it's hard to imagine bangkok the thai capital without street vendors but the local authorities want to tidy up the street and are now shifting away street vendors to less attractive locations the vendors claim their livelihoods are being threatened well some say the plan could strip the city of its charm. life has become harder for digital and its business has been struggling since bangkok city authorities banned street vendors from parts of the city areas that are high traffic and frequented by tourists now he only makes around fifteen dollars a day. off the way my. half of the income is gone up with it why don't the authorities manage the areas like they did before that one of course they should make sure that the streets aren't messy but they shouldn't effect this. might happen but it like. bandits authorities want to clean up the city they have moved more than twenty thousand street vendors from several occasions since twenty sixteen and they have identified more locations where vendors will be evicted but their plans to. do more than just disrupt the livelihood of the city's stree

most bangkok people are not aware of this future change.ons currently are sufficient. the city was built on what was once marshy land, my .5 metres above sea level. the season in the nearby gulf of thailand are rising by four millimetres a year, but the global average. the city is being weighed down by the weight of skyscrapers, making it a victim of its own frenetic development. the city had a quiet the nickname, the venice of the east. but the canals have largely been paid their role of roads, eliminating a natural drainage system. the government is scrambling for a solution, constructing a canal network again as well as pumping stations and underground tunnels to evacuate water if disaster strikes. experts say these fixes are ad hoc and are unlikely to be enough. you might think one lorry is as bad as the next when it comes to causing pollution, but refigerated trucks are a particular problem. many have a second diesel engine to power the fridges and that's often working harder than the one moving the vehicle. now a british inventor has

and bangkok in particular. million to build entertainment districts with retail and dining opportunities. the company vice—chairman says the venture into the capital of thailand is the first four a into south east asia. we've had four a into south east asia. we've ha d su ccess four a into south east asia. we've had success with a number of artists, katy perry, celine dion, justin bieber, the rolling stones, just to name a few and we've developed tremendous confidence in bangkok as a strong entertainment market through that experience but at the same time we are acutely aware that bangkok is really lacking the kind of modern venue infrastructure that it means to serve that demand —— needs to serve that a man so we see big opportunity and we are confident that if we can bring these kinds of modern venues to the market that it will not only spur the attraction of more content, it will provide consumers in this market with experiences that a heretofore haven't had access to. market with experiences that a heretofo

life has become harder for digital and his business has been struggling since bangkok city authorities banned street vendors from parts of the city areas that are high traffic and frequented by tourists now he only makes around fifteen dollars a day. for the really high value of the conflict the income is gone up with it why don't the authorities manage the areas like they did before the last couple of course they should make sure that the streets aren't messy but they shouldn't have picked this. moment i'm a little younger. than goats authorities want to clean up the city they have moved more than twenty thousand street vendors from several locations since twenty sixteen and they have identified more locations where vendors will be evicted but they are plans to do more than just disrupt the livelihood of the city street vendors critics say they are redefining bangkok's landscape yes i agree that you need good management but then no i don't agree because i would like to keep bangkok as it is you know available exotic good for them for the public so i didn't see some middle ground i thi

reverse this decision and issue a pardon ok thank you very much indeed for talking to us live from bangkok and with mahmoud hussein has spent more than six hundred days behind bars in egypt without charge they say these accuse of broadcasting false news and receiving foreign funds to defame egypt's state institutions he endowed his era strongly deny the allegations and the network is demanding his release and stay with us here it out because we'll have more on that story in the second half of the program now iraq's first parliamentary session since a disputed election in may is under way eleven political groups have agreed to create an alliance which should give them a working majority the coalition is made up of those loyal to the influential shia cleric worked out how fattah and prime minister hyderabadi made a risky is director of a think tank called the house of iraqi expertise foundation he's also a former advisor to the speaker of the iraqi parliament and he spoke to us a little bit earlier from istanbul on the said he is hopeful the parliament could provide much needed change for th

locating their infa ntry global manufacturers, locating their infantry and logistics in hubs like bangkokr walked down those distribution centres for several months and those cost flowed through the global supply chain for order manufacturers, for truck manufacturers et cetera. that is one implication of how these reply fax of climate change have impacted global economies. more generally, however, we need to factor in a whole range of issues around health, geopolitical insecurity that will obviously have huge economic impact this century. and, quickly, what can governments or companies do to try and mitigate against such climate change cost? firstly we need to radically reduce carbon emission and we need to do that through price on carbon, carbon pollution. through national and international agreements and that is what the paris climate agreement is attempting to do. we need to ratchet up attempting to do. we need to ratchet up the ambition around those mitigation targets quite dramatically to avoid an increase in global temperatures. around the world, a booming construction is driving up

process one sin says if he goes unpunished cambodia will descend into civil war wayne hale jazeera bangkok. evacuation orders have been issued to a million people in the us as a powerful storm approaches the country's east coast are going to florence is expected to make landfall on thursday in north or south carolina already a category four storm it's predicted to strengthen further in the coming days authorities say people should leave the areas listed for evacuation by tuesday the u.s. national hurricane center is warning of one hundred ninety kilometers an hour winds flooding and coastal surges. elvin celebrations in north korea to mark seventy years since the country was founded tens of thousands of people have been taking part and the mass games and events that showcases the country's achievements while at the same time pulling in tourists reports from seoul. taking months to prepare and involving tens of thousands of citizens to perform them the games are an extravagance north korea can ill afford. they haven't been staged for five years but the country's leader kim jong un clearly b

from bangkok all the way to china.ation will serve as bangkok's rail hub for fast trains north to china, laos, and south to singapore and malaysia, although that part of the journey is now in jeopardy. it will also link the three main airports to thailand's eastern economic corridor. >> we have planned it to be a catalyst, so to speak, of connectivity, not just in thailand, but also with other countries, such as neighboring countries. china is to the north of us, so it is natural we can link up with the belt and road initiative. it is a corridor running from china south through thailand, and to asean all the way. >> each country has to look at their own interests, has to make sure that what ever loans they incur are affordable, not only to this generation, but to subsequent generations. the two loans we have negotiated, the first one is for a dam, a $62.5 million, and the second one is for the development of a municipal water project. that is around $200 million. we are currently negotiating a larger loan, and this wil

house arrest was arrested a year ago for treason but is yet to go on trial when he has more from bangkok. after spending a year in a remote prison camp was finally able to return home but he's not free as cambodians awoke to news the opposition leader was released on bail and placed under house arrest a small number of supporters and media gathered outside his home in phnom penh at eight thirty am a claim what i am very excited to hear that he has been released when i first heard the news i grabbed my shirt and came straight here. was arrested in september last year on treason charges in a case widely dismissed as politically motivated as the supreme court then dissolved his cambodian national risky party the largest opposition political party more than one hundred of its members were banned from politics for five years it came amid a broad government crackdown on dissent independent media outlets closed and rights workers harassed or arrested with no credible opposition prime minister hun sen's cambodian people's party won every seat in the national assembly in july his election. last w

bangkok street vendors are part of the city's landscape it's hard to imagine the thai capital without the but the local authorities now want to tidy up the streets and are shifting away street vendors to less attractive locations the vendors claim their livelihoods are being threatened while some say the plan could strip the city off its charm. life has become harder for digital and his business has been struggling since bangkok's city authorities banned street vendors from parts of the city areas that are high traffic and frequented by tourists now he only makes around fifteen dollars a day. off the way i am at the top of the income is gone up and up and why don't the authorities manage the areas like they did before about that one of course they should make sure that the streets aren't messy but they shouldn't effect this. might happen but they like and. banquets authorities want to clean up the city they have moved more than twenty thousand street vendors from several locations since twenty sixteen and they have identified more locations where vendors will be evicted but there are

says should be investigated for genocide zero as way to hate joins us now live from bangkok in neighboring thailand. we definitely going to get this verdict today or the chances of the complications way. well adrian given the unpredictable nature of the judiciary the justice system in myanmar and that it's seen as being far from independent i don't think anyone would be surprised if there were further complications but for the sake of these two let's hope so we are expecting that verdict to begin being read any moment now the official reason for weeks postponement was that the judge who's overseen this trial since it started in january was too unwell to read it there were some allegations are that postponement was announced a week ago that this could have been in fact political given that on the same day that it was supposed to be read the united nations human rights council delivered that pretty scathing report into its investigations into the ring your situation coming up with conclusions that the top military leaders in myanmar should be brought to justice for what they said was genocid

jonathan head in bangkok, thank you for joining us.s asked her fellow european leaders to drop what she said were unacceptable demands to get a brexit deal done. speaking at an informal summit dinner in austria, mrs may again rejected the proposal that northern ireland should remain temporarily in the eu's customs union. with just six months to go, time is running out to get a deal in place. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg is at the summit. stuck, looking for a way out. the prime minister and other leaders have eight weeks to agree what happens to northern ireland after we leave. her plan says... it is the only credible and negotiable plan on the table that delivers no hard border in northern ireland and also delivers on the vote of the british people. but what we cannot accept is seeing northern ireland carved away from the united kingdom customs territory. but the eu club's plan is very different. they say northern ireland might have to follow eu rules if the big brexit deal can't be done. i don't think we are any closer to the

thousands of people have joined a royalfeast in bangkok to celebrate that rescue injuly of 12 boys andg foreign divers and cavers involved in the rescue, joined the boys at dinner in bangkok's royal plaza. the football team and their coach were exploring chiang rai's tham luang cave when they got trapped by rising water. that menus again. president trump has been telling supporters in montana the white house is running smoothly, as one by one his closest aides deny authorship of that anonymous editorial in the new york times which painted such a damning picture of his administration. vice president mike pence has said the article was a new low in american journalism, and the president claims it attracted more supporters. thank you very much for watching. hello, good morning. the details for this weekend still look a little uncertain. things are more straightforward, though, for friday. a lot of the rain and earlier thunderstorms have been fading away. skies have been clearing, which is why it's turning quite chilly out there, and it will feel a little cooler for many places with a nort

so, that 80s song, "one night in bangkok."cause i do theater. >> seth: yeah. >> and bangkok, the oriental city, but the city don't know. he talk/sings the whole song. so i pitched a sketch on "snl." it's one of my favorite things. where murray head's given his own talk show, but he can only t i song.lauger ] >> he's like, "hello, my name is murray head. can you believe it, got my very own talk show." [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: i believe never dressed. never to dress. >> no, to dress -- >> seth: it did go to dress? >> chris hemsworth, dress. chris played dolph lundgren. >> seth: wow. do you remember when it got cut? were you surprised? or did you think that was an accurate outcome? >> we deserved a second chance. [ laughter ] you know what i mean? >> seth: well, that's what second chance theater is for. >> yeah, yeah, exactly. >> seth: all right, so we'll do it at second chance theater. >> we got that. we got boids on the pallet. >> seth: boids is a sketch you did with vanessa bayer. >> this is correct. it wa

case has been seen as a test of the country's approach to press freedom as when he reports now from bangkok. instead of walking free while alone inch or so who were taken from court and back to prison throughout this ordeal the reuters journalists have remained defiant and positive and that continued even after hearing they'd been sentenced to seven years in jail no no no this is directly challenging the democracy and media freedom of our country we will calmly face the situation with our best efforts in the appeal since we do not do anything we have no fear we are going to do our best to face it was the verdict was widely condemned reuters says it will not give up and is considering what steps to take next today is a sad day for me and maher reuters journalists wallowing in chaucer who and the press everywhere these two admirable reporters have already spent more than eight months in prison on false charges designed to silence their reporting and intimidate the press. the journalists were arrested in december last year as they were investigating an arbitrary execution of ten reading in men

far this year it's seen an influx of waste after china enforced a similar ban when hey reports from bangkok. these are not images normally associated with one of the world's most popular tourist destinations through a combination of consumption poor infrastructure and practices thailand is one of the world's largest contributors of ocean waste many of its beaches and waterways are clogged with rubbish it's also one of the region's biggest importers of waste but it's making a move to stop it within six months the government says it will ban imports of hundreds of types of scrap electronics. in the proposal we suggest banning the import of used electrical appliances which total four hundred thirty two items last year thailand imported fifty three thousand tons of waste which is recycled for precious metal or plastic but it can also contain hazardous materials this year it's almost matched that amount already a result of china stopping some waste imports in january in thailand only a few companies are licensed to import a waste but corruption and weak law enforcement mean a lot more is brought

campaign organize street gatherings for an election which could be held in february when he reports from bangkok. four years after having their power taken away the leaders of the type party are able to meet again without fearing arrest since the coup that removed thailand's largest party from office political gatherings of five people or more have been outlawed but now the military government has partially relaxed its ban on political activities. i told the board there what's happening now is that we are still alive and we are proud of what we have therefore we will continue to do activities and those activities have proven popular with voters for years may be too popular a tie and its predecessor parties have won every election since two thousand and one but the military backed by some of thailand's most rich and powerful people organized to coups against them since the last overthrow in two thousand and fourteen the government has delayed a return to democratic rule several times with a tentative election date set for late february political parties are slowly coming back into the open being

was arrested a year ago if the treason but is yet to go to trial when he has more from bangkok. after spending a year in a remote prison camp was finally able to return home but he's not free as cambodians awoke to news the opposition leader was released on bail and placed under house arrest a small number of supporters and media gathered outside his home in phnom penh i think that he had a clue what i'm very excited to hear that he's been released when i first heard the news i grabbed my shirt and came straight here. was arrested in september last year on treason charges in a case widely dismissed as politically motivated as the supreme court then dissolved his cambodian national rescue party the largest opposition political party more than one hundred of its members were banned from politics for five years it came amid a broad government crackdown on dissent independent media outlets closed and rights workers harassed or arrested with no credible opposition prime minister hun sen's cambodian people's party won every seat in the national assembly in july his election. last week

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the interactive showcase inside a popular mall in bangkok details efforts divers made to save the boys. visitors can see dive suits and wrap themselves in thermal blankets like the boys used. team captain don said he has 300,000 instagram followers. the team was trapped in the flooded cave for two weeks before search crews found them and launched an elaborate rescue plan. the exhibit features a statue remembering the former navy seal diver who died installing oxygen tanks along the treacherous route. the coach who took the boys into the complex before floodwaters hit has since become a monk. he said the lesson for everyone is to be mindful of what you were doing becauscan happen ilife. tina krause, cbs news. >>> i'm sure a movie will follow.>> it will be good to watch. >>> this is the current condition right now. the delta fire now, just south of mount shasta and redding, right now it is pretty warm. 80 degrees and humidity levels have dropped. now down to the 20s. on both sides of interstate 5 there is rough terrain and a massive fire has grown. this afternoon in the mid-90s there and

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quickly if there is the desire to do that within this government ok when hey bring us the latest from bangkok on the situation in myanmar thanks very much. and al jazeera journalist mahmoud hussein has spent more than six hundred days behind bars in egypt without charge the same is accused of broadcasting false news and receiving foreign funds to defame egypt's state institutions and al-jazeera strongly deny the allegations in the network is demanding his release. china's president xi jinping has pledged sixty billion dollars in financial support to africa she told leaders his country will also increase imports from africa he's been speaking at a major summit aimed at deepening time she says beijing's so-called built in road initiative could bring both sides common prosperity parity but there's concern chinese investment might be saddling poor countries with too much debt. janet johnson i don't think. we follow a five point approach with africa no interference with african countries pursuit of development fitting the national condition is no different with african countries internal affairs n

sea want to see showers just making their way towards bangkok thirty three celsius here over the next couple of days she was a little more extensive as we go on through monday but for much of indonesia it's looking fine and dry some more sunshine hot sunshine there ford carter thirty two degrees celsius all sunshine for pakistan hot sunshine to into the far northwest of india but the northern plains i which was east side of the country i was lucky showers they are set to continue the monsoon rains across well and truly tucked in heavy downpours too for bangladesh and also me and my. the weather sponsored by cats are at ways. a journey both dark. there's a very for everybody there's a lot of corruption and beautiful lake the beautiful lady you have to be very patient and woody is also the same as a cinder he can see how i was introduced to it though when my father and my mother or came for a king for house the personal story to discover the source of one of the most expensive commodities sent from heaven on al-jazeera. top stories here on al-jazeera the saudi the ever us led coalition

like yesterday and said in the ground next to show from germany shop the video plays music goes in bangkok. do you know what an already thought is i have to confess i didn't know it either had to look it up in the dictionary turns out that an ornithologist is an expert on birds and a d.j. dominical i beg is one of them he combines his two passions by creating beats with sounds from nature and we met in the techno ecologist at the nature one festival in germany. a lot of people i mean people holding trees like that as a fifteen year old tradition. to. explore they and dominic on about can you say it come find pm. he's watching the mountains dominic is a d.j. and ecologist and his techno is not just for dancing to. and i guess every artist is also a sort of teacher because it's our job to show people new worlds and hiked. long club nights are one thing but it's here in nature that he finds in the. working music composing requires a lot of and traverse. you really have to dig deep and make something from your core. have a with mom. and then suddenly it's friday. and you need to be super extra

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imprisoned for investigating a crime signaling the end of media freedom in myanmar wayne hay al jazeera bangkok . more now for reuters regional editor for asia kevin colicky. already been written all or eight months in separated more families that have young families on so soon as a young daughter who hasn't been able to see her father in court or where the most of the past year or while on have some new more impulse he's never met them what happened today was an injustice heartbreaking for the families it threatens the freeman grasping the rule of law and myanmar and the capital of man this has been a judicial process with respect to the difficult process we presented the case a compelling case and any fair reading of the evidence at trial that shows that long chance they were innocent and today's verdict unfortunately provides for tragically the one who are those in the police we sought out real time on the mass killing of ten men and on the right time state several years ago there was a story on shows they were on the fourteenth to conduct their arrests it's only been a few hours since we ha

don't think you'll be missed at all frankly ok phil robertson many thanks for joining us there from bangkok thank you. opposition groups have rallied in the philippines against president proposed changes to the constitution and his races say to taze push to turn the country into a federal state will lead to a dictatorship the march in manila marks the forty sixth anniversary of the declaration of martial law under former president marcos activists have drawn strong links between the current and former leaders as. well saying in the philippines where rescue is a digging through the rubble of a landslide they say to say see at least twenty two people were killed when the mountainside collapsed on to villages thursday morning more than sixty people are reported to be missing the landslide was triggered by heavy monsoon rains just days after the northern philippines was battered by its most powerful typhoon this year . her going to florence has left its mark on the southeastern united states and there's danger lurking and is often enough rising floodwaters and pollution and toxic chemicals acro

bangkok thailand finally i knew the region where that comes from. but a million good has literally associations for me is your culture what it's more was said to get contemplation. it may have faced come to the middle east with china's traders and today it's the chinese again a lot hopping of the biggest financial market. back in egypt when his hunt for clean up my land tells me about the boom in chinese sets why did the chinese a stark reminder go and work on the rest of the world. it's got to burn through cellars and. yourselves in europe recently. because of. the economy yeah there's just there's more and more rich trainings and it's really a function name on how they bury all the highest quality so the price is rising very very fast. like every year and can be like twenty percent or so depending on the quality of the highest quality. what do they use it for. is different case for false culture of feeling tree they like to put it on my school ace when they're in their home to impress their our guest also and also as a traditional medicine. differ

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campaign organize street gatherings for an election which may be held in february when he reports from bangkok. four years after having their power taken away the leaders of the poor thai party are able to meet again without fearing arrest since the coup that removed thailand's largest party from office political gatherings of five people or more have been outlawed but now the military government has partially relaxed its ban on political activities. i told the board there what's happening now is that we are still alive and we are proud of what we have therefore we will continue to do activities and those activities have proven popular with voters for years may be too popular a tie and its predecessor parties have won every election since two thousand and one but the military backed by some of thailand's most rich and powerful people organized to coups against them since the last overthrow in two thousand and fourteen the government has delayed a return to democratic rule several times with a tentative election date set for late february political parties are slowly coming back into the open b