one is the area from let's say the middle east through southeast asia. the south asia. and then there's the rest of the world beyond that. there's maritime frontiers, south asia area and the rest of the world. but do they have the ambitions or capability to expand this capability out there? so let's talk about the area of south asia since it is an area of chinese focus. she's doing things signature policy program, the built-in road initiative is centered on that region. they aim to make china the transportation hub for all economic activity going through that area and therefore, have a tremendous amount of economic influence and build more influence on top of that. what about the military influence within that? which has been relatively restrained to this point, shanghai cooperative organization. that brings in a lot of those countries were familiar with. familiar with the anti piracy patrols that they've had some. what comes next? i think we do have to take seriously what the chinese say. you read their documents, the power projection appears nowhere in those documents

one is the area from the middle , thethrough southeast asia south asia and then there is the rest of the world beyond that so the maritime frontiers, south asia area and then the rest of the world. do they have the ambitions or capability to expand this capability out there. let's talk about this area of south asia since it is an area of chinese focus. xi jinping's signature foreign policy the belden road initiative is focused on that region. they aim to make china the transportation hub for all economic activity in that area and therefore have a tremendous amount of economic influence and then build other influence on top of that. what about the military influence within that? which is been relatively restrained at this point, the shanghai cooperative organization brings in a lot of those countries who are familiar patrols thatpiracy had rotations of. next?omes we do have to take seriously what the chinese say and as you read their documents, the power projection appears nowhere in those documents. they are not talking about it. i don't think there some secret program they are talki

asia need to be prepared for this infection —— for this infection so having the ability to detect and identify and isolate and treat those patients, should they have this infection, is quite important. 0ne infection, is quite important. one of the things we've seen is when there is an emerging infection, it puts tremendous stress on the health system. back at the ebola outbreak five yea rs back at the ebola outbreak five years ago, we saw the health system is not only were stressed by ebola but that many children died from measles, many women died in childbirth because of the disruption of the health system so investing now in preparedness and the resiliency of those health systems is quite important. specialists tell us repeatedly there are usually three or four key questions in an outbreak like this. how serious is it, if you catch it, how transmissible is it, how co ntrolla ble transmissible is it, how controllable is it in what chance of a vaccine? do you think we're close to any a nswers ? think we're close to any answers? i think there is a tremendous global effort under way to

asia need to be prepared for this infection so having the ability to detect and identify and isolate and treat those patients, should they have this infection, is quite important. one of the things we've seen is when there is an emerging infection, it puts tremendous stress on the health system. back at the ebola outbreak five years ago, we saw the health systems not only were stressed by ebola but that many children died from measles, many women died in childbirth because of the disruption of the health system so investing now in preparedness and the resiliency of those health systems is quite important. let's round up quickly some of the day's other news for you. a german state premier of elected on wednesday with the help of votes from the far right party afd has resigned to allow fresh elections. the election of thomas kemmerich in the state of thuringia prompted national outrage. chancellor angela merkel called it unforgiveable and said it must be reversed. during gear course criticism. syrian government troops have retaken the strategic town of saraqeb in idlib, the last rebel�

senior fellow for india, pakistan, and south asia at the council on foreign relations. quite the title, thanks forjoining us. people are wondering that this used to be the stumbling block, there were hopes of getting a small trade deal ready to be announced alongside... i think alyssa is having problems hearing us. hopefully we can return to that. having problems hearing us. hopefully we can return to thatm was a good question! this has been the interesting thing, hopes for a trade deal between these two countries obviously high, we had robert leite heiser, the us trade ambassador basically shuttling back and forth, but he cancelled a trip at the end of last week, and notably is not travelling with donald trump this week. so while there are difficulties there, it is national security really that is driving this relationship. and it is in fact a —— difficult relations with china and pakistan that is uniting india in the united states at the moment, despite the disagreements over trade. you can notice what we are trying to do in this talk is to get our guest plugged i

it's the worst invasion of discipline just sort of quarter of a century across east africa and south asia the food supplies and livelihoods of millions so under threat the situation has been declared a national emergency in some countries so what's caused the infestation and could it get worse this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan the same as the world's most dangerous migrates re pests locusts can swallow in the billions and in january densely enough to force an ethiopian airlines plane off course now they're invading ethiopia somalia kenya.

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asia and africa. comes from ten river systems in south-east asia and africa. as new yorkers prepare for the ban, one chain has found a unique way to mark the occasion, turning their plastic bags into collector's items, who knows, maybe they will be worth something in the future. michelle fleury, bbc news, new york. well, we will see how that plays out ina out in a few days' time. that's pretty you on some other business stories was that microsoft has become the latest company discomforts for because because of the coronavirus outbreak —— let's brief you. the current quarter, disruptions to its supply chain. apple said it may not be able to make it's much quarter sales forecast. a third runway at heathrow airport, judges will decide whether that expansion so into account climate change commitments. walmart says it may sell a majority stake in its uk supermarket as dark, the us retail giants as it is talking toa retail giants as it is talking to a small number of retail parties about a possible investment —— asda. the uk's regulator block plans to merge

asia. >> this assassination took place obviously in iraq. george, could you reflect for a bit about looking back, assassins came out with 2005 judge judge at the height of the work. you look back 15 years, anything achieved? >> certainly not for the united states. it's an unmitigated failure for us. for iraqis it's hard to say because they are in the middle of this history. we broke them out of prison. the prison of the Ãregime offices saddam hussein. that created chaos because we had no plan and no intention of making sure that what followed was something that anyone would want to live in. we wanted regime change without nationbuilding. the first trick owned it will loose the end made it that the iraq and the iranians won. they have the most influence in that country by far. look who is in power, look who is prime minister. look who runs parliament. look how quickly they can get a million people in the streets to denounce u.s. trips after the killing of an iranian, not an iraqi. >> although they lost the courage of their convictions when i

what is the area from say the middle east through southeast asia, south asia, and then there's the rest of the world beyond that. so maritime frontiers is south asia area and then the rest of the world. but do they have the ambitions or the capability to expand this capability out there? so let's talk about this, the area of south asia since it is an area of chinese focus. xi jinping signature foreign policy program, the belt and road initiative, is centered upon that region. they aim to make china a transportation hub for all economic activity going through that area and, therefore, have a tremendous amount of economic influence and then build other influence on top of that. what about the military influence within that, which is been relatively restrained to this point, the shanghai cooperative organization brings in a lot of those countries. we are familiar with the anti-piracy patrols that they have had 30 rotations of, establishing a base in djibouti. so what comes next? i think we do have to take seriously what the chinese say, and as you read their documents, the power projection

asia. india has an important leadership role to play in shaping a better future as you take on greater responsibility for solving problems and promoting peace throughout this incredible region. over the course of my visit, prime minister modi and i will also discuss our efforts to expand the economic ties between our two countries. we will be making very, very major -- among the biggest ever made -- trade deals. [cheers and applause] we are in the early stages of discussion for an incredible trade agreement to reduce barriers of investment between the united states and india. and i am optimistic that, working together, the prime minister and i can reach a fantastic deal that's good and even great for both of our countries. [cheers and applause] except that he's a very tough negotiator. [laughter] since my inauguration, commerce between our two nations has increased by more than 40%. india is now a major market for american exports, and the united states is india's largest export market. [ch

than 100 confirmed cases in south korea northeast asia it seems japan and south korea now very much in the frontline of this particular virus now the focus on thursday has been on the city of daegu in southeast korea that is where the both of these new infections have occurred and the focus has been very much on a religious group there because it seems that a 61 year old woman who was a worshipper with this group became infected a week ago that was confirmed but she had also been in contact with more than 166 other people and of course now there is a an urgent attempt being made to find all those people the cheek been in contact with the mayor of daegu sent out a real desperate plea earlier on thursday evening saying that he was very worried that local hospitals would not be able to cope if this indeed turned out to be a widespread outbreak so he's appealing to the central get to the main government and so to provide as much medical aid as they can and quickly so the focus in daegu is going to be containment there's also concern that it spread to surrounding areas of this city with

cases in south korea northeast asia it seems japan and south korea now very much in the front line of this particular virus now the focus on thursday has been on the city of daegu in southeast korea that is where the bulk of these new infections have occurred and the focus has been very much on a religious group there because it seems that a 61 year old woman who was a worshipper with this group became infected a week ago that was confirmed but she had also been in contact with more than 166 other people and of course now there is a an urgent attempt being made to find all those people the chief been in contact with the mare of daegu sent out a real desperate plea earlier on thursday evening saying that he was very worried that local hospitals would not be able to cope if this indeed turned out to be a widespread outbreak so he's appealing to the central get to the main government in seoul to provide as much medical aid as they can and quickly so the focus in daegu is going to be containment there's also concern that it spread to surrounding areas of this city with a population of abo

when i talk, we will talk about southeast and south asia. there is no direct evidence of a chinese military presidents. but we must assume that china can leverages facilities for at least logistics report. as we see in future conflicts. all of this bears watching. we have to be clear that the person particular is an immediate military concern. the last two or tied closely with china's economic military ideas in the region. they are not purely military problems. when it comes to category one. the south china sea. the way the i think we should think about this is, beijing has moved through its militarization process in the southeast very quickly. in a clear ordered manner, in a series of phases. the first was building of artificial islands. enough about 18 months, china constructed 2000 acres of new land in the spread of the islands. starting in the end of 2013. it added hundreds of more acres to his existing bases. by the middle 2016, that face was largely done. island building was done. there has been no new landfill work in the south china

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asia india as it important leadership role to play in shaping a better future as you take on greater responsibility for solving problems and promoting peace throughout this incredible region over the course of my visit prime minister modi and i will also discuss our efforts to expand the economic ties between our 2 countries we will be making very very major among the biggest ever made trade deals. a have we are in the early stages of discussion for an incredible trade agreement to reduce barriers of investment between the united states and india and i am optimistic that working together the prime minister and i could reach a fantastic deal that's good and even great for both of our country's political except that he's a very tough to go shitter. since by integration. commerce between our 2 nations has increased by more than 40 percent india's dower a major market for american exports and the united states is india's largest export market was a booming america is a great thing for india and it's great for the world and that's why we're so happy to announce that we have had the greate

asia. india has an important leadership role to play in shaping a better future, important leadership role to play in shaping a betterfuture, as important leadership role to play in shaping a better future, as you take on greater responsibility for solving problems and promoting peace throughout incredible region. 0ver the course of my visit, prime minister modi and i will also discuss our efforts to expand the economic ties between our two countries. we will be making very, very major, among the biggest ever made, trade deals. we are in the early stages of discussion for an incredible trade agreement to reduce barriers of investment between the united states and india. and i am optimistic that working together, the prime minister andi working together, the prime minister and i can reach a fantastic deal thatis and i can reach a fantastic deal that is good, and even great, for both of our countries. except that he's a very tough negotiator. since my inauguration, commerce between our two na

baghdadi are the philippines here in south east asia and afghanistan. but for militants, the philippines is better because it is closer and it has open borders. there is an ongoing conflict and plenty of weapons. the wild and ungoverned jungle of mindanao in the southern philippines are where they headed next. here, they would become martyrs and mass murderers. it was the next stage in ourjourney as well. in january of last year, they arrived in the philippine island of sulu where the cathedral was in their sites. on sulu, the philippine army was out in force and in numbers, never seen her before. they have been fighting the militants in the southern philippines for decades. bandits, they called them. but is have supercharged the threat here. and in the jungles, is was wild. sulu is an island under siege. just a few days ago here, they found some huge roadside bombs, bigger than anything they had ever found before and that leads the military to believe that the islamists are planning something very big. we have to keep a low profile. we have to get off

asia we have seen some long spells of rain pushing across northern parts of india now pushing through behind towards kolkata southern areas of bangladesh seeing some rather heavy rain it eases away from the west bengal watches cars coming back in behind but you can see for bangladesh showers in the mix snow over the high ground and that wetter weather pushing into the far north east of india brought discuss will come back a bit hong kong concert around $29.00 celsius room to the high twenty's to for new delhi i'd also for the whole. banks love to make amends to some friends because behind the suffering a millions of taxpayers because most taxpayers never go away there's a new one born every single day and 90 it is an urgent national necessity to put it to be officially requested the education of the support mechanism we created together because i happen to live in greece somehow i'm a sinner i'm a bad person the debts machine on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera coming to life my headquarters here in doha with our continuing rolling breaking news coverage on the news

asia by the internet of course. the 3 are determined to fight for their rights against us tech giants that seem like an invincible. opponent. will more likely got the deficit data is valuable is the gold of today and we just let us be rolled by what's happening here systematic 50. of the film team or in fighting spirit stew in fine french tradition at the press conference they demonstrative lee showed their support for france's yellow vests protest. it may sound highly political but delete history has turned out to be a captivating comedy about 3 seanie characters who go all the way to silicon valley but ultimately find happiness on their own doorstep entirely analog no signal and definitely no cell phone was the case. all right is that phone that those were the days all right what else are people talking about at the barely know they all have their cell phones in their hands. yeah well i mean we're just talking about that the one film is incredibly time that's being shown here called the assistant and this is being

he is a south asia analyst at eurasia group a political risk consultancy based in new york thank you for your time mr barry what do you make 1st off of trans response to the violence that's taken over taken place in delhi of the past few days and the way a year he dealt with those questions about this. i would say that it's very much in character in line with his character the trumpet administration has been hesitant to speak out against india for its controversial policies including actions and because smear including the controversial citizenship amendment act part of this is because the trumpet ministration views india as a key part of its in the pacific strategy and it is not too eager to rock the boat so to say president trump also does not have a significant amount of history criticizing countries for alleged human rights issues and this is very much in line with his character usa you mentioned there the indo pacific strategy for the u.s. explain to us what that is. sure so india and the u.s. are have been kind of working together on this into pacific strategy to ensure a free

every year hundreds of people — mostly women — are disfigured in horrific acid attacks across south asia. tougher laws have been introduced in some countries, although many of these crimes are not reported due to social stigma or the involvement of a family member. but with help from a charity, some victims in pakistan are learning new skills and rebuilding their lives. shabnam mahmood reports from lahore. i was asleep. he came into the house and threw a bottle over me. he locked the door from outside. ifainted me. he locked the door from outside. i fainted and fell down and my face was badly burned. six years ago, margaret's life changed after a violent attack by her husband left her in a coma. i thought, why did this happen to me? i used to cry. i wanted to die so i could be set free. it was very difficult because when i looked into the mirror i was scared of myself. i cried and cried. the crime often goes unreported due to the social stigma or because it is committed by the victim's family members. getting treatment for many women is even harder. this woman is a businesswoman turned p

our south asia correspondent looks ahead to the trip. as india gets ready for the arrival of president trump, no expense is being spared. his first stop — the city of ahmedabad in prime minister modi's home state, gujarat. preparations include building a wall along his planned route to conceal some of the slums in the area. residents aren't pleased. translation: when you are spending so much money for the wall, then come and have a look inside the shanties of us poor people. you can spend 800,000 to a million rupees for the wall, then also go inside the shanty of a poor person to see how they are living, what conditions they are living in. president trump's expected to get a grand welcome when he and prime minister modi address a rally in the city to inaugurate the world's largest cricket stadium, motera. it's modelled on the howdy modi event last year in houston, texas, when the leaders stood side by side at a rally in america with thousands in attendance. both face pressure at home. president trump post—impeachment, prime minister

asia by the internet of course. the. 3 are determined to fight for their rights against us tech giants that seem like an invincible. opponent. more likely got the deficit data is valuable is the gold of today and we just let us be rolled by what's happening here is systematic 5th. of the film team or in fighting spirit stew and fine french tradition at the press conference they demonstrative lee showed their support for france's yellow vests protests. it may sound highly political but delete history has turned out to be a captivating comedy about 3 zany characters who go all the way to silicon valley but ultimately find happiness on their own doorstep entirely analog no signal and definitely no cell phone. all right is that phone that those were the days all right what else are people talking about at the belly because i know they all have their cell phones in their hands. yet well i mean we're just talking about that the film is incredibly timed that's being shown here called the assistant and this is being describ

asia it's clear skies pretty much all the way dismissed and fall further north but so because picking up to around $27.00 celsius there in new delhi further south there you go the sunshine all the way down into sri lanka but still like it will see increasing clouds and rain by the weekend. join africa's largest trade and investment there in the wanda i.e.t.f. gives you access to more than 1100 exhibitors and 10000 visitors and baez and more than 5000 conference delegates from more than 55 countries participate in trade and investment deals with $40000000000.00 u.s. dollars as business and government come together to explore business and networking opportunities at the international exhibit which will include a creative africa exchange 40 by the african export import bank and the premium fatness the i.e.t.f. 2020 transforming africa. my. this is al-jazeera a reminder of the headlines this hour the un human rights chief says syrian government and russian forces appear to be targeting hospitals and schools in the northwest deliberately 950000 people have since been displaced since decemb

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also coming out they've tried twice before with a reconciliation plan in south korea this time. hello again we'll begin our forecast in northeastern parts of asia where the conditions gerri not looking too bad across much of japan during the course of money few showers coming in across the sea of japan but i think is going to be on chooses this area of low pressure develops across the yellow sea amuse across the korean peninsula begin to see some really heavy rain developing so let's move the forecast on 24 hours and so if a south korea some torrential rain is likely here much of north korea germany missing the rain and then that system moving across the sea of japan bringing some very heavy rain into the western side of japan further south where the conditions not looking too bad across much of taiwan over taipei may pick up your share i think for hong kong we should be looking at drawing fine weather highs of 23 into south asia and across more eastern parts of india we are seeing some showers to vittie at the moment the showers across northern parts tend to die away delhi shou

into southeastern parts of asia they still looking sheriff nothing suggest at them particularly for jakarta the most weather still clearing up after all the flooding so in the shower activity on our forecast looks like nothing out of the ordinary but still a potential. for some big storms in places looking fairly wet at the moment like to see some heavy downpours highs of 33 into south asia to be quite at the moment largely dry across sri lanka most of the showers in the east have gone should be fine in new delhi with highs of 28. of the 70 years after one tribe's and that journey from palestine to the nile delta 0 world meets the largest concentration of 914 refugees in egypt. the socially isolated community with new rights to fighting to survive and keep them honest and heritage alive in a world where there was is increasingly marginalized egypt's father lyle and on al-jazeera. top a quick reminder of the headlines here on the al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump says his country is ready for any potential spread of coronavirus he added that the u.s. will spend whatever is appro

he'll attend a rally alongside mr modi in his home city. 0ur south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan looks ahead to what we can expect from the trip. as india gets ready for the arrival of president trump, no expense is being spared. his first stop, the city of ahmedabad in prime minister modi's home state, gujarat. preparations include building a wall along his planned route to conceal some of the slums in the area. residents aren't pleased. translation: when you are spending so much money for the wall, then come and have a look inside the shanties of us poor people. you can spend 800,000 to a million rupees for the wall, then also go inside the shanty of a poor person to see how they are living, what conditions they are living in. president trump's expected to get a grand welcome when he and prime minister modi address a rally in the city to inaugurate the world's largest cricket stadium, motera. it's modelled on the howdy modi event last year in houston, texas, when the leaders stood side by side at a rally in america with thousands in attendance. both face pressure at home. presi

every year hundreds of people, mostly women, are disfigured in horrific acid attacks across south asia. tougher laws have been introduced in some countries, although many of these crimes are not reported due to social stigma or the involvement of a family member. but with help from a charity, some victims in pakistan are learning new skills and rebuilding their lives. shabnam mahmood reports from lahore. translation: i was asleep. all painted and fell down and my face was badly burned. six yea rs my face was badly burned. six years ago her life changed after a violent attack by her husband left her and a,.” thought why did this happen to me? iuse thought why did this happen to me? i use to cry, i wanted to die so! me? i use to cry, i wanted to die so i could be set free. when i looked into the mirror, i was scared of myself. i cried and cried. it went unreported due to the social stigma or permitted by the victim plus my family members yet in treatment from many women was even harder. she is a beautician turned philanthropist. because of the attitude of male—dominated society, it h

asia director of human rights watch and from london we're joined by shruti capella who's an indian his story. and lecturer in history at the university of cambridge welcome to you or colonel randy let's start with you just how dangerous is the current situation given the current state of the economy and unemployment running relatively high in the northern suburbs of new delhi does this have the potential to explode i think the time for gentian is all photo has exploded. when you have a lot of the lead by legislators of the ruling actually mouthing slogans like. goalie martin was i don't know that means you know translated that's sure you know sure and an exclusive right and that's echoing something that was said by union minister a central government minister. and that was 2 weeks ago and nor criminal complaint has been registered by the police which means that there's no accountability nobody's been arrested and you know that moms now mousing the slogans and then you actually have debts and violence and it will shoot right so i don't think it's potential anymore i think this is our ow

asia correspondent rajini vaidya nathan looks ahead to what we can expect from the trip. as india gets ready for the arrival of president trump, no expense is being spared. his first stop, the city of ahmedabad, in prime minister modi's home state, gujarat. preparations include building a wall along his planned route to conceal some of the slums in the area. the residents aren't pleased. translation: when you are spending so much money for the wall, then come and have a look inside the shanties of us poor people. you can spend 800,000 to a million rupees for the wall, then also go inside the shanty of a poor person to see how they are living, what conditions they are living in. president trump is expected to get a grand welcome when he and prime minister modi address a rally in the city to inaugurate the world's largest cricket stadium, motera. it is modelled on the howdy modi event last year in houston, texas, when the leaders stood side by side at a rally in america, with thousands in attendance. both face pressure at home. president trump post—impeachment, prime mini

it's the worst invasion of discipline tests in a quarter of a century across east africa and south asia the food supplies and livelihoods of millions so under threat situations been declared a national emergency in some countries so what's caused the infestation and could it get worse this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan the same as the world's most dangerous migrates re pests locusts can swarm in the billions and in january densely enough to force an ethiopian airlines plane off course now they're invading ethiopia somalia kenya uganda and pakistan it is the worst outbreak in 25 years and for kenya in 70 is the insects can spread fast and other countries are not risk the swarms have already destroyed tens of thousands of hectares of crops millions of people already short of food could face famine somalia and pakistan have declared a state of emergency the u.n. says that if action isn't taken fast enough somalia is infestation could become the most devastating plague in living memory at its asked for $76000000.00 in aid to help control the outbreak al-j

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it's the worst invasion of the desert locusts in a quarter of a century across east africa south asia the food supplies and livelihoods of millions so under threat the situation has been declared a national emergency in some countries so what's caused the infestation and could it get worse this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan the same as the world's most dangerous migrates re pests locusts can swarm in the billions and in january densely enough to force an ethiopian airlines plane off course now they're invading ethiopia somalia kenya uganda and pakistan it is the worst outbreak in 25 years and for kenya in 70 is the insects can spread fast and other countries are not risk the swarms have already destroyed tens of thousands of hectares of crops millions of people already short of food could face famine somalia and pakistan have declared a state of emergency the u.n. says that if action isn't taken fast enough somalia is infestation could become the most devastating plague in living memory at its asked for $76000000.00 in aid to help control the outbre

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our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanarthan looks ahead to the trip. as india gets ready for the arrival of president trump, no expense is being spared. his first stop — the city of ahmedabad in prime minister modi's home state, gujarat. preparations include building a wall along his planned route to conceal some of the slums in the area. residents aren't pleased. translation: when you are spending so much money for the wall, then come and have a look inside the shanties of us poor people. you can spend 800,000 to a million rupees for the wall, then also go inside the shanty of a poor person to see how they are living, what conditions they are living in. president trump's expected to get a grand welcome when he and prime minister modi address a rally in the city to inaugurate the world's largest cricket stadium, motera. it's modelled on the howdy modi event last year in houston, texas, when the leaders stood side by side at a rally in america with thousands in attendance. both face pressure at home. president trump post—impeachment, prime minister

asia director of human rights watch and from london we're joined by shruti capella who's an indian his story. and lecturer in history at the university of cambridge welcome to you or colonel randy let's start with you just how dangerous is the current situation given the current state of the economy and unemployment running relatively high in the northern suburbs of new delhi does this have the potential to explode i think the time for gentian is all photo has exploded. when you have a lot of the lead by legislators of the ruling actually mouthing slogans like. goalie martin was i don't know that means you know translated that's sure you know sure and an exclusive right and that's echoing something that was said by union minister a central government minister. and that was 2 weeks ago and nor criminal complaint has been registered by the police which means that there's no accountability nobody's been arrested and you know that mark is now mousing the slogans and then you actually have debts and violence and it will shoot right so i don't think it's gentle anymore i think this is our ow

it's the worst invasion of disciplined person of quarter of a century across east africa and south asia the food supplies and livelihoods of millions so under threat situations been declared a national emergency in some countries so what's caused the infestation and could it get worse this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan the same as the world's most dangerous migrates re pests locusts can swarm in the billions and in january densely enough to force an ethiopian airlines plane off course now they're invading ethiopia somalia kenya uganda and pakistan it is the worst outbreak in 25 years and for kenya in 70 is the insects can spread fast and other countries are not risk the swarms have already destroyed tens of thousands of hectares of crops millions of people already short of food could face famine somalia and pakistan have declared a state of emergency the u.n. says that if action isn't taken fast enough somalia is infestation could become the most devastating plague in living memory at its asked for $76000000.00 in aid to help control the outbreak is t

he'll attend a rally alongside mr modi in his home city. 0ur south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan looks ahead to what we can expect from the trip. as india gets ready for the arrival of president trump, no expense is being spared. his first stop, the city of ahmedabad, in prime minister modi's home state, gujarat. preparations include building a wall along his planned route to conceal some of the slums in the area. residents aren't pleased. translation: when you are spending so much money for the wall, then come and have a look inside the shanties of us poor people. you can spend 800,000 to a million rupees for the wall, then also go inside the shanty of a poor person to see how they are living, what conditions they are living in. president trump is expected to get a grand welcome when he and prime minister modi address a rally in the city to inaugurate the world's largest cricket stadium, motera. it is modelled on the how do modi event last year in houston, texas, when the leaders stood side by side at a rally in america with thousands in attendance. both face pressure at home. p

asia director of human rights watch and from london we're joined by shruti capella who's an indian his story. and lecturer in history at the university of cambridge welcome to you or colonel randy let's start with you just how dangerous is the current situation given the current state of the economy and unemployment running relatively high in the northern suburbs of new delhi does this have the potential to explode i think the time for gentian is all photo has exploded. when you have a lot of the lead by legislators of the ruling actually mouthing slogans like. goalie martin was i don't know that means you know translated that's sure you know sure and an exclusive right and that's echoing something that was said by union minister a central government minister. and that was 2 weeks ago and nor criminal complaint has been registered by the police which means that there's no accountability nobody's been arrested and you know that mom's now mousing the slogans and then you actually have debts and violence and it will shoot right so i don't think it's potentially any more i think this is ou

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our south asia correspondent rajini vaidya nathan looks ahead to the trip. as india gets ready for the arrival of president trump, no expense is being spared. his first stop — the city of ahmedabad in prime minister modi's home state, gujarat. preparations include building a wall along his planned route to conceal some of the slums in the area. residents aren't pleased. translation: when you are spending so much money for the wall, then come and have a look inside the shanties of us poor people. you can spend 800,000 to a million rupees for the wall, then also go inside the shanty of a poor person to see how they are living, what conditions they are living in. president trump's expected to get a grand welcome when he and prime minister modi address a rally in the city to inaugurate the world's largest cricket stadium, motera. it's modelled on the howdy modi event last year in houston, texas, when the leaders stood side by side at a rally in america with thousands in attendance. both face pressure at home. president trump post—impeachment, prime minister

products including pork beef soybeans and crude oil the fallout from this outbreak is being felt across asia with some countries describing it as an economic emergency south korea's president has flagged new measures to cushion the financial impact so too has hong kong as a region stepped up efforts to prevent a growing economic crisis on china reliant upon a means sarah plant al-jazeera hong kong. and japan as reported $88.00 more cases of corona virus infections on board a quarantined cruise ship in york a hama that takes the total number of cases to over $540.00 on the dock vessel the government stepping up efforts to test h.i.v. medications on patients it's not a proven treatment but scientists are trying various antiviral drugs to see if any of them can improve conditions. and south korea's government has sent a presidential plane to move some of its citizens on board that quarantined cruise ship 14 of its citizens have been inside the diamond princess for nearly 2 weeks the impact of the corona virus outbreak has prompted south korea to declare an economic emergency of the major disrup

asia are under threat the situation has been declared a national emergency in some countries including somalia and pakistan priyanka gupta has this report. up on the trees and down in the fields. swarms of locusts are everywhere a 1000000000 of these desert insects are sweeping across east africa destroying crops and livelihoods as they fly from one country to the other. 10000000 people in the region are now at risk of hunger and famine. we depend a lot on the season our worry that locusts will destroy our harvest and will end up remaining hungry throughout the rest of the year. so malia has declared a state of emergency after its worst locust infestation in 25 years they are predicting in large numbers mostly remote areas under the control of al-shabaab and that's making it nearly impossible to fight the world's most dangerous mike retreat pests. the un says the most devastating plague of locusts in living memory could be within weeks if the world doesn't do enough to stop the outbreak we have about 12000000 people who are already in the humanitarian assistance in terms of food securi

he will focus on china's activities in south, southeast asia. next we hear from [inaudible], am i pronouncing it -- >> [inaudible] >> research associated at the african center for strategic studies at the national defense university. he is an expert on china africa relationships partnerships between the africa and east asia and the african security issues. his forthcoming book, manuscript examines the influence of traditional chinese strategic culture on china's military strategy in the western pacific. he also has a forthcoming book chapter on china's expanding influence in africa. he will testify to china's military activities. >> thank you, thank you to the commission. it's a real pleasure to be here but i was asked to speak about their projections specifically in south, southeast asia. to do that i think it's useful to break chinese capabilities and china's efforts into different categories because the more we talk about chinese petitioner capabilities we're not talking about the same things. within southeast asia the most important way chin

asia to be sure. were their views of these over the role of america in this part of the world or did they have great differences among them? >> there were differences but also a lot of commonalities. most of these foreign service people are traditionalists. they believe in the foreign-policy views they believe they should have a leading role in the world and that our influence is underwritten by force. they are slow to get into conflicts and also slow to get out of them because crocker always says americans are convinced with our influence and military and economic tools we can get in and reshape parts of the world so we try to exert our will but then pretty soon we discover things are not changing as fast as we like and we get discouraged and want to leave so there's a lot of political pressure to move quickly. they understand having the facts in the foreign-policy take a long time. there was a german sociologist says it's like driving a nail slowly through a hard piece of wood, and i think that is t