after weeks of uncertainty thailand has its next prime minister who is the same prime minister but he faces a vibrant opposition determined to break the military's grip on government. i'm melissa chan this is news asia it's good to have you with us malnourished abused and unable to escape that's the fate of countless men who believed they had scored a promising job on a fishing boat but ended up as modern era slaves victims of human traffickers just how many slaves are out there is difficult to assess there's no oversight on international waters but monitoring groups say that forced labor and abuse are widespread in the fishing industry with profit margins low and competition high fisheries push their workers to work long hours and in dangerous conditions many of these men come from southeast asia here's the story of one indonesian crew who lived to tell the tale. a steady job with a good salary and a lucrative bonus that's the promise that tempts many indonesian men to leave their homes and hope to see but what they get is this is about are more than 30 trolleys by the indonesian sea

there have been tensions in thailand between. if you can loosely explained it has as the kind of bangkok elite and conservatives versus rural. northeastern voters all of that doesn't kind of capture perfectly exactly how that's work but. thailand has been kind of trying to manage those conflicts of along with the role of the military and the role of the monarchy almost through the entire 20th century and into this century. and forging the compromise has proven to be thus far almost impossible there have been periods where things have worked better. but through it all generally. the time has continued to develop and continue to grow but that political tension has always been there that's part of the reason why. the previous government put in place the 20 year national action strategy which any government even if we did not think it was prime minister would be legally bound by that so there are certain signposts that the military government put in place to try to make sure regardless of what choices they have to make for the new go

there have been tensions in thailand between. if you can loosely explained it has as the kind of bangkok elite and conservatives versus rural. northeastern voters all of that doesn't kind of capture perfectly exactly how that's work but. thailand has been kind of trying to manage those conflicts of along with the role of the military and the role of the monarchy almost through the entire 20th century and into this century. and forging the compromise has proven to be thus far almost impossible there have been periods where things have worked better. but through it all generally. the time has continued to develop and continue to grow but that political tension has always been there that's part of the reason why. the previous government put in place the 20 year national action strategy which any government even if we did not continue with prime minister would be legally bound by that so there are certain signposts that the military government put in place to try to make sure regardless of what choices they have to make for the new g

after more than 11 hours of debating and voting thailand's parliament finally elected a prime ministerfor the next 4 years when the figure general prayuth chan a chair receives more than half the vote from the house of representatives which means he has been chosen as the new prime minister. but he's not new at all. is the army general who led a coup to remove a democratically elected government in 2014 and has been prime minister ever since . much of his support in the parliamentary vote came from senators in the upper house who were handpicked by the military it wasn't surprising therefore that they all voted for prior to continue as thailand's leader. the only other contender was a man seen as the new face of thai politics talent on june room wrong kit led his young future forward party to 3rd place in march's election the 1st since the coup he's now vowing to be a strong opposition voice continuing to fight for democracy and human rights. you know. what the. good news. we thought was. that we. were there but for now he has to work outside parliament clearly seen as a threat to the

the women's world cup, the usa have beaten thailand 13—0, a world record ata beaten thailand 13—0, adbye. some really miserable weather out there at the moment, pouring with rain across the north, but it's notjust here in the uk where we're getting the really unsettled weather. in fact, much of western europe, all the way down to spain and portugal are experiencing below average temperatures and quite changeable weather. now there's a big low pressure is stuck across northern france, around the channel here, and as long as there is low pressure here things aren't going to change. it will remain very, very unsettled. winds coming in across the north of europe but the winds will have to swing back around again. and they are blowing out of the south around central and eastern parts of the continent. that's the yin and yang of weather. one side of europe is hot and sunny and the other side is paying for it and it is cool and very, very wet. so here's the rain, early hours of wednesday morning. the low pressure, we've already established that, it's parked across this part of europe. so yo

it did not ta ke thailand were nervous.y defence to lea k take long for the shaky defence to leak more gold. lingers —— sweden's opener scored within six minutes. 2-0 opener scored within six minutes. 2—0 up before a third was added to it was struck well but the keeper should have done better. thailand managed to hold sweden's attack for most of the second half. it wasn't until the 83rd minute that they entered —— added another. this unstoppable header. and then, a moment to savourfor unstoppable header. and then, a moment to savour for thailand after letting in so many goals, they finally had one of their own to celebrate. the travelling fans had something to cheer about. the final twist came deep into injury time. a score from the spot to confirm sweden's place in the final 16. qatar fought their way back from two goals down to draw 2—2 with paraguay in theirfirst ever copa america game on sunday — at a near—empty maracana stadium. the 2022 world cup hosts are one of two guest teams at the south american championship alon

there have been tensions in thailand between. if you can loosely explained it has as the kind of bangkok elite and conservatives versus rural. northeastern voters all of that doesn't kind of capture perfectly exactly how that's work but. thailand has been kind of trying to manage those conflicts of along with the role of the military and the role of the monarchy almost through the entire 20th century and into this century. and forging the compromise has proven to be thus far almost impossible there have been periods where things have worked better. but through it all generally. the time has continued to develop and continue to grow but that political tension has always been there that's part of the reason why. the previous government put in place the 20 year national action strategy which any government even if we did not continue with prime minister would be legally bound by that so there are certain signposts that the military government put in place to try to make sure regardless of what choices they have to make for the new g

make sure not to miss this if you come to thailand.travel, the top photos, videos and stories happening this week. this is more than the usual planning argument going on in spain, the sagrada familia applied for a building permit in 1885 but the council never responded. now it has finally been granted permission to carry on with their work with the hope it will finally be completed in 2026. with all the talk about space being the next frontier in travel, the question is asked where could you go once you get there? now nasa are inviting people to pop over to the international space station. nasser is saying this will roughly cost 11,250 us dollars every day and food, air, medical and fitness resources add another $22,500, totalling roughly 32,750 us dollars every single day. travel to the space station is not included. have you ever been stuck in a station wishing you had something to read? these have landed in canary wharf. after being installed in france, the us and hong kong. it will dispense free one, three and five minutes stories

thailand's national treasure we need the law enforcers trying to keep drugs from pouring across its border. and. north korea was a gift from north to south korea. this time to. national treasure. british predator well. it's good to have you with us. a city of nearly 20000000 so primarily by buses and metro rail in india's capital delhi taking public transport is a challenge and it's one that's particularly hard for women with safety and increasing concern then his government has proposed making travel by buses and the metro free for women the proposal has come in for criticism from some quarters but for the city's working class women it's come as good news for. getting ready for a day of work ronnie dunn owns a living as a cook and eat in a private home in central. she has to ensure she leaves home on time every morning. her commute involves a 10 minute walk. navigating traffic. in order to catch a bus she only just makes it today. it's not an easy right. the bus is absolutely packed there's no air conditioning despite the blistering summer heat. granny is lucky today she actually gets a s

up on our show today the images that traveled around the world a soccer team stuck in a cave in thailand for more than 2 weeks just over a year later we look back at their daring rescue and how they're doing now. also coming up a disaster in rajastan heavy rain and winds caused the tent to collapse on a religious gathering in northern india killing more than a dozen people. and a story of resilience in afghanistan a family of and you keep 7 children lost a limb and an explosion last year we'll meet the family and see how they were adapting to their new reality. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us on d.w. news asia today now it was a story a that captured the world's attention on june 23rd of last year 12 boys from a youth soccer team decided to explore a cave with their coach now the group entered the town along that cave in thailand's northernmost province chiang ry but a shortly after entering heavy rains caused floodwaters to rise and the boys and their coach they were trapped now early efforts to find the voice failed but as international media picked up the story the

thailand's drain beaches are suffocating and plastic garbage. untreated waste water is discharged straight into the sea. tens of thousands of snow has explored the underwater landscape and cause a record low damage to the sensitive coral reefs by trampling all over them. in the last 2 years. the. damage at every damage so all we expect that if we don't do anything probably all. so how much damage has mass tourism course that i'll question. the 1st journey is the town of the cat in the south of thailand most vacationers here head to the beach but. the wide sandy bay fascinated us when we came here for the 1st time. on the beach and a bit of adventure different. vacation dreams. but the number of tourists coming to thailand has more than doubled since then now its more than 4000000 people every year what changes has that brought about. the next morning we see the downside of masters a local diving instructors regularly fish garbage out of the sea by the suck load. their business depends on keeping the natural environment as intact as possible. wha

yes daryn this came ashore in thailand off the coast of sutton province on an island off the coast ofthat province on tuesday this is in southern thailand it developed engine trouble it seems before crashing onto the rocks on that island it was on route to malaysia as you mentioned many of these boats full of leaving from myanmar or bangladesh are heading towards malaysia where more than 20000 driven yet have been given shelter over the past few years. so far the police are saying that the captain of this boat who is a tiny national and 5 of the 5 crew members who are from have been charged with assisting illegal immigrants entering thailand they're saying they probably will be charged with human trafficking as well because there is enough evidence to do so at the moment though they are only charged with that slightly lesser offense but it seems only a matter of time before they are charged with trafficking and when so what are the prospects them for the remainder on this boat. not grace i mean of course a lot of this is driven by desperation they are fleeing in the 1st place violence

thailand doesn't even have good grants to incorporate a company here in thailand itself.f us startups flock to singapore because of the grants. all the different initiatives they have. thailand does not really have too many of those. because of that, the first unicorn will be a singapore incorporated thai company. haslinda: the conversation today when it comes to startups is between silicon valley. do you envision a time that southeast asia could be a big part of it? it is happening right now. already you are seeing tech unicorns come up from the side of the world. haslinda: not to the extent as we are seeing in china, for instance. >> you will probably see that coming along ways in the next couple of years. you are seeing a lot more new tech startups come over on the this side of the world. myself, coming back from the valley to see what else we can do to invest over here. we are investing in companies over here, startups over here. so, you know i do see huge , amounts of opportunity right here in southeast asia. i think it is going to be a massive opportunity. haslinda:

and thailand's parliament confirms approves cherno china's prime minister the former leader of the country's military who is now the head of its civilian government will get the latest back. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us commemorations for the d.-day invasion moved to france today to the beaches of normandy where 150000 allied troops landed 75 years ago it was the. of europe's liberation from loss in germany a massive fleet brought the mainly american british and canadian troops across the english channel to the french coastline it remains the largest assault of its kind in the history of warfare operation overlord involves some 7000 ships and landing craft heading for a small 70 mile stretch of sand on the french coastline disembarking soldiers came under withering fire on the beachheads their code named utah omaha gold juno and sword well they left from the naval base of portsmouth on the southern coast of england where the commemorations began yesterday. remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice with drums. and the words of the fallen. canadian prime minister just

also coming up a long shadow on thailand's military junta could the thai government the whole ross thing and killing exiled dissidents abroad we have the story of a group of tanya's ition to laos who are afraid for their lives. down the cooling ducks don't be fooled this is a fierce competition we'll take you to singapore's bird song contest. i'm serious almost gonda thank you for joining us on d.w. news asia now we start with the ongoing protests in hong kong organizers say they're planning another big rally on wednesday just ahead of the g. 20 summit that will take place in japan later this week that they want to get world leaders attention china he will be attending the summit but beijing says the ongoing protests in hong kong will not be discussed now more than a 1000000 people have taken to the streets this month you might have seen these dramatic pictures there demanding that the territory's leader kerry lamb fully withdraw a controversial extradition bill and that she stepped down lamb has suspended the proposal but she has not scrapped it completely the legislation would allow ex

back on the banks of the mekong between thailand and last rangers head out on patrol again in another effort to stem the flow of my own mass meth supply through the golden triangle. that's of dog breed that's come to symbolize the surprise between north and south korea the poor came into prominence in 2018 after 2 of them were gifts of the south korean president. after peace talks in pyongyang the breed is treated as a national treasure in north korea a designation not could remain there kim jong un gave to the dog breed. meet the poem san a special breed of dog in north korea. it's not just owners of this competition who are keen to show off their companions last year north korean leader kim jong un sent to prison san dogs across the border as gifts in a sign of improving relations with south korea. but it's here much further north near the chinese border the dogs call home in the sense spoiled the mountainous terrain the sands they use to hunt bore. this hand. sun is brave and clever and very obedient you know in the mountains if the dog comes across a wild boar little trap it and e

by the time that thailand actually mentioned did manage to get their 1st goal of the tunnel and. there is and we can see how elated their coach was once they find the money to put $1.00 pos we did so as i said finished $51.00 swede and that's partly taught and of course with a minus 17 goal difference so i think qualification is going to be fairly difficult very difficult for general plenty of teams you haven't managed to score a single goal with. these but one of the board what to look forward to tonight tom or germany are in action as we know germany of course already through in the tournament but they face south africa in their quest to make it a perfect record 3 wins out of 3 south africa it was really needing a victory fed to go through china in the same group 7 action against spain those 2 really kind of competing for 2nd place in group b. and the hosts france as well in group. action tonight it's kind of similar situation for germany because france of course 2 victories out their 1st 2 games so far so if they beat nigeria this evening that would be 3 after a non points out

and in thailand 12 boys and their football coach spent more than 2 weeks trapped in the flooded cave system ever turned to the side of their ordeal to thank those involved in their rescue. this is the interview news live from berlin i'm brian thomas for the entire news team thanks so much for being with us sara kelley will join you again at the top of. the fact. her 1st day in school. her 1st climbing lesson in the stores grand the moment arrives. jointly ranting on her journey back to freedom. in our interactive documentary. in a regular returns home monday w dot com.

that team thailand will be very exciting to watch the show how the show. is tonight ending to day by disguising 86 handed in some asian success in 2 national. grown on the night. that's at the today of course there's a small stories on our website that's the doctor dot com for what's past his shop and be sure to check us out on facebook as well. that's of the day we'll see you next time. if you ever have to cover up a murder best way is to make an accident. raring to. never read a book like this. list. the streets. from . the. car. let's experience a modern museum centered with the russian cultural heritage foundation. researchers are looking for answers in more than. 6 objects relates to the history of. cultural heritage foundation. starts june 21st on the w. . asian powerhouses joined forces member of the shanghai cooperation organization meeting care to stand in a show of strength and unity against u.s. trade policy we go to our correspondent in singapore for more details also coming up german multinational bya fights back faced with costly round of lit

mart with people trafficking. $65.00 men women and children were found on an island in southern thailand after the boat had engine failure it was bound for malaysia one many rahane where many would have tried to escape 2 recently in what police fear is a new trafficking campaign by people smugglers 3 quarters of a 1000000 fled me and ma 2 years ago during the military crackdown against the muslim minority when he has more from bangkok. this boat came ashore on an island off the coast of southern province in southern thailand the boat developed engine trouble and crashed on to rocks as it was on route to malaysia further south where more than 20000 have been given shelter in the last few years after fleeing violence and persecution in rakhine state in western me and so in this particular case the police have charged the thai skipper of the boat and 5 crew members from me and mine are with assisting illegal immigrants entering thailand and it seems they will also be charged with human trafficking because the police have already said that there is enough evidence to do so this is of course

americans beating thailand 13-0 in the most lopsided game in women's world cup history.ob: team usa resumed its defense against chile. carly shimkus is in france following the journey and we will go live to her later this hour. jillian: 13-0. rob: a boring game. i saw the first goal in the gym and didn't see anything else, 13-0. jillian: pretty amazing. we have some girls soccer teams on fox square. such a hit all week. >> the weather with that. today, tomorrow now. 60 in new york, 68 in chicago, 67 in mobile. across the west, really hot. we will talk about that in a second. we have the potential for showers and thunderstorms across the midwest, texas and all of this will come into the northeast tomorrow. we are hoping for a balmy weekend. there is future radar. tomorrow around 9:00 am we are getting a slug of winter and that will be ongoing, we have a break in the weather friday and then some showers saturday. precipitation, there is what it looks like heading into saturday and another big batch of moisture next week in part of the central us, the ohio valley, the areas

in a moment we'll have all the build up to tonight's game between the usa and thailand.ough, the european champions the netherlands began their campaign with a 1—0 victory over new zealand — jill roord scoring in injury time to finally break the ferns resistence and send the dutch fans wild. chile and sweden are currently playing — it's 0—0. and still to come... they've had to wait for it but the united states get the defence of their title under way this evening. it all kicks off in reims at eight o'clock tonight when they take on thailand — a team ranked 33 places below them... well, let's go to france and our reporter sarah mulkerrins who's there for us. this is the top ranked team, they must be feeling pretty confident? feeling pretty confident but in the build—up to this they have been piling the pressure on this team. the fans, who are making their way into the ground, will be hoping to support this team because it is undoubted they have been feeling the pressure. that is what the talk has been about because you had the hosts, france, one of the favourites with the

faced off in chile speeding would head to head with thailand sports reporter pablo is here he's been following that tournaments closely you're watching those games today let's start with the usa i mean they've been a juggernaut what 13 goals in their last match against ireland was this a repeat performance today against chile now it wasn't quite 13 goals but they've now scored 16 goals in 2 games so you've already kind of given away the result it was 3 nail against chile in paris they're just so strong they're so stronger the number one team in the world for good reason you know the talent herself i asked herself stronger just technically just far superior than than pretty much every team you know that i've seen so far in the tournament but before we actually talked a bit more about them let's take a look at how they fared against chile. alex morgan scored 5 goals against thailand but was rested on the bench against chile so she's the strength in depth for the u.s. side. carly lloyd was restored to the starting line up and it took 11 minutes for her to score a record 6 go in a 6 stra

astrology has deep roots in thailand one of 600 yes i think that different when it comes to thailand and other countries they have high respect for estrada just be viewed him as psychologists who sell society. poncy tool is one of thailand's most famous astrologist. he's hired by big companies as a consultant and endorses consumer products like tissues and paint his facebook page is used by millions but his own kind i think wow i thought the most important thing is that astrology is not the one factor the controls all aspects of your life it's like i'm up to advises where we should. ease parts of statistical science it really comes down to who in the subject i try to make people understand what it's all about statistics that have been collected over time this one and with the next generation of astrologists embracing technology reaching larger and younger audiences. there is little question that this slice of thai culture will remain alive in relevant well into the future but then they probably already knew that it's got harder al-jazeera bangkok. i'm not a sport thank you for my sak

it's one year on from the remarkable thailand's king for us today as the rescued boys take part in a charity run the country remembers the film and to do it near tragedy turned to triumph. and australia is eliminated in german atic fashion at the women's world cup while germany marches on to confirm its standing as one of the tournament favorites with another commanding performs. on exposure thanks for joining us. millions of voters in istanbul returned to the polls today to cast their ballots again in a rerun of the city's mayoral election president wretched everyone's governing party is fighting for control of turkey's largest city the fresh election is taking place after turkey's top electoral authority and know the results of the 1st vote following appeals by the president's party. it's a may oral contest that could redefine turkish politics just a mole is deciding between 2 main candidates banaya deeded him from president wretch of ruling a k party. and akram a mom of 2 from the opposition who had already won a tight race but the courts at the request of the a k party agreed tha

states surged into the knockout stages with a 3 nil win over chile in paris of course destroyed thailand 13 to nothing in a record world cup score in their 1st match and although their victory over the south americans was more modest the americans are certainly looking like the team to beat already. alex morgan scored 5 goals against thailand but was rested on the bench against chile such as the strength in depth for the u.s. side. carli lloyd was restored to the starting line up and it took 11 minutes for her to score a record 6 gold in a 6 straight world cup game chile if what they did call lies midway through the 1st half collar guerrero was deemed to be offside and interfering in play despite not touching the ball. almost immediately the roofless u.s. team increased their lead thanks to a superb header from juliet's arguably the best headed goal of the tournament so far. lloyd then made it 3 nil 10 minutes before the hof time break. the late smith penalty robbed her of the chance for a glorious hat trick but the u.s. power into the last 16 with a game to spare i earlier on sunday swe

thailand managed to halt the attack for most of the second half.inute that they added another. an unstoppable header. and then a moment to savour for thailand after letting in so many goals they finally had one of their own to celebrate. the travelling fans were given something to cheer about. the final twist came deep into injury time, robinson scoring from the spot to confirm sweden's place in the last 16. england and scotland play their final group d matches on wednesday night. england who are already through to the last 16 face japan whilst scotland have to beat argentina. jane dougall is following the scottish team in france. the training base is not farfrom here, and whence it will travel to the park for this crucial match against argentina. it spoke to a few of the players today and they are so aware that this is a must win game. evenif aware that this is a must win game. even if scotland to beat argentina they still might not qualify because they still might not qualify because they are dependent on other countries results. out of the six g

don't you feel even a little bad for thailand's team? >> what? thailand?do with them. our women weren't playing against thailand. they were playing against the patriarchy. that's what this game was really about. >> trevor: last time i checked the patriarchy wasn't made up of 13 thai women. >> no, i'm talking about this. >> 28 players are suing their employer, the u.s. soccer federation alleging institutionalized gender discrimination. >> according to the lawsuit, the women's team earns just 38% of a male player for the same kind of work. >> the women scored more goals in one match than the men's team has scored in every world cup appearance since 2006 combined. >> you see that? the women's soccer team is doing so much more and getting paid so much less than the men's team. it's like finding out tony stark got paid less than hawkeye. one is a superhero. the other is a dad who is into archery. yesterday was about the women's team trying to prove their worth. they weren't just playing to win a game. they were playing to win a lawsuit. and yeah, it sucks that

triggered landslides and caused losses worth almost one and a half $1000000000.00 now police in thailand have charged the captain and crew of a boat carrying a group of aiding illegal immigration the boat was found stranded on an island in such a province near thailand south coast navy officials say there were 65 people on board including several women and children more than 700000 have fled following a violent military crackdown in 2017 critics of thailand's military and monarchy say they fear for their lives after the murder and disappearance of several dissidents in neighboring countries hundreds of people left the country after a military coup and 2014 and many others are still in hiding they include a music group as wayne hale reports from bangkok. even fearing for their lives hasn't stopped these band mates singing these songs of protest the group called 5 left thailand for neighboring laos after the military coup in 2014 they write songs critical of the military and monarchy in question the palaces role in thai society things that can result in a long jail sentence in thailand spe

astrology has deep roots in thailand one of 600 yes i think that different when it comes to thailand and other countries they have high respect for astro let this be viewed him as psychologists who sell society. poncy tool is one of thailand's most famous astrologist. he's hired by big companies as a consultant and endorses consumer products like tissues and paint his facebook page is used by millions but he's in kind of a wow i thought the most important thing is that astrology is not the one factor the controls all aspects of your life it's like i'm up to advises where we should stay. part of statistical science it really comes down to human chip it's the subject i try to make people understand that it's all about statistics that have been collected over time this one and with the next generation of astrologist embracing technology reaching larger and younger audiences and there's little question that this slice of thai culture will remain alive in relevant well into the future but then they probably already knew that it's got harder al-jazeera bangkok and that's the news out there

of several dissidents in neighboring countries hundreds of people left thailand after a military coup in 2014 and many others are in hiding they include a music group as wayne hare reports now from bangkok. fearing for their lives hasn't stopped these band mates singing these songs of protest the group called 5 left thailand for neighboring laos after the military coup in 2014 they write songs critical of the military and monarchy in question the palaces role in thai society things that can result in a long jail sentence in thailand speaking to al-jazeera from laos one of the band members says they believe they are being hunted me up there are people who are working undercover to get us there many signs some are true and some are fake i receive warning almost every day and i'm start to lose my mind. in december the mutilated bodies of 2 critics of the monarchy who'd also been living in laos were found in the mekong river and last month family and friends of 3 other dissidents held a small protest outside the vietnam embassy in bangkok concern for their safety the 3 men moved from laos

and astrology has deep roots in thailand one of 600 yes i think that different when it comes to thailand and other countries they have high respect for estrada just be viewed i'm a psychologist who sells society. poncy tool is one of thailand's most famous astrologist. he's hired by big companies as a consultant and endorses consumer products like tissues and paint his facebook page is used by millions but he's in clinical wow i thought the most important thing is that astrology is not the one factor the controls all aspects of your life it's like i'm up to advises where we should go. part of statistical science it really comes down to who interprets the subject i try to make people understand that it's all about statistics that have been collected over time this one and with the next generation of astrologists embracing technology reaching larger and younger audiences and there's little question that this slice of thai culture will remain alive in relevant well into the future but then they probably already knew that it's got harder al-jazeera bangkok. let's get around now of our top st