our correspondent went to south asia's largest art show to have a look at how the slump is affecting is all kinds of art on display here, appealing to all kinds of tastes, including this one bya kinds of tastes, including this one by a japanese artist. this is south east asia's largest art fair, but this year there are fewer galleries taking part and even the organisers acknowledge that records are not likely to be broken. over 130 galleries are here, but that is down from the 173 that the part last year. at that is not worrying the man who put the show together. and art market is always the mirror of a social and economic reality. in other words, that is one thing. the other words, that is one thing. the other thing is we had in the last year a other thing is we had in the last yeara hike in other thing is we had in the last year a hike in the market. what you have now in the future is going back to normality. that means it is no more what is the biggest price or the highest price, and i will tell you frankly, i'm glad we speak a bit more about art and not about numbers. and, as an

from south asia to africa, we have forged partnerships to go after terrorist threats.errorists have lost about half their territory, they are using losing their leaders, towns and cities are being liberated and i have no doubt this terrorist group will be destroyed because of you. you showed that when it comes to fighting terrorism we can be strong and we can be smart. not by letting our forces get dragged into sectarian conflicts and civil war is but with smart, sustainable, principal partners . that's how we brought most of our troops home and nearly all hundred 80,000 troops in iraq and afghanistan down to 15,000 today. it's how even as we suffered terrible attacks at home and in boston to orlando, no foreign terrorist organization has successfully planned and executed an attack on our homeland in the past eight years. because of you, the world has seen the awesome reach of american armed forces. in some of the first few weeks of my job, somali pirates took captain phillips and later on when they kidnapped jessica buchanan, it was you that went in and you that riske

from south asia to africa, we have forged partnerships to go after terrorists that threaten us.il, these terrorist have lost about half of their territory. they are losing leaders, towns and cities are being liberated. and i have no doubt this barbaric terrorist group will be destroyed, because of you. you've shown when it comes to fighting terrorism we can be strong and we can be smart. not by letting our forces be dra drawn in sectarian wars but by sustainable partnerships. that's how we brought most of our troops home from nearly 180,000 troops in iraq and afghanistan down to 15,000. that's how even as we've suffered terrible attacks here at home be from boston to orlando. no foreign terrorist og anization successfully planned and executed an attack on our homeland these past eight years. because of you, the world has seen the awesome reach of american armed forces. and in the first few weeks mif job when pirates took phillips and kidnapped jessica, you brought these americans home. the world has senior compassion. the help you delivered in times of crisis from an earthquake

to rise as the himalayan glaciers melt, also destroying the water supply for south asia. in india already, 300 million people are reported to lack water to drink. and it will continue both for india and pakistan. and at this point, the two major threats to survival begin to converge. one is environmental catastrophe. the other is nuclear war, another threat that is increasing right before our eyes. india and pakistan are nuclear states, nuclear -- states with nuclear weapons. they were already almost at war. any kind of real war would immediately turn into a nuclear war. that might happen very easily over water -- over struggles over diminishing water supplies. a nuclear war would not only devastate the region, but might actually be terminal for the species, if indeed it leads to nuclear winter and global famine as many scientists predict. so the threats of survival -- to survival converge right there, and we're going to see much more like it. meanwhile, the united states is leading the way to disaster, while the world looks to china for leadership. it's an incredible, as

according to the united nations office on drugs and crime, over 150,000 people are trafficked within south asia every year. globobally, human trafficking is a $32 billion industry. hoping to find mariam, richi's team arrive at the trafficker's home. [all speaking hindi] narrrator: there''s a young girl in his bed. [alall speaking hindi] narrarator: but it's nonot mari. in the car, the policece questin the traffickerer about mariam. [all speaking hindi] narratoror: the selling of young girls a as brides is common in some states like punjab and haryana. a major factor is the extremely low sex ratio of females to males. young girls are brought here and sold as chihild bridides to the local lt bargain prices. the team m have received new information on where mariam is being kept. but marriage in india is sacrosanct and snatching a girl from m her marital home can have violent consequences. [all speaking hindi] narrator: ststartled and afraid, mariam emerges from the room. [all speaking hindi] [mariam sobbing] narrator: after 20 days of separation, mother r and daughtr are finally reunited. [both so

it would be the largest tech ipo out of south asia, and a boon for others.e following which industry group will likely experience a bubble in china. ♪ rishaad: after a bevy of bubbles smart money is betting in excess credit, leading to more essay deflation and 2017. in 2017.sset deflation where will all of that liquidity go? let's start where that money comes from, then where does it go? that is key. >> you already alluded to the bubbles that have ruled china's markets over the past few years. there is this gauge that the bank for international settlements has that looks for credit growth in the country relative to the economy overtime, and relative to its long-term trend. graph from at the the bank for international settlements, it shows the problems began in 2009, when china unleashed this massive amount of credit to short of the economy in the gulf crisis. what we have seen is that the amount of credit economy has gathered steam, has scattered ball, and issive trapped in the economy because of capital flight controls. what are people saying about where th

-- excuse me, south asia, or israel, egypt, and the levant or for iran, iraq, syria and the gulf states. national security council has directors for all of these regions of the globe. they also have directors for weapons of mass destruction and nuclear nonproliferation and strategic planning and counterterrorism and human rights. the national security council has director jobs who are the point people on naonal security in our own government for all of those regions and all of those issues. and the incoming administration hasn't picked any one for any of those jobs. and that's unusual. they haven't picked any directors for any of the national security council jobs. these are not jobs than have to go through senate confirmation. this is not something that's being held up in congress. they just need to pick people and put them place. they have not bothered to pick people for these jobs. the "new york times" today had a harrowing report on how little has happened to stand up anybody to take over basically all of the key national security positions in the new incoming administration.

europe will still be extremely interesting for people from asia to come and do business with, from south asial. there is something culturally and something existentially that britain will remain a big magnet. a large part of that is our relationship with the united states and the fact that we have a common language and, to some considerable extent, a common culture. we will have to leave it there. that's it for dateline london for this week. you can comment on the programme on twitter and engage with our guests. we're back next week at the same time. please make a date with dateline london. goodbye. well, for many of us quite a frosty one out there and it will be a frosty start to sunday morning. you can see where the frost is, that blue on the weather map. these are the 50 cents and temperatures and in rural areas it will be much colder than that. minus seven degrees in a couple of areas. thing on sunday morning, of these western parts of the uk will have some cloud or maybe a spot all two of drizzle and snow across the hills of wales, maybe parts of scotland as well and may be mist and fog

officers, the move into south asia was economically appealing and it offered a way out of the chinese quagmire. it is a curious and kind of contradictory vision. to complete the conquest of china, they needed access to the european colonies. they would have to fight a war with britain and holland and the the japanese and army leaders saw that as acceptable, if it enabled resolution of the war in china. roosevelt certainly knew that america's near monopoly on oil was a potential key to influencing japanese behavior, but he was reluctant to play that card. to use the modern euphemism cutting off oil to japan was the nuclear option. it would force japan into a corner where her leaders would have no choice but do not go under two american demands or to find oil elsewhere. this obviously being production in the west indies. there is hardly any question about which of the options they would choose. and calculating the response of other nations to whatever , cost is a critical factor. tougher is not always better. roosevelt sought to calibrate the pressure he applied on japan rather carefull

places in south asia, not on the list for the ban. why? we can only wonder that there are political and business interests that this administration has in those areas. it's targeting countries that, frankly, will cater to the fear of americans and not necessarily answer any of our foreign policy and counterterrorism challenges. >> thank you for your time and perspective today. >> good to be here. >>> just a few minutes i'll speak with former ambassador mark ginsberg who served as white house middle east policy advisor. i'll talk to him about the impact the refugee ban will have on u.s. allies in the region. we'll be right back. >>> live from msnbc world headquarters, it's shaping up to be a busy saturday. president trump is engaged in a full day of telephone diplomacy. president trump today calling the leaders of japan and germany earlier this morning. and within the last hour, mr. trump spoke to russian president vladmir putin. he's expected to put in a call to french president hollande at the top of the hour. and then prime minister of a

to complete the conquest of china, they needed access to the european colonies of south asia. to achieve those resources, they would almost certainly have to britain,ar with both holland, and quite possibly the united states as well. the japanese army leaders saw cost if itacceptable enabled resolution of the war in china. in for a penny. in for a pound. roosevelt certainly knew that america is your monopoly on oil was a potential key to influencing japanese behavior. but he was reluctant to play that card. ,o use a modern euphemism cutting oil to japan was the "nuclear option." it would force japan into a corner that would force it leaders to knuckle under american demands or find oil elsewhere. the elsewhere being the dutch east indies. given the deep-seated national pride of the japanese government and its citizens, there was hardly any question between which of those options they would choose. in calculating response of other nations to whatever leverage you want to apply, culture as well as cost is a critical factor. tougher is not always better. calibrate theto pressure

our south asia correspondent reports. reporter: another team of afghan soldiers flying in to helmand province. the bbc got rare permission to join them. going for therd afghan army since the u.s. and its nato allies hold out most of their troops at the end of 2014. troops out most of their at the end of 2014. troops do not have far to travel to the frontline. it is on the outskirts of the provincial capital. the taliban control more than 80% of the province. supplies are low. we have been saying we are running out of ammunition, but we don't get new supplies. our enemy is firing at us, but we don't have enough bullets to take them on. reporter: his commander urges president trump to continue to support the war effort here. i ask his excellency donald trump to continue the fight here . if he can give us more support, we can wipe out the terrorists. hasrter: the west still 13,000 troops in afghanistan, most of them americans. this is the headquarters in kabul. 15 years of war has not achieved much. has spent more in real te

europe will still be extremely interesting for people from asia to come and do business with, from south asiain will remain a big magnet. a large part of that is our relationship with the united states and the fact that we have a common language and to some considerable extent common culture. we will have to leave it there. that's it for dateline london for this week. you can comment on the programme on twitter and engage with our guests. we're back next week at the same time. please make a date with dateline london. hello. a hard frost for many of us to start the weekend, some fog patches around too. two views to show the early weekend weather. welcome sunshine to north—west england, frosty roof—tops, but thick fog and a hard frost into parts of wales as you can see from our weather watchers. a lot of crisp sunshine around but more cloud for parts of south—west england, along the south coast, running into northern ireland. this cloud expanding through northern england into east wales and parts of the midlands and east anglia. from it patchy rain and drizzle beginning to develop. a few shower

europe will still be extremely interesting for people from asia to come and do business with, from south asiahere is something culturally and something existentially that britain will remain a big magnet. a large part of that is our relationship with the united states and the fact that we have a common language and, to some considerable extent, a common culture. we will have to leave it there. that's it for dateline london for this week. you can comment on the programme on twitter and engage with our guests. we're back next week at the same time. please make a date with dateline london. goodbye. hello there. freezing fog could become quite extensive across parts of england and wales by the end of the night. could cause some problems to travel for monday morning commute, notjust the roads, but maybe to some of the major airports as well. so keep tuned to your bbc local radio or head online for the latest update. so a foggy start for many across the south and south—east. that fog may be slow to clear, and may linger on all day, and if it does it will be grey and chilly. elsewhere, a pretty good

europe will still be extremely interesting for people from asia to come and do business with, from south asiasomething culturally and something existentially that britain will remain a big magnet. a large part of that is our relationship with the united states and the fact that we have a common language and, to some considerable extent, a common culture. we will have to leave it there. that's it for dateline london for this week. you can comment on the programme on twitter and engage with our guests. we're back next week at the same time. please make a date with dateline london. goodbye. hello, the morning closes out and quite a sunny one for some parts. clear skies across southern england and east anglia. some breaks in northern england, north—east scotla nd northern england, north—east scotland and northern ireland, but a lot more cloud across other parts compared with yesterday. a few showers here and there, south—west england, wales and west scotland. sleet and snow mixed in across the pennines and areas of lincolnshire and east yorkshire this afternoon. most will stay dry, chilly in the

the port is set to become one of south asia's largest. they drafted an agreement to be signed between the sri lankan government and the firm. they will hold an 80% stake in the port and secure the right to operate for 99 years. the agreement mentions that china will be in charge of the port security. the deal is likely to be signed before the end of the month. some members of the sri lankan government are voicing concerns. they believe china could interpret the agreement by allowing its navy vessels and submarines to make port calls there. >>> with its rich aroma and full bodied flavor, coffee from papua new guinea is rated among the best in the world. it is still nowhere near as popular as south american or african coffee. local coffeemakers aim to turn that situauation around. nhk world reports. >> reporter: the mountains of papua new guinea are ideal for growing coffee due to their altitude and volcanic soil. small buyers come all the way to where the buyers are to sell their beans. an agency in the highlands broker coffee beans from s

we're at the rubin museum of art, which houses the most extensive himalayan art of south asia and innse to the devastating earthquake in nepal the museum is honoring that country with a special cultural exhibit. let's take a closer look. honoring nepal showcases the rich and sacred art of buddhism and hinduism. over six hundred nepalese object

africa, south asia, south america. the economies we are told will drive growth in the 21st century. not really happening in the way that many people hoped, certainly in sub sahara africa and the middle east. things are looking rather troubled. that rebounds back on emirates and onto the city of dubai. mark: i enjoyed the start of your piece. emirates has high standards for flight attendants. matt: indeed they do. mark: this is represented in its overall approach. matt: keeping a tight grip on every thing. mark: explain its approach. matt: base you -- they skew quite young, certainly younger on richard weiss or united. they are impeccably dressed. they are instructed in the use of approved shades of lipstick, approved makeup techniques, approved ways aware -- to wear their hair. this is enforced on every flight they are on. this is a rather obsessive approach to maintaining emirates' brand and standards that the airline believes it is the standardbearer for. it is blazing new trails of luxury in addition. it does not always work completely but they are certainly trying. mark: absolut

given the size of his agenda and the many distractions, president trumper hasn't said much about south east asiaach to this region is different to his predecessor. 0bama this region is different to his predecessor. obama had ties to south east asia. —— president trump. 0bama made it a priority with his pivot. there are no signs it will happen under a there are no signs it will happen undera trump there are no signs it will happen under a trump administration. initially, there are a number of leaders here who will welcome the break in style. if you think of the authoritarian leaders who have been criticised for their human rights, thailand, malaysia, the philippines, all the countries may well be very happy to hear donald trump say add great deal less about human rights but there is a real worry, i think, about what the strategic balance will be if the us more or less withdraws from this region. all of these countries have preferred to have two superpowers engaging with them. if trump disengages, china's influence who has been growing enormously here, will be dominant. cambodia is dominated compl

our south asia editor, jill mcgivering reports there was a court ban on protests, but it didn't stopir anger. sirens wail some accuse china of acting like a new colonial power. many are sceptical about how local people will benefit from china's investment, and say a 99—year lease is simply too long. translation: because of this agreement, people who were born and living in this area are losing their land and houses. 15,000 acres means 12,000 houses, and 35 temples. we want to know where they are sending us. they did not seem to spoil the celebration inside. for china, this is a first step towards its own major manufacturing zone in southern sri lanka, close to the recently built port, which cost beijing more than $1 billion. it was only a loan, and this land deal is a way of getting its money back. the sri lankan government defends the deal, and promises to compensate those losing their land. translation: we are starting a new journey. we are going to create a powerful sri lanka. nobody can stop the journey to create a powerful new sri lanka, which will give a bright future to the yo

our south asia editor jill mcgivering reports.otests but it did not stop them. hundreds of opponents to this massive guilt, led by buddhist monks, show their angen led by buddhist monks, show their anger. —— deal. some accuse china of acting like a new colonial power. many are sceptical about how local people will benefit from china's investment and say and 99 year lease is simply too long. translation: because of this agreement, people who were born and living in this area are losing their land and houses. 15,000 acres means 12,000 houses, and 35,000 temples. we wa nt 12,000 houses, and 35,000 temples. we want to know where they are sending us. they did not seem to spoil the celebration inside. for china, this is a first step towards its own major manufacturing zone in southern shoreline cloud, close to the recently built port which gust beijing more than $1 billion. it was only a bone, and displaying deal is a way of getting its money back. the sri lankan government defends the deal and promises to compensate those losing their

our south asia editor, jill mcgivering reports.undreds of opponents to this massive deal led by buddhist monks showed their angen led by buddhist monks showed their anger. some accuse china of acting like new colonial power. many are sceptical about how locals will benefit from china's investment and they say and 99 year lease is simply too long. translation: because of this agreement people who were born and living in this area are losing their land and houses. 15,000 acres means 12,000 houses and 35 temples. we wa nt means 12,000 houses and 35 temples. we want to know where they are sending us. they did not seem to spoil the celebration inside. for china this is a first step towards its own major manufacturing zone in southern sri lanka, close to the recently built port which cost beijing more than $1 billion. it was only alone unless lansdale is a way of getting the money back. the sri lankan government defends the deal and promises to compensate those losing their land. translation: we are starting a newjourney, we're going to

asia, veryt of strong rally. volumes are especially heavy when you look at south korea. utheast asia has been bumping around, sharp gains and losses for the most part the last few weeks, hard to make a trend out of these markets, essentially the philippines. it has really been going around, now up 1.8%. energy producers in hong kong, china, shenhua, e.g. technologies, up 3%. i looking at companies on the back foot, mom be a accord going to buy modern dairy. on the way accord up. shanghai composite up 0.1%. india is also up. australia at a 19 month high. that seems to be very early on of jim so far of 2017 -- gem 2017. it might get to a point where you ask, where do i shift my money? afx 200, the guy have that for you. dollar-yen, that is really what is waiting in, very quickly. asx 200, let me have a longer-term look at this market. all straight up. and we have the chart, what is the chart now? last we checked, there we go, 8.5% on shares of sharp out of the nikkei news. yousef: thank you, i will take it from here. we mentioned at the top of the show we want to back right

company biocon, and mr dilpreet singh, who is the vice president of human resources at ibm india and south asiare with us today. i am going to start with you. so how bad is the situation actually? well, i think actually, you know, there is a huge challenge the world over. i thinkjobs growth is something that every economy is facing, and india is not alone. india of course has seen that it has been a pretty tough uphill task in terms of creating newjobs. in the last two decades we have seen 300 million people come into thejob market, and less than half of them, maybe 140 million, have been employed. and i think this number is steadily declining, so it is... and the population is increasing, so you can see that it is a big challenge. mr singh, your sector — it — and if you look more broadly, services, has been a big employment generator in india. in the past four or five years, do you think that situation has changed? is it creating fewerjobs? the jobs have been changing. it has definitely been creating less jobs in 2015 compared to what it was error there, so overall i think —— what it was earli

south asia, the middle east, europe, what it did envision is that asia was where the people are, where opportunity is, where the growth is and where the potential conflicts are. are going to maintain and increase our presence there. strengthen our alliances as we have done with china. with the koreans and with australia and new zealand. charlie: a lot of americans and arepresident and americans concerned about these reports from north korea, by the leader uses we are working on an icbm that can deliver a nuclear warhead to the continental united states. that is very much a problem. charlie: what do you say to the incoming president-elect? that this goes to the top of your -- denis: we have made that clear since the we started our conversation. this is a critically important issue. china needs to understand that is a core interest of hours to not be threatened by north korea our allies need to have confidence that we remain deeply against thisthem threat. and that the north koreans will continue to field the per and the per isolation. charlie: that has not stopped them from moving forwa

the only place in south east asia where trade has risen with the us is vietnam.ossibly get any worse than it is right now. so, as you look at the bilateral approach that trump will take, and his administration will take, and his administration will take, and his administration will take on the there are expectations that things will improve, so the discussion about a chinese trade war is fictitious, it is not going to happen. tony nash from complete intelligence. each year, thousands of buyers flock to the hong kong police air despite an uncertain economic environment. the global toy industry is expected to expand 7% in 2017. this is according to euromonitor. there is one category that is growing much faster than any of the categories in the toy market, and that is high—tech smart toys. our correspondent went to take a look. welcome to asia's largest toy show, it is full of sights, sounds and of course toys. some not yet available to the general public. thousands of buyers, most of wholesalers, here on the hunt for the next blockbuster. globally, the industry was

it's important we do that so we don't have a nest of terrorism in south asia.is also not bad to have a very willing and cooperative security partner. i never overlooked that and we have friends and allies that are an enormous asset to our defenses and having a cooperative partner has that upside. charlie: as we leave this conversation and looking at all the things you are proud of, what is it around the corner that you want to say to all of us? sec. carter: we have discussed pretty much everything. i have to say i have tended to everything i thought was necessary and part of the future. i think we are on the path strategically and today and to the improvements we know. -- we know we need to make in the future. the only thing i would say is this requires persistent effort, particularly to stay ahead of our enemies. there will be changes in technology, and the strategic landscape, changes in the way our people think about their own future. we need a defense department that is agile. i have a lot of admiration and confidence. -- confidence in the innovativeness of

terrorist network on the path to a lasting defeat and developed counterterrorism platforms from south asia to north africa. he did so relentlessly, effectively, with increased transparency and in strict accordance with our values. simultaneously, president obama achieved verifiable nuclear disarmament to iran, the greatest threat to security in the middle east. and my countering proliferation bolstered our nuclear deterrent at home. president obama also directed a transition in our defense strategy. he implemented a rigorous intellectual policy and legal framework to guide the most solemn decisions that a commander-in-chief makes to deploy and employ our men and women in uniform. he did played strategic to deploy our military at sea, with missile defenses and in space and cyber domains, including by establishing the u.s. cyber command. in so doing, he led the transformation of the united states military from over a decade of counterinsurgency into a full spectrum fighting force. -- the mostly, he consequential region for america's future. president obama also recognized security in the wor

so indead of asia, south ash yashg it now is all produced here -- south asia, it's produced in the western hem is fore. poppies are grown in guatemala, colombia. but it is all produced here. an awful lot of the opiods, what looks like pharmaceuticals are produced in mexico and pirated up through the border. part of the problem, and this is, i think, the outside my particular area of kwon firm, part of the problem is we are a very very overly medicated society. huge amounts of opiods are prescribed legally for things that, in the past, would probably not receive that level of medication. so the point is, huge problem, getting worse, in the profits, they're just unbelievable to the cartels that control the whole marketing and transport. >> there's been a great deal of conversation about building a wall and it's been my experience that we need to have barriers. but building a wall is not the way to prevent the flow of drugs or people illegally across the border. i think it requires ranging from drones to towers to use of some of the technological advantages that we have. if you would just bri