we know that malaysia's imdb fund is at the centre of money laundering allegations.es had it set up by the prime minister. it was meant to turn kuala lumpur law into something of a financial hub. it attracted a lot of attention just two years ago after it missed payments for some of the $11 billion it owed to banks and bond holders. there was the wall streetjournal article, a number of reports, alleging that they had seen a lot of that money, some 700 million of the fund, go into the prime minister's personal bank account. quite the big scandal here. many countries are investigating financial institutions linked to 1mdb. and singapore is right across the border. it has been partially affected as well, of course, according to the managing director of the central bank. the two year—long review holds key lessons for both it and financial institutions in singapore following abuses linked to the 1mdb fund flows, they say. he went on to say that the price for keeping them clea n that the price for keeping them clean as they grow in size and interconnect is vigilance, accor

we in malaysia we predicted this rule change would accommodate it.allowed female players to wear the headgear so it has not affected us the headgear so it has not affected us in any way because we have been doing it for some time now. surely it would encourage younger players who might of been discouraged in the past? that is for sure and i am happy for basketball because now those who were wearing headgear is that they can join us in full force. the change in rules was approved unanimously, is that correct? so there was no opposition despite the old rules being there for quite sometime? not at all. it was presented by the secretary general of the organisation. it was unanimous. there was no objection. 0ther unanimous. there was no objection. other than malaysia, what other countries teams will be affected by this new rule? actually, if i remember correctly, there is even a player from remember correctly, there is even a playerfrom america remember correctly, there is even a player from america who was not allowed to play because she was wearing a he

in malaysia, we are racking up as well.re are documents from the police investigating one mdb as well. the u.s. department of justice has come to a settlement with the producers of the wolf of in assets related to the film. haidi: this is quite an extraordinary story, clearly still ongoing. thank you for keeping us up-to-date on that. saidg up, the st. louis president -- fed president calling for balance sheets calm. that's next. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: it's a 11:29 a.m. here in sydney. the local markets are trading to the downside for a third straight day. that's a view of the sydney house. a beautiful winter's day here. we are seeing downward pressure when it comes to aussie stocks having to decouple from the asian rally we had been. every sector accept materials and financials staying today.ove water the latest declines being driven by the poor outlook for commodities outtake in china. iron ore trading below $60 a ton for the first time since october.that is weighing on the broader commodities picture. i'm haidi lun

the man was arrested by airport security and malaysia said the disruptive passenger was a sri lankanb was in fact a battery. a correspondent for a radio station melbourne was at the airport to describe the pastors told him. melbourne was at the airport to describe the pastors told himlj have spoken to a passenger on board who said he stood up with a strange device, a little black thing which had some antennas coming out of it, he said he threatened to enter the cockpit and at that point the pilots advise an air hostess to tackle the man and passengers have managed detained him whilst the pilot turned around and got back to melbourne shortly before midnight so really a 40 minute ordeal. australian central police were at the tarmac but they didn't enter the plane for a good hour because they thought if they did that maybe the plane would detonate the device, they waited an hour and detonate the device, they waited an hourand then detonate the device, they waited an hour and then boarded the plane and arrested the man and eventually —— tha n kfu lly arrested the man and eventually —— th

the rhinoceros has now recovered and is living at a rhinoceros in this malaysia. has now recovered and malaysiam has now recovered and is living at a rhinoceros in this malaysia. it is one of the most endangered species one of the most endangered species on earth, fewer than 100 left. if we are to save them from extinction, every single last one counts. thank you to everyone who sent us photos on our hash tag. here are some of my favourites. this is a picture from hong kong. no prizes for guessing where this photo was taken. don't forget to check out twitter and facebook feeds for loads of extra special travel show content. now let's look at the travel videos clocking up the views online. the surf is up! with the european summer fast approaching we ride the waves with some of the internet‘s serving stars. breaks like this are few and far between. i've only serve these waves a couple of times a year but when we do it is well worth it. in my opinion what makes great surfing... something really tricky. —— trippy. we're just having fun. you have to go for it with what you have. do not swea

malaysia airlines releasing the statement.laysian airlines would like to stress that at no point was the aircraft hijacked. the disruptive passenger has been apprehended by airport security. we will investigate the incident." we will keep an eye on the story for you. >> jon: well, it was supposed to be a landmark trip, promoting icelandair's first ever flight from philadelphia to reykjavÍk, but the plane was diverted to boston after the pilots noticed an unusual's smell. the airline ceo was on the flight and were pictured earlier today touring the philadelphia before takeoff. all of the passengers on the flight have been forced to stay in boston for the night. >> there wasn't anything typically weird about the plane except it was a little bit hot. otherwise it was a very relaxing normal flight. >> jon: well, icelandair says there is no timing for when that flight will take off again, or if a new aircraft will be sent to boston to accommodate those passengers. >> heather: sticking to aircraft the news right now, some terrifying

sin heng sim is the deputy secretary general of the malaysia basketball association.ing is. actually, the old rules have been there for some time. and, as we progress we need to make some amendments. yesterday, the cabinet world congress in hong kong made a decision that the headgear is allowed to be worn by basketballers and provided there are no pins underneath the headgear —— world congress in hong kong. and it doesn't cover the eye or the nose or might injurea doesn't cover the eye or the nose or might injure a person if it is too tightly around the neck. so, i think this is a correct decision and it will be good for basketball development. because, asi understand, your team currently only has one muslim female player. has this old rule affected your decisions in selections of your players? actually, no. we in malaysia, we actually, sort of predicted that this would change and we just completed azema fully residential school championship, that allowed female papers to wear headgear. so, it does not in any way affect us, because we have been doing it for some time

it is basically malaysia's offer an world fund, set up in 2009 by the country's prime minister.kuala lumpur intoa was meant to turn the capital kuala lumpur into a financial hub, but instead it started to get negative attention when the wall street journal reported four years ago that some $700 million were transferred from the 1mdb to the personal bank account of the prime minister. he denies any wrongdoing, but that triggered investigations in at least half a dozen countries including singapore. it has so far shutdown two swiss—based private banks, imposed financial penalties over $20 million and this morning announced fines credit suisse. thanks for that. let's have a quick look at the markets. the ftse was closed yesterday because of the bank holiday here in the uk, but it has opened and is down two thirds, quite a sharp fall. we have had quite a sharp fall at the end of the long weekend. and michelle fleury has the details about what's ahead on wall street today. economic data due out this week could support or undermine the case for america's central bank to raise interest

malaysia up by .2%.her, atr, yields least today investors are willing to take on a little bit more risk. let's look at some of the stocks we are watching in these sessions. jumping by the daily limit for a second day after the automaker reached that settlement, up over 15.5% in tokyo. quitecue metals doing well, up 4%, one of the best when you look at the overall regional index. this is on the back of the iron ore story. the prime minister malcolm turnbull saying the largest charitable gift being made. singapore airlines weaker, it come of lunch on friday the biggest in six years on the back of quarterly profit come the first quarterly profit in three years. we will watch cathay pacific when it comes online. we are hearing it will cut 600 jobs. for that, but potentially some upside given restructuring plans underway. thank you so much. let's get worse word news with paul allen in sydney. president trump has told arab leaders of the war on terrorism is not a fight between different faiths. he told his mid

others, vietnam and malaysia in particular, access to the u.s.t is the primary point of interest. countries like them, it is a fair question as to whether it makes since to continue forward with tpp or if it might make since to continue on a bilateral track with the u.s.. effortso many years of come around after round of negotiations behind closed doors . it really looks like it was coming to fruition, then this happened. taken on thishave approach of expecting the unexpected with the trump administration, what is the potential they could act track on that stands and rejoin the negotiation? >> i certainly would not be presumptuous enough to make any predictions about what the trump administration might do, however although we have not seen any indications thus far of potential backtracking, that does not mean things could not change in the future. if the united states pursued a bilateral track, but found they were not able to get terms as favorable as what they had agreed to in the tpp, that would cast the tpp in a different light. whether that w

also weakness from southeast asia, singapore, malaysia up .1%. expect some of these markets getting more boost from the stabilizing crude story. indications from saudi arabia and russia that opec could be willing to extend that supply deal on top of news that u.s. inventories are starting to fall. take a look at this chart. the aussie dollar has had a bad time of it lately. it fell to a four-month low, and we are lurching to the longest stretch of weekly declines in a year, but when it comes to hedge funds, a whole lot of bullish bets when it comes to the aussie , but if you look at where iron ore, still looking unwell. the outlook for china, the major trading art and are there, some concerns over the reflation trade out of china. you can imagine there is further downside ahead when it comes to the aussie dollar. the aussie dollar fallen for a fourth straight week going by how the decline has been. we have first word news with paul allen. paul: new korean president moon is-in has told china he aware of concerns about the u.s. missile shield and w

malaysia has begun to get inflows back into equities and into debt.of that is because growth in the economy is gradually improving. inflation has probably, but it will come down rapidly. the central bank is in a position where it is probably able to rebuild reserves. to which are currency can be used to appreciate it can be up to the taper. haidi: we have to leave it there. thank you. coming to us from singapore. hot property in hong kong. we will look at a developer who secured a commercial spot for $3 billion. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: this is "bloomberg markets." rishad: getting to the start of the trading day. minutes away right now. this is what it looks like. it is a situation where the futures contract is down. the index is moving slightly to the upside. bring you anto unusual picture. these are live images near bloomberg's headquarters in hong kong. this is a car park. you have the wrong car park. beenrson land, there have eight other developers to win a rare sight in hong kong central district. this is the first time they have sold a commer

to keep you up—to—date with the story we broke, a malaysia airlines flight story we broke, a malaysiane was reportedly trying to get into the cabin. the crew and others are said to have got involved and the plane is now safely on the ground. the aircraft is waiting for security assistance. the malaysia minister of transport said on twitter that the plane has landed safely after being forced to turn back after a disruptive passenger attempting to enter the flight deck. this was a flight bound for kuala lumpur but it was only in the air forjust a few minutes before it had to return to melbourne. that is the latest on that story developing this afternoon. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first — the headlines on bbc news. breast surgeon ian paterson is sentenced to 15 years in prison for carrying out unnecessary operations after falsely telling patients they had breast cancer. jeremy corbyn announces that he will appear on tonight's tv debate on bbc one with the representatives of the six other major parties. the afghan president describes the car bomb in kabul‘s

we are active injapan and korea, malaysia. interest in our products from pretty much every country in this region and we see this show as a great venue to engage. notjust this show as a great venue to engage. not just with asia—pacific but with the world. but you can't sell to china? we are european as a company, we are subject to the same restrictions. we have some commercial business in air traffic control. the rules are clear in china. no business there and we are not active there. who are the buyers of these military hardware? there is evidence that asian countries are spending more. for instance, singapore is one of the largest spenders in southeast asia. they spend about 3% of their gdp on defence. that's how much the americans spend percentagewise and just yesterday the singapore government announced they bought two more german manufactured submarines from one manufacturer and we have a chinese here, the chinese pavilion are at the conference for the first time. they are being represented by a number of companies. thank

they now have eight close political relationship between malaysia and china. them in china. china. so they have everything going forthem in china. but china. so they have everything going for them in china. but there is a huge market within china, as well, where other players will potentially command. —— come in in the new future. in other business news, western digital is seeking international arbitration to stop toshiba from selling its chip business without consent. the two companies maintained their largest facilities. the cash bonus could be a boost for tissue. the japanese company has warned of a net loss of around $8 billion us, due to its bankrupt us nuclear business. the manual macron has called for a reconstruction of europe, following talks with the german chancellor in berlin. on his first foreign trip as president, emmanuel macron said that he would agree to draw a roadmap to changes to the european union. the two lea d e rs changes to the european union. the two leaders stressed the need to deepen integration in the eurozone, and said they would

same year, he finished fifth, with honda in the world superbike championship, winning one race in malaysianesday, just a few days after racing at inler in italy, he was hit bya car racing at inler in italy, he was hit by a car whilst training on a bicycle in rimini. he suffered head and chest injuries which left him in and chest injuries which left him in an extremely critical condition. a statement from hospital said he died on monday afternoon. he was 35. nick pa rrott on monday afternoon. he was 35. nick parrott reporting on the death of nicky hayden. russia's paralympic team have been given a final warning to improve their doping controls or face a ban from the winter games next year. south korea hosts the event next march. the team was banned from the summer games in rio last year after a state—sponsored doping scandal. that ban will continue to pyeongchang unless the russian paralympic committee proves that it has changed its practices by early september. i think the thing is, we have already stated today that we haven't seen sufficient progress for them to be reinstated. therefore,

in asia, malaysia and indonesia, there is clearance for palm oil.o these accusations? we are explicit that we wa nt to accusations? we are explicit that we want to feed the globe in a sustainable and global way. deforestation is a problem. we wa nted deforestation is a problem. we wanted to half deforestation by 2020, we said that in 2014. and com pletely 2020, we said that in 2014. and completely stop it by 2030. we work closely with other people in the supply chain to live up to our commitment. you are a big supporter of china's one belt one road for these giant infrastructure projects that do not necessarily protect the environment. why do you support it? because, as mentioned, we want to feed the world in a sustainable way and ina feed the world in a sustainable way and in a responsible way. we need to address both. that is the end of your two minutes, thank you for joining us! us stocks closed out the final trading session for the month of may. they were flat, nearly halfway through the year. driving big gains on wall street. let's have the luc

appeared to come from my e—mail accounts and which when you actually look closely, come from poland and malaysiamatter is, i should be changing my passwords and all the re st of changing my passwords and all the rest of it, much more regularly than lam, rest of it, much more regularly than iam,| rest of it, much more regularly than i am, i assume. we all should be. then somebody has to tell us this. tell us it's deadly serious, chaps. also why isn't this system is standardised across all systems? we talk about 500 different types of surgery talk about 500 different types of surgery gloves. why are some places using windows xp, and i heard elsewhere, lotus notes? that's a messaging service that is 20 years old. you stick with what you know. this is originating in the american security operation, and that is a huge scandal. there is a bloke called trump who should be concentrating perhaps a bit more on that. he has issues on his plate, don't worry about that. camilla, the i. tax grabs on the rich. the labour ma nifesto i. tax grabs on the rich. the labour manifesto out tomorrow, they have got to c

thailand, the philippines, indonesia, malaysia, all these countries have the same issues and all theseinterest in our product. that was the maritime defence exhibition in singapore. chinese online giant 10 cents has defeated expectations with a 15% jump 10 cents has defeated expectations with a 15%jump in its quarter profitability thanks to strong growth in gaming and digital payments. the company looks set to expand its digital music services. it has signed a deal with universal music for exclusive rights to its catalogue in china. will the deal merely be popular instead of profitable? so here i am, like so many people in this city, grooving through my daily existence, listening to music available via phone. all completely free. now i'm not talking about piracy. in china, technology do giants operate platforms which offer a huge amount of music, all com pletely a huge amount of music, all completely free. so why would i pay for it? well, little by little, 10 cents is trying to win its customers —— wean its customers off free music. the extent to which it is ultimately successful in th

a malaysia airlines flight turned back to australia after a passenger tried to enter the cockpit.ght landed safely in melbourne before midnight and the carrier has offered no further details. malaysian airlines is recovering from a fatal disasters back in 2014. disappeared, and another was shot down over ukraine. a woman linked to the scandal that toppled south korean leader park geun-hye dropped to repeal against extradition from denmark. -- samsung paid $850,000 to buy her a horse. it is part of widespread corruption in korean circles. spacex is taking recycling to a new realm. space it self. the supply to the space station will include a cargo ship that has made the journey. -- they haven't refurbished it for thursday's launch. most of it has already been to space, including the frame. reused parts,ey but never to this extent. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am courtney collins, this is bloomberg. we will watch how the asian lenders fair today after banking shares were hit hard in the u.s. during wedne

leonard had an operation going in malaysia, the part of malaysia on the north west coast of borneo.is on the south china sea. it has become a rather strategic area. it's a big place. not small. that was a point directly on the south china sea. -- port directly on the south china sea. there was a carrier going to a port of call. leonard said he was beefing up the whole operation. it's a great place, it will be a great place for liberty, and we have all the concessions. can you do that? misiewicz did do that. he managed to change the port call from that carrier. brian: how could he have that much power? chris: you lobby for it. you have meetings. this is a best -- what is the best part? you are a ways from singapore. they had better beaches out here, whatever. you managed to sell it, they say ok. the u.s.the first time navy was going there, but it was the first time in aircraft carrier went there. a00 people were going to have good time. a lot of money, a lot of hotels, a lot of fun. they went to the port. they did a weekend. everybody was happy. had a great time. misiewicz got a lett

malaysia airlines flighted made emergency return to australia after a passenger claimed to have a bomb. witnesses say the man tried to enter the cockpit but was subdued by the passengers and crew. they said it's likely the man was drunk. the flight just left melbourne en route to kuala lumpur. jonathan: this might scare you. united airlines facing $435,000 fine for using a jet the f.a.a. says the united mechanics replaced a fuel pump pressure gauge on the 787 but didn't have it inspected until 19 days later. between the time, the jet was used for 23 domestic and international flights. the airline says it is working with the f.a.a. to review the issue. >> caught on video. the firsthand view of complicated rescue. look closely. two hikers trapped while rock climbing. the woman's ankle seriously hurt after she fell trying to save her dog. the terrain too sleep to land. so they lower two paramedics from the sky who help the woman send her back to the helicoptered to be rushed off to the hospital. jonathan: coming up at 6:00, the flying fist fiasco in frisco. say that three times. now chang

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still to come, police in malaysia compass eat millions of dollars worth of scales from a creature thatld become extinct before most people have even heard of it. we will explain. ♪ ♪ brent: welcome back. all caps story, -- emmanuel macron has announced he's stepping aside from reading the political movement he founded. he has vowed to unite the country as president. the final day of campaigning, the macron team said it had been the victim of a hacking aack reminiscent of the claims made in the u.s. by democrat hillary clinton's staff. the possibility of computer interference in the democratic process has become a heated issue including right here in germany, which holds its national election later this year. the conference looking at security has been taking place here in berlin. reporter: each of these clusters stands for thousands of hacking or spyware attacks. a campaign of emmanuel macron became one of them, with some experts already pointing towards moscow. when german chancellor angela merkel met russian president vladimir putin last week, she said she was not afraid a russian in

can you give us an update in terms of any further ramp up production in malaysia?p up thatn to facility for production in the october-november timeframe as we said before. we are installing that equipment and training engineers and other facilities. we are increasing our capacity and germany. productsy our infrared that go into vehicles, smartphones, the demand is very strong. assist the driver with the thomas driving. security unlock by your iris, iris scans. that is coming -- that is strong demand helping us increase capacity elsewhere in the world, not just in malaysia. anna: thank you for being on the program. about sages talk group, they reported first-half grout -- earnings. 840 million pounds with an interim dividend of five point 62 pence per share. a nice set of numbers, you have a great breadth around the world. are encouraged by what we see now. our customers are the small to medium businesses. we are seeing the move and invest in their businesses in cloud, mobility solutions and artificial intelligence and that is reflected in one of the data points of

laura: two young women accused of assassinating the half-brother of the north korean in court inred malaysiahis tuesday. they claim they believed they were carrying out a prank for a kimhow when they smeared nerve agent. a ask their fate now in the hands of the high court. and 28-year-old both face the death penalty if convicted of the murder of kim jong nam. on february 13, the departure lamb -- lounge at: all alone for airport became an unlikely murder scene. this shows the moment they grabbed the north korean leaders estranged half rather, smearing his face with the deadly nerve agent, described by the u.n. as a weapon of war. the young women claimed they had been led to believe they were carrying out a harmless tv prank. their lawyers say the prosecution has still not handed evidence,ant including the tv footage repeatedly requested. this tuesday, the prosecutor promised the defense they would be given the documents before the trial begins. the lawyer said delay could undermine their case. >> we don't know what is going on. we do not know what is in the investigation, but went we are ask

you know, malaysia, indonesia, india, vietnam, these are countries that i think are -- seek the united states as a security partner of choice. >> i appreciate that very much. my time is expired but i would like to ask one more question. you made the statement we should cease to be cautious about the language we use to describe these activities. can you define that a little bit for us? >> i'm not sure in what context -- >> okay that was a quote. i'll do that for the record and give you the context. it's something a lot of us didn't understand, thank you very much. >> yes, sir. >> admiral, thank you for your service and you are certainly in the center of the action. let me just reiterate here what you've said. you said that the korean leader is intent on accomplishing his goals as a nuclearized nation. his goal is a nuclear warhead, these are my words, but i think it's what you meant, married to an icbm that would have the capability of getting to the u.s. and you said it's not, in your opinion, not a matter of if, it's a matter of when. is that a correct interpretation of what you've sa

the rhino has now recovered and is living at a sanctuary in malaysia.gered species on earth. there are fewer than 100 of them left and if we're going to save them from extinction every single last one counts. thanks to everyone who sent us their pictures this month using the hashtag travel tuesday. here are some of my favourites. richard was in hong kong when he snapped the daily light show. and no prizes for guessing where this was taken, a famous landmark. don't forget to check our twitter and facebook feeds for loads of extra special travel show content. now let's look at the travel videos clocking up the views online. surf's up! with the european summer fast approaching, we ride the waves with some of the internet‘s surfing stars. they're few and far between. they surf these waves a couple of times a year but when we do, it's well worth it. in my opinion, what makes a great surfing film? something really trippy. we're just having fun. you got to go for it with what you got. don't sweat too much. you need to know your way around the ocean. it's not f

in malaysia, customs officers have seized more than 700 kilos of pangolin scales, worth over $2 milliongolins, also known as scaly anteaters, are among the most trafficked mammals because of increasing demand in asia where their scales are used in traditional medicine. now, the rules of physics are put severely to the test when it comes to drone racing. it's been dubbed the formula 1 of the air, and its popularity is growing fast. what started here in the us has expanded to other countries, including the uk. the best fliers have been competing in the drone racing championships, as duncan golestani reports. the speeds are fast and the circuit hard. but the pilots are far from harm's way. they can see a live feed from the camera of the drone. it is like a real—life videogame. from the camera of the drone. it is like a real-life videogame. these are built for speed. everything necessary is made out of carbon fibre. it is really pushing the boundaries of what is possible. the racers compete in teams of four each taking a turn to navigate the cost. teammates and spectators can tune into a sh

speaking in malaysia, he says he is confident that an agreement by crude producers to ease productionill be extended into the second half of the year and possibly beyond. he also said that he is confident that the global oil markets will soon rebalance and return to a "healthy state." global news 24 hours a day powered by our 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. can find more stories on the bloomberg at top . hasnna has mentioned, it been a good start to the trading week. with the exception of china. the member the nikkei and the topix has -- have come back after being closed it for most of last week and they are both we haveat the highest seen since december 2015. china is a different story. weakness is coming through the shanghai composite. isebound in metal prices helping the australian share market. looking at some specific stocks. a front-runner in tokyo is up 9.5%. approvedug has been for the first time since 1995. shares.hi deutsche bank indicating its operating profit will be lower than expected. sends china. under pressure. na under chi pressure. grea

passengers are being put up for the night and will continue their flight to malaysia tomorrow. >> thank you, david >>> another disturbing moment that led to an emergency land here at home. a jetblue flight from new york to san francisco, diverted after a passenger smelled smoke. they traced the smell to a carry-on bag. with a charred lithium ion battery. the plane eventually continued on to san francisco. >>> overseas tonight, to afghanistan, one of the worst attacks in years and it comes just as president trump decides whether to send more u.s. troops. a devastating suicide truck bombing in kabul. the moment was captured on an office surveillance camera. the rush-hour blast killing at least 90 people and more than 400 injured. here's abc's martha raddatz. >> reporter: the death toll was so large, the destruction so vast, that even for this country at war for well over a decade, the loss was staggering. in the early morning hours, the massive truck bomb ripping through what is supposed to be one of the most secure parts of kabul. the moment captured here from inside an office building.

let's show you some pictures from malaysia where customs officers have seized more than 700 kilos ofelieved to have arrived on flights from african countries via dubai. pangolins — also known as scaly ant—eaters — are among the most trafficked mammals because of increasing demand in asia where their scales are used in traditional medicine. to america now and us senators have heard that donald trump was warned against hiring michael flynn as his national security adviser. sally yates — an acting head of the justice department under president 0bama — told a congressional panel that mr flynn had lied about his contacts with the russian ambassador. she's been testifying alongside the former national intelligence directorjames clapper. here's what she said. we weren't the only ones that knew all of this. the russians also knew about what general flynn had done and the russians also knew that general flynn had misled the vice president and others because in the media accounts, it was clear from the vice president and others that they were repeating what general flynn had told them. and tha

following a tip off customs officers in malaysia were able to stop an attempt to smuggle around 330 ora lumpur airport, in crates which were labelled as containing stones, and marked with a fake address. these tortoises are sought after as exotic pets and can sell for around $4000 each. two major internet security firms, american company symantec, and russian—based firm kaspersky, say they are looking at clues that may connect the spread of computer malware which knocked out hundreds of thousands of systems around the world with north korea. they say some of the code used in the disruption has similarities to programs linked to pyongyang in the past. so far, there's been no response from north korea. and experts caution there's no hard evidence. david campa nale reports. the wannacrypt cyber attack has struck around the world. its impact has been the most far reaching of cyber crimes ever committed. as government organisations and businesses world—wide clean up after being caught out, attention has now turned to the people responsible. the military regime in pyongyang is assessed to ha

following a tip off customs officers in malaysia were able to stop an attempt to smuggle around 330 ofnd in the cargo area of kuala lumpur airport, in crates which were labelled as containing stones, and marked with a fake address. these tortoises are sought after as exotic pets and can sell for around $4,000 each. we are going to go to a developing story reported in the washington post. residents has been accused of giving classified intelligence to the russian foreign minister when they met at the white house. we will go to they met at the white house. we will gotoa they met at the white house. we will go to a press conference. the story that came out tonight is reported is false. the president and the foreign minister reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries including threats to civil aviation. at no time, at no time, were intelligence sources or methods discussed and the president did not disclose any military operations that were not already publicly known. two other senior officials we re known. two other senior officials were present including the secretary of sta

if you look at the top 10, i think the most developed will be malaysia and then in the top 10 you willave the gcc and you love pakistan and i think the gcc started to pick up the market in general. the decision of whether you go for the sikora bond. is developing the capital market. they are starting to divers their funding sources, tapping into the market and again, that will trickle down. >> this is when eligible the led function. there will be a visual breakdown for every a in terms of the amount. it takes a couple of seconds to load. to see here, it goes back 2006. you can see we are in -- we are off to a healthy start. howdy is by 2017 to shape up in terms of the number of deals and volume of deals? >> for us, we look at 18 months and above. it will give us a perspective. we expect at least two see the same level of growth in 2017. have,he numbers that we it is the first half of 2016 if you compare it to just april of 2017, it is 6% of it. having we are expecting a growth that is not less than what you saw in 2016. that will trickle down to financial institutions and maybe some co

vast investment in shipping and transport to develop both a trade route and markets reaching from malaysiaeurope. china seems to really be emerging as the global leader in many ways. there's a recent meeting attended by the philippines, russia, turkey, indonesia, greece, hungary, chile, argentina, many of them are infrastructure investment from china. what does this say to you? prof. morici: well, the chinese have effectively used the money they have earned on trade to do two things, one is to build up their next level of industries, they are moving what into what they call indigenous technologies, namely going after our high tech sector. they're not just going to assemble our cell phones anymore, they are going to design the next generation of consumer products and sell them here. then where is microsoft? and they are turning it into a great foreign policy initiative. eurasia really does need a modernization of its east-west infrastructure, building better ports, air facilities, railroads, and so forth. and china is in position to finance that. this is the largest capital project since th

there were phones from malaysia. a tv from south korea. a tray from the uk. >> huh. >> it is good wherever it's from. >> the towels were from india. shampoos from canada. that robe i didn't want to take off, you guessed it, china. >> china. >> china makes a good robe. thank you. >> the dishes were from germany, the glasses from italy. >> oh. here's information about the bed. sterns and foster. >> that's american made. the pillows, too. the sheets and comfortor, not so much. >> here you go. >> we found american made products from the bible to the clock and even some of the big ticket items like high end bathroom fixtures and furniture. overall, there were so many different flags in our room it felt like the united nations. here's the breakdown, 21 of the 31 products we could identify came from outside the u.s. and this isn't the only place where you will find foreign goods on trump's soil. import genius, a company that tracks u.s. imports and exports says since 2015, trump properties have imported good globe. a hotel spokesperson didn't shy

in malaysia, customs officers have seized more than 700 kilos of pangolin scales.. these girls are used in traditional medicine. much more on all the stories on the bbc website. —— trafficked. thank you for watching. hello. we are watching a weather change later this week which will bring some rain to some areas that have been mainly dry, now, for several weeks. until then, though, it's as you were. this is how it looked on the the satellite picture during monday. cool in the cloud, warm in the sunshine. variable cloud in the next few days. but the main theme is until the end of the week, most places are going to stay dry. and that's with high pressure stretched across the uk. but we are waiting for low pressure to make a move, as it will do. i'll show you that later this week. it will not be bone dry on tuesday, though. there will be enough cloud to the far north—east of scotland, especially in the northern isles, to give some occasional light rain or drizzle. sunshine pretty limited, though, to begin the day. this is the picture at 8am in the morning. sunny spell

in malaysia, the malware forced hospitals to cancel services.n britain, the health care service was still trying to fix some of the i.t. problems, but officials are hopeful. >> we have not seen a second wave of attacks, so i think that is encouraging. >> reporter: the malware program is called wannacry, and it exposed a vulnerability to microsoft operating systems. the virus encrypts files and hackers demand $300 to decode the files or destroy them. more than 200,000 users in over 150 countries have been affected. u.s. security experts say the u.s. did not get hit as hard as other uses up-to-date versions of microsoft. but experts warn new versions of the virus could be on their way. meg oliver, cbs news, new york. >>> federal investigators are trying to figure out why a private jet crashed as it was trying to land in a small airport in new jersey. two crew members, the only people on board, were killed. their leer jet went down about a quarter mile from the runway at teether borrow airport yesterday afternoon. the jet crashed into a building in

suspected of murdering the half—brother of the north korean leader are due to appear in accord in malaysiapenalty if they are convicted. they deny the charges. staying with north korea, the authorities say that the leaders recently supervise the test launch of a missile 2a hours ago and they are describing it as a successful test. the launch was there a 12 ballistic missile test this year in defiance of united nations sanctions. scientists in america say they have made a major breakthrough in preventing bacteria gaining resistance to to an antibiotic. they have modified the drug to make it much more powerful, it was feared that bacteria would eventually develop full resistance to the existing form of the antibiotic. the prime minister and the opposition leader here in britain have been taking questions in television interviews ahead of the election next week. jeremy corbyn said he would ensure there was a brexit deal with the european union if he wins power. theresa may has said that she would be prepared to walk away from a bad deal. the chief executive of british airways has said the pow