thailand, we have 60% of our travelers are returns, so travelers know about thailand and love thailande longer they are restricted from coming back, the higher the pent-up demand. [crosstalk] i was just going to say that the tourism authority of thailand predicts that by the end of the year we will have around 700,000 tourists, and next year, we will have 10 million. before covid, there was 39.9 million tourists in thailand. david: that gives us -- what? what is the assumption? 4, 5 years before we return -- >> maybe two to three years. depending on the policies of the countries as well. david: not to trivialize closures and job losses, but in many other tourist destinations, there's been a shrinkage, if you will, in terms of hotel rooms and capacity. what is your sense of what competition will look like once things reopen? >> there will be huge competition and a price war when we reopen. about 50% of hotels are closed temporarily, and about 50% of staff have left the industry. also, yes, i mean, prices will come down, and i think authorities will allow promotions and packages to attra

it's hope that thailand's anti torture bill will afford the well being of it's prisoners. that same transparency. it's got either al jazeera patrone thailand. joining us by skype from bangkok as soon as possible, a senior was such a human rights watch. many thanks for joining us on the program. thailand has a dark history of torture and enforced disappearance. give us a bit of context here as to why that is a case and how this law can make a difference. well, it has long been recognized that enforces appearance and order a serious problem in thailand, the un as recorded over eddie care is enforced appearances. none of them have been resolved. vacuum or i watched. believe the actual number could have been much i and, and dad but because. busy of the weekend and that family had to afraid to come forward and tell the truth of what's going on with the loved one. so that is on this on one side and then the other side of the coin. taja, which is commonly used by the police buys, he can read it for was a, is by and hydra units, and without any law to recognize d, as in he and he

he says torture has long been a serious issue in thailand. un has recorded all. we're eddie key is this open forces appearances. none of them have been resolved. i humor, i watched believe the actual number caught up the much i and, and dad. but because. busy of the weekend and our family are too afraid to come forward and tell the truth. all one going on. busy to the little one, so that is on this on one side and then the other side of the coin order, which is commonly used by the police buys. you can read it for was a, is by and hydra units. and without any law to recognize the he has practices as, as criminal offenses. it is, these roll off the shoes, continue to use torture for disappearance as they wish, without fear of being punished. and if they were caught, they are not punished for committing enforces appearances or order at best the work on weekdays for assault or holding someone against that wheel. and point force is appearance is there is no body. that's no good. so that is the basis of why barry sasha, the ruined it. impunity in thailand and why this

scott highly reports from thailand. >> thailand's deep south has the air of a sleepy town as people begin, but there is something more, something officials and the army what to keep in the shadows. for two decades, along with other provinces, the military has been fighting an armed separatist movement. it used to be a muslim sultanate. some muslims detained by security forces say they were tortured. this activist says he was forced at gunpoint to admit to being a separatist. >> they want to protect themselves. they don't really care about the victims. they deliberately deny all torture allegations, but human rights groups have solid information about torture cases. >> but he sees good news coming. even though thailand is a signatory on an international convention against torture and forced disappearances, it has no laws against it, but a bill will be tabled in parliament. leaders say there have been no abuses by the army because their soldiers are trained to respect human rights. >> we have been operating based on a good moral compass. it does not matter if we have this law or not. we've

here's an example of thailand's alcohol control laws. if i were to take a selfie here in this far and shared on social media, i could be fined up to $1500.00 for indirectly advertising the brands of alcohol behind me. if i own the bar, i could be fined up to $15000.00 and possibly face a year in jail. alcohol control loss have been a contentious subject in thailand, historically, politically connected, conservative and religious groups have worked to keep them strict. an opposition member of parliament, a former bar owner himself, is working to change the laws and save smaller bars and trouble when really often again and the toys come again there would file highlight is hobby. up here to leave the friends. we obviously, if not find any more, not yet some who support the alcohol laws, say it's also about safety for visitors, new comp. i think to a safety should be up her eyes. he, i think alcohol control is necessary. if he let the alcohol sell his run free and do what it, what they want, things will get messy. duffy, once thailand emerge

it's got either al jazeera, putney thailand, lots more. so to come here now does air, including a new report, finds more evidence of vaccine gender, any quality with stock differences in poorer nations and tennesseans protest against that president's decision to suspend parliament and assume executive power more on that stainless ah, thanks for checking in. hello everyone, we are going to begin your weather update in the middle east. we still got a bit of a slight shibel, so that's that north wind blowing down from the rock, picking up the sand and dust for eastern portions of saudi. some rain over the higher ground in yemen to be expected. on monday, speaking of rain, it will mostly be confined to the foothills of the himalayas as we head toward pakistan. but some of it could leak into islam about with the high of 34 degrees. some big storms in greece, that's going to throw bit of cloud cover in the risk of its scattering of showers for it's stumble, more fine toward the south and you know, places in the la vance a few degrees above avera

it's got hardly al jazeera china thailand. now what is expected to be nasa's longest and most extensive mission has blasted off from florida. 3 to lucy will be the 1st space go off to study jupiter as ancient trojan asteroids. it will take 12 years and cover more than 6000000 kilometers africa as big as film festival was opened in brooklyn, of fossa capital. after 8 months delay due to code 19 pandemic. the pan african film on television festival has been running for more than 50 years. and represents a rare opportunity for story tell us to showcase their creations on a global stage. nicholas hack reports from one to 2 in the act of defiance and routine. sa, so a country where arm groups linked to iceland. now, kate are gaining ground despite threats. hundreds of africa's top actors, directors and producers have gathered for the spectacular opening to the pan african film and television festival of walker do. which is also known as fest packet had 2 candidates senegalese directories in the running for the golden stallion. for

it's hope that thailand's anti torture bill will afford the well being of it's prisoners. that same transparency, it's got either al jazeera patrone thailand, on sunday, thousands of tennesseans held demonstrations against president chi saeed, protest his fort places they tried pushing through barriers despite heavy security, presence to his ear is divided on the president's move to assume more powers in july he dismissed the government and suspended parliament. one person has been killed during protest by indigenous groups in chile to oppose the celebration of the spanish conquest. 500 years ago. police in santiago, used to gas and water cannon to disperse, protest is from them my per cheat. community chile is in the process of drafting a new constitution, and many didn't miss people hope it will respect their rights. dozens of refugees, including 17 children, have been rescued in the mediterranean sane. a pregnant woman was among the 59 people, helped by an italian n g r ship. there was sailing on a wooden boat that left from libya, syrians, yemenis, and nigerians were a

plus, i'm scott hiler in southern thailand. we're a fishing community standing up against that government development project. they say will decimate the environment and cross their way and line. ah, we begin with breaking news from yemen where the saudi led coalition says that it's killed at least 160 who suffices in merit prophets. dozens of air strikes were launched in support of government forces to push back the rebels. last month the who these were newton offensive in the province mar, a biz, the internationally recognized governments last stronghold in northern yemen will have more on that breaking news. a little later in this bulletin. in the meantime, we'll move on the afghan interior ministry says that girls will soon return to secondary schools. they've only been permitted to attend primary schools since the taliban is takeover. male students and teachers were allowed to go back in late september alive now to stephanie decker, whose in the ask aren't capital cobble. she can tell us more stuff. you've been talking to

it's got either al jazeera, china, thailand, japan's new prime minister for me. ok. shita has made a ritual offerings that a controversial shrine victims of japanese aggression in the 1st half of the 20th century. see that? yes, so cooney shine in tokyo as a symbol of the countries militarism because she did not visit in order festival in person. it was attended by the former prime minister. she had a suga. he said the offerings respect, those who lost their lives to rush and filmmakers have returned to earth from their mission to shoot the 1st movie scenes in space. they landed in cars. it's done early on sunday. the crew stayed at the international space station for 12 days to film segments of the movie. hollywood is also planning to send a crew to space to shoot f just film. mid tab gosh, she's a former chair of the science operations working group for vanessa. he says, shooting films in space could boost interest in future missions pretty. i think the more you see the space doris going up. common people without much training without farm or the being an astro

scott: hi le reports from china and thailand. on this stretch of coast where the pine trees meet the beach. on a southern bend of the gulf of thailand, the government wants to build a large industrial zone and deep sea port. this rural region of thailand is home to abundant marine life and undisturbed nature. if 19 year old courier rockman yard has anything to do with it, it will stay that way. here in china, she's one of the leaders in the prominent and growing protest movement calling for the project to be cancelled on like net. no, i used to think that my fight to say after that was death, about protecting my homeland. but a came to realize that it's much bigger, angelina, so we still have to leave on this planet. no matter who we are. we still have to believe these do have to depend on natural resources. i think it's only right to speak up. she says everything she has comes from the c and for most of the people in china, it's been that way for generations. the fishing community here in china looked at past government developm

it's got either al jazeera patrone thailand. the 2021 nobel prize for economics has been awarded to david con joshua angriest. and guido in bens, the 3 u. s. based economists, one for they work on drawing conclusions from unintended experiments or so called natural experiments that use real life situations to work out the impact of economic policy and other events. that kind of the university of california berkeley was awarded one half of the prize. the other half was shad by angriest from the massachusetts institute of technology and embeds from stanford university is now david cards. empirical contributions have improved our understanding of labor markets. his initial work challenge conventional wisdom which led to new studies and additional insights. josh language and kito imbalance have clarified exactly what conclusions about cause and effect that can be drawn from natural experiments. their framework for estimation validation and interpretation as being widely adopted in applied work. the combined contributions of the laur

this rural region of thailand is home to abundant marine life and undisturbed nature. if 19 year old car, rockman ya has anything to do with it, it will stay that way. here in china, she's one of the leaders in the prominent and growing protest movement calling for the project to be cancelled on that. you know, i used to think that my fight to safety and i was just about protecting my homeland . but they came to realize that it's much bigger. so we still have to live on this planet. no matter who we are. we still have to breathe. we still have to depend on natural resources. i think it's only right to speak up. she says everything she has comes from the seat and for most of the people in china, it's been that way for generations. the fishing community here in china looks at past government development projects as to what their future could look like. if this massive project moves forward. they don't like what they see, and they don't think that their concerns are getting the deserved attention. in run by curry has been a member of this community, his entire life and a

it's got either al jazeera patrone thailand. time for a short break here al jazeera when we come back, a new report finds more evidence of vaccine gender inequality. with don differences in poor countries and lebanon's army steps in to restart, the country's biggest pop. lots more in that status. ah thanks for checking in. here's your weather story for the americas. hello everyone . we do have about a 5050 shot. this could turn into something tropical, will continue to watch it, and it can vary belts of warmth. then humidity is going to sparked some storms through the mid west into the great lakes. spin gloomy for toronto over the last few days. but hay temperatures well above where they should be average 15, we've got yen for 23 on monday. a few spits in spots of rain across the canadian prairies, mostly confined towards central and northern parts of the area. come monday, i'll tell you what we've seen himself through the sierra nevada and just look at some these low temperatures here. reno 8 degrees salt lake city, just a high

it's hope that thailand's anti torture bill will afford the well being of it's prisoners. that same transparency. it's got either al jazeera patrone, thailand, millions of people in australia's largest city sydney, a celebrating after months long cove in 19 lockdown was lifted. taff restrictions had been in place for more than 100 days to curve the spread of the doubt of aaron's cafes. james and hay addresses have re opened for the fully vaccinated. for marinez. sarah clark joins us live from breast. been in the state of queensland. hello there sarah cb side as of had their 1st full day of locked down for a life. how excited were residents to resume some sort of normalcy? look at, we've seen st jubilation across sydney to day and you could describe the feelings of being alighted. this was relieved after 106 days the likes of petitions, restaurants, cinemas, harris's, and they were able to open at midnight. we've been so queues outside some of these venues at midnight. this peak was so cain, after 106 dies in lockdown to be able to return to life as normal, some level of no

it's hope that thailand's anti torture bill will afford the well being of it's prisoners. that same transparency. it's got either al jazeera putney thailand, a large fire has finally been extinguished, shut an oil facility in southern lebanon. a fuel storage tank caught fire at the facility near the city side on nearly 250000 leaders of gas was burned during the blaze. it was close to one of lebanon's main power stations which stopped functioning 2 days ago because of a fuel shortage. april came on, the canary islands is continuing to spew lover after a series of tremors. it's been erupting on la paloma for nearly 3 weeks. now. magma has been streaming down the sides of the volcano. as you can see from these pictures destroying more than 1101100 buildings, thousands of people have been left homeless. our next in sports with jo us open. finally, trailer fernandez causes another upset on the court. this time at indian wells. stay with us for the details. ah ah ah ah ah ah, i can have his horse his jack ali thank you, francis put there year 2020 disappointment behind them and

that same transparency, it's got either al jazeera paterny thailand. the 2021 nobel prize for economics has been awarded to david cod, joshua angriest, and guido inbounds, the 3 us based economists, one for their work on labor economics. their research includes the economic impacts of immigration on local people. card of the university of california, berkeley was awarded one half of the price, the other half was shared by angriest from the massachusetts institute of technology and inbounds from stanford university. david cards, empirical contributions have improved our understanding of labor markets. his initial work challenge dimension wisdom, which led to new studies and additional insights. joshua congress and quito emblems have clarified exactly what conclusions about cause and effect that can be drawn from natural experiments. their framework for estimation validation and interpretation as being widely adopted in applied work. the combined contributions of the laureates have completely read shaped empirical work in the economic sciences, jenna's w

believe china, i've been carrying out scott hiler in southern thailand. we're a fishing community standing up against the government development project. they say will decimate the environment and crush their way of life. and then sunday for the wages strike a leading his team to top spot in the german football late on it will be here at around 10 to the out. i live in and now where there are calls for rallies in the capital to mark 2 years since the starts of major protests against the government, demonstrators are also planning to gather at the barret port. of course, the sight of last year's massive explosion. let's go to jamalia shale now in beirut, and jamal divisions and lebanese society a common but they really seem to be at a high point at the moment indeed, come on. it's kind of ironic because as you mentioned, it's 2 years since those protests took place. here are protest movements which had the headline of all of that means all of them i eat, getting rid of all the different heads of the different sex, some parties here or where to pull to have

it's got harder al jazeera china thailand. a growing anti immigrant sentiment in turkey is led to a conflict with a local people in refugees. mobs targeted work places and houses of syrians after scuffles broke out between the groups and with the nation eyeing a turkish general election scheduled for 2023. the issue of deporting refugees is rarely dominated the public agenda. cynical, seal. you reports now from a stumble. ali how to return to it live in northwest from syria. 5 months ago, after having lived in turkey for 6 years, he had crossed the border to escape the fighting. but his says, the long working hours and being away from relatives made him feel like a stranger in turkey. now he has the shop to make a living with our cache and his love y'all's for his daddy in recent years, racism has become more common turkish. people have started to look down on us and dislike us. you then we began to hear them saying, why don't you go home? our government pays your salaries and rent your houses in the yellow ali and his wife sa

and then the government in thailand is cracking down on critics of its curve at 19 vaccine plan. dozens of people have been jailed and charged with defaming the monarchy for questioning why the country's king owns the only farm producing the vaccines. scott jaila has more from the capital bank hawk. the earlier this month's supporters gathered in front of bangkok, reman prison, calling for the release of protesters jailed for royal defamation or article 11 to 2 of those had been the only participants of a protest which resulted in them being held without bail high, high government can get together the government, a monarchy, and all the benefits at the protest in front of the headquarters of the pharmaceutical firm owned by thailand, king size bio science, the 2 protest this question, the government's move to award and fund its local astrazeneca vaccine production solely to the firm, the backbone of thailand, cove, at 19 response, when opposition m. p. 's asked for greater transparency, the government released the copy of the contract between astrazeneca and seen him by a sign. the crit

the backbone of thailand's cove. in 19 response, when opposition m. p. 's asked for greater transparency, the government released the copy of the contract between astrazeneca and seen him by a sign. the critical sections of the contract were blocked out like the budget, the schedule for vaccine distribution and numbers of shots that a leading opposition figure also charged with royal defamation. for criticizing the sign, bias nights deal was officially read his charge. last week i was questioning the dispirited of this deal doubt whether it's beneficial to to the monarchy because if there is any failure in the production, then the people will question the king as the ultimate or no other company. and he said the government's hands are tied to can't pursue legal action against psycho bios science with the king as the firm's head. in responding to a question from al jazeera, regarding the jailing, a peaceful activists for protesting outside sign bio sciences headquarters, astrazeneca declined to comment. kenneth torn sees the government crackdown a public

and i'm scott holler in southern thailand. we're a fishing community standing up against that government development project. they say will decimate the environment and cross their way of life. ah, we begin in afghanistan where the number of people killed in friday. suicide attack has risen to 65. a sheer mosque in kandahar was targeted in the 2nd thought attack in days. mass funerals have been held as the taliban promises to step up security. i so enough kennestone has claimed responsibility as the groups fust large scale attack and south of the country and follow a similar block in the northern city of conduce last week. they're not gonna do smuggle people our coward enemies, merciless, too old. we ask, dia lumnick, emerett to seriously think about our security because our enemies will hama society by any means. they can. stephanie deka is in cobble. she says a tell about starting to realize the scale of the threat for my. so kandahar is police chief vowing to increase security with special police units at chia mosques acros

talking about what is going on in thailand at the moment because hat is going on in thailand at the momentbecause about 30 northern and central provinces have been hit by have been hitby bad ' w i ' northern and central provinces have been hit by bad flooding noerthrn and cetal prvinces have been hit b bad floodin: have been hit by bad flooding in recent have been have been hit by bad flooding in recent weeks causing blood levels to ride in the river that flows all the way to bangkok and while many businesses have been threatened by the flooding, one has used it to their advantage. waiters tread through water to serve hungry customers. for this restaurant in thailand, business is going swimmingly. translation: it's - exciting and fun for me. we're eating and dipping in water at the same time. translation: it's a fun challenge. i you don't know if you'll get washed away while eating. the chao phraya antique cafe takes its name from the river running through bangkok. it hasn't been an easy year. the pandemic caused many businesses in the area to shut during lockdown, and recent bouts of floo

thailand lost about 50 billion us dollars on tourism revenue so many businesses in those popular touristve remained eerily silent for months now but still it's a risky step for thailand. 0nly around one third of the population has been fully vaccinated and they are still seeing around 10,000 covid cases a day. seeing around 10,000 covid cases a day-— seeing around 10,000 covid casesada . ., ., , cases a day. sarah, thanks very much. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: 0n the canvas — global fine art sales slumped last year. can more affordable alternatives buck the trend? a historic moment that many of his victims have waited for for decades. the former dictator in the dock, older, slimmer. and as he sat down, obedient enough. dawn, and as the sun breaks through the piercing chill of night on the plane outside, it lights up a biblical famine now in the 20th century. the depressing conclusion — in argentina today, - it is actually cheaper— to paper your walls with money. we've had controversies in the past with great britain but, as good friends, we have always found a good and lasti

he was taken to thailand.n after he got there was when james mitchell and bruce jessen showed up and began the interrogation. as joe pointed out, it was interesting yesterday in the argument to hear justice barrett talking about torture, what happened to zubaydah was torture. none of these euphemisms like enhanced interrogation techniques. he was the guinea pig in a way. this is where mitchell designed the program and tested the program of torture. it always struck me that a lot is made of the 83 times he was waterboarded. if you read what was done to him, in the government cables that were sent at the time, to me, the waterboarding was almost benign. they kept him sleet look -- sleepless. they put him in a small coffin sized box for hours, overnight. he couldn't move. they hung him by the cell bars with his feet dangling off the ground. it got to the point it was so bad that mitchell would just snap his fingers and zubaydah would get onto the waterboard. what they did to him was far worse in my view than wate

we are ahead of the thailand open.to where we are in north asia with the equity markets. there we go, a fraction of 1%. keep in mind a lot of these markets are largely more exposed to the oil story than some of their peers across the region here, guys. rishaad: yeah. looking at southeast asia they continue to open, or reopen their borders. of their economies have been hit really hard. in the process, let's get the latest from our reporter who leads the asia health and media coverage. rachel? rachel: what we are seeing in the region now is unmistakably this move toward reopening, these countries following the model that was pioneered in europe, travel is being resumed and reopened for vaccinated people. restrictions are going down. singapore, for example, is using vaccine mandates. . at the same time, thailand and indonesia economies i reopening for vaccinated people in tourist spots. that is the unmistakable trend. yvonne: let's talk about thailand. we are seeing the currency markets react. the biggest jump in the trib

we're seeing it also in thailand. remember this is not something that's unique to the ring committee. it's a tragedy to day for the ring, a community i and the ring a community because of the vulnerable position where i mean, the victims of genocide that there are people who will feel the consequences of this very, very harshly. they're in a very vulnerable position within bangladesh, and they do not need that. they do not need criminals, that using them for the ronins have causal. this was an attack on a seminary in with my bill as death. 3 weeks ago. it seems that these tactics to attempt instill fear they are whacking yes, that will they, they will work and, and they are it's, it's a playbooks at the erica and reagan salvation army has used before. it's used it with the northern men mom, when they wanted to, when they wanted to eliminate moderate opposition to, to work that they were doing there. and their attempt to their attempt to launch what, what they would call us, what they were calling. and insurgency is th

i think you just mentioned recent vicinity of thailand.ink obviously, japan like the united states has - over the region including. [inaudible]. so as i said in my presentation, we are trying to deepen the conversation with the american friends. so that we will be ready to respond to any challenges that might arise in the future. but that doesn't necessarily mean that we will change our traditional position on thailand because with china. i think within this framework, there is a way for us to safely with the ties with taiwan and japan as committed vaccines to thailand to fight the pandemic. ... ... took control of the factory in japan. that is what example of the kind of cooperation we can do with taiwan. as i said, increasingly making efforts to be a person to respond to any contingencies. and also we are supporting the taiwan air force in the areas i have mentioned. also try to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the areas. >> thank you, very difficult question. thank you very much, jim. >> thank you very much, thank you ambassador. i a

for this restaurant in thailand, as this restaurant in thailand, as this is going swimmingly.he same time. translation: it is a fun challenge. _ the same time. translation: it is a fun challenge. you _ the same time. translation: it is a fun challenge. you don't - is a fun challenge. you don't know— is a fun challenge. you don't know if— is a fun challenge. you don't know if you will get washed away — know if you will get washed away while eating. it know if you will get washed away while eating.- know if you will get washed away while eating. it takes its name from — away while eating. it takes its name from the _ away while eating. it takes its name from the river- away while eating. it takes its name from the river running l name from the river running through bangkok. it has not been an easy year. the pandemic caused many businesses in the area to shut during lockdown and recent bouts of flooding threatened to close the restaurant for good. but instead, the owners have seen an opportunity with customer footage of a unique dining experience now going viral on social media.

thailand is still expanding.looking at very interesting projects in eastern europe. >> with the target of being carbon neutral by 2050, does that mean you're looking at more renewable projects or traditional power sources? >> we keep on looking at gas. we look very strongly at renewable because it is not only the trend but also the future and the technology is becoming cheaper. we also see that there is a big place still for hybrid power plants. the combination for different reasons. i think there renewable power plan is still very influenced by environmental factors. until we find the right balance, we will keep expanding in all directions. >> under your father's leadership, it became one of the largest private power producers in thailand. you have spoken about being a guardian for the next generation. what sort of footprint would you like to leave on the business? >> an important part of our success is the culture, the values. i would like to be a part of keeping that strong, making sure we bring that forward a

fertiliser so that farmers don't burn their fields and cause air pollution, and a clever design in thailandwe are going in the right direction. it will support us to go into mass production and it will boost us towards our goal of accelerating the access of green hydrogen for everyone. the earthshot for build a waste—free world goes to... ..the city of milan! another global challenge is waste, and the city of milan wins a prize for collecting unused food and giving it to people who need it most. the final prize, for restoring nature, went to costa rica — a country that once cleared most of its forests but has now doubled the number of trees. the plan now is for the winning projects to be scaled up so that they can make a real difference globally. we'll have to see how well that works out in practice but in any event, they'll offer something badly needed in the run—up to the climate summit in glasgow next month — a sense of optimism. david shukman, bbc news. a russian film crew has left the international space station after ending production of the first movie to be filmed in space. actress