we are excited about other markets in southeast asia. a lot of our customers are requesting us to expense markets like malaysia and vietnam. we are excited about going to those markets. yvonne: in the knees and the philippines and some of these countries have a large on bank group -- large unbanked group. how difficult is it to get sme's to go digital? are you seeing signs that are different now? before the pandemic, how does it differ? >> no one has the silver bullet for sme's. you rightly point out because of the pandemic sme's have been going online in droves. it is a necessity. we are seeing it on platform ourselves. i think now they are seeing that potential to be able to grow digitally. if you look at the way we have behaved, now that we are going out we are having to use our phones using qr codes to check in. when you want to go to the mall, using mobile phones to shop for food and everything else. using your phone to do everything and evan -- to do anything and everything is ingrained in us. yvonne: your sort of in a niche workin

the more is slammed liberation front is the biggest, aren't grouped in southeast asia. it has been fighting for the regents independence for decades. and over the last few years has run parts of mid to now, and they're a piece agreement with the government at the both all se, lamear over a dog, a pro. now for the 1st time, it is endorsing a presidential candidate, markers juniors, mean bible. as we aspire, virginian recalls a national level national meaning. hey, bill lane yet already known as the next president of the country. rules. oh, good. the realization of the in your same unit game throw include c b, good governance and brian democracy. market junior's campaign theme is unity, which the survivors of the manila killings. hearsay is an insult. there won't be peace, they see without an acknowledgement. and most of all reparation for the injustices committed against their families. jamal ali doug and al jazeera north cut about our southern philippines. the european union has agreed on new rules that will require internet and social media companies to remove the lega

the philippines based morrow islamic liberation front is the biggest armed group in southeast asia. for the 1st time in its history, it's endorsed to presidential candidate to explain why this is significant shamella and token visit to the village of menilli in the south where the news has not been welcomed. it was a day of carnage. on june 19 1971 combined forces of the philippine military, along with the local army group called lega, launched an attack in the village of many lea in north cut. the battle province could deal neglect, was 10 years old. my, it was my power lanka. they rounded us and forced inside the mosque. they surrounded us, shuns up, they were laughing at us, they told us to break their goods. i think we will finish you. o survivor say a group of armed men threw a grenade inside the musk, full of civilians. those who showed signs of life were either shot or stabbed, at least 69 of those who died are buried here now, and this has become a memorial people here, say they'd like to keep it that way. a reminder of the brutality of the markers this regime towards muslim

. >>> japanese prime minister kishida fumio began a trip in southeast asia and european countries on friday. he will try to shore up cooperation in dealing with the invasion. kishida spoke with reporters before his departure. >> translator: i hope to exchange candid opinions with the prime ministers of each country on the situation in ukraine and confirm their cooperation. the same time, i would like to confirm and specify coopation to realize a free and open indo-pacific region. >> his first stop is indonesia, then he will go to vietnam, thailand, italy, and britain through may 6th. indonesia will chair the group of 20 summit in november. the members are divided over russia's participation. southeast asia's largest economy also hopes to quickly resume economic activities with japan in order to recover from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. japan says its investment in indonesia dropped by half of the pre-pandemic level of 2019 last year. the indonesian government is asking for assistance for upgrades of ports, railways, and other infrastructure. it is also trying to lure tour

the more is slammed liberation front is the biggest on group in southeast asia. it has been fighting for the regents independence for decades. and over the last few years has run parts of media now under a peace agreement with the government of a bozo se lamear over a dog, a pro. now for the 1st time it is endorsing a presidential candidate. mark as juniors mean bible a. so yes, fire regina in recalls a national level national meaning. hey, blue laney already known as the next president of the country. brings oh, good. the realization of the in your same unit game, throw in glow cbt, good governance. i'm brian democracy. market junior scampi theme is unity, which the survivors of the manila killings. hearsay is an insult. there won't be peace vc without an acknowledgement. and most of all reparation for the injustices committed against their families. jamal alan doug and al jazeera north. what about or southern philippines? and before we head to the headlines, a miniature book unsafe for more than a century has gone on sale in new york. it's part of an antique bo

so in fashion about 50 percent of global sasha production is based in southeast asia. and the region is where most of them are sold a lucrative business. a lot of the brands that are whose names are on this. i show packages our brands of multinational fast moving consumer goods, who companies are all around the world. and they've originated in the developed countries, they originated in europe in united states were very familiar with these brands. the irony is that in europe and in the united states and in the u. k, you won't see sasha. you'll see these brands sell their products in bottles that are recyclable, but not sessions. the only place where they market sasha is in the developing country. ironically in a place where they're so little capacity to recycle those fashion una liver is one of the top brands here, especially when it comes to shampoo and laundry soap. the company declined an interview, but it did right to say that it's working on producing sashes, made of only one material in future, rather than several materials, which makes them impossible to recycle

we see pressure with the korean won, the market panic of 2020, southeast asia currencies this week as well, and the outflows story from these markets as well. do you think the risk sentiment will continue to drive these tx markets -- fx markets? >> all of these are the main drivers for the outflow pressure and weakening across asian currencies, but if you look at the weakness, it is not as bad as march 2020 or after the renminbi evaluation in 2015. it is a more measured pace. the underlying fundamentals in the region remain solid. while there are many external headwinds to growth, southeast asia continues to open up, restrictions these in singapore, thailand and other places, providing a boost to domestic demand and travel, helping to offset some negative external conditions. they don't want the currency to be too weak, because inflation is a concern, and one way is to not have the currency become weak. >> we will have more from him. plenty more to come. this is bloomberg. ♪ berg. ♪ >> welcome back. em currencies under pressure, tracking the weakness of the won . let's get back to

the more is slammed liberation front is the biggest army group in southeast asia. it has been fighting for the regents independence for decades. and over the last few years has run parts of mid now, and they're a peace agreement with the government of the bowl. se lamear already built a pro. now for the 1st time, it is endorsing a presidential candidate. mark as juniors mean rival. so yes, fire war julian recalls a national little national meeting. hey, bill lane, he had already known as the next president of the country. prince. oh, don't really say so. i'll be in use in unity again. they're all in glossy. b, good governance. i'm brian democracy. marcus, junior scampi theme is unity which the survivors of the manila killing, c, or c, is an insult. there won't be peace the sea without an acknowledgement and the most of all, reparation for the injustices committed against their family members. jim eileen, dog and al jazeera north caught the battle southern philippines. japan's coast guards as a tour boat to a 26 people on board is missing, after assuring a distress

and for the rest of southeast asia, it's our usual storms coming and going in this area across sumatra. and also java. take it down under right now, are fresher fuel for that se we had a cold front sweep through. so look at some of these temperatures, melbourne, 18. it's now given us a batch of rain for sydney, but by sunday, that's out of there. and we see this rain dense into the south coast of queensland said some showers for brisbin, but cooler air for sydney, which was to hide 22 degrees full and his father report in new zealand high pressure of carving out sunny skies across both islands. but what weather is happen across the tasman so that slamming into the southern alps? not a bad day and christ church suns out the hive? 20 degrees. that's it. we'll see soon. ah. on counting the cost, the world's richest man is buying twitter. so what will ala moss game warnings that huge build up of death in the world towards countries? we should put the bill. and the poll is running low on foreign currency with this is an economic crisis who me, company the calls on al jazeera. ah, this is al

travel platform in southeast asia. it is tied up with google cloud to advance offering on-demand services. joining us is the ceo, tony fernandez. talk to us about this collaboration. what tech talent, engineering talent are you trying to get from google cloud? what kind of data analytics are you after? >> it has been a big week for us to get this deal from google to kind of see the potential to be one of the best in southeast asia. an important milestone for us. it is all about firstly getting the necessary tech support to make our app as good as any app in terms of user experience in the data analytics is a large part. -- and of the data analytics is a large part. the map technology is a big part. games is something we are looking at. on top of the messaging services. we want much more community driven so our cost of customer acquisition is much longer. a really big day for us to get the partnership with google. haslinda: when it comes to data analytics, how will it be a vastly different from paying for cloud services

we are focusing more on southeast asia. haslinda: it is one of the most oversold markets in the world. to malaysia. the sovereign wealth fund is betting on real assets and health care investments to cushion from inflation eating into the longer-term returns. rising prices remain the biggest risk along with how some banks view it. >> we are hugely exposed. now, first of all we have to see how we can create value among these companies to see whether they can have sustainable growth going forward. you can only achieve that in a market where you have more productivity, more shifting to improving the cost structures, as well as the service quality of what we have. it is really the investments that we have in our portfolio. haslinda: as it stands right now, china is still investable. there is a debate about whether china is or not. >> you can't ignore china and we are exposed to china. that is something that will become, it is already in major economy. like i said, when we look at it, we are delivering long-term value for our sta

on friday he leads on a tour of southea southeast asia and europe to strengthen cooperation to tackle global issues. >>> we turn now to japan, month now, guterres is there. >> he stressed the important of an important thorough investigation. >> i p i appethat's when we talr crimes. we can't forget. the worst of crimes is war itself. >> on getting civilians out. on tuesday, guterres met on moscow with vladimir putin. they agreed in principle that the u.n. will be involved in the evacuation of civilians to mariup mariupol. >>> putin is warning any country that intervenes will be met with a lightning-vest military response. >> we have all been through this. things no one else can both start. we are not bragging. we'll use them if we have to. i just want everyone to know that. those comments drew criticism in washington. john kirby said rhetoric that raises the spectra of nuclear confront tae confrontation is irresponsible. >> nobody wants to see this war escalate anymore than it already has. nobody wants to see it escala escalating into the nuclear realm and there is no reason it should.

asia. it's our usual storms coming and going across the zone. we're seeing another batch of what weather wind up for central and southern portions of china that is going to slip further toward the south is going to have an impact on hong kong. big drop in those temperatures. so just a high of 22 degrees. we're in may by then, as so the average is should be closer to about 29 or 30. the rain has made a clean sweep across, sat out of japan. so we're back into the sunshine in tokyo with a height of 20 degrees. that's it. that's all, sir, sir, ah, issue airline of the journey. in the vietnam war, the u. s. army used to highly toxic, had the fight with catastrophic consequences. agent orange was the most destructive incidence him whole warfare a decade later. the same happened in the us state of oregon. these helicopters flying over the ridge, praying something they didn't even see the kid. the 2 women are still fighting for justice against some of the most powerful forces in the world. the peop

quite frankly, everything from what is going on in the indian ocean to east and southeast asia all the way to europe. it was a good discussion and a good precursor to the ministerial the secretary will be attending at the state department with secretary blinken. there will be a press conference at the end of that, so i am sure each of the ministers will have a chance to talk to the press about that discussion and progress we are making in deepening our bilateral relationship with india. here at the pentagon, focusing on this defense partnership with india. in personnel news, we are excited to welcome rebecca herdsman. she is a familiar name to many. she is coming in as the director of defense threat reduction agency. also known as dtra. she has served for countering weapons of mass destruction and we think dr. williams who has been the acting director for the past 15 months and we are glad to welcome -- back to the pentagon. also in public affairs, today we welcome this sabrina -- who came over to us from her duties at the white house. she will be taking over a new position at ost publ

asia, sir usual storms coming and going in this area across sumatra. and also java. take it down under right now, a fresher fuel for that se, we had a cold front sweep through silicon, some of these temperatures, melbourne, 18 sydney, which was a height 22 degrees full. and as for the report in new zealand, high pressure carving out sunny skies across both islands. but what weather has happened across the tasman so that slamming into the southern alps? not a bad day in christ church, the sun's out the hive 20 degrees. that's it. we'll see soon, ah, and abuse of power across the globe on al jazeera. ah welcome back. a look at the main stories now fide in recent weeks. and millions of people in south asia are experiencing an extreme heat wave power outages in india and pakistan of made it even harder to cope with record shattering temperatures. was there's also been a poor start to the rainy season in the horn of africa, which is added to affairs of the worst drought in it's the driest. it's been for 40 years harm. a task reports from the some bull regio

asia. one of the main markets is japan. in recent years, a new phenomenon has been sweeping through this concrete jungle animal cafe, like customers, by a cover charge to sit in the catholic species. we want to find out more about how offers have been taken from the wild, and so justina, gar, remarket is spooling sun, the stage is said, and it's time for a different approach. one that is going to challenge the way you think. let's leave simplicity into the headlines, join me as i take on the lies. this man are the misconceptions and debate the contradictions upfront with me, mark lamond hill. what out 0 full of struggles full of pleasure, but i am in the marine. i represent them which of course i hope to one of them. it a barrier mars de puleo.

we have seen terrorism in the middle east, africa and southeast asia. my own country was a target on a terrible september morning two years ago. since that day acts of terror have robbed innocence of their lives in jakarta, pakistan and rekwraud. last month terrorists attacked the symbol of the world, striking the united nations in baghdad, killing those that came to deliver humanitarian help and hope to the people of iraq. among the 22 people killed was sergio who had dedicated his life to the work of peace and understanding between nations. many of you knew sergio well. in his honor we will take up the noble cause that he lived and ultimately died for. unesco, an institution born of a yearning for peace that survived years of war can now help achieve peace by spreading the values that help defeat terror and lead to a safer and better world. education, tolerance, respect for all human life and respect for each other's differences. these are our common dreams for our children, and these are the charge of unesco. now more than ever the nations of the wor

tropical africa and southeast asia. they will proporonally happen in areas that are basicly humanity's backyard, areas heavily settleby people. already human cities or will be in the near-term future. i think the most worrying part of this is the simulation shows these trends have already been going on and that even if all greenhouse emissions -- carbon emissions sees, this is a train that once set in motion, cannot be thwarted. we have already started it and it is already underway in this world that has warmed by 1.2 degrees. the are many other great reasons to try mitigate climat chan as much as possible, but the pandemice once released cannot easily beunbottled. we're not in a position of expecting more what we are currently going through and try to prepare for it and adapt. amy: if you can use the example of ebola and talk about that and how they are affected by climate change and what it means for just ebola. >> that's fly, obviously, and that allows them to travel over much longer distances than other mammals, whi

we will see the rain intensify for borneo and southeast asia. the heavy rain can also be in the eastern areas of the philippines. we could see some flooding here but for indochina, it is looking like a much clearer picture in places like thailand. that is your weather update. >> the latest news as it breaks. >> detailed coverage. >> the government says it is taking action. doctors are desperate. >> from around the world. >> president zelenskyy says th coming days will be exclusive to ukraine. >> a reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera, the world's richest man, elon musk has bought twitter for $44 billion. shares being traded in the company were halted because the sale was likely. it raises questions as to how the billionaire will perform the social media giant. the u.s. secretary of state says russia has failed in ukraine. antony blinken and lloyd austin have wrapped up a visit in kyiv. applies to step up military aid. including more advanced weapons. a turkish court has sentenced this man to life in prison and a case that has caused te

in emerging markets, we are looking at southeast asia, china as well. developed markets, u.s., europe, and japan. we also have exposure in india as well. asset classes, we haven't been in -- markets, but the bulk of our investment in international markets is really private markets. >> do you find cryptocurrency attractive? is it something that you may be looking at? >> we do have risk appetite. it is unlikely that we would be investing in crypto-currencies. but one thing i would say is, it is actually an interesting space when you look at defi. that's because it is actually more of innovation. we also see countries both are experimenting in their own digital currencies, the cbd central, bank crypto-currencies. china is looking at a program. this is an area we are keeping watch. i think we are monitoring, particularly the innovation that is happening now in digital assets. >> markets preoccupied with elevated inflation, has inflation peaked? how is that factoring in in terms of how you view potential investments? >> we do see real returns from investment

we have seen terrorism in the middle east africa and southeast asia. my own country was a target on a terrible september morning two years ago. since that day acts of terror have robbed innocence of their lives in jakarta pakistan and riyadh. and last month terrorist attacked the very symbol of the civilized world striking the united nations headquarters in baghdad killing those who had come to deliver humanitarian help and hope to the people of iraq. among the 22 people killed with sergio viera de mello who had dedicated his life to the work of peace and understanding between nations. many of you news sergio well in his honor we will take up the noble cause that he lived and ultimately died for unesco an institution born of a yearning for peace it survived years of war can now help achieve peace by spreading the values that help defeat terror and lead to a safer and better world. education tolerance respect for all human life and respect for each other's differences. these are our common dreams for our children, and these are the charge of unesco. now

we said the concentrations eastern mediterranean and southeast asia. there's a lot of humanity there. so, you know, it's part of the modern living. >> by the way, you're talking about air quality. ours is going to actually decreased expectedly on thursday. we're going to moderate zone and all over the bay area. nice kind of eye, candy, if you will. just a little shot here of half moon bay, blue skies. and, you know, nice, cool ocean. there. now i did mentioned earlier the red flag warning across a lot of the center of the country. that's because of the northerly flow of the high. and it's very dry there. and it's far from home. so least we have that on our side, not much the way of winds, although the air will be dry, a little dry, but not too dry. 70's going on right now in the far east bay got 73 santa rosa. 72 for san jose and 62 san francisco's tonight. mostly clear and mild will do for san francisco. 50 for oakland. 45 san jose? mostly clear. nice with all of that. so feel good and nice. sleeping weather. maybe not so much going forward, though. w

they are shaped here in southeast asia, we have seen. and they also are affecting the incentives of producers and consumers. i think that the question before us is identifying what our goals are with respect to how we intend to realign our relationship with china on trade and economic matters, and whether or not the tariffs themselves are effective at getting us there. they are having an impact. i think that the real question before us is whether they are self-sufficient, or whether there are other tools we need to bring to bear on getting us to where we would like to have a more balanced trade relationship with china. haslinda: could it be towards decoupling? >> between whom and whom ? haslinda: u.s. and china. if you take a look at the stance, it would rather have the u.s. rejoined tpp rather than have an indo pacific economic framework. >> here are a lot of questions around this idea of decoupling. it's not a term that i use, except in response to questions around it. i think it is important to distinguish between the concept of decou

asia. one of the main markets in japan, in recent years, a new phenomenon has been sweeping through this concrete jungle animal cafe, where customers buy a cover charge to sit in a cafe and pets, a number of cute, domestic animals. but as businesses compete for customers, this being a disturbing shift to ever more exotic species, we want to find out more about how offers have been taken from the wild and, ah, justin, a gar, a market is a spooling hops, the animal trade a plethora of exotic species seat tiny metal cages. distressed and sweltering under the hot sun. oh, the health of humanity is at stake. a global pandemic requires a global response. w h o is the guardian of global health. delivering life saving tools, supplies, and training to help the world's most vulnerable people, uniting across borders to speed up the development of tests, treatments, and to vaccine keeping you up to date with what's happening on the ground in the world and in the lab. now more than ever, the world needs

southeast asia, our zones of concern will be west java, southern sumatra, certainly the risk of seeing some flooding here. there is a weather alert in play here as well for heavy rainfall for that north tropical coast of queensland. for the southeast, look at this. we have a fresher feel here. 14 degrees, slightly below average. in new zealand now, a lot of rain coming your way, mostly contained toward the southern alps. christchurch has a high 18 degrees on thursday. that's it. that's all. see you soon. ♪ need to minimize contact joe -- drove many of the world's judicial systems online. now in the name of cost and efficiency, some want to stay there. but what if holding trials in cyberspace denies defendants the right to a fair hearing and removes safeguards against abuse ? "people in power" investigates. "online justice" on al jazeera. lauren: a reminder of the top stories -- a third russian deadline for ukrainian soldiers to surrender in the besieged city of mariupol has passed. the last fighters are holed up in a vast steel plant and are refusing to give up their arms. the europe

because there are wildlife markets selling animals all over southeast asia and there are laboratories doing research on highly dangerous animal viruses all over asia and africa and europe and north america. we are playing russian roulette. we don't know which of those two but something has to be learned. >> there were some collaborative collaborate on —- collaborators when it was first detected they would have realized institute of virology was working with several related to fossil fuel at the time and those to put in the type of the unique modifications and that have been collecting thousands of samples not just china but those including laos and concentrating on the animals and wuhan city but you only find that out in the following 2021. in two years since the virus emerged. so that lack of transparency just leads people to this perception that they are hiding things even though wishes to handful of individuals of negligence and self-preservation. so moving forwardrd there are many ways to introduce structural changes and that has to do with the database managers so now i will no

southeast asia, it is a mix of thunderstorms and sunshine. heavier rain across the malay peninsula in the days to come. ♪hat is your weather up date. >> witness fear. witness bravery. witness freedom. witness people. witness-hour period witness a lifetime. witness one hour. witness man. witness beast. witness prejudice. witness peace. witness love. witness more. witness next door. witness life. witness, on al jazeera. ♪ ♪ barbara: a reminder now of the top story on al jazeera, ukraine's event has visited bucha, just outside of kyiv. volodymyr zelenskyy said the scale of atrocities carried out by russian troops makes it harder to negotiate an end to the fighting. u.s. president joe biden has once again called his russian counterpart, vladimir putin a war criminal, and called for him to face trial. he says there is ample evidence of atrocities. the kremlin has dismissed those accusations. . and russian forces have continued to target kharkiv in northeastern ukraine, with more casualties reported on monday. at least seven people were kille

it's not just africa and southeast asia that will be seeing more and more people being forced to out of their homes. but not everyone has the financial means to start new lives elsewhere. in the united states, a privileged minority is opting to move further north for the sake of their children a trend that is creating problems of its own... >> climate migrants in the us in 18 months ago, jamie made the decision to move her family over 3,000 km from california to the northern state of minnesota. she says she had no choice. it was either leave now or threaten her children's future. >> jamie is a us climate migrant. >> “as there was the 2018 really devastating wildfire called the camp fire, that killed i think almost a 100 people and destroyed thousands of buildings and our air quality across the bay area was hazardous quality, we couldn't leave the house for two weeks, schools were cancelled peoples fire alarms were going on inside their houses of how smoky it was, my own family had health impacts from it.” >> the family now lives in duluth, almost at the border with canada. jamie

the more is slammed liberation front is the biggest on group in southeast asia. it has been fighting for the regents independence for decades. and over the last few years has run parts of the now under a peace agreement with the government of a bozo se lamear over a dog, a pro. now for the 1st time, it is endorsing a presidential candidate, mark as juniors mean bible. a. so yes, fire 40000000 recalls in asia lesson, meaning hey, bill lane yet already known as the next president of the country brings oh, to the realization of the in your same unity. again, throw in close cbp. good governance. i'm brian democracy. marcus junior scampi theme is unity which the survivors of the manila killings. hearsay is an insult. there won't be peace vc without an acknowledgement and most of all reparation for the injustices committed against their families. jim eileen, dog and al jazeera north. what about our southern philippines? thousands of dances, dramas and reveries are making, marking the return of brazil's well famous carnival. for many, it's a turning point for the countr

the more is slammed liberation front is the biggest armed group in southeast asia. it has been fighting for the regents independence for decades. and over the last few years has run parts of mid to now, and they're a peace agreement with the government. i'd be both all say lamear or a dog of october all. now for the 1st time, it is endorsing a presidential candidate. mark as juniors mean bible as well. yes. fire redeemer in recalls and i shall learn maximum meaning hey bill lamear over a doll as the next president of the country. prince. oh, to the realization of the in you same unit day grow in glossy. b. b. good. governance, ambrielle democracy. marcus junior scampi theme is unity which the survivors of the manila killings. hearsay is an insult. there won't be peace, they see without an acknowledgement. and the most of all preparations for the injustices committed against their families. jamal alan, doug and al jazeera north got about our southern philippines. still head on al jazeera in sport with sar, the top team in the any child that's a new franchise record f

yeah. wild chickens originally come from south and southeast asia. but it's hard to say just how long chickens and humans have been living together. one theory relying on fossil evidence suggests that chickens were 1st domesticated 8000 years ago. but not all scientists agree. what does seem certain is that the indus valley civilization captain bred chickens from 2500 to 2100 b. c. traders then brought chickens to the middle east by the silk road. and to egypt around $1475.00, b. c. chickens then spread across greece to italy at around $500.00 b. c. our ancestors valued the animals for their magnificent coat feathers, but not so much for their eggs and meet the bird served spiritual and medical uses and battled it out in cockfights. the romans were the 1st to raise chickens in large numbers as a source of food, and they spread domesticated chickens throughout europe. only in the 20th century did farmers begin breeding chickens meant to provide either meet or eggs. the resulting hybrid chickens, crossbred from pure breeds are meant to yield maxon on f

asia, all the way to europe. it was a good discussion and a good precursor to the 2+2 ministerial that the secretary will be attending this afternoon over at the state department with secretary blinken. there'll be a press conference at the end of that, so i'm sure each of the ministers will have a chance to talk to the press about that discussion and the, and progress that we're making in deepening our bilateral relationship with india, and here at the pentagon, focusing on this defense partnership with india. finally, in some personnel news, we're excited to welcome ms. rebecca hersman. i think she's a familiar name to many of you. she's coming in as the director of the defense threat reduction agency, otherwise known as dtra, dtra. as you know, she has previously served as the deputy assistant secretary of defense for countering weapons of mass destruction, and of course, we owe our thanks to dr. williams, who has been the acting director of dtra now for the past 15 months, and we're certainly glad to welcome

the report says world's worst air quality is in the eastern mediterranean and southeast asia. regions. >> let's take a live look outside and check on our weather this hour. looking out from our cam atop mount sutro looking over downtown san francisco. >> it looks like some are just going to feel like summer here pretty soon. dave spahr standing by with the forecast for us. ok, one of the things we've been following is a certainly those big swells happening along the coast, which with hot weather, people want to travel there through tomorrow evening. we're still watching for these things. could be waves up to 20 feet tall with all of this going forward. that will be with us tomorrow evening. and heat spike is expected by thursday that i mean, you can't go to the beach, just be careful. but going in the water, there's the high. as you can see everything going up in around the high pressure for tonight. let's go to about 49 san francisco. 45 san jose? 50 for oakland for temperatures tonight. lower 50's cover the east bay shoreline. also inland. we're seeing that. 47 for santa ros

the more is slammed liberation front is the biggest armed group in southeast asia, yet has been fighting for the regents independence for decades. and over the last few years has run parts of mindy. now, under a peace agreement with the government of the bozo se lamear already took the 4th corporal. now for the 1st time, it is endorsing a presidential candidate. mark as juniors mean bible. so yes, fire redeemer in recalls in asia, the emotional meaning hey, bill lane over the next president because the brings all to the reality of the same unit thing. grow in close, see be good governance and democracy. market junior scamp, the theme is unity, which the survivors of the manila killing fear said, is an insult. there won't be peace vc without an acknowledgement. and the most of all, reparation for the injustice is committed against their family jamaila in dog. and i'll just here on north with the bad or southern philippines. let's enough from richard had aria, who's a professor of political science based in manila. he says this election will shape the future of democracy in the philippines

the small plastic packages are ubiquitous in southeast asia. caller, larry assigned more kitchen waste in housing estates, put in the villages, massages are thrown away. wiggle the single use packages are part and parcel of you mom can of his own lifestyle. he lives in a small house in tongue, around silla chung, together with his older sister and his niece laundry. so shampoo toothpaste all supplied in single portion, plastic bags. even the spices for their food coming saturdays. yeah. or if there's no sashay products, i don't know what to do. the sash is very cheap. who am i? yeah, the amount is just enough for one meal benefits. and if i could buy a big pack, i would buy laundry, so both, so dish soap, sugar and coffee. but unfortunately i only have a little money. and if i buy a big package, oh, i'm afraid i can't buy other necessities. the important thing for me, the price of the sessions cheap, and i can cook every day who lack of pay and pay the rent as household help. she make some 50 euros a month. her brother earns between $60.12 euros, though their income does very even toge

looking reasonably good. lot of wet weather in the southeast asia there and he's concentrating again in western borneo. probably sumatra may be further sas than that. but a good part of the philippines just see a scattering a shaft and cambodia. it looks fairly wet as it does for time. i think in southern india and sri lanka, ah, we understand the differences in the cultures across the world. so no matter what we've been using kind of for that matter to you with me, this is al jazeera ah lauren taylor. this is the engineering news. our live from london coming up, a russian general says moscow wants to take full control of southern ukraine as well as don't bus and aim. keith has branded imperialism ukrainian medics battle to save soldiers injured while fighting in the east. we report from a field hospital near the front line in afghanistan and bombing a to mosque and religious school pills. at least $33.00 people including children plus emmanuel mac.

but commodities in asia the natural market tends to be in southeast asia so some of the smaller markets but if crude falls think about the next importers of it, korea, japan, would be beneficiaries. shery: always good to talk to you. let's get to vonnie quinn for the headlines. >> the austrian chancellor says he is pessimistic about the possibility of peace in ukraine. he became the first eu leader to visit moscow since the beginning of the war. he said he confronted the russian leader on war crimes and said sanctions will stay in place as long as people are dying in ukraine. the u.s. has called on all nations to condemn the war in ukraine. biden said the u.s. is ready to help india diversify energy imports to become less reliant on russia. modi has so far declined to impose any sanctions on russia and has continued importing their oil. volodymyr zelenskyy is urging south korea to supply weapons against russians in the war. he called on lawmakers to approve the sale of military hardware. earlier, they rejected the plea for the hardware. >> we need tanks and aircraft and ammunition. you

the more is slammed liberation front is the biggest, aren't group in southeast asia. it has been fighting for the regents independence for decades. and over the last few years has run parts of mid to now under a peace agreement with the government up a bowl. se lamear already built a pro. now for the 1st time, it is endorsing a presidential candidate, markers juniors, mean bible. so yes, fire regina recalls a nice little national meaning. hey, bill lamear over in all us, the next president of the country rules. oh, to the realization of the in your same unit again, they're all in glo. cbp. good governance. i'm brian democracy. marcus junior scampi theme is unity which the survivors of the manila killings. hearsay is an insult. there won't be peace. these see without an acknowledgement. and most of all reparation for the injustices committed against their families. jamal alan dog and al jazeera north caught the battle southern philippines. it is economy as picking up pace now that most of it's covered 19 restrictions have been lifted. that's helping to improve unemploy

the big showers in the next 24 hours a light to be showing up all over southeast asia, but vietnam and louse in particular, look wet. same is true borneo and java to some degree. it's not exactly dry and crawl lumper all singapore, but these are daily shells. they're not extraordinary. and i think we see a rather persistent when they're blowing up, says bay a bank goal, which feeds into big showers. here does rain insur, blanket molars, pansy or the week go certainly up in caroline fairly frequently now daily rains. but the biggest story for india, of course, is the pre bon soon heat, which is touching extremes and only slowly cooling down in new delhi aah! full of struggles full of pleasure. by amena marina. a burial march. april. yo. please wait a, an intimate look at life in cuba. didn't ya? mouth did already ship with my cuba on al jazeera blue. oh, welcome back. a look at the main stories this our 20 civilians have been evacuated from the as of stell steelworks complex and mary pole by conditions are getting worse. by the day, they are thought to be more than 2000 troops and civil

we have witnessed that in a more study conducted in southeast asia that and people who were, when observing at mosques, have less than 10 percent of the disease compared to the wonder, but not observing. so all in all mosques do work, and particularly these are more important at the time when there is only crime, which is highly transmissible. and vaccines are not effective at this moment. at removing the most mandate in public transport is certainly not of it, of consequences. and that is what gonna be proven in real time. yeah, and let's hope that people are not getting too complacent because i'm, as you and all the scientists have been saying, we're not finished with this pandemic yet by religious. muhammad munoz, this is always mr. mooney, we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. thanks for well, the day is almost done, the conversation continues online. you'll find us on twitter either at the w news or you can follow me on twitter at rent. gov tv, and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day. we'll see that everybody who's with ah, wit

ah, rainy's gathering in this part of southeast asia, because the winds coming in here from the southeast and they meeting south westlake a gathering through bay of bengal. so our concentration of heavy rain seemed likely in miramar and also thailand. it was spread down towards sumatra than through good pato malays units. these are, it's just standard daily shoudl, thunderstorms. and very few of them i think are in likely in the philippines except maybe in the south. little bit of different story off of this. we're still watching the change of seasons or outbreaks of lightest rain still coming to easton home she but most the time this pottery station is dry and fairly warm has been particularly cove. the yankee south was with will hand having lifted itself 10 degrees back up to normal in the last 24 hours. is the forecast for monday, where the rain is still falling in southern china. qualen still on the cold side, but again coming up rain heading towards hong kong like stream, but it's heading towards that city and tokyo dine t will see increasing the bright skies. the temporary heights i

that's due to loss of forest habitat across a huge area from india to southeast asia. here's zoologist bruce young, one of the report authors. we found that over 1800 species of reptiles are at risk. you can find that in reptiles around the world. reptiles include snakes, lizards, legless lizards, turtles, crocodiles, all of those. they make up crocodiles, all of those. they make up the group of reptiles so in the world that is over 10,000 species. be assessed every single one and unfortunately found out that such a large number of species are threatened. we knew that reptiles are probably threatened but they didn't know exactly how much. the main thing that came out that was of great to others the same kinds of things that threaten reptiles also threaten other species, birds, mammals, amphibians. so you don't need rocket science to figure out how to protect reptiles. it is the same things we know we can do. we have those solutions. just have to go about and actually implement them. america's political elite— have been paying tribute to former secretary of state made