i'm patchari raksawong in bangkok. >>> many children become infatuated with computer games at an early age. now some educators in japan are trying to help young people transform a hobby into a career path. nhk world's keiko yamamoto has the story. >> reporter: last month in tokyo, a group of elementary school students took to the stage. they were showing off smartphone applications they had created. >> translator: my game is called battle rpg. >> reporter: 80 children took part. the projects include drawing apps and battle games. >> translator: it's fun to use my imagination to create games. >> reporter: more than 200 elementary school students attend programming classes that were launched by an i.t. company. university students help out. organizers want to familiarize children with programming to nurture their talent. they aim to address the growing qualified programmers. >> translator: we hope as many children as possible will not just approach i.t. as a game, but go on to master it, and see the many possibilities it presents. it could affect their career choices. >> reporter: the st

government pilots are seeding clouds to try and force moisture out of them and we have more from bangkok from the air the problem is plain to see, hundreds of square kilometers of agricultural land is drying up across thailand and it has been like this for months and there has been no sign of annual rains but should have arrived by now. fields that should be plenty with rice are practically dry and nationwide the crop is now being declared a failure and government department of rain making and agricultural aviation department are trying to make it rain by using chemicals sprayed from the sky. >> translator: not only the central region but every province throughout the country is facing a drought due to the weather changing severely part of this is because of el nino. >> reporter: so little rain has fallen since last year that even irrigation canals and dams can't help. villagers are worried about falling water levels. >> translator: around one week this canal will dry out, the rice fields inside there are almost ready to harvest. there will be a lot of damage. some of the farmers have al

patchari raksawong at our bureau in bangkok has the story. >> ghani's message to the nation on friday signaled the start of the holiday celebrating the end of the fasting on ramadan. since assuming his post last year, ghani has made peace talks with the taliban a key pillar of his government's agenda. ghani spoke at the presidential palace in the capital kabul. he said negotiations are the solution, the way, and this is what our nation wants to end the bloodshed. >> translator: the issue of the taliban is different from others. they want to participate in the political process. and if they have some problems, they'll be solved through negotiations. other terrorists who have come from other countries, neighboring countries and other places, our security forces have responded to them with force. >> afghan government officials held talks on tuesday last week with representatives of the taliban. the meeting is the first dialogue officially concerned between the two sides. it was held in the hill resort of murree in pakistan. the government and the taliban agreed to restart talks after ram

this is just a grate outside of a temple in bangkok, thailand. he sees it doesn't think anyone is going to believe it just to get that little moment. >> this is how godzilla got started. >> so earlier today, somebody stole my bike. when i got home i checked craigslist and i found my bike for sale. >> isn't that a big ole slap in the face? a bike is a young boy's sense of freedom, it's how you get around it's your fun, and to have it stolen? but then to find it on craigslist that same day. >> i just messaged the guy, i told them i'll buy it but when i meet up with him, i'm going to steal it back. >> hey, man, this is steven from craigslist. you have the bike right? >> yeah yeah still have it. >> nothing wrong with it? >> no it's in great shape. it's like new. moved back to south florida, so i don't need it. i have my own bike. just getting rid of it. >> wow, that's a pretty legit, well thought out story. >> yeah yeah it's my cousin's he left it at my house, i don't need it. >> i'll probably be there in an hour that good? >> okay. >> let's steal my

bangkok, another airport. we talked earlier about japan. reporter: yes, let's begin with japan.k of japan at being excellent with engineering. rishaad: that was quite the project, wasn't it? it is really a floating airport. reporter: it is an engineering marvel, built out at sea, and it was waterlogged, and they have been fixing that. in jakarta, there is that age-old problem of infrastructure. the runway was long enough to handle the big just but not sturdy enough. then they could fly to london and, of course bangkok, a huge facility, as you know well, but it is built on swampland, reclaimed swampland, which has presented a host of problems cracking runways, and you will remember that bangkok was closed for months at the airport for resurfacing, and that was a nightmare for arrivals and departures. rishaad: as he said here in jakarta, problems, as well. they could not handle the biggest aircraft, as you are mentioning. reporter: and a myriad other issues, if you want to get technical. the airports have wind shear devices to protect pilots and passengers, and it really is a tale

he was confirmed as the first known case of mers at a bangkok hospital.he thai health ministry has confirmed none of the 176 people who were in contact with the man have been infected. over in indonesia, the health ministry conducted a health meeting to prevent the spread of the mers virus. officials used a device to measure body temperature, and they played the role of travelers traveling into and out of the country on a pilgrimage to mecca. >> translator: we expected indonesian people to be aware of mers. there are a few people who were not, but some young people have already figured it out. we provided kits giving information about what mers is is, and we also asked the minister of transportation to air television announcements on flights. >> no mers cases have been confirmed in indonesia so far. >>> police in thailand are making sure visitors can take a ride without getting ripped off. they are cracking down on conspiracy between tuktuk drivers and shop owners. foreign tourists say tuktuk drivers took them to a jewelry stores. they say they were then

and tie land has charged 72 people with human trafficking and 15 are thai officials and bangkok launchedvestigation in may after 26 bodies were found in graves close to the border with malaysia. now friday marks one year since the last case of polio was reported in nigeria and it's still in parts of pakistan and afghanistan but nigeria success raised hopes that health workers are winning the fight to eradicate the disease and we have more from the city in nigeria's plateau state. >> paralysis is the main symptom of polio and in the state they contracted the virus as children probably from drinking dirty water or swallowing human excrement while playing and they receive wheelchairs and he is a survivor himself distributes the wheelchairs for suffers and he is happy it has been a year since the last case of polio has been reported. >> we have to give lots of credit to the government for this effort at polio ratification. the national healthcare program agency are with the foundation. >> given doses of a polio vaccine in abuja and taken years of door to door campaigning to give 111 million

he joins us live from bangkok.talk us through on you badly the drought has affected farmers and their crops crops in cambodia. >> thank you darren. we have been monitoring the situation very closely together with the government as well as international research institutions. and what we have seen over the last few months and weeks is below average rainfall conditions as well as a delay in the on set of the rainy season which has resulted in farmers delaying the planting of the rice crop which is, of course, the key drop in the region. we also look at forecasts and the forecasts indicate potential improvement as well as more favorable rain conditions across cambodia as well as other countries in the region. however, we remain concerned about the potential impact that the dry spell might have small holder rural farmers who,, depends very much on rain for their agriculture. >> and there are other factors at play as well here n. pests are affecting production, too, aren't they in. >> of course. of course. dry spells an

but according to new laws in thailand rallies like this one by students in bangkok are illegal. all these students say they wanted to do in late june was openly disagree with the government's policies. with security forces in sizable numbers ready to move in it wasn't long before the group of 14 were arrested and charged with sedition. they have now been released and are waiting for a trial date in a military court. those in charge are very clear about the government's position. >> translator: we have followed the international standards of a judiciary system. they have ever right to fight the charges in military court. we do everything openly. festopenly.openly . >> they are normal people therefore they should not be tried no military court. they believe it's wrong to be bailed out from that court. >> reporter: messages of support continue to gather pace at the university where some of the students study. it's been a year since a new military-backed civilian government came to power in thailand. martial law was lifted but new legislation was goesed to limit freedom of associati

i think we had a lot of problems in bangkok when it opened.baggage carousel's didn't work but beyond that the runways had issue with the pavement. the level of swampland at that airport is built on continues to have issues today. in jakarta, the runway was too old. the pavement could not withstand the weight of the heaviest aircraft. consequently, indonesia could not fly 777s to london because they couldn't get off the ground. kansei airport had the same problems. rishaad: on the way, we go back pushing boardroom, ahead with a key shareholder meeting. markets have opened in hong kong and shanghai. hong kong finishing its premarket session down. ♪ rishaad: looking at top stories, asian stock losses go into their fourth day. hedge funds taking short positions on gold for the first time. expectations going that the fed will raise rates in this year, making other assets more profitable. the slowing economy accused of helping drag down the rage of commodities. on al to lift tariffs range of products, including semi conductors, medical products, and

we have reports from bangkok. they have started a process called "cloud seeding" to bring on much-needed rain. >> from the air the problem is plain to see. hundreds of square kilometers of agricultural land is drying up across thailand. it's been like this for months. there has been no sign of annual rains that should have arrived by now. fields that should be pentful with rice are practically dry and nationwide the probable is declare a failure. the government's department of royal rainmaking and agricultural aviation are trying to make it rain by using chemicals sprayed from the sky. >> not only the central region but every province throughout the country is facing a drought due to the weather changing severely. >> so little rain has fallen since last year. even irrigation canals and dams can't help. officials are worried about falling water levels. >> in a week the canal will dry out. there will be a lot of damage. some of the farmers have invested a lot of money in them. >> government officials have been expla

this is just a great outside of a temple in downtown bangkok thailand. the guy sees this and doesn't think anyone will believe it. he gets the camera rolling just to capture that little moment. >> this is how go ds illa got started. >> a crime making the rounds. this comes after a plymouth. we got a camera inside and he starts peaking through and spots something he's going to like to take. gets a quick tour and smashes the back window before grabbing laptop. you might be wondering, why do we have so much incredible footage of this guy robbing a cop. >> it's a sting operation. >> after all the break ins, police decided to put a car there with a tempting laptop in the back and we get a clip of these two windows getting a beautiful shot of their face as they try to rob this car. they were quickly able to track these guys down. one was already given community service of 30 days and the other one awaiting sentencings in october. police in australia on the other side of the world looking for this person on the white jacket of the left-hand side. you're going t

al jazeera bangkok. >> there might abdrought in thailand, but there's more rain in northeast asia, andthere's a typhoon heading to shanghai. >> this one's been heading to shanghai for the last five days and coincidentally has given rain to northern taiwan to help this what was their drought. let's go and have a look at some satellite. a typhoon, we are ignoring this one, because it is days away, but this one is a different matter altogether. it's taken a direct course towards the chinese coast. it was a category four, now a three. it will decline as it interacts with the land and water. its track will take its across the top of shanghai. it will do all this in the next 24 hours and finally end up where it's shown on the top of your screen a couple of days away. the immediate future is quite dangerous. winds gusting 250 might decline. it's moving steadily the right direction. the amount of rain is tremendous. we're probably talking about half a meter maybe a meter of rain. also, it's generating waves as in the open ocean something like 12 meters so you've got battering waves on the chin

so west of bangkok. and south of where we are reporting, 60mm of rain in the last 24 hours. let me take you up into the area. is there the problem. the high ground is catching the rain before it gets further in. they are waiting for the return to get rain. the immediate prospect - let's look at the forecast. there's rain in a vague area all over thailand. the concentrations west of bangkok, not really where you want it. passing showers are possible. a big change possibly not. it's dive on season. we have an active season and the latest typhoon is on its way to japan. there it is. visualized. it will probably drop to a one as it makes landfall across japan in the next 24 hours. >>> thank you for that. protesters against building a fence along the hungry-serbia border rallied in the center of booud pest -- booud pest. >> hungary says the fence is needed to keep out illegal migrants. construction of the fence began monday. this year hungry registered 7,000 migrants from the middle east and africa. >> our bush keeper of auch wits has been sound guilty of being an accessory to th

. >> government officials in bangkok are explaining about what solutions they have. >> other government bodies couple army and local administration to help people with. this is to make chush everybody has are rain in daily use puss. other countries such as tif juan and if north and south korea have all been experiencing their own differing levels of trout. rains are not be patricked in the the rides of havepicked up. >> greetinmates one by one, pope francis clasping their hands and kissing children. announcing corruption in the legal system but as virginia lopez reports the catholic church's influence has been dwindling behind bars. >> prisons in bolivia are notorious four being yore crowded and under the effective control of the in the. utd thil housings 350 people in a size designed for one 50. for many years the catholic clump as well as the state have tried too make life more bearable. but this is no longer the case. >> translator: the church is no longer bringing the activities that it brings to but only coming on a few occasions to giver mass. they especially need that spiritual s

lisbon chicago, dublin northern bangkok, london stuff like that they were talking about singapore. going to do it by drone. >> it's so coal it's the modern-day ike cream man. remember you used to have to chase down the truck? now the truck comes to you when you want it to. >> so did we uber some ice cream to the studio? that would be great. >> that would be ridiculous bit about ice cream without having some ice cream. what is that one? >> shacka cone? >> shaka cone. >> if you want to jump on board, you've got the uber app, just do it right now. trust me. >> ice cream does make everything bet >>> public in trying to play with ice. ♪ >>> if you saw this girl walking around in public -- >> ah! >> with her skirt kind of stuck into her underwear. what would you do? would you tell her other break out your camera and sneak a peek. >> no you would tell her. go to this woman and say, honey, you're tucked in your undies. >> i know you would. the channel sent the girl to find out what would the public do? >> sir, were you working at me? are you sure? >> liar liar pants on fire no i didn't see

bangkok had rain. 29 millimeters in the last 24 hours. our report came from the north of bangkok.there's been some, just virtually useless. given that you're in the monsoon season now it's not likely to improve until it comes back again approximate the north monsoon. >> typhoon story hanging around for about two weeks it's a category two drop to go one. the important thing is where it's heading. with winds around 200-kilometer per hour mark, but dropping, it's now heading towards southern japan. we have the storm surge. it's moving quite quickly ruffle speaking northward and this is its course over the next two or three days. this area will be really hit hard by this storm. >> still ahead on the program, i would feel like i'm returning to my home if i go. i will sit here until they bomb me. >> we speak to the civilians risking their lives to keep their homes in ukraine's conflict zone. >> i'm adam rainy on the haitian-dominican border. some are still crossing in to live and work, facing the threat that deportation. >> the favorite has already hit and they will be here with that st

it will connect the cap bangkok and the eastern seaside. they agreed to finalize their railway route by august and begin construction by october. thailand's national rail operator will receive chinese know-how on driving trains and controlling traffic. thai officials will continue to negotiate the interest rate on funds needed for the project. they say china's proposed rate is too high. >>> the president of myanmar has been making a pitch aimed at japanese investors. president thein sein is in tokyo to attend the japan summit that starts saturday. nhk interviewed thein sein on thursday. he said he has been successfully guiding myanmar towards democracy. he said the country is in transition to become a market economy. he acknowledged it suffers from a low level of economic development. >> translator: i hope japan will invest actively to improve infrastructure and create jobs in our country. >> myanmar is expected to hold a general election as early as november. the president indicated he will seek re-election. we'll present the full intervie

in bangkok, thailand. very busy roadway.he guy up ahead in the pickup truck here is being quite cautious as he tries to merge out into traffic. soon after you see this guy here in that red toyota driving kind of jerky. >> oh! >> back and forth, whipping through traffic. he has a beef. i don't know why. i didn't see what happened behihe car with the dash cam. but something has fired that little red car up. he pulls in front of the pickup tr in s like he's going to get out, try to start something. the guy in the pickup truck says i'm going to ignore this guy in the red car. here comes little red car again, speeding through traffic. pickup truck driver's urge to voit avoid conflict doesn't quite work. >> oh, no. >> oh! >> oh! >> even though we don't see the biker get up in the video, all reports we've seen say he suffered minor injuries. thankfully he seemed to be okay. screeching tires got the attention of the guy with the camera here. that car just seemingly trying to do some donuts in the middle of an intersection completely

the planned railroad will extend 860 kilometers and connect nong khai and the capital bangkok and rayong. thailand's national rail operator will receive chinese know-how on driving trains and controlling traffic. thai officials will continue to negotiate the interest rate on funds needed for the project. they say china's proposed rate is too high. >>> tokyo offers plenty of ways for people to have fun and relax, but it's also one of the world's most crowded cities where space is at a premium. in our next story we find out about businesses that take their customers to new heights. >> reporter: entertainment is the name of the game in tokyo's shibuya district. but one of the latest offerings is a rare sight in the big city. >> cam customers pay to use the cooking grill. they can prepare food provided by the store or they can bring their own. >> translator: we don't often have this chance. you normally have to travel a long way to barbecue. doing it on a rooftop is convenient. >> for me, i think it's kind of strange. it's kind of the experience of japan, but yeah we never do this in the sta

the monsoonal rains continuing to impact bangkok over towards manila. and i want to mention our other storm system. this is halola now tracking off here towards the west passing by wake island. and this one, it's really stirring up the seas right now. let's see what's going on over here towards the americas. actually still severe thunderstorms erupting across much of the central u.s. take a look at this photo monday out of kansas. a tornado there. what the bigger issue has been is the winds, the straight line winds with these storm cells which were blowing through across the northeastern u.s. now we're going to be seeing that continuing to track off. there's still that threat of more severe weather at least through the rest of your tuesday heading into wednesday morning. and the temperatures are continuing to rise. you want to stay cool out here. especially across the deep south. take a look at new orleans. into the 30s. with the heat index it's going to feel well into the 40s out here through your wednesday. i'll leave you now with your extended outloo

patchari raksawong at our bureau in bangkok has more. >> in a rare message for the reclusive leader,omar backed the direct talks between the taliban and kabul saying they are legitimate. the talks hosted by pakistan were the first officially recognized direct negotiations between the two warring parties. concurrently with armed jihad -- the international community has welcomed the direct talks, but many analysts remain skeptical about whether they'll lead to full-fledged peace negotiations. hardliners within the taliban are calling for a complete withdrawal of international troops in afghanistan as a precondition for starting peace talks. the taliban has carried out suicide attacks in kabul on the same day of the attacks. it's time now to get another check of the weather. robert speta joins us again with an update on the tyvon heading towards japan and weather conditions elsewhere. >> let's start off with the typhoon here because i still want to mention it here. it's continuing to near the coastline of shik oaku expected to make landfall thursday night to friday morning. a threat is

thunderstorms across bangkok.chongqing reaching 35 degrees, 35 for saturday and sunday here in tokyo. so heat stroke will be at high risk. here across europe the great level of instability still continues across the balkans and northern italy as well as southern germany. we have this very active cold front. as for your friday we're actually looking at a high risk of severe thunderstorms across the barcelona area here in the iberian peninsula including tornadic activities and precipitation. there could be downbursts that could affect these areas. and a wide range of thunderstorms to be felt across the central areas including a lot of those big cities. paris looking at rainfall at 26 degrees. a cooldown in london. but still we're looking at a lot of this heat that is persisting across the central areas. now quick look here in the americas. we're still looking at these low pressure systems and that stationary boundary in the carolinas. so do watch out if you're in those vicinities. i'll leave you for the extended for

bangkok up to 34 on your friday. then over towards the americas we're still watching de inging do lorous out here. weather is erupting over towards the great lakes region. some of these storms could produce tornadoes, large hail and even damaging winds. also down towards florida, if you have travel plans out here in the lightning capital of the u.s., you may want to watch out for that because there is the threat of lightning as we go ahead into your friday evening. temperatures on the hot side though. this is across the deep south, remember and that means that you're going to be looking at some humidity coming off the gulf of mexico. these temperatures could be feeling like they're in the 40s. then into the british isles, we do have a rather potent storm system moving overhead winds up to 50 60 kilometers per hour. around london you may see delays. but the temperatures on the hot side across the mediterranean. well into the 30s on your friday. here's the extended outlook. >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsl

it happened in bangkok. continues to suffer with swap issues -- swamp issues.hut down prepare -- repair work. it significantly impact of the economy. in jakarta, they just completed upgrades so that the 777 can take off. purchased those planes poker recently not able to fly to london because they could not achieve takeoff performance. yvonne: these risks are heightened here. zeb: aging infrastructure. yvonne: thank you. time for a look at other stories . thai airways is adjusting its a schedule to cut costs. from october 25, it will scrap rome and los angeles flights. the carrier has about 50 unprofitable routes. they plan to transfer operations to his budget brand. the company says changes are temporary and they will be reviewed. says they have no plans to reduce production in china despite slowing sales. the company was considering cutting output numbers and worker hours in china. salese, passenger vehicle fell for the first time in more than two years as growth slowed. beyond macauking to upset the continuing slump. it is betting on monaco, taking 5% of oper

the ivory, on the way to laos seized in bangkok after a tip. the seizure makes headlines >> thai customs displayed over 3 tons of confiscated african ivory worth 6 million dollars. >> a historic bust of ivory from kenya... >> and that equates to almost 900 elephants... >> but the perpetrators of this horrible crime against animals are never caught. for law enforcement entities like interpol stopping the killing of elephants at the source is what's critical. the question is: where exactly is all this ivory coming from? >> they almost always ship the ivory out of a different country from which it was poached. because.... that's where you start your search you're looking in the wrong place. >> sam wasser is the director of the center for conservation biology at university of washington. when it comes to solving the mysteries of the illegal trade wasser has created a coalition of scientists, virtual detectives using techniques in:dna extraction from ivory genetic mapping through dung sampling and radio carbon dating. this multi pronged approach att

you just got off the plane. >> just landed from bangkok, yes. >> how was that? >> bangkok is nice.now. i know. i was expecting denver but they're very thai. >> how did the baby like -- >> she doesn't tell me much. she doesn't have a vote. >> i'll bet she was spoiled rotten. >> my daughter was doing a movie, so i was with her all the time. >>> talk about the movie. >> yeah it's basically -- you know,ist based on real science, just that we have a billionaire kind of mogul guy played by sir ben kingsley he's at the end of his rope he life. he wants to find a way to carry on. he meets a certain person that for an extraordinary fee, is willing to transfer a consciousness into a younger body that can carry on husband woirk for quite a long time. but of course there are dire extreme consequences to doing that. >> so what was it like working with ben kingsley. >> pretty cool. you know i had a nice year. i got to work with dame helen mirren. i'm from canada. they don't knight us there. went straight to bangkok. >> i think this is a pretty universal sentiment, you want to live forever -- >>

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. >> the couple is living in hiding with their two children in bangkok hoping that the courts will rule in their favorite. a huge smile from baby carmen 6-month-old unwittingly in the center of the world of thai surrogacy. >> under the law he needs the approval of the surrogate mother who gave birth to her using an egg donor. >> i have no legal rights over carmen. and the woman who gives birth has all legal rights and we have been terrified from day one that she, the police social services would try to take carmen from us. >> lake and his husband believe that the surrogate decided to keep the baby because she found out they were gay. the woman denies that, saying she only cares about carmen's safety. >> translator: i miss her every day. you see how cruel the world is today and i just don't know what they are going to the with my baby. >> reporter: she says she never agreed to give the baby to lake and filed complaints with the thai police and the u.s. embassy. >> i will fight to tend in the court. >> reporter: lake says that the surrogate signed paperwork at the hospital and only change

sahil raman, al jazeera bangkok. be thethe ash has been affected.erald tan explains. >> after spitting ash for a week the eruption scales up a notch. the volcano from east java belches ash into the 68. five airns have now been shot down, thousands are travelers and tourists are going to be stranded. >> they can't tell us if we will fly tomorrow or the next day. >> many indonesians flying home at the end of the muslim month of ramadan bali is also a hot spot for foreigners, and in sydney many travelers are in a bind. >> we can't speak to anyone either because there is no one at the counter. is yes it's really disappointing and i guess the big problem for us is we don't have the opportunity to take admonish holidays. >> so far there has about no been no vaks evacuation watch. gerald tan, al jazeera. >> south sudan civil war white army largely civilian force that's been fighting government troops alongside the rebels. catherine soy has this exclusive report. >> in times of trouble it's young men who are called to the front line to help fight rival trib

bangkok launched an investigation into human trafficking in may after 26 bodies were found in graves close to the border of malaysia. the bodies are believed to be those of migrants. >>> a motorbike taxis are a popular way to get around in busy cities. >> it started with a mobile phone application. now six months later go-check has more than one million users and 11,000 motorbike driversers delivering services. taking people to destinations, delivering food orders so people do in the have to sit in their cars for hours. >> go jek is more efficient. it saves time, and saves money. >> go-jek is a version of o-jeks that can be found at street corners. >> we're selling time. that has to be one of the precious commodities being an urban dweller. and so it works because both sides of the platform are benefiting. >> this is also the only way to get around in the big cityies in indonesia. drivers have been facing violence and threats from other traditional traditions. >> ojeks have ordered go-jeks not to enter their neighborhoods neighborhoods. >> my bike has been hit with sticks. it happens

we are live to bangkok, taipei and mumbai this hour.ecline for the fifth day because of china around the world. brent crude is in a bear market on global oversupply and weakening demand while gold remains near five-year lows. and a bumpy flight in china and hong kong. the buyer is delta looking to expand its presence in the asia-pacific. follow me on twitter. and don't forget the #trendingbusiness. let's get straight to the market action to we are clawing back some of these losses. >> we are seeing a couple of the big players like petrol and china and positive territory and paring back losses on the a market. that is kind of important because the try to very much consider the state of state linked markets. it is obviously going to stop the route, but having said that we are still down 5% on the shanghai composite. as is the biggest two-day

bangkok lunched an investigation into human trafficking in may after 26 bodies were found in graves close to the border with malaysia. the bodies were believed to be those of migrants. police i should arrest warrants for a further 45 people. >> a former prison boss in romania has been jailed for crimes against humanity. he is now nearly 90 years old and always maintained he was just doing what he was totaled. lawrence lee reports. >> i was only obeying orders. that was always the defense of this old man against the accusation that he had carried out actions at the start of his prison camp in romaine da which degrade, tortured and killed the political enemies in romania. during his trial by journalists, he kept going back to the same regardingments used by nazi prison guards, that he was carrying out the demands of leaders. >> i only executed the order, but they are the ones who must be asked to come to the ministry of justice. they must call all those who gave orders and question them. >> the problem with that argument is that most of them are dead. he was in charge of the so called priso

he's with us from bangkok. matthew, what is your reaction to this report in terms of the rankings given to malaysia, thailand and myanmar? >> yes thanks, at this point its fairly clear to us that political decision was made to upgrade malaysia. the facts on the ground don't support the decision to give malaysia an upgrade. we've been documenting severe abuses related to the human trafficking of people in malaysia shah and into malaysia in the past several years. this report focuses on malaysia 's performance in 2014 and unfortunately the facts do not speak to an upgrade. >> tell us about some of the abuses that you've documented not only in malaysia, but in thailand and myanmar in particular. >> well, i think one of the more shocking aspects of the documentation not only by fortified rights but other organizations and in the media have been the revelation of a number of mass graves in the border areas. we've been documenting far more mass graves than either thailand or malaysia has acknowledged. and that's been

a chinese airline was headed to bangkok when an engine fire warning lit up.ilots had to make a hard landing in a southern chinese city. crew members said they did not find fire or smoke in the engine. all injuries minor and treated. >>> still to come on "today in the bay," giants in the nation's capital while coliseum provides a fireworks show both during and after the game. we'll explain next. take a live look outside ... at the o.co c >> announcer: you're watching "today in the bay." >> your time is 7:41. we want to give you a live look outside right now at the odotco coliseum. a spectacular show after mariners. game two is today at 1:05. the a's were looking to give their fans fireworks on the field last night and they got off to a great start. oakland jumped out to a 3-0 lead. sadly it would not last. the mariners put on a power display that included four two-run homers. seattle scored nine unanswered runs before a comeback. mariners beat green and gold 9-5. >>> to the nation's capital now, giants taking on the washington nationals. right to the top of th

one of the performers today is the bangkok set. so 7 month lows and broad case selling in the large cap banks that's to blame for the weakness on equities today. that's where we stand. back to you in london. >> thank you so much. if rates stay low for the foreseeable future and janet yellen does not raise rates in september or even december do asian equities look attractive at this level. >> it's interesting. asian equities in some ways from my perspective look in some respects similar to europe in that evaluations relatively look attractive but similar to europe it will really be more about looking at individual companies within asia and rather than saying it's going to be all about certain markets and a broad based view about recovery and demand. we're going to see correlation within sectors fall. i think we're going to see preferences in correlation but in markets it will move toward being a stock pick of the market. >> i don't know anyone that's not bullish on the nikkei at the moment or on japan in general. it's been a phenome