plus a malaysian court rules the trial of two women accused of assassinating the half brother of north koreans a leader and perceive the women were hoping to be freed today but the judge says they were part of a well planned conspiracy. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us we start this program in india where the death toll from flooding in the state of carola has risen to seventy seven officials fear that number will increase further with more trench all rainfall expected carola on the southern tip of india is a tourist magnet known for its pristine beaches coffee and spices the state is hit by monsoons every year but this year's weather has been called the worst than a century. prime minister narendra modi has ordered the defense ministry to step up its relief operations. they've never seen flooding like this in carolina ten days of heavy rain combined with overflowing dams has and this state in water. in some cases homes have barely visible above the water line pretty steadily as all this looks most faiths hannity's have been caused by deborah for months lights. for those

there appears no will in the malaysian establishment to pursue north korea's role in this even thoughhat this was a north korean plot and these two women had at best a very minor role in it. lots of interest in it, we saw live images as you were speaking from outside the court. jonathan head from outside the court. thank you so much. an australian politician has refused to apologise for his use of the term final solution during a speech about immigration. the term was a euphemism used by the nazis to refer to their annihilation of the jewish people. senator fraser anning also suggested banning all muslim migrants from entering the country. kristina harazim has more. i believe that the reason for ending all further muslim immigration... fraser anning hasn't yet served a year in australian politics, and already he's making headlines for all the wrong reasons. we have black african muslim gangs terrorising melbourne. we have isis—sympathising muslims trying to go overseas to fight for isis. and while all muslims are not terrorists, certainly all terrorists these days are muslims. senator

people look for answers we'll get the latest from our correspondent on the scene also coming up a malaysian court rules the trial of two women accused of assassinating the half brother of north korea's leader can proceed the women were hoping to be freed today but the judge says they were part of a well planned conspiracy. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show rescue teams in the italian city of genoa are still working to pull survivors and bodies from the rubble of a collapsed highway bridge at least thirty nine people were killed when a stretch of the brandy bridge caved in during busy midday traffic tuesday the italian government initially attributed part of the blame to the e.u. accusing it of limiting funding for infrastructure but the focus of criticism is now shifting to autostrada a that's the motorways operator locals say there's a long history of concerns about the bridges upkeep but autostrada insists its maintenance checks were up today the government has in the meantime declared a year long state of emergency for the region. charlotte show some pills on the ground fo

the photos were taken last year to commemorate 60 years of malaysian independence.st of all, it started from a viral page that started on social media andi viral page that started on social media and i expected that it would be public and they would bring the two speakers, which eventually they did. at the beginning i wasn't concerned about the pictures being taken away, but at the same time it worries me of the message being brought out to the public in regards of the community in malaysia itself. however, after really looking at the whole matter seriously, i feel there is some miscommunication and misinterpretation of the whole event itself. so, tell me what is the impact in malaysia? have you seen a fairamount of impact in malaysia? have you seen a fair amount of support, or has there been criticism of this as well?|j would been criticism of this as well?” would personally say it comes from both ways. i was really, really touched to see even some of the activists asked for a page to be brought down. what do you think this tells us about the actions or the behavio

hasn't given a reason for the immediate closure off this center but saudi arabia and the former malaysian government led by prime minister had extremely close ties and when not just when it was discovered but none had seven hundred million dollars deposited into his personal bank account not yet said that this was money given to him by the saudi royal family this was a donation and because of that he was cleared by malaysian authorities of any wrongdoing florence lawyer live for us in kuala lumpur florence thank you dicks business partner of donald trump's former campaign manager paul manner for has testified that he committed crimes with him gates has admitted he helped metaphor file false tax returns the charges against him in a ford include money laundering and making false statements about lobbying for a pro russia party in ukraine a special counsel robert muller charged him as part of a probe into alleged russian meddling in the two thousand and sixteen election a tightly contested special election for a us house seat in ohio could offer clues to november's national mid-term election

is registered to an entity in the cayman islands but it's believed that the ultimate owner is a malaysian citizen known as low take joe now he's a fugitive and there's an arrest warrant out for him he doesn't hold any positions in government but he's thought to be the ultimate mastermind in the complex and sophisticated plan to steal four and a half billion dollars from one m. d. be the new administration that took took power in may following a general election has been some assuming this corruption scandal involving one n.d.b. very rigorously it's looking into projects that may have links with one and it's already suspended contracts involving tiny's companies it's believed that some of the money used for these projects were instead used to pay off some of one debts and it's also just recently announced the closure of a saudi arabia backed center that was set up to combat extremism and the government did not give any reason for the closure that the saudi arabian government has very close ties for the former malaysian administration led by former prime minister runs up where not chip was

that's right this is what the malaysian anti corruption agency has confirmed in a statement issued just of while ago now it said it's going to be charging mr not with additional charges including on the anti money laundering act now already faces several charges for crim no breach of trust for abuse of power and this is all in relation to allegations that he misappropriated ten million dollars from a state company known as s r c international now not chip is also alleged to have stolen four and a half billion dollars together with his associates from a state investment fund that he it set up known as one and b. and the luxury your that you mention is somehow caught up in this whole corruption scandal this york is also part of a u.s. department of justice and secret talk o.c. investigation part of a civil forfeiture action to recover assets that are believed to have been stolen and do that believed to have been bought with money stolen from one empty now this vessel is registered to an entity in the cayman islands but it's all to meet and rail on is believed to be a malaysian citizen a f

now this vessel is registered to a cayman islands company but it's ultimately is thought to be a malaysian citizen a fugitive known as joe lo or lo take joe as his full name now he does not hold any positions in government but he is thought to be the real mastermind behind this complex sophisticated plan to steal money from one end so the government also has announced the closure of a saudi funded anti terrorism center what else can you tell us about that. well just a little bit of background about the center so this was a center that was set up about a year ago after the saudi arabian king visited malaysia is known as the king solomon center for international peace it was launched and it was meant to combat extremist teachings although some critics have said saudi arabia really isn't the right partner for this considering its strict interpretation of is islam has inspired islamic state ideology. the government hasn't given a reason for the immediate closure of this center but saudi arabia and the former malaysian government led by prime minister had extremely close ties when none shipment

and another piece in the malaysian corruption scandal a c superyacht arrives as the former pm is summoned back to court. our top story a new u.s. attempt to squeeze iran's economy has now officially begun three months after donald trump pulled out of the nuclear deal and promised to punish the country sanctions came into force on monday night but they're only the first they target the iranian car industry food production and exports of carpets they're likely to further weaken the iranian currency which has been losing value since mr trump announced his decision to pull out of the deal in may the iranian president says there won't be any new talks unless things change circulate have them that's the person who was abandoned because the asians is trump in his government and he is doing something which is against the iranian people against the interests of iran if there was honesty iran would come to negotiation that. well the twenty fifteen deal was agreed by the u.s. iran china russia and the european powers in exchange for sanctions being lifted to iran agreed to curb its nuclear developme

yvonne: a busy we can in china, we have the malaysian prime minister. panel with alibaba's jack ma. has the prime minister been able to persuade chinese business executives they are still welcome in malaysia? tom: that was a big focus for the malaysian prime minister, reaching out a hand to chinese entrepreneurs and businesses after he launched reviews in malaysia into major chinese projects, a rail project and a gas pipeline backed by one of the major oil and gas explorers and china. to say malaysia remains a positive environment for chinese investors. the fact he took to the stage with jack ma, the most high-profile chinese is misleader, was -- business leader, had some symbolism as well. take a listen to what he had to say while he was on stage on sunday in beijing. >> [indiscernible] can actually reduce the deficit through investments by chinese companies. we welcome your investment in malaysia. tom: the malaysian prime minister addressing china's deficit with malaysia. large -- theyt a export a large amount of goods to china. they're saying of chin

and the new malaysian government that took power in may following a general election is scrutinizing and looking into this corruption scandal extremely rigorously and they've been looking at projects that are believed to be linked to one m. d. b. they've suspended contracts involving chinese companies because it's believed that some of that money may have been used to pay off some of one debts and the government also recently announced the closure of a cent test set up and backed by the saudi arabian government to combat extremism and the government did not give a reason for the closure but the previous administration led by not had very close ties with the saudi government and in fact when it was discovered that not to pay seven hundred million dollars deposit it into his bank account several years ago he said that money was a personal donation by the saudi royal family. rescue teams in indonesia have yet to make it to some parts of lombok island as the search goes on for survivors from sunday's earthquake at least twenty thousand people have had their homes destroyed or damaged and

jonathan four north korean men charged with them fled malaysian the same day kim jong nam was attackedn the operation. malaysia froze diplomatic relations. the nort nkorean embassy ho ambassador. the militiamenyo leftyang -- malaysian one left pyongyang after being heldth hostage, e government said. and y malaysia refuses to blame north korea for the killing. jonathan head, bbc news, kuala lumpur. in italy, as many as 20 people are still missing days after e class of arbor -- collapse of the northern city of -- collapse of a bridge in the northern city of genoa. david shukman is looking into what could have caused it to collapse. saturday by the weather over the years, -- battered by the weather over the years this , isehe bridge pictured befor the collapse. it was in a forlorn and worrying state. and then disaster struck. the tangle of wreckage where there should be the clues that investigators will need. they asked if these structures bstandard or if the steel corroded within the concrete. what went wrong? let's look at a virtual model of the bridge. an unual model from the 1960's, i

. >> which sound as maizing, byes way, asian malaysian. >> asian malaysian, i will start calling himt a lawsuit. the movie is also great, that is what i enjoy, often when people talk about die virts, they make it sound like a charity, when black panthers was happening people were talking about how the set felt different, it was a new experience. >> there was some kind of magic. we all just hang out, eating dinner, i didn't have to explain, let's go to a chinese restaurant, it's like authentic, not that exotic, you can handle it. you know, we were all on the same page, we all love the same kind of food. we all sang karaoke. >> it was great. >> you haven't lived until you see ronny chieng sing back street boys, st a amazing. >> are you have ammunition on reasony chieng. let's talk about the book as well. because i love how your book talks about your journey in america. how to american, an immigrant's guide to disappointing your parents. it really is a universal story that is all about yourself becoming an american citizen and the journey that you went on. why do you think it's really b

the malaysian prime minister is trying to build on that visit.ay. >> thank you. , china's second-biggest we will have a, look at markets heading into the lunch break on the mainland. we will also have a look at the japanese cash market. let's hope the situation improves. this is bloomberg. ♪ his is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ 11: >> 29 in hong kong. i'm debra mao. the u.s. and china are preparing for new terrorists as trade tensions are escalating rapidly. washington will target an additional $16 billion of chinese goods on thursday and beijing has already said it will hit back. the feeling is growing in china that the terrorists have less to do with the trade deficit and more with president trump's desire to for china's rise as a global power. new storms have hit the chinese island for lombok. the quake hit sunday evening and was followed by his. reason aftershocks. one person died during the biggest in nearly 100 houses were severely damaged. it killed 460 people. is new italian government moving ahead with plans to revoke the concession of the company that

secretary, gavin williamson, says he was "very concerned" to hear claims that 4 shipwrecks off the malaysianndonesian coasts had been looted. they are thought to be the graves of royal navy sailors and civilians. chi chi izundu has the details. i name this ship prince of wales. cheering and applause may 1939. the launch of a new warship a few months before the outbreak of the second world war. in 1941, that same vessel was used to host a secret meeting between winston churchill and the american president franklin roosevelt. in that same year, both the prince of wales and repulse were lost in the java sea. the warships were sunk trying to intercept a japanese invasion force that was headed to malaysia, then called malaya. both vessels were sunk as they tried to return to singapore. over 800 sailors died, making the wrecks war graves. diving experts think at least ten british warships are in those south—east asian seas. the wrecks are ransacked for their steel, which has very little radiation and could be used to make sensitive instruments. it is thought the salvage of one ship alone can fetch

still to come on the programme — the malaysian government launches an investigation into a disturbingan 11—year—old girl who was married to a 41—year—old man. also on the programme, fighting taboos over women and sport in pakistan. the young women who are knocking down sterotypes. the us space agency nasa has ordered an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol in south armagh. once an everyday part of the soldier's lot — drudgery and danger — now no more after almost four decades. if one is on one's own in a private house, not doing any harm to anyone, i don't really see why these people should wander in and say, "you're doing something wrong." six rare white lion cubs are on the prowl at worcestershire park, and already they've been met with a roar of approval from visitors. they‘ re lovely, yeah. really sweet. yeah, they were cute. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories: mexican authorities say an aircraft carrying 90 people has made a forced landing

he is very concerned and is therefore working with the indonesian and malaysian governments to investigated of lombok has been hit by another powerful earthquake, measuring magnitude 6.3 it comes measuring magnitude 6.3. it comes just two weeks after an earthquake killed 460 people and destroyed tens of thousands of homes. there are no reports of any injuries after the latest tremor although landslides have been triggered in the east of the island. a scottish man accused of running a precious metals fraud scheme in the united states has been placed on the fbi's "most wanted" list. 65—year—old james ward is alleged to have offered investors bogus deals involving precious metals. the fbi allege he received more than £300,000. he's been on the run since 2012. non—smoking adults have a higher risk of dying from serious lung disease if they grew up with parents who smoked, according to us research. the study said childhood passive smoking was "likely to add seven deaths to every 100,000 non—smoking adults dying annually". experts say the best way to protect children is to quit smoking. it's bei

blame itself will get the latest from our correspondent on the scene also coming up on the show a malaysian court rules the trial of two women accused of assassinating the half brother of north korea's leader can proceed the women who are hoping to be freed today but a judge says they were part of a well planned conspiracy. and could bracks and lead to food shortages in britain we need one farmer who says he would be able to cope without easy subsidies and the foreign workers who harvest his crops. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us we'll have those stories for you in a moment but first we have this breaking news coming in mali's president him or him . has been officially re-elected kate has been declared the winner of the country's election having won sixty seven percent of the vote the opposition led by somalia sissay have already said they will reject the results of the presidential runoff this campaign was marred by accusations of fraud violence and low voter turnout. here's more on it for him abubakar and the challenges that await him. chaos on the streets of mali's capi

heading for a murder trial of malaysian judge rules the case against two women charged with poisoning him joe moon's half brother can go ahead. and welcome you're watching al-jazeera live from the headquarters here in doha also coming up turkey says it's ready to talk to the u.s. over their diplomatic spats as cats are invest billions to help it through its currency crisis. a year long state of emergency for genoa italy tries to work out why a major bridge collapsed. on south africa's struggling mines massive job cuts as it commemorates a deadly day of protest. two women accused of killing the half brother of the north korean leader kim jong un will face trial for murder in malaysia and the judge on the case says she can't rule out that it may have been a political assassination the court ruled there is enough evidence to try the suspects were from indonesia and vietnam last year they were seen on security video seeming to smi a nerve agent on to kim jong nam his face at kuala lumpur airport the women said they thought they were taking part in a t.v. program. indonesia's ambassador in

a malaysian judge is expected to decide if there is enough evidence to try two women charged with the murder of the a strange half brother of north korean leader kim jong il the two women one indonesia and the other vietnamese were escorted into a malaysian court a couple hours ago. in february of last year they were seen on c.c.t.v. smearing the nerve agent v.x. on the face of kim jong il at kuala lumpur's airport women said they thought they were participating in a television prank lawrence louis has the latest on the courthouse in the city. all the judge will give a fiver to acquit the two women all off them too and that defense now the prosecution says these two women were trained to carry out the killing they were recruited by four north korean men have since been identified and named as the four men who are charged with a common intention to kill. and that they were the ones who trained these two women to kill to carry out the act that these two women knew that what they were doing and that they knew that the substance they were handling were dangerous these two women as you sai

secretary gavin williamson says he's "very concerned" to hear claims that four shipwrecks off the malaysianted. chi chi izundu has the details. i name this ship prince of wales. cheering and applause. may 1939. the launch of a new warship a few months before the outbreak of the second world war. in 1941, that same vessel was used to host a secret meeting between winston churchill and the american president franklin roosevelt. in that same year, both the prince of wales and repulse were lost in the java sea. the warships were sunk trying to intercept a japanese invasion force that was headed to malaysia, then called malaya. over 800 sailors died, making the wrecks war graves. as a naval officer and as a historian, ifeel very disturbed about this sort of thing, because you essentially have criminals, scrap dealers, going in and disturbing the graves of people who fought for their country, but also destroying historical wrecks, which sometime in the future might be of significance to future generations. it is thought the salvage of one ship alone can fetch up to £1 million. the wrecks are rans

there seems to be no real will in the malaysian establishment to pursue north korea's role in this, even suggests this was a north korean plot, and that these two women had, at best, a very minor role in it. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: a push for more affordable homes. new zealand's parliament bans almost all foreigners from buying existing houses. the big crowds became bigger as the time of the funeral approached. as the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a hugejob of crowd control. idi amin, uganda's brutalformer dictator, has died at the age of 80. he's been buried in saudi arabia, where he lived in exile since being overthrown in 1979. two billion people around the world have seen the last total eclipse of the sun to take place in this millennium. it began itsjourney off the coast of canada, ending three hours later, when the sun set over the bay of bengal. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: there's growing anger in italy following monday's bridge collapse, 39 people died and there's little chance of fimding anymore survivors despite the sear

he is very concerned and is therefore working with the indonesian and malaysian governments to investigate man has been charged with attempted murder after a car crashed outside the houses of parliament earlier this week. the incident is being treated as a terrorist attack. india's military intensifies its rescue operations in the flood—hit southern state of kerala, at least 300 in the flood—hit southern state of kerala, at least 350 people have died the boss of the fashion label superdry has given a one million pound donation to the campaign for another eu referendum. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. premier league champions manchester city are a "rich club" but "cannot buy class" according tojose mourinho. the manchester united manager was responding to a question about city's new behind the scenes documentary which was released earlier this week. pep guardiola's side won the title last season with a record 100 points. mourinho says: "i think you can have a fantastic movie, respecting others. you don't need to be disrespectful." he also joked that because he's in

he is very concerned and is therefore working with the indonesian and malaysian governments to investigatehe effects are being felt across south america. ecuador has now banned venezuelans from entering without a passport, trapping thousands of people trying to flee hardship at home. and in one border town in brazil, residents drove out hundreds of venezuelan migrants following a robbery. bill hayton reports. the town of pacaraima, on brazil's border with venezuela, soldiers on the street protecting hundreds of venezuelan migrants being pushed back over the frontier. it followed a robbery which local people blamed on the new arrivals. in response, they burnt down the migrant shelter. anti—migrant feeling is growing across south america. ecuador the latest to impose restrictions on venezuelans. the sudden announcement left thousands of people stuck at border crossings. translation: we were on the road already when they put out that news, just like that, boom. on wednesday, we left, and all of a sudden, they tell us that today. we would like the ecuadorian institutions to at least help us. m

be the ultimate owner of this your it is believed to be a malaysian citizen known as low take joe who is now a fugitive and believed to be the mostyn mind of this plan to steal billions of dollars from one m. d. and the new malaysian government that took power in may following a general election is scrutinizing and looking into this corruption scandal extremely rigorously and they've been looking at projects that are believed to be linked to one m. d. they've suspended contracts involving chinese companies because it's believed that some of that money may have been used to pay off some of one m.t.b.f. debts and the government also recently announced the closure of a cent test set up and backed by the saudi arabian government to combat extremism and the government did not give a reason for the closure but the previous administration led by not had very close ties with the saudi government and in fact when it was discovered that not seven hundred million dollars deposit it into his bank account several years ago he said that money was a personal donation by the saudi royal family. you'r

and the new malaysian government that took power in may following a general election is scrutinizing and looking into this corruption scandal extremely rigorously and they've been looking at projects that are believed to be linked to one m. d. they've suspended contracts involving chinese companies because it's believed that some of that money may have been used to pay off some of one m.t.b.f. debts and the government also recently announced the closure of a cent test set up and backed by the saudi arabian government to combat extremism and the government did not give a reason for the closure but the previous administration led by not had very close ties with the saudi government and in fact when it was discovered that not seven hundred million dollars deposit it into his bank account several years ago he said that money was a personal donation by the saudi royals. rescue teams in indonesia have yet to make it to some parts of lombok island as the search goes on for survivors from sunday's earthquake at least twenty thousand people have had their homes destroyed or damaged and the de

a malaysian judge is expected to decided there's enough evidence to try to woman charge with the murder of this strange how a north korean leader kim jong il the pen indonesian and a vietnamese were a school that into a malaysian court about two hours ago in february last year they were seen on c.c.t.v. smearing the nerve agent v.x. on the face of. the woman said they thought they were participating in a television smilies outside the high court in the city of florence so what are you expecting to happen in court today. the judge will give a five a two and quit the two women or ask them to defend the prosecution says these two women trained to carry out the killing they were recruited by four north korean men have since. been identified and named as four men who were charged with a common intention to kill kim jong nam and that they were the ones who trained these two women to kill to carry out the act that these two women knew that what they were doing and that they knew that the substance they were handling were dangerous these two women as you said with the. airport security footage

malaysian judge is expected to decide if there is enough evidence to try two women charged with the murder of the a strange half brother of north korean leader kim jong il the two women one indonesian and the other vietnamese were scored into a malaysian court a few hours ago in february of last year they were seen on c.c.t.v. smearing the nerve agent v.x. on the face of kempe at kuala lumpur's airport the women said they thought they were participating in a television prank. still ahead on al-jazeera let the trucks roll again a major development at the only car marshall crossing into gaza plus. arching for the rights of prisoners thousands of nicaragua take to the streets with a message for a battle president and ortega. china is keen to win friends and influence you need oil rich middle east business spark the wrong line of china to secure its resources for the future of the. region as a whole dollars expect to grow we bring you the stories to the shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost on al-jazeera. this was wrong to teach children away from their appearance and herd th

the former malaysian prime minister najib razak has faced court over corruption charges he pleaded not guilty to three counts of money laundering charges relate to the disappearance of more than ten million dollars from estate investment fund prosecutors reopened investigations into the missing money after knowledge of lost elections in may. the conservative politician even duke a has been sworn in as colombia's new president in his inauguration address he promised to heal the nation's divisions but thousands gathered to protest his presidency there against his plans to rewrite the country's peace deal with leftist ropes. saying in the region nine guatemalan children separated from their parents at the u.s. mexican border have been flown home and reunited with their deported families now they were repatriated under president trumps zero tolerance immigration policy despite the high risk of being deported many migrants continue to make this dangerous journey in our next report we follow one hundred woman and her child done just that. miriam and karen don't have much luggage they have li

accused of killing the a strange half brother of north korea's leader will face murder charges a malaysian judge just ruled that there is enough evidence for their trial to continue and it's told them to enter their defense the vietnamese and indonesian women face the death penalty if convicted of killing him young now last year they allegedly smeared his face with a banned nerve agent as he waited to board a flight at kuala lumpur airport the women say they thought they were taking part in a prank for a t.v. show. the judge's ruling is a blow to the defendants as we said they were hoping to walk free today correspondent sandra was at the courthouse in kuala lumpur and explain to us what happened. well a lot of the local office over us and definitely the defense had hope that the women would be free today that they would be acquitted because they felt that the prosecution had not. and not presented enough evidence that they would be guilty it all turns around the question of those women women had been tricked into what they called a prank show are we a reality t.v. show that is credible or

people look for answers we'll get the latest from our correspondent on the scene also coming up a malaysian court rules the trial of two women accused of assassinating the half brother of north korea's leader can proceed the four women were hoping to be freed today but the judge says they were part of a well planned can spare.

ignited criticism, too, suggestions that it doesn't represent all asians and golding who is half-malaysian being singled out on social media for not being asian enough. >> i grew up in asia. i was born in asia. i think it was healthy to have that conversation, but i'm asian through and through. >> reporter: the film's ultimate goal, to prompt more movies starring asians. >> we would like to crack that door even more to help others, other storytellers so we don't have to depend on one story with one set of characters to say everything about asians. >> reporter: the comedy that goes more than skin deep. jolene kent, nbc news. >>> when we come back, some final thoughts about today's poignant anniversary in charlottesville. >>> finally tonight on this charlottesville anniversary, we asked harry smith to offer some perspective on race, hope and our country's future. >> prejudice is as american as apple pie. the declaration of independence may have proclaimed all men created equal, but as a society, it's an idea or an ideal that is rarely embraced by all of us. so when alt-right agitators masked

there were complaints that the leading man who has a white british father and malaysian mother was not asianugh. there has been some complaint er the representation of singapore in the film, that the local malay and indian populations have been ignored. >> the criticism that there is not a lot of brown figures or actors or people from malaysia or india in the film absolutely, there isn't enough. there should be more of these films to represent everybody. but again, this is a step in the right direction. tom: clearly there's a lot riding on "cra rich asians." its performance at the box office is going to be closely watched. >> success at the boxwi office pave the way for other in queue to be greenlighted from production mpanies and distributed. >> they are crazy rich. tom: the release of "crazy rich asians" has been described as a watershed moment for a representation. right now it looks good. the film has been getting strong media exposure, and earning very positive reviews. tom brook, bbc news, new york. positive reviews. rajini: henry golding, the lead actor in that film, has worked

our reporterjonathan head is in the malaysian capital.what are we expecting today? well, thejudge has now ruled that this trial must now proceed, that there is what he claims is sufficient evidence from security camera video that was presented in court showing the two women, one of them appearing to put her hands over them appearing to put her hands over the face of kim jong—nam, that they attempted to kill their victim. they have been charged by the prosecution of being political assassins. this isa of being political assassins. this is a big disappointment to the defence lawyers, who have made the case, although they have not been able to present their own evidence yet, that these are unwitting dukes. both women are from poor backgrounds, both were recruited by men we believe to be north korean agents, and were paid to carry out a number of pranks with what were then harmless liquids, and they were then given this lethal agents, vx, and they were hoping that would be enough to see the case dismissed. these women will have many more days

i'm richelle carey and these are the top stories on al-jazeera a malaysian judge has ruled there is sufficient evidence for two women to go to trial for killing a strange half brother north korea's leader kim jong un the two one and an asian the other vietnamese are accused of murder for smearing a nerve agent on the face of kim john naaman early two thousand and seventeen the women said they thought they were participating in a t.v. prank turkey says it's ready to enter talks with the united states in the state between the two nato allies escalated in the last week over the detention of an american pastor in turkey austin can impose additional tariffs on turkish steel and aluminum all ankara has responded with its own measures that is feared as calls the value of turkey's currency to plummet mike hanna reports from washington d.c. . afternoon in the siskel eighteen trade war between the u.s. and nato ally turkey the white house insisted its decision to impose tariffs was taken on national security grounds and it's only the sanctions put in place against two turkish ministers that are linked t

for the malaysian prime minister najib razak arrives at court for the latest hearing in his corruption case. a colorful ceremony in a country divided even two cases inaugurated as colombia's youngest of a president. and indonesian rescue teams are still struggling to reach outlying communities after sunday's deadly. iran is back under u.s. sanctions after donald trump renee down the nuclear deal the u.s. president has warned the international community that it too must severed ties with terror and will trump tweeted the sanctions were the most biting ever imposed and he added that anyone doing business with iran will not be doing business with the united states adding i'm asking for world peace nothing less. well despite the threats from the u.s. the european union is encouraging member countries to do business with iran but the white house counting on the power of its dollar to keep companies in line particle hain reports from washington d.c. . the u.s. plan when it comes to iran hurt the economy hurt the people forced the government to agree to change much of its foreign policy the p

cia told the fbi that they didn't know anything about it, although they had the malaysian authoritiesil it. they had photos. >> photos and everything. >> so, is it the case that the cia wanted to recruit them? this is one possibility. they're not supposed to work in the united states, but the fbi has authority over cases of domestic terrorism inside the united states, and they had a warrant on al qaeda. the other thing is was it an agreement between the ci ericss a and the saudi intelligence who were going to monitor these guys and maybe try to turn them. if you look at some of the behavior of the saudi people that were in l.a. and san diego working with these high jackers, then i think there is some plausibility to that theory. >> did that ever get satisfactorily resolved in the 9/11 commission? >> there was still -- there were missing 28 pages, produce some additional information about that. >> society spent a long time making sure they were redacted and missing. >> actually, they said they wanted it produced because it was -- it reflected poorly on them. but it didn't help them whe

take a look at some front pages from around the world. 0n the front page of the strait times former malaysianh charges over money laundering. he will make his second appearance in court after he was toppled from power in may. the south china morning post reports that hong kong's railway operator has overhauled its top management. after they failed to handle problems at the city's most expensive railway project. the china daily looks at our lead story. the earthquake in the tourist hotspot lombok, indonesia. it shows a foreign tourist being carried two days after the area was struck and has killed over 100 poeople. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? people in southern india are mourning the veteran politician, muthuvel karunanidhi, who has died at the age of 94. he served as chief minister in the state of tamil nadu five times between 1969 and 2011. he also campaigned against the caste system. tensions have been rising as thousands of mourners joined demonstrations to demand a prime beach—side burial site in chennai for the late dmk party leader. some protesters clashed with po

is unique to asia and one that few outside the region have ever seen before but the coach for the malaysian team is confident that's changing and being an event in the games will help. this is the first time. is in the asian games i'm proud to and i hope to continue to be a tournament sport in asia and maybe someday be in the olympics there are thousands of penstock see like clubs across indonesia the head of this local one here in jakarta feels that the sport's exposure in the asian games grows recognition and interest globally. de deportee also says that the sport is expanding its country of origin two it's now mandatory at all schools. with the games in indonesia that has become even more popular among children teenagers and adults it really helps. the body started in india thousands of years ago it's essentially a game of full contact tag thank you nice when indonesian and other countries asian countries are taking by going to that because they haven't seen the mean. so that. to see this kind of playing by these indonesian countries. unlike the homegrown pen sexy lot of body is just sta

still to come on the programme: why these photos celebrating 60 years of malaysian independence haveg up on the programme: he's generated controversy for his comments on feminism, but as pakistan's prime minister—in—waiting prepares to be sworn in, we ask women what they want from their new leader. the big crowds became bigger as the time of the funeral approached. 0f the line of fans became bigger, the police prepared for a huge drop of crowd control. —— job. police prepared for a huge drop of crowd control. --job. uganda's brutalformer crowd control. --job. uganda's brutal former dictator has died at the age of 80. he has been buried in saudi arabia, where he lived next lull since being overthrown in 1979 stop low —— in exile since being overthrown in 19 79. 2 billion people around the world have seen the last solar eclipse to take place in this millennium. it began that its journey in this millennium. it began that itsjourney three in this millennium. it began that its journey three hours over canada, ending its journey where the its journey three hours over canada, ending itsjour

our other top story this hour — malaysian prime minister, mahathir mohamad, has cancelled three big infrastructuret afford them. the schemes — two pipelines and a rail link — were suspended last month. earlier, he also appeared to criticise china by warning against what he called a "new version of colonialism". beijing said more co—operation between the two countries is needed. translation: trade cooperation like this brings benefit to the people of both countries, but in the cooperation between two countries, it cannot be avoided that they may be various kinds of goblins and different views at different times. the these problems, they should be appropriately resolved by friendly consultations. —— for these problems. also making news today: a major earthquake of magnitude 7 has struck the northern coast of venezuela. the us geological survey says the quake, which was centered near the town of guiria, was felt as far away as the capital, caracas, where it shook buildings. the international nuclear watchdog, the iaea, says it has no evidence that north korea has stopped its nuclear programme — that'

ignited criticism, too, suggestions that it doesn't represent all asians and golding, who is half malaysianingled out on social media for not being asian enough. >> i grew up in asia. i was born in asia. i think it was healthy type of conversation, but, you know, i'm asian through and through. >> reporter: the film's ultimate goal, to prompt more movies starring asians. >> we would like to crack that door even more, to help others, other story tellers so we don't have to depend on one story with one set of characters to say everything about asians. >> reporter: a glitzy new comedy that goes more than skin deep. jo ling kent, abc newnbc news, . >> i want to check it out instead of breaking barriers finally. >>> christopher lawrence, thomas wilson, sound familiar to you? after 83 years, back to the future hit theaters, those four stars had a chance to meet in boston. they spoke on several panels. they discussed the possibility of making a fourth installment of the popular franchise. for now they let social media know they enjoy their time being back together again. >> we live in a world of re