this is the strait of jahor which runs between singapore and malaysia. it is here we find the reason why singapore is striving to secure an independent water supply. in the 1960s, the country signed two agreements with malaysia to import the necessary volume of water through the pipes stretching across the strait. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our guest of honor. >>> he was known as singapore's founding father. for half a century after independence, he believed the country's most pressing issue was water supply. >> a few years after commissioner from singapore said if he doesn't do what i want, i'll switch out the water supply. so i knew that unless i could become less dependent, at that time i did not believe i could be totally independent but less dependent on supplies, i would always be a satellite. >> singapore is now deeply committed to achieving independence in its supply of water. using the latest technology, waste water from homes and factories is transformed into clean water. known as newater, it already accounts for 30% of the country

if only it with this quick and easy to get around malaysia's capital city. in reality rush hour looks more like this c o two emissions produced by traffic i want to malaysia's biggest climate killers but that's all set to change. for example with this electric scooter. it was developed by the malaysian company. they're especially proud of the high performance batteries they designed themselves . the power direct drive on a model is six kilowatt the batteries that we uses for kilowatt hour. this is the one of the technology breakthroughs that we have achieved so far not only comparing malaysia i would say that comparing to the wall. the malaysian government supports companies that bring eco friendly products on the market like a clean mike. the financial aid and tax breaks are supposed to help malaysia become a green a country. but over the past three and a half years only four hundred scooters have left the factory that's around three thousand seven hundred euros they cost twice as much as conventional models but. i will be says more though right now is two

germany has a 30% target, similar to malaysia. and over here in singapore, the government has a 20% target by 2020. in malaysia, the government also added that businesses without the motherboard directors will be named and shamed. —— female board directors. will this make a difference? it is going in the right direction. he said there is a target, not when it has to be reached by. whether it will be compulsory, voluntary... it will depend on what follows from now on. but what i do now, i spoke earlier this week at a conference, and a clear message was that the tone from the top matters. what malaysia is doing with this statement from the prime minister, it is making it an issue for the entire country, which issue for the entire country, which is good news. in terms of benefits financially for companies, how does it actually benefit a company's bottomline in terms of dollars with women on board? there are many studies. a lot of it is correlation rather than causation. it is hard to say exactly how much the benefit is. but what

but that visit by the malaysia prime minister was notable in terms of corruption and law enforcement and high public officials finding themselves in the cross hairs of u.s. law enforcement because that malaysia prime minister is at the center of a gigantic department of justice corruption prosecution. the department of justice is trying to recover well over $1 billion in assets, everything from movie rights to private jets to apartments to hotels, all things that were purchased with money that was allegedly stolen from the people of malaysia, from the government of that country. that money was stolen from malaysia but it was laundered in the united states by buying stuff in the united states and the justice department has been heavily and aggressively involved in this gigantic corruption case to try to get that stuff back. so president trump bringing that prime minister of malaysia to the white house while that prime minister is in the middle of the gigantic corruption investigation by the u.s. justice department. that of course, was the white house and this president spitting in the

i never thought i would work in malaysia. going back, i had a bit of trepidation. but business is business. i have the ability to be a chameleon, you can throw me in any part of the world, china, korea, humour is humour, business is business... is that really true? from the little time i spent in cultures like japan, for example, it struck me, not speaking japanese, but japanese business culture is fundamentally quite different to what we see in europe. that is true, that is true, but alcohol is a great leveller. well, in some countries that wouldn't work. maybe you are not so big in those countries. fine, but social occasions, i bring to business a lot of the relationship. much of it is done socially, creating relationships that go beyond the office. it doesn't matter if you are injapan, india, the middle east, people are the same. they would say people want all the frills, "low—cost will never work," they say. they are surprised. when you get something injapan they wrap it up in about 25 pieces of paper. but when you strip it down, people want simplicity and a

-malaysia trade relationship. malaysia had to agree to a billion dollars boeing plane deal and pledge the pension fund will invest two support infrastructure redevelopment in the u.s. we are seeing a growing trade deficit from the u.s. with more asia -- with malaysia. thank you very much from singapore. apple has unveiled its most expensive phone of all time, the iphone can a decade after it first launched the iconic device. from apple's headquarters, bloomberg's emily chang has the details. here att all happened the steve jobs theater on apple's brand-new $5 billion campus. this is the first time the theater was opened to the public and i have to say it is a breathtaking site. the multistory glass walls, the spinning elevator, he walked down for stories into the theater and the open -- they opened with the voice of steve jobs. his widow was in the audience and tim cook came on stage and took a moment to remember steve but ironically, it is about closing a chapter on a prior year of apple and opening a new one. ti

he's in a meeting with the prime minister of malaysia at the white house. we will bring that to you as soon as we get the tape. please be patient is the plea from officials as crews work to get the power back on for about seven million homes and businesses and as countless evacuees head home. irma lashed the region with fierce winds. officials report at least six deaths on top of the 36 killed in the caribbean. the storm now downgraded to a tropical depression overnight. tied in the harbor peak at nearly 10 feet high, four feet higher than normal. popular areas surged with floodwaters. residents found it more frightening as the storm passed. check this out. a waterspout off the coast. officials are struggling to reach certain parts of the keys and the defense department said 10,000 people who rode out the storm may need to evacuate. fema estimates that 25% of the homes were destroyed in the keys. 65% likely damaged. the french president emmanuel mac ron is in the region to survey the french territories. people on the islands across the caribbean say there a

getting malaysia in an environment of unity... in terms of trade and investment, how is the prime minister going to get any investment out of the us when he is clouded steel in corruption. the fbi still have an did and open investigation into one in "bibi" which is the big state fund that he is alleged to have misappropriated. 1neb. you see the private sector, business getting on with life. i think they look beyond 1nedb. until such time as they impose sanctions, i think life still goes on. in other news: google is appealing against it record anti—trust fine. it was fined nearly $3 billion for abusing its market. it could extend legal proceedings by yea rs. it could extend legal proceedings by years. and could you go without e—mails? increasingly, you don't have to even in flights because in—flight wi-fi have to even in flights because in—flight wi—fi has been available for quite a few years. but how have passenger expectations changed in that time? it has moved from becoming a unique 1—off service available to somethi

and isis elements from taking hold in his country of malaysia. some people say he cracks down a bit too much, but the fact of the matter is isis has not been able to get entrenched there, and a lot of people credit the prime minister for doing that. so a very, very big deal and one scored under the trump administration, one that was anticipated but i don't believe the degree to which this deal was scored. again, 20 planes with another 20 dreamliners to come over the next five years, a huge order, one of the biggest orders we've seen from a foreign government to buy u.s. goodies. we'll have more after this. not just being in the military, but at home. she thinks she's the boss. she only had me by one grade. we bought our first home together in 2010. his family had used another insurance product but i was like well i've had usaa for a while, why don't we call and check the rates? it was an instant savings and i should've changed a long time ago. there's no point in looking elsewhere really. we're the tenneys and we're usaa members for life. usaa. g

now, questions are being asked over fire safety standards in malaysia. japan braces for typhoon talim, as the strong storm system makes it's way across the southern islands towards the mainland. and after nearly 20 years in space, the cassini space probe will be sending back its last pictures of saturn before burning up in the planet's atmosphere. it's 7am in singapore, and 8am in seoul, where there is breaking news of another north korean missile test. south korea says pyongyang fired a missile in an easterly direction towards japan. in a statement, japan confirmed that the missile fell into the sea 2,000 kilometres east of cape erimo on hokkaido. south korea and the united states are analysing the details of the launch. so far, japan's chief cabinet secretary says there is no evidence of missile fragments on japanese territory. 0n the line i am joined by rupert wingfield—hayes in tokyo. this is being called by japan, wingfield—hayes in tokyo. this is being called byjapan, the latest missile launch, as an intolerable provocative act. yeah, that is t

and malaysia? >> it seems like the meetings have gone well. eagerwent to washington, for the agenda and that seems to be what has happened. he wanted to help strengthen the u.s. economy and that is why malaysia airlines is investing in more boeing planes and ge engines. it is a deal that could be worth more than $10 billion. that is helping with the trump administration. a president trump has blocked china investor of buying lots of semiconductors, citing concerns over national security. the deal has been terminated and there is concern for other deals where chinese buyers are seeking u.s. security clearance. >> it was kind of a hail mary pass to even try to get it passed trump. it failed three times. the thing to remember is that it is not the final arbiter. they merely make a recommendation and the decision heads to the president. it was worthy making a hail mary pass is we were not really sure what donald trump's position was, especially as he talked about trying to make jobs and making america great again, creating jobs for american worker

he said malaysia airlines will probably buy 25 more boeing jets in the future. >>> whatsapp co-founder brian acton is leaving the messaging app to start his own foundation. facebook, which bought whatsapp for $22 billion says he won't be replaced. facebook down 0.3% in the premarket. >>> easyjet launched a new booking platform allowing cust noe customers to use its website to book long-haul flights with other airlines. the initial partners are west jet and norwegian who will offer flights to north and south america and singapore from gatwick airport. it is ten minutes until the top of hour, "squawk box" is coming up >> we have mohammed el-erian, a familiar face to "squawk" viewers, he can talk global as women as anyone. we will talk the current politic political hue here and in real estate, a guy who has done well buying low, selling high, barry sternlicht, and we're definitely in a position where it's crunch time on tax reform. the president having dinner last night with a bipartisan group of senators interesting choice on the democratic side, because they're in states where trump won

and malaysia? >> it seems like the meetings have gone well. najib went to washington, eager for the agenda and that seems to be what has happened. he said he wanted to help strengthen the u.s. economy and that is why malaysia airlines is investing in more boeing planes and ge engines. it is a deal that could be worth more than $10 billion. that is helping with the trump administration. >> president trump has blocked a china investor of buying lots of semiconductors, citing concerns over national security. the deal has been terminated and there is concern for other deals where chinese buyers are seeking u.s. security clearance. >> it was kind of a hail mary pass to even try to get it past trump. it failed three times. the thing to remember is that it is not the final arbiter. they merely make a recommendation and the decision heads to the president. the reason why it was worth making a hail mary pass is we were not really sure what donald trump's position was, especially as he talked about trying to make jobs and making america great again, cre

in malaysia. in malaysia we have many top few schools that have taken steps to ensure. that few schools want. to buy. one privately. and also. trains. however many. who are yet to. require. anything today our deputy prime minister. no longer. also called. to streamline the operation. on their requirements. and he said good still too many thanks indeed. outside that school quite a new pope. north korea has threatened to use a nuclear weapon against japan after the un impose more sanctions against pyongyang the state run korean central news agency says that japan is no longer needed to exist near us it went on to say that the four islands of the japanese archipelago should be sunken into the sea by the nuclear bomb japan's cabinet secretary russia hita suger has condemned north korea's threat. this announcement is extremely provocative and outrageous and raises the tension in the region and it is unacceptable let's get some analysis now from others here as craig leeson who's following developments for us from tokyo. certainly this threat was considered and expected by the

one of the things i did was start an isolation organization with malaysia which they agreed to do. >> let's listen to the president. >> the president of malaysia and his very distinguished delegation with us today. we're talking about trade, very large trade deals. we're working on one deal where between 10 and $20 billion worth of boeing jets are going to be purchased. general electric engines will be purchased and many other things. also, malaysia is a massive investor in the united states in the form of stocks and bonds in the stock exchange. they have to be very happy because we're hitting new highs on almost a weekly basis, so we're very proud of our stock market, what happened since i became president, so i congratulate you on those investments. i just want to say it's an honor to have you here, it's an honor to have your delegation with us. i believe you'll be at the united nations next week, a lot of folks will be at the united nations next week. it's an exciting week. i thank you for that. but i want to thank you for the investments oyou've made in the united states. also the

jets are going to be purchased ok but just hours later the tentative deal struck between boeing and malaysia airlines hardly soared even close to those numbers trump mentioned the current sale of sixteen planes is worth just three billion dollars still malaysia's prime minister put more promise. in the year saying there is a strong probability the country will add twenty five more seven thirty seven's in the near future so trump's ten billion dollar figure could become reality now malaysia airlines is trying to recover its reputation and win back its riders after two deadly crashes in two thousand and fourteen time now for a quick break stick around when we return. plagued with calls on washington for more relief after hurricane irma and the bodega battle store owners fight to stay in business entrepreneurs try to replace them with the now as we go to break here the numbers the closing bell. a little bit more selling you on the idea that dropping bombs brings to the good or worse and you know the battle. to do so for the tell you that what we gossip probably but. that doesn't tell you on the

the head of this head of state, the prime minister of malaysia is under investigation by the u.s. justice department for charges of corruption as he faces re-election back home. for more on what this is, let's get over to the white house, dan is watching everything there. dan, what is the white house saying about the visit and this investigation? >> it's not every day the president meets with a foreign leader under doj investigation. that is what will happen behind me in mere minutes. this meeting as you mentioned comes as the department of justice investigates the prime minister and his family for corruption, the charges are they skimmed money off of a fund and actually that money went through u.s. financial institutions why the department of justice is involved. sarah sanders the press secretary at the white house tried to divorce this meeting from the investigation. here's what she said yesterday when reporters asked about it. >> we're not going to comment on an ongoing investigation being led by the department of justice and that investigation is apolitical and certainly indep

bank of malaysia has left borrowing costs unchanged since july last year. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. rishaad: a new report says the slowest growing province and china has the highest concentration of shadow lending. informal banking made up 95% of loans last year. this is out of a ubs study that comes as the government tries to curb leverage. this province? gdp,is province grew 2.1%, first half, the slowest out of all of china's 31 provinces. we are seeing as growth slows ,nd corporate are picking up essentially banks are in a tough spot. they are not allowed by law to extend credit outside -- rishaad: so they do it unofficially in the shadows. >> exactly. reasons why it stands to that if you have this slows growing economy, you also see banks struggling to survive, and therefore trying to tap into the shuttle markets to bolster their profits. rishaad: what will be the impact of this crack down on the indebtedness for the regional banks there? >> it is quite in

economy and that is why malaysia airlines is investing in more boeing planes and ge engines. the deal could be worth more than $10 billion. stoppeddent trump has for china investor of buying lots of semiconductors, citing concerns over national security. dealsis concern for other where chinese buyers are seeking u.s. security clearance. >> they failed three times. the thing to remember is that city is is not the final arbiter. fina decision.e a we were not really sure what donald trump's position was, especially as he talked about trying to make jobs and making america great again, trading jobs for american workers. they tried hard to engineer the deal around the fact it would save lettuce and create jobs. at the end of the day, national security remains supreme. >> we have to talk about saudi arabia. it is preparing a contingency plan for delay of the initial public offering of their oil company, saudi aramco. it is scheduled for 2018, the timetable is looking tied to a 19. what was the reason be for that? >> the main thing they struggled with his understanding just how diff

in malaysia, prime minister najib razak has said he wants to see more women on boards of directors at publicly listed companies and those that fall short will be named and shamed. junie foo, co—founder of boardagenderjoins me now. your group was set up to try and create awareness of the situation. do you think political pressure like this can actually result in change? i think it will result in change because it helps to accelerate the awareness. in singapore the or awareness. in singapore the or awareness is increasing but the importance of having women on board. but we are moving too slowed. and asia wide, if you look at the statistics, we know that countries like norway and germany lead in terms of having women on boards. but what can asia do to try to change some of these culturally ingrained practices to promote more women in positions? unless we go the extreme way of setting quotas, many people are not agreeable to having quotas in asia. if we take a natural process it will take more time. do you think the issue with the prime minister of malaysia suggesting he will name and s

questions for malaysia's islamic schools the day after a fire that killed 23 students and teachers in kuala lumpur. amnesty international says it has evidence of the army systematically torching rohingya villages in myanmar as refugees continue to flee the country. winds of 250 kilometres an hour as typhoon talim starts to lash southern japan. good morning. it's eight in the morning in singapore and half past eight in north korea — from where we have breaking news. reports say a missile has been launched heading east from the north korean capital pyongyang. japanese media reported that the missile seemed to have been fired over its northern island of hokkaido into the sea 2000 kilometres east of cape erimo. the white house says president trump has been briefed by his chief of staff generaljohn kelly. 0ur correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes is in tokyo. what has been the reaction from the japanese government? well, we have heard from the chief cabinet secretary who condemned this launch. he called it an extreme altercation. we have not heard yet from the japanese prime minister be

lewis hamilton takes big strides towards a fourth world title with pole in malaysia while sebastian vettel is relegated to the back of the grid. also coming up in the programme — northern ireland'sjonathan rea makes history becoming the first man to win three consecutive world superbikes championships. and i am in slovenia by the european para table tennis championships where there has been several medal haulfor british where there has been several medal haul for british team. we are starting with football and manchester city are on the top of the premier league. they have beaten chelsea 1—0 in a cagey late kick—off at sta mford chelsea 1—0 in a cagey late kick—off at stamford bridge. the biggest premier league game of the season so far, two clubs with lofty ambitions, the champions chelsea against manchester city side many think will win the title this year. while city we re win the title this year. while city were without sergio aguero, the hosts were without their star striker upfront. yet here nor anyone else gave as much to get excited about initially, david silva with the b

two teenagers have been charged with murder a fire at an islamic boarding school in malaysia police say the boys sort of range of to being teased by some of the students before the blaze two weeks ago twenty one students and two teachers died a fire the only exit to the dormitory. buddhist monks have thrown stones at the un shelter for reading the refugees and sri lanka's capital colombo he said to escort the refugees to safety she like his government and the un have condemned the attack hugh heffner the founder of playboy magazine has died at the age of ninety one the men's magazine first appeared more than sixty years ago at its height in the one nine hundred seventy s. playboy had a monthly circulation of more than seven million and run a global chain of nightclubs casinos and resort. those are the headlines the news continues but first it is with this. tough. around the c.b.d. . they want to know more. they are playing a dear fellow better than softly turned them tearing into dan simon and then chile i'll be armed and to the shamelessness. to believe they are just. saying this and.

have believed in are people like myself will be hugely disappointed a fire at a religious school in malaysia's capital has killed at least twenty five people including students the school in kuala lumpur caught fire early on thursday morning the father public says the bodies have been moved to a nearby hospital it's not clear how the fire started. now in the wake of hurricane that people have begun to return to their homes or whatever's left of them but the effects of the devastation are still being felt and millions are still without power eight people have died after a nursing home in florida lost power during the storm that takes the death toll in florida to twenty. and the lives of sixty three people overall twenty six in the u.s. and thirty seven in the caribbean. well the caribbean islands took the brunt of her fear in leaving a trail of devastation in its wake some territories like the virgin islands have mother countries to help rebuild but an independent islands like bobby to recover it will be much more difficult john home has a story. prime minister gaston brown has brought other ca

quite 22 teenage boys among those killed at a fire at a religious boarding school in the capital of malaysia, kuala lumpur. these pictures are very large—scale war games that belarus and russia are taking part in. their neighbours are not too happy about them. if you want to get in touch, them. if you want to get in touch, the hashtag is bbc os. hello, and welcome to outside source. 2a people have been killed ina source. 2a people have been killed in a devastating fire that took place at an islamic boarding school in malaysia. now, it happened in the capital, kuala lumpur, at a religious school. the fire took place at... let's take a look. at this particular school. it broke out in the early hours of the morning. and, out of the 2a people that were killed, 22 were boys aged between 13 and i7, and also two members of staff lost their lives. this building only had one door, and it also had metal grilles on the windows. the people who came to try to help those people get out, well, they could only hear them scream. the bbc‘s and the hutton has this report. the dormitory of the school had ju

a fire at a religious school in malaysia's capital has killed at least twenty five people including students the school in kuala lumpur caught fire on thursday morning the fatah public says the bodies have not been moved to a nearby hospital but it's not clear how the fire started eight patients at a florida nursing home that lost power among the latest to lose their lives in the wake of hurricane police have opened a criminal investigation as they try to find out where the high temperatures and a lack of econd extinguish the blame is rob reynolds. answering an early morning call for help police found patients inside the rehabilitation center at hollywood hills dead and dying in sweltering heat one hundred fifteen patients were evacuated immediately to a hospital located a block away. most of the patients have been treated for respiratory distress dehydration and heat related issues the thirty five year old building at lost power in hurricane erma it had a backup generator but police would not say whether it was working they say there was no air conditioning inside temperatures in miami have

school in kuala lumpur we're going to talk live now to how to raise my homage he's a journalist with malaysia's new straits times he joins us from outside the school carries just walk us through what we think went wrong here. ok the fire started at about five am today. thirty six students really just students were sleeping inside the hospital after school in new car much for. the fire department only received a call about five forty one a.m. . by then by the time to arrive about three minutes later. they could only save a few while many ideas were found. dead inside are still at level three school here and what's going on at the scene as we speak at the scene now. investigators from a fire and rescue department and forensics units are working to identify the cause of the blaze. the total number of students killed now. stands at twenty two students aged between seven and sixteen seventeen and do teachers and twenty is what the details are still sketchy on the name. trying to identify each students who were there. during the incident so far twenty twenty three were killed on the scene while anoth

twenty three people including twenty one boys have died in a fire at an islamic boarding school in malaysia students and teachers could be heard screaming for help as the fire blocked the only exit to the dormitory which had its windows covered in metal grilles. reports. it took more than an hour for firefighters to put out the flames that the eighty five school in kuala lumpur by then many people mainly teenage boys had lost their lives and i'm going to do such as. we can see from a certain angle their hands waving out for help we had no choice but to ask them to jump out and we tried to catch them we did try to enter the house but the fire was too hot until certain point there was a blackout when that happened things started falling apart we withdrew after that. the fire started near the dormitory on the top floor first thing in the morning it quickly ripped through the entire building. by one of the interior of the building is one hundred percent destroyed the mattresses books and all other things in the very damaged but the cause of the fire is still unclear we're still investigating it

place in malaysia the rest of seven boys suspected of starting a fire at a school which killed twenty three people on thursday the suspects aged between eleven and eighteen were detained after officers obtained. from a neighboring building most of those who died were students boarding at the school on the outskirts of. the five block the only exit to the dormitory leaving those inside trapped. right now with their brain protests against a controversial new law granting amnesty to public officials accused of corruption before they took an eleven arab spring protests to say it's a setback for democracy. the ports. the protest through central cheney's was mostly by young people who say the amnesty law passed by parliament on wednesday is rewinding the revolution that took place nearly seven years ago. the law gives amnesty to thousands of people who served in the government of former president. we are all here to say no to the amnesty law we will not forgive without accountability. to his ear was where the so-called arab spring began when mohammed who is easy a fruit and vegetable seller

more than twenty students are killed in a school in malaysia. hello everyone mining's peter w. watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up north korea provokes more tension by threatening to sink japan with a nuclear bomb. zimbabwe rolls out a new election system for next year's poll but some worry it could lead to voter for. the hosts for the twenty twenty four and twenty twenty eight summer olympics are officially confirm. at least twenty people have been killed in a fire in boarding school most of them were teenagers the police say it started on the top floor dormitory of the school on the outskirts of kuala lumpur catch a lopez a billion as the story. it took more than an hour for firefighters to put out the flames that the. school in kuala lumpur by then many people mainly teenage boys had lost their lives in by gangs that do such as the scene we can see from a certain angle their hands waving out for help we had no choice but to ask them to jump out and we tried to catch them we did try to enter the house but the fire was too hot until certa

there with our connection to tanveer let's move on shall we because a fire at a religious school in malaysia's capital has killed at least twenty five people including students the school in kuala lumpur caught fire early on thursday morning the fire department says the bodies have been moved to a nearby hospital it's not clear how the fire started. now in the wake of hurricane people have begun to return to their homes or whatever is left of them but the effects of the devastation are still being felt and millions are still without power eight people have died after a nursing home in florida lost power during the storm and that takes the death toll in florida to twenty one claimed the lives of sixty three people overall twenty six in the u.s. thirty seven in the caribbean u.k. foreign secretary buys johnson visited the british virgin islands to assess storm damage there he promised long term support president emanuel macro has also been in the region to meet victims of his devastation in france's caribbean territories well the caribbean islands took the brunt of the hurricane and was furious

southeast asian markets, singapore, malaysia, taiwan coming online. to the. markets reaction nuclear test was not a positive one. risk off is the name of the game following the handoff from wall street. we are seeing the bond rally continue. asian stocks under pressure. on the singapore seeing slight gains as that market opens its cash trade. japanese equities falling for a set for itshe topix biggest weekly loss in five months. korean stocks lower for a fifth session. financials leading the drop across markets today given the treasury yields sledding below that level. that flight to safety has weighed on the dollar, the session around a two-year low, so gains across forex today. 108.66, theen at kiwi the thing g10 forex higher $.80e aussie dollar above before the second-quarter gdp data breaks at the bottom of the hour. among asian forks, malaysia leading gains, the highest level since november 10, 2016. on the other end of the spectrum, the korean won on the defensive, leading laggards, and the offshore yuan extending tuesday's drop, slightly weaker than fo

but their bid could face opposition from canada, australia and malaysia. our sports editor dan roan has more. local children are enjoying the alexandra stadium. this could play host to some of the world's best athletes. the bid to bring the commonwealth games here receiving government backing. we have never hosted a multisport event here before. we've hosted world championships of lots of individual sports like badminton, gymnastics, but this is our time to show the world we can bring everyone together and it is part of the bigger story of the revival of the west midlands. the stadium will get a major upgrade. a brand—new aquatics centre will be built and famous landmarks transformed into venues. victoria square will provide a historic backdrop to the basketball tournament. bring in the commonwealth going —— games here to cost three quarters of £1 billion. is it worth it? that has always been a boost to the local economy from hosting the event and what you do see is a strong legacy in terms of participation but use of the venues after the event. tea

. >>> president trump welcomes the leader of malaysia. this meeting is a subject of our latest installment of conflicts of interest. the president rolled out the carpet today for the prime minister. the justice department calls an international conspiracy to launder fund misappropriated from a malaysian fund. a money that is used to help the people of malaysia but instead that was used by a small number of individuals to fuel their grid. the prime minister is in the investigation of $4.5 billion were misproappropriated. the justice department is seeking $1.7 billion in asset including an interest in the movie "dumb and dumber ii." and $260 million megayacht, the prime minister repeatedly denied any wrong doing. >> thank you very much mr. president for your petition for me and members of my dedications to meet with you in the white house. >> president trump welcoming the prime minister with open arms today offering him with an adrenaline shot of credibility back in his home countries which stunned anti-corruption advocates. >> we want to h

the following weekend will be malaysia's last. i think we had korea and india fall off a few years back. why do you think that is happening, and you think you need to rethink the business model to regain your footprint in the asia-pacific? that some in general of the initiatives in the past, the same thing applies in the u.s. we have had braces go in and out of the u.s., like india. there needs to be a longer-term vision of how you invest and build the sport in places like that. deale past, it was too driven as opposed to how you invest, find the right partners, and build the sport in the right way. i think we have done that in singapore. we are excited about markets like china where we are looking to create a long-term partnership that allows us to grow the overall sport. reception, great fans. we can see it as we are expanding in digital platforms, the fan base in america and asia. we have to go in with the mindset that how do we build a aort in those regions over 3-5 year and actively engage working with our local partners. the

welcome to the news malaysia wants to fire in decades at least twenty five people most of them teenagers have been killed at a boarding school in kuala lumpur police say there are no signs of foul play but there are plenty of questions about the safety standards in the dormitory with just one exit. and three months after the grenfell fire in london many still have questions over how it happened and why more hasn't been done to help the victims the inquiry launched just hours ago is now trending online hardeen connected us with. also on the grid a new threat from north korea aimed directly at japan and the united states this time the talk is of sinking the japanese islands and reducing the us to ashes and darkness this is out of the new un sanctions imposed on north korea we can see how seriously tokyo in particular is taking these latest threats from pyongyang and the latest for the next decade of summer olympic games are locked in paris will host twenty twenty four los angeles twenty twenty eight but it's all smiles of the limbic headquarters there are still allegations of corruption in

in formula one racing lewis hamilton will start sunday's malaysia grand prix in pole position hamilton clocked the fastest time in qualifying edging out for ariz came here i can n. and red bulls max for shopping hamilton's title hopes received another huge boost after his main rival sebastian vettel experienced engine trouble and the german was forced to head to the garage the ferrari driver will now start the race on the back of the grid. well leave you now with some very cute images of panda cubs are in china's sichuan province the oldest is five months old and the youngest just two more at the top of the hour thea that. make your small t.v. even smarter than your smart. what you watch when you want to. update. extraordinary. depth. you decide.