Bbc. Co. Uk news, and the news app. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Nintendo flips the switch in china, and it is teaming up with tencent. The World Trade Organisation in crisis as the world shuts down its appeals court. Good morning, asia. Hello, well. Thanks forjoining us for this edition of Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. Lets start off with the gaming sector, because japans nintendo is officially launching its popular switch gaming console in china today. Interestingly it is teaming up with tencent, perhaps the biggest Gaming Company in the world. The japanese giant is best known for games and characters like mario and pokemon which are popular in the mainland, but it doesnt mean that it wont be a challenging environment for the company. To curb gaming addiction, children under 18 are banned from playing online between 10pm in the evening until 8am in the morning on weekdays, in addition to regulation, consul gaming is not as popular in china. Most
5 is for the attack that killed 19 people plus. We will leave the e. U. On the 29th launch to. Another brics it battleground how rival parties are using the online world to get their election messages across and eyepieces them to the sport controversial quarterback Colin Kaepernick prepares to showcase in skills in front of n. F. L. Teams 3 years since hes last game that and more later this news. It started as a protest against rising fuel prices in france year on people who are part of whats known as the yellow 1st movement are still showing their anger this is whats happening now in the capital paris theyve been demonstrations to mark the anniversary for more than 8 hours now police of 5 tear gas to try to break them up the movement turned into protests against the cost of living with and. Government violence across the country at its peak 300000 people took part in the saturday protest but that number has dwindled in recent months baka joins us live from paris and we can see behind
All that and much more on making money. Charles so the question are our hopes really starting to fade for a china trade deal . Commerce secretary wilbur ross actually downplaying a deal between President Trump and xi xinping at the g20 summit next week. With hearings kicking off today on new tariffs where exactly do we go from here . Joining Us Hudson Institute senior fellow, author of, the 100 year marathon, michael pillsbury. Michael, you were saying for a long time, that wall street was getting over its skis, anticipating a deal. It was far too early. You were 100 correct. Thank you. Charles i think wall street is adjusting to a deal may not happen or happen overnight . I wouldnt be overly pessimistic. It is quite possible the two president s will have a very serious talk in private and then come out and Say Something like, we have instructed our negotiators to get back together again based on our consensus that weve achieved in our conversation here. I think the chances of that hap
Good evening from the gb newsroom. Itsjust good evening from the gb newsroom. Its just gone 6 00. The top story this hour. Northern irelands first minister has apologised to the families of alleged informers who were killed by the ira , and who were killed by the ira, and she says shes wholeheartedly committed to healing the wounds of the past. Its after a Major Investigation found more lives were probably lost than saved by a double agent during the troubles , codenamed stakeknife, troubles, codenamed stakeknife, he was working covertly for the british army inside the iras internal Security Unit operation canova, which was conducted by Bedfordshire Police, examined more than 100 murders and abductions linked to that unit. Chief constable john bucha, whos now with the Police Service in Northern Ireland, says theres strong evidence of very serious criminality. Very serious criminality. A stakeknife was undoubtedly a valuable asset who provided intelligence about the ira at considerable
Civilians in gaza after meeting the countrys president , rishi sunak said palestinians are also victims of hamas and expressed his condolences for the loss of lives. He also stressed the importance of opening a safe corridor to gaza. Corridor to gaza. A thing we have prioritised consists is getting the rafah crossing opening. Its been a crossing opening. Its been a feature of all my conversations and im very pleased that that will now imminently happen. We announced an increase in our funding for humanitarian aid into the region and when i met with president sisi earlier today , he and i had a good today, he and i had a good discussion about how the uk can provide practical assistance , provide practical assistance, boots on the ground to ensure the sustainability that aid the sustainability of that aid through crossing the through the crossing to the people who it. People who need it. Israel military sources have given more information about the estimated 200 hostages taken by hamas.