how does that impact malaysia?laysia benefited from the disruption in the supply chain. darell: thank you to bloomberg. great been given this opportunity to talk to you. the phase one of the agreement just signed, obviously, there will be some impact. we are confident to say that the chinese and americans will continue to have their traded deals with malaysia -- trade deals with the malaysian continue having a good relationship with our country. >> tariffs remain on china until at least november. how will that filter through? how much benefit can there be from this deal? darell: from our side, i think we will continue having the continuous relationship with china, as well as america. we are glad that america and china have at least tried to take some global responsibility over the challenges that the whole world has faced because of their tariff disagreements. thatphase one, we hope they will find some solution on overcoming all those challenges. also, the tariff that is still implemented. >> how will the benefits

ports in malaysia and it's the dumping countries that will foot the bill malaysia says it won't be paying a penny to send the stuff back. the international monetary fund has cut global growth estimates for 2020 the leader of the i.m.f. in davos switzerland for the word economic forum today to discuss the world economic outlook the i.m.f. reports that compared to the outlook report in october estimated global growth for this year is down 110th of a percent to 3.3 percent growth one of the major reasons for the dip in projected growth includes a slowdown in india. well ahead of the forum which kicked off today american money management firm blackrock has grabbed the attention of the finance world its c.e.o. larry fisk announcing the company which quote exit investments presenting a high sustainability related risk for a start divesting hundreds of millions of dollars from coal lng to businesses and that could be a big deal black rock is the world's largest fund to manage it holds close to 7 trillion dollars in assets and to put that in perspective germany is anti economic output for 2018 wa

ports in malaysia and it's the dumping countries that will foot the bill malaysia says it won't be paying a penny to send the stuff back. let's look now at some of the other business stories making news. reuters reports that carmaker volkswagen is in talks to purchase a 20 percent stake in chinese battery maker when the move would come as the company looks to sell $1500000.00 electric cars in china but 2025. beijing is calling on candidates release the detained while way executive joe long was arrested over a year ago and is charged with bank fraud for misleading the bank h.s.b.c. about activities in iran extradition hearing which will fight american efforts to have her brought there for trial is scheduled to begin monday. lawn must space tourism company space x. has deliberately destroyed one of its falcon 9 rocket as part of a test of the rockets abort function must describe the launch as picture perfect now space x. needs nasa service to certify the rocket for flights with the human crew. well it's the world's most expensive real estate market prices in hong kong are now under pressure

parts in malaysia and it's the dumping countries that will foot the bill malaysia says it won't be paying a penny to send the stuff back. staying in asia it's the world's most expensive real estate market prices in hong kong are facing new pressure after months of protests there was some losses or surprisingly large experts warn a gets too much optimism for buyers hong kong's real estate market is the least affordable in the world after months of democracy protest pressure is growing in the hong kong market this tiny shop of less than 2 square metres in a cramped corner of the commercial district is a powerful symbol of change investment banker turned property manager edwin lee explains. this is this shop that very much to pay so based on my best knowledge and memory to shop last the most money in hong kong the store was once a currency exchange kiosk but the tourism downturn means it's now a real estate office for just over a 1000000 euros it's sold for less than half the us now because that because it's always the repo market and people simply not willing to buy shops anymore so the lan

essentially the indian government is unhappy with the way in which the malaysia per minister has madenship laws and actions in kashmir. in imposing prices on palm oil. what this also does is it encourages and boosts indian vegetable oil industry to domestically produced more vegetable oil. in the past there have been complaints by some companies in india that, because of cheaper palm oil imports, their business has been affected so this might cause... this might be good news for them but having said that, india imports about 50 million tons of vegetable oil every year. out of these, 9 million tons is refined palm oil. what the indian government is doing is encouraging indian businesses to turn malta was indonesia because malaysia has been a top surprise. ——to turn more towards indonesia. thank you so much for the update. a new mobile video streaming service is about to enter the competitive market. it will feature exclusive entertainment content made by the likes of steven spielberg, bill murray and reece witherspoon and, unlike netflix, it will also screen specially made news bulleti

one together with vietnam in their ear yes particularly the philip treacy in a war but indonesia malaysia are also beginning to speak out right now let's look at the economic side of this not china is indonesia's biggest trading partner china also has close business ties with malaysia for interference vietnam and other so how much leverage and then do these countries in the region have rich on the south china sea dispute given this economic dependency that appears to be building up well this is a very interesting point i mean i think the chinese idea is that they can essentially bike undersea loyalty and good real true economic investment assuming in this investments go well as we saw in the case of malaysia there was a concern about that drop so there is also some negative. sentiment around chinese investments in the area now the thing here is that if you look at indonesia in many countries increasingly they're also becoming emotional and nationalistic about this issue so this is not just about economics and we clearly saw that in the elections in indonesia last year were by it was not i

mike corey has been travelling across malaysia's biggest state, sarawak.ed deep into the bornean rainforest. this week on the travel show, i'm in the jungles of borneo exploring malaysia's biggest state — sarawak. in the western corner of malaysian 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'm 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 one of the most difficult hikes i have done. and getting a taste of one of the world's most remote food festivals. sucking. 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 what does the word kuching mean, it means somet

last week the us told malaysia that any iranian citizen cannot have a bank to go out and close all the bank accounts well how is that fair this isn't targeted they're not targeting any government entities this isn't targeting any terrorist financing ordinary citizens are now being affected whether you're a student you're a farmer you're a construction worker every single person every single iranian citizen living in malaysia not even living in iran is being affected and now they have no access to capital markets they have no access to banks.

of control and crypto is the big equalizer here and something that happened really recently was malaysia last week the u.s. told malaysia that any iran ian citizens cannot have a bank how you go out and close all the bank accounts. well how is that fair this isn't targeted they're not targeting any government entities this isn't targeting any terrorist financing ordinary citizens are now being affected whether you're a student you're a farmer you're a construction worker every single person every single iranian citizen living in malaysia not even living in iran is being affected and now they have no access to capital markets they have no access to banks how is the city how is someone living in malaysia supposed to survive if an entity such as the u.s. can come in and strong arm the country into shutting down your bank accounts like you said kristie a lot of these people are now relying heavily on these crypto currencies but could countries really ever block the use of them because they're becoming so popular. because of how all of the sudden. well it's going to be on ramps and the sea on

we haven't had any other information or communication from malaysia, at any level, since we left thelegal courtiers, it is quite extraordinary. the lucie blackman trust, which is supporting it through this process, has accused in relation authorities of effectively closing down the case. given that this statement from the attorney general‘s offices, what redress do you now have? what path do you have to follow to get the answers you're looking for a? i guess our main path is one of diplomacy, which frankly, we employed from the beginning. we have had a huge amount of support, both here in britain and obviously from france and ireland also. while we we re from france and ireland also. while we were in malaysia, those three governments spoke to each other on a daily basis and a huge amount of diplomatic effort was put in place in our regard. we have been given assurances by our governments that they will continue to support our demands forjustice they will continue to support our demands for justice and they will continue to support our demands forjustice and our fight for the truth, a

highest level which is the same as war zones in fact advising americans not to go to china at all in malaysia health officials are handing out pamphlets and making announcements on loudspeakers to advise the public on measures to avoid infections and as we said the u.s. telling its citizens to avoid all travel to china where more than 200 people have died from the virus and around 9 and a half 1000 have been infected charlie angela begins our coverage with this report . declaring an international public health emergency is rare but with the corona virus spreading globally the world health organization says it warrants a coordinated international response i'm declaring a public close emergency of international concern. over the global outbreak of

but malaysia's government has taken a stand, saying it doesn't want to be the world's garbage dump.ng the huawei executive meng wanzhou at her extradition hearing have argued that the crimes the united states has accused her off would not be considered against the law in canada. they say that ms meng should not be extradited to the us to face charges of fraud and violating american sanctions on iran. more on that in business briefing. the head of google has called for artificial intelligence to be regulated. writing in the financial times, sundar pichai said it was "too important not to" impose regulation but argued for "a sensible approach". last week it was revealed that the european commission is considering a five—year ban on facial recognition. priya lakhani is the founder and ceo of century tech, she's with me now. it seems that the head of a big tech company, trying to seize the initiative and suggest elation before regulation is imposed. there are some states in the us that have banned facial recognition and there isa banned facial recognition and there is a general public p

malaysia has seen a sharp rise in foreign plastic waste since china announced a ban in 2017.of google's parent company alphabet has called for artificial intelligence to be regulated. sundar pichai said that individual areas of ai development, like self—driving cars and health tech, required specific rules. last week it was revealed that the european commission is considering a five—year ban on facial recognition. uber has sold its indian online food delivery service to zomato, in exchange for a 10% stake in its rival. the deal will allow uber to move on from a business that has been making heavy losses. its food delivery business in india contributed just 3% of its total revenues and represented 25% of its global losses for uber eats in the first nine months of 2019. up up next, news briefing. don't go away. the government says it intends to increase minimum sentences for terrorists, following the london bridge attack in november, in which two people were killed by a man released from prison a year before. here's our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. the fishmonger

meanwhile malaysia says it's returned $150.00 containers of plastic waste to 13 countries since late last year the malaysian government says the country refuses to become the.

the ceo of malaysia's petronas explains about his future proofing the energy company.♪ >> we have seen the end of the boom bust cycle. >> you would have to kill greed for that to be true. >> cycles and growth are caused by the boom in boston credit. >> there's a reason we have had cycles going back thousands of years. >> that is driven by changes in monetary policy. the fed is in a box. they have exhausted the roads. >> it can't tighten or ease. >> it is a form of qe. >> it has been helping the markets along. >> it will not look like it has. >> we are at a sweet spot. >> relatively strong economic growth around the world. >> we never leave the boom bust cycle. >> all of our guests on the future of fed policy and whether we are seeing the end of the boom bust cycle. over in malaysia, the central bank unexpectedly cut interest rates following emerging market peers turkey and south africa in kicking off the year with easing. next up is bank indonesia and economists expected to keep rates on hold later thursday. of's bring back oxford head india and southeast asia economic

in the case of malaysia, i think it is a good example when a new government came to power and ordered. in the process they have trimmed down the size of those projects considerably. i think that will be an example of the type of friction that is going to be seen going forward that is really going to slow the projects. you talk about the frictions they have encountered, but we know the chinese economy is beginning to slow. just how crucial are these big projects to china's growth trajectory. well, it is part of its soft power aspirations. it is building up its hard power, its aircraft carrier and its military. it is also trying to use this belt and road programme to build ties with the number of countries in the world, its neighbours and further afield. it is not doing a project really good job. at the same time you have another side of the chinese society, the criminal elements, which are also moving into the same markets, often times pretending they are part of the belt and road. and some of these illegal movements of people are starting to be resented ina lot people are starting to

meanwhile malaysia says it's returned $150.00 containers of plastic waste to 13 countries since late last year the malaysian government says the country refuses to become the world's dumping ground after china banned waste imports. another container is heaved back to the port more than 3000.

but malaysia's government has taken a stand, saying it doesn't want to be the world's garbage dump. executive detained in canada, is in court for a hearing to decide if she should be extradited to the united states. the us wants her handed over to face accusations of fraud and breaching sanctions on iran. she says the charges are politically—motivated. after many years of expert argument, a painting of vincent van gogh has finally been confirmed as a self—portrait. painted in 1889, it's the only known artwork which shows the dutch artist in a depressed state, while he was in an asylum in france. hundreds of people, mainly from honduras, who are trying to reach the united states, have waded into a river on mexico's border with guatamala. mexican national guard troops with riot shields have been trying to stop them climbing the river bank. mexico has cut off migration routes to the us under pressure from president trump. rich preston reports. 0n mexico's southern border, men, women, and children wading through the suchiate river, many of them eventually reaching mexican territory. the

together with vietnam in the earlier years part there with philip treacy in a war but indonesia malaysia are also beginning to speak out right now let's look at the economic side of this not china is indonesia's biggest trading partner china also has close business ties with malaysia for intervene in vietnam and other so how much leverage and then do these countries in the region have rich on the south china sea dispute given this economic dependency that appears to be building up well this is a very interesting point i mean i think the chinese idea is that they can essentially bike undersea loyalty and good real true economic investments assuming in these investments go well as we saw in the case of malaysia there was a concern about that drop so there is also some negative. sentiment around chinese investments in the area now the thing here is that if you look at indonesia and many countries increasingly they're also becoming emotional and nationalistic about this issue so this is not just about economics and we clearly saw that in the elections in indonesia last year were by it was no

virus that death toll brings the number of those killed to 42 with more than 1300 others infected malaysia is the latest country to report cases of the virus infections have also reached europe with 3 patients confirmed in paris in an effort to contain it spread the chinese government has expanded its travel restrictions now affecting 36000000 people. jim brown is live for us in hong kong with the latest right now how much celebration is left in the lunar new year right now. well i would describe the mood here as being pretty flat very subdued there is no real outward signs of panic it has to be said but i think there is a growing sense of unease as this virus continues to spread a number of lunar new year events have been cancelled or a soccer tournament also a carnival but it's also becoming noticeable that face masks are becoming more difficult to purchase they're there but you've got to look very hard to try to find them we've been hearing today somebody from one of hong kong's leading microbiologists talk to you in kwok you'll know he was heavily involved in the fight against the sars

malaysia's released audio recordings of former prime minister najib razak asking for help to cover up corruption this is part of the anti corruption commission's investigation of the one m.t.b. corruption scandal and virginians are held another nationwide strike against president emanuel micron's pension reform plans the protests over already caused travel disruptions for over a month negotiations between the government and the transport unions in france are expected to continue this friday they get you up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera people in power is next. we understand the different cities and similarities have cultures across the land sentimental value taken out using. their names and current affairs. the full of the berlin wall just over 30 years ago came amidst sweeping changes to end the cold war and see the downfall of authoritarian communist regimes across the eastern europe the 3 decades on the pro-democracy optimism of those days has turned south replaced by rising seas and the soviet and populist nationalism countries once held the hyundai i's so what went wro

, but malaysia has taken a stand, saying it doesn't want to be the world's garbage dump.hree people and has been spreading across china can be passed from person to person, not just from animals. more than 200 people have been infected with the virus that causes breathing problems. the world health organisation has said it will hold an emergency meeting on the outbreak later this week. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. it's official — china's mysterious new virus can pass from person to person. health authorities there are urging the public not to panic. most cases have come as a result of direct contact with animals, but human—to—human transmission means this virus is potentially a far bigger threat. the outbreak centres on the city of wuhan, population 11 million, where the source is thought to be a seafood market. 170 people in wuhan are being treated in hospital. several are critically ill and three deaths have been confirmed. there have been a handful of cases of the virus in south korea, thailand and japan, all travellers who had come from wuhan. the i

to 42 with close to 1300 other people in fact it cases of the illness have now been confirmed in malaysia nepal australia and france or aboard mainly house on the measures beijing is taking to try to contain this outbreak. it's an ambitious time scale workers have just days to flatten this land and construct a $1000.00 bed health center on this 25000 square meter site in $100.00 city is part of china's urgent battle to control the spread of the crooner virus. videos such as this one have gone viral on social media an unidentified female voice says 3 bodies covered with blankets have been lying in the parked car doors of a hospital in ruhani. as more cases are reported around the world it's still not clear how many people could be infected at the beginning of any other break you would focus more on a severe cases and you have more of those and then maybe we are missing some mild cases because people will just be a little bit sick and will not be ever tested and they will recover many streets and markets are empty in one hand where the 1st outbreak emerged and all public transport has been

the trial has been ongoing in malaysia many documents have been entered into evidence many statements taken many witnesses called but no one expected to uncover these sorts of taped conversations between the highest officials in 2 jersey sections it remains to be seen as to whether he will be found guilty but i see the evidence is overwhelming and i do believe he will the health account others have already been held to account we don't know who made him we don't know whether they were made for example by the intelligence services of malaysia or they were provided by someone on the other end of the conversation in the us. regardless of whether they're found to be admissible into evidence they show a pattern of misconduct a pattern of cover up which is a model for what not to do in 2015 i specifically called on a g to come clean to admit what he's been involved in and to apologize and seek for forgiveness he chose a different path he chose a path of cover up and frankly this is one of the worst coverup. situations that i've run into in the course of the many investigations i've done ove

destinations for germany's plastic waste are now in malaysia $132000.00 tons a year followed by india has around $76000.00 and then indonesia in the 3rd place at more than $64.00 sides and followed by vietnam at nearly 57000 tons. of size of mines but in malaysia the trash piles up on dumps like this they don't recycle here old the trash dk is polluting the soil and groundwater. 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 employees 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 there plastic waste come to brought. japan exports more than 15 percent germany more than 12 per cent and the u.k. more than 9 per cent. recycling old

of stice as of mines 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. too and the us but there's a lot from germany this is an old capri sun. 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 waste gets sent to brought. japan exports more than. 15 percent germany more than 12 percent and the u.k. more than 9 percent. recycling old plastic trash into new plastic is a complex and costly process it has to be separated cleaned and source it exports are only legal if the country they're being sent to can process them but asian countries are often found ways that's barely recyclable. the environmental and health impacts have led many countries to limit imports or ban

we never thought we would survive the boat trip so already when we arrived in malaysia. it was a bonus you know a 2nd chance to life and as we got off the boat and the boat broke up 15 minutes after we got off so when you standing on the beach and you see that boat break up. you have no more complaint if anything goes after that. kim and her family lived in a refugee camp in malaysia until her parents secured entry to canada the start of a new life today she's one of the country's most celebrated authors her 3 best selling novels have been translated into 25 languages. it must have been a clash of cultures when you came to canada what was your most difficult challenge we have arrived not from our home we arrive from a refitted camp so basically you we became subhuman you know we lived in places that were not places and under citizenship we were stateless right and so you we arrived here and we couldn't compare with anything else we compare with 0 rights or anything after 0. screw it and the beauty was that we arrived in a small city where my impression was the whole city

last week the us told malaysia that any iranian citizens cannot have a bank go out and close all the bank accounts well how is that fair this isn't a targeted they're not targeting any government entities this isn't targeting any terrorist financing ordinary citizens are now being affected by.

china's president says it has become a grave situation and canada , australia, and malaysia have all reported first cases today. in the last half hour, china raised the death toll from 41 to 56 people. the number of confirmed cases have also risen to just under 2000. and now, the city of wuhan where the outbreak started, is joined by 12 more chinese cities, isolating about 50 million people. today the french automaker psa group evacuated families from wuhan, the u.s. has had two confirmed cases, a woman from chicago and a man in washington state, both traveled recently to china. the cdc says it is monitoring 63 possible cases in 22 states. here in the bay area, alameda county officials say they are monitoring no more than 10 possible cases. christina coleman has the latest on the outbreak. >> reporter: the rapidly spreading virus is a grave situation according to china's president. the outbreak, which began last month in central china, has killed dozens and sickened hundreds in at least 10 countries including the u.s. officials are scrambling to slow the transmission. >> translator:

with ukraine australia along the netherlands belgium allies malaysia. point was actually shut down no one you put it and cited them to join they were invited you here later said not to participate in the criminal investigation which is true but only to participate in the technical investigation. and when we asked why you used with number to put things in like well if there were complaints against us they could have sounds to us to join the group but they didn't want to see a very but we kept you operating with them and everything that we were asked to provide at certain bits they die and that's the advice of the investigators of these joint investigation the grid of those and so we feel that although we haven't had. almost. designing the. day that that our designers hold a weapon that allegedly was used to shut down that plane. they demonstrated how it happens in the real live they gave me there are some of them but of this information the data from their data from their ratters and when we asked so don't worry the ukrainians road data the answer was th

we have now had secondary spread in malaysia and australia. with when it met on thursday. and i suspect the reaction to these new data points will be to behave very aggressively and to bring the resources together that the declaration would bring. one of the declaration would bring. one of the elements of this which has emerged in the last 48 hours or so is the fact that it can spread from somebody who carries it but doesn't yet demonstrate any symptoms. how troubling is that to you? it's very troubling. if you think about it, if you already have the disease and you're in the hospital and are being contained and then you can spread, you can control that spread with oxygen you can control that spread with oxyg e n pressure you can control that spread with oxygen pressure unmasks and containment gowns. but if you're on an aeroplane and you don't even know you have the disease yet and you are in contact with lots of people in crowds and you are still a spreader or even a super spreader, those are things to really worry about. those are some of th

we've got the usual splattering of showers across southeast asia malaysia seeing the heaviest of those showers over the next day or 2 some are just seeing some lovely downpours that's also the situation across a good parts of borneo wattle 2 showers more sunshine than showers for the philippines and that's also the case there across a good part of india china although you may just see want to see warm she'll show us just sliding their way towards that central and eastern side of vietnam over the next day or so here we go with the heaviest showers stance towards the southernmost parts of the region across malaysia into indonesia turning up with a very wet weather that we have across australia northern parts of australia in particular still seeing some massive downpours the flooding rains still tumbling through we have got that wet weather around the cape york peninsula this area of low pressure that's been our offending feature recently and that's now sliding its way down towards northern territory into central parts of australia but just to the south of tells bill to the south of canne

plenty of showers across southeast asia some lively ones there just around borneo as a bunch of malaysia pushing down into indonesia say some heavy showers in the heat of the day a little bit of wet weather too just pushing into central areas of the philippines for sunday push on into monday that will sink a little further south was scattering of showers there through malaysia some showers that just affecting a good part of indonesia want to see showers a possibility into the far northwest of australia over the next couple of days but over towards the east that's where the main focus has been for some really heavy rainfall you can still see this large area of cloud and rain which brought some flooding into parts of southeastern queensland this is around the gold coast school saying $214.00 millimeters of rain and flooding remains an issue as we go on through the next couple of days actually what's the weather still there on the eastern side of new south wales pushing down into victoria was a chance to sink further showers here as we go on through sunday and going on into monday as well n