thailand has faced human rights criticism.en upscaled anyway, but given the time the military has been in power, the us has been concerned to see thailand's drifted relations towards china, buying more weapons from china. it is inevitable the us would want to reset those relations. donald trump and his administration has given that opportunity, with far less emphasis on human rights. the us is keen to see thailand, the ones bedrock of asean. they are playing a central role. us wants them giving diplomatic support on the thorny issue of north korea. the us has some co—operation from china now. it really wa nts some co—operation from china now. it really wants to see asean, the ten member states, taking a robust stand against north korea, and not following china's lead as we have seen following china's lead as we have seenin following china's lead as we have seen in recent years with diplomacy. this is about securing trade deals and security, transactions between the two. what of the political ends —— instability and human right

link tv and a college is visited thailand to investigate links -- link tv and others visiteded thailand to investigate links. industrial agriculture promote to stop as a sustainable solution for the problems of fishing. many of the so-called fish are pulled from the ocean around southeast asia with devastating effects. these small and young edible fish are left to rot in the halls of vessels for days on weeks on end before being handled. fleets o of trucks and sport tos of rottiting fish on each vessel on the processing plants where they are ground down and wasash and cookeded into powdered fish far for fooood -- fisish flowewr od. alongside e the species on fishg vessels, the searches documented pockets of juvenile shaha species,aiting too be sold. these tropical fish are used as protein for the booming sugar industry, the largest exporter in the world. at what cost to the ocean? >> [speaking forereig language] >> laced with increasasing quantitities of edible fish, lol fishing communities are losing out. >> [speaking foreign language] >> they say the by catch is accidental. >> [speaki

they will want to ensure that thailand welcome the us asa ensure that thailand welcome the us as a closeet's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. 22 people have been injured in a bomb blast in the pakistani city of lahore. officials say the explosive device was planted in a fruit truck and detonated while the vehicle was parked. no—one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. some of the 22 victims are seriously injured. local hospitals are having difficulty treating the victims because of a power cut. the malaysian government has announced it wants to stop the mandatory death penalty for drug traffickers. parliament is expected to back the measure put forward by the prime minister. more than 650 people have been executed in malaysia since 1992, the majority of them for drug related crimes. a team of 15 volunteer firefighters on the italian island of sicily have been accused of fraud. it's alleged they claimed state payments for putting out fires that they themselves had started. some have also been charged with arson. they, or theirfriends and relations, are s

they have gotten victory for 15 years in thailand.s like if that does happen it puts the future of this party in great doubt what kind of role it will play in a democratic thailand wants this country gets back to democratic rule. —— once. 0k, thank you, reporting from thailand. let's ta ke let's take a look at some of the day's other news. the white house says relations between president trump and republican congressional leaders are fine. mr trump ramped up an apparent feud on social media, against the tactics used by mitch mcconnell, the majority leader in the senate, and his house counterpart, paul ryan, over legislation. but this is what the press secretary, sarah huckabee sanders, had to say. look, i think the relationships are fine. certainly there are going to be some policy differences. but there are also a lot of shared goals, and that's what we are focused on. we are disappointed that 0bamacare, they failed to get it repealed and replaced. but, at the same time, president trump has worked with leader mcconnell to reach out t

rex tillerson has now arrived in thailand, latest stop on his asia trip.f state is the most senior american official to visit thailand since the coup in 2014. 0ur south—east asia correspondent jonathan head told me why this visit to bangkok is so important. it is a potential gain for the trump administration because relations with thailand have been at a pretty low ebb since the coup three years ago. they have automatically downscaled. i think relations would have returned anyway, because the military has been there so long and thailand is a very old ally of the united states. the us has been dismayed to see thailand shifting closer to china, buying more weapons and diplomatically becoming closer. there would have been a reset under any administration. the trump administration, with much less of an emphasis on the human rights and shared values, it is in a better position to do that in a transactional manner. rex tillerson‘s visit to asia has suddenly shown an almost coherent and determined interest from the trump administration that we have not seen befor

but dam phong followed them to thailand.nt claimed to have a base behind enemy lines in vietnam. but dam phong revealed the camp's real location, in the jungles of thailand. he wasn't just editorializing against the front. he was endangering their military enterprise. bangkok, thailand. the u.s. has a long, close relationship with the military here. from the vietnam war when thailand was a base for covert missions, to the war on terror when it hosted a cia black site. i arrive in bangkok a year into a military coup. a junta of generals rules the country in the name of the monarchy. but if the generals are in power, maybe it will be easier for them to speak. >> that year that armitage stay no more... >> thompson: chavalit yongchaiyudh was prime minister of thailand in the '90s, but he prefers to be referred to by his military rank of general. the group that we're looking at was called the front and our understanding is that you set up a camp on the border with laos. do you remember the front? >> thompson: and they were operat

i'm getting my kicks in thailand. i am about to step in the ring with momo.eally mean. # spend my life in this sweet surrender. and we are hitting the high notes in manila. # this is a man's world. this is a country that some governments say you probably shouldn't visit as a tourist, pakistan. terror—related incidents, kidnappings and political turmoil have all taken their toll on the country's reputation. and as the country prepares to celebrate its 70th anniversary of independence the travel show‘s benjamin zand packed his backpack and headed for karachi. i was in karachi, pakistan, on the search for some good news. as a man who likes music, like pretty much everyone else in the world i thought it would be a good place to start. so i decided it was time to check out karachi's music scene. historically, being a musician here has been hard. musicians and gigs have often been targeted by religious extremists. but i had heard that things were getting better and some great tunes and artists were coming out as a consequence. so on an insanely hot day injuly i fin

thailand's former premier could face jail if she's found guilty of authorising illegal subsidies. rescue workers intensify their efforts to find eight hikers missing in a landslide in the swiss alps. geologists are warning more could follow. billionaire samsung boss lee jae—yong's corruption trial reaches a conclusion as he awaits a court verdict. the biggest single win in american lottery history, a hospital worker from massachusetts scoops $750 million on the powerball. in the next hour, thailand's supreme court is expected to rule on a case that's lasted 18 months and could put one of the country's most popular politicians in jail and knock her out of politics for life. former premier yingluck shinawatra is accused of criminal negligence over a costly rice subsidy policy. her opponents say it was in effect a bribe to her supporters. she could face a decade behind bars. she insists she's innocent and has asked the court for kindness. from bangkok, the bbc‘s karishma vaswani reports. this was yingluck shinawatra six years ago, a political novice bringing her brother's party to vi

will thailand's top court jailed the former prime minister?is what the country's ruling as the judge's wrap up their trial for criminal negligence. and the latest business headlines. we are back in 60 seconds. ♪ ♪ brent: welcome back, everyone. you are with dw news live from berlin. on friday thailand's supreme court will determine the fate of the former prime minister area she is accused of mismanaging subsidies that cost the government billions of dollars, but she remains popular with the rural poor, and that is a headache for the military group ruling the country. her trial is the latest chapter in a political conflict that has divided thailand for a decade. our reporter has this special report. reporter: curley 2014, bangkok after weeks of -- early 2014, bangkok after weeks of protests. antigovernment against government. the middle, the prime minister. she was marred with allegations of a rice subsidy scheme. the protests led to violence and a true military to. -- coup. the prime minister was put on trial for negligence. august 2017, the n

thailand's former premier could face jail if found guilty of illegal subsidies. the white house says all‘s fine between donald trump and the republican leadership after he criticised senior figures in his own party. and i'm alpa patel in london. also coming up in the programme: has north korea just given us a glimpse of its next planned nuclear weapon? a wall chart next to kim jong—un reveals blueprints for a new rocket. yay! the biggest single win in us lottery history — a woman scoops $750 million on the powerball. the first thing i want to do is i just want to sit back and relax. i had a pipedream. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 6am in bangkok, where in a few hours time thailand's supreme court is expected to rule on whether former premier. yingluck shinawatra is guilty of criminal negligence over a costly rice subsidy policy. if convicted, she could face up to a decade behind bars. she has long claimed her innocence in the matter, and has asked fo

our top stories: an arrest warrant is issued for thailand's former prime minister, after she fails to show up for a supreme court verdict. america's gulf coast prepares for the onslaught of hurricane harvey. officials say those in its path should evacuate. if you live in those low—lying areas, get out and get out now. the biggest single win in american lottery history — a hospital worker from massachusetts scoops $758 million on the powerball. tycoon on trial. after six months in court, a verdict is due on bribery and corruption charges against samsung boss jay y lee. the billionaire denies all wrongdoing. plus, the flying kangaroo bounces back! near record profits for qantas this year despite cut—throat competition. the boss says it's a vindication of his turnaround plan. hello, and welcome to bbc news. there were sensational scenes in thailand when the supreme court was forced to postpone its verdict in the trial of the former prime minister, yingluck shinawatra, after she failed to appear in court. thejudges in bangkok then issued a warrant for her arrest, saying they didn't believ

our top stories: the supreme court of thailand delays its verdict for a month about whether the former premier could be jailed. america's gulf coast prepares for the onslaught of hurricane harvey. officials say those in its path should evacuate. get out of the low lying areas now. billionaire samsung boss jay y lee's corruption trial reaches a conclusion as he awaits a court verdict. the biggest single win in american lottery history, a hospital workerfrom massachusetts, scoops $758 million on the powerball. the supreme court in thailand has delayed the reading of the verdict in the case of the country's former prime minister yingluck chinnawat until the 27 september. they also issued an arrest warrant for her because she didn't show up to court. ms yingluck is accused of criminal negligence over a costly rice subsidy policy and could face a decade behind bars. her opponents say it was in effect a bribe to her supporters. she insists she's innocent. and karishma vaswani is there. why is there an arrest warrant? this announcement has come in the last couple of minutes to explain to audi

he wants thailand back on board as a close us ally. support across southeast asia for the hard line the us is taking against south korea. remember, the whole asean region has come under china's sway, and it wa nts to come under china's sway, and it wants to show itself a power in the region, and there are other issues. mrtrump wants to region, and there are other issues. mr trump wants to rebalance trade, which is in thailand's favour. it's a short visit but there's a lot to talk about. as you say, we haven't seen this sort of interest from the trump administration in southeast asia, so why the sudden change now? i think north korea has focused minds. the administration is alarmed at the escalating nuclear programme in north korea. it and china profoundly disagree on how to approach north korea, although they've come together on sanctions, and there's a realisation that in this region the us has lost a lot of ground that needs to be recovered. rex tillerson has really led the charge with a very nuanced, diplomatic approach, very differ

there are quite a lot to do go over to thailand. go over to thailand.g about thailand vis-a-vis indonesia? when you talk to the u.s. and european buyers, what are your biggest competitive markets? >> i wouldn't say the western markets. ,f you look at our neighborhood malaysia got a lot of foreign investment, vietnam is quite hot at the moment. based on the pricing, it is well under the value of thailand. if you come to thailand, you can get some of the value outside of bangkok. we also products from ching mike, all down the south. >> you mentioned how chinese buyers are a big part of your business in terms of your international side, how concerned are you of the government in beijing and their grip on capital control at the moment? after it is a concern but going through the sales records on our books, that money is outside of china already. we don't make recommendations based on purchasing the projects or channels to come through. we accept purchases through all international banking standards channels. it is interesting, what we did find is that the c

thailand -- bangkok. thailand has an embassy there. u.s. says north korea uses thailand as a hub for illicit activities. the secretary of state will be carrying a message to thailand saying they can be a key partner in the effort to freeze out north korea, and they are relying on support from thailand to further isolate north korea to achieve the objectives of trying to work toward a denuclearized korean peninsula. the global security questions that secretary tillerson is facing while he's here are not limited to the north korean nuclear problem. he is also being asked about the fight against isis in the philippines. he had a meeting with the controversial plenty president, rodrigo duterte, who's made colorful comments about u.s. policy and the previous obama administration. the two did meet at one point. duterte saying to tillerson he was a good friend, close ally. a reporter did, however, asked tillerson how the u.s. can provide support to the philippines in their fight against isis, in terms of information, resources, and training. witho

he wa nts to issues at stake here in thailand. in disagreement with china about how to deal with north korea. the crisis there has woken me us up as to how much diplomatic ground the us has lost in this region. the us also wa nts to re bala nce lost in this region. the us also wants to rebalance trade which is heavily weighted in favour of thai exports and it was to restore the military partnership between these two countries. having such a senior official here after downgraded ties because of the military coup, it is a big step. let's take you to the yunnan province in the south—western china. it is famed for its unique architecture because it is cheaper to destroy an old house than —— and build a new one, than to restore architecture. here, they have been very successful with their dying business. they have been able to upgrade the family home. half of the house has been knocked down and the new wing is very different. and while we have been on air, some breaking news. if! and while we have been on air, some breaking news. if i

especially thailand as consumers become more tech savvy.de a traditional stores. >> a reporter joins us now from singapore. e-commerce in southeast asia taking off, and thailand seems to be at the center. tell us what is happening there. has in ansaid, there explosion in online shopping in thailand because consumers are becoming more tech savvy and sales on everything from washington's two televisions have grown about 100% to that compares to traditional sales in brick-and-mortar stores growing at about 10%. growth,is driving the need or want? >> it comes down to a large number of factors. one of which is faster more stable internet connections as well has the increased success of online platforms, and the introduction of 3g and 4g networks. thailand's third biggest phone sompany estimate that thai spend about eight hours a day on line. that compare to what is happening in the wider region, said china, south korea? thailand is the only country in southeast asia to break down overall retail sales and have a separate category for online sales

the search is on for the ousted prime minister of thailand.he skipped a verdict in a negligent case brought against her. hurricane harvey is set to strike texas. the storm strengthening as a barrels toward the u.s. gulf coast. ♪ molly: those are the top stories we are following this hour, but we start with a developing story out of afghanistan. there were reports a shiite moscow has come under attack -- mosque has come under attack. police say there are sounds of explosions and the gunman are still inside the mosque that was crowded with worshipers. it's located in a northern neighborhood of kobul. a member of afghanistan's shiite clerical counsel was quoted saying at least two people have died. we will have more in the coming our. -- hour. of samsungaire heir group has been sentenced to five years in jail. he was found guilty of bribery and other corruption charges. his 6-month trial is part of a wider bribery scandal that ultimately brought down the country's president. here is how some people are reacting. >> giving a five-year jail sentenc

countries are a different economic stages, the prize is getting into these big markets, indonesia, thailandetting on to their mobile phones and shopping away not nobody‘s business. i went on a bit of a shopping trip to find out for myself. traditionally this is how most singaporeans have shopped, adding to the supermarket to pick up their weekly supplies of fruit, vegetables and other groceries but the statistics show that this is changing and it's notjust in singapore. it is a pattern being observed across the asia—pacific region. increasingly, people are stepping out of the shops and doing their shopping on line. by some estimates, e—commerce in southeast asia is currently thought to be worth some $55 billion. by 2025, that will shoot up to more than $80 billion. and these are just conservative figures. which is why us on line retail giant amazon decided to make its singapore debut last month with this 100,000 square feet facility. we know that singapore consumers are busy, they love convenience and really, consumers love convenience and really, consumers would love the idea of having a r

nnamdi gathered in front of thailand supreme court to show support for their x. prime minister. but they're way turned out to be in vain. you can l'action watcher a never showed up to hear her trials verdict. her lawyers told judges she was suffering from an eerie. but neither the court nor the country. believe it. stay and fight the case. what my? the laws already on. it's been amended and would allow her. he'll. so if she's not here what does that tell you. will she still claim she didn't get justice. earl. you know action a watcher was ousted from office in the twenty fourteen military coup. she's now facing as many as ten years in prison accused of supporting a costly program that paid subsidies to rice farmers. you know what. the case for supporters say is politically motivated. well our young ones you know are we really believe the former prime minister yingluck really active in the people and the farmers interests. well i do hope that you will receive justice and here to support her. what are my other ones i? yeah we love honesty. i found this. i don't want her to face th

then the american secretary of state, rex tillerson, has arrived in thailand for talks.e is the highest—ranking american politician to visit the country since a coup overthrew the government three years ago. now it's time for world business report. could a vote by secret ballot oust south africa's president, jacob zuma? the rand is poised to surge. we talk you through what's at stake. plus formula milk is big business in hong kong. we assess the obstacles there to breast—feeding. welcome to world business report. i'm sally bundock. also in the programme: china's appetite for stout beer is soaring. rico is back with the reasons why. but first: president zuma of south africa faces another vote of no confidence in parliament. this time it will be a secret ballot. mr zuma has been under constant pressure over everything from corruption allegations to a controversial cabinet reshuffle that saw his widely respected finance minister, pravin gordhan, fired earlier this year. that prompted two credit rating agencies, standard & poor‘s and fitch, to downgrade south africa's credit

verdicts are due in thailand for the former prime minister.ween donald trump in the republican leadership after he criticised senior officials in the party. a new play at the edinburgh fringe festival tells the remarkable story of a transgender asylum seeker from egypt who's making a new life for himself in scotland. eloise dickers reports. the last time i've seen my mum i was in a girl's body, i looked like a girl. adam felt he couldn't live freely in egypt. they will harass, they might even torture, they will kill for that, because it's just something not normal, not normal. he sought asylum in a country that would allow him to live as a man. i left egypt so i can be who i am. ta—da! once in scotland he started reassignment surgery. they take a skin graft from your arm. skin that they took from your arm with the nerves and artery they form it into a penis. i stopped having periods the moment i got on testosterone, so that was like four years ago, that was ages ago. that's history now. i can hardly remember that. this year, life changed drama

i'm getting my kicks in thailand. i am about to step in the ring with momo. he looks really mean.al turmoil have all taken their toll on the country's reputation. and as the country prepares to celebrate its 70th anniversary of independence, the travel show‘s benjamin zand packed his backpack and headed for karachi. i was in karachi, pakistan, on the search for some good news. as a man who likes music, like pretty much everyone else in the world, i thought it would be a good place to start. so i decided it was time to check out karachi's music scene. historically, being a musician here has been hard. musicians and gigs have often been targeted by religious extremists. but i had heard that things were getting better and some great tunes and artists were coming out as a consequence. so on an insanely hot day injuly i find out more. 0n the breakfast show. what is it like being a musician? is it hard? it is but it has become a lot better to the point that we have actually come out and started doing more outdoor events. we have food festivals, we have music festivals. we have lots of c

thailand's supreme court has postponed its verdict in the trial of former prime minister yingluck shinawatra after she failed to appear in court. thejudges in bangkok issued a warrant for her arrest, saying they did not believe her claim that she is ill. america's gulf coast is preparing for the onslaught of hurricane harvey. small convoys of d riverless small convoys of driverless lorries will be tried out on major british roads next year. it's part of a government plan to cut emissions and reduce congestion. motoring organisations have raised concerns over safety. a woman in massachusetts has won the biggest single—ticket prize in us lottery history. the cheque is for more than $750 million. she says she's already handed in her notice at work. now it's time for world business report. tycoon on trial. after six months in court, a verdict is due on bribery and corruption charges against samsung boss jay y lee. the billionaire denies all wrongdoing. plus, the flying kangaroo bounces back! near record profits for qantas this year despite cut—throat competition. the boss says it shows his turna

but from me and the rest of the team here in bangkok, thailand, it's goodbye.n world superpower, it is gold for farah! he stormed his way to the 10,000m title, much to the delight of the home crowd and his children. here at the london stadium, mo wasn't the only star out on the track. usain bolt began his bid for a 12th world title. he made it through his 100m heat to make today's semifinals. good morning, it's saturday 5th august. a british computer expert will spend the weekend in a us jail, after being accused of creating software

today, he was in thailand, also in malaysia.ajor trading partners with north korea, trying to convince them to tow the line on this. and, we have been hearing from north korea, too. their state media has been pumping out the usual rhetoric we have been hearing from the regime of kim jong un saying something like that they are getting ready for a savage physical attack on the united states in the wake of these sanctions, which were basically written by the united states. specifically claiming that they did have the capability of hitting the mainland of the united states and with this latest information, all that has a little bit more resonance, harris. >> harris: greg, before i let you go, i want to lean in on your own expertise. have you been to north korea. have you been following the chain behind that curtain that we cannot see. enhance your reporting, if you can, with your own experience. >> well, in fact, talking to the people on the ground as we have been and our business to pyongyang their library is that we have it. we ha

making the president complex great again meanwhile all over the world countries as different as thailand and norway are forging ahead with new and more productive ways of dealing with the age old question of what to do with people who break the law for more on that i'm joined by dr dr singer professor at the john jay college of criminal justice at the city university of new york and author of the new book incarceration nations a journey to justice in prisons around the world dr dr singer welcome to the program thank you for having me so in your book you travel all over the world researching different prison systems what did you discover and what surprised you. well i visited nine countries prison systems and of course my approach is very much grounded in the work i do in the u.s. i teach in prisons and run education programs in prisons and i think the tremendous failure that i witnessed firsthand in doing the work for my book was seeing that the american system has been replicated around the world that essentially we have built this system of incarceration as a response to crime which is

i want to start with kenneth landon, who served as a missionary in thailand. kenneth landon was the husband of the not yet famous margaret landon of the king and i. novel published in 1944. 1941 when begins in somebody you know about, wild bill donovan is eager to find somebody who knew something about thailand. the japanese were marching across tile and after conquering indochina. roosevelt was concerned about what to do next. he finally scared up this former missionary who is teaching philosophy in indiana. he calls him up. when he gets to washington, he finds that the entire intelligence file the u.s. government has on thailand consist of four published articles that landon himself had written. there was a complete lack of understanding of what was going on in southeast asia. heelys, he becomes an important oss officer, he is the first desk officer in the state department for southeast asia. he is the author of the document of earliest date and the pentagon papers. reynolds, and other historians talk about landon. generally, he is not well-known out the cir

secretary of state tillerson is in thailand. that's important because there is a lot of business done between north korea and thailand via false front dummy companies that pyongyang sets up in that country to help raise revenues for those nuclear and missile programs. tillerson is trying to convince the government there to crack down on these government to get in line with the u.n. sanctions approved over this weekend and following the two icbm missile launches by north korea last month, neighboring japan today with a very stark warning they have an annual defense report they put out just today and they say in terms of north korea, they have reached a new stage. they probably have miniaturized nuclear warhead and calling on their defenses to ratchet up against this growing threat. a united front from allies of the united states, especially in the region like japan and thailand, the kind of stuff that president trump was referring to in his tweets today. bill. >> take us to pyongyang. how is it responding after this, greg? >> the

we get lots of rain due to thailand.soon, which is bringing lots of rain to northern parts of the philippines. the warm, wet winds have brought as much as 200 millimetres of rain in 24 hours south of manila, likely to be more flooding. further north, in the west pacific, you can see the eye of that typhoon, typhoon noro, which has been wandering south of japan, where the winds have dropped a little bit, but it is still a strong typhoon. the winds could be gusting 120 miles an hour in the next 24 hours, and we have seen big waves, a dangerous well and a storm surge around the pacific coast. that may strengthen before making landfall, probably sunday night, then bringing those flooding rains into my pity. there has been almost a month reign in 24 hours in cross city in florida, i'm sure it's inhabited are not amused. there are still some rain around. that should begin to ease off later in the day. it is cooler for the time of year across the central plains. there could be some rather heavy showers. still hot out towards th

the headlines: thailand's supreme court is preparing to rule on whether former premier yingluck chinnawut is guilty of negligence over a costly rice subsidy policy. if convicted, she could face up to a decade behind bars, and be out of politics for life. she has always denied the allegations. swiss police say eight people are missing in a landslide in the east of the country. rescuers are intensifying their efforts as geologists warn more landslides are possible in the remote alpine valley, which is very popular with hikers and climbers. the united nations has called for a humanitarian pause in fighting for control of the syrian town of raqqa, a stronghold of extremist group, the so—called islamic state. un agencies believe up to 25,000 civilians are trapped, caught between is fighters and heavy bombing by coalition forces. now it's time for click. this week and next, a repeat of click‘s stellar trip to india, with bangla bangers... smoggy sunsets... ..and angry angle grinders. get ready, your indian experience starts now. as soon as you step off the plane, india hits you like a big, hot

i visited the thailand's -- thailand with the old airstrip with the 299 combat engineers with steward -- was the vicious attacks in 1969. i climbed hamburger hill late summer heat is humidity. i never in in the morning of north vietnamese veterans in the village. i was surprised when they accepted an invitation to climb with me. they call a hamburger hill because they would grind them up like a hamburger grinding machine. to be sleep -- a steep and slippery i sweated and slipped and i wondered how those scared young men had climbed the hill they 1969. no one was shooting down enemy and i was not carrying 50 pounds of equipment to detect a small group to reach two hours and it took them 10 days. for those who reached the top. at 70 and 80 percent casualties before the fight was over. while on top of the hill i told the north vietnamese shall -- soldiers and wanted to share a story with them i had grown up in an old midwestern mining town called galena it was a lead mining town for settled in the 1820s i worked in the minds after i got out of the marines one of my bosses was a world war

you know thailand based in thailand partially nobody even think about this issue it's absolutely no issue so it's again some kind of and never will be an issue on this north korea provoked an attack not. it is still going to do anything to do this through southeast asia some going to do it i think most likely to. attack against north korea will come for a walk you know about for of the u.s. basis and then of course the delegation will be against the u.s. but the. exactly exactly that's the thing about if you want to but if you did most of the parts of the wall. it's not serious when one of the things this brings up something that i've been very critical of over the years is this in tangle ing. treaties and alliances the united states gets itself into because it ends up being wag the dog you have the south koreans who depending on what regime is there at the time would political flavor is that the time they can use the united states as low bridge for what it wants in its security and the japanese do the same thing i mean another alternative and i know that this is again while very bad solu

a bbc correspondent says the military had earlier urged ms yingluck to leave thailand but that she hads in jail over a rice subsidy scheme. a former volkswagen engineer, who helped develop a device that enabled cars to evade us pollution rules, has been sentenced to more than three years in prison. james liang is the first person to be prosecuted in the emissions scandal. he's also been ordered to pay $200,000. the us investigation has led to charges against seven others in the us and sparked probes in other countries. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the circus begins in las vegas ahead of one of the biggest fights boxing has ever seen. he is the first african—american to accept the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts 45 years ago to the day that martin luther king declared, "i have a dream." as darkness falls tonight, an unfamiliar light will appear in the south—eastern sky. an orange, glowing disc that is brighter than anything save the moon — our neighbouring planet mars. there is no doubt that this election is an important milestone in the birth of eas

those are the three largest maritime you are correctly t pointing out new zealand and thailand also have a very close relationship with sweet -- singapore. >> i would like to ask as the commander with the growing unrest in venezuela and in terms of refugees?. >> i think you have hit the dark end of the spectrum think you -- you've hit the really dark end of the spectrum would be a complete collapse of order in the nation which conceivably could lead to waves of refugee. it is more likely that they would move across the border into columbia than they would take to sea but some number probably qowld take to sea. i don't think it's a maritime problem per se. but i think it's an a enormous potential humanitarian crisis. already within venezuela, to we have any here tonight normally we would in a miami audience i'm shocked we don't o. it is a -- becoming difficult with real violence on the streets. let us hope that they dot right thing which is not to create a new kind of -- lump parliament and jam a new constitution through. let us hope had that he allows current rule of law to follow w

a bbc correspondent says the military had earlier urged ms yingluck to leave thailand but that she hader seen at the weigh in a short time ago, floyd mayweather and the mixed martial arts star, connor macgregor, stood before the crowd where they will go head to head on saturday night. the high—stakes show is already being billed as the richest and most unlikely matchup in boxing history. from las vegas, richard conway reports. that is the worst shape i have ever seen him in. he looks blown out, out of shape. i'm going to breeze breeze through him. trust me on that. there was a lot of talk about you having trouble to make weight, how tough was that? 153. it is dedication and focus, but i make it. and that's it. look at me, i am in peak physical condition. i put in the work, as everyone can see. i'm ready. it won't go the distance, mark my word. this was the last time in your life that you will ever have to get on the scale. has that set in, and what role does that play in final fight, that this will be your final fight? 7 ijust want to thank the fans. i'm not worried about the scale or

thailand's former premier could face jail if found guilty of illegal subsidies.hip after he criticised senior figures in his own party. and i'm alpa patel in london. also coming up in the programme: has north korea just given us a glimpse of its next planned nuclear weapon? a wall chart next to kim jong—un reveals blueprints for a new rocket. the biggest single win in us lottery history, as mavis from massachusetts scoops $750 million on the powerball.

sector state rex tennyson has been visiting thailand where he's been making a play for the kingdom. to stop trading with north korea breaks tennyson is the highest ranking american diplomat to visit thailand since the coup in twenty fourteen. well that coup strains ties between the longtime allies is so china move in with office of arms sales infrastructure deals to bangkok. washington is now trying to round up support for his fits isolate north korea i that kill yanks nuclear ambitions. the united nations says security forces in venezuela are committing widespread human rights abuses it says there is evidence of government opponents being subjected to violent house arrest. all the true detention and torture it times five thousand people have been detained by security forces since april and a thousand of them are still in custody. the un is now calling on president nicolas maduro's government to investigate the alleged abuse who who are that we can go to cara heads. and a correspondence anatoly come annoyance and an attorney what is new in this report. well quite frankly who've been