i'm mariko oi in singapore. the headlines: nikolas cruz, the 19—year—old accused of killing 17 people at his former florida high school, appears in court. south africa's new president, cyril ramaphosa, vows to fight corruption after being sworn in. i'm ben bland in london. also in the programme: on the menu, we take a look at some of the local dishes being enjoyed at the winter olympics. and xin nian kuai le! happy lunar new year! chinese people around the world celebrate the spring festival. live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in parkland, florida, where a vigil is taking place to remember the 17 people killed by a teenager yesterday. these are live pictures. earlier in the day president trump promised action to make america's schools safer. nikolas cruz, a former student at the school, appeared in court. the fbi said it had been warned a year ago about the potential threat posed by cruz, but that there w

joining me now is mariko. over are they expected to spend? mariko. 0ver1000 companies are here and we're not just discussing commercial airlines defence sector as well. we have seen robust growth in defence spending in the region. i have a little report, let's have a look. while most western countries are slashing their defence budgets, many asian budgets, governments are throwing money at it. china and india have doubled their spending in the last 20 years as well southeast countries like indonesia, vietnam and a poor. keeping some perspective here, the us still comfortably spend more on planes, missiles and tanks than anyone else. 0ver planes, missiles and tanks than anyone else. over 600 and $40 billion last year. asia now accounts for over one quarter of the world's defence spending. so what has changed? simply, there are economies are growing and in this part of the world there is a lot going on. think north korea's nuclear missile threat. china's actions in the east and south china seas. and insurgencies throughout south east asia like

my colleague and business reporter mariko 0i. the plastic.urite packaging materials in the world. it is cheap and efficient for transporting goods, but only a fraction of it is recycled. and as an increasing number of consumers to man's green alternatives, some companies have been dreaming up fresh ways to combat waste. at least 8 million tons of plastic ends up in the ocean each year. one of the biggest culprits is the consumer goods industry, plastic packaging is often used just once before being thrown away. only 1096 of plastic in the world is actually recycled. that leaves 90% either been buried or burned or lost into the environment. now a number of companies are trying to stem the tide. british firm recycling technologies think this machine can bea game technologies think this machine can be a game changer. it takes difficult items like food wrappers, toothpaste tubes, coffee cups, and binliners, some very high to bridges, and breaks down the plastic to its raw material. at the end of the process you get something like this, an oil tha

our business reporter, mariko oi, is there for us. it is nice to see you. tell tell us more.in the region. over 1000 competitors are here to participate. we are notjust talking about commercial airlines and defence, but also privatejets about commercial airlines and defence, but also private jets as well. in the commercial passenger airline sector, we have seen unprecedented growth. the reason is simple, more people in asia can now afford to fly. instead of catching a bus ortrain, afford to fly. instead of catching a bus or train, they are flying. as a result, we have seen so many carriers almost starting to threaten legacy carriers like singapore airlines and cathay pacific. in the defence sector, they are beefing up defence sector, they are beefing up defence spending thanks to bolstered economies and disputes in the south china sea and threats from north korea. we will be here all week and we are expecting some major announcements, especially in the first several days of the airshow. we will be across all latest coverage in singapore at the singapore airshow. now let's bri

be to clear points when india is negotiating bilateral trade deals with the iranian president —— marikod the other is connectivity. india needs to import huge amounts of its crude oil consumption, iran is a key player in the region and out of the trade india does with iran, it is about $10 billion of import- oil $10 billion of import of crude m- with iran, be furthering be as 'thering built chabal port in eastern newly built chabal port in eastern iran, will be a point where india is looking at investment, also a place where india is looking to access afghanistan to have trade relations with afghanistan bypassing its partner here. how will india balance its economic interests in the region cause it has a lot of diplomatic tensions? that's very interesting because as we know, iran is dominated with one sect of muslims, shias, and the indian prime minister was in the gulf region last week, in the uae, he sent a signal to saudi arabia that india wants to do trade with the entire region and why should iran be an exception? thank you for the update. staying with india and for years bangalore

let's go to our asia business hub, where mariko oi is following the story. much relief?got excited. he is one central bank governor injapan got excited. he is one central bank governor in japan who got excited. he is one central bank governor injapan who has really surprised the markets in the past five years. it's been dubbed even as we kuroda bazooka because sometimes his decisions have moved to the market a lot. he hasjust been nominated for a second term, from april, by the government. he is also seen april, by the government. he is also seen as a april, by the government. he is also seen as a key player in prime minister shinzo abe introducing his abenomics policies. there have been some speculations in recent months, whether they have fallen out and whether they have fallen out and whether mr kuroda will not be nominated, so at least we have the confirmation now that he will be, because the ruling party dominated parliament he will likely get another five years. let me ask the nerd why the yen is doing so well?|j don't nerd why the yen is doing so well?” don't know

welcome to asia business report live from singapore with me, mariko oi.nd we had another volatile trading day of the night, wall street ended the day practically in freefall and now we're seeing asian shares down as well. monica miller has the latest. monica, wow, what a week? it's been intense. the asian markets are taking wall street's lead s&p m _7 seng isjust opening, it closed down! down as if seng isjust opening, it closed down! down as - if we can yesterday down as well. if we can look at what happened in the us, again itjust sank right to the bottom. the dow jones again itjust sank right to the bottom. the dowjones industrial is now down below 24,000, closing more than 4% down. snp 500 and nasdaq as well. it's been a nerve shattering kind of weak but there's one rally that would have made bigger news on any other date and that's twitter, twitter has made a profit since the first time it started trading publicly since 2013 —— day. we will keep an eye on the rest of the asian markets for today but what's going to happen with india? thinking about ho

our business reporter mariko 0i reports. training to be a pilot. inside and around an aircraft. for 28—year—old dean it was his childhood dream. when i was young i took a flight in new zealand and flew around the mountains. i was away from everything. it was fantastic. but it is competitive to get in. here in singapore, 600 apply for 60 spots annually. it is not cheap. up to 140,000 us dollars to com plete cheap. up to 140,000 us dollars to complete the course. many cadets, including 24—year—old —— this 24—year—old man pay for the training themselves. i think it is worth it for the investment. in the long one, this is my passion. and shame will likely get his money's worth because there is an acute shortage of pilots. boeing is forecasting that global airlines will need to hire 637,000 new pilots over the next 20 yea rs. 637,000 new pilots over the next 20 years. some 40% of that demand comes from asia. jeremy is back to look through the papers. before we do that, we are going to go through some of the tweets. we have been asking about fake news. t

mariko oi is listening. yes, i have been refreshing the page waiting for the announcements!e been anticipating the possible hike in the goods and services tax, their vat, from 7% to possibly up to eight or 10%, and another thing that is possibly on the cards is an introduction of e—commerce tax, so at the moment anything under $400 that you buy online is exempt from that gst but that might soon change. but he has not announced either of them, he has mentioned, though, the challenge of the ageing population, and that is one of the main reason is that even though singapore has quite a healthy surplus, it still wants to raise taxes because last year in 2017 the government spent about $10 billion on health care and that is set to rise to at least 13,000,000,020 20, which is quite a hike. so i will keep listening in to see if he announces those hikes —— rise to at least 13 billion in 2020. let's have a look at the markets. the us dollar ending on... i hesitate to call it a strong ending, but it was a strong week for the us market. s and p is always the best wa nt to market. s and

i'm mariko oi in singapore.n tensions ahead of the winter olympic opening ceremony. the reason why two reuters journalists are on trial in myanmar, new revelations about military killings and a mass grave. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: scrambling for votes to spend hundreds of billions of dollars. american lawmakers argue over another government shutdown. the joy of a new superhero film with an almost entirely black cast. live from our studios in london and singapore, this is bbc world news. it's newsday.

i'm mariko oi in singapore. court in florida. south africa's new president cyril ramaphosa vows to fight corruption after being sworn in. i'm ben bland, in london. also in the programme: we take a look at some of the local dishes being enjoyed at the winter olympics. and xin nian kuai le. happy lunar new year. chinese people around the world celebrate the spring festival. live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc

i‘m mariko oi in singapore. welcome to newsday on the bbc.d the excuse of fighting terrorism. and the difficult life of a refugee trying to get to england —

i'm mariko oi in singapore. welcome to newsday on the bbc. the headlines: new details on two retuers journalists detained in myanmar — the disturbing story of mass violence they were reportedly working on before their arrest. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: syria blasts the us for deadly airstrikes that killed pro—government fighters, calling them a "war crime" that hides behind the excuse of fighting terrorism.

i'm mariko oi in singapore. the headlines: a relatively low key military parade from north korea, playing down tensions ahead of the winter olympic opening ceremony. the reason why two reuters journalists are on trial in myanmar, new revelations about military killings and a mass grave. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: scrambling for votes to spend hundreds of billions of dollars. american lawmakers argue over another government shutdown. the joy of a new superhero film with an almost entirely black cast. live from our studios in london and singapore, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 10am in pyeongcheng, where the winter olympics are due to begin injust a few hours. in an apparent olive branch, north korea is sending a delegation to the games. however, relations don't seem to have thawed quite yet.