i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: racing against the rain — rescuers step up their efforts to get the trapped boys out of a flooded cave in thailand before the weather closes in. moving towards a trade war? a wide range of chinese exports will be hit by donald trump's 25% tariffs from today. i'm nuala mcgovern in london. also in the programme: police investigating the latest novichok poisoning case in britain say the victims probably picked up something used in the attack on sergei skripal four months ago. it is completely unacceptable for our people to be either deliberate or accidental targets, or for our streets, parks, towns to be dumping grounds for poison. and we'll hear from this exhausted—looking man here — he's just become the first person to kayak solo across the tasman sea. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 7am in chiang rai, in northern thailand, where the authorities are in a race again

i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: north korea appears to de dismantling part of a key rocket launch site in the north west of the country. public anger grows after the revelations that one of china's major pharmaceuticalfirms has been selling sub—standard vaccines. translation: we have been let down again and again, from milk powder, to food safety, to this vaccine, it is all unsafe. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: the uk government sparks a political row, saying it won't object to the execution of two islamic state suspects if they're convicted in america. and extreme weather is taking it's toll in australia. 99% of new south wales is either in drought, drought onset, or on drought watch. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8:00am in singapore. north korea appears to have started to dismantle part of a key rocket launching site. satellite images of the sohae station in the north west of the country, seen by the moni

i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: rescuing the rescuers. more than 100 white helmet volunteers and their families are evacuated from the fighting in syria. gunmen in south africa shoot dead 11 taxi drivers, who were ambushed on their way back from a funeral. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: with just days to go before parliamentary elections in pakistan, many women still aren't registered and may not be allowed to vote. we speak to the female candidate trying to change that. and inside north korea, we'll hear from an american student who gained rare access to the secretive state. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8:00am in singapore, 1am in london and 3:00am in israel, where the government has intervened to help more than a hundred members of the volunteer syrian civil defence force, known as the white helmets, escape a government offensive. they were evacuated through the occupied golan heights and are now safe injordan, along with 300 members of theirf

agreed in the summit in singapore at the same time we have reaffirmed the international community will continue to fully implement riven un security council resolutions in order to materialize cv id japan continues to see. normalize its relations of his nose career in accordance with is feeling yawn declaration through comprehensive only resolving outstanding issues of concern such as nuclear missile and abductions they shewed. through the settlement of the unfortunate past we wish to initiate a new start for our relations it was in those career japan news determined to continue playing a major role in realizing peace and stability a nurse east asia here in close coordination was united states and are ok in disregard i am very much looking forward to continue working closely with both security point peo and minister khan in coming months thank you very much thank you very much knowledge does the invite secret that you might be able to create to thank you it's an honor to be here on my first trip to tokyo as the secretary of state for the united states of america and i'm thrilled to be

the other big story, singapore is down.hie, that is because of -- >> property stocks, a big ouch for that sector, tightening of property curbs, higher stamp duty, and limits the take affect on friday. thanks following -- banks falling with developers. a lot of pressure coming down on singapore property players. haidi: that was a shock for a lot of people. thank you for that. let's get you first word news with paul allen in sydney. >> the latest fed minutes show policymakers intend to maintain gradual rate hike spaced on a strong u.s. economy, but note escalating trade risks and market volatility as potential threats to growth. the minutes also reveal that the fomc sees low unemployment pushing wages higher, with inflation remaining near the 2% target. saudi arabia has cut pricing for most oil grades as it raced production to ensure customers there is sufficient supply. aramcoended losses after lowered prices for asia and europe, and cut them all in the u.s.. it came as president trump renewed his attack on opec, saying the

i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: former world cricket star imran khan claims victory in pakistan's election, promising the people he'll fight corruption. translation: whatever the ruling elite has been doing in pakistan so far with the taxpayers‘ money, i'm promising you today that i will change all of that. bruised and bewildered. the children who survived the devastating laos dam collapse. we have just found this shelter where hundreds of people are now gathered. they want food, water, blankets, medicine, if they need it. talking to people here, they all tell you the same story. they had very little time to escape. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: reunions for some families, but not for all, in the heartbreaking stories of migrant children taken from their parents on the us—mexican border. and a total eclipse of the moon will take place on friday. the blackout will be the longest of the century. people in asia should get a good view. live from our studios in singapore and london, th

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to see whating happened in singapore. it took us one month before we got the secretary of state before the committee. one of the responsibility of congress and the senate foreign relations committee is to hold oversight hearings in regards to foreign policy. these are huge foreign policy issues. we have a constitutional responsibility to hold these hearings. we willcorker indicated have additional hearings on russia and sanctions. that's the right thing for us to do. this is our constitutional responsibility to hold these oversight hearings. we want a unified position on on policy. we want to see congress and the white house together on foreign policy. when the president deviates from what we believe is the right policy for our nation, when he questions the nato alliance, when he gets states for leaders to attack the country such as mr. putin, congress need to speak out. >> what have we learned from secretary pompeo's testimony at the hearing? we have seen president trump -- the singapore summit, we understood last night

the president had a lot of pomp and circumstance with the singapore summit.an important part of the process. it brought kim to the table, but it is not over. we're going to have to keep putting pressure on them. again, i hope that the president will put back on the table that we will reassume the military exercises with south korea, because obviously that scares the north koreans. that's something that gets their attention. our guard can't be down for too long. >> yeah, but let me jump in and say this, okay. >> go ahead. >> i heard brian say a couple of times about these military options or rather the exercises. we can always go back to the exercises, but the bottom line is this. do we have a military option to take out their nuclear program, north korea's nuclear program or not? do we have any non-military options other than sanctions that north korea has been living with? the reality is that we don't, at least not any that are super effective. so until we can solve those riddles and those international issues, north korea is going to continue to be a proble

i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: 12 boys and their football coach trapped in a flooded cave in thailand have received their first food and medical treatment for 10 days. this is still a huge operation with large numbers of people coming in to help an operation which has achieved a remarkable success, but still doesn't have an answer as to how they are going to get those boys out of the caves. i'm olly foster in moscow where the quarter—final lineup is now complete, england taking their place in the last eight with a penalty shootout win against colombia. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: former malaysian prime minister najib razak is due to be charged in the next few hours under anti—corru ption laws. fears of a crackdown on press freedom in pakistan with just weeks to go until the election. good morning. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 6am in chiang rai, thailand, where rescuers in thailand are trying to work out how to free 12 boys and their football coach from the flo

we were waiting to have an opportunity to question what happened in singapore. it took us a month before we were able to get the secretary of state before our committee. one of the policy and perhaps on election respons congress is to hold oversight hearings in regard to foreign policy. these are huge foreign policy issues. we have a constitutional responsibility to hold these hearings. senator corker has indicated we are going to have additional hearings on russia and sanctions. that's the right thing for us to do. so this is our constitutional responsibility to hold these oversight hearings. look, we want a unified position on foreign policy. we want to see congress and the white house together on foreign policy. when the president deeve yates from what we believe is the right policy for our nation, when he question it is nato alliance, when he gives states to authoritarian leaders who attacks our country, congress needs to speak out. >> can you talk about that more broadly. what have we learned from secretary pompeo's testimony at the hearing? we have seen pr

it is earnings season singapore, with me, mariko oi.t is earnings season in corporate america and tech giant microsoft posted a 10%jump in and tech giant microsoft posted a 10% jump in revenue and tech giant microsoft posted a 10%jump in revenue to and tech giant microsoft posted a 10% jump in revenue to almost $9 billion compared to the same period last year. some say they are on their way to be the worlds‘s first trillion dollar company along with the likes of apple, alphabet and amazon. taxing analysts say that investment in cloud has been a big investment in cloud has been a big investment for microsoft. investment in cloud has been a big investment for microsoftm investment in cloud has been a big investment for microsoft. if you think about the digital transformation of their customers, a lot more customers an moving their workloads and applications to the cloud, driving a lot of growth for the business. and there seems to be a race between the tech giants to become the worlds's first trillion dollar company. in your view, become

we are herwe're here to talk abh korea, update on singapore. between singapore and today there was another summit in helsinki russia. we are not going to talk about that today. maybe if you ask any question but that isn't the purpose of today. we really want to dig deep into what comes next after the summit. we have a terrific panel of experts today. professor scot caught in the mie is the professor of political science and the university for low in undergraduate education and senior fellow at ssi .. .. >> and the pyongyang korea foundation. and finally ambassador steve into currently is william perry fellow who has over four decades of experience working on all things korean for not only korea as we were reminded the other night as a peace corps volunteer and finally as u.s. ambassador. 2008 through 2011 i have the pleasure to travel with ambassador stevens to korea and she is a rock star there. people recognize her on the street and come up to her and speak korean to her and she answers back. each beaker will cover a different dimension of wh

the mood has darkened considerably in washington dc since singapore. it's really incumbent upon them to make an equally dramatic and unprecedented move on the nuclear issue. i think that's a way to get things started. as farce three-way declarations -- far as three-way declarations -- gettinged together on that issue. it will come, i hope, by the end of the year, but not by september. m i think there's one question here. >>--- >> i think there's one question here. >> there has been a lot of talks about how it is very ambiguous terms in what it means to the u.s. and south korea. in very concrete terms, do you think there is a baseline in terms of what denuclearization would mean. >> i don't think the parties are near reaching any consensus and probably will not be able to achieve that. the only way to think about this that makes sense is for every passing month there will be something dramatic done on the question of denuclearizing north korea. if you build on steps one more dramatic each time that we can move closer and closer to a day when the peninsu

now on bbc news: all the latest business news, live from singapore.stocks retreat on renewed trade war fears, us stocks retreat on renewed trade warfears, as us stocks retreat on renewed trade war fears, as the white house threatens to slap additional tariffs on chinese imports. and it is contrast versus murdoch's fox —— comcast. find out what is at stake. good morning, asia, hello, world. it isa good morning, asia, hello, world. it is a thursday. glad you could join us is a thursday. glad you could join us for another exciting addition of asia business report. i'm rico hizon. we start off with us china trade troubles, and they are dragging us markets down afterfour sessions of games. us stocks in retreat overnight after president trump said he wanted to slap 10% ta riffs trump said he wanted to slap 10% tariffs on another $200 billion worth of chinese goods. the dow jones industrial average falling by 220 points. and this pushes the world's two biggest economies closer toa world's two biggest economies closer to a full—scale trade war, with beijing s

>> donald trump back at the center of the world stage, the singapore summit with a north korean leader, back in helsinki, finland, for a summit with russian pres. vladimir putin. and a lot of controversy and speculation ahead of this, we will separate fact from fiction. i was live in finland, 22 hours of sunlight this time of year. a beautiful spectacular morning for the summit. four hours from now, the president -- the pres. and first lady will arrive in the wonderful yellow building behind me the site of today's meeting, donald trump and his russian counterpart will touch a range of subjects from nuclear arms control to syria, we are breaking that down early this morning. he is also trying to downplay expectation. >> let's have a meeting, i do believe in meetings, having a meeting with chairman kim was a good thing. having meetings with the president of china was a very good thing. so having meetings with russia, china, north korea, i believe in it, nothing bad will come out of it and some good will come out of it. >> reporter: you will have to stick with us, live pictures of the pre

we have seen president trump now , as you say, the singapore summit. we understood last night that the remains from servicemen in north korea were being returned. we saw the helsinki summit. now we also heard reports this morning of the president's negotiations with erdogan over the imprisoned pastor. what have we learned about the president's negotiating style, his ability to conduct these affairs on the world stage? and were there any take aways particularly from that hearing with secretary pompeo that you were surprised by? guest: well, first, the president's unpredictable but there is a pattern here. we've seen now the fact that he has no problem in offending our closest allies before going into major summit meetings. we saw that in regard to north korea, we saw that in regard to russia. so traditional alliance means nothing to him as far as the getting unity before meeting with leaders that are strong men type totalitarian leaders such as kim jung un, and vladmir putin. we see that he is willing to give those type of leaders additional credibility

this overrides the taxis in singapore.u think about what that means, as a five-year startup, when we lost the product, singapore governments said we trust you enough to serve the citizens of singapore in a way that is different than what the original taxi industry has done for decades. emily: we talked about partnerships. are you interested in m&a? are you looking for companies to buy to fulfill the super app mission? hooi: we have had a few m&a and some are like where we talked to millions of agents. we also recently launched grab centric where we are hoping to help startups. we don't want to go through the same challenges we did when we were trying to build a regional company. emily: are there other areas, and if so, what areas do you see it is better to buy rather than build a partner? hooi: it is a case-by-case basis. what we do is we identify growth areas and try to figure out if they are partners that can deliver with the right commercial terms in an optimal, efficient way. if not, we make a decision on whether we bu

singapore down .25%. you have futures in the u.s.ooking like another positive session after you have tech driving those gains friday. let's take a look at trading week in asia. with thekick it off budget round, 1810. that could disappoint as retail and institutional investors aren't showing much interest. ping on health care, a year that hasn't been hot in hong kong. omi was already under pressure to justify its price evaluation. it may sway hong kong stocks and health care in particular. xiaomi is expected to go down in particular. they have plans to spin off its online music business. it's lost 5% this year and the hang seng has been mirroring that decline. as for chinese markets, futures are pointing higher. we are seeing a gain of 1% as there are worries the trade tariffs could get uglier as trump eyes higher tariffs. china putting in efforts to support local markets, allowing foreign nationals employed to trade directly. seven straight weeks. we're seeing a bounce across the region as asia shares recruit some of the gains, or so

i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london.otball coach, missing for nine days in a cave in thailand, have been found alive. the most senior catholic priest ever to be convicted of covering up a child abuse scandal is due to be sentenced by an australian court. and this story is popular on bbc.com. it's the clearest image so far of a planet being born and it comes from the european southern 0bservatory. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the front page of the irish times reports on the goverment‘s bid to bag themselves a seat on the un security council. they're hoping to capture the non—permanent position from 2021, but are facing some stiff competion from canada and norway. the south china morning post says hollywood blockbusters are taking a backseat as local films grab the spotlight. domestic movies generated 60% of box office tickets this year, with 0peration red sea and detective chinatown stealing the show. the japan times reports on the royal romance between princess ayako and herfiance, which s

in the last month since singapore. it is incumbent on them to make an equally dramatic and unprecedented move on the nuclear issue. i think that is the way to get things started. a three-way declaration concerned, i doubt it very much. south and north korea having a little trouble in getting together on that issue. it will come, i hope, by the end of the year. is onei think there question here. identify yourself. tomy question is related denuclearization, and are has been talk about how it is an whatuous term in terms of it means to the u.s., south korea, north korea. in concrete terms, do you think there is a baseline understanding they can agree upon what denuclearization would mean, and what could that be? tony: i do not think the parties are anywhere near reaching a consensus on the meaning of denuclearization. they probably will not be able to achieve that for some time to come. the only way to think about this that make sense, with every passing month there will be something dramatic done on denuclearize and nort

the crowd in singapore's national stadium. a stunning individual goal.tunity for young talent but the shortage of star names has meant the attendance at the various icc matches have been a bit "hit and miss". just over 22,000 were at that game in singapore — less than half its capacity. manchester united manager jose mourinho even went as far as to say fans shouldn't turn up and the tournament's promoter says he has a point. france won the world cup, most of the players were playing in italy at the players were playing in italy at the time. that is something of a time that has changed. the counter is gotten tight. i think that probably in a world cup year there are some format ideas we can come up with. we are hoping and in a typical year, a great team like germany was eliminated. and again, the me, it's all about the game and that the managers are happy and the players are happy and they play hard, that should be enough. we have seen great goals, great competition. the realisation may finally be starting to dawn on geraint thomas that he is the new tour

i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: burning out of control. raging wildfires in california force 50,000 people to leave their homes. everybody go down! hundreds of hikers trapped on a volcano in indonesia after an earthquake scramble down the mountain to safety. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: fleeing syria to fight another day. we have a special report on the hunt for is fighters still on the run. and britain's new foreign secretary calls it a terrible mistake, after he refers to his chinese wife as being japanese. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 7am here in singapore, midnight in london and 4pm in california, where it's been a scorching and devastating summer. wildfires have been burning out of control, forcing more than 50,000 people to leave their homes. these pictures are the latest to come into us. around 12,000 firefighters from across the us have been battling the blazes, which have claimed the lives of at least seven people. 0ur north america c

i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: rhapsody in blue — france win the world cup, beating croatia 4—2 in moscow in a thrilling final. crowds fill the centre of paris as a nation celebrates winning football's biggest trophy for a second time. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: president trump arrives in helsinki for face—to—face talks with russia's president putin, and makes a list of america's adversaries. now, you wouldn't think of the european union, but they're and foe, russia's and foe in certain respects, china's and foe, certainly economically, they're and foe. and the ever—growing problem of plastic waste in our oceans. we meet the all—female team of scientists who've analysed the great pacific garbage patch. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 1am france, where they are still celebrating the victory of les bleus. france have lifted the world cup as champions for the second ti

i'm mariko oi in singapore. the headlines: south korea's foreign minister tells newsday she still believes north korea will denuclearise given time, but she's not yet prepared to put all herfaith in kimjong—un. trust is a tricky word. we go by action. president trump invites russia's leader to washington later this year, but tensions remain between moscow and the us. getting along with president putin, getting along with russia is a positive, not a negative. with that being said, if that doesn't work out, i'll be the worst enemy he's ever had the! —— ever had! i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: getting fit to fight cancer. mounting evidence that a gentle workout can work wonders. and why the costliest chinese film ever made became an epic flop at the box office. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 7am in singapore and midnight in london. south korea's foreign minister has responded to criticism over the lack of progress in talks

of betraying the spirit of the summit between kim jong un and donald trump last month in singapore that statement went on to say that the u.s. was making one sided and quote robber like demands of north korea that may rattle the countries willingness to denuclearize now the big question here though is how much you take these statements at face value and how much are they posturing and certainly the united states itself has done its own share of posturing in these talks leading up to the singapore summit trump had written to cancel that meeting at the last minute only to bring it back online at this point the president has yet to respond to how the the north korea has characterized these latest talks with the u.s. secretary of state but given of plans continue as they are currently laid out by pompei o is expected to step back from his personal role leaving these talks he will be replaced with lower u.s. officials which adds to the concern of exactly how productive these continue talks maybe. john feffer from the washington based institute for policy studies says the trumpet ministration

certainly has made a strategic decision and is quiet after that singapore study. and then to meet with the leaders of china and thinking they are taking a break and what this means for them and for that strategic move. so one way to gauge for the united states. probably then can bring kim jung un to ssi. [laughter] so that will be important. thank you. [applause] >> my comments will dovetail nicely. and i was in the wyoming mountains earlier this month to avoid the class on the backside of the summit because having a summit was better than starting a preventive war it was so poorly perfect love -- prepared for and the ambiguous agreement that we are in for a major roller coasterin ride with some dangerous risks going forward. in particular, first the ambiguous agreement means there is ample room for ambiguous violation either deliberately one side test another or inadvertently because to violate the ambiguous agreement crosses the dotted line and you're not sure you're tempted to take it you're not sure how the other side w will react. so actually don't agree but

i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: donald trump sides with vladimir putin over claims russia meddled in american elections, implying his own intelligence services got it wrong. president putin, hejust president putin, he just said president putin, hejust said it's not russia. i will say this, i don't see any reason why it would be. mr trump says the summit marks a change in the relationship, but there's been a scathing reaction in washington. we'll have the latest, live. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: one of the team who saved the thailand cave boys says he might sue the billionaire, elon musk, after a row about the rescue gets personal. and it's party time in paris, as hundreds of thousands of people turn out to welcome france's world cup winners home. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 2am in helsinki, where the us president donald trump has held an unprecedented and controversial meetin

at a summit in singapore just last month he reportedly told the he would end all missile and nuclear testing we'll get reaction from washington in just a moment but first this report. on the surface relations between the u.s. and north korea have been warming earlier this week north korea return the remains of american soldiers sixty five years after the end of the korean war the gesture of peace came weeks after an historic summit the two countries agreed to work toward the quote total denuclearization of the korean peninsula a day later u.s. president donald trump declared that north korea was no longer a threat but now the washington post has published reports citing u.s. intelligence that could undermine the apparent diplomatic progress on the peninsula . according to the report this missile research facility and sunroom done north korea is being built up rather than torn down. neighbors south korea is on alert. korean government is closely watching north korean movements and closely working with the united states however i hope you understand that we are not able to speak about

at least it seems to reaffirm all confirm what the critics have sat at the summit in singapore was not very well prepared and that it didn't yield any concrete results to show for of course came and trump in a joint statement said they would work towards the nuclear arms ation of the korean peninsula but it wasn't even quite clear if both sides understood the same. when they said these things and also there were no concrete steps that had to be taken from that point there was no concrete timetable and that is the problem with donald trump's approach towards diplomacy he think it's enough when the big guys sit together the relationship and then everything will fall in place normally it's done the other way round first the experts come together try to find common ground work on some of the details and thus provide the platform for such a meeting of the big guys yeah and that brings us to iran and the u.s. president yesterday dropped doing a one eighty s. saying that he would want to meet with the iranian president and with no conditions is he trying to apply his north korean strategy to

had gone against the spirit of singapore or the singapore summit which was held last month between donald trump and kim jong on their one of the quotes from the north korean foreign ministry statement said a shorter way to denuclearization on the korean peninsula is to remove deep rooted mistrust and build trust so their emphasis i think they wanted to focus more on that the u.s. was obviously everything else was insistent on the contingency of the plan of denuclearization so i should say one particular thing that within all buried in that statement the north korean foreign ministry states we still cherish our good faith in president trump u.s. state officials have have pointed this out starting despite the response from north korea which suggests neg. of negative talks went on in pyongyang they saying that the talks are still they haven't been so to speak so in the next hour we should certainly sic perfectly from the u.s. and from their allies as to how they respond to north korea's statement i have a nice so where i live for us in seoul thanks very much. john for from the washington bas

well as you know the singapore summit was last month and this delivered a commitment and in pyongyang has the difficult task of lying out the next step how to establish that denuclearization process and this involves a time frame as well as the the process of yesterday was met by north korea's top brass had a three hour meeting yesterday and today is their first full day of negotiations so far the indication from my pump via tweets is that the there has been some progress made but the u.s. state department has said as well as discussions on the denuclearization program there's also been discussions on the repatriation of the remains of some of the american troops killed in the korean war now this was the fourth point in the pledge of stablish by king john warner and president to donald trump in the singapore summers but the high level element of the the two working group set up by the two countries indicates that they are both serious about the implementation plan we've got to team which includes the head of the cia's korean mission center he's also got on board america's ambassador t

prime singapore's prime minister the identity and motives of the attackers are still unclear. several japanese beaches have reopened for the first time since the earthquake and tsunami disaster of twenty eleven locals held a ceremony to pray for safety before taking to the water fourteen beaches remain off limits in the aftermath of the fukushima nuclear accident and officials say that some will stay permanently closed to the public. sweden is grappling to contain wildfires that are spreading across the country in a sign of how bad things are the civil defense chief has come out and said the fight has been lost against some of the biggest wildfires in the country firefighters have put out a number of small fires but the largest blazes will only go out if the weather changes help is on its way from countries including germany. it's terribly hot and terribly dry with hardly any rain for weeks across much of northern europe trees brush and grass are tinder dry and sweden has been hard hit it's struggling to contain dozens of forest fires. many of the fires cover several thousand

is it clearer, can singapore continue to rely on the u.s.?> i think they realize the relationship between singapore and united states are broad and deep. it is not just at the national leadership level. good job always does a of balancing its role. other countries to singapore will continue to balance that role. they don't want to be forced to choose between the united states and china. no country in aussie on wants to do that. asean want to do that. singapore is maintaining. with beijing they paid the price. they have sent them certain messages with actions they have taken to extend the message that you are little bit too close to the united states for our likes. the armedwith personnel carriers detained coming back from taiwan. them that remind of the biggest kid in this region economically speaking and possibly in the future in a strategic way is china. one final question. do you see the region getting much closer to china ahead? >> there is a limit. there has been in love of fear mongering around, china will dominate. obviously china will

the problem was not the meeting in singapore.d first step, but when he came back he pretended the problem was involve solved. rather than saying we still have good chemistry and we'll see if he is ready to deliver. >> thank you, david. >> john, as of midnight last night, are the u.s. is now in a trade war with china. the u.s. imposed tariffs on china and china is retaliatinre. . the luxus high performance line. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. on the only bed that adjusts on both sides to your ideal comfort your sleep number setting. and snoring? does your bed do that? don't miss the 4th of july specials, with the last chance for final closeout savings on the queen c2 mattress. now only $599, save $300. it's the lowest price ever. ends sunday. visit sleepnumber.com for a store near you. you always get the lowest price on our rooms, guaranteed?m let's get someone to say it with a really low voice. carl? lowest price guaranteed. what about the world's lowest limbo stick? how low can you go? nice one, carl. hey i've got an i

it also out here in singapore. but in the port is looking sunny today. a great deal of activity takes place here every single day. singapore is a good example of a country that has benefited from free trade policies over the last few decades. and that is the concern going forward. how businesses will be able to navigate this trade war between the us and china. many businesses in the region are concerned about how they can plan ahead for this trade walk when the really knows what will happen next. listen to what the mills, the head of the singaporean chamber of commerce, said about this. the uncertainty level is so high. —— gowda. it is difficult to put it will happen and it is difficult for anybody to plan. —— victor mills. that is why people are watchful and wary. they are not happy about it. that is for sure. we have this much uncertainty, you cannot plan and you are watchful and wary. what does that mean for business? this is very unsure andi that mean for business? this is very unsure and i think that is what every one is really worried about, sharan

the meeting between president donald trump and north korean dictator kim jong un back in june in singapore that was mainly aimed at convincing north korea to give up its nuclear weapons program now transferring his remains has taken longer than some u.s. officials had hoped for but it really is the first step implementing the agreement that the two leaders said they came to back in a singapore and it's a small diplomatic victory for trump he of course says that this is evidence that his willingness to meet the north korean strongman is paying off that conjunction is good for his word and is actually going to follow through on some of the things they discussed and you can really hear that reflected in trump's comments from today let's take a listen to what trump had to say to the north korean leader. or what are they sure were german or. even his word we're pretty sure it is coming. or want to thank germany or for. their behavior for over a promise that he made to break and i'm sure that he will continue through for all the promise as a surgeon searchers are ok so the u.s. president helen t

spi adding over 1% in singapore.seeing properties gaining ground, surging on a privatization deal. we also want to highlight chinese stocks. there helping a three-day drop. the yuan is extending losses. seeing shares in australia gaining .4%. oferial stocks given some the tariff outlook. also want to highlight the aussie dollar jumping, while using some of its advance. came in jobs data stronger than forecasted after contracting in may. we saw the aussie hit a session high on the back of that. 50,900 jobs added for the month of june. to add what is happening with the yen. we see it gaining ground. taking a look elsewhere, i want to highlight what is going on in korea. .1%. korean consumer stocks are under pressure and we are seeing that be the case as well for consumer shares. a last look at what is going on with the indonesian rupiah flipping ahead of bank indonesia's policy decision due out today. expected to hold after three rate hikes. rishaad: thanks for that. going to get you down to the world of shipping and b

she's at one of the world's biggest seaports in singapore.hma, what is the view where you are? what will the regional implications of this be? well, very much, as you said, people are extremely concerned about the escalation of future tariffs after the ones the united states put on that $34 billion worth of chinese exports, which came into effect today. to give you a sense of where we are, i am in front of singapore's seaport, one of the busiest in the world. every yea r, seaport, one of the busiest in the world. every year, something like 100,000 ships pass through here, carrying containers of cargo all over the world. in the last few hours i have been out here, i've seen something like ten or 15 ships. i think that really underlines the problem in all of this, the concern for so many businesses in this part of the world. asia's economies have really depended on these free trade policies. that is how we have seen growth here become some of the most dynamic growth in the entire world, and the fear is that if these trade ta riffs and the fear

we are here to talk about north korea, update on singapore. there was another summit in helskinki, in russia, we are not going to talk about that today. maybe you can ask a question, but that's not our purpose. we want to dig deeper into what comes next. we have a terrific panel of experts. the professor is the professor from political science and a senior fellow. and he is at the center for international security and cooperation where he ran for how many years? >> 12. these issues well. >> and we are going to start with the professor who is the asian-pacific the research center. ou have to learn the acronyms. we aren't going to through them all. d he is a senior fellow, professor of sociology and the korean foundation and alumni chair of korean studies and finally ambassador kathleen stephens who is the william perry fellow. she has over four decades of experience working on all things korean, but not only korea by the way, as we were reminded. first as a peace corps volunteer and u.s. ambassador there from 2008 to 2011. i had the pleasure to

i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. the headlines: caught on the mountain: the moment trekkers run to escape landslides as a powerful earthquake hits the indonesian island of lombok. at least 1a people are dead. cambodia's prime minister has claimed election victory, but critics say the vote was a sham. hello. i'm ben bland in london. also coming up in the programme: just hours before zimbabweans head to the polls, the former leader, robert mugabe, breaks his silence, saying he won't vote the man who pushed him out. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday, good morning. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7am on the indonesian island of lombok, where at least 1a people have been killed in a powerful earthquake. indonesian presidentjoko widodo is due to visit later on monday. he's ordered the maximum relief effort to help survivors. officials say hundreds have been injured and the number of casualties is expected to rise. the bbc‘s pablo uchoa has more. a scenic morni

president trump and north korean leader kim jong-un met tonight in singapore after we taped our show.if you're watching this on tv right now, either it went well, or you have a tv in your fallout shelter. [ laughter ] you know what? [ applause ] if you do -- if you do and you're choosing to watch us, thank you. according to reports, north korean leader kim jong-un brought his own toilet to singapore for his summit with president trump to prevent intelligence agencies from using the sewer to get information on his health. [ laughter ] >> seth: said intelligence agencies, we're just going to go ahead and guess bad then? [ light laughter ] [ applause ] >> seth: nba hall of famer dennis rodman arrived in singapore today ahead of president trump's summit with north korean leader kim jong-un. he would have gotten there sooner, but you know, metal detectors. [ light laughter ] that's right, dennis rodman arrived in singapore today for the summit with kim jong-un. so at least if kim launches a nuclear missile, rodman will be there to grab the rebound. [ light laughter ] that's right. dennis r