coming to you this week from the capital of thailand, bangkok.s a vibrant city packed with sparkling temples, skyscrapers and night markets, but it's also home to some of the most congested roads in the world, and getting across the city through the tuk tuks in the traffic is a bit of a nightmare — but i'm here to find out what is being done to take the people off the frantic streets and on to the city's waterways. first built over 200 years ago, bangkok's huge network of canals crisscross the city. this is thailand, bangkok, the venice of the east where water is then everyone's way of life. over the years, some of the canals, or klongs, as they're called here, were filled in, but an extensive system still exists today. saen saep canal is an important artery in the network, and 100,000 people travel on it every day. but hopping onto one of the boats as a tourist looks daunting, to say the least. take a look at this. these commuter boats quite literally wait for not a single person. you'll see as soon as the docks, everybody leaps for their lives

a long time ago, before 1782, before bangkok city was built.houses like this would have lined the canal. that's how they get across the canals themselves, these motorbikes have to come over these very steep bridges. people still live here. yes. amazing, isn't it? kind of slanting at all sorts of weird angles because of how old this place is. look at these old, thai puppets. they open this place to be an artist house for any artists coming to enjoy making their masterpiece. the last thing i expected while coming here was seeing this rather eccentric place. you know, the artists need some feeling and emotion to create their masterpiece or their things, so this is a very beautiful area to get their stuff. the clean—up has already gone a long way in restoring the canals to theirformer glory but for the project to be a lasting success, the community here also has a big part to play in protecting the amazing system of waterways that help make bangkok so special. time now for this week's global gourmet. coming to you from the rolling countryside of la

like this property near central bangkok.at he can buy a small apartment and resell it almost immediately at a substantial profit. people in the low end don't have much money and the bank doesn't give the markets, so this will be the problem. but at the moment which people have money and can buy anything they want. if you buy a high end property, people don't use rational much because they have money, they just use rational much because they have money, theyjust use emotion. he showed me and other project which has been heavily marketed overseas. —— another project. foreign, mainly asian, why account for nearly half of the purchases. but is buying uppity in thailand are good long—term investment, as rents are generally low. —— property. a rise in price is not certain. we feel an average rise for midmarket too high end property isjust average rise for midmarket too high end property is just shy of 5%. so the cost is 4%, the cost of the loan, that wipes out any return you might make. so is all of this construction sign of dange

jonathan head has been finding out. 0nce once again, bangkok is in the grip ofa once again, bangkok ising along new railway lines being built out into the suburbs. apartment blocks are rising along these routes. aimed especially at first—time buyers. but experienced property dealers steer clear of the riskier, low—end market. he is focusing on luxury condominiums like this project in central bangkok. here, demand is so high that he can buy a small apartment and resell it almost immediately at a substantial profit. people in the low-end, they do not have much money and the bank does not give mortgages. so that is the problem. at the moment, rich people still have money. they can buy anything they want. if you buy a high—end property, people do not use rationale much because they have money. he showed me another project which has been heavily marketed overseas. foreign, mainly asian buyers account for nearly half of the purchases here. but is buying property is a good long—term investment? rent here is generally low, but only if you believe the property price will rise. that is farfrom c

before 1782, before bangkok city was even built.ople still live here. yes. amazing. slanting at all sorts of weird angles. because of the — how old this place is. these old thai puppets. they open this place to be an artist house, for any artist to come and enjoy making a masterpiece. the last thing i sort of expected while coming here was seeing this rather eccentric place. you know, the artist need some feeling and emotion to create their masterpiece. 0r their things. this is a beautiful area to get that stuff. the clean—up has already gone a long way in restoring the canals to theirformer glory, but for the project to be a lasting success, the community here also has a big part to play in protecting the amazing system of waterways that help make bangkok so special. time now for this week's global gourmet. coming to you from the rolling countryside of lancashire, in the north—west of england, where they are cooking up a new twist on a traditional dish. the first thing about using all of the food from the local area is that everybo

a part offood is daily life in bangkok.ome residents worry it will do away with the city's charm while others say it will boost the tourism industry. with annual growth in tourism of nearly 8%, bangkok is one of the most visited cities in the world. last year, nearly 33 million people travel to thailand. the question is, how many made the trip to grab a salad in the street? >> it will truly be the end of an error if they leave the streets. .aura: a big change were taken a 04/18/17 04/18/17 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> it is time to say the president is never going to release his tax returns? >> we will have to get back to you on that. amy: as millions of americans race to file their taxes today, the white house confirms president trump has no plans to make his tax returns public. this comes as the trump administstration is also refusug to release t theamames of visiss to the white house. we will look at transparency in the age of trump. i

bangkok my singapore, hong kong, taipei, tokyo. we are all growing quickly. japan's focus on expanding japanese tourism and japan as a destination really seems to be working and the quality of the product is excellent. so we see expedia's asian customers increasingly searching japan as a destination. i want to ask your outlook for the airline industry. we are outlook for the airline industry. we a re lots of outlook for the airline industry. we are lots of competition. lower airfares as well, with all of the budget airlines out there. does that automatically translate to more travel for travellers in asia? more supply means lower pricing and we are absolutely seeing lord pricing, especially on international theirs. —— internationalfares. especially on international theirs. —— international fares. that especially on international theirs. —— internationalfares. that means more travellers. it is a great time to travel and we see more capacity coming into the asian pacific market. i think the next five years will be excellent for the asian consumer. you mentioned

for many, bangkok is synonymous with street food, so much so the thai capital was named the best street food destination two years running. but doing so may soon be a thing of the past. officials are cracking down on vendors. they have announced plans to ban stalls across the city by the end of the year. >> vendors make the streets of dirty, leaving food and garbage on the ground, they throw left over food in the announcer: this is a production of china central television america. lee: leonardo da vinci once said that simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication. this week's "full frame," guests are proving that simple ideas to foster change can have the most profound impact. i'm may lee in los angeles. let's take it "full frame." welcome back. see this bar of soap? well, did you know it has the

eventually making their way to bangkok to then migrate to foreign nations such as the united states. hmong also left to other countries in the world such as australia am a france, germany and countries in south america. ms. lo: give it was up to our parents they probably would never -- they just woke up and say let's go to america because he won a better opportunity. to know that, we are just like anybody else. we live here, we work hard. we want to be accepted. just like any other group that comes to america for whatever reason. and to understand that even though we don't have hmongland, the other generations are born here. we doing to color self hmong americans. we are the neighbors and that we are their friends. >> our comcast cable partners worked with c-span cities tour staff when we travel to chico, california. located 90 miles north of sacramento, its agricultural production plays a major economic role both locally and around the world. learn more about chico all weekend here on american history tv. ms. smallhouse: the chinese were here at a valuable time. chico was really com

eventually making their way to bangkok to then migrate to foreign nations such as the united states.mong also left to other countries in the world such as australia, france, germany and countries in south america. ms. lo: if it was up to our parents they probably would , never -- they just woke up and say let's go to america because better opportunity. to know that we are just like everybody else, we have worked accepted,ant to be just like any other group. and to understand that, even though we don't have a homeland, the younger generation, they were born here, and we do want to call ourselves hmong -americans, and we are the neighbors and friends. tourncer 1: our cities recently went to california to learn about it history. learn more about chico and other stops on the cities tour.

eventually making their way to bangkok to then migrate to foreign nations such as the united states. left to other countries in the world such as australia am a france, germany and countries in south america. give it was up to our parents they probably would never -- they just woke up and say let's go to america because he won a better opportunity. to know that, we are just like anybody else. we live here, we work hard. we want to be accepted. just like any other group that comes to america for whatever reason. and to understand that even though we don't have hmongland, the other generations are born here. we doing to color self hmong americans. we are the neighbors and tha that we are their friends. our staffties t traveled to chico, california twin about his history. you can learn about chico and its history at c-span.org /citiestour. you are watching american history tv,, all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >> investigative journalist and best-selling author annie jacobsen is the guest on book tv's in depth. >> the pentagon documents, it is clear it is moving humans in the milit

. >> not like he hasn't been caught, dubai, bangkok, a handful of times in the uk. none of these are too serious. reach out to the police. they are investigating this video. >> thank you. >> looks like he may have met his match. there's a chain, a padlock. no, immediately back around the outside. while he might be at the top of the building, they aren't done yet. >> they don't have the key, do they? >> don't worry. they are not going to be that irresponsible. what he does see is his goal. >> no. >> don't worry. he's not heading down, just to the top of the crane. >> you can see the crane is at a pretty steep angle. just so you know, he's now passed about 700 feet. once he does make it to the top, he does get an incredible view of the city. >> the garden bubble cam. there it is. live stream of a garden in delray beach, florida. if you get the bubble. >> no. >> are you kidding? >> no. they purchased a high-volume bubble machine in 2000. said wouldn't it be cool if people could logon to the internet and activate it themselves. mike was like, hmm, he programmed it so yo

get news and insight on southeast asia every weekday live from bangkok, only on nhk "newsline." >>> china has urged the united states to play its part in resolving their trade imbalance. u.s. president donald trump and the chinese president are scheduled to meet in florida next week. trump has said on social media that the u.s. can no longer tolerate massive trade deficits and job losses. he wrote that his meeting with xi jinping will be very difficult. translator: the u.s. can help ease the imbalance by lifting restrictions on exports of civilian technology to china. we also call on washington to create better conditions for chinese investment in the u.s. i believe these will ease the trade imbalance. >> he also said the issue of north korea will likely be on the agenda. he said china is urging the north to halt its nuclear and missile programs. he added that his country is asking the us and south korea to call off their joint military drills. pyongyang has conducted a series of missile launches and appears to be preparing to carry out a sixth nuclear test. >>> a court in taiwan has acqu

henry is hitting the canals of bangkok to find out what's being done to clean up the city's waterwayses. have a look at that. so dojoin us then if you can. in the meantime, don't forget you can keep up with us while we're out on the road in real time, by signing up to our social media feeds. but for now, from me, christa larwood, and the rest of the travel show team in canterbury, it's goodbye. good evening, it has not been too bad a weekend for most. the first weekend of april has been mostly sunshine and not much in the way in april showers. a lovely afternoon in herne bay in kent and generally this afternoon we saw a high of 17. nuisance cloud across the northeast and through the latter stage of the afternoon through the south—west, but, for most, sunshine and clear skies. that will allow temperatures to fall away tonight. we keep a quiet night to come with the breeze picking up in the north—west. cloud gradually arriving but for most patchy mist and fog. temperatures falling away and in rural sports we could see in some areas temperatures close to freezing. a sunny start for medi

the rangers here feel that the government in bangkok has failed them. so they have come up with some beach rules, including do not feed the fish, do not tread on the corals, and do not throw waste in the water. they want to try to preserve whatever they still can. >> in less than ten years, maybe even five, if nothing is done, all the corals will have died. phi phi is like a bebeautiful woman - if one neglects her, at some point she is no longer beautiful, and at some point she completely disappears. >> in the evening, all of ko phi phi leh basks in the light of sunset. the sky is radiant, and the sea reflects its rosy tones. this island dream is one that thailand's tourism industry is set to continue promoting. lots of people means lots of trash. the plastic waste that ends up in the sea poses a huge problem, and every year, about 8 million more tons of plastic is dumped into the water. according to the environmental protection group oceans conservancncy, only 5 %can be detected on the surface, the rest floats around in enormous clusters further down.

henry is hitting the canals of bangkok to find out what's being done to clean up the city's waterwaysbears, mattresses. have a look at that. so dojoin us then if you can. in the meantime, don't forget you can keep up with us while we're out on the road in real—time, by signing up to our social media feeds. but for now, from me, christa larwood, and the rest of the travel show team in canterbury, it's goodbye. certainly not been sunny all round this morning, some of us woke up to quite heavy rain, particularly if you live in wales, north—western parts of england, today we have sunshine and showers on the way. here is the cloud that brought rain across the south—west into wales in particular and the northwest, many central and eastern areas woke up to sunshine. today, real mixed bag in the afternoon, so hit and miss showers, we get the sunny spells but then maybe a downpour as well. let's ta ke then maybe a downpour as well. let's take a closer look across southern parts of the uk, around the middle of the afternoon, hit and miss showers, some of them fail and thunder as well, coastal a

henry is hitting the canals of bangkok to find out what's being done to clean up the city's waterwaysears, mattresses. have a look at that. so dojoin us then if you can. in the meantime, don't forget you can keep up with us while we're out on the road in real time, by signing up to our social media feeds. but for now, from me, christa larwood, and the rest of the travel show team in canterbury, it's goodbye. we have is way in from the west but before we get a lot at that, let's look back at some of the highlights of monday. a beautiful weather watchers picture sent in from cambridge. lovely afternoon with highs of 18. but the storm clouds gathered in argyll and bute. a very atmospheric shot here and showing the rain arriving from the west. it is quite fragmented and moving erratically eastwards in the next few hours, perhaps sitting towards dawn in the south—east corner. behind it, clearer skies and a fresh start across scotland and northern ireland. more cloud in the south west and wales. the bulk of the reindeer sitting probably across the south coast up to 0xfordshire and east angl

henry is hitting the canals of bangkok to find out what's being done to clean up the city's waterwaysses. have a look at that. so dojoin us then if you can. in the meantime, don't forget you can keep up with us while we're out on the road in real—time, by signing up to our social media feeds. but for now, from me, christa larwood, and the rest of the travel show team in canterbury, it's goodbye. hello, there. saturday brought some intense april showers, with hail and thunder and lightning reported widely. and weather watcher pictures like this that came in, this is through the evening in milton keynes, show the top of a thunder cloud. in stark contrast, a much drier day awaits us, with some warm spells of sunshine. mind you, it's going to be a tad chilly to start sunday morning. a frost in the glens of scotland and northern ireland. ground frost also through north wales, the north midlands and northern england. so very much chillier than it has been in recent nights and there could be a bit of mist and fog around for the first few hours of the morning, but otherwise the morning looks

henry is hitting the canals of bangkok to find out what's being done to clean up the city's waterways, mattresses. have a look at that. so dojoin us then if you can. in the meantime, don't forget you can keep up with us while we're out on the road in real—time, by signing up to our social media feeds. but for now, from me, christa larwood, and the rest of the travel show team in canterbury, it's goodbye. good afternoon. lovely spells of sunshine across pretty much all parts of the uk. there is some patchy cloud and some spots of rain but most of us will be fine and dry. this shows extra cloud across eastern parts, where there is the risk of old spots of rain, most places are looking at lovely afternoons. light rains, so it should feel quite pleasant. in the south—west, through wales, temperature wise, no great shakes. 12-14 temperature wise, no great shakes. 12—14 celsius. a very pleasant spring afternoon. 16 or 17 celsius in the south—eastern corner. there is the risk of the odd shower, but most is the risk of the odd shower, but m ost pla ces is the risk of the odd shower, but most

henry is hitting the canals of bangkok to find out what's being done to clean up the city's waterwaysresses. have a look at that. so dojoin us then if you can. in the meantime, don't forget you can keep up with us while we're out on the road in real—time, by signing up to our social media feeds. but for now, from me, christa larwood, and the rest of the travel show team in canterbury, it's goodbye. hello. this past week has seen some really varied weather across the uk, but this weekend we'll even out the differences. we're all pretty much in the same boat for saturday, in that there will be a fair amount of showers around, some of those quite heavy. quite a chilly night to come on saturday night. then the vast majority will have a fine and dry sunday, with some sunny spells around. this is what the start of saturday looks like for early risers. looks pretty wet across north—west england. it will take much of the morning before that begins to ease. already through western parts of the uk the showers are getting going, so out and about through parts of south—west england. this is the p

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some heavy showers in and around bangkok and singapore.y turn into a tropical cycle. either way, i suspect it will be put —— pretty wet and windy. that should head towards the coast of myanmar. across the bulk of india, just sunny and hot. particularly in the north west. 40 celsius in new delhi and lahore, could go as high as 42 or 43 in that roar. it is quite early for temperatures to be that high. quite warm in central calendar della canada. things will switch around and it will warm up nicely in the north—east. so, in winnipeg, 18 celsius on friday afternoon, down to just seven on sunday. the average is nine. in new york and boston, temperatures soaring to 26 or 27 for sunday afternoon. back in europe, the northwest looks like it will be quite windy without bricks of rain. some rain and showers for the arts in northern italy. and across to the balkans as well. brolin looks like it will be quite cool with rain. but in athens, sunny and temperatures into the low 20s. back on our shores, saturday looks like a reasonable day, 14 degrees or

some heavy downpours in bangkok and down towards kuala lumpur and singapore.th you go. very wet in parts of ecuador and colombia and the north of peru. back in europe, it looks pretty good for good friday across much of the iberian peninsula and the south of france and into italy as well. further north in europe, we have some cloud and rain. back on our shores, there will be a fair bit of cloud and breeze and rain edging southwards. tonight at ten: president assad says claims his forces launched a chemical attack on a rebel town are completely fabricated. he said syria doesn t possess chemical weapons and the west made up the story — so america could justify the missile strike on his country. the west — mainly the united states — is hand in glove with the terrorists. they fabricated the whole story in order to have a pretext for the attack. it's his first interview since the chemical attack which left almost 90 people dead. also tonight: america confirms it has for the first time dropped its largest non—nuclear bomb — seen here in tests — on so—called islamic

and in half an hour, we'll be in bangkok with the travel show.d afternoon and welcome to bbc news. swedish police say a man arrested in stockholm after yesterday's fatal lorry attack is almost certainly the driver, and a 39—year—old man from uzbekistan. four people were killed and 15 injured when the lorry crashed into the front of a department store. police have also confirmed that a "suspicious device" was found inside the truck. our correpondent dan johnson reports. after yesterday's horror there is calm, stillness and sadness in stockholm. people have come to together — time to reflect, a moment to remember. we were walking in the shop yesterday when it happened. patrick and francesca are tourists who were in the basement of the department store when the truck hit. we went up the escalator and saw panic and police with guns and stuff like that. how did people react? everybody was screaming and running to the other side of the building, and we took the side entrance and went out, and we just kept running to the other side of the city. this is

and the travel show team visit thailand and meet the people cleaning up the canals of bangkok.at 8.30 here on bbc news. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a british father of two was among the victims of friday's terror attack in the swedish capital stockholm. chris bevington, who was 41, was among four people killed when a hijacked lorry crashed into a department store. today, as thousands attended a vigil for those who died, more details have been emerging of the man behind the attack. our correspondent dan johnson reports from stockholm. talented compassionate and caring, chris bevington in the words of his father. he chose to marry and call sweden home. he had young children here and worked for the music company spotify. he was here in stockholm's crowded shopping streets on friday afternoon when a hijacked truck was turned into a weapon. a belgian and two swedish citizens were also killed in the attack. today, investigators revealed more about the man they think was at the wheel. we know the suspect showed sympathies for extremist organisations, said the policeman. amon

the flight from bangkok to sidney is 7 1/2 hours, and i'm not ten minutes into the cab ride and my legsre going to sleep. this is going to be a serious problem. by the time i got to the airport, i could not stand up. my legs hurt too much. i couldn't breathe. it is hot. and the edges of the block are starting to cut into my skin. none of this was doing anything to help my confidence at this point. as i lifted thing bag to put it on to the scale, i felt something tear. not in the wrapping pap er, but inside of me like i had torn a muscle or something, and the pain. i thought that i was going the pass out. but i am not allowed to react, not now, not here. i was a mess. i was so late at this point that pretty much everybody else was in the waiting area to board the plane. i am heading towards the gate, and sit at this gate where they have the metal detector, and this is the last test. the guards didn't have anything else to focus on, so they watched me walk all of the way down. i had to walk with a perfect gait. there was not allowed to be a limp or any change. i am thinking, there is noth

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when they went to the bangkok airport, they learned they had been scammed. say thousands of people bought those phony tickets. some victims were tourists who ended up stranded at the airport with no transportation home. >>> time is 6:56. an 8-year-old boy in ohio really wanted a cheese burger, so he jumped into his dad's van and went to get. it police say he had that cheese burger craving sunday evening, so he put his 4-year- old sister in the backseat of the ran, got behind the wheel and drove a mile to mcdonald's. a police officer spotted the little boy if the parking lot woofing down his burger with his little sister. >> you know, what are you doing. he said me and my sister really wanted a cheese burger. then i asked him how he learned how to drive. he said he looked up you tube videos on how to drive. >> there you go. witnesses told police that little boy, while he was driving the van, obeyed all the traffic rules, stopped at all the red lights, even stayed within the speed limit. >>> a playoff run, another local hockey team is beating the odds. >> they

. >> according to tmz the commercial were shot in bangkok. >>> [music] >> it's a prom proposal that'sone viral. he makes his own day in the sun to invite oscar-winner emma stone to his from. >>> we're still recovering from last night strong front and another one is developing off shore that will produce more rainfall and possibly thunderstorms as well. we will break down your weekend forecast coming up. the retail sector has taken his this week. one store is baking on tech to build business. foxbusiness reporter victoria craig has a report. >> reporter: it's been a doozy of a week for retail. palis file for bankruptcy and ralph lord revealed plans to shutter's flagship polo store on new york's fifth avenue. there is one potential bright spot in the department store segment despite a year and a half of sales declines skill to -- retailer neiman marcus is betting experiences will revive revenue and luer more customers in the door. >> consumers are fickle. people are looking out what's in it for me.>> neiman has tested new tools like mirrors the can record views of apparel customers try

henry is hitting the canals of bangkok to find out what's being done to clean up the city's waterwaysfeeds. but for now, from me, christa larwood, and the rest of the travel show team in canterbury, it's goodbye. hello. this is breakfast, with ben thompson and katherine downes. six people are arrested for what the police describe as a brutal attack on a young asylum seeker. it happened at the 17—year—old stood at a bus stop in south london — detectives say they are treating it as a hate crime. good morning. it's sunday 2nd april. also ahead... more than 250 people die in colombia after a massive landslide — many more are still missing. a year on from the launch of a campaign to protect horses and riders on the roads, we discuss statistics that suggest the message still isn't getting through to some drivers.

when i was in bangkok, they were lecturing media freedom.der. if you look at twitter feed yesterday. he trusts sisi will do the right thing in egypt. this is a guy who retunely tortured. there's no second part of that statement that says we have a strategic relationship with him, but we do not agree with his human rights abuses and the fact he does not support democracy. >> mark. >> i can't imagine anyone being elected president of the united states who doesn't care about human rights. there must be countervailing forces. even president obama and president bush and clinton who talked more about human rights. trump didn't often emphasize size human rights. >> mocked secretary john kerry for caring about them. that's the only time he talked about them. compare that to talking about drou crowds. tweeted 246 times about crowds. if you look at records in china and the middle east they didn't do much. they talked. >> the decline of democracy is a long-term trend. i'm worried trump is accelerating that trend. >> let's talk about though absent trump