Hello there. Welcome to newsline. Its tuesday, january 29. Im Catherine Kobayashi in tokyo. Islamic militants have attacked a gas pipeline in algeria two weeks after a hostage crisis at a gas plant in the sahara desert. Two security guards were killed. Seven other people were wounded. The militants attacked them in the region of djebahia, about 150 kilometres outside aljiers. The militants tried to blow up the pipeline but failed. Algerian officials are hunting for the militants. Theyve been reinforcing security at oil and gas facilities since militants attacked one earlier this month in eastern algeria. At least 37 foreign nationals were killed. Algerias Communications Minister has defended the decision to storm the plant. He said soldiers saved hundreds of lives. Translator the militants kidnapped and killed innocent people, and they wanted to blow up the plant. If the special forces had not stormed the plant, the consequences could have been far more serious. Ten japanese were among
And all eyes on india with us President Donald Trump due to arrive in the country early next week. But will the two sides finally patch up their differences and strike a trade deal . Beyond a numbers game. One of europes top tech bosses tells us how Workplace Diversity can boost your compa nys profitability. As an inaccessible first floor property sells for £1 in the uk, today we want to know, whats the best bargain or worst purchase youve ever made . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcworklife. A warm welcome to the programme. My my colleagues have already said my worst purchase must be this tie. More of that later. We start in saudi arabia, where the finance ministers of the worlds 20 biggest economies are getting ready for a major meeting in the country this weekend, amidst mounting fears about the Economic Impact of the spread of the new coronavirus. One estimate suggests that growth in china could fall by 1 this year because of the impact of the coronavirus outbreak. And if the
Bbc. C0. Uk news and the news app. Now on bbc news live to singapore for Asia Business report. The diamond princess disembarkation continues but with a british ship operated by an american firm, who is legally responsible for looking after passengers . And there is a new force hitting stores. Big bucs disney is banking on yes, take a look at the baby yoda business empire. Welcome to fridays Asia Business report. We begin with the coronavirus, also known as covid 19 because passengers from diamond princess ship continue to disembark and with passengers and crew in fact did, its become the biggest cluster outside hubei province, china. Two elderly japanese in their 80s were confirmed to have tied died and experts question whether the quarantine processes failed. The japanese government has come under criticism but the ship is british and is operated by an american company, carnival. He was legally responsible, and we put that rest into andrew leave. A number of parties are obviously resp
Happy president s day, everyone. We begin with a powerful storm about to sweep across much of the country. Its blowing in from the Pacific Ocean tonight. Heavy rain, hail, and a foot of mountain snow in california. The storm will stretch to the nations midsection. Florida braces for another frigid morning. And new england digging out from yet another storm. With wind gusts out of the north gusting up to 50 or 60 miles an hour, some northeast state, buried by historic snowfall are getting another arctic blast. Maine getting the worst of it. Blowing snow can make visibility zero. Reporter eight inches on the coast and more inland. In cape cod, cars are still buried in snow banks from the last storm. More worries about coastal damage. On new yorks long island, plows and salt trucks tried to keep up with rapidly changing conditions. Connecticut towns waiting for federal relief money from the last storm are seeing snow removal costs add up. Anywhere from 20,000 to 50,000 a day. Reporter the
Saturday night live. Happy president s day, everyone. We begin with a powerful storm about to sweep across much of the country. Its blowing in from the Pacific Ocean tonight. Heavy rain, hail, and a foot of mountain snow in california. The storm will stretch to the nations midsection. Florida braces for another frigid morning. And new england digging out from yet another storm. With wind gusts out of the north gusting up to 50 or 60 miles an hour, some northeast state, buried by historic snowfall are getting another arctic blast. Maine getting the worst of it. Blowing snow can make visibility zero. Reporter eight inches on the coast and more inland. In cape cod, cars are still buried in snow banks from the last storm. More worries about coastal damage. On new yorks long island, plows and salt trucks tried to keep up with rapidly changing conditions. Connecticut towns waiting for federal relief money from the last storm are seeing snow removal costs add up. Anywhere from 20,000 to 50,00