now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore the final wake of 2016 and what a year it was! after days of choking smog, we counted the economic costs of china s pollution crisis. good morning deja, hello world. happy holidays and glad you could join us that this edition of asia business report. it looks like stocks are enjoying a bit of a santa claus rally. 0vernight, it was down slightly by 33 points. 0verall rally. 0vernight, it was down slightly by 33 points. overall it has been a rollercoaster ride. it started with what felt like a freefall in chinese commodity prices followed by the shock of brexit and the bigger surprise then of donald trump as the next president of the united states. we asked what spurred such volatility? it is another year of sub powered growth in global trade and that is what defines what is important for asia. that in itself allowed for the kind of populism that we saw that led to the mac and donald trump. for asia, the week grow
asia for the latest. here, the markets lower slightly, we talk you through the winners and the losers. and we ll be getting festive with fortnums. the boss of iconic food & drink retailer fortnum and mason will be here to give us the inside track on the busiest time of the year. and new research says using facebook and twitter at christmas will make you more miserable than merry. so we want to know are you taking a break from social media this holiday period? if so, don t do it yet! let us know. just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. welcome to the programme. don t panic, it is december 20 seconds today, i said 23rd and i got worried because i have got so much to do! worried because i have got so much to do! we start on wall street, where it seems this chap has made an appearance because the grinch has, temporarily at least, stolen christmas. they have been calling it a santa rally and after a week of record closes, investors were expecting to celebrate the dowjones industria
screen and my social media contacts as well. in the last few hours in the bbc newsroom , in the last few hours in the bbc newsroom, this claim came through from the syrian government, that it had from the syrian government, that it ha d reta ke n from the syrian government, that it had retaken aleppo entirely, as the last group of rebel fighters had been evacuated. we understand this group who were notjust the fighters but theirfamilies group who were notjust the fighters but their families as well, had been holed up in a small enclave in aleppo but they were finally evacuated on thursday. that was negotiated under a deal which gives the army and its allies full control of the city after almost four years of the city after almost four years of fighting. we can bring in the bbc correspondent in beirut james longman. i guess aleppo fell a few weeks back so this is more about the symbolism of the moment? that is absolutely right. the huge moment for the syrian regime and they ha
papers are leading on. this man, the tunisian, who was shot dead, after this routine check in milan, he was the man wanted in connection with the man wanted in connection with the attack in berlin at the christmas market, the headline in the i, isis killer shot dead by rookie, setting out some of the main points of the story. the benefit of this is it straight to the point, it does not have to try to find a new angle, the fellow who, it certainly seems to be him, they have fingerprint evidence from the cabin of the truck crashed into this christmas market in berlin on monday, they seem to have got it in milan, and yet, essentially, the policeman said, are you not that fellow? he got out a gun and they had a shoot out. that is really all you need to know. that is the long and the short of it, really. and the fa ct and the short of it, really. and the fact that he was able to cross three different countries when he was the most different countries when he was the m ost wa nted
bringing us tomorrow. with me are political commentator james millar and author and journalist matthew green. james has red glitter in his pockets, but has not added it to his beard, sadly, despite promises. tomorrow s front pages: the headline in the i newspaper is isis killer shot dead by rookie. it adds that europe s open border policy has been blamed for allowing the suspect to flee more than 1,000 miles across three countries. the telegraph also leads on that story. it says counter terrorism experts are warning that europe s open borders are putting security at risk. the guardian s headline is the end of the manhunt. it says the moroccan authorities had warned germany about the wanted man anis amri. the times has a picture of the body of anis amri under a blanket in a milan street. it also carries the story of a banking terrorist blacklist which is apparently so useless it includes a three year old member of the royal family. the daily mail has some advice for anyone who