it seems some how it has got here from southeast asia. the government i this is probably somebody has brought it back on holiday visiting japan from southeast asia has gotten bitten in the park. that mosquito started to spread through the people in the park. that's the only way this can transmit. >> there have reporting from tokyo. >>> now thebbc learned china accused britain of interfering in internal affairs. beijing recently ruled on the selection of candidates. at the leadership selection for 2017. that decision was met with angry protestors seen here. >>> okay. alice is here with the latest business news. what you got? >> a day of business for you and starting with the story we've been covering months it feels. after decades, detroit in the u.s. has finally hit fiscal rock bottom. the trial for the largest bankruptcy in u.s. history is scheduled to start tuesday. the city hopes to cut the current debt $12 billion to a manageable $5 billion. with thousands of creditors, complex union and pension issues to resolve, the bankruptcy will

to strike back at the viet cong to reemphasize to continue to defend the cause of freedom in southeast asiaand that leads them into this incredible escalation of forces. and you go back and you listen to the mcnamara and johnson tapes on the 2nd and 3rd, 4th of august, and you see this sort of automatic response in place. somebody's going to shoot at us, we're going to shoot back. not we're going to try to figure out what it is that they're reacting to, what is it that they want. what is it they're trying ingi to put themselves in our shoes. they shoot at us, we're going to shoot back and you get into the he sa escalatory dynamic. >> mr. bundy arrives back in washington the next day. and he immediately goes into conference with the president and the security council. he tells reporters that he found political and religious factions in vietnam united in their belief that the viet cong is their common enemy. >> i think it's fair to say that the americans in vietnam are in very good heart and are prepared to continue even against this kind of danger and this kind of sneak attack. >> i think fo

there are many wars over south vietnam and southeast asia occurring simultaneously. has the mosteland important piece of that war, he is not in control of all of them. >> i would ask you to address what is today the great irony, that america has won in vietnam. vietnam is a stable, capitalist country where even the chinese minority, always economically precocious, is protected, and it is wildly friendly to the united states, not only the government, but through all sectors of the population. we won. how did that happen? the westmoreland strategy didn't work. what did work? [laughter] >> what worked afterwards? i don't know if i can unravel all of that. i think what i might suggest here -- you bring up an important point -- one of the elements of strategy we don't often talk about that we should spend a bit of time talking about is time. not only should we have honest discussions about what military force can achieve in terms of political objectives, but how long will it take for those political objectives to be resolved or achieved? element of time is incredibly impo

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is it too much capacity and southeast asia? -- insoutheast asia southeast asia? me. much of it has to do due to air asia's rapid growth. they have been growing by 80% since 2004. that is longer than average. most airlines in southeast asia including air asia, malaysia itself, singapore airlines, these carriers have a lot of earnings pain because of a lot of access capacity. >> thank you for joining us. 'alking about malaysia airlines restructuring. right, other airline news. australia and japan and china being disrupted by a volcano in new guinea. back into life sending a column of ash and smoke. which includeds sydney to tokyo and shanghai to avoid the volcano. it last erupted in 2006 and destroyed a town in 1994. coming up next, turn into japan as it looks to boost growth. minister'sthe prime agenda as he meets his counterpart. ♪ >> trading over in mumbai. we will have a look at indian growth coming in which is stronger than expected. .hat is positivity cnxthe last trading day and is down a fraction. prime minister is in japan as he looks to cement ties between

this is a southeast asia resolution as it was called by congress. today referred to as the gulf of tonkin resolution. and it notes the purpose is to -- the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast asia. and they talk about the attacks and say they're part of a deliberate and systematic campaign of aggression. the communist regime has been waged against his neighbors, therefore congress decides. and goes down to the bottom and says, let's see, with a constitution and the charter of the u.n. in accordance with our obligations under the seato treaty, the united states is therefore prepared as the president determines to take all necessary steps including the use of armed force to assist any member or protocol state of the seato treaty requesting assistance in defense of its freedom. again, cambodia, laos and south vietnam were the protocol states. now, originally the premiere of cambodia said we are neutral, you're infringing upon our rights and so forth. this had no effect. south vietnam did ask for help and it was perfectly lawful

. >>> in the 1960s, the philippine economy was ranked as the most progressive in southeast asia. the country-built infrastructure faster than any of its neighbors. due to plilt kal instability, development came to a standstill. all of that began to change around five years ago. many factories are operating around the clock. currently, over 60,000 people work in factories in the philippines. lifestyles are being drastically transformed. janet switched from selling cosmetics to working nights at a fact ri. her income has now risen by 50%. as the eldest daughter, she's been helping and saved up little by little and was able to open an internet cafe next door to her home last year. the cafe sales alone exceed jarn et's former salary as a sales rep. >> janet's workplace is about 20 minutes on foot from her home. many round-the-clock factories employ a three-shift system. the roads get jammed with cars just before 10:00 p.m. when night shift typically begins. near an industrial complex housing 31 factories, a bus terminal is in full operation. the terminal is the destination for a netw

indonesia has the largest population and biggest economy of any country in southeast asia. national associates and large domestic demand have supported growth. but the pace has stalled. indonesia's roads are often congested. its poles are inadequate. >> indonesia has prayed to a central role since it was founded 47 years ago. but this has merged along the sea. some are rit kal of beijing's policy towards disputes. others depend on beijing and have taken a softer reign. joko said he will do everything in his power to resolve the issue. >> joko's victory dissatisfaction. the country has been dom nated by powerful reviewers for almost his entire history as an independent country. joko needs to exploit indonesia's economic potential and how it brings stability to the region. but he must also carry the weight of expectations on his shoulder. >> time now for a check of the wealther. >> i don't think i can stop talking about the very heavy rain across eastern china, unfortunately. it has been an ongoing story, if you can recall. it's still pounding the similar locations. shanghai

>>> what i want you guys to do is join me on a great journey around southeast asia. great pictures. here you can see this bay in thailand. what actually happened here is part of a university project. zilla spent 42 days photo shopping. inserting her into into a reflection. like a buddhist temple in amsterdam. watch when she reveals it to all her friends and family. >> i don't know to be disappointed or proud of her? >> how do you keep that a secret from everybody? >> did she take vacation time but not actually go on vacation? >> i've got all kinds of questions, right this minute we have zilla from amsterdam right here. >> are we sure she is in amsterdam? >> yes, i am. >> the question on everybody's list is, why? >> my goal was to prove how easy it is to distort reality. i wanted to make people more aware that the images we get to see are manipulated. >> as you were posting these photos on social media, what responses and comments were you getting from friends and family who thought you were there? >> some of them warned me to be careful. most of them were just jealous, i guess. >> w

>> the two big things that stand out are tropical areas, particularly across southeast asia, centralica are being particularly badly impacted. one of the big things here that's causing that is tropical deforestation. take forest elephants, their range has declined to about 6% of what it formerly was, plus they're getting hunted for their ivory. species that have a double whammy are particularly badly affected. >> so that's in africa. >> yeah. >> the problem is that the habitat is being mown down, plus they're being hunted. >> yeah, and that's a particularly bad example when things like that happen. another big trend is fresh water damage to rivers in particular. any pollution from the land gets washed into rivers, but also if we're taking out too much water upstream, the people and the wildlife are being affected. >> so the fish populations. >> fish and the bird populations that rely on the river. the impact we're seeing on wildlife are starting to impact people. >> bird populations, too, of course. >> exactly. >> what about -- there are some groups like tigers and polar bears, which

get news and insight on south and southeast asia every weekday live from bangkok only on nhk world newsline. >> member states of the u.n. nuclear agency have voted not to pressure israel over its assumed nuclear weapons. arab governments brought a draft resolution to the international atomic energy agencies general assembly. they wanted to press israel to join the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. 45 counties, including russia and china, voted in support. 58, including the united states, japan, and european nations, were opposed. the draft resolution also called on israeli leaders to open all of their country's nuclear facilities to iaea inspectors. arab governments presented similar proposals last year. israel has never confirmed or denied it has nuclear arms. governments were scheduled to gather in 2012 to discuss creating a middle east zone free of weapons of mass destruction. it's not clear when that meeting will happen. leaders of arab nations are frustrated by the lack of debate on what they suspect is an israeli nuclear arsenal. u.s. assistant secretary of state thomas countryman said

it is a pretty big disease in southeast asia. one of the typhoid things.e vaccines in development. irises you have to make sure there is good cover. you're not going to rebel to test the ability to prevent disease in a large environment so we will have to contend with is we will try this and show it is due to the men response and say that is what we have got. >> how long do these trials take place? >> these can be done in six months. >> for good reason containment means orders are being closed and people are being restricted from moving but that can't -- lead to problems. >> you have that problem in africa all the time. access to doctors and among villages. create a ringto of immunized people. medical personnel, people who come into contact with the family. how much it can help a difficult to reach role area, that is the reality. is ithe vaccines can do will be likely to be something like smallpox. smallpox talkf when there was a lot of worry about the potential use of small box as bioterrorism. it is not so bad as smallpox which can be transferred easier

not done that, and also we have had some rainfall not just in india and pakistan but also in southeast asia here impacted with thailand. 134 millimeters. that's torrential downpour in just a couple of days. show you some of the pictures from thailand, and then we'll work our way up into china, where the issues there are ongoing as far as the flooding. the theme has been the same. and natalie, as we've been talking about here the last several weeks, the wet season here begins in the spring, and now we're getting into fall here almost, and we're still dumping some incredible rainfall across not only southeast asia but also into china. my concern here where you're watching that scene unfolding behind me, you'll be able to see more rain is going to be on the way. and then we have the disturbance in the south china sea that will likely enhance the rainfall here. unfortunately not good news. and north china continues to see some heavy rainfall p along the boundary from chongqing east to shanghai. and then japan also getting hit with some very heavy rainfall with that front there, with locally hea

get news and insight on south and southeast asia every weekday live from bangkok only on nhk world "newsline." >>> thousands of students in hong kong have begun a week-long boycott of classes. they're protesting china's stance on electing the city's leader. a student federation says members from 24 schools are expected to join. the group says about 13,000 people gathered for a rally at the chinese university of hong kong. china's top legislative body decided last month to allow the city to directly elect its next chief executive, but it virtually ruled out participation by pro-democracy candidates. >> i want to tell them we will not just say yes to whatever they do. we will fight for our rights and fight for our democracy. >> translator: we have the right to vote, but we won't be able to choose our leaders freely. the younger generation must raise its voice for hong kong's future. >> hong kong's government has welcomed the decision, calling the election progress in democratization. it intends to make legal arrangements for the vote. pro-democracy groups plan to hold a large-scale protest on

. >> you can compare how employees are in florida, with employees in china or malaysia, or southeast asia, and you come to the conclusion that this is in fact, the greatest place to live and to work. >> when you earn seven, you know, eight dollars an hour, that's less than twenty thousand dollars a year. >> saru jayaraman is the co-founder of the restaurant opportunities center, a non-profit group that works to improve conditions for restaurant workers. >> the restaurant industry as a whole reported just a few months ago, record high profits coming out of this incredible economic crisis. they're doing quite well. >> in chicago, saru's group organized a demonstration outside of the capital grille to protest low wages at that restaurant. the capital grille is owned by darden restaurants, the largest full-service restaurant company in the world. darden also owns other well-known chains, like olive garden, red lobster, and longhorn steakhouse. at the protest, we met alfredo galdamez, who washed dishes at the capital grille for a little over a year. he said he soon noticed that the managers we

news you did not see last night and intense monsoon season leaves many dead and homeless across southeast asia. >> the tale of two halfs, we'll talk about the eagles and how they came back from the brink. karen. >> reporter: we have two accidents coming in, details when we come back. >> a wildfire moves dangerously close to visits at a national park out west. "action news" will be right back. >> good morning, everyone, 35:12, taking a live look at atlantic city, new jersey. just about everyone could be in school as of today philadelphia students getting their alarms set and getting you mean early and getting breakfast and heading off this morning. >> karen rogers has her eyes n the road and we have trouble out there. >> reporter: we have a couple of new accidents on the new new jey turnpike we have a tractor-trailer between 73 and 168 specifically in camden county. the tractor-trailer went under an overpals and got sheered off on the top. it's off to the side, but they may need to unload on to another tractor-trailer. northbound near 168 you want to watch for the accident happening in new jers

one of the reasons is attracting the middle east and southeast asia.u would've seen it in this year. they have a relatively small muslim community around 2 million people. one of the main drivers to them inflows into the real estate market. different countries have a different drivers. the attraction of capital from the middle east and south is asia is one of the main drivers. as quickly growing as it should be. if you look at islamic finance, 80% is in the gcc. why is that? why has it been slow to international growth? >> if you look relatively speaking after the economy and the global economy as a whole, we have seen within the last 30 or 40 years within the islamic community and that has been a relatively fast pace of growth if you look at it but now, what we are saying is a broadening quiteinc. with the number large within the countries in africa in particular and north theca where they have possibility. i think a now we are entering the new phase where there is a potential where countries learn from the experiences of other nations. they can accel

i have been working on lowering the temperature on maritime disputes with japan and southeast asia, so want to get the protesters off the street and back into the negotiating room. >> realistically, beijing's options are fairly limited with the protests. if they cracked down hard, those images will be broadcast around the world. if they let him stay for much longer, that could give sustenance to other pro-democracy movements in other chinese cities. >> the chinese have thousands of backing off of disputes and finding along the way to achieve -- and longer-term way to achieve objectives. they know when to lower the temperature and find a longer term for issues. i think they can be finding middle ground. the middle ground is to say let's talk about the autonomy and referendum issue, representation issue. rather than on the street, let's do it in conference rooms and bring in students and younger people. they could do that without climbing down. get through the apex summit of november. these tensions and street protests are going to happen again. these are recurring tensions that will cha

undergone a variety of experiences and learned much about the complexities of guerrilla warfare in southeast asiaworking through m.a.g. these advisers have increased in number to more than 12,000. each is assigned to a specific activity or unit of the army of the republic of vietnam commonly referred to as arvin to make sure that u.s. equipment is used and maintained properly and to teach by lecture, demonstration and by setting an example. perhaps the advisers most important function is to advise and assist the unit commander his arvin counterpart to make suggestions skillfully and diplomatically in a manner adjusted to the customs and traditions of the vietnamese and the individual personality of the commander. since 1959, in fact since 1956 when m.a.g. advisers were sent to vietnam, many lessons have been learned, guidelines, technics and principles have been developed. the best way to describe it and to illustrate the lessons learned is to tell the story of one u.s. officer, captain william r. johnston who served from may 1962 to april 1963, as m.a.g. adviser to the first infantry battalion a

we're traveling across the largest mainland nation in southeast asia.hat we are still within the confines of the tourist triangle. areas permissible for travel. whole sectors of this country, much of it in fact, are off-limits. simply put, there is -- going on that they do not want you to see. with the ethnic kachin tribe would be one of them. a wave of persecution and death in the thu kine state. they're waging a desperate war to hang on to the stat us quo. needless to say, the status quo is not good. >> all right. bagan, here we come. a thousand years ago bagan was the capital for a long line of kings. it's the sort of place where the old coexists with the even older. as elsewhere in this part of the world. in many of the buddhist temples here more spirit-based beliefs coexist with buddhism. and in myanmar, worship of the gnats are wore shipped, they're gods, obvious with human failings. dance performances pay homage to the individual nats, performers claiming to actually channel them, bringing about one hopes a beneficial spiritual possession. but i'

we're traveling across the largest mainland nation in southeast asia.ut that we are still within the confines of the tourist triangle. areas permissible for travel. whole sectors of this country, much of it in fact, are off-limits.

. >>> also in southern california, the search for this albino cobra from southeast asia.t's been the subject of an intense search in thousand oaks tonight. a homeowner took the photo after the snake bit the neighbor's dog. the dog is in critical condition. the venom is deadly, but local authorities have antivenom medicine on hand. sheriff's deputies, state fish and game and animal control personnel are all searching yard by yard for the snake. it's not likely the owner will come forward. cobras are restricted animals, meaning you you need a permit to have one. >>> a message for pet owners, bring your small pets inside tonight. about a dozen cats have been killed by coyotes over this past month. here's the twist. this is not in the palo alto foothills, it's down in the flats. here's home surveillance video of a coyote killing a cat. the arrow on the right shows the coyote approaching the cat, then dragging it. grs dragging it away. it's right there. two of the most recent attacks happened not far from el ka palestinian oh real. coyotes are moving closer to residential area

i think small business in africa, in southeast asia, europe. if we want to acquire this and buy these companies. can help the ecosystem. >> talking about the ecosystem of alibaba. our own steve grasso spoke with jack ma before the opening. joining us now on the fast line. steve, good to talk to you. what did he ask you? >> my new best friend, jack, was actually -- he was really interested in the pricing mechanism. how it starts from 68, where we were going to open it on the floor. what that -- what that whole process looks like, who we were talking to, the mutual funds, the pension funds, what they were saying and what prices they were talking about as far as supply and demand. he struck me as a student of the market. it was really -- really nice to see. >> yeah. and it's interesting because he sort of got a word in with bob pisani, who was inside post 8 inside of the open. he said, i'm learning. i'm learning a lot. clearly this bet on this company has a lot to do with him. his vision for the company, the former english company who started this

it's native to southeast asia and so far the owner has not come forward. >> don't blame him. >> i bet they're breathing a sigh of relief in that particular neighbor. >> wouldn't you be. >> absolutely. >> how is it outside tonight. >> it's lovely. very comfortable. no weather issues to night. clear skies. some light wind. some patchy fog could develop. otherwise, our biggest problem is really wondering how hot it's going to be tomorrow. and we do have some storms to talk about as well. let's take a look outside where it is very pleasant. down the shore looking good with temperatures well into the 80s today. temperatures night falling very quickly with those clear skies and storm scan3 it's clear. it's comfortable. but it's not going to stay that way. temperatures around the area have already fallen. our live neighborhood network takes to us springfield elementary school. you can see that in pleasant valley 69 degrees. dover at the speedway 74. feederville area looking at 72 and hokessin 71 degrees there right now. elsewhere, 68 in the pock nose. 67 in millville. 74 in the city of phila

we've done it in south america, we've done it in africa before, we've done it in southeast asia. >> reporter: but this is an infectious hot zone. >> that is unprecedented. i can't remember a time when we sent troops to do this particular mission. >> reporter: u.s. forces will not have any direct contact with ebola patients, but they will be dealing with people who are scared and suspicious of outsiders offering to help. so the question remains -- who's really in charge? >> we've got the russians, the cubans, the japanese, the chinese, the ugandans, the europeans, the canadians, all working on this issue. who's going to take control? >> reporter: the virus is spreading much faster than efforts to contain it. researchers suspect the epidemic started last december with one case in guinea. now there are nearly 5,000 cases in five african countries. some experts predict that if we don't get control of the virus, the number of infections could mushroom to nearly 55,000 by next month. today ebola survivor and missionary dr. kent brantly met with the president before testifying before congress. >> i

it will be quite difficult for them to move into southeast asia or the u.s. there are a few technical -- companies that are consumer facing that are able to become truly global players and you need to look at the types of products and why people want to use those products. it will be tough for alibaba to scale up and become as dominant as they are in the u.s. or europe as they are in china. >> what about the idea of ali baba buying yahoo! >> it makes a great deal of sense if you are alibaba. it is morelibaba, softbank. they would want the operating business. they would be less equity. it is more interesting to softba nk because of the yahoo! japan stake. that would be a transaction about equity and not necessarily equity in yahoo! itself. yahoo! remains buildndent and marissa something great. look likees alibaba five or 10 years from now? >> they will have to be more focused on mobile devices. there is a lot of venture capital money going into mobile facing e-commerce plays. that is starting to chip away at alibaba's and e-commerce. they might become a gigant

president nixon became panicked that there is a flood of veterans from southeast asia to further inflate the heroin epidemic that is under way. it is true that half of all gis have tried heroin and 20 percent may have actually been addicted. he was very concerned. they instituted a program called operation in golden globe everybody had to pee in a pickup if it was positive you're not leaving vietnam. to make a long story short almost everybody past everybody was using interdicted passed and if you who'd digit were given an extra week then they came back to the united states. then a researcher at the university of washington follow these people for three years and was expecting to see higher rates of real addiction. but only 12 percent had used in the three years that they had come back. that was very surprising but very encouraging and what lies at the heart of recovery is the intelligent use of sanctions and rewards which we can make very good use of. but to take that system as we find it to divert people from incarceration because of non-violent drug crimes? we have been doing that for

we are going to be bringing you businesshe biggest names in southeast asia throughout this morning when we take you live to the asian business club for him from singapore. you're going to kick things off of the chairman of the malaysian bank. he will join us at 7:40 hong kong or singapore time. next hour, we will hear from the chairman and ceo of the philippines oldest family business group. us atl be speaking with 8:40. later, we are going to be joined the ceo of oney, of indonesia's largest conglomerates. that is at 11:10. alibaba's long-aited ipo cos a step nearer today is the company launches its sales pitch to investors out there. zeb eckert, bring us up-to-date with some of the mechanics. billion, that is how the company is valuing itself in this record-setting or what is likely to be record-setting ipo on the new york stock exchange. according to details we've received in the past few minutes, the ipo was scheduled to be priced september 18. it could raise $21.1 billion on the nyse. it would break records on the big board. jack mott has been spending a bit of money this year. we

markets that are more mature and grow unless than -- and growing less than some markets of southeast asia and africa. role in a their potential asset divestiture, their markets just are not as attractive, in my opinion, as some with a higher degree of exposure to southeast asia. >> do you think we see sab miller gets old? -- get sold? >> hard to say. it is going to have a hard time defending itself if the stock continues to market perform. >> ken, thank you very much. ken shea of bloomberg intelligence. time for the news feed. top business stories. game on for microsoft, the company has agreed to buy the maker of videogame i'm craft -- $2.5 billion. than 54 million copies have been sold. record pre-orders for the new iphone. more than 4 million in the first 24 hours for the iphone 6 and iphone 6 plus. apple will not be up to deliver some phones until next month. three days before the vote, the independence referendum in scotland is too close to call. d economistsrveye and predicted a 45% of voters will approve of splitting off. david cameron is in scotland urging voters to reject independ

these two countries are the ones with these tensions in southeast asia. then you look at how trade is doing, it is growing by leaps and bounds. .n russia, 17.6% that has to do with a lot of these energy imports. >> they signed those big deals a couple of months back. >> these big deals usually reflect the month after. and the u.k., 14.3% and 12.3%. the of america is saying new version might boost china's exports by 1% a month for the rest of 2014. so thank you, tim cook. >> that is an extraordinary moment for china. thank you so much for that. abenomics, aook at little bit more pressure. japan's economy contracted more than initially thought. let's get the numbers from james in tokyo. not quite the sort of news that shinzo abe wanted to hear. >> that is right. the second quarter contraction was larger than initially estimated. larger than our economists forecasted. it contracted 7.1% annualized, the biggest contraction since the first quarter of 2009, just after the lehman brothers collapsed. one of the biggest economic japan's economy is contracting agai

i do think it will be difficult for alibaba to be able to move into southeast asia or into the unitedyou look at it, there are very few tech companies that are consumer-facing that are able to be truly global players. you look at products like tencent and why people want to use those types of products. typically, they tend to be fairly localized. it will be difficult for alibaba to scale up and be as dominant in the united states or europe as they are in china. >> what about the prospect of alibaba buying yahoo!? >> financially, it makes sense if you are alibaba. it is a very inexpensive way to buy back your shares in yahoo! japan. it is more interesting to softbank than alibaba. alibaba could. i am not sure that they would want the operating business as much as owning whatever equity is left. but there will be much less equity left now. i think it is more interesting to softbank than it is to alibaba because of the yahoo! japan stake and whatever is left in the chinese stake. but that would be about equity in other companies and not necessarily equity in yahoo! itself. there is a lot

way to drink beer in southeast asia. >> beer, you say? oh, all right.got beer, you got booze, you got ice, you got some grilled meat. >> snackage? yes, i would like snacks. >> they've got pork chin and intestines. got a spicy dipping sauce. ah, this is a chinese liquor. >> all right. >> tastes like boner medicine. >> yes. it also tastes like a dirty sack. >> when did you come to thailand first? >> i believe it was 1987. and i came as a backpacker. it was all about smoking dope on the beach, eating mushrooms, chasing girls and drinking beer. i had a three-month ticket and ended up staying away for four years. here we go. >> oh, man. so what was the dish? a dish in every traveler's life where they just said okay, my previous life is not going to be enough for me anymore, you know? >> there's a particular mushroom. they make soup out of it. it was unlike anything i had ever had in my life. >> when i first came out to this part of the world, noodles. i mean, i knew right then. i mean, i'm not joking. it wasn't the girls, it wasn't the beaches. the noodles,

it will be difficult for alibaba to be able to move into southeast asia or into the united states. there are very few tech companies that are consumer facing that are able to be truly global players. you look at products like tencent and why people want to use those types of rocks, they tend to be fairly localized. it will be difficult for alibaba to scale up and be as dominant as they are in united states, europe and china. >> what about the prospect of alibaba buying yahoo!? >> financially, it makes sense if you are only, -- if you are alibaba. it is more softbank than alibaba. i am not sure that they would want the operating business as much as owning whatever equity is left. but there will be much less equity left now. i think it is more interesting to softbank than it is to alibaba because of the yahoo!-japan stake and whatever is left in the chinese stake. but that would be about equity in other companies and not necessarily equity in yahoo! itself. there are a lot of equities -- a lot of scenarios that could play out. it wouldn't surprise me if all of these rumors began to s

tohink it will be difficult move into southeast asia or into the united states.you look at it there are very few tech companies that are consumer facing that are able to become truly global players. him you need to look at the types of products -- you need to look at the types of products and why people will want to use those products. they tend to be fairly localized. it will be to have for alibaba to scale up and become as dominant in the united states as they are in china. >> what about the idea of alibaba turning around and buying yahoo!? >> for financial reasons it makes sense. it is a very inexpensive way to buy back your shares in yahoo! japan. it is much more softbank than alibaba. i am not sure they would want the operating is this as much as owning whatever equity is left. that there will be much less equity left now. interesting to softbank than alibaba because of the yahoo! japan stake, as well as whatever is left in the chinese state. that would be a transaction about equity and other companies, not necessarily equity in yahoo! itself. there are othe

and that's why they're looking at southeast asia. >> and intelligence useful for the government because it can respond while this is being established. how do you think india will respond? >> reporter: the government is taking this very seriously, but i should add, in india's many, many muslim, cnn reported recently that indian muslim groups have been recruited to fight against isis in iraq and syria. so it's hard to describe india's muslims. and al qaeda is going to struggle in many ways to try and make huge inroads into india. that said, the government will take this very seriously. i do want to point out, though, if you look at terrorism in south asia, most terrorist attacks tend to be maoist. they are not going to unduly panic. >> thank you very much indeed. >>> just ahead on the sidelines of the nato summit, our nick robertson will speak to david cameron. we'll be right back as soon as he arrives there. >>> welcome back. we have a rare conversation for you now with the man who knows isis from the inside. he defected from the terror group in syria just a few weeks ago, and he sat do

way to drink beer in southeast asia. >> beer, you say? oh, all right.beer, you got booze, you got ice, you got some grilled meat. >> snackage? yes, i would like snacks. >> they've got pork chin and intestines. got a spicy dipping sauce. ah, this is a chinese liquor. >> all right. >> oh. >> tastes like boner medicine. >> yes. it also tastes like a dirty sack. >> when did you come to thailand first? >> i believe it was 1987. and i came as a backpacker. it was all about smoking dope on the beach, eating mushrooms, chasing girls and drinking beer. i had a three-month ticket and ended up staying away for four years. here we go. >> oh, man. so what was the dish? a dish in every traveler's life where they just said okay, my previous life is not going to be enough for me anymore, you know? >> there's a particular mushroom. they make soup out of it. it was unlike anything i had ever had in my life. >> when i first came out to this part of the world, noodles. i mean, i knew right then. i mean, i'm not joking. it wasn't the girls, it wasn't the beaches. the noodle