i'm mariko oi in singapore. i'm rico hizon in london.eavy rains, for hong kong's latest pro—democracy march — the 11th consecutive weekend. burials have been taking place in the afghan capital, kabul, after a bomb exploded at a wedding killing 63 people. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the south china morning post shows a sea of protestors braving torrential rain in hong kong's victoria park. the paper says after three continuous days of demonstrations, there were no physical clashes on sunday, in a break from the past few weeks. the independent leads with the aftermath of saturday's bomb attack at a wedding reception in the afghan capital, kabul. as we've been reporting, at least 63 people were killed in the attack claimed by islamic state and more than 180 were injured. and the japan times reports that prime minister shinzo abe is looking at a large—scale reshuffle of his cabinet. it says mr abe hopes the changes will make him better prepared to tackle key policy challenges such as making constitutional ame

a business correspondent mariko oi told us what we were expecting.g the biggest general strike in decades later today as seven rallies take place across hong kong. the government has been asking people not to participate. the reputation asa not to participate. the reputation as a financial hub and its economy last week. we had gdp growth for the second quarter april to june is already quite weak. we are expecting quite a lot of people not to show up to work and to take part in this general strike. joining me is carol nanograms. i know it's still a guessing game but how many people are you expecting? overnight, we received messages from the aid agency. a positive response so far. we believe quite a large amount of workers have been taking part in a strike. also engineering, catering and security services and also the outsourcing of workers as well. social services and social workers. we believe more and more coming to telus today that we will be on strike. obviously the conservative way to guess could be reached to millions. the pro- beijing union say

for more details i am joined by mariko oi.k at the pictures over the last few days of the international airport, it is looking ugly. indeed. we saw more violent clashes between protesters and police overnight, which is really worrying authorities. let's crunch some numbers. last year, 75 million passengers used hong kong airport for over 400,000 takeoffs and landings. more than 120 airlines go through the airport, to and from over 220 destinations. flight bookings have fallen by 20%, and the flagship airline has fallen to its lowest point in more than a decade. remember, carrie lam originally said that —— remember, the airline said it supported people's right to protest, but it has fired several staff who travelled from the mainland tojoin staff who travelled from the mainland to join the protests. as mariko oi was just telling us, these are indeed uncertain times for these are indeed uncertain times for the territory. a major landmark in the territory. a major landmark in the city's financial district is the mandarin oriental

i'm mariko oi in singapore. the headlines: more than three weeks after a clampdown in indian—administerd kashmir, a bbc investigation uncovers allegations of brutal beatings and torture by soldiers. the british parliament prepares for a brexit showdown. mps say they'll make their move next week to stop boris johnson suspending parliament. we will be back in parliament on tuesday to challenge boris johnson against what i think is a smashing break in our democracy. i'm rico hizon in london. also in the programme: government buildings are set on fire in papua, indonesia, as protests continue over claims of racial discrimination. and this weekend marks 80 years since the start of world war two. we'll be looking at how the conflict shaped the world we live in now. voiceover: live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 7:00am in singapore, midnight in london and 4:30am in indian—administered kashmir, where a bbc investigation has uncovered allegations of brut

this is mariko oi in singapore.al report about singapore's ageing population, how the city depends on its workers passed their retirement age, which is about 60. and we will have more on the protesters in hong kong, this week more than 1.7 million protesters attended. but china has warned that it "will not sit by and watch" if the hong kong government loses control of the situation. that's all for now. stay with bbc world news. hello again. well, we've seen plenty of showers around over the course of the weekend. and showers again are the name of the game as we look at the forecast for monday too. clouds like these will be bringing those showers in, we've seen plenty of those recently as well. the radar picture shows the most extensive showers across northern and western areas of the uk, there could be a few though over the next few hours running through the english channel, and perhaps sneaking onto the coastline of southern england as well. but it's across eastern areas of england, part of the midlands that will h

mariko oi is in our asia business hub in singapore with the details.ight, this is not the first time he has linked the hong kong process and the ongoing china us trade war, urging beijing not to have another tiananmen square. i guess from his point of view he could stall the trade deal while portraying himself as a human rights protector. as you mentioned, over the weekend, we saw more protests, for the 11th weekend in a row, although this time they managed to keep them largely peaceful. we heard from beijing, hinting about sending an military police in the event of clashes. but the government and investors are clashes. but the government and investors a re really clashes. but the government and investors are really starting to worry about the economic impact on the city's economy. last week, a package with $2.1; billion to help shore up growth. analysts say it was too little, too late, and that the city's economy will most likely fall into a recession. mariko oi, thank you. now let's brief you on some other business stories. president trump and white

thanks, mariko oi! executive carrie lam said the protests are damaging to the economy, so what's the risk? trade makes up more than 20% of hong kong's economy and exports and imports were both down injune but that was largely down to tensions between the us and china. tourism makes up around 5% of the hong kong economy and apart from the flight cancellations we talked about, it's estimated hotel occupancy could drop by 40% this month. the realfear estimated hotel occupancy could drop by 40% this month. the real fear is that it will spruik investors and damage the status of hong kong as a globalfinancial damage the status of hong kong as a global financial sector. the financial services sector makes up about 18% of the economy. a financial expert said how the protests will affect the economy. you only need to look at the stock market because it's a pretty good barometer of how people feel about what will happen in hong kong in the future and i go by the four acronyms, sharanjit, and that is its trading,

i'm mariko oi in hong kong — who is on strike on monday and why?om our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 5:00 in the afternoon in el paso, texas, where prosecutors say they're considering charges of domestic terrorism and hate crimes against the man suspected of killing twenty people in a gun attack at a walmart store. police believe 21—year—old patrick crusius who's now in custody wrote a white nationalist manifesto that was posted online before the attack. meanwhile, in a separate incident in dayton, ohio, a gunman shot dead nine people at a bar in the city centre before police killed him. in a moment we'll hearfrom ohio, but first sophie long report on the day's events in el paso. a normally busy shopping mall, cordoned off. an investigation is under way, as people come to terms with what happened here hours ago. oh, my god. a gunman opened fire in what was a packed walmart superstore, killing 20 people, injuring at least 26 others. people took cover wherever the

mariko oi is in hong kong for us.there have been some more clashes between the police and protesters last night? that's road. angry protesters surrounded the police station last night after a student was arrested for what the police say was a possession of a weapon. it turns out according to the newspaper, it was just a laser pointer. but and pepper spray ended up being used. that is one of the main complaints of the demonstrators, that police have been using tear gas way too often unnecessarily, including on the streets of hong kong where there are people living in these high—rise apartments with their windows open oi’ apartments with their windows open orair apartments with their windows open or air conditioning on, they get affected, including children and the elderly. but despite that strong warning from beijing, i think it is fairto warning from beijing, i think it is fair to say that hong kong protesters are fair to say that hong kong protesters a re not fair to say that hong kong protesters are not backing down

we are seeing evidence of the impact on the south korean economy and our business reported mariko oi following the story. mariko, we've had some new numbers out of south korea this morning. what do they tell us? that's right. the impact is quite severe. we saw the new numbers out of south korea for the first three weeks of august, experts were down sharply —— exports, over 13% —— 30% for chips. we saw a lot of consumers, meanwhile, in south korea boycotting japanese products as well and that has been hitting some of the country's biggest brands from japanese beers too, guess what? hello kitty. but the biggest impact is on the tourism industry, in both countries, actually, with airlines announcing cuts or a complete suspension of their face. this announcing cuts or a complete suspension of theirface. this is why good us japanese tourists to south korea make up the biggest group of visitors in the region, while south korea says the most tourist to japan after china, accounting for 24% of all foreign visitors to japan last year. there have been a number of cancellations already and it's

thank you so much, mariko oi, sort out. thank you so much, mariko 0i, in hong kong.g change in their industries. and today we meet their industries. and today we meet the asian female entrepreneur who has made it her mission to encourage more young women is a has made it her mission to encourage more young women is a become scientists. can you name an asian scientist? how about a female scientist? how about a female scientist who isn‘t mary curie? how about a female scientist from asia? my about a female scientist from asia? my name is juliana about a female scientist from asia? my name isjuliana chang, i‘m the ceo of asia‘s latest science magazine. the reason why i left academia to focus on a new career as academia to focus on a new career as a science entrepreneur is because i really think that my calling in life is to help boost and support science coming out of asia. i think it is fairto coming out of asia. i think it is fair to say that we‘re living in an asian century. we are observing funding in the east eclipses out of the west. china publishes more patterns

thank you mariko oi.reporting earnings on thursday as the trade war continues. investors will be continuing to see how the growing cost of chinese imports will impact walmart‘s profitability. it is also a unique focus on walmart‘s position as the leading gun retailer in the us in the wake of recent mass shootings. for a retail company like walmart, these tariffs are not good for business. two walmart‘s credit, it has been able to protect itself from big hits to the bottom line by planning ahead and stockpiling inventory. investors will want to hear how the country will continue to deal with a trade war that won‘t end anytime soon —— company. these walmart shoppers in newjersey are concerned about another issue altogether. i heard they are taking away violent video games but they won‘t stop selling guns, which is something that doesn‘t make sense to me. it is a family shopping place. maybe if they opened a second store for the guns that's different, but not ina for the guns that's different, but not in a w

mariko oi explains. complaints, listing hong kong as a country. other fashion brands started facing a backlash as well. within 24 hours, coach and all of these brands came under attack from chinese netizens. this china ambassador ended her relationship with the company and apologise for the damage caused as a result of her less careful choice of brand. here is the apology from givenchy. a chinese boy band member also quit as its spokesperson. this is not the first time chinese netizens have complained about fashion brands. last year gap apologised for making t—shirts accused of showing an incorrect map of china. chinese companies like huawei are not exempt, under pressure for listing taipei, taiwan is a time zone. britain has a rich maritime history and is hoping to lead the development of autonomous ships. the bbc's development of autonomous ships. the bbc‘s adrian bradley has been to south—west england to see how poor towns are planning to become part of a so—called coastal powerhouse. plymouth is a ci

mariko oi nowjoins us from hong kong. financial markets are open. trading, although down 2% today. as far as hong kong is concerned and the authorities, they are trying to keep it is mrs usual. that is correct. we were talking about how carrie lam spoke for the first time in weeks and we also heard from the financial secretary of the city whose message was clear, this is bad for the economy. he spoke about how the growth last quarter in the three months between april and june was already 0.6%. he emphasised that that would go into negative in the third quarter if this keeps going. he spoke about how investments have fallen sharply and as you mentioned, the stock market todayis as you mentioned, the stock market today is already down by nearly 3% and it lost 7% in the last month. so if you compare that with the rest of the world, the fall is quite significant, even though the world market has been under some pressure from ongoing us china trade wars. the hong kong government has been telling people to not participate but as you can see behind me, tha

this weekend will mark the 13th week in a row of protests there —— mariko oi.e been pressures to stop workers from taking part in the demonstrations. the biggest because of the so far has been cathay pacific. two bosses have resigned and some of its staff has been fired. for some, this has been the event that has changed the landscape of businesses in hong kong. i'm corresponded reports. because this is guaranteed by the basic law! what can you do when your personal beliefs can get you fired? in hong kong, they come out to the streets. today, no gas mask saltia masks —— gas masks or tear gas masks here. just ordinary workers trying to make their voices heard. like rebecca tsai, who was fired from herjob at cathay dragon airlines, she says, for supporting pro—democracy protests on her over at social media profile. we should consider our background, our qualifications, not oui’ background, our qualifications, not our political stands are what we say oi’ our political stands are what we say or what we post on social media. it's not fair at all. but more than that

i'm mariko oi in singapore, the headlines: despite severe warnings from beijing — hundreds of thousandsf backing down. burials take place in kabul for the victims of a suicide bombing that killed 63 people — the islamic state group says it carried out the attack. i'm rico hizo in london. also in the programme: malaysia's former prime minister najib razak is due in court later over alleged corruption. he denies the charges. and, iceland bids farewell to its first glacier lost to climate change — with a warning ‘there's no time to lose'.

i'm mariko oi live in hong kong, where a new day is just beginning, but it's not clear what will happen next in the stand—off between the governmetn and the demonstrators. north korea conducts its fourth weapons test in two weeks. reports say it's fired two unidentified projectiles into the sea. i'm ben bland in london. also in the programme: pakistan accuses india of playing a dangerous game after it strips the disputed region of kashmir of its special status. as the us mourns those who died in two mass shootings. president trump condemns extremism but stops short of announcing tighter gun controls. announcer: live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8am in hong kong, where the residents are waking up after yet another day of widespread disruption. police arrested 82 protestors as tens of thousands of people took to the streets in the territory's first general strike in more than 50 years. protests spread right across the territory, with major roads blocked, public transport severely dela

i am mariko oi in singapore. the headlines this our call on president trump slaps more tariffs on chinese goods, and he threatens they will go higher depending on how trade talks go. until such time as there is a deal, we'll be taxing them. a year after the outbreak of ebola in the democratic republic of congo, 1800 people have died and neighbouring countries are worried the disease may spread. i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. also in the programme: japan's imposition of trade restrictions against south korea triggers simmering anger in seoul and a consumer boycott of japanese goods. and the outsider who galloped to victory as the first person in the uk to compete in a horse race while wearing a hijab. good morning. it is 7am here in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, where president trump has announced a new 10% tariff ona trump has announced a new 10% tariff on a further $300 billion worth of imports from china. mr trump said the levy would apply from one september. here is how he made the an

we can go live to hong kong and speak with the bbc‘s mariko oi. she is there for us.ll, i am now ata think we can expect? well, i am now at a park, one of the seven locations where we expect seven rallies across hong kong today. it would affect every sector from fine and to at but as you mention, the biggest impact we have seen so far has been on the travel industry. train operators, we are as well as hundreds of flights being cancelled. we also have the city's chief executive speaking as we speak to address this strike. it is the biggest, possible, that the city has faced in decades. there is a cleaner behind me so it may be problems with people who do not want us to broadcast from this location. apologies for the sound quality. but we are hearing from carrie lam speaking to the press as the government asks people to not attend strike. as you say, carrie lam is currently speaking but, generally, what has the government response been and china's response been as we see these protest get more and more violent? indeed, the government in beijing have repeatedly condemned

mariko oi has the latest from hong kong. of protesters are gathering at tomahawk here in hong kong. this is one of seven venues for this afternoon's rally. many of them dressed in black, which has become somewhat of their uniform, holding that yellow banner extent against extradition to china. that's how it started, if you remember, against that controversial bill. now they are asking for a lot more democratic reforms. and that's despite the government's request not to participate in today's strike. when the government held a press conference earlier today, that message was clear. this strike is bad for the economy. the financial secretary said, the economic growth would go into negative with these ongoing protests continuing. and yet, that has really not stopped these people from gathering and as a result, we are seeing the stock market, the hang seng index, down almost 3% after losing 7% over the past month. of course, the global market has been under a lot of pressure because of the ongoing trade war between the usa and c

our correspondent mariko oi joins us now from hong kong. how is it looking from there right now?sters are warning from ageing, hong kong protesters a re not warning from ageing, hong kong protesters are not backing down. just last night, angry protesters surrounded a police station after a student was arrested for what the police say was possession of a dangerous weapon. it turns out, according to the newspaper, it was a laser pointer. people got angry that he should not have been arrested but police ended up in teargas, pepper spray yet again. that has been one of the main complaints of the protesters here in hong kong, police have been using a lot of teargas including in the residential area and people living upstairs of these high—rise apartments with their windows open or conditioning on are affected by teargas, including children and the elderly. despite all these clashes, despite the warning from china, but people are not breaking down. how did the protesters feel about the real possibility that the government in beijing will send in troops? that is the extreme way that bei

controversial extradition bill, which has now been suspended, but as our correspondent in hong kong, mariko oiovernment to meet their demands on a range of other issues. there are four other demands. stop calling these protests riots as well as the unconditional release of all the protesters who have been arrested over the last nine weekends as well as universal suffrage. one person, one vote to elect their own lawmakers and also an investigation, an independent investigation into the police‘s use of force. people have been quite angry at how the police have been handling these protests over the last several weekends. especially two weekends ago when it appears that gang members attacked some protesters as well as the general public members so later today, we are expecting seven rallies to be taking place across hong kong. we have seen protesters actually saying last night, save energy for tomorrow, telling the public to join night, save energy for tomorrow, telling the public tojoin in night, save energy for tomorrow, telling the public to join in with some very creative, colourful posters as

i am mariko oi in singapore. the headlines: president trump imposes more tariffs on china, and he threatens they will go higher depending on how trade talks go. north korea fires another missile from its eastern coast, the third sale test in a week. —— missile test. i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. a by—election which could reduce the government's majority to one. and the teenager who galloped to history. good morning. it is 8:00am here in singapore, 1:00am in london and 8:00pm in washington, where president trump has announced a new 10% tariff on a further $300 billion worth of imports from china. mr trump said the levy would apply from 1 september. here is how he made the announcement. china eats it, because they have to pay it, because what they do is they devalue their currency and they push money out. our people haven't paid. as you know, we're also charging 25% on $250 billion, so we're taking in many billions of dollars. there's been absolutely no inflation, and frankly, it hasn't cost our consumer anythi

i am mariko oi in singapore.threatens they will go higher depending on how trade talks go. until such time as there is a deal, we'll be taxing them. a year after the outbreak of ebola in the democratic republic of congo, 1800 people have died and neighbouring countries are worried the disease may spread. i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. also in the programme: japan's imposition of trade restrictions against south korea triggers simmering anger in seoul and a consumer

markets but that us get some analysis from my colleague mariko 0i. get some analysis from my colleague mariko oi predicted all the us recessions that have ever occurred in the 20th and zist have ever occurred in the 20th and 21st what is it? it's the difference between the ten year treasuries and the 2— your treasuries so the idea as investors a re the 2— your treasuries so the idea as investors are usually willing to wait longer to get paid more. the yield over the ten year treasury should be higher than that of the 2— your treasuries, meaning investors are willing to wait longer and get paid are willing to wait longer and get pa id less are willing to wait longer and get paid less and that is a sign that they are not confident about the us economy in the last time this happened was in 2007 before the global financial crisis and that's why we are seeing the panic sell—off on wall street and here in asia, we saw japan open on wall street and here in asia, we sanapan open one on wall street and here in asia, we saw japan open one 15% lower. australia also trading lower.m doesn't help we have weak

mariko oi is in singapore... good to see you. what more do we know about what's going on?e amounts of aluminium were disguised as pallets in order to avoid customs duties so that's rather creative, isn't it? it is to do with one of the earlier tariffs that the us imposed on steel and aluminium over a year ago if you remember. the trade war between the countries of course is ongoing and this indictment comes at a rather testing time as negotiators just wrapped up another round of high—level talks without any meaningful progress. the company he founded did not respond when the bbc contacted them for comment but according to the wall streetjournal a comment but according to the wall street journal a warrant comment but according to the wall streetjournal a warrant has been drawn up for his arrest. although he is believed to be in china which doesn't have an extradition treaty with the us so it's highly unlikely he will get arrested in the us u nless he will get arrested in the us unless he visits in the movies rather symbolic but still, it's very significant because it is bel

i'm mariko oi, live in hong kong, where a new day is just beginning, but it's not clear what will happenred two unidentified projectiles into the sea. i'm ben bland in london. also in the programme: pakistan accuses india of playing a dangerous game after it strips the disputed region of kashmir of its special status.

i'm mariko oi in singapore.allegations of brutal beatings and torture by soldiers. the british parliament prepares for a brexit showdown. mps say they'll make their move next week to stop borisjohnson suspending parliament. we will be back in parliament on tuesday to challenge borisjohnson on what i think is a smash—and—grab raid against our democracy. i'm rico hizon in london.