this is a line from berlin thailand's king takes the throne ceremonies take place in bangkok for the country's first coronation in seven decades our correspondent is at the scene also coming up. officials call it a miracle that no one is killed when a jet slides off the runway at a u.s. naval station in florida. and in her last race before a controversial rule change in track and field caster semenya overwhelms the

competition in the eight hundred meters. welcome to michael oku elaborate ceremonies are underway in bangkok to crown thailand's new king but he. also known as rom of the ten the king was officially crowned as a divine mana the first the country has seen in seven decades the sixty six year old ascended to the throne after the death of his widely revered father in two thousand and sixteen saturday's pageantry is the start of a three day ceremony that formally invests him with regal power symbolizing his consecration as the upholder of buddhism in thailand. do. pill is following the festivities for us in bangkok this is day one of

a three day ceremony to consecrate the king as a living god house a country doing with this ceremony today. hi michael yes this is the first time the vast majority of people here in thailand are witnessing at the coronation of the monic it is of course almost sixty nine years ago to the day that the last king had a coronation ceremony in thailand and in a country where the the monarch is often essentially divine status that is immense this moment and as as a result there are not dozens of people who are on the streets gathered behind me to witness this ceremony just a short time ago we saw that the king. offered himself as. the leader but is an essential here in this country and earlier on he had the

purifications army that is one of the most sacred ceremony sacred rituals in this ceremony today say it's been a big momentous event here in thailand people especially witnessing history what is the symbolism of today's rituals. yes well the the symbolism here dates back centuries just to give you an example here on today the king was presented with the royal regalia that is five items that signify the different roles that he plays as the monic the crown for example seven kilometer seven kilograms in weight that represents the bad in that he has his king he was also presented with at the royal found out symbolizes how he bats away any problems for them the money water as well the purification sorry many stream the symbolic here in thailand that the water for that was gathered from over one

hundred different areas across the country from thailand six seventy six provinces and bangkok that was what was used here in this ceremony is really a lab or at the end of. tradition and culture. stand by for a moment we're going to be coming back to you but first let's give our viewers a sense of what people in thailand are saying about today's coronation how many times that you have the time to have. this so i think we're ready but. it's very. hard. i'm proud to be living in thailand and to have the king taking care of us. i'm really happy and proud because as citizens we want the best king and queen or even of the willed. come with him by social it clearly there's

a lot of excitement on the streets of bangkok today how people responded. yes there's been huge anticipation in the build up to this car a nation just to give you an example the few days ago we met one man who was travelling six hundred kilometers on fiche to be here in time for the car a nation tomorrow of course is going to be another big day for people here thousands are expected on the streets not because that there will be a perfect for session through the streets of bangkok got them on it will be taking part in people here will have an opportunity to catch a glimpse of the king and of course to pay their respects show that that reverence for the kid then on monday he's expected on the balcony at the grand palace just behind me another opportunity for people to catch a glimpse of the king off his coronation today. that's troll a troll some pill in bangkok thanks so much trolling. a boeing seven thirty

seven has crashed on landing in florida twenty one people were injured as the airliner slid off the runway at naval station jacksonville in the northeastern section of the state the commercial jet had been chartered by the u.s. military and was arriving from a u.s. base in cuba. passengers said it was terrifying they described how in the middle of a thunderstorm the seven thirty seven bounced twice on the runway then skidded into the st john's river but the plane did not submerge and all one hundred forty three people aboard were able to escape by climbing out onto the wing authorities said disaster had been averted. i just want to emphasize yet again we transported twenty one people all adults from this incident involving an aircraft a commercial boeing seven thirty seven aircraft here and if. the twenty one individuals that we transported were all listed good condition no critical injuries sustained by any of those twenty one the plane had traveled to jacksonville florida

from the u.s. naval station at guantanamo bay in cuba it's likely it was carrying mostly military personnel and their families. there are no details yet as to why the airliner crashed the plane's manufacturer boeing is under scrutiny over two deadly crashes of a different model plane in recent months. that model was the seven thirty seven match a the latest version of the seven thirty seven airliner earlier i asked aviation expert julian bray if there could be any connection between today's incident and the earlier crash has nothing whatsoever to do with the max a max eight is a totally different aircraft with different engines and the reason for the ground you know that they're in totally different this is boeing's work courses seven three seven thousand flying around the world every day in europe has hundreds of them and they rely on them all the time so it's commonly seen it is

a very good aircraft it's only it's a little fuel any clue as far as you can tell as an expert as to what caused this particular accident. well apparently the way the rounds are that the jacksonville naval base was very bad last night there was a storm and so it sounds as though there was a lot of water on the runway and quite literally the plane put its landing gear down couldn't get purchase couldn't get a grip with the wheels and it just and slid off the runway and into the river now this will be this in john's river it's not very deep concerns that the plane is actually resting on its landing. not actually floating in the river however the wings are above the water line now i understand everybody climbed out onto wings now you may remember the saudi incident in the hudson river in two thousand and

nine i think it was and that was really made into a film light wise they actually climbed out onto wings and they were rescued the big problem out the moment of course is containing the aviation spirit that's on board the fuel if you like so they have to put a bomb what they call a bond which is a big sort of send around it make sure it does not you contaminate the river that's the biggest problem they have at the moment twenty one people injured but all taken off all being taken care of and i understand the military and the investigators are already at the sites looking out to aviation expert julian very thanks so very much. now to some of the other stories making news around the world south korea's military says north korea has fired several un identify projectiles from its eastern coast it said they flew up to two hundred kilometers before landing in the water it could be the first missile launch since

a failed summit between u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong. thousands of people have taken to the streets in honduras to demand the resignation of president one. whom they accuse of corruption the demonstration was also directed against plans to privatized health and education services which the protesters fear might lead to mass layoffs. the death toll from a bola outbreak in congo has risen above one thousand attacks on treatment centers are hampering efforts to control the nine month epidemic the second worst on record the world health organization is expanding its vaccination program in the eastern section of the country. israel has killed two hamas militants in airstrikes on gaza the israeli military said the strikes were in response to

gunfire from gaza which wounded two israeli soldiers two palestinians were later killed by israeli fire while taking part in weekly border protests according to gaza health officials. cycle funny has battered india's eastern coastline with winds blowing at more than two hundred kilometers an hour it's also causing widespread disruption in bangladesh. they knew it was coming. india's coastal state of addition was braced for the west. more than a million people were thank you waited ahead of the storm but the coastal resort of poor east still suffered extensive damage from. the storm brought down trees and power lines as it moved inland in addition state capital the streets were deserted the storm left chaos behind it which is expected to weaken over the coming hours still warning people to be careful along the coastline. just want the people

not to avoid sad b.c. visconti done right because if you do now you're high sensitive so just on to the police that you see a sign on to the n.b.a. out of relating to all the local people and the viewers not to. be c.v. and that is it dangerous for now it seems that the evacuation plans have paid off once the storm has died down people in addition will have to be ready for a lengthy cleanup operation. to sports now controversial champion runner caster semenya has won her last eight hundred meter race before the introduction of rules that limit high testosterone levels in certain female track athletes rules she had challenge in court but last however that didn't stop the south african from putting in a stellar performance at a dime in the given in doha qatar. despite all the criticism and legal decisions

caster semenya have to face off the track on it she still rules this was the season opener of the professional diamond league athletics tour and the south african was running and her favorite event she led almost from start to finish but if she's to continue running the eight hundred meters the rules now say she must take drugs to reduce her naturally occurring testosterone levels that after the court of arbitration for sport partly upheld a ruling by the international association of athletics federations limiting testosterone in female athletes in certain events like the eight hundred meters so men yes that's the one to be forced seats in the base this is greece we're not going to see cities. continue with. what we'll see if i want to see stevenson season and if somebody wants me to see seville because their own problems not mine it's a little like i said i'm a poet i'd be there i'm going to go to the five k. so i'm going in his eyes i want. the new rules go into effect next week and include

events being banned for athletes like some and you have that range from the four hundred meters to the fifteen hundred meters and the mile should some manuf still insist on running in a competition within that range she may have to face another battle with the i double a f but one battle she doesn't have to fight winning the support of the fans . in the buddhist legal leipzig chances of winning the title are next to nil after only drawing away against mites three all the visitors in fact had a two goal lead after team over never made it three one early in the second half for his fiftieth going to sleep with goal but minds to nation fought back after. a reduced of leipzig lead by a goal is to make jones the leap then tied it up three all lead in the man.

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