thai] >> elephant rides, festivals, and camps are a must for thousands of tourists who flock to thailand each year. but beyond the happy smiles, there is a dark reality behind the origin of these elephants. a brutal trade that experts claim threatens the survival of some of the world's last remaining populations of asian elephants. >> we traveled to the region of chiang mai in northern thailand, home to many of the elephant camps enjoyed by tourists. >> there have been recent sites based in africa watching elephants, among other things, for a very, very long time, whereas in asia there's very little research has been done. very little has been said about the dramatic drop in population. no one would have any idea that this species is also endangered. >> john roberts runs an elephant camp. he was one of the first to recognize the link between the supply of elephants for the tourism industry and elephant hunting in the wild. >> we've been jumping up and down saying, if you buy an elephant, you're probably taking another elephant out of the wild. we realized very early on that buying elepha

it's not as though if it doesn't go thailand's way that fighting will break out. they are preparing for the worst. school has been cancelled for the last couple of days and couple of days at the end of last week. they are bracing for the worse. this is something they've gone through. down the road a kilometre local politicians has called through the local public address system, for the people to gather at community centres. he's lined up chairs. the icg ruling will be televised in thailand, and he want the community to be in one spot so they can discuss it and calm things down. it's an important issue for the people of the community and thailand. >> it's a small bit of land we are talking about. why is it a contentious issue for the country. it's 4.6km. if you look at it from a local level, from a microlevel, a lot of people here made money. that's how they made their lying. they had shops set up, a woman who had been up there for 15 years. she used to move away. it's about livelihood. when you look at it, that's what a lot of people are out saying this is an infr

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he's a highly rev eared figure, the monarch in thailand. people may clear the streets out of respect for the king. the prime minister in her press conference earlier referred to the fact that people shouldn't be protesting, the nation should be getting ready to celebrate the king's birthday. >> thank you very much indeed. live there in bangkok with protesters. >> the former italian prime minister silvio berlusconi says he's going to stay in politics despite being expelled from parliament. it senators voted to force him out because of conviction for tax fraud. italy's high court upheld silvio berlusconi's conviction. he been banned from holding public office for two years. in early october he tried to bring down the government by ordering his ministers to back out of the coalition. he failed. some of his closest allies sided with enrico letta instead of him. we have this report from rome. >> the senate's decision was expected. it's moment us. >> translation: silvio berlusconi's election is declared ipp valid. >> silvio berlusconi and his sup

in thailand the s.e.t. index climbed by about 1%, invaefters remaining a bit wary about the anti-government protests. the euro rose for the first time in 4 1/2 years, right around 138-87. in the eurozone traders are waiting for november consumer prices due out on friday. the figure could affect the trading direction on the euro. dollar-yen meantime at 102.18. participants will be closely watching japan's cpi figures due out on friday. >>> investment in middle eastern energy supplies will be key to meeting rapidly growing demand in asia. that's according to the head of the international energy a agency. iea executive director mar vandr hope. but she said production will fail to match demand. >> projected growth outside north america is too slow to take over as the engine of production growth in the last decade to 2035. so to meet the continued rise in demand in asia, we will need to be seeing the necessary investments made in the middle east already in this decade. >> vander hope also said china would overta

in the morning which have never been done before in thailand or elsewhere.unanimous so when they have the majority in parliament they will pass the no confidence no matter what because all the mp are being super supervised outside of the country. >> reporter: who are you talking about? >> the former prime minister. >> right. >> i have a public --. >> reporter: the opposition does accuse the former prime minister of running the country behind the scenes through his sister who is currently the prime minister. finally let me ask you do you think he will take a step back if he sees that that is the -- in the best interest of the country? >> i don't think he will because history has shown that never give up and the people that he called upon have submitted this amnesty bill for him to choose, there were 7 bills so he chose one with the broadest base that will give him the most leeway to come back free of all charges. >> okay, thank you for joining us on the al jazeera news hour. well the conflict in syria shifted political allegiance across the middle east and we

political tensions and thailand are escalating once again anti government protesters on monday forced entry into high profile government buildings some other locations were also targeted by people demanding that resignation of prime minister yoon optionally a canister of being under the control of her breath a taxi protesters swarmed into the compound of the finance ministry as well as the foreign ministry the government has extended the internal security act in place in parts of bangkok. as in a massive anti government protests triggered chaos in the capital. bangkok's main international airport was forced to close the lid. says the demonstrators are putting thailand's economy at risk by her confidence and undermine him to resign as texas and gets to play. escalation was triggered when you are trying to force through a controversial amnesty bill but the brits thailand's political divisions run much deeper. few bucks county sun reports. the actress who was director of undocumented labor market thirty different locations on monday link tv stations like this one as well as military poli

again, the hood in thailand is heated and unpredictable. hey're trying to disrupt the government's world as much as possible. this was the foreign ministry and later it day was stormed and occupied. first department fall was one, the finance ministry. here the police were conspicuous by their absence. hostility it was just as intense as elsewhere. out. have to get they do nothing to the little people. acknowledgement here that the general popularity that the enjoys -- the man leading he movement is a former opposition m.p. and traditional tore broker and no strange corruption scandals himself and parliament. rise up so that the tax and anymore. n't work here >> for the first time we're government officers occupying and there is no end to his long running political crisis because so many people have lost faith in their and their systems of democracisy. end is his will anybody's guess. > let's get a quick look at other news. indonesia, one of the world's active volcanos is sending hot gas down its slopes and 5,000 people are being evacuated.

thailand's antigovernment protesters seize another symbol of the state.he government has declined to crack down on the movement. a frosty reception despite smile for the cameras. ukraine's resident prefers moscow to brussels, confirming the country will not be building closer ties to the eu but he could be persuaded if europe coughs up more cash. syria's lost generation -- the u.n. says nearly one million -- children have been forced to flee. a new report chronicling the distress in the new

in thailand the prime minister has invoked special powers. he was responding to a second day of demonstrations in the capital by tens of thousands of people calling for her government the to resign. in response, the u.s. has called for restraints on both sides. we have this report. >> it began a month ago here burst out into new areas of the city today targeting ministries television stations and here the police headquarters. their goal to force the government to resign. as too often in thailand's recent past, the police tried to avoid confrontation. once again, the hood in thailand is heated and unpredictable. they're trying to disrupt the government's world as much as possible. this was the foreign ministry earlier in the day and later it was stormed and occupied. the first department fall was this one, the finance ministry. here the police were conspicuous by their absence. with the hostility it was just as intense as elsewhere. they have to get out. they do nothing to the little people. no acknowledgement here that the general popularity

made by a person in the sports authority of thailand saying that the government of thailand would be banning the sport of mixed martial arts wult that never happened. -- -- but that never happened. >> and possibly provide more opportunity for the fighters here. training locals and foreigners for 15 years. >> just like brazil, where football is their number 1 sport, you bring basketball in and it's only okay to a certain level. but not as great as football. but mma might affect the moi thai industry. >> while there are no clear answers to the legality of professional mma, there is no doubt more fans are being participants. >> the address once again, aljazeera.com forward slash sport. all right that's it for me for now. david back to you. >> i'll see you a little bit later. thank you very much indeed. a film on the life of nelson mandela has premiered in south africa. three generations of mandela went, the former president well into his 90s was unable to be there. >> long walk to freedom had a tough task documenting the life of the world's most famous antiapartheid leader. from nelson

the former l-leaguer now plays in thailand. he says the training coach is ideal for future coaches like him. >> translator: i'm grateful that japan football association is providing this opportunity, and i'm glad i can attend. >> experts predict the number of japanese playing for asian soccer teams will continue to grow. >>> japan's finance minister had some words for the u.s. treasury secretary when they met. ron madison from the business team has more on this. ron? >> the stalemate last month in the u.s. congress is still pretty fresh on the minds on not just americans, but also officials around the world, so the two did have discussions on that. taro aso has urged secretary jack lew that he was relieved that the u.s. avoided default in october, but he did point out that the nation could face the same situation again next year if the conflict continues in congress. aso said he hopes the u.s. will consider the impact the default could have on the world economy and deal with the problem. lew is discussing how to boost regional

cambodia and thailand both claim ownership of the land surrounding an 11th century temple. call was thatame the land belonged to cambodia. route,ttempt to end this cambodia asked for an interpretation of the ruling. unanimously, by way of governmention, the of 1962 decided that cambodia had sovereignty over the whole territory of the promontory. >> the court's decision is binding and cannot be appealed. bersani rocky plateau overlooking thailand and cambodia, this is the prayer of the heart temple. old, unescoyears declared it a heritage site in 2008. but the declaration field outbreaks. dozens died and thousands were displaced. the judges hoped monday's ruling would put an end to the dispute. the local villages are not convinced. some families have shut shop at left. picking up the pieces after supertight phone -- super typhoon haiyan. and u.s. places the blame on iran for backing out of the deal in geneva. the french president was heckled by far right protesters as he attends armistice day marking the end of the world war i. >> china has seen its biggest shopping spree ev

it's been supplied with about two hundred thousand dollars thailand has decided to donate two hundred thousand dollars. eight what careers and coming to help. but fears are mounting as another storm is on the way. genius on top nhk world i know i said to be one of the strongest storms ever to make landfall even so in the lead the field and got to develop a question and i think that the narrative. back at me quote of the need for thinking this infrastructure the international community also has an important role to play not only to the urgent effort to bring relief to find the offer was for her at this financing costs in a funny person. along with three points. well the reporting here all this we can actually talk to him and proving the nuclear fuel rods from the crippled the cushion and a cheap laugh is the next major step toward dismantling the facility. an official said japan's nuclear watchdog have just finished their preliminary checks on one of the reactors. but operator took electric power company plans to the commission all four dammit reactors that could take around forty year

thailand facing mounting opposition. jordan's chicago home up for auction. official, twitter join the u.s. stock market on thursday. the microblogging site is selling 17 million shares and priced its initial public offering at $26 per share. it intends to make $22 billion. there was widespread reaction. web users have been commenting on twitter's new york stock exchange debut under the twitter ipo hashtag. opinions have been designed -- divided. been questioning the worth of buying shares in a company that has not made any profit in it seven years of activity. they're wondering if it would be best to wait a while before making an investment. if facebook anything to go by, it only deepens the divide. previous nine months, twitter has made a loss of over $133 million. explained in this article, buying shares in a web company could turn out to be extremely lucrative. one person who bought many shares of amazon in the early years made a profit in just a few years. a controversial bit of political amnesty in thailand has thousands taking to the streets in protest

since 2010 thailand has been relatively quiet. behind the scenes there has been an acknowledgment that there would be one final battle to take control of the country. >> reporter: still advising, an acting spokesman he became the government face during the red shirt up rising and now is an university lecturer. he believes that there should be accountability between the parties. >> these parties need to move on and get really engaged with the people on the streets. giving them answers. the next time they don't have to come out on the streets. [ cheering ] >> reporter: despite the masses on the streets the battle has always been between a handful of wealthy people about who has the power. so far they're relying on the police to maintain security and has not called on the military. but in thailand it's difficult to know which side the top brass military will be on. right now it's a peaceful demonstration but as the longer it drags on, the hire the risk of confrontation. >>> the first middle eastern city to host this event, technology

thailand's biggest street protests in three years. the protest in bangkok or two from one government office to come next. now overtaken terry ministry. around one thousand protesters have occupied the building in central bangkok him to ratchet up the pressure on thailand's government this isn't about finding the people are making use of the constitutional right of expression. what may be that much but that's all that bad economy we have been badly that he never thinks about what's right. that just about to and benefit all he can but don't call this one below. demonstrations are filling up the streets the political battles of the important comment on the tight security the opposition which a non confidence motion. it'll cost you to the government's parliamentary majority. it's a sign of the growing confidence. i managed to hook and a must. the current push through and do what. he and thousands of corruption and political crime cases. i got some critics say what you want them to leave it to allow older brother formal piano texans who wa

club beat me to rebate check the cctv use my famous opera jacob it's day five of the protests in thailand as privacy and optional off is now called on anti government demonstrators to seize the protests and hold a dialogue. feel up to us as the riley's other thing that i economy and that the government does not want to enter into any political gains this was a televised address just a few hours ago she's us for opponents to agree to join a panel to find a negotiated outcome. she made these comments like i said in a televised address just a few olives off the weaning a no confidence vote and all that i was an overwhelming mandate photo op the coalition she want was to ninety seven votes in favor hundred and thirty four against the ruling to a type of unit owners bought the same dollar need to know how's the type of them and a half two hundred and ninety nine seats that they survive this three day debate great company but that doesn't mean anything the odd is happening out on the streets in terms of trying to cool things the standoff between the protesters in the gulf and is continuing on i

i think it's rooted deeply in the culture in thailand. mma has a strong presence around the world. >> global appeal doesn't matter to the governing sports authority, refusing to go on camera they said professional mma is banned in the country. not true, according to the promotor who hosted the first mma fight night in bangkok. >> in 2012 an announced was made by someone from the sports authority from thailand saying the government of thailand would ban the sport of mixed martial art. it never happened. >> some see mma as delewding a century's old practice, others see it as providing more opportunity for the fighters. >> this man has trained locals and foreigners for 15 years. like brazil, where football is a smart, you bring blasket ball in and it's lobing to a certain level. mma may affect the moi thai industry, boxers may want to shift because of higher prize money. >> there's no clear answers to the league -- legality of mma. there's no question it is drawing fans. >> the unrest informant middle east has been the inspiration for a cont

this is the headquarters of thailand's armed forces. supposedly, the country's strongest institution. but they just poured in. longer this goes on, the greater the threat to the government. its tactic until now has been to avoid confrontation at all costs , but for how much longer? the protesters have been able to move around the city with such ease that the government has had two wall itself in behind these concrete barricades. masshere over behind that of razor wire, the prime minister is struggling to reassert her authority. it was inside that fortress that i met her after the toughest week of her premiership. prime minister, very nice to see you. she has weathered the turmoil with extraordinary restraint so far. i asked her, isn't the time coming when she will have to use force on the protesters? >> we think the police can handle the situation. >> the police are doing nothing at the moment. do not want to confront. they are using the law. we have to be careful because the situation is sensitive. but no one here is interested in dial

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protests in thailands capitol now running for four straight days. veronica has more from bangkok. >> reporter: i would say it is not tense. it is rather festive and rather loud. there is whistleblower ls hand slappers aplenty. there has been clear instructions from the leaders that there are not to be any weapons for or by the protesters. having said that, and given the history of protests here in thailand, anything can happen. they have security guards dressed in black who are not slow to react if they see threats. they are very careful to protect the leader who has been issued an arrest warrant because of his activities over the past few days. >>> saturday is the deadline for the healthcare.gov website to be up and running without problems. >>> black friday will be a day of protest at some wal-marts around the country. union and other supporters plan to march outside several stores demanding higher made. wal-mart says very few employees will be taking part. >>> up next on al jazeera america, active volcanos in indonesia, how it is changing the liv

also on the program - protests in thailand. progovernment demonstrators are out in force as well. >> fighters are divided on weather to end a ceasefire in the north of mali. >> the fight against aids in senegal threatened by american funds drying up. [ ♪ music ] >> we begin in the middle east where millions of syrian refugees are spread across the region, many facing the misery of a freezing winter away from home. many have been living in terms for more than a year and are treading low temperatures and conditions that are fast approaching. more than 2 million refugees have been forced to leave their country. 90s% are living in lebanon, turkey, iraq and egypt. we'll go to jordan in the largest camp for refugees. first a report from a northern iraq camp. >> it's early morning. the women in this refugee camp prepare food. they have been cooking outdoors since the summer. that will have to end. winter has some, and with it plunging temperatures and rain. this woman wonders what she'll do when it's too cold to cook outside. >> i mak

now more on the demonstrations in thailand.tions have also taken over government facilities in in other parts of the country. wayne traveled to a southern town at the heart of the country's opposition movement. ♪ >> reporter: political protests have become part of thailand's culture. this gathering is being held in a southern town and comes complete with traditional dancing, and the usual rallying cries from the stage. the leaders echoing their counterparts in bangkok, calling for the government to go. >> translator: i'm sure the government has no more than three days left. they must return the power to the people. >> reporter: the protesters have set up outside of the headquarters of the local administration. many staff are also protesting, while others are working elsewhere. >> translator: the situation can be controlled by peace talks. i'm working from home because i don't want to confront them. >> reporter: the numbers here are low, but they don't see that as a sign that the protest is loosing momentum. many people have tra

thailand moves -- way back for thaksin. >> the search for millions of missing people around the world. the discovery of what could be the largest mass grave from the boss nian war. >> can you get off my driveway. >> the mayor of canada's largest city under pressure after police find a video said to show him smoking crack cocaine. >> joining us for a developing story out of syria, where u.n. arab league lakhdar brahimi has been speaking. he has been talking about efforts to end the war there, and plans for a conference in geneva. >> i am going meet representatives from russia and united states, our partners in the trilateral format - we have been working together for quite some time now. i think probably in the afternoon or the second day representatives of the rest of the p5 will join us and maybe other countries. there are some very, very serious efforts being developed everywhere to try and make this conference possible. but, you know, we will say it's happened only when it happens. >> that was lakhdar brahimi speaking a few moments ago in damascus. let's get some comment from our c

thailand's prime minister faces a parliamentary no confidence vote as anti government protests riots. syria's government and tuesday for the last time that he still looks in january the increasingly ugly scenes in ukraine is through eu protest is expanding its collection the center of kiev thousands to adults again not wanting the leaks denounce the government's decision to abandon its a cia agent deal seemed to be selling to brussels this week well it didn't spread it around to it than that something within me pick up the babies. the trouble is only one protested. seeking to defuse the tension gripped in it. the avoca beach address the nation for the fist time since his government stuart and the euro could be with you create a society of the european thousand and two he said no but you will be lied to me that the european union france. it's been down one to economic pressure from the kremlin to get it at beaches for finding tights with russia rather than tending to the west. jailed opposition he did get to that jankovic launched a hunger strike in protest. that led to a red vinyl ell

also on the program - protests in thailand. progovernment demonstrators are out in force as well. >> fighters are divided on weather to end a ceasefire in the north of mali. >> the fight against aids in senegal threatened by american funds drying up. [ ♪ music ] >> we begin in the middle east where millions of syrian refugees are spread across the region, many facing the misery of a freezing winter away from home. many have been living in terms for more than a year and are treading low temperatures and conditions that are fast approaching. more than 2 million refugees have been forced to leave their country. 90s% are living in lebanon, turkey, iraq and egypt. we'll go to jordan in the

cambodia windsor partially goal victory over thailand by un court rules on some disputed land here. it stores to and the teaching of japan's population is affected almost every aspect of society. even chris is creating new talent rescuers in the philippines are struggling to reach as survivors and many remote areas affected by typhoon quite yet. airports have been flattened and roads are blocked. the official death toll has topped seventeen hundred but authorities fear that number could rise dramatically to at least ten thousand the money and battered the islands including wheat and some on friday before heading out over the south china sea. it made its main city of le bon the move almost nothing was left untouched. local media say coastal areas were flattened by waves more than four meters high. authorities say more than thirteen thousand buildings have been destroyed and nine point six million people are affected the irony i have maybe seen this cool it was her aa the aftermath of the sea bands there had been fishin and directed by the saratoga me. honorable and so it was supposed

which could undermine thailand's economy. our society. and the trust of other countries the upper floor has expressed frustration that he had hit me hard. another day the ruling party has a majority of seats so that nothing we could do to cost them a confidence motion. no but i just don't accept beating the administration the protesters and their son timothy who was supplying it is in bangkok. we switched to using electricity generated. the recent turmoil was triggered by white's decision to force a controversial. perhaps critics say the bill was designed to let her brother to former prime minister talks and she was returned to thailand. it actually was ousted from power in a military coup in two thousand seats in the country the party who seems most of its oil. eric didn't know how to use the opposition democrat party is partly supported by urban middle class. the political standoff reflects social and economic gaps between evolution and the different islands economic development and those left behind the difference was the prime ministe

appointedm to be a democratic crisis due to his toy foreign policy said he was to give them all out to thailand's king. which again that it would be a very big change or lead when he was quizzed about the second time he did say that time that i monica would remain a constitutional one but it is a bequest i think there's every possibility of them is this a test for the protest is. i did just being very opportunistic they've seen weakness in the government an amnesty bill that did set me straight to cold that many people and with the area close to an a killing with the big thing just for them is that if they've missed judge that if they overplayed their hand they themselves could find themselves becoming very own pumpkin and i think we're at a turning point of the month that the justices he mentioned been shut down the recycled wood cuts off the chart of the phoenix to see we understand at stake. they didn't do so they think it's very briefly but i think it's

david piper following developments, streaming live from bangkok, thailand. david? >> reporter: hi, greg. yes. as was feared, the death toll is mounting in the philippines. filipino officials have said they fear that as many as 10,000 people may have died in just one area. now, typhoon haiyan struck the philippines friday. it tore through the central part of the country, leaving death and destruction in its wake. this is one of the worst storms to make landfall in recorded history. packing winds of nearly 200 miles per hour. as many as 4 million people have

thailand is probably more divided now than it has ever been. the basic division is really the fall in the north-east, the fall around the cities bangkok, who supported the red shirts, the ones who took to the streets in 2010. the demonstrators here are essentially - represent the middle class and the elite of bangkok. they have taken to the streets because they feel the government of the poor thai, which are a red shirt government failed in developing the country and solving the critical problems of corruption and quality before the law. >> what is the main demand? you described how the protesters feel. what is their demand and what would they be satisfied with at this point in terms of concessions the government could give? >> i think there are no concessions the government could give. short of taking over in some way or another. former democrat leader and mp sutep said the key thing is to try and bring about proper democracy to thailand to end money politics. most of the elections are won by massive amount of money being given to voters. and

politicians in thailand are set for a debate bank would see a controversial figure from the recent past. back from and the issue has seen ties take to the streets once again crotchety not so long in bangkok as the story. in thailand is heating up of a controversial amnesty bill that could pave the way for the return of one of the country's most polarizing fiji as it causes its final hurdle. former prime minister talks in kenya while it may be on his way back from self imposed to an eta well it's a show called mike's want to have small. before the house debate has even the guy speak any of my top that he says the senate is likely to cost the amnesty bill. i do mom some of you keep trying to submit listens to me to show your opposition. there's no need of. we understand your concern. i will look for the best solution for the country. it's likely we won't let it pass the lower house of representatives previously passed a bill friday the grant amnesty to anyone convicted of armed men crime scenes two thousand and four. filmmakers from the ruling party headed by texan says the timing was bad

but i think it has a strong presence around the world. >> global appeal doesn't matter to thailand'soverning sports authority. refusion to go on camera he said professional mma is banned from coming into the country. not true said the promoter who brought it to bangkok. >> saying that the government of thailand would be banning the sports of mixed martial arts, but that didn't happen. >> some view this as a way to expose a wider audience to the sport and possibly provide more opportunity for the fighters here. >> training locals and foreigners for 15 years. >> just like brazil where football has been the number one sport. you bring basketball in, and it's only okay to a certain level but not as great as football. but mma boxers might want to shift because of the higher prize money of mma. >> while there are no clear answers to the legality of professional mma in thailand there is no question the new sport has drawn fighters and its fans to its neon lit fights. >> thank you so much, indeed. >> a small california town is home to the oldest and healthiest people. one of five places in t

a hospital in bangkok, thailand. it was here that jeff wheeler decided to get shoulder replacement surgery in a move many of his friends and family called risky. u.s.lot of people in the picture this as being a third world country. until you go and understand, they just don't really know. >> he injured his shoulder while working as a boilermaker. he received workers comp and was given the option to get his shoulder repaired on his own. >> i checked the prices and compared prices. i thought it would be nice to travel and have a little adventure. >> even thailand was nearly $100,000 less than the lowest quote he received in the u.s. is the real price of having major surgery in southeast asia your health? doctors here say, no. [indiscernible] you get good service and a cheap price. >> in 2011, about 75,000 people came here just for medical treatment. according to government statistics, that number increased by about 15% last year. thai officials claim the vast majority meet the same certification as doctors in the u.s.

this is from bangkok. >> reporter: this is the most devie civ issue in thailand.er house approved the bill and introduced three months ago and a movement against it was formed. it grants blanket amnesty to those who committed crimes of politics over the last nine years and some people who are on trial or in jail for crimes during violent protests. it includes former prime minister sinawa who is in exile after being convicted of corruption charges. the party holds majority in government and the sister is the premier. >> they rush to pass this bill regardless of concern about entrenching impunity and letting murders walk free and they do not care about the plight and suffering of their own supporters. >> reporter: the movement against the bill began with an antigroup and now has expanded. >> a different spectrum of political differences, one thing for sure they want justice, they want the bill to be fair to all especially to the people who have been charged under political wrongdoings. what they don't want is the bill to give the conference a blanket coverage. >> re

antigovernment protests continue gain in thailand. the demonstrations are aimed at toppling the prime minister. critics accuse her of eating under control of her brother. -- being under control of her brother. are spreadings into the provinces. the numbers are modest, but the protests are gaining momentum. it is a widening effort to cripple the administration and oust the prime minister. >> many are calling on government officials to take part in this. >> as the protests gather momentum there are fears the situation could descend into violence. the prime minister vowed the government will not use force and has offered to negotiate an end to the crisis. >> the regime never existed. there was only democracy. whatever you are not happy with, let's talk about it. >> protest leaders maintain it was correct and refused to back down. >> this group of people will quit only when state power is in the peoples hands. >> the antigovernment campaign started last month after the prime minister's party tried to pass an amnesty bill. elite and middle

protesters stormed the finance and foreign ministries in bangkok thailand. as the final question what got me here in germany negotiator said wednesday. the egyptian born german writer of deals on this project is launched goes missing. in. capital bangkok is tense at this hour after the country's embattled prime minister he looks a lot though the special security wall to contain mass texts of the opposition accuses her of running a puppet government that may want her out of office nearly a month of protests escalated on monday when demonstrators stormed the keating government minister its turmoil has raised fears of more street violence in the country this week and bowls by unrest since royalists two generals on the two in two thousand and six the demonstrators celebrated actors alec straight on monday. they forced their way into two major government compound ministries of finance and foreign affairs the protesters called on civil servants to walk on the job showing the anti government rallies. here was peaceful the earlier today it was a different story on t

. >> thailand's century-old national sport is coming under threat.artial harts or mma is rivalling the original. we have this report from bangkok. >> a 500-year-old tradition used by soldiers. miti is an art used by soldiers. it uses a form of boxing and begins with a dance. it's one of three disciplines making up mma. that is a new sport with a rapidly expanding international fanned base. pro-mma has arrived in bangkok. will it knock out the traditional form? >> i don't think nma will take over muttiah, i think muttiah is rooted in the culture in thailand. i think mma has is strong presence around the world. >> global appeal doesn't matter to the sports authority. he told al jazeera that mma was mapped in the country. not true, according to the promotor. >> in 2012 there was an announcement made by a person from the sports authority of thailand saying that the government of thailand would plan a sport of mixed martial ards. >> some myty purists see it as diluting the century's old practice, others view it as obtaining a wider audience and providing

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the mla fighter fighters. >> an anti-government protest in thailand has entered a seventh day.hey call on supporters to step up their campaign. supporters of the prime minister are rallying as well. a massive demonstration has been broken up in kiev. police used b battons to dispure the crowd. they are angry the ukrainian government pulled out of a a tre deal with the eu. >> this move by the riot police to clear independence square me highway 9highwayhighwabehind me. they predicted a crackdown by the president as soon as he returned from the summit in lithuania. the students hoe hav who have be backbone of the protest say they will continue with them despite the reaction at independence square during a predawn raid. the president has decided he wants to strangle this whole movement, the protest movement before it builds into anything like the orange revolution that was seen here nine years ago. it appears there will now be a series of running fights perhaps from the protest years and the police throughout the city they were due to stage a large rally here on sunday all around t

antigovernment protesters in thailand have entered the finance ministry compound in the capital. hello, you're watching "france 24." live from paris, i'm karen roberts. the u.n. international special representative for syria will meet u.s. and russian officials in geneva. the meeting is to prepare the way for a full syria peace conference later in november. diplomats have run into repeated road spots over the conference. world powers strongly disagreed on how a future syrian government would look like. on the line is our correspondent -- i am afraid we don't have him. we will try to get him a little later in the program. minister zarif return to a historic -- a euphoric welcome after returning sunday. it will curb iran's weekly activities in return for much needed sanction relief. crowds gathered at the airport bringing flowers and waving flags. many seeing a deal as a huge triumph for iran. french foreign minister laurent fabius had this to say. it is clear, regarding nuclear energy. we always said that as an advance. but for nuclear weapons -- the president said before and i sa

a dozen flights were delayed or diverted. >> a tourist ferry sinks off thailand killing six people. near the popular thai resort area, taking on water and capsizing. the boat's capacity was 150. there may have been more than 200 passengers onboard. there was not enough life vests to go around. >> when the storm season comes in myanmar, many people leave. a boat was carrying a group of a muslim minority. nearly 200 people have been killed in the violence and more than 100,000 people are in camps. many like those still missing have tried to three. >> heavy rain and high wednesday are hitting mexico's pacific coast. tropical depression made landfall. officials lifted severe weather warnings as it came ashore along a coastal town. some cities could still see flash flooding. some areas could get six to 10 inches of rain. it is expected to lose steam as it moves inland. >> winter is knocking on fall doors in the u.s. >> we are feeling it here. >> 30 degrees have been reported. >> let's get the latest on the temperatures. >> good morning. >> good morning. whenever i went outside last night

and protest movements in thailand have joined forces against a proposed new law.n sport barcelona wins in the league but at what cost? that story coming up, in a bit. ♪ now human rights watch is calling on international community to condemn the syrian government for using incindary weapons and some were going against civilians in areas and we have details from neighboring lebanon. >> reporter: august 26, 2010, aleppo, syria and victims and teachers at school and said a jet dropped a bomb. >> translator: all i saw was people on fire. i was on fire. my friends were on fire. and there were bodies on the floor. >> reporter: this was one of 56 attacks with insendiary weapons they documented in the last year and accuses the syrian airforce of using weapons in residential areas. these weapons like nepalm and white phosphorus cause burns that are different to treat. >> i saw in syria in august it standalone in terms of the cruelty, the extent of the devastation, the severity of the injuries that i saw. >> reporter: human rights watch wants the international community to c

. >> see the amazing moves of thailand's monkey man. >> mannequins are getting bustier and shoppers are buying it. >> people are getting incredibly rich off of making people feel really, really bad. >> the "new york times" breaks down an inflated sense of beauty. >> plus, if you want a 42 inch flat screen, we've got the buzz word for your chance to win. and she thinks she's just getting an award but -- >> this is a proposal. >> the surprise reaction in a hospital hallway. >> where'd she go? >> many of us know that copper theft is a huge epidemic problem across the nation. our friends at wxyz in detroit just posted this really interesting investigative report on how bad copper theft has gotten in detroit. you see these four guys jump out of a van, broad daylight and they go and steal copper directly off of an energy truck. that's bigger than bold. the energy company had had a serious problem with this, so they decided to record this from done the street. they also put hidden cameras on the truck as well and they installed a gps tracker into the bundles of wire. they were able to track th

thailand's antigovernment protesters seize another symbol of the state. the government has declined to crack down on the movement. a frosty reception despite smile for the cameras. ukraine's resident prefers moscow to brussels, confirming the country will not be building closer ties to the eu but he could be persuaded if europe coughs up more cash. syria's lost generation -- the u.n. says nearly one million -- children have been forced to flee. a new report chronicling the distress in the new refugee camps. thanks for joining us. those are the headlines. you are watching "france 24." we start in thailand where antigovernment protesters have seized this friday and another symbol of the state. a crowd 1000 strong taking control of the national army headquarters while others surrounded the party headquarters of prime minister jim gluck shinawatra, anger directed at the prime minister accused of being a puppet of former premier exiled brother oxon shinawatra -- sachsen shinawatra. than 1000 antigovernment protesters forced their way into the headquarters of t

i think all thai girls want fairer skin. >> thailand's skincare industry is words more than half a billion. one of its biggest lines - whitening product. >> citra makes creams and potions. it held a contest calling for university students holding one of its products. it appeared to offer scholarships to students with fair skin. after calls of racism they pulled the advertisement and apologised. >> the face of the thai beauty industry has pale skin. women are told they need to be whiter to be pretty. >> if you look at the social structure with the different social classes, women are lower strata seem to be of darker skin. >> the assumption is the fairer you are, the higher your class. >> that perception is rooted in a narrow education of history, focused on the monarchy. >> we never learnt about the history of commoners. the respect for the common people is non-existent in this country. that's why, when it comes back to this respect for a different ethnicity, people of different colour, they were treated in humour. >> kutchess of racial incense tisties was not understood by all ties. >> whe

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protesters in thailand stepping up their campaign to oust their prime minister.test leaders are urging supporters to mount more blockades of government buildings across the road. >>> a tiny book of psalms is on the auction block. it is believed to be the first book printed in this the us. now it is expected to set a record price attack shun. >> reporter: access to this low-lit corner of the boston public library is limited and good reason. among the most valuable items this book. the first book written and printed in the u.s. back in 1640. it is a translation of the book of psalm, and represents a rebelian against england. the original words are sometimes hard to read, but saum -- psalms 23 is still recognizable. >> in the valley of death shall i walk, none ill i'll fear. >> reporter: there are only 11 known copies of the book in in existence. this one is owned by the old south church in boston. its first congregation gathered in in 1669. samuel adams was a church member here. >> it has been said about old south church in boston that there is no other church so i