i'm on the banks of the mekong river in northern thailand just across the. there is a blouse and downstream from here the lao government is building another big dam we'll tell you why many people on this side of the river want it stopped. now the rain heavy again has moved through genea and pennsylvania and his disappearance i mean no through new england the tail of cloud that run to the southern states shows little action but the most true still there so big showers are still possible from texas all the way through georgia to the east coast and new york at twenty seven degrees is feeling the humidity slowly rise again so will they the rain will probably go offshore for the most part you go to constantly rising temperature regime once more and he was to come out with it and just on the screen oh yes a spitting storm this is the one jus to hit possibly north carolina as a hurricane and a strong one will switch on wednesday but possibly on thursday rest the u.s. much quieter picture you can see but note the appearance of snow in british columbia jumping sas st

fishing on the mekong river has never been an easy way to make a living but here where the river flows between thailand and laos fisherman say it's almost not worth the effort these days. in the past there were plenty of fish here and they were big i could catch more than twenty every day now i've been fishing here for three days in a row and of course nothing for. many people in chiang kong northern thailand blame it on overfishing and dams built on the upper reaches of the mekong river in china the mekong is the largest inland fishery in the world and the people in this community want the dam stopped the been protesting against lao government plans to build a dam downstream from here in part being which they say will impact the ability of fish to migrate up and down stream the way it can chum comin up the dams that have already been built have changed the rivers. the currents have been altered which is causing the ecosystem to malfunction a coup. construction of two dams on the main stream of the lower mekong in laos is well underway there are plans for at least seven more including

fishing on the mekong river has never been an easy way to make a living but here where the river flows between thailand and laos fisherman say it's almost not worth the effort these days. even in the past there were plenty of fish here and there were a big one i could catch more than twenty every day now i've been fishing here for three days in a row and of course nothing for me many people in chiang kong northern thailand blame it on overfishing and dams built on the upper reaches of the mekong river in china the mekong is the largest inland fishery in the world and the people in this community want the dam stopped they've been protesting against lao government plans to build a dam downstream from here in part being which they say will impact the ability of fish to migrate up and downstream. can remain on the dams that have already been built have changed the rivers on them but occurrence have been altered which is causing the ecosystem to malfunction a coup. construction of two dams on the main stream of the lower mekong in laos is well underway there are plans for at least seven mor

the lao government says harnessing the energy of the mekong is vital to its plans for economic growth opponents believe the cost to the environment and livelihoods outweighs the benefits not only for laos but the whole region wayne hay al jazeera gen kong thailand the body of the former un secretary-general kofi annan is being flown back to his native garden for a state funeral his wife and children accompanied the casket which was draped in the u.n. flag mr and man's body will lie in state before the funeral on for say the nobel laureate of second african to serve as u.n. secretary general died last month in switzerland he was eighty. a mass rally is being planned in catalonia on tuesday for a binding referendum on independence from spain thousands of people have been on the streets for the sounds of celebrations to mark the region's national day is there a year since catalonia spot a constitutional crisis in spain but voting for independence in a non-binding referendum the central government has refused to accept that result. to same as the seventeenth anniversary of the september e

i'm wayne hay on the banks of the mekong river in northern thailand just across the river is laos and downstream from here the lao government is building another big dam we'll tell you why many people on this side of the river wanted stopped. hello despite strong winds ceasar the rain itself has not moved about very much particularly in europe in northern europe in norway these clouds in swimming's screams we've got a while now it's about to ease up i think but the circulating storms down here have reached as far south as cyprus off into turkey or up into ukraine as well fifty sixty millimeters thereabouts a little bit more on the east coast of spain not was thundery the total up in oslo not far away actually is far more than seventy with is i'm just giving you the last twenty four hours but i think it's about to change these storms are still studies circulating but this rain they're running through is at least briefly lighter and then will disappear altogether likewise down in spain the forecast might refer to the cloud but as for rain nothing like as much as a quietening situation w

the lao government says harnessing the energy of the mekong is vital to its plans for economic growth opponents believe the cost to the environment and livelihoods outweighs the benefits not only for laos but the whole region wayne hay al jazeera genco thailand. it's good to have you with us hello adrian finnegan here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera the united states is threatening us saying it is threatening sanctions against the international criminal court if it pursues an investigation into american troops in afghanistan national security adviser john bolton issued the warning in his first major speech since joining the trumpet ministration of april in the same address he confirmed that the us is closing the palestine liberation organization is office in washington so we'll dock why is the director of the human rights program of the american civil liberties union he says that john bolton has long opposed the existence of the international criminal court. now he has a chance under trump do not only to shut down the investigation as united states but also to undermine the credib

threats but i'm wayne hay on the banks of the mekong river in northern thailand just across the river is laos and downstream from here the lao government is building another big dam we'll tell you why many people on this side of the river want it stopped. hello again it's good to have you back well we're going to start this weather report here across parts of turkey where just over the black sea we have an area of low pressure that's bringing quite a bit of rain across much of that area so for the not the cause of turkey tuesday into wednesday the rain is going to start to diminish a little bit a little bit cooler for ankara at about thirty four degrees but warmer down here across the eastern part of the med aleppo thirty five for you over here towards beirut we do expect to see about thirty one even getting warmer all up all those temperatures really rising above average for this time of year but down towards kuwait you are still into the mid forty's we don't see much of a break over the next few days as it make our way down here across much of the middle east we are going to be seei

on the banks of the mekong river in northern thailand just across the river is laos and downstream from here the lao government is building another big dam we'll tell you why many people on this side of the river want it stopped. hello again welcome back we're here across the south china sea we are watching one system developing right here notice the clouds on the satellite image making their way into the northern part of the south china sea that is going to develop into trouble storm now it's going to stay off the coast of china for the next few days bringing a lot of heavy rain as well as a wins even for hong kong but as we go from wednesday to thursday that system makes its way towards high non we're going to see our first landfall there most likely would some heavy rain localized flooding and then as we go from thursday to friday it is going to be vietnam they're going to be very concerned with flooding happening across most of the northern portion there well over towards india the northern part of india we are looking at some dry conditions a lot of sun in the forecast nala clouds

by wayne hay on the banks of the mekong river in northern thailand just across the river is laos and downstream from here the lao government is building another big dam we'll tell you why many people on this side of the river want it stopped. hello again welcome back we're here across the south china sea we are watching one system developing right here notice the clouds on the satellite image making their way into the northern part of the south china sea that is going to develop into trouble storm now it's going to stay off the coast of china for the next few days bringing a lot of heavy rain as well as a wins even for hong kong but as we go from wednesday to thursday that system makes its way towards high nine we're going to see our first landfall there most likely would some heavy rain localized flooding and then as we go from thursday to friday it is going to be vietnam they're going to be very concerned with flooding happening across most of the northern portion there well over towards india the northern part of india we are looking at some dry conditions a lot of sun in the fore

i'm wayne hay on the banks of the mekong river in northern thailand just across the river is laos and downstream from here the lao government is building another big dam we'll tell you why many people on this side of the river want it stopped and the oldest man in formula one is set to leave ferrari but can a petition from fans make him stay he too will have that story and much more. al is still reading in norway but that range receding to the west coast i think it'll carry on as life has to for a long time you can see from the medicaid is coming in something's going on there's still a few showers wandering around the ukraine thirty eight millimeters it's just a lot of rain in comparison with what's forgot to persistent like the stuff up in norway and the show's over spain they've not actually been falling over rain gauges they look significant but they're on them and they are however that's a development area it looks like we have showers in the eastern side of spain sudden from maybe the riviera this is a jury wednesday this just a bit of coastal rain otherwise lot of breeze down to

i'm going hey on the banks of the mekong river in northern thailand just across the river is laos and downstream from here the lao government is building another big dam we'll tell you why many people on this side of the river want it stopped. hello again it's good to have you back we are watching a system coming out of the west pacific now this is going to bring some very very heavy rain showers large swells and the potential of flooding for the philippines just off the chart right there you can see the swirl of clouds that is typhoon that is making its way towards the west we're going to be watching this very carefully bring heavy rain showers not just to the philippines but also into parts of taiwan let's put this into motion from wednesday into thursday you notice that storm really start to get a little bit closer it's not going to be till the end of the week that we see it approaching the area we're not sure about landfall yet but we are going to be watching that very carefully so manila things are going to be deteriorating for you in terms of there are thirty one degrees in floo

chiang kong northern thailand blame it on overfishing and dams built on the upper reaches of the mekong river in china they make always the largest inland fishery in the world and the people in this community want the dam stopped they've been protesting against lao government plans to build a dam downstream from here in part bang which they say will impact the ability of fish to migrate up and down stream but i can chum can remain on the dams that have already been built have changed the rivers by tall ety the occurrence have been altered which is causing the ecosystems will malfunction a coup. construction of two dams on the mainstream of the lower mekong in laos is well underway there are plans for at least seven more including bang the government wants to become the battery of south-east asia by exporting elektra's from hydro power projects mainly to thailand. much of the push to develop hydro power projects in laos is driven by electricity demand in thailand under the original proposal around ninety percent of the electricity generated by the pop bang dam was to be exported to thail

the lao government says harnessing the energy of the mekong is vital to its plans for economic growth opponents believe the cost to the environment of livelihoods outweighs the benefits not only for laos but the whole region wayne hay al jazeera gen kong thailand the body of the former u.n. secretary general kofi annan is being flown back to his native garden for a state funeral his wife and children accompanied the casket which was draped in the u.n. flag mr body will lie in state before the funeral say the nobel laureate of second african to serve as u.n. secretary general died last month in switzerland he was eighty. a mass rallies being planned in catalonia on tuesday for a binding referendum on independence from spain thousands of people have been on the streets for the sounds of celebrations to mark the region's national day is there a year since catalonia sparked a constitutional crisis in spain but voting for independence in a non-binding referendum the central government has refused to accept that result. to same out the seventeenth anniversary of the september eleventh attac

i'm wayne hay on the banks of the mekong river in northern thailand just across the river is laos and downstream from here the lao government is building another big dam we'll tell you why many people on this side of the river want it stopped. beneath pink sky news by the time. or is the sun sets in the city of angels. hello good to welcome back to international weather forecasts are we do have some rain to talk about out here across much of the black sea we have an ear of low pressure that is sitting there you notice the clouds right there it is going to continue to be rainy here on tuesday things get better as we go towards the middle of the week as well as then some rain up here towards the north and for the scared today via we've been seeing quite a bit of rain just over the last several days more rain is going to be a big problem across norway and sweden that is going to start to make its way towards fillin as well let's put this in motion as we go towards wednesday in the black sea a lot of that moisture does start to dissipate but we are going to get a front pushing through par

on the banks of the mekong river in northern thailand just across the river is laos and downstream from here the lao government is building another big dam we'll tell you why many people on this side of the river wanted stopped. and diego maradona says drunks calls him to waste away but he's now moving on with his life at a new club in the heart of mexico's drug lands peter will have the details. the delegations from russia iran and turkey a meeting in geneva for a second day of talks on syria these talks come amid concerns over the looming battle of the rebel held on klaver. the u.n. says thousands of people have been displaced in the province already because of syrian government and russian airstrikes in the past week or so and aid organizations warn any military campaign to retake the province will spark a humanitarian crisis stephanie decker is our correspondent in here on the turkish border with syria. it live is the place where people went in the end whether it was internally displaced civilians who were displaced from from city to city to village and ending up in it or the rebel

i was the guy who served in want brown water navy, in the mekong delta and came back and thought the out against it, and i led the vietnam veterans against the war. and john had every reason in the world to hate me, to never talk to me, to think i was, you know, somehow an anathema to his value system, and i would have said john should have changed and read the facts. he didn't. he didn't harbor that kind of hatred. he had the capacity for forgiveness. he had the capacity to-- to learn what the truth was, what the facts were. and so john and i that night on that airplane-- one of the most important conversations i had in all my time in the united states senate-- decided together we were going to work in a bipartisan fashion not just to try to make peace with vietnam and move away and solve the problem of whether we had prisoners of war and americans who had been left behind and were alive, but we decided we also needed to make peace here at home. because america was still torn apart over the war. and you know what? we did it. we put together a report that solved the problem, that fig

i'm wayne hay on the banks of the mekong river in northern thailand just across the river is laos andownstream from here the lao government is building another big dam we'll tell you why many people on this side of the river want it stopped.