now on bbc news, newscast. chris, we re going to have a foreign affairs focus in this episode. what was the most memorable foreign trip you ve done as a journalist? can i do two? 0k. and they re at opposite ends of the kind of spectrum. so the first one was being in kosovo when it declared its independence, and seeing the power for a people and a nation of that moment. but it was a contested moment because there were countries around the world that didn t recognise kosovo. serbia in particular was pretty angry about it. so that would be my serious one. and then because news is the full spectrum, the world santa claus congress in copenhagen, which involved hundreds of santas cycling around the danish capital for the hell of it. i remember being on newsround and going to delhi to cover that festival where everyone throws coloured dye each other. but for some reason, we didn t factor in enough time for us to get showered and clean our clothes before the next stage of our trip, w
appreciate our company, i m michael holmes in atlanta, first breaking news and concerns about a possible widening conflict in the middle east. u.s. and uk have been hitting houthi charters in yemen. show you new images now that shows smoke hanging over the skyline in a western yemeni port city, as the sun begins to come up there. the coalition strikes following a surge of attacks by the iran-backed rebels, on commercial vessels in the red sea. american fighter jets are being taking off from the u.s. white d. eisenhower aircraft carrier to carry out the strikes. the senior u.s. official says it is unclear what percentage of who the athletes have been destroyed inside yemen at the amount was significant. we are told u.s. coalition forces hit more than 60 targets, at 16 houthi locations, and those targets included the militants radar systems along with storage and launch sites for ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones. let s show you where they are located on the map t
To resolve a dispute about the role of guards. The rmt is still fighting southern on the same issue. Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. Preparing to meet the us president. Japans by Minister Talks to the head of the un day about the auto industry. Hyundai. And the owner of Snapchat Files for share sales and hopes to raise 1 billion. It is friday glad you could join us on Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. It is becoming to be known as the trump shock. Japanese businesses are nervous about criticism from the us president. Shinzo abe will meet him next week in washington and in preparation he has cut his putting, he is getting together with toyotas boss to ward off concerns about the auto industry. One of the main issuesis auto industry. One of the main issues is the japanese yen. As you can see on this Foreign Exchange dollar chart, a lot of volatility against the us dollar. The us president has accused japan of playing the money market to take trade ad
Things that happens. the first is and brigitte potentially an immediate solution, until the trade routes are reestablished, and secondly that type of transport equipment for longer which leads to ted supply and famous markets, and needs to increase cost which is also twofold. firstly, there is more to operate the ships, and in addition, the tightening of the market itself increases the available slots. now that is where the meat and benefit the company s hand markets, and the number of ships now thanks to the shipping expert at at the,
The problem is them being able to distribute it and get it disseminated across the island. that s where the crisis is. it s not as far as getting it there. now, as far as the jones act, it seems to me that this would be an easy one for them to go and flip the switch and take the issue off the board. again, i m not a shipping expert, but it seems to me to be the fact that we re even talking about the jones act rather than talking about all the good work that fema is doing to help people in puerto rico is a distraction. go ahead, maria. i was going to say, jason, you should be careful in talking about, at this early point, about the great job that fema is doing, because people are not feeling it on the island. i have talked to people that work in the governor s office, i have talked to people who work in the mayor s office. they are both asking the president that they need to do more. they are asking for military personnel. they are asking for coast guard personnel. yes, the issue