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these are live pictures from bangkok as thailand become the first country in south east asia to allowsex marriage. hello. a very warm welcome to the programme. i'm sally bundock. president trump has signed an executive order, closing the us—mexico border to migrants seeking physical entry into the country by claiming asylum as part of a swift crackdown on immigration. more than 1,000 troops are to be stationed along the southern border to help bolster homeland security. meanwhile, all travel taking refugees to the us has been suspended, including many who have already been given the right to come to america. new asylum applications have also been stopped. with me is our reporter mimi swaby. tell us more about what is happening at the border at the moment. , . , happening at the border at the moment. , ., , , . , moment. trump has effectively closed the _ moment. trump has effectively closed the border, _ moment. trump has effectively closed the border, declared - moment. trump has effectively closed the border, declared a l closed the border, declared a state of emergency and confirme

jonathan head, bbc news, bangkok.the country s marriage equality bill select committee. they explained what today means to them. there's a lot of people here, notjust celebrities, politicians and couples that are getting married. there's just a lot of people from the community coming together, and it'sjust an exciting day today. you've been campaigning for a long time to get to this point. talk us through the journey. well, first of all, i would say i started as a young youth activist. started with climate climate activism. but then one day i started to work on gender related topics and then came in to do bangkok pride. and then, about a year later, i was on the select committee for the marriage equality bill and was in the committee with the house of representatives and the senate for over six months last year. so what needs to happen now? you've got this marriage equality bill gone through. well, the law, as it were. couples can get married, which, as jonathan explained, is really important for lots of reasons. but

and i can give you a sense of just a bangkok is working in transport terms. if i step suddenly out of the way, you can see the sky chain coming out. this is a rail system that goes across the tide capitol. we've got foxes, and these are a big problem. a lot of these a variables that run on the days of pumping out terrible fumes in the background. they've got an electric bustle. the interesting, you're very excluded from public transports came. but we've also got full lanes of cars, and most of the time this is absolutely jam packed with the traffic. a lot of the cars just sitting here pumping out exult pins. a lot of people all very keen to use public transport. there is a relatively good system here and that's how a capital, but it is also very expensive. a lot of computer computers complain that just getting into work is that the price of a ticket is the equivalent to a meal, which is prohibitively expensive. so they would like to see more schemes introduced by the government to try and get cheaper. why is government using public transport? the moment to th

jonathan, give us a sense of what has been happening there in bangkok with these weddings.a shopping centre, which seems an unlikely place for romantic events like weddings but the city government organises with lgbtq activists to accommodate more than 100 couples who wanted to come and get married at the first possible opportunity. very much in the public gaze here but this is meant to be a celebration marking this legal milestone and an import of these many couples, some of them have been togetherfor a long time, sometimes more than two decades and finally they are able to get legal status as any other couple, to pass on property they own together, to make health decisions, and plan families, all these things are possible. thailand is in many ways a pioneer, only the third country of the and taiwan to offer equal marriage, and is the only one in southeast asia —— after nepal. many people thought that this was always going to happen in thailand because of its easy—going approach for a long time towards diverse sexual identity but it has been a difficult legal battle to get

the 350 schools and tons capital have been forced to close because of air pollution authorities in bangkok of announced free public transport for a week to reduce exhaust fumes problem and good reports of the mass. pleasure of schools in bangkok this semester rustic measured at the city is implemented to tackle at pollution. the tie government is under pressure to develop a more comprehensive policy. as poor quality becomes an annual occurrence across se, asia. i think school closures could help to a certain point. it's hard to break and pollution causes sore throats with adults. imagine how the children feel. well, start east coast 352 schools across such one districts in the capital and various who kind of been to stay at home. got the move up. i think the government, you to raise more awareness. i think a work from home policy would be best, but some people say these measures on to enough. oh yeah. hi. um. i'd like the relevant agencies to do more to manage that just because it happens every year. it keeps coming back and it's getting worse each time they should take more action, not ju

high quality is poor in thailand, capital mold in 350 schools have closed facilities in bangkok. i've also made public transport free for a week to try and reduce emissions. probably i can get that as well. the mass pleasure of schools in bangkok is the most drastic measure of the city is implemented to tackle pollution. ta government is under pressure developed to move comprehend.

btq couples across the country are getting married, including over 100 at a single shopping mall in bangkoke to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. bruno to the rescue at old trafford as fernandes scores a late winner for manchester united against rangers in their europa league clash. marmoush checks in in manchester as city get their hands on a new striker. and it's another ashes win for australia as they secure a series victory, but only after the weather intervenes to frustrate england. hello there and welcome along to the programme.

these are live pictures from bangkok as thailand become the first country in south east asia to allow bundock.

one area under investigation is what role a bird strike played in the crash as it arrived from bangkokd an emergency. prosecutors in south korea have formally charged the suspended president, yoon suk yeol, with insurrection, over his brief implementation of martial law in december last year. on saturday — a court in seoul rejected a request to extend mr yoon�*s detention, forcing prosecutors to indict him orfree him, ahead of the end of his custody period on monday. if convicted, mr yoon could face years in prison. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let�*s look at some other stories making news. the chancellor rachel reeves says tech companies have a �*moral responsibility�* to remove violent content online. the home secretary, yvette cooper, has written to s

the bbc�*s south asia correspondent, jonathan head joined me earlierfrom bangkok to talk more about thes of thais who go in quite large number, many thousands every year, to work on farms in israel. all kidnapped in those very early stages of the hamas attacks on october seven. two of them are fathers of young children. they all come from pretty poor parts of thailand. four of them are from the northeast. that's a very dry, arid part of thailand, where it's very hard to make a living as a farmer or from any other kind ofjob incomes which tend to be low. so very typical of the profile of those who go out to israel. some of them had been there a long time, one had been there for six years. another, who had come from the province in the north, he'd only been there for nine months. so, variable. normally, their contracts run up to five or six years, maximum. so very typical, i think, of those who go to israel. and it's been a pretty gruelling experience for theirfamilies. they really had no idea what had happened to them. the only news they'd received was when other thai hostages were relea

jonathan head is at siam paragon, a luxury mall in central bangkok, — where the mass weddings are beingthe significance of today. it’s significance of today. it's very significance - significance of today. it's very significance to - significance of today. it�*s very significance to the lgbtq community here, everybody has come to thailand knows that lgbtq people tend to be quite visible, you see a lot of trans people, it has a reputation as being a country that is very tolerant of easy place to be open but they haven't had legal rights and that's a big deal. today for the first time, many of them, this is acknowledgement that they are the same as everyone else, they got the same rights, is not complete, a few areas that still need to be improved by being able to marry really is — for some of these couples being together a long time, i got a couple with me now, they've been together for 17 years, congratulations to both of you stop tell me about how you feel today. stop tell me about how you feel toda . �* , . , , today. i'm very excited because we come here _ today. i'm very excited bec

cause of the crash and it was at moran international airport where the 737 800 plane travelling from bangkokgency that the chief executive ofjeju air has been banned from leaving south korea after this crash and they are quoting local police. let's speak to aviation expert geoffrey thomas. thank you forjoining us. investigators extracting data from the black box, just explain why this box is so important. explain why this box is so important-— explain why this box is so imortant. ., , , important. the two black boxes are critical _ important. the two black boxes are critical to _ important. the two black boxes are critical to most _ are critical to most investigations and especially this investigation. there are two black boxes which for the viewers, are actually orange or red in colour. one is the cockpit voice recorder which records the last two hours of conversation and the digital flight data recorder is the heartbeat of the aeroplane and monitors every major system on the aircraft. and that has a capacity of up to 25 hours of recording. the cockpit voice recorder as you suggest, it has

let's speak to our south east asia correspondentjonathan head, who's in bangkok.s the latest you're hearing about efforts to apprehend him? what's the latest you're hearing about why this attempt to arrest president yoon has been called off?— to arrest president yoon has been called off? well, the team that went in _ been called off? well, the team that went in to _ been called off? well, the team that went in to issue _ been called off? well, the team that went in to issue the - that went in to issue the arrest warrant have stated that, after a four—hour stand—off. .. stand—off... silence we do appear, unfortunately, to have lost our connection there to jonathan have lost our connection there tojonathan head. we'll try to return to him if we can. we have somebody else standing by for analysis. let's speak to sung—yoon lee. he's a global fellow at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars. + how do you see this playing out? interesting developments in the last few minutes, with police calling off this attempt to arrest the president. is that it now? is

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let's take you to bangkok, thailand. another tightly choreographed fireworks show to ring in the new year. this view is from chao phraya river and more than a million people packed around sydney harbor in australia to ring in the new year. the fireworks were set up all around the water, every spot in the area, giving you a stunning view of the show. now back here at home, if you can't or didn't want to stay up late until midnight, thrive city in san francisco held a kid friendly new year's eve this afternoon. 1000 people showed up at chase center for a day of activities. there were performances and the countdown at noon. face painting, balloon animals, dances, chase center also celebrating kwanzaa, by the way, which runs from december 26th to january 1st. one of the troupes performing is celebrating its 50th year in oakland. we continue to do kwanzaa. every year is to really bring people back to their roots and understand we do have something. and kwanzaa is by the first fruit. because again, like i say, africa, we move

through the small is believe reducing the temperature of the helps the pollution disperse. pollution in bangkok has reached 8 times the world health organizations daily maximum. low schools have been closed and public transport has made a be made free for a week in order to take a few minutes from them that a fine i said to me in the pocket, i forget, of course our website must for all of on top. so is news continues of the one i want to use, the a global movement calling for a rekindling of our findings with nature here at such a crucial time. the human race is in a crisis as it goes into crisis. so those ones that are in drawing on indigenous wisdom to address today's climate challenges and the same way that we reviling the land here. we're trying to rewind people. you, we don't take care of all of these type of relationship. we have lost birth rise. we are nature the call to remember on a jesse in japan deval assaults to leads to one parent losing contact with the kids that i see the to take out. so they don't have to by the name of us is, isn't what they want to. and it looks like we're goi

estamos echándole un vistazo desde bangkok, tailandia.ificiales de nochevieja sobre el río chao phraya. los tailandeses le dan la bienvenida al año nuevo 15 horas antes que nosotros aquí en el área de la bahía. y así es como lo están celebrando. y vean nada más. tavía más fuegos artificiales. estamos viendo allí. al igual que los australianos. excepto que ellos empezaron a celebrar el 2025 incluso antes, 19 horas antes que nosotros allí en australia, también recibieron el año nuevo con un gran espectáculo de fuegos artificiales sobre el puerto de sidney. se estima que más de uno millón de personas asistieron a esa celebración. y es que ya arrancaron los últimos preparativos para la gran fiesta de fin de año. por supuesto, en nueva york, el famoso times square ya se llena de gente. se espera sean miles de personas las que lleguen a la gran manzana para presenciar el bajar esa famosa esfera. turistas han viajado de todas partes del mundo para ser parte de esta celebración y localmente aquí en el área de la bahía. muchas personas también nos

todas las vÍctimas eran surcoreanas, excepto dos tailandeses, y muchos de ellos regresaban de bangkokel zoolÓgico de missouri forest. asÍ se llama el animalito departiÓ, con su familia disfrutando de trozos congelados de frutas. Él es el primer orangutÁ que ha nacido en este zoolÓgico en la Última dÉcada. y antes de despedirnos, hacemos un repaso de la tragedia que se vive hoy en nueva orleans. un hombre en una camioneta alquilada avanzÓ a toda velocidad por una concurrida zona de bourbon street y atropellÓ a decenas de personas. hay al menos 15 muertos y 30 heridos. el fbi estÁ investigando el hecho como un ataque terrorista. la policÍa abatiÓ al hombre. sandhu dinh jabbar, un estadounidense de 42 aÑos con residencia en houston, texas. el fbi cree que el atacante no actuÓ solo esta noche. el presidente biden dijo que se investiga si existe algÚn vÍnculo entre este ataque con la explosiÓn de una camioneta tesla frente a un hotel del presidente electo donald trump en las vegas. en ese estallido que tambiÉn se investiga como un acto terrorista, muriÓ el conductor del vehÍculo y dejÓ sie

with relief at seeing her son i'm joined now by the bbcs south asia correspondent, jonathan head in bangkoke been released? they're youngish men. well, they're all youngish men. four of them in their 30s. one in 20s. very typical in his late 20s. very typical of the kinds of thais who go in large number, many quite large number, many thousands work thousands everyyear. to work. farms in israel. all 7 -7 7 in those very early kidnapped in those very early stages of the hamas on stages of the hamas attacks on october seven. two of them are october seven. two ofthem are of young come from pretty 7 come from pretty poor 7 come from pretty poor parts all come from pretty poor parts of thailand. four of them are from the that's a from the northeast. that's a very dry, arid part of 7777 777777777its very hard thailand, where it's very hard to make living as a farmer or to make'a living as'afarmer or any �*job incomes from any otherjob incomes which tend to be low. so very typical of the of those 7 go out to israel. some who go out to israel. some of them had been there for a long time. one had bee

a dazzling fireworks show lit up victoria harbor in bangkok, thailand. another tightly choreographed fireworks show to ring in the new year. this is the moment 2024 rolled into 2025, and more than 1 million people packed around sydney harbor and australia to ring in the new year. fireworks were set off all around the water. just about every spot in the area had a stunning view of the show. oh, look at that! have you ever been to sydney, jeff? i have not. it's on the list of bucket list dreams. yes, i have been. and even when there's not a fireworks show going, there's there is hardly, hardly a bad view there. i can imagine views is what we want to talk to you about tonight, though. yes. views of fireworks and clouds and, you know, for the end of december, start of january, i think we're we're sliding in with a really nice forecast here as we head through tonight. whatever you have planned on your new year's eve, we're going to start it off right now with a look at our sky camera network, where of course, the biggest show in the bay area will be happening

so any change in bangkok? recovery operation is underway near the us capsule. after playing a military helicopter collided in mid to 6, the whole people on board the american airlines flights, which was moments away from landing in washington, d. c. 3 were on the helicopter. no one is believed to have survived like kind of report from arlington in virginia. with the morning lights came the doc news search teams who'd been deployed for hours in and on the icy waters of the potomac found no survivors. despite all those efforts, we're now to a point where we're switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation, moments before the collection, the warnings from air traffic control patsy for august 30th i pacify funded jersey . cctv footage from reagan national airport captured what happened next. the investigation will be headed by the national transportation safety board, the n t s b company k, ting. the investigation is that this is a multi agency operation. you have the federal involved, you have state involved, and of course we have the district of colum

families, exacerbating the humanitarian situation to meet them and they didn't go out to 0. across the bangkok schools have been close this week as dangerously high levels of absolution hit, the ty, capital, people of being allowed to ride public transport for free until friday to discourage commuters from using that cars. but the pollution problem is not a new one. as tony chang reports, which are only the references engine, sending a cloud of black smoke onto the streets of bank of the police around checking emissions. and then use isn't nearly all of these cause the thing i wrote is fine until they get their engines checked. once again, the tie capital has been swallowed bucks, now the smoke p. m $2.00 particular pollution does so small, the damages, the health of all those who breathe in. but the real culprit isn't the exhaust teams or industrial pollution by my spring. so especially in reason, in this recent years, that's including the china spot sometimes. and there's a half annoying surface standing agricultural waste, mainly sugar cane, a maze of comb pharmacy. not only here, but also

he's suspected of shooting dead lim kimya after the former legislator stepped off a bus in bangkok.essed to the crime, but his motive is unclear. he then fled to cambodia, from where he's been repatriated. the 27—year—old will take part in a two—day summit in islamabad focusing on girl's education in islamic countries, she was evacuated from pakistan in 2012 after she was shot by the pakistani taliban on her school bus.— the pakistani taliban on her school bus. she is a return to the country — school bus. she is a return to the country only _ school bus. she is a return to the country only a _ school bus. she is a return to the country only a handful. school bus. she is a return to the country only a handful of| the country only a handful of times since. it was the biggest rape trial in french history. gisele pelicot waived her right to anonymity and became a global icon. dominque pelicot was found guilty of drugging and raping his wife, and inviting 50 men into their home to abuse her while she slept. gisele's daughter caro—leen darian stood alongside her mother in court and told h

he was saying, when he was in the political opposition, so to speak, to thailand is now way across bangkok. schools have been close this week as dangerously high levels of air pollution head for capital. people are being allowed to ride public transport for free until friday to discourage communities from using that cause. but the pollution problem is not a new one. it's tony chang. reports of the driver rims his engine sending a cloud of black smoke onto the streets of bank of the police, around checking emissions. and then use isn't nearly all of these cause the thing i wrote is fine until they get their engines checked. once again, the tie capital has been swallowed bucks, now the smoke p. m 2.5 particular pollution does so small, the damage is the health of all those who breathe in the real culprit isn't the exhaust teams or industrial pollution by my spring. so especially in reason, in this recent years, that's including the trying to somebody some times. and there's a half annoying sauces standing, accurate cultural waste, mainly sugarcane amaze or comb. pharmacy, not only here but a

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it was a red eye flight, which means it took off at 2.30am from bangkok. there's a lot of things that can happen in seconds. and the brain is a strange thing, it takes time to recover to the reality. let's take a look at some other stories around the world today. el salvador�*s government says the country recorded only 114 homicides last year — a record low. president nayib bukele imposed a state of emergency almost three years ago, arresting tens of thousands of gang members and holding them in newjails. the fall in violent crime has won mr bukele high approval ratings, but prompted criticism from rights groups who say some suspects have been arbitrarily detained. mr bukele said el salvador was now the safest nation in the western hemisphere. china's meteorological administration says last year was the hottest on record in the country, with temperatures more than one degree higher than average. the agency said the last four years had been four warmest since records began in 1961. on monday, the united nations said 2024 was set to be the hottest year world

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marital rights as heterosexual couples. 200 register their unions during a daylong celebration at a bangkokmall. thailand is the first country in southeast asia to legalize same-sex marriage and the third in all of asia after taiwan and nepal. on wall street, stocks rose after comments from trump about lower interest rates and oil prices. the dow jones industrial average gained more than 400 points. the nasdaq added 44 points. the s&p 500 closed at a new all-time high. the academy of motion picture arts and sciences announced its oscar nominations this morning. >> emelia perez. >> a musical about transgender identity leads with 13 nominations. that is the most ever for a non-english language film and includes a best actress nomination for the first openly trans actress ever nominated. wicked followed with 10 nominations, as did the postwar epic the brutalist. the announcements have been delayed twice due to the fires averaging -- ravaging los angeles. still to come, the judges who oversaw the trials of january 6 rioters express frustrations with the president's pardons. the small people beh

liz: joe, you are out in bangkok, thailand, where it's pretty much the middle of the night.r attention? did it fall into your lap, and ma -- what made you look at in this shoe and say, you know what? with all of my experience, i want to back this country. >> well, you know, everything moves on. and ben with reached out to us. we thought, whatever ben does is going to be very interesting because the guy is so energetic. he's got so much -- his ideas are great. so when he reached out, we said, yeah, why not? and, you know, things move on. you think about it, you know, a.i., it's here. and the guy is so much into in that we couldn't resist. we had to say yes. come on. we'll come along with you. so that's why we're here. and is it's such an interesting time. just to move into the new technology. going back to reebok and, yes, the old, traditional technologies, but this is something different, and i love that. liz: well, i remember -- listen, i don't want to tell you, joe, how many' -- reebok punk high classes i had and how many step classes in the '90s i took wearing those thing

i spent 20 years overseas, a couple of years in overseas, a couple of years in bangkok, while byron'sfew times during his account of the shooting, sergeant luberts was surprised at how calm and matter-of-fact he was for most of the interview. you would think, after such a horrific event, shooting and killing two people that broke into your house, that he would be very emotional, maybe crying at times. i didn't notice any of that from byron smith. he just maintained his composure, which was rather odd. kate snow: much stranger still, the investigator thought, was byron's account of what happened a few minutes after he shot nick. haile entered the house, and byron fired again. was haile really laughing as he shot her? to the sergeant, it seemed like such a bizarre detail. and then, byron told them this. he shot haile six times in all. and with that, the investigators came to believe this was something other than a simple case of self-defense. hand. she wasn't actually, i don't know if she had a weapon in her hand until later. i in her hand until later. i wasn't looking at her hands, the

the flight from bangkok was making an emergency landing, causing a partial explosion and fire. >>> threephia after a car drove into a crowd last night. you can see the moment that it happened on this cell phone video. warning, it is difficult to watch. the crowd was celebrating in center city after the philadelphia eagles beat the washington commanders to advance to the super bowl. police say the driver is in custody in the incident does not appear to be intentional. all of those hurt are expected to recover. >>> today, thousands of palestinians are making the trek home to northern gaza after being displaced for nearly 16 months by fighting between israel and hamas. take a look at these images. crowd span for miles along the coast as people made their way from the south of gaza to the north, with money traveling on foot while carrying what possessions they have left. it comes after this weekend when for more hostages, all of them israeli women who were released by hamas and reunited with their families, joining us now is nbc news international course and and daniel mansio she is in tel a

that includes nearly 200 who registered their unions during a day-long celebration at a bangkok shoppinghe academy of motion -- motion picture arts and sciences announced to -- announced its oscar nominations this morning. woman: "emilia perez.” stephanie: the musical "emilia perez" about transgender identity leads with 13 nominations. that's the most ever for a non-english language film and includes a best actress nomination for karla sofia gascon, making her the first openly trans actor ever nominated. another musical, "wicked," followed with 10 nominations, as did postwar epic "the brutalist." this year's announcement had been delayed twice due to the fires ravaging los angeles. the 97th academy awards ceremony is set to air in early march. still to come on the news hour, judges who oversaw the trials of january 6 rioters express frustration with the presidents pardons. the small team of people behind an app giving californian's life about the wildfires, and how one county in ohio is making major strides to reduce infant mortality. >> this is the "pbs news hour" from the david m ruben

hundreds of same sex couples were married in bangkok, thailand, as a landmark marriage bill took effect. thailand made history as the first country in southeast asia to recognize the rights of same sex couples. the law grants same sex couples not only legal rights, but also financial adoption, inheritance, and medical rights there. and the world's tallest peak is going to cost you a bit more if you want to try to scale it. nepal announced it will increase the permit fee to climb mount everest to 15,000 bucks during its busy season. mountain climbing generates huge amounts of money for that country's economy. this is the first price hike in nearly a decade. a new hour of cnn news central starts right now happening now. >> new wildfires erupting in southern california. tens of thousands of people now under evacuation orders. major questions this morning after president trump issues what could be a threat to investigate former president biden and the oscar nominations just announced, spawning everyone's favorite debate. what was the most egregious snub? i'm john berman with kate bolduan an

hundreds of same sex couples were married in bangkok, thailand, as a landmark marriage bill took effect. thailand made history as the first country in southeast asia to recognize the rights of same sex couples. the law grants same sex couples not only legal rights, but also financial adoption, inheritance, and medical rights there. and the world's tallest peak is going to cost you a bit more if you want to try to scale it. nepal announced it will increase the permit fee to climb mount everest to 15,000 bucks during its busy season. mountain climbing generates huge amounts of money for that country's economy. this is the first price hike in nearly a decade. a new hour of cnn news central starts right now

the flight was traveling from bangkok, thailand when south korean authorities say the pilots were warnedexperts are questioning why the aircraft's flaps were likely never deployed to slow down the plane or the landing gear itself. >> bird strikes don't bring down airplanes like this, nor do they prevent landing gear from extending. >> reporter: this while officials confirm monday a second flight where the pilot reported a landing gear problem, forcing the plane to turn back, landing safely. meanwhile, the international airport transformed. >> just right inside the departure terminal. it's very early in the morning. people are sleeping. you can see these makeshift shelters set up all of her. people do not want to leave their family members. this is part of the agonizing identification process that could take the next days, weeks, even months. >> reporter: lee donna silk onto knock you are among that, telling us he thinks the government should be focused on people working to identify his family, an act of grief marred by an exercise in frustration. both black boxes now recovered. those are