and paris and all its splendor has a saint laurent fashion show near the eiffel tower. the top court in thailand has sentenced the former prime minister yingluck shinawatra to five years in prison. she was sentenced in absentia for kernel negligence after having fled the country last month. her government was toppled in a coup three years ago. she was charged over her alleged negligence in her governments money-losing rice subsidy program. she has been convicted, she has been sentenced to five years in jail. she can lodge an appeal now. she would need to return to .hailand for the formalities all her supporters say there is no way the former prime minister , the ousted prime minister, will come back to bangkok as she fled on august 25. the military on the other hand says they have no influence over who judges. the question now is what she will do, will she be living in exile like her brother, another former prime minister, who is currently living in dubai. past monther the alone, close to 500,000 rohingya muslims have been forced out of myanmar, the country also known a

take a peeko into yves saint laurent's legendary workshop. for the new director, this is much more than a fashion exam. -- museum. >> this is an artist workshop, because we have access to the creator's space and studio. we are o opening up memories in ththe building, which can be fet in the place, the objects, and ththvoices of f those who work here. centers on the fashion icon's workspace within e 19th century mansion that housed the official you say laurent tellier -- yves saint telier. a in other rooms, some of his most famous pieces are displayed, ine this mondrian dress made 1965, or hisis signature or safi jackets and tax egos, which came to symbolize the male whichpation -- tuxedos, came to symbolize female emancipation in 1960. >> it changed views on women's roles, homosexual rights, and through the lens of the fashion he was also very revolutionary. >> the project to open the neasman -- open the museum was led by the designers partner of 50 years before his death. molly: time for a business update, we will start off with the head of

laurent, a very good morning to you. welcome to business live. sally was talking us through some of the issues there but i am interested first of all that there is not necessarily unity as far as the unions are concerned. they are not all calling for these strikes? very right. all working unions showed their disappointment with the contents their disappointment with the co nte nts of their disappointment with the contents of reform. one of the biggest one is an uproar reform working union historically in france, the cfdt, said they were deeply disappointed. fo, fairly centre working union, i would say, sometimes siding with the reform, sometimes siding with the reform, sometimes not, they said they were worried and that they would keep monitoring the development, but altogether both those working unions did not call for the strike and specifically said they would not go to the street today against the labour market reforms. so it is really down to cgt, which is very against reforms in general. they even called for today's protest before the text

berge, aday -- pierre cofounder of yves saint laurent, has died following a long illness. patron and wasts politically active. he was among the first to support the candidacy of emmanuel macron. the race is on for amazon hq 2. cities across the united states thecanada are vying for company's second headquarters in north america. it wants a metropolitan area of more than one billion people with an international airport, good education, and mass transit. the $5 billion project could bring 50,000 jobs. >> we are going to continue back with hurricane irma. the $5the storm is continuing is path, but it has left a trail of devastation in the caribbean. i understand we are starting to see some estimates of the costs of the damage. will the overall estimate take some time to come out, but france's public insurance group says damage caused by irma on french islands will cost morore than 200 billion euros. cost is higher than typical hurricane damamage because of irma's strength and size. however, it is far too early to give any precise figure. the hurricane is yet to reach the unit

several major french—owned fashion labels, including christian dior and yves saint—laurent, have promised to ban ultra—thin models from their advertising and runway shows. two of the industry's biggest holding companies, lvmh and kering, have unveiled a well—being charter, banning the hiring of size zero models. there's been much criticism of course that the industry encourages anorexia. well, nigeria is for the first time ever hosting a fashion week dedicated to the plus—sized industry. the idea was born out of the need to stop the stigmatiza?tion and body shaming of the plus—sized woman. didi akinyelure reports from lagos. lights, catwalk, curves. a fashion event with a difference. poised to celebrate the african woman's body. while africa's fashion industry is said to be worth billions of dollars, the plus—size scene is largely neglected. but it could present an opportunity. i feel like it is time for the plus—sized woman to be celebrated in a unique way. there is a market for the plus—sized woman in nigeria and in africa as a whole so we should cater to that. why wouldn'

caroline: that was panasonic laurent abadie. coming up, we look at a company that may have just passed a valuation of $1 billion. that is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ caroline: hong kong officially has its first unicorn. the merger is like a blend between uber and u-haul. alibabarging with the backed freight business. earlier about what makes this company so valuable. >> we have a lot of pieces in china. we have a lot of synergy. it would reach more than one million drivers in china to share our customer database and they share their base with us so we can share one gigantic network in china. that is where we have a lot of synergy. >> did the company raise new funds on this merger? >> we are working on that now and very excited because you really see a company that has southeast asia grow really fast. >> have you gotten any kind of funding from vc's? how much are they putting in? how much has the company raised in total? up from a company supported by alibaba is a major shareholder. gogovan raised several founds -- rounds of fun

governor laurent of little round has been thinking about what he saw that day. so, the court had held. there is this gap that opened up in the army. is that weekend cut off part of the corporate body as it were. raining, telegraph lines are not all the way out. message and he is right. he takes this to grant but does not tell him that war and team up with the idea. not because his record take the glory, grant is mad at work. who is not a party to the boss what to do. giving commandy to the general sheridan. also the secret authority to relieve or in. sheridan is that going a chance to -- going to miss a chance to push up a rival. they have really is at the last minute that they have to pull back. they cannot go back public to the railroad. he has made it clear that they have got to hold the area. that is the key to hold in the railroad and everything else. his plan even though there is still a cap, his plan is good. his cavalryto take corps and attack frontally well his divisions are moving around their flank. orders toim specific be on this axis. cavalry got it

and finally, a museum dedicated to fashion designer yves saint laurent, opened today in paris, and a pretty good knockoff will open tomorrow in chinatown. [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, we have a fantastic show for you tonight. she's a talented singer, actress, and now she's a judge on nbc's "the voice." jennifer hudson is back on the show, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] he -- is one of the stars of hbo's "curb your enthusiasm." i'm so excited, that show is back. jeff garlin is here, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] and she is the author of a fantastic new novel, "sing, unburied, sing" it's available now. jesmyn ward is on the show tonight. so looking forward to talking to her. [ cheers and applause ] but before we get to all of that, president trump, is so desperate for literally any kind of positive achievement that he is now outright lying about the fate of his health care bill and his new tax plan. but there's one major obstacle standing in the way of trump's domestic agenda. he has no idea what he's talking about. for more on this, it's time for "a closer lo

here eight hours today and the numbers seem to be growing now that people have been getting off work laurent measures the government taken to trying to sway it's trying to prevent the same referendum going ahead. well the reason the crowd is here today is because that building right there is the supreme court and what they are doing is urging the supreme court to release twelve government officials there were fourteen government officials arrested yesterday and their only crime has been to pursue this referendum which the government of spain says his illegal will to date the government of spain took that further they are now fining twenty two electoral officials between six thousand and twelve thousand euros per day while this goes on allegedly for their actions in pursuing this referendum which the government of spain says is illegal and this is the biggest constitutional crisis here since the government of francisco franco which ended in the seventy's people here claim they are going to stay out and they say that what the government is doing now is reminiscent of what franco did back then

so terrified of more bytes, laurent killed her spider. no one has been bitten since. time for a look at the weather. we seem to be in something of a run of breezy coolly showery days at moment. catch a shower and it is quite noticeable, temperatures dipping away quite markedly however in the midst of that and because of the strength of the wind they passed by, glorious there to be had. what is driving all of this is that area of low pressure but as we get through the night, you get a sense things are changing some odd because we re things are changing some odd because were just things are changing some odd because werejust going to things are changing some odd because were just going to pull the winds back out of the north—west, more of a westerly and a south—westerly wind toppling across the british isles and where the sky is clear is special across eastern sports, not a cold night but temperatures in the countryside could be down around about six or 7 degrees or so. we will keep a supply going across northern and western parts and that will be the way that for t

laurent potdevin come on, you go back. >> no, the islanders, sure. >> let's get down to texas and get an update on the recovery effort that's underway in the wake of hurricane harvey scott is with us from bay town and he has an update as well on the refineries of course in that part of the country. this is the exxon mobil bay town refinery behind me and when you come in before sunrise in the morning you see all kinds of flares like the one above my shoulder here and that's the refineries flaring off excess gas and trying to get back up and running and shaking off the storm and there is a lot of that going on a lot of those flares going. that's a good sign but still as of yesterday we had about a quarter of the nations refining capacity for gasoline off line but then there's also chemicals that are refined here and also just chemicals that are manufactured here. if you take a look at just the kind of chemicals just around houston, something like 2,500 plants that's the plant where the refrigeration failed and they lost their power and tried to load these into refrigerated container tru

to your learning more about the murder of a pregnant teacher at maryland third scalise cal state laurent will shot in the back of the head before her body was not in damascus. the suspect, her boyfriend, tyler. he is being held without bond right now. officers also claim he was involved with another woman. to make aerial power will be on display this base andrews at the air show. this year show features aerial demonstration from airports and thunderbirds f-16s and even vintage world war ii planes. it is free to the public tomorrow and sunday. gates open at 9 am. parking will be available at fedex field. >> so how's the weather shaping up in the air so here is monica. >> another mild date of the like a lot late summer. your temperatures will top out in the lower to mid 80s. it will be a little community too. with some clouds coming through from time to time for the afternoon cannot rule out the straight shower. not having any thunder shower so far today. the same this week in a little human again.84 and saturday to 82 on sunday. yes the joint base andrews air show. you know how to put it