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i'm mariko oi. the headlines: reports from california say police have found the body of the main suspect in saturday's mass shooting after they broke into a van. these were the first images released by police of the suspect in the monterey park shooting, which left ten people dead and a further ten injured. this community had been celebrating the lunar new year, full of hope and optimism for the future but like so many other american cities before them, they are now mourning the dead from a horrific act of violence. we'll have the latest on the investigation. also on the programme: we meet the ukrainians returning to dangerous circumstances in towns close to the frontline, despite heavy fighting nearby. the horrors of the last few months have brought this town closer together. months have brought this town closertogether. before months have brought this town closer together. before the war, there were some people here and elsewhere who genuinely supported russia. that's not really the case anymore.

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm mariko oi. the headlines.he body of the main suspect in saturday's mass shooting after they broke into a van. the los angeles county sheriff's department releases the first images of the suspect in the monte—ray park shooting, which left ten people dead and a further ten injured. this community had been celebrating the lunar new year full of hope and optimism for the future. like so many other american cities before them, there are now mourning the dead from a horrific act of violence.

i'm mariko 0i.e found the body of the main suspect in saturday's mass shooting after they broke into a van. these were the first images released by police of the suspect in the monterey park shooting, which left ten people dead and a further ten injured. this community had been celebrating the lunar new year, full of hope and optimism for the future but like so many other american cities before them, they are now mourning the dead from a horrific act of violence. we'll have the latest on the investigation. also on the programme:

joining me now is our asia business correspondent mariko 0i, who can explain to us why this is significantt is told. tell us more. it is usually significant - it is told. tell us more. it is usually significant because l usually significant because foes are it is raising wages by as much as 40% which of course is a huge, we all want one. it is a huge, we all want one. it is to match japanese salaries with the rest of the world but secondly this is a country where companies hardly have had a significant pay rise since the early 90s and that is something the prime minister wanted to change so in his new year's address he asked businesses to raise wages of the country experience is its first proper inflation in dhaka. it is still under 4% by japan had been struggling falling prices. —— proper inflation in decades. they have really been hit hard. the boss of fast retailing has been critical of economic policies lately especially when at the value of the yen fell sharply saying private companies and individuals now need to step up and make sure ordinary consumers are protected from inflation bu

let's get the latest on this from our asia business correspondent, mariko 0i.he prime minister now? as you said, even though as you said, even thouthimmy lai has already been in detention for two years on various charges, but he will likely face under the controversial national security law is a lot more serious. he is accused of colluding with foreign forces and sedition which the authorities have described as comparable to motor so he could spend the rest of his life in prison. —— murder. supporters say that charges are politically motivated. he is a founder of apple daily which for over a quarter of a century was seen as the only opposition newspaper in the city but of course it was a force to close injune course it was a force to close in june 2021 course it was a force to close injune 2021 when a number of staff includingjimmy lai injune 2021 when a number of staff including jimmy lai were arrested under the new controversial law imposed by ageing back in 2020. the letter of his legal team to the prime minister becausejimmy lai of course has british citize

mariko 0i has been following the story for us. were coming but this is a lot more than we thought. absolutely, ou than we thought. absolutely, you mention _ than we thought. absolutely, you mention twitter- than we thought. absolutely, you mention twitter and - than we thought. absolutely, | you mention twitter and meta but 18,000 is by far the biggestjobs that have been axed, more than many expected when amazon started letting go of some staff back in november. it's about 6% of the company's workforce. starting on the 18th of january. workforce. starting on the 18th ofjanuary. the workforce. starting on the 18th of january. the company's chief executive said he would have preferred to make the announcement were informed, he had to bring forward the announcement because information was leaked and it was reported. according to him, most roles to be cut in its e—commerce and hr departments. it basically follows what the companies are doing when those tech companies saw a huge boost in demand and only 11 months ago amazon more than d

let's cross over live to our asia business hub because mariko oi has been crunching the numbers for uswn to $3.1i billion, the lowest level in eight years and missed investor expectations. as we have been reporting with inflation and high interest rates, consumers are just not spending as much money but it is notjust weak demand for smart phones and other tech but also demand for memory chips is down because they were the hot commodity during the pandemic where there was a severe shortage and all the chipmakers had to ramp up production to record levels but now they have to slash spending on new production. samsung, the world's biggest memory chip maker has said it has no immediate plans to cut output memory chip prices are down sharply and that eats into the company's bottom line. also the us sanctions on some chip related exports to china is hurting demand from some of samsung's key clients and if thatis samsung's key clients and if that is not enough, another challenge is that one of its main customers, but apple has had its iphone production affected by covid restrictions and now t

i'm mariko 0i in singapore. 0ur headlines...o the suspect of a mass shooting in california, which left ten dead and a further ten injured. meanwhile the bbc chairman denies a conflict of interest over helping to arrange a loan guarantee facility for boris johnson new zealand's outgoing prime minister, jacinda adern, has handed over the leadership of the governing labour party to her successor, chris hipkins. at an emotional meeting in the capital, wellington, the party's mps unanimously endorsed mr hipkins, avoiding the need for a party leadership contest. mr hipkins faces a general election in october which polls indicate labour could struggle to win. depite that — he's in an upbeat mood. this is the biggest privilege and the biggest responsibility of my life. i am energised and excited by the challenge that lies ahead. new zealand is the greatest little country in the world and i have dedicated my working life to the service of our people and to making it even better. earlier i spoke to the former new zealand prime minister he

let's get more on this from our asia business correspondent mariko 0i.r thanjack absolutely. from now on, rather than jack ma absolutely. from now on, rather thanjack ma having a majority control, ten people, including himself and other management and staff, will be sharing voting rights so his share will be just over 6%. voting rights so his share will bejust over 6%. it voting rights so his share will be just over 6%. it does not change financial interest for shareholders but it is a huge development because, as you mentioned, not only has he been retreating from his business empire but has rarely been seen in public. we learned late last year that he has been hiding in tokyo and only a few days ago he was spotted in bangkok. it all started when beijing started clamping down on his firms in late 2020. he was keen to rein in rapid growth and influence to align with president xijinping interest in achieving prosperity but jack ma made himself an easing target by giving a critical speech about china's regulators and as a result both ali barber and as a re

mariko oi is following this from singapore. who are the targets this time?linda genesys and gemini, funded by the twins who were featured in the movie the social network for suing mark zuckerberg, claiming he stole their idea to set up facebook but in this case, the two companies, genesis and gemini offered a deal to offer gemini customers the chance to lend their as a result they have managed to raise billions of dollars worth of crypto assets from investors but the us regulator says the programme was not properly registered as a securities offering. in a twitter post gemini ceo tyler winkle was called the action super lame and counter—productive, saying that the company looks forward to defending itself but because of the turmoil in industry back in november genesis said the investor would not be able to withdraw their assets. the twins were not happy about this and earlier this month gemini discontinued the programme but investors are still unable to withdraw their crypto assets, so the investigation continues but this latest action as you said definitely