it s 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington where it seems every hour, president donald trump is in more and trouble. this time it s the sacking of the fbi directorjames comey that s causing the trouble. the new york times is reporting that president trump asked mr comey to drop the bureau s investigation into alleged ties between russia and michael flynn, the national security advisor at the time. that s been denied by the white house, but there s no doubt just how serious this allegation is. one senior democrat said other senators were shaken and called for a special prosecutor to be appointed. well, this stunning and breathtaking revelation that the president is accused of reaching out directly to the head of the fbi did stop an investigation of general flynn under the circumstances raises serious questions about obstruction of justice. it is a fundamental question here. is anybody, including the president of the united states, above the law? can everyb
in every aspect of our public and private life we have become dependent on the power of the internet and computing. that makes us vulnerable to those who would do us harm. you need proof? well, look at the world wide spread of the ransomware known as wannacry, which shut down vital computer systems in businesses, in public institutions, around the world. my guess is rob wainwright, head of the european police agency, europol. are the cyber crooks several steps ahead of the cyber cops? hardtalk theme music. rob wainwright, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. for the last few days you have been somewhat preoccupied with wannacry, this ransomware which has spread across the world. how seriously should we be taking it? well, it is one of around 200 high profile investigations europol is helping to co ordinate around the globe against cyber crime and including that there has been this trend of this growing threat from ra nsomwa re over the last couple of years, but we have never seen
it s 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in washington where it seems every hour, president donald trump is in more and trouble. the new york times is reporting that president trump asked mr comey to drop the bureau s investigation into alleged ties between russia and michael flynn, the national security advisor at the time. was mr byrne was sacked last week and the white house has denied the claim. democrats said that other senators were shaken and called for a special prosecutor to be appointed. well, this stunning and breathtaking revelation that the president is accused of reaching out directly to the head of the fbi to stop an investigation of general flynn under the circumstances raises serious questions about obstruction of justice. it is a fundamental question here. is anybody, including the president of the united states, above the law? can everybody be held accountable under the rule of law? and this revelation of this statement that has been alleged has raised
now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. a strong earnings results for way bow. will we see similar numbers for tencent? tencent?. good morning, asia. glad you could join us for this midweek edition of asia business report. chinese social media giant weibo has reported reve nu es of media giant weibo has reported revenues of just media giant weibo has reported revenues ofjust under $200 million, an increase of 67% compared the year ago levels. profits are coming in at about $47 million us. the company claims 347 million monthly active users, an increase of 30% over the past year. another tech giant in china, tencent, is tipped to report encouraging numbers today. but with a saturated market, what are the other avenues for growth? certainly they need to start looking outside of the chinese market. there s still a lot of growth in chinese market, for example tencent are actively looking outside, looking at notjust china but around hong kong and sing