i'm scott heiler in bangkok where some say the air pollution levels are at the highest they have ever been and that there is growing criticism of how the government is handling. the nice thing skunks by the time my heart. or is the sun sets in the city of angels. welcome back we've got some quite disturbed weather around the levant at the moment we've got an area of rain moving across iraq and into iran but also this area of low pressure at across the eastern side of the mediterranean is going to be pushing in across this area during the course of saturday so wet weather across much of syria so that high elevations will be some snow some very strong winds unpleasant conditions really and that extends across a good part of lebanon to bypass the upper twenty three the winds basically coming from the south so certainly quite warm kuwait at twenty five but it will cloud over here later on indeed to be cloud feeding its way down through the arabian peninsula during the course of the weekend but then they should be through friday it should be fine in riyadh twenty seven similar temperatures

in bangkok where the buddhist leadership some nine decades ago banned female monks there's no movement going around the system and they're gaining support. there's been no letup in the syrian government's assault on eastern despite a growing international outcry syrian forces are backed by their allies russia bombs rockets and shells have killed at least two hundred fifty people since sunday and the last rebel stronghold near damascus activists are describing the death toll in the last forty eight hours as a massacre and say it's the highest since a two thousand and thirteen chemical attack in that area eastern gooda has been besieged by the government since two thousand and thirteen four hundred thousand people are estimated to be trapped in that rebel held enclave eastern good is only a few kilometers away from the government center of power of the presidential palace and central damascus there are fears the bombardment could lead to a larger ground operation as in a hotel reports in beirut. panic in the streets. as you mentioned. fear in people's faces. around. the neighborhoods fla

i'm scott hardliner in bangkok where the buddhist leadership some nine decades ago banned female monks there's now a movement going around the system and they're gaining support their story coming up. hello thank you for joining us syrian government bombs are continuing to rain down on the rebel held this streak of eastern kuta. near damascus nearly three hundred people have been killed since sunday and all indications are this is just the beginning the bombardment involves airstrikes struck it's shelling and barrel bombs a crude unguided device filled with explosives and sometimes shrapnel and oil now according to medical sources eight hospitals were attacked on tuesday alone other civilian buildings have also been attacked like bakeries their target has to cut health food supplies and syria's government seems intent on an even bigger operation is that a harder now reports all indications are that a ground offensive is next. there is no frontline in eastern huta. residential neighborhoods have become battlegrounds the syrian government and its allies are bombing the besieged rebel enc

i'm scott hardware in bangkok where the buddhist leadership some nine decades ago and female monks there's now a movement going around the system and they're gaining support their story coming up. we begin in syria where the rebel held on klav of east and go to continues to come under heavy bombardment by russian and syrian forces more than two hundred fifty people have been killed in intense bombing since sunday it's the highest casualty figure in the area since a chemical attack in twenty thirteen the bombing has damaged or destroyed six medical facilities has moved from beirut. the targeting of civilians is a military tactic their aim is to bomb people into submission to force them to surrender more than two hundred people killed at least sixty of them children in the past three days intense bombardment intense artillery strikes the government wants the rebel enclave to surrender they want the thousands of rebels in eastern who've had to lay down their arms and agree to leave to move to other rebel held areas in the north of the country and this has happened in the past in other rebel c

elections and then and to military rule let's go live now to wayne hay our correspondent who's in bangkok who may not believe that you're actually at the police station where these pro-democracy protesters are due to appear what are the charges what have they been charged with . yes well this stems from a small but it's quite a symbolic protest that they held in the hearts of the capital city bangkok late last month that was only around forty or so people so out of that nine leaders the people who organized that protest have been charged with sedition obviously quite a serious charge that carries a maximum jail term of seven years and at least thirty others have been charged with illegal assembly which face which could result in jail terms of up to six months and a fine so what will happen today is that the group will report to the police behind me some of those people have already gone inside they will hear the charges against them formally and then they will find out particularly the nine who have been charged with sedition whether or not the police will try to detain them pending furth

i'm scott hardliner in bangkok where the buddhist leadership some nine decades ago and female monks there's now a movement going around the system and they're getting support their story coming up. we begin in syria where the rebel held enclave of east and go to continues to come of the heavy bombardment by russian and syrian forces more than two hundred fifty people have been killed in intense bombing since sunday it's the highest death toll in the area since a chemical attack in twenty thirty in the bombing has damaged or destroyed. six medical facilities activists are describing the death toll as a massacre and there are fears the bombardment could lead to a larger ground operation eastern good has been besieged by the government since twenty thirteen four hundred thousand people are estimated to be trapped the rebel held enclave is only a few kilometers away from the syrian capital damascus that's made it a key target for the government and its allies eastern good was agreed as a deescalation zone last year where there isn't supposed to be any violence penelas montas is the un's regiona

i'm scott heiler in bangkok where some say the air pollution levels are at the highest they have ever been and that there is growing criticism of how the government is handling that story coming up. welcome to the news our state. allan donald trump's combative former chief strategist has been interviewed by investigators examining links between the u.s. president's election campaign and russia now it's understood he spoke to investigators led by special counsel robert mueller for around twenty hours in two separate meetings where let's get more on this from my kind of our correspondent in washington d.c. what more do we know about this meeting between miller and bannon and what might have been said what we don't know exactly what the questions are but what we do understand from those close to the investigation is that ban and all the questions that were put to him now this is significant was a link the questioning process as you say of the separate sessions lasting some twenty hours but certainly the most high profile person that we know has spoken to the investigation this obviously

charges of unlawful assembly nine of them with charged with sedition for organizing a protest in bangkok last month it confirms that what we have been doing for the right cause and the problem is in front of us in the paper that even the peaceful gathering. can make you come to this kind of problem and that's not right the protest in the capital was called to try to force the military government to stick to its so-called political roadmap and hold an election in november the generals have reneged on promised elections several times since a coup in two thousand and fourteen and there are indications of yet another delay so far this year there have been several small protests in bangkok in other parts of thailand a sign that people are becoming increasingly frustrated with the military government charging some protesters with sedition shows that the government is still in no mood to allow dissent or political opposition something it's been very effective at stamping out since the coup. the government said last year it would make human rights and national priority but activists say there's

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in bangkok or the buddhist. monks. going around the system and they're gaining support their story coming up. from the winter games chang. braun in the women's downhill and. likely her last to lead. so we begin this in syria and the two most important battles being fought in this latest chapter in the country's near seven year war rebels holed up in eastern near the capital damascus are refusing to bend after more heavy bombardment by russian and syrian forces the rebels possess a heavy arsenal including tanks machine guns and anti aircraft weaponry thousands of civilians are trapped in the middle at least two hundred fifty people have been killed since sunday eastern was designated a deescalation zone to make civilians safer hooter's not only just a few kilometers away from syria's capital it's also close to damascus international airport and military sites now all this is going on there's also the threat of more violence in the northern region of africa in turkish forces have pushed back syrian government forces ther

charges of unlawful assembly nine of them with charged with sedition for organizing a protest in bangkok last month it confirms that what we have been doing. the right cause and the problem is in front of us in the paper that even the peaceful gathering. can make you come to this kind of problem and that's not right the protest in the capital was called to try to force the military government to stick to its so-called political roadmap and hold an election in november the generals have reneged on promised elections several times since a coup in two thousand and fourteen and there are indications of yet another delay so far this year there have been several small protests in bangkok in other parts of thailand a sign that people are becoming increasingly frustrated with the military government charging some protesters with sedition shows that the government is still in no mood to allow dissent or political opposition something it's been very effective at stamping out since the coup the government said last year it would make human rights and national priority but activists say there's no s

in bangkok. there's now a movement going around the system and they're gaining support their story coming up. there's been no letup in the syrian government's assault on eastern despite a growing international outcry syrian forces backed by their allies russia bombs rockets and shells have killed at least two hundred fifty people since sunday in the last rebel stronghold near damascus activists are describing the death toll in the last forty eight hours as a massacre and they say it's the highest since the twenty thirteen chemical attack on the area has been besieged by the government since twenty thirteen four hundred thousand people arrested to be trapped in the rebel held on klav. is only a few kilometers away from the government center of power the presidential palace but are fears the bombardment could lead to a larger ground operation center called the reports from beirut. panic in the streets. here in people's faces. neighborhoods. the airstrikes are almost continuous. are coming fire. chi

this case stems from a small but symbolic protest that was staged in bangkok late last month by a group of protesters calling for the military government in thailand to return the country to democracy to hold an election in november this year something that seems increasingly increasingly unlikely the nine people who led that protest who organized the gathering in the heart of the capital city have now been charged with sedition so that carries a maximum jail term of seven years there were at least thirty other people who have been charged because they attended that protest now have been charged with illegal essentially which carries a jail term of up to six months and a fine this been a noticeable change in thailand so far this year with several small protests popping up in the capital city and in other parts of the country by people calling for the military government to return the country to democracy symbolic and noticeable because over the past four years since the military staged that coup they have been quite effective at stamping out any dissent so there are signs that perhaps p

the enterprise was responsible for trafficking hundreds of impoverished women from bangkok, thailand to cities throughout the u.s. -- minneapolis, los angeles, chicago, atlanta, phoenix, las vegas, houston, dallas, austin, seattle and right here at the nation's capital. putting the pieces together required close coordination with international, national, and state local partners. there were several trips to thailand by federal law enforcement officials, including a trip to the former u.s. attorney, andy luger, from minnesota. our current prosecution is the result of more than four years of work. dismantled ay has highly profitable operation that generated millions, up to $24 million that we have counted thus far, into a highly sophisticated sex-trafficking scheme. the victims typically came from very poor backgrounds and spoke very little english. vulnerabilities of course, that the traffickers exploited. the women were promised a better life in the united dates, but with that promise came a large bondage debt, of anywhere between $40,000 and $60,000. the women were told that after t

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they pinch the towards java barely but for singapore kuala lumpur weather conditions not too bad bangkok should be dry by june the course of wednesday and a few showers across the philippines as move through towards thursday not a great deal of change but again chalfant barely likely to see some downpours heading into a stray dia here where this dominated by a a series of trough of low pressure given the risk of showers you see the old shower close dotted around otherwise relatively quiet conditions the moment the wind direction the key factor they were looking at melbourne at twenty eight during the course of wednesday but then as more of a southerly picks up temperatures drop to twenty degrees c. look at twenty five across western australia a few showers around but person should be pleasant highs there of twenty seven degrees weather conditions across new zealand looking decidedly more unsettled this frontal system working its way into the western side of both north and south islands still quite warm with highs of twenty two in christchurch. we are going to announce the biggest step in

we're seeing some big storms at the moment but up through the all the way from singapore towards bangkok it is looking draw and fine with plenty of sunshine and it's expected to stay that way as a head through into saturday with thirty four somites from in bangkok now as you head down into a stray you see this massive cloud across the top end and this is got a potential to develop into a tropical cycle which we call kevin when it forms can use some very wet weather across parts of northern territory into the kimberley elsewhere then we've got to find conditions for sydney in the forecast with temperatures expect to reach twenty eight there on friday we're going to see some rain developing across parts of western australia person looking fine conditions on friday but there will be some rain developing later on saturday heading across into new see them awaiting for the arrival of what will be former cycling peter and i'll bring some heavy rain on monday. while the world's rich take what they want the world's poor must beg to survive from the streets of manila to the roots of my own people

phil robertson is the deputy director of human rights watch is asia deficient he joins us now from bangkok still with the reporting that's been happening you know for for months and actually longer than that on how the russians are treated is this type of discovery really any surprise. it's not we're we were waiting for this we have not been able to get access to number these areas but obviously associated press was able to get this video which is very important we have been hearing about these kind of massacres and we have been following up at least a couple massacres in various different villages trying to confirm the information i think we're going to see more of this and i think it's going to have a direct impact both on the refugees who will be even more scared to go back will probably be fused to move anywhere or will refuse the offers by the myanmar government to return but i think it's also going to have a considerable knock on effect for the international accountability efforts to try to bring some of the military to international justice for what they've done but are really into

and it may well produced a time share as they wreak through cambodia possibly even as far west as bangkok runs chart of the concentration of showers should really be in the southern philippines sort of way see bits of born here and jolly and that's indeed where you see it but sumatra is got to the fence to get showers well least on the west coast seems unlikely to get into singapore kuala lumpur but as i said bangkok could could just see a shower but she all of india and sri lanka are in nepal fine and mostly sunny but there is more rain and snow coming in to afghanistan. the weather sponsored by cats and meese. i was always telling him how famous he was going to make it that's how he presented hello my name and body without manchester city's northwest representatives kind of. teacher pretty cool. actually you'll remember that we had this special meeting about the nail and he said no. that's not the topic and you mean this is a cover up in a piece on the mainland city al-jazeera investigation. build of silence this time. you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories kurdish off

fifteen years in prison they speak to al-jazeera as wayne hale who is live from thailand's capital bangkok wait wait what are the implications of this. well first of all no surprise that this law sailed through the national assembly in the last hour or so in phnom penh given that the ruling cambodian people's party which came up with this law led by prime minister hussein who's been in power for more than thirty years dominates the national assembly in phnom penh and so this goes to the senate which will really be a formality and will then go to the king himself for signing off and then as you mentioned people can be jailed for up to five years of found guilty of insulting the monarchy and the concern is that scuse me that it will be used by the government to further the crackdown on political dissent and political opposition because we have seen already a willingness by hussein and his government to use the courts in their favor over the past few months we've had the largest opposition party the cambodian national risk you party dissolved and its leader jailed on treason charges add to th

protesters have rallied in the thai capital bangkok calling on the country's military rulers to step down and not postpone an election planned for later this year the military seized power in thailand in a coup in twenty fourteen and has postponed elections several times. thousands of demonstrators have rallied in cities across italy to protest against racism the show of force comes after a gunmen with neo nazi sympathies opened fire on african migrants last week italy has taken in more than a half a million migrants in recent years and surveys show many italians blame immigrants for violent crime it's become a major issue as the country prepares to go to the polls on march fourth. marching in defiance thousands of fans he fascist demonstrators take to the streets of not sure skirting the city's made evil walls to send a message against violence and hate many are warning of a revival of far right sentiments ahead of next month's national elections but government today at the moment political parties are using populism to create hate terror and divisions and it is necessary to refer t

protesters have rallied in the thai capital bangkok calling on the country's military rulers to step down and not postpone an election planned for later this year the military seized power in thailand in a coup in twenty fourteen and has postponed elections several times. demonstrators have gathered in the central italian city of to send an anti-racist message a week after a new nazi injured six african migrants in a shooting spree tensions are high in the city after protesters supporting the right wing forts on the wall of a party clashed with riot police thursday night. gerry adams has stepped down as the leader of shin fein after more than three decades at the party's home in his career adams went from being or vile to by the british government and northern ireland's protestants as the political voice of the irish republican party to playing peacemaker in bringing the province as a decades long conflict to an end. it was the end of an era as gerry adams said farewell at the shin fein conference after more than thirty years leading the irish republican movement he passed the baton

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and it may well produced a time share as they reach through cambodia possibly even as far west as bangkok rome's chart of the concentration of shares should really be in the southern philippines sort of way see bits of bone here as i said bangkok could could just see a shower virtually all of india and sri lanka here in nepal fine and mostly sunny but there is more rain and snow coming in to afghanistan. the weather sponsored by cats are a race. in india five million children have genius level i.q. but most live in poverty and go undiscovered one one is means two child geniuses fighting for their chance to shine at this time on al-jazeera. where every. five countries. four days. three thousand kilometer it's. two generations. one by. syrian refugees on a surreal jannie to see me. on the bright side. a witness documentary at this time on al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour kurdish officials say they've reached a deal to allow syrian troops to enter a free and to help protect the city the move could mean syrian forces confronting turkey's troops wh

baku, beijing, bangkok, or beirut? stay tuned and we'll tell you the correct answer.l waldman's the second amendment, a biography. the one line that's at the heart of america's gun debate. he makes us realize just how a.m. big cue with us and uncertain the second amendment's meaning has been for most of the american's history. now for the last look. the streets of l.a. are filled with fancy cars and lined with mega mansions, but those same streets are increasingly known as home to those without a home. on any given night last year, there were nearly 58,000 homeless people in l.a. county aconnecticuting for an aston mishing 10% of america's homeless population. tent cities and encampments have exploded throughout downtown l.a. and into the suburbs. in 2015 the city declared the homeless crisis to be a state of emergency. but the number of homeless people have climbed another 30% since then. why has the crisis reached such epic proportions? >> officials point to rapidly increasing flents a strong economy compound by a meantal health crisis and instuff resources for thos

a court in bangkok has awarded a japanese man full paternity rights to 13 babies. heecame the focus of a so-called baby factory scandal in 24 when it was revealed that he had fathered multiple infants through thai surrogates. the case led t thailand banning commercial surrogacy for foreigners. scientists have discovered the cause of a rare blood vessel disorder that can cause serious facial disfigurement and life-threatening bleeding in children. the new research pinpoints the genes responsible for the condition and for the first time identifies existing drugs that feuld treat it. us walsh has met one of the patients involved in the groundbrking research. fergus: this3-year-old never knows when her face will start to bleed. she has a rare disorder which means high-pressure blood in her arteries seeps directly into her veins. it causes swelling, facial disfigurement, and fe-threatening bleeds from her nose and even her tear ducts. >> it is very scary because you don't really know if it is going to stop, how much blood you are losing, and if it is really badv i can b

you can get the train from singapore through malaysia, to the thai capital, bangkok.er overnight train and that will get you across the border into laos. from the capital, vientiane, take a sleeper bus into vietnam, to the capital, hanoi. from there, it's a two night overland journey to the chinese capital, beijing. then, for the next six nights, you can relax aboard the trans—mongolian train all the way to moscow. and would you believe, there's a direct train from the russian capital straight to verona, taking a0 hours? and finally, ann buckingham asks... montpellier is my recommendation, with a colourful, compact old town that reflects everything we find enticing about southern france. sunlight dappling on terracotta roofs and ancient honey—coloured stones, cafe culture spilling out across beautiful squares, and chic restaurants, shops and hotels. there's a fine beach close by and plenty of opportunities for exploring inland, or along the coast, and all in less than two hours‘ flying time from gatwick. whether you're heading for the deep south or the far north, the

in bangkok has awarded paternity rights to a japanese man seventeen babies he fathered three ties surrogate mothers twenty eight year old miss takeshita is now expected to pursue sole custody of the children. is revealed to be the center of a baby factory sandal back in twenty fourteen erin okay has the story. in other thirteen circuit children in thailand with nine different mothers. and a thai court just name him legal parent and sole guardian of all of them. the judges cited twenty eight year old mitsubishi get as professional and financial stability adding that growing up with a biological parent is in the children's best interest. debate lad. such was found that my client is not involved in human trafficking and hasn't committed criminal offenses. he's face to be a father and has appearance since you foster the children. this is what the court ordered toda. the japanese businessmen made headlines in thailand in the twenty fourteen whehn thai police raiaided his apartment and discover nine surrogate baby's twenty four hour nannies and another pregnant mother. he reportedly paid the circ

comes to megaprojects it's never the people who benefit it's only the rich people big people from bangkok who get more rich from it and never get anything and the government never helps at the moment ships sailing between europe and china for example travel through the dangerous and congested malacca straits often stopping in singapore to refuel or unload before continuing the tide canal would cut more than one thousand kilometers off the journey but could drastically cut into singapore's shipping trade. the backers of this canal proposal have many problems to overcome not least of which is the location between here and the malaysian border there is a separatist movement with armed muslim groups fighting for independence from thailand in the three southernmost provinces if the canal goes through here it could create something of a border and therefore embolden their claim because of the violence in the south prime minister prime says he's reluctant about effectively cutting the country into supporters of the plan which includes some type of business leaders and retired generals believe th

sale of the british embassy in thailand, the foreign office sold the property on the outskirts of bangkokembassies around the world. the chairman of the committee made the announcement while answering questions on his latest report. we must redouble our efforts with our european partners but surely this cannot come at the expense of manpower or money being siphoned away from other parts of the world. does the chair of the select committee share my concern is that the foreign office does not have enough resources to put the investment we going to need europe? i share absolutely my honourable friend's concerns, and he will be aware that the recent concern about the embassy in thailand —— sale of the embassy in thailand —— sale of the embassy in thailand —— sale of the embassy in thailand which raised an awful lot of money to address some of the holes in the capital spending of the foreign office will inherently have diminished in some way our presence because these symbolic rulings, these iconic places, they are essential to getting people through the door and of course, what is that purpos