singapore will have to thread the needle carefully. we still believe that -- in the cross-pollination of ideas and people that we must also find a cost solution. it is important for singapore to ensure -- it is going to be separate. >> we are coming up on the sunset review in 2026. we have already begun conversations around that. jay simmons was saying that canada has a few issues. some of these issues around national security will be part of that conversation. how do you see the sunset review playing out? can you highlight that? >> usmca's success story, what i believe is that we have to start looking at the forest. that is the future of the u.s.. i am going to give just an example. if you look at production of transportation equipment, if we see manufacturing in the world, china produces 9.8% of the world transportation equipment. the u.s. produces 7.6%. mexico produces 6.4%. canada produces 2.9%. when north america produces 16.9%, that is more than 9.8%. what we should be thinking is about the medium and long-term review. we are giv

let's bring in to discuss the future of singapore's foreign policy, first off, we have seen singaporey skillfully navigating its relations between the u.s. and china, but this is also an evolving landscape. we were just hearing about these terrors from biting, china, pledging resolute measures, strategic competition that's only going to deepen in an election year for the u.s. what is this going to mean for singapore? >> i think lawrence wong is definitely going to have a lot cut out for him and his first year. i think he has really done a lot of homework in terms of preparing to deal with these relationships. i think he has already talked about he is making a very principal approach when it comes to dealing with foreign policy. he's not pro-u.s., he's not pro-china, he's pro-singapore and what that means is taking a consistent principal approach, following rules-based international order, and i think that will be what will be guiding him in the first couple of months. avril: how soon do you think we could see him stand his own brag on foreign policy? >> i think it will take some time.

enjoys a very healthy surplus of singapore. which may come in useful next year depending on how things shape up. and the u.s. runs a surplus both in trading goods as well as trading services. it's not one masking the other. but, also as a result free trade agreement, we have close to 6000 u.s. companies in singapore using us as a regional headquarters for some of them. singapore as a springboard to the larger region, reaping the benefits of the integration that we see in asean and larger asian economies. investments from u.s. into singapore, just to give you a sense of what it's like cumulative, it's close to about one half trillion euros dollars. what does that mean? it means the cumulative stock of u.s. fda in singapore is larger than the u.s. fdi into china, japan, and south korea combined. combined. okay? and so, when i say that, actually there is a lot of economic skin in the game for the u.s. to remain deeply vested in our part of the world, i think you understand what it is i am saying. >> thank you. ambassador tuck yew

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haidi: avril hong in singapore on a momentous day for singapore. first, we will be getting the opposition view and it comes to australia's budget. angus taylor will be back live next. this is bloomberg. ♪ thanks to avalara, we can calculate sales tax automatically. avalarahhhhhh what if tax rates change? ahhhhhh filing sales tax returns? ahhhhhh business license guidance? ahhhhhh -cross-border sales? -ahhhhhh -item classification? -ahhhhhh does it connect with acc...? ahhhhhh ahhhhhh ahhhhhh something amazing is happening here. retailers are moving inventory quickly and securely. that's because cdw designed and built a solution with cisco security. end to end protection, defends against attacks and makes better decisions in real time. so warehouse and customer data stay protected every step of the way. make amazing happen. cisco and cdw. >> this budget shows that we are realistic, that the pressures people face right now. and we are optimistic about the future. this budget reflects our biggest ambitions and our highest aspirations. to make us the p

singapore has a new prime minister.e officially takes the helm of the city state and saying singapore should race for new realities. he says singapore will continue to engage with both the u.s., its largest foreign investor, and also china, his biggest trading partner. >> is a small country, we cannot escape these powerful crosscurrents. as an open economy, our livelihoods will be hit when multilateralism fractures. as a diverse society, we will be vulnerable to external influences that prompt us in different directions. we must raise our self to these new realities and adapt to it messier, riskier, and more violent world. paul: for more on the new leader, let's bring in our opinion columnist in singapore. the commissioner talking about a messier, more riskier and violent world. what struck you about the speech? >> everything he pointed out in terms of the fact that it's a far more dangerous environment as he takes on this extremely important role, becoming only the fourth prime minister in singapore at a time of real u

we understand that singapore officials _ looking at?ngapore officials have - looking at? we understand that singapore officials have sent. looking at? we understand that singapore officials have sent al looking at? we understand that - singapore officials have sent a team to bangkok, and what they were saying is to really help support thai officials as well as the passengers and crew, and they haven't give much information in terms of where an investigation will 90, terms of where an investigation will go, but at this point, i think they arejust trying to go, but at this point, i think they are just trying to address the passengers and their well—being and health as well as the passengers who are well enough that are trying to make their way to singapore. singapore is a lots of light —— a place where lots of people transferred to australia, less of us trillions on the plane, or indonesia and other countries, so it is been a long journey for them, and unclear where there would they would be staying in bangkok and gets in on a plane later

monica miller, thank you very much indeed, our correspondent in singapore.on, who is an aviation consultant and a former aircraft accident investigator. it's really interesting to talk to you, thanks so much forjoining us on the world today. monica mentioned there will be some kind of investigation. what form with that investigation. what form with that investigation take given the evidence we have? will investigators be looking at the cockpit recorder, to work out what the pilot knew beforehand, how will it all pan out? it will be down to the investor getting authority —— investor getting authority —— investor getting authority —— investor getting authority to decide how exactly procedural but yes, investigating the flight deck crew, cabin crew, the recorded flight data, which usually provides an excellent, particulate with this aircraft, suite of data, informative unknot only what was happening but some indications as to why it was happening, if the cockpit voice recorder has been preserved and very often we find that it has not been, unfortunately, there

i mean singapore - sally.ngapore airlines, of course, is regarded as one of the best and safest airlines in the world and staff are being complimented in how they handled the situation when that extreme turbulence struck. of course, many of them were not wearing their seat belts and we're getting accounts, pictures and videos, slowly coming in and they really paint a picture of sheer terror, one passenger saying anyone not wearing a seat belts was launched into the ceiling, another saying there were so many injured people, including some with head wounds. so you can just some with head wounds. so you canjust imagine some with head wounds. so you can just imagine what it must have been like on a long—haul flight like that, 1.5 hours before landing. they were already in thai aerospace and breakfast was being served and without warning, this turbulence. many of the crew, who were injured themselves, had to then go and help those other passengers who were badly injured as well. singapore, of course, take safety ve

haslinda: singapore was an outperformer.at because it did not manage to counter the slowdown in other markets. cannot be sustained? and given the high rate environment? >> absolutely. singapore is different coming off a high. you see a huge increase in the number of transactions and a huge increase in price at the time. that is not something that can be sustained in the long term. at the moment, we are in an environment where the number of leads out there is a bit lower. that is a sweet spot for us. it's hard to convince asians to spend more money on our side and deliver more leads. right now, the agents are investing in our side, the one that delivers all their leads, so we are seeing it doing well. in terms of long-term outlook, i think singapore is an attractive place for people to live and work. it is an island, so property itself is in short supply. demand will always be in excess of supply, and we think the market will stabilize now, increase, and will keep adding multiple value and hopefully be rewarded for that. hasl

singapore flights experienced extreme turbulence over myanmar.ll send officials to support investigations into the incident. that news just coming in. let's go back to the story we were just discussing. mr. trump's allies in arizona. we can go to cbs news senior white house and political correspondent ed o'keefe in arizona following this. great to see you. this is the first time rudy giuliani appeared in court for his arraignment. tell us what hapns. >> he only appeared virtually, phoning it in from wherever he was to this courtroom in phoenix to answer to charges he is part of a scheme involving 17 other republican leaders charged with fraud, forgery and conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential elections in arizona. it is a collection of arizona-based republican leaders and trump aligned activists and aides. the former mayor is one of them, mark meadows is another, an attorney named john eastman, pushing the theory of the case most strongly. and a woman who oversees the election integrity, the republican national committee tho

the plane was on its way from london to singapore when | from london to singapore when authorities say an emergency landing in bangkok. these are some of the images we have seen from inside the plane. and also there is damage to overhead lockers where something has clearly hit it and people were being treated on board and also on the tarmac. we have seen this video from inside the plane and you can see people being stretchered here, and a 73—year—old british man has died, sadly. the authorities say that was likely due to a heart attack and his wife was also injured and she has been taken to hospital. seven other people have been critically injured, believed to have head injuries, and almost two dozen have other injuries. this is the plane coming into bangkok airport and rushing to

to singapore hit by severe turbulence.ingapore—bound plane was diverted to bangkok and landed at 3:45 local time. the aircraft was carrying a total of 211 passengers and 18 crew. the airline said in a statement... maura fogarty, the senior news editor of our singapore bureau, updated us on the latest news on the incident. we are still waiting to get as many details as we can as this situation unfolds in bangkok. and i just want to announce that my colleague jonathan head is there. he's just arrived at the airport and is gathering as i speak here. what we do know so far is that one death has been confirmed due to the turbulence, that flight 50321 faced from london heathrow airport on its way to singapore, as you mentioned, diverted to land in in bangkok. we also know that the airport authority of thailand is holding a press conference in about 30 minutes�* time. so we'll be getting more details there. you can see those pictures showing emergency services arriving at the airport to provide as much support as possible. we als

creating opportunities for the region, the businesses, singapore. >> talking about singapore's new greendmap, just announced earlier this morning. haslinda: big enough pie for everyone. thank you so much for that coverage. the singapore senior administer of say -- state and information. annabelle droulers helping the summit for us. staying with southeast asia tech. google says it will invest $2 billion in malaysia including building a data center in the state of solano. the investment will support $3 billion in positive economic impact, creating 27,000 jobs by 2030. google says it's to make growing demand for cloud services and ai literacy programs. ahead, a new ev adoption policy could threaten the growth of india's carbon-based energy suppliers. the managing director will be joining us for an exclusive interview. keep it here with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ haslinda: welcome back to bloomberg markets: asia. india starts trading in just under two minutes. we are tracking steel. a lower open for the stock as profit fell 64%. on the back of lower steel prices. surging steel imports hitting

christian: let's speak to monica miller in singapore.up to speed with the condition of those taken a hospital and how serious the injuries are. monica: actually it has been a long waiting game for the relatives and friends who came. they were expecting those passengers to get off the flight at 6:00 p.m. it has been nine hours. they are also waiting to hear about the condition of their loved ones. we heard that there had been a plane that was bringing the people who were healthy enough back to singapore, the final destination.b but now we understand the plane is not left bangkok just yet. it has been a very tense day here. singaporean lines officials have put them in a room with a lot of security and have given them all kinds of things to help them through this, including mental health officials. we did see one woman who was visibly shaken and was being aided by a mental health advocate who was here as she was walking around the airport. again, we are still waiting for information on a flight that is expected to be carrying about 100 pass

as you heard on newsday — a singapore airlines flight for more on the singapore airlines, you will have catch up. tonight — extreme turbulence on a flight, liverpool becomes taylor time and the oldest liverpool becomes taylor town and the oldest person to go to space. our top story — a man has died and several others are injured after extreme turbulence on a flight from london to singapore. the singapore airlines plane had to divert to bangkok and landed at 3:45pm there. authorities at bangkok airport say the victim was a 73—year—old man from the uk and that it was likely he died from a heart attack. passengers took these pictures shortly after the emergency. imagine how scary this would have been. you can see the impact and damage here. jerry was a passenger on the flight. suddenly, the plane plunged. i don't know how far, but it was they said 6,000 feet. i don't know how far, but it was...they said 6,000 feet. it didn't seem like 6,000 feet, but it was a long way, and so sudden — there was no warning at all. and i ended up hitting my head on the ceiling. my wife did. some poor people

turbulence sent a singapore airlines flight plummeting 6,000 feet without warning.

the plane was on its way from london to singapore when | from london to singapore when authorities sayt fell into an air pocket in airspace and had to make an emergency landing in bangkok. these are some of the images we have seen from inside the plane. and also there is damage to overhead lockers where something has clearly hit it and people were being treated on board and also on the tarmac. we have seen this video from inside the plane and you can see people being stretchered here, and a 73—year—old british man has died, sadly. the authorities say that was likely due to a heart attack and his wife was also injured and she has been taken to hospital. seven other people have been critically injured, believed to have head injuries, and almost two dozen have other injuries. this is the plane coming into bangkok airport and rushing to meet it on the tarmac, as i mentioned, with ambulances coming around, we have lines of them treating people at a makeshift field hospital that was set up on the tarmac. the airline has released a statement... that's a brief overview of what we know so far b

it is singapore after all. was hand—picked two years ago by the people's action party as a solid, smart, competent, safe pair of hands. a man for continuity. having said that, in his speech, lawrence wong pointed out he is the first leader to have been born after singaporean independence. he said he would lead in his own way, befitting of a new generation. but the challenges he faces are broadly the same. he will have to keep navigating the tricky us—china relationship in the way singapore has traditionally done so well. and at home, he will have to call an election by the end of next year. there is no question of his party losing, they never do, but it will be interesting to see how his popularity matches up with his more, let's say, illustrious and long—serving predecessors. sir eltonjohn and his husband have one of the greatest private collections of photographs in the world. now an exhibition of some of those images will open at london's v&a museum this weekend. with more, here's our culture editor katie ra

london to singapore.hose affected by the infected blood scandal. a lump sum payment to somebody who is going to die in six months�* time, what do i care about a payment next year? what do i care about a payment next ear? �* ., ., ., �* , year? and we hear from a british rower who _ year? and we hear from a british rower who says _ year? and we hear from a british rower who says that _ year? and we hear from a british rower who says that a _ year? and we hear from a british rower who says that a long - year? and we hear from a british rower who says that a long covid| rower who says that a long covid treatment is exploiting people. all of those stories coming up but now we have the sports headlines with betty glover. hello from the bbc sport centre. just 2a days to go until the european championships get underway in germany. and today, england manager gareth southgate has named his 33—man training squad — which will have to get whittled down to 26 by the 7thjune. the big headline is that it doesn�*t includ

singapore has a new prime minister.ng, who�*d been in office for two decades. mr lee will, however, remain in the cabinet with an advisory role. mr wong used his inauguration speech to warn that singaporeans face a world of conflict and rivalry and they must be braced to adapt to a messier, riskier and more violent world. with more, here�*s my colleague in singapore, nick marsh. this was a once in a generation event for singapore, and the p°mp event for singapore, and the pomp and circumstance of the occasion did well to match that. the man who lawrence wong is replacing is lee hsien loong, who has been in thejob for 20 years. his father before him was the legendary lee kuan yew, the founding father of singapore. sojust having yew, the founding father of singapore. so just having a leader of the country whose surname isn�*t lee is actually a bit of a novelty. kind of like a new era for singapore. but it�*s not as if singapore will wake up to a drastically different country. everything is carefully choreographed and lawr

singapore airlines say that on a flight from london heathrow to singapore on 20th may, there was turbulencelity on board. singapore airlines says it is offering its deepest condolences to the family of the deceased. the airline says it is providing all possible assistance, working with local authorities in thailand to provide the necessary medical assistance, and they are sending a team to bangkok to provide any additional assistance. just to reiterate that, after severe turbulence one person has died on board a plane flying from heathrow to singapore. we will bring you any more as soon as we get it. the uk government is expected to outline plans for a compensation scheme for victims of the nhs contaminated blood scandal. it comes after a report released on monday outlined how there were years of deceptions and cover—ups by doctors and successive governments, preventing people who were infected, and theirfamilies, from knowing what had happened. more than 30,000 people were infected with diseases like hiv and hepatitis c between the 19705 and 1990s. 3,000 have already died. rishi sunak said

the flight from london to singapore. a passenger possibly

i mean, especially singapore airlines. you know, thatis singapore airlines.now, that is their home turf. they are more than aware of what the potential flying conditions are like in that area. i've been speaking to a very senior aviation source, a contact of mine who tells me that particularly around the bay of bengal , that area, it is bengal, that area, it is notorious for turbulence from thunderstorms and thunderstorms that can pop up very quickly. there's two types of turbulence, really, that an aircraft will encounter . there's clear really, that an aircraft will encounter. there's clear air turbulence, which you get no warning about at all. it happens very high altitude, often caused by the jet streams of other aircraft where an aircraft can suddenly plummet. you know, many feet in the space of just a second or two. and that can cause injuries because there's no warning. then there's the turbulence that comes from storm activity. that's the one that weather radar should be able to point out. but this aviation source has also been telling me that there a

defence chiefs from around the world are gathering in singapore for a security summit. we will bring you coverage from the ground. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. the outgoing boeing ceo and other members of the company's leadership team met with the top us aviation regulator for three hours on thursday to present their plan for resetting boeing's safety culture. our north america business correspondent erin delmore has the details. boeing has been no stranger to the spotlight this year. from a january incident involving a door plug blow out during a flight to investigators from regulators, to a report from the national transportation safety board squarely placing quality control failures on the company itself. on thursday, macron executives met fa ce—to —fa ce macron executives met face—to—face with the united states aviation watchdog to present a path forward. it reportedly included changes to the company's productions the compa ny�*s productions safety the company's productions safety processes, including clear assembly—line instructions, improvem

the london—to singapore flight was forced to make an emergency landing in bangkok.oth singapore and the us will be sending safety investigators to assess the incident, while boeing has also offered its support to the airline. for more on the singapore airlines incident, head over to our website, where you can get more details on our live page. now to india, where latest data shows airline passenger traffic grew at the slowest pace in 13 months after what's been a solid performance for the industry post—covid. our india business correspondent nikhil inamdar sent us this report on what's plaguing the sector. passenger growth has been continuously coming off over the last year from highs of about 22% in april 2023 to just over 2.5% last month. there are a number of reasons for that. despite high demand in india's have been battling a range of supply—side concerns from dozens of aircraft being grounded due to engine issues to carriers like air india having members go on sick leave due to salary dispute. others have been going bankrupt and spiced it feisty —— fighting a

the singapore airlines plane had to divert to bangkok and landed at 3:45pm. from the uk and it was likely he died from and it was likely he died from a heart attack. passengers took these pictures shortly after these pictures shortly after the emergency. imagine how scary this would have been. jerry was a passenger on the flight. jerry was a passenger on the fli . ht. ,, , , ., flight. suddenly the plane plunged. _ flight. suddenly the plane plunged. i _ flight. suddenly the plane plunged, i don't - flight. suddenly the plane plunged, i don't know- flight. suddenly the plane| plunged, i don't know how flight. suddenly the plane - plunged, i don't know how far. they said since thousand feet but it did not seem like 6000 feet. it was a long way and so sudden. no warning at all. i ended up hitting my head on the ceiling. my wife did. some poor people who are walking around ended up doing somersaults. it is good news for liverpool as the city will become tailored to for the tour next month. more than 150,000 fans will head there for three shows at enfield. liverp

this was the chaotic scene inside the cabin of flight 50321 from london to singapore, after it hit extremeurbulence in the skies over myanmar. it led to the death of a british passenger in his 70s who had a suspected heart attack — and more than 50 other people on the singapore airlines flight were injured, seven of them critically. and just look at this graph that shows the altitude of the plane over several hours — you can see how the plane plummeted by around 6,000 feet in just a few minutes. not everyone had a seat belt on, and objects and passengers were hurled around the cabin by the turbulence. the plane then made an emergency diversion to bangkok in thailand, from where our south—east asia correspondent jonathan head joins us. here at bangkok airport they have sent a special flight to pick up those passengers who did not need medical treatment to help but get on to their ultimate destination in singapore but we believe more than 70 people needed to be treated in hospital here in thailand. some of those were very seriously injured by the severe drop the plane went through. it was fo

singapore.here's no illegal migration, it's clean, there's no yobbish behaviour out in the streets. and i'm thinking to myself, sir vince , we could myself, sir vince, we could learn a lot from this country. now, you've done a little bit on singapore before, i believe. >> yeah, i've written about lee kuan yew. was the guy who founded it, one of the great heroes of the last century, and creating a great success story. and the reason it's a big economic success story is that they've got this combination , on they've got this combination, on one hand, of free enterprise and free trade with a very strong government that gets the pension funds and puts their money into pubuc funds and puts their money into public sector housing and what we'd call council housing here. most people live in public sector housing, and it's raised their living standard to higher than british levels now. so it's, you know, economically it's, you know, economically it's a great success. so that's one thing i noticed, steve

plus — a new prime minister for singapore after 20 years.e'll take a look at how it might impact the economy. hello, and welcome to business today. let's begin in the us — where thejustice department says boeing will be subjected to prosecution. this is because the plane—maker allegedly breached an agreement made in 2021. the deal shielded it from criminal charges over the fatal 737 max crashes in 2018 and 2019. boeing told the bbc that it had "honoured the terms" of the agreement with the do], and will be responding to the agency on the issue. we will be keeping a close eye on this story as it develops. staying with the us — presidentjoe biden has increased tariffs on $18 billion worth of imports from china. he's accused the country of unfairly subsidising its clean energy sector and flooding international markets with cheap goods. from new york, the bbc�*s erin delmore has more. it's not often we find former president trump and curtin president trump and curtin president biden in agreement, but now we are seeing president biden not only ke

let's speak to monica miller, who's at changi airport for us in singapore.light was actually heading. monica, really fascinating, listening to that, but what are the latest details that you are hearing where you are? we are, we have been _ are hearing where you are? we are, we have been watching _ are hearing where you are? we are, we have been watching some - are hearing where you are? we are, we have been watching some of- are hearing where you are? we are, we have been watching some of the| we have been watching some of the relatives and friends who had come here, it is about midnight, just past midnight here in singapore, and they were expecting this flight to arrive six hours ago, so you can just imagine when you arrive at the airport to be told that there was an emergency landing in bangkok, the worst idea goes through your head. the singapore airline has put them into a secure area with a lot of security and a private space to give them some time. they have some counsellors there as well as any assistance that they need come into more information come

on a flight from london to singapore. welcome to this hour. in the last hour spain, ireland and norway have announced they will formally recognise an independent palestinian state. the irish pm simon harris said that the children of palestine and israel deserved peace and that it was "the right thing to do". spain's pedro sanchez said there was "an obligation to act" while norway's prime minister said a two—state solution was in israel's best interests. reacting to the news — israel's foreign minister, israel katz, said the move endangers his country's security. he is recalling the ambassadors to the three countries. at least 140 members of the un already formally recognise palestinian statehood — others including the us and the uk, do not. let's have a listen to what the prime minister announced. the progressive _ prime minister announced. iie: progressive government of spain next tuesday on the 28th of may will at cabinet meeting recognise the state of palestine. we are going to recognise the state of palestine for many

this animated graphic shows the plane traveling on its intended flight path from london to singapore. before it hit a bout of severe turbulence and dropped more than 1800 meters, about 6000 feet from its cruising altitude. it was then re routed to land at bank cocks main airport. where authorities are still piecing together. what exactly happened on board that a preliminary investigation to indicate that the deceased suffered from a heart condition. he was a 73 year old, but these national, however, they are still in the next stage of the old toxic process. the singapore airlines ceo. apologize for the incident, promising to help everyone affected and to cooperate with investigators on behalf of single airlines. i would like to express my deepest condolences to the family. i loved ones of the since we are very sorry for the tomato experience, the everyone on board s q 321 went through as the investigation continues. several of the passengers who felt well enough to continue their journey board at another plane bound for singapore. this is a quick look at our top story that we're follo

voice-over: live from our studio in singapore, this is| studio in singapore, this is bbc news.le east. the israeli army has conducted targeted strikes against hamas and even rougher, it says. it comes at the end of a busy day in the diplomatic front line of this conflict. other times and ligands in rafah to evacuate the city, the israeli army dropped thousands of leaflets over rafah informing the palestinians the idf would soon be expanding its operation against what it says are terrorist operations in eastern parts of the city. armed factions in gaza fired rockets at southern israel in response. around 100,000 people were warned they word need to read locate to al

hong kong's loss, singapore's gain. >> we have seen millionaires move away from hong kong and into singaporest wealth surveys. the has kind of been the trend. in the past 10 years hong kong's number of millionaires has decreased 4% while at the same time we have seen singapore's number of millionaires increase. it speaks of the trend in the rivalries between the two cities and seeing how people are departing hong kong. haslinda: can singapore sustain its position? >> we will have to see, a lot of the wealth gains have been driven by global equity market gains. financial markets around the world have increased in the past decade, but you have these geopolitical issues in these other reasons that people move in change locations. right now we're still seeing new york as the city with the most millionaires. one and 24 people in that city are millionaires, which is pretty striking, but we also see increases in singapore, tokyo doing well in terms of millionaires, so is the bay area, we sort of have to see where people want to move in what becomes more attractive in terms of location. right now we

one passenger dies and more than 30 others injured on a singapore airlines flight from london to singaporehose affected by the infected blood scandal. the bbc hears accusations of israeli mistreatment of palestinian dainties cut detainees from gaza. one says it amounts to torture. the provisional england squad for your 24 has been announced. manchester united's marcus rashford has been left out —— euro 2024. hello, i'm annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. one passenger has been killed and more than 30 others injured on a singapore airlines flight from london to singapore hit by severe turbulence. the singapore—bound plane was diverted to bangkok and landed at 3:45 local time. the aircraft was carrying a total of 211 passengers and 18 crew. the airline said in a statement... maura fogarty, the senior news editor of our singapore bureau, updated us on the latest news on the incident.

singapore airlines aether.tatement saying they wish the family of the deceased their condolences. we'll have the latest on that story throughout the show. someone has been in touch about rishi sunaks, trip to vienna, he was there with our political correspondent, katherine forster, and an astonishing revelation came out that 51 other european union member states now back a similar plan. in fact, they're writing to the european commission president, ursula von der leyen , who ursula von der leyen, who actually wants the same thing in her native germany. she's she's campaigning for those tough elections, eu elections in a matter of weeks time. early june immigration front and centre. and it seems that rishi sunak has had a fantastic news day. who would have thought 51 european union member states would call the uk a pioneer on an offshore style plan like rwanda, and they now want the same . you couldn't make it up. same. you couldn't make it up. so thanks for all your comments and i'll move on now because in and

singapore airlines releasing a statement saying in part, "singapore airlines offers its deepest condolenceswe deeply apologize for the traumatic experience that our passengers and crew members suffered on this flight. we are providing all necessary assistance during this difficult time." >> travel like never before. >> reporter: singapore airlines is consistently known as one of the top airlines. last year, sky tracks, an international air transport ratings organization, ranked them as the world's best. >> this is an airline that has great pilots, has great training, has a great safety record. so when a pilot says put your seat belt on, even when you're not experiencing turbulence, it's for your own good. >> reporter: turbulence accidents are the most common causes of injuries aboard commercial airliners according to a 2021 study by the national trpgts safety board. the faa reporting that it found 163 incidents of serious turbulence injuries from 2009 to 2022. just look at this computer simulation posts on the faa website demonstrating the effects turbulence can have on belted and unbelted

it comes after a singapore airlines flight... singapore airlines flight...you mentioned on the flight from london to singapore on thursday, they have a huge in—flight safety protocol and they have come up with a set of new guidelines. essentially, as you said, no meals or hot drinks will be served when the seat belt sign is on. also, cabin crew will be asked to go and sit back in their seats and buckle up sit back in their seats and buckle up themselves and any loose items around the galley or the cabin will be made secure. essentially they are doing this because it is thought that when this turbulence hits this flight meals were being served just at that time and so a lot of people were getting their food and they were getting their food and they were not strapped into their seats. if you look at the pictures of the aeroplane afterwards, there is food strewn all over the place. 0bviously singapore airlines have identified this as an area where they can improve in—flight safety. and; improve in-flight safety. any implications— improve in-flight safety. any i

latertoday, singapore year. later today, singapore will see year.ertoday, singapore will see a changing of the guard. lawrence wong is sworn in as the country's new prime minister. wong takes over the reins of powerfrom lee hsien loong, who has been in the top post for 20 years. veteran economist song seng wun gave us a sense of the challenges ahead. this is where the challenge lies for the new prime minister in terms of early days, the last or a0 years food on the table, jobs for the kids, roof over their head. today's children and young voters have different aspirations now and dealing with them is about them, their different ambition which includes cost of living, housing and livability, as well, even though all these things are creating better and well paying jobs. there is almost pressure. so balancing that will be the challenge. how it is being done, because china will still remain for singapore. dealing with the aspiration will be the challenge but we will see how it goes. head to our website for more analysis on that story. china is preparin

to get on and trade as well so we have to walk the line that singapore does.aslinda: this is a china that wants to spread its influence, how worried are you? min. collins: we need to be aware that new zealand has a role as well as australia and other countries in the south pacific in particular. we obviously want to be able to have regional security. in terms of china, there are opportunities for china to work with nations that have already got long-standing commitments in the pacific, rather than to not do that. we think it's very important we respect those pacific nations, that we ask them what they need, help them where we can, and respect them as sovereign nations. it doesn't do anyone any good if they are not absolutely sovereign. haslinda: how challenging is it, given that china, it is new zealand's largest trading partner. we seen how china clamped down on its beef exports to the country. i'm wondering how are you assessing that balancing act? min. collins: financial security is top of mind for many new zealanders, but there is no financial security wit

london to singapore hit by severe turbulence.pore—bound boeing plane was diverted to bangkok and landed at 15:45 local time. the aircraft was carrying a total of 211 passengers and 18 crew. the airline said in a statement... "singapore airlines offers its deepest condolences "to the family of the deceased. "our priority is to provide all possible assistance "to all passengers and crew on board the aircraft." joining us now on the line is our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head. katie austin joins us first. this strikes me as incredibly unusual news, to hear of the death apparently during this episode of turbulence. , . , apparently during this episode of turbulence-— turbulence. yes, a very sad incident — turbulence. yes, a very sad incident. turbulence - turbulence. yes, a very sad incident. turbulence itself. turbulence. yes, a very sad | incident. turbulence itself is turbulence. yes, a very sad - incident. turbulence itself is not particular unusual, but yes, we don't often hear of somebody actually dying as a result

after the special envoy of singapore , we are witnessing the arrival of the minister of foreign affairs of venezuela to the meeting hall of the islamic countries, and he also paid his special and official respect to the body of president shafiq. may the country of ayatollah payisi and his companions be. you are looking at the image of the minister of foreign affairs of venezuela expressing regret and. after the historical farewell of the people of the capital with the holy bodies of the martyrs of the helicopter crash in the public area of ​​warzaghan, east azarbaijan province. we are holding a tribute ceremony for high-ranking officials of different countries in the hall of the summit of islamic countries on the dead body. and the accompanying delegation that will pay tribute to the holy body of hazrat ayatollah raisi , the martyr president of the islamic republic of iran and his companions. high-ranking officials and special envoys of various countries are present in tehran today to participate in this official ceremony in the hall of the summit of islamic countries to express their c

live now to singapore.ic da . , , ., tell us about this historic da. , , ., . tell us about this historic da. , day. this is a historic day in singapore- _ day. this is a historic day in singapore. politically - singapore. politically speaking. what the financial and economic people will be looking at is if there will be any major changes in the space. we are looking at a lot of continuity. lawrence wong is an economist, as you mention, by education. he is the current finance minister here but what he needs to do is he has big shoes to fill from the prime minister, he still sits in the seat for a few more hours. singapore is one of the richest countries in the region. it is mainly a name for itself as a financial and manufacturing hub and long gone are the days when they were making hair wigs and coils for mosquitoes, and then semiconductors and manufacturers in aerospace as well as pharmaceuticals and so what lawrence wong wants to focus on now is as a rich country, it is an expensive place to live so many

paul: and annabelle droulers in singapore. thank you very much. databricks' customers, one of those is grab, and we are just hearing they have signed an agreement or they are reporting a collaboration with openai, to use openai tech for mapping and customer support. this should enhance its mapping and customer support capabilities. grab is the ride-share giant in singapore, malaysia and other southeast asian countries. we will have more coming up at the hstech singapore event as well. you can catch a u.s. sec chair and also singapore's communication and information minister at the times on your screen. plenty more to come on "bloomberg markets: asia." this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: take a look at oil prices. pretty steady at the moment with a bit of softness across new york crude and brent crude there. but still holding steady after the retreat on wednesday. the broader risk-off sentiment of setting tensions in the middle east. we have the opec-plus supplied meeting on wednesday. analysts saying that some of these stock positions may have accumulated

i'm sure others will be looking at this, it is not singapore _ at this, it is not singapore airlinesseat belt sign is on before they actually hit the turbulence and that is in this particular case, it is thought the sign only came on a few seconds before this turbulence hit, not allowing people time to prepare for the turbulence. other airlines will be looking at this and saying they don't want a similar thing to happen. one person died and there are still 14 or so people in hospital in bangkok where they were forced to divert and land. some have quite serious injuries. no airline passenger wants this to happen. an extraordinary moment in parliament this week when craig mckenney came back to parliament after losing all four limbs to limbs to sepsis. he has been speaking to our correspondent. since i lost my limbs, it was how do i prove to my son i can still live an amazing life?— i prove to my son i can still live an amazing life? alex is a comp dru al an amazing life? alex is a comp drubal and _ an amazing life? alex is a comp drubal and bt _ an amazing life? alex is a comp drupal a

the flight from london to singapore. a passenger possibly suffering a fatal heart attack. many screaming in pain. dozens of passengers and crew rushed to the hospital, including americans. some of the patients in critical condition tonight. the images inside the cabin. oxygen masks dangling over seats. injured passengers being treated on the tarmac. >>> also tonight, these horrific images just coming in. the reported tornadoes, and there are watches and warnings up at this hour across several states. the national weather service tonight calling it a particularly dangerous situation from texas, all the way up to michigan tonight. >>> just in this evening, the pentagon now confirming reports that russia launched a counter space weapon capable of attacking and possibly destroying u.s. and other satellites. and so martha raddatz is standing by with late reporting on us. >>> tonight, the criminal trial of donald trump. the defense resting its case without donald trump taking the stand. tonight, when this now goes to the jury. >>> the race for the white house. and this evening,