summit in chengdu. korea cannd south somehow ease relations and tensions, that could provide momentum for markets going forward. taking a look at where we are , asian stockstime are trading at the highest levels of the year. slightly higher by 0.1%. it has been a spectacular year for chinese stocks, up 31% year to date. say cuts are needed to pick up momentum. let's turn the page. let's look at where currencies are at this point in time. dollar-yen, taking a look at 1.0939. taking a look. the shock of flooding. it consolidates in. pretty much a subdued session. at 1197.r index rishaad: let's take a look at india. the session is about 43 minutes away. futures at the moment down a fraction. getting you up to speed with what happened. a very topsy-turvy day in mumbai. at the end of it, we were pretty much where we started, flat, but we did have some pretty big deltas. rupee continuing to weaken. against a little bit of dollar strength among some of these emerging-market currencies. thething which had gone by wayside a couple of weeks ago when we saw the reserve bank do nothing w

today in the southwestern city of chengdu to discuss regional cooperation and reducing tensions on the korean peninsula. the meeting comes as north korea has threatened the united states with a christmas gift if the u.s. doesn't lift the economic sanctions against north korea. gift"".ristmas during t today's meeting, sououh korean presisident moon jae-inin encouraged north k korea and the u.s. to work toward peace. >> we agreed that piece on the korean peninsula was in the common interest of the three countries. we also agreed to make efforts togetherer to help mold north korea, u.s.s. dialogue for denuclearization and peace. amy: in canada, indigenous communities are condemning the canadian governmenent after it s revealed that ththe royal canadn mounted police prepared for the potential use of lethal force against indigenous land defenders resisting the construction of a natural gas pipeline on the wet'suwet'en nation's ancestral land in british columbia. the guardian first revealed the documents in which commanders of canada's national police force argued "lethal oveverwatch is requ

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one of the key issues at a summit taking place in the chinese city of chengdu relations between south korea and japan have soured in recent months but the 2 nations do say they are committed to promoting dialogue between north korea and the u.s. soldier in tokyo allies of the united states whose naval presence in the region has been repeatedly condemned by beijing and historical animosities remain including south korean demands that japan apologize for abuses committed during the 2nd world war katrina you joins us live from beijing katrina they've heard this news conference what else are we learning. well as you mentioned these countries have very complicated histories but they're doing their very best or they've done their very best today to move past their disagreements and really try to work on some shared said the benefits between them and also really focus on what they have in common as the 3 biggest economies in asia a trade was clearly one of those things and they were talking about ways they could boost the complimentarity that they have between in the kitchen talked about how

one day and held a summit in chengdu in china against the backdrop of increasing threats from pyongyang north korea has said it will take specified action if sanctions against it are not lifted by the end of the year. well to talk more about all this i'm joined in the studio now by did of your correspondent bob encroachments who is based in beijing fabienne good to see you so what is likely to come out of this summit to will we see any new initiatives to ease u.s. north korea tensions will there be concrete steps taken though well so far what we've seen coming out of the some of this more symbolic message namely that all 3 nations want peace and do not do cruise ation of north korea however i mean concrete steps i don't expect anything that's a breakthrough but we could see low level communication channels opening up again however north korea has been really silent on any diplomatic effort recently so i mean the you know cough the conflict between north korea and the u.s. because there's a discrepancy on how to achieve denuclearization well just last week china actually had pr

presented a united front during the trilateral summit in china's southern city of chengdu. i want to build a new era of 3 kingdoms in which we cooperate and develop together with the international community. setting aside deep grievances dating back to world war 2 the leaders of asia's largest economies pledged to work closely together on trade they want to agree on a 16 nation regional comprehensive economic partnership or. by the end of next year and continue negotiations on a 3 nation free trade agreement trade between south korea japan and china exceeded $720000000000.20. 400 we need to protect the free trade in order to help business activities and continue to grow together north korea carrying out a missile test over the christmas period overshadowed some of the pageantry. chinese prime minister lee could chung south korean president and japanese prime minister shinzo agreed to continue supporting negotiations between washington and pyongyang demand for the u.s. to lift economic sanctions has led to a halt in the nuclear talks and an end to be a deadline to progress the negotia

in the chinese city of chengdu relations between south korea and japan have worsened in recent months but both nations say they are committed to promoting dialogue between the u.s. and north korea increasing trade is also on the agenda they're working towards a 3 nation free trade agreement and a wider trade deal in the region but there's long held animosity south korea wants japan to apologize for abuses committed during the 2nd world war katrina you has been following the summit from beijing and she says despite their difficult history all countries are trying to find common ground these 3 countries have very complicated histories but they're doing their very best or they've done their very best today to move past their disagreements and really try to work on some shared benefits between them and also really focus on what they have in common as the 3 biggest economies in asia a trade was really one of those things and they were thinking about ways they could boost the can from integrity that they have between the council for the house has a lot of needs in terms of its supply chain

president moon j. and held a summit in chengdu china north korea says it will take unspecified action if sanctions against it are not lifted by the end of the year. they called it a new era of the 3 kingdoms as police of china japan and south korea met for talks but the one leader setting the agenda for summit was not at the table. north korea's kim jong il after the latest tests at a missile launch site earlier this month regional powers are concerned pyongyang is about to undo efforts to ease tensions. we agreed that peace on the korean peninsula was in the common interest of the 3 countries we also agreed to make efforts together to help promote north korea u.s. dialogue for denuclearization and peace. the possibility of north korea turning into serious nuclear threat has become more tangible after february summit between kim and u.s. president on the trump failed to deliver any results. to come and threat of a north korean attack has forced to plan and so if korea to overcome their own bilateral tensions over their colonial history. i am willing to improve this important relationship

in the city of chengdu it is a rare agreement between so and tokyo after months of deteriorating relations between the e.u. has more now from the chinese capital beijing also revealed as i mentioned that they want to continue to push for dialogue and also that they want to continue to support the person as between a pyongyang and washington they want to do whatever they can to facilitate those talks and ensure those talks are a success but china at the same time i think is always focusing on really having these 3 countries work together present in united front when it comes to that issue and reminding i think the people in this press conference that these are the 3 the 3 countries who are best who are most affected and also best positioned to see that peace is say is sustained in the current didn't either. a bus has plunged off the road and into a river in indonesia killing at least 25 people that happened in a remote part of south sumatra it's thought the vehicle may have been carrying 50 passengers and rescue teams are now searching for any possible survivors and arrest warrant

topics at a summit between the 3 countries in the chinese city of chengdu relations between size korea and japan have soured in recent months the both nations say they're committed to promoting dialogue between north korea and the u.s. they're also able to sign what would be the world's largest trade agreement next year. trina hughes been following the summit from beijing and she says despite their difficult history all countries are trying to find some common ground these 3 countries have very complicated histories but they're doing their very best or they've done their very best today to move past their disagreements and really try to work on some shared benefits between them and also really focus on what they have in common as the 3 biggest economies in asia the trade was really one of those things and they were 40 about ways they could boost the can from a territory that they have between the council to the house has a lot of needs in terms of its supply chain and in i think it wasn't mentioned but the trade war i think i think china's really looking to sort of lean into its relati

presented a united front during the trilateral summit in china's southern city of chengdu whatever their i want to build a new era of 3 kingdoms in which we cooperate and develop together with the international community. 2 setting aside deep grievances dating back to world war 2 the leaders of asia's largest economies pledged to work closer together on trade they want to agree on a 16 nation regional comprehensive economic partnership or. by the end of next year and continue negotiations on a 3 nation free trade agreement trade between south korea japan and china exceeded $720000000000.00 in 20. 4 hollow we need to protect the free tried in order to help business activities and continue to grow together north korea carrying out a missile test over the christmas period overshadowed some of the pageantry chinese prime minister lee could chunk south korean president and japanese prime minister shinzo agreed to continue supporting negotiations between washington and pyongyang demand for the u.s. to lift economic sanctions has led to a halt in the nuclear talks and an end of a deadline to prog

china japan and south korea a meeting in the chinese city of chengdu in an effort to boost trade and to prove tiny's increasing militarization and territorial disputes a sound relations in recent he has soul and tokyo allies of the u.s. whose naval presence in the region has been repeatedly condemned by beijing north korea and the denuclearization of the korean peninsula remains a major concern and historical animosities do remain including south korean demands that japan apologize and compensate sex workers from the 2nd war katrina you joins us live from beijing katrina what's significant about this gathering. well as you've just mentioned these 3 countries have not always seen eye to eye they 1st established this form 20 years ago and during that time the relationship between the 3 is really it's been fluid it's gone from good to bad and it sunk to what can only be described as plain hatred between them so they have so many issues and it is very complicated so the fact that they're all sitting down today is significant in itself i mean this is supposed to be an annual summit but in