regional ride hailing firm grab has emerged the winner in southeast asia for 110w. the winner in southeastour biggest competitor on the streets of southeast asia. how does it feel?‘ lot of my start—up friends say you show these organisations what is possible, and show to the world that south—east asian companies can emerge winners. that is a big deal personally for anthony tan, the boss of grab. in a lengthy interview he told me how he was inspired by his grandfather who ran a taxi firm that grew into a multi— billion—dollar family business. there is a sense that there is a chip on my shoulder, that there is a chip on my shoulder, that i see my... always being called somebody‘s grandson or somebody‘s son. but now he said if they can do it, why can't i? but, even though he has pushed uber out of the way, there are other players racing to catch up. an indonesian company competing with grab in the motorbike taxis space has reportedly said it will have announce expansion in southeast asia soon. you can see why it motorbikes make such a big part of grab's business in indonesia. they are the fas

gojet as announced expansion and southeast asia soon.a rt why motorbikes make up such a big part of grab's business ending the need you. they are the fastest way to get around on this end same traffic. but condition for drivers as getting really and cans. these nudges transport. grab's real ambition column: any size of the payments market, which could be potentially worth $2 billion by 2035 and southeast asia. only one and four people of a bank account and southeast asia. something like one end ten are using a credit card any region. so this clearly a rural problem. the masses are not being served. they really coupled to be you. anthony tan as part of a new breed of asian entrepreneurs who are taking their place are mean to national stage with some of the world's fastest—growing economies and the region. mehedi hasan they can compete against global giant and win. addressing times. that's it for business briefing this hour. but before we go, here are the markets. the us markets to their battering earlier running trade on wednesday. but th

plus, uber agrees to sell its operations in southeast asia to a local rival.e will talk about what uber will get in return. and tesla tumbles the most in two years as questions swirl around a fatal accident. first, to our lead. mark zuckerberg has decided it is time to face the congressional music. the facebook ceo will appear before the u.s. house and energy committee to answer questions about the cambridge analytica scandal. this according to a congressional official familiar with the plan. zuckerberg has been the subject of criticism from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. he will not appear before a u.k. parliamentary committee. we spoke with sarah frier who covers the social network for bloomberg on tuesday after the news broke as well as caroline , hyde who joins us live from london with reaction from europe. >> zuckerberg has come to terms with the fact that he will do this. he said last week if i am the right person to answer these questions i will do it but i , have to be the right person. congress can back and said you are the right person. we wan

2010 china emphasized economic diplomatic relations and overall influence with governments in southeast asia were strong and increasing. southeast asian countries exporting more and more products to china, relations with the us and japan while friendly were considered less important by these countries. then were those with china and it seemed only a matter of time before china would be able to fashion a settlement of territorial claims very much in his favor. but a series of reasons, it began a much more aggressive set of activities is 2010. and has alarmed all of the other countries in the south china sea. have formerly rejected this in their own sovereignty claims and have turned to powerful outside countries primarily japan and united states for support. he offered access to airfields and bases to the united states and japan. they've increased their own spending on military forces. the united states and japan have responded with increased deployments of their own defense forces and other forms of increased civil and military corporation. china strategic position in the south china sea has

an excellent piece earlier this week in southeast asia.when he breaks it down, the arms race is really less than the sum of its parts. a 10% increase year on year in southeast asia military spending, but a large part of that comes from personnel. the question whether that has to do with rising incomes and the cost of personnel. very little of it has to do necessarily with capabilities. you can again point to obvious things like vietnam has bought combat aircraft and submarines, et cetera. but they are replacing old capabilities. the question is are these just the modernization of capabilities or is it an actual change in deterrent effects? it's important, valuable it needs to happen. the narrative around it, we are having the wrong conversation. to the early points about the decoration, we haven't seen not in physical form and increase operations that estrada will walk a very fine tightrope between being sent to china, but also not impacting its relationships, economic relationships with other partnerships. britain declared it was going to

from about 2002 until 2010, china emphasized diplomatic and influence with governments in southeast asia with strong and increasing southeast asian countries exported more of our products to china, while finley were considered friendly than windows in china and it seemed only a matter of time before they would be able to fashion a settlement of territorial claims very much in its favor. but for a series of reasons, he began a much more aggressive side effect to the defense 2010 and has alarmed all the other countries with kos and claims in the south china sea. they formally rejected china's encroachment on what they consider their legitimate sovereignty claims an attorney powerful outside countries primarily japan and the united states for support. they've offered access to airfields and bases to the united dates in japan. they've increased their spending on military forces in the night dates in japan have responded with assistance with decreased employment to their own forces and increase civil and military cooperation. china strategic position in the south china sea has in fact deterio

southeast asia do you think are in syria today? >> how many -- >> how many islamic fighters from southeast asia do we estimate are in syria? >> senator, i don't recall the number. there are many. >> have we seen those go and return to southeast asia as well? >> we have. >> how is our coordination with those southeast asia nations, philippines, other places in terms of addressing, monitoring and combating as they move back? >> without giving too much detail, it is better in some places than in others. but much as we deal with our european partners and our partners in the middle east, we do our best to track these -- >>> president trump just started speaking at the white house. these are scheduled to be comments on tax cuts for american workers. we do not know if he is going to be taking questions but let's listen in. >> -- special place, special building right behind us, the white house. we're going to discuss our massive tax cuts that are growing paychecks all over our country, they're creating jobs and expanding the american dream

joining us live from the island of boracay, the bbc southeast asia correspondent, jonathan head.report. thank you so much for investing your time with us. don‘t forget to follow us on twitter. bye for now. the top stories this hour: president trump says a campaign of maximum pressure will continue on north korea until it agrees to complete nuclear disarmament. cuba prepares for the end of the casto era as members of the national assembly name the next president, miguel diaz—canel. the house of lords has inflicted a first defeat on the government‘s main brexit legislation by a majority of over 100 votes. an alliance of labour, lib dems, crossbench peers and some conservatives voted to retain the option of a customs union with the eu. the vote prompted claims from brexit supporters that this was an attempt to undermine the referendum result. ministers say they will try to reverse the vote at a later stage, as our deputy political editor, john pienaar, reports. brexit isn‘t always bad tempered, but it is still a struggle, and today the opposing sides in the lords up were up for it.

our chief international correspondent for southeast asia there at the milken conference. great guests. we'll continue to drop in at the milken global conference and speak to top financial business and political guests including the north star chairman, the thrive global c.e.o. ariana huffington, and also the former microsoft chairman and c.e.o. steve ballmer. lots of great guests coming up. stay tuned. this is bloomberg. betty: good morning. you're watching "daybreak australia." quick check of the latest business flash headlines at this hour. the former c.f.o. of autonomy corp has been convicted of accounting fraud in the $10 billion takeover by hewlett-packard six years ago. a san francisco jury found him guilty on all 16 counts related to the deal. autonomy was the u.k.'s second largest software business when h.p. came calling in 2011. however, its value was later written down by almost $9 billion. sonic is to pay $280 million to resolve allegations its in flight entertainment unit hid payments to consultants in the middle east and asia some of whom did little or no wor

the coral triangle of southeast asia is vanishing at an alarming rate, from the top 1/3 of australia's great barrier reef to here, on the northwest coast of bali, indonesia. van thillo: indonesia has quite a few problems with their coral reefs, so one of the things we are doing here at menjangan, we've been educating the locals, the tourists, everybody that is coming in touch with menjangan reef on what is a reef doing for us. reefs around the world are responsible for 25% of all the fishes in the ocean, so they are critical to the health and vitality of our oceans. man: reefs are the most wonderful expression of life in the sea. they are this incredible ecosystem that we go visit, and it just blows us away all the time because they are this profusion of life that we just sort of instantly see. narrator: phil dustan is an ecologist and marine biologist who has been monitoring coral reefs since the mid 1970s. dustan: i had the privilege of working with jacques cousteau in the 1970s and 1980s. i worked with him as a scientist that helped make movies about coral reefs, and i worked as pri

it also happens that we we re southeast asia.onship in the area of culture in france. so the stars we re of culture in france. so the stars were just of culture in france. so the stars werejust aligned of culture in france. so the stars were just aligned for us.|j of culture in france. so the stars were just aligned for us. i am quite surprised that all these pieces are here in singapore and why not in cambodia? well, i'm in the minute we knew we would do this exhibition, i went over to cambodia to speak to my counterpart at the museum, and we shared that it being in singapore meant it would reach at the large international audience and, in particular, it was very much intent to spotlight angkor wat, which is a world heritage site, which belongs to every body, to everybody in the world. it is also not cheap to transport these pieces from frantz all the way here to singapore. do you think, eventually, cambodians will experience these works in their own home? that's harder for us to say in singapore. we see ourselves as more of a n

to the wound tranquil waters of southeast asia. how i recall some lively showers into central china at the moment there's more of those as we go on through the next few days a southerly wind temperatures in hong kong run twenty itself just warmest still for shanghai on sunday afternoon but there's that wet weather and it stays pretty much in place moves a little further east which as we go on through monday to the south of that it stays fine interop but we are going to see some rather lively rain as we go on into were the next couple of days shanghai gets up to thirty celsius the humid and sticky thirty celsius a few showers down towards vietnam thirty celsius there for hanoi as well manila will get up to thirty six degrees you got the usual rash of showers across southeast asia well heavy downpours there into malaysia not too bad for indonesia largely dry here but look at the huge rough the thunderheads across thailand looking very lively once again we've had some very heavy rain over the past few days sunday another wet one monda

southeast asia economy reporter in singapore, thank you.ogy ambitions? we talk to theresa gao. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ asia." this is "daybreak i'm yvonne man in hong kong. ramy: i'm remy inocencio in new york. china's president is pushing to make their economy president, but will this frustrate the plans? we are joined by the cofounder of aspect venture. she was just named forbes magazine's list for the seventh time. >> it's great to be here. ramy: let's hop into this. with this trade, tensions trade war happening between the u.s. and china, how much are you seeing this potentially impact xi jinping's attempt for china 2025? now, the trade war is focused on commodities and other manufactured goods. tech products are not on the table for now. things can escalate. that is always a risk. is verythe other part , china has been clear about their goal to get to parity in 2020 and get to a leadership role by 2030 in artificial intelligence. they have been spending tremendous amounts of dollars at the national government level and local province an

to the womb trying groove tubes of southeast asia. the weather said to improve quite nicely across central and southern parts of china over the next dial so still a fair amount of cloud in sea southern pasqua keim northeasterly wind driving through here twenty three celsius in hong kong a few showers into the gulf of tonkin the east will clear through as we go on into sunday say twenty five celsius the in hong kong so getting up into the low twenty's for shanghai top of around twenty two degrees on sunday off name plenty of sunshine to into southeast asia but of course the seasonal showers they continue will be downpours there across malaysia some of the lobby right into some macia pushing right up into thailand as i think a fair few big showers still coming down across a good part of thailand as we go through saturday so they should be somewhat drier and brighter showers continuing further south and we could see some rather hefty ones making their way towards indonesia jakarta thirty one degrees celsius just some rather lively shower

it is producing southeast asia.ngs into yes, we looked at the cargo unit. hashe latest avengers fell kicked off with the biggest global debut in history. "infinity ward" raked in a record $300 billion worldwide. notablerd is even more because the film has yet to open in china, the second-biggest market in the world. >> there are previous ones of this franchise. looking at what's happening market wise, hong kong is doing well. we are moving to the upside, techhigher, and we do have stocks and bank shares rebounding. it is hsbc's turn to come out with earnings. we are watching for apple. and taiwan will be interested. look at thee a region. given that we don't have a lot of direction coming through, we are just seeing gains across the region. indonesia, thailand vietnam,. we are seeing some gains coming from the jakarta composite. that's about it for now. >> "bloomberg daybreak middle east" is up next. ♪ welcome to the xfinity store. i can tell you about... streaming the most free tv shows and movies on the go. yeah,

suspect that wild fowl such as geese and ducks may have transported the virus to africa from southeast asia. the refuge called world of birds has been under quarantine since last september this is hers are allowed but no birds can enter or exit for now. back at boulder speech hopes are high that the african penguins will be spared new infections to. now for a look at one of the world's favorite cities hong kong finding a quiet corner here can take some doing but as with everything else in the territory money will buy you anything even a moment or two to enjoy some calm reflection. it's not a place that people would associate with rest and relaxation. and hong kong the pursuit of quiet can be challenging whether by j oh by night. he. should he. should. i call some visitors may find the crowds a noise intriguing the locals do not always find them and. the. you want to eat something it's better to book a heads otherwise you might end up waiting for an hour or so for a table it's so crowded on the weekends that you can't even walk properly. so you know what shopping areas like this are very ful

and ijust and i just want to tell you about uber, planning to sell southeast asia business to grab, whichadblock. singapore regulators are looking into whether the marriage could violate competition laws. malaysia and the philippines are following suit and putting grab on their watchlist. anthony tan was in contact with our correspondent and he talked about if that deal is going to be scuppered. so far there are zero issues, specifically on the deal on how it is done. of course there are ways we can make it better and there are ways we can manage how to serve our customers better. 0k, well, that is it for me. but before we go, here are the markets. we have already shown them to you briefly, they are all down at the moment. stay with us here, we will look at the stories making headlines right around the world. goodbye for 110w. local councils in england will have a legal duty to offer more help to anyone at risk of homelessness, as part of a new law coming into force today. previously, authorities only had to provide housing if people were judged to have a priority need. 0ur correspondent

. >> talking a little bit about southeast asia and our challenge. how many fighters from southeast asia do you think are in syria today? how many islamic fighters from southeast asia do we estimate are in syria? pompeo recall theo not exact number. there was a lot of them. detail,giving too much it is better in some places than in others. do with oure european partners and partners in the middle east, we do our best to track these terrorists as they move around the world so they can identify ways to prevent them from conducting their terror. >> fighters went to syria then returned. doing off any of them were involved? pompeo: i do not recall sitting here today. taiwan, thes to taiwan travel act, do you agree with the policy provisions? would youvel authorize personnel to visit taiwan? pompeo: i am familiar with america's one china policy. i know what is there. ofh respect to the level appropriate authorities, i just need to look at that and turn to the state department to give me guidance before i opine on the issue. support arms sales to taiwan? i

we know as far as southeast asia is concerned, $180 billion is needed every year.e head of investment banking and asia will be talking about volatility in the market. no surprise that some are of the view that perhaps it is time to --be sit tight, rate until wait until is greater clarity in the market to take a stand, and another person coming up on our , as you know, malaysian banks have been in focused after the rally we saw, and that is because first quarter earnings fell short of expectations, but still said that, they are willing investors given the prospects going forward. very busy hour ahead. stay with us. ♪ welcome to the xfinity store. i can tell you about... streaming the most free tv shows and movies on the go. yeah, and... xfinity internet. it's so fast! and you can save by... by getting up to 5 mobile lines included. whoa, you're good. i'm just getting started. ♪ simple. easy. awesome. come see how you could save $400 or more a year with xfinity mobile. plus ask how to keep your current phone. visit your local xfinity store today. mark c.: i'm mark cr

that if vietnam fell, then southeast asia, etc., and the great influence of china and russia. with the lens of history and our greater understanding of those two major powers, was that theory -- was it tested and proven that it was that big of a threat? prof. bradley: again, you can interview different people that could answer your question in different ways. the dominant theory was that the war was an extension of the cold war and that we were fighting at the front of the cold war in a hot way in vietnam. we were fighting for reasons that -- because north vietnam has a communist orientation, and increasingly the soviet union and the chinese are supporting them. but it was about independence. dominance theory in that sense kind of don't signify in the way that they did for mcnamara or johnson or nixon. the second thing is if you get to the other side of it, in 1975, the north had won and it seemed as though the communists were victorious. today in vietnam, we have a market economy that americans had their wildest dreams that vietnam would become, and that is the reality today.

cannot export here or we will slap tariffs on you, but the us is also exporting into china and southeast asiacially that in north korea, s0... especially that in north korea, so... it is the complexity of it, isn't it? because none of us will have to work soon, according to the guardian. quoting the oecd, 66% of jobs can go thanks to the robot. i know this is close to heart, you have been writing a lot about it the wall streetjournal. a fascinating piece, how different countries are more or less set to these kinds of issues. you imagine this is across the board, far from issues. you imagine this is across the board, farfrom it. issues. you imagine this is across the board, far from it. yeah, a red that 35% ofjobs in slovakia are highly automated, this is only the case with 6% ofjobs in norway. which goes to show that depending on how digitalised and advance the economy is in a particular country, there is a higher or lower risk. i think now there is this question of how the government and also then companies deal with this issue? because automation is coming and it brings advantages for compa

war in southeast asia making it very clear what he believed plagued american society most i am. the three giant triplets of racism materialism and militarism these were the evils king sought to defeat in his book where do we go from here chaos or community being targeted the military industrial complex declaring quote a nation that contain. to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual do these views are consistent with what may be described as the heart of king flossy we may have all come on different ships but we're in the same boat now when he was assassinated cain was planning a march to take place here on the nation's capital dubbed the poor people's campaign its purpose was to unite americans behind the message of economic justice and the eradication of poverty regardless of race fifty years since his assassination just read giant triplets the recent materialism and militarism he warned us of our standing as tall as ever in this country and for that reason so should the radical message of dr king. five decades after a sm

if vietnam fell, than southeast asia, etc. and the great influence of china and russia. with the winds of history in our understanding of those powers, has that theory been tested and proven it really wasn't a bigger threat as policymakers understood it to be at the time? mr. bradley: if you interviewed different people they would answer in different ways. i would say the domino theory did not make much of a difference at all in the long run. the war was an extension of the cold war and we were fighting a front of the cold war in a hot way in vietnam. the vietnamese were fighting a war of independence. -- northns that vietnam has a companies -- has a communist orientation. the fundamental war was about independence. the domino theory in that way doesn't necessarily signify the ways they did for mcnamara or johnson or nixon. the other thing is 1975, the , north had won. today in vietnam we have a market economy that looks much like what it was in their wildest dreams, the americans hoped would become in vietnam and never did. that's the reality of vietnamese society today

to the warm tranquil waters of southeast asia.hello there we've been seeing some severe storms in parts of south america recently mostly out of this weather system here it gave us some very gusty winds over parts of what is are is also caused a bit of flooding as well has moved away towards the north now but it is still in the general vicinity so it doesn't like uruguay could see some more violent storms as we head through the next couple of days to the south of it though finally a relief from the heat twenty one degrees in one of our is that fall cooler and fresher than it has been it's still incredibly hot in the north of argentina though and through paraguay thirty five degrees in the sunshine no sign of autumn just yet a bit further towards the north and across many of the caribbean islands we've seen a shower clouds develop pass and some pretty lively ones that there was i will see a few more as we head through the next couple of days the majority of them over cuba we're also seeing plenty of what weather from panama and to t

that is vietnam fell, then southeast asia, etc., and the great influence of china and russia. of history ands our greater understanding of those two major powers, was that theory -- was a proven that it was as big of a threat? prof. bradley: dr. bradley: again, different people might answer your questions in different ways. i would say the domino theory was about the war was an extension of the cold war and we were fighting a front of the cold war in a hot way in vietnam. the difference of fighting the war for independence, fighting a decolonizing war, gave way to the cold war because the had communist orientations and china were supporting them, but the fundamental war was about independence. the domino theory in that way doesn't necessarily signify the ways in which they did with mcnamara or johnson or neck's -- nixon. the other thing, when you get to the other side of it, 1975, the north had won. it seemed as if the communists were victorious. today in vietnam, we have a market economy that looks much like it was in their wildest dreams, the americans hoped would come to fr

. >> have received them returned to southeast asia as well? >> and other terms of addressing and monitoring and combating as they move out? >> without giving too much detail, it's better in some places than in others. much as we do with our european partners and partners in the middle east, we do our best to track and further identify ways to prevent them from conducting their terror. >> they might have gone to southeast asia, went to syria and return. do we know if any were involved in the incidents we saw? >> i don't recall. >> the taiwan travel acts, do you agree with the policy? >> harris: fox news alert, pulling away from the hearing. we will go back to it. the president of the united states in the rose garde garden. >> president trump: i want to thank all of the members of congress today who helped us pass these incredible tax cuts and reforms into law. for years, they haven't been able to do it. they were unable to do it. not since ronald reagan and we topped that one. they called it tax reform. we discussed that, right? we discussed it

with 25 million users across southeast asia, property guru is growing fast.wth question mark we put that question to the ceo who joins us with the details, next. ♪ >> this is "bloomberg markets: asia." >> taking a look at the markets, it has been a turnaround from games to losses, asian markets are currently down, nikkei anding the trend by .1% benchmarks are currently down after uncertainty over geopolitical risk. muchtors are pretty waiting to see if they wanted to be at risk or risk off. situationvery fluid >> we are already seeing russian related assets and that is where we come to fruition later. >> we are tilting toward risk off at the moment overall. there is a macro story as well, have a look at the opening numbers. have a look at these two are downs and we fairly consistently across most of the region. we will get it for you in just a moment on the index. tech earnings in india, we were 3%, just to give you a sense of what to expect. takeaway, while earnings are in line with estimates, 37 billion rupees, topline growth at 6%-8%, that projection is co

group points out several outspoken critics like swedish citizen way mean i had disappeared from southeast asia kidnapped they say by chinese authorities all or most of the woman. or moons ago here is of the one who is a jew show what's on the contents of. adding to their fears is a believe western leaders are only interested in trade with china and not in defending human rights. they see the tone of trump's meetings with china's leader as proof we have developed a friendship i can see that and i think. we're going to have a very good lately and i look forward. to legacy as almost. touchable the lincoln that's a who gets a so in a moat you can doubt. me and then you go on the you get washed. but recently in washington congressional hearings reveal rising concerns over china i do believe that russia vladimir putin in particular is efforts around the world are very important but the biggest issue of our time in my view is is china on the risks they pose i'm not sure in the two hundred forty some odd year history of this nation we've ever faced a competitor and potential adversary of this scale sc

three support times a year to southeast asia to get any species although none that are endangered. nonetheless animal rights activists have complained that he is misusing the insects as commodities and pets. you know many people personally find sex too much insects have no consciousness always sense that things like temperature humidity and the nutrients in the creatures they eat if you give them everything is fine. so show media success extends beyond insect fanatics recently luxury italian fashion is. good she invited him to florence to belong in an exclusive fashion show. these thorny devil stick insects are particularly popular among his fans because they both read creepy. every one of the videos increase his interest in insects as pets. become more and more requests every year i've seen that more and more people are interested in keeping insects rather than say reptiles insects another invertebrates are a new market. insects for many people they're made to turn out badly for and can cause the key of each of the most exciting creatures in the world. well for me that's enough in

>> how many -- >> how many islamic fighters from southeast asia are in syria? >> i don't recall the number. there are many. >> reporter: do we see them return to southeast asia as well? >> we have. >> how is our coordination in terms of addressing, monitoring and combatting as they move back? >> without giving too much detail, it is better in some places than in others but much as we do with our european partners and partners in the middle east, we do our best to track these terrorists as they move around the world so we can together identify ways to prevent them from conducting their terror. >> do we know if any of them were involved in the incidents in mawrawi? >> do you agree with the policy provisions? at what level would you authorize the state department to visit taiwan? >> i'm familiar with the act and america's one china policy. i know american policy, i know what's there. with respect to the level of appropriate authorities -- >> we're going to quickly break away from this confirmation hearing to go to the rose garden at the white house. the president

devastating floods swept across southeast asia tornadoes hit the south of the us and california was roasted by a heat wave. since two thousand and nine one person every second has been displaced by disaster. it's predicted that by twenty fifteen they'll be two hundred million environmental migrants. what the country observed is stuck people migrate temporarily and there was a short distance internally between their countries if there's a drought or an environmental stress you move you temporarily move to thunderstruck expectation of new incentives and the reality that people come back or they might see in the future is permanent migration and longer distance cooperation you might see how communities having to relocate because their life records are no longer have sustainable it might be an entire nation states that have to move. mangroves are among the most fired up. first habitats on the planet may play a vital role in the lives of coastal communities but these forests are facing deforestation thirty five percent of the world's mangroves of already been lost and here in the irrawaddy delta

interest, particularly southeast asia. e there disinformation campaigns in other parts of the world? gen. clapper: other disinformation campaigns by other governments? >> by russia's specifically. think they have always maintained their grip in central asia. at least for me, they have sustained or tried to it -- to sustain the soviet era tentacles around central asian countries. though, there is a great difference in emphasis andeen any other countries west europe. they feel that the united states and western europe -- the united states and the nato alliance does in fact pose a profound threat to them. central asian countries don't -- pose a threat. that is a point of emphasis for them. --ot of it explains the against their prime target. >> a lot of disinformation targeting in the baltics. gen. clapper: that's true. , i had a the baltics meeting with the president of lithuania. you know, they did not care. we sent a squad of nine soldiers, that's fine. just so we had a presence in the baltics. they were very concerned and i

american war and vietnam in a larger cold war context that threat from the coach never goes away southeast asia. but my sense is that american officers in vietnam did try to learn about counter insurgency and did believe that the political side of the war was just as important as military side of the war. that -- that the narrative is what max is saying that fire power a body search and destroy that's the narrative of the vietnam war but in my research that's no not what the documents say. in fact, documents say something very different. the documents say that -- military commanders understood the importance of -- of passive and revolutionary development they understood importance of nonmilitary aspect of the war give that, did not go clearly as well as they might have thought but i don't think that american commanders were that conventional in their thinking they didn't realize war in germany or what would have been a war in germany get the soviet union was somehow xeangt the same as it was in vietnam. they were smarter than that. they realized that it was a different war. and they crafted a s

southeast asia's most valuable tech company, grab, pushes on to expand into the payments business.ustralia had a close encounter with a massive great white shark. a colleague in another boat managed to film the shark tailing the patrol boat off the coast of south australia, inching closer before losing interest and swimming away. wednesday brought a real mix of weather across the country. thursday is looking completely different. it will be a chilly start. frosty start for some of us, but grey weather. a lot of sunshine eventually in the afternoon. that will be right across the country. —— great weather. u nsettled the country. —— great weather. unsettled weather still in the north, with some snow. that is finally clearing away as we head through the course of the morning. the remnants of the cloud across lincolnshire, east anglia, the midlands, but the skies already clearing in many areas. by early thursday morning, it will clear in england too, and temperatures will drop in the northern half. some rural spots in scotland could get down to minus seven degrees. in the south, we are

southeast asia's most powerful figures in finance are gathering in singapore. from the 10 nations will discuss trade and cooperation in the backdrop of growing tensions between key partners including the united states. juliette, good to have you with us again. what has been the reaction at byan to the tariffs imposed the united states and china? it's been the key focus of the trade talks here in singapore. ofve heard a little bit mixed reaction. we've been talking to a lot of the leaders today, but essentially they are concerned that even if it's a game of chicken, who's going to blink first between the u.s. and china? there could be locations for global economic growth. theinda amin spoke to finance minister and she thinks the wto should intervene here and says development between the u.s. and china aren't fortunate. on to say that essentially trade barriers don't affect or help anybody and they are overall bad for the global economy. this is going to be recovery after the global financial crisis of 2008-2009. it's also creating more optimism of all the global

there is thailand as well in southeast asia. partners, i think the historic opportunity for the united states going forward is probably with india. relationshipbe a that i intend to work on with great energy. sen. ernst: wonderful. i appreciate you calling out all of those allies. they are important to us. you mentioned india. what more can we be doing with india? military sales? schooling? what additional response can we give? adm. davidson: i think it's important to get them to establish a foundation in a mill to mill relationship. long reliedtary has on the former soviet union and then russia to follow with technology and training. we have to break down that historical background to a certain extent. breakdown is not the correct word, but be willing to work with that so we can move forward. sen. ernst: very good. a discussion we had in my office as well, the president has a very important meeting coming up with shinzo abe of japan. we think that's important. one of the hot topics they will be discussing his trade. i mentioned

to the warm tranquil to this of southeast asia. hello it looks very much as of the spring rains have started to the yangtze valley certainly the some development taking place over the next twenty four hours a circulation of a sichuan cold areas just to the north of the temps is going to drop in chengdu from twenty one to somewhere in the middle teens say forty as snow's apparent fall and if you look out to the west and the rain is drifting sasser chinas although hong kong looks dry everywhere else on southwards is going to be under threat of some sort of arrangement in extend into vietnam and south of that we've seen some pretty big sharon and me in montana on the repeatable wanted to dance for sumatra in java in borneo it looks remarkably clear over the philippines and. here is well there are many of them in fact we should be seeing the dry season come upon us and given the idea of where the green spot soft would lock in the showers at certain the case but of course that means for mainland southeast asia into china the showers are

i hope it is clear that the policies of the united states at the moment, both in southeast asia, in our cities here, and toward the undeveloped nations of the world as well as what needs to be the done in our rural areas at home will be changed. i will decide, however, that at the time of the convention. >> might you support someone else? >> i won't add to my answer. i will make my decision. >> do you think that the gold today is tied to our policy on vietnam? >> yes, i do. i don't think we can escape that. the fact that we're spending $30 billion a year in vietnam, several today is tied to billio the form of an outflow that cannot be stopped. is dly, the gold crisis lack of confidence in the united states and the policies being followed by the united states at the the moment. so there's no question is lack of confidence that the gold prices we're facing is tide to what's going on. >> will you go in to wisconsin and other states to campaign for senator mccarthy? >> yes, i shall. >> if negotiations bow gin will u you withdraw? >> i do not plan to. i think that not only a question of nego