. officials from more than 20 countries including southeast asian nations and representatives internatial ornizaons tend the conference on frida

we have the explanation from malaysia. >> r 2 d 2, you can recognize them with a distinct difference. this is uncle and these are shadow puppets. elaborate shadows casted by intricately puppets are proje projected onto a screen. the master puppeteer controls every move and provides the narration and voices. while the traditional band of musicians playing the soundtrack. it's a concept dreamt up by a designer and a friend. >> we wanted to reconnect youth with this act. maybe if you use go that makes it easy to recognize, thaen you don't have any help to project. >> reporter: why he came to with the help of a veteran of the art form. dane say the popularity dwindle over the decades. this is another way he hopes to keep the art alive. he started a gallery for visitors as well as a school where he trains puppetry, crash mep and musicians. >> in the past a performance attracted crowds of up to 100 people. that number has halved but the young generation will watch movies and concerts ned. so the renewed interest is a pleasant surprise. >> i never expect there are so many that come to walk u

malaysia was in the same category as iran, just five months ago. where are our values with regard to human life? the biggest problem with our economy today is that too many americans are in jobs that do not pay them enough to live on. they are struggling. and one of the main reasons for this is several decades of bad trade policy that has shipped millions of jobs overseas. like the policies in this customs bill and the t.p.p. people like to talk about, in this body, that all of the job loss, the wage depression, is because of technology and globalization. it is, it is because of the policy choices we have made over the years. it is time for us to rewrite the rules. millions -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. ms. delauro: can i get one more minute? mr. levin: how about 30 seconds? ms. delauro: millions of jobs are at stake. the fate of our country's economy. working class families in this nation are struggling just to get by. men and women are scraping together meager earnings to put food on the table. warm their home. t

we travel to west singapore and malaysia to show how they operate. >> pirates are back in south-east asia, after years of calm, creating fear in one of the world's busiest sea lanes where more than 100,000 vessels pass through every year. carrying oil to china, korea and japan, and son assumer goods. 12 tankers were high-jacked. most cases are unreported. a malaysian shipping company was attacked for a third time. nine pirates carrying knives and guns were arrested, gaoled for 10 years. the way pirates operate has changed. >> these pirates were confined to - you know, they steel the morning group, the shackles. they are not professional. maybe the folks are not trying to do this stuff. but nowadays, they are well organized. it's not easy transferring 700, 800 tonnes of oil. >> most pirates come from the indonesian fishing villages, but the syndicates are led by buyers and forgers from other asian nation, mostly targetting oil tankers. >> there's is considerable amount of demand for black market fuel. and generally this tends to go upstream to blending, if it's marine oil or marine ga

finds out how science fix is helping revive an ancient artistic tradition in malaysia. e first we're going to start with breaking news. russian defense ministry has summoned the turkish, which prevented a collision between one of its surveillance ships and a turkish fishing boat. it is said to have happened 20 kilometres of off a greek island. it is said that it used small arms against the boat after the boat failed to respond to radio contact and also warning flairs. we have our correspondent. what else can you tell us? >> reporter: apparently the russian surveillance ship was sailing 22 kilometres off a greek island in the northern part of the algean sea and then the narration we have is coming from russia saying that their surveillance ship tried to warn the approaching turkish fishing vessel, but apparently it failed and they used some signals and then they had to resort to what they call small arms fire to prevent the collision. this is an important development. it comes after the rising tensions between russia and turkey and that's because turkey shot down a russi

plus, we take you to the star wars shadow puppet show in malaysia >>> but first, an international conference is under way in rome, aiming to end the conflict in libya. members of the two rival political factions are expected to attend, along with the u.s. secretary of state john kerry. representatives of both administrations have agreed to sign a u.n. brokered peace deal. libya's been in turmoil since muammar gaddafi was overthrown four years ago. libya's two parliament have been vying for military and political control since the militias took over the capital tripoli. it forced out the internationally recognised government to the eastern city of tobruk. the u.n. brokered deal makes up a government agreed by both sides. >> the two rival parliament are set to meet on wednesday, agreeing to sign up to that agreement. but the militias fighting on the ground have not confirmed whether they'd accept the u.n. deal >>> and the main obstacles have been the disbanding of the militias and the removal of general khalifa haftar, the tobruk parliament's military commander. live to zeina khodr, who is at

we are seeing malaysia. you mentioned jakarta. 1.4%. hong kongns out of markets. the nikkei, building on yesterday's gains. 2.25% midday. sydney stocks holding on, recovery across some of those will names. is oneicular, celtics of the biggest movers. surging as high as 10% earlier. we are seeing weakness across iron ore minors. i want to look at some of the currencies and focus today. we expected weakness. tantrum, it was the ring get that suffered. -- ringgit that suffered. still one of the worst performers. we are also seeing relative calm when it comes to the ringgit. it has fallen into the red. seeing weakness. not too much to write home about. we are all focusing on the yuan. 4.5 year low. be the 10th day of decline for the chinese currency. a lot of people saying, we would stop seeing the depreciation following the inclusion in the imf ask it. -- basket. it looks like we are into a longer stretch of decline for the chinese currency. we are seeing that continue. we will be watching that. interesting time to send these u.s.ls, hours after the proved to be firs

and here in singapore where pirate syndicates face arrest and they detained a suspect after a malaysiajacked but sources in indonesia says a singapore man is yet to be arrested and people in singapore have not responded to questions from al jazeera. >> perhaps singapore wants to deny that its citizens or its residents may necessarily be involved in piracy activity and financial sector in singapore is very strong and very quite influential and it's always been slightly atonomous with the singapore government and reluctance to open up the pandora's box. >> reporter: lack of law enforcement and reluctance to share information with indonesia and malaysia creates fear and thousands of sailors who pass through southeast asia everyday, al jazeera, singapore. >>> nepal two million who lost their homes in earthquake earlier this year still waiting for help and rebuilding has been delayed after political parties cannot agree on who should head the reconstruction authority, now the government thinks it has found a way forward and we report now from kathmandu. >> reporter: on the edge of kathmandu

it is for this primary reason that malaysia joins consensus on resolution 2254.madam president, we support resolution 2254's aim of building upon division and principles of the geneva communique and the vienna statements and the collective will of the international community to bring about a peaceful and sustainable resolution to the syrian conflict. in this context, my delegation expresses deep appreciation to the special envoy for his untiring efforts which we fully support. moving into its fifth year the syrian conflict continues to be a litany of horrific human rights abuses and violations, and most notoriously for violations of international humanitarian law through use of toxic chemicals as weapons and indiscriminate attacks against civilian perpetrated by parties to the conflict. the syrian people are tormented further by daesh, al nusra, and other terrorist groups and violent extremists, when an influx of foreign terrorist fighters. the syrian government must accept that it has the primary responsibility and obligation to protect its own people in accorda

the government's response to these matters. >> reporter: the civil rights activists say malaysia has existing laws to deal with security issues. instead, they want a commitment to uphold civil liberties >>> the death toll from a powerful typhoon has risen. more than 160,000 houses were destroyed by the storm and the philippines president has declared a state of calamity in affected areas. the weather now with richard. is there any sign of a let up in the rain across the philippines? >> reporter: yeah. still widespread flooding there and rain comes in every day. it continues to pile up. if we look at the satellite, we see a great mass across the southern portions. the situation doesn't look that bad at least as this image. if you look terrain fall, 168 millimeters in 24 hours, but over a period of five days, we've in something like 600 millimeters. when you think of the december average is just about 60 millimeters or so, it has been torrential. the shares are going in across this area, but i don't think it will be as heavy. it is a case of flood waters continuing to subside over the

plus we have the story of a malaysia mom who offers a loving and secure home for children with hiv.er in sport the nba biggest star bids to keep his team's unbeaten start to the season intact. ♪ china's president xi jinping is in zimbabwe going to africa and will pledge investment to the cash-strapped country but as we report more loans could lead to more debt. >> reporter: most products sold in this mall are made in china and he just returned from there and goes for supplies. >> four or five months and i take my stuff and almost for two months i take my stuff and it's very good. things are very good. >> reporter: zimbabwe sectors operate less than half capacity and many goods sold here come from china and they blame western sanctions for the weak industrial and manufacturing sectors which were imposed several years ago with human rights and allegations the government denies. china is often criticized for not speeging out against trading partners and officials want to barrow money for hospitals, schools and roads but zimbabwe economy is struggling and wonder how they plan to pay chi

hunting found, malaysia the owners of three abandoned jumbo jets. they reserve the right to sell them if they are not collected in 14 days. it is a public holiday in indonesia. commodities reverberating across exchanges in the asia-pacific. downturn we have an commodities across the board playing into markets. and gas sector slightly higher on the regional benchmark index, led by a rebound in some companies hit hard. weakness coming through in shanghai. deflationary pressures , downuing, cpi out today by 2.1%. hang saying down by 7/10 of 1%. the nikkei 225 continuing to weaken today, down another 1%. similar to what we saw yesterday despite encouraging machine orders. positive and negative territory, flat there, pick up in new zealand and the philippines. of theto show you some big movers, particularly china. orphave seen metallurgical c of china has dropped as much as 14% this morning. set for its lows close in five months, that as it became a listed unit. a down 7%. is one of those that debuted on the market today, hitting its limit of 44%. that's

the mystery of the missing malaysia flight 370 was solved when a wind washed up off the coast of africa. world lead recalls agreed on a climate change deal to get to all countries to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions scientists say are warming the planet and britain welcomes prince william and kate's second child, princess charlotte. jonathan vigliotti, "cbs news," london. >>> a busy year, coming up, a california gas company has pinpointed a leaking well that forced thousands of from hoechlts we'll get the details. avoid expensive fees when rebooking the flight. >>> and the growing problem of distracted walking as people are injured while on their smartphones. that's the "cbs morning news" for this tuesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. .> parts of the northeast are waking up to snow this morning.. across the country. ((kirsten joyce))

many audience come to watch, and to me it is a good sign. >> reporter: the troop travels around malaysiagiving performances which are being well received. >> most of the young people are excited, the idea is crazy, how can you do something which is science fiction, in a very old culture. >> reporter: however the show wii has received permission from lucas films, the producer of the star wars film, needs funding until then it's only a 1 15 mine performance. florence looi. al jazeera. >> and may the force be with them. coming up, third rail. we leave you with this picture of the empire state building, lit up in blue and white, in honor of the last night of hanukkah. good night. >> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's going on, not just in this country, but around the world. getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> ali velshi on target. i'll ask a democratic member on the house homeland security committee. on the panel is there a right way to respond to mass shooting, and why fear is great business for the n.r.a. this

there are about half a dozen unicorns in southeast asia, mostly in singapore and malaysia.donesia is going big on e-commerce. it's a new, struggling, kind of fledgling industry in indonesia, but it's something that is ready to take off. a few players are ready to invest and there is a lot of capital going there as well. emily: finally, you predict a number of different countries in asia are going to the moon. of course, this is interesting in light of elon musk's big success in landing a reusable rocket today. why this rush to the moon? tim: we know that china, japan, and even russia have plans to send a mission to the moon, but they will basically be unmanned missions. they will collect samples. send a drone, pick up some moon rocks, head back. as we know, putting a human on the moon is a big step. none of those nations have announced a timeline. our own moonshot prediction is that one of those countries will come forth and decide they want to give it a shot. emily: the united states did it in 1972. elon musk has up to the ultimate goal to mars. tim in taiwan, thank you fo

we are getting cpi numbers out of singapore, malaysia by midday today. we're seeing an uptick in oil prices, really helping commodity-sensitive industries across australia and southeast asia. let's look at the movers. the international listed hong kong company surging by 7%. suspended, buto, resuming trading today, up almost 10%. it purchased a $1.1 billion in china's largest bmw distributor to broaden its networks across that luxury sector. noble group is also doing well today. it has announced that it sold the rest of its agricultural unit. that will be used to pay down debt. noble is trying to hold on to its investment-grade rating. thank you. we have some breaking news. a new zealand court has rolled om is eligible for extradition to the u.s., facing charges of copyright infringement, money laundering, and racketeering. we go live from sydney. tell us more. judge found overwhelming that forthat individuals should be extradited, including kim dot com. when the verdict was read out, little emotioned in court. another first out into tears. this case has

they're headed to for malaysia, and thailand. they all did agree to offer temporary refuge.but many were stranded on boats in the sea for days. two rohingya siblings escaped and were separated at sea, they finally landed in heche, we revisit those siblings to see how they are doing. >> they fled prosecution in myanmar. surviving two hazard douse boat journeys. more than a thousand kilometers from indonesia. where we met seven months ago. >> in indonesia they took good care of us, we had enough food. but we were sad because we had nobody. that's why i decided to come here. >> in may, they landed, and were separated on the journey, and both drifted at sea for months after smugglers abandoned them. many traveling with them died on the way. she recognized her brother in a photo we took in a different camp and finally the siblings were reunited. >> that was the last time they saw each other. we find the brother spending most of his time praying. >> when i met my sister i was so happy. i felt like i have my family again. now she has gone and i'm heartbroken. i'm so sad. >> the sib

this is a good sign. >> the troop travels around malaysia giving performances that are well received. >> most of the young people - the idea is crazy. how can you do something which is science ction fiction -- skins fiction. >> however the the producers need funding. until then it's only a 15 minute performance. >> thank you so much for joining us, the news continues with randall pinkston next. have a good night. good night. >>> this is al jazeera america. i'm randall pinkston in new york with a look at the day's top stories. protesters hit the streets of south los angeles after a video shows sheriff's deputies killing a gun-wielding man at an intersection. one month ago, mourners ponder the meaning of the deadly terrorist attack >>> voting in saudi arabia -

. >> reporter: a passenger plane headed from the netherlands to malaysia suddenly falls from the sky.aysia airlines flight mh-17 brought down near the ukraine, russia, border by russian-backed rebels. using this surface-to-air missile system. the ramifications far reaching and incredibly alarming. because of who may be trying to obtain similar missiles now. is there any concern today that terrorist groups would have their hands on something like this? >> i think it's probably safe to assume that at some level there are efforts underway. >> reporter: folks back home will immediately say, god, look at that missile, can a group like isis get their hands on it? >> it would not be possible, but we would certainly say there's going to need to be training involved. >> reporter: mark clark is director of of the missile and space intelligence sector, a member of the u.s. intelligence agency or dia. located far from the battlefields of iraq and afghanistan in huntsville, alabama. the home of america's own rocket program. filling the grounds are rogue weapons, some captured, some purchased, some

what we learned was she had left the united states, went to malaysia, and then from malaysia went to south africa where she met geldenhuys. from there in 1999, she moved to botswana. in 2003, she moved up to new zealand. and then after a couple of years she moved to australia. >> reporter: an 18-year-old mystery solved. in the movies, on tv, they find the person and they rush out to make the arrest. story's over. did that happen in this case? >> no. we had to get the state department involved. department of justice involved. and we had to get a provisional arrest warrant that the australians would accept because we have to abide by their laws. >> reporter: harris wanted to fly to australia right away, but the fbi asked him to let bureaucracy take its course. he figured he could wait a bit more. i think some people, though, may say that a real father would have gotten on that plane the moment he found out about where his daughter was. >> if i'd showed up in australia without any backup and run into my ex-wife or my daughter, i would have had no legal backing at that point. >> they cou

the jumbo jets are at three separate bays outside of malaysia's capital.fficials warn if no one claims them in 14 days they may have to sell the aircraft. amazing. >> patti labelle's potato pies are back on the shelves, you better get them while you can. the pies became hard to find after this youtube video praising them went viral. tuesday people scooped them up at the walmart on columbus boulevard. >> patty lapel, this is the patty edition, this is the on my own. >> the video that started the pie excitement. walmart rep told us they don't know when the other stores will be restocked. the plan is to start selling the pies year-round. >> every time i see that video it gets me. and sings really well. >> today, a special recognition for a student athlete. "sports illustrated" will honor reese witley naming him the sports kid of the year. it will happen at lincoln financial field later today. his fellow classmates and swimming teammates from penn charter will be on hand for that celebration. >> i think you'll like this. it's about compassion during the holida