so the calculation for singapore for instance is that before the city was built singapore's five cooler andll thate ends up being converted into -- fossil fuel use as people use a conditions. tooool spice and throw even more heat out into the city if substantial plant cover even reducing a poll by -- two or three degrees csius the energy saving for the entire country would be you know in the billions of dollars of a movie is a lot of the arguments you have the also much of the city's build you know it doesn't matte. one of two buildings what difference can i might. but if one building can. compensate for ten other sites not having any grain you can see that just by doing selective -- injection of these kind of buildings for the city you can already created a statistically significant amount. of green in the city can you see a potentially in the future where you could. actually see some of this area providing. a food supplement because we know the singer. for is it onlinon food imports ah. we'v sort done generation one which is providing a lot of planting and achieving these plot ratios.

welcome to singapore. to a city—state that is home to more than 5 million people and atjust 50 kilometres wide and less than 140 kilometres from the equator, this place feels like it is at the centre of everything. east meets west here, nature meets future. this is a thriving financial hub that seems to be doing pretty well for itself. when you think of singapore you might think of the tropical climate or all of the greenery, or even the critical architecture. everyone that i know who lives here, they say it is a pretty nice life. but this tiny island nation does face its challenges. land is at a premium here. and they need to import pretty much everything. although it's brilliant to dip into the melting pot of different cuisines and cultures, it is a reminder that 90% of singapore's food is grown and farmed elsewhere. singapore is a very small country, so you can imagine, we don't have the same amount of land to grow many of the crops or animals that we need to feed ourselves, particularly when we see how

welcome to singapore. i have come to a city—state that is home to more than 5 million people and atjust 50 kilometres wide and less than 140 kilometres from the equator, this place feels like it is at the centre of everything. east meets west here, nature meets future. this is a thriving financial hub that seems to be doing pretty well for itself. when you think of singapore you might think of the tropical climate or all of the greenery, or even the critical architecture. everyone that i know who lives here, they say it is a pretty nice life. but this tiny island nation does face its challenges. land is at a premium here. and they need to import pretty much everything. although it's brilliant to dip into the melting pot of different cuisines and cultures, it is a reminder that 90% of singapore's food is grown and farmed elsewhere. singapore is a very small country, so you can imagine, we don't have the same amount of land to grow many of the crops or animals that we need to feed ourselves, particularly whe

voiceover: live from our studio in singapore. _ voiceover: live from our studio in singapore, this _: live from our studio in singapore, this is _ voiceover: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc - voiceover: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. l in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. preparations are in place in belfast to welcome the us presidentjoe biden on tuesday to mark 25 years since the signing of the northern ireland good friday agreement. the historic peace deal was signed by the then(tx the historic peace deal was signed by the then british prime minister tony blair and irish prime minister bertie ahern. the agreement played a major part, in bringing to an end, 30 years of conflict, known as the troubles. the current british prime minister, rishi sunak, says efforts must be intensified in northern ireland, to restore the power—sharing government that was central to the deal. it collapsed in the fall out from brexit and now the political deadlock and security concerns, are threatening to to overshadow the

the more singapore stands up when there are crisis, the more people want to come to singapore, so i thinkhere the government is working with. it is a good indication because of the confidence foreigners give to singapore, but at the same time that we do not want it to affect our domestic economy. so i think this is a balance we have to do. haslinda: right. another question is whether prices have peaked, even rental wise. what is your assumption? >> ok, so definitely if you look at the office space rentals, it has reached a space where it is a matter of inflation and affordability, so as inflation we think will start to cool down, we hope that rentals will start to cool down as well, so i think that is probably where it is. as for the price itself, it is a method of demand. we hope it will cool down the market. until people understand the whole impact of the higher borrowing costs, so we are hopeful this will build a stronger market. rishaad: yep. we are out of time. so good of you to join us. uob stocks down 1% in a declining market. this is bloomberg. ♪ rishaad: ah, just checking on thes

the tremendous change in singapore and the research in singapore, now the national university is onee top 20 bioscience universities in the world, that we stand here where technology has brought us to the ability to where we can cure life-threatening diseases in their own lifetime, so my concern was that i out after this acceleration of our focus -- i felt after this six elevation of our focus that i could feel the world slowing down its emphasis just as we had this opportunity. haslinda: what does the future of health look like? what does it mean for equality, equity in health care? >> well, what it means today -- i have done this commission in california where we called it the personalized medicine commission. one year later, we changed our name to precision medicine. it was not just personalized. we could have exact knowledge. finally, when we submitted the report, we called ourselves the precision health, so, yes, we can diagnose diseases early. many of these new ideas that everything that was in your blood -- that was an idea we put forth at a conference 40 years ago, but we cou

reporting live from singapore, i'm mariko oi. the headlines: thousands of people have been fleeing sudan on the first day of a shaky ceasefire. led's finish thisjob. led's finish this job. i know we can. biden announces he'll run again for the white house — at 81 he will be the oldest us president to seek re—election. accused of breaching sanctions against north korea, british american tobacco pays $600 million to us authorities. # island in the sun # and tributes to the legendary singer, actor, and civil rights activist harry belafonte, who's died at the age of 96. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in sudan, where an uneasy truce appears to be holding. thousands of people have been fleeing the country due to the violence there, as countries from around the world work to evacuate their citizens. people living in sudan have spoken of their fears of looting, vandalism and hunger. andrew harding has this report. safely out of sudan, the first plane carrying british nationals landed back in cyprus this evening. the rescue

let's talk about what's going on in singapore because singapore has executed a 46—year—old convictedf— tangaraju suppiah was found guilty of trafficking a single a single kilogramme of cannabis five years ago. campaigners had been hoping that he would be given a reprieve at the last minute. live now to singapore and our reporter, katie silver. singapore has some of the world's toughest anti—drug laws — the death penalty for drug trafficking and lesser penalties for couriers. he was not found with drugs on his person. is the country at odds with drug sentencing across the region? this is really reigniting the debate about the mandatory sentencing that occurs for drug trafficking. with this case the man was executed earlier this morning at changi prison on the east of the island, found guilty in 2018 of trafficking or being part of an operation to traffic one kilo of cannabis from malaysia into singapore, malaysia being the northern neighbour to singapore, despite last—minute appeals of clemency that went as high as the promised we saw the execution take place, some background around c

singapore is in a bit of a mixed position, singapore, i think.s a smoother relationship with the us. so i think it appreciates biden�*s sort of more stable kind of politics as opposed to trump's, however they are. there is some concern about perhaps this mounting intensity of competition between the us and china. i think for singapore that's been in the sort of middleman position. they are sort of wary of a biden administration pushing further on competition with the us. of course they are just as concerned with with the prc in case anyone mistakes what i'm trying to say. interesting you mentioned tensions between washington and beijing under the 0bama administration when mr biden was the vp. there was very much a policy of pivot to asia. how do you rate mr biden�*s policy towards asia for the for his first term? so i think president biden�*s policy in asia has been pretty consistent. he's had his people show up. he's been trying to put a strong face of the us in asia to show that it's a resident actor in asia as opposed to such claims that it sh

live from our studio in singapore. _ million. live from our studio in singapore, this _ million.e from our studio in singapore, this is - million. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc - million. live from our studio i in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. will begin in sudan where british diplomats and their families have been airlifted to —— british diplomats and theirfamilies have been airlifted to safety from khartoum, the capital of sudan, as fighting between rival military factions enters a second week. the ministry of defence in london confirmed that embassy staff had been brought out under cover of darkness, and the united states has carried out a similar operation. there's no word yet on how other british nationals will be able to leave the country. our africa correspondent andrew harding has the latest. amid the bombs and the gunfire in khartoum today, a series of dramatic rescue missions. among those successfully airlifted out of sudan after a week of terror, british embassy s

mr; business in singapore. he's been talking to us.- business in singapore. to us. my dad grew u- in been talking to us. my dad grew up in chinatown _ been talking to us. my dad grew up in chinatown and _ been talking to us. my dad grew up in chinatown and got - up in chinatown and got involved with drugs and stuff like that and went to prison a few times. it's pretty amazing, given what it was before. he had a rough childhood and background and then to actually turnover a new leaf and build a business the ground up, when he first started we were young and we went to his office and we hung out and watched him work sometimes. he was more of an artist, creative, so he withdrawn some designs and we would watch him convert those to the designs in the 3d products ——we would draw some designs. i thought that was amazing. injune 2016 he was not doing so well and back then, my dad said whatever he had, he was going to give it to us anyway. that's when i started. my brotherjoined in 2019. i thought i would try to give it a shot to manage the company back then. he thou

cities like bangkok and singapore are _ lives?crete - lives? cities like bangkok and l singapore are concrete jungles, and they attract all the heat, and they attract all the heat, and they attract all the heat, and the concrete absorbed it, and the concrete absorbed it, and then at night it radiates out the heat. so we never really get the cooling effect that you might get in more green areas, and this is known as the urban heat effect. i think we are going to see this trend continue, and what we need to do is implement better regulations and planning solutions to counteract this. for example, in terms of building regulations, there should be regulations relating to encouraging natural ventilation. in order to limit the amount of air conditioning that we use, because air—conditioners radiate heat. there should also be regulations for example regarding the colour of buildings. it's very fashionable in bangkok for condominiums to be painted grey or black, which absorbs a lot of heat. people living in those buildings will have highe

mr; in singapore. he shared his challenges with the bbc.m _ challenges with the bbc. my dad came from chinatown _ challenges with the bbc. my dad came from chinatown and - challenges with the bbc. my dad came from chinatown and got. came from chinatown and got involved with drugs and so on and it's amazing given what she was before, he had a rough childhood and back on and then to actually turn over a new leaf and grow a business from ground up. when he started we were young and we went to his office and we hung out and watch them work sometimes. he's more of an artist, a creative, so he would draw designs and we would watch him convert those 2d designs into 3d products and i thought that was amazing. in 2016 he wasn't doing so well and back then my dad always said whatever he had he was going to give it to us in any way. that's when i started. my brotherjoined in 2019 so i thought i would try and give it a shot to manage the company back then. and he thought it was a good idea. to pass on the bets on. i guess it's not easy giving up contro

singapore i think is not a us ally.t like this with with the us i think it appreciates bite and's more stable as opposed to trump's. so there is some concern about perhaps the mounting intensity of competition between the us and china, i think for singapore who was in the middle man position, they are wary of a bite in the ministration pushing further on competition and of course they are just as concerned with the prc in kern —— in case any mistakes as would venture to say. interesting you mention tensions between washington and beijing. under the obama administration when mr biden was the vp that was very much a policy of pivot to asia. how do you rate mr biden policy toward asia in his first term? i do you rate mr biden policy toward asia in his first term?— asia in his first term? i think his policy nature — asia in his first term? i think his policy nature has _ asia in his first term? i think his policy nature has been - asia in his first term? i think his l policy nature has been consistent. he has had people sho

live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. it singapore, this is bbc news.s newsday.— it's newsday. it is eight in the morning _ it's newsday. it is eight in the morning here - it's newsday. it is eight in the morning here in - it's newsday. it is eight in - the morning here in singapore and eight in the evening in new york where donald trump is spending the night ahead of his arraignment on tuesday. i want to show you the scene live in new york and as we understand that he is in his suite in the trump tower in and hatton, presumably conferring with his lawyers for what will be an unprecedented moment in us legal history. that's before never —— that is because never before has a us president sitting or previous face criminal charges. we will be looking at what could happen nextin looking at what could happen next in just a moment when we hearfrom our next in just a moment when we hear from our correspondence next in just a moment when we hearfrom our correspondence in new york and from a legal expert we begin today with this report from our north america edi

in singapore in shanghai.markets: asia. >> asia-pacific stocks heading for the highest close since mid february. the federal reserve as -- is at near peak interest rates. pointing to rising global growth risk as well as easing inflation. china's megabanks trying to at least raise $5.8 billion of bond sales, kicking off a major funding bush to comply with global capital requirements. haslinda: tgif, it is risk on here in asia on the back of weaker than expected data out of the u.s. cpi and ppi, common in lower than expected, prompting perhaps some relief in the market that tightening may be close to where we are in terms of benchmarks. the nikkei to 25 up about 1%. it's about the strong dollar pretty much dwindling. it's at the lowest level in 12 months, providing some relief for asian currencies on the way up, up by .6%. gains for the chinese yuan, and talk about risk on, gold edging ever closer to its record level of 20.75. it is risk on but there's also trepidation and people are taking some shelter. rishaad

as we get export numbers at singapore, a very [indiscernible] economy.till remains on the said trajectory and the geopolitical overlay. china reopening, how much of a boost we are seeing in the numbers this week will be key. let's get you straight to the open. annabelle: certainly a lot of different headlines and things passing through to start the week. we have the open for japan, south korea, and australia and we are watching the two year yield closely because it rose to end the week. we saw a court u.s. retail sales declining less than forecast and the other part that played in was the rising inflation expectations that came through in the latest survey with more fed officials saying there is a further case of tightening. the dollar looking mixed in early trade but flat against the japanese yen. inflation data from japan later this week will be key. the last national print before the boj makes their first policy decision under the new governor and in japan today we are watching for any market implications from a bomb attack targeting the prime ministe

the flight to frankfurt takes twice as long as usual. singapore airlines resumed its air bus service. several months ago, many of the passengers checking in in frankfort made a conscious decision to fly within a $380.00 yards. isn't there, it's massive really. as far as i know, the biggest passenger machine in the world, it's supposed to be very stable. i've talked to people who have flown in one and say it's a pleasant experience among floors and what i was looking forward to at the lateness line of warren jones cavanaugh, my love, i usually have a fear of flying, but i hope it's not so bad on such a big plane going, it's very stable and you barely noticed you're in the air with the aircraft is being prepped for a flight to singapore, in flight meals for some 600 passengers are being loaded onto the plane. there are large suites on the upper deck for the passengers, it's as comfortable as their own living room next door and the lift tons a maintenance hanger. the mike kilo aircraft hovers half a meter above the ground. the wheels are checked in what's called a gear, swing the technol

s. singapore has also offered a substantial subsidies to attract, he has m c. so the eel really struggles to catch up with the u. s. in asia, in ships subsidies, however, it takes much more than money t as mc success reflects a corporate culture that molds a workforce of thousands of technicians willing to execute the demanding work required to ensure high yields. it also requires an educational system that can provide that basic training in electrical engineering to continuously trend new technicians who are staff, the dozens of chip factories. and that is probably why stephanie, state minister of science sebastian, get coal and present to you to gaston, or sula, down digger are in tie one now to learn to build a revitalized semiconductor industry. all right, so it's a pretty complex operation. we've talked about your, of the united states, singapore, you mentioned as well. but what can this international expansion mean for china? well, it's a big blow to china. t s. m sees presence in the u. s. europe or other countries outside china will foster a new ecosyst

the un human rights office for singapore had also word so far. he's to reconsider his sentence. march to the u. s . justice department says the firm, british american tobacco will pay more than $629000000.00 for legally selling tobacco to north korea and violating un sanctions. the penalty is the largest ever from sanctions against north korean leader kim jong ans country kim is rarely seen without a cigarette and entertainment giant into activist harry belafonte. a has site died at home in new york. he was 96 of on a begun his ground breaking, acting, and singing career in the 1950s. in the 960 c forged his civil rights legacy marching with martin luther king junior and fighting for social justice in the u. s. and africa his well, his mocking 75 years of independence. ah . the celebrations come on the heels of memorial day, a day to remember lives lost in war. and the millison attacks both traditionally have served as much as of unity in a nation that has for repeated wars since its creation. but this year, they've also been weekly mass protests against plant government reforms

the flight to frankfurt takes twice as long as usual. singapore airlines resumed its air bus service several months ago. many of the passengers checking in in frankfort made a conscious decision to fly within a $380.00 yards is on there. it's massive, really. as far as i know, the biggest passenger machine in the world, it's supposed to be very stable to me. i've talked to people who have flown in one and say it's a pleasant experience among floors and when i was there looking forward to it. it was like the all foreign jones cavanaugh, my love. i usually have a fear of flying, but i hope it's not so bad on such a big plane going. it's very stable and you barely noticed you're in the air with the aircraft is being prepped for a flight to singapore, in flight meals for some 600 passengers are being loaded onto the plane. there are large suites on the upper deck for the passengers. it's as comfortable as their own living room next door in the lift tons, a maintenance hanger. the mike kilo aircraft hovers half a meter above the ground. the wheels are checked in what's called a gears, swi

live from our studio in singapore... this is bbc news. it's newsday.t's 7 in the morning in singapore and 4 o'clock in the afternoon in simi valley in california, where us house speaker kevin mccarthy greeted taiwan president tsai ing—wen at the start of a meeting that has already infuriated china. in the last hour, beijing has promised a "resolute" response. mr mccarthy is the most senior american politician to meet a taiwanese leader on us soil since 1979. the meeting took place at the ronald reagan presidential library during a stopover on president tsai'sjourney home from latin america. china claims taiwan is part of its own territory and discourages the island's leaders from meeting foreign officials. the two leaders held a press conference earlier. here's what they said. the friendship between the people of taiwan and america is a matter of profound importance to the free will, and it is critical to maintain economic freedom, peace and regional stability. we will honour our obligations and reiterate our commitment to our shared values behind whic

live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday.— singapore, this is bbc news.newsday. welcome to the programme- _ it's newsday. welcome to the programme. we _ it's newsday. welcome to the programme. we begin - it's newsday. welcome to the programme. we begin in - it's newsday. welcome to the i programme. we begin in sudan, where the rescue operation to bring british nationals out of the country has made progress. the latest official figure is that 536 people have been rescued so far. tens of thousands of sudanese and foreign nationals have left sudan in the past week, fleeing the violence that's erupted between two military factions. we'll have a report by our special correspondent lucy manning on those arriving back in the uk, but we start with this report from cyprus, and our correspondent there, nick beake. finally, an escape for britons who've been stranded in sudan. but as the raf carries out more evacuations, there are some concerns the airfield in the capital, khartoum, is now breaking up, with hundreds of uk citizens still stuck in the devastation, infl

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: one of russia's most influential pro—kremlin bloggers is killed in an explosion at a cafe in st petersburg. vladlen tatarsky wrote on the telegram platform from the frontline — supporting the russian invasion of ukraine. finland turns right. the opposition claims victory in the general election. prime minister sanna marin concedes. and paris says �*non�*. the french capital votes by a huge margin to end on—street rentals of e—scooters. in the new york times twitter account is among those to lose verified status. the publishers there is a will not pay for the privilege. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start today with russia — it says a pro—kremlin military blogger has been killed in a blast at a cafe in st petersburg, which is the second largest city after the capital, moscow. police say several others have been injured in the incident. vladlen tatarsky was one of a handful of reporters writing bl

live from our studio in singapore... this is bbc news. it's newsday.x in the morning in singapore and 6pm in washington, where the white house is releasing —— seven in the morning and 7pm. a report which says little more could have been done to prevent the taliban takeover of afghanistan. the review, commissioned by president biden, does admit the us should have begun evacuating kabul earlier. a spokesman blamed the chaotic us withdrawal in august 2021 on a deal donald trump did with the taliban. transitions matter, that's the first lesson learned here, and the incoming administration wasn't afforded much of one. thus, president biden's choice was stark — either withdraw all our forces or resume fighting with the taliban. he chose the former. that's the picture from the white house. i spoke to a foreign policy fellow earlier in washington, who explained the significance of this announcement. the timin: of this announcement. the timing of _ of this announcement. the timing of the _ of this announcement. tue: timing of the announcement of this announceme

live from our studio in singapore... this is bbc news. it's newsday.s seven in the morning in singapore and seven in the evening in florida, where donald trump hasjust flown back from manhattan. he made us legal history there becoming the first person ever to have served as president to be charged in a criminal court. i could take you to the seen live. there is a flurry of vehicles that are awaiting the scene there, but he did make us legal history becoming the first person ever to have served as president to be charged in a criminal court. he entered not guilty pleas to sa indictments. the car execution plans he repeatedly falsified business rafter to conceal crimes during the 2216 election —— claims. —— of the prosecution claims. payments to two women with whom mr trump is said to have had a relationship. to effectively buy their silence. you can see the streets in florida to the lead up to the arrival of donald trump with supporter waving flags. the indictment last week, supporters who believe this is a political witch hunt, who believe this is unfa

of course will just be a drill in chung as an associate professor at the national university of singapore . and earlier i asked him about what these drills demonstrate about china's preparedness to potentially strike taiwan. so these drills they demonstrate, again, china's ability to mount different kinds of operations. this includes potentially blockade. this potentially includes airstrikes, muscle strikes, so on and so forth. but i guess it's not going to mentally different from what the p r c has been doing over the past few years. it's more concentrated, but the nature of what it's doing is pretty much the same. so in the sense, i think there's a lot of normalization already actually on time one towards attraction. now let's zoom out a little bit. taiwan has condemned china for undermining peace and stability in the region. how worried are other nearby countries about a military escalation? so i think many nearby countries are worried they're increasingly worried. japan certainly is because the challenges some of his territory, the last round of missile exercises from august. some of

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it was on and so for professor john, thank you for your insights. professor ian chung from singapore is national university u. s. media reporting that ukraine has been forced to change some of its military plans after a trove of us intelligence documents was apparently leaked online. the highly classified documents include strategic information on the war in ukraine, and may have compromised. a coming and counter offensive cave has played down the leak saying it's military tactics were always subject to change. so let's take a look at the leak now in more detail. top secrets u. s. government documents that were definitely not meant to see the light of day detailing ukrainian armaments weapons deliveries, russia, maneuvers, and spying on allies. among the revelations, ukraine's air defenses are allegedly in danger of running out of ammunition in a few weeks. ukraine's troop losses are set to be high, but not as high as rushes. they also hints at night to plans to support the ukrainian military in an upcoming spring offensive. i think the russians already knew all this, this. this is i

the un human rights office is calling on singapore to urgently reconsider executing a man for a drug offense. tango rancho soupy. as family have requested a retrial after he was convicted of conspiracy, the traffic more than a kilogram of cannabis un representative says there are concerns about the trial. singapore is home affairs ministry says that tango, roger was proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. of south africa's president serial ram of pose. i says that he wants his country to quit the international criminal court. he cited what he called the countries, the courts, unfair treatment of certain countries. now the i c. c issued an arrest warrant for russia president vladimir putin last month and south africa will be hosting the brick summit in august inviting the leaders of the block, including vladimir putin. former venezuelan opposition leader one guido has been expelled from columbia after trying to attend an international summit in bova. wida took a flight to the us just hours after arriving in the capitol. columbia's government says he wasn't invited to the meeting, whi

reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: after a difficult few months, elon musk talks exclusively to the bbc about troubled times at twitter. the pain level of twitter has been extremely high. this hasn't been some sort of party. so it's been really quite a stressful situation. presidentjoe biden arrives in dublin after re—committing us support for the good friday agreement. the pentagon grapples with the fallout of a massive leak of classified documents, many of them linked to the war in ukraine. and this year is expected to be the first ever year the planet has used less coal, oil and gas for energy — because of the rise of renewables. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 7am here in singapore and 4pm in san francisco, where the bbc�*s technology correspondent sat down in an unexpected interview with elon musk. the billionaire telsa car boss and new owner of twitter said running the social media site has been "painful" and "a roller—coaster". it's one of his first intervie

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani, the headlines: a white house report says little more could have been done to prevent the taliban takeover of afghanistan, but evacuations should have started earlier. while it was always the president of intent to end that war it is also undeniable that decisions made and the lack of planning done by the previous administration significantly limited options available to him. . , , him. the french president urges his chinese _ him. the french president urges his chinese counterpart - him. the french president urges his chinese counterpart to - him. the french president urges his chinese counterpart to help i his chinese counterpart to help stop the war in ukraine and bring rusher to its senses. israel carries out an air attack on gaza following an intent rocket bombardment from across the lebanese border. london's metropolitan police diverts dozens of its serious crime officers to investigate their own colleagues as it tries to expel hundreds of corrupt officers.

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suranjana tewari, bbc news, singapore.he angry birds video game has been bought by the japanese gaming giant behind the sonic the hedgehog character. finland—based rovio has agreed to be bought by japan's sega sammy holdings for $775 million dollars. rovio claims angry birds was the first mobile game to be downloaded one billion times, and the brand has also produced two angry birds movies. but the company has yet to produce a follow—up to match its success. confidence among finance chiefs at the uk's biggest companies has seen its sharpest rise since 2020. a survey by deloitte of chief financial officers showed sentiment rebounded as their concerns about energy prices and brexit problems eased. there were 25% more cfos feeling better about the future than worse, compared to 17% more feeling the opposite three months ago. there were seaside puffins, city puffins and even one or two of them are nestled away in towns and villages. but now puffins galore, east yorkshire's puffin trail is coming to an end. irate east yorkshire

later today singapore will report its inflation data for the month of march which has been hovering atty that imports most of its goods. 0n island city that imports most of its goods. on tuesday, we will get a snapshot of south korea's economy. the government will report first—quarter gdp which many analysts are forecasting to show the country narrowly avoided a recession. by narrowly avoided a recession. by mid week we will hear inflation data from australia for the first quarter of the year. the country's central bank had kept interest rates unchanged earlier this year after ten consecutive rate hikes but it has hinted it may raise the cost of growing again as inflation remains uncomfortably high in the country. and before we go, let me tell you about how crowds at disneyland and california were left stunned on saturday night when a giant mechanical dragon caught fire. videos are shared online show that the 13 metre firebreathing dragon quickly became engulfed in flames as firefighters tried to control the blaze. it happened during a live performance featuring water displays and pyro