Bbc. Co. Uk news and the news app. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Hong kong violence flares. How the ongoing unrest threatens to push the Asian Financial hub deeper into recession. And yahoo japan mergers. They confirm its plan to create the countries exist internet company. Hello and welcome to Asia Business report. We start with hong kong because police have moved on hundreds of protesters occupying a University Campus after a long stand off. University campus after a long sta nd off. Protesters a re Polytechnic University have been hurling petrol bombs and shooting arrows at police from behind barricades and that comes in the latest fla reu p barricades and that comes in the latest flareup of Anti Government demonstrations that have convulsed the city for over five months. The u nrest the city for over five months. The unrest has already pushed hong kong into its first recession in a decade with concerns that the ongoing protest will trigger a longer an
Helped define the 1960s, the photographer terry oneill has died. First to hong kong, where i want to build up a picture of rapidly moving events, in the last few minutes we have seen these pictures of at least a0 people arrested near Polytechnic University. The people were detained outside hotel icon on Science Museum road. The university has been the scene of intense clashes between Anti Government protesters and police over the weekend. At 5 30am local time, the police advanced in to the huge campus. Protestors set the main entrance on fire. Police used tear gas and water cannon. Our correspondent gabriel gatehouse witnessed events. The assault on the campus started about five minutes ago. We saw several dozen black clad Police Officers suddenly materialise out of nowhere and start storming the place. They were firing rubber bullets and tear gas and in response, the protesters unleashed all the petrol bombs they had, sometimes hurling whole boxes at a time which caused two huge fires
First to hong kong where i want to build up a picture of rapidly moving events, in the last few minutes we have seen these pictures of at least a0 people arrested near Polytechnic University. The people were detained outside hotel icon on Science Museum road. The university has been the scene of intense clashes between Anti Government protesters and police over the weekend. At 5 30am local time, the police advanced in to the huge campus. Protestors set the main entrance on fire. Police used tear gas and water cannon. Our correspondent gabriel gatehouse witnessed events. The assault on the campus started about five minutes ago. We saw several dozen black clad Police Officers suddenly materialise out of nowhere and start storming the place. They were firing rubber bullets and tear gas and in response, the protesters unleashed all the petrol bombs they had, sometimes hurling whole boxes at a time which caused two huge fires at the main entrances to the campus. You may be able to hear a fi
More on our web site bbc. Co. Uk news and the news app. Now on bbc news live to singapore for Asia Business report. Trumpets trade war. The us president claims a deal could come soon. Thats right ash Financial Markets shrug. Trumps trade war. How africas swine flu is having a very real impact on dining tables. Good morning and welcome to Asia Business report live from singapore with me, mariko oi. Let us start with me, mariko oi. Let us start with the us china trade war because President Donald Trump has been speaking at an event hosted by the Economic Club of new york. He talked about his perceived economy accomplishments to a relatively receptive audience including gains on Financial Markets and trade policy with china. Take a listen to what some audience members had to say. Mr president , podium is yours, sir. He actually covered a lot more thanl sir. He actually covered a lot more than i thought. I thought it would be 20 minutes but it was an hour. Will most of you people wouldnt k
First to hong kong, where i want to build up a picture of some rapidly moving events. A short time ago, saw pictures of at least a0 people arrested near the Polytechnic University. They were detained outside hotel icon on Science Museum road. The universitys been the scene of intense clashes between Anti Government protesters and police throughout the weekend. At 5 30am local time, the police advanced into the huge campus. Protesters set fire to a barricade on the main entrance. Police used tear gas and water cannon. Our correspondent gabriel gatehouse witnessed events. The assault on the gap is has started about five minutes ago. We saw several dozen like clad Police Officers suddenly materialise out of nowhere and start storming the place. They were firing rubber bullets and tear gas, and in response the protesters only stole the petrol bombs they had, sometimes hurling hold boxes at a time which has caused two fires at the main entrances at the campus. Everyone is milling around, th