most are in the capital, seoul.s the most torrential the president yoon suk—yeol has issued an apology following criticism that seoul's flood defences were ineffective. joining me now is dr hyung min kim, senior lecturer in urban planning at the university of melbourne. it is great to get you on the programme, and ijust want to start by asking you about the fact that we have seen these really apocalyptic pictures, i think it is fair to say, out of seoul, but it's not the first time there's been flooding in south korea, so why do you thing the damage has been so much worse this time?- thing the damage has been so much worse this time? there are two major _ much worse this time? there are two major factors. _ much worse this time? there are two major factors. this _ much worse this time? there are two major factors. this is - much worse this time? there are two major factors. this is an - two majorfactors. this is an outcome of climate change, according to the seoul government, it was a one in 150 year event. the aver

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our correspondent, jean mackenzie, reports from seoul. seoul, filling the city from the underground up. the rain is relentless, the flooding sudden. streets submerged, then cars and buses. this morning, people struggled to make sense of the destruction that scatters the city, as if part of a film set. but this is the scene of a real tragedy. living underground behind these tiny windows were two sisters and one of their 13—year—old daughters. as water submerged their home, they were trapped and drowned. these semi—basement apartments were made famous by the oscar—winning film parasite. the lead family tried desperately to funnel water out of their home during a torrential downpour. today's outcome is far worse. this man has lived above the family for ten years. by the time he arrived home last night, their home was covered. translation: i feel devastated about this tragedy. _ if i had come home earlier, perhaps i could have saved them. i have a lot of regrets. earlier, the country's president visited the apartment. it flooded so fast, the

our correspondent, jean mackenzie, reports from seoul.ty from the underground up. the rain is relentless, the flooding sudden. streets submerged, then cars and buses. this morning, people struggled to make sense of the destruction that scatters the city, as if part of a film set. but this is the scene of a real tragedy. living underground behind these tiny windows were two sisters and one of their 13—year—old daughters. as water submerged their home, they were trapped and drowned. these semi—basement apartments were made famous by the oscar—winning film parasite. the lead family tried desperately to funnel water out of their home during a torrential downpour. today's outcome is far worse. this man has lived above the family for ten years. by the time he arrived home last night, their home was covered. translation: i feel devastated about this tragedy. _ if i had come home earlier, perhaps i could have saved them. i have a lot of regrets. earlier, the country's president visited the apartment. it flooded so fast, the residents tell him, in

seoul breaking an 80-year-old record for rainfall.had this disturbance over parts of the area, bringing out moisture. a snapshot wednesday of where the wet weather is south of seoul, soaking the korean peninsula to the northwest of japan's main island where we do have landslide warnings. it goes south throughout wednesday. a tropical cyclone has formed in the south china sea. that will chuck copious amounts of rain to china and hong kong. the winds pick up and will extend to the northeast of vietnam, including hanoi on wednesday, with a high of 32 degrees. down under, a system. pale, lower temperatures. it is winding up. the bite taking aim at adelaide wednesday into thursday. new zealand, both islands, chilly air. showers for the north land including auckland. see you soon. ♪ >> the important thing if you were walking around in beirut was not to be in the line of fire. >> we heard gunshots. i was the first to flee the hotel. >> the battle lasted three days and three nights and there were no prisoners. >> it was such a bloody battle.

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with more on the way, seoul and its people are vulnerable. jean mckenzie, bbc news.minated for much of her career. in an article for vogue magazine, the american, the 23—time grand slam champion said she didn't like the word "retirement", but would be "evolving away from tennis" after the us open, which starts later his month. in an instagram post, she said "there comes a time in life, when we have to decide to move in a different direction." she also went on to say, "now, the countdown has begun. "i have to focus on being a mum, my spiritual goals and finally "discovering a different, butjust exciting serena. butjust as exciting serena. "i'm gonna relish these next few weeks." the 40—year—old won her latest match at the toronto open on monday. afterwards, she was asked about her motivations to carry on playing. this is how she answered. i don't know, i guess there'sjust a light at the end of the tunnel! she laughs. what is that light? i don't know, i'm getting closer to the light, so... all laugh. yeah, so lately, that's been... that's been it for me. i can't wait t

our correspondent reports from seoul. >> flood water cascades down into the heart of seoul.ng the city from the underground up. the rain is releftless. the flooding sudden. streetsmerge -- submerged thin cars, and buss. this morning, people struggled to make sense of the destruction that scattered the city as if part of a film set but this is the scene of real tragedy. living underground behind these tiny windows were two sisters and one of their 13-year-old daughters. as water submerged their home, they were trapped and downed. these apartments were made famous by the oscar winning film parasites. the lead family tried desperately to funnel water out of their home during a torrential downpour. today's outcome is far worse. he's lived above the family for 10 years. by the time he arrived home last night, their home was covered. >> i feel devastated about this tragedy. if i had come home elier, perhaps i could have saved them. i have a lot of regrets. >> earlier the country's president visited the apartme. it flooded so fast, the residents tell him, in just 10 minutes. the fa

our seoul correspondent jean mackenzie was given rare access to the countries' joint operation centrech north korea. i'm learning but it's difficult to get it right. in this classified bunker outside seoul, the two militaries work together to defend against north korean attacks. this is the only place in korea where us forces and south korean forces sit side by side, and using all this information, they can detect almost immediately if north korea launches a weapon. between his great english and my terrible korean we can usually muddle through a lot of different things and get to a decision quickly. the threat from north korea is increasing. its missiles are becoming more dangerous, its rhetoric more fiery. so these war games from five years ago are back as the us and south korea practice how to fight their common enemy using aircraft, warships and tanks. i can't do it in a classroom, i can't do it on a chalkboard, i have to give them the most intense environment that we can create and this is that environment. fighter pilot captain abby walters will train from the sky. it's really im

jean mackenzie, bbc news, seoul. you're watching newsday on the bbc.the korean war games a little later on in the programme. washington, the world's most political city, is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed, i did have a relationship with ms lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa, 97 people have been killed today in one of the worst days of violence between rival black groups. over the last 10 days, 500 have died. crowd chants: czechoslovakia must be free! man: czechoslovakia must be free! crowd chants: czechoslovakia must be free! russia is observing a national day of mourning for the 118 submariners who died on board the kursk. we are all with them now within our hearts. the pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of more than 2.5 million people in his hometown of krakow. "stay with us, stay with us," chanted this ocean of humanity. "well, well," joked the pope. "so, you want me to desert rome? this is newsday on the bbc in singapore. 0ur headlines... singapore says

jean mackenzie, bbc news, seoul.orjoining us. it's been an absorbing day in the english premier league — shocks, drama and goals — six of them coming at newcastle's st james's park, where manchester city were looking to move to the top of the table but it finished 3—3 in perhaps the game of the season so far. pep guardiola's side took the early lead through ilkay gundogan, only to see the home side come to life. goals from miguel almiron and callum wilson saw them lead by the break and and then a stunning free—kick from kieran trippier put eddie howe's team 3—1 up with about 35 minutes left on the clock. but the champions responded instantly — erling haaland and bernardo silva got them level. they pushed for a winner but newcastle deserved their point, city lie second in the table, two points behind arsenal. we made a properfootball game. i think everybody in the stadium enjoyed it, and to be watching the game, at the end of this is what football is all about. both teams try to win, they gave everything. leeds united

jean mackenzie, bbc news, seoul. you're watching newsday on the bbc.e. the reaction of an activist to the news that the government is decriminalising sex between men in singapore. he is the first african—american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years ago to the day that martin luther king declared, "i have a dream." as darkness falls tonight, an unfamiliar light will appear in the south—eastern sky — an orange glowing disc that's brighter than anything save the moon, our neighbouring planet, mars. there is no doubt that this election is an important milestone in the birth of east timor as the world's newest nation. it will take months and billions of dollars to repair what katrina achieved injust hours. three weeks is the longest the great clock has been off duty in 117 years, so it was with great satisfaction that clockmaker john vernon swung the pendulum to set the clock going again. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines. (tx 00v)singapore says it'll decriminalise s

possible strike from north korea but the words of the head of state were not believed by all citizens of seoul protests began, the participants of which believe that the real purpose of the exercise at the behest of the united states is preparing for a confrontation with china, the protesters unfurled a poster near the building of the south korean ministry of defense with slogans to stop the rehearsal of the war that the current exercises of the united states and south korea are provocative and worsen the situation in the region, secretary of the russian security council nikolai said today patrushev the ministry of justice of japan from that day began to collect lists of those who suffered from the activities of the so-called unification church, according to preliminary estimates of such several thousand citizens in the country fight this religious organization, which is often referred to as a sect by the japanese authorities. it started after the assassination of the ex-prime minister sinzaba and almost immediately it turned out that even in the japanese government, dozens of officials are as

mixing reggae, gospel and seoul, country everything they did represented a way to bring people together. and i think that is why so many people identify with their work. identify with their music. and feel so connected to this group. because there was always something for everyone. and some of you may have been arc live at the time. i was not arc live i like to drag brag about that. i saw so many of the photographs of them performing on haight ashbury primary nothing golden gate park. when you look at the crowds and the access of people, it was absolutely extraordinary. and what they were able to do, along with so many other iconic group in this community and this city, was to make magic happen and make us feel good about the time despite the challenges that existed. we remember the vietnam war and other things going of and in fact, jerry garcia privileged he was born and raised in this neighborhood. lived the first 5 years of his life a block and a half away from here. supportd and loved his home town like i know some of the natives here today. and so -- we want to honor, recognize his

jean mackenzie, bbc news, seoul. that's it from us for now. more on the website or app.day was cloudy, grey and wet with a couple of inches of rain falling. but on sunday, just take a look at leeds, just shy of 13 hours of sunshine here. i suspect there's going to be more rain in the forecast, however, today, with this area of low pressure and the fronts pushing in from the west. now, some of that rain is going to push its way steadily eastwards. so, some heavy rain clearing to showers. the best of the drier weather through monday is likely to be across scotland. so we start off, then, with heavy rain moving out of northern ireland through the irish sea into the north—west of england and parts of wales. but you can see central and southern england is quite showery in nature, so not everywhere will see some wetter weather. there'll be some heavier bursts. the best of the drier, sunny weather looks likely potentially to be in scotland. not quite as warm here, though, 1a to 20 degrees the high. we mightjust see 25 degrees ahead of that rain before it arrives in parts of lin

in this classified bunker outside seoul, the two militaries work together to defend against a north korean all this information, they can detect almost immediately if north korea launches a weapon. between his great english and my terrible korean we can usually muddle through a lot of different things and get to a decision quickly. the threat from north korea is increasing. its missiles are becoming more dangerous, its rhetoric more fiery. so these war games from five years ago are back as the us and south korea practice how to fight their common enemy using aircraft, warships and tanks. i can't do it in a classroom, i can't do it on a chalkboard, i have to give them the most intense environment that we can create, and this is that environment. fighter pilot captain abby walters will train from the sky. it's really important for us to train together with the south koreans. the communication flow is much better in the air if you've practised it multiple times, so it can go quicker which helps us to get more effects down and just be more efficient and deadly in ourjob. north korea sees these

jean mackenzie, bbc news, seoul. just before we go.etre tower in the suburbs of paris was his toughest challenge yet. he's one of the only climbers in the world to go "free solo", meaning he foregoes ropes and security. alex prepared for this climb for six months. i'm very glad to say he made it safely to the top. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @richpreston. hello there. for many, this weekend shaped up to be a tale of two halves. the north of england on saturday was cloudy, grey and wet with a couple of inches of rain falling. but on sunday, just take a look at leeds, just shy of 13 hours of sunshine here. i suspect there's going to be more rain in the forecast, however, today, with this area of low pressure and the fronts pushing in from the west. now, some of that rain is going to push its way steadily eastwards. so, some heavy rain clearing to showers. the best of the drier weather through monday is likely to be across scotland. so we start off, then, with heavy rain moving out of northern ireland through the irish sea into the

but local officials say at least seven others are still missing the powerful storm lashed seoul. meteorologists say the deluge dropped nearly 20 inches of rain in some parts of the city over two days at one point seoul recorded more than 5 inches of rain per hour that's reportedly the highest hourly rate in 80 years. and the forecast, more heavy rain up to a foot more through tomorrow in some regions >>> china announcing its massive military drills surrounding taiwan are now over and completed. but beijing is vowing to continue what it calls regular combat readiness patrols near the island in the wake of the house speaker nancy pelosi's visit. taiwan's defense ministry reports 36 chinese war planes and ten ships were still operating near the island today. this afternoon speaker pelosi defended her trip to taiwan in spite of fears that it would inflame tensions >> we will not allow china to isolate taiwan they have kept taiwan from participating in the world health organization, other things where taiwan can make a very valued contribution but they're not keeping us from going to

he continues to broadcast in south korea protesting thousands of people gathered in the heart of seoulemand. cancel military exercises with the participation of the united states we are talking about a major joint training of the south korean and american army. she is should begin on august 22. earlier, the south korean authorities announced their desire to maintain a tough stance in relations with their neighbor north korea ; now the inhabitants of the country are afraid of military provocations and the start of a nuclear war in the region, and the protesters only believe that it is precisely because of the presence of americans on their territory, relations between north and south korea have long been unable to return to normal. clouds are gathering over german chancellor tin scholz christian social union, andre linholz, commenting on the prosecutor's refusal to launch an investigation against the german chancellor in the case of fraud, the politician noted that this would not stop the opposition from studying his activities, according to her , new evidence of schulz's involvement in

[speaking korean] carrington: delivery workers stage a rally in downtown seoul.tics companies agreed to hire new staff to sort parcels, to reduce working hours, and to stop deliveries after 9 p.m. six months on, unions say the promises have not been honored. carrington: the protest comes just days after yet another driver collapsed. on the june 13th, a 48-year-old father of two named im gwang soo suffered a massive brain hemorrhage and fell into a coma. carrington: lee seong wook worked side by side with gwang soo. he knows how easily it could have been him. ♪♪♪ carrington: like gwang soo, seong wook is in his 40s with two kids and works around 90 hours a week. his workload means he rarely sees his children. carrington: after sorting packages all morning, it's afternoon before he can make his first delery. ♪♪♪ lee: whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ carrington: just before 9 p.m., after 14 hours on the job, seong wook gets an automated message from the company. carrington: seong wook keeps working. it'll take at least another hour to fi

in any case, the north korean army moves past -- across the demarcation line and captures seoul and moves into south korean territory. within a few weeks, the north koreans have moved all the way down to what is called the perimeter. so they have all but eliminated the south korean army and its ability to retaliate against them and this is what brings the united nations into the war. september 15, we have operation cromite. this is mc-rgter's quite brilliant plan to, rather than pushing entirely by land and trying to push the north korean army back into north korean territory, but to do a marine landing near seoul and to essentially act as a pincer movement to capture north korean troops in south korea and force a compromise or vendor. they are successful -- surrender. they are successful in that and by october of that year, you have u.n. forces, south korean force, u.s. forces and other u.n. troops moving up towards the border with china, they move up and push the north korean forces all the way back to their northern border. so this is moving back and forth across the peninsula in a ver

jean mackenzie, bbc news, seoul.gapore has announced his country will end its ban on sex between men, but says it'll take steps to defend the institution of marriage as a union between a man and a woman. lee hsein loong said singaporean society was becoming more accepting of gay people and said the law banning gay sex, which came from the days of british colonial rule, was out of date. the law has long been criticised by lgbt activists, even though it's not been actively enforced for many years. many more conservative citizens still support the legislation. the government will repeal section 3778 and decriminalised sex between men. i believe this is the right thing to do and something that most singaporeans will now accept. earlier i spoke to remy choo, a lawyer and lgbt activist in singapore. he's been involved in pink dot — singapore's pride event, and he's previously mounted legal challenges in court against this colonial—era law. let's hear what he said about the announcement. this moment is historic in every sen

expect more out of this life press briefing out of seoul, korea. yvonne: your latest headlines. fcc pressed twitter for information on how it identifies spam accounts. the twitter ceo requested more information about how it calculates annual figures. it says its methodology was already disclosed. a chinese nickel producer is planning for a hong kong ipo as soon as september. sources say it is seeking $1 billion, although the size and timing could change. it would become the latest producer of raw materials to list in hong kong following tnt in july. nvidia gave a lackluster forecast, indicating the slump in sales will last. it sees third-quarter revenue of $5.9 billion, below the average estimate of $6.92 billion. shares fell after hours. david: we are tracking the broader sector, the asia-pacific, the value chain, to the companies that make the actual equipment that make chips. we are going into jackson hole. we are looking at one story. flip the boards. we were talking about this new generation nuclear power plants in japan. this is on the back of news out of tokyo this time y

would you want to be called back to seoul to meet nancy pelosi if you are on vacation?laughter] also the foreign minister is in cambodia for an update -- an asean meeting. so she will be meeting instead face-to-face with her counterpart in the national assembly, her national assembly speaker counterpart. but she will be talking to him and others about the threat of north korea, but also the opportunity of samsung to turn into the new chips act in the united states, 50 billion dollars towards investment in the next five years for those who want to invest further in the u.s. samsung already has a plan in the works in the united states. chipmakers in south korea like sk hynix and samsung could rethink their investments in china and invest more in the u.s. -- it is a hypothetical right now, but i am sure nancy pelosi, who brought that up with tsmc in taiwan yesterday, will likely be bringing that same message to south korea. then on to japan tomorrow, where there is another host of geopolitical and other business issues to discuss. rishaad: and tensions between south korea

shortly after my trip president biden arrived in seoul, he and president yoon affirmed that the u.s. alliance is stronger than ever and remains the linchpin of peace and stability in the region. they also met with america and korean soldiers still serving side by side to ensure the security of the republic of korea as a grateful nation, we commit to honor our nation's korean war veterans and that all they made possible. we will continue to stand by side with the republic of korea and this war of remembrance is a concrete and everlasting reminder of that promise. thank you very much. i appreciate it. thank you you. ladies and gentlemen, please give a moment as the official party makes way to the wall of remembrance. and honor. thank. for. the. time during. which started, as i said earlier on march 25, 19 open the opening is today all intents purposes, i don't know if you've been here before, but everything, including the trees, place, every paper. there were 170 miles. so let's go over. it's about one one through 84 for me. and in meditation you'll see names of katyusha who decided th

and stoffel vandoorne is formula e's new champion after the season went down to the final race in seoulbut the belgian vandoorne's second place was enough to give him the title. great britain's rowers finished top of their medal table after the final day's racing at the multi—sport european championships. there was also british success in the gymnastics. adam cottier has been watching the best of the day's action. this is erin kennedy leading great britain to a gold medal at the european championships today, only three months after being diagnosed with breast cancer. the 30—year—old had already had two rounds of chemotherapy before taking to the water in munich. in a alongside rowers, ed fuller and ollie stanhope. together they successfully defended their title ahead of france and germany. kennedy will now step away from the crew to continue her treatment and turned her focus to the 2024 paralympic games in paris. today has been really emotional for me. today has been really emotional for m i_ today has been really emotional for m i will_ today has been really emotional for me. i will l

paula hancocks is with us from seoul.aula, make sense of these messages from the north. >> reporter: well, max, effectively what north korea is saying, they have achieved in just 91 days what the rest of the world is still struggling to achieve in more than 2 1/2 years which is eradicating covid-19. let listen to exactly what kim jung-un said. >> translator: the difficult war against the disease is now over and today we are finally declaring victory. >> reporter: there are many questions from experts as to how or if this is even possible, but the numbers aside and the facts aside, this is a message that kim jung-un is giving to his people and is giving to the rest of the world. he was also seen maskless shaking hand, congratulating those officials that he said helped him to beat covid-19. now, we also heard from his sister also a high official within the system, and she said that kim jung-un himself had suffered from a very high fever. to that we did see images on state run media of emotional members of the elite wiping e

this is the damage seen in seoul, south korea. many buildings, roadways and subway stations underwater. south korean officials say at least 10 people have died. that includes a family of three who got trapped in their partially underground home. crews say they have rescued more than hundred 40 people as of late today, but local officials say that at least seven others are still missing. the powerful storm lashed soul. meteorologists say that the deluge dropped more than 20 inches of rain in two days. at one point seoul recorded more than five inches of rain per hour. in the forecast? more heavy rain. up to a foot or more in some regions. >>> china announcing that massive military drills surrounding taiwan are now over and completed, but beijing is vowing to continue what it calls regular combat patrols near the island in the wake of nancy pelosi's visit. 36 chinese warplanes and 10 ships were still operating near the island today. this afternoon, speaker pelosi defended her trip to taiwan in spite of fears that it would inflate te

has experienced its heaviest rainfall in 80 years, with floodwaters submerging roads in the capital seoul least eight people have died, including three who were living in a basement apartment. the south korean president has called an emergency meeting to discuss our national strategy for emergency relief and flooding counted measures. one of the greatest ever tennis players, serena williams, has said, she's planning to bring down the curtain on her illustrious career. the 23—time grand slam champion, said she didn't like the word retirement, but would be evolving away from tennis after the us open. now on bbc news, the travel show. in the past few decades, the skyline of doha, qatar's capital city, has changed beyond recognition. the discovery of oil in the 1930s, and then natural gas in the early 1970s, marked a seismic change in the fortunes of qatar. and at a turbocharged pace, qatar's hopes, dreams and buildings have risen high above the desert sands. since this small, but mighty gulf nation won the right to host the fifa world cup back in 2010, it has spent billions on state—of—the—a

paula hancocks is in seoul for us.les and about the timing of the launch? >> reporter: well, it has been a relatively quiet summer from north korea, about two months since we saw the last missile launch. what we saw this morning was two cruise missiles fired in to the waters of the west coast. the missiles themselves are not of great concern to washington or seoul, they don't technically break any rules. but it does potentially signal that north korea is back to testing once again. the 18th missile test so far this year and it is just ahead of the joint u.s./south korea military drills that will be starting next week. these are live field training drills that we haven't really seen much of over recent years. back in 2018, they were put on hold by then u.s. president donald trump as he was trying to talk to kim jung-un and then the covid-19 pandemic meant that they were much smaller and 24 many cases virtual or simulated. and so the u.s. and south korean militaries are getting back to these massive drills which in the p

reggie: nancy pelosi has departed to skill -- to seoul, south korea.rnight, she met with taiwan's leaders, praising the values of self-government. the chinese government because the visit a serious violation of the one china principle. kumasi: a major win for abortion rights in kansas. people voted to keep the right to abortion in the state constitution. reggie: 10,000 700 monkeypox vaccine doses are coming to san francisco. delivery data has not been announced. today, zuckerberg sf general will hold another walk in vaccine clinic that starts at 8:00 until they run out or noon. drew: a warming trend gets underway today with the elevated humidity so it does not feel muggy out there. we will see temperatures 70's and 80's around the bay shoreline, low and mid 90's inland. jobina: bringing you live picture from the bay bridge toll plaza. this is our busiest spot. kumasi: this woman from minnesota now holds the guinness world record for the longest fingernails ever. they have a combined length of more than 42 feet. lockard and the school bus. she has been

this is news on pervoi we continue the strongest downpour in the last 80 years hit seoul in a matter hours, the city almost completely went under water, major highways turned into seething streams that covered cars to the very roofs , it is impossible to cross the road into a ford; water is everywhere, flooded not only stations, entire lines, the subway, ferry traffic and railway traffic were stopped, at least seven people were killed, six more were missing. and it's still too early to calculate the damage. from the impact of the elements , according to the forecast, the rains should continue, at least until wednesday. and here is where now, contrary await rains. so it is in the khanty-mansiysk okrug where the most difficult situation with forest fires is engulfed in fire 84,000 hectares of smoke covered the neighboring regions of gar and smog of the sverdlovsk, chelyabinsk and kurgan tyumen omsk regions, the plume is visible from space, andrey gorev's report. manually, meter by meter, paratroopers paratroopers extinguish the faces of the game, most of the fires are hard to reach eve

basements in seoul are flooded, killing at least nine, while in arizona to kentucky to here in washingtonc., heavy rainfall has led to highways being overwhelmed with floodwaters.for more on why we are seeing extreme weather, i spoke to a representative from the oceanographic institution. we are seeing extreme drought and extreme flooding. these events seem contradictory, but are they related? >>>> yes, indeed. it might seem counterintuitive, but it really isn't if you are thinking about a warmer world. with more extreme rainfall events, there are flash floods, tropical storms, hurricanes stall and actually dump more rainfall. at the same time, you can see droughts overland when weather systems are set up in a more persistent pattern. laura: in britain and in france, there are extreme heat waves going on. what is happening in those parts of the world that didn't use see this? >> a recent study has linked extreme heat waves in europe to a split jetstream. this is a fast flowing air current over the north atlantic at 10 kilometers. in the configuration that is being seen more frequently, th

kathleen: it is a count on to the start of trade in seoul.korea it investors will be watching the won for any moves after bloomberg's interview with the korean governor. the finance ministry is holding a meeting after u.s. stocks tumbled on friday. we are keeping an eye out reactions after south korea's main opposition was picked to lead the charge against the conservative president. a south korea delegation is visiting washington to discuss the u.s.'s ev subsidy policy. we will have more from a conversation with the bank of korea governor including on supply chain issues and competing with china. lots more to come on "bloomberg daybreak: asia." s&p 500 futures are trending lower after a big drop on friday. nasdaq futures down 1.3%, and all three indexes sought after declines. negative sentiment, alvar is it going to go, is continuing -- how far is it going to go, and it is interesting to see how far this will go after giving them a chance to react to jay powell's hawkish speech. paul: we have been sifting through the fallout from jay powell'

they are moving higher today in seoul, despite a report from coinbase.rom the previous session but today, coinbase said they were under investigation by the sec revolving around its taking program that allows users to earn rewards in exchange for holding its cryptocurrency. that sort of program is offered by a lot of crypto exchanges. let's turn to other movers today. still in korea, samsung this morning just unveiled its latest generation of foldable devices. if you are a samsung fan, it is good news for you because it has better features at the same price, even with the costs of materials and shipping surging. a good sign. we are seeing a jump today in sydney i property developers, 1% given the current climate and a confident outlook is important does well because we have seen threats posed to the property market generally in australia in the rising rate environment. amp ltd. was ira the start of trade but is turning negative. reporting a slump in third quarter profit but a return of its capital sharing program for ship -- for shareholders. shery: a $5

jazz and seoul on friday. communities performances on saturdays of different kindses and sundays reggae it is extraordinary. and of course, later this summer we are pleased to welcome back outside lands for an exciting 3 days and 3 nights of incredible concerts and food and community. as we go across the city, we got wonderful performances in the jerry theatre in mc clarnin park a special jerry day coming back to the theatre. on june 21st we had make music day appearing all over the city in park in civic center. on the marina green. again in golden gate park. it has been a great time for music and ties into the recovery and the tremendous energy where we are feeling and -- you know anybody who says san francisco is struggling needs to hang out in the park system. where well is joy and beaut and he inspiration every day. >> so, the san francisco board of supervisors passed legislation to make jfk drive in will golden gate park car free. how have residents responds. >> the san francisco residents responds positi