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

more or less stationary. here in hong kong, fine, shanghai, probably wet, chengdu, look to the east end you will see the edge of the cloud. we expect to see the rain mostly in indonesia. big showers will move up into the sun than philippines and just to the east of the philippine sea, potential for development once again of a tropical cyclone. for the time, it is just a depression. one to watch, of vesely. -- obviously. showers in borneo and sumatra are not as heavy as they were, singapore still a mix in the forecast of showers, in northwestern india, despite clouds, that will bring snow to the very north and higher ground, it is largely slow-moving a a, and stagnant,t, poor airir quality is the ststo. ♪ elizabeth puranam . the government of libya has approved a military deal with turkey that could see turkish troops protecting turkey. egypt has rejected the agreement. education minister will be the new prime minister, backed by has belong -- backed ollah, with protesters objecting the nomination. protesters -- divisions between democrats and republicans deep in one day after pres

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

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

plays out. the leaders of japan and south korea are meeting in the chinese city of chengdu for talks. there will also be a joint meeting with the chinese premier, li keqiang. it's the first time the south korean president moonjae—in and the japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, have spoken face to face in fifteen months. our seoul correspondent — laura bicker sent this report on the summit. the talks in chengdu between china, south korea and japan, these three big asian powerhouses will focus on trade and also security with regards to north korea. however, attention is now turning towards a key meeting inafew is now turning towards a key meeting in a few hours time between the leaders of japan and south korea. prime minister shinzo abe from tokyo and ciel‘s president moonjae—in. now why is the focus turning there? because it is the first meeting that had in15 because it is the first meeting that had in 15 months and it comes amidst heightened tensions between these two key us allies. it all dates back to historical dispute whenjapan occupied the crimean potential are between 1

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

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

china japan and south korea have been meeting in the chinese city of chengdu in an effort to get the u.s. and north korea talking again. they called it a new era of the 3 kingdoms as police of china and japan and south korea met for talks but the only just setting the agenda of a summit was not at the table. north korea's kim jong il after the latest tests at the launch site earlier this month regional powers are concerned appearing young 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 kin and u.s. president on of trump failed to deliver any results. the coming threat of a north korean attack has forced to parent and south korea to overcome their own bilateral tensions over their colonial history. i am willing to improve this important relationship between japan and s

to keep us busy this week as they meet in beijing and chengdu this christmas week. and of course they have historical issues which date back all the way to the second world war. this is an ongoing dialogue, but they have been issues in the past. since president tom's trade war against china, that really seems to have changed the dynamics between the three, so china really needs close friends in asia, so just ahead of this summit, china announced it is going to cut some tariffs from the first of january. the optimistic views about the trade talks between the us and china, but of course that are cautious views as well, as these leaders are likely to discuss that and also they will talking about north korea and, on the other hand, japan and south korea have their own trades but as well. so there is a lot to discuss over this christmas week. now let's brief you on some other business stories. boeing's starliner astronaut space craft has returned to earth, after a failed mission to the international space station. the uncrewed demonstration flight launched successfully but then suffer

. our in. our in chengdu at the moment on the meeting with the chinese and they're having talks they've got their own trade route going on these are the 3 big asian powerhouses china south korea and japan they're trying to find their own way around each other everyone has their own issues with each other as it were. japan because it's wartime history has issues with both korea and japan over that so sorry on china over that so they're trying to find a trade deal there as well and everywhere in the region is looking at that and then of course this could also spill over into the rest of the world i mean i think in 2020 we're looking at a a quite a busy year for trade issues and very briefly if you can where does this leave your earth where europe could be the next on the list i mean if trump does come up with a deal with china then he's sure to look at europe next so i think that's going to be another big issue next year great leverage in trying to let. russia has called on the european union to find a solution to the controversial north korean 2 pipeline that will transport russi

abe and south korean president moon jae—in, they will be meeting in beijing and chengdu this christmas week but historical tensions over issues dating back to the second world war have repeatedly prevented any major breakthroughs on the economic and political fronts, any major breakthroughs on the economic and politicalfronts, but from the‘s trade war with china may have changed the dynamics. —— president trump's. the rest of the week... later today japan's central bank releases the details of its monetary policy decision from november. then on tuesday, christmas eve, the bank of korea's financial stability board will have its meeting and then christmas day is not a public holiday injapan or china, with the bank of japan's governor speaking at an event. on thursday, japan reports its retail sales for the month of november and this is important because this is the data that could see the impact from the governor raising the country's sales tax from 8—10% in october —— government. to the philippines, where president duterte has recently banned vaping in public and the import

league japanese premier shinzo of a south korean president in held a summit in chengdu china against the backdrop backdrop pardon me of increasing threats from pyongyang north korea has said it will take unspecified action if sanctions against it are not lifted by the end of the year. they called it the 3 kingdoms police of china japan and south korea met for talks but the only just setting the agenda at the summit was not at the table. north korea's kim jong il after the latest tests that when this earlier this month regional powers are concerned appearing young is supposed to do 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 us president on a trump fails to deliver any results to come and threat of a north korean attack has forced to pan and south korea to overcome their ow

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

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

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

shanghai you're probably wet if you're in chengdu look to your east you'll see the edge of the cloud there the thicker cried sounds of that and we'd expect to see the rain mostly in indonesia and indeed it is but there are big showers right up into the southern philippines and just to the east in the philippine sea a potential for development once again by developing i mean tropical cyclon type seeing the time being is just a depression enhanced the rain the next day or so but no more than that won't wash will respect take some of the energy of the atmosphere so the showers in borneo particularly in sumatra are not as heavy as they were but singapore still in the mix before conscious jakarta rather lesser that's true of all of java. in northwestern india despite the cloud that streams across or bring some snow to the very new or the higher ground it's largely slow moving gas or in delhi in particular a bit further south stuck didn't poor quality is a story. the weather sponsored by catherine was. a bombarded city. can be rebuilt. its buildings restored. but can shattered lives be men

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

they've gathered at a summit in chengdu it's a rare agreement between seoul and tokyo after months of worsening relations. you are right up to speed with all the top stories up next here on al-jazeera counting the cost of a summary for you in 30 minutes. leak stories generally found some headlines with different angles from different perspectives separate the spin from the facts . with the listening post on al-jazeera. oh i'm adrian finnegan this is counting the cost of al-jazeera a weekly look at the world of business and economics this week a special program for you from the doha forum here in castle will discuss the future of investments in emerging markets since the 1990 s. globalization has given the impression that a virgin markets were and could converged with developed nations the brics and next 11 became the latest investment craze hundreds of millions were lifted out of poverty and millions more climbed the social escalator into the middle class but something has gone wrong the end of the commodity supercycle and easy money came along before populism and the threat to global

weekend so in shanghai you have a drying situation the sun should be out in chengdu the snows start falling in the high ground of you know the heavy rain is further south as it should be is developing in the form of a tropical depression just coming into the southern philippines the biggest showers more recently on the forecasts of down through borneo singapore central sumatra that still the case in the forecast southern thailand there's flooding on the grass or now it looks dry in the forecast at least that small is as it should be as is the case in india the finals of in your northern pakistan might see clouds scudding across the sky actually driving level generals but he is cold and though with a courtly getting worse the rain is further south in sri lanka and to some degree in tamil nadu but more as for lanka the next couple days i think nothing much changes in new delhi the hostages in the area is certainly cold at night and the blowing down the gulf is easing off of the next day or so so temperatures will slowly rise a little. sponsored. a city defined by military occupation t

everybody's that unlucky now the cloud that you saw building across here from chengdu eastwards is like to reduce some rain on its northern flank is the colder air so that snow along it it's the yangtze really angsty valley it's rain and this in the case i think not increasing the likelihood of long lasting for hong kong should be all right 25 degrees seems quite a pleasant sunny situation with the northeast monsoon in now it's trailing current i will not get most of the right and that's reflected in the satellite picture the case no trough that comes through showers in the northeast have just happened in the forecast we see very little else right in the fantasy to the market something in new delhi things according to the same story as in china there's not leaving culti will decrease and you know new delhi is prone to that but the next band of disruptions on its way through pakistan touches streaky ahead of it that's on went to banda disruption is currently rain in iraq has come down through the gulf and this is a position i think during tuesday. talked to al jazeera we were told t

leaders of china japan and south korea are meeting in the chinese city of chengdu in the effort to improve ties increasing militarization and territorial disputes of soured relations in recent years seoul and tokyo are 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 both japan and south korea unhistorical animosities remain including south korean demands that japan apologize and compensate sex workers from the 2nd world war well katrina you joins us live now from beijing catrina these countries as you saw there haven't always seen eye to eye what's significant about this meeting well i think one thing that's significant is that it's happening at all now these 3 countries have had about 20 years of this these kind of gathering of these kind of meetings happening but over the last 11 years they only got together the 7 times because they have quite a complicated relationship it's been as you mentioned before it's gone from good to bad to in some cases wha

if you're in shanghai you're probably wet if you're in chengdu look to your east you'll see the edge of the crowd there the thicker crowd south of that and we'd expect to see the rain mostly in indonesia and indeed it is but there are big showers right up into the southern philippines and just to the east in the philippines see a potential for development once again by developing i mean trouble go psycho type seeing the time being is just a depression enhanced the rain the next day or so but no more than that one to watch will respect take some of the energy out of the atmosphere so the showers in borneo particularly in sumatra are not as heavy as they were but singapore still in the mix before conscious jakarta rather lesser that's true of all of java in northwestern india and despite the cloud that streams across it will bring some snow to the very north the high ground it's slow moving again so in delhi in particular for the south stuck didn't poor out across is the story. the weather sponsored by countdown and what. overgrazing the damage caused to the pressure. is being reversed

by then the weekend so in shanghai you have a drying situation the sun should be out in chengdu the snows start falling in the high ground of you not the heavy rain is further south as it should be is developing in the form of a tropical depression just coming into the southern philippines the biggest showers more recently on the forecasts of down through borneo singapore central sumatra that still the case in the forecast southern thailand there's flooding on the grass or now looks dry in the forecast at least that's morris as it should be as is the case in india the finals of in your northern pakistan might see clouds scudding across the sky actually driving level generals but he is cold and though with a courtly getting worse the rain is further south in sri lanka and to some degree in tamil nadu but more is franker the next couple days i think nothing much changes in new delhi the highest temperatures in the area certainly cold at night and the blowing down the gulf is easing off of the next day or so so temperatures will slowly rise a little. sponsored by. after years of overgr