we will also establish an office of south east asia in the department of foreign affairs and trade. and jeremy for more from jakarta, is our asia pacific bureau chief guild matters guild and australian commitment to battling climate change. is this what indonesia has been looking for? beers, let me give you an example. i am only a couple of days back. basically the giant seawall in semerano, the capital city of central java a gave way and basically though, having parts of the entire city flooded. so the issue of global warming of rising sea level is a very much on the agenda, off indonesian politicians, but also the hub population in indonesia. so the offer by the australian prime minister or to was offer technical support for building an environmentally more stable, more friendly, new capital in indonesia was something was very much welcome. and then of course, you have the issue of utah solar potential in indonesia. but even more importantly, huge potential for hydro storage of that solar power, for instance, when they're rainy days in the rainy season. and for all of that, indone

east asia and interest in india, canada, north africa, this is where some of her clients want to look at closely now. china is still very big part of the and provide services and manufacturing and ability to source materials very well. the current lockdowns in china are decelerating in some cases. there is interest in moving out and looking for determining plus other places to manufacture. it's still severe, we have preinvasion by russia, there was a shortage of chips but with the stored energy prices in the short supply of chips but we are not seeing tightness across other commodities. jon: thanks for your perspective and the time today. our thanks s toanali . we will take a look at the restaurant industry in the wake of the pandemic coming up next. this is bloomberg stop ♪ jon: this is bloomberg markets. the u.s. restaurant industry is in the spotlight as owners are grappling with rising food and labor problems. let's get more perspective from melba wilson, owner of melba's restaurant in harlem. i miss the opportunities to make a stop it's been such a challenging time for the rest

at sotheby�*s biggest ever sale of the highly prized art of south—east asia, this four—armed vishnu sold for £209,000. but were the statues originally stolen? the cambodian royal family tried to stop the sale, but failed. now, brad is in london. the cambodian authorities are writing to major museums and the british government for help. i showed him the newsnight story from 1988. what was your gut reaction to it? amazing that the bbc had picked up on this in �*88. we need to find this. this needs to come home. it's very important. so, we have the archival photographs from 1936, when the french inventoried it, and it was taken to the conservatory. the conservatory is a secret warehouse just outside angkor wat where statues are still stored for safekeeping today. that's just incredible. i mean, we've got an elephant, we've got a lion dog, we've got lintus from angkor. no—one�*s been granted access to see this complex in decades. brad thinks the four—armed vishnu was stolen from here and sold on. so, where is the statue now? the latest information we have is that we've been going th

cambodia, in south—east asia, is one of the well—established highlights on the backpackers�* trail. history, geography and spirituality are its selling points. the country went through a tough time because of covid but we have been to meet a group of amazing and dedicated young acrobats who are lumbering up to shake the past two years off and get performing again. the performers at phare circus have spent up to three years training for this. three times a week, they dance, juggle and flip for delighted tourists. they are all graduates of the circus�*s school in battambang, which educates and trains local children for free. in 1994, we can say that 80% of all of the children and families here are under the poverty line. currently, 80% of them are over the poverty line. the children not not only learned circus — well, they choose circus — but they learn also theatre, dance and music, as well as the life and the soft skills. we aim to build their career. then, they are able to come only, like, to the class and also able to have the family and to work. we also are supporting the s

the temples at angkor wat in cambodia are one of the most famous destinations in south east asia. but get this — tourist numbers there dropped by a staggering 90% during the pandemic. now, way back in 2020, we were over there to see what kind of impact this was having on the livelihoods of people in the tourist industry. we've recently been back there again to see if things have improved. the last two years has been very difficult for me, because i totally lost myjob and ijust got nothing else to do, just like many other people who survive from tourist industry as well. yeah, it was something that we never encountered before in our whole life. it's hard to describe. sometimes you just want to cry, you know, talking about the tough time that we had no job and no any support. i miss people who used to come to visit my country. yeah, i really miss the walking through the temple, my explanation to people, and also the ways i try to make people happy. they are excited, and it's so happy to see tourists walking in the street, walking around the temple. even not enough to give jobs to

ringback on the new easy theses heat, an extreme drought in south east asia and australia, the dangerous forest fires increases considerably. harvests are endangered because it in el nino year, the annual monsoon rains a much reduced even southeastern africa is affected by el nino tramps occurred because of the lack of trade winds that otherwise transport moist ocean air lundquist's in the la nina phase, the situation is reversed. the trade winds increase this time, se asia and australia experienced heavy precipitation because of the warming of the ocean waters. south america, by contrast, is plagued by drought, but off the coast as cold, nutrient rich water rises from the deep plankton find food again on the fish return . eventually filling the local fishes nets, we asked you was effects from el nino and la nina. do you feeling you written right now? lenny reigns in the pacific. alfano writes from indonesia. it's true that there are many changes due to this phenomenon. however, it is positive that forest fires do not break out as frequently as i did a few years ago. from the other side

ringback only new easy theses heat, an extreme drought in south east asia and australia. the dangerous forest fires increases considerably. harvests are endangered because it in el nino year, the annual monster reigns a much reduced even southeastern africa is affected by el nino tramps occurred because of the lack of trade winds that otherwise transport moist ocean and language in de la nina phase the situation is reversed. the trade winds increase this time, se asia and australia experienced heavy precipitation because of the warming of the ocean waters. south america, by contrast, is plagued by drought, but off the coast as cold, nutrient rich water rises from the deep plankton find food again and the fish return. eventually filling the local fishes nets, we asked you was effects from el nino and la nina. do you feel in your region, bright? now lenny reins in the pacific alpha writes from indonesia. it's true that there are many changes due to this phenomenon. however, it is positive that forest fires do not break out as frequently as i did a few years ago. from the ot

so either in south america or south east asia or parts of africa, where often these diseases jump the species barrier. you need to put in, maybe some of the reports have suggested, $1 billion, £1 biilion a year to kind of ensure that you've got that surveillance system set up. and then you've got to put more of that in to strengthen the health care systems and the labs around the world. i mean, it's a tiny amount of money when you compare it with the trillions that have been lost in this pandemic. but memories are short. so your guess is that we won't actually do much about this? i hope we'll do something. and there are very respected voices out there calling for action. and, really, if we don't learn from this pandemic, it's a crying shame and it will be the next generation that will suffer. cheers. it's six years since, in a result that surprised most people, the united kingdom voted by a very narrow margin to leave the european union. the campaign was marked by some hugely controversial claims, which have resonated ever since — the hundreds of millions we'd be able to pump into

, south east asia. everyone is concerned about what happened started, how those that are similar to getting people for what is global warming? how to update and the g resources of the arctics. so we cannot have a small group of countries, yellow, 7 countries to exclude $170.00 countries from that topic. so i believe will return to reasonable dialogue in some time. am i hearing you correctly? the bi, excluding russia, the arctic council pretty much canceled itself as, as if i give it a shot to the arctic into. but you can look, you know, you can look cut up into and hope to contain what it's got. so now you have an empty half of nothingness, and we have to resume normal consultations, normal dialogue as soon as possible. and finally, russia has the largest cross line in the arctic, and it's also an area of vital for the country security. it hosts the number of strategic military installations and western animals have long been using russia trying to militarize the north. i wonder how much corporation or

live the showers to across a good part of south east asia. see to marble be once into western parts of the region recently, but it really is a good scattering a shout, but some pleasant sunshine in between. mustn't forget that. heavy showers continue cause southern parts of india. the monsoon rays, of course, pushing all the way through. i've got 2 lines on the chart here, the black line that is the actual position of this year's a southwest the monsoon. at the moment, the purple tram lies there. that is where those rains should be noticed. there are some showers to the north of that black light, pre monsoon showers, a fair amount to wet by the up to was a north west into pakistan, and bangladesh. casa airway official airline of the journey. lamar lake. hm. it's great to see. welcome to the cutting economic forum powered by bloomberg. some people say that they said he'd love alizay going on, but i'd prefer to think of read globalization. our accomplish speakers from head to state to business and policy leaders will discuss evolving technology

east asia, some lively showers. there into the philippines, malaysia and indonesia, where to weather up toward sir thailand and also into myanmar tied in with the the monsoon rains. of course. not quite as well as it has been to the far northeast of india and also bangladesh. but the show is there, nevertheless, cats are airway visual airline of the journey. oh, the shea come out a ward for translation and international understanding is accepting nominations for the year 2022 from february 15th, until august, 15th this year. for more information go to w, w, w dot h t a dot q a slash e n. ah, ah ah, you are watching al jazeera, a reminder of our top stories, the south. the taliban government has appealed for international aid. after afghanistan was hit by its deadliest earthquake in 20 years, at least 1500 people have been killed in practica and opposed provinces. bangladesh, his military has intensified its relief efforts to help millions cut off by flooding in the northeast. dozens have been killed and hundreds of

east asia correspondentjonathan head reports, sparked off a boom in weed—related businesses. a cannabis craze is sweeping thailand. see how beautiful it is? this is the country's health minister. the architect of what is now one of the most liberal marijuana regimes anywhere in the world. being cheered by enthusiastic locals who hope that this green gold will bring them new wealth. it is an astonishing turnaround for a country that still has some of the toughest punishments for drug use. we want to destigmatise these products from being a narcotic. people, when they have access to this cannabis industry, they will not go to the dark side. they will only focus on how to make a better living. already, cannabis is being offered in a mind—blowing variety of forms. the official view is that this should all be for medical or therapeutic purposes. that's what the government is promoting to tourists. they want people coming to thailand to get well, not high. in practice, though, the new law makes pretty much anything from the marijuana plant — however potent — legal. translatio

east asia. the philippines, seen some lively down balls from time to time, see showers to still affecting southern parts of india. the monsoon rays are well in across southern areas of india. further north, the heat continues to build casa air with issue ally of the journey. a turkish filmy returns home to the village she lacked 20 years, a need to discover that matches one from spokane and now hotly contested the right to education. divorce and independent, causing a generational to me. an intimate study by traditional pan grappling with changing time. witness trouble that toner and out to see you with ah, without it reminds of our top stores this out or is johnson has survived the challenge. his position is britain's prime minister for more than 40 percent of his colleagues cast ballots against him and a confidence is premier ship has been blocked by revelations about lockdown, breaking government parties. another group of refugees and migrants has set off from southern mexico, heading north t

east asia —— contribute in factor. and they have millions of visitors that come in here, mostly from other asian countries, and those people, many of them are carrying the viruses, so we have a constant introduction of new viruses into singapore. that clearly has contributed as well. and with the dramatic economic development and building activity in singapore, there are a lot of construction sites that are very difficult to control the mosquitoes, and so all of these factors have contributed. my guess is that it mainly is due to a new strain of virus that has greater epidemic potential than the previous strains that were here. ., , ,., the previous strains that were here. ., , , here. professor gubler, ifi couldjust _ here. professor gubler, ifi could just come _ here. professor gubler, ifi could just come out - here. professor gubler, ifi could just come out of - could just come out of singapore and get a macro perspective the about other countries having similar outbreaks? what would your advice be to them?— advic

they will start in south east asia and the south west one soon is bringing enhanced rain for ca, bots, of indo china in particular for me and more and thailand we are expecting the fears thunderstorms in bangkok through the week. a lot of that rain edging down, tricking down the malay peninsula towards indonesia. we are expecting some fierce thunderstorms on monday, across more than areas of bornea and broo night. and by the time we get to choose day, it will be northern areas. all of the philippines see the heavy rain with thunderstorms rolling into manila. now as we had down under 2 austria, it was a warmer than average. some of it wind has suddenly arrived, particularly for the southeast corner. now if we look further west for past, we have a few sunny fine and dry days ahead of wet weather that starts to roll. and by the time we get to the mid we but it's really the southeast corner that seeing the cold conditions, gusty winds as well. and blizzard like conditions on the higher ground. we have already seen some flooding in adelaide. we could see more of that as that rain sweeps it

east asia. everyone is concerned about what happened started, how those are similar to the people for what the global warming, how to update, and there are g resources of the arctics. so we can have a small group of countries, low 7 countries to exclude $170.00 countries. from that topic, so i believe will return to reasonable dialogue in some time. am i hearing you correctly that by excluding russia, the art council pretty much canceled itself as, as if i say shots the arctic into. but you can look, you know, you can look at a cup into and hope it to contain what it's got. so now you have an empty half of nothingness, and we have to resume normal consultations, normal dialogue as soon as possible. and finally, russia has the largest cross line in the arctic, and it's also an area of bio for the country security. it hosts the number of strategic military installations and western analysts have long been accusing rush of trying to militarize the north. i wonder how much corporation or even synerg

the 1st, the south east asia, and we're watching this mass of cloud, tropical storm chava, that's bring heavy rain to northern and western areas of the philippines sitting across the south china sea. now it's set to move north west towards hina island where it could make landfall on friday or saturday, southern areas of china, likely to see some very heavy rain and some strong winds. but we've also got warnings out for coastal areas of vietnam as that system pulls its way to the north west. we are likely to see some flooding from that system elsewhere. it's much dryer across indonesia and malaysia, the rain picking up towards the south east however, and that pulls into northern areas of australia. we've seen some unseasonable wet weather effect. the northern territory temperatures down here, it is fitting a lot cooler. and we will see the rain pick up for queensland coastal area seeing some heavy rain by the time we get into saturday for the west. however, it's a different story. high pressure here, so fine and dry sunshine for perth, and it is looking quieter across the south towards t

they're south east asia. well the southwest monsoon is steering some heavy bouts of rain into northern sumatran militia and southern sections of vietnam. but not too long ago, it was northern vietnam where we had some pretty heavy rain around hanoi, destroying hundreds of homes. here's an update on this seasonal rains in one second across china. but 1st we got to talk about the philippines, both for loses and mid and now islands. we've got downpours on the forecast on thursday. here's a look at those caesar reins across china. the plumb rains really disorganized, so a lot of down ports to be expected. there and then meantime a week band of shower is moving across japan's honshu island on thursday. official airline of the journey across the world. young activists and organizers to rhonda move, move to vacate and politically engaged. the challenges they face couldn't be more daunting here. and we were the ones who had life on what was going on in a way that was me. neither did it. there's nothing start. think a

they're south east asia. well, the southwest monsoon is steering some heavy bouts of rain into northern sumatra, the lazy and southern sections of vietnam. but not too long ago was northern vietnam, where we had some pretty heavy rain around her noise destroying hundreds of homes. there's an update on this seasonal rains in one second across china. but 1st we're going to talk about the philippines both for loose on and mid to now islands. we've got downpours in the forecast on thursday. here's a look at those season rains across china. the plum rains really disorganized so a lot of down ports to be expected there. and then meantime a weak band of showers moving across japan's honju island on thursday. ah, ah, for over a century american parents have entrusted their sons to the boy scouts of america, hoping they would gain skills that would improve their lives. instead, countess young lives were ruined by predators within the organization. and then there was so much. but i could not figure out where it was com

east asia correspondentjonathan head reports, sparked off a boom in weed—related businesses. a cannabis craze is sweeping thailand. see how beautiful it is? this is the country's health minister. the architect of what is now the most liberal marijuana regimes anywhere in the world. being cheered by enthusiastic locals, who hope that this green gold will bring them new wealth. it is an astonishing turnaround for a country that still has some of the toughest punishments for drug use. we want to destigmatise these products from being a narcotic. people, when they have access to this cannabis industry, they will not go to the dark side. they will only focus on how to make a better living. already, cannabis is being offered in a mind—blowing variety of forms. the official view is that this should all be for medical or therapeutic purposes. that's what the government is promoting to tourists. they want people coming to thailand to get well, not high. in practice, though, the new law makes pretty much anything from the marijuana plant — however potent — legal. translation: | a

and as we move to south, east asia continues to be very wet for that center. 3rd, the rain rolling across borneo and java will also see some heavier falls for southern areas of thailand. by monday that to weather update, ah, an invitation to bear witness to all that life office. the highs, the lowes, the trials and tribulations, the limits and every day, miracles, the injustices, the defiance, the tests of character and the personal victories. witness. documentaries, with a delicate touch on al jazeera o. a reminder, the top stories for hundreds of marches have been taking place across the united states, calling for a straight to gun controls following a series of recent mass shootings. thousands turned out in new york and washington d. c, as well as in towns which are self shooting themselves. european commission president has been keep meeting ukrainian president for them as landscape on the line. so she expects to finalize the assessment of ukraine's request to join the e u. by the end of next week. and exactly one months after the killing of our agency or journalist during abruptly ca

east asia. see to mother b one's into western parts of the region recently, but it really is a good scattering a shout for some pleasant sunshine. in between, mustn't forget that. he showers continue across southern parts of india. the monsoon range, of course, pushing all the way through. i've got 2 lines on the chart here. the black line, that is the actual position of this year's a southwest the monsoon. at the moment, the purple tram lies there. that is where those rains should be noticed. there are some showers to the north of that black light pre monsoon chows a fair amount to wet by up to was a north west into pakistan and bangladesh. ah, when all that seemed to matter is the headlines always 2 sides to 4. when narratives and counter narratives obscure reality, the leader on the one hand, the enemy is also neither. on the other hand, the listing post trips away to spin, what kind of reporting it even seen on the ground mis information is right place bare the bias. a lot of people believe

east asia. the philippines seen some lively down balls from time to time, see showers to still affecting southern parts of india. the monsoon rays are well in across southern areas of india. further north, the heat continues to build. i saw airway official airline of the journey. how do you states control information in china? there's no google. if you tried to search the war tenement, we find it is trying to make the whole country forget how did the narrative improve public opinion. the headline died and that allowed the children to continue to die today. how is this just in just a little brief framing the story? i am here to document the war crimes committed by what did and his resume, the listening post, dissects the media on the al jazeera. ah ah, you're watching al jazeera reminder of our top stories this forest johnson has survived the challenge to his position as britain's prime minister, a more than 40 percent of his colleagues cast ballots against him in a conference vote. his premise s

in fact, this part of south east asia, the mainland part is going to be particularly wet. i think in the next day or so. cambodia is a focus, said he wanted to raise a sociable at that, but other sundry or overcast with rain for next year. it's not that unusual. that is the season for rain and it's expanding in china to from the south across the yangtze, further north. then you got this norton system which when it went across the middle of honshu, produce from pretty vicious thunderstorm. that should be an improvement on saturday . but the rain is still there are more widespread than of late. that gets heavy to shanghai, then southern or south korea and the southern part of japan leaving a breezy time in beijing with attempted eventually coming down the monsoon is officially reached, go off, but it's not really doing very much. to be honest, the heavier shall probably in the northeast. again, a warning you now sam, of heavy rain in the northern plane of india, the wind is up, is not as hot, but it's still gusty and dusty official airline of the journey. dory, that determin