[000:00:00;00] the highlands full prime minister tax and should have watch appears before the supreme court as he returns home after 15 years in exile. the hello, i'm kimberly health if this is alice 0 live from the ha, also coming up anger in japan after the government says it will start releasing treated radioactive water from focus. human nuclear plants,

as early as thursday were live in tokyo and nearly 2 weeks after america's worse wild fires in more than a century. us president joe biden travels to the hawaiian island of maui, to witness the destruction. and then his story referendum in ecuador voters reject drilling for oil in an amazon reserve, one of the world's most diverse bias. here's the hello. thank you for joining us. we begin to thailand where former prime minister tax and should've what has returned after 15 years of self imposed exile. and he's been immediately taken to the supreme court where he faces multiple charges, including abuse of power and corruption. he arrived in the kingdom just as tie a piece. prepare to vote for a new prime minister. tony chang is live at the bank cock international airport.

and tony, why now? and what do we make of this timing? well, we knew this was going to happen. we didn't know exactly what the process was going to be. is dose. a tweet is a little while ago, but he is now in the legal process. but when he came out of the terminal here about 2 hours ago, he was essentially a free man. they hadn't put them in the hank house. he was a school sit by the police, but he was free to meet his family, made members of tie his political policy of to which she was back inside. we understand the police took him to the police club. they don't to the supreme pull, we think he may go on to jail like that. now, there are, he's facing 10 years of jail sentences which are in post. well, he's spent 15 years outside of the country. we don't know if he's going to those in full with the some kind of deal has been done. what was very significant was what

when he came out here in the full glare, the world's media. he very obviously kneeled in front of a portrayed of the king and made a very deep style. and if there has been some deal struck, it's probably directly with the palace. we'll find out in the next couple of days whether there is going to be some kind of a levy, a sion of that sentence. maybe. i mean, he's 74 years old now. maybe they will release him early times because of ill health is age. that is all this stage on the but he's back on ty sold off the 15 years and back in the mix, i think for the thousands of red shirts opposed to 0. so here they have for that was very good news for the type of stablish went well that probably is to have some big questions. and tony, we're looking at some file pictures right now. but earlier when you were talking, we were looking at live pictures as he was leaving the supreme court just to bring

our viewers up to speed of what was happening there. so as we continue, if the, as you're talking there, we are still continuing to watch his movements and those live pictures. uh and i want to just sort of continue here a, this is a developing story and we know that all of this is, is breaking and fast moving. talk to us a little bit about the developments in terms of the fact that this is all happening as time piece. we're preparing to vote for new prime minister today. how is this impacting that? that was absolutely, and it's no coincidence. it goes that he's coming back on this very significant a later this afternoon to try his policy, who say they have enough support in the law house to get a go lucian, a get a prime ministerial candidate, voted full that votes going to take place. so by the end of the day, we may well see a government led by the time the policy and lights and mr. tax. it possibly even

with a prime minister from the policy, but certainly with key ministers under the control. and we would imagine that one of the vin ministers they'll definitely want is the justice ministry, which will be in control of mr. tax. and if he is now part of the penal system. again, still many question marks, i think many times will be watching this very closely. it is fascinating the tax and has come back at this difficult time for type politics. he has been outside the country for 15 years, but for 2 decades he's lou very large, over time politics that he's being the best law, the thing of the ty, establishment of the most. now that he's back, however, i think it's a signs that they have a crate to truth piece of literature. and right. the man who would have been prime minister when his policy won the election 4 months ago was turned to why he didn't have enough support in the military that says,

and i think his policy is the one that's really committed to reform. now, the fact that the zillow for the space semester tax and return to return is assigned within type politics. your enemies enemy is your friend. indeed. all right, tony chang live for us there at the bank hawk lead international airport. we appreciate that and thanks for keeping us up to speed on these fast moving developments. a alright tax issue and what is a telecom is billionaire and he was elected prime minister in 2001. his party appealed to the rule poor, but his reforms challenged the power of the army as the urban lead. now, he was overthrown in a military coup in 2006, and later fled into exile to avoid criminal charges including corruption, a tax evasion. now his sister, english shit of what became prime minister in 2011. her critics accused her of being a proxy for tax and as she too was ousted by the military 2014. then taxes

return comes after anti establishment party searched in bays national elections that his party could be points to return to power. but he still faces potential legal risks. he was convicted of several crimes in his absence and back could land even in jail for as long as 10 years. now, we are going to try and get more analysis to, to help us understand the start. we're going to bring in for the road john, up for a key is a political analyst and call him is that how saw the english news site website rather. and he joins us from bangkok. talked to us about the sort of legal aspect of this. how is taxation, what's return going to affect this vote? right? talk soon has returned to 3 hours, 2 hours ago and buying caulked off to a decade and a half in exile. and as i speak,

he has been taken to the supreme court where the uh gotcha is uh, going to read uh the products and corruption related cases. and that could see him um and ending up or at least beings sentence to up to i believe, 8 to 10 years in prison. i think the recounting now is around age. despite that, because the prototypes into a tie potty is expected to be able to find the government in the days ahead and have its own candidates as the next prime minister. we expect so many people expect that pops trucks and will very quickly seek a royal pardon and keeping the fact that his over 70 is 74. now he could see could apply for leniency, then could not been

a either a corrections department hospital or even a private hospital in the coming days or weeks and before being released or even part. and so the debate now is uh, how many days will talk send a week. okay, talk soon. be spending just in prison. interesting. okay. and i want to try and understand tile is pro center what party leaders to has just nominated street, todd providence and to become prime minister. help us understand who he is. well, here's a friend, an acquaintance. the friend of paxton is salma real estate, ty coolant himself, is also a 1000000000 that until he decided to become a prime minister candidate for the pro, as in a lot of prototypes input. 5 pots

a missed uh say, todd runs one to thailand, the largest and most successful real ask that firms, although over the past few weeks. uh, well, uh, a whistle blower. a prominent bristle blower have accused him of evading taxes or even setting up a troll company to do some transactions. all these charges have been denied, but we expect that in the hours ahead today got paid said todd himself might be addressing the parliament for answering some questions to the parliament. it's unclear but we expect the debate as to take place in the next hours and this will go on for the next 5 hours and we expect a board so hours from now or so i believe 10 am local time am i was or 3 pm. the whole time probably 9 or 10

am gmc. okay, so, so all eyes are on the vote when that happens in the parliament, right? so so where is, if his party managers to secure that majority, i mean, would that be likely and, and talk to us a little bit about where the political future would be for taxes should have what given the fact that he has all of these charges still against him given their, their, what the abuse of power and corruption. i mean that still out there. so how does that impact a well, here's a potter's belief that all most, if not all the try outs us all verdicts a case as a games on fox and trump charges. okay. that was try being his option. so you end up sending cheryl cox and doesn't need to be the

judge or leader of the party or the prime minister. he is already on has always been the kings maker of the put ty potty and the and in fact a de facto leader of the prototype. perfect. so basically, uh, toxins could, to you know, distill run politics even from prison for, for that matter. in the next few weeks or 2 months. but having said that, what we have seen over the past 2 decades since cox and was selected as prime minister back in 2000. and one was the trends formation of the to the tie party. it has since become increasingly more conservative, and this is most apparent in this latest formation of the 2. if

i left collision, which was announced yesterday, i'm keeping the fact that they are now going to be okay pollution with 2 major pro military potty, which indeed was responsible in staging. the cool which owls to thompson since the election to watch back in 2014 so many things to, to, to stay across. and we appreciate you helping us sort of comprehend this fast moving story for her beat road john of brook. we appreciate you joining us in thank you for your analysis. a high pressure. all right, thanks for having the alright turning to japan. now it says it will start releasing treated radioactive water from the focus stream at nuclear plaid into the pacific from thursday. now

the u. a nuclear watchdog says the government's plan safe, but china, south korea and pacific island nations are post. the plan was approved 2 years ago by the japanese government to further the commission efforts at the plant. the water was originally used to pull the fuel rods of the plant after it's meltdown in an accident caused by the 2011 sou nami. well algae 0 is how to code montgomery reports from tokyo. we're currently standing outside the japanese prime minister from new york. she does office where he just announced that the plan hasn't been approved. which means starting this thursday, japan will begin releasing treated radioactive waste water from the collapse superhuman diets and nuclear plants into the pacific ocean. if ocean and weather permits. now this decision comes just 2 days after to see that visited the plant himself, where he met with tyco representatives and discuss the plan safety. it also comes

on the keels of an i a e, a report in july that endorsed just hands flat, but we're already seeing domestically there have been some protests against. she does decision. they cite that pepco doesn't have sufficient data to prove that the plan is safe. they also cite potential negative consequences to the reputation of the cushion by fishermen. now this concern was echoed by the head of japan national fisheries federation, who in a meeting with the prime minister on monday, said that they did not approve japan's plan. the government has advocated around 50000000000 japanese yen. that's around $342000000.00 us dollars to alleviate any financial impact. this could have also pushing my fisherman turning to the united states. now us president joe biden has promised to help the people of hawaii as wildfire. ravage island of maui, for as long as it takes now biden is visiting the island after wildfires 2 weeks

ago killed more than 100 people. some 850 people are still missing. a search cruise with cadaver dogs continued to look for human rights remains out of here as patty calhane reports of yours. president joe barton from the air and the ground seeing the toxic show that his left after wildfire swept through the island of maui to he lives in thousands of structures. more than 100 confirm did. more than 800 people still missing the floor of the rapidly spreading flames still so very fresh. it was like if you pour gasoline in the line and you just, you know, leave it on fire. it was so quick. the pain of confirming the dead, this man's 16 year old brother's body just found along with his beloved dog. they were fond together, hugging a. you know, he, he probably try to save him and, you know, he jump on top of him and he hugged him by and kick. now, what may see us,

his greatest political strength being able to console those in need to understand their suffering. after all, he has himself lost his 1st wife in young daughter and recently is adults son. i know the feeling that as many of the people in this town, this community that hollow feeling, you having a chest like you're being sucked into a black hole. wondering why ever will ever get by this? you know, there's one thing to know, but it's quite another thing to have to wait to wonder whether your family member is going to be okay. but there's also anger at the president as the death tool rose while he was on vacation. he was asked about it. his response, no comment. he stayed on vacation only stumping to celebrate the anniversary of his signature bill in wisconsin. now, in molly and not everyone is happy about it, the way we get rid of the red tape, we don't need you don't come here, wait us officials and says the president was working behind the scenes,

residents have much to be angry about at local officials, even warned of high winds. the electricity company didn't shut off the power lines which may have sparked the fires. the fire hydrants ran dry, leaving firefighters no ability to fight back the outside sirens. that could have warned what was coming. never sounded. now the president, seeing for himself what the missteps meant, the horrible cost and the hor, left behind. patty calling out to 0. it's time for a short break. still ahead on al jazeera, hundreds of trucks finally arriving to share with supplies after weeks of sanctions . and the champions of the women's world cock returned home to a jubilant reception. stay with us, the

the, it is an exceedingly hot pitcher in parts of the middle east pay there. let me show you great to have your long so this includes in medina, look at this. the wins are pumping up the temperature to 47 degrees. that is well above average, closing in on a record for the month of august. i think those winds will gust anywhere from 50 to 60 kilometers per hour. and when you have those winds colliding off the red sea in western saudi arabia, that is likely to trigger some showers in storms for the western size of the country, including in jetta. the height of 30 degrees wind shift around for us here in doha, so it will be less humid on tuesday. and we'll max out of 43 degrees. central asia, temperatures pretty well everywhere on this chart here, where they should be for that some of the year and temperatures are coming up just a bit and assemble. you're up to 31 on to stay is that when through the boss for his turns a biter. driving rain in the forecast moving away from bertino fast so into molly

that will push into guinea as well. dark of the blue and the yellow. the more intense that rain is falling, and there are some showers in the forecast for a southern somalia, including mogadishu with the height of $27.00 degrees. and it is all about the heat in southern africa, dark with the red, the heart of the temperature. many spots running about 10 degrees above average of the heroes from i'll just say on the go and the tonight out is there is only mobile app. is that the, this is where we live from out is there is a mobile app available in your favorite apps to just set for it and typed on a new app from out to 0 new at using. is it

the the welcome back. you're watching out 0 reminder, our top story is this, our thailand's former prime minister, texas shit a lot has returned home after 15 years in self imposed exile is immediately taken to the supreme court to in bangkok to face various charges, including abuse of power and corruption japan says thursday will be the start date for releasing treated radioactive water into the pacific ocean, china, south pacific, or rather south korea, pacific island nation, sir. i against the plan for the lucas human nuclear plant view. and nuclear

watchdog says it's safe us presidents. you'll find in this in the devastated hawaiian island valley nearly 2 weeks is the deadly as wildfire. history was criticized by republicans because he did not address the fires until 4 days after they arrived in bivens. meeting. victims of 1st responders will judge of the us state of georgia has set a bill of $200000.00 for donald trump. the bond for the former president is related to the powerful racketeering charges he in 18. others are accused or criminally, conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 us presidential election. and the state trumps announced he'll be going to atlanta on thursday to surrender to georgia state court officials a well in ecuador people there have voted against really for oil in a protective part of the amazon and the call of it historic exercise in

environmental democracy. but those who voted against the measure say it will cost effort or billions and badly needed an oil revenue. a referendum on the issue was held alongside sundays presidential elections or latin america editor, lucy and newman reports now from quito. but anyway, to indigenous groups and environmental is true all over ecuador, celebrated the landmark victory and sundays referendum. it's the result of a decade long campaign out not oil extraction. one of the most bio diverse parts of the amazon rain forest. it with doors yet to neighbors or the news we have made history, we really have to, david can look at ourselves and say that the dream of millions of ecuador ends is now the realities example less than 2 weeks. after heads of state of south america's h, m. a zoning countries failed to include measures to reduce or end oil exploration in the rain, forest ecuador,

and took matters into their own hands. ecuador is the 1st country in the amazon in region where people were able to organize and put together a referendum that will prevent any further exploration of oil and also mining in another very sensitive environmental hot spot in this country. still, despite the results of those referendums, there's no guarantees that they will be reversible. organizes are calling the gunter good orange to remain vigilant nova most up. and we will not allow any future government backed truck on the will of the people. we must keep defending. what he won at the ballot box like get to get another to a non, to several message to the to presidential candidates that will place a run off on october 15th, after sundays, inconclusive and action. you saw the keys in the nestle candidates. elisa gonzales is in the lead with faces an appeal battle against her arrival. 55 year old, and yet no more. a wealthy businessman,

but little political experience surprised pundents by speaking directly to young dorians about their needs. i ask who ansel is? if it's possible to win, since 67 percent of voters didn't support her in the 1st round, it is almost like what is the almost like and i have like, we are sure that we will when people are bidding on hook piece and come for our country on development, not on fia and tara, which is what they try to important here in the last few weeks to week and us ending the battle for the presidency. both candidates would now have to take into account the new phone, power adapter doors, environmental movement. you see and human outages, sierra people of the west african regional block echo was, has dismissed a proposal by new shares june to, for a 3 year transition to civilian rule. the military leader general abdur remind

gianni made the prop proposition after talks with an echo us delegation in the mail on saturday. the qu, leaders are facing mounting international pressure to reinstate ousted president mohammed, resume after seizing power last month. all right, we are going to take you now to our top story that we have been following at this hour. it is the breaking news story that we have been following. you can see those live pictures there. these are pictures you're looking at outside the bangkok prison or former of tax and ship to watch the has appeared, we understand. now earlier he was taken to the supreme court. you can see there that just hours after returning to the kingdom after 15 years of self imposed exile, his return comes on the day. the parliament is expected to vote on a candidates afford by his political allies to form a new government. now again,

these are life pictures that you're looking at. what we understand is that you're looking at a convoy there and we believe that that convoys includes thailand's former prime minister tax and shinall watch who is arriving at the prison. now this is a convoy that we believe is transporting the for the prime minister. they had been at the supreme court and now is heading to the prison. now if you'll remember that tax and shinall watch has been in exile for roughly 15 years. we've been hearing various numbers from 13 to 15. his daughter even saying 17. he's a 74 years old. he fled into exile and 2008 to avoid jail time because he was facing charges of abuse of power as well as corruption. what we know though is he has now a back in the country and is in fact,

we believe going to be appearing in jail, which we believe is largely symbolic. that he will be there maybe for just one night. uh, we are still not clear exactly how long he will be there, but we believe this is symbolic. so that is his convoy arriving at the prison in bangkok and we are going to continue to follow this breaking news story throughout our bull attends. but again, that is the live picture of him arriving at that prison. on the right, turning to sports, the newly crowned women's world cup champion, spain and thousands of fans of celebrated the victory in madrid. celebrations went on for hours. this was the 1st major tournament title for the spanish team. spain joined germany as the only nation to win. both men's and women's world cup titles

are paul reese, was that the celebrations in madrid was probably the same as leading the crowd here as well around the chanting out that i provided the world of choice based on the stage. we have many, many thousands of parking, the celebrations on you, many thousands more lining the river banks. or as far as you know, i can say all the way up to the subway station trying to get a glimpse that he writes from a call. i stopped at a library filled at 7 hours ago, braving the high temperatures in madrid, but the moment to region 14 degrees celsius. at some point, in fact, some people have to be taken away from the crowd to get medical treatment. the reason they wanted to come is that this is an absolutely unique occasion. the 1st women's world cup. and so i told to go with the troy street the main one in 2010. it came, i guess all just well the same last 15 players in the months leading up to the woke

up. why is equip aside due to what they said was the lack of resources this respect level towards them by some of the coaching stuff. but this woke up house shows what progress the women's game a house my home. and i think in this joyful occasion the point to go right holy, i'll just 0 which right? the flow, you're watching out the 0. these are the top stores of this our tell us, but we are prime minister taxes should've what has arrived at the bank called prison under heavy security. just hours earlier, he returned home after 15 years and the self imposed exile. he was immediately taken to the supreme court in bangkok,