And london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in the evening in washington, where President Donald Trump has been singing the praises of china in sharp contrast to his campaign rhetoric. In an interview with the american cbs network, the us president said he was in constant touch with president xijinping, and believed he was putting pressure on north korea to rain in its leader kim jung uns nuclear ambitions. The relationship ive had with china, its been already acclaimed as being something very special, something very different to what weve already had. On north korea, mr trump warned that a conflict with the country could kill millions of people. But he had some surprising words of praise for Supreme Leader kim kim jong un. Dealing with obviously very tough people, in particular the generals and others, and at a very young age he was able to assume power. A lot of people im sure tried to take that power away, whether i
On the planet, genocide. Here in belgrade, his wife protests his innocence. Who does she think was responsible for the thousands of forced deportations and the mass murders, and does she expect her husband one day to come home . Mira markovic, welcome to the programme. When you saw your husband recently, in the hague, and you celebrated his birthday, did you tell him that everything was going to be ok in the end . What did you tell him . Has he accepted his fate . Whatever the International Criminal Court Decides it to be, will he accept it . But he is going to be tried by the tribunal, isnt he . Whatever Public Opinion has to say about it. But you would accept that the court has been set up with the authority of the un security council, and your husband accepted that under the Dayton Agreement, which he signed in 1995. Why does he now say that the court is illegal . Mrs markovic, why is that a lie . What he actually signed up to, which is in the Dayton Agreement, is that the parties a
Singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm in washington, where President Trump has roped in global diplomatic norms by saying he would be open to meeting with north Korean Leader kim jong un. The president said he would be honoured to meet mr kim under the right circumstances. That may worry americas allies. Japan has just sent its biggest warship to protect a navy supply vessel, a historic first for tokyo. A short time ago mr trump spoke of the danger posed by north korea to the region and beyond. I can say this. He is very threatening, he is a big threat to the world. How safe our troops in the world. How safe our troops in the demilitarised zone, and our ally in south korea, how safe are they with some of the Defence Systems we have provided, and what is the status of those . Well, nobody is safe. The guy has nuclear weapons. I would like to say they are very safe. These are great, brave soldiers, these are great trips. And we know the situation, with 20,000 troops on the line, and the
Will raise other taxes. Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. Thawed relations. Japan and china holds direct economic talks for the first time in nearly two years. Tea rs first time in nearly two years. Tears and disappointment. The impact on indian workers with the new australian visa laws. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Welcome to another edition of Asia Business report. Its a monday. It may be may day or labour day were you are, but we know that markets have a lot to digest in the next few days. Japan and china are resuming bilateral trade talks after two years starting from today. The Federal Reserve kicks off its two day meeting. Investors will be looking for clues on how many more us rate hikes could be in store this year. That is the same day that tech giant, apple, will give its Financial Report card. Facebook follows the next day. And on thursday, the australian prime minister, malcolm turnbull, meets us President Donald Trump in new york. What
Facing the most serious charge on the planet genocide. Here in belgrade, his wife protests his innocence. Who does she think was responsible for the thousands of forced deportations and the mass murders, and does she expect her husband one day to come home . Mira markovic, welcome to the programme. When you saw your husband recently, in the hague, and you celebrated his birthday, did you tell him that everything was going to be ok in the end . What did you tell him . Has he accepted his fate . Whatever the International Criminal Court Decides it to be, will he accept it . But he is going to be tried by the tribunal, isnt he . Whatever Public Opinion has to say about it. But you would accept that the court has been set up with the authority of the un security council, and your husband accepted that under the Dayton Agreement, which he signed in 1995. Why does he now say that the court is illegal . Mrs markovic, why is that a lie . What he actually signed up to, which is in the Dayton Ag