, would add in total a further 0. south—east asia, would add in total afurther0. south—east asiatotal a further 0. 1, to 0. 4% to gdp in the long—term. the long—term. but these do not outweigh the costs. exactly. always keep it secret, that this existed and this was the conclusion. existed and this was the conclusion. outlined, it comes down to less than 196. if this is right. starting to ask immediately after reading this article. reading this article. to have to leave the customs union and the single market. and the single market. happening at the moment, why is it going to happen? going to happen? that's exactly what they'll say. they'll say.

, would add in total a further 0. south—east asia, would add in total afurthero. south—east asiaadd in total a further 0. i, to 0. li% to gdp in the long—term. the long—term. but these do not outweigh the costs. exactly. always keep it secret, that this existed and this was the conclusion. existed and this was the conclusion. outlined, it comes down to less than 196. outlined, it comes down to less than 1%. outlined, it comes down to less than 196. if this is right. starting to ask immediately after reading this article. reading this article. to have to leave the customs union and the single market. and the single market. happening at the moment, why is it going to happen? going to happen? that's exactly what they'll say. they'll say. draft, i am sure it will be a draft of some sort or another. of some sort or another. or an early version or something like that. version or something like that. but it is... it's the government's analysis. analysis. this and printing it, and indeed you may be going on to the times. may be going on to the times. story, i can't believe it would have

closer relations between india and south east asia. that is right.he five years, they have been trying to maintain a close relationship with asian countries and the prime minister went down there for the summit last year. the reason why they have assembled together today is for india's republic a function which will take based on the 26th of january. on this day india has a huge parade in new delhi and all of these leaders will be chief guest at this function. later today, the prime minister will be holding a summit in which all if asian leaders will be participating and discussing maritime security. a lot of asian countries want india to play an active role, given what is happening on the south china sea where china's dominance in this region, a lot feeling that india could up their game and that could help maintain peace. whether they will sign any concrete deals or any kind of statement is unknown but they will be discussing that during the summit. thank you for that update. thank you so much for investing your time. sport today is coming up next.

she told our south—east asia correspondent, jonathan head, about the prospect of overcoming mistrustunities there. that is going to take time, it has been made worse since 2012 when rohingya were put into camps and other muslims as well. it has contributed to even greater fear, people are even more fearful of each other than before, because if you don't know your neighbour, if you don't interact, you are only going to distrust each other more than before. what has been missing for a long time, and particularly since 25 august, is government voices saying this has got to stop. we cannot have this distrust amongst our different communities. is not only rakhine but is throughout the country. i think aung san suu kyi has organised one or two interfaith dialogue sessions. i think that is fine, she should do more of that. but she and all of the members of our government should make an effort to say whenever it is possible and relevant, perhaps on a daily basis, that this has to change, this has to stop. otherwise it will not happen and we all know that aung san suu kyi has a lot of support

traveled thousands of miles on crutches all across china and south east asia to freedom. most of his family followed. his father was caught trying to escape and was tortured to death. eoul, he lives in s where he rescues other defectors. sung he has a new leg, but keep understand you still those old crutches as a reminder of how far you have come. your great sacrifice is an inspiration to us all. please. thank you. [applause] pres. trump: sung ho's story is everyone tot of live in freedom. it was the same yearning for freedom that gave birth to a special place called america. it was a small cluster of colonies caught between a great ocean and a vast wilderness. it was home to an incredible people come with a revolutionary idea that they could rule themselves. that they could chart their own destiny and that together they could light up the entire world. that is what our country has always been about. that is what americans have always stood for, always strived for, and always done. atop the dome of this capital stands the statue of freedom. she stands tall and dignified a

south—east europe by train. first, work is beginning on south—east asia's leading high—speed rail project, a link from kuala lumpur opens in 2026 it should reduce the journey time to just 90 minutes. at present trains from the malaysian capital take up to seven hours to reachjohor baru on the singapore border, from where you have to catch a bus. at this time of year, many people are heading south from europe to australia and facing this problem: like many european visitors to australia, they plan a holiday, a business trip or a family visit and all they need is an evisitor. that's an electronically stored travel authority. the application process to visit australia is quick and easy and confirmation is normally given within a few minutes. the evisitor is valid for one year for stays of up to three months and it is free unless you inadvertently go through a website that seeks to divert visitors from the official government side and charges fees while adding no value. so look for border.gov.au to be certain it is the official site. a question about sri lanka in may: while it is perfectly possible to enjoy sri lanka

years tend to be more active forflooding in la nina years tend to be more active for flooding in south—east asia yet, we will not know until may, what the hurricane season will be like in 2018 to be what is your gas? the hurricanes were strong in 2017. —— what is your guess? they were devastating. one of the biggest influences is la nina and el nino, and what you tend to see with those is that the total number of hurricanes around the world does not change much. the places where they occui’ change much. the places where they occur shifts. with la nina, you see more hurricanes in the north atla ntic more hurricanes in the north atlantic and fewer in the east pacific, more around australia, but fewer in the south pacific. it does not change numbers much, but it changes where they happen. a new type of bionic hand is being tested in the real world for the first time. the extraordinary thing about it is that the person wearing it can actually feel what they're touching. but until now it has only ever been used in labs. 0ur medical correspondent, fergus walsh, has been to rome to meet the woman who's

the us defense secretary james mattis is on a week—long trip to south—east asia.capital jakarta, where he's been meeting president joko widodo to discuss efforts to curb the rising influence of china in the region. that comes just days after the us announced a new defence policy aimed at countering china's expanding military. the bbc‘s rebecca henschke injakarta has more details. from the us side, it was very much a show of support for indonesia, the kind of words the us defence secretary was using, that the us is critical in this part of the world related to marine security. appointed comment about the south china sea and china's ambitions there. it said they would help indonesia to maintain dominance in this area and in terms of language, he used the name that indonesia recently gave the area around the islands, an area where indonesia is seeing tension between fishermen up there and has had stand—offs with chinese fishermen entering what it saysis chinese fishermen entering what it says is indonesian waters. they call it the north natuna sea and that word was u

seeking out manufacturing opportunities in south east asia — we will look at why companies are shiftingon. now, rico, we were talking earlier about a whale that possibly saved a diver from a shark, and let's stick with that theme, let's look at some seals ina swimming that theme, let's look at some seals in a swimming pool. it looks cute but there is a serious side to this because conservation charities in britain say they will be overwhelmed by the number of stranded seals found along the cornish coast over the past few weeks. record numbers of sick and abandoned pups have been discovered. lots more on that story, all of our stories, on our website. goodbye. good morning. fog is our talking point for the weather this morning, widespread fog across the western half of the british isles and some dangerously dense patches to be found out at the moment. the knock—on effects to travel certainly on the roads, but also i think for some of our airport as well. a chilly start to thursday across scotla nd chilly start to thursday across scotland with a frost here and dense fog through the seven

she has been speaking to our south east asia correspondent, jonathans head, who began by asking her about fear between communities in rakhine. that is going to take time, it has gotten worse since 2012 when other camps and other muslims as well. it has contributed to even greater fear, people are even more fearful of each other than before because if you don't know your neighbour, if you don't know your neighbour, if you don't know your neighbour, if you don't interact you are only going to distrust each other more than before. what has been missing for a long time and particle it also sends 2012 —— since 2012 is government voices are saying that this has got to stop. we cannot have this distrust through the communities. i think the promise has organised one or two interfaith dialogue sessions. that is fine, she should do more of that but she and all of the members of our government should make an effort to save whenever it is possible and releva nt, whenever it is possible and relevant, perhaps on a daily basis, that this has to change, this has to stop. otherwise it will not happen and

our south—east asia correspondent, jonathan head, reports.myanmar‘s forfive months, myanmar‘s rakhine state has burnt and smouldered. its muslim population has fled in staggering numbers. and the reputation of its once untouchable leader has been irreparably tainted. aung san suu kyi has responded by promising to implement changes proposed by former un kofi annan, and by inviting a border statesman to advise her. among them, an old friend. bill richardson is a former us governor and one—time ambassador to the un, with a long—standing commitment to myanmar. aung san suu kyi also expressed a desire for genuine, high—level dialogue with the burmese government. in the early 19905, the burmese government. in the early 1990s, he was among the first diplomats to visit aung san suu kyi when she was under house arrest. so, his sudden resignation from the board is a blow. and he had some withering comments about aung san suu kyi's unwillingness to listen. it isa suu kyi's unwillingness to listen. it is a whitewash. i thought it would be independent, th

i have been travelling extensively over south east asia for the last two years chasing primates. to leave i was having a chat with a local ranger and he happened to say that he had seen a male orangutan a few miles down the river occasionally crossing the river. i knew i had to see this. we got to the location overnight with the help of the rangers, hoping to see him in the morning because he normally goes in the morning. unfortunately he did not show up. i came back and i knew it was a natural history moment and had to see this. so i stayed another day and thankfully the next morning he showed up and what you see is there in the pictures. we were just looking at that photo and what comes across as the vulnerability of the orangutan. it is incredibly unusual for these primates to be crossing rivers in the first place, isn't it? absolutely. there is no reason for them to be in the water. they are quite water shy, if surely knowing these waters have crocodiles in them. but i guess illegal logging, palm oilfarming them. but i guess illegal logging, palm oil farming and them. but i g

didn't specify but he mentioned the region's status several countries in the middle east and also south east asia and that is the region that mr shaw is currently touring but that wasn't the only so to say teaser from the russian defense minister he went on to say that whenever he talks to the military bosses from other countries there is always some sort of discussion about potential contracts to buy russia's top defense tech so if we are to believe him soon we we'll we are meant to find out who's next to get the us four hundred ysaye next means russia has already sold these before it's not true well turkey's already got a contract and when these papers were signed it was indeed big news because turkey is obviously a nato member and a key ally of the u.s. in the region in they chose to use the russian air defense system to keep their skies safe someone else in the middle east which is all but who is sorry all but dependent on america when it comes to their military might is saudi arabia and the saudi delegation was in moscow king saul mon of course as well they agreed with russia on a deal as we

defence secretaryjim mattis is in the indonesian capitaljakarta as part of a week—long trip to south—east asia influence of china in the region, just days after the us announced a new defence policy aimed at countering china's expanding military. rebecca henschke is in the capital jakarta. talk to us a little bit about what the two men have been discussing. from the us side it was very much a show of support for indonesia, the words that the us defence secretary we re words that the us defence secretary were using was that indonesia was critical in this part of the world in terms of marine security. very much a pointed comment about the south china sea and china's ambitions there. he said they would help indonesia to maintain dominance in this area and also in terms of language he used the name that indonesia recently gave the area around the natu na indonesia recently gave the area around the natuna islands where indonesia is seeing tensions increase and stand—offs with chinese fishermen entering what indonesia believes is its water. indonesia calls that the mack north natuna c. that word was

traveled thousands of miles on crutches all across china and south east asia to freedom. most of his family followed. his father was caught trying to escape and was tortured to death. eoul, he lives in s where he rescues other defectors. sung he has a new leg, but keep understand you still those old crutches as a reminder of how far you have come. your great sacrifice is an inspiration to us all. please. thank you. [applause] pres. trump: sung ho's story is everyone tot of live in freedom. it was the same yearning for freedom that gave birth to a special place called america. it was a small cluster of colonies caught between a great ocean and a vast wilderness. it was home to an incredible people come with a revolutionary idea that they could rule themselves. that they could chart their own destiny and that together they could light up the entire world. that is what our country has always been about. that is what americans have always stood for, always strived for, and always done. atop the dome of this capital stands the statue of freedom. she stands tall and dignified a

matter that say it is turning $1 billion of financing as it expands its video streaming service to south east asiain instagram and paris so -- and periscope. details of the deal could still change. arianna huffington launched an app. to app hopes to offer ways connect more deeply with yourself and others. we asked why we need an apt to set boundaries. >> you would have thought we wouldn't need an app, but with so much writing over the last few months over how addictive technology has become and how deliberate that addiction is, how social media companies use algorithms, machine learning to use likes and social feedback loops and dopamine hits to keep us hooked. the app is mike a coach, a guide to help us recalibrate our relationship with our phone. the two most important features are first, it is bidirectional, so if you are in drive mode because you are having dinner with your family and a text you, i will get a text back that says --ly is in thrive mode force mode until such and such a time. it will help change the culture. it will help change the cultural expectations. right now, the expectatio

now to south—east asia in this area of cloud, this tropical depression that has brought a lot of raine it will strengthen particularly but it could bring some rain eventually towards vietnam and some other computer not wood models drifted away to the north. keep an eye on that because there could well be some further flooding —— some other computer models. and this picture is quite dramatic, showing a chain of thundery downpours from the far north down the east coast of australia and these will continue in places during wednesday but for the bulk of australia things are looking try with some spells of sunshine. on the cool side for this time of year in melbourne with highs of 20 degrees. now, closer to in melbourne with highs of 20 degrees. now, closerto home in melbourne with highs of 20 degrees. now, closer to home in europe, this area of low pressure, storm eleanor, which will bring some very wet and windy weather tonight through the british isles, it will then move its way into continental europe and across the low countries into germany, and noticed the squeeze in isobars. there

bbc‘s south east asia correspondent jonathan head has more on how this will work. out of the first joint working group meeting that the two countries have held. they are talking about numbers, but i think these are very much ambitions at this stage, not really based on what is practical. 1500 people a week, which is what the myanmar government has agreed to, would be a great many when you think that most of the refugees are very reluctant to go back until they have better assurances about their safety. even at 1500 a week, it would take something like ten years to get back all the rohingya who fled over the past year and a half from violence in rockland state. the bangladesh side has said they want those numbers to increase but nobody is talking about what has to happen inside rakhine state before repatriation can happen. they can't be sure until international agencies are given better access to rakhine state. there are none of the un agencies who would usually smooth the return of refugees. also what has to happen is preparation for how the rohingya will live, the

it will now be resumed by a an american company using unmanned submarines. 0ur south—east asia correspondentwhat exactly will they be searching for now considering there has been a huge process undertaken? to new developments. this company has much greater search capabilities than the previous company. it reckons it can search a much wider area and a much shorter time. time is constrained because you have certain months of the year that you can search. the other is that there has been continual analysis of other dater including models of the drift patterns of the bits of the brief in the aircraft that have watched up in east africa, reversing nose and also looking at some satellite images that may possibly be plane debris from a french satellite. all of this new analysis was beginning to be available at the time they suspended the search which suggests there is a more promising area they haven't looked at to the north. a new zone to look at now where there is some evidence that the plane might be. you have a much more effective search capability with this company. the company must be confide

cues as russia and china are doing including attempting to have more influence in the south china sea and in east asia so it really is a superpower that is unfortunately because of its hyper interventionism on the way on the wane in terms of influence in of course it is a very dangerous thing because according to animal is more likely to attack. a growing number of us republican congressman are demanding the release of a top secret intelligence document they believe it reveals political bias at the very highest levels of the f.b.i. and justice department in how they handled the investigation into alleged ties between the trunk campaign and rush. i had that same shock feeling i was like wait a minute this actually happened from our justice department and this f.b.i. that's how serious this is that there has been a real attempt to undermine this president and it has come from the scariest of places and it's the type of information that we need all americans to see immediately. correspondent in washington d.c. samir become has more. we don't know what exactly is in the memo but republicans are referring

cues as russia and china are doing including attempting to have more influence in the south china sea and in east asia so it really is a superpower that is unfortunately because of its hyper interventionism on the way on the wane in terms of influence in of course it is a very dangerous thing because a cornered animal is more likely to attack. and growing number of us republican congressman demanding the release of a top secret intelligence document they believe it reveals political bias at the highest levels of the f.b.i. and the justice department in how they handle the investigation into alleged ties between donald trump's election campaign and russia. i had that same shock feeling i was like wait a minute this actually happened from our justice department and this f.b.i. that's how serious this is that there has been a real attempt to undermine this president and it is come from the scariest of places that is the type of information that we need all americans to see immediately republicans are referring to the top secret memo as a scandal worse than watergate and reactions have ranged from sickeni

you cues is russia and china doing including attempting to have more influence in the south china sea and in east asia so it really is a superpower that is unfortunately because of its hyper interventionism on the way on the wane in terms of influence in of course it is a very dangerous thing because according animal is more likely to attack. a growing number of us republican congressman are demanding the release of a top secret intelligence document they believe it reveals political bias at the highest levels of the f.b.i. and the justice department and how they handle the investigation into alleged ties between donald trump's election campaign and russia. i had that same shock feeling i was like wait a minute this actually happened from our justice department and this f.b.i. that's how serious this is that there has been a real attempt to undermine this president and it has come from the scariest of places and it's the type of information that we need all americans to see immediately. washington correspondents america must know we don't know what exactly is in the memo but republicans are referring

. -- american presence in south korea that could have unforeseen consequences as far as our position in east asia. >> this is the historians lesson for the day, we don't understand we have a rockhard ally in south korea. moment, thathe could change drastically. it could change with a rash american decision. it andssible we can do get away with it, but nobody knows. ofeel like there is a subset possibilities as to how this can play out. we think if we strike the north first, south koreans are going to die, which is not a conclusion. i think it would make more sense from the north korean perspective to attack them not to level so, korea, but the americans had rolled the dice with tens of millions of korean lives thinking in balance, which is what we would be doing. ask the south koreans, do you think you need the americans on the peninsula for your security? they are the greatest threat to security on the korean peninsula. >> we have referenced china a few times in the conversation. what is the current influence that china can exert on north korea? we always see from policymakers that we are lookin

he was one of the top experts on the middle east in south asia.ow he has written a fascinating and highly intelligent books about one of the oddest geopolitical books in history. why it is so sad that the current administration won't use it. thanks to all of you for being part of my program. i will see you next week. par hello and thank you for joining us. breaking news, backlash as the fallout from the scathing tell all book about life inside the trump white house continues. former chief strategist steve bannon saying his comments in the book about donald trump jr. are inaccurate and bannon is expressing regret in not responding sooner, writing this. donald trump is both a patriot and a good man. he has been relentless

could lead to a backlash against the american presence in south korea that could have unforeseen consequences as far as our position in east asia. >> this is the historians lesson for the age, to understand we do not have a rock solid ally in south korea. >> we do at the moment but that could change drastically with a rash american decision. it is possible we could do this and get away with it, but nobody >> we do at the moment but that knows. i feel like there is a subset of possibilities as to how this crisis could play out. we think if we strike the north first, x number of south koreans will die. i think it would make much more sense from the north korean perspective if we were to attack them, not to level seoul, but to point out to south koreans that americans had just rolled the dice with tens of millions of korean lives hanging in the balance. which is what we would be doing. and then to ask the south koreans, do you really think you still need the americans, because they are the greatest threat to security on the korean peninsula. >> we have referenced china a few times. what is the current influence that china can exer

and into that eastern side of thailand where mostly want to see showers to into the east aside for much of south asia i think dry and fine sums it up over the next few days with a bit of mist of fog there up towards new delhi but warm sunshine to the south. the weather sponsored by qatar at least. it is the sami to. see wonderful migration and generations of this good luck to mind altering. is the stuff of mine. a stunning portrayal of. one woman's determination to save the community. russia. is telling to see if. you want to go to zero a reminder of our top stories this hour the u.s. state department is urging turkey not to intervene against kurdish forces in the afternoon in syria the turkish government says the attack in the coming days but it's seeking approval from russia first. the u.n. is calling for the yemeni port of huldai the to remain open beyond friday to allow the delivery of lifesaving aid to continue on tuesday the saudi led coalition authorized the opening of the port. saturday marks one year since president donald trump took the oath of office becoming the forty fifth president of t

aircraft will continue to fly and war fighters will pursue terrorist brother the middle east, africa and south asia while training must be curtailed. active forces will stay at their posts adapting their training to achieve the least negative impact. active duty military members are essential personnel. so they have to show up for work, even without pay. during the last shutdown in 2013, congress passed a measure so that they didn't miss a paycheck. senator - - a democrat try to do something similar early saturday. >> we don't want one moment to pass without there being any certainty to any soldier anywhere in the world, that they will be paid for the valiant work they do on behalf of our national security. >>reporter: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell shut that motion down with both sides want to make sure the military and their family don't go without pay. usaa and other organizations have offered interest-free loans in case that does happen. some commissaries will be shutting down if this goes on this week. practically speaking, the military gets data from the first and 15th of every month.

to fly, and our war fighters will continue to pursue terrorists throughout the middle east, africa, and south asiare from the white house on that. >> our border patrol agents our actual troops and servicemembers first responders they have to work and not receive pay, and that can only last for so long. so the impact is very real. it does hurt and undermine our security. it hurts our national security. we are working as hard as we can to minimize that impact. >> but one group stepping up to help the military is financial services company usaa which announced quote we are prepared to offer a no interest payroll advance loan to our military members in the event of a pro tracted shutdown that disrupts military pay on february 1st. members of congress however will get paid during the shutdown, according to the law. some of them however including new york republican congressman chris collins and virginia congresswoman barbara comstock have asked to have their pay withheld until they reach a spending agreement. eric: they are putting their money where their mouth so. we will see what happens. arthel? art

to fly, and our war fighters will continue to pursue terrorists throughout the middle east, africa, and south asiawhile training for reservists must be curtailed, active forces will stay at their posts adapting their training to achieve the least negative impact on our readiness to fight. the getting paid part of this whole situation is a little trickier. active duty military members are essential personnel, so they have to show up for work, even without pay. during the last shutdown in 2013, congress passed a stopgap measure so servicemembers didn't miss a paycheck. senator mckass kell a missouri democrat tried to do something similar early saturday. >> we don't want one moment to pass with there being any uncertainty with any soldier anywhere in the world that they will be paid for the valiant work they do on behalf of our national security. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell shut that motion down, but both sides say they want to make sure the military and their families don't go without pay. but usaa and other organizations have offered interest-free loans to military members in case tha

and our war fighters will continue to pursue terrorists throughout the middle east, africa, and south asiaing for reservists must be curtailed. . active forces will stay at their posts adapting their training to achieve the least negative impact on our readiness to fight. the getting paid part of this whole situation is a little trickier. active duty military members are essential personnel. so they have to show up for work even without pay. during the last shutdown in 2013, congress passed a stopgap measure so servicemembers didn't miss a paycheck. senator clair mccaskill, a missouri democrat tried to do something similar early saturday. >> we don't want one moment to pass with there being any uncertainty of any soldier anywhere in the world that they will be paid for the valiant work they do on behalf of our national security. >> senate majority leader mcconnell shut that motion down, but both sides say they want to make sure the military and their families don't go without pay. but usaa and other organizations have offered interest-free loans to military members in case that does happen

programs throughout the united states and in countries in europe, the asia south pacific region, latin america and most recently, the middle east. i just returned this week from egypt, jordan and israel. where he met with art therapists in those countries and it was a great trip. did you know, that in israel, there are 7000 art therapists? i mean, i was stunned! but i have learned more about the profession and the benefits of this unique treatment. from children with cancer, to struggling teenagers. we have a real issue with suicide with our teenagers all over the world. to grant families, people with autism, military service members. experiencing posttraumatic stress disorder. to those with eating disorders. art therapy is changing lives. and i will go as far as to say, art therapy is saving lives all over the world. [applause] and now the fun part of my talk. i will share with you some of my stories. i heard some incredible stories. like the ones i heard shortly after thanksgiving when i travel to new york city. i met with doctor irene -- who is our therapy work in new york included years of work with clients affected from 9/