he's also a former advisor to thailand's constitution drafting committee. in con ken david stretch was historian and author of truth on trial in thailand, defamation treason, and less majestic. and also in bangkok we have private rajan for the writer and columnist for the english news publication, hostile dot com. all right, welcome to all of you. so if i could start with you private or john for just just tell us what's what the situation is right now there, particularly in, in the, in the capital bank caulk and where things stand right now with these protests which as we said, began, as, as, as a protest against the government's handling of cobit 19 in particular, the prime minister? well, i'm currently at 25 minutes before 9 pm bank of time, and because few is 9 pm. this is the coven. 19 a few from 9 pm to 4 pm in order to minimize the possible infections. and as we speak, the riot police are mopping up the area where the traitor has retreated. that's around the area called victory monona. i think we expect some continued confrontation to go on, at least

thailand and the united states, he declared, would continue their efforts for economic development andn a last good-bye from the prime minister before his departure for pakistan. ♪ muck. >> later that very morning, as air force transport reached karachi. two of pakistan's top members welcomed the nixons to another nation. ♪♪ >> the 8th regiment provided the honor guard. the salute to vice president nixon in the absence of the prime minister who was away in london for the commonwealth conference. with the united states charge d'affaires if, the vice president and mrs. nixon met more than 50 members of the foreign diplomatic corps. ♪♪ >> catchy was another -- karachi was another place to greatly impress vice president nixon. the cameraman accompanying the vice president took these views of the city's booming. they are dramatic reminder of pakistan's energy and determination. ♪ ♪ >> at the presidential palace, mounted rangers in white tunics provided a colorful escort for the party from the united states. ♪♪ >> inside mr. nixon posed with the president and cabinet if ministers after confe

all of that from the bank of thailand. they did say earlier that the recovery for timeline -- talent is being a bit more protracted. this is true for one of the biggest sectors, tourism. let's look at what is happening with the first word news as we go over to new york. >> the ruling parties of japan and taiwan will hold their first security talks on friday. the concerns about china likely to top the agenda. this is the latest sign of a more coordinated response to beijing's inc. recently -- increasingly assertive actions. lawmakers met in july to discuss greater support for the democratically rhode island. president biden says to compete the evacuation of thousands of people in afghanistan by august 31 despite what he described as a tenuous situation there. biden rebuffed 87 call to extend troops's stay in afghanistan. the white house says vice president kamala harris will raise the issue of beijing on her visit to vietnam. she also launches southeast asia 's blame for disease control. chinese officials have confirmed the

they were on their way to thailand. i spoke at length for pushing for more vaccines for thailand. the vaccine diplomacy we are doing is welcome. what is critical, we are giving vaccines without any strings attached. that is different from what the chinese are doing. they're coming in with their vaccine, strings attached to it. when the u.s. comes up and say we are here because some of you have been there to help us. it is the right thing to do for a global pandemic. that really helped. in our conversations with administrations in all parts about southeast asia, there is a real understanding within the binding camp of the need for this. there is dedication to it as well. >> you are part of the announcement in june of 750 thousand doses going to taiwan. that has been tripled to 2.5 million. can you talk about the numbers you have been seeing that will be coming out regarding scenes in the reason -- region? >> when we went there in june, there was not enough vaccines for in country. we were not going to be part of the first cohort receiving vaccines. i spoke with the white house and

so that's why the people of thailand, a lot of the people here in thailand are out and back out on the streets, protesting over 21000 new cases reported just in the last hour or so here. now that's what we've seen the steady uptick, mainly because fewer by the more contagious delta variant. but what is a little bit disappointing if you will, over the last couple of days, we saw the numbers go down slightly, just about 900000, but then now back up to over 21000. today on wednesday, peter. so obviously it looked like we might have been getting into a better situation, but now not so much here in thailand. the future of poland, right. when coalition governments uncertain after the prime minister fired his deputy, the united right coalition has been at odds for a while now. most recently over tax reform, the deputy prime minister party has been arguing. the reforms will punish poland, middle classes, and stoke inflation. the government's future still lies in a new confidence vote by parliament. a report by amnesty international says women into grey have been subjected to brutal acts of sex

now, many of us have to hide and escape to thailand to find a job. some of us got caught and was sent to prison. more watson, johnny id carey, is also a migrant from me and mom who has settled in thailand for many years. he helps run a local charity. there are a lot of children also come along with the parents and there's some parents, they don't have a document. so they had a lot of you know, issues to going around. and if the parents get arrested, the children will be left behind in a hot or in houses and who's going to take care of their children. he says, live here. it's also getting increasingly difficult for migrant workers because of corona virus restrictions. when a new infection is reported in a village, no one is allowed to leave unless they can show that tested negative for cove at 19 . many are unable to find work and have been relying on donation. but supplies are slowly dwindling, as continued restrictions cause economic hardship for every one else. the struggle for survival is also made was by a sense of frustration at what's happening

so that's why the people of thailand, a lot of the people here in thailand are out on the back out on the streets, protesting peter and his, you mentioned, you know, over 21000 new cases reported just the last hour or so here. now that's what we've seen the steady uptick, mainly because fueled by the more contagious delta variant. but what is a little bit disappointing if you will, over the last couple of days, we saw the numbers go down slightly, just about 900000, but then now back up to over 21000. today on wednesday, peter. so obviously it look like we might have been getting into a better situation, but now not so much here in thailand, scott, many things got high. they joined his life from bangkok to the united states. the new governor, andrew cuomo has resigned the week after an inquiry found his sexual harris several women investigate to say he grouped, kissed, or made suggestive comments to current and former government workers. kristin salumi has more now from new york, in a hastily arranged a dress after a combative defense of his behavior. a surprise announcement from new

nixon in plane for thailand 6 hours behind schedule. when they arrived in bangkok. prime minister quoted them for traditional charm. they were also greated by u.s. ambassador bishop and other members of the diplomatic corp. ♪ ♪ >> leading his guest into a reception room at airport, the prime minister added a formal welcome of his own. >> he regretted that there wasn't time enough to entertain american friends appropriately. in reply the u.s. vice president insisted that the welcome was much more than adequate. and he expressed deep gratefulness that so many thailand leaders should be kind enough to turn up and meet him when he had been obliged to come at so late an hour. in a dining room prepared for the occasion the prime minister and mr. nixon and their party in midnight dinnerment one more example of thailand's hospitality to the american goo will ambassador. once again, mr. nixon held a press conference and underscored america's strong backing of the southeast asia treaty organization. thailand and the united states he declared will

this is thailand's worst week and it's covered 19 battles. they were to record breaking days of new infections. and once with a high of 233 deaths until the start of the current 3rd wave of the virus in april thailand had only about 30000 coban 1900 cases in all. since then, it's added more than $830000.00 a delayed vaccine rollout has been the focus of much criticism directed at the government and the mixed messaging about preventative measures. as the 3rd wave was just taking hold, the rapid spike in cases has led to heavy strain on the health care system, which is considered one of the best in the region. volunteers have jumped in to fill the gaps fell upon loud, gotten to me, the existence of volunteer groups shows how the government has failed the part. so people have to help each other. the health ministry has proposed community decrease that would prevent any legal action against from my medical staff. while working on cobit 900 patients, it says it's designed to help them do their job. but it would also protect those responsible for v

this is not the case in thailand. but the young generation feel that time has come to change and they want that change. and right now they are expressing themselves not just on social media, but on the street as well. but the risk is that the maximum penalty for defaming defaming them. on a 15 year in prison, you said a covert curfew comes into place in around 3 hours time. what is the coven situation? and they're in thailand, and is that part of the concerns of the people? it's very bad. 1000000 population a couple of days ago, the proportion a number. in fact the person has rose above that of india during the peak. so we're talking about 2 questions. pylon and a few countries in asia including malays, easier, me on my, becoming the new epic center in the region 4 or with. so the delta barrier has raw rocks have age to ravage to the public health system. many people unable to secure hospital bad if they even if they are to be really affected by co with 19. and on top of that, the m and a vaccine has not arrived. we a

and locked down in thailand, capital and more than 2 dozen other provinces has been extended. as the delta variance pushes up, the number of cases 20 non provinces have been classified as dark reads on citizens in these provinces, a band from traveling to other parts of the country and must adhere to a strict curfew. thailand is also experiencing a major shortage of vaccine for more on this is tony cheng, his line for us in bangkok, tony on the vaccine shortage front appointments now for people to get their vaccines being postponed. so how bad is this shortage, and how long will it last was very hard to know. frankly, the government's been quite secretive about where the shortage is coming from. but what we've seen over the course of the last couple of months is that signed by a son, the company which has been licensed by astrazeneca to produce the vaccine here in thailand. i should mentioned this not just for time, but so many countries in se asia has been running well below capacity. the seneca in secret papers released has defended themselves, saying that they were initiall

they are on the streets of thailand. as we've been saying, people are angry about the country's coven, 1900 response to 60 percent of the time population has been fully vaccinated. people, some people are calling for the resignation of the prime minister and urgent reform to the monarchy. we have with us on the line private road, janet brook a, ty journalist called english english at bank oak based english language. on my new website. i want to ask you again private route. 6 for audience who has made just joined us, just tell us kind of give us a situation. give us a situation there on the ground. where is this happening? why is this happening? what are people telling you who are out on the street today? why it's happening? because the impact on the 1919 being a huge over the past 3 months, we have been getting on seeing unprecedented number of new daily infections currently at around $2500.00 plus or minus per day. and the demonstrative feel that if i remove the prime minister general for you and all shop on power and t

here in thailand, i should mentioned, it's not just for thailand, but it's for many countries in se asia has been running well below capacity. the assets in secret papers released have defended themselves, saying that they were initially, the orders that initially came from tiger will much lower than those that are now needed. but science by science was also a company, which was a controversial choices, a vaccine producer, because it had no vaccine production experience. that said anyone here in thailand who criticize that process will try to investigate who is finding themselves in quite a lot of trouble because it is a company which is ultimately owned by the king. and if you criticize the company, you in effect criticize the king. but i think we're seeing now the problem of putting such a vital vaccine production in the hands of a company that isn't very experienced because lots of people are being told not just here in bank hope, but around the country that their appointments for vaccines are being postponed indefinitely. we have seen this happen in the last couple of weeks and more

which bordered laos and thailand. you see the planes, the helicopters, you see this fascinating juxtaposition of rural life and war. you see these little boxy buildings which could represent either, the refugee camps, or the military sites where hmong troops organized. you see people in their lives, in a line, all walking in the same direction, fleeing perhaps for safety. so, this represents hmong experiences during the civil war. and there is subsequent migration out of allow us to thailand. now, the united states worked with the hmong, as well as -- in their fight against the communist during the secret war in the laos during the 19 sixties. but the assistance of the cia in the green berets, general -- a hmong leader, and thousands who he commanded, where the frontline defense responsible for warding off the communist advance until the american evacuation of 1973. the staggering costs of hmong sacrifice during this period is really important to know. throughout 13 years of fear scarola warfare, estimates claim that

an additional 122,000 cambodian refugees joined them in thailand between 1980 and 1986. in vietnam, there was another outpouring of refugees known famously as the boat people. these people escaped by sea. they were people who had been political, military or cultural leaders in south vietnam. some were ethnic minorities who were fleeing persecution. 160,000 went to china. tens of thousands took to the oceans and made their way to other places in southeast asia, including thailand, malaysia, indonesia, and the philippines. they sailed in boats that were hardly seaworthy sometimes. and an estimated 25 to 50% died at sea. if they were lucky to make it to land, sometimes they were forced back to sea by governments like thailand and malaysia that refused to accept them and take responsibility. those refugees who 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 boat people were in malaysia and hong kong. so far, i have only talked abo

we had the hope, saw the gun girls robotic team for that country. thailand battles. it's with current research, with more than a 1000000 infections of strange new zealand report, more delta various cases. also brazil's indigenous people fight for land, right under weight judgement. they took court deliberating a case that could end protection on some native land. the same story sports news pip, guardiola hint he will leave manchester city in 2023. that was coming up later this nice our ah welcome to the needs of people hoping to leave. i've got this thought a still trying outside cobbles, apple. despite warnings of a possible attack, the united states, australia and the united kingdom have urged people to stay away because of what they say is an imminent threat from an ice, a linked group in the country. over the course of the week, the credibility of the reporting has reached the stage where we believe that there is a very eminent, highly lethal attack possible within a couple. and as a consequence, we've had to change the traveler weiss to advise people not to come

that said anyone here in thailand who criticized the process will tries to investigate it is finding themselves in quite a lot of trouble because it is a company which is ultimately owned by the king. and if you criticize the company, you in effect criticized a king. but i think we're seeing now the problem of putting such a vital vaccine production in the hands of a company that isn't very experienced because lots of people are being told not just here in bank. oh, but around the country that their appointments for vaccines are being postponed indefinitely. we have seen this happen in the last couple of weeks and more productions come up. we understand that the thai government is seeking vaccines from elsewhere. they've already signed deals with pfizer madana. but we're not expecting major shipments of those to vaccines to come in until the last quarter of this year. and i think at the moment, they're just trying to concentrate their efforts on the urban centers, where the delta veteran is a real problem. officials in the us say the delta variant of covert 19 is spreading like wildf

thailand battles is, was corona virus serge with more than a 1000000 infections as a strongly and you deal and report more delta various cases and brazil's indigenous people find the land right away from the judgment. the top call his deliberating a case that could end protection on some native land. ah, thousands of people hoping to leave afghanistan before tuesdays deadline. i still crowding outside cobbles, a port despite warnings of a possible attack. the united states astrology and the u. k. has urged people to stay away because of what they say is an imminent threat from an eyeful offshoot. and that kind of over the course of the week, the credibility of the reporting has reached the stage where we believe that there is a very eminent, highly lethal attack possible within a couple. and as a consequence, we've had to change the traveler weiss to advise people not to come to the airport, but thousands, one to leave before western forces, turn their attention to troop withdrawal and pull out for good friends will end civilian evacuations on friday. hungry has already finished its w

taking a look at thailand's, the market is heading lower. we are lower by about 0.8% for thailand.ng in on the risk off that we are seeing when it comes to risk assets. we will see how things go when things open up in five minutes. 2% lower in tokyo. we talked about reports they could be extending this emergency in tokyo. the gpi in indonesia down 1%. we have a budget announcement coming through a little later on. hang seng also seeing similar declines. yields are also digging lower. bond rallies are researching as there are declines in the yields. we are seeing a safe haven player for yen and dollar. we have plenty more to come. sorry about that, i thought we were out of time. haslinda: [laughter] the strength of the yen is weighing on it at the time. the variant is creating a lot of havoc in the economic recovery. we saw that in china's latest data. the retail sales getting slammed along with investments and industrial production. we will see how that plays out for the rest of the region. keep it with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ in business, it's never just another day. it's the big

this borders laos and thailand. you see the airplanes, helicopters. you see this fascinating juxtaposition of rural life and war. you see the boxy buildings which could represent either the refugee camps or the military sites where troops organized. you see people in a line walking in the same direction, fleeing perhaps for safety. this represents the experience during the secret war and their subsequent migration out of laos to thailand. the united states worked with them as well as laos people in their fight against communists during the secret war in laos in the 1960s. with the assistance of the cia and the green beret, tens of thousands of soldiers were the front line defense responsible forwarding off the communist advance. the cost of sacrifice during this period is really important to know. throughout 13 years of fierce warfare, estimates claim that one in four soldiers, approximately 17,000 people, died. some of the solders who died were teenagers, quite young. the secret war entered a new phase in 1973 when the united states signed a peace ac

we're hearing today that japan is stepping up, they're going to donate more money to thailand, to help them disperse the vaccines. they do have here also from the united states, they're going to donate more pfizer vaccines. so although the vaccine program is slowly wrapping up again, it's really well behind where it should be at this stage. and we're seeing that by these numbers increasing the philippines as recorded. it's fast. this economic growth in 30 years growing by 11.8 percent in the 2nd quarter. but many economists say the figure is a mathematical illusion driven by the impact of corona virus on the economy. bottom below reports from we are inside a cash, a distribution center. in the philippine capital manila where another hard lockdown has been imposed by the national government here as well as in surrounding suburbs . this is, of course occur, but an exponential outbreak of course 19 in particular the delta varian off the virus. now, this crowd that you see right behind me, they're waiting to receive financial assistance of $20.00 per individual affected by the lockdown or

but actually to the protests, they always say that it's, it's their city and thailand, this country of compromise. right now i see actually telling cities and it's really difficult to get back to get back to things because actually the government opened up to brian station to fall back the nation in thailand. but they didn't use a mob technology for q all people, but they just some people to want to bring the station to go back to me. so every day south of thousands of people gathered in front of station to their back to me to, to without soul show different things really dangerous as well. of course, i thank you very much for your time. for con, she, there are journalist based in bangkok. thank you. to turkey where tens of thousands of hector of forests have now been destroyed and wildfires living described as the worst and decades. at least 36000 people have been displaced from their homes in the southern province of moolah, where there are a tourist results. results, joins us now live from ident province, where, so just bring us up to speed with the latest there where you are. well

more than $55000.00. cuomo resigned to earlier this month after accusations of sexual harassment thailand is facing its worth corona virus outbreak with more than a 1000000 infections. the government says it will save $61000000.00 astrazeneca shots later this year. just 9 percent of its population has been fully vaccinated. and just got high level reports from bangkok, volunteers, and now helping with the vaccine rollout. his saffron robe disappears beneath the whites of his medical protection suit. as problem a ha prom punk prepares to head out. the buddhist monk leave a volunteer team organized by his cock temple to one of the many poor communities suffering from thailand's worst cobra. 1900 outbreak since the start of the pandemic, bowpoint. but when it comes to taking care of patients and access to basic public health, this is something that should have been taken care of by the government. we all know the coven 19 situation entirely, and is very severe. not everyone has had their inoculations. many people have fallen through the cracks and have not received any help. his team adminis

he says the protest movement in thailand has been evolving. this isn't an ongoing pro democracy movement that is now kind of morphed and regained momentum because of a lot of people's dissatisfaction with the way the government here has been handling the cov it outbreak. that's partially because this nation really fared pretty well for the most. for the majority of the pandemic, but then just a couple of months ago, the beginning of april there, there was a 3rd wave, the strongest wave here. and it, the numbers have just been going up relatively steadily since we really saw spike about a month, month and a half ago, over 20000 cases today about 21000 more than 21000. today i should say, there was a little bit of what could have appeared to be good news. the last 3 days it was about 19000 and it's hard to go down. but again, we thought hop right back up. the criticism really revolves around the vaccine distribution program here in thailand, the transparency from the government, and how they're going to tackle the cupboard 19 situation. that is

a total of 615000 cases have been confirmed in thailand since the start of the pandemic. 20 chang is monitoring events from neighboring, bangkok we government's been quite secretive about where the shortage is coming from. but what we've seen over the course of the last couple of months is that signed by a son to the company, which has been licensed by astrazeneca to produce the vaccine here in thailand. and she mentioned, it's not just for tyna, but it's for many countries, in se asia has been running well below capacity. the astrazeneca in secret papers released have defended themselves, saying that they were initially did the orders that initially came for the tiger will much lower than those that and now needed. but side by side was also a company which was a controversial choices of vaccine producer. because it had no vaccine production experience. that said anyone here in thailand who criticize that process, tries to investigate it, is finding themselves in quite a lot of trouble because it is a company which is ultimately owned by the king. and if you criticize the company, yo

we will get -- let's look at thailand.id to hold of their policy even if the economy keeps contracting. they cut their 20 and 2021 forecast in june and now things are even worse. the is ordering more stringent restrictions with covid cases surging. the gdp has already contracted five quarters in a row. they are in a deep recession. later in the month, it will be the sixth contraction in a row. in june, the bot also signaled they were not willing to cut the key rate. they prefer to see more targeted covid assistance. the cabinet just this week ok-ed doubling the fund they are using to provide payouts to workers and nurses battered by the virus. those two things in mind, they already see their rate at a low level, the government is stepping up more support. hold the key rate at 0.5%. however, by years end, bloomberg economics says they will make another 25 --basis point cut, because they will have had two years of negative growth. a pretty grim outlook for the country. david: kathleen hays on a preview for the back of thaila

also coming up monks on the covert, frontline, some bullets and thailand are taking matters into their own hands to deal with the corona virus as us and facing jumps to its highest level and decades. warnings of low wages and income inequality. ah, we're going to begin in afghanistan does less than a week to go before the deadline to complete evacuations. panic is growing among thousands are still trying to get on the flight said couple airport, but the u. s. is telling it citizens not to go to the airport because of a security threat. we're going to have more on that from alan fisher and washington in a moment. first, this report from charlotte, bet us in a couple count donna is on as the us and foreign forces. now i only have until tuesday to get out. and with that means the end of evacuation live here outside the airport. there is people rush, see if they can get on a flight. we understand your with and the telephone have a deal that the telephone originally about to make people to the area who have torn past pieces and you have paid didn't. was it going to have? and i'm here withou