. -- as eagerly as laos.badly need new transport infrastructure, but is this the answer? thinly populated and with low incomes, most of the people 't be able to afford the kind of ticket prices needed to payoff off the huge debt incurred by the project. their government has already borrowed have really -- borrowed heavily from china and of the country to build dozens of ds, accused of causing massive environment damage. for all the pride taken in a railway line, which surpasses those in most neighboring countries, this may not be what laos really needs right now. jonathan head, bbc news, bangkok. >> finally, to the kindness of strangers. one woman in aberdeen in scotland who witnessed images of thousands of people fleeing their homes in afghanistan this summer was so moved by their play that she decided to step in and help. she has given a flat for free to a man who worked as an interpreter for the british armed forces and his family. we have the story. >> i am so pleased to meet you at long last. >> kindness

for paul and landlocked laos this is a big moment.nstrate the friendship of two communist run states. —— 21st—century rail technology. translation: it is an achievement, _ technology. translation: it 3 an achievement, transforming community security trust from a landlocked country to a land linked country.— landlocked country to a land linked country. chinese media has been giving _ linked country. chinese media has been giving this _ linked country. chinese media has been giving this project i has been giving this project extensive coverage. a new milestone in xijinping �*s initiative. it extends its influence and technology around the world. china hopes this railway will eventually join others. chinese built, of course, planned for the rest of southeast asia although not all countries have welcomed this expensive kind of investment as eagerly as laos. laos badly needs better transport infrastructure but is this new high—speed railway the answer? thinly collated and with low incomes, most of its people will not be able to afford the

lao was attacked by a low-life criminal and then bullied by the d.a.'s office.en the adequate resources and was misrepresented. >> before the hearing, dozens of lao supporters held this rally outside the san francisco hall of justice. hernandez is back in jail from another recent crime. the judge is deciding whether hernandez should stay there or go back to another program next week. >>> i have to say the fog was really kind of heavy last night. >> we're going to see a repeat performance as we head to tomorrow morning, so really not the bluest of skies as we roll through our forecast for friday. now, i do want to continue our climate coverage to start off and give you an update on the drought. we have seen some improvement in exceptional drought. that's the worst category. even though we haven't had big rainfall in the bay area, other parts have seen some on the northern end. 28.27% of california is in that worse drought. what you want to know about is rainfall. we always take a look at the 7-day forecast but there's so many more parameters we're looking at behi

part of the belt and road initiative designed to bring chinese investment to neighboring countries, laos opened its high speed rail line in december. but huge cost of the project laying, lying through difficult terrain, has left the la government with a debt to china. the critics say will be crippling. after the military coup in 2014, thailand's ruling generals quickly signed up to a chinese high speed rail project. but ty, negotiators bulked at the high interest rates and plans to construct a network that ran the length of the country were curtailed. but when you go into the details, i would say that that i, bureaucrats are very good at tardy lane projects. when, as a terms and not favourable cause, civil servant government officer, i'm a government officer. we are, we have been taught from the beginning that we have to do everything to protect the interests of our country. those delays a clear to see while the project well underway, work has been slow, and thailand remains reliant on its old rolling stock. the elevated shack has been raised, but there is still more than 200 kilometers

i think there is a key distinction between the breaking ground of this project in laos and the other projects throughout the rest of the region where there are much more difficult situations in terms of completing projects. more pushback from local countries that are able to strike a harder bargaining allowances so that the prospect of this fully realized regional rail network that extend the old way through china is quite a bit farther off. whether i can do that fast enough to justify the cost put into it was already has an enormous debt problem. losses on the company about 30 percent of the cost is real, which was that's a $1000000000.00 and a half dollars, which is quite a bit. 1 for allow for where they are just as their overall death burden and makes it difficult for them in a time the already struggling to me for i think still ahead on al jazeera, we've got all your sports news with farrah in doha. yes, we'll hear from the new inter manager at manchester nodded and of course we've got . * all the goals for fridays action at the feet, the arab, all that and plenty more lie from

i think there is a key distinction between the breaking ground of this project in laos and the other projects throughout the rest of the region where there are much more difficult situations in terms of completing projects. more pushback from local countries that are able to strike a harder bargaining allowances. so the prospect of this fully realized regional rail network that extend old wicker china is quite a bit farther off. whether can do that fast enough to justify the wood into it was already has an enormous debt problem. last is only covering about 30 percent of the cost is real, which that's a $1000000000.00 and a half dollars, which is quite a bit loud for where they are just as their overall deaf burden and makes it difficult for them in a time. the already struggling to meet or think a us couple whose son is accused of murdering for fellow high school students have hand it themselves into the police. james and jennifer crumbly charged with involuntary manslaughter. they failed to appear at a court arraignment. lawyers deny they were on the run. prosecutor say they bought

and we'll provide our technology in the case of some countries like laos that are desperate for a some sort of involvement and to improve their economies. they've got kind of gotten in over their heads as you've, your people have pointed out. their debt is way too high to the chinese banks. they're paying a pretty decent, decently high interest rates. and are there are probably, it's questionable whether they're really needed the railway in the 1st place, thailand, a little different because they're negotiating position is always been stronger, partly because of their geographical location. and also because the country is diplomatically stronger. so thailand is balked at the 2 and a half percent that the chinese wanted. there were to asking for 2 percent of the chinese also wanted to manage the land adjacent to the railway, which can be quite profitable for real estate projects. and they're trying to push their own equipment because they're desperate to keep the western westerners and the japanese out of the region. so it's an interesting little dance. and thailand has been pretty good

now some things about to nice and the news that laos and china starting to operate a 6000000000 dollar high speed railway linking the country's train line runs more than a 1000 kilometers. china funded 70 percent of the project under his belt and road initiative. and the laotian government has borrowed money from china to build it. trains travel, a 160 kilometers per hour and pass through 10 stations. antony nelson is a senior director of the east asian pacific practice at o bright stone, which group and says the high speed line will help china's ambitious plans to develop travel links with a large swathes of se in asia. that's the theory is that you'll be able to reach the 601000000 people at least live in the association of a nation. i think there is a key distinction between the braking route of this project in laos and the other projects throughout the rest of the region where there are much more difficult situations in terms of completing projects. more pushback from local countries that are able to strike a harder bargain and so that the prospect of this fully realized regional r

laos has opened a six billion dollar railway that's more than four hundred kilometers long. railway track. it has been built as part of china's belt and road initiative designed to strengthen beijing's economic power in the region. 0ur south east asia correspondent jonathan head explains. for paul — this is a big moment. zist for paul — this is a big moment. 21st century railroad technology from its giant neighbor china. an opportunity to demonstrate the friendship of two communist run states and to showcase what china can do for the region.— can do for the region. there is definite progress _ can do for the region. there is definite progress is _ can do for the region. there is definite progress is a - can do for the region. there is| definite progress is a landmark achievement for a chain as an initiative are strategic connection that transforms but from a landlocked country to a land linked country. landlocked country to a land linked count . , ., ., , , country. chinese media has been aaivin this country. chinese media has been giving this preject _ country. chinese medi

host: i'm not just thinking of africa, i am also thinking of the railway projects in low -- lao, thesri lanka we are china and said some of those significant debts paid off by 100 year long leases in the country selling off the family jewels in order to service those debts. does tenant recognize that its lending practices need to change so much? >> first of all, loans are always an important part of the financing package of most of infrastructure and connectivity projects, so do not single out a loan as if that is illegal. do you know who borrows most of the money from china? it is the united states government. you need to come up with a viable commercial structure to make sure the infrastructure projects will be done. host: let's take that risk and see how it applies back to the global gateway initiative. luisa, we have highlighted the fact that private companies are going to be a big part of this project. how do you think being under this umbrella is going to incentivize more countries to start reinvesting in developing nations. -- nations? . >> the part of mitigating risk is impor

headquarters to get tested the school resumes on the last day of school before the winter break students at lao elementary in san francisco. had one last assignment to remember to get lasted before coming back in january. we want to make sure that they test forivth to the negative result so that they can come back to the schools and be safe. and so that we have a safer community seven year old. chloe deville has done it before it's heard but it doesn't make me cry during the holidays many families gather in large groups or even travel those who are flying are urged to test three to five days after returning home another recommendation made by the local health department is to continue wearing masks during the break. and get the covid vaccine chloe has already gotten her first shot. i'd say that it's important because if you don't get it you could get the coronavirus. anyways, even with the mask. the principal gloria choi told us the school has taken extensive measures to stay healthy and we have hand sanitizers after they finish eating we spray the tables and you know the eating area we're alwa

the jing laos extra estate has cut short, the 2nd leg of his se, asia talked her a journalist accompanying him on the trip, tested positive for code. 19, antony lincoln has been trying to firm up ties in the region account. china's influence is criticized beijing for its aggressive policies in the region. look at worthington and senior officials tested negative in quantum paul aid agencies. in arching a joint appeal, saying more than 8000000 people in afghanistan are on the brink of famine, and more than a 1000000 children under 5 could die. it's estimated that 75 percent of all government spending was funded by international donations before the taliban takeover. from mcbride to travel to kandahar in the south of the country, which is suffering food shortages. from early morning at this food distribution center, they start lining up some of the thousands of afghans from this one district who now rely on their weekly rations from the world. food program to get by mohammed sharif is taking supplies back to his wife and 6 children. oh dear for charlie or 3rd or more thoughtful villa. it's ve

i think there's a key distinction between the braking route of this project in laos and the other projects throughout the rest of the region where there are much more difficult situations in terms of projects. more pushback from locals, countries that are able to strike a harder bargain and losses. so the prospect of this fully realized regional rail network that extend the old way through china is quite a bit farther off. whether i can do that fast enough to justify the call went into it was already has an enormous debt problem. losses on the company about 30 percent of the cost is real, which was that's a $1000000000.00 and a half dollars, which is quite a bit. 1 of relapse for where they are just as their overall deaf burden and makes it difficult for them in a time the already struggling to meet for cambia is preparing for elections that the 1st time would have former dictator. yes. john a l. the balance. but his legacy hangs over a country that still suffering from his time and power. and this frustration with a slow pace of change on the current president adama barrow of 0. i would a

the capital of laos, china funded 70 percent of the project, was part of it's built on road initiative. authorities in the us are still searching for a couple whose son murdered 4 of his classmates in the state of michigan. james and jennifer crumbly failed to appear at a quarter arraignment. they're being charged with involuntary manslaughter. prosecutor say they bought their teenage son ethan a gun as a gift and ignored warning signs before he carried out my shooting at a school north of detroit. sports news now and cattle is the 1st team to reach the quarter finals at a fee for arab cup, post nation beat amman, thanks and part to an own goal. john, i guess raska reports when cancer was awarded, the world cup many of these young football fans when even born yet, but with the host country moving through to the quarter finals of their biggest test event. yet the arab cup, excitement and expectation is building the owner for us as the are of i've got golf country ross or cuz i get to invite you to visit him. and doha, and 2022 a very beautiful. yeah. amazing. i guess i went into that gr

and they some but i think there is a key distinction between the braking route of this project in laos and the other project struck the rest of the region where there are much more difficult situations in terms of completing projects, more pushback from mobile countries that are able to strike a harder bargaining allowances. so that the prospect of this fully realized regional rail network that extends old way through trying to is quite a bit farther off than just why does last really need this? because last was one of the countries coming from correct me. if i got this wrong, he lives on the countries as tourism industry, it didn't just go from being quite good to quite bad. it went from being quite good to virtually nonexistent overnight when kobe is absolutely crazy. yeah, it's down 80 percent. there is no immediate prospect for recovery, while in the early days of cobra was, was mostly spared, but it's now see from the highest numbers of daily cases. economic growth in the country is as low as the 30 years, but half percent last year. but the question is, how much is this railway b

the fact that the defense attorneys requests to been rejected without any explanation, says a lot laos through the amazon takes betterments, which proves that investigation statement on the mistletoe abuse is unfounded. russian ministry of defense provided the documents confirming that the missile was produced in 1986 were given to one of the ukrainian military units and stayed there until it was used to put all this information that was ignored in scotland. again, despite over control of a c o over the missing details about the, the me, sol itself, where the launcher was, who control the launcher at the time, whether it was on the ukrainian side, on the, on the rebels side. all of those questions remain well classified. the answers to those questions you've made remain classified for now. we don't know a lot about the decision making process in the prosecution. nevertheless, the defense is due to speak in march and we are waiting for a verdict towards the end of next ship gas here, then as to the head, he this our full act within the us democratic party. after one of its own sentences

it is momentous and certainly in the lao is of a couple giving birth but this is thousands of scientists it is a long ride, about 30 minutes uphill for the rocket. it is a very dependable rocket. but there are no guarantees that come with rockets. everybody knows that. we will have to wait until the telescope is off the top of the rocket over africa, and we will get a signal through kenya and then we will know it's on its way. that is not the end of it, however. they have to get out observing station about one million kilometres from earth and when it does that, it has to unfold itself. and this is a bit of a nightmare but when you see the complexity that is involved. engineers talk about single—point failures. these are activities, events which have happen on cue and in the right order and if one of them fails, the whole thing is over. webb has 344 potential single—point failures on its adrift out towards its observing station. it is going to be tough for the next couple of weeks. ., . . to be tough for the next couple of weeks. ., ., ., ., ,, weeks. you are aiming making me anxious. we

. >> anthony: lao sze chi literally means "spicy chicken," but the dish, in practical terms, is a gamen in the mountain of ass-burning goodness. c'mon, it's fun for the whole family. "is that a tiny nubbit of hacked chicken? or a nuclear cluster of chili seeds?" the sichuan peppers are the, for me, like, the really, super addictive. >> eric: oh yeah, i feel them now. it's all tingling. >> anthony: yeah. >> eric: like that. right? >> anthony: there's a scientific name for the process, for what happens. is the biological agent that causes confusion in your nervous system. causes tingling. >> go: confusion. >> anthony: confusion. yeah. >> eric: it's what i feel right now, yeah. [ anthony laughs ] >> eric: i'm totally confused, i'll tell you that. >> go: oh, mapo dofu. >> anthony: oh, my favorite. >> eric: that one i have the feeling is the killer. >> anthony: look at that, man. that is some goodness right there. for me, the apex of sichuan food, my absolute favorite, improbably enough, is a tofu dish. this tofu dish. the legendary mapo dofu. or "pock mark granny" tofu. ground pork or beef

owen lao is the analyst behind that call, the executive director at oppenheimer.e an aggressive price target, $444, up from $250 right now. how is it going to get there >> thank you for having me, tyler. how to get there, number one, as we talk about that, and listening to your conversation with kate, we see a -- an adoption in both institution and on the retail side for digital assets it is about ethereum, bitcoin, solana, as we just talked about we predict more and more institutions will invest in bitcoin or stable coin to earn yields on retail side what we are predicting is we see more and more options are being offered to consumer for consumer payment. for example, you may be able to use crypto debit and credit card next year. >> so, i, as a retail individual i could be using it? institutions, corporate treasuries may be carrying it on their balance sheets as a way to store cash, right? >> correct correct. >> so let's move on to other things i note that you not only like coinbase, but there are a lot of other financial service companies like nasdaq, like cboe,

wade and when does the life of a woman and putting her at risk put her into the cal cue laos? court decided to uphold the abortion ban in texas. the justices ruling the law can be challenged in court. dissenting in the texas case, justice sotomayer, kagan and breyer, writing the law is, quite, unconstitutional scheme enacted in open defiance of women's rights in madness of the supreme court should have put to an end months ago. the court, quote, betrays the citizens of texas and our constitutional system of government. that language, that courage to address the stench within our own ranks has many like harvard legal scholar tribe declaring sotomayor the conscience of the court and a brilliant one at that calling her one of president obama's greatest contributions. which congresswoman velasquez agreed with. with a reminder highlighting a letter the scholar wrote to president obama describing sotomayor as, quote, not merely as smart as she seems to think she is. adding this hard truth. when comes to woman of color we have to prove our evans every day. indeed. may in moment of an

you have countries like cambodia and laos for aligned with china. and then vietnam who wants the united states to be here pushing back against the sort of bullying things that the chinese do when it comes to territorial claims in the south china sea. military exercises that are seen as throwing its weight around. that's a lot of why secretary of state tony blinken is here having discussions in malaysia, as you mentioned at the top, and kuala lumpur who wants to have relations with the united states and cementing those ties is a very important aspect of the meetings he's having here. >> so, john, give us a second of secretary blinken's agenda today? this is an administration, sidetracked by the pandemic, putin, iran, and at times a slippy slope in timings of rising tensions. give us your analysis so far of this trip and what's next? >> reporter: well, you're absolutely right that this administration has juggled many things. before the secretary and the traveling press here arrive in southeast asia, we were in liverpool for the g7 summit. at that time

stephanie: ernest lao, chief engineer with honolulu's water supply, thank you so much for joining newshourudy: a new hbo documentary that debuted this week tells the story of a man once thought to be a top al qaida operative, and of u.s. attempts to justify torture in the name of protecting americans. amna nawaz recently sat down with the filmmaker, alex gibney. it's part of our arts and culture series, canvas. amna: abu zubaydah was the first high-value detainee subjected to the cia's program of enhanced interrogation techniques , practices denounced as torture both here in the u.s. and around the world. after being captured in a firefight in pakistan in 2002, zubaydah was shuttled among so-called black sites, secret prisons run by the cia all over the world. he has never been charged with a crime, but for the past 20 years, has remained imprisoned, mostly at guantanamo bay. while a team of lawyers fights for his release. a new hbo documentary called "the forever prisoner" debuts and explores his story and u.s. actions in the name of national security. the filmmaker behind it is academy a

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