monica miller, bbc news, singapore. monica miller, bbc news, singapore.look at the markets. and asia—pacific stocks are currently open for trade. marginally higher by of a percent and up by three fifths of 1% for sub thanks for investing your time with us. iam rico thanks for investing your time with us. i am rico hizon. thanks for investing your time with us. iam rico hizon. sports thanks for investing your time with us. i am rico hizon. sports today is coming up next. this is bbc news. the top stories this hour. british police say the 39 people found dead in the back of a lorry in england were chinese nationals. britain's prime minister boris johnson calls on parliament to back an early general election in december to give it more time to debate his brexit deal. humberside police have charged a 25—year—old man with the rape and murder of a student from hull university. libby squire, who was 21, disappeared in february after a night out in the city. her body was found in the humber estuary seven weeks later. pawel relovitch will appear before magistrates

the bbc‘s monica miller reports. from a dream to reality. for a little over two minutes. it is a test run for singapore ‘s regulators. get the company one step closer to selling the invention in cities like los angeles, dubai and singapore. the invention in cities like los angeles, dubai and singaporem the invention in cities like los angeles, dubai and singapore. it is not going to replace a car in a general way but it is going to be your transit transportation mode of choice stop you have only seen this in sci-fi choice stop you have only seen this in sci—fi movies. we hope it is going to be a standard form of transport people get used to, just likejumping ina transport people get used to, just likejumping in a cab. in this transport people get used to, just like jumping in a cab. in this case the sky port built a prototype outside the central business district. the experience is said to be rather seamless. a hybrid between going to the airport and waiting for a taxi and the first thing you have to do is check in and even before you get to

monica miller has this from singapore: from a dream to reality. minutes. it's a test run for singapore's regulators. for volocopter, it gets the company one step closer to selling their invention in cities like los angeles, dubai and singapore. it's not going to replace a car in a general way, but it's going to be your transformation mode of choice for particular routes where you have extreme time savings. it used to be something you would only see in comic books or sci—fi movies. every volocopter needs a helipad. in this case, its partner, skyports, built a prototype, the voloport, just outside singapore's central business district. but even with the right technology in place, how tough could it be to win the public‘s trust and confidence? i'd like to try anything once, but i don't know how safe it would be. at first, i thought there's not a chance i would get in that. it didn't look safe, but i suppose it'll get better in time. volocopter plans to launch its air taxi service by 2022. it's competing with more than 100 companies already developing

monica miller is in our asia business hub. it's one step forward and one step back? where are we?cted to take place next week, however, before investors get too excited about any progress, steve mnuchin is sending a message to the chinese ahead of these meetings. in an interview with cnbc, steve mnuchin said a new round of talks set for december 16 could kick into gear if the chinese do not sign the tentative deal they reached in washington last week. —— new round of tariffs. president donald trump says in contrast it was a lovefest with beijing officials, that they had during that two—day session. now, he did say a preliminary deal would take about five to complete, they may be able to sign something when the chinese president, they all meet at apec in the summer in chilly. chinese officials were not so chilly. chinese officials were not so lovey—dovey about the whole thing, they said it was a cautious and conservative meeting. —— chile. they simply claim that progress was made between the two sides. thank you very much. don't be full byjapan, don't be full by japan, first day of

monica miller joins us from singapore. what is the detail?gative programme looks at it and in response both companies have decided to stop that supply chain. target australia told the bbc that they identified one of their direct suppliers as using a small amount of cotton yarn from the mill owned by a supplier in that province and they we re supplier in that province and they were told to stop orders immediately until they get the situation clarified and the chinese state has detained muslims under 2014 under the guise of cracking down on domestic terrorism but eyewitnesses report that many are held in camps 01’ report that many are held in camps or forced into work in textile factories in cotton mills and these australian companies are not alone in this. the us crackdown on 28 tech companies earlier this month for similar reasons. interesting story and want to highlight, definitely. let's look at the markets in asia. a bit of a mixed picture and their focus on the us and china trade negotiations and how they are going as opposed to brexit, b

monica miller is in our singapore burueau.lion fans in china were really disappointed today. that first game between the reigning champions toronto raptors and the new orleans pelicans was blacked out, as you said, on the state—run television. however, chinese online giant tencent did televise the next game. lebronjames has come out in support of the chinese in this protest debate in hong kong. this all started when houston rockets coach daryl morey sent a tweet in support of the hong kong pro—democracy supporters and his comments unleashed a wave of anger in china. basketball legend shakeel 0'neill earlier today came out in support of daryl morey, saying he has a right to free speech. monica, thank you, good to see you again. let's talk you quickly through how financial markets fared earlier in asia. a bit of a mixed day, that is the night before on wall street. everyone is keeping their eye on politics, us china trade discussions but brexit is very much up there this week as well. as well as that, let's have a look at europe

monica miller is in our asia business hub. we are always trying to read between the lines.ent situation? investors in asia carry that enthusiasm with them until monday, as they have been positive today. the shanghai composite have gained at least 1%, all of them, and this is after the administration announced it will postpone raising ta riffs announced it will postpone raising tariffs on announced it will postpone raising ta riffs on $250 announced it will postpone raising tariffs on $250 billion worth of chinese imports that was set to take effect on tuesday. the nikkei is closed today for a national holiday. the us president did outline the first phase of what he has described asa first phase of what he has described as a very substantial phase one deal to end a trade war that covered some agricultural issues and they did touch on property protection which has been a thorny issue, but not too many details are at. he stopped short of revoking any of the existing tariffs on chinese goods. thank you, monica. good to hearfrom you. here are the overall markets in asia and how

director theo miller sends his regrets and is unable to attend today's meeting. we will go back up to monica. julie is here. we will take it in the order it is on the agenda, which is supervisor ahsha safai office and then, hold on. i am just going through the people who aren't here. i would like to say i am pleased to see commissioner ricky from the m.t.a. here, as well, and former h.r.c. commissioner stephen hermon who reminded me i'm sitting in his former chair. we will hear from monica and then julie. thank you. >> good evening, commissioners. i'm excited to be here today. i just wanted to affirm that the supervisor's commitment to ensuring equity and transit within our district. he is a relentless champion in making sure that our bus lines run on time, that we are balancing the dual needs of transit reliability and pedestrian safety, as i am in many conversations with sfmta every day to talk about old bouts, introducing more bike lanes, stop signs, and speeding. there are traffic calming measures to make sure that transit is functioning well. in terms of equity, we are committed and we