this week on the travel show, i'm in the jungles of borneo exploring malaysia's biggest state. sarawak. in the western corner of malaysia and borneo, sarawak has some of the most diverse ecosystems, but it can be overlooked by tourists drawn to the bright lights, or resorts of of its neighbour state sabah. so i'm going to discover for myself the sites and inhabitants of this remarkable state. along the way, i'll be hanging out with these guys. climbing jagged peaks. easily one of the most beautiful and one of the most difficult hikes i've done. and getting a taste of one of the world's most remote food festivals. sucking. i have to work on my snail—sucking technique. i love sarawak so much. we have 26 ethnic groups in sarawak. sarawak means "surrender to you". my trip starts here, and sarawak‘s biggest city, kuching. in sarawak‘s biggest city, kuching. the word kuching means something special, right? yes, it kuching means cat! like the city of cats? yes, cat city. we are starting here in the state capital kuching and travelling all the way over here to the highlands. it's

it was agreed to in july and exchange from malaysia dropping charges against the bank. uber is considering changing its ride model in response to tougher labor laws in california. it may license the brand to franchisees in response to new driver regulations to avoid classifying them as employees. new california law requires offering benefits to workers. lyft issay uber rival looking at a similar business model. softbank is said to be sending hotels in to help oyo japan. the chain has been hit hard. lashed its presence in june and is downsizing in tokyo. retrench amid to fallout in the tourism sector. asia's wealthiest man is on a shopping spree. he has spent the past few months raising more than $20 billion for sharing stakes in his e-commerce company. now he wants to buy indian online retailers to compete against amazon. india has become a retail hotspot with more than one billion consumers. ♪ at howtake a look japanese markets are trading at the moment, nikkei futures under pressure, down .3% after we saw pressure in the past two sessions. the japanese yen at the mo

the travel show i'm in the jungles of borneo exploring malaysia's biggest state. in the western corner of malaysia and borneo, sarawak has some of the most diverse ecosystems, but it can be overlooked by tourists drawn to bright lights oi’ tourists drawn to bright lights or its neighbour state. so why am going to discoverfor or its neighbour state. so why am going to discover for myself the sites and inhabitants of this remarkable state. along the way, they will be hanging out with these guys. claiming jagged out with these guys. claiming jagged peaks, easily one of the most beautiful and one of the most beautiful and one of the most difficult hikes i have done. and, getting a taste of one of the world's most remote food festivals. i have to work on my snail sucking technique. we have 26 ethnic groups and sarawak. my trip starts here, and sarawa k‘s guest sarawak. my trip starts here, and sarawak‘s guest city. and that word means something special, right? yes, it means cat! like the city of katz? yes, cat city. we are starting here in the state capital and t

is me as the lobby groups executive secretary do you think it's going to this is this comes from malaysia. this is one of your members we do this whether you use it for you or nation. even if you saw that all the. we're not just for you go looking for the environment when you see the. book. and then look at the and the both of those seem. so the greens are the real yes. the. morning clothes. and then you miss. as a father does that make you feel just today children living around factories something like this if a man of all who said i think maybe the next 15 years are. but this x. man you know what let me expect with. the new that's. maybe 50 who think it will be i know you can. but this isn't a laughing matter. the textile lobby spokesman doesn't recognize the impact of the industry on the health of those living near the tara. and time is now of the essence. couldn't the indonesian government take steps to avoid this chemical contamination before it's too late. mr oh your book of all of us thank you once again from time thank you at the environment ministry the official in charge of poll

man and there were several armed civilians in camouflage gear out there some of them were members of malaysia some of them were guarding individual bits of property we don't know much about which which group this guy might have belonged to but his name is kyle rittenhouse he's 17 years old and he was arrested across the border in illinois not far away. what happened was. there was a conflict between some protesters and individual who was armed and there's video of this the man is down on the ground he gets up and he fires at various protesters. according to police 3 people were shot 2 of them are dead one of them he is wounded but expected to recover so this is now a homicide investigation this is really the 1st blood from the protests that have followed the the killing of mr blake jacob blake the 29 year old man whose killing at the hands of police set off all of this and so for 3 months protesters have owned much of the streets while police have really guarded the government buildings in one central area of downtown and that is what continue to happen last night and now police are hoping th

malaysia has deported a bangladeshi worker who criticised the government's treatment of undocumented workers in an al-jazeera documentary the film top in malaysia's lockdown followed the lives of undocumented workers who were arrested during raids in areas where tight restrictions were imposed on a dry on kabir was detained and blacklisted last month as their offices were raided and journalists question dr the program was broadcast. now artists around the world have been exploring different ways to connect with their audience during the coronavirus lockdowns many have moved on line but one theater director in mexico is taking his work to the streets here's his story it is own words. when i found this my name he said. that they are rector of the ghetto theater company yes yes and they noticed that. this project was born from our need to defend the art as an essential to keep it in mexico and the rest of the world. i guess in recent years we have had a fascination for the aesthetics of the us for months and doing this monster confinement we've managed to find how this is a sign could h

and complained on social media over the conservation of the statue of buddhist associations as far as malaysia have protested against its demolition to no avail. see on is an ancient capital of china tourists from all over the world come to see its historic sites including its borders to heritage but in recent years the government has pushed for a revival of communist ideology even inside dot untempered the world famous buddhist heritage the sign reminds visitors to uphold socialist values the chinese government is exercising immense pressure on religions compared to the latter to buddhism is treated even more leniently. the government considers it to be more in line with their norms but i've witnessed that pressure on buddhist temples myself and their activity is increasing. and the pace is picking up as well temples have been forced to cancel religious events monasteries have had some of their buildings demolished experts estimate that the 3 faced buddha is just one of up to $800.00 statues that have been destroyed you see 2 years. since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic working condi

government and complained on social media to save the statue with the stars to see asians as far away as malaysia have protested against its demolition but to no avail. shion is an ancient capital of china tourists from all over the world come to see its historic sites including its buddhist heritage but in recent years the government has pushed for a revival of communist ideology even inside datsun temple the world famous buddhist heritage site assigned reminds visitors to a poet socialist values. it's not only buddhist but also christianity and islam the chinese government is putting immense pressure on religions buddhism is treated more leniently because the government considers it to be more in line with their norms but i've witnessed myself the pressure they're putting on buddhist temples and that activity is increasing. temples have been forced to cancel religious events monasteries have had some of their buildings demolished experts estimate that the 3 face is just one of up to 800 statues that have been destroyed in loosened use. by materials but that's it for today be sure to check out o

were other prime targets market by the japanese, in december 1941 they took hong kong, and invaded malaysia. ♪ ♪ they bombed british singapore, and its great naval brace, the british fought back. but it was the same losing fight as in bataan. on new year's day 1942, the siege of bataan began. superior japanese forces pounded our troops for three long days. on february 22nd, 1942, president roosevelt ordered general mcarthur to leave the philippines and proceed to australia. as a supreme commander in the south pacific, mcarthur turned over his position to waynewright. mcarthur made the first leg of his journey to australia, through enemy invested waters. and then by plane. bataan fell on the 9th of april, 1942. thousands of captured americans and filipino prisoners of war, began their infamous death march. hundreds were to die, fell by exhaustion, and at the hands of their captors. the battling -- of bataan, there was a heroism seldom matched. the last foot hole, and what had seemed fortress, now awaited the inevitable doom. (noise) the fortunes of the united states and its allies were a

in december 1941, they took hong kong and invaded malaysia. they bombed british singapore and its great naval base. the british fought back, but it was the same losing fight that our troops were waging in bhutan. on new year's day 1942, the siege of bhutan began. superior japanese forces pounded our beleaguered troops for three long and agonizing months. on february 22nd, 1942, president roosevelt ordered general mcarthur to leave the philippines and lee for australia. as supreme commander in the southwest pacific, mark author turned his command over to janet jiang and general jonathan wayne writes. mcarthur made the first leg of his journey to australia through enemy infested waters. and then by plane from ben but now all. a tan fell on the 9th of april, 1942. (noise) thousands of captured american and filipino prisoners of war began their infamous death march. hundreds were to die, fell by exhaustion and by the bandits of their captors. to those who starved whose foreign, the nation owes a debt to whom it can never repay. there was a heroism

originally from malaysia, who has lived in under ten years. how important is it to you? it's pa rt how important is it to you? it's part of my life. people like my mum, they only know how to send a message, but this is more easy for them. and it's the family connection. if i don't have this, i feel lonely. the owner of we chat won't say how many visitors has outside of china but it suppose to be in the tens of billions. it, along with other chinese apps has caught the attention of the us authorities. president trump has mentioned action on tick—tock. tick—tock doesn't hold its data inside china and would never give that data to the chinese government. many security experts believe that it is wechat that holds a much greater security risk. this is the former chief security officer third... wechat is one of the most popular messaging apps in the world. people run companies over wechat and could do things open them up to blackmail, so there at the start of appsi blackmail, so there at the start of apps i would start with before... wechat has long been criticised for cen

just yesterday malaysia's coast guard has some kind of a clash with two vietnamese fishing boats and ended up killing one vietnamese fischer man and detaining 18 others in whatever kind of clash that was that took place on the high seas. it is a tense region. >> just a tinderbox. thank you so much for that. >> still ahead, michelle obama with a withering takedown of president trump like no former first lady ever before but maybe the most powerful speech of the night came from a woman who lost her father to coronavirus. >> dad was a healthy 65-year-old. his only pre-existing condition was trusting donald trump and for that he paid with his life. is that net carbs or total?... eh, not enough fiber... chocolate would be good... snacking should be sweet and simple. the delicious taste of glucerna gives you the sweetness you crave while helping you manage your blood sugar. with nutrients to help support immune health. (vo) welevate your senses.p the audi a6. get exceptional offers at your local audi dealer. (burke) just an app. (neighbor) whatcha working on... it's called signal from farm

it was agreed in july in exchange for malaysia agreeing to drop all charges against the bank. shery: we have an alert coming from california. governor gavin newsom saying they are deploying every resource available. they have just declared a statewide emergency due to the fires and the weather. we see extreme heat around california, with nearly 30 wildfires burning across the state. the governor now coming out and saying they are deploying every resource available and declaring a statewide emergency. plenty more to come. this is bloomberg. ♪ if you look at the post office, for years, that's all people complained about. we will run it well, and we will not lose so much money. >> he's tried to prevent people from voting, undermine the u.s. postal service. >> we should be funding the postal service so it can do its job. we need to make it easy for americans to vote. >> we do need to make sure vote by mail will be safe in this country, as well. >> we have to request mail-in ballots right now tonight and send them back immediately. >> the postal service will be just fine. ability

this is winnie, originally from malaysia. how would you describe it, how important is it? hello part of my life. old people like my mum, they only know how to send a message, similarlike know how to send a message, similar like whatsapp, but wechat is easier for them. it's the family connection, the home feeling. if they don't have this, i feel lonely. the owner of wechat won't say have any user that has outside of china but it is thought to run into the tens of millions. it, along with other chinese apps, has caught the attention of the us authorities. president trump has mentioned impending action oi'i has mentioned impending action on tiktok and for good reason. tiktok is a very different beast to wechat. to start with, tiktok says that it doesn't actually hold any of its data inside china, and it would never give that data to the chinese government. many security experts those they that it security experts those they thatitis security experts those they that it is wechat that holds a much greater security risk. this is the former chief security officer for yahoo and fa

armenia in 1915 his mother fled the armenian genocide and took her infant son with her to syria care how malaysia settled in jerusalem and in the early 1940 s. moved to gaza where he started working as a photographer. tell you about catherine he started his photography studio of 947. in 1900 many palestinians fled to gaza in the west bank. had experienced a similar situation in armenia. armenia. he considered gaza his 2nd home and started taking pictures of various events including the war. archive all of his photos so that future generations could see that. i want to run as he is trying to preserve this material because it provides a detailed account of gaza's rich and turbulent history with displacement and loss looming large in people's collective memory. like my one to rosie with his treasure trove of photographs they all want to preserve this material for future generations. their common goal is to keep alive the history of. the cultural identity of its inhabitants. tanya chroma gaza and you can see how special report collected memory is in full detail documentary you tube. though a fossil 1

man and there were several armed civilians in camouflage gear out there some of them were members of malaysia some of them were guarding individual bits of property we don't know much about which which group this guy might have belonged to but his name is kyle rittenhouse he's 17 years old and he was arrested across the border in illinois. or could be the most powerful storm to hit the u.s. this year is just hours away from making landfall hurrican laura is already a category 4 storm and officials say it could be catastrophic its power grew by nearly 70 percent in just 24 hours this is what it looks like from space it crackles with lightning and races towards texas and louisiana 2 states that are already grappling with coronavirus authorities aboard the storm could churn flood waters as high as 6 meters making it unsurvivable around 620000 people have been told to leave their homes with hurricane warnings issued to those living as far as 320 kilometers inland and the canada has the latest from miami it's gone from a one to a 4 forecaster say you may even strengthen a little bit more before it

malaysia's lost worse since 2000, suspended payments to creditors. the company says it is pessimistic. china's leading insurer reported profit down 30% as coronavirus hit shales. net income fell to $10 billion as the pandemic adds to the company's growth challenges. bloomberg intelligence says it faces a slower recovery because it's more selective about recruitment. they posted a 19% growth and profit. -- in profit. rolls-royce reported its biggest ever loss as the pandemic hammers demand for air travel. shares slumped as much as 10% in london among the $5.4 billion -- 5.4 billion pounds lost. they aim to reduce 3 billion. their contracts have been slashed by the pandemic. news,d: a bit of breaking the tune of 2 billion to malaysia in the settlement. the malaysian government saying they will be using the cash from goldman to repay some of the debt to incur the 1mdb. it's overall, a $3.9 billion settlement,ment, -- is a time is battling the pandemic and is ensuing big debt there, as well. the hong kong going for its lunch break shortly. a look at the

on today's episode, we explore the unbelievable creatures who call malaysia home. we'll discover where the giants go to socialize with their best and biggest friends. plus, a fish that walks? we'll race over to the coastline to find some creatures you might not find anywhere else. and later, we don't "bat" an eye as we discover what's hanging in the caves of malaysia. [music]

malaysia up 0.2%. look at where we are in terms of the dollar, showing a little strength today, up for a third day. forging rising risks holding the dollar with the november elections approaching quickly. down 0.4%, still close to a record last week. good to see the tencent recovery, but not close to making up for all the losses we saw the last two sessions. our top story with the u.s. tensions and china retaliating with sanctions on u.s. officials. and ahead of those trade discussions. >> we did a phase one deal, it was a wonderful deal. all of a sudden it means very little, that will never pay the loss of life in our country and around the world. we view china differently than we did eight months ago. yvonne: looking at china differently, the sanctions we saw from china that came last night. let's get the latest from stephen engle who joins us from hong kong. let's start with the sanctions we have seen on the china side. the strategy seems to remain where you retaliate but do not escalate further. st

today, we're going to dissect the latest news on covid-19 from a mutated strain of coronavirus out of malaysia to president trump talking about botanical extract as therapeutic. a lot to talk about with dr. george rutherford, chief of infectious diseases. but two weeks of political theatre. this week doctic national convention, next week, the republican national convention. for both parties, a chance to define what they stand for and what their ticket, why they think their ticket deserves to be in the white house. so joining us today to kick off the democrats week and talk about what's making headlines is democratic congressman ted lu. good to have you here. >> thank you, kristen. >> you're a second term congressman representing part of l.a. county. lately, you've gotten a lot of national attention though due to your tweets calling out haters, internet trolls and even president trump. when president trump said in an interview, if i pluz the election, you'll have to learn to speak chinese and you, representative lu, tweeted, dear real donald trump, i speak chinese and serve on active duty milit

now, let's get through our first question straightaway and it is from borneo in malaysia and dylanjordan tan. dyla n. hi there. so, with the current health crisis that we are in, unemployment and hunger have increased. so how do world leaders regain the trust of the people? how do world leaders regain the trust of the people? before you answer that both of you, james, have world leaders lost the trust of their people? i think a great many of them have. of course, it's not uniform, every different country has a different relationship with its populace. but i don't think we can pretend that prior to this global outbreak of this pandemic that the relationship and the contract between citizen and state, certainly in a lot of western democracies felt particularly healthy. speaking to you now from great britain, i think we had really felt we had arrived at a crossroads after the financial crisis of 2008, after the deep divisions of brexit and including up to the proroguing of our parliament in 2019. it really felt like ideologically, domestically, politically, economically, intellectually, we

the economy of malaysia contracted over 17%. the philippines, more than 16%. indonesia is the region's largest economy, and it shrank over 5%. it is the first time in 21 years for the figure to come in negative. travel restrictions imposed in response to the pandemic took a big toll on tourism in the region. personal consumption also plunged after authorities placed restrictions on social and business activities. some analysts believe that investors may pull money out of these emerging economies unless their situation improves. >>> the philippines government will ease coronavirus restrictions in and around its capital manila from wednesday. it's an apparent bid to revitalize the domestic economy. the move comes despite the continued spread of infection in the country. president rodrigo duterte said in a televised speech on monday that the pandemic has caused the global economy to plunge and put mamany people out ofof work. he saiaid his gogovernment can n longer afford to compensate citizens and companies affected by the lockdown. the country had been gradudua

couple of months, i think there has been countries anchored by china, japan and thailand,uth korea, malaysia at once you get out of predatory loans. indonesia is unhappy. anybody that is touching the chinese border right now has a consequence. russia just pulled out of selling air defense missions because they claimed the chinese were spying on russian technology. countries have an issue. happened lot like what with russia in the cold war. you think about the new cyber command that is being developed? , the cyber command -- i think you have to have the capability to defend yourself and the capability to project force. , and i what is happening hope it evolves is that the types of conflicts we will be engaged in our what some people refer to as cognitive warfare. disinformation, misinformation. elements all tools or of cognitive warfare, trying to get your opponent to behave differently and never having to engage in any physical conflict. would it not be great if they decided on their own just too -- ? i would love it if cyber command had a large component of cognitive command. that is what w

the guinness world record was set back in 2014 in malaysia when 1,180 people participated in a boat parade. no word yet on an official count for what they did down there in florida today. >>> check out this incredible new video tonight of a rare fire tornado near the california/nevada border. you can see the plume there turning like a tornado. this is near reno. it prompted a warning from the national weather service at about 3:00 this afternoon. experts think it might be the first warning of its kind. a similar fire tornado occurred during the devastating 2018 carr fire near redding. pretty unbelievable video there. >>> vianey arana joining us now. you're more in tune with this kind of stuff than we are, but that looks very unusual to me. >> yeah. you know, i was actually reading the threads on twitter from this video that, you know, has been circulating everywhere. you know, judging by the meteorologists' response, the scientists' response. they are saying they believe it is the first ever issued, the tornado warning, by the national weather service specifically for a wildfire-generated,

and complained on social media over the conservation of the statue of buddhist associations as far as malaysia have protested against its demolition to no avail. c.n.n. is an ancient capital of china tourists from all over the world come to see its historic sites including its borders to heritage but in recent years the government has pushed for a revival of the communist ideology even inside dot untempered the world famous buddhist heritage the sign reminds visitors to uphold socialist values. not only on buddhism but also on christianity and islam the chinese government is exercising immense pressure on religion and compared to the latter 2 buddhism is treated even more leniently. the government considers it to be more in line with their norms but i've witnessed that pressure on buddhist temples myself and their activity is increasing. and the pace is picking up as well temples have been forced to cancel religious events monasteries have had some of their buildings demolished experts estimate that the 3 faced buddha is just one of up to $800.00 statues that have been destroyed in the siege u

a to tell you that the teams they were playing in 2007 at the start of the film hong kong kuwait's malaysia and the pow omar qatar saudi arabia singapore and the u.a.e. are not the world's greatest there's $119.00 and they're playing their part of the top 10 in the world so spain in an incredible journey in the fact that from 2007 when we 1st found them they were in a world cup of tea 20 world cup within 3 years it shows you how much talent that country house well let's bring reese in then from kabul well what do you 1st of all tell us what you're actually up to these days i'm working with. i want to start a cricket war. i was i was a good note. i took way retirement from the international cricket in 2010 i become the after one year i became the head of selection committee and. director of what is on a cricket board and different position work with the junior level players work with the national side but now our days i'm working with the one in stand under 19. team is a head coach race it's on the head great to see younger now than you did 10 years ago . first of all the experiences you had

this is winnie, originally from malaysia, who has lived in london for ten years. how would you describe it to you, how important is it? it's part of my life. old people like my mum only know how to send a message in whatsapp, but wechat is easy for them. if i didn't have wechat, my mum would cry. it is the family connection, home feeling. if i don't have this, i feel lonely. tencent, the owner of wechat, won't say how many users it has outside of china, but it's thought to run into the tens of millions. it, along with other chinese apps, has got the attention of the us authorities. president trump has mentioned impending action on tiktok, and for good reason. with parent companies based in china, apps like tiktok, wechat and others are significant threats to the personal data of american citizens. tiktok is a very different beast to wechat. to start with, tiktok says it doesn't hold any of its data inside china and it would never give that data to the chinese government. many security experts, though, believe it is wechat that holds a much greater security risk. t

malaysia has deported a bangladeshi worker who criticised the government's treatment of undocumented workers in an al-jazeera documentary the film locked up in malaysia's lockdown follow the lives of undocumented workers who were arrested joining raids in areas where tight restrictions were imposed on how much i was detained and blacklisted last month it was flown to bangladesh on friday al-jazeera offices were raided and journalists questioned out of the program is broadcast prompting prompting accusations malaysian government is cracking down on media freedom. lebanese citizens were not the only victims of the beirut port explosion earlier this month hundreds of syrians were among the thousands who've been injured the u.n. and aid agencies are providing help but they haven't been able to reach everyone in a lot of reports. 2 weeks after he was injured and where most of us pain hasn't eased knocked unconscious from the blast of beirut port he spent a few days in hospital and is now left to deal with his injuries alone the father of 6 is a syrian migrant worker who are among the wors

government and complained on social media of the conservation of the statue just as of the asians as far as malaysia have protested against its demolition to no avail. c.n.n. is an ancient capital of china tourists from all over the world come to see its historic sites including its buddhist heritage but in recent years the government has pushed for a revival of communist ideology even inside dot untempered the world famous buddhist heritage the sign reminds visitors to uphold socialist values. not only on buddhism but also on christianity and islam the chinese government is exercising immense pressure on religion and compared to the latter to buddhism is treated even more leniently. the government considers it to be more in line with their norms but i've witnessed that pressure on buddhist temples myself and their activity is increasing. and the pace is picking up as well temples have been forced to cancel religious events monasteries have had some of the buildings demolished experts estimate that the 3 phase is just one of up to $800.00 statues that have been destroyed years. let's bring in a repo