south east asia is very much in its view.u are saying is facebook watch is not really what we are doing in europe or what americans are doing but they are looking at the next billion also facebook users who will be drawn in to watch football in southeast asia? absolutely. it is a compelling case for newly emerging digital users in south and east asia to come on line and engage and create a habit of engagement with facebook. do you think it is going to work? absolutely, in those markets, because of the opportunity is so immense and premium content is of such interest that it will create a compelling case and that the get the interactivity aspect is unprecedented in these markets. we have seen an example of this working in china with an engagement with nba exclusive rights. what facebook needs to do is translate that from —— to emerging markets. needs to do is translate that from -- to emerging markets. thank you very much. we will keep an eye on that. argentina's currency the peso has plunged to a new record low against the do

the new seven policy only tries to ring taiwan to southeast asia or south asia, and of the trust bring these regions to taiwan. their culture, their life third the music they listen to. the lifestyle they are accustomed to. how want taiwanese to know and what southeast asia looks like. so the taiwanese can understand that we do more. is a newle say, this article by -- young. he argues that it is a socialization process. although, i would not go so far to argue that the cell phone policy is a socialization process. but you do see the taiwan he and's come to ask these people to accept southeast asia. this is important. this is him and we need to pay attention to. why? because when the government believes when people have contact with southeast asia and asians. toy will be more acceptable southeast asia. and the southeast asians live more acceptable to taiwan. essentially, how one is people came back on themselves to part of southeast asia is that of east asia. that is important. the -- of the new policy as you can see focused on this kind of issues, try to engage educational, cultural ch

[applause] our president laid out our south asia strategy to give our fighters in afghanistan , in hisords, the tools they need and the trust they have earned to fight and win. this president has also secured commitments around the world from our allies, commitments from our nato allies in particular to pay more for our common defense than ever before. president trump articulated a vision to ensure continued american dominance in land, sea, air, and space. [applause] fall, our president led negotiations with both parties of congress, and president trump signed into law the largest increase in our national defense in a generation. under president donald trump, the days of arbitrary budget cuts to our national defense are over. [applause] finally, in june of this year, while our president engaged in historic negotiations with north korea, he had our missing fallen on his heart. as the nation witnessed, thanks to the leadership and compassion of this commander in chief, our boys are finally coming home. [applause] by signing this legislation, president trump is keeping his promise to the

to be a permanent presence what i would tell you terror is that we have permanent interests in south asia diplomatic interests security interests and we're going to we're going to maintain a presence to have influence in that region the diplomatic presence security and security presence in the form of that presence is going to change over time you know as an example just a few years ago we had over one hundred thousand u.s. forces in afghanistan in today we have forth about about fourteen thousand so they'll be a permanent diplomatic mission in afghanistan to be permanent diplomatic presence across south asia but i certainly don't expect that the current forces that we have in afghanistan represents an enduring large military commitment they feel that i do not like to fight back to my comics and now i have my question to them and i think you could present a democracy here too. thank you grit president trump on june thirteenth said quote there is no longer a nuclear threat from north korea and quote this depends go on said assessment. you know time you're asking for a. straightforward answ

. -- presence -- permanent security presence across south asia. >> she asked my question. >> it was so there's no longer nuclear threat from north korea. does the pentagon share that assessment? sec. mattis: you are asking for a straightforward answer on a complex subject. the bottom line is, there was progress made in the whole world saw that progress when the two leaders sat down. we also knew very clearly this was going to be a long and challenging effort to negotiate this away. as you know, the war began in 1950 and has never ended. we are engaged in a process and we stay with a diplomatically led process. >> d.c. any attempts from north korea to denuclearize? sec. mattis: i've -- do you see any attempts from north korea to denuclearize? sec. mattis: i prefer to leave the state department to answer those questions. we stay in a supporting role. >> i want to pin you down on the yemen, is it fair to us to think the u.s. is willing to curtail support should things not change? to general dunford, i want to ask you, the russians confirmed they had asked about refugee reconstruction o

and have always been very open to do partnerships together working together on those issues on south asia. to me that is the bigger thing to unlocked. writing this book like reading the news. all of the things that are going on like the halloween attack or the horrific tragedy it can be very depressing and get you down but i am always reminded going back to my days in south asia there is a famous poet whose said don't get furious don't get fisa into the only blow to make you fly higher and is how we can put together this new manhattan project for future generations. [applause] >> is not very often you did talk about cyberterrorism within optimistic nature but you're welcome back and thank you for your comments and being here today. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> welcome every one to our most recent book we are pleased to have you here on this rainy evening. we are selling books tonight please support him as an author to buy the book afterwords please do that. also thank you to c-span

her research focuses on political and military affairs in south asia including afghanistan, pakistan and sri lanka. fighting to the end, pakistan army's reward from years ago and we were fortunate to have the doctor at hudson to discuss that. to my left is doctor mohammed taqi from the university of florida. and economist for the wire and former economist for the daily times in pakistan. interest areas include pakistan, afghanistan, india and the united states. he lends expertise for radio free europe special service and the questionable service and other services. mohammed taqi grew up in pakistan and had a lifelong association with the past 2 nationalist movement. both our panelists have been critical of the policy direction especially for the g hardy group of the pakistan group we hoped to include someone with a softer view on pakistan but august is a difficult month to find panelists in washington dc. everyone we wanted was otherwise unavailable. that has put me in a difficult position to try and dutifully put forward the questions by those who believe pakistan is not understood

those are two major economies in south east asia and south asia.ation gets worse, could there be a contagion among the other emerging economies in the region? basically right now the biggest risk is via the risk sentiment channel. if you look at the financial linkages of turkey with the rest of asia, it is not that high. —— turkey. it is really how investors perceive the situation. if we look at what has happened to the indonesian rupiah and the indian rupee, both currencies have already retreated quite a bit this year. i would say positioning is actually a lot cleaner than had with the beginning of this year. given less positioning, there is also a lower risk of contagion across the rest of asia. but with the weakening of asia's emerging currencies, could this impact growth rates in the second half of 2018? actually a weakening of currencies is not necessarily a bad thing. the weakening of currencies can potentially provide a boost for exports and that's coming not at a bad time when we are already seeing a lot of asian currencies come under press

it spread out of south asia into europe, and there is a major epidemic in 1830, 18 31, and 1832, and it spread across europe. in 1832 in the americas and spread throughout north america in 1832, remaining in circulation in 1833 and 1834, sort of a global pandemic affecting millions of people. >> what was it? what were its victims? what with the prognosis of you got cholera? prof. kelton: you did not want to get it for sure. that spreadteria through fecal contaminated water, incubates in the body and creates massive diarrhea. in a six-hour period, one would lose massive amounts of lewis -- fluid and the body would go into spasms and turn blue. that was one of the telltale signs, when the bodily organs start to shut down from three had ration -- dehydration, the body turns blue. in six hours. not everyone died, but it was a .evastating, deadly disease the symptoms were telling, so people knew what it was. >> was there any treatment? prof. kelton: you treated it through rehydration, and there were and a biotic says well. antibiotics as well. in the 1830's, nobody understood that. they d

dunford: what i would say is that we have permanent interest in south asia, diplomatic and security. we will maintain a presence to have influence in the region. the form of the presence will change over time. a few years ago, we had 100,000 u.s. forces in afghanistan. today we have about 14,000. there will be a permanent diplomatic mission in afghanistan and a permanent diplomatic presence across south asia. i don't expect that the current forces in afghanistan represents an enduring, large military commitment. >> she asked my question. [laughter] >> on north korea, president there is no longer a nuclear threat from north korea. does the pentagon share that assessment? sec. mattis: you are asking for a straightforward answer on a complex subject. the bottom line is, there was progress made, the whole world saw that progress when the two leaders sat down. we also knew very clearly this was going to be a long and challenging effort to negotiate this away. as you know, the war began in 1950 and has never ended. we are engaged in a process and we stay with a diplomatically led process.

>> the cholera epidemic was one of the first global epidemics, cholera is a disease systemic to south asia and spread into europe. there is a major epidemic of it for 1830 one and spread across europe. americans saw this coming. it spread throughout north america and it still remains in circulation in 1833 and 1834. it is a global pandemic. it affects millions of people. >> what were the symptoms? what was the prognosis if you got it? paul: you wouldn't want to get it for sure. it spread to the water and quickly incubates in the body creating massive diarrhea. within a six hour. , -- within a six hour period, one would lose massive amounts of fluid and the body would go into spasms and turn blue. that was one of the telltale signs because your body organs start to shut down. within sixrns blue hours of getting the disease. that everyone died, but it was a very devastating disease. the symptoms were very telling. >> was there any treatment? paul: we were treated today through rehydration. there are antibiotics as well. in the 1830's, no one understood that. they understood the body losing w

more central northern areas that looks as though it's going to be fairly wet at times across into south asia we've got some rain down through the western ghats but northeastern parts of india looking particularly wet in the circulation of low pressure will give some very heavy rain for calcutta the weather sponsored by cattle and raise. the coca plant has long been a pillar of bolivia as traditions but it's using illegal drugs today is threatening the nation's culture and also dorothy's are involved because they received it back while some have made fortunes many others have suffered at the hands of this multi-billion dollar industry malady my mother was trying over to cable and brutally come with a pole it was a huge crime who are the winners and losers of this illicit trade snow will be n.d.'s on al-jazeera corrupt officials have been ousted. and the activists of the chinese villager who can take center stage in on the president and local elections. in the last of a remarkable series filmed over five years al-jazeera documents of a new village committee. rebels to politicians. want. china

people in canada as i said sonia's a dire situation but monsoons are an annual event in india across south asia what has made this one so exceptional and so deadly. you're right so many carolina especially is really no stranger to heavy rain you know it's located on the south with the ages they need the little that's usually the first of the thoughts the mainland to receive rain from southwest monsoon and can really receive high levels of rain cloud the entire month of even on december but despite this waiting had been on point with a little busy i think all the words are merely adventure really and i think what made the situation especially worse but this is actually the good times of on good season the big fake the flooded and the flood waters of the second time when he mocks quite good thing to the bump on the stage when the plagues get on the clock so we're seeing this kind of example of flooding now in care levels because of that already have you sonia found a car on the line for us sonia thank you very much. people in barcelona are marking the first anniversary of the terror attack that k

north to that region where the scenery is fifty five still long and nearly vantive india and across south asia what makes this one so exceptional and deadly united are you know getting no particulars we no stranger to greatness you know it's located on the southwestern edge which means it's the first it usually took a sebring to stop us on scene and can annoy you she sees every waves throughout the entire month of september this is really. not an exception but what me seeing this time it's certainly disciplined it's unprecedented it's really simple as you said it's been called the worst floods in india's interest and you know environmentalists of india are see some of the must see that this is fine she also a mandate and that you know there are some people here looking up pointing fingers he was he got a sense of the warning of mining that are scattered out in large parts of the state is a baptist need the soil not unstable and lead to the kind. and they've also pointed towards you know washington high places on why the construction a spot of get lost. on what was formerly agricultural land th

that region where the scenery is fifty five still monsoon sun and nearly vantive india and across south asia what makes this one so exceptional and deadly. united are you know can know in particular is really no stranger to greatness you know it's located on the southwestern edge which means it's the first it usually took a sebring to stop us on scene and given the usually sees heavy rains throughout the entire months of winter like to september this is really not an exception but what miss seeing this time around is something we just learned it's unprecedented it's really sad you know as you said it's been called it was floods it was in chile and you know environmentalists of india are see some of them i see that you know this is fun she also a mandate and that you know that is something to feel what pointing fingers he was he got a sense of the warning and by leaving that scattered out in large parts of the state he said that as with the soil not unstable and lead to the kind of landslides to do that and they've also pointed towards you know washington high places on why the construction i

know oversee that rescue effort a sanyo monsoons are of course an annual event in india and across south asia what makes this one so exceptional and and so deadly. you're right i mean you know canada in particular is really no stranger to heavy rains you know given that it's location on the southwestern edge of the independents usually the first state to receive rain from the southwestern months and can not really see as heavy rain throughout the months of plaited right until september but this time the rains have been unprecedented and severe they're being called the worst in the idea century and i think what has made the situation worse is that this is really the cut time in this one season that this rate that the state of seen flooding and the flood waters of that second time had really not quite proceeded in certain parts of the state before this least if this disaster struck so that's made it really worse ok with all of this in mind. are more rains on the way what what do the days ahead hold for terrilyn. well that's certainly what the met department of the weather office is saying they'

asia business report. apple reports ducie earnings. thanks to the sale of iphone. and mike pompeo visits southasia, a promising $800 million in investments. will this be enough to win friends and influence the region? welcome to asia is a strip —— asia business report. apple shines a —— asia business report. apple shinesa again, —— asia business report. apple shines a again, the technology giants posted quarterly results that topped targets and forecast revenue. these were driven by sales of higher priced iphones and revenue from services like the app store, apple music as well as i cloud. investors are sharing their delight in the numbers during after—hours trade. investors were really curious to see whether or not people continue to sheu whether or not people continue to shell out for their higher priced iphone models. when they reported the average sale price of an iphone, it increased to something like $724 and $694, suggesting that people really did want those great three‘s. they also said they would increase their revenue this year, there may be releases in the autumn. and other key metr

well yeah absolutely this is a this is a common thing in india and south asia but what we've seen with the carola monsoons this year is that they've the indian met office has said that. carol has received a third more than average in terms of rainfall this year so stats really been a big factor of course but environmentalist are also pointing out that there's a lot of. sort of practices that have been taking place over the years deforestation encroachment of agricultural land and mountain ranges has really also probably worsen the situation in the sense that it has made people more at risk because those environmental protections that were always there have been encroached upon. many thanks for that. they tally in the banks to hold a state funeral for victims of the bridge collapse on tuesday at least thirty eight people were killed in the tragedy relatives and friends of the dead are already gathering at the hall in the city where the services are set to take place and a newspaper says the families of some of the victims are refusing to take part in a ceremony preparing instead to have

us secretary of state mike pompeo visits south—east asia after promising $100 million in investments.ill this be enough to counter the impact of us trade tariffs? and on the markets: there is so much to digests, reports from apple, rumours the us will double the trade tariffs on china. apple has taken another step towards becoming the first trillion—dollar tech company after it announced its 03 results. the number everyone wanted to see is this — how many iphones were sold. and, while that number was only 1% higher than a year ago, iphone revenue actually rose 20% as more customers opted for apple's most expensive and profitable phone, the iphone x. overall revenues came in at $53.3 billion, comfortably beating analysts' expectations. now, one interesting figure is apple's services revenue, things like itunes, icloud and apple music. revenue there grow 31% compared to the same quarter 2017. and the markets liked it, too. shares of apple gained more than 3.5% in after—hours trade. nigel vaz, ceo of publicis.sapient international, joins me now. good to see you again. so interestingly, t

associate fellow of asia pacific program at chatham house in colombo via skype omar waraich deputy south asia director at amnesty international and also in london david bergman a journalist who was formerly based in bangladesh for thirteen years welcome to you all charu i want to start with you today look many have said that these protests are about far more than just road safety or traffic what in your view are the issues that led to these demonstrations. i think the fact remains that they said being deceived by an idea that dissent has been suppressed for too long a questioning of the government is something that is not being tolerated and let's bear in mind that its board. its all factions all political parties across the board currently we have the army leak we is trying to bring in what is called the digital think killer t. act are hugely the cornea piece of legislation which would seek to suppress and undermine the media so i think with this a third of widespread protests by students in the light of a lot that is going on within the country in terms of freedom of expression suppression

more central northern areas that looks as though it's going to be fairly wet at times across into south asia now and we've got some rain down through the western ghats but northeastern parts of india looking particularly wet the circulation of low pressure will give some very heavy rain for calcutta the weather sponsored by cat time release. the coca plant has long been a pillar of bolivia's traditions but its use in illegal drugs today is threatening the nation's culture and the mayor also dora dues are involved because they received it back while some have.

i'm wondering what different things were linked to south africa, south asia, and south america. when i got sick, it was right after hurricane irma came through. i had never been through a hurricane before. i am wondering -- i have two questions -- what is the potential relation between these gigantic weather systems coming from -- i know they originate off the coast of africa and generally kind of pick up winds all over the world and then carry them into the country, and also we have a very moist environment, florida is, and that is where yeast starts to grow. number two, i had a really bad experience here at the university of florida medical aller, because i am not at confident in the catchall diagnosis they gave me of sepsis. i am wondering if the university research labs that have these clinical microbiology labs how accurate are they actually pinpointing what is the blood infection? thank you. guest: i am really sorry to hear that you had sepsis, and i'm happy that you came out, because sepsis is a killer, and there are public health campaigns going on to make health code pe

chairman for strong interest in south asia. if confirmed, i welcome the opportunity to work with you, the committee, and other members of congress. i would be honored to answer questions. >> thank you, mr. best -- ambassador miller. chairman young, senator shaheen, i am honored to be here to be u.s.e nominee ambassador to the republic of uzbekistan. i wife sharon is here. my son jonah and my daughter is here as well as my sister who has come down from boston to be with us today. they keep me grounded and i am grateful for that. they have already taken to dad. althoughbassa i have reminded them that they cannot call me got until i am confirmed by the u.s. senate. i started my career in middleburg heights, ohio. educator who an passed onto me her love of learning and fascination with history. forather worked at nasa over 30 years developing rocket fuels that took the first americans into space and later in solar cell technology for use honor. my dad was also a human rights hisl who in the early 1960's helped organize the grassroo

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negative impact of climate change on agriculture will be much more severe i in tropicical regions of south asiad africa than in eururope and that means the biggest negative impact will be where people are already poor and that's something we need to take seriously. reporter: africa, for one, has been hit by an unusually severe drought this year. capetown became the first metropolis to strictly ration water. farmers in australia ranan out f water for their c cattle. drdrought there has even drivevn wild emus into the cities searching for water. in north ameririca, drought has sparked catastrophic wildfires along the westetern seaboboard,m cacalifornia to the canadian province of british columbia, millions of hectacres of forest burned down, the smoke creating a health scare. reporter: brent has news of a new way to monitor what is our worrying weather. brent: after 16 years of intensive planning, testing and construction, a new satellite is about to be launched that will be a giant leap forward for weather forecasting. the satellite, named after the keeper of the winds of ancient greece, in myth

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about environmentally what is causing the bangladesh government one of the or us governments in south asia at least a million dollars a day and that's not including the foreign aid that they get they're also very vulnerable environmentally and terms of political tensions they have an election coming out very different time and this is making that much worse. so i think as being a serious problem for them and there's very little accounting for in countries like nam aren't terms of the damage they cause quite creation this massive refugee crisis and there's no doubt that. one of the main reasons to bring this up and more it's national readers is to limit this as a strategy. because that has had a very dramatic impact on the back of that and feel could you speak specifically about the kind of risks faced by rohinton refugees in these makeshift camps in places like cox is bizarre i'm talking about whether it be communicable diseases sexual violence trafficking or just the environment. well the environment is of course completely packed together but it is also an area that is subject to landsli

strategy in south asia could how do define "democracy?" >> that is a tough one. >> i will go first. the asian democratization process is led in taiwan and south korea and the philippines multi-parties,o to more protection for individual rights, however imperfect, for people to have choices in who they vote for, and the basic concept of promoting the rule of law and basic human dignity. i think, as we saw throughout the cold war, there will be --ferent of the retention thir-- thailand is a military the samet and in not sense that cambodia or burma is of people's basic rights. >> it is interesting that one to throw all the elements in, accountability and elections in of law andd -- rule mix them up, you could come with surprising answers. how about singapore? none of us would call singapore a democracy, but in terms of accountability, more accountable than most other governments in the region in terms of rule of law and in terms of liberal freedoms. they fundamentally do not have a chance to change the government. philippine has a chance to change the government, but they don't have ma

and we defined the region that extends from the persian gulf to south asia and into eastern china, including the impacts of climate change, combined with impacts of irrigation, will result in deadly heatwaves that will touch on the limit of survivability of human beings. why would this region specifically as opposed to elsewhere, we are seeing this, as i mentioned, in other places. several factors have combined to produce these very severe climate conditions, including the low—lying lands, the low topography, the extensive irrigation that's been developed in the 20th century in this region, and the geographical location. they all combined to define conditions that would be conducive for severe heatwaves that could happen, especially under the business as usual scenario of global emissions of greenhouse gases. and as i mentioned earlier, this is one of the china's most densely populated places. it's also one of the places where most of the food is grown. so what will this mean for the country and its agriculture? this is a quite a significant projection and could limit many of the human activ

chairman for your strong interest in south asia. if confirmed, i welcome the opportunity to work with you, the committee, and other members of congress to advance america's interest in bangladesh and throughout the region. i would be honored to answer questions. chairman young: thank you, ambassador miller. mr. rosenblum? mr. rosenblum: chairman young, senator shaheen, i am honored to be here today as the nominee to be u.s. ambassador to the republic of uzbekistan. i would like to introduce a few members of my family who have joined me here today. my wife sharon, son jenna, and daughter liana. my sister marion who has come down from boston to be with us today. they keep me grounded and i am grateful for that. they have already taken to calling me ambassadad. although i have reminded them that they cannot call me that until i am confirmed by the u.s. senate. my life journey that led me to sitting at this stable -- this table started in middleburg heights, ohio. my mother was an educator who passed onto me her love of learning and fas

so what does it feel like representing the philippines and south east asia? proud to be half filipino, it is a fantastic experience and ijust to be half filipino, it is a fantastic experience and i just want more people in the youth to follow in my. —— footsteps. more people in the youth to follow in my. -- footsteps. and asian players are not normally well represented, particularly in the english top flight. how hard was it for you to achieve this, to get to this level? extremely hard, of course. i was this level? extremely hard, of course. i was very this level? extremely hard, of course. i was very fortunate to be brought up here, but it is really tough for any asian player to come over to england and understand that. at the same time, the premier league is watched all over the world and there are a lot of nationalities, so i hope we are the first of many. the first of many indeed. a lot of asian players aspire to play in the english premier league, but did you a lwa ys english premier league, but did you always wa nt english premier league, but did you alw

it's been a year since president trump announced his afghanistan and south asia strategy. seventeen years after american-led international forces went into afghanistan in the aftermath of 9/11 to eliminate al-qaeda sanctuary provided by the brutal taliban regime, there is talk once again about the need for a peaceful end to the conflict in afghanistan. in the last six months, the president has twice announced these -- for talks with the taliban. the taliban accepted the cease fire at the end of ramadan, but this time around they rejected the talks. this is a round of talk the taking place in moscow sponsored by the russian government which the united states today announced it would not be attending. the afghan government already has no intention of attending them on grounds the future of afghanistan needs to be determined in a mutual process, not one that is sponsored by moscow. now, one understands the demands of domestic politics in the united states. it was domestic politics that led president obama to announce a schedule for withdrawal of troops after injecting them in

i think some of the heroes in south asia are oddly enough the police. the police do not want to be corrupt. in pakistan you will routinely see a count of -- you will routinely see accounts from the kkk police force unable to stop a suicide bomber with anything else other than his body. and they don't shirk. they do it. when i look at corruption, there's this large corruption that it on -- that everyone focuses on but, in fact, corruption is baked in. there needs to be a real discussion. corruption doesn't happen to you. you choose to participate in corruption. so it is a pain in a particular location to get your car registered, to get your drivers license and so forth. you know if you get pulled over the guys will write you a ticket and you know you can just bribe their way out of it. if you want speedy but i think the whole discussion of corruption in pakistan has always been focused on politicians corruption and not about this endemic structural system. >> but i'm talking about both. literally baked into the system. >> yes, right here. >> i am with th

associate fellow of asia pacific program at chatham house in colombo via skype omar waraich deputy south asia director at amnesty international and also in london david bergman a journalist who was formerly based in bangladesh for thirteen years welcome to you all charu i want to start with you today look many have said that these protests are about far more than just road safety or traffic what in your view are the issues that led to these demonstrations. i think the fact remains that they said being deceived by an idea that dissent has been suppressed for too long a questioning of the government is something that is not being tolerated and let's bear in mind that it's both sides it's it's all factions all political parties across the board currently we have the army leak we is trying to bring in what is called the digital think killer t. act are hugely piece of legislation which would seek to suppress and undermine the media so i think with this a third of widespread protests by students in the light of a lot that is going on within the country in terms of freedom of expression suppression

and we define the region that extends from the persian gulf to south asia and into it in china, includinghange, combined with impacts of irrigation, would result in deadly heatwaves that will touch on the survival of human beings. why would this region opposed to elsewhere — we seeing this as where, in other places? are several factors that combined to produce this very severe crime at condition, including the low—lying lands, delayed topography, extensive irrigation that has developed during the 20th century, and the geographical location. the combined to define conditions that would be conducive toa conditions that would be conducive to a severe delays that can happen, especially under the business as usual scenario of global emissions of greenhouse gases. as mentioned earlier, this is one of the most densely populated areas of china. it is also one of the places were most of the food is grown. will this mean their country and its agriculture? that this meant that the country. this is a difficult projection and could limit many activities that would require people to be outlaws, and tha

under government control, but that the taliban militants are still fighting in outlying areas. 0ur south asiaploding on the outskirts of ghazni. 0nce bonds and shells exploding on the outskirts of ghazni. once again, not just the countryside by the provincial capital is under attack by taliban militants, and it is an important one. ghazni is a strategic date way, linking the capital, kabul, and the south. the afghan government was keen to reassure the public that it is far from lost. translation: our armed forces have re—established control of the city of ghazni. fighting is still going on in the outskirts. we are also sending more troops to the area. the fighting has closed the main highway, leaving many stranded and afraid. it has revealed tensions, as well, between kabul and provincial politicians, who raised the issue in parliament. translation: ghazni's situation is very worrying. we are very concerned for our people there. we are urging our government to deploy more forces in order to fully secure the province. hopes have been raised of another ceasefire next week, like the one injune.

that report by our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head.ly speaking to the media on his way to the rally, giving his reaction firstly to the news that paul manafort, his former campaign manager, has been found guilty of eight of the 18 charges he faces relating to tax and bank fraud. in a separate case, we relating to tax and bank fraud. in a separate case, we are relating to tax and bank fraud. in a separate case, we are reporting on michael cohen, his former lawyer, who has also been convicted on multiple fraud charges. we are expecting him to make mention of both of those, we think, in this address. we will listen in to see what he says as he addresses the israeli in charleston, west virginia. —— addresses this rally. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we will be keeping you right across all the latest developments as president trump's former lawyer michael cohen admits campaign violation, and his ex—campaign chief paul manafort is found guilty on eight charges of tax fraud, bank fraud, and failing to di

in canada as we said tony it's a dire situation but monsoons are an annual event in india across south asia what has made this one so exceptional and so deadly. you're right so many cattle especially is really no stranger to heavy rain you know it's located on the southwest and it's just a nice the little that's usually the first of the box the mainland to receive rain from southwest monsoon and cannot really receive high levels of rain throughout the entire month even on december but despite this we had been on point with a little bit because being called the worst immediate danger really and i think would make the situation especially worse but this is actually the good time that one group sees in the bitch case of flooded and the flood waters the been taking time had really not quite good they didn't bump on the stage when the plague because on the clock we're seeing this kind of exemption of flooding now in care levels because of that already have you sonia fall a car on the line for us sonia thank you very much. italy's transportation ministry has opened an investigation into the colla

and so in regards to what's happening in india and most of south asia at this time, it's been happening for so long. i write because i think that it's so necessary to heal from it, and that's the only way that we can like break the cycle and create real change. >> you're really young. how much of this specific kind of writing is auto biographical? have you had any encounters with violence, with that kind of misogyny or sexism? >> yes, i have. i think this is a question that i get the most because the work is -- i write in first person pronoun, so the work is very personal. so "milk and honey," "the sun and her flowers" is not 100 person ougauto biographical wor but i've had my fair share of experiences with sexual abuse and sexual violence, which is why i think i empathize with other people so much who have gone through perhaps acts of violence. it's why for a majority of my writing career, i focus on that specific topic. >> i just want to read out a few other lines from another of your poems. it may goes to the heart of the me too era we're living in right now. you're writing essential

thousands marched in their camps near cox's bazaar. 0ur south asia regional editor, anbarasan ethirajannds of angry rohingya refugees marched through camps in bangladesh's cox's bazaar district. emotions were running high as the anniversary prompted memories of the brutal violence in myanmar. in a separate valley, hundreds of women and children sought to highlight their own plight. they are well aware there is little sign of them returning to their homes in myanmar soon. more than a million refugees lived in cramped conditions in these camps. the violence in myanmar‘s state began a year ago after rohingya militants attacked security forces, sparking a military retaliation. rights groups say thousands were killed and the refugees who fled the violence have told horrific stories of sexual violence and torture. myanmar says it launched a legitimate counter—insurgancy operation. myanmar and bangladesh have agreed to re—patriate the refugees. many here believe the burmese government's words are not matched by its actions. rohingya leaders say that these camps are not their permanent homes an

thousands marched in their camps near cox's bazaar. 0ur south asia regional editor anbarasan ethirajananding justice, thousands of angry rohingya refugees marched through camps in bangladesh's cox's bazaar‘s district. emotions were running high as the anniversary prompted memories of the brutal violence in myanmar. in a separate valley, hundreds of women and children sought to highlight their own plight. they are well aware there is little sign of them returning to their homes in myanmar soon. more than a million refugees lived in cramped conditions in these camps. the violence in myanmar‘s state began a year ago after rohingya militants attacked security forces, sparking a military retaliation. rights groups say thousands were killed and the refugees who fled the violence have told horrific stories of sexual violence and torture. myanmar says it launched a legitimate counter—insurgancy operation. myanmar and bangladesh have agreed to re—patriate the refugees. many here believe the burmese government's words are not matched by its actions. rohingya leaders say that these camps are not

hello again it's good to have you back well here across parts of south asia.

region where the scenery is fifty five still long still summer and the event in india and across south asia what makes this one so exceptional and deadly. united are you know canada in particular is really no stranger to greatness you know it's located on the southwestern edge which means it's the first state usually to see very selfless on the scene and get in the u.t.c.'s heavy waves throughout the entire month of september but this is really not an exception but what missing this time is something we just learned it's unprecedented it's really simple as you said it's been called the worst floods it has in chile and you know environmentalists in india are seeing some of the must see that you know this is fun she also a man beat and mt mother does something to heal what pointing fingers he was he got a sense of the warning that might lead to scattered out in large parts of the state he said that has made the soil not unstable and lead to the kind of student and they also pointed towards you don't watch t.v. in high places and why the construction is part of getting the speed to listen in o