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we track these closely because you want to see that south-north asia divide between the ones that cancommodity exporters, and the tech once in the northern asian region. they are all sensitive to what is happening in china's economy. asian pmi's just released here. haidi: the japan rating for manufacturing is the lowest since august 2020. it is an interesting macro picture that sets up for the bank of japan particularly as we head into continued tightness in the labor market. it will keep upward pressure on wages. governor ueda said wage growth is what they are scrutinizing. there have been mixed signals from boj policy makers about when they might pull the trigger on policy normalization. governor ueda says the price target is not insight. -- is not in sight. let's get more from our senior editor, on the balance of things in terms of the data, because we know central banks want to get back to looking at the data, what are the scenarios that could play out in the likelihood we are looking at? >> we had seen some conflicting signals from people over the last couple days, and to go back

let's get more on what to ask back from china this week and bring in our chief north asia correspondent stephen engle in beijing. as well as eric from bloomberg economics and our asian equities reporter charlotte yang in hong kong. steve, it is a big week for china. >> yes it is. that gdp target we will get from premier li qiang's work report tomorrow morning will be indicative of the level of confidence. authorities have in the economy going forward. it's been a difficult 2023, with multiple shocks, whether it is property obviously, consumer confidence. the external situation and the like has cast a pall on the economy. we did see the national team in february prop up some of the equity markets which were slumping also during the lunar new year holiday which was in february, we saw tremendous spending by consumers as they traveled but you have to take that with a grain of salt because two weeks of travel spending during the lunar new year holiday, also known as the spring festival, does not necessarily mean it will be a year of bumper spending by consumers. that work report is coming f

bloomberg's she's north asia correspondent josh chief north asia correspondent stephen engle startedconomic priorities for this year's sessions. stephen: early spring stephen: early spring crosscurrents in beijing can be tough to read as china faces a host of economic headwinds ahead of the annual session of parliament annual people's congress. with property market in turmoil, poor consumer confidence, persistent deflation, stabilized geopolitical ties, plummeting fbi, and iraqi stock market, simply put, it has not been a good first year is cents -- for president xi jinping since taking his third consecutive term must mud -- last month. so far, stave -- state directed funds mobilized to stabilize wobbly markets while beijing replaced the head of the securities regulator and cracked down on so-called malicious shortselling. thanks eased alone prime rate tied to mortgages. consumers came back and spent mightily during the lunar new year year holiday, the best festival numbers since pre-covid. was it enough to turn winter resident a spring bulls? >> 2023 has been in fortunate in china w

tends _ whether it is north america or asia tends to— whether it is north america or asia tendst to be the case _ taxes and we want that to be the case for— taxes and we want that to be the case for the uk but we have always said and _ case for the uk but we have always said and have been very consistent three _ said and have been very consistent three would only cut taxes and a way that was— three would only cut taxes and a way that was responsible and if i may say the _ that was responsible and if i may say the most un—conservative thing i could _ say the most un—conservative thing i could do— say the most un—conservative thing i could do would be to cut taxes by increasing — could do would be to cut taxes by increasing borrowing because that is cutting _ increasing borrowing because that is cutting taxes and saying future generations have to pick up the tax, i will generations have to pick up the tax, iwiii not _ generations have to pick up the tax, iwiii not do — generations have to pick up the tax, i will not do that but i want when it is possible to do so responsibly move

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ambassador to china with our chief north asia correspondent, stephen engle, in beijing.rading in just under 15 seconds. we know there's been a lot of funds buying the dip in india. we saw a record amount by local institutions worth more than $1 billion on wednesday alone. small caps, recent dialing's are done more than 7% this week and that's on the back of consolidation. some stocks we are watching today include paytm, and paytm winning key payment approval needs to stay in business and that's according to some people familiar with the national payments corporation of india. they said lenders the likes of access make, hdf see, state bank of india willpower. two peer or upi payments on paytm. the index under pressure, down 0.4%. still to come, india's elections watchdog reveals prime minister modi's party was the biggest beneficiary of now banned monetary bonds. we will follow the trail, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ thanks to avalara, we can calculate sales tax automatically. avalarahhhhhh what if tax rates change? ahhhhhh filing sales tax returns? ahhhhhh business license

ambassador to china speaking with our chief north asia correspondent stephen engle.teve mnuchin says he has spoken to potential co-investors about buying tiktok. the former u.s. treasury secretary made the comment to cnbc but declined to give specifics. he runs a private investment firm that counts saudi arabia among backers. tiktok's u.s. business would be worth up to $40 billion. >> i think the legislation should pass and i think it should be sold. i understand the technology, it is a great business, and i am putting together a group to buy tiktok. they should be owned by u.s. businesses. there is no way the chinese would ever let a u.s. company owned something like this in china. haidi: we have breaking news when it comes to samsung and the chips act grant it is potentially going to receive. the u.s. is planning to award more than $6 billion to samsung electronics to help them expand beyond a project in texas they have already announced. this is under the chips act grant and awards are expected also for samson and tsmc and intel put the money would be one of the m

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if we return to gas, it is important here that the plant located closest to north asia, where the world'sers are located. yes , 90% of shipments are now sold under long-term contracts. this project was initially aimed at purchasers, at importers in the asia-pacific region, that is, those countries for which the short term is of great importance. logistics leverage, allowing to minimize costs when transporting goods, but directly to their countries. in the twenty-third year, sakhalin-2 exported more than 10 million tons of lng, of which 2.6 million to china, 1.7 to south korea, almost 6 million tons went to japan. the enterprise provided almost 10% of the country's needs. russia continues to supply from. both towards the european union and towards asia, no sanctions have been imposed on russian liquefied gas, while there is nothing to replace it with; america, despite the fact that it has significantly increased lng supplies to europe, is not ready to further increase volumes and is unlikely will it be possible to easily replace russian volumes, well, perhaps again at the cost of self-rest

north asia, to some extent we are still positive on the dollar. we are likely to shift in terms of the possible dollar as early as up to third quarter of this year. some crosses for some of the regional currencies. in some of the north asian currencies. we do see positive upsides in terms of euro early on in the weekend last week, but i think in terms of asia, we are still positive because of the regional currencies. haslinda: it's also interesting to note that last year we saw how central banks were in sync. we talked about synchronization was there, but are there opportunities to trade on the scene? >> there are some distinct central banks that may take time on the rbn z front of things. it has shifted slightly, but i think most are actually waiting for the fed to move, so any indication of where the fed would move first and some central banks in the asia pac on the kiwi front would be lacking. some would be on the dollar that would move first and the euro zone area. i think there could be some impact on the domestic drivers that we delay a bit

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bloomberg's north asia correspondent out letting the priorities at this year's two sessions. >> early spring is cross current in beijing can be tough to read as china faces a host of economic headwinds ahead of the national people's congress pit with property market turmoil, persistent deflation, destabilized geopolitical ties and a rocky stockmarket, simply put, it has not been a good first year for president xi jinping since taking a precedent busting third term. so far state directed funds have mobilized. beijing replaced the head of the securities regulator and cracked down on militias shortselling. banks eased a loan prime rate tied to mortgages and consumers came back and spent mightily during the week long lunar new year holiday. the spring festival number since pre-covid. was it only enough to turn the winter bears into spring bulls? >> 2023 has been an unfortunate confluence in a of deflation and de-risking. this year the policymakers want to go back to reflation and reform. >> in terms of the ability of the measures to change the market sentiment, we are slightly more cautio

our chief north asia correspondent stephen engle joins us live from beijing. this is the first time we have seen this happening in three decades. talk us through the significance of a press conference like this not going ahead. >> it is significant because this is the one chance a year that the public or the journalist community get an opportunity to pose questions to a senior leader. usually -- it is always the premier. in years past it has been an area where they were able to talk extensively about certain policies and explain things in great detail without necessarily a script. for people like we could chunk and wen jiabao, they garnered a bit of respect and camaraderie with the people of china. the premier did. the leader of course, the president in this case xi jinping, is not speaking. does not hold press conferences ever. there is a disconnect and a distance between the people in the president. the premier was able to get more hands-on. that has been scrapped. it should also be not too surprising given how xi jinping has taken an unconventional approach

now see a witch hunt, everyone who is, well, i will not name the representatives of the north caucasus, central asia, you know how wonderful, as the katsaps call them, of course, that there will now be efforts to squeeze them out, maybe to authorize some. pogroms to push you out of the country, and of course that this can then be reflected in radicalization and continued terrorist acts, and it is clear that this will throw the russian federation into chaos, because it is clear that we are the biggest enemy, all forces are drawn against us, and of course, that russia does not have enough forces to react to such things, therefore, in the long-term perspective, it will definitely be ... that the russians themselves will have to pay for this barbarism, and finally, i was honestly surprised that gil took on, let's say, the responsibility , because yes, russia said that in the 15th year it was going to go to syria to fight the zhigil, but in fact they were fighting to defend the assad regime with the forces that were against that regime, and i'm not sure, that they destroyed a large number of igilians the

annabelle: two other currencies in north asia that are very sensitive for the taiwanese dollar. also have the korean won. what is your outlook for those currencies? ken: we expect those currencies will remain under pressure until the fed is likely to keep interest rates unchanged at that level. so the interest rate difference will remain as a -- for this currency. also the semiconductor recovery story i think is quite disappointing this year because we saw the taiwan dollar, korean won remain quite under pressure. so it is partly attributable to the pressure because as i mentioned, u.s. equities are doing pretty well this year. we are seeing outflows especially from taiwan investors, we have a story that they are trying to invest in u.s. equities or other major markets. so even if we saw some capital inflows in this market, the outflow pressure to overseas investment remains quite strong. it keeps the currency on the back foot in q1 and q2. haidi: over is good to have you with us, ken cheung, from mizuho bank. if you look at the energy patch, oil holding its biggest gains in the

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chief north asia correspondence stephen engle in the ground in beijing and our asia equities reporter charlotte yang in hong kong. what stands out from li's report? >> we shouldn't have had so much expectations as we all had. again, these work reports tend to spell out oftentimes what we already know. we note that the economy is sputtering, 2020 three was not a strong year obviously. a lot of people were looking for clues as to policy support going forward from this work report. li qiang in his first report talked in broad brush strokes about the challenges. you heard from him saying a growth target of around 5%, which is the same as last year, it is not going to be an easy task without policy support. but again, so far this government, the third term under xi jinping as president has been very cautious. they do not want to exacerbate the debt loads at local governments and exacerbate debt issues in the property market. they want to, as li qiang said, find the root causes of the debt and property rose. but how are they going to do that? this will be a step-by-step process, not a big b

will it pick up activity north asia is moving as well in the first quarter.hat happens for the remainder of the year, karen >> let's try to answer that question, arabile. join us as we broaden out the conversation with the head of merger markets it was raining buckets, but not a lot with the val kuations and not a lot of volume. >> it is interesting the data with the value up 15%. most of this is driven by large cap deals which is why you see the number slip there. we had the thing which is interesting for me with the large cap activity is you are seeing corporates getting more appetite to strike the large risky transactions i feel like that is a direct link to what we are talking about with the sentiment from interest rates and potential cuts coming. that is driving activity ultimately, we are not seeing the count there yet. we are not out of the woods yet. >> balance sheet strength. when does it translate for the bankers? i gather they don't get paid in the until the transaction is completed. >> last year, revenues were down in the fourth quarter. now what

chief north asia correspondent steven engel there.t's get more on the outlook for china with ben powell, chief apec investment strategist at blackrock investment institute. i want to return to some of the remarks steve was making. the two chinese officials both saying and calling for foreign investment. does china offer the transparency and regulatory clarity, the consistency, that foreign investors are looking for? ben: it's a fascinating time in chinese markets for sure. the headwinds continue, but the tailwinds are there as. we it's worth remembering the scale of this economy, roughly china is at $17.5 trillion g.d.p. economy. if they grow by 6%, 6.5% nominal, that would be a standalone g-20 economy. those are ongoing headwinds and presenting significant challenges, particularly for western investors. that's not changed. what has also not changed is the growth of the economy, the growth of the middle class, the consumption story we've all been talking about for a long time. that's still there. i think china is a great example of wh

i think you're right north asia is the one set to benefit most from the ongoing struggles in the chip to benefit. >> i know it won't translate to a company-specific risk and you just got back from taiwan and you talked about taiwan semi and it doesn't have the multiple as other chips and there's some premium taken out of it just because of china risk. is that misguided, in your view, or there, in fact, a china risk? >> i think there is, in fact, a china risk it's impossible to predict when that will materialize and i think you're one election away or one fiery campaign speech away from having the tensions ratchet up other places where they can manufacture including here in the united states so i would keep an eye on that, but they definitely have quite a lot of china risk. >> david, good to see you. thank you. >> david riedel of riedel research, guy in. >> and the stemware. >> related to that yeah >> again, i'll re-emphasize what david said he's on the ground there and he sees the risk and clearly the market doesn't see it and i will say this as well i think it was a year and a half o

that if you look around the world, the countries which are growing the fastest, whether its north america or asias them more dynamic, more energetic, more entrepreneurial economy. so we do want to move to a lower taxed economy, but we're only going to do so in a way that is responsible and recognizes that there are things that taxes pay for, that we couldn't cut taxes by borrowing. we'll do so in a responsible way. but if we can spend money on public services more efficiently, then that will mean less pressure on taxpayers. labour have accused jeremy hunt of failing on work. the party has set out plans to reform opportunites for under 2as if they win the next general election. the party's shadow work secretary, liz kendall, said there will be no option of a life on benefits for young people under a labour government. official estimates say there were 851,000 young people not in employment, education or training in the last three months of last year. a tory spokesman said labour has an "abysmal" record on youth employment. let's speak to shadow employment minister, alison mcgovern. what did you me

afghanistan at the chernobyl nuclear power plant, during interethnic conflicts in the north caucasus, central asia moldova, as well as in the dashing nineties, during the formation of the young belarusian state. and today time dictates its approaches in a professional manner. preparation. the past year in the internal troops was declared the year of the formation of new units. and as a result, nine special forces units were organized, which are trained by instructors with combat experience. and the soldiers of the internal troops demonstrate this experience, including when guarding the state border. we are ready for any kind of provocation and defense of the country. this is especially important, the commander of the internal troops emphasized. let us remind you that today the internal troops of our country celebrate their 106th anniversary. one of the most difficult me. known tasks, of course, it turns out to ensure the security of our homeland on the outer contour, well , i will say that in close cooperation with the state, the border committee, with their special forces unit, with their outpost

i hope that this trip can help the relations between the west and asia and north africa it has merit and surely it can be these relations between the islamic republic of iran and africa, where africa has an important place in our foreign policy, and our strategic policy in our foreign policy is the relationship with africa in general and with islamic countries in africa in particular. we defined the relationship in our foreign policy and this trip will be very important in this regard. voice and video calls have been activated in the new version of ita messengers, the head of the organization. therefore, with the announcement of this news, the information said that making a high-quality video call is one of the new features of this messenger. ita messenger is one of the most popular iranian messengers with 30 million active users per month and 18 million users per day, and the humanoid figure zero robot started its work in a warehouse. this human robot. it weighs 60 kg and can work continuously for about 5 hours. figure 0. has arms and legs that allow him to move efficiently and clim

say, is we look around the world and we see the economies that are growing the fastest, in north america, asiaime to start bringing down taxes, which is what i did with the national insurance cut. combined with what i did in the autumn, it will bring about 200,000 people, or the equivalent of, into the workforce, filling about one in five vacancies across the country. so it's really good for economic growth. i'm in liverpool, astrazeneca. where they are investing £650 million to build a vaccines manufacturing hub, right here. that's the kind of investment that's going to grow the economy, and that's what i'm supporting in the budget. chancellorjeremy chancellor jeremy hunt there. earlier, the shadow chancellor rachel reeves told bbc breakfast thatjeremy hunt needs to explain "where the money is going to come from". we need to get people back to work. there are 700,000 more people due to be on sickness benefits, and that of course is a huge cost to the economy, with the benefits paid out. but also a huge loss in terms of what they could be contributing. so we need to be getting people back to w

say, is we look around the world and we see the economies that are growing the fastest, in north america, asiaparty say he's giving with one hand and taking much more with the other. well, how humiliating was that for the government yesterday? we've argued for years that they should get rid of the non—dom tax status. they've resisted that and now, completely out of ideas, the only decent policy they've got is the one that they've lifted from us. and i think if you needed evidence of why we should go straight to a general election, it's that we need change. let's speak to maike currie, investment director at hargreaves lansdown, a financial services company. thank you very much for coming on the programme. what is your overall impression of this budget? i the programme. what is your overall impression of this budget?— impression of this budget? i guess this bein: impression of this budget? i guess this being the _ impression of this budget? i guess this being the last _ impression of this budget? i guess this being the last budget - impression of this budget? i guess this being the last budget

say, is we look around the world and we see the economies that are growing the fastest, in north america, asiaones with lower taxes, the shadow chancellor rachel reeves told the bbc that jeremy hunt needs to explain "where the money is going to come from". we need to be getting people back to work. that means getting our nhs waiting lists down, it means more targeted support. it means reforming the apprenticeship levies so businesses can get the workers with the skills they need to give young people the chance to build a career and build their skills. we need to be investing alongside business in the jobs and the industries of the future, in towns and cities around the uk, in industries like carbon capture, gigafactories for electric vehicles, floating offshore wind. earlier i spoke to our chief political correspondent henry zaffman in westminister. he told me the budget didnt present any surprises. actually the biggest announcement was known the evening before, let alone after the budget. conservative mps were in the house of commons waiting for something that would be a big surprise, often i

we will intensify, well, xenophobia in russia against tajiks and various natives of central asia or the northcasus, and we will fight with ukraine, that is, killing two birds with one stone in this way, this is the thing that threatens the russians the most, no, well of course, that is, for him it is necessary... to constantly account for the enemy and emphasize it, and of course he wants to tie everything into one pile, and here is terrorism, and here are the tajiks in russia, they really do not like guest workers from central asia and the north caucasus, all this xenophobia, and of course this is the west because they will definitely be later. to say on television that this korason is the result of the american presence in afghanistan, and the americans are standing behind ukraine anyway, and that is why it is all one gang, and here is the evidence for why, why it is all the same, but here he gets in a certain way branch, because for him in the west it is useful to use... a theme from idols, because he turns out to be such a victim, and this is how you discussed here with mr. khmara in the

i hope that this trip can be of great help to the relations between the west, asia, and north africa, and it can definitely help the relations between the islamic republic of iran and africa, which has an important place in our foreign policy. our strategic policy in our foreign policy is the relationship with africa. in general and with the islamic countries in africa in a special way that we have defined the relationship in our foreign policy and this trip will be very important in this regard. let's follow it. thank you very much. we wish you and the delegation good luck. peace be upon you and god's mercy . if i don't want the alpha profile, my country , my homeland , do you have it? you are more beautiful, you don't show your blood, i don't want the world. none i don't want the place, the language, if your original, if i don't want the letters of the alphabet, ihn, my homeland, do you have it? you don't show blood, i don't want the world. my iran, you are the secret of freedom, your flag was on my head since i was a child, it was impossible for me to leave, your love was born from

afghanistan at the chernobyl nuclear power plant, during interethnic conflicts in the north caucasus and central asiaoldova, as well as in the dashing nineties, during the formation years of the young belarusian state. and today, as we see, time dictates new approaches to professional training. last year in internal troops was declared the year of formation of new units. as a result , nine special forces detachments were organized at once, which are trained by instructors with real combat experience, and as the commander of the internal troops emphasized, we are ready for any kind of provocation. one of the most difficult and responsible tasks, of course, is ensuring the security of our homeland on the outer contour, well, i will say that in close cooperation with the state border committee, with their special forces unit, with their outposts, our military personnel, i will say that, uh, from time to time , even right now, the brest special forces detachment storm is located in the ukrainian border area, performing tasks in the area of ​​​​the cities of stolin. malarites and i will say this, that inf

the message. day the question of the terrorist threat emanating from a vast region from north africa to south asiathe international efforts of the past decade appear to have been successful. the so -called islamic state and al-qaeda were destroyed. the frightening specter of international terrorism, against which world war was declared at the beginning of the century, seems to have receded or not? we asked a subject matter expert about this. time, but there are branches throughout many countries of the islamic world, but the ones with their own center do not exist as of today known this may be you know boko haram in africa, in nigeria in cameroon, in chad, there, another famous branch is , of course, velayat, khorasan, which exists in afghanistan on the border with pakistan, in nanganhar province, too. of these branches has its own head in , if regarding the velayat of khorasan in afghanistan, this is samullah ghafari, a real person, an ethnic tajik afghan, and he, if for a couple of years now, heads this branch, well, that is, there is no central management, after the murder in al - in baghdad th

conservatives look around the world at economies in north america, asia and noticed the countries withth. our economist argue about cause and correlation but we know that lower tax economies have more energy, more dynamism and more energy, more dynamism and more innovation and we know that's britain's future too. however, the office for budget responsibility is predicting that the overall burden of taxation, in relation to the size of the economy, is set to hit the highest since 1948. something opposition leader sir keir starmer seized on. there we have it, the last desperate act of a party that is failed. britain in recession, the national credit card maxed out and despite the motion today, the highest tax burden for 70 years. the first parliament since records began to see living standards for confirmed by this budget today, thatis confirmed by this budget today, that is their record and it still their record, give with one hand and take even more with the other. and nothing between now and the election will change that. so do people in the uk feel better off after wednesday's budget

conservatives look around the world and economies in north america and asia and noticed countries withes generally have higher growth. economists argue about cause and correlation. but we know that lower text economies have more energy, more dynamism, and more innovation. and we know that is britain's future, too. christian: we will focus on keir starmer's response to that shortly but here to unpack the chancellor's statement is paul johnson. good to see you. right now, the economy is not growing, we are in recessi, incomes per head are falling, and people can feel it. does a two pence cut on the backs of a similar cut in january help people with the squeeze they are feeling? john: it is a pretty chunky tax cut with those together and if you are above average earnings, 40,000 a year, that is worth more than a thousand pounds a year to you. that is a pretty chunky tax cut, but as you say, it comes off the back of other tax rises in a generally poor period for living standards. but those cuts by themselves, that is a big tax cut for some people. christian: we shouldn't ignore the thresho

we will now see witch hunts, everyone who is, well, i won't name representatives of the north caucasus, central asiaknow how great, as the katsaps call them, of course there will now be efforts to push them out, maybe some... sanctioning pogroms to push them out of the country, and of course that this can then be reflected in radicalization and the continuation of terrorist acts, and it is clear that this will upset the russian the federation is in chaos because it is clear that we are the biggest enemy, all the forces are drawn against us, and of course that russia does not have enough forces to react to such things, so in the long term, it will be much worse for the russians themselves , they will have to pay for this barbarism, and finally, to be honest, i was surprised that gil took, let's say, responsibility, because yes, russia said that in the 15th year it was going, going to syria to fight in general, but in fact they were fighting to protect the regime assad with the forces that were against this regime, and i'm not sure what they destroyed a large number of sigilians there. and precisely b

west asia region and the winding up of the records of these takfiris, the rest of these takfiris should return to their hometowns. well, many of them were living in the farganah valley in the north caucasus in central asia, so it was expected that they would restore themselves, and warnings were given by many countries in central asia, now in the news. we have that the americans claim that he had warned a month ago. according to the news we were following, even kyrgyzstan had given warnings about the expansion of the range of activities of the khorasan branch of isis, and we had published this, at least we experts were investigating this issue, but this is a bitter incident. it happened in a situation where ordinary people were hurt and harmed and we also saw that isis accepted this but quickly. the most radical part of the isis group, which was also active , unfortunately, we witnessed it in the central asia region, which unfortunately happened in russia. thank you very much. god bless you. have a good time. mr. safarnejad, an expert on russian issues, mr. safarnejad , hello, hello, i am at your service moments after we saw the so-called draft resolution proposed by the united

in the vast region of west asia and north africa and many other wishes of the imam will come true, god willing. at the same time, the presence of people's participation in different scenes of the country for progress is also the defense of the islamic system, which is the responsibility of the workers it makes the administrators of the country more burdensome to serve the people. pishbehar, the reporter. the minister of roads and urban development, in a meeting to review the performance of gilan's services in the area of ​​nowruz travel , said that 725 accident-prone spots on the country's roads have been resolved, and the problem of other high-risk areas is being resolved. today, the minister of roads and urban affairs , on the sidelines of the meeting to review the performance of gilan's service systems at the avarzi headquarters of imamzadeh hashem rushd , pointing out that 426 million trips have been made this year in the country, adding that during this period, 8 million and 66 thousand people from public transportation services aerial and they have used a road. regarding the deve

the country, the influence of the country and the islamic republic in the vast region of west asia and north africa, and many other wishes of the imam , god willing, came true. will do. at the same time, the presence of people's participation in different scenes of the country for progress is also a matter of defending the islamic system it makes the responsibility of the employers of the country's managers to serve the people even heavier. pishbahar , sed and cima news agency. the minister of roads and urban development at the meeting to review the performance of gilan servicemen in the area. nowrozi travels said: 725 wet accident spots on the country's roads have been solved and the problem of other high-risk areas is being solved. the minister of roads and urban development today, on the sidelines of the meeting to review the performance of gilang transportation services at imamzadeh hashem rushd toll booth, pointing out that 426 million trips were made this year in the country , adding that during this period, 8 million and 66 thousand people from they have used public, air and road tran

the agenda the issue of the terrorist threat emanating from the wider world. region from north africa to south asiarnational efforts of the past decade appear to have been successful. the so -called islamic state and al-qaeda were defeated. scary ghost international terrorism, against which world war was declared at the beginning of the century, seems to have receded or not. we asked counter- terrorism expert grigory zerschikov about this. the perpetrators of the attack on crocus cityhall are related to isis, this is not disputed, but what is this organization today, does it exist at all, or is it just a franchise that anyone can use ? the center of this organization was destroyed in 2019, and al-baghdadi was destroyed, then this organization with its center is not exists today, but they exist. branches all over - in many countries of the islamic world, but the most famous, it might be, you know, boko haram, in africa, in nigeria, and in cameroon, in chad, there. another well-known branch is, of course , the velayat of khorasan, which exists in afghanistan on the border with pakistan, in the provin

say is, we look around the world, and we say the economies that are growing the fastest in north america and asia the labour party keir starmer had his say onjeremy hunt's budget describing it as "humiliating for in for the government". how humiliating was that for the government yesterday? we how humiliating was that for the government yesterday?- government yesterday? we said fiuures government yesterday? we said figures that _ government yesterday? we said figures that they _ government yesterday? we said figures that they should - government yesterday? we said figures that they should get - government yesterday? we said figures that they should get rid l government yesterday? we said l figures that they should get rid of non—dom pack status and they've for this did that. now the only decent tax policy they've got is one that they've lifted from us. as we go into a general election, it is that, we need change. 0bviously, into a general election, it is that, we need change. obviously, we will keep coming back to the nhs, so important it is. we will go to all of the numbers and we will be absolu

west asia and north africa and many other wishes of the imam will come true, god willing. at the same time, the presence of people's participation in different scenes of the country for progress is also the defense of the islamic system, which is a responsibility it burdens the managers of the country to serve the people. pishbahar , sed and cima news agency. and the minister of roads and shahrsi said in the meeting to review the performance of the gilan media service in the area of ​​nowruz travel that 725 accident-prone spots on the country's roads have been resolved and the problem of solving the rest of the high-risk areas is under way. today, the minister of roads and urban development , on the sidelines of the meeting to review the performance of gilai service vehicles at the imamzad toll booth , hashem rushd, pointing out that this year, 400,26 million trips have been made in the country, adding that during this period , 8,66,000 people from transportation services they have used public air and road. regarding the development of the public transport fleet, mehrdad b

and it's the time to generate big charles in southeast asia, from north viet run back through thailand. that'll keep temperatures down a little bit. would it be asked me she would still halting pool kept having broken a record a few days ago for a much temperature. the shelves are attending to sue montrose of arian born here. but john forgets a bit of time off, and it's not particularly i as in the philippines baby surprisingly. but we off talking to generate inland. charles in india, save from natural east, was a building to schwab. so these are the census suggest really big violence on this to leave early in the season. you might think, but that, that all the same. i may be just as interesting as what's coming across iraq, another west to be disturb and significant. right. and maybe a brief despair on his way through. i've kind of time to knows and practiced on the latest news as it breaks. the shortage means along the whole of the 1500 columbus upfront lines. ukraine is only able to fire around 2000 show. today we detail coverage. this is just the staging point from here. the journe

takfiri salafist groups that we see today in syria and west asia or in north africa were in the same north caucasus region 32 years ago, when the united states and its awan and ansar came to create this , so the words of the russian officials correspond to this action and process is the last 32 years and is something new no yes, mr. safarnejad, we also announced in the news that why the russians accused america now, and in the next section we talked with one of the experts, i want to hear from you why the russians directly accused america. in this incident, you can see that the work that was done was very organized and according to the book , it was a very clean work . facing the fire, creating the explosion, all this is correct and safe, leaving the scene, well, in the operation those that were attributed to isis, especially in the last 12-13 years, mostly these ended in the end, or in any case, the things in this field are more like the scenes of a hollywood movie , similar to the scenes in our american movies. we see, and in any case, the public opinion that sees such incidents in

s particular attention is paid to attracting natives of the russian north, caucasus, and central asia. we are witnessing the final loss of any moral principles in the united states. security forces obsessed with the insane idea of exciting when 18, russia, washington strategists, consider it acceptable to directly use terrorists with around the purposes subtractions. put washington on a par with the largest international terrorist groups isis. it's carrying terrier all shop many different puppets, but at the end of the day, only one master. it would not be the 1st time in history that the united states aligned itself at arm terrace. let's be clear about one thing. the united states and the rest of the major nato countries have been facilitating terrorist attacks for ukraine for more than 2 years. the assassination of alexandra dawkins, daughter. as of example, the continued shelling of places like bell garage with missiles, rockets, artillery pieces provided by the west. that's as much facilitating terrorism as it was. whoever bought these guys the rifles in stashed it for these guys

and it's the time to generate big charles in southeast asia, from north viet, going back through thailand, that'll keep temperatures down a little bit. would it be asked me, she would still halting pool kept having broken a record a few days ago for a much temperature. the shelves are attending system options of air in volunteer, but java gets a bit of time off from this don't particularly what i as in the philippines maybe surprisingly. but we off talking to generate inland. cheryl's in india say from not for east was a building to schwab. so these are the census suggest really big violence on this to release it early in the season. you might think, but that, that all the same i'm maybe just as interesting is what's coming across iran, another west to be disturb and significant. right. and maybe a brief the spare on his way through. i've kind of time to know and practice done. the families in gaza facing unimaginable hardships during times of crisis. solidarity is a strong this defense against injustice. and we've been in gaza since 1991 doing life saving look. your generosity can provid

anthropology, anthropology from africa to asia and europe, and then it has been the access that has connected the silk road with the route practically from south to northich allowed africa to reach asia, russia, europe. caravans brought in a quantity of gold, slaves, ivory, african species, african products. this was practically in progress until the collapse of the ottoman empire, or before, also, until let's say the entire atlantic axis was developed and with the mediterranean axes already collapsed. this is because the ascendant capitalism since the 16th century pillaged the atlantic axes and pillaged our america and what was the... mediteranean axis, the ottoman empire that connected with china, etc. all of that was gradually going into decline, well that's history, but in the present, those two axies remain, and one of them is taking on special socioeconomic importance, and the other one is taking on not only socio-economic importance, but also military importance, and i'm going to explain myself for two very simple reasons, pay attention to the axies of development, the middle east occupies the place, as it did before, and that is why i refer to