Stay updated with breaking news from Asia player. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
asia for the latest. here, the markets lower slightly, we talk you through the winners and the losers. and we ll be getting festive with fortnums. the boss of iconic food & drink retailer fortnum and mason will be here to give us the inside track on the busiest time of the year. and new research says using facebook and twitter at christmas will make you more miserable than merry. so we want to know are you taking a break from social media this holiday period? if so, don t do it yet! let us know. just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. welcome to the programme. don t panic, it is december 20 seconds today, i said 23rd and i got worried because i have got so much to do! worried because i have got so much to do! we start on wall street, where it seems this chap has made an appearance because the grinch has, temporarily at least, stolen christmas. they have been calling it a santa rally and after a week of record closes, investors were expecting to celebrate the dowjones ind ....
glad you could join us. it is 8am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm in washington, where the latest tweet from donald trump is grabbing attention around the world. the president elect wrote that the united states must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability. he said that process would continue until the world came to its senses. however, a spokesman has said is the trump was actually referring to the need to prevent nuclear proliferation. our defence correspondentjonathan nuclear proliferation. our defence correspondent jonathan beale nuclear proliferation. our defence correspondentjonathan beale has the details. america and russia still hold more than 90% of the world s nuclear stockpiles, both able to deliver destruction on a massive scale, by ground, sea or air. for a quarter of a century, they have been reducing their nuclear arsenal. but the question now is the arms race about to resume? tonight, president elect donald trump tweeted. .. it ca ....
and london. this is bbc world news. it s newsday. it s 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, where the latest tweet from donald trump is grabbing attention around the world. the president elect wrote that the united states must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability. he said that process would continue until the world came to its senses. however, a spokesman has said mr trump was actually referring to the need to prevent nuclear proliferation. our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. america and russia still hold more than 90% of the world s nuclear stockpiles, both able to deliver destruction on a massive scale, by ground, sea or air. for a quarter of a century, they have been reducing their nuclear arsenal. but the question now, is the arms race about to resume? tonight, president elect donald trump tweeted: it caught many by surprise, including the obama administration. i can t speak for what the president elect‘s nuclea ....
brought the united states into the second world war. he and president obama are due to visit a memorial that honours the sailors and marines killed in the 1941 attack. before his departure from tokyo, mr abe said he wanted to send a message that japan would never repeat the atrocities of past wars. the bbc‘s laura bickerjoins us from washington. what do we know about the form of this visit? first of all, he has arrived in hawaii. he will meet with president obama over the next few hours. it will be their finalsummit the next few hours. it will be their final summit together and then the pairof them, final summit together and then the pair of them, both presidents, will visit the memorial, the uss arizona, where shinzo abe abbey will take pa rt where shinzo abe abbey will take part ina where shinzo abe abbey will take part in a ceremony to remember the lives lost there, the majority of them were killed on that battleship, them were killed on that battleship, the uss ar ....
his retirement from cycling at the age of 36. from cycling, aged 36 us secretary of statejohn kerry with just a few days left in office, has delivered a passionate speech on the middle east peace process laying bare his frustration with israel about the lack of progress. his central point was that the only way to achieve peace was a two state solution. and he said continued israeli settlement expansion was endangering that. that was why he said the obama administration decided israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has criticised the speech as biased against israel and focusing obsessively on settlements. our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports from jerusalem. another bitter row between outgoing and incoming us presidents, this time over israel. donald trump complaining the country is being treated with total disdain and disrespect, but telling it to stay strong till 20th january, when he takes office. it was the idea of the speech by us secretary o ....