scott heidler there >>> the u.n. security council is outraged by the al-shabab suicide bomb and gun attack on the somali parliament. 10 were killed in mogadishu on saturday. >> reporter: the gun battle continued after al-shabab fighters launched the multiprong attack. a car bomb, a suicide bomb blast and a string of armed men. the target somali's parliament building. >> i was wounded because i was inside the parliament building. i'm lucky to have survived. >> parliament was sitting at the time of the attack. the building packed with politicians. the members of parliament survived the assault, a soldier and some of the attackers were killed. . >> al-shabab operates in somalia and kenya. it was behind the siege of the westgate mall in nairobi last year. the group wants islamic law in somalia and foreign troops, including kenyan forces, out. international forces pushed al-shabab out of the capital mogadishu in 2011. the group managed to attack target and the cities. this assault will cause more concern because the group

scott heidler, al jazerra, bangkok. >>> china has summoned the u.s.dor in beijing overcharges laid against five chinese military officers. they are accused of hacking in american company to his steal trade secrets, china denies the charges and say that they are made up. from shanghai, here is adrian brown. >> reporter: five chinese army officers on an fbi wanted list are unlikely to ever be handed over by the government. but china still feels angry and humiliated. >> translator: the united states deliberately made up facts using the excuse of stealing of secrets online to indict five chinese military officials. this has seriously slighted the basic principles of international relations and damaged chinese u.s. cooperation and mutual trust. >> reporter: beijing's accused washington of double standards. saying that the united states is guilty of what it now accuses china of. an official building on the outskirts of shanghai, a united states security company is satisfied it's the source of many of the cyber espionage attacks. the u.s. says the targets in

scott heidler reports. >> here they sit gathering dust in a field outside bangkok. unrest in the country has put a heavy cost on the tourism industry. estimates of $3 billion loss this year with the drop of a million tourists. >> for chinese tourists the drop has been more than 50%. on average we receive about 1,000 tourists per month but in the past two months we only had about two to 500. >> here to put off buying new buses, getting a bank loan was much harder than it was, but much more than a downturn in the number of tourist tourists arrig here. threatening its long term economic outlook. the largest mobile operator ais is losing money. buying fewer phones and spending less on services. their confidence in the future is down. some predict the country will fall into a technical recession later in the year. once it marks two consecutive quarters of negative growth. >> it will get worse not better. it is flow into the stock market and into the thai bot. will flow into next year. >> since the government is not operating normally, the board of investment has not met

scott heidler is there. it looks like you are outside the army club in the center of bangkok, and obviously with thai military behind you. >> yes, that is something that didn't happen. it lasted two by five hours. when the statement happened, we were in a press conference expecting a spokesman from the army to brief us on what happened. we saw vehicles leave, escorted by the army. that raised a red flag. a rush to the press conference room. instead of someone addressing the media, they pointed to monitors, and we heard, like everyone across thailand and the world heard the government announce - sorry, the army announcing they had taken over government of the country. >> what change will that make in the immediate sense? >> in the immediate sense any negotiation and any kind of direct mapping out of what will happen in the future will be put on hold. the army controls everything in the government now. were these discussions go on, there'll be more peace talks, we don't know. we don't know what will happen to

. >> with renenew arenewed and ind frustration, scott heidler, al jazeera, ba bangkok. >> this is the via rica, one of the most beautiful and active volcanoes in the world. early warning system could save hundreds of thousands of lives. lives. >> in seoul, south korea, an explosion at a subway station injured at least ten people. officials believe an electrical problem led to the blast. all the injuries are minor. negligence following last month's deadly ferry disaster. south korea's president said she would dismantle her coast guard because of that disaster. she accepted full responsibility for the government's handling of the disaster. >> south korea's president cried openly as she addressed the nation, for the first time she assumed direct responsibility for the loss of more than 300 lives, so many of them schoolchildren. >> i apologize to the nation for the pain and suffering that everyone felt. as the president, i should be responsible for the safety of the people. >> this was also a speech designed to set out her plans, promised in the aftermath of the disaster to reform her nat

scott heidler joins us now. i understand the acting prime minister will hold a press conference later today. what is he likely to say? >> yes, this is the first time he'll speak to the media since this acting prime minister position will become his. we are expecting broadbrush strokes as to what he'll say. it's unclear where things move from here. yes, we are hearing, as you said, that the leader of this anti-government protest is moving here, over to and in front of government house, a little away from with i'm standing. there have been protesters here through this process, and since march. now we are seeing everyone at the headquarters, now here in government house. that's because they got a little of what they wanted to achieve. she's out of office. she has an acting prime minister. there's several steps ahead. we will not see any major announcement from the acting prime minister. what we hope to see is what is going to be spelled out over the days to come. it's confusing politically. >> the senate will hold

scott heidler joining us from bangkok. >> a fire at a bus terminal killed seven people, starting in aonstruction site, quickly spreading. 27 people were injured. most killed were construction workers. >>> still to come. >> anybody homesick? >>> live on stage? afghanistan. president obama makes a surprise appearance. the manhunt in belgium after a gunman kills tourists at a jewish museum. >>> good to have you with us. they say are the top stories on al jazeera. petero poroshenko is claiming that he is the n president of ukraine. and says he hopes to bring peace with russian separatists. results are not out yet, but exit polls after sunday's election suggests the billionaire won 56% of the vote. results from the european election shows far right and eurosceptic party made big gains. >>> the king of thailand endorsed the army chief who led the military coup last week. the royal seal of approval means he has formal status as head of the ruling military council. >>> pope francis is in israel on the final leg of his 3-day middle east tour, a fourth catholic church leader to visit. pope paul

. >> scott heidler has more. >> reporter: the lang im from the u.s. -- language from the u.s. secretary of geps, chuck hagel - -- defense, chuck hagel, the united states seeing this as possibly having having international ramifications. chuck hagel welcomed a move by japan, where they said they want to be more involved in peace in the region. they are an ally of the united states. they are upping the pivot to asia. in six years 60% of air force and navy will operate out of the region, it's something important moving forward. >>> china's territorial claims led to tension with several countries. recently there has been a confrontation with vietnam after an oil rig was put off the coast in areas that both countries say are theirs. china claims a you-shaped swath, overlapping with areas claimed by other countries, including vietnam, indonesia, malaysia, brunei, the philippines and tai wap. in the east china sea, japan and taiwan are over a group of islands, sack u in japan and diaoyu island in china. china requested all aircraft in the areas identify themselves, from march. that o

scott heidler has more. >> u.s. secretary of defense chuck hang ol' here in singapore using blunt language in dealing with china and what he sees as possible destabilization of the region. when china is dealing with these territoryial disputes. he thinks what they are doing is something that could impact the international community. >> china has called the south china sea a sea of peace, friendship and cooperation. and that's what it should be. in recent months, china has undertaken destablizing unilateral actions asserting its claims in the south china sea. >> in his speech, the defense secretary broad ended out from these teartorial disputes in southeast asia as well as the east china sea. he talked about thailand and the united states's concern over the military coup over the last two weeks and what that could mean for the population in thailand. >> we also respond when nations retreat from democracy as in thailand. we urge the royal thai forces to release those who have been detained and move to restore power to

scott heidler was with them as they started to move. >> reporter: anti-government protestor is moving his headquarters from the park to government house, joining who groups who have stationed their spots over the last three months. what we are looking at on monday. the senate will have an informal meeting on what is going forward. the acting prime minister who is a deputy prime minister will be facing his first full week in office. on both fronts, we are not expecting major developments. the acting prime minister will speak to the media, we are not going to hear major statements. mainly because there's a question mark, we have the two sides, anti-and pro-government sides pushing for what they want. there are a lot of legal questions of how the government and anti-government protest movement will move forward. it appears as though it's a waiting game. both sides will be facing up front and center of government house. >> staying in thailand rebels launched a series of attacks. one person was killed, 10 injured - in the series of bombings and arson attacks. the violence is blamed on sepa

. >> scott heidler has more from bangkok. >> reporter: defying orders from the government several hundred protesters against the coup gathered in the mall behind me. it took three or four hours since they reached the number and it was different from the protests. this came out of the wood work. there were a couple of protesters that kept growing and growing. and they left here, marching from this mall forwards victory monument, something we have not seen in the growing anti-coup movement. this comes in on a day the military calls in people to meet with them, including academics. executives at the newspapers and some business executives, particularly with energy concerns here in thailand. what is interesting moving forward, now that we see more in the anti-coup movement, will the army and police maintain this with the people, where they allow the protesters room. they weren't confrontational. also the anti-government, anti-coup protest movement. will it grow in numbers, and how will they be dealt with by the hoounta in charge of this country. >> the u.n. security council says it is outrage

the head of the ruling military council - scott heidler with more from bangkok. >> prayuth chan-ocha is the head of thailand. he says there's a long road ahead of reform, and still it will bring the country back to democracy, he mentioned that the anti-coup movement we saw grow on sunday, that he'll have to crack down on that if it continues. we are in the attorney-general's building, because the leader of the anti-government movement has been processed for four charges of insure ection and will go on to criminal court. some cabinet members and the military party have been released. we don't know the fate of the pro-government grouch that were holding -- group that were holding their protests on the out-curts of bangkok -- outskirts of bangkok. >>> egyptians go to the polls to select a president, we look at the man almost certain to be the next leader >>> and in belgium - a search for a gunman who shot dead three tourists in a belgium museum. back in a moment. >> every saturday join us for exclusive, revealing, and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. rosie

our reporter scott heidler is in bangkok with more. scott what can you tell us?> well, john at 3:00 a.m. local time, martial law was implemented. woke up to 6::30 local time the head of the local army made the announcement on local television, saying they now control all military. streets of bangkok and across the country who are asking for the government to step down. now there have been many steps in those last six months. elections, nullified, then a bit of a flareup last week three people were killed and the military has always been kind of on the outskirts, obviously a pleaplayer but not coming into e fray as they have been in the last few hours. declaring martial law, they control all the police and armed forces. the government has just to run the country, i say that in a guard he way because they have not been ruling the country for past weeks or months. because of these strikes. they are taking control of all security. there was an organization that was supposed to maintain security during this time with the protesters on the street. that has been taken o

. >> hagel was speak in an international summit, and from there scott heidler has more. >> reporter: blunt language, they see the ultimates administration sees this as destabilizing in the region that could possibly have international ramifications. the secretary welcomed a move by japan at these same talks that say they want to become more involved in peace in this region. upping its pivot to l asia. 60% of army and navy from the u.s. will operate out of this area soists very important for them moving forward. >> most recent there's been a confrontation with vietnam after china put an oil rig off the vietnamese coast in waters that both countries say are theirs. >>> and china claims a u-saipped swath of the south china sea. philippines l japan and china are in dispute over a group of islands known as sinkaiku in japan and daiu in china. give their flight plans and identify themselves. but that also overland.japan's l air zone. is school of international studies he says the sufs capable of stepping in to defend its allies in the region. >> the u.s. has plenty ever mill tril assets al

. >> scott heidler has more from bangkok. >> reporter: as thais woke up tuesday heading to school and work, most found out that they now live under marshall law. >> translation: in order to keep peace and order efficiently and bring peace back to the people of every group, i exercise the right under articles 2 and 4 of the marshall law act 1914 to invoke marshall law nationwide. >> reporter: several more announcements by the army were made as the day unfolded giving military commanders more power. soldiers took over government-run organization that usually maintains peace and security. >> translation: when the country is safe and peaceful no one will keep marshall law for long. the next step is to bring rive at parties to talk in peace. there can't be talks if there is no peace. if there are movements, provocation and instigation towards violence. >> cable and television stations with political ties were told to stop broadcasting. dnn was one of them. >> translation: when i saw the soldiers, i'm a red shirt member, and we are democracy, we wanted to disobey them. this is the law. it's

as scott heidler reports from bangkok the military coup couldn't have come at a worse tim -- time for the tourism industry. >> reporter: these are not the normal snapshots. last year it was the most visited tourist destination. there was before six months of conflict lead to a coup. >> everything is close at 10 or nine or something like that. i'm here and try to enjoy bangkok. >> reporter: since the military announced its takeover 50 countries issued warnings to thailand. this will increase losses in the $30 billion a year tourist industry. this is one of the most popular tourist spots in bangkok. because the coup took place a couple of days ago a lot of tourists were here. a big concern is future bookings. if the decline in tourist dollars continue, this year it will be 40% down. >> i'm concerned about the future, because tourism is the first industry of thailand. many of my indonesian tourist groups cancelled their trip next month. >> one of the biggest draws is the night life. the military imposed a 10:00 p.m. to 5am curfew. at this club business is down 50% since the crease sis st

scott heidler reports from bangkok. in bangkok an anti-coup protest started smaller. a few dozen people defined this order. >> i want you, the thai public to avoid joining the protests. the democratic system cannot operate normally. >> but the numbers grew and became louder and more aggressive. >> one of the largest anti-coup demonstrations here in central bonk cock. something interesting happened. it started with a heavy presence and transitioned. the crowd are chanting for democracy, elections and for the army to get out. >> i don't want to - get out. we want elections. government. that's all. >> reporter: as the troops stayed on the streets with anti-coup protests the united states responds to the coup - cancelling military exercises with thailand. >> the situation in this country, one cannot apply orders to every situation. >> reporter: the list of people ordered to come in for talks has grown including newspaper executives and corporation heads. as the army's rule expands, there's concern how to handle the movement and if it gains momentum. >>> the head of the re

. >> that was scott heidler in singapore. >> an international monitoring group says it may pull out ofkraine because of safety issues. fighting between kiev and separatists in the east continue today. the organization for security and cooperation in europe says they lost contact with a group of five monitors on thursday. russian officials say the monitors should stay. clashes between anti-government protesters and riot police broke out across turkey today. water canons and tear gas were used to quell the violence, about 25,000 police were dispatched throughout turkey. it's the one-year anniversary of taksism m square that left dopps dead. protesters aren't happy with charges of corruption. >>> comments on the release of sergeant bergdahl . >>> their son, bowe is coming home. sergeant bergdahl has missed birthdays and holidays and all of the moments we take for granted. while he was gone, he was never forgotten. his parents thought about him and prayed for him every single day, as did his sister, skye, who prayed for his safe return. he wasn't forgotten by his community in idaho or the

scott heidler. >> reporter: defying orders by the military government several hundred protesters gathered in the hall behind me. it was different in the protest we saw in the last six months. this seemed to come out of the wood work. there are a couple of protesters that kept growing. after 3.5 hours they left here, marching from this wall towards the monument. this is something we have not seen in the growing movement. this comes at a day that the military called in more people, to meet with them. including academics, newspaper men and business executives - particularly with energy concerns in thailand. what is interesting, moving forward, is more people are moving forward. will the army and the police maintain this posture they had here where they allow a little bit of room. also, is the anti-government, coup protest movement going to grow in numbers. how are they going to deal with those in charge. >> thank you. another bombing shakes a city in nigeria. three were killed in the blast. police say the suspect dropped the blast holding explosives near a crowded theatre. it's four days aft

scott heidler reports on the knock-on to the tourism sec sore. >> reporter: these are not the normal bangkok holiday snapshots. last year the city was the most visited tourist destination, before six months of conflict leading to a coup on thursday. >> it's sad. i won't see bangkok, thailand. everything is close at 10 or 9 or something like that. i try to enjoy it. >> since the military announce the its take over, more than 50 countries issued warnings about travel to thailand. it will increase losses in the $30 billion a year tourist industry, $3 billion was lost during the first three months of the year. this is a popular tourist spots. a lot of tourists were here. a concern for the industry was future bookings. >> if the current decline in tourist dollars continue, it will be 40% down from the normal rates. >> i'm concerned about the future because tourism is the first industry of thailand. many of my indonesian groups cancelled their trips. . >> reporter: one of the big draws is the night life. there's a curfew of 10:00 pm at night. business is down 50% since the crisis started.