ties and peace and stability in the taiwan strait obviously taiwan is a key issue for china china seesthe island as a part of its territory while the taiwan government views itself as independent of mainland china's even though its actions don't necessarily reflect its stance the u.s. officially does not support taiwan's independence in many international circles taiwan is known as chinese taipei the name is widely used in sporting events like the olympics and at major global organizations such as the world bank the international monetary fund and apac in fact most of the countries of the world and the united nations recognized one china that said china is now demanding that international businesses respect the view as well at least a dozen u.s. and other western brands and companies have been told to comply this includes marriott international zar apparel and sadie's bents at the center of it all however are airlines china has demanded the airlines refer to taiwan as a part of china and so far many of fallen into line they include air france british airways times of emirates qatar air

ties and peace and stability in the taiwan strait obviously taiwan is a key issue for china china seesthe island as a part of its territory while the taiwan government views itself as independent of mainland china's even though its actions don't necessarily reflect its stance the u.s. officially does not support taiwan's independence in many international circles taiwan is known as chinese taipei the name is widely used in sporting events like the olympics and that major global organizations such as the world bank the international monetary fund and apac in fact most of the countries of the world and the united nations recognized one china that said china is now demanding that international businesses respect the view as well at least a dozen u.s. and other western brands and companies have been told to comply this includes marriott international zar apparel and mercedes benz at the center of it all however our airlines china has demanded the airlines refer to taiwan as a part of china and so far many of fallen into line they include air france british airways tons of emirates qatar ai

i ate everything there was to eat in taiwan. the coolest thing i ate in taiwan was they had traditional taiwanese ice cream available in 75 different flavors. including pork floss. >> jimmy: like -- >> curry. >> jimmy: what's pork floss? >> chili pepper. basil. the list went on and on and on. these crazy flavors. pork floss was horrific. >> jimmy: yeah, right. [ laughter ] >> it was awful. it just tasted like i was eating a mouthful of soft, cold pork fat.

in taiwan's security or its relations with taiwan. >> if the united states continues to increase itsport militarily for taiwan, as you foresee, does that not increase the potential risk of confrontation militarily with china? >> no. the opposite is true. what we are concerned about is the united states does not support taiwan anymore. and if security ties between taiwan and the united states is getting stronger, strengthening with the ties, then that will become a barrier for the chinese to think about the future of military scenarios against taiwan. >> what the foreign minister is talking about there just to drive home that point is essentially in this administration's view the more the united states supports taiwan, the more military aid, the more economic dealings that these countries have with one another, then the more they feel they can deter more aggressive behavior from beijing. so that's really what they're trying to put forward here. it does appear that the trump administration's policies toward taiwan have been relatively consistent so far, and that is exactly what preside

ties and peace and stability in the taiwan strait obviously taiwan is a key issue for china china seesthe island as a part of its territory while the taiwan government views itself as independent of mainland china it's even though its actions don't necessarily reflect its stance the u.s. officially does not support taiwan's independence in many international circles taiwan is known as chinese taipei the name is widely used in sporting events like the olympics and that major global organizations such as the world bank the international monetary fund and apac in fact most of the country.

ul property with them to taiwan. they replicated the manufacturing process in china from taiwan. intellectual property. they replicated the manufacturing process, used the stolen information, allegedly. now a court in china has accused the u.s. firm of violating copyrights and patents. and so this is just a sign of things that we have to work on. i don't like the tariff approach. i want to be clear. there is a letter i'd read that talked about 25% cost being passed on to people in agriculture, buying sweeps and other equipment they'd use in cultivation practices because of the steel tariffs. we have to do something about china but i hope that u.s. businesses don't succumb. bullying pressure china has pursued. >> thank you for that, senator. we in the u.s. government want to make sure our businesses are not bullied. as an aside, you've referred to your aria legislation. we welcome that legislation. it is completely in line with our indo-pacific strategy which is also designed to demonstrate our commitment to the regio

china saying you're not allowed to call it taiwan and a lot of airlines aren't yet compliant.ioned american airlines and i was on right 110w american airlines and i was on right now to see if the change has taken place, and it hasn't. they still have a couple of hours to comply with this and they say they will. again, in america people are still asleep. they say they are going ahead with this. however, i was on delta and if i wanted the same flight delta and if i wanted the same flight to taiwan, all i see is taipei and the airline code. the same goes for cathay pacific. they go as faras same goes for cathay pacific. they go as far as saying that it is a pa rt go as far as saying that it is a part of china. chinese aviation officials sent letters to 36 foreign air carriers earlier this year demanding that they say taipei was not part of taiwan. this goes back toa not part of taiwan. this goes back to a civil war that took place between them. both china and taiwan have been ruled separately but if you tell the chinese they are a separate entity they will come down ha rd separate

backed american institute in taiwan opened a new two hundred forty million dollar de facto embassy in taipei the taiwanese capital the u.s. also sells a billions in weapons to taiwan over one point four billion under trump alone and the american government's rhetoric continues to go against china's and its own policies speaking at a banquet in taiwan's capital back in march the us deputy assistant secretary of state alex said the aim of u.s. policy is to ensure that taiwan's people can continue along their chosen path free from coercion one continued by saying that the united states wants to strengthen our ties with the taiwan people and to bolster taiwan's ability to defend its democracy still while businesses are trying to stay out of the politics most of those who work with china recognize that state friendly with beijing is in their best interest for r.t. i'm alex mileage. there were actually a brief pause but hang here because when we get back our test the batteries they handle charging the revolutionary auto makers image arcade and calling takes a look from a tesla dealership he

they had a point in taiwan. this employee was hired in taiwan. --arently took information intellectual property with them to taiwan is a replicated the manufacturing process in china the taiwan, they replicated manufacturing process. stole the information. use the information. court in china has accused the u.s. firm of violating copyrights and patents. we havea sign of things to work on. i don't like the tariff approach. i want to be clear that there is a letter that talks about 25% costs being passed on to people in agriculture buying sweets and other equipments they would use and cultivation practices. because of the steel tariffs. we need to do something about china. i hope u.s. businesses don't succumb to the bullying pressure that china has pursued. forsingh: thank you senator that. we and the government want to make sure our businesses are not bullied or you are free and to your legislation. secretary mattis and secretary pompeo have sent a letter indicating that we welcome the legislation is in line with our into pacific strategy, which i

they had a plant in taiwan. this employee was hired in taiwan. apparently or allegedly took some information, intellectual property with them to taiwan. they replicated the manufacturing process in taiwan -- in china from taiwan. they replicated the manufacturing process, stole the information, used the stolen information, allegedly, and then the -- now a court in china has accused the u.s. firm of violating copyrights and patents. and so this is just a sign of things that we have to work on. i don't like the tariff approach. i want to be clear there's a letter i'd read to you that talked about 25% cost being passed on to people in agriculture buying, you know, sweeps and other equipments that they would use in cultivation practices because of the steel tariffs. we do have to do something about china but i hope that u.s. businesses don't succumb to the bullying pressure that china has pursued. thanks. >> thank you, senator, for that, and we in the u.s. government want to make sure that our businesses are not bullied and as an aside, you referred

now forces had established taiwan were fighting the chinese communists, who were pushing taiwan backbelieve in april, the whitehouse responded to the demands in may, calling them orwellian. but the airlines were given untiljuly 25, that is today, they have now reflected that change here at the last minute. which airlines have reacted ? last minute. which airlines have reacted? we are talking about delta airlines, american, and cathay pacific, the hong kong airline as well, and united airlines in pacific, the hong kong airline as well, and united air lines in the us. coming here at the last minute on the deadline but other airlines including british airways, the fans, they have changed their website in past couple of weeks. they have watched the market closely watched what demands china has made of other companies will stop gap fell foul of chinese authorities for their t—shirt design that did not reflect the way that china wanted taiwan to be perceived, and mariette fell foul of chinese authorities were not lifting taiwan in what —— not listing taiwan in the proper manner. paul, what

i ate everything there was to eat in taiwan. available in 75 different flavors. including pork floss. >> jimmy: like -- >> curry. >> jimmy: what's pork floss? >> chili pepper. basil. the list went on and on and on. these crazy flavors. pork floss was horrific. >> jimmy: yeah, right. [ laughter ] >> it was awful. it just tasted like i was eating a mouthful of soft, cold pork fat. >> jimmy: were you? >> i think so. >> jimmy: basically, yeah. did you tell them it was terrible? >> outright. no, i was like, this is awful! give me some mango ice cream now! >> jimmy: how was the mango ice cream? >> fantastic. >> jimmy: did you come straight here from taiwan? >> i didn't. did a quick stopover at home. i nursed my 2 1/2-year-old back to health because he was super, super, sick while mommy was gone. i know, it's so sad. >> jimmy: that's the worst, yeah. >> it's so hard. >> jimmy: did you bring me any pork floss ice cream, mommy? >> i'm sorry, honey, i didn't. then i flew to l.a. on the way here, i got on the plane, and i was walking to my

the three biggest us airlines are combined with a chinese demand to change how they refer to taiwan.s plus other companies not to refer to taiwan as a non— chinese territory. moving down to australia and television broadcaster nine says it has purchased fairfax media in a deal worth 1.6 billion us dollars. joining a slide from sydney is simon atkinson. how significant is this media deal in australia? it's caused quite a shock, nobody was expecting this announcement. it fell a couple of hours ago and it's been taken. titles like the sydney morning herald, the age, the australian financial review, a name that will disappearfrom financial review, a name that will disappear from the media financial review, a name that will disappearfrom the media landscape. this new combined company is going to be branded nine so a lot of journalists and formerjournalists who are bemoaning the loss of this historic name. what it really means isa sign historic name. what it really means is a sign of how both these companies are needing to adapt in kind of a changing age. when advertising revenue you get f

taiwan has been self ruling since 1949. beatles legend paul mccartney has reenacted the famous "abbey road" album cover ahead of the 49th anniversary. sir paul posted a video to his instagram account showing fans cheering as he walked across the iconic crossing. early projections in pakistan's general election suggest former international cricketer imran khan is likely to become the untry's new leader. a campaignought against corruption after forerr prime miniawaz sharif was jailed for fraud. opponents have rejected the projections, saying the process is rigged. from islamabad, here is our correspondent. reporter: celebration by imran khan supporters as the results roll in. it looks increasingly likely that the former cricketing star will be pakistan's next prime minister. pti,think the hard work of the members of pti, definitely the biggest politicae in the country, has paid off. people are not only supporting pti, but the people of pakistan calook forward to a golden era. rerter: votes are being counted, with final result

carrierspril, foreign were told they must refer to china taiwan or the china taiwan region and that should display the island and hong kong in the same color as the mainland. sources say american, delta and united will update their websites over the next few days. ,lobal news, 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 100 20 countries, i am paul allen, this is bloomberg. chinese conglomerates may be renewing their appetites for oversee expansion after a slowdown last year. this could be a $10 billion takeover of the belgian insurer. emanuel joins us now. be the largest yet. this is in their playbook. emanuel: this seems to be a growing trend this year. we saw this a few years back. in this case, the conglomerate is trying to strike another massive deal in the insurance face. this is for countries like muchgal, this one is bigger and it could potentially draw more scrutiny from regulators. you know what you have with the chinese capital controls. how do they get around all of this? manual: we were asking them how they will convene as regulators thehina a

have been reported across the region as the strong tracks west taiwan has closed schools and offices and counseled flights in preparation for flash floods and landslides soldiers have been deployed to help. japan is cleaning up after its worst flooding in decades at least one hundred fifty seven people have died after heavy rains triggered landslides dozens of other people are missing robert bryant reports from crushing city. soldiers and emergency crews go from house to house to make sure no one has been missed in the flood scale. hello they call out is there anyone there with dozens of people still unaccounted for the rescuers appeals are being repeated in affected communities throughout this part of japan. a couple of streets away hiroshi issues that he and his extended family have returned to see what they can salvage from what used to be their home like most of his neighbors they go about the task with a quiet stoicism. and like many japanese here they believe the storms have been getting worse. to connect on long island or recently around here there's been more rain and the riv

‘s taiwan has been self—ruling since 19a9 but china regards it as a breakaway province to be one dayay? top level talks between the usa and the european union on resolving the trade dispute, that's got the intention of the investors. brent crude oil prices up, following results showing a decline in us crude inventories. and glaxo smith kline may announce results for the second quarter, sales flat, profits are up to 6a0 million pounds. there we re are up to 6a0 million pounds. there were losses in the same period one year earlier. they've announced a major restructuring programme, in an effort to bolster research spending. so keep an eye on that. more business news throughout this afternoon. ben. thank you rachel. looking back on old photos of loved ones we've lost can be hard, but a new project aimed at dealing with grief is encouraging people to revisit their past. asjohn maguire has been finding out. maike's husband paul died suddenly in 2016. it's certainly my favourite photo of paul and me because we bothjust look ridiculously happy, which we were. ijust love it, because it was e

taiwan's l.g.b. community is disappointed only a year back it seemed they were on their way to marriage equality. and. support had been strong and very visible for same sex marriages a landmark ruling by the highest court gave authorities two years to pass legislation that would have strengthened gay rights but with elections around the corner the government has been reluctant to do so. your main to support same sex marriage in taiwan she's candid about why the government is dragging its feet in the matter. the president doesn't did pass a bill in line with the top judge's ruling because many of her supporters a strongly opposed to it chose a friend and they worry that society will be ended if such a bill is passed. and. joyce then and her girlfriend nicole certainly hope society sees their point of view and allows them the same marriage rights as millions of other taiwanese says. the running of the bulls festival has begun in spain's northern city of pamplona a festivities started for half a firing

and we produce roughly 80% of our products throughout china and taiwan right now.ty impressively. what i read was you had revenues in 40 million dollars and you were looking realistically at 50 million dollars. is that right? mary: yes that is right. erovhe last ten years we have come from under 2 million dollarin sales to over 40. and with our current contracts and our growth recorwhere we're at right now we should be at over 50 next year. our ultimate goal is to be a billion dollar company in thext 10 years. which has a nice ring to it , doesn't it? merry: it does. soledad so you've been remove o : from this f the 25 percent tariff, which i know was ki b of what sent you into a of a tailspin the other key. you've been taoff that list. what tariffs do you fac right now? what is the risk? mary so we were taken off the : original list of 301s. unfortunately on may 2013 our administration came out with a new investigation into the section 232 tariffs stating thap they were going tosibly put a tariff on all imported vecles and all imported automotive components.d: sol

warships sailed through the straits of taiwan and then of course there is the continuing tensions and strains over the south china sea so yes it is possible we will see those areas become more tense as well obviously what happens in the coming hours for the moment adrian thank you now the u.s. president donald trump says meeting vladimir putin may be the easiest part of his three nation european tour this week he's just arrived in brussels for what's likely to be a contentious nato summit with america's traditional allies then these on to the united kingdom for his first official visit there and finally to finland for a face to face meeting with the russian leader and he's vowed that european countries won't take advantage of the u.s. accusing them again of not spending enough on defense. i think. little. work it out. in. the u.k. . frankly would be. well ahead of the some of the european council president said the u.s. ort to remember who its friends are the america up to shape your advice after all you don't have that many and you europe spend them all on your defense because everyo

sailed a couple of warships through the straits of taiwan last week after mike pompei of the u.s. secretary of state went to pyongyang to meet the north korean leader no sooner had he left north korea the north korean media accused the united states of gangsterism saying that the united states was now going against the spirit of the singapore summit and trump quickly tweeted that it seemed that president xi jinping was using his influence over the north korean leader so as to gain leverage in the trade talks so yes it's possible that's the danger that this will spread beyond just trade to issues like north korea the south china sea dispute and of course the increased tensions over taiwan aaron brown live for us in beijing adrian thank you very much indeed. u.s. president donald trump says meeting vladimir putin may be the easiest part of his three nation european tour this week he's just arrived in brussels for what's likely to be a contentious nato summit with america's to dish will allies then he's on to the u.k. for his first official visit there and finally to finland for a fa

the taiwan ease -- tie what these government officials were -- the taiwanese officials were placing the sash on her. she was so funny she said i haven't been through this since i was miss america. which i thought was really cute. she worked as a teacher and a principal in the miami-dade county school shefment saw firsthand stories of financial hardship which inspired her to run for office. throughout her time in congress she passed legislation that helped thousands of teenagers go o college and fought for lgbtq rights. she has a servant's heart and champions issues of importance to her and the people of florida. though representative ros-lehtinen may be retiring from her post in this chamber we know she'll look for ways to serve the state and country she so dearly loves. today we join with her team and family in recognizing her many years of service. we all wish congresswoman ross net len, her husband, four children and five beautiful grandchildren all the best in the next chapter. for me personally, it was a deep honor to work with someone so committed to the greater good, the state of

foreign airlines were told they must refer to china taiwan.ould display the islands and hong kong in the same colors. will update their website over the next few days. pakistan votes wednesday in an election seen as crucial to u.s.-china ties. there is a slight favorite yet none of the main parties are expected to win a clear majority. that paves the way for a fraction coalition talk. whatever happens, the next leader much work with the military on control of nuclear weapons and national security. 74 people are now known to be have killed by wildfires in greece. flames have struck to coastal resorts and injured 187 people. 11 people in critical condition. thousands of people were forced to escape the fast-moving flames , many taking refuge in the sea. greece has declared three days of national mourning. news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists in more than 120 countries. i'm jessica summers. this is bloomberg. ramy: we are counting down to some of the major market opens right now. here is -- asian stocks are .racked -- tracki

i know that from taiwan. if you do not get to that program and make sure it is halted, it will never stop them from building weapons. fisa material is critical. inthey keep together teams the military to build nuclear weapons, there is a good chance those teams will eventually build nuclear weapons. the easiest nonmilitary tool we , one of the only nonmilitary tools to get to the heart of their program, is through vigorous confrontational and international atomic energy association inspections. the united states is willing and the e3 is more than willing to do this. let me end there. thank you. thank you. i agree there are a lot of train wrecks. thank you for the invitation to speak care today with such distinguished colleagues. to addresseeks options to the trump administration after the withdrawal to the jcpoa. the better title is what other options are there to iran and its neighbors and their code -- current relations. the decision to withdraw has put iran on watch. it increases the likelihood of and its

just a few days ago the united states sailed two warships through the straits of taiwan and then of course we have the ongoing strains in the south china sea so yes as often happens in disputes between china and the united states everything can become connected or for the moment we'll leave it there adrian and follow what's happening in china and course washington d.c. very closely thank you. for staying with the u.s. president he's actually arrived in brussels what's likely to be a contentious nato summit the gathering comes as trump stands firm on his claim that nato partners do not pay enough to defend for defense compared to the u.s. now he's vowed that european countries won't take advantage of america. i think we'll work something out. a little but we will work it out. for. the u.k. . situation. so i have. i have the u.k. . phone frankly maybe you. would think well ahead of the some of the european council president said the u.s. ought to remember who its friends all the america up to shit your advice after all you don't have the money and you europe spend them all on your def

will stop by a look at weather conditions across central southern china and taiwan and here across. some heavy rain at times with hand toward shanghai and towards hong kong seen some heavy showers i think for taiwan also the risk of shows is the jury though across much.

united, delta, and american have stopped identifying type a as being inside taiwan.hey are not saying it's part of china like other global carriers. republican senator tom cotton says the chinese communist party's obsession with taiwan is pathetic and "is disappointing that american airlines, delta and united complied with his ultimatum." in california, the media's warning that a gruesome chainsaw attack could via flash point in the immigration debate. trace gallagher has details tonight. good evening. >> when it comes to the debate about sanctuary cities in california's immigration policies, this might be the highest profile case since the death of kate steinle a few years ago. the latest attack happened in whittier, 20 miles from downtown los angeles. 32-year-old alejandro alvarez is accused of attacking and badly wounding his wife with a chainsaw. spraying her blood all over himself and his three young boys. aside from the gruesome violence, what makes this case notable is that since 2005, alvarez had been deported 11 times. in his criminal record goes well beyond

welcome back to take a look at weather conditions across eastern parts of china and taiwan it's typhoon maria which is the main concern is going to go just over the northern parts of taiwan and then hit very close to food issue and it's going to be associated with some extremely strong is a big seas we're looking at way fights well in excess of ten to twelve meters and there could well be some coastal inundation here over the next twelve to twenty four hours as the system moves on shore so it's likely to hit around zero g.m.t. into wednesday so terentia rain is likely flooding the mass evacuations across this area i think hong kong is largely in the clear maybe more shower activity will be a bit windy and cloudy but i don't think was home to many worries that across the rest of indochina scattered showers for laos and vietnam some big rainfall totals being reported here the same goes for total parts of me and more yang gong looks to be pretty wet across into south asia we've got this area of cloud in the circulation to the northwest of. poor some heavy rain down through the western ghat

taiwan, a, korea, huge amount of growth.nd we can still get good growth in other parts of the world. pe, we have had offices in these areas for many years. that wea great product feel we can get growth there at the same time. are you looking at acquiring companies? m&a.haven't done any one haswth we have d been organic. she parent company of agoda ha acquired companies along the way, booking.com and others. particular, the primary strategy is to go with the product we have and deliver it to customers around the world as best we can. rest of the world because you are meeting more to your profits versus asia? southeast asia is where the preponderance of our customers are. big spot for us. north asia is growing quickly. we see very good growth rates coming out of europe and north america. that to be an increasing piece of the portfolio. inventory should be way higher than where you are right now. what are you doing about this? >> china is a huge market. only 8.7% of people in china have passports. when we look at people coming

you know mainly support same sex marriage in taiwan she's candid about why the government is dragging its feet in the matter. the president doesn't did possibile in line with the top judge's ruling because many of his supporters a strongly opposed to it. find they worry that society will be up ended if such a bill is. completed. joyce and her girlfriend nicole certainly hope society sees their point of view and allows them the same marriage rights as millions of other taiwanese. you're watching the calm and then and the wasp the latest blockbuster from marvel studios infamous robin merrill from our culture desk will be here to give us the lowdown on the new micro superhero at and the inside. or zahavi are now more on the consequences of the unfolding trade dispute between beijing and washington that's right i mean as we are seeing this trade war unfold chinese state media have now slammed trump's trade policies but at the same time as we have seen china has retaliated with tariffs of its own on a variety of u.s. products including cars and i would cultural products like soybeans consu

we got some very stormy weather on the way for taiwan and the southeast of china at the moment it is generally fine in try to se in as a child a few showers down towards the gulf of tonkin towards high now and as we go on into the next couple of days that right will push for still a few showers day notice for choose day fondant rather for hong kong and also for taiwan but take a look at wednesday this system slides its way in damaging winds this is going to be a very nasty one this some very heavy rain big seas as well and that will push its way towards fizzy on province as we go on into wednesday society want to watch out for there will be widespread flooding meanwhile the flooding rains continue across a good part of south asia push across the northeast of india into me and and certainly up the western ghats as well this is the same in mumbai typical were very very heavy right here the widespread flooding the monsoon rains continue across much of western india and a good parts of southern pakistan also seeing some of those showers at present a lot of wet weather actually across muc

china has told the airlines their map must identify the island as china-taiwan, or the china-taiwan regionthe territory. in the u.k. there was a boost for the new ceo of itb. at sales were boosted by england's better-than-expected run and by a hit reality show. >> the top line is strengthening the great business that we already have in broadcast, investing in the hub. that to me as the -- is a really important thing to do because people want to watch our great programming anywhere and anytime. convenience becomes really important. hub's investment will be all about making a great user experience. taylor: richard branson is this week's guest on the david rubenstein show. he talks about dropping out of school at 15, and watching his business. take a listen. >> now you are a cert, you are knighted -- a sir, you are knighted. did you -- did you ever expected to be knighted? i found myself 25 years later knighted.d -- being i was slightly nervous that she remember the words from the record. it would have been a slice on the head rather than a tap on the shoulder. taylor: that was virgin group f

republican senators on conferences the chinese communist party's deception with taiwan is pathetic andting american airlines, delta and american complied with this ultimatum.. in california the media is wearing a gruesome chainsaw attack could become a flash point to the immigration debate. you may not have heard about this story, new details tonight. >> reporter: when it comes to the debate about sanctuary cities this might be the highest profile case since the death ofw kate steinle. the latest attack happened 20 miles from downtown los angeles, 32-year-old alejandra alvarez is accused of belly wounding his wife with a chainsaw, spraying her blood all over himselff and his 3 young boys. aside from the gruesome violence what make the case notable is in 2005 he had been deported 11 times in his criminal record goes well beyond deportation including convictions for drunk driving and drug position. immigration advocates fear this type of sensational case could be used as fodder to boost the president's immigration policies and increase criticism of california for sheltering illegal immig

should you say chinese taiwan there's a rough road going one between business on the mid and there in the middle of a fight alex a highly bitch gives us the details and our tease dancehall and takes a look at the top tesla batteries sorry they catch fire and sometimes fire goes on for a long time we're also going to be joined by andre barlow to make some sense of and i trust issues as they relate to technology firm plus our two year america sports. correspondent steve christakis looks at sports data and sports betting but ahead all that we're going to get to a few headlines right now a bombshell interview with u.s. president donald trump by rupert murdoch's tabloid the sun gave a bang bang with a silver ammar to u.k. prime minister teresa mayes wobbling government on the eve of their formal talks which occurred today in the interview mr trump criticized his mates ambling a brecht that telling the tabloid quote i actually told theresa may how to do it but she didn't agree she didn't listen to me but wait there's more take a listen to this from the exclusive interview with the sun if yo

and our correspondent kong he is in taipei following this story for us taiwan you good to see you now lucia has left china it appears after a high level diplomatic campaign by the german government what more can you tell us about these latest developments yes we have talked to some of the brands who has those relationships you know shop they told us that was last leaving beijing this morning local time heading to beijing and she was she is chop plane. flights are being there and then. you know what it's not allowed to leave china yet here he was out to see his sister so if you know for this morning your show this time. playing oh to one of the officials from german embassy in china according to our friends and the chinese authority officials and maybe some of their friends have told us that china's so far they actually have. same goal to leave china the smoko only ok. grocery of their shop also which is on this friday so many of her friends also writes that. china today we saw in our report the difficulty that russia has been and what role did she and her late husband play in china's

we are not as far as taiwan were same—sex marriage is actually allowed in the jurisdiction, but we arebefore we go. among those that are open, the nikkei in the all ordinaries index in australia. lots of worries about the trade tensions. that is it for this edition asia business report. goodbye for now. this is bbc news. the top stories this hour: british police say two people who've fallen critically ill were exposed to the same type of nerve agent used in the attempted murder of a former russian spy and his daughter. footage of the boys trapped in a flooded cave system in thailand appears to show them in good spirits, as the operation to get them out safely continues. the national health service is 70—years—old today. there'll be events to celebrate its birthday all over the uk. 1.5 million people now work for the nhs, making up the biggest care team in the world. adina campbell has been to meet one family who've been part of the nhs for four generations since the 1960s. my name is elaine unegbu and i am a retired nurse. my name is ngozi edi—osagie and i am a consultant neonatologist

a whole network of banks in russia, other eastern european countries, germany, the u.k., and taiwan,as been spitting at cash from atm's. and these mysterious characters have an collecting the cash and making off with it. the authorities have been chasing these mysterious cyber thieves for a long time when i got a really big break in 2016 in taipei. one of the thieves dropped a bankcard, just dropped it. for the first time, the cops could get their hands on something physical that was a lead to the gang that had been running what had been known as the carbon act's ever theft. >> i want to take you back to something you mentioned right there, which is it feels almost cinematic, like the opening of a movie when you are reading this because unsuspecting people are walking up to get money out of an atm on a saturday night and in front of them, they see people go up to a machine and as you say, it's literally spitting money out. and they are collecting it and taking off with it. how were they able to do that in the first place? >> well, there was some real as some oflmost art, the police o

. >> chip industry bellwether taiwan semiconductor trims its forecast for revenue and spending but sayst sees little impact yet from the tariffs. dublin hello from sydney, where --is just past 8 a.m., this hello from sydney. it is just past 8 a.m., this is "daybreak australia." happy friday, ramy. ramy: and i am here in a new york commemorate is just past 6 p.m.. haidi, today was a little bit risk off, we saw the markets take a bit of a breather here after three days of gains. .4%, still was up managing to stay above the psychological 2800 mark, but really for the markets, this was week.rst day in the past the nasdaq was about .4% down, the thanks all following except for apple. let us take a look at what is --pening for all currencies ngs all following, except for apple. fed,d trump criticized the pushing the dollar down, then up again. they have a difference of budgets, but look at the british pound, actually flat. it was down about 14% after retail sales missed estimates. the euro is similar as well, but isly's premier says the euro actually irreversible for italy, so that is some su

taiwan is ready, a tricky little situation, but they are ready. 0ther a tricky little situation, buthat are potentially in the queue but more challenging is thailand and possibly further down the list, indonesia. challenging is thailand and possibly further down the list, indonesiam other business news making headlines, investment bank goldman sachs has confirmed that its next chief executive will be david solomon, he is currently the chief operating officer and will take over for the current executive, who is stepping down after 12 years of. the bank reported a jump in second—quarter profits to just over $2.3 billion. we have been bringing you the latest aviation news from the farm broke international air show all week and japan's first domestically produced at a jetjet, mitsubishi regionaljet, domestically produced at a jetjet, mitsubishi regional jet, made domestically produced at a jetjet, mitsubishi regionaljet, made its debut. it faces stiff competition from the biggest manufacturers, who are now turning their sights on building smaller aircraft. we spoke to the chief executive

includes soldiers and police officers accused of supporting terrorists this a day before red chip taipei taiwan begins a new term as tokyo's president. and stage two of the told us holmes was decided by a sprint to the line that page a sunken adjusted enough to take victory off to a massive pileup in the fields. five hundred the humphrey good to have you with us officials and at thailand say they have managed to get four boys out from a flooded cave off so they spent more than two weeks on the ground a team of international divers spent ten hours leading the first children to safety but have no paused operations overnight eight more boys and their twenty five year old soccer coach remain stranded by the local governor hailed the first stage of the rescue effort a success. sixteen days today is the day we've been waiting for we are seeing the wild boars in the flesh. it's the outcome the world has been hoping and praying for the first voice from the circuit team called the wild paws extracted safely from the cave and on their way by helicopter and ambulance to hospital. after days of preparation

also on the program authorities in taiwan slowed down the efforts to free the children trapped in a flooded cave system efficient leading the rescue effort says the twelve boys and the football coach not yet ready to make the dice afraid and rescuers want to give them more time despite fears that the conditions i was. on feel got a welcome to the program first it was germany the world cup's top ranked crashing out of the group stage now as president the second round tain dismissed from the quarterfinals losing to belgium a to walk. well matters of t w sports is here to talk us through another surprise in russia welcome so how did this guy pan out well belgium made a barnstorming start and brazil definitely tried to get back into the game a flurry of chances at the end but in the end belgium have gone through two one we can look at the goals a very unfortunate for brazil the opener there was an own goal from fern and dino from the cross there not much you could do about that but then a fantastic second goal here from belgium romelu lukaku charging forward laying the ball off to kevin the bur

taiwan semi among the winners. from trade tariffs. , preparing the dice to legalize casinos. in hong kong, this is bloomberg markets. ♪ just getting great news coming out of south korea. 30-yearors seeking a jail term for the former president, park. this is a court case that has been going on for a while. yonhap according to the news. the president had been accused of pressure favors. let's look at what is going on market wise. it was higher. it is now lower. we have been here before. not seeingwe are heavy losses, the yuan -- after the yuan fixed by the pboc, we are seeing a day red. check out what is going on with the yuan. aboveve the option rate 6.82, weakening by the most since june 2016. it's taking other currencies with it. at what is going on with the commodities complex. metals under pressure, even gold ounce.he gun at $1217 an i want to highlight what it means. not look like that will be letting up anytime soon. you can see the chart on this terminal. it demonstrates the bloomberg commodity index has ente

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