very much evolving inside that shopping mall in the city of koran to the northeast of the capital bangkok the gunman still believed to be inside that shopping mall police say that he does have some hostages inside the shopping mall with him it's not clear exactly how many we've seen more footage similar to what you've just seen of people in the last hour or so leaving the shopping mall with the assistance of police it's not clear whether those people were among the hostages being held by the gunman inside the shopping mall there are also being more gunshots ringing out appearing to come from inside the mall again within the last hour or so just to give you background to how this evolved has been going on for quite a few hours now mid afternoon on saturdays when it began this serving member of the time military a soldier is believed to have shot a commanding officer a superior on a military base about 20 kilometers outside the city of koran killing him and at least 2 others on the army base he stole weapons and ammunition from the army base as well as a vehicle an army humvee drove out of

ok have any correspondence floor and mission bangkok thank you. us maybe a says an american man has died of a new coronavirus the us citizen died in a hospital in the chinese city of woo hanway the outbreak began it's the 1st known khurana related death of a non chinese person in china and here in europe the french authorities say 5 pritish tourists have been diagnosed with the virus the group includes a 9 year old child back in mainland china the death toll continues to climb will the 700 people there have died and over 34004 nil and those they've been in distrust of how beijing has handled the outbreak robots brought in to assist the fight against corona virus it means less patient to patient infection reducing the risk to medical staff chris china many mourn the death of whistle blow a national hero dr levy when liang who 1st spotted the virus that eventually killed him. people in china are also angry criticizing the government for delays cover ups and chaos in neighboring hong kong a new government measure anyone arriving from mainland china m

40 people were also wounded in saturday's attack which took place in caracas which is northeast of bangkok. thailand morning brought relief at last special forces finally ended the standoff with the military not shoot. he did in the by spring of a luxury shopping center up to massacring dozens of people on it and you know. we have put an end to the perpetrators criminal act. at the moment we're gathering evidence and witness statements that we're beginning an investigation to bring justice to all that poppy topical. those words delivered reassurance after not just stop and shop as it corrupts terminal 21 shopping mall will never forget. the scores of terrified people ran for their lives the trauma of what they've experienced visible on their faces fear in their voices. from the world the people wanted to leave but they weren't sure it was safe to wait until the police came but. they couldn't have expected a day at the local shopping center to end black leaf freed by special forces groups of shoppers the sky into the night. the many survivors and anguished loved ones of the police special o

on for day to be correspondent foreign nation bangkok thanks very much for the update. the ladies of germany's 3 governing coalition parties have been meeting in berlin the south and their job to stop a political scandal in a small east and german region turn into a full blown crisis for michael's federal coalition leaders of the conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. and the center left social democrats discuss the fallout from wednesday's events. for my kids from local c.d.u. sided with the far right alternative for germany to elect a new state premier for the regional government chattering a german post-war political to boo against cooperating with the far right parties the political maneuver has sparked widespread national outrage and hundreds of protesters gathered outside today's meeting. was standing by for us in berlin outside without meetings taking place is data we have political correspondent kate brady kate tell us there's been a recent development in this story what's the latest. well there certainly has rebecca the meeting has since come to an end and a statement has

and go straight to thailand where foreign mission is standing by for us in bangkok floor and other still people inside the shopping center. yes that is what we're hearing there are reports that there are at least 10 hostage is some local media report that 16 people actually still. in that shopping mall with the shooter the latest we're hearing is that police brought in the mother of the shooter so apparently they are trying to use her to persuade her son to surrender this house just to come in within the last few minutes so we don't know if that will be successful. what we do know is that perpetrators facebook's old style house been shut down a few hours ago before that he had posted pictures and live updates about his shooting rampage. does whole situation has been going on for several hours it started in the afternoon local time here in thailand and so the police have been trying to. get out to get control of the situation for hours and all but the situation is so long gone. and you mentioned the facebook page there i mean he was i had the page has now been taken down but he was postin

about his motifs yes all right florian nash reporting from bangkok thank you very much. now authorities in china say the death toll from the corona virus has passed the 800 mark that means the disease has now killed more people in the deadly sars outbreak 2 decades ago almost all the reported deaths and most of the new infections are in the chinese province of who by where the corona virus was 1st discovered globally there are now some 37500 confirmed cases of the virus china says they're a bit fewer new infections in previous days but overall the virus continues to spread and monday millions of chinese are expected to return to work after the extended lunar new year break is over but nevertheless china is still far from back to normal. this is the extent to which china is trying to get a grip on this outbreak medical officials forcibly remove a family from their home. it is believed he had just retired from wu han and had refused to self quarantine a 3rd man is determined not to go without a struggle. in the end it takes 4 adults to dry kemo. at the world health organiz

s correspondent for the notion bangkok we appreciate your reporting. authorities in china say the death toll from the corona virus has now passed the 800 mark that means the disease has now killed more people than the deadly sars outbreak 2 decades ago here in europe in a french mountain town authorities say 5 british tourists have been diagnosed with the virus the group includes a 9 year old child local authorities shut down 2 schools close to the ski resort meanwhile france's foreign office now recommends that its citizens do not travel to china and in hong kong authorities are making a fresh effort to prevent the corona virus from spreading they've imposed a mandatory 2 we quarantine for anyone arriving from mainland china. an unusual plea from hong kong's leader oh you say i would go out i would like to make an appeal to the public i know there are people in a position to buy a small number of mosques maybe 10020000 mosques if anyone has sources to buy them i appeal to them to donate them to those who are in need of punk kong is just great to conta

to be correspondent in bangkok for us thank you. and we bring you more on that breaking story as it comes in hong kong is making a fresh effet to prevent the corona virus from spreading with already as there are imposing a mandatory to wait quarantine for anyone arriving from mine on china so father virus has killed one person in hong kong but in mainland china the death toll is far more than 700 people there who died and of the 34000 have fallen ill and as a deepening distrust over how beijing has handled the outbreak robots brought in to assist the fight against corona virus it means less patient to patient infection reducing the risk to medical staff chris china many mourn the death of whistle blow a national hero dr levy when liang spotted the virus that eventually killed him. people in china also angry criticizing the government for delays cover ups and chaos in neighboring hong kong a new government measure anyone arriving from mainland china must self quarantine and even be made to wear a tracking bracelet. overwhelmed medica

that is the bbc thai service in bangkok. now the weather.ance of disruption, a significant risk. at the moment, an amber warning has been issued for england and wales, but that might be extended into scotla nd but that might be extended into scotland and northern ireland. if you are in england and wales today, you are in england and wales today, you probably wonder what i am on about, with light winds and sun shane, but a weather front is already approaching scotland and northern ireland and the winds are picking up. there will be wet weather here through this evening, particularly as the front grinds to a halt in southern scotland and parts of cumbria. up to 40 millimetres of rain possible for some. rain in all parts first thing on sunday. you can see the rain swirling across the uk relentlessly, and there could be localised flooding, high coastal tides, so we could also see flooding here as well. it's the strength of the wind, gusts up to 80 mph in some areas, that could cause disruption to transport. we could also see flooding, thanks to

but numbers are down i have to 80 percent since the outbreak began well spencer like say brian in bangkok shortly but 1st her reports. 8 times a day at the mekong railway markets vendors move their way. and clear the tracks to make way for the train. it's hot and bustling highlight with tourists even in the middle of the coronavirus crisis. and we always like ours by hours like we are we aware of where. this. crowded my area is china is thailand's biggest source of foreign tourists with about $2000000.00 visitors a year and they bring plenty of money with them but last month chinese $2.00 groups from traveling overseas and put a number of cities in lockdown to control the spread of infection this floating on the outskirts of bangkok with tourists from all over the world including china it's much. higher in the colony and these bandits here rely on terrorism. more than a $1000000000.00. everyone he has affected. with the changing but chinese tourists by 90 percent the numbers stop dropping a few days ago look at a state of usually. packed with chinese tourists along the coast thailand's fa

when the say the shooter has an assault rifle will circle life nights wayne he joins us from bangkok when just bring us up to speed on the latest in that situation as it might be brought circles. it hasn't according to the latest update we've received from the police or so the defense ministry giving a regular updates at a location near the mall the shooter is still believed to be inside that shopping mall in the city of course where he has been for several hours in the police confirming that there are hostages they believe being kept by the gunman somewhere inside the mall they're not sure exactly how many hostages there are in there and it seems that there is also some confusion about exactly where he may be inside the mall are what they are saying is that police soldiers as well have gone inside the building itself and of managed to secure several of the floors within the mall obviously those floors are not where the shooter is he is still in there somewhere exactly we're if they know the police are not saying so again this is been going on for several hours began mid afternoon on

did in the rampage in the city of kut at that is northeast of bangkok it appears that a soldier it's a good gun from his military base and opened fire at several locations now dozens of people later fled to safety as troops and police moved in facebook says it is removed the account of a suspect he posted on the network authorities say that the gunman is still at large inside the shop exacta and they're going to go to correspondent standing by for us in bangkok florian we understand that this situation is still developing but what more can you tell us at this stage. indeed the situation is very fluid right now we have shirts just a short while ago that special forces have and set them all up on the ground floor level they are now going through the different floors trying to secure everything just before we have seen dozens of people civilians coming out of the mall trying to find shelter somewhere. it is believed that this shooter is still holed up in that basement off the shelf a mall so the situation is still going on for an hour thorton said anything about the attack and. yes we b

jonathan head, bbc news, bangkok. we will be speaking tojonathan later.ust to save the situation in the city of korat is continuing. the latest report confirm 20 people have been killed and they are hoping to hear from the scene in just a few minutes‘ time. stay with us for that here on bbc news. five british people — including a child — have been diagnosed with coronavirus in the french alps. they were all staying in the same chalet in a ski resort in the savoir region, and caught the virus from a british man who'd recently returned from singapore. elsewhere, a british family are in hospital in majorca as a precaution, after they reportedly came in to contact with a coronavirus patient. more than 700 people have died from the virus in china since the outbreak started. andy moore reports. a picturesque ski resort in the french alps the unlikely setting for this new cluster of coronavirus cases. french officials said a british man came to a chalet in contamines montjoie after visiting singapore. he then infected at least five other people, including a chil

and flu like sara brian has more on that from bangkok. in labs around the world scientists are racing to understand the new coronavirus they want to know where it came from and how to stop it and to get the answers they need they've turned to beds 75 ops infected this is can farm. animal that can tell you there while i says. look healthy. it best can. last to other animal to human doctors who has been studying these viruses for years the thailand's chulalongkorn university the corona virus spreading now she is almost 100 percent d.n.a. match with another one found in bats and she hopes that study and wildlife can help us prevent and control outbreaks in humans supercool on help decode the genome for the 1st confirmed case of the new virus outside china behind the story researchers are working with patients of the corona virus and they are taking steps to make the fragments safer to work with by killing the virus but keeping its d.n.a. and tagged we can't go in here because it's too dangerous. to my doctors say a new approach of treating s

and ammunition from his battalion before attacking the shopping center when he joins us now from bangkok for more rain just bring us up to speed what's the latest. yes well this situation is still very much unfolding in the city of korans or not. it's also known which is a fairly large city population around 2 and a half 1000000 around 250 kilometers to the northeast of the capital bangkok from what we understand this situation began at around 3 o'clock in the afternoon local time so several hours ago just over 6 hours ago now when a shooting took place on the military bases you mentioned an active serving member of the thai army is believed to have shot a commanding officer on the military base and at least 2 others on the base before he has stolen an army vehicle more weapons and ammunition as well leaving the army base and then driving towards the center of koran towards the shopping mall way he has seemingly entered the mall late in the afternoon early evening at a time on a saturday when it would have been very busy full of shoppers and that is where the situation is still unfolding

to taste for those who may have a fever hand sanitizers are a common sight so too in mosques and bangkok's chinatown which is one of the biggest chinese own claves in the world it's both a major tourist attraction and popular with locals. i've seen a decline in the number of tourists especially in the past few days since the news broke about the virus when chinese tourists easier some type people don't come because they're scared of getting infected while people try everything they can to protect themselves they're looking to doctors and scientists around the world who urgently trying to find a solution to a problem that's growing by the day brian al-jazeera bangkok. well still ahead on al-jazeera made warnings of a worsening food crisis in south sudan we look at the challenges of delivering i to remote areas plus. i'm a solid job in kazakhstan and i'll tell you how the remnants of soviet culture is having an impact on how the society deals with the disabled. are. going to welcome back to international weather forecasts were here across turkey in coming days we're going to be seeing more w

bangkok. malawi's president is to appeal against the court ruling overturning his reelection peter with a rico narrowly won a 2nd term last year but months of protests followed over ickes ations a vote rigging on monday judges and know the results saying it had been compromised by vote stuffing and altered ballots they ordered a new election within 150 days president spokesman called the decision a miscarriage of justice has the latest from malawi's capital a long way. well the president is going to address the nation on wednesday and he's going to tell people what he's going. with senior officials in the ruling party stated what he thought of organizing the paperwork the legal documents for the appeal village malawi's know when they plan to file the paperwork at the supreme court the supreme court to either say there is no case and throw the matter out or they could set a date to hear the matter what does this mean because the constitutional court has ordered that a french election has to be

thailand bangkok thank you. well into the impeachment trial of u.s. president donald trump and likely be over by wednesday that is after the senate voted to block any witnesses from testifying so it means donald trump all but certain to be acquitted as the republicans have that majority in the upper house of the u.s. congress he is of course accused of abuse of power and obstruction of congress for threatening to withhold military aid to ukraine in exchange for an investigation into his political rival joe biden just after the vote president trump up on twitter he said no matter what you give the democrats in the end they will never be satisfied in the house they gave nothing. that is a concert with more now from washington d.c. . democrats say the impeachment trial of president donald trump is the 1st trial in u.s. history without witnesses is this a fair trial without the ability to call witnesses and produce documents the answer is clearly and unequivocally no but despite hours of arguments trying to convince republican senators to allow new witnes

for 8 years we cycle now has been running an illegal microbrewery on the outskirts of bangkok for a brewpubto be legal in thailand it has to produce at least $1000.00 hectare leaders per year cycle aus open air bar falls far short of that. you leave go get caught 5 problems are right about everything. i've the average joe and goods made a good ruling what you're doing is oh good good for the local economy good for the people. in addition to brewing and selling his own beer sikelel teaches other enthusiastic to follow his example. and i may tell them to heat the molten water to 70 degrees then the starch will be converted into sugar might get that far. since launching cheap beer in 2012 seconds so has had to pay 2000 euros in fines. in theory he could even go to jail for violating the decades old law but his status as a colonel in the thai army seems to protect him from any severe repercussions. but over the low. whether we do i'll be waiting for the lobby j. and i'll be gentle as they are having my. edges as they godzilla yeah. dick's total can't take that risk the german brewmaster runs a

dick's totaled can't take that risk the german brewmaster runs a beer hall in bangkok with an annual production of only 120000 liters he's allowed to sell his beer on site but not in stores that privileges reserved exclusively for thailand's industrial scale breweries if they don't we don't like it and we have massive losses in sales because of it but there's just no way around it the penalties are quite a deterrent. officially the law was designed to protect beer drinkers from unqualified amateurs. but dirk's told us says it's in fact thailand's 2 beer dynasties that benefit the most from the protection. of any of us let's just say there are certain areas that are run by very wealthy families they have a say and can influence lawmakers to their advantage. of whatever they argue that they can then invest more pay more taxes and so on and so forth it's a proper pain in the chit side close view nothing should stand in the way of free market competition so he continues to build up what he calls an army of home brewers to eventually bring about change to thailand's beer laws. just that a

foreign issues in bangkok he described how officials there had been responding to the rampage. incidents like this are definitely not common at all here in thailand and the prime minister who gave a short press briefing earlier today and funded one of the hospitals in karate actually said that this situation is completely unprecedented he said has never happened before here in thailand and hopefully this was the 1st and the last time something like this happens now with the fact that this is very uncommon one might infer that authorities especially the police were also quite taken by surprise that's something like this is happening and now the question lingers to what extent the police was actually. fully you know prepared for something like this and the fact that this whole ordeal went on. for almost 616 hours. might be due to the fact that the police you know had to actually learn about this kind of situation as they went along. database foreign news faking to us a little area sucka now and honestly good title hopefuls bruce in dortmund were looking to continue their race and

with breaking news a soldier in thailand has gone on a shooting rampage is in a city northeast of bangkok local media is reporting that at least 12 people have died and that have been many injuries the suspect apparently hijacked a military humvee from his local unit and randomly opened fire in the city center seemingly targeting a shopping mall we'll bring you updates on that story as they come in. the international chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w. has lashed out at the links provided by 2 whistleblowers who revealed serious defects in its final report on an alleged chemical attack in the syrian city of duma and verify video emerged. in april of 2018 claiming to show the aftermath of the alleged assault was immediately blamed on syrian government forces prompting the u.s. u.k. and france to carry out strikes on scientific the cities that they blamed for the incident that before and he probe it even taken place. explains how the latest comments do not appear to restore trust in the official findings there are 2 types of investigation the 1st type is intended to find out and explain

31 people were wounded in the rampage in the city of kut at that scene north east of the capital bangkok now a suspect had posted threats on social media before the attack. a weekend car ride turned to terror for this couple who were driving by is the rampage began. arriving late like. is a row pretty asks the woman inside the vehicle. out on the streets more shots ring out as panicked process but i run for cover. and there were chaotic scenes inside a nearby shopping mall a soldier armed with an assault rifle had apparently holed up there after stealing an army truck and shooting dead multiple victims. dozens were able to flee to safety and security forces stormed the terminal $21.00 center and divert q.a. to terrified shoppers police say a dispute over a land deal set off the mass killings oh thirty's of identified the suspect posted threats on facebook the social media network has removed his account it's thought the gunman is still at large inside the shopping center. mall on this developing story i'm joined here in the studio by d.w. reporter we have no earthly across to what he wan

and managed to rescue hundreds of people let's bring in our producer kitty forms going on now in bangkok so 1st of all is the situation under control. yes the situation is under control the police are clearing the area to rush there and then people who were injured to the nearby hospital we did have a moment ago by the company that that they will try to bring everything back to normal as soon as they can and we can expect another path which we read given by the prime minister. which he will be arriving in 20 minutes for a not update give us an update as how casualties look right now. the casualties at the moment the official numbers we have 20 confirmed that and 42 inches some of them are in. critical condition at the moment but they are all being prepared to talk to and do we have any idea of what prompted this incident 1. d. motive of the attack is still unclear in terms of the 3 next plan for depletes will start collecting evidence at the crime scene and will be conducting the investigation especially what was the motive behind the attack because because it seemed like he had an issue

away they live in bangkok thank you. well weeklong reduction in violence is geezer begin in afghanistan at midnight on friday the deal was part of a wider agreement struck between the us and taliban representatives in doha and if this phase is successful it could pave the way for negotiations between the taliban and the afghan government as well as for a withdrawal of u.s. forces casualties are mounting in military operations in northern syria turkey says 2 of its soldiers now being killed in airstrikes near it late province there's been intense shelling between opposition and syrian government forces who are making their push for the last rebel held province the u.n. says the operations resulted in the largest displacement of civilians since the conflicts r.-t. of 9 years ago almost 900000 people have fled and they're now massed on the border with turkey. find out how it's affected lives. and i would still rains daily throughout indonesia as you might expect as we are in late february now the rains become a little bit m

as they are at bangkok. still ahead on al-jazeera after hours of delay the results from the iowa caucuses start to roll in we'll tell you in the minutes. how low the temperatures are now starting to tumble across year up we see some very cold air starting to take its way across these northern parts but behind these are weather systems you see this tight squeeze on the ice apart into southern areas of france a mistrial wind winds gusting to 100 kilometers per hour over the next day or so so some very choppy waters of course that western side of the mediterranean that couple of days ago the further north in zurich we were getting up into the high teens for self-discipline the top temperature here on wednesday there's some snow there over the alps know that into the balkans and some was for snow just pushing across hungry easing over towards the southern parts of ukraine very heavy rain sleet and snow there pushing down it to bulgaria and also into a good part of turkey in the choppy weather also affecting the

have been rescued it's unclear how many remain trapped in haiti has been following the story from bangkok. well the latest update we have came through a short time ago from the health minister he is there on the ground in the city of coreg where this has been unfolding over the course of many hours and he confirmed that the death toll has risen to $21.00 and the additional fatality he confirmed was a police officer who was killed seemingly in a gun battle inside the shopping mall that gun battle of course taking place with the gunman himself we are not sure though because he didn't go into any further details the health minister about the actual situation that is unfolding there still we do not know exactly what the situation is there whether there are still people trapped or being held inside the mall by the gunman we know we've seen many people coming out of the more some of them injured including in the last couple of hours or so those injured taken away to the hospitals which are becoming very busy of course because not only do we have 21 fatalities but we have many people who are inj

the technology join apple has decided to close all of its operations in china ok let's go to bangkok now he's and brian not often we can go to a reporter with their own video wall ready to go with numbers why don't you take it away for us and. well i'm here one of the operations centers at the ministry of public health and they've just held a press conference in the past few hours and they have confirmed that the number of confirmed cases remains unchanged at 19 but the number of suspected cases here in thailand has jumped to 344 from 200 on friday they're not saying that's because the virus is spreading much faster here it's actually because they've widened the net they're now looking at people who have arrived from cities outside of the center of that but also thais who may have come into contact with chinese tourists for example because china is the biggest source of foreign tourists for thailand they have been about 2000000 people come through just in december and january since the outbreak began so if you have a look at the map behind me that has been a mess made up to show the

it's the 4th major opposition party to be dissolved in less than 15 years when he reports now from bangkok. there was anger and sadness his supporters gathered at the headquarters of the future forward party to watch the verdict the constitutional court judges ruled that the opposition party be dissolved and that 16 leaders banned from politics for 10 years . the case surrounded the more than $6000000.00 given to the party by its leader tom anton john room ruling kid the party said it was a loan which was being paid back and therefore exempt from laws in thailand that restrict the amount of money that can be given to a political party by an individual the judges disagreed and ruled that it was a donation while in excess of the legal limit future forward says it will now become a political movement and fight on. the implied they wanted to destroy us this is the time to prove them wrong we have to become stronger they want to stone person to the ground therefore this is the time to stand firm it's not the time to be said to cry we don't have time for that. this party delved into areas that o

see that the they have been attacks in several locations wayne has been following this story from bangkok and joins us now it is police have identified the gunman have they managed to capture him. it appears not at the moment it seems like the situation is still happening at the more with the gunman somewhere inside this seemingly with several people being held hostage or either trapped inside parts of that mall over the past few hours what we have seen is the security forces both police and military going inside the mall in quite large numbers to try obviously to find where the gunman is exactly to try to get people out of them or so we have seen many many people is well over the past few hours coming out of that more after being trapped inside there for quite a few hours it's not clear whether some of those people were actually being held by the gunman gunman or whether they were simply caught in a section of the very large building and they couldn't get out so what the police are saying to local media here in thailand is they have managed to secure several floors of the building clear

as here at bangkok. and now the new president does so appeal against a court ruling overturning his reelection him with a rico now really want to a 2nd term loss here but months of protests followed over accusations of vote rigging on monday judges an old results saying it had been compromised by the stuffing and altered ballots they ordered a new election within 150 days the president's spokesman called the decision a miscarriage of justice. has the latest from capitol hill. well the president is going to address the nation on wednesday and you're going to tell people what. he thought of organizing the paper would be a legal document for the appeal to. file the paperwork at the supreme court the supreme court there is no case and throw them out or they could get a date here medical what does that mean because the constitutional court has ordered that appraisal action have to be held with $150.00 days of the pill could delay the procedure so what will the opposition do the head of be incomplete. peapods

we have more from bangkok.spondent: there was anger and sadness as supporters gathered at the headquarters of the future forward party to watch the verdict. constitutional court judges ruled the opposition party be dissolved and its 16 leaders banned from politics for 10 years. the case surrounded more than $6 million given the party by its leader. the party said it was a loan which was being paid back and therefore exempt from laws that restrict the amount of money that can be given to a political party by an individual. the judges disagreed and ruled it was a donation well in excess of legal limits. future forward says it will now become a political movement and fight on. >> they wanted to destroy us. this is the time to prove them wrong. we have to get stronger. they want to stomp us into the ground. this is time to stand firm, not time to stand or cry. correspondent: this party is vowing to reform one of the most powerful political forces in thailand, the military. there ideas prove popular with many, perha

started mid-afternoon in the city of corette about 250 kilometers to the northeast of the capital bangkok in recent hours the situation at the more seemed to being quiet as you mentioned multiple police and military personnel entering that mall to try to bring the situation under control we saw many people leaving the mall as well with the help of those security forces that relative calm seems to have come to an end in the last few minutes as you mentioned multiple gunshots have been heard coming from within the shopping mall some reports suggesting that most of those people who were either trapped inside certain parts of the more because they couldn't get out because of the situation obviously or were being held hostage by the gunman have now managed to get out of the mall that is unconfirmed reports coming from time media but the situation still very much unfolding the gunman as you mentioned still believed to be inside that building somewhere heavily armed gunman bringing the situation under control made more difficult for the police and soldiers of course because the man they are look

hiv drugs that's after one chinese woman treated in a hospital in bangkok recovered but other patients didn't and the government says it's too early to say whether that mix of drugs is effective in medical system we can only do case reports or we send this report to many medical journals and also when the. research and medical schools. in order for them to. continue further and a treatment can't come soon enough thailand is seen as one of the countries most at risk from this new virus because of the number of chinese visitors it receives each year and because in recent weeks some came from. the center of the outbreak planes flying in and out of the mainland a big date cleaned and disinfected shopping centers they use in thermal imaging cameras to taste for those who may have a fever hand sanitizers are a common sight so too in mosques and bangkok's chinatown which is one of the biggest chinese own claves in the world it's both a major tourist attraction and popular with locals. i've seen a decline in the number of tourists especially in the past few days since the news broke about the

hours ago hundreds of people have been rescued from the mall and called out north of the capital bangkok but it's unclear how many are still trapped inside when hey has been following developments. well the latest update we have came through a short time ago from the health minister he is there on the ground in the city of coreg where this has been unfolding over the course of many hours and he confirmed that the death toll has risen to $21.00 and the additional fatality he confirmed was a police officer who was killed seemingly in a gun battle inside the shopping mall that gun battle of course taking place with the gunman himself we are not sure though because he didn't go into any further details the health minister about the actual situation that is unfolding there still we do not know exactly what the situation is there whether there are still people trapped or being held inside the mall by the gunman we know we've seen many people coming out of the more some of them injured including in the last couple of hours or so those injured taken away to the hospitals which are becoming very

on the outskirts of bangkok with tourists from all over the world including china it's much. higher in the colony and these bandits here rely on terrorism. more than a $1000000000.00. everyone he has affected. the number. changing but chinese tourists by 90 percent the numbers stop dropping a few days ago look at a state of usually. packed with chinese tourists along the coast thailand's famous speeches a ghost towns hotels are out and someone may need to be laid off. you know if things don't improve soon i'll be in trouble because i have expenses to pay i need to pay rent and support my children so it's very difficult for me the ripple effects of the virus are expected to last for months if that impair poor law for example is going to drag longer his her niece you know virus could spread worldwide and stop tourism sector the economy would fall into slow down below 2 percent in the 2nd half of the year this imperative we get is going to hit not just the recent sake they're not as exports that they're basically that's going to hear domestically none of the taking back of the r

the latest on that attack in thailand went thanks for joining us there live from bangkok. now after a brief response in china the rates of new corona virus infections is once again on the rise the number of people killed is on track to surpass the summer's total some 17 years ago at least 723 chinese have died from the new virus in addition an american woman and a man from japan but with passed away in one where the outbreak started it's now hong kong has begun a 2 week mandatory quarantine for all arrivals from mainland china while in japan thousands of cruise ship passengers remain in quarantine doctors in the port of yokohama have confirmed 64 cases on board katrina you reports from beijing. the owners of this luxury cruise ship describe it as a home away from home and for those on board there's now no choice about 3700 people on the diamond princess are being quarantined for at least 2 weeks after japan's yokohama put that's after more than 60 tested positive for corona virus we are all instructed to stay in our own cabin. you know that people from the insurer. and all

a shooting spree in the city of korda swaine hey joins us now on the phone from the thai capital bangkok away and just bring us up to speed what more can you tell us. yes there's still very much an ongoing in the developing situation as you rightly said in the city of coal right otherwise known as not going russia kima this is a city about 250 kilometers to the military east of the capital bangkok according to reports some of the police are now beginning to confirm as well as all just within the last 2 hours or so began shooting on a military base in the city near the city. and killed a commanding officer and at least 2 others on the military base then stole a military vehicle and drove towards the center of knock on what you see not shooting at people as we went towards a shopping mall called terminal $21.00 of the shooting that is going to be inside the shopping mall there could be as secure late in social media and clearly is a very loud gunshots multiple gunshots coming from within the shopping mall itself it is believed that he has the hostages inside that building as well even serv

so let's take bangkok for example, as we mentioned, one of the higher risks.mmending they do?” risks. what are you recommending they do? i think it's the same that's occurring across the world. it's really important to try and improve detection of cases and when cases are detected and diagnosed, to isolate them and to investigate them, to find out where those people have been, who they may have been in contact with. the better and more efficient we can get, the higher the chance we have of containing this outbreak within china. so this is a number of weeks, from about the 23rd of january, andrew, we've been looking at the coronavirus. with your research, is it tearing out in the way you expected? yes. i think what we are seeing, in terms of what we estimated which cities were at relatively much higher risk around the world and this is very much tearing out in terms of the number of cases we are seeing detect it in those cities. so it's suggesting this isa cities. so it's suggesting this is a useful tool for prioritising perhaps where we should be looking, wher