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The wildfires in California continue to burn. In terms of fatalities and damage, they're the worst ever in the state. Over the weekend, the president angered a lot California residents by tweeting that the fires had been caused by poor forest management. Rich Gordon, CEO of the California Forestry Association, responds to the charge.

The 33rd ASEAN summit is underway in Singapore. Trade is expected to be on the agenda, of course, as well as territorial disputes in the South China Sea and perhaps even the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar. Deborah Elms is the Executive Director of the Asian Trade Centre and tells us what to expect from the summit.

Also from Asia, GagaOOlala is one of a very few LGBT-themed movie streaming platforms servicing the region. Its founder, Jay Lin, spent 20 years living in the US before returning to Taiwan five years ago, where he also established the Taiwan International Queer Film Festival. He tells us about setting up new markets for gay-themed content in Asia.

Also in the show, after a long tour to find a new location, Amazon has announced its second head-quarters will be split between Washington D.C. and New York. Michael Coren is a reporter for Quartz and explains the impact the decision will have.

Meanwhile, Hong Kong鈥檚 Causeway Bay has replaced Fifth Avenue in New York City as the world鈥檚 most expensive retail street by rental value. Darren Yates heads the retail research team at Cushman & Wakefield and tells us about the shift.

All throughout the show, we will be joined by Jyoti Malhotra, National and Strategic Affairs Editor at The Print in Delhi and Alison van Diggelen, host of freshdialogues.com, coming to us from Silicon Valley.