the movie deadpool 2. you're up to date. stay with us. d the top story here in the uk: the government has released a document detailing how it sees the future of the border between northern ireland and the republic after brexit. it says it wants to avoid checkpoints or other physical barriers. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. negotiators from the us, canada and mexico meet today to lash out a new north american free trade agreement. one of the world's biggest shipping companies releases its latest earning numbers. what will this tell us earning numbers. what will this tell us about the state of global trade? good morning, asia, hello, world, glad you could join us for asia business report. i'm rico hizon. later today in washington, dc the first round of negotiations will start for nafta, the north american free trade agreement, a pact between canada, the us and mexico. the us president made a campaign to promise to renegotiate the deal signed in 1994. any other disagreements are between the us and mexico,

i believe that he is trying to protect the us. would go tojuarez, but i won't trust my daughter to go. right, so that's how i feel. and i am not saying that i am against mexicans orjuarez or anything, i just wouldn't trust my daughter to go by herself. all along the border there are reminders, like this jacket, that for some the impulse to cross this fence or a future wall may be too strong to stop. i am leaving el paso and driving 500 kilometres west to the twin towns of nogales. the first fence went up here in the ‘90s, splitting the town in half. the cartels who control the drug trade and the people smuggling responded by going underground and they have turned this area into the tunnel capital of the border. i'm joining a patrol of the border tunnels connecting mexico and the united states. we don't know who we might run into, so the police go ahead of us. we don't know what to expect. caution is needed. what just happened ? smugglers and migrants use the cover of darkness and wait for the right moment to head towards the us end

come from the us. we know as recently as 1985 about 40% of taiwan's exports came to the united states. .. the diffusion of technology, the transfer of highly skilled talents and so on. for taiwan the reversal of the roles between the us in china in the last 30 years has of the most important economic partner looks at china's globally and all america's relatively declining to china's. former president obama reasserted important pivot to asia and unfortunately well, i think when all is said and done president trump will rediscover the importance of asia but, of course, one of the first things he did was to withdraw for the in my opinion was a lost opportunity. why just like on the surface the relationship is pretty good but why do we continue hearing about squabbles over the last 25%. for example, in the 1980s it was the super 301, section 301 mainly that the us unilateral action to pry open the markets of major trading partners in trace surplus. vis-À-vis the united states. the treasury department now pu

if the us takes its aircraft from syria, don't you think that the us will lose its ground in syria? nternational policy or international relations and leave the space to russia, iran and the other countries? >> >> that's a hard question and i will preface this by saying i'm not an attorney. you are, but i'm not. but, it's my understanding that legally if the internationally recognized government of syria invites another country to come and help it, that other country as they are legally. the russians have been invited by the syrian government. of the us has not been invited by the syrian government. i'm all for humanitarian assistance if we can provide medicine or humanitarian relief, food, water even safe passage out of the country for refugees. that's great. but, it's my understanding that anything more than that at this point in syria is illegal. we are supposed to be a nation of laws in this country. would like to tell people and we like to tell other countries that we are this shining beacon of respect for human rights and civil liberties and the role of the and democracy and it

on paper the us corporation tax rate is one of the world's highest, at 35%. account various tax breaks, top us firms pay a bit less than that, an average of 28.6%. that still compares unfavourably with the 25% rate in china, 19% in the uk, and just 12.5% in ireland — where many top us firms have their overseas headquarters. which has led of course to this — $2.5 trillion worth of profits channelled overseas by top us companies as they look to avoid the american taxman. the us national debt is spiralling towards $20 trillion. so would cutting taxes boost the economy, and tempt us firms to bring more profits home? or would itjust do more damage to the government's finances? that's an argument the president will have to take to congress, as michelle fleury reports from new york. these stock market is art. the unemployment rate is at an all—time low. if you listened to donald trump on wednesday, you heard him say the system is rigged. in a speech to introduce tax reform, the us president told the crowd, the country's tax system was broken. his sales pitch, which w

see how the us closed. stead investors focusing on the annual central banking conference injackson hole in the us it's a case that's gripped — and now shocked — denmark. police investigating the disappearance of a female journalist during a trip with an inventor on his privately—built submarine — say the headless body of a woman has been found. since kim wall went missing, the waters around sweden have been searched are. now a female torso has been found. police said cyclists saw a body in the sea and alerted them. this was kim wall and peter madsen on top is submarine, the nautilus, pictured on the 10th of august. she had been researching a feature she was going to write about him and the 40- was going to write about him and the 40— ton submarine he designed and built himself. she has not been seen since is and was reported missing by her boyfriend with divers, helicopters and boats out looking for her. peter madsen was spotted on the nautilus the next day. his submarine sank that he was rescued. he initial

the former us secretary of statejohn kerry, ago. n kerry, part ago. the former us secretary of statejohn kerry, part of the foreign monitors team, appealed for calm. people need to be patient and let this process work through and notjump to let this process work through and not jump to conclusions let this process work through and notjump to conclusions at this point in time. and so in the coming days until the electoral commission verifies the final result, canyons face an anxious wait. sarah corker, bbc news. the uk has one of the highest rates in the world of type i diabetes. at the moment it is incurable. now trials of the therapy are trying to slow the advance of the disease and initial results say the immunotherapy can be effective and safe and can be used in wider trials. two years ago, alex rowlandson‘s life took an unexpected turn. she was diagnosed with type i diabetes, one of hundreds of thousands of people who develop the condition in the uk. but then she was offered the chance to take part in a pioneering new therapy. th

walking a trade tightrope — round one of talks between the us, canada and mexico are over. t can the three nations do what it takes to hold nafta together? live from london, that's our top story today, monday the 21st of august. the trading relationship is worth more than a trillion dollars a year, so can the members of nafta bridge their differences and save the troubled trade pact? also in the programme, the world's biggest oil producer gets cosy with it's fastest growing consumer, as russia's rosneft spends 13 billion dollars in india. a new week, the same worries. asian markets were down, with japan at its lowest level in four months over concerns for president trump's stalled economic agenda. europe is looking like this in the first half hour of trade. and from bumble to babies — we'll meet the woman who's behind a networking app for new mums called peanut to help them juggle careers and kids. elon musk has today issued a stark warning about the risks of killer robots in the future. today, we want to know if you think terminator type robots could be more fact than ficti

of the us— mexican border, and within the park, we protect i2% of the us— mexican border, so it's a , the binational cooperation is essential, and borders are hard to distinguish. just on the other side of our river, well, we only have one half of the river, to begin with. the other half is preserved by mexican national parks, so we have canyons here, but we can only preserve one half of the canyon, one half of the river. and then to have a partnership with mexico to make sure this landscape is preserved as part of a larger ecosystem, that our vistas don't enter that political boundary, right in the middle of the rio grande, is a truly beautiful thing that we have done here. many people who come here don't even realise that the other half of our canyon is mexico, for example. the river is sometimes so shallow you don't even need a boat. mike davidson has been visiting this area for over a0 years. as a river guide, he knows this place intimately, and he's agreed to take me downstream. in terms of the number of people coming to the area, and a certain amount of development, there's bee

"it is shocking for a terrorist to be in the village," this man told us. abouyaaqoub was spotted by a woman this morning, who tipped off police. he apparently ran off into a field. in the space of four days, younes abouyaaqoub had travelled right out into the countryside here, tens of kilometres away from barcelona. when confronted by police, he revealed he was wearing what appeared to be a suicide belt. one report says he shouted "allahu akbar," god is great in arabic, before officers shot him dead. earlier today, the man—hunt moved up a gear. cctv released of abouyaaqoub‘s movements, after he drove a van indiscriminately down las ramblas, new images of a man motivated to kill as many as he could. we think this video, filmed by a local woman, shows the car he stole after the las ramblas attack. the owner was stabbed to death. they got out of their cars with all their guns. lots of police suddenly arrived, in seconds. the police believe that abouyaaqoub was part of the larger network, which they have now dismantled. five suspected members were shot dead wh

he said the hackers used the identity of a top it official to gain access. 12 hours this attack on our democracy affected the presidential elections in all the 47 counties. what the iebc has posted on the results of the presidential elections is a complete fraud. provisional results put president uhuru kenyatta comfortably in the lead. he hasn't commented on the claims, but posted this picture on facebook. but allegations of vote rigging led to isolated protests and violence in opposition strongholds in the western city of kisumu and the slum areas of nairobi. kenya's election chief, though, said no hacking took place and the vote wasn't compromised. there was no external influence on the system at any point before, during and after the voting. the high profile of this election is in part due to the fear the closeness of the vote could lead to violence, as happened ten years ago. the former us secretary of statejohn kerry, part of the foreign monitors team, appealed for calm. people need to be patient and let this process work through and not jump to conclus

it is a us destroyer, the john reason for that. er, thejohn s mccain, limping to port and singapore. it collided with an oil tanker in the early hours of monday, and ten us personnel are missing. the reason for the wider enquiry is that this is the fourth time in a year that a us navy vessel has been involved in an accident. this latest incident happened before dawn, east of the strait of singapore, and on a more detailed map here, black squares is the exact location of the collision. the ussjohn the exact location of the collision. the uss john s the exact location of the collision. the ussjohn s mccain suffered significant damage, you can see that in this image. this is the oil tanker that was involved, a much bigger vessel. some minor damage to it, but no oil was leaked, we are told. the most pressing matters finding the missing people. our reporter has been out on the water and singapore, looking at that and the broader issues. what the us navy's public affairs department has been able to tell us is that the ship sustained some

and that is a big and deeply disturbing question the us. navy. —— question for the us navy. ent james cook is in phoenix for us. it is only a few hours since donald trump made a statement on his policy for afghanistan. it is a u—turn on what he said during election time. james, lots of trump supporters around you. maybe not? ijust saw a dump trump sign. the donald trump supporters are mostly over to this site, queueing to get into the rally. as you noticed, the line behind me here are protesters. they have gathered here. if we turn around, the police have lined up with their bicycles, just to — we arejust being moved behind the white line while we're on air. the supporters of donald trump are in a good mood, happy with their president, please with the progress they are making. i've been speaking toa they are making. i've been speaking to a lot of them. but on afghanistan, there are some conservative. they are not delighted that the decision, but they trust their president. is there anything there be said about north korea, about charlottesville, about steve bannon, or all the

the us defends donald trump's "fire and fury" message to north korea, saying the president had to useanguage the regime would understand. french police shoot and arrest a man suspected of being behind an attack on soldiers near paris. an 83—year—old who was killed walking his dog in woodland near east harling has been named by police as peter wrighton. his family says he was "a lovely, gentle husband, dad and grandfather". the police officer leading the hunt for a jogger who knocked a pedestrian into a bus lane says there has been a huge response to their appeal for help. it's exactly 10 years since the start of the biggest financial crisis since the depression — we ask whether lessons have been learnt. has the isle of skye become a victim of its own beauty? the island is struggling to cope, as tourism reaches record numbers. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. 17 men and one woman have been found guilty of sexual exploitation and drugs offences in the north of england. the convictions are in connection to a major investigation into sexual abuse and grooming. as pa rt of as part o

exports to the us arising ii.5%. % mark in a ninth straight month of gains. philippines, home, sweet home for you. it is one of the fastest growing economies. it is now growing at eight consecutive quarter. already one of the world's fastest—growing, the philippines has been boosted by strong domestic demand and planned spending on roads, railways and ports. looking good going forward. expectations are high for alibaba's quarterly earnings report due out later today. chinese consumers' demand for shopping online has made alibaba the dominant player in that sector. companies like alibaba, taobao and aliexpress. but it's notjust online anymore... alibaba is now building a brick and mortar presence as well by buying intime retail. ryanair has accused lufthansa and the german government of conspiring to carve up collapsed airline air berlin. lufthansa is negotiating over buying air berlin planes, which are still flying following a 150m euro german government loan. the german government rejected the accusation and said its

the use of chemicals as a weapon is growing in the uk. d mentally scarred by acid attacks. i was thinking, i'm not going to see anything after that. a common household product widely available and used in the most horrific way. back in april, 20 people were left injured and two blinded following an acid attack in this nightclub. and we've seen it on the streets. thieves on scooters throwing acid and people to steal mobile phones and handbags. and now it's happening in people's homes. zahadine barba was attacked in his living room three weeks ago. i'd just put an ad on gumtree. selling the phone. showed the phone to him and he said yes, i'm happy. and grabbed a bottle out from his bag and he just pressed on that bottle, you know. twice on my face, and acid comes on my face and i'm totally blind, and i know that he attacked me with acid. fortunately zahiruddin was able to wash off the acid. he has no visible scars and has regained his sight but his family has been left traumatised. i went to the kitchen and then i saw my dad over there, shut

the beneficiary was the ziff brothers hedge fund in the us. but it was the couple of us that when that so it received this billion dollars in two thousand and seven and in two thousand and eight the u.s. media referred to it as the main or at least a major sponsor of the democratic party and the election campaign that kicked off in two thousand and eight that is what i talked about. what was at this i discuss this with anyone else still a daughter asked cause of all i told this story to a large number of lawyers i talk to journalists and politicians to anyone who could help and bring the truth out. what if i had chance to approach mrs clinton i would have been on and to share it with her or anyone from her team yes. my story has nothing to do with politics i did not really care who would be in power the republicans or democrats. i do not care about how the situation is unfolding today mine was a human story it had nothing to do with politics it did not have anything to do with russia it was more of an american story it is an american story. abo

it isn't showing over the years... we usederican cars, in the 60s, then suddenly a japanese cars came in. now we are seeing chinese cars coming in, chinese motorcycles. i mean, we have to move with the time. the finance secretary for the philippines carlos dominguez. the third biggest economy is showing signs it is bouncing back. numbers arejust signs it is bouncing back. numbers are just released, exports signs it is bouncing back. numbers arejust released, exports rising more than i3% in july arejust released, exports rising more than i3% injuly compared to a year ago. imports were also up more than 16%. the japanese economy is on track to grow at its fastest pace in more than two years. analysts looking at smart phone games, payment and online advertisers. the most valuable company listed in asia is running away with success. but on more than $2.7 billion, up 70% from a year ago. cathay pacific reported its worst half—year loss in at least two decades and says it does not expect to see an improvement for the remainder of th

south korea and the us may be staunch allies when it comes to north korea. but today the two sides will face off on a trade deal that trump says is "horrible". and mining big returns, bhp billiton bounces back from losing billions to making billions in just one year. and that's because commodity prices have soared but why and what else is moving the markets; we'll get the expert opinion on all your need to know. and we'll be getting the inside track on the growing demand for getting big sound from digital speakers with the boss of devialet. rising house prices in the uk have lead to a sharp rise in homes little bigger than a budget hotel. so today we want to know would you or do you live in a micro home? just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. do you think at 6'6" do you think at 66" i could riv in a microhome? probably not! get in touch with us with your stories. the importance of trade deals between big economies is back in the spotlight this week. hot on the heels of canada and mexico — now it's the turn of south korea to reneg

. morning asia, hello world and glad you canjoin us. the morning asia, hello world and glad you can join us. the words from morning asia, hello world and glad you canjoin us. the words from us president donald trump, fire and fury, frightening north korea if the country does not give up its newk ambition. —— threatening. but will they have any impact? —— ‘s nuclear ambition. more than $5 billion worth of good in 2015. the chinese foreign minister said that traditional economic ties mean it will mainly be china paying the price. he was referring to un sanctions slashing $1 billion in estimated value. i spoke to an economist who says china will not be severely affect dead. spoke to an economist who says china will not be severely affect deadli think china is a huge economy and it is basically importing from north korea coal, iron ore, seafood, things that are not banned under the un sanctions. it. importing idle and seafood and has already stopped importing coal. ——i all. the china, it has many alternative supplies. for coal it has already di

it will be controversial in the us. side i think it would be very prestigious for a chinese company to have the depth and development to the point where they can even consider acquiring a global brand like jeep. taking away the pricing situation, will there be synergies between great wall motors and jeep? certainly. great wall is at core and suv manufacturer. jeep isa at core and suv manufacturer. jeep is a premium suv brand and is positioned nicely in china, so i think they complement each other well. great wall is a chinese brand that would like to be global. that was an analyst in shanghai. continuing this theme, ford is revving up to sell a new brand of electric vehicles in china. an announced plans to set up these plans —— it announced. and it says it will produce electric vehicles on the mainland. the chinese company sold more than 16,000 all electric ca rs sold more than 16,000 all electric cars this year, through sold more than 16,000 all electric cars this year, throuthuly. there are reported widespread flight

the us says they must stop pursuing nuclear weapons or face the destruction of its people. kenya's electoral commission has dismissed accusations its computer system was hacked. the main opposition party has rejected provisional results which indicate a strong lead for president kenyatta. the us has expelled two cuban diplomats, following claims a sonic device was used to damage the hearing of some embassy staff in havana. cuba's foreign ministry denies the accusation, and says it's willing to co—operate with washington. the captain of mexico's national football team has been sanctioned by the us after being accused of links to a drug—trafficking cartel. rafa marquez won't be able to travel to the us and his american assets will be frozen. now it's time for world business report with sally. deadline day — toshiba secures an auditors sign off on its much delayed results and avoids delisting — but analysts warn its future still hangs in the balance. and silicon valley is setting an example when it comes to paid maternity leave in america. but will the rest of the country foll

threats exist because the us is here. dern slavery and human trafficking are far more prevalent than previously thought. it said that more than 300 police operations were currently targeting the criminals involved. the nca said previous estimates there were up to 13,000 victims in the uk were the "tip of the iceberg". 0ver over the last year law enforcement agencies across the uk have been significantly stepping up their effort and focus on the crime that is human slavery and trafficking. what we have found in the last year, in terms of the scale and scope of this problem, has shocked us and worried us, because this is a crime that exists where vulnerable people are being exploited in every large town and city across the united kingdom. it affects every nationality, including british offenders and victims. it also is a symptom of the fact that criminals and crime gangs have recognised that whilst you might be able to sell drugs once i make a profit, you can exploit vulnerable people repeatedly make a lot of money from it.

houston is the heart of the us energy industry. l prices are faring in early asian trading. they are both up. the markets are not responding the way they usually do, gas futures have hit a high while crude oil prices fell. i asked why. you have to think about oil as a value chain, crude oil goes in as fire and comes out as a distillate. the bottleneck is the 200 bottles capacity per day that has gone off—line in texas. capacity per day that has gone off-line in texas. gasoline prices are surging to a high of 7%, could this put more pressure on prices at the pump? this could have a knock-on through other parts of the world. 0ther through other parts of the world. other parts of the world cannot move refined products from one part of the country to others when they need to, they may need to look overseas. could we see higher gasoline prices in asia because of refineries being shut down? that could last for a week? if we saw a long shot down in the texas region, prices could go up slightly. americans will need to go to overseas refiner

the us defence secretary says pyongyang must stop its pursuit of nuclear weapons, or face the end of its regime and the destruction of its people. kenya's electoral commission has dismissed accusations its computer system was hacked. the main opposition party has rejected provisional results which indicate a strong lead for president uhuru kenyatta. international observers are calling for calm after a clash between opposition supporters and police. the captain of mexico's national football team has been sanctioned by the us, accused of links to a drug—trafficking cartel. rafa marquez is one of 21 people named by the us treasury. he won't be able to travel to the us and his american bank accounts and assets will be frozen. it's time now for click. this week, the sun's the star as it defeats ice cream, powers roads and dazzles geeks. take them off guys, you're indoors. they're ugly, huge and they ruin the landscape, but we do kind of need them to get from a to b. but sometimes a road can be more than just a road. and that's the idea behind a french government backed initiative using th

the majority of americans are with us. him before, and after seeing him tonight, i want to ask him to marry me. to marry you? yes. are you preaching to the converted ? yes. are you preaching to the converted? yes. they want to hear a few things that we can do. the choir that we are pretty to just down the same. it cannot come close the fact that he might not be the pleasant political firebrand that he once was. there is a certain segment of the left that still worships them them. but i don't think he is seen asa them. but i don't think he is seen as a bellwether of how liberals think any more. and i think, in fa ct, think any more. and i think, in fact, there is not won any more. it has become very divided. he does not have the power level is that he once had. which is surprising, because he was the only person on the left of note to predict that donald trump would actually win the presidency. so you would think that they would make more people start listening to him. buti make more people start listening to him. but i do

here's how the us markets closed on friday — all of them lower. also hampered by political uncertainty in washington. just one more thing to mention. the central bankers are meeting at jackson hole wyoming. a lot of interest in what is going to happen 110w. “— interest in what is going to happen now. —— hole. but we are about to go through the papers with chris. see you there. yes, before benjoyously, time to tell you that online hate—crime should be treated as seriously as offences in person, according to new guidance for prosecutors in england and wales. the pledge to toughen the response to online abuse is part of revised crown prosecution service rules for hate crimes. it's hoped the crackdown aimed at social media platforms will help tackle online extremism as dominic casciani reports. this man was jailed last month for racially aggravated threats on facebook againstjean miller, the businesswoman behind the brexit legal challenge. she said she felt violated by his shocking comments, just one of many online attacks she suffered. now the crown

organs for the past few years. he joined usrows with the person and of course no mechanical device can do that, so if you replace a heart on a child it will grow with a child. so the pig is ideal. you don't actually use a big pig. ideal. you don't actually use a big pig, it is called a mini peak. americans use the same kind of pig that we've been looking at. the problem has been to try to change the genes, so the organ is not affected by the immune system of a human. there is the moral issue. can you use animals to do this? that if we are prepared to eat animals it seems more sensible to kill them really humanely, as they will need a human anaesthetic. there must not be stressed beforehand, they need to be in perfect condition. it seems more appropriate to do that. the difficulty is viruses. i think that's been overcome. i'm interested to hear they say they can do it within two years. someone needs to do this in a short time because people are dying unnecessarily, children particularly. if you're a parent, you probably think yo

they are not allowed to deal with the us financial system. which is already a wreck, they are attempting to force the government out of power, it reinforces a hardline opposition that wants to overthrow the government. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: a new no—confidence vote for south africa's president — and this time it will be a secret ballot. the question was whether we wanted to save our people, and japanese as well, and win the war, or whether we wanted to take a chance on being able to win the war by killing all our young men. the invasion began at 2am this morning. mr bush, like most other people, was clearly caught by surprise. and we call for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all the iraqi forces. 100 years old, and still full of vigor, vitality and enjoyment of life. no other king or queen in british history has lived so long, and the queen mother is said to be quietly very pleased indeed that she has achieved this landmark anniversary. this is a pivotal moment for the church as an international movement. the qu

the us national debt is spiralling towards $20 trillion. taxes boost the economy, and tempt us firms to bring more profits home? or would itjust do more damage to the government's finances? that's an argument the president will have to take to congress. we'll have a full report and get the views of an expert in california in 20 minutes‘ time. we are also talking about oil. the industry has got used to lower prices, but the boss of shell, ben van beurden, has told the bbc that prices could start rising soon. he says that's because we've had years of underinvestment — which will start to reduce the global supply of crude. and that's not good news for the oil companies themselves. you can see that interview by our business editor simonjack in 20 minutes‘ time. thank you, sally. we cross to houston now to get the latest from oui’ houston now to get the latest from our cbs news correspondent, menegola. —— meg 0liver. i understand there are real concerns about a chemical plant at the moment? david, this is a tense situation. authorities are keepi

that europe has got use not living with tara. some of the leaders and other european countries have said that we just need to quote unquote get used to the fact that this is part of our lives and it's very sad to see that in a continent such as europe which has had so many freedoms has such diversity of different people and has allowed those freedoms it is sad to see that people are now no longer surprised i mean this was a lesser attack nobody was killed no it's not mass casualties or massive billion casualties which is a more positive step but again this is a lot of backtracking they're having to go against a major national you are european union policies which state that you know they shouldn't do much they shouldn't look at religion they should look at other things and they shorten the shouldn't police the streets for things like this. neighboring from is for mines in a state of emergency of course seven. folders of this year the french prime minister says the country must come to terms with living under the threat of. please don't put y

head towards the us end of the tunnel.e that after they turned on the flashlight, they saw someone and this person ran away. minutes later, we catch a glimpse of him in the distance. he is not moving. and sergio is pointing at this person with a flashlight. he believes it's better to back up and alert the police, so we are heading towards the entrance of the tunnel. the traffickers use not only the subterranean infrastructure, the authorities have found more than 110 tunnels built by mexican cartels. they call them narco tunnels. in this cemetery, one of them hides in plain sight. this is the entrance of a tunnel which was recently filled in. they used to carry drugs to the other side of the border and as you can see, the fence is just about 100 metres from here. 0n the american side, tony estrada has been a sheriff for 25 years. he isn't sure the wall president trump wants to build will be effective. they're very creative. if you do anything, they'll go under it. they'll go over it and they'll go around it. so it's a phen

system gets approval in the us. atch, but plenty of action as the english premier league transfer deadline passes. we'll take a look at some of the biggest deals. glad you could join us. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 3:30am in the morning in delhi, where the full impact of the devastating floods across south asia is now becoming clear. heavy rains at this time of year are not unusual, but the sheer loss of life certainly is. more than 1200 people are believed to have died in the region. relief agencies are struggling to get help to millions of people who have been affected. the monsoon rains are the heaviest that india, nepal and bangladesh have seen in decades. the bbc‘s sanjoy majumder has this report. weeks after the worst flooding in decades, a third of bangladesh is still under water. many villages in the northern part of the country are still cut off. aid agencies are desperately trying to reach those affected. it's a similar situation across large parts of south asia. the eastern indian state

the south korean president warned north korea not to use the exercises as an excuse korea not to use her aggravate the situation on the peninsula. translation: north korea must understand that it‘s repeated provocations are forcing south korea and the us to conduct a joint defensive drills. and so this keeps the vicious cycle going. but north korea‘s official newsagency denounced the exercises as preparation for war. denounced the exercises as preparation forwar. china, north korea‘s main ally and trading partner has said several times that it wants the us and south korea to stop large—scale annual exercises altogether. translation: we think that holding joint drills is not beneficial to easing the current tensions. nor do they help efforts by all sides to engage in talks. the war of words continues. pyongyang has warned that it could still press ahead with its threat to fire missiles in the waters near the us military base on the pacific island of guam. that threat came in response to president trump‘s warning that the us could rain fire and fury on north korea if it back is against

the hashtag #bbcbizlive. and if anyone tells usy their holiday cash at the airport, you are banned from the programme! we start today in the us in missouri, where president trump will lay out the details of his planned tax reforms. he described the current tax rules as "self—destructive" — they haven't been reformed for 30 years. he's calling for a more competitive system to boostjobs and wages, repeating his promise to cut america's corporate tax rate to 15%. on paper, the us corporation tax rate is one of the highest in the world — it's currently 35%. but if you take into account various tax breaks, many top us firms pay a bit less — on average, 28.6%. that's still much higher than the 25% rate in china, 19% in the uk and just 12.5% in ireland. that's why many top us firms have their overseas headquarters in dublin. and that's meant a staggering $2.5 trillion worth of profits are channelled overseas by top us companies to avoid the american taxman. and with the us national debt spiralling towards $20 trillion, would cutting taxes

i'm pretty confident that the us will protect us. s with north korea, america's president is not backing down either. he boasted of his country's nuclear arsenal, matching the aggression that over the years, people have come to expect from pyongyang. what's different this time is that we're hearing very similar rhetoric from the us president, so that's certainly ratcheted up tension and perhaps gives pyongyang a bit morejustification to keep building their nuclear programme. so it will actually feed their anti—american propaganda. but while donald trump's remarks might be provocative, there are hopes that others in his government could help tone down the message coming from america. it's a very difficult situation. i would say this, that his secretary of defense and national security adviser are universally respected. there are some cool hands around him during this crisis and i hope he listens to them. 0ne country that's hoping to defuse this crisis soon is south korea. it's seen this kind of situation many times before, and while it

the mayor says this has been used in the making.about the eclipse, and if they could book hotel rooms. that was the first had heard of it. at the downtown festival, there are dozens of lenders, selling everything from clips t—shirts to artwork and glasses. officials hope it will give the local economy a needed boost. the demand is stretching some businesses their limit. at this local hamburger shop, they have been struggling to serve food fastener. wall—to—wall, people have been in, today. and it has been non-stop for campsites welcoming outsiders. what also makes hopkinsville such an ideal place to view the eclipse is all the farmland. and it is the perfect location to post the masses of spectators who have descended on the small town from around the country and the world. at this campsite, people have travelled from as far as canada, the uk, campsite, people have travelled from as faras canada, the uk, and campsite, people have travelled from as far as canada, the uk, and even australia. carl is from melbourne, and has vowed to se

are creating the results expected of us and which got the president elected. live on that illusion if you want. look at the track record. i'm going to look at the track record but i want to take seriously what your director of communications said. he said four example he would get lie detectors in to find out who was leaking from inside the white house. have you faced yet the prospect of taking a lie detector test? i don't work for the comms shop, i work for the chief strategist, stephen bannon. i don't really wish to comment on what i think was meant to be a private conversation between anthony and this reporter that the reporter clearly recorded. it's just sleazy journalism. it's just unseemly. clearly recorded. it's just sleazy journalism. it'sjust unseemly. we have a leak problem, if you look at the congressional report from last week, we've had 125 leaks in 126 days. 62 of them have been deemed by congress to be of national security import. that is a problem that will be dealt with, not primarily by antony, his remit is the comms shop, but when you have a

that is what the department has told us. whether oi’ the department has told us. y are looking for people on board, they have not said. you will rememberfrom on board, they have not said. you will remember from the last incident, the us is fitzgerald, that is what they did find. i imagine the priority right now for the us. navy is to try and make sure that the search and rescue operation continues. it went on overnight, and throughout the night and it's extremely expensive, as well is making sure the warship itself gets repaired. four men are due to appear at the spanish high court in madrid later today, accused of being part of the terror cell that carried out attacks in and around barcelona last week, killing 15 people. the other eight members of the cell are dead — several of them died in an explosion at their hideout and bomb factory, while the others were shot dead by police. police in catalonia say they have shot dead the suspected driver of the van which ploughed into pedestrians — younes abouyaaqoub was found hiding in a vineyard 30 miles west of the city.

the runner tells us he's heartbroken. this thing had been for mo farah like now, i do not think the british people would allow it. they know that mo farah could get a medal with them. or anyone, even that mo farah could get a medal with them. oranyone, even usain that mo farah could get a medal with them. or anyone, even usain bolt. it's exactly ten years since the start of the biggest financial crisis since the depression. we ask whether lessons have been learnt. and a victim of its own success? sky is struggling to cope with an influx of tourists. and coming up in the sport on bbc news. at the world athletics championships mo farah goes for gold — he starts his campaign for the 5,000 metres later tonight. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the united states and north korea are being urged to show restraint, after a growing war of words between the two nations. last night president trump said threats from pyongyang would be met with fire, fury and power. the communist state says it's considering a missile

that passes the problem to us. 0ften consume. that passes the problem to us. ore and it becomes an issue for us while people are in the sky. it ta kes a while people are in the sky. it takes a lot for us to manage large, disruptive groups. airports should do more but ultimately it's up to everybody to make sure they don't consume too much alcohol at the airport or on aircraft. on the issue of turning people away as they attempt to board, has ryanairfound itself doing that more and more? absolutely. we've made a lot of changes in our own policies, and we've been turning more and more people away. we now no longer let you consume the duty—free alcohol you've bought at the airport. that was something you were able to do in the past but we've had too many incidents. if you uk airports, manchester and glasgow prestwick, we don't let you bring any duty—free alcohol on—board at all. don't let you bring any duty—free alcohol on-board at all. what about sales of drinks on your flights? you wa nt to sales of drinks on your flights? you want to make money from that presum

in south korea, as the north says it has a right to have nuclear weapons to defend itself against the ustorrential rain in india and nepal. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: the white house defends president trump's response to the attack on anti—racism protestors in virginia. and, 70 years on from the partition of india, we head to pakistan to find out what people think of the founding father's vision for the nation. good morning. it is 8:00am in singapore, 1:00am in london, and 8:30am in the north korean capital, pyongyang, where the regime has reiterated its right to hold nuclear weapons as a legitimate self—defence measure against the united states. it is the latest statement in the increasingly hostile war of words between the two countries, and it comes as the head of the us military, generaljoseph dunford, is due to meet president moonjae—in and south korea's defence minister. afterwards, he will go on to china and japan. the bbc‘s richard galpin reports. on the pacific island of guam, people turned out in large numbers on sunday to pray for peace. they are now p

arms race with the us.e also warned that pyonyang's actions could result in the end of its regime and the destruction of its people. and this video is trending on bbc.com. nine magellanic penguins have just been released back into the sea after being rescued and rehabilitated by a team of specialists in argentina. they've been nursed back to health after suffering from malnutrition. and the top story here in the uk: 17 men and one woman, most of them of south asian origin, have been found guilty of grooming vulnerable girls and young women for sex in newcastle. now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. a deadline looms for toshiba to report its annual results. it has until today to get an to sign it off. silicon valley setting an example when it comes to paid maternity leave in america but will the rest of the country good morning, asia, hello, world. it's thursday and glad you could join us for this edition of asia business report, i'm rico hizon and we begin with japan's troubled e