but shinzo abe heard that. and so i suppose that they'll get a chance to -- if they have a chance, if the question is asked, to air their disagreements on the trade issue as well. one issue that's of course the sidelines to some extent is the russia investigation. as we know, that is unfolding back in washington. but it did to some extent dominate the sunday talk shows there is the potential the president could be asked about that. as i was saying at the top of this, when you have two questions of the u.s. press, two questions of the japanese press, it does limit the possibilities there is big breaking news of the day to tackle that is that heartbreaking situation down in texas, michael. >> exactly. jim, thank you so much. jim acosta in that room there waiting for that news conference. we'll check in with you a little bit later. and we'll bring viewers that news conference once it gets under way. president trump and prime minister abe, they're in general agreement on ting a tough line against nth korea. their l

, shinzo and donald. but he expects japan to do what it can to defend its own air space and provide the american military equipment to do that. that was yet again another point of agreement they seemed to share. kelly: stands by with me. we think we have john roberts again. john, are you there? kelly: you are having a little bit of trouble with your cell phone. let's see if we can muddle through this. what's your finding with the president's first trip to say shah and japan? -- to asia and japan? reporter: let me focus in on the sutherland springs reaction. that was top of everybody's mind today it's interesting that the president says he believes this is not a gun problem. this is a health problem because the individual involved in the shooting apparently did have some troubles over the year prior to the heinous act he carried out today it's the same argument we heard after the sandy hook shooting. people were focused on adam lanza's mental health problems. he got the weapons from his mother and took the

we heard that from shinzo abe as well. earlier hadr guests mentioned, what does that maximum pressure, exactly, mean. it is still unclear at this moment. in the meantime, first word news. >> president trump heads to south korea on tuesday after a japan visit that delivered no concrete result on fixing unfair trade. despite a warm relationship with shinzo abe, he won no concessions. did agree on a hard-line approach to north korea. president trump said he would back saudi arabia's crackdown on corruption. he said they know what they are doing. local banks have said to have theen the assets, including prince who was ranked 50th on the billionaires index. we are told the crackdown has saved money. the negotiators plan to start their latest meeting two days ahead of schedule to go over. over myriad go issues. the lead negotiators are joining on the 17th. the extension comes after officials abandoned the target to revamp nafta, saying they need until the end of march to clinch a new deal. new zealand possible prime ministers as

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president donald trump iraq revealed to pan's prime minister shinzo abi on the first day of trump's twelve day tour the u.s. president is rallying support from allies in the region to face up to nuclear deal with north korea's nuclear ambitions. and in bow to sligo match day eleven we saw the blooper of the year. where the ball and of course the classic are there is your daughter versus buying. i'm at home and welcome to the program the ousted catalan president demat along with four other former ministers has surrendered to police in belgium the five are wanted in spain on a european arrest warrant issued there. in a news conference a spokesman for the brussels prosecutor said all five would now appear before a judge they face charges of sedition rebellion and misuse of public funds for holding illegal referendum on october first travel to belgium last week when madrid moved to impose direct rule on catalonia after a regional parliament had declared independence all right for more let's go to our correspondent bob levey zal in brussels barbara they've head of themselves in does that mean t

there waiting to welcome him, prime minister shinzo abe. mr abe has deliberately cast himself as donald trump's number one friend in asia, and today he got his payoff. president trump lavished praise on him and japan, calling it a treasured partner and crucial ally. on monday, the us president will fulfil another long—held ambition — an official welcome from japan's emperor. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. joining me now from tokyo is the bbc‘s mariko 0i. apart from this very important meeting with the emperor, what else is on president trump's agenda? according to his schedule, he would have started meeting business leaders here in tokyo and later on, as you mention, he will be meeting with the japanese emperor and the official summit between the two leaders, president trump and prime minister shinzo abe. the two leaders have spent quite a lot of time together playing golf and having lunch and dinner but the official summit is today full of the president has implied that he will bring up not just president has implied tha

contrast that with shinzo abe. he's somebody who's party and the parliament just -- what trump himself called a mandate. even though personally, abe is not particularly popular, the japanese people are right now, very insecure. two of those missile launches made by north korea, which obviously as you've been talking about is going to be the major issue here, came right over japan. they want to know exactly what the u.s. position is. the asia pivot that president obama had talked about and really put into action in the course of his two terms as president. being stepped back in a certain way. these presidents look at the asian nations in a different way, that's led to a little bit of insecurity and instability. having said that, these two men do have arguably the closest relationship of any of the asian leaders many they played golf in the united states. abe has been there twice. he's going to take him to golf with the number four golfer in the world. the president likes to be challenged by people who are world clas

well if you ask the japanese prime minister shinzo abi he would probably tell you that that's exactly what he wanted to hear he wanted that kind of reassurance that the u.s. would stand behind its commitments in this region that it would stand behind its allies of whom of course japan is the oldest and the most important ally and that it would defend those allies in the case of an attack for example by north korea so especially in the face of that threat coming from north korea that's what that's what the japanese prime minister shinzo surely was looking for now so he was you were welcomed these this tough talk from donald trump for sure because he also has very tough policies when it comes to north korea and he also received a lot of support for those policies from the japanese voters in recent elections that were just just held here a few weeks ago he scored a landslide victory and his position and his stance on the north korea issue played a major role in that now that is not to say that people here are also worried because if you take for example the japanese did not japanese nort

since primen 26% minister shinzo abe shinzo abe came to power five years ago. the documents reportedly show wilbur ross received a stake in a shipping company with ties to a russian businessman under u.s. sanctions and connected to president putin son-in-law. congress -- commerce department says wilbur ross did not know the relationship with the kremlin. bill dudley is close to announcing his retirement. several sources say the announcement could come in the next few days. to be ready to step down well before the end of his term in january 2019. such a move would raise questions about fed policy under jerome powell. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. sophie: a check on the markets, shaping sentiment, trump kicking off his asia trip, talking tough on trade. the dollar has jumped and climbing against the korean currency. the yen reached that 114 level has governor corrode his comments added to pressure. the pboc governor may have spooked investors with new concern around fin

there waiting to welcome him, prime minister shinzo abe. mr abe has deliberately cast himself as donald trump's number one friend in asia, and today he got his payoff. president trump lavished praise on him and japan, calling it a treasured partner and crucial ally. on monday, the us president will fulfil another long—held ambition — an official welcome from japan's emperor. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. joining me now from tokyo is the bbc‘s mariko 0i. of of meeting with the emperor will be the most important event on donald trump's agenda is monday. what else is he doing apart from that? he just had a meeting with the business leaders here in tokyo and then, he made several comments about trade and the tra ns—pacific made several comments about trade and the trans—pacific partnership. he said that right now our trade with japan is not fair and not open. of course, he has been accusing japan and china of unfailing keeping their currencies too weak to take advantage in exports which he argues result in a huge trade d

there waiting to welcome him, prime minister shinzo abe. these two are now such close friends, mr abe had special hats made up for the occasion. "donald and shinzo", it reads, "make alliance even greater." not the most catchy slogan, but you get the point. then it was time to hit the fairway. mr abe has deliberately cast himself as donald trump's number—one friend in asia. and today, he got his payoff. president trump lavished praise on him and japan, calling it "a treasured partner and crucial ally." on monday, the us president will fulfil another long—held ambition, an official welcome from japan's emperor. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news in tokyo. the heir to the throne in saudi arabia has overseen a major purge in the country's leadership. 11 princes, four current ministers and dozens of former ministers have been detained. crown prince mohammed bin salman is the head of a newly—established anti—corruption committee, and he appears to have sidelined a number of powerful figures. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner report

he is there with the leader of japan shinzo abe. they will what we believe move from that no ro phone, from that particular addressing of those members, those family member who is are standing by them, holding pictures of individuals of their family members that have been held in north korea. and then they'll make their way from that picture on your left from that live video, to the live video on the right side of the screen and then be the press conference that will begin very shortly. kevin, jonathan will be with us as we cover this press briefing. when it does start, we'll take a short break. kevin and jonathan, please stand by. we'll go again to the joint news conference. president trump and prime minister shinzo abe expected there. we'll be right back. i love to eat. i love hanging out with my friends. i have a great fit with my dentures. i love kiwis. i've always had that issue with the seeds getting under my denture. super poligrip free. it creates a seal of the dentures in my mouth. even well fitting dentures let in food par

president trump and shinzo oblique, bilateral talks getting underway in tokyo. slamming themp trade situation with japan has unfair, but also defending the tpp pullout. that make it pushed back because proceedings are just getting underway, that joint press conference between prime minister shinzo abe and u.s. president donald trump. let's get a check of markets. we are not seeing such a great session for asian markets. we had comments from the pboc weighing into the hong kong and china equity markets. saying governor kuroda the doj still expects to overshoot its inflation target. the yen has been trading at its lowest levels against the dollar since march, holding around may levels. the yen off .1% with a 114 handle. some upside from japanese equity markets, but general weakness. recordorea coming off highs, and that weakness coming through in hong kong as well. earnings as well, so some disappointment in the market. have a look at the commodities space. but we are seeing iron ore up. subaru has cut is full year operating income view, second quarter at $23.6 mi

trump and shinzo abe have formal talks. 0ne trump and shinzo abe have formal talks. one of the key points of difference have been around the tpp, the tra ns—pacific partnership. difference have been around the tpp, the trans—pacific partnership. iraq 0bama set it up, donald trump pulled the us out and japan is tragic at the us out and japan is tragic at the remaining 11 countries to get the remaining 11 countries to get the tdp alive. —— barack 0bama. in the tdp alive. —— barack 0bama. in the hope that the us mightjoin again. there needs to be a bilateral trade deal between the us and japan and the japanese government doesn't agree. he wants more of a multilateral solution to the region. they will have a major difference on this point when they meet in tokyo this point when they meet in tokyo this afternoon. apart from prime minister shinzo abe, who else will president trump be meeting with? he has tried to make the big pitch to the business sector already at this is the problem. some are here would say, are the

donald trump and shinzo abe also making news overnight. they just wrapped up a joint news conference. joining us now, stephen engle. what are some of the key takeaways? they talk more about security and trade. trump has been talking about trade. right.: that is can i say this? the two world leaders have such a bromance. they were so complementary and that press conference saying donald trump calling shinzo abe "a great friend." shinzo abe saying that trump is a "dear friend." they are chumming it up. he is going to get into some sticky issues. in south korea and japan -- in china. this press conference, really dominated by the north korea issue, a shared vision pensions %be says u.s. and japan are 100 together on their approach to north korea pensions abe said they had in-depth conversations on a number of issues. they are in complete agreement on measures to take. shinzo abe announcing they are going to up the unilateral sanctions against north korea. they are going to freeze the assets of 35 north korean entities as of tomorrow. he gave

( laughter ) it says, "donald and shinzo make alliance even greater." ( laughter ) yeah. that's perfect. we all know, historians know all the best diplomacy was accomplished via head gear. don't forget the great gear roosevelt gave out at yalta. ( laughter ) then the two best friends fed the coy fish at the royal palace. feeding the koi is a time honored tradition, much like the tea service, wherein the meditation of the movement is resonant with the shinto-- okay, suck on it, you fat fish. ( laughter ) ( applause ) there you go. there you go. pretty good. then abe really turned on the charm offensive, treating trump to a round of golf then reminding donald about it at that night's reception. >> when you play golf with someone not just once but for two times, the person must be your favorite guy. >> stephen: alright, shinzo, leave some of the "strokes" on the golf course. ( laughter ) >> jon: oh! clarence thomas. ( applause ) >> stephen: and trump has shown concern over japan's national security. when asked about the missiles that north korea has been firing over japan, t

shinzo abe saying he is in agreement with mr. trump that now is not the time for dialogue, indicating again that years or decades of attempts to speak with pyongyang have failed and have resulted in this dangerous situation. so, again, saying that he believes that the way forward is the path that's been laid out by the trump administration, which is maximum pressure on north korea. and to that end, cyril, he went on to announce that japan would levee new sanctions against 35 different north korean individuals and entities, trying to put out a strong message on behalf of japan in those terms. >> the other issue for the u.s. president is dealing with trade. mr. trump says the trade with japan is unfair and he keeps saying he wants a better deal. what does that mean and can he get that better deal? >> yeah, this was a really interesting thing to watch as president trump headed here to the region. because he made it clear that his priorities on this trip would be to talk about both trade and security. and while he and the prime minis

president donald trump there, and the japanese prime minister shinzo abe. after their joint news conference where there was a lot of mutual admiration. mr. abe saying that the bonds between the two countries have never been closer. he called donald trump his dear friend, and donald trump, for his matter, said the relationship is extraordinary. never been such a close relationship between these two countries. i want to bring in alexander field now in tokyo to talk about this. your thoughts on the headlines there, alex? your take awaaway from this? trade has been a major issue between these two countries, but not a lot of firm answers really. not a lot of, this is what we're going to do. >> reporter: no. the talking points were largely what we would expect them to be, because you have seen both of these leaders alluding to this throughout the course of their trip, saying discussions on trade and security would be the top priorities here. you did have them coming out and really glowing and surpearltive terms, talking about the relationship that they have culti

trump met with prime minister shinzo abe for lunch and nine holes of golf. before teeing off, they signed golf caps that read, "donald and shinzo: make the alliance even greater." the white house says the two leaders talked trade and north korea, but didn't keep score. a top pentagon admiral has told members of congress that it would take a ground invasion of north korea to assure the destruction of the country's nuclear weapons program. the letter from rear admiral michael dumont was a reply to a query from two democratic congressmen. this weekend, 15 democrats and one republican member of the house of representatives-- all military veterans-- called the assessment "deeply disturbing." they said a ground invasion could result in millions of deaths in just the first few days of fighting. the young future king of oil-producing saudi arabia has carried out a swift and sudden purge, ordering the arrest of four government ministers and eleven princes of the royal family, including a billionaire businessman who's a major investor in u.s. companies. the sweep came

donald and shinzo, it reads. make allianz even greater. not the most catchy slogan, but you get the point. then it was time to hit the fairway. mr abe has often cast himself as donald trump's number one friend in asia. today, he got his payoff. president trump lavished praise on him and japan, calling it a treasure partner in crucial ally. on monday, the us president will fulfil another long—held ambition, an official welcome from japan's emperor. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, tokyo. the headlines: damian green strenuously denies claims that pornographic material was found in a computer in his commons office in 2008. the royal college of psychiatrists says it is a scandal that mental health patients are being denied ca re health patients are being denied care and treatment because of a shortage of consultants. donald trump says that no nation should underestimate american resolve as he arrives injapan at the start of a marathon tour of asia. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's catherine downes. start

there, waiting to welcome him, prime minister shinzo abe. these two are now such close friends, mr abe had special hats made up for the occasion. "donald and shinzo", it reads, "make alliance even greater". not the most catchy slogan but you get the point. then it was time to hit the fairway. mr abe has deliberately cast himself as donald trump's number one friend in asia. and, today, he got his pay—off. president trump lavished praise on him and japan calling it a treasured partner and crucial ally. on monday, the us president will fulfil another long—held ambition, an official welcome from japan's emperor. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. the heir to the throne in saudi arabia has overseen a major purge in the country's leadership. ii princes, four current ministers and dozens of former ministers have been detained. crown prince mohammed bin salman is the head of a newly—established anti—corruption committee — and he appears to have sidelined a number of powerful figures. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner repo

white caps gold lettering that say donald and shinzo make alliance even greater. it is an obvious nod to mr. trump's campaign slogan, make america great again. they signed a few hats before hitting the greens for a round of golf. >>> looking now beyond japan, here are some of the other stops on what will be the longest trip in asia for a u.s. president since 1992. up next, mr. trump heads to south korea. he is expected to have bilateral and expanded meetings there, then off to china and beijing. mr. trump will tour the forbidden city with xi jinping with meetings scheduled for the next day. then to vietnam for the apec summit events and makes his final stop in manila for asean meetings in the east asian summit. mr. trump told report hes he believes he will also meet with the leader of russia, vladimir putin, during his trip. the white house says north korea will be the primary topic of that conversation. that meeting likely to happen at the apec summit in vietnam. this, of course, comes as the investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 u.s. election heats up

there has loren spoke at a joint news conference with prime minister shinzo abi in japan earlier today and he anticipated the turn of the conversation as follows each mass shooting in the united states the question of gun control and whether more tight gun laws may have prevented this. mental health is your problem here and this was a very based on preliminary reports very deranged individual a lot of problems over a long period of time we have a lot of mental health problems in our country as do other countries but this isn't a guns situation i mean we could go into it but it's a little bit soon to go into it but fortunately somebody else had a gun that was shooting in the opposite direction otherwise it would have been as bad as it was it would have been much worse but this is a mental health problem at the highest level. and honey any more information about the gunman's motive. nothing from police so far lauren that we are expecting a briefing shortly there are reports though that the gunman's parents in law were attendees of this church they were not present at yesterday's service

north korea has dominated talks between japan's prime minister shinzo and u.s. president donald trump in tokyo both leaders agreed that the time for dialogue and what they called strategic patience is over trump is on a twelve day tour of five asian countries his visit comes at a time of heightened tension on the korean peninsula says the two countries are in complete agreement on what measures should be taken against the. nuclear state. there is no point in dialogue for the sake of dialogue with north korea now is the time not for dialogue but for applying maximum pressure on north korea we completely agreed that for north korea to change its policy japan and the u.s. must take leadership in a closely collaborating with the international community so that we can enhance pressure on north korea through all possible i mean it's. the era of strategic patience is over. some people said that my rhetoric is very strong but look what's happened with very weak rhetoric over the last twenty five years look where we are right now scott hyla has the latest now from tokyo.

trump met up with japanese prime minister shinzo abbate at a golf club outside tokyo for a burger lunch and a round of golf it's not the first time the two have played golf the leaders view their relationship as tight holding for so much and speaking on the phone regularly some hope that trumps a visit to japan will bring more than tough talk on north korea from the two close allies and there's concern that one provocative tweet could change the narrative for the trip something that can get away from just bombs and bullets would be valuable in trying to win hearts and minds in the rage and people here every day they go to work they don't want to worry about another missile flying over what we know with north korea the resolution there is not going to be war it's going to have to involve sanctions and each day one of trump's asia tour was kept with a private state dinner with prime minister and the leaders wives thank you monday it's down to business the to hold a bilateral meeting and then speak to the media they will likely touch on promoting a free and open indo-pacific region seen as

shinzo abe will hit the golf course where they'll talk about some of the big issues. of all the leaders that the president meets with, the relationship with shinzo abe is his closest and the most important as he confronts many of the big issues over the region here over the next few weeks. >> the leader of japan visited us. ryan nobles. thank you for that report. >> back here at home. the russia probe is heating up. there is been two indictment and guilty and over why president trump and his attorney general said they were unaware of any meetings with russian officials when new court documents show otherwise. here is our cnn chief. >> president trump denied any knowledge of campaign content with russians. >> here is mr. trump in february. >> can you say if you are aware of any contact of russia during the course of election? >> well, i told you, general flynn was dealing as he should have been. >> during the election? >> no, nobody that i know of. >> here is mr. sessions in testimony just last month. >> you don't believe that surrogates from the trump campaign had com

president donald trump is meeting with japan's prime minister shinzo abyei kickstarting his asia trip trouble also visit south korea china vietnam in the philippines trying to build support for his stuff tough stance on north korea or staying in japan korean schools there are facing hostility as north korea continues its missile tests and threats to destroy the country if there's a nuclear war. for us. there are sixty korean schools in japan attended by thousands of students seventeen year old huang song we is one of them each time there are headlines about north korea's latest missile test the school receives anonymous bomb threats huang says there is confusion about news coming from and about pyongyang. that there are i get mixed feelings honestly speaking i cannot deny all the news reports we see on t.v. because we don't get to hear from the north koreans directly the north's leader kim jong un has threatened to sink japan and the united states the korean community in japan has been divided sister korean war but the only direct funding and curriculum guidance for its schools comes

north korea has dominated talks between japan's prime minister shinzo abbay and u.s. president donald trump in tokyo both leaders agreed that the time for dialogue and what they called strategic patience is over monday was the last full day of trump stop in japan during his trip through asia scott heiler reports from tokyo. during his two days in japan there's no question that president trump and prime minister they have grown close as friends trump calling the relationship extraordinary calling trump a precious friend and they have also strengthen the alliance between the two nations to a level not seen before but it's not just because they like each other after a summit meeting on monday they both underlined why they think that alliance is critical standing together against north korean aggression. there's no point in dialogue for the sake of dialogue with north korea now is the time not for dialogue but for applying maximum pressure on north korea we completely agreed that for north korea to change its policy and the u.s. must take leadership closely collaborating

japan as part of his tour of asia earlier he had lunch and played golf with japanese prime minister shinzo holiday tomorrow he'll meet political leaders to discuss north korea's nuclear weapons program and his address to business leaders he said trade with japan was not fair and open. donald trump's commerce secretary britain's queen elizabeth and a top aide to the canadian prime minister among thousands named the new leak of offshore financial documents the paradise lakes contain thirteen million vols from bermuda based applebee. saudi arabia airstrikes have targeted the who with the run defense ministry under square used for mass rallies in some of the capital of yemen the who three ballistic missile was fired deep into saudi territory on saturday the group released this footage which they say shows the loans it was aimed at riyadh's international airport but was shot down in the air the sound of coalition controls many of yemen's ports. that's it more news continues here on al-jazeera after one of many stage of that so watching the consequence of war. shows. that just doesn't go away. f

just hours ago prime minister shinzo abe and more restained president trump spoke about the region. dealing with a lot domestically and abroad. north korea. take a listen. >> the era of strategic patience is over. some people said that my rhetoric is very strong. but look what's happened with very weak rhetoric over the last 25 years, look where we are right now. as far as the north korean people are concerned, steve, think these are great people. they're under a very repressive regime, and i really think that ultimately i can tell you this, i hope it all works out. be better for everybody. certainly would be better for north korea but would be better for everybody. >> abe also said after trying for more than 20 years quote, there is no point in dialogue for the sake of dialogue with north korea. president trump asked what he thinks should if launch more missiles over their country. >> if i can take a piece of the prime minister's answer, he'll shoot them out of the sky when he completes the purchase of additional military equipment from the united states, he will easily shoot them

president donald trump's remarks ahead of a meal with japan's prime minister shinzo ave on the first day of trump's twelve day tour of asia trump is seeking support from allies in the region to face up to north korea. i'm sorry welcome to the program it's good to have you with us we begin with some breaking news a massive new leak of files from an offshore law firm showing how widespread tax avoidance is common. among big companies as well as the super rich has been released by germany's so do i just signed on an international consortium of news outlets tech giants like apple were just one of the companies featured it offshore tax avoidance schemes also included in the league sports giant nike as well as the queen of england and big german companies like zealand and germans germany's main postal company possed bank papers also reveal extensive offshore activities of u.s. president donald trump's cabinets donors and advisors particular attention being paid to u.s. commerce secretary ross. well let's get more now on these paradigms papers political correspondent i know koehler is here

president trump has spoken before talks with shinzo abe. now let's look at what else the world's media is reporting on. we begin in texas with the dallas news online. extensive coverage on the church shooting in sutherland springs and how it has reopened the gun control debate. this attack comes five weeks after the mass shooting in las vegas which killed 58 people. turning to the financial times, which looks at some of the early fallout following the arrests of at least 11 princes and tycoons in saudi arabia as part of a crackdown on corruption. for the japan times, a heavy focus on the visit by us president donald trump and him describing japan as a treasured partner and crucial ally. his asian tour also covered in the south china morning post where the paper quotes an analyst saying, "everything is fine with trump until you tell him no. so far, abe hasn't told him no." turning to the business pages of the guardian. self—driving cars will be given the green light on uk roads in 2021

well if you take the japanese government and the japanese prime minister shinzo aba then that's probably exactly what he wanted to hear because he's of course looking for reassurance affirmation from the united states that they stand firmly behind the commitment towards their allies in asia and also towards or their commitment that they're going to defend these allies in the case of an attack and a case of an attack by north korea for example and president all be himself has been very tough when it comes to the north korea issue and he's gotten a lot of support from that if you take for example the election results of the elections that were held here a few weeks ago where. scored a landslide victory and his stance on north korea of course played a major role in that now having said that there are also people here are of course afraid that the situation might escalate if you take for example the north korean missile tests two of those missiles flew right over japanese territory and people here are afraid that if the situation escalates and there might be another action from north korea a

. >>> president trump vows to work out trade problems with japan as he meets prime minister shinzo abe on the first leg of his asian tour >> i'm committed to achieving a fair, free, and reciprocal trading relationship. >>> two deals slide after sprint and t-mobile call off their mobile talks >>> good morning, everyone it's monday and we've got some macro economic data in the form of the eurozone. pmi for the month of october and it came in at 55 it was forecast at 54.9. just a tad higher than expected. definitely a little bit of a slowdown compared to what we saw in september when we saw 55.8. when it came to the german numbers we saw new orders, the fastest rate in 20 months. really painting a picture of a solid start to the fourth quarter. the italian services growth number, that was the lowest in the year doesn't seem to have a huge reaction 116.10 unchanged on the day. let's show you what's happening in terms of the equity markets roughly one hour into the trading session and we are just modestly lower to the tune of 0.1% we are still in the thick of the earnings session here. we h

for shinzo abe, he made it clear whatever donald trump's idiosyncrasy. he isware of little touches like designing the hats saying make the alliance greater that say reinforce the personal sense of warmth and the importance to japan of the u.s. alliance. for abe, one of his central goals is try to build up the japanese military. japan has a pacifist execution and that is estrange japan and new climates about the threat from north korea continue to mount, abe has found useful support from trump and in his effort to try to bolster japan's military capabilities. but i think just more broadly, a sense on the japanese side that they need to cultivate the american president to make sure the alliance stays strong. don't forget. president trump made during the campaign critical comments about the alliances about japan and south korea and that generated some unease among allies in those two capitals. >> you point out it's important for japan. they see the need to create this relationship but, again, what is the net positive here? what is it that japan gets from th

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there waiting to welcome him, prime minister shinzo abe. mr abe has deliberately cast himself as donald trump‘s number one friend in asia, and today he got his payoff. president trump lavished praise on him and japan, calling it a treasured partner and crucial ally. on monday, the us president will fulfil another long—held ambition — an official welcome from japan‘s emperor. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. and you can get much more on donald trump‘s extensive asia visit. just visit the bbc website, bbc.com/news or download the bbc news app. stay with us on bbc news — still to come: as ivanka trump accompanies her father on his tour of asia — we askjapanese women for their take on the first daughter. the israeli prime minister, yitzhak rabin, the architect of the middle east peace process, has been assassinated. a 27—year—old jewish man has been arrested, and an extremistjewish organisation has claimed responsibility for the killing. at polling booths throughout the country, they voted on a historic day for aust

there, waiting to welcome him, prime minister shinzo abe. mr abe has deliberately cast himself as donald trump‘s number one friend in asia, and today, he got his pay—off. president trump lavished praise on him and japan, calling it a treasured partner and crucial ally. on monday, the us president will fulfil another long—held ambition — an official welcome from japan‘s emperor. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. and you can get much more on donald trump‘s extensive asia visit. just visit the bbc website — bbc.com/news, or download the bbc news app. let‘s take a look at some of the other stories making the news. state media in saudi arabia say a prince and several other high—ranking officials have been killed in a helicopter crash near the town of abha close to the country‘s border with yemen. prince mansour bin muqrin was a deputy governor, son of the former crown prince of saudi arabia, muqrin al—saud. it‘s not yet known why the aircraft crashed. the sacked catalan leader, carles puigdemont, and four of his

president is also holding talks with prime minister shinzo are going over the standoff with north korea this after trump said he'd be open to sitting down for talks with north korean leader kim jong un with tensions between washington and pyongyang sky high while travis promised to stand with japan against what he called the north korean menace let's listen and we're working to counter the dangerous aggressions of the regime in north korea the regime continued development of its unlawful weapons programs including its illegal nuclear tests and outrageous launches of ballistic missiles directly over japanese third tour are a threat to the civilized world and international peace and stability we will not stand for that the era of strategic patience is over and best and heartache is a following it trumps visit for us in tokyo hi passing good to see you we just heard the trump say there the era of strategic patience with north korea is over how is that rhetoric being received there in japan. well sumi that rhetoric is not new to japanese in fact the prime minister of japan is himself have b

shinzo abe and has deliberately cast himself as donald trump's number one friend in asia. today he got his payoff. president trump lavished praise on him and japan, calling it a treasured partner and a crucial ally. on monday the us president will fulfil another long—held ambition, an official welcome from japan's emperor. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, tokyo. the heir to the throne in saudi arabia has overseen a major purge in the country's leadership. eleven princes, four current ministers and dozens of former ministers have been detained. crown prince mohammed bin salman is the head of a newly—established anti—corruption committee — and he appears to have sidelined a number of powerful figures. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner reports. saudi arabia has been shaken by two shocks within hours of each other, first, a ballistic missile fired by houthi rebels in yemen reportedly reached the capital, riyadh, before they were shot down. this is a big step, they are using ballistic missiles, long—range missiles, likely from iran to put pressure on the saudi

shinzo abe has deliberately cast himself as donald trump's number one friend in asia. today he got his payoff. president trump lavished praise on him and japan, calling it a treasured partner and a crucial ally. on monday the us president will fulfil another long—held ambition, an official welcome from japan's emperor. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, tokyo. it is 15 minutes past four. the headlines on bbc news. the prime minister's deputy, damian green, strenuously denies claims that pornography was found on a computer in his commons office in 2008. labour leaderjeremy corbyn tells bbc news that he was aware of the allegations against mp kelvin hopkins, before his shadow cabinet appointment. and the sacked catalonia leader and four of his ministers have turned themselves into belgian police into belgian police after arrest warrants were issued by spain. sport now...and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's 0lly foster. in sport four premier league games today. third manchester city are now eight points at the top of the table after beating arsenal

president donald trump's remarks ahead of a meal with japan's prime minister shinzo abbay on the first day of trump's twelve day asia tour trump is seeking support from allies in the region to stand up to north korea. and what is the master letter brought the blooper of the year. here comes moves and of course it also wrong to be colossal her dortmund versus buyer. i'm at home and welcome to the program the ousted cattle on president bush to mont along with four other former ministers has surrendered to police in belgium. the five are wanted in spain are european arrest warrant issued there in a news conference the spokesman for the brussels prosecutor said that the five would now appear before a judge they face charges of sedition rebellion and misuse of public funds for holding an illegal referendum on october first they travelled to belgium last week when madrid moved to impose direct rule on catalonia after the regional parliament had declared independence all right for more let's go to our correspondent bob levey zal in brussels barbara they've had of themselves in does that mean

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there waiting to welcome him, prime minister shinzo abe. these two are now such close friends, mr abe had special hats made up for the occasion. "donald and shinzo" it reads, "make alliance even greater". not the most catchy slogan but you get the point. then it was time to hit the fairway. mr abe's deliberately cast himself as donald trump's number one friend in asia. and, today, he got his pay—off. president trump lavished praise on him and japan calling it a treasured partner and crucial ally. on monday, the us president will fulfil another long held ambition, an official welcome from japan's emperor. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. including the developments on the news that charles puigdemont‘s a p pa re ntly news that charles puigdemont‘s apparently handed himself into the police in belgium. the next news on bbc one is at 5.35pm. bye for now. you're watching the bbc news channel with shaun ley. let's return to our main story — and the continuing

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"make america great again" hat reading, "donald and shinzo make alliance even greater." and melania gave him a special hat in return. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] according to nbc news, commerce secretary wilbur ross failed to disclose that he shares business interest with vladimir putin's immediate family. not only that, but he shares dna with one of jeff dunham's puppets. [ laughter and applause ] that's right. newly leaked documents called "the paradise papers" show financial ties between russia and commerce secretary wilbur ross. is there anyone in the cabinet who doesn't have ties to russia? at this point, i wouldn't be surprised to find out betsy devos is a member of pussy riot. [ light laughter ] i play triangle. [ laughter ] according to nbc news special counsel robert mueller has gathered enough evidence to charge former national security advisor michael flynn and his son as part of the russia investigation. "well, at least they do stuff together," yelled eric. [ laughter and applause ] a twitter customer support employee briefly shut down president trum

we'll have an exclusive interview with shinzo abe. the president has struck a chord with the japanese business leaders, they will go them we want free trade. many of the japanese car companies are doing a lot of manufacturing in the united states. the president is saying why can't we have more american cars going to japan. so he's already striking a chord with the japanese business leaders to make them think about what they are doing. this is a 12-day trip that the president is taking. he will go to other parts of asia. president trump and the first lady are participating and meeting with families of north korea. that's what we are seeing right now. and they will be talking about what will take place when the president finally makes it to south korea. he will also be speaking to the chinese president xi jinping and talk about what can be done with north korea. let's listen in. >> this is a country that has caused an abduction issue. >> so i renew my determination to do my utmost for those of the family members that could hold their da