let's look at the philippine star. pink on —— it is halloween, it is massive for retailers, and this is talking about the fact that we are being warned in the philippines about fake priests who roa m philippines about fake priests who roam around cemeteries and offer prayers for the dead in exchange for cash. there is always money to be made somewhere, isn't that? yes, sounds horrible. but yes, i mean, you've just got to watch out. i think wherever you go there is a lwa ys think wherever you go there is always going to be people trying to make cash. this seems perhaps a rather extreme method of doing it, and rather scary as well, i think. basically this is something going on in manila, where it priests have informed the public that they should not accept the services offered by fa ke not accept the services offered by fake priests. and that is not fake news. that is on the front page of the philippine star. thank you for being with us. ijust want to reca ptu re being with us. ijust want to recapture top story, which is

the philippine star says the country's bishops have warned their congregations to beware of fake priestsy. you can do it yourself. with me is fiona cincotta, who is a senior market analyst with the financial betting company city index. so the financial times, they headline story, brussels tells traders it will not slam the door to city clearing. are we breathing a sigh of relief? this is fantastic news, it is great news, but thinking about the sense of it, the london clearing house,

the philippine star reports on a deadly landslide which buried a government building in the country's at least 30 people are feared to have died in the building after taking refuge from typhoon rosita. the south china morning post reports on president trump's comments that a trade deal with china could be just around the corner. the paper says trump is willing to end the trade war, but only if the agreement is great for the us. the japan times carries a story about fraudulent practices at tokyo medical university, which we reported on earlier this year. entrance exams were rigged in favour of male applicants, and now the papers says the women who applied unsuccessfully to the university are demanding it pays them a total of almost eight million yen. that brings you up to date with some of the papers. more now from the us, with a week to go when americans head to the polls in the midterm elections. 0ur correspondent, chris buckler, has been travelling across the country ahead of the vote to gauge the mood, and spoke to me a little earlier from little rock, arkansas. i began by asking h

and the philippine star has a heart—warming picture on its front page.nd two silver medals at the asian para games. congratulations to him. that brings you up to date with some of the papers. now, babita, what stories are sparking discussions online? it's all about novak djokovic, who's just cruised to victory in the shanghai masters. he beat borna coric 6—3, 6—4 in china and that let's watch that matchpoint. umpire: call stands. that impressive win gives the serbian player 18 straight victories and he's rapidly catching up with rafael nadal, in the race to end the year as world tennis number one. he's only the third player to win a masters 1000 event without dropping a serve. last three, four months have been terrific for me. you know, not many holes in the game in general, especially this week. everything worked perfectly. ithink especially this week. everything worked perfectly. i think this was definitely one of the best serving weeks i had, i think i only faced two, maybe three break points the entire week, didn't drop the serve the entire week. tha

for many fishmongers after the closing of the 83—year—old tsukiji market on saturday. and the philippine starties following an intensified campaign against illegal rice trading. according to the government, the contribution of rice to inflation multiplied tenfold this year, amid issues on supply and importation. ajunior minister in the indian government is facing calls to resign over multiple allegations of harassment and sexual assault. he's yet to respond, but the claims come as india is in the midst of a #metoo storm. yogita limaye reports from mumbai. just some of the hundreds of stories india's women have shared over the past few days. on twitter and facebook, there's been a torrent of allegations made against men from the media and entertainment industries. many have even been named. the most high profile, mj akbar, india's junior foreign minister and a former junior newspaper editor. he's not responded so newspaper editor. he's not responded so far. his boss, india's foreign minister, chose not to comment when asked about the issue. the harassment reached such an extreme point... but t

and the philippine star is reporting on the reopening of the popular hotspot boracay island, which wasis open for a 10 day dry run — but so far, only a handful of tourists have visited each day. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? k—pop is causing controversy on social media after the singer hyuna from korean pop band triple h has been sacked by her record label because of her relationship with bandmate e'dawn. many k—pop artists are not allowed to enter into any form of romantic relationship while under contract. the increase in refugee and migrant populations around the world has given rise to anti—migrant sentiments and questions over how we can all live together. could part of the answer be as simple as investing in the arts? a report complied by the istanbul foundation for culture and arts in turkey — which itself is hosting millions of syrian refugees — believes it might. one of its authors, feyzi baba joined me from istanbul. it is, but myself and my colleague kim rygiel have been conducting this research in various european countries to look at the different citi

philippines and before electricity is restored. bruce willis's latest movie opens friday after a rocky election vote in china. the stard on the mainland three years ago and it ran into problems. the crew did not have enough money to pay the deposit on his hotel room. the top actress went missing. global news, 24 hours a day on air and at tic-toc on twitter, powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. jodi: currency market -- david: currency markets, a lot happening. you can see here we are following what has been happening in the offshore market. a very weak fix. i will not spend more time on that. the big question, where we are, let's look at our bloomberg chart. this is a chart we brought up a couple of months ago. move,estion is, we had a a sustained move between 2015 and 2016 of 6.2 to 6.9 on the exchange rate. this is inverted on dollar onshore, and have a look, you put that together, that is billions of u.s. dollars on a monthly basis. trillion.out 1.7 why are we not getting it here? interesting question. i want to note on the dollar we have two measures. one is more r

philippines the country's leader mocked reporters as spice. the president appeared to change the news cycle by attacking porn star stormy daniels who claimed shead an affair with mr. trump. in a tweet aimed at daniels and michael avenatti, her lawyer, he said, federal judge throws out stormy daniels' lawsuit versus trump. nos nothing about me. she responded, ladies and gentlemen, may i present your president. in addition to his short comings, he has demonstrated his incompetence, hatred of women and lack of self-control. game on, tiny. >> you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever. >> reporter: for the president it is the latest attack on a prominent women's appearance, resurrecting memories of his insults aimed at the wife of ted cruz, carly fiorina and the women who accused him of sexual assault. >> she would not be my first choice, that i can tell you. you don't know. that would not be my first choice. >> reporter: as for the president's attacks on stormy daniels, a source close to the white house said that the president simply misfired with that horse face tweet, but added his advisers have all b

philippines, where that country's leader mocked reporters as spies. the president appeared to attempt to change the news cycle, by attacking porn star, stormy daniels, who claims she had an affair with mr. trump. the president said federal judge throws out stormy daniels' lawsuit against trump. now i can go after horseface in the great state of texas. knows nothing about me. a total con. she responded, ladies and gentlemen, may i present your president. in addition to his shortcomings, he has demonstrated his incompetencies. game on, tiny. >> you can see there was blood coming out of her eyes. blood coming out of her -- wherever. >> reporter: for the president, it's the latest attack on a prominent women's appearance, resurrecting memories of insults at the wife of senator ted cruz, businesswoman, carley fiorina and even women who have accused him of sexual assault. >> she would not be my first choice. that i can tell you. man. you don't know. that would not be my first choice. >> reporter: now as for the president's attacks on stormy daniels, a source close to the white house said the president simply misfired, saying the president should not be obviou