cities like bangkok and sinaa ore lives? cities like bangkok and singapore are _ lives?crete - lives? cities like bangkok and l singapore are concrete jungles, and they attract all the heat, and they attract all the heat, and they attract all the heat, and the concrete absorbed it, and the concrete absorbed it, and then at night it radiates out the heat. so we never really get the cooling effect that you might get in more green areas, and this is known as the urban heat effect. i think we are going to see this trend continue, and what we need to do is implement better regulations and planning solutions to counteract this. for example, in terms of building regulations, there should be regulations relating to encouraging natural ventilation. in order to limit the amount of air conditioning that we use, because air—conditioners radiate heat. there should also be regulations for example regarding the colour of buildings. it's very fashionable in bangkok for condominiums to be painted grey or black, which absorbs a lot of heat. people living in those buildings will have highe

bangkok bureau shortly after couple of years after the vietnam war ends, which you consider to be a significant mistake and is hard for us to imagine given the incredible rise southeast asia. but tell a little bit about about that because it across as sort of your one career crisis in here. oh there were more but we we won't go into those. yeah well again up a step while i was in bangkok in the first place, i had been based india in new delhi, having covered the war in bangladesh, the indo-pak war that led to the break away of east pakistan in the birth of of bangladesh and. i the post at that point decided that it was going to reopen its delhi bureau. the delhi bureau had moribund for five or six years. they said open it. because, you know, we've got a new picture on south asia. we've got india, pakistan, pakistan cut in half. should good stories coming out of there. so i reopened the bureau and carolyn i moved to delhi and with by then our two little girls and we were there for a couple of years when things went south in indian politics and indira gandhi who was in danger of losin

is there a started chang, live in bangkok, charlie many thanks. and it nicaragua, as bob, the ears ambassador off the block condemned what it called systematic repression of descent by the government. president daniel ortega has been accused of cracking down on opponents since 2018 when hundreds of people were killed and many more imprisoned during anti government protests now writes campaigners, so he's using a new tactic to silence his critics. our latin america editor lucille newman reports to make sure to which was on hold flanked by chinese allies. nicaragua, president daniel ortega monk, international critics, was on the eve of the 5th anniversary of a failed national uprising to demand his resignation. cutting them were to know the youlowa. now they are inventing that there are more political prisoners. so i tell those governments, along with the united states wasn't understanding the least of the so called prisoners. and we'll, we'll send them off to you. oh, in february or to take, i sent 222 political prisoners to the united states, stri

like this one in the north of bangkok, promising a big increase in minimum wages. alcantar, if it had keep ahead time, we have a difficult time right now. the prices of electricity, washer, and gasoline keep rising, but here we don't earn much power. i want to leader who can improve our economy and take care of poor people like us. the current prime minister, raw, huge john archer, has been in office since he let a 2014, which top of them poach. i government by your party, the united tie nation has also promised to address highlands economic problems. but by you, that's the focus should be on the entire nation, not just the poor guy. we have to ask what a government should dedicate itself to if we say to the people about it is not enough of it for the nation. religion, monarchy, and the people the people of all classes should have a better quality of life than the former general has not stored high in national opinion, both and pure ty looks certain to win the larger number of seats in the upcoming election. but why the campaigning is in full swing by huge party knows they have an adv

and bangkok certainly were the center of those protests demanding the form of the constitution. and the monarchy. how much of that sentiment remains ahead of these elections now? it's very much a fresh issue despite lot mentioned the project movement that we saw in the late twenty's, especially as i was saying, the backhoe entire policy over the phone line has always be between for the pro market camera, 11 on one side and the conservative on the other and what we have seen in the past few decades, every time in a democratic 5 when the election and they're always women election, the conservative side, we use batteries, different things like part of the dilution military coup. to kind of a lot of the democracy, 5 from power, the unit protest, the active use lead protest from 2020 just added on to another layer on the battle between the market, the bosses. and because the bought this and basically it's what he's wondering on away from in your life of young voters who wanted to pursue radical reform in a high context, 5 and 8 with the challenge. many different traditional instituti

in the center of bangkok, the local muslim community was called on sunday to collect the body of a man who died 2 days before his name was met. totty met command, an ethnic weaker from saint john in western china. he was a week, a refugee, one of a group of men who now spent nearly a decade detained in thailand without writes or representation. he been trying to get to malaysia and a new life when he was arrested in thailand and held at bank oaks. infamous migrant detention center conditions are known to be crowded and unsanitary. but the few people who have regular contact with weak detainees, say they're treated particularly poorly, and their complaints are ignored. everybody got the oh, different logo health problem. sandra, the give me some good, the hot soon got the hot, high blood pressure done, but the babbitt's some got the cancer protests erupted in turkey, a when thailand forcibly repatriated a 109 weak refugees in 2015 of the chinese diplomatic pressure. those who remain in thailand had been in limbo ever since the ties are caught between the chinese and an international coa

look at bangkok, up to 37 degrees. we've had driving rain in this south of china that southeast corner, fuji, and province. we've seen some flooding as a result. and i don't think it's a question if, but where we're going to see some flooding in thailand. is this what whether also tracks straight through japan's where you grew eyelets on thursday? i think it's gonna miss the main islands, but that could change by friday. so check back with us. and off to indonesia we go . the biggest downpours will be top and bottom end of sumatra, island for australia. here's how this story go. some cooler air filtering into the se gloomy conditions here as well in temperatures. it's been cold enough for snow, 900 meters and above on tasmania. for new zealand. ok, it's fairly quiet on thursday, but let me put you forward to friday. we've got pouring rain coming into the south island. i think we're likely going to see some flooding here over the course of the weekend. okay. you're up to date soon. ah, with the freight companies, fake p

we've been setting records now for heat index in bangkok. 54, so i don't just want to talk about it. let me actually show you. it's been hot, humid and hazy. we're tugging up warm moist and humid air from the gulf of thailand . so that's what's causing this. we will see some daytime heating storms around the ne of louse pushing into northern vietnam not too far away from hanoi, but even by night time, not much relief, bangkok at 29 degrees. it is a socket pitcher in china and cool air has now spread as far as south is gray land with a daytime max of 15. that's it. we'll see you soon. take care. ah . in 20 a journalist lead 40 days of civic action against the armenian government, and president sockets yann's great home power. i'm going to liberate this where a new documentary follows his non violent campaign to bring down the corrupt regime tonisha outcome with i am not alone on mimi is velvet revolution on al jazeera. ah ah, welcome on to good remind about top stories here. this, our fighting in saddam between the army and rapid support forces is raging from 90 day thousands of peopl

jonathan head, bbc news, bangkok.ecurity council meeting that gang violence is expanding at "an alarming rate" in areas previously considered safe. maria isabel salvador said murder, kidnapping and sexual violence were inflicting terror on much of the population — and she repeated her plea for international forces to help restore order in the crisis—torn country. this comes after thirteen suspected gang members suspected were beaten and burned to death by a mob in haiti's capital, port—au—prince, on monday. microsoft's 68 billion dollar bid to buy the video games company behind hits like call of duty and candy crush has been blocked in a surprise move by british regulators — a decision that could scupper the biggest ever deal in gaming history altogether. and it all centres around the changing face of the gaming industry and how people will interact with it in future as our gaming correspondent, steffan powell, explains. call of duty... world of warcraft. .. candy crush. loved by millions, made by activision blizzard,

we will dive down to 24 degrees in bangkok.china we go, most of the rain will start to concentrate itself across the pearl river valley. sending in cooler air, just 18 degrees for you. the southern island, it is just going to clip the korean peninsula and spread some showers. we find our way back into southeast asia, let's talk about borneo island. west central areas, where we've got our biggest downpours. a wet day across sumatra and the job islands as well. for australia, really active towards wa. look at the difference in south australia. adelaide at 27 degrees, well above where you should be for this time of year. in new zealand, a windy picture across both islands. some wet weather for the southern tip of the country on tuesday. see you later. ♪ >> inspiring stories from around the world. ♪ human life, captured in its vast wonder. ♪ groundbreaking films from award-winning filmmakers. >> what is going on in new york city? >> witness on al jazeera. ♪ ♪ neave: welcome back. a reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera --

i'm joined by my guess brian electric in bangkok he is a geo political analyst and a former us marine. and in london we have drill consent, a he is the founder of aka consulting and a foreign affairs analyst company. tell me want, and i would appreciate it. this is a situation that is not, and nobody is interested in back with a revised edition meant until you realize how i'm elements i possibly russians worked out this shows how the west things that people can, you know, keep on going with, with not asking questions or how the corporate media can somehow neg kick the problem loan to grass without giving the answers to the legitimate questions. i mean, i is, the russia would have been a perpetrator of this terrorism taco on its own infrastructure. i'm pretty sure that the news cycles in the western media would remind us every single 2nd about this fact that the investigation has to be conducted, but never is the legitimate call to discuss this. the un security council forum it's being raised by russia or other countries like china. somehow the, the us lead camp is bearing the, the top

i'm joined by my guess brian electric in bangkok, he is a geo political analyst and a former us marine. and in london, we have adrenal consent. a. he is the founder of aka consulting and a foreign affairs analyst. are gentleman cross stock rules and effect. that means you can jump any time you want, and i always appreciate, brian. let me go to you 1st before we talk about this critical stage in the conflict and ukraine. i couldn't help, but notice of the, the washington post is saying that the european officials, i really want to avoid talking about nord stream to i mean, if this is a situation that is not going to go away, the legacy media, the corporate media can ignore at all it wants, but a lot of people are still very interesting. actually, the insurers in germany hast, at the by law, they have to ask questions, what happened to their asset? this is not a story that is going to go away and the more they invent sidebar stories, the more hilarious and ridiculous that they, they actually are. go ahead, brian. i think it's a contributing factor to the, the overall deterioration of the

from neighbouring bangkok and tony, already a startling admission from the military. apparently, despite the facts, as we know them with no sign of rebels for the civilians or the casualties all for that matter from, from any one at all. the none whatsoever. this statement was made late last night on tuesday evening. on state television, it came from major general zalman turn. who's the spokesman for the military government here? and he said, yes, we launch the air strike. we acknowledge that the people's defense forced terrorists were killed during the attack. he went on to say some had been wearing uniform, but some had been dressed in civilian clothes. he also said that the reason that so many people died was because the air strikes had triggered an ammo dump that was nearby according to the information the military had. and he said he suspected that there were also minds that had been laid in the area or by the people's defense force or that may have killed a lot of people. of course, no evidence of that. as such. he said that was information. the military had bee

jonathan head, bbc news, bangkok. the government's national borrowing limit to $31 trillion. if the biden administration introduces sweeping spending cuts. the measure is unlikely to be approved by the democratic held senate and the white house has already said it will never become law. the bill is in conflict with presidentjoe biden �*s hopes to increase the amount of money the us can borrow without conditions attached. republicans hope that the vote in the house will convince the president to begin negotiations on spending cuts. microsoft's $68 billion bid to buy the video games company behind hits like call of duty and candy crush has been blocked in a surprise move by british regulators — a decision that could scupper the biggest ever deal in gaming history altogether. and it all centres around the changing face of the gaming industry and how people will interact with it in future as our gaming correspondent, steffan powell, explains. call of duty... world of warcraft. .. candy crush. loved by millions, made by ac

tony chang reports from bangkok. ripple is in bangkok celebrate the tiny new year with water fights that tradition amongst the beginning of the rainy season. but this year brought record temperatures. 45.4 degrees celsius, a new high even for a country, customs to hot weather. outside the grand palace, a temporary respite from the heat to the birds and lots of umbrellas, but not a drop of rain in sight. i think it is a little bit hotter this year is very hot, this time of year and new way. the brand new season will come in a month or so, but this period is hotter than the rainy season. the heat ways being filled all across south and southeast asia, bangladesh. his capital duck reached temperatures of 42 degrees celsius hotter than has been in decades. not so bad for those who can afford to retreat and doors into the air conditioning, but potentially life threatening those that count, while millions across the region of feeling the heat, there's little governments can do. no exact me re, a wonderful population is and how to create measures that reviews and mitigate the impact of a heat wa

but, but in some malays, it does look very wet and it's still hot or maybe hotter in bangkok are very humid bangkok humans is also the story in places like calcutta and fat that is blowing itself up into bangladesh. now we've got high temperatures in the north indian plane tempered in deleon, found old and pakistan by that rain. not really tempered in tackle though the temperatures hovering round the 40 mach outlet on shore breeze. you could see thunder by friday. ah, it's a $1000000000.00 money, no drink operation. the coal mafia is bigger than the company with financial institutions, regulators and governments complicit with it. is that right? i've described that in a 4 part series. al jazeera investigative unit because under cover in southern africa, pittsburgh, we can fill the 90 percent of the government. once it's falling, it's perfectly brand new building part 4 on al jazeera church processions band in nicaragua. the latest comes down by president daniel ortega, as he seeks to prevent anti government unrest, opposed by the us and accused of human life exist. ortega has also mov

bangkok an idyll of nothing, an unsuspecting companion releases fish into the lake and performs the soithar. buddhist ritual of giving life suddenly girls become ill. she loses consciousness and dies right near the shore , it turns out shortly before the ceremony with ararat , a friend added cyanide to food, a deadly poison is banned in many countries of the world; it is used only in gold mining factories and the lethal dose is only 2 mg under the strictest control. the cells of the body arise and deprive them of oxygen, and there is an instant heart attack. in order to have time to take the antidote from a person less than 5 minutes before that, the police consider sararat, and bought a few more doses on the internet and poisoned two ex-husbands and 10 acquaintances, apparently. i thought that imperceptibly pouring poison, she leaves no traces. this is a delusion of poison stains found on clothing. and even in the expectant mother's car is found evidence clearly indicates that this cyanide is associated with her soon appeared. a barn that had been percolated from could arrange a massi

jonathan head, bbc news, bangkok. drop in the number of reported deaths from covid 19 since the beginning of the year —— but the disease is here to stay. our reporter nicky schiller is in the newsroom with more on what the who has said. the world health organization says it is very encouraged by the sustained decline in the number of reported covid—19 deaths around the world. the organisation says since the start of the year there's been a 95% fall in covid—19 deaths. however, some countries are still seeing rises. the organisation says in the past four weeks, 111,000 people have lost their lives to covid. indeed, the who chief dr tedros says the virus is still on the move and we need to be prepared. as the emergence of the new xbb.1.16 variant illustrates. the virus is still changing and is still capable of causing new waves of disease and death. we remain hopeful that sometime this year we will be able to declare an end to covid—19 as a public health emergency of international concern. the who also says that one in

we've been setting records now for heat index in bangkok, 54. so i don't just want to talk about it, let me actually show you. it's been hot, humid and hazy. we're talking our warm moist and humid air from the gulf of thailand. so that's what's causing this. we will see some daytime heating storms around the northeast of laos, pushing into northern vietnam not too far away from hanoi, but even by night time, not much relief, bangkok at 29 degrees. it is a saga pitcher in china and cool air has now spread, as far as south is gray land with a daytime max of 15. that's it. we'll see you soon. take care with breaking down the headlines to exposing the power that counting to finance reporting. what did you do, what to, to investigate? why didn't you off the fact that there are many during that fence or people have, but you think effect on subsequent stories? the listening post doesn't cover the news. it covers the way the news is covered to suppress moderate, and in some cases amplify the content you see on your timeline, the listening post on al jaz

so that's gonna help lower their temperatures, for example, in bangkok at 36 degrees. it has also been particularly hot at night as well, but tuesday night. finally, a bit of relief from this heat here will dip down to 24 degrees in bangkok. after china we go. most of the rain will now start to slumping. concentrate itself across the pearl river valley, but it's dragged down cooler air in gwen g province. for example, gray lin, just 18 degrees for you. so with rain for southern japan, we're talking about q shoe, southern honju island. it's just going to quip are the korean peninsula as well in spread some showers there. so we find our way back into se asia. let's talk about on borneo islands, west central areas of kalamazoo 10. that's where we've got our biggest downpours looks like a wet day across sumatra and java islands as well. for australia really active toward w way. we've got a cooler feet of air here are some showers, but look at the difference in south australia. adelaide at $27.00 while above where you should be for this time the year. well, and this weather

we've been setting records now for heat index in bangkok. 54, so i don't just want to talk about it. let me actually show you. it's been hot, humid and hazy. we're talking our warm moist and humid air from the gulf of thailand. so that's what's causing this. we will see some daytime heating storms around the northeast of flowers, pushing into northern vietnam not too far away from hanoi, but even by night time, not much relief, bangkok at 29 degrees. it is it saga pitcher in china and cool air has now spread, as far as south is gray land with a daytime max of 15. that's it. we'll see you soon. take care. a deep sea mining to provide the minerals needed for a green energy transition in the 1st of 2 special reports. 101 east investigates what it means for the pacific ocean on al jazeera ah algebra. with blue. with your watching al jazeera time to recap, all headlines now civilians. all saying the sudanese capital is fighting between the army and rapid support forces continues a convoy of bosses was seen having to pull sudan the u. s. the u. k. france and saudi arabia. i've already evac

he's monitoring the situation from bangkok. tony, can you just give us a better understanding of what's happening in the border area between thailand and me and mar at the moment? well, this particular instant took place just outside the town of shore cocoa. it's a huge developments set up by chinese tycoon, mainly servicing gamblers who come across some talent or fly in directly from china . it is something of a jewel in the crown of a border that has an awful lot of poverty along it. and it's controlled by the border guard force. they are ethnic koreans, but they are lied to men mas, military. what's been going on is a korean other current groups who are resistant to military rule have been pushing in against nets resulted in several days. a very fierce fighting, lots of civilians caught in the middle and they have flooded right across the border into thailand. the ties have given them temporary sh sanctuary. they are apparently putting up temporary shelters, but they're very keen for them not to stay that very keen that no m

humid bangkok, humidity's. also the story in places like coal cutter, and fat that is blowing itself up into bangladesh. now we've got high temperatures in the north indian plane tempered in delhi, and found old and pakistan by that rain. not really temperate in tackle though the temperature is hovering around the 40 mach outlet on shore breeze. you could see thunder by friday. ah, the latest news, as it breaks over the years from has been the target of numerous law suits and criminal investigations. but this time is different with detailed coverage, although many countries are speaking to reduce their defenders. what process we all know genesis the toilet will cause junior to be independent from around the world. it's an indication of how relying benjamin netanyahu a's on support from the fall, right. the plans with a so called national guard have suddenly feed ah ah, welcome back, a group of mine about top stories here. this our a c spot agreement between the warring sides incident has faulted turning into a

we've been setting records now for heat index in bangkok. 54, so i don't just want to talk about it. let me actually show you. it's been hot, humid and hazy. we're talking our warm moist and humid air from the gulf of thailand. so that's what's causing this. we will see some daytime heating storms around the ne of louse pushing into northern vietnam not too far away from hanoi, but even by night time, not much relief, bangkok at 29 degrees. it is, it socket picture in china and cool air has now spread as far as south is gray land with a daytime max of 15. that's it. we'll see you soon. take care. ah, we tell the untold stories we speak when also we cover all sides. no matter where it takes us a fan, sir. yeah, i am power in pasha. we tell your story. we are your voice, your news, your net al jazeera, china was the philippines. i made increasing rivalry with the us while manila grants washington more military bases. so how's the philippines going to strike a balance and it's relations with this isn't my story with .

so this one is now for heat index in bangkok. 54 degrees, we're tugging up warm, moist, humid air from the gulf of thailand. so that's what's causing this. i don't want to talk numbers, let me show the scene. it has certainly been hot, humid and he's a, you're not much relieved during the night as well. we'll chat about that in one sec, but we are seen some daytime heating storms ne laos, into northern vietnam. not too far away from hanoi here. so as nighttime temperature is on monday bank, about $29.00 or 30. so not much relief. now for china, it is a fairly soggy pitcher that cold air has infiltrated as far south as close to the pearl river valley. without warm feet of air, the 2 will clash sparking some storms. not too far away from hong kong. it's a breezy pitcher in japan, northwest honju, island, and hook kado. gus here about 80 kilometers per hour, and the weather's changing a bit in australia for w. a showers in wind coming in. we've got an onshore breeze for new south wales and queensland. so that will generate some showers, and we're tugging up some cool air from the south fo

in 2020, we saw these massive protests found out across thailand and bangkok certainly were the center of those protest demanding the form of the constitution. and the monarchy, how much of that sentiment remains ahead of these elections now? it's very much a fresh issue. despite the lot, we mentioned the project movement we saw in the late twenty's, especially as i was saying, the backhoe entire policy over the fall line has always be between for the pro market camera, 11 on one side and the conservative on the other. and what we have seen in the past few decades, every time in a democratic 5 when the election and they're always women election, the consulting side, we use batteries, different things like part of the dilution military coup. to kind of block sort of the democracy, 5 from power, the unit protest, the huge lead protest from 2020, just added on another layer on the battle would be for the market, the bosses. and because the bosses and basically we were wondering on an away from in your life of young voters who wanted to pursue radical reform and high context, 5 and aid wit

as carried out a 2nd attack, tony cheng has more from bangkok. no, no. we understand at this sir, the opening ceremony for this administration, there were more than a 100 people present, including many children. women from the local area was her an office of the peoples administration. that's an organization, organized by local defense forces and the national union government, the government in exile in opposition to mere mars military genta. at 7 45 in the morning, the crowd was attacked by jets. those were followed by m. i 35 helicopters. the un secretary general antonio terrace has arrived in somalia for what his office was described as a visit of solidarity during the muslim holy month of ramadan. samaya is facing the worst drought in its history. 5 rainy seasons, half failed, and half of the population has been effected. 2000000 people have been forced to leave their homes go terra says the un needs more money to be able to increase humanitarian assistance in the horn of africa. although small, it makes virtually no contribution to climate change. t

in bangkok, people have been struggling to stay cool. longer. it's unusually hot this year. it's hotter than any other year and it makes my job harder. i feel like i can pass out at any minute as my uniform is thick and the weather is hot and i have to sweep quite a stretch of road all across asia, countries have been hit with reco tie heats, bangladesh saw its highest temperature in more than half a century, while 13 people died from heat stroke at an event in india. as the globe heats evermore extreme, heat waves the becoming the norm. the last 8 years have been the warmest ever recorded. according to a new report released by the world meteorological organization. there's just no doubt the climate i extremes are, are really a interface out is a so, so many happening that people can keep up in a sense and you keep hearing about record breaking a bounce over and over and over again. and it's not just heat waves. scientists linked drought in east africa and severe flooding in pakistan in 2022 to climate change causing untold misery to tens of millions of people and costing bi

he has gained a lot of support in compound blocks, like this one in the north of bangkok, promising a big increase in minimum wages. i have faith that get my head. we have a difficult time right now. the prices of electricity, washer, and gasoline keep rising. but here we don't earn much power. i want to leader who can improve our economy by and take care of poor people like us. the current prime minister, raw, huge chunk archer has been in office since he let a 2014, which top of them put i government. why you taught the united tie nation has also promised to to address thailand's economic problems. but brewed says the focus should be on the entire nation. not just the poor. been read about it by the way, we have to ask what a government should dedicate itself to that if we say to the people about it is not enough. it's for the nation by my religion. you like monarchy and the people i think if i rock people of all classes should have a better quality of life really that might have got them. ah, the former general has not scored high in national opinion. bowls and pure ty looks certai

tony cheng as more from bangkok we understand at this the opening ceremony for this administration, there were more than a 100 people present, including many children. and women from the local area was an office of the peoples administration that an organization organized by local defense forces and the national union government, the government in exile in opposition to mammals military genta at 7 45 in the morning. the crowd was attacked by jets. those were followed by m. i 35 helicopters over 700 in stray. the settlers and ultra nationalists have made incursions into the last most compound. one group was led by ultra nationalists, rabbi and former kinetic members who dig lake. the philippines and the u. s. of launch their largest ever joint military drills more than 17000 troops, all participating in the exercises, which will take place over the next 2 weeks. north korea's lead, it came to run as cold for his country to expand war deterrents capabilities in a more offensive way. he says it's in response to what he calls aggression by south korea. in the u. s. un secretary general and to