few singaporean activists expect a repeat of operation spectrum. but there remains very little room for dissent. last october police arrested artist ceylon parlay when he stood in front of parliament as part of a performance in honor of former parliamentarians charts hypo who was imprisoned without trial for twenty three years under singapore and law just one person can constitute an illegal assembly. if you did what i did in most other countries especially as an art world right not even knowing a demonstration i think most people just maybe a lot of. my intention was to form the world and then if unjust laws get in the way of the realisation of it then that's that's not really my problem that's the state's issue that it has to deal with itself parlay was released after rick day in custody but if he is charged and found guilty he faces a fine and up to six months in prison. oh form a p a p member of parliament tan chang book says lee kuan yew believed such draconian measures were necessary i remember lee when he once said you have to have that duri

when the died in two thousand and fifteen an estimated one and a half million singaporeans turned up to say their final goodbyes. most were ordinary people. grateful for what they said were the contributions of a great man. later that same year the ruling people's action party co-founded by lee kuan yew and in power since one nine hundred fifty nine one nearly seventy percent of the vote in general elections giving least son singapore's current prime minister lee hsien loong a resoundingly mandates we've had a good fifty years we must go forward now to make the next journey just as fulfilling just as successful just as amazing to the world and two of those. two years on the mood is markedly less upbeat. singaporeans have long been told that they live in a meritocracy run by the very best minds that perception is now being challenged in unexpected ways. on the fourteenth of june two thousand and seventeen a curious post started circulating on facebook titled a public statement by liu a ling and lee c.n. yang we have no confidence in pm police and long and are worried about singapore's

both singaporean companies deny any wrongdoing.master of elegance", hubert de givenchy, the man who dressed audrey hepburn and jackie kennedy, has died at the age of 91. live from our studios in london... and singapore. this is bbc world news. it is newsday. hello and welcome. it's 9am in singapore, 1am here in london, where the british prime minister says it's highly likely that russia was behind the attack on a former russian spy and his daughter. in a dramatic statement, theresa may revealed that sergei and yulia skripal were poisoned by a military grade nerve agent, part of a group developed by russia. moscow's ambassador has been summoned to explain. mr speaker, this attempted murder using a weapons grade nerve agent in a british town was notjust a crime against the skripals. it was an indiscriminate and reckless act against the united kingdom, putting the lives of innocent civilians at risk, and we will not tolerate such a brazen attempt to murder innocent civilians on our soil. moscow was quick to respond to mrs may's statem

both singaporean companies deny any wrongdoing.un, in the 1997, singapore's dae opened an account with the north korean daedong credit bank and late to change the name to t specialist. that account was used to transfer money for goods t specialist sold in north korea to its account in singapore. between 10—— 2011 to 2014 when sanctions had already kicked m, when sanctions had already kicked in, that account continued to tra nsfer in, that account continued to transfer money into t specialist‘s singapore account, the draft says. the companies deny any knowledge, both in relation to the goods being sold in north korea and the funds coming from that account which the report alleges. the other main allegation in the report is that ocn and t specialist have long—standing close ties, including ownership ties, with a commercial bank that has been on the sanctions list since 2017. the companies have denied this. i would say that our clients do not have any financial relationship with these entities in the dprk, north korea, and they also d

both singaporean companies deny any wrongdoing.to the un, in 1997, singapore's ocn opened an account with north korea's credit bank. it later change the account's name. but account was allegedly used to tra nsfer name. but account was allegedly used to transfer money to goods sold in north korea to its account in singapore. when 2011 and 2014, when sanctions had already kicked in, at account continued to transfer money into the singapore accounts. the d raft into the singapore accounts. the draft report says. the companies deny any knowledge of both in relation to the goods being sold in north korea and to funds coming from that account. which the report alleges. the other main allegation in the report is that 0cn and tea specialists have long—standing close ties, including ownership ties a commercial bank that has been on the us sanctions list since 2017. the companies have denied this. i would say that our clients do not have any financial relationship with these entities in north korea. they also do not have any interest or any

both singaporean companies deny any wrongdoing.cn opened an account with north korea‘s daedong credit bank. it later changed the account‘s name to t specialist, it‘s claimed. that account was allegedly used to transfer money for goods t specialist sold in north korea to its account in singapore. between 2011 to 2014, when sanctions had already kicked in, that account continued to transfer money into t specialist‘s singapore account, the draft report says. the companies deny any knowledge, both in relation to the goods being sold in north korea and to funds coming from that account, which the report alleges. the other main allegation in the report is that ocn and t specialist have long—standing close ties, including ownership ties with a commercial bank, which has been on the us sanctions list since 2017. the companies have denied this. i would say that our clients do not have any financial relationship with these entities in dprk, north korea, and they also do not have any interest or any financial interests or relationship with th

eight million dollars singaporean authorities have already contacted wasser to oversee d.n.a.analysis washer's lab and now receive samples from over ninety percent of all marj i have receivers what we are trying to really do is to figure out where are the major poaching hotspots across africa his latest study based on d.n.a. analysis of twenty eight seizures between one thousand nine hundred six and two thousand and fourteen reveals there may be only two major hotspots for poaching in africa southern tanzania and a place known as the tri them. when you're saying hot spots you mean hot spots of poaching activity hotspots of seizure activity what are you referring to a hot spot is a place where you are able to provide multiple tons of ivory repeatedly over multiple years then we have a place we can focus law enforcement on take those out and perhaps choke the source of the ivory from entering the network and unravel it so that's the big plan. a techno crew member is on vacation in thailand when he comes across this all too common display he's told of their ivory pieces offered u

both singaporean companies deny any wrongdoing. with north korea's daedong credit bank. it later changed the account's name to t specialist, it's claimed. that account was allegedly used to transfer money for goods t specialist sold in north korea to its account in singapore. between 2011 to 2014, when sanctions had already kicked in, that account continued to transfer money into t specialist‘s singapore account, the draft report says. the companies deny any knowledge, both in relation to the goods being sold in north korea and to funds coming from that account, which the report alleges. the other main allegation in the report is that 0cn and t specialist have long—standing close ties, including ownership ties with a commercial bank, which has been on the us sanctions list since 2017. the companies have denied this. i would say that our clients do not have any financial relationship with these entities in dprk, north korea, and they also do not have any interest or any financial interests or relationship with these commercial banks

a leaked draft un report claims two singaporean companies are involved.

the singaporean companies have said they had no interest in the bank and have been speaking to theire companies are under investigation by singapore authorities but insists they do not have any current financial links, interests or any sort of relationship with north korea. i‘ve beenin relationship with north korea. i‘ve been in contact with singapore‘s ministry of foreign affairs, it has told me it is aware of these cases and has said that where there is credible information of offences committed on —— under singapore law, authorities have undertaken investigations. and does the draft report say anything about how widespread this is? yes, it certainly does suggest that this might bea certainly does suggest that this might be a potential problem in the future, if indeed the claims in the d raft future, if indeed the claims in the draft report are proven. i‘ve been speaking to north korea watchers, if you will, but these alleged cases and what else has been alleged in the draft report. william newcomb, a former member of the un panel of experts, has told me that north korea often uses

the international team led by singaporean scientists have focused their research on common cancers in, with asia contributing to over half of all cancer deaths around the world, such cancers constitute a major global healthcare burden. earlier i caught up with professor patrick tan from duke—nus medical school, who's the leader of the team that got the award. i began by asking him to tell us more about his research into cancers that are found more in asian countries than in the west. when we started this programme ten yea rs when we started this programme ten years ago, when we started this programme ten yea rs when we started this programme ten years ago, we when we started this programme ten yea rs when we started this programme ten years ago, we realised when we started this programme ten yea rs when we started this programme ten years ago, we realised that when we started this programme ten yea rs when we started this programme ten years ago, we realised that there we re years ago, we realised that there were several cancers that were more in asian countries that were not seen in

japanese and singaporean passport holders offer the greatest travel freedom.nese and singaporean nationals, which puts them ahead of germany. before the shift it was number one, now it's number two. and they tied for third — denmark, finland, france, italy, sweden, spain and south korea with visa —free travel to 178 countries. at the other end of the end of the scale, syria, iraq and afghanistan. i suppose it is not surprising. which nationalities have you got? they are both british!” which nationalities have you got? they are both british! i have a british passport, and i'm applying for a swiss passport, i was hoping that would be on the list. how many japanese people go to uzbekistan on holiday? not easy to get a japanese passport either! my son was born there, he doesn't have one, and not allowed! we will see you tomorrow. see you then! nowhere near as cold as last week, milder conditions have spread to most parts of the uk, still cold across northern areas, particularly scotland, more snow falling today. very wintry looking scene here, contrast that with s

seeing in central banking and monetary policy today so the central bank of singapore has taken the singaporean dollar and they've tokenize it across three different blocks chains and then they released those the data from that test and wait last year there's other central banks that are looking at this as well and including the in the u.k. canada is actively exploring on open box chains such as the theory and and just a couple of years ago i had the opportunity to present at the federal reserve with janet yellen and with over ninety central banks all in one room at one time where we have a chamber assembly members god to help educate central banks around the world on the potential benefits of block change what's really important that whole education you know the g twenty finance ministers are meeting down and going to sorries right now actually and if we go all the way back they take a big interest. in financial regulation back in two thousand and nine in the pittsburgh meeting they came up with some of these sort of suggested rules of the road to deal with things that later became like the do

seeing in central banking and monetary policy today said the central bank of singapore has taken the singaporean dollar and they've tokenize that across three different blocks chains and then they release those the data from that test and wait last year there's other central banks that are looking at this as well and creating the in the u.k. canada is actively exploring on open box chains such as a theory m. and just a couple of years ago i had the opportunity to present at the federal reserve with janet yellen and with over ninety central banks all in one room at one time where we have a chamber assembly members got to help educate central banks around the world on the potential benefits of block change what's really important that whole education you know the g twenty finance ministers are meeting down and going to sorries right now actually and if we go all the way back they take it a big interest. in financial regulation back in two thousand and nine in the pittsburgh meeting they came up with some of these sort of suggested rules of the road to deal with things that later became like the do

seeing in central banking and monetary policy today so the central bank of singapore has taken the singaporean dollar and they've tokenize it across three different blocks chains and then they released those the data from that test and wait last year there's other central banks that are looking at this as well and including the in the u.k. canada is actively exploring on open box chains such as the theory and and just a couple of years ago i had the opportunity to present at the federal reserve with janet yellen and with over ninety central banks all in one room at one time where we have a chamber assembly members god to help educate central banks around the world on the potential benefits of block change what's really important that whole education you know the g twenty finance ministers are meeting down and going to saris right now actually and if we go all the way back they take a big interest. in financial regulation back in two thousand and nine in the pittsburgh meeting they came up with some of these sort of suggested rules of the road to deal with things that later became like the dodd

back to our top story, a hostile takeover of qualcomm was stopped, and the president's basede for singaporeans a simple this u.s. , tech is not for sale to a foreign bidder. national security aside, the timing raised eyebrows because it was being reviewed by the powerful committee on foreign investment in united states, which under the trump administration has killed at least nine at takeover bids of u.s. companies by foreign firms. here to get us through the legal weeds, --, and with me here is matt larson who covers tech litigation for bloomberg intelligence. tony, i want to start with you. ian king noted earlier this is a company based in the united states, but some asylum in singapore. arguing it is a foreign company may be marquis. we know this was an unusual announcement for the president. what do you make of it? i think it is extraordinary in the normally when cfius issues come up, the party issuing control is domiciled or located in the country that is at issue from a national security perspective. there is a disconnect between the side of concerns about china and the buyer or propose

that concern is that broadcom's financial backers, some of its sponsors may not necessarily be singaporeanthat there is a concern some of this money is coming from parts of the world where we have less control or political influence? if they succeeded with a deal, they would basically seek to pay back the debt, doing a leverage takeover and seek to pay back the debt and cut short-term profits by cutting long investment in the technology all the blue investment banks have lined up finances, silver lake, kkr and others are in there with the financing this is an all-american deal except the holding company is singapore based because they did a two inversion two years ago. so in a sense, it's a bit of karma boiting broadcom, which took a move to get tax benefits, now those actions have come back to bite them badly >> intel shares are higher is anyone suggesting that intel may make a bid for qualcomm or a bid for broadcom >> at this point, we're in such a realm of extraordinary developments that would make peoples heads blow off i don't think that will happen i think everyone will take a deep b

but a singaporean company called broadcom is now making a bid to acquire qualcomm for a staggering $117illion. one of the largest deals the tech sector has ever seen. experts now worn that where the deal to go through, qualcomm, an telecom, would be forced out of the 5g race, handing a victory to its chinese competitors. >> americans that should be concerned that if china does this, and first of all, they are going to dominate global communications of the wireless area. also, that they will be able to spy on americans because 5g will connect many devices in your home. >> 5g technology isn't just for your tv or phone. it will be used in the future for self-driving cars, and wireless virtual reality. the trump administration's committee on foreign investment in the united states's intervening to put the deal on hold for one month while it undertakes a review, saying, "any other potential merger between broadcom and qualcomm could pose a risk to the national security of the united states." senior lawmakers are also concerned about the risks. >> china has made no secret. theory have a natio

juan: during the speech, trump recounted conversations with chinese and singaporean leaders who, he said, solved their countries' drug problems by executing drug traffickers. trump has also repeatedly expressed admiration for philippines president rodrigo duterte and said he's done an "unbelievable jojob on the drug problem." last month, the international criminal court opened a preliminary investigation into accusations that duterte had committed crimes against humamanity by overseeing the kikilling of up to 8000 people n his so-called war on drugs. amy: this is not the first time trump has s called for executitg drug dealersrs. eaearlier thisis month, he made similar remarks during a white house summit on the opioid crisis. on friday, "the washington post" reported the trump administration is studying new policy that could allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty for drug dealers for more, we are joined by widney brown, the managing director of policy at the drug policy alliance. her recent piece for the hill is headlined "trump's call for , death penalty is the wrong response to dr

intellectual property issue and the blocking of the deal between qualcomm and broadcom though they are singaporeanesin chinese, that summing to bear in mind. when interest me is the fact that asian tech is looking for percent cheaper today than it was yesterday. that could be interesting given that in the u.s. it's really tech that has driven the market up all this way. makes asia look that much more attractive. nejra: i've got a chart here. in terms of the weight of tech, it shows the weight of financials incidentally of the s&p 500. does that make you less positive on u.s. stocks overall or is there another narrative? thatn: it makes you think if anything you have to be selective in tact and financials are the opportunity. the 10 year yield has not fallen is what is expected and financials tend to do well with the rising 10 year yield. adding the backdrop is in place. jerome powell talks about inflation not being the threat everyone thinks it is would suggest the short and should stay low. meanwhile, growth is improving in america and that will push the tenure higher. this should be different fi

informs it just how a singaporean it take over of the u.s. would happen. navyare to a major u.s.he u.s. and singapore is about as close as you can get without an alliance. i think the concern here is if qualcomm gets taken out by broadcom, that might slow down rmb and investments and that china to window for win a technological battle. tom: there recently, do we have transparency in accounting? do we know how much revenue or profit they make from china? we have a major auditing firm in their doing the work or is there a mystery to broadcom? way, thereink in a is a mr. because a deal has not even been agreed. due diligence and looking through the books, we did not even get that far. broadcom was fighting this battle for many months and were planning to try to replace most of the board at qualcomm. they do not even get that far, because trump blocked it. on the one hand, broadcom is a public company, you can take a close look at their books, but i think the real due diligence between the two companies did not even start. tom: wonderful work out of taiwan running for bloomberg. this