the allies lost the battle of singapore. but after japan's overall surrender, the island remained in british. hence, it took more than 20 years until it became fully independent. but politically ration didn't precinct a pull from its watercress. what direction in catastrophic sanitation and regular floods continued with its fate now in its own hands. seeing a pool begin planning for the long time. to see that the ta spend almost 3 decades researching what the policy and innovations around the world. and it's estimated blessing a post past which she never beginning the beginning to be watching the been as well as for the band and energy independence. but they are going to have she stance up kinds of things as tracy. that was in 1965 for 2016. the initial master plan was fine tuned over the years into a what a strategy which they called the full national taps. first, what the impulse 2nd, diesel, the nation, that local catchment and forth something they call new water. let's dive into it. firstly, singapore knew there was plen

some might draw from our singapore responded to russia's invasion of ukraine to say that singapore might perhaps respond in the same without taiwan scenario. so singapore took a particularly strong stance of other southeast asian countries to take sanctions against russia. however i don't think it would apply in the taiwan scenario given singapore is one-china policy. and the other thing, well, i think i'll stop there. it witnesses are applied given singapore is one-china policy, and close ties with china even though singapore also close ties with taiwan. >> hyper kimball, american university. a question really directed torture south korean guests and the bit asking on south korean and japanese views on something that ryan mentioned, which is over the last four years the biden administration there's been a very thoughtful, clear objective of sort of institutionalizing these ties, these networks, the latticework that the administration talks about. and i think predictable that we won't see the same level of effort by a trump administration and we might even see a trump administration at b

the rich, the connex, malaysia, and singapore was bones. the result was lack of water in the city, a terrible official, the older scars petite, the allies lost the battle of singapore. but after japan's overall surrender, the island remained in british. hence, it took more than 20 years until it became fully independent. but politically ration didn't precinct a pull from its watercress. what the reckoning, catastrophic sanitation and regular flats continued with its fate now and its own hands. seeing it will begin planning for the long time to see that the ta spend almost 3 decades researching what the policy and innovations around the world. and it's estimated busing, a post pos, machine number beginning the base that they're going to be watching the band as well as putting the band in energy independence. but they are going to have she stance up kinds of things. so that was in 1965 for 2016. the initial master plan was find to an over the years into a water strategy, which they call the full national tops. first, what the impulse 2nd, die

gentle giant and was a small single poll shows how to tackle roots to show which is the welcome to singapore vibrant, multicultural city state right on the equator, densely populated around 6000000 people live on this tiny island, it's an international helpful trade in finance. it's clean, safe, more than wealthy green. basically, it has a lot of everything you'd want this just that one think cigna pool has no natural, fresh water resources. and the way its economy and population are growing. total water demand could almost double by 2060, but the thing up was on it. none of what they've done is magic. that's peter's like he's an award winning what the expert he put the single pull success down to what he calls the soft pass approach to their problems. so the salt water is in contrast to what we have done over the last century in more, more than a century. look with a hard path to build hard infrastructure to take more and more water out of nature, to ignore the consequences of our water policies. for nature to build narrow institutions and the soft path tries to turn that around and say, le

i spoke with the head of ericsson singapore philippines and brunei, and he touched on the role of aie ahead. we can predict traffic patterns and turn on and off... that creates huge savings when it comes to power. and with devices, we are seeing ai more and more in devices, and applications today. what we are seeing in our networks is of course higher demand of traffic, and i think that will be one of the reasons we see traffic continue. and also low latency. what we mean? it's really about how fast you respond. if you ask a question and you need to wait ten seconds, you have probably left the application. of course, if you can get the network to respond very fast, which of course impact how we build the network, i think it's a really great way of using ai and bringing it closer.- great way of using ai and bringing it closer. how are telcos changing _ bringing it closer. how are telcos changing their - bringing it closer. how are i telcos changing their strategy and infrastructure to enable sg? �* , ., and infrastructure to enable sg? �*, ., , and infrastructure to enable sg? ., ., .

you know singapore is small.are clean energy deficient simple because we don't have the land space and all that for solar. we have committed to import about 50% of our current energy needs from countries around near or far provide it is from clean sources, okay? so there is a confirmed uptick. that isn't a proper grid that links the ten asean countries. you ought to think of grid as part of connectivity. not just air, sea, internet, cables and all that but how can energy move from clean sources to countries or entities that are scarce, right? we have a confirmed uptick. we want to encourage people to crowd in to build that grid, and that will benefit singapore, but more than that it will benefit countries near and far to be able to export their access green energy, but also to develop new areas of green energy knowing that they can monetize part of what they develop. so i will give that as an example of how we ought to think about getting partners in countries, private sector, banks, institutions to try and find

live from singapore, this is bbc news. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore.re. it's a day they've waited for for decades. we'll hear from one survivor. world leaders meet in azerbaijan to discuss how to tackle global warming, with a dire warning that the planet is on the road to ruin. shigeru ishiba wins a vote to remain japan's prime minister. he must now run a fragile minority government as protectionist donald trump returns to the white house. and the mysteries of uranus and its five moons are uncovered by new analysis of decades old data. welcome to newsday. i'm katie silver. the prime minister of new zealand has made a formal apology to thousands of victims and families of young people who suffered abuse in state and faith—based institutions, such as children's homes and psychiatric hospitals, over the past 70 years. prime minister christopher luxon told survivors in parliament that the mistreatment of some 200,000

the ambassador from singapore. ambassador lui tuck yew.in the middle from iceland, ambassador svanhildur holm valsdottir, thank you for joining. we also have private sector cofounder and ceo of ev passports, goli sheikholeslami, they will tell us about the interrelationships between that. i will start with the two ambassadors and ask in today's world as you talk about collaborative investment every country has its own set of challenges. you have to think about the impact of climate change and resources being used and economic any quality and sustainable innovation. what's the main challenge you are facing in that regard. and how do you think about solving that in termsha of som type of collaboration? >> i think the key areas requiring fiscal support going forward would deal with demographics, energy transition as well as preparing infrastructure for climate change and a for singapore, we are really looking at spending one hundred billion dollars over the next 50 to 70 years. when we look globally, hope you have options on the table for cou

live from singapore, this is bbc news.w will a second trump presidency affect the outcome? russia and ukraine exchange the largest number of drone attacks since the war began. and hezbollah has been all but defeated claims israel's new defence minister, but both sides continue to exchange strikes and rocket fire. welcome to newsday, i'm steve lai. we begin this hour in azerbaijan, where the latest cop climate conference begins today in the capital, baku. once again the world's nations will try to agree on how to combat potentially catastrophic climate change. this year, for the first time, average global temperatures are expected to exceed 1.5 degrees celsius above what they were before the industrial revolution. 0ur climate editorjustin rowlatt is in baku. archive: a veritable city of steel. baku was the birthplace of the modern oil industry.

some might draw from our singapore responded to russia's invasion of ukraine to say that singapore might perhaps respond in the same without taiwan scenario. so singapore took a particularly strong stance of other southeast asian countries to take sanctions against russia. however i don't think it would apply in the taiwan scenario given singapore is one-china policy. and the other thing, well, i think i'll stop there. it witnesses are applied given singapore is one-china policy, and close ties with china even though singapore also close ties with taiwan. >> hyper kimball, american university. a question really directed torture south korean guests and the bit asking on south korean and japanese views on something that ryan mentioned, which is over the last four years the biden administration there's been a very thoughtful, clear objective of sort of institutionalizing these ties, these networks, the latticework that the administration talks about. and i think predictable that we won't see the same level of effort by a trump administration and we might even see a trump administration at b

lead said live from singapore, this is bbc news. trump announces more cabinet nominations, including a surprise pick for attorney general, as republicans secure control of both chambers of congress. earlier donald trump returned to the white house for talks with the outgoing presidentjoe biden, after his election triumph. a transition that is so smooth it will be as smooth as it can get. i it will be as smooth as it can net. , . get. i very much appreciated, 1. you get. i very much appreciated, j- you are _ get. i very much appreciated, 1. you are welcome. - torrential rain hits parts of spain again, with thousands of residents forced from their homes. and hundreds of tourists facing chaos and delays on the indonesian holiday island of bali after volcanic ash made it too dangerous to fly. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm steve lai. we begin in washington, where in the past few hours, we've seen a wave of key cabinet picks from president—elect donald trump. that includes florida republican congressman matt gaetz

live from singapore, this is bbc news.he country's department of health. a un special committee says israel's warfare in gaza is "consistent with genocide". and they thought it was a shipwreck, but it turned out to be a remarkable scientific discovery deep in a remote part of the pacific. welcome to newsday, i'm steve lai. we start in the us where president—elect donald trump has announced another cabinet nomination that is courting controversy. mr trump selected former rival — robert f kenneder, who is a well known vaccine sceptic — to lead the department of health and human services. on his truth social platform mr trump said "mr kennedy will restore the agencies to the traditions of gold standard scientific research, and beacons of transparency, to end the chronic disease epidemic, and to make america great and healthy again!" and speaking in the last few hours he had more praise for his former opponent. another one who's another great mind and a great guy and so popular and i think he's right, he wants to make people h

britain's sir mark cavendish has won his final race as a professional cyclist — the singapore criteriumaking career, which included winning more tour de france stages than anyone else in history. drew savage reports. time for cycling in�*s most successful sprinter to finally say goodbye. the peloton paid their respects to one of the all—time greats, a roller coast a career that began on the isle of man age nine was to conclude on the streets of singapore 30 years later. it was an exhibition race, part of the tribe to engage with the global audience and the sport will enduring superstars. most of those racing today were still at school when cavendish won his first tour de france stage in 2008 so perhaps a certain amount of respect as the manx missile launched himself towards the finish line, one final effort to feel that winning feeling one last time. i'm quite emotional actually. i realised in the last five laps was the last 15 kilometres of my career, but i really wanted to finish. i'm so proud to win my last professional race. after so many comebacks, this really is cavendish's last p

john lucas a man from the national university of singapore. uk, this is bbc news. and around back militias. going to be interesting and probably crucial to follow in the coming days, the development of that offensive, to see if assad is able to retaliate against the rebels, and if the rebels actually can lead to another breakthrough, which would mean you have another let's say wave, another round in the conflict. forsure wave, another round in the conflict. for sure it tells us this is nowhere near the end of a conflict in syria.— a conflict in syria. thank you so much _ a conflict in syria. thank you so much for _ a conflict in syria. thank you so much for breaking - a conflict in syria. thank you so much for breaking it - a conflict in syria. thank you| so much for breaking it down a conflict in syria. thank you i so much for breaking it down to us. john lucas a man from the national university of singapore. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. three americans detained in china were released in a prisoner swap. their names a

live from singapore, this is bbc news., president—elect trump announces more cabinet nominations, including a surprise pick for attorney general, as republicans secure control of both chambers of congress. earlier, donald trump returned to the white house for talks with the outgoing presidentjoe biden, after his election triumph. a transition that is so smooth it will be as smooth as it can get. i very much appreciate it, joe. you are welcome. torrential rain hits parts of spain again, with thousands of residents forced from their homes. and hundreds of tourists facing chaos and delays on the indonesian holiday island of bali after volcanic ash made it too dangerous to fly. welcome to newsday, i'm steve lai. we begin in washington, where in the past few hours, we've seen a wave of key cabinet picks from president—elect donald trump. that includes florida republican congressman matt gaetz as his attorney general. mr trump says he's "a deeply gifted and tenacious attorney". mr trump also plans to nominate florida republican

live from singapore, this is bbc news. with hours to go before polls open, donald trump and kamala harris made theirfinal open, donald trump and kamala harris made their final push open, donald trump and kamala harris made theirfinal push in the key swing states that will decide who will be the next president of the united states, i see the promise of america in every one who is here, in every one of you, in every one of us, we are the promise of america. we stand in the verge of the four— we stand in the verge of the four greatest years of american history. — four greatest years of american history, it's really something. with— history, it's really something. with your— history, it's really something. with your help, we will restore americ6's— with your help, we will restore america's promise and we will take _ america's promise and we will take back_ america's promise and we will take back the nation that we all love _ take back the nation that we all love so much. more _ all love so much. more heavy rain in spain causin

live from singapore, this is bbc news. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore.lars in aid for ukraine as kyiv fires uk—supplied long range missiles into russia for the first time. indian billionaire gautam adani has been charged in new york over an alleged bribery scheme involving indian government officials. the us vetoes a un security council resolution on a gaza ceasefire, drawing criticism from other member nations. and australia introduces legislation to ban those under 16 years of age from accessing social media.

mark cavendish, the most successful sprinter in cycling history, ends his career with victory in singapore quite emotional, actually. i realised in the last five laps it was the last 15 kilometres of my career. and the win of his life — england's paul waring stuns a star—studded field to take the abu dhabi championship by two shots. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. more on an eventful day in the premier league — not least for ipswich fans — to come but we start with rugby union. it was england frustrated again last night, today it's the turn of wales who've lost their autumn international to fiji by 2a points to 19. the visitors winning in cardiff for the first time ever. for wales, it's their 10th successive test defeat — their worst run of results since 2003. patrick geary reports. cardiff was once wales�*s fortress, now they hoped it would be the sanctuary. behind them, 90 feet and a draw. in front of them, fiji. the men in red responded by going quickly around the side, to where blair murray was seven minutes into his debut. they soon added a penalty try, fiji being pinned down,

let's speak to our news correspondent nick marsh, who's in singapore.at have holly's family had to say? they released a statement shortly after her death was confirmed. they said holly was now at peace and that they found solace in knowing she brought so much joy to so many. she died in hospital in bangkok in neighbouring thailand. she was flown there and doctors fought to save her life. unfortunately, they didn't manage to do so. she passed awayjust manage to do so. she passed away just a manage to do so. she passed awayjust a day manage to do so. she passed away just a day after her manage to do so. she passed awayjust a day after her best friend bianca jones, also 19, died from the suspected methanol poisoning. unfortunately, methanol poisoning. u nfortu nately, we methanol poisoning. unfortunately, we are now talking about six young people who have lost their lives after going on holiday. fix, who have lost their lives after going on holiday.— going on holiday. a lot of these victims _ going on holiday. a lot of these victims are - going on holiday.

so, for the case of singapore, we do not need to build a big sea wall around all of the coastline.roves and corals. they absolve the impacts of storm surge but then, they have multiuse benefits. they have multiuse benefits. they have multiuse benefits in terms of cleaning up benefits in terms of cleaning up drinking water. increasing biodiversity and, importantly, storing carbon. because the long term, the long—term solution to the disasters that we have seen in valencia, is to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide we are putting in the atmosphere from the burning of fossil fuels. atmosphere from the burning of fossil fuels-— fossilfuels. ben'amin horton, thankyouh fossilfuels. ben'amin horton, thankyoufor_ fossilfuels. benjamin horton, thank you forjoining - fossilfuels. benjamin horton, thank you forjoining me. - people in south—east asia get richer, parents are increasingly turning to convenience food to feed their babies. packaged foods are often promoted as healthy and key to supporting growth but many of them contain sugar. the same products are being sold in mostly western sup

live from singapore, this is bbc news. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. joe biden approves 300 million dollars in aid for ukraine as kyiv fires uk—supplied long range missiles into russia for the first time. indian billionaire gautam adani has been charged in new york over an alleged bribery scheme involving indian government officials. the us vetoes a un security council resolution on a gaza ceasefire, drawing criticism from other member nations. and australia introduces legislation to ban those under 16 years of age from accessing social media. welcome to newsday. i'm steve lai. the biden administration has announced almost 300 million dollars of new military assistance for ukraine as it bolsters support in its last few weeks in office. the package includes ammunition, missiles, drones and anti—personnel landmines. the previously announced decision to supply the mines has been criticised by activists because of their danger to civilians. but us officials say they contain safety features. the latest package from the us comes after confirmation that ukrai

live from singapore, this is bbc news.y push to decide who will be the next president of the art estates. i the next president of the art estates. , , ., , ., estates. i see the promise of america and _ estates. i see the promise of america and everyone - estates. i see the promise of america and everyone who . estates. i see the promise of america and everyone who is here, in every one of us, we are the promise of america. we stand on the — are the promise of america. we stand on the verge of the four greatest — stand on the verge of the four greatest years with your help, we will — greatest years with your help, we will restore america's back promise, _ we will restore america's back promise, and we will take back the nation _ promise, and we will take back the nation that we all and more heavy rain hits spain, less than a week after devastating floods around valencia.

in history, mark cavendish, wins his final professional race at the tour de france criterium in singaporeking charles and other senior royals lead events to mark remembrance sunday. hello and welcome. ukraine and russia have launched their biggest drone attacks against each other since the start of the war. according to the ukrainian military, russia launched 145 drones overnight targeting various parts of the country. ukraine's air defence says they were able to down 62 drones. meanwhile, russian officials stated that they had destroyed 70 ukrainian drones across six regions. according to the mayor of moscow, 32 ukrainian drones were destroyed as they approached the russian capital, resulting in the temporary closure of two of moscow's international airports. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse has the latest from kyiv. ever since russia started targeting ukrainian cities in this way, with these unmanned drones and 2022, we are seeing an unprecedented number of strikes. just last night, we were told 140 russian drones were told 140 russian drones were intercepted, or were intercep

britain's sir mark cavendish has won his final race as a professional cyclist, the singapore criteriumt all three grand tours, win one world title on the road, three on the track, and of course more tour de france stages than anyone else in history. cavendish wore the number 35, symbolising his record five stage wins at singapore earlier, which ended with one last sprint finish and one final podium appearance as a rider. cavendish says hejust want to stay in some way he can in the spot. —— sport. next to a famous win for fiji in the first of sunday's rugby union autumn internationals — they've got their first ever victory in cardiff after coming from behind to beat wales by 2a points to 19. the home side led 14—10 at half—time. wing blair murray scoring on his international debut, before fiji fly—half caleb muntz responded. he scored 19 points as the visitors sealed a first win in wales. it's wales' 10th successive test defeat, equalling their record losing run. meanwhile, they've just got underway at murrayfield where scotland are taking on the world champions south africa. gregor tow

the first time i went to meet them in singapore they never showed up. and it's not like hopping on the shuttle and go back to new york. it was, you know, very trip and president trump was not happy and announced that summit was off and then they came came back and said, oh, no, no, we're, you know, our our bed. so flew back to you the next week. i flew back to singapore and met with them and the three days they would basically not look me in the eye or speak, they just sort of sat in the meeting and and this was kim jong un's chief of staff. and slowly slowly we wore down and they expecting us to try to dictate all the terms. so i was very solicitous and said, you know, we have some ideas, but i'm sure you have ideas which they didn't. and so slowly we started, we built and and by end the day of the summit the chief of staff came up and gave me a big hug. i'm almost fainted. but it was i mean, again, diplomacy, it was like the ultimate example of you know how to to how to treat people. and my view on this, you know, from the white house staff perspectiv

avril hong cindy by in singapore. quite a day when it comes to chinese equities. avril: absolutely. interesting how they seem to be shrugging off the u.s. election, more concerned with what is happening to mystically. we got data that showed continued signs of improvements and how stimulus is working its way through the economy, through sentiment, and this is following a trend from data, including factory activity in the past week, that shows improvement. the big thing markets are jumping on today where the headlines out of china's mpc. top legislators are said to be considering a proposal that would allow local governments to kind of move some of their off-balance-sheet debt to their official accounts. this is a way for them to fees there -- to ease their financial burden, freeing up money for things like construction and employee salaries, so something that would be stimulative for the economy. this is what we are seeing in chinese equities, outperformance, extending gains from yesterday. we are seeing offshore yuan looking flat against the greenback despite, as valerie was alludi

my friend from singapore is paying attention.e the rest of the world will, to. >> what you say to people, why should we care about taiwan? let them have that one. an island. a lot of chinese people there so why put a lot of effort in? >> it's an independent country. let's go there. as ukraine is. and the same argument can be made there that is being made i think validly in ukraine. i totally agree with what john just said. which is if these countries which have worldwide ambitions are allowed to take over sovereign countries, which they are pledged not to do, remember the u.n. charter calls the respect of every countries sovereignty and in the case of ukraine, , russia was a signatoy to the agreement in 1994 when ukraine got rid of its nukes in exchange for russian respect for its sovereignty. that would be for starters. total violation of sovereignty. secondly, the u.s. is enormously interdependent with taiwan, especially in the chips and advanced computer energy. we cut off taiwan. i mean if they cut off taiwan, it's very hurtf

avril is in singapore, no doubt focused on india as well. >> really interesting turnaround in indian markets, let's talk about nvidia and infotech is one of the best in the region to do it. baidu missed on revenue and hang seng tech sliding. india gauge managing to clawback the kleins, we saw the clients on the nifty. flip the board. fallout related to u.s. charges on adani executives. interesting to me to see how yesterday remember it was a route on the stock and we saw the net wealth declined by $50 billion. today look at the reversal despite extending the clients, look at the stock, the flagship, it was down, extended declines, look how it is faring now. quite a remarkable turnaround at a tricky time for india stockmarkets. significant funds pulled out of markets, $14 billion since september, flip the board. we did see record lows amid stock selloffs and some attributed this to risk aversion but also there was lightly to have been some selling and india stocks on a day where the dollar is see strength, even the yen reversing. tom: a reversal in fortunes. no doubt we will cover tha

house ta'kiya young region, when you look at the cost differential is, malaysia and thailand versus singapore times higher prices and see ten times higher prices for racks in singapore because they cannot generate it themselves. —— asean. to bring it back to azerbaijan, there is a great opportunity to bring in the lower caste renewables and into europe. it is rewarding, creating that price for carbon and that sort of investment but also taking advantage of the fact the series, the georgians, the partners around here that are developing higher levels of renewables at low cost that they can actually deliver it. you are saying it is happening in some cases already and there are positive steps in that direction but do you think the era of trump, which could be seen as protectionist and drill, baby, drill, could undermine what is going on already? i undermine what is going on alread ? ., �* ., ., already? i don't want to overstate _ already? i don't want to overstate that. - already? i don't want to overstate that. i- already? i don't want to overstate that. i think l already? i don't want to - ov