To thrash out a plan. Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. Trade and the Trans Pacific partnership are at the top of the agenda for the Prime Minister of australia, malcolm turnbull, and his first visit to washington. How valuable is one celebritys worth . Snapchat is finding out the hard way as its stock falls more than 7 . Good morning, asia, hello, world, it isa good morning, asia, hello, world, it is a friday. Thank you forjoining Asia Business report. We start with malcolm turnbull, the Prime Minister of australia, meeting donald trump very soon at the house. He is very soon at the white house. He is travelling with a large delegation of Business Leaders to boost trade. Australia us trade last year rose to 34 billion. Major australian exports include beef, other meats, and spacecraft. The us is the largest foreign investor into australia, pumping in 672 billion into the economy last year to be i spoke to a professor at the university of sydney, who sa
Local agencies can cooperate with ice agents. Advocacy groups believe the president is trying to pool all immigrants into one pile. Were not criminals. This is some sort of scare tactics. Scaring americans to be afraid of us. But americans are human beings like us and we live around them in our everyday lives. And they know that the majority were decent people that believe in america and were working for that. I believe immigration is an issue in america that needs a real solution. I think the president needs to work on a real solution instead of demonizing us and trying to scare people. Its not clear how serious the president is about actually doing this. But immigrant groups now want to empower themselves by learning even more about their rights. Steve. Steve. Their rights. More about learning even themselves by empower want to groups now but immigrant this. Actually doing is about the president how serious its not clear scare people. Scare people. Its not clear how serious the presi
Marijuana may be legal in california but soon it may be not easy to get. Warnings that demand may soon outstrip the legal spriechlt im eric thomas. Im dion lim. Recreational Marijuana Industry is booming but shortage could lead to rising prices. Katie utehs with details. Reporter a statelicensed marijuana grower, rarity in the New California industry. We have more and more dispensaries every week with licenses but very few producers, less than 10 in the state. San francisco, less than 5 in San Francisco are locally and stateauthorized. Reporter shortage of authorized growers is problem. If dispensary is licensed can only purchase from licensed distributor and producer. Reporter currently not enough to provide the product. High demand, low supply. Reporter many retailers anticipated the shortage, much of the stock purchased in advance of the law. Expected to be fully stocked until march. Not all planned ahead. People who didnt are scrambling. Reporter Growers Association members are rep
This is. From our headquarters. Coming up in the next sixty minutes more people are killed on the ground in syria. Trying to end the conflict plus. Girls fall prey to human traffickers with some of the refugee. Dollars we have an exclusive report from a can. Also. Draw a drought in cape town reaches a critical stage also. On the scottish island of. Should it belong to the local community or a. Top story in. And land title project editor and now the plan to defend the Australian Open trophy next year. Welcome to the news hour syrian president Bashar Al Assads top ally russia is hosting talks aimed at a political solution to nearly seven years of civil war the meeting in sochi is also backed by turkey and iran but doubts loom over the outcome of the talks the main Syrian Opposition groups are boycotting that meeting the rebels want russia and the Syrian Government to stop bombing parts of it glib province the strikes have killed sixteen civilians including women and children in the past
Choice supporters werent intimidated by the estimated 70,000 pro life advocates in San Francisco for the walk for life. Before the march, those in favor of what they call reproductive justice held a rally of their own. Abortion access is plummeting around the country. Some women and people have to drive hours, take days off work, pay incredible expenses out of pocket, and its becoming more and more extreme. Reporter that plummeting access is viewed as a success for the people who rallied at Civic Center Plaza and theyre encouraged by the growing momentum they feel their cause has. And the Grassroots Efforts all the way to the federal level. The day is coming when abortion will become illegal again. Well look back at the abortion monster like we do the history of slavery. Like we shake our heads and say, we really do that to black people, enslave them for so long . And were going to do the same thing with babies. I think the Pro Life Movement is at an all time high. Over the last four d