>> in thailand, the overall gold bar price in thailand is increasing, not coming down.e the gold price, there is a drop in the price, but the outlook, we think it might come down a little bit, but overall, we still believe in gold long-term. we have the pressure in the short term for reducing quantitative easing. long-term, we still have to focus on the u.s. deficit number, which, that would make the gold price go up in the long run. rishaad: you mentioned that gold is tangible. of course, we have got cryptocurrencies here. how is the involution of crypto affecting what you do? >> in the crypto market, there is a high number of u.s. demand increasing. we seek a relation between the price of cryptocurrency and old price -- we see a relation between the price of crypto and gold prices. . we can see movement of the asset. but because gold is still gold, it is still tangible, there is still some growth. there is still a larger group of people that still believe in this asset because it is tangible. and it is very easy to liquidate, buy and sell. so the gold market is tied t

in thailand,, the gold bar price in thailand is increasing. it is not coming down. when we see the gold price in the short-term, there is some drop. but the outcome we think might come down a little bit. overall, long-term, we believe in gold. we have pressure from reducing qe and increasing interest. long-term we have to focus on new benefit numbers. that would make the gold price go up even longer. >> you mentioned tangible. cryptocurrencies are here. how has the evolution of crypto affected what you do? tipa: in the crypto market, we can see correlation between the cryptocurrency and the gold price. sometimes when you see cryptocurrencies going up, the price of gold is coming down. so we can see movement of the asset. but gold is still gold. it is still tangible. there is still a lot people that believe in this asset because it is tangible land -- and very easy. so, the gold market is doing well for the time. rishaad: have you seen a fallback in demand because of crypto? tipa: no, but i see some movement. i see some movement when there is a setting of gold price.

the in thailand, you can go everywhere in thailand-— in thailand.nderstand it apply to - in thailand. the rules as i - understand it apply to travellers aged 12 and over. a lot of children in that age group in the uk have not been vaccinated, so i wondered why you have chosen the age of 12. there are some reports _ you have chosen the age of 12. there are some reports that _ you have chosen the age of 12. there are some reports that many - you have chosen the age of 12. ii—urr are some reports that many children have the vaccine so we tried to impose restriction, but i think we are trying to allow others to go to thailand soon but keep waiting, i think we were relaxing. goad thailand soon but keep waiting, i think we were relaxing. good luck with everything- _ think we were relaxing. good luck with everything. very _ think we were relaxing. good luck with everything. very good - think we were relaxing. good luck with everything. very good to - think we were relaxing. good luck| with everything. very good to have you with us. i want to take it over t

the farmers can't risk an outbreak from wild migrating birds outside in thailand's wet markets. the poultry may not be as valuable, but here probably more than anywhere else. they know how costly bird flew can be back in 2004. when bird flew hit thailand for the 1st time, they had to co more than 60000000 birds. devastating for decades. what had been at the time, the largest poultry export business in the world? in recent days, outbreaks have been detected along with a new strain, h 5 and 8. colds are already underway and south korea, japan and china, the only effective way to stop the spread. and in china, the new strain has already jumped into the human population. infections that have left 6 people dead, there is always a potential that one of these viruses once will adapt itself so it can jump to to humans. it could be one similar as the 1918 spanish route. as one day comes from boards and makes its way into humans, buddhists and thailand released captive birds for merit or good luck with the world still reeling from the impact of one animal born bars that spread into human

reporter: buddhists in thailand released birds for good luck.world is still reeling from a virus that jumped. they are praying this bird flu doesn't do the same. >> u.s. congress is being urged to take stronger measures to protect taiwan. there is a threat of chinese aggression. congress increased funding for taiwan to purchase equipment from the u.s. washington is concerned about china's ability to develop nuclear. reporter: this group believes the chinese communist party and people's liberation army are equipped and ready to invade taiwan but they acknowledge it would be a high risk strategy for the chinese at the stage. that forms the basis of one of the recommendations. this report critical of the chinese and says china is engaged in an effort to attack and marginalize people whose opinions and education, religion, ethnicity they see as a threat and that the u.s. should be aware. they say there should be greater preparedness for the military and taiwan, acting as -- in taiwan acting as a determine -- deterrent against the chinese. they shoul

i can't sell these chickens and thailand because the fighting pits are closed. so i have to, so my beds in another country, there's another outbreak. i may have to close down my business with a gun. the bird flew out break in europe, has now forced these geese inside bread for their fatty livers for the luxury patty, one gruff. the farmers can't risk an outbreak from wild migrating birds outside in thailand's wet markets. the poultry may not be as valuable, but here probably more than anywhere else. they know how costly bird flew can be back in 2004. when bird flew hit thailand for the 1st time, they had to co more than 60000000 birds. devastating for decades. what had been at the time, the largest poultry expo business in the world. in recent days, outbreaks have been detected along with a new strain, h 5 and 8. colds are already underway in south korea, japan and china. the only effective way to stop the spread and in china that you strain has already jumped into the human population. infections that have left 6 people dead. there is always a potential that on

the attitude of the authorities in thailand has hardened in recent months. the tolerance of the protest is now very limited. and on, on the other side, attitudes a more deeply entrenched to the language is more hostile and explicit. and although the demonstrators numbers are not as great as last year, their mood is darker cools for reform of the monarchy have gone unanswered and protest leaders could now face years behind bars. any hurt that could be avoided, evaporated when the constitutional court ruled recently that he been questioning the monarchy is against the law. barracka the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, defendants used their rights on freedom in order to overthrow the democratic regime of government. the king, as head of state, the authorities are now wasting no time criminal cases against the ringleaders are expected to follow swiftly after these bail hearings. i'm got who are one known to his supporters. his penguin faces so many charges. he could potentially be jail for more than 300 years. fact that's deeply disturbing to his mother. why, you know what, i

we do know that the government of thailand is, is currently considering this thailand right now has an opportunity to set a positive example for responding to this heinous situation in him. and we hope they move forward with that. it isn't just thailand there. he should be motivated to move because they the z in nations. it, all of them have been notably quite nice. it's in their response to the events in me, n mar doesn't only them will coordinate. his approach certainly in the asi, on, has of, as a pathetic record, really, unfortunately in responding to mass atrocity crimes that are occurring in being mar . however, the block did recently prevent senior general min on mine from attending its recent summits, which was marks a shift really in the way that i seen is approaching this. but other governments, you know, particularly government of india right now ethnic chin civilians are fleeing. mia mar army attacks. there are many people in need. tens of thousands of people in need. there. couple 100000 more than 220000 throughout the country are displaced, but there are more than 3000000

but since the end of thailand's cove, it isolation, things only seem to be getting worse. i think the end of a high, the whole cove in situation is not really improving, but the government isn't facing the truth. more people lost their jobs. more people are ending up on the street and becoming homeless. people who have no choice when they don't have money to pay for their essentials and have no safety net and no welfare despite the thank the vaccinated visitors, can there return few or actually doing so? that's bad news because tourism is such an important employer and income generator . here on bangkok, celebrated cow san road, there are still relatively few backpackers. and despite lifting quarantine conditions, it's expected that visit to levels next year will still be well below those. before coven, the government already facing criticism for it's slow vaccine rollout is putting on a brave face. it's predicted moder, a growth, and a swift recovery to pre coven economic levels. but the indicators seem to be pointing than the other direction. household debt is rising, oi

they have just started to open up, particularly here in thailand. we're the, the tourist industry has been absolute. the devastated by the last 18 months and the shutdowns they announced in bank over to over the weekend, they were going to be lifting the entry requirements slightly. this of course is going to set everyone on guard again, but i think if the thai government can do anything to keep those gateways open, they'll be trying to do so. so the terrorists can eventually return a south african doctor who raised the alarm of the new variant says her patients have shown mainly miles symptoms so far. from me to miller reports no. from johannesburg. angelie could see the south african doctor who 1st to take the new symptoms in patients who had contract coven 19 while she says the symptoms up until ya cases so far have been mild. so what is interesting is that, that the clinical symptoms are not the same. then with delta, extreme tightness, and fatigue, and the young people that was how we 1st detected with a bit of her body i, campaign, and headach

our south east asia correspondent, jonathan, is following developments from thailand's capital bangkokia, walton extreme response to covid, yet nearly all countries in southeast asia did adopt a version of it. effectively sealing themselves off from the rest of the world for around 18 months, and malaysia still isn't accepting any further visitors. vietnam has only started to open up a little. here in thailand, where they've been struggling to revive the tourist industry, they've been cautiously easing restrictions like mandatory core and touring just over the past two months — my quarantine. now a new variant is spreading. in places like hooksett and bali, businesses there are warning of dire consequences if major travel doesn't resume soon. if there are severe new outbreaks under this omicron variant, that can force governments to put their societies back into complete shutdowns and devastating the rest of their economies, too. for the moment, most of the government i responded by imposing bands only on some african and a few european countries where the new variant has been detected

the big laggard i think will still be thailand.ause for us, it's dependent on tourism and they have started to reopen the borders, but as you take into account the restrictions of the home countries of these visitors and they return, it's pretty stringent, particularly for china. so i think the recovery would still lag far behind the rest of the region for thailand. maybe i think slightly better. yvonne: how much room is there for any kind of action, even when you have a fed and other developed markets that are looking at tightening now? >> i think not much more room for them to do anything. the most they can do is to give what we call an enhanced forward guidance to basically tell markets, look, we will keep the policy settings for as long as we can with the aim of trying to really make the recovery well entrenched. so even with global positioning's tightening, because the fed, rate hikes in the region is still a some way away. so we are expecting rate hikes in the central banks only in the back end of next year. rishaad: essentia

with these announcements, thailand, indonesia, vietnam and malaysia.are discussing carbon neutrality or net zero emissions target but none are legally binding. we hope governments would reconsider to reinforce global commitments. >> what do we know about programs targeting coal and phasing out the internal combustion engine? >> at cop 26 -- singapore and vietnam, projects in the mix. we have the second largest -- of projects in southeast asia and the announcement is a big step. the markets have pipeline for projects are indonesia and the philippines. these countries have come in but have stopped short of setting an end date to phase out coal projects. the other consumer fuel, commitments from the governments to phase out have been limited. cambodia is the only country that committed to phase out by 2040. >> which countries are leading asia's renewable power option? >> vietnam has taken the lead in renewable energy adoption over the last few years driven by relatively attractive tariff schemes, which brought investments into these sectors. to give scale

and that little go across towards plenty of elijah and south of thailand . so that's a very wet area and it forces rainy seasons rap malaysian indonesia, and you see the orange tops here. western side of borneo throughout java is already flooding in the area and they will be more flooding. it's also been particularly wet, almost 90 percent of australia by land mass has or will have rain in the next day or so. the thunderstorms or the biggest, probably in the red center and it's down to western australia because his massive new south wales and even in melbourne, adelaide where recently it's been quite quiet, is turning a bit more clarity and sherry, and it really shows itself there's going to be flash flooding his rac queens in new south wales and pulse of south australia during thursday. and in purse while the sun's back out again. it's 24 degrees in new zealand. it's funny us, unless you happened to be in the science of science island and on that west coast. it is quite, quite a gentle breeze from the north means at christ church at 23. well, it's spring, s

now, unemployment levels and thailand have topped a 16 year high. the countries hoping that the situation will improve with the return of foreign tourists, but alongside the pandemic, the crisis is not one that will be resolved quickly. as tony chain recalls and abandoned building in the suburbs of bang cook, but look closely, and there are signs of recent life since covered struck, homelessness has been a growing problem in bangkok with unemployment rising and the economy and turing prolong, downturn, room sack has been living here for some time scraping and living, selling empty bottles and other rubbish, even his narrow margins have now been cut in half. amanda, this is a very difficult time for me. i'm collecting less scrapped to sell, and a price of recycling material has gone down. i used to make around $12.00 a day, but now i'm lucky to make half of that. and this is an increasingly common site in thailand. people queuing for daily handouts of food. the government promised that economic recovery was on its way. but since the end of thailand c

all that's required thailand is having to revive its tourism dependent economy. the white house press secretary jen, saki has tested positive for covert 19. she's the highest ranking official at the white house to publicly disclose contracting the virus. saki said she has not had close contact with president joe biden, nor senior staff member since wednesday, saki is vaccinated. and his symptoms a mile radius. i couldn't jimmy lie and other pro democracy activists have gone on trial in hong kong, lie and to others have pleaded not guilty to charges relation to their involvement and a band gathering. last year, they attended a vigil commemorating the 1989. 10 of a square massacre will expand the annual event to panoramic the critic say that was a ploy to silence critics following anti government protest and $29.00 team. in brazil, 955 years of dives after cave collapsed during a training exercise and sell paulo stakes. 16 all those with traps but have been rescued. the group were part of a team practicing rescue techniques that happened near the city of alpha nove

is really thirsty for tourists. 3000 is not enough. >> november 1 also offers array of hope for thailand. the return of vaccinated visitors should allow the tourist sector to recover. it accounted for a fifth of the country's economy. >> in paris, the emergency measure that gave cafe and restaurant owners the right to expand outdoors during the pandemic came to an end today. the rules state that until april of next year, extended terraces are required to close. define for flouting the rules is from 500 to 15,000 euros. -- the fine for flouting the rules is anywhere from 500 to 15,000 euros. that is all for now. we will see you after the break. >> i am here to go live on-site with the most important analysis of the day of the events as they occur. >> at france 24, i work closely with the duty editor to give perspective to the international news of the day. >> my job is to follow international news and current affairs on a daily basis to better understand and analyze the historical, political, economic and environmental importance of the world's major news stories. >> on first when he four

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last year's mass antigovernment protes in thailand wrote a taboo on deciding the monarchy.ic foam has covered parts of the yamuna river flowing through india's capital, delhi as hindu devote teaser heading into the river to bays as parts of a religious festival. the city government has a blamed industrial waste and untreated chemicals from neighboring states for the pollution. officials have long pledged to clean up the river without success. you are watching bbc world news america. still to come on tonight's program, a pandemic of the unvaccinated. germany warns its hospitals are close to being overwhelmed by record levels of covid infection. the latest meeting of the asia-pacific economic cooperation kicked off this week. for many world leaders, this will be their third global summit in a few weeks after the g20 and cop 26. what can we expect? our asia business correspondent mariko oi explains. >> for all the happy family pictures, some a pet members are not happy with each other. that u.s. china rivalries, traded tiffs between australia and china and geopolitical sensiti

picking up in thailand.ince the previous meeting kid cutting the growth forecast repeatedly this year. likely to keep the growth forecast has seven tens of 1%. a nationwide vaccination rate of 70%. there is a feeling the bot may be leaving policy rates unchanged through the course of next year. haslinda: let's get more insight with our mliv strategist. let's start off with market reaction to china's inflation data. the ppi surging to a 26 year high. it does feel investors cannot expect any easing at all. >> certainly the way chinese equities are behaving if you look at the csi 300, it is slipping down. it filled a couple times to get above 5000. it does not look very good at all. from the pboc's point of view, it is the cpi rate. although it only crept up by a small amount come with -- amount, the fact it is going in the wrong direction signals it is going to be hard to do any kind of easing. getting pretty difficult now to ignore the ppi. people often say it does not translate into the wider economy. it is

a, we do know that the government of thailand is, is currently considering this thailand right now has an opportunity to set a positive example for responding to this heinous situation. and we hope they move forward with that. china is struggling to contain his latest outbreak of the delta variance if coven 19 infections of nice spread to 20 provinces. promising debates around the countries 0 tolerance stress, g. katrina, you has more from teaching a chinese city on the border with russia is turning to unconventional means to control curve at 19. it's offering a reward of $15000.00 to anyone who could help trace the origin of the latest outbreak. hey, her city officials have declared a so called peoples war against the virus. as cases around the country continue to climb. more than 1000 infections have been reported since late october. the resurgence has spread to 21 provinces so far and has been accompanied by unseasonably cold weather in the countries north conditions which have helped the virus to thrive. yoga withdrew fraser complex and store epidemic prevention and control situati

jail will keep many off the streets and showing their resistance in other ways, in the cinema and thailand, it's customary to stand for the royal anthem. before the main show. to day, many people are choosing to remain firmly in their seats. tony chain al jazeera banker o flooding in south sea down as destroyed access to food supplies for many people, but not access to fish. in fact, since water levels rose is become more widely available and farmers who had been hit hard by the devastation or adapting to the change home, which as reports from fund guy came, john listed, paul yaks is he hasn't seen floods this bad since the 19 sixty's when he was a boy flood waters have destroyed crops, blocked access to field and reduced grazing land. the $56.00 or else is at least there is an upside to the devastation. more water than usual means plenty more. fish is available only govern little food for atlanta. sometimes united mission takes long to bring us food on this we, we can survive until they can reach families cut off by the water. now getting much of this agricultural land is now under water

jessica washington reports in thailand's o bond ret attorney province. the sealant horn dan has been part of this landscape since the 19 seventy's ill to function as both a hydro power and irrigation facility for decades. these waters have also provided fishermen here with their livelihoods. now it takes on a new role as the site of ages newest floating solar power project. this is the starting point that we can go to that point in the 30 year. after you see the starting point, at least the for a project for the clean, the renewable energy, the hybrid hydro solar projects began commercial operations in october and consists of more than $140000.00 solar panels. thailand is still highly dependent on fossil fuels. something it has in common with neighboring countries, but demand for renewable energy is growing. and experts say floating sola is an ideal fit for many countries in se asia, most of the benefit is that you require a little, you know, land to put on. so there is no land because it could be and the area with high population density, good grid acce

projects began commercial operations in october and consists of more than $140000.00 solar panels. thailand is still highly dependent on fossil fuels. something it has in common with neighboring countries, but demand for renewable energy is growing. and experts say floating sola is an ideal fit for many countries in se asia, most of the benefit is that you require a little, you know, land to put on. so there is no land or is it oxidation fee and the area with high population density, good grid access and high energy demand. you know, the floating system will be a choice, se asia is now home to several floating solar projects and more are in the early stages of development. this is the toronto reservoir in west java, we're in denisia supposed to floating solar power plant is being developed. the early stages of construction are underway and it should be operational by late next year. it will be the 1st of many here in indonesia, the $100.00. this video shows what the final project will look like for reservoir. our goal is to show indonesia is capable of building floating solar panels, the bi

a, we do know that the government of thailand is, is currently considering this thailand right now has an opportunity to set a positive example for responding to this heinous situation. and we hope they move forward with that to india now, where thousands of devotees celebrating a festival in the banks of the yamuna river, considered wholly by hindus. but pollution levels are record high with the rivers surface covered with hazardous foam. as a result of discharge from industries and factories. dashti or government report said water quality in the river had become critically worse of the previous 5 years . of natal has more from nevada and dish were on the bank the yamuna river, which on far side looks like it's covered in softball booth with the white substance. you see floating on the river is actually full. that is caused by the tons of household and industrial waste that flows into this river every day. now this is a perennial problem, but deans attention during this time of year. and that's because the yamuna is considered sacred by many who have come here for that. and was for th

and one night in a hotel for quarantine is all that is required. thailand is hoping to revive its economy, which is highly dependent on terrorism. whitehouse press secretary gen saki have tested positive for covered 19. she's the highest ranking official, the white house to publicly disclose contracting the virus. saki said she has not had close contact with president joe biden, nor senior staff members. since wednesday, thought vaccination has symptoms of miles in brazil, 955. his have died after a cave collapsed during a training exercise and sell paula 16. all those traps but have been rescued. the group were part of a team practicing rescue techniques. it happened near the city of alton office, 300 kilometers from south paula city. also in brazil, police have killed 25 suspected bank robbers and an operation against violent gangs . a stash of grenades and automatic weapons for 50 officers were involved in writing true farms where gangs were believed to be preparing a tax on local banks. operation ended in a shoot out marcusson's government and a band political party have reached an ag

they have just started to open up, particularly here in thailand where the, the tourist industry has been absolutely devastated by the last 18 months and the, and the shut downs. they announced in bangkok to over the weekend. they were going to be lifting their entry requirements slightly. this of course is going to set every one on go guard again. but i think if the thai government can do anything to keep those gateways open, they'll be trying to do so. so that the tourist can eventually return. i get many thanks. fare, aren't they? tony chang, their friends live in bangkok. francis minister for overseas territories is visiting the french caribbean allan of guadalupe where he's insisted that compulsory vaccinations for health work as will happen. eventually, hundreds of people rallied against the government's plans on sunday. a protest have moved into a lodge of movement against time. poverty levels. duplicate them. paris now says it is open to discussing more autonomy and gaudily latasha butler reports. well, the french minister for overseas territories of his did a military base.

and also into thailand this system. grassy makes his way out into the adam and see that will cause him very heavy right across the region here, over the next few days for scattering a showers across southeast asia. some heavy rain is coming back into smarter and western parts of java sees a very heavy rain recently across southern areas of in the main area of disturbance now pushing out into the arabian sea. and that will spread our wet weather right up . the western gas as we go on through the next couple of days, but look further east into the bourbon goal. here comes our system from the and m s . c. and that's making his way to was addition and underbrush. mostella head here on out there. more protests and lebanon as living conditions there deteriorates even further. that will the collapsed economy economy recover soon enough and has bought find out why defending champion from tele service shock of it's may not play . and this is.

now, unemployment levels and thailand have topped a 16 year high. the countries hoping that the situation will improve with the return of foreign tourists, but alongside the pandemic, the crisis is not one that will be resolved quickly. as tony chain reports and abandon building in the suburbs of bang, cook would look closely. and there are signs of recent life since covered struck. homelessness has been a growing problem in bangkok with unemployment rising and the economy and turing prolong downturn.

we're seeing the rain pick up across southern areas of vietnam, cambodia, and onwards to southern thailand, you can see that wet and windy weather working its way across the gulf of thailand, bringing some torrential rain and we could see some flooding in these areas as we go into the we can, we've also got this smudge of thunderstorms and showers, working its way out of southern philippines. over to borneo. this is where we are going to see the heavy rains in the days to come. now was we moved down to australia. it's a very wet picture and that rain is set to continue. we've got flood warnings out for 5 states and territories. here are severe. thunderstorms rolling out from the center to the east, and alice springs had its highest eddy rainfall in 20 years. that rain set to continue across those central areas, but for the west, the sunshine comes out for perf, it is looking rather clear here and it's clear for darwin, but we are going to see thunderstorms kick in on saturday. you can see that tropical moisture bringing a lot of that rain all the way down to the southeast. it's going to re

millions ofjobs in thailand's tourism sector have been lost while arrivals from countries considerede they will be tested for the coronavirus. now sunday marks the beginning of a two day holiday observed in catholic communities around the world, it's called the day of the dead, celebration of the lives of the departed. well, in mexico city, where the roots of the tradition run deep, elaborate altars have gone up all over town, as suzanne kanipour reports. dia de los muertos — the day of the dead. a mexican tradition marked by two days of celebrating departed loved ones with joy. the pandemic has brought a heightened meaning to this holiday. if you put it in the context of all the deaths that happened, it means even more, right, because it gives people even more comfort in terms of how you can commemorate someone that maybe passed away due to the virus. so overall i really enjoy it, i think it's very colourful, because you're commemorating death, but at the same time you're celebrating life. it's believed in catholic communities around the world that for the first two days of november

thailand a few days ago began to open its borders.seem to be pushing against zero-tolerance culture of asia. can they be successful at that? >> they were spared early on. it was kind of striking. but they had a serious wave of delta. they seem to be coming out the other side of that. they are a tourism dependent economy. they are trying to balance the public-health imperatives, control immunization, and mitigating the economic impacts. we will see how they do. tom: we talked about one person being sick at shanghai disneyland and tying down 30,000 people for testing. really likely math. -- ugly math. explain the futility of that approach. chris: what you are seeing is a tension between the idea that you want zero transmission and the idea that if you have high immunization rights, with the efficacious vaccines, that you can live with some degree of covid cases, at least test positivity. the idea that you could get down to zero and see no transmission was pioneered by new zealand, australia. they have moved away from it, because with de

just just coming in across the malay peninsula, just pushing down through good part of thailand, usual splattering of showers there across malaysia. what heavy showers just notices and pockets of heavy rain, also affecting java over the next hour. so indonesia, turning increasingly where it receipts them. increasingly wet weather recently ran northern and eastern parts of australia. this line of storms at around 2500 kilometers in length. that same line of stores we should producing some big downpours from the top and all the way across to will se pass of queensland. i will gradually clear as we go through, sat down, please to say, but we have got some live shows still in place there for eastern parts of new south wales, a snares of victoria, still very wet, wet weather, making its way across a good part of tasmania and there is some snow there for the southern parts of australia ah, in the country with an abundance of results. and want denise, yes, firms for me, we move full to grow and fraud. we balance for green economy, blue economy, and the digital economy with the new job creatio