ah, another place where corbett 19 has taken a heavy toll is the ty, capital, bangkok, among the many who died were some of the owners of the cities, well known st food stalls. and as we report, some of their children are stepping up to the plate to make sure their businesses continue to thrive. which is now one of the 1st things out of which tanks of money does when setting up his food stool alongside the michelin stars. he places a photo of his father, who died this year if coven 19. he ran the store for nearly 50 years, turning it into a must visits of the bangkok street food scene for which there was no doubt he would continue setting up the store renowned road rice noodles. i have to continue this business. the shop with what my father love the most, and i love him the most. i have to keep it going. no matter what. i'm like. stools like this one in bangkok, china town we're under threat even before the corona virus pandemic, facing competition from up market restaurants and resistance from city planners wanting to clean up the crowded pavements. but some say you can't beat these

back in bangkok, the city also wants to tackle flooding with green rooftops, like in berlin. it helps to use them for temporary water storage. so the rainwater can be put to good use. that's just one of many ways to give nature a chance in concrete jungles. more importantly, it's an attempt to prevent catastrophic flooding in the future. i think they can do that, but we need t when every one, les, hey, wake up and see what's gonna happen. and we need to fix it. to get cities have a near insatiable appetite for energy. the sun offers huge potential to meet their demands, but full of our storage is still riddled with problems. a team of scientists in europe says it's developed technology that's cheap, effective, and could ultimately help the world reach its climate goals. we checked out their pilot project in spin safety 1st. these engineers are getting ready to scale. a steep reactor here in the spanish city of seville. it's at the heart of a pilot project that is now in its final phase one that holds the promise of a new method to store solar energy. we can talk about it with

tony chang reports from bangkok but more than a century while m pon station in bangkok has stood as a testament to tie independence in the face of colonial dominance. opened in 1916 at a time when thailand was threatened by british regional control. it says at the center of southeast asia, 1st railway network, but while and pong is due to close, to make way for new grand central station at the heart of a high speed rail network. that's caused considerable concern for many, particularly as china is the main investor. i have a little camera i'm, it's important to make sure that when china makes investment, how are we going to make people of this country or of this region get benefit from an investment? china has long held ambitions for a high speed rail network in to southeast asia. as part of the belt and road initiative designed to bring chinese investment to neighboring countries, laos opened its high speed rail line in december. but huge cost of the project laying, lying through difficult terrain, has left the la government with a debt to china. the critics say will be crippling. af

and so in this corner of bangkok street food is now more than just about its taste. in the time of cove, it, it's about keeping memories alive. that's it for today there's of course more updates on the region on our 5 d, w dot com, forward slash a chef in c assumed a back to fight against the corona virus pandemic. how has the rate of infection been developing? what does the latest research say? information and context? the corona virus update the coded 19 special. next on d, w. are you ready to get an extreme? these places in europe are smashing all the records. stepped into a bold adventure. just don't lose your grip. is the treasure map for modern globetrotters? discover some of your groups wykard breaking sites too. and now also in book form. ah 2021 began with hospital systems struggling against a deadly wave of corona, virus infections but hopes were high for cope at 19 vaccines and the return to normality that jobs would eventually enable. but the vaccine campaign has been slow and uneven. oh, many poor countries are still waiting for shots. millions of people

and so in this corner of bangkok street food is now more than just about its taste. in the time of cove, it, it's about keeping memories alive. that's it for today there's of course more updates on the region on our side did of a dot com forward slash a chef in c assumed about the fight against the corona virus pandemic. how has the rate of infection been developing? what does the latest research say? information and context? the corona virus update the code 19 special next on d w. how long does a or an eternity time. it can be measured precisely, and yet each person experiences it differently as if there are different forms of type, type a phenomena, a dimension, and illusion. about time starts december 31st on d, w here. ah, ah, 2021 began with hospital systems struggling against a deadly wave of corona, virus infections. but hope for high for cove at 19 vaccines and the return to normality that jobs would eventually enable. but the vaccine campaign has been slow and uneven. oh, many poor countries are still waiting for shots. millions of people and the developed w

tony chang has more from bangkok. it seems that the mere ma military is pushing it.

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ah, another place where corbet 19 has taken a heavy toll is the ty, capital, bangkok, among the many who died was some of the owners of the cities well known st food stalls. and as we report, some of their children are stepping up to the plate to make sure their businesses continue to thrive. which is now one of the 1st things at which tanks of money does when setting up his food store alongside the michelin stars. he places a photo of his father, who died this year if coven 19. he ran the stall finelli 50 years, turning it into a must visits of the bangkok street food scene, for which there was no doubt he would continue serving up the stalls. renowned road rice noodles. i have to continue this business. the shop with what my father love the most. and i love him the most. i have to keep it going. no matter what i bought, i did the stools like this one in bangkok, china town were under threats even before the corona virus pandemic, facing competition from up market restaurants and resistance from city planners wanting to clean up the crowded pavements. but some say you can't beat the

now, bangkok and maybe half a world to be but boldface the threat of drowning. the dream is systems can't cope with flooding, caused by climate change. a water management model devised or done sitting into relatable sponges, could help both stay and try thailand's capital city, bangkok had been hit especially hard by climate change. the city is only one meter above sea level, which keeps rising at a rate of 5 millimeters per year. scientists predict that the city could be under water by the year 2050. alex face is a graffiti artist and parent who's worried about the future of his home. some stretches of land have already started thinking, for example, around the sandwich in temple only 20 kilometer south of bangkok. the ocean moved to the land the last 30 years. so the local people need to move to house that image, mutual community and there was a village in a school here once, but when the area was flooded, residence left and the school was moved inland. teens the template now like an island that during flooding is surrounded by the sea bella phenomena in conti

back in bangkok, the city also wants to tackle flooding with green rooftops. like in berlin, it hopes to use them for temporary water storage, so the rainwater can be put to good use. that's just one of many ways to give nature a chance in concrete jungles. more importantly, it's an attempt to prevent catastrophic flooding in the future. i think they can do that. but we need to, we everyone like hey, wake up and see what going to happen. and we need to fix it to get cities have a near insatiable appetite for energy. the sun offers huge potential to meet their demands, but solar power storage is still riddled with problems. a team of scientists in europe says it's developed technology that's cheap, effective, and could ultimately help the world reach its climate goals. we checked out their pilot project in spin safety 1st, these engineers are getting ready to scale. a steep reactor here in the spanish city of seville. it's at the heart of a pilot project that is now in its final phase one that holds the promise of a new method to store solar energy. we can okay

tony cheng has more from bangkok. it seems that the mere mom military is pushing into these areas which over the last 6 months have seen a lot of people fling from the cities unwilling to accept the coo. but they were also believed to be sheltering. a lot of the members of the n.

tony chang has more from bangkok. it seems that the mere ma military is pushing into these areas which over the last 6 months have seen a lot of people fleeing from the cities unwilling to accept the crew. but they were also believed to be sheltering. a lot of the members of the energy, the national unity government, which is effectively a government in exile which has been established for the point when the military coup can be overturned. as we approached the anniversary, the one year anniversary of that who it seems, the military of very keen to stamp down their authority. and these areas along the board with thailand that they traditionally don't have a lot of control. there are ethnic on groups that operate relatively freely the in these areas. security forces in sudan have fired tear gas at protesters in the capital cartoon. tens of thousands rallied to call on the military to stay out of politics. it was the 10th major demonstration since october. the palestinian red crescent says, israeli forces have injured 2

back in bangkok, the city also wants to tackle flooding with green rooftops. like in berlin. it helps to use them for temporary water storage, so the rainwater can be put to good use. that's just one of many ways to give nature a chance in concrete jungles. more importantly, it's an attempt to prevent catastrophic flooding in the future. i think they can do that. but we need t when every one, les, hey, wake up and see what's gonna happen. and we need to fix it to get cities have a near insatiable appetite for energy. the sun offers huge potential to meet their demands, but solar power storage is still riddled with problems. a team of scientists in europe says it's developed technology that's cheap, effective, and could ultimately help the world reach its climate goals. we checked out their pilot project in spin safety 1st. these engineers are getting ready to scale. a steep reactor here in the spanish city of seville. it's at the heart of a pilot project that is now in its final phase one that holds the promise of a new method to store solar energy. we can okay bear with us.

tony chang reports from bangkok under a fiery sunset in bangkok. it's kick off at the thunder dome stadium whom team montague, united, one of the most successful in the type premier league. since the league was founded in 2009 local fans returned to the domestic game, proud of the home grown talent. so the thief, a ban, is a bitter pill to swallow. validate hamburger we love football so much. and when we, when we want to have pride told, have the flag on the shirt and we can waive the flag around. i have it. hello ma'am . i want to see the tile and effie to heal, to resolve the matter. so that dies can see the national anthem to the world again . ty football fans are pretty resilient and they don't have great expectations. but nothing would give them more pride that the see the national team perform on the world stage. the attitude of the ty essay is that this is just a legal complication, testing requirements from the anti doping agency, water, contravene ty laws. okay. it will have colleagues to called on gant water, wanted us to amend the regula

he joins us now from bangkok. my go, let me start with this latest ios, the video cool. does that give you any reassurance at all? frankly, no. i mean we've seen this play out before. china has a, a long track record of these scripted and coerced appearances of individuals who are otherwise held at undisclosed locations. and frankly, it's not quite appalling, that the i o c has allowed itself to be part of china's propaganda efforts of disguising what is otherwise a gross human rights violation in the recent disappearance of entre michael, there have been some observations that this whole narrative essentially shifts a focus, we're now talking about how well being rather than the sexual assault allegations she's made. might that have been passive the plan, especially if the government then produces her safe and sound. i do think that it is concerning that we have yet to get to the root of her allegations. and i fully unpack the severity of sexual assault and massage any in china. but to say that her disappearance is part of a orchestrated attempt to disguise from bad giv

that we stood alba in bangkok, thanks so much for joining us. thank you. protested in iraq block roads leading to the federal court in the capital, baghdad, supporters of iranian back sheer groups found to appeal against the electoral commission after suffering heavy losses in october of elections. she clerk with others, others movement one most sees the federal court is considering the case the israeli government is putting to double in the old jewish settlers in the occupied colon heights, the cabinet and doors to 300 $1000000.00 investment plan for the region where $25000.00 israelis live. colin was sees from israel by israel from syria in the 1967, middle east warren annexed in 1981. the us was the 1st country to recognize israel sovereignty over the territory. grammatical, honestly, the, golan heights is israel money? this is obvious. since 1981 israeli law was applied on it. it's the on debate from the fact that the trumpet administration recognized it. and the fact that the biden administration clarified there is no change in this policy,

on bangkok, famous cow son road, a few tourist arrivals. those who are already have approval can still enter on the thailand's test and go scheme. but with so much uncertainty surrounding international travel, many will choose to stay away. be runs a hair breeding business. she's just surviving the things a going from bad to worse. if they ever delay feel all of this net get worse, of course it will and it's never been the same since before the country shut, tao. this do have a few customers, but they are all tight. it's high season for the tie tourist industry. many had been banking on a busy holiday season and a fresh start in january. but the promises of the ty government to live with cove at 19, now seem a shaky as their hopes for the future. this is normally the busiest time of year on the cow san road. these new regulations mean the tourists won't be back. and so the tie tourist industry. 2022 is unlikely to be a happy new year. tony chang al jazeera, thank up to the world news now, and the un security council has agreed to a resoluti

tony chang has more from bangkok. as i understand from reports i've had from ker, any political groups operating in the area, the attack was apparently in retribution for attacks by grips on the me. i'm on military. on friday in the evening, they came into the village of most so entire states, rounded up the number of people, including children, including the elderly, and then executed them, put them in trucks that they then burnt villages said they, they tried to get out there, but the there was gunfire throughout the night. they did managed to reach the trucks on her, they were, they found the child remains of 38 people. we understand from save the children, that 2 of their workers who are in the area distribution aid have now disappeared. their unaccounted for, their vehicle has been found burnt amongst the wreckage of these vehicles and that is of course, great concern of great concern to them. and many others. there was a raid by the me. i'm a military on a village near by trying to find representatives of the n,

and she's with us from bangkok today. thank you so much for your time. asia has experience here, doesn't it? it's dealt with murray. it's dealt with sars. it's dealt with h one n one. can we? did you said it should have been able to maybe deal with the coven 19 a bit better? or is this just on a different scale? yes, definitely, devon lake of it mind dean is saying a much larger scale here than the previous been them me but several countries in the region because of the previous experiences with with especially sars then i'm sure a some lessons learned next best practice that now day i did day are better able to prepare yet, and this is shown best, several countries in the region that day manage the at them make so far quite well, relatively speaking, of course, of course, for example, i said vietnam taiwan was another example as well. in fact, you would say those countries have done better than a loss of western developed countries. what did they get? right? yeah, again, because out of previous experiences then the early

tony joining him bangkok. thank you. no israeli soldiers have injured more than $240.00 palestinian protested in the town of barker, north of nablus. that's according to the palestinian red crescent. security forces fight, tear gas live ammunition and rubber coated steel. bullets tension has been escalating in the area since it is rainy. settler was shot dead by 2 palestinians. on december, the 16th hundreds of settlers attacked the town in the occupied west bank earlier this week. neither abraham has more from bethlehem in the occupied westbank. there is a lot of increasing tension that's taking place in vertical and an older villages around the north of the occupied to a bank where palestinians are saying that they've been sending for themselves. and they've been organizing local committees to try and send off the facts that have been on the rise late happening pre things ever since last week when the have been in some policy and fight as a shot at. and it's really 2nd car in the hills. one sefner and injured others an

tony chang live there in bangkok. a fairy in bangladesh has caught fire killing at least 30 people. dozens of people suffered injuries, rescue teams, manage to save a number of passengers, backlog or sources. say the death toll is likely to rise. a fairy, this packed with 500 people to pakistan now where tens of thousands of people have had to move inland as see watering coaches on the land and underground water is largely due to rising sea levels. and there warnings the country could have 2000000 climate migrants by 2050 osama bin janet report some southern pakistan a 600000 hector forest is why fi selves? natural defense. again, salt, water intrusion, androids, and sea levels. this is that he generation nature, region notion, conservationist, see the number of trees in forest covered in the industry were delta has increased in the last decade. the diversity in pakistan's, mangroves is dying. most of the 17 major creeks from the river no longer provide fresh water. that means no silt or new soil, a necessity for the

tony chang al jazeera, bangkok, food water and medical supplies are now being delivered to survivors on typhoon ravished, islands in the philippines. at least 375 people died when super typhoon ride. devastated southern and central regions. ounces here as general alan dog and reports from dinner, get province in the southern philippines. sunni go city. what was once a thriving community in the southern philippines? now reduced to this? everywhere we go. there is destruction. this police station was no match for typhoon rice, piri. even the local hospital has not been spared. and then again, maybe providing basil united or walked up for miles desperate for drinking water. i asked about her family. she says her home was damaged and she had to leave her children behind. romeo bernard list to fields frustrating a. we are like children, abandoned by their parents. what papa to the government, please don't forget us. please help us. many survivors say they are now forced to scab inch for food. are we also not human? they asked me and wonder why help has not arrived. a few hundreds of meter

tony chang covering me and mar today from bangkok. now a developing story out of india were official say, 13 civilians have mistakenly been killed during a military operation. as, as in the northeastern state of nagger land, the army is reported to have shot at a truck carrying dozens of people. troops later fired at a crowd that gathered in protest against that attack, and one soldier apparently killed as well. with us now from google hunting and the state of our some has made peace. hitler who is a journalist covering the ne parts of india. thank you for your time. what i mean, what more do you know this sounds? this is quite a thing to go wrong. you know, military operations clearly very well planned and something has gone very badly wrong. yeah. i totally, i mean, you know, div in butts asked that even the statement of the army that they had credible intelligence. however, you know, turned all right when they fired at civilians, as dividends well called mine laborers were on the way back to the village in a buck pickup truck. and

she's joining us now from bangkok go to have you with us. i want to ask you 1st about these silent protests. the protesters are believing that this is going to be a safe way to mark their opposition is are going to protect them from the military . do you think? well, i mean, even hiding in they heinz' wave saying even in the week following the to didn't hell a lot of to be and to, ah, were taken or brutalized by troops that we've seen going through the streets and shooting into houses that was early on in the around march, and it peaked, i think a few months later lately, as you wait, just heard, there are these flash mob protests and we thought the terrible consequences earlier this week when the military truck rammed in to protest as so it's actually a relief to say this silent project protest which is extraordinary. the footage from all the main cities and towns in myanmar today, everything is empty. shops to close, it remains to be seen if they'll be retaliation tonight, the kind of things we saw before. troops roaming the straits, shoot

jonathan head, thank you, jonathan head in l head, thank you, jonathan head in bangkok.of the grenfell tower fire has told tower fire has told the official inquiry that governments concealed the extent of risks to building safety, and it should be seen as one of the "major scandals of our time". 72 people died injune 2017 when the tower block in west london caught fire. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. there had been warnings of what might happen. a fire in knowsley on merseyside. another in irvine, north ayrshire. and a third in southwark, south london. eerily similar — flames spreading up the outside, lives put at risk, lives lost. but, did the government and other public bodies spot the risk? take action? that, and much more is what the grenfell inquiry will investigate in its finalfive months. this inquiry is not a game of cat and mouse where core participants might hope that their witnesses might smuggle something past counsel the inquiry or that counsel to the inquiry might miss a trick. core participants including the government and other indust

so robinson from human rights watch in bangkok. well, the corona virus pandemic has meant scaled back celebrations for christians around the world. but for people living on the straits in berlin, the festive period is always a dangerous time on the straits of the german capital. the bitter cold can be life threatening. and the pandemic has only made matters worse. our next report takes a look at a volunteer who donates, had time to drive berlin straits and help the cities harmless. survive the winter unless i'm chuck head, but give your friends some to them. oh, for over 10 years carty kaiser has been helping homeless people survive berlin's inhospitable winters from ogden got off the plan i had put in the midst of germany's 4th coven, waive, and with omi, called looming. the situation for homeless has become ever more traumatic because the risk that people will die is higher this year was i? yeah. twice a week, every winter carty goes on patrol through the streets of berlin. her main job is to pick up unfairly homeless people to r

she is currently in bangkok. can you tell us please all you know about the latest attack? thank you a so that is after in the state of mama. so these people, the flag from the 15 and then why the lien and they will stop by the, the coup millage in military gym army and that they were all put into different different vehicles and finalize these include women and also children. so far we can confront about $34.00 people, but they seem like it would be around 40 people that those have been fun alive in that area. and that might also include 2 of the volunteers from the to see the children in that in that area. so this is very, very cool treatment to the people and it's very targeted to the civilian to make that to fear of the current military jim. so that, that is how the little region trying to build their power app. and you think that was the objective of the military to, to frighten people so that they don't demonstrate anymore and give up resistance. definitely definitely. that is how they're trying to govern the country with fear. because they think that when people have

from i'm joined by the deputy asia director of human rights watch phil roberts and he's currently in bangkok filled the military says he was targeting armed terrorist, but these people have thought to have been civilians. why with a targeted they are clearly in the wrong place at the wrong time. these were as far as we can tell civilians fleeing fighting in other areas, they're trying to get to safety. and obviously they ran into a group of, of myanmar soldiers who decided actually to use them essentially as target practice . it is astonishing this, this is yet another instance of a likely crimes against humanity, but committed by the myanmar military. it's outrageous, it's unacceptable. now to save the children's staff will so got caught up in that and then remain missing. the organization now says it's going to suspend its operations in man, my is the country getting to dangerous and jo's to operate in? well i think that in these areas where the men are military is basically unleashed where they are basically sent in to the ground to fight against any one. they are treating civilians as a

they didn't hold back a capital bangkok lit up it skies with fireworks made from traditional tides, sticky rice and also in hong kong fireworks display in victoria harbor, accompanied by music from the cities fillum philharmonic orchestra. and in moscow, red square got a little bit redder, as fireworks exploded. overhang. this is debbie news live from berlin. next step, we've got german chancellors annual new year's address. that's olaf schultz is 1st . and from the whole d w. news team. we're wishing you a happier, a healthier 2022, hopefully the year we all finally get back to doing what we do best being together . thanks so much hulu. live in mit burger. mit burger. hard to get on. yontsa ended us i ne, of, and known, but sister bought a decline of her and long or to absently to eat at you boldness counsellor. deny? yes. i'm on the the high bumps laws him on toughest points, roughly hugh bug and for the bonus, lee guild, chill 9 had who bought it and of a few unthinkable him as the sound good aside from british tackle and le gazebo thus, yachts by 1000. i don't sponsor catlins ali zig o

around the world are mocking the new year with the celebrations to bring in 2020 to thailand's capital bangkok lit up the skies with fireworks made from traditional ty, sticky. rice on comb, welcomed in the new year with a fireworks display at victoria harbor, accompanied by the music from the cities. phil, how may orchestra earlier, oakland in new zealand opted for a larger projected onto city landmarks while across the ditch, across the tasman in australia, spectacular fireworks lit up the sky over sydney harbour bridge celebrations. they went ahead this year despite soaring karone of ours numbers of germany as gearing up for celebrations too. and they w correspondent, emma shaw's is at berlin's brandenburg gate force him up. i can say a little of what it's like, but i guess this year's not going to be quite the usual celebrations in front of their behind on the guitar, which you might see here behind made. so, you know, it's so fast, steve, you can hear the music as a concept. going on to con said that he's being broadcasted here in germany, but you can also see that it's empty. people are

he's in bangkok. well, the supposed to have been a very swift reaction to the flash mob that hit the streets about mid morning in came and dung districts are which is in central yang on just a few streets away from the iconic troy. the gone for go to the crowd, had just assembled. and if you can see in videos posted on social media, a and armored track appears to move in very quickly from behind at speed powering straightened to them 5 reported to have died dozens more injured bodies lying on the street. you can see in the aftermath it does appear to fit. also the pattern that we've seen emerging a protest as who still wants to maintain their presence on the streets. and there are visible objections to the queue that happened back in february, but very aware that the security services are going to crack down harshly with very little thought for the preservation of life. so that they're doing this very quickly in younger and other big cities across myanmar. but clearly in this instance, the security se