>> yeah, but my wife's heart is in the philippines, it's her family. >> jerfa was born in the philippines and always was safe there. her oldest sister married a u.s. sailor and lived there. she brought her 16-year-old cousin with her. >> she was so excited about the opportunity. i remember she was -- she worked at little sears's picaesar's pi. she could get a job. >> her son josh went back to school to improve himself. from then on that was it, they were a family. she became a lab technician, haiko a maintenance man. they bought a house in the leafy neighborhood of lynch birg, virginia, and had kevin. the immigrant son became an all-american kid. he was 14 that summer of 2011, smart, studious and looking forward to the start of high school in the fall. >> he was a normal american kid. he likes pizza, hot dogs, burge burgers, hang out with his friends. >> they lift frugally, saved their money, which is how eventually haiko could afford his used mercedes sports car and jerfa and kevin that vacation to the philippines. that was good. now it was very bad indeed. >> when i first heard they wer

in the philippines?there for almost 30 years. >> anthony: aurora is recently back in manila after most of her life spent abroad. what kind of work were you doing? >> aurora: i did the housekeeping, you know, and babysitting. >> anthony: the money she sent home put everybody here and many, many more through school, lifted them up to a more comfortable life. and you would have left family behind? >> aurora: yeah. >> anthony: to go out there and make money. that's never an easy decision, a painful, painful choice. aurora's children, now middle-aged, are finally getting to know their mother. >> aurora: okay, okay, okay. bring in the food inside. >> anthony: many, many, many filipino women like you who had to leave their families, go abroad. >> aurora: yeah, absolutely yes. >> analyn: her three children. >> emy: children -- my eldest is about four years now in qatar, and the other one is two years, and the other one is in hong kong. >> anthony: working conditions, for ofws, particularly in some gulf states, c

the headlines: fake news and the philippines. how social media's being used as a platform to re—write the country's history and confuse its citizens. there are so many bias is when it comes to the government, some people say this is the hero. who really is the one telling the truth. —— biases. the united nations warns of catastrophic consequences for millions, as the war in yemen intensifies. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: america's vice president arrives in tokyo. north korea and china are expected to top the agenda. and stan lee, the creative mastermind behind marvel comics, dies at the age of 95. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. hello. it is midnight in london and 8pm in singapore and the philippines, where we continue exploring fake news, where family of the former dictator ferdinand marcos are accused of posting fake news and that social media. the fake news details events that happened under the martial law period in the philippines. this is an archipel

noware you operating right in t the philippines?ou have a also expanded to indonesia with these relentless attacks by the president of the philippines, close ally of president trump. >> i would say we hold the line, write? these are all political attacks against us. they have not shut us down. we continue operating. but we are fighting any cases, six or seven different investigations, legal cases. these cases -- it is like a war of attrition. our legal fees have gone up. money that i would have wanted to use to expand rappler, particularly in this age of looking for new business models, looking for new technology solutions. all of that is going to legal fees. only place ourhe government has succeeded. we continue to do investigative work and we continue to expose impunity that is happeningng at all levels. amy: so you just learned that the philippines government plans to indict you. >> yes. it was within 12 hours of journalism knight award, the department of justice gave a press release -- no other documents -- saying they would and

also in the programme: building closer ties between the leaders of china and the philippines. president duterte prepares to welcome xijinping for his first state visit. and in our ‘100 women‘ season, we hear from australia's first female prime ministerjulia gillard on the pressures of being a woman at the top. the fact that much of the imagery that was woven around me in the parliament and the media was, when you look at it, gendered at its centre, all of that was, you know, more than i was expecting. good morning. it's 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 10am in tokyo where ca rlose ghosn, one of the world's most prominent businessmen and the chairman of nissan, has been arrested on suspicion of financial misconduct. he is alleged to have underreported his salary by m5 million over five years. he's expected to be sacked later this week. rupert wingfield—hayes‘ report contains some flashing images. so, it has been sold, but what's important is... for 20 years, carlos ghosn has been one of the titans of the car industry, charming everyone from journalists to presidents. but to

the philippine defence secretary tells this programme he's baffled. and as part of our investigations into fake news, we look at the particular problems in india, and how one of the bbc‘s language services is fighting back. live from our studios in london and singapore. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. it's 1am here in london where, two and a half years after britain voted to leave the european union, officials in london and brussels have finalised a draft brexit agreement. with little more than four months to go before the uk is set to leave the eu, cabinet ministers were called into the prime minister's office at number 10 downing street to read what's being proposed. but many mps strongly oppose the deal, and there's no guarantee that it will be approved by parliament. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, has the story. her report contains some flash photography. reporter: do you think a deal‘s within reach that you could sign up to? agreement is finally within grasp of number 10. a document that's been i

it is marooned 300 kilometres from the philippine mainland in the south china sea.e say that they are feeling the pinch of rising national inflation. at the port, local traders are busy offloading a delivery of goods from the mainland. mary jane offloading a delivery of goods from the mainland. maryjane has a shop that sells frozen ready meals and she says rising fuel prices have increased the cost of importing goods. translation: i added a little on the prices since the freight increased and the price of food went up. i only added a little. but customers are wondering why prices increased. sometimes they can't buy the goods. across the country it has been at times double—digit rises of rice prices that has caused alarm. in the philippine capital manila government workers off—load a delivery of subsidised rice intended to plug a recent drop in national supplies. historically the philippines has been a net importer of rice and with typhoons mankut and rosita hitting, the price has suffered. the price has stabilised in recent weeks thanks in part to the government buy

the tardis is an archipelago of islands in the far north of the philippines.e of the most peaceful parts of the country. yet even in this secluded idyll, fake news abounds. 24—year—old annalisa teaches on the island, it by at. she doesn't have a tv or radio, so uses facebook to catch up with events on the mainland. she says fake news is ubiquitous and confusing. there are so many biases when it comes to the government. some people say, "this is the hero, the other is the liar," so who really is the one telling the truth? to add to the confusion, social media is now being used to revise the country's most contentious history. back in the 1960s and ‘80s, ferdinand marcos imposed martial law. there was an interview with his father's former defence secretary in which his son denied there were arrests during the martial law era. there are some people in this country who'll have you believe that it's simply product of fake news. recently, president duterte‘s former assistant in occasions secretary asked her nearly 6 million followers if the people power revolution w

the philippines defence secretary tells this programme he's baffled. as pa rt of as part of our investigations into fa ke as part of our investigations into fake news, we look at the particular problems in india and how one of the bbc‘s language services is fighting back. it's midnight here in london where, two and a half years after britain voted to leave the european union, officials in london and brussels have finalised a draft brexit agreement. with little more than four months to go before the uk is set to leave the eu, cabinet ministers were called into the prime minister's office at number ten downing street, to read what's being proposed. but many mps strongly oppose the deal, and there's no guarantee that it will be approved by parliament. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. agreement is finally in number ten‘s grasp. a deal that has been in dispute for so long. at last, the plans, the copper misers, go before the cabinet. tomorrow we will know whether they approved the divorce with the eu in all our names. well, we are obviously wo

cozying up to beijing the philippines welcomes china's president as a tries to distance itself from longtime ally the u.s. . the. u.s. president donald trump has appeared to side with saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin solomon over the murder of jon and. despite a cia report concluding that the crown prince ordered the killing trump says the u.s. intends to remain a steadfast partner of saudi arabia see how tansey has more from washington d.c. . i hear aboard were you a who are the white house thanksgiving tradition of the president holding a turkey to go to groom significance this year a short time earlier donald trump made it clear he was giving the saudi crown prince a pass for the killing of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi and an eight paragraph statement filled with the rhetorical flourishes the exclamation marks on slogans characteristic of the president's tweets made his argument king solomon. and crown prince mohammed bin salman vigorously denying any knowledge of the planning and execution of the murder of mr our intelligence agencies continue to assess all information but it

he's the son of a property tycoon in the philippines. and with his passion for design, is hoping to create a real estate revolution. robbie antonio is today's high flyer. his family fortune was built on properties, a fortune that has given him access to some of the world's most powerful designers and celebrities. from versace to paris hilton to giorgio armani to america's first family. the antonios have their own trump tower in downtown manila. robbie's father founded sentry properties, one of the leading real estate groups, but it's robbie who's hoping to take the industry to a whole new level. ♪ haslinda: robbie antonio, welcome to "high flyers." robbie: good morning, thanks for having me here. haslinda: what's the inspiration behind revolution? robbie: i've been doing real estate for a long time. haslinda: because dad is a real estate developer. robbie: yes, i grew up in that environment. so i really wanted to disrupt the space. i understand the obstacles, the issues, the pain points, shall we say, of the industry, right? the traditio

the chinese president's two—day visit to the philippines has been a busy one according to the philippinegreements on the first day and have vowed to co—operate for peace in the south china sea. those are the papers. now, an animal story with a happy ending is proving popular online. especially for you, rico, i know how much you love your animal stories! yes, a dramatic rescue for this baby bear in california. the animal had become trapped in a dumpster the animal had become trapped in a dumpster in the town of truckee. police carefully handled the container and the bear soon made its way out. it was last seen returning to its mother, who was apparently waiting at the top of the slope. a wonderful rescue there, babita. the great wall of china is one of the wonders of the world, but parts of it are now under serious threat of falling into ruin. it runs for thousands of kilometres, often through remote areas, and a chinese team is now trying to bring a high—tech solution to a problem which has been building up over centuries. stephen mcdonell reports. the great wall of china is a precious c

but beyond their borders china in the philippines of signed twenty nine trade and investment related deals including plans for oil and gas development in the disputed south china sea but the first state visit to manila by china's president xi jinping is cause protests from people worried about beijing's growing influence. on reports from manila. the philippines is looking to china and many say this is proof that the influence will dominate for many years. president xi jinping state visit to manila mean securing around twenty nine agreements most never percentage to the public for consultation or scrutiny. the most contentious is a joint develop a degree meant in the disputed south china sea which means both could she says will explore and share resources terry trees that have been declared to the philippines exclusive economic zone china says most of the south china sea belongs to it. critics say this agreement could force the philippine government to give up its control of the spread. but both leaders say otherwise i am pleased with the current positive momentum of the philippines c

in theinue to expand u.s., china and the philippines.tend to open the next 150 stores in the u.s. and 100 and china. -- in china. shery: what is the timeframe for that? ernesto: the next five years. and other asian markets, singapore and hong kong, we also observed mainstream market customers going to our stores, such as in hong kong. last year, the south china reporters astwo mystery shoppers. joy theed chicken best in hong kong. what kind of rolled out timing are you looking for to maximum capacity in these new markets? ernesto: the fried chicken market is huge. this is not just the first leg of our journey. to be one of the major players in the fried chicken market. shery: ernesto, thank you so much for coming in today. jollibee foods director. amanda: this would cause you to lose your lunch. natural gas prices up 14%. the word was maybe a short squeeze. today it is down 15%. this is not a market the normally moves with those kind of swings. massive swing. 31%. this looks technical, not fundamentals changing. shery: we are hearing inv

philippines,st is 1.8%. let me get rid of the closed markets. .5%, noures, ftse 100, consistent theme across currency markets. one, dollaro force is down. m, dollar is up. india is one to mention. let's flip the boards. have some charts. of one-month measures implied volatility on sterling against the dollar, the euro. that is a five-year chart. we are back to levels during the brexit vote. have a look at that. to rater chart pertains hikes from the philippines and indonesia. , youyou look at the fed could say they might be hiking the yield curve into an inversion. to goldman sachs and their point, the five and 30 curve, -- to0 20 in 12 months zero in 12 months. lligne your bets -- a your bets along that thesis. rishaad: this is indonesia reacting, raising benchmark rates for a fifth straight meeting, a surprise for most analysts. yvonne: we have seen some stabilization. continued toes fight against inflation with another increase. hike wasnesia unexpected, only three out of 31 economists. why? it seems they

philippines and the u.s. we want to replicate the success in the philippines to the u.s.ganic growth. majoritys., the ownership of smash burger. world-renowned chef. we are opening our first store in manhattan. 37 stores. we plan to open 150 stores in the next few years. shery: how much do international sales depend on filipinos? do you include locals in your overseas markets? we go to where the large filipino communities are. serving, we are manhattanlorida, even and houston, texas. we have seen more americans visiting our stores. they want come almost 50% of our customers are mainstream americans. >> you are going up against big restaurants. people have compared you to kentucky fried chicken, but there are others in the category. >> is a unique proposition. we have our product. juicy delicious on the inside and crunchy delicious on the outside. real mangoes from the philippines. the best mangoes in the world. >> how much d need to deploy to do the six mansion? there will be some capital expenditures. is it a big number for you? >> it is. we continue to ask and. intend t

fought and died for philippine independence from spain in the late one eight hundred s. now he's ordered by the leader of a could she be here had long considered a threat to the country's independence until now. to northern california now where two more bodies have been found bringing the number of cold and wildfires there to eighty one watching the using cadaver dogs to search properties and vehicles heavy rain that's forecast for late on wednesday could hamper efforts to find human remains. donald trump's lawyer says the u.s. president has submitted russian on says to questions by special counsel robert muller he's investigating a trans campaign colluded with russia to influence the twenty sixteen presidential election trump has repeatedly called the investigation a watch hunt and says he would not stop his acting attorney general if he moved to curtail the inquiry. and sent an american asylum seekers have arrived in to you want to join those who are already in the mexican city meanwhile the u.s. judge has blocked president order to bob schieffer from seeking asylum if

it's in the philippines itself and they hope to develop five hundred hectares of land there they want to make it into a trio attack slash manufacturing a lot of that's ready going on but it really needs to be boosted up according to what the president the target of the philippines wants he's looking at this investment this as a part of his build build build program which is pretty much a good one hundred eighty billion dollars in investments up to you the year two thousand and twenty two when he hopes to have infrastructure reach new heights in the philippines and china i mean this is a pretty much an easy thing for them to do it's an easy fit there's a large chinese population in the philippines already and there's a lot of money being invested but noah has more cranes than any other city in asia right now up there building like crazy and property values have skyrocketed in the past decade. alex we appreciate your time and attention to this article respondent alex mahela it's thanks alex thank you. and thursday is thanksgiving in the united states and more than forty four million peo

and we told you last time about the new cooperation and coordination between china and the philippines well as part of that effort chinese investment in the philippines is on the rise one of the latest project is a two billion dollar conversion of a former u.s. air base with the latest we're joined by our alex mahela bitch in toronto hey alex so what can you tell us about construction on its clark air force base right that's the old air force base that's right clark air force base and if you know anything about clark i mean that's a pretty good place to pick a assignment like this or a development to the check out the map here so clark itself clark air base is right next to the city of on a hill s. which is about one point five hours north of manila now this place is already highly developed when the americans were there that air base was that they did it the way it's supposed to be so around the air base itself if you're driving around the highways look like you're in the states everything about it actually looks like you're in the states the second you hit an area around the airbase

because in the philippines france three police officers guilty of murdering a teenager the first officers to be convicted for their actions during president deter terrorism war on drugs received a forty year jail sentence which. i'm phil gail welcome to the program german prosecutors have righted the offices of the country's biggest lender deutsche bank as part of an investigation into money laundering inquiries based on revelations made in the twenty sixteen day to leak known as the panama papers which suggested that bank stuff would help criminals funnel money into offshore tax havens. police vans surrounding the headquarters of germany's biggest lender if deutsche is image wasn't already in tatters it certainly is now. the banks accused of helping clients hide money and crime the suspicions are based on revelations contained in a session of leaked documents known as the panama papers. differ ducked. the submission of rows in the summer. after the federal criminal police office evaluation data from the panama papers on the so-called off shore leaks. bodies are also this evaluation that

also in the programme: in the philippines, three police officers are jailed over a drug war killing that caused national outrage. and can holidays without homework help students become more confident? we'll speak to the author of a new study. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. glad you could join us. it's 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, which is reeling from another, dramatic, development in the investigation about whether president trump's 2016 election campaign colluded with russia. michael cohen, mr trump's former personal lawyer, has pleaded guilty to misleading a congressional inquiry. he's admitted making false statements about a project to build a trump organization skyscraper in moscow. he said he lied out of loyalty to the president. mr trump has responded by calling michael cohen a very weak man, who was lying to get a reduced sentence. our north america correspondent nick bryant reports. michael cohen was donald trump's mr fix—it — a centralfigure in the billionaire‘s business empire. but the lawyer

a philippine court has found three police officers guilty of murder for the killing of a teenage boy there the first convictions of officers carrying out president want to go to terror taste so-called war on drugs the death of seventeen year olds lloyd . is during an unprecedented public anger. with south korea's top court has ordered a second japanese company to compensate individuals for a colonial era forced labor the court ordered mr vichy heavy industries to pay up to the equivalent of one hundred seventeen million euros to twenty eight victims or their families tokyo has called the ruling totally unacceptable that. a court in the philippines has found three police officers guilty of murder for the killing of a teenage. oyo they are the first policeman convicted for their part in president rico to terror to a so-called war on drugs that we just heard a little bit more about human rights activists say that the crackdown has led to thousands of extrajudicial killings but it is this case that we mentioned of seventeen year old kid lloyd de los santos which has stirred unprecedented

worrying because of the lack of public scrutiny especially after the philippines won its. yes it did an international tribunal two years ago about a territorial dispute in the south china sea china is still an adverse claimant to much of the west philippine sea because of course aside from its sheer size economical. it has demonstrated. it this unwilling to compromise when he was sworn into office to ted to promise to pursue an independent foreign policy moving away from long standing ally the united states and building closer relations with china and russia two years on and some of her here are wondering whether to tear to really wants more independence or is capitulating to china similarly duggan al-jazeera manila. parliament has delayed another no confidence vote against the president's choice of prime minister rajapaksa it's already passed to no confidence motions rajapaksa is refusing to go president matter of policy saying a held a multi party meeting on sunday to break the deadlock but failed in the political turmoil has spilled onto the streets hundreds of proteste

also coming up a court in the philippines finds three police officers guilty of murdering a teenager there the first officers to be convicted for the killings that are part of the president to turn the so-called war on drugs. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program. german prosecutors have raided the offices of the country's biggest lender dortch a bank as part of a probe into money laundering the investigation is based on revelations made in the twenty sixteen data leak known as the panel of papers that week suggested that deutsche bank staff helps criminals funnel money into offshore tax havens police surrounding the headquarters of germany's biggest lender if deutsche is image wasn't a ready in tatters it certainly is not zero. the banks accused of helping clients hide money earned from crime the suspicion of money laundering reportedly based on revelations in the two thousand and sixteen panama papers the identity of the suspects hasn't been revealed but it's known that they're accused of failing to report hundreds of suspicious transactions linked to a company located in the virg

that's a look at the philippines. ♪ philippines. ♪ >> 11:29 in hong kong. 2:29 in sydney.nt trump has repeated his confidence that he will make a trade deal with china because both sides ultimately want to reach a solution. he told the mid-term election rally he's certain beijing wants to talk and he will insist on an agreement good for america. the president has spent much of his time in office attacking china for perceived trade injustices in the hope of boosting the republican vote. president trump: we have taken historic action to bring back american jobs by cracking down on china's very abusive trade practices. but that is going to work out. taking in billions and billions of dollars in taxes from china. never happened before. but they want to make a deal and that's good because i like them and i like their president. president xi. and we're going to make a deal i believe. >> china is warning the global economy is facing the biggest change since the cold war. the vice president of china told the bloomberg new economy forum that beijing rejects such a mindset and calle

the philippine star has a story that we'll be looking at more closely in a moment. a 17—year—old teeenager in 2017. next, the south china morning post, which looks ahead to the meeting of the us and chinese leaders at the g20 in buenos aires. it calls the encounter "high—stakes" because of the trade war between the two countries, and says that its' unlikely to end with a joint statement. and in thejapan times, south korea's top court has ordered mitsubishi heavy industries limited to compensate koreans it used as forced labour in world war ii. it's going to have to pay $133,000. now kasia, what stories are sparking discussions online? this is proving very popular online, and bob marley would no doubt approve. reggae music has been declared a global treasure. unesco, the cultural agency of the united nations, made the ruling. and representatives from jamaica, where this genre of music originated, were visibly thrilled. reggae was born in the poor neighbourhoods of kingston in the 1960s. it reflected hard times and struggle, but could also be joyous. it spread across

to steal billions of dollars worth of deals as philippine president rodrigo duterte's government hass warnings about accepting chinese cash, they have dozens accepting chinese cash, they have d oze ns of accepting chinese cash, they have dozens of agreements being signed during this trip from infrastructure to trade, the security, and this basically builds on $24 billion in investment pledges made two years ago when president rodrigo duterte visited beijing. —— seal. but much of that money that china previously promised has yet to come through. few projects have gotten off the ground and the slow pace has been criticised by rodrigo duterte's political opponents, saying the philippine leader had adopted a policy of appeasement towards china and deals could be a case of broken promises, and the expected deals include a $2 billion chinese investment to convert part of a former us air base, north of manila, into an industrial park, and $700 billion development project off the philippine islands of luzon. thank you, great to see you. —— island of. in a debate around the gender pay gap, th

president xi jinping's visit has yielded a string of deals with the philippines as the philippine administration shrugs off warnings from accepting chinese cash. the warmer relations began when the philippine president took office and move things away from the long-standing american alliance. it includes joint oil and gas expiration in the south china sea. brusselsay heads to wednesday for more talks on brexit based on the draft deal she has agreed with the eu. she has been told there can be no more negotiations, but critics are demanding she should cure a better arrangement. the uncertainty has divided businesses, voters, and politicians, leaving sterling under pressure. >> the implied volatility in sterling is very high right now come a much higher than other currencies. there will be evidence that move sterling up, and other infants that move sterling down. that will likely continue to happen for a while. >> president trump admits the crown prince of saudi arabia may have known about the plot to , but saysal khashoggi the u.s. will stick by its ally. is importantingdom and buys billions of do

the philippines is looking to china and many say this is proof that beijing's influence will dominate for many years president xi jinping first state visit to below securing around twenty nine agreements most never presented to the public for consultation or scrutiny. the most contentious is a joint development agreement in the disputed south china sea which means both could she says we'll explore and share resources in territories that have been declared to be within the philippines exclusive economic zone china says most of the south china sea belongs to it critics say this agreement could force the philippine government to give up its control of the spread. but both leaders say otherwise presidential visit gives us new embattled over multiple efforts to enhance collaboration and ensuring the well being of our peoples and contributing to peace and stability in the region. roads may run parallel without interfering with one another both sides agreed there is no one size fits all development model and that every country has the right to choose its are in. a fundamental. but not ready

other more secret deals such as the maritime research agreement between the philippines and china are worrying because of the lack of public scrutiny especially after the philippines won its case at an international tribunal two years ago about a territorial dispute in the south china sea china is still an adverse claim on to much of the west philippine sea because of course aside from its share size economic and the. minute that in the. us the ones three. if this unwilling compromise when he was sworn into office had to promise to pursue an independent foreign policy moving away from long standing ally the united states and building closer relations with china and russia two years on and some over here are wondering whether to tear to really wants more independence or is capitulating to china. dog and al-jazeera manila just ahead on in the sports teams in this year's world cup semifinals face each other again and this time it was a different side i will be here. well a good typist for his son thank you very much adrian while one of tennis is rising stars has finished the season on a

this is a big deal for the philippines.s, government workers stopped, the traffic is quieter than normal. what we are looking to see is a joint framework sign of exploration in the south china sea. this is a very controversial topic. if a deal is inked for thisjoint controversial topic. if a deal is inked for this joint framework to explore oil and potentially lots of oil and gas reserves off the islands, it would set a precedent and china lays claim to areas far away from the mainland. what we are seeing is that president duterte says that this country needs oil. 6.7% inflation and he says oil is the biggest issue and that philippines do not have enough of it. they need for oil has been the talk for the past few months. president xi cheng peng is to arrive around midday. he will tour the city and have meetings later in the afternoon. we understand the two leaders have grown closer, as we have read in the introduction, as an allied, unlike the us in the past. what has brought about this event towards china? quite simply, fo

other more secret deals such as the maritime research agreement between the philippines and china are worrying because of the lack of public scrutiny especially after the philippines won its case at an international tribunal two years ago about a territorial dispute in the south china sea china is still an adverse claimant to much of the west philippine sea because aside from its share size economic and. military it has demonstrated. it is unwilling to compromise when he was sworn into office to tear to promise to pursue an independent foreign policy moving away from long standing ally the united states and building closer relations with china and russia two years on and some over here are wondering whether to tear to really wants more independence or is capitulating to china jim duggan al-jazeera manila. coming up. happy again has the side moved inside of a trophy win in mexico here in just a moment. first things first and the are you microphones on the harps are good or they don't know what i'm talking about have a look at my twitter feed from earlier of retorted on lights in the ne

remarks like that angered many here who say the philippines is already damaging relationships with the regional allies for a work on the code of conduct between china and is expected to lay the ground rules for navigation and exploration in disputed waters but the president says there's not much that can be done because he says the south china sea is now in china's recession. this week's visit by china's president is another reason to worry analysts although it may be laughable but for the chinese they will look at that and they will see that as a fundamental weakness within our capacity to resist them so they will be very condescending with us they will soon open agreements and so on so forth but it's how they look at you know a nation that just wants money. governments at leaders this miss that saying she didn't things visit is aimed at strengthening economic ties with hopes of securing more chinese loans to fund infrastructure projects. other more secret deals such as the maritime research agreement between philippines and china are worrying because of the lack of public scrutiny es

here in the philippines some people say this is the hero, and the other is the liar so who really is,o add to the confusion social media is now being used to revise the country's most contentious history. back in the 1970s and 80s philippine president ferdinand marcos imposed martial law, many people were arrested, tortured and thousands killed. but in september ferdinand marcos‘ son bongbong posted this video of an interview with his father's defence secretary in which he denied there were political arrests during the martial law era. name me one person who was arrested because of political or religious beliefs in the period. none. i was electrocuted, that was horrible. 80—year—old etta rosalez is living proof of the dark side of martial law. in 1976 she was arrested, detained and tortured for being an activist against marcos‘ one man rule. she is outraged by the claims made by mr enrile. to understand the motives behind mr enrile's recent statement in the bongbong video i met him at his home in manila. you recently made a video with bongbong marcos and you said during martial law th

the philippines has roughly population growth twelve million people live in metro manila alone and the power grid is in urgent need of modernization electricity is expensive and the farms generate a lot of pollution joe on a alla is head of sustainable energy fund sort of bank and says there are major business opportunities in the sector for your business going to will see those new green to be happy and feel good about what you do to do good for the environment make money out of the. two thirds of the philippines energy consumption is actually coming from fossil fuel so in our own little way back here in the country what we hope to do is to. help shift that energy mix. or energy we help make sure that the projects are profitable and they signed in a technically viable way by providing patients. this is one of the projects a bank has financed to the tune of one million euros just a year ago it was a stinking open rubbish dump the biggest landfill site in manila now the garbage has been covered with dirt and is used to generate electricity. sylvan navarro is an engineer and renewable en

xi jinping said it was like a rainbow after the rain, and he's referring to relations with the philippinesmer president aquino where relations got frosty. there was a ruling in the court of arbitration which suggested china's claims to this south china sea just off the philippines were illegal. since all that happened, duterte has shelved that in favour of getting closer to china, trying to woo some of that money his way, to try to find that build, build, build project. $24 billion worth of projects. at the moment, only $125 million have been pledged, or have actually been seen by this country since that deal was signed in beijing. now, what they are looking to do here in the next couple of daysis to do here in the next couple of days is to sign a joint framework to work out how they explore that oil together. some people in this country believe that would be selling the country short, that they should simply go it alone. they are worried that, by agreeing to this deal, it sets a precedent in this area, and that could actually verify china's claims to the south china sea off the coast of t

what is the outlook for the philippine economy?ying, it was still is, one of the star performers in asia, but some signs of softening now. we have seen some softening on the consumption side, car registrations showing weaknesses, remittances to the philippines, an important source of financing for growth there, has dipped despite the weak peso. the backstory in the philippines is they have had aggressive interest rate hiking cycle, tightening the cost of money. there is a feeling that will impact activity on the ground. there is a lag effect between when interest rates are increased and activity on the ground. while the philippines is doing ok, going forward, those pressures from the higher costs of borrowing for his misses and consumers will start to bite and act as a headwind on the economy. shery: in malaysia, we get a central bank decision. we saw the move earlier this year to anchor inflation expectations. will they move again in the next few hours? >> malaysia was interesting. they were among the first central banks in asia t

the philippine peso is outperforming.to drive down some of the divergence trade we have been seeing between the fed and asia. it is tgif. a chaotic week. more to come. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: good morning. asia's markets have just opened for trade. and i'm sophie kamaruddin. welcome to "daybreak: asia." haidi: our top story this friday. looking to extend that rally. watch out for a chipmakers. still planning higher tariffs on china in a matter what happens

province central philippines. investigators in california are trying to establish what motivated a mass shooting on thursday a twenty eight year old former marine walks into a bar and shot dead twelve people the gunman killed himself when confronted by police reports another day in the united states another day to learn the names and the stories of the victims of a mass shooting among them a small business owner a police officer a college freshman just eighteen years old a man who took care of disabled children and a twenty seven year old who survived the mass shooting in las vegas just over a year ago my name is susan are fine with my son with tell her if i know if we lost him last night at the borderline shooting my son was in well spent yes with a lot of his friends and he came home he didn't come home last night and i don't want prayers i don't want thoughts i want gun control and i hope to god nobody you know fems me anymore breyer's i want gun control no more guns period q it has become a familiar pattern ea

neighbors have been on the brink of conflict since a needle clash over the weekend and a court in the philippines finds three pleas officers guilty of murdering a teenager they are the first officers to be convicted for the killings that are part of the president to tear taste so-called war on drugs plus pull back all the truck rolled bush was working ever because your bird flu federal emergency for. d.w.i. means the armed civilians patrolling the southern u.s. border to defend against what they call invaders this says that you want to confront a health crisis among stranded central american migrants living in desperate conditions. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program. german prosecutors have raided the offices of the country's biggest lender deutsche bank as part of a probe into money laundering the investigation is based on revelations made in the twenty sixteen data leak known as the panama papers that leak suggested that deutsche bank staff helped criminals funnel money into offshore tax havens. as far as banking violations go it doesn't really get much more serious than this deutsche bank

. >>> a story you have to hear about a disturbing development in the philippines. one brave journalist. later how the deadly fire is being covered ton ground there. the editor of the local paper will join me live. >>> but first a fact about president trump. there are times when he she beyond fact checking. the big story across the nation's news media has been the president's move. >> president trump is lashing out. >> angry. angry. particularly unhinged. >> unhinged. we'll taukt about mood swings. the ongoing muell eric, r probe. >> you have said it is a rageoholic. it is such as we have never seen in the history of modern presidency. you can use all of those words. he is off on a tear that has both his colleagues in the white house and those who are closest to him and particularly republicans on capitol hill very much afraid of what his actions and words now mean. part of it relates to the midterms and we can talk about that in a moment. >> he said his mood is light. he thinks these sources everybody is siting are made up. >> well, first of all if you talk to repu