More on our website, bbc. Co. Uk news, and the news app. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. The worlds most profitable company, saudi aramco, announced plans to go public. And the us commerce secretary, wilbur ross, is in asia amid the ongoing trade war. Hello and welcome to this monday edition of Asia Business report. I am sharanjit edition of Asia Business report. I am shara njit leyl. Edition of Asia Business report. I am sharanjit leyl. We begin with saudi arabias giant state oil company aramco. It is the worlds most profitable company, and it finally kickstarted its share sale on sunday. The firm offered few specifics on the number of shares to be sold. Its pricing, or the date for a launch. Kate prescott has more. Saudi arabia produces a 10th of the worlds oil. Managing that makes this very Unusual Company the most profitable in the world. This flotation has been years in the pipeline. We are the leading company when it comes to energy. We have the highe
Bonds one country is proving a stumbling block to the big asia Pacific Trading pact. Protesters on both sides of the political divide in lebanon have been turning out for mass rallies arjan numbers in beirut have called for a complete overhaul of the ruling elite and the political system which is split along sectarian lines the protests began last month and already forced the Prime Minister saad hariri to hand in his resignation a general strike has been called for monday and hauteur has more from the protests in beirut. Antipolitical established protesters are back to close roads they believe that this is the only way to maintain the pressure on the ruling elite to resign a few days ago they agreed to leave the streets after the Prime Minister saw those how do you as submitted his resignation but now people here believe. Those in power are progress than that they should have by now created a technocrat government which will prepare for early elections but those that mans have not been
Library is under threat. Well report from the scene. Just on the hill by the president ial library where there is a massive effort to get this blaze under control. They are fighting it from the air and the ground, but the wind is blowing very strongly. And in the last hour, twitters announced its stopping all political advertising, all around the world. Well look at why we begin with the grenfell fire that killed 72 people in june 2017. Today a report into the tragedy was released. And it calls for the government to treat its response as a national emergency. Lucy manning has this report. My family why . the last thing i was hearing from my aunt was where are the firefighters . And i rest it at that, where are the firefighters . I pray every single day, since the Grenfell Tower, to die sooner. Because i have no meaning in my life. No inquiry can comfort them. No blame brings them back. N0 warm words ease their harsh reality. Grenfell was a National Tragedy but their deeply personal one
A new Prime Minister earlier the shia cleric. Called for the resignation. 2 u. S. Government officials who served on the former special envoy to ukraine are testifying in each month inquiry into President Donald Trump Christopher Anderson and Catherine Croft are expected to describe how state Department Officials efforts to support ukraine were stymied by the white house the pair follow alexander the National Security council official in charge of ukraine policy who testified on tuesday when was the 1st witness who listened there on a phone call between the u. S. And ukrainian president s at the center of the inquiry our White House Correspondent kelly halkett has more on this from washington. The testimony on wednesday on capitol hill by 2 state Department Officials are expected to be particularly damaging to the white house once again this is an effort by the democrats to offer further timelines and a deep dive into ukraine policy under the administration of donald trump we expect th
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