joining us exclusively from tokyo is ntt president and ceo june.hank you so much for your time today. it's great to have you on. let me just ask you a simple, straightforward question. why are you doing this now? >> yes. tonk you very much, shery, have an opportunity to talk to you. out in that carry we want to strengthen dell,. sat down in a circumstancend the it is coming to, changing, changing. -- come to us by coronavirus, coronavirus. to --everything is going defined, mobile and -- much more. to purchase -- in order to much more good collaboration. sir, how do you plan to fund that to carry out this deal which will cost ¥4.3 trillion? we know your net debt has actually increased in the past two years. jun: yes, that's right. it's at the end of march. 4.7 3 trillion yen. -- ¥4.73 trillion. the assets, for leasing businesses, has already been off balance. we can -- more than ¥1 trillion. now even we have a ¥3.6 trillion debt, and in this case, the it'sional ¥4.3 trillion, on there very focused limitation of our target. 6 are going to reduce -- t

the ntt president and ceo joining us. the latest asian/cash business flash headlines.stopping all operations at its unit in japan, move intended to save cash as carries around the world pilfer help. -- in the around the world appear -- appeal for help. future may depend on a majority holder, in india taught to group has agreed to provide emergency funding. alibaba, a votto cash lifeline as of endemic hammers that's airport business. to freeze says it is planning a capital increase of seven or 6 million u.s. dollars in alibaba's participation sent shares flying. the cultural form a joint venture in china. market has slumped and hers are trying at their lowest in a decade. the chinese company that won the race to build the train station of melbourne, beat local bids for that 2.3 billion our contract. the age newspaper says its parent has been linked to forced labor among china's uighur community. the train project is 18 months behind schedule. >> in asia it is rest on day. -- a risk on day. as trump left the hospital. also believing the seamless package will come sooner

the ntt rider made up for it by taking the lead with five miles to go and holding on for the biggestl. some of the riders at the vuelta a espana faced more than the usual challenges. five ponies keen to get involved in the action, fortunately they all managed to avoid each other. the second stage was won by spain's marc soler. primoz roglic was second — extending his overall lead. but it was another tough day for chris froome who lost another 18 minutes to the leaders. formula one now and racing point driver lance stroll says he tested positive for coronavirus after the eifel grand prix weekend in germany, despite his team not reporting his illness. stroll did not race and has since tested negative. earlier, i spoke to our racing correspondentjennie gow and asked her if racing point should have reported stroll‘s symptoms? it is interesting that every since russia he has been family has not been feeling well and he was tested multiple times and that is the thing i think that is of relevancy. he was tested before he got to the grand prix and it all came back negative so racing did ever

after missing out on victory yesterday by just seven seconds, the ntt rider made his move with five miles after finishing alongside race leaderjoao almayda. and in the vuelta a espana there were some surprise guests keen to get involved. the riders had to swerve around five ponies on the road. luckily they all managed to avoid each other. as for the second stage, that was won by marc soler from spain. primos roglich finished 19 seconds behind, extending his overall lead. but it was another tough day for chris froome, as he lost another 18 minutes to the leaders. that's all of the sport, bye for now. it's a soggy first half of the week but will be a drier day and for some, even a brighter day with some express coming through. more rain and wind on the way for the weekend and into next week too. for now, low pressure is moving away debris for each of high pressure is arriving before the next weather system travelling from the atlantic. so, this gap is not going to last too long. as we start thursday, some heavy rain and the parts of scotland gradually easing with a windy night in northern i

after missing out on victory yesterday by just seven seconds, the ntt rider made his move with five mileshe vuelta a espana faced more than the usual challenges. five ponies keen to get involved in the action, fortunately they all managed to avoid each other. the second stage was won by spain's marc soler. primoz roglic was second — extending his overall lead. but it was another tough day for chris froome who lost another 18 minutes to the leaders. that's all the sport for now. just time to tell you that liverpool have gone ahead in their match in ajax it still one all. that's it for 110w ajax it still one all. that's it for now will be back later. thank you for keeping us up to date. thank you for keeping us up to date. let's return now to news that south yorkshire is to enter the highest level of coronavirus restrictions. from midnight on saturday, pubs and restaurants will have to close if they don't serve a substantial meal. additional rules in the region mean bookies, casinos and soft play areas will also have to shut their doors. steve and sophie siddle run the little town of play —

carriers such as telesco in australia ntt in japan and others are prevented the use of huawei equipment in their networks. australia has expose covid in cropped influence and interference in its political system and called for an independent investigation into the origins of the china virus. australia has over 2% of gdp on national defense including purchasing the most advanced u.s. weapons the naval patrol the f-18 growler electronic warfare platform and fighter jets. japan is spending more money defense but incentivizes manufacturing companies to return from china or the countries where the supply chain will be more secure. both of these steps will help deter chinese aggression in the area. beyond those areas that i have already noted the u.s. faces a diverse and concerning national from venezuela to extremist terrorism and evermore strengthening transnational criminal organizations. under president trump leadership where standing up together with our allies and our country is rising to the occasion. will meet those challenges in the new wins that emerge with confidence in the days ah

after missing out on victory yesterday by just seven seconds, the ntt rider made his move with five milesdays other stories on the bbc sport website. but that's all the sport for now. borisjohnson has claimed transport for london was "effectively bankru pted", even before the outbreak of covid—19. the prime minister made the comments in the house of commons, after the mayor of london sadiq khan accused the government of "draconian" demands in return for a second bailout. mrjohnson said that any need to increase fares was "entirely the responsibility" of sadiq khan. we can talk to the london mayor, sadiq khan, now. good afternoon. what did you make of what boris johnson had good afternoon. what did you make of what borisjohnson had to say in the houseit gives me no pleasure in saying so but our prime minister has lied. he will know that before the covert pandemic hit our city, tfl has reduced its operation deficit by more than 86% and we have managed to increase our cash balances by more than 31% and reduced out rating costs by each year. londoners have done the right thing is asked to do