schools reopen in thailand but some coronavirus restrictions remain in place we'll have a live update. mourning in the streets about is about a popular ethiopian singer known for his political songs a shock that. hong kong is marking the 23rd anniversary of the city's return to chinese rule just hours after a sweeping national security law was imposed its chief executive carol lam described the passing of the law as the most important development since the handover small groups of demonstrators gathered in the city to denounce the legislation they say the road hong kong's freedoms and shot as its status as a major international financial center. but chinese legislators drafted hong kong's national security law in secret without any input from the city's legislature and at record speed its details became known only after it was inactive the law will punish loosely defined crimes such as subversion secession and collusion with sentences of up to life imprisonment the law also means that anybody other people in hong kong or foreigners could face prosecution for offenses committed outside

thailand 2 is expected to see a drop of 9 percent. last year some 40000000 for interests visited the country. so what happens next. thailand looks lovely other never. do gongs are chilling with no people bothering them. the beaches in our non and elsewhere are empty and clean that has to do with the absence of foreign tourists. none have come to put not the elephant camp since the government barred foreigners from entering the country in march. for the owner such atmosphere that meant business came to a sudden halt he did receive a one off payment from the government but it didn't go very far. he still has to feed his 4 elephants and they each eat up to 200 kilograms a day. sleep because of the coronavirus crisis there are no tourists anymore i haven't had any income for months to pay my staff i'm spending my savings it's hard to keep going. there's nothing going on at the tourist shops near the beach an hour now tourism normally accounts for more than 20 percent of thailand's g.d.p. $6000000.00 people across the country who depend on

wisdom that we brought to thailand over 100 years ago. or currently there are around 10000000 in the field grazing ducks in the country. to. take his dogs home every day but most field grazing dock owners take ducks to feed in different rice wheat and that the ducks sleep out about. between provinces. field grazing raise them for meat and eggs. to raise ducks is to avoid the use of chemicals. some of it has around 40 acres of rice fields. this is a newly planted plot. the rice plots. these ones are about 14 days old. i'm also checking facts. because i don't use chemical pesticides on my you know they normally come out to fade in the morning. or in light or a plant sprouting after 2 days if it ran short after that for snails or everything like little lawn mowers have to take extra care until the rice is a month. golden apples nails were imported as a food source from japan and taiwan. however they brid with native snails resulting in apples snails which quickly spread and became the worst enemy for younger ice plants this is one of the mai

but in thailand many believe that's often not the case in communities like this there's always been a broad sense of injustice and double standards and the decision to drop the case against a member of one of thailand's wealthiest families will be viewed by many as just another example of the impunity enjoyed by the rich and powerful. in one of the capital city's poorest suburbs people wondered why the police didn't do more. harm i can see that something is wrong with this case we can't put a faith in the law you know i think the outcome of the case is very strange we didn't really see how the investigation went the inquiries are being well. but they may fail to change the sense among many in thailand that justice is not equal when hey al jazeera bangkok. again i'm fully back to where the headlines on al-jazeera after being virus free for months yet nom is bracing for a wave of call that 9000 infections thousands of cases have been reported in the central city of don meanwhile hong kong's leader carrier says its hospital system could face cannot as it deals with a shop rise in cases s

amazing trusted thailand.the thinking is that visitors will only come if they have good reason to feel safe. amid all the tragedy and heartbreak the coronavirus has caused there have also been occasional glimmers of hope one of the positive development concerns how we get around. over the past few months travel around to a standstill. in traffic disappear from the roads. lockdowns have been good for the climate. this is prompted some cities including the french capital paris to rethink mobility. experiencing around the cones isn't easy especially if you're a beginner. that's not enough. but now the christine has a good reason to keep practicing. i want to be able to ride uphill with my son. but i did i'm not going to give up and also because of the coronavirus i need to stick with it and stop taking the train. and then i'll take the bike. let me parisians are using that pandemic as an opportunity to learn how to ride a bike less confident riders are glad not to have to learn on busy roads my sister i'm worried

monkey writes in thailand. but we start off in italy when the coronavirus epidemic began in europe many people died in the region of lombardy hardly a single family remained untouched the northern italian city is now coming to grips with what happened which travel to battle a city that is still in mourning for stuff the old town usually a tourist hot spot here we meet. a community worker things have calmed down no. unlike at the start of the crisis. you know the ga me after a few days some of us started breaking down emotionally they were sobbing like babies but it was partly the pressure but also because we were dealing with people who had seen 2 or 3 of their family members die one of them one after the other with. during our biler was among the founders of superbad and initiative to help those who couldn't help themselves 200 volunteers joined him they delivered food and medicines to cover 1000 patients relief for suffering city . at berga most main cemetery visit the graves of people who died of 19 father b

chemical usage in farming started in thailand around 50 years ago it was the result of the post world war 2 through the revolution. if you thought of that there were several changes one of them was the introduction of new types of rice the native riders are abandoned in favor of the new west they'll have a higher yield and shorter stocks or they require the use of chemical fertilizers and insecticides. that there has been a drastic increase in agro chemical imports in 2015 thailand imported around 80000 tonnes but recently this amount is increased by well over 100 percent to almost 200000 tons. i think have got a big oath or to carry out regular studies on occupational diseases and they show that a 3rd of thai farmers have abnormally high levels of chemicals in our blood. or may have no i oppose the use of chemical pesticides in addition to snails these substances are so kill fish and crabs they don't own the right way. grazing his ducks in other people's fields has potential dangers. it's a little needs to be extra careful. how i ask people if they use chemicals i have fields i need

beaches and oceans wayne hay al-jazeera rayong thailand. is looking to diplomatic channels to resolve a possible threat facing the nearby galapagos islands around $260.00 fishing boats have been circling near the ecologically sensitive archipelago most of them occurring the chinese flag a quarter fears they may be able to fish in the marine reserves china says the vessels are there illegally and mean no harm. bill is the senior oceans campaigner a greenpeace usa even says there may have been less monitoring of the galapagos region because of coronavirus restrictions. illegal fleets and they come from a number of flag states often from from east asia they have a number of tricks that they do to kind of skirt the monitoring processes that are in place so while we will often have been is something called transshipment where they will fish until their their ship is full another ship that is just for the purpose of best comes along takes the catch moves away and then the and then the fishing begins again with it with an empty vessel and so you n

beaches and oceans wayne hay al-jazeera rayong thailand. that this is out of there and these are the headlines donald trump has been condemned by democrats and republicans for suggesting that november's presidential election be delayed trump insists without evidence that expanded mail and voting as phone call to fraud i just feel. i don't want to delay i want to have the election but i also don't want to have to wait 3 months and then find out that the ballots are missing and the election doesn't mean anything this is going to happen see if it's common sense so we're asking for a lot of trouble and no do i want to see a day change no but i don't want to see a group election this election will be the most rigged election in history if that happens. all those remarks from trump come on the day that new figures reveal the u.s. economy strong 9.5 percent in the 2nd quarter that's a record shattering for another 1400000 americans also fall jobless claims last week while the u.s. state of florida is reporting yet another record number of private

but in thailand many believe that's often not the case in communities like this there's always been a broad sense of injustice and double standards and the decision to drop the case against a member of one of thailand's wealthiest families will be viewed by many as just another example of the impunity enjoyed by the rich and powerful. in one of the capital city's poorest suburbs people wondered why the police didn't do more work here while it may give you harm i can see that something is wrong with this case we can't put our faith in the wall you know where i think the outcome of the case is very strange we didn't really see how the investigation went the inquiries are being welcomed but they may fail to change the sense among many in thailand that justice is not equal wayne hay al jazeera bangkok. this is all just over these are the top stories united states is withdrawing $12000.00 troops from germany the only half will be repositioned elsewhere in europe including italy poland and the baltics it follows an earlier decision by donald trump to cut troops blaming germany for failing t

beaches and oceans wayne hay al-jazeera rayong thailand. now one of the natural wonders of the world is underway in east africa the annual migration of hundreds or thousands of wild beasts but unlike normally few tourists are seeing their journey from kenya tanzania as catherine sorry reports on the game reserve the pandemic is a ready cost in kenya $800000000.00 in lost tourism revenue. traveling from the serengeti in tanzania the heart of gold at least crosses the sand and we are into the messiah mara game reserve in kenya and the next month nearly a 1000000 of this models will be here this is one of unesco's wonders of the walls and on the back at least of many others what's missing tourists because of khalid 19 the must. one of the top tourist destinations in the wilds is empty this. milton has been in the tourism industry for 3 decades he says has never seen anything like this of north walk for the last 4 months this is my 4th year here it was last year i mean for sure there's no way. i mean not even i mean this in general i was alread

beaches and oceans wayne hay al-jazeera rayong thailand. and nasa says its mars bound mission has run into technical difficulties all but a sensor systems on the perseverance rover have been switched off because of a drop in temperature but the space agency hopes the problems will be solved as planned to put the rover on to the red planet to take samples and fly an experimental helicopter over its surface and we've got a report from miami. we're. launching on a mission to mars this is the start as nasa is most ambitious project to answer the age old question point are we alone. it will take the perseverance rover almost 7 months to reach the red planet and if all goes well place the car sized robot safely in the $20.00 crater once there the rover will spend almost 2 years exploring an ancient martian lake a location scientists say may hold the building blocks to life so one of the key steps that perseverance is taking is collecting samples that can be brought back to earth in the future and then analyzed with all the trust real laboratories

he is a rich agricultural province in central thailand. and is one of the world's leading rice producers and exporters. but this is only been possible with the extensive usage of agricultural chemicals be it herbicide pesticides or fertilizer. this has led to environmental economical and health problems affecting both farmers and consumers. who knew. my name is some look. i'm 74 years old 60 years ago time people were very healthy rice was number one in the world back then we never hear used chemicals to farm but farmers were later misled by agro chemical and fattest and started using that by you and that saddam had a lot of heart yeah. the 18000000 rice farmers in thailand some look is among the few who refuses to use chemicals in farming. he has his simple and interesting way of growing chemical free rice. in the fields. the population of iraq is now 6 and i did i found out my wife was secretly using pesticides i didn't agree and bought my docs instead. these are some looks a.v.'s. their existence can be of tremendous benefit to mankind

i'm going hey reporting from thailand which used to be the largest exporter of rice in the world we'll tell you why the numbers are continuing to pour. hello there are still plenty of rain through more central areas of china also some heavy downpours on the way into western areas of japan a brief rest fight across the korean peninsula but it really is only brief there is some rain is to go through wednesday and then you'll see this massive yellow and dark blue that work its way through shandong and eventually pushing across into the korean peninsula but some heavier downpours as well into western areas of home she's certainly on wednesday by thursday that rain again working its way across much of japan and there are those very heavy rains pushing across the korean peninsula this could well lead to some localized flooding but at the same time back across the china the rains a little bit lighter but of course they will continue over the coming days and weeks till the season rains and some very heavy rain still in the forecast across areas of india but of course to the northeast as well a

farming has never been an easy way to make a living but in thailand these are particularly tough times this year growers of rice and other crops have been hit hard on multiple fronts all beyond their control but. there's not enough water to grow rice probably the rainy season arrived late this year and the water in the canal is true salty the farm will be in trouble if there's not enough rain soon because the drought was really bad this year. thailand is the world's 2nd largest exporter of rice but is likely to drop down the list this year the coronavirus pandemic slow demand to tie rice as other produces such as vietnam stockpiled their own product to protect domestic food stocks in case of a shortage now they are freeing up supply flooding the international market which is pushing prices down but not the thai exporters who can't compete on price even though thailand's rice farmers have had a difficult year with drought which is affected production warehouses and mills like this are expected the fill up in the months ahead as exports continue to decline they'll have the product to sel

but in thailand many believe that's often not the case in communities like this there's always been a broad sense of injustice and double standards and the decision to drop the case against a member of one of thailand's wealthiest families will be viewed by many as just another example of the impunity enjoyed by the rich and powerful. in one of the capital city's poorest suburbs people wondered why the police didn't do more work here while i'm are you home i can see that something is wrong with this case we can't put a face in the war. i think the outcome of the case is very strange we didn't really see how the investigation went the inquiries are being welcome. and but they may fail to change the sense among many in thailand that justice is not equal wayne hey al jazeera bangkok. u.s. attorney general william barr has defended the trumpet ministrations response to the black lives matter protests he testified that a congregational committee and faced heavy criticism for sending federal agents into cities to quash protests he also faced accusations of politicizing the justice departmen

in the remote's northern provinces of thailand life has continued unchanged for centuries. close knit families eke out a subsistence living by working on sister lands and rice fields. and it was here in 2003 the agents for an american farm worker recruitment company came calling. us up on. the needs of us all year and i mean i know my back. oh a. young american woman going to go back where they manufacture. getting them and in kenya. families in a lump and less than $1000.00 a year. the recruiters told them that in america they would $50000.00. there was just one. they had to pay illegally high registration fees to the recruiters up front and then. the recruitment base were high they were generally between 50750000 type bought or between 152-0000 u.s. dollars. for 3 years of. they believed guaranteed work and the contracted. employment at a rate of 8 or $9.00 an hour so when the guys did the math they figured that they could pay off their debt in the 1st year and then the 2nd and 3rd years would basically profit for their families. if the. decision would be made by me $1000

targeted the same impoverished villages in thailand as a loon farms. and this recruit just the same. registration for. the buddha there's a set cap on how much you're supposed to pay for work abroad so in this case for farm work in the u.s. the workers should not be paying more than $60000.00 baht that is. current c. . but in fact would have ended up happening the workers were taught that they had to pay 900000 baht and they ended up having to mortgage their lands and their homes. and had to. take money from loan sharks borrow money to massive x. orbit and debt and and pay high interest. summits signed up with global horizons in 2000 and. 2. but he had. mortgaged his home his fields and his father's land to pay the recruits. but the american dream turned sour very quickly. how much. i don't care how i. say it. my name and i. know what. the meaning. meaning on the whole. i mean. now to many of those i wish i. could have. gone behind and go about. this is the man who owned and operated global horizons incorporated an israeli businessman called mordechai

many of thailand's beaches are not the idyllic white sand slices of paradise sold to tourists instead littered with rubbish much of it coming from those who rely on the ocean for income and food thinking small fishing boats always sponsible for a lot of the garbage but when i was fishing vessels also done a lot into the ocean because of a lack of a proper waste management system tourists also done a lot of trust on the beaches were. probably the most damaging debris are discarded fishing nets they can easily harm marine life now instead of throwing their broken or old nets overboard or leaving them on the beach fisherman are selling them for cash we actually train law officers to create and collect that and dan we link them up with recycling sectors like you know recycling companies and use their common who can make them into an exciting product it's estimated around 8000000 tonnes of plastic including nylon fishing nets into the world's oceans each year and thailand is one of the largest contributors it's clear thailand has a big problem with rubbish ending up in its oceans and on it

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thailand's restaurants are now turning to the traditional too tackle the problem. >> walking out with attorney from japan makes use of plastic containers collected during his 14-day q quarantine. hehe says manyf the containers wewere usedd to prprovide food. >> translatotor: the waste wasn only for me. ththere werere 2 200 other atto in the same facility. so, how much we produced in those two weeks. >> thailand has banned single use plastic bags amid a rising global movement to reduce waste. but the home due to the pandemic calls the volume of plastic packaging to rise sharply, up 60% in april alone. the urgent need to reduce waste is helping to revive a cultural tradition. in the papast, pinto weree wide used for school lunches and to make offerings to monks. but all that faded away with the rise of plastic containers. now, the forgotten disishes are coming out of the closet. sometimes in bright new colors. the owner of this shop says orders are upp thanks to g grow environmenental awareness. >> younger customers turn to pintoo because they want to reduce plastic waste while forfeitu

global targets at the same impoverished villages in thailand as a loon farms. and this recruit just the same illegally high registration fees the buddha there's a set cap on how much you're supposed to pay for work abroad so in this case for farm work in the u.s. the workers should not be paying more than $60000.00 baht that is. current c. . but in fact would have ended up happening the workers who are taught that they had to pay $900000.00 baht and they ended up having to. their lands and their homes. and had to. take money from loan sharks borrow money to massive exorbitant debt and and pay high interest sign it signed up with global horizons in 2004. to agree with you and. now what. do you mean by that are you legion the american. you're not going to be on one soul in gippsland by doing all my shit i'm right i'm not my meal i'd like to just one on one thing the god of the macwhich long here but here i'm really. sorry it's mortgaged his home his fields and his father's land to pay the recruiter's fees but the american dream turned sour very quickly in my youn

theest way to overcome the difficulty is to attracact visitors within thailand. >> reporter: thailand is known internationally as the land of smiles. now the country's tourism industry is hoping local customers will bring back those smiles. nhk world, bangkok. >>> all right. let's have a look at the markets. >>> from the "newsline biz" team, i'm gene otani. thanks very much for joining us. ♪ anchor: hello. thanks for joining us. i am claire pryde. first, to portland in the u.s., where violence has erupted once again after protests. they started after the death of george floyd, and president trump has sent in federal agents to stop them. some officials have been saying federal agents should be fighting climb, not protectors. catherine vietttte reports. catherine: it is a show a force

fast forward to now, thailand says it has crushed covid-19.icially just over 3,000 of the 66 million strong population have caught the virus with only 58 deaths. after two months all new cases in the country have been brought from overseas, so how did thailand do it? >> this is the most important factors in controlling the covid-19 in thailand. >> reporter: a bitter fight against the deng gee fever left thailand in a position to jump on to a new infectious outbreak. when covid-19 struck, 1 million public health volunteers were already assembled and prepared to fan out across the country. when the case was discovered, they traced and isolated it straightaway. >> translator: our strength is that we know our community. we know who is most at risk says one volunteer. people are scared of this invisible disease. they know how quickly it can spread. >> reporter: in a country that calls itself the land of smiles, public health officials believe that tradition has kept people safe. an acceptance of facemasks and a long standing culture of showing resp

i'm going hey reporting from thailand which used to be the largest exporter of rice in the world we'll tell you why the numbers are continuing to fall. hello there mostly horse and drive course throughout much of the middle east we have had wanted to showers in the last few days across areas of yemen also these coastal areas of oman we could see a few more of those as well in the next few days but to the north is the unclear and dry and it has been warm so you can see why people are cooling down in this fountain in it to be seen now and the actual fat all some showers on the way across into georgia as they go through wednesday heavy downpours as well particularly towards azerbaijan maybe going to 2 showers on the way to to run as well but a warm day a high there of 38 degrees celsius and you can see the blowing sand and dust through iraq and further south across into saudi temperatures of course here typically in the mid to high forty's celsius but the winds a sunny kicking up a son just for the next couple of days and as i say be prepared wanted to showers in and around santa and also

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