we find out what bangkok's taxi drivers did when their customers disappeared.meet the people helping passengers with their paperwork. we're here to reassure them, to guide them and to make sure that they have everything to hand. hi. it's london, it's january, and the weather's, shall we say, cold. so what many of us desperately want is some much—needed sunshine. i think it's fair to say that travelling right now is more than a little complicated, with a seemingly never—ending list of rules and regulations. so, if you're someone who battles from anxiety at the best of times, can you really contemplate a trip overseas? well, we've been to meet someone who's done exactly that. in 2012, kimberly davis suffered a life—threatening infection following a routine operation. i ended up spending several months in the hospital, needing a major surgery and being what i was told later on just hours away from death. and that changes you as a person. that changes you. there's a lot of anxiety that comes with life now that used to never be there before. so, when covid arrived i

and i want to ask a question to debbie sauce housing, because she's actually in bangkok in bangkok and thailand has been the, one of the supporters in assay on of the, of the military. but while there is so much violence along the border, and you have thousands of people crossing into thailand from myanmar which thailand doesn't want, couldn't, can you see that ty authorities changing their view on their support for the military jointer? i think at this point that when we're talking about pressure on the winter by the international community, that also needs to be active encouragement and pressure for us to get it act together. and in this case, allowing in humanitarian a millions and millions of dollars of humanitarian aid to flow across high borders to was communities in sergent need in burma also means a potential of economic recovery in the country. it's already hit by the covey condemning. so i think it's, it potentially is a win win situation for thailand. it's not in in thailand, interest for chaos to rein in law because they, because of the board is situation because of the fac

to holy temples, what tunes summer chin is perched here on the gulf of thailand, an hours south of bangkok, a temple managing to defy the elements under this buddhist watch. ah, the buddhist gesture eases the rain holds off the storm and shields us from the waves and the wind god low mileage for minute. the temple does me protection just a few years ago. it was in the center of the village. now it's surrounded by water . the sea level is rising and the ground is thinking as climate change, advances for people here. it's hard to accept that the rising waters will claim their temple, but they're doing what they can to save it a mile on. if you walk along, we're building a new temple out of wood to make it lighter. it will be right next to the old one, found that one sinking steadily, the ground is eroding and it's too heavy. again, the villagers have already left jennifer. only the temple remains and the water had needed when the villagers built their houses on dykes and on ever highest stilts. but they kept having to move further inland. but saw no king's mood is the village chief of come,

country is seeing an increasing number of unusually powerful weather events, including the capital, bangkok, this city's poor districts are especially under threat. the ground is subsiding. what is arising, whatever doesn't float is thinking floating houses of a one possible solution. they built on huge air bags. when water levels rise, the house rises with them. it's design is sees a lot of potential. the biggest floating thing is on earth that cruise ships. you know, an oil tankers, though, some mike, much bigger than a house, much, much heavier than a house. and that things floats. every single spot on earth. you know that there's water. right? and testing of cruise ship is really just you, skyscraper, on decide. so if that fluids, you know, most architecture can float, but so far his show piece hasn't found any bias. some say it's too expensive, others cling to the hope that they won't be affected anyway, or at least not again. around the world. the awareness is now firmly reached, that climate change is relentless. that time is short, that we have to act now in hopes of averting the wo

he's joining us from bangkok. so just tell us what's happening in court today and what we should expect. tony we haven't heard anything at all from today's proceedings. we usually don't, the lawyers are taken to the facility by the military. they have half an hour with uncensored shoe before the preceding start. and then they generally come out 4 or 5 hours later. we haven't heard anything yet, but that in itself is interesting. she was supposed to appear in court yesterday and couldn't because she was unwell. she complained of nausea and dizziness during the journey from the place where she is being held in secret, to naples, door mare, mars capital. so we assume that because we haven't, hadn't the, yet, the proceedings have gone ahead. she's going to be facing a number of corruption charges. the military government alleged that they have found documents that show she's been involved in corrupt practices. i think the general assumption is there certainly from people who have looked at this closely, that these are

from the bangkok times -- bangkok post, defying the west, putin orders troops to ukraine rebel region. more this morning from the planus areas -- buenos aires times. russia sets the world on edge as the ukraine conflict pushes into a new phase. we are asking whether you are concerned about war and ukraine and what that could mean. sam in wisconsin, go ahead. caller: good morning. we have some concerns about russia and all these other countries always warring. it saddens my soul that they come here -- i am native american. they come to our country and put war on my people. war has been going on for years and years. when is it going to stop? when are we going to have peace in the world? when are we going to get along with their neighbors? when are we going to pray as one? did anybody ever ask them? come over here and pray with us. always pray for your haters and neighbors and everything. always be kind. host: that is sam in wisconsin. in nevada, good morning. caller: good morning. it is nice to be on your show. i like the thought that man before me just said in wisconsin, but it is a sc

he joins us from bangkok, in neighbouring at thailand. hello there, tony. at what days has a hearing about this prisoner release will a couple of hours ago state media announced that $800.00 prisoners would be released on the occasion of union day. is quite a common occurrence that happens often on, on big national occasions or buddhist festivals. and in fact, 800, as i think rather less than what we expected. we don't them any more details. no. other than that, they specifically mentioned 46 of those were suspected members of the ara can army, one of the armed ethnic groups that operates in ra kind state. they said those $46.00 people would have the charges against them dropped. one of the reasons we don't know any more is because there's currently an internet shut down. a telecom companies overnight. we're told to shut off the internet this morning between 4 o'clock and 10 o'clock man, mar time. and that's one of the things the military has been doing over the past 12 months to try and limits the outpouring of information, particularly on sensitive data.

and in thailand, nostalgia for a bygone era inspires the dream homes made by bangkok based artist. he conjures up riverside dwellings, carefully appointed with vintage detail, but rather than huge showcases his works are meditations in miniature. ah, the good old days life was simpler. no electronics, anywhere home made snacks in t waiting on the table. and the benevolent king looking after his people this is the world of debt, nor in coroner, and an artist who makes his living. bringing back the past in miniature form. it was all i like collecting vintage things, and i like the vibe. so i started making old fashioned miniature models. i also wanted them to be something for the next generation to see people's way of life in the past to get a van hovel, to resurrect these by gone worlds corner and pays attention to every detail. his work demands the precision of a watchmaker and the imagination of a storyteller, to the law, legal manner. yeah, the story behind this model shows the way people lived by the river in the past. what kinds of jobs they did in their way of life? oh, and th

and he joins me now from bangkok . mr. when has the response from the international community been ineffective so far? in order to answer unquestioned, i think there isn't any to tell inaction. there is action, but doubt that as being symbolic action. so what we are asking do international community to have a concrete action that must be effective action or so imposing any sanction effectively. so that need to include your mom while and get in there, right? something that generating millions of dollars and meters of money in going to into the, the military is pocket which they use the spend the money to buy the weapon. and also international arms and bubble, which is crucial to stop the military on committing cruelties in burma. but this hasn't happened in the past year, and 1500 civilians have been killed. why is the international community hesitant to impose such targeted sanctions and these arms embargoes as your demanding? i mean so far the media, the sanction is coming from you in the us and u. k. and canada. but the

elizabeth: i want to ask the question to debbie because she is in bangkok, and they have been one of the supporters of the military, but while there is so much violence along the border and you have thousands of people crossing into thailand from myanmar, which talent does not want, can you see the thai authorities changing their view on the support of the junta. >> at this point when we are talking about the pressure on the junta and the international community, there needs to be active encouragement and pressure for them to get there pressure -- stuff together. allowing humanitarian aid, millions and millions of dollars to flow across thai orders towards communities in urgent need in burma, also means a potential for economic recovery in a country that is already hit by the covid pandemic. i think it potentially is a win-win situation for thailand. it is not within thailand's interest for chaos to rain and myanmar because of the border situation. alongside this violence, there is a covid pandemic in progress. it is in thailand's interest to contribute to a buffer zone for ethnic an

another nathan took talks are used to speed around bangkok and took to us as well. so by the which was a really different road experience hobbler, this complex could see it's a completely scaled down vehicle with open sides where you feel the air abby's i missed my interview. i always had that in mind deleted in of an alternative kind of urban mobility or climbing fossil and on downtown roads, small vehicles can be even more fun than bigger ones. fits. of course it fought for in the, in the shop that the initial vision was 1st followed by frustration that make, has faced a major obstacle. how to find sufficient funding to power the idea of electric mass mobility. so really stay. the toughest aspect was always the financial side on the take on the technology and solution front. no, it wasn't hard to find interested parties born done. com. but then there were the funding hurdles which got higher and higher, didn't all them, all the investment input increases as you approach volume production. so we're investing students bizarre with the project has been on the brink o

country since in the neo managing director of the burma news international are talking to us from bangkok. thank you so much. we're taking our questions let's remind you of the stories that we are covering right now. police in germany are blaming poachers for shooting dead. 2 officers during a routine traffic stop. the men were carrying illegal game when the officers stopped their car. 2 suspects are being held. following a huge manhunt, us and russian diplomats clashed over ukraine at the un security council. the u. s . accused russia of destabilizing europe by massing troops near ukraine's border. russia sat, the us was staring up hysteria and insisted it had no plans to invade. you're watching. dia will use coming up next in the w news asia. we look at the spiraling violence in me and mart a conflict. now, widely considered to be a civil war as storing a whole lot more coming up in just a moment. in dw news asia with the rush banner jake, i'm layla rock and berlin on behalf of all of us here at dw. thank you so much for taking the time to watch. ah ah ah ah o. b, i a a a with you a a b

speak now to aim in sam, a political and pulitzer prize winning journalist from me and my in exile in bangkok about a year ago. you tweeted that the crew had forced you to flee your country for the 3rd time. what led you to that? yes, so i left them are about 10 months ago due to security concerns. at that time, the military had begun killing people in the streets. a number of journalists has been arrested and we were also hearing from people that those who happened were being subject to torture, as well as having the devices. and then the counselor received with a band on independent media. it's hard to get a true picture of what's going on in me and my, what is life like they're under military bruland and a pandemic? yes, it's been quite difficult to get a good sense of what's happening in the martin. it's not just because people are, and people are reporting from excel from outside the country, but also because things look so different from place to place. so for example, in a big city like angle, you know, things may look fairly normal on the day to day, but occasionally people will see b

what joints me now from bangkok? good, have you with us on the program is drop. it said i me why all the authorities so worried about free speech and civil society groups. while quite clearly the vietnam government is trying to maintain control over civil society. they want to make sure that activists were speaking out about land rights or democracy or human rights or not given the platform to do so. and one of the ways they do that is keeping them locked in their homes, barring them from leaving their homes or their neighborhoods using police, using thugs, in some cases, super glowing locks closed on the, on the outer doors of people's houses. it's, it's shocking, it's outrageous. would it be wrong to think this is just happening now? war? has there been a steady erosion of free speech in public debate over what several years? well, it certainly is the case that this practice in terms of restrictions on freedom of movement has been going on for quite some time. but what we have seen as a significantly worsening situation in vietnam with activist given a longer p

nathan took talks are used to speed around bangkok and took, took this ration by the, which was a really different road experience. outside of this complex could see it's a completely scaled down vehicle with open sides where you feel the air ivy's, i'm humor in rugged. i always had that in mind really ted in as an alternative kind of urban mobility would gladly faults on and on downtown roads. small vehicles can be even more fun than bigger ones. foods, of course it falls for in stock. but the initial vision was 1st followed by frustration the make has faced a major obstacle, how to find sufficient funding to power, the idea of electric mass mobility. so really, the toughest aspect was always the financial side. on the take on the technology and solution for antonette, it wasn't hard to find interested parties born duncan, but then there were the funding hurdles which got higher and higher, even album on the investment input increases. as you approach volume production is so near invest in students resolved with the project has been on the brink of financial failure, a number of times.

to holy temples, what tunes summer chin is patched here on the gulf of thailand and ours suff of bangkok, a temple managing to defy the elements under this buddhist watch. ah, the buddha's gesture ease as the rain holds off the storm and shields us from the waves and the wind got low mileage amanela the temple does me protection just a few years ago. it was in the center of the village. now it's surrounded by water . the sea level is rising and the ground is thinking as climate change, advances for people here. it's hard to accept that the rising waters will claim their temple, but they're doing what they can to save it alone. i'll leave you rock alone. we're building a new temple out of wood to make it lighter. it will be right next to the old one, found that one sinking steadily, the ground is eroding and it's too heavy. again, the villagers have already left. only the temple remains and the water had needed. the villagers built their houses on dikes and on ever highest stilts, but they kept having to move further inland. but saw no kings a mood is the village chief of come, none like

one of us and another nathan bookstore used to speed around bangkok and took to us this was from by the, which was a really different road experience. hobbs like this complex could see it's a completely scaled down vehicle with open sides where you feel the air abby's. i'm the humor in logan. i always had that in mind. really ted in of an alternative kind of urban mobility or climate fonts or, and on downtown roads, small vehicles can be even more fun than bigger ones. fits. of course it falls for in the in shot that the initial vision was 1st followed by frustration. the make has faced a major obstacle, how to find sufficient funding to power the idea of electric mass mobility still extend. the toughest aspect was always the financial side. on the take on the technology and solution front. no, it wasn't hard to find interested parties born done. com, but then there were the funding hurdles which got higher and higher. you don't all him on the investment input increases as you approach volume production. so we're investing students to resolve the project has been on the brink of financi

but lots of sunshine for bangkok. ah, blue ah ah ah ah. hello there. we've had some fairly settled weather across the south of europe over the weekend. thanks. the high pressure that's been in charge that's going to change at the start of the new. we've got these waves, the winter weather, pushing down towards the southeast from the north began to see more wet and wintry weather effect that southeast corner in the days to come. but the north won't escape the winter weather. we've got another system that's going to blast iceland, bringing some heavy snow and rain, putting across the sea towards norway. we'll see more snow for scandinavia, edging into the baltics as well, and moving to western parts of russia. it's gonna remain bitterly cold. up in that northeast corner. so the cold and wet is well across the low countries. got some.

induce a pretty big thunderstorm, so potential flash flooding and you got shout away from singapore to bangkok and be owned still right season. admittedly, it's rock, be driving for most of australia in the tropics. in particular, davi is a thing we'll talk about just a 2nd. was west new zealand. but look what's happening in western australia, having had heated purse, we now dropped it down. these are significant thunderstorms, heading down to us that the wheat bo probably enjoyed as well to the east, that the onshore breeze will bring a few shafts all away from sidney up to brisbin. and then probably more so in tropical queens. and i said, we should talk about davi, it is going to be subsumed into this lying, this tongue of persistent re on its way through. no fault of marriage towards wellington, not a good prospect there. we won't see it as a cycling immediately. however, this is the forecast for waddington it's rain, wind, rain wind for the next 3 days and quite severe in places. ah britton's beloved curry houses are in crisis to indian don is shut down every week . use a bricks, financial

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this is plug in bangkok on thursday with the high 30 degrees. and as we look at indonesia is main islands, just relentless rain come nat geo for a java. as we look towards motrin as well. and for borneo, our heaviest concentration of rain will be toward the west and southern areas. as we go down under right now, the rain has mostly made a clean sweep across eastern areas, and then we're talking about those high temperatures toward the southwest. so perth has a height 37 degrees, and in his weather report in new zealand, a few showers for the escape has been has a high of 23 degrees on thursday. that trap they will soon take care. ah, discarded clothes from rich nations are funneled through charities, and sold to impoverished nations. on an unprecedented scale. a massive industry sift through the unwanted garments to re so to some of the world's poorest inhabitants. but much of what arrives is unfit for purpose and is fueling environmental catastrophe. people have power troubles to gonna to uncover the dirty secret behind the world's fashion. a d

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some of the heavier falls in borneo on the malay peninsula, but lots of sunshine for bangkok. ah ah . oh the ah ah, buck back main stories now. more us troops have arrived in poland, reinforce nato allies in eastern europe and russian ministry build up on ukraine's border. kev has dismissed us warnings, that invasion could come any day. now as elliptic predictions, in our all the headlines around 45000 people have been displaced by a tropical storm. it's not a gas. and there are reports, at least 10 people have died cycling, but sir, i made landfill on the island east in coastline late on saturday and was may declared to take the emergency as canadian truck. isn't that supporters continue to paralyze parts of the capital bearing the 10th day of protest now against vaccine mandate and closing restrictions? now and other stories are following the to day african union summit has concluded with the block condemning a recent wave of military coups on the continent. leaders also called for the a you to have permanent seats on the un security council and urged its host country if you

talking to us from bangkok, thank you so much for taking our questions. for let you go, when i tell you about our top story, this, our police and germany are blaming poachers for shooting dead. 2 officers during a routine traffic stop. the men were carrying illegal game when the officers stopped their car. 2 suspects are being held following a huge manhattan watching every news live from berlin up. next is a kick off. and i see at the top with, [000:00:00;00] with a pulse with the beginning of the story that moves us and takes us so long for the ride about diversity, dues. culture information. this is the w news and d. w. made for mines. 0, one of mankind's oldest ambitions could be within reach or what is it really is possible to reverse aging researchers and scientists all over the world are in a race against time. d. n. a molecule though has 20 different powered philosophy. they are peers and rivals. with one daring goal to outsmart nature for a longer healthier and fuller life. one of the most insightful discoveries in the history of mankind. more lif

this is a forecast on tuesday, bangkok at 34, but we're going to shake up that weather pattern next, 3 days. thunder downpours, high humidity here feeling about 37 and breezy conditions on thursday after central areas of china, mostly cloud cover here. but we've got some snow locked in between the gang, see, and the pro river valley likely showers for a while in with the high of 6 degrees. but talking about that snow, a new record set for support for 60 cent heater is picked up within 24 hours. so trains were canceled on monday. we'll see if we can get them go in on tuesday and still more snow showers on tuesday. support has a high minus one next sunday cloud though for tokyo, 11 degrees will be the high for you. that's it. that's all we'll see soon. take care. ah, the weather sponsored by katara always. ah, co cater culture of knowledge, openness and pluralism, world wide eyed to reward better to excellence and encourage creativity, the shape, tomato, ward for translation and international understanding was found to promote translation and honor translators, and acknowledged that ro

this is a forecast on tuesday, bangkok at 34, but we're gonna shake up that weather pattern next, 3 days, thundering, downpours, high humidity here feeling about 37 and breezy conditions on thursday after central areas of china, mostly cloud cover here. but we've got some snow locked in between the gang, see, and the pearl river valley likely showers for a boyland with a high of 6 degrees. but talking about that snow, a new record set for support over 60 said heater is picked up within 24 hours. so trains were canceled on monday, we'll see if we can get them go in on tuesday and still more snow showers on tuesday. so paro has a high minus one except sun in cloud, though for tokyo. 11 degrees will be the high for you. that's it. that's all will soon take care. ah, to algebra, i wild alarm until we listen. the zionists are making serious efforts in order to attain t. i'm disrupt attendant because we meet with global use maintenance at about to still be stuck on how to see bold, and i'm told stories from asia and the pacific on al jazeera. ah ah, what else to say with these all the top stor

this is a forecast on tuesday, bangkok at 34, but we're going to shake up that weather pattern next, 3 days, thundering, downpours, high humidity here feeling about 37 and breezy conditions on thursday after central areas of china, mostly cloud cover here. but we've got some snow locked in between the gang, see, and the pearl river valley likely showers for a while in with the high of 6 degrees. but talking about that snow, a new record set for support for 60 cent heater is picked up within 24 hours. so trains were canceled on monday. we'll see if we can get them go in on tuesday and still more snow showers on tuesday. so paro has a high minus one mix. it's sunday cloud though, for tokyo. 11 degrees will be the high for you. that's it. that's all we'll see soon. take care. oh, the weather sponsored by katara weighs on counting the costs of factions again and the claim stand off foss, what they really buys your energy supplies of the crosshead who could fill the gap at the world trade organization support china again to us is aging, winning count on the cost of the euro, ah, shoot ace