vietnam, cambodia, laos. i have seen it in its ferocity on the border between laos and cambodia, and then it becomes more gentle. i hahave alsseen it traveled through lands which were at that time at war. the most h horrific things were happening all araround the meko. i used to see bodies floating down the mekong of people who had been massacred, a lot of them civilians. anchor: the book is an iconic book. it was published 22 years ago and very, very famous. one of the key books regarding the memories of the indochina war. ththe question is how do we it took 22 years to be translated for the french public? would you say or think that there was maybe interference? particulalarly, some problems to face bad memories? because of course in the war, we lost french algeria and it was hard to address to the public these memories. nothe main reason it was translated into french to be honest is that my english promoters were lazy about france. i was always in the background wanting it to be translated into french. i h

i have seen it in its veracity in the border between laos and cambodia, and then it becomes more gentle -- the river flow, anyway. i have also seen that it travels through lands which were at time at war. the most horrific things were happening around the mekong and nice to see bodies of people that were massacred, a lot of them civilians. >> the book is an iconic book overseas. it was published overseas. the question is how do we explain why in france we were ?overing the indochinese war it took 22 years for it to be translated for the french public. would you say or think there was maybe in france and in the west particularly some problems to face bad memories because it is ,y the way, a war that we lost and it was quite difficult to address to the public these kinds of m memories? jon: maybe a little bit. the main reason it was not translated is my english publishers were lazy about trying to promote it in france, and i did not do much about it mymyself. i always wanted to be translated into french. i have a very strong attachment to france. moving into the f french, c cols of vietna

by that point nixon had withdrawn troops from cambodia. it was making the first steps towards eventually the passage of the war powers act. it was passed over president nixon's veto. this was an important first step. it also traduced senator mcgovern to the public. just two years later, he was the democratic nominee for president. he would lose very badly in the election but it was an indication of the growing strength of the antiwar movement of the united states. >> i think the principal stumbling block now is we are somehow worried about losing face. we are worried about embarrassing policymakers that sent us in there. we are worried about admitting that perhaps we made a mistake. actually i think it would contribute to the greatness of the united states if there is a free people that could admit that we are capable of making a mistake and then do the best we can to put an early end to it. >> vietnam is asian -- vietnamization is not a change in policy at all. it is a continuation of the old policy. >> what could be learned today as we a

why does cambodia have no deaths from coated 19. as of this morning at least there have still been only around 140 cases of covert 19 reported in cambodia and not a single official death no with a record like that there's of course a lot of speculation the country is under reporting none of it confirmed but if the official numbers are accurate then then cambodia has has a remarkable record so far as does neighboring vietnam both countries have been praised by the w.h.o. for for how they detected and responded to new cases at a very early stage of the pandemic with extensive contact tracing travel restrictions and quarantines as early as january time when when most other countries weren't willing to even consider them at the time those measures were viewed as as extreme but retrospective lay they look like something that that everyone should have been doing. as a science correspondent derek williams now it's certainly proven that with during the coronavirus pandemic but many health care workers remain some of the least well paid in t

but the prime minister says he has not heard of him or why he would flee thailand for cambodia. military coup six years ago, nine dissidents exiled in cambodia have been missing or killed. two were found full of concrete. >> another victim of this trend that going to seek refuge in neighboring countries doesn't guarantee they will be safe. the will be spared from long arm of regression. reporter: last year, his son went missing in vietnam. he was charged with article 112, a wide, sweeping law. police made her put portraits of the monarchy on the wall. her advice to the other families. >> don't have negative thoughts. keep looking. keep up the hope and keep fighting. even though you can't see the light at the end of the tunnel. reporter: as the number of missing dissidents continues to rise, supporters say they will keep on fighting and pushing for answers. anchor: floods in china have killed thousands, many others missining, forcing people from their homes. rivers are overflowing and mudslides slept downhill. rescue and relief operations are ongoing across the region. extreme we

frequent wind when we evacuated the embassy in cambodia. airelicopters took to the and accomplished that mission. we had some great marine corps pilot making that happen. unfortunately, like a lot of operations, it did not go without a mishap. evacuation, just before they started with the helicopter extraction, we lost one.arines at guard post they were both killed instantly when a rocket hit their guard post. we also lost a ch 46 during the evening. . will talk more about that two men were aboard that aircraft and they were lost at sea. we got the crew rescued. a littleike to start

we ran search and rescue off the coast of cambodia. should an age 53 go down en route or get shot down, we could rescue the crew and rescue the aircraft if we could. once cambodia was done, it was done really efficiently, where's my numbers here? americansere was 289 that came out. that was it. we did not bring any cambodians out. they wanted to stay. they did not believe that they should leave their country. it was theirs. they were going to stay and see what they can do. most of them were killed. they did not survive the takeover. we went ahead on the ship, went back around. it was 289 people that came out of that evacuation. we moved back to south vietnam and the ship circled an area. we had two battalions with us. second battalion, fourth marines, a battalion from the ninth marines. discussion big whether we should have an amphibious landing. whitmire, a wonderful senior officer who was the commander of the seventh fleet, said he would have nothing to do with putting more americans back into vietnam. our mission was to get everybod

prime minister says that he has not even heard of one child liam or why he would flee thailand for cambodia since the military coup 6 years ago 9 tied dissidents exile in cambodia laos and vietnam have gone missing over killed 2 were found in the mekong river their stomachs full of concrete bunch of them seem to be not and we came up this trend that going to seek refuge in a neighboring country doesn't guarantee that they will be safe they will be spared from the. repression. last year kanya son went missing in vietnam he was charged with article 112 a wide sweeping law against the faming the royal family she says police made her put portraits of the monarchy on the wall her advice to the other families how kind don't have negative thoughts keep looking keep up the hope and keep fighting even though you can see the light at the end of the tunnel. as the number of missing dissidents continues to rise supporters say they will keep on fighting and pushing for answers it's got harder al jazeera bangkok the video conferencing application zoom is again facing criticism after it emerged it disable

another tie anti-government activists has disappeared in cambodia it's the latest in a string of missing dissidents in southeast asia and a scot hides the reports now from bangkok pressure from supporters and family members as part of the government to look into what's happening. by. taking a need for the missing dissidents of thailand this vigil in bangkok was held just hours after reports of another reported abduction of a critic of thailand's government dissident watch i learned so tell us stocks it human rights group said he was snatched by gunmen near his home in the cambodian capital phnom penh last week in broad daylight he fled thailand just after the coup in 2014 facing charges for social media post satirized the government over there may be responding. i don't know if the government is hiding anything from me but i really wish that the disappearance of my brother will be the last time that someone goes missing. but he thailand's parliamentary human rights committee is pushing for legislation to prevent disappearances and abductions of dissidents. those who disappear are normal

i'm really nervous about my body going into some kind of shock once i get in the water. ..from cambodia's threatened wildlife to the world's largest butterfly migration. coming up this week, we're exploring some amazing ecosystems here on the travel show. hello and welcome to the travel show with me, mike corey, coming to you from my home in eastern canada because, let's face it, our epic adventures and elaborate vacations have been put on hold — at least for right now. so what better opportunity to dip our toe back into the archives? listen, it's no secret that our collective globe—trotting has had an impact on our world for several years now — something we always think about here on the travel show — so the plan today is to look at some of our favourite episodes that have tried to shine a light on the issue. first up, a personal highlight of mine on the california coast, when i went to the stretch known as big sur to understand more about the effects of climate change from the top of the world's tallest trees. for over a millennium, redwood trees have become an icon of this state. so th

from these mosquitoes could help save lives scientists dissecting them at this lab just outside cambodia's capital and they're extracting this line from age of protein in an attempt to create one vaccination against all mosquito borne diseases. we have much innate and incubate the mosquito saliva gland if we see a yellow color it means that the patient has developed antibodies against the protein in this alive very gland. only existing vaccines inject a small dose of the pathogen like malaria is an antidote but this type of vaccine is unique enough to uses the carrier in this case in the ski type to train our immune system to recognize proteins in the mosquito saliva and then respond by weakening or even preventing the infection but mostly talk by 'd each then only inject the viruses and other packages but also they inject certain level herbs and all routinely left bacteria and viruses also into the human body so this study has been working on. finding those routines that can facilitate the what is a predator and using that when a vaccine and destroy it appears that it needs a strong immun

where the next epidemic will come from but scientists in cambodia are preparing for a clinical trial of a universal vaccine against mosquito borne viruses they believe that the insects alive are could be the key to stopping the next health crisis several hire out explains. their small they suck your blood and their bites today's the saliva from these mosquitoes could help save lives scientists are dissecting them in this lab just outside cambodia's capital and they're extracting this through lines in the age of protein in an attempt to create one vaccination against all mosquito borne diseases but luckily. we have more than 8 an incubator the mosquito saliva gland if we see a yellow color it means that the patient has developed antibodies against the protein in this alone very. only existing vaccines inject a small dose of the pathogen like malaria is an antidote but this type of vaccine is unique enough to uses the carrier in this case in the ski to to train our immune system to recognize proteins in the mosquito saliva and then respond by weakening or even preventing the infection

another government activist has gone missing in cambodia it is the latest in a string of disappearances of dissidents in southeast asia and it's called hiding a report from bangkok pressure from supporters and family approach of the government to at least acknowledge the disappearance. taking a need for the missing dissidents of thailand. this vigil in bangkok was held just hours after reports of another reported abduction of a critic of thailand's government dissident watch i learned. it human rights groups say he was snatched by gunmen near his home in the cambodian capital phnom penh last week in broad daylight he fled thailand just after the coup in 2014 facing charges for social media post satirized the government over them even if i don't think i don't know if the government is hiding anything from me but i really wish that the disappearance of my brother will be the last time that someone goes missing. but it thailand's parliamentary human rights committee is pushing for legislation to prevent disappearances and abductions of dissidents. those who disappear are normal people peop

prime minister says that he has not even heard of one child liam or why he would flee thailand for cambodia since the military coup 6 years ago 9 tied dissidents exile in cambodia laos and vietnam have gone missing or were killed 2 were found in the mekong river their stomachs full of concrete bunch of them seem to be not and we came up this trend that going to seek refuge in a neighboring country doesn't guarantee that they will be safe they will be spared from the. repression. last year kanya son went missing in vietnam he was charged with article 112 a wide sweeping law against the faming the royal family she says police made her put portraits of the monarchy on the wall her advice to the other families how kind don't have negative thoughts keep looking keep up the hope and keep fighting even though you can see the light at the end of the tunnel. as the number of missing dissidents continues to rise supporters say they will keep on fighting and pushing for answers scott harder al jazeera bangkok or i talk to whether or not we saw some flooding in china. in europe too that has been some f

action in the south china sea and around tara land that you'll see some more flooding i'm favoring cambodia this time just the top your screed is a chore for depression that's for all the action is there also showers for the sas in borneo soloway see far fewer further west but still an awful lot more share of the you might expect in kuala lumpur malaysia as you malaysia as well but thailand is good in the balkans i said cambodia and vietnam probably laos will get some potentially flooding weather in the next few days tom penn's forecast is sundry than the sundry then probably sundry again from monday tuesday wednesday so it's just that time of the year. it australia our active frontal system on its way through the bite now it's rained in adelaide now although it looks like a massive cloud it may not produce a huge amount of rain mediately in victoria new south wales but they will certainly be some that it becomes a bit more active was a bit warm up on the queen's and side and then as it keeps going eastwards the active bit reaches the south island of new zealand so you leave behind sunshine

vietnam hopes to keep china in check through the summit, but some asean nations including cambodia attachortance to ties with china. >>> france and germany are throwing their weight behind the world health organization in the battle against the pandemic at a time where the international body is fighting for funding. french h health ministe andnd h german counterpart jens spahn met in gentlemen knee voon thursday. the minister says they will provide face masks and ventilators. they did hold back for voicing support for the w.h.o., the target of recent c complaints b u.s. president d donald trump. >> translator: i truly believe the world needs a multilateral organization more than ever. >> germany remains a strong supporter and a friend,, sometimes a critical friend, but a strong friend of the w w.h.o. >> spahn said germany will provide additional funding, bringing it to $560 million, the country's largest ever annual contribution to the body. it's a welcomed boost after trump announced last month the u.s. would sever all tiess with the w.h.o. washington is its s biggest don, but trump has

will further east a group of international scientists in cambodia who are working on the 1st clinical trial of a universal vaccine against mosquito borne viruses they believe that saliva could be the key to stopping the next epidemic sara as more. they're small they suck your blood and their bites it today's the saliva from these mosquitoes could help save lives scientists are dissecting them at this lab just outside cambodia's capital and they're extracting their 3 lines in the age of protein in an attempt to create one vaccination against all mosquito borne diseases but markedly. we have moderate and incubate the mosquito saliva gland but we see a yellow color it means that the patient has developed antibodies against the protein in this alive very gland. only existing vaccines inject a small dose of the pathogen like malaria is an antidote but this type of vaccine is unique enough to uses the carrier in this case in the ski type to train our immune system to recognize proteins in the mosquito saliva and then respond by weakening or even preventing the infection but mostly took by '

slowly being wiped out but the world health organization is now reporting outbreaks of measles in cambodia in the pool and clusters of cholera in ethiopia there are fears the hard won gains may be eroded we cannot exchange. group for another. we cannot afford to lose. and everyone has work so hard. we need joint concerted effort by accident nations track and there are many ways we do this wild leaders pledged $8800000000.00 at a virtual vaccine summit to ensure some $300000000.00 children between now and 2025 get the protection they need. to die is $300000000.00 australian dollars total it comes to mind also on the agenda how to make an eventual vaccine against covert 19 available to those who need it most not just the countries who can afford it i would like to announce the launch of the covert 19 global vaccine access facility or kovacs facility as recalling that participating countries will receive access to a portfolio of vaccines procured by the facility and based upon an allocation framework and add a negotiated price the race to find a vaccine is unprecedented what usually takes 10

established yourself as one of the leading voices in asia but certainly in india and thailand malaysia cambodia you see the journalists are really on the cusp of government efforts to control what the press says you know maria and she is she is this huge figure in the world of journalism knowing that what would you say is the probability that she will indeed go to prison i mean does the committee to protect journalists think that that could really happen well you're right i do know maria she is and she is a unique person an incredible high energy and good spirits of nearly never met anybody quite like her. i think and i think that the government of the philippines would suffer a great deal of sure in jail there would be tremendous international pressure so i'm hopeful that we can apply that pressure and then we can apply reason. to prevent her from going to jail i mean the truth is the philippine government has already achieved their main objective by convicting her and that is to frighten other journalists to prevent them from reporting critically on the government so in a way i don't see why

with no local cases taking the total number of infections to just over a 1004 deaths prodemocracy cambodia said it was just an experience excuse to try and block an unwelcome event and they were right one day thank you for pointing out that we have done well in fighting covert 19 but we should not take anything for granted we should not 2nd feis public safety you know just to accommodate these protests request they can't do it after the covert 19 is completely under control moreover we have detected 2 local outbreaks recently in public housing estates the sources of which have not yet been changed. beijing's declared reason for this new law is to maintain order in hong kong and to counteract what it calls characteristics of terrorism and separation but that's not the real worry is it the fact is the security law reflects beijing's paranoia about free speech and freedom in general doesn't live that's a very unfair statement in the past 12 months the police have uncovered at least 22 cases up extremely dangerous here in keeping the explosive haul that inch in one in the school and lots of we

poor i would say look at the french revolution the bolster but revolution a little bit pol pot in cambodia i mean the record is quite or disastrous destructive but it seems to me because these people want to destroy history they don't want to learn from history go ahead. well again that's so there must at the finish no revolution again the economist wanted to create communist man liberated from his own. that's the kind what you're seeing now is will you see this time to create this new western man liberated from its own you know flow past with of course racism being a key part of it however underneath argued i would disagree in terms of the. which because usually i would argue that this kind of revolutionary it could seem reasonable when when there was a side the country reform itself and i agree i think identified this problem this yes a geisha to a large extent which still exists however if you look at the numbers it looks like america says i think there is a race is capable of reforming itself if you look at all the to from marriage between races during inclusion. and its use and hold a

it's estimated more than 34 million babies have missed routine vaccinations, while both nepal and cambodiaks. across africa, it's estimated almost 23 million babies haven't been immunised, with ethiopia, for example, currently fighting measles, cholera and yellow fever outbreaks. recent research suggests disruption to these kinds of services, could result in as many as 6000 children dying every day. our global health correspondent, tulip mazumdar reports new mums trying to do the best for their young babies in the midst of a pandemic. this clinic in niger's capital, niamey, is usually packed, but restrictions on movement, a shortage of healthcare workers and the fear of catching covid—19 have kept many families away. i was so scared to come here because of the virus. health workers have told me it is very important to come for my baby and what to do to stay safe, like wearing this mask and washing my hands all the time. many countries were advised by health officials to suspend vaccination campaigns to avoid the spread of coronavirus. but now there's a stark warning about the longer—term i

authorities about indiscriminate killing in vietnam cambodia and laos were 1st published people watch our interview with ailes began to support the london imprisoned wiki leaks publisher julian assange on our you tube channel saturday wash your hands and join the underground you to put a sound that is to go in the face of a. clip of she will be no use to you. but it's always ok it was a cool moment. you know we didn't see the media. today taking with us the mood at the. smithsonian bush and the. yes. yes well. demonstrators in paris hold a large anti racism protest in honor of george floyd with almost 9 minutes of sun and condemnation of police brutality. london's mayor dances a review of all statues and street names in the city and it concerns slavery. racism protesters monuments to a slave trader in the u.k. city. everybody's trying to. get that feeling of paris about our profession. us police say that all officers shouldn't be blamed for just one month's crime law enforcement turns into its own movie.

some pretty heavy downpours and the rains very extensive googles across the southeast of thailand cambodia all the tools vietnam and it's a similar story and she's day so plenty of thunderstorms the kale and also singapore. as countries begin easy coronavirus restrictions scientists warn of a 2nd wave of infections in the lab to deliberate. may well and many feel the economy is be prioritised about for human life until fall yet leave the focus on the outfield was spiked in public places we bring you the latest developments from across the globe coronavirus fundament special coverage. on the streets of greece anti immigrant violence is on the rise there or you have to go from other potential understand that this is a plus ism and increasingly migrant farm workers are victims of vicious beatings. to aslam is helping the pakistani community to find a voice the stories we don't often hear told by the people who live them undocumented and under attack this is iraq on al-jazeera. 00000. welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here there's our there's been a 6 day of protest against police

i would say look at the french revolution the bolster but revolution a little bit pol pot did in cambodia i mean the record is quite or disastrous destructive but it seems to me because these people want to destroy history they don't want to learn from history go ahead. well again that's so there must at the finish no revolution again economists want to create communist man liberated from his own. that's a kind of what you're seeing now as well you see this time to create this new western man liberated from its own you know flow cost with of course racism being a key part of it however underneath argued i would disagree in terms of the roach because usually i would argue that this kind of revolutionary a brooch. could seem reasonable when when their side the country reform itself and i agree i think identified this problem this geisha to a large extent which still exists however if you look at the numbers it looks like america has i think there was a race is capable of reforming itself if you look at all the to from marriage between races steering inclusion. and its use and the old this i

since nuremberg and through tribunals for sarah leone cambodia yugoslavia and rwanda has been the real leader in this field and even the u.s. i.c.c. relationship has been more or less a positive with some low points but across ministrations be it republican or democratic mistress and the relationship has moved forward and there's been even in the lowest points of the bush administration there was collaboration between the u.s. and the i.c.c. ok so say that forgive me for interrupting but time is against us so it's a bit odd that we've got here what effect to these sanctions likely to have yet the law with respect to investigators and lawyers and other professions the work of the court this isn't going to change the very much the united states is not going to be allowing. i.c.c. officials into the country or other things within its jurisdiction however this executive order does have an impact on victims' rights lawyers and 9 governmental organizations that maybe have assisting the court particularly including. investigations in taleban islamic state crimes so what sort of alleged u.s. w

we go through wednesday the rains will be gathering around the gulf of thailand very heavy across cambodia on it towards vietnam scattered showers throughout the philippines and some heavy downpours into northern and western areas of borneo a bit of a paint really all those day the shadows a still very heavy across born here but also because. heavier calls into pseudo se much more scattered across the many peninsula sumatra and down across into java aftermaths was australia and new zealand in this rather windy weather system working its way across the great by pushing across into the southeast of australia that will be arriving at throughout wednesday some fairly brisk winds that mostly clear across both islands of new zealand then we've got caring conditions widens day on thursday across western australia 19 degrees on thursday with sunny skies in between the class but again are all the west's on a windy day across much tasmania and in particular victoria this system on its way across that the tasman say now the next few days in both islands of new zealand how much is going to be on the l

frontal system the my you buy on the monsoon for india so i mean miles wet and also thailand and cambodia forecast wise. mostly wet. water scarcity has become a major global issue the demand is going straight up and the supply is going straight down turning an essential natural resource into a commodity traded for profit just because it's large doesn't mean it cannot be priced what about the guy that can afford it that guy's teles water in a new 2 part series al-jazeera examines the social financial and environmental impact of water privatized ation loads of water on al-jazeera. am. hello again this is our facilities for much of the bad news this hour the global number of recorded corona virus infections has just passed 8000000 the world health organization is issuing new warnings of a 2nd wave with clusters in beijing and 15000000 people going back into lockdown in india. the u.s. president told trump says that he will sign an executive order on police reform on tuesday trump says that it will ensure police reform is done fairly justly and safely. at the police shooting of a black man in