it is a very important lesson for other countries who want to learn from the malaysian experience.ost: the city as well on its way to becoming a high income nation by 2020 and competitiveness from the regional market has propelled malaysia to be creative and innovative when it comes to business. the world recognizes the potential within the region and the opportunities it presents as a single market. despite a very challenging global and domestic environment in 2015, the malaysian economy recorded a growth of 5% and malaysia remains amongst the faster growing economies in the region. 2016 has also looked positive with growth figures beating market expectations. >> the malaysian financial system is one that is robust. this is an economy that has registered growth over the past decades, even amidst the current financial global financial turmoil, malaysia continues to grow at a reasonably solid pace. very centrally located, so it makes it a great place to aggregate our resources in a headquarters so we can feed the rest of our growth in the asian countries we are looking to grow in. >

that's when "eyewitness news" at noon >>> well the search is over for the malaysian airliner that vanishedearly three years ago much the plane took off in mar march 2014 from kuala lumpur bound for beijing and was never seen again. correspondent chris van cleve has more on this new heartbreak for the families of the missing. >> unfortunately, we are up able to find the plane. >> reporter: facing reporters in kuala lump per this morning malaysian transport hipster cop firmed what mh370 families had feared for weeks. >> we are going to suspend the search until further credible evidence. >> in joint statement the chinese australian and malaysian authorities said the decision to suspend the underwater search has not been taken lightly or without sadness. >> mh370 lost contact with controls at 2:40am this morning. >> reporter: on march 8, 2014 malaysian airlines flight 370 vanish off radar on its way to bay jipping from kuala lumpur. the plane lot of contact somewhere over the gulf of thailand and according to military radar made a sharp turn west then eventually south. >> mh370 ended in a sudd

breaking from overnight about the missing malaysian plane. officials say they are suspending efforts after three years of extensive underwater searching. 230 people on board when it vanished without a trace while flying. search teams scourered the indian ocean only a few pieces of debris were located. >>> another local lawmaker says he will not attend donald trump inauguration ceremony. >> the list of political leaders refusing to go to inauguration continues to grow. >> reporter: that is right. three days to go and more than two dozen lawmakers say they are out. including some from our area. among the list from our area, congressman brendan boil said last night i accept the decision of the people. i respect it. i will not celebrate it. congresswoman bonnie watson coleman tweeted she will attend a prayer vigil instead offend inauguration. evans also says he will not go. trump and other republicans say the democrats are sore losers who need to accept the results and move on. deputy chair of the republican party of pennsylvania and her take say

reports say 25 chinese nationals on board a missing malaysian boat have been found alive. are still missing. malaysian naval ships and an aircraft have been searching for the vessel in a large sea area off the coast of borneo. hundreds of protesters are still demonstrating against those new orders, that executive order from president trump on trying to restrict migration. we have heard about the kind of international condemnation that this refugee ban is attracting. what will be long—term consequences be on us foreign relations? first of all, we are seeing massive opposition, the attorneys general saying this is unconstitutional. will this policyholder? president trumpeted is determined to implement the policy u nless determined to implement the policy unless republican senators organise against it, there is little difference protests can make but there is clearly outraged across the country not only to this but to others in the past week. what will be the impact on foreign relations with other countries we have seen? there is immense concerned that this will backfire and

malaysian prime minister najib razak has called on muslim countries to lead international action over the finish line in the venday globe race. the gruelling solo journey was completed in a record 7a days by frenchman armel le cleac‘h. congratulations to him. that's all from me now, stay with bbc world news. and the top story here in the uk: at the world economic forum in switzerland, theresa may tells business leaders that britain wants to forge a new role in the world after brexit.

the search for the missing malaysian plane mh370 has been suspended. kuala lumpur to beijing in march 2014 when it vanished. 239 people were onboard. this area outlined in red is the area teams have been trying to search — now they've stopped. they say there is no new information about where the wreckage might be. this is the facebook page of voices370 — it's an association for some of the families. they say that the search ought to expand. and that it's "an inescapable duty owed to the flying public". here are some of the relatives. translation: there has to be evidence, you need to show us bodies, even if the passengers all died. i really want the plane to be found. i want to know what happened to my mother, i want to know where she is. this decision has been a betrayal of the commitment they made to the families. they have reneged ona to the families. they have reneged on a commitment they made to the public to pursue the answer is necessary to feel safe one more time when they are flying. the search has been going on for a long time and they haven'

that has gone viral of this malaysian footballerfumbling on his phone to look for his acceptance beach after being named winner of the fifa puskas award for scoring the fifa puskas award for scoring the best goal of 2016. —— speech. he did get there, though. stay with us, plenty still to come. more from me in halfan plenty still to come. more from me in half an hour but first on bbc news it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi. the people of south sudan have known little peace for many decades, and independence in 2011 has brought them nothing but war, increasing poverty and starvation, and suffering. tens of thousands have died, and more than 3 million have been forced to leave their homes in the past three years. the united nations says, "the current spate of fighting amounts to ethnic cleansing, and could spiral into genocide." the main rebel group is headed by the former vice president, riek machar, who is now in exile. my guest today is his wife, angelina teny, who is a senior member of the movement. how much responsibility do they bear for the sufferin

reports coming in this hour twenty—five chinese nationals on board a missing malaysian boat have been aircraft have been searching for the vessel in a large sea area off the coast of borneo. the boat was reported to have been carrying 30 people when it sank. wildfires in chile are now known to have killed at least 11 people and left several thousand homeless. firefighters and volunteers are tackling more than a hundred separate fires, half of which are still out of control. the authorities have detained more than 20 people suspected of arson. bbc one viewers will be joining us in a moment for a full round—up of the days news. the local good afternoon. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has called on president trump's state visit to the uk to be cancelled amid a global outcry against his ban on refugees and citizens from several muslim countries entering america. the prime minister is facing criticism for not condemning the controversial us ban more quickly but has now said action will be taken if british nationals are affected. 0vernight — a us court ruled to stop deportations of those af

malaysian prime minister najib razak has called on muslim countries to lead international action overas crossed the finish line in the venday globe race. the gruelling solo journey was completed in a record 7a days by frenchman armel le cleac‘h. that's all from me now, stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to a special edition of hardtalk from moscow.

that has gone viral of this malaysian footballerfumbling on his phone to look for his acceptance beacht there, though. stay with us, plenty still to come. more from me in halfan plenty still to come. more from me in half an hour but first on

reports coming in this hour twenty—five chinese nationals on board a missing malaysian boat have beeng for the vessel in a large sea area off the coast of borneo. the boat was reported to have been carrying thirty—people when it sank. prince william and prince harry have announced plans to erect a statue of their mother, diana princess of wales, in the grounds of kensington palace, 20 years after her death. the two princes said that the time was right "to recognise her positive impact" with a permanent statue. simon jones has more. diana's home became the focus for the outpouring of grief following her death in a car crash in 1997. now it will take centre stage again for a new commemoration of her life. in a statement, the duke of cambridge and prince harry said: the statue will be erected here in the public gardens of kensington palace. the royal brothers say they hope it will allow all those who visit here to reflect on diana's life and legacy. work on the design will begin shortly, with the unveiling expected later this year. william and harry will be very much involved. it will be

and this video is trending on bbc.com his clip has gone viral of the malaysian footballer — mohd faizubri — fumbling on his phone to look for his acceptance speech after being named winner of the fifa puskas award for scoring the best goal of 2016. and the top story here in the uk: a teenage girl remains in police custody in connection with the death of a 7 year—old girl in york. katie rough was found seriously injured in a playing field in the woodthorpe area on monday — and died soon afterwards. president obama says good buy. we discussed his economic legacy in asia. trump says hello. we look at possible conflict of interests. good morning, asia, hello, world. it is a wednesday. glad you could join us. as president barack obama prepares to deliver is farewell message in chicago in less than an hour ‘s time, in asia we are reflecting what his eight years in office did for the region. a signature free—trade deal, the pacific partnership will be scrapped by donald trump. i spoke to senior economist. if you look at trade, for examples, trade between developing asia and the us, it increa

what officials have just done in the search for that missing malaysian airline flight 370. larry: hostage situation in herndon along with a two alarm fire. jummy: plus three days and counting, the protest is just hours away as donald trump gets ready to be sworn into the white house. autria is off today. national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] hard to believe, inauguration day's just three days away. that thething is forecast by friday should be fairly clear. actually, now we've got showers in the forecast. looking cooler for the end of the work week. we are not dealing with snow, no frigid temperatures in the area. you know, we will take that. this morning, delays across the area from the rain. not anything heavy, but showers are coming through. not cold at all. later today we should see this temperatures get up into the 50's. the radar is fairly quiet now, a fairly wide area of rain through west virginia with continuous rain moving in starting at 8:30 to 9:00 this morning. wet across the area. again, this

malaysian prime minister najib razak has called on muslim countries to lead international action overhe plight of myanmar‘s rohingya muslims. and this video is trending on bbc.com — the first yacht has crossed the finish line in the venday globe race. the gruelling solo journey was completed in a record 7a days by frenchman armel le cleac‘h. congratulations to him. that's all from me now, stay with bbc world news. and the top story here in the uk: at the world economic forum in switzerland, theresa may tells business leaders that britain wants to forge a new role in the world after brexit. now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. as donald trump gets ready to move into the white house we look at his plans to improve the us economy. and the latest growth figures in china will be scrutinised under worries of a potential trade war. hello and welcome to asia business report. the big day is finally here. dan norton up‘s inauguration and the many he is a controversial person to move into the white house and there is a lot of uncertainty as to how presidency will imp

good news that the dollar but bad news for emerging market currencies like the malaysians currency which the 1998 financial crisis. and through it all, the chinese yuan kept falling, even as the government kept falling, even as the government kept pumping in cash to prop it up —— fell to its lowest level. at the beginning of 2017, the us dollar is at its strong is level in years. it looks set to stay that way. the british pound has lost a fifth of its value since the brexit vote. a new normal, perhaps? and the japanese yen, whatever donald trump could do, he did, and now it is weakening against a strong dollar. what about the chinese yuan? it looks set to continue its buy much downwards against the us dollar. for now, at least —— it's much downwards. she has had a busy 12 months as we all have at the bbc. let's talk more about the chinese government as far as currency control is concerned. announcing tighter controls on those wishing to buy foreign currency. individuals will now have to provide more information to their bank with regards to why they are making the purchase. the tighter c

dollar soared, which was good for the us dollar but bad for emerging market currencies like the malaysianit which hit lowest level since 1998's financial crisis. through it all the chinese yuan kept falling even as the government pumped cash to prop it up. so, where are we at the beginning of 2017? well, the us dollar is that it strongest level in yea rs dollar is that it strongest level in years and looks set to stay that way. the british pound has lost a fifth of the value since brexit, which might be a new normal, and the japanese yen, what negative interest rates couldn't do mr trump did and finally the yen is weakening. what about the chinese yuan? it is continuing a slow march downwards against the us dollar, for now at least. because of the falling yuan, china has increased scrutiny of people buying foreign money. the foreign exchange regulator said as of one january people converting yuan into foreign currencies will have to provide more information on why they are doing so. currently people can exchange the equivalent of $50,000 a year. authorities are stepping up punishment for

overnight the search for malaysian airlines flight 370 officially ends. families of the 239 victims outraged. will the mystery be solved? >>> marching east. the ice storm that caused havoc in the midwest set to reach parts of the northeast today. the west. ♪ >>> and i'm walking here. a massive and we mean massive alligator emerges on a trail in florida. some brave tourists capturing the moment on camera. today, juituesday, january 17, 2017. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today." tamron is here pitching in while savannah continues on ma tender any -- maternity leave. can we go back to the video. i'm not sure i would be the tourist laying on the ground. >> i can't believe it's real. >> apparently it's not photo shopped. it's real video. we'll tell while. meanwhile now the countdown to the inauguration only three days away. the first event being held tonight a black-tie invitation-only dinner for president-elect's team, foreign diplomats, and top donor

what is the latest on this malaysian financier? >> he has not been charged yet.has maintained he has not broken any law. we know that the u.s. has gone with plans to seize his assets, a total of $1 billion allegedly 1mdb,red with funds from from the party are jet, to new york. cluster month, an l.a. judge blocked low from interfering in the lawsuit. it still may be years of legal wrangling to take possession of those assets. rishaad: thank you very much for that. let's have a quick check on the market action. hong kong and shanghai looking like a mixed bag. shanghai moving higher 2/10 of 1%. there is the nikkei, its strength affecting exporters, dragging the index down. the head, we look at of commodities research. he says that the commodities super cycle has come to a running halt late last year, but is likely to continue. ♪ ♪ almost 10:00 a.m. in singapore, 1:00 p.m. in sydney, 9:00 p.m. in new york city. i am rishaad salamat in hong kong. this is "bloomberg markets: asia." ♪ rishaad: payment, samsung apologizing after questioned by prosecutors as a bribery sus

. >> we continue to follow breaking news from overnight about that missing malaysian plane. officials are now suspending their efforts after three years of extensive underwater searching. 239 people on board flight 370 when it vanished without a trace. search team sdoured the indian ocean. only a few pieces of debris were ever located. >>> happening today, new leader take the reigns of the office of attorney general. josh shapiro will be sworn in at noon in harrisburg. has deep routes here in montgomery county. get to that in a minute. he succeeds former attorney general cathleen cane. you'll remember in august, she resigned after found guilty of committing things like perjury. a democratic promised to be the people's attorney general. he has years of being a public servant. first as state representative then chair of commission. he says he's committed to tackling labor environmental and consumer issues. his work for victims and criminal justice has earned him the trust of law enforcement from both political parties. during an election debate that was televised on nbc 10, he

what officials have just done in the search for that missing malaysian airline flight 370. larry: hostage situation in herndon along with a two alarm fire. jummy: plus three days and counting, the protest is just hours away as donald trump gets ready to be sworn into the white house. autria is off today.

. >>> a major redevelopment about that missing malaysian airlines flight. >> good morning, aaron andun. the hunt is over. crews saying that the search for malaysian airlines flight 370 has been suspended nearl it ends with no trace of the plane found across the 46,000 square miles in the southern indian ocean they've been searching. the plane vanished back in 2014 and it had 239 people on board. while on the way from beijing from kuala lumpur. lots of debris has been found near the coast of africa, but the main wreckage and the black box recorder have never been found. that's the latest from the live desk. >>> 15 before the hour. new this morning, aaa is calling on the state of maryland to crack down on reckless driving that's putting families in danger. >> four years ago, more than a dozen people have died on indian head highway which runs between southeast washington and indian head maryland. molette green is live with more on these alarming numbers. >> absolutely. it's dark out here. cars going into d.c. behind me. many of them appear on be going way too fast. and we've seen some

war the hypno tised to become an assassin -- >> do what you have been trained to do and kill the malaysianinister! >> reporter: to a modern spoof on that same premise in "zoo lander." hollywood hyperbole aside, doctors say hypnosis can be effective within limits, of course. >> the basic law of hypnosis is that you cannot make people do what they don't want to do. however, what they don't tell you is that we can affect the things that you want or desire. >> reporter: dr. daniel chew uses hypnosis in his practice to address anxiety orders, phobias, and depression in his patients. his employee daniela graciously agreeing to go under with our cameras rolling. she trying to stop smoking. >> there are several steps in hypnosis. the most important part is the induction part. that's where you try to get them to focus and relax. >> reporter: his tool, not a pocket watch, but just his voice. >> i w slowly inhale. three, two, one -- >> reporter: within moments, falls into a trance-like state. >> the next phase is called deepening. you no longer can hear other things going around you except the voice

. >>> following breaking news about that missing malaysian airlines plane. the search for flight hm 370 now suspended three years after i was vanished while flying to beijing. 239 people on board. search teams scourered the indian ocean. only a few pieces of debris were ever located. >>> clock is ticking towards the inauguration of president elect donald trump. >> this is the scene at the nation's capital as crews are working around the clock to get everything ready. nbc 10 matt delucia joins us live in the digital operation center. finishing touches are being made. >> reporter: a lot of work doing on there. just three days to go. planning and preparation for the inauguration continue. authorities are preparing for the possibility of protest. federal and local officials there have been busy putting up viewing stands along with barricades and chain link fencing. hundreds of thousands of spectators and protesters are expected to head to washington, d.c. for friday's inauguration. police bringing for 3,000 extra police officers and 5,000 members of national gua

. >>> the search is on for the missing malaysian airplane that disappeared with 230 people on board three years ago. the stopped the search after scouring the indian ocean and finding no trace of the aircraft. >> a search operation called the most expensive and complex in aviation history ended with this announcement. >> unfortunately we are unable to the plane. >> transport ministers of malaysia chinese and australia say that after spending 160 million there's and using the best science and technology available. malaysia airlines flight 370 is nowhere to be found so the under water search is now suspended. >> the shock to the parents because they are still very upset. >> david lawton's brother seen on facebook was one of 239 passengers on the plane and the lawton's prayed for a miracle. it was back in 2013 when the plane crashed in the south china sea. some family are now calling the suspension of the search irresponsible. he understands it could not go on forever but is still disappointed. >> he is my only brother. it's not likely he will ever be found. and we can never have a proper fu

missinghe search for malaysian airlines flight inmates 370 has officially been called off.hree years searching the wide expanse of the indian ocean and cost of some $160 million that turned up no information as to what happened to the flight. relatives of those on board reacted with outrage to today's announcement. the beijing bound boeing 777 went missing shortly after .akeoff from kuala lumpur 239 people were on board. the's president has warned incoming u.s. president, donald, against trying to pull out of an nuclear agreement. in 2015, tehran signed a deal with the u.s., france, russia, and others, agreeing to curb its nuclear program in return for lifting sanctions. trump has called it the worst deal ever negotiated. >> what donald trump says on the iran nuclear deal is mainly slogans. i do not see it likely that something happens in practice when he interest the white house, because it is not a bilateral deal and it is not for him to say if he likes it or dislikes it. returning to the past has no meaning at all. there will be no renegotiations over the joint comprehen

they also encourage you to count in malaysian, so i used to do one, two, three in malaysian.cause to your car to the safety risk they pose to cyclists no—one likes a pothole and there are warnings this morning that the problem is getting worse. a survey of 400 councils in england and wales estimates that the repair bill could reach £14 billion by 2019. peter fleming is from the local government association and joins us from our studio in tunbridge wells. thank you forjoining us on a saturday morning. the figure for the cost of these repairs, £14 billion isa cost of these repairs, £14 billion is a huge amount. a couple of people have disputed it. how did you come up have disputed it. how did you come up with a? it is £12 billion at the moment and the rate of increase that we are seeing, it will easily top £14 billion by 2019. i think the issueis £14 billion by 2019. i think the issue is that this is about a backlog from many, many years of government underinvestment in what is known as local roads, which in fa ct a is known as local roads, which in fact a 97% of the road netwo

after three long years we learned search for malaysian airlines 370 have been called off. they searched more than 120 square miles of the indian ocean since the plane disappeared. 239 people were on board. family members of the passengers were notified by email this morning. malaysia, china and australian authorities spent $80,000 a day searching for the aircraft. >> and back at home a mayor in michigan comes to rescue of pilot when a plane crashes and goes up in flames. how mayor nick procter was on his way to a meet when he saw the plane go off the run way and through a fence and the collision ripped off the plane wing sparking fiery blaze. mnl crews joined mayor as they pulled the aircraft pilot to safety. >> it could have been a lot worse it could have been a major tragedy. >>> and officials say the pilot was the only one on board this morning. we're told he is doing well. >> well a massive martin luther king day celebration in miami florida was interrupted by gunfire yesterday afternoon. miami-dade police swormd into mlk park where witnesses say someone started shooti

malaysian, british, dutch. do you regret the killings in the ukraine?that the authorities in kiev do not want a political dialogue with the east of their country. in moscow today the line remains, russia has done nothing wrong. there is no russian aggression. no agenda for a greater russia? there is no agenda for a greater russia. we want to have a strong and self—sufficient country. but there are no plans for any expansion of russia. so will america change tack on ukraine? this week, trump has said that in return for a nuclear weapons deal he might lift sanctions. trump has to be mindful of russia's very clear interests in ukraine and how their politics ultimately play out. i do think that there are some thorny issues regarding crimea, regarding ukraine that trump is going to have to work through with putin. they are within the sphere of influence of his country. they're on his borders. he has every right to have concerns about them and what we're doing in these regards. but if donald trump turns a blind eye to russian war mongering and lifts sanctions

and this video is trending on bbc.com his clip has gone viral of the malaysian footballer — mohd faizr of the fifa puskas award for scoring the best goal of 2016. and the top story here in the uk: a teenage girl remains in police custody in connection with the death of a 7 year—old girl in york.

officials in malaysia say twenty—two people, mostly chinese nationals, have been rescued after a malaysianff the coast of borneo. six people remain unaccounted for. it has sparked a major search. delta air lines has grounded its domestic flights in the us because of automation issues. the airline said it was facing a systems outage but flights already in the air were unaffected. the faa says international flights are exempt from the grounding. a prominent legal lawyer and adviser to aung san suu kyi has been shot at an airport. kyi linn died from gunshot. do we have any more information on any possible details on the suspect or motive. —— ko ni. not really. all we know about the suspect, a man photographed in the moment of assassination with a pistol to the head of ko ni, he is a man called kyi linn, a 53 rolled from mandalay. there are two lines of thought in terms of what might be his possible motivation. he is a prominent muslim in a country dominated by muslims. he founded the muslim lawyers association and he is probably the leading muslim within aung san suu kyi's political party. it

. >> australian and malaysian leadership in charge of the search also admit that the efforts have beently and they believe that current technology is not advanced enough to find the aircraft at this time. >>> good news for airlines and for you as flight cancellations hit a record low in november. the department of transportation says airlines canceled just 0.29% of their flights. that's less than 1 out of every 340 departures. and it's the lowest number in more than 2 decades of recordkeeping. lost bags also hit a new low with just over two reports of missing luggage for every 1,000 passengers. >>> so much buzz surrounding the new leadership about to move into the white house. the answer of what it's worth is about $400 million. the price tag of $397 million is 14% higher than before the obamas entered the doors. prices in downtown washington have jumped 38% in that time. while the white house isn't for sale, zillow estimates that it would rent at about $2 million a month. >> wow. like san francisco prices. >> yeah. >>> it is 4:57. a bay area community coming together to help members o

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officials in malaysia say 22 people, mostly chinese nationals, have been rescued after a malaysian boatthe coast of borneo. six people remain unaccounted for. translation: according to our calculation, 25 people have been found, while six others are still missing. we will deploy search assets that can operate at night and continue our search operations to locate those who are still missing. also making news today: us officials say that president trump authorised a commando raid against al-qaeda in yemen,in which at least 14 militants and a us service member died. it was a dawn raid in the al—baida province in yemen. reports say there were civilian fatalities. wildfires in chile have killed at least 11 people and left several thousand homeless. firefighters and volunteers are tackling more than 100 separate fires, half of which are still out of control. the authorities have detained more than a0 people suspected of arson. the socialist party in france has chosen a politician from the hard—left to be its candidate in this year's presidential election. a former education minister, benoit h

this is a malaysian decision.e good chances that the plane could be found 7 absolutely, i mean, there's 30 pieces of debris that have now washed up in various locations in the west indian ocean, on the east coast of africa. reunion island, madagascar, south africa, and other places. and that debris tells us secrets. it tells us a lot about what happened with that aeroplane in its final few minutes. combined with continual analysis of the inmarsat data, and that inmarsat satellite data is not in dispute by anybody, it is absolutely accurate. it is known and understood. so the play must be on what's called the seventh arc. it is a matter of where on the seventh arc. the debris is the smoking gun, if you like. the analysis of that debris has told us an enormous amount about what happened to the plane. but the reverse—drift modelling has really honed it down to this small area, again, slightly north of where we have been looking up till now. and the analysis of that 120,000, that original 120,000 square kilometres, th

officials in malaysia say 23 people, mostly chinese nationals, have been rescued after a malaysian boatf the coast of borneo. the catamaran sank on saturday, the first day of the chinese new year holiday. it sparked a major air and sea search covering more than 700 square kilometres. six people remain unaccounted for. delta air lines has grounded domestic flights in the us because of automation issues. the airline said it was facing a systems outage but flights already in the air were unaffected. the faa says international flights are exempt from the grounding. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: chile pleas for international aid as wildfires continue to devastate large parts of the country. the shuttle challenger exploded soon after liftoff. there were seven astronauts on board, one of them a woman school teacher. all of them are believed to have been killed. by the evening, tahrir square, the heart of official cairo, was in the hands of the demonstrators. they were using the word "revolution". the earthquake singled out buildings, and brought them down in seconds. tonight, the se

malaysian prime minister najib razak has called on muslim countries to lead international action overhe plight of myanmar‘s rohingya muslims. and this video is trending on bbc.com — the first yacht has crossed the finish line in the venday globe race. the gruelling solo journey was completed in a record 7a days by frenchman armel le cleac‘h. that's all from me now, stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to a special edition of hardtalk from moscow. i'm stephen sackur. for 17 years, one man has dominated the politics of the russian capital. vladimir putin. externally, he's projected russian power from ukraine to syria, and internally opposition has been repressed, intimidated and silenced. but not altogether. my guest today is the most prominent leader of russia's anti—putin opposition, alexey navalny. alexey navalny, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for having me here. you have been involved in opposition politics of one form or another for almost ten years, maybe more, and itjust seems to me that right now, your position is perhaps more dispiriting, more

officials in malaysia say 23 people, mostly chinese nationals, have been rescued after a malaysian boato. it has sparked a major search. six people remain unaccounted for. delta air lines has grounded its domestic flights in the us because of automation issues. the airline said it was facing a systems outage but flights already in the air were unaffected. the faa says international flights are exempt from the grounding. let's just update you on the breaking news that up to five people have been killed in an attack in a mosque in the canadian city of quebec in which three men fired shots during evening prayers when there were a0 people in the building. the latest reports say two people have been arrested. up to five people have been killed in an attack in quebec city in the suburb of san froir. there were about a0 people inside the venue with latest report saying to people have been arrested and we have heard reports ofa arrested and we have heard reports of a large police presence outside the mosque and the public safety minister says he is profoundly saddened by the loss of life and th

almost 300 tonnes of oil has spilled into malaysian and singaporean waters after a collision betweenudang in southern malaysia. local officials say the spill is under control. there are multiple reports in the us that the mass murderer and cult leader charles manson has been taken to hospitalfrom the prison where he's been for nearly 50 years. authorities have simply stated that he's alive. rex tillerson, the man donald trump has picked to be his scretary of state, has started to reveal how he will separate himself form his current role, as ceo of exxon mobil. sanaa huseinjoins sanaa husein joins us. sanaa huseinjoins us. i guess this is going to evolve quite a lot of money? it is, it will involve about $180 million. rex tillerson was up all mandatory retirement in march but now because of this appointment as secretary of state, to sever his ties he's going to be selling some 600,000 shares that he owns with exxon mobil. he would get them as a result of retiring. he will get them in cash from the company but it will be put into an independent trust that will be managed by someone who

the search for a malaysian airliner that vanished three years ago with 239 people on board has been calledght mh370 has failed to discover a significant amount of wreckage. the families of those on board say the decision to stop searching is irresponsible. the plane disappeared on its way from kuala lumpur to beijing after turning off course. one of the unions behind the southern rail strikes has agreed to suspend three days of industrial action next week while fresh talks hosted by the tuc take place. representatives from the drivers‘ union aslef will meet for talks on wednesday. the last man to walk on the moon, the astronaut gene cernan, has died at the age of 82. iamon i am on the surface. captain cernan was one of only three people to go to the moon twice and as commander of nasa‘s apollo 17 mission. he was the last man to leave a footprint on the lunar surface in 1972. his death means only six of the 12 men who have walked on the moon are still alive. in four days‘ time donald trump takes over the white house, becoming the 45th president of the united states. it marks the end of bara

malaysia, indonesia, and australia and the search for the miss seeing malaysian , whichs flight disappearedof 2015. and a volcano is spewing hot sky inof ash high in the indonesia. the volcano had in dormant four centuries before erupting twice the last six years. it is one of 120 active volcanoes in indonesia. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am alisa parenti. this is bloomberg. mark: thanks. u.k. prime minister theresa may laid out her vision on getting great britain out of the e.u. she remains committed to honoring the will of the voters. >> i want to be clear -- what i am proposing cannot mean membership of the single market. european leaders have said many times that membership means accepting the full freedom of goods, capital, services, and people, and being out of the e.u. but a member of the single market would mean complying with e.u.'s rules and regulations without having a vote as to what they are. mark: may also said she will get parliament a vote on the final deal. -- are you perplexed by the market ac

also making news this hour, malaysian officials said nine people have been drowned and several othersoat carrying indonesian migrants capsized off the east coast. the bodies of three women and three men washed up. officials say they believe the passengers to be illegal immigrants. china says a decision to scrap its one child policy has resulted in the birth ofi.3 one child policy has resulted in the birth of 1.3 million more babies in 2016 compared to the year before, the highest birth rate since the year 2000. china brought the highest birth rate since the year2000. china brought in the highest birth rate since the year 2000. china brought in the policy in the 1970s to limit population growth but now wants to replace the country's shrinking workforce. and actor has died in australia after being shot during the filming ofa after being shot during the filming of a music video. police say the man, who hasn't been named, was in a bar when the gunfire happened. police say the film crew tried to resuscitate the man, who died at the scene. it's not known whether the gun had live animation o

that is what the decision to end the under water search for missing malaysian flight mh370, you rememberole story, it disappeared back on march 8th, 2014, 239 people were on board. the missing plane remains one of modern aviation's biggest mysteries. let me bring in david -- we talked many times three years ago. here we are, they're ending the search. do you think this is at all premature? >> i do, brooke. my emotions have been all over the place because it reminds me of the first year looking for air france 2447 and emotions were high about whether to stop then, and they'll be haunted from here on forward about whether the plane is in that spot or not so we'll see what happens from here on in, but it's just the wrong thing to do. >> you talk about emotions, i'm trying to put myself in the shoes of these family members but how do you take the news that after three years they're just up and stopping? >> it's horrible and i've talked to family members, every single day, sometimes hours, they relive the tragedy and by pulling up the expedition by its roots really ends all that and i just do

the search for a malaysian airliner that vanished three years ago with 239 people on board has been calledht mh370 had failed to discover a significant amount of wreckage. the families of those on board say the decision to stop searching is "irresponsible". family and friends have paid their last respects at the funeral ofjill saward, the campaigner for the rights of victims of sexual violence, at lichfield cathedral in staffordshire. mrs saward, who died aged 51 earlier this month, was the first rape victim in the uk to waive her right to anonymity, after she was attacked at herfather‘s vicarage in ealing, west london, in 1986. a libyan man has won the right to sue the british government, including the former foreign secretary, jack straw, over claims of kidnap and torture. abdul hakim belhaj, a former opponent of colonel gaddafi, was arrested in bangkok, taken to libya and questioned by agents from m16 and the cia. mr straw has denied any involvement. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. libya, 2011, colonel gaddafi's been toppled, and it's chaos. among the files strewn ac

there might be a shower or two in northern parts of thailand, and done the malaysian pence —— peninsulaome sunshine at times, but cloud will build on their will be some showers and thunderstorms in papua new guinea. the southern half of australia looks fine and dry with plenty of sunshine, pretty hot for some parts of the west, much fresher towards adelaide, 20 or so degrees, similar in melbourne and maybe a bit more cloud more than half of australia at risk of downpours. some rain in the south island, mainly in the south west, largely dry towards auckland. most of europe has cold weather. stale heading down towards the alps, blowing around in those strong winds, and some still further east. we've got a southerly breeze —— breeze in kiev and moscow, but it still went to state below freezing in moscow. —— stay below. much of the balkans really quite chilly, only about 1 degrees there the balkans really quite chilly, only about1 degrees there in berlin as well. --1 —— 1 degrees. the latest headlines from bbc news. donald trump has promised to issue a report within 90 days and allegations

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two weeks ago, it downgraded malaysian stocks to underway.ehind other emerging markets. did it make the right call here? take a look at this chart. since j.p. morgan made that cut, stocks have underperformed the wider emerging markets, and this other chart shows you what happened last quarter, foreign investors sold $2.8 billion of stocks and bonds, the rupiah got smacked. the highs and lows of the indonesian market there. yvonne: they certainly called it, but is there concern that j.p. morgan was forced to reverse its rating? pressure, that is what j.p. morgan is saying, no pressure to reverse its call. action taken by the indonesian government had nothing to do with it. research, its independence, anything published is the result of extensive, objective analysis. indonesia is no different. some say it is probably a compromise with the government. as you know, indonesia retaliated. last week, it took further action, ordering all primary theyrs in the country, have to maintain relations with the government. failure to comply, they say, may le

the search for missing malaysian airlines flight 370 and after nearly three years with no trace of theals in australia are suspending the investigations after searching more than 46,00 ocean. it vanished with 239 passengers on board while flying from malaysia to china in 2014. the end of the hunt could mean the mystery may never be solved. general motors is expected to announce plans to invest $1 billion in u.s. factories. the move is exacted to create or keep 1,000 jobs, this comes after gm faced heavy criticism from donald trump for building cars in mexico. he has also threatened to impose a 35% border attacks tax on cad german automobile imports. organ donations are on the rise, donations jumping more than 8% last year to more than 33,000 transplants. that's look at news, now back to "red eye." ♪ >> tom: to quote the quote back the future" roads, we don't need no roads, that's the line, right? the prototype for flying cars, seen here, there it is. the prototype would be self piloted and the idea is that customers would book their rides using an app the way they do with uber. it woul