just recapping, the authorities in thailand so the authorities in thailand so the soldier he went on a rampage ina the soldier he went on a rampage in a mall in the city of nakhon ratchasima, killing 20, has himself been killed by the security forces. 42 were injured and 20 killed by the shooter. we will bring you more information as we have it. please stay with us on bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: tragedy in uganda as four rare mountain gorillas are killed by lightning. their deaths have been described by conservationists as a big loss for the species. there's mr mandela. mr nelson mandela, a free man, taking his first steps into a new south africa. iran's spiritual leader ayatollah khomeini has said he's passed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british author of a book which many muslims say is blasphemous. the people of haiti have flocked to church to give thanks for the ousting of their former president, 'ba by doc' duvalier. because of his considerable value as a stallion, shergar was kept in a special, secure box in the stud farm's central block. sherg

many in thailand seem angry indeed and determined to prevent the wish for democracy in thailand from the coming a thing of the past. general someone is a type political scientist and she joins me now from hamburg germany this what sort of thank you for making the time has the dissolution of future forward democracy in thailand. absolutely i mean the court here is 1st and foremost in getting mad and therefore these has been widely seen as a way to get interest off the opposition so the immediate impact is that right now there is one of confidence happening in the parliament and the opposition has gathered not voices to. put into words against the prime minister so that we get on democracy i mean speaking about democracy does the constitution or to that order the dissolution or future forward i mean surely the consciousness record is itself a part of democracy. that has been a bit tricky and i cannot stand much about the court because these days any criticisms about the court would land you in jail but what i can say now is that the court has been pattison and if you look at the histor

i'm rebecca rich's welcome to the program we begin with breaking news from thailand where at least 10 people are reported to have been killed in a mass shooting police say a soldier opened fire in the city of koran northeast of bangkok it's thought to be a he took a gun from his military base and opened fire this unfair a fide twitter video shows people on the streets playing to safety as multiple shots rang out police have identified a suspect who allegedly posted on facebook they're all. same's of how making a popular nearby shopping mall where the shooter is thought to still be holed up. well let's go to thailand with foreign correspondent is standing by for us florian ongoing event but what do we know about the situation well the information that we get is still quite sketchy as you said it's still going on what seems to be confirmed by local media at least is that a 32 year old soldier killed his commanding officer and his wife then raided the battalion amerie apps his military base he stole a humvee whens into this city to a big shopping mall. sired a few shots in the air killed

they're definitely not common even though thailand has. one of the countries with the highest rates of gun ownership private gun ownership in the world shooting mass shootings like this of very very rare there is an insurgency trouble in the south of thailand that has been going on for a few years now so there are occasionally there are reports about shootings there but this is a quiet isolates it's youth and stare confined to the deep south provinces here in thailand so a mass shooting off that scale that apparently we're witnessing right now hasn't happened in a long time and date of your correspondent florian standing by for us in bangkok thanks very much for the update. late is of germany's 3 governing coalition parties that have been meeting in berlin the south and in their job to stop a political scandal in a small eastern german region turning into a full blown crisis for merkel's federal coalition leaders of the conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. and the center left social democrats discuss the fallout from wednesday's events in 3 bomb mak

great man many in thailand seem angry indeed and determined to prevent the wished for democracy in thailand from the coming a thing of the past. general someone who is a type political scientist and she joins me now from hamburg germany considered thank you for making the time has the dissolution all future forward democracy in thailand absolutely i mean the court here is 1st and foremost elected to matt and therefore these has been widely seen as a way to get interest off the opposition so to even get it packed is that right now there is one of confidence happening in the parliament and the opposition has gathered not voices to. put into words against the prime minister so that we get on democracy i mean speaking about democracy does the constitution or to that order the dissolution all future forward i mean surely the consciousness record is itself a part of democracy. that has been a bit tricky and i cannot stand much about the court because these days any criticisms about the court would land you in jail but where they can say now is that the court has been pattison and if you look at t

great many in thailand seem angry indeed and determined to prevent the wish for democracy in thailand from the coming a thing of the past. judger us and what is a type will have to go scientist and she joins me now from hamburg germany and sort of thank you for making the time has the does edition all future forward to democracy in thailand. absolutely i mean the court here is 1st and foremost in getting mad and therefore these have been widely seen as a way to get interest off the opposition so the immediate impact is that right now there is of confidence happening in the parliament and the opposition has gathered enough voices to. put into words against the prime minister so that we get impact on democracy i mean speaking about democracy it is the constitutional order that order the dissolution all future forward when surely the constitutional court is itself a part of democracy. that has been a bit tricky and i cannot stand much about the court because these days any criticisms about the court would land you in jail but what i can say now is that the court has been pattison and if

news live from berlin police in thailand shoot dead a soldier killed at least 26 people in a gun rampage the suspect killed his commanding officer at an army base before stealing weapons and continuing his attack in a crowded shopping mall a gunman live stream part of a shooting on facebook. also coming up the battle to contain the corona virus authorities in china say the death toll has passed the 800 mark that means the virus has now claimed more lives than the sars outbreak 2 decades ago. and a blunder sleekest hawker one of dortmund's new signings is on target against liver couzin and found out who came out on top in the 7 goals thriller. played. by mary in evanston it's good to have you with us. security forces in thailand have killed a soldier who shot dead at least 26 people most of them at a shopping mall police said earlier stormed the center allowing shoppers to escape as they launched a manhunt to find the gunman more than 40 people were also wounded in saturday's attack which took place in caracas which is northeast of bangkok. thailand morning brought relief at last special

and fly and how common are incidences like this in thailand. their definition not common even though thailand has or is among the. leading nations when it comes to private gun ownership so a lot of guns in this country but those kind of mass shootings of very very rare about a month ago there has been an incident inside a shopping mall ouster of probably. shop and see people have been killed but this is a completely different scenario now so someone who actually goes on around page poses actions on line targets indiscriminately you know people this is something very very rare here in thailand thailand has an insurgency problem in the deep south and that's the most southern province is where the. majority of the population is muslim we have seen some incidents there also shootings that is that is now happening in colorado 250 kilometers north of bangkok this is something. very very rare. on for day to be correspondent foreign nation bangkok thanks very much for the update. the ladies of germany's 3 governing coalition parties have been meeting i

the city itself, is a quite a populated part of thailand? it is, is the third—largest city in the country, it's the main hub in the northeast of thailand so a very busy place, a transport hub, and this particular shopping mall is right in the city centre and a very large, new shopping mall, very modern, so it would probably be one of the main places that people gather on a saturday evening. there would have been a lot of people there when they went in. that will be on the minds of the security forces. we believe they send units up from bangkok may have specialisation in tackling this sort of situation but it's actually something that's quite unfamiliar in thailand, none of us can remember alone shooting like this happening before so it's not something they would be used to handling. we don't know which units have gone in at this stage or how they are trying to do it but as you say, as a sergeant major in the army, it's possible he is well trained. he has certainly been very ruthless in the use of his gunfire up until now. he doesn't appear

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and in thailand small breweries set out to disrupt the be a market sector that's unfairly skewed to big multinationals. again let's do business counting the costs of the coronavirus analysts say the outbreak could rapidly weaken global growth the situation is already fragile goldman sachs estimates a modest hit to growth this year while the macroeconomic effects still unclear the near term implications for chinese output of becoming very clear economists say the viruses cost china's restaurant tourism and movie industries $144000000000.00 in losses of the lunar new year holiday casino stocks have slumped the world's gambling capital the cow is closing all venues for at least 2 weeks that will cut off the lifeblood of the city's economy. the prospects for tourism in macau are as uncertain as a throw of the dice that one of the territories kitty casinos the virus has seen billions of dollars wiped off the market value of the macau operations of las vegas giants including when m.g.m. and sounds because the only place on chinese territory that allows gambling on the lunar new year is normal

news live from berlin police and thailand shoes dead us soldiers who killed at least 26 people in a gun rampage the suspects killed his commanding officer at an army base before stealing weapons and continuing his attack in a crowded shopping mall the gunmen live stream part of the shooting on facebook also coming up. the battle to contain the corona virus authorities in china say the death toll has passed the 800 mark that means the virus has now claimed more lives than the sars outbreak 2 decades ago. and when this latest soccer one of dortmund's new signings is on target against liverpool set to find out who came out on top in a 7 gold thriller. player. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us. security forces in thailand have killed a soldier who shot dead at least 26 people most of them at a shopping mall police had earlier stormed the center allowing shoppers to escape as they launched a manhunt to find the gunman more than 40 people were also wounded in saturday's attack which took place in caracas northeast of bangkok. for thailand morning brought relief at last spe

this is al jazeera and these are the headlines security forces in thailand. have stormed the shopping mall after a soldier shot and killed at least 20 people and held others hostage for bernie you live pictures here from with sign of correlates which is northeast of bangkok and as you can see many people are still being a scorsese all of that shopping mall where the hostage taking to the police witnesses say the government has an assault rifle police and military units have of course sealed off the surrounding area. after a brief respite in china the rates of new coronavirus cases is again on the rise at least $724.00 people in china have died of the virus the world health organization the team is traveling there on monday to investigate the outbreak trini you has more from beijing president xi jinping is really scrambling to reassure people saying that the party has declared a war a people's war on this virus they're announcing all these new initiatives for example this hospital the 2nd emergency hospital with 1600 new beds for coronavirus patients has been

news live from berlin police in thailand shooting dead a soldier who killed at least 26 people in a good rampage the suspect killed his commanding officer at an army base before stealing weapons and continuing his attack in a crowded shopping mall the gunman a live stream part of the shooting on facebook also coming up the battle to contain the corona virus authorities in china say the death toll has passed the 800 mark that means a virus is now claiming more lives than the sars outbreak 2 decades ago. now as. i mary in evanston it's good to have you with us. security forces in thailand have killed a soldier who shot dead at least 26 people at a shopping mall police had earlier stormed the center allowing shoppers to escape as they launched a manhunt to find the gunman more than 40 people were also wounded in saturday's attack which took place in northeast of bangkok. for thailand morning brought relate that last special forces finally ended the standoff with a military match. he did the by sprint of a luxury shopping center up to massacre and dozens of paper. oh. yeah. we have put an en

thailand. the situation is ongoing and the suspect, a soldier, is still at large. five british people including a child have tested positive for the coronavirus at a ski resort in france. six senior conservatives write to tory mps to raise concerns about the government's decision to allow huawei to help build the uk's 56 network. why would you want to build into your system an organisation that remains a threat? i don't know of anywhere else in the world that would do that. officials working on boris johnson's pledge to recruit an extra 20,000 police officers say that they'll actually need to take on more than 50,000 as many are set to leave. the met office issues severe weather warnings for the weekend as storm ciara approaches from the atlantic. preparations are underway for england verses scotland in the six nations in 45 minutes. and in half an hour the victoria derbyshire programme speaks to a group of former jehovah's witnesses, who are suing the group over historical sexual abuse they sa

and sands in thailand to brewers dominate the beer market with their brands and chang and they've got the lower on their side those with a capacity of at least 10000000 liters a year are allowed to brew and sell beer in stores that make small businesses practically illegal the number of microbreweries a fighting that. every beer from his tap is an act of rebellion. for 8 years we cycle now has been running an illegal microbrewery on the outskirts of bangkok for a brewpub to be legal in thailand it has to produce at least $1000.00 hectare leaders per year cycle aus open air bar falls far short of that. you leave go get caught 5 problems are right about everything. i've the average joe and goods made a good ruling what you're doing is oh good good for the local economy good for the people. in addition to brewing and selling his own beer sikelel teaches other enthusiastic to follow his example. and i may tell them to heat the molten water to 70 degrees then the starch will be converted into sugar might get that far. since launching cheap beer in 2012 seconds so has had to pay 2000 euros

we have been hearing of a number of people injured in thailand. what do you know? we have put a few details about this particular gunman, and other reports are still coming in, but it appears that a junior officer in the thai army, and a military spokesman has spoken to the thai service of the bbc for a short time ago and said this junior officer shot his commander, perhaps a relative, then drove to a buddhist temple and started shooting. afterwards, he went to a shopping centre and started shooting there. at the moment, he is still on the loose, so the army has sealed off the area. they are looking for him and trying to make sure that they can seal off the area so they can find him. there are conflicting reports about the number of people dead or injured. some are saying ten, others 12 other people injured, so it's a very serious event taking place in a city port nakhon ratchasima, which is about 200 miles or so north—east of bangkok, the capital of thailand. do we know when it happened? how long has the incident been going on?” it happened? how long has the i

and in thailand small breweries are the sets of disrupt the beer market that has become the unfairly skewed to the big multinationals. this is your business update on the us in berlin welcome to china sneezes the whole world catches a cold that's a phrase now used to describe the country's huge influence on the global economy and the coronavirus presents a pretty good case study of that phenomenon in the past days stocks around the world have plunged on fears that the disease could have a major impact on company's bottom lines and the oil industry hasn't escaped the contagion effect demand in china has dropped by about $3000000.00 barrels per day as airports are closed to the airlines are canceling hundreds of flights as a result of the outbreak this is let a major drop in oil prices the in the past month the price of brant crude. as for about 15 percent prompting members of the world's largest oil cartel opec to consider further production cuts now let's bring in ron paul barrett he's the head of market analysis at. europe and joins us now from london ranko explain to us the connect

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forces in thailand are concentrating their effo rts thailand are concentrating their efforts on that shopping mall there. it is called terminal 21. we understand the soldier had in his possession an assault rifle at the time. at least 20 people have been killed, says special forces are currently based around the shopping centre, the terminal 21 shopping centre. we have had reports of automatic gunfire being heard from the shopping mall. there is a belief that he is holed up in the basement of the more. earlier on when this unfolded, police managed to evacuate hundreds of shoppers that have been hiding once they realised what was going on. there has been something ofa going on. there has been something of a media blackout put in place, vertically after he started posting those updates on his facebook page. so, these are the latest shots we are getting from security forces. you can see there the personnel standing just at the forefront of your screen there, terminal 21 is where he is holed up. we believe most of the shoppers that were there at the time, it would have been very busy, ha

we start with a developing story in thailand where a soldier has gone on a shooting rampage in a city northeast of bangkok killing at least 17 people and injuring more gunman is said to have opened fire at different locations in the city center there's been unconfirmed reports as yet the suspect is also holding several hostages inside a popular shopping mall police are at the site and of lockdown the surrounding area the gunman has been active on social media throughout the attack posting disturbing videos and pictures which was shared online before his accounts were closed. this is what we know about the government so far he's been identified as a junior officer in the thai army the suspect is believed to have shot dead a superior officer and 2 other soldiers inside a military base for allegedly stealing military equipment and hijacking a home the gunman then went on to open fire at several sites including a buddhist temple and a shopping mall in. jordan munnabhai under overall check you say political analyst and journalist good evening andrea and as i understand you actually partly

this is e w news live from valley security forces in thailand storm a shopping mall and the hunt for a gunman a man a toy soldier went into hiding in the mall locked and shooting rampage police say at least 20 people are dead in schools more wounded antti opened far the shopping center in the city of collapse it was there coming up germany's federal coalition parties called for fresh elections in talk to a far right political scandal in the eastern german state now that is off the party's regional you just shattered a decades old truth by teaming up with right wing extremists to elect a state. and hong kong takes by the steps to stem the spread of coronavirus as this disease claims more lives the territories leader announces a mandatory quarantine than anyone arriving from mainland china. i have a home for a glad you could join me security forces aid a thailand house stormed a shopping mall where a gunman is thought to be still hold off to killing at least 20 people now the government says that another 31 people were wounded in the rampage in the city of kut at that scene north east

for thailand morning brought relief at last. special forces finally ended the standoff with a military match. he did in the basement of a luxury shopping center up to massacring dozens of paper. oh. yeah. we have put an end to the perpetrators criminal act. at the moment where gathering evidence and witness statements that were beginning an investigation to bring justice to all. those words delivered reassurance after not just stop and shop as a karate terminal 21 shopping mall will never forget. the schools of terrified people ran for their lives the trauma of what they've experienced visible on their faces the fear in their voices. from the most people wanted to leave but they were unsure it was safe so we waited until the police came and they couldn't have expected a day at the local shopping center at the end black leaf freed by special forces groups of shoppers the sky into the night. the many survive is and anguish loved ones the police special operation brought relate. some were rescued better than blading. others a skype

news live from berlin police in thailand shoot a dead us soldier who killed at least 26 people in a gun rampage the suspect killed his commanding officer at an army base before stealing weapons and continuing his attack in a crowded shopping mall the gunmen live streamed part of the shooting on facebook also coming up the battle to contain the coronavirus authorities in china say the death toll has passed the 800 mark that means the virus has now claimed more lives than the sars outbreak 2 decades ago. and then bundesliga soccer one of dortmund's new signings is on target against laver cruzan to find out who came out on top in the 7 gold thriller. i marry in evanston it's good to have you with us. security forces in thailand have killed a soldier who shot dead at least 26 people at a shopping mall police had earlier stormed the center allowing shoppers to escape as they launched a manhunt to find the gunman more than 40 people were also wounded in saturday's attack which took place in northeast of bangkok. for thailand morning brought relief that last special forces finally ended the st

news live from berlin police in thailand shooting dead a soldier who killed at least 26 people in a gun rampage the suspect killed his commanding officer at an army base before stealing weapons and continuing his attack in a crowded shopping mall the gunmen lifestream part of the shooting on facebook also coming up the battle to contain the corona virus authorities in china say the death toll has passed the $800.00 mark that means the virus has now claimed more lives than the sars outbreak 2 decades ago. and in bundesliga soccer one of dortmund's new signings is on target against river cruz and we find out who came out on top in a 7 gold thriller. i married to evanston and it's good to have you with us. security forces in thailand have killed a soldier who shot dead at least 26 people most of them at a shopping mall police said earlier stormed the center of allowing shoppers to escape as they launched a manhunt to find the gunman more than 40 people were also wounded in saturday's attack which took place in koran northeast of bangkok. branding for their lives terrified shoppers freed by

now to thailand thailand where security forces have killed a soldier who shot dead at least 26 people most of them at a shopping mall police said earlier stormed the center allowing shoppers to escape as they launched a manhunt to find the gunman who and 40 people were also wounded in saturday's attack which took place in core at northeast of bangkok. branding for their lives terrified shoppers freed by security forces after a seats that lasted more than 16 hours. friends and relatives of those trapped inside prayed for good news but as the death toll climbed some were losing hope. for. looking for my friend who was hiding among 10 other people in the room i think it's the one where the gunmen and officers exchanged fire a man and a woman died in the room which i'm worried that my friends as the man. people in the neighborhood are traumatized by the ordeal. but. i'm shocked. mchugh i never thought something like this could happen. and i live very close to the mall and i heard everything. i was still in shock that the . tire fishes have identified the killer as sergeant pepper pan tama

this is e w news live from valid security forces in thailand installment shopping mall where a gunman was holed up the man a thai soldier went into hiding in the market off to a shooting rampage police say that more than a dozen people all dead and several more wounded after he opened our shopping center in the city of quote is going live to thailand also coming up germany's federal coalition policies call for pressure that actions in ferengi out off a far right political scandal in the eastern and german state or countries where the conservatives health crisis talks with their junior coalition politics in berlin today that's up to the party's regional leaders schottische to a decade's old to do by teaming up with a vibrant extremist to elect a state leader. on having a home for a glad you could join me security forces in thailand have stormed a shopping mall where a gunman is thought to be still holed up off to killing at least 20 people now many more were wounded in the rampage in the city of course at that is northeast of bangkok it appears that a soldier took a gun from his milita

saw very busy transport hub —— so thailand saw very busy transport hub ——soa thailand saw very busy transport hub —— so a very thailand saw very busy transport hub —— so a very busy transport hub. this is a very large, new shopping mall so one of the main places that people gather on a saturday evening. they would have been a lot of people there stop that will be on the minds of the security forces. we believe they have set units up from bangkok who may have a specialisation in tackling this sort of situation but it's actually something that's quite unfamiliar at times and none of us can ever remember alone shooting like this happening before —— a lone shooting. as a sergeant major in the army, is possible he is well trained. he has certainly been ruthless in his gunfire up until now. he doesn't appear to be discover knitting against her he shoots —— discriminating. discover knitting against her he shoots -- discriminating. do we know anything more about him as an individual or are we literally, nobody knew anything about him until this incident started? nothing has

the shootings in thailand. earlier we heard that the gunman continued to be holed up in the shopping centre in the city. we understand that reuters new weight —— newsagency is now reporting that the gunmen is in a basement area of the shopping centre and they suggest that there are no hostages with the gunman. we will continue to bring you updates on that story as we get them. we were hearing, of course, a little earlier on about effects of storm ciara. here's helen willetts with a full weather forecast. hello. storm ciara will batter the uk today. it is powerful and dangerous and brings exceptionally windy weather. it is unusual because it will affect such a widespread area. very few places will escape the severe gales that are forecast and hence the met office have got amber warnings in place notjust for the wind but also for rain. starting with the wind, that will affect most parts of the uk. the amber warnings for england and wales, we expect damage and disruption, potentially a danger to life as well b

i'm richelle carey this is our just your life and also coming up a tense standoff is over in thailand after a soldier goes on a rampage killing 26 people. stuff with nowhere to go life as a syrian refugee and lebannon gets worse in the dead of winter. pale and male alarm bells are ringing once again over the lack of diversity for this year's academy awards. and the number of people killed by the corona virus has risen to 813 that is more than during the sars epidemic 17 years ago all but 2 of the deaths are in china where there is growing criticism a shortage of medical supplies and the leadership's handling of this crisis adrian brown is in hong kong with more on the political repercussions. in a national emergency the country's leader is normally front and center not so china's president xi jinping his meeting with the visiting head of the world health organization in late january was 1 of his few recent appearances on state television nightly news we normally features prominently and since demanding a transparent and timely release of information about the coronavirus more than 2 w

police in thailand shoot dead a soldier who killed at least 26 people in a gun rampage that ended in a crowded shopping mall. and in his latest stucco one of dortmund's new signings is on target against leverkusen we find out who came out on top in 7 gold thriller. oh. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program or thirty's in china say the death toll from the corona virus has now passed the 800 mark that means the disease has now killed more people than the deadly sars outbreak nearly 2 decades ago almost all the reported deaths and most of the new infections are in the chinese province of hugh by where the corona virus was 1st discovered globally there are now some 37500 confirmed cases of the virus china says there have been a few a new infections than in previous days but overall the virus continues to spread. on monday millions of chinese are expected to return to work after the extended lunar new year break is over nevertheless china is still far from back to normal. less is the extent to which china is trying to get a grip on this outbreak medical officials forcibly remove a f

this is d w news live from building a solider who killed more than 20 people is shot dead in thailand police and the long running standoff that took place in a shopping mall when the gunman went on a rampage many were also trapped inside the complex while security forces hunted down the killer. also coming up the vassal to contain the corona virus authorities in china say the death toll has passed 800 mark that means the virus has now claimed more lives than the sas outbreak 2 decades ago. and in the bundesliga one of dortmund's new signings he's on target against leave a cruiser we find out who came out on top in a 7 goal thriller. glad you could join me we begin with some breaking news security forces in thailand have killed a soldier who shot dead at least 20 people in a shopping mall police had earlier stormed the center allowing shoppers to escape as they launched a manhunt to find the gunmen sporadic fire and explosions were heard over many hours forces then closed in on the attacker where it's understood he was hiding in the malls basement more than 40 people were wounded in sa

i and vigils all held in thailand as the country mourns those killed in a gun round page that ended in a crowded shopping mall. on have a home for a glad you could join me a major winter storm is bearing down almost germany and other parts of central europe often already battering the british isles and the west and also the continent now germany's untaught long distance rail network is currently down and weather experts have issued a warning across the region telling people to stay inside if they can. a blustery day at the beach in the belgian port of our stand despite the high winds walkers were out in force no swimming ones the sign not that many appeared keen to take a dip. in the capital brussels the elements hammering buildings exposed to the storm's fury. in ireland way was forced to cancel the opening ceremony for its year is european city of culture the aptly named wild atlantic way on the west coast also taking a pounding. flooding in the north of england caused extensive damage to rural towns and villages as the storm battered britain there's been widespread transport disrupt

vigils are held in thailand as the country moves verner's killed in a gun rampage that ended in a crowded shopping. farmhouse on a home for a welcome to the program a major winter storm is bearing down on germany and all the parts of central europe after already battering the british isles in the western part of the continent now germany's entire long distance rail network is down and weather experts have issued a warning across the region telling people to stay inside if they can. a blustery day at the beach in the belgian port of us stand despite the high winds walkers were out in force no swimming ones the sign not that many appeared keen to take a dip. in the capital brussels the elements hammering buildings exposed to the storm's fury. in ireland go away was forced to cancel the opening ceremony for its year is european city of culture the aptly named wild atlantic way on the west coast also taking a pounding. flooding in the north of england caused extensive damage to rural towns and villages as the storm battered britain there's been widespread transport disruption with emergency s

thailand made a move. it would not be surprising if we had dovish comments from other central bankers. probably further interest-rate cuts this year as well. they have room across asia to do more. the effects are going to be very skewed towards countries which do a lot of business with china which accounts for most of asia. will be very surprising if we don't see pretty poor economic numbers in the first quarter this year, possibly into the second quarter as well. central banks will want to get ahead of that. they will want to let investors know that they are watching closely. they're ready to act. they have the to do something if needed. they will not stand back and let their economies fall apart just because there is deterioration because of this virus situation. they will want to be seen to be ahead of the game. if necessary, there could be very early rate cuts right across the region. haidi: thank you so much for that. our mliv strategist. follow all the trading action on our mliv blog on the bloomberg

china is the biggest source of foreign tourists for thailand about 10000000 visitors last year so the government is screening all passengers coming in and out of china it's something that they. have been doing in recent days but they say that there's actually no need to block all flights coming from china because of the actions taken by the chinese government now some local authorities and a tourist hot spot in our land off the coast they have announced that they are going to be screening about 3 and a half 1000 chinese visitors they going to about $31.00 hotels on the island to check them for any symptoms and to monitor them during their stay and they're just doing that to try and stop the spread of the virus here at thailand's government is also sending a plane to hand to the same tour of the outbreak they're going to be picking up about 60 tie citizens who are there and they will be on the way back it's about a 4 hour flat and also for the next 14 days i'm also interested what are your observations about how people are reacting to the outbreak there is it is it something that you n

man many in thailand seem angry indeed and determined to prevent the wished for democracy in thailand from becoming a figure of the posh to. the right. and here are some of the other stories that are making headlines around the globe officials in indonesia say the death toll from floods that hit the capital jakarta has risen to 5 at least 3 others are missing and nearly 10000 people have been displaced floodwaters inundated entire neighborhoods on tuesday following a heavy downpour a doomsday vault in the arctic council received 60000 new seeds samples to guard in case of a global disaster the facility on norway's spitsbergen islands now holds more than a 1000000 varieties of food crop seeds new additions include offerings from india mali and peru as well as specimens grown by the native american cherokee try. candid it's a game out front runner bernie sanders at the democratic presidential debate in the us state of south carolina on tuesday despite senator sanders extending his lead in recent weeks former vice president joe biden says he's still confident of winning the south carolin

i'm rebecca has welcome to the program we begin with breaking news out of thailand where there's a mass shooting underway police there say a soldier opened fire in the city of core at north east of bangkok several people are reported to have been killed with more injured as unverified videotape. taken from twitter shows people running from an area with multiple miles shop bringing out the incident is ongoing. let's go to correspondent foreign news is standing by for us in bangkok flooring what do we know so far about the shooting. of the situation as of right now is still unclear as you said the deterioration is. still ongoing if you act with the police said that at least 12 people have been killed among these 12 is apparently the superior officer of this soldier that when on a shooting rampage. we have seen ahead in the doing live updates on his facebook profile we have seen and fools had to go gear apparently and stole on leads from his days in the core area. and then 1st she went on this shooting spree outside of a shopping mall then he. apparently also went inside continued this sho

late on a saturday afternoon a shopping mall in thailand came under attack a gunman opened fire at a time when it would have been at its busiest. here he can be seen firing multiple rounds towards people and passing cars. people found whatever cover they could after he entered the mall panic shoppers ran out the day coming to a terrifying hearing and. the number of casualties is not yet confirmed as the situation is still ongoing we have been trying to bring out whoever we can 1st a minute and we will gradually save others who are still stuck inside this was the heavily armed gunman seeming to walk casually through the mall he had earlier be named by police as jack reponse tamam a 32 year old soldier in the thai army he began his rampage hours earlier by killing a commanding officer on a military base outside the city as he continued his murderous spree he posted updates on social media including this one where he complained that his finger was sore from pulling the trigger so many times gun violence is common in this country but not on the scale this will be remembered as one of tha

this is the scene live in north eastern thailand. authorities have sealed off the terminal 21 shopping centre, as they try to track down the suspect. jonathan head reports. panic in a provincial shopping mall, as people realised there is a done man inside and they have to run. panic in a provincial shopping mall, as people realise there is a gunman inside and they have to run. from outside, the sound of multiple gunshots. at this stage, he had already killed a senior army officer and shot several other soldiers before reaching the shopping mall. at one point, one of his shots appeared to ignite a gas cylinder. the government has been identified as 32—year—old the gunman has been identified as 32—year—old sergeant majorjakraphanth thomma. he took selfies of himself outside the mall and live streamed parts of his attack on facebook before it was taken down. but his motives are not yet known. gun crimes are not uncommon in thailand but a shooting on this scale by one man is something horribly new. jonathan has this update. we ar

we saw this thailand numbers. -- the thailand numbers. central banks are crucial in maintaining financial systemic stability. and the liquidity for the systems to operate. you cannot rely on central banks for additional growth. the key is going to be fiscal authority. china has been on the forefront of this. a combination of tax codes and subsidies -- tax cuts and subsidies for the hardest hit areas. also, more money for projects and a larger deficit spending. that is going to be -- in addition to that, some relaxation of administrative measures surrounding property. these things are going to be more important than monetary policy. the virus crisis, we are seeing some things happening in u.k. and europe. global policy makers need to rely more on global fiscal policy than monetary. paul: thank you for joining us. cuts to come, singapore its gdp forecast by one percentage point is the coronavirus outbreak hits tourism and trade. we will crunch the numbers with selena length just ahead. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> china injected fresh funds to

bursts of automatic gunfire at a shopping mall in thailand. the first casualties are brought out as security forces hunt a gunman responsible for shooting dead at least 20 people. the gunman, identified as a soldier who killed his commanding officer before going on the rampage is believed to be still on the loose. gusts of 63 miles per hour already in stornoway and ba cancels dozens of flights tomorrow. there are severe weather warnings as storm ciara approaches from the atlantic. a child is amongst five british people who've tested positive for the coronavirus at a french ski resort. and 200 people are being flown to the uk from the chinese city at the centre of the outbreak. six senior conservatives write to tory mps to raise concerns about the government's decision to allow huawei to help build the uk's 56 network. why would you want to build into your system an organisation that remains a threat? i don't know of anything else anywhere else in the world that would do that. england reignite their six nations title hopes after beating scotlan

some breaking news now on the situation in thailand, where a soldier has killed at least 20 people and injured many others. ten of them seriously we understand from local sources. police are currently searching for the gunmen inside. inside a popular shopping mall, and in the last half hour, it's called terminal 21. one person has been killed and two injured . we have had reports of a series of explosions that were heard from inside the mall in thailand, security forces really concentrating in the lower areas and in the basement area of the shopping mall. that is the latest we have the 20 people killed by that soldier who hold himself up in the terminal 21 shopping mall. and that is in the city of nakhon ratchasima which lies around hundred 55 miles from the capital of bangkok. the soldier's name is jakraphanth thomma. he shot his senior officer and killed a number of people at a temple. at least 20 people dead and 31 people injured, ten any serious condition and the latest reports following a series of explosions as you can see there on the screen is that one person has been killed, t

a popular opposition party in thailand has been dissolved by the constitutional court future forrester prominence and last year's election but his sense face several legal challenges which at sierra say are politically motivated and have reports from bangkok. there was anger and sadness his supporters gathered at the headquarters of the future forward party to watch the verdict the constitutional court judges ruled that the opposition party be dissolved and that 16 leaders banned from politics for 10 years is. the case surrounded the more than $6000000.00 given to the party by its leader tom anton jong room ruling kid the party said it was a loan which was being paid back and therefore exempt from laws in thailand that restrict the amount of money that can be given to a political party by an individual the judges disagreed and ruled that it was a donation while in excess of the legal limits future forward says it will now become a political movement and fight hong kong got the light out they wanted to destroy us this is the time to prove them wrong we have to become stronger they want

thailand bangkok thank you. well into the impeachment trial of u.s. president donald trump and likely be over by wednesday that is after the senate voted to block any witnesses from testifying so it means donald trump all but certain to be acquitted as the republicans have that majority in the upper house of the u.s. congress he is of course accused of abuse of power and obstruction of congress for threatening to withhold military aid to ukraine in exchange for an investigation into his political rival joe biden just after the vote president trump up on twitter he said no matter what you give the democrats in the end they will never be satisfied in the house they gave nothing. that is a concert with more now from washington d.c. . democrats say the impeachment trial of president donald trump is the 1st trial in u.s. history without witnesses is this a fair trial without the ability to call witnesses and produce documents the answer is clearly and unequivocally no but despite hours of arguments trying to convince republican senators to allow new witnes

automaker general motors announces it will shut down plants and pull out of new zealand australia and thailand. after several days of declining figures the number of new corona virus infections in china has risen again only 2000 more people were reportedly effect infected on sunday the virus has now claimed 1770 lives on china's mainland forcing some cities to tighten controls even further south than a city with more than 2500 cases of the virus has gone into a complete lockdown it comes as the u.s. is getting back to waiting hundreds of people from the diamond princess cruise ship and japan 14 of those evacuated or put in containment on the flight to the united states after they were confirmed to have the virus and hong kong or spend reports of panic buying and one instance armed robbery stole hundreds of toilet paper rolls starr clark joins us now from hong kong so sara days 14 cases that i mentioned 14 u.s. citizens that reported to have coronavirus what else can you tell us about that. yes an extraordinary and unfortunate situation for those passengers on board that chartered aircraft the

thailand insist they are not just here cricket. thailand insist they are notjust here to make up the numbers, but if they did win a match, that would be one of the biggest shocks this tournament has ever seen. but rather than it be all about results, they say it is also about results, they say it is also about legacy. everybody likes successful tea ms, about legacy. everybody likes successful teams, and successful teams, you know, create more interest. so if we perform well at this stage, even as a player, as a team, we give reasonably good performances, that will make the players back home very proud of the team. as well as inspiring the next generation in their own country, these players are hoping to show other developing nations what is achievable. britain's adam yates has won the third stage of the uae tour, taking the victory at the top ofjebel hafeet. the mitchelton—scott rider made his decisive break from the front of the peleton with around 5 km to go and crossed the line on his own, well ahead of tadej pogacar and alexe