we will find out from the man who was credited with turning qantas around.he new chief of ericsson has his sights set on asia as the tech and telecommunications industry changes with the times. good morning asia, hello world. it isa good morning asia, hello world. it is a wednesday. thank you for joining us for another exciting edition of asia business report. we start off with australia's flagship carrier qantas and the ceo alan joyce. here's the highest paid airline chiefs in the airline —— asia—pacific region june. he airline chiefs in the airline —— asia—pacific regionjune. he has turned around the fall tunes of the airline through painful cost—cutting and restructure. they are now investing in new routes, especially in asia. we spoke to mrjoyce in london about qantas's ambitions in china and its eye watering $19 billion pay packet last year. the shareholders who own the company are the ones who decide my pay. and in every report we have had go to the agm we have had 98, 90 9% including this year, the port for that. the reason why i get paid that amount

have you seen material benefit at qantas?romoting the social causes, gender equality, indigenous rights. we are one of the leading companies people want to work for. young people, 80% want to work for a company that has a social responsibility. in the last year alone, we are seeing 500,000 frequent flyers joining. we are seeing clearly that it will be a big stimulus to the australian economy. there is a lot of pent-up demand for gay couples to go out and get married. it will be phenomenal for the economy, and great for travel. i think it would be good for our economy as well. is it sustainable to keep to these levels of close to record profits we have been seeing? weeks ago we gave an outlook for the first half of this financial year, and that was for profitability to be between 900 and 950. we are at the top end of that for the first half. that is despite oil prices going up and more competition internationally. we have fundamentally change the basis of our business. we have consistent earnings from domestic business, loyalt

australia's flag carrier, qantas, has had its share of ups and downs. cost—cutting drive, the airline finally returned to profitability. but can it maintain the upswing? christian fraser has been talking to the boss, alanjoyce, who thinks expanding capacity is the key. we have actually challenged both airbus and boeing to produce a new aircraft that can do to sydney and melbourne to london, which is a 21 oui’ melbourne to london, which is a 21 our aircraft in the air. and we believe that that is the last frontier of aviation. with the space race going on between the two, it to get the aircraft by 2022. we will be able to fly from australia to do your correct, rio, direct, to cape town, which we cannot do today. that opens up the world for australians and people coming to australia. interesting that you use the word space race. perea imagination out. where does at travel go in the future, is it suborbital, further and faster, is it a smaller carbon footprint, what is it? i think, first of all, i think it is distance first of all, i think it is distance f

impulse among investors in turbulent times of purchasing the actual physical bully on bass wrists qantas had bought up u.s. concern for those looking for a safe haven like the one that was sold by also a branch of the royal bank of canada. when all that glitters is gold you need experts to tell you so especially if purported markings from the royal canadian men make a gold bullion budget of it. there is no gold whatsoever but it's it's it's not made of gold that was a problem for this jewelry business which bought the bar it's since been reimbursed but investors and jewelers alike might be worried at a compromise the pi. for the mint will want to get the bottom of it because it. undermines confidence in their product and they certainly don't don't want that nor does any of the financial institutions in canada want that they don't especially not the royal bank of canada which saw before it since returned the piece for testing at the mint but other bogus ones could be in wide circulation and difficult to find well we keep hearing it robots on the march set to take over the workplace soon t

qantas curry recognised the school's two to one fifty three minutes. but back in front just seven minutes license people can wreak each justing the ball home. the lay didn't last. came off the bench to snatch a point. three three the final score manning folks are still without a home win this season. well that was a crazy game in many ways guys can't we saw this play out in the friday match this video assistance is just too much to deal with i mean i've always been somebody who was against the video system system partly because i think that unlike other sports a lot of the decisions you have to make as a referee in football are open to interpretation or at least they take quite a long time to clarify and we've seen this that they went today's game a whole minute after after the ball is gone and still no decision made and even when the decision is made people aren't happy with it so i really don't think the system search for a ball and i think it is confusing things a lot more than it's clarifying thanks i know there were concerns it would interrupt the

qantas side whether they are basically needing the liberal liberal voters that they built renewed the f.t.p. with or whether one official little bit on the right to the city you and get some voters that might have been disappointed with refugee policy so they're internally divided and sensually that is not a good position to be and if you want to run this kind of talks it's been about two months since germany held its elections was it too ambitious to think that these four parties that are indeed quite different have different positions on various issues as you said that they could form a government together. it wasn't vicious but i don't personally think it was too ambitious this is a democratic system in which all democratic parties should be able in theory to form a government where major compromise on the table even the green party was willing to accept some kind of compromise on migration and went towards the border or the so-called back end so that the right c.s.u. had put on the table i believe that they could have formed a government if they want to do that over grounds of an

why he chose not to use that word brian hart bring us up to date on the qantas visit to myanmar thanks very much this morning boston. more than eighty african and european leaders are gathering in ivory coast to promote jobs and stability for africa's rapidly growing population the two day summit opens as the european union places a greater emphasis on ties with africa especially with the recent unprecedented levels of migration. the european capital was trying to send out some positive vibes at a number of events ahead of the summit in abidjan and at the european parliament high ranking politicians were also trying to find solutions for better cooperation between the continents is open i want to get to the people in the past the europeans had a tendency to look to the east towards russia and china they haven't done enough in africa sure we invested and we are committed but i think we need to strengthen our strategy not just throw money at the problem may. by the minute i wish. the wake up call for europe was the migration crisis more than one hundred thousand africans arrived on the s

the punch buggy this car must over arouse more emotion than any other car in the twentieth century qantas to coast up our codes of own advertising slogan for the convertible from the mid one nine hundred fifty s. a car for young people of every age the person beetle convertible rolled off coach builder carmen's assembly line in one nine hundred forty nine and it kept on rolling and rolling for over thirty years until one nine hundred eighty over three hundred thirty thousand units were built and sold to fresh air and sunshine fans the world over and over and over. in one nine hundred thirty four on commission from the nazi controlled germany by his so ca shin of the automotive industry said non porsche began developing the most wagon right from the start a convertible version was planned. volume production only started after the second world war beginning in one nine hundred forty nine coachbuilder have turned out a total of six hundred ninety six open top beatles. a devastating fire ended his first production run. that miller's competitor carmen had better luck and just three years it tu

the journeys i have worked on the face of many qantas and their problems are forcing forward to social inequality a lack of the freedom of the press. corruption who can afford to stay silent when it comes to the fans the humans and see the microphones who have decided to put their trust in us. my name is jenny paris and i work at the dollar. hello darling you look beautiful today would you be a sweetheart and fetch me a coffee many women hear this kind of remark day in day out in the office and then there's the all touch in the lift the hand on the knee the uninvited kiss at the office christmas party after revelations about harvey weinstein's alleged string of sexual offenses more and more women are now coming forward and talking about everyday sexism they have experienced mostly in the workplace welcome to made in germany. under the hash tag me two more and more women are sharing their experiences from inappropriate male behavior to outright sexual harassment as a man of course you ask yourself what's wrong with us and advice ever done or said something that made a female colleague u

responded to questions at the national court in madrid they may be charged with sedition meanwhile qantas pushed among is apparently still in brussels we'll talk to our correspondents there and in barcelona in a moment first this update. they use whatever they cute to make noise and bustle lona. the protests came after a spanish judge ordered past members of the deposed catalan cabinet detained pending a potential trial the former government figures turned up in madrid to answer questions about catalonia push for independence. after receiving the news that former had the site catalan president calloused pushed more and called the jailing a serious mistake and demands that their release. it is a grave attack on democracy. imprisoning political leaders who have ample citizen support is an act that violates the basic principle of democracy. the leader himself was supposed to appear in court in madrid and the spanish state prosecutor wants him arrested. when someone doesn't appear after being cited by a judge to testify in spain or in any other in your country and arrest warrant is issued it'

think maybe it was taken somewhat out of qantas that this is not the the only foundation but the multitude of foundations of our foreign policy among them of course is that is based on principle and. stablished rules of international law and also relationships like that which we have with russia which is a story which is a very deep and multifaceted relationship with mr newer up with our partners and you know live when you take one major cornerstone it's still somewhat impact the stability of the building so if i may ask you more specifically how does the change in the administration a fact your relationship and your foreign policy well we have. continued to foster this relationship in both democratic and republican administrations i think there is a. number of understandings and commonality in terms of strategic objectives that shelter the relationship from whatever. differences on issues that can exist between any two governments but the foundations in terms of the relationship its strategic nature the levels of cooperation still exists and still operate operational because they are in t

that was the reason why he chose not to use that word brian bussin hard bring us up to date on the qantas visit to myanmar thanks very much this morning boss and. now for some of the other stories making the news this hour international airport is set to reopen today that after an erupting volcano stranded tens of thousands of travelers for two days now. has been spewing ash and smoke more than seven thousand meters into the air flights were canceled in its concerns the cloud poses a threat to flight safety. as top court has struck down constitutional limits on reelection paving the way for president a former almost run for a fourth term the leftist leader took power in two thousand and six and has overseen an economic boom that lifted millions of people out of poverty but his popularity has been dropping and mistrust shelagh asians the senior saudi arabian prince met have been has been freed after more than three weeks in detention metabolise one of dozens of royals officials and businessman arrested in a corruption probe ordered by the country's crown prince. well more than eighty afric

some airlines, like virgin, qantas, jetstar, are offering extra flights today.f the weather changes, then we could see more cancelled flights. on the other big concern is for the people who live there, the villagers. are they heeding the warning is to evacuate and get to safer places?” heeding the warning is to evacuate and get to safer places? i have to say, that process is still pretty slow. we were told that 100,000 people lived within the danger zone around the mountain. so far, only 43,000 have actually evacuated from their homes and left. we have been to some of the evacuation camps. some people arriving there yesterday, some have actually been there two months, is that the tremors darted. the tremors are continuing. there was a lot of seismic activity last night, but so far some people reticent to leave. i guess they are leaving their lives and their livelihoods behind if they do so. many thanks. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we will be speaking to the director of this oscar—winning film elizabeth, shekhar kapoor, ah

like qantas revery that's not reality . three german d.j. superstars can't get any more bombastic moves the music didn't exist we had no idea what we want to do and how to do it ourselves on the ground. between backstage rooms so disciplined and a twenty four seven social media presence. superstar deejays starting november twenty fifth on d.w. . hello and welcome to quadriga can this year's un climate conference take meaningful action to put the paris agreement into place and to save nations like this one fiji is being and gulf by a steadily rising sea which makes its presidency of this year's climate conference an all the more urgent mission it is the first small island nation to chair the conference which is taking place now here in germany the goals to build on the paris agreement by taking steps to limit carbon dioxide emissions and the activities that produce them activities such as mining and burning coal thousands of protesters say that has to end but at what price climate change who pays to save the planet that's the question we're p

argentinean navy says a noise detected near the last known location of a missing submarine with qantas four crew on board is consistent with an explosion a huge sea of their search is underway off the coast of argentina for. more. so the president has offered to make his country russia's gateway to africa ahead of a meeting with russian president vladimir putin in sochi omar al bashir says saddam needs protection from aggressive actions by the u.s. who uses a provoking conflicts in the region he's also hinted at allowing russia to use sudan's red sea faces and those are the latest headlines here on al-jazeera stay with us up next it's inside story. so that the that . russia's plan to end the war in syria after six years of fighting is the kremlin now in the diplomatic driver's seat and is the white house taking a backseat this is inside story. it was. it was. jane dutton welcome to the program russia's leader says a new stage has been set for a political solution to the war in syria let me a putin has welcomed the presidents of iran and turkey to map out a strategy for when the fightin

fish and wildlife service claims this will protect the endangered species allowing qantas to kill the animals will raise money for conservation. the agency also says zimbabwe are able to manage hunting quotas and track revenues. but conservationists are questioning the timing symbolic way is in the midst of a political coup its government isn't evil it's in crisis and we know from in times of up people that poaching increases and there's no way for the government to effectively manage hunting much less rein in poaching. a growing number of countries including china and singapore of banning the trade in ivory campaigners fear the white house decision is a setback in global efforts to protect endangered wildlife. and joining me now from san francisco is peter knights executive director with the environmental organization wild day peter thanks so much for being with us. i just want to begin by drilling into the logic of the u.s. fish and wildlife service they say that large songs which are paid for permits to hunt the animals that they could actually help them by what they say putting mu

highway but they don't really have a choice because like i said london is were second largest market by qantas not operate there they have to be some sort of give and take. could this be a signal. what's the indication for the gig economy in general because it's kind of understood that you have a full time job and you have this gig and it's just sort of this free wheeling thing right so i want to preserve that while i mean this. is only one company so i don't think it's necessarily a death sentence or that you're going to yes it's a big company and perhaps the largest company that there is but it certainly could change the way that the new task rabbits of the world are launched and it could change the way that current gig economy companies operate you know for example down the road it might be the case we're not everyone can become a driver or if you are you have to commit to maybe at least twenty hours a week or something like that because let's remember that bigger economy is not it wasn't created because americans are bored and they just want to have extra time on their hands it's because t

think maybe it was taken somewhat out of qantas that this is not the the only foundation but there is a multitude the foundations of our foreign policy among them of course is that it is based on principle and. stablished rules of international law and also relationships like that which we have with russia which is a story which is a very deep and multifaceted relationship with the western europe with our partners and you know live when you take one major cornerstone it's still.

and a few newspapers with official information as a journalist i have worked on the streets of many qantas and their problems are always the same point to social inequality the freedom of the press. corruption we can afford to stay silent when it comes to the fans of humans and see the microphones who have decided to put their trust in us. my name is jenny paris and i work. at it. is there a trade wall was still in the ministers of the g twenty and the o.e.c.d. are meeting in berlin to discuss all the production dumping prices tariffs china seems reluctant to play nice. also after years of criticism australia's banks will finally be scrutinised by an independent inquiry. will be the biggest german i.p.o. in twenty years siemens plans to list its medical equipment division. next year. this is a business. trade ministers from g twenty countries have gathered here in berlin to a virgin all outraged over steel as they say with regard to relationships it's complicated china is under fire for throwing cheap steel into world markets to deal with its overproduction and after its economy lost some

more than 400 flights have been affected, with heirlooms including qantas and malaysian airlines cancellingm the eye lines. —— airlines. cancelling flights to and from the eye lines. -- airlines. the european market, as you saw earlier, are all headed low as we start a new trading week. that follows the mood in asia as well. we were talking more detail about the markets for the moment but let's have a look ahead to the dale wall street with samir hussein. now that the american thanksgiving holiday and black friday are behind us, it's time to look ahead to cyber monday, generally when people do a lot of their online shopping. so, online retailers are trying to attract shoppers by offering deals that are not available in stores. so they incentivise customers with discounts and free shipping deals online, ahead of the christmas season. in related news, fresh consumer spending numbers for the month of november are out on thursday, and analysts are expecting to see a slight drop compared to the month before. on wednesday, federal reserve chairjanet yelland testifies before us lawmakers on the us

australia's flag carrier qantas has had its share of ups and downs.ed to profitability. but can it maintain the upswing? christian fraser has been talking to the boss, alanjoyce — who thinks expanding capacity is the key. we've actually challenged both airbus and boeing to produce a new aircraft that can do sydney and melbourne to london, which is a 21—hour aircraft in the air and we believe that that is the last frontier of aviation. there is a bit of a space race going on between the two of them to get us the aircraft by 2022. throw your imagination out. where does air travel go in the future? is it suborbital? is it further and faster? is it a smaller carbon footprint? what is it? i think first of all it's distance first and getting these very long routes in place. speed, unfortunately, and supersonic, i don't see us ever getting back to that. so, economical, and there's a trade—off between the fuel you need to go supersonic means you're trading of distance. and there are environmental issues around supersonic that we never really solved since conc

xteer has risen to a record high, while qantas is falling on its removal from the australian index.mbing on reports it is in settlement talks with western digital. yousef: thank you. i want to take it to oil prices. the collapse could happen if producers failed to extend supply cuts. there is a classic rapprochement between saudi arabia and russia and the breakup would collapse oil prices. storylook at where the goes next, our guest joins us now. thank you for coming on the program. come whatory constitutes a decisive step? an extension of six months, nine months, when year? has priced in a nine-month extension. anything short of that and there could be a sharp retracement in oil prices. just taking a step back and putting it into context, andnger market fundamentals sentiment have been driving markets and prices in the last few weeks. ,f course increasing optimism but nine months seems firmly priced in. yousef: we just had a note from the iea saying the long-term forecast for crude oil has been thered by 18%, saying will be a boom in the u.s. shale story. would you agree with this

several airlines including qantas, virgin canceled or delayed flights that left some stranded at airportsithout too much information. >> we had planned to go back to adelaide, south australia, this evening. we actually got here quite early, but now we found that the flights have been canceled. now, we weren't notified in advance of us getting here, so we're very disappointed about that. i would have expected the airline to have had some idea as to when our flight was going to be canceled. to arrive here at such late notice and not be notified and having had to wait is very disappointing. >> i wonder if you can blame the airlines for knowing about the volcanic eruption. i don't know. ivan cabrera will explain it all to us. >> can you imagine, ladies and gentlemen, we're going to be diverted because of that. that's not what you want to fly through. we'll talk about why that would affect ofavonics. an aviation problem here, interruption, diverting flight, that will continue over next couple of days. mount agung, second eruption since last tuesday. a significant ash plume reaching four kilome

ambassador to the united states appear to show a plan by the united arab emirates to destroy qantas economy and jeopardize the twenty twenty two world cup whistleblower group global leaks handed over the files to the online news outlet the intercept. the syrian army says it's retaken the eastern city of alba from a laughter i saw fighters withdrew there was the armed groups last urban stronghold in the region. now spain's supreme court judge has ruled that the castle and parliament speaker can be released on bail of approximately one hundred seventy four thousand dollars the speaker a commie for could sell and five regional lawmakers testified on thursday on charges of sedition rebellion and misuse of public funds in connection to catalonia controversial secession bit the speaker will be held in custody until the bail is paid is take you live now to jonah hill he's in barcelona for us and give us the latest updates from those court hearings jonah. well felicity the the judge's decision just a short while ago made public there as you say karma for codell will be released once she is able to

that was the reason why he chose not to use that word brian bussin heart bring us up to date on the qantas visit to me and mar thanks very much this morning boss and. we're back with our top story now the north korean missile test the latest one where with jason strother we have that line up he's with us from seoul south korea jason we were talking about north korea now having a mess hall that can carry the tension away a nuclear warhead to any city in america is that the case does it now have this capacity. well i mean based on what we heard in the north korean broadcast this afternoon it would seem that it has the capabilities and judging by the tone that president trump general mattis as well as officials here in south korea are taking it seems that this is a missile that can reach out to tubes that no other north korean missile can before as before the u.s. based union of concerned scientists an independent think tank says that if all these numbers are true in terms of its trajectory an altitude this missile could strike as far as washington d.c. ok now a regional powers like japan and

two one lead into the deciding day of the davis cup final against belgium the best of five match qantas was tied at one one going into the doubles after win apiece and the singles rubbers on friday richard guess kay and keith here she was the there gave france what could prove a decisive lead with a force that win over belgian duo ruben bell in men's and lauriston lure the davis cup champions will be crowned on sunday after two more singles ties. bigger snowboarding is set to make its olympic debut in chang next year on the sports stars have been continuing their bid to qualify for the bad side a world cup event in beijing austria is and i guess they are won the women's competition in china scoring was two hundred points higher than her nearest challenger the men's was won by canada's mark mcmorris forces first events boxing sustaining life threatening injuries following an out of competition sall in. march . coming off the really tragic injury and just how long it took me for and not only how long it took me over about how straining it is on your mental sort of to come back and have th

honduras coach jorge luis pinto has accused australia of espionage ahead of their wool cup qualifier qantas has australia used a drone to film his team's training sessions ahead of the first leg also has football federation denied any involvement tundras face the socceroos on wednesday in the side of their intercontinental play off the scores are level at neil nil. but the incident is an embarrassment to such an advanced country when australia came to one juror they checked every bathroom every box at the stadium where they trained the video show more than i think a drone can show and it takes some of the merits away from the fans placed on the sporting event this jew to be held. all straight being boosted by news that veteran striker tim cahill will be fit to start the game in sydney that seven year old says how the first leg with an ankle injury was all time leading scorer has hit the net fifty times in the more than one hundred international appearances. he's limping he's doing it in israel so you know. where you go as. i said not only to start with. every once in a viable everyone wanti

qantas carrying wreckage my discourse to two on fifty three minutes. but false but back in front just seven minutes lysa the vocal reeky chest ing the ball home. the lay didn't last though the celtic came off the bench to snatch a point for the half. great three the final score manning votes still without a home win this season. let's check out all of honestly results from match day eleven there. was for a draw with has a berlin and hoffenheim win against cologne buy in munich took care of dortmund in the top game gladbach drew with mines has to dog spoke with a neighbor who isn't hamburg defeated stuttgart leipsic came back to beat had over and shouted down try book on friday frankfurt won against. now let's look and see how the bonus leavings standings are after an exciting weekend of action by munich or increase their lead at the top to four points ahead of rb lives a move to second there we go and don't mean to drop the third further down hamburg escape relegation zone ralf or slip into trouble landing in the playoff spot. well for more on the boat

sunday world number seven david coffin got belgium off to a winning starred in the best of five match qantas golf and beat french number two lukas polio in straight sets seven five six three six one. the second match saw french number one joe wilford song take on steve darcis and the frenchman won six three six two six one to level the tie at one one the davis cup final continues on saturday with the doubles. barcelona star lino messi has won the golden boot award for being european football's highest school sorer for the fourth time he received the accolade from club teammate luis suarez on friday messi scored thirty seven goals for the league a side over the twenty sixteen to seventeen season the thirty year old is now tied level with real madrid rival christian or naldo for the most golden boots one. it was. good to see if i'm going to see well i think i've grown both on and off the pitch i have improved unincorporated new traits into my way of playing and each day i enjoy being a footballer more. japan's were reds will take on the saudis and saudi arabia as well hello in a battle to beco

belgium back to spain as ban is judges deciding whether to issue an international arrest warrant for qantas and he says he is in belgium for his own freedom and safety and failed to show up for a court appearance in madrid on ferries say several former members of his x. regional governments have been thrown behind bars for their part in cost is secession push now we have andrew simmons who is standing by in boston on a force but first let's go to david chaytor who is in brussels where collis budget is right now david so we are waiting to hear whether or not they will be an extradition request for poor john talk us through the process of what will happen if that request is made what is belgium going to have to do. well essentially this is a case not for the belgian government but case for the belgian courts now we've been along to the federal prosecutor's office and that's where the e-mail or the scan will arrive with the arrest warrant documents they'll be five of them one for the deposed president of catalonia and four of his cabinet ministers now as soon as that lands in that office they

judge in this building this afternoon when that meeting happens david was there an expectation that qantas put him out would turn himself in now is it a procedural thing or perhaps more strategic. that was he said all along that he was going to cooperate with the judicial authorities here in belgium the fact that he turned himself in along with his cabinet ministers at the police headquarters around the corner from here shows that he is cooperating and that will have an impact on the investigative judge he will then have to try and decide whether as a flight risk it's very unlikely he will decide that because the everybody is cooperating with just a few disrupt ortiz here he will then set terms or release and then also set terms for their bail. but he's got to come out a decision by as i say nine seventeen on monday morning thank you very much david chaytor following all those developments for us from brussels. a car bomb has killed at least one hundred civilians including children who are trying to escape the syrian city of daraa saw one hundred forty others were wounded in the attack whi

we're starting to see a little bit of the same thing in qanta. you're also seeing it in europe with the rise of the, sort of the right, the polarization of the body politic has got to a point where, you know, it used to be that you'd have more or less common agreement on what the facts were and then different ideas about what solutions to those problems were. now the disagreement that's sort of about what the facts are. and it's very hard from a rhetorical standpoint to try and build an argument when you're talking to half of the body politic about this issue, and the other half is saying that's not even the situation, that's not reality for us. so what advice do you have just in terms for speech writers about trying to discover come that barrier and talk to the country as a whole? >> i want to, i'm a historian by training, so, you know, one of the things you learn in history is nothing ever happens for the first time. and i reject utterly this idea that we're more divided than we've ever been. you ever heard of the civil war? [laughter] i mean,