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
ecuador, thousands of indigenous protesters march on the capital, but the government refuses to back down. ah, we begin in afghanistan, where officials are appealing for more international help after the worst, earthquake in 20 years. these 1500 people have been killed so far, many more injured in the remote region in the southeast. the magnitude 5.9 tremors struck early on wednesday in particular, province is feared. hundreds is still trapped in the rubble and rescue as the struggling to reach the disaster zone. or some binge of aid reports. ah, even at night the search for the missing continued in easton avalon, a storm it s a race against time before the rescue operation turns into recovery of the dead. using bare hands and shovels to free those buried under the rubble in the remote villages of host and buck beka provinces were in bed when hundreds of homes and buildings were destroyed by the powerful earthquake. my nozzles lowered for the spirit i was sleeping and i felt
Last night a star Football Player was paralyzed as an end of the year is abrasion. Jake javier is facing a long recovery after breaking his neck diving into a swimming pool. A krul twist of fate for a young man with a promising future. Jean elle. Graduation night here at San Ramon High School is filled with sadness and celebration. That popular grad is still in the hospital facing a life changing injury. We just wanted to play football. Thats what we got do for four years. Hardest choices i ever made. Reporter on his graduation night, an emotional nick kane praises his best friend, jake javier. The nicest person you will ever meet. Always trying to cheer people up and smartest person i ever met. Reporter the danville rotary voted 54 the best Football Player in december. Tonight the team captain is in the hospital. Air lifted last night after he broke his neck at a pool party while celebrating the end of the school year. According to his go fund me page he is currently paralyzed from th
Votes. Also, a lament for crimeastartars. An unlikely entry to the euro vision contest. In sport, chelsea are into the quarter finals. Manchester city sides 51 as the manage are maintains unbeat be runs in the competition. The syrian cities of homms and damascus have been hit by multiple bomb blasts. At least 75 people are killed and more than 100 others injured in the area of homm. Home to many members of the assads allowhite sect. A southern suburb was hit by a number of explosions killing 30 people. The socalled Islamic State of the iraq in the levant has claimed responsibility for that attack. Those governments,thy 31 villages. This as u. S. Secretary of state john kerry said he reached a professional grooment with russia in terms of a ceasefire. Zeina has more on the turkish border. You may find some images in her report upsetting. Two separate attacks, both involving multiple explosions and just hours apart in two government controlled districts in syria. The other, the other all
Historic center. With all of the sports including we will have the buildup to our classico. Barce a win against the biggest rivals real madrid. We sparrows in yessen wherehowhere houthi forces have seized control of the Third Largest airport city taiz. Until sanaa, how much the security situation deteriorated the United States has withdrawn all of its remaining personnel including special fors from the country. Natasha gname reports. Reporter tear gas, gunshots and anger on the streets of taiz. Protesters say the houthi forces surrounded the barracks of execute forces. We refuse deject and denounce these malitias. We will surround the barracks with our bodies until they leave. First the houthis overtook sanaa, forcing the president to flee to aden. Now, they are moving towards the president. Aden is the a short distance away from taiz. The president has been trying to hold on to power. I stress the following. Firstly, the evacuation of all armed malitias from the industries. Secondly,