busy for taking the time speak to us nick clack in at western manor gascon. moving on now in mere mass military has friends $6000.00 prisoners, including for foreigners. it's part of an annual amnesty to market it national dame, former british ambassador vicky bowman and her husband are among those released near map has been in political turmoil since the military stay chicago last year. foreseeing out civilian leader, uncensored shame, and lead to widespread protests and the arrests of fanzines. let's bring in at tony chain who's following developments from bangkok. hello there, tie. tell us a little bit more about who's been released today. well, the total number, sir. $5770.00 for prisoners being released. it's a large number. it's not uncommon for an amnesty to be announced and the national holder or the usually the largest amnesty of the years in the amir ma new year, which is in the spring or this time. they're also including $712.00 political prisoners. and that is certainly more than have been released since the cute, as you mentioned, the vicki bowma

nick clack joined villages for the 10 kilometer round trip to the nearest river. it's as human as it comes, preparing food for your people, but in times of drought, just getting to the point of adding water to the vegetables takes formidable effort . i meet with a family in the village of anthro. no, my dear. you tell me this pumping station was built by the government to bring water up from the man to re river 5 kilometers away. but in 2 decades, the valves haven't opened the tank was never filled because the pipes were never laid. unlike napoleon and i fasten, there were trucks and materials and built it that then went away and never came back. the r at is don a's family has taken residence in the pump house, but because of the drought, they've had to sell their possessions in order to eat it. now every day, all ages set off to find water on the long walk to the man to a river. and this is what tens of thousands of people across the region do. it's often a journey of several hours there and back. i went along with susan's way and his brothers, the wind is searin