how do you assess the current health of democracy in the philippines under president rodrigo duterte? at any moment when duterte decides to declared nationwide martial law or a revolutionary government. do you think that is likely? given the opportunity, he would pull the trigger. so we, the members of the opposition, are preparing for such eventualities. but he said he would not want to stay in office a day longer than he is democratically elected to be in office for. well, those of us who have profiled mr duterte would not give him the benefit of the doubt, or take his word. another stern critic of duterte is the country's top judge, chief justice maria sereno. in may, she too was unceremoniously removed from office. she believes the duterte administration is now threatening the very independence of thejudiciary. it does not like criticism. it shows viciousness against groups of people that it deems are its critics. it tries to show that the strong arm of the presidency is not beyond being used to oppress people. i think that is precisely the impression that this administration want

rodrigo duterte is a much more accurate comparison.nearly 30 years. it's only the past couple of years, that he has really risen and become much more common. he has run a campaign based greatly on fear, on the idea that brazil is in chaos, brazil's violence is spiralling out of control. looser gun laws will help bring that violence down. and he is going to rule brazil with an iron fist, if you like. that has won him an awful lot of support. but his controversial statements, his mysogonist statements, sexist, racist, homophobic statements have got people very worried about what kind of leader he will be and whether he will lead for all of brazil and not just for his supporters. katy, what on earth has happened to the left in brazil? well, this campaign is very interesting because it feels like it is more about who is hated rather than who is loved. in one of the big motivations for voting for bolsonaro is people‘s hatred of the workers‘ party. so you mentioning our introduction, lula was the poster boy of the left. brazil is a country k

the philippine president, rodrigo duterte, ordered the island to close for six months because he saidluted from the two million people who visited each year, and the unplanned way they were allowed to enjoy themselves. the authorities say they want sustainable tourism. other popular sites have been told to cut visitor numbers by half. it's notjust a problem for the philippines. rising incomes in east asia means more tourists. many places famed for their natural beauty have, for many, been spoiled. the picturesque bay in thailand used in the film the beach has been closed indefinitely to save it from destruction. boracay in the philippines was known as a paradise island, but once lost, that reputation is not easily regained. michael bristow, bbc news. japan's prime minister shinzo abe is holding formal talks with chinese leaders as asia's biggest economies seek to boost cooperation in the face of us tariffs. it's the first official visit to the country by a japanese head of government in seven years. relations have been strained recently over a territorial dispute in the east china sea

some say his rhetoric is closer to that of the rodrigo duterte of the philippines.promises change, but many fear what that change, but many fear what that change will mean for brazil. katy watson, bbc news, in rio dejaneiro. also making news today: the us has called on the sri lankan president, maithripala sirisena, to immediately reverse his suspension of parliament. mr sirisena provoked a constitutional crisis when he sacked his prime minster and replaced him with a controversial former president, mahinda rajapaksa. the crisis has turned violent, with a man shot dead as a minister from the ousted government tried to return to work. exit polls suggest germany‘s governing coalition has suffered a big setback in the western state of hesse, a result that could spell trouble for chancellor merkels‘s administration. both the christian democrats and their partners in the federal government, the spd, went back by about ten percentage points. the outcome is likely to increase tensions in the governing coalition in berlin. some dramatic pictures to show you. this is a huge

the philippine president, rodrigo duterte, ordered the island to close for six months because he said the islands turquoise waters were polluted from the two million people who visited each year, and the unplanned way they were allowed to enjoy themselves. the authorities say they want sustainable tourism. other popular sites have been told to cut visitor numbers by half. it's notjust a problem for the philippines. rising incomes in east asia means more tourists. many places famed for their natural beauty have, for many, been spoiled. the picturesque bay in thailand used in the film the beach has been closed indefinitely to save it from destruction. boracay in the philippines was known as a paradise island, but once lost, that reputation is not easily regained. michael bristow, bbc news. we've heard aspirin can reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke. but we've also been told it can be harmful. now, a new study from new zealand is trying to strike a balance. the research says there are benefits against cardiovascular disease but other personal factors need to be taken into account.

philippine president rodrigo duterte has fired all the top officials at the bureau of customs after theintercept more than a tonne of drugs. duterte has made a bloody fight against drugs the centrepiece of his administration. thousands of people have been killed in the crackdown. the un has urged the japanese government to stop returning children to some areas of fukushima where radiation levels are still high seven years after the nuclear disaster. it says it's deeply troubled by japan's decision to raise the level of radiation exposure it regards as "acceptable" to 20 times higher than the previous level. australian's prime minister has announced a $3.5 billion fund to help farmers prepare for, and fight future droughts. farmers are currently in the grip of the worst drought in 100 years, and warn that the hotter and drier conditions have become the new normal. the entire new south wales has been declared a drought, while some parts of queensland have been in drought for seven years. the us military says it may send troops to america's southern border as a caravan of thousands of cent

some say he is rhetoric is closer to rodrigo duterte a the philippines and he promises change.hange will mean for brazil. let‘s brief you on some of the other stories making the news. a regional election in germany has cast doubt over the future of the country‘s governing coalition. both the main parties, the christian democrats and social democrats, lost support in hesse state; the greens did well. the outcome is likely to increase tensions in the governing coalition in berlin especially as it follows setbacks in the bavarian elections earlier this month. more than 100 enviromental activists have been arrested as they protested against the clearing of germany‘s ancient forests by a utility company. hundreds of people had blocked a railway which the company was using to transfer coal. the company has been heavily criticised over its plans with a major protest taking place last month. georgia‘s presidential election will need a second round of voting after neither of the leading candidates secured an outright majority. french born salome zurabishvili is leading the voting so far

is jair bolsonaro, a fringe fringe congressman who has drawn comparisons to donald trump and rodrigo duterte he is known for homophobic, racist and sexist vitriol. so what is his appeal? well, in the past few years, a sprawling corruption investigation has wreaked havoc on brazilian and politics stoked public anger. among the casualties is the now imprisoned ex-president. bolsonaro is a political outsider. he has this significant virtue. he is untouched by scandal. his biggest competition is lula's protege, fernando haddad. polling in second place. his rise divided the country. he was stabbed last month at a rally. thousands of women took to the streets last week to protest his candidacy. but he may get the largest vote share today, and he could even win a runoff that is expected later this month. that he has come this far is a testament of voters' appetite for change. it's not just brazil. across latin america, after years of traditional party politics, many voters are opting for change. look at mexico. in july, lopez won a landslide victory campaigning as an outsider battling against corru

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he has praise for dictators, he says he loves kim jong-un, he plays rodrigo duterte in the philippines the way he's handing the drug problem and he's been enamored o the crown prince of saudi arabia. look at their feud with qatar, look at the fact that they kidnapped the prime minister of lebanon. now they here in a feud with canada and we're not standing up for canada, we're not standing up for other countries that are getting the rough treatment from saudi arabia so i assume they thought well, we can get rid of this pesky reporter and donald trump won't care but what we're finding out is whether donald trump cares or not, a lot of people in washington do care. >> tarek, you're not only a great scholar of the middle east but you grew up in saudi arabia. i'm struck by the fact that jamal khashoggi is not some radical anti-monarchical crazy. he worked for turkey -- the saudi ambassador to both the u.s. and britain. what does this tell us about what's going on in saudi arabia? >> stipulating that we don't know what happened with jamal but it increasingly looks bad you're right. he was no

but to another point, the president speaks very warmly about the leader of the philippines, rodrigo duterte, despite extrajudicial killings, he speaks very warmly about vladimir putin even though vladimir putin has been accused of ordering a nerve agent to assassinate a russian national on british soil. he speaks warmly about those folks than he does about, say, justin trudeau of canada. it's just built into their mind set here and when you talk to them, they'll say we're include advancing american interest. this is a no friends no enemies interest, old foreign policy quote and they read saudi arabia the same way. its role in countering iran in the region, obviously the oil impact. so that's how they're processing this. >> this is where you wonder this is just the logical conclusion of president trump's hawkish jacksonian foreign policy. it's transactional, arm sales, military, economic cooperation. it doesn't consider value, whether it's democracy promotion abroad or human rights. it rejects international institution there is to bolster those provisions. it sounds like a great slogan but i

the benefit of the doubt to these totalitarian leaders and we have seen it with the philippines rodrigo duterte and even to vladimir putin, and others and to side with them, and putin most onotoriously over the russian interference in the elections in 2016 aside from what his intelligence is telling him. the instinct is transactional and the instinct is to put america's tactical interests first and often the economic interests ahead of calling tout human rights violations or in this case what might even be a grisly murder. >> and you also, john, you have incredible reporting on this, and i want to sit up by playing some of what we heard from the former cia director, and the former saudi cia chief john brennan and he knows as much about saudi arabia as anybody about what anybody may know. take a listen. >> i think that it is the challenge for the trump administration, because i am certain that ci aa has a lot of foirn mace about it and why bin s -- information about it and why bin salman is going to have as strategy. >> and what do we know within that consulate, because there is a big disconnect

who runs a prominent news bsite, says she had been warning facebook since 2016 that president rodrigo duterteng a network of paid followers and fake accounts to spread lies about his policies and attack his critics. >> the u.n.'s branded his war a crime under international law. >> narrator: especially critics of his brutal war on drugs, whichas taken an estimated 12,000 lives. >> human rights watch has called government-sanctione butchery. >> president duterte was targeting anyone who questioned the drug war, anyone who questioned the allegedia extrajudkillings. anyone on facebook who questioned that would get brutally bashed. we're protected by the constitution, we've been stripped of those protections online. n rator: ressa herself would eventually come under attack. the way were attacks i look, the way i sounded, that i should be raped, that i shoulk led. we gave it a name: patriotic trolling. online, state-sponsored hate that is meant to silence, meant to intimidate. so this is an information ecosystem that just turnsy democracside-down. >> jacoby: and where lies are prevalent. >> where l

in the philippines, a spokesman says president rodrigo duterte is undergoing a suit -- waiting seriests after saying he thinks he might have cancer. he signaled he was ready to step had any serious disease. the constitution requires the president to disclose any serious illness to the public. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton, this is bloomberg. caroline: from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, this is bloomberg markets: the close. i'm caroline hyde. and i'm scarlet fu, we are 90 minutes from the end of the trading day. looking at a selloff in bonds and in stocks and the rising rates. when the fed raises rates, emerging market debt falls out of bed. that is usually the case, right? maybe not. let's bring in lisa abramowicz. lisa: you think about when u.s. assets catch a cold, the common is that the developing world falls out of that completely and catches the blue. it is not happening this time around. if you take a look at the largest u.s. dollar emerging , i