australian—based transgender entrepreneur exposing the difficulties her community experiences back in malaysia. tackling an online campaign of disinformation and threat — the usjustice department indicts two iranians, accused of trying to influence the 2020 presidential election. and we'll hear from lady gaga on channelling her childhood experiences into her new film, house of gucci. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news, it is newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. former women's world number one serena williams has joined several other tennis stars in expressing concern over the whereabouts of chinese professional player, peng shuai. the two—time grand slam doubles champion hasn't been seen for two weeks, since she accused china's former vice premier, zhang gaoli, of sexual assault. williams tweeted: "i hope she is safe and found as soon as possible." i've been speaking to multiple wimbledon and us open champion, pam shriver. she said there's increasing concern for peng shuai. we're all pretty worried, given what has happened over the last couple weeks and that, reall

malaysia is sometimes portrayed as a model moderate muslim nation — diverse, democratic but the case of nur sajat, a transgender malaysian entrepreneur, has exposed the difficulties lgbtqi communities experience there. our south east asia correspondent jonathan head has more. now safe in australia, nur sajat seems an unlikely refugee. the flamboyant malaysian cosmetics entrepreneur was very successful in her own country. her difficulties there stemmed from her gender identity. translation: i've had to save myself by moving to a better place. _ to continue living my life as a transgender woman and to be myself, i've had to seek a safer place, which is australia. nur sajat became a social media celebrity with her online makeup and fashion tips. her business thrived. that she was transgender was widely known, but it was her insistence on being seen both as a woman and an observant muslim, and then posting about a pilgrimage she made last year to mecca, that stirred up hostility from some malaysian muslims. translation: i have to show my true self. j i'm a transgender woman. this is the

australian—based transgender entrepreneur exposing the difficulties her community experiences, back in malaysia. and new research shows we should all be hugging and we should be doing it for longer. we'll talk to a profession cuddler on how to embrace the hug. hello and welcome to the programme we start with breaking news from india: the prime minister, narendra modi, says he's decided to repeal agricultural reform laws that have sparked a year of protests by hundreds of thousands of farmers. in an address to the nation, mr modi said the government had been unable to convince some farmers of the benefits of the three laws. let's get more from our correspondent in delhi, arunoday mukharji. do we have any idea why this has happened?— do we have any idea why this has happened? there are several reasons attributed _ has happened? there are several reasons attributed to _ has happened? there are several reasons attributed to this - has happened? there are several reasons attributed to this very i reasons attributed to this very surprise decision taken by the indian government and announced by the

mind you, singapore and malaysia markets are closed for a holiday. jakarta is leading the charge, up 1% in indonesia. pretty flat when it comes to the p comp in melillo. overall a decent day on the backdrop of central banks looking a bit more dovish than expected when it comes to the fed, potentially when it comes to pushing against the pricing of these rate hikes. this is something else we are focusing on, this is the philippines, owned by one of the philippines richest men. they are talking about the debut yesterday, 50% higher. no coming back down. we are seeing massive swings. rishaad: talking about central banks, malaysia kept its interest rate policy on hold. binet inflation perhaps behind all that. these are record lows. what they are hoping is that it supports economic recovery that, as the country has been loosening its virus restrictions , right? yvonne: yes. and they just announced the record budget, $80 billion budget for 2022. so potentially you are seeing more of the fiscal side of things leading the charge when it comes to keeping thin

we have millions of companies in malaysia. and if you look at the focus on the budget for the businesses, we even have 40 billion ringgit, 10 billion u.s. dollars assistance package just for the business sector, and 4.8 billion ringgit, which is $1.2 billion a jobs program for 600,000 jobs. so do we need to look at it realistically, we are confident that markets will adjust somewhat. but it is really, the key focus now is on the economy and creating employment. haidi: can we get some progress when it comes to settlement talks, explaining 1mdb and abu dhabi? mnstr. aziz: that is still ongoing. we are still in the process of looking at our recovery efforts. as of october 31, our outstanding balance on 1mdb bonds and sukuk is about 39 billion ringgit, less than 10 billion u.s. dollars. we have done a lot in trying to recover the assets since 2019. the asset recovery has been used to pay 1mdb's debt. . . we have asset recovery is now at 15 billion ringgit that will be used so in terms of where we are, like i said, we are pursuing

and the western side of indonesia, the concentration has been put in the malaysia, some parts of sumatran. i think it's southern sumatra and java and as you probably know by now, australia had a very wet spring and we're this picture of cloud and the full cross. you can see this more to come. there are flood watches or warnings out for the whole this eastern side of australia, stretching the tropics, was dan tasmania, tasman. he gets away of the probably, but the rain last into the weekend in the form of heavy thunderstorms down the coast of queens and, and usa was talking back to a c t and into new south wells. victoria sees a slow improvement that does go on shore, something that's a better day, but it be very wet and muddy underfoot. in the west, it is warm, 35 in perth. well above the average. and the time being, it is warm in some parts, new ceiling in christ church, but this rain comes in from the south. so your temperatures will drop dramatically . ah, the end of the country with an abundance of results, rate, bar and walk indonesia, his friends for me, we move pool to grow and fro

malaysia reporting its gdp numbers on friday. rishaad: let's have a look at the southeast asian markets as we do digest all that news. we had some tremendous data out of one country earlier. we will come to that in a second. malaysia is the anomaly, down by's extensive 1%. david: quite a bit. a 3.8% from a month prior. that came in more than double. the median is almost double the highest. the curves are taking place. it's worth noting that it's not captured in the data because things have started to reopen. let's have a look at the outlooks here. good morning from hong kong, pleasure to have you on the show. quite a surprise here out of the philippines. what didn't we see? >> good morning. it is a pleasant surprise. i was seeing a particularly strong private construction print, so there are some signs that consumer spending is coming back to life. after being a donald trump supporter for several quarters, and that's despite unemployment rates remaining high because of the partial lockdowns in place. that's a bit surprising. and

malaysia another when we are watching at the moment. certainly malaysia seeing a .6% gain. positive sentiment taking place for this particular region of the moment, and that is, of course, off the back of we have been witnessing in the u.s. as well. quick check on singapore airlines stocks. they are seeing losses narrow, to some extent anyway. the ceo saying they are seeing strong booking demand, and seeing loss of about .9%. haslinda: staying with aviation, singapore logistics and aviation services providers said revenue rose thanks to growth in cargo. the ceo spoke exclusively to bloomberg about how he sees the business. >> with the details out of singapore, clearly, there will be more passenger travel coming up and we will see more flights increasing out of the chinese airport. -- out of chinese airports. we have been working very closely with our customers in terms of the new norm going forward, especially for safe travel. we have been putting a lot of new solutions to drive the new way of traveling for passengers, making it safe to travel around the world. >> we see si

tomorrow i will be in malaysia. a good part of the american supply chain is in malaysia. some factories went down due to covid outbreaks which had disruptions in america. some factories went down due to natural disaster. they are saying, how do we work better together? how do we improve resiliency and transparency to get rid of these chokepoints and bottlenecks? haslinda: we have to talk about trade. in a new normal, in the area of trade between the u.s. and china, what is that exactly? >> we want trade. exports are good for u.s. business. china needs to play by the rules, they need to respect our ip, they need to live up to their commitments. right now in the so-called phase one deal with the chinese committed to purchase a certain amount of aircraft in agricultural products, they are not doing that. we want to level playing field, we want everyone to play by the rules, and of course we do want trade and exports. haslinda: the uso talks about using new tools to address chinese practices, what are these new tools, and are you looking at deploying these new tools? >> presi

nearly 90% of the population in singapore, 80% in malaysia, and in... myanmar is an outlier. rates there are below 20%, but few tourists are likely to want to visit, even though the military has talked about opening the country up. but why is even with booster shots now beginning to be administered to patients here in thailand, that today's vaccines may not be effective against the new omicron variant? and governments here cannot forget that even when they did cut themselves off from the rest of the world, a cost while they kept the earlier covid variant, and they suffered severe outbreaks during this year. jonathan head reporting there. in the last hour, brazil has confirmed two omicron variant cases, the first in latin america. and you can get much more on our website about the new variant, including a useful guide explaining how you can tell whether you have the omicron strain of the virus or not, and what tests are used to detect it. that's by philippa roxby in our health team — on the website at bbc.com/news — or download the bbc news app. let's take a look at some o

tomorrow, i'll be in malaysia. a good part of america's supply chain is in malaysia. some of the factories went down due to covid outbreaks. which had disruptions obviously in america. some of the factories went down due to natural disaster. so we get rid of the choke points and bottlenecks. >> recumming with china in a new normal. >> we want trade. but it needs to be china needs to play by the rules. they need to they're not living up to their commitments. we want a level playing field. and we want everyone to play by the rules. and then we do want trade. and exports. good for american business. >> the shushes has talked about using new tools to address chinese practices. what are these new tools and are you looking at deploying these new tools along with the allies? >> absolutely. so president biden is so cheer about this. first and foremost, we invest in america. we -- the president signed a trillion dollar package. biggest investment ever in american infrastructure. and then we worked with our allies. which is why i'm here in this region. we want to develop a more

tomorrow i'll be in malaysia. a good part of america's supply chain is in malaysia. some of the factories went down due to covid outbreaks. which had disruptions obviously in america. some the fact rice went down due to natural disaster. so we're saying how do we work better together? how do we improve resiliency and transpatterncy so we get rid of these choke points and bottlenecks? >> we have to talk about trade. we had some u.s. trade representatives, katherine py, talking about recumming with china. -- recumming with china. in the area of trade and u.s. and china, what is that exactly? how do you -- define? >> we want trade. that's good for u.s. business. exports are good for u.s. business. but it needs to be -- china needs to play by the rules. they need to respect our i.p. -- i.p. they need to live up to their commitments. right now in the so-called phase one deal, where the chinese committed to purchase a certain amount of aircraft and agricultural products, they're not doing that. they're not living up to their commitments. we want a level playing field. we w

singapore and malaysia have reopened a causeway. it allows land travel for the first time since march of last year. vaccinated passengers will be allowed to transit on buses. prior to covid, some 300,000 people streamed across each day making it one of the world's busiest land borders. germany's coalition government is promising to slash greenhouse gas emissions with a faster coal exit. more renewables, and a new carbon price lower. after in negotiations, the democrats secured a deal with the free democrats. it takes away for angela merkel to be replaced as chancellor. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg. shery: take a look at the markets. trading across asia, it is still early in the session but we are seeing the asx 200 under a little bit of pressure with financials leading the decline, tach and materials gaining ground. kiwi stocks are up 6/10 of 1%, remember this coming after the dovish r

it is the rainy season throughout malaysia and indonesia. there are inevitable floods have been some in jakarta elsewhere in java. and the forecasts would indicate you're just as likely to get more of the same in java, sumatra, peninsula malaysia in southern thailand and seller work. there's also a likelihood with this increased ne monsoon to see more raid in viet down further south and in cambodia less are in the zone. know the philippines and that ne monsoon is what is really winter tucked in. he's given snow invasion. those falling in the forecast in the northeast of china, temperatures are a bit below where they should be in that code is going to be felt throughout the korean peninsula. and then in japan where i think you'll see rain for quite a few. but based on the top of mount fuji, maybe later on tuesday, maybe wednesday the northeast one soon, which represents the asian wind to really in many places. this one here also gives you the wet season for time. another and still anchor. it's doing that now has been flooding in china and the

the malaysia also seeing some rather wet weather, usual scattering of showers. there, across the good parts of borneo, malaysia, seeing the usual seasonal rains and those rays, really piping out now into indonesia, we could see some localized flooding in java, for example, to make await the early part of next week. now we have seen fighting recently into eastern parts of australia, this bad of cloud and rain, slowly pulling away from the east coast. there would be, so if a 2 horrible image is afraid in parts of northeastern new south wales, it does remain rather unsettled, rather lively on the winds there down towards a se. as we go through sunday, some more blustery showers coming through here and noticed a chance of some snow. i with the australian ow slow to a possibility into parts of tasmania. and he went to wood, even his eland. ah. in the country with an abundance of resolve, i really want indonesia, he's friends for me. we move full to growth and frank, we balance for green economy, blue economy, and the digital economy with the new job creation law, ind

at western side of the south, east asia. fat in northern malaysia was st. 263 millimeters dufrane, southern parts vietnam also seen some big downpours. that's going to be the focus for the heavy arrangements to get over the next couple of days. the ne monsoon driving no showers in to south vietnam more very heavy right now. just just coming in across the malay peninsula, just pushing down through good part of thailand, usual splattering of showers there across malaysia. what heavy showers just notices and pockets of heavy rain, also affecting java over the next hour. so indonesia, turning increasingly where it receipts them. increasingly wet weather recently ran northern and eastern parts of australia. this line of storms at around 2500 kilometers in length. that same line of stores we should producing some big downpours from the top and all the way across to will se pass of queensland. i will gradually clear as we go through, sat down, please to say, but we have got some live shows still in place there for eastern parts of new south wales, a snares of victoria, still very wet, wet weather,

, good scattering showers through malaysia. also started to see increasingly wet weather coming in across a good part of indonesia with the risk of some flooding. the flooding risk continues into southern parts of india. meanwhile, again, the ne monsoon has been driving some heavy rave, it'll circulation and all tropical cycling. now, making his way further westwards, we have got wallace enforced the corolla ah, with frank assessments. what's the point of the un if multilateralism isn't part of indiana, we need somewhere where sovereign states can exchange views informed opinions in focus likely to change biking behavior. it's not going to change their behavior, they're going to continue to do what they do when it's going to be more in trade and less in terms of trying to match this more games mentality. in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on our j 0 lou the hello again. the top stories on al jazeera and geo volunteers and poland are demanding more access to the border with bella. ruth, that's where refu

, good scattering a showers through malaysia also started to see increasingly wet weather coming in across a good part of indonesia with the risk of some flooding the flooding risk continues into southern parts of india. meanwhile, again, the ne monsoon has been driving some heavy rain. it'll circulation and all tropical cycling. now making its way further westwards. we have got warnings enforced, the corolla. oh, the weather sponsored by cataract ways. in the country with an abundance of results, ray barnett won indonesia whose turns forming we moved full to grow and frock. we balance for green economy, blue economy, and the digital economy with the new job creation law, indonesia is progressively ensuring the policy reform to create quality jobs investment. let's be part linda. this is growth and progress in indonesia now. ah, the me wanting out, is there a time to recap our headlines now? the secretary of state is announced that will represent the diplomatic interest of the us enough chemist cut the will assume the role of protecting power. the u. s. doesn't recognize it's on a bond gov

good scattering a showers through malaysia also started to see increasingly wet weather coming in across a good part of indonesia with the risk of some flooding. the flooding risk continues into southern parts of india. meanwhile, again, the ne monsoons been driving some heavy rain, little circulation and all tropical cycling, now making its way further westward, we have got wallace enforced the corolla. oh, the weather sponsored by casara ways. oh, the land of the free americans never been in democracy. the blackfeet, written overtures, a new episode of democracy may be excluded divisions and struggles in america as electoral system, a fight for and against equal representation. and the democratic process is the country that's learning how to be a democracy, but it's not there. one person, one vote on al jazeera lou ah ah, open back to watching al jazeera melinda top stories is our young climate thomas in glasgow has gone into overtime delegate. so trying to reach an agreement on a revised draft plan aimed at protecting the planet. former donald trump aid steve bannon has been formerly

, good scattering a showers through malaysia also started to see increasingly wet weather coming in across a good part of indonesia with the risk of some flooding, the flooding risk continues into southern parts of india. meanwhile, again, the ne monsoons been driving some heavy rain will circulation and all tropical cycling. now making its way further westward, we have got wallace enforced the corolla. oh, the weather sponsored by casara ways, ah, tens of thousands of children were born into old lives under the ice regime and iraq and syria. now many are in camps either orphans, all with that. we don't mothers, rejected by the own communities. she could do like people are going to welcome the mouth about, of course, mom, a new documentary, his that chilling and traumatic stories from the children throw stones at me. iraq's last generation on al jazeera. ah ah, he watching out as a reminder for top stories this, our former donald trump aid steve bowden has been formally charged with 2 criminal acts for disobeying a congressional order. he was subpoenaed and refused to testify in front of t

malaysia's government challenges the arbitration settlement. the london case is one of a series of legal and regulatory investigations around the world linked to one -- 1mdb. >> two companies withdrew plans for etf's. it seems regulators are not yet ready to greenlight more complex derivative based cryptocurrency funds. >> i have urged us to rethink exchange traded products. i don't know whether that will change, but i -- my guess is that given the chair has signaled that he likes to see these products trade in regulated markets, that may be something that is standing in the way of approval. vonnie: the new york city mayor elect said he would like to take his first three paychecks and bitcoin in january. he said he wanted to turn new york into crypto friendly city and a hub for growth and innovation. he wants to set up a city going cryptocurrency similar to one launched by miami. global news 24 hours a day on air and on bloomberg quicktake. powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm vonnie quinn. this is bloom

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now when it's still a slow warming trend, the rainy season is pretty wide spread in indonesia, malaysia, not necessarily so, but the rain's a long way north shouldn't really be in cambodia at this time. yeah. but it's still there for now. when we got this tongue of rain in southern china, again, unusual, but not that rare. i have to say don't. it doesn't stay for too long. but it does look quite poking by. grilling, for example. as to the rightness been affecting sudden and near it's still there, but more on the west side in the east. and there it will stay. ah. the step beyond the comfort zones were assumptions or challenge. travel to the ends of the earth and further experience the unimaginable of the people who live it. witness award winning documentary is on a just a, you know, the latest mean as it breaks. no kind of family say that this is the only way we have to make a living, but it's having a huge impact on the environment with detailed coverage, regional and intellectual actors have been urging general pantry versus school. and we're so the transitional government, it is all f

heavy rain just around the northern parts of malaysia. that will continue to punch its way across a similar area as we go through saturday. pushing into the bay of bengal where we have a tropical cyclone. just been declared close to chennai. over the past few days. i the last 24 hours, chennai, 100 and nine millimeters of rainfall. november average, 353 millimeters. ere is more to come. >> the weather, sponsored by qatar airways. >> standing on a sacred site. >> the dakota oil pipeline snaked through indigenous lands but not witht resistance. >> they will shoot us. >> beaten, arrested and shot as protesters, they are leaders and self-proclaimed water protectors. the women of standing rock on al jazeera. ♪ ♪ >> you are watching al jazeera. a reminder of our top stories. sudan's army chief has appointed a new ruling council led by himself weeks after the military seized power. the new 14 member council excludes members of sudan's main opposition coalition. thousands of refugees trying to cross into the european union remained trapped on

palm oil prices are rising, for example, because in malaysia, they're struggling with labor shortages, migrant labor shortages. so, this is kind of a whole host of reasons that have converged just at, kind of, like this heartbreaking time, you know, when especially the poor, we can talk about that a bit lar, but the poor really are the ones that are suffering in places like latin america. >> sreenivasan: so, we've heard about, kind of, supply chain slowdowns when it comes to things like computer chips, but you're talking about staples that people rely on, whether it's just we're talking rice and beans and vegetable oil, things that the poor rely on more so than t rich because this is all they eat. >> exactly. so, food price inflation always affects the poor more because the poor tend to spend a higher proportion of their income on food. and because they just don't have that cushion, that margin, you know, when prices go up, they don't have savings or they can't, you know, they live literally day to day. i mean, millions of people in lan america live like that. so, it's just been punis

more heavy showers coming through, a splattering around malaysia, some in the south on the haiti side. this developing system brings more heavy downpours and stews disturbed toward the northwest. more heavy showers appear and into the northern lanes. >> the weather sponsored by qatar airways. x --t is a dirty job. but some buddy has got to do it. >> it goes there or here. >> promoted clean, safe sanitation for all, but with a third of the world lacking basic facilities, and the unique style help clean up the mess? >> pop-culture is the fastest thing to solve any patient problem. >> a witness documentary on al jazeera. ♪ >♪ >> welcome back. the top stories this hour, hundreds of iraqis who gave up trying to enter european union have arrived home. there flight first stopped here. the migrants and refugees have been stranded at the belarus and poland border in cold wet conditions. u.s. president biden holding his first in person meeting with the leaders of canada and mexico at the white house. it is the first gathering of the three north american nations in five years. they are discu

weather is going to continue the next day or so one is still cambodia and southern thailand, since the malaysia, the other one is in java at bornea. now that's been suffering flooding recently and it's more of the same to come. it's seasonal, but it's heavy. the normal as has been the spring in australia so far seasonal, but a lot better than you might like. for example, the gibson desert, that was one example of not trying to strive through a desert when it's been raining, was dry now. it's been particularly cold recently at the southeast corner on the outs have been in the victoria now have been stones morsbow possible during monday . but the main thrust of this stormy weather has been for the south now. we left behind with sunshine person, the sunshine at 27. this is next 2 days. quite a contrast, bring cameras sidney, which is not unusual, but that controls become slimmer as generally a warming trend in this part of australia. in new zealand has been very warm, recently around has been it still, fatty woman is getting cooler. and of course, the weather's changing dramatically in sanford. ah

flooding is result of this concentration of heavy rain, which extends into the science of thailand, le, malaysia and singapore. for the north, it looks seasonally correct, for the most part, not very cold in northern parts of china or mongolia. it is probably wrecked for the science of both religion. and also, i know we've seen 2 and a half times the average rate for october, and now we're in november. is still raining. it shouldn't be. this should be a dry times. that's unseasonal rain. this is a bit more normal in the south rest monsoon has gone, science officially now disappeared. so it is ne msp, but usually brings right down through the coast. father of magic or dash and dance was towel, nodded. and sir lancaster, you see the rain comes further in london that, that a warnings. yes to the east coast. the drain does extend beyond that. and there's a hint of a forming circulation here in some parts of northern indian ocean. otherwise it's quanta, nor there more shout, really from the pole is dry here to oh, the weather. sponsored by casara, always indonesia, the country with an abundance of re

got some where to weather in play with st very heavy rain recently, just around the northern parts of malaysia, 200 millimeters afraid coming through here on this little mass of cloud. and that will continue to punch is way across a similar area as we go one through sashay, pushing across into the, by a been goal where we have a tropical cyclone. now this is just been declare, very close to china. it's brought some very heavy raining here over the, the past few days. in fact, in the last 24 hours chen, i 199 millimeters of fame, full november average 353 millimeters, the frame for the last 5 days. $900.00 millimeters, a frightful and this more to come. oh, the weather sponsored by cataract ways. i the dakota oil pipeline snakes through indigenous land. but no without resistance broke right in front of a day with beaten, arrested, and shot as protested. they all beat it and so proclaimed. watch a protective women of standing rock on al jazeera. ah ah, you watching out? is there a mind if our top story is this? our c don's army chief of the foster albert han has appointed a new ruling counsel le

get another semiconductor shortage >> others countered it is taiwan that you need to worry about, and malaysia. >> flyovers, another 27 plane this is weekend. >> i mean from a semiconductor supply standpoint. >> taiwan semi they are building here it takes two years to build these things i think people have to realize that that's a long time and they are not going to go for the full featured, which is what we really need, they want to go for high performance, where the money is david, whenever we hear about full feature -- basically there is 200 chips in a car and there is one that cost $2 that's not there so they can finish the car, the vehicle, the vehicle. >> when is that going to resolve itself, because you have been more positive than the consensus on the ability to get through this more quickly. >> i think wage is a big problem. i think ford, which my trust owns, has been the best at sourcing i think if you don't give mary berra some chips at gm you are making a mistake because they are such a big customer. i have said jim farley seems to though how to cajole people get the chips. >> righ

travel gateway that was opening up rather than shutting down is the land border between singapore and malaysia. 3000 people crossed this border daily until march 2020, when it was shut down, stranding thousands. so pretty much i'm excited to go back to my family here to my home country. oh, i know a lot of families i've been thought normally syncing up all. ah, visa has been a good opportunity for me to go back to us a militia, those visit my grandparents, my parents, my families, and stop young. for now, a special bus service will limit visitors to $3000.00 a day as other borders around the region shut down. these travelers will be hoping this journey isn't one way. tony chang, al jazeera banker. ah, iran says it's optimistic after talks resumed in vienna to save the 2015 nuclear deal representatives from russia, china, germany, france, and the u. k. have been negotiating with iranian officials. the u. s. is there, but only holding talks in directly dawson jabari has worn off from vienna. this is seen as a very beginning of what could be really the newly appointed team from iran and from the

rash house. further north philippines, looking rather disturbed whether, whether there was much of malaysia malay peninsula, certainly looking very unsettled. hopefully the shower is not quite as intense. they have been recently across some parts of vietnam and they're cambria, but the shower is never really too far away. nevertheless, smart to sing showers little more wise, but as we go on 3, monday more heavy downpours lie be ones. they're just pushing across in indonesia, particularly across java. and we got some lively down post making the way across, sir, south australia at present a lot of clout, to sliding through south australia. diving down towards that southeast corner. and as we go on through the next couple of days, it's across the southeast where we are going to see the worst of the weather. new south wales could see further flooding as this system developed further to go through sunday and on into monday and southern parts of queensland. also seeing some rather wet weather. further north is hot and sunny. ah. oh, counting the cost as big pharma refuses to sal private back soon

singapore and malaysia is one of the busiest routes in the world and with that coming from malaysia, we are happy and optimistic that more will come. for a cargo business with more passenger space opening up, we should see better use for our cargo businesses. cargo business has been doing well over the pandemic and has grown quite a bit. global it has gone up, asia has gone up about 15%. we are optimistic in this segment and from a strategy we will invest more in our cargo is in his. yvonne: you mentioned the demand for cargo. as countries emerge out of covid, do you think trend could last? how long do you think this high demand for cargo will be? kerry: the cargo business growth has been driven by challenges we see in the ocean freight segment. ocean freight rates have gone up tremendously compared to cargo. air cargo is relatively cheaper compared to ocean freight. 12 13 times more expensive, it is now down to about three times more expensive. because of the supply chain crunch we are steve -- seeing the man for air cargo. it is still reliable. paul: how much -- how about your food

vietnam, some showers cross northern parts of vietnam than usual rush of showers through se asia from malaysia into indonesia. whether to making its way across southern parts of india. and please to say it will improve over the next couple of days with the rain retreating south. oh, the weather sponsored by casara always, ah, meets the minimum. a tough is helpful and that daughter decided to quit the rock race hoping to live better with less. let's just throw everything away out there will expose the simple living movement aimed at reducing personal consumption credit and plotting. i hope to be here as a result, a simple life on al jazeera lu . ah. again, you're watching. i just need a reminder, last top stories reinstated sudan prime minister de la handoff is promising a technocratic government. reversing the country's military takeover. ham doc says he is guided by the ambitions of the sudanese people, as he spoke exclusively to. i do see it after reaching a deal with the military chief. the off of our elections will be held within 18 months. nearly half the votes have been counted in one of

we're thailand, more heavy showers coming through here than this usual splattering of showers across malaysia and indonesia. some of those in the south, very much on the heavy side, sandy seats are very heavy rain recently for southern parts of india. this developing system bring more heavy downpours into tumble now do into under per dash and it stays rather disturbed. they're up towards the northwest, more heavy showers all the way up to good to right. and even the northern plains. oh, the weather sponsored by casara, always a community decimated by cancer fights for the truth. who in this room has cancer, or knows that someone that lives here that have cancer phone lines exposes houston's cancer cluster. these are the 110 properties that have grown contamination underneath. they looked at a visible public community. it just say from do you feel that i'm bow so we were sitting in side full lines on al jazeera with ah, welcome back, i picked them out of our top stories here. this, our hundreds of iraqis who gave up trying to enter the european union, not a ride back home or repatriation fligh

all this orange really from bangkok, science was in southern southern, southern me amount was plenty malaysia suggest more, very heavy, right? a little bit out of season really. so, flooding is quite likely. same is true and a repeat performance in western bonia and more likely in java because not far away from jobs, a tropical depression revolving and the change of seasons taking place very obviously in east asia, the cold, really flooded through. so if you look at the time she's not in hong kong time. shanghai is happening, beijing about right, a little bit low. so maybe minus 7 in hub in the cold air across the japan mean snow shows for the mountains this to see no, this is new delhi, but it represents anywhere, any city in northern india, nepal, pakistan where quality is low, pool hazardous and remains that way. doesn't stir it up, the reins further south of doing what it's supposed to do. now it's more case, it should be raining insur lanka towel. now do not so much for the note as it has done recently, but that this is the case briefly the gulf states because he a bit of a shamar with a

chavel gateway that was opening up rather than shutting down is the land border between singapore and malaysia. 3000 people crossed this border daily until march 2020. when it was shut down, stranding thousands. so pretty much i'm excited to go back to my money here to my home country. i know a lot of families, i've been fucking young lease and singapore. ah, lisa has been a good opportunity for me to go back to was a militia. those visit my grandparents, my parents, my families in salvia. for now, a special bus service will limit visitors to $3000.00 a day. as other borders around the region shut down. these travelers will be hoping this journey isn't one way. tony chang al jazeera banker. how, why has corresponding kimberly? how kit is standing by president joe biden is true to speak to this hour about the new variance. but 1st, let's go to join a holly in london for more on the g 7 health ministers meeting hosted their join. how important are those discussions given what's unfolding across the world? well, it's an opportunity for the biggest economies in the world to get together and compar

southeast asia where we have the usual seasonal storms rumbling away, more big downpours coming in across malaysia, in particular, sliding down towards a indonesia rush of showers there to enter the philippines and we're seeing more in the way of where to where the coming in, across southern parts have been there, china, a cambodia, thailand. seeing some wet to whether she go on through the next day or so. more showers come back into southern parts of vietnam. why we share was to into that western side of borneo, we'll see some possibility of some localized flooding here. and there is a possibility of flooding just about anywhere in australia over the next couple days and very unsettled weather coming through. we have seen some live storms recently, around that se inside of us we seen some very wet weather into new south wells, into victoria. more weather coming out of south australia, pushing down towards port ferry towards melbourne as we go on through saturday. and no showers long, a spouse of rain, they spread right up into central and northern parts will straight it is just about anywhere. co

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, it's going to be heaviest across southern areas of thailand and monday peninsula, but for much of malaysia and indonesia, it's scattered showers and thunderstorms. and as we head down on the thunderstorms continue to pose a problem across eastern areas of australia. we have had some record rainfall in november for places like camera and those thunderstorms are expected to continue. you can see that weather system stretching all the way down new south wales in queensland. we could see some flooding. we have got flood alerts out here, but to the west, it is looking a lot warmer. a lot dry f, a places like put the temperature will come down over the next few days, but there is a lot of sunshine around here and they will be sunshine coming through for sydney. by the time we get to monday, it will make an appearance. but there will be wet weather, extending through next week. now as we head to new zealand, it's looking written, wendy cost central areas, but it will be more settled by the time we get some monday. ah, the end of the country with an abundance of results with great power and walk i

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