sophie long reports.he al—hawl camp in northern syria where the 19—year—old from east london is living as she awaits the birth of her third child. shamima begum says both her son and daughter died, and she wants to come back to britain so her unborn baby does not the same fate. herfamily, who had feared they would never see her again, have asked the government to help them get her home. but the justice secretary says there are risks to allowing people like shamima begum to return to britain, and they would look at her case very closely. what has to be the priority of the british government is ensuring the protection of the british people as a whole. we do have a number of powers in this area. we have to act within those powers. but we need to make sure that the british people are not unnecessarily at risk. in a statement, shamima begum's family says shamima begum's case is not unique. some 850 people left the uk to join so—called islamic state. around half have already come back. some working against extr

sophie long reports.wl camp in northern syria where the 19—year—old from east london is living as she awaits the birth of her third child. shamima begum says both her son and daughter died, and she wants to come back to britain so her unborn baby does not suffer the same fate. herfamily, who had feared they would never see her again, have asked the government to help them get her home. but the justice secretary says there are risks to allowing people like shamima begum to return to britain, and they would look at her case very closely. what has to be the priority of the british government is ensuring the protection of the british people as a whole. we do have a number of powers in this area. we have to act within those powers. but we need to make sure that the british people are not unnecessarily at risk. in a statement, shamima begum's family says as a british citizen she has every expectation to be returned to the uk, and be dealt with under the british justice system. her child, who will also be britis

sophie long, bbc news.nd colleagues of the cardiff city striker, emiliano sala, are gathering in the town of progreso in northern argentina, where the footballer‘s funeral is due to take place. he died, along with pilot david ibbotson, when their plane went down in the english channel last month. cardiff manager neil warnock and chief executive ken choo are expected to attend. from progreso, natalio cosoy reports. for many of the residents of this small, argentinian town, it is too much to bear — a hometown hero returned to soon. translation: without a doubt we would not have imagined everything we are seeing would not have imagined everything we are seeing now. would not have imagined everything we are seeing now. there are 3000 of us we are seeing now. there are 3000 of us but everybody is overwhelmed but still trying to give emiliano sala the sendoff he deserves. emiliano sala grew up playing football here in progreso, until he left, aged 14, to pursue bigger opportunities. after making his name playing

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dot com coming up now the presidential candidate is the guest on sophie and co talking about the fight against. next hour. long welcome to sophie and constantly shevardnadze nigerians prepare to cast their votes in the presidential election as the country struggles against. poverty. will anything change for the oil rich nation while to talk about this i'm joined by a presidential candidate. africa's most populous oil rich country nigeria is. also said to be the continent's most corrupt beset by electoral crises and terrorist insurgency does nigeria have the resources to tackle it. will the coming bring the country together. and to build a nation. credible government. nigeria's presidential candidate laboratory a welcome to the show great to have you with us. so those in power in nigeria over the last decade have been promising to root out baka haraam yet the terrorists remain and they long ago pledged allegiance to state even establishing an isis province in the country's northeast what is your plan for defending them. well let me quickly start by saying that the reason why there has not been an effective degr

they rise and fall with valuations at times, but the long-term growth is quite sustainable. sophiehn, we have seen several warnings from chinese corporates. a 60% drop in profit for 2018. what do you anticipate when it comes to earnings trajectory and the impact on the wider region china in exposure to markets like japan and elsewhere? john: earnings expectations in asia are very low right now, very subdued. there has been bad news not only in asia, but around the world in the fourth quarter. the whole world seems to be suffering a bit of an economic soft patch, a weakening sense of confidence in investing. so far, it does look like that is going to be a soft patch and we will be able to pull out of that without too much trouble. at that stage, earnings expectation should rise what of it -- quite a bit. a lot of the profit warnings we have seen will be history and people will be looking forward, if they are not already. sophie: i want to turn to japan. one developed country that is not fully priced in with a china' deal. what is the case here? john: this is a case of having lived i

. >> sophie was living a bit of a secret life? >> initially, yes. but it wasn't too long before it -- you know, it all came out. >> reporter: sandra milon, a close friend of sophie's husband, was living in france when she heard about the affair. >> i was sad. you know, my friend was really going through a terrible time and i was so far away. >> reporter: sandra met tony tung when she was living in new york back in the 80's. she says when tony first met sophie, he fell hard. >> they were a beautiful couple. i was very happy for them and i was very happy for tony. and then sophie being french, so that was great. >> reporter: when contacted by investigators, sandra told them all she knew. sophie had the career, an important job in finance with an international firm. tony stayed home with the kids. he served as president of the pta at their school. >> did tony share with you the joys of being a dad? >> yeah, 'cause we talked about it all the time. he was so much full of love for his girls and since he was the one raising them, he was there 100% of the time. >> he's mr. mom? >

sophie is in hong kong. gains at the start of cash trade in tokyo after the long week off, but a lackluster start.gauging results and tech players on warnings that smartphone shipments are on the decline. we have the minutes for the january decision, also on the lineup. let's check in on some names to watch. nissan expected to post lower operating profits. shiba on the radar as the company response to a report that it will have its operating profit forecast. toshiba saying the four-year forecast is close to what was reported. this after reporting a net loss in the fourth quarter and its guidance missed the lowest estimate. ncsoft also missed estimates for profit in sales of the fourth quarter. watch for moves at the start of trade. shery: sophie with the latest. let's get a check on the currencies around the region. the japanese yen holding steady at around 110. really weakening from the 108 level. why the chinese yuan is also holding steady at 6. not a lot of movement when it comes to the market. haidi: we are waiting for the reopening of trading in tokyo after the public holiday. coming back fro

haidi: sophie kamaruddin with a look at what to expect throughout the course of the trading day. we are taking a look at singapore. it longwith hong kong for the title of asia's top financial center and the science that while the city state has strengthened its position as a wealth hub, it has fallen. theutnumbered listings for past five years. singapore has 741 listed companies in december. it is down from the peak of 782 in 2010. let's take a look at why this is happening. olivia joins us from -- what is causing this malaise in the stock market? delisting is a global trend, and people have said that it is because of the rise of private equity and venture capital funds, and in singapore, the problem is that alongside these delisting trends, there is a lot of interesting companies coming to market. at a little bit of a disadvantage because there is no hinterland to depend on. the domestic bases is strong. liquidity and volume is lower than other markets, which is why companies are more interested in listing in places like hong kong. >> what is the singapore exchange doing about this? livia: the singapore exchange has trie

long-term, complicated, and arduous. we are hearing from both sides that they are making progress, expressing a fair bit of caution that the talks are continuing and that they are complicated. sophiertainties there. -- ramy: new uncertainties there. anything more to add? jodi: we are not hearing a whole lot of details. there are still these long-term complicated issues such as the and the u.s. wants china to agree not to devalue its currency. we also are hearing the issue about intellectual property rights. that remains a sticking point. structure.ustrial china has already agreed to sell more u.s. products and to open up its markets and to buy more soybeans and other agricultural and energy products from the u.s. the question is what about these long-term, long-standing issues? that is where the talks get complicated, and that is why we see the delay and its extension given. haidi: there's a lot of skepticism over enforceability as well, isn't there? jodi: that's what we're hearing from members of the u.s. congress, particularly the democrats, who are worried that too much may be given away and how do you enforce these kinds of agreements? they really want to see some kind of enfo