it's saturday morning here in singapore and a 4 year old are attending. the little one's experience math 3. years so that's really nice. but the older kids and he expanding their math comprehension in preparation for the big national exam the tykes place at the end in the 6 called the pay is silly how do you feel about coming here on a saturday morning. in a quiet 5 they're calling us all want of golf a lot of building and children are you picking the right 1st one for his students pay a cell a school determines which secondary school they'll go into high scores qualify for the top academic schools while low scores find themselves in schools good towards mike training this system of streaming can put a lot of pressure on kids and their families mr. eko ringback. one of singapore's best and brightest is about to start his day. 12 year old is in full throttle. preparation my money to retain that starts at the crack of dawn so when the many cups all 64645. of their presence here in a breakfast this has not been money at all. now. let me say how many of us yo

i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: donald trump's impeachment inquiry enters a new phase, as constitutional law experts give evidence on whether the us president should be removed from office. if what we're talking about is not impeachable, then nothing is impeachable. i'm concerned about lowering impeachment standards to fit a paucity of evidence and an abundance of anger. nato celebrates its 70th anniversary, but divisions and tensions emerge as donald trump takes aim after leaders are caught gossiping about him. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: what impact are the ongoing, sometimes violent protests in hong kong having on the mental health of children in the territory? and why these monkeys are on the edge of extinction in singapore and malaysia. good morning. it is 9:00am here in singapore, 1:00am in london and 8:00pm in washington, where we've heard from the politicians, we've heard from the witnesses, and we have certainly heard from the president. today, though, it was the turn o

i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: donald trump's impeachment inquiry enters a new phase, as constitutional law experts give evidence on whether the us president should be removed from office. if what we are talking about is not impeachable, then nothing is impeachable. i am concerned about lowering impeachment standards to fit a paucity of evidence and an abundance of anger. nato celebrates its 70th anniversary, but divisions and tensions emerge as donald trump takes aim after leaders are caught gossiping about the us president. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: what impact are the ongoing, sometimes violent protests in hong kong having on the mental health of children in the territory? and why these monkeys are on the edge of extinction in singapore and malaysia. good morning. it is 8:00am here in singapore, midnight in london, and 7:00pm in washington, where we've heard from the politicians, we've heard from the witnesses, and we have certainly heard from the president. today, though,

authority of singapore plays a huge role in that. in fact, some of the initiatives included revelatory sandboxes where companies can try out their ideas alongside regulators. since the initiative was launched in 2015, what has been achieved? what do you view is the key successes so far? ravi: we have come quite a long way. it is heartwarming how things have taken shape. we now have a vibrant fintech ecosystem. if you look at financial institutions, fintech is not only about nonfinancial players applying technology to financial services. a big part is in the application of technology within financial institutions to create better products. if you look at our national institutions today, we have more than 14 innovation labs. in 2015, there were hardly any. many of the global banks, insurance companies, and asset managers that set up regional or global innovation centers have been doing very interesting experiments, a range of technologies from blockchain on in a variety of use cases. so, that is very exciting. a lot of collaboration is

authority of singapore plays a huge role in that. in fact, some of the initiatives included revelatory sandboxes where companies can try out their ideas alongside regulators. since the initiative was launched in 2015, what has been achieved? what do you view is the key successes so far? ravi: we have come quite a long way. it is heartwarming how things have taken shape. we now have a vibrant fintech ecosystem. if you look at financial institutions, fintech is not only about nonfinancial players applying technology to financial services. a big part is in the application of technology within financial institutions to create better products. if you look at our national institutions today, we have more than 14 innovation labs. in 2015, there were hardly any. many of the global banks, insurance companies, and asset managers that set up regional or global innovation centers have been doing very interesting experiments, a range of technologies from blockchain on in a variety of use cases. so, that is very exciting. a lot of collaboration is

the sovereign fund plays a role for singapore to help the company to pick up singapore as their market. there will be high -- candidates will look for high liquidity bond market for them to be listed. juliette: i'm looking at some of your charts in the notes you provided and it shows ey has had quite a big market share in a number of ipos over the course of the year in hong kong. what sort of market share are you looking for in 2020? as many as2020, possible. i think in general, the number of the ipo may continue to grow but it depends on the ipos. close will be higher if we managed to do one or several of the biggest ipos. any specific industries or perhaps companies you can tell us about that you are looking at in terms of what would be hot for 2020, as well? i think the fintech company would be very important for the upcoming 2020 and also the saudi aramco listing in the domestic market. i think they would like to go overseas and other markets, and these two are very important. theyin terms of numbers, would like funding to complete their research and development project. leadere: e

i'm rico hizon in singapore, and this is newsday on the bbc. the headlines: the lawyer for five ofjeffrey epstein's accusers has said he wants prince andrew to testify as a witness in the us court cases. he knows what happened, i know what happened and there is only one of us telling the truth, and i know that's me. the prince has denied any involvement. also ahead: the madrid meeting hears how some countries fear they are in a ‘fight to the death‘ as they try to tackle climate change. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme. samoa struggles to control a deadly outbreak of measles, we'll have the latest live from the pacific islands nation. and go to the top of the class. just how does one of europe's smallest neighbours outperform its richer neighbours? well, we've been to estonia to find out. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore and midnight in the uk where an investigation by bbc panorama has discovered that lawyers for five of thejeffrey epstei

i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm samantha simmonds in london. our top stories: police in india have arrested the owner of a building in delhi which caught fire, killing at least 43 people. the fbi says it is treating friday's deadly attack on a florida navy base as a presumed terrorist attack. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the new york times is reporting that the processing of foreign electronic waste is on the increase in thailand. new companies are opening across the country, even though last year the government banned the import of the poisonous waste, according to the report. the financial times says beijing has ordered all public offices to remove foreign computer equipment and software within three years. the paper says it is part of a broader push to increase china's reliance on homemade technologies and move away from us imports. and singapore's straits times has a photo of that demonstration in hong kong we told you about earlier in the programme. the paper is reporting that petrol bombs were thrown at the

we have started to introduce automation to some industries i'll give you an example here in singapore something as traditional and labor intensive as security work has been auto my it's now with the introduction of i with the introduction of algorithms to help automate the industry because the industry experts already have foreseen a labor crunch in this sector so it's about preparedness for the future especially if you're coming from a country like singapore and japan where the green population is a big worry and so it is germany and they're saying thank you very much. well germany's shortage of skilled workers also impacting the construction industry with residential construction floundering the number of permits for new construction was stagnant for the 1st 10 months of this year research also shows that the number of new housing units to be completed next year will fall far short of demand experts say the number of construction workers in germany has dropped dramatically in the last 20 years. chinese stocks rose to a 6 week closing high today investors liked upbeat data pointing t

we have started to introduce automation to some industries i'll give you an example here in singapore something as traditional and labor intensive as security work has been auto my it's now with the introduction of. with the introduction of algorithms to help automate the industry because the industry experts already have foreseen a labor crunch in this sector so it's about preparedness for the future especially if you're coming from a country like singapore and japan where the green population is a big worry and so it is germany and they're saying thank you very much. germany's shortage of skilled workers also impacting the construction industry with residential construction floundering the number of permits for new construction was stagnant for the 1st 10 months of this year research also shows that the number of new housing units to be completed next year will fall far short of demand experts say the number of construction workers in germany has dropped dramatically in the last 20 years. chinese stocks rose to a 6 week closing high today investors liked upbeat data pointing to resi

the taipei i'm rico hizon in singapore and welcome to newsday on the bbc. the headlines: formal impeachment charges for president trump are unveiled — a vote is expected next week. to do nothing would make ourselves complicit in the president's abuse of his high office and public trust in our national security. aung san suu kyi appears at the international court ofjustice to defend her country against charges of genocide against the muslim rohingya community. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme. recovery teams are hoping to begin work shortly on the volcanic island in new zealand where eight people are missing, feared dead. and new evidence says climate change is causing greenland's ice sheet to melt seven times faster than twenty years ago. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 8pm in washington, dc where democrats in the us house of representatives have set out articles of impeachment — that's formal charges — against president trump.

fashion with and singapore and we've had a few 1000 people come to witness any large solar eclipse there's been a lot of interest as you can see the whole place now that. you're in the case you had a lot more. around me we had a few 100 people actually know how to fix it use. so you can. all right so we've said that it's called an annular eclipse now what exactly does that mean like how is that different from your ordinary solar eclipse. ok so. you are 3 different types of solar eclipses one of the partial ones of. this one what did you experience today's annular so that you learned so much that's very similar. except for the fact that the size of the moons appears to be slightly smaller than the sun because the morning slightly farther away from the earth. while it is covering the sun during the total solar eclipse the size of the moon and the sun are almost the same. as the sun starts historically. because of this. cuts that we experience today. the moon being slightly smaller than the sun probably is about 8885 to 90 percent of the sun so. the rest appears like the rain around the more

we have started to introduce automation to some industries i'll give you an example here in singapore something as traditional and labor intensive as security work has been all to my eyes no with the introduction of ai with the introduction of eggs and algorithms to help automate the industry because the industry experts already have foreseen a labor crunch in this sector so it's about preparedness for the future especially if you're coming from a country like singapore and japan where the grain population is a big worry and so it is in germany and they're saying thank you very much. germany's shortage of skilled workers also impacting the construction industry with residential construction slumbering the number of permits for new construction was a start and for the 1st 10 months of this year research also shows that the number of new housing units to be completed next year will fall far short of demand experts say the number of construction workers in germany has dropped dramatically in the last 20 years. chinese stocks rose to a 6 week closing high today investors liked upbeat data

i'm mariko oi in singapore. the headlines this hour: as world leaders gather for the climate change summit, the un boss says governments must end their subsidies forfossilfuels. we are losing taxpayers‘ money — our money — to boost hurricanes, to melt glaciers, to destroy corals. does the falling cost of wind power hold the answer? we meet the danish pioneers who believes it will transform the world. and i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: as the second victim of the london bridge attack is named, more details emerge of friday's events. and malta's prime ministerjoseph muscat says he will resign, following mass protests over the murder of an anti—corruption journalist. voiceover: live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 2am in madrid, where the un secretary—general has told the bbc governments need to stop subsidising fossil fuel industries. representatives from dozens of governments are m

i'm mariko oi in singapore. the headlines: the battle to control australia's bushfires, more than 100 are still raging in new south wales. another racism row for english football, as a premier league match is halted. campaigners say racist incidents are on the rise. i'm ben bland in london. also in the programme: india's prime minister defends his new citizenship law, after days of protests left at least 20 people dead. we look at google's top search trends for this year and the rise of india in world's digital consciousness. voiceover: live from our studios in singapre and london. voiceover: live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, midnight in london and ham in the morning in eastern australia, where fire crews are assessing the damage from the weekend's bushfires. the weather has cooled down a little, but the political debate is raging on. the prime minister, scott morrison, returned home from holiday having been heavily criticise

i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: critics have attacked a compromise deal on tackling climate change. they say the un summit in madrid failed the people and the planet. violence in the indian capital delhi as protesters say a new citizenship law discriminates against muslims. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. first, the front page of singapore's straits times has this gloomy assessment of the climate conference in madrid. the paper says the talks have failed to achieve progress. next is the philippine star. it leads with this image of the aftermath of the powerful earthquake that hit the southern island of mindanao on sunday, injuring several people. and finally the front page of the new york times with a story from denmark which is, apparently, desperately looking for television professionals to help with rising global demand for its critically acclaimed series and movies. the demand for danish shows is huge, but the country lacks professionals to make them. now, kasia, som

i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: the lawyer for five ofjeffrey epstein's accusers has said he wants prince andrew to testify as a witness in the us court cases. he knows what happened, i know what happened, and there's only one of us telling the truth, and i know that's me. the prince has denied any involvement. also ahead: mass evacuations as typhoon kammuri makes landfall in the central philippines. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: the madrid meeting hears how some countries fear they are in a fight to the death as they try to tackle climate change. and top of the class. just how does one of europe's smallest nations outperform its richer neighbours? we've been to estonia to find out. good morning. it is 9:00am in singapore and 1:00am in the uk. an investigation by bbc panorama has discovered that lawyers for five of the accusers ofjeffrey epstein, the convicted sex offender, have made a request for prince andrew to give evidence in their court cases. the five women allege that the

today, we are expecting to hear from the prime minister of singapore. in his new year's eve address, perhaps some clarity on where growth is for the year. 100% tomates, between 1% economic growth. not too shabby, but not too great. we were expecting a recession in the lion city. now we will look at the first word headlines with viviana hurtado. a measure to bolster security to the country, this from kim jong-un. new invowed to take a nuclear talks if the u.s. doesn't offer further concessions by year's end. the trump administration says it is watching for more provocation. climbed, uples have more than 1%. contracts climbing more than 5% from november of last year. the gains suggest the housing lowet remain supported by borrowing costs including income growth and steady job creation. in a century, the status of u.s. population growth from 2018 to 2019. population grew by less than half of 1%, the lowest since 1918. this is a bureau says slowing birth rate, increasing death rate, and slowdown of migration are a factor. bought 100tral bank billion rupees,

i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: a crisis at boeing — the company suspends production of its 737 max aircraft, grounded since march, after two fatal crashes. opposition parties in india condemn police for what they say is violent suppression of protests over a new citizenship law. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme. 25 million refugees and counting. what can world leaders do to tackle the problem? and china says arsenal footballer, mesut ozil has been deceived by fake news after he criticised the detention of muslim uighurs. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 7pm in chicago — where the aircraft manufacturer boeing has announced it will temporarily halt production of its 737 max aircraft, which has been the the subject of intense scrutiny following two fatal crashes. the move — which will cost the company billions of dollars — was made by the company at a board meeting in chic

for singapore, how might qe look like? >> we have a fair amount of policies based on the monetary front without having to think about qe. ♪ juliette: meanwhile, the reserve bank of new zealand surprised investors with a 50 basis point rate cut to allow record low 1% in august within surprised again by not cutting rates at its november meeting. the bank said it is ready to cut further to support the economy. in another bloomberg exclusive, the bank governor explained his reasoning to kathleen hays. >> the first thing to note is an interest rate of 1% and a very low, flat yield curve is highly stimulative for the economy. the exchange rate has been below measures of fair value, also adding to the stimulatory nature. it has been that way for last year or so. real wages are rising. employment is that maximum level, so people have jobs, incomes, spending, and the real confidence comes down to the government entering the fray as well. >> are you planning on a stimulus from the government? >> very much so. they have made a very

i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: the democrats move forward with their impeachment inquiry against the us president, saying he's abused his power. today i am asking our chairman to proceed with articles of impeachment. it's a hoax. it's a hoax. it's a big, fat hoax. the number of measles deaths around the world reaches a new high. it's a preventable disease, so what's going wrong? i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. also in the programme: in moscow, we report on the major international investigation involving two russian nationals in one of the largest cases of cyber theft. and what happens to indigenous villagers in indonesia when palm oil plantations take over? live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, as donald trump is set to become only the third president in us history to face an impeachment trial in congress. the democrats have said they will start drafting what are called arti

i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: the democrats move forward with their impeachment inquiry against the us president, saying he's abused his power. it's a hoax. it's a big, fat hoax. today i am asking our chairman to proceed with articles of impeachment. it's a hoax. it's a big, fat hoax. the number of measles deaths around the world reaches a new high. it's a preventable disease, so what's going wrong? i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. also in the programme: in moscow, we report on the major international investigation involving two russian nationals in one of the largest cases of cyber theft. and what happens to indigenous villagers in indonesia when palm oil plantations take over? voiceover: live from our studios in london and singapore. this is bbc news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 9am in singapore, iam in the morning in london and 8pm in washington, as donald trump is set to become only the third president in us history to face an impeachment trial in congress. the democrats have said they wil

i'm mariko oi in singapore. the headlines: the battle to control australia's bushfires, more than 100 are still raging in new south wales. another racism row for english football, as a premier league match is halted. campaigners say racist incidents are on the rise. i'm ben bland in london. also in the programme: india's prime minister defends his new citizenship law after days of protests left at least 20 people dead. special trains in france for children travelling alone during the christmas holidays have resumed, despite nationwide strikes. voiceover: live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 9am in singapore, 1am in london and noon in eastern australia, where fire crews are assessing the damage from the weekend's bushfires. the weather has cooled down a little, but the political debate is raging on. the prime minister, scott morrison, returned home from holiday after being heavily criticised for going away with his family to hawaii. shaimaa khalil

those are beautiful singapore mug with the beautiful singapore mug with the beautiful skyline behind it. other things were very interesting... we will have to leave it there. it is a nice insight into our team in singapore. lovely to see you. that's what they've been up to today. covering all the news as well. these are the markets in asia. pretty muted, pretty lacklustre. they have a federal reserve meeting today and tomorrow. a decision on cost of borrowing in the world's biggest economy will be happening on wednesday, that is the european central bank and the uk election. so, it is a week where investors are on the sidelines, not sure what to do and waiting on the fed. let's look at europe, and see how we have been doing. a0 minutes of the day in on the trading day, pretty negative so far with both germany and london down around half a %. the world trade organization is facing a crisis in its system for settling disputes between member countries. today is the final day on which its appeal court will have the minimum number ofjudges to consider cases. two of those judges are comple

i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: no sign of life on new zealand's white island a day after a volcano unexpectedly erupted. five people have died and at leasteight are still missing. eyewitnesses describe harrowing scenes. —— at least eight. translation: it was hot, so everyone had turns. somewhere seriously burned, some others a bit less, and i'm not sure they managed to rescue everyone. we hope they did. as myanmar‘s aung san suu kyi is called to defend her country against genocide charges, we've a special report on the plight of muslim rohingya refugees in bangladesh. translation: i'm so angry. they want to eradicate the rohingya and islam from myanmar. that is why they're killing us. the world is not doing enough to give us our rights. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: china claims all the people sent to what it calls re—education camps in the western xinjiang province have now been released. and archaeologists discover a mysterious shipwreck off the coast of rhode island th

i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm kasia madeira in london. our top stories: —— i'm samantha simmonds. police in india have arrested the owner of a building in delhi which caught fire killing at least 43 people. the fbi says it is treating friday's deadly attack on a florida navy base as a presumed terrorist attack and are trying to determine if the gunman acted alone or had connections to a group. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the new york times is reporting that the processing of foreign electronic waste is on the increase in thailand. new companies are opening across the country, even though last year the government banned the import of the poisonous waste, according to the report. the financial times says beijing has ordered all public offices to remove foreign computer equipment and software within three years. the paper says it's part of a broader push to increase china's reliance on homemade technologies and move away from us imports. and singapore's straits times has a photo of that demonstration in h

in 2019, the monetary authority of singapore responded to a third quarter economic slump by easing for the first time in three years, but it was smaller than expected. interview, hee was told it was unfair to share it alone. crisisglobal financial and consequently holding up the tremendousomy is .nrealistic expectations i think that is wrong and i think it is wrong for central banks to see that expectation. it cannot be that every slowdown , every risk of a threat has risk of losing monetary policy. it has not been sufficiently addressed, partly because too much weight has been placed on monetary policy. it is exceedingly unfair on the central bank community. theet's talk about possibly technical recession, singapore ,scaped a possible recession but not to the extent that some people expected. what are some of the optimism receipt for 2020? you do not want to deplete all of your politics -- policy buffers. let's see how the data comes out the next two quarters. the assessment is whether this is bottoming out and whether we will see a modest recovery next year will stop if that is the c

freshened with in singapore and we've had a few 1000 people come to witness any large solar eclipse there's been a lot of interest as you can see the whole case started when. you had a lot more. around me we had a few 100 people actually know how to fix reduced. so you can. all right so we've said that it's called an annular eclipse now what exactly does that mean like how is that different from your ordinary solar eclipse 6. ok so. you are seeing different types of solar eclipse is one of the partial ones that don't jump out of this one what do you think against today's annular so that and you learn so much that's very similar to that. except for the fact that the size of the moons appears to be slightly smaller than the sun because the morning for the day from the earth. covering the sun during the total solar eclipse the size of the moon and the sun are almost the same. as the sun surface totally. because of this time electrics that we experience today. the moon being slightly smaller than the sun probably is about 8885 to 90 percent of the sun's surface and the rest appears like the rin

he is still with us from our singapore studio. the amount of negative yielding debt in the system is beginning to abate, how sustainable is that? olivier: that is a good question. we thought we were done with agoral bank about 2-3 years when the fed started announcing tapering. now we are back into an environment where we thought we were going to get to see rate hikes on the fed last year. we got three rate cuts instead. what has happened is that, interest rate risk, which is very much alive right now week we have a situation where we -- a hugedepbt bubble debt bubble that as is at risk of inverting. it may or may not start to rise in tech. it is not able to be priced in to assets. all the investment grade bonds, the spread has narrowed this year, even though interest rate risk is higher. in the high-yield apartment, which is more sensitive to credit risk and people's assumption of default risk, has risen. from the bond market we get the look, the economy is weak. if cash flows don't show up next the, if anything trips economy, ne

i'm mariko oi in singapore. the headlines: as world leaders gather for the climate change summit, the un boss says governments must end their subsidies forfossilfuels. we are losing taxpayers‘ money, our money, to melt glaziers, to destroy corals —— glaciers. does the falling cost of wind power hold the answer? we meet the danish pioneers who believes it will transform the world. i‘m kasia madera in london. also in the programme: as the second victim of the london bridge attack is named, more details emerge of the events. malta‘s prime ministerjoseph muscat, says he will resign, following mass protests over the murder of an anti—corruption journalist. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's and london, this is bbc world news. it‘s newsday. good morning. it‘s 8am in singapore, midnight in london, and 1am in madrid, where the un secretary—general has told the bbc governments need to stop subsidising fossil fuel industries. representatives from dozens of governm

i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: a crisis at boeing — the company suspends production of its 737 max aircraft — grounded since march after two fatal crashes. more protests in india as anger grows over a new citzenship law — we hearfrom our reporters right across the country. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: 25 million refugees and counting — what can world leaders do to tackle the problem? and china says arsenal footballer, mesut ozil has been deceived by fake news, after he criticised the detention of muslim uighurs. voiceover: live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, midnight in london, and 6pm in chicago, where the aircraft manufacturer boeing has announced it will temporarily halt production of its 737 max aircraft, which has been the subject of intense scrutiny following two fatal crashes. the move — which will cost the company billions of dollars — was made by the company at a board meet

i'm rico hizon in singapore. also in the programme. debate begins about the articles of impeachment for donald trump. greta thunberg is named time magazine person of the year, on the same day that she accused governments of avoiding real action on climate change. our leaders are not caving as if we we re our leaders are not caving as if we were in an emergency. in an emergency you change your behaviour to live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. it's 8am in singapore, and here in london it's just turned thursday — the day the british electorate vote in their general election. the party leaders spent the final day of campaigning travelling from one key constituency to another, hoping to win last minute support. the bbcs political editor laura kuenssberg, has all the latest. mrs monaghan at number eight was the yorkshire tory voter with an unusual milkman this morning. morning — so nice to meet you, prime minister. what are you doing up this morning? i am bringing your chocolate milk, orang

and i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us for abr. coming up — the us house of representatives ramps up china tensions. the house is expected to vote soon on a uighur human rights bill that calls on china to end the arbitrary detention, torture and harassment of ethnic muslim minorities. hello there. we've got quite a mix weather picture coming our way for wednesday. the satellite picture shows a stripe of cloud coming into western areas. this is a weather front that's going to be bringing rain across western areas through the day. further south and eastwards, high pleasure still influencing the weather across england and wales, where the skies are relatively clearer. now, if you'r heading outside over the next few hours, a bit of rain working into north—western areas, with strengthening south—westerly winds. further south and east with there are going to be some patches of cloud, there are also going to be clear spells. so contrast in temperatures, its mothers towards the north—west of the uk with clear skies across england a

in singapore. it's a law in singapore. so facebook apparently didn't get on all users in singapore but it did get on the majority of users but the first time we've seen anything this radical and drastic where a government is entering the marketplace of ideas and ordering -- i know you don't like this word, dagen -- the bulletin board, pretty fancy bulletin board, the bulletin board to say what is incorrect about a statement that has been posted. the person who posted this runs a newspaper in australia, this person is not in singapore, has no connection with singapore. maria: that's interesting. >> singapore authorities are looking for this person because his persistence in posting this could result in a million dollar fine and ten years in jail for posting a statement in singapore that the government says is incorrect, after they told you to take it down. how radically different their attitude about the freedom of speech is from ours here. >> singapore never the easiest place for newspapers to operate and i guess that's no

hong kong and singapore time. coming up, speaking to the ceo of malaysia digital economy about the plan to transform the country into a digital economy. what does that actually mean? this is bloomberg. ♪ rishaad: we are back. let's take a look at what's going on with indian targets. -- markets. a record-setting wednesday. are we building on the record levels? reporter: that's right. we have been perched at record high levels for the frontline indices. this thursday morning, we are seeing a bit of cool off. no major losses. the centex down almost 30 points. the nifty down about 38 point. we could be in for a bit of volatility. be a bit of volatility for broader markets as well. the nifty 500 index is also open with cuts. , globaleing supporting liquidity is one reason. in india, the volatility is trading almost at four-month flows. fresh buying can be attractive. juliette: you are also looking at the companies. what is behind the move in those stocks today? all eyes are on the tartar group companies. when the ord

whether that is the shanghai, shenzhen or singapore. some roles, certain roles you could do anywhere else in the world. elaine: [indiscernible] operations and i.t. support. david: after people get bonuses the tendency is to shop around. will that be more pronounced next year? elaine: yes, i think we all know that in december, from december to january is the most quiet season because people are looking for a bonus. this year we could see a lot of relocation happening after they get their bonus. many candidates are shopping around now and mention they want to move after they get their bonus. tonne: a lot of this is due what is going on here or do you think there are structural changes in the banking industry? trading conditions have been slow, economies are slowing down, trade tensions, how much of that is structural? think thersonally i impact is not that big on financial sectors locally because of the structuring of the global economy and the slowdown. there will be changes in hiring. yvonne: what are the biggest changes? what factors a

i caution and for the astronomical society of singapore we thank you very much indeed. now a quick reminder of our top story. a powerful storm has killed at least 16 people in the philippines typhoon fan phone hit the central part of the country late on tuesday with winds of up to 120 kilometers per hour as well as heavy rain and flooding. you're watching news coming to you from berlin i'll be back again at the top of the hour with another update up next german president from walter steinmeier as christmas addressed a call for tolerance and mutual respect i'm married to abstain from me and the entire team here in berlin thanks for watching. for buying up the bill and. susan. couldn't express targeting these. their unions incisional for good now it's worth more not and i have to uninvite nothing unsee spray can see our moment mention the under my nose and on guns feel the have nots often but with us ya good town feel have mizell gaga speedman perfect at sunday school see on monday button do you see busiek tom inducing me on once you have made seared from hits you can jus

shaun roache, chief economist, apac, s&p global ratings singapore stays with me here in singapore. iron ore is on a tear on optimism china will keep demand going. we will discuss a wild year. rishaad: global markets in a holding pattern ahead of crucial central-bank meetings, and the weighs evenine further. this is bloomberg. ♪ rishaad: we are watching a couple of big events this week. the tariff deadline december 15. chart that shows us how it is unlikely we see december as a month for the federal reserve becomes more dovish. will they stay dovish through 2020, and are there any asset which are looking at another rate cut in 2020? we think the fed set the hurdle quite high for changing in either direction. a seam neutral and data dependent. based on our forecasts, we expect growth to go to 1.9% next year, close to trend and inflation will get close to the target level. the u.s. economy is in a good place and there does not seem motivational need for the u.s. to do much. get much worseo to see a change in any direction. then we have the trade war on the other side of that. the 15

so i spent 3 years in singapore--the past 3 years and i just moved back to the bay area. robert: but writing is your passion, huh? and traveling and writing about it is the passion? ashley: i'm just passionate about the world, passionate about the people. so i love doing that. robert: all right. well, you come back and tell us how it goes, okay? ashley: sure. of course. robert: all right, thanks. good seeing you. ashley: thank you. robert: all right, well, to keep up on ashley chu, and that's not easy, and to purchase her series, go to www.thekrazykoala.com. that's krazy with a k, krazykoala.com. well, it is one of the biggest most spectacular stage shows telling the history of china in its own way. shen yun is coming to the bay area, and that's up next. musical performances, colorful costumes, and a fascinating goal telling a riveting deeply spiritual stories from 5,000 years of chinese culture. joining me now is david zhang, a marketing manager and a san francisco shen yun presenter. welcome to the show. david zhang: thank you for having me on your program. robert: now,

andrea is in sydney up against joanna in singapore. can accessewers their charts on the bloomberg by running that function. we will kick things off with andrea. >> my chart shows the australian dollar. the spread between u.s. two-year -- as thatstralia spread has widened, the australian dollar has been falling. that pressure on the currency is likely to continue into 2020. that will be on the table for next year instead of what was widely expected. 0.25% is the level at which quantitative easing becomes an option. that has money managers moving to adjust pricing next year sending bond yields tumbling. the u.s. is likely to hold firm as they take a more wait and see approach. today, and underscored the australian economy. we don't expect any change tomorrow. is likely to be very important. david: good stuff. are like20 outlooks christmas decorations coming out earlier and earlier every year but one of the things we are seeing is that people think europe is going to outperform next year. european valuations are pretty low. next year as t

i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: the us house intelligence committee releases its impeachment inquiry report, accusing president trump of putting his interests ahead of america's. the white house calls it a one—sided sham with no evidence of wrongdoing. we'll have the latest from the us. also ahead: he was willing to sacrifice the national security of the united states in order to get what he wanted. when allies disagree. a tense meeting between presidents trump and macron at the nato leaders meeting in london. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: we'll assess the damage caused by typhoon kammuri in the philippines. tech entrepreneur elon musk goes to court in california, to fight a defamation lawsuit brought by one of the rescuers of the boys trapped in a thai cave last year. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. good morning. it's 9:00am in singapore, 1:00am in london, and 8:00pm in washington, where an eagerly awaited report from the

i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: marathon talks on climate change close in madrid, but a compromise deal prompts scathing criticism. we prompts scathing criticism. will never accept cruml future, we will never accept crumbs of a future, and we will make the polluters pay. this cop has failed the people on the planet. —— and the planet. indian police clash with demonstrators on the streets of delhi, as protests over a new citizenship law intensify. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: a minute's silence as new zealand pays tribute to the victims of last week's deadly volcano eruption. and in the philippines, a key day in the cyber libel trial of a journalist and outspoken critic of the president. good morning. it is 8:00am in singapore, midnight in london, and 1:00am in madrid, where the longest un climate talks ever held have finished with a compromise deal on tackling climate change. the agreement means all countries will put new, tougher carbon—cutting plans on the table in time f

now on bbc news live to singapore for asia business report: the trade war bites china's exports to the us fall by nearly a quarter in november. robots with artificial skin. how they can detect a touch 1000 times faster than we can. it isa it is a monday. the start of a new trading week. glad you could join us for another exciting addition for asia red —— asia business report. let us begin with the trade war because on sunday china released its latest trade data and its exports to the us falling sharply by nearly a quarter in the month of november. it is the biggest fall since february and the 12 monthly decline in a row. remember, the next round of tariffs are due to kick in this sunday on $156 billion worth of chinese goods. earlier i asked strategist peter mcguire what kind of reaction he expect from beijing.” mcguire what kind of reaction he expect from beijing. i think there will be some metallic tree action from the chinese and it will be an interesting week on how it lays out. —— retaliatory. we are looking at december 16 is the date. is going to bea december 16 is the

i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: no sign of life on new zealand's white island, a day after a volcano unexpectedly erupted. five people have died and at leasteight are still missing. eyewitnesses describe harrowing scenes. —— at least eight. translation: it was hot, so everyone had burns. somewhere seriously burned, some others a bit less, and i'm not sure they managed to rescue everyone. we hope they did. as myanmar‘s aung san suu kyi is called to defend her country against genocide charges, we have a special report on the plight of muslim rohingya refugees in bangladesh. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: china claims all the people sent to what it calls re—education camps in the western xinjiang province have now been released. and archaeologists discover a mysterious shipwreck off the coast 00:01:12,713 --> 2147483051:37:21,071 of rhode island that could be 2147483051:37:21,071 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 captain cook's ship endeavour. good morning. it is 9:00am in singapore, 1

i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: the debate begins on capitol hill over the articles of impeachment against president trump. the international court ofjustice is set to hear from gambia's lawyers that rohingya muslims still face an ongoing risk of genocide. i'm samantha simmonds in london. also in the programme: india passes a controversial new citizenship law which critics say turns muslims into second—class citizens. greta thunberg is named time magazine's person of the year, on the same day she accuses governments of avoiding real action on climate change. good morning. it is 9:00am in singapore, 1:00am in london and 8:00pm on capitol hill in washington, where the housejudiciary committee has been debating for the last hour or so the articles of impeachment against president trump. after what will be a spirited discussion, they will most likely vote later on thursday, ahead of a vote in the full house next week. if the president is impeached, the senate would hold a trial in the new year. with me

i'm rico hizon, in singapore. the headlines: a state of emergency in new south wales as australia's highest recorded temperatures continue to fuel more than 100 bushfires. another day of bitter division in us politics, as republicans and democrats continue to argue over the impeachment of president trump. i'm ben bland, in london. also in the programme: police in india detain thousands of demonstrators, as anger grows over a controversial new citizenship law. and... # it is so easy to leave me...# ..it‘s one of the most successful stage shows of all time but the critics aren't so sure about the movie version of cats. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. good morning. it's 9am in singapore, 1am in london and midday in new south wales, in australia, where a state of emergency has been declared. on wednesday, for the second day in a row, australia set a new record for its hottest ever day, and bushfires are continuing to cause havoc. two volunteer firefighters have