make sure not to miss this if you come to thailand.e 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 city's council never got around to responding to the application. 137 years later, the gaudi—designed masterpiece has finally been granted permission to carry on with the work. with the hope it will finally be finished in 2026. with all the talk about space being the next frontier in travel, the question was asked, "where could you go once you get there?" well now nasa are inviting people to pop over to the international space station. nasa is saying this will roughly cost $11,250 us every day and food, air, medical and fitness resources add another $22,500, totalling roughly $32,750 us 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? well, these machines have landed in canary wharf. after being installed in france, th

make sure not to miss this if you come to thailand.ing 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 city's council never got around to responding to the application. 137 years later, the gaudi—designed masterpiece has finally been granted permission to carry on with the work. with the hope it will finally be finished in 2026. with all the talk about space being the next frontier in travel, the question was asked "where could you go once you get there?" well now nasa are inviting people to pop over to the international space station. nasa is saying this will roughly cost $11,250 us every day and food, air, medical and fitness resources add another $22,500, totalling roughly $32,750 us 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? well, these have landed in canary wharf. after being installed in france

and the creeping trend thailand is cashing in on demand for snail slime skin care fanatics are crazy for the stuff that's now more precious than gold. i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us we start in china and a look at a man who once upon a time was in the good graces of the communist party but not anymore activist twang she has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for quote deliberately disclosing state secrets that's the crime the party usually uses to go after people like him for almost 2 decades wang's run a website documented human rights abuses including. the legal confiscation of land from powerless farmers to the prosecution or rather persecution of religious groups early on his coverage of social problems was actually praised by the government but space for criticism has narrowed over the years and he's found himself in and out of jail we have sophie richardson human china director of human rights watch to talk more about this so if he saw one she's been convicted of disclosing state secrets what did he actually do. you know it's a great question o

those drug cartels and divers in thailand took part in the dramatic rescue of the boys trapped in a cave last year and don't forget all the latest news information also available on our website that's t w dot com or follow us on twitter at christine. thanks for watching. the forrester equivalent to the sun which is cleared every minute. our consumerism is causing a radical depletion of forests. for 25. or has it. forests and money. tragic reality behind the exploitation starts july 24th w. on this edition of world stories. somalia rehabilitating former al-shabaab fighters thailand one year after the dramatic cave rescue. but we start out in mexico where a narcotics cartel has been threatening reporters with abduction and murder over 100 media workers have suffered this fate here in the past 20 years you'll see not part of our skate with her light. i got a call a desperate voice saying we found bodies again the reporter knows the woman who called her she belongs to a group of mothers looking for their missing children now it's become a search for bodies. records life that we will be more

athens also coming up it's a story that riveted the world's attention 12 boys stuck in a kid in thailand. they were church for him to think of all that maybe they're going to be darting around and learning the next thing you go to a ball being told there's a good lawyer to turn up at the top was not the situation. we'll go from one of the divers who help save the boys. on a warm welcome to you i'm good to have your company. greece's center right opposition leader kid tarkus is won a landslide victory in the country's snap election with such august 1 almost 40 percent of the vote he has promised to cut taxes and create more jobs left wing prime minister alexis tsipras of the city itself party has conceded defeat the election also knocks the far right golden dawn party out of parliament. a d.j. obvious government as has been covering those elections in greece and he joins me now from athens oh well can joerg huge changes in the political landscape in greece how does this shift the political center we receive in the greek capital. i'm rich i was out here in the on the in the park right in f

forget thailand. real loser yesterday was every uber driver in miami i mean, please [ laughter ] let's get to some political news today, everybody is talking about a new national poll that just came out that shows how president trump would do against the top democrats. take a look at this. yeah, trump's behind everybody actually, i just heard right now he's even losing to the thailand women's soccer team >> steve: really [ cheers and applause really >> jimmy: unbelievable but it's true. everybody is already talking about these polls and as we all know from the past, polls do a a great job predicting what really happens >> clinton is leading donald trump nationally by nine points 52-43. >> jimmy: yeah so if you want to know how much these polls matter, just ask presidenhillary clinton. [ laughter ] so you'll see. yeah [ applause ] these polls matter well meantime, out in the campaign trail, joe biden and trump have been trading insults all week trump's been saying that biden is too old to be president

as thailand hosts the foreign ministers of r.c. and regional forums this week which due to be discussed won't just be about southeast asia in addition to the u.s. secretary of state the foreign ministers from china russia japan and south korea are expected. one issue of particular focus the tension on the korean peninsula a senior official from pyongyang is expected in bangkok for the meetings possible discussions on the next summit between chairman kim jong un and president donald trump could take place after 3 meetings the leaders have made no progress on moving toward an agreement over north korea's nuclear program this after north korea last week tested what it said were new tactical guided weapons and released photos of a new submarine the meetings here in bangkok could be viewed as an opportunity for the 1st to try him at summits were held in member nations singapore and vietnam so ossie on the can attempt to provide a kick to mean role for the talks before the big players need to broker knew that the 3rd party media took som

somalia rehabilitating former al-shabaab fighters thailand one year after the dramatic cave rescue. but we start out in mexico where a narcotics cartel has been threatening reporters with abduction and murder over 100 media workers have suffered this fate here in the past 20 years seen a part of a state with her life. got a call a desperate voice saying we found bodies again the reporter knows the woman who called her she belongs to a group of mothers looking for their missing children now it's become a search for bodies. reports life but then we went on the more hello when one was a leo's with the searches of. this they were told that there might be secret mass graves here they have discovered one little piece well these women's loved ones have disappeared here we can see the bones of wessel's playmobil set about was most likely the money has been reporting on the searching mothers for years and the vast majority of cases it turns out that their children were abducted and killed by the c.n.n. while drug cartel. by covering the story to put herself in jeopardy she regularly receives

it's a yeah boys were rescued from a cave in northern thailand we speak to one of the die was put on the line for children. by british bandaging welcome to news asia it's good to have you with us we begin in cut the capital doha which is playing host to 2 important meetings that could determine the future of afghanistan meetings between the united states and the taliban and the founded bomb of gone officials both meetings hope to work towards one goal peace in afghanistan but how that can happen is still an open question on sunday at least 60 of representing civil society women and politicians met in talks organized by germany and other. voices from those who attended. i think the americans understand they cannot win in afghanistan by beating and bombing the country. so they want peace and they're convinced of that. country if it isn't for sizing on the ceasefire 1st of all cease fire or. reduction of. civilian. killings and also it's not a small community at the front of the discussion talk of a cease fire but on the ground in afghanistan there was no sign a fit of these are scenes

philippines they will be easing some of those tightening the measures that the introduced last year in thailand and south korea and this say that they will expect one rate cut each through the through 320 days. from singapore the expected to keep things status quo and keep supporting their weakening economies the bank of japan has kept being steady and even trimmed inflation and we will expect to see china and south in taiwan do the same as well keeping things status quo so all in all asia does seem like it's going to have these a less aggressive easing and more of a soft landing instead it just briefly i found it interesting to hear trump and his his bullying of power basically they're not sound but ashutosh he's also a bully druggie. exactly yes in fact he lashed out at mario d. as he referred to him in a tweet here for actually suggesting that he was open to more rate cuts if the economy wasn't and if the need is there so and he says that he is in a way devaluing your rule which you know with is propping up the treat surplus worse is the u.s. the eurozone trade surplus i mean thanks for the

right florian emotion in northern thailand thank you very much for that. you're watching the dow good news coming up ahead the u.s. difference that time as a woman's world cup champions we go to the site of the fine and match in new york to find out what the tournament has meant over or for the women's game and. the trust big changes and a radical restructuring of germany's biggest lender dortch a bank is cutting 18000 jobs that's one 5th of its workforce and it's also scrapping its global stocks business it's scaling back its investment banking operations the struggling to shift billions of euros to a risky in this case assets to a new so court bad bank. after decades of trying to become a titan of wall street and build a global investment bank bank is looking to the home market the struggling lender has announced a major restructuring plan that will involve building on its traditional strengths . will slash around a 5th of its staff worldwide over 3 years it's scaling back its investment banking operations and will shift 74000000000 euros of risky assets

it's also coming up it is a story that riveted the world's attention troll boy stuck in a cave in thailand. it was terrifying to think about that maybe you're going to be darting around at least busy the next thing you go to call being told there's a good good i mean it truly is a bit of the situation to be a move from one of the divers who helped save the boys and germany's dortch advance to the same dimensions mark the most radical restructuring plans in its history it involves a new direction for the land and the axing of 18000 jobs worldwide. classes for the video assistant referee is a friend to the usa once again at the women's world cup but the locals proved their standing as the best team in the was by beating the now the men's premier from our correspondent. todd and welcome i'm a good to have your company. greece's center right opposition leader emits a talk it has won a landslide victory in the country's snap election mr jarvis one almost 40 percent of the vote he's promised to cut taxes and create more jobs left when prime minister alexis tsipras of the city itself has conceded

to athens also coming up it was a story of riveted the world's attention trial of boys stuck in thailand it was terrifying to think of all the other all the losing the goal of thought. and all of them to return to. the situation. from one of the divers who helps them. and jill mini's deutsche bank stocks implementing mark the most radical restructuring plans in its history it involves a new direction for the. signal. it was by. losses for the video system directory as a friend to the usa again at the women's world cup but the americans troops they're sounding the best teams in the world by beating the netherlands would kill correspondent was that the match. greece's center right opposition leader kiriakou awesome it's a talk is has won a landslide victory in the country snap election outgoing prime minister alexis tsipras and his left wing city itself party have conceded defeat syphilis came to power in 2015 after promising to repeat punishing a state he measures but he quickly made a u. turn and gave in to the demands of international creditors mr doc is saying is the country's now ente

because of thailand has something different .ntages in the medium tech and that is why it is a tracking a lot of fdi. that does not mean that thailand does not have issues with the weakening global trade. we saw that the trade fever that came out shows continued contraction and what is worrying is that furthered by imports that foreshadows the thailand economy is seeing weakness from external demand and also based -- a strong thai baht. ongoingcause of the trend regionally. we have an aging china and an aging korea and an aging japan and increasingly, an aging thailand and an aging singapore. all of these regional aging stories shows that if you are labor intensive any want to have cheap input costs, vietnam is the place to go and not just because they have cheap labor, growthrs -- a have policies through trade liberalization such as the eu and other than singapore, vietnam is the only country that has it and that is key because the opening up of access to people -- they are also using as an entry point to ferry large markets in

these of thailand, vietnam, thee markets are growing on consumption basis.owth will certainly help to offset the decline that got and westernrica europe as well. i think the need to target growth markets, there are plenty of opportunities here. acquisitions in the region are more likely than not to be small built on what will be in a small markets in aing healthy stage. do think that the valuation -- if you take a look at 2020 earnings, it goes anywhere from 28 to 33 times, which is above the likes of heineken. does it justify that kind of valuation? philip: even at the low end of the range, which i believe they have built. it is a pretty healthy valuation. that is a reflection of where the market is. i do think, given the premium positioning of these brands, these brands can grow at a rate of that of the broader market in asia. multiple premiums i think is appropriate. times is pretty healthy. i am going to go back to the debt position. it is endemic in this industry. i'm just taking a look at the financial asset function on the bloomberg terminal. they hav

and china it's called hi there reports from bangkok as thailand hosts the foreign ministers of aussie and regional forums this week what's due to be discussed won't just be about southeast asia one issue of particular focus the tension on the korean peninsula possible discussions on the next summit between chairman kim jong un and president donald trump could take place after 3 meetings the leaders have made no progress on moving toward an agreement over north korea's nuclear program this after north korea last week tested what it said were new tactical guided weapons and released photos of a new submarine the meetings here in bangkok could be viewed as an opportunity for us we are the 1st to try him at summits were held in member nations singapore and vietnam so r.c. on the can attempt to provide a kick to mean role for the talks going forward the big players need a broker 3rd party mediator of some kind to provide an environment a setting for for talks building in the past 6 party talks didn't go anywhere so perhaps if they can be persuaded that you know a 3rd party platform like us

dispute of the south china sea and the ongoing us china trade war scott hyde the reports now as thailand hosts the foreign ministers of r.c. and regional forums this week what's due to be discussed won't just be about southeast asia one issue of particular focus the tension on the korean peninsula possible discussions on the next summit between chairman kim jong un and president donald trump could take place after 3 meetings the leaders have made no progress on moving toward an agreement over north korea's nuclear program. this after north korea last week tested what it said were new tactical guided weapons and released photos of a new submarine the meetings here in bangkok could be viewed as an opportunity for the 1st to trump him at summits were held in member nations singapore and vietnam so ossie on the can attempt to provide a kick to me wall for the talks to bring forward the big. need to broker 3rd party mediator of some kind to provide an environment a setting for for trust building in the past 6 party talks didn't go anywhere so perhaps if they can be persuaded that you know a 3

she said that she actually was prevented from doing some of her work in thailand because me and more has been placing pressure on neighboring countries to not allow humanitarians to keep digging into the atrocities that are going on in me and so it's not just the issue about the rigging she's also going to address the ethnic violence going on in other parts of me and i like rakhine state as you say yeah that's right and one of the things she has brought up thus far is the fact there's been an internet shutdown in northern rakhine and southern chin in this part of me and more where this conflict has been going on since late 2018 and she said that this internet shutdown she wonders if this was ordered by me and more as government she says not only is it dangerous because perhaps other war crimes could be going on and because of the violence because aid workers can't understand exactly what's going on journalists can understand exactly what's going on up there but she also said that it's difficult because right now is monsoon season and so it's very hard to get news out about how people

i want to check the thai baht, what we have seen from the bank of thailand. assistant governors saying they are introducing measures to gain.he baht's we are seeing quite a bit of reaction when it comes to the thai baht weakening on that statement. we are reversing some of the earlier gains, but this currency has gone from strength to strength, flirting with a six year high. as what we are getting at the moment with the bank of thailand, introducing measures to stem the baht gain. we will see how that follows on the policy front. they are reluctant to cut rates. rishaad: coming up, we are looking at the indian open. we are seeing the nifty opening butigher, but -- up higher, woundse assessing their after an indian cricket fight. inflation data could cause headaches, missing the target for the 11th straight month. we will head to move by ne -- mumbai next. ♪ rishaad: positive start to indian markets already turning negative. we have a look at what we can expect out of the session. tell us about the open already showing volatility after yesterday's rally. >> th

expeditions doesn't mean i want to buy a wetsuit right away but data analyst paul monk from from thailand are working on ways to optimize targeting when you play when you like when you start the party you already did that will go to whatever. we are the technology to help the brand to know how to talk the right way to the right consummate with information from the thought. should paul monk problem and his fellows andrew co-founders have been actively collecting data since 2013 today the firm employs more than 160 people and mainly analyzes data from the asian market they help authorities and companies to control their image there's been little criticism about how they process the data our job is not on the data but our job. that is father brand to understand it so in the end we help each other to understand it. but data security specialist.

yeah so our investigation went to engineers and thailand and it found that contaminated water supply cropped out respiratory illness from exposure to burning plastic a rise of organized crime for example your go north thank you anyhow is largely an agricultural village solvent rice fields today there are piles of plastic waste huge and now most human years high in the middle of the road and waste figures coming season is whatever they find in the trash whatever foreign currency so we've seen that you know in general malaysia for example plastic is burning through the night and people wake up gasping and coughing from the smoke and are getting skin rashes and other really problematic health and hacks. clear arkan from the global alliance for incinerator alternatives clear we appreciate you taking the time to talk with us tonight and for sharing your insights definitely an important story thank you. card to the women's world cup now where the united states are getting ready to compete in sunday's final after beating england in the 21 victory alex morgan scored the winner and controvers

stopped accepting waste shipments in 2017 since then millions of tons of waste have been shipped to thailand vietnam malaysia and indonesia environmentalists have called on the countries to stop accepting waste they also say the solution isn't just local the producers of plastic also have to change their ways. but i think way. and we always felt by you see. i think we took it and i think. that nature and try to our country. the european union has promised to stop exporting its plastic waste to developing countries but only in 2021 so for now the trash mountains of malaysia and its neighbors will just keep growing. well i'm joined now by clear arkin that is she is with the global alliance for incinerator alternatives that is a coalition of n.g.o.s from 90 countries working on plastic waste reduction she joins us from the beautiful place of berkeley california it's good to have you on the show i guess the question we want to ask you 1st and foremost why in the world do rich countries send their trash abroad in the 1st place i mean why is this a thing yeah good question well the global classic

expeditions doesn't mean i want to buy a wetsuit right away but data analyst paul monk from from thailand are working on ways to optimize targeting when you play when you like when you stop to see you've already been audited there couldn't go to whatever. we are the technology to help the brand to know how to talk the right way to the right consummate with information. from his fellows andrew co-founders have been actively collecting data since 2013 today the firm employs more than 160 people and mainly analyzes data from the asian market they help authorities and companies to control their image there's been little criticism about how they process the data our job is not on the data but our our job on the life that is father brand to understand it so in the end we help it to understand it. but data security specialist cash to normal is more critical he believes that the global trade in data is a multi-billion dollar business from which only a few players profit. google alone earns over $100000000000.00 a year with online ads. and of course not $100000000000.00 has to be recovered somehow

ina five in the thrashing of thailand. eventful second half, ellen white thought she'd scored a second equaliser for england, only for a va are review to rule the goal out for offside. they we re rule the goal out for offside. they were then awarded a debatable penalty following another review. but steph horton had a kick saved. ina but steph horton had a kick saved. in a ended the game with ten players ofa in a ended the game with ten players of a second yellow card for millie braid. the americans finish the game with a third successive world cup finals look forward to stop colm harrison, bbc news. and in a few minutes‘ time we'll be speaking to someone involved in youth soccer in america, trying to work out why the american women's team and infrastructure is so good. that is in a few minutes. let's get some of the day's other news. tunisian security forces say they've killed a man they believe was about to carry out a suicide bomb attack in the capital tunis. officials say they opened fire on the suspect who was wearing

2 years ago because of the threat to the environment since then other countries such as malaysia thailand indonesia and turkey have been taking in that rubbish but then are concerned they could become dumping grounds for rich countries thailand is imposing a ban by 2021 and the malaysians also cracking down on garbage imports so with all that said professor chee in hong kong let me ask you about that chinese ban because they said it was about environmental reasons and how much of this is about the environment versus politics and economics. i don't know why people think it has to do with the politics at all if it is it is the great politics is agree that it is a great politics to play. i think the reason that china decided to ban the this the garbage in puerto from other countries told me due to this era of the concerns. every year the by processing this waste much of that are sick and but waste and a lot of people get sick and that many of them are children also by processing the these waves and it takes a lot of that energy and release is the greed amount of greenhouse gases also that i

for a new reporting from northern thailand. in the women's of football world cup final the united states have retained that title beating the netherlands to know they can repay no rose lavelle scored the u.s. goals in the 2nd half saving team u.s.a.'s 4th title win. behind the familiar structure on the flag and the growing only familiar stars in the line up the americans lived up to the hype of heavy favoritism to paper the dutch goal with making rypien though often the provider it's the newest and morgan was denied by the brilliance of saudi van veen and. the 29 year old's hands kept their side in it before half time as the teams were level with the bright it wasn't until the alamar before the hand of the video assistant referee would finally break the orange resistance a penalty awarded rypien 0 stepped up and put one hand on the trophy. the captain capping a tournament in which he laid on and off the pitch. like minutes later roselyn failed put the finishing touches on the victory with a 2nd goal deserved win that makes the

the 23rd last year 12 boys from a youth football team and their coach decided to explore a cave in thailand the ends of the time line cave in the northern province of chad and ride but shortly after they went in heavy rains began floodwaters rose trapping the boys in their coach early efforts to find them fails the search team crew to hundreds of people including cave diving experts and rescuers from all over the world there after a 9 days with no news divers found the boys starving but still alive 4 kilometers from the caves mouth next came the challenging task of bringing them out to safety through a flooded cave a daring mission that cost $1.00 diver his life the boys and their coach were all rescued safely a year on the. pill has been talking with one of the rescue divers. to tell a story and it's a very good story. when i arrived to to the cape and tickets where you get to be found we were going out there not knowing 100 percent what kind of vision of the going into i'd be going in to save some kids or the going to recover some bodies and i think myself and many of the other risk group