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monica miller, bbc news, singapore. monica miller, bbc news, singapore. monica miller, bbc news, singapore. monica miller there. let's look at the markets. and asia—pacific stocks are currently open for trade. marginally higher by of a percent and up by three fifths of 1% for sub thanks for investing your time with us. iam rico thanks for investing your time with us. i am rico hizon. thanks for investing your time with us. iam rico hizon. sports thanks for investing your time with us. i am rico hizon. sports today is coming up next. this is bbc news. the top stories this hour. british police say the 39 people found dead in the back of a lorry in england were chinese nationals. britain's prime minister boris johnson calls on parliament to back an early general election in december to give it more time to debate his brexit deal. humberside police have charged a 25—year—old man with the rape and murder of a student from hull university. libby squire, who was 21, disappeared in february after a night out in the city. her body was found in the humber est

i'm rico hizon in singapore. also in the programme: singing. vigils in vietnam, for some of the 39 people found dead in a refrigerated lorry on the outskirts of london. and looking differently at stamford raffles, founder of modern singapore — an artist takes a more critical view of his place in history. announcer: live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news, it's newsday. it's midnight here in london, 8:00 in the morning in singapore and 8:00 in the evening in washington, where president trump says the leader of the islamic state group has died after a military operation conducted by us special forces. abu bakr al—baghdadi had been described as the world's most wanted man, and mr trump said capturing or killing him had been the top national security priority of his administration. al—baghdadi is said to have detonated an explosive vest, as his compound came under attack. here's our middle east editorjeremy bowen. the sound and flame of battle lasted around four hours, witnesses in the village told the bbc. in th

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money away from financial help to singapore. singapore. one minute past 6 pm here in moscow this monday is. one minute past 6 pm here in moscow this monday october the 28th a warm welcome to the program my names you know neil. told me the 28th a warm welcome to the program my names you know neil. donald trump on sunday about the leader. being killed and donald trump on sunday about the leader. being killed in a u.s. special forces raid on a compound in northwestern syria when a u.s. special forces raid on a compound in northwestern syria this video is said to show the sites where here al baghdadi been hiding this video is said to show the sites where here al baghdadi been hiding out according to the american president the terror chief was chased by a u.s. military died according to the american president the terror chief was chased by u.s. military dogs into a dead and tunnel with 3 of his children then reportedly into a dead and tunnel with 3 of his children then reportedly detonated a suicide vest killing all 4 while the operation has be

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and by rule, in its upcoming report, it will list singapore. what is your take on whether that has been a misunderstanding on how singapore carries out its currency practices? we've been in close touch with the u.s. treasury on this, very good conversations, exchange of views, keeping close touch. the understand how our monetary policy works and in the report, i think there is an that in a small open economy, the exchange rate matters more than the interest rate and we have chosen to target the exchange rate. that means sometimes you have to intervene in both directions. haslinda: given the uncertainty or unpredictability of the trump administration, is there concern that can be used in a trade war, for instance? ravi: we actually run a trade deficit with the united states, so they ought not to be a complaint on that front. i don't see this becoming an issue and we know where they are coming from. the understand what their concerns are. they understand where we are operating from, so i am pretty hopeful that being named in the report is one thi

dollars in capital may have headed to singapore ready because of the ongoing unrest and. well let's go straight to singapore where our financial correspondent andrea hang is standing by there 4000000000 it sounds like a lot of money how significant is this drain for hong kong is that already palpable . it's a very big deal because you know financial services actually make up a 5th of hong kong's g.d.p. so losing billions of dollars is especially to a rival financial hub is going to put a dent in their reputation as well and was still in their financial standing as well with lowering its credit rating for hong kong now meanwhile over here in singapore all wealth consultants are receiving an unprecedented number of inquiries from wealthy families in hong kong to not just move their money but themselves and their families to singapore and it's understandable a lot of 8 all of these asian same wealthy asian families off hearing for the stability all their money in an unstable city well if the the situation in hong kong comes down is it likely that the money will flow back. we

i'm rico hizon in singapore. also in the programme: singing. vigils in vietnam, for some of the 39 people found dead in a refrigerated lorry on the outskirts of london. and looking differently at stamford raffles, founder of modern singapore — an artist takes a more critical view of his place in history. announcer: live from our studios in london and singapore. this is bbc world news, it's newsday. it's iam here in london, 9:00 in the morning in singapore and 9:00 in the evening in washington, where president trump says the leader of the islamic state group has died after a military operation conducted by us special forces. abu bakr al—baghdadi had been described as the world's most wanted man, and mr trump said capturing or killing him had been the top national security priority of his administation. al—baghdadi is said to have detonated an explosive vest, as his compound came under attack. here's our middle east editorjeremy bowen. the sound and flame of battle lasted around four hours, witnesses in the village told the bbc. in the morn

i'm rico hizon, in singapore. the headlines: president trump openly calls on beijing to launch an inquiry into the democratic frontrunner, joe biden, and his son. china should start an investigation intojoe biden china should start an investigation into joe biden because china should start an investigation intojoe biden because what happened to china isjust intojoe biden because what happened to china is just about as bad as what happened with. .. to china is just about as bad as what happened with... with ukraine. an bbc investigation in iraq uncovers evidence of sexual exploitation of children and young women by some shia muslim clerics. i'm lewis vaughanjones, in london. also in the programme: britain's prime minister, boris johnson, announces a new brexit plan. the eu's response so far? lu kewarm at best. a deadly outbreak of dengue fever in the philippines claims a thousand lives — we report from the worst affected area. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday.

dollars in capital may have headed to singapore ready because of the ongoing unrest in hong kong. well let's go straight to singapore where our financial correspondent andrea hang is standing by 4000000000 it sounds like a lot of money how significant is this drain for hong kong is that already palpable . it's a very big deal because you know financial services actually make up a 5th of hong kong's g.d.p. so losing billions of dollars especially to a rival financial hub is going to put a dent in their reputation as well and was still in the financial standing as well with that you know winning its credit rating for hong kong now meanwhile over here in singapore all wealth consultants are receiving an unprecedented number of inquiries from wealthy families in hong kong to not just move their money but themselves and their families to singapore and it's understandable a lot of 8 all of these asian family wealth even families are feeling for the stability all their money in an unstable city but if the the situation in hong kong comes down is it likely that the money will flow back. w

dollars in capital may have headed to singapore ready because of the ongoing unrest in hong kong. well let's go straight to singapore where our financial correspondent andrea hang is standing by 4000000000 it sounds like a lot of money how significant is this drain for hong kong is that already palpable . it's a very big deal because you know financial services actually make up a 5th of hong kong's g.d.p. so losing billions of dollars especially to a rival financial hub is going to put a dent in their reputation as well and was still in the financial standing as well with lowering its credit rating for hong kong now meanwhile over here in singapore all wealth consultants are receiving an unprecedented number of inquiries from wealthy families in hong kong to not just move their money but themselves and their families to singapore and it's understandable a lot of 8 all of these asian fam wealthy asian families are feeling for the stability all their money in an unstable city well if the the situation in hong kong comes down is it likely that the money will flow back. well the fact

raffles has been used as an icon, as a monument for singapore. he's associated with things that are prestigious. raffles is a statue that i passed by when i was growing up, living along the singapore river. where there's a white man with folded arms looking down the river. what i'm interested to do is to see that there is any way that i can go about deconstructing it. i read a book about raffles and the british invasion of java, that's when i found out actually stamford raffles did a lot of other things. he looted the palace and humiliated the sultan. he's not as heroic and gentlemanly as he is perceived to be here in singapore. i decided to, like, cut off the head and the feet. having seen what the past sultan has done to traitors, this is what i've come up with. this is how the sultan would do, he would not forgive what raffles has done to java. i made a sculpture of him. one part of it becomes a stovetop, on this stove i will make a cake called kuih kapit, also known as love letters. by offering to the cake to you, that you might free yourself

i'm rico hizon in singapore — the headlines... police in britain begin the process of moving the bodies of 39 people — believed to be from china — found dead in a refrigerated lorry outside london. america's vice—president attacks china over diplomacy — trade — and the way it violates the rights of the people of hong kong. i'm ben bland in london. also in the programme... borisjohnson calls on the british parliament to back an early general election in december — in return for more time to debate his brexit deal. it is time frankly that the opposition summed up the nerve to submit themselves to the judgement of our collective boss, which is the people of the uk. and — uluru's final ascent — tourists prepare to climb australia's sacred red rock for the last time. live from our studios in london and singapore. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. it's 7am in singapore and midnight in britain where police say the 39 people found dead in a refrigerated lorry were all chinese nationals. the container had arrived in ess

i'm rico hizon in singapore — the headlines... police in britain begin the process of moving the bodies of 39 people — believed to be from china — found dead in a refrigerated lorry outside london. america's vice—president attacks china over diplomacy — trade — and the way it violates the rights of the people of hong kong. i'm ben bland in london. also in the programme... borisjohnson calls on the british parliament to back an early general election in december — in return for more time to debate his brexit deal. it is time frankly that the opposition summed up the nerve to submit themselves to the judgement of our collective boss, which is the people of the uk. and — uluru's final ascent — tourists prepare to climb australia's sacred red rock for the last time. live from our studios in london and singapore. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. welcome. it's 8am in singapore and one am in britain, where police say the 39 people found dead in a refrigerated lorry were all chinese nationals. the container had arrive

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reflections from singapore there. a long—lost painting by the early italian renaissance master cimabue has sold for more than $26 million at auction — more than four times the pre—auction estimate. the painting was discovered earlier this year in the kitchen of an elderly french woman, where it had been hanging for years. kathryn armstrong has more. as far as record—breaking art sales go, this is one of the more unusual backstories. this small painting known as christ mocked, which dates to the 13th century, has just become the most expensive medieval painting to ever be sold. it had been hanging for years not in a grand gallery, but in an elderly woman's kitchen in paris. she had paid little attention to it, thinking it wasn't worth much. the paintings true identity was only reviewed earlier this year during a valuation of her possessions. translation: it was a sale of all possibilities. cimabue is a great painter and this is a unique work of art. there are no others like it. anybody who wanted cimabue painti

i'm rico hizon, in singapore. the headlines: stinging criticism for president trump, as he withdraws us troops from northern syria — he's accused of abandoning america's kurdish allies. hundreds of arrests as activists worldwide begin a two—week campaign of disruption, demanding action on climate change. i'm kasia madera, in london. also in the programme: new zealand marks 250 years since british explorer, captain cook, landed, and the first encounter between maori and europeans. and the nobel prize for medicine goes to one british and two american scientists, for their work on how human cells respond to the availability of oxygen. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. hello and welcome. it's 8am in singapore, 1am in london, and 8pm in washington where president trump has fiercely defended his shock decision to pull us troops out of northern syria. critics fear it opens the way for turkey to attack kurdish fighters there, who are regarded by the turkish governm

singapore has something singapore or jumps a significant. break in the violence and many members of hong kong's elite are receiving and commencing measuring. thing up and was elite are even considering packing up and moving out to move to the scouting paddock to the weis and well water ops i think values security well perhaps they value security more the more than they do their own due to their freedom of the job in the. city did by the considering move status assisted as. having nothing of the opposite sense and. i doubt if they will think they go home gone just because the. they said they also hope that it will reclaim oh they were innocent but i wonder this and they will know that it could come back so while at some time back on call it's not going to for all and just so see while it's on call it's not going to fall into the sea i suspect it is future is much less exciting the i suspect it is future is much less exciting and prosperous and if it's past and prosperous and if it even it's no bad as well because even if nobody leaves hong ko

welcome to you all victor in singapore coming to you 1st why is the rhetoric surrounding this is you always been so very harsh. well i think this is consistent with china's a long standing policy that. like taiwan and tibet and other places that. the world is trying to and china. has always taken the very front with anything that if that is. separatism so in this case the tweet or the phone home that bike nation is in by the chinese being judgmental of chinese sovereignty and that's why the chinese government. i think it's too free and international opinion but having said that it has tried to trying to behave that way regardless of what in fact they have been very consistent there done the same thing with the americans that i'm the japanese the filipino the south koreans and the norwegian i'm happy with you know all you this is not anything that is very surprising really just a change in hong kong when it comes to image how concerned is the central government in beijing very very much concerned because china is the largest trading country it has to sell its goes and it is very consc

raffles has been used as an icon, a monument for singapore. he's associated with things that are prestigious. raffles is a statue that i passed when i was growing up, living on the singapore river. a white man with folded arms looking down the river. what i'm interested to do is see if there is anyway that i can go about deconstructing it. i read a book about raffles and the british invasion of java, that's when i found out actually stamford raffles did a lot of other things. he looted the palace and humiliated the sultan. he is not as heroic and gentlemanly as he is perceived to be. i decided to like cut off the head and feet, having seen what the past sultan has done to traitors. this is what i've come up with. this is what the sultan would do, he would not forgive what stamford raffles has done to java. i made a sculpture of him. one part of it has become a stovetop, on this stove i will make a cake known as love letters. by offering to the cake to you, that you might free yourself of coloniality. yeah, it's a bit shocking i guess, just to

and the future of cab rides this year german startup polo copter demonstrates its 1st prototype in singapore helping to revolutionize urban transport. for business on the w m how you navigate us thank you for joining us it's been confirmed the japanese tech conglomerate softbank will spend more than $10000000000.00 taking control of work space sharing startup we work it's now spent $19000000000.00 on a company that is valued at $8000000000.00 last week we work canceled an i.p.o. which was originally valued at a staggering $47000000000.00 it's understood c.e.o. adam human is stepping down as part of the deal but while he gets a golden parachute we work staff face to sack. i'm now joined by the w.c. financial correspondent on wall street gets caught of who's joining me now good evening yes well we've seen mixed reactions to this announcement with some analysts even calling it a crisis for a soft bank what do we make of the steel. well soft bank has already billions of dollars into we were going now as you mentioned the company is by far not as much worse as we know as soft bank was hoping for

karishma vaswani in singapore. let's checkin karishma vaswani in singapore. let's check in with the markets quickly. it has been a mixed picture in asia. there has been some dampened sentiment and optimism coming out from copper earnings, with the likes of amazon is not doing as well as people thought, their first fall in profits for two years. the ftse opened a little bit flatter. it had a stronger session yesterday, rising off the likes of astrazeneca. back to david. it's not looking like a very merry christmas for amazon. it says it's going to make less money than expected over the festive season. it's facing intense competition and greater costs as it tries to speed up delivery times. vivienne nunis has more from new york. amazon's push to offer prime subscribers next day delivery has meant increased shipping costs. the company spent nearly $10 billion on postage over the past three months. and extra spending means lower profits. in fact, compared to last year, amazon's quarterly profits have dropped by 25%, and that has caused shares to fall in aftermark

i'm rico hizon, in singapore. the headlines: stinging criticism for president trump, as he withdraws us troops from northern syria — he's accused of abandoning america's kurdish allies. hundreds of arrests as activists worldwide begin a two—week campaign of disruption, demanding action on climate change. i'm kasia madera, in london. also in the programme: new zealand marks 250 years since british explorer, captain cook landed, and the first encounter between maori and europeans. and the nobel prize for medicine goes to one british and two american scientists, for their work on how human cells respond to the availability of oxygen. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. good morning. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm in washington, where president trump has fiercely defended his shock decision to pull us troops out of northern syria. critics fear it opens the way for turkey to attack kurdish fighters there, who are regarded by the turkish governm

i'm rico hizon in singapore. also in the programme: for the first time, a current white house official who witnessed president trump's ukraine call testifies about the concerns he raised. and we look at why parts of asia are seeing birth rates hit new lows and ask what governments can do about it. voiceover: live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. it's 8am in singapore and midnight here in london, where borisjohnson has finally secured an early general election in the uk on the fourth attempt. mps approved his call for a snap poll on december the 12th by a huge majority, with opposition backing. the prime minister said the public must be given a choice over the future of brexit and the country. labour leaderjeremy corbyn said the election is a once—in—a—generation chance to transform our country. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, has the latest. these will soon be portraits from the past. speaker: order! order. the howls and the rage of a house divided. the

i thinkn the end, iyehink certainly singapore, vietnam are catching up. i still think the united states is number one. >> it bs thesuestio though, do you look elsewhere in the world for investment oprtunities if there are aggressive countries that are working to increase their competitive edge against the united states? >> the answer is yes. i think you do expand your reach outside of just the united states. you certainly, in terms of creativity and innovation, even thoughhere are issues related to china now, you do have other areas inasia, as i mentioned, in singapore and vietnam, i think, that are compelling portunities. i think it's really a matter of ale. do you put most of your money in those markets or creativity that exists inisathe united ? i vote for the united states. >> where would you be looking for that opportunity from an investment standpoint? how much would you allocate to some of the other countries? >>nt well, i think that you to look at obviously the growth areas, artificial intelligence, which is not only autonomous driving but also wh

think so tested one of its flying taxis in singapore. to test flights in singapore involved a pilot but the final version will be able to fly without one of all the coptic can travel up to 110 kilometers an hour carrying 2 passengers and their luggage bill to cover short distances it can stay in the air for 30 minutes the company believes its biggest market will be cities like jakarta and bangkok which suffer from intense traffic congestion. many of the world's largest cities. in the phasor so obviously this is an after market to us and we see great progress on the side of the authorities you know making new modes of transportation available so asia is a natural fit for volvo proper. full of copters says the service will likely appeal to business travelers eager to save time but is hoping that the general public will one day be able to afford it to. the follow up dirt is an electric powered drone which runs on 18 brochures as a result it's much quieter than helicopters which require fuel. the german startup is backed by carmaker di mille

think so tested one of its flying taxis in singapore. to test flights in singapore involved a pilot but the final version will be able to fly without one of all the coptic can travel up to 110 kilometers an hour carrying 2 passengers and their luggage bill to cover short distances it can stay in the air for 30 minutes the company believes its biggest market will be cities like jakarta and bangkok which suffer from intense traffic congestion. many of the world's largest legacies. in the phasor so obviously this is a natural market to us and we see great progress on the side of the your forties you know making new modes of transportation available so asia is a natural fit for volvo propter. follow copters says the service will likely appeal to business travelers eager to save time but is hoping that the general public will one day be able to afford it to. the follow up there is an electric power drone which runs on 18 brochures as a result it's much quieter than helicopters which require fuel. to german startup is backed by car maker dai m

singapore is very short on renewable resources. we are a small island and we have very limited rooftops. we do not have wind, we do not depending, so i think on natural gas at the moment, we tried to do as much solar as we could. but i think in the meantime, one of the possible ways of tapping on renewable resources is actually working with our neighbors. some physical regional interconnection will help singapore in that department. that is why we are thinking, why don't we have renewable energy certificates? so that even that even though we may not be physically burning natural gas, we could also tap on renewable resources by issuing renewable energy certificates. shery: singapore announced goals this week of having two gigawatts of solar power capacity by 2030. is sp going to play a role here? wong: yes, of course. we are the national grid provider. our mission is to help singapore tap as much solar energy as we could tap. our role is to help anybody who can produce solar energy to connect to the grid and then have their energy s

welcome to you all victor in singapore coming to you 1st why is the rhetoric surrounding this is you always been so very harsh. well i think this is consistent with china's a long standing all that. like taiwan and tibet and other places that. the world is a part of china and china. has always taken the very front with anything that if the. separatism so in this case the tweet of the support for the home best done by gratian is seen by the chinese being judgmental a chinese sovereignty and that's why the chinese government. i think it's too free and international opinion but having said that it has tried to trying to behave that way regardless of what in fact they have been very consistent there done the same thing with the americans that i'm the japanese the filipino south koreans and the norwegian i'm happy with you know all you this is not anything that is very surprising really just a change in hong kong when it comes to image how concerned is the central government in beijing very very much concerned because china is the largest trading country it has to sell its goes and it is

mom is away from singapore's latest gdp numbers. recession may be avoided. >> breaking news out of singapore, gdp numbers. you're in a growing 0.1%, which is slightly below expectations, but in line with the previous quarter. the second-quarter growth was 0.1% as well. quarter-on-quarter it did managed to not slip into a technical recession, growing 0.6% on the seasonally adjusted basis. fromwould be decelerating the expectations of 1.2% growth but still growth instead of a contraction that was on the second quarter. the second quarter has also been revised to a contraction of 2.7% breaking news from the monetary authority of singapore as well. they have eased policy and reduced the slope of their currency band in line with estimates. earlier seen core cpi and the lower half of 1% to 2%, the estimate range. this following their april meeting, where they left the policy settings unchanged. now we are seeing they have eased policy and reduced the slope of their currency band. there currency band is their main policy labor. in 2019, th

i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. our top stories: president trump has urged another foreign country, china, to launch an investigation into his democrat rivaljoe biden and his son. the british prime minister, boris johnson, puts forward further proposals to break the brexit deadlock, but european leaders say they are not convinced. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. we start with the philippine star, which leads with president duterte's visit to russia. it carries a picture of the two leaders, who agreed during talks in sochi to pursue stronger defence cooperation and closer economic ties. the south china morning post reports on the fatal bus crash in the north district of hong kong. the paper says a woman has died and 1a people were injured in an accident involving two vehicles. finally, the straits times features a story about the new mega tuas port in singapore. it quotes the port operator saying that the port is set to be the world's largest fully automated terminal when completed in 204

i'm rico hizon in singapore. also in the programme: for the first time a current white house official who witnessed president trump's ukraine call testifies about the concerns he raised. and we look at why parts of asia are seeing birth rates hit new lows and ask what governments can do about it. voiceover: live from our studios in london and singapore. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. hello. it's 9am in singapore and 1:00 in the morning here in london where borisjohnson has finally secured an early general election in the uk on the fourth attempt. mps approved his call for a snap poll on december the 12th by a huge majority with opposition backing. the prime minister said the public must be given a choice over the future of brexit and the country. labour leaderjeremy corbyn said the election is a once—in—a—generation chance to transform our country. our political editor laura kuenssberg has the latest. these will soon be portraits from the past. speaker: order! order! the howls and the rage of a house

dollars in capital may have headed to singapore already because of the ongoing unrest in hong kong. well let's go straight to singapore where our financial correspondent andrea hang is standing by 4000000000 it sounds like a lot of money how significant is this drain for hong kong is that already palpable . that's a.

. in london and singapore. this is bbc world news. you are watching newsday. it's 8am in singapore and one in the morning here in britain, where investigations are continuing into the deaths of 39 people whose bodies were found in the trailer of a lorry, about 30 kilometres outside of london. it's not known who they are or where they came from, one was a teenager. the lorry driver who's from northern ireland, has been arrested on suspicion of murder. our special correspondent ed thomas has this report. just before 1.40am, paramedics call police. the doors of the lorry container had been opened. inside, 39 bodies. 39 lives. people with hopes and ambitions. the youngest was a teenager. that's tragic. absolutely terrible. yeah, such a shame. obviously trying to get over here for a better life. it is heartbreaking for me. feels very sorry for them. it's horrible. it's quite difficult to believe that's happening quite close to the place where you are working every day for many years. we've obtained this cctv from 1.