>> police fire tear gas at protesters, laying siege to the heart of government in thailand. [ ♪ music ] >> hello. you are watching al jazeera live from doha. also on this program. a nationwide strike is planned in ukraine, a day after riot police raided an anti-government rally. >> anger over an israeli plan to e-victoria their own citizens from their home. >> and how leaving puerto rico

has proven to be a money spinner to some. [ ♪ music ] >> we begin in thailand where police have been firing tear gas and water canons at protesters in bangkok. demonstrators have been demanding the prime minister's resignation for a week. the royal thai place say they will not use unnecessary force. >> the use of force will be deployed only when necessary. the engagement of force will be incompatible with the principle of human rights and with the rule of law. the police are -

[ inaudible [ inaudible ] somehow use of force depends on the monitoring of the demanding authority. >> wayne hay is live outside the prime minister's office in bangkok. what is happening now? >> well, the situation is very fluid. we are still seeing the anti-government protesters in groups trying their luck, moving towards the outside of government house to where the police have their barricades located. the police are responding with many rounds of tear gas and water canon and using what appears to be a flash-bang stage as well. the protesters, as you can hear, those explosions or a combination - but the protesters are throwing back some small explosive devices, fire crackers and on a couple of occasions we have seen a mohlo tov cocktail

thrown into where the police are camping. across from that tree line, where you can see the protesters looking across and throwing things is where the police have been camped for so long, guarding government house. it seems to be holding firm. the police are not backing away. the protesters are not showing signs of retreating. they are staying and continuing to try to get their way into what is the prime minister's office. >> at the same time it was reported that protesters from the rural areas have moved. that is a stronghold of the current government. does it seem like things will taper off or will it be a standoff? . >> it seems like things will not taper off. getting a lot of tear gas. excuse me if i have to stop

talking. the protesters were asked to leave after a night of violence. those are the pro-government group, the red shirts. i'm just going to get out of the shot and get beneath a cloud of tear gas that's coming across. the red shirts came out to show support for the government in the face of this ongoing anti-government movement. the camp where they set up was close to anti-government protesters, and clashes started to happen saturday night. i'll have to put the gas mask on for a bit. >> we have wayne hay in the midst with anti-government protesters and the police. the police are firing tear garks and have been firing tear gas this morning, and shooting water canon, trying to disperse the protesters, who are standing

strong, saying they'll try to surround government installations. they had succeeded, including the police headquarters, where the thai prime minister was. she's been moved to a secure location. we are outside government house where wayne hay is. there's tear gas in the air. let's see if he's in a position to speak at the moment. wayne? all right. wayne hay... >> the tear gas seems to have - that cloud of tear gas seems to have passed at the moment. certainly it's been coming in the last 30 minutes or so, very thick, very strong, and the protesters trying to force the police back. they are not making much inroad, if any at all. a few hours ago to give you background as to how this confrontation started.

protesters arrived at one of the main entrances to government house. there are concrete barriers guarding the entrances. there's a lot of razor wire and police and tear gas facilities. the protesters started to tear away concrete barriers, using pick-up trucks. they did succeed, there was no action from the police, but the police got on to it and began to fire tear gas. this is what we have seen for the last few hours is the small battles taking place with protesters coming up to the barriers. throwing what they can find into the police station, and the police responding with tear gas and water-canon. >> wayne hay will update us as the situation unfolds. protesters facing off with the police. the police were firing tear gas and water canon earlier.

we'll have more as the day carries on. >> three roadside bombs have killed eight in iraq. the attack targeted a funeral procession east of the capital baghdad. at least 45 others have been injured. >> to the ukraine where thousands of anti-government protesters are staging a nation-wide strike. it was called by the opposition leaders a move that they hope will cause early elections. hundreds demonstrated on saturday. they are staging rallies over the refusal of the president to sign a pact with the european union. it would have seen the release of gaoled politician tymoshenko. >> we go live to the capital deeve. somehow are things shaping up there today?

>> you are joining me in st. michael's square. the mass rally that is gathering in a central park in kiev will march towards the site. a court injunction has been taken out to stop them reoccupying the square. exhibits then they have taken haven, sanctuary in the square behind me, where the monks have been copping out and giving them sandwiches and hot tea. they regret the opposition rally, and we don't expect a repetition of the tactics today. but the presence of up to 100,000 people in the city today will be a clear message to him that the opposition, who are now united around this point, are calling for his resignation,

calling for ukraine to return to integration with europe. they are incensed by his decision to turn his back and move to the kremlin once again. they are demanding his resignation and they want early presidential elections called. they are saying they'll mount a general strike across the ukraine, coming at a critical moment for the economy. the bad shape, the near bankruptcy of the ukrainian economy is a reason why president viktor yanukovych turned towards the kremlin, because he thought that moscow could offer him more money to fill the budget in the ukraine, which is facing near bankruptcy at the moment. he's also very aware that politically he needs to survive this growing revolution not quite on the same scale as the

orange revolution that he based nine years ago. the police action has reinvigorated the movement. there's a steely determination among the protesters to continue with the fight and call for his resignation. >> that was from the capital. >> people in croatia are voting on whether to change their constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman. many have marched against the referendum. it could block legislation on same-sex marriages. protesters say it's discrimination. >> a committee in egypt will vote on a new draft constitution for a second day. a 50-member panel is considering the document after a coup removed mohamed morsi from july. the constitution in place at the

time was suspended. >> in syria rebels have targeted government strong holds in aleppo. they are fighting back after the military retook some areas in recent weeks. >> israeli police arrested 28 people during protests. 40,000 living off the land may be affected. >> anger turned violence as hundreds of israeli politicians protested against resettle: people demonstrated in a day of rage. small pockets of fighting erupted. the police made arrests. the protests are over moving 40,000 people into towns. the people that have been affected have been living as nom adds in the deserts.

>> translation: the bedouin lifestyle is a farming lifestyle, forcing them into towns takes away the land. >> the majority of israel yours live in the north in towns and cities. 2,000 bedouins live in unrecognised villages. >> translation: it's a campaign aimed at emptying our villages, confiscate and, take our land and give it to others. >> the israeli government plans to develop the negev region. >> the protesters see that plans to move them as nothing short of a land grab. >> israel never recognise these people as palestine. they gave them israeli citizenship, but they are forced

to give them an address. they have destroyed some of their villages. there's a village destroyed more than 15 times. they never recognise their villages, and they say, "we are going to move you from your areas into different areas and tell you the way of life you'll live. >> the plans need to be approved by parliament before official action is taken. >> and still to come on al jazeera: on the border between the dominican republic and haiti, where tensions between the two countries is escalating over an immigration crisis >> and taking matters into their own hand. the people banding together against mexico's drug gangs.

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let me take you through the main stories this hour. police in bangkok have been firing tear gas and water canons on anti-government protesters, demonstrators demanded the resignation of the prime minister and have been trying to force the way into the government house in the thai capital. >> thousands of anti-government protesters are staging a nationwide strike in the ukraine. riot police dispersed hundreds of protesters. people are angry about the president's refusal to sign a pact with the european union. >> israeli security forces clashed with hundreds of protesters across israel and the

west bank. plans to e-victoria many from the negev region. >> the president will imrepliment an court ruling that those born to undocumented migrants in 1929 will lose their citizenship in dominican republic. >> we have this report. >> on approach to the boarder, going from the dominican republic into haiti, it looks calm and picturesque. cross are border businesses fuel the economy of both counties. the existence and money generated are under threat. in september a dominican court ruled anyone born to migrants after 1929 will not be recognise

the. some have been forcibly deported - a claim denied by owe initials. >> translation: the authorities have not launched campaigns of deportation. if a foreigner got in illegally or you are in a legal condition we will deport them. >> that termination to enforce the law could effect many of these people of haitian dissent. they work in a bakery, onekm from the border. >> 21-year-old woman was born in the dominican republic. her father is dominican and mother haitian. she doesn't have citizenship. she is at risk of being deported to haiti. a country she has no ties with. >> the two countries on either side of the border have a

volatile history. when violence broke out in the south-west of the dominican republic, the level of animosity went to a knew level. >> according to dominicans two haitian men robbed and murdered a couple and disappeared. in he talliation a group of dominicans killed who men. police say they have escorted 600 hatians across the border. combined with a dominican constitutional ruling, their relationship could deteriorate further. >> translation: my language is from here, knowledge, style, culture. on the other side, without knowing anybody, what am i going to do, who will i be? >> an uneasy and uncertain search for identity on both sides of the border.

>> greece and supporters of the far right golden dawn party rallied outside parliament. they are protesting against the gaoling of their party leaders. the treo is involved in involvement in a criminal group. >> a troubled financial sector is causing problems for the government. a credit union has been taken over by a bank, leading to concerns about the stability of the system. >> for decades the credit union has been one of the ireland's proudest achievements, areliable way for the client to invest and pay a little. not this one. look how big it is in newbridge, population 22,000. sharon knows all about the newbridge credit union. it was founded by her dad and ballooned in the last few years.

she was amazed to find the credit union dolling out loans most adults would bulk at. >> they were leant over 3 million. there's, i suppose we have heard that there was a lot of - over 500,000 loans given out as well. it didn't seem to be. that goes against the grain of the credit union. >> normally credit unions lend a few thousand. this was doing exactly what caused the banking system to fall over. it's a similarity about what went wrong with the banks in ireland and the credit union. bad loans, the lack of regulation and oversight. in the same way that the banks had to be bailed out by the tax payer the tax payer is having to find $70 million to support the failed credit union. the difference is this: while the institutional investors in

the banks never lost money, the investors in the credit union were the people in the town, and they don't have the safety net. >> the credit union relies on people saving and borrowing. the fear is that knew bridge went big because it couldn't make the credit union model work. >> there's 100,000 in arrears out of 800,000 mortgages. unemployment of close to 13%, it's not possible that credit unions could be immune to that. >> newbridge was one of 12 credit unions not to belong to an accession, which insists that the model is rely ible. >> the model has come through the recession. with the exception of newbridge, it's the only institution standing on its own two feet. >> ireland has just two retail

banks and 400 credit unions for people to use. if the credit union system were to fail, it would be an open door for illegal money lenders. >> gunmen have freed 40 inmates from a gaol. local officials say they fired on officials and freed detainees. they pred militias in the war in 2011. >> footballers and celebrities took part in a charity match to raise awareness a day for the world aids day, calling on people to check their status. nigeria has more than 1 million h.i.v. sufferers. >> one year cartels in mexico

are corying out attacks and kidnapping. some have taken matters into their own hands. we have this report. >> on patrol with the community police. these men used to be farmers, mechanics and construction workers before they kicked up a gun. like jose, who after being kidnapped, black mailed and had several family members killed decided enough was enough. >> translation: instead of helping us the army is trying to take away our weapons. i would rather die than give you our weapons. >> hundreds of men are ignoring demands to lay down guns and are threatening to wipe out the cartel themselves. >> most of these men took up

arms to protect their families because the government was not able to. >> the cartel is fighting back. gun battles between the self-appointed or so-called community police and drug gangs are almost a daily occurrence. this firefight filmedly the mexican network are a graphic sign that lawlessness is spreading in the troubled state. >> every day there are new reports that more and more towns are taking the law into their own hands, rather that waiting for the government. >> another sign that the crisis is worsening are the hundreds of families fleeing their homes, taking refuge and waiting until either the state or community police restored the police. >> even this man says he has

more faith in the self-defence troops than the military. >> translation: the government should defend the people, but i can no longer tolerate the criminals. >> it's unlikely self-defense groups will back down against criminal or government forces. >> bolivia's president has accus accused chile of aggression. more than 1,000 trucks are stuck on the borders. chileans want better wages and improved working conditions. >> two have been killed in cuba after a building collapsed. many streets in the havana have

been submerged, leaving many stranded. >> a faltering economy and poor job prospects forced hundreds of thousands of puerto ricos to move to the -- puerto ricans to move to the united states. >> unemployment here is twice the national average. but this man has not felt it so much. his moving company can barely keep up with the requests. >> translation: most of it goes abroad - orlando, florida, miami, texas, new york. we have local jobs, but it's rare. mr and mrs lopez lived in the u.s. and came back to puerto rico for retirement. now their children and most of their relatives are in florida. >> translation: i want to talk to them and share everything with them. i want to spend my old age with

them. that's the most important thing for me. >> when their youngest daughter said she'd stay in the u.s. they realised they'd be alone, except for the granddaughter. she's a bit camera shy. >> you start with $100,000 to be a cardiologist assistant after graduating. imagine here you get around $60,000. >> the destination is orlando florida. he helps people move off the island every day of the week. >> translation: for us it's good, we are working. at least i don't have to leave. >> puerto ricans are a people in transit. their american passports allow them to move easily between the island and the u.s. recent immigration has hit record levels. 15% of the population has left,

and by far the largest drop compared to anyone else in the united states. >> 40% of college graduates have left to look for employment. the job market is tough for blue-collar workers as well as. >> translation: salaries are not enough. you have to work a lot of overtime to get by. i have a colleague working as a dj. there's no farming jobs. the factories are closing too. the government says immigration cost the local economy 3 billion a year. this man's off to his next job. >> india seems to be winning the asian race to space. its satellite entered the second face of its journey.

it took off on january 25th. it's on course to encounter mars in 10 months. china and japan launched missions to the red planet and failed. you can get more news on the website at aljazeera.com. "real money." >> this is "real money." you're the most important part of the show. join us on twitter @ja real money. now that turkey dinner has come and gone, it's no secret reta