we negotiated the trans—pacific area. we negotiated the tra ns—pacific partnership area. trans—pacific partnership agreement with all of the countries, especially the us and the us was ready but they dropped out with president trump. i hope that will also change because i think the united states is leaving too much space for china, both in the asia—pacific and elsewhere. space for china, both in the asia-pacific and elsewhere. do you think the us is taking a step backwards from its role as a leader in the global state? yes. and i think that is not good for the us norfor the world. think that is not good for the us nor for the world. but in this asia—pacific area it has shown to the world that free trade is possible. and now was the chilean president speaking to us exclusively. the reserve bank of india today will hold a crucial board meeting, the first time that the central bank officials as well as government appointed members on the board of the central bank will come face—to—face in a feud between the central bank and the indian government. bbc india business report ha

and pacific and grafton, along with me, can kiss that revenue goodbye. one of my companies just because i own it. it's got to be good enough to win the business. ana: so this is my interpretation of simple greek. i kind of started the process with what reminds me of greece or greek restaurant. so i just went through so many inspiration images that kind of inspired me to design the furniture. and i really call these "mood boards." i feel like this puts you in the mood like, when you walk into a space, what's the mood? the table, what i designed was in a powder coated metal, and again, bringing in those colors, the blue, the green, and it has a bar top finish. lemonis: and that's cool, that's different. ana: and then for the chair, i wanted to bring in the logo of the simple greek and then the texture pattern fabric on the seat, and it's all laser-cut, and then finished in a green powder coat to have that olive color. and then for the bar stool, i decided to kind of powder coat it in the blue, just to be able to have like that contrast color of the blue an

that is why this country is so pacific.the us and its allies america is investing in a new label based, electricity and into the infrastructure here, the battle for influence between these two superpowers is benefiting papua new guinea for now, but it could also determine its direction in the future. karishma vaswani, bbc news, port moresby, png. now, let's brief you on some other business stories. the reserve bank of india and the government are trying to iron out their differences ahead a crucial meeting later today with the bank's board of directors. members of prime minister narendra modi's administration have reportedly been pressuring the rbi to relax lending requirements and use excess funds to boost the economy before national elections next year. media reports say the central bank's governor urjit patel may resign in protest. the uk government has welcomed plans by a french communications firm to build two new satellites in the uk. eutelsat is expected to sign a contract with airbus today, worth $218 million, to ma

has districts he told in the pacific has a big military presence there it sees itself as a pacific power because of new caledonia and if it were to lose new caledonia or an entire it could lose french polynesia as well it would really be a retreat by european powers more generally from the pacific where i am in australia already there is a feeling that australia new zealand influence across the pacific is waning australians starting government certainly watching this referendum carefully they see a strategic ally in france they will be concerned of an independent new caledonia and the influence china might want to exert over that so as a say look at the official results twelve thirteen hours now we may have results much much earlier than that or at least a good steer the pre polling the opinion polls going into this vote suggested the new caledonia would stay french opinion polls although the samples are very small suggested about a forty eight sixty split in staying french if that indeed is the result though it won't necessarily be the end of the process a system behind all of this allo

with the asia pacific region becoming increasingly important. cleric who covers the conference for us asked trast klaus noirmont of safety labs if the read. can be an engine of global economic growth. pacific region a strongly gained in economic importance over the last year do you think it can continue to be an engine of economic growth. i believe asia pacific bill indeed continue to be a growth engine for the whole world and why for one it has a very good demographic situation here with huge young people a huge amount of young people joining the workforce then we also see relatively stability and diversity of economic and political systems in the region which also enable companies to operate in the region very well and thirdly also we have a lot of innovation power coming in the last ten years specifically from here which we also see to rather spend going forward. farmers of try that. playing music cows oil plants can improve milk yields and plant growth fast now a cheese maker is going one step further he wants to prove the taste of his chees

executive director of asian and pacific american vote involved in asian american voters and the organization efforts strengthened grassroots programs by reaching out and mobilizing asian american and pacific voters to the polls. christine has more than two decades of experience in organizing and advocating on issues such as immigration, hate crimes, the census, racial profiling, voting rights and election reform. given her decades long commitment to these issues they are still in the forefront today that we are looking forward to hearing what you have to say that the minority voters and specifically the participation. the associate professor of political science and chair and director of the political

and the pacific that they have a spare amount of skepticism about. it could have the vice president show up, could he do something to overturn that? i suppose it became not only with a reassuring message, which i think you will have, but with a big basket, a hefty deliverable that tries to show the united states is really going to put skin in the game and really commit to some things. that would be one thing but we don't anticipate that because there are not deliverables on the table this -- other than what the secretary announced. there's not big security deliverables. there's a little more funding but there's no big security initiatives to announce so i think there's going to be some disappointment. >> can i add something on what amy just said? >> please go ahead, yes. that aipac is all about the picture. it's about that picture with all the leaders and the whatever funny garb they're wearing and the number of people in the room have been to these things and based on protocol, the vice president is going to be at the end in the back somewhere. whil

at a vote at a time when there was a perception of waning french or even western influence in the pacific. that's quite right elizabeth you've hit the nail on the head really that what we've got here is not just about france and new caledonia it's got much bigger strategic implications the big unmentioned country you're about to mention of course is china china has influence across the pacific garden nations is growing it's an incredible right they're spending money they're investing in aid projects infrastructure projects that fluent saying politics in many pacific island countries and the concern among many countries in this region including australia it has to be said is that an independent new caledonia independent of france would struggle economically france at the moment massively subsidises the territories budget and it would look to find another benevolent power that could give it the money that it needs and show.

-asean summit and the apec, asia pacific coordinators meeting. you will be in the region for about a week. this is something president normally does but president trump opted not to do this trip and ask vice president pence to do the trip. to me the over arching theme here is that the vice president is going to face some skepticism from particularly allies and partners in the region. those of a current sort of three areas of skepticism. one is concerned about some of the statements and actions the top administration has taken, criticism of allies, skepticism about multilateral approaches like the things that are going to be done in these summits, new interest in china policy following vice president pence his speech in early october that was quite strong in tone particularly and southeast asia. there will be questions about that and concerns about that. and then the withdrawal from the transpacific partnership from the paris climate accord i think of raise questions in the region. of course the use of tariffs against allies as well as against chi

it will be up to papua new guinea and the pacific to decide which direction it wants to go in.t the apec summit in papua new guinea. moving on to other news and walmart saying that the company continues to compete with amazon by gobbling up online firms. it says it expects a strong holiday season. 0ur online firms. it says it expects a strong holiday season. our business reporter in new york michelle fleury has the details. judging by the numbers walmart‘s determination to ta ke numbers walmart‘s determination to take on amazon appears to be increasing. the e—commerce brand was boosted by the online grocery business, while store sales grew 3% in the third quarter. if you look heading into the holiday season, walmart, which also ownsjet.com is poised to overtake apple in online sales according to one survey. now this would put the world's largest retailer behind only amazon and ebay. but it has come at a price. it has had to spend more and sacrifice profit margin to achieve these competitive gains. and if you look at thursday's closing stock price, investors punished walmart for

(dave)persistent high pressure over the eastern pacific will maintain dry weather conditions across our region through the forecast period. smoke from the camp fire will continue to drift across our area over the next few days, adversely impacting air quality. daytime high temperatures will remain mild, while nights will be cool, particularly in the interior valleys. very low humidity this weekend and increasing offshore flow on saturday night and into sunday will result in critical fire weather conditions in the hills of the san francisco bay area once again. ( marty ) new this morning... president trump is weighing in on the deadly california wildfires. the president critizied on twitter that california's fire management as 'so poor'... and that there is no reason for the fires. he went on to say billions of dollars are given each year, with so many lives lost, all because of gross mismanagement of the forests. the president threatened to withold federal assistance for fire victims. ( marty ) make sure you download the kron4 mobile app to get the latest breaking news. we are sending p

in the south pacific.t person to swim right around the british coast. ross edgley crossed the finish line off the kent coast in earlier this morning, after swimming 1800 miles. he swam 1800 miles. he'd been in the water for up to 12 hours a day since the start ofjune. he said the highs and lows had been intense but it was easy with the support of his team. it did not matter where i was, i could look on my phone and people would be sending me amazing messages. they were saying i am signing up for my first triathlon because of what you are doing. it felt like a team sport. that is so important. and everyone looks back on this they remember it is a team sport, no way a solo endeavour. people are saying i get it now, that is why it is a team sport. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's hugh. wayne rooney will come out of international retirement to make a final farewell appearance for his country next month. england's all—time record goalscorer, who now plays in america for dc united

well hasn't this is the summit for the asia pacific cooperation forum but in fact there's been a lot more opposition than cooperation so far there's a parallel business summit that's been going on a number of the leaders gave speeches at that on saturday and almost all of them used their speeches to attack the policies of some of the other members of apec most notably president xi of china you really laid into the protectionist policies of the united states and he was backed up as we said by the prime ministers of australia who said free trade was the only way forward by the prime minister of malaysia prime minister of russia all of them saying how damaging protectionism could be but they his part vice president paints here in place of donald trump used his speech to attack the way that china goes about giving south loans so you countries around the world particularly here in the pacific loans that come with strings attached in his view he said that if you take money from china you are giving up some of your sovereignty you said the united states when it gives loans i don't come with

go into the pacific ocean, and ijust don't agree with him a lot of those sensors. but, despite that animosity, many others we spoke to seemed to appreciate at least that the president's visit would sustain attention on the plight of those looking to get back on their feet. the next few days provide new challenges. those fighting the blaze are welcoming the forecast of rain. but those taking care of recovery effo rts but those taking care of recovery efforts worry it could make their work even more difficult. is on tonight, the current list of unaccounted for individual stands at 1276, which is an increase today of 265 over yesterday. that is due in large part to our continuing effort to mine the data. meanwhile, others in the state continued to suffer from dangerously poor air quality, spending the day outside, experts have said, is like smoking half a packet of cigarettes. well, a little earlier i spoke to tojoe greco, who is a member of butte county sheriff sea rch—and—rescue team from chico, close to the destroyed town of paradise. i asked him what the process i

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pacific time. the first calls came in at 11:20 p.m. pacific time. what do you make of this? is there a shooter on the loose? >> yeah, if they say it is still active, yeah. i also see people walking on the roof. that's indicative of possibly still looking for the person. they have probably with the ventura county sheriff's office a more robust and well trained law enforcement agency in southern california. i would expect they will be doing this the right way. if they have said that it is not resolved, then they are either looking for the primary or a secondary suspect. in these situations, you will always be told there is a secondary suspect by someone. i'm not sure that they are not doing this out of abundance of caution. they are still -- right there, looking at these >> if you have hundreds of college students and somebody in the black trenchcoat to ditch that coat, how are they handling all of the witnesses and the young people who were there dancing? >> excellent question. what they will do is

the are shades of ballon rock the shield volcanoes of the galapagos islands rise up out of the pacific. all archipelago belongs to ecuador and it lies directly over the equator forty five violence of various sizes about a thousand kilometers from the south american coast europe has been around for billions of years the galapagos islands were for much more recently just five million years ago which seems like yesterday you look at the history of the world it all began here at the galapagos hotspot when glowing hot lava broke through this unusually thin part of the earth's crust a form of ok no time a whole section of the earth's crust the nasca plate moved away to the southeast taking the volcano with it and making way for me walking i was on dialup. wars and scenes of the first plants on the islands were probably carried here by birds bloomin on the wind. majuli blight started to develop. the be. above. the sea around the islands is home to over three hundred species of fish this ritual riot is supported by a cool nutrient rich stream which flows past the islands the homebuilt current.

several world leaders are improper new guinea for the annual asia pacific economic cooperation summit talks apec as it's known u.s. president trump has not decided to go. to the event has allowed chinese leader xi jinping to take center stage and thomas joins us live from the summit in the capital port moresby and this is you know a big event andrew for pup when you can eat but without some of the big players. well it's easily the biggest event happen you get he has ever hosted this is the poorest country among them aren't nineteen members of the apec group economies right around the pacific region which combined have a gross domestic product worth more than half the world's total so a big event but certainly missing what should've been the star attraction the u.s. president and indeed president putin of russia mike pence the vice president will be here in donald trump's place we're expecting a speech from him any of you should see him popping up on one of the big screens behind me but donald trump though he might not be here his presence is really being felt months leaders giving spe

about 75, 80% of the drug flow on the oceans is in the eastern pacific right now. we are able to action about 25% of that. in the cases where we have the ability to action that, intelligence, we are successful 85, 90% of the time. so there is a capacity conversation. with more capacity you can remove more drugs. that's a set of choices. in terms of the precursors from china, that's not, you know, the focus on that is, it's a little more in the warehouse of the drug enforcement agency, joint interagency task force west. i don't have the precursor numbers on the but i think china clearly, you can tie china to that precursor chemical conversation, , absolutely. you can tie china to the opioid conversation. i don't have those numbers you with me today, sir. >> i was just wondering, what's the future of your aviation fleet look like? you need more rotorcraft or more fixed wing? what does the future look like? >> so with it are aviation fleet we've with life rotary wings and fixed wings. today in our fixed wing we are a mix of c-130 h miles, c-130 j models. we are marchi

we do have cloud cover, as the system moves through the pacific northwest. temperatures will come down some , although still above average. 68 degrees four san francisco, 72 degrees for oakland, and the south bay we will go 76 degrees for san jose. temperatures will not change a whole lot as we get into the business workweek, we will see if there's any rain in sight, coming up in just a little bit.>>> new this morning, the connection to walnut creek is open again, following a fiery crash, one person is dead after crash that happened at 1:30 am, two vehicles were involved, one did catch fire. the wall of flames was visible for over an -- a mile. they've not talked about what may have caused the crash but we will continue to follow this story and bring you the details as they are available. >>> also in the bay area, and amber alert is issued for woman suspected of kidnapping her children. authorities issued the alert after friends and family could not reach her. the mother was upset that her children had spent months in foster care.>> reporter: and amber alert

still to come in the news asia pacific leaders talk trade in papua new guinea where the basket weavers are now using mobile apps plus. nine is the romeo and juliet of the east an ancient love story from persia it's reimagined in contemporary dance. and we find out why the crowd was unhappy with this tennis player after being roger federer will reveal. how after a ferry cross from the mediterranean for more a week or two so we're back to get more active largely because what's happening of the black sea this swirl of cloud what's coming out from the sas is bass developing something to the west there been a few big thunderstorms recently and they're still going on but what will happen is west the sides of the med go in spain will turn increasingly wet and windy and at the same time the courts have been down here secularization just south of greece snow north of greece on the high ground up through the balkans they have run you between sunday and monday they spread all the way northwards there is cold air now in central europe the temperature out best in vienna two degrees obese and snow o

by the federal between the us and china ways of asia pacific relation. for the first time in its history the apec summit ends without a joint leader state it's. also coming up italy stands firm on its budget plans but might be open to stop at least some wasteful spending. this is the the view of business. colors god is to be removed from his post after the company said internal investigation found under reported his income by millions of dollars and then gage did other quote significant misconduct japanese media reported that tokyo prosecutors arrested got today brazilian borgata lead a dramatic turnaround over the last two decades rescuing it from near bankruptcy. using john carlos ghosn is regarded as one of the most docile and manages in the automotive business after all he has the partnership of redeye mitsubishi i'm new son and his belt. but he's been under investigation for months now the japanese comic chemist on accuses down of tax evasion. on monday night sunset an internal investigation showed he has underestimated his income for several years

persistent high pressure over the eastern pacific will weather conditions across our region through the forecast period. smoke from the camp fire will continue to drift across our area over the next few days, adversely impacting air quality. daytime high temperatures will remain mild, while nights will be cool, particularly in the interior valleys. valleys. in the interior particularly cool, particularly in the interior valleys. (michelle)we're experiencing we're (michelle) valleys. valleys. in the interior particularly cool, particularly in the interior valleys. in the interior particularly in the interior valleys. critical fire weather in parts of the bay area today. the red flag warning is now in effect. the north bay, santa cruz mountains, and east bay hills are more vulnerable. the alameda county fire department has added two crews in addition to the firefighters working overtime right now... because they've already shared resources to the north for the camp fire that's burning, and to the south in ventura county for the woolsey fire. those who remain have resources prepositioned i

steve: we are aboard the pacific explorer. see -- inthe coral the coral sea in the south pacific.resident flew in last night. apecf the first leaders of to arrive will be talking with some pacific island leaders. donald trump is not attending. mike pence will be here. but he is not staying on either of the three ships. he will be flying in and out over the weekend. other world leaders will be here as well. that includes the australian prime minister. chinese investment is at the forefront. chinese flags are flying along the roads. you could see prime minister kuroda with president xi. chinese estate railway construction can be seen off the side of the ship -here. millions of dollars is definitely flowing into papa new guinea, as well as australian money. the area around for new guinea is a competitive zone for influence the between australia, u.s.,tween australia, the and china. we have news in the past 24 h memorandum of a signing between the papa new guinea government and oil giants, including exxon. we have peter with us. thanks so much. how does this mou resolve some of the fi

foothold for france in the south pacific this time the french government says it wants the process to be peaceful and fair fishel results are expected on monday or ended thomas is monitoring developments for us on this from sydney so andrew how has the voting gone so far well about eighty percent of votes are being counted now and so far fifty eight percent of that eighty percent of people voting in favor of staying with frog's now that would be necessarily the result that we see officially on monday because some of the outlying islands where the votes will take a bit longer to reach the miro their results will likely to be more heavily in favor of independence because those outlying islands are primarily where the d.n.c. is kind that people live and they tend to vote more heavily for independence that's what they want nevertheless it will be quite some comeback for the independent side to win this referendum now given where we are with a sense of the vote counted so it does look very likely the new caledonia will remain french and when are we expecting that the final results and what

now with the pacific region playing a greater role in the global economy. which spoke to casa norman head of s a p laughs the asia pacific region has strongly gained in economic importance over the last year do you think it can continue to be an engine of economic growth. i believe asia pacific bill indeed continue to be a growth engine for the whole world and why. it has a very good demographic situation here with us. huge young people a huge amount of young people joining the workforce then we also see if the stability and diversity of economic and political systems in the region which also enable companies to operate in the region very valid and certainly also we have a lot of innovation power coming in the last ten years specifically from here which we also see to rather extend going forward how does this affect your business particularly when i want business is growing in asia pacific beyond or more than in the rest of the world so that means the region becomes more important for s.h.p. overall secondly we also use this region specifically for r. and d

tra ns—pacific partnership, the revised tpp. is still set to go into effect without the us. in fact. six nations have ratified it. it accou nts nations have ratified it. it accounts for 16% of the global economy. you also have the regional comprehensive economic partnership, this one has china very much front and centre. many of the leaders are also talking about that. but of course there is also the optics, the fa ct course there is also the optics, the fact that us president donald trump is very much absent. he sent his vice president mike pence instead. and all of this against the backdrop of the us— china trade war, which is something that a lot of small nations in this region are really concerned about. one of them of course is new zealand. and i spoke to its prime ministerjacinda ardern who said she is concerned about the trade tensions. some of those impacts i think we see are those that are being seen globally, you know, downgrading around the estimates of global growth, impacts oi'i estimates of global growth, impacts o

of croton around which constitutes to one point eight trillion pieces of plastic inside the great pacific garbage that. is not has been thinking about his garbage patch for a long time but he just couldn't get the idea of cleaning up the plastic waste out of his mind he raised money using crowd funding and drummed up support for his idea slott is now backed by a team of sixty five scientists and in twenty fifth. team the cleanup crew stage their first spectacular event and carried out their first waste collection campaign thirty boat sailed parallel to each other moving through a clearly defined ocean patch and collected rubbish the aim was to obtain reliable data on the actual level of plastic pollution for the first time slots team collected enormous quantities of garbage but the data was not enough slot he wanted more to collect the pacific ocean garbage in its entirety this young man from the netherlands thinks bit how would you normally cross a large area. you would jump on an epic so what if we got ourselves to do this. and that actually the first area reconnaissance mission over th

having a european power there in the pacific is important not just for france but for countries like australia as well they'll be nervous of an independent you caledonia right now though it looks broadly speaking unlikely that's going to happen with this start. for the first time in more than nine months aid has been delivered to more than fifty thousand people in rock band camp in syria u.n. convoy forty three trucks brought much needed food and supplies the camps in a rebel held area near the border with jordan surrounded by government forces. sandstorm season and rock band we're going blind this boy says our homes are destroyed take us away from here. rick band is the no man's land in more ways than one a desolate camp in the open desert near the jordanian border caught between warring sides there's no escape. people came here three years ago fleeing i still fight has u.s. russian and syrian air strikes now there are some fifty thousand.

latest surveying technology onboard experts were able to create a three dimensional image of the pacific dump and this shows garbage floating meters deep in the sea. the floating boom construction looks simple at first it's a six hundred metre long hard plastic tube with an apron attached at the bottom that reaches down three meters deep into the water it automatically creates a u. form when it's launched. all the construction needs to work is the current the waves in the wind the garbage itself will be shipped away for recycling. critics however see the construction as a danger to certain kinds of marine life. the whole thing is an ecosystem this is the surface of the ocean we're talking about not a desert these organisms are important they have a function the goal of this initiative is to tackle this problem on a large scale this will kill off these organisms on a grand scale too but slott is hoping that the construction will move or can. through the water the idea is that the construction drifts just like the plastic dubs. the next few months will show as the project works as expected

it is about the pacific and us doing our bit.linda: what about the new property,onomy, housing is one of the huge issues print since you came to power, you have banned the sale of residential properties to foreigners. has that worked and where do you see that headed? haslinda: -- pm ardern: i think that is as bringing ourselves into alignment with a number of other nations which we compare ourselves to the likes of australia. what is surprising is not so much that we have done that, it is that it has not existed in the first place. we really want to send a message that new zealand is open to investment. we wanted to be productive. we derive and investors derived a better benefit than just a housing market. , saying that in terms of infrastructure, things like --els and transport, we need we are open for business. we have a supply issue and a demand issue. demandabout dealing with . on supply, we have seen the market failed. state are partnering with developers to make sure we are putting more supply in that area to ease the marke

the second reason for skepticism is the free and open and a pacific strategy, which is the headline that trump announced last year on the same trip when he was in vietnam and gave a speech at the aipac ceo summit and use this phrase that has now been fleshed out to some extent by other administration officials including mike pompeo and this speech in july. there are questions about the content, the headline residents well -- resonates well but the details are unclear because of the withdrawal and the non- replacement by another credible regional trade strategy, there are lots of questions about that. but, i think you will see the vice president trying to address those things by flushing out some of the points raised in the pompeo speech they digital conductivity, specific item that the secretary of state mentioned, infrastructure energy are areas you should expect to see some discussion of. the third reason for skepticism is the fact that it the vice president and not the president because, as you've probably heard us say, 80% of life is showing up and they watch that stuff carefully, pa

china quickly what saw to it that the pacific garden region is not the spear influence of any country but competition for influence between australia the us and its allies and china will be the main unofficial theme of the summit for papua new guinea and more immediate will be concern over waste and corruption associated with hosting the event the country is impoverished with struggling health and education systems so flying in hundreds of brand new cars to shuttle delegates around including forty luxury maseratis from italy has been controversial and unpopular andrew thomas al-jazeera sitting well still ahead here on the al-jazeera news hour you know to states nelson's plans to curb in cigarette sales targeting young people and in sports history his job with a team gives himself a chance to reach the semifinals of the a.t.p. world tour finals in london told one of its details and spoke. from one flowing island in the winds to an enchanting desert breeze. hello there we've got lots of rain over parts of china at the moment in fact on the charts over the next few days as a good swathe

and marking a hundred years since the south pacific island of samoa was devastated by a virulent strainf influenza. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. good morning. it's 9:00 am in singapore, 1:00 am in london, and 8:00 pm eastern time in the us, where voters will be heading to the polls in just a few hours‘ time. by by this time tomorrow we will have the first indications of the results. campaigning ahead of what are known as the mid—term elections is drawing to a close. the outcome is being seen as a verdict on president trump's first two years in office. the bbc‘s north america editorjon sopel reports; his name is not on the ballot anywhere across the united states, but the forthcoming elections are all about donald trump. he's put himself at the absolute centre of this campaign, hurtling around the country energetically. and so it's impossible to avoid the conclusion that the results of tomorrow's midterm elections will be a referendum on his presidency. today he was in ohio. everything we have created and achieved is at stake on el

last week australia's prime minister announced a renewed focus on pacific neighbors promising bigger investment loans more military cooperation and greater levels of eight this is our patch. this is our part of the world this is where we have special responsibilities we always have we always we all china quickly we're taught that the pacific garden region is not the spear influence of any country but competition for influence between australia the us and its allies and china will be the main unofficial theme of the summit for papua new guinea and smaller immediates will be concern over waste and corruption associated with hosting the event the country is impoverished with struggling health and education systems so flying in hundreds of brand new cars to shuttle delegates around including forty luxury maseratis from italy has been controversial and unpopular. you see those maseratis driving around the streets of port moresby but otherwise those streets are deserted this is a city that's really been cleared out for this summit much of the summit is actually taking place on two cruise s

other countries other pacific island nations have a lot of chinese money in terms of aid projects and infrastructure but in return beijing expects political favors and there was concern that an independent new caledonia well it would become another target throughout all of this front and president macro was determined to stay neutral france would not have an official position it would be neutral in this referendum they did not want a situation as happened thirty years ago where those who were on the independent side of things lost the votes and then resorted to violence that was the last thing president macra wanted he'll be hoping everyone sees this process is fair and if they have lost those on the independent side will take that loss peacefully and this is an interesting historical background on new caledonia from the al-jazeera world team way back in the eight hundred seventy s. i didn't know this actually the island was a penal colony where france deported thousands of algerians who were considered rebels this is called exile in new caledonia looks at their untold story and that

voters in the french pacific islands of new caledonia have decided to remain part of france.er a violent campaign by separatists from the indigenous kanak people. if you believe the opinion polls, it is likely that new caledonia will say no to independence. it seems economic insecurities have persuaded many economic insecurities have persuaded ma ny voters economic insecurities have persuaded many voters to stick with france. paris pumps a lot of money into its strategic south pacific territory and our concern is that if the archipelago goes it alone and then the flow of cash could impact on the way of life in this pacific paradise. it is a beautiful place but it is a place that has been scarred by ethnic tensions right since the french colonised the islands in the indigenous people, the ka na ks, islands in the indigenous people, the kanaks, have waged a separatist campaign, sometimes violently and in return now have been campaigns by the french which have further inflamed tensions over the years it is those sensitivities which have come to the fore during this vote in the s

additionally forecast models continue to indicate an active pacific weather pattern reaching california next week with the potential for widespread periodic rainfall starting wednesday and continuing through the latter part of the work week. ( marty )the camp fire continues to burn in butte county, and smoke from the fire is still making for unhealthy air, 200 miles away in the bay area. this morning we are learning eight more lives were lost... and more structures are gone. the total number of fatalities is up to 71.... and one-thousand-eleven people are missing. overall, the fire has destroyed more than 12- thousand buildings. the fire has scorched 146-thousand acres... and is 50 percent contained this morning. ( marty )happening today.... president trump is travelling to california to meet with some of those affected by the wildfires. he will be in butte county,and in southern california, meeting with fire victims, first responders and getting a first hand look at the damage. state lawmakers say, they are surprised but happy to learn of his visit. especially after his tweet last week

robert handa: hello and welcome to "asian pacific america." i'm robert handa, your host for our show here on nbc bay area and cozi tv. we start our show with one of the most important events for every community, especially for asian americans, pacific islanders, and immigrants. we're talking about the 2020 census and trying to make sure every person is counted and in turn help the community in just about every way you can think of. then we celebrate the upcoming 50th anniversary of san francisco taiko dojo. we look at the dazzling group and talk about their artistic and cultural performance to the bay area and the world. then we wrap up with our traditional artistic and cultural performance with mosaic silicon valley's strings and bow, a multicultural collaboration of american artists playing western and eastern music. there'll be here with a piece reflecting the vibrant mosaic of different cultures all on our show today. i believe most of the public knows what the census is about, trying to make an accurate count of the population, including

indo pacific command, we are encouraging cooperation to maintain free and open seaways. we're expanding and deepening our network of allies and like-minded partners throughout the region to enhance maritime governance, and bolster stability, by building partner capacity and theater security cooperation. the coast guard helps mature other nations inherent capabilities, to police their own waters, and supports cooperative enforcement of international law, strengthening free and open access to maritime sea lanes of communication. for example, we support the ozzie nations developing their own coast guards and actively combat predatory operators that offer little long term benefits to nations they supposedly claim to assist. wherever the coast guard deploys, we bring rule-based orders to the maritime commons, and provide an example to countries around the world. with our department of defense partners, we just concluded a successful 2018 rin-pac, the world's largest multinational naval k3er exercise. the coast guard sent one of our flag ships, the national security cutter ber

those are antidotes for pacification. what is pacification? >> unrest in the populous. >> isolating the populous from the insurgency. >> okay. what is subversion? >> actively trying to overthrow and delegitimize the established government. >> what is pacification? >> trying to counter that. >> pacification is getting rid of those subversive elements while at the same time holding up the capacity of the host nation to gain that legitimacy. now, there's going to be some other things here. diplomatic isolation of vietnam. how do you pull that off? >> how do you get diplomatic isolation of north vietnam? >> you can start at the u.n. then you can also say, hey. >> that ship has sailed. >> if you're my ally, you're not going to talk to north vietnam. >> the problem is all those youth movements are also hitting every else in the world so that's a hard thing. who do you really need to isolate north vietnam from? >> russia and the soviets. >> oh, those guys. russia and china. hey, nixon loves foreign policy. but nixon, when he looks at vietnam, goes, y

and the south pacific. and round the french government says it wants the process to be peaceful and fair french president mannion mccaughan says the majority of new caledonian who voted have chosen to remain part of france even though the official results have yet to be announced this is. voters were allowed to make a sobering choice with full knowledge of the facts on the relationship between new caledonia and friends today the majority of them expressed themselves for new caledonia to remain french i have to tell you how proud i am that we have finally passed this historic step together andrew thomas has been watching the vote from sydney if as looks likely you caledonians have voted to remain french well that would be a victory for those that said the new caledonia it was much better off economically as part of france france gives about one and a half billion dollars a year to its territory as about fifteen percent of new caledonia overall g.d.p. that would have been missed there was concern to an indepe

across france as thousands join protest over the government's fuel prices and asia pacific trade in papua new guinea. so we start the program with developments in the murder of the saudi journalist us media is reporting that the cia believes saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin solvent ordered a killing in the saudi consulate in istanbul on the table the second the findings contradict the saudi government claims that its de facto leader was not involved with saudi embassy in washington rejects the accusation made by the u.s. intelligence service donald trump has reacted by saying that he will be speaking to his sexual state as well as the cia about the issue later on saturday. we haven't been briefed yet the cia is going to be speaking we should be today we have not been briefed yet as of this fall when we were told that he did not play a role we'll have to find out what they are saying. well let's hear now from michaela who has more from washington in recent days a number of members of congress have demanded that mohammed bin solomon be held accountable either by way of tweets or in