later the valley will become a cultural hotspot after being named the first city of culture in south asiaictures show what it looked like before the taliban destroyed them and nicole johnston has more from the valley. >> reporter: well as you may know europe has a cultural capitol ever year and south asia as well and it's a coup for afghanistan and the valley they decided that this should be the first one. but in many ways though this is a symbolic largely symbolic naming of a cultural capital because there are major security concerns and this weekend we have a huge delegation of hundreds of officials from across afghanistan here for the inauguration and also expecting some south asia high officials and ministers to come here to celebrate it as well but we have just heard from local officials they won't be coming because of security concerns and that is the real issue and challenge for afghanistan and that issue is how can it secure the country to actually be ready to receive foreign tourists here to try and bring investment and development and create a tourism industry. >> reporter: now

south asia and from there the rest of the world.lix: coming up, code might seem like a foreign language for beenywood, but they have t mastering it for years. i think there is an "matrix" thing here. ♪ alix: welcome back to bloomberg market day. breaking news. we are looking at smi & wesson, that stock is down 6%. it is an earnings story for this company. fourth-quarter sales and earnings beat estimates, but first quarter coming in light. $145 million. on earnings looking at 23 cents a share. we are seeing the stock lower as a result. for more, we want to get to our top stories. an agency that tracks extremist says the suspect in last night's fatal shooting of nine people at an historic lack church in charleston was not known to the organization. an official at the southern poverty law center says it was unaware of the suspect dylann roof. arrestedar-old was earlier today. the shootings are being called a hate crime. federal officials have opened an investigation cap president obama obama spoke about the violence earlier today. pres

. >> reporter: as you may know europe is a cultural capitol and south asia decided to have one too socoup for afghanistan and the valley they denieded this should be the first one but in many ways this is a symbolic or largely symbolic naming of the cultural capitol because there is major security concerns. now this weekend we have a huge delegation of hundreds of officials from across afghanistan here for the inauguration. we are also expecting some south asia high officials and ministers to come here to celebrate as well but we just heard from local officials they won't be coming because of those security concerns and that is the real issue and challenge for afghanistan and for them and that issue is how can it secure the country to actually be ready to receive foreign tourists here to try and bring investment and development and create a tourism industry. >> the hindi film industry known as boliwood is one of the largest producers of movies this the world and over the past few years academy awards is high-profile event as they seek to expand globally and we report from kuala-lumpur

, south east asia.is a very interesting in-depth report. it points out that countries are struggling to respond to this crisis, and in the meantime, all this is playing into the hands of human traffickers. staying on this topic, there is another interesting article in "the daily beast" focusing on the situation in italy, where politicians and businessmen have been running a massive migrant scam scheme that is basically becoming even more lucrative than narcotics trafficking. it is a harrowing report to read in "the daily beast." genie: let's read about a legendary comic book character tintin and legal rights. flo: you might think that tintin belongs to the heirs of the man who drew tintin. according to a dutch court, it belongs to nobody. back in 2012, a belgian-based company that manages the very lucrative tintin business, they took a small dutch fan club to court. the fan club was printing tintin in a fanzine without their permission. this went to court and their lawyer produced a 73-year-old document

and you even have so much to share with your sisters and south asia in south asia and latin america and africa in the united states as well as much to learn from each other. that said, i want to take a moment to ask you about ways in which you will engage not just locally, nationally and regionally, but at a global level. i want your experiences and narratives and stories to have an impact on international creation. so the convention on the discrimination against women could the final recommendation is about the engagement in the post-conflict and peace and the importance of being at the table in peace building in the transitional justice. so i want your word to shave and enrich that discourse at the global level" view as the agent of change can do to take your stories to not just the grassroots communities but to the governmental organizations and encourage them in the reservations that they have made. as you probably know article nine of the citizenship article 16 of those areas in which the middle east paid reservations to and in order to take the revolution hold, you have to remove

li spoke at the china south asia expo in the southwestern province of hunan. the event has brought together more than 3,000 exhibiters from about 70 countries and territories. >> translator: china is investigating $40 billion in the silk road fund and asian infrastructure investment bank. they'll play an important role in creating a network for development. >> chinese officials are planning to develop land and sea belts that link the economies of asia and europe. hunan province is considered to be a key base for the project. it borders vietnam, myanmar and laos. road and railway construction is already under way in the province. >>> allies are being urged to stand together including the united states and japan. they need to stand up to china. admiral harry harris has the u.s. pacific command. he spoke in tokyo about regional challenges. he touched on the chinese government's construction of land masses on disputed reefs in the south china sea. he said sovereignty must be based on international law. and he called on japan's maritime self-defense force to step u

towers of dubai, a sprawling labor camp is home to hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from south asia. in hinzi, this means town of gold. but it is more a sham low pool. military bases in afghanistan. >> if there was one small room and we were like 25 to 40 people in one room but basically that room is capable only for three people. >> what would happen if someone tried to apply for a job directly with echolog? >> they are not responding. there is only one way we can control assent. >> the typical business model i'll call it that's used if by by the gulf subcontractors is they'll go to india or nepal or south africa, and they work out the above the board terms and then there's the below the board agreement which is the kickback. >> we needed to speak to someone intimately familiar with the arrangements between subcontractors and their agents. in afghanistan, robbie had given us the name of the recruiter in dubai who connected him to echolog. to get to speak to this agent openly, i and my employee set up a meeting with the agent near his office and filmed it using two hidden cameras. >

more concern about the local have seriousat debt problems and that will trickle into south asia and china'srade partners, and from there into the rest of the world. right, thank you so much, paul. great to have you. paul christopher, wells fargo, chief international strategist. coming up on the bloomberg programmingcode and may seem like a foreign language, but hollywood has been mastering it for years. we will be right back. ♪ -- alix: breaking news for you. we are tracking smith and wesson. first-quarter estimates, but revenue coming in light at the high-end of $45 million. a share. we see the stock lower as a result. for more, we want to get our top stories at this hour read in ages he that tracks extremists says the suspect in the shooting of nine people was not known to the organization. an official of the southern poverty law center's has they were unaware of suspect dylann roof. the shooting is being called a hate crime. an emotional president obama spoke about the violence earlier today. president obama: i have had to make statements like this too many times. communities like this h

. >> reporter: well as you may know, europe has a cultural capitol every year now south asia has decidedve one as well. so it's a real queue that they have decided that this should be the first one. in many ways this is a largely symbolic naming as a cultural capitol, because there is major security concerns. this weekend we have a huge delegation of hundreds of officials from across afghanistan here for the inauguration. we're also expecting some south asian high officials and ministers to come here to sell operate it as well but we have just heard from local officials that they won't be coming because of those security concerns, and that's the real issue and challenge for afghanistan, and the issue is how can they secure the country to be able to receive foreign tourists here to create a tourism industry. >>> all 500 national congressional seats are up for grabs in mexico. and independents are being allowed to run for the first time. >> reporter: question what will a footballer a clown, a reality tv star and a vigilante have in common? answer they are all candidates in mexico's midterm

its own with a great reach in syria and iraq and north africa, the arabian peninsula, and into south asiait has the beginnings of the markings of a religious war. everyone can see that. we look at this in terms of national boundaries, but there is a religious undertone that is the central driver of the people that are fighting. >> the military leaders here always have an eye on public opinion. you can understand that americans say, if we are looking at a religious war it -- a religious war amongst the iraqis, what is the americans role? >> we are trying to be as patient as possible. we are still in the first year of a three-year strategy. general dempsey argued for patients. i do not think thoren barry and adam smith were having much of that. i think they are concerned that americans don't have a strategy. i think we may have to take bigger steps to contain isis. katty: thank you very much for coming. the greek central bank has warned for the first time, the country could be forced to leave the eurozone if agreement on debt repayment is not reached. greece and its global creditors are bla

a south asia advisor at stratford says the taliban is taking advantage of weak afghan security forces. >> this is the first time the afghan filled the gap by forces that largely departed from the country. in many ways this is to be expected and we all known that the afghan national security forces will be struggling for some time to deal with this. especially when there's a political problem in kabul between the two rival camps of ashraf ghani and abdullah abdullah. the threat from the african taliban has to be put into perspective. yes, they are trying to demonstrate that they can attack simultaneously among the wide geography across the country, especially in the northern areas, where - that are deemed to be not their natural turf. those are areas that may be dominated by the minorities, as opposed to the pashtun in the south. the other thing is can the taliban hold territory, and attacking, setting off bombs, sending suicide bombers, that's one thing. it's a different thing to hold territory. i don't think that's something that the taliban demonstrated beyond certain specific areas

culture ministers from across south asia were expected to attend the inauguration. at the last minute they cancelled. the local government believed it was because of security concerns. >> translation: the government of afghanistan is keen to bring international tourists here. they'll do the maximum to ensure they are safe. they have endorsed their decision, and they will help them bringing the tourists from south countries. for the inauguration, 2,000 afghani security forces have been brought in to protect less than 200 government officials. >> the security is different to other provinces, we have a high security alert based on the threats from neighbouring regions, areas boarding the area are not safe. >> a few kilometres from where the buddhas stood or sat are the ruins of the 13th century citadel. it was destroyed by genghis khan. the battle so violent it was called the city of screams. here i meet the director of cmonuments and he says tourism can't develop until afghanistan is secure. >> now it's the capital of culture attracting. but the main problem here is r

our south asia correspondent reports from southern bangladesh near the porter. where most of the rohingya are from. >> officially, these people don't exist. they have no rights, no formal status. every day, up to 100 more anger -- 100 more rohingya refugees make the journey. she arrived days ago. >> we have to crawl to the barb wire fences. my son was hurt. we only made it by the grace of god. >> like most of the rohingya refugees she says she had no choice but to leave myanmar, where her family has been for generations. >> the local people beat up my son, took our cows and goats demanded money, and said they would kill us if we didn't leave. we don't have any money. i thought we were going to die. >> they do have a little school but life is hard for the refugees. >> we have nothing. we live as scavengers. and to melt. we don't have any peace, just suffering. -- we live as scavengers. hand to mouth. we don't have any peace, just suffering. >> she is lived here as a refugee for decades. she looks after her son and mother alone. >> i have no choice but to go from

alrich en south asia or south america here in the united states. and what is so powerful about your book is that it is not unique to one region to make that clear. that you use this as a way to open up the dates for the issue and that is what makes it so timely. and that is what makes your books importuned. bollenbach to your words the importance of women's equality in the family, family law is upon which women's equality is affirmed and in the middle east we see what is the most politically contested. so i want to take a back the way you call for legal change and social change especially in the area of personal and entitlement log but what i think is the supreme law of the land through the constitution to see that the egyptian enshrines with ecology and that is a good step. but what we see in the egyptian constitution article 10 is the family is the nucleus of the society with religion and morality and founded on principles of equality. but it also goes on to say it is to protect motherhood but what about fatherhood? so is the cause of the state t

. >> reporter: as you may know, europe has a cultural capital every year now south asia has decided to have one as well. so it's a try coup for afghanistan and the valley that they have decided that this should be the first one. but in many ways there is a symbolic largely symbolic and naming of the cultural capital because there is major security concerns now, this weekend we have huge delegation of hundreds of officials from across afghanistan here for the inauguration, we are also expecting some south asian hypo visuals and minister to his come here to celebrate it as well. but we have just heard from local officials that they won't be coming because of the security concerns that's a major concern for afghanistan and here, that is how can they secure the country to be ready to receive foreign tourist to his try to bring in investment and development and create a tourism industry. >>> india's bollywood is one of the largest producers of movies in the world ask over the past few years the international indians film academy awards has become a high-profile events. a report from koala l

. >> reporter: as you may know europe has a cultural capital every year, now south asia has decided toe as well it's a real coup for afghanistan and this valley that they have decided this should be the first one, but in many ways, though, this is a symbolic, largely symbolic naming of the cultural capital because major security concerns. now, in weekend we have a huge delegation of hundreds of officials from across afghanistan here for the inauguration, we were also expecting some south asian hypo visuals and minister to his come here to celebrate it as well. buff we have just heard from local officials that they won't be coming because of the security concerns and that's the real issue and challenge for afghanistan, and for bamiyan the issue is you how can they secure the country to receive foreign tourist to his bring in investment and development to create a tourism industry. >>> just remember, you can always look up those stories find out what our correspondence have been saying by logging on to our website updated 20 fours hour a day the address aljazerra.com. >>> i'm "ali velshi

. >>> from africa to south-east asia why are so many girls forced to become wives? why some partly blame the weather. >>> six guantanamo detainees have been transferred to oman. the men were held for more than a decade without a trial. the detainees were classified as low risk and killed. president obama promised to close the prison and his administration transferred out nearly half of the prisoners. >>> the u.s. government has been clear it no longer want american soldiers fighting in iraq. for some, the threat of i.s.i.l. is too great to ignore. former u.s. soldiers are returning to the battlefield, volunteering to fight. zeina khodr spoke to some in southern kirkuk. >> reporter: they once fought in iraq. years later they are back. this time they are here on their own. these men used to be in the u.s. military. a few months ago they came to the north as volunteers, to help the iraq kurds fight the islamic state of iraq and levant, and brought their experience with them. >> so you can guarantee that this field is laden with i.e.d.s, they utilize ghosts a lot, what

across asia, just this month, only two markets have seen inflow. japan and south korea -- the two,of asia, between these i'm doing the math here -- that is about 180 million dollars. north of $300 million. better-than-expected machine orders, unemployment up to 3.9%. we had a big drop in philippine exports. the biggest drop in more than two years. on,pens up a bit later about an hour later. we have a rate decision. surveyed, only one -- back to you. >> let's have a look at some of the other stories we're following. here is the roundup. there, we're talking about hsbc chief executives. no sacred cows in his plan to cut costs and raise profitability. plan,ors have a strategic which include flushing jobs and building businesses in turkey. they will cut up to $5 billion worth of costs. it came back down after his conference call to shareholders, we seeing extended losses and hong kong trading this morning. possible relocation of the headquarters, it has moved up the investment in china -- paving the way for it to be back in hong kong. he says hsbc will complete the re

it was looked at in south africa, asia, the united states, and in south america they looked at 569 people. that's just the beginning. it's not going to be in the doctor's office for a couple of years but when it is, i can map you and show you what you've been exposed to. >> would it help doctors avoid misdiagnosing? >> that's a good point. the name of this is vir scan. and what they do is they basically take one part of your blood and look at what you've been exposed to. normally you would look for one time. someone will come worried about hepatitis. imagine now we can look for 206 viruses with one cc of blood. it's all about predicting what's coming up which is what you just said. if i can predict what you can, then i can prevent it. that's what it is. somebody is exposed to hvp. that's important because they can get cervical cancer. if i can find out ahead of time, i'm going to screen for cervical cancer. if you have h hiv, you're brokened to ore cancerther canc. prediction, prevention and then personalized medicine. $25 is the price of this test. it will be out in the market in about a

we spoke with the director of south asia programs, and she asked why qatar has extended the ban? >> i think this has to be looked at part of a larger deal. without a deal which the u.s. is involved. what are they going to get in return for letting these people go? i think that's the question that has not been answered. the afghan president was supposed to travel to qatar recently. he had to cancel his trip because of issues. unless and until they have a quid pro quo from the taliban ideally the taliban will agree to start talks, i don't think this is going to be easy for the taliban to get their way. >> when the ban is lifted where will these taliban people go? >> i think that's the big question. remember pakistan famously released about eight or ten tall pan prisoners about three years back when president karzai was in power. then we found out those people went back to afghanistan and some of them even joined the fighting. there is also that risk if you don't have a deal in place if you don't know what these people are going to do, this may nobody negative for the afghan governm

. >> the director of south asia programs institute of peace joins me live from washington d.c. why do you think qatar extended this ban? >> i think this has to be looked as part of a larger deal, letting these taliban go, these are sort of the prized possessions of the qatar government hosting them without a deal in which the u.s. is involved. the afghan government most importantly is involved. what are they going to get in return for letting these people go i think that's the question that hasn't been answered. the afghan president was supposed to travel too qatar recently to cancel his trip because of domestic issues, until and unless they can have a decision i think they can get a quid pro quo from the taliban, i believe that the taliban will agree to start talks. i don't think this is going to be easy for the taliban to get their way. >> if and when the ban is lifted where would these taliban people go? >> well, i think that's the million dollar question. they may stay in qatar itself, if their so-called office is opened. afghan famously released about eight or 10 afghan ta

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taken the black market operations and diversified leadership structure to places like africa and south asiaa decapitation strike will progress -- the world will be a better place without badhdadi. >> you agree. >> sure. you have to kill the idea. it's the idea of what he stands for and what this organization stands for. >> right now one thing that's really important that would be helpful is success. someplace in this area you need to draw a line and we need to win a battle. we need to pick the place, put a whipping on him and show the world this is not some invincible machine that's going to rekeep rolling. that would be a good tonic to buck up troops in the field, people in bagdad and maybe could have some other people around the world. >> general, they have. it's been a year now isis has been in control of mosul in the north. the second largest city in iraq. a city of nearly 2 million people. they're still in control. now they're in ramadi over here. not far from fallujah. they're moving there. the fear is they're moving towards bagdad with the suicide attacks. using u.s. humvees 23 right

it was looked out at south africa, asia, the united states and in south america.hey looked at 569 people. that's just the beginning. not going to be in the doctor's office for a couple of years but when it is i can map you and tell you what you have been exposed to. >> wouldn't that be great for doctors, would it help doctors avoid misdiagnosing? >> that's a good point. i think the test is about -- the name of this is virscan virsc v-i-r-s-c-a v-i-r-s-c-a-n. they take your blood and can look at the history of what viruses you have been exposed to. normally when someone comes to the office you look for one type, someone will come for hiv test, worried about hepatitis. now we can look for 206 viruses with one cc of blood. virscan is the name. why this is important is because it is all about predicting what's coming up which is is what you said. if i can predict what you have then i can prevent it, which is exactly what it is. somebody is exposed to hpv. why is that important because they can get cervical cancer. if i find out ahead of time they have hpv i screen for

taken its black market operations and diversified leadership structure to places like africa and south asias say a decapitation strike likely will not finish the group off. wolf? >> thank you very much. >>> would it make a difference in el baghdadi is taken out? >> not unless you sustain this over time. this group has been around for a while. if you look at our successes against other insurgent groups, al qaeda's one example, and unless you sustain over time month after month, they will find somebody like shark's teeth to take over. you got keep going. >> you agree? >> totally agree. the deal that is important to focus in on is it frankly doesn't matter who the leader is because it will metastasize. we could take a chunk out of isis. but tell metastasize into something else. >> i think it's usually helpful to get rid of a leader, particularly some organization like this. you need to have followup. somebody's going to step up. if you start targeting the leaders and they go away, that's a good way to start making progress in this problem. >> how big a deal would it be if the u.s. killed them?

fighters from groups like the taliban and the international movement of uzbekistan to attack central asia and south china. >> translation: a new geography of war is created, new tactics. it's an obvious change, a dangerous war. we tried to be secure. there are threats in the new movements aimed at central asia and south china >>> the governor has taken the security of the province into his own hands. he went with afghan security forces into the district to clear out the taliban. this has fortified the most important capital in the north, to a certain extent in may, taliban fighters dressed in police uniform stormed the attorney-general office. 18 people were killed. it happened 500 meters from the governor's office. >> yes, we are worried. that's why i put on a military uniform and went to the front line and we started sending forces to clear the taliban. >> reporter: the war with the taliban has crossed the border, many are worried there could be dark days ahead. >>> >>> the threat of arrest in south africa earlier this week for sudan's president raises questions about stability back home. preside

council saying there's perhaps a link between migrants in the mediterranean, and the migrants in south-east asia\, and both should be addressed by the security council. it looks like there'll be difficult negotiations before any resolution is close to being passed. >> a top official is expelled from south sudan. toby lanzer was the humanitarian coordinator. a spokesman for the u.n. secretary-general said mr lanzer was instrumental in addressing humanitarian needs in conflict affected communities, and ensuring life-saving assistance reached the most vulnerable and called on south sudan to refuses the decision immediately. >>> united states senate failed to extend the patriot act which gives security service powers to spy on american citizens. the republican senator rand paul led the push against america's mass surveillance programme. the senate stroted move ahead on -- voted to move ahead on the freedom act >>> india continues to swelter in a heatwave attention is focussing on how prepared governments are in the worst-affected areas. we have this report from the southern state where hundreds of p

fighters from groups like the taliban and the international movement of uzbekistan to attack central asia and southhina. >> a new geography of war has been created. new tactics. it's an obvious change. we try to be secure but there are threats in these new movements that are aimed at central arab asia and south china. >> the governor has taken the security of the province into his own hands. he went to afghan security forces into the districts to clear out the taliban. this has fortified the most important capital in the north. [ gunfire ] >> in may taliban fighters addressed in police uniform stormed the attorney general's office. 18 people were killed. it happened 500 meters from the governor's office. >> yes, we are worried. that's why i put on a military uniform and went to the front line and we started sending forces to clear the taliban. >> the war with the taliban has crossed the border, and many people here have begun to worry that there could be dark days ahead. nicole johnston, al jazeera. >> india's authority have issued a high tide alert for the financial capital of mumbai. a deluge of

there groups like the taliban and the international movement of uzbekistan to attack central asia and south china. >> a new geography of war has been created. new tactics. obviously change. dangerous war. threats especially in these new movements that are aimed at central asia and sangong and south china. >> the governor has taken the security of south are val province this his hands. this has fortified the most important capital in the north nagari sharif to a certain extent. in may taliban fighters dressed in police uniform stormed office in nagari sharif. it happened and i meters from the governor's office. >> yes we are worried. that's why i put on a military uniform and went to the front line. >> reporter: the war with the taliban has crossed the border and many people here have begun to worry there could be dark days ahead. nick cole johnston al jazeera nazara sharif. >> doctors in south korea say no new mers cases have been being recorded in 16recorded in 16 days. it's world refugee day and the united nations estimates we are entering a dangerous new era. almost 60 million people wer

notice heavy rain across bangladesh and it's here we have seen some real problems and look at the south asiasoon and we will come back to that and up to nepal and more particularly to bangladesh where we had very heavy rain and eastern states of india and the shots come from where we had a lot of flooding across pretty valuable farmland and a quite nasty situation and it's that time of year and monsoon has sizable rainfall totals here too and mumbai will be wet and bangladesh and more heavy rain to come adrian. >>> still to come here on the news hour the sky is the limit of this year's paris air show and why airlines are keeping their purse strings tight. and brazil played their first international tournament since the humiliating defeat and how they got on at corporate or copper america here in 20 minutes. ♪ here with the news hour with adrian and top stories sudan information minister told al jazeera that south africa reassured him the sudan president won't be sent to the international criminal court and el bashir is there for a summit and wanted by icc for alleged war crimes. opposition l

what happened to south asia and what happened to latin america africa? the different kinds of -- the different parts of europe? what is -- what are american priorities for you and how do you plan to deal with them? because we're totally obsessed with the middle east and is it or isn't it in our interest. senator murphy: well, listen. our interests are multifold. they start with protecting the united states from attack, and that project is not exclusive to the middle east. what we know is that terrorist groups, isis at the top of the list these days are setting up shop in a variety of places all around the globe and we simply again don't have the resources to meet that challenge and i would look to africa as an example and the paltry sums that our state department has to spend means we can't do spending for the group like al shabaab moves and the american foreign policy would have seen what was happening in somalia and easily predicted the move of that organization in parts of kenya and taken steps ahead of time to try to blunt that momentum. we just didn

what happened to south asia? what happened to latin america? africa? the different parts of europe? what are american priorities to you and how do you plan to deal with them because we're totally obsessed with the middle east and is it or isn't it our interest? christopher: our interests are multi-fold. they start with preventing the united states from attack. what we know is that terrorist groups isis are setting up shop in a variety of places around the globe. we simply again don't have the resources to meet that challenge. i look at africa as the example. we can't do planning for how groups like al-shabab moves. american foreign policy easily predicted the move of that organization in parts of kenya and taken steps ahead of time to try to warrant that momentum. we just didn't have the resources to do that. again, part of this challenge is plusing up the resources we have available to think outside of the box of the -- of the middle east. we do have an interest in preventing slaughter and genocide. and so i accept that as part and parcel of america's interest in the world. i just

. >> reporter: most mental illness like his goes unreported, undiagnosed or untreat throughout south asially taboo, often viewed as a curse from god, not an illness. patients have often been restrained in chains and subcted to other humiliation says dr. quraishy. >> it's very difficult to express mental health symptoms not only to the clinicians or professionals but even to yourself and to the families, there's such a stigma related to that. its much more acceptable to say you have a headache or stomachache or a backache for which you can be taken out to get help. >> reporter: not that much help is available. very few pakistani doctors are trained to diagnose psychiatric disorders, whether serious ones like schizophrenia or common ones like depression. this is a country of 200 million people and for all of them there are maybe 500 practicing psychiatrists. in all likelihood there are more psychiatrists of pakistani origin working today in the united states and britain than in all of pakistan >> in terms of pakistan, that is the sort of number, and generally in the developing world, in the

let's bring in our south these asia correspondent, haslinda amin.n attempt to breathe life into a sluggish economy? haslinda: it is. a move that has to be taken. they risk falling short of gdp targets for the year. here's the plan. investors will be allowed in more areas. only six sectors will be banned still. previously, it was 51. the government will loosen regulation in more than 100 other areas. this is the most significant easing since 1990, when vietnam started lowering private companies -- allowing private companies. it is about survival. there is intense competition for fdi from the rest of asia. so far, only $4 billion in committed fdi. less than 20% of what is targeted. neighboring indonesia saw fdi climb 14% in the first quarter. the at nominee is playing catch-up. it has to hurry. angie: how about mistakes foreign companies can hold in vietnamese firms? will that increase? haslinda: that is part of the plan. the government will sell stakes in larger chunks. foreign investors will have more opportunities to invest in these companies. the

the country, gay men and women - millions marking gay pride week around the world, in europe asia and south america, people are calling for more rights for the l.g.b.t. and we saw the rainbow banner in mexico and peru and as far away as south korea and the philippines. in the u.s. major cities showing support for pride week from chicago, seattle and san francisco. roxana is at the new york city parade and joins us live. good evening. >> hi it's been another big day of celebrateses -- celebrations. people we talked to today are celebrating the achievement of the gay rights movements. >> reporter: the annual gay pride match brings out rainbows and cheers across the country, from san francisco, to minneapolis. and here in new york. but this year people are marching with extra pride. >>> i'm grateful to be in this place at that time >> i'm proud to announce my candidacy for the first lady of the united states of america today. >> they are celebrating the supreme court's ruling last friday that same-sex marriage is a constitutional right. for this long-time couple, the ruling means their marriag

japan has been the rights motte -- bright spot in asia. southtaiwan, southeast asia, all these places reporting their own drops a nest boards -- drops in exports. now, to the top stories crossing the bloomberg terminal at this hour. nearly one million people became millionaires last year. a report from consultant cap number of people worth at least $1 million at a record 14.6 million. the sixth straight year over year increases. swiss banks are reporting 53 possible acts of money laundering in the investigation of fifa's world cup bidding contests. the prosecutor described huge and complex case which targets "criminal mismanagement and money laundering in the bidding contests." the matches were awarded to russia and qatar. oakland is throwing a party on friday for its warriors. the parade will wind through downtown streets to honor golden state, the newly crowned nba champs. they clinched it by beating the cavaliers last night in cleveland. the team's first title in 40 years and oakland's first pro sports championship since the a's won the world

leading up to the secret trip, we were in southeast asia and south asia. the idea was to talk about this agreement. i got on the phone in either thailand or vietnam. he gave me some code language. a six-year-old could figure out what he was saying. [laughter] it was not very subtle. the russians had turned it down. so we went to china first, and the russians agreed within weeks to a summit afterward. >> meanwhile, back at the state department -- >> let me say that the campaign to get the chinese into the u.n. was gathering momentum, and the state department saluting -- was mounting a massive campaign against this. in favor of taiwan. that was also what was going on. in the meantime, i was asked as the head of the china watching part of the state department, to write a memo on what kind of a member of the u.n. china would make. there are all these different currents. [laughter] >> that was the real title of a memo. >> let's switch to the trip to china. winston, you said you were doing these various initiatives to try to find somebody from the chinese govern

i am the senior associate for south asia with the asia program. thank you all for coming. before i forget, just want evidence to thank our institutional cosponsors, which are the wilson center's middle east program and also the wilson center's global women's leadership initiative. i also wanted to welcome those viewing us on c-span. as you all know, afghanistan is experiencing a great period of uncertainty. international combat troops have left a fragile new unity government is in place. the taliban has been ramp upping its attacks of late, including in kabul and once again there are rumors of attempts to start peace talks between the afghan government and the taliban in recent days the chinese reportedly hosted taliban and afghan government representatives for informal discussions about the possibility of talks. so this all makes for a very tenuous time in afghanistan but also and especially for afghan women, given the horrific track record that the taliban have in terms of women's rights. there are a number of afghan women serving in leadership roles and professional rol

sea, from the sea, off the sea >>> the existence of an ethnic group that lives on the water in south-east asia is threatened. a human rights group singles out philippines and thai lands for exploiting the mokan people. >>> good evening, i'm antonio mora this is al jazeera america. we begin with a dire warning obvious the iran nuclear deal as the negotiations come down to the wire. five former advisors to president obama on iran wrote an open letter expressing concerns that the agreement falls short of starts. others argue the u.s. is conceding to much to tehran saying the bill would weaken international inspections of the nuclear facilities and allow them to begin nuclear fuel production. >> it cams as secretary of state john kerry is in vienna to resume talks. negotiations may slip behind the june 30th deadline. paul beban has the latest. >> reporter: it's a deal that has been a decade in the making or not making depending how you look at it. since 2006 iran and the group known as p5+1 the u.s., russia china, france the u.k. and germany have been negotiating over iran's nuclear programme. the