ramy: truly unprecedented. will be a historic milestone, having never been done. ever since the korean war in the 1950's. a lot of questions. isess to nuclear sites something i would like to see, regardless of what north korea says with the defense exercises. they said they were still ok to happen between the u.s. and south korea. many questions as to what the back channels are regarding this. and a question as to who is leading this, not just from south korea and north korea, but the united states. we are seeing the bleed over the last year from the trump white house, gary cohn being the most recent. was a presumed a nominee to be the south korean ambassador to the u.s., but that did not happen. who does donald trump have to rely on, in order to make the best possible choices, moving forward? yvonne: that is right. we are getting lines from japan, --re shinzo abe has said he the prime minister saying the president plans to go to the u.s. and visit the president in these talks before supposedly are going to hap

ramy: definitely.t a seasonal basis, it ofdown from the 1.8% december of 2016, any thoughts that are you optimistic in terms of this number? are you talking about 2018? from the end of 2016, year on year, 1.8% from the fourth quarter. thes a little bit lower, are you optimistic about this? >> i think so. i paid more attention to the court or two quarter growth rather than year on year, i think it is good. the economy continues to grow moderately. yvonne: you mentioned that numbers that shows they are bullish when it comes to japanese companies and their willingness to spend more. we also see the gdp deflator -- is this enough to squeeze inflation back to japan and continue the path we have seen that is far the 2% goal? weak. deflator is very just by looking at the gdp deflator, i don't see strong inflationary pressure, and when you look at cpi once you exclude oil, food come and energy, inflation is growing at 0.4%, so i don't see a strong cup of pressure coming from domestic demand. it is difficult fo

rami: u.k.inted the beginning of the end of austerity policies as he makes his spring statement this week. is expected to announce the country's smallest deficit and -- in a decade. he is under pressure to relax as eight years of public spending cuts have taken a toll on the health service and public bodies. reports from london say the saudi aramco ipo is unlikely to go ahead this year. they quote u.k. officials who say they were told by their saudi counterparts during the visit of crown prince mohammed that the fp says london remains in the race to host the international portion of the listing but riyadh has yet to make a decision. saudi energy minister since the timing of the ipo is an important. -- is unimportant. >> i don't believe we have any deadlines. as far as i am concerned between december 31 and january 1, there is no value loss for the kingdom. so i don't see this artificial deadline as being significant in our decision-making process. rami: global news 24 hours a day, powered by mor

let's get to first word news with ramy inocencio.amy: "first up russian president vladimir putin has won a record first term, and i keep till 2024e kremlin on and makes him russia's longest-serving leader ever since josh hingst -- since stalin. condemnation for allegedly meddling in the u.s. election as well as the nerve agent attack on a former spy in the u.k. speaking of which, the u.k. has evidence russia spent years building up its nerve agent capability that culminated in the attack on the former spy and his daughter. boris johnson told the bbc that the u.k. has shown moscow has perfected assassination by merck -- by nerve agent. they say british laboratories may have been involved, russia. the rise of digital currencies .ay make a threat to the system ahead of the g20 meeting, cryptocurrencies could undermine confidence if not regulated properly. carney said the combined global market value is less than 1% of global economic output and they are not yet substitutes for traditional currencies. ahead of the g20 meeting, there is c

let's get to first word news with ramy innocencio. ramy: thank you.record fourth term with 75% of the vote. that keeps them in the kremlin until 2024, russia's lummis serving leader since joseph stalin. he will continue to run an economy stagnating in the lungs recession in decades. he is also facing condemnation for meddling in the u.s. election and the nerve agent attack on a former spy in the u.k. meantime, the nikkei says it has evidence that russia spent years building -- the u.k. has evidence that russia spent years building the nerve agent. perfectedw moscow has assassination by nerve agent. russia's ambassador to u.k. dismissed that. governorof england says the rise of digital currencies may make them a threat to the system. g20 meeting in buenos aires, he said cryptocurrencies could undermine current -- undermine confidence properly.ated carney says their combined a global market value is less than 1% of global economic output and they are not yet sexy for other traditional currencies. in sydneylian aussie has urged north korea to shut down i

jarrah thank you all for joining me on up front rami let me start with you it's been more than seven years since the arab spring failed in syria the war broke out but given that bashar al assad with the russian and the iranian support seems to regain control of the majority of his country is it coming to a close how does the syrian regime one. i think. we'd have to focus on the fact that if we were saying that winning the game was meeting the aspirations of the people of syria then that wouldn't be the case but if we're talking about this political game and training not stronghold in syria maintaining power for the near future than stephanie the case alexei clinical of hundreds of thousands dead millions displaced from their homes is this really a victory for should i say. well so if we all agreed that the russians major goal was to. back up existing syrian these decisions and regime to significantly to eliminate the ability of terrorists in syria then of course that was a successful and is successful story but if you look at this as a political solution that the ultimate goal is the

associate deputy attorney general and in beirut rami hooty senior fellow at their islam photos institute for public policy at the american university of beirut welcome to all of you clyde i want to start with you president trump famously said that there was no conflict of interest when it comes to the president of the u.s. but it's a different story for jared cushier i mean there is conflict of interest that applies to him correct oh yes absolutely there's a lot that's unprecedented here so we have the son in law and the daughter of the president in the white house the son in law having an enormous portfolio but as he travels he's promoting his business he's seeking business loans from countries that he is dealing with and so it's it's a even in the best of cases even imagine it's squeaky clean there's a smell to that right there's a problem with that arrangement bruce how worried would you be right now if you were jared commissioner and why it's not only that he's seeking loans from foreign governments that he has his portfolio over as a member of the administration but it's known that

rami turning back to the mideast peace process again and building on something you said a short while ago you know it's been reported in the last few days that jared coaster now wants to pivot wholeheartedly into into presenting his plan for israeli palestinian peace but not only is that difficult because of his security clearances being downgraded it's also difficult because of a lack of credibility if the people are accusing him of having many of his critics say he's just not an objective player because he has extensive business ties to israel i mean how is it he can now pivot into this would he be taken seriously in this process that can't be taken seriously at all and that's one reason why it's gotten nowhere and not only is it got nowhere but the trumpet ministration with cushions involvement with it will some sheldon adelson the the big pro israeli financier or. a political donor who supports right wing groups in israel in the united states who is supported trump with another people have taken the initiative on the drew slim decision that the united states government made to mov

let's get to first word news with ramy inocencio.amy: first to tim cook because he saluted china's growing tech prowess as the trade war looms. forum inhe business beijing that the 2 million strong app developer community earns more revenue and makes more downloads than any other single nation. cook said china longer simply builds things, it dreams rings as well. chinese state media has listed companies that would be most vulnerable to the trade war and apple was on the list. china's incoming pboc governor said the country will ease access to us financial sector and introduce more from -- more currency reform. he said they will stay neutral. he pledged to maintain the bank's work on diffusing risk. these are his first public comments since being appointed earlier this month. risksany external threaten china, i think the ,urrent banking system insurance, and securities market and the controls in place leave china well-placed to mitigate those risks. ramy: to japan, and shinzo abe have again apologized for cronyism that opposition lawm

ramy. ramy: thank you very much. $43 trillion in financial assets, they are creating a new body with finance regulating powers to riyadh it is called the biggest overall change since the creation of the pboc. some financial functions will also be moved over to the agency. ministerinance repeating his apology for altered documents linked to prime minister shinzo abe, but he is this that he will not resign. the issue is links to eight land sale scandal with shinzo abe and his wife's name being deleted from financial papers. he says the blame lies with unemployed who resigned last week. >> i believe they were not intended for prime minister abe or his wife. i believe that a certain group of people at the tax office or finance ministry were involved and i don't think this is an issue of the whole finance ministry. ramy: general electric paid jeffrey immelt more than $8 million during his final months during its most tumultuous. in its financial history. underare already pressure, but they fell hard after he left. says th

ramy?isiting china and what would be his first trip outside north korea since gaining power in 2011. longes could not say how he will be in beijing, nor with whom he will meet. japanese media reporter said that he will travel by train, ahead of expected talks with south korea and the u.s.. meanwhile, china asking the u.s. to provide compensation for lost trade, due to president trump's proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum. they dismissed washington's assertion that the tariffs are due to national security concerns and argue that they are merely restrictions to protect american producers. beijing insists it does not want a trade war, but it says that all options remain open. 64 people are no known to have died in a fire in a shopping mall and siberia. dozens more were injured, four people have been detained for questioning in a criminal inquiry. investigator saying that for fire alarms were blocked in the complex. the place is 3000 kilometers moscow. wall street's average bonus jumped 17%

rami: first to facebook.en out ads to apologize publicly for not doing more to prevent the mishandling of user data by cambridge analytica. mark zuckerberg has been called to congress to explain what he has been doing. facebook has fallen more than 13% ever since the scandal broke. social media companies are under increasing pressure to ensure user confidentiality. tim cook has saluted china's growing tech prowess as a trade war looms with the u.s. the apple ceo told a business forum in beijing that china's 2 million strong after developer community now earns more revenue and makes more downloads than any other single nation. he said china no longer simply builds things, it dreams things as well. chinese state media has listed companies that would be most vulnerable to a trade war and apple is on that list. to japan, prime minister shinzo abe has apologized for cronyism that opposition lawmakers say could hit his chances of changing japan's pacifist constitution. public anger over revelations that officials a

let us go to ramy inocencio. ramy: let us had to china.eaker as china's national people's congress opens in beijing. the key take away from the speech is a growth target of about 6.5%. last year had the same number but the -- but he added the words -- "and higher if possible." nafta negotiators are said to have reached a deal on transparency. this in the seventh round of talks due to finish on monday in mexico city. alsoource says they have wrapped up discussions on chemical industry issues but president trump's latest trade dress could derail these -- this progress. mexico is the fourth biggest steel provider to the u.s. in hollywood, black panther remains on top of the north american box office for the third straight week holding off new movies from jennifer lawrence and bruce willis. took almost $66 million in the u.s. and canada, that is the third best, third weekend on record. black panther has now rate in more than half $1 billion surpassing that mark two days faster than star wars: the last jedi." global news 24 hours a day powered

palestinian prime minister rami huntelaar has escaped unhurt after a bomb explosion hit his convoy in gaza palestinian authority has a kissed him on trying to sass and made him its denied any involvement that has more from. the palestinian prime minister had come to gaza to demonstrate progress by attending the opening of a new water treatment plant. instead just a few hundred meters into gaza territory. visit became a demonstration of the level of insecurity here a powerful bomb buried by the road blasted the end of his convoy vehicles were damaged seven people were lightly injured. and his delegation pressed on to the water project where he said the attack would only make him more determined to return. they blew up three of our cars on entering the gaza strip this proves to you one hundred percent that it will not prevent us from continuing our path putting an end to this division. or to come to. that but that division between the palestinian authority dominated by fatah and its political rival hamas in gaza was once again on full display the palestinian president's office accused h

or begin with some breaking news palestinian prime minister rami convoy was reportedly hit by a roadside bomb as it entered gaza initial reports say seven people have been injured let's cross live now to imran khan who is in ramallah in the west bank for us in rome what more do we know. well let me tell you what we're hearing the convoy of the prime minister had crossed the area as checkpoint which is controlled by israel is traveling a kilometer distance to the checkpoint that is controlled by the palestinian authority and that's where the attack took place we're hearing that there was gunfire first and explosive device went off hitting the tail end of the convoy and hitting at least two cause we can't confirm the promised wasn't hurt he was actually coming to gaza to inaugurate a desalination plant within the strip itself clearly water is a very big issue there so this attack took place around about ninety minutes ago now he's been speaking on television at you know gratian of the desalination plant he says this won't stop the palestinians from uniting this he's determined to keep goin

ramy?ss whorn performs as stormy daniels has told 60 minutes she had sex with donald trump in 2006, recanting a statement issued in january that denied the affair. stephanie clifford says she took money to sign the denial because she believed trump's lawyer would "make her life hell in many ways." clifford also says she was physically threatened in 2011. >> i was in a parking lot going to a fitness class with my infant daughter, facing backwards in the backseat, diaper bag. getting all the stuff out. a guy walked up to me and said to me, leave trump alone, forget the story. then he looked at my daughter and said, that's a beautiful girl, it would be a shame if something happened to her mom. ramy: u.k. brexit secretary says besides are inching closer to a deal that would prevent a hard border. he tells the bbc that communications are good but declined to go into detail. this week marks the 12 month cap down to the split and the eu wants a deal agreed to buy october to allow lawmakers on both

let's get to the first word news with ramy innocencio. ng --polls have closed in italy.ing procedure is expected to produce a clear winner. show axit polls five-star movement in the lead with up to 30.8%. this still finishes on top. terrace proposed by president trump on feel and aluminum imports will end up reducing the global prosperity. stephen trouble told sky news that australia is seeking an exemption from those proposed levies but unclear whether those would be granted. yet -- australian evzio group said they could be among the biggest losers in a global war. net the negotiators are have said to have reached a deal on transparency in the seventh round of talks due to finish on monday in mexico city. the source says they also rapidly discussions on chemicals , industries is by president trump's latest trade threats to the rail that progress, canada is the top export of both steel and aluminum to the u.s. while mexico is the fourth biggest deal provider. and here is china introducing an iv system linking travel documents with mobile phones. plan to boostf a regional

age and nineteen jihad training age thirty three mahmoud sadly rami rami age thirty three abdul fatah abdi nabil age twenty two brahim abu. her age twenty as well as. abdul qadeer of al how a jerry sorry. i'm sheesh jihad moves but there are some bad analogy gee who whose ages remains unknown moreover earlier on friday. wahid some more farmer from the gaza strip was also killed by israeli artillery artillery fire while standing on his land new york and eunice just hours ahead of the peaceful and nonviolent demonstrations regimes there is nothing more repulsive. than a massacre of an armed defenseless people including women and children yet this is exactly what israel the occupying power has done and continues to do year after year since its inception these peaceful demonstrators pose no threat whatsoever to. its heavily armed soldiers i repeat these peaceful demonstrators posed no threat whatsoever to israel or it's have armed soldiers yet it's trigger happy soldiers use live ammunition tear gas and rubber bullets to shoot in this rick indiscriminately at those nonviolent protesters w

ramy: there is a possibility for that. me this way as i talk to you more about the strategy noble could do here. they could embark on some legal proceedings here, but that would hinge on it trustee, it based in hong kong. they don't have to go for legal proceedings, but this could anti-up -- ante up the pressure. 25% of theothers said we want you to push ahead on some proceedings. the negotiations on this could be something that is something to look forward to, but we are not exactly sure on that. you a recap here. flip up the board. we are taking a look at this blue charm. the senior creditors would get 70% of the stake in a new noble, if that was restructured. the 10% would be the existing shareholders. interesting that management right now, 20%. it currently holds 18%. they probably come out the biggest or at least the untouched wehner, haidi. haidi: thank you very much. we continue to watch this drama for noble unfold. business flash headlines this hour. oracle fell after hours after putting sales that underwhelmed inv

in beirut rami khouri senior public policy fellow an adjunct professor of journalism in american university of beirut and in london sami on the edge and chief of international in chess my warm welcome to all of you and mother in sound money is spending nearly three weeks in the u.s. it's extremely long trip what's he doing there and he starts to forge the relation with the with the white house this is the third meeting was with straw we have a. big changes of the numbers position now he's trying basically to make the case for the priority of europe the priority of the changes is making at home what the early world vision of iteration was to focus on the g.c.c. and the unite to unite basically the front against iran and we have a new day there because that sense i think it was the saudis learned the lesson with obama after the arab spring the iran do you so they they pushed for to forge in relation with the strabane stray should that to be in their interest to know they are succeeding you have a drop as a person relation was there was question do you have the u.s. establishment basically try

again you're watching al-jazeera minder of our top stories this hour palestinian prime minister rami humbug has escaped unhurt after a bomb exploded near his convoy in gaza palestinian president is blaming hamas but the groups deny any link and condemns the bombing as well as the leadership. dozens of people who've escaped a rebel enclave near syria's capital damascus reached a reception center in government controlled territory more than one hundred people have so far been allowed to leave eastern huta as part of an evacuation deal between the rebels and the russian military. russia says it is not to blame for the poisoning of a former spy in britain foreign minister sergei lavrov says the british government is refusing access to the substance used to attack surrogate scruple and his daughter. petroleum has signed a deal with abu dhabi despite the emirate being part of the nine month blockade against its neighbors the agreement allows them erotic companies to continue developing and operating an offshore oil field the united arab emirates along with saudi arabia bahrain and egypt cu

the palestinian authority blames rival group hamas for an attack on prime minister rami honda last convoy and. what the latest from the u.s. on its hotly contested special election that could impact president trump's agenda . to begin though with breaking news on the world's greatest scientist even hawking has died at the age of seventy six in a statement his children paid tribute to their father saying he was an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years and the hayward looks back at his life and achievements. this was a life of the pools and. stephen hawking was often treated like a rock star scientist millions prepared him for his gift of communicating complex matters to the masses the common man's genius. we're alive we're intelligent coded some of the most anik magic mysteries of the universe its origins structure and and from big bang to black hole his life was also an enigma nine hundred sixty three hawking was almost twenty born in a student at cambridge university when he was diagnosed with a degenerative condition he was given just two and a half but wen

ramy, why are they not paying?g to hold on for something tastier and sweeter, a restructuring plan that we have been talking about, to the tune of $3.5 billion. they talked about it on friday, saying that they would not pay any of their upcoming bond payments, that it would be for the benefit of their shareholders. at least, the ones will be left theanct if restructuring plan comes through. we know that the bond payment will not be paid as of what they said on friday. not only that. march 9, they said they were going to default on this one and there was a 30 day grace period for the bonds to expire in march of 2022. in mid-may, there was another repayment coming up, but it there may be a restructuring plan coming through and that may not have to happen at all. pay $379 million, i don't see how they can pay $1.1 billion. i would like to head to the g #btv come this chart here shows the look of the bonds. $.56 on the dollar is where we are here, this file in may of 2017. in large part, this is because the ratings age

ramy: when you take a look at the election results, they only got about 23%.tal result. this is the worst showing for the central left coalition in history. it is no surprise that matteo renzi is saying timeout. take a look at what he actually had to say. >> it is obvious as a consequence of this result, we the leadership of the democrat party has -- ramy: renzi is out. the big question here is who is in? no one knows. we have a few weeks at least of horse trading. let me get you back up to speed on where we are in terms of the vote shares that have come out so far. you can see on your screen, 37% is the, clearly shifting across the aisle. the five-star movement, the eurosceptic populist movement, is getting 33%. the centerleft coalition that i told you about just now, matteo renzi and his group, 23%. they are the parties in purple. you think the center-right coalition could hold something together, but they have not hit a threshold. flip to the next pie chart. that 37% is actually made up of everything on the right-hand side of your screen that is not yellow

the palestinian authority blames rival group hamas for an attack on prime minister rami him dollars convoy in gaza and the polls have just goals in a u.s. special election that could offer clues about the fate of president trump's agenda . it's been a turbulent fourteen months in power for us present donald trump and tuesday was no different following the surprise sacking of his top diplomat no one was more taken aback by the news then secretary of state rex tillerson himself who only found out via twitter one of his top aides released a statement saying to listen was unaware of why he was fired that official was late this act as well now trump insists policy differences ought to blame the two had clashed over a number of issues including the iran deal and the blockade of cuts up tennyson will be replaced by republican hardline and current cia director michael pale he promises a more aggressive stance on north korea and iran says they're on the same wavelength jeana half spall is set to become the first female leader of the cia but she could face a tough confirmation hearing in the senate

british foreign office has gone at a critical time for the united kingdom vastly in prime minister rami handler has escaped unhurt after a bomb exploded while his convoy was traveling in gaza which i've seen or thirty is called the move an assassination attempt and blamed her us but the group has denied any involvement and allah says the incident won't deter reconciliation efforts in the region six security guards were wounded in the blast very force that has more from gaza. well this was a very powerful blast that took place just a few hundred meters inside garzon territory past the area's crossing into israel so the convoy carrying the palestinian prime minister i mean one dollar had really just been inside gaza for a matter of seconds before this attack took place it hit the tail end of the convoy damaging a number of cars injuring likely seven people mr handle himself was uninjured he went on to his engagement here in gaza inaugurating a water treatment facility and he spoke there about the need to carry on with the reconciliation process between fatah which governs essentially the

let's get to the first word news with ramy inocencio. succeed lloyd blankfein. that is winning the approval of wall street, by naming solomon full president. le president. solomon ran the part of the bank that grew the most for a decade before becoming coo 15 month ago. goldman shares rose to a new high on the news. general electric paid more than $8 million in his final month even as the company faced a tumult was period and it's one of the 26 year history. he stepped down and put the board. shares were already under pressure but fell hard after he left. new ceo john flannery flashed the dividend and replaced top managers and launched deep cost cuts. the fashion designer who dressed jackie kennedy and audrey hepburn has died at the age of 91. he did found the house in 1952 and turned it into an icon or french style and glamour during the prosperous decades are in world war ii. the company has paid tribute to "a gentleman who symbolized parisian chic and elegance for more than half a century." powered by more than 2700 journalists and an

could cost as much as twenty billion dollars and funding is yet to be secured as in prime minister rami hamdullah has escaped unhurt after a bomb exploded one his convoy was travelling in gaza the palestinian authority has called the move an assassination attempt and blamed hamas but the group has denied any involvement russia says it won't cooperate with the british investigation into the poisoning of a former russian double agent unless it's given access to a sample of the nerve agent used on him so and his daughter yunior were found unconscious in southern england last sunday the british prime minister to resign may has vowed to take retaliatory measures if russia offers no explanation it's small groups of people are being allowed out to rebel held eastern ghouta in syria well one hundred fifty people have so far left the enclave which has been under intense government bombardment for three weeks there's your headlines to stay with us on out of there if you can risky it all is up next when more news for you after that i think. u.s. president donald trump has said he will slap new cha

ramy. go to d war withpossible trade china and the u.s.ld derail theglobal economy, and ducis is there is there's a commercial standoff between washington and beijing i could have much wider implications. china has really said it does not want a trade war but also said will protect its interest. plunged after the fatal crash a involving a double x suv raised doubts of the carmaker. shares fell the most after the company fatal crash involving tried to treat data fm the vehicle and tesla has not said if the autopilot system was engaged at the time. march has been brutal for tesla and the stock is falling on all but five days. ofdi arabia has a mission secondary emerging markets joining a group that includes indonesia, and russia. the country was put on watch lists and msci is expected to announce its decision of potential classification this june. and reports say kim jong-un may make prime minister shinzo abe as soon as this june and leadership prestel party executives that can is willing to talk after meetings with president moon and donald

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convoy of the palestinian prime minister as he made a rare visit to the gaza strip the prime minister rami doll is understood to be safe and is attending an event as planned the palestinian presidency has blamed hamas for the explosion which is called a targeted attack is usually based in the west bank. now for some of the other stories making the news today the united states has warned it is ready to intervene in syria if necessary to end what it called in human suffering there u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley made that statement as you push for a new cease fire in rebel held eastern ghouta where fighting rages on. investigators in nepal have retrieved the flight data recorder from an aircraft that crashed katmandu airport monday with ortiz are hoping it might help them identify the cause of the accident the u.s. bangla airlines flight crashed on arrival from dhaka at least forty nine people were killed. new york's metropolitan opera has fired its longtime conductor james levine after an internal inquiry found what it called credible evidence of sexually abusive conduct it opened t

betty: thank you so much, ramy inocencio.rth korean leading for beijing -- from beijing. the north korean leader had met with china's president xi. we will be talking more about this visit. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ ."ity: this is "daybreak asia am betty liu in new york. yvonne: i am yvonne man. kim jong-un did indeed traveled to beijing. stephen engle is following developments out of tokyo. infinally get some clarity this mysterious trip. what do we know happened? stephen: [laughter] know, according to the news industries, kim jong-un did go to china, apparently from march 25 to 28. indid meet with president xi beijing. presidenth the vice as well as a senior diplomat, among others. there are interesting headlines passing across the bloomberg made an, saying kim informal visit to china between march 25 and 28. it was not a state visit. korean tiesa-north will not change, and they need to have regular talks, willing to hold dialogue with the u.s. north korea telling china they are willing to have dialogue with the united states.

ramy: walk with me this way and i will show you what happened. as the crv. both of those are seeing surprises. those of the top two selling models for toyota. let's flip up the board. i want to show you the numbers mostly in the red. set -- a beat four-point 4%. honda, 5% down. you can see what the estimate was. nissan down we only see there are complementary aspects between the two locations. of course, there will be the high-speed rail. a big game changer. we see companies who are based in singapore, they grow from a kuala lumpur. using the best of both locations. they are attached. >> there you have it. >> thank you, haslinda amin. in a moment, president xi. he says no billionaire is safe. we are behind that headline coming next. this is bloomberg. ♪ yvonne: this is "daybreak asia." i am yvonne man in hong kong. betty: i am betty liu in new york. among themembers figures to watch for the national people's congress when it kicks off next week in beijing. our china correspondent tom mackenzie reports. these of the five new faces of china's most

when rami ayyad's body was recovered, it was disfigured by multiple stab and gunshot wounds.f was a brutal killer. i wanted to find somebody who could explain his motivation. jihadists aren't welcomed here by hamas authorities in gaza, but i have managed to contact one of them who is very influential among these circles. i hope he will be able to tell me more about ashraf. did ashraf share his plans with other radicals here? jihadis had been arrested in gaza, and even killed. the hamas authorities have attacked their mosques. was ashraf motivated by revenge? i'm hoping my contact will give me some answers. so, i met him. he don't want to be filmed. but he told me very interesting stuff. ashraf approached the jihadists, claiming he's a member of the so—called islamic state, but thejihadists rejected him. as a loner, ashraf might have been easier to control. but would the israeli security forces really recruit a jihadi? someone dedicated to the violent destruction of israel? it seemed an extraordinary risk. the seafront in nearby tel aviv feels like a different world from gaza.

i'm rami inocencio and this is bloomberg.approved sweeping constitutional changes that repeal presidential term limits and allows xi jinping to rule indefinitely. tom, we have been talking about how this really is a rubberstamp decision that we kind of expected. how significant is this move? no big surprise in the constitutional change but this is nonetheless a significant historical marker in chinese modern history because it removes the last hurdle for lifedent xi to rule for if he chooses to. the congress and the delegates, around 3000 people, it was an overwhelming vote for the president and this change. which is ated no, tiny level of the sent. the party says -- level of dissent. the party says this will allow the president to get china to a modern prosperous society, to get china to the top of the food table when it comes to global powers by 2049. it gives in the space and time to tackle key issues whether it is debt or pollution. say there are real long-term risks about this change, about narrowing the window for debat

ramy inocencio has been following noble. surprise that noble is not going to take this lying down. crossing the bloomberg terminal, noble group said it will "vigorously push back against this lawsuit." not only that, they say we haven't been served this writ, but bloomberg has seen it. is a 72 page document. the allegations go from accusations of inflating how much they are making, salary,ons of too much also accusations of a cover-up. i want to show you a little bit more in terms of the details. i call this goldilocks versus the three bears. the top defendants have a name. the founder, cfo, and ceo. they want noble to admit they against fiduciary investors. they also want $169 million paid to their executives. thatnteresting thing is there is also a ratings cut that happens. snp cut the credit score to a d from a double seat, which is signifying a default. double c, signifying a default. we will see how this trading fairs ahead in asia trading, but this could signify investors are seeing some commitment to the restructure.

martin dennis indo her and these are the top stories here it is there the palestinian prime minister rami hamdullah has escaped unhurt when a bomb exploded after his convoy passed by and girls are no one is claiming responsibility as yet but the presidential spokesman blamed hamas hamas is denying any link and condemned the bombing as well as palestinian leaders how mass accuses them of having ready accusations well the prime minister said the attack will not stop him from doing his job. what's been done today on the beat crossing will make us more solid i confess that we've had contact with the president and three cars have been detonated but this will make a small solid and we will see you guys again i'm traveling tomorrow and they will be back to the matter what the risks are. dozens of people who've escaped a rebel on klav near syria's capital damascus have now reached a reception center in government controlled territory more than one hundred people have so far been allowed to leave as part of an evacuation deal between the rebels and russia it's almost a month since the syrian gover

palestinian prime minister rami handle has escaped unharmed after a bomb explosion hit his convoy in gaza palestinian authority has accused rival group hamas of trying to assassinate him a mosque has condemned the attack and denied involvement at the u.n. says nearly one hundred fifty civilians have managed to leave rebel held eastern ghouta and syria the government's ally russia and rebels agree to evacuate injured people from the area which has been under heavy bombardment for the past three weeks. former south korean president lee myung bok has been questioned in court over a string of corruption charges he's accused of taking more than ten billion dollars in bribes from the states by insee he denies all wrongdoing so the headline news continues here on al-jazeera after rebel geeks keep it or. we understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter where you call home al-jazeera will bring in the news and current affairs that matter to you. al-jazeera. digital technology offers the promise of intimacy and he's mentally and even a longer knife

that rami will gradually move to the south as we head into early saturday morning. live camera looking out. is just mostly cloudy skies. clouds will continue to thicken over the next few hours. we will wake up to mostly cloudy skies tomorrow morning. it will be 30s to 40s with a chance of a shower. that will be the forecast for tomorrow in san francisco at 7:00. like disguised by 12:00. it will thicken up throughout the day. there will be rain developing. another impulse could generate some showers later in the day on saturday. he was the main front that will move in for this evening. it would generate some shower activity. that could last into sunday especially into sunday morning. this will be is no producer out toward the sierra. that begins in a few minutes at 11 pm through 9 am sunday. look at these snowfall amounts. 18 to 24 inches up above 8000 feet. this would be a production productive system in the mountains. >> this is to a.m., saturday morning, flying to the south with the rain showers. probably a bit of a break by early saturday afternoon. i like -- mid

the snow out towards this year, at the last check, we see the rami moving out of the picture.right now, legally showers up in the north bay. nothing too major. it looks like the start is part of the system is starting to move out of town. if you legally showers other. we go for the central portion of the bay towards the state. keep the umbrella nearby tonight. it is one of those deals where you think it is dry and all of a sudden your car a shower out there. has we closer to the santa cruz mountains, more development in the south bay right around sunnyvale. looks like more coverage showing up for this portion of the bay area. bit of a break in the rain tomorrow, then possibly another potent weather system could be in the forecast in a few days. we will talk about that in just a few minutes. >>> more than two dozen people are so stash recker helping and and avalanche search. traces people have been searching for thomas mullarkey. fateÃif he is not found today, they will ask for additional search members tomorrow. his wife said he left and did not return to the cabin that night.

i think a large portion of the population has heard of jd power ramy:. they think neutral -- power.utral to positive about it. but we don't sell a product to the consumer. we recently bought a pricing model and engine for vehicles. you will see us by more consumer products and apply that brand, and more importantly, with the business and company stands for should be applied to those as well. shery: thank you so much for your time. that was dave habiger, ceo and president of jd power. ramy: time now for the latest bloomberg --vonnie: time now for the latest bloomberg business flash. at bmw may stagnate for the first time in a decade this year. pretax profits will be at least in line with 2017. they are ramping up already high investments in new models and electric vehicles. -- world's largest maker of about one third of u.s. farm products are exported. that is your latest bloomberg business flash update. shery: we are now seeing facebook shares turned positive at the moment after losing $60 billion since the revelations of its involvement with cambridge analytica. we are now seeing f

rami is understood to be safe and has attended an event as scheduled. palestinian presidency has blamed hamas for the explosion. all right. u.s. president donald trump has block the deal which was set out to be the biggest takeover in the tech industry. but it is not going to happen to christoph:. -- not going to happen. christoph: that deal is now off the table after imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum. u.s. president donald trump has stopped the proposed mega acquisition of a chipmaker siding national security concerns. mr. trump's decision might come in quite handy for qualcomm. they have been trying to fend off the takeover bid for months. reporter: qualcomm is the world's largest producer of chips. licensing its technology, which apple depends on for its iphones, is a real cash cow. they brought in $5 billion in 2017. this makes qualcomm and attractive target for its competitive broad, based in singapore. the deal would have been the technology industry's most costly takeover ever. he would have also created a new semiconductor heavyweight. sams