More on our website, bbc. Co. Uk news, and the news app. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Wall street and the trade war. Us stocks hit yet more record highs, but is a deal reallyjust around the corner . Softbank struggles as the japanese conglomerate pushes ahead. We look at the problems facing its vision fund. Softbank. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Its a wednesday. Glad you could join us for another action packed mid week edition of Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. We start the programme with the ongoing us china trade conflict, because wall street shares have edged up to more record highs overnight, as investors look past some weak Economic Data to focus on President Trump saying that the worlds two biggest economies are close to an agreement on the first phase of a deal. The bbcs vivian nunis has more from new york. Donald trump said on tuesday the United States was in the final throes of its push to reach a trade deal with china. The president s
In business body positive fashion how india is waking up to the 4 billion plus size market. A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation would you be prepared to sit in a plane for nineteen hours or would it drive you mad . Tell us what you think, just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. After 19 hours and 19 minutes in the air, the longest and, at over 17,000 kilometres, the furthest passage flight has landed in sydney australia, having flown from london. It was a test flight run by the airline qantas, to research the feasibility of the ultra long haul route and the impact on travellers and crew. The bbcs lukejones was onboard. The first london to sydney flight 100 years ago took 28 days. This will sunrise flight did it in 19 hours and 19 minutes. This plane is almost spookily empty. There is only 53 of us on board because that is as many it can carry this distance. This is to carry out res
A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme, new Research Suggests a desk at home and keen parents will help a child get to university more than smaller class sizes and a good school. Do you agree . If you went to university what was key to your success . Get in touch, just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. We start in hong kong where pro democracy activists have continued to occupy parts of hong kongs Polytechnic University after a night of clashes. At one stage activists set fire to two of the entrances when police moved into the campus. A0 people have been arrested and police have been clashing with other protestors in the surrounding streets. Rich preston has the details. The battle for the university lasted a whole day and a whole night of the hundreds of protesters made this their base, barricading themselves inside. Police did try to enter the building, but were met by a barrage of petrol bombs. Fi
Are hospitalised as forest fires choke part of the country in smoke. And in business briefing, will the feather or preserve cut us Interest Rates again . And will be enough to give the president happy . Welcome to wednesdays briefing, we will make sure you are across all you need to know. Also high tempo tunes causes motorists to drive faster and more radically say experts. So with track songs of more than hundred and 20 beats per minute are particularly risky, apparently some of it like to know, do blast rock music in the car to mark and if you do deserve change the way drive . Use our hashtag. The main bible of the israeli Prime Minister has said he would work towards a government of National Unity after tuesday general election. Exit polls suggest that neither his opposition nor the president s party will have enough seeds to form a government. Addressing his supporters, he stressed that the final results were yet to be announced. Tom bateman reports. Both are still being counted on
Apple takes on the eu in a fight over a record 14 billion tax bill. A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme the battle for subscribers. Netflix is paying a lot to for the rights to show old episodes of the hit us tv sitcom seinfeld. So wed like to know would this draw you to netflix . What content do you tune in to and why . Get in touch just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. The Supreme Court in london will today begin to hear two appeals over the british Prime Ministers controversial decision to suspend parliament for five weeks. The cases are being heard after two lower courts made conflicting judgements on the matter. The Scottish Court of session said the move amounted to an unlawful attempt to stop mps in the run up to brexit, but the high court of england and wales said the decision was political and not one forjudicial interference. Our Legal Correspondent Clive Coleman explains. Constitutional