and malaysia has a lot to offer.strong advantage, not only in terms of our labor force, but also our rule of law. in our ip protection. i think for chinese investment, just like any other foreign investment, we want to be assured that investment's are secured and protected. at the same time, the problems they face and encounter. so special channel would help overcome any problems they may face, whether communication or understanding of the incentives we have to offer. american companies are very familiar with malaysia like from china. i do not think they face the same problems that the chinese investors encounter. i think we must also understand that chinese investors only started coming out in a big way after the u.s. and try not trade dispute disrupted the a year ago. they're looking for safe havens, just like compass from the u.s.. i think we must facilitate that. realistically, how much can fdi from china grow in the next two to three years? >> we feel that it should be comparable to investments from the united s

how companies are reassessing their ties with turkey over the country's incursion into syria and malaysia is the world's 2nd largest exporter of palm oil well how does the country cope with the korean criticism of the production of the 1st talk crop being on sustain. i'm chris colfer welcome to the program still no solution to bragg's it but believe it or not there is optimism on the markets. the pound only slipped after a weekend of wrangling over britain's exit from the european union sterling had traded at its highest level in 5 months at the end of last week following a deal between the u.k. and the e.u. to avoid a hard break that as parliament voted against the deal and forced prime minister boris johnson to seek another briggs and delay uncertainty was back on the trading floor. but it's close over to mike hewson he's chief analyst at c.m.c. markets michael the pound is hanging on to most of its gains as we just said is that an indicator that markets do expect an orderly brags that after all. i certainly think so if you look at the price action for the pound over the course of the p

reporter: in malaysia, palm oil is like gold.e country's economy y has flouourished as ththe palm oil plantations have grown. inin kualaumpupur, t majoror players in the industry haves flgathered for a market forum. the subject on everyone's minds here is the e.u. ruling. they blame lobbyists for the decision. datuk: the anti-palm oil lobbies are very, very strong and very focused. one of the problems we face with the anti-palm oil lobby is that these lobbies do not make e an attempt to differentiate palm oil coming from different producer nations. and we have always stated that malaysia does it differently. reporter: the message about palm oil here is very different to that in europe. >> i love mymy vitamins. >> i lovmy palm oioil. >> i i love my palalm oil. anand so should d you. >> i i love my palalm oil. rereporter: thisis ad was cree with goverernment backing. withth government t backing. the debate i in europe hasas td palm oil into a matter of national pride in malaysia. it's a country fighting to save its palm oil. more t

faces out palm oil imports from malaysia on environmental grounds but kuala lumpur says it's accelerating sustainable development. and it's been one of asia's top travel destinations but now thailand's tourism industry is sounding the alarm chinese visitors especially are developing a taste for other places. it's time for business on the w m how you know i guess it's good to have you with us monday should have seen the start of the biggest ever court battle in the ongoing opiate crisis in the u.s. but shortly before the trial began the parties decided to settle the case the 2 suing counties in ohio will receive $260000000.00 from pharmaceutical companies however thousands of similar cases are still open. these flags bear witness to an american tragedy they represent the 400000 people who have died of an opioid overdose over the past 2 decades. contend the drug makers doctors pharmacies and wholesalers all frivolously feel the excessive prescription and consumption of opioids while at the same time flagrantly ignoring the risks of addiction a total of $2600.00 lawsuits are pending througho

palm oil has been called malaysia's golden crop. it's lifted farmers out of poverty and spurred the malaysian economy in recent years in the capital kuala lumpur at a meeting of big palm oil companies the e.u. decision was the dominant topic the producers say war has been declared and they have lost. the anti bomb or lobbies are very very strong and very focused one of the problems we face with the empty palm oil lobby is that these lobbies do not make an attempt to differentiate palm oil coming from different from you so nations and we have already always stated that malaysia dusted differently at this oil mill the loads of palm fruits arrive by the minute this is production on an industrial scale malaysia is the world's 2nd biggest producer of palm oil after in unusual. the fruit pulp is separated from the kernel to be pressed then the oil goes to a refinery to be processed into cooking oil or bio diesel. on the outskirts of kuala lumpur a limb tech when takes a look at one of the sites that infuriates him this new home constructi

also later on this hour, malaysia's expert, we will get his news on malaysia's budget of 2020.y much indeed. let's go quickly to where we find ourselves in terms of markets, and it is our power story at the moment. a bit of relief, probably, more than anything else with regard to that trade deal. an agreement there as well. r.g. bargingt of over the semantics of it. let's take a look at the currencies and play. we had trade numbers, how they affected the sea and why, the currency. they are pretty much still a bit stronger, up to 7.06 at the moment. the rupee looking forward to inflation data later today. don't forget, we also have swathes of data out of china as well. easing monetary policy a little bit, that has helped we can they sing dollar against its u.s. counterpart. sterling vacillating again to the downside this time, but it has been up after there was talk of a deal perhaps between the united kingdom and the european union. brussels coming out over the weekend and scuttling the optimism. down .6% at the moment and people on this program suggesting there is more to come

are reassessing their ties with turkey over the country's incursion into syria and they call it malaysia's goals but how does the country cope with what many call unsustainable production of palm oil. welcome to the program still no solution to bragg's it but believe it or not there's optimism on the markets that optimism has pushed the pound back to a 5 month peak above $1.30 following a brief dip capping a weekend of wrangling over britain's exit from the european union last week also marked a surge in sterling following a deal between the u.k. and the e.u. to avoid a hard breaks in the fast moving developments have markets following them closely especially as parliament voted against the deal and forced prime minister boris johnson to seek another breaks it. to northern syria where kurds still fear that there will be ethnic cleansing that's according to a kurdish general who spoke to the new york times despite a u.s. brokered cease fire between turkish and kurdish forces the conflict is far from resolved to president writes uptight about iran will meet his russian counterpart vladimir p

i doubt what's giving some fish farmers and malaysia sleepless nights. and then sport the world but this is the 1st ever sub 2 hour marathon and we will have that. the roadside bomb has killed at least 10 kenyan police officer single reset that's near the border with somalia police believe the homemade device was planted by the somali based group al-shabaab a similar explosion in june killed 10 officers in the region a pushchair also near the somali border. 7 people have been killed in attacks the northeastern nigeria locals say gunmen raided a military post in the town. in borno state on friday a nearby village was also attacked 4 civilians and 3 soldiers were killed communities in borno state have been repeatedly attacked by groups affiliated with ice all people in japan have become cleaning up the day after one of the most powerful typhoon to hit the country in decades made landfall paralyzed the capital on saturday before moving to the north it brought unprecedented rainfall that cost floods and landslides in some areas only half a 1000000 homes are

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mike corey travels across malaysia's biggest state, sarawak.ornean rainforest, at a former rehabilitation centre, gunung mulu national park and exploring pesta nukenen. this week on the travel show, i am in the jungles of borneo exploring malaysia's biggest state. sarawak. in the western corner of malaysia and borneo, sarawak has some of the most spectacular and diverse ecosystems. but it can be overlooked by tourists drawn to the bright lights of kl and the resorts of its neighbour state sabah. so i am going to discover for myself the sights and inhabitants of this remarkable state. along the way i will be hanging out with these guys... climbing jagged peaks... easily one of the most beautiful and most difficult hikes i have done. ..and getting a taste of one of the world's most remote food festivals. laughs. i have to work on my snail sucking technique. yes, i love sarawak so much. everything very unique in sarawak. we have 26 ethnic groups in sarawak. sarawak mean "surrender to you" in malay. my trip starts here in sarawak‘s biggest city, ku

and by middle activists and malaysia's government are facing off along a coastline in the north of the country. and sport one about exploring a standing world records has been broken in chicago. exit polls out of tunisia show law professor chi side winning by a landslide in presidential elections warning to the early results site has beaten media mogul to be. a turnout of 60 percent reports now from tunis on what the wind could mean for the country. he has achieved what eluded his predecessors since the 2011 revolution basis i yet won the presidential election with more than 70 percent of the vote a big win and a strong bandaid for an outsider who nothing gator threw it in his ears complex political landscape throughout the campaign sayet focused his messages on overhauling state institutions and being political divisions and fixing economic problems but. you've shown the world you freely made your choice and start a new chapter and i'd like to thank the young for their determination you continue to inspire the world. sayen a law professor who ran as an independent defeated his rival i

and find out what's giving some fish farmers a malaysia sleepless nights stay with us. hello we got some fresh air weather pushing into eastern parts of north america over the next day i say this band of cloud here that's going to drift its way through the appalachians i was towards the middle and 6 days now a system out in the open water storm melissa that's going to continue drifting further east which is because through the next couple of days 719 left the new york 18 celsius for d.c. the chance of some snow most of the border just around ontario and that will continue to drift its way further east was as we go on into monday 12 celsius that's fun so that a little cool here in the process only 2 degrees there for winnipeg western parts of canada chance this is more snow coming back in here just around. over the course west coast it stays dry fine and sunny could do with the rain down towards l.a. of course california with those wildfires continuing to burn the other side of the kind. 3 where we do have some wet weather in the forecast as we go on through monday rathe

malaysia could soon have 3 new islands the government wants to build artificial ones in the northern state of penang it's part of an effort to develop the region and provide more economic opportunities many people are concerned about environmental damage florence louis has more from pena. are you sure line is being built in a few years this area in the northern coast of malaysia will be filled with homes offices and roads land reclamation the process of creating new land from water logged areas is taking place on a rapid scale here and land mass is projected to increase by 10 percent within the next decade. the biggest and most controversial is the pinang south reclamation project an area that covers rich fishing grounds. and. when i 1st heard about it i was shocked worried and angry we depend on displaced for life what we call the golden triangle fish prawns and crips. off this coast is where 3 artificial islands covering approximately 800 square kilometers are planned to be built it's part of the penang state government's plan to help fund an ambitious $11000000000.00 transportatio

mazin northern malaysia are calling on the government to tackle the issue of marine pollution they say the poor quality of seawater has caused them huge financial losses lawrence louis reports state of penang. there have been fish farms here at the mouth of the korean river in penang northern malaysia for more than 40 years but owners say the quality of the seawater is degrading and they believe that's causing their fish to die they blame a nearby landfill for polluting the water woman. we depend on the sea for living if our fish can survive we are going to have to shut the farm if there's no fish in the waters will be out of job its role on the northern shores of penang island wantin 3 says his cage to fish has been dying as well he too blames the water quality the state government says the polluting of sea water may be caused by runoffs from an illegal quarry operating nearby marine research as say the increase in jellyfish off the coast of penang is an indicator that the sea water is becoming more polluted but say their studies suggest that that's not enough to cause fish to die as

now fish farmers in northern malaysia are calling on the government to tackle marine pollution which they say has caused them huge financial loss florence louis reports from the state of penang. there have been fish farms here at the mouth of the korean river in penang northern malaysia for more than 40 years but owners say the quality of the seawater is degrading and they believe that's causing their fish to die and they blame a nearby landfill for polluting the water. we depend on the sea for living if all fish can survive we are going to have to shut the farm. fish in the waters will be out of job. on the northern shores of penang island. says his caged fish have been dying as well he too blames the water quality the state government says the polluting of sea water may be caused by runoff from an illegal quarry operated by marine research as say the increase in jellyfish off the coast of penang is an indicator that the sea water is becoming more polluted but say their studies suggest that that's not enough to cause fish to die as the same basic know is difficult for us to actually

and 9 malaysia. ponens rolling nationalist party has declared victory in parliamentary elections exit polls show the lauren justice party is now on course to win an even bigger majority al-jazeera is under simmons reports now from the capital for sofia. countdown to a projected win and poland's ruling party right wing populist and looking forward to a 2nd term in governing. mom a pub or did i know she we had reasons to be happy. because despite a strong front against us we managed to win and all signs pointed it was stay like this and if it stays like this the good change will continue. but what he describes as good change has polarized his country it may have led to the highest turnout in any election since 1989 the law and justice party does deliver on its promises for example a $125.00 a month allowance for parents of each child and 0 tax for under 26 year old all in this past term it's a party that does do what it says on the turn but many people are concerned about what's deep inside that. the o

malaysia announces a budget plan on friday.etween the skull consolidation or ramping up -- fiscal consolidation or ramping up -- what are economists forecasting? sophie: malaysia has been able to have its deficit since 2009 with a goal to reduce it to 3% 3.8% -- but20 and the malaysian finance minister warned it would be challenging to do so with means fiscal prudence which is expected today after the deficit hit 3.7% last year. in the target will be 3.4% next year, maybe even less ambitious, expected to be relaxed to 2.2% according to economist. this could maintain the countries credit rating -- country's credit rating. u.s.-china trade spat. no new levies are expected to be announced. there could be subsidies in handouts indicated by the prime minister last week as part of a pledge to lower [indiscernible] in malaysia. joining for more on this, me have esther lai, that ra -- how do they get this mix right between fiscal prudence and not derailing the economy? er: it is a difficult time with budgeting especially when growth is

more trouble showers across central parts of southeast asia we got some very heavy rain there into malaysia some lively shabbas too into central and southern parts of the philippines shows about where they should be indonesia is generally looking fine and raja cotta at around $33.00 degrees some heavy showers into northern parts of smarts around the malays peninsula pushing up into thailand as we go i wanted to choose a some of that wet weather will make its way down across a good part of borneo some much of malaysia seeing increased the wet weather heading down it's in more than frenchies off in the shia some of that say making its way into australia fading through the bytes a big area cloud here rolling across south australia looking pretty windy actually for adelaide over the next a day or 2 with some outbreaks of rain 17 celsius in adelaide temperatures to struggle a little habits to the north of south australia into the interior getting up into the high thirty's there for alice getting up very close to 40 degrees by the time we come to choose day as the possible strategy generates larg

this week on the travel show, i am in the jungles of borneo exploring malaysia's biggest state.awak. in the western corner of malaysia and borneo, sarawak has some of the most spectacular and diverse ecosystems. but it can be overlooked by tourists drawn to the bright lights of kl and the resorts of its neighbour state sabah. so i am going to discover for myself the sights and inhabitants of this remarkable state. along the way i will be hanging out with these guys... climbing jagged peaks... easily one of the most beautiful and most difficult hikes i have done. ..and getting a taste of one of the world's most remote food festivals. laughs. i have to work on my snail sucking technique. yes, i love sarawak so much. everything very unique in sarawak. we have 26 ethnic groups in sarawak. sarawak mean "surrender to you" in malay. my trip starts here in sarawak‘s biggest city, kuching. and does the word kuching mean, it means something special, right? yes, kuching is mean cat, in english, called cat. like the city of cats? yes, cat city. we are starting here in the state capital kuch

likely to see the return of singapore, malaysia, on the watchlist.ingapore, we are joined by our south asia editor. it coming out twice a year. what come we expect from this report out of the u.s. treasury? >> that's right. no data is given for when this port will come out but it is due in the next couple of weeks. the key one is how the u.s. designates china in the report. in august, it came out to label china as a currency manipulator and i think the report will elaborate on that a little more. a key to china's designation is the outcome of trade negotiations and the signing of the first trade deal coming up so i think everyone will be looking to see if china remains with that label a currency manipulator. important ones, as you mentioned, the three southeast asian countries that made it onto the list in may. they are likely to remain on the list because that is because the u.s. treasury aims to keep newcomers on the list for at least two she cycles, to she reports based on its criteria whether they are deemed to be using policies that may be advan

the main destinations for germany's plastic waste are now in malaysia 132000 tons a year followed by india has around 76000 and then indonesia in a 3rd place that more than 64000 followed by vietnam at nearly 57000 tons. of size of mind but in malaysia the trash piles up on dumps like this they don't recycle here at all the trash d.k. use polluting the soil and groundwater likable. guy. if you have a little rummage around here you'll see a lot of it comes from germany from other european countries too and the u.s. but there's a lot from germany this is an old capri sun is on a. there's a mix of household rubbish and used packaging and. the volume is starting to overwhelm many of the importers because there aren't enough plastic recycling plants environmentalist group greenpeace discovered 45 legal and 5 illegal landfills in one malaysian region alone with garbage from more than 19 countries. the biggest export there is the us around 16 percent of their plastic ways to get sent abroad. to power in exports more than 15 percent germany more than 12 per cent and the u.k. more than 9 per

malaysia. is. going to hear in doha the headlines on al-jazeera breaking news out of sprain this hour the supreme court has sentenced 12 cattle and separatist leaders for their role in the an all the rise referendum for independence in 27 team the former deputy leader oriel don't care us has been handed a 13 year prison term. more news on that in our next person here and i was there a little over 28 minutes time now syria's government a struck a deal with kurdish forces that will see the syrian army deploy along the border with turkey the kurdish led s.d.f. says the deployment will help them repel turkey's forces which have been involved advancing since wednesday chance strafford reports now from the turkey syria border you can imagine the significance of this deal when you're effectively looking at 2 national army is now facing off each other potentially in a confrontational situation so it is of great concern it is fascinating in terms of how allegiances have changed but of course it only increas

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there have been fish farms here at the mouth of the korean river in penang northern malaysia for more than 40 years but owners say the quality of the seawater is degrading and they believe that is causing their fish to die they blame a nearby landfill for polluting the water. we depend on the sea for living if all fish can survive we are going to have to shut the farm if there's no fish in the waters will be out of job its role on the northern shores of penang island. is his caged fish have been dying as well he too blames the water quality the state government says the polluting of sea water may be caused by runoff from an illegal quarry operated by marine research as say the increase in jellyfish off the coast of penang is an indicator that the sea water is becoming more polluted but say their studies suggest that that's not enough to cause fish to die as the same basic know it's difficult for us to actually pinpoint on one factor the ocean is a very dynamic environment. is the ball and. effect as well as. the climate change that causes course the pollution. it's not just those in t

trouble showers across central parts of southeast asia we've got some very heavy rain there into malaysia some lively shabbas too into central and southern parts of the philippines the showers about where they should be indonesia is generally looking fine and raja cotta at around $33.00 degrees some heavy showers into northern parts of smarts around the malays peninsula pushing up into thailand as we go i wanted to choose a some of that wet weather will make its way down across a good part of borneo some much of malaysia seeing increased the wet weather heading down it's in more than frenchies off in the shia some of that say making its way into australia fading through the bytes a big area cloud here rolling across south australia looking pretty windy actually for adelaide over the next a day or 2 with some outbreaks of frame 17 celsius in adelaide temperatures to struggle a little habits to the north of south australia into the interior we're getting up into the high thirty's there for alice getting up very close to 40 degrees by the time we come to choose day i suppose most dreaded gen

there have been fish farms here at the mouth of the korean river in penang northern malaysia for more than 40 years but owners say the quality of the seawater is degrading and they believe that is causing their fish to die and they blame a nearby landfill for polluting the water. we depend on the sea for living if all fish can survive we are going to have to shut the farm. fish in the waters will be out of job its role on the northern shores of penang island. says his caged fish have been dying as well he too blames the water quality the state government says the polluting of sea water may be caused by runoffs from an illegal quarry operated by marine researches say the increase in jellyfish off the coast of penang is an indicator that the sea water is becoming more polluted but say their studies suggest that that's not enough to cause fish to die as the same basic know is difficult for us to actually pinpoint on one factor the ocean is a very dynamic environment. is a ball and. effect as well as. the climate change that causes course the pollution it's not just those in the fishing a

and other states in libya malaysia. that it would be the cause here don't have jurisdiction to deal with it that it would be wrong because he possibly criticized the actions of other states at 1st the u.k. government basically said you can't hear these cases at all here in britain because it will harm our relationship with the united states the americans will be terribly upset about it and so forth about it in fear of the hoist or. why then. if you have a magna x. amount of us and i want. to freeze and then i buy a car where and. when. she mostly has only to work on my washing. and the help of a blob of family mother to her she normally 7 cars over to my. mother when i only have. one of the thousands of papers found after the revolution in 2011 was this one marked top secret it refers to libya u.s. cooperation and to a list of names of so-called traitors which was given to the americans. at all food many. american what i think isn't as well for unseeing well it's only willingly and it's the money. and. political effort

were having a bad time in business we still had some customers from other places like asians from malaysia singapore the philippines but this year there were very very few tourists i just bumped into only one customer who is from the philippines it's very difficult to do business. but as the protests continue the authorities are turning to new measures to combat them hong kong's department of justice has issued an emergency injunction against using the internet and social media for anything that could be judged to be inciting violence i do websites and apps named by the department have been crucial in organizing the leaderless protest movement it comes on the back of the government introducing a ban on face masks something protesters are defying. those protesting during halloween were critical of the new measures. this took terri and. even more people. to go it is crazy and. with no sign of the protesters backing down and the. government equally determined hong kong is stuck in a standoff that is damaging its economic future. well i'm joined now by mowen activists of the civil rights front

hong kong is anymore and i've just heard from that video that they used to be some tourists from malaysia from from singapore from from philippines i have to say that is not true in the past in before 97 we used to have many tourists from from all over the world but then. we mainly target chinese tourists and that is not healthy i would say the projects. if i could just interrupt i would just say the importance of hong kong to china has has been diminished since 1907 immediately the percentage of the g.d.p. for china is now very small when you when you look at hong kong are you worried about. just slowly becoming an important for beijing. well i don't think g.d.p. is that in politics in terms of the balance in china because. china stude needs home call for a huge amount of investment so other investment through hong kong to china. i don't have the figure i'm not the expert on that but then i know this is very important for them and apart from that china is their number one city for money laundry of chinese capital i am not saying this this is good but then china definitely needs hong kong

there have been fish farms here at the mouth of the korean river in penang northern malaysia for more than 40 years but owners say the quality of the seawater is degrading and they believe that is causing their fish to die and they blame a nearby landfill for polluting the water. we depend on the sea for living if all fish can survive we are going to have to shut down the farm if there is no fish in the waters will be out of job its role on the northern shores of penang island. says his caged fish have been dying as well he too blames the water quality the state government says the polluting of sea water may be caused by runoffs from an illegal quarry operated by marine research as say the increase in jellyfish off the coast of penang is an indicator that the sea water is becoming more polluted but say their studies suggest that that's not enough to cause fish to die as the same basic know is difficult for us to actually pinpoint on one factor the ocean is a very dynamic environment. is a ball and. affects as well as. the climate change that causes course the pollution. it's not just

malaysia says it will ask the us to handle the recovered money. and finally for business it's halloween a day for costumes and trick or treating in the u. s. at least. but the holiday is also growing in popularity across europe and businesses are lookoking to cash in cathererine viet has the story. from the traditional jack-o'-lantern to the macabre hundreds of carved pumpkins have been put on n display at this califorornia botanical garden. all for the delight and freight of those looking for a thrill. frank can tie line back. celebrating halloween is an annual tradition in the us a day for dressing up in costumes trick or treating and spooky decorating it's also bigig business according to the national retail federation halloween spending is expected to hate almost nine billion dollars this year. and the lore of halloween is spreading beyond the u. s. the holiday is growingg in popularity here in france with adults getting in on the actction too. it's not something will be doing every day and make of that will wear maybe once. lastly it doesn't

we saw the establishment of the so—called caliphate, counterterrorism authorities in indonesia, malaysiare and other effectively defeated those groups. they were either locked up, nullified or engaged in a peace process. this meant that there wasn't a place for people to train so they were able to find these, regroup their courses with isis. jacinta, i'd like tojump in here but are these governments in the asia—pacific sharing intelligence information to stop these attacks before they happen, cutting off the tactical learning and financial support? well, absolutely they are and there are some very good arrangements, particularly based around asean whether countries work together and also interpol and our local southeast asian version of that and variant. what's that meant is that most sophisticated large mass casualty attacks have been defeated. even when we see something like the terrible attacks on the department store in jakarta, terrible attacks on the department store injakarta, that was the last attempt by a group that had really tried and failed to do that over a number of times a

now it is thailand, japan, australia, canada, and malaysia.ries for chinese buyers are southeast asia. this is a reflection of a couple of factors. one, the trade war, which obviously has strengthened the low labor cost markets of southeast asia. beendly, there is also significant investment in the markets of malaysia, thailand, vietnam, and others. real estate investments usually follow the investments into industry and infrastructure. the first thing is, our markets in southeast asia are quite affordable. in the philippines, you can buy an apartment for 100,000 u.s. dollars in the capital city, which is impossible in most western countries. the number of factors which have strengthened our markets, i would to the hong kong protest has not had a significant impact on the demand. real estate investments have been popular among all chinese buyers. >> it has been like teflon. it is one of the main reasons we have seen so much anger among young protesters about living affordability and housing affordability. i want to throw up this chart showing

richard huckle first visited malaysia on a teaching gap year, when he was 19.is faith to get close to children. it is not often that you get intimate access inside a police sting. it was first identified by detectives in australia, they infiltrated a website on the dark web, where paedophiles shared their own images of abuse. investigators recovered more than 20,000 indecent images from richard huckle's computer. the 33—year—old was one of britain's most prolific paedophiles, humberside police says it is now working with the prison service to investigate his death. the death toll from typhoon hagibis injapan has risen to 56. the typhoon has brought record downpours, with some areas seeing four months of rain in two days. tens of thousands of troops have been drafted in to reach stranded residents. it's the worst storm to hit the country in decades. the supreme court in madrid has given nine catalan separatists lengthy jail terms after a failed bid for independence from spain in 2017. the former vice—president of catalonia, orioljunqueras, received the longest s

there have been fish farms here at the mouth of the korean river in penang northern malaysia for more than 40 years but owners say the quality of the seawater is degrading and they believe that is causing their fish to die and they blame a nearby landfill for polluting the water. we depend on the sea for living if all fish can survive we are going to have to shut down the farm if there's no fish in the waters will be out of job its role on the northern shores of penang island. says his caged fish have been dying as well he too blames the water quality the state government says the polluting of sea water may be caused by runoff from an illegal quarry operated by marine research as say the increase in jellyfish off the coast of penang is an indicator that the sea water is becoming more polluted but say their studies suggest that that's not enough to cause fish to die as the same thing is difficult for us to actually pinpoint on one factor ocean is a very dynamic environment. is the ball and. affects as well as. the climate change that causes course the pollution. it's not just those in

the state of us in northeast brazil or malaysia could soon have 3 new islands the government wants to build artificial ones in the northern state of and the young it's part of an effort to develop the region and provide more economic opportunities many people are concerned about environmental damage florence the week has more from point. a new shoreline is being built in a few years this area in the northern coast of pinang in malaysia will be filled with homes offices and roads land reclamation the process of creating new land from water logged areas is taking place on a rapid scale here and land mass is projected to increase by 10 percent within the next decade. the biggest and most controversial is the pinang south reclamation project an area that covers rich fishing grounds. and. when i 1st heard about it i was shocked worried and angry we depend on displaced for life what we call the golden triangle fish prawns and crips. off this coast is where 3 artificial islands covering approximately 800 square kilometers are planned to be built it's part of the penang state government's pla