thailand is home to some 75,000 transgender people. it's impossible to say if there are more trans people here than in other parts of the world where many hide their identities, but there are elements of thai culture that allow a sense of tolerance and greater visibility. >> buddhism has long recognized the existence of an additional gender some where between male and female. for more than a thousand years their scriptures have included stories about people who cross-gender lines but even with this awareness, discrimination and inequality are pervasive. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> hi. >> i'm lisa. >> at the sister center, a nonprofit advocacy group for transgender rights, i meet director and founder ms. doy. >> what kinds of opportunities exist for people that are transgender in thailand? [ speaking in foreign language ] >> but there is one industry where transgender women are almost guaranteed to find a job, in thailand sex is big business netting upwards of $4 billion in profits each year. the city of pattaya where the ms. in

has also affected parts of northern malaysia and more wet weather is forecast wane havey ports in thailand. in southern thailand entire communities are partially submerged by floodwater in recent weeks heavier than usual monsoon rain swept across this narrow stretch of land separating the gulf of thailand from the andaman sea some people have left for evacuation centers but most prefer to stay and cope as best they can with the difficult conditions there i'm so unhappy about the situation i'm very stressed the water is high and i'm afraid that if there's another storm my house will collapse people come together on the nearest dry land to receive aid handed out by the government or local groups but they say they need more. if not this year is worse than last year and it's very difficult we need assistance from the government because our livestock is stranded and needs food and the whole village is under water in the province of song all sixteen districts have been declared disaster zones to a large extent the people of southern thailand have become accustomed to flooding because it happens

these activities take place in remote camps on the burmese border, far from the public eye. >> in thailand, they use sharp things to stab them. they use knives, they use axe, they use a stick to beat them. anything that will make the elephant painful and afraid of people. a lot of them die. we have a record how the elephant dies. die from suffocate, die from starvation, die from the stress, and some of them die from the heartbreak because they uldn't accept it. >> while the lucrative trade in wild elephant smuggling is illegal in thailand, lek alleges that it involves corruption on various levels. >> have the police involved, have the military involved. you know, if you want to make birth certificate or i.d. card, you can fake it. big money for the official to issue the paper. >> once you are confronting these influential people that are above the law, it can get quite dangerous. there were some camp owners that like told me literally that if i was a guy i would be dead already. >> shortly before the making of this film, a local informant in the area disappeared. activists fear the worst b

in southern thailand entire communities are partially submerged by floodwater in recent weeks heavier than usual monsoon rain swept across this narrow stretch of land separating the gulf of thailand from the andaman sea some people have left for evacuation centers but most prefer to stay and cope as best they can with the difficult conditions there i'm so unhappy about the situation i'm very stressed the water is high and i'm afraid that if there's another storm my house will collapse people come together on the nearest dry land to receive aid handed out by the government or local groups but they say they need more. if not this year is worse than last year and it's very difficult we need assistance from the government because our livestock is stranded and needs food and the whole village is under water in the province of song all sixteen districts have been declared disaster zones to a large extent the people of southern thailand have become accustomed to flooding because it happens so often the last time this area was under water was in january but there's also a sense of frustration

it is being used this year as one of five cities around thailand to host the amazing thailand counts down 2018 festival, as it's known. we arejust thailand counts down 2018 festival, as it's known. we are just over thailand counts down 2018 festival, as it's known. we arejust over 32nd is to thailand's 2018 new year.

time when hey reporting from thailand where the military government says democracy will return at the end of two thousand and eighteen but we'll tell you why many believe it won't happen. by the skyline of an asian harbor or off the coast of the italian riviera. hello there we've got plenty of wet weather across europe at the moment the cloud is showing up very kaon the satellite picture this huge massive cloud that's across the entirety of the central belt is given a sin very heavy downpours this is what it looked like in rome we only had a twelve minute mate is that rather a wet day but elsewhere in milan we had sixty six millimeters of rain and of course the other side of the age yet it will still have some very heavy downpours to share in the day today we're going to see yet more very heavy rain has stretching from greece only way further north till you come to the out where we'll be seeing that turn to snow then further north as you go down to the lower levels again we'll see a mix once more of rain and snow before heading up to scandinavia where there's plenty of wintery weather

while e elephants in sumatra a e habitat loss from palm oil, elephants in thailand f face a completely different set of problblems. here, tourism is fuelingng the illegegal trade of baby elephants. >> [speakiking thai] >> elephant rides, festivals, and camps are a must for thousands of tourists who flock to thailand each h year. but beyond the happy smiles, there is a dark reality behind the origin of these elephants. a brutal trade that experts claim threatens the survival of some of the world's last remaining populations of asian elephants. >> we traveled to the region of chiang mai in northern thailand, home to many of the elephant camps enjoyed by tourists. >> there have been recent sites based d in africa watching eleephants, ang o other thihing, r r a very, very lonong time,, whereas in asia there's very little research hasas been done. very little has been said about the dramatic drop in population. no one would have any idea that this spececies is also endanger. >> john roroberts runsns an elet camp.p. he was one of thehe firo recognize the link between the supply of elephants

i'm wayne hay reporting from thailand where the military government says democracy will return at the end of two thousand and eighteen but will tell you why many believe it won't happen. of the two after afghanistan's president ashraf ghani has ordered an investigation into an attack that left forty people dead in the capital kabul a compound housing and cultural center under news agency was targeted in the shia district in the west of the city natasha could possible. explosions followed by a rush to assist the injured and count the victims. it's become a familiar ritual especially in kabul where the afghan capital has seen its share of bombings this year this time the target was a shiite muslim cultural center and the neighboring afghan voice news agency. we heard a huge bang and smoke rose from inside the hall my face was burning i fell down from my chair and i saw my colleagues on the ground the smoke was everywhere i don't know what happened next the interior ministry says suicide attackers set off an explosion outside the center then stormed it and set off more explosives in the

well now we head to thailand in the case of an eighty four year old historian who has been charged with calling into question the horowitz actions of a king who lived five hundred years ago tylox prescribes harsh punishment for criticizing the reigning king but critics say that it shouldn't apply so far back in history. facing up to fifteen years in jail for questioning the feats of a sixteenth century king eighty four year old historian so lots of iraq is charged under thailand strict code in less may just laws protecting the monarchy from defamation the alleged crime suggesting that a famed jewel an elephant back won by a thai king against a burmese prince five hundred years ago may not actually have happens. one must have a really good sense of humor. because. if you cannot criticize history how could you be a human being. like you do so what happened with what you told. the less majestic law doesn't appear to mention that monarchs but in practice the rules are interpreted more loosely critics say the law is more about controlling the country's citizens than opposing the reputation o

i'm wayne hay reporting from thailand where the military government says democracy will return at the end of two thousand and eighteen but we'll tell you why many believe it won't happen. hello there is plenty of time pushing its way across the middle east at the moment on the satellite picture you can see it all working its way towards the northeast eventually making its way through iraq into iran and across the caspian sea there but this area of cloud isn't really going to have a great deal of wet weather on it to tour the area of rain that will be watching is out in the western parts of turkey and here it looks like it's going to be fairly wet throughout the day on friday and on saturday and as well as being wet we're also looking at some very strong winds as well but further towards the south and here in doha it's a little calm of not we're looking at a top temperature of twenty four degrees the wind should be fairly light as well as we head through the next day or thirty degrees will be our maximum but it could be more of a breeze at times if we had down towards the southern part

it is being used this year as one of five cities around thailand to host the amazing thailand counts down 2018 festival, as it's known. we arejust thailand counts down 2018 festival, as it's known. we are just over thailand counts down 2018 festival, as it's known. we arejust over 32nd is to thailand's 2018 new year. studio: this is a bridge over the river kwai in thailand. the fireworks starting as thailand says goodbye to 2017 and hello to 2018. studio: that was thailand, where they have been welcoming in 2018 on they have been welcoming in 2018 on the river kwai. celebrations taking place around the world, and we are following them on bbc news. we have seen a number of celebrations, starting off in the southern hemisphere. first it was new zealand, and then sydney and hong kong, who brought in the new year just an hour ago above the historic victoria harbour. and this was the scene in sydney earlier... where the harbour and its iconic bridge took centre stage as usual. apparently people were queuing up to secure a good vantage point more than nine hours in advance of the show. aro

is everforging partnership with a thailand taxi operator. is ever forging these deals because you have to make up for lost ground to the competition in asia? not at all, the singapore deal and comfort is truly expensive, it is great for singapore drivers and riders and it is great for uber and riders and it is great for uber and comfort, these are two companies coming together to provide more options. we're really excited about the rollout the back of this. last time you on the bbc, he discussed the scandals and the cultural issues within uber. now that you are on board, since august, has this started to change? we are making terrific strides and this is coming from a terrific new ceo, who is driving change from the top. but every week, i am out with our teams, speaking with all of our people about culture, compliance, making sure that we are growing in a way that behind this incredible growth we've had, with all the proper procedures and culture in place. lot of positive things to look forward to from uber, but what challenging things will

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thailand is developing in every aspect to become the center of connectivity in this region. and this railway route willing to cambodia laos meon more and vietnam as well as to china india and other countries. the first phase of the project is a two hundred fifty kilometer high speed line linking bangkok to knock on russia sima also known as co rod the full line will stretch eight hundred seventy three kilometers to the northeastern city of non-current along the border with laos it's expected to be operational by two thousand and twenty three beijing's belt and road infrastructure drive aims to connect china to economies elsewhere in asia as well as to africa and europe. a huge new state of the art factory tens of thousands of new jobs you think ethiopians will be jumping for joy but not when the pace so pathetic you've got to rely on financial support from mum and dad. one pair of jeans after the other row upon row of sewing machines this could easily be one of the traditional textile countries of asia but it's ethiopia one of the world's poorest nations this summer ethiopia

in southern thailand entire communities are partially submerged by floodwater in recent weeks heavier than usual monsoon rain swept across this narrow stretch of land separating the gulf of thailand from the andaman sea some people have left for evacuation centers but most prefer to stay and cope as best they can with the difficult conditions there i'm so unhappy about the situation i'm very stressed the water is high and i'm afraid that if there's another storm my house will collapse people come together on the nearest dry land to receive aid handed out by the government or local groups but they say they need more. if not this year is worse than last year and it's very difficult we need assistance from the government because our livestock is stranded and needs food and the whole village is under water in the province of song all sixteen districts have been declared disaster zones to a large extent the people of southern thailand have become accustomed to flooding because it happens so often the last time this area was under water was in january but there's also a sense of frustration

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thailand and other asian nations in october the u.s. said it would end military assistance to me in law and followed the start of a military crackdown in august which has forced more than six hundred fifty thousand granger to flee to neighboring bangladesh meanwhile the united nations has passed a resolution criticizing me and last trip and of the ranger calls on the government to give them full citizenship rights grant access for aid workers and allow refugees to return me in my eyes un ambassador said it was subjective and politically motivated the presenter of resolution in question represents nothing but an evidence of the attempt by some countries to abuse the united nations to impose their political agenda on. the draft resolution will not contribute to solving the current humanitarian problem all the complex issues the rakhine state exerting and you political pressure and measures will only bring negative results and says to beat the situation on the ground. zakia who is a professor at the national war college where he focuses on

i'm wayne hay reporting from thailand where the military government says democracy will return at the end of two thousand and eighteen but we'll tell you why many believe it won't happen. hell i would chain of weather systems will start to march through the levant now i suspect you see some cloudy in coming through on this satellite picture looks fairly benign i think it probably will be develop a few showers with no more than mostly just high in the sky twenty in beirut six in aleppo still above where it might be expected to be terror and about right for average and it's bit warmer maybe than you might expect in baghdad in kuwait but not very much we've seen higher temperatures not recently if anything there might be creeping up an indication once again of feeding the wind up from the sas still seventy in jerusalem twenty one in beirut in the sunshine most likely otherwise not much going on here to be honest dropping sas on the fairly stiff breeze is going to die down i think going to the gulf twenty three or twenty four seems likely in doha clear blue skies the most part of it dusty

last remaining populations of asian elephants. >> we traveled to the region of chiang mai in northern thailand, home to many of the elephant camps enjoyed by tourists. >> there have been recent sites basesed in africa watching eleephants, ang o other thihing, r r a very, very lonong time,, whereas in asia there's very little research hasas been done. very little has been said about the dramatic drop in population. no one would have any idea that this spececies is also endanger. >> john roroberts runsns an elet camp.p. he was one of thehe firo recognize the link between the supply of elephants for the tourism industry and elephant hunting in the wild. >> we've beenen jumpingng up and down sasaying, if y you buy ann elephant,t, you're probabably tg another elelephant outut of the wild. we realized very early on that buying elephants was causing a problem a and hurting the wildld popatioion at leleat the bururmese population. >> the hunting of wild elephants is ilillegal in thailand, b but eerts claim the practice is widespread in neighboring burma, and it threatens t the last healalthy populalat

time when hey reporting from thailand where the military government says democracy will return at the end of two thousand and eighteen but we'll tell you why many believe it won't happen. hello the story of lake effect snow has been pretty widely broadcast and it's because it's really cold has been coming across with us to open water lakes at the moment so if you are just on the edge of the lake for example pennsylvania pennsylvania new york state you get a lot of snow from you know the potential still exists for a while but we're cutting off the flow really deep the cold air as you can see the wind isn't really flowing in from the west as it was before so if anything it will be less in the way of lake effect snow with those to be some and coming into the pacific northwest yet another winter storm all the way from british columbia dancer probably too odd to have beyond that a lot of snow still to come here once also when to certainly tucked in high temperatures even sunshine in dallas down to about eight degrees and out to twenty six miami is hanging on to the sunshine if you like but

the statement from the european union comes after comments from the military government in thailand that it plans to return the country to democracy by holding an election in november next year domestically here in thailand though there is still a lot of skepticism about that given that the government has made several similar statements since the coup in two thousand and fourteen only to follow those statements up with postponements to an election date the government here in the capital bangkok will see the statement from the e.u. though as something of a seal of approval for its roadmap to democracy but in the statement from the e.u. there are still plenty of concerns that it has expressed it says that there are ongoing concerns about human rights about things like freedom of expression in thailand and the e.u. also says that talks on an easy you thailand free trade agreement will only resume after a democratically elected civilian government is in power u.s. president told trump has used an attack on a new york subway station on monday to call for immigration reform a man was arrested

thailand is developing in every way in order to make us be the hub to connect with these countries for this route it will connect with the country's cambodia laos my own mark vietnam and to china and india. the inauguration launches the first space of construction the rail network across the region will be built in four sections to ultimately reach father in china this falls in line with china's belts and road initiatives a development campaign across asia and beyond with beijing the center both governments say the rail project symbolizes the progress of chinese thai relations most in thailand agree their rail network needs to be upgraded and a high speed rail fist. can transform travel in the country many are all thoughts going at what political cost will be. australia's first naval submarine has been found more than one hundred years after a went missing. and its thirty five crew vanished off the coast of papa new guinea in one thousand nine hundred seen during the first world war it was the first submarine lost by the allies during the war and it's hoped the discovery will shed new

i'm wayne hay reporting from thailand where the military government says democracy will return at the end of two thousand and eighteen but we'll tell you why many believe it won't happen. and one of africa's greatest players makes a major u. turn details in sport. argentina's president is pressing on with a reform agenda that he claims will modernize the country the congress has approved the twenty eight hundred budget plan and a bill that tackles taxes which will reduce growth in south america's second largest economy but as to the sobota ports from botticelli's the debate inside prompted an innovative protest outside. three vegetables in front of congress when a well senators gather to vote inside in the last session this year farmers brought twenty thousand kilos of their produce to give away to those in need like we are here so that senators know that what they vote for has an impact on people's lives costs have gone up for everyone inflation transport energy but we want to share and draw attention to the demand that this government needs to do a lot more. was elected two years ag

i'm going hey reporting from thailand where the military government says democracy will return at the end of two thousand and eighteen but we'll tell you why many believe it won't happen and roger federer is getting ready for the new tennis season and australia will be here to tell you what his plans are in support. hello there there's plenty of clam pushing its way across the middle east at the moment on the satellite picture you can see it all working its way towards the northeast eventually making its way through iraq into iran and across the caspian sea there but this area of cloud isn't really going to have a great deal of wet weather only to tour the area of rain that will be watching is out in the western parts of turkey and here it looks like it's going to be fairly wet throughout the day on friday and on saturday and as well as being wet we're also looking at some very strong winds as well but further towards the south and here in doha it's a little calm of not we're looking at a top temperature of twenty four degrees the wind should be fairly light as well as we head through

time boxing is one of the fanciest martial arts in thailand children begin competing in this national sport at a young age known as more anti it's a big business that kids earn money from bets placed on the fighters. medical experts are critical of time boxing because of the high health risks. fourteen year old packed dreams of becoming a professional time boxer he's grown up without his parents in one of the poorest parts of the country his next fight is in three days and bat intends to win it. inside the ring bats in his element he's been coming to this gym every week day for two years now yeah yeah. batters competed in more than fifty amateur fights over the past two years and won most of them his next fight will be in three days he's confident and knows his skills. and i. feel. i like kix best they're fast but if the opponent isn't good at blocking an uppercut can be dangerous. this is everyone's weak spot it'll easily knock him out. and i was once a successful time boxer himself and his wife sent up his gym three years ago with the help of donations boo knows that young time boxe

long corn thailand's ruling military government has pursued more than two hundred fifty cases since seizing power in a twenty fourteen coup supposedly to protect the king and his family's dignity. of iraq's i got a temporary reprieve after a time military court delayed a decision on whether to prosecute him in order to consult historians my kids did not intend to go. to live with so much of the. very she was actually. before. that. because he had been the preacher of time he was the only one. who brought victoria but it's come to that but you cannot touch him so he become god almighty in a country where insulting royals has recently seen people sent to jail for longer than if they had committed murder many fifa thailand's political future if civil roxas prosecution goes ahead those worries could become even more urgent. the europa league group stage continues on thursday night this year's surprise club is off to have shunned they have already left tonight's opponents how to berlin in their wake in advancing to the knockout stages the tiny team from central sweden has set itself apart not on

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the energy from this moves out west into the gulf of thailand. i think all the areas in the middle of the week, southern areas of thailand will be affected by heavy rain. again, that brings potential for some flooding by some spots. perhaps about 100 to 150 millimeters of rain. it is not producing as much rain as we have seen in vietnam the rescuers and certainly the terrible problems we saw in the southern philippines. gavin: when we talk about these weather conditions, it is in a relatively short time. particularly talking about the philippines, what brought the mudslides. nick: yes, and not everybody will see that much rain. it all ties in with the topography of the hills and the geography of these places as well. you can see lots of rain, and there are minimal impact, but you can see lots of rain in the worst possible area, and a lot of that rain will produce landslides and flooding. that is quite unpredictable in terms of the impact, but we clearly saw that in the southern philippines and we are at risk of seeing some problems that may not b

a hilly region in southern thailand. rubber plantations have long thrived down on the plains here but now they're spreading out on to the slopes. as asia's economies boom these natural forests are falling victim to the expansion. here their harvesting a highly lucrative raw material latex used for rubber. enormous demand means rubber farmers like mana in mar are making good money. but on his plantation he keeps coming across scenes of destruction trees trampled down or stripped of their bark guaranteeing their swift death. munna in martino's who's eating the bark. from them not at the elephants often coming to my plantation and they keep me from working on my trees because elephants a very dangerous you know that and i had a lot more when you come across them you have to stay really calm and slowly but smartly back away. asia's growing prosperity is generating an insatiable demand for tires each and every one of them made almost entirely from natural rubber but what effect does that have on the environment a question ger

a hilly region in southern thailand. rubber plantations have long thrived down on the plains here but now they're spreading out on to the slopes. as asia's economies boom these natural forests are falling victim to the expansion. here their harvesting the highly lucrative raw material latex used for rubber. enormous demand means rubber farmers like mana in mar are making good money. but on his plantation he keeps coming across scenes of destruction trees trampled down or stripped of their bark guaranteeing their swift death. munna in martino's who's eating the bark. from them not that their benefits often come into my plantation that they keep me from working on my trees because elephants a very dangerous you know that and i have a lot more when you come across them you have to stay really calm and slowly but smugly back away. asia's growing prosperity is generating an insatiable demand for tires each and every one of them made almost entirely from natural rubber but what effect does that have on the environment a questi

a hilly region in southern thailand. rubber plantations have long thrived down on the plains here but now they're spreading out on to the slopes. as asia's economies boom these natural forests are falling victim to the expansion. here they're harvesting a leveraged highly. creative raw material latex used for rubber. enormous demand means rubber farmers like mana in mar are making good money. but on his plantation he keeps coming across scenes of destruction trees trampled down or stripped of their bark guaranteeing their swift death. munna in martino's whose eating the bark. like that not at the elephants often come into my plantation that they keep me from working on my trees because elephants a very dangerous you know that and i've had a lot more when you come across them you have to stay really calm and slowly but smugly back away. asia's growing prosperity is generating an insatiable demand for tires each and every one of them made almost entirely from natural rubber but what effect does that have on the environment

i'm wayne hay reporting from thailand where the military government says democracy will return at the end of two thousand and eighteen but we'll tell you why many believe it won't happen. i don't support a setback for the world number one heading into the new tennis season joe will have that story in sport. you are making very pointed remarks where on line the main u.s. response to drug use and the drug trade over the last fifty years has been the criminal mind or if you join us on saying no evil person just makes up a over the morning and say i want to cover the world in darkness and this is a dialogue that could be was leading to some of the confusion and lying about people saying they don't actually know what's going on join the colobus conversation at this time on al-jazeera. from the far country. you're watching the avs there and use our hearts a whole raft of these are our top stories afghanistan's president africa ashraf gardy has ordered an investigation into an attack that killed forty people in the capital kabul a compound housing a cultural center and a news agency was targ

hilly region in southern thailand. rubber plantations have long thrived down on the plains here but now they're spreading out on to the slopes. as asia's economies boom these natural forests are falling victim to the expansion. here they're harvesting a highly. creative raw material latex used for rubber. enormous demand means rubber farmers like mana in mar are making good money. but on his plantation he keeps coming across scenes of destruction trees trampled down or stripped of their bark guaranteeing their swift death. munna in martino's whose eating the bark. from them that at the elephants often come into my plantation that they keep me from working on my trees because elephants a very dangerous you know that and that elavil either when you come across them you have to stay really calm and slowly but smugly back away. asia's growing prosperity is generating an insatiable demand for tires each and every one of them made almost entirely from natural rubber but what effect does that have on the environment a questio

the visit to thailand by joseph un is part of a campaign by the government in the united states an effort to increase economic pressure on the government in north korea by getting countries to either cut off or reduce diplomatic and trade ties with pyongyang there are several countries in southeast asia including thailand that have traditionally had very strong relations with north korea the ties for their part are saying that very recently over the past year that trade with north korea has gone down by around ninety percent and in fact by the end of this year within the next few weeks that all trade with north korea will come to an end in a very brief media conference in bangkok joseph you and also backed up what the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson said this week when he said that the u.s. is open to unconditional talks with pyongyang just a few in the media conference saying that he is optimistic that the u.s. policy of maximum pressure and in gauge meant will work but when asked what is the next step from the united states if north korea refuses to return to the negotiating table

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thailand's elephant a danger for rubber plantations. and future farming robots and drones take to the fields. the environmental impact of cars is the subject of heated debate in europe and elsewhere. everyone is talking about emissions. but let's talk about tires they're forty percent rubber when they're new. but then comes the daily road routine and that's where the problem started. every time that rolls along the road gets slowly but surely warm down. what happens to the particles of one off whether they end up. our search for answers starts where the abrasion takes place. what are we looking at. this is why it's dust from tires from brake pads and from the roadway. various materials come together here and tiredest falls into the category of fine sediment. you can barely see it it's like fine particulates matter. that gets washed off the road and seeps into the ground all along the embankment physica. rainwater deposits dust particles from roadways in the upper layer of soil that includes tire dust and all the smaller pollutant partic

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it moves into the gulf of thailand into southern thailand in the coming days and may bring rain to bangkok. for land areas still in the path, still up to 200 millimetres of rain. the flooding and landslide threat still current. asi as i mentioned, after southern vietnam, next in the past, southern thailand. queen elizabeth has been attending the traditional christmas day service along with other members of the royal family — including prince harry and his fiancee meghan markle. in her christmas day broadcast the queen paid tribute to the cities of manchester and london, for the way they dealt with this year's terrorist attacks. 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchell has more. it's a day for family, with its own established pattern. for the royal family, that means a visit to church, led by the queen. and there, very much at home already, the royal family's soon—to—be newest member, meghan markle. alert to everything that was going on, and waiting for her cue in terms of royal protocol. a neat curtsey, as the queen left by car. and then walking across to speak to members of the cr

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