. [ laughter ] not just thailand, but northern thailand.million rice fields, it's a fertile, green and gorgeous area, home of the ancient lanna people. welcome to chiang mai province. tucked up near the borders of burma, china, laos, india not too far away. all of them have left their mark on the food. >> andy: here's the local hooch. lao khao. >> anthony: and if you're eating here, chances are you're also drinking. >> andy: ugh. compared to the, uh, the stuff we had this morning, this is substantially more harsh, i would say, and less fragrant. >> anthony: the village of mae on, and this place is called him tang. how did you find this place, man? we're in the middle of nowhere. >> andy: it's a very popular place. >> anthony: a restaurant showcasing one of the distinguishing elements of northern thai cuisine -- the heavy use of animal protein. >> andy: you see the local people, they're lining up. here in northern thailand, pig reigns supreme. so most of the stuff we're eating here is made out of pig. >> anthony: okay, so what did you order?

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i'm on the banks of the northern thailand just across the river is laos and downstream from here the lao government is building another big dam we'll tell you why many people on this side of the river want it stopped and yegor matter donna says drugs calls him to waste away but he's now moving on with his life at a new club in the heart of mexico's drug lands we'll have the details. for let's go back to our main story today and that of the recent to remarks made by . the general secretary talking about the closure of the organizations office in washington. is professor of public policy at university and he's a former policy adviser to the palestinian prime minister he's joining us from ramallah in occupied west bank thank you for talking to us just when you thought it couldn't get any worse the relationship between the palestinians and the u.s. administration has just shown that it can is there anything that can resuscitate the relationship between the palestinians and the trumpet ministration. i don't think so i think the level of distrust between the two sides it's wide especially

much of the push to develop hydro power projects in laos is driven by electricity demand in thailand under the original proposal around ninety percent of the electricity generated by the bang dam was to be exported to thailand but that's now in doubt after the thais decided to hold off some. running an agreement to purchase power from that project the electricity generating more authority of thailand wouldn't grant al-jazeera an interview but it seems it's realised that it may have enough power and would need to buy more from laos critics say another reason to reassess was july partial collapse of a dam in southern laos which killed more than thirty people i think down business is quite loud so days no stand out guideline save the procedure that way in case of backed up you know when the dam break you know. the warnings his road access to road to a problematic. the lao government says harnessing the energy of the mekong is vital to its plans for economic growth opponents believe the cost to the environment and livelihoods outweighs the benefits not only for laos but the whole region

i'm on the banks of the mekong river in northern thailand just across the. there is a blouse and downstream from here the lao government is building another big dam we'll tell you why many people on this side of the river want it stopped. now the rain heavy again has moved through genea and pennsylvania and his disappearance i mean no through new england the tail of cloud that run to the southern states shows little action but the most true still there so big showers are still possible from texas all the way through georgia to the east coast and new york at twenty seven degrees is feeling the humidity slowly rise again so will they the rain will probably go offshore for the most part you go to constantly rising temperature regime once more and he was to come out with it and just on the screen oh yes a spitting storm this is the one jus to hit possibly north carolina as a hurricane and a strong one will switch on wednesday but possibly on thursday rest the u.s. much quieter picture you can see but note the appearance of snow in british columbia jumping sas st

in parts of rural thailand red marks the spot it's an indicator that farmers used to show that sprayed paraquat a toxic weed killer banned in many countries and the european union its use is blamed on a number of illnesses including a flesh eating bacteria disease which is emerged in northern thailand some farmers have died others have lost limbs in the province of non-board lump who where researchers say contamination from agric emma cools is severe. i really want to see people stop using the chemicals last time i went to the provincial hospital the staff told me there were a lot of patients with similar symptoms as i had thailand's become one of the world's biggest uses of paraquat partly because of its effectiveness on sugarcane plantations as the price of rice fell the government encouraged farmers to grow other crops like sugar which in turn increased demand for paraquat the health ministry recommended that it be banned along with two other chemicals but that was ignored and they continued use approved by a government appointed committee there are now allegations that some members

whwhile elephants in susumatra e habitat loss from palm oil, elephants in thailand face e a completely different set of problems.s. here, tourism is ffueling the illegal trarade of baby elephants. >> [speaking thahai] >> elephant rides, festivals, and camps are a must for thousands of tourists who flock toto thailand each yearar. 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 elelephants. >> 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 basesed in africa watching elephants, among other t things, for a veryry, ryry lontimeme, whereas in asia there's very little e research has been n do. very little has been said about the dramatic drop in population. no one would have any idea that this species isis also endanger. >>ohohn roberts s runs an elepht camp. he was one ofof the firsto recognize the link between the supply of elephant

i'm wayne hay in northeast thailand where we'll tell you why some are blaming the emergence of a flesh eating disease on a big increase in sugar cane plantations. hello again we're here cross united states we are entering a holiday weekend and we are going to be seeing things changing for some locations up here to the northeast not too bad up towards new york on saturday tempter there of about twenty five degrees but we have a lot of moisture we have a lot of the flow now coming out of the south and when you have that that means those temperatures are about to go up so from twenty five degrees here on saturday we are looking at those temperatures rising to about twenty six but washington about thirty degrees and then as we go towards the middle of next week expect those temperatures to go back to into the mid to low thirty's there out towards the west coast seattle a pleasant day if you partly cloudy at about twenty two while we are watching a few tropical disturbance here across the caribbean notice these clouds right here to the north of santa domingo we're going to be watching that

it will also link the three main airports to thailand's eastern economic corridor. >> we have plannedso to speak, of connectivity, not just in thailand, but also with other countries, such as neighboring countries. china is to the north of us, so it is natural we can link up with the belt and road initiative. it is a corridor running from china south through thailand, and to asean all the way. >> each country has to look at their own interests, has to make sure that what ever loans they incur are affordable, not only to this generation, but to subsequent generations. the two loans we have negotiated, the first one is for a dam, $62.5 million, and the second one is for the development of a municipal water project. that is around $200 million. we are currently negotiating a larger loan, and this will be approximately $2.8 billion, and this will be for a railway project. again, improvement of the railway project. >> we have set up in indonesia infrastructure projects, and based on that, we identify which project we feel we can then propose to be included in the bri. the biggest challenge

much of the push to develop hydro power projects in laos is driven by electricity demand in thailand under the original proposal around ninety percent of the electricity generated by the pop bang dam was to be exported to thailand but that's now in doubt after the thais decided to hold off signing an agreement to purchase power from that project the l . tricity generating more authority of thailand wouldn't grant al-jazeera an interview but it seems it's realised that it may have enough power and would need to buy more from laos critics say another reason to reassess was july's partial collapse of a dam in southern laos which killed more than thirty people i think down business is quite loud so days no stand out guideline save the procedure that in case of backup who you know live in the dam break you know. the warnings the stand the road access to roads to a problematic in laos. the lao government says harnessing the energy of the mekong is vital to its plans for economic growth opponents believe the cost to the environment and livelihoods outweighs the benefits not only for laos bu

thailand. yemen's a civil war has made life a lot harder for me vulnerable women that some charities are now helping them on a living. on one of them but you know what the beauty is in the details and these young women are determined to learn a new skill sewing the old traditional yemeni way. presently they can be that's one of the many skills this charity has been seeking for the past fifteen years in the city of sanaa the war may have forced volunteer teachers from europe and the u.s. to leave but the charity's founder returns from the u.k. to ensure its survival despite its building being hit in several strikes. me my team and i have been working under very harsh conditions missiles looming over our heads shelling and killing all around us despite that we open the doors to us under every day and our main concern is to help families with aid and medical supplies. women and children are the most vulnerable in yemen right now but learning new skills including computing have given them a boost t

thailand. argentina's government says it will discuss a fifty billion dollar bailout with the international monetary fund on monday the currency has lost half its value against the u.s. dollar the share a lot america deal with the newman reports and. all eyes were on the city when a site is his financial center. after losing another fifteen percent of its values thursday the government managed a modest recovery after infusing almost seven hundred million dollars into the currency market to stop the hemorrhaging but that didn't diminish the long queues of people seeking refuge in the u.s. dollar. these abrupt and deep explosions in the currency such strong valuations concern me because they symbolize an unstable country and unstable economy. arjen times think and save in dollars and with good reason given their economies history of boom and bust and when the dollar goes up so do prices while the value of people's wages starts tunneling down and that is exactly what is happening today a waitress

i'm wayne hay in northeast thailand where we'll tell you why some are blaming the emergence of a flesh eating disease on a big increase in sugarcane plantations. and we'll be taking a look at some of the documentaries featured at the venice film festival. we got the temperatures recovering across western parts of europe now fair amounts of sunshine into the eastern side of the continent clear skies here we can see this line of cloud which is running its way all the way up towards the baltic states big area of thunder a showers there just around the alps northern parts of the balkans then coming in behind will go to say area of high pressure just nestled over the north sea well that is a blocking features that will keep the weather front set by you can see a little cloud just coming into western nolens pushing across towards cotton but twenty four celsius for london paris not too bad at old you go on into monday does make inroads but the clouds will start to thin and break so the rain band does filter out a little bit so it'll start to weaken twenty four celsius once again a little more

thailand. one of the world's largest urban forests and johannesburg but its future is not threatened by man but by a tiny beetle from either miller explains from johannesburg with ten million trees johannesburg is regarded as one of the world's greenest cities but hundreds of thousands of trees could be under through it from a tiny beetle and the fungus it carries. it's a it's a crisis. manmade forests is under threat because of those people. and you are not enough is being done from a. maybe a government or a city level at a local school trees seargent julian or trying to stop the spread of the beatles which point to trees the fungus that the beetle brings to the tree is actually clogging up in layman's terms of vascular system in the tree that's transporting the water the nutrients up and down the tree so it interferes with that and that's basically because the water in your transcon pass through that affected area or that damaged area it's the tree on the top dies back. so it's basically sta

haslinda: like many of its neighbors, thailand is betting big on the belt and road, investing tens of dollars with the help of china to turn its eastern provinces into an economic corridor. and billions more on projects like this. from bangkok all the way to china. the mega station will serve as bangkok's rail hub for fast trains north to china, laos, and south to singapore and malaysia, although that part of the journey is now in jeopardy. it will also link the three main airports to thailand's eastern economic corridor. >> we have planned it to be a catalyst, so to speak, of connectivity, not just in thailand, but also with other countries, such as neighboring countries. china is to the north of us, so it is natural we can link up with the belt and road initiative. it is a corridor running from china south through thailand, and to asean all the way. >> each country has to look at their own interests, has to make sure that what ever loans they incur are affordable, not only to this generation, but to subsequent generations. the two loans we have negotiated, the first one is for a dam

i'm wayne hay in northeast thailand where we'll tell you why some are blaming the emergence of a flesh eating disease on a big increase in sugarcane plantations. hello again welcome back to international weather forecasts were here across the lavonne we are looking at still very hot temperatures here across much of central portions of iraq over the next few days so baghdad forty five degrees there kuwait city forty eight degrees is going to be high on saturday we do expect that number to come down but it's coming down for a reason being humidity and when you have more moisture in the air it's hard to get the temperature up so forty five degrees but very uncomfortable conditions as we go towards the beginning of the week that number's going to come down even more and it's going to be even more humid across that region well doha is pretty much the same thing thirty nine degrees is going to be a high here on saturday it we're going to have some higher clouds so a little bit less sun but still the mid it is going to be in the air over towards the forty two mostly cloudy conditions but down

on the banks of the northern thailand just across the river is laos and downstream from here the lao government is building another big dam we'll tell you why many people on this side of the river want to stop. hello showers reached out from turkey and reached just about cyprus in the far northwest of syria they may be repeated i suspect not really not for many any run the black sea and possibly occasionally in the caspian that's a possibility otherwise remain dry and still hot forty six in kuwait city and slightly hotter just a bit further north in southern iraq is what you might expect is only a very slow decline in this daytime heat if anything there are past still getting occasionally hotter but nothing much more to say about this part of the world it's still dry and it's too hot we haven't seen summer and occasional breeze off the interiors made things a little less humid as suggested by thirty eight hundred the chances are it's going to become more humid as above forty probably drive below forty probably he would say was true in abu dhabi and we've seen some significant showers

i'm wayne hay in northeast thailand where we'll tell you why some are blaming the emergence of a flesh eating disease on a big increase in sugar cane plantations and in sports the fastest lap in formula one history sure as ferrari dominates qualifying back home grand prix. how the weather's looking glassy dry across much of the middle east no great surprises here we still going to the legacy of showers just around the black sea so southern parts of russia pushing into georgia. maybe a little bit wet weather there into armenia but essentially it does that dry and sunny might just catch you notice that just around the southern end of the caspian as we go through sunday but for much of the region they plenty of sunshine into the low thirty's for beirut for jerusalem or to the mid forty's back that at also for kuwait you come down into the arabian peninsula in here it's again try a little bit of cloud into southern parts of saudi arabia but it's largely looking settled and sunny on the human side from time to time though at least here in qatar that will be the case the around the u.a.e. al

many people in chiang kong northern thailand blame it on overfishing and dams built on the upper reaches of the mekong river in china they make always the largest inland fishery in the world and the people in this community want the dam stopped they've been protesting against lao government plans to build a dam downstream from here in part bang which they say will impact the ability of fish to migrate up and down stream but i can chum can remain on the dams that have already been built have changed the rivers by tall ety the occurrence have been altered which is causing the ecosystems will malfunction a coup. construction of two dams on the mainstream of the lower mekong in laos is well underway there are plans for at least seven more including bang the government wants to become the battery of south-east asia by exporting elektra's from hydro power projects mainly to thailand. much of the push to develop hydro power projects in laos is driven by electricity demand in thailand under the original proposal around ninety percent of the electricity generated by the pop bang dam was to be exp

thailand the queen of soul aretha franklin has been buried at a cemetery in her hometown the u.s. city of detroit a musical legend was placed in her family's plot were she now lives alongside her father and siblings earlier she was honored at a funeral service that lasted almost eight hours it was the fourth day of remembrance predatory its most famous resident the venice film festival has fallen in the footsteps of canon signed a gender parity pledge but organizers have rejected claims of sexism and insists the real problem lies elsewhere again baba reports from venice. a gesture but some say years overdue on friday the venice film festival signed an agreement promising greater transparency over how it selects films and gender equality across the organization followed similar moves by rivals like counted. before the festival started the european women's audiovisual network published an open letter to venice denouncing the fact only one film in the main competition here is directed by a woman and demanding changes to what they called a rigged system that favors mainly white males.

thailand. other venice film festival has followed in the footsteps of can and signed a gender parity pledge but organizers have rejected claims of sexism and say the real problem lies elsewhere the reports from venice. a gesture that some say is over due on friday the venice film festival signed an agreement promising greater transparency over how it selects films and gender equality across the organization followed similar moves by rivals like counted. before the festival started the european women's audiovisual network published an open letter to venice denouncing the fact only one film in the main competition here is directed by a woman and demanding changes to what they called a rigged system that favors mainly white males. now it seems change is on its way but for the festival director actual quotas are a step too far quaters is something which he says to me fair and right in politics for example. we can use the quarters. in art the only katie to talk for is the quality of their work is. s

i'm wayne hay reporting from thailand a major importer exporter and producer. will tell you what the government is planning to do about its. hello there the showers have been pounding the northern parts of iran recently for a look at the satellite picture we can see them here just along the coast of the caspian sea and spreading a little bit further towards the south we'll see them gradually work their way eastwards there as we head through tuesday to more of them in the eastern parts of iran and those will gradually work their way towards afghanistan as we head through choose day and into wednesday meanwhile towards the west look at this in ankara we'll get to around twenty seven degrees lots of cloud and rain to the north of us for tuesday but as we head into wednesday that system sinks southwards the temperatures really drop thirteen degrees this time of maximum and then the rain will start as well so do expect it to be a pretty wet and windy one before the towards the south and here in doha looks like the next few days should be a little bit less humid whic

i'm wayne hay reporting from thailand a major importer exporter and producer waste will tell you what the government is planning to do about it. and pakistan looks to make sure their last chance of making the asia cup final doesn't slip through their fingers details in sport. because some quad's weather pushing into western parts of europe not looking too bad hair not too bad it's the central areas as well the way it's a weather is good though further east long line of cloud that's been producing some rather shallow showers and some long spells of see some showers to central parts of the mediterranean just around the eye and you see pushing over towards grace towards turkey lobby showers set to continue for a time at least central processor said largely dry cold enough in the east that they have a twelve celsius for moscow and for kiev but we're getting up to around twenty degrees in london and paris and in light winds not feeling too bad a told temperatures even a touch warmers they go on through thursday so a lovely day somewhere weather that to come into scotland by this day so sti

thailand has been slow to wake up to its waste problem until the new laws are implemented and enforced they will be skepticism about the government's commitment to clean up wayne hay al jazeera bangkok and your breakthrough treatment is offering hope to people who are paralyzed and unable to walk three patients who have been paralyzed for years cannot stand and take steps thanks to an implant that sends an electronic jolt to the spinal cord so such a bar explains. jared is doing what he once thought was impossible five years ago he was paralyzed from the waist down after snowmobile accident he is now able to take small steps to be able to move. my legs and. to walk even a stand it means a lot. that there is hope for not only me but other people jared was the first patients at the mayo clinic in the united states to have an electrical stimulation device implanted near his damaged spinal cord. spinal injuries disrupt nerve paths that normally allow the brain to signal the legs to move in this study doctors implanted an electrical stimulator at the base of the spine between the vertebrae

i'm going hey on the banks of the mekong river in northern thailand just across the river is laos and downstream from here the lao government is building another big dam we'll tell you why many people on this side of the river want it stopped. hello again it's good to have you back we are watching a system coming out of the west pacific now this is going to bring some very very heavy rain showers large swells and the potential of flooding for the philippines just off the chart right there you can see the swirl of clouds that is typhoon that is making its way towards the west we're going to be watching this very carefully bring heavy rain showers not just to the philippines but also into parts of taiwan let's put this into motion from wednesday into thursday you notice that storm really start to get a little bit closer it's not going to be till the end of the week that we see it approaching the area we're not sure about landfall yet but we are going to be watching that very carefully so manila things are going to be deteriorating for you in terms of there are thirty one degrees in floo

threats but i'm wayne hay on the banks of the mekong river in northern thailand just across the river is laos and downstream from here the lao government is building another big dam we'll tell you why many people on this side of the river want it stopped. hello again it's good to have you back well we're going to start this weather report here across parts of turkey where just over the black sea we have an area of low pressure that's bringing quite a bit of rain across much of that area so for the not the cause of turkey tuesday into wednesday the rain is going to start to diminish a little bit a little bit cooler for ankara at about thirty four degrees but warmer down here across the eastern part of the med aleppo thirty five for you over here towards beirut we do expect to see about thirty one even getting warmer all up all those temperatures really rising above average for this time of year but down towards kuwait you are still into the mid forty's we don't see much of a break over the next few days as it make our way down here across much of the middle east we are going to be seei

thailand plans to ban plastic imports within the next two years but like the ban on e.u. waste the plan is light on detail but what it may do is focus attention on domestic plastic use at the moment less than a quarter is recycled already used. thailand has been slow to wake up to its waste problem until the new laws are implemented and enforced there will be skepticism about the government's commitment to clean up wayne hay al-jazeera bangkok. now in a few moments we'll have the weather for you with staff but also still ahead here on the news hour why the surgeon from south sudan has won a prestigious u.n. award. in sport in jersey and a new start for basketball's biggest star we'll hear what le bron james has to say about this move from east to west. by the sky now in the rain. off the coast of the italian riviera. hello there just to the east of the philippines we have an absolutely huge typhoon but fortunately looks like it's moving away from us here it is on the satellite picture and is covering a huge area to round about eight hundred kilometers from east to west an

i'm wayne hay reporting from thailand a major importer exporter and producer of waste will tell you what the government is planning to do about it and a breakthrough in spinal treatment technologies helping paralyzed patients get back on their feet. and pakistan look to make sure their last chance of making the asia cup final doesn't slip through their fingers details on the sport more on that stay with us. once again welcome to another look at the international forecast with some of the sharp shall is slow spells of rain easing across well the eastern half of the u.s. at the moment severe storms in the forecast just around the lakes line of cloud just around the appalachians but i really want to draw your attention to this little cluster of storms offshore from the carolinas could see some wet weather coming in here over the next couple days and of course that does bring with it some problems lot of wet weather there through way to stay right down the appalachian mountains into the deep south right into the gulf coast of the u.s. heavy downpours just north of the border into that east a

i'm wayne hay on the banks of the mekong river in northern thailand just across the river is laos and downstream from here the lao government is building another big dam we'll tell you why many people on this side of the river wanted stopped. hello despite strong winds ceasar the rain itself has not moved about very much particularly in europe in northern europe in norway these clouds in swimming's screams we've got a while now it's about to ease up i think but the circulating storms down here have reached as far south as cyprus off into turkey or up into ukraine as well fifty sixty millimeters thereabouts a little bit more on the east coast of spain not was thundery the total up in oslo not far away actually is far more than seventy with is i'm just giving you the last twenty four hours but i think it's about to change these storms are still studies circulating but this rain they're running through is at least briefly lighter and then will disappear altogether likewise down in spain the forecast might refer to the cloud but as for rain nothing like as much as a quietening situation w

on the banks of the mekong river in northern thailand just across the river is laos and downstream from here the lao government is building another big dam we'll tell you why many people on this side of the river want it stopped. hello again welcome back we're here across the south china sea we are watching one system developing right here notice the clouds on the satellite image making their way into the northern part of the south china sea that is going to develop into trouble storm now it's going to stay off the coast of china for the next few days bringing a lot of heavy rain as well as a wins even for hong kong but as we go from wednesday to thursday that system makes its way towards high non we're going to see our first landfall there most likely would some heavy rain localized flooding and then as we go from thursday to friday it is going to be vietnam they're going to be very concerned with flooding happening across most of the northern portion there well over towards india the northern part of india we are looking at some dry conditions a lot of sun in the forecast nala clouds

supremes court pick of sexual assault gets more time to negotiate the terms of her testimony thailand's military rulers loosen their rules on political meetings but for opposition parties hoping the campaign moves still leaves a lot to be desired. hello again well this hour we're going to start north asia where we are watching some fairly nice conditions as we end the weekend here across japan you can notice that the from the boundary is pushing off here towards the pacific that's going to allow some clear skies to come in over the next few days but that is going to be changing going to see sendai partly cloudy twenty seven same with tokyo at twenty eight but then as we go towards monday more clouds start rolling across the area but we don't expect to see much in terms of rain across that region temperatures are going to be coming up a degree or two there well here across parts of china the clouds are back in as well as the rain we did have a nice spell of dry area in conditions down here along the coast but forty four hong kong you are going to be seeing rain at about thirty one jumpin

. -- half ability for who survived got refuge in thailand. an additional 122,000 refugees join them in thailand between 1980 and 1986. in vietnam, there were no set -- there was another outpouring name as the vote people. these people escaped by sea. there were people who had normally been political, military or cultural leaders in south vietnam. some were ethnic minorities fleeing persecution. 150,000 went to china while tens of thousands to to the ocean and made their way to other places in southeast asia, including thailand, malaysia, indonesia and the philippines. they sailed in both that were hardly seaworthy. an estimated 25% to 50% died at sea. if they were lucky to make it to land, sometimes they were forced back to see by governments like thailand and malaysia that refuse to accept them and take responsibility. those refugees were fortunate enough to live on and make it to a refugee camp lived in squalid conditions, very difficult conditions in thailand and elsewhere. by the middle of 1979, nearly 100,000 vietnamese people were in ma

thailand. all right still ahead on when we come back in sport it wasn't easy but the tennis world number one managed to pull through action at the u.s. open coming up. september up on al-jazeera the fourth eastern economic forum is to be held in the city of le divorce stock as russia looks to expand its influence in the asia pacific region on television and online the stream continues to tap into the extraordinary potential of social media to disseminate news the president of russia turkey and iran will meet in teheran for another summit seeking an end to the war in syria we'll have extensive coverage people in power continues to examine the use and abuse of power around the world the united nations general assembly hall the seventy third session what action will it take on atrocities in me in march and yemen will bring you all the news of september on al-jazeera. asia's largest catholic country is witnessing a dramatic rise in teenage pregnancy. when used investigates why so many filipino chil

the corridor running along china south, through thailand, and to asean.e way. >> each country has to look at their own interests. has to make sure that you know areever loans they incur affordable, not only to this generation but to the subsequent generations. haslinda: another of the key routes for china will be core doors through myanmar and local asians throw all kinds of questions. the country borders china, bangladesh providing not only a channel to the indian ocean but overland west to the indian subcontinent. after years of military rule, myanmar's infrastructure is in urgent need of development, making it a prime target of the blet elt and road initiative. dave: and you can catch the full episode of the belt and road reported 9:00 p.m. out of sydney 7 p.m. in hong kong. more ahead in the program. this is bloomberg. ♪ dave: it is time for battle of the charts. their that starts again each other. theirn have a look at charts that we will bring up in a few seconds. in fact, to kick things off it's -- rishaad: what if we got because it will be close.

i'm wayne hay on the banks of the mekong river in northern thailand just across the river is laos and downstream from here the lao government is building another big dam we'll tell you why many people on this side of the river want it stopped and the oldest man in formula one is set to leave ferrari but can a petition from fans make him stay he too will have that story and much more. al is still reading in norway but that range receding to the west coast i think it'll carry on as life has to for a long time you can see from the medicaid is coming in something's going on there's still a few showers wandering around the ukraine thirty eight millimeters it's just a lot of rain in comparison with what's forgot to persistent like the stuff up in norway and the show's over spain they've not actually been falling over rain gauges they look significant but they're on them and they are however that's a development area it looks like we have showers in the eastern side of spain sudden from maybe the riviera this is a jury wednesday this just a bit of coastal rain otherwise lot of breeze down to

thailand's military rulers loosen their rules on political meetings but campaigning is still a step too far. hello again we're here across the united states we are going to be seeing quite a bit of active weather here particularly across the midwest into the great lakes and canada as well we do have a frontal boundary extending all the way back down here towards texas and that is where we're going to get the majority of the rain but up toward the northeast that is where we're going to be seeing the drop in the temperature here in ottawa fifteen degrees for you as a high toronto at sixteen even new york you're going to be coming down as well over the next few days sunday well more rain down here towards the self denver is going to be a very warm thirty degrees as well as los angeles a nice day there at about twenty eight as i make a way down here towards the caribbean well the tropics are a little bit of a low right now but we are going to be seeing more clouds and rain showers particular up here to its parts of cuba where havin a it's going to be a rainy day their expression also down h

bangkok thailand finally i knew the region where that comes from. but a million good has literally associations for me is your culture what it's more was said to get contemplation. it may have faced come to the middle east with china's traders and today it's the chinese again a lot hopping of the biggest financial market. back in egypt when his hunt for clean up my land tells me about the boom in chinese sets why did the chinese a stark reminder go and work on the rest of the world. it's got to burn through cellars and. yourselves in europe recently. because of. the economy yeah there's just there's more and more rich trainings and it's really a function name on how they bury all the highest quality so the price is rising very very fast. like every year and can be like twenty percent or so depending on the quality of the highest quality. what do they use it for. is different case for false culture of feeling tree they like to put it on my school ace when they're in their home to impress their our guest also and also as a traditional medicine. differ

s prime minister a new south right to walk away from bragg's it talks plus thailand's military rulers loosen their rules on political meetings by campaigning is still a step too far. from the clear blue sky of the doha mooning. to the fresh autumn breeze in the city of love. hello again it's good to have you back we're here across parts of the lavar where a look at some clouds making their way across tehran maybe south a backhoe across the southern part of the caspian we don't expect to see much in terms of rain across that region but there is some more rain coming in here from the west maybe baku by the time we get to saturday evening into sunday morning those showers be pushing through your area but a nice day at twenty seven expected down towards quiet city a little bit cooler than what we've seen of the last couple days forty two degrees but humanity is still going to be an issue across that area well here across much of the arabian peninsula we are looking at nicer skies here across the coast of amman but we do think that as we go to the next couple of days more clouds are going

thailand all right still ahead on al-jazeera in sport rafael nadal's efforts want to force the u.s. open title almost ends early b.c. with that still. desperate for a better life millions of people have sought refuge in europe sometimes their dreams of sanctuary are realized but sometimes disenchantment and hostility drive them home. in the second of two films on these contrasting experiences people and power meets the returning migrants now determined to discourage others from following the same path. to gambia back home from al-jazeera. and under pointed world on. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for the dry riverbed like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their countries have been truly unable to escape the war. yemen civil war has made life a lot harder for many vulnerable women but some charities

the agreement is a sell out to china's communist government thailand says it will no longer take in other countries electronic trash so far this year it has seen an influx of waste arriving in the country after china enforced a similar bad when he reports these are not images normally associated with one of the world's most popular tourist destinations through a combination of consumption poor infrastructure and practices thailand is one of the world's largest contributors of ocean waste many of its beaches and waterways are clogged with rubbish it's also one of the region's biggest importers of waste but is making a move to stop it within six months the government says it will ban imports of hundreds of types of scrap electronics. in the proposal we suggest banning the import of used electrical appliances which total four hundred thirty two items last year thailand imported fifty three thousand tons of waste which is recycled for precious metal or plastic but it can also contain hazardous materials this year it's almost matched that amount already a result of china stopping some waste im

i'm wait hey reporting from thailand important exporter and producer waste will tell you what the government is planning to do about its. from dusky sunsets if it springs event. to sunrise atop an asian metropolis. hello there the showers have been pounding the northern parts of iran recently for a look at the satellite picture we can see them here just along the coast of the caspian sea and spreading a little bit further towards the south we'll see them gradually work their way eastwards there as we head through choose data more of them in the eastern parts of iran and those will gradually work their way towards afghanistan as we head through choose day and into wednesday meanwhile towards the west look at this in ankara we'll get to around twenty seven degrees lots of cloud and rain to the north of us for tuesday but as we head into wednesday that system sinks southwards the temperatures really drop thirteen degrees this time of maximum and then the rain will start as well to do expected to be a pretty wet and windy one before the towards the south and here in doha looks like the next few

this has been saying is next on the hit list is plastic thailand plans to ban plastic imports within the next two years but like the ban on the waste the plan is light on detail but what it may do is focus attention on domestic plastic use at the moment less than a quarter is recycled already used. thailand has been slow to wake up to its waste problem until the new laws are implemented and enforced there will be skepticism about the government's commitment to clean up wayne hay al jazeera bangkok. this is al jazeera let's get a round up of the top stories the e.u. says it's working on a way to keep trading with iran despite u.s. sanctions president truck pulled the u.s. out of the iran nuclear deal earlier this year and put sanctions on businesses that deal with iran european union and other countries that signed on to the nuclear deal now want to find a way for businesses to avoid u.s. countermeasures e.u. member states will set up a legal entity to facilitate legitimate financial transactions with iran and this will allow european companies to continue to trade with iran in accord

i'm wayne hay reporting from thailand a major importer exporter and producer waste will tell you what the government is planning to do about its. from the clear blue sky of the doha mooning. to the fresh fruits and breeze in the city of you know. how i once again the weather's looking lassie fine and try a cross the good parts of the philippines at the moment we have got one of two showers in the forecast southeastern parts of china also looking glass he settles to thirty celsius there from hong kong pushing lat heavy downpours coming in here possibility of some localized flooding and it's all sinking a little further south what's and down towards the southwest hong kong stays dry temperatures at around thirty one celsius similar temperature to form and over the next couple of days but notice this weather system this super typhoon trami this is just off shore should stay to the north and east of the philippines i'm relieved to say but always a chance of one or two showers strafing in here over the next couple days perhaps some longer spells of fright as we go on through thursday scatt

still to come on the programme: more than 1500 on line listing of live animals on sale in thailand, somebaby born with her heart on the outside of her body. we'll look at the incredible medical breakthrough that's allowed her to be taken home for the first time. freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes the spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, of the blacks in soweto township as well as the whites in their rich suburbs. we say to you today, in a loud and a clear voice, enough of blood and tears. enough! translation: the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. it's an exodus of up to 60,000 people, caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. iam free! this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. —— i'm rico hizon in london. our top stories: to as requested a new meeting with donald trump. the un warns that an assault on the syrian city of idlib could become the worst humanitarian

they're being sold across many places in thailand, from north to south, but as you know, with locations we take this with a little pinch of salt when we look at the locations, but they seem to be across thailand. a spokesperson for facebook has already said that it did not allow the trading of endangered species and removes such material as soon as possible. from your last check, elizabeth, has facebook taken down these listings? facebook has taken down some of the listings, we understand, but it is a question of whether the postings violate the community standards. so when facebook looks at the community standards, they look at the endangered status of animals, whereas when traffic does its study, it looks both at the endangered status and the legality of animals according to the laws of the country. these might not turn out to be the exact same list. so there are these animals that are being still sold on facebook. elizabeth from wildlife activist group traffic speaking to recover earlier. —— to rico. vanellope wilkins was born with her heart outside her body and with no breastbone. a

bangkok thailand finally i knew the region would come to rome. for millennia good has spiritual associations for me is your culture what it's more was said to be it contemplation. it's me have face come to the lived in this with china's traders and today it's the chinese again a lot hopping to the biggest financial market. back in egypt when his hunt for clean up my land tells me about the boom in china you said why did the chinese a stark reminder go and walk on the rest of the world. it's got to burn through cellars and. yourselves in europe recently. because of. the economy yeah there's just there's more and more rich trainings and it's really a function name on now they bury all the highest quality so the price is rising very very fast. like every year and can be like twenty percent or so depending on the quality of the highest quality. what do they use it for. is different case for false culture for f'ing tree they like to put it on my splays when they're in their home to impress you know our guest also and also as a traditional medicine. di

members, a quick chat, thailand is smiling again.ection scheduled but in the meantime, pretty robust tourism, gdp. all of this is going one way and it is going there as well. is this continuing or is it down to the fiscal buffers that thailand has managed to build? >> we think there is a good debris of -- degree of momentum in the thailand oped economy. if you look at the agriculture sector, it is healing after quite a few years. if you look at what the bank of thailand has been saying, if we do see continuation of robust growth in the first half of the year and continuing to move into the band, that suggests grounds for less become a monetary policy. butomes down to the but that is the key factor and the bank is looking on the short-term. haidi: thank you for your time, joseph. it is on the bloomberg and. into any of the securities with the bloomberg functions we talk about. it is for bloomberg subscribers only. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: this is bloomberg markets: asia let's get you a quick check of the business flash headlines. m

the philippines and thailand need to operate on a sliding scale. i am all for pressing for human rights concerns across the board and all of the countries pick the way you do it has to be different. i think they are pressing hard on the human rights issues. when you look at thailand and the philippines, you have to weigh the other benefits that they offer and they both offer tremendous amount of value as allies. it is similar in thailand. >> let me stick with walter for another couple of minutes. on the economic approach, obviously for those of you who watch monty python, the transit -- the partnership is not dead -- is dead and it is not resting. it has been dead as soon as it was given to the house republicans to run it through. that is not a debate for today. secretary pompeo put out a speech together with the cabinet -- not just a speech but strategy with the cabinet officials that essentially is to centralize private capital into the region. i think they are correct in saying there is no amount of government money that can meet the infrastruct