four of bangkok's districts were shut down. thousands of polling stations were closed around the country. >> there were scuffles when anti-government protesters met at the station. fighting occurred in some places there were demands that some pom center be reopened. >> in her north bangkok neighbourhood yingluck shinawatra arrived as the polls opened. setting an example that she hoped millions would follow on sunday. >> it's a duty to exercise the right to vote. doesn't matter who you vote for. we must support the election protest. >> in other parts of the capital anticipated troubles were brewing. >> this is one of the polling positions here in bangkok. the leader of the protesters vowed not to prevent voters were coming in. followers have stationed themselves outside the polling position. organizers opened the poll, but closed them at 9am, but they are worried about voter safety. >> that was not an isolated case. more than 400 polling centers were closed. some were blocked. some never got the ballots, some had no workers. >>

sentiment took a hit after political violence in bangkok worsened. on monday the index closed at its highest level in about two months. >>> the european equities are coming under selling pressure following recent gains, and london, it's just slightly down 6,733 at the moment. in frankfurt, the dax is trading at 9,600. and in paris the cac 40 is down about half a percent. this shows analysts and investors are less optimistic about its economic outlook. sorry, moving on to currencies. euro dollar is now being quoted at 1.. 726-3730. euro dollar -- the euro dipped after germany's economic sentiment survey for february fell from the previous month. showed that the country's analysts and investors are less optimistic about its economic outlook. meanwhile, dollar/yen is currently changing hands at 102.37-40. that's little changed from the level in late tokyo trading hours. >>> the latest round of working-level talks for the transpacific partnership free trade deal is now under way in singapore. and parallel with these discussions, japan and the united stat

. >> gunfights in bangkok. battles to stop an election as the prime minister insists the vote will move forward. >> the vast majority of ukrainians want to live freely in a safe and prosperous country. >> supporting a movement. the u.s. offers encouraging words to ukraine's protesters. california cuts off a water supply. india has no olympic team this year. that's not stopping one athlete. neither will traffic or sleep. >> it is a defining moments for thailand. polls are open in a special election aimed to ease tensions there. prime minister thaksin shinawatra voted under heavy security. protesters are trying to shut down the election. they have forced polling stations to close. that's anger in the prime minister's mini supporters. earlier gun battles broke out in bangkok between demonstrators. violence is erupting between voters voting and protesters stopping it. seven people were hurt. >> this is exactly the build up to sunday's election that everyone in thailand feared. these people moving down the road are

this is a position in bangkok. the leader of the protesters vowed not to prevent voters coming in, his followers stationed themselves outside the polls. the polls were open at 8am, but closed at 9am because they were worried about voter safety. >> more than 400 polling centres were closed in bangkok, more in the southern part of the country. some were blocked. some never got the ballot and some had workers. my right is to stand here and wait for the reform, before voting. >> in the district of the capital the two sides scared officials shut down voting. later they pulled back. a group of people marched to the municipal building. >> i'm disappointed that i can't exercise my right. our country is a democracy. they can't show that they support the election. >> they broke through the front gate, demanding that they be allowed to vote. they'll have to wait until the elections are for the thais that can't vote. with no clear definitive results, there's little chance that the election will soften the elections between the

elections in thailand spur violent clashes in bangkok. >>> john kerry met with the leaders from the ukraine today and saying that the u.s. supports the fight for democracy. chl . the battle is putting the u.s. and russia on opposing sides. we are joined live now, and tens of thousands of protestor are waiting to see what happens in the meeting today. but what exactly are they hoping to hear? >> morgan, they are asking for a concrete promises, actions from the united states and europe from preventing from a state of emergency happening here and they have heard what they wanted from the u.s. secretary of state john kerry and he's supporting the ukrainianukrainians. >> they are fighting for the right to help to realize their aspirations and they have decided that means their futures do not have to lie with one country alone and certainly not coeerzed. >> and it is the russian foreign minister criticizing the support for the ukraine and saying it is rewarding violence in the streets and so the ukraine in a divide between the east and the west and the opposition wanting to turn to european and a

government did manage to partially disrupt voting at hundreds of polling stations in the capital bangkok and in southern thailand. >> voting is over and thailand's election remained largely peaceful. but the country's political drama is far from over. despite the vote, months of conflict between the president and her foes are set to continue. the prime minister is calling it a victory for democracy. >> i would like to thank all thai people who helped maintain democracy. the election was peaceful. >> the election revealed thailand's political divisions. in the north where she is strong, voting went ahead normal. in provinces in the south and areas of bangkok, polling places stayed shut due to opposition blockades. millions were prevented from casting ballots. the opposition has rejected the poll is a legitimate. protest leaders say does -- say supporters will disrupt by-ele ctions. >> i don't know how many months it will take, but let them do that. i assure you, they will not get enough representatives to open the parliament. electoral commission has not announced results. that would only

police called their operation the peace for bangkok commission.hey tried to regain control of government buildings that protesters had surrounded, including the parliament. but it was far from peaceful. dozens of protesters were injured as well as several police officers. gunfire was heard and a number of people were killed. the protesters insist they have been peaceful and that they will remain in the streets in spite of what they say is a violent police crackdown. people in thailand have had to live through a power struggle for almost eight years now. it's essentially the middle class supported by the establishment fighting against the prime minister and her billionaire brother. mass protests by both sides have taken place out there this time and been disbursed by the police. but the struggle seems endless and until that is settled the cycle of protests seems certain to be repeated. ♪ >>> wall street trying to regain the momentum it had before the president's day holiday. the nasdaq is showing strong gains thanks to tesla. it's shares are up 3%.

scott has the layest from bangkok. >> h her north bangkok neighborhood, prime minister arrived just as the polls opened. setting an example she hoped millions of thais would follow on sunday. >> as thais it is our duty to exercise our right to vote. it doesn't matter who we vote for, but we must support the election process. >> but in other parts of the capital there are problems. >> this is one of the polling positions here in bangkok, even though the leader of the protestors vowed not to prevent voters from coming in, his follows have stations themselves right outside this polling position. now, the organizers here opened the polls on time at 8:00 a.m., but they close them at 9:00 a.m., because they are worried about voter safety. >> more than 400 polling centers were closed in bangkok. some were blocked. some never got their paper ballot, and some have no workers. >> my right is to stand here and make sure there are reform first, before voting. >> 93% were able to open, and 90 were accepting voters. because of the disruptions -. >> the exact number of the voters who would exercise t

we have a special report on bangkok tourism. china's bank lending last month rose to levels not seen since 2010. a shift in emphasis or a new year glitch? we will ask our correspondent. largest rail freight operator is out with results. ceo, all thathe and more in this monday edition of "asia edge." keeping an eckert eye on the markets today. we are seeing gains across the asia-pacific as we begin a new trading week. we are seeing the cost the index up 0.3%. slowingnese economy with the latest gdp numbers showing the government's big task as it tries to raise the consumption tax. we are watching that closely. the hang seng advancing along with the shanghai composite. shares in china erasing their declines for 2014. this is not necessarily raising the alarm. we will be watching that closely throughout the course of this day. in southeast asia, gains for the major markets. that market up zero .6% despite all the antigovernment protests. we are continuing to watch that. in malaysia and singapore, solid gains for business. we are se

thousands of riot police have moved into bangkok trying to clear areas that have been occupied by protesters for weeks. also coming up for you this hour -- lovers around the world are celebrating valentine's day monthand that makes this particularly rosy for businesses. we will take a look at the impact that february 14 has on everything from flowers and chocolates to his and her outfits. in nine years ago today, former lebanese prime minister roughy career he was assassinated. you are watching france. nicoletti said he will resign after the head of his political party pulled support. been the new ring from us to become premier. he has that she is already the mirror florence but he has no experience on the global stage. rensing and ambitious, was elected the mayor of -- the head of the party last september. he has no experience. he called for a change of government, criticizing nicoletta for not acting quick enough to restart the economy. >> we see a need to open a new phase and have a new government. which can share as part of a coalition a wide, open program. >> inspired by former risk pre

we were talking about what's happening in bangkok. she's been indicted for alleged criminality in a rice scheme. >> reporter: this is the first time we have seen the prime minister's own supporters, and she has huge numbers of them outside bangkok, to carry out the same tactic being used by the anti-government movement. that movement has block aided ministries in central bangkok. they are using the same tactic against the building behind me, the anti-corruption commission. they sealed off the gate. they're taking a break. they are waiting for three cement trucks. they are going to solidly cement the gate. they argue, as does the prime minister, that the charges against her are politically motivated. they are part of a package of charges that various courts are building against her to try to strip her of power. she was never planning to come today. she's left bangkok. there are a number of threats made against her and her family. but her lawyers have been meeting the commissioners away from here and another place to hear those charges

rosalind of a volley and bangkok is falling the story. this is the first time that a protest leader has been apprehended since the government imposed a state of emergency in and around bangkok. in january twelve seconds. police have arrested some tea and sharing a tiny town on monday the country's criminal court to approve the best ones last week for nineteen protest leaders included some tea and and former deputy prime minister supposed to buy the once were requested by investigative authorities the state of the emergency anti government rallies have been banned. but protesters continued to demonstrate in december the court also issued an arrest warrant for six on charges of inspection but police have not yet have asked him to stop the government wants to avoid demonstrations and turning violent. sunday as unrest has prompted a sharp response from the protesters who say they're acting peacefully tensions between the demonstrators and police were likely hike. the fathers has rallied in time demanding that the government poll done for the

. ♪ ♪ >>> gunfire on the streets of bangkok as clashes between police and protesters leave at least twod and dozens injured on both sides. ♪ ♪ hello from dough marks everyone this is the world news from al jazerra. ideal might be unreachable, iran and the u.s. show little hope before nuclear talks begin in vienna. a venezuelan opposition politician arrested by security force is his quickly freed by his supporters. and we meet the aminators hoping make bangladesh a global center for cartoon creations. ♪ ♪ >>> so now two people have been killed, 50 wounded during violence on the streets of bangkok today. security forces and anti-government protesters began fighting when officers tried to clear out demonstrators campsite near the government buildings in the thai capital. our correspondent was pretty much in the thick of it all as it happened, veronica, tell us about it. >> reporter: well, it was pretty frightening, actually. there was gunfire that just range out sporadically for about an hour, it was initiated by a big explosion which it was later found to be an m79 grenade. when it went o

bangkok - let's go to wayne hay who can tell us what is happening. wayne? >> yes, the situation in lack si, a suburb has become violence, it's a place that military and police warned could become violent and here we are on the eve and that is what has happened. in the past couple of days anti-government protesters camped at a government building, which housed ball papers to be used. they wanted to prevent them from being distributed from the government facility up to the polling booths. they are there. reinforcements have been called from other parts of city to come here and help in their bid to prevent their distribution. at the same time a pro government group turned up to the area with the aim of confronting anti-government protesters. we are going to zoom in and see the group now, the truck that you can see there is one of the vehicles that carried them from other parts of bangkok. there's a lot of gun fire exchanging between the two explosions. that group is standing off, looking towards where the confrontations took place. i have to say that there is

. >> reuters is reporting a blast at an anti-government rally in the thai capital bangkok. it comes hours after a child was killed when gunmen attacked a rally. dozens were injured when the gunman shot into the crowd setting off explosives. supporters of the prime minister have been threatening an aggressive approach to anti-government protesters. it's not clear whether the violence was a problem. for 57 days. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy, and mohammed badr are accused of being in prison. another al jazeera journalist, abdullah al-shami of the network's arabic channel has been held since august. he has been on strike for a month to protest his imprisonment. thousands of fighters who spent years waging a war in democratic republic of congo have given up their weapons. many from one of the biggest rebel groups, the m23 which was defeated in november. malcolm web travelled to a town where rebels are trying to start new lives. >> these people have been living as outlaws for years. life in eastern congo's armed groups can be brute a many have killed, looted and raped. many

earlier yingluck shinawatra cast her vote and wayne hay is at one polling center in bangkok that was shut down. >> we have tense scenes here sunday morning because anti-government supporters were here, hoping to prevent the polling booths. the polling station. officials declared that they could not hold the votes. they were cancelled. there were pro government people here as well, trying to force their way into this area having the chance to vote. they were pro-government and pro election. both governments dispersed. the elections on sunday will not take place, and that is the same scenario in two other districts. and the main provinces in the south of the country which traditionally is the stronghold of the democrats party which is not taking part in this election, and many other polling stations, many other provinces reporting problems around the country. it has been disrupted. the anti-government protesters that have been on the streets of the capital city getting their way on election day, disrupting the vote. it seems a great deal in many parts of the country. >> on the other si

you are looking live at protests in bangkok. thousands gathered in the streets, forcing many of the polling stations to shut down. veronica pedrosa is in bangkok with more on the elections and the protest. >> well, there are provisions made under thai law and constitution for any problems that may occur in the election process. what we are seeing, though, is that the anti-government protesters, with whom i am here, one of the main protest stages, they are continuing to reject the validity of the election. that is a huge problem beyond those who want to vote. what the election commissioner is going to do is set dates in the future for people who want to exercise their right to vote but were prevented from doing so. there's a lot of analysis going on, as you can imagine across classes in thailand over what this election meant, because it's significant on so many levels. >> that was veronica pedrosa reporting from bangkok. >> early results from el salvador. the current vice president is winning. we have more from the capital. >> we

prime minister yingluck shinawatra voted after polls opened, near her home in bangkok.t has been a relatively peaceful poll. let's co to wayne -- cross to wayne hay who is in the capital. voting disrupted at some polls. there's more than 90,000. where have the trouble spots been. >> very early on, in three districts. there has been a fourth district that had the election cancelled. big problems in the south of thailand. nine provinces were not able to go to the polls. not surprising given there's a lot of support for the opposition party. the democrat party which boycott the election. the reason for the description is because the anti-government protest movement that is on the streets for the past three months. the leaders of the movement said they would not stop people going to the polls to vote. they could, but if they did that they'd be supporting the regime referring to the government led by the prime minister. clearly that was not true. there was disruption in the areas that i mentioned. they did that by filling the streets of those areas, making it difficult for p

in bangkok, uneasiness. here the police are trying to negotiate. no deal. the protest movement will not give up the ground it's held here for more than two months. a short distance away, the police tried to push forward and faced fierce resistance. they briefly captured a protest leader. hat brought rocks. there was tear gas in response. but still the crowd refused to retreat. it was hard to know who was shooting who. this policeman survived a shot in the head and his colleague died from a chest wound. the police tried to hold their ground, firing repeatedly with rubber bullets. then a grenade into the police line. landing at their feet. one of them realized the danger, but too late. all were injured. one lost his leg. more bodies and gunfire from the police, this time with live rounds. they left many protesters with serious gunshot wounds, some fatal. that has now become a very tense frontline. a few moments ago it showed how easily violence can erupt when the tensions are this bad. the police say they'll p

[gunfire] gunfire and protests in bangkok turned violent leaving four dead and many more injured.ease fire broken and renewed fighting and oil fields between government and rebel forces. >> and i have the sports including the unfinished stadium and will they get the first red card of brazil's world cup? ♪ protests in kiev have again turned violent as the crowd was prevented from marching to the ukrainian parliament building and this is the scene outside the parliament building right now and they were stopped from marching right up to the building by a row of trucks some hundred meters away. they wanted to keep up the pressure on president viktor yanukovich and they are camped out in freezing temperatures and the black smoke we believe to be from barricades of burning tires and we are joined from kiev by journalists mira and you were down near the parliament building this morning. item tell us what happened there. >> well, the protesters have turned this so called peaceful attention to the government for sometime now and because they have been out on the streets for almost three mo

scott hideler has the latest now from bangkok. >> in her north bangkok neighborhood, shinowat arrived. she hoped millions of thais would follow on sunday. we must support the election process. >> in other parts of the capitol, there were problems. >> this is one of the polling positions here in bangkok. the leader of the protesters vowed not to prevent voters from coming in. followers have stationed themselves right outside this poling position. now, the organizers here opened the polls on time at 8:00 a.m. but they clothes them at 9:00 a.m. because they are worried about voter safety. more than 400 polling sentencers were closed in bangkok. some were blocked. some never got their paper ballot and some have no workers. before voting, 93% of the polling centers were able to open in the capitol and around 90% across the country were accepting voters. but because of the disruptions. the voters would not be made known and that's more than -- also clearly shows that the protesters are in the minority. >> the two sides squared off near a polling center. officials there shut down voting. a p

let's take you back to veronica pedrosa, live from bangkok. >> thanks very much indeed. i hope the technical problems leave us alone this time because i am joined by the chairman of the center for strategic studies and nation group. what difference can this election made. it seems very unsatisfactory. >> it seems very unsatisfactory, and the money spent $3.8 billion does not solve any problems. election is a ritual. without transparency, accountability and good governance, this is not a democracy. >> there seems to be an unbreachable gap between the two sides. i heard some people say it's the worst. what's your observation in. >> i'm very, very much agree to this issue and i think the reason is the real prime minister of thailand is not in thailand, and -- >> you mean the caretaker prime minister yingluck shinawatra's brother thaksin shinawatra. >> that's right, he is calling the shots. negotiating is not an issue for thaksin right now. he doesn't want to negotiate. he wants to be a caretaker government until the longest that he can take. the thing is what is really, rea

it is high season in bangkok. visitors fell 5% in january.er demand has led some carriers to cut flights. >> hotels have not exceed the slowdown. >> they had created this. it is not fair. it is not good to come by. it does the whole area bangkok. >> this is unlikely to have had its usual boos from the lunar new year holiday. warned to reconsider nonessential-- travels to china. >> the market is down 40 and 50%. after the protest started in november, the overall market shrank drastically. in some countries such as hong kong and other asian countries, tourists have canceled their trips. attracted 4.2ne million visitors from china, hong kong, and taiwan. of the recentts election, thailand's prime minister remains a caretaker leader and political uncertainty continues. tourism has managed to bounce back from some of the troubles. with the high season fast disappearing, it could be difficult to pull back lost business. >> thailand is an important market for aia. this has affected the economy. he views his that he views it as mere noise. -- he view

supports the fight for democracy. >> a chaotic day in bangkok. three hurt when gunfire was exchanged ahead of a vote tomorrow. >> 14 people are dead after being engulfed in volcanic ash. the volcano three lava and rock for three miles. the volcano is erupting. officials warn the death cole could rise. >> new jersey governor chris christie made the rounds for the super bowl but steered clear of the bridge-gate scandal. information suggests he knew about plans to close lanes to punish a town that did not support him. >> california is turning off the dpiing et to --s spiggett to towns across the state, not delivering water to local reggons, downs will have to rely on local reservoirs. >> those are the head lines. for updates all day long, go to aljazeera.com. the lives of poor people. pete seger sang about all that this this >>> believe deeply in the power of art to change the world. seegers' work and whether that spirit survivors today is the inside story.

bangkok have been left vacant more weeks now.hose are the areas that police targeted on friday morning, going into the areas, clearing the equipment that the protesters left behind and hearing from the prime minister on friday saying that she did not want to do any real force. the police turned up here to the suburb in very large numbers, and were met by a small group of anti-government protesters. police have left the areas. this seems ton a small step in what may be a long protest. >> back to the top story right now. the volcano in indonesia. we have steph back, live for us from jakarta. steph, where do things stand right now then? >> yes, it's a very populated area where the eruption took place, it's one of the main cities, a couple of main cities in java, around the volcano. 200,000 people are affected by the eruption, and 100,000 are evacuated. what is worse is grafill grain and ash rain reached the main cities in java, and behind that to other islands as well. the ash and gravel disrupted flights throughout the country and

. >>> in other world news a bomb blast in bangkok. anti-government protesters in thailand are targeted again in the fight here always here among those who died. >>> a recorded million dollar birthday for the 90-year-old president of zimbabwe where most men are lucky to reach that age. >>> costly and controversial as the sochi olympics prepare to wrap up, we look at whether putin's pet project was a success. >>> and greece uses its presidency of the european union to propose that carbon emission rules be relaxed for countries in recession. >>> well, events in ukraine are moving at pace. crowds of protesters still packing kiev's independence square. they've seen the blood where i battle says between them and police just a few days ago. a day after the president was apparently voted out of office, his powers have been transferred to the speaker of parliament who becomes interim president. he has told parliament it has until tuesday to form a unity government. viktor yanukovych has called the decision a coup, it's not known where he is. p

. >>> violence on the streets of bangkok on the eve of thailandses general elections. >> the news from europe, including: thousands turn out in the spanish capital to voice their opposition to strict new abortion laws. >>> all aboard the momo rail, how mumbai's aging transport system is getting a modern makeover. >> ukraine's opposition leaders are in germany to discuss the political stand-off with their government. the u.s. secretary of state, john kerry and the president of the european council are backing protesters' demands for more political freedom. mcgregor wood has the details. reporter: it's a long way from the barricades of kiev but ukraine is dominating the gathering in munich. it finds itself at the center of a strategic tug of war. u.s. secretary of state, john kerry will meet with other opposition figures. they are asking for support. it feels authorities back home are about to crack down. it's pretty clear where u.s. sympathies lie. >> the vast majority of ukrainians want to live freely in a safe and prosperous country and they are fighting for the right to associate wit

having reduced the number of blockades in bangkok, they will not stop.he prime minister will have to weeks before many all the disrupted holes can be rerun and there are sure to be legal challenges. that the government [indiscernible] expect that given all this , iertainty and the impact expect the government for the future to be at best a lame-duck government. group surrounded the defense ministry building being used by the prime minister as a temporary office. for a while they thought they had her trapped. days, the tight security forces, police and army, do so little they offer no deterrent. even when they heard she had so the long crisis drags on. >> collecting art can be a risky business and that has certainly been the case for reddish businessman martin lang. in 1992 he played -- he paid over $150,000 for a work that he l.ought was by marc chagal after testing to determine if it was genuine, he not only learned it was fake, but now he is having to resort to court action to stop it from being destroyed. >> here's the controversial andting, signed ch

and that wraps up the blitz in time to look inside his room in bangkok. moon. bank of japan policy makers have unanimously decided to maintain the monetary easing measures they introduced last april they have also agreed to encourage commercial banks to step up their lending to companies. members of the central bank policy board wrapped up a two day meeting on tuesday. they kept their assessment that the economy continues to recover at a moderate pace and that domestic demand is increasing ahead of the sales tax hike in april. he also noted that both business investment and exports are picking up. by sticking to the current easy credit policy the policy makers are hoping to achieve a two percent inflation target. the members also decided to double the scope of the boj is too low interest lending programs and to extend the loan application period my one year. under these programs financial institutions can borrow funds at a fixed rate of zero point one percent a year. after the policy board meeting boj governor hundred cocoa row to stress the significance of the

. >> in her north bangkok neighborhood, prime minister arrived just as the polls opened. setting an example she hoped millions would follow on sunday. >> as tayes it is our duty to exercise our right to vote. we must support the election process. even though the leaders vowed not to prevent voters from coming in, his follows have stayinged themselves right outside this polling position, now, the organizers here open the polls on time at 8:00 a.m., but they close them at 9:00 a.m., because they are worried about voter safety. >> more than 400 polling centers were closed in bangkok. some were blocked some never got their ballot and some have no workers. my right is to stand here and make sure there are reform first. >> 90% were able to open in the capitol, and around 90% across the country were accepting voters. but because of the disruptions -- >> the exact number of the voters who wish to exercise their right would not be made known. and that's most unfortunate, but it is also clearly shows that the protestors are in the minority. >> in the district of the capitol, the tw

. >> al jazzera america presents... on al jazeera america ♪ tensions boil over in bangkok as clashesetween protesters and police leave four dead and violence erupted as they tried to break up protest camps in the capitol and back to the bargaining table with iran, the up hill battle to reach a permanent agreement to reach the nuclear capabilities. the great lakes on ice, why the frozen waterways are creating big headaches for the shipping industry and a country known for dangerous working condition animators are looking to change that perception. ♪ good morning and welcome to al jazeera america, i'm stephanie sy, four people have been killed and dozens injured in bangkok thailand has police mount an offensive against antigovernment protesters. police detained about 100 demonstrators while trying to clear protest camps around government offices that have been occupied for weeks and as al jazeera veronica reports it shows how volatile it is between the prime minister and opposition calling for her to resign. >> it was before noon in this historical area of old bangkok when the violence

they are coming from one of the central bangkok stages. just a few meters down the road here. also in the area is a pro-government group. as these protesters have been moving down hire, there has been a lot of gunfire coming from somewhere and also explosions. there is very little security in this area. some soldiers unarmed. and some police. but very little security at the moment. as you can see, the protesters moving down this road. this was an area of bangkok the security forces both military and police have warned could see violence on election day. we haven't even reached a day yet and already a lot of gunfire and explosions here. >> that was al jazeera's wayne hay. >>> they did the scenario smashing. newly released video shows smashing computer hard drives. it contained information that snowden sent them. >>> new jersey governor cuts are christie is out and about for super bowl vents. he is steering clear of the bridge gate scandal. new information suggests that he did in fact know who what was going on last september when commuters lanes of the george washington bridge

cut to the axle on reports from bangkok. in two thousand aids anti government protests is occupied to make airports in bangkok to using it for her for a week and this time bomb as they threatened to close the airport that the massive protests and praying that when the self the night man more than two thousand thomas had been driving tractors from central high and towards the one from the airport on thursday. they were undermining the government hold them for rides that had pictures from that. it's really been my wife and child can take it anymore. we really have no money. the boutique and or money it would help a lot the promise had been guessing as to the capital that they hold back on friday a representative says the government of prime minister than up to what promised to pay them for some of them twice next week but bombings criticize the government for the mismanagement. when the body. i don't know what the government and the ministers are thinking they started rice planting purchases on the first of october last year.

he says he is going to is disrupt the current government, shut down bangkok campaign last month. postpleks some see the protestors still seeing a role moving forward but only a supporting one. >> they have been very important limit before february 2nd onward. they need to be there to create a similar atmosphere for solutionto come. they are not direct solution either. >> the government says when the polls closed on sunday it did not end the crisis. >> we asked the power of the people, who legitimize it by giving us -- you know by participating without violence. but we knew the next step is, has to be a -- by election. >> a quorum cannot be established until a election is completed. that means no governmental can be established. so until this happens, the government and the people of thailand remain in inscrurpt. scott hideler, al jazeera, bangkok. >>> conservationists say they want to stop hunting 1,000 wails each year. 1986 ban on whaling. are. >> such an act of obstruction cannot be tolerated. another area where the ship is registered to take proper measures. >> tributes are po

not all and its controlled singapore that wraps up our tent open sun every land in bangkok you do. still struggling with he told its citizens to whom and to proceed. it repeats. she will come. good news indeed so don't open til tuesday. from boeing the world researchers at the world health organization warned the number of cancer patients around the globe could rise sharply especially in developing countries doubly a show researchers say the number of new cancer cases could rise more than fifty percent to twenty two million a year in the next two decades. they published the report ahead of world cancer day on tuesday. they see more people in developing countries will likely get cancer as their lifestyles change. toledo researchers note that more than sixty percent of new cases of cancer are in africa asia and latin america. they want governments of those regions to do more to prevent the disease and to detect give her away. researchers say one way of doing that is to make it easier for people to get health checks. they also say raising tobacco taxes in regulating sales of sugary so

saddam and eight the lord is all about and that some of bullets in atlanta and son andrew and i in bangkok the emission of one point to him. this percentage solution six and the future. their annual national people's congress. aggressive in cheek jumping fences along with the challenge. don't miss our special coverage. utah thx heavy rains in the uk darby neurologist roberts pettitte has one robber. the us so we are seeing out here today is another low pressure area moving through old personally areas where you just don't need any more rainfall at this point it does look like an additional thirty to fifty millimeters will be fall in the next twenty four hours not just that but some high and we got him a roll these lines very close together well as in the team wins the scenery around seven the gust up to one hundred and twenty kilometers per hour or so along the western seaboard of the british isles looking at about five meter high waves even a coastal storm surge is possible to the biggest iraq is easy areas in red and that's where you of the flood warnings in place. it's not just do this

from bangkok and mounting political confrontation. some people feel a knot and i'm losing faith in politics. the show back in time and ask you won't be scanned. that wraps up our plates and i've got to the exiled or in pangkor. in it. sth. the weather is getting warmer here in japan our meteorologist roberts pan that has more rubber. yes so we are seeing rain now is as high pressure that is dominating. it is great for some on sunnier skies and a calmer weather out here gone to the next several days across much of him to the bill which was created most of china. you are seeing some of fair weather out here and no is starting to doubt their aim to portions of central eastern china that's concrete some rain showers here for you but all fours or that heidi that i'm talking about is bringing these very still and calm conditions now unfortunately what that makes four is very thick haze in the toilet he will appear odd to hear a monday morning and you can see awesome reduce visibility if you hear is supporting down to a half a km or less the

as the current deadlock continues to paralyze bangkok there's no clear solution in sight. in afghanistan the president of candidates are gearing up for april's crucial election the constitution bans incumbent hamad karzai from running for a third term and a lot is at stake for afghans in the upcoming election. u s combat troops are scheduled to leave the country at the end of the year. so restoring security and rebuilding the country with the key tasks for the new leader on tuesday the candidates lock horns in their first double look televised debate and is carol's house at the suter reports. i'm kind of a steep hiking shoes is due date aol's stress the significance of the upcoming election. we couldn't provide the country's first transfer of power through democratic procedures see the end of the cbo will. i think it's a unique opportunity when we've focused on solving problems it's on discussing the teachers to compete. our team as has been teaching but said the proposal is and i hope the outcome she wanted men. on top. but when someone decides. shape into sydney as if he

the list and i wasn't as funny as in bangkok and i i knew. rescue teams in eastern japan are trying to reach thousands of people stranded at home where stock in their cars because of the snow heavy snowfall over the weekend. blocked roads and disrupted train lines more than one hundred communities have become isolated because of the conditions. government leaders have decided to apply the disaster relief act in twenty minutes of felonies most parts of yamaguchi prefecture became cut off as traffic on roads leading their team to a halt than forty locations. rescue workers are using helicopters to transport patients to hospitals and to bring those stranded to safety the fourteen people out from the tunnel in one region well in the cosmos and we were so worried. the exit was blocked by snow and we had to walk over the mountain avoiding avalanches call for help the names of eight of them. and one point about for the cars were stuck on a road in nagano prefecture i remember spending four days in a traffic stop. i didn't really do have such heavy s

the scene provinces in the sales and areas of bangkok many polling places stage shots due to opposition blockades millions were prevented from casting ballots heel position has rejected the poll as the legitimate protest leaders that it talks about it says supporters will disrupt by elections the theory is we constituencies were kept from voting. and i don't know how many months it will take with them due to my head. it all are you sure you they will not give enough representatives to open the parliament. the electoral commission hasn't announced results that will only happen once voting is complete in every way. and with the opposition ballymore disruption sunday's election may herald gets more political payoffs. of course fun than a can of us has been covering the story in bangkok on wheels to the leo was partial construction might mean for the election outcome well although it hurts him the thai people clearly said that they wanted to go to many of them in bangkok and chop it into a franchise by the opposition movement in the week that the election coming and who are denied by electi

three people have been killed and dozens winded in bangkok, oustrities have tried to antigovernment protesters as prime minister year election watcher will face corruption charges -- as premise or yingluck shinawatra will face corruption charges. ♪ >> talks on iran's nuclear program are taking place in vienna. iranian officials meeting with negotiators from 6 other world powers after three months -- three months after tehran agreed to curb enrichment in exchange for a lifting of sanctions. our international affairs editor douglas herbert joins me in the studio. both the u.s. and iran have downplayed hopes of a breakthrough. could these talks be extended? lowe are going in with expectations, remember these talks are meant to build on the interim agreement reached in october -- last november, it went into effect in january. hoping to build on that so they can reach a comprehensive deal by the end of july. the line 19 is a final day they are supposed to reach that deal and start implementing it. going into the talks, most observers and participants, they have been going on for about a decade, the

but bangkok and the south may see some real problems. this is an election that is not so much about which party wins the most votes. it has been pretty clear to everyone that the party that is currently running the government, led by the prime minister is the most popular party. they have won elections handily the last few ballots. what it's more about is how many thai people make a point of exercising their right to vote. and therefore the election is more of a litmus test of the ordinary thai persons,aspirations for a truly electoral democracy. >> two aides of afghan president candidate have been shot dead. both men were members of his campaign team in the country's west. this comes just a day before official campaigning begins. >>> well many afghan ref fled to neighboring countries won't be able to vote in the april election. there are more than 1 and a half million of them in pakistan. large number of afghans are living in refugee camps there. they have helped bring almost 4 million afghans back home since 2002. here is our report. >

they called their operation the peace of bangkok mission.hey mobilized 15,000 officers to try to regain control of government buildings that protesters had surrounded but it was far from peaceful, dozens of protesters were injured as well as several police officers. gunfire was heard and the number of people were killed. the protesters insist they have been peaceful and will remain in the streets. people in thailand have had to live through a power struggle for almost 8 years now, it's essentially the middle class, fighting against the working class supporters. mass protests by both sides have taken place out there this time, and have also been disbursed by the police. but the struggle for power seems endless, and until the dispute is settled, the cycle of protest seems certain to be repeated. >>> in south korea students are mourning the loss of their classmates who died an an auditorium roof collapsed. nine students died when the structure gave way yesterday. a tenth person was also killed, hundreds of others are recovering from their injur

but bangkok and the south may see some real problems. this is an e less that is not so much about which party wins the most votes. it's been pretty clear to everyone that the party that is currently running the government, led by prime minister ketit and chinowat is the most popular party. they have won e elections han handily the last few ballots. what it's more about is how many thai people make a point of exercising their right to vote and, therefore, tests election is more of a litmus test of the tie person's flew on democracy. >> this flu season has spared those most vulnerable. the virus is taking a toll on an unexpected group, healthy adults. annie rowcian explains. >> mary welke got her flu shot but when she found out a relative is in the hospital with the flu on a res perator, she got a pneumonia shot. >> he looked perfectly healthy when i saw him a week ago. >> how bad has it been? >> it has been worse than in years past. >> in fact, dr. alexander thomas of it rush university medical center says the hospital has seen double the

let's go live to bangkok. tell us about the politics of this move. the anticorruption committee, is it seen as pro or anti-government? >> well, this is an independent organization. it is not linked to the government, but if you talk to the people behind me, supporters of the prime minister, they, too, believe that the anticorruption commission is leaning towards the opposition, and they believe the opposition is using the judiciary to exert more pressure on the prime minister to resign. people are calling this a judicial coup. they gathered outside the headquarters of anticorruption commission. the prime minister did not show you and sends legal representatives. the prime minister is denying charges. the courts are looking into allegations that there was corruption at the government program, the subsidy scheme. they are well aware what was going on. this is not just about the subsidies scheme. there is a political crisis. it's deepening. it played out in the secrets. the prime minister, herself, is in the north of the country. why is she there, given

that's correspondent veronica pedrosa joining us from bangkok. thank you. >> let's go to nigeria, where 47 people are now thought to have been killed while attending church on sunday. fighters suspected of belonging to boko haram set off explosives and took hostages during a 5-hour scene. we have this report from the scope of 9 finals in northern nigeria. >> this is one of the few people who survived when armed men raided st. paul's catholic church on sunday. >> he tells me how the men got into the church. he was sitting at the back in the corner and crawled out when the violence started. they circled the church, came in and foyered. people were running. women and children. they kept firing. some of us went into the bushes, and they followed us and killed us like dogs. they didn't say anything. they did not tell us who they were or why. they opened fire, and some dressed like law enforcement agents. >> no one claimed responsibility, but it looks like the work of boko haram, a group that wants a strict form of islamic law imposed across the countr

we have a special report on bangkok tourism.last month rose to levels not seen since 2010. a shift in emphasis or a new year glitch? we will ask our correspondent. largest rail freight operator is out with results. ceo, all thathe and more in this monday edition of "asia edge." keeping an eckert eye on the markets today. we are seeing gains across the asia-pacific as we begin a new trading week. we are seeing the cost the index up 0.3%. slowingnese economy with the latest gdp numbers showing the government's big task as it tries to raise the consumption tax. we are watching that closely. the hang seng advancing along with the shanghai composite. shares in china erasing their

. >> we have more from the thai capital of bangkok. >> there are still questions on who is going to lead thailand. the question is the number of people coming out. there is a 46% voter turnout. one in ten polling centers were closed by antigovernment protestor. the protestor and the opposition party boycotting the polling and 26% tuned out to vote. thousands of would be voters filed police complaints saying they were blocked to cast a ball botly the protestor. >> across the borders all share the same principles. we are peaceful protestor and held a picnic protest on election day and didn't disrupt anyone. >> but they are maintaining the disruption on the streets of bangkok. >> the leader is continuing with the goal to remove the current government and dismantling the stages that were set up during the shutdown bangkok campaign last month. post elections some see the protestor playing a roll moving forward but only a supportive one. >> they are is very important element before february. they need to be there to create a simmering for solution to come that they are not the direction soluti