global remittance store increases across all surveyed regions between 20172018 south asia which was led by india claiming the lion's share of those gains followed by china mexico the philippines and egypt sub-saharan africa received 40 $6000000000.00 that is the lowest amount for all surveyed regions during that same period but that amount represents an almost 10 percent rise compared to the previous year very interesting stuff and i'm very glad that for more i'm joined now by dilip that's her leading. on a missed migration remittance unit at the world bank very good to have you with us here on the program obviously the world bank responsible for that report that we just quoted from how important remittances to countries in the developing world well. this year in 2019 are likely to reach $550000000000.00 and at their create they are likely to exceed the total amount of foreign direct investment going to low and middle income countries to developing countries in other words remittances are now larger than foreign direct investment and they where norm to be much larger than official devel

a deadly bomb soon season in much of south asia. in nepal the off the moth of mass floods and deadly landslides for the displaced there's more rain to come. by in bangladesh it's the same story dangerous flooding and mudslides. and fold over hinge of refugees from neighboring mine the rain and landslides have washed away thousands of hillside shelters leaving several dead. hundreds homeless or we're having problems during this rainy season getting food the kids are suffering from disease the toilets and bathrooms are a problem the kids are not able to go to school and schools are falling into disrepair these are the problems we face almost a huge swathe of south asia used to monsoons is affected by the floods in india arun shell pradesh west bengal and assam with well over a 1000000 people affected as well as livestock and crucially crops so say that the biggest loss has been the crops assumes farmers begin sowing irrigating the land with electric pumps and all then the rain began the rainfall has also been extreme 70 to 72 hours of

heavy rains are set to continue across south asia on wednesday.a hundred and 80 people dead and displaced millions. nearly 50 of the fatalities are in india, and at least 67 were killed in nepal. rajini vaidya nathan has more from delhi. misery for millions as the monsoons return. large parts of the north—east indian state of the psalm now submerged. —— assam. one of india's most famous national parks, engulfed by the rains. in nepal, landslides have claimed dozens of lives and people are still reported missing. millions in bangladesh are also affected. here, rescue workers warned residents to stay away from the rushing floodwaters. and rohingya shelters are destroyed. a sudden intense storm in pakistan killed dozens, families now left to pick up the pieces. the monsoons are set to continue for a few more months. as millions struggle, the worst is not yet over. also making news today: the eu commission has its first female president. german defence minister ursula von der leyen has been confirmed as the new eu chief. when she takes over from jean

this is d w news asia coming up monsoons leave millions in news or a across south asia we head to india's assam state where many families are struggling to survive the flooding has already claimed hundreds of lives plus. us china relations are at their lowest point in years is this the cold war of the 21st century we look at the potential ripple effects across asia. and keep your promises or else china is drumming up excitement for its new social credit system authorities are tracking online purchases medical records and if you tell the truth. i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us millions of people across south asia have been hit by heavy monsoon rains this month lightning strikes and high water have killed hundreds floods have wiped out homes and crops the displaced are now grappling with a lack of food clean drinking water and medicine india has opened hundreds of relief camps but poor conditions make them an option of last resort for many here is. reporting from the northwestern state of. most days mom of the mom of the uses his board to fish on nearby river.

a huge swathe of south asia used to monsoons is affected by the floods in india erin shell pradesh west bengal and assam with well over a 1000000 people affected as well as lifestyle and crucially crops so. the biggest loss has been the crops the sudanese farmers began sowing irrigating the land with electric pumps and all then the rain began the rainfall has also been extreme 70 to 72 hours of continuous rain the water level kept increasing and slowly submerge the farmlands nearly all of the crops have been destroyed. excited about climate change means more extreme weather and many a concern about how that's affecting our food systems. this monsoon and a ruined harvest will be felt well beyond the end of the rainy season. and more rains are predicted in the coming days either because one of them you should just fall is in delhi and we should do all total to these have a plan to deal with this crisis vibration apart it is in india it can these have definitely picked up the pace the national disaster response force in india is one of the biggest in the voice and they have have a history

for more on india's mission to the moon i'm joined by the roscoe palace lami director of the south asia center at the atlantic council and an expert on the indian space program thank you so much for joining us the says very exciting and of course it's a major step forward for india's space program why were they so determined to get to the moon. well i don't i think it's not they were determined to get to the moon i. think it's essentially space exploration of all doesn't that go part of the indian space program and i was a part of that and or of their sort of are meant to do something new every year and this has been a systematic graduated increase advancement of the excursion program and that's why they're keen on getting to the heart of sending to scientific experiments. so a gradual expansion how does india space program measure up right now to the more well established programs of the u.s. or russia. well you know 1st of a i don't like this comparison with the u.s. or russia for for the start because and as i said the graduated expansion because india space program started this mere

amy: monsoon season regularly pummels south asia witith deadly rarains.oding killed morere than 1000 in 2017. but this year's flooding has been even worse and is likely fueled by global warming, which has led to more extreme weather in thehe region. scientists warn the risk of deadly floods is not over. here in the united states, new orleans residents managed to avoid the worst of tropical storm barry, but remain on flash 11 million flood warning after the storm slowly made its way through louisiana, to arkansas. president trump has declared a state of emergency in louisiana, where more than 60,000 people remained without power on sunday. here in new york, yet this power outage of just a few hours, a city that is so heavily based on fossil fuel and the grid, though it is slowly changing under the city and state's green new deal, encouraging buildings, even the skyscrapers, to have solalar panels on their roofs. for more, we go to seattle to speak with dahr jamail, an independent journalist and author "the end of ice: bearing witness and finding meaning in

this is deja vu news live from berlin catastrophic of catastrophic monsoons across south asia scores are dead more than a 1000000 people are fleeing the flooding in nepal india and bangladesh the ongoing rains are hampering rescue are also coming up. in the hot seat south africa a former president jacob zuma defends himself before a corruption in great millions are watching this televised hearing is accused of looting state funds. and president trump's tweets director for minority congresswoman trigger accusations of racism why did he singled him out. also painful anniversary for turkey. it was 3 years ago today that a fails to lead to mass purges from army generals to schoolteachers tens of thousands have been imprisoned or have lost their jobs we'll go live to stumble. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us close to 100 people have been killed by monsoon flooding in 3 south asian states many more are missing right now more than a 1000000 people across nepal northern india and bangladesh have been displaced authorities are also warning of a looming health crisis from water bo

we shall deploy the 4th vessel to the area at least 130 people have died in monsoon rains across south asia millions have been displaced as flood waters and landslides washed with buildings across the region former south african president jacob zuma is back at a state commission hearing on corruption he says he's received death threats on monday he told inquiry that he's the target of a conspiracy zuma was forced from office last year he was of overseeing the mask looting of state funds and denies any wrongdoing during his 9 years as president but as the headlines and news continues here on al-jazeera off the inside story of that so watching i thought. new this 65 metre high mountain of rubbish in india symbolizes a rapidly expanding global problem what should countries do with their garbage and how can they reduce the amount they produce every year this is inside story. i am. the a. teller i'm the stasi it's a it's become a problem of global proportions according to the wild bank around $2000000000.00 tons of waste is produced every year and world leaders are struggling to figure out what

and staying in south asia at least 24 people are feared dead in heavy rain and flash floods in pakistan administered kashmir roads and homes are damaged and rescuers are struggling to reach those stranded in the new valley. and toronto rain and 7 chinese provinces is causing major flooding in southern and eastern regions homes and roads have been swept away rescue teams are making their way through flooded towns to search for people needing aid more than 80000 people have been forced from their homes members of the european parliament will soon vote on the e.u.'s top job and for the 1st time a woman has been nominated as sort of on the line is in line to be president of the european commission she's facing tough opposition though germany's defense minister needs a majority of votes in parliament to succeed john cold younker her proposed policies include a famine a man wage and a deal on asylum seekers john howard has more from strasbourg. the line that will be hoping that she did enough in a barnstorming speech to the european parliament during the course of the morning in which she des

heatwave, drought, and wildfire in europe, unprecedented rainfall in parts of south asia. what we are saying, in addition to the obvious factors -- i will just take a moment to talk about those. a warmer planet, you'll see more intense and frequent heat waves. that is obvious. you'll see more intense rainfall events because a warmer atmosphere holds more moisture. worst flooding eventnts. warming the ground causes more evaporation of moisture from the ground surface so you get worst worse droughts.s. you combined heat and drought and you get wildfires. that is fairly clear in the climate models for decades have been predicting we will see these things happen and we are seeing them happen. there are other things adding fuel to this fire, so to speak. they are intensifying these extreme weather r events beyonod what the models predicted host of and it has to do with an interesting relationship between what happens up in the arctic. as you milk the sea ice -- melt ice and warm the arctic more than the rest o of the planet, well, that tempter contrast between the cold arctic t

now have a monsoon rains of caused havoc across large parts of south asia unleashing flash flooding and landslides and washing away buildings more than 130 people have been killed in paul india pakistan bangladesh all been hit in more than 21000 people have been forced to flee their homes rising rivers and lightning strikes have killed more than a dozen people in bangladesh some were hunger refugees and over crowded crowded camps buildings have collapsed in northern parts of india to killing at least 14 people but the worst affected is nepal least 69 people were killed more than 165000 were displaced by the widespread flooding sabina shrestha reports in the southern district of parts of. the commies family in the village are in mourning 16 year old me was drowned while out with his friends in the city of their car and he had great dreams of being an engineer and working at nasa space agency his father says he had just built a drone. when anyone would visit he was the one who would pull up to and make food . to think that he would be taken away from this world. this is what then tire sou

the death toll in monsoon flooding in south asia has climbed above 160 at least 90 people have died in the paul and 62 in northeastern india authorities in india's state say nearly 5000000 people are still affected by the floods many have taken shelter in state run camps. today marks the 75th anniversary of the famous brief case plot to kill hitler. on july 20th 1904 army colonel close shank stuffed birds of a bird planted a bomb in the nazi headquarters were hit there was meeting his generals the device went off and killed several of those present but hitler himself was only slightly injured self and bergen several of his fellow conspirators were executed. one seen as traitors today they are celebrated as heroes who gave their lives in an attempt to end if there is regime. it was a sudden they asked germany commemorated his 75th anniversary after plot to kill the father of hitler it brought together political historians and family members of those executed after decimation attempt failed. german chancellor angela merkel led to tributes to do those who resisted the nazi regime praising

more so it's slow progress i'm not saying that homophobia in transphobia doesn't exist in south asia it definitely does however definitely things are improving and i feel that the asian continent gets the t. much better than europe. are going to really push with the way it work and close because. the is the 35th anniversary of lesbians and gays support the miners why do you think people don't know more about the fact that. we also have been that the spearheading anticapitalist movements which after all stonewall was part of all the history well again where very good at forgetting our history which is why you know parts of law and parts of history that have have affected me for example section 20 affected me i badger on about it because the moment we forget our history we forget where we come from we forget what our fight is and just as quickly as the laws are given they can be taken away just as quickly and just finally i got to ask them if anyone watching this is going through trauma over their identity with the elder g. the brave the t. the q what advice would you give to them if t

more than 100 people have died in heavy rains across south asia, with more than three million peopleomes in parts of india. at least 14 indian soldiers died after a four—storey building collapsed on a hillside in himachal pradesh, trapping people who'd gathered for a party. in neighbouring nepal and low—lying bangladesh, more than 70 people have died in severe weather as officials struggle to reach communities cut off from floods and landslides. the bbc nepali's surendra phuyal in kathmandu reports. the nepal lead police say at least 30 people are still missing and many more have been injured. several highways and roads have also been damaged, impacting vital supplies. nearly 1500 have been rescued and over 16,000 are displaced. meteorologists say this week's rainfall exceeded the monthly average for nepal due to what they call a monsoon trough, which remains active across the area. while several hill districts suffered landslides and flash floods, part of the area bordering india still remain submerged. surendra phuyal reporting from kathmandu. south africa's former president jacob

a huge swathe of south asia used to monsoons is affected by the floods in india erin shell pradesh west bengal and assam with well over a 1000000 people affected as well as lifestyle and crucially crops so. the biggest loss has been the crops as soon as farmers began sowing irrigating the land with electric pumps and all then the rain began the rainfall has also been extreme some 70 to 72 hours of continuous rain the water level kept increasing and slowly submerge the farmlands nearly all of the crops have been destroyed. excited about climate change means more extreme weather and many a concern about how that's affecting our food systems this monsoon and a ruined harvest will be felt well beyond the end of the rainy season. well who is standing by for us as we've heard there a 1000000 people displaced what are the authorities doing to help. the authorities have deployed an immense effort because this is a man we'll look for and something of course it's been in some lost all for me than it has been in the foster for example in india the national disaster of us forces force is one of the

of us via south asia analyst thank you so much for joining us on the program. more global news after this short break. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see that. u.s. china talks are back on track but a 2nd front has opened up a u.s. europe trade is heading into a storm arend is again in the center of the debate also the circus has come to town and it's called the democratic process. server a real crisis metaphysic means crisis and they sure. as a scale of natural disaster to strike malaysia. as they bring to this. is that easy here when japan. for the problem of you say a group of substances which of the other being so far that governments and international organizations do not have enough time to do that. welcome back as pride month concludes around the world the l g b t community is divided in the u.s. competing rallies are being held with claims the main event has become too commercialized the reclaim pride coalition held a separate march in new york wi

gender law and india through the british colonial sections reasons of yes so a lot of the laws in south asia that you know criminalize homosexuality are from the colonial era and pakistan last year. put forward protection right of bills for their transgender community and indeed decriminalized homosexuality last year after recruitment rising in 5 years before so it's slow progress i'm not saying that homophobia in transphobia doesn't exist in south asia it definitely does however definitely things are improving and i feel that the asian continent gets the t. much better than europe. going to revision with the way it worked in close because . the is the 35th anniversary of lesbians and gays support the miners why do you think people who knew more about the. being that the spearheading anticapitalist movements which after all stonewall was part of history gone well again where very good at forgetting our history which is why you know parts of law and parts of history that have have affected me for example section 20 affected me i badger on about here. because the moment we forget our history w

another trade dispute is heating up this time in asia it's between japan and south korea is rather nasty and has its roots in history seoul is demanding compensation of forced labor us from world war 2 as a reply from today it's restricting exports of materials needed to make semiconductors and computer displace the move south korea's high tech industry at the heart of this high tech trade dispute between 2 asian powerhouses are people likely to shake he's among a dwindling number of south korean survivors who were forced into labor by japan during world war 2. in october of last year south korea's top of course up held an order for japan's need paan steel to pay compensation to force laborers. the landmark ruling triggered a bitter dispute between the 2 countries about how to deal with further demands from victims of forced labor. over a history escalation that japan retaliated with an unprecedented move on trade announcing it would be restricting exports of highly specialized equipment needed to make semiconductors and computer displays the measure designed to hurt south korea's high t

and relief efforts in south asia to huge areas of battered by monsoon rains and flooding. over the us president says he doesn't have a racist bone in his body as the house of representatives prepares to rebuke him for his comments against 4 democratic congresswoman donald trump has come under increasing 5 for his twitter attacks in which he said the women all u.s. citizens should go back to where they came from pretty coherent as more from washington. it wasn't just on twitter in person and on camera u.s. president donald trump continued to stoke controversy and do what they want they can leave they can stay but they should love our country and they should work for the good of our country he's talking about these 4 new members of congress he singled him out for criticism telling them to go back to their own countries even though they are american but because of what they look like many say those are blatantly racist comments now the house says it will vote on a democratic backed resolution to condemn what they describe as his racist comments the president responded on twit

still to come on al-jazeera no end in sight as huge areas are south asia battered by monsoon rains and flooding. and after years of work restoring fish stocks indonesian fishermen facing a new threat to their catches. hello there some very unsettled weather call some severe not too bad across the central areas the last few hours meanwhile it's across the south where we're focusing because we have again got the potential of some strong thunderstorms some damaging winds some damaging hail particularly across portions of southern italy and across into western greece you can see that storm system continue to work its way eastwards became quite nicely in the wake of that so finally some good conditions across the central med 31 in a few on wednesday quite a blanket of pushing in from the old west some rain pushing in all that on and of course discussion and and eventually that system will work its way across into more western areas also we could see some strong thunderstorms into madrid on wednesday but again not clear as on thursday but quite a blanket of tragical so much of western aid in

intense rain that is going to cause serious damage and flooding in areas like this and staying in south asia at least $24.00 people are feared dead in heavy rain and flash floods in pakistani administered kashmir roads and homes are damaged and rescuers are struggling to reach those stranded in the neelam valley. south africa's former president jacob zuma says he received death threats and after giving evidence at a public inquiry on corruption on monday mr zuma has also been at the 2nd day of the hearing in johannesburg on tuesday he's denying overseeing the most looting of state funds and says he is the target of a conspiracy or a baton so has more now from johannesburg jacob zuma says his personal assistant received a phone call on monday night from a man she does not know this happened a few hours. at the corruption inquiry and this person said to most. that you are going to kill him will also kill his children. as well as some people around him. so she informed me this morning and i'm sure you called that day said a lot about how my life has been. tempted but also my sin that cancer. sc

heavy monsoon rains have triggered floods and landslides in south asia.ching from kashmir and india to nepal and bangladesh. india's bihar and assam states have been particularly badly hit. droves of people are leaving their homes in assam and seeking shelter in relief camps. these people are using any mode of transport they can there to escape the flood waters. this is gaibandha in bangladesh and you can see how the rain has swollen already raging rivers. here, in neelum valley in pakistan—administered kashmir — flash floods have damaged more than 50 houses, killing at least 23 people. the flooding is also affecting relations between india and nepal the neighbours share an open border that stretches for nearly 1800 km — with a number of rivers flowing down to northern india from nepal — so when they overflow, tensions rise. the bbc‘s navin singh khadka has explained it all on this article — and spoke to me earlier. india's disaster risk reduction track record is improving. but on that, to some extent, it has become an issue for neighbouring countries. ne

this is live from catastrophic monsoons across south asia scores are dead and more than a 1000000 are fleet flooding in of india and bangladesh and the continuing bad weather is hampering rescue efforts also coming up it's not too late to save the 2015 iran nuclear deal that's what european powers are hoping they warn that it's at risk of on traveling as tensions spikelets we did u.s. and iran. and its force.

the death toll in monsoon flooding in south asia has climbed above 160 at least 90 have died in nepaland 62 in northeastern india authorities in india's state say nearly 5000000 people are still affected by the floods many have taken shelter in state run can see. 50 pilot whales have been discovered dead on a beach in remote western iceland it's not known what caused the mammals to become stranded local biologists. a large group of the social animals regularly washed up on land there and died but now seems to be happening much more often. turns of thousands are marching through london in one of the biggest pro europe rallies the country has seen the march for change is calling for britain to scrap it and remain a member of the european union the rally comes days before a new prime minister is due to be sworn in on wednesday the front runner borscht johnson has said britain will leave the e.u. as planned on october 31st with or without a deal. correspondent is following this story for us in london and sent us this assessment the main message of the protesters here today is no to paris

catastrophic flooding across south asia scores have been killed millions of people are contending with high waters across the fault india and bangladesh walked the latest from the region.

the death toll in monsoon flooding in south asia has climbed above the 160 at least 90 have died in nepal in 62 in northeastern india authorities in india's some states say nearly 5000000 people are still affected by the flux many have taken shelter in state run can see. more than $10000.00 people have rallied in moscow to demand free and fair local elections after around 30 mostly opposition candidates were banned from running for the city assembly election officials say the candidates failed to gather enough genuine signatures opposition leader alexina vonnie joined the demonstrators. and tens of thousands are marching through london in one of the biggest pro europe rallies the country has seen the march for change is calling for britain to scrap and remain a member of the european union the rally comes days before a new prime minister's due to be sworn in on wednesday the front runner boards johnson has said britain will leave the e.u. as planned on october 31st with or without a deal. w. correspondent charlotte potts is following this story for us in london and sent us this assessment

more than 100 people have died after days of heavy rains across south asia, with more than three millioneople forced out of their homes in parts of india. the state of bihar is worst affected with almost two million people displaced. and many of you are looking at this story on bbc.com. surgeons in london have successfully separated twin girls from pakistan who were born joined at the head. the surgery was so complex it was staged over three major operations lasting nearly 50 hours. the twins are now recovering. that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk: the wartime codebreaker alan turing is chosen as the face of the new £50 note. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report. weighing up libre. the us treasury secretary doubles down on donald trump's attacks on facebook‘s planned crypto currency —— libra. money in the moon. 50 years on from the apollo 11 landing, we speak to one company plan to exploit its resources . one company plan to exploit its resources. “— one company plan to exploit its resources. —— planning. good morning asia and hello, w

more than 100 people have died after days of heavy rains across south asia, with more than three millionple forced out of their homes in parts of india. the state of bihar is worst affected with almost two million people displaced. and many of you are looking at this story on bbc.com. surgeons in london have successfully separated twin girls from pakistan who were born joined at the head. the surgery was so complex it was staged over three major operations lasting nearly 50 hours. the twins are now recovering. that's all. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, zeinab badawi speaks to the mayor of istanbul, ekrem imamoglu, on hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi in istanbul. my guest today is the new mayor of the city, ekrem imamoglu. he dealt a massive setback to the ruling ak party when he defeated their candidate not once but twice when there was a rerun of the election. president erdogan once said whoever wins istanbul wins turkey. is ekrem imamoglu now the man to watch in turkish politics? mayor ekrem imamoglu, welcome to hardtalk. are you surprised that you're s

the death toll in monsoon flooding in south asia has climbed above 160 at least 90 have died in nepal and 62 in northeastern india authorities in india's assam state say nearly 5000000 people are still affected by the floods many have taken shelter in state run camps. more than $10000.00 people have rallied in moscow to demand free and fair elections after around 30 mostly opposition candidates were banned from running for the city assembly election officials say the candidates failed to gather enough genuine signatures opposition leader alexei joined the demonstrators. several 1000 people have attended a funeral service in northwest in the northwestern bosnian town of door for 86 muslims killed by serbs in 1992 victims were among some 200 bosnian muslims and croats shot on the edge of a cliff on mt last which the remains were found in a mass grave in 2017. 50 years ago today the american astronauts neil armstrong and buzz aldrin became the 1st humans in history to set foot on the moon it's an defining event being commemorated across the world today the space race is back on and globa