malaysia's deputy prime minister. he said ina malaysia's deputy prime minister.he future and is bringing in medical professionals and counsellors to help the girl with the situation so what do we know of the matter with the young girl at the moment? is she being taken care of? the investigation is still taking place. she is now back with her parents so there hasn't been any information revealed about this case but with the current situation, it's clear she needs to be reunited her family situation, it's clear she needs to be reunited herfamily and she needs to have access to the appropriate psychosocial and medical care she may need and given the opportunity to go back to school and get medication in order to break the cycle of poverty and deprivation she is currently on. we know a lot of this has to do with poverty. ally pa rents this has to do with poverty. ally parents being educated to try to break the cycle? poverty is one of the drivers. it's not the only driver. the educational level of the pa rents driver. the educational level of the parents and the chil

so, tell me what is the impact in malaysia? have you seen a fairamount of impact in malaysia? criticism of this as well?|j would been criticism of this as well?” would personally say it comes from both ways. i was really, really touched to see even some of the activists asked for a page to be brought down. what do you think this tells us about the actions or the behaviour of the new malaysia government, because i know they were elected recently and there was meant to bea elected recently and there was meant to be a change in the tone?” elected recently and there was meant to be a change in the tone? i mean, let's be realistic, it has been not even 100 days of the new government andi even 100 days of the new government and i am sure there is a lot of other stuff that they need to concentrate on. however, what concerned me is what i have been noticing, is that the way that the lg bt noticing, is that the way that the lgbt issue noticing, is that the way that the lg bt issue has noticing, is that the way that the lgbt issue has been put aside by people of the opposition itself. m

the chinese have long had links with the malaysia is to teach. the convenient midway point to the chinese traders plying the east west through. even now commerce is at the heart of the relationship with malaysia counting china as its biggest trading partner but of late the actions of malaysia's new prime minister mahathir mohamad who came into power in may as concerned china has suspended three chinese led projects and said earlier this week he was aiming to scrap or at least renegotiate the deals it was a crucial part of the platform on which bucket of her own party which now leads a federal government was elected a body there were perceptions that these projects that the culture is governing dumb world upside that it wasn't favorable to build a shed that it could probably exacerbate our depth or even jeopardize our sovereignty. the contracts were signed by the previous government led by not to pasok who's been charged with corruption and money laundering officials are investigating whether the previous administration used money from the project

what is going on in malaysia? the malaysia in government are having some major cash problems.sia prime minister is basically cancelling these china— backed projects. they are basically shelving them, particularly these big—ticket items because the economy is currently debt ridden and they can't afford to finance these projects at this point. the projects include rail projects in thailand and kuala lumpur for and include rail projects in thailand and kuala lumpurfor and a couple of gas pipelines and mr mahathir is try to reduce malaysian‘s debt. it is pa rt to reduce malaysian‘s debt. it is part of beijing's belts and wrote initiative which was instigated two yea rs initiative which was instigated two years ago by the ex— prime minister razak and xijinping. mahathir said he discussed during his visit to beijing. mahathir also bowed to discuss what he called unfair infrastructure projects which were authorised by his predecessor. interesting. let's continue with our special coverage of the situation of global trade with regards to the trade war going on between the us and china.

malaysia's prime minister mahathir mohamad is in beijing on her first trip to china since winning may's election he recently said he wants to cancel or renegotiate some of the deal struck between his predecessor and the chinese government florence lowy reports from kuala lumpur. the chinese have long had links with the mill a peninsula is to teach it to look asian the convenient midway point for chinese traders plying the east west route even now commerce is at the heart of the relationship with malaysia accounting china as its biggest trading partner but of late the actions of malaysia's new prime minister mahathir mohamad who came into power in may as concerned china has suspended three chinese led projects and said earlier this week he was aiming to scrap or at least renegotiate the deals it was a crucial part of the platform which bucket of higher up party which now it's a federal government was elected a body that were perceptions that these projects that the culture is governing them world upside that wasn't favorable to believe that it could probably access a bit of depth or even

in east malaysia is renowned for the beauty of its natural landscape one of its draws is the tropical rain forest dense undergrowth told majestic trees rich in plants and animals diversity. it's also a way of life for some like jihad in been jobless for generations the people from his community in central and they have relied on the jungle for much of the needs of. many things that we use come from the forests we use raw turn to make and build things some plants are used in traditional medicine the insects too useful we take honey from the bee it has medicinal qualities. even the water they drink used to come from the forest but not since the area around it was cleared for development to harden and some villages fought against the encroachment but to no avail logging in this forest and the landslides that occurred as a result of that have affected this stream it's a trickle compared to what it used to be and the water is no longer clear but muddy . since two thousand and thirteen much of the forest has been wiped out the trees replaced by a single crop palm sabah is the top palm oil p

asia's small open economies like singapore, malaysia and thailand also going to be disproportionatelyuse they are very integrated into the global economy. the trade war between the us and china often focuses on the threat to american planes and cars or chinese electronic goods, but at the centre of the dispute is a huge trade in crops. china has targeted new ta riffs crops. china has targeted new tariffs on american farmers in states that are politically important to president trump, but at the same time it is a country with a lot of mouths to feed and not enough good farmland. our correspondent reports from china's north—east. there is a war going on down there, trade war. and the ammunition is spread across the vast fields of north—east china. this is sorghum. most people have probably never heard of it, but this crop is crucial for beating china's heard of it, but this crop is crucialfor beating china's pigs, ducks and chickens. i need so much of it that it buys a lot from the us. —— china need so much of it. of it that it buys a lot from the us. -- china need so much of it. the tr

so, tell me, what's the impact in malaysia? of this as well? i would personally say it comes from both ways. and there is some support. i was really, really touched to see even some of the activists asked for a page to be brought down. what do you think this tells us about the actions or the behaviour of the new malaysia government, because i know they were elected recently and there was meant to be a real change in the tone? i mean, let's be realistic, it's been not even 100 days of the new government, and i'm sure there is a lot of other stuff that they need to concentrate on. however, what concerned me, what i've been noticing is the way that the lgbt issue has been put aside by people of the opposition itself. most of the time, issues of lgbt has been raised i the opposition, questioning whether the current government does support the lgbt community. —— by the. from the whole newsday team, it has always, thanks for watching. bye— bye. always, thanks for watching. bye—bye. —— has always. —— as always. good morning. well, yes

song bomb made it to the opener for malaysia three hundred. thirty are champions events a splash more than one hundred million dollars on cristiana rinaldo and on saturday will be the first club tasked with stopping him in his new black and white kit consider know this will be his very first match playing in the tallinn league and this is something new and he's very curious to know they'll be better and how the teams play here it's the beginning of a brand new season and the new challenge for us tennis is one hundred eighteen year old davis cup is set for a radical revamp the international tennis federation or i fear face changing the mainstream and from a year long one hundred thirty two team event through an eighteen team competition that will last just a week the new format is backed by an investment group led by a japanese billionaire and founded by a spanish footballer gerrard p.k. the partnership is said to be worth three billion dollars over twenty five years. i'm very very proud of my team of course much there she read in thank you ver

was malaysia really shortchanged in these suspended projects?t we do know the government believes, all people within the government believe that enough evidence to show that there was, shall we say, a nature... the thing was not entirely due to the projects and there may have been some money that was... a very large proportion of the money that was not connected to the projects but that was associated with the projects. steve, how far do you think beijing will want to renegotiate these deals? or will be just tell the prime minister, take it or leave it. —— will they. there's been the usual work that's been done, both by the foreign minister of both countries when they went to each other‘s countries. they're trying to clear the way for the types of visits china likes, incident free, controversy free. how far they've managed to get, we're not sure. but the thing about mahathir is he's not known for his diplomatic niceties. he's already indicated in the press that certain things that he wants... how much china is willing to cede to these requests i

up and there was a shocker south korea were beaten by malaysia in group b. some questionable goalkeeping from song. of the open for the nation to go into the . city are champions event a splash more than one hundred million dollars on christiane or another and on saturday verona will be the first club tasked with stopping him in his new black and white kit. consider not this will be his very first match play in the talon league and this is something new and he's very curious to know that we better and how the teams play here it's the beginning of a brand new season and the new challenge for us. to still not allow a lot but we only thought about christiane over an elbow we would lose sight of the hole you vent to squad the immense quality they have we must think of you ventas as a great teams and think of ourselves as a top team was a true team a squad a solid group who rate their chances against ronaldo and all the rest of tennis as one hundred eighteen year old davis cup is set for a radical revamp the international tennis federation or is changing the men'

malaysia right after they are of the act and therefore helped by the way by the north korean embassy all that. leads them to save all those woman they just stayed in malaysia they continue with their normal lives so this is usually suspects or potential killers would behave. saudis are talking about an extensive conspiracy here why do they believe that kim jong nam was targeted. well you ask officials and equally south korean officials claim that was a political act committed by north korea it is known that kim jong nam was the hop off kim jong un and. by his father and later on kim jong un criticized his younger brother and said he lacked leadership qualities so there wasn't a motive. for him just to kill kim jong nam and also you have to say you have those four north korean suspects who fled the country and the north korean side has shown no sort of cooperation or billing this to corporate in this highly suspicious case and the quick question is if you will ever find out the truth ok it looks like this case is turning into an international thriller sandra rocks so for us in kuala l

it is for countries like malaysia to deal with their own bilateral nations.mber of the aiib and if we we re important number of the aiib and if we were financing projects there like any other country, one of the key test that we apply is that the school and financial sustainability of our projects. we have strict rules on those issues, like the world bank or the asian development bank and we have a very similar practice. to make sure that we understand what is the sustainability, how can a project be repaid before we embark on financing? that ensures that over the years, as we build up our project portfolio in many countries, that it project portfolio in many countries, thatitis project portfolio in many countries, that it is financially sustainable and we know the money that has come from our member countries will be repaid in the end. now, tuk tuk's have long been a feature of the cambodian capital's congested roads. they are locally produced, these once beloved by locals and tourists alike, but recently felt the pinch of condition as customers seek out mor

i'm sam is eight and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up new charges against malaysia's former prime minister another court date for najib razak in a corruption case. colombia's new leading man the divided country celebrates the swearing in of its youngest president. i. confronting a passionate community mexico's new leader takes the fight against drugs to a town once known as the world's most capital. trumps talking up the toughness of new sanctions against iran and warning the world must follow suit this just months after he remained on the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal trump tweeted the sanctions were the most biting ever imposed and he says anyone not doing any one doing business rather with iran will not be doing business with the u.s. adding i'm asking for world peace nothing less despite trump's threats the european union is encouraging member countries to keep doing business with iran the white house is counting on the power of its dollar though to keep companies in line. and reports from washington d.c. . the u.s. plan when it comes to iran hurt the econ

i'm florence we in sabah state malaysia where the demand for land development and biofuel is frightening not just forests but a way of life. hello there we still got plenty of wet weather over the southern parts of china at the moment this region has been incredibly wet over the past few days this cluster of thunderstorms here in the southeast is going to stick around so for the southeastern parts of china and across into taiwan staying pretty wet here as we head through the day on thursday that area towards the west is going to slowly begin to work its way westwards and break up a little bit so here in the southern parts of china in through hainan should be falling and drawing just the occasional shower for friday the wetter weather making its way across the northern parts of vietnam instead they're working their way towards us here remember desperate for now it's following enjoy just the occasional shower here or more wet weather across the central belt of india and this is where it's going to be a person who at it's we had three thursday and friday we've got a little circulation devel

unit of the state investment fund one m d b that not yet had set up when he was prime minister of malaysia a nut job and his associates also alleged to have stolen a misappropriated four and a half billion dollars from this state investment fund and the new administration of malaysia that took power following a general election in may has moved very swiftly to uncover of its corruption scandal as one m.t.v. it's not only brought an action against. it's also done an audit on one m d b it's trying to recover assets that they believe were bought with money stolen from one end. i'll leave and do k. is being sworn in as colombia's new president he's the youngest leader to be elected there do k. is promising to revise the peace accords with fogge rebels defuse tensions with venezuela and curb the production of cocaine. today colombia confronts enormous challenges we receive a country in which more than three hundred social activists have been assassinated in the last two years illegal crops have expanded and they have done so exponentially criminal gangs increased their capacity yearly in variou

of the kids a large number of the asylum seekers not only in bangladesh but also in thailand and malaysia children and often unaccompanied children something like sixty percent of the one point two million people in the case in bangladesh the children and the story. i think to me i mean on the phone really brutal and you can't listen to what's happened to kids without thinking about your own kids in the same situation and interestingly i mean you know given that given how grave some of those abuses are that you detail in this report your report claims to have found evidence in fact of genocidal intent which is a very specific term if you could just walk our viewers through what that means and what implications you believe this carries for both the myanmar government and for the international community. genocidal intent is a very specific term but it's part of the legal requirement to constitute the crime of genocide we looked generally at crimes under international law and the three remains a cat of crimes under international genocide crimes against humanity and war crimes and we found in

we welcome your investment in malaysia.laysian prime minister addressing china's deficit with malaysia. large -- theyt a export a large amount of goods to china. they're saying of china sets up investment, they could address the deficit. the trade is worth about $92 billion and malaysia is china's in the trade partner region after vietnam. this is an important relationship and a big focus for the malaysian prime minister was to do outreach with chinese investors and say we have reviews ongoing to ensure we don't take on too much debt, but equally our doors are open to what they would describe as a rational and sustainable chinese investment. yvonne: certainly more of a welcoming tone from the prime minister given some of the criticism he has had a some china backed deals in malaysia. tom, thank you. tom mackenzie from beijing. the world's biggest shipping company says the u.s. economy will be hit many times harder than the rest of the world by an escalating global trade war. says they-maersk ceo have not been heavily affect

state malaysia thousands of people in the u.s. city of detroit to pay their final respects to the queen of soul aretha franklin best remembered of course for hit songs respects natural woman franklin died last week of pancreatic cancer she was seventy six years old and we are live there with john hendren of the charles museum of african american history i've been watching that line behind you john it just doesn't stop does it. it has not stopped since nine o'clock local time this morning it's now two thirty and it will go on until nine o'clock local time tonight just as it did yesterday with thousands of people filing in here and there would be more if they went on a little bit longer this of course is day two of a four day celebration of the life of the queen of soul tomorrow there will be a big concert on thursday where the four tops gladys knight and thirty other major bands will be playing and of course on friday the queen of soul will be laid to rest and that brings us to her legacy and i have someone here we can ask about th

appears to be considering all right still to come on counting the cost i'm florence lee in state malaysia where the demand for land development and biofuels is threatening not just forests but a way of life. but first argentina's currency continues to fall despite central bank raising the key interest rate to sixty percent the highest in the world labor unions are planning walk ounce and students have been on the streets over university cuts all charter general for. the downpour from turbulent economic storms over argentina couldn't stop these university students on thursday night. the students along with their professors braved the rain to march through one of so i researched and expressed our outrage over budget cuts in education but i found that i'm here to defend free and high quality public education a slowdown of time salaries don't masturbate of inflation at the market little bit going to that level that on top of the lower university budget the country is in a crisis because of the international monetary fund. the international monetary fund has extended the fifty billion dollar b

ceo in malaysia. is that meritocracy is very much at work, which means the right candidate regardless of gender. one shared an anecdote on that front as well. describing what it means for a malaysian ceo to make it. she shared an anecdote from south korea where they were surprised she was the boss. let's bring that, up this graphic to visualize that. 257 global financial firms are tracked by industry research, in of female leaders -- malaysia, women hold 27% of the i.b. jobs. that is a zero in south korea and 3% in the united states. ramy: 27% for malaysia. is a not being done to make sure more women aspire to senior leadership roles in investment banking as well as under in -- other industries? the top level, all three women agree government support has helped as well as internal pushes by corporate. they also a plot government's drive for corporate's to appoint more women. it cannot be a statistics game. listen to what they said. >> the government has played a good role on a crowd pushing for women.

didn't want confrontation he said malaysia supported free trade but also wanted trade that was fair he said he wanted to avoid a situation where a new type of colonialism was developing where it became difficult for poor countries to compete against rich ones it's not clear whether he was quoting china with being a colonial power now dr materia who turned ninety three last month is respected here in china and he was due to meet president xi jinping on monday night and of course dr mahathir becomes one of the oldest leaders that president xi jinping has met. lisa successfully completed a three year emergency the country's still in debt can now only borrow exclusively for global financial markets the government has balance its budget and raise tax revenues to help pay off its huge debt but the economy is nonetheless far from stable. reports. correct productions is a stall out among greek companies at the beginning of the crisis the bulk of its business disappeared as the advertising industry collapsed it cut its costs and found overseas clients and managed to keep all of its seventeen

investment in malaysia and be one to make sure that the best. of the malaysia on the other hand we don't think we need those two projects to do. viable so. we would like to. just drop the project but if that can be done we'll have to. do the future way ahead of the need rice. the u.s. cargo ship stranded off the coast of china for more than a month has finally docked in the port of delhi on the peak pegasus carrying seventy thousand tons of soybeans has become a symbol of the trade war between the u.s. and china the vessel arrived off of china on july the sixth just after beijing imposed a twenty five percent tariff on soybeans from the u.s. the levees were a response to u.s. tariffs on chinese goods worth thirty four billion dollars. china is denying allegations from the u.n. that it's holding a million muslim leaders in interment camps a un committee said on friday that it has credible reports of people being detained in secret jails engine jang that's in the northwest china's delegation says the country's clamping down on what it calls terror

malaysia where the demand for land development and biofuel it's not just forests but a way of life. and sports players are taking on extreme weather as well as their opponents at the u.s. . however nighttime skies have been dramatic if you feel like watching lightning that is particularly over france the pyrenees and that little curl of cloud is still developing it's still an area of low pressure system activity there so keep watching the skies because it does tend suggests a significant amount of rain in the air temperature is on the high side of the twenty's to it south to sit in effigy there's a hot it still is in spain portugal thirty three or more but we're down to around about the twenty mark for this part of europe germany in poland warming up again this is a warm zone once more which means you've got potential energy there to get rid of earlier in the wind the rain from fred will be the case during thursday for denmark western power least in germany and these showers of the outs could be quite special as well behind it all just dropped a bit fairly cloudy picture but it's go

back in court to face more charges former prime minister of malaysia has pleaded not guilty to receiving proceeds that stemmed from unlawful activities he's alleged to have received ten and a half million dollars from a state company called s r c international these three additional. meanings and the money laundering now and the money laundering is a big is a big word but it is strictly means proceeds of crime i they are in addition to the charges brought against him last month for criminal breach of trust and abuse of power s.r.c. international is a former unit of one and the state investment fund set up by not chip when he was both prime minister and finance minister the us department of justice alleges four and a half billion dollars has been stolen from the fund for one m.t.b. it isn't just being investigated in malaysia at least six other countries including singapore and switzerland i investigated the fund over alleged corruption and money laundering. is alleged to have covered up irregularities at the fund when he was still in power sacking his deputy prime minister and replacing

but also the finance minister of malaysia s r c international is formally a subsidiary of. the state investment fund that nudge it that set up when he was prime minister in two thousand and nine now u.s. prosecutors allege that four and a half billion dollars have been stolen from that fund one n.d.b. is being investigated in at least six countries including the u.s. switzerland and singapore is also accused of trying to cover up the corruption scandal at one m. de sac in his then deputy prime minister and the attorney general replacing the attorney general with an officer who subsequently not ship's name but since coming into a part into power the new administration led by mahathir mohamad has made uncovering the true extent of the corruption scandal surrounding one and one of its top priorities. his month long debate on legalizing abortion has ended with politicians in the upper house of parliament narrow lead voting against change senators defeated the bill by thirty eight to thirty one after debating for more than fifteen hours the proposal would have allowed abortion i

money laundering charges have been laid against malaysia's former prime minister as the investigation into the disappearance of billions from a state investment fund intensifies nudgee braszczok was back in court early on wetten state where the three new counts were added he's accused of depositing ten point five million of state funds into his personal account and the charges have been laid under the anti money laundering and terrorism financing act was already accused of an abuse of power and a criminal breach of trust for charges which could result in a twenty year prison sentence investigators from the us switzerland and singapore are also looking into the disappearance of four point five billion dollars from one m. d. b. that's the state fund now. set up in two thousand and nine the sixty four year old was surrounded by aides as he was taken to the high court in the capital kuala lumpur he pleaded not guilty to all the charges he was granted bail of two hundred fifty thousand dollars malaysia's anti corruption agency launched an investigation into the one the n.d.p. state fund of

but also the finance minister of malaysia he's facing several counts of and team of money laundering of abuse of power as well as criminal breach of trust and it all relates to some totaling about ten and a half million dollars allegedly deposited into his personal bank accounts between the months of december two thousand and fourteen and february two thousand and fifteen thank you very much for that as florence to be with the latest live in kuala lumpur thank you. well puerto rico's government has the knowledge that harken maria killed fourteen hundred people that is more than twenty times the official death toll the government made the new estimate in a report to the u.s. congress where it's asking for one hundred thirty nine billion dollars to rebuild the island castrati has more. when hurricanes irma and maria struck puerto rico nearly a year ago they're furious winds and waters were initially reported to have killed about a dozen people. president donald trump highlighted the number when he visited days after the storm hit. power. but trump's words would prove premature the disa

state investment fund for this is not every day you see a prime minister drunk to court is it in malaysia is this being interpreted as a new era of accountability or political school circular. all civil rights groups and pointing it out saying that this is the new malaysia this is what the government has promised a level of transparency accountability you know the highest ranking government officials will be brought to account for things they've done during that time in office but not chits supported a saying that this is a personal vendetta by the current prime. that mahathir mohamad to it defeated in his party in a general election in may that saying that mahathir is trying to settle scores because he was upset at not just for not wanting to step down he is afraid that no job was going to raise his legacy when mahathir was prime minister more than ten years ago but many people also saying that not himself was a king with having covering up the crimes committed or the be the corruption in one remember when he was prime minister hit sacked his deputy prime minister yitzhak the attorney ge

already faces charges in malaysia courts for breach of trust as well as abuse of power he's been called in for questioning it is very likely we're hearing that he will face additional charges of money laundering when he appears in court two more now he has been charged in relation to misappropriating ten million dollars from another state owned company known as s r c international a company that used to be a subsidiary company of one but he's thought to have stolen much more than that together with his associates now this your that we've talked about that has just arrived at a port not far from kuala lumpur with this your it is registered to. to a company registered in the cayman islands but its ultimate owner is believed to be mr joe a man known as joe lo or lo take joe now this man is a wanted man in the laser he's a fugitive there's already a warrant of arrest out for him his whereabouts are unknown but he's thought to be the ultimate mastermind in this complex sophisticated plan to steal money from the state investment fund on m.t.v. storage is also focusing on a so do you read. how

you mentioned malaysia but there's lots of politics going on there.oring in the eamericanning markets space? don't just -- not just in terms of the country but the assets as ell? >> overall i'm definitely in favor of equity space. i'm not so keen on the fixed income space at the moment. i think we have rising u.s. rates. that's probably going to continue to effect fixed income markets around the region. but i think on the equity space, i do like thailand and i do like indonesia. specifically. i think as you said, malaysia does have the political issues with the new government settling in. i think there will be good value in malaysia coming up but i'm not sure we're ready to do that just yet. and i think with the rising u.s. rates and the rising u.s. dollar, malaysia suffers because it has a higher level of external debt in the companies there. rishaad: now tech in this part of the world has been sold off indiscriminately, it would seem, compared to tech in the u.s., which has held up very nicely after a bit of a hiccup. is that an area you'd be lookin

, malaysia remains open for business.took to the stage with jack ma, the best-known chinese entrepreneur and took questions about the business environments, this has been part of the mission, originally on friday evening, whered the headquarters they signed the deal around the elation carmaker. now they are meeting with the prime minister and is expected to meet with xi jingping this evening. but that has been the main message.we do have reservations about these major product , particularly the review that's going on a $20 billion rail line that has been supported by china in malaysia. there are sectors in malaysia where we welcome chinese investment. as long as it is sustainable and as long as it includes elation productivity, that has been the message. >> you ran through a couple of those deals, tell us a little bit more about these details in the significant plans that have been made today. fruit famously pungent getting a topline on these memorandums of understanding that was one of them, so was the currency swaps and

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that verdict will come through in the next few hours and after that we'll know how malaysia's going tohis, malaysia has downgraded relations with north korea but it hasn't severed limb. it's quite clear a political decision has been made by the previous government and maintained by this government to retain ties and restore them with north korea. there appears no will in the malaysian establishment to pursue north korea's role in this even though everything we've seen so far suggests that this was a north korean plot and these two women had at best a very minor role in it. lots of interest in it, we saw live images as you were speaking from outside the court. jonathan head from outside the court. thank you so much. an australian politician has refused to apologise for his use of the term final solution during a speech about immigration. the term was a euphemism used by the nazis to refer to their annihilation of the jewish people. senator fraser anning also suggested banning all muslim migrants from entering the country. kristina harazim has more. i believe that the reason for ending a

investment in malaysia and we want to make sure that the investment is a really beneficial the militia on the other hand we don't think we need those two projects we don't think they are viable saw if we can and we would like to or. just drop the projects but if they're going to be done we'll have to postpone need to the future where we have the need. a new era of pakistan politics is beginning with the swearing in of a government department is meeting for the first time since elections last month ministers took their oath as part of the handover of powers to the new government with a headache and soft party emerged as the largest party with one hundred sixteen seats it's very hard will be sworn in as prime minister later this week still ahead of al jazeera caught in a diplomatic dispute thousands of saudi students wonder what's next after being forced out of canada. by the springtime flower of a mountain lake. to the first snowfall on a winter's day. hello and welcome to international weather forecast and as we take a look at weather conditions across europe we have an area of low pre

i think we're learning more and more about the situation in malaysia, that it's much worse than people even expected and i think mahathir is planning to travel to china to talk with getting out under some of this debt and maybe renegotiate but i think our position can be to remind malaysia that they have leverage here, too, if they can expose some of these corrupt deals and how china uses these predatory practices to gain influence in ways the run -- that run against the interest of the domestic population. and then i think we have to be more skilled or more clever about our own engagement. we're not going to do what china does. but strengthening our own narrative about what it means to partner with the u.s. in a variety of ways, you know, our engagement and our partnership ultimately leads to self-reliance and self-defense and protection of sovereignty, not the erosion of it. our cultural exchanges and our american centers and things of that nature, for the genuine promotion of ties, not for the subversion of the other country. so continuing to show what the clear choices are is part

also coming up a court in malaysia blows the trial of two women accused of killing the half brother of north korean leader kim yong on must precede the women that were hoping to be freed today but a judge says there is enough evidence to support the charges against them. and tracking the movement of animals from space will tell you how the e-commerce project will help us better understand natural phenomena here on earth. i'm sumi so misconduct good to have you with us we start in genoa where rescue teams are still working to pull survivors and bodies from the rubble of the collapsed highway bridge at least thirty nine people were killed when a stretch of the marandi bridge collapsed on tuesday the government has declared a year long state of emergency for the region but with hopes of finding more survivors fading anger is growing over how such a disaster could have happened to debbie charlotte shell some tell reports. as hopes of finding survivors fades the blame game intensifies officials initially pointed the finger at the e.u. accusing it of limiting funding for infrastructure past

mike pompeo kicks off a tour of south east asia today, starting first with malaysia.nday that washington plans to invest $113 million in countries all across asia. that investment has faced a lot of criticism, with a nalysts faced a lot of criticism, with analysts saying it is really a drop in the ocean at a time when china is spinning their wings of dollars on its dealt and road initiative across the region. it is said that the amount may seem small but focusing on the figure is the wrong way to look at the issue. the headlines tend to overstate the impact it might have. china swept up a lot investment projects that may have already happened. whether as the us and outs that is important because it signals that perhaps the us is starting to look at the asia—pacific region with a focus. we know that there were a lot of concerns that there were a lot of concerns that the us was taking its eye off the ball when it came to asia when they withdrew from the track —— from the tpp, one of the first things that donald trump did when he came into power. mike pompeo saying this

a judge has sent for trial in malaysia the two women accused of using nerve gas to poison the half—brotherf the north korean leader kim jong un. we'll be bringing you all the reaction online to the death of aretha franklin, you can tweet us your thoughts too at @bbcos. the queen of soul, aretha franklin, has died from pancreatic cancer, at the age of 76. with a career spanning seven decades, she sold more than 75 million records and won many awards, including 18 grammys. she was the first woman to make the rock and roll hall of fame. let's take a look at her extraordinary life, here's david sillito. here is the queen of the rhythm and blues, aretha franklin! here she is. # looking out on the morning rain. i was born and raised in detroit and warner music. raised on her music. it isa warner music. raised on her music. it is a sad day. i will miss seeing her in concert. i still have her music to live on. i am good. she had the best voice. when she sung, you could fill it in your soul. she always saw the something positive and nice. i rememberas a kid, growing up in the 60s, he had vertigo. s

that verdict will come through in the next few hours, and after that we will know how malaysia's goingthrough this, malaysia's downgraded relations with north korea, but it hasn't severed them. it's quite clear a political decision has been made by the previous government, it's been continued by this government, to try to maintain ties and even restore them with north korea. there seems to be no real will in the malaysian establishment to pursue north korea's role in this, even though everything we've seen so far suggests this was a north korean plot, and that these two women had, at best, a very minor role in it. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: a push for more affordable homes. new zealand's parliament bans almost all foreigners from buying existing houses. the big crowds became bigger as the time of the funeral approached. as the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a hugejob of crowd control. idi amin, uganda's brutalformer dictator, has died at the age of 80. he's been buried in saudi arabia, where he lived in exile since being overthrown in 1979. two billi

rights is escalating with the kingdom's national carrier counseling its flights between toronto malaysia's a former prime minister najib razak is to be charged with money laundering on wednesday a luxury yacht allegedly bought with money stolen from a state fund as arrived at the country after being impounded in egypt. as we've heard the us sanctions are expected to hit iran hard it's struggling economy has already resulted in a crackdown on refugees and migrant workers in the country three million afghans live in iran but many are losing jobs and facing deportation as the trial weakens a shot of bella's reports from hair outs in western afghanistan more than two hundred thousand have already been sent back. this is the human cost of u.s. sanctions on iran these people are not iranian or american but afghan and sixteen and her family have lived in iran for twenty five years all her children were born there they were deported this week ending up in a un transit camp and we soon afghanistan. why was it that you know i was there on monday we left behind our house our furniture i locked the do

and what a voice and still to come on this show facing trial two women in malaysia have been charged with the murder of kim jong un's brother. diving for treasure and thailand's muddy waters we reports on a livelihood under threats in bangkok. and of the story continues has been one that's been around at least five days this circulation here is a tropical storm being and it's been bringing rain to the southwest to china an influence in the rain in vietnam and laos for the best part of a week it's going to do the same again it will probably disintegrate as it goes over land in the next two days and therefore the heaviest phase like to be in vietnam and then laos as well but the legacy rain is still there in southwest china and hong kong like you get as well and all this time you've just been watching over shanghai that's a tropical storm to you when it's way through make it becoming a tropical depression to be honest but the amount of rain one changes to the potential of at least two hundred millimeters i think so expect flooding along the sides of that part of the yangtze valley the

through msi we providing the philippines, vietnam, indonesia, malaysia and thailand enhanced stability to share and contribute to maritime security and maritime domain awareness. the ultimate goal having a critical regional maritime picture and, therefore, the ability to maintain freedom of maneuver. msi first three years we focus on enhancing information sharing interoperability and multinational maritime cooperation. with respect to foreign military financing, at the recent asean forum secretary pompeo announced over $290 million in foreign dollars in foreign military financing to strengthen maritime security comes , community assie and disaster relief and peacekeeping capabilities in the indo-pacific to include indonesia, malaysia, philippines and vietnam. we also use our defense relationships around the region to increase capabilities through exercises both bilateral and multilateral. last you we hosted the first u.s. asean maritime domain awareness exercise and this year we're expecting to repeat that and to expand the scope of that exercise. this year the chief of naval operation

of his visit to beijing mater mohamed says he only while times foreign investments that benefit malaysia up to one thousand three year old wants to scrap twenty billion dollars worth of deals including a rail link and two gas pipelines they were signed under the previous prime minister najib razak has been charged with corruption we all want to maintain good relations with china and. as a source of. investment in malaysia and you went to make sure that the investment he's a really big issue of the militia on the other hand we don't think we need those two projects we don't think viable so we can and we would like to. just drop the projects but if that going to be done we will have to push through the future way ahead of the need rice. a u.s. cargo ship stranded off the coast of china for more than a month has docked in the ports of delhi on the peak pegasus carrying seventy thousand tons of soybeans has become a symbol of the trade war between the u.s. and china the vessel arrived in china on july the sixth just after beijing imposed a twenty five percent tariff on soybeans from the u.s.