And london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Glad you could join us. Its 8am in singapore, 12am in london, and 1am in the swiss resort of davos, where one issue is dominating the start of the World Economic forum, protectionism. It follows the decision by the us President Donald Trump to impose steep import tariffs on washing machines and solar panels. The move has been condemned by china and south korea, who fear it could choke off the revival in global trade. Heres what both sides of the debate had to say. For both solar and washing machines, executive actions uphold the principle of fair trade and demonstrate to the world that the United States will not be taken advantage of any more. Translation our government is expressing regret for the latest us safeguard measures against our industry, as they are excessive and would obviously violate the wto rules. We will actively respond to protectionist measures to protect our interests and resolve these difficulties. Ivejust spoken to p
A bomb attack in the Afghan Capital kills ninety five people and then has more than one hundred fifty of us the taliban says police were the targets. Hello again im citizen as it sounds is there a line from london also coming up. Pretenses on the streets of honduras as the new president is inaugurated they say he still reelection. To misunderstanding and is being given one of the richest man in the world saudi Prince Albert waleed bin tallow is released from detention in riyadh. And the Group Iranian politicians are promising to investigate reports of Police Brutality in the wake of the antigovernment protests that started a month ago. About. And afghanistans capital has killed at least ninety five people and injured more than one hundred fifty elbows the explosives were hidden in an ambulance allowing the bomb us a get through security in kabul green zone the most heavily protected area in the city the taliban says it carried out the itzhak and it was targets in place but most of the
The nhs should be given extra money. The nhs should be join the states . The states . Prime without the United States . Prime minister Narendra Modi tells the World Economic forum that india is open to business. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Glad you could enjoy and dashed glad you could join us for another exciting addition of Asia Business report. 11 countries are aiming to form an Asia Pacific Trade pact. They have all reached a deal and will be signing a final agreement this march in chile. Also called the tpp ii, agreement this march in chile. Also called the tpp 11, it does not use include the United States after donald trump withdrew. Timothy mcdonald is in the newsroom. How significant is the tpp without the United States . The answer is much less significant. Given that it is in fact the biggest economy in the world. You are talking about a market of 300 million people. Of course, by any objective measure, it is less significant. That said, us wheat growers have expressed
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You think of that, not a sweat . Weve been asking the question of journalists following her through the year, is tree as good as 2016 when she won the Australian Open, the us open and even pigs and people saying she is better. And 0lympics. She has changed her coaching setup. She is enjoying herself, she is smiling too on court. Its a good matchup with madison keys, madison keys, big hitter, us open finalist, but in terms of ahead to head it is skewed towards the german, she uses the pace of keys, she counterpunch to perfection. You mentioned the scoreline and the time, seven u nforced scoreline and the time, seven unforced errors. What this win will also do, not only put her in the australian semi finals, but it will put her into the top ten because she went to the mid 20s last year. Having been a former world number one. She is sensational, unbeaten so far this year and shes only dropped one set this year and that was in the fourth round. Incredible tennis, really good to watch, warm