well filled with a symbol of power, rebellion, sensuality wound by royalty and icons like a magic wand. ground through divorce guy with economy, full cultural history, secret weapon lipstick, dots december, 3rd, on d, w. this is either been used a shark coming up to date. thailand's dead league gun culture, 24 children died in a shooting spree nearly 2 months back in a child care center. it's opened old wounds for other victims of gun violence and lead to questions around what time zone should be doing to control it. plus india

officially takes over the jeter and the presidency. what issues will deli be spotlighting in the coming year for the world's biggest economy? ah, i british manager, welcome to did up the news. a shirt ledger could join us thailand has a gun problem. it was in evidence nearly 2 months back when an ex police one killed 24 children at a childcare center in a gun and knife attack. that i could not. these thailand shook the country into facing uncomfortable troops about its gun culture. thailand has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in southeast asia and off of the philippines has the 2nd highest number of gun debts. the government has promised to enforce gun control laws more strictly including requiring a psychiatric evaluation before

a license is issued. but these measures come to nate for some if to, to merge, putting upon had known that her father would have a short life. she would have taken a lot more pictures of him half on while my father rarely had his picture taken, he didn't like it. i know i whitley a pulse father, sir fy 10 years ago, and wanted to help brigitte. but it didn't go as planned. ha, ha, ha, ha, ha ha! the fate got out of hand. and my father was shot in the face. no, neither here nor can his story is an example of thailand's gun culture where it gun violence kills 2400 people every year. ever 6th person here has a gun. as shops are easy to find. in fact, many of them are owned by government officials, experts say the number of gun owners is only rising. after 2014 re

theater, the higher number off of kenwood threaten than a higher number of murder. allen have very big market and they're going gun market. although most shootings in thailand are rare, individuals and families have been paying the price of gun violence. which a upon this frustration that, that hasn't been enough to reform gun laws or ha colors i call it makes me angry, but i can't do anything about it. how many i mean i and gentlemen are for more context is doctor barbara semenoff. she's a senior research fellow and head of source and development policy at the thailand development research institute in bangkok. but to some i know the government has announced it will enforce gun laws more strictly including psychiatric evaluations before gun licenses are issued. when these measures help curb gun violence

it though, in my opinion, if we definitely help her. but at the more men, there has been no measure to screen and co health of the applicants for our guns in thailand. yet it has been a suggestion that came after the incident at the mast shooting at the child care center last month. but ah, legally, and officially there hasn't been any improvement on the rules and regulations unfortunately. but the tylen already has these rules and regulations. it does have gone laws. is it a matter of implementation? is the government serious materials? there has been a lot of attempts to improve the law or to make it

become more um strict, but at the same times when it comes to implementation, as you said, all the details about the process of gun issuance. there hasn't been any re wise to make it more enforceable. ah, a lot of our implementation right now when it comes to gun permit issuance are still relies on discretion of officers. whether or not to grant the permit. yes, there has been please. do you think that the time is her now? is it a watershed moment after the massacre of children in long boil armful province?

but you are referring to, is this the moment the thailand can actually grasp this morning and actually bring about a change? i hope she is the moment, but unfortunately i would like to point out to the pre wis gun. and the mask true thing in thailand, which happened 2 years ago in a shopping mall by a military officer. and at the time, i think there were around $30.00 to $40.00 dips, and it happened in a shopping mall, as i said. and in a very big city in also in the heart is region. but obviously there hasn't been any change since that. oh, mass shooting at them all by them later, military officer. and that's precisely why the shooting at

a childcare center happened last month, because there hasn't been any improve, took her di da, can control in thailand why. why are gone so popular in her thailand? that's a very interesting question. i think. and the popularity of 4 guns reflects 2 things. one is the trust in police officer are, you know, if you trust that police officer in thailand can take care of, you can keep you safe the, there's no need for you to or no gun to can to protect yourself, right? so it might be the question about whether or not people trust the police force. and the 2nd thing is probably related to

the cultural believes or set things up. if you come to thailand on children's day, you will see many people would take their children to army base or to try take pictures, hoarding guns, and take pictures with a tang than all of this. my, it's right kind of concept in where louis has been, you know, why leave accepted in thailand and has never been really discussed about ah, whether or not it's suitable for the context right now. we're relieved, therefore, the timing, but thank you so much for your insights. doctor bon morris, romano from the thailand developer desert institute in bangkok. thank you so much. thank you. lou. india officially

takes over the presidency of the g 20 to day. the one year term sharing the world's 20 biggest economies is an opportunity to set the genders and shine spotlights on global issues that need attention. india is put in climate change of the top of its priorities for the group. but as our report shows, there's far more the last day of the g. 20 summit in valley, the presidency goes to india. it's a big job. the g 20 represents 19 major countries as well as the european union. andy is expected to push international debt, economic growth, and food in energy security to the top of the agenda. it also wants to showcase its own advances and its role in technology worldwide. india with ease a tough job of navigating the biggest economies in the midst of a global downton. and at a time of escalating tension between the united states and china. the long term

impact of the pandemic and the war in ukraine are also challenges that india has to grapple with in its ear of heading the g 20. there's a theme for this year's presidency, global unity, one earth, one family, one future and even a government created logo. but there are power politics that work as well. india sees itself as representing a particular group of countries. we are going, we have taken over the chairmanship in a few days, formally and informally, already taken over from indonesia and following us will be brazil and then south africa. so we have the via opportunity of being in the midst of the global south leading the g $24.00 for successive years. and i think that makes it a great opportunity. not only for india, but to the country though, the south within the g 20 to deal with the situation. which is getting extremely difficult. with the big power rivalry between the us and china. the g

7 and russia. yeah, you know, stultifying all decision making. so we have to look at the real problem, but the world was not creating new ones. and ambitious agenda. india has plenty of work ahead as it takes the g twenty's help turning to the well kept our just proving once again that national teams also have fan bases in far away places. one side that's long inspired global admiration is argentina. and it's always in focus player linelle messy. his biggest fans might not be in south america. but in south asia, ah, huge crowds erupted into a frenzy of celebration as argentina scored a crucial goal at the world cup, but thousands of kilometers away from the action in katara. many of these di, hot argentina funds have never stepped foot in latin america. the here in

bangladesh, hitler published a little god willing, we will go through to the final and eventually when the world cup. clad in argentina's, blue and white colors sans flux to giant screens in the capital darker to watch their beloved team take on poland. cricket may be king here, but football has a devoted following and bangladesh is argentine fan base has been growing for decades. the site star player lena messy has certainly played a part in pushing support to numbers, to new heights and triple to i'm. but when i, when i was young, my father used to tell me argentina was a great team. but when i grew up and finally started understanding football, i became a big fan of messy. so they're gonna tell, i think one of their family ah, argentina's, eternal rival, brazil also has its own huge fan base here. so world cup show down between the to

could push football frenzy to fever pitch in bangladesh. i'm a brazil fan, but my argentina friends brought me here and they thanked me with this garland waving their flags that they'd been born in buenos aires bangladesh. it's hoped their adopted team makes it all the way this year. that's it for today is more updates from the region on our website, d, w dot com, forward slash asia. as ever you can follow us on facebook and twitter and see you tomorrow with josh or i'm you can that i work that's hard. and in the end is a me, you are not a lot of to you anymore. we will send you back. are you familiar with this?

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