the protesters remarks from democracy monument yesterday wednesday down to around the government house the seat of government where hundreds had stayed overnight and so at 4 am local the decree was passed so then the police could go in and remove them as this decree banned groups over 5 people so they're able to go in for the most part it has been peaceful but again this is you know another step in this process and anti-government protests that we have seen over the last several months this is the 4th large scale protests that we've seen since july thousands gathered at democracy monument here in central bangkok that marched on to those thousands marched on to government house area they broke through police barricades they bunkered in if you will for most of the night until this emergency decree came through again for the most part it seems as though things have gone peacefully we do know that 2 of the main student protest leaders leaders of this movement that again is a couple of months old they have been arrested as well obviously this is going to be something that the protesters are

and even just in the neighborhood next to government house they they lined this large avenue thousands of them late in the afternoon through the early evening they even pushed buses aside to make their way in to this area then they staged a sit in if you will for several hours and then when it became very late at night kind of a couple of 100 several 100 hardcore protesters stayed here overnight then at 4 am that's when the government issued an emergency decree saying that any group over 5 was illegal and that's when we saw that clearing out process that led to this empty street behind me now what's interesting about that is that you know the protest leaders were on makeshift stages throughout this avenue here and they told the protesters to leave to be peaceful and follow the orders of the police so that was very interesting and it happened with really without much violence at all they even had a water cannon truck here that was never used tear gas was never used so where we are now we know now that i can update that number 6 protest leaders have now been arrested so as we move forwar

police with riot shields quickly drove back the lines of protesters and cleared the area around government houseople had been camping overnight after another day of widespread protests against the king and the prime minister. at least two protest leaders have now been arrested. the government's emergency decree accused the protesters of "inciting chaos and threatening national security", specifically mentioning this moment — when some anti—government demonstrators surrounded and obstructed the royal motorcade that was carrying the queen — but on wednesday night, before the police moved in, the protest had been much more peaceful, with a large group of demonstrators listening to speeches music. they are calling for reforms to the monarchy and for the prime minister to stand down. here's what two of those protestors had to say. translation: the people are being awakened more and more when it comes to the monarchy. more and more, but on the other hand, with thais being thai, this topic is still hard to push through. translation: this has been rooted in the thai society for a very long time so in or

areas and have no plans to claim fresh government territory they promise safety for captured soldiers. that you can see the taliban are foreign from those houses but tanks so far from here one boy was killed and still he is lying on the road the afghan government and u.s. forces have coded an unprovoked taliban offensive they claim to have killed the taliban's operational chief at home and along with dozens of fighters using u.s. airstrikes and a ground assault 2 afghan military helicopters collided on tuesday killing. our visit on the visits by other high ranking government officials is an assurance that by all means we will defend. it's been more than a month since peace talks began and don't have between the taliban and afghan political leaders each day brings a promise of peace and the certainty of sacrifice china ballasts al jazeera. china is accusing the u.s. of undermining peace and stability by sending a navy destroyer through the sea separating taiwan and mainland china the u.s. says the passage through the taiwan strait was routine but the chinese military has called the move provocative fighting of a car about continues between arme

headlines: police in thailand have moved in to disperse pro—democracy protesters gathered around government housew restrictions, including curfews, to try to stop the spread of coronavirus. a former chief minister has criticised the indian government after being detained for more than a year after being charged. it called the actions illegal and democratic. she was attained after delhi street the special processes in kashmir. she used to be the chief minister, effectively the equivalent of being a governor in america so she wielded huge power over indian administered kashmir, governing alongside the party. the bjp. in august, they revoked kashmir‘s special status and at that time a number of politicians, business leaders and activists were detained, she being one of them. she has spent 14 months in detention. her daughter had been pushing with indian supreme court for her release. in an audio message, she called for others to be released. at the time, the government said the time, the government said the reason for the detentions was to maintain law & 0rder the reason for the detentions was to ma

the protesters remarks from democracy monument yesterday wednesday down to around the government house the seat of government where hundreds had stayed overnight and so at 4 am local the decree was passed so then the police could go in and remove them as this decree banned groups over 5 people so they're able to go in for the most part it has been peaceful but again this is you know another step in

top stories: police in thailand move in to disperse pro—democracy protesters gathered around government housen the capital. france and germany announce new restrictions, including curfews, to try to stop the spread of coronavirus. the first lady reveals that 14—year—old barron trump contracted covid—19, but suffered no symptoms. could grey power he the x—factor in the presidential election? we report from a retiring, but not exactly shy, battleground in florida. how many of you just want this election to be over? hello. riot police in thailand have clashed with a large group of anti—government protesters in bangkok. they moved in to clear the streets shortly after authorities issued an emergency decree banning all gatherings of more than five people. lines of police with riot shields quickly drove people back and cleared the area around government house. thousands had been camping overnight after another day of widespread demonstrations against the king and the prime minister. at least two protest leaders have now been arrested. the emergency decree accused the protesters of "inciting chaos a

police leave a long night out front of thailand's seat of power government house as street cleaners wash away what was left behind by the thousands of anti-government protesters from the night before several 100 protesters camped out overnight and just before 5 am they were pushed out with calls from protest leaders for calm they left peacefully but later in the day some of the most high profile protest leaders were arrested. the protester clearing operation was given the green light when an emergency decree was announced at 4 am saying that gatherings of more than 5 people it was now illegal. the decree cited that the protests were illegal public gatherings causing chaos and disorder and threatening state security part of the justification for that decree was this hundreds of protesters using a 3 finger salute as the motorcade of queen's who teach passed by the salute has become a symbol of the protests the calls for government and monarchy reform and the daily life that even removing the prime minister. would not result in long long time that because. you know problems. just lie and. p

really going to target those protesters who marched yesterday and have been camped out outside government house overnight they broke through multiple police barricades yesterday and now they've been camping out overnight and obviously with this need to create about limiting the amount of people they can gather that will most likely to remove start removing protesters from the area where they spent the night from again what we saw yesterday when there was quite amazing you know you saw this large gathering start democracy monument. and then police barricades kind of corralling the men but they said that they're going to march to government house from democracy monument and that's the kind of what up to multiple police barricades went through them in some cases negotiated in some cases forced their way through want to get closer to government house and then they kind of stayed there overnight and that's what has been the most recent development so arrest and then also this decree. giving the police the authority and the other security forces the authority to break this up of what i know you'll be

when that emergency decree was announced that's because there were protesters right outside the government house the seat of power here in thailand and they use that decree to clear them out it was done peacefully then we saw a little bit of violence on friday but every single day since that decree was put into place there have been protests on wednesday evening last night the prime minister in a taped address televised address he said that he would consider withdrawing that emergency decree that is just for bangkok he said he consider withdrawing that if the protests were violent if it remained peaceful and it did last night there was another protest and outside the government house where they actually presented a resignation a draft resignation letter to. the prime minister because one of the demands for these protesters is that he resigns so they presented that to him and then the morning we heard the word that it would be lifted and that happened just 2 hours ago now what it did is it banned gatherings for a more people could not gather together and it also gave the police authority to shut

current israeli government is a bold and stronger lesions between the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the current u.s. president bill and will trump the issue of supplements house been the reason why there has been a rift between the previous u.s. administrator and under obama and the israeli government and that then yeah and we've even seen a u.s. administration abstained from vetoing. draft resolution in the united nations security council in which settlements were condemned breach of international law but ever since trump took office many here is saying that netanyahu wasn't bold and by that move and has been advancing more and more illegal settlement units this year at this advancement of these units will make this year the largest advancement of. units specifically of compared with. the past decade and what does this announcement mean for the u.a.e. normalization deal. when the u.a.e. viva was is signed with israel and was announced let's say the u.a.e. has said that it was able to stop the israelis from their plans to on next parts of the occupied west bank but for palestinians even if official declare recent of an exception was not made the situation and

those hardcore protesters if you call them that a few 100 of them that stayed out around the government house area overnight and then there was that emergency decree 4 am local time that allowed the riot police to clear them out because they this enacted a law a rule that no more than 5 people will gather at one place so that's what they used to for them to leave now what happened earlier on wednesday thousands of anti-government protesters started at democracy monument which is about a kilometer and a half away from here really big big big crowds walking down an avenue going through several police checkpoints some physical some with the police there they were negotiated some some checkpoints they actually broke through even moved the bus to make their way here around the government house area then they stayed thousands of them stayed until the evening and then again as i mentioned a few 100 stayed throughout the night until they were peacefully removed by those riot police now they were speaking on makeshift stages around the government house they said to abide by the police orders and leave

have no plans to claim fresh government territory they promise safety for captured soldiers can hold out of that part that you can see the taliban are foreign from those houses but tain't so far away from here one boy was killed and still he is lying on the road the afghan government and u.s. forces have coded in unprovoked taliban offensive they claim to have killed the taliban's operational chief at home and along with dozens of fighters using u.s. airstrikes and a ground assault 2 afghan military helicopters collided on tuesday killing on. our visit on the visits by other high ranking government officials is an assurance that by all means we will defend. it's been more than a month since peace talks began and don't have between the taliban and afghan political leaders each day brings a promise of peace and the certainty of sacrifice china ballasts al jazeera. thousands of anti-government protesters in thailand have been cleared from outside the prime minister's office in the capital bangkok the government declared an emergency in the early morning and burned large gatherings tension flared as demonstrators rallied around the democracy monument in the hear

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they said they are going to march to government house from democracy monument.t they did. . they went up to multiple police barricades. went through them in some cases, negotiated and in some cases force their way through. they stayed there overnight. that is when we have seen the most recent development. the arrests and the most and -- and the most recent decree giving the police and other security forces the authority to break this up. >> i know you will be following developments for us. scott joining us from búoúóc?qo? [water dripping] [indndistinct chatter] man: just watch your steps, yeah? voice-over: most of the people that work here, they used to work at mines before. so whenn the mine decidides to shut down, they have nothing to do but to go down ththere and dig for themselves. [coal crunching underfoot] man 2: we find that coal is our national r resources. . it's the ononly thing that can gegenerate electricity at this point inin time. woman: the owner of the mines are here to get profit. th

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police in thailand have moved in to disperse pro—democracy protersters who have gathered around government housen the capital bangkok. it came after the government brought in an emergency decree, following a series of protests. they've banned gatherings of more than five people. france and germany have announced new restrictions, to try to stop the spread of coronavirus. a strict night—time curfew has been imposed in paris — and in germany, areas with rising numbers of cases will see bars forced to close early and limits on people meeting. tough new restrictions are coming into force in the uk, with schools closing in northern ireland for two weeks. all pubs and restaurants, hairdressers and beauticians will also have to shut their doors for a month. an international study has found that england and wales recorded one of the highest numbers of excess deaths from all causes, at the height of the pandemic. weekly data between mid—february and the end of may showed there were almost 100 additional deaths per 100,000 people. some hospitals are under pressure, intensive care and general ward beds fil

survived the motion of censoring columbia's lower house on tuesday. as the government coalition closed ranks around one of the most visible politicians in the administration and the probable right wing candidate for the 2022 presidential elections in the end the vote was 136 against to $24.00 in favor but the pressure is mounting against an administration the growing sectors of society see as less than democratic. the government affected security forces with the doctrine of the internal enemy would say that everybody who think differently is an enemy the youth is an enemy the students farmers indigenous all enemies and under this doctrine they are spying and threatening people these are symptoms of an increasingly authoritarian regime under scrutiny were the actions of security forces in recent protests against police brutality 13 civilians dead in 48 hours they followed another violent crackdown at the end of last year. to preen court ordered the minister to formally apologize for the violence something he avoided doing until the debate well the family in his 10 month

and they spent several hours just about 2 hours ago and they started to march on their curates government house which is their workplace of prime minister approach. they were shouting gets out and on their way on their way they were stopped some of times by police very kates. just a few minutes ago they managed to me go with you negotiate with police that can proceed and so it seems like at the moment they are going through in the direction of government house. as you sat there has been some clashes between protesters and police and protesters and. supporters of the government who were brought into this area today in big numbers. i think also thousands of pro government support us are at the area but they were brought in mostly in government because and so many support many people believe that this is more propaganda activity by the governments than a real show of support but what are these reforms the protesters demanding. so these protests stem mostly let's by young people young students who grew up in the times are thought to tell you the regime and the promise of who came to power in a mili

police in thailand have moved in to disperse pro—democracy protersters who have gathered around government housethe capital bangkok. it came after the government brought in an emergency decree, following a series of protests. they've banned gatherings of more than five people. now on bbc news, hardtalk. that's it for me, mike will be here at the top of the hour. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. we cannot know the contents of donald trump's soul but it's fair to say his personal behaviour doesn't point to deeply held christian beliefs. and yet the evangelical christian right is a key pillar of his support base. could that change in november's election? well, my guest is reverend rob schenck, an influential evangelical pastor and long—time anti—abortion activist who broke with fellow social conservatives over gun control. so can donald trump still count on the loyalty of the religious right? reverend rob schenck in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. a privilege to be with you. we're delighted to have you and to hear about a pretty extraordinary spiritual journey you have been

ask a straight correspondents go hide who is live from outside the government house in a hub for the protests scott is just 7 am in the morning but it's been a busy night bring us up to date with the very latest. that was a very busy night and busy day yesterday and wednesday that kind of carried on through until the early morning hours here on thursday what did happen is this demonstration movement started about a kilometer and a half away at democracy monument thousands of anti-government protesters marched from there to here and then they pulled up and they gathered along this main avenue behind me is government house that's the prime minister's office is so they pulled up here thousands gathered in the late afternoon through the evening but then several 100 stayed overnight at 4 am about 3 hours ago this emergency decree as you said was issued protest leaders on makes of stage on this avenue just next to me they told the protesters to leave peacefully and they did so but we do know that still dozens of protesters were arrested 3 of the main high profile protest leaders were arres

violent if it remained peaceful and it did last night there was another protest and outside the government house where they actually presented a resignation a draft resignation letter to. the prime minister because one of the demands for these protesters is that he resigned so they presented that to him and then the same morning we heard the word that it would be lifted and that happened just 2 hours ago now what it did is it banned gatherings for more people could not gather together and it also gave the police authority to shut down the metropolitan public transportation system here as well as detain and arrest people and we saw the at least 80 arrests over that week but that has been lifted so i guess the way you can look at it is it's a deescalation but again what the original ban was supposed to be for it really wasn't doing it but what's interesting when you look at why these people are coming out on the streets they want change but there also is part of the population here they want to remain the same. see it all with say leap started speaking out against the government 6 years ago. that'

survived the motion of censoring columbia's lower house on tuesday. as the governmentoalition closed ranks around one of the most visible politicians in the administration and the probable right wing candidate for the 2022 presidential elections in the end the vote was 136 against to $24.00 in favor but the pressure is mounting against an administration the growing sectors of society see as less than democratic. the government affected security forces with the doctrine of the internal enemy which say that everybody who think differently is an enemy the youth is an enemy the students farmers indigenous journalists all enemies and under this doctrine they are spying and threatening people these are symptoms of an increasingly authoritarian regime under scrutiny were the actions of security forces in recent protests against police brutality the left 13 civilians dead in 48 hours they followed another violent crackdown at the end of last year. to preen court that ordered the minister to formally apologize for the violence something he avoided doing until the debate well th

police in thailand have moved in to disperse pro—democracy protersters who have gathered around government housen the capital bangkok. the government has brought in an emergency decree in response to a series of protests. they've banned gatherings of more than five people. france and germany have announced new restrictions to try to stop the spread of coronavirus. a strict night—time curfew has been imposed in paris. in germany, bars will be forced to close early and there will be limits on people meeting in areas with rising numbers of cases. tough new restrictions are coming into force in the uk. schools in northern ireland will be closing for two weeks. all pubs and restaurants, hairdressers and beauticians will also have to shut their doors for a month. officials have suggested hospitals are only 10 days away from being overwhelmed. now it's time for a look back at the day in parliament. theme music. hello there and welcome to wednesday in parliament where the labour leaders that it is time to listen to the scientists and have a short, sharp lockdown. having read and considered the sage advi

look at it from the protesters perspective they did what they promised and that was to march to government house and they stayed overnight though 2 of the most high profile leaders are now are in jail scott many thanks for that no doubt we'll be speaking to you again in the next hour or so the protests are continuing in cyprus against government corruption they follow an al-jazeera investigation of senior politicians who were willing to sell separate passports to convicted criminals this game was run as financial investment in exchange for citizenship the government has now abolished the program. this is out as there are these are the top stories riot police in thailand are detaining protesters shortly after the govern announced an emergency decree to protest leaders have been arrested demonstrators according to the prime minister's resignation and reforms to the monarchy scott hardly has moved from bangkok. you know another. in this process and the government protests that we have seen over the last several months this is before large scale protests that we've seen since july thousands gathered

say they're going to do it later in the day is go down this road and that is to march toward government house now we know that down the road even further they have put the police up put on buses across the street and have police cordons after that to prevent them from doing it so they're allowing them to gather here around democracy monument but they're definitely making a bold move a strong move to prevent them from going to the government house later in the day last ditch talks taking place between the u.k. and european negotiators in an effort to avoid a no deal briggs's the main sticking point is fishing rights france's leading resistance to any move that would reduce access to british waters by its fisherman which is there is andrew symonds reports now from peterhead in scotland the u.k.'s most productive fishing pools. fishermen in scotland say they found that going to tough for too long old. sure the scots may have voted to remain in the e.u. but out at sea they're looking at brics it is their savior in peterhead the port was once filled with fishing boats it's different now 60 percent

say they're going to do it later in the day is go down this road and that is to march toward government house now down the road even further they have put the police up put on buses across the street and have police cordons after that to prevent them from doing it so they're allowing them to gather here around democracy monument but they're definitely making a bold move a strong move to prevent them from going to the government house later in the day we're going to weather update next to 0 then saudi arabia loses its real. the un human rights council because of the murder of the saudi journalist ramona showed she. in the netherlands closes its bars and restaurants offer a record daily increase in the number of prove it 19 cases. of. the weather squatting down nicely now across northwest and possibly a big area of high pressure which will push its way in over the next couple of days i will slide down across the british isles i still want to wet weather fronts and play at the moment based in places of more clouds the showers the west the weather is over towards the east some really heavy downpo

police leave a long night out front of thailand's seat of power government house as street cleaners wash away what was left behind by the thousands of anti-government protesters from the night before several 100 protesters camped out overnight and just before 5 am they were pushed out with calls from protest leaders for calm they left peacefully but later in the day some of the most high profile protest leaders were arrested the protester clearing operation was given the green light when an emergency decree was announced at 4 am saying that gatherings of more than 5 people was now illegal. the decree cited that the protests were illegal public gatherings causing chaos and disorder and threatening state security part of the justification for that decree was this hundreds of protesters using a 3 finger salute as the motorcade of queens to teach past by the salute has become a symbol of the protests the calls for government and monarchy reform at the daily life that even. would not result. in higher that because. you know problems. has moved on now from start. to become. the decisive. refor

those hardcore protesters if you call them that a few 100 of them that stayed out around the government house area overnight and then there was that emergency decree 4 am local time that allowed the riot police to to clear them out because they this inactive a law a rule that no more than 5 people will gather at one place so that's what they used to for them to leave not what had happened earlier on wednesday thousands of anti-government protesters started at democracy monument which is about a kilometer and a half away from here really big big big crowds walking down an avenue going through several police checkpoints some physical some with just police there they were negotiated some some checkpoints they actually broke through even moved to make their way here around the government house area then they stayed thousands of them stayed until the evening and then again as i mentioned a few 100 stayed throughout the night until they were peacefully removed by those riot police now they were speaking on makeshift stages around the government house they said to abide by the police orders and leav

police in thailand have moved in to disperse pro—democracy protersters who have gathered around government housen the capital bangkok. the government has brought in an emergency decree, in response to a series of protests. they've banned gatherings of more than five people. france and germany have announced new restrictions, to try to stop the spread of coronavirus. a strict night—time curfew has been imposed in paris. in germany, bars will be forced to close early and there will be limits on people meeting, in areas with rising numbers of cases. tough new restrictions are coming into force in the uk. schools in northern ireland will be closing for two weeks. all pubs and restaurants, hairdressers and beauticians will also have to shut their doors for a month. officials have suggested hospitals are only ten days away from being overwhelmed. now on bbc news, click. this week — the zoom room boom. but will it continue to bloom? ai gives your webcam the eye. and paul makes friends with tens of hens. hey, welcome to click. hope you're doing 0k. it's been nearly seven months now since we all packed u

bangkok — police have moved into disperse the pro—democracy protesters from the area around government housedrive back the lines of protesters and clear the area. tens of thousands of protesters had marched in bangkok earlier on wednesday, confronting a motorcade carrying the king and calling for the resignation of prime minister prayuth chan—ocha. that's the situation their life right now with the police barricade there. let's get some of the day's other news... the us state department has announced new measures in response to china's crackdown in hong kong. its already imposed sanctions against ten people, including hong kong's leader, carrie lam. now washington has warned of sanctions against global financial institutions doing business with them. the president of the european council has said it is in the interests of both sides to have a post—brexit agreement in place before end of the year. but he said it couldn't be at any price. the uk's prime minister boris johnson had issued a deadline of thursday, but this has been delyed until the european council's summit ends on friday. a fierc

this is the 1st police barricade that the protesters met with on their way to the government house now this is a bridge here now they stopped the protesters just before they reached this line of police and they pulled up here and even more are coming down from democracy monument so they negotiated their way through the police blockade they have marched and now they met with the before they cross this bridge now and they're on their way to the government. today is very important because if we don't come out to help the students we won't get a true democracy we want to change and we have been fighting for a long time for it paying the many old about what i don't know much about history the will play an important role for our future where equal nobody higher or lower. so this march and protest further solidifies the common goals it's generations here in thailand and that is the cabinet resigned that there's a new constitution and there's a reform in the monarchy. at least 36 people have died in flooding in vietnam as tropical storm don car makes landfall the coast has been hit by a series

the big day when they had a protest gathering at the democracy minute then they marched onto government house and then that's when this decree was passed those several 100 to spend the night out in front of government house the decree came out of 4 o'clock in the morning a peaceful lead left the police came out loud speaker said look this decree been passed you need to leave and they did teach really under the direction of the protest leadership and then we saw after that hours after that a protest last night it fit very similar areas where i am now central bangkok shopping district is that lasted for hours about 6 hours but ended peacefully at 10 o'clock the police said time to leave the protest leaders the defense kind of new leadership because most of the top leadership the most recognizable the high profile leaders have all been arrested so i think what we're seeing here now this is they just want to keep it going and it could have very well been been partially prompted by a comment. that day by prime minister perhaps you know just where he officially presented the emergency decree to the

reporter: police are outside the government house.ners washed away what was left behind by the thousands of anti-protesters. they were pushed out, with calls from protest leaders for calm, they left peacefully. some of the high profile protest leaders were arrested. an emergency decree was announced at 4:00 a.m.. gatherings of more than five people is now illegal. the decree announced that gatherings were illegal. part of the justification is that 100s of protesters had used a salute that had become a salute. >> even removing the prime minister would not resolve the long-held crisis in thailand. on top of these at duke rooted -- on top of these deep-rooted problems, is the monarchy. criticizing the monarchy and wanting a reform. reporter: we are now a new territory with the protests calling for reform. the monarchy and government is no doubt feeling admits pressure from the palace. defying the order, protesters took over a shopping district and set up a stage where they called for their protest leaders to be free. they said they will

those hardcore protesters if you call them that a few 100 of them that stayed out around the government house area overnight and then there was that emergency decree 4 am local time that allowed the riot police to to clear them out because.

so people have been out by since they are vicious leave their laws to observe the curfew the government house put in place in the meantime cause for the loss of lives we've already lost the open seat our own those in our country night in general also. want to be safe all right so in his speech at president bush hari called on the youth to discontinue the street protests and he say to constructively engage the government to find the solutions do you think that needs to be given consideration. if not to be reasonable are to say yes we have. to be able to along with the leaders of our country we have to be able to all come to the table so be you be the governor is that states is be anybody i think this is the time we already have be attention of moments already have the attention of local communities. personally believe the next step should be dialogue with conciliation and wish it out of action ok for the job. people that were killed in the rights of this part of action right away would have come from because it's not fake you know who is coordinating these protests all of this movement as as s

and has been awarded lucrative government contracts including renovations and extensions to government house and the prime minister's residence. and their ambitions may not end there 101 east has obtained exclusive footage of chanel to sermons which reveal the cult ultimate goal. she. says. to move to this is good in the he's hired a transatlantic and of. koreans allude to get. c.b.l. is passive. so is this where the school was supposed to be built. this is a place. where the river leonora. agreed greece will. serve a nice. is from the day you but tribe who live about an hour from fiji's capital suva the tribe or at least nearly a 100 acres of land to the church with an agreement that grace road would build a school on part of it but this hasn't happened instead it's all been converted to farmland. not transparent. the church claims to employ more than 200 feet. so everybody we are meeting tonight worked at grace road. it's what a right to know what worked as a welder for grace road. late sister kitty litter worked at the church's dairy farm. both describe working conditions that do not comp

binding gatherings of more than 4 people which most people had ignored protesters rallied outside government house said they'd be back in 3 days unless china stepped down so high low reports from bangkok 0. 0 it. started speaking out against the government 6 years ago. that's when the current prime minister. led a coup that ousted the democratically elected government he's now working with the protesters who have been coming out to thailand street by the 10s of thousands the demonstrations started in july and ramped up last week with a gathering every day what's different now from 6 years ago a call for reform of the monarchy. the people lost their faith in the royal institution we can deny that if we don't talk about and want to keep openly people would cost about eventually the want to and the set of core have 2 choices either use firelands like they did in the past or change and preserve their status unwavering in his mission to bring about reform and change he says he was attacked last year for being outspoken beaten so badly he spent 2 weeks in hospital but he's not stopping. i'm proud to be