And you can find background to all our main stories on the bbc news website. Log on to bbc. Com news or download the bbc news app. Now, live to singapore for Asia Business report. The chips are down. South Korean Semiconductor exports slumped by 13 as it tries to resolve a dispute with japan. Silver economy and Silicon Valley, while the worlds Biggest Technology Companies May be undervaluing their more experienced workers. Hello and welcome to Asia Business report. Im sharanjit leyl. Well business report. Im sharanjit leyl. We ll start business report. Im sharanjit leyl. Well start with the dispute between japan and south korea, because their Foreign Ministers meeting in beijing is the ongoing dispute continues to hit businesses in both countries. In earlyjuly, tokyo hit businesses in both countries. In early july, tokyo restricted hit businesses in both countries. In earlyjuly, tokyo restricted exports of materials critical to south koreas Semiconductor Industry citing National Securi
Thats all. Stay with bbc world news. Stay with us for all the International News and business stories here on the bbc. And you can visit our website as bbc. Com news. Hong kong demonstrations in the wake of the 11th weekend of protests we look at the impact on the asia financial economy. Grey matters. Why many of singapores asian population are working well into their 70s. Good morning and welcome to this mondays edition of Asia Business report live from singapore with me, mariko 0i. Lets start with hong kong because as you heard on newsday, the city has seen the 11th weekend in a row of pro democracy rallies. The protest organisers say the crowd was 1. 7 million strong other police have said it was much smaller. This comes amid warnings of the Economic Impact of the unrest on the Economic Impact of the unrest on the Asian Financial hub. In just two days after Airline Cathay pacific saw the departure of it chief executive. The bbcs Stephen Mcdonnell sent this report from the demonstrat
A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. You can be part of the conversation as well. Facial recognition cameras in london will be investigated by the uks data and privacy watchdog. We dont know how long the system, in a public area, has been active, nor how many cameras are in use. Where do you stand on this issue . Tell me what you think, just use bbcthebriefing. Israel has been widely criticised in the United States for its decision to ban a visit by two us congresswomen whove spoken out against its policies towards the palestinians. The Israeli Government blocked the trip by ilhan omar and Rashida Tlaib after president trump, their frequent critic, said it would be a sign of great weakness to let them in. John mcmanus has the latest. They are allies, a partnership which has seen israels security guaranteed by American Friendship and firepower. Which is why the decision by the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
The uk has recorded its second hottest day ever, with temperatures reaching over 38 degrees in cambridge. Forecasters are warning the heat could lead to heavy rain in some areas. Now on bbc news live to singapore for Asia Business report. Prime push heads and was on. It shares fall as earnings disappoint. And amazon and getting paid to play video games. We start with amazon as shares have fallen after its earnings disappointed investors. Revenues for the three month to the end ofjune came in at 63. 1; billion dollars. Up about 20 from a year ago, just over 2. 6 billion dollars was actually profit but the crux is it was less than expected. The company has been spending heavily, some 800 million alone in the past three months, to make one day delivery the norm but it is facing pressure of its size and power and facing an anti trust investigation as well as being probed in europe. Michelle flurry has more. The wave of record profits has more. The wave of record profits has a crested. By m
And coming up in business indias crypto crackdown. Why the country could soon ban bitcoin, ripple, and other digital currencies. A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. It will get extremely hot here in Central London with temperatures rising above 30 celsius but also it will be very heated when it comes to the politics. And you can be part of the conversation. Send us your comments and questions about the the conservative leadership contest. Ill be talking to Iain Anderson and putting some of your points to him. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. So, it is a momentous day here at westminster. After several weeks of campaigning, the new leader of the Uk Conservative Party will be announced in just a few hours. That person will also be moving into number 10 as britains new Prime Minister. It will be one of these two men. Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson, or the current foreign secretaryjeremy hunt. Mrjohnson is th