i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: a young saudi woman fleeing to australia is stranded at bangkok airport, where she says her passport has been seized. she tells the bbc she can't go back home. i don't have work in saudi arabia, and myfamily i don't have work in saudi arabia, and my family treat me so bad. they will kill me. as the government shutdown in the us continues into its third week, president trump says he has little expectation of a breakthrough in the latest talks. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: amid a continuing tit—for—tat on tariffs, china and the us prepare to hold trade talks in beijing this week. and the hollywood award season kicks off with the golden globes. we speak to one of the producers of crazy rich asians, who is hoping for a gong. good morning. it is 8:00am in singapore and 7:00am in bangkok, where time is running out for rahaf al-qunun. the saudi woman says she is due to be put on a plane back to kuwait in a couple of hours‘ time and returned to herfamily,

helen clark in conversation with my colleague sharanjit leyl.es in apple are slump in after—hours trade. it is down about 8%, basically wiping out about $50 billion of its market value. and that's after the tech giant warned the first—quarter revenues. the company blamed a variety of factors for the lower than expected iphone and apple watch sales and this is impacting the futures market in the us with the s&p futures down by more than 1%. not much of an impact for asian markets with the hang seng down just 52 and the all ordinaries gaining 50. thank you so much for interesting your time with us. i'm rico hizon. sport today's coming up next. this is bbc news. the top stories this hour: a meeting called by president trump to discuss the budget dispute that's led to a partial us government shutdown has broken up without agreement. the tech giant, apple, is warning that revenues have taken a big hit, largely because of disappointing sales in china. the home secretary, sajid javid, has been criticised by refugee groups, after he questioned whether m

and i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. don't delay. a look at the world's longest aircraft. it's a combined plane and airship which is set to go into full commercial production. it comes after the current test model, the airlander 10, completed its final trials in england. the prototype hit headlines last year when it fell apart and deflated during testing. the company behind it hopes once test runs have been passed it will take paying customers from "the early 2020s". hello again. it's been a mild winter so far and one thing we've not seen a great deal of is snow. however, over the last few hours, behind this cold front, we have seen some snow showers push in across shetland so if heading outside soon, you might see more of these coming and going, some clear spells between, and a cold wind. scotland, cold enough for patches of frost but otherwise there is too much wind and cloud around, showers too, so it's not especially cold for england and wales and northern ireland, temperatures for most between 6 and 8 celsius for the early rises

and i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore.lso in the programme: pressure on the palace over the duke of edinburgh's car crash. police speak to the prince after he is seen driving without a seatbelt. and the stargazing treat that is set to dazzle the night sky. we will have the latest on a rare lunar event. hello, it is 9:00am in singapore and 1:00am here in london, where another week of brexit debate beckons. prime minister theresa may will make a statement in parliament on monday setting out an alternative brexit plan, after mps rejected her preferred deal last week. a cross—party group of mps are bidding to take control of brexit away from the government in order to stop a no—deal exit from the eu. our political correspondent alex forsyth has the latest. so the noes have it — the noes have it. it has been five days since theresa may's brexit plan was thrown out, rejected by mps. and, while she is working out her next steps, some on the backbenches have plans of their own. some want to change parliament's rules, its standing

i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: the hollywood award season is underway, with the glitz and glamour of the golden globes in los angeles. all eyes are on a star is born and vice, which dominate the nominations. as the government shutdown in the us continues into its third week, —— a young saudi woman fleeing to australia is stranded at bangkok airport, where she says her passport has been seized. she tells the bbc she can't go back home. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: as the government shutdown in the us continues into its third week, president trump says he has little expectation of a breakthrough in the latest talks. amid a continuing tit—for—tat on tariffs, china and the us prepare to hold trade talks in beijing this week. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 5pm in los angeles, where the 76th golden globes awards are getting underway. leading the nominations this year is vice, a

and i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore.ea to mp5. and before we go, take a look at the world's longest aircraft. it's a combined plane and airship, which is set to go into full commercial production. it comes after the current test model, the airlander 10, completed its final trials in england. the prototype hit headlines last year when it fell apart and deflated during testing. the company behind it hopes once test runs have been passed it will take paying customers from the early 20205. will again. it's been a mild winter so farand one will again. it's been a mild winter so far and one thing we've not seen a great deal of his snow. however over a great deal of his snow. however over the last few hours, behind this cold front, we have seen some snow showers pushing across shetland so if heading outside soon, you might see more of these coming and going, some clear spells between and a cold wind. scotland, cold enough patches of frost but otherwise there is too much wind and cloud around, showers as well so it's not especia

i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london.s maduro has accused the us of trying to stage a coup in his country. donald trump says he would consider any reasonable deal drawn up by the republicans and democrats to bring the shutdown to an end. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the japan times reports that noodle maker nissin has pulled adverts featuring tennis star naomi osaka. the company had been criticised for whitewashing the haitian—japanese player in a cartoon. the south china morning post has the story of an elderly man who was swindled out of $74 million us. 1a people have been arrested over hong kong's biggest ever bullion trading scam. and the international edition of the new york times has the details of how the french president is overcoming the yellow vest crisis. it says mr macron has held meetings in small towns around the country, which have lasted as long as seven hours. and that brings you up—to—date with some of the papers. many thanks, sharanjit. a mass polio vaccination campaign,

i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore.ng to australia is stranded at bangkok airport, where she says her passport has been seized. she tells the bbc she can't go back home. i don't have work in saudi arabia, and myfamily i don't have work in saudi arabia, and my family treat me so bad. they will kill me. as the government shutdown in the us continues into its third week, president trump says he has little expectation of a breakthrough in the latest talks. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: amid a continuing tit—for—tat on tariffs, china and the us prepare to hold trade talks in beijing this week. and the hollywood award season kicks off with the golden globes.

i am sharanjit leyl. now start with the trade war between the world's two biggest economies as two days of talks at the vice ministerial level are to take place in beijing. both sides hope to avoid a sharp hike in us tariffs, to which china would almost likely retaliate before march one deadline. over the weekend president trump said wea kness weekend president trump said weakness in china's economy adds pressure on beijing to strike a deal. monday's session is the first face—to—face meeting since a 90 day truce was agreed in december. our shanghai correspondent robin brant has the latest. this is progress of sorts and that is good. the american team flew to beijing late yesterday. they are here for two days of talks, two days of face—to—face talks, led byjunior officials. this is not steven mnuchin, treasury officially, or robert light heiser, the trade secretary, junior officials. that is good because it means the pressure is lightly. what is at stake is we have the ceasefire until march two agreed by t

sharanjit leyl asked carbon neutral company in indonesia.eguarding the environment was so important to his business. it was never intended to be a business, like, otherwise we wouldn't call it potato head. so when we started we we re very potato head. so when we started we were very fortunate to be successful in ourfirst yearand were very fortunate to be successful in our first year and we've decided we could actually turn this into an actual business, so we started growing the business. you have pledged to become the first carbon neutral hospitality firm in indonesia, why? we realise we can connect and curator solutions in ways that are more inspiring to our guests, that are more relevant to our guests, from sustainability, food and drinks, look, we are doing all this, it makes us feel better, we are protecting the environment, we are protecting the environment, we are protecting all of our stakeholders, but the business continued to improve that is so this is our90. continued to improve that is so this is our 90. when we started shifting i

sharanjit leyl is following the story in singapore. it is quite an extraordinary story.onned out ofa 85—year—old man who was conned out of a whopping $74 million over two yea rs! of a whopping $74 million over two years! he has become hong kong's biggest victim of this trading scam. he was one of seven investors who lost big in this scam which involved trading gold on the london commodities market. hong kong confirmed the arrest of 14 people related to deception in a statement which was put out to bloomberg news. they declined to comment on the specifics about this 85—year—old victim. the so—called london gold fraud has been around hong kong for many years now and according to the website, the fraudsters lure their victims into precious metal transactions and then ask the victims to deposit the money into an investment account & documents authorising third parties to trade on their behalf. the victims lose all their capital as an result. and now — what's trending in the business news this morning. on the wall street journal, airlines warn shutdown strains are worsening.

we can cross live to sharanjit leyl in singapore for more. what the asean countries are thinking about belt and road. that's right, and of course asean is that grouping of nations in southeast asia, and that survey was essentially conducted by an academic institution here in singapore. as you mentioned, it polled just over 1000 responses from these asean countries that essentially are wary of china's belt and road projects, thatis of china's belt and road projects, that is the feedback that they got, and who sceptical of the us. most respondents said president xi jinping's belt and road initiative would bring asean closer into china's aubert, but a third said the project lacked transparency while 16% predicted it would fail. now, a large majority of them, some 70%, said the government should be cautious in negotiating these belt and road to avoid getting into unsustainable financial debt with china. that is the view that seems to be strongest in countries like malaysia, the philippines and thailand, and it is something western governments hav

hello and welcome to this monday edition of asia business report, i am sharanjit leyl.wth figures out very shortly, in a few hours‘ time, are expected to show that the world‘s second economy is expanding at its slowest pace since the global financial crisis, that is the global financial crisis, that is the trade war with america starts to ta ke the trade war with america starts to take its toll on the head of a meeting next week between the two countries. our correspondent robyn brandtjoins us countries. our correspondent robyn brandt joins us from countries. our correspondent robyn brandtjoins us from shanghai. we know these figures are due to be released very shortly. is there a general consensus in china as well that there will be a slowdown? there is, ithink that there will be a slowdown? there is, i think there is no doubt that these figures for the last three months of 2018 will confirm that the second largest economy in the world is still growing at a rate that would be much admired, particularly from some western capitals —— robin brant. at that rate of growth i

and i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore.ash. police speak to the prince after he is seen driving without a seatbelt. and the stargazing treat that is set to dazzle the night sky. we will have the latest on a rare lunar event.

sharanjit leyl is in singapore. this is pretty disappointing for britain, isn't it?the first company to do this. what has it been saying? just the latest big name to say it's moving because of brexit. despite the move, sony is reassuring uk staff saying that it will not be shifting personnel from its existing uk operation and it is the latest japanese company to flag this move to the continent in response to brexit. its rival panasonic has already moved its headquarters to amsterdam mostly because of tax issues and japanese banks, the likes of nufj, they have all said they plan to move their main you european bases out of london. a number of japanese car—makers, the likes of honda and toyota have expressed concern over the impact of a hard brexit. they are the impact of a hard brexit. they a re pretty the impact of a hard brexit. they are pretty much echoing their prime minister, shinzo abe, expressing concern over no—deal brexit on a recent trip to the uk, saying that it could hurt japanese companies which employ up to 150,000 people within the uk, as we all know, t

i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: the deep freeze.l progress' say american negotiators — but no agreement yet in the us—china trade war. we never really had a trade deal with china and now we are going to have a great trade deal with china if it all work is that it works out. it will be great for both. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: the murder that shocked myanmar — we hear from the muslim lawyer's family still fighting forjustice, two years on. he can sacrifice everything for

i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore, the headlines: venezuela's nicolas maduro accuses donald trump of trying to consider any deal the republicans and democrats can agree. it depends what the agreement is. but i have a reasonable agreement, i would support it. —— if they have a reasonable agreement. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme. warmer weather means a less salty sea in the arctic — we'll explain why that's got climate scientists worried. and the boat that means these students in the philippines no longer have to swim to school.

i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore, the headlines: venezuela's nicolas maduro accuses donald trump of trying the government shutdown — donald trump says he's willing to consider any deal the republicans and democrats can agree: it depends what the agreement is. i mean, yeah, but if they have a reasonable agreement, i would support it, yeah. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: warmer weather means a less salty sea in the arctic. we'll explain why that's got climate scientists worried. and the boat that means these students in the philippines no longer have to swim to school.

i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore.ur of the golden globes in los angeles. all eyes are on a star is born and vice, which dominate the nominations. as the government shutdown in the us continues into its third week, —— a young saudi woman fleeing to australia is stranded at bangkok airport, where she says her passport has been seized. she tells the bbc she can't go back home. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: as the government shutdown in the us continues into its third week, president trump says he has little expectation of a breakthrough in the latest talks. amid a continuing tit—for—tat on tariffs, china and the us prepare to hold trade talks in beijing this week.

i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore, the headlines: us secretary of state mike pompeo has arrived in riyadhpullout is "very negative." it will further entrench not only the iranians are also the russians and the shah arla side. —— and bashar al—assad parts of europe grapple with the worst winter in years — more than 20 people have died and entire villages are buried under

sharanjit leyl caught up with him in singapore and asked why safeguarding the environment was so importantiness, hence... like, otherwise, we wouldn't call it potato head. so when we started, we were very fortunate to be successful in our first year and we've decided we could actually turn this into actual business. so we started growing the business. we grew from a restaurant to a bigger format of operation to a beach club, and then to overseas locations like singapore and hong kong. then, next, we went to the hotel industry. now, you've pledged to become the first carbon—neutral hospitality firm in indonesia. why? with all the success, it comes with a lot of pressure. i was constantly on the road, i was constantly getting sick. and i have four young children, a lovely wife, but i never see them. i was always travelling. so, we started to lose our drive to grow the business. and we went back to the drawing board — how can we use our business to make a positive impact in the world? we realised that we can connect and curate the solutions in ways that are more inspiring to our guests. that

sharanjit leyl is in singapore. tell us, how optimistic, exactly? think about it, these talks were meant to be over two days, the fact that they went into a third day was potentially a sign that they went fairly well. today, both sides have come out with their assessment of how it went. china said the talks laid the foundations to resolve the damaging trade dispute, the ministry went on to say that there were extensive, deep and detailed talks. we heard from the us trade representative saying china had pledged to purchase more agricultural and other goods though they did not provide specifics. the talks, of course, were not expected to produce a final deal but there was a lot of optimism about the progress they had had and that had actually helped global stock markets this week. thank you very much. 0n the markets, you have got the nikkei down, after recent rises. the hang seng hardly moving. the dow, again, a small amount. hang seng hardly moving. the dow, again, a smallamount. a hang seng hardly moving. the dow, again, a small amount. a little bit

sharanjit leyl in singapore has more.se company to flag this move to the continent in response to brexit. sony's rival panasonic has already moved its headquarters to amsterdam, mostly because of tax issues as well. and japanese banks the likes of mufj, the financial group, they have all said they plan to move their main eu bases out of london. a number of japanese car—makers as well, you have the likes of honda and toyota have also expressed concern over the impact of a hard brexit and they are pretty much echoing their prime minister. shinzo abe expressing concern over a no—deal brexit on a very recent trip to the uk, saying it could hurtjapanese companies which employ up to 150,000 people within the uk. as we all know, of course, the uk is very much to leave the eu in march, but the two sides have yet to strike a deal. back to the us government shutdown. according to standard and poors, it's costing the us $1.2 billion per week. that means it's almost cost the $5.7 billion donald trump is asking for his wall. michelle