He is expected to talk about the ongoing and controversial war on drugs, the conflict in marawi against islamist militants and economic policy. Howard johnson has more from manila. This will be Anya Shrubsole second State Of The Nation address. It is a chance to him to set out his vision for the philippines in the years ahead. A spokesperson said he will be speaking about terrorism, he will be speaking about terrorism, he will be looking at the conflict in morale we, on the island of mindanao. Marawi. There have been more than 570 deaths. His extension of martial law on minder now. Minder now Opposition Groups will be speaking out as well, putting together an alternative State Of The Nation address and that is likely to heavily criticise Rodrigo Duterte for his record on human rights during his campaign on his war on drugs. Howard johnson in manila, and we will have more analysis on that State Of The Nation address in the philippines very shortly. But first, lets take a look at some of
This is hardtalk. A quarter of lebanons population are Syrian Refugees, which is putting the countrys infrastructure and resources under increasing strain. The party of my guests, Ghassan Hasbani says he wants to send them home. Some leading politicalfigures there are calling for the refugees to be sent home. But since some in the government have ruled out talking directly to president assad, how can they be sure any returning refugees would be safe . Ghassan hasbani, welcome and thank you for being with us. After one and a half million syrians have sought refuge in your country. About a quarter of your population. How big a threat those that represent . M quarter of your population. How big a threat those that represent . It is a threat those that represent . It is a huge economic and social burden. Lebanon welcomed all these syrians at the beginning, given the humanitarian situation as they were in. After a while, several years on, the numbers have increased significantly and they ha
Now on bbc news all the latest Business News live from singapore. A strong earnings season in the us has helped lift asian stocks, but will that continue . And, why this circus wants to somersault into china by linking up with the Blue Man Group. Its a busy week for us companies, reporting earnings. We will hear from companies, reporting earnings. We will hearfrom some companies, reporting earnings. We will hear from some key firms including google, and their parent company, alphabet. They will release the revenue of youtube for the first time. We will also hearfrom General Motors and mcdonalds during the two day policy meeting. On wednesday, we find out how facebook and nintendo are faring, followed by amazon, twitter and starbucks on thursday. We learnt what to expect. There are going to be several 100 American Companies reporting this week. As far as corporate earnings are concerned, what has been driving the market up to now has been Companies Cutting costs, and using those cuts, a