tony chang has more from the north of the country, staring blankly into a future of unfathomable loss. the bereaved mother still can't believe her 2 year old son patter. one will never return. i thought it was just an ordinary day. i thought he'd go to school as usual. i had no idea he wouldn't come home. hope was on hand. government officials filling forms and assisting families with the bureaucratic burdens of death. but for many, it was just too much grieving parents in inconsolable pain. thailand's health minister focused on one tiny ray of hope, 3 critically injured survivors who were now stable and safe. but he's aware, changes must be made. so this never happens again in the last 2 years. we've seen 2 mass killings by a soldier. now, policeman. is it a concern view that these people imposition is both doroty in power. it is big concern. suddenly only cancer, but me will surely have to do something that will be hard in a country where the military wheeled so much power. the prime minister, a general himself visited the families on friday afternoon, handing out checks for compens

tony chang reports here is don tony, strange, an airy, calm, has descended upon the city. this is normally a very vibrant place, frights on the border with louse. but tonight people are wandering around almost in a day. is the hospital behind me, his effectively become the central morgue for this disaster where the bodies of the victims are being collected tonight. and people wandering around staring of the telephone screens trying to get the latest updates about this violent attack. the 1st started hitting the headlines at mid day on thursday. a roof bodies lined up outside the daycare center. in northeast and thailand, ambulances rushed to carry the wounded local hospital. grim after mon, the worst mass killing in recent ty, history. the children had just settled down for midday, rest. an agitated parent burst in he used his feet to kick the window, then he saw at the door. i thought he got inside. i ran to the kitchen behind. i was a shock. i didn't know what to do. according to the police, in the attack that followed, $22.00 children and 2 adults would kill us inspecti

and as tried by myanmar military in the northern could change state spring in tony chain in bangkok for monitoring the situation. me and law. what more do you know about this? that 20 we understand this took place earlier this morning. we understand that was a anniversary party taking place to celebrate the 62nd then of us are the founding of the kitchen independence organization. that is one of the ethnic armed groups that has been fighting against men mas army for some time, but particularly fiercely, since the military coup. we understand this was an air strike. the numbers of the fatalities are at least 30, but from what we understand people on the ground still counting bodies. so that number is likely to rise as the day goes on. very hard to get any more information . this isn't, can township an area code can see village, but it's an area which has been cut off from the internet for more than a year. many parts of me i'm on the effectively closed off to, to the internet. since the military shut it down after the qu, but this does filter patton of behavior we've seen from the milita

let's go straight to tony chang, who is in bangkok for us. that sounds like an incredibly tragic incident. took us sir. exactly. what you know, we understand that the emergency services were 1st alerted at 1230 local time. that's about 2 and a half hours ago with a report of a disturbance at this daycare center and non car number and puts a province in the northeast of thailand. we understand that now there are more than 31 say tell it is including a large number of children, a suspect was chased from the scene in a white pick up truck. the, the time media is saying that he's a former type policeman who was relieved of his duty earlier today. but at this stage, very little more as is known about this, the casualty figures do seem to be rising very quickly. the 40 the peers. this was a very tragic incident and again involving a large number of children. okay, tony, thank you for that update. as soon as we have any more developments on the story, we will of course bring it to you. tony chang there in bangkok on that tragic incident at 31 people

tony chang in bangkok. well named pakistani journalist asana series has been killed in kenya. police say he was shot in the capital. nairobi had recently received death threats, prompting him to leave pakistan. it was announced by can critic of the government and the political establishment as get more on this. we can speak to our correspond, come a hider, who is outside sheriff's home in islamabad. come all their, their various accounts, are they of our sons killing? what is the widespread perception where you are as your way correctly pointed out, dead are several radiations of the story. most people, of course, are not willing to buy doors more to be berlin. i believe that deswartz dogger dirt killing by ball full forces who wandered to silence our shirt should eve. he was an outspoken critic of the government of the ball forward establishment in the country and an investigative journalist, an iconic journalist, widely respected across august on our way of god's. i've also one of his friends and the seni

more than 400 people were thought to be on the narrow bridge when it collapsed. toni chang, al desert. oh, south korea's president has joined warners as a shrine and honor a saturday stampede. victims and soul human sir joel and his wife lay at flowers at the memorial that more than 150 people were killed and the crowd surged during halloween festival. a police task force has been set up to investigate. public private has worn out from the capital being getting a briefing monday morning from the government on ways that he will deal with the aftermath of this tragedy. it includes things like the declaring of the area around detail, one where the tragedy happened as a disaster zone. that way, it would then be entitled to various support schemes. there's been the announcement of financial support for funeral arrangements. there will be many funerals in the coming days, also for the payment of medical bills. we still have scores of people in hospital, but at the same briefing day with some very tough questions being asked. and that will be further questions about this, about the level of

tony chang is in that wood on tiny at the hospital where some of the bodies have been taken for post mortem, the prime minister himself. so that say he didn't couldn't explain why this happened, but he felt it was something to do with the personal life, all of this former policeman. we know from the police that he had, he had been a serving policeman until about a year ago. but he had had problems with drugs. he was facing a drugs charged. today he went to that court hearing the verdict was expected to come to morrow. he then went to collect his son from the daycare center on not finding his son there, he became agitated. we understand, and that was when the killing spree began. ukraine is blaming russia for shelling several residential buildings in the southern city of zap arissa. at least 4 people have been killed in this attack. rescuers have been digging out the survivors from the rubble. aborigines, one of 4 regions that moscow has declared part of russian territory after a separatist held referendums last month. a leaders of $44.00 countries are meeting for the 1st summit of th

tony chang has moved from bangkok. we understand that the emergency services were 1st alerted at 1230 local time with a reported disturbance this day care center in a car and no bottom ports of province. in the northeast of thailand, the casualty figures do seem to be rising very quickly though so unfortunate appears. this was a very tragic incident and again involving a large number of children. north korea has launched to short range ballistic missiles that were fired on thursday morning from the samsung area in pyongyang towards the northeast. a longer range weapon was launched 2 days ago. ukraine is blaming russia for shelling several residential buildings in the southern city of south asia. the regions, governors, as 2 people have been killed. the white house is criticized the opec klaus oil produces decision to con output, saying that it will damage the global economy, the opec plus group, which includes russia and saudi arabia will reduce production by $2000000.00 barrels a day. starting from november, human rig

then to mon melody 0 and tony chang is in wood on tiny at the hospital where some of the victims are being treated. tony, let's start with what's happening, where you are. well, there's actually no treatment going on here. this is becoming the central morgue or for this a whole disaster. we understand over the course of tonight all $38.00 about is a $37.00 victims and the body of the suspect will be brought here. doctors will be working through the night to perform or tops is are, and then they say they hope if they can finish or by to morrow to be able to release the bodies back to families for the funeral rights and religious ceremonies can start to be performed but there is a feeling here of shock. this is a busy border town. right on the, on the border with louse, usually very lively, very little going on. people are passing by. coming back. they're looking at their phones, following avidly. the news of was happened today. it is sinking in, but i think it really a disaster on this scale. something that thailand is not used to and at all. what more have we found out? where does the

and then the final check and the awful confirmation that this is the final good bye toni chang, l t 0, no one pu northeast in time and they are in secretary general a has said that floods and pakistan of the price of man made climate change. and targets harris has been speaking during a session discussing the impact of the flooding. the people of pakistan are the victims of a grim calculus of climates, injustice, pakistan is responsible for less than one percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. yet it is spacing, a super sized price for manmade climate change. when months ago, i traveled there and saw a level of climate carnage beyond imagination. flood waters covering the land, the mass, 3 times the total lady of my own country. portugal many have lost every seeing that homes that livestock, their crops, their futures lives were washed the way. well, i guess i'm still recovering from that record flooding that killed $1700.00 people in cost me $40000000000.00 disease and damage to farming communities that prompted warnings of another disaster and the weeks and months to come. some

tony chang has more from number alarm from. this is the area where the families have been waiting. in some cases for the last 24 hours initially to find out the worst news. and since then, just to find out what's been going on, a lot of the raw emotion that we saw initially, the tears, the horror, that's faded away. now there are lying says parents, some of whom we've spoken to. just wondering why this happened around them has built up something of an enormous logistical operation. civil servants, government offices going through taking names, trying to work out which borders are attached to which families the horrible paperwork that has to be gone through. with sitting alone here at the families, asking themselves again and again the question, why does this happen? banks and lebanon have once again closed their doors, this time indefinitely. this follows a series of hold ups by customers trying to withdraw their own money.

well let's go live to artist areas, tourney chang here in bangkok for us. tony. any more details about casualties? o victim the stage. the 3rd is a speaking with the 3624 children and 12 people wounded in the attacks. we understand seriously when they say the chief stuff be attending a cold hearing in the morning on the trucks, charge jokes. johnson had seen him checked it from his job as a policeman. after that, he went to the daycare center to collect some not finding him. he then opened fire on those inside. we understand he then in a white pickup truck attacking people on the way to his home, where he killed his wife and then, and so this stage of very hard to determine what was the attack. the police is saying he had a trouble record in the police force before he was fired for reasons relating to drug use. i think it will be very shocking to many people involved. so many children have been killed in this attack in a country where really life children is very valued as close to the most other places. but i think a huge show here all over the country. sure. an

let's cross over straight to tony chang, who's following events forth from the ty, capital bank cocker, a difficult region to get verifiable, information out of tony. what sort of news are we getting about this incident? very difficult. we understand this attack took place at, at about 9 p. m local time. last night. this was a big festival. there was a performance on stage at the time, some very celebrated kitchen singers who we believe are also amongst the fatalities . 3 miramar jets are reported to have attacked. the aftermath of the attack shows an awful lot of destruction, some building still standing, but a lot of debris, both buildings and vehicles strewn across the open ground. we understand at the moment there are still a 100 seriously injured people who are in the village of can see where a close to where the attack took place. they're not being allowed to leave the area by the map mar, military who closed off the area with checkpoints around the village for many of them in urgent need of medical attention. but sir, we've also heard from the national unity government, the gove

tony chang al jazeera or than a 100 people are confirmed dead after tropical storm. now gay hit the philippines on friday. dozens are still missing, and recovery teams have little hope of finding survivors. the storm destroyed, villages and farm land on the southern island of min de. now, while than a 100 homes, are buried in landslides. the leaders of armenia in azerbaijan have agreed not to use force and stick to agreements that sorta and fighting between the countries. russian president vladimir putin met the azerbaijani president, illinois. if an armenian prime minister, nickle passionate in saatchi, it's part of moscow's mediation efforts to solve a border conflict between the former soviet neighbors. the worth fighting between the 2 countries since 20. the 2020 war erupted last month killing more than 200 people. for denmark votes for a new parliament on tuesday pole show that it's unlikely the 2 main political blocks will get the majority needed. prime minister matter, frederickson was forced into early elections following growing anger, her decision to order

tony chang, there for us in bangkok. now a well known pakistani journalists are sod serif husband killed in kenya. police say he was shot in the capital nairobi sharif had recently received death threats, prompting him to leave pakistan. he was an outspoken critic of the government, and the political establishment was broken. command hider for us who is in islamabad for us. come all firstly, tell us a bit more about this journalist and the circumstances around his death. well, as you mentioned, our shared cherry board, an investigative journalist, a highly respected title, met tardy, and i chronic investigative report. now he had earlier left the country because of the threats to em have really focused on a joint and i've been arrested they've been, i did allocations all toward the door and then leaving the country saying that there was an imminent threat to his life for granted by, according to some of its close gone for don stack, lead spoke to with whom he wasn't sure what flexibility of extradition from de by way the

tony chang joined his line. now from the ty capital, bangkok, tony, so just talk through what happened in court that today where she was facing 2 charges, sir, that she accepted financial sums a various points from a miramar, businessman and a gentleman called mung wick, who runs the number of construction companies in return, she is said to have facilitated various government contracts that he had of tenders that he had placed before the government that she was in charge of at the time. the charges were very strange. it has to be said that there the military hunter put several videos on it on mir my tv in 2021 after the q showing what appeared to be a confession from this man stating that he had gone to her house handed over to her . they basically parcels full of cash wrapped in black paper, or unfortunate there was nobody else around to witness these. he is or hardly a very credible witness. he himself is known to have had quite a, a dubious background serve time in jail for drug smuggling, none the less the

tony chang has more from number lampoon. this is the area where the families had been waiting. in some cases for the last 24 hours initially to find out the worst news. and since then, just to find out what's been going on, a lot of the raw emotion that we saw initially, the tears. the horror has faded away. and now there are lying says parents, some of whom we've spoken to, just wondering why this happened around them has built up something of an enormous logistical operation. civil servants, government offices going through taking names, trying to work out which borders are attached to which families the horrible paperwork that has to be gone through. with sitting alone here at families, asking themselves again and again the question, why does this happen? the u. s. military says it's killed a senior i so member in syria, in the 1st known american operation against the armed group in a government controlled area. u. s. troops carried out a helicopter rate near the village of commercially on the northeastern border with her kia to other i. so members were also killed in a sepa

tony chang is reporting for us from thailand. now european union leaders are meeting to tackle the continent energy crisis and the war in ukraine. friday's talks and prague are expected to focus on securing energy supplies as winter approaches. bills have sword as e u. countries slash supplies of russian gas 15 members are pushed for a price ceiling on how much they would pay for gas pipe or shipped in. but germany and the netherlands are opposing it. earlier on thursday, leaders on the 27 in you states in 17 other nations met in prague. the european political community summit is a french initiative in response to new crises being faced by the continent. steadfast reports from the check capital. this gathering aim to show how isolated russia president has become. the 1st meeting of the european political community brought unlikely countries to gather like armenian, as of a john, as well as candidates for e u membership like ukraine and the u. k. returning to the european stage, after breaks it, what we wanted to achieve in meetin

tony chang has spoken to some families and long voila pool. i think they're also asking those, some of the ones we've spoken to was behind all of this. you know, they're going to turn their life upside down and put them right in the center of this maelstrom. of course, everything going on around them is very important to their government work is trying to identify the right families to return the bodies to autopsies have already been completed. we understand the bodies of the victims are on the way back to to this area where they will be assigned to one of the tree temples. european union leaders are meeting to tackle the confident energy crisis on the war in ukraine. friday's talks in prague are expected to focus on securing energy supplies is winter approaches. filter swords is you countries last supplies of russian gas. u. s. military says it's killed a senior isis member, and syria, and the 1st known american operation against the on group and a government controlled area. us troops carried out a helicopter aid near the village of converse

victims word an event celebrating the anniversary of the catching ethnic groups political when tony chang has been following the developments from bank hawk. this was a big festival. there was a performance on stage at the time. some very celebrated kitchen singers who we believe are also amongst the fatalities tree. mamma, jets reported to have attacked her aftermath of the attack shows an awful lot of destruction. some building still standing, but a lot of debris, both buildings and vehicles strewn across the open ground. we understand at the moment there are still a 100 seriously injured people who are in the village of can see where close to where the attack took place. they're not being allowed to leave the area by the met mom military who closed off the area with checkpoints around the village. many of them in urgent need of medical attention. but we've also heard from the national unity government, the government in exile opposed to the military government, mamma, they have condemned these attacks and called for a no fly zone. one minister i spoke to a little while ago telling me t

and then the final check and the awful confirmation that this is the final goodbye tony chang, l to 0, no one who knows eastern time. and this is nobel peace prize has been awarded to a jail to bell russian rights activists. russia's most famous human rights group and the ukrainian organisation, the documents for crimes. alice feel its key has been campaigning for democracy and human rights in bellows. for more than 30 years, it was in prison without trial in 2020, during protests, against the disputed re election of president alexander lucretia income memorial is one of russia's oldest human rights organizations. it was set up to uncover abuses during soviet era prisons. the supreme court shut down that group last team and ukraine's center for civil liberties was founded in 2007 to promote human rights journal. how reports from osler? hello, i am the director of the no beach in noble institute in our slow and unexpected phone call on behalf of the center for civil liberties will be awarded the nobel peace prize for 20 to 22 received in the ukrainian capital q with what activists late

i usually plead these to tony, change them. the phrase is always happening. like like the real tectonic change somewhere deep beneath the crossed of the earth. you don't feel it when you stand on the ground, but you know that there are massive blue changes on the ground. and this is, the analogy is very, very correct here. so this energy builds up in the world and look at some point you it shuster spills over a ranch we, it's a rob. this is dorothy, so vinegar? no, it isn't. what's the idea? it was the main idea here. i've been talking about sir, centers of power, i've been talking about change and this change is happening because of objective reasons every day of them. because some, some former centers of power are losing touch are losing power losing influence free and this is natural. this is to be expected, is only things change. this is where some new was not centers of power, especially in asia are merging or in africa for example. yes, african is still very poor. it's the poor continents much so far so quickly. but let's look at the potential that afric

a ceremony. thailand, king on prime minister, expected to visit the community later on friday. toni chang has more from long lamp who this is the area where the families had been waiting, in some cases for the last 24 hours initially to find out the worst news. and since then, just to find out what's been going on, a lot of the raw emotion that we saw initially, the tears, the horror has faded away. and now there are lying says parents, some of whom we've spoken to. just wondering why this happened around them has built up something of an enormous logistical operation. civil servants, government offices going through taking names, trying to work out which borders are attached to which families, the horrible paperwork that has to be gone through. in this situation, we're also expecting the tie prime minister to turn up. and later on tonight, the king himself was sitting alone here at the families asking themselves again and again the question, why did this happen? european union leaders are meeting to tackle the continents energy crisis and the war in ukraine. friday's talks in prague are

tony chang has moved from bangkok. we understand that the emergency services were 1st alerted at 1230 local time with a report of a disturbance at the daycare center in the car. and nobody puts a province in the northeast of time. and the casualty, figures do seem to be rising very quickly. the 40 the peers. this was a very tragic incident and again involving a large number of children. the ukraine is blaming russia for shilling several residential buildings in the southern city of upper region. the region governess, as 2 people have been killed, rescue as have been taking out survivors from the rubble or the up the meet has the latest from upper regional and the shilling, and the security situation around the nearby nuclear plant. we were filming one of those residential buildings that had been hate earlier morning when we heard 3 very loud explosions. quite close to where we were that sent everybody in a panic, including us. now we don't know exactly what was hit at this moment, is too early for us to get that inform

tony chang is in that wood on tunney at the hospital where some of the bodies had been taken for post mortem. the prime minister himself, so he didn't couldn't explain why this happened, but he felt it was something to do with the personal life of this former policeman . we know from the police that he, he had been serving police until about a year ago. but he had had problems with drugs. he was facing a drug charge today. he went to that court hearing the verdict was expected to come tomorrow. he then went to collect his son from the daycare center or not finding his son there. he became agitated. we understand, and that was when the killing spree began. ukraine is blaming russia. if a shilling said several residential buildings in the southern city of upper region, at least 4 people have been killed in that attack. rescuers have been digging out survivors from the rubble that bridges one a 4 regions that moscow has declared part of russian territory have to separate this told referendums last month. leaders of $44.00 countries are meeting for the 1st summit of the european political

how desirous tony chang reports the prime minister himself, so did say he didn't couldn't explain why this happened, but he felt it was something to do with the personal life. all of this former policeman, we know from the police that he had. he had been a serving policeman until about a year ago. but he had had problems with drugs he was facing a druggist charged. the day he went to that court hearing the verdict was expected to come to morrow. he then went to collect his son from the daycare center. on not finding his son there, he became agitated. we understand, and that was when the killing spree began. here, crane is playing russia for shelling several residential buildings in the southern city of south parisha. the regions governor says that 2 people have died. north korea has launched too short range ballistic missiles. they were fired thursday morning from the samsung area of pyongyang towards the east, the northeast rather, a longer range weapon was launched 2 days ago. there are reports that this really government has rejected. revisions requested by lebanon to the 2 countri

more than 400 people were thought to be on the narrow bridge when it collapsed. toni chang, al desert. you carry home secretary soil abraham and has been criticized over the conditions at a migrant processing center. in kent, in southeast england, nearly 1000 people crossed the english channel in small boats on saturday. while the $6000.00 have crossed the channel this month, the total number of people who have made the journey this year is now close 240000 labs compared 228000 last year. and 299 in 2018 when records began. most to being held at a can processing center. it was built a house about 1600 people for up to 24 hours, about 4000 people that were being held at the center. now with some there for a more, more than a month. that embargo reports from southern england. manson, in southern england, the former base housing, several 1000 recently arrived refugees and migrants. it's not meant to, it's designed for a maximum of 1600 people. and they are only meant to spend a day or 2 here, but many have been here weeks and at least 8 have reportedly caught diphtheria a highly contagio

now desire is, tony chang is in odon, tawny, at the hospital, some of the bodies were being taken for post mortem examinations. we understand the bodies of some of the children who are killed in the attack again to be transported in a little while here to don tarney at the place where the attacks took place is a very small province. the medical facilities apparently have been stretched to the limit. we understand the hospital, there has become a focal point for breathing, relatively strong families with the news of these events. those are the bodies of some the children have been killed, will be transported here for further examination. we understand the ty, prime minister is going to come. he expressed his st. regret. condolences for those involved in the attacks. says he, at this stage he can shed any light on what the motivation from the killer might have been. other than that he could have had personal probably understand from the police that he had been a former policeman earlier today. we've been in court on drug charges, one of the reasons why he was expelled from the police. h

in non guar lamp, who i media is reporting the government killed himself and his wife and child tony chang has moved the story. we understand that the emergency services were 1st alerted at 1230 local time. that's about 2 and a half hours ago. with the reports of a disturbance this daycare center in omaha and known bottom ports of province. in the northeast of thailand, we understand that now there are more than 31 fatalities, including a large number of children. ukraine is blaming russia for shelling several residential buildings in the southern city of zappa asia. the regions governor says 2 people have been killed rescuers of digging out survivors from the rumble. north korea's launch to short range ballistic missiles that were fired thursday morning from the samsung area in pyongyang towards the northeast. a white house is criticizing the decision by the wells. oil produces to cut output saying that it is short sighted and the global economy, mpeg plus group, which includes russian. saudi arabia will reduce production by 2000000 barrels a day. from november. our priority now is stabil

tony chang has spoken to some families and none would i'm to i think there are also also those, some of the ones we've spoken to was behind all of this. you know, the to turn their life side down and put them right in the center of this maelstrom . of course, everything going on around them is very important to their government work is trying to identify the right family to return. the board is to autopsies have already been completed. we understand the bodies of the victims are on the way back to to this area where they will be assigned to one of the tree temples. the u. s. military says it's killed a senior isis member, northeastern syria. this is the 1st known american operation against the arm group and a government controlled area to other ice members were also killed and separate airstrikes in northern syria. ukrainian authority say at least 11 people have been killed in russian strikes on residential buildings in the southern city of upper reach of the injured include a 3 year old child. european union leaders are meeting in cross to try and tackle the continent energy crisis

killer and parents grieving their loss will be demanding. answers benton, martin al jazeera and tony chang isn't we don't tony at the hospital where some of the bodies have been taken for post mortem. i spoke to him earlier today. there is a feeling here of shock. this is a busy border town right on the, on the border with lough, usually very lively, varied if going on, people are passing by. coming back. they're looking at their phones, following avidly. the news was happened today. it is sinking in, but i think really a disaster on this scale. something that thailand is not used to and what more have we found out? where does the investigation stand as we speak? we understood from the police earlier today that this was the main suspect is a former policeman who had been let go from the 4th about a year ago. they've just said in the last hour or so that he was actually in cold today at a trial facing drug trafficking charges, the verdict was expected to morrow. the conclusion of that child today, he went to the daycare center to pick up his son. upon not finding it, so he became agitated a

more than full 100 people were thought to be on the narrow bridge when it collapsed. toni chang al jazeera, still ahead on out his era. southwest president, joys moon is to honor those killed in a stampede. and so on. saturday, on the shy must go on a santa and keep continues to entertain audiences despite the war. hello we have a little bit of rainy the forecast for part. so the middle east, you can see this area cloud if a more than a areas just coming across is becca stomped minister, northern parts of iran, just stretching across iraq into the the red sea. northern parts of the red sea, suspicion pieces of cloud and rain on that. i think the heaviest let is to be around northern parts of iran. you can see some, would you whether they're coming back into afghanistan over the bounce in south of that far to dry some lovely sunshine, even though her lo thirty's. over the next couple of days i some pleasant weather coming through. but that bad of cloud and rain, it slipped a little further south. was there be some showers there across much or be rock heading towards queue weight, the sea ce

killer and parents grieving their loss will be demanding. answers benton, martin al jazeera and tony chang is in tiny at the hospital where some of the bodies have been taken to post mortem. we understand the bodies of some of the children who are killed in the attack again to be transported in a little while. here to don tawny. the place where the attacks took place is a very small province. the medical facilities apparently had been stretched to the limit. we understand the hospital, there has become a focal point for breathing relative report. the straw families with the news of these events, those are the bodies of some of the $24.00 children, have been killed, will be transported here for further examination, we understand the ty, prime minister, is going to come. he expressed his st. regret condolences for those involved in the attack. says he, at this stage he can't shed any light on what the motivation for the killer mike to being other than that he could have had personal help me understand from the police that he had been a former policeman earlier today. he paid in full java cha

tony chang has the details from bangkok. we understand that was a anniversary party taking place to celebrate the 62nd anniversary of the founding of the kitchen, independence organisation. that is one of the ethnic armed groups that has been fighting against men mas army for some time, but particularly fiercely, since the military coup. we understand this was an air strike. the numbers of the fatalities are at least 30, but from what we understand people on the ground, a still counting bodies, so that number is likely to rise as the day goes on. very hard to get any more information. this isn't par can township an area code can see village, but it's an area which has been cut off from the internet for more than a year. many parts of me i'm on the effectively closed off to, to the internet. since the military shut it down after the coo, former prime minister boys, johnson has pulled out of a race for britons leadership, former finance minister risha. so knock is now the front runner in the contest to succeed. les stress, s f

more than 400 people were thought to be on the narrow bridge when it collapsed. toni chang al jazeera, still had an old. is it a set to be a tight race is denmark head said the poles on tuesday. we're going to be live in copenhagen in just a moment. and israel's gonna hold it's 50 election in 4 years and the number of seats out of parties written could have a significant impact. ah color we have yet more right in the forecast the philippines are to go through the next couple days. more of that in a moment at present. some went whether some bluster weather some when she went over to the far northeast of china, further south this. so little where the front here that just runs back up to was now gay. remember now gay has a storm that passed through the philippines a few days ago that will run up towards the far south and southeast of china by that front that extends back into the open waters. drawing that moisture back towards taiwan through the taiwan strait towards hong kong will have the south blustery spells of wet weather coming through here. then lottie dry by the state into a good

tony chang covering that event for us in thailand to pakistan now, which is still reeling from record flooding that killed $1700.00 people and cost the country around $40000000000.00. disease and damage to farming communities have prompted warnings of another, even deadly disaster in the weeks and months to come. as some have been jervey reports from jam. shara, a 3rd of pocket sun and the water, the you, and called it a monsoon, and settle the. this is floods brought an unprecedented disaster being blamed on climate change. the economy was already in crisis, and now the government is appealing for debt relief and urging more help from the global community. i don't think driven to make the 3040000000000 that i've lost. but i think that there should be some measure of help whether it's the actual agency to give greater launch vargas on whether it's multiple other countries that underwrite some notion of august on take, you know, take the risk, you know, and then, you know, giving charged banks to give us loans, give us back ranch and then humanity has been sent a memo by nature. and th

more than 400 people were thought to be on the narrow bridge when it collapsed. toni chang al jazeera, all david night is a structural engineer with experienced designing suspension bridges. he says there could be several factors contributing to the bridge breaking it, sir. and obviously an absolute tragedy add to, to see the images from india and suspension. bridges are a supremely efficient structural form and incredibly light weight as they used to cables that span across the, at the crossing or the river. and those cables are really the achilles heel of this form of bridge. and they are in structural engineering terms. there is no redundancy, there's essentially no back up if one of those cables fails at the bridge itself will fall down. and that appears to be what is, what has happened in this instance. it's very hard from, from this distance to be sure why that cable has failed. and there are a number of reasons. and, but given the age of the bridge, is to be expected that a, over that time frame at that cable may have weakened or perhaps through a lack of maintenance or an, or

tony chang there for cent bangkok. now a well known pakistani generalist our son serif has been killed in kenya and he say he was shot in the capital nairobi. he had recently received death threats, prompting him to leave pakistan as an outspoken critic of the government. and the political establishment, let's get more on this with canal hider, who is outside sheriff's home in islamabad. tell us a bit more about this journalist and the circumstances around his death. ca yes, our shared sherry gordon iconic. enriched again. dave journalist, a board journalist to criticize the ball for establishment of the country, and also a corruption condo there. political, a late fee of god's reward under threat, and therefore left a country earlier after several journalists were arrested. there were allegations of torture under custody. and the fact that even a senior senator was picked up and a same allegations continued, but it's particular killing had sparked anger across bugger, standard, grieve, hundreds of people have been gat

tony chang, his. we understand that the emergency services were 1st alerted at 1230 local time with a report of the disturbance at this daycare center in tampa and no one on ports of province. in the northeast of thailand, the casualty figures do seem to be rising very quickly. this unfortunate appears. this was a very tragic incident and again involving a large number of children ukraine. ays, blaming russia for shelling several residential buildings in the southern city of zapora. asia, regions governor as 2 people have been killed on rescue, has been digging out survivors from the rubble. their reports that the israeli government has rejected. revisions requested by lebanon to the 2 countries, maritime borders is throwing into doubt, years of diplomatic efforts to enable both countries to extract gas in the mediterranean. north korea's launch to short range ballistic missiles that were fired on thursday morning from the some soc area in pyongyang to was the ne, a long range weapon was launched. 2 d

he killed his wife and child at home before taking his own life. toni chang reports now from odon, tawny in northeast and thailand. a row of bodies lined up outside a daycare center in northeast and thailand. ambulances rushed to carry the wounded to local hospitals. the grim aftermarket, the worst mass killing and recent ty, history. the children had just settled down from midday, rest. upon an agitated parent burst in, oh, he used his feet to kick the window, then he shot at the door. i thought he got inside. i ran to the kitchen behind. i was a shock. i didn't know what to do. he, according to the police, in the attack that followed. 22 children and 2 adults were killed. after inspecting the crime scene, we found that the perpetrator tried to break him, but he mainly used the knife to commit the crime by killing a number of small children. while a few survived, i learned was the attack of fled. he left a trail of destruction in his wake taking out anything that got in his way, the main suspect to form a policeman. pontiac come rub, fired from his job and under trial for drug trafficki

i'll just do as tony chang is live 1st. now on the line from bangkok, tony, i know you're on your way to the scene right now. what more can you tell us about what happened? we understand the emergency services and who started receiving reports at about mid day. that's about 5 hours ago. the attack was taking place at the daycare center. the the attack then flipped the scene in a pick up truck. we understand from the police that he killed a number of people on the way before arriving at home, where he killed himself, his wife and his child. you expect you to find at the daycare center. we also sent from the police that he was heavily. we had a hand gun, a night, a long rifle and a shotgun. there was an element of premeditation about the police had confirmed that he was the form of policemen. he left the port on the something of a cloud that would jump challenges, which we understand. he was in the pool facing earlier today, but i think this is going to cause great consternation here in thailand. going crime is relative, be ra