i'm mariko oi in singapore.on the programme: a special report on china's organ transplant system, as the authorities deny they're being sourced from executed prisoners. and inside president obama's mailbag. from hardships to homework, americans put it on paper and receive a personal reply. good morning. it's iam here in london, 8am in the morning in singapore, and 8pm in the evening in washington, where president trump has just hosted a special ceremony at the white house for the swearing—in of brett kavanaugh as a judge of the us supreme court. the president paid trubute to his new supreme courtjustice and the appointment process. brett kava naugh is brett kavanaugh is a man of outstanding intellect, a brilliant scholar and his credentials are unsurpassed. a graduate of those gay oi’ unsurpassed. a graduate of those gay or college and yale law school. he has taught at harvard, yale and georgetown. when he is not working with his family, he is giving back to his community. he spent 26 years in public service and

i'm mariko oi in singapore. our headlines this hour. the us steps up the hunt for whoever‘s behind the crude bombs sent to high—profile democrats. new york's mayor says this is "terrorism". the people of the city understand the whole game plan of terrorists is to intimidate us. new yorkers refuse to intimidate us. new yorkers refuse to be intimidated. the first bilateral talk in seven years. can shinzo abe's trip to beijing help repair relations between japan and china? i'm ben bland in london. also in the programme. paradise re—opens. the philippines‘ boracay island is back in business after closing for a six month clean—up, but there are new rules. you all know what to do. saddle up! the new gaming experience that promises to take you into the heart of the old wild west. live from our studios in singapore... and london. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm on the east coast of us, where police are stepping up their efforts to find who's behind those crude bombs, which w

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i'm mariko oi in singapore, the headlines. our headlines this hour. in a special report, the bbc reveals evidence of a vast new network of internment camps in china. it's thought as many as a million muslims are being held inside without trial. if this really is all about education, then why the effort to stop us getting close? i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme. the moment the saudi crown prince, widely suspected of ordering the killing ofjamal khashoggi, meets the murdered journalist's son. can you learn empathy? we look at how virtual reality can enhance our responses to other people. live from our studios in singapore... and london. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. welcome to the programme. the bbc has new evidence that china is building a vast network of internment camps for its muslim population. experts say one facility we've identified could be the biggest detention centre in the world. it's thought as many as a million muslim uighurs are being held without trial in the western region of xinjiang. china denies the claims,

temperatures close to october record—breaking temperatures at 18 oi’ record—breaking temperatures ats at 18 or 19 degrees. very heavy rain to begin with. running up through north—west england into southern and eastern scotland. scotland and northern ireland have anywhere to do tomorrow, the winds will be much later but windy across england and wales, rain in the west, sunshine in the east and highs of around 25. your full weekend forecast coming up at the bbc news at six with fiona bruce next. officer who was killed tells how he tried to save his friend. pc palmer was stabbed repeatedly by khalid masood. pc carlisle ran towards his colleague in a vain attempt to save him. when i was almost upon him, he'd seen me coming and he turned to face me, knives up, and i had to veer away to the side. the inquests have today concluded that the attacker khalid masood was lawfully killed by the police. also tonight... a special report on the fight against the influx of drugs from the cities into small towns around the uk. the government says eurostar might be suspended and the electricity supply

for the latest, let's go to mariko oi, who's in palu.d agencies are very frustrated because they asked really to get aid to some areas and many survivors are thirsty, hungry and have nowhere to live. indeed. we have nowhere to live. indeed. we have been talking for days about the lack of food and water. i can tell you, though, that things are slowly changing. we are starting to see the city moving again. we saw people selling food on a shriek, we saw people queueing up for petrol inside the city instead of having to go out to get it. things are slowly moving. but the body recovery operation has been quite challenging. there are still many places that the authorities have not managed to get to, even in the city —— city centre of palu, the shopping centre behind us. of palu, the shopping centre behind us. they have finally managed to get a big truck with heavy machinery in last night. we were here when they started clearing some of rubble and pretty much immediately after they found a body. it was 5pm on friday when the earthquake struck,

for the latest, let's go to mariko oi, who's in palu. a lot of aid agencies who are now on the ground are frustrated because they are struggling to release supplies —— to get relief supplies to the remote areas. indeed, rico. the logistics has been a major challenge for those paid agencies, but at least we are seeing food and water trickling into the city. this morning, we saw people selling brea kfast, morning, we saw people selling breakfast, people queueing up to get petrol in the city of palu, instead of having to go outside to get it. things are slowly improving. at the same time, the rescue effort continues. as you mentioned, friday has been set as the deadline to find any survivors. there are many places that still people haven't been looking, including in the city centre of palu on here at the shopping maul. they finally managed to get that big truck with heavy machinery last night, we were here when they started to clear the rubble and immediately after, they found a body. of course, at the earthquake hit at 5pm on friday where

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i'm babita in london and i'm mariko oi in singapore.'s been dealing with the rising price of fuel. that's the net name for this deep sea that's the net name for this deep sea cucumber which has been filmed for the first time off of east antarctica. the marine creature has only been seen in the gulf of mexico previously and was captured in the southern ocean by cameras developed by australian researchers. quite extraordinary. stay with us, back with the headlines next. had someone in the sunshine this weekend but by the end of the week things are looking much colder. more on that in a moment. slightly colder air behind sunday's cold front and north westerly wind as we go through monday. this area of high pressure isa dominant monday. this area of high pressure is a dominant feature but noticed this front is never too far away from the far north of scotland. it will bring outbreaks of rain through monday and i may filter down to the northern ireland but much of scotland, northern ireland and england and wales it a try and find started a n

this high pressure oi’ lot of sunshine. of the north and they are blowing from the north towards spain and portugal, so it is not just us. towards spain and portugal, so it is notjust us. sunshine, showers, 20-30 notjust us. sunshine, showers, 20—30 male parent winds, average. temperatures will be up briefly in the afternoon and then when you add the afternoon and then when you add the wind it will feel more like three or four. we give you the maximum temperature. that is when the thermometer peaks briefly in the afternoon. it will briefly touched ten here and 11 there. most of the day it will be colder than that. temperatures in fact, to summarise, over the weekend, most of the time, airearly over the weekend, most of the time, air early morning, late in the evening, will be barely above freezing. very cold weather on the way. be prepared and wrap up warm. the retail tycoon sir philip green is named in parliament as the businessman who went to court to stop harrassment allegations being published about him. today, the so—c

what do people know oi’ most proud of? what do people know or her about her?id the most beautiful voice since maria callas. she brought back many roles, some of the lesser operas,. an opera singer and diva often go hand in hand. diva can be a good thing, of course. all it means is you have got standards. describe what she was like to work with. what reputation did she have? she had a troubled time. when i interviewed her she had been ill, she had cancer. she was extremely human. i think she was very proud of where she came from. the great thing, her and freddie mercury was a terrific thing. she would probably out sing him any day. iam going would probably out sing him any day. i am going to squeeze one more question in. what is your favourite piece she sang? like everybody else, it is the iconic barcelona. it is the meeting of two different sorts of artform. you can see that recording on our screen right now. thank you for sharing your memories. another one gone, sadly. ray galton, one half of the galton and simpson comedy writing duo, has died at the age of 8

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the headlines: scrambling for aid after indonesia's earthquake and tsunami — our correspondent mariko ois with rescuers as they prepare to end their search operation. here in the city of palu electricity is back up and the economy is starting to move again. us senators have the fbi report on supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh who's been accused of sexual misconduct — key democrats say it's incomplete. we have many fears that this was a very limited process that would constrain the fbi from getting all the facts. having received a thorough briefing on the documents, those fears have been realised. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: western nations accuse russian cyber spies of hacking into governments and institutions around the world. and we visit vietnam to find out why it's so vulnerable to climate change and rising sea levels. it's iam in london, 8am here in singapore and also in palu in indonesia, where the death toll from last weeks 7.5 magnitude earthquake and tsunami currently stands at 1,424. most of the dead accounted for have been from the main city of palu,

temperatures could be 22 oi’ blue skies. temperatures could be 22 or 23.till windy in the west of scotla nd or 23. still windy in the west of scotland and to the west of northern ireland. towards the weekend, more rain to come across devon and cornwall and the brain intensifying across parts of western wales. a thoroughly wet north—west england. the rain will be heavy and hard for western scotland. xp or 70 mph winds in the west of scotland. staying windy across england and wales. the same areas being rain moving northwards and eastwards. separating what will be fresh night in scotland and northern ireland. almost record—breaking warmth across the south—east corner. temperatures for some 17, 18, i9. south—east corner. temperatures for some 17, 18, 19. that is the start of the warm and sunny day. elsewhere, rain across western england and wales. after a reasonably dry start in scotland and northern ireland, heavy rain developing and it will feel like tom with temperatures in the low teens. 25 degrees in the south—east of england. we eventually lose the wet

mariko oi is struggling to get to parlux. —— palu.ng to get to parlux. -- palu. a race against time to try and free the survivors. absolutely, sally. it is definitely the race against time. it has been so the race against time. it has been so difficult, as you mentioned. all of our teams have been trying to get to palu with very little success other than rebecca's team who have driven the hours to get there. that means for the crucial supplies like food and water to get there, that has been really challenging as well. we understand that the local airport in parlux has started to access some commercialflights in parlux has started to access some commercial flights as well. —— palu. a lot of that would be aid workers but still, a lot of flights trying to get their soap confusion about whether they can accept all the planes and supplies. —— trying to get there, so confusion. the people need the supply is very badly. what are the authorities saying about the rescue effort? the indonesian leadership, of course, struggling. it is extremely

let's go live now to mariko oi and her bbc team, in palu. today marks one week from the deadly earthquake and tsunami and here in the city of palu, things are improving for the survivors. last night we had electricity back even though the president said it could ta ke though the president said it could take weeks before it was restored. food and water, which we were talking about earlier in the week and mentioning that survivors were getting —— struggling to get hold of any, they have come and people are now selling food on the streets. it is also the final push to find survivors trapped underneath the rubble. you can probably see a big cranes behind me. we have been broadcasting from here all week and they got that in yesterday to begin clearing up. of course, some people are still looking for their missing loved ones. our south east asia correspondent jonathan head reports a government office in palu and tempers are fraying. this woman wants to know why no help has come to her neighbourhood yet. "i'm also a victim," a volunteer shouts back

the bbc‘s mariko oi is in palu.from that deadly earthquake and tsunami which killed, as you mentioned, at least moo people. but here in the city of palu, we actually got electricity back up last night after president widodo said it could take weeks to get it restored. and in terms of food and water, we have been talking about how survivors were struggling to get hold of them all week. but we are starting to see quite a lot of them on the street. people are starting to selling it on the street as well. at the same time, the last push to find those survivors is continuing. you can probably see that big crane behind me. here at this ramayana plaza where we have been broadcasting all week, we finally got this big crane yesterday afternoon, and they started to clear the area. but people are still searching for their loved ones. jonathon head me with one family. —— met. a government office in palu and tempers are fraying. this woman wants to know why no help has come to her neighbourhood yet. "i'm also a victim," a volunt

if you turn on the radio oi’ contested. difficult to see anything but an attack ad. these don't really talk about a candid's strengths but rather, their opponenfs strengths but rather, their opponent's weaknesses. it is the kind of politics of fear that president trump has had such success with and certainly there are other politicians trying to do that. given the time of year, perhaps some will think it's pretty timely. people scream scare tactics are nothing new in politics. but given how often american voters are being warned about what could be just around the corner, it seems rather appropriate that these elections are being held within days of halloween. that's an occasion that is taken quite seriously in anoka. for almost a century, a trick or treat parade has been held here. and this minnesota town is now known as the halloween capital of the world. yet what some of those lining the streets here find truly frightful are politicians. i am kind of sick of them. why? i am sick of the division that is coming across our

not moving particularly south oi’ world.oving particularly south or north, just keep on coming out of western scotland and northern ireland like a conveyor belt dumping rain, could be localflooding. to the south, mild south—westerly winds are establishing themselves. tuesday, almost picking up more of a south, south westerly, the air is coming out on warmer climes. tomic is already up to 20 in london, high teens across yorkshire and belfast worried we'll dryad —— temperatures already. still raining in western scotland. you can see the battle of the cold. trace back this air currents. france, the mad and africa. this is where our air is coming from, this will be the peak of this spell of warm weather. i suspect temperatures could reach 2a degrees across the south. you can see oranges as far north as yorkshire. widely into the 20s as far north as the lowlands of scotland. we might even break the 20 degrees mark in belfast. crucially, there will be a lot of sunshine, that's the best thing, who cares about the temperatures? if w

and whether former leavers oi’ see you.ormer leavers orformer remainers, it has riled tory mps. the most common phrases, just get on with it. if this means more prevarication and not bringing pressure to make decisions, it opens up pressure to make decisions, it opens up the horror of very large sums of money possibly being handed over until we get into the next european spending round, so it is pretty unattractive. she knows her party may well try to kill her plans. but right now, she has not many ways out. there is a lot of hard work ahead. there will be more difficult moments as we enter the final stage of the talks. but i am convinced that we will secure a good deal that is in the interests of the uk, and the european union. you have been straining in the last couple of yea rs straining in the last couple of years to keep all the promises that you have made whether to brexiteers, former remainers, northern ireland oi’ former remainers, northern ireland or to business. ultimately, you are going to have to disappoint some

i'm mariko oi in singapore. our headlines this hour.nt to high—profile democrats. new york's mayor says this is "terrorism". the people of the city understand the whole game plan of terrorists is to intimidate us. new yorkers refuse to intimidate us. new yorkers refuse to be intimidated. the first bilateral talk in seven years. can shinzo abe's trip to beijing help repair relations between japan and china? i'm ben bland in london. also in the programme. paradise re—opens. the philippines' boracay island is back in business after closing for a six month clean—up, but there are new rules. you all know what to do.

around 700,000 people, more oi’ today. around 700,000 people, more or less.es up with every paper that comes in. i was told the only way you can do it is doing the aerial shots and working out how many people in the square footage, but i think the police have stopped giving out or the figures, because there are always —— giving out the figures. a lot of people in the early october sunshine demanding a second referendum, ranging from delia smith to sadiq khan, and various other people. so that is the story which runs throughout. we have it on the front of the times, if we return to the sunday times. the question is, will they get it?|j think not. the only way i think it is going to happen is if there really is a major change of opinion by the british public. it would be very dangerous to have a referendum that was on a knife edge, because what does that say about democracy the last time around? all you would need is a narrow remain when, and people will say we had a referendum. so you need a big margin, and therefore you need opinion polls to be showing consis

the sports personality of the year 1959, i promise you that he oi’ the year 1959, i promise you that doesn't know. and neither do any of our audience here. and it is... applause is that great inkling that then. as england captain. jackie stewart. andy murray. #orwe andy murray. # orwe can andy murray. # or we can be heroes. mo farrah. # or we can be heroes. mo farrah. # just for one day. health spending will rise by 7%, but core funding for welsh local councils is likely to be cut again. here's our wales political editor, felicity evans. in the dark clouds of rick said, unremitting pressure is on budget and increased demands for spending have made this the most difficult d raft have made this the most difficult draft budget yet according to the welsh government's finance secretary. but this budget is actually a more generous more than last year's. that is partly because of extra funding from the uk treasury. and partly because he has chosen to deploy some of his reserves. health is the big winner with an increase of more than half £1 billion. how much of that will get to the nhs fron

the week and is looking decent in one or two areas the week and is looking decent in one oi’ two areas decent in one or two areas on sunday lingering into the afternoon. fog forming across parts of the midlands. wed front approaching and some spots of rain in western scotland at least early in the day. quite a lot of cloud around. eastern scotland should have some sunshine. northern england. the further south east you are, the light of the winds will be. most sunshine. a really pleasant day exceptin most sunshine. a really pleasant day except in one or two locations where it will linger. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is duncan golestani. our top stories: saudi state media confirms that the journalist jamal khashoggi was killed in the country's consulate in istanbul. a number of arrests have been made — but president trump is still backing his allies in riyadh. we need them as a counterbalance to iran, so it's not the simplest solution, not the simplest situation to be in. a train ploughs into crowds watching a religious fest

showers into the northwest of scotla nd showers into the northwest of scotland and northern ireland. 0ne oiand. 0ne or two coming into the western side of england and wales but those tending to fade away later in the day. still stuck with this area of cloud which might bring rain and drizzle across east anglia and the southeast but elsewhere a quieter day, brighter day, the more sunshine around and temperatures again typically 13—17dc. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 8pm. a pause in the brexit negotiations — the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier says despite crunch talks with the brexit secretary in brussels today there are still key unresolved issues. as ambassadors from the other 27 member countries meet ahead of wednesday's crucial summit, cabinet ministers urge the conservative party to rally around theresa may. this is the crucial stage of the negotiations. we can get there, i believe we will get there, but this is the time to stand rock solid behind theresa may and back our prime minister. after the storm, the clean up — roads and railways continue to strugg

let's go to our asia business hub where mariko oi is following the story .about the world's second and third—largest economies. what they could do together is quite amazing, should they be able to ove i’co m e amazing, should they be able to overcome some of those red lines that have in the past. indeed, victoria. not sure if you are the last time the leaders met on the sideline at the apec summitjust about four years ago when they have about four years ago when they have a very awkward handshake. to be honest with you, the issues they had at the time, territorial disputes, none of that has really been resolved and that the time, we had protests on the streets of china against japan. none of protests on the streets of china againstjapan. none of those protests on the streets of china against japan. none of those issues have been resolved but one thing is chained changed, and that is the united states. now china is locked ina united states. now china is locked in a trade war with the us. japanese officials have said prime minister abe was keen to meet but tha

our correspondent mariko oi is with rescuers as they prepare to end their search operation.o move again. brett kavanaugh admits he was too emotional at last week's senate hearing into allegations of sexual misconduct, as members of congress ponder the fbi report on president trump's supreme court nominee. western nations accuse russian cyber spies of hacking into governments and institutions around the world.

get six minutes extra time, it was testing my heart because i'm used to when i'm losing to have two oior three minutes and then goodbye and when i'm winning, it's always difficult but emotion for the game, for the last corner, good football match, good football match. obviously very happy with the points. i think we deserve a little more than the result we achieved. balanced match. some moments, old trafford is also —— always really difficult against a strong side. until the moment they scored the first goal penalty. the teams at old trafford were watched by some very special guests, the 12 children who were rescued from flooded caves in thailand this year were in the stadium having met united manager jose mourinho on saturday. the result means united move up to eighth in the table — a long way off from where they'd like to be. chelsea beat burnley 4—0 to move into second. and arsenal are in fourth after a 2—2 draw with crystal palace. in italy, a late equaliser from dreesh mertens got napoli a 1—1 draw at home to roma in serie a. napoli went in search of a win that would keep a little

i'm mariko oi in singapore, the headlines: saudi arabia's foreign minister describes the killing of journalistinsists his death was not part of a high—level plot. the individuals who did this, were outside this authority. there obviously was a tremendous mistake made. australian prime minister scott morrison is to say sorry on behalf of the nation to thousands of child sexual abuse survivors. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme. taiwan's worst rail disaster in three decades leaves at least 18 people dead and more than 170 injured. and, is this the world's biggest cave hall? explorers find this giant grotto in a sinkhole in southern china.

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if, you're not on that list of 25,oi if you're one of the hundreds of judges appointed by republican presidents, you need not apply because you don't have any chance of getting on the supreme court because you're not on that list of 25. i think we can reach could and should reach a lot further than just a list of 25 that represent a very narrow view of just this, a narrow view of jurisprudence in the traveling view of the red of working men and women just be way of example. on the district of columbia circuit, judge kavanaugh has frequently dissented from his colleagues in cases involving worker rights, discrimination and retaliation. going out of his way at times to argue the interest of corporations should override of individual workers. i serve on the special committee on aging. i happen to be serving as the ranking member in this congress along with chairman susan collins. i'm especially astounded at some of judge kavanaugh's opinion relating to both older americans and people with disabilities. just by way of example, he dissented in two cases that upheld the affordable care act

but that did it something as it stream as sexual harassment in the workplace too i went on a bad days oiwent on a bad days ori workplace too i went on a bad days or i had workplace too i went on a bad days othada workplace too i went on a bad days or i had a trauma 20 years ago. so it has been dilute it? either die looted all opened is widely as possible. —— diluted. she has had enough and is ready to move on. and are there any other opinions, what do we think about that?” are there any other opinions, what do we think about that? i thought the american political scientist, for the armour —— france's fukiyama who spoke about an interesting trend we are seeing, identity politics and how your identity as a woman, as a man, asa how your identity as a woman, as a man, as a republican, a democrat, which side of brexit you were on... why do people cling to these identities so much instead of being merely french, british or american, something else? he had a more nuanced take. there is much discussion about me to and what it has all has not achieved what it may achieve in years to come. it is d

are you vegetarian oi’ what do you eat? are you vegetarian orare you? what do you eat?ou? i do eat meat is and i do drink milk. i have been tried to come up which one i would leave to save the climate. probably not eat meat. you enjoy your mil? yes, i do. —— milk. lots of you have been in touch telling me what you eat and why. have a look at two join in the debate. i will see later. goodbye. hello. wednesday brought some unseasonably warm if somewhat breezy weather to the shores of the uk. a big contrast with what we saw piling into florida, into the panhandle here. we saw hurricane—force winds, torrential rain, and a big storm surge around the coast thanks to category 4 hurricane michael. that system, now moving over land, will start to weaken significantly, but it's still going to bring a lot of rainfall, particularly to the carolinas and parts of virginia, before eventually weakening into an area of low pressure that pulls offshore into the atlantic by friday. back closer to home, and for us today, quite a mixture, actually. some showers around in the east first thin

mental health because actually, but we are our mental health because actually, but we are oui’ classroom oi health because actually, but we are our classroom or the funding cuts impacting on schools, is where these to be a lot of support in the classroom. so i think we had in our classroom. so i think we had in our classroom to two teaching assistants, and i will have one. if the appointee some of the funding to actually look at how best to support primary and secondary school children, and the basic thing this can do —— they can do before bringing in the therapists. and there aren't already teachers are completely overwhelmed. you're point out that a separate system, is going to be extra people recording that, to be extra people recording that, to measure happiness? because at the moment there is so much paperwork to do. let'sjust paperwork to do. let's just talk also about the front page of the telegraph which is talking about a move which could take us closer to decriminalising cannabis. this is the royal college of psychiatry looking at the issue. is already being decriminalised a lot o

it will depend how tough the us is on november five, will they grant any waivers, oi’ five, will theyny waivers, or will they say no to anyone? john smith speaking to me earlier. now, the end quality is so poor in delhi that india's top court described it as critical, pitiable and terrible and now authorities have asked 100 industries to shut down and not convert piped gas. for more on that i have india business report samir hashmi, so tell us how shutting down these industries might help with the air quality. well, sharan, it is that time of year in delhi. winter is coming. november, december, january is when the air pollution level in delhi worsens and they have already started seeing signs of it. yesterday on monday, the a01 was around 348, which falls in the severe, hazardous category. 0ne in the severe, hazardous category. one of the steps taken by authorities is they have directed 113 industries which are located inside the city and on the outskirts of the city to shut down because they haven't converted to petroleum natural gas which is a more safe form of functioning and it do

good morning and welcome to asia business report, live from singapore, with me, mariko oi.old you on tuesday, a mass exodus is continuing from a saudi investment conference. in a tweet, us treasury secretary steven mnuchin said he will not be attending the event next week. it is of course a growing list of international leaders and businesses who have pulled out after the country has been accused of killing us —based saudi journalistjamal been accused of killing us —based saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. our business reporter in new york explains why the move is significant. this business summit in saudi arabia gives attendees an opportunity to secure lucrative contracts in the country, so the financial benefit to attending could be quite significant. but in the end there was just too much pressure on people to pull out, including us trade secretary steven mnuchin. this is from france and the uk already had, and big names in america‘s is this community like jamie diamond of jpmorgan chase and bill ford of ford motor company had already said they would not be attending. no

he is about eight seconds oi’ to second. he is about eight seconds or $0 to second. lewis hamilton needs to win this for the world title. so far thatis win this for the world title. so far that is exactly what is happening. keep an eye on that on the bbc website as well whether it's text commentary. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more sport throughout the evening. but now on bbc news it's newswatch.

mariko oi is in our asia business hub in singapore. good to see you. tell us more of what is going on? a great day for investors hearing asia. across—the—board from day for investors hearing asia. across—the—boa rd from japan's market, australia, south korea, everybody is down about two or 3%. like you said, the shanghai stock exchange really did well yesterday, up exchange really did well yesterday, ‘7. exchange really did well yesterday, up 4%. that is of course after policymakers announced measures to shore up investor confidence after the steep sell—off we saw last week. we were talking to an analyst earlier this morning and asking whether they rally was sustainable. it does not appear to be so. that is because all the challenges that the chinese economy faces, especially the trade war with the us, that is an external factor that beijing cannot follow. to even authorities have been announcing these measures, it is hard to deal with investor weakness. thank you very much. would you be willing to hand over your hard—earned cash to join a so—called vi

it is not something that could be changed by any one political party oi’ changed by any one political any one government, and certainly as far as this government is concerned, the good friday agreement is not up for negotiation in these talks over brexit. jonathan portes is professor of economics and public policy at king's college london. good morning. that comment from leo varadkar reminding us all how complicated this is, it is notjust about trade, it is about the history of northern ireland and the irish republic. that is right, and the conflict here is that from the uk and especially the democratic unionist party, the eu is saying effectively northern ireland has, to a very large extent, stay within the eu for customs and regulatory purposes. and regarding the talks today between michel barnier and leo varadkar, they are pretty much on the same page. the question is will the same page. the question is will the uk change its position? that's writes, michel barnier will be explaining to leo varadkar his latest proposal, which is as he said the de— dramatised the issue by moving som

i think their revenues are likely to be boosted by higher oi’ are likely to be boosted by higher or illt will help especially in their upstream business, that is their extraction from the wheel of the ground and their exploration. higher oil prices will hurt the refining type business, but the bulk of the business, but the bulk of the business in terms of extracting and selling the wheel, higher prices have helped. higher prices have come asa have helped. higher prices have come as a result of relatively tight supplies globally. we have had the economic implosion in venezuela coming back on supply, to have had a number of other countries experiencing a surprise volatility, including canada and libya, and now we are going to see sanctions being placed on everyone which will tighten the market even further. where'd you see the prices going in the near future given what is going with the run? they are likely to trade between 80 and $90 a barrel for the rest of this year. we are just under that right now, $77 a barrel. there has been a pullback in oil markets over the past week or so mainly

the question is whether or not this is selling before fourth—quarter earnings season, oi’ selling beforeter earnings season, or is it a more sustained downturn, a period of sober reality after a summer of seemingly endless optimism on wall street. the turmoil in global markets occurred as the imf and world bank board meetings get under way in bali, indonesia. through the week we have seen reports from the imf and the world bank about their assessment of of the health of the economy, as well as the stability of the financial system. central bankers and finance ministers will meet to discuss the state of the global economy. karishma vaswani has been talking to a lot of them ahead of their meetings, as well as other people attending the imf and world bank meetings in bali. i'm assuming the global turmoil on the markets has been one of the major talking points, what else are they talking about? yeah, you know, the turmoil in the markets have been a real backdrop against the conversation taking place at the annual summit of the imf and world bank. remember, earlier in the week we saw those tw

and this is why so many people seem to be watching netflix oi’ people seem to be watching netflix or to it. it is about what is there to watch, isn't it? or subscribing to it. it is about what is there to watch, isn't mm isa what is there to watch, isn't mm is a whole new way of watching tv. you are no longer confined by schedules and you can pick and choose. are you influenced by price? it is one of these things that once you are hooked in... and if they increased the price? without sway you will not? it depends on the amount of the increase. but once you are hooked in it is difficult to wea n are hooked in it is difficult to wean yourself off? netflix are going from strength to strength. we discussed this already in the programme. let's talk now about canada. is on the front page of the new york times, how high can canada get? the legalisation happens today. it isa get? the legalisation happens today. it is a very widely used but many see this as an enormous business boom. yes. and that is one of the points that the nyt is making here. this essentially allows the government to make

it seems as though in a big try to avoid any kind of border oi’ big try to avoid any kind of border or rest of the uk, she was to keep the whole of the uk in a customs union. 0ne keep the whole of the uk in a customs union. one must wonder how that will go down with some of the brexiteers in her own cabinet. that will go down with some of the brexiteers in her own cabinetm that will go down with some of the brexiteers in her own cabinet. it is probably a good bad sign that it goes very well with me. it is a time to protect our economy and jobs. but, the problem for theresa may is she promised she would not do this. when she came into the premiership she was same brexit means brexit, she was same brexit means brexit, she gave speeches promising we would almost never look at the european union again. we would drag ourselves out to the atlantic ocean and now she is saying she busily once brexit in name only which is fine by me but does not make sense because she now has had probably 93 different positions and could easily be confused. she said we will leave the customs union. but borisjoh

there are a number of factors about how you would decide whether oi’ about how you would decide whetherarine demonstration. scale is one, is it a matter of national significance is another, is it a live issue is another. could that be an outcome of a result of the demonstrating, will it change anything is another. in the end it will be how does the figure on our running orders in any given day. there could be any number of stories that are competing for attention and we have to weigh the significance of them nationally, internationally as to whether they should be included in the bulletin. the fact that a demonstration is not taking place or disrupting traffic is not something that will necessarily bring it airtime. jon zilkha, thank you. it is clear now that the washington post journalist who walked is clear now that the washington postjournalist who walked into the saudi arabian consulate in istanbul on the 2nd of october was murdered. though the exact circumstances of his death remain unknown. butjust what exactly was the victim's name? here are a couple of versions seen recently her

the 16th i'm sitting oi on my couch. cnn makes it look like the protesters are wild. and i want to see for myself. and i knew this if i called my father, he would tell me not to go, so i didn't call him. if i called my sister, she would be 50/50. so i waited to call my best friend a guy named donny. he had just got married. i knew i no longer could call him at 2:00 in the morning randomly. so i wait until 7:55. i'm sitting my the phone. he's like what's up? i think i'm going to go to. ferguson. i just need somebody to say yes. and that was it. so it was like a nine-hour drive. and i got tired in the middle of the night. i pulled over in iowa. slept in front of a church in the middle of the night. and then made it there. >> so you get there. the five second rule. this was something i didn't know about until you tweeted about it. what is it? >> if you saw us marching in august of 2014, it wasn't that we thought marching was a cool thing to do. it was illegal to standstill in those months in st. louis. we were arrested if we stood still. the police thought they were goin

fairfax county officials are oi quick to out this garage had settled.other words, it was sinking t now it's stable. however this structure did drop as much as 4 inches in spot. is there any concern about the structural sbintegrity of ts building? >> we're confident that it's stable and safe. >> no word when work to the garage will resume. >> this is a possible location for the new amazon headquaters. >> a virginia man takes his chance at stardom. >> he hit the stage last night on the voice. ♪ >> he's a legend but that was his rendition. there were no takers. too bad. judges turned their chairs around. if they're interested they push the button. jennifer hudson sai the song felt like it lost it's way toward the end. the voice is back tonight at 8:00 followed by this is us at 9:00. no spoilers please. >> it's 4:51.ee we to head back to melissa tracking several first four traffic alerts. >> this one on aspen hill. this was a crash investigation involving a motorcle. so not sure when that's going to wrap up. a crew on the w here. crash involving what sounds

you were describing a prankster oi’ do. you were describing a prankster ora gimmick, but do.re describing a prankster or a gimmick, but what about the talent? unbelievable talent. there are hundreds of good artists out there who are talented. why do you collect him? i think he is... he is the movement of the 21st—century. he is the picasso of the early 21st—century. he is the artist that eve ryo ne 21st—century. he is the artist that everyone wants to talk about. he didn't create street art as we know it, he gives credit to someone else who was doing it in france. banksy was hiding under red train one day and thought there must be a better way of doing it, i know, iwill and thought there must be a better way of doing it, i know, i will use this technique. everybody knows that ba nksy this technique. everybody knows that banksy put a piece in the british museum. but what they don't talk about is that there was a guy working with him, called calvin russell, who put a piece into the tate gallery. banksy copied that idea. banksy has taken good ideas and made them universally grea

i'm mariko oi in singapore. also in the programme: beijing says its investigation into the detained former interpol chief is evidence that china is determined to stamp out corruption. a special report on china's organ transplant system, as the authorities deny they're being sourced from executed prisoners. good morning. it's 7am in singapore, midnight here in london and 7pm in the evening in washington, where in the next few moments president trump will preside over a prime—time ceremonial swearing—in for brett kavanaugh as the new associate justice of the supreme court of the united states. these are live pictures from the east room of the white house. we are expecting a ceremony to take place in the next few moments. laura trevelyan is in washington for us. this is the public event, we had a private ceremony at the supreme court this weekend. that's right. justice brett kava naugh court this weekend. that's right. justice brett kavanaugh was sworn in at the supreme court by the chief justicejohn roberts at the