, so we need to move against mike at the time i decided to go to south east asia instead of chinaacturing place is china now? is it a hi—tech manufacturing base? the costs right now in china is higher than south—east asia. we are converting manufacturing in china and going to more higher skill operations like sophisticated and complicated products manufactured in china. do you still need to be in china? there are still things your manufacturing plants, like r.n. de. -- research and development. in some of the highly complicated things in china, we need to stay in china. back could be affected? yes. we need to consider what kind of product we need to remain in china and what kind of product we need to go into southeast asia more and the philippines and thailand. you are involved and also is a technology. you are a maker and have created allsorts of tech products like smart mirrors and 3d renting. where do you see technology going? what will be the next big thing? -- 3d printing. anybody competes in al. so, artificial intelligence. correct. everyone knows the direction to go. we do

will be hearing from south east asia a nalyst little will be hearing from south east asia analyst little—— we will. stay with us for that. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. turkey says it won't tolerate us threats over a detained american pastor, whose trial on terrorism charges is straining relations. this comes after president trump demanded that turkey immediately release andrew brunson, who was transferred to house arrest on wednesday after spending 21 months in prison. if turkey does not take immediate action to free this innocent man of fate and sending home to america, the united states will impose significant sanctions on turkey until pastor andrew bru nson significant sanctions on turkey until pastor andrew brunson is free. mike pence there. also making news today: greece says it has "serious indications" that a fire that killed at least 83 people near athens earlier this week was started deliberately. the blaze broke out on monday and hit coastal villages popular with tourists. some 60 people are still being treated in hospital, ii are in intensive care. dozens

at least 20 people have died and more than 100 are missing in laos, in south east asia, after a dam collapsedater downstream. heavy rain in recent days is thought to have contributed to the disaster. six villages in the attapeu province in the south of the country were swamped by a flash flood. 0ur south east asia correspondent, nick beake, reports. the torrent of water that crashed through this countryside offered little chance of survival. in time, the full, grim picture will be revealed. now, the world of the survivors turned upside down. they cling to safety on the roof of their homes. children and elderly carried towards dry land, the few possessions people had time to salvage hauled through the muddy floodwater. families who have lived in this corner of laos for generations are now homeless. forced out by the destruction unleashed by a newly built dam on their doorstep. its developers say torrential rain in recent days caused a fracture which they try to fix. they sent out an evacuation warning, but it was too late for many. international aid agencies are racing towards the six villages

at least 20 people have died and more than 100 are missing in laos, in south east asia, after a dam collapsednstream. heavy rain in recent days is thought to have contributed to the disaster. six villages in the attapeu province in the south of the country were swamped by a flash flood. our south east asia correspondent, nick beake, reports. the torrent of water that crashed through this countryside offered little chance of survival. in time, the full, grim picture will be revealed. now, the world of the survivors turned upside down. they cling to safety on the roof of their homes. children and elderly carried towards dry land, the few possessions people had time to salvage, hauled through the muddy floodwater. families who have lived in this corner of flowers families who have lived in this corner of laos for generations are now homeless. forced out by the destruction unleashed, by a newly built dam on their doorstep. its developers say torrential rain in recent days, caused a fracture which they try to fix. they sent out an evacuation warning, but it was too late for many. international aid

south east asia correspondent best and heartache filed this report. like every day is preparing his little khmer western restaurant for dinner time. and like every day he knows that he's unlikely to sell out all the delicacies he's putting on display. sales for composing and business owners like have slowed dramatically since the coastal town of sihanoukville has been overwhelmed by chinese tourists. who come and. they come here but most most of them they go to chinese restaurants while his last sixty to seventy percent of his revenue some of the chinese own restaurants down the street are pursing at the seams. the main attraction for chinese tourists in sihanoukville the casinos. gambling is a favorite pastime for many chinese but it's illegal in mainland china here however casinos are springing up like mushrooms. alongside luxury apartment blocks at prices ordinary composed ians could never afford. by any measure cambodia is a poor country but its economy is growing fast and largely that's due to the massive amount of chinese investment pouring in a

are not dependent on these five plans in madagascar, legion cap of the beatles in indonesia and south—east asiame, did you ever think you would be doing a segment on five banana trees in madagascar? no, i did not. look how much wejust madagascar? no, i did not. look how much we just learned. madagascar? no, i did not. look how much wejust learned. i did not know these trees existed let alone there we re these trees existed let alone there were five of them that you could not move and they will not save us anyway. i'm thoroughly depressed now. goal stop there. donald trump is used to receiving a rock star reception wherever he visits. billboards, lots of red carpet — i am not sure he will have ever seen what is planned for him in london next week. no this is not a joke. the london mayor sadiq khan has given protesters the go ahead to fly a six meter tall ‘trump baby‘ near parliament during the president's trip. it follows a crowdfunding campaign online that raised more than £16,000 to get the inflatable off the ground. right, so... i'm not sure this is a great idea for diplomacy, is it? lies no,

landlocked impoverished country that's embarked on an ambitious plan to become the battery of south east asia by exporting our tricity to neighboring countries this dam on the main stream of the mekong river in the south is one of at least seventy that the communist government has built has under construction or planned but for years critics have warned of impacts on the environment livelihoods and express concerns about safety is dam great shows several things that shows that there are there are major risks and downs that have a. down design maybe i'm able to cope with extreme weather events such as very heavy rains that. laos is a secretive one party state and there will also be concerns about the transparency of any investigation that may be launched into this incident wayne hay al jazeera bangkok. israel has shot down a syrian jet that it says violated its airspace the airplane crashed on the syrian side of the golan heights with the syrian air force has launched several raids in support of a government offensive against rebels stephanie decker has more. the israeli army has confirmed tha

landlocked impoverished country that is embarked on an ambitious plan to become the battery of south east asia by exporting electricity to neighboring countries this dam on the mainstream of the mekong river in the south is one of at least seventy that the communist government has built has under construction or planned but for years critics have warned of impacts on the environment livelihoods and express concerns about safety is dam great shows several shows that there are there are major risks and downs that have a. down design maybe i'm able to cope with extreme weather events such as very heavy rains that. laos is a secretive one party state and there will also be concerns about the transparency of any investigation that may be launched into this incident or when he's joining us now live from bangkok wane in your report there we're seeing some of the extraordinary pictures of the devastation that's been happening as a result of this flooding but before those investigations that you talked about can actually start the logistical problems of trying to rescue people who may have been swept a

also in the programme: we report on how victims of natural disasters in south east asia face a rise inl in australia's new south wales.

our south east asia correspondent jonathan head reports from the scene in chiang rai province.lone. the trapped boys now have an army doctor treating them. they even manage a smile. they're being given foil blankets to keep them warm. they are painfully thin. "the food is coming", promises one of the divers. up on the surface, they've been rehearsing for the scenario everyone here is hoping for — getting the boys out and off to hospital. but it won't happen soon. translation: we need to be 100% confident in order to get the boys out, and they don't have to come out at the same time. we are assessing the situation and if there is a risk, we will not move them out. the options confronting this rescue operation are just as tough as when they found the boys. they are healthy enough, but they say giving them some basic diving training and pulling them through the flooded tunnels one by one is feasible, and yet we've spoken to sources inside the thai diving team who say that's still too risky, that they may still have to leave those boys down there for the full four to five months of

our south east asia correspondent jonathan head reports from the scene in chiang rai province.nger alone. the trapped boys now have an army doctor treating them. they even manage a smile. they're being given foil blankets to keep them warm. they are painfully thin. "the food is coming", promises one of the divers. up on the surface, they've been rehearsing for the scenario everyone here is hoping for — getting the boys out and off to hospital. but it won't happen soon. translation: we need to be 100% confident in order to get the boys out, and they don't have to come out at the same time. we are assessing the situation and if there is a risk, we will not move them out. the options confronting this rescue operation are just as tough as when they found the boys. they are healthy enough, but they say giving them some basic diving training and pulling them through the flooded tunnels one by one is feasible, and yet we've spoken to sources inside the thai diving team who say that's still too risky, that they may still have to leave those boys down there for the full four to five mon

a landlocked impoverished country that embarked on an ambitious plan to become the battery of south east asia by exporting electricity to neighboring countries this dam on the mainstream of the mekong river in the south is one of at least seventy that the communist government has built has under construction or planned but for years critics have warned of impacts on the environment livelihoods and express concerns about safety is dam break shows several shows that there are there are major risks and downs that. down designed maybe i'm able to cope with extreme weather events such as very heavy rains that. laos is a secretive one party state and there will also be concerns about the transparency of any investigation that may be launched into this incident wayne hay al jazeera bangkok. israeli army says it shot down a syrian fighter jet after it flew into israel's air space this video shows the smoke trails left by two israeli patriot missiles that were fired at the jet syrian pro-government media says the war plane never left syrian territory it crashed on the syrian side of the golan heights

officials have stressed they do not intend to take any risks with the safety of the group, as our south east asiajonathan head, reports. no longer alone. the trapped boys now have an army doctor treating them. they even manage a smile. they're being given foil blankets to keep them warm. they are painfully thin. "the food is coming", promises one of the divers. up on the surface, they've been rehearsing for the scenario everyone here is hoping for — getting the boys out and off to hospital. but it won't happen soon. translation: we need to be 100% confident in order to get the boys out, and they don't have to come out at the same time. we are assessing the situation and if there is a risk, we will not move them out. the options confronting this rescue operation are just as tough as when they found the boys. they are healthy enough, but they say giving them some basic diving training and pulling them through the flooded tunnels one by one is feasible, and yet we've spoken to sources inside the thai diving team who say that's still too risky, that they may still have to leave those boys down there

our south east asia analyst told us of the impact on local populations.on including in laos, cambodia and vietnam need to spend more time and effort to study the damage, the possible impact, that these projects can cause, and all of the government actually have a process to evaluate, to do the visibility study and, finally, to construct projects, how thorough it is is still in question, because in developing countries, there are many loopholes that can actually happen when the governments plan and develop something that big. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. great to have you with us. we'll be looking at the prospects and economic challenges facing pakistan as people get set to cast their votes in a crucial election. we've been reporting on the extreme weather that's sweeping the globe and the devastating wildfires in greece. more than 70 people have been killed and almost 200 others have been injured. the flames have ripped through coastal resorts near athens at the peak of the holiday season. hello. tuesday brought significant contrast in we

our south east asia correspondent jonathan head is there. how long will they stay down there?s are now getting care and food, but the thai authorities are still debating whether to risk bringing them out quickly or waiting, possibly for months. dozens of volunteers are helping the navy divers. this is an exhausting and sometimes dangerous operation. this television actor is one of them. "water is the main obstacle," he says. "if we can get the water level down, the boys can be brought out." but while a massive pumping effort is reducing it in the first section of caves, it's having less effect deeper in, where the boys are trapped. so, the thai army has been taking equipment to the other end of the mountains to try and lower the water table here, close to their location. they have a number of ideas they want to try. but their first effort has been to divert the streams which feed the underground pools. we followed them up, alongside pipes that had been laid just in the past few days. this creek has completely dried up. a week ago it was filled with water. so you can see that t

a warning: our south—east asia correspondentjonathan head's report does contain flashing images.gan with more divers and air tanks going in. and all other non—essential vehicles being sent out. a daring and complex rescue was under way. governor narongsak osotta na korn, who commands the operation, described it as d—day. conditions will never be better, he said. after their dramatic discovery on monday, the boys have been fed and treated by an army medic on the rock shelf where they'd been forced to retreat by rising water. they were judged fit enough to make the journey. although none has ever dived before. it involves two divers swimming with each child, who's tethered to the driver in front. they follow a previously laid guide rope to help over difficult terrain and poor visibility. the narrowest part of the route is less than a0 centimetres wide. the boys are helped through by the diver in front, before resting on a rocky outcrop and then continuing. as the light outside faded, the site of flashing lights and the sound of helicopters told us at least some of them were out. th

our first report is from our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head. this be the day that saw all the boys and their coach out safely? with the sky darkening, it had to be today. helicopters in the afternoon told us they were getting ready. then the tell—tale flashing lights. this is the second ambulance we have seen and, behind it, the third on this, we're hoping, the last day of this truly remarkable operation. and every ambulance we have seen so far has meant another life saved. inside the caves, dozens of divers have been working in wet, claustrophobic conditions to support the rescuers. there has not been a cave rescue this big or this ambitious before. the boys were fed and treated underground by an army medic to strengthen them for the difficultjourney out. even so, some divers said it was too dangerous to try. only the threat of renewed flooding forced them to push ahead. cheering these men run the boys' football team. 17 days of worry, of ups when the boys were found and downs when they could not get out, were over. translation: i want to hug

if you're in europe, africa, the middle east and south east asia, then you're in for a special treatht. the longest "blood moon" eclipse of the 21st century is happening now. the moon is passing through the shadow of the earth for one hour and 43 minutes. and not just that. this coincides with the closest approach of mars in 15 years, making the planet glow bright red where skies are clear. we can speak people who are monitoring from the areas they are cbs correspondent deborah patta is injohannesburg and astronomer dr emily brunsden from the university of york is in york. let's start with you. what have we seen? iare let's start with you. what have we seen? i are here in the uk, we been a little bit disappointed because we're a little bit overcast tonight. yeah. so far, we haven't seen much, but it's so far early days yet. fingers crossed we will see a little peak between nic lentz. deborah, you are in johannesburg. tell us peak between nic lentz. deborah, you are injohannesburg. tell us what you've been able to see so far. this isa far you've been able to see so far. this is a far

get more on our top story and the collapsed dam in laos that has killed at least 20 people. 0ur south east asiat the impact such large projects can have on local populations. in the region, governments in laos, but dumb, cambodia, need to spend more time studying the damage, the possible impact those projects can calls. —— vietnam. they have a need to do feasibility studies and start constructing projects. how thorough it is still in question because in developing countries, there are many loopholes that can actually happen when the government plans and develops something that big. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. we'll be looking at the prospects and economic challenges facing pakistan as people get set to cast their votes in a crucial election. we've been reporting on the extreme weather that's sweeping the globe and the devastating wildfires in greece. more than 70 people have been killed and almost two hundred others have been injured. the flames have ripped through coastal resorts near athens at the peak of the holiday season. the greek prime minister has declared three days o

a warning our south—east asia correspondentjonathan head's report may contain flashing images.divers and air ta nks it began with more divers and air tanks going in and all other nonessential vehicles being sent out. a daring and complex rescue was under way. the governor, who commands the operation, described it as d—day. conditions will never be better, he said. after their dramatic discovery on monday, they have been fed and treated by an army medic on the shelf where they have been forced to retreat by rising water. they were judged fit enough to make the journey. water. they were judged fit enough to make thejourney. though none has ever dived before. it involves two divers swimming with each child, who is tied to the diver in front. they follow a previously laid guide rope to help over difficult to rain and poor visibility. the narrowest part is less than a0 centimetres wide. the boys are helped through by the diver in front before resting on a rocky outcrop and then continuing. as the light outside faded, the site of flashing lights and the sound of helicopters told us a

landlocked impoverished country that's embarked on an ambitious plan to become the battery of south east asia by exporting electricity to neighboring countries this dam on the main stream of the mekong river in the south is one of at least seventy that the communist government has built has under construction or planned but for years critics have warned of impacts on the environment livelihoods and expressed concerns about safety this dam break shows several things it shows that there are there are major risks and downs that have a. down designs that maybe i'm able to cope with extreme weather events such as very heavy rains that. laos is a secretive one party state and there will also be concerns about the transparency of any investigation that may be launched into this incident wayne hay al jazeera bangkok. israel has shot down a syrian jet that it says violated its airspace airplane crashed on the syrian side of the golan heights where the syrian air force has launched several raids against rebels syria says the jet was flying over its own territory and the un envoy for peace in the middle

divers are now advancing further underground because water levels are receding. 0ur south east asia correspondentene. there has been no contact with them in the early stages when navy divers we re in the early stages when navy divers were able to advance quite far, before heavy rain pushed the water levels up again and drove them back. handprints were seen on the walls, bicycles were still locked in this direction, if we get the cameraman to point in that way, where you see the soldiers walking its now cordoned off, that takes you to the entrance of the caves, this is the way they went in and of these thickly forested mountains. that's where an enormous logistical operation is now going on to find these boys. they don't know where they are that the guess is that if they are that the guess is that if they got cut off when the waters rose suddenly on that saturday afternoon nine days ago when they went in, that they will have gone to this high cave, and the divers who had an incredibly difficult ordeal getting through flooded tunnels with no visibility and muddy water have now got within a kilometr

have to be taught to dive or wait for the floodwaters to recede — which could take months. 0ur south east asia, jonathan head, reports from the scene. there is a renewed sense of mission here now. for the first time in ten days they know where the boys are and they know they are alive. the co nsta nt and they know they are alive. the constant flow of diverse moves in and out of the caves. they are stocking equipment and food supplies underground preparing for what could bea underground preparing for what could be a long and difficult rescue. tonight, they are trying to connect the children to their families. translation: we are bringing in a phone line, said the navy commander in charge of the divers, so they can speak to their parents. there is no rush, he said, all the children will eventually come back. seven divers including two medics are now staying with the boys. they are said to be surprisingly good health after ten days with almost food. this is the boys football coach, it was his assistant who went with them that day. he says he had no idea they we re day. he says he had no idea they

also in the programme: we report on how victims of natural disasters in south east asia face a rise inexual and gender based violence. and extreme weather is taking it's toll in australia's new south wales. 99% of new south wales is either in drought, drought onset or on drought watch. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8:00am in singapore, midnight in london and 8:00am in beijing, where chinese officials have a battle on their hands to control public anger after the revelations that one of the country's major pharmaceutical firms has been selling sub—standard vaccines. stocks in chinese medicine and biotech companies have tumbled. worried parents are rushing to hospitals to see if their children's vaccinations are valid. it is just the latest in a string of food ands drug scandals in china. here's stephen mcdonell in beijing china is in the midst of yet another scandal over medicine quality. this timea scandal over medicine quality. this time a mass recall of vaccines. a major drug company has been ordered to halt pr

a warning that our south—east asia correspondentjonathan head's report contains flashing images.ue workers an extra dive tanks going on, a daring and complex rescue was under way. waiting nervously for the outcome, the man who has coached the boys football team, nicknamed the wild boars, forfour years. it was his assistant who went into the case with them. i asked him what he would say to them when they came out. translation: i don't know what i will say when i see them again, but ido will say when i see them again, but i do know that i want to hug them. after their dramatic discovery on monday, they have been fed and treated by an army medic on the rock sheu treated by an army medic on the rock shelf where they have been forced to retreat by rising water. they were judged fit enough to make the dangerous journey, though none judged fit enough to make the dangerousjourney, though none has ever dived before. inside the now sealed off area around the cave entrance, ambulances waited to carry those rescued to hospital. and outside, as the light faded, the sound of helicopters on the

our south east asia correspondent jonathan head is there. how long will they stay down there?g care and food, but the thai authorities are still debating whether to risk bringing them out quickly or waiting, possibly for months. dozens of volunteers are helping the navy divers. this is an exhausting and sometimes dangerous operation. this television actor is one of them. "water is the main obstacle," he says. "if we can get the water level down, the boys can be brought out." but while a massive pumping effort is reducing it in the first section of caves, it's having less effect deeper in, where the boys are trapped. so, the thai army has been taking equipment to the other end of the mountains to try and lower the water table here, closer to their location. they have a number of ideas they want to try. but their first effort has been to divert the streams which feed the underground pools. we followed them up, along pipes that had been laid just in the past few days. this creek has completely dried up. a week ago it was filled with water. so you can see that this project, with a

test case in future frameworks in future emergency assistance now will be conducted not just in south east asia but all across the world. now letters written by nelson mandela to his family during his twenty seven years the political prisoners have been published in a book they offer a glimpse into the former south african leaders faith and the anti-apartheid struggle the publication marks one hundred years since his birth john a hundred books. for twenty seven years in prison nelson mandela's communications with the outside world consisted mainly of letters written from his prison cell words were his principal means of keeping alive friendships and family time his religious faith and political conviction a cause is just it is a fight for human dignity and for an honorable life often heavily censored or never delivered at all most of the letters appear in a new volume of mandela's prison writings launched in johannesburg this week many published for the first time for a new insights into one of the world's most famous figures during some of his darkest times the one of this milestone opening ch

a warning that our south—east asia correspondentjonathan head's report contains flashing images.began with more divers and air ta nks it began with more divers and air tanks going in and all other nonessential vehicles being sent out. a daring and complex rescue was under way. the governor, who commanded the operation, described it as d—day. conditions will never be better, he said. after their dramatic discovery on monday, the boys have been fed and treated by an army medic on the rock shelf where they had been forced to retreat by rising water. they were judged fit enough to make the journey. none rising water. they were judged fit enough to make thejourney. none had ever dived before. it involves two divers swimming with each child who is tethered to the diver in front. they follow a previously laid guide rope. the narrowest part of the route is less than a0 centimetres wide. the boys are helped through by the diver in front before resting on a rocky outcrop and then continuing. as the light outside faded, the side of flashing lights and the sound of helicopters told us at lea

our south east asia correspondent jonathan head reports from the scene in chiang rai province.ne. the trapped boys now have an army doctor treating them. they even manage a smile. they're being given foil blankets to keep them warm. they are painfully thin. "the food is coming", promises one of the divers. up on the surface, they've been rehearsing for the scenario everyone here is hoping for, getting the boys out and off to hospital. but it won't happen soon. translation: we need to be ioo% confident in order to get the boys out, and they don't have to come out at the same time. we are assessing the situation and if there is a risk, we will not move them out. the options confronting this rescue operation are just as tough as when they found the boys. they are healthy enough, but they say giving them some basic diving training and pulling them through the flooded tunnels one by one is feasible, and yet we've spoken to sources inside the thai diving team who say that's still too risky, that they may still have to leave those boys down there for the full four to five months of th

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landlocked impoverished country that's embarked on an ambitious plan to become the battery of south east asia by exporting electricity to neighboring countries this dam on the main stream of the mekong river in the south is one of at least six . that the communist government has built has under construction or planned but for years critics have warned of impacts on the environment livelihoods and expressed concerns about safety this dam break shows several things it shows that there are there are major risks and downs that have a. down design maybe i'm able to cope with extreme weather events such as very heavy rains that. laos is a secretive one party state and there will also be concerns about the transparency of any investigation that may be launched into this incident wayne hay al jazeera bangkok rescue is in greece fear they may find more bodies after wildfires swept through coastal areas near the capital athens killing at least seventy four people the government has the claim at a state of emergency with many fires still burning well let's go live to meet parker who is in the coastal vi

our south east asia correspondent jonathan head is there. how long will they stay down there? and food, but the thai authorities are still debating whether to risk bringing them out quickly or waiting, possibly for months. dozens of volunteers are helping the navy divers. this is an exhausting and sometimes dangerous operation. this television actor is one of them. "water is the main obstacle," he says. "if we can get the water level down, the boys can be brought out." but while a massive pumping effort is reducing it in the first section of caves, it's having less effect deeper in, where the boys are trapped. so, the thai army has been taking equipment to the other end of the mountains to try and lower the water table here, close to their location. they have a number of ideas they want to try. but their first effort has been to divert the streams which feed the underground pools. we followed them up, alongside pipes that had been laid just in the past few days. this creek has completely dried up. a week ago it was filled with water. so you can see that this project, with all

last saturday, divers are now going further underground because water levels are receding. 0ur south—east asiants seen on the walls. their bicycles are still locked in this direction, if the cameraman can point in see the soldiers walking, now that is cordoned off. that takes you to the entrance of the caves. that's the way they went in and of these thickly forested mountains. this is where an enormous logistical operation is going on now to find these boys. they don't know where they are but their guess is that if they are but their guess is that if they did get cut off when waters rose suddenly on the saturday afternoon that they went in nine days ago that they could have gone in this high cave, in this high cave complex, and the divers who had an incredibly difficult ordeal getting through flooded tunnels with no visibility and very muddy water have now got to within a kilometre of that area. but they blocked by a tunnel filled with mud and silt up the moment, they have to clear that away. they have more underwater diving to do and then they reach that area. if the boys are there and could

our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head, reports from the scene. is a renewed sense of mission here now. ror the first time in ten days, they know where the boys are, and they know they are alive. the constant flow of divers moves in and out of the case. they are stocking equipment and food supplies underground, preparing for what could be a long and difficult rescue. tonight, they are trying to connect the children to their families. we are bringing in phone lines, said the navy commander in charge of the divers, so they can speak to their parents. there is no rush, he said, all the kids will eventually come back. seven divers, including two medics, are now staying with the boys. they are said to be a surprisingly good health, after ten days with almost no food. the boys' football coach. it was his assistant who went with them that day. he said he had no idea they were planning to go into games. but he is not surprised that they have survived so well. they're strong, these boys, he told me. i was building this team up to play professionally. their

want and it will be interesting to see how they do that without the u.s., markets like india and south east asia even more saturated. julie: are there any other effects in terms of the supply chain? shelly: the don't really do anything in the u.s.. they sell a couple of little things through amazon and walmart, battery chargers and things like that. but it's unlikely anything immediately is going to affect them. from a supply chain perspective, they don't produce -- dte is not affected. shelly: there's a google component they have to maintain, and qualcomm makes their chips for their phone. that is one thing they will have to maintain if they go the way of zte. we will see what happens. scarlet: thank you so much, shelly. that means little rice in japanese. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> that get to first word news this afternoon. tonight president trump will pick for anthony kennedy supreme court seat. hardiman was runner-up last year when the president selected neil gorsuch preview can watch the president supreme court announcement at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. we will be reporting from washington. the

british rescue workers first found them — some 2.5 miles from the entrance to the cave network. 0ur south east asiae, the trapped boys now have an army doctor treating them. they even managed a smile. they are being given foil blankets to keep them warm. they are painfully thin. the food is coming, promises one of the drivers. —— divers. up on the surface, they have been rehearsing for the scenario everyone here is hoping for. getting the boys out and off to hospital. but it will not happen soon. translation: we need to be 100% confident in order to get the boys out and they don't have to come out at the same time. we are assessing the situation, and if there is a risk, we will not move them out. the options confronting this rescue operation are just as tough as when they found the boys. they are healthy enough, but they say giving them some basic diving training and putting them through the flooded tunnels one by one is feasible, and yet, we spoke to sources inside the thai diving team who said that still too risky. that they still have to leave those boys down there, maybe fof 11—5 months of the