this is one of the most unique places on the mekong river just before it flows from laos into cambodia it disperses becoming eleven kilometers wide and creating thousands of channels and islands in the mekong is the largest inland fishery in the world but in this part of the river those who rely on it for food and income say something is changing because when a number of fish is decreasing to cheer it seems like there might be staying deeper for some reason i think there is too much noise in the reef or. something part of the answer could lie a short distance from where lurd fish is in one of the channels a dam is being built as the lao government works towards its goal of becoming the battery of southeast asia while china operates six dams on the upper make on the dawn so hong is just the second being built on the lower reaches both are in laos and the government has plans for at least seven more this is a relatively small project but is attracted some of the strongest criticism downstream from laos cambodia and vietnam both of which had been calling for a moratorium on the constructi

this is one of the most unique places on the mekong river just before it flows from laos into cambodia it disperses becoming eleven kilometers wide and creating thousands of channels and islands the mekong is the largest inland fishery in the world but in this part of the river those who rely on it for food and income say something is changing because when it did number of fish is decreasing to cheer it seems like they might be staying deep or for some reason i think there is too much noise in the reef or. something part of the answer could lie a short distance from where fish is in one of the channels a dam is being built as the lao government works towards its goal of becoming the battery of southeast asia while china operates six dams on the upper make on the dawn so hong is just the second being built on the lower reaches both are in laos and the government has plans for at least seven more this is a relatively small project but is attracted some of the strongest criticism downstream from laos cambodia and vietnam both of which had been calling for a moratorium on the construction

and wayne hay with a rare look at the second day being constructed on the lower mekong river as laos pushes ahead with its goal of becoming the battery of southeast asia. syrian government forces and russian air strikes have killed at least one hundred ten people since sunday in an intense bombardment of eastern go to. the rebel held on terror has come under increasing fire in recent days local observers believe the attacks are the beginning of a major offensive the united nations is calling for an immediate end to the targeting of civilians in the area near the capital damascus it says the humanitarian situation is spiraling out of control according to the union of medical can relieve the bombing has destroyed five medical facilities in the four hundred thousand people remain trapped in eastern goods which has been under siege since two thousand and thirteen joins us live from beirut so center there was religious of calm until recently what happened what changed. well yes a relative calm approximately a week or so what we understand is that there were behind the scenes negotiations

i'm wayne hay with a rare look at the second day being constructed on the lower mekong river as laos pushes ahead with its goal of becoming the battery of southeast asia. more than seventy people have been killed in the syrian rebel held on five of eastern goes in some of the heaviest fighting there in years hundreds of others have been injured in the intense bombardment by russia and the syrian government that brings the death toll to more than one hundred eighty people since sunday local observers believe the attacks are the beginning of a major offensive on the area on the outskirts of the capital damascus the united nations wants an end to the targeting of civilians it says the humanitarian situation is spiraling out of control according to the union of medical care and relief the bombing has destroyed five medical facilities nearly four hundred thousand people remain trapped in eastern goza which has been under siege since twenty eight a hotter as more from beirut. has been one of the bloodiest twenty four hours in syria and in eastern go to more than one hundred people killed c

i'm wayne hay with a rare look at the second stem being constructed on the lower mekong river as laos pushes ahead with its goal of becoming the battery of southeast asia. however the skies are largely clear across southern parts of china at the moment we will see that cloud think the opposite go on through the next few days to central and southern parts of the wet weather coming in here you see a southerly wind coming up towards a northerly wind also fading is where the northeast is a convergence so the air is forced to rise cool condense forms the cloud forms a heavy right and that rain becomes more expansive as we go through thursday not only celsius there for shanghai on thursday data to the southeastern corner a little more cloud just coming into hong kong so an increase in the sticky seventeen degrees the top temperature here a fair amount of cloud just making its way across southern parts of the by a bingo but for much of south asia the skies are clear some decent spells of sunshine coming through it's warming up in new delhi temperatures here at around twenty nine degrees cels

i'm wayne hay with a rare look at the second dam being constructed on the lower mekong river as laos pushes ahead with its goal of becoming the battery of southeast asia. and in sport to fierce rivals set to meet in a fourth consecutive a lympics final far right here that he sells in around twenty minutes. from the neon lights of asia. to the city that never sleeps. well state of emergency has been declared across central parts of new zealand as a result tropical cycling the good news is a fun warning has now been issued for the storm but that's not to say that the very strong winds have yet gone away winds gusting as high as one hundred fifty kilometers per hour little signs of those winds weak and waves we're talking wave heights of around six point seven meters in places around twenty three thousand properties are currently without power and those strong winds are set to continue for maybe the next twelve to eighteen hours or so center of the storm is actually just to the west of the north island rudi throwing in lots of very heavy rains farewell spit seen in ninety one millimeter

i'm wayne hay with a rare look at the second day being constructed on the lower mekong river as laos pushes ahead with its goal of becoming the battery of southeast asia. and in sport we'll hear from the football manager who says his team need to get ready to suffer in the european champions league. oxfam says that it's investigating twenty six new cases of sexual abuse by stuff the new details came out as bosses were questioned in the u.k.'s parliament about sexual misconduct in haiti in two thousand and eleven charities already apologized to haiti's government but the british politicians want more answers some of oxfam staff are accused of using prostitutes during an aid mission in haiti following an earthquake. i repeat oxfam's brooder apology and my personal apology i am sorry we are sorry for the damage that oxfam has done both to the people of haiti but also to wider efforts for aid and development by possibly undermining public support so i wholeheartedly apologize for those comments and commit to work in that greater public interest so they can make a powerful role role in th

i'm wayne hay with a rare look at the second day being constructed on the lower mekong river as laos pushes ahead with its goal of becoming the battery of southeast asia and in sport find out why german football fans turned on monday night game into a tennis match. hello there were some heavy downpours over parts of north america or at the moment is this area of cloud here that's giving us the wettest of the weather and that's really the border between the very cold air towards the northwest and the very warm air down in the southeast this mild air will continue to feed up towards the eastern coast as we head through wednesday so a maximum temperature of twenty one or twenty two in new york and force in washington d.c. will get to around twenty five which is seventy seven in fahrenheit things will change those this weather system gradually edges its way eastwards on thursday this time new york no higher than around eight whereas washington d.c. will go to around twelve the southeast corner though still very mild here with around twenty six in atlanta and to twenty seven in miami i me

this is one of the most unique places on the mekong river just before it flows from laos into cambodia it disperses becoming eleven kilometers wide and creating thousands of channels and islands the mekong was the largest inland fishery in the world but in this part of the river those who rely on it for food and income say something is changing. well it could have been a number of fish is decreasing to cheer it seems like they might be staying deep or for some reason i think there is too much noise in the reef or. something part of the answer could lie a short distance from where fish is in one of the channels a dam is being built as the lao government works towards its goal of becoming the battery of southeast asia while china operates six dams on the upper make on the dawn so hong is just the second being built on the lower reaches both are in laos and the government has plans for at least seven more this is a relatively small project but is attracted some of the strongest criticism downstream from laos cambodia and vietnam both of which had been calling for a moratorium on the const

the legendary mekong river old mother of waters is vietnam's main waterway. it nourishes the six countries through which it flows including laos which borders vietnam. after travelling five thousand kilometers from its source in the himalayas this is where the river vents its rate. over time it's carved out the cone fulls one of the widest waterfalls in the world. yet allow fishermen jump into the water without fear. for me before they're right one mile walk. toward god with the rope out there care can't get you you are going to your didn't call are not far from god what if god. is fifty two. he says it's no coincidence he's never had an accident in forty years. oh i don't know if you need but would pull out that about what bob would buy out by a guy that had set up to be why. it would be at that by what the what. the full stretch over nearly ten kilometers. allow call this region see found don't the full thousand on. land just south from the fulls and countless waterways of the mekong. this is a familiar hunting ground for. getting there takes good balance a

is being made on a chinese built high speed train line it will cut through here and cross the mekong river on its way from southern china to the lao capital vienna. the communist government of law says it wants the landlocked country to become land linking beijing sees this project as a key part of its belt and road infrastructure plan linking china with the rest of asia europe and beyond when this line is completed it will run for more than four hundred kilometers more than sixty percent of which will consist of bridges and tunnels that makes it a very expensive project one that some say laos can't afford experts worry it will add to the government's already heavy debt loads the cost of the project is six billion dollars with most of the money coming from chinese grants and loans this is significant because. ours. is only. for been billion so close to fifty percent. and this project would be in five years time so that. we can expect around ten percent of public investment just for this process. one of the stops will be just outside the one providing which is a unesco listed town for its u

is being made on a chinese built high speed train line it will cut through here and cross the mekong river on its way from southern china to the lao capital vienna. the communist government of laos says it wants the landlocked country to become land linking beijing sees this project as a key part of its delta road infrastructure plan linking china with the rest of asia europe and beyond when this line is completed it will run for more than four hundred kilometers more than sixty percent of which will consist of bridges and tunnels that makes it a very expensive project one that some say laos can't afford experts worry it will add to the government's already heavy debt loads the cost of the project is six billion dollars with most of the money coming from chinese grants and loans this is significant because. ours. is only. fifty percent of g.d.p. and this project really big in five years time so about in we can expect. of public investment just for those process for each one of the stops will be just outside the one providing which is a unesco listed town for its unique lao and french archi

is being made on a chinese built high speed train line it will cut through here and cross the mekong river on its way from southern china to the lao capital vienna. the communist government of laos says it wants the landlocked country to become land linking beijing sees this project as a key part of its belt and road infrastructure plan linking china with the rest of asia europe and beyond when this line is completed it will run for more than four hundred kilometers more than sixty percent of which will consist of bridges and tunnels that makes it a very expensive project one that some say laos can't afford experts worry it will add to the government's already heavy debt loads the cost of the project is six billion dollars with most of the money coming from chinese grants and loans this is significant because. it is only. for been very young so close to fifty percent of g.d.p. in this project would be in five years time so that in an experiment. of public investment just for those process. one of the stops will be just outside the one providing which is a unesco listed town for its unique