go ahead in bangkok. what absolutely uh its about the stipulation disability ation. ultimately, when you look at the, the original plan, if you look at the, the rand corporation of 2019 report was about the type of was expanding, extending russia. when ultimately they, they might not win, but they weren't treating street as much damage as possible to russia. we see the results are the result, these not positive, actually you see why shot would be much stronger in the big changes in the, in terms of warranty. all politics or china, russia is not isolated on the concrete. now we see the correct the west. moly more isolated as well. if it's absolutely too, i know it may be as, as we speak right now. the, the break summit is going on and was really interesting and i, and i think all of us here, but reflect upon this is not a lot of western coverage of what's going on in cars on right. now matthew, you want to feel that real quick one minute before we go to the break. i think that's, that's been almost a 20 ye

most of them children — have been killed after a school bus crashes and then catches on fire near bangkokre in beirut, following the developing story today, the conflict in the middle east and the escalation we saw in the early hours of this morning here. israel's military says its troops have crossed the border into southern lebanon overnight. a senior israeli security official described the operation as "limited local raids", targeting hezbollah strongholds that threaten israeli border areas. it has urged residents of more than 20 towns in southern lebanon to evacuate immediately. in response, hezbollah has launched a missile attack on central israel. these pictures caught the moment when air raid sirens sounded across tel aviv. this map shows the border, with southern lebanon marked in red. lebanon's prime minister said his country was facing "one of the most dangerous phases in its history". here is idf spokesperson, rear admiral daniel hagari, speaking about israel's operation in lebanon. it was confirmed that about two o'clock local time here in the morning. if the state of lebanon

and in bangkok we cross the angel, juliano. he is a political and financial analyst, art gentleman, crosstalk rules and the fact that means you can jump any time you want. and i always appreciated peter. if i go to you 1st and washington, as i said in my introduction, i mean the reception to the so called victory plan was quite tepid, even among it's his strongest supporters that meeting former president zalinski. but how, how would you assess what i said in my introduction? i said the fatal flaws inside does. it doesn't talk about peace. doesn't talk about security. i think that the plan was dead on arrival. that zalinski was delusional. and thinking he is going to get a better response and that it has other fatal flaws. also, in addition to the ones you highlight. number one, it involves, uh, ukraine, joining nato and later has no appetite for ukraine joining at this point. and secondly, it involves giving ukraine permission to use long range missiles from the united states, britain and others, to strike inside of russia. ver

thailand, at least 23 people, most of them children, have been killed after a school bus crashed near bangkok. welcome to beirut. you live with bbc news and we are keeping you up—to—date with this fast—moving story in the middle east as early this morning israel launched a ground invasion into southern lebanon. the idf have been speaking in the last hour about that and we will tell you what they had a say in a second but they had a say in a second but they described it early this morning as a limited operation and they said it would be localised and targeted on specific areas of hezbollah infrastructure across the border in southern lebanon. in areas that threaten is really targeting the north of that country. in response we have seen hezbollah firing missiles again today towards israel into central israel, hitting highway and also again the sound of sirens in tel aviv sending people running to shelters. hezbollah�*s response and how it will look at how sustained and the scope of it will be something we will see over the next few days, whether they still have the infrastructure to strike back

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tony king elder 0 bangkok. well, that's all for me to tell him the price of the moment. whither is coming on next? followed by inside story to stay with us, the the stadler, they will head to africa in a moment. first of the middle east and live and to that is a very quiet picture. lots of set of weather and sunshine to be found. we could see some cloud continuing to linger around coastal areas of mon bringing a shower to here, and some showers as well effecting weston pots. if you haven't been a very dry picture, as we head further north, across that event was temperature sitting where we expect them to be. was the temperatures improve across to a key in places like on correct? as the weather slips from the black sea towards the caspian reading some showers into northern parts of iran on wednesday, we're expecting showers across the north west of africa as well with the cool down . as the rain starts to stretch and that'll be in places like morocco and algeria, thanks to unsettled weather across the mediterran

that's in bangkok where a bus carrying dozens of schoolchildren crashed and caught fire just out sidereported to have escaped but 22 people remain unaccounted for, including teachers and schoolchildren. that's according to the transport ministry. they have found bodies on the bus will stop those pictures coming to us from the bbc thailand service. you can see the scene of that highland bus crash which was carrying pupils and a teacher. —— of that highland cement crash. —— that thailand bus crash. israel has called local raids that are limited and in the scope of operation. at the moment they say no clashes. that's from a senior security official speaking to the bbc. with me in the studio is matthew savill, director of military sciences at royal united services institute. we are hearing from israel saying this is very limited in scope and scale but there are still air strikes continuing. it doesn't mean this is necessarily a smaller operation overall, does it?— overall, does it? no. a lot of this depends _ overall, does it? no. a lot of this depends on _ overall, does it? no. a lot of

let's speak to our south east asia correspondent jonathan head, whojoins us from bangkok.ory. what more can you sa ? , ., that story. what more can you sa ? i. ., that story. what more can you sa ? ., ., , say? if you look at what is auoin say? if you look at what is going on _ say? if you look at what is going on behind _ say? if you look at what is going on behind me - say? if you look at what is going on behind me this i say? if you look at what is j going on behind me this is say? if you look at what is - going on behind me this is the scene, the bus is screened off just about 10 metres that way away from me. they are going through the alpha business of retrieving the burned bodies from the bus, not saying how many. we know they have retrieved out so far and these vehicles behind me have been brought in to take those bodies away. we are still not clear exactly what the death toll is but it is feared it is high and will include a lot of young children. this was largely school on board this bus, along with six teachers. that is what is going on at the moment. it will tak

local media say the driver handed himself in to police north of bangkok.eduled to leave for a round the world voyage in may, but five months after arriving in belfast still hasn't made it out to sea. passengers have been told some final pieces of paperwork need to be completed — but it's reported those on board are still in good spirits, despite the new delay. former us presidentjimmy carter marks his 100th birthday today. that makes him the the oldest surviving and longest living us president. to celebrate the occasion, a musical concert was held in atlanta in his honour. and habitat for humanity, the housing charity carter has worked with for over for a0 years, will build 30 homes in his honour. carter has spent the past 19 months in hospice care at his home. but his grandson, jason carter, said that the president is still engaged in politics and is excited to cast his ballot in the us presidential election in november. that's the programme for this hour. that's the programme for this hour. that's one pretty on the very latest. we have a life page on our

at least 23 people, most of them children, are killed in thailand after a school bus crashes near bangkokl candidates prepare to go head to head, in a live tv debate. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with those developments coming to us from the us and the white house because cbs our partners in america reporting the united states has indications that iran is preparing to imminently launch ballistic missile attack against israel. we are actively supporting defence preparations to defend israel against this attack. this is coming from the white house official.

our southeast asia correspondent jonathan head is in bangkok.so intense? no and that is where i think the inquiry will have to look. the wreckage of the bus, you cannot quite see it, the flashing lights behind me, they are trying to move it now after removing all of the bodies. it didn't look as badly damaged yet the pictures we have seen, the fire was intense and got going really quickly and there will also have to be an inquiry into whether people could get out of the bus. it seems those at the back were unable to use emergency exits. the government is promising a full inquiry and the new prime minister of thailand paetongtarn shinawatra, herself a young mother, was visibly distressed by the news, she has two young children. whether that makes the difference, this is unclear, thailand has one of the worst road safety records in the world, thousands die every year and we have seen accidents like this many times before. i have seen them over many years. the government promises to do something yet i had never seen any significant attempt to start

a school bus. counting $44.00 passengers court filed on a field trip near the tide. capital bon, bangkok? elizabeth visual says $23.00 bodies of be covered police police. the explosion was started by type spots that ignited a gas cylinder. 5 minutes to pay to him ton, i should know what visited the hospital was. the volume is being treated with glass is melted above average rate this year, following a hot summer science. they say they had hoped that abundance no phone in the region last winter and spring would slow over the 1st place you'll melting. but instead this being rec, code loss is monitoring agency said the trend could spelt this aspect. so switzerland's glassy is not to be okay where it's last, coal fired power station has shut down of the operating since 1968, the closure of the ratcliffe on sole power station in central england ends. the u. k. centuries along the lines on the call. the business government has pledged to generate all of its energy from carbon neutral sources by 2030 britain supposed to g 7 member to end cold power generation loudly. we spoke with michael nicho

neighboring country of iran, it is not necessary for our businessmen to go out to places like dubai, bangkok, thailand or other countries where people sell emeralds . there are two sides , both to the buyer and to the seller. some of these iranian businessmen said about the transparency of this competition and the quality of emeralds and panshir, the type of panshir emerald that is in two languages ​​and has high quality in terms of quality is very, very acceptable. work in boly to boly in them continues they announced their readiness and support for scientific training and providing advanced equipment for emerald mining. we like to work with afghans . afghans also love iranians . they are brothers. they are muslims. god willing, if there is an opportunity, we will all cooperate. juri welcomed the investment of iranian businessmen in the mines of this province while serving the governor of panjshir. we also need this extraction to become technical and professional , to lay the groundwork for a common market for precious stones that are extracted from here, to be processed and sent to the out

officials now say that 23 bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of a bus crash near the capital, bangkokd trip from a school in northern thailand. 19 children and three teachers are reported to have survived and 16 currently in hospital but 23 bodies recovered from the wreckage, most believed to be children. more on that throughout the day on bbc news. more on the international reaction to israel's military incursion into southern lebanon on. here's what the uk cosmic foreign secretary had to say. opposition remains the same having spoken to our american colleagues and other allies, we are calling for an immediate ceasefire. we need a diplomatic solution to the problems in a live and on up so israelis can go back to their home in israel and a lebanese can go back to their homes in southern israel. —— make the problems in lebanon. we want an immediate ceasefire. , ., , , ., ceasefire. the problem is that neither of _ ceasefire. the problem is that neither of the _ ceasefire. the problem is that neither of the israelis - ceasefire. the problem is that neither of the israelis nor - neither

least 23 people — most of them children — are killed in thailand — after a school bus crashes near bangkoktuation in the middle east. the united states has said there are indictations that iran is preparing to launch a ballistic missile attack against israel imminently. a senior white house official said the us is helping with prepartions to defend the country, and has warned iran that such a strike would carry severe consequences. these are the live shots of tel aviv. israel says it has not identified any aerial threat being launched from iran — as yet — and is at a

in bangkok, the capital of thailand , 25 passengers of a school bus died. 22 of them were children.ible shots of a burning bus flew around the internet, tongues of flame instantly engulfed the car. schoolchildren and teachers from the province of udhaythani came for a sightseeing tour. according to preliminary data. the bus burst a tire, it crashed into a fence, then the fuel tank caught fire. according to according to journalists, when the accident occurred , a fire broke out, the teachers could not open the jammed door for a long time, the passengers were locked in a fire trap. it is reported that the driver fled the scene of the accident and that the number of victims, alas, is not final, as doctors say, many were hospitalized with serious injuries. the entire operational legal news feed in telegram channels is conducted by the duty unit. honest detective, subscribe, our issue is over, alexander ostakhov was in the studio, see you, i'm not lucky, life, hello, not a soldier, he's a mummer, impudent, just like me, i have a bad feeling , pikhotey deprived my mother of her will pogni

in bangkok, the capital of thailand , 25 passengers of a school bus died, 22 of them children.rrible shots of a burning bus flew around the internet, tongues of flame instantly engulfed the car. schoolchildren and teachers from the province of udhaythani came on a sightseeing tour. according to preliminary data, the bus burst a tire, it crashed into a fence, then caught fire. fuel tank. according to journalists, when the accident occurred , a fire broke out, the teachers could not open the jammed door for a long time, the passengers were locked in a fire trap. it is reported that the driver fled the scene of the accident and that the number of victims is unfortunately not final, as doctors say, many were hospitalized with serious injuries. all operational legal news feed in telegram channels to conduct the duty unit and honest detective. subscribe. and our issue is over. alexander was in the studio. rastakhov, see you soon, this is a big information evening, we continue to introduce you to the agenda of today. missiles passed through the iron dome like a knife through butter. i

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at least 23 people most of them children are killed in thailand after a school bus crashes near bangkokrk city _ live tv debate. i am live in new york city were - live tv debate. i am live in new york city were later . new york city were later tonight the democratic governor tim walz and republican senator jd vance will face each other for the one and only vice presidential debate of this type campaign. find presidential debate of this hecamaiun.�* �* ., type campaign. and buckingham palace has announced _ type campaign. and buckingham palace has announced that - palace has announced that princess beatrice is pregnant with her second child. hello and welcome. let's start with those breaking developments. israel says it has not identified any aerial threat being launched from iran — as yet. it comes after a white house official told the bbc�*s us partner cbs that the us had indications that iran was preparing to launch a ballistic missile attack

least 23 people — most of them children — are killed in thailand — after a school bus crashes near bangkokhe us — the two vice presidential candidates — prepare to go head to head, in a live tv debate. and buckingham place has announced that princess beatrice is pregnant with her second child. developing situation in the middle east. the united states has said there are indictations that iran is preparing to launch a ballistic missile attack against israel imminently. a senior white house official said the us is helping with prepartions to defend the country, and has warned iran that such a strike would carry severe consequences. these are the live shots of tel aviv. israel says it has not identified any aerial threat being launched from iran — as yet — and is at a high state of alert. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has urged israelis to heed safety instructions, and warned of testing days ahead. the us embassy injerusalem has directed staff and their families to shelter in place until further notice. joining me now is our correspondent jon donnison who's injerusalem and ann

one time, when there was a bombing in bangkok, i was asked to do a package on cbs evening news. as a v.o.a. correspondent. i don't know if that has ever happened before. i got permission from my bosses, to do that. as i said, as an external broadcasting service, it sometimes can be a little bit difficult. i would say 95% of the time, people will talk to us. just like any other reporter, you have to develop your own contacts. if i'm interviewing someone, trying to get the interview was somebody out in iowa, for example. in an email, i would explain what v.o.a. is. >> from audience member, a few years ago, there was some discussion about the declining value of the daily press briefings for the white house and the press corps. what is your view of the utility of the briefings? >> i think the briefings are somewhat back to what they were traditionally. where it is not a situation of playing to an audience. if you are the press secretary, grandstanding to get the sound bite on television, some of that of course is what happens. the press briefings, were never really televised live, u

and one time when there was a bombing in bangkok, i was asked to do a package on cbs news, i don't know if that has ever happened before and i got permission from my bosses to do that. but, we are not really, as i said as an external broadcasting service, it sometimes can be a little difficult, i would say 95% of the time people will talk to us but just like any other reporter, you've got to develop your own contacts. if i am interviewing someone there was some discussion of the declining value of the daily press briefings for the white house. what is your view for the utility of the briefings? >> i think the briefings are somewhat back to what they were traditionally where it is not a situation of playing to an audience if you are the press secretary or certain reporters grandstanding to get their sound bite that particular night some of that of course i think still happens but the press briefings were never really televised live unless there was something really major going on, they were very wonky it was an opportunity to really drill down and get very granular on a subject and there

longer and costlier for european airlines reach asia we are not seeing these types of cancellations to bangkoksingapore or tokyo we see it is lack of demand. this is what qantas cited. we see inbound and outbound to china. also geopolitical tensions causing a lot of people, particularly in the west, from booking a trip back into china back to you. >> i can't believe i'm asking this question. i'll ask it anyway are these temporary suspensions? will these routes actually come back any time soon >> reporter: at least two of the carriers said this might be a seasonal suspension. ba for its part will revisit the beijing to london route in a year i suspect these routes will come back when the demand comes back, but when will this occur this is atup cypical for china we expect air travel capacity to go up. this is going down the biggest head scratcher here says john grant says as we're seeing these european carriers cancel services because of lack of demand, we're seeing the chinese carriers add them back john grant says 18 additional routes coming from china to europe for this winter he said there i

in thailand, a school bus carrying young children and their teachers caught fire in the suburb of bangkok44 people are believed to be on board. 25 of them are now feared dead. the students on the bus are an elementary school and junior high school. the bus driver survived but appears to have fled and as of now. cannot be found. ice says it has taken another dangerous illegal immigrant off the streets of massachusetts. arrested a 50-year-old salvadorian migrant fugitive on martha's vineyard. happened last month. wanted for alleged crimes against humanity and human trafficking. the migrant was first apprehended in texas in 1994. and deported a year later in 1995. in 2003, he was convicted of disorderly conduct all the way up in maine. and he was arrested by ice in massachusetts in both 2009 and 2010. before being deported again in 2011. quite the track record. meanwhile, in washington, a new house bill would require the deportation of thousands of illegal migrants convicted of serious crime. and listen to this. a tesla factory boss in germany is defending his addition decision to check up o

and one time when there was a bombing in bangkok, i asked to do a package on cbs evening news as a voa correspondent. i don't know if that's ever happened before, and i got permission from. you know, my bosses to do that. so but we're not really, as i said, as as an external broadcasting service, it sometimes can a little difficult, but i would say 95% of the time people will talk to us. but just like any other reporter, you've got to develop your own contacts and. what if i'm interviewing someone? you know, i'm trying to get an interview with somebody out in iowa, for example in an email, i would explain to them what voa is now. and one more question from a reader audience member here. they wrote a few ago there was some discussion the declining value of the daily press briefings for the white house and the press corps. what is your view of the utility of the briefings. well, i think the briefings are somewhat back to what they were traded personally, where it's not a situation of playing to an of one. if you're the press secretary or certain reporters to you get their soundbite on te

he even sailed a gunboat to bangkok as a gift. the new king of siam. on average, he spent about ten months at sea and two in london. if this list suggests why i decided to write a biography of john jacobs to accompany the republication of his autobiography. his own words constitute strongest proof of who he was and what he stood for. writing from australia so beyond the reach of american law and outside the heavy hand of the white abolitionist editor, he demonstrates the potential of unfiltered, uncensored, unapologetic black writing to speak truth to power outside america. he demonstrates that leaving, leaving one's country can constitute a powerful act of refusal. if the american flag is to be planted on the altar of freedom, then i am ready to be offered on that altar if i am wanted. wrote from london at the outbreak of the war. but if it must wave over the slave with his chains and feathers clanking, let me breathe the free air of another land and die a man and not a chattel. in taking to heart the garrison in position that the transformation of th

he even sailed a gunboat to bangkok as a gift. the new king of siam. on average, he spent about ten months at sea and two in london. if this list suggests why i decided to write a biography of john jacobs to accompany the republication of his autobiography. his own words constitute strongest proof of who he was and what he stood for. writing from australia so beyond the reach of american law and outside the heavy hand of the white abolitionist editor, he demonstrates the potential of unfiltered, uncensored, unapologetic black writing to speak truth to power outside america. he demonstrates that leaving, leaving one's country can constitute a powerful act of refusal. if the american flag is to be planted on the altar of freedom, then i am ready to be offered on that altar if i am wanted. wrote from london at the outbreak of the war. but if it must wave over the slave with his chains and feathers clanking, let me breathe the free air of another land and die a man and not a chattel. in taking to heart the garrison in position that the transformation of th

novosibirsk opera-bleta theatre continues the program of the international dance and music festival in bangkokhochaturyan in choreography by yuri grigorovich. and in the bolshoi theater of the republic of belarus they are giving swan lake to the music of tchaikovsky. the production by valentin elizariev is based on the choreography of marius. katip, lev ivanov, alexander gorsky and asaf misserer. hitler's loyal comrades from all over europe. it is documented that there were austrian divisions, a croatian regiment, czechs, slovaks, poles, whoever was not here. they came to our land to rob and kill. spain contributed to the siege of leningrad, that is, accordingly, the genocide of the soviet people, the bulgarians remained on the side of the opponents of russia in general and to a large extent the opponents of the slavs. they did not know that they were going to meet their death. the history of our country shows that it is impossible to enslave our state, and no one will succeed. unique archival footage in the film by alexey denisov, europe versus russia. hitler's crusaders. these tombstones are

at least 23 people, most of them children, are killed in thailand after a school bus crashes near bangkok. in the us the two vice presidential candidates prepare to go head to head, in a live tv debate. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with those developments coming to us from the us and the white house because cbs our partners in america reporting the united states has indications that iran is preparing to imminently launch ballistic missile attack against israel. we are actively supporting defence preparations to defend israel against this attack. this is coming from the white house official. a direct military attack from iran against israel would carry severe consequences for iran. also in the last couple of minutes, an israeli military spokesman has said we have not yet identified an aerial threat from iran and he goes on to say that at aerial defence systems are fully prepared. with just repeating what we are hearing from the white house, the united states has indications iran is preparing to imminently launch ballistic missile attack against israel. of course it all foll

pronounce separately simply attracts money to the zoo and not only so the owner of one of the cafes in bangkoke same image is being exploited by toy manufacturers, and cosmetics are also in the top sales. clothes inspired by mung with her image. and so that different animals lived not only in the zoo, their natural habitat must be preserved. and there are problems with this. in our country , about a million hectares of forest are cut down per year. this is comparable to the area of ​​montenegro, for example. what is the threat of reducing the area of ​​forests and how to protect them? let's figure it out. this illegal logging in the middle of the leningrad forests was not discovered right away. it is clearly visible only from the air. illegal logging was put on stream. during this time, a fortune was cut down, the preliminary damage is more than 40 million, a clever scheme helped the criminals remain unnoticed: first , the entrepreneurs leased a plot of land deep in the forest and limited themselves to small , inconspicuous fellings; compliance with environmental requirements, such as compensa

novosibirsk opera and ballet theatre continues the program of the international dance and music festival in bangkokwith the ballet spartacus to the music of khochituryan and choreography by yuri grigorovich. and in the bolshoi theatre of the republic of belarus they are giving levedinoe lake to the music of tchaikovsky. valentin elizariev's production is based on the choreography of marius petipa, lev ivanov, alexander gorsky and asaf misserer. jacob went to see the truth of the noble, ever-blessed, and immaculate, and the mother of god, because... roots, i needed to find out what it was, and i was there for 11 days, but i still remember it all, in my opinion, it was my best trip, in fact, even many people discouraged me from going there to the tunru, because they were very afraid of everything, i don't know, for some reason everyone is like that they all say at once that it’s not worth it for you, you know, you can’t do it, you’re weak, well, in terms of strength, but i just felt that... i wanted to, because you know, at that time i was still, well, you could say, recently coming to faith, i was b