for more i'm joined by philip share well he's a journalist for the sunday times in bangkok philip thanks for your time what's happening in the city today we hear some train stations have been shut down. that's right well it's been a very much a protest is about on the streets this is the 3rd day since the that such public gatherings but there's been a very much a cat and mouse game of tactics between the protesters and the authorities today the protest organizers initially put out the word to their supporters to gather at every underground and sky train station in the city at 3 pm in a way we believe instructions on what to converge for their protest trying to keep the police off guard now the authorities have responded by closing the whole underground network most of the nearly all the center subway stations and several major roads so now just as a gathering in some sort of peripheral locations around the city center and they're in about 5 or 6 location it's going to be much harder for the police to deal with this and they are they are marching as we speak but certainly sounds that the

or more i'm joined by philip share well he's a journalist for the sunday times in bangkok philip thanks for your time what's happening in the city today we hear some train stations have been shut down. that's right well it's been a very much a professor back on the streets this is the 3rd day since the edict that banned all such public gatherings but there's been a very much a cat and mouse game of tactics between the protesters and the authorities today the protest organizers initially put out the word to their supporters to gather at every underground and sky train station in the city at 3 pm and away we believe instructions on what to converge for their protest trying to keep the police officer out now because forces have responded by closing the whole underground network most of the nearly all the center subway stations and several major roads so now just as a gathering in some sort of peripheral locations around the city center and they're in about 5 or 6 locations it's going to be much harder for the police to deal with this and they are they are marching as we speak but certainly

deputy director of human rights watch has issued a vision for the robertson who joins me now from bangkok philip how can bombard companies get away with this well it's an excellent question but these are very rich influential companies they're connected very closely with the governments in the case of malaysia and indonesia and they are also exploiting some of the most vulnerable workers that you can imagine foreign workers who are coming in some cases from south asia or other places in southeast asia where. these people are you know facing real difficulties and are desperate to find paying jobs you spoke about connections with their governments in indonesia and malaysia does that mean that these governments don't have to put it to can will to actually improve conditions in the palm oil industry. well there they're saying that they want to because they're being threatened with sanctions we just had f.g.b. which is one of the largest palm oil exports are in malaysia barred from the u.s. market by the u.s. customs and border patrol agency because of forced labor on their plantations and that is a

protests around major bangkok intersections demonstrators are demanding that the time are demanding the thai premiers resignation and reforms to the monarchy. well for more let's bring in philip sure well from bangkok he's the asia correspondent for the french newspaper the sunday times thanks for being with us philip the protesters say lifting the state of emergency is not enough what sort of concessions are they looking for from the government yeah i mean this is a question significant backed down by the by the prime minister he has repealed this old it just a week after it was introduced to try and and these protests and every government move to try and crackdown is only for the galvanized protests but the basic demands are unchanged and they were that the fullest degree was put in place that demanding the resignation of the prime minister's government which they say was came to power in an unfair and rigged election last year that demanding a major overhaul of the constitution that was drafted under the previous ruling junk. which kind of governs how politics is run in this country and most contentiously that calling for reforms to their own family all those demands that

for more on the latest protests i'm joined now by philip sure well a journalist for the sunday times in bangkok thanks for being with us philip a number a protest leaders have been arrested but that doesn't seem to have had much of an effect on the demonstrations has it. nothing so far has had much of an effect except to galvanize for testers and increase the numbers the government last week issued introduce a state of decree that states of emergency sorry that's what we're supposed to fund all gatherings of 5 people will they went in heavily on friday night with water cannons and run police they've arrested leaders and the process of just been growing one of the things the protests alernative protest as a learning is the sort of hong kong chopsticks of leaderless approach that conducting a lot of their organizational lines today they're actually having a boat on the line as to whether to hold protests or whether to take or take a day off and all this is part of keeping the police on their up on edge and really not giving the many heads up as to what their plans are until just shortly before pe

let's get the latest now what's going on in bangkok i'm joined by philip farewell he's a journalist for the sunday times and he's there so what's the latest going on what's on what's happening now in bangkok well the the main student umbrella body that has been organizing all these protests has said that. despite those scenes last night when the police went in in force with the. right units and watch the congress to disperse protesters they said they're going to take to the streets again today they are planning protests in town in bangkok the capitol hill and several other cities later this afternoon they have been careful not to say where they're planning to meet. and i think we're now into a sort of accounting now scandal and certainly from the hong kong protests last year who were very self fluid in their organization this is remember this would be the 3rd day that they've held protests which are in breach of a new state so they moved the decree that officially back in gatherings of more than 4 people on the roads. dozens of arrests such a $100.00 according to human rights groups las

out to protests around major bangkok intersections demonstrators a demanding the time previous resignations and reforms to the monarchy. for more on this let's bring in philip show well from bangkok he's the edge a correspondent for the british newspaper the sunday times philip protests is said that withdrawing the measures was not enough what are they demanding now. well they're demanding what they were demanding before this decree was put into place you have to remember that they've been on the streets for 4 months and they have a series of demands and those remain those remain from 2 forceful them and those are the resignation of the current government now that's led by general. he staged a coup in 2014 and then kind of came we keep maintaining office last year under a controversial election that the opposition claim was unfairly held there demanding a change to the constitution which includes unelected senators and which and embeds the current higher system and most contentiously like a reform of the role of the family which is a long venerated institution and it's been a complete to even discuss that political and military and financial affairs previou

out for protests around major bangkok intersections demonstrators a demanding the time premiers resignation and reforms to the monarchy. for more on this let's bring in philip show well from bangkok he's the edge a correspondent for the british newspaper the sunday times philip protests is said that withdrawing the measures was not enough what are they demanding now. well they're demanding what they were demanding before this decree was put into place you have to remember that they've been on the streets for 4 months and they have a series of demands and those remain those remain from 2 foremost for them and those are the resignation of the current government now that's led by general. he staged a coup in 2014 and then kind of came with maintaining office last year under a controversial election that the opposition claim was unfairly held there demanding a change to the constitution which includes unelected senators and which and embeds the current higher up top down system and most contentiously like lupul reform with the role of the family which is a long venerated institution it's been a complete to even discuss the political and military financial previ

protests around the edge of bangkok intersections demonstrators a demanding the time prime is resignation and reforms to the monarchy. for more on this let's bring in philip show well from bangkok he's the edge of correspondent for the british newspaper the sunday times philip protests is said that withdrawing the measures was not enough what are they demanding now. well they're demanding what they were demanding before this decree was put into place you have to remember that they've been on the streets full for months and they have a series of demands and those remain those remain from 2 foremost for them and those are the resignation of the current government now that's led by general. he staged a coup in 2014 and then kind of came we keep maintaining office last year under a controversial election that the opposition claim was unfairly held there demanding a change to the constitution which includes unelected senators and which and embeds the current hiero system and most contentiously like a reform of the road family which is a long venerated institution it's been a complete to even discuss the political and military financial previously but some of t

i'm joined now by philip show well he's a journalist for the sunday times based in bangkok. a number of protest leaders have been arrested but that doesn't seem to have had much of an effect on the demonstrations has it. if far from it we've had and the emergency decree that was passed last week that was supposed to finally governs a 5 or more there's been the arrests of leaders there was the right police sent in on friday night but this is only so kind of galvanizing support there being more and more people on the street each night they are spreading the word via social media apps everybody that one of the catchphrases now is we are all a leader we're all leaders. and that kind of taking some leave from what's been happening in hong kong where you've had so protest movement so been quite a few said one of their goals has been not to be decapitated in terms of leadership and untile and sometimes protest challenge but just as our own i talk to those sorts of techniques to. fed away looking a same life because lots of people they crowd out in the straight so obviously not a 10

again that was a philip sure well journalist for the sunday times reporting for us from bangkok. new zealand's prime minister just into our journey has won a landslide victory in the country's general election with 2 thirds of the vote counted or durned center left labor party has secured around 49 percent of the vote giving it an unprecedented outright majority speaking moments ago or durned thank museo wonders for the historic win she has won praise for her handling of the coded 1900 and the christ church mosque shootings last year her main challenger was from the conservative national party. i'm joined now by samantha early a journalist in christ church samantha good to have you with us it's looking like not just a win but a historic victory for dern was she expected to win by such a large margin. well a lot of polls had predicted that juries the sort of outlier majority that would say no to not but most were predicting that you would need to form a coalition government with the grains and. our electoral system here in new zealand coalition government. they say this is what's

get the latest now what's going on in bangkok i'm joined by philip share well he's a journalist for the sunday times and he's there so what's the latest going on of what's on what's happening now in bangkok welly the students. of these protests. despite those scenes last night when the police went in in full swing. right you know watch the countess to disperse for just as they said they're going to take to the streets again today they. protest in the capital city of the cities later this afternoon they have been catching up to say where the bunch of meat. i think we're now into a sort of accounting now scandal and certainly from the hong kong protests last year who were very self fluid in their organization this is remember this will be the 3rd day that they've held protests which are in breach of a new state so if they manage to get crazy that officially back in gatherings of more than 4 people there are also. dozens of arrests up to $100.00 according to human rights groups last night and the police have found out that they will prosecute anyone who is seen at these protests they're us

part of the protests certainly not wanting to stop the actual protestors thank you that's philip sure well in bangkok much appreciated. now to some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour voting has begun in guinea's presidential election the incumbent 82 year old alpha condé is bidding for a controversial 3rd term after redrawing the constitution the move triggered months of mass protest sparking fears of violence on polling day. a landslide has hit a military barracks in central vietnam burying at least 22 soldiers several bodies have been recovered rescuers are searching for those still missing and a slide is the latest to hit the region following the 2 weeks of heavy rains and storm. like armenia and azerbaijan have accused each other of breaking the latest cease fire in the disputed no go to cover region just hours after it came into force the truce agreed late on saturday was the 2nd attempted armistice in a week it came after both sides exchanged missile strikes on friday night hundreds have died in 3 weeks of clashes over the region. we're joined now by correspondent in

well for more on this and the situation on the streets right now let's bring in philip schauble from bangkok he's the asia correspondent for the british newspaper the sunday times philip we've seen police and protesters clash what's the situation there right now. yeah those dramatic scenes were playing out about an hour ago the confrontation took about 30 minutes. the at the situation right now is that the protest leaders encouraged a most of the crowd to disperse. they were they got their own brothers protection for their. protests. and those are counted in the water on and worse a laced bluing chemical mix that was it was an irritant. to the prize so the book group given a universe can remember many of these protests are students actually high school and. i think. accounts of. difference in force we expect that they will trying to regroup again somewhere tomorrow they're clearly learning lessons from hong kong protesters not just from the use from bella's but from this idea of so bait and switch on your locations so we're hoping that you know through that the too much confrontation is has